AILY NEBRASKAN
Official Studenf Newspaper of the University of Nebraska
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1936.
LINCOLN. NEB.
Political Kettle Boils Over as Faction'
Strife Upsets Plans for Fall Election
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council swings
10 NEW FACTION
Fraternity Alignments Will
Remain Unaltered
From Spring.
By Politicus VII.
Shades of Al Williams!
Since the retirement of that
famed barb political boss, the un
affiliated student has been content
with the windfalls of political pie
plums that have blown his way.
The Progressive -party, with which
they tagged along for five elec
tions, appeased them with six votes
out of twenty-four a bloc that
could swing many a juicy office
their way.
' But the political soup grew hot
thus fall when the barbs got neither
junior or senior class presidency
nominations in faction meeting; it
was high time for the worm to
turn, in their opinion.
Jn a heated session that shook
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CORPORATION BEGINS
DRIVE TO MAKE ART
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Fine Arts Department
Cooperate in Scheme
To Help Artists.
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Nebraska's fine arts department
is co-operating with Living Am
erican Art, Inc., of New York City
in a scheme intended to put the
arti-jt on a self sustaining basis
and at the same time make works
of art available to the public thru
out the country.
Beginning Oct. 17 and holding
over thru Oct. 26, 12 carefully
chosen pictures, all perfect repro
ductions of the works of contem
porary artists of the United States
will be on display in gallery A,
Morrill hall. This is the first of
four such exhibits featuring fac
similies of the best pictures done
by Jiving artists. Before the sea
son closes 48 pictures will have
been exhibited here and elsewhere.
The plan, as outlined by Living
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FILIPINO'S LETTER SHOWS
SCIIOONEK COSMOPOLITAN
Dr. Dayao of Manila Write Editor Wimhcrly lo Send
Magazine to Philippine Store; Say
(Compatriots Contribute.
Evidence that the Prairie
Schooner's influence is felt in
many ports is shown by this let
ter from IJ. Corpuz Dayao, Man
ila, Philippine Islands:
"I have been hearing much of
your magazine, but I regret to say
I have never seen a copy of it,
much less to peruse such a literary-known
publication. 1 have of
ten approach! some of our book
stores, yet up to now they do not
have it. Once in a while, we read
in our papers, of some of our com
patriots breaking in the pages of
your paper. No wonder many peo
ple are ho anxious to get hold of
one, considering that only ft few
of our promising writers have luck
enough to appear in it, and these
are far between at that.
"I have the Idea that your maga
zine Is one of the few worth any
body's notice who is interested in
Six Mortar Boards in Honorary
r "-
Margaret Pliilllpp Jeann, Palmer
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Women's, Soort, Feature
Staffs Announced by
Managing Editors.
Cutting last month's total of
reporting beats from 54 to 22,
the managing editors of the Daily
Nebraskaji assigned definite cov
erage schedules to its outstand
ing reporters at a staff meeting
Saturday morning. Some 10 or
15 additional reporters will be
placed on regular beats next Mon
day to complete the semester's
assignments.
Organization of sports, fea
tures and women's departments
were announced by Managing Ed
itor George Pipal, for which desk
editors will be appointed sometime
next week. Reorganization of
the copyreading desk was out
lined, with news editors alternat
ing in the position of head copy
reader. Clean, accurate and earlier copy
was asked by Managing Editor
Don Wagner, who listed the re
quirements of the Nebraakan's
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Methodist Churches
Hold Special Student
Services at 1 1 Today
rliK-rvi ncr student affiliation
day. four Methodist churches, Kp-
wortn. warren, urace ana ri. raui
will hold special services for uni
versity students at 11 o'clork this
morning.
At thiu l!mi nut nf toun stu
dents will be taken into the church
and become rrnporary member
for the length of their stay in the
university.
the current trend of modern lit
erature. Why, my dear editor,
don't you send some of your copies
to our book dealers, so people can
have an easy access to your
paper?"
Wants Last Issue.
Mr. Dayao asks the Prairie
Schooner office to "trust the un
dersigned with a copy of your lat
est Issue," offering payment for
a subscription as soon as tie is in
formed of the price.
Jose Garcia Villa, famous short
story writer who has appeared
many times In the Schooner, Is
probably one of the Philippine au
thors to which Mr. Dayao refers
In his letter.
"A real life sketch of a woman
In politics In Louisiana" will ap
pear in the forthcoming winter is
sue of the Schooner as Ma Villa's
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Fas r yi WlUi
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Eleanor Clizht
Mary Yodef
K. C. UNIVERSITY HEAD WILL
SPEAK AT TEMPLE TUESDAY
Former Princeton English Professor to Discuss
"'Training for Freedom' at Convocation;
Stoke Says Speaker Dynamic.
Lecturer, English professor, au
thor, rowing team coach, and uni
versity president are some of the
occupations of versatile Dr. J. Dun
can Spaeth, who will appear on the
second all university convocation
program to be held in the Temple
Betty Anne Pitts Receives
Newswriting Trophy
In '36 Contest.
Closing a two day session ap
proximately 350 journalism stu
dents and teachers attending the
ninth annual convention of the
Nebraska High School Press as
sociation returned to their homes
throughout the state.
Highlights of the Friday and
Saturday sessions on the Univer
sity of Nebraska campus were the
news writing contest, publication
of a special edition of the Daily
Ncbraskan, the annual banquet,
and the Nebraska-Indiana football
came.
Competing with 41 delegates
from twenty schools Betty Anne
Pitts of Omaha Central placet
firHt. She was awarded the Fred
Minder trophy at the 11:00 o'clock
business session Saturday morn
ing. At the annual banquet held Fri
day evening a three reel motion
pictuie depicting conditions in the
dust area was shown following an
address by Mr. Krank I). Throop,
publisher of the Lincoln Star, on
"The Newspaper's Influence in the
Community.
Climaxing the convention the
200 delegates weie entertained at
a tea dance givn by Theta
Sigma Thl, professional woman's
soiority, following the Nebraska
Indiana football game.
CIIKMISTKY SOHOKITV
TO KNTKKTAIN AT TEA
lota Sigma Pi I lode lo
Chemistry Student ,
Faculty Wive.
Iota Sigma PI, national honor
ary chemistry sorority, will enter
tain the wives of the chemistry
faculty and girls majoring in
chemistry at a tea In Ellen Smith
Hall, Sunday, Oct. 18, at four
o'clock.
Mrs, Zi. D. Teale, wife of Mr.
Teale of the Romance Language
department, will tell of her ex
periences and impressions of
Spain and the Spanish revolution.
Mrs. Samuel Avery, wife of the
lalo Chancellor emeritus and pro
tvmiof In chemistry, will pour. 1
Colonel Race
From Th- Lincoln Journal.
Marylu Tetersen Krma Bauer
theater Tuesday, Oct. 20, at 11
a. m.
Dr. Spaeth will speak to Ne
braska convocation goers on the
topic "Training for Freedom,"
which he chose himself according
to Dr. Harold Stoke, political
science professor who is in charge
of this year's lecture roster in the
Temple. The administration has
indicated that the old rule per
taining to classes will be in force,
option to dismissal or retention
of classes resting with individual
professors.
Time Cites Anecdote.
According to an anecdote rifled
from the columns of Time maga
zine for April 13 of this year, 07
year old Dr. Spaeth said peren
nially to his English students at
Princeton, "When two men love
the same woman it doesn t make
for friendship. But when they love
the same book there is a magnifi
cent bond between them."
As a literature lover. Dr. Spaeth
served Princetonians as a profes
sor of English from 1911 to 193C.
In September of this year he left
Princeton to become president of
the fledging university of Kansas
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Waugh, Burnett Address
New Initiates at
Luncheon.
Over one hundred and fifty
mothers and dads were initiated
into their respective honorary fra
ternities, Mu Alpha and Delta
Alpha Delta, at Uie annual Dad's
Day luncheon sponsored by the In
nocents society, held Saturday
noon at the chamber of commerce
building.
Featured speaker was Lincoln
trust official Sam Waugh, who de
;:ribei the Nazi youth movement
as he observed it while attending
the Olympic games at Berlin this
summer. "Tlie great sights of
massed bunds and waving flags
were all overshadowed by one
thing - the youth contingent at the
stadium," he declared. "Without
discussing or justifying the dicta
torship of Herr Hitler, the youth
movement there showed its worth
in the results of the Olympic
games, when we consider that al
though she didn't show up in the
last Olympics, Germany won the
most gold medals this year."
Burnett Speaks.
In welcoming the mothers and
dads to the banquet, Chancellor
E. A. Burnett asked the Interested
efforts of his audience in building
up the university. "We can be ef
fective in assisting your sons and
daughters in proportion to your
interest in the school. I do not
place money as the firs? essentia
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FILINGS DISCLOSE
SIXTEEN RUNNING
IN FALL CONTEST
Posts Open Include Class
Presidents, Colonel,
Sweetheart.
Sixteen candidates, representing
13 organized Greek houses, the
barb interclub council, various
women's groups, and but one ap
parent political faction have cast
their hats into the campus polit
ical ring, for the pending fall elec
tion. Lone survivor of campus po
litical fatcions is the progressive
party presenting its official slate
for Junior and Senior class presi
denties. Six senior women, all members
of Mortar Board, senior women's
honorary, have announced their
candidacy for Honorary Colonel.
The half dozen hopeful candidates,
are: Erma Bauer, Delta Delta
Delta; Eleanor Clizbe, Chi Omega:
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Haney Says Study to
Opened to People
Of State.
Be
With the diesel engine coming
Into greater use throughout the
country and the resultant need for
men trained in their operation anil
maintenance, the mechanical en
gineering department announces a
three weeks' short course on the
operation and maintenance of die
sel engines to be held during Feb
ruary. Prof. J. W. Haney, chairman of
the department, said the decision
to hold the diesel course, which
will be available to people of the
state, came as the outgrowth of a
conference held at the University
of Wisconsin at which time repre.
sentatives from Ohio State, Michi
gan State, Purdue, Illinois, Minne
sota and Iowa State universities
agreed to hold the same short
course in each school. Professor
Haney was named a member of
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IIAIUIAKA DAKVTOOI),
TASSIE It est mivrEits
Couple (!hoen for Show
ing lVlot Effective Step
At Pepntcr Dance.
Climaxing the Tassel-Corncob
dance at the Coliseum Friday
night, was the presentation of the
two best dancers a the party.
Chosen as the couple demonstrat
ing the most effective dance-steps
were Dallas Tasslc and Barbara
Damewood. Five other awards
were made to couples for outstand
ing performances.
Floyd Ough received the door
prize of a new football, Inscribed
with the autographs of the Indiana
and Nebraska elevens.
The prize for the best dancers
was presented following the decis
ion of Judges who had mingled
with the dancers for the entire eve
ning, singling out members of the
crowd.
Nut Towle supplied the music
for the evening. David Bernstein,
head of the university cheer lead
ers, conducted singing of unlver
sity songs and rallying at the
tlunce intermission.
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