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The Official Newspaper of More Than 6,000 Students
VOL. XXXVIII, NO. 105.
SUNDAY, MAKCH 12, 1939
IDeger, Johnson star
in Elosmet's spring
theatrical venture
Bill Goetz, Sid Campbell,
Ray Brown carry other
roles in 'Alias Aladdin'
Everett "Duke" Deger as the
Caliph of Bagdad and Bob John
son in the part of the exotic Rita
Marshall will lead the Kosmet
Klub spring show, "Alias Alad
din," It was announced yesterday
after casting of all but three of
the lead roles had been concluded.
Other lead parts will be carried
by Hay Brown who will play
Abdul LaBul Bui; Bill Goctz as
Akbar; and Sid Campbell as Mis.
Trockmorton. Castings for the
three remaining lead parts and a
number of minor roles will be an
nounced later.
Three roles unfilled.
The parts yet to be filled are
those of Bob Horton, a high pies
sure salesmanager, who discovers
Aladdin's lamp; J. P. Throckmor
ton, a Turkish Towel Tycoon who
is attempting to revive his fallen
business; and Jane Throckmorton,
J. P.'s daughter.
Highlighting the minor roles
will be a geni, a blind beggar who
can see, and a whirling dervish
who gets dizzy spells. Other parts
that are essential to the plot that
are yet to be filled are a WPA fore
man and workers; Shadrack Me
shack, and Abedncgo, who are
three thugs under the villain Ab
dul; two, slaves and a bell boy.
The ten or twelve chorus girls
who are members of the Caliph's
harem will be selected Tuesday.
Mary Kline will direct the chorus.
Featuring the typical Turkish
See ALADDIN, page 2
Wesleyan7NU
squads debate
Teams to argue Tump
Priming' topic Tuesday
University debate teams will
meet Nebraska Wesleyan squad
on Tuesday evening In Andrews
126 at 7:30. The subject of the de
bate will be "Pump Priming," and
the public is invited to attend
These debates will probably be the
last on this subject before the
teams leave for the Colorado trip
on March 23.
Last week was a busy one for
the debaters. Tuesday the affirm
ative team of Edwin Carraher and
Milton O. Gustafson debated Has
tings college before the Platts
mouth Rotary club and students
of Plattsmouth high school. Wed
Xiesday the negative team of Har
old Turkel and David W. Curllss
debated Hastings college. These
same teams wilt make the Colo
rado trip.
Intramural debates will begin on
Thursday, March 16, with first
rounds scheduled as follows: Sig
ma Alpha Kpsllon against Delta
Theta Phi, Beta Theta PI against
sigma Alpha Mu, and the Cafe
teria Club against ACBC
30 pharmacy students to
visit Chicago and Deiroit
Plans are under way to take 30
college or pharmacy students to
Chicago and Detroit during the
spring vacation period. The group
will leave here the evening of
April 4. They will spend the next
day in Chicago visiting several
large pharmaceutical concerns,
and the next two days Inspecting
the leading pharmaceutical cstab
lishments in Detroit
Sponsors will be Dr. J. B. Burt,
chairman of the department of
pharmacy; Miss H. I. Redford,
resident pharmacist for the stu
dent health service, and Miss Lu
cUle Mills, technician in student
health.
Uni leaders
match wits
in today's fray
Union 'Professor Quiz'
puts campus 'big shots'
on the spot at 4 o'clock
Campus leaders in the matter of
grey matter will figure prominent
ly in the gigantic battle of nit wits
to be held tlus afternoon in the
Union ballroom at 4 o'clock.
In an attempt to befuddle the
contestants, queries will be thrown
fast and hard by "Profesor"
Bev Finkle, master of ceremonies.
"Big shots" of the student body
who are participating in the con
test will be chosen by Professors
Karl Arndt and Armand Hunter
for positions on their respective
teams which will then vie for the
extraordinary prize of a guaran
teed gold horse collar.
Van Sant keeps score.
Kenneth Van Sant, who has
been required to post a $100 bond,
will act as scorekeepcr and watch
man of the horse collar to pre
vent any thefts by over anxious
contestants. The scorekeeper will
be kept under control by a ball
and chain.
With enthusiasm for the affair
at a high peak, the participants
have crammed for the big event
with encyclopedias, dictionaries
and books of knowledge.
To Mrs. Vera Mae Yinger goes
the credit for purchasing the
unique prize. Competing for the
honor of wearing it will be How
ard Kaplan, editor of the DAILY
NEBRASKAN; Max Horn, busi
ness manager of the Cornhusker
Virginia Fleetwood, honorary col-
See NIT WITS, page 2
Dean reports 455
graduate students
Doctorate work draws
97; 168 study for M.A.
A total of 455 students are tak
lne Graduate work at the univer
sity the second semester, accord
ing to the official report of the
dean of the graduate college. Of
this number, 97 are working for
their doctor's degrees; 168 for
their master of arts; 90 for their
master of science degrees; and 92
are not registered for any degree
Seven students are registered for
a certificate In social work, and
one individual is taking advanced
work in the college of engineering
The department of chemistry
has the largest graduate registra
tion with 39 students enrolled
second is the department of sec
ondary education with 35; the
graduate school of social work,
33; history, 28; and botany and
geography with 17 students each.
Behind world events
Bev
Pacelli, Pope Pius XII
Eugenio Cardinal Pacelll is the
supreme pontiff of the Holy Ro
man Catholic chuch. His full as
sumption of the duties and respon
sibilities of that high office of
Christendom became complete
with the investiture services con
ducted early this morning. Pacelli
is now Pope Pius XII, legally
elected successor to the crown of
Poll considers
intercampus
bus service
Seeks to learn cost
of present facilities
as basis for planning
To sound out student opinion on
the proposed intercampus institu
tionally owned bus service, the Ag
Intercampus committee of the stu
dent council is distributing ques
tionnaires to all ag students this
week.
City campus faculty and stu
dents are requested to assist in
this survey by filling out the ques
tionnaire published in the lower-
left hand corner of page four of
todays paper, and leaving it in
tne ballot box in the Union lobby.
Student co-operation needed.
The success of the project de
pends upon student co-operation,
the committee declared. Care- in
filling out this ballot, with ade
quate attention given to each stu
dent's own expense account will
give the committee sound statis
tical material with which to work.
Since 1910, when the combined
action of Lincoln retailers blocked
the attempts of the legislature to
move the whole university to the
present site of the agricultural
college, there has been continuous
complaint on the expenses of trav
elling between the two campuses.
Seek cost of transportation.
The purpose of the questionnaire
is to try to find approximately the
amount spent by the student body
on transportation to and from the
Holdrege street campus. Not only
does this sum include the fares
paid to the traction company, but
also the amount the student pays
for subsidiary transportation in
See AG BUS, page 2
Blue Prints
reach stands
New issue compares
U.S., German methods
The March issue of the Blue
Print, engineering college maga
zine, will go on sale Monday.
In line with the poll on a pre
engineering course, this month's
Blue Print features an article bv
Stefan Fraenkcl entitled, "Engi
neering Education The European
Way." In this article Fraenkel
who spent nearly two years in a
German college of engineering,
tells of the principal differences
between the German and Ameri
can colleges of engineering.
German colleges of engineering
follow the "Chicago" plan. At
tendance at lectures is purely vol
untary. In the Dean's comer, Mr. Fer
guson discusses "The Essence of
Democracy," and he quotes "The
Salvation of the State Is the
Watchfulness of the Citizen."
Also included: The address of
Dale Uenner, Ag. E. '23, at the
Sigma Tau initiation, as well as
an article on flow model studies
of dams and foundations by Mr.
W. J. Trumbull.
Finkle
St. Peter.
By only three ballots, the brief
est conclave in history gave a
pointed answer to the demand of
the fascist powers that Fi ?1I1 not
be chosen. The triple tiara of the
papacy, the white skullcap, the
white cassock, white rochet, red
cloak and red stole are now in
the hands of this native Italian.
He has received the pledges of
See EVENTS, page 3
Players to
season in famous
drama, 'Tovarich'
Women elect
AWS board
Wednesday
Virginia Clemans, Janet
Lau seek presidency
coeds' governing group
University women students will
go to the polls Wednesday to cast
their ballots in the second major
women's election of the school
year, to choose oificcis and mem-
bers of the A. W. S. board for the
coming year.
Vying for the presidency of the
board will be Janet Lau and Vir
ginia Clemans. Janet is a Delta
Gamma, a member of the present
A. W. S. board, chairman of this
year's Coed Follies, and has par
ticipated in other activities. Vir
ginia is a member of Pi Beta Phi
a member of the present A. W. S.
board, was on the junior-senior
prom committee, is a Tassel and
has been a participant in numer
ous other activities.
Twelve to be elected.
Other members of the board to
be chosen are four senior mem
bers, four juniors and four sopho
more members, one of each group
to be a barb girl. The senior
women who polls the highest num
ber of votes will automatically as
sume the post of vice president.
The junior girl who receives the
heaviest vote will become secre
tary, and the highest ranking
sophomore will be named treas
urer. The defeated candidate for
president will automatically have
a position on the new board.
Senior candidates running for
the board are Jean Hooper, Har
riet Lewis, Patricia Pope, Emma
Marie Schuttloffel, Peggy Sher
See ELECT, page 2
Ag students aid
in Farmers Fair
First rally held Tuesday
to hear appointments
Every student in ag college has
been appointed to a committee to
plan and manage the 21st annual
Farmers Fair to be held May 6,
according to Fair Board Manager
Ray Cruise.
First rally for the Fair, which
is ag college's most extensive stu
dent project, will be hold Tuesday
night at 7 o'clock in ag hull, when
committees and their chairmen
will be announced.
All ag students are invited to
hear each committee chairman
briefly describe the plans and the
work in store for his committee.
Phil Walters of the extension serv
ice will give a pep talk.
The Fair board of six seniors
and six juniors threatens a dunk
ing in the horse tank for any com
mittee member who refuses to do
his part. Ruthanna Russell is the
board member in charge of the
rally.
Oldfather talks at Omaha
Students at Omaha Municipal
university heard Dr. C. H. Old
father, dean of the college of ai ts
and sciences, in an address Friday
on "The Values Beyond Honors
and Degrees." The occasion was
the school's annual honorst con
vocation. Anderson to address YW
vespers on scientist's life
Speaking on "The Life of a
Great Scientist," Lewi3 Anderson
will address those gathered at Y.
W. C. A. vespers In Ellen Smith
Tuesday at 5.
close
Drama opens Tuesday
night with Alexander,
Poellot in leading roles
"Tovarich," famous French
drama concerning two penniless
Russians of exalted rank, will open
Tuesday night as the final produc
tion of the current University
Players season. A cast of 15 stu
dents will present the play, which
is being directed by H. Alice How
ell, head of the speech department.
Robert Alexander and Doris
Marie Poellot will have the leading
roles in the internationally popu
lar play. Alexander will take the
part of Prince Mikail Alexandro
vitch Ouratieff, an exiled Cossack
general. His wife, the Grand
Duchess Tatiana Petrovna, will be
portrayed by Miss Poellot. In the
play, the two anonymously take
positions in a wealthy Paris home
as a butler and maid, in spite of
having 4 million francs entrusted
to them by the Russian Czar.
Gcissinger plays rich banker.
Verne Gelssineer is cast in the
role of Charles Dupont, wealthy
trench banker, in whose home the
general and grand duchess secure
employment. Kernande Dupont,
his wife, will be played by Hollis
I rench. The rest of the Dupont
family, George and Helene, will be
represented by Jack Bittner and
Barbara Eirk.
Other characters will be: Olga,
Tex Rozelle Rounds; Count Feo-
dor Brekenski, Donald Meier;
Chauffourier-Dubieff, Bernard
Menke; Martelleau, Larue Sorrel;
See TOVARICH, page 3
Storage cellar
nears finish
Workers pour concrete
into new supply vault
Construction of the storage cel
lar for scientific supplies, being
built west of Avery laboratory,
reached the halfway mark Thurs
day with pouring of 143 yards of
concrete. The new cellar will be
entirely underground, 50 feet wide,
75 feet long, and 1G feet deep. The
roof will be flush witli the ground
and furnish additional parking
space between the chemistry build
ing and the football practice field.
The structure, being financed by
the university and WPA, will be
completed by the middle of May,
according to Laurence F. Seaton,
operating superintendent.
One mile shelf space.
One mile shelf space for chemi
cal supplies and squipnient will
be provided in tin underground
room. Supplies will be brought in
thru the roof by elevator. A bur
glar and fire proof vault and two
constant temperature rooms have
been completed at one end of the
cellar. In these will be kept val
uable chemicals and equipment
and fluids that deteriorate easily.
O. A." Ellis, university construc
tion engineer, designed the cellar.
Civil engineering students in Prof.
M. I. Evinger's class in contracts
and specifications have followed
the work as a oart of class prob
lems. They vcr given plans of
the building from which to report
on each week's progress in con
struction and check the engineer's
estimates, ".'heir final problem
will be preparation of individual
sets of specifications and bids.
Union to serve buffet
Buffet supper will be served
from 5:30 till 7 tonight In par
lors ABC of the Union.
A wide variety of "vittles"
will tempt the palate of the hun
gry collegian. All you can eat
35c.
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