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Official Student Newspaper of the University of Nebraska
VOL. XXX VII. NO". 121,
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, SUNDAY, AI'Ull, 17. 193
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Hilt when In the oitening diite?
"Like It?" asked the by-now-oll-too-familiar
cockroach with an as
sumed air of indifference.
"Like what? That little ditty
about the student union building?"
we inquired. "Personally speak
ing, we are of the opinion that you
would have done better to stick
to Longfellow's original 'Ship of
State.' Then too, we are of the
opinion that the last lino was
rather abrupt."
"Always bcllttlln'," sulked the
roach.
"That last line smacked of cyn
icism built up from a long line
of postponed opening dates, my
parodying friend. However, if you
really want to know about the
opening date, we can tell you. The
opening date is May 4."
"1938?"
"Very, very funny. Of course
it's 1938."
"Are you sure?" queried the in
sect version of Doubting Thomas.
"Positive!"
"But that's Wednesday, right in
the middle of the week!"
Activity Week.
"Ah, but that will be no ordl
nary Wednesday and no ordi
nary week. Thursday will be
Ivy Day and the Farmers Fair
will take place Saturday. The
week will be filled with activity
and what better time to open
the student union building?
There will be a house-warming
Wednesday evening, May 4, for
that building on the corner of
14th and R which has been con
verted from an air-castle Into an
actual bit of architecture. This
house-warming Is for the pur
pose of letting the students get
acquainted with the building and
also to break the news gently to
those floors that other feet than
workmen's will soon scuff its
surface. And if the very walls
themselves have ears, they
ought to hear many a compli
ment on the Interior decorating."
"What! Isn't the ballroom going
to be broken in?" asked the roach.
"Yes, Thursday afternoon, fol
lowing the Ivy day ceremonies,
there will be a tea dance in the
big, beautiful ballroom. The tea
dance will be sponsored by the A.
W. S. board. Each organized
house on the campus has but to
pay three measly little bucks"
"Where do you get that measly
stuff. Three bucks are not to be
scoffed at."
"Walt. Only three bucks to kick
In and the whole chapter can go to
the tea dance and make it possible
for others to attend. It will be
ft stag affair where the guy who
has wanted to test the danceability
nnd charm of numerous coeds can
do so merely by using the old
"Pardon me, may I cut' system."
"Are those plans definite?"
Yes, They Are.
"On my honor as a Boy Scout,
tenderfoot rank, with four de
merits, I swear it. The student
union building will be ready for
occupancy May 4 and there will
be consequent vacations from
the basements of U. Hall, the
School of Music, and the first
floor of the Temple building."
"What are they going to do
with all the old rooms In the
Temple and U. Hall, then? Use
them to store library books-"
"You're off the subject. The
student union building will open
May 4. Put that in your tobacco-burner
and Inhale it."
THE WEATHER
If you don't mind wet grass
nd mud, this afternoon would be
a good time to go on a picnic,
as the weatherman has promised
that the sun will shine today,
making things warm for everyone
In general and you In particular.
As a matter of fact, the weather
Is supposed to be fair all during
the first part of this week.
Convo Tuesday Lands
Top Blanking Students
Chicagoan Views American
Politics at Annual
All-Uni Session.
High scholarship will be lauded
and a toast will lie given to the
students whoso grades are above
the average when the University
of Nebraska honors 012 of its high
r a n k i ng stu
dents at the an
nual all-university
honors con
vocation Tues
day morning at
the coliseum.
Every student
from freshman
to senior, whose ,
scholastic !
standing foruie j
- - . .....
psBi iwu se
mesters places
him in the up
per bracket,
will find his
name listed on jr, T v. smith.
the honor roll Lincoln Journal,
for the school year 1937-38.
The program begins at 10:18
a. m. In the coliseum, with classes
Campus Men Vote
Composite Ballot
For Poll Tuesday
Jim Ivins, Harold Gurske
Enter Race for Ivy
Day Speaker.
To decide which of two senior
men will deliver the Ivy Day ora
tion, to select 25 candidates for
Innocents society, and to express
their opinion concerning the pro
posed men's activity point system,
men students will go to the polls
Tuesday nnd register their votes.
Two men, James Rush Ivlns and
Harold Gurske have entered their
names as candidates for Ivy Day
orator, and one of them will be
elected to deliver the oration. Only
juniors and seniors will vote this
ballot.
Vote on Point System.
All men students will register
their opinions as lo whether or not
they favor the proposed men's ac
tivity point system. The vote will
aid the judiciary committee of the
student council in their decision
upon the system. The decision
rendered by the committee will be
final. A poll taken earlier in the
year by the Daily Nebraskan found
men students favoring the system
by an almost 2 to 1 majority.
Junior and senior men will se
lect the 25 men to be considered
by the present membership of In
nocents society for membership in
that organization next year. Each
voter will write the names of five
juniors, no more, no less upon his
ballot. Any ballot marked other
wise will be discarded.
As usual, polling booths will be
situated in the Temple building on
the city campus nnd in Ag Hall on
the agricultural college campus.
Polls will be open from 8 a. m. to
5 p. m.
All men students are urged to
vote in order to assure an ade
quate representation of voters.
Again,
Tuesday, 8 a. m to 5 p. m.
City Campus Temple Building.
Ag Campus Ag Hall.
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Youthful Audience Watches
'Tattercoats and Black
Prince' Saturday.
"Tattercoats and the Black
Black Prince," by Elizabeth Mc
Cormick, was presented before The
Children's Theater at Temple the
ater, Saturday afternoon. Rita
Alger as Tattercoats and Robert
Alexander, characterizing the
Black Prince, played the leads.
Act one of this play was laid
In The Great Hall of Castle Wood
stock. Act two was at the Cross
roads and act three at the Castle.
Bill Well, portraying the part of an
old man was supposed to have sat
in the same chair for 13 years.
The cast of characters are as
follows:
Tlnnen I'nnker Trt Rmflle Konnii.
hurl of Kent mil Vtll
Mt.lreM Hntihll Rjmena Bendle
Knoodle Nnuhll... .Myrtle Kuan
Tallerenel. Rlla Alger
On-nHn Quint Ij Rue Hnrrrll
Krli.nd Dread Halter Klrhel
(.under ( hlla Hill
Ultra Prlner Robert Alunnder
MMrchlne.a Jean Morgan
ItnrheM Beatrlre honimer
Mnynr rne urlloa
This was the fourth of The Chil
dren's Theater plays directed by
H. Alice Howell, rortla Boynton
Is the Children's Theater director.
At these plays the audience be
came part of the show. .The actors
make their exits and entrances
through the audiences. Only eight
days of rehearsal was put on this
play.
being dismissed from 10 o'clock
until noon. The guest speaker this
year will be Dr. T. V. Smith, the
University of Chicago's philosopher-politician
who last week
came from behind to apparently
win the democratic nomination
for congressman nt largo from
Illinois. The Chicagoan will ad
dress Btudents and faculty on the
subject, "The Promise of Ameri
can Politics." Recognized as an
outstanding author and lecturer,
Dr. Smith is a member of the
American Philosophic association
and the American Political Set
ence association. At the present
time he is professor of philosophy
at Chicago.
The University of Nebraska
Symphony orchestra under the
direction of Don A. Lentz will
play the Overture to "Oberon" by
von Weber and Valse Triste by
Sibelius. Rev. Fred Wiegman of
the Salem Evangelical" Lutheran
church of Fremont will give the
invocation. Following Dr. Smith's
address, will be the announcement
of prizes and awards, and the stu
dents' organizations recognl2ed for
high scholarship. The orchestra
closes the program with the pres
entation of "Espana ' by Chabrier,
DAILY NEBRASKAN
L
Factual Survey of Nebraska
History Attracts Much
Alumni Attention.
To appear soon will be one of the
year's outstanding editions of the
Daily Nebraskan. This edition,
historical in nature and with com
plete factual data touching on
every conceivable phase of prog
ress in the university, is planned to
fill a need long felt by those inter
ested In the university and its his
tory.
Due to the statewide significance
of this edition, co-operation is be
ing asked by the Daily Nebraskan
on two points; the collecting of in
formation and the distribution of
the paper. Any university student,
Lincoln resident or state patron is
urged to submit data and reports
concerning prominent university
alumni and their activities and also
facts of importance pertaining to
the university. Anything and
everything will be acceptable.
News pertaining to alum members
of state legislature, or congress
and out of state alumni of ins
tance in any field will be welcomed
and may be submitted by anyone.
Interest Increases.
The Historical Edition will sell
at 10 cents per copy with a 5 cent
commission going to any student
making a sale. In this distribution
of the papers every university stu
dent is urged to co-operate. The
one thing necessary for success of
this university project of the sup
port of patrons, friends, alums, and
students in submitting information
and subscribing for this single is
sue. Business Manager 'Chuck' Tan
ton declares that interest in the is
sue is Increasing every day and
that from present indications and
support the Historical Edition will
gain its deserved success. Money
for the editions sold will be col
lected 1n advance and turned in to
the business manager as collected
This opportunity of students to
participate in the selling of the
paper is a fine chance to pick up
a pile or spending money with lit
tie effort and no work, and in view
of the fact that it is an enterprize
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TUESDAY'S KALENDAR
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'Hades' Ladies' Cast Takes
Air on Sixth Council
Broadcast.
Fire and brimstone will shoot
over the ether waves at 7:15 Tues
day night from radio station
KFOR. when the cast of the 1938
Kosmet Klub show presents a pre
view of "Hades Ladles," under
the auspices of the weekly Kam
pus Kalendar program sponsored
by the student council.
"Bits of the songs and the dia
log from the Kosmet play have
been selected for the broadcast,"
John Edwards, author of the show,
and In charge of the presentation,
stated, "with an eye to putting
as many members of the cast on
the air as possible.
Edwards revealed that Everett
Deger, who takes the part of Sa
tan, and Fred Gund, who has the
role of Elmer Smlthers, the hen
pecked husband, in "Hades La
dies." will have a prominent part
in the broadcast. Officers in Kos
met Klub will also speak briefly
during the program.
The presentation Is the sixth in
the Kampus Kalendar radio series
"Hades' Ladies" will be presented
the week of April 25.
White Announces Victors;
Schedules Second
Meet Tuesday.
Trof. H. A. White announced
the winners of the first round of
the interfraternlty forensics match
Saturday. Beta Theta Pi, Delta
Theta Phi, ZeU. Beta Tau and
Sigma Alpha Mu were the cham
pions of this group. "Resolved
that the Uaited States should
greatly enlarge the navy," was
the question debated.
Each speaker spoke .six mln
utes in his constructive speech and
four in his rebuttal. All speakers
PLANS HIST0R1CA
SSUE NEXT WEEK
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GREEK IN FILE
ENTRIES FOR IVY
SING BY TUESDAY
Kosmet Asks Fraternities
To Indicate Intention
Of Participating.
Complete entries for this year's
Interfratcrnlty Sing to be held on
Ivy Day, May 6, must be in the
hands of the Kosmet Klub, spon
sors of the event, by 5 o'clock
Tuesday afternoon.
Filings may be made in the
Klub office, room 14 in the base
ment of the School of Music build
ing. They must include the name
of the song director, names of any
alumni or others giving' outside
help, name of the song to be of
fered, and a tentative list of
those participating. The latter is
for the purpose of preliminary
checking on eligibility. The list
may be altered later on request to
the Klub.
Rehearsal Times.
Filings should also include the
time of rehearsals so that mem
bers of the Klub may look in on
them if they wish, A new ruling
this year forbids any group re
peating a song on Ivy Day which
was used last year. Other rules
state that not more than 25 men
may be used by any fraternity, in
cluding the director (but not the
pianist); that no man may partici
pate who was pledged by a group
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L
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Glee Club, Orchestra, Band
Participate in Coliseum
Concert Wednesday.
Members of all university mu
sical organizations wil participate
in the annual Spring Festival con
cert which is being sponsored by
the Lincoln Junior Chamber of
ComhicrcTTaYid will be presented
this Wednesday evening In the
coliseum. Over 400 music stu
dents will take part in a display
of their talent at the Wednesday
program which will begin at 8
p. m.
Tickets will be on sale Monday
at the School of Music at 8 p.m.
and may also be obtained at the
coliseum for 20 cents. The Junior
Chamber is conducting the sales
campaign on a non-profit basis,
the money remaining after ex
penses going to the musical organ
izations.
University Singers First
Appearance.
This concert will be the first
appearance for the Freshman con
cert band, the University Singers
and the Freshmen Glee Club. In
addition to these organizations, the
Symphony Orchestra, Symphonic
Band, Women's Chorus and the
Varsity Glee Club will appear.
Don A. Lontz will be the instru
mental conductor and William G.
Tempcl the choral conductor. As
sisting will be Wilbur Chenowcth,
organist; William T. Quick, fresh
man band instructor, and Lylc
Welch, marching Instructor.
Closes With Tschaikowsky,
Outstanding on the program will
be three numbers presented by the
Freshman Glee Club assisted by
a choir of over 100 women's
voices. The concert will close with
Overture Solonnclle by Tschaikow
sky which la a musical represen
tation of Napoleon's defeat at
Moscow. This overture of 1812
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'Sitting Hull'
Howell Hosts
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Johnny Howell might be practic
ing for a good WPA job after
graduation or he might be resting
after an exhausting walk over to
the campus from the Delt house.
But really he is posing in his role
of Sitting Bull for the Kosmet Kub
spring show, "Hades' Ladles,"
which opens at the Temple a week
from tomorrow.
When interviewed, Johnny said
in broken Indian, "Heap big Sit
ting Bull might have been plenty
good chief, but he'd haVe been
pretty mild in the backfleld of a
CornhusUer football team."
MUSIC STUDENTS
PRESENT ANNUA
PI
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Student Union Officials
Promise Definite Opening
Of Structure on Ivy Da)
No Smoking Bans to Plague
Student Contentment
Says Director.
Students may smoke to their
heart's content In the Student Ac
tivities building and need never
be afraid of the familiar sign
"Lighted tobacco Is not to be
brought into or through tills build
ing'' unless smokers become very
careless and damage furniture, ac
cording to Kenneth Van Sant, di
rector of the Student Union.
Because this Is their building,
ashtrays will be distributed thru
out the lounge and other rooms
for accommodation of the students,
as long as they don't abuse their
privilege.
Students Get Jobs.
Between two and three hundred
students applied for jobs at the
Union, 50 ot wliich received em
ployment. Few girls sought po
sitions, the boys outnumbering
them about 20-1. These students
are employed at the check stands,
cash registers, washing dishes, as
bus boys, waiters, and waitresses.
Students elected were those who
needed it and "filled the bill,"
while selection was based chiefly
on appcaraivce, according to Mr.
Van Sant, and those who dressed
sloppily, and had dirty finger nails
were not used, as only neat per
sons were wanted to work in the
dining room.
Three or four days before the
opening of the building the stu
dent help will bo called in, shown
about the place, given their as
signments, and instructed as to
how they should carry out their
work. Service will be of the high
est quality, and will remind one of
being in a good hotel or club.
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Campbell Describes Humor,
Satire of New Number,
Praises Cover.
"Words fail me," finally said the
Awgwan editor, searching here
and there for sesquipedalion words
to describe the April edition of
that magazine.
Then after a few minutes he
said that it sort of reminded him
of jell-o, "twice as good as ever
before and it conies with six deli
clous favors: satlie, whimsy, car
toons, photographs, art, and ras
berry." Features Donald Duck.
The "Duck-tator of Peace," will
not only be one of the most unus
ual covers of the year but will
effectively illustrate the theme of
this satirical issue on war, Donald
Duck in his typical fire-eating
pose, all dressed up stands perti
nently in tront while three soldiers,
lying mutilated on the ground be
hind, represent Hitler, Mussolini,
and Japan.
Norman Bolker has a poem en
titled, "Metamorphorses," and a
piece of prose, "A Little Diver
sion," carries the theme on war.
The history of 1938 is a sample
test for Japanese admirals. "I
Love the Parade," by the editor,
tells of the difficulty of a R. O. T.
C. cadet who couldn't ride and
was misunderstood by horses.
Candid Camera Page.
Spring formal fashions by Carol
Clark will give color to this issue.
A page of Tasty Pastry pictures
by George Rosen will add what
campus life holds after long hours
of study. "A Defense of Hell
Week," by a fraternity man, will
bring some of our deep dark se
crets of living at college to light.
There will be many cartoons and
beautiful ads accoiding to the ed
itor. George Petty, Esquire man,
has an especially attractive Old
Gold ad. Exchange Jokes will give
humor to the corners.
"All that is lacking it a really
appreciative public," concluded the
editor.
PROP. DALE 10 SPEAK
TO HISTORYTEACHERS
University, Lincoln Schools
Cooperate for Meet
Here April 21-23.
The University of Nebraska and
the Lincoln schools are again co
operating with the Nebraska His
tory Teachers association In pre
senting: the 26th a.mual spring
meeting of the association here
April 21 to 23. Following the cus
tom of other years the croup is
bringing a visiting historian of
note, Prof. Edward Everett Dale
of the University of Oklahoma,
who will be the principal speaker
during the three day program.
Sessions begin Thursday at
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l.lni'oln Journal,
Kenneth Van Sant.
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Record Number Take Part
In Event, According
To Prof. Frolik.
Gordon Jones was named win
ner of the crops judging contest
held Saturday at the college of
agriculture.
With an entry of 110 students,
the contest set an all time record
for that event, according to Prof.
A. L. Frolik. It is believed to have
been the largest contest of any
type held on the agricultural cam
pus this year, and may tank as
one of the largest contests ever
held there. Only 65 were entered
last year.
Jones, Dixon, was high man in
the entire crops contest with 1.362
out of a possible 1,400 points. Will
Titner. Slratton, and Melvin Krei
fels, York, tied for second in all
divisions. Harold Bonn, Ord, edged
out Floyd Burge, Enimett, by one
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R.O.T.C. CADETS PLAN
Oury to Hold Several Such
.Reviews Before Army
Officers Arrive.
First R. O. T. C. inspection of
the year will he held on the Uni
versity Mall this Tuesday begin
ning at 5:00 p. m. All companies
will form in front of Nebraska
hall nnd then proceed to the pa
rade grounds in front of the coli
seum; the entire affair is not ex
pected to last more than three
quarters of an hour, according to
Colonel Oury.
The parade had been scheduled
for last Friday but due to reli
gious holidays and athletic prac
tices, an order was issued post
poning the parade until this Tues
day. With the official government In
spection due May 16, Colonel Oury
expressed the opinion that there
should be several similar parades
before Inspection. Ho stated that
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ONES WINS CROP
OVER 110 OTHERS
Trio of Cover Artists
Moost Awtnvau ales
Farrens, Steeves, Foreman
Dress Humor Magazine
In Monthly Jacket.
Back in September Bill Farrens
sketched a picture of a girl seated
in the Cornhusker stadium with a
scarlet pennant tilted across her
shapely silken knees. In due time
this personable younj: lhiu!; ap
peared on the cover of a fall Ir.sue
of the Awgwan.
' "Awgwan sales soared," related
Bruce Campbell, humor magazine
editor, regarding the incident in
retrospect in much the same mood
as a Wall st. financier might re
member the golden days before the
crash. "That cover had something."
Trio of Cover Artists.
That the art work on the covers
cf the Awswan makes an appreci
able difference in tbs vo'.ur.a of
sales Is a favorite contention of
Campbell's. Thi3 year's covers are
an improvement over tho of the
past few years, the editor believes.
The Awgwan staff of cover art
ists includes three men Ed
Steeves, Jim Foreman and Jim
Farrens. a junior, a freshman, and
a senior respectively. Of the three,
Housc-Warming to Acquaint
Students With Purposes
Of Mew Building.
Years of campaigning, immthi
of building, weelts cf port pone -ment
culminate at ths offi
cial announcement, flint the stu
dent Union building, new centri'
for Cornhusker student activities,
will be opened as a pait of thi
Ivy day ceremonies on May 5.
Altho the official opening rial
has been set for May ft, there will
be an informal house wanning mi
the evening preceding, nrrnrdin;;
to Morris I.ipp, campus publicity
director for the union and a mem
ber of the board of managers.
House Warming May 4.
The house warming on the eve
ning of May 4 will be a .strictly
Informal affair with a program de
signed to acquaint all visitors
with the arrangement of the struc
ture and the many activities which
will be centered in it. Signs will
be posted in every room outlining
the use to which it is to he put.
The grill room, which will prob
ably become the most popular ren
dezvous of students, will be ready
for business that night, and a
dance band will be on hand to pro
vide music for dancing in the spa
cious ballroom, Lipp stated.
Questioned as to his plans for
conducting union activities, Ken
neth Van Sant, director, said, "We
will begin functioning on our regu
lar schedule Ivy day, and the
building will remain open during
the remainder of the school year
as well as the summer months so
that summer school students will
have an opportunity of using the
facilities of the union."
Workmen will begin laying car
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AT
Journalism .Societies Plan
Banquet in Student
Union Ballroom.
Friday, May 13! The University,
faculty, nnd students will be on
the pan, but in a humorous, edu
cational, introspective manner. On
that date, Sigma Delta Chi, mer. 3
honorary journalism fraternity,
and Theta Sigma Phi, women's
journalism honorary, will sponsor
the second annual gridiron dinner.
The new student union building
ballroom will be host to the guests
for the affair.
Both faculty members and stu
dents on the program will take
part in a satire on the university,
and, according to Bruce Campbell,
program chairman for the affair,
"the program will be one of the
most entertaining ever staged at
any university affair."
Murray In General Charge.
The dinner is not open to the
general public, but only to univer
sity students and faculty members.
Fd Murray, president of Sigma
Delta Chi, Is general chairman for
the affair, with Jane Walcott and
Morris Lipp in charge of ticket
sales.
Program Chairman Bruce
Campbell states that "The crowd
at the first gridiron dinner last
year showed an appreciation for
such an event, and we feel that
with the more advanced prepara
tion nnd detailed work, the ban
quet will he even better this year.
The food will be the best, nnd with
the ttage in the ballroom, every
one will be afforded equal ease as
far as seeing what is going on is
concerned."
Farrens does most of the covers.
Farrens specialises in drr'ir.j
comely coeds with plenty of Sfx
appeal, while Steeves ar.i Fore
man are essentially cartfinnifts.
Seires Seasonal Ths"?s3.
Farrens takes longer than either
of his co-artists to draw a rover
picture. Average time is probably
from six to ten horns. Usually
he fcils his ideas firm the time ot
year or Iihiii n special occasion.
Or- of his IkM covers, on the
L'liliHtilia.i iKMie, allowed a j;iil
silling in a boy's lap while SjmU
Cluus held un.sllcloe over Ul!
couple. Farrens originally intended
to ill aw an old nuiid standing
hopefully under a sprig of mistle
toe while Santa Claus peered
doubtfully in through the window,
but this idea was discarded 'n
favor of the one with more
appeal.
The cover of the current Apnl
Awgwan is tie work of tesves.
It shows Donald Duck, represent
ing the not-to-be-trtT.ed-w-ita spirit
of youth, knocking out ths dicta
tors of the world. Stseves, the.
speediest of the cover staff, turns
his stuff out in three or four
hours.
Next Awgwan cover, for ths
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