I HP AJ,.Ij x RASKA Official Student Newspaper of the University of Nebraska VOL. XXXI NO. 99. LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, MARCH 3, 1932 PRICE FIVE CENTS" SPOERRY SPEAKS ON EAST CRISIS China-Japanese Tangle Will Be Analyzed Completely By Captain. EXCUSE DRILL CLASSES Military Department Man Is Familiar With Various Sides of Conflict. Capt. O. W. Spoerry, instructor in the military science depart ment, will address the all univer sity convocation Thursday morn ing at 11 o'clock on the present situation In the Chinese-Japanese conflict. Advance students in military science will be excused from classes to attend the convocation. No other classes are excused, but everyone who is able is invited to attend. Captain Spoerry formerly spent two years in the area in which the Sino-Japanese war is now being waged. He is familiar with the geographic, economic and political situation in the far east from his personal contact with the country and from his close study of the happenings of the last few months. Captain Spoerry will discuss the present conflict in the light of eco nomic and political factors, the standpoint of the Japanese and their reasons for their actions toward the Chinese. Internnl dis orders in China will also be noted, and the relations between their di vided nationality and their inabil ity to protect themselves from in vasion shown. The part of the League of Nations in an effort to bring about peace will be con sidered. The discussion will be supple mented with large colored maps of the various regions which are be ing contested by the two countries. The maps have been made by Cap tain Spoerry, and they graphically trace the history of the Sino-Japanese region from the time it was opened to the world until the pres ent day. Captain Spoerry will present both sides" of the situation, outlin ing Chinese and Japanese history since the beginning of encroach ment upon their territory by for eign nations. He hx watched the development of the war from the angle of the militarist and is able to interpret the progress of the struggle from that point of view as well a from the political and economical side. ILL DRILLERS IE! II Fourth Annual Conclave Set Open at 9 With Talk By Burnett. Opening a two day session on the campus, the fourth annual hort course and convention of the Nebraska Well Drillers association convenes Thursday morning at 9 o'clock in Nebraska hall. More than a hundred well drillers from nil over the state are expected. The two day session is being spon sored by the conservation and sur vey division and the United States geological survey. Chancellor E. A. Burnett will give the addreHS of welcome and L. A. McLean, president of the association, will make the re sponse. Still and motion pictures of the convention will be taken, followed by luncheon at the cham ber of commerce. Various exhibits by manufac turers and Jobbers of well drilling supplies will be viewed from 1 un til 2 o'clock and for an hour short talks will be given by the repre sentatives of the firms. Reporting on the American As sociation of Water Well Drillers national convention at Urbana, 111., Andrew Olson, Oakland, will ad dress the association at 2 o'clock. A business meeting will be held at 2:15, and at 5 o'clock those in attendance will be given an oppor tunity to ask questions on prob lems of the members. The con cluding number on the program Is the banquet at the Lincoln hotel at 6:30. CAMPUS CALENDAR Thursday, March 3. University Players, Temple the ater, 7:30. University Y. W. C. A. election, Ellen Sm.'th hall, 9 to 5 o'clock. Girls' Commercial, Ellen Smith, 7:00 o'clock. Spoerry Convocation, Temple theater, 11 o'clock. Dr. H. B. Alexander talk, Social Sciences 321, 11 o'clock. Economics club, Social Science 113. 7:15. Well drillers short course opens, Nebraska ball, 9 o'clock. League of Women Voters, Ellen Smith hall, 4 o'clock. Christian Science organization, faculty ball, Temple, 7:15. Friday, March 4. Glee club rehearsal, Morrill hall 7 o'clock. University Players, Temple the ater, 7:30. Dcllan Union Literary society 8:30, Temple. Ag Mixer, Student Activities building. AT CONVOCATION Hartley Burr Alexander, Famous Educator, Speaks Before Class In Philosophy Thursday Morning Dr. Hartley Burr Alexander, -whose "job" in connection with New York's monumental "radio city" is so novel as to be without a name, will speak before Dr. C. II. Patterson's philosophy class Thursday at 11 o'clock in' room 321, Social Sciences. Anyone is welcome to attend. Talking to Lincoln newspapermen, Dr. Alexander, now professor in Scrlpps college att Claremont, Calif., prophesied the breaking up of universities into smaller and more significant groups. Refusing to admit an at titude of criticism, he said that be tween rules and regulations and the "ornery" student the rules and regulations are the worst. "The rules governing many oversized universities today," he declared, "arc not only senseless but actually brutal in application. The new plan, whereby colleges are segregated and operate under their own budgets, is being tried in some of the states of the east and proving1 succssful." Dr. Alexander declared himself as favoring a corporation system SHI Says That Treaties of 1915 Are Responsible for N Present Plight. CHINESE PEACE LOVING Evidence to prove that Man churia is very definitely a part of China and that Japan's claims to the territory are based on extor tionist treaties made in 1915 when other countries were too preoccu pied to notice, was brought out by Miss Lelia Hinkley, general secre tary of the Y. W. C. A. in Peiping, at the weekly World Forum lunch eon Wednesday noon. "There has been a question for some time," said Miss Hiniuey, 'about whether or not Manchuria s really a part of China. The fact that there are approximately 36,000 square miles of territory in Manchuria and only 14,000 square miles belongs to Japan, while the rest is owned by China would seem ample proof for Cblna's claim to this territory," she declared. "Be sides this," she added, "there are 30,000,000 Chinese living in Man churia who speak their own language. Manchuria has truly been absorbed by the Chinese." Explains Misconceptions. Miss Hinkley explained the mis conceptions concerning Japans rights in Manchuria. We must go back to 1915 to find the source of the trouble, she said. There were certain treaties made between Ja pan and China at that time when the rest of the world was too busy to pay any attention. Those trea ties, she said, are the root of the trouble. "Most of these treaties were forced from China, who did not realize the harm which they would cause her," according to Miss Hinkley. "The most important of these treaties was the one in which Japan made twenty-one demands. These included a ninety-nine year lease of Manchurlan territory to Japan. This was to be renewed on Its expiration. Both of these agreements gave Japan unfair ad vantages in Manchuria. It is only now that China realizes the seri ousness of the treaty agreement. The Chinese are a peace-loving people," explained Miss Hinkley, "and that is why their military forte Is so poorly prepared. EC CLUB MEETS TONIGHT State Bank Failures Will Be Subject for Talk and Discussions. The Economics club will hold Its regular meeting Thursday evening In Social Science hall, room 113, at 7:15. The subject for discussion Is "Some of the Causes of Bank Failures In Nebraska During the Last Ten Years." Earl Hald will be the main speaker of the eve ning. Mr. Hald Is working on his master's degree, and Is writing his thesis on that subject. LORAIN E LALLMAN Mite Lallman: Age, 21; height five feet four Inches; weight, 105 poundi; eyes, blue; hair, blonde; homo Arapahoo; college, Teachers; sorority, Alpha XI Delta; activities, PI Mu Epsilon, PI Lambda Theta; masculine pre ference, dark; favorite subject, rtmthetnatlc. ivy i ? i y h: .'.':'' . '- i . ; , ,. V:-' '.:' 7;, v7:-'- -" ' I , ; 4 . IkzJ of management so far as the fi nancial side of the school is con cerned. He said that Harvard has gradually drifted away from the compulsory attendance rule and is experiencing marked success in the attempt. Explains Radio City. Enroute to California after three months in New York, Dr. Alexan der and his wife were the guests of Mrs. Aaron S. Raymond, 2900 Georgian Court. For the benefit of house guests and interviewers, he explained in brief progress in the upbuilding of "radio city." While In conference with archi tects, Dr. Alexander "rubbed el (Contlnued on Page 2.) MUSIC RECITAL THURSDAY Tenth Weekly Program Set For 4 O'clock; Nine Students to Play. The tenth student weekly re cital of the school of music will be held in recital hall 208, school of music building, Thursday after noon at 4 o'clock. Nine students will present the program. These recitals are held each Thursday afternoon. The program: Brahma, Rhapiody, O minor; Ruth Hlrd. Scott, Holiday; Raymond Forahay. Bach, Prelude and Fugue, No. 1, Book 1: Loretta Prleiner. Llrt, Llebeetraum; Winifred Matron. Salnt-Saem, The Swan; MacDowell, In Autumn; Ellen Egner. Marcello, Sonata, C major; Garnette Mlxhr7'Out on the Deep; Plniutl, I Fear No Foe; Lttr Rumbaugh. Bruch, Concerto; Jeannette Moholder. Hayden, Sonata, No. 12; Rutb Burk bolder. QUESTION OF DEBATE Groups Slow in Expressing Stand on Intramural Debate Program. FOUR ARE OPPOSED Seeking the opinion an expres sion of the stand of fraternities and sororities upon the proposed Intramural debate program, the Daily Nebraskan has been at tempting to survey the student opinion on the campus during the last few days. Answers to the box which has been printed in the Daily Nebraskan have been slow in coming in. Only four organizations have taken a stand against intramural debate, according to the present statistics. Of these four, three are sororities. Delta Tau Delta is the only fraternity that haa opposed the plan. Delta Upsilon, Alpha Tau Omega, Phi Kappa Psl, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Alpha Theta Chi, Delta Sigma Lambda and Alpha Theta Phi have sanctioned the proposed round robin debate. Altho no concrete inferences may be formed from the scanty material that haa been turned in, it seems that sororities are the strongest opponents of intramural debate. It is hoped that every organization on the campus will co-operate with the Daily Nebras kan in feeling out student opinion. The proposed program would not necessarily include sororities in the activity. It was thought that debates between both groups might add to the Interest of the program. Representative men on the cam pus were interviewed by the Dally Nebraskan last week. The opinion voiced by the majority of the men Interrogated waa that intramural debate was practical and was a beneficial activity. The principle defect in the pro nwr1 extra-curricular activity that was pointed out was the lack of sufficient time on tne pan oi me (Continued on Page 2.) Five Coeds Are -J "4 ) a, 4 LA VIRGINIA POLLARD Miss Pollard: Age, 21, height, five foet hvih Inches; weight, 116 pounds; eyti, brown; hair, brown; home, Nohawka; college, Arts and Solenees (journalism); ororlty, Chi Omega; activities, newt editor Dally Nebraskan and president of Chi Omega; mascu line preference, ? T; favorite sub ject, Journalism. NINE SELECTED PATRONS PRO M E Committee Names Honored Guests for Closing Formal Event. PLANS APPROACH FINISH Voting by Ticket Holders Is Sixth Election of Fete Queen. Nine persons have been selected as patrons and patronesses for the Junior-Senior prom, annual closing event of the formal season, accord ing to a statement issued yester day by Eleanor Dixon and Irving Walker, members of the commit tee in charge of chaperones and patrons. The nine chosen are: Chancellor and Mrs. E. A. Burnett, Dean and Mrs. T. J. Thompson, Dean and Mrs. O. J. Ferguson, Miss Amanda Heppner, Miss Winona Perry and Miss Evelyn Metzger. Chaperones for the affair will be Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Lantz, Dean and Mrs. W. C. (Continued on Page 3.) Y.W.C.A. HEADS WILL BE ELECTED I Polls Are at Ellen Smith Hall And Home Economics Building at Ag. 700 MEMBERSMAY VOTE Y. W. C. A. heads for next year will be elected, Thursday, March 3. The polls will be at Elien Smith hall and the Home Economics building from 9 a. m. to 5 p. m. Only girls who signed membership cards the first semester are eligi ble to vote. About 700 members are eligible to cast a ballot. Senior members of the present cabinet will preside at the polls. Evelyn . O'Connor and Jane Robertson are candidates for president: Catherine Williams and Delores Deadman for vice-president; Jane Boos and Alice Brown for secretary; Gertrude Clarke and Eleanor Dixon for treasurer. Helen Hengstler and Emma Feith are nominees for Ag College chair man. Miss O'Connor, Delta Zeta, is from Elsie, Neb. She is a junior in Arts and Science college' and has been chairman of the research staff this year. She also served in the capacity of treasurer for the Nebraska in China drive just completed. She is a member of (Continued on Page 3.) COUNlliilLL Greek Administrative Body Hears Report on 20 Violators. Complying with the recommen dation of the scholarship commit tee, the Interfraternity council last night issued a warning to fraterni ties to observe the rules of the council regarding initiation. Since all of the fifty-seven men who had been unlawfully Initiated had made the required average, the council decided not to punlnh the offending fraternities. Any failure In the future to observe the rules will result In the offending frater nities being penalized, the cora mltee warned. The report of the council scholar ship committee Is as follows: We, the members of the In terfraternity council scholar (Continued on Page 2.) SATURDAY Candidates for Prom Girl Saturday c LOUISE CONGtWELL Mlit Cogswell: Age, 21 height, five feet four and a half Inches; weight, 120 pound; eyet, brown; hair, black; home, Alliance; col lage, Teachers; sorority, Kappa Kappa Gamma; activities, Pan hellenlo delegate, kindergarten council, president of Kappa Kappa Gamma; matculine pre ference, none; favorite subject, education. Career vs. Marriage Sets Women At Variance With Each Other in Campus Poll on Ancient Question By GRETCHEN SCHRAG. Do coeds favor career or marriage? The general concensus is that if they cannot get married they will have a career. .Six girls of the eighteen interviewed favor career, the other twelve favor marriage or a combination of the two. "If I could make a man into what I would like to be my self, all right. But if marriage means settling down in rodunK Center to a life of domestic bliss then I want a career." Such is the opinion of Jane Elizabeth Robert son, Delta Gamma. Dorothy Weaver, PI Beta Phi, says: "I think having a cereer gives a woman a feeling of fi nancial independence and some thing upon which she can rely." Evelyn West, president of Alpha Phi, is more complimentary to the masculine sex. "Marriage is a career; the greatest career that any woman can enter. When a woman enters marriage she may, besides that, hold a job, but she ANNUAL SALES NEAR END Mouse! Warns Absolutely No Yearbooks Available After Saturday. Russel Mousel, business mana ger of the Cornhusker, Wednesday warned all students wishing to get a copy of the 1932 yearbook must order before the close of this week's sale Saturday. Absolutely no books will be available In the spring when the book is published, according to Mousel. The publications board, he said, has forbidden ordering more books than are sold in the advance sales drives, and none will be available after this week. An intensive final sales cam paign for the Cornhusker is being conducted this week by members of Tassels, coed pep organization, and members of the yearbook staff. GETS COMMENDATION Gramlich Favors Plan for Student Drouth Aid Campaign. FACULTY TOTAL IS $792 "The plan of having each stu dent donate a dime to drouth re lief is very commendable and worth while," according to Prof. H. C. Gramlich, chairman of the department of dairy husbandry, who was in, charge of the collec tion of faculty donations at the ag college. "Although the relief work has been going on continually in the drouth stricken areas, the condi tion of these places is still exceed ingly bad. They still need a good deal of help." Professor Gramlich emphasized that the distribution work has been carried on very efficiently. He stated that since the grass in the affected area will not be ready for stock within sixty days, there is a great need for food for ani mals. Total contributions to the fac ulty fund at the university amount to $792.40, according to Prof. O. C. Martin, chairman of the depart ment of business organization and management, who has been In charge of the fund. "The plan for each student to donate a dime toward drouth re lief is a very good one as the need is very urgent," declared Professor Martin. "I think that many stu dents who have read reports from the stricken areas will even con tribute larger amounts." Marcus Poteet Files for Office of Representative Marcus L. Poteet, graduate of the University of Nebraska, who received his A. B. in 1918 and L. L. B. degree in 1922, filed Wednes day for the office of congressman from the First district on the re publican ticket HARRIET NESLADEK Mia Nesladek; Age, 20; height five feet two inchtt; weight, 08 pounds; eyet, hazel; hair, chtatnut; home Omaha; college, Teachers; tororlty, Alpha Oml cren PI; activities, Tattel, Corn hutker etaff, Y. W. C. A. Gamma Eta Chi; masculine preference, pleating personality and good port; favorite subjects, art and advertising. u?- s.n: M 1 i 1 l ; i ''" ' v ' ' cannot have another career and do justice to both." "Every woman should prove to herself that she can have a career, and a successful one, before she marries," believes Rosalie Lamme, Delta Delta Delta. "I do not," she continued, "think of a career as a mere money making proposition." "Varies With Person." Harriet Nesladek, Alpha Omi cron PI and candidate for prom girl, is of the opinion that the question is one for each individual to decide. She believes, however, (Continued on Page 3.) INE Winter. Issue of Prairie Schooner Opens Sale On Campus. IS NATIONALLY KNOWN The Winter issue of the Prairie Schooner, university literary quart erly, will go on sale Thursday morning from stands in Social Sciences and Andrews hall at a special student price of twenty five cents. The women who will be in charge of the stands will also take student subsriptions to the quarterly for the coming year. This issue of the Prarie Scho oner marks the beginning of its sixth year of existence, according to Dr. L. C. Wimberly, editor. Dur ing that time it has built up its literary reputation until Edward J. O'Brien, Boston short story critic, has rated it above H. L. Menken's American Mercury for 1931. Seventeen short stories, poems, and articles make up the current issue of the Schooner. In addition there are the regular features Crossroads, Bibliana, Dog in the Manger, and Ox Cart. The majority of the contents is from the pens of Nebraska writers and the balance is taken from con tributions received from different parts of the country. Jose Garcia Villa, senior at the University of New Mexico, whose short story, "The Son of Rizal," opens the is sue, has contributed to Scribner's, Frontier, Story, and This Quarter, a Paris publication. Aim Explained. The aim of the Prairie Schooner, according to a notation on the frontispiece, is as follows: "The Prairie Schooner is an out let for literary work in the Univer sity of Nebraska and a medium for the publication of the finest writ ing of the prairie country." The entire contents of the Winter Issue are: "The Son of Rizal," a story, by Jose Garcia Villa; "Crossing Over," a poem, by Charles Ballard; "Vor tex," a poem, by Helen Margaret; "A Plea for the Untarnished Lady," (Continued on Page 2.) ART STUDlNTSTO PLAY Second 'Bohemian Hop Set Friday Night; Costume Color Planned. The second annual "Bohemian Hop" for students in the school of fine arts will be held in Morrill hall, Friday, May 13, according to an announcement made Thursday. The party will be sponsored by the Art club and the plans will be made by committees from the art, music and dramatics departments. The ball will be a costume affair and will be the "gayest, most col orful social event of the season and by far the most original," ac cording to the announcement. The price of the tickets will be forty nine cents. J A courtrty of Tn Journal. LAVERLE HERMAN Mitt Herman: Age 21; height, five feet two Inches; weight, 113 pounds; eyet, brown; hair, brown; home, Nlckerton; col lege, Teachers; tororlty, Gamma Phi Beta; activities, candidate for W. A. A. pretldent. Big tit ter, Phyt Ed club, pretldent of Gamma Pfi' Beta; matculine pre ference, all men; favorite eub ject, philosophy. ON STANDS THURSDAY TO DECIDE LID CASE FINALLY TONIGHT Law Vs. Engineer Dispute Over Brown Derby to Be Terminated. AMUSEMENT IS PROMISED Joint Committee in Charge Of Meeting Selects . Neutral Judge. A disarmament conference and peace parley will be staged by members of the Law and Engine ering college at the Cornhusker hotel ballroom at 8 o'clock tonight. The ownership of the "Brown derby" will be settled at that time by an impartial judge. "Details for the convocation are ready and plans have been worked out by the joint committee that are satisfactory to both groups. A judge has willingly accepted our invitation to ofticiate over the dis pute. The speeches promise to be amusing and constructive", Glenn McKinney, president of the senior class of the Law college, stated Wednesday. Enthusiasm over the affair to be staged Thursday has gained mo mentum in the two colleges and a big turnout is expected due to the Interest that has been shown. The meetine is to be in the form of an amiable get-together and only laws and engineers will be permitted to attend upon the pre sentation of identification cards. Decision as to the ownership of the bowler will be made upon the merit of the respective claims and not upon technical theories known only to the legal profession. Costs of the affair have already been taken care of by the commit tee and no charge will be assessed on those attending. The joint com mittee is composed of. three men from each college. The committee: Willard J. Dann, Gerald F. Briggs, Lyle W. Mabbott, engineers; Glenn McKinney, Thomas Dowd, Robert Young, law3. Dean O. J. Ferguson and Dean H. H. Foster expressed their ap proval of the plans and stated the proposed method of settling the dispute waa a good way out of the dilemma created by the "snitching" of the derby. Students of the engineering col lege issued a challenge to the law school Monday night and formu lated a resolution that the matter (Continued on Page 2.) T Seventeenth Weekly Event Includes Numbers by Advanced Players. Advanced students of the School of Music presented the seventeenth musical convocation of tne year Wednesday afternoon at the Tem ple. The program as a whole was difficult to render, most numbers requiring advanced interpretative skill. The concluding trio deserves special commendation on Its pre sentation. The recital on Wednesday of next week will be given by Profes sor and Mr. Carl Steckelberg, vi olinist and pianist, and Mrs. Maude Gutzmer, vocalist. This will be the concluding faculty convocation of the year. Wednesday's program: Hraliin., Monata, f tltarp mlnori Kaiii KILhoiIU. Hrrthflvrn, Adrlaldr; llowurd Htarfc. Krafittur-krrtalrr. Hlrlllannn ad Bl (audnn; Hit VM. Jnlai ValMto Hill. Urban.)-, Hiinkra t'alhrdrali VlalH Vaughn. Maurnrl. I'lrnrril lrurri, Itira lai Maraarrl Alttrkirhnlr. (.nivlci. I hunwin du flaMMir: lirrra dr lit rnuprrl l Annl Vm Mrllouol. Hruhrna, rrirbllrhm Nlandrhrni K kK mann, Hldnninii; Mbll Wlnriar. Mi,,UiiHkl-ari.ulr, tiullarrri I'aal Hell. lUmhlrn, Hralda HUM Waltn; hrrl.lrf. Thr old It W ruin: Vkila tarry, Marjorla McAII.Irr, H'lhrrta Wrhrman. .- - SIGMA ETA CHI INITIATES FOUR AT SUDAY MEET Four girls were initiated Into Sigma Eta Chi, Congregation! sorority at a service Sunday. They are, Viola Kriz, Howells; Edith Noyes, Lincoln; Bernice Rundin, Wahoo; and Henrietta Sanderson, Lincoln. The group has pledged two girls this second semester, Olynda Weber and Florence Buxman, both of Lincoln. DO YOU FAVOR INTRA-- MURAL DEBATE? Recent exprettloni of student and faculty sentiment have fa vored addition of debate to the Nebratka intramural sports program. Rudy Vogeler, Intra mural athletio director, ttyt tuoh a program could be eatily adopted If students should ex press an Interett In It. The Dally Nebratkan, In order to get student reaction to the pro posal, It her publishing a bal lot which It request each or ganized house president, frater nity and tororlty, to Ml out and return to the Dally Nebratkan office In the batement of U hall Frl 'ay o- Saturday. FOR DEBATE L AGAINST DEBATE CONVOCATION