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Vondais tokg
books from
Union nook
To combat thievery,
officials formulate rigid
rules starting today
Some of the people who have
made use of the Union's book nook
in the past few weeks have so ap
preciated the books that they
couldn't bear the thought of leav
ing them behind so they took
the along.
Mrs. Yinger noticed two weeks
ago that books were beginning to
trickle out, but hoi;? and faith
prevented her from taking any
action until it was proved neces
sary, and it proved necessary yes
terday when another audit showed
that 17 books were missing.
Heretofore, no precautions have
been taken against thievery; no
thought was given to the possi
bility that books would be stolen
from a reading room, which was
to be used by "ladies and gentle
men."
Rules in operation today.
But starting today, no one will
be allowed to enter the book nook
who is wearing overclothing or
carrying anything which mignt
serve to conceal books; no one
will be allowed to enter carrying
any books; and Union officials
will see that nobody will leave
carrying any.
Among the stolen books are
some purchased with the money
donated by J. C. Seacreat, books
presented by the authors and also
books from others.
All were books which were no
torious for passages which might
serve as material for a fraternity
See VANDALS, page 2.
French critic
speak:
s Mar. 6
Mme. Caro-Delvaille
to illustrate lecture
Mme. Arline Caro-Delvaille, in
ternatlonally distinguished critic
author, journalist and lecturer on
French art, literature, history, so
ciety and politics, will appear at
Nebraska on Monday, March 6, at
4 o'clock in Social Sciences audi
torium. Bringing lantern slides to illus
trate her lecture, Mme. Caro-Delvaille
will speak on "La Provence."
The talk will be in English, altho
she has lectured in both English
and French for art museums, uni
versities and colleges, women's
and professional clubs from coast
to coast.
Decorated by French gov't.
Decorated this year by the
French government as Chevalier
of the Legion of Honor, Mme.
Caro-Delvaille is now making an
educational lecture tour of the
United Statea by appointment of
the French ministry of education
and the French government tour
ist bureau.
Before coming to spend winters
in New York, Mme. Caro-Delvaille
and her husband, the late French
painter, Henry Caro-Delvaille,
maintained a smart salon in Paris
which was frequented by the liter
ary, artistic, social and political
elite. The lecturer is the author
of a novel, and is interested in
translating American literature
into French.
French students who attend the
lelcture will receive credit for it is
a supplementary lecture for their
course. Attendance slips may be
procured in U108. The affair is
open to th public.
Union offers prize
to best quizzer
Seeks queries, answers
for Laugh Session
Questions for a Professor Quiz
program to be used on the Sun
day afternoon , Laugh Session,
March 12, are being sought by the
Union from the student body in
a contest opening this noon.
A box will be placed in the
lobby of the Union in which stu
dents may deposit their questions
anytime until noon, Wednesday,
March 8, when the contest closes,
The Questions must be of a
general character, may be hum
orous and may or may not per
tain to college life. Twenty-five
cents worth of merchandise in the
Corn Crib will be given to each
winning set of three questions and
answers.
The Official Newspaper of More Than 6,000 Students
VOL. XXXVIII, NO. 97.
Kosmet Klub
announces
show tryouts
Candidates for spring
'musical to appear next
Wednesday, Thursday
Kosmet Klub will hold tryouts
for speaking parts in Its new
spring show, "Alias Aladdin,"
next week on Wednesday and
Thursday evenings, according to
V.':i.:..'-
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Lincoln Journal.
Joe Iverson.
Don Moss, Klub president.
Tryouts will begin at 7:30 each
evening at a place to be announced
later. Moss stated that there are
16 parts open and urged all men
students interested to appear next
week.
Pony chorus members probably
will be selected the week after
principal speaking roles have been
filled.
Joe Iverson, associated with
numerous past Kosmet stage suc-
ceses, will again take over th
directorial reins for the 1939 show.
He also will assist Klub members
at tryouts.
The following committees were
appointed by Moss at yesterday's
meeting: program, Frank Jonn-
son, Jean Wolf; scenery and light
ing, Stanley Brewster and Harold
Niemann; publicity, Irvin tner
man, Dick deBrown; costumes,
George Rosen, Ralph Reed; prop
erties, Grant Thomas, Phil South-
wick; ushers. Orval Hager; music,
Bob Edelstein; tickets, Roy Prof-
fitt; stage managers, Howard
Kaplan. Paul Wagner, Joe Ste
phens: business manager. Bob
Gannon.
Klub workers will be appointed
to work under the active members
cn the various committees.
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Krupa writes 'tom-tom talk'
to accompany swing terms
Gene Krupa, America's ace
drummer man, who will appear
here with his swing band at the
Junior-Senior Prom Friday night,
has recently compiled a glossary
on "Tom-Tom Talk," which in
cludes all "swing terms" associ
ated with the drums, to-wit:
Playing the high hat Working
the cymbals with a foot pedal.
In the grove Playing a steady,
basic rhythm, playing well.
Heavy on the four-four Em
phasizing four beats to the mea
sure. Accenting the off-beat Empha
sizing the second and fourth beats.
Strictly military Used to de
scribe a drummer who plays a
lot of strokes that "don't mean
much;" are more or less super
fluous. Corny drums Drums in which
the drummer is putting the accent
on the first and third beats.
Two-beat or Dixieland swing
Swing In which the accent is on
the second and fourth beats.
Pots and pans The drums.
Hide-beater Drummer,
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408
Prom girl election
draws record vote
Highest of six candidates
at final formal of season
With a creat show of interest and enthusiasm, a record
number of students went to the polls yesterday to indicate
their choice for this vear's Prom Girl. The number of votes
cast indicate plainly that the
the majority of students on the
"Whether Vol ma Ekwall, Alice Nemec, Barbara Kosewater,
Ruthanna Russel, Emma Marie
will rule over the Prom will not
Grad lives to
tell story of
Indian attack
Jack Spoerry survives
deep arrow wound in
jungle ambush
Shot in the back with an arrow
from the bow of a South Amer
ican savage, Jack Spoerry, Uni
versity of Nebraska graduate, lives
to write of his encounter while
resting at Barranquilla, northern
Colombia. A poisoned arrow killed
an American working in the -same
vicinity last year.
Spoerry, a geologist, is em
ployed by the Colombian Petro
leum company to establish a mule
trail through an area unknown to
white men. His party of four was
ambushed by Indians. A watch
man was hit in the back and
Spoerry received an arrow that
pierced the lower part of his back
to a depth of seven inches.
Arrow believed poisoned.
Because the arrow was believed
poisoned. Spoerry was given first-
aid in camp and rushed by boat,
scooter, truck and plane to Bar
ranquilla where the wound was
reopened and treated by a physi
cian. Spoerry, a graduate of the
class of 1933, is the son of Maj.
C. W. Spoerry, who was recently
a member of the military staff of
the university. He described his
narrow escape in a letter to his
father who is now stationed in the
canal zone. Major Spoerry for
warded his letter to Prof. E. F.
Schramm, chairman of the de
partment of geology. C. L. Lee,
of the class of 1926, who is work
ing for the same company in
See ARROW, page 2.
Clam bake Hastily organized
program.
Schmaltz Musical number drlp-
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ping with sentimentality.
Spring the traps Going to town
on all the drums and gadgets.
Reaching for rhythm Drum
mer spreading arms to play his
6e KRUPA, page 4.
WEDNESDAY, MAHCH 1, 1939
will be revealed
Friday evening
Prom Girl will be a favorite of
campus.
Schuttloffel or Gerry Wallace
be made known until the night
of the Junior-Senior Prom, held
March 3.
Marking the close of the uni
versity formal season, the nation's
foremost swing drummer, Gene
Krupa, will bring his orchestra,
on the way to fulfill an engage
ment at the famous College Inn
in Chicago to the Prom. Krupa's
recent appearance at the Univers
ity of California was described by
their college paper as "wringing
rhythm from the overflowing
audience and giving pleasure to
all."
Spectator tickets.
Krupa, who practices with his
hat on to get the true sound of
the drums, claims that it is im
possible to write the music for
the drums, as the drummer must
have imagination to create when
the occasion arises and the music
loses its appeal when put on
paper. A participant in football,
basketball and tennis when in col
lege, Krupa is five feet, eight
inches tall and has brown eyes
and black hair. His main ambition
is to play in a symphony orches
tra, in the same manner as he
plays with his own band.
Krupa will be interviewed over
KFAB Friday afternoon and his
music will be broadcast from 9:30
to 10 o'clock Friday evening.
The Prom will be opened to
spectators at 35 cents apiece.
High school music
pupils give recital
Program scheduled for
Thursday at 4 o'clock
High school students, studying
with members of the school of
music faculty, will present a re
cital Thursday at 4 o'clock in the
Temple theater.
'Cello, piano, violin and voice
students will be heard in the fol
lowing program:
Hainninrtlnl, Bona) ft In O, allegro;
lYIInim Vail Miller (Mtm 7.nlriikk
Kirhmanlnofr, rollchinrllr; Betty
Jean Horner (Mr. Hnrrtt'in).
Grieg, My Johaua; Hrot!. Markblrd'a
8un; Muxiaa 1-averty MW Wagner).
.MarDowrll, From Wandering I re
ar ; firaaadoa. KpanNh Dance; Koniulo
Hnldrvllla (Mr. Krhmldt).
Oraeiiberg, (haaarni a la I.une:
flmenberf, a In (illarej JoM-pfcine Welch
(M. 7.uhrtkle.
Ilnhn, lavictaa; Richard rutaey (Un,
rollrv).
Vleulnipa, Air Varle, Na. 3; Johr.aoil
Bra i (Mr. Molicr).
Il.ueninn, mt tfca W.-ll; Drl Aqua,
Villa; Up; Mlldrea llalre 1 rradrlci
MIm iapirr.
llandrl. drave, Serenade ( lareaec
Mulirr (Mlia aabrtealr).
Sociology fraternity
hears state senators
Senators Lester Dunn and
John Adams, jr., spoke on "Prob
lems Confronting the Legislature'
before Alpha Kappa Delta, hon
orary sociology fraternity, last
Monday.
The meeting was conducted by
the retiring president, Evelyn Os
born. Recently elected officers are
president, Ralph Hukill; vice pres
ident, Hans Harlan, and secretary-treasurer,
William H. Har
lan. The next meeting will be held
March 13, when Dr. Ernest White
smith of Mitchellville, la., will
speak on "A New Ireland."
Students win prizes
Among the $10 prize winners In
the nationwide Movie Quiz con'
test were two university Btudents,
Bill Weil and Harry Epperson,
K. C. editor
talks at convo
next Monday
Henry Haskall points
to similarity between
old Rome, new deal
On the subject, "The New Deal
of Old Rome," Henry Joseph ' as
kell, editor of the Kansas city
Star, will address the student body
in convocation at 11 o'clock Mon
day in Temple.
A student in the history of
Rome as well as a popular edi
torialist on classical subjects, Mr.
Haskell plans to outline material
collected by him on recent trips
to Italy in preparation of a book
he is writing on this subject.
Rome's new deal was successful.
Studies in Roman government
show that a New Deal, very sim
ilar in many respects to the
Roosevelt program, was carried
out in Rome centuries ago with
relative success, a letter to C. S.
Forbes of the classics department
announced. P. W. A. was the
creature of the strong men of the
first centuries, and of Considius,
the Roman counterpart of the
modern J. P. Morgan. Even at
that early date, the letter revealed,
labor resistance took the form of
sitdown strikes in Egyptian ala
baster factories.
A graduate of Oberlin college
in 1896, Haskell has taken grad
uate newspaper training in Mis
souir Valley and Marrietta col
leges, receiving degrees of Litt. D.
See CONVO, page 4.
Music convo
set for today
19th program features
trumpeter, glee club
John Shiklneck, trumpeter, and
the university men's glee club, un
der the direction of William G.
Tempel, will present the 19th con
vocation of the school of music se
ries this afternoon at 4 o'clock in
Temple. The program is open to
the public.
Sigmund Romberg's "Soldiers of
Fortune" is included in the two
groups of numbers which the glee
club will sing. Shildneck, who is
instructor in brass, will play the
'Andante and Rondo" by Ropartz,
and Gaubert's "Andante and
Scherezetto."
Frank Cunkle and Warren
Mammel will appear as accom
panists. The program:
Rlrmnnd Rnmbcnr, Soldier of Fortune.
from "The (,irl nt the (ii.lden West."
Wood, haerrmeiiliiiii Suix-r iillni.
Relrhart, In the Time of Ron.-,
Tarhaikowiiky, I'ilrrim'j Hong.
M on', ;! (lub.
Roparlc, Aadanle and Rondo.
Gaubert, Andanle and Sclierretlo.
Joan Khlldneek.
PalMtrina-Tilhh, Adoramn Te.
Mendelanohn-llnllrr, Awnke, Awaka.
Arlen-Scotimn. I I nve a farads.
Men' Clee. Club.
Debaters argue
Thursday night
Four winners to make
Chicago trip April 6-10
Debate tryouts will be held on
Thursday in U hall at 7:30 o'clock
to select four debaters who will
travel to Chicago for a series of
debates the week of April G-10. ,
The men will debate on the ques
tion: "Collective action of tha
world's democracies is necessary
to guarantee survival."
Those who have not yet filed
their names have until Thursday
to do so and will be assigned to
sides immediately. First drawings
placed Ewald Warnsholz, Charles
C. Spann, Don Nemetz and Ernest
Wintroub on the affirmative side.
Negative speakers are Frank Day,
Eugene Curtiss, Calvin Rollins
and Otto Woerner.
Clayton returns after
eastern trip for Choir
Bill Clayton, just back from a
trip to the east representing the
Cathedral choir, reports that
the trip was very successful.
He met with Mr. Hugh Ross,
advisor of classical music for
the World's Fair, in New York,
with Leon Leonidoff, executive
producer of Radio City music
hall, and Mr. Boomer, president
ef the Waldorf-Astoria, and all
expressed themselves favorably
on future appearances of the
Cathedral choir.
Invitations to appear In three
types of concerts at the World's
Fair have been received by the
choir, Clayton stated.