Daily RASKA Official Student, Newspaper of the University of Nebraska Z-408. VOL. XXXIII. NO. 71 LINCOLN, NKRRASKA, SUNDAY, JANUARY IS. 1939 Ul ri n7 y u u 1KB Y WC A Elects Miss Wicks As President Miss Kilmer Heads Ag Group as 400 Coeds HoldSemi-Annual Poll Semester Officially Ends At 6 Wednesday, Dean T. J. Thompson, dean of student affairs, announced yesterday that first semester classes will be officially closed on Wednesday, Jan. 18th, at 6 o'clock. First semester exami nations will start at 9 o'clock on Thursday, Jan. 19th. Priscilla Wicks, teachers college junior, was elected president of the Y. W. C. A. Friday when ap proximately 400 women students voted in the semi annual election of officers for that organization. Maxine Lake, business admin istration junior, was elected vice president; Irene Hollcnbeck, teach ers college sophomore, secretary; and Ann Hustead, arts sophomore, treasurer. Students from the Ag campus elected Helen Kilmer president of their group, and Doris Delong, secretary, of their group. The group on the Ag campus meets separately but is affiliated with the group on the city campus. Stu dents on the city campus voted for those girls who represented the city campus. Students from the Ag college voted for all six candi dates. By virtue of their election these six officers will govern all Y. W. C. A. activities for the coming semester. Officers whose terms have now expired are Muriel White, presi dent; Frances Boldman, vice presi dent; Mary Jo llenn, secretary; and Josephine Ruhnitz. On the Ag campus Helen Christenson was president and Paula Smith was secretary. Musicians Plan Winter Festival Tempel to Put 'Singers Glee Club, Ensemble, Through Paces Sunday Three university musical groups will combine to present a winter choral festival next Sunday after noon, Jan. 22, at 3 o'clock in the coliseum. Joining in the musical Will Durant to Solve 'Problem Of Marriage at Union Today Wallace Talks ToA.S.M.E. National Officer Comes Here Wednesday Night Lawrence W. Wallace, national vice president of the American Society of Mechanical Kngineers. will speak at a meeting sponsored by the mechanical engineering de partment Wednesday night at 7:30 in Social Sciences auditorium. "Preceding Wallace's address there will be a dinner meeting at the Union for the guest speaker, the members of the engineering faculty, and the officers of the Ne braska section of the society. Recognized as one of the coun try's outstanding engineers, Wal lace has been assistant general manager of the Diamond Chain and Manufacturing company, ex ecutive secretary of the American Fngineering council, and one of the directors of the engineering research for the Association of American Railroads. The mechanical engineering de partment, sponsor of the meeting, has invited engineers from all over the state to attend. ft: : ' J A. Noted Author Lectures This Afternoon at 4 The "Problem of Marriage" Willi be one step nearer solution for university students this evening, I because one of the most popular j speakers of the American lecture i platform will have spoken to them on that subject. Will Durant, famous philoso pher, ace author, expert publicist comes to the Student Union at 4 o'clock this afternoon with a timely, informational, and highly interesting address. In detail, his talk deals with: antiouitv of marital discontent, the evolution of marriage in corre spondence with economic changes, the. moral aspects of current ex periments, possible measures for reinvigorating the marriage in stitution. Wrote Best Sellers. Durant is the writer of many best sellers, including "The Story of Philosophy," "Transition," the story of his life, "Mansions of Philosophy," and "Studies in Gen ius." Since 1932 he has been in constant demand for the lecture platform and tim- and again he has filled Carnegie hall to capacity. His boyhood ambition was to become a public speaker, and to Identification Cards, Pictures Required Students must present both identification cards and pic tures when paying fees to com plete registration. Fees must he paid in Memorial hall between Jan. 20 to 26, inclusive. Stu dents who have lost their cards or pictures should consult the registrar's office for advice be fore the 20th. earn enough by lecturing to sup-1 port himself while writing books. Not content with a university edu cation and a Ph.D. degree from Columbia, he read intensively and traveled widely-twice around the world, many times to Europe, 30 times across the United States. His boyhood ambition has long since been realized. His "Story of Philosophy" is already a clas sic, translated into 12 languages: and his "Story of Civilization," when its eight volumes are com pleted, may prove to be the out standing literary achievement of our time. His father a new England mill worker and himself a member of a large family, Durant found his early life a constant struggle. He received his college education j lems. Philosopher Offers New Angles on Old Question I through a scholarship and it was : while he was still in college that i he became interested in Marxism i and socialism. After his gi adua- tion, Durant spent a short time j with a New York newspaper, but ; found the work uninteresting. I Early Struggle. J It was then through the wishes ; of his mother, that he entered a j seminary to prepare for the priest hood. However, after two years of study, Durant found that he could not become interested in re ligion and that his prime interest was in socialism. He left the seminary and went to New York City where he became connected with anarchists. His connections with the party were severed when three fellow members of the party were killed and Durant severely injured in the explosion of a bomb, origin ally intended for one of the east's big capitalists. After his marriage to one of his pupils his policies became more conservative, his studies more diligent, and his lectures more ap pealing to the public. Today, he is an accepted authority on most of the world's leading social prob- 'Books' Topic of Address by Critic North Chicago Daily News' Literary Editor Speaks at Convo Tomorrow Decisive Win Puts Scarlet In Title Race Aggressive Team Ploy Plus Fast Breaking Offense Gain Victory W. G. directs l.lnctiln JnumiL TEMPEL choral ensemble show will be the men's glee club, composed of 40 voices, the uni versity singers, numbering 60, and a 20 piece concert ensemble. The program will be marked with a brilliant display of color and unusual variety, according to W. G. Tempel. director. Featured for the first time will be a novel presentation of "Sweethearts on Parade" incorporating the most popular songs from Victor Her bert's tuneful operetta, "Sweet hearts." most recently enacted on the screen. A Colorful Sight. The stage will present a colorful picture .with a path down the cen ter for members of the instru mental ensemble. On either side See FESTIVAL page 2. Chancellor Names Policy Committees Staff Members Serve On four Instructional Research Divisions Lois Hammond Named Home Economics Head Lois Hammond was elected pres ident of the Home Economics As- : sociation for the second semester j at the election held Thursday and Friday. Helen Scheie, receiving second highest number of votes for president, was chosen vice presi- . dent. I Jean Burr was elected secretary. Helen Thomas, histoiian, and Syl- ' via Zachall, treasurer, by the ' members of the association. i Student Fees Due Week Of Jan. 20 Lutherans Hear Prof. C. G. Lowe Pruf. C. G. Lowe of the depart ment of the classics addressed a meeting of Lutheran students in the Temple Friday evening. He told of his experiences in Athens, Greece, where he was for six years librarian in the American school of classical studies. The entertainment committee was composed of Dorothy Lemke as chairman, with Bob Worthmsn, Dorothy Gade and Ivan Sunder man as assistants. Walter Rchroe der headed the refreshment com mittee, assisted by Norma Ber ends. Freda Miller and George Splittgerber. Chapcronea for the group were Rev. and Mrs. H. Kick and Mr. and Mrs. Walter Lucis. PBK Initiates 7 Tuesday Honorary to Induct Organization Nucleus Phi Beta Kappa members will Initiate seven students, nucleus of this year's organization Tuesday, when the local chapter holds a dinner meeting at the University club. The remainder of the 1938-39 Phi Beta Kappa group will be elected and initiated in the spring. Prof. O. R. Martin, chairman of the department of business or ganisation and management, will speak on "Problems Arising (Jut of the Federal Taxation Program." Dr. James Wadswortn, president of the local chapter will preside at the dinner. Reservstions may be made at the office of Prof. C. M. Hicks, secretary. Newly elected members to be initiated are: Patricia Cain, Irene F.den, Evan Evans. Patricia Lahr, Helen Pascoe, June' Pennington, and Art Schroeder. Parents of the students have been invited to at tend the Initiation. Knights of Road Display Insignia to Assure Drivers Barb Council Sponsors Hitch-Hikers Group Original at the University of Nebraska is the Idea of a hitch hikers organization for the pro tection of motorists and the easing of the strain between motorists and hitch-hikers. Conceived by Don Seldel and sponsored by the barb council, the proposed organ ization will assure motorists that nny "knight of the road" display ing the insignia of the organiza tion will be a safe, courteous and helpful traveling companion. Seemingly a solution for the present problem wherein one per son wants transportation and an other wants a traveling compan ion, but arc prevented from get ting together by mutual distrust, the organization is in its pupa stage. The insignia, which will he patented to prevent fraudulent us age, is now being designed by a tarb committee. Robbery Insurance. Motorists seeing a rtude.nt hitch hiker possessing an insignia ob tained from the barb council will (the motorist) be Insured against robbery', Jid that he wiu hive lor a companion one who has signed a pledge to be courteous and helpful as a traveling companion. Any student regularly enrolled at the university msy become a member by paving his dues and signing one of two pledges. The second pledge Is for students un der 21 which must be bonified by their parents. Duet for $1.00 Dues will probably not exceed VI. 00 according to Dunne Ensain, president of the barb union. In surance and Incidental expenses will be paid from the fund accum uluting from dues. Karl Constable, who nut been drawing; up the pledges on advice from the law faculty, along with Essam, has been largely responsi ble for the promotion and develop ment of the plan. Advice from Professor Earl Lantz, associate profetaor of secondary education also aided the idea. Anyone interested In becoming a member of the organization should apply at the barb office In the Union. Names of additional faculty members who have accepted ap pointments on the four sub-committees of Chancellor Boucher's general committee on industrial policies and practices are an nounced by Dean C. H. Oldfather. of the arts college, chairman of the general committee. Serving on Dean T. J. Thomp son's committee studying the prob lems of curriculum , including course duplication, number of courses, and new courses added to the general program, are: Profes sors M. A. Basoco, associate pro fessor of mathematics; K. O. Broady, professor of school ad ministration: J. B. Burt, chairman of the department of pharmacy; H. C. Filley, chairman of the de partment of rural economics; C. A. Forbes, associate professor of the Classics; E. A. Gilmore, jr., assistant professor of economics: G. W. Grav, associate professor of history; H. W. Manter, professor of zoology; F. W. Norris. associ ate professor of electrical engi neering; J. M. Relnhardt, professor of soriology, and R. D. Scott, pro fessor of modem Englash drama. Study Lower Division, Personnel of the committee studying the lower division under the direction of Prof. H. H. Mar vin, chairman of the department of physics, include Professors Nels A. Bengtson, chairman of the de partment of geography; Jiles W. Haney, chairman of the depart ment of mechunicdl engineering; C. E. McNeill, professor of eco nomics; O. H. Werner, professor of principles of education; C. C. Wig gans, chairman of the department of horticulture, and R. W. Frantz, associate professor of English. As the name implies, the idea of the lower division is to keep freshmen together for their first year of university work, thereby See COMMITTF.E page 2. Lahr to Address Choral Vespers Gail Ferguson Solos At Concert Today Putrid Lahr, editor of the 193ft Comhusker, will be guest speaker at the vrspera of the Lincoln Ca thedral choir this afternoon at 8:30 o'clock She will tell of the life and timet of the rs thedrsl ofChar tres, France, a cathedral fumed for Its beauty and ded icated to the mother of God A senior In the college of arts and scl e n c e i. Mist Lahr is a Mor- LeavittWins Union Award Junior's Book Plate Design Receives Prize Late Registrants Must Wait Until Jan. 27 Students who failed to register before registration closed at noon yesterday must wait until Jan. 27 to do so, and then only on the payment of a $3 late fee, accord ing to A. R, Congdon, chairman of the assignment committee. Fees are to be paid during the University students will hear the first literary critic that has come i to the Nebraska campus for sev-, cral years when Sterling North, j author and literary editor of the j Chicago Daily News, speaks in the , Temple theater at 11 o'clock Mon day morning. His address at the all university convocation w'ill cover the personal anecdotes in the. lives of such fam ous modern authors as Alexander Woollcott, Gertrude Stein, Carl Sandburg and H. G. Wells. Speaking on the subject, "Books and Our Times," the visiting lec turer will touch on such questions as trends which are revolutionizing literature today, their social im plications, and why certain books are best sellers. He is expected to answer such other prevalent ques tions today as the ability of pub lishers to predict popularity in ad vance of publication and, more personal who are the new stars in literature, and which stars are fading? A Jack-of-AII-Assignments. North is an all around newspa per man as his experiences on the Daily Newt show. His assignments have varied everywhere between covering golden weddings to gang slayings, and his job as newspaper leg man has given him the oppor tunity of meeting innumerable ce- i lebnties royalty, champions. : movie stars. J For the past five year. North I has been literarv editor on the News, and his criticisms are widely quoted all over the country. Whole pages from his reviews have been reprinted from time to time in book advertisements of leading publications. The speaker is known as the author of "Pedro Gorino." An aggressive Nebraska basket bull five swept past a favored Kansas team 4S-37 at the coliseum last night. The Huskers' fast break and experience gained from j ijon nrz GRANT THOMAS Lincoln Journal. i their recent Pacific coa.-t trip pro j vided the margin, j Nebraska by winning over Kan- sas proved itself to be favorite jwith Oklahoma in the Big Six j title race. The rangy Cornhuskers com , pletely outclassed Kansas the last Chem Society Hears Willard 1 h; : B.KOVANDA " M HANI-ALL Lincoln Journal. fail to get them paid before 4 i o'clock on the 2fith will be subiert David Leavitt, Junior. was j l0 a penalty of S3, named winner of the Union bonk-j Mondav, Tuesday ami Wednes plate contest which closed Friday ( day of tne wpfk starting Jan. 30 afteinoon. The competition was , nT'f 1np days set aside for students sponsored by the I'nion to secure , already registered to drop and period with AI Werner and Di.n Fitz hitting the basket, at eve y 1 angle. Werner was the leaiiinsr sr-jrer for th evening with a to tal of 13 points, but Don Fitz stole the show by his spaikling defen sive uorlr arH hie cror;np uh-n Installation of officers and an the hin6 w.tp ,in-ji-n r,tT n.l Willard. pro-inn nr.ints and rnari VehvasUa fn To Install New Officers at Meeting Tuesday s piffle to identity tne dooks placed in the browsing room. j The winning plate pictuies a j young boy sitting on a hill under a large oak tree, reading a book. , Books purchased with 1he $1,0(10 j donated by J. C. Seacrest. Lincoln 1 publisher, will be engraved below j the design. The plate has already j been sent to the engraver and will soon be in library volumes. A student in architecture, Leav-. it t was awarded a prize of $r j worth of books. Recently he placed in two national architectural contests. add. On Tuesday and Wednesday of that week, sections of the vari ous classes may be rcarrangfi1. Registration for new students starts on Jan. 27. !."- Y. M. Names Candidates Ballots to Be Mailed to Members Jan. 19 Names of the nominees for the offices of the university Y. M. C. A. on the city campus for the roming year were announced yes terday by the nominating commit tee of that organization. Nominated for the offices of president were F.arle Constable, of the Graduate College, and Stan ley Klein, engineering student. For the office of vice president the committee chose Roliert Howard, art junior, and Lynn Landgreti, business administration sopho more. Kinley llerlioldsheirurr. en- , gmeerlng student, and Ervin King. arts sophomore, were nominated for the office of secretary. All men nominated arc active in Y work. . Election this year will be held by mail. Everv member of the Y. M. C. A. will receive a ballot mailed out Jan. 19. In order to tally the election ballots they must be returned to the Y office by 5 o'clock, Jan. 23. ' Dr. C. E. McNeill wa chair man of the nominating committee which included Robert Schindse, Reuben Denning, Dean Worcester, Jr. and C. D. Hayes, who acted as an ex-offlclo member. Kappa Phi Initiates 29 i j Methodist Sorority Meets at 3 Today Initiation services for 29 new members of Kappa Phi, Methodist sorority, will lie held at 3 o'clock this afternoon in the chapel at Trinity church. Ifith and A. Hiva Mills, president, will conduit thr service. Those to be initiated are lols Arterhurn, Claudia Baker, Thclma DeForest, Charlotte Dudley, The da Gannon, Hazel Gee, Ruth Green, Delores Hans-n, Eileen Hunt, Patricia Jackson, Vdelle Jensen. Margaret Lambrecht. Ma rie Larrabee. Ethel MrCamley, Betty McDerniand, Maxine Maddy, Miriam Martin, Mlloied Miller, Marian Moffett. Marjorie Mull. Elijesn Paulson. Lucille Rumery, Tex-Ror.elle Rounds. Adeline Sjo holm, Betty Jean Spalding, Patri cia Sternberg. Margaret Jean Slioriner, Jean Thompson and Marjorie Young. A tea will follow the Initiation. st which Wilnm ray Jackson. Diirleiie Hansen and Kuth Clark will be hostesses. Guests will be Miss Lucivy Hill and Miss Ruby Wstters, sponsors, and Miss Ger trude Beers and MesdHmes Joseph Smith, C. C. Mlnteer. Robert E. Drew and Charles Paine, patron e.'ses. Alumnae and members of the active chapter will also be present. address by Dr. H. H lessor oi cnemistry at the Univer sity of Michigan, on "Ultra-violet Fluore.scense and Its Application'" will feature the January meeting of the university section of the American Chemical society Tues day at 7:30 in Avery laboratory lecture room. The following officers will as sume their positions at this tune: Dr. W. E. Mihtzer, chairman of the section: Prof. C. J. Frankfor- 'ter. vice chairman: Dr. E. R. W a s h b urn. secretary-treasurer. forget the loss of Bob Parsons, last year's all B:g Six gunirl. Kovanda drew sword high scor ing honors for tht g.ime with 12 points. Coach Browne used only nine men to defeat the favored Kansans. Coach Phog Allen usd 13 of the 14 men he brought with him. Fitz Standi Out. Al Randall, Bill Kovanda and Grant Thomas, whil- he was in. took turns taking the bill off the Dr. C. S. Hamilton, councilor and burikboard with the defensive star Dr. M. J. Blish, Dr. H. G Deming. Fitz. Kansas, in trying to follow and Dean F W Vpson, members of i its fchots from outside the foul cir the executive committee. ' '1. didn't have a chance with Lhe. Dr. Willard will discuss methods of producing ultra-violet light and processes utilizing these rays in the identification of various sub stances. The Mirhigan scientist has Wn a director of the Amer ican Chemical society since 1934 and is the author of "more than 60 papers, mostly in the field of analytical chemistry. He is co-1 author of a text book in this field. I inch Randall snagging 6 foot 7 the ball Fitz diew first game with his twist side send the NVbta.' gained ; margin nf Mood of the shot from the ka busketeers 7-2 with only six minutes gone in the gnn.e. The .Tuyhuwks tln-n started a rally lei by the sharpshooting Entclman who led the Kansas team in scor Rce RACE page 3. rstrlrto Lhr. Lltiouln Juunml. tar Board and Phi Beta Kappa. Schubert's "Ave Maria" will be pluyed by Houghton Kurr, appear ing as guest organist for the sec ond time. The choir vlll aing Christiansen's "Beautiful Sivious" and "The Cherubim Song" by Gretchanlnov. Gail Ferguson, a freshman, will sing tht tolo part in the first number. Station! KOIL and KFOR will carry the program, which will be held In the Cornhusker ballroom. Educotional Service Places in 91 Counties Ninety-one coutilica in the slate have requested teachers through the Unlveriity of Nebraska'! de partment of educational service, and most of them have received candldutes who were given con tracts by the various school boards ays Prof. K, V. Moritz, director of the office. Gige county leads the lift with H calls and 29 appointment! whilt Buffalo county sent in 41 rail and made 24 appointments. Lancaster county ranked third with 39 calls and 45 appointments In tht case of Lancaster, all the calls for teachen Old not come through the bureau. Boxof f ice Boys Say Marital Life No Blissful Escapade After Handling DuCOtS I "l -hen one of the university; r Wii r I pnifessois, who m the fit her of for Will Durant Lecture four children, obtained tickets. The j possible theory of his purpose wa Harrison to Give Recital Jan. 18 Pianist Will Play Eight Well-Known Selections Earnest Harrison, member df the pHirio faculty at the university school of music, will present the next Wednesday afternoon convo cation program nt 4 o'cloc k in the Temple. The university artist has elected a group of eight numbers, Including the works of Beethoven, Chopin, Debur.sy tnd LUzt. Fol lowing it the program: Uuvn, RontU Op it; anAint ooe vtrtuona; Sditrw; tlircis fuacbrt, Chnpla. Kortumt, D flat siijor: Bi!ldt, Op. 41; Norturni, F thtrp muor; lu, C ttclnnr. prbuMV. ToIIm t'fthitMV, Mihdtrli. Uut, TMrsnina On they come, "ureal ones, small ones, leiai ones, biuwny ones, futliei s, mothers, uiiilio. cousins-," not rats alter the Pud Piper of HnnHln. but aspirant! and members of the great "insti tution" of marriage, ieklng t k eta for Will Durant'i lecture "The Troblemi of Marriage." That marital life li not one bliss ful escapade, might be one con clusion of memben of the Union office itaff. who for the part week have been issuing tickets for the lecture to itudent and the general public. The call for ticket! began last Tueaday when two girli, evident ally high school pupils, applied for ticket-,. Thev were merely Inter ested in what Mr. Duiant had to say. Later, sn Hged connle shyly peeked thru the band office win dow und inquired, "Is this the place where we get tickets for the lecture- After 24 yean of mar riage, se'd like to know what it is all ii bout." They got the tickets. Rlngnde for a Bachelor. On Wednesday, a rather rotund and middle atd fellow puffed up to the window and bought a "ring lide" seat for the lecture. Aj he stuffed the ticket Into hu pocket, he i roiled and aaid. "I'm a bache lor, but I think I can enjoy being one much more if I hear what the 'coupled' onei have to encounter for life long companionship.' , Thursdsy, too, brought a high twofold; lust, to iciiirjdle ins own tried meihcms with those set forth by Duiotd, and M-iotnl, to possibly present more pi obi, tns that evia Durant lealizes exist. A Mother-in-Law EducMei. Friday the s'nff was amused when a moth" r-;n-l;iw bought three tickets. Slic vim going to ihow her son-in-law ti.at she krew all of the anrweis. when it tame tfl the problems of marriage. And Saturday brought a very serious r.enior to the window for two tickets. Whn afked why h wanted to atter.d the lecture, he answered blankly that two month! igo be had hung his pin on a "steady." "Now l'v found out that she wrfmi't the only one in my life, Mini 1 jtiKt don't want to tell tier point WaiiU, so v. e Hie going lu this lecture. Maybe It will scar her enough so f.he'11 g,vt the pin back." Prof. Rcnoldson Hos Purse Snotchcd Friday l'rof. Adeline K" yii'ildsoii of the history department was the victim of a purse smiUhcr Friday eve ning. "Prof. KeynoMflon whi ac corted by the man r.car 10th and Waahingion rts' shortly after he had alighted from a street car. Ehe stated that the man got Ir. a car nearby and drove iway after taking her purse which contained 12. a fountain pen, keyi, and an Identlficslion card. v