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TWO Daily Nebraskan StClon A, Lincoln, Nabraaks. OFFICIAL STUDENT PUBLICATION UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA This papar la rapreiantad for general advortlalno Oy the NabraaKa Praaa Aaaoclatlon. iXstociaterl Cfollcoiatf n mil "ufs.'"' ' " Entered aa aacond-elaaa maltar at tha poatofflcji in Lincoln, Nebraska, under act of Congrats. March 8. 187V, and at apecial rata of pottage provided for In aection 1101. act ot October a. 1817. authorized January 80. 1822. EDITORIAL 6TAFF Lamolna Bible Editor-in-Chief Jack Flacher Aaaoclata Editor MANAGING EDITORS Irwin Ryan Virginia Selleck NEWS EDITORS Fred Nlcklaa Arnold Levlm Sancha Kllbourn George Pipal Marylu Petersen Woman'e Editor Dorthea Fulton Society Editor Loralne Campbell Feature Editor BUSINESS STAFF Richard echmldt Buaineaa Manager ASSISTANT BUSINESS MANAGERS Truman Oberndorf Bob Shellenberg Robert Funk The Daily Nebraskan is the student publica tion of the University of Nebraska, and as such attempts to express the best opinion of the student body, While its views may winriiinvt coincide tri'th those of the administration, they are not to be taken as having either its approval or disapproval. SmalUBoy Rowdyism. CHILDISHNESS, pure and simple childishness, was exhibited in all its absurdity to the campus Monday night as participants in political rallies de scended to riot tactics. Charges are now being hurled back and forth between the opposing groups, each accusing the other of starting the trouble. Who is actually to blame makes little difference. It is the fact that supposedly intelligent, grown up individ uals took it upon themselves to enter into a common street fight over comparatively nothing that gives a black eye to every member of the two factions. Rotten eggs, overripe vegetables, clubs, stones, and broken heads are all too well known in Ameri can elections. Nor have colleges been free from campus election disturbances. But that it should crop up suddenly on this campus cannot be under stood nor excused. It is common knowledge that it makes but little difference whether a man be a Green Toga or a Progressive as far as the service he renders to the campus is concerned. Both factions, of course, set up platforms, but they are meaningless. The col umns of the Daily Nebraskan are used to put be fore the campus either senseless, inane promises, or choice handfuls of mud. Once elected, it is personal inclination and not political affiliation that dictates how a man shall fulfill the duties of his position. A S long as there are spoils to be divided, there is no way under the sun that political maneuvering can be stopped. Since that condition exists it is no more than right that these maneuverings be brought out from the underground cellars and placed in a position where they are to some extent under the scrutiny of the whole campus. Thus, there can be no protest against the party system as such. It is against the abuses of the system that there should be directed vigorous charges. If there were real issues about which a campaign could revolve, these issues could be placed before the campus in an orderly manner. But as long as it really makes no difference which party holds a majority in the Stu Contemporary Comment Direct Action. Father Coughlin has once again called forth the voice of the peo ple. The telegraph, that most plu tocratic meaus of communication, has been perverted from the uses cf money changing and sentimen tality, another blantant plebiscite has been held and the Patman sol diers bonus bill now awaits the presidential veto. Pressure by organized minorities U no new development in the his tory of democracy. In this case, however, the propaganda machine that defeated the recent world court resolution has combined with the professional lobbying organi zation of the American Legion, giving birth to a chef d'beauvre of discriminatory legislation. The ob stetrical technique employed war rants attention from any lover of art for art's sake. This technique is based almost entirely on fear fear that the wages cf sin against the lobbyists is political death. Congressmen in an ideal republic would rely upon their own consciences and the sa gacity of their constituents, but in this age of materialism it is more profitable to consider sordid facts than philosophical desiderata. Thus since the representatives of the people find their positions econom ical y and socially valuable, and since organized special interests claim, and r.ften possess, control of these positions, the influence of a barrage of letters and telegrams is easily understood. Liberals who decry this tyranny of the militant minority over the diffuse majority should realize that they themselves do little to combat it, Speeches and magazine articles doubtless increase the ardour of the faithful, but they make little appeal to realistic legislators. Sel fish interests have nor copyrighted their methods. It is only in enthu siasm and energy that they pos sess a palpable advantage. Zeal for to abstract cause may or may not have disappeared from the Amer ican masses, but the effort to re vive it is certainly well worth a rrolen lance, The Harvard Crim son. Chalk Up One. Une coiiege paper in the country scored a sweep against Publisher William P-andolph Hearst UV weelc The Williams Record, edited ty Raymond A. McConneU, ef fectively conducted a campaign againl the showing of the Hearst Metrotone News In the local theater, and won the Uue. Editor McConnell had a petition circulated among students and faculty members at WilUkms. It read in part: "In the Walden theater you Shc-ar the Hearst iletrotcne News, $rr$3 " ' Socialism Vs. Fascism. "AN Intelligent fight against war and fascism must be a fight against capitalism. These words, War, Fascism, Capitalism, imply one another. To end them we must have a socialist system. To the student and teacher the Student L. I. D. (League for Industrial Democracy) exclaims, however, fight war effectively on every front and you find yourself fighting for socialism." Thus is exposed by one of the sponsors of the April student peace strike, in which large numbers of ordinarily sane thinking students were fooled into participating, one of the real motives back of the strike. It was not meant purely as an effort to end war, but as the Daily Nebraskan and many others feared, an effective instrument with which radical elements could further their cause. The opening quotation is taken from a pamph let called "The Campus Strikes Against War" writ ten by Joseph P. Lash, co-author of a recent article in the Daily Nebraskan on the platform of the So cialist party. While ostensably a review of the strike activities on the campuses throughout the United States, it is nothing more nor less than a splendid piece of socialistic propoganda. Taking this into consideration it is not hard to understand why the L. I. D. is so ardently fighting fascism, which is but a form of state capitalism. At the same time, however, they are also trying to de stroy the existing political, social, and economic forms of the United States. The capitalistic system as practiced in this country undoubtedly is in a bad way, but this condi tion has been brought about by abuses and not thru any fundamental fault of the system. Therefore, it is hard to see why college youth should want to sup port anything that smacks of radicalism. Yet many flocked in great numbers to participate In the peace strike, sponsored in the main by a socialistic organi zation: and at the same time condemned those who refused to fall in line with the action. IT seems, however, that students were not the only ones taken in by the ballyhoo. "The 1935 student anti-war strike enlisted much public support. Not only did ministers and newspapers endorse the move, but even United States Senators," says the little booklet. And yet for what were they striking? All indications point to the fact that the strike was to keep fascism out so that socialism could get in. Undoubtedly there must be a move against war and against fascism, and it seems that students must head that movement. They should not, how ever, align themselves with socialistic forces, for these forces are just as subversive an influence as those of fascism. crammed full of propaganda. The latest includes pictures of armies drilling, 'for the glory of empire' pictures of big foreign warships being constructed, which the Hearst commentator urges Amer icans to watch out for and to try to outdo. We feel that by showing these films, you are helping to spread Hearst propaganda." The poor owner of the theater couldn't do much about the situa tion. The petition was entirely effective. By the second day of circulation, one-fourth of the col lege had signed it, and confronted with a boycott, already made real by the smallest audiences of the year, the owner flashed a reader on the screen informd the au dience of twenty people that in spite of his contract, the Hearst Metrotone News would no longer be shown and the victory was won. Attendance bounced back to normal. The fight against the Metrotone was successful. If this were a really important issue and the newspaper had won as it did, there would be more Importance to attach to the event But small as It is, it represents an increasing prestige of the collegiate press, and as such. Editor McConnell is to be complimented. The Stanford Daily. CflflANTTS BY CHANCF- If we an't have spring, at least there is Leslie Howard, Cinematicaliy speaking, of course, but sufficient none the let. Taite In movies is so wide and varied that the task of making recommendations Is a bit risky. Grace Moore's "One Night of Love'' was one of the season's brighter spots (in a season none too bright. Incidentally) but when we ventured to suggest this fact the dissension almost drowned us out On the other hand "The Bride of Frankenstein," the whole Frankenstein school in fact, leaves us just a little cold. All right, you go to Frankenstein we'll go to see "Ti.. Scarlet. Pimpernel", twice and everything will be even. While on this debatable subject of the movies, did It ever occur to you what pictures you would re quest, If the privilege of selecting a week's billing was handed you? One more astute playgoer has on hi list: "The Gusrdsman," th3 only movie in which Alfred Lunt and Lynn i-ontanne starred; "Cavalcade" that epic of England from Victoria to V fca; "Cimarron" the American history by Dlx and Dunne: for comedy "Ladies of the Jury" with a favorite Edna Mae Oliver as the star: "Little Women" for pure nostolgia; and "Henry VIII" for the clash of axes and actors. Of course, that is only one person's opinion and what is en tertainment for one 1 a bore to an other, and who shall cast the first stone of ill humor and call "Low Lizzie" at those of us who like dent council or on the publications board, there Is but little excuse for even the rallies out of which the trouble arose Monday night. And when these rallies are used as a spring board from which to catapult the members of the two factions into a gang fight, it is time for a check someploce. Ringleaders, if they can be discovered, should be punished. Participants should be censured by the sting of ridicule. Some will say that the fiasco is evidence of an awakening interest in activities. If gang fights, however are to be outcome of an awakening, let that interest keep on sleeping peacefully. No one can justly attack activities nor can they attack political maneuverings, if those maneuverings are kept above board and in a sensible vein. Some have found such activity to be grand sport, but it is purely as such that it should be treated. For ma ture college students to indulge in small-boy rowdy ism over an Insignificant campus election is quite out of the question. . popcorn and the Colonial of a Sat urday. To return for the 'moment to "The Scarlet Pimpernel," current ly playing at one of the theaters, we found it very satisfactory in every way. Altho a British film, it competes closely with the Holly wood renditions of the more glam orized moments in history. Mr. Howard's handling of the costume problem is always a pleasur- to watch. In "Berkeley Square" he turned back to the lace and flare of the seventeenth and early eight eenth century, with the ease and grace of a fictional dandy. In his present production he repeats his former triumph. A cape, a jabot, a top hat, boots, tight trousers, and a cane, AND Leslie Howard is a guarantee of a delightful after noon. With Mr. Howard in this pro duction is an English actor whose Broadway debut was a last season sensation. Raymond Massey plays the villian of the opus with the vituperation that should please even the more rabid. Last season Mr. Massey was gleefully breaking dishes in the part of David Linden in "The Shining Hour" (seen here on the Temple stage last October). Since then the play has been taken back to England and still Is one of London's more substantial suc:2s ses. Several seasons ago Mr. Mas sey presented a characteri7Stion of "Hamlet" in the production for which Norman Bel Geddes de signed a blockily unit setting. All of which is a far cry from wind-swept Nebraska and the com. Ing revival of "Ladies of tne Jury" by Fred Ballard which is to officially and finally close the uni versity Player's season next Thursday and Friday. Mr. BallarJ is In Lincoln visiting his mother and will no doubt visit the campus before his departure east The play was one of the flayer con tributions to the Player's season several years ago. Only two per formances will mean that tickets should be secured early. AG Y.W. CROUP SEES . FILM OF ESTES MEET Year's Last Vetpert Held To Rally Conference Enthunianm. Breta Petersen showed moving pictures taken at Estes Park at Ihe Y. W. C. A. and Y. M. C. A. conference held there last summer st the f.nal ag worship service of the year which was held Tuesday noon at 12:20 in the Home Eco nomics parlors. The service was In the form of an Estes rally. Those present were all interest ed in going to Estes this summer and reservations were made at the meeting with Valeda Davis for the Estes picnic to be held Sunday at Pioneers park at i o'clock. Virginia Keim. member of the ag T. W. C A. cauinet, was in charge of ue meeting THE DATTY NEBRASKAN Avenues of Fashion For the set of conditions which bring about rainstorms with their usual a c c om paniment of a falling thermo meter, Esquire recommends the type of raincoat that really can take it. This coat has direct British heritage and tho It is a raincoat solely and in no sense a c ombination topcoat, It Is of sufficient weight to withstand the worst "cat and dog" type of rain, and sheds water like the proverbial duck's back. There are many ex cellent models in raincoats, almost all of which have convertible col lars, but the good old balmacaan collar, so devised that it perma nently buttons around the neck, is the most desirable for the heavy weather. The skirt should possess plenty of sweep, and it should have slashed pockets and adjustable wrist straps, all of which tend to make it not only smart, but prac tical. It is well to consider the fact that summer week-ends will soon be upon us when you purchase a spring outfit. If you take our tip, you can exhibit no greater exam ple of foresight than to include a gray flannel double-breasted suit in your spring and summer ward robe. It is a truly all-purpose gar ment. The gray flannel double- breatested suit is not only ideal for town, business and travel, for all but the most sultry days between now and fall, but extremely com fortable for even warm days, since it looks equally well and is cooler when worn without a waistcoat. Not only is the double-breasted gray garment an ideal suit, but it forms the basis of practically an entire wardrobe as it has endless possibilities in combination with other garments. Wear, if you will, the jacket with a pair of cool white flannels, and you have an excep tionally smart combination. Choose a tweed sport jacket and wear the trousers as slacks, and you have a most effective combination for the country or town, and while we are on the subject, a word about tweed sport jackets in the hound's tooth checks or district plaid patterns will not come amiss. The odd sport jacket is not so versatile as the double-breasted flannel suit, but it is equally useful to complete the week-end outfit. For wear with gray flannel trousers, this jacket serves excellently at resort or the country club, and it is an all 'round all purpose jacket during the early spring. Altho the idea of side vents may seem a bit too advanced to you at the moment because you are un used to seeing them about, they are thoroly practical fashion, in a rare good taste. The detail of side vents in both the double-breasted and the odd sport jackets will win you over very quickly as they will prove exceptionally smart and very comfortable. While on the subject of spring and summer dress accessories, there is a defi- raJt nitely smart new J"fl"T tendency to wear 4 uress sniris ui white or cream colored silk with a large center . pleat. This is a Ftmost imp yjwhigh fashic mponani fashion. In some cases back- ? ing in the bosom has been used to promote neatness and to smooth out the unsightly wrinkles that might otherwise occur. The detail of the new club shaped dress tie. the turn down collar and the new silk dress shirt are strong ly recommended for wear with the black double-breasted dinner jac ket as well as the white dinner jac ket, which promises to be even mm ill Orchesis Recital Friday Composed Of Three Groups, Including Original, Preclassic, Negro Spiritual F orms Orchesis (lance group has announcer! the completer! pro gram lor their dance recital, which will be presented Friday night st 8 o'clock in Omit Memorial hall. Twenty-two girls, under the direction of Miss Claudia Moore, sponsor, will take part in the program. The program, which includes a' variety of dance numbers, will open with a "Prelude" arranged by the girls themselves, "March D' Action with music by Rudolf Friml will follow. Doris Riisncss and Jean Erownlee will present "Poem," a dance duet, the music for which whs composed by Zdenko Fibich. In the group number, "Kamcnoi Osti'ow," by Anton Rubin.stein, Re becca Koertuig will take the lead. A solo dance by Doris Riisness, ".Study in Opponition, Op. 1," will follow. Group numbers on this part of the program will also !nclui "Fanatic Rhythm." by Howard Hanson: "Nibatana (a Dance)" by Albert Ketelbey; and Vac h el Lind say's famous 'Congo." for which Armsnd Hunter will read. The first group cf dances after the Intei rr.isi on will be a group of "Morceaux Comiques," including the "Grasshopper s Dance," with music by Bucalcoun: The tsig Brown Besr." Bert a 0haner; and "nidiculoKarr.ent." Walter O' I'eefe. The group of preelajmic dance forms will include four num more Important this summer. They make the difference between a well turned out and an indifferent ly assembled ensemble. Colored and patterned shirtings in deeper shades have been noted for nome time now on the well dressed men. The distin guishing c h arac terlstics of these shirts He in the fact that the col ors used are much deeper than the usual pastel effect Associated with shirts other than, white. There is no doubt that the influx of deeper tones has been brought about by the over-popularity of plain white shirts. These deeper tones are found in neat British stripes, fine check effects or even in solid color ingsall of which are in keeping with the new clothes indicated for spring and summer. As Important as the tendency toward these deep er tones is the iact that combina tions of tan and gray are finding almost as much favor as the more usual blue combinations which al ways have led the field by a wide margin. For town wear particu larly, deeper tone shirtings In the neckband style are complemented by the wearing of a white laun dered collar. Th verv smartest effect may be achieved by the use of the starched . . - . 1 l.:AU ...no widespread coiiar styie, wmuu wo Introduced by H. R. H., the duke of Kent. When you wear the new widespread collar, to achieve tne smart effect vour cravat must be knotted looser and larger than has been the usual practice. Bat ties, which are so definitely associated with formal clothes, are returning i o , favor more and more each spring season for wear with typical coun try outfits as well as sum mer days In town. Bat ties are cool, neat and present the minimum neckwear requirement for warm summer days. For spring. Esquire suggests the new tapered pointed-end bat tie in madder Drint silk foulards that are extremely amart Bat ties with blunter ends in wool cashmeres are rf.rnmmenrled for wear with the rougher types of country and sport ciotning, ana wnue on tne uuujett nf hnt ties there is a strone ten dency to return to the small club shaped cravat for wear with dinner clothes and a turn-aown coiiar ana indeed this fashion does seem much hptter iiiflfrment. aa the butterfly when worn with a turn down collar is somewhat out of proportion and not nearly so desirable. The fashion or pincmng tne pop ular dark brown felt hat at the front origi nated in the great uni v e r 8 ities. but was so smart that It flnon had spread to well-dressed men every where. It may De worn in me or thodox manner or telescoped to achieve the new "porkpie" effect. int nniv is this hat eood in very dHrk brown, but a verv soft gray- gieen coloring Is appearing on the fashion horizon, mis gray-green ahnrlp 4a neutral enoueh to fit into any ensemble, irrespective of the color tones included in it. The fashion of wearing a wine colored carnation or a blue corn flower in the but tonholes of din ner jackets is most important. This type of bou tonniere is virtu ally a fashion "must" for men who have any pretensions at all to fashion cor rectness. For those who pre- fer shawl col- lared dinner jack ets, however, the wearing of the boutonniere presents a problem, inasmuch as shawl collars are con structed without buttonholes. Fashion, however, has surmounted this difficulty and has labeled as authentic the wearing of a Wine colored or blue silk handkerchief in the breast pockets of either a black Up shnn-l collared dinner lacket. Thus the much favored ! touch of color for semi-formal wear is possible, no matter what type of dinner jacket is selected. bers by Handel: "Sarabands," "Bourre" "Gigue." and "Cha conne." The third dance group to be pre sented will be a group of negro studies including "Go Down, Moses." a spiritual; "Pickaninies," by Jacques Wolfe: and "Lonesome Road." by Nathaniel Shilkret. "Tpaza Nahpee (Darkness and Light)," by Rube Eloom, will fol low and the program will close with "Dynamic Canon," a dance without music, presented by the new Initiates; and ' Bleue." by Johann Strauss, presented by the older members. Marie Kunkler Tisdale will ac company the dances on the piauo, and Ruth Hornbuckle and Virginia Moomaw will provkie the percus sion accompaniment. Tickets for the performance can be obtained from Orchesis members or Intra mural representatives, or they may be purchased at the physical edu cation offices In the Armory. Miss Moore requested that all Intramu ral representatives check in th"tr tickets before 8 o clock Thursday at ber office, 204, Armory. j!-aaarlaliJ L'l2Siai T YOUTH MOVEMENT TO KEEP STUDENTS F 'BECOMING RADICAL' Sponsors Plan Constructive Educational Program For Students. (By Annorlaled Collrilale PrrM.) NEW YORK CITY. Activated by a desire to keep the college youth from turning radical, the intercollegiate organizations of America, with a membership of more than 240,000, is launching a youth movement designed to unite the college students of today in a program for constructive work, Harold R. Moskovit, president, an nounced recently. "Students in our universities, re cent graduates and other intelli gent youth, are becoming amenable to harmful propaganda," the plat form of the organization declares. "To maintain the foundations of our present political order, as well as to bring about a more happy so cial condition where economic re wards will be more equitably dis tributed, we the present and former students of our country, do hereby organize with the purpose of achieving these aims in a peaceful and democratic manner," the plat form concludes. Proposals of the organization in clude asking city, state and federal governments to open "careers in fovornment" for college trained men and women, with chance for advancement; demanding a secre tary of education In the president's rohinpt- svstem of adult educa tion, national in scope; subsidies to encourage professions in tne crea tive arts and sciences and urgina collegiate youths to enter the politi cal arena and endeavor to elect the best man or woman qualified for that office, regardless of party affiliations. COLLEGES WATCHED FOR 'RED' 1SFLUEXCE (College Nwa Service.) CHICAGO, April 4. A some what confusing "red menace" was this week being ferreted out of American colleges and universities by various legislative committees of investigation. Chicago and Northwestern uni versities were being closely scruti nized for any faint junta coloring as Wisconsin's inquiry swung into its third week. Governor Fitzgerald of Michigan last week signed a bill requiring all faculty members to take an oath of allegiance to this country, and the state board of agriculture, governing body of Michigan State college, decreed all students there must swear their allegiance. The Illinois house has adopted a similar bill. . An Iowa proposal would outlaw instruction in anti-American poli cies and require instructors to take an allegiance oath. The Iowa academy of science recently voted unanimously for its condemnation WHAT SUIT will you buy this Summer? "WV suez'M Hi NKW Pal m Head). It ha-c-vcrytliinp: A color ami ft model f-r every oocxhion. 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Annual found ers day banquet will be held Satur day night at 6:30 at the University club. Corn Cobs. Corn Cobs meeting Wednesday night at 7 o'clock in room 8 of University hall. Kosmet Klub. Kosmet Klub will meet in uni versity hall at 5 o'clock Wednes day afternoon. Intramural Representatives. All intramural representatives must check in ticket for Orchesis dance recital by 5 o'clock Thurs day in olfice 204, Grant Memo rial. Classics Club. Classics club will meet Thurs day evening. May 16, at 7:30 in room 306 of the Temple building. Everyone is Invited to attend and a special program is being planned. Girls Commercial Club. There will be a Girl's Commer cial Club meeting Wednesday night at 7 p. m. in Ellen Smith. All members are asked to be present. Campus Leaders Brand Pre Election Lawn Party Riot As Asinine, Childish, Kittenish, And High School Stuff. (Continued trom Page 1.1 Marvin. "Campus politics is just a game. Why take it so seriously?" His opinion was supplemented by several others. That it was rather a waste of eggs, property, and good common sense seemed to be a general agreement. "I think it adds variety to this sameness of existence," someone was bold enough to suggest. But he added that it was rather a "kit tenish" variety. The women, too, had something to say about it. "I think it is dis gustli g," Ruth Matscbullat stated. "We're supposed to be grownups, or are we?" One little freshman remarked that it reminded him of Hallowe-en back In Podunk, where he came from. "Of course, we high school kids were always too "sophisti cated" to take part," he ad ed. in w ill 17 f $15.75