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THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER 22. 1936
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Making Up
The Student Mind!
The student, council, last sprinir. rededi-
ated itself to a cause all but lost. The cause
was lost when the faculty committee on stu
dent affairs met recently.
Representatives of the student body, the
council thought that it expressed the wishes
of the mass of campus population when it al
located the opening of the formal season to
the Junior-Senior prom. The Military ball,
decreed by tradition the first "soup and fish"
trot of the season, was relegated to the not so
ostentatious honor of closing formal dancing.
But the student council will propose and
the faculty will dispose, so the Military ball
again ushers in the formal dancing social pro
gram. Council action was not intended as a va
gary. Nor was it founded on the premise
that "here we are and we want to do some
thing, and this it shall be." The student coun
cil was petitioned in its own name, and in the
name of the Interfraternity council, sponsors
of the annual Interfraternity ball, to rotate
the opening privilege between the three ma
jor dance parties of the year. Sentiment on
the campus dictated the student governing
board into an action which it honestly believed
was the expression of the student mind.
The expression of the student mind may
rot be conducive to the health of the student
body, but the faculty committee, instead of
assuaeing self inflicted pain with castor oil,
inflicted an injury to pride by dishing out
the castor oil first.
A similar student, council proposal a year
ago met with the same fate.
The Nebraskan hopes the council isn't
vain of its powers, and feels sure that it isn't.
But the Nebraskan does believe in the repre
sentative sovereignty of the council. It is the
instrument of vox populi on the campus, and
its actions should be respected by the faculty
as the expression of popular opinion. Surely
an unwarrantable demand isn't being made
when the council asks that it be permitted to
execute a granted power.
Arguments in favor of the rotation of
parties principle were strong and prosecuted
vigorously. It was said that the Military ball
secured an unfair grip on the campus pocket
book; that, coming as it did, it was an unqual
ified success year after year; that its sponsors
suffered none of the worries that beset other
parties; that the Junior-Senior prom and In
terfraternity ball should have the opportunity
to fill their coffers by opening the season once
every three years. The council was impressed.
The Nebraskan believes that the faculty
roramittee on student affairs showed more re
gard for the military department than it did
for the sentiment of the student body. A de
partment of the university ran up the S. 0. S..
and there followed a stampede to the rescue.
The committee's action is typical of the
epirit that has flourished, overtly and covertly,
on the campus. There is lacking here a spirit
of enthusiastic co-operation with student plans
and ideas on the part of the administration.
Too often have these plans been shoved aside,
forgotten, trampled on in the general rush to
build up a stronger, more centralized, adminis
trative system for the university.
The Nebraskan pleads not the cause of the
student council. That is minor. V.'e plead for
wholehearted co-operation from the faculty for
Fftident enterprises. We plead for the recog
nition of student initiative, of student rights,
and of student sovereignty in the council the
university senate has set up.
The Nebraskan is interested in a better
Nebraska, one that gives its students every
opportunity to foster self sufficiency iind lead
ership as well as the opportunity to prru.se
texts in erudite classrooms. M'r believe in the
benefits of extra-curricular indulgences, and
plead only that they be given proper recogni
tion by the university. We plead the cause of
the students. Let us hope that unsatisfactory
incidences such as ihat of rot al ion of major
parties will not occur again to besmirch faculty-student
relations.
The Greeks Take
Care of Themselves
Rpfristratinn fimires for new students are
gradually mounting to above last year's total,
but instead of keeping pace with increased en
rollment, fraternity and sorority pledging
lagged slightly behind last year's totals.
There are approximately 150 fewer
pledges on the campu3. including both sorority
and fraternity neophytes, than last year. When
all factors are taken into consideration, such
as drouth bitten family pocketbooks and son
ny's aid daughter's decreased allowances, the
Greeks did right well. One hundred and fifty
is not a detrimental drop, although ihe propor
tion of pledges in relation to new students nu
mericayy shows a wider and more discrepant
variation between this and last year's pledg
ing. Increased size of the freshman class can
be attributed to the drouth just as well as can
decreased pledging. Students from the farm
and from small towns, out of work and with no
prospects in their immediate locality, have de
cided to take a chance in the city find attempt
to gain a college education on the side. There
are more applications for student aid pouring
into the dean's office than ever before. This
class of students aren't the type that pledges
fraternity or sorority. Not that they don't
want to. They probably do, but financial
necessity forces them to pay more attention to
room and food than to chapter dues.
Fraternities and sororities won't find
much material in this group on which to work.
Many of these students may have been able to
pledge last year or the year before, but found
the 193(i sun' too much for their hopes.
There is another reason why pledging fell
off, one perhaps not so obvious, but important.
There has been a general exodus from the cit
ies of Nebraska of young men and women of
universitv age to private educational institu
tions outside the state. There is a concentra
tion of wealth in the cities certainly not on
the farms and those who several years ago
could have afforded only to come to Nebraska
now claim other colleges as theirs. Society
columns at'.metropolitan newspapers within
the state tiave printed list on list of these
young people.
The sororities and fraternities on the .Ne
braska campus took care of themselves excep
tionally well, in the face of adverse conditions.
The new pledges are to be congratulated and
o-iven a best wish and hope that all may go
well. The Greek houses also are to be con
gratulated, with the wish and hope that they
too may go well.
CORN COBS TO MEET
IN U II ALL TONIGHT
Corn Cobs, men's pep or
ganization, will meet in U
hall room 8 this evening at
7:30. All members are asked
to bring the pledges and
pledge fees. Football seats
will be announced at the
meetin j.
BARB MEN HOLD
MASS ASSEMBLY
TO HEAR LANTZ
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are also under consideration by
the council.
Various speakers will explain
the functioning of the individual
clubs as well as the workings of
the council itself. Tom Peterson,
social chairman, will outline the
social activities for the barb group.
A brief summary of the barb cam
pus political situation will be pre
sented by Secretary Austin Moritz.
President Beezley, Vice Presi
dent Byile Shuck, Treasurer Bob
Simmons, and Organization Chair
man Dean Worcestor will each give
brief talks on the organization of
the council.
0 the World About
bloody battle was fought at Maqueda.
Spain, yesterday for possession of the cross
roads of two main arteries of travel. Loyalist
and insurgent reports were so conflicting that
the outcome is uncertain.
Insurgent dispatches bring word that the
fascist north and south armies are closing in
upon Madrid for a "final attack." while fas
cist, agents in Saint Jean de Luz, France, de
clare that the tide of battle in Spain has defi
nitely turned in their favor.
This assertion is largely borne out by the
latest dispatches. The fascists are in control
of almost the entire northeast coastal sector
near France with the exception of the city of
Bilbao. Even the loyalist government admits
that the fascists are vastly superior in air
strength,
Senator Norris. who is beginning his sixth
senatorial campaign, arrived in Lincoln Sun
day afternoon. Mr. Norris defends the new
deal as an attempt to put humanity into law,
a It ho he admits that much of the criticism of
efficiency of operation in many new deal agen
cies is justified. He believes that humanitarian
purposes inspiring the work should pardon
enforcement mistakes.
The socialist-communist government of
Spain is preparing to file a formal protest with
the League of Nations charging that (ierinany
and Portugal aided the insurgents in the Span
ish civil war in violation of internal ionaljaws.
With a reflective eye upon Mussolini's ut
ter disregard lVr the league's activities and
the subsequent lack of results, we might add,
"So vUiat?"
(iowrnor L.indon will fire the opening
guns of his midwest campaign this week, de
livering major speeches in iJes Moines. Minne
apolis, and Milwaukee. The Dcs Moines ad
dress, in which he will propound his farm the
ories, will lie broadcast over a national hookup
Tuesday evening at S :M) p. m. The other talks,
scheduled for the latter part of the week, will
he on the subjects of social security and relief.
A It ho most people are somewhat skeptical
of campaign promises, a great deal of inlerest
in Landon's farm program speech is being
shown. Many believe his success in rural dis
tricts will be determined largely by the ac
ceptability of the program he will expound.
Hearst newspapers Sunday carried stories
charging that soviet Russia is backing the new
deal in the forthcoming presidential election.
It. was claimed that the assertion is backed up
by uncontradictable documentary proof. The
story was the subject of a white house state
ment which asserted that 1he article was "de
liberately framed to civn false impression."
It appears that the communists arc afraid
of "reactionary" republicans.
Tabulation of last week's straw vote re
turns revealed that All' Landon is leading in I!)
states representing 2'.','.) electoral votes and
Roosevelt' ahead in 2'.) states with a total of
'J!)2 electoral votes.
Altho straw voting has proved to be re
markably accurate in the past, the situation is
somewhat unique this year, and 1he question
is, "Are 1he relief workers voting?"
Landon's tour of the east and Roosevelt's
"non-political" tour of the west had virtually
no effect upon straw vote results, according to
George Gallup, director of the American insti
tute of Public Opinion.
In an address at the American Legion s
18th annual convention, being held in Cleve
land, 0., this year, Newton D. Baker praised
the legion as "the guardian of American prin
ciples of liberty."
Attendance at the convention Is expected
to reach 200,000.
From the
Ag College
Campos
N.S.T.A. CONVENTIONS
10 FEATURE NATION'S
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The freshmen at Ag, and there
are plenty of them, certainly make
some enthusiastic comments about
the Ag campus. Not one yet that
we've heard has had anything to
say that could be construed as
criticism. Of course, there have
been some disparaging remarks
about certain subjects on a few
schedules.
Coach Wilbur Knight has issued
a call for football candidates at
Ag. So far not many have signi
fied their intention of coming out
for the team. Ag college can surely
have a good team this year. The
coach is ready, there is plenty of
equipment, and now all that's
needed is enough fellows to make
a good squad. Come on gang,
let's go.
A certain upperclassman wras
heard to utter these words of wis
dom Friday morning: "Boy, my
days of not studying are over." We
gathered from further words let
fall that he has a course on his
schedule that will require a little
thought.
Dean Burr says that altho he
has no definite figures at present,
the registration at Ag is larger
than for several years. The old
students are coming back in
larger numbers and the frosh
have added their share.
The biggest man on the Ag cam
pus this year is Theodore A. Doyle.
At least .that's the impression we
got when we saw his husky form
hotfooting it across the campus.
No candidate for the honor has
come into our range of vision as
yet, so we give Ted first place.
Apologies are due the ladies, we
suppose, because not a single
lady has been mentioned so far in
this column. We have a hunch that
the ladies don't really mind, but
maybe they do. But even so this
writer's acquaintance among the
ladies is limited to three and we'd
hate to make the rest jealous. In a
few weeks we hope to have this
condition corrected. Perhaps by
next week we'll know a few more
and will be able to make this
column more interesting to the
fair sex.
October 28-31 Set as Dates
For Convocations in
Lincoln, Omaha.
Nationally-eminent educational
and lay leaders will be featured
at the district 1 and 2 convention
of the Nebraska State Teachers
association to be held Oct. 28-31.
District 2 convenes in Omaha and
district 1, in Lincoln. General ses
sions will be heiu in the univer
sity coliseum and most of the
other meetings will be on the uni
versity campus.
Included in the discussion group
for both conventions will be Dr.
Roy Hatch, head of the depart
ment of social studies of the State
Teachers college in Montclair,
N. J.; and Dr. FIrnest Horn of the
University of Iowa.
Completing the district 1 panel
will be Rabbi Abba Hillel Silver
of the Teninle in Cleveland, Dr.
A. J. Stoddard, superintendent of
schools in Providence, R. 1. and
immediate past president of the
department of superintendence of
the National Association; Miss E.
Ruth Pyrtle, principal of Ban
croft school in Lincoln and past
president of the National Educa
tion association; Deputy State
Supt. Herbert L. dishing; Miss
Belle Ryan, assistant superintend
ent of schools, Omaha; Mrs. Grace
G. Hyatt, head of the department
of social studies in Lincoln high
school; and Dean F. E. Henzlik of
the University of Nebraska Teach
ers college, who will lead the
panel.
Announce Omaha Speakers.
Other speakers on the district 2
panel will be the leader, Dr. J. R.
McGaughey, professor of educa
tion in Teachers college, Columbia
university; Dr. W. H. Burton, na
tionally recognized specialist in
elementary education from the
Tmiversity of Southern California;
and Dr. Paul McKee of the Colo
rado State Teachers college in
Greeley. Adidtional speakers are
being secured to complete the
group.
Dr. Jay B. Nash, head of the
department of health and physical
education at New York university,
and Dr. Silver will be speakers
at the opening session of the Om
aha convention. At the Lincoln
meeting, the opening session
speakers will be Dr. J. B. Edmon
son, dean of the school of educa
tion at the University of Mich
igan, and Dr. Stoddard. At both
the Omaha and Lincoln conven
tions, Dr. Hatch will present a
teaching demonstration similar to
that which won for him national
acclaim at the February meeting
of the National Education asso
ciation department of superintend
ence. Kaltenborn to Speak.
Appearing on both programs
will be Mr. H. V. Kaltenborn of
Brooklyn, Columbia news com
mentator and coneededly the dean
of America's radio speakers.
Numerous other out of state
professional and lay leaders are
being secured for both confer
ences, and scores of Nebraskans
will speak at the various general,
divisional, and sectional meetings.
Mrs. Alice C. Peterson, prin
cipal of Dundee school, Omaha,
and president of N. S. T. A. Dis
trict 2, is in charge of plans for
the Omaha conclave. Arranging
for the Lincoln convention is the
District 1 president, Supt. Earle
W. Wiltso of York. Co-operating
with Mrs. Peterson are the other
District 2 officers: Vive president,
Supt. D. H. Weber. Humboldt; and
secretary treasurer. Prof. G. E.
Hickman, Midland college, Fre
mont. Working with Mr. Wiltse
are the vice president. Supt. Frank
Brokaw, Mead; secretary, Emma
Renkon, Friend; and treasurer,
Principal Howard Hamilton, Geneva.
MOTORISTS WATCH YOUR
STEP, SAYS CAMPUS COP
Police Send Out Warnings
Due to Increase of
Traffic.
"There are more cars on the
campus this year than there have
ever been during my nine years
ns campus poli email," explained
Sergeant L. C. Regler as he
leaned luck In his chair in the
Social Science annex yesterday,
"consequently we police must be
much more strict."
According to the officer many
.students park their cars in space
reserved for faculty automobiles.
The south side of the mall between
12th and 11th streets as well as
the lot In the rear of the school of
music are to be used only by the
faculty for parking. Warnings are
being issued this coining week,
but after Friday, tickets are to be
given out. So far approximately 75
warnings have been given.
Many students who arrive on the
campus too close to class time to
look for parking space have
parked on red lines or near fire
hydrants. Fifteen tickets have
been issued to these offenders.
Moie attention must be paid to
campus stop buttons, as many
drivers merely slow down for
them.
All out of town cars that are to
he driven in Lincoln during the
school year are required to have a
brake and light sticker. Most
down town pat-apes are authorized
to test brakes and lights,
The student Hie not the only
offenders, the campus law enforcer
related. Many faculty members
are driving cars with stickers
other than their brake nnd light
certificate on their windshield or
rear window. This is also against
the city ordinance.
"But ns a rule." allowed the
sergeant, "most students fall in
line and co-operate after the first
warning."
Powerful Camera Purchased
For Ag Campus Slar-Gazers
Kodak Capable of Picturing
Nebula at Distance of
500 Light Years.
A camera which will be the
envy of kodak enthusiasts who
want to do something big has
been purchased by the univer
sity for use in its new ob
servatory on the agricultural col
lege campus. Designed by Prof.
F. A. Ross of the Yerkes observa
rnrv fit t he University of Chicago,
the man who is designing the
auxiliary mirrors for the world s
largest telescope with its 200 inch
reflector, this new camera which
will be used here is capable of
taking a clear picture of the
nleades nebula 500 light years
away. When it is figured that light
travels 186 thousand miles m one
second, the layman can have a
better appreciation of the me
chanical perfection required to
photograph an object this far dis
tant. Rust Recommends Purchase.
Carl F. Rust, in charge of the
university's observatory, recom
mended the purchase of the
camera while back at Yerkes tak
ing graduate work this summer
This new instrument together
with the new reflector telescope
and building gives this institution
one of the most modernly equipped
observatories in the country. The
new observatory will be ready for
students this week.
The Ross camera is made espe
cially for this type of research
work. It will be fastened parallel
to the telescope tube, the telescope
itself being used as the guiding
mechanism. According to Rust,
the camera, which has a lens 3
inrhoa in diameter, a focul length
of 21 inches and a visible field
totaling 22 degrees, works on me
same principle as the smallest ko
dak. A special type super sensi
tive plate, however, is required.
Since an exposure of from 3 to 4
hours is needed to photograph a
nebula 500 light years away, it
can be readily understood how
sensitive the plate must be. The
camera will be used for taking
pictures of the more distant ob
jects which appear dim even when
viewed thru the telescope.
Peculiar Mechanism.
"This peculiar property of the
photographic plate which allows
for the accumulation of light
from an object is the reason why
these distant nebulae show more
clearly -on the print than thru
the eye of the telescope," says
Rust. "The blurring that would
result from the movement of the
object across the sky is taken care
of by an electric clock apparatus
which keeps the camera moving
and pointing on the field, but even
the most perfect of these clock
machines, however, will not keep
the camera pointed directly on the
field for more than an hour. This
necessitates some one readjusting
it at various intervals."
Rust will use the new instrument
to study the surface brightness of
nebulae for the Yerkes observa
tory, a part of his graduate work
for a Ph.D. degree.
FOUR VETS COMPOSE
TRACK TEAM TO RUN
AT FOOM GAMES
Cross-Country Boys Compete
With Other Schools
During Halves.
Four lettermen are returning for
the Husker cross-country team this
fall. Only one, Chet Beaver of
Yankton, S. D., was lost thru grad
uation and returning lettermen are
Wilson Andrews of Ponca, Fred
Matteson of Sutton, Bob Morris of
Lincoln and Bob West of Casper,
Wyo. All four lettered in track
last spring, but only Andrews and
Matteson have lettered in the
cross-country.
Besides these four veterans, a
number of sophomores have start
ed training for the two mile grind.
They are Bob Allen, Fred Koch,
Bob Owens, Arthur Henrickson,
Lloyd Jeffries and James Knight.
Leeland Butler, the winner of the
fold tri-color medal fur the fresh
man two milers last spring, is still
uncertain as to whether or not he
will be able to come bark to
school. Wain Yarcho, one of the
most promising of the last year's
freshmen has enrolled in Illinois
university.
From this group the coaching
staff hopes to pick a highly suc
cessful team. Charley Stout is do
ing most of the actual coaching
this fall, football taking up most of
Coach Schulte's time. Stout has
already had some experience in
coaching the Huskers, helping to
whip last years championship
trac k team into shape.
The 1936 schedule:
Oct. 3: Iowa State at Lincoln
(tentative i.
Oct. 17: Kansas State at Lin
coln. Oct. 21: Oklahoma at Norm,, n.
Oct. 31: Missouri at Lincoln.
Nov. 7: Kansas at Lawrence
(tentative i.
Nov. 21: Big Six Conference
meet at Manhattan.
All the meets with the excep
tion of the conference meet will
be run between halves of the foot
ball games. If meets with Iowa
Stale or Kansas cannot U se
sured, Drake university or some
other team may be ivited to fill
the bill, Coach Schulte said.
The indoor track championship
will be held on March (i at Colum
bia. Mo. There will be no extra
day for qualifying trials this year.
The trials will be run olf in the
afternoon and the finals in the eve
ning. The outdoor championships
will be held May 21 nnd 22 al
Lincoln as usual.
OFFICIAL BULLETIN
T.-c.f vinH will hold a ree'U-
4 .!-'.
lar meeting tonight in U hall at
5 p. m.
HARRY LETTON MADE
STUDENT EDITOR FOR
STATE LAW BULLETIN
(Continued from Page 1.1
staff is based wholly on scholar
ship, the present members being
the "top" men of the junior and
senior classes. Lctton, Struthers
and Olsson, seniors, have the high
est scholastic averages in the
school, thereby winning the posi
tions of editor in chief and asso
ciate editors.
Prof. Doyle stated that assign
ments are now being made to the
students for notes and recent
casts for the November issue of
the "Nebraska Law Bulletin." The
professor also said that at the
meeting Monday the fact was
stressed that the bulletin is pri
marily a student publication and
responsibility.
The members of the staff will
hold monthly luncheons 'or the
discussion of problems pertaining
to the publication of the bulletin.
Prominent members of the bar will
he invited to address these lunch
eons, the first of which will be
held October 7.
BAND OFFICERS
APPROVED FOR
COMING YEAR.
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file and openings filled from this
file.
The announcement of the per
sonnel of tlv junior hand is mada
bv Charles Ledwitn, duector of the
junior band, and William T. Quick,
director of the senior band.
According to Ledwith, there is
need in the band of the following
instruments in order to complete
and balance the instrumentation:
2 oboes. 3 bassoons, 2 horns, 2 pic
colos, several basses, 1 or 2 alto
saxophones.
The fust drill of both bands,
the junior and senior R. O. T. C.
banns, will be held at 5 p. m. at
the southeast corner of the sta
dium, outside the building. This
drill will be in civilian clothes. At
this drill, music will he passed out
to both bands, positions in ranks
assumed subject to change, and
dull regulations given to the jun
1 ior band only, the senior band al
' ready beins; in possession of same.
! At Wednesday's drill work will
; be commenced by the senior band
j on foi mat ions to be used at the
I games.
it! Ortnvim Hoy Cnhrn'f
k'liy invi'-iina-liilliili nrn!
Fail T. Piatt, in charge of .su
pervised correspondence study fori
the extension division, appears i
three limes on the program of thej
work training project and confer-;
ence for supervisors of cones-
pondence study centers held at the
1'niversity of Michigan Sept. 14
to 25. Mr. 1 '111 I is recognized a
a leader in this field.
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So Sorry.
Tf Maine is the "barometer" it is hailed
ns being, Senator Vandenberg may be very,
very sorry that he didn't accept the republican
vice-presidential nomination when it was
prolcrcd to him.
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