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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1935. TWO TIIE DAILY NEBRASKAN Daily Nebraskan i Station A, Lincoln, Nabraska. OFFICIAL STUDENT PUBLICATION UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA Thla paper li represented for general advertising by tha Nebraska Press Association. Associated gotlfobtf tyrt -- 1" iwiTAli.ti 11 af Entered aa eecond-etaia matter at the poitofflce In Lincoln, Nebraika, under act of congrest, March S, 1879, and at epeclal rate of postage provided for In section 1103, act of October 3, 1917, authorized January 20, 1922. THIRTY-FOURTH YEAR. Published Tueiday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday mornings during the academic year. EDITOrilAL STAFF Jack Fischer Editor-in-chief MANAGING EDITORS Irwin Ryan Virginia Selleck NEWS EDITORS George Plpal Marylu Petersen Arnold Levin Johnston Snipes Dorothy Bent SOCIETY EDITORS Dorothea Fulton Jan Walcott Dick Kunzman Sports Editor BUSINESS STAFF Truman Oberndorf Business Manager ASSISTANT BUSINESS MANAGERS Bob Funk Bob Shellenberg Bob Wadhama SUBSCRIPTION RATE 11.50 a year Single Copy B cents $1.00 a semester $2.50 a year mailed 1.50 a semester mailed Under direction of the Student Publication Board. Editorial Off Ice University Hall 4. Business Office University Hall 4A. Telephones Day: B6691 ; Night: B6882. B3333 (Journal). What' s Happned To It? A BIT blunt, perhaps, but nevertheless rich in truth in today's student pulse contribu tion by P. L. who upbraids the board of re gents for its attitude towards the proposed uesd book store sought by the stduent council last year. Also setting forth the dire need for improvement in the used book situation, but evidently written without knowledge of the council's efforts, is G. L.'s letter decrying the strain on the student pocketbook. Both missives strike at an evil that has long been the bane of Nebraska students yet one which has for some reason defied and with stood assaults of successive student' genera tions. What was perhaps the strongest movement against the second hand book racket was launched last year when the student council, after conducting a nation-wide survey, opened a campaign for a university-owned and man aged book store for Nebraska. Petitions ask ing the regents to establish such a store were circulated on the campus and were signed by more than 4,000 students, or almost four out of every five then enrolled. The signed peti tions were then presented to the regents for action. Inquiry at the end of the spring semester disclosed that the proposal had been referred to a sub-committee of the regents for action and students went home looking hopefully to this fall for favorable action. But, from all that can be learned today, the project stands right where it did last spring . except that the sub-committee apparently does not know that the book store proposal was to be considered. As a matter of fact, one regent actually did not know he was supposed to be on such a committee. A second had never heard of the book store. A third regretted that nothing had been done but promised to "look into the matter." , Here is an example of subterfuge of the first magnitude. Why the sham and pretense that something four-fifths of the student body asked for and desire will be considered if the regents will have none of it? Why smile bene volently and keep, their hopes alive if the mat ter is doomed to defeat? It is not that opposition to the plan was unexpected. But the student council thought it had the answer to adverse arguments. Used book exchanges, university-controlled, are in operation on too many campuses to brook the argument that one could not pay its way here. The surplus book problem had been solved through connections with a national exchange. One administration official was quoted as being opposed to the plan because, as P. L. writes "it would be almost impossible to find a capable manager." This far-fetched and fee ble observation is such a poor and insupport able excuse as to bear no comment. A second objection was that there are no housing facilities. But for a need as pressing as this, room could be found if necessary in the basement of U hall where quarters now little utilized by student organizations could easily be converted into a book store. And beyond this, expense of constructing a small temporary frame building would not be pro hibitive. , , n No one intends that the university shall Invade the domain of private enterprise, which has also been mentioned as a possible objec tion. But sale of used books is definitely with in the jurisdiction of the university, even as is that of chemicals and other materials and supplies which are used in the various courses and for which fees are charged. The university has spread its protecting wines over students in the matter of student health. It has seen fit to give the student a discount on new books at the regent store. Why has this n.ost pressing problem of used books been slighted, this business of reducing the huge gap between the price received by students for books and the subsequent resale figure! Of course, if the university were in the used book business, some professors could not . . m oa nftpn nn thev mient Lure, cnange meir i" . - and it is possiDie xnai. ucnam cerning which there is much ugly rumor, might thus be cut off. But after'all, they shouldn't mind for here is nn opportunity to save the students, for whom the university was found ed, thousands of dollars. Students don't mind spending their money so much when they get value received, but paying much and receiving little is a very un appetizing menu. And that they are certainly dissatisfied with the present arrangement is indicated by their action in endorsing the book store proposal last spring. The student body has presented simply but plainly what it sincerely feels to be a strong case for the establishment of a university used book store. But one answer to its petitions can be forthcoming if the regents act in behalf of student interest. STUDENT PULSE Brief, concise contributions pertinent to matters of student life and the university are welcomed by this department, under the usual restrictions of sound newspaper practice, which excludes all libelous matter and personal attacks. Letters must be signed, but names will be withheld from publication If so desired. What's the Use? TO THE EDITOR: Last year I signed a petition circulated by the Student council, aimed to establish a co-operative bookstore on the campus. I didn't sign it because a friend asked me or because it might make an activity man of my frater nity brother; I signed it because after three years of getting stung I wanted to get a square deal on my books. Fellows at the house were for the plan, and a bunch of us kept our books over the summer instead of selling them, to take advan tage of the decent prices we could get at the student bookstore next fall. When we got back up here, we read that the board of re gents had lost the names of 4,000 students far more than half the university population in some subcommittee, but that further action was useless since the majority seemed against it. The interest of the board of regents in governing the university is supposed to lie with the interests of the students and the state. If it will be to the disadvantage of any student, or any of the parents in the state to allow us a decent price on second hand books, then we don't want the bookstore. This is one proposition that the students have put squarely up to the board of regents, and they have failed miserably in realizing any sense of duty even fairness in considering the plan at least. To discard a proposition that will save the students thousands of dollars yearly simply because "it would be almost impossible to find an efficient manager, " eith er means they haven't the initiative to sign a bill or are placing other interests above mat of our university. The fellows at the house simply pass it over with "Nobody was ever able to get the board of regents to do anything anyway," which is about the same attitude that the board itself has. But I think it's about time someone asked the regents just who they're working for, and be able to expect at least a courteous reply. p- L- The Book Racket. TO THE EDITOR: For the past two or three weeks, the book stores have been doing a rushing business. Hordes of students come out arms laden but with purses much lightened. At the last of the semester, those same students will be coming back with those same books and if exception ally lucky, will receive approximately half of what they paid for them. After paying out about $20 in a lump, one begins to wonder just whom such an out lay is benefitting. It is only too apparent to v, cnAorit flint it is not himself alone. Ln- 111C DlUUluu " less he is a professional student, he will hardly glance into an old text some oi mem au..g mpmnrips of oast tortures. For anyone -who really wants to study, there are all sorts of books avanauie wuuuuu ti,,, imiversitv itself has a larce library CUSli lav wiw,.w-v ' with six or eight branches scattered over the campus. In the city are also the city library with its branch libraries, the State House li brary, and the library of the Nebraska His torical society. Many courses require outside library read ings covering exactly the same material as the text. For such a course the buying of a text book should not be made compulsory. In sev eral courses giving only two or three hour credit, the cost of the books amounts to $8 or $10 and there is so much outside reading re quired that one scarcely has time to read the text at all. One remedy for this situation lies with the publishers. Why could they not put out a spe cial edition of books written on cheap paper and with paper covers at a much lower costT If a student still wanted a nicely bound copy for his permanent library, he could buy one. It would also be less expensive to the stu dent if the instructor did not change books so often. There are some courses in which the books are changed every year. Of course, one likes the latest information on the subject, but there is seldom enough new material writ ten or discovered in such a short time to jus tify changing books so often. Surely this plan is not unfeasible, and it would be worth w-hile ViVir nf th Rfirt. W. id. iryiiig uuiiituuMj - Cardwell Sprints Kickoff 86 Yards to Touchdown Si ' iL' ' t- h V x;f sft-. 4,,vv. -1 -, V1 -?J CABINET HEADS ACTIVE WORK TUE Y. W. C. A. Workers May Report at Activities Tea Thursday. -O Courtesy Sunday Journal and Star. () Rip. fast Llovd Cardwell, the Huskers' premier back, put the kayo on Chicago ana gave zu.uuu fans thrills galore by taking a cross-buck on the third kickoff of the game and following beautiful interference 86 yards down the fiPld to his second six points of the game. He's shown here cross ing the Chicago 20-yara line, tsan lett, just behind him, is set for a last desperate" attempt that failed, and Cardy went over with plenty of room to spare. Cabinet heads of the Y. W. C. A. announced Monday that staffs and icdnn cronns will beein ac tive wnrW Tnpsdav. October 1. All girls interested are asked to report to Miss Muarea ureen s oiir:c m Ellen Smith hall, or at the All-AC-tivities Tea. Thursday. Oct. 3. Staff chairmen .their staffs, and schedules are: Caroline Kile Vespers Thurs. 2. Jeanne Palmer Program and Office Tues. 4. Gayle Caley Finance Wed. 5. Eleanor Clizbe Membership Thur. 12. Margaret Phill 1 p p e V e s p e r Choir. Thur. 5. Beth Taylor Publications time to be arranged. Dorothy Beers social jvion. 12- , . Rowena Swanson Social Ac tion Wed. 5. Jane Keefer International Tues. 2. Doris Weaver Poster Tues. 4. Anne Pickett Freshman Com missions Mon. 12. Theodora Lohrmann World Forum time to be arranged. Freshman commission leaders are: Katherine Winquist Tues. 3. Loreen Adelsack Tues. 11. Caroline Kile Wed. 4. Betty Paine Wed. 4. Anne Pickett Thurs. 4. Elaine Shonka Wed. 5. Marian Rolland Tues. 4. Betty Cherny Tues. 3. Theodora Lohrman Tues. 4. Hazel Bradstreet Tues. 1. MUSIC SORORITIES EMERTAiy AT TEA 50 Women Meet Members Of Professional Groups. Approximately fifty women mmir. atudpnts attended the mjsic panhellenic tea given Sunday af ternoon from a 10 o a ai Ellen Smith hall. The purpose of the tea was to afford women stu dents the opportunity of meeting member of the professional music sororities. ' An hour musicalc was followed by the tea at which Miss Amanda AC. COLLEGE 4-11 CLUB HEARS FRISBIE TALK Social Functions Planned At Organisations First Session. The Aj: college-University 4-H club, an organization of. former 4-H member met recently in Ay kail to dlacuas their plans for the uon. I I. Friable, etate leader cf 4-H clube. spoke to the group on the organization and result of the 4-H club program throughout the eUte. In addition to numerous social function planned for the early Bon with the aim of increasing mar bership, the club plane a city program for next spring to increase sreneral Interest in 4-H club work. The next regular meeting will be held Oct 24, at Ag hall, and all former 4-H members are in vited to be present DAILY NEBRASKAN BEGINS CAMPAIGN FOE CAMPUS PEP (Continued from Page X.) in chief. It is hoped thru the publication of these cheers and songs to ac quaint every university student with the chants of the Scarlet and Cream. Ignorance of the tradi tional yells has been blamed some what by the pep clubs for the ab sence of any united cheering effort at the Chicago game last Satur day. ' The Corn Coba and Tassels alone cannot cheer for the entire ..hnni TTi.rhir nolnted out: "they VVIAW, " J " can only lead and eet an example for the stuaenia io iouuw. j familiarizing the campus, espe cially the freshmen, with these sogs. we hope that the students will take advantage of their new found knowledge and display cheering at the next game which Nebraska can oe proua m, a stated. Typewriters All Kakas for sal or rut. TJaad machlac oa T paysaanla. Nebraska Typewriter Co. 130 Na. 1 t. M1!7 Wennnpr ripnn of women. Doured. Decorations were carried out in green and lavender. Arrangements were made by the three professional women's music sororities. Mu Phi Epsilon, of which Irene Reimers is president; Delta omicron, neaaea Dy vei Mae Peterson and Sigma Alpha Iota, with Lois Rathburn in charge. OFFICIAL BULLETIN Alexis To Speak. Dr. Joseph E. Alexis, chairman of the department of German lan guages, has been invited to speak at the Lief Erickson banquet at Vermillion, S. D., Oct. 9. Frosh Meeting. Thpi-B will be a meeting of all freshman girls and all big and lit tle sisters in Ellen smiui nan iura day evening from 7 to 8. Hobby group leaders will be announced and new students will be told about the groups. Lutheran Bible Class. Lutheran students will meet for Bible study with Rev. H. Erck Wednesday evening Oct. 2, at 7 o'clock in room 203 of the Temple building. Team Managers Report. All sophomores Interested in In coming student managers of the fr.thnii tram should report to Jack Mohr in the East Stadium at 3:00 o'clock any afternoon this week. N Club. "X" club members will convene Wednesday evening in the coli seum for a dinner and meeting. The dinner is scheduled for 6:15 p. m. Chevrolet to Show Films. Movie films of the Chevrolet Mo tor Company will be shown to stu dents in the engineering colU-ge on Tuesday evening, Oct. 15, accord ing to an announcement by Dean O. J. Ferguson. We call our rich relatives the kin we love to touch. EDUCATORS TO GATHER A! OKLAHOMA NOV .14 Prominent Speakers Slated For Southwestern Conference. RAMBLINGS and P A U E Rob Laurens NORMAN, Okl., Sept. 30. (Spe cial). Celebrating Dr. W. B. Biz zell's tenth year as president of tvia TTnivrrsif-v of Oklahoma, prominent educators from all over the country win gamer on ic Snnnpr pnmniis Nov. 14 to 16 for the Southwestern Conference on Higher Education. Approximately 3,oou lnviiauons and Tirocxams nave Deen maueu iu ail oprHnns nf the United States. "The conference will be the most significant eatherine of national figures ever assembled in the state," Dr. Charles M. Perry, gen eral conference cnairman, sain. Well known leaders in the fields of social science, literature, art and education will appear on the program. Prominent speakers at the ses sion on creative arts will include John Gould Fletcher, famous poet; Sara Gertrude Knott, director of the National Folk Festival; Henry Smith, associate editor of the Southwest Review, Dallas, Tex.; Haniel Long, well known poet; and John Ankeney, painter. Speakers on educational topics are Dr. Boyd H. Bode, Ohio State university; Radoslav A. Tsanoff, Rice institute; David Y. Thomas, University of Arkansas; Homer LeRoy Shantz, president of the University of Arizona; William F. Ogburn. University of Chicago; W. H. Cowley, Ohio State univer sity; Isaac Lippincott and Frank J. Bruno, both of Washington uni versity. novpmor E. W. Marland will be one of the speakers at the con-riiKiinp- dinner of the conference. Other speakers at the dinner will be Thomas H. lienton, wranm painter; Dr. Lotus Delta Coffman, president of the University of Min nesota; and Kathryn McHale, gen eral director of the American As sociation of University Women. C.E. Society to Meet Next Thursday Niglit The Chemical Engineering so rii.tv will commence its vears ac tivities Thursday evening, Oct. 3 with a meeting at the Grand ho tel. The organization's officers urge all members to be present. A program is being arranged for the evening. .mr T-IUT" nn fVlB hftllvhOOfid SllJILiljlVlii v. --w jrlamorous, glitterous, slnferoua life or tne cnoiuo k .,,---"Remains of Josephine Leonard, former chorus girl, which re mained unclaimed at the morgue for 12 days, rescued at the last mnmont bv Grace Evans, who will provide burial." But then, prob- ably sne aoesn i tnuw-vi does perhaps its rather immaterial. FROM recent reports it seem that soon you will no longer ba forced to endure the unbroken monotony of long train rldea through very tiresome country. The Trans-Lux Moving x-wiui corporation rlans to mane leaia soon over short distance runs la the east. All mechanical require ments have teen met, and equip ment and details successiuny; n-nn an norhnns soon vou will be able to lean back in your Pullman and indulge an laie nour ur ou uy, allowing your fancies to roam free and unfettered inrougu nciua jii.t i AvtAftrtma tinnd in hand IIUKtMlUK nnunv y - with your favorite emoter. lUlOlUe UIOIUI SJWIV.WM - w will be neutralized; the silence of the night may throb, night animals may lift their laments skyward with all the emphasis they see fit, the wheels on the rails may chant their endless rnyme yuu wj w Invulnerable and oblivious, bliss fully so. True, you may be forced to listen to the accompanying dis course of kindred souls sitting near yon, as they express their appreciative ecstasy in stirring tone gymnastics but in time per haps that, too, can be remedied. Then what unalloyed bliss as you sweep through the miles! YOU really take your entertain ment much too lightly, you know. Too much for granted, as it were, without taking into con sideration the many things that have made it possible. For in stance, there is the forthcoming Harold Lloyd starrer, "The Milky Way," for which Paramount is trying to arrange with the Dionna quints. If negotiations are suc cessful, you will see not only Harold Lloyd, but will gaze in rapt wonder at the little pink fingers and toes and various other ac coutrements of these five new dimpled additions thrust on an un suspecting artistic world. vnn win cnrerp with them and goo with them, all unthinking of the powers that maae wis possi ble. Harold Llovd. with proper sound and production equipment would nave 10 iiy i" 'w", nton Thp nnints nrp under the Canadian government, so the ques tion of foreign policy must be pondered; laws and legal experts must be consulted to ascertain just what taxation laws will cover the situation, what aspects of export and Import, foreign labor, capital istic aggression over me ngnm. ui private citizens, compensation rates, exchange or governmental courtesy, and many other suc'n burning .3sues of the day will be concerned. Behind these is the essential fact that upon a certain day a slightly bewildered mother and fathpr gazed into the faces of five new additions to the family board and felt that, surely, something un usual had happened. And behind this, the failure of the rest of the race to propogate thru the ages in such a manner as to make this en everyday occurrence to be tossed off with a casual "Huh, that's nothin'." All these things have entered into your presenting shiny two-bit piece, more or less at the window and sitting en thralled while the masterpiece un rolls. THOSE are just a lew of the ob stacles met in building such a film. There are many such hard ships lying heavily on the heads that wear the crowns out "yan- cler. Another example is me laci that you, the people, have shown very definitely your approval for various singers, familiarly known as canaries. This, too, at present, is causing faint stirrings in vari ous crown racks at Paramount Studio. iff BLIND DATE OPENS HER DOOR SETTING LITTLE DAISY STEAM ENGINE IN MOTION WHICH RAISES TRAP DOOR RELEASING PIE EYED -PIPER ROBOT WHO EMERGES PLAYING SAXOPHONE FOLLOWED BY MICE. BUND DATE 15 FRIGHTENED BY MICE AND LEAVES TOWN NEVER TO ' RETURN f a- I Hat, L-Afv I F T I I v a N I in I a rt i I INVESTIGATED PRINCE ALBERT -FOUND IT THE MILDEST, MELLOWEST PIPE TOBACCO 60ING! ,.,HC1 MM" " SosS-sJ-S," YOU'LL TMl NATIONAL ,f TH6 NATIONAL IV