The Daily 1VT TH BRA Official Student Newspaper of the University of Nebraska VOL. XXXV NO. 129. UNCOIJV, NEBRASKA, SUNDAY, APRIL 19, 1936 PRICE 3 CENTS. run A, SKAN n A7 El "ojrprxr n r n WW MS LnJ II III VV 1 N S F LANCASTER FLAYS DODO POLITICIANS Professor's Speech Closes? Three Days Round Tahle Discussions. Closing a three day regional con vention of the National Student Federation of America, Saturday night, Prof. L. W. Lancaster of the political scienco department, ad dressed delegates of six states at the Lincoln hotel, on "Will the Politician Follow the Dodo." "The politician is a much aligned crea ture. But there is such a thing as the balance of nature, The politi cian Is the perfect flower of de mocracy its choicest product," stated Lancaster. "Eventually the politician will be as extinct as the dodo," he continued. In one of the most sharply di vided of the convention discs- sions. delegates Saturday, resolved that "government aid for stu dents should be continued until the present economic emergency is at an end." Edgar Boschult, NYA di rector at Nebraska described the setup and problems of the plan. He emphasized that need and scholarship are the prime consider ations In determining whether aid shall be given. He also stated that so far ns he knew these standards are not undermined by the fact that candidates are athletes. Co-Operate on Orchestras. In a round table discussion of social functions, led by George Pipal, a resolution was passed slating that various schools in this legion are to communicate with Kansas University in booking good dance bands. This will probably be done thru a combination of effort of the men's student council and varsity booking agent, according to Frank Allen, delegate from Kansas. The schools hope to obtain better bands at much reduced prices, thru this method of co-operation. George Hamilton, of Kansas Un ( Continued on Page 2). STATE Tl 10 MEET T University Participates Annual Three Day Convention. in Nebraska History Teachers' as sociation will convene Thursday afternoon at Whitticr junior high school for the opening of its three flay convention in cooperation with the University and the Lincoln city schools. Prof J. L. Sellers of the history department of the Unrversity, president of the associ ation, wril preside. Prof. John D. Hicks, formerly dean of the college of arts and sciences at the University and now professor of history at the Univer sity of Wisconsin, will address the association Thursday on "The First President Roosevelt" and will be the featured speaker at several programs Friday. Annual Dinner Friday. His main talk will be given Friday evening at the history teachers' annual dinner at the University .club, when he will dis cuss the life and works of Fred erick Jackson Turner, eminent American historian. Friday morning at 11 Professor Hicks will address a convocation of University students-and faculty at the Temple theater, speaking on the tonic, "New Frontiers for Old." The complete program follows: Thursday. t:i!i p. m Address to Lincoln teacher, Whlttler Junior High. fwliUns Prof. J. L. Sellern: "The First President Roose velt,'" Prof. John Hicks, University of Wisconsin. Frldaj. 11:00 a. m. Convocation of the Uni versity, Temple: presiding Prof. J. L. Sellers: "New Frontiers tor Old," Prof. John Hicks. 0:30 P. m Annual, dinner. University luh; presiding. Prof. Sellers: address, Frederick Jackson Turner," Prof. John Hicks. Saturday, April IS. S:15 a. m. Breakfast forum at Uni versity club; presiding. Miss Bess Alex ander. York hlRh school: "The Responsi bility of the Social Studies Teacher." Prof. T,ane W. Lancaster, University; discus alon. Dean F.rtrar A. Holt, Municipal Uni versity of Omaha. 10:30 a. m. Socll Sciences hall. Ml, presiding. Prof. Sellers: Architectural Re flections of Social Movements in 1-Jurope rilustrated). Prof. Until Burr Smith, Uni versity: business meeting. 12:30 p.m. Luncheon at the University Hub. presiding. Miss Mary E. Elliott ; Universities I Hhv Met." Prof John Donald Hlcka. Prof. Robert Bcgg Visit College of Engineering A recent visitor at the engineer ing college was Prof. Robert B. H. Begg of the civil engineering department of Virginia Polytechnic Institute at Blacksburg. Va, Pro fessor Begg waa In Lincoln as In spector of the federal resettlement work. A.- Endorses Louise Pound Addresses Kansas College Women Dr. Louise Pound of the English department drove to Manhattan, Kas., Friday to address the state conference of the American Asso ciation of University Women on "The A. C. A. Past and Present." Her sister Olivia accompanied her. E FALL T Students With Scholastic Ability, Perseverance Eligible. Several general university schol arships will be available next fall, including a junior prize of $100 and a freshman award of $25. Application blanks may be ob tained at the office of the dean of student affairs in the Adminis tration building. Candidates have until Monday, May 4, to turn them In. Only those students will be chosen who have demonstrated outstanding scholastic ability, in dustry and perserverance. The scholarships are primarily for those who need financial assis tance in securing their education. Awards Available in Fall. The following awards will be available next fall: The Jefferson H. Broady scholarship which has been established by Dr. and Mrs. John D. Clark, university grad uates, who have endowed a per petual scholarship of $100 a year in memory of the late Mr. Broady, formerly a member of the univer sity faculty and prominent Ne braska lawyer. A worthy student in' the depart ments of chemistry or geology will be selected for the Dr. George Borrowman scholarship. Dr. Bor rowman, holder of two degrees from here, and a former faculty (Continued on Page 3 1. PHILOSOPHY CONCLAVE Western Division Convention, . In lOWa CitV from April 23-25. Four professors of philosophy from Nebraska will attend the annual Western division conven tion of the American Philosophical association scheduled for Thurs day, Friday and Saturday, April 23 to 25, at Iowa City. The convention will be widely attended by Instructors of all phases of pholosophy from var ious state and private universities located from North Dakota to Texas and from Ohio to Nebraska Those attending from the uni versity are Professors Ergar L. Hinman, Charles H. Patterson, O. i K. Bouwsma, and Dean A. Wor- PRIZES AWARDS ANN N D NOW 1 cester. The professors plan to j coin and vicinity The lattc pre to ; odist ch irc'.i of Lincoln, will dis take ar active part in all the d's- j be c'.iosen in co-operpt:on v. iih tho! cus.t tf. t'ie Y. W. vesper services cussions which will be held at the Lircoln Artists' guild. ! to be beld on Tuesday afternoon, various meetings. The American Philosophical as sociation was organized several years ago at Nebraska by dele gates from the Universities of Kansas and Missouri with thoa'? ' from Nebraska. Frantz' Research Noteworthy $ Literary Work Basis of Fellowship With his appointment as a re search fellow at the famous Hunt ington library in San Marino, Calif., Dr. Ray W. Frantz of the English department of the uni versity waa honored with one of the literary world's outstanding awards. One of the reasons why the Lincoln man -as chosen is because of his already noteworthy research in the formation and dis semination of 18th century philo sophical ideas derived from the English travel books of that era. He plans to leave for California at the end of the summer sessioa and will remain there one year continuing his study cf 18th cen tury literature, reading: both book and manuscript material found in the archives of the Huntington KOISCIG TALKS DICTATORSHIP AND EDUCATION Students to Hear Speaker, Internationally Known At Monday Forum. "Dictatorship and Education" is to be the topic of an address to be delivered by Dr. Waller M. Kotschnig, Internationally known educator and lecturer, before uni versity students and Vacuity at a Temple theater convocation Mon day morning at 11. Dr. Kotschnig is a devout stu-1 dent of modern economics and sociology and has contributed many arucie.'i 10 American ana European periodicals. Apart from hio native language, German, he speaks English, French and Dutch, and has a reading knowledge of some five other European lan guages. Only thirty-four years old, ine speaker has had considerable ex perience as a student and lecturer in Europe, the Near East and t he United States. He has participated in a number of -youth congresses in several continental countries and is past secretary of the inter national student seivice at Ge neva, resigning in 1934 to become a director of the high commission for German refugees. In 1932 Dr. Kotschnig published a symposium on "The University in a Changing World." This led to his appointment by the Carne gie corporation to the direction of an International inquiry into the overcrowding of universities and (Continued on Page 4). FINE ARTS FACULTY SENDS PAINTINGS 10 NATIONAL EXHIBITS Cochran Appoints Kirsch Head of State Committee To Select Works. The fine arts faculty of the uni versity is contributing' paintings unci sr-nlntnro tr turn national nrr I 1 exhibitions this spring, the Cm- cinnati art museum exhibit of American art from April 15 to May 10 and the first national ex hibition of American art in New York City, opening May 18. "Clouds in the Valley," a paint- ir in tempera by Dwignt Kirsch. chairman of the fine arts depart- ment; 'Mean Day" a water color Dy Katiy ts. auiKner, and "Youris: Boy" an oil painting ty Morris Gordorr, both of the university staff, have beei accepted for the Cincinnati exhibit. Kirrch has been appointe.l by Governor Cochran as chairman of Hi a state committee to select inrs and sculpture rep: csentativ ol Nebraska art for display in the New York exhibition. wMch is to lect,0 of thehpamt'nn v,n T, made by April 27. The sculpture, a piece hy Raymond H. WiPianis of the fine arts faculty, already has been chosen for the exhibit. Ten paint in p;s will be rent i rom Aebraska, five oil paintings from Omaha art'sts and five from Lin-i Forty-three states and -several territories have anu-nncei ih"' will enter exhibits at iSie national i exhibition of American r.rt, whi jh i is to be held as a special feature of the second annual summer festival of New York City. library, which is particularly rich in the literature of that century. Hunting library also contains some of the most valuable printed material on the renaissance, some copies of which can probably be found in no other library of the world. It was founded by Henry E. Huntington, California railroad and lumber magnate. The institu tion now boasts a high ranking art gallery as well as library. Dr. Frantz has already published one volume on English travel liter ature, entitled, "The English Traveler and the Movement of Ideas, 1660-1732" He is the first to seriously begin a study of -the writings of this- era and decided to undertake this task after reading some interesting volumes on French travel literature. Student Aid Sororily Sing Fee Must lie Paid hy Wednesday Because three outstate judges will be brought In to choose the winner of the 1936 Ivy Day sings, sororities en tered In the contest are re quested to have a one dollar entrance fee deposited at Mrs. Westover's office by Wednesday to defray judging expenses. There will be no fraternity fes, since half the expense will be borne by Kosmet Klub, which annually spon sors the Interfraternity sing. TO Representatives from Five States to Arrive Saturday. Representatives from the states of Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado and Wyoming will be in attendance at the third annual con vention of the south central sec tion of the American Student Health association to be held in Pharmacy building on the Univer sity campus Saturday. Dean R. A. Lyman is a member of the exec utive committee in charge of the program. Chancellor Burnett will welcome delegates at 11 a. m following which the group will be taken on an inspection tour of the student health unit. There will be a luncheon at noon with the after noon program beginning at 1:30 o'clock. Out of Town Speakers Present. Out of town speakers include Ralph I. Canuteson from the Uni versity of Kansas, who is president of the south central section, Dr. Florence Brown Sherbon, also of the University of Kansas and Dr. E. Lee Shrader, of the student health department of St. Louis uni versity. Dr. Shrader is president of the American Student Health association. The program follows: Saturday II A. M. Greetings. Chancellor Burnett. Inspection of student lieKUh unit. Lunch at 12:15 p. m. Afternoon Session 1 :Xll P.M. "The Problem of Oevelopinx a student Health Service." Dr Florence Sherbon, Unlversitv of Kansas. "The Military Oepartmrnt us a Health and Character Bulldinn Agency on the Iniversiiv rumour." Col. W. H. Our.', University of Nehrapkn "The Student Health Service and the Local profession L)r. W. C. Becker. L n- coln. DlscusMlonjJ led by rr. Mcc'lure. l:nlver slty of Kan.-"): Recent .1. J Mclnerny, CreiRhton university; W. C. Fickneli. Kear ney State Teacher? colleci-; M &g Ruth Al bert Teru FtHtc Teacher3 colleco; A. Ku fcene Haylett. Doane collect. Talking l-'llm. Tuberculosis association. Bubinufd session. e:itiirriu Kvenlnir. 8:H0. KuyptiRll Room. Lincoln Hotel. "New Possibilities of Preventive Medi cine," Pr. l- Lee Shrader, fct. Louis uni versity. "Th, Amerlcp.n Student Health Associa tion," jPreyident Kwlph Canuteson. Yi VESPERS TUESDAY Spesker to Review Literature ! From Danie's Time to Fresent Day. "The Art of Saeing Things," l.e th.? subject which Dr. will W. Aitken. pastor of St. Paul's Metlv Apr l 21 at 5 o'clock in Ellen Smith hull The topic which Dr. Aitken plans ! to develop will include a discursive review of literature, beginning with ' sucn e.?rry wmers as uaru.e anu ( j lutiiiiiuui.T; uuvwi iu ine incmiuiri j of the present day. Examples of I in type oi wriung wnicn pre-, 1 t'ominaleJ in some of the most out- j i standin: literary periods will be i read by Dr. Aitken. Particular! stress will be placed on the kind of i writing which has developed in the i t last century. In addition to Dr. Aitken's ad dress, devotionals in charge of a member of the Y. W. cabinet will be included on the program. The theme of the devotions will relate to the subject on which Dr. Aitken will speak. Jane Hopkins, pianist of the vesper choir will play a prelude to the service and other special music will be offered by members of the vesper choir, un der the direction of Margaret Phillippe. "Dr. Aitken has spoken at sev eral vespers previous to this year and each time has given his audi ence a great deal of valuable in formation. He has an exceptionally wide knowledge on the subject of literature and anyone interested in this field is sure to profit by hear ing Dr. Aitken's address on Tues day." Pat Lahr. member of the Y. i V. venHT staff commented, , STUDENTS HEALTH AUTHORITIES ATTEND MEETING NEBRASKA TRACK RECORD ENVIABLE N KANSAS RELAYS Francis, Cardwell, Cosgrove Take Firsts, in Meet At Lawrence. HOW HUSKERS FINISHED. Coach Henry Schulte's Corn husker track family, after several unproductive years of barnstorm ing, went to the Kansas Relays at Lawrence Saturday to bask once more In the smiles of good fortune and bring down one of the most enviable team records of the re lays. Sam Francis won first in the shot put at 49 feet 2 inches, Lloyd Cardwell won the hop-step-and-jump at 49 feet 93i inches, and Sherm Cosarove tied for first in the pole vault at 13 feet. Fred; Shirey placed third in the discus. j Cardwell third in the broad jump,! Jacobsen third in the 100 yard I dash, and Glenn Funk, running at tached, finished behind Glenn Cun ningham in the 1500 meters run. The shuttle hurdle relay team won that event, the 880 yard team took second, the 440 yard quarter fourth and the mile team and distance medley team brought down an other pair of fourths. I'.v sprrlnl wire l I he l)nll NrbraoL'tn. Led by the two versatile Corn huskers, Sam Francis and Lloyd Cardwell, Coach Henry F. Schulte's track and field team made an im pressive showing Saturday at Lawrence, when they scored from all over the track and field to cover themselves with glory. Llovd Cardwell nut in a big day By winning the hop-step-and-jump, special Olympic event, with a mark cf 49 feet'91 inches, placing third jn the broad jump with a leap of feet 2' inches, and runnrng (Continued on Page 2). CIVIL WAR-SELLERS r . , , PrOfeSSOr Denies UaSll Ol Economic Interests as Cause of Conflict. Ambition of political leaders , rather than the clash of economic ! interests produced the Civil war, I Dr. J. L. Sellers, professor of ' American history at the university i told the Mississippi Valley His torical association at its twenty ninlli annual mietins in Austin. Tex., Saturday. ! recession occur red, he said, on : account of the distrust of a re I publican administration that had been elected upon the issue of non-! ! extension of slavery, r alse issues 1 directed to sectional par tisans built I prejudices and ill founded convic I tions that became irrcsprcsible. Dr. i Sellers pointed out. The meeting was held upon the j invitation of the University of , S lrxas Slate His-1 kratochvil, Hingliam (o To Eimineei Convention K. V. Kratochvil, chairman of the student branch of the Amer ican Institute of Electrical En nineers and Prof. L. A. Bingham of the electrical engineering de- partment, counselor for the local branch, attended the convention of j rtndent chairmen and branch coun- 1 c, 0f the north central section f tne group held at Boulder, Colo., ' the past weekend. Humor, Pathos in French Film :.t :': Naturalness of Actors Features Play By Ed Murray.' Not the wide-eyed camera pos ers that are Hollywood's children, not sweeter-than-life little things that are coached to the distrac tion of dramatic ait. not the mil lion dollar dolls that set the fash ions for the nation's offspring no, just the humor, the pathos, and the childish lovliness of dirty faced, innocent kids ferreted fr.m the poverty haunts of Paris and living, not acting, in a French picture. Such were the players, little stars that will probably never scintillate for the world again, in La Maternelle, known in English as Children of Montmartre, which was brought to the Varsity thea ter Saturday by Le Cercle Ftan cais. This is the last of the French mov.es this year to be sponsored ' I hy the University club, and oyi PLAY AY 1 DATE IN GRAND ISLAND T. J. Filzpatrirk Curator. Honored Hy Iowa Aeademy Thomas J. FiLzpatrick, curator of the university herbarium, who for more than forty-two years has been a member of the Iowa acad emy of science, was officially hon ored by that group at its fiftieth annual convention held in Iowa City recently. Unable to attend. Iowa scien tists sent him a written testimony in appreciation of his long career of "human service and scholarly achievement." Mr. Fitzpatrick was made a life member of the society several years ago and is one of its few remaining older members. RELIGIOUS WEEK MEETING PLANS Dr. Wieman. Philosophy Professor at Chicago to Speak Here. Final arrangements for- the Re ligious Emphasis Week to be held on the University campus from April 24-30 under the sponsorship of the Religious Welfare Council have been completed, according to the announcement made by the committee in charge. Dr. Henry Nelson Wieman, noted professor of Philosophy of Religion of the Uni versity of Chicago is scheduled to come to Lincoln as a guest speaker for the series of meetings. Built around the theme of Reli gion Adequate for These Times," the meetings to be held during the week will be in the form of infor mal discussions. A series of three meetings have been planned for students and are to be held at the University Episcopal church on April 27. 28 and 29 between the hours of 7:15 and 8:30 o'clock in the evening. In addition to informal discus sions led by Dr. Wieman at the three evening forums, he will speak at a banquet at the First Plymouth church on Friday eve ning and will be the guest speaker n the pulpit of the Westminster Presbyterian church on Sunday ' morning. Faculty members of the university are to meet with Dr. ' Wieman at luncheons to be held at the Grand Hotel on Monday, Tues- (Continued on Page 3). Fl 11 Professor Elected At Annual Siate Convention. Here Gustav Fuchs, professor and su pervisor of ancient and modern languages in teachers' college, vas elected president of the Nebraska division of the Modern Language association of America at their an- nual convention held here Satur- The fifty members of the organi zation wio attended the meeting representing instructors of modern languages fhruout the state also elected Miss Gertrude Kincaide of Municipal university in Omaha, vice president, and Miss Bess Bo zell of Omaha Central high school, secretary -treasurer. "Modern languages as a social science should rank as high in lm- portance as any of the polrtical sciences or history courses which are taueht in the schools today, was the assertion made by Miss Alma Hosic of the Kear ney State (Coniinued on Page 4). virtue of its international recog nition and its simon-pure reality, it outmodes both French and Eng lish films shown in moons on end. Wins Acclaim. Second only to the unprece dented naturalness of the children, who moved without restraint in their day-nursery setting, was the censor-startling reality of the by play staged by adult characters whose lives bore a dec'dedlv ?hsdv tinge. According to the Literary Digest it was the universal ac claim received in other countries by Jean Benoit-Levy's direction and the acting of the waif, Paul ette Elambert. that finally broke the ban of New York censors after two years of refusals. Reviewers have called the pro duction the "greatest film in any lingua" " and shov.-ered i: witu iContinued on Page 3). NOW COMPLETE ?Klub Arranges Take Musical Comedy on Road After Week Run Here. News real round pictures of Kosmet Klub's spring musical production will be taken during regular performances this week to be released to nationwide movie audiences, Klub mana gers announced Saturday night in confirmation of earlier re ports. Fox, Paramount and Universal news real services will send representatives to take sets of "Southern Ex posure." "With husky chnrinrs Anns- ii ii i- iv iiir ana uro.'iu Miouiitercu Hero ines spc;iki iiir in low voices, Kusiiict Klub's all male oast opens -tomorrow uipht for a week's run of the musical comedy 'Southern Exposure," featuring nine songs contributed by universi ty students and sung by cast members and a double quartet. With Jungbluth's and Eeck's ac companying orchestra the show will play in Grand Island on Fri day, May 1. Donald Bochm will play the leading role of Larry, a college; lad who inherits a southern man sion. Bill Strong will be the wist ful heroine, Carolyn and Paschal Stone will portray Louise, the art ful and scheming soubrette. Baker Portrays Jeppy. Others who will display their dramatic abilities in the annual production are: Sidney Baker, act ing the shambling Jeppy, stable manager in charge of the race horses Southern Exposure; Vance Leininger raising his voice to be the aggressive and rich Aunt Ma tilda Thorndike. Bill Marsh wiil southernly intenate Toonia. the Negro maid. Bill Flax will be Chloe, Negro mammy, Irving Hill the blustering Colonel Winter-green, and Beb Martz will Rive his in terpretation of the sheriff. The penny chorus consists of ten lads who were chosen because of their shapely (tho freshly shaven i limbs. They are Thursten Phelps. Ward Powell. Bill Pugslcy. Jerry Vitamvas, Norman Shaw, Buzz Fonda, John Johnson. Malcolm McFarlane, Neil Parks, and Ed ( Continued on Tagc 3i. WORLD HERALD MAN Editorial Stories to Replace Spot News, Due to Radio Says Morrow. Stating that news of an editor ializing and interpretative nature will undoubtedly appear in the newspapers of the future wiUx radio handling the "spot" news, Ed Morrow of the Omaha World Hearld editorial staff addressed members of Sigma Delta Chi, pro fessional journalistic fraternity, at an initiation banquet in the Lin coln hotel, Friday evening. Newspapers may dismiss their present policy of presenting only the facts and tend more to ana lyze the more important news. Morrow pointed out. A better class of readers will then be at tracted by the newspapers. Plans for the organization of Sigma Delta Chi alumni groups in Omaha and Lincoln were dis cussed by Russell Briggs and Carl ton Stoddard, Omaha newspeper men. Also considered was the pos sibility of establishing an active chapter at Creighton university. Seven new members taken into the organization preceding the banquet were George Frey. Don Wagner, Lynn Leonard, William Kaiser. Arnold Levin, Willard Bur ney, and Ed Murray. Toastmaster for the evening was Eugene Dalby. president of the active chapter. REVIEWS BY FRENCH APPEAR IN MAGAZINE Reginald French, instructor in romance languages, has two re views published in the spring num ber of Books Abroad, an interna tional quarterly. The two books which he reviews are De Alba Longa a Roma, by Giuseppe Sergi; Torino; Bocca: 1934; and Amedieo Maiuri. I Campi Flegrei: Roma; Libreria. dello Stato: 1934. The first of these is an anthrop ological study with linguistic back ground. The second is an archeolo gical study of the Neapolitan re gion. MUs Carse Takes Place In Pennsylvania College Miss Edith Cars?, instructor in the department of home economics has accepted a position as an in structor in the Pennsylvania State college for the summer session of 1935. SPEAKER AT BANQUET i