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01VVlI,iOri27. LlTNTNEm 1'KICKF1VECENTS
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now ARE
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Today's expenditure of words
t ..11 Aljr-tn.l iv. n n..A..t- '
-that of attempting to remedy
one of the most provoking social
customs we ha.c.
This thorn in the side of Ameri
can civilization is so common that
It is accepted as commonplace,
?hich is a very dangerous ac
ceptation. "Well," you are thinking, "what
is this thorn? Why don't you get
to the point?"
Very well. This particular thorn
is the custom Americans have of
greeting one another on the street.
The Point of the Thorn.
Life Is, In most cases, so social
these days and everybody knows
so many other everybodics that
It really should be sufficient to
jay merely "Hello" when a body
meets a body coming through a
red light. But no, it doesn't
seem to be enough. Nine times
out of ten (very reliable statis
tics, too, since we observed ten
people yesterday do it) a person
going south will see an acquaint
ance of his flolng north and in
stead of putting enough good
will into his "hello" to cover the
situation, will tack on a "how
are you" or "how're yuh comin'."
It is the added phrase that con
stitutes the thorn of which we
are speaking.
The friend going south, if he can
remember the other guy's name in
time, should stick to a simple
"liello" and the answer should be
just as simple.
What is the average occurrence,
though, when ever a twain do
meet? They see each other and
recognize each other at a distance
of about 20 or 30 feet. This short
distance is due to the usual condi
tion of cluttering humanity a side
walk has to put up with. They
keep their features mobile and
quiescent until about 10 feet apart,
at which time they smile, grin, or
glanco up as if in surprise. Then,
transfixing each other with a fool
ish grin, they advance at an even,
and sometimes rapid, rate of speed.
F.nch waits for the other to say
"hello" and as consequence, neither
says anything until within about
three feet of each oUier, . Then one
takes the initiative and says
"hclln." At the end of the last
.syllable, the two are just about
even. This is where the trouble
starts and is a very delicate spot
on the process of greeting.
Vocal Trouble.
"WftiA, ar vftii?' j-nntiniift tht
party of the first part, his
mouth being practically parallel
with the other's car at this
point. By the time he is through
saying this needless bit of con
versation they are three feet
ap irt and the second one hasn't
even said "hello."
Frankly speaking, number two
is up a crick. He could stop
dead In his tracks, whirl around
and yell, "I'm all right, how's
yourself?" That would be aw
fully bourgeousie, though. And
If he doesn't speak, he is accused
of being a high hat.
The only logical thing to do
Is to smile broadly and say hello,
disregarding the other's action.
Thli results In neither one hear
ing the other, If both talk at
the tame time, but each knows
what It would be If he could hear
the other.
E
Nine Teachers Take Parts
In 27th Annual Convo
Wednesday.
The 27th musical convocation of
advanced students was presented
Wednesday afternoon at 4 o'clock
at Temple theater. Nine teachers
were represented In the recital.
Following is the program:
"RhupiMv. F. minor." rinhniiny; Elinor
Ito'-ofl, turtnt of Mr lUrrl.un,
"tint Furtlvn Lnr!am" nml "I rirr'im
f jt'dioi.." nnirttf nnd Fo"tr, Nfltf
lloipun. iuriit of Mr. TVnipl"
. Op mill "I'lrnt
Hi 'imml, Bffthnvfn. Mllmtii rnlnl,
' Mm. ol ... Nil. h.'hml'll.
"I Mnlnr Honiiln" unit Klrnl Mnvf
mni. ' Uriihmn, John WHrh, mudiMit of
Mr. I.IMIU.
"Vlwil il'Arll from "Iji Town." "I'nr.
"nl h ml l.lfr.'' oirnin. ilorniilino Krnuw,
r'nilnil i,r Mifh Wnnwr.
"ilHvniit No a," I'mI'I'T. nml "l.ulln
'." I'vrli Hi'iiM. Ilnrrli'ii Mrir, ulinliMil
' Mlsn .ahrliklr
"Thi MiM'IdtiK lllnl." Hlrmn. nrr. Iiv
Iji l'ori!i, Jrmi (iulimrr, muilont of Mm.
I'.Hirtnrr
"SoiiiiIn, B flnt minor " nml "KIM
Hiivrmrni." 'iniin, Ttnvmonri. l;iiucr, lu
doiit of Mr. ChiMiowi'th
"font of i h Kh!phrl I,hl from llif
t'iilrv (ipprii "8nricMirotrlil(!i" hifor Mv
Winmiw," lllm.ky-Ki'Miikof. PoruH Hnrli
omnliiiiff. Tiwia Wloki'y Wlnhrnill, "Ih
ili'iii ii( Mm. Pulley.
Byrlr Shuck's Numf Not
1 no tided un Honor Li!
The name of Byrle Gordon
Shuck of Edgar was Inadver
tently omitted from the pro
gram and printed Hits of those
University of Nebraska stu
dents who were espeolally hon
ored for their superior tcholar
ship at the special convocation
Tuesday. Mr. Shuck la a senior
In the college of arts and sci
ence! and was honored for hav
ing been In the upper 3 percent
of the senior class or four
year on the honors lists.
Yearbook Buyers
Must Order Soon
To Assure Copies
Business Manager Reports
Biggest Cornhusker
Sale Since 1932.
Students who wish a 1938 Corn-
nusker, which its editors promise j
will be the most novel and colorful i
annum tnat has ever been pub
lished at Nebraska, must hasten to
place their requests and down-payment
for a book before the final
order is sent into the publishers.
Howard Linrh, business manager
of the yearbook, says that to date
more orders have been received for
the Cornhusker than In any year
since 1932. At the present time,
4.75 is the .hnrge for a complete
advance payment for the book, or
one may be reserved by a ?2 down
payment.
The nusincs manager urges stu
dents who made a $1 payment
earlier in the year to make re
maining payments soon. Comple
tion of the contract is expected
when the book comes out. Be
cause the price of the annual will
be raised to So on the date of pub
lication, Linch suggests that all
who intend to purchase the 1938
Cornhusker do so now at a saving.
Printed in Rust Tones.
The biggest criticism of last
year's yearbook was that it lacked
color and had too much white
space. To remedy these defects,
the staff this year has planned a
Cornhusker printed in warm rust
tones with many special human
interest features and many candid
camera shots.
The advertising section of the
book has been arranged to attract
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RLlTWlM
Applicants Must Register
In Intramural Office
Before 5 O'clock.
Deadline on W. A. A. scholarship
filings has been set at 5 o'clock
tomorrow afternoon. Any junior or
stnlor woman desiring to apply for
one of the two $35 cash awards
must apply in the W. A. A. intra
mural office before that time, ac
cording to Miss Matilda Shelby,
W. A. A. advisor. Late applications
will not be considered.
Four scholarships of the sort are
awarded each year by the wom
en's athletic association, two being
given each semester.
Qualification required of girls
wno apply are:
1. She must have attended the
university for at least one year
and have a weighted average
of 80.
2. She must be at least par
tially self supporting.
3. She must have participated
actively in either W. A. A. Intra
murals or clubs.
The committee which will con
sider the applications includes
Miss Matilda Shelby, W . A. A. ad
visor; Marie Kotouc, retiring prcsi
dent: Ruth Fulton, retiring vice
president and IdellH Iverson, senior
council member. The committee
will meet on Saturday, April 23
and announcement of scholarship
winners will he made Immediately
utter the applications Rre conoid
ered.
THE WEATHER
We may be wrong as usual,
but we'll say Increasing cloudi
ness and possibly showers for
today.
Sigma Upsilon Rolls List
Names of Literary Greats
Roy Cohen. Eisley, Gilman,
Stanley Once Belonged
To Local Chapter.
Since Its founding In 192G, the
Nebriuika chapter of the national
men's literary fraternity, SlR.nH
Upsilon, has hart In Its member-
MRS. ANNA WERNER DiES
AFTER EXTENDED ILLNESS
Wife of Prof. 0. H. Werner
Belonged to Faculty
Women's Group.
Mrs. Anna Werner, wife of Prof.
O. H. Werner of the university
teachers college faculty, died In
her home early Wednesday morn
ing after Bn illness of some time,
Mrs. Werner had lived In Lin
coln for 14 years, waa a member
of the Faculty women'! club, Kap
pa Phi mothera club and Dolt
Gamma mothers club.
Besides her husband, she leaves
a daughter, Margaret, at home; a
son, Charles, of Creston, la,, three
brothers unci four sisters.
E. DALE
SPEAKS TO STATE
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Annual Convention Begins
Today in Whittier
Junior High.
Prof. Edward Kverett Dale,
outsanding historian of the Middle
West and chairman of the depart-
ment of history at the University
of Oklahoma, is guest sneaker at
the Zbth an
nual convention
of the Nebraska
History Teach
ers association.
The conven
tion begins this
Ij afternoon and
will continue
thru Saturday
morning. - Co
operating with
Professor Dale
are the univer
sity history de
partment and
the Lincoln
rrof. k. iic schools. The
From Lincoln Journal, guest speaker is
nationally known for his lectures
and books dealing with the west
ern scene.
This afternoon the Oklahoma
historian will speak on "The Gift
of a Sense of Humor" at Whittier
Junior high school. Supt. M. C.
Leffler will preside. "Riders of the
Cow Country" will be the subject
of Dale's speech tomorrow morn
ing at an 11 o'clock convocation in
the university Temple.
At 6:30 o clock the guest speak
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Concert Wednesday Night
Features Seven Major
Organizations.
Four hundred sixty-five univer
sitty musicians presented one
of the gayest and most spectacular
musical events ever held at Ne
braska last night at 8 o'clock in
the coliseum. Colorful decorations
in the coliseum added to the ef
fect of the costumes of the bands
and choral groups.
Special music was featured by
the 50-volcc Varsity Glee club, the
women's chorus of 100 voices, and
35 voice freshman male chorus,
all under the supervision of W, G.
Tempel.
An arrangement of popular mu
sic lightened the program. Don A.
Lentz directed the 80 piece Uni
versity of Nebraska concert band,
the 80 piece unlveraity symphony
orchestra, and the freshman or
chestra, composed of (10 pieces.
Vy'ilber Chenowcth played several
organ numbers.
The concert bands and a capella
choir combined Into the symphony
orchestra for a grand finale.
This concert was under the
auspices of the junior chamber of
commerce. All surplus funds left
over after expenses and cost of the
program have been pnld will he do
nated to the various musical or
ganizations. shop a number of men who have
made a nftme for themselves In
the literary field, and elsewhere.
Octavlua Roy Cohen, well known
writer of Negro atorles for mRgH
telnes, Hnd lxiren ElHley, hiiccchm
ful Amerlcun poet, wore Sigma
Upsilon pins while In Nebraska.
Laselle Oilman, who recently
spoke In Lincoln while vacationing
from his post on the Shanghai Ex
press, wus a member. Robert
Laach, Rhodes scholar who Is now
Btate editor of the Omaha World
Herald, nnd V. Royee West, who
directs the publicity of the Uni
versity of Omaha, were Sigma Up
ailon actives.
A. P, Men Belonged,
Marlon Stanley, who has charge
of wlrephoto for the Associated
Press and Volta Torrey, who
work on the Associated Press
feature aervlce, were both Sigma
Upslloni at Nebraska.
Nebraska's own Ray Ramsey,
Alumni secretary, and Hefh Vennc
of the apeech department, ware
also active In the men's literary
fraternity while at Nebraska.
Sigma Upsilon alms to encour
age creative writing among un
dergraduate men and early In Its
days on the campus, the frnter
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E
DVVARD
HISTORY P
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Awgwnn Come Aiui
Six Odour Laic!
Campbell Cites Communist
Plot Against Magazine
As Cause of Delay.
By Louise Benson.
Reporters in the "Rag" office
were in a sta'.e of abject terror
yesterday afternoon when i swarm
of Campbell's Cockroaches moved
from his quarters in the Awgwan
office to the quiet comers of the
"Rag" office.
When questioned they reported
the canstant confusion in the Awg
wan office was causing nervous
prostration.
Determined to change such con
ditions immediately, to permit
squeamish reporters to descend
from the desk tops and continue
the imperative work of the "Rag,"
one of the more courageous souls
braved the Awgwan office, to seek
the source of confusion. Tele
phones were ringing furiously
sorry, the one telephone was ring
ing faster than the staff could an
swer it. A sack of mail reposed on
the flo0r B,ld tnree RPccial delivery
mailmen stood waiting at the door.
The Awgwan was late! Editor
Bruce Campbell had promised that
the publication would be ready for
Wednesday morning; it was Wed
nesday afternoon, fully six hours
later, when the Awgwan arrived!
Delay Legitimate.
We found the reasons for delay
legitimate and returned to the
"Rng" office to explain to the
touchy cockroaches that Russian
anarchists who are against all
Phalanx Takes Major
Gi4 Into Membership
Maj. J. H. Gist. R. O. T. C. in
structor, was made an honorary
member of rhalanx, military soci
ety, in ceremonies held Tuesday
evening at the Lincoln hotel.
NMIRAL DEBATE
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Conflict With Examinations
Brings Postponement
Of Matches.
By request of some of the teams.
' because of six weeks tests this
week, the next round of the In
tramural debate tournament will
be held Tuesday evening, April
26, in place of April 21 as previ
ously announced.
The pairings made by lot for
the next round are as follows,
the affirmative team being named
first:
Delta Theta Phi vs. Kappa
Sigma
Alpha Tau Omega vs. Phi
Alpha Delta.
Beta Theta Pi vs. Zeta Beta
Tau.
Sigma Alpha Epsilon vs. Sig
ma Alpha Mu.
Two Man Teams.
As before, each team will be
composed of two men who will
each have one constructive argu
ment of six minutes and one re
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KoMiiri Klnh Active.
Workers Meet Today
All Kosmet Klub active mem
bers and workers will meet this
afternoon at S o'clock to discuss
plans for the annual Interfra
ternlty Ivy Day Sing.
Inasmuch at Ivy Day is Just
two weeks distant, Winficld
Eliai, president of the Klub,
stated that all men will be ex
pected to be present.
BShlcr Mcil. in EQacLUvs
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"Es schniccht mlr nlcht bus!" Or
maybe Herr Robert Ronne Hitler
is alnglng "Bei Mlr Blst du Schon."
At any rate he was looking very
vigorous and emphatic about
things at Kosmet Klub show re
hearsal when the photographer
snapped him.
Ronne portrays one ol the Three
Modern Bad Men of "Hades' La
dles" who supplement the regular
singing chorous of Ten Bad Men
of History. Besides Hitler, there
are Mussolini and Stalin, portray
ed hy Art Ball and Earl Hedlund.
"Hades' Ladles" opens a week's
run nl the Temple ihcutur next
forms of entertainment were ve
sponsible for plots against the
Awgwan. The "Red" plot held up
the binders and wrecked the ma
chines beyond immediate repair,
preventing the prompt publication
of the Awgwan.
As if tiiat were not enough. Edi
tor Campbell informed us that the
editorial staff of the Prairie
Schooner joined the anarchist plot
in the hope of undermining the
Awgwan organization this, in or
der to prevent growing competi
tion with the literary .
Army Interferes.
And -worst of all the Awgwan
staff suspects Brigade-Colonel Bot
torf of connection with the plot be
cause he yelled his commands so
loudlv that when he said "At
Kase," the binders at the Journal
office heard him and stopped their
work on the Awgwan.
"Purely envy," asserted Editor
Campbell in conclusion, as we were
about to depart. "And if you don't
want our cockroaches," we were
told, "just tell the 'Rag' staff mem
bers that the business staff of the
'Rag' was included in the plot,
that the deliberately distracted
the binder's attention and prevent
ed work." This seemed a very
good idea. We returned to try this
psychology, armed with a copy of
the publication. The latter was
found to contain surprisingly good
literary material. Further proof
was found in that a Rood many
engineers were reported as buying
a copy of the Awgwan- and as
Editor Campbell said, "When en
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E
FOR A.I.E.E. DISTRICT
Week-End Convo to Feature
Addresses by Solon,
Ace Engineers.
Student delegates and faculty
members from surrounding uni
versities and colleges will gather
in Lincoln Friday and Saturday
for the branch convention of the
North Central district of the
American Institute of Electrical
Engineers.
Sessions will begin at 9 o'clock
Friday morning, and will include
addresses hy several experts in the
field. I. M. Ellestad, transmission
engineer for the Northwestern
Bell Telephone company at Om
aha, will speak on "The Applica
tion of the Newly Developed Cold
- Cathode Discharge Tube to Tele
phone and Industrial Control."
Solon to Speak.
The annual banquet will be held
Friday evening at the Y. M. C. A.
and will feature an address on
"The Drift in American Govern
ment" by R. M. Armstrong, mem
ber of the unicameral. The Satur
day morning program includes
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CORN COBS ELECT FRIDAY
Pep Club to Name Sixteen
Sophomore Members.
Corn Cobs, meeting yesterday
afternoon, put off until Friday aft
ernoon the election of 16 present
sophomores who will form the ac
tive chapter of the men's pep club
next year. All actives were urged
to attend the meeting Friday aft
ernoon at 5 o'clock in the Daily
Nebraskun offices.
Plans for the annua! dinner
dunce of the Tep club wen also
mapped and the committee was
delegated to complete orchestra
nnd arrangement negotiations.
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Monday night. Carrying an kll
niale cust of over 40 students In
cluding a special dancing chorus
of devils, tl:e show Is laid in two
acts and 11 scenes requiring a
number of different settings. How
ever, thru tricks of staging, ac
tion will be continuous except for
an Intermission between nets one
and two. Settings have been de
signed by Al Boylen.
T'cketa are now on sale for BO
cents apiece. Advance sale ducats
may he obtained from campus stu
dent salesmen or at Walt's. Re
served seats are available at the
Temple hoxoffice from 2 to ft daily
unci at Muune'i during store hours.
Chancellor Spikes
Resignation Tale
With Terse Denial
A A Mi
CHANCELLOR BURNETT.
FOR JUDGING IE!
Annual Two-Day Ag Contest
To Open on Holdregc
Campus Today.
Wore than 700 boys from some
60 Nebraska high schools, a rec
ord number, will be in Lincoln to
day and Friday for their 24th an
nual agricultural judging contests
on the college of agriculture cam
pus. All are Smith-Hughes voca
tional agriculture students in their
home town schools.
While on the campus, the hoys
will judge all types of farm crops
and produce, take part in a public
speaking contest and have an egg
show. "Dr. H. E. Bradford of the
vocational education department
on the campus said yesterday that
the 700 entrants wili be the great
est number ever coming to Lin
coln. Most of the schools represented
will be from eastern Nebraska sl
tho some schools not able to he
represented at the recent North
Platte contests will be here for the
contests. C. C. Minteer is secretary ;
of the contest committee. i
The students, most of them farm !
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COMENIUS CLUB TO VIEW
COLORED TRAVEL MOVIES1
Thomas Dredla Shows Films
Of European Tour j
Saturday Night.
Natural colored moving pictures
of a 12,000 mile trip thru Europe;
will be shown by Thomas Dredla j
nt a meeting of Comenius club I
Saturday night. Mr. Dredla. a
Crete lawyer, photographed many
unusual sights during his four1
month trip last summer. i
The nulo tour took his nartvi
thru Germany, Belgium, England,!
j Scotland, Hi'llnnd. Czechoslovakia, I
Austria, nnd Switzerland. Some of I
the shots Included in the picture I
are of the coronation, the ances
trial home of George Washington,
Windsor Castle, and the Peace
Pulace lit the Hague.
The public Is cordially Invited
to attend the meeting which will
he held at 8 o'clock In Morrill
hall auditorium. Members are es
pecially urged to be present as an
important business meeting will !
follow the moving picture.
Chem Exams Merely Test
Memory, Says Hendricks
N. U
. Professor Criticizes
System in Recent
Publication.
Too 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 v chemistry examina
tions merely test the at undent's
memory and tint his ability to In
terpret and apply fHds and princi
ples, according to Prof. R. Clifford
Hendricks, chemistry professor. In
a recent article In the Journal of
Chemical Education.
Although educutors in general
know what they want in an ex
amination, a survey by Professor
Hendricks and Prof. B. H. Han
dorf of Park College revealed that
there Is no general agreement us
to what constitute an adequate
sampling of xubject mutter for
testing.
The survey proposed to check
how many of the objectives that
teachers had previously professed
to follow In general college chem
istry were actually Incorporated
In the teacher' testa. While &1
percent of the teachers claimed
their objective waa to train stu
dents to draw conclusions from
data, less than 10 percent of thrlr
exMinliistinns carried out these
, requirements.
Burnett Recovers Rapidly:
Plans to Resume Post
Immediately. A
Spiking current ruinorshat 'he
is planning resignation because7 of
ill health, Chancellor vBOrncU
stated yesterday afternoon, "t
shall be back in a few days. I
have no idea how the rumors
started, or for what reason they
were begun."
The chancellor, who will be "S
in October, has been ill for several
weeks with a serious cold and
spent two weeks in the university
hospital at Omaha. Acting Chan
cellor H. H. Foster has been carry
ing on during Burnett's absence.
Foster Substitutes.
Expressing surprise at the re
port, R. P. Crawford, assistant t.t
the chancellor, asserted that Bur
nett's absence a I the honors con
vocation had probably given rise
to the rumors. There is, he stated,
absolutely no truth to the rumor.
Dean Foster of Law college
has, in addition to being legal ad
visor to the Board of Regents,
served as acting chancellor for the
past ten years.
The search for a new chancellor
to take the place of Chancellor
Burnett, who will reach the retire
ment age in October, has been
going on for some years, and the
present illness of the chancellor
has nothing to do with the matter,
representatives of the ' board of
regents have indicated.
Chancellor Burnett has been
with the university since lS9!t.
From 199 to 1907 he was profes
sor of animal husbandry, from
1901 to 1909 associate dean of the
college of agriculture, and from
1909 to 1928 dean of the college.
When, two years ago, reports
were widely circulated that the
chancellor expected to resign,
speculation arose as to his suc
cessor. Among those mentioned as
likely persons fcr the post were
Chris L. Christensen, now dean of
the agricultural college at the Uni
versity of Wisconsin; Dr. John D.
Clark, former professor of eco
nomics at Nebraska; Dean F. W.
Upson, head of the university's
graduate colllege, and Dean C. H.
Oldfather of the college of arU
and sciences.
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All Aspirants Must Submit
Entries at Ellen Smith
Before 5 O'clock.
Only two days remain for aspl
rants for the honor of Ivy Day
poet to submit their poems to the
judging committee. No poems will
be accepted after 5 o'clock tomor
row night.
Entries are to be submitted to
Mrs. Westover in Ellen Smith hall,
with no identification attached, the
name to be placed In a sealed en
velope accompanying the poem.
In addition to the honor of being
named Ivy Day Poet and being al
lowed to read the poem at the May
5 ceremonies, the winner will re
ceive a prize of $.Y Judges of
the poems submitted will he Miss
Louise Pound, Miss Margaret Me
I'hee and Dr. L. C. Wimberly.
The Ivy Pay Poet honor is one
of the traditional features of Hie
spring ceremony, and considerable
Interest has been shown In this
year's event. Winner of last year's
pontest was Dorothy Bpntz.
"The average chemiatry tent
stresses factual information with a
gratifying emphasis upon applica
tion rather than mere statement
of laws," Hendricks conceded.
"The examinations are generally
ten questions long snd contain
about 100 or more items."
MISS KUTCHER PRESENTS
RECITAL THIS AFTERNOON
Voice Student of Mrs. Policy
Offers Song Program
At 4 O'clock.
Dorothy Kutcher, student of
Mrs. Policy of the university school
of music will present a recital
this afternoon at 4. o'clock at Tem
ple theater. Genevieve Agnew,
pianist, will accompany M 1 a
Kutcher.
The following program will be
presented; "Per la gloria d'fcdor
arnl," by Bononctnl; "Edelweiss,"
by Foufdraln; "Le Paplllon," by
Fourdraln: "Pastorale," by Straw
insky; "Ma Paupee Cherla," by
Serverac; "Ave Maria," bv Verdi;
"Lullaby," by Curll Scott; "When
the Rnss Plnnm," by Relnhardt;
and "A raatorul," by Carey.