The Daily Nebraskan
VOL XXV. NO. 66.
THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, "THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 1926.
PRICE 5 CENTS.
FARM BUREAU
HEAD SPEAKS
TO FARMERS
Sam H. Thompson Addresses
Meeting of Organized
Agriculture
ADVISES ORGANIZATION
Declares That Thinking Farmer I
Necessary If Problem Are
To Be Solved
The program of the meeting of
Organized Agriculture Wednesday
included an address by Sam H.
Thompson, head of the Farm Bu
reau Federation. The sessions were
well-attended and an increase is ex
pected today. All meeting are held
at the College of Agriculture cam
pus. Mr. Thompson stated that he be
lieved a central organization was
necessary for an efficient service.
He said that the best thing the far
mer had done in the past few years
ies to make the business men realize
that the farmer's problems are the
business men's problems. This has
created a spirit of cooperation, he
said, that is invaluable.
"The fast modes of travel are
bringing about a social condition
that the farmers must awaken to,
Greater than money in the bank is
contentment," was Mr. Thompson's
conclusion. "Without contentment
there is no happiness."
Mr. Thompson said that he bad
sat in conference with all classes
of business men and that the "far
mers were the most unselfish of all.
"The farmer wishes to fat bis
business on a par with other busi
ness and the thinking farmer is the
only solution," declared Mr.
Th pson.
"Cooperating marketing has also
proved to the world that it is pos
sible to return more money to the
producer and not raise the price to
the consumer. Efficient distribu
tion is one of the great hopes of the
Farm Bureau. It is not necessary
to dispense with the middleman but
we only want to meet businessmen
in a business way.
"We must not watch the others
and knock. We must get a construc
tive program and push it through."
The main topic of discussion at
the Crop Growers association meet
ing was the growing of legumes, al
falfa and sweet clover, the prepara
tion of the ground, the benefits de
rived from these crops and the har
vest methods used.
The three varieties of alfalfa
used in Nebraska and discussed at
the meeting were the common or
domestic grade generally used in
this section of the country, the
Grinm and the Cossack, both better
known and in wider use in the
northern sections of the state and
in South and North Dakota.
Miss Norris, state seed analyst,
explained the scarification of hard
seed in sweet clover and alfalfa.
?he said that -out of 214 samples
of sweet clover seed, 21.86 percent
were hard seeds. Out of 256 sam
ples of alfalfa, 18 per cent were
hard seeds. It was stated by many
that sacrification pays. All of the
seed houses put out their seed al
ready scarified now, it was stated
and those growing their own, seed
should scarify it. Machines can
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Weather Forecast
Thursday: Cloudy and colder.
Miss Howell Attends Conferences
And Visits Many Eastern Schools
TelU of Experiences of Month's So
journ In Theatrical Circles of
the East. Saw More Than Thirty
Productions.
Trof. H. Alice Howell, director of
the Dramatic Department, has re
turned from a month's sojourn in
the East where she atteded two con
ferences, visited many schools,
saw over thirty productions, and
came in touch with divers theatri
cal peeple.
Miss Howell first attended tho
Pittsburg conference which was
composed of professors delegated
from t-.tch college that maintains a
large dramatic department and also
representatives from the little the
aters and community theaters.
The speakers at the conference
spoke of the future of the Ameri
can drama and the theatre. An
eastern professor made the remark
that he hoped to see the day when a
play would be written, produced and
staged, and brought into New York
from a college. The future of the
theatre was said to be found in the
college trained actors and actresses.
Miss Howell returned inspired and
more firm in her decision that one
should develop the theatre in his
own community in order to produce
wholesome, instructive and educa
tional recreation.
The other conference was called
by the National Association of the
Teachers of Speech.
While visiting the Emerson School
of Oratory, Miss Howell's alma ma
tre, she was asked to conduct one of
the classes. Upon the personal in
vitation. Miss Howell visited the de
partment of Prof. George P. Baked,
of Harvard fame and Yale activity.
Some of the other prominent schools
inspected were the College of Speech
Arts in Boston, Northwestern, and
the American Academy of Dramatic
Art.
Miss Howell, in speaking to her
Players class, told them of many in
teresting incidents. She spoke of
the lighting effects and the stage
craft used in some of the plays which
she had seen. Most enthusiastically
she expressed to the class the suc
cessful work which she had seen
dne by Mr. Jenks, in the Hampton
production of "Hamlet" and "The
Merchant of Venice-" While in
New York Miss Howell also saw Ger
trude Moran who has been in several
plays on Broadway. Aspirants who
would strive for dramtic success in
New York were warned of the pros
pects and conditions there.
In concluding, Miss Howell said.
"I find that Nebraska is spending as
much time as any and more than
many schools on the fundamentals
of the art."
TASSELS WILL BE
HOSTESSES AT TEA
Will Entertain ' Univerity Women
From 4 to 6 O'clock Today in
Ellen Smith Hall
Members of the Tassels, Nebraska
women's pep organization, will be
hostesses at the weekly tea given for
all University women under the aus
pices of Associated Women Students
from 4 to 6 o'clock this afternoon
at Ellen Smith HalL
In the receiving line will be Ruth
Clendenin, Geraldine Fleming, Mar.
garet Long, Helen Aach, and Esther
Zinnicker. Miss Dorothy Simpson
of the physical education department
will preside at the tea table the first
hour, and Marial Flynn will preside
,p second hour. The program will
'include piano, vocal, and dancing
numbers.
BEFORE
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DR. SOUTHWICK
'GIVES READING
Interprets the Famous Shakes
peare Play Before Respon
sive Audience
DESCRIBES THE 'SETTING
Dr. Henry Lawrence Southwick,
president of Emerson college of or
atory at Boston, read Shakespeare's
Richard III Wednesday evening at
the Temple theater to an audience
which recalled him again and again
at the close of his interpretation.
An interesting and colorful his
torical setting for the play was giv
en by Dr. Southwick after his intro
duction by Mr. Leon Connell of the
dramatic department, who received
much of his training at Emerson
college.
Shakespeare's Richard III, said
Dr. Southwick, will always be the
Richard of the public, although later
historians have stripped him of all
the vallainy which Lancastrian writ
ers laid to him following his defeat
and death on Boswell field. The
author was an artist first and a his
torian second. President Southwick
declared, and had not facilities for
getting at the facts; hence his dra
mas are not always historically accu
rate. The famous playwright, how
ever, the sneaker said, was a great
teacher of English history and of
loyalty to England.
Dr. Southwick's interpretation of
the characters brought each one close
to the audience, endowed each with
his own definite personality.
His choice was so well made that
the action proceeded clearly to a
logical end. He traced the begin
ning of Richard's infamy from the
murder of Henry VI, through the
smothering of the "princes in the
tower" to his casting off of Buck
ingham, the man who raised him to
the throne, and his murder of his
wife, Anne, whom he had won after
slaying her husband.
The fineness of his characteriza
tions extended to minute modulations
of voice and subtle changes of fea
tures for each actor in the story
of Richard's tyranny. His nltra
feminijie portrayal of Anne, whom
Richard wooed as she followed the
funeral of Henry VI, of her weaken
ing as Richard's flattery grew, won
his hearers.
The famous soliloquies of Richard
were given with keen analysis of
motive and of cunning ambition oi
the Platagenet prince.
"My Kingdom for a horse!" Rich
ard's last words in the play as he
staggers across the stage, wounded
and alone, was one of his best interpretations.
DISAPPROVAL
OF CHURCHES
IS EXPRESSED
Student Interdenominational
Conference Voices Dissatisfaction
ADMIT OWN WEAKNESS
Goes on Record as Condemning In
tellectual Laziness of Under
graduates (By a Special Representative).
General dissatisfaction with the
unchristian methods of the present
day Christian churches was voiced
at the student interdenominational
conference held at the First Metho
dist church in Evanston, JUinois, on
December 29, 30, 31, and January 1.
The bickering between denomi
nations, the faults encumbent on an
organization whose end was lost in
the business-like efficiency necess
ary in the membership of the mod
ern church, the rivalries and dupli
cations in small communities by de
nominations striving to cover the
same ground, the molding of service
work and objectives in accordance
with the moneyed interests of the
church all were criticized by the
near thousand of students from the
entire United States.
Nearly all conceded before the
close of the conference that as a
body they were mentally incapable of
offering practical, worth while sug
gestions that would materially aid in
the progress of the church today. A
note of hopefulness was apparent at
all times. That the church was able
to cope with labor problems, class
distinctions, the intellectual doubt
and shallowness of the time, the un
christian character of the world's
civilization was not doubted.
Practical suggestions were not
forthcoming beyond the point of es
tablishing the facts concerning con
ditions, except where findings com
mittees made special reports as in
regard to missions, social service,
war, education, labor problems, edu
ration within the church.
Discussion followed the platform
presentation of the subjert of war
condemned the " compulsory feature
of R. O. T. C. work in universities
and high schools. It was branded
by some as a deliberate continuation
of false war propoganda. The con
vention voted to go on record as op
posing war as a crime, and further
to stand for the abolishing of mili
tary training in schools. Represen
tatives of the Fellowship of Youth
for Peace were particularly heated in
their denunciation of military train
ing, but their sentiment did not
seem to be well received by the ma
jority of the delegates. Rising votes
taken on the question indiacted more
delegates willing to go on record
war than indiacted that they would
fight. A large majority declined to
take any stand.
The shallowness of thinking of the
average college student was shown
again and again by the case with
which the conpention was swayed
from one side of a question to anoth-
jer, merely by the presentation of a
new point. The conference recorded
its disgust 'with the intellectual lazi
ness common on raost campuses.
Delegates from the University
were: John Allison, Ethel Saxon,
Corral Dubrey, Lloyd Marti, Newell
Joyner, Orville Bosley, Adrian Ed
gar, Isola Curry, Esther Garrett,
Joe Stenner, Esther White, Vetura
Cave, Fern Harbough, Margaret
Hyde, V. Royce West.
and
Old University Hall with its tower
rising almost seven stories from the
ground was the outstanding landmark
of the city campus from the opening
day of the University in 1871 to the
time that wreckers razed it after it
was condemned by the Board of Re
gents. The tower and old slanting
slate roof four stories high, were visi
ble from nearly all parts of the cam
pus in mellow contrast with the flat
topped buildings that rose up as the
University grew.
The stump of University Hall
shown to the right is the building that
now greets students. Instead of the
old tower and roof, the chimneys of
the power house can now be seen,
where before they were unknown.
The new roof is as flat as a modern
roof can be made, and a concrete
ledge is set on top of the walls of
aged brick. The building will be
used for classes for at least two years
until a new hall is erected to lake
the place of old "Uni" HalL ,
Chancellor Points Oat Complexity
Of City Junior College Question
Archeologist to Give
Lecture Friday Night
. At n joint meeting of Sigma
Xi and Phi Beta Knppa, Dr. Ed
gar L. Hewct, American arche
ologist, will give an illustrated
lecture on the archeology of the
Southwest. The meeting will be
held in the Temple theatre Fri
day evening at eight o'clock. It
is open to the public. Dr. Hewet
is one of America's foremost ar
cheologists. GLEE CLUB TO
GIVE PROGRAM
Will Appear at Musical Con
vocation This Morning
At Temple
NUMBERS ARE VARIED
The University Glee Club will pre
sent the program for the musical
convocation this morning at the
Temple theater at 11 o'clock. The
glee club is composed of forty mem
bers, and is under the direction of
Parvin Witte, of the Conservatory of
Music at Nebraska Wesleyan univer
sity. A program for the spring vaca
tion trip throughout Nebraska, is
now being prepared by the glee club.
Present plans are for a trip of about
ten days. The University glee club
will also broadcast January 12 from
the University studio, over KFAB.
Both classical and popular num
bers are included in the program for
this morning. The selections are:
Tenebrae Factae Sunt Pales
trina. Come Again Sweet Love Dow-
land.
Listen Lovely Maid Evans
Wait 'Till I Put on My Crown
Reddick.
Lindy Lou Strickland.
Lillian Helms Polley, soprano, in
structor accredited .to the University
of Nebraska, will appear in the pro
gram next Tuesday, January 14.
FRENCH STUDENTS
ARRANGE PROGRAM
Will Present Three Plays Saturday
Evening in Public Performance
at the Temple
A French program open to the
public will be given Saturday even
ing at 8 in Faculty HalL Temple. Part
of the program will consist of three
'plays with the following casts:
I Rosalie by Maurey
IM. Bol Robert E. Powell.
Ulme Bol Dorothy L. Biggerstaff.
j Rosalie Arvella M. Hanson.
i Aux Champs by Lavedan
Le cycliste Walter W. Eggers.
Le vieux A. H. Jensen.
Interieur by Maeterlinck
Dans le jardin
L'Etranger Henry Margenau.
Le viellard A. H. Jensen.
Marthe Arvella M. Hanson.
Marie Julia A. Gerber.
Dans la maison
Le pere Raymond G. Hinds.
Les deux filles Ruth E. Barker,
Alice E. Criss.
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'X
Scholastic Standards, Direction, and
Finance Must Be Considered If
They are To be Established in Ne
braka Cities.
"Establishment of city junior col
leges throughout the state would be
a very complex mntter," Chancellor
Samuel Avery declared yesterday
afternoon in his office. "There are,
for example, the questions of schol
astic standards, financial support,
and direction and control."
"If there is a general establish
ment of city junior colleges in Ne
braska, it would be vitally import
ant to enforce uniform scholastic
standards in these colleges," the
chancellor emphasized.
"In states where city junior col
leges have been establishd, it is un
doubtedly true that the total number
of students who strive for a college
education has been increased a con
siderable extent. I believe that be
fore a policy of establishing local
colleges throughout the state is con
sidered the heads of the educational
system of the state should thoroughly
consider the practical phases of the
plan."
The city junior college has been
tried in California, Iowa, and other
states with success. Kansas has
twelve junior colleges.
In the junior college only two
years of college work is offered. The
purposes are to relieve the conges
tion of the state universities, to keep
the student under home influence
longer, and to lessen the expense of
obtaining a higher education.
Local colleges are being introduced
into the public school system at Mc
Cook, Fairbury, and North Platte.
These cities plan to maintain junior
colleges with a small faculty in the
high school building. The college is
a municipal undertaking and will be
supported entirely by the city.
SKATING RINK IS
READY FOR USE
Winter Sports Will Be Sponsored by
W. A. A. When Weather Reach
es Freezing Point
! Women athletes twill engage in
winter sports under the direction
I of W. A. A. on the first zero weath
er. The ground of the skating rink
I has been prepared for flooding, the
pipes have been laid, and all that re-
mains is the freezing of the ice. The
J toboggan slide is ready for erection
'and the toboggans have been purchased-
Lights have been put up
and skating in the evening will be
possible.
The skating rink will be used by
the physical education classes in the
earlier part of the day. It will be
open to all students, men and wo
men, from three to six, and seven to
ten, for the fee of ten cents.
Want Geologists to
Go to South America
The Lapo Petroleum Corporation
of New York City has requested
Prof. E. F. Schramm of the geology
department to recommend three
more geologists from the University
of Nebraska for positions in Vene
zuela, South America. Richard
Hughes of Auburn, ar:d E. T. Uls
trom, of Lincoln, left last month to
accept positions with the company in
South America, and three more will
leave in response to this request
soon.
AFTER
SECRETARIES
VISIT LOCAL
ASSOCIATION
National and Regional Repre
sentatives Are Guests of
Student Y. M. C. A.
TO SPEAK TO FRESHMEN
David R. Porter, National Executive
Will Confer with Alumni and
Undergraduates
David R. Porter, of New York, the
national executive secretary of the
Y. M. C. A., and Ben Cherrington
of Denver, the regional secretary,
will visit the Nebraska association
today and tomorrow. Mr. Porter
comes with a special message for the
freshmen, and the committee in
charge urges every man to attend as
many meetings as possible, as the
members feel that it is very seldom
that students have the opportunity
of meeting a man as well known as
he.
Mr. Porter is a Rhodes scholar,
and has travelled extensively. He
has held the position of national ex
ecutive secretary for ten years, and
is in close touch with - the Student
Christian Movement. At present he
is spending his time touring the
country, and visitine the Y. M. C.
A. organizations at the various uni
versities. Mr. Cherrington Is an
old Nebraska alumnus, having been
graduated in the class of 1911.
According to the program which
ht.s been planned for their visit, on
Thursday noon there will be a lunch
eon and meeting with the Advisory
Board. Thursday evening from 5 to
7:30 o'clock Mr. Porter and Mr.
Cherrington will meet with the
Freshman Council in the Y. M. C. A.
rooms.
Friday noon there will be a lunch
eon and meeting with the Omaha al
umni, and Friday night will be a
meeting with the cabinet and other
leaders, as well as any persons inter
ested in this line of work.
FORMER DORMITORY
TO HOUSE CLASSES
German Students Unable to Meet in
Rebuilt U Hall; New Rooms
Being Fitted Out.
The dormitory building at 1228 R
street will be put to a new use next
semester, when classes of the Ger
man department, forced out of Uni
veisity Hall, will take possession.
Women students living in the dor
mitory moved to the other campus
dormitories during the vacation. The
; rooms will be equipped for classes
i by the time the next semester begins.
I Part of the classes formerly raeet-
ing in University Hall will return to
ithe building next semester to occupy
!the rooms on the first floor and in
j the basement. Professor Stuff's
j classes will move back to their old
quarters from Eancroft public school
'and Romance Language department
) class rooms will again meet together
after several weeks on all parts of
the campus.
Wetsminister House, the Presby
terian parsonage at 335 North 14th
street, which was pressed into ser
vice at the time o fthe emergency
Closing of University Hall, will be
used for the remainder of the year.
Professor Rice's classes will be held
there.
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