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Daily
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Official Student Newspaper of the University of Nebraska
Z-403.
VOL! MK XX WIH. NO. 39.
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1938
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token For Girls' Dorm Today ,
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Uni Freshman Found Dead
Chem Group
To Honor Top
Scholarship
Phi Lambda Upsilon
To Give Freshman Cup
For Highest Average
Awarding of the scholarship cup
m the outstanding; Treshman in
,.t vcar's chemistry course will
f'v.tuie the fall banquet of the
Phi Lambda Upsilon honorary
homical f.ateri.ity, at the Corn
, usl-r hotel, Thursday evening.
;t sneaker for the evening
...: h rr. Walter A. Mililzer,
ha university chemical de
r, rtment. He will address the
Cud on ''150 Years of Truth," a
r. .n. 1 ,,-hiPh concerns itself with
vubstantial cneiiuctu uCyt."t" -
'during that period.
Another feature of the evening
WIU be the initiating of five grad
...,te students and two seniors into
the fraternity. The initiation will
ike Place before the banquet.
Graduate students who are to be
initiated are Henry Smith. Chad
rmr Rucben Olston, Columbus;
Clark MeCarty. Kansas City; Paul
SrhuUz, Witchita and Jean Jack
of Tekaniah.
The two seniors who are to be
filiated are Clemet Theobald of
Lincoln and Pyrcn Miller of Clin
ton This is the first time in the
history of the fraternity that new
members have been initiated in
the fall.
According to Jack Cl- ' presi
dent of the fraternity, t. annual
run award was first made in 1928
ti. Homer U. Deadman. In order
to be rleginlc for the award, a
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Firm Offers
Scholarship
Graduate Engineers
- Scs" -Y car-Award "
A
four year scholarship for
ate engineering students who
wish to specialise in the field of
paper production has been offered
by tho American Institute of
Paper Chemistry according to an
announcement posted yesterday
by I lean Fergus-in of the col
lege nf engineering.
The institute, which is associated
with Lawrence college, will award
a master degree to any scholar
ship winner completing two year's
work. Winners completing four
years work at the institute will
be awankd a doctor of philosophy
degree.
Work lit the institute is com
posed of nine months of classroom
work and three months, work in a
paper or pulp mill where the prin
ciples studied in the classroom are
applied. Applicants for the scholar
ship must possess a reading knowl
e,lge of Gorman to be eligible to
compete for the scholarship.
Blue Print Wins
Contest Award
Publication Recognized
For Promotion Work
Nebraska llhjo print, official
publication of the engineering col
lie, has been awarded the second
P'iw in n self-promotlon contest
In.ored by Littell-Murray-Barn-m'
Inc., national advertising
S"icy. according to word received
"y U A. Curtis, business manager
01 the publication.
First place went to the Michi
P,in Technic, publication of the
I'Divemity nf Michigan, The con
If,.M participated In by the
PUi rations of the various engt
r tiR colleges of the leading unl-.
In th wllil'h no,d membership
J, V, Mwided engineering col
i ht .'"'"i-incH. Awards were
1 1 , tlle magazines which, in
bZ ? !!lon of lhe Ju'lfrea. did the
Job Cf w.nR themselves to
I' facJers. Jay L. King of Lin-
i., ,a business manager of the
ssiim nf n yeflr nK0 that were
ntl,e,Uhe contest.
!line Arts Group
To Hear Alumni
Dorothy Dropp, Hdilen
McMoniesGive Talks
hiS'V' Delta Fhl Delta'
wui h y ne RrU organization,
Btii.li.ni two former Nebraska
at Ti" 3ust rcturned from Paris
nine . r.monthly dinner this eve
Mi,, n 0clork ln th Union.
4 "Peuk to the fine
lari. ,nl" on thelr work -In
1nnbiB ?h?lhey stUfll(d Bfter
Miss rL 6 ,Pa"ong scholarship.
ns cntvt0 lve the Par
"old of .d, whlch h wo m the
Mon M ,,r,lor dccoratJon- Miss
JumioB'3lvBtudlC(1 fahln
,hlP lt y"ar Par8on" BCholar-
SPURR WRITES ARTICLE
r
Prof. W. A. Spurr, member of
the college of business adminis
tration faculty, has reviews ap
pearing in the current number of
the American Kconomic Review.
One is an analysis of Sauvy's
"Business Cycles and Forecast
ing;" another is a review of Stock
ton's "An Introduction to Business
Statistics" and the latter author's
laboratory manual dealing with
business statistics.
N.U. Summer
School Seeks
EduardBenes
Moriti Invites Former
Czech President Here
Former President Eduard Bcnes
of Czechoslovakia is being Fought
as an instructor during the Uni
versity summer school session of
1939, Prof. R. B. Moritz, director
of summer school has announced.
Speaking for his brother, Vojta
Bones, who was here Friday on a
speaking tour,' said that the former
Czech president was at present un
nerved by the crisis in Europe and
would probably be unable to con
sider the matter at present. How
ever, he said that his brother had
already consented to lecture nt the
University of Chicago.
Dean C. H. Oldfather has sent
Bencs a cablegram inviting him
to come to Nebraska this summer
but no reply has been received.
Bcnes would probably lecture in
the social sciences department.
Social Workers
Attend Luncheon
Noon Program Centers
Around Work for Blind
Ninety-two reservations linve
been made by students and fac
ulty to attend the luncheon of the
Association of Social Workers in
the Union this noon where they
will hear J. F. Chunk, of the de
partment of interior, speak on his
work for the- blind.
Mr. Clunk is in Lincoln to es
tablish public news stands in fed
eral buildings for the blind and
his speech to the social workers
will be centered around his work.
He will be introduced to the group
by Harold Salter, chairman of the
board of control of the Nebraska
state institutions.
The Association of Social Work
ers is a new group on the campus
composed of students In the grad
uate school for social workers. El
wood Cant is president of the or
ganization and Ruth Thygeson is
chairman of the luncheon com
mittee. Theater Seeks
All-American Girl
Lincoln Invites Student
Entries in New Contest
What girl on the Nebraska cam
pus comes closest to being the
"AH American type?" In an ef
fort to find out, the Lincoln the
ater is oenducting a contest, the
ballot for which will be found ln
the advertisement appearing in to
day's Daily Nehraskan.
All students are invited to write
In the name of their choice on the
ballot, and bring it to the Dully
Nebraskan office in the basement
of the Union today or tomorrow.
The winner of the contest, which
is being sponsored by the Lincoln
in conjunction with its showing of
"Three Loves Has Nancy," will be
announced from the stage Oi that
theater sometime between 9 and
10 o'clock, Thursday evening.
Thursday evening has been desig
nated by theater officials as all
college night.
Winner of the contest will he
given her choice of a $30 coat t
on; of the Lincoln department
stores. "Three Loves Has Nancy,"
tars Janet Gaynor, Robert Mont
gomery, and Franchot Tone, opens
at th Lincoln Thursday,
yf
James Hand
Dies From
Exhaust Gas
Caretaker Finds Youth
Dead in Garage at
Vacant Property
James L Hand, jr.. freshman
student in the college of business
administration, was found dead
Monday morning in a car parked
in the garage of a vacant house at
2330 Van Dorn st. Dr. P. S. Can
non, examining physician, stated
that death was caused by carbon
monoxide poisoning, placing the
time of death between 2 and 3
o'clock Monday morning.
County Sheriff James Davis,
acting as coroner, told the Daily
Nebraska n that he found no evi
dence of foul play. The garage
doors were closed and the windows
of the car tightly rolled up when
the body was discovered. Sheriff
Davis further said that altho the
case is closed, he is continuing
the investigation to follow up sev
eral lends.
Hand was the 18 year old son
of Mr. and Mrs. James Hand, sr.,
1531 Van Dorn st., and had pledged
Phi Delta Theta fraternity this
year.
The body was found about 9
o'clock by Guy B. Porter, care
taker for Culbertson, Roe & Bell,
who own the vacant house. Porter
called Mr. Roe, who in turn called
police. It was believed that Hand
had forced the locked garage door
open by breaking the lock, when
police arrived, they found the ig
nition on, altho the motor was
silent. The auto battery was still
well charged and Hand's wrist
watch was still running.
Hand had lived in Lincoln only
a few months, coming from Sid
ney, Nebraska, where he was
graduated from high school in
1938. The body is at Wadlow's
Mortuary.
Youth to Vie
With Oratory
Contest Observes 160
Years of Constitution
In observance of the Sesqui
ccntennial Anniversary of the for
mation of the Constitution a na
tionwide contest is being held the
middle of December in virtually
all the universities and high
schools of the nation. Nebraska
university students are offered an
opportunity to enter the' original
oratorical contest which is ex
pected to be held on the campus
about Dec. 15.
This nationwide celebration
under the auspices of the United
States Constitution Sesquircnten
nial Commission is to build in each
ireneration a strong foundation
under popular representative gov
ernment. "The critical situation
faced by representative govern
ment in many countries Just now
makes this a particularly oppor
tune time to stress the study of
our greatest governmental docu
ment," says J. W. Studehaker,
commissioner ,of the United States
office of education.
Regulations.
Regulations for the contest are:
The work of each student must be
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100 GUESTS ATTEND
CAMPUS CLUB DINNER
Approximately one hundred were
present at the Campus Club ban
quet at Ellen Smith hall last eve
ning. Among the guests were Mrs.
Samuel Avery and Mrs. E. A.
Burnett, both wives of former
chancellors, and Mrs. C. S.
Boucher, wife of Chancellor
Boucher.
A short talk was given by Miss
Margaret Hale, blind student. Miss
Ignore Alway, of the Physical
Education Department, planned an
Informal evening so that all guests
had an opportunity to get acquainted.
Fellman, Lancaster Predict
Slot Machine Defeat Today
Professors Disagree
On Short Ballot Merits
Commenting on the slot machine
and short ballot amendments, both
of which will be voted on today
by Nebraska citizens, Prof. David
Fellman of the political science de
partment, stated in regard to the
election: "The slot machine amend
ment will be defeated but the short
ballot bill should pass. I am
against the slot machine issue but
I hope the short ballot passes as
it should be a good thing for the
state."
Prof. Lane Lancaster of the po
litical science d;partment stated
yesterday: "Both" issues will be de
feated by large margins, ln my
In Car
Sigma Delta Chi Meets
At Noon Today in Union
Members of Sigma Delta Chi,
men's journalistism fraternity,
will meet for luncheon this noon
in parlor C of the Union. Inas
much as some important busi
ness will be taken up, Morris
Lipp, president of the group,
urges all members to attend.
Tassels Sell
Cornhuskers
This Week
Pepsters Extend Drive
To Reach 1,000 Goal
Tassels will extend their annual
Cornhusker drive for one wejk
during which time every effort will
be made to contact the entire cam
pus as well as the Lincoln busi
ness section for year book sub
scriptions, according to an an
nouncement made yesterday by
Virginia Nolte, Tassel president
and Max Horn, the Cornhusker
business manager.
To reach their goal of 1,000,
Tassels will strain every nerve,
canvassing all of the organized
houses near the city and agricul
tural campuses, and encouraging
them to find 20 subscribers that
they may enter a beauty queen in
the Nebraska pulchritude con
test. At a meeting this evening in
316 of the Union, Tassels will
check in the money and receipts
of those students who have al
ready purchased subscriptions and
be given new books with which to
make more sales.
Trizes will be given by the Corn
husker to the Tassel who makes
the most sales at the close of the
drive, according to the annual
sales manager who spoke to the
group at the beginning of the cam
paign four weeks ago.
Rally Set
For Friday
Combination Armistice
Football Affair Planned
With Nebraska hopes for a Pitt
victory kindled by the Panthers'
loss Saturday, students will gather
Friday evening nt 7 o'clock on the
Student Union steps for a combi
nation Armistice day rally celc
brntion. Thru co-operation of the mili
tary department, the rally commit
tee has obtained the Pershing
Rifle unit to participate in the
rally. The Pershing Rifles will
march in the rally parade and will
play the leading roll in the Armis
tice part of the program, firing
the traditional salute.
Same Route.
As usual, the university band,
Corn Cobs, Tassels, and the cheer
leaders will make up the nucleus
of the parade, which will follow
the same route as all other home
game rallies.
Students who have slogans
which they think are good enough
to command printing on the cards
for the Pitt game are requested
by Ralph Reed, member of the
rally committee to hand them in
at the Dally Nebraskan office be
fore Thursday noon.
Fireworks will be a feature of
the ntt pre-game rally, with plans
being made to include a 12 foot
American flag in the display.
"Algie," the old model T used
In rallies to carry the cheer lead
ers, will be on hand again. The old
car has been donated for the ral
lies by Max Lake, and has been
put to valuable use.
"As Friday is Armistice day,
there will be many sponataneous
rallies springing up during school
hours," Reed stated. He went on
to say that "No Corn Cobs or
Tassels should take part in any of
these unorthodox rallies, and
should discourage them. Students
should save their lungs for the
Friday night affair, when there
will be nlontv to veil for."
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opinion. I am opposed to both
amendments, especially the slot
machine bill." Altho few students
will be eligible to vote in the elec
tion the results of it will be of
special interest to many.
The slot machine amendment
would legalize slot muchlnea in
Nebraska and the money derived
from them in taxes and other rev
enue would be expended for old
age assistance in the state. The
short ballot amendment would
give the governor power to appoint
the secretary of state, the attorney
general and the state treasurer.
These offices at the present time
are elective. The idea of the
amendment Is to shorten the bal
lot so that the voter will not have
to struggle thru long lists of can
didates at election time,
Kosmet Kluh
Begins Final
Skit Tryouts
Elimination Committee
Starts Rounds Tonight
Elimination tryouts for the 1938
Kosmet Klub fall revue will be
held Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday evenings to narrow down
the 27 skits entered by fraternity
and sorority groups to the num
ber which the show can accommo
date. Tryout schedule to be followed
this week is as follows:
7:80 Phi Mm
8:00 Nljcma Kuppii
:xn hi Omrita
11:110 DpIIb Gammn
II:. SO r.ammn I'hl Brln.
10:00 Sigma No
10:80 Slcma I'hl Kpnllnn
11:00 Sigma Alpha Kpollnn
Wfdnetiday,
?:80 Knppa Alpha Thfla
K:00 Alph Omlcrnn I'l
S:8ll Alpha hl OmfKH
9:00 Khppa Knppa (ianinia
li:.'lo Alpha T.iti Omega
10:00 Kappa Dflla
10:30 llela Theta I'l
Thursday.
T:Sn Sigma Chi
S:IMI 7.rla nt a Tim
:0 I'l Kappa Alpha
!i:0O Kappa Sigma
0:80 Ararla
10:00 Dflta t'pullnn
10:30 Alpha Sigma I'hl
The Klub has again secured the
Stuart theater for the revue, which
will be held on Thanksgiving
morning, Thursday, Nov. 24, at 9
o'clock. This is the morning of
the Nebraska-Kansas State foot
ball game.
Competing acts will be expected
to perform at the tryouts with the
approximate costumes and props
which they will use if given a place
on the Thanksgiving program
Only in event that the Klub has
difficulty in deciding the specific
skits to be used will a third tryout
be conducted.
Tickets on Sale.
Climax of the show will come
with the presentation of the new
Nebraska Sweetheart as elected by
men students this fall. Also fea
tured will be the awarding of three
cups to the three best acts pre
sented by fraternity and sorority
groups, merit to be judged on
the basis of audience applause. The
fraternity cup was won last year
by the combination "Skit of Zeta
Beta Tau and Pi Kappa Alpha
The sorority cup last fall went to
Alpha Phi, and honors for best
curtain act were awarded to Chi
Omega.
Tickets for the revue have been
distributed to Klub workers and
may now be purchased tor ou
cents apiece.
Publication
Heads Return
Miss Lahr, Lipp Report
Cincinnati Conclave
Morris Lipp, Patricia Lahr, Max
Horn, Frank Johnson and Profes
sor Gayle Walker returned Mon
day from Cincinnati, O., where
they represented the university at
the Associated Collegiate Press
conference. The conclave was at
tended by 460 delegates from 155
colleges.
One of the most interesting of
the round table discussions of the
conference was headed by Profes
sor Walker. His topic was "Special
Departments of College Newspa
pers and How They Should Be
Handled."
The feature address of the meet
ing was given by Raymond Clap
per, Washington columnist and
former head of the United Press
bureau in Washington. He talked
of his experiences as a Washing
ton columnist under the title of
"The Confessions of a Washing
ton Columnist."
According to Morris Lipp the
convention was interesting and
educational. Pat Lahr in looking
over the yearbook display said
"the trend was toward the in
formal with more photography
which is to be followed here." She
further stated "The eastern year
books were traditional style, the
Pacific schools followed a radical
form, while the middle west was
a compromise between the two."
Nebraska was represented at
the conference by five schools
University of Nebraska, Wayne,
Peru, Hastings, and lork.
Medical School
Asks WPA Grant
Funds Would Improve
Grounds, Class Rooms
District Director McCauley for
warded to Washington Monday a
WPA project for an $108,957 im
provement of the University col
lege of medicine building and
grounds at Omaha. Included were
plans for acoustical improvement
of class rooms and auditoriums
sidewalks for the campus, equip
ment for th medical school, re
vamping of heating equipment and
general landscaping, according to
R. B. Saxon, operating superin
tendent of the medical school. The
new project would bring the to
tal of WPA Improvement at the
school to approximately $250,000
Ceremony Opens
Work on
To Raymond Hall
Chancellor Boucher, Chancellor Emeritus
Burnett, Donor Love Break Ground at 11:30
Students, faculty members,
morning to witness tlie ground breaking ceremonies which will
open construction work on lhe Julia Love Memorial hall, dor
mitory and residence, for I'niversity girls. The program will be
ing at 11:30 with Chancellor ('.
Participate
In Ceremony
From Liner, in JournrU.
CHANCELLOR C. S. BOUCHER.
....to preside over sod-breakers.
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From Lincoln Journal. 1
DON L. LOVE.
donor to break sod.
From Lincoln Jnnrn-il.
CHAN. EMERITUS BURNETT.
....to express our appreciation.
Chamber Urges
Students to Vote
Committee Campaigns
For Record Election
Urging that all students eligible
to vote, go to the polls and exer
cise that privilege, the junior
chamber of commerce get-out-the-vote
committee went into the fi
nal stages of its campaign to ob
tain a record number of citizens ;
to cast ballots at the election Tues
day. I
Howard Spuhnle, chairman of
the committee, expressed the sen
timents of the junior chamber
members when he staled, "We feel
that all students who are eligible
to vote should certainly exercise
that privilege. It is a responsibil
ity which every one should real
ize." The committee urged all voters
to read the proposed amendments
to the constitution carefully so
that when they go to the polls,
their minds will be made up. Since
there are seven constitutional
amendments to be voted upon at
this time, it was urged that all
voters read their newspapers care
fully in order that they may avoid
confusion at the polls.
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Annex
and Lincolnites will gather this
S. Boucher presiding. Dr. E. A.
Burnett, chancellor emeritus, nd
Don L. Love, former mayor of
Lincoln, will co-operate in digging
the first spadeful of earth.
It was Love who donated the
$55,000 necessary to start con
! struction of the hall. A grant from
the PWA of $101,250 made up the
biggest part of an estimated $250,
000 cost for the building of Love
hall and another dormitcty, not
yet named.
Chancellor Opens Program.
Today's program will be opened
by Chancellor Boucher presenting
Chancellor Emeritus Burnett, who
was instrumental in obtaining the
new residence halls. Dr. Burnett
i will speak briefly and then pre
sent Mr. Love. Chancellor Boucher
will say a few words in conclu
sion. Among those who will be pres
ent are representatives of the ad
ministration of the University del
egates from various women's or
ganizations and others who are
connected with the erection of the
building.
Erected as a suitable memorial
to Mrs. Love, who died a year and
a half ago, the new residence will
front on 16th st. just north of
Carrie Belle Raymond hall. It will
house 96 girls. It will be..diatinc-.
tive from the larger unit of Car
rie Belle and a large bronze plaque
will be erected in honor of Mrs,
Love.
A contract for the excavation
for the two dormitories was
awarded to the A. T. Stewart com
pany of Lincoln last Wednesday.
The excavation will be completed
on Love hall first.
According to the dormitory
council, bids on general heating
and plumbing will be let later. An-
noiincemeius concerning lhe let-
win ue made laier.
i The school residence hall will be
erected at the northeast corner of
Raymond hall, according to archi-
I tects' drawings.
Dr. Hamilton
Leads Forum
Chemist Discusses
Vocation This Evening
Dr. C. S. Hamilton, professor of
chemistry, will discuss the various
fields of chemistry and problems
rclnting to the training and entry
into these fields in the fifth of n
scries df vocational forums at 7:30
this evening. The forum will be
held in room 102 of the Avery lab
oratory of chemistry.
Dr. Hamilton will also conduct
a discussion on questions that stu
dents should consider before they
decide to enter chemistry. Ac
cording to Dr. C. S. Gregory, fresh-
i man advisor, any freshman who Is
consiuering chemistry as his voca
tion will find the forum informa
tive, and worthwhile as well ns in
teresting. The forum is not closed. Any
student in the university may at
tend. However, they are con
ducted primarily in nn effort to
aid freshmen in the choosing of a
vocation.
Coeds to Study
Table Etiquette
Mrs. Hill to Present
Service Demonstration
Members of charm school will
assemble at 7 o'clock tonight ln
Ellen Smith to hear Mrs, Ruth
Davis Hill discuss and demonstrate
table service :ind table etiquette.
Mrs. Hill attended the university
where she majored in home eco
nomics and was awarded a bache
lor of arts and a bachelor of sci
ence degree. Mrs. Hill is still very
interested ln the activities of the
girls on the campus having been
a president of the campus Y. W.
C. A., a member of Mortar Board
and an Alpha Delta Theta.
All girls arc invited to attend
charm school, which is sponsored
by the Coed Counselor board and
la directed by Helen Catherine
Davis. All who attend are request
ed to come to the meeting on time
that the school can comply with
, 8 o'clock rule for freshmen.