Trumbar Weeks to battle
with music ot interf rat ball
Enlarged budget allows committee
to present duel of top-notch bands
A "batlle of music" between two of the nation's top notch
orchestras, Frankie Trumbar and Anson Weeks, will feature
the annual Interfratcrnity ball, to be held Saturday, Feb. 4th,
in the Coliseum. The lntrafraternity council sponsor of the
affair, has enlarged Its budget for
the ball this yenr in order that
they may present this great event.
The dunee will be informal this
year for the first time in the his
tory of its presentation. "The ball
will be a 'breather' in the formal
season and give the fellows a
chance to discard their stiff
shirts," pointed out Bod Leadley,
chairman of the ball committee
"The committee feela that the stu
dent body will enjoy the informal
ity of the ball and that their danc
ing pleasure will be increased,"
Leadley stated.
Weeks Popular in West.
Last year the Innocents society
staged a "battle of music" be
tween two mid-west bands and its
success and popularity with the
students convinced the council that
a similar affair with national or
chestras would meet with general
approval.
Weeks' well known orchestra
has the distinction of being one of
the most popular organizations on
the west coast. He has played for
several dances at Stanford, U. C.
L. A., and other large western
universities. Dale Evans, petite
young songtress, is featured with
the band, which is known thruout
the country by its familiar phrase
"dancin' with Anson." Weeks and
his orchestra have recently com
pleted an engagement at the Edge
water Beach Hotel in Chicago.
Trumbar, An All American.
Frankie Trumbar, who was re
cently chosen on Paul Whiteman s
All American swing instrumen
talists as saxaphone player, will
bring his orchestra to Lincoln di
rectly from the Palmer House,
Chicago. Trumbar. no stranger to
campus jitterbugs because of bis
fall appearance in the Union ball
room, will alternate with Weeks in
playing for the evening's dancing.
The "battle" will be aired over
KFOR and the Mutual Broadcast
ing System.
Tickets for the ball are priced
at J1.50 per couple and may be
obtained from any member of the
Inter-Fraternity council, and are
also on sale at the Union and Ma
gee's. Chaperons for the affair will
include Chancellor and Mrs.
Boucher, Professor and Mrs. Kari
Arndt, Colonel and Mrs. Frank
forter, and Professor and Mrs.
Scott.
Barb council sefrs
Saturday dance
Organization members
offer winter party bids
Arrangements for the weekly
Barb dance were announced at the
Barb Council meeting Monday.
The dance comes Saturday from 7
to 10;30 o'clock in the Student
Unio nballroom. Another section
of bids for the Barb winter party
were released so that bids are
available by contacting a Council
member or calling at the Barb
office in room 307 of the Student
Union. The big winter party will
be Feb. 25 when the Barbs im
port Sternie Sternberg for the oc
casion.
Nu-Meds fro hear
Dr. E. M. Hansen
Lincoln obstetrician
to discuss profession
Dr. E. M. Hansen, Lincoln ob
stetrician and gynecologist, will
deliver the principal address at a
banquet of the Nu-Med society at
6:15 in.parlors XYZ of the union
tomorrow evening.
Dr. Hansen will discuss In gen
eral the "Advantages and Disad
vantages of Obstetrics." This lec
ture is an attempt to present to
Pre-Med students a view of the
work accomplished by obstretrl
Cians. Following the banquet there will
be an election of officers and a
revision of the soclty's constitu
tion. All members are urged to
attend the lecture and tho busi
ness meeting.
Kaplan heads
Nebraskan
second term
Board names McGinnis
business manager, picks
four new news editors
New editor-in-chief of the Daily
Nebraskan for the new semester
is Howard Haplan, Omaha, senior
in the college of business admin
istration, who succeeds Morris
Richard McGlnnla. Howard Kaplan.
Lipp, North Platte. Richard Mc
Ginnis, Humboldt, also a Biz-Ad
senior is new business managed
of the Nebraskan.
These appointments along with
Awgwan and other Nebraskan
staff appointments were released
by the university board of publi
cations after two meetings during
the final examination period.
Geister Edits "Awgwan."
At the first pub board meeting,
Friday, Jan. 20, Virginia Geister,
Garland, Neb., was re-appointed
editor of the Awgwan and Leon
ard Friedel, Omaha, was appoint
ed Awgwan business manager.
Arthur Hill, Lincoln; Helen Se-
vera, Lincoln; and Robert Seidel,
Seward were awarded assistant
business managerships of the
Daily Nebraskan.
bditonai stair positions were
not decided until Wednesday, Jan
25, when in addition to Kaplan's
appointment, Harold Niemann,
Nebraska City; and Merrill Eng
iunu, icKeman, were selected as
managing editors for the new se
mester.
Richard DeBrown, Lincoln; and
Fern Steuteviile, South Sioux City
were re-appointed news editors
with four new staff members add
cd to complete the staff.
New news editors are June
Bicrbowcr, Giltner; Norman Har
ris, Omaha; Edwin Wittenberg,
Lincoln; and Ellsworth Steele, Lin
coin.
Speech teachers
see Players show
Dramatists take 'Night
Must Fall' to Hastings
While other students were still
bonirur for their finals last week
members of the University Players
took a bus for Hastings where
they presented "Night Must Fall
with the original cast for the Ne
braska State Speech convention
Friday evening.
Accompanying the Players were
Miss Alice H. Howell, speech, de
partment head, who spoke on
"Problems in Producing 'Night
Must Fall'," and Prof. Herbert
Yenne, who was elected a, member
of the association's .state council
and who reported on the National
Speech convention in Cleveland
which he attended during Christ
mas vacation.
According to Professor Yenne,
the play was well received bv the
audience of speech teachers in the
Hastings high school auditorium,
When "Night Must Fall" was pre
sented here, Jack Bittner in the
part of Danny was acclaimed star
of the show. Feminine leads were
Margaret Buehner as Mrs. Brown
son and Barbara Birk as Olivia
mi
Grayme.
The Official Newspaper of More Than 6,000 Students
TUKSDAY, JANUARY '31,
Stoke leaves
Nebraska for
eastern post
Political scientist
to advise institute
at Pennsylvania
Dr. Harold W. Stoke, associate
professor in the political science
department for the past seven
years, left Lincoln last Saturday
morning for the University of
Pennsylvania where he has accept
ed a position on the faculty.
The popular Nebraska instruc
tor will act as educational advisor
for the eastern university's newly
organized institute of local and
state government. The institute
was established by a special grant
of $250,000 and is to cover a six
year period. Its essential purpose
is to interest and train young men
for government administrative
posts, particularly state and local
positions.
Came from John Hopkins.
Dr. Stoke joined the University
of Nebraska faculty in 1930, com
ing here from Johns Hopkins. Dur
ing his stay here was voted one
of the most popular professors on
the campus hy students.
A year ago, Dr. Stoke took a
year's leave of absence to become
supervisor of training in public
administration for the TVA. His
work, there consisted in organizing
courses for the training of per
sons already employed in adminis
trative positions in the organiza
tion, providing them with a broad
er background and perspective in
regard to government in general.
In addition, the position involved
the supervising of a number of
administrative apprentices in co
operation with the University of
Tennessee. His experience in this
field of personnel training was one
iacior mac lea fennsyivania au
thorities to seek his services.
Active on many committees at
Nebraska, Dr. Stoke headed the
university convocations committee
last semester. He is the author of
many articles and a book entitled
"Foreign Relations of the Federal
Slates," besides being co-author of
another volume "The Background
of European Governments."
Behind world events
Bev
In yesterday's widely broadcast speech, Reichsfuhrer Adolf Hitler
warned the powers of the western world to keep "hands off" those
matters which concern Germany's internal problems and for which she
now seeks her own solution.
The implication is strong in Mr. Hitler's remarks that the re
peated interference of the western powers with his program for a
unified and greater Germany will be resisted, by force if necessary.
Again and again he denounced the "Reds", and declared that but
for the rise of the Reich in 1933 the whole of the western world
would have been plunged into irremediable catastrophe.
One of the highlights of his speech, to Americans at least, was
the reference to Woodrow Wilson's 14 points including "the ele
mentary sentence about self-determination of nations." This right,
denied the Central Powers following the World war, is now de
manded by Germany which threatens to obtain it at any cost.
"No world power with a sense of honor could tolerate continuance
of such a situation," said Hitler in respect to the alleged oppression of
Germanic populations in former Czech Sudetenland.
Clearly the Fuhrer intends to carry out, to the last letter, the
program espoused in "Mein Kampf."
THE GERMAN BIBLE
One of the recent rumors coming out of Germany which re
ceived great attention in the American press, surrounds ex-Chancellor
Kurt Schusnlgg's request for a Bible for his prayers. The
German guards presented him with a copy of "Mein Kampf", the
new German Bible.
CHILE
The tremendous damage- to life and property invoked by last
Tuesday's Chilean earthquake is but another example of how very
slightly man has been able to protect himself against the ravages
of the elements. Possibilities of a volcanic eruption in the stricken
area are further disturbing the harassed civilian population of Chile.
THE TVA CASES
In 1936 in the Aschwander case the supreme court of the United
States sustained the constitutionality of tho government's Tennessee
Valley Authority. Yesterday,
arm of the New Deal program
(see events rage 6.)
1939.
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'Rag' staff chooses
tabloid sized issues
Seeking to publish an edition
more in keeping with other col
legiate newspapers the Daily
Nebraskan will be, beginning
with this issue, a tabliod size
paper.
Consolidation
bill reaches
unicameral
Miller proposes single
board to control uni,
state normal schools
The expected bill calling for the
consolidation of state normal
schools and the University of Ne
braska under the control of one
board made its appearance on the
unicameral floor, Monday morn
ing, being introduced by legislator
A. L. Miller of Kimball. This pro
posed amendment to the state con
stitution would abolish the present
system wherein the normal schools
and the University are governed
by two separate boards. The bill
will receive its second reading this
morning and be assigned to the
committee on education this after
noon.
Miller's plan provides that the
board be made up of six members
to be selected from an equal num
ber of districts to be fixed by the
legislature.
According to Miller, the fate of
the bill will be decided in the com'
mittee. He feels that this pro
posed consolidation of the affairs
of state education will remedy
much of the overlapping and dup
lication found in the present sys
tem. The bill should be out of conv
mittee within the next month.
Meanwhile other legislative busi
ness affecting the University con
sisted of the suggested budget for
the University presented by Gov
ernor Cochran last week.
Many friends of the University
believe that unless it is to become
a permanently thrid rate institu
tion, the legislatui'e must choose
between finding money to increase
its budget or reducing the student
body.
Finkle
the court further strengthened this
by dismissing tho suit of a group of
VOL. XXXVUI, NO.
University
awards four
Ph. D. degrees
Bachelor's diplomas
go to 161 persons at
midwinter graduation
Four men, three of them Lin-
coin residents, received degrees an
doctors of philosophy at tho mid
winter commencement of the uni
versity. They were O. H. Bimson,
assistant superintendent of Lincoln
schools who received his degree
with a major in school administra
tion; John C. Jensen, dean of men
and professor of physics and as
tronomy at Nebraska Wesleyan,
majoring in physics; John E. Bau-
man, former member of the facul
ties of Midland college and
Omaha municipal university, ma
joring in zoology, and Joseph H.
Robertson, maionnff in botanv.
In addition to the four men re
ceiving doctor s degree, 14 mas
ter's degrees were awarded. One
hundred sixty-one received bach
elor's diplomas, while two certifi
cates in social work and two
certificates in journalism were
granted. The total of 179 degrees
was four larger than the last
year's mid-winter class of 175.
Because no winter graduating
ceremony is performed the follow
ing graduates have been invited
(See DEGREES Page 2.)
Penny show y
set for Feb. 18
Faith Medlar, Fern
Steuteviile co-chairmen
Th Coed Counselor board has
set Saturday, Feb. 18 as the date
for their annual Penny carnival to
be held in Grant Memorial. Ar
rangements for the event began at
the last board meeting when Vir
ginia Fleetwood, board president,
appointed Faith Medlar and Fern
Steuteviile as co-chairmen.
Other committees appointed
were cup presentation, Virginia
Nolte; dancing, Bonnie Burn;
tickets, Phyllis Chamberlain and
Ruth Clark; refreshments. Mary
Bullock and Mary Sherburne;
booths, Elizabeth Smith and Max
ine Lake, and publicity, Matjotio
Churchill.
Sororities and organized wom
en's houses who wish to enter
concessions in the carnival must
submit their plans in outline ai;
Mrs. Westover's desk in Ellen
Smith before noon Tuesday, Feb.
Each house must name a booth
chairman.
As in previous years, a cup will
be awarded to tho concession
which is voted the best nnl most
original by the attending crowd.
Fairbury seminar
hears Van Roycn
Geographer discusses
Czech dismemberment
Before a public seminar audi
ence at Fairbury, Neb., last night.
Dr. William Van Royen, of the uni
versity geography department
gave a talk, illustrated by slides,
on the importance of geographical
features in comparison . with na
tional barriers in forming the
most rigid divisions of the world.
Discussing the recent dismem
the European controversies, he de
clared that the emphasis upon na
tionalistic differences and national
self-sufficiency will only increase
existing 'international friction. He
supplemented his talk with short
exerpts from his experiences in
Europe last summer. There, he
attended meetings of the Inter
national Goographlc Congress in
Holland.
