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The Official Newspaper of More Than 6,000 Students
VOL. XXXVIII, MO. 07.
Phi Psis. Phi
Delts robbed
of over $400
Thieves enter houses
by open doors; Reglar
calls for keys, locks
Over $400 in cash, clothing and
accessories were stolen from the
Phi Kappa Psi and Phi Delta
Theta houses early yesterday
morning.
Thieves entered by the unlocked
front doors in both instances,, ac
cording to evidence obtained by
Sergeant Regler of the campus
police.
The thefts apparently occurred
between 2 and 8 a. m. since there
were several boys up and about
in each house who said that the
property wa3 still intact at 2
o'clock, and the loss was discov
ered at 8 the next morning and
reported to police headquarters.
Harnsberger big loser.
The bulk of the loss occurred
at the Phi Kappa Psi house at
1518 S where $380.G0. which in
cluded $22 in cash, was taken
Carl Harnsberger was the biggest
loser, missing $127 in the form of
two suits, a leather jacket, a port
able typewriter and $20 in casn
The other Phi Psi loss?s were
George Yetter, a watch and a suit;
Ecrt Smith, a suit and $2 in cash;
Phillip Southwick, a watch and
typewriter; Bert Vickery, an dec
trie razor.
From the Thi Delta Theta house
a suit and overcoat belonging to
William Anderson were taken.
Thieves move quietly.
Tn the Phi Psi house, all the
property was tiken from the sec
ond floor where only one boy was
Bleeping, and nothing was taken
fro mthe room he occupied. Every
thing was taken from unlocked
rooms, no locks were jimmied, no
one was wakened and no noises
were heard. Likewise no one was
disturbed in Phi Delta house.
Regler blamed the thefts on neg
ligence on the part of the fra
ternities in leaving doors unlocked.
"Despite repeated warnings," he
insisted, "fraternities and sorori
ties persist in leaving doors un
locked, leaving no obstacle for
would-be criminals. The surpris-
See THEFT, Page 3.
'Hellzapoppin" in current
Players1 comedy at opening
Shakespeare furnishes
laughs to first nighters
By Barbara Rosewater.
That streamlined farce "Hellza
poppin, " currently playing on
Broadway would find a great deal
in common with the opening per
form an re of "The Comedy of Er
rors last night in Temple. Horse
play of the Harpo Marx school
was carried on in the grand
Shakespearian manner by Robert
Johnson and Verne Geisainger as
long-separated twin merchant,
and Jack Bittner and LaRue Sor
rell as their twin servants.
Johnson Is Antlpliol'is of Syra
cuse who arrives in Ephesus to
find himself mistaken for his
brother, claimed by his brother's
wife and besieged by his brother's
creditors.
Bittner get laughs.
The play was definitely a man's
play and fattest parts went to tife
four actors Just named. To Bittner
goes credit for the most belly
laughs on the part of the au
dience. As the befuddled but witty
servant of the vlsftlng bachelor,
Bittner danced about the utage on
rubber legs, continually being
mixed up by meeting one or the
108
No rest for the phys edl
-
'Charter' cut denied swim class
While Charter Day offers a one
day respite from 11 o'clocka to
most sudents, to Mrs. Beck's 11
o'clock class in swimming, it is
only one more period that must
be made up.
Effective this year, the phys ed
department has a ruling that a
student must attend a one hour
course for at least 48 hours. Theo
retically, the class should meet 54
Dubois to talk
for university
fund tonight
Negro educator, author
speaks on 'Democracy'
at St. Paul's church
Considered one of the greatest
Negro scholars and a leading edu
cator in the United States, Dr.
W. E. 15. DuBois will deliver an
address on "Democracy" tonight
at 8:15 at St.
Paul Methodist
c urch. Spon
sor d by the Lin
coln Young Peo
ples Forum, Dr.
DuEois' address
Is a part of a
program for the
purpo.se of estab
lishing a scholar-
ship fund for Ne-
gro students at
the university.
The author of
"Black Recon-
mint Iaw" V I
. 7
. A . , Uneoln Journal.
"The SOUlS Ofnr. W. K. H. DnBoln.
Black Folk," Dr. DuBois is a
recognized writer in the field of
social science, holds the chair of
sociology at the University of At
lanta in Cfsia. Graduated a
Phi Beta Kappa from Harvard,
he studied at the University of
Berlin and has traveled Europe,
Asia and West Africa.
other of the twin merchants and
performing commission for the
Syracuse master only to be beaten
by the Ephesus master for neg
lecting commissions given the sec
ond twin servant.
Johnston Is well able to handle
his part in the farce with the pos
sible exception of his romance
with pert Barbara Birk. Geis
singer plays the misunderstood
husband of Adriana Rowena
Beadle to you, and does it up
brown. His best scene is the one
in which he beats on the door of
his own home clamoring for ad
mittance while his wile dines
within with his twin brother and
the servants mock him from the
windows.
Sorrell shines.
Rorrell also shines in this w ent,
his most difficult feat being to
catapult himself scrom the stage
to smash against the door a del
icate task since the stage door is
a delicate door, and to actually
break it down is not in the script.
Much of the humorous dialogue
smacks of the old Orpheum vaude
ville. In one Bittner-Johnston
scene where puns fly thick and
fast, one can almost see a straw
See COMEDY, Page 3.
WEDNESDAY, FEBKUAKY 15, 1939
times, but actually, allowing for
five misses during the finals and
three during the spring vacation,
it will meet but 46 times.
Nevertheless, the department
says that a student must attend
his class 48 times to get credit.
Now, with the Charter Day cut,
the members must attend the class
three times that it doesn't meet.
Stage set
for annual
Penny Show
Games, date bureau,
lie detector feature
Carnival on Saturday
Featuring games of skill, a date
bureau, a lie. detector and many
other added attractions, the annual
coed counselor Penny Carnival will
be held between the hours of 2:30
and 4:30. Saturday, in Grant Me
morial. Tickets for the affair are
15c including 10c for expenditure
at the carnival and 5c for general
admission.
Chairman of the booth commit
tee, Maxine Lake and Elizabeth
Smith, seiected the concessions of
19 women's organized houses for
participation in the event. Houses
taking part in the affair are Alpha
Phi, Delta Delta Delta, Kappa
Delta. Sigma Delta Tau, Gamma
Phi Eeta, Pi Beta Phi. Kappa
Alpha Theta, Kappa Kappa Gam
ma, Thi Mu, Sigma Kappa, Rosa.
See CARNIVAL, Page 3.
Ag board sets
festival date
Goddess of agriculture
to be revealed March 25
Presentation of the goddess of
agriculture and the annual Ag
spring party will be March 25. the
Agricultural Executive Board de
cided at its meeting last week.
The presentation has grown to
be one of the outstanding Bocial
activities of the year, was carried
over a local broadcasting station
last year. The goddess and six at
tendants are elected by the home
economics students, and their
identity kept a strict secret until
the moment of presentation.
Committee in charge.
The party, which will be held
In the Agricultural Activities
building, is in charge of a com
mittee with Will Pitner and Iris
Johnson as co-chairmen.
Other committees: Orchestra
and favors, Milton Gustafaon, Ruth
Bander; publicity and chaperoncs,
Rhoda Chcsley; decorations, Rog
er Cunningham, Ruthanna Runsel;
presentation, Annabel Hutchinson,
Edwin Rousek: tickets, George
Gooding, Ann Gersib.
Delta Sigma Pi meets
in Union tonight at 7
The regular meeting of Delta
Sigma Pi will be held this evening
Bt 7:00 in the Union, room 316.
At a professional meeting at
8:00, Mr. Harry De Frene, assis
tant secretary of Lincoln Liberty
Life Insurance company, will
speak to the chapter on "The Psy
chology of Selling." All members
and others interested are urged to
attend.
Chicago dean of social service administration
to discuss 'Frontiers of Social Welfare' today
In celebration of 70 years of growth, the University of Ne
braska dismisses all 10 and 11 o'clock classes this morning in or
der to hold its annual birthday party in the coliseum.
Students will convene for a general convocation at 10:15
to hear Edith Abbott, dean of social service administration at
Add
resses convo
Lincoln Journal.
ABBOTT.
DR. EDITH
Blue Print
goes on sale
February issue runs
article on telephone co.
The February issue of the Ne
braska Blue Print, engineering
college publication, will be placed
on the stands for distribution to
day. The new issue features an ar
ticle by Richard Ostwald, engi
neering senior, on "Apprentice
ship Training." It deals with a
discussion of the problems con
fronting managers of industrial
plants when they attempt to pro
cure skilled labor.
An article based on facts com
piled by the Nebraska Engineer
ing society tells of a Bell Telc
phon construction crew and its re
construction work in New Hamp
shire after the recent hurricane.
"Brimstone." an article dealing
with the sulphur industry, has
been written by Francis Loetterle,
engineering junior.
Dean O. J. Ferguson has an
article concerning the development
of engineering courses up 10 the
present day.
Student Council meets
to elect vice-president
A new vice president and
holdover member to fill the po
sition left vacant by Barbara
Selleck will be elected by the
Student Council at its meeting
this afternoon In Union 315. All
members must be present for
the election.
Ag jitterbugs
to jive Friday
Swing contest planned
at Countryman dance
Featuring a jitterbug contest,
the Cornhuslter Countryman
"stomp session" will be held Fri
day night in the activities build
ing on ag campus, the first party
ever to be sponsored by Uie ag
college publication.
The stomp is expected to defi
nitely settle the Jitterbug cham
pionship of the season, with prizes
to be awarded to the winners. Billy
Kcistcr will furnish music for the
session scheduled to begin at 8:30
o'clock.
Chairman in charge of the affair
Is Lev Cooksley, assisted by Ed
Ilousck. Ruth Ann Sheldon heads
the decorations committee, as
sisted by Viona Hader. Keith Gil
more and Bob Wheeler comprise
the ticket committee.
Tassels report at 9:30
to usher for Charter Day
Tassels will report to the coli
seum this morning at 9:30 to usher
for the annual Charter day serv
iicca.
the University of Chicago, speak
on the subject "Frontiers of So
cial Welfare."
A former Nebraskan and grad
uate from this university in 1901,
Dr. Abbott returns this morning
to her alma mater to charge the
student body with the vast field of
social welfare yet to be studied,
illustrating with experiences
which she has had in that field.
At present listed in "Who's Who
in America" among the leading
women in the country, the Charter
Day speaker has had a remark
able life. Graduating from Ne
braska, Miss Abbott went to Chi
cago where she received a fellow
ship in political economy. There
she was given her Ph.D. degree.
Additional graduate work was
taken in the University of Lon
don, from which she returned to
take a position of instructor in
political economy in Wellesley col
lege. Her stay at that institution
was short lived, for within a year
Miss Abbott was offered the posi
tion of associate director of the
Chicago school of civics.
Various positions.
Taking this post, the speaker
has put in the last 30 years work
ing in various departments of this
school. Her promotion in 1924 es
tablished her in the office of dean
of social service administration,
where she has remained ever
since.
Recognition of her service in the
field of social work, as well as for
her extensive research and publi-
See BIRTHDAY, Page 2.
Prom plans
due Friday
Election is set for
Feb. 28 in Union
With the final deadline drawin?
near, all plans for the Prom Girl
presentation must be submitted by
Friday, Feb. 17. to the DAILY NE
BRASKAN editor's office. Accom
panying the entry must be a de
tailed account of the expenses in
volved. Seeking to present the 1933 rrom
Girl in as different and modern
manner as possible, the Junior
Senior Prom committee has set
aside $10 prize money for the per
son who conceives the best method
of presentation. The total cost of
the presentation must not exceed
$35, and if the winning set of
plan does not incur a cost of more
than this amount, the $10 prize
money will be forfeited.
Election of the Prom Girl will
be held in the Union, Tuesday,
Feb. 28, and candidates for the
honor must fije between Monday,
Feb. 20, and Thursday, Feb. 23.
Sororities are urged to file their
candidates with photographs as
soon as possible when filing opens
in the activities office in the coli
seum. The closing party of the formal
season will be held Friday, March
3. in the coliseum.
Weaker of stronger sex
faint at ROTC shotting
of first aid pictures
What is this university coming
to? What has it become? Big.
strong men can no longer watch
a film on first aid without faint
ing. This Is a real incident. Some
R. O. T. C. freshmen actually
fainted during the recent showing
of a first aid film In the military
department. If all young men are
becoming this wey, what would
our country ever do If there should
be a war? If pictures explaining
first aid for battle wounds makes
these fellows show their heels (not
in running, they didn't have even
that much strength) what would
they do in a real war?
The socalled "atronger ex"
must be weakening, or is the
"weaker sex" getting stronger? Is
any case, the men had better look
to their laurela,