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VOL. XXXVI NO. 101.
LINCOLN. NEBRASKA. THURSDAY. MARCH 11. 1937.
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Tin Besiegers
And the Besieged.
There's something; perennially
high school about the best and
worst of us; the spirit of adolesc
ense never quite dies. And so many
collegians were in attendance at
the opening of the state basketball
tournament. Most of them players
of sorts once, reliving the days of
their youth in the swishes of the
meshes, and the slap-slap of the
dribbles.
Sports reporters dread the long,
tedious grind of tournament cov
erage, but maple lovers happily
sit through eight hours of playing
time without a murmur with or
without preliminary fortifications.
But to the athletic department
prides. All American Francis and
Parsons, the affair was a serious
and important business. Boo
bustled busilv, and Samuel (as of
Fred Ware nomenclature! found
his time divided between greeting
countless high school basketeers
and trying to maneuver camera
shots. Host-to-the-most ham.
The French Have a Word.
Dr. Kurz tells us that the im
pending French cinema is really
something. The edition which
was so highly successful in a
long run over there was rejected
by Harvard as "tired" and so
consequently "Le Maitre De
Forgs" was entirely refilmed for
American showing. The theme,
our learned linquistic friend tells
us, is "very much up to date."
It is dual: All about a sit down
strike and love conquers all.
On Your Piano.
One for the limber-tongued:
antidisestablishmentarianism. And
we know know what it means, too.
The Girl Not the Gown.
In a fleeting interview, a New
York Times writer drew from Iya,
Lady Abdy, some precepts on the
clothes situation, as she was em
barking for Paris for her first mo
tion picture. The extremely tall
actress who is a noted personality
on the stage and European social
world carries her customes with
such distinction that the most emi
nent designers "have scrambled to
create them for her." And yet she
believes the "clothes don't make
the woman but vica versa."
" 'Three women can put on the
same lovely gown, and only one of,
them will look picturesque, snc
insisted. "If she is not fascinating
the gown alone cannot create the
effect for her. One should notice
an attractive woman and think
What an interesting person and
what an enchanting dress!' not
'What a beautiful dress who's
wearing it ?'
" 'But there are such important
things to think about I don't
really give much time to clothes,'
she protested. "They should be ap
propriate, not conspicuous, and
chosen in the few colors that be
come each woman. Then the quick
er one forgets them the better.'
" 'After all,' she summarized, 'it
is what one contributes to a cos
tume that lends it individuality. In
Europe, I think, especially France,
women have a feeling for a qual
ity in clothes what do you call
It'? coquetry! American women
siein not to understand that it is j
an asset.'"
Addresses Group in Second
Of Series of Talks
On Wednesday.
'The function of religion is to
help u" attain a balance between i
unthinking superstitution and cold, j
unfeeling realism,'' Dr. Nids I
Bengtson of the geography le-
partmenl told members of the
university Y. M. C. A. Wednesday
evening.
His talk was the second in the
series of four meetings built
around the theme "what religion
means to me." At last week's
meeting, M. A. Hyde, Lincoln
business man. was the speaker.
Search for Truth.
"Truth Is unattainable, but the
. search for truth is attainable."
Dr. Bengtson continued. "A search
for truth is a guide for religion."
Although h scored the so-called
"reward religions," Dr. Bengtson
pointed out that religion gives re
lief to man's inherent melancholy
' because it banishes fear.
A group discussion of the topic
was held after the informal talk.
A niton Rowland, Y. M. C. A. sec
retary, was chairman of the meet
ing. SWIM CLUB TO HOLD
INITIATION TONIGHT
Initiation of newly chosen mem
bers of Tanksterettes, women's
sunning organization, has been
set for tonight at 7:00 at the
coliseum pool.
Activities of the organization
In the nxt few weeks will center
around preparation for the Na
tional Telegraphic Swim meet, to
neld some time between March
15 and April 15. Special effort will
bo concentrated on the selection
of relay teams for the meet.
SENIORS
PROM PROFITS 10
CARRY OUT PLANS
Class Representatives
Petition Council
For Funds.
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Two members of the senior com
mittee on class organization will
appear before the next assemblage
of the Student Council to ask an
appropriation to carry out their
work.
President Floyd Baker, who witn
Lloyd Friedman will appear in be
half of the class, indicated that
they would seek half of the pro
ceeds of the Junior-Senior prom.
The Junior class at a previous
meeting, announced their intention
to secure revenue from this source.
Chancellor E. A. Burnett and
Prof. Robert Crawford, assistant
to the chancellor, met with the
fcommittc to discuss purposes and
plans for class organization.
Tentatively scheduled by Presi
dent Baker as part of the program
is a senior class stag dance, to be
held in the few days before grad
uation. Members of the ways and means
committee gave a report at the
meeting, and Elaine Shonka was
appointed to contact officials of
senior class groups in other schools
to secure their methods and pro
grams. Debate in the meeting centered
around a proposed assessment on
all members of the senior class,
to be included in the diploma-graduation
fee, with which to finance
class projects in future years.
"With the prospects of a Union
building for next years senior
class, which will solve half of the
problems of any student organiza
tion, we hope to set up a pre
cedent which will enable next
year's group to begin their pro
gram early in the year," Baker de
clared. Included in these future
plans would be a senior board,
elected in the fall with the senior
president, to assist in organization,
he indicated.
BEST DRESSED GIRL
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17 Organized Houses Enter
Representatives for
1937 Honor.
Candidates for 1937 Best Dressed
Girl honors will appear before
members of the A. W. S. board for
final judging at a meeting to be
held at 4 o'clock in Ellen Smith
hall. Winner of the contest will
be revealed at the climax of this
year's Coed Follies to be presented
in the Temple Theater on April 8.
Photographers will be present at
Ellen Smith in order to take pic
tures of the candidates as they
appear for the judging.
Seventeen organized women's
groups have entered nominees in
the contest this year. The list of
candidates and the houses they
will represent includes, Alpha Chi
Omega, Dorothy Dee Williams;
Alpha Omicron Pi, Dorothy Bose;
Alpha Phi, Marion Rolland; Alpha
Xi Delta, Carroll Emery; Chi
Omega, Mary Fislar; Delta Delta
Delta, Flora Albm; Delta Gamma,
Betty McDowell; Gamma Phi Beta,
June Foster; Kappa Alpha Theta,
1 Betty Hillyer.
I Kappa Delta. Amorette Holmes:
Kappa Kappa Gamma, Jane Bell;
I Phi Mu, Eleanor Kelly; Pi Beta
Phi, Helen Hewitt; Sigma Delia
Tau, Harriet Byron; Sigma Kappa.
Alta Kohlscheen; Carrie Bell Rey
inond Hall, EK-inor Maloney; and
Alpha Delta Theta, Bernlce Miller.
BLAIR I'RKDICTS
WEATHER CHANGE
DAILY IN MARCH
Thomas A. Blair, university
weather-man doesn't prophesy for
March in terms of lions and lambs,
but in terms of probable
light snows, more cold weather
and dust storms interspersed with
sunshiny spring days. March and
April are the most changeable of
months and almost any kind of
weather can be expected.
At present, the weather-man is
worried about the low precipita
tion rate. Around Lincoln there is
plenty of time for later rains, but
the soil of the western part of , the
state needs moisture badly now
and if rain delays too long eastern
Nebraska will suffer dust storms
as has been its previous experience.
March so far has been warmer
than normal, but Mr. Blair does
not promise that this will continue.
However, for the next 36 hours he
assures us of the same snappy,
clear-weather. March's precipita
tion has been low with only 1-100
inches which came In a light snow
fall at the first of the month.
Religious Welfare Club
Meets at Noon Today
Members of the Council of Re
ligions Welfare will convene at
noon In the Grand Hotel today for
their monthly luncheon and busi
ness meeting. The discuslon. over
which Miss Lulu Runge, council
president, will preside, will con
cern the proposed plans of re
organization of the organization.
Dr. Comlra to Address
Well Drillers Meeting
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DR. G. E. CONDRA.
Director of the conservation and
survey division of the university,
Dr. G. E. Condra will speak this
evening at the annual convention
of the Nebraska Well Drillers as
sociation at the Lincoln hotel. All
meetings of the organization will
be held in Nebraska hall. Dr. Con
dra will review the development
and conservation of Nebraska's
water resources.
UN SELECT
Coeds Name Misses Nolte,
Steuteville to Other
Board Offices.
Jean Marvin, arts and science
junior of Lincoln, was elected to
the presidency of Coed Counselors
yesterday by a vote of the women
on the campus. Miss Marvin is a
member of Tassels, Alpha Lambda
Delta, Pi Mil Epsilon, the Palla
dian Union, and Barb A. W. S.
Senior membership on the board
was voted to Frances Scudder and
Kay Risser, who were sorority
candidates; and to Helen Ann
Howie and Mary Jean Birk, barb
nominees. Automatically. Mary
Priscilla Stewart, sorority nom
inee for president, becomes a
senior member of the board.
Miss Nolte Vice President.
Position of vice president of the
board goes to Virginia Nolte, the j
junior candidate who polled the
highest number of votes. Other
junior board members elected were
Virginia Fleetwood and Lois
Cooper, sorority nominees; and
Phyllis Chamberlain, an unaffil
iated candidate.
Named as secretary of the
board was Fern Steuteville who
received the largest vote of the
sophomore candidates. Faith Med
lar was elected the other sopho
more representative in the group.
Retiring Officers.
Retiring from office. ' .en tnc
new members assume their re
sponsibilities the last of this
month, will be Marjorie Bannister,
past president, and Fern Bloom,
Evelyn Capron. Erma Bauer,
Dorcas Crawford, and Marylu
Peterson, all senior members vt
the board.
As per the constitution of the
Coed Counselors, there was an
equal number of affiliated and un
affiliated women nominated and
elected to positions on the loard.
El MARVIN AS
COUNSELOR HEAD
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Watching Progress on
Building Site.
By Francis Brandt.
"its too noisy to talk in here.
The boss'll toll you all you want
to know."
This was Paul llollton's reply
when questioned about the huge
excavating machine that he is op
erating In digging the basement
for the Student Union building.
In wonderment dozens of passers-by
watch this ponderous yet
efficient machine dully as its crane
throws a heavy iron bucket-scraper
out into space, gently lowers it
to the ground, pulls It in raising
and dumping the dirt into trucks
when it is filled.
QnmharH.il With OuiiAn
, 'closely, and the insurance inspec
Guy K. Smith, foreman of the , -h,.i, lm too
of these folks bombard him with
questions about their work. They
ask if the work is dangerous, how
big the machine is, how much dirt
the bucket will hold, how much
dirt can be removed in a day, how
much does the machine cost, how
big Is the hole, and many other
questions. '
Foreman Smith stated that the
machine has been dragging out
about 400 cubic yards of tliit a day.
The bucket holds a cubic yard and
a half of dirt when filled. The
crane that carries the bucket is
40 ft. long and will throw the
scoop out about 50 ft. from the
machine. The engine develops 100
h. p. The whole rig costs $17,500.
When digging In hard or frozen
dirt teeth are fastened to the front
of the scraper to tear the dirt
lX)SC.
Less Than Two Ipor Cont of
Nebraska's Tax Dollar Goes
To AH University Agencies
HOW YOUR TAX DOLLAR.
WAS DIVIDED
DIVISION OF THE AVERAGE
TAX DOLLAR FOR 1935 AMONG
THE VARIOUS GOVERNMENTAL SUBDIVISIONS
COUNTY N,DV,UAGt
V LOCAL SCHOOLS
444
(An Editorial)
What does the University of Nebraska cost taxpayers'?
According to figures prepared by William H. Smith, state
tax commissioner, fifty-three cents of the 1936 assessment on
$1,000 worth of tangible property goes to the university. Fifty
three cents out of an approximate $40.00 average assessment.
The balance of the general state tax is $1.23, with county,
public school, and city assessments boosting the total for dif
ferent localities up to $65.00. For instance :
Pub.
City Uni State County School City Total
Albion 53 1.23 4.00 13.10 18.40 37.26
Ainsworth ... .53 1.23 5.00 26.00 20.70 53.46
Gering 53 1.23 7.24 29.80 27.00 65.80
Plattsmouth .. .53 1.23 3.84 16.80 23.40 45.80
Dakota City .. .53 1.23 4 80 11.20 9.40 27.16
Columbus 53 1.23 3.64 18.00 15.50 38.90
Wayne 53 1.23 3.84 11.70 26.70 44.00
(Continued
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Dean Ferguson to Offer
Welcoming Address
To Well Men.
The ninth annual convention of
the Nebraska Well Drillers asso
ciation w ill get under way Thurs
day morning in Nebraska hall on
the university campus. Registra
tion will begin at 9 o'clock fol
lowed by the welcoming address
by Dean O. J. Ferguson of the
engineering college. Reports and
appointment of committees by
President Frank Cole of Loomis,
Neb., will occupy the greater part
ot the morning program.
The afternoon session offers ad
dresses by several university of
ficials, including Ivan D. Wood,
extension agent; Prof. E. E.
Brackett, . hairman of the depart
ment of agriculture engineering;
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I I I. 4 1 supervision of Prof. C. J. Frank-
J5tlI(leiUS L,OOk Ull;rorter of the ehem department.
,Six trucks tt,e employed to haul
the dirt a from tne 8ltCi lt lg
I being dumped behind the coliseum.
A small amount is being piled
i near-by for fill-in work.
! Approximately 5,200 cubic yards
J of dirt will have been removed
whe nthe basement spaxe is com
pleted. This basement hole will be
194 feet long and 03 feet wide with
an average depth of about eight
feet. Smith figures about 12 days
for the job. Men with shovels
straighten the side walls and clean
out the corners where the bucket
can't reach effectively.
None Hurt Yet.
When asked about the danger in
working around one of those ex
cavators, Smith said. "Sure it's
dangerous, but no one has been
hurt yet in our company, and we
own and operate seven diggers. Of
course we inspect the machines
An operator has to know hisnas en working on his master's
stuff when he "truck dumps," the sincR September. Johnson received
foreman went on to say. ( nl B g ,iPgTP), i chemical en-
Takes Much Finetie. , gineering in 1P3C. and has been
Any observer could testify to working on this experiment since
that statement after watching one
of those buckets filled with a ton
of dirt, circling 15 feet above a
truck then dropping down and
dumping dirt inches from the driv
er's head. The whole thing being
operated by controls yarus away.
The drivers have a lot of faith in
the operator when they stay in the
driver's seat. There is always a
chance the operator might miscal
culate. "Holltorf has dumped thousands
of loads." Smith said, "and never
a bit of trouble yet."
The operator dug the basement
for the coliseum and foi Morrill
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ROTC OFFICERS FORM
CADET ORGANIZATION
Organizers to Consider
Plans of Society
Next Tuesday.
A newly organized Infantry
Cadet Officers association will
meet next Tuesday evening in Ne
braska hall to hear and discuss
the plans and principles of the
new group.
Cadet Major William Miller,
temporary chairman of the asso
ciation by appointment, has picked
a committee headed by Bill Crit
tenden to publicize the beginning
organization. Merlin Schwegman
and Sam Adams are the other
members of the committee.
Cadet officers of the R. O. T. C.
corps are urged to be present at
the opening meeting Tuesday eve
ning. STUDENTS MAKE
VAPOR REACTION
CHEMISTRY TEST
Passing various hydrocarbon
vapors thru an electrically heated
nichrome tube to see what reac
tion takes place, is the basis of
experiments being conducted in
the chemistry building by Harry
Rosenstein and Ellery Johnson,
both graduate students working
toward their masters' degrees. The
1 graduates are working under the
The vapors introduced thru
! the tube at a definite rate, and
the temperature Is controlled by
regulating the a mount of current
passing thru the tube. The source
of electrical curernt used is 220
voltagi; rut down to 14 volts by
means of a transfer. A tempera
ture of 1500 degrees Fahrenheit
is now being maintained, and the
vapors pass out of the tube into
a condenser.
Measure Temperature.
The tube is 20 inches long and
has an outside diameter of three
eights of an inch. The tempera
ture is measured by means of a
thermacouple-pyrometer set-up.
Thus far benzine and toluene
have been tried, and napthalene
and other hydrocarbons will be
taken up next. Biphenyl whs
formed from the benzine experi
ment. Various products were
formed from toluene which will be
ascertained later.
Rosenstein received his B. S.
ifpvci in ehemi.strv in 193.1. anil
January. They hope to be finished
by June.
Correction.
An article on the requirements
for recognition at the honors con
vocation in the Daily Nebraskan
March 9 erroneously stated that
students who have "C "V" and
"F" grades may remove them and
lx- honored. Mrs. Zimer. statis
tician, announced that only those
with "A" or "B" gTades are eleg
Ible for honors, and that those in
that class who have Ineoirm'et"
or "no reports" have until March
18 to remove them.
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Third Plan for
Faction Reform
BURNS DISTRIBUTES
OUTLINES OF DUTIES
Engineers Week Cominitte
Begin Preparing for
Spring Display.
Outlines of the duties for each
man on the Engineers Week com
mittee were distributed by Pete
Burns, general chairman for the
May event, at a meeting held
Tuesday afternoon. Heads of the
various departments also gave
brief reports of the progress made
thus far in their individual
projects.
According to Burns, the object
of the outlines is to coordinate
the entire group and let everyone
know not only his own duty, but
in .a general way what others
are supposed to do. He also ex
pects to distr'bute copies to the
faculty advisers and presidents of
the various engineering societies
on the campus.
INTERFRATERNITY
DEBATE CONTEST
TO OPEN TONIGHT
Eight Teams to Argue on
Required Arbitration
In Labor Disputes.
Competition in the fraternity
section of the intramural debate
contest will begin this evening at
7:00 o'clock in the fraternity
houses of the teams upholding
the affirmative side of the ques
tion. One judge will be on hand to
determine the winner of each con
test and rules provide that any
team more than half an hour late
will concede the debate to the op
posing side.
Scheduled for debate this eve
ning on the subject: "Resolved,
that there should be compulsory
arbitration of labor disputes," are
Kappa Sigma, affirmative, against
Zeta Beta Tau; Sigma Nu against
Beta Sigma Phi; Beta Theta Pi
against Phi Alpha Delta; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon vs. Sigma Alpha
Mu. Delta Theta Phi drew the
bye.
Each team will have two mem
bers who are carrying at least 12
houw of work this semester.
Judges will be intercollegiate de
baters and former university de
baters residing in Lincoln. Each
debate will be judged on the basis
of the knowledge of the question,
use of material, skill in refutation
and good speaking. Each judge
will furnish his own schedule of
values.
Each speaker in the competition
will be allowed six. minutes for
his main speech and four minutes
for rebuttal. Before the debates
this evening, it will be determined
between each of the competing
chapters whether or not they de
sire to hold two debates for final
elimination.
Sigma Alpha Mu fraternity is
the defending champion and for
the past year has been in posses
sion of the Sigma Delta Rho silver
gavel. Following this evening's de
bates the schedule will be drawn
up for the second round and the
date for the next competition will
be announced immediately.
In the non-fraternity competi
tion, which is entirely independent
of the fratemitv contest, debating
will begin Tuesday, March 16.
Three groups have entered this
section of the contest.
DR. STl TP TO SI'EAK
FOR BAPTIST FORl.M
'I'cM'liologiral
I'm I li h of
New Testament' Title
Of Address.
Dt. D. II. Stuil, assistant pro
fessor of educational psychology
and measurements, wil be guest
speaker at the Baptist student
monthly dinner forum Friday eve
ning at the Baptist student house,
1440 Q street.
Following a ! o'clock buffet
supper. Dr. Stuit will address the
students on the subject "Psycho
logical Truths of the New Testa
ment. ' Games and group singing
will close the evening's program.
Reservations may be made for the
dinner by calling Miss Grace
Spacht, Baptist student secretary,
before Thursday evening.
C of C Pledge Help
In Alumni Drive for
I iiion Furnishing
With an unanimous endorsement
of the University Alumni associa
tion's drive for funds to furnish
the new student union building,
the board of directors of the Lin
coln chamber of commerce pledged
their support Wednesday to the
$75,GOU campaign.
The drive, which is to be
launched in two weeks was ex
plained to the board by Ray
Ramsay, alumni asociation sec
retary. Mr. Ramsay explained that
the campaign was necesary be
cause the PWA grant ol 1X).
000 does not Include furnishing
the building. ,
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April 13, Date Set for Ivy
Day Orator, Innocents
Elections.
Both the abolition und modifi
cation faction reforms having
been tabled indefinitely by the ju
diciary committee, a third reform
of factions was suggested by a
determined investigatory commit
tee at the special Student Council
meeting late yesterday afternoon.
After a hearing last Monday on
the abolition and modification
plans, the judiciary committee
found that more than a year
would be required to institute the
changes in the council constitu
tion. The new proposal has but two
provisions, and would necessitate
but one amendment to the consti
tution of the Student Council. De
termined to bring about some
change in faction activities the in
vestigatory committee proposed:
First, that the names of the fac
tions td which the candidates be
long be dropped from the ballot.
the same as in the last fall elec
tion; second, that the judiciary
committee of the Student Council
pass on the eligibility of the re
spective candidates before they are
submitted to the students as eligi
ble for the office for which thev
file.
Only 15 Members Present.
While interested onlookers of
the faction reforms anticipated a
conclusion of the entire question
last evening, their high hopes were
only further prolonged until the
council meeting next week. The
council action concerned only the
presentation of the new proposal,
and. after a heated debate, a vote
that accepted the new plan as a
suggestion of the investigatory
committee. A meeting with only
15 voting representatives out of
a possible 33 council members, the
vote was 11 to 4 in favor of adopt
ing the reform as a suggestion.
Since a week must pass before ac
tual voting on the measure can
take place, interested spectators
must encircle a new date on a
calendar which by this time ha -become
well penciled.
Heated debate by a half ilorxr.
interested council members fol
lowed the presentation of the re
form. The assembly even found the
committee which had drawn up
the proposal differing in its opin
ion of the reform.
Levin Opposes.
Leading the opposition ay. i i; .
abolishing faction names from th.
(Continued on Page 2. i
LAW STUDENTS EDIT
THIRD BULLETIN ON
COLLEGACTIVIIS
Issue Features Nutting's
Article on Validity
Of Legislation.
I The Nebraska Law Bulletin
I nr.enntA) it c thirri flf 1 hp
year to campus readers this morn
ing featuring an article written by
Charles B. Nutting, assistant pro
fessor of law. Entitled "The En
rolled Bill and the Validity of
Legislation," the article concerns
what evidence the courts can con
sider in determining the validity
of a law and whether the statute
has been enacted according to con
stitutional requirements.
Working on this issue of the
bulletin were four law freshmen.
George F. Hirmon. Breta B. Pet
erson. Frederick S. Berry and
Charles S. Burdcll, who earned the
privilege by receiving the highest
scholastic jatings of their class.
Bulletin stuff members from last
year are James A. Koyle, editor-in-chief;
Harry P. Lctton, Mudent
editor-in-chief; Russell M. Stmth
ers and Loren J. Olsson, associate
editors; and Benjamin J. Ander
son, J. Vernon Clemans, Jack S.
Koyle, Bert R. Durkee, P. M. Ever
son, jr., Lewis H. Henderson. I'..
Palmer King and Clyde E. Lang
acre 'CRUCIFIXION', SUBJECT
OF DISCUSSION MEETING
Fifth Pre-Easter Luncheon
Scheduled for Friday
In Former Museum.
The Crucifixion" und what it
means to the college student of
today will be the subject ot the
fifth pre-Easter discussion meet
ing of university men to be held
Friday, March 12, in room 6 of the
former Museum.
A luncheon meeting is planned
to last from 12 to 12:00. This is
the fifth of a series of meetings
scheduled before Easter and deal
ing with significant facts in the
life of Jesus, with special emphasis
on events of the last week of his
life. The one remaining of the
group is svt for March 17.
Elmer Horstman, chairman ot
the committee in charge of ar
rangements, asks that all who plan
to attend the Friday meeting re
port to Secretary C. D. Hayes,
director of the meetings, in the Y
rooms at the Temple before Thurs
day night
t