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Official Student Newspaper of the University of Nebraska
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VOL. XXVII. No. II.
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, I9.J7
HilCE FIVE CENTS
And Sudtlon Dci'lli
College Slylp
Youth, sing the bards, intone
the wise men, pen the sages
youth dreads death. Life is sweet
to the young; they love it
fiercely, cherish it, cling to it,
exult in It. But the bards and
the wise men and the sages
don't know from nothing youth
gayly courts its own destruction.
Destruction to the Ingenious
children of today ts much more
than simply pulling a gun on a
religious dissenter or grabbing
oneself some rat end-it-all. Pos
sibilities for sudden death, with
the maximum of thrill and deli
cious agony to boot, are endless.
Collegians stay up nights discov
ering them, among other things.
Peeping into the great beyond is
called "playing" or "funning" or
some other red herring name. But
after life clubbying It all cer
tninly is.
Thru His Stomach.
One of the most common forms
of flirting with the future Is eat
ing one's self to death. Obvious
ly this doesn't mean the literal
interpretation of the phrase used
extensively by broken down ath
letes. It entails the more subtle
forni3 of countless wrong combi
nations of foods, beverages and
physical properties.
For instance the waitress will
inevitably look twice and hard
if you order fish and milk on
a dinner. Reams have been
written on the effects of pickles
and ice cream. One stout stom
ached gent was supposed to
have staggered a trifle after his
sixth yumyum, with several
malts on the side. Another
toughie found an overgulping of
"steak" produced purgatorial
nightmares. And it's always
good to eat heavily after a iong
fast.
And then thecr are the mechani
cal means of concluding earthly
affairs. One can rely on the stop
sign law obedience of a brakcless
Thi Psi flivver. Or one can ride with
a speed loving gal who also enjoys
animated conversation. One can
try to follow a hell-bent companion
vehicle in holiday traffic on a two
lane highway. One attempt to pass
a motorized artillery unit; from
the way those trains stick together,
it's all" or nothing for the tag-end-ers.
Courting After Life.
Then there are more definite
ways of taking one's life into one's
own hands. Some foolhardy souls
hang around 1? hall in high winds,
or cave inward the sides of the edi
fice by trapeze acts, on the braces
in the basement. Some people at
tempt to stand in majestic dignity
in riding boots on an icy day. Or
there is the gentle indoor sport of
pushing and pulling light switches.
Our favorite means of wishing
someone, into the nethernether
land, tho. is recommending a ride
on a loop-a-loop. The infernal con
traption works on the same princi
ple as over-and-overing in a swing.
You're strapped into your scat in
a little cabin, and the pendulum is
set in motion.
Each arc is wider than the
last, and more approximating a
circle. Time after time you
pause. perpendicular to the
ground, at the top of the circle.
Suspended by your stomach strap
and the jeers of your companion
Ion you stand on your head for
second fractional eons. Then you
swoosh on over or return the
sickening backward path to your
former position. Such sport
greens the rosiest checks, bugs
out the deepest set eyes. Only
death couldn't come quickly
enough.
Yes, this from a glider looprr
But it's so exciting to contemplate
being scared to death.
When Ocorge Bernard Shaw
grumbled that youth was much tn((
precious to be wasted on the young
he must have known the reckless
abandon of young people in search
of blood coursing diversion. For
them, death has no sting only
stomach aches and cracked heads
and skipping hearts. But stingless
or not. let us at it -collegian sud
den death.
Moguls of Press,
Radio to 'Cover
Minnesota Fray
Ted Husing, Hall, Martin?
Will 'Call' Game for
National Chains.
A.m Nebraska opens her 1937
football season Saturday in a
mighty clash with Minnesota's le
gions, crack sports writers, radio
announcers, photographers and
news reel squads from the nation
over will flock to Lincoln and Me
morial stadium to get the lowdown
for sports fans of the country.
Nebraska students will recog
nize a number of names and faces
in connection with previous sports
events here. Ted Husing will cover
the game for Columbia Broadcast
ing System, coming to Lincoln for
his fifth time, having covered two
A. A. U. meets, the 1935 game
with the Gophers and the Southern
Methodist university game on
other trips. Halsey Hall, ace an
nouncer, will keep N. B. C. radio
listeners informed of the action,
and Reggie Martin, program di
rector of KFAB-KFOR. will be at
the mike for the Mutual chain,
which will route its broadcast
through KKOR.
Press Box Packed.
Francis Powers, sports editor of
Consolidated Press, will be one of
the many writers filling the reno
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RALLY PROGRAM
I
FRIDAY NIGHT
JJunior Members of Board
to Be Announced
During Dance.
FEATURES SNAK
E
DANCE
B0NF1R
E
Johnston Snipes' Vacation
Ends in Oriental War Zone
Former Nebraska Student
Films Bloody Scenes
on East Sojourn.
Social functions of the Ag cam
pus will get their start Friday eve
ning, Oct. 1, when the senior
farmers' fair hoard sponsors a
mixer in the Student Activities
building and reveals, during inter
mission, the identity of the junior
members of the board who were
recently selected by the senioi
board and approved by the faculty
committee.
Tlaying for this first dance will
be Art Randall and his orchestra
from Omaha. Randall's last ap
pearance in Lincoln was at the
farmers' fair dance last spring
when his music proved a great hit.
Purpose of the mixer is to ac
quaint the new students with the
farmers' fair, a major activity that
involves every student on the ag
ricultural college campus. The sen
ior board urges that every student
of the ag college, freshmen as well
as upperclassmen attend, and it
invites students from the city ram-
pus. Prices for admission will be
25 and 3." cents.
The senior members of the board
elected lfi;t spring include La
Verne Tetorson, manager: Earl
Heady, assistant manager: Melvin
Pcernian, treasurer; Pauline Wal
ters, secretary; Donna Hiatt, and
Marjorie Francis.
NEW D1RECT0RYLISTS
POSTED FOR CHECKING
Sections K, L. M, N. 0, P, Q.
R Displayed Today for
Corrections.
Biff Jones, Johnny Howell
to Address Students
Friday Night.
Rallying through the main
streets of the city, up sorority row
and on to the coliseum Friday eve
ning, students of the. university
will herald the opening of a new
football season and cheer the Corn
huskcr team on in the Minnesota
game. Starting at the Temple
theater at 7:30 o'clock, the univer
sity band, the Corn Cobs and Tas
sels will lead the throng with stir
ring music and flaming torches
bound for a great bonfire north of
the coliseum where the main rally
will be held.
After the rally has come to ai
standstill around the blazing fire. !
the rallying crowd will hear short
talks by Coach Biff Jones and the !
captain of the Minnesota game
Johnny Howell.
Members of the Innocents So
ciety ask that students restrain
their pep during the day that the
night rally may receive the full
benefit of their lusty voices and
enthusiasm.
To insure a large crowd at the
pep gatherirg, Corn Cobs and Tas
sels will make a speaking tour of
all organized houses during the
dinner hour Friday evening, and
members of the rally committee
ask that all hour dances be post
poned until the rally is over Fri
day evening.
Little did Johnston Snipes, grad
uate of the college of journalism
last spring, realize that the round
the world voyage which he finally
negotiated would end somewhat
successfully amid the zone of the
undeclared war in China.
Long before school had closed,
Snipes was laying his plans for a
journey into China, and then
around the world, if The "if"
did shappen. Shortly after he ar
rived in Shanghai bombs began to
fall and scenes became those of
blood and horror. Altho many Am
ericans evacuated the zone im
mediately, the "newspaper man" in
Johnston overtook him and he was
determined to see the entire fracas
to the finish.
Belated Letter Tells Story.
Graduating from the university
in June, Snipes finally found a ride
to the west coa.st. spent two
months there attempting to get his
passage, and finally sailed for
China. He is the son of Dr. J. J.
Snipes of Lincoln. He served as
news editor of the Daily Nebraskan
for some time. A letter written on
Sept. 10 in Shanghai and received
by his father here yesterday can
relate more clearly how successful
Snipes' trip has been.
"The mails have been so irregu
lar lately that I cannot tell when
you will get this letter. However, 1
am going to try to send it off to
morrow on the S. S. Biancamano
to Hong Kong where it may catch
the China Clipper.
Bombs Cause Hysteria.
For the present I am remaining
here as it is very hard to get out
and make any sort of desirable
connections. Everybody here got a
little hysterical a week ago when
the bombs and shrapnel were fall
ing all over town. Now the war has
shifted away from the settlement
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Student Activity
Book Sales Soar
Toward New High
COMMITTEEMEN
for kdsmet klub
remap
Office to Release Tickets
According to Drawings
! Thursday at 8.
TASSELS
BREAK
COUNCIL TAKES
ESOTA RALLY
F
Cobs May Follow Student
Migration October 23
to Columbia.
PLAYERS TICKET
SALES RECORDS
1,640 Ducats Sold by Girls
Pep Bub in Eighth
Sales Campaign.
Surpassing all records for Uni
versity Players ticket sale drives,
Tassels ended the eighth annual
campaign last night with a sale of
1,640 season tickets. Previous rec
ord, made in last year's campaign,
was shattered by over 30 tickets.
Winner of the campaign was
Virginia Nolte. with 76 season
books sold. Frances Boldman was
second with a total of 64.
Chairmen and captains for the
drive, also, presented with prizes,
were Martha Morrow and Eloise
Benjamin, co-chairmen, and Vir
ginia Fleetwood, Frances Boldman,
Virginia Nolte, rtuthanna Russel,
Harriet Cummer, and Josephine
Rubnitz. Individual team winners,
excluding team captains, were
Selma Hill, Eleanor Eiche, Ruth
Bander. Emma Marie Shuttloffal,
Jean Gordon, and Rilla Mae Nevin.
Tickets are still available at in
creased rates. Student tickets ad
vanced from $2 to $3. Public ticket
are S3.
Reservations for the plays may
be made at the box office in Tern
pie theater after Oct. 1.
BUDGET ACTION
T
AFTERNOON
Student Executive Body
to Plan Migrations
Program.
From the student activities of
fice comes the news that this
year's sale of season athletic books
will be the heaviest in history if
j the unprecedented sale of the first
i day is an accurate measure. Until
noon, today, the office will he
open to receive students' money
! for their games tickets.
At noon Ed Murray, editor of
the Daily Nebraskan. will make
t .1 :. . tl.... ...:m I.
I int. tiiHwinM uiiii " in fcivr me
1 seat locations to both fratorniiy
! and group blocks and to individual
Committees for the annual Kos- j student's scats. The tickets will
met Klub fall revue to be pre-, Mnt he riven out. however, until the
following day.
Any group nf students wishing
to sit together may obtain their
Alpha Phi Sorority Files
First Skit for Fall
Presentation.
sented on Homecoming day. Sat
urday, Nov. 6. were appointed at
a meeting of the Klub at 5 o'clock
yesterday afternoon. Robert Wad
hams, elected to membership in
the Klub last spring, but not ini
tiated, was formally received into
the organization at the meeting
also.
Serving on the production com
mittee will be Winfield "Doc"
Elias as chairman, Webb Mills
and Stanley Brewster. Robert
Martz is chairman of the business
committee with Howard Kaplan
and Phil Southwick assisting. In
charge of properties and acting
as stage manager will be Paul j
Wagner. j
Nebraska Sweetheart. j
seats in blocks by sending one of
their members with the identifica
tions cards and ticket money of
the entire group to the activities
office before 12 o'clock today. The
representative of the group must
also have with him all the identi
fication cards of the group. To get
the block tickets, the representa
tive must call at the office Thurs
day to receive them.
The ticket sales ar? not over
with the drawings. They will con
tinue as long as the seats hold
out. but the late buyers will have
to be satisfied with the locations
that are left. Identification cards
With the planning of the student
councils fiscal year slated as the contact man for the revue will j must be presented for each ticket
important business, AI Moscman, be Robert Gannon, while the job : purchased, whether in block or
president of the student governing oi finding an idea for the prescn-1 separate, at the. time the money is
bodv. has called the first meeting lalIon OI lms J ear s eora.-K i pam.
WINIFRED NELSON TELLS
OF MM. ACTIVITIES
Organization's Program for
New Year Opened With
Vesper.
Vesper services held Tuesday
evening in Ellen Smith hall, in
augurated the year's activities of
tho Y. W. C. A. A feature of the
meeting was an address "Your
V. W. C. A." by Winifred Nelson,
president of the Y. V.
The year's activities for the or
ganization were outlined by Miss
Nelson in her talk, which will in
clude conferences, staff meetings,
and varous parties throughout the
year, a highlight of which is to
be the mothers' teas in May. Girls
were urged to become members of
the Y. W. and participate In their
activities.
Harnett Byron Sings.
A piano solo by Bcinicc Nelle
nian served as a prelude to the
meeting. Devotional were, led by
Eleanor Eiche. after which special
music was presented. Heard on
the program were Harriett Byron,
vocal solo, accompanied by Vee
Louise Marshall, and a flute duet
by Selina Hill and Constance B.w
ker accompanied by Dorthea
Gore. Invocation by Francis Mar
shall, vesper chairman, closed the
meeting.
All girl wishing to sign for
staff meetings are urged to do so
in the near future in the Y. W.
C, A. parlors.
Student Directory sections K,
L. M. N. O. P. Q. and R will be
placed on the cheeking l.ibles in
lower Social Science hall this
morning and will remain there
until Thursday night, according
to Jerry Williams, editor of the
publication. The final sections S,
T, U, V, W. X, Y. and Z will be
made available for checking on
Friday. Saturday and Monday.
Students are , asked to check
possible errors In the listing of
their college, year, home town ad
dress, university street address,
and telephone number.
Having inherited the sponsor-1
ship of football rallies, the Corn j
Cob organization laid definite
plans for Friday evening s pep
fest at A general meeting last
night in the Social Science build
ing. Co-operating with the rally
committee, the club will make a
speaking tour of all organized
houses Friday evening during the
dinner hour. The rally, which will
be accompanied by the varsity
band, cheer leaders, and the. re
snective oreanizations. will start
at 7:30 p. m. A huge bonfire, to
he built by the Cobs will termi
nate the march.
President Burney presented the
possibilities of the club migrating
I to the Missouri football game,
Oct. 23. Various methods of trans
jportation were proposed,
i Tlans for the annual Corn Cob
' partv to be held Oct. 30, the night
following the Indiana invasion,
were outlined by party chairman.
I Frank Kudrna.
I The club will sell scarlet pen
nants. Iwaring the word rvcoras
ka." before games as a means of
revenue, it was decided at the
meeting.
Lust night was the first time
I the new sophomore pledges have
I met as members of the Corn Cob
club. Members will sit in a body
I at the football games as has been
done in the past.
Yfper (llioir Try-Ouls
dialed for Today at .
Vesper choir tryouts will be
held in Ellen Smith hall at 5
p. m. today, according to an
nouncement by Maxine Federle,
director. A second group of
tryouts has been scheduled tor
Friday, Oct. 1. All girls wish
ing to sing in the choir should
report at tryouts today or Friday.
of the year to be held this after
noon at 5 o'clock in room 106 of
University hall. Moscman requests
that all members be present so
that the financial program for the
ensuing year may be given the ut
most consideration.
Chairman of the budget commit
tee, Bill Clayton, will put before
the council a detailed resume of
last year's budget and a report of
the present financial condition of
the council. Chairmen of the other
committees of the group will pres
ent budgets for their own com
mittees, and these will be compiled
into the budget for the whole
body.
De Loris Bors. hrad of the com
mittee on student migrations, will
present to the group plans for a
migrations program during the
football season. Trips to out of
town football gpmes, including
Iowa and Missouri will be dis
cussed and special train fares and
convenient facilities for the trips
will be brought to he attention of
! the body. These plans on student
j trips, adopted by the migrations
I committee, must he approved by
the faculty committee before the
student council takes definite steps
I to carry them out.
of this year's Nebraska
Sweetheart, to be elected in the
near future and revealed at the
revue, has been assi
aid Boehm, chairman
Thelps and Donald Moss. Robert
Wadhams is chairman in charge!
of publicity and advertising, to be
assisted by Frank Johnson. Light
ing for the show will be the work
of Stanley Brewster, and Joe
Stephens will be in charge of i
ushers. Frank Johnson was ap
pointed chairman of the program
committee with Donald Moss as
sisting. Alpha Phi's File.
Credit for being the. first or
ganized group to file their com
peting skit for the revue went to
the Alpha Phi sorority. Deadline
for accepting filings is 5 p. m.
next Tuesday afternoon. Judging
acts for the first time will be
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aieu at tne i rnn
ned to Don-j U
n, Thurston ; J J
AT NEWSSTANDS SET
Humor Magazine Features
More Pictures, Gore,
and Stories.
IE
Remains of Pre-IIistorie Camel.
Larger Than Huge Arebidiskodon,
Kxeavaled bv Bertram Seluilt
Nebraska Power' Company
Engineers to Tell
Plant System.
Clarence Minard, chief engineer,
and Pat Moulton, efficiency engi
neer, both of Nebraska Power
company. Omaha, will address
American Institution of Electrical
Engineers this evening at 7:30 in
Mechanical Engineering building,
room 206.
Minard will describe Nebraska
Power company as a whole and
particularly the transmission and
distribution system. Moulton will
discuss the main power station
including the recently-installed,
ultra-modern, high-pressure top
ping plant. G. A. Walker, assistant
manager of rural division, will
also be present.
In view of tiic pending inspec
tion trip to Nebraska Power com
pany this fall, this is an open
meeting for all engineers.
23rd Psalm Gets
Sludenl Version
With TrijiimiiiW
i
The Prof is rev shepherd: I shall i
not rest.
He maketh mo to sit down in
stuffy libraries; he lradeth me
to distraction.
He disturbeth my soul; he leadetli
me in the paths of studiousness
for my grades' Bake.
Yea, though I walk through the
valley of the shadow of failure,
I will fear no expulsion; for he
would no longer be with me, his
voice and his tests would no
longer vex me.
He prcparest an examination loi
nie in the presence 0f mine
classmates; he pavest my path
with millstones; my grades
sinkcth lower.
Surely flunks and pink slips shall
follow me all the days of my
schooling; and I will dwell in
the University of Nebraska for
ever.
E
,A new Awgwan. including more
I pictures, cartoons, art work, short
stories, hettcr written adds,
I cleverer covers, and the usual gore,
jwill make its first appearance Fri-
day, according to Editor Bruce
Campbell. This first issue may be
purchased at stands in Sosh or An
drews hall.
Two short stories are included,
one of cosmopolitan interest, "Gen
tlemen Preferred," and another
dealing with "The Roamer Boys at
Nebraska." They are whimsical
and satirical in content.
I James Foreman, a transfer from
I Western Reserve university, draws
this month's cover. Bill Farrens
I takes his pen in hand and fills
! three pages with comely lasses.
I The Awgwan boasts of a famous
cartoonist staff, led by Ed Steeves,
, headed by Shoemaker, topped bv
Tomorrow the whole student j Eill Farrens, starring Ed Sr.hmid,
body will stick in its hats the red featuring Jean Tool, and lntroduc
"N" feathers that are today being . jng Jim Foreman,
displayed only by the Mortar The fashion's department has
Board, the Innocents, and the ! been remodeled and the Awgwan
'how their mounting has been fortunate in procuring the
for the Minnesota service of Simon-Sea-Moan Sim
j mons. 16th st. stylist. The fashions
efforts of the Inno-lare direct from Streets of Paris
cents society, it will be possioie I anu r.squne. uihum i-tv.- m
for anv Cornhusker fan. whether the start.
Innocents Announce Free
Distribution of Red
Quills Tomorrow.
Tassels, to
enthusiasm
game.
Thru the
a student of the university or not.
to secure the red quills at Gold's
department store free of charge.
Men may get them on the first
floor of the men's store and girls
Also, under cover, we find the
preview of Nebraska's grid cam
paign. On the side, we have a new
slogan lor gore, one new name
each month. That is to avoid th
.i-iii finM them in the Kamnus i complaint the gore contains the
Korner on the third floor of the same names every month. The
main store. Sororities, fraternities September goic section will tea
or other organized groups may se- j turc "Rush Week in Review.'
cure the feathers in blocks if they The subscription d-ive, ending
Wjsn. today, gives students the opportun-
The Innocents urge all students l ity to get the Awpvan for one dol
to call for their feathers as soon lar a year for ten copies.
as possible and wear them to the
game Saturday and to all the fol-j
lowing games or the rooioaii sea
son.
1SCHMIDT TO ENTERTAIN
Remains of a pre-historic ani
mal which Dr. E. H. Barbour, di
rector of the university museum,
suspects to be the largest camel
ever discovered, were excavated
this summer by C. Bertmnd
Schultz and his party of university
students In western Nebraska.
Schultz and his party were able
to bring back to Morrill hall only
part of the remains but later In
the year after more excavations
by T. C. Middleswart, S. R. Sweet,
and W. F. Chaloupka, anthropolo
gists of Bridgeport, the rest of the
skeleton will lie sent to the mu
seum. Dr. Barbour and Scliullz believe
t li I b camel when completely
mounted will even tower ubove
"archldiskodon," the world's larg
est pre-historic elephant, now In
Morrill hall. It is doubted in fact
if the staff will be able to secure
a display case large enough to ac
commodate the skeleton.
Mr. Schulti, who spent four
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RIFLE TEAM TO MEET
AT 5JTCL0GK TODAY
New Uniform Measurements,
Physical Examinations
Given This Week.
Nebraska Students Turn Noses
Up and Tliumbs Down on Dating
Knreau Proposal, Poll Discloses
Barb Women Show Strongest i arranged." When first asked only
, the general question as to whether
Disapproval to nan i01. not they thought a dating bu
Piano Instructor to Play
Works of Masters
Today.
for Mixing;.
Boy meets girl at manv another and 18 in the negative.
co-educational institution through j Barb Men Favor.
Tne school of music will have
reau "would be a good idea,'' 32 j jls fllvt convocation of the year,
had answered in the affirmative . tnis aftc.rnoo:i in the Temple thc.-i-
From Lincoln Bute Journal,
Prof. E. H. Barbour,
Major Charles Speer. who is in
charge of the Rifle Team, today
announced that the team will meet
today in room 210, Nebraska
hall, at 5 o'clock. Sergeant Mc
Guisey and Sergeant Engle will
have charge of the rifle range,
Announcement was also made
that the contract for new uniforms
was ugain awarded to the Crad
dock Uniform company. Measure
ment of uniforms will start this
week. Physical examinations for
advanced course students are be
ing: conducted now and should be
completed Saturday. The examina
tion must be completed before a
contract can be signed.
I the match making of a dating bu
reau, but at Nebraska it just isn't
done. "Tho long talked of by va
rious campus groups as a means
of providing social contacts to
green young freshmen and other
lonely heurts. n dating bureau
would face pretty tough going if
the findings of u Dally Nchruskan
reporter limy be taken as an accu
rate reflection of campus opinion
upon the matter.
Thirty-six out of 00 students In
terviewed gave a definite "no"
while only 14 said "yes" In answer
to the question "Would you consent
to file personal Information about
yourself with tuch a bureau, or go
on a date which the bureau had
Barb men were on the whole
more favorahle to the proposal !
than any other group, barb women
most opposed. Nine out of 20 un
affiliated men said they would use
such a bureau while only four out
of the same number of unaffiliated
women expressed themselves as
willing to go on a liuri-uu-plaiiiied
date.
Hvo fraternity men thought "it
would be a good ideu;' only one
thought he woulJ use It. Of a cor
responding number of sorority
women Interviewed, all thought It
would be a good Idea." Only one
for Barbs who don't have a chance
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ter at 4 o'clock. Herbert Scnmmi.
instructor of piano at the school
will present the following pro
gram :
Haydn - Sonata. K flat: allegro,
nilapio, presto.
Schubert -- Moment Musiralc,
0 major. Op. !H, No. 1: .Moment.
Musical, A flat, Op. ill, No. :
Impiomptu. minor, Op. 112,
No. 4.
Urldge -The Hour fllnss; No. 1,
DuM.: No. 2, The Pew Kairy, No.
:i, the Midnight Tide.
Lord HciiiiiM -Two Little l'u
neral Marches; iai l-'or u Canary;
(bi For a Rich Aunt.
Plulllpp Emanuel E.ich-Rondo
Espressivo, B mino
Johann Sebastian EachToc
cata, D m-.Jnr
