f "TT TT ,m 'ABLY 1 KAN Official Student Newspaper of the University of Nebraska until) Sarah Z 40S VOL. WWII, 1M. LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, IUIDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 19.J7 PIUCE FIVE CENTS V 1 I9EBRAS f 111 . . J Truckers of llie. World, I'nilo! Nor snow nor fire can keep col litch gents and gals from rippling rhythms. The twinkling tootsies of campuses arc not to bo denied. And so tonight Shcp Fields will hold forth in the coliseum and dancing duos will have themselves the time of their lives. Since this Is a special, steep tariffed occasion, everyone pres ent will r'an t0 stl'ut nis sllff. Just dancing dancing seems a bit flat for the relishing of super bands, and so terpsichoreans will bo dusting off their snappiest steps. Current addictions along this line still seem to be truckin'. Therefore we asked leading local lights how they keep In trim for festive footwork. The conditions recommended are illuminating. Strenuous activities advocated ranged from peanut guessing games at Lebsock's to indoor track events in the fraternity dormitory. A .surprising number of them have been made a part of the daily lives of their devotees, with highly sat isfactory results. Practice Makes Perfect. Many straightforward souls insist thai: the way to keep in the pink for Truckin' is to truck. In doing so Betty Cherny not only achieved the supplety es sential to the dance, but also lost two inches off her hips. t-urthermore, when the Alpha Xi Delta furnace went on the blink not long ago, Betty Trucked to keep warm most effectively. Or one can train for Truckin' by making the most of the ordi nary course of human events. Nothing is quite so conducive to efficient muscular co-ordination as rolling out of the down five min utes before class. Whoa v every movemont must count, and all one's dormant energies arc brought into play, the discipline effected is productive of dynamic things on the dance floor. This cold weather, also, offers special opportunities for exercise of the muscles cafled into play by Truckin'. Anyone who can navi gate with a modicum of poise, icy walks, or buck the head winds be tween Teachers and Sosh with grace need never fear inability to master Trurkster antic. Tips From the Fit. uiner routine occurrences arc conducive to Truckability. One girl groans that Body Mechanics keeps her fit. Another claims the secret of her success is in running up stairs to answer "false alarm" phone calls at dull hour dances. In cidentally it was generally con reded, among the lasses, that the third floor girls had a distinctive edge in this conditioning deal, and should spot their lower leveled sis ters generously. Strangely enough, eating and sleeping play roles for some of the keep-in-the-pinkers. A fresh man girlie confides that she eats heavily between meals to keep uo strength.' A Delta Gamma advises, "Go to bed." A serious youngster recommends service as bus boy for a sorority, "par ticularly at the Chi O house." A man about school practices Tun ing leaps over four beds to his top deck bunk at the Acacia house. Miscellaneous ideas for Truckin' trim include: Roller skating, de veloping sinuous sinews in with standing the itching of "woolies." making trains in a hurry, walking '.wo miles a day. and holding criti cal clinics on the technique of True kin.' There is a strong tie among lov ers of the dance for their ail. Oeat things could be arcom plished if ail that fruitful energy were handed together, for further perfection of one of the major arts. So, Truckers of the world, unite! Last Varsity Hop Closes Informal Season Saturday Campus Shows Gratitude to Revered 'Billie Quick Post-Game Dance Features Ken Nelson's Music, 25 Cent Tickets. Ken Nelson's twelve piece or chestra and 25c cent tickets will be the principal nfter-the-game at traction for many on the Nebraska campus Saturday evening when the last of the all-university In formal parties, the Varsity Hop, is staged in the coliseum. Low priced admission is being given n trial in hopes that it will enable more students to attend the party, a 'hlng that many people on the campus have urged the Barb Council, the organization that sponsors the varsity parties, to undertake. The party commit tee of the council, in gratifying the requests, urges that everyone take advantage of dancing to the music of a well known orchestra at such reasonable prices. If the low prices prove profitable, the low admission will, no doubt, be per manent. Tickets 25 Cents. According to Dean Worcester. member of the committee, the party Saturday night is the first ever to be held in the coliseum, with decorations put up, at an ad mission of 25 cents. Ken Nelson's band is a popular orchestra of the midwestern states and has recently played at the "Music Box" in Omaha for 13 weeks and over WOW and KFAB. The orchestra has been in Lincoln several times this fall playing for (Continued on rage 4). PALYI DISCUSSES OLD AT 1 : .tstfHkI'Skk SITUATION P 1 BIZAD CONVO X i. Timely Entrance of Campus Cop Saves Structure From Ruin. America Suffers From Gold Surplus, Financial Expert Explains. Pespite the fact that every country today is admitting that it is not on the gold standard, it is, however, their gold situation over which they arc showing the great est concern. Dr. Melchior Palyi of the University of Chicago, told an audience of University of Ne braska business college students Thursday morning in Social Sciences auditorium. One of the outstanding experts in the field of world finance, Dr. ralyi pointed out that the reason now why some countries, like the United States with its great gold reserve, do not seem to be enjoy ing the boom they should is due to the fact that there is no such thing today as an "automatic" gold standard. Germany, with very little gold as a basis foi its currency, is apparently enjoying prosperity. "Hot Money" Countries. The speaker pointed to the fact that during the past few years in every country the financial con trol had been taken over by the respective governments. He also explained the existing foreign monetary situation by grouping the nations of the world into five financial classifications. "The United States and Eng land." he said, "are examples of what we may call 'the hot money' countries, countries actually suf fering from too much gold. The (Continued on Page 3). Corn Cobs, Tassels, 2 Bands to Take Part in Ceremony During Half Saturday. John Stuart. Tlaying the strains of the "Comhusker," the Nebraska var sity band will honor W. T. "Billie" Quick, retiring band director, be tween the halves of the Nebraska- Iowa game while the Corn cons and Tassels will form on the field the letters B-I-L- L-I-E. Students in the stadium will join in with cheers while the entire ceremony will be broadcast over KFAB. Because of a prolonged illness last winter from which he par tially recovered, Billic Quick was forced to give up i,menin journm.acUVe WOl'k in directing of the varsity band. Still acting as adviser, he rarely misses a practice if is possible to attend. W. T. OI'If'K. -Cuurtmy of However, h'p still directs the uni versity orchestra which plays for the -university players. 20 Years of Service. Since 1918, or for 20 years, Mr. Quick has been the beloved direc tor of the university band. To him the most outstanding experience during this lime was the trip the band made to New York in '27 with the football team which played Army. "That was a hectic time, selling feathers and getting donations after broadcasts over the radio to raise the $5,000 to finance the trip. Our own Biff Jones was then coaching at Army and it was his team that spelled our defeat." Mr. Quirk is a most accom plished musician. His favorite in struments are the French horn, violin, and the viola. He has a teaching knowledge of all other instruments. A lover of music since his earli est childhood, Billie took more than an ordinary director's inter est in his band. There are approxi mately 95 members in the varsity or concert group, and he knew each one by his first name. He knew the instrument that each (Continued on Page 4). Six Groups to Vie for Coll-Agri-Fun Trophy Tonight STUDENT RALLY T( N Barbs to Sponsor I.ast Armory Dance of Year Another barb dance will be held this evening from 8 to 10 o'clock in the Armory. This is the last dance to be sponsored by the Barbs until some time in January and all barbs are urged to attend. Admission is 10 cents. GRIDIN TODAY Classes Will Dismiss at 11 for Final Pep Session of Pigskin Season. Gridiron pep demonstrations will reach their final climax at 11 o'clock classes, gather in front of the Temple to cheer for Cornhusk- Revuc Board Will Present Silver Cup to Winner of Skit Contest. Six organizations will compete for the coveted silver trophy given to the winner of the skit contest in the annual Coll-Agri-Kun Re vue which will be presented this evening starting at 8 o'clock in the activities building. The revue this year consists of six skits and four curtain acts and promises to be one of the best presentations in recent years. Besides the silver trophy with the name of the winner engraved upon it. prizes totaling $30 wi'l be given to the runnerups. Judges of this year's show are Ray Ramsey, Virginia Amos, and Marjorie Thomas. "Bigger, Better Show." The Coll-Agri-Fun board con- cr victory m their last home game i si.sttnjr of Al Note, manager and to honor the 12 graduating sc-, Peggy Pascoe, Pauline Walters 11 A fire, originating in the foundry, room 105 of the M. K. i nuiiiiing. was discovered ihsi nigni about 7:00 p. m. by Campus Cop H. B. Wolfe as he made his usual rounds, unlocking classrooms for the evening sessions. Kxtent of the damage done to the building was unknown, except for the fact that a hole was burned in the roof directly above the toundry and a considerable amount of water was sprayed about the room. In an interview with Officer Wolfe, he explained how he hap pened to discover the blaze. "1 was approaehing the M. E. building to open up the rooms for evening classes," stated Wolfe, "when I smelled smoke ami saw flames shooting up from m hole in the roof. 1 immediately notified the fire department, who quickly had the conflagration under control." The general opinion as to how the fire originated was that the fire in the furnace had been left burning, and the heat caused the wood fuel piled near the furnace to burst into flames, setting fire to the structure. OF SCOUTS SPONSOR SMOKER' 1 I I National President. ! 1 A rush smoker was held Wed lesday evening bv Alpha Thl 1 i'megd, national scout fraternity. 'T'receding the Informal smoke ses sion, the scout service fraternity discussed the contract with the Cornhusker for a full page picture in the 1937-SS edition, and an nounced another rush smoker for Sunday, Nov. 21. At the Sunday smoker the fraternity will enter tain its national president, H. Koe Rartle, who will be in Lincoln for the meeting. Further plans were laid by the fraternity for sending several dele gates to the national convention in Kansas City Dec. 11 and 12. A tentative date for the pledge party for the actives was act ns Dec. 11, and the place was announced as the scout camp south of Lincoln. Oeorge Vlasnik, chaiiman of the fraternity s blood transfusion com mittee, reported that call- had been received for blood donors in the case of Glenn Paulsen, but that the car accident victim died before a favorable opportunity for a blood transfusion was presented. NYA Workers Will Call for Pay Chocks Today All NYA workers may obtain their second checks this morn ing at the NYA office In the West Stadium, except students of the College of Agriculture, whose checks will be available at Dean Burr's office. These checks will be in payment of all work done during the month which ended Nov. 9th, and rep resent a total of $8,114.64. According to the records, this mount was earned by 656 Uni versity students, of whom 42 are medical students doing their work at the College of Medicine in Omaha. Dean Speaks at Convention of Land-Grant Colleges in Washington, D. C. Discussing the subject "The Cost of Kngineering Education in Land-Grant Colleges as Compared with Non-land-grant Institutions," Dean O. J. Ferguson of the um versity college of engineering told delegates attending the convention of the Association of Land-grant Colleges and Universities at Wash' ington. D. C. Wednesday that tl nances of the land-grant institu tiofts have probably suffered more during the depression than fi nances of the other engineering colleges. In preparing his report, Dean Ferguson secured informa tion from 68 institutions, there being an equal number of replies from each group. "The budgct-per-student curve for 1934-35 is lower than for 1929' 30." the dean said. "In general : this is occasioned by decreased I budgets, the effects of which are ; greater than the reductions in numbers of students. Non-land ' grant colleges are perceptibly above Innd-gTant institutions in ! their budgets per student. In fact the averages run respectively for 1 929-30-J47.V29 and J306.il and for 1934-35-1472.69 and $273.35 The budget-per-student figure was obtained by totaling the ex penditures of the engineering col lege and dividing this sum by the total number of engineering stu dents enrolled for the same year. Land-grant colleges also average lower salaries to their instruct ional staff than does the other group, Dean Ferguson pointed out. Al METING TONIGHT Three-Act Farce to Include Senoritas, Cowboys, Dancers in Cast. Written Exam Will Decide Winner of $40 Prize Latin Award. "Life at a Dude Ranch" will be depicted by arts and science mem bers of the Palladian Literary so ciety at a program to be given at Palladian hall this evening at 9 o'clock. Sandra Manning, starred by Beatrice Ekblad, has inherited the Flying W ranch from her untie and has come out west to look it over. Steve Thornton, character ized by Austin Mutz, is a New Yorker who takes up ranching se riously and shows great pride in the west. Armolene McKay is "tops" as Mona Andrews, his fiancee, who despises ranching but has come west for another visit in hopes of clinching the mat ter. And then there is Don Rice as Buck Jones, Jr. This fast moving three-act play, directed by Faith Medlar and Don Rice, has a supporting cast of 20 actors, composed of dancers, senoritas, and cowboys. Unaffil iated university students are wel come to attend. The Palladian ladder checker tournament is rapidly drawing to a close. At the present time Jean Marvin leads the field. The win ner of the tournament, who will be crowned at a future meeting, will be presented with a loving cup by the Palladian Sleuth com mittee. A ping-pong table was recently purchased by the society, and an elimination tournament is now in progress. Individuals are entered in the men's and women's divisions, and teams are playing in the mixed doubles. This contest is also sponsored by the Palladian Sleuth committee. Recent pledges of Talladian are Victoria Ekblad, Malcolm Hayes, James Hush, Kay McKay, Jane DeLatour, and Vernon Wicbusch. The Barber Classical Prize was announced Wednesday evening at the Classical club meeting by Prof. Clarence Forbes of the Latin de partment. The prize, which will be $40, is to be awarded on the basis of excellence in a written examination given by the commit tee of awards. Students of clas sical languages with not less than four years nor more than five years of study in that field, who wish to continue study of classical languages or ancient classical archaeology are eligible. The prize originated in a dona tion left by Grove E. Barber, former head of the university Latin department. Before his re tirement Prof. Barber had been n member of the faculty for 41 years, and had served as eighth president of the Classical Associa tion of the Middle West and South. Previous winners of the prize arc Celia Sterner. 1935. Norris Getty, 193H, and Florence Steuteville, 1937. Fred Koch entertained the club in its first meeting with readings from the Amphitryon of Plautus, the comedy forerunner of the prcs (Continued on Page 41. niors that are on the squad. Martha Morrow, Tassel presi dent, will present scrolls of honor to Elmer Dohrmann, Fred Shircy, Robert Mehiing, Lowell English. Gus Peters, Perry Franks, Theo dore Doyle, Paul Amen, John Rich ardson, John Howell. Harris An drews, and Arthur Ball who will play their last football game on the Nebraska field Saturday. "Biff" to Speak. Rally committee plans call for thu rally to begin immediately after the end of the 10 o'clock classes. Chief cheer leader, Dave Bernstein, and his assistants, the varsity and freshman bands, and the Tassels and Corn Cobs will lead the student throng in cheers and songs. Coach "Biff" Jones, Coach Henry Schulte, and Game Captain Harris Andrews will all speak briefly. According to Willard Burney, rally committee chairman, the ju diciary committee of the Student Council recommended the 11 o'clock rally on the condition that no spontaneous rally should be started at any other time and it was under this condition that the dean of student affaiis approved the rally plans. The rally com mittee asks the complete co-operation of students in making the authorized rally a success and in squelching any other demonstra tions that may spring up. Ray Kruse. Lois Lichliter, and Carroll Garey announces the en trance of six skits and four curtain acts in this year's bigger and bet ter show. Skits entered in the revue are: "Acts and Revelations." by Alpha Gamma Rho; "Evolution of Corn Maizie," Farm House; "He Ain't Done Right by Nell," by the Ag Cafeteria Club: "4-H yuizzers, 4-H Club; "What! the British," Dramatic Club, and "Magic Sa tan" by the Ag College Boarding Club. The curtain acts have been entered by Farm House, the Home Economics Association and indi vidual acts by Melvin Eeerman and Marjorie Francis. To climax this gala affair, the board has secured Wayne Keim's Rhythm Ramblers to play at the dance immediately following the revue. s DR, FELLMAN TO SPEAK IT DELIAS UNION MEET W. A. A. TO CHOOSE TWO ANCIENT JOKESM1T1LS MOCK4 ABSENT MINDED PROl ESSOR Humorists of Old Greece Resemble Modern Wits, Says Magazine. Infantry Cadet Units to Meet at 9 Saturday The Infantry Csdet unit will meet at Nebraska HU at 9 o'clock on Saturday morninf). Junior c-fflccri are especially urged to attend as well as stu dents taking basic drill and seniors. , By Barbara Myer. The maxim that there is noth ing new under the sun applies, it would seem, more truly to Jokes and witticisms than to anything else. The chief difference between the jests of one generation and that of another is mainly in their form. The kernel is practically the same. Some humorous writer dearly love to make fun of the absent minded, unpractical univer sity professor, who, outside of his own subject, lets his wits wander and is very slow to grasp anything in ordinary life. Such Jokes as these were cracked centuries ago. by students and graduates of the great uni versities in ancient Greece, for it is a mistake to suppose that what we now call "college life" was un known In the ancients, ss the "Fraternity Mont h" magazine points out In a went article. Creek Collection. A witty Greek named 1 llerocles, a graduate of Alexandria, col- Eoard Will Name Leading Players After Each Tournament. Keeping Out of War Subject of Address Tonight in Temple. Dr. David Fellman of the po litical science department will speak to members of Delian Union Literary society on "How to Keep Out of War" at the Delian Union hall on the third floor of Temple building this evening at 9 o'clock. Dr. Fellman had rather an ex tensive trip to Europe this sum mer and thus studied the Euro pean situation first hand. Those who have heard his travel talk will be interested in coming to hear this speech. All unaffiliated university students arc welcome to come. Also on the program are sev eral musical numbers. 1'onard Forht will play the piano and Ed Fischer will play a clarinet solo. Chester Anderson will deliver the fiery "Sparticus." Marie Willcy and John Pease are in charge of the refreshments. IN COLISEUWTTONIGHT United Press State Bureau Manager to Discuss New Styles of News. All men in the School of Journa lism will be afforded an oppo--tunity 1o hear one of Nebraska's outstanding newspapermen tonight at 7:15 o'clock when Tom Irgolds by, veteran United i'ress state bureau manager, discusses modern newspaper problems at an all journalism smoker sponsored by Sigma Delta Chi. The smoker will be held in the "N" clubrooms of the coliseum. One of the three oldest men in point of service employed by 1he. Unite,) Press, Tom Ongoldsby will speak on new styles of news writ ing, facsimile and other new methods of news transmission and the newspaper's position in a city. He will also outline the foreign and domestic operations of the United Tress. Tom Ing "Idsby will recent newspaper guild activities. Outline Fraternity's Functions. Journalism men will 1 wel comed to the Smoker by Gayle C. languages. Walker, director of the school ana Last season, these services at- j sponsor of the Nebraska chapter traded not only large numbers of of Sigma Delta Chi. The functions students but also many Lincoln land purposes of the national townsfolk. Frequently, people journalistic fraternity will be ex from many miles out in the rtate came to Lincoln to attend The choir's object in these servi ces is to combine a universal wor ship with the arts, according to John M. Rnsborough, director of the choir. The beauty i.f music, poetry and other forms, he ex plained, will be used to make pos sible a highly worshipful state of mind with both audience and participants. Lincoln Cathedral Choristers Begin Weekly Vespers Sunday Afternoon. The second season of choral vespers by the Lincoln Cathedral choir will begin with a service Sunday afternoon at 5:30 o'clock in the ballroom of the Hotel Corn husker, according to a recent an nouncement. The newly organized Lincoln String orchestra will assist the choir. Guest speaker for the aft ernoon is Dr. Harry Kurz of the university depart me it of romance plained to freshmen and sopho mores in the school by Willard Bui -ney, chapter president, who will also report on the proceedings ol the national fraternity convention held last week in Topeka. A roundtahle discussion on newspaper work will follow In- goldshy's talk. Other entertain ment, including free smokes, will be supplied the journalism stu dents by Sigma Delta Chi. lected, some time in the fifth cen tury, a volume of jests which were current among the students with regard to the wool gathering type of prufessor. A' number of them are translated as being of consid erable interest in the history of humor and especially of college humor. A professor wishing to swim whs nearly drowned, whereupon he swore that he would never touch water again until he had learned how to swim. Twin Trouble. Of twin brothers, one died. A professor thereupon, meeting the survivor asked: "Is it you that died, or your brother?" A professor learning that a raven would live for more than 200 years, bought one to test the matter. A professor wishing to crow a river went on board the boat on horseback. When someone asked the reason, he answered that he wanted to get over In a hurry. "Does It Flatter Me 7" A professor looking out of the window of a house, which h had bought, asked a passerby whether (Continued on rage 4), DR. HARRIS PRESENTS HISTORY OF BRAZIL AT STUDEN T FORUM Students Discuss Outcome For the purpose of giving credit to outstanding players in each In tramural sport, the W. A. A. coun cil has voted to choose two all-star teams at the end of every tourna ment. Ten different spoils are in cluded in the W. A. A. yearly pro gram in which over 20 different trams take part. Because so many women participate it is difficult under the present plan to choose Individuals to whom the customary five silver cups should be awarded at the end of the year. The council has decided to choose outstanding players from all teams at the end of every sport. Skill and sportsmanship will be the qualities considered. From these players two teams will be composed who will play for the championship. Music Honorary Pledge Seven Wednesday Might Phi Mu Alrha. Sinfonia. held their formal pledging ceremony on Wednesday night in the Scbool of Music. Seven men were Inducted into the music honorary: r.lchsrd AloNandrr. Richard Rush, Edward Edison, Vernon Hannermsn, Rich ard Morse, Allen Peterson and Clyde Shonerd, of New Fascist Regime in South America. Running competition against a Bizad convocation at the same hour, and handicapped by the fact that classes were not dismissed, the first student forum of the year held in the Temple at 11 o'cloc k Thursday was able to attract only a small crowd of some i:if stu dents. Dr. Lyman Harris of the University of Omaha talked for 30 minutes on the historical back ground and the possible implica tions of the recent Brazilian coup d'etat. The discussion of Brazilian fascism was continued by a panel of students who posed questions for the Omaha diplomatic autho rity to answer, and at the close of the hour the forum was turned over to the audience. Harris Makes No Prediction. Harris said that since It wns little more than a week since Pres ident Vargas had abrogated the constitution of Brazil and set up a regime which bears striking re semblance to Kurnpean totalitarian Mstes, one could not form a dis passionate opinion of 1he si'ustion. Not wishing to make a definite prediction as to the liktUhwU of the Brazilian fascists joining with those of Germany. Italy and Ja pan, Harris proceeded to give a brief history of the economic, po litical and social organization of the country. He explained the culturteerir.g movements which Germany and Italy have started in Brazil, such as the offering of ex change scholarships and the act ual subsidization of education. No Threat to America. Harris minimized the possible threat to American supremacy in the west em hemisphere since he says that the coup is not analgous toHitler's and Mussolini's march to power. Dictators in South America are an old story," he said. Southern politics have pro duced a typical class of d. da lor for w horn the new brand of f as sicm is a heaven sent opportunity since It permits him to ride to power thru the application of new techniques. The speaker said that there was not enough human material in Brazil to support either fascism, communism or democracy since 75 per cent of Its people arc illiterate. The forum was sponsored by the forum committee of the Student Council. On the student discus SHEP FiELDS WILL PLAT AT COLISEUM TONIGHT Shep Fields and bis noted rhythm makers will play at the university coliseum this evening at 9 o'clock under the auspices of R. H. Parley, manager of the Turnpike. After months of manipulat ion, the management of one of the favorite Husker casinos ob tained a contract with Field's rippling rhythm bandf. Sudden ly they found their plans shat tered by the news that the Turn, pike Casino had burned, hence plans were formulated to hold the dance in the university coli seum. Admission will be (1.10 a person If the tickets are pur chased in advance, or $1.65 if bought at the door. FIVE ADDITIONAL SCABBAM), MADE PLEDGES NAMED Names of five of the S3 junior and senior military science stu dents who were pledged to Scab bard and Blade at a meeting Wed nesday night, were Inadvertently omitted from the seeount which sppesred in Thursday morning's Issue of the Nebraskan, The five additions) pledges are w.n .nM -rr rnSrrt Wndhsnis. i Konrsl Wilkr. Claude Wilson, Edward Murray and Winifred Ncl- Krnest Wlntroub, John Wolcott, eon, and Mark WwUs.