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Prom Committee,
Attention.
The Military Ball and the Interfraternity
Ball are things of the past. The traditional
closing ceremony of the formal season at the
University of Nebraska, the Junior-Senior
prom, is scheduled for March 5. Twelve junior
men and women have been selected as a com
mittee to work out the details for the affair.
To most, at least to part, this appointment
means little but a political plum. Kcgarding
this selection in such a light can not but injure
the party. Now comes those few who will
cheer and say that all parties should be defin
itely injured, killed, and buried. Of 1he.se- we
ask forbearance.
The Junior-Senior prom committee has a job
to do. They may not have been appraised of
that fact as yet and it seems well for some one
to do so. The party is to be held in the coli
seum, which is as it should be. Not only does
the administration approve of this plan, but
students seem to be in favor of it. The build
ing has a good dance floor, plenty of room,
and wide possibilities for decoration. It re
' mains for the prom committee to make use of
these advantageous opportunities.
The decorations will undoubtedly give some
t uble to the group. They will rave and rant
and swear that it cannot be done cheaply.
Perhaps they are right. It can be decorated,
that has been demonstrate by numerous
groups. Whether or not it has been done
cheaply is still a mystery.
The problem of the orchestra will give much
more trouble this year than. usual. The un
earthing of the rule forbidding foreign or
chestras is a distinct blow to the major parties
of the year. Regardless of how well local or
chestras play and they demonstrated their
capabilities excellently at the Interfraternity
Ball Saturday they are still not favored by
the students for the big affairs. We have no
quarrel with the local bands, rather we believe
they should be commended for their attitude
toward the university groups as a whole. All
..the same, there is a certain attraction about an
orchestra with a name and a record that can
not be overlooked. After sitting night after
night listening to the radio and wishing that
one might dance to this or that orchestra there
is an unexplainable thrill at the realization of
that wish.
Nebraska is off the beaten path and few
good orchestras, nationally known organiza
tions, find their way here. It is a big affair
here whnn one does come and when it does the
whole campus turns out in full array. The
question of the orchestra will 'bother the com
mittee considerably. Much consideration must
be given it.
The election of the Prom Girl will also lend
itself very well to further work. Last year,
for the first time, no verbal accusations were
hurled at the committee regarding dishonest
elections. The committee this year will do
well to star far away from such charges.
The tickets, we presume, will retail at from
two to three dollars. This problem does not
concern the committee members so much as it
will the students of the institution who think
it their solemn duty to attend. It is reassur
ing to know that no matter what the com
mittee does, they will be assailed for one rea
son or another. They have a task ahead of
them. The job, we are sorry 1o say, they
wished upon themselves. Best wishes for a
good prom and a sincere hope that the com
mittee will work and not regard itself as an
honorary group selected because of popularity.
And then there was that wit who compared
the woman w ho drives a car from the back seat
with the man who does the cooking from the
dining room table.
All Facts;
l'o Thought.
Much has been said and written concerning
the lack of interest that the average college
student displays in the current events of the
day. If the critics are correct, it is a situation
that is to be regretted by every intelligent
person. Without attempting to prove or dis
prove the claims made against college students
in this particular respect, it is expedient at
1his time to remark about a few of the more
important events that are transpiring through
out the world. These events are not of minor
importance. Although they may seem to be
foreign to the interest of American college stu
dents, a close examination will show that they
are only too close.
Probably everyone is now familiar with the
epneral nhases of the Japanese-Chinese situa
tion, inasmuch as there have been rumors of
the United States entering the controversy.
The word "war" attracts public interest, good
or bad. It is not possible to entirely dispel the
idea that the United States may enter this
"unofficial" war. In fact, it is not authen
tically possible to do so. One may, however,
point out that the position of the United States
in this particular controversy is a peculiar one,
and ono of immense concern to all college stu
dents. The history of this ill feeling between
the Japanese and Chinese is not uninteresting.
In order to gain a correct perspective of the
United States, England, and the League of
Nations and their relation to the problem one
needs 'only to examine carefully authentic
newspaper articles on the subject, and it may
be suggested thr.t the student, would do well to
talk with qualified professors concerning this
matter. Although the t&r uasi sems a long
way from tho University of Nebraska, the
problems concerning the Far East arc essen
tially American problems in many ways, for
example: Trade, immigration, protection of
nationals, treaties, and protection of American
interests.
Another important event thut must not be
overlooked is the World Disarmament Con
ference, now in session at Geneva, Switzerland.
Many noted writers have declared that it will
be unsuccessful, many more have declared lhat
it will be successful. In a non-committal man
ner the following points that will be discussed
at the conference may be brought forth : The
task of abolishing chemical warfare, when
ni,i, .i.mn rmo nf th most notent eases, is the
L UlVi 1IIV( v i w '
base for many chemical by-products, as well as
being used for bleaching, '.me rasn oi uis
tinguishing between civil and military avia
tion. The difficult problem of disarming, ana
yet having security. The official attitude oi
T';to,i Sfntfs nnd that is naminar only a
very few of the questions that will come up
before the meeting. These points, and others,
are worth a few minutes stuuy 01 any Amen-
can student's lime. .
hlo tn en on indefinitely in descrip
tion of problems that are of great importance
to the present college students, who it is hoped,
will in the future, help to guide the destinies of
this country. For instance: The Seabury in
vestigation of municipal corruption in New
York. The Moratorium, and the related sub
ject of war debts and reparations. The Hoover
'"credit" plan. A revision of the Federal
Reserve system. The abolition of the "lame
duck" session of congress. And so on, and on,
and on. Without preaching, may it be sug
gested that students spend a few m "mules each
dav reading the newspapers, and better period
icals in order that they have basis to form an
intelligent opinion on the pertinent questions
of the day. It may also be suggested that pro
fessors instead of taking the entire class time
lecturing on topics of the past, might spend a
few minutes explaining the more pertinent
questions of the day.
A ulopia! Ogden Mills with the Secretary of
the Treasury portfolio. The factory mills all
running full time. The taxation mills low, low,
and lower.
A Call to
Be Answered.
Nebraska's suffering people in the drouth
stricken section of the state have issued a call
for aid which is too powerful, to penetrating,
and too desperate to go unheeded. Citizens in
everv portion of this commonwealth have an
swered and are undertaking local relief cam
paigns in order lhat that aid may not be
denied. The time is here when university stu
dents must also do their share. We, too. must
show that sort of understanding which befits
our supposed intellect.
The Nebraskan's campaign for old clothes
and shoes is being conducted this week. It is
an endeavor which calls for sincere response
on the part of fraternities and sororities. The
campaign, however, is not to be among Greeks
alone. To every student on the campus we
issue an appeal for aid.
The drouth region presents a desolate pic
ture. Family upon family is in such a position
as to have no hope of succor unless it comes
from 1 lie outside. There are homes with empty
pantrii, children without presentable clothing,
and mothers and dads who have exhausted
every resource to provide for their families and
themselves. Must it be said that the student
body of the University of Nebraska is unable
to lend a helping hand to fellow citizens m
such a plight?
We have here a student group of nearly live
thousand individuals. We are a little coin
munitv in ourselves. In times like these it is
up to us to show the type of citizenry wc repre
sent. This is no idle cause. These reports of
sufferings are not mere products of some jour
nalist's mind. They are actual pictures of a
cross section of human beings who have their
backs to the wall. It is a situation which we
cannot ignore. .
The collection of old or practically useless
clothing is the least we can do. It is our an
swer to tho call. Let us hope that our reply
will be generous and sincere.
Today, with appearance so deceiving one
finds it difficult to believe in the old adage,
"Seeing is believing."
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TREND OF THE
TIMES
by
GERALD BARDq
MORNING MAIL
Button, Button.
TO THE EDITOR :
The long looked for spring weather will
soon be with us, and with- such coming there
will also come the many cars that have passed
the cold weather in hibernation. These cars
added to the ones that have been active all
winter will make pedestrian travl all the more
dangerous.
However, car drivers have their rights.
And one of the rights they are denied i.-: hav
ing to make unnecessary stops on the new mall
north of Social Sciences. I am referring to the
pair of buttons about midway between each
drive.
Pedestrians are just as responsible for
their good health as motorists, even more so,
and should not be so favored at the expense of
the motorists. Few are the times throughout
the day that pedestrian traffic across the mall
really warrants car stops. I am in favor, of
course of a reasonably slow speed limit and
having it enforced strictly, but I regard the
buttons as unnecessary and unfair to the
motorists.
EDEEB.
rYES are more than ever trun
" lng toward the Democratic
party. Saturday Al Smith handed
the press an answer as to whether
he would be a candidate for the
Democratic presidential nomina
tion. Monday the statement ap
peared. He will be. The decision
gives impetus to the "stop-Boose
velt" campaign.
A third man is rising In tho
minds of Democrats. Speaker John
N. Garner Is conservatively lend
ing Democrats in conservatlvism.
In the words of a Kansas City Star
correspondent he is "putting' his
thumbs down on all muskraking
congressional Investigations and
supporting measures which seek
to re-establish business confi
dence." IT has been said there are two
sides to every question perhaps
also In the Far Eastern. To his
class in League of Nations and in
ternational organizations Profes
sor Hill suggested Monday morn
ing that since it has taken us a
decade to find out about the World
war, maybe we do not know yet
all the causes of the Sino-Japan-ese
struggle.
Americans have unconsciously
grown prejudiced toward the Jap
anese. We can not expect all the
facta to filter at once thorugh the
newspaper channels. Since only
years of Investigation can fully re
veal, we should not be too quick to
condemn. The League of Nations
investigates with the idea In mind
that there are two sides to every
question.
IT is In typical western fashion,
not eastern beneficence, that 392
carloads of food and forage have
been shipped into the drouth areas
of Nebraska and South Daktoa.
COUR officers of the Chicago
Sanitary District have been
found guilty on "graft" charges
involving $6,500,000. Through some
700 witnesses the story has been
told of how dummy corporations
were organized to deal solely with
the municipality. These men have
been sentenced to one to five years.
But not for two years at least, per
haps not at all, will they have to
go to prison. There are yet the
appellate courts and supreme court
to which they may go appeal.
AMERICAN goods are soon to
feel the sting of foreign tariff,
for March 1 the ten percent Brit
ish ad valorem dutv becomes ef
fective. This duty will hit 46 per
cent of our sales to England.
Congressional reaction is inter
esting. Senator Watson. Republi
can floor leader said, "It justifies
the American protective tariff sys
tem throughout. It shows that
England has been floundering in
the bogs for 150 years while we
have been :steadily going up" to th$
heights."
From Senator Glass, Democrat
of Virginia came this, "It is the
inevitable consequence of our own
tariff, policy, which does not alone
relate itself to the so-called protec
tion of domestic industries but
really so completely prevents the
payment by other nations of their
indebtedness to us to make a read
justment of the indebtedness inevi
table, aside-from all- -sentimental
and equitable considerations."
POLITICS TAKE
STAGE AS CLASS
ELECTIONS LOOM
(Continued from Page 1.)
Delta, Lincoln, and Harold Soder
land, Alpha Tau Omega, Lincoln,
were Installed as presidents of the
senior, junior, sophomore, and
freshman classes, respectively.
At the time of their refusal to
present a slate of candidates,' the
minority factions declared they
woula present a petition to the
student council recommending the
abolition of class offices. For
some reason of a strange and oc
cult nature their plans never ma
tured. Their factional idealism ap
pears to have died a natural
death. It is, perhaps, this fact
alone which is causing Blue Shirts
to wonder if they must see an
other election through even the
transitory thrill of something like
an attempt at competition on .the
part of Yellow Jacket and Barb
groups.
The first announcement of elec
tion filings, made last Friday
morning in the Daily Nebraskan,
created something of a temporary
furor. The announcement said
that filings would close on Friday,
Feb. 6. A number of interpreta
tions were immediately placed on
this little item. Elue Shirt faction
leaders were immediately hit with
the thought that perhaps Edwin
Faulkner, Phi Kappa Psi, and
Yellow Jacket president of the
student council, had conspired
with members of his party to
"frame" the filings" date so that
Blue Shirts would have no time
to make nominations. Yellow
Jackets were not quite sure just
what the mix-up was and the
Barbs were passively indifferent
to the whole affair.
As a matter of fact there was
no conspiracy at all. It was sim
ply one of those little things
known as a "printer's" error. The
matter was ironed out at once by
President Faulkner, who made iX
plain that Friday the twelfth was
the date filings closed. And now
it's anybody's race s peaking
loosely; or just another Blue Shirt
election if current indications are
any guide.
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Committee Secures Program
Speakers; Plans Tour
Of Inspection.
Additional speakers and pro
gram activities for the second an
nual Nebraska engineers' roundup,
announced recently by the commit
tee in charge, Include K. p. "iNea'-
Brown, Arbor, a director of the
federal reserve bank in Kansas
City; Dr. J. E.. LeRosslgnol, dean
of the college of business adminis
tration at the University of Ne
braska, and, as a program activ
ity, an Inspection tour of Lincoln
projects especially Interesting- to
engineers. The roundup will be I
held in Lincoln, Feb. 24.
Brown, a Nebraska farmer, has
been secured to discuss the paper
on "The Farmer's Problems in
Adapting Himself to Changing
Conditions," which will be pre
sented by Prof. H. J. Gramlich of
the University of Nebraska college
of agriculture. Dr. LeRosslgnol
will discuss the paper on the "Hu
manitarian Side of Industry,"
which will be read by Dr. Lau
rance R. Plank, pastor of the Uni
tarian church in Omaha. Harry E.
Graves, president of the Lincoln
Typographical union, will also
have a part in the discussion of
Dr. Plank's paper.
The inspection tour will take
the engineers to view such proj
ects as the state house, the cen
tral mixing plant of the Abel Con
struction company, the new Union
Terminal warehouse, and the
power plant of the Iowa-Nebraska
Light and Power company.
NEBRASKAN WILL
OPEN DRIVE FOR
CLOTHING TODAY
(Continued from Page 1.)
ments have been made to the
stricken zone but that much more
will be needed to tide the suffering
citizens over untu spring, up to
this time nearly every community,
organization, and Institution has
taken a part in the drive with the
exception of the student body of
the university.
snouid the house representative
named by the Nebraskan not be
able to attend ths afternoon's
meeting, the house is asked to send
someone else to be there, as it is
necessary that every house be rep
resented if the campaign is to be
thorough.
Committee Named.
The Daily Nebraskan has ap
pointed the following women to
collect drouth contributions in
their respective sororities: Harriet
Dunlap, Alpha Chi Omega, Hold
rege; Irma Randall, Alpha Delta
Pi, Omaha; Gretchen Schrag,
Alpha Omicron PI, Lincoln; Marie
Broad, Alpha Delta Tbeta, Lin
coln; Margaret Edgerton, Alpha
Phi, Aurora; Gertrude Clark,
Alpha XI Delta, La Grange, 111.;
Margaret Buol, Chi Omega, Ran
dolph. Mary Sutton, Delta Delta Delta,
Lincoln; Jane Robertson, Delta
Gamma, Beatrice; Ruth Loomis,
Delta Zeta, Enderlln, N. D.; Mar
jorie Bailey, Gamma Phi Beta,
Omaha; Margaret Day, Kappa
Alpha Theta, Lincoln; Hilda Hull,
Kappa Delta, Logan, la.
Imogene Souders, Kappa Kappa
Gamma, Nebraska City; Marjorle
Schimmelpfinnig, Lambda Gamma,
Lincoln; Alice Quigle, Lincoln;
Helen Newberg, Phi Omega Pi,
Lincoln; Marjorie Peterson, Pi
Beta Phi, Fremont; Sybil Winegar,
Sigma Alpha Iota, Lincoln.
Tobie Goldstein, Sigma Delta
Tau, Omaha; Beatrice Marshall,
Sigma Kappa, Lincoln; Marjorie
Parr, Theta Phi Alpha, Manson,
la.; Gertrude Bork, Zeta Tau
Alpha.
Fraternity Representatives.
"Representatives in the fraternity
houses are:
John Zelinger, Acacia, David
City; Robert Harper, Alpha Chi
Sigma, Spencer; Nell McFarland,
Alpha Sigma Phi, Norfolk; Harry
Foster, Alpha Tau Omega, Lin-
Tuesday, Feb. 9.
12:00 Rifle team.
12:15 Intramural Managers.
coin; John Henderson, Alpha
Theta Chi, Omaha; Herman biei
ken. Beta Sle-ma Psl. Pickerell
Francis Cunningham, Beta Theta
- . . T-Alfff
Pi, J-Jncom; XMorman mmea,
Rio-ma nltn. Fremont: Dan East-
erday, Delta Sigma Lambda, Lin
coln; George Young, ueua eibi
Phi. Paola. Kas.: Otto Kotuc, Delta
Tau Delta, Humbolt.
Waiter Hnhpr. Delta Theta Phi,
Irvlngton; Charles McCarl, Delta
Upsilon, McCook; Glen LcDioyt,
Farm House. Wakefield: Madison
Shaw, Omega Beta Pi, Wilson
ville; Harry Salter, Phi Alpha
rinlta. Norfolk: Bob Lau. Phi Delta
two T.inrnin- William Butter-
field, Phi Gamma Delta, Norfolk;
Leon Carrol, Phi Kappa, Lincoln;
Lvle Lvdick, Phi Sigma Kappa,
Clatonla; Harold Dahms, Phi
Kappa Psl, Seward.
Charles uerora, fi ivapp ai-
nha finnkincham. Colo.: Joe
Shramek, Sigma Alpha Epsilon,
David city; Morns uoraon, oigi
Alpha Mu, Sioux City, la.; Nor
man Willev. Sie-ma Chi. Randolph;
Ralph Spencer, Sigma Thi Epsilon,
Talmage; John Johnson,- Sigma
Phi Sigma, umana; naipn jvsuore,
Sitrma Nu. Omaha: Bovd Krewson,
Tau Kappa Epsilon, Elm Creek;
nnn uir mer. Theta uni. Liincoin:
Fred Wanek, Xi Psi Phi. Loup i
Citv: Maurice pepper, z.eia
Tau, Omaha.
Ill
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6ISH SPEAKS ON PROGRAM
Athletic Director Describes
South African Tour in
Sunday Talk.
Herbert D. Gish, director of ath
letics, spoke on the regular weekly
Nebraska state museum program
Sunday at Morrill hall. Mr. Gish's
lecture was illustrated with films
taken while he managed the Amer
ican track team last fall in Africa.
Films included views of the ath
letic meets, sight seeing views in
London and South Africa ana liv
ing conditions in Africa, and
scenes taken while aboara me
ship. The team which Mr. Gish
managed was chosen by tne Ama
teur Athletic union and made a
tour of South Africa.
Teacher's application photos
$1.00 a dozen. Barnett Studio,
1241 N.
AO COLLEGE RAISES
DROUTH RELIEF FUND
(Continued from Page 1.)
and are locating hay which can be
put on the cars for $6.00 or less
per ton.
Three carloads or tms nay win
leave Gothenburg the first of the
week, Adams phoned Brokaw Sat
urday morning. More can prob
ably be located at Lexington, and
some at Gibbon and Kearney. All
the details of the shipments had
not been worked out yet Saturday
noon. Dawson and Buffalo county
organizations may want to co
operate in securing the hay and
the agricultural college committee
will be glad to pool the contribu
tions to make the shipment larger,
Brokaw stated.
All of the hay will be turned
over to the distributing organiza
tions already set up in northeast
ern Nebraska. Every effort will be
made to have the shipments fit in
with the plans of those organizations.
Prom Girl Filings Must Be In
By Friday; Four Chosen
From Them.
FINAL VOTE AT DOOR
Tho nivth annual Junior-Senior
Prnm will he held in the coliseum
nn March Mh it whs announced
yesterday by Bill Devereaux. chair
man of tho committee for tbi
annual fete.
A very unique plan ot decora
tions is being worked out by Jack
Thmtmann and Jane Axtell which
will be announced at a future date.
Filings for the position or prom
Fridav. Feb.
12. Elections will be held Feb. 16
at which time four candidates lor
the honor will be selected. Tne
final vnti u-111 be taken at the door
on the night of the party Dorothy
Silvls was tne prom gin iur mm
year.
Within the next f?w ' days the
prom committee will announce
further details about the affair. On
WcliicuHnu nlcht at 5 o'clock Wil-
iiam Devereaux and Mary Alice
Kelly win report. 10 me bluucui.
council and will discuss further
plans with that body.
Y.W.C.A. to Open Study
Course in Life of Jesus
The University Y. W. C. A. will
offer an eight week series of semi
nar studies on the life .of Jesus.
These studies will be given on
Thursdays at 11 o'clock, Ellen
Smith hall.
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WITH the application of electricity to aircraft
instruments, another chapter was written in the
annalt of air transportation. To-day't ship is not only
swifter but safer and more dependable. Modern
depth-sounding devices indicate Instantly the height of
the ship t'oove the ground surface. A unique feature
of General Electric's recently purchased monoplane
it the almost completely electrified Instrument panel.
The most recently developed instrument Is the sonic
altimeter, which provides quick means of indicating
changes in height above ground. Sound from an
intermittently operated air whistle is directed down
ward. The echo is picked up in a receiving megaphone,
and the sound is heard through stethoscope. The
elapsed time between the sound and the eciio
de:ermines the height. Tests show that water, build-,
ings, woods, etc., produce echoes that are different
and characteristic.
Besides developing a complete system of aircraft in
struments, college-trained General Electric engineers
have pioneered in every electrical field on land, on
sea, and in the air.
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