Daily life BRA Official Student Newspaper of the University of Nebraska VOI- XXXVI ISO. 116. LINCOLN. NEBRASKA. FRIDAY. AFKIL 2, 1937 PRICE 5 CENTS SKAN HP r i dlDUJlJoL J j cuvdL r CibouL A i A v- ! - Ml F Sarah W id S - MS Phoney Fool in One of the ' things most fun about a practical joke is, of course, that it be taken seriously. The School of Music's Miss Tierney spotted yesterday's headlines from the front of one of her music ap preciation classes concerning: the resignation of Chancellor Burnett. For a moment she was stunned And incredulous, then she read the account of the proposed change of administration, and asked her stu dents when it took effect. Im pressed when they told her that it would be soon, she studied the 'story further very closely, and then inquired, "Who is this Fran cis; will he make a good chan cellor?" Got Into 1 he vinp It is to be hoped, my fine fac ulty friends, that your vacation fun has not kept you from your pursuit of the niceties of swing time. Long ago we became cal lous to your professional indif ference to any of the really finer things in life, but we maintain our determination to learn ya a t'ing or two if it's the last thing we ever do. We feel that the pos sible benefits to the earnest few. few though they be, will more than compensate for the long tedious, fruitless hours with those pedagogues who are not part of an educational institu tion to learn anything, i And so this week's lesson in swing will be an excursion into the hideaways where swing time was bora, and is being lovingly kept alive. These hallowed spots are far from the beaten paths, the clamor of the multitudes. Usually they are obscure night dives, too small even for a hankie size dance floor. There the devout gather of a nigl.t and early morning to at tend the birth of a hit tune. The musicians, such as the inimitable Stuff Smith, try out unpublished music. They extemporize, they re arrange, they transpose, they play around, under, over, parallel to the written melody, meir eiions comprise a highly refined labora tory science. Aiding ana abetting inese ex nerlmentations in music still wet from the composer's pen are the Impromptu "Jam Sessions," ac counts of which are current reading material. In these get togethers, the swingers by train ing and religion go about re birthing music. Scorners, like all true swingmen, of written scores, they take off from the melody in extravagant flights of elaboration, sometimes dressing up an old tune until it Is quite unrecognizable. These sessions are all for love, for the sheer joy of playing and creating. No one can ever fully appreciate the , history that passes in the night of a swing-potent jamming. Eventually the note news from these breeding grounds reaches the outer world. Soon the tricky thrills and rnwdv rhvthmns arc khousehold whistles and ether wave (Continued on Page 2.1 Frankforter to Supervise All-Day Inspection Trip of City Plants. Chemical engineers will make an all-day inspection trip to Omaha, Saturday, with 22 men scheduled to go under the supervison of Col. C. J. Frankfurter of the chemistry department. The group will visit the city water plant, city gas plant, and the American Smelting & Refining company plant at Omaha. Two weeks later they will inspect the Lincoln city water plant at Ash land, and the cement plant at Louisville. At a special meeting held Wed nesday night, the Chemical Engi needing society heard a discussion cf the trips by Col. Frankforter, nd talked about plans for Engi neers week. The recipient of the Senior Award this year was also appointed, but his name will not be disclosed until Honors day. MUSIC SOCIETY ACCEPTS FIVE GIRLS AS PLEDGES Misses Dolphin, Spivy, Hill, McClelland, Maloney New Members. Sigma Alpha Iota, professional music sorority formally pledged five girls at Ellen Smith hall March 31. Ruth Freiss, active president, was in charge. Eleanor Maloney, Omaha; Dor othy Dell McOelland, Coring, la.; Betty Dolphin, Omaha; Eleanor .Spivy. Lincoln and Selma Hill, Lincoln are the new pledges. At the formal installation Wed nesday, April 7. Hariett Byron will take the position of president. Other officers recently elected are .Constance Baker, vice president; Yvonne Gaylord. treasurer; Janet Olson, secretary; Jane Smith, chaplain; Margaret Harvey, rush hairman. and Merlene Tatro. editor. Following installation active members will entertain the pledge: t dinner. KOSMET SECURES BEGK-JUNGBLUTH F Orchestra to Play for Production of 1937 Musical Comedy. "Ear-O Ranch" as presented this year, will be rewritten, repro duced version of "one of the best musical comedies that Kosniet Klub has ever staged." It was originally written and produced under the direction of Herbert Yenne, instructor in the Univer sity dramatics department, in 1932. At that time Yenne took the leading comedy role of Mrs. Van Fleet, gay divorcee who comes to the dude ranch to recover from a nervous strain occasioned by her recent divorce. New Songs, New Gags. Completely modernized with new songs, new gags, and new actors, Yenne modestly predicts that "the show will be even bet ter than it was when originally produced, if possible." With a oast of campus cele brities well-known as singtrs and comedians, Kosniet Klub members say they are very optimistic con cerning the success of the show. Kermit Hansen will play Yenne's former singing comedian part of Mrs. Van Fleet. Thurston Phelps, whose antics created a near panic in last year's show, protrays the role of Judge Van Fleet, who, feel ing the need of a rest following his wife's divorce, also descends upon Bar-O Ranch for a vacation. Arizona Ranch. Eill Strong, who played the in genue in last year's production, has been selected for a parallel role, and plays the part of Lynn McAllister, the girl who owns and operates the ranch. Spud, the fore man of the ranch and Lynn s lover, is portraved bv Don Boehm, whdo also took the juvenile lead in "Southern Exposure. Villain of the plot is Bert Mc Allister, who poses as halfbrother to the heroine. This part is ably played by Waldemar Mueller. Irv Kuklin, popular campus tap dancer, takes a comedy part as Lil, a second Mae West who, with (Continued on Page 2.) Honoraries to Recognize Scholarship at Ag Campus Event. Approximately 200 home eco nomics students will be honored at a scholarship tea to be given by Omicron Nu and Phi Upsilon Omi cron, honorary home ec sororities, at the ag home ec parlors from 3 to f o'clock Sunday afternoon. Students enrolled in the home economics department and having an average of 80 or above have been, extended imitations to the honors tea. As a specia' feature of the afternoon's entertainment, newly elected members to the two honoraries will be announced. Faculty members who will serve at the tea include: Misses Martha Carse, Grace Morton, Carolyn Ruby and Ruth Sperry. Those in the receiving line will be Miss Margaret Fedde, head of the home economics department, Miss Edith Carse, Miss Matilda Peters, Elinor McFadden, president of Omicron Nu, and Frances Schmidt, presi dent of Phi Upsilon Omicron. PMFjafiOneiDS Department Chairman Will Preside Over Session Saturday. Dr. Harry Kurz, chairman of the romance lingi;ge dcpnil ment, will leave today for Kansas City to attend the spring meeting of the noith and west central chap ter of the American Association of Teachers of French. At the present time Dr. Kurz is president of the organization. The program, which will be held in the Hotel President and will begin Saturday morning at 9:30, will include addresses by Prof. Harcourt Brown of Washington university in St. Louis; Prof. Milan S. LaDu. University of Kansas City; Prof. Claire Noyes of Has tings college in Nebraska; and Prof. Minnie Miller of the State Teachers college of Emporia. Kas. Dr. Kurz will preside over the entire conclave and will present the introductions at the 12:15 luncheon. One of the outstanding features included on the program are the "fist puppets" presented by Miss Dorothy Penn, secretary and treasurer of the organization. Weather Professor Blair cornel forth with the glad tidings that it is niDoosed to be warmer today. I thoufjh there would be a few I lingering clcuds. SPRING SHOW HONORS TEA SUNDAY (Prof. Kurz To Iae For French Meeting Krom Lincoln .lournm. Dr. Harry Kurz. Dr. Harry Kurz, chairman of the romance language department, will leave today for Kansas City where he will nttend the spring meeting of the north and west central chapter of the American Association of Teachers of French. Dr. Kurz is president of the or ganization. F TO REHEARSE AT Coeds Practice for Review of Spring Styles at -j Annual Show. j Rehearsal for models who will appear in the spring style show of , the 1937 Coed Follies on April 8 will be held on Sunday afternoon, at 2:30 in the Temple theater.. Betty Cherny. follies chairman an-j nounced today. j The .style show, -divided into five , parts, will include costumes for sportswear, tailored outfits, spring i knits and date dresses, formals. and pajamas and robe's. The mod els and the outfits which they will wear in ihe review are as follows: Pajamas. Barbara Rose water and Marcia Ross: robps, Kalherine Turner. Virginia Hyatt. Dorothy Koser. Betty Hillycr, .md Eva Jane Sinclair. Sportswear. Riding habits: Jean Meents, I Mary Lou Williams, and Elizabeth I Birady; shorts. Jean Osborn; bathing suit, Suanne Shock: cot ton frocks. Elizabeth Mercer,! Gerry Wallace, Virginia Charnock, j Henrietta Kortlang. Arlene Or- j cult. Frances McQuillan. Elinor j Kelly, and Ecrnice Martin. j Coats: Mildred Kruse, Virginia: (Continued on Tagc 2. i i ESTES CO-OP TO SPONSOR ! CARNIVAL DANCE TONIGHT Vcrg Campbell's Swing Band 1 to Play for Party on Ag Campus. With Verg Campbc-U and his 32 piece orchestra furnishing the , swing music, Estes Co-op will hold i a dance this evening in the ft'tu- j dent activities building on Ag i campus. ' In chars'- of srransemt-nts is , DeLoris Bors. staff chairman, j Under the Y. W. C. A. sponsorship the money obtained from the dance will he used to help pay ex penses of any member of the staff who wishes to attend the summer Y. XV. conference in Estes park from June 9 to 19. Among the extra attractions at the party :ire a "guess your weicht stand." a professional fortune tel Ipr. snd a cider rftxl douehnut stand. Frie favors will U- given. Admission ii 20 cents for women and 30 cents for men. Any univer sity student may attend. ' 'W' " 'V-T", .... . .-. Ylar If ; f"' Tt " rmmmtmm linrfiiiiifiirniirt hiumiiii x'mwmamm OLLIES MODELS TEMPLE SUNDAY Tush Safety-Mindedness Rosenlof, Gross oehme Plead Educators Launch Program to Reduce Unnecessary Accident Toll. The mounting automobile death i toll, the grating of fender against fender and the sickening thud of crashing motor vehicles has too long been taken for granted as the byproducts of a highly me chanized civilization. In the opinion of Dr. George W. Rosenlof, professor of secondary education at the university, and William Grossoehme of the Lin coln schools, many of the 37.000 deaths from automobile accidents in 1935 could have easily been averted had a genuine safety con sciousness prevailed thruout the country. These two Nebraska educators have decided to launch a safety program, entirely of their own de sign, which if adopted by the high schools of the United States should, within the next lew years, prove its soundness by an astound ing reduction in the nation's ac cident toll. Bulletin Outlines Plan. Dr. Roscnlof's and Mr. Oro snchms's new pirn for building proper safety attitudes over the UNION OFFICIALS OPEN BIDDING FOR BUILDING RIGHTS Construction Will Begin Immediately After Contract Is Let. Bids for the construction of the Student Union building have been advertised and will be considered for final action at a public meet ing in the office of L. F. Seaton, University purchasing agent, April 16. At that time sealed bids of fered by interested contractors will be opened and final decision will be made. Mr. Seaton announced. Altho it seems that there has been considerable delay in the opening of the bidding, it should not be blamed on any one agency. Seaton declared. The matter has to go thru a number of different hands and is necessarily delayed. As swm as the bids arc read ! at the April 10 meeting construc tion will get under way, ana 11. is hoped that the building will be romnleted this fall. $100,00 will be expended in the construction of 1 the new activities building, and 'the concern that meet the most j satisfactory terms will be given the contract. Seaton announced. OVER STATION KFAB Final Program Thursday Features Barkalow, Miss Peterson. The final program in the current series of University features pre sented over station KFAB, was given yesterday afternoon at 5 o'clock. During the first half of the 15 minute urogram. Major Barkalow, senior officer of the University Field Artillery Unit, was inter viewed by Bilf Clayton on the sub ject of military training. The pro gram was then turned over to Bill Newcomer, who presented Vera Mae Peterson in a monologue. Although this was the last scheduled broadcast until the Pontiac Variety show, it is hoped that others can be arranged in the near future. The other two programs of the series which preceded that of yes terday afternoon were concerned with imparting to the listener a better appreciation of life and events at the university. Featured on the first broadcast were interviews with campus per sonages of note on subjects of gen eral ir.1frc.st to both students and ihor- not connected with the uni-wr.-itj. The second program was made up of selections taken from the Kosmet Klub show "Bar-O Ranch" to be presented April 12-17. HAKYAIH) rROFES-SOK TO SPEAK SATURDAY Biad Seniors to Hear Malotl of Graduate Business School. Prof. Deane XV. Malott. assoc iate professor of business at Har vard, will spep.k to students intei ested in attending the Harvard Graduate School of Business at a meetinp Saturday morning: in room 009. social science. The meeting will continue from 9:00 to 12:00. Dean LeR.ossignol. of the bizad college, said that students who are planning to attend Harvard to obtain their masters degree in Business should plan to hear Pro fessor Malott. ,7 From Llnmln Journal. Or. G. W. Rosenlof country is outlined in a recent bulletin published under the Joint direction of the department of secondary education of teachers college and the university exten sion division. While the authors do not claim that the safety hints and materials which they have carefully worked out should com prise an actual course in safety V: '. .. ' . . ... . & if v v. , Villi HI. LI,,., VV-4. V J Levity Reigns at Mock Session of Uni Senate Profs, Student Journalists Disregard" Restraint, Dignity, Verbosity. The University Senate of the University of Nebraska called a moratorium on dignity, restraint, and verbosity at its meeting held iollowing a dinner last night at tho Lincoln hotel under the aus piaes of Thcta Sigma Phi and Sigma Delta Chi, women's and men's professional journalistic or ganizations. Members of the senate attending were those connected with the school of journalism and others immediately interested in campus publications. Following the dinner served in the Venetian room, various mem bers of the august body including Chancellor Burnett, Dean Thomp son, Professor Aylesworlh. Dean Heppner, Professor Amdt and others adjourned to the kitchen where they donned doctoral robes AG COMMITTEES PLANS FOR FAIR Ag College Collaborates in Preparation for Annual Festival. Committees will start work im mediately on preparations for the annual Farmers Fair to be held on the Agricultural college campus, May 8, Clyde White, manager of the Fair Board, announced Thurs day. Working in conjunction with the junior and senior board members all agricultural students will be included in the plans lor prepar ation. Committees include properties, j show, costumes, presentation of the Goddess oi Agriculture, niaw up, concessions, vocational edu cation for girls, vocational educa tion for boys, extension, dairy products, dairy cattle, agronomy, animal pathology, soil, rural eco nomics, collectors club, art ex hibit, games and puzzles hobby group, camera club, Y. W. C. A., forge, horse show, animal hus bandry, livestock and meats. Committees working on various exhibits are: child development, home furnishings, doll, foods and nutrition, design, textiles, cloth ing, style show, equipment, elec ( Continued on Page 2.1 BARBS WhOURTaNCE IN ARMORY THIS EVENING All Unaffiliated Students Invited to Informal Get-To-Gether. Another in the series of barb hour dances will be held tonight in the Armory, from 7:30 to 9:30. All unaffiliated students are in vited to attend the dance. Edith Filley and Lois Lichliter, ag members of the Barb A. W. S. Board, are in charge of the ar rangements for this Friday night hour dance. Eddie Edison's music has been selected by them. "We have heard much favorable comment from unaffiliates about our hour dances," stated Lois Lichliter. "and we hope that stu dents who have not come before will get on the dance floor and meet some new friends.' Chaperons for the hour dance will be Prof, and Mrs. R. R. Thai man and Prof, and Mrs. I. L. Hathaway. Admission will be ten cents. j Designers to Inject Plan j in Curriculum of High Schools. I education, the data is so arranged i that it could be used in this man- I The university itself feels that the instructional materials out- lined are of prime importance as ' sunolemeritarv matter which can profitably be usd in developing a safety consciousness in connection with Ihe every day classroom courses of study. Whether it is in the arithmetir. home economics or English classes, Dr. Rosenlof and his as sociate have arranged the mate rial so that both the teacher and student will almost unconsciously learn not only to think safety but to act safety at school, st work and at play. High School Training Needed. "And the high school is the right place to develop safety at titudes." state the authors. "A I study of accident statistics shows j that certain type of accidents are particularly common to the high I school age. It is an age when boys ' and girls are driving cars, swim i (Continued on Page i ) START IRK and other characteristics peculiar to themselves as they are viewed daily thru the eyes of campus journalists. Herr Hitler in Person. Honored guest of the evening was none other than Herr Hitler who appeared with a squad of his storm troops. Herr Hitler of fered a few astute suggestions for the university's military phases. The remainder of the program consisted of alternate pieces of business as presented first from the bona iide members of the senate and then from the robed members on the stage. Dr. O. K. Bouwsma opened the business with a wealth of evidence proving the desirabilitv of athletics in the col- 1 lege curriculum. He was followed 1 by Coach W. H. Browne, appearing i in black bow ribbon neck wear, j prissy spectacles, and with hair I parted in the middle. Coach j Erowne was earnest in his de- nunciation of the grosser, athletic (Continued on Page 2. 1 (Advanced Pupils (Jive Weekly Music Concert at Temple Wednesday i I Thirteen students from ad I vanced vocal and instrumental I classes of the university school of I music appeared in the 24th weekly j musical convocation at the Temple i theater Wednesday afternoon. The j program : i Handel. Hear sit, Ye Winds mid Wave; Vil Zeuermnn 1M1. Kirkjminck i. j i Havdn. Krmror quailet. pucn ftdnci", rantabile. Presto; Krary Brarunsky, Jim I violin. Warcaift Porter, rrcmrl violin, j Berthum EiJswnrJi. Mola, Ruth Sihlfy. 'cHlo, (Mr. Wlktinoi. Kvri, Kine Curnival, Yvunne Gaylord, i Mr'. frihUdnwk i. Handel-BeetJioven.' Variation em a Theme for 'cello and piano. Frances Spencer, Miss Com; Mllada riolezal at the piano. (Mr. Schmidt i. Bach-d'Alnert. Prelude and Fugue. D Major. Margaret Baker, (Mr. Harrison l. Mozart, Oonceito tor clarinet and piano, last movement; Minor Plumti. (Mr. Reed), arparct Bol:er at the j'lhno. Franz, lm Herbst ; The Stormv Fve ning: Mrs. Verda Robertson, iMu. Van Kirk. i Wieniatcski, Second Polonaise; Margaret Porter. (Ml. Steckeiberg i. IE EC ASSOCIATION HOLDS Mrs. Kinyon, Prof. Kirsch Will Address 22nd Gathering Today. University home economics teach ers and students, outstate instruc tors and students, and county ex tension agents will attend the 22nd annual convention of the Ne braska Home Economics associa tion today and tomorrow, meeting in the Cornhuskcr hotel. The program for students will begin at 2 -o'clock this afternoon at Carrie Belle Raymond hall when Mrs. Kate Kinyon, director of home economics in the Denver public schools, leads a discussion on "Food Service for School Cafe terias." Kirsch Lectures. This evening the convention banquet will be held from 6:30 to 8 o'clock at the Cornbusker with Mrs. Anna Dee Weaver, president of the association, presiding. Pro gram highlight will be an illus trated lecture with natural color photographs by Prof. Dwight Kirsch, chairman of the depart ment of fine arts. Guests at the dinner will be Dean and Mrs. W. N. Eurr, Supt. and Mrs. Leffler of the Lincoln schools. Dr. and Mrs. H. O. Werner, and Dr. and Mrs. Joyce Hertzler. Scheduled for Saturday is & o'clock panel discussion on "What Kind of a Program of Education Would Best Contribute to Improv ed Understandings and Practices in the Home and Family Life?" O. H. Bimson. assistant superin tendent of the Lincoln schools will conduct the diheussion. Final meeting of the conclave will be at a noon luncheon Satur day when four university students will preterit a program on "Visit ing an Art Exhibit." Irene Mar tin, NVlle Lippett, Jean Florv and Glad3's Swift compose the group. Dr. J. M. Peinhardt will conclude the, meeting with a talk on "Some Personality Aspects of Teach- MUSEUM ADDS TICK HMDS TO KHINO EXHIBIT Three tick birds ordered sev eral years ago by Dr. E. H. Bar bour, director of the University museum, arrived here Tuesday. The birds are to be mounted with the museum's large black rhin oceros. These birds resemble the cowbird in appearance and are generally always found in associa tion with wild herds of rhinocer oses. According to Dr. Earbour. it is difficult to tecure these birds now because of the restriction placed upon hunters. In his wild state the ihinoceros is generally accom panied by one or more of the tick birds who perch upon bis back and by dint of their strong white beaks are able to reach into the folds of the skin and pick off the ticks that bother these big pachyderms. These three secimens. which are a part of the Adam Ereede Afri can collection, will be mounted on the back of the museum rhino- i ceros in the next lew days. MINNESOTA PREXY ASKED TO DELIVER Educator L D. Coffman tD Give Commencement Address June 7. Dr. L. D. Coffman. president of the University of Minnesota, one of the outstanding educators of the country, will give the University commencement address June 7 in '. 1 ' A y r nun Lincoln Jouma.. L .D. Coffman the coliseum. Dr. Coffman is na tionally known for his outstanding achievements in the field of educa tion and for his books dealing with the various phases of educational training. He graduated from the Indiana State Normal school in 1&P6, an. I received his A. B and M. A. de grees from Indiana State Univer sity in 1906 and 1910 respectively, and his Ph. D. degree from Colum bia university in 1911. His educa tional career began as principal and superintendent of schools in Indiana from 1S96 to 1907. He was professor of education at the Uni- jversity of Illinois from 1912 to 1915, dean of the college of educa tion at the University of Minne sota from 1915 to 1920 and has been president of that institution since July 1. 1920. Carnegie Representative. Due to his achievements as an educator, he was made visum? professor for the Carnegie endow ment for international pcrc- New Zealand and Austrha in 'JT I and represented the Carnegie Cji- iporation of New York to univer : sities and scientific societies of those two countries. A year later he was a visiting lecturer at the University of the Philippines and for a time served as expert con iContinued or. Page 2. ANTHROPOLOGY GRAD GIVEN APPOINTMENT Loren Eisely Selected to Serve as Treasurer of National Society. Loren C. Eiseley who graduated from the university in 1933, and is taking his Ph. D. degree in anthro pology at the University of Penn sylvania this year, has been ap pointed secretary treasurer of the Ant hropological Society of Phila delphia for the remainder of the year. Mr. Eiseley re places Linton Scat terthwaite, well-known May an specialist who h a s 1 e f t to re sume charge of the University of P tnniyl vania L. r. Kiwirr. museum's excavations in central America. The society is affiliated with the American Anthropologi cal association, and is one of the most prominent anthropological societies in the east. He is also a member of the committee? on pub lications which has charge of issu ing the 2rth anniversary volume J of the society. j During the recent international isymrosium on early man, held at i the Philadelphia Academy of Na ; tural Science. Eiseley was adviser ! to the press, working with the; ; representatives of Philadelphia and New York papers sent tT cover the convention. Nebraskans and former Nebra Uans whom Mr. Eiseley met at thf symposium included Dr. William Duncan Strong, head of the Bu reau of Ethnology of the Smith sonian Institution, whose wor!( on early man in Nebraska has at tracted nationwide attention: Dr. Waldo WedeL former state arch aeologist, now of the National Mu seum at Washington, D. C. and C. Eertrand Schultz. head of the Uni versity of Nebraska Museum field party, and now working at ihi Frick Museum in New York City. IN THE INKIItMAKY Thursday Morris Short, Geneva Lloyd Wailingford. Arlington Dismissed Fred Mstteson GRADUATION TALK i - x i x wm' j