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TUESDAY. SEPTEMBEK 29, 1936 ni i r niliv X: 171n A C V A W TWO iiiij injn;.Ti'..fn , r i r i i win I ii ii i t Daily Nebraskan Station A. Lincoln, Nebrsska. THIRTY-FIFTH YEAR ( Published every Tuesday, Wednesday. Thursday. Frl. day and Sundsy mornings cf the academic year by itu riente of the Unlvereity of Nsbisska, under eupervielon of the Board of Publication!. ARNOLD LEVIN Editor GEORGE PIPAL Ktmmnnr f.llvh. Ed Murray Helen Patcoe EDITORIAL STAFF Managing Editors News Editors BOB FUNK Business Manager DON WAGNER Wlllard Burney Bob Reddish BUSINESS STAFF Assistant Business Managers , Bob Warthama Webb Mills Frank Johnson This paper Is represented for general advertising by the Nebraska Press Association. Entered as second-class matter at the postofflce In Lincoln. Nebraska, under act of congress. March 3, 1879. and at special rste of postsqe provided for '"' 1103. act of October 3. 1917. authorized January 0. 1922. SUBSCRIPTION RATE $1.50 year Single Copy 5 cents $100 a semester $2.60 a year mailed 1.50 a semester mailed Under direction of the Student Publication Board. Editorial Office University Hall 4. Business Off ice University Hall 4A. Telephones Day: B6891; Night: B6882. B3333 (Journal). ON THIS ISSUE Desk Editor Pipal Night Editor Reddish New Deal In Convocations! hnst tndav to im eminent lvioprapher and lecturer in a Temple theater convocation. A vote of thanks is in deed in order to the faculty committee in strumental in securing Assistant Attorney General Wayne 0. Williams as first speaker in what promises to he a comprehensive and thorough convocation program. Mr. Williams' topic is one of common in terest to Xelraskans everywhere highlights in the life story of Williams Jennings Bryan, Nebraska's great commoner. No topic is more suited nor of greater appeal to an audience of Comhuskers than this one of the greatest statesman our state has ever produced. Mr. Williams' lecture undoubtedly will be attended by manv Lincoln residents other than students, for in this city. Bryan, he of the "Cross of (iold" first achieved honor and fame which has been propagated in the activities of his family. It is with a keen relish that the Nebras kan looks forward to the coming convocation program. For years it has been a sore spot with students and faculty members alike. Men of eminence were everywhere but in promi nence, it seemed, when the Nebraska commit tee hunted for someone to lecture from the Temple rostrum. When one of contemporary importance somehow was secured 1he Temple auditorium groaned and creaked as it strove to accommodate the mob of students crowd ing its doors, anxious for a bit of the cultural entertainment offered within. Nebraska students, contrary to all popu lar belief, do seek culture. They see it when it is offered, and slrive to secure it. But in adequate facilities have prevented a great number from attending Temple lectures, which may be classed as a cultural activity, and concomitant with second rate speakers the students stay away in droves. Nebraska men and women are quick to discern the real Mc Coy, and are loath to devote their time to lec turers who are in no way prominent or im portant. It will be the duty of the convocation com mittee to secure speakers who have the capa bility of attracting students and keeping them interested, so they will return when succeeding programs are offered. A dispatch from Kansas university in forms us that a lecture course of four notable names has been adopted by the Kansas lecture committee, corresponding to the Nebraska con vocation committee. Kmil Lndwig. German bi ographer, will open the series with a talk on "Living Makers of History." William Hard, radio commentator, will follow with a discus sion of "Economic Conditions in the Scandi navian Countries." William Behhe will speak on "Five Hundred Faihoms Down.'- and John Erskine on "The Moral Obligation to He In telligent." University officials have informed lhe Ne braskan that such speakers would not be at tracted 1o Nebraska because of the low remu neration, and that besides, there would be no place to put the studenls. Temple theater being too small for the purpose. The Nebraskan feels it is the duty of lhe university to give its sludents the bes1 it can in the way of cultural and intellec tual benefits. f Temple theater isn't big enough to accommodate the anticipated crowds, then some place whi'-h is must be provided. If noted speakers aren't at tracted because of the depression level of the university's convocation fund, iheri perhaps someone would explain 1o the Ne braskan why SH2i 0 has been provided for football rallies, while $LV) is Ret aside for convocation speakers. Therein lies our problem. Co-operation wiih Kansas university is urged with the possibility that the lecture tours of these speakers may be changed to in clude Nebraska. If they could, a great victory for a new deal in convocations would be won. At least, it is worth the effort. Dismissal of classes so that all students may attend th lecture without missing out on school work would be a benefit. Convocations aren't so frequent that the loss of an hour a month would impair the successful operation cif the university seholaslic curriculum. The Nebraskan hopes for a successful con vocation season, and urges all studenls joh sible to altend each lecture. The beginning is auspicious let us hope the same level is main tained thruout the ear. Blue Monday! Dana X. Bible paraded hit 1936 Ccrn- nusker football team against the freshmen yeaterday. It was a very nice parade as fir as the appellation can be misconstrued by pports -writers to mean a football game. It was a very nice parade because the varsity football men managed to cross the last white line on the field quite a few times. It had all the as pects of a football game half n crowd on the oblique wall seats of the stadium; a few cheer leaders tryinff to arouse some "rah, rahs" from the apathetic onlookers; and '22 football players on the gridiron. 'Perhaps the apathy was present because the scarlet colors were on top. That is n mark ed peculiarity of Cornluisker fans they cheer for the Huskers when Hie score is slightly in their favor, have a turn of heart when the opposition lags too far behind, and burst into applause for the other side as a means of demonstrating their dissatisfaction with ne- bniska when the Comhuskers are losing. Play was ragged. The first team failed to show any drive, fire, or spirit when it romped to its first quarter touchdowns. The second team or reserve lineup, barely held its ov,"! when called to batlle. The freshmen were badly outplayed, with the starting varsity scoring every time it took possession of the ball and seemingly at will. The day was dark and grey, with rain Ihreat hovering overhead. Most of lhe specta tors Mere chilly, coldly watching what to them was an exhibition of anything' but smart foot ball. These may have contributed to lack of enthusiasm in the audience, but there was no reason for the dogged, grumbling silence. Some of the plays were expertly handled, and should have evoked applause. A football game without cheers is like bread without jam. The fans yesterday evidently liked theirs plain. The cheerleaders gave up after a few half hearted attempts, even though this was a final tryout. The freshman game usually is a drab af fair without a great deal of the flash and fire of football combat. Postponement from Satur day took much of the zest out of the conflict. The varsity showed power on occasion, but for the most part relied on 1be weakness of op position to score. Nothing fancy or out of the ordinary was pulled nothing to stir the minds of spectators with thoughts of what is to come during the season. The first team played steady, hard football the kind that can win when the opponents are weaker. One apparent weakness is in the strength of reserves. Where the first team gained 10 yards, the second was lucky to gain one. Freshman opposition certainly is not a measure of the strength of Big Six and intersect ional opposition. To go thru the schedule Director and Coach Bible has lined up for his team, requires a reserve lineup as strong as lhe first to be inserted at strategic moments. The fact that the freshmen stopped the seconds rather thoroughly leaves a trace of doubt in the fan s mind as t'o the subsequent developments dur ing the season. The opening day of Cornbuskor fool ball games, if yesterday's proceedings can be class ed as such, was drab and uninteresting. But it is customary for Cornhusker teams to start slowly, and pick up energy as the season pro gresses. Perhaps the freshman came may be a harbinger of future good fortune. Much congestion in the corridors and on the stairs of social sciences following morning classes on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday is caused by the failure of the outgoing students to move briskly and to clear away from the north entrance after getting out of the build ing. The same problem could lie solved in An drews if more students would use the east and south entrances. OFFICIAL BULLETIN ORCHESIS. Orchcsls will hold their regular meet In? VcdncadRy at 7 o'clock In Giant Memorial. All members are asked to be present. BARB COUNCIL. Barb Council will meet In room eight In U hall at 5 o'clock Tues day. Byrle Chuck asks that all members be present. DIRECTORY. Lists for the Student and Fac ulty directory of all names from F to L inclusive will be posted In Social Science building: and Ag hall Tuesday morning. Students aro requested to correct and er rors in these lists within the next few days. INTERCLUB COUNCIL. The initial meeting of the Barb Interclub Council will be held in room eight of U hall at 7:30 p. m. this evening-. Announcement was made by Wilbur Beezley. KAPPA PHI. Kappa Phi meeting Wednesday night, 7:15, in Ellen Smith Hall. All Methodist girls invited. SOCIAL CHAIRMEN. Social Chairmen of organized houses will meet tonight at 7:30 in the Lincoln Hotel. GLIMPSES Of the World About STUDENT PULSE Brief, conciss contributions oertlnent to matters of student Ufa nd the university are welcomed By this department, under the usual restrictions of sound newspaper practice, which excludes all libelous matter and personal attacks. Letters must ba signed, but names will ba wlthn.ld from publication If so desired. Has- the Regents Bookstore Failed' To the Editor: hast spring the new Kegem's Booksiore opened in the basement of ocial Science. This bookstore was to be a he!p to students in buying and selling new ami used books. The prime factor being to sa-o money for the student body. When the Regent's P.i.oklore opened last spring I held great expectations of the advantages it would offer the student body. Yet. afier seeing the Regent 's P.nok ftore in operation I can see few advantages in it, unless it is to give the university anollier source of income. If lhat is the reason for operating a university bookstore 1 am for it as heaven knows 1his school is short of money. However, the general impression which was given to lhe studenl body vos 1hat it was to be a non-profit organization to save money for the studenls in buying and selling their used books. The Regent 's Bookstore has failed to do this. have found by experience that can sell mv used books at privalely owned bookstores for the same price the K" gent'is will offer nie. ot. only Dial, J can sell my books which will not b' used again next year ;it the privMely'ownod books1ores which Die Regent's will not buy. will admit that lhe RetM-m's Bookstore has forced the general price b-vel of used books upward. But. what would like 1o know is how can privalely owned bookstores buy and sell used books at th" same juice as the Regent's Bookstore can which is supposed to be a non-profit organization. Private busi ness would not thrive if it did not pay divi dends. Therefore it slands to reason that the Regent's Bookstore could offer the student body more for their used books. The Regent's Bookstore is supposed to save the student body 0 percent on new books. But. is it worth this 0 xrcent when the student has to wait Din-e weeks afier his first class to buy a book and find out what his courses are about? When 1hese text books do arrive there are seldom enough for all of Die Kludenls who want 1o buy one. Why is ii Dial Die Regent's Bookslore has failed in having a sufficient supply of new text books on hand. Surely they could get an approximate esti mate of lhe number of new texts needed from the courses registered for last spring. When the Regent's Bookstore opened in the basement of Social Sciences last spring I was 100 percent for it. because I thought (1) that it wes a non-profit organization; (2) that it would hare on hand (especially for the first few weeks of school) enough text books to meet the demand for all students for all courses. The Regent's Bookstore has fsiled completely in the latter of these two points. I am still in favor of a Regent's Eookftore. but I cannot conscientiously support the present fcc-tup. Forrest Brown. Spanish rebel bombs made Bil bao, the scene of mob slaughter after repeated demands that the loyalists surrender the city to in surgent armies. For more than two hours eight rebel trl-motored planes rained 000 pound bombs down upon the terrified populace. Over a hundred inhabitants of the city were either blown to bits or crushed beneath crumbling walls. Hysterical women and chil dren dashed widly about claiming bodies, most of which were man gled beyond recognition. Immediately after the orgy In furiated mobs stormed government buildings whicn held over 4,000 In surgent hostages, demanding that they be brought out and killed. Government officers brought out 60, who were immediately blasted down by machine gun fire. Some sage aptly described war when he said that it is the combi nation and concentration of all the honors, crimes, and atrocities of which human nature upon this globe is capable. Randolph Churchill, British tory political leader and scion of the house of Marlborough, stated upon his arrival in New York last week, i that Great Britain would bacK j America if she is ever endangered I by Japan in a war. How much more interest this j gentleman would have created had he said that Great Britain would pay off long overdue debts of the last year. Mr. Churchill also made the statement that communism vs. fascism should not be the con sidered as a real issue in Europe. What would Mr. Churchill call a real issue? Has it not been Is sue enough for one of the blood iest civil wars the world has ever known? Is it not sufficient reason for the intense hatred be tween fascists arid communists of France, and between fascist Germany and Italy and commu nist Russia? In short, is it not reason enough for the vast eco nomic unrest in Europe which may plunge the world Into a war far more devastating than the 1914-1918 debacle? Cold, hard facts should preclude any thoueht of Germany, alone, attempting to wrest a "colony" from Russia. Russia has a stand ing aimy of 1.300,000 with 15.OO0, 000 trained reserves led by a high ly developed air force. Germany's standing army of 1,200.000 is backed up by only 2,000,000 re serve troops. Japan or Italy seem to be the nations most likely to assist the nazis in such an action, but Italy has had lo put many men into Ethiopia, to pay nothing about any aspirations she may have to grab a part or all of Spain, and Japan is busily engaged absorbing China. David Lloyd George's scathing attack upon Genera J'ershlng and the entire American World war machine reminds us of the old saw about people who live in glass h()US(S. Although entry cf the United States into the war is almost in excusable, the facts remain that we did enter, that the A. E. F. was finally the greatest single contributing factor to allied vic tory, and that with the lone ex ception cf Finland war debts to the United States remain unpaid. Incidentally, the A. E. F. had a greater number of men in France by October, 1918, than served there in the British expe ditionary forces during the entire war! Harry H. Woodring, a former governor of Kansas, has been ap pointed secretary of war by Presi dent Roosevelt in the vacancy caused by the death of George H. Dern. Japan seem to be considering an offensive in the Shanghai, China, area following Japanese demands for protection in the In ternational nettlement. Control of the important port of Sharp hai would give the Japs complete control of the Yangtse Kiang river mouth and effectively bottle up the city of Nanking. Tills would leave the conquest of China an almost mechanical operation. Earl T. Piatt, ia cnarre of u penned correspondence study for the extension division, appeared three times on the program ef the work training project and confer- j ence for supervisors or corres pondence study centers beld at the Universitv of Michigan. Septem ber 3 4 and 25. Mr. Piatt is rec ognized as a leader ia this field. K f v n Sale B '9 a ' Unti 2 P. M. Today . i j Anrj'1 ' ''"7! Five Big Home Football Games Oct. 3 Ioua Stale Oct. 17 Indiana Oct. 31 Missouri Nov. 11 Pittsburgh Nov. 21 Kansas State Eight Big Home Basketball Games Dec. 19 Dec. 21 Dec. 22 Jan. 16 Jan. 13 Feb. 15 Feb. 19 Feb. 27 Montana Minnesota Ohio State Iowa State Oklahoma Kansas State Missouri Kansas plus Baseball Track' 'l Swimming Wrestling ALL FOR t.Lii ? Clioice of Seats Determine'd Ky, Drawing Hi wJk