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i" TWO THE DAILY NEBRASK.AN THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 1931. i i The Daily Nebraskan Stitien A, Lincoln, Nebraska OFFICIAL. STUOINT PUBLICATION UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA Publlihed Tutadiy, Wdndy, Thunday. Friday nd Sunday mornings during tht acadamlo vaar. THIRTIETH YEAR Enttrwd aa aacand-elaas matter at tha postofflca In Lincoln! Nebraska, under act ef congress. March S. 1ST, and at special rate ef postage provided for In section 1103 act of October 3, 1917. authorized January 20. 1922 tender direction nf tha Student Publication Board SUBSCRIPTION RATE "iwft , 'ns!jCsjyJetntt ?1.5S stmtitsr 3 a year mailed 11.71 a semester mailed Editorial Of flee University Hall 4. Bualness Office University Hall 4A. Telephones Day i B-6891) Nlghtl M82, B.3333 (Journal) Ask for NebrasKan editor. EDITORIAL STAFF Elmont Walte Editor.ln-ehlef Robert J. Kelly Associate Editor Managing Editors William McOaffln C. Arthur Mltchall Newt Editors Arthur Wolf Boyd VonSeggein Evelyn Simpson Eugene MeKim Leonard Conklln Sports Editor Frances Holyoke Women's Editor BUSINESS STAFF Charlee 0. Lawlor Business Msnsgr-r , Assistant Business Managers. Norman Csllshsr Jck Thompsop Edwin Faulkner 4EMBE This pap le rwiwW for tmrl advertastu The Nebraska Frees Sink or Swim But Probably Sink! "Special act of legislature probably required before bonds for pool can be sold." "No recommendation will be made to board of regents by the committee . . . plan will be presented in very informal manner and dispo sition will rest mainly with regents." "Looking for legal means of putting pro ject across." "Plan of selling bonds would have to be worked out satisfactorily before any progress could be made . . . would have to be decided whether the bonds would be sold to trust com panies or to individuals." "If matter does not receive approval of regents it will take much time and can not be done in a few days." "Special auditor will have to look over plan as submitted by Rudy Vogeler and others to see that it is perfectly feasible." Thus, Nebraska's proposed swimming pool has become involved in the usual tangle of vcrv red tape and there is probably n lot of truth in the statement that possibilities for a pool are definitely out of the picture for some time." The only facts of encouragement to date arc that Dean Foster is working on the legal side if the plan and trying to find some legal means for financing the project without the legisla ture's consent and expects to have a report ready by Saturday; that, and the fact that any money to spare in the university budget will be given to a swimming pool. The latter doesn't mean a lot because the university budget is crowded enough as it is without trying to :iueeze anything for a swimming pool out of t. If there were any budget money to spare, t probably wouldn't make a drop in the jucket for the proposed pool. And so we find our swimming pool bogged ,n the mud, as it were. The chancellor says it. is his great desire that the pool be put through. In the same breath he says the com mittee of which he is chairman will not rec ommend anything to the board of regents, and that if the matter does not meet the regent's approval it will take much time and can not be done in a few days. Does he think he and his committee are helping the regents toward a favorable decision by withholding a recommen dation? If the pool can not be put through without a special act of the legislature, why not get l he required act to the solons before they ad journ aod ft is too late! If a special audit of VogelerT5 plan is necessary, why not have one and cease delaying? We thought everything was pretty well worked out foF a nice $40,000 swimming pool. We thought perhaps this was one project which, being worked out in a satisfactory manner, would sail through without the usual tbstruetions and heming and hawing. But we thought too soon. We do not claim to be ex perts, but through a simple system of arith metic we worked out Vogeler's plan and it emed very satisfactory. Evidently the pool committee, is not so sure. The least the administration could do is rec ommend the project to the regents. If the re gents do not find the university heads support ing the project, isn't it likely they wilr think it should not be. We hope they won't but fled tape may serve a purpose (we haven't found what yet) but it certainly throws a dis couraging glow on progressive moves such as swimming pools. We hope the tape won't strangle the project but we ha' o'r doots. L'cmcmber the bouncing rubber ball soiue IukIv curled up in and rolled over Niagara Kails? Wouldn't be a bad idea for students lu adopt that as an official costume, if the Iraffie situation gets much worse. Lji mediate action by the morals squad, please 1 A bedroom Bcene is portrayed by ihe i'niversity Players in their "Bird in Hand." (This really isn't free advertising). A Blow To the Union. The Iter. ilr. W. C. Kawell is again in the jrreat white spotlight of publicity this time through a proposed campaign for raising iilOO.OXX) with which to build a Methodist stu dent building. We do not know bow he pro )H)st'H to raise the money. Probably through popular subscriptions from .members of his flock. ' Yendis II, in today's Morning Mail, mattes an interesting proposal to the iieverend Mr. KaweU when he suggests that the $100,000 be converted to . a student union rather than Methodist center. We agree with Yendis that it would be far better to put that sum into a ntudent union rather than build a Methodist building with it and thus put a real all-uw-Versity center just that much farther away. We doubt whether the Reverend and his band could ever scrape that much money to- they would not listen to the idea of sinking it than they could possibly do by building a cen. in a Nebraska union, oh, they might, if we ter only for themselves 7 would name it "Methodist Memorial Union (to be used by others occasionally)" and if we constructed statues on the front lawn of some of the able workers who instituted the drive. It really would be a wondcrlul thing is EVERYBODY on this campus could get 1o gcther and co-operate for a student union. It is probably too late to do. anything about such a structure this year, but thue t another year coming when, according to indications now, the time should be ripe. We feel there is a much greater need here for a university student cen ter for everyone rather than a building for one separate group. A drive by any organization lor a student building of its own now or in the iuture while a student union is being consid ered will mean a stiff chop in the neck to the all-university project. Any organization should be, unselfish enough to give way its own inter ests to the bigger ones of a great university. The desirability and need of a student union have been talked about the campus until peo pic arc black in the face. Surely Reverend l-'ii- well realizes what such n building would mean. Instead of co-operating in the move, however, he starts out on an individual cam paign to build a center for Methodist students. If sufficient quarters would be provided (and they really would) in a student union for Ihe Methodists providing they would give their $100,000, why do they not acquiesce1.' Reverend l awell, wc join tenuis in asking you, 'What do you say to turning inc jhw,- 000 over to a student union providing it should be raised?" Mistake number 135,667 always to In avoided : letting your girl read your date book before removing the list of good numbers from the back. We don't like swimming in pools It'd be lots more fun to go wading creek. anyway, in Salt On,e of Our Many Seeds. Something greatly needed on this campus which would not take several hundred thou sand dollars or as many years to construct is a more complete system of traffic lights and stop buttons. It's a wonder to us there haven't been a large number maimed or killed at some of the crossings leading from the campus. There arc no buttons or lights to protect pedes trians and during the noon rush -when cars roar down the street like so many fuming monsters it is almost more than a man's life is worth to ry and get across. The crossings at Thirteenth and R, Four teenth and R. and Fourteenth and S ;;re the most dangerous of any which art unprotected. These crossings are more used than any by people coming and go ing to the university. And each day sees some narrow escape some near accident which was averted by a hairbreadth. We drive a car, ourselves, and so are a little farther removed from being smacked down at the crossings in question. But in our ear even we often fear the consequences (not because it's a Model T) when approaching the jam at one of the inter sections mentioned. There is a stop button on the east and west sides of the Fourteenth and R intersection. There is also a button on the south side of Thirteenth and R. But these are not sufficient. There should be traffic lights. There is not so much as a stop button even at Fourteenth and S. Through good fortune, a large number of tragedies have been averted at these different crossings. But there is no reason why they should remain so dangerous. Traffic lights should be installed at all three of them as soon as possible. And until then a stop button should be planted on Fourteenth and S at once! There is no sense in endangering human life when a few simple mechanisms would fix things up. Despite your attacks upon certain organiza tions on this campus I am sure that with $100, 000 as bait these organizations would permit the Methodist students a large section of the building which they might use to any advan tage the Methodist group might see fit. Would it be better, Reverend Fawell, to have an imposing student union building located at Fourteenth and R streets, across from the Wesley foundation, where every student may enjoy a recreational hour or two and in which the Methodist group might have a large part, or would it he better to have a recreational center located at Epworth Park, three miles from town with squalid surroundings made up mostly of a dried-up lake, and in which activ ities of only a few students in the university might be promoted. 1 submit to you then the proposition that you divert this $100,000 to the interests of a student union building for which there is such a crying need. What do you say? YEXDIS II. The School Gal Ban TO THK EDITOR: . In spite of opposition to the measure the In terfrnternity council went on record Tuesday evening as favoring a proposal whereby no fraternity man would escort a high school girl to any sorority function during the school term. This action was taken as a result of a request submitted by the Panhellenic council in which it whs indicated that by permitting high school girls to attend sorority parties en tails a breach of rushing rules. It was further set forth that fraternity men have aided and abetted the infringement of these well-defined laws by escorting these maidens fresh from the high school classroom to certain parties "thrown" by university lassies. From the standpoint of a spectator who has always found the seats more comfortable in the cheaper sections, the action of the council was. from a standpoint of courtesy to the Pan hellenic council, a noble one. It does not, however, entirely eliminate the evil of having the unprotected high school girl at sorority parties. Due to the system of closed bids to parties which has been quite prevalent on the campus during the past year or two it seems that the ranhellenic council must take it upon themselves to see that no unfair rush ing is done through invitations extended to ugh school girls to sorority parties. It does not seem to this observer that any one is at tault but the sororities themselves. If it is not desired that high school girls at tend sorority parties then the coed groups should not issue invitations to them. If, on the other hand, it is found that university frater nity men are inviting these girls without the knowledge and consent of the group which is giving the party, what difference does it make whether they are still in high school or wneiner thev already attend the university, uranteu that a good party may make an impression on a cirl who has "not been around" is it to be disputed that most parties on this campus need some sort of a stimulant? Nay, nay, gate, do not blame fraternity men tor your failure in enforcing your rushing rules. Let she who is without sin cast the first party, bid. SOSAYI. College Comment Not an Editorial. At rare intervals the college editor finds him self at peace with Ihe world. There are no knotty campus problems to be discussed, no altercations with the "authorities' and no one to denounce. During such periods he is apt to grow speculative and mildly philosophical ; his thoughts border on the abstract. lie wonders, for instance, just what is the aim of a college education. Is it to make one happy, to enable one to earn a better living, to make possible better social seivice or is it a phase of our civilization whose exact sphere cannot be fully explained? He wonders, too. if professors should be regarded as determined, if the modern colleg iate institution is fulfilling that purpose. He wonders, too, if professors should lie re garded as misfits in life, impractical individ uals who would likely starve if left to shift for themselves iu the world outside the classroom, or as high minded individuals, teaching because they like to and endeavoring to give the stu dent an intelligent view of the world. He wonders if block letters, junior societies, freshman "lids," "pep'' meetings and the like form an indispensable part of a university training. He wonders who that pert blonde thing is who passed him on the campus a few hours ago. This becomes tangled tip with co-education versus the single sex institution. He also wonders whether or not fraternities fill the need they once did. Perhaps they haven't kept up with the changing ideas of higher education. He wonders if the Eighteenth Amendment will ever become entirely operative in regard to college students. And he wonders if he's finally got enough copy for his columns and decides in the affir mative. Syracuse Daily Orange. Maybe vampires do exist but they couldn't be any worse than a serenade when you're try ing to get to sleep. Padereivski Combines Philanthropist, Musician, Statesman Into One Person MORNING MAIL By JACK ERICKSON. Paderewski, the celebrated Pol ish pianist who appears Friday night at the coliseum for a recital, has lived a varied and interesting life. In this one individual is com bined a musician, a statesman, a philanthropist and a fascinating personalitty. Concerning him and his various characteristics there are many interesting anecdotes prevalent. Reiative to Paderewski's mod esty the following story is circu lated: A presumptuous young woman sat down at Beethoven's piano and played a few measures. "Paderewski was here last week," the curator of the shrine said. "What did he play on this?" asked the woman at the piano. "Nothing; he said he was un worthy to touch this instrument." The kindliness in the character of Paderewski is well illustrated by this short episode: Hears "Minuet." Once when walking alone he heard his "Minuet" abused on a piano. He entered the house, found a piano teacher practicing and corrected some of the most easily changed faults of her tech nique. A year later he passed the house. At the door was a sign, "Pupil of Paderewski." For a period of years during the World war, Paderewski ceased his piano activities and became dictator of Poland. An interesting story concerning this change of po sition is related as follows: Clemenceau Sees Him. "You are the famous pianist?", Clemenceau asked Paderewski when he came to Paris to repre sent Poland at the Peace confer ence. "Yes." "And now a Premier of a coun try?" "Yes." "What a come-down!" Clemen ceau exclaimed. Another absorbing sidelight on the pianist'a career comes from a small town where Paderewski once played. It seems that In this particular village everything had been arranged for Paderewski's concert but a piano. An old up right was found, but the hammers stuck. Paderewski hired a boy to stand beside the piano and knock the hammers back with a stick. But what became of a boy pro ficient enough to hit piano ham mers as quickly as Paderewski's fingers touched the keys? Id, Challenge. TO THE EDITOR: In an impassioned plea to some 173 Meth odist students and a few members of the leg islature who attended the annual Wesley Foundation dinner Tuesday evening, the Rev. Mr. W. C. Fawell, self-appointed guardian of university morals and incidentally, director of the We6ley foundation, asked that a drive be started for $100,000 with which to erect a suitable, building in which a program for Methodist students might be successfully pro moted. A worthy thought, Reverend Fawell, a worthy thought. Far be it from the purpose of this writer to criticize the activities of an or ganization such as the Wesley Foundation has proved itself to be. But aren't you just a bit inconsistent, Reverend? Some few weeks ago a certain organization, in an attempt to create student opinion in fa vor of an all-university student union building, sang certain songs and indulged in certain habits which were unpleasant to your ears and nostrils. Surely Reverend Fawell, before a program, such as the one you have outlined, can be put into motion you are going 1o have to create a certain amount of interest among the .people of this broad state. Are you not a bit perturbed that perhaps some of your lieutenants may do some act or deed that may be offensive to those from whom you hope to extract the wherewithal with which to erect this Melhodist center? And another thing, Reverend Fawell, I won der if you realize that by asking for donations for a building such as you suggest that you are taking out of the state $100,000 which might be used for the erection of a building which could be advantageously used by the entire student body rather than a chosen few. It is well and good that the Methodist stu dent body should have a place in which to hold its functions, but do you not realize that if the Methodist Student council or the Wetley Foundation would donate this $100,000 which you hope to raise to the fimd and would thus erect ph all-university center, that these or ganizations would be doing mucn more gooq .Hayseed and Haywire! I By i i CEORCE ROUND f .,. mm- M-m.mmm Prof. C. C. Minteer suggests that the University of Nebraska adopt a student license law to keep the scholarly adapted young people from parking in restricted areas such as is prevalent upon the ag ricultural college campus. As explained by Minteer. Iowa state uses the license plan where by each student is granted a li cense number which is attached to the regular plate. Then when the cop makes his rounds he is able to determine which are student cars and which belong to visitors. Per haps the plan would work and per haps it wouldn't. Nevertheless they do park in restricted areas on the ag campus. Yes. the 1931 Farmers fair comes on Saturday, May 2. on the agri cultural college campus. Already ag students are preparing for a big rally Thursday evening of this week. It will be soH of a sendoff for spring vacation. Students in the college are all "hepped" up about the 3831 show. It will go over with a bang. Now that Prof. R. P. Crawford has his new book out, uptown stu dents registered in his agricultural journalism course on the ag campus will have the opportunity of getting it hot from the press. Despite the fact that the course is billed as ag journalism, it has al ways seemed queer to me just why it is held out here instead of uptown. Practically all of the students in the class belong up town but still it is held on the ag campus. Well that is one way of helping the filling station business as well as the bus travel.. Managers of the car derby should pay a visit to the agricul tural college campus and pick up a few of the ancient "buggies." They are to be found hither and thither. sent the tea room in a May day environment. Those who are highly socially inclined will probably feel that they are at the height of their glory when they are seated or stand up in the tea room to sip a little tea and do their "caking." Nebraska people are also going to bear about the 1931 fair over the air. Arrangements have been made to have representatives of the fair board speak with the Perkins family dialogue over KFAB. Dorothy Luschinger and Delphin Nash, co-chirman of the promotion committee, will prob ably co-operate with Elton Lux, extension editor, in putting the program over. Of course they will talk about Farmers Fair. At least the poultry business received a boost on Easter Sunday. With all the co-eds and little chil dren running around with colored eggs, there couldn't help but be a little of the national egg surplus wiped out. Perhaps poultrymen should institute Easter Sunday about six or seven times during the year, especially when a depression strikes the country. Thoe who know about the pageant declare that it will be one of the best ever staged at a Far mers Fair. Given the additional support of numerous boys, it should be a success. The pageant is annually one of the features of the fair. Floyd Hedlund of the pet stock show is not ready to announce his plans for bis part of the fair as yet. Why they should place "Babe" at the head of a pet committee is pretty bird to figure out MANAGEMENT GIRLS PICNIC The home management house group, with resident instructor Miss Louise Leaton, held a picnic at Antelope park Tuesday evening. Now for the pink tea! Arrange ments have been made to pre- ALL SOULS UNITARIAN CHURCH Subject April 19: "Louis Pasteur: A Seeker for he Truth." 12th a H Streets STUDENT COUNCIL NAMES KENNEDY TO FILL VACANCY (Continued from Page I.) tions for change before the council will accept it Drill Committee Reports. William T. McCleery reported for the council's military drill committee that the chancellor had asked the committee to appear be fore the board of regents next Sat urday, but that the date for this meeting had been deferred until sometime later because some of the members of the committee would be out of town for spring recess at that time. Walter Huber, chairman of the committee on athletics, deferred his report to next week, since Dean T. J. Thompson with whom the committee must meet was out of town. AG STUDENTS PLAN PINAL FAIR CONVENE Last Rally Before Recess Begins 7:30 Thursday At Ag Hall. College of. agriculture students will gather several hundred strong in Ag hall Thursday evening for the final 1931 Farmers Fair rally before spring vacation, according to Manager Myrle White. The rally starts at 7:30 p. m. Final check-up on individual committees will be made at the rallv. and further plans for Ne braska's greatest student event an nounced, according to tentative plans. Each student in the college will be given placards and stickers to take home in helping to adver tise the fair. Miss Evelyn Krotz, co-chairman of the advertising and publicity committee, announc ed Wednesday morning that the placards would probably be ready for distribution at the rally. Some of the faculty members at the college are expected to talk briefly before the students at the rally. All plans for the final fair campaign will be announced. POSSIBILITIES OF SWIMMING POOL ' MAY HANO FIRE ALPHA LAMBDA DELTA NAMES 17 MEMBERS (Continued from Page 1.) lene Phillippi, Superior, and Ida Sommer, Stanton. Miss Winona Perry is sponsor of the group and the present officers of Alpha Lambda Delta are Mar garet Upson, president: Pauline Nelson, vice-president; Lidusa Nin ger, secretary, and Virginia Jonas, treasurer. During the past year the organization has sponsored hobby groups for freshman women, and by various projects have at tempted to promote their aim, to encourage freshman girls who have difficulty with their work and to encourage higher scholarship. (Continued from Page 1.) is working on the legal side of the nlan and is attempting to see if he can find any legal means by which the project can be financed with out permission of the legislature. He expects to have his report ready for the board of regents Saturday. Mr. Burnett said that if the matter did receive the approval of the regents it would take much time and could not be done In a few davs. He explained that a special auditor would have to look over the plan as submitted by Rudv Vogeler and others and see that it was perfectly feasible. He also stated that some reservation should be made in the university budget to care for any deficit that might occurr in paying off the bonds. To Plan Budget We will make out the budget for the university in a few days," continued Burnett "and if we can find a few dollaia to sp&ie we will try to give them to the swimming pool fund. If we had something to start on it would be much easier to sell the bonds. If we had to sell only 75 percent instead of 100 percent of the bonds it could be done much easier. Our budget this year is running quite close, but '? we have any left at a'l we wt. give it to the swimming pool fund," he said. The chancellor expressed his sincere hopes that the project could be put through and said that it was his great desire that it could be done. "No one questions the need of the pool," he said, "and it is the sincere desire of myself, the rest of the committee, and the entire faculty that some plan can be worked out so Nebraska can have a pool of her own." Your Drug; Store CUTS THE PRICES 2 Packages Cigarettes 25c Gillette Blades 45c Auto Btrop Blades 43c Proback Blades 45c 30c Bromo-Qutnino 25c The Owl Pharmacy 141 N. 14 1 P SU. Phan 1061 WE PELJVER FOLLOW THE SMART PEOPLE to "i 11 in Ml" Temple Theatre All This Week University Players 1 ' merTm GET IT OFF YOUR Mind, Before Vacation Order your Invitations for .Senior Cum uieucenieut before you leave Tlitre are not many days left. Ibis in a great occasion all jour friend to this occasion. Seniors Have last school-day Plain 10c. Bound. Plain 25c Leather Bound 45e at the j 1229 R St. 8