V : ? t 1 Vi . u r m , he Daily Nebraskan Official Student Newspaper of the University of Nebraska VOL. XXX NO. 79. LINCOLN, NEBRASKA. THURSDAY. JANUARY 22, 1931 PRICE FIVE CENTS. FORCED DRILL NCIL RAPS II F AT IY BALL TICKET SALE TO 0PENT0M0RR0W Pasteboards Will Be Sold At Both Book Stores And by Members. ALL STUDENTS INVITED Decorative Scheme Includes Emblems of All Local Greek Chapters. Tickets for the Interfraternity ball Feb. 7, will go on sale tomor row morning; at eight o'clock at both book stores and by members of the Interfraternity council. The council will hold a meeting to night at 7:80 to distribute the tick ets. A limited number of tickets is being placed on sale and students wishing to attend tne arrair are ad vised to get their tickets at once, according to council officers. The t tickets are being offered at $2.50 each. Arrangements for a new plan of decoration are rapidly being com pleted by Robert Kinkead, in ;N charge of decorations, and will be announced soon. The Cornhusker ballroom, the scene of the party on Feb. 7, will be decorated so as to represent Nebraska's thirty-eight fraternities. Benny Moten's fourteen piece orchestra, from Kansas City, will furnish the music for this mid-season event. This band records for Victor and is well known through out the country. Moten is a noted writer of blues tunes and the whole organization is made up of talented entertainers. k Tickets will not be limited to ' fraternity men but any student is invited to attend according to Marvin Von Seggern, chairman of the committee. It was learned yes terday that the Cornhusker will open up additional checking rooms for the affair to get away from the usual jam after the party. NEBRASKA LIVESTOCK Best Hog, Cattle Sent to Colorado Exhibit From Ag College. University of Nebraska ex hibited the grand champion fat barrow, a Hampshire, and the champion Hereford herd of cattle at the National Western Livestock show being held In Denver this week, according to information reaching the college of , agricul ture today. This la the second consecutive year Nebraska has copped the high honors in the fat barrow class at the Denver show, having won the grand championship last year. The Hampshire barrow winning this year is the same animal that was exhibited by Henry Sexon, cham pion swine showman at the Junior Ak-Sar-Sen show held on the ag college campus recently. Included ra the showing of live stock being made at Denver is twenty-one head of cattle, twelve sheep, and fifteen swine. Prac tically all of the shipment will be sold the latter part of this week at public auction. Anti-Military Drill Movement Five Years Ago, Instigated by Student t Pastors, Quashed by University BY FRANCES H0LY0KE. That the present campaign against compulsory military train ing is not the first to have been started on this campus was re vealed yesterday by the Keverend F. V. Leavitt of David City Congregational church who was formerly Congregational uni versity pastor. In an interview with a Nebraskan reporter, Air. Leavitt told of a campaign started during the school year of 1926 and 1927, 'The anti-military agitation was not then primarily a student move ment," he stated. "It was insti gated by Harry Huntington, who was at that time the Methodist student pastor; Arthur Jorgenson, who was secretary of the y. M. C. A.; Harold Fey, university pas tor representing the Christian . . J 1 r Aa iiT.r. and mvseu. we irciuo " ... - . ..raV"lHh!.rri?. n(l havinr office headquarters in the having office headquarters Temple building and at the same time were acting in a manner detrimental to the best interests of the university." Few Students Interested. When asked whether students backed the movement Mr. Leavitt said that there were a few who j shared his aversion to military science but that for the most part the students seemed apathetic and. uninterested. The D.iiy Nebraskan, , he stated, took no dpfinite standi ii. i - W....V. SIGMA PI SIGMA, PSYCHOLOGY FRAT CHANGES ITS NAME Sigma PI Sigma, honorary psy chological fraternity, changed its name at its second annual meeting in Iowa City recently due to the existence of a previou.sly organized physics honorary of the same name. The fraternity now styles itself Psl Chi having taken the name which the local Nebraska chapter has had since its organiza tion in September, 1928. At this meeting Mrs. J. P. Guil ford of Lincoln was elected per manent secretary-treasurer of the national organization. Charters were granted to chapters at Penn State and Southern Methodist uni versities, bringing the chapter roll to twenty-one. Y. W.llESlAlNSI Members Unanimously Pass Program Approved by National Group. 'FOR PROMOTING PEACE' Members of the university Y. W. C. A. unanimously approved a pro gram passed upon by the Y. W. national biennial convention last May in Detroit. The meeting was held in Ellen Smith hall last night and was attended by Mrs. E. A. Hinman, Miss Fedde and Miss Reynoldson, as well as undergrad uate members of the Y. W. The statement or program ap proved, dealing with promotion of good will and understanding in in ternational relations, is as follows: "The following program for 1930-1932 is recommended to all local associations: "A continued study of the for eign policy of the United States and support of the policies promot ing international goodwill. "b. Continued study of the Peace Pact for the renunciation of war and the support of attitudes and measures which will make it effec tive. "c. Continued efforts for estab lishing and strengthening machin ery for the pacific settlement of international disputes particularly in regard to the World Court, the Inter-American Treaty of Arbitra tion and the League of Nations. "d. Continued support of efforts for the greatest possible reduction of armaments. "e. A study of such matters as tariff policies, the search for raw materials and markets and eco nomic agreements. "In accordance with the spirit of these recommenadtions we the cabinet of the University of Ne braska Y. W. C. A. believing the effort of the League for Industrial Democracy among Universities and Colleges of the U. S. A. to se cure 50,000 student signatures to a petition to congress asking that the compulsory feature of military training in educational institutions be removed to be in line with our national policies in regard to inter national goodwill and understand' ing, endorse the effort to secure an expression of student opinion on this campus and subscribe toihe petition. We furthermore recom mend to our membership of 1,000 women students that they give this question their thoughtful con sideration." Farm Students to Give 'Agonized Agriculture' "Agonized Agriculture," a pro gram to be presented by Paliadlan members ot the college of agricul ture, will be the feature of the open meeting of the Palladian literary society Friday, Jan. 23, at 8:30. Everyone interested is invited to attend. it played the matter up as news and gave it good space. "Not all the university pastors were with us," Leavitt explained when quizzed about the sentiments of the others. "Strangely enough, a'l those who took sides against us or were indifferent are still here at the university, while all of us who backed it are scattered." Asked whether he thought, this . that " LeVvItt stated that he had been following The Nebraskan;. stand and the varying opinions arising from it with a greet deal of inter est. He was not willing to voice an opinion as to whether he thought success probable in the abolishment of drill as a compul sory subject. "But at least the students have taken an interest this time," he observed, "and that should help." He concluded that the failure of the university au thoritiet to act "in steam roller fashion" as they did before made the situation "look more prom- Iir.n- ' T T Says Faculty Not Worried By Statements of Campus Writers. ADDRESSES CITY CLUB j A warning to the public against taKin; too mucn siock in me alti tude of the student body, as ex pressed in student publications, was sounded by Chancellor E. A. Burnett in a talk before members of .he Hiram club yesterday noon, following a luncheon at the Cham ber of Commerce. He also outlined some already publicized needs of the university and discussed new teaching methods. "It may appear to some that the students hold no appreciation for the faculty of the school," he said. "From articles sometimes appear ing in student publications it may be believed that they are disdain ful of the faculty reaction to their wisdom. "The faculty, let me assure you, is little bothered by such articles. Perhaps we remember a day long ago when we were editors of the same sort of articles." Distinguished Faculty. The chancellor also assured club members that the present univer sity faculty is the most distin guished, as a whole of all the groups to preside at the university. The keeping of an adequate facul ty, he concluded, is the essential factor governing successful oper ation of the school. Advanced theories in teaching methods were discussed at some length by the Chancellor. "If a man can attain mentally in two years what we have contained in our regular four year course, why shouldn't he have his degree?" The question was put with the as surance that it in no way meant making college requirements any easier. Stating that the entire country is feeling more or less of an agita tion n hvnr nf renlacinGT certain teaching methods with more liberal systems. uurneu a.iao oecuueu u Univesity of Nebraska had been "nnroiv conservative" in the adop tion of innovations. He added, however, that some of tnem were worth considering. Unnecessary Schooling. "The movement," he declared, "ii not the onlv one bv which it is sought to make college work sim pler but rather one which aims to allow more stuaenis 10 thoir nWrees without nutting in one. or two unnecessary yea-s in school. iTer-na weHo-e. former mavor and former president of the Nebraska Alumni association, presided at the luncheon. Fl Organizations Slow About Arranging Time ior Husker Photos. Organiaations have been very slow about making arrangements for group pictures, the Cornhusker office reports. At present only one half of the non-social groups on the campus have signed up for picture plates. ' Considering the fact that all group pictures of this nature must be taken before February 6, the present showing is anything but favorable, staff members declared. It behooves those groups which have already contracted for pic tures to make arrangements at the campus studio as soon as possible as a last minuta rush will un doubtedly slight some of the photos. Enlist New Groups. The yearbook editor announces that the staff is glad to get pic tures of any new organizations which have "been recently formed or revived. Although circular let ters were sent out to all extra curricular groups it possibly did reach the new groups which have been organized since the publica tion of last year's annual. These groups are asked to call at the Cornhusker office to make ar rangements for their photographs. Response to the circular letter which was recently sent has Keen very slight, the editor indicated. More replies are desired and the groups which are getting pictures taken are asked to send in their questionalres immediately if they desire a new write-up to be used with their picture this year. Other wise the write-up which appeared in last year's Cornhusker will be used. Kansas Takes Second in Telegraphic Kifle Meet LAWRENCE, Kas. The Kan sas rifle team placed second in a telegraphic match held last week. Minnesota won with a total of 3,645 points, while Kansas totaled a score of 3,434 points. Other teams represented were Johns Hopkins, and Lehigh. The members of the Kansas sqi'&d are Captain John Frei, Beardslee, Taylor, Mandlg-o. Cal houn, Sherman. Lane, Cook, Wake ly, and Caenen. ! DRAMATIC GROUP I WILL INITIATE 18 i PLEDGES TONIGHT j Formal initiation of eighteen i new members of the Dramatic club i will take place Thursday evening ; at 7:30 at the Dramatic club room I at the Temple. The members were pledged in November after tryouts in which more than eighty stu , dents took part. The followlne- will be initiated: Leo Skalowsky, Maurice Pepper, Leslie Hedge, Donald Lienneger, Dean Brenton, Leone King, Ralph Spencer, Miriam Kissinger, Doro thy Zimmer, Jane Wickersham, Dale Taylor, Carl Humphrey, Wil liam Eddy, Blanche Sheldon. Kath erine Mulnix, Charles Baker, Joan Schlbenger, and Esthyre Stein berg. A short program and re freshments will complete the eve ning's activities. Suggests Plan at Meeting Of Superintendents Yesterday. STRONG MAKES SPEECH Theodore Diers, radio announcer for the university, and Prof. C. A. Fullerton of Iowa State Teachers college, featured the Wednesday morning meeting of county super intendents at the Lincoln hotel, with a mock radio broadcast of a rural music lesson. These lessons have been advocated by Professor Fullerton as a means of educating the outlying communities in the subject of music. According to Professor Fuller ton, some such system of broad casting music lessons over the ra dio, as he has introduced in Iowa, will be started here in the near future, using the university studio with Mr. Diers as instructor, as headquarters. Talks on Indians. Dr. W. D. Strong, professor of anthropology, -spoke duringr noon banquet held in the ballroom of the hotel. Professor Strong spoke on Nebraska Indians, describing the work that has been carried on in the state and the future develop ments in archaelogical research that is anticipated. "Our digging in Nebraska is a rather paradoxical situation," he said. "With the coming of Coro nado, the horse was brought into use by the early inhabitants here. The value of this beast of burden rapidly increased and spread soon to every tribe. This resulted in the Indian becoming a wandering and hunting class of people instead of a cultural and settled race." Doctor Strong pointed out that the information of many of the older citizens of the state along with archaelogical research that will be carried through will reveal in story form the past history of Nebraska. Change Suggested. At the morning meeting a change hi the compulsory school age limit was one of the points suggested in tne reading or reports of county superintendents. Miss Mabel Lundberg advocated that the age limit be set from six to twenty-one years rather than from five to twenty-one, on the grounds that it would result in more ma ture minds. It was further suggested that institution certificates be done away with unless the teacher meets the same requirements as the normal teacher. Further talk concerned the normal training course and its problems. During the morning session Dr. B. E. McProud of Nebraska Wes lcyan university spoke on the sub ject "Educational Leadership of County Superintendents in Im provement of Instruction Through Assignments." Mrs. F. A. Robey, director of scientific temperance instruction at the state university, addressed the members on the subject of scientific temperance and instruction along these lines. Reports of the group confer ences were heard during the after noon as well as addresses by Prof. F. M. Gregg of Wesleyan univer sity and A. J. Dunlap of Omaha. In place of the evening meeting, members were given an opportun ity to hear the St. Olaf choir in concert at St. Paul church. WHITE ANNOUNCES TWO CHANGES IN DEBATE SCHEDULE Two changes In the debate schedule have been announced by Prof. H. A. White, one of which concerns the debate, with Albion and the other a return debate with the University of Colorado. The Albion debate will be4held on Feb. 26 ratl.er than the dete previously announced, Feb 25, while the University cf Colorado has signed up for a debate in Lin coln on .March 25. Further addi tions to the debate schedule may be made from time to time as traveling teams are unable to make complete arrangements very far ahead of time. The training table for football plnyer was aWisheJ at 621 North Stxteenth street, twenty nine years ago. Six nvm were eat ing there and it was expected to increase the number to fifteen. COUNCIL PICKS JUNIOR-SENIOR PROM HEADS Group Elects 12 Third Year! ' u5 I 32 NAMES CONSIDERED Feb. 27 Chosen as Date for Affair; Expense Bill Required. Members of the Junior-Senior Prom committee for 1931 have been picked. The Student council ballotted on 32 names to pick six women and six men for the group that will arrange for the event that will close the formal season. The committee " is composed of William Comstock, Omaha; Bob Kinkead, Cheyenne, Wyo.; Boyd VonSeggern, West Point; Bill Mc Gaffin, Polk; Russell Mousel, Has tings; Art Wolf, Edgar; Evelyn Simpson, Omaha; Gretchen Fee, of Sioux City, la.: Ruth Schill, Alli ance; Jean Rathburn, Lincoln; Julia Simanek, Prague; and Eve lyn Krotz, Odell. Will Meet Soon. This committee will be called to gether by Steve Hokuf, president of the junior class, in a few days, it was announced. Chairman of the prom committee, will be elected and various subcommittees ap pointed and set to work. Feb. 27 has been set as the date for the prom, Bob Kelly, president of the Student council, reminded the committee. He askid for prompt action in the making of de tail arrangements. The Junior Senior prom comes, traditionally, three weeks after the interfrater nity ball which will be held Feb. 7. A motion was put into effect during Wednesday's council meet ing, requiring the prom -committee to present an expense account to the council. This particularly hint ed at items running over $100 in expense. To Elect Prom Girl. Prom girl will be elected during the regular university elections, according to Student council elec tion rules. She will be presented during the evening of the ball that closes the formal season. DATE FORAG MEET High School Students Will Visit Campus in April For Judging. The seventeenth annual Nebras ka high school agricultural con tests will be held Friday and Sat urdav. Anril 24 and 25 at the agri culture college in Lincoln, accord ing to a statement from C. C. Min teer. secretary of the hisrh school contest committee. The dates have been changed to Friday and Sat urday instead of Thursday and Fridav so the bovs will miss one day less school than they have in the past. Rules governing the contests will bo quite similar to those of last year, Mr. Minteer states. One of the various schools with the that no stock or equipment at the college of agriculture or at North Platte exDeriment station mav be used by the teams planning to participate during tne sixty aays preceding the contest, except on the two davs immediatelv meced- ing the contest. These rules will make it impossible for any nearby schools to take advantage of the training at either Lincoln or North Platte. Dates for the contest at North Platte were not set by the last committee meeting but will be ar ranged bv the committee in charge at North Platte, Mr. Min teer said, western xsenrasKa nign schools go to North Platte at about the same time the eastern schools come to Lincoln. Tn order to familiarize the bovs of thev arious schools with the forms used in placing in the vari ous contests Mr. Minteer plans to issue a mimeorgraphed bulletin, giving samples of the forms to be used in Lincoln and North Platte. This bulletin will Droboblv be ready several weeks before the contest. Schools coming to Lincoln will hu nffrri dormitorv space in the student activities building at the college of agriculture. Last year 278 boys and their teachers were housed in the building for two days and the arrangement was quite satisfactory. Campus Calendar Thursday, Jan. 22. Formal initiation of the Dra matic club, 7:30, Temple club rooms. Saturday, Jan. 24. Social Dancing. 7:30 p. m., Grant Memorial ball. M'CLEERY MOTION PASSES; 17 TO 3 Ke&oiuiioii Opposing Compulsory Military Training Approved by Governing Body; Gam mill, Maclay a urtiii . I ' A,m " t,ltam taM WILLIAMS FAILS IN ATTEMPT TO FILIBUSTER Barb Leader Moves to Adjourn at 6 O'clock; Debate Then Limited to Three Minutes; Military Representative Witness Balloting. By JACK ERICKSON. Definite action concerning compulsory military science was taken yesterday afternoon when the Student council voted 17 to 3 for a motion advocating steps toward the adoption of op tional physical education or military drill. All of the members of the council were present but three of them chose not to vote. Formal action on the question which has faced members of the council during the past two weeks was taken in the presence of at least eight cadet representatives of the military department, two of whom were members of the council itself. An apparent attempt to filibuster on the motion in the 1 i r ,j v ... i rv a nlo until fna R.O.T.C. BAND 10 BE E Oury States Size of Group Will Be Limited Only by Number Qualified. PLAN CONCERT FEB. 8 Because of much new material coming into the university R. O. T. C. band, new arrangements have been made for securing uniforms and other equipment, Billie Quick, band director announced. A band of over 100 pieces will probably be picked liext semester, the- present number being B5. Size of the band will be limited only by the number of qualified musicians available, according to Col. W. L. Oury. The present band, Quick said, does not even have enough uni forms. There are only 75 band uni forms at present. Arrangements have been made with the national government, according to Colonel Oury, of the local R. O. T. C. unit, wherebv as manv uniforms can be secured as are desired. Favors Good Band. "Thpr is no reason whv tha Ne braska band can not be as big and as good as any 01 tne Danas in me universities of the country," Colo nel Oury declared. The Nebraska band is small compared to those of other institutions, it was said. A band concert which was to have been given on Sunday, Jan. 25, has been postponed until eD. 8, Quick stated. This was because of conflicts in schedules for the coliseum. To Play Sousa's Marches. The concert will begin with an by John Shildneck. Two Sousa marches and a few novelty num bers will be Included in the pro gram. Full uniform will not be worn by the band on the afternoon of the concert, Quick said, because of the lack of eauiDment. Another con cert is planned for March. Week's Study of Newspaper Writing Given to Short Term Students. George Round, '32, Ord, is in structing one hundred Nebraska farm operator's short course at the agricultural college, in a wek's study in newspaper appreciation, according to H. K. Douthit, course director. ' Round meets with the farm op erators in five class sessions to ex plain the simple fundamentals of news writing and appreciation. The course is primarily designed to aid the farm boys in writing courftry correspondence for weekly newspapers. During the first meetings of the class, Round is showing his stu dents how to construct a lead in an interesting and informative fa shiou. Later he will have them write leads and he will criticize them constructively and correct them. The farm boys will write a news story on the short course and what they expect to take back to the farm with them after the week's instruction closes. The stories will be sent to the newspapers in their home communities. George Round is a junior in the college of agriculture and a mem ber of Farm House fraternity and Sigma Delta Chi. Tha photographic department of the university first succeeded In manufacturing tneir own nyarngrn an oxvgen gases for the use of the lanterns back in 1902. NLARGED NEXT TERM TEACHES BOYS NEWS VALUATION next session was carried on unsuc cessfully by Alan Williams. First a motion was made by Williams to the effect that the council's session close at 6 o'clock, regardless of whether discussion of the question before the house was closed. This was followed with an amendment by William McGaffin which stated that debate be limited to three minutes. Both the motion and the amendment were passed. Kelly Makes Suggestion. After the motion regulating the time limit of the meeting and de--bate within the meeting 1 was passed another motion was made at the suggestion of Robert. Kelly, president of the council, that a vote should be taken on the mili tary drill motion at ten minutes of six. Kenneth Gammill's subsidiary motion moving that Kellyls motion be tabled until prom appointment were voted on, was successful and the council proceeded with election' of a junior-senior prom committee. Following prom appointments the military question was immedi ately brought before the group when McGaffin moved to vote on the drill question at the previously suggested time of ten minutes to six. This motion was passed with but two dissnnting votes and the previous week's motion on military science was again placed on the stand. McCleery Speaks. The first step was a speech by William McCleery, senior council man who opened discussion on the drill question last week. McCleery moved at the previous council meeting that the council go on rec ord as being' opposed to compul sory military drill and that a com mittee be appointed to appear be fore proper authorities and state the council's stand, but this moliou was not brought to a vote. in yesterday's meeting the read ing of the motion was changed to read as follows: "Be it moved that the Student council favors giving underclass men the choice between military onH r.h-iofll pducaUoil HDll that a committee be apponted to go before the proper authorities ; and state the council's stand." i Suggests Others Act Too. ! in conjunction with the stating ot the motion McCleery aiso rec ommended that a committee of those who favored compulsory military drill also go before au thorities at the same time that the council's representatives do, pro vided the motion was successful. This recommendation was ex plained cn the grounds that it would provide a fair chance for those who were out of harmony with the council's policy to assert themselves. An opposite argument to Mc Cleary's motion was immediately advanced by Williams who pointed out that since the author of the motion didn't believe the council represented student sentiment there was no reason for voting on it. This argument was closed by Kelly who moved a vote on the original motion. Petition Presented. At this junction a petition was produced from representatives of the railitarity department to the effect that a large majority of ca dets actually favored compulsorv military science. It was presented by Williamfa who pointed out that signers of the military department petitions were of the opinion that drill was a matter which snould rest with men students who were taking drill. Accordingly a peti tion had been drawn .up which gave basic R. O. T. C. students the option of declaring themselves ia favor of compulsory military science as against compulsory physical education. After bein? passed among members of three companies the petition drew 2S5 signars out of 3C0 students. Simultaneously, it was pointed out, there was a. copy of the peti tion which has been circulating around the campus for the past two weeks passed out. It got but comparatively few signers in com parison with tne military depart ment petition. Wiiliams. in de fense of his stand and in defense cf the petition wiiicl he pr6citi argued that the Student council would be voting in direct defiance rf tha untimtnt nf KnAlC R. O. 1 I Continued on Page 2.) .1 i 3 . i i s. f I ) ' i - 1 ,: ..' 5 ' 5 I 5 ! '