lAILY NEBRASKAN
Official Student Newspaper of the University of Nebraska
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VOL. XXXYinTNO. 257
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1938
Kosmet Klub
Starts Skit
Supervision
27 Enter Fall Revue;
Show to Be Given
Thanksgiving Morning
First skit tryouts for the Kos
met Klub fall revue will begin
Tuesday, Oct. 26 and last thru
Thursday, Oct. 28, according to an
announcement made by Don Moss,
president, after the regular ses
sion of the organization yesterday
afternoon.
At tiha time members of the
tryout committee will make a pre
liminary, non-eliminative survey
of the 27 acts submitted by vari
ous house and organizations and
suggest to the members ways in
which the acts might be improved.
Two other tryouts will be con
ducted later on at which time the
committee will choose the best
skits for presentation on the
stage.
Because of the early deadline
for filing of skits this year, which
went into effect yesterday, en
trants will be able to take more
time in organizing and polishing
up their acts. Since time is re
quired for a group to put on a de-
sirable skit, the Kosmet Klub rec
ommends that all skit practices be
held outside of study hours and
preieraDiy some ume Deiwecn o
and 8 o'clock in the evening.
committee members in cnarge
of the fall Kosmet Klub show as
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Studio Gives
Playlet Trio
Theater Group Cast
In 3 One-Act Plays
With a program of one-act plays
and several three-act dramas
scheduled for the present year, the
Studio Theatre opens its first one
night stand this evening at
o'clock in 201 of Temple.
A trio of one-act plays ranp;ino
from a psychological study to high
romance and comedy make up tnis
evening's presentation. Miss Alice
Howell, chairmen of the depart
ment of speech, and Richard Rider
have Joint direction of the pro
gram.
First of the plays is an interest
lng treatment of the phenomenura
of split personaltiy with flesh and
blood actors representing the sub
conscious selves of the mam char
acters. Taking part are Rilla Mae
Nevin, Rowena Beadle, Dorothy
Mae Pocllot and Tex Rounds.
Love, a topic of universal inter
est to students, gets a play in
two character sketch, with Jack
Bittner and Barbara Eurke taking
the roles.
A comedy involving a doctor
and a woman whose main avoca
tion is consoling the sick and the
bed-ridden, concludes the program
Bernard Menke and Jean Morgan
are featured in this playlet.
The Studio thea'sr is mainly in
terested in dra-.iatic experiment
and is a praving ground for the
University Flayers. Students out
side of the speech department who
registered for Players' tryouts
may be given an opportunity to
take part in the Studio theater ac
tivities, according to Miss Alice
Howell, chairman of the depart'
ment.
Extension Agents
Hear Brokaw
W. H. Brokaw, university exten
sion director, speaking Monday
noon to tbe county extension
agents, urged them to help all
groups within their counties in
terexted in the development of ag
riculture. He thanked various
state, city, and county organiza
tions for their cooperation in help
ing to Improve Nebraska argicul
lure.
The agents attending the annual
conference at ag college were
lunching with the chamber of
commerce. Other speakers were
Nathan Cold, representing the
chamber of commerce, and H. O.
Gould, assistant director of extension.
Acheson to Make 'Freedom'
Ring at Convo Thursday
Cosmopolitan Speaker
Gives Talk in Temple
Barclay Acheson, associate ed
itor of the Reader's Digest, will
appear in Temple tomorrow morn
ing at 11 o'clock in the second all-
university convocation ot tne year
addressing the student body on the
topic "Freedom tne Mental clim
ate for Progress."
Acheson takes the platform with
wide reputation as a brilliant
Ag College
Plans Turkey
Judging Meet
Nebraska Gobbler
Raisers to Assemble
For Grading School
In nreDaration for the holiday
season, the college of agriculture
will conduct its forth annual
turkey grading school Thursday
and Friday.
With gobbler raisers expected
from all parts of the state, a va
ried two day program is being
prepared with special emphasis on
improving quality of turkeys sold
on the market during the holiday
season. Written examinations will
be civen Friday afternoon at
which time growers may attempt
to qualify as licensed graders.
The first day's program will be
featured by a grading, killing, and
dressing demonstration by L. P.
Vance and P. E. Larkin. At that
time, live birds brought in by
growers will be dressed under
supervision.
The complete program will be
as follows:
Ttiand7 Forrnoon.
Gradinc kllllnc. drsinis demonstration.
L. P. Vance, P. E. Larkin.
Turkey m-irket inflation Rov Steln-
heicW, Goehner, H. K. Drew. Omaha.
Turkey feeding experiments, . .
Musfchl.
Inspected turkey hri-edlng flocks, J. H.
Jandebeur, North Platte.
Thursday Afternoon.
Demonstration of trades. H. Q. Hamann,
detriment of agriculture.
Box parkine demon-tration.
Selection of breeJins stock. Charlea
Jordan.
Thursday r.venlnc.
Turkey dinner. W. H. Brokaw, speaker.
rootball pictures.
Friday.
Examination on gradinc dressed turkeys.
ti. U. Hamann.
Outstate activ.tlrs. H. P. Griffin. North
western llurkey Growe.s s clation.
Outlook on Co operative Al-irketini;, John
Scanlon, department of agriculture.
written grading examinations, u. r.
Vance.
Round table.
Instructions to graders, J. H. Claybaugh,
K. a. Yviiiard.
Union Dues Are Not So Bad
Your $3 Well
The Place Has a Flaw,
It Is the Last Straw
Last night, the house was still.
content, with no one round that
was hell-bent, and I was dreamin'
In a chair, with not a study, worry,
care, inl not a single fern desire
to fan my flame into a fire Just
sittln' there a thinkin' things,
when sudden-like the wall fon
rings. It was my pal who says ta
me that he Is caught up In a tree.
He's found a gal that he can rate,
and wants that I should d-.ubl;
date and bring along my battered
car, cause his new gal lives out
too far.
And so last nleht I went to
dance, me and my best gal -Chi O
Nance and swung a bit to mumc
sweet, And worked us up a little
heat. It was so warm that I wet
thru my shorts and shirt and green
pants too; that air-cooled floor
became so hot I cussed and dnnml
and sweat a lot, and my new red
tie it faded out upon my shirt
and round about, and made a
great big, blood-red hxjI, as tho
that I were badly shot.
The Place Was Jammed.
And Nance began to flunh a bit;
her hair and cheeks began to spit,
her eyebrows slowly disappeared
until her face looked somewhat
established such recognition be
cause of the conviction with which
and convincing speaker. He has
he speaks conviction born of
travel, personal experience and
observation of world events.
His experiences have come while
he has been serving in the capacity
BARCLAY ACHESON.
Courtesy Lincoln Journal
of editor, head of the field or
ganization of China Famine Funds
administrator for some 80 million
dollars of Near Ea3t Relief, Y. M.
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White Seeks
New Debaters
Prospective Arguers
See Coach This Week
All those who expect to tryout
for the debate teams are requested
to file their intention with Proies
sor H. A. White, debate coach,
before the end of the week. The
contest is open to all men stu
dents who are interested in de
bate. No previous experience is
necessary.
Bibliographies for the tryouts,
which will be held at 7:30 p. m
October 27, in University Hall, may
now be obtained at the university
library.
The question to be debated
one of vital interest: Resolved,
That the United States should
cease to use public funds for the
purpose of stimulating business.
Ten or 12 more men will be se
lected this year than have been
selected in former years, accord
ing to Professor White.
Spent M'Lad
weird. And so at last she said,
"Let's coke, and cool ourselves and
have a smoke."
The booths were filled within the
grill; we had to wait and would be
still, but a waiter pal found us a
spot upon the aisle and not so hot.
We drunk them cokes, and talked
a while, and when friends walked
by returned a smile, and stuck my
dimes in slot machine a racket
which is plenty keen.
Oh! Oh!
My hair was down, I must clean
up; my gal Is pale and must make
up. And so for then, we parted
ways, to pretty up to reamnze. I
went aside to do my share, and
took out comb to part my hair. I
looked with eyes and felt with
hands, but there just ain't mlr
ror inside them cans.
Well, duwgone, that's some big
flaw, and I should say, the last
darn straw. Afterwards, I asked
my gal. "What shall we do?"
She said, "Lot's go and pitch
nome woo; It s not so not inside a
car; you needn't wait there ain't
no bar.
Well, dawgone, this U la quite
the stuff it gives the gal more
than enough, and puts her In the
proper mood, to watch the moon
and to be wooed. Yep, give tne
three bucks worth more , . .
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GermanSituatioii,
Wor PBK
Jones Boys
Embark for
Soonerland
Students Plan Huge
Afternoon Send-Off
Rally Friday at 4
Lied by the University band,
Corn Cobs, Tassels, and cheer lead
ers, rallying students will escort
Major Biff Jones and his Jones
boys to the Missouri Pacific depot
Friday afternoon, where the squad
will entrain at 4:30 for Norman,
Okla. where they meet the Soonere
in an important conference game
Saturday.
The footballers selected to make
the trip will be carried to the de
pot on a huge float, to be drawn
by a tractor. The route to be fol
lowed will be west on R at. to 9th,
then north to the depot, with the
rally beginning on the steps of the
Student Union at 4 o clock.
All students who do not have 4
o'clock classes are urged to be
present to see the team off. How
ever, the rally committee wishes it
to be known, that any student who
has a 4 o clock class should not cut
that class to attend the rally.
At the depot the game captain
and members of the coaching staff
will talk.
First French
Film Slated
Kiva Shows 'Dr. Knock'
on Saturday Morning
The amusing triumph of a
quack, but very likeable doctor in
a provincial French town, will be
portrayed In the opening show of
a series of French moving pic
tures to be shown in Lincoln this
year under the sponsorship of the
department of romance languages
of the university.
"Dr. Knock" will be shown Sat
urday morning at the Kiva the
ater beginning at 8, 9:30 and 11
o'clock. Rated "an excellent com
edy well done by a good cast" by
the New York Sun, it is expected
to attract a large number of
French students.
Dr. Knock buys out the small
practice of one Dr. Parpalaid, and
proceeds to build it up into a sen
sational cash business, using auto
suggestion and an onslaught of
floriferous medical jargon, and
making the whole town "germ
conscious." He finds "disastrous
maladies" in the townspeople,
cnarges mem exnorbitant prices
ror long, drawn out cures, and
they love it
Season tickets for the series of
four shows may be had for 85
cents In the departmental office
U 108. Admission for single
screenings Is 2j cents. On March
14, Danielle Dnrrieux will be fea
tured in "Mile. Mozart." Other
shows nre "Merluse," Dec. 10, and
"Le Mcdecin Malgre Lul," which
will be shown on April 15.
Coed Dramatic Hobby
Group Meets Tonight
A meeting of the dramatic
hobby group of the Coed Coun
selors will be held In the lobby
of the Temple at 6:50 o'clock
tonight, reports Tex-Rozelle
Rounds, director of the group.
The time change Is to avoid a
conflict with the Charm School.
TooiDgiit
Nazi Regime Draws
Comment From N. U.
Language Professor
Prof. W. K. Pfeiler of the Ger
manic languages department will
be the featured speaker at the
opening meeting of Phi Beta
Kappa this evening at 8 p. m.
in Parlors XYZ
of the Student
Union.
Taking as his
topic, "A Visit
to Contempo
rary German
Writers," Pro
fessor Pfeiler is
expected to
outline a gen
eral picture of
German reac
tion to the poli
cies and the
progress of the
nazi govern-
Prof. w. k. Pfeiiir. ment. D u r i ng
Lincoln Journal the S U m m e r,
Professor Pfeiler visited Germany
and surrounding countries.
Tho program is a departure
from the previous practice of Phi
Beta Kappa which has always met
for dinner programs. Professor
Wadsworth. president of Nebras
ka's Alpha chapter, hoped that all
members will show their Interest
by attending, saying, "We wish es
pecially to make the younger
members welcome, whether initi
ated here or elsewhere, who may
be doing graduate work at Ne
braska. To do this, old members
must be at the meeting to greet
them."
After the address, light refresh
ments will be served in a general
reception fof old and new mem
bers, students and faculty, under
the sponsorship of chapter offi
cers. About 80 are expected to at
tend. Year's Program.
The complete program of Phi
Beta Kappa for the school year
will include a talk by Prof. Har
old Stoke Nov. 21 on "Impressions
of the TVA," "Problems Arising
Out of the Federal Taxation Pro
gram," by Prof. O. R. Martin. Jan.
17, Dr. H. W. Orr speaking on
"Contributions of Pasteur and
Lister to Modern Surgery," Feb.
7, and a paper by Prof. C. D.
Swayzee on "Evolution in Labor
Problems," March 8.
A historical project being un
dertaken by the chapter at th
present time is a booklet with a
chapter history, the constitution
and bylaws, a roster of the of
ficers and a complete list of
in-
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Players Gain
New Talent
Miss Howell Expresses
Pleasure Over Tryouts
Results of the tryouts for th
University Players held Monday
night were very pleasing. Miss
Alice Howell declared Tuesday.
About 25 embryo actors were
given trials, with the same number
scheduled to get their chance
Tuesday evening.
"We were very much gratified
with the fine class of candidates
that appeared Monday. All showed
protni.se and ability," Miss Howell
said. She also stated that practic
ally all of those who tried out will
be given chances in the produc
tions to follow. Nearly all of the
candidates were from outside the
department of speech. This year
positions in the University Players
productions are open to students
not registered for Jramatics.
Preparations for the next pro
duction, which will appear early In
November, begin the latter part of
this week according to Miss How
ell. The play planned for presen
tation next is "Spring Dance" by
Phillip Barry.
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