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VOL. XXXVIII, ISO. if
LINCOLN, rVKBKASKA, FRIDAY, SEPTKMBER 23, 193ft
Churches Plan Student Partie
'Uni Family'
Is Levied $3
Union Fee
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Lincoln Journal.
MARIAN STEELE
Miss Steele Resigns
As Social Director
of 'Sub' Functions
Faculty members, administra
tive staff officials and Lincoln
nlnmni of the university will pay
S3 a semester as Student Union
membership fees, the board of
managers voted last night at the
first meeting of the school year.
The board also accepted the res
ignation of Miss Marian Steele as
social director for the Union and
approved the temporary appoint
ments of Mrs. Edgar Yinger and
Mrs. W. B. Romans as day and
night social directors respectively.
Director Kenneth Van Sant sug
gested the double director plan.
The decision of the board that
all members of the university fam
ily pay an equitable fee each se
mester in order to eniov the fa
cilities of the Student Union cli
maxed a several years' faculty
student dispute. All members of
the faculty, administrative staff
and Lincoln alumni who pay the
$3 per semester fee will be given
Union membership cards entitling
them to all privileges, just as iden
tification cards provide students
with use of Union facilities.
Plan Membership Drive.
An active drive 'Trom the chan
cellor down," in order to secure the
university family's co-operation
with the Union was urged by
Prof. Karl Arndt, member of the
board. Incentives for faculty sup
. port are the faculty lounge and
dining room, it was pointed out.
Fayment of the non-student fee
falls due Oct. 1 for the first semes
ter, Feb. 1 for the second term and
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RifieClub
Meeting Set
Marksmen Welcome
Interested Students
Open to all university students
interested in rifle shooting, the
Rifle club announced that new
members will be welcome at its
first meeting Wednesday, Sept. 28,
5 p. m. in Nebraska hall 205.
Freshmen are particularly invited
to Join that they may practice
marksmanship for military train
ing classes.
The rifle range opens Oct. 3
and will be accessible every morn
ing and afternoon. The Rifle club
will have the range for practice
until Nov. 2 when the lritiamural
rifle competition starts, extending
to Nov. 18. For the r?st of the
semester, the range will be given
to tryouts for the various rifle
teams, membership on whicn is as
follows: Varsity team, 10 men;
R.O.T.C. team, 15 men; freshman
team, 10 men; engineers' team, 15
men.
Oldfield Chats
On Movie Stars
Journal Screen Editor
To Address Palladians
Barney Oldfield, movie editor of
the Lincoln Journal, will speal; in
formally on Hollywood, the movie
stars, and goings on behind the
scenes, to members of Palladian
Literary Society Saturday evening
at nine o'clock.
Barney's discussion will be on
the question and answer basis. The
questions will be written out on
slips of paper which he will col
lect and then answer as he sees
it. Rosalie Stout, program chair
man, cordially Invites all unaf
filiated students interested In hear
ing the ins and outs of Holly
wood as Barney portrays them.
Student Union
Program
Friday.
6:15 American Assn. of So
cial Work, Parlor B and C.
7:30 Christian Science Attn,
of Nebr. Student, Parlor A.
7:J0 Neuman Club recep
tion, Parlors X, Y, 2.
Grier Opens Union Dance Series
Coeds Take
Leadership
Course
Mortar Board Sponsors
Annual Activity Meet
University women already par
ticipating in campus extracur
ricular activities and freshman
women who are interested in be
coming membevs of university or
ganizations will gather Saturday
afternoon when the interorganiza
tion council of Mortar Board
stages Its annual leadership train
ing conference. The conference is
scheduled from 12:45 to 4:30 p.m.
and will be held in Ellen Smith
hall.
Round table discussions led by
members of Mortar Board and fea
turing short addresses by speakers
well informed on the discussion
topics will highlight program ac
tivities. A short opening session, in
charge of Phyllis Chamberlain,
Mortar Board president, will intro
duce the afternoon activities.
Speakers who will appear at
some of the round tables and the
subjects which they will discuss
include Herbert Yenne, who will
give an address on salesmanship,
and Esther Ostlund; university Y.
M. C. A. secretary, who will speak
at the leadership training round
table.
The discussion group on publi
cations will feature short talks by
Morris Lipp, Daily Nebraskan edi
tor; Virginia Geister, Awgwan
editor, and Patricia Lahr, Corn
husker editor. Harold Benn, stu
dent council president, and Helen
Pascoe, A. W. S. president, will
speak at the student government
round table.
At the officer training round ta
ble Helen Pascoe will explain the
duties of an organization presi
dent; Frances Boldman will de
scribe the office of vice president;
Helen Catherine Davis will sug
gest the duties of a secretary, and
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Prof. Collins Sees
Stars Day
Students Invited To Use
University Observatory
When most of us want to see
stars we have to wait for the sun
to go down, go to the movies, or
get hit over the head with a lethal
weapon, but Professor Oliver C.
Collins, associate professor of the
department of mathematics and
astronomy, can look at them any
time of the day or night.
For example, Professor Collins
explained that the 'planet Venus
can be seen better at this time of
the year during the afternoon
when the sun is shining or in the
early evening when the sun has
just gone down than it can at mid
night when there is no sun at all.
This phenomenon is due to the po
sition of Venus, which can be seen
half turned toward the sun and
half turned away from the sun.
Venus assumes this position about
once every 18 months.
No matter how hard the movies
try to create a romantic atmos
phere with their stars, they can
Lecturer Sees
Olympics, War
Inconsistent
LAWRENCE, Kas., Sept. 22.
"No youth who has had the expe
rience of sharing the communal
life of Olympic Village can sanc
tion a situation such as faces Eu
rope and the world at this time,"
said Clenn Cunningham, extension
lecturer on the staff of the Univer
sity of Kansas, speaking at the
opening Y. M. C. A. at the Uni
versity of Kansas Sunday after
noon. Mr. Cunningham urged applica
tion to scholastic work and admon
ished, above all else, that they do
their own thinking rather than to
permit "some radical crackpot to
formulate their Ideas for them.
"Unrest in the world today," he
said, "is due to the inability of
people to do their own thinking."
Speaking from h.' experiences
at the Berlin Olympics in 1936,
Mr. Cunningham said:
"There the youth of 52 nations
gathered for 18 days of the keen
est rivalry. The youtha admired
and profited by the superb per
formance of those even more cap
able than themselves. Losers
regularly congratulated winners In
true good sportsmanship.
"This spirit of affable relation
ship was felt not only when the
I athletes were In competition on the
field, but In the training and living
quarters, where all the athletes
lived as good neighbors. All shared
a common practice field and rec
reational rooms. Even differences
of language fulled to daunt good
fellowship.
"If youth can meet and compete
In the best of comradeship, It
seems unnecessary for the world
to go mad and rush to war.
Name Band
Swings Out
Saturday
JIMMIE GRIER.
Limited Ticket Sale
To Prevent Crowded
Dancing Conditions
Jimmy Grier, who brings his
famed dance orchestra to Lin
coln for the Student Union dance
Saturday evening offers University
of Nebraska students a choice
'name' band, close in, and at a
price they can afford, according to
Student Union Director Van Sant.
Limited ticket sale to prevent
over crowded floor conditions is
well on the way toward the half
quota mark, according to Student
Union Director, Kenneth Van Sant.
Having starred with Jack Benny,
Bing Crosby, Ruth Etting, Olsen
and Johnson, Fibber and Molly,
and Joe Penner, and other famous
broadcasts, network radio broad
casts, network radio broadcasts
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. . .
or Night
use only one moon. Professor Col
lins, however, went them three
better Wednesday night when he
observed four of Jupiter's ten
moons all at the same time.
Professor Collins has extended
an invitation to any student wish
ing to see Venus in the day time
or any other astronomical phe
nomenon to drop in to the univer
sity observatory any afternoon or
evening during the coming week.
Triple Threat
Back, Bovine
Compared
Prof. Howard J. Gramlich of the
agricultural college compares cat
tle bought for fattening to the
triple threat back that "Biff"
Jones would like to develop this
year.
Speaking at a banquet of Buena
Vista, la., cattle feeders, Prof.
Gramlich said, "In football par
lance, the tripe threater is the man
who can do most any job that
needs doing. The steer that rightly
claims the same name 'come out
of the winter a thrifty, sappy
youngster which can go any one
of several directions. He can be
put on grain in the drylot after
wintering on ensilage; he can be
put on grain and grass or grass
without grain."
Coops, The
Answer to
Housing Problems.
Fmm the MlnnnU Duly.
The many out of town freshmen
who are not living in the dormito
ries are fast discovering for them
selves that housing facilities on
the campus are inadequate. Stu
dents who cannot afford to ;ive
in the dormitories or In the frater
nity and sorority houses will have
a difficult time finding desirable
quarters at rentals they can nf
ford. The Daily, in a series of arti
cles last spring, reported the find
ings of the housing commission
which showed that the majority
of students living in campus room
ing houses were dissatisfied with
their accommodations.
In some Instances the rooms
were not kept clean, in others
toilet facilities were Inadequate.
The complaints varied In detail
but were alike in tone. The lodgers
wanted other means of housing
and said so. There were, of cours.s,
some students who were satisfied
with their rooms. These students
said they preferred the rooms they
had over any type of housing
whether it be fraternity, dormitory
or co-operative cottage. However,
these students were in the minor
ity. The homes in which they lived
were generally full an.l unable to
house the large number of stu
dents living tn less satisfactory
homes.
Hayes Urges Students
To Check Names Posted
C. D. Hayes, general secre
tary of the University Y. M.
C. A., yesterday afternoon ur
gently requested that students
check their names In the stu
dent directory lists posted in
Ag Hall and the lobby of the
Temple building.
The lists will be posted ac
cording to the following sched
ule: Names beginning with the
letters from A to B from Sept.
22 to 23, from C to G from Sept.
23 to 26, and H to P from Sept.
26 to 28. The res: of the alpha
bet will be posted next week.
The accuracy of the directory,
which will be ready at the end
of October, depends entirely
upon the accuracy of the stu
dents in checking their names,
for the names will be printed
the way they appear on the
lists. The faculty section of the
book was sent ;o the printer
Thursday morning.
Flory Sails
Next Week
For England
Husker Rhodes Scholar
to Study at Oxford
Harry Flory, graduate of Ne
braska last spring, will sail for
Oxford, England, on the Norman
die Sept. 27 to begin his first year
as a Rhodes scholar. The scholar
ship, which was
announced last
December, en
titles him to a
two year plan
of study with a
possible third
year. Flory was
one of the 32
winners in the
United States.
Since the ex
amination i s
varied to suit
Lincoln .1 1 nim.ll.
Harry rlnry.
individuals, Flory, who majored in
philosophy, was given a special
examination upon that subject. He
received his bachelor of arts de
gree, in June with an average of
93' i percent. After receiving his
AB degree from Oxford, which
will be the equivalent of a master
degree from an American institu
tion, Flory plans to return to
America and teach philosophy in
a midwestcrn university.
Sailing with him on the Nor
mandie will be Frank Crabill, 1936
Rhodes scholar from Nebraska,
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500 Coeds
Attend Tea
Dean's Staff Receives
Women at Ellen Smith
Five hundred university women
attended the tea held yesterday
afternoon by the office of the dean
of women in Ellen Smith hall.
Banks of palms, ferns and garden
flowers formed a background for
the hostesses and flower-burdened
tea tables. Miss Elsie Ford Piper,
assistant dead on women, received
the guests in the absence of Dean
Amanda Heppner.
From the balcony overlooking
the court, a musical piogram was
presented by members of Sigma
Alpha Iota, Mil Phi Kpsilon, and
Delta Omicron. Violin numbers
were played by Margaret Porter,
Carolyn Kennedy and Majoric
Smith. Cellists were Frances Spen
cer and Mary Louise Baker. Alice
Churchill played the piano, and
Selma Hill th? flute.
Members of Mortar Board as
sisted in making the guests wel
come, Helen Pascoe heading the
receiving line. Members of Tassels,
Alpha Lambda Delta and A. W. S.
helped to serve.
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In Symphony Orchestras . . .
U. S. Music Outshines
Prof. Schmidt Returns
From Summer Abroad
"Our symphony orchestras are
far superior to those of Europe,"
says Professor Herbert Schmidt of
the school of music in summariz
ing highlights of a European tour
which he made this summer. Mr.
Schmidt visited many famous mu
sic centers.
At Munich, in Germany, Profes
sor Schmidt attended the premier
of a new opera, which is a great
development in this year's music
news. Written by Strauss, the
opera is named Frledenstag, with
a plot based on a once-held belief
that arbitration Is better than war
in settling disputes; held In the
center of European stress, Mr.
Schmidt feels ' Strauss pointed a
subtle thrust at the present world
affairs in his latest opera.
Fore-runners of the piano,
harpsichords and clavichords, used
beforo the time of Bach, were
played by the professor at Nurcm
burg. Theso instruments use a key
board to operate a string plucking
43 Workers
Attend Corn
Cob Smoker
At an informal smoker held
Wednesday evening in the N club
rooms of the coliseum, 43 sopho
more men signed up as Corn Cob
workers for the coming year.
Pleased with the large turnout,
President George Rosen com
mented, "With such a large group
of fellows and with club conditions
and prestige in such a favorable
stage, Corn Cobs should go far
toward earning its place as one of
the campus' major activities. The
sixteen men who will become
junior members upon expiration of
the probation period next spiing
will truly have had to :;et out end
work. Competition is expected to
be keen, thus promoting the best
interests of the members individ
ually and of the club as a whole."
After each candidate had intro
duced himself to the others, Corn
Cob active members were intro
duced. Following these informal
activities, active members held a
short business meeting, ot which
committees for Corn Cob activities
were selected, an 1 Bob Seidel was
elected to fill a vacancy created by
Bill Williams, active, who did not
return to school.
Colonel Frankforter, sponsor of
Corn Cobs addressed both active
members and candidates after the
business meeting, stating that the
club "will really have to get out
and hustle, what with all eyes
turned upon it to see just how the
new club constitution will func
tion." '
Delian Union
Plans Dance
Society Invites Barbs
to Saturday Affair
Members of Delian Union, barb
social organization, will hold a
dance at their hall on the third
floor of Temple building, Saturday
evening at 9 o'clock, to which all
unaffiliated university students
are invited to attend.
In addition to dancing there
will be games during the earlier
portion of the evening to create a
jolly atmosphere and to make the
introductions less informal. Re
freshments will also be served. In
charge of the program is Maxine
Armstrong, president.
This is the first meeting of the
year for Delian Union. Meetings
are held every weeknd during the
semester, many of which are open
to barb students. Delian Union
originated as a literary society but
its composition has now changed
to that of a social organization.
Membership consists of half boys
and half girls. Some of the pro
grams are put on entirely by the
members; at others well known
speakers are secured. The society
maintains Its own hall at which
members are prone to study and
loaf between classes.
BARNARD SCHEDULES
BLUEPRINT TRYOUTS
Professor N. H. Barnard an
nounced Thursday the tryouts for
staff positions on the Blueprint,
monthly magazine issued by the
engineering department, will be
held Friday evening instead of
Wednesday evening as announced
In the Wednesday editon of the
Daily Nebraskan. In co-operation
with the Nebraska Engineering so
ciety, plans for enlargement of the
magazine from four to eight
pages will be discussed.
Positions already filled for the
coming year are V. H. Taulson,
editor; J. D. Smith, general man
ager, and Leo Curtis, business
manager. The first issue will make
its appearance during the second
week of October.
device, instead of striking a string
as In modern pianos.
Viennese pianos, dating back to
Uncoln Journal.
HERBERT SCHMIDT,
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Denominations
Give Receptions,
Mixers, Tonight
University Closes Friday Night to All Social
Functions as Churches Plan Varied Programs
Nebraska students will get a bird's rye view of university
religious activities when they flock enmnsso to city wide recep
tions and parties being held by all denoininntions tonight.
The 30th birthday of the establishment of Ihc Presbyterian
manse, on the campus will be celebrated with a progressive
1 pnrty carried crosstown by a cara.
Yell Leaders Practice
Today at 5 in Coliseum
Any and all who are ready to
urge Nebraska on to victory
from a place In front of the
stands, are urged to try out for
cheer leaders' positions. This
afternoon, at five o'clock, the
Innocents will hold a practice
at the Coliseum to be led by the
old leaders In preparation for
the final tryouts Saturday,
Sept. 24, at the Freshman
game. At that time, all pros
pective yell leaders will be
given a chance to show up last
year's.
Chem Men
To Dine
Smoker Compliments
Chemical Engineers
The Chemical Engineering so
ciety will open the school year
with an informal, dinner and
smoker in the Student Union
building at 6:30 p. m. Wednesday,
Sept. 28. It will be their first
meeting of the year as well as
their first meeting as a member
of the American Society of Chem
ical Engineers.
All students taking chemical en
gineering are invited to come to
the dinner, which will be free.
Those planning to attend arc
asked to sign one of the reserva
tion slips on the bulletin boards
in the various engineering build
ings. Dean C. J. Ferguson will he one
of the speakeis after the dinner.
The program committee for the
coining semester will be selected
and plans for the year's work will
be discussed at the meeting, ac
cording to J. Clyde Thompson,
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Night School
Starts Oct. 3
Many Courses Added
to Nocturne Schedule
Continuing the policy of former
years, the nniversity will again
offer night school classes to stu
dents unable to attend day classes.
The classes will start Oct. 3. Fees
for these courses are payable at
the university extension division
office in room 202, former Mu
seum building.
The students will report at So
cial Science, room 101, during the
first week to confer with their in
structors regarding the courses.
Persons Interested in auditing
courses may do so upon payment
of a $.r auditing fee.
Courses will be offered In nil
departments of the university.
Courses being offered for the first
time In night school Include: De
scriptive geometry, engineering
sketches and working drawings,
history of the English language,
English history, and conversation
and composition.
Europe
the time of Beethoven and Mozart
were also played by Mr. Schmidt
at Nurernburg where he had the
opportunity to compare the gdowth
of stringed keyboard instruments
through the modern piano.
Of the ancient Viennese pianos,
Professor Schmidt remarked that
they have a "lighter action" than
present day instruments.
A spectacular fascist outdoor
opera, staged in the ruins of the
ancient Cora Cala Baths with 20,
000 music lovers in attendance,
was attended by Professor
Schmidt. "The whole effect was
very brilliant and colorful," he
stated simply.
Although Europe responds to
good music on a larger scale than
America, Europe's far famed
symphony orchestras ar adjudged
by Schmidt to be InferloT to Amer
ican organizations.
"One doesn't need to go to Eu
rope to hear the best music," he
asserted, "we have that in Amer
ica. Our symphony orchestras are
far superior to European orchestras."
van of more than 75 cars. Stu
i dents will meet first at the manse,
;333 No. 14th, at 7:30, to be wel
comed by Student Pastor Robert
; B. Henry and his family, and will
jtrek to Westminster churrh for a
worship service, then to First and
Second Fresbyterian for food and
fun.
Calvary Evangelical church at
11th and Garfield will begin its
all-university program at 7:30 with
games and entertainment. Later
in the evening the guests will be
refreshed with food.
The senior Walther league cf
Trinity Lutheran church will take
charge of the program for Luth
eran students of the Missouri
synod. Music and games will start
at H:30 at the parish house at 13th
and H st. Short addresses by Rev.
F. W. Wortham and Rev. H. Erck
will also be heard.
Rev. Elliott Welcomes.
Rev. G. Elliot will give a short
address of welcome at the First
Lutheran church, 17th and A tt.,
for students of the Aueuslana
synod, the American Lutheran
church. Entertainment for the eve
ning is in the hands of members
of tne various Lutheran leagues.
naDDi Jacob Ogle will direct the
student reception beginning at 7:45
at the Congregational B'nai Jesh
urun synagogue at 20th and South.
A preliminary devotionp.l service
will precede the informal program.
Catholic students will gather in
the Student Union parlors XYZ as
guest of the Newman club. From
7:30 till 9:00 they will partake of
refreshments and entertainment
under the social chairmanship of
Jozetta Helfrich. After 9 o'clock
the CYO clubhouse at 18th and J
sts. will be the scene of a dance
for all the students.
A dinner for the young people
of the parish will be held at Cald
well Memorial church at 18th and
M sts. Music, games and toasts
will comprise the program.
Four Methodist Parties.
Methodist students have a choice
of four widely different parties at
four different churches. At St.
Paul's, 12th and M. a plantation
party will be held. Dr. Walter Ait
ken welcoming the guests. Trinity
Methodist church will .sail its
guests on a deep blue sea party. A
gala affair on the old fashioned
theme will be presented by Elm
Park church at 2iUh and Randolph.
O. Floyd Blewfield, Rev. S. B.
Thomas ami Dr. E. K. Geissinger
are Methodist pastors who will
welcome the students.
Parlor A in the Student Union
is reserved for the young iicoplc of
the Christian Science First church,
who will begin their reception at
7:30. At the Unitarian All Souls
church, the Fireside Group pre
sents a party of dancing and re
freshments to start at 8 o'clock.
Sponsored by the Sunday Eve
ning club. First Plymouth Congre
gational at 20th and D sts., will
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Lcntz Names
Band Leaders
McNaughton to Serve
as New Drum Major
After tryouts last week, Band
conductor Don Lentz announces
the appointment of Pat McNaugh
ton, Drum major; Avery Forke,
assistant drum major; and Leon
Davis, Wlllard Clark, and Tye
Kokjcr, twirler. With the assist
ance of these men, Mr. Lenz looks
forward to a successful season.
Tryouts for both varsity ai.d
freshman bands are nearing com
pletion: and a varsity band of
about one hundred and a freshman
band of about eighty are indi
cated. The first appearance of the
bands will be at the freshman
varsity football game Saturday,
the proceeds from which will be
used to send the varsity band to
one of the football games.
SQUADS NEED NEW
STUDENT MANAGERS.
Any students, preferably
freshmen or sophomores, who
wish to become student man
agers for freshmen, and per
haps first team mootball squads
are requested to report to Bob
Moose, varsity manager, In
the north locker room today or
tomorrow. I'loyd Bottorff, the
equipment manager, says there
Is enough work for several
boys, and Adolph Lewandow
skl, froth coach, needs a few
to help his pair of managers.
Here's a chance for those men
who want to work their way up
to trips to Pittsburgh and Minnesota.