D
AILY NEBRASKA
Official Student Newspaper of the University of Nebraska
VOL. XXX NO. 66.
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1930.
HK1CE FIVE CENTS.
TWO
HUNDRED
NEWSBOYS ENTERTAINED BY INTERF RATERNITY COUNCIL
JENSEN CLAIMS
UNIVERSITY HAS
MISUSED FUNDS
THREE BUILDINGS
1HE
N
BURNETT TELLS
ABOUT NEED FOR
Women's Dormitory Is First
On Program; Approved
By Legislature.
DESIRE TO ISSUE BONDS
Laboratory Space and Class
Recitation Buildings
Are Essential.
Editor's Note: In the Decem
ber issue of The Nebraska Alum
nus, Chancellor E. A. Burnett
discusses the building program
proposed by the board of regents.
The board recently submitted its
budget to the legislature which
will make possiblc'this program.
The chancellor's discussion fol
lows: Prcgranis for public improve
ment.: are in the public mind and
press daily. It is generally recog
nized that this year is the most op
portune time since 1913 for the
construction of buildings. It should
bo remembered that building- costs
are low and thnt construction dur
ing; the coming months will help
keep labor employed and improve
the general trend of business. The
University of Nebraska has recoe
riized the general financial con'di
tion of the country and has set up
a conservative program of capital
improvements in line with public
demands.
Three buildings or major Impor
t mce are asked this year. They
will cost less than a single build
ing recently erected at some of our
sister institutions, but thev will be
modern and suitable for their in
tended use. The women's dormi
tory should come first, since the
project was approved by the Inst
legislntnre and 5100.000 provided
in addition to money for the site.
In I'.tt. nil the money requested
was provided but after working
out plans for housing 38(5 women
and dclei mining the cost of carry
in;: .-.team and other connections to
t'K rile it. semis nrccs-'.'wv to ask
for an additional $ 100,000. This
will a:." i over the cost of furnish
if;.! .".nil e'j'iipi'ient.
Plan Sell Bonds.
The original idea, was to Issue
l:ou . I'n,- Cu e '-nivi-U.s of the vmt
and sell them to the public. It Is
now p' cor ed to ask tnt? legisla
ture to au! hoi ie the state t cons
ul ei to purcli:i:;t! the bonds from
the. mover. .ily endowment fund
c.u:i,d 111 tl:e sl:Ue treasury. These
v. o::ld be repaid with interest, in
the sinie manner as though they
were sold to private Investors. Un
it. -s Ui" addinonal sum, asked Is
gmnterl, the 1' iilal costs of the
dormitory must be raised accord
ingly, -'.iore than 25 percent of the
s'.iee in I he buddings will be de
voted to the general interests of
women f.tudents and should not be
charge J against thojc living in the
h iiu.
1 lie development of the women s
work at the college' of agriculture
has continued lor many years
without a corresponding growth in
laboratory space. Where fifteen
years ago there wore but three di
visions of this work there are now
six, where there were but eight
teailk.is there are now fifteen. The
growth in student registration hn.s
meiased in like proportion. Ke
bcarch departments hive been set
up, requiring laboratories. The
co.'t of maintaining this research,
is paid f loi.i federal funds. The
di iismds i:;sm the cafeteria have
tumbled in live years without any
increase in accommodations ex
cept in dark l.ssemcnt rooms. One
hundred foiiy-five thousand meals
were served lust vcar in quarters
much smaller than that used by
private cafeterias
; N.ted Room for Research.
'i'Work jn foods, and dietetics, in
ft.tul.onal management, art and
dusign, clothing, home manage
ment, and research work in home
problems are conducted under such
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SCHOLARSHIP PLAQUE
1.15
GrceK Council To Reward
Student Entering
Pest Pattern.
Kinnl deadline for the scholar
ship plaque contest has been set
for Jan. 15, ItKil, by the Interfra
ternity council. All drawings and
plans for the contests must be in
the ha nil;! of the scholarship
plavjue ci'inmiUee of the council
by tl.i d.ite.
Th'.i committee is desirous of
grttihg lit-my suggestions, in onto
tluit a laiiK'.b'.e placque can be
presented to the ranking fraterni
ties this year. The placing of the
fi'inl d aUi for plans to be sub
mitted was because more sugges
tions could be received if students
were givn a chance to work on
them over vacation.
Tn.' idea of scholarship award
must be stressed in the designs.
Th'v snould be simple to secure
perfect casting. If present plans
materialize, it is possible that the
plaeques will be cast in the uni
vorr.itv foundry according to tne
announcement of Pachard Dever
au:;, chairman of the committee.
Suitable prizes will be awarded
to the student submitting the best
design tor the new placques, and
the rotnest is open to any student
in the university. The plans of the.
contestants should be mailed to the
Interfraternity council office, room
9, Morrill hall before Jan. 15.
DEADLINE SET M
When this photograph was
the coliseum, waa at its height.
the boys were treated to candy,
HUE DOUBTS
ADVISABILITY OF
Economics Head Believes
Depression Is Due To
Other Causes.
ENDORSES FARM BOARD
Remedy Lies in Reducing
Production Of Goods
By Manufacturer.
"I have no doubt that if people
generally went on spending as
usual it would make business bet
ter for the time being," said Prof.
G. O. Virtue, chairman of the de
partment of economics, in a recent
interview concerning the depres
sion and the campaigns for spend
ing as a remedy. "Active buying
from retailers means active buy
ing from wholesalers, and finally
from manufacturers. Nevertheless,
people who purchase with the end
in view of making business active
are likeb in the long run to in
jure themselves and have but lit
tle effect In bringing the depres
sion to an end."
I r. Virtue traced the business
slump to "deep-seated" causes, and
suggested that "the remedy prob
ably lies in drastic readjustments
on the part of producers to meet
the situation by reducing produc
tion, or In finding new economies
in the conduct of their business,
and thus' a reduction in prices."
He declared that low prices are
the best inducement for buying,
and the lowering of prices is main
ly up to manufacturers. Speaking
of the advice given by various
periodicals and politicians to buy
now and restore prosperity, he ar
gued "If families of small means
spend freely to stimulate business,
the effect may be only to put otr
the time of readjustment, and in
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IS IN MAILS TODAY
Publication Carries Page
About Achievements
of Willa Cather.
GRADUATE EARNS MEDAL
The December issue of the
Nebraska Alumnus, official pub
lication of the alumni associa
tion of the University of Ne
braska, went into the malls this
morning. An entire page in this
months publication was devoted
to Willa Cather, the Nebraska
author who was one of four to
be honored by the America
Academy of Arts- and Letters.
A picture of the Cornhusker
graduate was carried telling of
her achievements in the writing
field. She received a medal for
writing "Death Comes to the
Archbishop."
The feature article was writ
ten by Chancellor Burnett, on
the new building program. His
message is reprinted in full else
where in thp Daily Nebraskan.
"Daily Life in Honduras" w is
the title of an article by Jessio
Stearns Nixon, '29. . Mrs. Hunt
lives, with her husband, in La
Cciba. She relates conditions
there, explaining living condi
tions, the weather and other in
teresting features.
Maurice H. Weseen, associate
professor of business English,
wants to know "Why Not a
Better Spelling Week?" He ex
plains that we have weeks de
voted to practically everything
else and should have time de
voted to cne.of the first essen
tials of education.'1
Relating her thrilling experi
ences in the Orient Margaret
Seeck, '16, writes. "Teaching in
China." She relates her harrow
ing experiences during the war
in China, and tells of the de
struction of property and the
famine brought about by the
war
Pictures and paragraphs about
pertinent campus events and the
usual section devoted to the do
ings of graduates complete the
book.
SPENDING
DRIVE
Photo by Macrionald.
Courteay of The Journal.
taken Wednesday night, the Christmas party, given by the University of Nebraska Interfraternity council for 200 Lincoln newsboys at
Two juvenile dancers were going thru their capers to the amusement of their newsboy audience. Other entertainment was furnished and
nuts and fruit.
WEATHER
Generally fair Friday. No
decided change in temperature.
WESLEY PLAYERS
WILL GIVE DRAMA
AT EAGLE CHURCH
Alumni and active members of
Wesley Players, national dramatic
organization, have recast the re
ligious drama, "The Other Wise
Man," and will present this play
at the Methodist church in Eagle
next Sunday evening and at the
St. Paul Methodist church, Lin
coln, on Sunday evening, Dec. 28
Both showings will begin about
7:45 o'clock.
Harold Woods will again play
the lead role, Artiban, while Irene
Fee will appear in the part of The
Woman of Bethlehem. The sup
porting cast will include active
and alumni members of the1 or
ganization. The play is being pre
sented by personal permission of
the author, Mr. Van Dyke.
The book of this name has been
dramatized by the author and
deals with the story of Artiban
who sets out on a journey to meet
the three wise men to accompany
them to see the Christ child. How
he is delayed and fails to meet
them and see the new born babe,
is the theme of the drama.
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Printer's Ink Editor Says
Business Looking for
Activity Man.
(From Wiconln Dally Cardinal.)
"In my interviews with heads of
large manufacturing concerns, I
have found that almost invariably
they have emphasized the value
of extra curricular activities in
considering college men for posi
tions," said Clinton Roy Dickinson
to the, Princetorian recently. Mr.
Dickinson is at present associate
editor of Printer s Ink, and in col
lege was business manager of the
Princetonian and prominent in the
Triangle club.
"I could name 25 or 30 compan
ies, for example the Goodrich Rub
ber Co., with which the liberal atti
tude and the ability to meet new
conditions, developed by outside
work, counts heavily. My occupa
tion brings me in rontact with
many business leaders, so that I
know, many actual cases in which
the man who makes good has en
gaged in some college activity
such as the Princetonian, the Ti
ger, the Triangle, or some other
outside activity. It is from these
that a man acquires ability for
leadership, ability to mix with
other people, and the ability most
important of all, to cope with new
situations as they arise. These are
the qualities that business requires
today.
"Under the new four course
plan opportunity for original work
is greatly increased and I am very
much in favor of it. Extra curric
ular activities, and in this I include
athletics, ought to be greatly en
couraged under the four course
plan, for they are both aimed at
the same object, that Is, to develop
men to take their place in life
well equipped to proceed for them
selves. "The day of the specialist is pas
sing in my opinion. Taking his
place is the man who knows the
fundamentals of all business. I
know of hundreds of examples of
banks which have put men of ex
ecutive ability in business positions
of one kind one week and have
asked them to run a totally differ
ent kind of business the next
week. And it this background and
initiative which extra curricular
activities develop in a man, and
which the world is looking for."
HOME EC ALUMNAE
VISIT AG CAMPUS
Mildred Tucker, former student,
now a dietician at Raenswood
hospital, Chicago, 111., visited the
Campus Calendar
Friday.
Social Dancing Class from
7:30 to 9 o'clock Dec. 19. at the
Armory.
Saturday, Dee. 20.
No social dancing clafi.
Harlan Easton Has
Butler to King in Player Acts
Everything from the colonel
down to the butler and back up to
the king is the story of Harlan
Easton's dramatic career with the
University Players. Easton plays
the lead in "The Importance of Be
ing Earnest," the play .being pre
sented by the players this week.
Mr. Easton who is a senior in
the dramatic department, has
played in fifteen plays since he en
tered the university as a freshman.
"I prefer comedy parts," he said,
"and I enjoyed the contrast be
tween the slapstick part of Bottom,
the Weaver, in 'Midsummer
Night's Dream' and the sophisti
cated role of John Worthing in
'The Importance of Being Earn
est.' " Mr. Easton's favorite dra
matic part was Mr. Alquist in "R.
U. R."
Arms Fall Off.
When asked to tell some of the
funny incidents that have hap
pened while he has been on the
stage, Easton said that the fun
niest thing that he could recall was
tthe presentation of "The Royal
Family" for the Lincoln Woman's
club. When the show was first
presented, the players included in
their cast Robert Reade's-baby, but
when the play was presented to the
club, the child was too large; so
a life-size doll was used instead, i
Party Too Hoi for
A. T. O. Chawrone
at loua U. Dance
IOWA CITY, la. Alpha Tau
Omega and Delta Tau Delta
fraternities have lost all social
privileges for the academic year
for violations of social regula
tion. One of the chaperons at an A.
T. O. party was injured by an
explosion of a firecracker.
Members of the fraternity
blamed It on an uninvited guest
but the faculty committee de
cided that they would have to
do without parties for the re
mainder of the year.
The Delts were penalized for
staging an unscheduled and un
ohaperoned party.
home economics department last
Tuesday. Clara Dugan, in exten
sion work at the University of
Montana, visited the department
Thursday.
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Willie Arture. one of Pittsburgh's cagers, looks over Eddie
Baker's sweatshirt. Baker was captain of the Pitt football team last
season.
Had Roles of
Just as the doll was being handed
over to grandmama, one of the
arms fell off just before grand
mama was to remark, "When one
drops out. there is always another
to take its place. Grandmama,
who died at this point in the play,
died laughing.
The first lead Easton played was
as Bottom, the Weaver in "Mid
summer Night's Dream," a comedy
part Other parts that he will be
remembered in are Dr. Fellman in
"The Queen's Husband," Mr. Al-
ouist in "R. U. R.," Santhanaka in
"The Little Clay Cart," King
Claudia in "Hamlet," and Edward
Seaton in "Holiday."
On Chautauqua.
Two years ago, Easton went on
the Red-Path Harrison Chautauqua
circuit in "Sun-up, playing the
villian and a character part. He
intends to go to New York next
year and to make dramatics his
career.
Mr. Easton is a member of Pi
Epsilon Delta, National Collegiate
Players, Gamma Lambda Delta,
national band honorary, Kappa
Tau Lambda, local dramatic hon
orary for men, and last year was
associate editor of the Student Di
rectory. He holds a reserve com
mission from the R. O. T. C. and
is a member of Delta Sigma
Lambda fraternity.
CRAWFORD GIVES TEA
Authors Tell Students
Their Experiences
With Writing.
Of
Robert P. Crawford, profes
sor of agricultural journalism,
was host to about a hundred at
a tea in the Home Economics
building Thursday afternoon from
3 to 4 o'clock. Guests included
the members of Professor Craw
ford's classes in journalism, W.
W. Burr, dean of the college of
agriculture, and a number of
men and women interested in
writing.
Professor Crawford presided
and introduced the speakers of
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PANTHER
Courtnv of Tht Journal
1
1 "wW-P i "t
KLUB ANNOUNCES
FINAL DATE
ACCEPTING PLAYS
Deadline on Manuscripts for
Spring Show Is Set
For Jan- 13.
ONE TO BE SELECTED
Annual Comedy of Society
Will Be Chosen From
Work Submitted.
The deadline for acceptance of
shows, one of which will be pro
duced as the Kosmet Klub spring
musical comedy, has been set for
Tuesday, Jan. 13, according to an
announcement from the club late
yesterday afternoon.
Kosmet Klub is sponsoring a
contest to get original manuscript
and music written by students for
use in its annual show. Several
students have turned in synopses
of their stories and are working
on the productions so as to have
them ready by the deadline, a
prize 01 fifty dollars win De
awarded the author of the win
ning manuscript as well as the
composer of the music which ac
companies it.
Big Activity.
In case one person writes both
manuscript and music, both prizes
will go to him. The spring show
of Kosmet Klub is one of the or
ganization's biggest activities. In
previous years, all male casts have
been used in the production, tioao
trips to principal towns in Ne
braska have been taken and show
ings of several days made in Lin
coln. Last year precedent was broken
with a mixed cast. The show was
not taken out of Lincoln, but
played in the Temple theater for
two nights. Members of the club
are undecided this year wneiner
they will use an all male, or a
mixed1 cast. Much favorable sen
timent has been expressed toward
an all male cast, but nothing defi
nite has been settled.
In order to have enough time for
selecting: the cast and working on
the show, the deadline for accept
ance of manuscripts has been set
for Jan. 13. This will be enforced
and no plays will be accepted after
the date, according to tne ciuo
members.
AIIEND CONFERENCE
Three Students to Journey
To Detroit Faculty
Student Meet.
NATIONAL IN SCOPE
Dr. C. H. Patterson, Meredith
Nelson, Lyndell Brunback, and
Gertrude Clark will attend the
second national Faculty-Student
conference in Detroit from Dec. 27
to 31, 1930. Dr. Patterson is a
member of the invitation commit
tee for the conference and one of
the leading workers in gaining in
terest in the work.
The conference is the second of
its kind in the history of the
movement. The first one was held
at Princeton In 1928. The confer
ence is under the auspices of the
national student Y. W. C. A. and
the national student Y. M. C. A.
operating through the Council of
Christian associations.
To Discuss Seven Topics.
Seven different phases oi
thought will be descussed at the
meeting. The seven topics will
have discussion leaders front
among the foremost leaders of
thought in American universities,
according to officials arranging
the program. The sectional meet
ings will take place each day dur
ing the conference.
James L. McConaughy of Wes
leyan university and convenor of
the conference will conduct the
section devoted to the administra
tive policy.
The educational system will be
discussed is the section by that
name. It will bn led by Charles
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Former Instructor Issues
Statement To New
Legislators.
HITS BUILDING PROGRAM
Administration Accused cf
Turning Over Property
To Fraternities.
In a statement addressed to
members of the incoming state
legislature and released for Friday
morning publication, Anton H.
Jensen, former university instruc
tor and gubernatorial candidate,
charges the university administra
tion with misuse of university
funds in connection with frater
nities and sororities and Lincoln
street development.
Jensen claims that the adminis
tration has purchased property for
fraternities and apparently has
not received Just return from these
organizations. He also criticizes
what he believes to be needless ex
pansion of the university campus
oeyona fourteenth street.
Jensen was for eight years a
member of the University of Ne
braska faculty, teaching In the
romance language department He
opposed Charles W. Bryan for the
democratic nomination for gover
nor last summer.
Prefers Charges.
His charres ap-ainsr the nni vaf.
sitv administration u,pr marl In a
lengthy statement which also dealt
wnn me siaie tax laws. The part
concerning the university follows:
At this time there is also an
other matter to which I would re
spectfully call the attention of the
incoming- legislature. In th au
tumn of 1925 two lots were pur
chased outright by the university
funds (page 410 of deed record
258 and Page 152 of deed record
260, Lancaster county.)
The university received, in ex
change, groundage of a slightly
larger extent but of no value to
the university, the whole transac
tion thus resulting apparently in a
not loss to university funds. When
the unievrsity regents turned over
the lots to the said fraternity, a
part of the originial purchase was
withheld. Presumably this is to be
part of Lincoln's Fifteenth street
development, purchased evidently
with university funds.
Board Tries Purchase.
Some time later it was revealed
in district court of Lancaster
county that the board of regents
had attempted to purchase the
property immediately west from
the above property, for a con
sideration of $12,500. This was in
tended for another fraternity.
Whther hte university was ever to
receive a cent in exchange is to
me unknown.
In the fall of 1929, according to
a public statement, a warranty
deed was filed by hte "Sigma CUi
Building corporation transferring
their rights to the property at Fif
teenth and Vine to the board of
regents for a consideration of $100
with a balance due of $49,000. A
mortgage is held on the property
for $14,500 by the First Trust
company."
The university administration is
thus involving university funds,
not by the tens of thousands, but
bv the hundreds of thousands in
connection iwth university frater
nities, sororities, and juncoln
street development university
funds that to surh a pvtonf rnmo
from direct taxation and student
fees. It might be added that the
above list is far from exhaustive,
and that one of the fraternities in
volved is that of Nebraska's last
two republican governors. More
over, the above is only one type
of high finance, among several,
that is being played at the state
university.
Recommends Probe.
In view of this situation and in
view of this situation and in view
of the costly state of academic ir
responsibility at the state univer
sity, I respectfully recommend to
the members of the legislature an
Investigation of the state univer
sity, immediately upon the con
vening of the legislature, which
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WILL CLOSE SATURDAY
Successful Week's Run Made
By "Importance of
Being Earnest."
By ROSELINE PIZER.
Last performance of a success
ful week's run of "The Importance
of Being Earnest" will be pre
sented by University players Sat-
urday evening at 7:30 o'clock In
the Temple theater.
A plot of highly amusing situa- -
tions aid intriguing entanglements
Is entertaining and unusually clev
er. The scene depicting jonn
Worthing proposing, on his knees,
to Miss Fairfax as her mother.'
walks in, and Miss Fairfax's em
phatic, "M'ma, this is no place for "
you," proved to be one of the fun
niest in the show, nd there arc
plenty of others.
The governess and the reverend,
are typical characters who furnish
good comedy In the play with over
serious airs. And it turns out
that there really is an Earnest-
after two people claim to be Earn
est in the first act and disclaim
it In the second. And he is not
the mythical brother that John
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