D HE AILY EBRASKAN Official Student Newspaper of the University of Nebraska 5 01,. XXXI IT NO. 80. LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1931 PRICE 5 CENTS. NRA, WILLI FISHER IS OF Student Council Appoints Miss Marion Smith as Co-Chairman. GROUP TABLES PETITIONS Proposed Changes Will Be Taken Up in Later Meeting. With William Fisher us chairman and Marion Smith as co-chairman, members of the Junior-Senior Prom committee, were appointed Wednesday evening by the Student Council. Fisher, who is from Falls City, is in the Arts and Science college and Miss Smith, whoso home town is Omaha, is in the Teachers col iege. Other members of the com mittee who were selected are Tom Davies, Utica; Charles Galloway, Holdrege: Owen Johnson, Stroms burg; Fred Nicklas, Syracuse; Arlcne Bors, Wilbur; Louise Hos sack, Sutherland; Bash Perkins, Callaway; Roma DeBrown, Lin coln; and Violet Cross, Fremont. Burton Marvin, Junior class presi dent, is automatically a member of the committee. Petitions Presented. Two petitions presented by Lee Young, senior class president, were tabled by the council until their next meeting. The first calling for changing the Junior-Senior Prom committee from twelve juniors to six juniors and six seniors, was not received very warmly as mem bers felt that it was too' late to do anything about it this year. Young contended that he could see no reason why the juniors should give the party and call it a junior-senior affair when the seniors wera charged for attending. Members of the council stated that the committee would not be any more representative of the student body if it were changed. The second petition presented by Young providing for a standing faculty committee to supervise each and every student election was strongly opposed by members of the council. Toung. in defend ing the petition, declared that it was purely to exonerate the coun cil from all criticism which might (til upon it. and stated that it would relieve the position of the group if definite proof of an honest election were had in the form of a faculty supervising committee. NATIONAL HONORARY INITIATES MEMBERS At the Wednesday afternoon meeting of Theta Sigma Phi, wom en's honorary journalistic soroity, Violet Cross and Margaret East erday were initiated. The meeting was held in Ellen Smith hall with Carolyn Van Anda, head of the club, presiding. IS'ebraskan Issues Call For Student Report ers Students interested in holding positions on the Daily Ne braikan reportorial staff are asked to report to the office of this publication each afternoon at 2 o'clock. Appointments to staff positions will be made aft er the middle of February. Se lection will be based on the number of column inches turned in and interest shown by the worker. THE MANAGING EDITORS. CHAIRMAN PROM COMMIE Ideal Reading Room Would Contain Davenports, Footstools Instead Of Conventional Tables, States Doane "If the university library were placed in a more advan tageous position and made more attractive." emphatically de elared Gilbert Doane, head librarian of that institution, "I believe more students would come here for studying and relaxa tion." Mr. Doane, who recently spoke on "The Present Or ganization of the University Library" at the last meeting of the local chapter of American Association of University Pro lessors, is of the opinion that a library more centralized on the campus and easily accessible by all the different colleges -would increase the number of students who would use it "If we could take a census our all the students who make use of the library for educational or re creational purposes," he stated, "it would be a very small percentage of the total number in the univer sity." Michigan Solves Problem. "The University of Michigan, for example, has solved that prob lem very well. When I was there in 1922," Mr. Doane went on to explain, "their library, a very at tractive building with interesting inw-casM ana sneives, was inrer r years old and had a reading room 1 capacity of around 1.300. Many Satnrriov nn.1 Sunrise afternoons." be surprisingly declared, "we have had to turn students away for lack ?f room as soon as one hour after it was opened." This was over a tenth of all the students in the university. The reason for this, according to Mr. Doane is that students en joy being in a building that is com fortable and conducive to studying- The exhibits in the large showcases on the first floor were KAPPI PHI WILL ENTERTAIN Methodist Girls Group to Hold Tea for Rushees Friday Afternoon. Kappa Phi, Methodist girl's or ganization, will hold a tea for rushees Friday afternoon from 3 to 6 at the We: ley Foundation. The rooms will be decorated with spring flowers and lattices to re semble a garden. The tea is being arranged by the Kappa Phi cab inet composed of Dorothy Keller, president; and Miss L. M. Hill, sponsor. Epidemic of Dirt Slinging Is Seen; Gridiron Built Up There has been an epidemic of dirt-slinging on the campus, none of which can be credited to the publications. A large chunk of terrain has been lifted from be tween Andrews and Bessey halls and deposited in the south end of the stadium where a level plateau is being created. This level stretch of land will be later utilized by the Husker gridmen as a bit of prac tice ground, three fields being pro vided in the new area. CWA workers have also busied themselves digging trenches north of the Administration and west of Pharmacy hall. Temporarily de stroying the beauty of that sec tion, the ultimate ' aim of these trenches is to beautify the cam pus, in that the pipes laid in them will carry water to dampen the sod. Numerous persons have in quired about the purpose of the ditches, some of them suspecting that the military department was preparing for a sham battle. Another trench in that vicinity is to harbor a pipe which will carry water to the Administration building. Heretofore the heat tun nel served as the path which this supply followed, and the water was too warm in the summer. So much corrosion had taken place that the pipes were extremely thin, the blow of a workman's wrench being sufficient to break in the conductors. ENTERTAINS CABINET Jean Alden Gives Dinner For Outgoing Y. W. Officers. Jean Alden, outgoing president of the Y. W. C. A., entertAined members of the outgoing cabinet at a dinner in Ellen Smith hall Wednesday evening at 6:15. Miss Alden and Elaine Fontein, the new president were the speakers. Decorations were in blue and white, and novel place cards show in scenes taken at the Estes con ference last summer were used. Also at each place were small blue booklets containing bits of prose and poetry and information about interesting personalities gathered thru the Y. W. C. A. These were a gift of Miss Bernice Miller, secretary of the Y. W. C. A. A feature of the dinner was the traditional loving cup ceremony and toast to outgoing seniors. Guests at the affair were Miss Miller and Miss Margaret Fedde, chairman of the advisory board of the Y. W. NEW MEMBERS TO PERFORM Palladian Literary Society Pledges Will Present Program Friday. The program of the Palladian Literary society for Friday evening is to be presented by the new members and pledges of the so ciety. The plans for the evening' en tertainment have not been revealed by Mary Bannister, who is chair man of the committee in charge. interestine and varied every month, sometimes showing valu able manuscripts such as a first folio of Shakespeare. Perfect Library. "My idea of a perfect library would be in a building which in spires a student entering It," he continued, "and whose reading room is comfortable and home like, with davenports, footstools, and lamps, instead of the conven tional row ot tables with three chairs on each side." That the situation of a library has much to do with the degree to which it is used ia firmly be lieved by Mr. Doane. He stated that since most of the students come to the library during the day. it should be placed where it could be easily reached by faculty and students alike. "If we nad a library that would be attractive both inside and out to the student body." summed up Mr. Doane. "and could be easily accessible, a greater number of people would use it and benefit by it" MCA. NAMES TWENTY-TWO FOR CABINET POSTS Elaine Fontein, President Elect, Chooses a New Governing Body. LIST DIVISION HEADS Group Comprises 14 Staff And 8 Commission Leaders. Appointment of the twenty-two members of the 1934 Y. W. C. A. cabinet was made known yester day by Elaine Fontein, president elect. The cabinet, composed of four teen staff leaders and eight com mission leaders, includes: Social, Evelyn Diamond; vespers. Alaire Barkes; publicity, Dorothy Cath ers; finance, Marjorie Shostak; conference, Breta Peterson; mem bership, Louise Hossack; vesper choir, Helen Joliffe; new social or der, Bash Perkins; international, Lorraine Hitchcock; Nebraska-in-China, Laura McAllister; church relations, Mary Edith Hendricks; program and office, Phyllis Jean Humphrey; project, Theodora Lohrman; sophmore commission, Margaret Ward; upperclass com mission, Arlene Bors; Agricultural college Y. W. C. A. president, Hel en Lutz; freshman commission, Violet Cross; freshman commission group leaders, Janet Valcek, Ruth Armstrong, Arlene Bors, Anne Pickett and Miss Bernice Miller. Ten of the new cabinet members were active in the finance drive held the later part of last year. Mary Edith Hendricks, sophomore captain in the drive, has also serv ed on the program and member ship staffs. The junior captain, Laura McAllister has, in addition, been a member of freshman and sophomore commissions. Other finance drive workers, with their further activities are: Evelyn Diamond, church relations; Doro'thy Cathers, freshman com mission, chairman of sophomore commission, Nebraska-in-China; Marjorie Smith, honor list in the finance drive; Breta Peterson, chairman of Girl Reserves staff, member of international, and mem bership; Bash Perkins, freshman commission, industrial, and Nebraska-in-China; Lorraine Hitch cock, freshman cabinet, freshman and sophomore commissions, pro gram and office; Margaret Ward, new social order; Helen Lutz, chairman of social staff, treasur er's assistant. The Y. W, C. A. activities of the other staff leaders are: Louise Hossack, chairman of the pro gram and office staff, sophomore commision; Helen Jolliffe, fresh man and sophomore commissions, vesper choir: Phyllis Jean Hum phrey, freshman cabinet, freshman commission, program ana omce, Arlene Bors, freshman and sopho more commissions, Nebraska-in-China. LeRossignol and Arndt Teach New Wednesday Night Economics Class. Tn satifv the ripm&nd of Der- sons interested in economic prob lems or tne present aay, me univer sity of Nebraska extension division tnHav announced a new nieht class in economics. The course will con sist of a series of fifteen lectures in h c-ivon hv Dean J. E. LeRos signol of the collge of business ad ministration, ana Kan m. aihul, associate professor of economics nri cvnort in the field of money and banking. Beginning Wednes day evening. eD. , a lecture wui be given by one of these men each week in social science building. The class carries two hours credit. Cover Various Topics. Among the subjects to be dis cussed by the professors during the term are: Utopian socialism, fhristinn socialism, social philo sophy of Karl Marx, consumers' cooperation, me ooviei eAj.cn ment. Fascism, service vs. profit k,iain.a rpnn rat ions and war debts, international trade, the re covery program, how the codes are operating, financing the farmer, the new dollar, and inflation. Twelve of the lectures will be given by Dean LeRossignol, and three by cmfMinr Arnrit. The same course was offered by them least spring in Beatrice lo a ciass oi buium men and teachers. SOCIETY SCHEDULES EVENT Delian-Union to Hold Annual Banquet at Lindell Hotel Feb. "5. The Delian-Union Literary so cietv will hold its annual banquet at the Lindell hotel, Saturday night Feb. 3, at 6:30 p. m. Miss Wilma Bute will be Toastmistress at the banquet. Professor and Mrs. G. M. Dar lington, and Mr. and Mrs. Elton Lux have been secured as chaper ons for the affair. Francis Johnson has charge of general arrange ments, and Leonard Westbrook is handling the financial part of the affair. CIVIL ENGINEERS TO MEET Install Marvin Nuernberger As New President Tonight. Installation of officers for the school year will be held at the regular business meeting of the student branch of the American Society of Civil Engineers Thurs day night, at 7 p. m., in room 102 Mechanic Arts building. The new officers to be installed are Marvin Nuernberger, Wake field, president; Mason Butcher, Lincoln, vice president; and C. Merrill Moeller, Lincoln, secretary and treasurer. Y.M.CA NAMES AS NEW LEADER City Campus Organization Selects a Sophomore From Norfolk. In the city campus Y. M. C. A. elections held yesterday, Charles Hulac, sophomore from Norfolk, was elected president; Joseph Nu quist, junior from Osceola, vice president; and William Newcomer, freshman from York, as secretary. Hulac was secretary of the cab inet last year and chairman of the deputations committee. He was also a delegate to the student con ference at Hamilton, Ontario, Can ada, during Christmas vacation this year. He is a member of the B squad in both football and bas ketball. Nuquist is chairman of the World Fellowship committee of the campus Y. M. Newcomer is a member of the freshman council committee, and he was in charge of the mem bership work for the campus Y M. last semester. Tribute Is Paid To Mickey Mouse In Morrill Hall A constant stream of visitors to a second-floor gallery in Morrill hall pays tribute to the greatest of all movie stars, Mickey Mouse There, where are exhibited por traits of the iovable rodent and other drawings from the pen of his creator, Walt Disney, admirers of all ages relive Mickey s many movies. A child's excited question ing mingles with his fathers hearty If ugh, and in one corner a Sillv Symphony fan is copying a colorful drawing of Old King Cole, all material evidence of the artistic influence of a thirty-three year old Chicago boy who has made good. The drawings, exhibited in lead ing museums and colleges thruout the country by the college Art as sociation, consist of black and white drawings of Mickey and characters from his movies, and colored pictures from the several Silly Symphonies. The latter are rather complicated, consisting of a water color background, with characters and outstanding objects painted on celluloid sheets over the background. The most prominent character or object is on the top sheet, with other factors or persons in order of their importance in subsequent sheets. Since sometimes the object to be emphasized is but a portion of the complete character, as Santa Claus' knee, the effect upon close examination is often ludi crous. The pictures exhibited were used in actual animated cartoons. Between eight and ten thousand drawings, produced entirely by hand, are required for each film, for which about eight weeks are required for completion. Altho Walt Disney has surrounded him self with a staff of more than a hundred talented artists, musicians and writers, he is himself responsi ble for the major portion of the ideas and drawings. He usually selects the subject and makes a series of key draw ings, covering the main situations in the plot An artist at the Mickey Mouse studio must serve a long term of apprenticeship doing just ears or tails or feet before he is entrusted with more finished drawings, which is one reason that the cost of making a Mickey Mouse picture is greater per foot than that of a full-length feature picture. Great attention is paid to de tails and the musical score which forms the background for the pro duction is enormously important, since the number of beats in a phrase of the music determines bow many movements Mickey can make in as many feet of film. The drawings will be on exhibit until Saturday, Feb. 10. QUICK SELECTS NEW R.O.T.C. BAND MEN W. T. Quick, R. O. T. C. band master, reports mine teen new men in the band. The following new men were selected. Trumpets: Lyons, Leininger, Schlaphoff. Chatfeld, Wishmeier, Lorenz, Huenfield, Cerv and Keinsey. Saxaphone: HaU, Hutchinson and Long. Clarinet: Bellamy and Ji rovec. Trombones: Rediger and Camtwell. Bass: Benda. Drums. Beachler. Oboe: Warnke. The try-outs were held during the past week. Mr. Quick was rather ashamed of the band's showing at the Oklahoma game, because there were so few there, but promised belter attendance for the remain ing fames. CHARLES HULA E EARL OF NEW ARMORY Government Funds Already 'Earmarked' States E. A. Burnett. OTHER FUNDS DOUBTFUL Burnett Returns Wednesday Morning From Trip to Washington. Little definite information re garding University of Nebraska federal projects could be secured by Chancellor E. A. Burnett of the University vho returned to Lincoln Wednesday morning after a ten day trip to the east. While in Washington he interviewed the Nebraska delegation in congress; Secretary of War Oorge H. Dern; Col. H. M. Waite; Col. Fred E. Schnetfe, head of federal building projects division; Congressman J. J. McSwain of South Carolina, chairman of the military affairs committee; and others. War Funds Not Available. Little hope for the erection of the Pershing Memorial armory was heH by the chancellor unless it should be ' provided for from specific appropriations now before congress. Chancellor Burnett found that all of the PWA funds set aside for war department use have already been "earmarked" for other purposes and that it was not probable that an outright grant to a single state for an armory would be made because of the danger of establishing precedents. He found that had the building been planned on a 70-30 basis that the chances of early approval would be greatly increased. The PWA commission has not given a definite decision on the armory project. No New Projects. A policy oi not approving new projects until additional funds are available will stop the university's move to secure federal aid for destitute students, unless the re quest of Commissioner of Educa tion George F. Zook for $3,000,000 per month from CWS funds is in cluded in the new grant now be fore -congress for its approval. Then it would be" handled as a state project. The budget items now before congress would seriously hamper engineering, agricultural work, and agricultural extension and ex perimentation, reported the chan cellor. One bill would reduce federal appropriations to land grant colleges by 25 percent. The (Continued on Page 3.) BROKilSE IN STATE MAP CONTEST Competition, Sponsored by Educators. Closes on April 1. Prof. William H. Brokaw, direc tor of the extension service and state administrator of the wheat, corn and hog reduction programs, was named this week as a member of the committee to judge the ma terial submitted by Nebraska school students in the state wide "Known Your County" map con test, now being conducted in the schools with the purpose of ad vertising Nebraska and gathering more information about the state. Professor Brokaw's consent to act as judge in this contest was due to his keen interest in Nebraska, and particularly in promoting it's ag ricultural resources, according to George Koehnke, contest editor. This contest, on which students in eighteen counties are already at work, is one in which they gather and record all the points of interest and importance to be found in Nebraska, and particular ly in their own county. Prizes will be awarded to pupils who gather the most information of an his torical and geographical nature. The contest is being sponsored by prominent educators and his torians of the state. It closes April 1st. The counties represented by schools already entered in the con test are: Frontier, Franklin, Web ster, Nuckolls, Adams, Hall, Gar den, Sheridan, Box Butte, Dawes, Sioux, Nance, Cass, Sarpy, Lancas ter, Otoe, Hooker, and Wayne. A.S.C.E. WILL VIEW FILMS Transporation by Waterway Depicted in Picture to Be Shown Thursday. A Joint meeting of all engineers ia being sponsored by the student branch of the American Society of Civil Engineers. Thursday at 7:30 in room 206 Mechanical Engineer ing building. J. P. Muller. representative ot the Federal Barge Line corpora tion, will present a forty-minute motion picture reel on waterway transportation. Pictures concern ing railway transportation will also be shown. Richard M. Babcock, past presi dent of the society, urges all engineering students to attend this meeting because of the general im portance this picture has to au fields of engineering. j LITTLE P Y APPROVAL ACTIVITY TAX IS FAVORED BY POLL Students Vote in Favor of Proposal by Majority of 1255 to 736; Tho Items Listed on Ballot Receive Approval of Campus. HUMOR MAGAZINE, STUDENT UNION FEE LOSE Cornbusker Loses ly Small Margin; Council Members Believe Tbat Confusion Resulted Over Four Different Plans Listed. Results of the poll on the proposed activity tax presented at the student council meeting Wednesday night showed students voting with a majority of ,'2.i3 to 7;!(i in favor of tlm tax. Students, how ever, received favorably only two items listed on the ballot. The student athletic ticket which was reduced from ff'6 M Russian University Calls Graduate to Soviet University Melvin Martin, 24, popularly known as "Count" on the univer sity campus, and who graduated from Nebraska at the end of the first semester, will leave for Rus sia, April 2, to assume a teaching post in a Russian university. At present Martin is in Omaha working in his father's butcher shop, marking time till his de parture for the Soviet republic. Martin has often, during his uni versity career here, been accused of leading communist activities, and some charges have been made that the Soviet was paying his way through school. In answer to such an assertion In Omaha recently the former graduate declared that such pay ment was not at any time offered, and indicating his butcher's apron stated, "This is how the soviet union pays my way." Previous to the Russian revolu tion of 1917 Martin's parents were members of the aristocracy, but during the bolshevist upheaval the family was driven into northern Manchuria, where Martin lived for several years. HARDWICK WILL TALK Lecturer Is Brought to Lincoln by University Y. M. C. A. James "Jim" Hardwick who gave several talks to the fraterni ties last year in connection with the university Y. M. C. A. arrived Wednesday afternoon in Lincoln. He will again give talks to frater nities and large rooming house groups. Hardwick will talk on the sub ject "A Man's Religion." Those fraternities and rooming house groups who would like to have talks should make arrangements with C. D. Hayes in the Temple. Speeches will be made three times daily: At noon, dunnj dinner hour, and one speech later in the eve ning. Hardwick is a graduate of Vir ginia Polytechnic and in his senior year was president of the Y. M. C. A. and football captain. He has several years at Ames college as assistant football coach; and last year he traveled over the country speaking with the Y. M. C. A. Hardwick came from California to Lincoln. Gepson Denounces Petition Seeking Faculty Supervision of Elections; , Young Upholds Merits of Proposal John Gepson, student council president, yesterday denounced the petition asking for a standing fac ulty committee to supervise cam pus elections. "I feel that any criti cism of the present election system is unjustified and that the usual rumors of corrupt elections are the results of defeaied candidates," he declared "It would be impossible for the council to act upon the proposed amendment to its constitution, since that power does not rest with the council." he continued. An amendment to the council's constitution must be voted upon by the student body, from whence it goes to University Senate, then to the chancellor and finally the Board of Regents for approval be fore it can be incorporated Into the fundamental law. Commenting on the petition re questing the junior- senior prom committee be composed of six jun iors and six seniors instead of all juniors, Gepson stated, "It seems to be a good plan on its merits, but it cannot be passed in a single meeting. Provision in the constitu tion requires that such an impor tant change be voted upon two weeks following presentation In a Student Council meeting." He asserted that the council would consider the petition open mindedly and that such a change would possibly be made. "Five years ago." he pointed cut, "a faculty committee had charge of student elections, during which time there were probably more ru mors of corruption than ever be fore - 0$5 was carried by a big majority 1 and the Daily Nebraskan which was offered at fifty cents a semes- ter also proved popular with those votinjr. carrying with a comfort able margin. Awgwan, monthly humor mag azine, which was listed at sixty cents a semester was voted down 1101 to 815, and the proposed stu dent union fee of ten cents also lost out. The Cornhusker, which was offered at four different pric es ranging from $2.05 to $4.20 lost by a small margin. Confusion Over Yearbook. It was believed by members of the council committee on the tax that the Cornhusker lost because of confusion resulting over the four plans which provided extra asses ments for individual and group pictures. It was also indicated that the poll was disfavorable to the yearbook because of fresh men and sophomores voting against it. The council, after a short discus sion, voted to accept the report of the committee and sanction a re port to the university Board of Regents. The proposed report to the Regents was to include the Cornhusker with details of the plan to be worked out later by the council. An idea, whereby the annual was to be made optional for the underclassmen and com pulsory for juniors and seniors was recieved favorably by the group. A report brought in by the Stu dent Forum committee which ad vocated dropping of the forum as a -project -of the council was ac cepted. LUTHERAN STUDENTS PLAN ANNUAL EVENT Plans for the annual banquet of Lutheran students and members of Lutheran young people's organiza tions throughout the city will be discussed at the monthly meeting of the Lutheran Student club to be held Friday, Feb. 2, at 8:15 p. m. in room 203, Temple theater. Discussion of the regional con ference of the Lutheran Student's Association of America to be held dining February at Lawrence. Kas., will be another feature of this meeting which is to be sponsored by Rev. Mr. and Mrs. J. Rabe. Dr. E. Walter, superintendent of the Tabitha Home, will be the prin cipal speaker of the evening. Other features include special music, dramatic skits, and games. Subscription Price Erroneously Stated The subscription price for the Daily Nebraskan was errone ously stated In yesterday's pa per. The price for the remain der of the school year is $1.00 and there will be no further reduction in this price. Under the present election fvs tem each student is required to present his identification card and to register his name and number. The votes are dropped in ballot boxes by responsible council mem bers and sealed by Professor Lantz. council faculty advisor. The boxes are opened again by him when count is taken. A council commit tee and Professor Lantz supervise vote counting. It was also stated that the num ber of votes cast and the number of names registered are checked. A discrepancy throws the election out. "The present system of hand ling elections is as good as is pos sible," Gepson concluded. Opposition to the movemert for a faculty committee supervising elections which has arisen in tho Student Council soems ridiculous and petty, "in the opinion of Lee Young, sponsor of the petition ask ing for the reform. "Thus re sults of the move will benefit the council, the candidates in campus elections, and relieve the campus as a whole of the rumors and scandal fcllowing every election." "Denying the need for this re form is to ignore the facts of the case," continued Young, "because regardless of whether there was corruption or not there have been rumors that it existed following practically every election this year. These rumors have hinted at stuffed ballot boxes and mis counting of the votes. Either of these charges is derogatory to the candidate and embarrassing to r ( Continued on Page 3.)