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TUESDAY, MAY 19, 193b. TWO TI1E DAILY NEBRASKAN Daily Nebraskan Ctatlon A, Lincoln, Nebraska. I93S Member 193 Associated Collegiate Pre$j Thla MNt b) repre Banted for general advertising by the T" PP N,br.k Preee Am.ocl.tlon. Kntered m eecond-claea matter at ca7Ln Llneoln. Nebr..k. under act of eongreea, March aJ 87. and at epeclal rata of poiUge provided for l mwm 110S, act of October 1917. authorised January 2a 1921 THIRTY -FOURTH YSAR Publlehed Tuatd.y, Wadneeday, Thurad.y, Friday and Sunday morning, during tha academlo vaar. SUBSCRIPTION RATI 1.50 a year Slngia Copy I cant. I1.00 a semester ilo a year mallad 1.60 a seme.ter tnall.d Under dlractlon of tha atudent Publication Board, Editorial Office Unlveraity Hall 4. " Busineaa Offlea Unlvaraity Hall A. Telephone- D.yl B6891 Nlghti B6882. BS33S (Journal). Official .tud.nt publication of tha Unlvaraity of Nabraaka in Lincoln, Nebraska. IRWIN RYAN EDITOR-IN-CHIEF TRUMAN OBERNDORF BUSINESS MANAGER EDITORIAL STAFF MANAGING EDITORS . Georga Plpal Arnold Lavln NEWS EDITORS Johntton Snipe. Pormw Dent Jan. Watcott Eleanor Cllxbe Society Editor BUSINESS STAFF ASSISTANT BUSINESS MANAGERS Bob Funk Bob Shallenberg mSS.'T'SSl Circulation Manager Stanley Michael Don Wanner Lou ie Magea Library or Storeroom? An earnest aupeal is being promulgated to those persons in Nebraska who are vitally concerned with the future of this school as an institution of higher learning. This university needs a library and it needs one badly. There is no problem which so relentlessly confronts a tax supported school as that of obtaining ade quate facilities for the proper disbursement of that school's obligations to those very human boys and girls enrolled within its halls. A foundation has been established this rear, as is explained in the front rage story, which will enable those willing and able in dividuals to render a distinct service to the state and its citizens. Gifts and bequests to this foundation, with each donation specifical ly earmarked for the erection of a library, may ret prove the solution to one of the school's paramount difficulties'. Gilbert Doane. head librarian, has demonstrated the lack of proper housine facilities. From the student stand point the present library means far more. To the student the present library on this campus means a dungeon for the punishment of our sins: it means a dark hole where it is necessary to spend only the shortest possible time in gettine assignments; it means uncom fortable chairs, poor lights and a stifling at mosphere. The student at present has no in tent ie to read even those desirable books now in the library, not to speak of others that might be purchased later. c Men of letters have rendered the most service to the small number of thinkine beings scattered over the earth. Is it then the purpose of a university to decrease the number of "thinkine bei'nes" by virtually restricting their reading habits? It would seem that the primary function of an educational institution would rather espouse the contrary. It is to more widely acquaint the people of a nation, of a state, "of a school, with the past wisdom of the ages that they may better serve for the furtherment of civilization, that we have schools. We have not greatly advam-ed from the middle aees when the printed word was in deed difficult to secure, if we continue to drive away seekers of knowledge with a re palsine library. "In a lawsuit or criminal proepv. your property, your honor, perhaps even your hie. depends on the interpretation of a book. It is with books as with men. a very small number plav a great part, the rest are confounded with the' multitude." But that is the past. Ti t new is rather to confound the multitude with books in order that the hrpe number, upon which is based our democracy, can the belter safeguard their own honor, life or property. Books provide that understanding necessary for the attainment of a compatible life. In all civilized countries mankind is led by those who can read and write. Constantly we are entrusting ourselves to the hands of those who can read but who. it is questionable, have that same high regard for another that the person has for himself. Tyranny, boss rule and like atrocities are possible only because of the uninformed. No person will care lor an indi vidual as would the individual himself. In pleading for all possible aid in the pro curement of funds for the erection of a new library, students are seeking soruethinjr far more "fundamental than a mere frame struc ture. They want the creation of an atmos phere tending to rehabilitate the community thru the betterment of individuals. They de sire an atmosphere that will become ait incen tive for the maintenance of a more complete community life. The verdict for the future people of the state tests with the people of the state. NEWS PARADE To Ralph Woodruff The Mete Deal was dealt two sharp blows by the courts yes terday. The supreme court declared the Guf fey coal act unconstitutional by a 6 to 3 deci sion, while the District of Columbia circuit court ruled against the new relief act with a 5 to 3 decision. The Gufjey Coal act was kmwn as the "little NKA" of the soft coal industry. As in the NRA, the govern ment attempted to regulate the prices charged for soft coal, and also wages and hours of la bor in an attempt to bring the industry out of its depression. Tho from its beginning there was doubt of its constitutionality, the act was based on the vain hope that the courts would declare it a valid use of the power traded by the con stitution to regulate interstate commerce. Six of the nine justices, however, pointed out that the act was an invalid use of the "commerce" clause because it tried to regulate production before the interstate commerce began. They declared that the act of mining in itself was intrastate commerce and therefore any attempt to regulate mining must be an invalid inva sion of the states' right to regulate commerce which took place within their borders. These were substantially the same grounds upon which the NRA was declared illegal. STUDENT PULSE Brief, conelaa contribution, pertinent to "attare ot atudent Ufa and tfie university are we corned by this department, under the usual rartrietlona of sound newapaper practice, which exclude, all libelous and personal attack.. Lettera must a aigned. but namoa will be withheld from publication If ao desired. To the Editor: The article by 11. R. in the student pulse of May 5 entitled State Farm is Liability can hardly be commended for its accuracy of statement or its straight thinking. . The rusty machinery which II. R. ob served driving down a side road is worn out machinery used by the tractor testing labora tory as weight for the tractors it is testing. This testine laboratory was established by a mandate of the Nebraska legislature. No trac tor can be sold in the state until a stock model has been tested and passed upon by the tractor testing laboratory. The fees paid by manu facturers for testing tractors are sufficient to pay all operating expenses of the laboratory. The laboratory is not an expense to the uni versity because it is self-supporting. Nebraska is the only state which main tains a tractor testing laboratory, and the re sults of our tests are known all over the world and its ratings regarded par excellence. It is unfortunate that H. R. wrote his let ter without first making some attempt to learn the facts. We are very certain that if he would visit the agricultural campus and be come acquainted with the many things that are beine done, he would decide that the farm machinery is well cared for and the field work and research projects are carried on efficiently and economically. Probably no student will question the de sirability of a Student Union building, but every student should know that its erection is not retarded by the practical use which the tractor testing laboratory is making of worn out machinery. H. M. S. CONTEMPORARY COMMENT Today' Youth Hold The Answer What Is It? Few. if any, of us realize the true great ness of the days in which we live. To us. as we move thru the 20th century, our days often seem monotonous and humdrum. Some of us look to the past and dream of what life was when knighthood was in flower, when loely Juliets leaned over their ivy cov ered balconies to throw impassioned kisses at brave Romeos. when erey clad men walked off the verandahs of spacious southern homes to mount their horses and ride away to fiirht for "the lost cause." or when the howling mob pushed a poor Jew up a rugged hill to pinion him upon a bloody cross. But the hours tha now surround us. the pulsing passions of our own day. these in real ity far surpass ail the haloed dramas of cen turies past. For today we stand at a great turning point in the history of the race. To day we are choosine unconsciously, perhaps, but choosine still a path which will lead the race forward to treat er triumphs and greater liberty, or we are turning our feet into a path that leads to the graveyard of other great civilizations. And those who are choosing are the buy and girls who are now lakine up the reins of management for the world. Today we step into an embittered, troubled, and baffled world a world willing to follow almost any leader hip. whether it be fascist or communist or new dealism. We now face one of history's great moments. What kind of a choice will we you and I make Will we choose equality and secu rity, and to an in thee. bargain away the Lard won jewels of liberty arid freedom for men of all colors or creeds or races, even tho the price may be a lesser degree of economic security and equality? Or will we seek to strike a clever eoiiipromi.se take the tood from both the riwht and the left, and try to move forward down the middle of the historic road! How tan we solve the problem of unem ployment! How can we do the counties mil lions of jobs that yearn to be done! How can we put these idle willing hands to work to do the job that mankind needs done! How can we smash for all eternity the hellish ring of international hatreds and bar barous wars! How can we drive from the earth the pestilence and blicht of disease and famine and epidemic! What other ace of history ever had the privilege of viewing "Thinly peopled gardens of plenty!" What other generation ever stood in the reflected glow of an age wherein every man can, by mechanical means, be ade quately clothed and sheltered and fed! Think not, sneering friends, that this is no concern of yours, for the very texture of your life's ihead. the degree of personal freedom, the sufficiency of your economic security these hang in the balance. There is no teed to look longingly to the past for dramas, opportunity, and greatness. The world's atmosphere is electric with the drama of clashing systems, conflicting creeds. 8nd warring nations. The opportunity for leading the peoples of the world "out into un dreamed of pastures of peace and plenty" was never so great. The poet might well say of our day. "The world's great age renews again."" for this is one of history's most fate ful hours. ' Is our day the beginning or the end? Are we now standing in the waiting room of man kind's greatest days, or are we standing on the seashore awaiting; the all destructive hur ricane which will sweep us into the seas which in centuries past engulfed Athens, Alexandria, Troy and Rome! You today's youth you hold the an swer. What is it? Daily Texan. Paging Jfie Smart Qoed 0$ refill lk Collegians Pick Their June Trousseaus. With June just around the cor ner and nothing new in wedding themes (except gray trousseau lingerie, Elizabeth Hawes' glass clad bride and Lelong's motif in mauve ) f a a h i o n scouts from Made moi selle maga zine invad e d five male sanc tums of higher learning in s e a r ch of o p i n i o ns from those s o seldom cons ulted in such matters, namely, the grooms-to-be. Five young eligibles were queried, and speaking in behalf of their respective alma maters, present the following symposium for what it is worth to prospective Lohen grin marchers. Beginning with the bridal gown, Yale, Harvard and Williams em phatically preferred the conven tional white as opposed to such radical departures as pink, glass, and mauve. Princeton only wanted to be sure that it wasn't "the gown grandmother wore," while Dartmouth contended that "Cel lophane would keep this most prized of packages, fresh and sweet." Princeton and Williams wished to forsake their celibacy in comparative peace and quiet but Harvard, Dartmouth and Yale thought a big wedding would be more impressive and consequently make it last longer. A chorus of emphatic "Ayes" greeted "the honeymoon in some secluded spot," but there wasn't a murmur in favor of "Monte Carlo and other gay places." oje College Is Conservatice, Girls Just how long the trousseau ought to last was a matter for conjecture but the hopeful esti mate was "at least a year." Dart mouth voted alone in favor of "mad. silly hats," though "ding bats for evening wear," received no support whatever. Ultra short bathing suits were, generally s p e aking. quite a c c ep table, but of d o u b t ful dee irabil i t y for one 8 wife. Only Wil liams ap proved flat heeled shoes for other than sports wear and likewise voiced a singu lar approval for mannishly tail ored suits. Printed silk dresses were preferred to solid colors, Princeton, however, advising se lective care lest the result be something like Aur.t Martha's Christmas tie. In matters of beauty the jury seemed most opinionated. "Lipstick is a necessity to be used judicially and indellibly." P.ed nail polish was perturbing to all except Wil liams who balked only because "it is too often vividly overdone." E leached hair was voted out com pletely tho Yale and Princeton condescended to overlook an oc casional slight something in the rinse water. False eyelashes re ceived not one affirmative vote and the same went for painted toe nails. Princeton observing that "their only value might be to some future anthropologist who wished to compare the decorative habits of ring-in-the-nosc aborigines with 20th century American women." Pencil-thin eyebrows were another taboo, "such hirsute adornments s do not approximate those of Irvin S. Cobb or mountain goat, should be left alone." Eyeshadow put the jury in mind of Dracula. and a bride retinng for th night in hair curies and gobs of told cream would bear striking resemblance to a White Zombie. GRIDIRON GETS NEW DEAL WITH REPLACEMENT OF SOD KVsodding of .Memorial Stadium's foot hall field i now un der mhv, according to John K. Sellcck, business manager ol ath letics, and next fall's grid teams will have a lush looting ot neu' grass to sink their collective cleats into. The vnrsitv field will have 20.000 feet ot new sod bud. anrt the freshman field Will beO renovated with 10,000 feet of sod. This year, a little more than usual sod is being placed. The varsity field has been surveyed and brought down to the true grade. By the end of the current school vsar th newlv Dlanted crass will be ready for the caretaker's mow er. Mr. Selleck remarked, and Husker grid patrons will see one of the finest stadium plots in the midwest while sitting in Memorial stadium. Careers were all right too as far as he was concerned "for aside from certain economic advantages they keep a young wife out of mischief." Attributes unanimously desired were: Beautiful face and figure (in that order), a flair for cook ing and sewing, "after all what was a wife for," participation in golf, tennis, swimming, etc., cour age in avoiding that one last cock tail that invariably does the dam age, (providing she drinks at all), sunny enthusiasm (but only when It ia appropriate), an ability to save without stinting and, most of all. occasional glimmerings of in telligence. Undesirable traits, in cluding the antitheses of the above, were; Habitual sarcasms, risque stories (particularly if badly told), swearing (except when undeniably justified), calling the office at fre quent intervals to chat, leaving a party too early or staying too late, buying furniture that is too modern "for comfort or too anti quated for safety in short, ex tremes of any sort, for the com mittee seemed to place a wishful reverence in the two words, "con servative" and "natural." Again Ice Names Vhat He Gees For Harvard alone came out whole heartedly in favor of perfumes, Dartmouth insisting that "a man never notices it until it n put on in such quantities as to become distasteful." On the subject of "making up In public Dartmouth was ?ain moot vitrolic, citing "powder in public - pet in the park" a s hi best reason. All except H a r v a rd were a- a i n a t beaux after roar nage, this a e m In? that extra curricular companionship waa all right if it didn't come too soon after the wedding and provided, of course, that "they wtitn t too utterly utter about it. a i ntain- Worthwhile Gifts Should be selected with the aid of an experienced Coun sellor. Be It a Diamond Ring a Graduation Watch or Cameo Ring, we are glad to assist you ia selecting Just tha Gift you require. Wmlh thu 2 blockt mnd atw f A dil Irrrmcm COLLEGE WORLD Automobile club directors of the rountrv are comine- out these days with figures which show that the fatalities is occurmg among nigu most Blnrminp increase in traffic school and college drivers. And speamng or suaaen aeaui, Prof L. A. Clousins of North- n-eatern university is making in teresting studies of carbon mon oxide poisoning in automobiles. He stopped 200 cars at random on the highways and discovered one out of 20 had a dangerous con centration of gas in the air Krparhcrf hv the driver. He said the gas will cause drowsiness and sleepiness and win slow aown re actions, altho the driver will never be aware of bis conditions. SWniness and drowsiness, bv the way, are being combatted by Anctcrs at the University of Min nesota who have developed a lit tle white "anti-iaiigue pui. i ney fed them to two professors who liked the results. "They speed up mental processes ana are sumuiai ing for several hours'' said the nrnfejwnrs. But. of course, thev cannot be used indiscriminately and continuously. isoay ussues cannot stand long periods of sleeplessness" said Doctor Beiter of the pharmacology department rne proiessor runner reponeu I he rvills tried like alcohol in that they caused excitement, talkative ness and hilarity. Friik Hausmann, editor of - the Iivnla NVuii at Ijovola university. did some checking up the other day and found that most college men hate punning, don't care if their girl friend drinks, since that s "her own business, uon I want to spend more than $4 on anv one ,lur and don't believe in going eteady. The rest of the answers we don t believe. The hovK said the Deifect eirl didn't need to have physical at tractiveness it sne naa cnaracier, intelligence and personality! One iceman, one plumber and one travelling salesman. Now entering his tnirty-third year of service is James A. Ten Eyck, famous Syracuse university crew coach. Twenty -five deans out of 61 polled at a recent convention said re-enactment of prohibition would Improve conditions on their cam puses. . Pi of. Ernest O. Lawrence, Uni versity of California scientist, has succeeded in turning platinum into gold. Colgate univeisity is sponsoring a contest to find the best student after-dinner speaker. Fourteen University of Minne sota students have been assessed fifteen extra credits for gradua tion for participation in a "pa Ama parade." A Greek vase 2.S00 years old will be used m a Grinnell college dance drama. An NYU piofessor sued an A. & P. store lor $50,000 for false ar rest last week. He got $300. Nine eastern college hammer throwers have topped 170 feet. World's record is 1S9. We. understand, haven't the slightest objection to the peace strike, but there is a budding ver sifier out at the University of California at Berkeley, who has. He objected this way: Down wit de students Down wit de class Down wit de trees Down wit de grass Down wit de countries Down wit de flags Down wit de army Down wit bum gags Down wit de women Down wit de men Down it de rooster Down wit de hen Down wit de spring Down" wit de fall Whatever it is. I'm against it. so Down wit it all. Xavier Cugat. whose lhumba and tango orhestra will be heard over NBC from the Stevens Hotel In Chicago beginning May 14. em ploys such primitive Latin-American musical instruments as the banjo, the quijada, viro. conga, marimbala, and the marraca. A heretofore unknown 16th cen tury stained glass window has been discovered in England by Princeton scientists. Mr. Jesurun. you may remember, is the student who worked up a tidy bit of business waking up his fellow students each morning so they would not miss class. He earns his way thru school with his deft Taps on the Shoulder and Nudges in the Ribs. But in this business too, science has led to refinements of method. Mr. Jesurun does nothing so crude now, as Jabbing in the Midriff. Now he has a special concoction of ammonium chloride in a little vial, which he slips under the nose of the deep breathing ones. Of course, Mr. Jesurun had first to sell his proposition to fellow sluggards. An example of his promotion metnoa, as ne nimseu described it: "You take Fernando, i Well. Fernando set his alarm clock ! for 6:30 a. m. When he was sleeping I sneaked in his room and set it for 8 :30 a. m. Then the i next morning, I made a call and OFFICIAL BULLETIN Student Council. Meeting of all newly elected and retiring members of the Student council will be held on Wednesday at 4:30 in the council rooms. All committee chairmen should ba prepared to give a complete report of his committee's activities during the past year. Barb Council. Members of the Barb Council will meet at 5 o'clock this after noon in room 8 of U hall. Ejection of oificera will be held. Sponsors Club. Sponsors club will meet Friday, May 22, at 5 o'clock at Ellen Smith hall. All sponsors are re quested to attend. easily convinced him of the superi ority of my method over that of alarm clocks. "Too many coaches spoil tha team." So Dr. Forrest C. "Phog" Allen, athletic director and bas ketball coach at Kansas univer sity, resigned as director of the American Olympic basketball team because of the "unsports manlike attitude of the members of the the A. A. U. committee. There was to be a director of the team, Allen, two coaches from the teams having the most play ers on the squad, and two or three trainers that thought they knew how to play too. It was just a case of too many fingers in the pie. If Allen had been al lowed to take the entire matter in his hands, or either one of tne others had the same chance, the whole committee would have been better off. As it stands now there will be plenty of trou ble before the matter is fin. ished, and a lot of personal mat ter besides. Exams and Eyes, A Itvauty Problem Exams a"ie with us again and the midnight oil burns wearily on. There's Hollingworth or is it Woodworth to be ploughed thru one last time and reams of history 'Ai.linn. an.l pm-(irnnniil whirh may be interesting in term time, but is on joke now there's such a lot of it! And the main question is will you and your eyes hold out till it's all over? Well, somehow you will of course, but quite a number of you, like the young men and women of my own student days in Vienna, will become tired, days too soon and decide that what you already know will have to suf fice; that more study and cram ming will simply make you dizzy and confused and cost more than it s worth. Perhaps these students are right and further study would be no use to them. But have you ever thought how ine Slair oi yuui cyca nuiucm-vo your general feeling "of health or ill health? I do not refer to those specific eye defects for which glasses are necessary, but only to the dullness and heaviness which come from too steady use, from a too steady focus on one point It sometimes happens that a change of activity which forces you to change the focus of your eyes will rest you and entirely dispel that dizzy confusion which hours of cramming provoke. "Your Drug Store" If It's drugs you need when your doctor calls, Phone B1063 for quick service The Owl Pharmacy 148 No. 14th a P St. Frt Delivery B10SS Orpheons Present The Lincoln High School Choir in THE PRINCE of PILSEN Admission 25c May 22-23 8:15 L. H. S. Aud. TUDGE SOME OF THE PIPES IN VQUR COLLECTION ARE AS BLTf AFTE2 L003N3 THEM CVEC I lL STICK TO MY r teOOD OLD BSIAA n OLD BWARn M sorg HE STARTED MANUFACTUWngJ Ulffi POlNCE L """". "THEM AND INTRODUCED rj ALBERT- A 1 "THE BQiAJ? 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