Daily Nebraskan
Official Student Newspaper of the University of Nebraska
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XXXUl. NO. 72
LINCOLN, NKH1USKA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, '1939
F1YK CLNTS
Seven to Take
PBK Initiation
Vows Jan. 17
Prof. Martin to Speak
On Federal Taxation
At Tuesday Meeting
Because of the precedent set
this year by the election of Phi
Beta Kappa candidates during the
fall semester, seven students will
be initiated into that organization
Tuesday, Jan. 17, when the local
chapter holds a dinner meeting at
the Lincoln University club.
Students honored by early elec
tion are Patricia Cain, Irene Fden,
Evan Evans, Patricia Lahr, Helen
Pascoe, Jane Pennington and Wal
ter Schrocder. Parents of the stu
dents elected have been Invited to
attend the dinner.
Feature of the meeting will be
a talk by Prof. O. R. Martin,
chairman of the department of
business organization and man
agement, who will speak on the
"Problems Arising Out of the
Federal Taxation Program."
Dr. James Wadsworth, presi
dent of the local chapter, will pre
side at the dinner. Reservations
may be made at the office of
Trof. C. M. Hicks, secretary of
the local chapter.
Thieves Loot
Two Sororities
13-Year-Old Boy Pulls
Gun on Campus Officer
Campus police had their hands
full last night as two youths ran
acked two sorority houses during
the dinner hour and a third at
tempted to pull a gun on Officer
Joe Sharpnack while being
earched in the police office. It
was reported late last night a
youth was apprehended in con
nection with the sorority robber
ies. Two small boys, about 12 years
old. entered Kappa Delia and
Delta Gamma sorority houses last
night as sorority members were
eating dinner and stole between
1S and S20.
A Delta Gamma arriving at
6:30, encountered the two boys
just as they were coming down the
stairs from second floor. Upon
asking them what they were do
ing, she was told, "selling maga
rines." Since they were carrying
magazines, that appeared to be the
truth so they were merely told
that they didn't belong inside the
house at that time, and left. It
was later discovered that a little
less than five dollars had been
taken from purses on the second
floor.
Houseboys at the Kappa Delta
house heard the boys come in the
back door, which had been acciden
tally left unlocked, at ten minutes
after six but thought it was one
cf the girls coming in late to nip
per. It was revealed after ripper
that between $15 anil $20 had
gone with the boys. The second
floor was the only one ransacked.
Shortly after reports of this
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Chancellor Boucher
Addresses American
College Convention
Chancellor C. S. Boucher left
Tuesday for Louisville, Ky., where
he is attending the annual meeting
of the Association of American
Colleges. The convention, which
opens this morning, will be ad
dressed tomorrow morning by sev
eral of the nation s outstanding
college executives including Chan
cellor Boucher.
Boucher will be one of several
speakers to address the group on
the consideration of cultured facul
ties in various types of colleges
and universities. The chancellor
will return to Lincoln this week
end. Council Sets
Up New Fund
Plan to Aid in Getting
Name Band for Prom
That the profits of this year's
Junior-Senior Prom will be utilized
to start a fund which may in
several years be large enough to
bring a name band to the campus,
was the decision of the Student
Council at its meeting yesterday
afternoon.
After passing the budget esti
mates set up by the Prom com
mittee, the student governing
board took up the problem which
yearly troubles planners of stu
dent social functions that of se
curing the services of a top notch
orchestra which charges $1,500 for
a performance, for a campus event
which cannot -afford such a sum.
The setting up of the proposed
fund was the result.
A report on the work of the
men's point system was presented
by Stanley Brewster. With the be
ginning of the new semester, there
will be an increase in the point
valuation of each of the activities
in which men participate. At the
same time, the limit which any
man may carry will be decreased.
At the present time, however, no
junior man is exceeding the point
limit set up by the present system.
Home Ec Group
Choose Officers
Associaton Members
Ballot for New Heads
Members of the Home Eco
nomics association will continue
voting today to elect their officers
for the second semester. Lois
Hammond, Helen Schere, Charlotte
Pickham, and Mary Cilbertson are
the nominees for the presidency.
Jean Burr, Norma Campbell,
and Margaret Ohrt are candidates
for secretary; Ople Iledlund, Helen
Klatt, and Sylvaia Zachall vie for
treasurer: and Helen Thomas,
Mary Lloyd, and Carol Briggs
compete for historian.
Constant Change Forms
Background for Durant
Experience Prepares
Author for Lecture
Good Irish-Scotch parents, two
years preparation for the priest
hood, a sudden transition to the
realms of socialism nnd Hnarchy,
topped off by marriage to a H
year old girl, mid many other un
usuul incidents, make the life of
John Lcnaire, better known as
Will Durant, one of the most un
usual ever presented to Die Amer
ican people.
Iui ant, whose lecture Sunday
will be the high spot of this week's
l':u.m activities, is one of the
country's leading authors, philos
ophers, ii ml lecturers. His wide
knowledge of all phases of life
and the social order of the world,
have often set him up as the ideal
of educated men. Durant will
speak to students of the Univer
sity on the "Problems of Mar
riage." when he discusses present
day marital discontent by giving
the background of qiarriage in its
primitive days and its evolution
from polygamy to monogamy.
Former Journalist
His father, a new England mill
worker and himself a member of
a large family, Durant found his
Cathedral Choir Rehearses...
Jose Iturbi Is 'Speechless'
Famous Concert Pianist
Lauds Singers, Director
By Frances Kecfcr.
Tlio Lincoln Cathedral choir
sang last night in a special re
hearsal; Jose Iturbi sat in un
divided attention. His young, ex
pressive face mirrored his enthu
siasm, and altho he was provided
with copies of the- pieces being
sung, his eyes were constantly
glued on Director John Ros
borough and the choir.
The renowned conceit pianist
and conductor seemed genuinely
grateful for the opportunity to
hear the Cathedral choir and ap
peared overcome with surprise as
he heard the singing. The choir
sang long and beautifully, cap
turing, evidently, that spirit for
which it is founded.
"Excellent! Excellent!" he ex
claimed after hearing the first
number.
He frequently made such re
marks as "Fine, Fine!" and
"Beautiful!" during the rehearsal.
In his very broken English, he
talked to director Rosborough,
telling him that the singing was
"magnificent!" When asked to
speak to the choir he cried, "I
Potter Talks
On Spending
Bizad Group Hears
Government Criticism
Accusing the present adminis
tration of fostering a program of
spending which is virtually limit
less in extent, H. W. Potter, sec
retary and treasurer of the Lin
coln Telephone and Telegraph
company, introduced the topic for
discussion at Delta Sigma Pi
round table last night. After his
talk, he led a discussion of mem
bers of the professional bizad fra
ternity on "Government Spending
and Its Effects on Business."
"There isn't any end in sight
to the spending program now in
effect Unless public opinion is
brought to support the anti-spend-ing
view, the possible danger to
business cannot be overempha
sized," the speaker stated.
Mr. Potter outlined the spend
ing from its beginning under the
Hoover administration to the
present time. He showed the
growth which will make it in
creasingly dangerous as time
passes. Such authorities as Prof.
Louis H. Heiney of the depart
ment of economics of New York
university were quoted to support
his contentions.
early life a constant strurRle. He
received his college education
through a scholarship and It was
while he was still in college that
he became Interested in Marxism
and so?iali.sm. After his gradua
tion. Durant spent a short time
with a New York newspaper, but
found the work uninteresting.
It was then, through the wishes
of his mother, that he entered a
seminary to prepare for the priest
hood. However, after two years of
study. Durant fo;;nd that he could
not become intei, s'ed in religion
and that his prime interest was
socialism. He left the seminary
nnd went to New York City wheie
j he became connected with an-
RrniiMS.
Here he was designated to teach
the elementary principles of an
archy to a class of children, 12
to IS years of age, in a school
founded by the anarchists. His
connections with the party were
severed when three fellow mem
bers of the party were killed and
Durant severely injured in the ex
plosion of a bomb, originally in
tended for one of the east's big
capitalists.
He made a short tour of Europe,
especially Russia, and returned to
Set WILL DURANT, Page 2.
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Lincoln Journal.
JOSE ITURBI.
."I'm Speechless"
couldn't I couldn't! I wouldn't
know what to say."
The noted pianist did tell them,
however, that "this is a great and
See JOSE ITURBI, Page 2.
Kosmet Klub Workers
To Meet Tonight at 5
Kosmet Klub will hold a
workers' meeting tonight at 5
o'clock and all workers are
urged to attend as initial plans
for the organization's spring
show can get underway. Money
from the sale of tickets for the
fall show will also be checked in
at the meeting.
Union Repeats
Harmony
Music Appreciation
Concert Set for Today
"Harmony Hour," a series of
musical concerts under the spon
sorship of the Union and Sinfonia,
men's music honorary, will be pre
sented again today at 4 o'clock
for those unable to attend last
Monday's program.
This scries of concerts, which
will include in its selections the
most famous works of both modern
and older composers, is scheduled
to be presented each Monday and
Thursday in parlors XYZ.
Today's program will include:
Overture to Rienzi Wagner
Rhapsody in Blue Gershwin
Valse Triste Sibelius
Wine, Women and Song. .. .Straus
Second Hungarian Rhapsody...
Liszt
The first six weeks of the series
will be devoted in succession to
Czech, Spanish, Germanic, Italian,
Mussian and American music.
Swing and other forms of modern
music will feature the second six
weeks of the series.
Engineers Hear
Col. Frankfurter
Group Names Officers
For Coming Semester
Stressing the anplc:;tion of
chemical engineering in tlio manu
facture of porcelain. Col. C. J.
l-'rankforter, associate professor of
chenustiy, commented on two mo
tion pictures shown last night to
the meeting of the American So
ciety of Chemical Engineers.
Dealing with "The Story of the
Sparkplug" and the slory of
"Nickel," the films were loaned
by the United Slates Bureau of
Mines. Frankfurter pointed out
the role played by chemistry in
all angles of the mining and metal
lurgy of nickel.
Officers elected at last night's
meeting were president, Kobert
Bintz; vice president, Francis
Loetterle; secretary, Bruce Alex
ander; and treasurer, Paul Lin
stedt Clyde Thompson was
elected Engineers Week chairman
from the Chem Engineers section.
Dr. Congdon
Reports 65
Sections Full
Assignment Committee
Announces Registration
Heavy Wednesday
With heavy registration yester
day morning and afternoon, Dr. A.
U. Congdon, chairman of the as
signment committee, reported last
evening r.5 sections closed to futhcr
registration.
The following subjects are closed
to further enrollment:
Bnrlrrliiliicy 101, A. R.
ltiiKlin-f.it Orsiinlr.nlliin 4, I, II. Ill
VIII. X. V h,
limine-. Orcnnlnillnn Ml, II.
lUmlnps OrKiwilrutlon, 172, II
iK'niUlry SI, A.
Imiimrrrliil ArU 2", I, 111.
CfinimrrrlHl ArU l?H, I, 11,
fMiinii'rrliil Aru VII, I, II.
Kronomlrn S, III, IV,
Krminnil 11, II.
Krnnnnilr 1?, Ill, MI, VIII, IX.
Kriiirnilttn 811, .
VdiicaMnn fll, IV.
tiullih 4. IV. II. VI. VIII.
Kncllih 13, I. II, III, IV.
KnsIKh S!. IV.
(fojcmhy 112, B, C.
Omcnu.hy It, B, C, I), E, I, J.
Ommn S, II.
firrninn 4. V.
MallM-miillra I. I, II. V.
Mnlhrnmtlo 40. I, IV, V, VI.
I'hllnwMiliy SO. III.
ISyiholi.uy Ml, II, I, A. B. C, P.
K.ininnri- Lnncunce ?, I, V.
R-imnnrc I HwnHK 4, V,
Nm-inlneT 114, I, III.
No students will be permitted tt
register for any of these subjects
if any other section is available.
Students who have no- other sec
tions available except a closed sec.
tion are requested to confer with
Dr. Congdon in room 3 of Admin
istration at 2-5 on Friday, 11-12
on Tuesday, Thursday and Satur
day, or 2-4 on all days.
Haun to Lead
Swing Session
Orchestra to Feature
Bonnie Parsons Friday
Dave Haun and his orchestra,
with Bonnie Parsons doing the
vocals, will play at the regular
weekly barb swing session Friday
night. This is Miss Parson's third
appearance at the Union this year
and she was enthusiastically re
ceived at her two previous appear
ances. The dances have rapidly become
popular as early evening functions,
starting at 7 o'clock and lasting
till 9. inasmuch as they are open
to all. The dances are sponsored
by the barb council which hopes
for a large attendance, this being
the only source of revenue for all
three barb organizations. The
profit, if any, is split among the
men's and women's barb organ
izations and the barb council.
Native of Germany
Talks to Kappa Phi
Alumnae and active chapters of
Kappa Phi, Methodist girls' so
rority, met last night in the Union
to hear Mrs. Dora Strauss, edi
tor of the Welt-rost, talk on
American-German relations. Mrs.
Stauss is a native of Germany and
she stressed the importance of a
friendly feeling between citizciu
of the two nations.
Hostesses for the meeting were
Helen Caulk, P.uth Jackson, and
Lcona Failor. Program chairman
was Helen Decker.
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