AM D HTC AILY N EBR ASK AN Official Student Newspaper of .the University of Nebraska vol. xxxr NO. 101. LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, SUNDAY, MARCH 6, 1932 PRICE FIVE CENTS PLANS LAID 10 ENDOW OFFICES WITH FUNCTIONS Faction Representatives Will Seek Duties for Class Heads. ONE OF PARTIES MISSING Barbs Have Not Responded To Action Proposed by Blue Shirts. By THE OBSERVER. Definite plans toward endowing class offices with regular duties will be laid tomorrow afternoon when representatives of the Blue Shirts and Yellow Jackets, major political factions, confer on this score. Action to make the post of class i president a position worthy or coa tinuation as a campus tradition is the result of a co-operation move ment between the two fraternity factions. - Last spring complete abolition of class offices, because they were positions unworthy of perpetua tion, was urged by the Yellow Jacket and Barb factions, both of whom refused to file nominees in the fall election. They again re fused to present a slate at the sec ond semester election a few weeks ago. At that time William Dever eaux, new Blue Shirt president, proposed a conference of the two groups toward ine ena or esiaD- lishing a group of 'duty recom mendations' for class offices, to be presented to the Student council. Proposal Welcomed. Dcveieaux's proposal was heart ily welcomed by the Yellow Jacket faction with the statement that it would rather see class offices re tained If proper duties could be de vised. No statement as to the sen timent of the Barb faction has been forthcoming of late. The Blue Shirt faction will be represented at Monday's confer ence by President William uever eaux and one other delegate to be selected by him. Otis Detrick, Yel low Jacket president, and Jack Erickson, faction secretary, will represent the minority faction. If the complete set of recom mendations for the offices of class presidents Is completed Monday afternoon they will be submitted to the Student council at its Wed nesday meeting. Should the two . factions fail to complete their recommendations they will con tinue work on them and present them to the Student council two weeks later, it is reported. Commenting on the conference, Edwin Faulkner, president of the Student council, said that that body would gladly consider any proposals for endowing class of fices with regular duties. BIZAD PARTY TICKETS GO ON SALE MONDAY All Student Event to Open Spring Social Season at Cornhusker. Sale of tickets for the Bizad spring party to be held at the Cornhusker ballroom, March 11, the opening spring party of the year, will begin Monday, accord ing to an announcement made yes terday by Norman Prucka, presi dent of the Commercial club, and general chairman of the party. Price of the tickets will be one dollar. The low price of the tickets will be an Inducement to students to attend the party, and a large crowd Is expected to attend the event, Prucka stated. The purpose of the party is to stimulate activity in the College , of Business Administration. It T will be established as an annual event to take the place of the an nual Bizad day, which was usually held later in the spring, according to Prucka. Music for the affair will be furnished by Edie Jungbluth and his orchestra. Lyle DeMoss, local entertainer, will sing during the evening. Harriett Kruise-Kemmer will also present several new ar rangements of popular songs. PLAYERS HOLD TRYQUTS Religious Drama Group Will Meet Applicants Sunday Afternoon. Wesley Players, national reli gious cVamaitc organization, will hold tryouts Sunday afternoon at 2:30 at the Emmanuel Methodist church, 15th and U, for all univer sity students Interested In religious drama. Mrs. Ada Malcolm will be in charge. John Philip Sousa Dies Late Sunday John Philip Sousa, famous band leader died late Sunday night. Sousa the author of a march entitled "The Univer sity of Nebraska" which he pre sented to the university several years ago. He has made several personal appearances here In concerts and awarded a cup to the cadet band for the service It had rendered the regimental unit In helping It obtain the blue star rating. Municipal Judge Says Serious Law Violations by Students Are Almost Unknown; Speeding Main Offense Magistrate Favors Giving Wrongdoers Chance to Make Good. By Cliff Sandahl. University of Nebraska students are living in a fast age! This "astounding" revelation was made Saturday by Municial Judge Li. Polk, commenting upon the type of student cases coming be fore him during his first four years on the bench. "Of the students brought before me, automobile speeders clearly are in tho majority," the judge said. "In fact, felonies among stu dents are unknown, most of the cases being for traffic violations. Liquor violations have been so few as to be negligible." Percentage of "crime" among students in proportion to the rest of the city's population is "exceed ingly small," Judge Polk asserted. "If it were not that students are always in a hurry trying to keep up with this socalled fast age, we would hardly know they are around, at least from a judicial standpoint," he added. The judge, himself a Cornhus ker alumnus, believes In giving the students "no more nor no less consideration in meting out sen tences than others who come be fore him." Gives Chance to Make Good. "I do believe, however," he con tinued, "that it is better to give a young man a chance to make good STUDENTS AT CORNELL HAVE MAJORITY VOICE Undergraduates More Than Half of Members on Athletic Board. PRINCETON TELLS PLAN Student comnrise more than one-half of the membership of the nthlotip hnarri of control at Cornell university, according to a letter re ceived recently Dy An won, cnair man of the athletic relations com mittee of the Student council. There are approximately sixty mnmhprs nn thp athletic council at Cornell, and students, since the founding of the council, have had the majority of members. Student members on the council are man agers, assistant managers, and captains of major sport teams. They are members of the council as long as they noia inese posi tions. The student representatives have the same power as other members of the council, each mem ber having one vote. A graduate manager presides over the coun cil, and his vote is equal to any other council member's vote. Representation Beneficial. "Student representation has been beneficial in that student nnlninn has been e-iven a voice in athletic affairs. Also the students have been granted a direct means of aiding in Cornell's athletic pol icy." the author of the letter stated. Three students, chosen by the undergraduate council for a term nf nnn vpar are members of the athletic board at Princeton. They have equal voting ana discussion powers with other members of the hoard and are Influential in the choice of coaches, schedules, and other matters of athletic policy. "As the undergraduates directly nnrtirinate in athletics, their opin ion bears consldarable weight. It is important tnat tne representatives be thoroughly representative," the letter stated. Students at the University of Idaho are not represented on the athletic faculty committee, which (Continued on Page 4.) SEND OUT PETITIONS ASKING FOR BOYCOTT Harvard President Speeds Movement to Secure Signatures. Additional petitions favoring concurrent action In economic hv the president and congress of the United States with the League or waiions ior ine rc toration of peace in regard to the fiftin.TangnDflA nltiiAtlon. have been received by Dr. Laura B. Pfeifer, i - .I XT executive secretary oi me Ne braska branch of the League f Nations association. The association recommends In creased activity in gathering sig natures on petitions for an lnter- n.Hnnal ornnnmic bovcott of Japan if the latter does not cease hostile aggressions in nina miu Manchuria. About 200 petitions nave been received, according to Doctor Pfeifer and approximately 100 have been circulated thruout the state. Since the petitions, wnicn were initiated by President a. t .nr.nra iiwll of Harvard uni versity, Feb. 17, have been circu lated, more wan o.uvv signature have been gained in Nebraska, rtrfirar in the Nebraska branch include J. E. Lawrence, president. J. E. Miner, juage n. n. n and Mrs. E. L. Hinman, member of the executive board, Mrs. W. E. Barkley, treasurer, and Doctor Pfeifer, executive secretary. after he has committed a wrong rather than lock him up with a bunch of hard nosed yeggmen. The contacts he will make in jail will hurt him rather than help him, I believe." Asked what he thought of prohi bition and its enforcement, Judge Polk replied: "The adoption of the eighteenth amendment to the federal constitu tion and the enactment of the Vol stead act have furnished one of the most perplexing problems that the country has faced since the Civil war. I will not say that the liquor problem is potentially as difficult a problem as that of slavery, but the results of its attempted solu tion portends several years of se rious difficulty." "One of the main reasons pro hibition is so difficult of solution," the judge contended, "is because there is not necessarily involved a question of moral turpitude." Not Like Other Wrongs. "It is not universally considered morally wrong to take a drink," he continued. "For instance, the laws against murder, robbery, larceny and other offenses against the per son carry in their violation a ques tion of moral turpitude. "There Is no question but that the eighteenth amendment is vio lated by persons who are other wise law abiding citizens." Judge Polk has no doubt that the problem will eventually be solved, "but when and how be comes mora perplexing to me as I (Continued on Page 2.) Social Ban Lited At Wyoming School After Two Months The ban against all social events at the University of Wyoming has been lifted. It had been in effect since the student strike last De cember and was followed by the formation of a code of ethics to govern conduct at university func tions. The ruling against the social af fairs was the result of charges made by A. G. Crane, president of the university, that he had ob served "objectional practices" In parked automobiles. The student body took exception to his state ments and immediately called a strike. The strike lasted only twenty- four hours, however, and since the representative students and faculty members have been trying to agree on a method of alleviating the "objectionable" conditions. After deciding that no effort would be marie to impose strict rules, the representatives formulated a gen eral policy. The policy included recommendations that chaperons be required for dances and auto rides, tnat aoor men supervise "exits and returns" during dances, that floor committees should be re sponsible for maintaining order at social functions ana "tnat patrol men be hired to investigate people in parked automobiles." W. A. A. OFFICERS TO BE ELECTED MONDAY Representatives and Heads Of Organization Can Cast Votes. SEVEN ARE NOMINATED Officers for the coming year for the Women's Athletic association will be elected Monday noon in the W. A. A. room at the armory. Members of the W. A. A. executive council, the intramural board and the sports board are eligible to vote. Nominees for the positions were announced last week. They are: President Irma Randall and LaVerle Herman. Vice Pretldent Alice Geddei and Margaret Buol. Secretary Louise Hosuck. Treasurer J can Alden and Helen Baldwin. Miss Randall, Omaha, this year Is serving on the executive council of the W. A. A. She belongs to Tassels, Alpha Delta PI and Tbeta Sigma Phi. Miss Herman is presi dent of Gamma Phi Beta sorority and a member of the Physical Education club. She is from Nick erson. Miss Geddes, Lincoln, is presi dent of Alpha Lambda Delta, freshman honorary society, be longs to the Hobby club and the Outing club and is an intramural representative. Miss Buol, Ran dolph, is a member of Chi Omega. She is a member of the A. W. S. board, W. A. A. sports board, Tas sels and has been active in the Y. W. C. A. Miss Hossack, Sutherland, is the only candidate for secretary. She is a member of Gumma Phi Beta and the Rifle Firing club. Miss Alden, Kimball, Is a mem ber of Alpha Chi Omega. She is a member of the Physical Educa tion club. Miss Baldwin, Omaha, is a member of Alpha Phi. She is serving on the executive council of the W. A. A. and the A. W. S. board. Sorority Scholarship Reports Ready Monday Scholarship reports for the first quarter for sororities and dormitories will be ready at 4 o'clock Monday afternoon In Ellen 8nit-h hall. , Presidents should call for them before 6 o'clock that evening. . 1932 Prom Girl Courtesy of The Journal. Miss Harriet Nesladek, Omaha, senior in tha Teachers college was presented to one of the largest crowds ever attending a Junior Senior Prom as the successful can didate for the honorary position. Miss Nesladek is a member of Alpha Omicron Pi, and is also a member of the Cornhusker staff and of Tassels. FARMER FAIR PLANS Committees Outline Work At Luncheon Held to Honor Advisors. - PARADE ABOLISHED Plans for the 1932 Farmer's Fair were announced Saturday noon when the fair board held a luncheon in the home economics building on the Agricultural col lege campus honoring prominent Nebraska citizens who are acting as an advisory board. The board, composed of some seventy people, will assist in the production of a pageant which will feature the fair this year. Manager Fred Meredith of St. Edward outlined the plans of the senior fair board for the coming event. He said the 1932 fair will feature educational entertainment. Many of the attractions of former years are being eliminated this year in an attempt to hold a mor; successful educational exposition. Despite the fact that the down town parade has been one of the most popular features of the an nual show, it will not be held this year. Manage Meredith, speaking in behalf of the board, declared that the parade has proven to be too costly in past years and for this reason and others it is being eliminated this year. Other fea tures, however, will make up for its loss. In addition the 1932 Farmer's Fair will feature the pageant which is entitled, "The Progress of the Prairie." Prof. R. D. Scott of the English department, is directing the production of the pageant. A tractor-testing exhibit along with (Continued on Page 3.) FEW TICKETS LEFT FOR FACULTY PLAY Only Fifty Seats Available For Mrs. 'Bumstead' Leigh.' Less than fifty tickets are avail able for the presentation of "Mrs. Bumstead-Leigh," according to the committee in charge from the Fac ulty Women's club which is spon soring the play. Tickets for the play, which is offered for one night only Wednesday evening, March 9 at 8 o'clock, are almost entirely sold. The majority of the tickets were taken by the faculty, altho few have been sold to students. The play, under the direction of Ray Ramsay, will offer Mrs. J. O. Hertzler in the title role. Mrs. Hertzler previously played this part when the comedy drama was produced at the University of Wis consin. Proceeds from the produc tion will go into a benefit fund for the university Y. W. C .A. Mr. and Mrs. r . Dwight Kirscn have charge of the scenery. The set will depict a New Yorker's os tentatious home on Long Island. Mrs. Cieone O. Swayzee win play the part of "Mrs. Levitt," Instead of Mrs. L. A. Sherman, who is ill. Music provided by the University string quartet will begin at 7:30. William T. Quick will direct. Cut Out WUd Parties, Watch the Joyriding, Is Advice to Young Men And Women of Penitentiary Warden W. T. Fenton Says Youth Today Better in Some Ways Than Others. By Howard von Holtzendorff, Warden W. T. Fenton of the Ne braska stale penitentiary said he believed that, the young people of today are better as a whole, morally, but advised them to stay away from wild parties, and be more moderate In their Joy riding, in an exclusive interview Satur day. "The youth of today are not up to par morally in certain respects they pet more in my estimation, and I can truthfully say that I never saw A young woman take a drink of liquor until prohibition came Into effect." declared the warden. "She was considered a suspicious character if she was seen smoking, and now I under stand that it is being tolerated by some of our eastern schools." "Obedience to law is liberty not only in the physical sense, but mentally and morally as well," ex plained Warden Fenton. "I don't know just why young people get into trouble, if I did we would certainly attempt to remedy it." Reasons for Delinquency. The warden gave some of the possible reasons as the fact that young people want to get along with the least amount of work possible, that they want too much money to spend, and that they in sist on having an automobile. The entire standard of living was too Iowa State Adopts System for Rating Personality Traits AMES, Iowa. A system of rat ing students on personality to aid in giving companies information concerning students they are con sidering for employment is being started at Iowa State College, ac cording to an announcement by M. D. Helser, director of personnel. Three of the student's instructors will rate him on various points of personality each quarter. The "per sonality record" at the end of the individual's college career will con sist of twelve ratings on about eleven different points, the aver age of which will give an index to his characteristics as observed in everyday life. The personality rating is being started, according to Professor Helser, because of the irfcreasing emphasis being placed on this mat ter by large companies which hire students each year. ' The ratings also will aid the student to correct certain undesirable traits. Among the points on which the student will be scored are the fol lowing: Personal appearance, phy sical vigor, social qualities, leader ship, selfconfidence, industry, en thusiasm, initiative, judgment, de pendability, and character . FILE FOR POSITIONS Graduates Seek Office in Legislature or in This County. LAWYERS PREDOMINATE Twenty-one alumni of the Uni versity of Nebraska are listed among the candidates who have filed for county and legislative po sitions from Lancaster county. John C. F. McKesson, 1740 So. 16th St., candidate for the house of representatives from the Thirty sixth district, is the earliest gradu ate of the university to file for a governmental position. He received his AB degree from the univer sity in 1876. William H. Meier, 200 No. 32nd St., candidate for the house of representatives from the Thirty-fourth district is the most recent graduate to file. He received his AB degree in 1926 and his LL B. degree in 1930. The list of alumni who have filed, their degrees and the year they graduated follows: Walter M. Herbert, LL. B. li G. H. Graham, AB '27; William H. Melser, AB '26 and LL. B. '30; J. S. Betzer. B.Sc. C. E. '29; H. N. Mattley, LU B. '06; John H. Corn stock, B Sc. Bus. Adm. '24 and LL. B. '27; Sarah T. Muir, AB '00 and MA'06; John C. F. McKesson, AB '76; Herman Fred Beckman, Ex. '00; Theodore Frank Donel- son, LL. B. '28: Frank D. Mills, LL. B. '01; Rolla C. van Kirk, LL. B. '23; Charles J. Warner, B. Sc. 99: E. F. Snavely, LL. B. '04; E. B. Chaopell. Ph. G. "12. LL. B. '16 and AB '22; Jefferson H. Broady, LL.B. '04; Lincoln Frost, B.L. '86; Herbert W. Baird. AB '09 and LL. B. '10; A. P. Schwarz, LL. B. '18; John L. Polk, AB '16 and LL. B. 16; Edward C. Fisher, LL.B. '22. Ceres Club Entertained By Quartette Saturday The Ceres club held its regular monthly meeting at the Home Management house Saturday aft ernoon. The quartette of St. Paul's church entertained the club. Registrar Announces Deadline for Grades All reports for the removal of Incompletes and for all grades lacking must be on file in the registrar's office .not later than March 31, if students are to be eligible for considera tion for the honors convocation. high at tho time of the World war, and as a result they have never returned to the normal level of conditions." "Personally," said Warden Fen ton, "I believe it is a bad, bad habit for a young man or woman to Indulge himself too freely with cigarettes. We have all seen examples of It" "We have in our lnstittulon 730 men, and twelve women," he added. "Of this number, 214 are between the ages of eighteen and thirty, and the majority have been committed to us because of break ing and entering, forgery, or auto mobile stealing. All of these are petty offenses, but still a menace to society. ' Few Prisoners College Men. "The gratifying thing, though, fs the fact that only thirteen of our 730 inmates are college graduates, and only seventy-two are high school graduates, the rest receiv ing just a common school educa tion, or less. In reference to the cost of main taining these chrges Warden Fen ton says: "Out of every dollar paid in taxes by the average tax payer, thirteen cents will be spent by the state, and eighty-seven cents will be spent locally. Of the thirteen cents spent by the state, the largest amount goes to educa tional institutions (five and three tenths of a cent), the next largest amount (four and three-tenths of a cent), goes for charitable and penal institutions, amounting to (Continued on Page 2.) ILL DRILLERS HEAR SORENSEN ON TAXES Attorney General Proposes Rate Changes at End of Convention. MEET HERE NEXT YEAR "Taxes must be levied on ability to pay rather than on property, like farms or homes, from which there is often no income," declared Attorney General C. A. Sorensen at the closing banquet of the Ne braska Well Drillers' association, at the Lincoln hotel Friday night. "Everyone agrees that taxes could be cut by eliminating all un necessary expenses, but too often those cutting the taxation go toe far in that direction," Sorensen said. "If our government was treated and handled like a private business, with officeholders acting as directors and stockholders of the state business, much duplica tion of effort could be avoided and unnecessary outlays of money could be cut out." Speaking of duplication of ef fort, the attorney general declared that he expected to see the day when counties would be combined, and high schools and schools in i nlarpH much farther apart. This might be done with improved roaas ana transportation latumca, be explained. "Th frmir Is navine from 25 to 35 percent of his net income in taxes, Mr. sorensen went on, nuu he can't continue to do so. Town3 nonni. wnuirln't tnlprAte the same treatment and something must be done ahout cnangmg tne iuu num the farmer and his farmland, nhrh tQ fis nprrpnt of all taxes. Other ways than taxation on land must be round, unruiy peopie an penalized for saving their money, while those who manage to fritter their money away by April 1, do not have to pay as much in taxes. Another way to avoid paying heavy taxes is rental of apart ments and houses, oy persona sav ing a good income. "Th. nrnhlr-m is. Put the taXe3 on the shoulders of those who have a good income but who do not nap pen to own land or property," con cluded Mr. Sorensen. Another speaker on the program (Continued on Page 3.) TALK ON EARLY ART Architecture Teacher Will Lecture for Museum Program Today. The Nebraska State museum will offer on its regular Sunday after noon program Sunday at 4:15, an Illustrated lecture by Prof. H. F. Cunningham, chairman of the de partment of architecture, on "Art and Other Things of Pre-Columbian America." The program will be held In Morrill hall downstairs auditorium. Professor Cunningham's talk will follow a musical prologue by Audrey Reed, contralto, who will k. .f.nmninlpf1 hv Francis Mor- ley, pianist. Miss Reed will sing "Faith In spring, Dy ocnuoert, "Spring Aria," (from Sampson and Dell ah) by Saint Saens, and "Hopak," by Moussorgsky. For the children's division at 2:30, Miss Marjorie Shanafelt, di rector of the museum programs, has arranged a story presentstion entitled "A Boy of the Old -one Age." The children will also e a film, "The Dinosaur and the Miss ing Link Advisory Board of Y. W. Meets Sunday Afternoon The advisory board of the Y. W. C. A. will meet Sunday afternoon at Ellen Smith ball at 4 o'clock. S SELECTED PROM GIRL FOR 1932 Omaha Coed Is New Holder Of Honorary Position At Annual Ball. PROCEEDS TO CHARITY Profit From Party Will Be Given to Swell Drouth Relief Fund. Stepping out of the mouth of a huge vari-colored dragon which occupied the entire stage of the Coliseum, Miss Harriet Nesladek, senior in the Teachers college, was revealed to more than one thou sand persons Saturday night as the 1932 Prom Girl. Miss Nesladek was the choice for the honorary position from five candidates whose names were listed on the tickets which were used as ballots by each couple. The Prom which is the tradi tional event closing the formal sea son was staged this year for the benefit of the drouth relief lor tne stricken area in the northern part of the state. The committee in charge formulated the idea of cut ting down expenses for the affair and using the additional profit for this purpose. Despite the fact that expenses were reduced to a minimum, the Prom was presented on approxi mately the same scale as it has al ways been. Two orchestras, Leo Becks and Eddie Jungbluths fur nished the music, both reducing their regular prices in cooperating with the idea of the party. Donations Made. The Coliseum was furnished by the university as were palms used in decorating without charge, ana advertising posters were donated by the State Journal. "The char ity idea was accepted whole heartedly by the student body and by those who helped us to reduce our expenses," declared Bill De vereaux, chairman of the commit tee in charge of the Prom. Decorations carrying out an oriental theme in keeping with the presentation idea consisted of Jap anese lanterns hung from the bal cony and serpentine streamers trailing from the railing. Light ing on the stage was dim, and a colored spotlight played on the dance floor. Serpentine and con fetti were distributed to the guests. Furniture which was borrowed from several campus fraternity and sorority houses was used in the corners of the Coliseum. Five Candidates. The five girls who were candi dates for the Prom Girl position were chosen from a group of eiebt who filed at the second semester general student election. The (Continued on Page 3.) RETURNS FOR SURVEY Dr. Tyler Here Compiling Data for Chicago U. Examinations. Dr. Ralph Tyler, member of tho Teacher's college faculty from 1922 to 1927. returned to the Ne braska campus Saturday and, in collaboration with Dr. B. C. Hend ricks and Miss Jenkins, is compil ing material to be used in the building of the comprehensive ex amination schedule for the Univer sity of Chicago. Under the new plan at Chicago university, graduation is based not on class attendance or semester grades, but upon the ability to pass a system of comprehensive examinations. Dr. Tyler is this quarter engaged in helping build this set of tests. He is regularly associated with the bureau of ed ucation and research at the Uni versity of Ohio. "I have noticed consideraDle im provement in the campus since 1927, Dr. Tyler commented. " An drews and Morrill halls have been built since then and the new mall is a great addition. After an ab sence of a few years, however, one looks not so much for something new as for that with which one was acquainted. I have been very pleased to renew my acquaintances with many of my old friends." MISS PARK TO GIVE TALK Home Ec Group Will Hear of College in Alaska at Thursday Meet. Miss Martha A. Park, director of the College of Africulture cafe teria and instruction in institu tional management, will address the Home Economics society In Ag ball at 7 o'clock Thursday, March 10. She will speak on "College in Alaska," from information gather ed in several years spent there. There will be several musical numbers on the program. 'PRIMITIVE MADONNAS' IS AG VESPER TOPIC Miss Evelyn J. Metzger, assist ant professor of design, will speak on "Primitive Madonnas" at Vesners in the home economics parlors, 12 o'clock, Tuesday. A discussion which will follow Miss Metzger's talk will be led by Helen HengsUer. m NESLADEK