The Daily Nebraskan Official Student Newspaper of t he University of Nebraska at - LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 1936 PRICE 5 CENTS. BRITISH LABORITE SPEAKS ON PEACE Pacificists to Emphasize National Campaign's Objectives. When Dr. Alfred Salter, mem ber of the British parliament, Dr. Franklin J. Kennedy, pastor of Simpson M. E. church in Minne apolis, and Miss Laura E. Aspin- wail, national director of stu dent work of the United Mis sionary society, speak at a meet ing at 7:45 this evening at St. Paul's church, they will em phasize the ob jectives of the E mergency Peace Cam paign. Mayor Charles W. Brvan will wel- From The journal, come the speak ers at the meeting, and C. W. El rod, president of the Lincoln Peace Council, will preside. Dr. Salter will also speak at a noon luncheon at the Y. M. C. A. Thursday, and Dr. Kennedy will speak at the Nebraska Wesleyan convocation at 10 o'clock. Objectives of the national cam paign that the three speakers will convey to Lincoln audiences in clude the strengthening of pacific alternatives and armed conflict, the bringing about such political and economic changes as are es sential to a just and peaceable world order, and the recruiting and uniting in a dynamic movement all organizations and Individuals who are opposed to war. Students May Volunteer. Meetings and conferences are being held in more than 200 of the most important communities in all parts of the United States be tween April 12 to May 18. The meetings in Lincoln are under the auspices of the Lincoln Peace Council, and the World Fellow ( Continued on Page 4). IS WIEMAN'S THEME AT Campus to Observe Religious Emphasis Week With Chicago Speaker. Opening Friday. April 24, Relig ious Emphasis Week, under the sponsorship of the Religious Wel fare Council will be observed on the university campus, with Dr, Henry Nelson Wieman, noted pro fessor of Philosophy of Religion of the University of Chicago as rruest speaker for the series of meetings. The program for the week, which ends on April 30. will be built around the theme of "Religion Adequate for These Times," ac cording to announcement made by the committee in charge following completion of final arrangements. Speaks at University Church. According to present plans, Dr. Wieman is scheduled to speak at a number of convocations for uni versity students including a scries of three evening discussion meet ing to be held at the University Episcopal church on April 27, 28 (Continued on Page 3). FARMERS ENTER GRASS IMPROVING CONTEST. Frolik Says That WO ISebraskans Compete In Pasture Rotation More than 400 eastern Nebraska farmers have now entered the 1936 Nebraska Pasture Improvement contest, according to Elvin L. Frolik, assistant extension agron omist at the ag college. A total of 500 entries is expected by May 1, the deadline for entering. In urging fanners to enter of ficially the contest before May 1, Agronomist Frolik stated there appears to be more interest than ever before in grass in Nebraska. Farmers are particularly anxious to improve their old pastures and get temporary rotation systems worked out, he said. Rain is needed in many areas as the top soil is extremely dry. PROGRAM TONITE pr ADEQUATE stmt: highway testing lab remodels old boiler house With a greater amount of test ing work for various state depart ments coming in every month, the University of Nebraska is now re modeling the old boiler house to give its division of highway test ing the added floor space needed. When the expansion program is completed, this division, which comes under the department of engineering mechanics, will have 9,600 square feet of laboratory floor space. The cost of reraciel Ing is not borne by university ap propriations, but is being paid for from funds accumulated from fees received by the university for tests made of the state department of roads and irrigation and for other Celebrations in All Nations Honor William Shakespeare University Players l Present Festival of Dramas Here in Commemoration of English Poet's Birthday Anniversary. All over the world Shakespear ian festivals are being held this week in honor of the anniversary of William Shakespeare's birthday on April 23 or 24, 1654. Celebrat ing this anniversary, the Univer sity Players are going to produce three of Shakespeare's most famous plays, "The Merchant of Venice," "MacBeth" and "As Vou Like It," during the week of April 27 to May 2. In connection with the festivals, Miss H. Alice Howell, chairman of the department of speech and dramatic art, and Armand Hun ter, '35, discussed the extent of interest in Shakespeare. Shakespeare's Tragedy Lives. "AH thru the centuries, when ever a European country has at tained any prominence in the drama," said Miss Howell, "it has produced Shakespeare. His is the deathless sort of tragedy that is forever modern and vital." "We might just as well costume his plays in modern clothes and alter the language slightly to pres ent day English," Hunter added, "if it ware not that lovers of Shakespeare all over the world E 400 to Appear in 'Cerialia' Presentation on May 8 and 9th. Having a record of being one of the largest and one of the few student managed pageants in this country, "Cerialia," the Farmer's Fair production with a cast of over 400, gives promise of being one of the most elaborate ever to be given on this campus, accord ing to Elsie Buxman, chairman. The pageant, main feature of the Fair, will be presented twice, Fri day and Saturday evenings, May 8 and 9. Translated, "Cerialia" means green festival. In keeping with the name, the pageant will be pre sented out of doors in the im proved ampitheater, constructed on Ag campus. The stone stage, flagged with slender poplar trees, is the setting especially designed for the production. The pageant consists of a prelude, four epi sodes and a tableau, depicting the (Continued on Page 4). YEiElKSWORE DaiAWON MEET Literary Society's Spring Activities Open With Friday Session. Delian-Union Literary Society begins its spring activities with its regular Friday night meeting, in the Temple building, which is open to all interested Barb students. Herbert A. Yenne, director of speech and dramatics, is the speak er for the literary part of the pro gram. Mr. Yenne has chosen for his topic his experiences among the Indians in the southwestern par of the country, mainly the Pueblo Indians. He has seen many unusual sights and ceremonies of these tribes which few white men are fortunate enough to be allow ed to view. For the rest of the program, which Is in charge of Alvin Kleeb, various skits and musical numbers will be given by members of the organization. Plans are also being made for the annual ,pring round up banquet. May 8. Francis John son is in charge of arrangements for this affair. II. J. WING TO SPEAK ON DUPONT RESEARCH Dr. H. J. Wing, former Nebraska student, will talk Informally on his research work with DuPont com pany, April 24. Advanced students and faculty of chemistry depart ment are invited to hear the talk, which will be given at 3:00 in room chem. 208. state departments. For the past fourteen years, Prof. C. M. Duff has been materi als and testing engineer in charge of the division of tests of the state department of roads and irriga tion. Prof. W'lliarn L. DeBau' is chairman of the department A engineering mechanics. Engine Room Remodeled. Six years ago, the division of highway testing was housed in the old Mechanic Arts building and bad available only 3.300 square feet of laboratory space. The ac commodations were Inadequate, so when the new university power (Continued on Page 4 ). AG PREPARES FOR FAIRS ELABORAT STUDENTPAGEANT honor and preserve the old tradi tion." "Right now in New York," Miss Howell recalled, "Negroes are put ting on 'MacBeth' in a WPA the ater in Harlem, staging the drama in Haiti. The play has been such a success that they are bringing it to Broadway." Miss Howell also remaiked on the interest which Hollywood has shown in producing "A Midsum mer Night's Dream" and in pre paring "Romeo and Juliet" which will be released sometime this spring. Hollywood Shows Interest. "Even in Russia Shakespeare has been kept alive almost con secutively, tho in a bloated form, in the Moscow theater," Hunter added. "Hamlet was recently pro duced there, but since Hamlet is vitally concerned with royalty, and royalty has no place with the communists, lines have been al tered and scenes adapted to fit in with communistic propaganda. One scene, as revamped, is par ticularly amusing, where the king steps out of most imposing and magnificant robes to show himself (Continued on Page 4). Officers Hold Parade At 5 O'clock Thursday The military department an nounces that cadet officers and non-commissioned officers will meet Thursday, April 23, at 5 p. m., for a skeleton parade to be held in preparation for the annual ' inspection, which is scheduled for May 13. ENGINEERS SELECT ASME COMING YEAR Charles Boyle Speaks Students on 'Blind Flying.' to John Passmore is new chairman of local student branch of Amer ican Society of Mechanical Engi neers, according to elections held at'society meeting April 21. Other new officers are: Roger Wallace, vice chairman; Paul Gamlin, sec retary; Wilbur Schultz. treasurer. These men will work with present society officers for the rest of the semester, in order to become well acquainted with their duties for next year. Meeting program featured Charles Boyle, state aeronautical commissioner, who spoke on "In strumental Flight" He discussed blind flying, illustrating his re marks with a display of aeronau tical instruments. Construction of the instruments was demonstrated by diagrams. Ray H. Eeibe. of Sidles Aircraft corporaton. covered pioneer avia tion with moving pictures of the Lindbergh flight, and of the earl ier types ot aircraft. George Hciser was awarded free junior membership In the active Nebraska section of ASME. The ward was based on his activities in the society student branch, and the fact that he placed fourth in the technical paper contest at the ASME Kansas convention. Honorary chairman of the so ciety will be elected later in the semester. First du'ies of new of ficers will be arrangements for the junior-senior banquet of mechan ical engineering department. ENGINEERING STUDENTS TO TESTJPOWER PLANT Method Will Determine Flow, Distribution of Heat Through Boilers. Twenty-eight engineering stu dent will make power tests of the university power plant today, un der supervision of Prof. A. A. Luebo of the mechanical engineer ing department. Tests are made primarily to give rtudents the op portunity of observing standard test methods. Altho today's tests will be con fined to boilers, they wilt require a full aay's work. Complete power tests are generally made during the first semester. Students will be required to make complete sets of computations, and to analyze re sults. They will determine distribu tion and flow of heat thru the boiler room equipment, thus work ing up what is known as a "heat balance." Other tasks Include determina tion of costs of generating steam, and determination of efficiency ot operation under actual plant con ditions. Results obtained are usu ally very good, considering the size and type of equipment tested. They compare ravoramy wnii if suits obtained in other plants of similar size, stated Prof. Lucbs. Bizad Council. There will be a very Important meeting of the Biz Ad Executive Council Thursday afternoon at 5 in the Men's Commercial club room. All members are asked to be present. RALPH W. NOLLKAMPER, President. John D. Hicks Addresses History Teachers Today 1 J V A - taf) imuiii j ne .mutiitil- Prof. John D. Hicks of Univer sity of Wisconsin who will ad dress the Nebraska History Teach ers association this afternoon on "The First President Roosevelt." JOHN 0. IKS 10 Wisconsin U Instructor to Give Opening Talk at Convention. With Prof. John D. Hicks of the University of Wisconsin as the principal speaker, the annual con vention of the Nebraska History Teachers' association will open in Whittier Junior high auditorium at 3:45 o'clock this afternoon. Prof. J. L. Sellers, of the university his tory department and president of the association, will preside at the three day conclave being held in co-operation with the university and the Lincoln schools. Professor Hicks, formerly dean of the arts and science college here, will give the opening address at the convention on the subject, "The First President Roosevelt." At a special university convoca tion in the Temple at 11 o'clock, Professor Hicks will speak to stu dents and members of the associ ation on "New Frontiers for Old." Professor Sellers will preside. Main Address Friday. The former Nebraska instructor will present his main address at (Continued on Page 3). ' F Joint Councils Slate Banquet As Date for Honoring Year's Winners. Presentation of awards to win ners in the barb intramural activi ties will take place at the second annual all barb banquet on Friday evening. April 24. at 0 o'clock in Ellen Smith hall, according to Dorothy Eeeis, co-chairman in charge of general arrangements for the affair. All barb students of the univer sity will be entertained at the af fair, which is being sponsored by the Barb Interclub council and the Barb A. W. S. league. Included on the program will be a review of the work done in barb organizations during the year. As an additional feature, the skit, which representatives from How ard and Wilson hall presented in i the Coed Follies, will be given. I Miss Beers, president of the Barb A. W. S. league, is serving as chairman of the committee in charge of arrangement in col laboration with Bill Newcomber. president of the Barb Interclub council. Committee members In clude the foil-wing : Program, Wil bur Bcczley, chairman; Polly Rog ers, Jim Riisncss. and Jane Hol land: publicity, Cert Hartzell and Rowcna Swenson: menu, Dorcas Crawford and Victor Schwarting, co-chairmen; reception, Jim Mar vin and Elizabeth Edison. Tickets for the event, may De purchased for 35 cents from mem bers of the Interclub council and Barb A. W. S. league or at the table In Social Science hall any time Thursday. post :aki7 yTews of pak1s displayed. Colored Pictures of Parisian Landmarks On Exhibit in U Hall On display In the library of the department of Romance Lan guages, U Hall 108. is a series of post card views of Paris and of Parisian landmarks. A great num ber of the cards are In color. All of the famous and beautiful buildings of which one reads not only in the classics of literature but also in the daily press and in works ot art and architecture are exhibited. The cards were loaned to the library for the display by Miss Marie Mergers, Professor Kura and Professor Wadsworth. Several books about Paris. In English and in French, snd illus trated with attractive plates, are on reserve for consultation by visitors. ADDRESS HISTORY TEACHERS TODAY BARBS GET AWARDS IN 'Who's Who' Ranks Religious Week Speaker as Outstanding Dr. Wieman of Chicago University Here April 21 For Welfare Convocation; Described as 'Genial, Athletic, Scholarly.' Obsi'iTimct' of Udisfious Emphasis week, from April "J-4 to oO. tnnler 1lu sponsorship of tho hVligious Wei faro, council, will bring to tho university as guest spoakor, Dr. Henry Xcl son Wicniim. noted spoakor and writer, and professor of phi losophy of religion of the University of Chioago. Who s Who ranks Dr. wieman u as one of the highest of its hon ored in lvsv-na ana ne comes to the university with the best of recommendations from those who have heard and met him. In de scribing Dr. Wieman, Edward Scribner Ames, who was probably responsible for Dr. Wieman's call to the position as professor of the philosophy of religion of the Uni versity of Chicago, says, "Profes sor Wieman is a tall, athletic man, bald headed, quiet in his manner and yet very genial. He has cour age, as his writings show, and also, a very devout spirit." Studied in Germany. From Who's Who is gained the information that Dr. Wieman had his undergraduate work at Park college, located in Missouri, while his graduate work was taken in Occidental college, Harvard, and Heidelberg, Germany. Sincei his university work he has spent his time in lecturing at some of the Subsidization Forum Planned for Thursday student Forum on the "Sub sidization of Athletes" will be held Thursday, April 30, at 11 o'clock in the Temple theater, instead of this morning, as was previously announced. Speaker Is Fellow Student Of Several Faculty Members. Harvard men on the campus are looking forward to the visit in Lin coln of a distinguished alumnus, Dr. H. Robinson Khipherd, who ad dresses the meetings of Nebraska Writers on Saturday. Earning three degrees at the Cambridge in stitution, he is remembered as c fellow-student by T. Townsend Smith of the Physics department and other Nebraska faculty mem bers. Since graduation, Shipherd has given noteworthy service as a pro fessor of English in his alma ma ter, Lowell Institute, Boston Uni versity. Gcttvsbunr Colleg-e. Uni- versity of Cincinnati, and was president of Lincoln Memorial Uni- . versity. ! In 1918, he was made Education- I 'al nirprtnr of the First AimV in I France and performed exceptional I sendee in the organization of vol-1 untary civilian education. He was! annointed bv Secretary of Interior Wilbur on a national commission to study the ftcts and possibilities of utilizing radio in education. He j directed the investigation of educa tional broadcasting as carried on throughout the world. He has published two pioneering books on English one for teachers The Fine Art of Writing." and one for students. "Manual and Mod els for College Composition. He is listed in "Who's Who" and "Lead ers in Education." is a popular Ro I tarian, a member of Phi Beta Kap- r,.. pi r:nn,mii Mil Delta i nsiion. iiinl nlhpr natinn.'il scholarly SO- Icieties. ; .... ....ri.nmn nrirniTrn 1 TASF S SEND DELEGATES i InOuLLO 0LI1U ULLLUHILO ! Tfl UATinilM PninCUTIflU 111 liH I lUllHL UUllll.ll lull Phi Sigma Chi Holds Annual Meeting in Manhattan On May 2nd. - r i 1.,... ,.r Tuuur-la nv.mon'g ncn nt panizntion on the NEBRASKA HEAR OR SH1PHERD HARVARD ALUMNUS Nebraska campus, will attend the his hand. When he added sud national convention of Phi Sigma j denly a proportionate amount of Chi In Manhattan. Kas. on May 2. I phosphorus the chemical reaction Margaret Phillippe, newly-elected was an explosion before his face, president of the organization will : Immediately his clothes were a go as the official delegate from! mass of flames. . . . . . . tt-1 l V.. V. I I c U Unnt U'ifh n'hflin tne local cnapier, vmie cuiauvui Shearer, rctirinf? president ami i hiacy lives. nini ".r ..p. . Becretarv treasuier of the national ' the house where she extinguished resident alumni are asked to be otganizaUon will attend the eon-1 the flames and called an ambu- present " Bob Williams headmas ventlon as another representative. lance. ter of the organization, stated. At present, the local delegates ; sSrtFrr KOS JIET CHORUS SACRIFICES but according to announcement t COMFORT FOR 'ARTS' SAKE made by Miss Shearer a large j number of discussion group win be held on the subject or expan ue neiu un me nui'jcvi ui .p sion. This topic win oe aeveiopeu firfil and thrd -Rowings or "soum as one of the major subjects at crn Exposure," Kosmet Klub's the convention and will deal only I .nrinc show. These consist of I with expansion within the Big AHnnB4 n.lttiin (1A Ricr six area, according to Miss Shearer. National officers of Phi Sigma Chi, In addition to Miss Shearer are: President, Ray Womer of Manhattan, Kas. and vice presi dent, Ruth Stockwcll of Lawrence, Kas. Dancing Cists. The social dancing class which was scheduled to be held on Fri day evening, April 24. has been postponed until a later date. laigest and best universities in the United states t the same time finding a few spare hours to write and publish four books and aid in writing four additional books, two of which have come from the press in the past year. In addition to his regular con tributions to religious periodicals the books which he has published include: "Religious Experience and Scientific Method," "The Wrestle of Religion with Truth," "Methods of Private Religious Living" and "The Issues of Life." The books of which he is co-author are: "Ventures in Belief," "Religious Realism" and "Contemporary Re ligious Philosophies." Hendricks Commends Him. The end which Dr. Wieman is attempting to accomplish in the field of religion is perhaps best expressed in his own words, taken from his autobiography. "What I (Continued on Page 2). E Committee Appointed Accumulate Material For Exhibits. to All preparations for Engineer's week, to take place May 7-9, are well under way, according to Fred Mallon, general chairman. General and departmental committees have been appointed, and are accumu lating material for exhibits on Open House night. Campus publicity will feature a huge map of Nebraska, showing important cities, highways, and rivers. Construction of the map will be under the direction of Ma son Butcher. Frank Williams will head civil engineering department exhibits, assisted by Ralph Schmidt, in charge of M. A. building hall dec orations, and M. L. Anderson, in charge of room decorations. De partment campus model will be erected by C. E. 131 class. Three exhibits have already been ob tained from manufacturing com ( Continued on Page 4). SERIOUS BURNS, CUIS , DiaSl From Experiments In Chemistry Causes Student's Injury. Frank Stacy, engineering fresh man from Arnold, suffered severe burns and cuts when a chemical solution with which he was ex perimenting, exploded at his home yesterday. He was taken to the St. Elizabeth hospital where the wounds on his eyes, face and fore arms were treated by Dr. N. E. Deppen. Stacy, who Is taking a lunua- mi' ntni course In chemistry, plan 'ned to try an experiment with I some chemicals left over from his i laboratory work. Potassium di- ! ch.omate. he believed, would les- Volatility of phosphorus. ! h,. mixed the two at first in a v0rv small Quantity, attempting to make It form a paste or solid. He then touched a match to his compound to see if it would burn. It did. To complete his experiment he placed a much larger quantity of ! nitnsainm i lir-hromat e into a Ccl ! lnlniH container which he held in mm. . , : j'aimui oper&uonn jfrvruc mo i . v. . II. . I n f Kn holru legged and hairy chested pon' chorus members. Each of the little hairs, symbols of manliness, must come off be fore the transparent silk stockings are donned, nccordlng to an edict issued by Doc Ireland, director of the chorus. They itch, too, the fellows say, when growing out. But such is the price of fame and glory. Other expenses Incurred by this valiant rroup. the pony chorus, in- 1 elude long hair. The female im- ENGIN ERS IRK FOR OPEN HOUSE NEARLY FINISHED i FRANK STACY SUFFERS FORI PRESENTS IRE, GISH TALK ONSUBSIDIZATIOri Former Nebraska Students To Appear in Temple on April 30th. Fred Ware, sports editor of tho Omaha World-Herald, will speak in favor of subsidization of ath IpIps at thp Student Forum to be held Thursday morning, April 30, at 11 ociock in me lempie (.ne ater. Opposing the question at is sue will be Herbert Gish. former director of athletics at the uni versity. Both speakers aro former stu dents at the university and former members of the track team, Gish having ben a member for three wan Ware has served as nlpht editor of the Lincoln Journal and for the past eight years he has been sports editor of the World Herald. Replaced Dawson. Mr. Gish was graduated from the University in 1922. While he was an undergraduate, he was in charge of the athletic field, and after his graduation served as junior assistant in the athletic de partment. In 1925 he took Fred Dawson's place as acting director of athletics. In the spring of 1927 ho wna made director of intercol legiate and intramural athletics. He served in this capacity uniu 1932 when he resigned to enter the insurance business. Gish received his outstanding honor when, in the summer of 1931, he was selected to accom panv the American athletic team to South Africa, following the na tional A. A. U. meet held in Lin coln. Last summer he served as irenpral manae'er of the A. A. U. meet, sponsored by the Lincoln chamber of commerce. Question is Pertinent. William Marsh, in charge of ar rangements for the third Student Forum sponsored this year by the Student Council, expressed his ap proval of the capable speakers that have been scheduled to pre sent both sides of the now per ( Continued on Page 4i. IN 101 DRILL MEET Company of Thirty-Seven Represent Nebraska in Competition. Thiitv-Keven crack drillers of l Pershing- Rifle unit and Its officers will participate in the Annual Drill meet at Iowa uni versity on Saturday of this week. Company A. the Nebraska unit, will be represented by one platoon of four squads. Opening event ot me meei w Kn a rno-impntnl nssemb'v of of ficers. Personal inspection of the ranks by regimental onicers win complete the morning session of the meet. A shou'.der-to-shoulder competi tion on the manual of arms with representatives from each of the participating schools will open the afternoon activities. This will be the first individual competition to be staged at these meets. The feature event of the meet will be the close order drill corn pet between companies. Each unit will perform specified close order movements and will be Judged for precision and general appearance by infantry officers of the United States ariuy. Company B of Iowa university will be hosts to the visiting Persh ing Riflemen at a dance held tn their honor at the university stu dent union building on Saturday night. BUSINESS FKATEKNITY MEMBERS HOLD MEET Members of Delta Sigma Pi, professional business fraternity, will hold a special meeting at 7:1" o'clock this evening in the club rooms, Lincoln hotel, honoring Henty C. Lucas of Omaha, who is director of ?he Missouri Valley province of the fraternity. Business matters and plans for the next year will be considered. "As this is a very important i. " . . personators must sacrifice a little of their smooth appearances fcr the sake of impersonating females. Pugsley Solos. featured among the "slips that pass in the night" is Bill Pugsley's heroic solo performance while dancing with the chorus. All of a sudden Bill swooped and dipped off to the side while the rest of the lads kept on tapping. Bill quickly saw his error and started tapping again. But by that tlirs the chorus was swooping and din ping. "Co-operation," says Bill, Is a wonderful thing." Eill Strong passionately called (Continued on Page 4). PERSHING RIFLEMEN COMPETE SATURDAY i 'it H