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EBRASKAN
Official Student Newspaper of the University of Nebraska
VOL. XXXVI NO. 10.
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1936
PRICE 5 CENTS.
Afternoon Classes Dismissed For R. O. T. C. Parade;
Barnes Sees America Threatened By Fascism, War
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CLASSES AFTER 12
R.O.T.C. Units, Tassels, Band
Will Parade Thru City,
On Campus at 2.
Classes will be suspended at noon
today to allow the students to par
ticipate in the ceremonies com
memorating the close of the World
war 18 years ago.
Memorial services will be held
for the war dead at 11 a. m. at
the intersection of 13th and O
streets.
The R. O. T. C. cadet corps will
be a unit in the huge parade which
will move thru the downtown dis
trict at 2. Forming on the mall
east of Nebraska hall, the cadets
will join the parade at 16th and O.
First call for the cadets will be at
1:30, assembly at 1:40, battalion
adjutant's call at 1:45, and regi
mental adjutant's call on signal.
R. O. T. C. Reviewed in Stadium.
From 15th and O the parade will
move west to 9th, thence north to
P, east to 12th and north to the
mall east of the stadium where
the regiment will be reviewed.
Cadet Colonel Eager and his
staff will march at the head of the
column which will move from the
mall to the point where the pa
rade will be formed.
In the first section of the cadet
corps will be the university colors,
the first half of the varsity band,
Pershing Rifles, Tassels carrying
the huge service flag of the uni
versity, junior and engineer bat
talions. Bradley Leads Second Unit.
Cadet Lieutenant Colonel Brad
lev and his staff will lead the sec
ond unit of the corps Which will he j
composed of the second half of the
varsity band, first infantry battal-
ion, regimental colors, second in
fantry battalion, freshman band,
third infantry battalion, Lincoln
high school band, and artillery
battalion. A motorized artillery j
battalion will bring up the rear of
the column.
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Pepstcrs in Parade Today j
Bear Stars, Stripes in j
Behalf University. j
Tassels, women's pep organlza-
tion, will carry the University of j
Nebraska memorial flag in the
Armistice day parade today, it was
announced at the meeting of Tas- i
sels in Social Science, Tuesday j
evening. I
Kathryn Winquist was appoint- i
cd ciairman of the entertainment
committee for the Purple Pepsters, i
Kansas State women's pep organi
zation, when they arrive in Lin
coln for the Nebraska-Kansas
State game, Nov. 21.
Louise Magee was chosen to
serve as chairman of the senior
recognition scroll committee.
Tassels will make speeches Fri
day night at all fraternity and
sorority houses urging all students
to attend the rally that night.
Margaret Thiliippe presided at
the meeting. The next meeting
.will be held Tuesday, Nov. 17, in
Social Science, room 105.
CAMPUS
0 HONOR
CLOSE OF WAR
THE CORNHUSKER.
(It is a Nebraska custom to stand with heads bared
during- the singing- of the Cornhusker.)
Come a running', boys. Don't you hear that noise
Like thunder in the sky.
How it rolls along-, in the good old song,
For the sons of Ne-bras-ki.
Now it's coning- near with a rising cheer
That will sweep all foes away.
So with all our vim, we are bound to win,
And we're going- to win today
Chorus.
For Nebraska and the Scarlet, for Nebraska and the
Cream,
Tho' they go thru many a battle, our colors still are seen.
So in contest and in victory we will wave them for the
team.
And 'twill always stir a Cornhusker
The old Scarlet and the Cream.
NEBRASKA FIELD SONG.
Fight, fight, fight, for the Scarlet and Cream,
We '11 all fight like mad for the team,
Smash thru that line, We're with you all the time,
Touchdown! Nebraska U! Rah, Rah, Rah,
Go, Nebraska, Pile up that score,
We've got to take this game!
We're going to win, we'll never give in,
Fight, Nebraska, Fight.
MISS CARLSON TO SERVE '
AS LUTHERAN SECRETARY
Midwest Region Association
Names Uni Sophomore
For Office.
Evelyn Carlson, university soph
omore, was selected secretary of
the midwest region of the Luther
an Student Association of Amer
ica by the conference of this re
gion which was held Nov. 6-8 at
Luther college in Wa'.ioo, Neb.
Colleges west of the Mississippi
and Missouri and south of the
Missouri to the continental divide
were represented. The following
students from the University of
Nebraska attended: Beatrice Ek
blad, Loise Maus, Eva Nelson,
Wlllard Strangman, Evelyn Carl
son, Esther Schoenlever, Melinda
Anderson, Paul Waldschmidt, Carl
Bruce.
Other officers elected are: Pres
ident, Melvin Ostlin, Bethany col
lege; vice president, Omer Voss,
Kansas university; treasurer, Dor
is Quarnstrom, Bethany college.
Dr. C. P. Harry, Norristown,
Pa.; Dr. George Hall. Lindsborg,
Kas.. and Rev. P. J. Smith, Wau
sa. Neb., were speakers and lead
ers of the discussions. Melinda
Anderson, past president of the
region, presided.
eVYlLOMFOR
IS
Identity of Honored Coed
Is Secret Until Dance
After Pitt Game.
Heavy and filled ballot boxes
marked the first two days of the
initial "Miss Cornhusker" elec
tion being sponsored jointly by
the Barb Council, the Interclub
Council, and the Nebraskan. The
coed elected to the honor will be
presented at the intermission of
the Cornhusker Hop, Saturday
evening following the Pitt game.
Featuring Red Perkins and his
famous colored orchestra, the
affair promises to be one of the
best of the year. Perkins' orches
tra appeared on the campus last
spring and proved to be one of
the most popular of the season.
Beautiful decorations, public
address system and a good floor
will mark the affair to be one
of the most remembered of the
year.
Presentation is Novel.
''This orchestra is one of the
most popular on the campus and
because of the indicated large
attendance we are making special
arangements for refreshments and
checking," Austin Moritz, presi
dent of the Interclub Council, said,
"We are expecting already an at
tendance of over 350 couples."
"So surprising and completely
different will be the presentation
of "Miss Cornhusker" that every
one will want to attend," Victor
Sch warting, in charge of orchestra
arrangements, said enthusias
tically. The method of presenting
"Miss Husker," originated by Lee
Nims, has been held secret and
no one will know her identity or
how she will be presented until
the intermission of the gay dance
Saturday evening.
From 9 45 to 10:15 o'clock the
orchestra will broadcast over
K F.O.R. Thru the efforts of Bert
Hartzell, also in charge of arrange
ments for the affair, a special an
nouncer from the radio station
staff will be present to describe
the awarded honor which will go
to Nebraska's first "Miss Corn
husker". Tickets for the dance are
seventy-five cents a couple.
F
INAL JUDGING OF
12K0SIISKITS
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Remaining Nine Entrants
To Give Presentations
Thursday Evening.
Final judging of fraternity and
sorority skits for the Kosmet Klub
Fall review will begin tonight and
continue thru tomorrow night
when the fourteen best will be se
lected for production.
At a meeting of the Klub last
night the 1937 Prince Kosmet who
acts as prince in the court of
King Kosmet and introduces the
Nebraska Sweetheart 'on the morn
ing of the annual review which
will be held Saturday morning,
Nov. 21 at the Stuart theater, was
elected from a list of eligibles.
Prince Kosmet is traditionally the
outstanding man on the campus
who is not a member of the dra
matics organization. This year's
honored student will not be an
nounced until the morning of the
show. Bob Shellenberg, president,
announced that the presentation
planned for the Sweetheart cere
mony will be entirely different
from any ever staged, and will un
doubtedly be the most outstand
ing. Requirements Set Up.
"In order to make this year's
presentation a perfect success, no
skit will even be considered unless
every one of its participants can
sing, 'Sweet Nebraska Sweet
heart'," declared Shellenberg.
Judges for the skits will be the
seven senior members of the Klub,
Shellenberg, George Pipal, Bob
Funk, Bill Marsh, Floyd Baker,
Vance Leininger, and Ross Martin.
Judging will be based upon origin
ality, cleverness, talent, presenta
tion, and work done on the skit so
far.
Practice Essential.
"Acts which do not show a rea
sonable amount of practice and re
hearsal, positively will not be in
cluded in the show as we cannot
afford to take chances with a
group that Is likely to produce a
poor quality skit," asserted Shel
lenberg. "The preliminary view
Ings showed us that we have so
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SALETOOPEN, N0V.12
Inter-Company Competition
Features Plans for
Annual Drive.
Announcing that tickets for the
Military Ball will go on sale
Thursday, Nov. 12, Cadet Lieut.
Col. John Jarmin, chairman of the
ticket committee, outlined plans
for an intensive sales drive.
Inter-company competition will
be a feature of the drive, Jarmin
declared that "it is essential that
company commanders check out
tickets Thursday in order that all
companies have an even start in
the contest. Tickets will be is
sued by Miss Littrell at the de
partmental office."
As an incentive to greater sales,
suitable recognition is promised to
the company compiling the highest
sales record, and a bonus of one
$2.00 ticket is offered to individual
salesmen for each $20.00 worth of
tickets sold. The progress of the
drive will be determined by a
weekly check on the sales by each
company.
The tickets, priced at $2.00 for
dancers and 35c for spectators,
will also be available at Gold's,
Magee's and Ben Simon and Son's.
SET 0 I0NIGH
18 YEARS AGO TODAY
Colonel Oury Speculates on Future War;
Sees Colonial Possessions Threat to Peace
"The next war? When it comes,
it will probably originate in
Central Europe. Perhaps the
Spanish revolution will be the
match which will start another
world conflagration." The speaker
is Colonel Oury, head of the Uni
versity R. O. T. C. Regiment. In
a timely interview on the subject
which seems to be foremost in the
minds of the people of the world,
the Colonel frankly expressed his
opinions of the war situation, on
the anniversary of the day which
preceded the cessation of hostilities
in 1918.
Begin in Russia.
He believes that the clash will
probably begin in Russia, as a
climax of the undercover warfare
between the fascists and com
munists. With Europe an armed
LET'S GO BEHIND
SCENE OF PLAYERS'
LATEST OFFERING
When the curtain conies
down on the first scene of the
University Players production
"Three Men on a Uorse", it
takes the place of a starting
gun for action backstage.
Standing on a balcony on the
skeleton staircase, the Nebraskan
reporter Tuesday night watched
the entire stage rise and shake
itself. Walls of the set wavered
and went down, guided by the
property men, while other walls
took their places. Ciairs, tables,
lamps, were whisked into the
wings. Rugs were rolled, a tele
phone uprooted, an elevator plant
ed to the right and a phone booth
rolled into place at the left.
Eleanor Compton, leading fem
inine role in the comedy, disap
peared up the stairs into her
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PLEDGE SOCIETY
Legislators Hear of Fight
Of Social Chairmen
For Better Music.
Rejection of the freshmen In
t "'ledge council constitution,
suggested future legislation of the
social chairman's "four party"
rule, and acceptance of the com
mittee's proposed plan for Stu
dent Union building organization,
constituted the accomplishments of
the Student Council at its special
meeting held yesterday afternoon.
Appearing on behalf of t'.ie so
cial chairmen's organization, Bill
Hollister recounted a complete his
tory of the group, and explained
the significance of its existence
and accomplishments, since its in
stitution last November. Forbid
den by law to legislate at yester
day's meeting, the council offered
a test vote of probable acceptance
for Hollister to report to the union
and also decided to hold a special
meeting to consider the proposal
on Wednesday, Nov. 18.
Frankly stating that the reason
for the group's existence was that
the prices of the orchestras were
out of proportion to the quality or
music, Hollister outlined his com
mittee's negotiations wit'.i the lo
cal musicians union to improve
conditions.
Forced to Boycott.
"At the opening of school this
fall, we decided it was necessary
to fight the union and to take a
solid stand to gain our end," Hol
lister declared. "For this reason
we applied to the Interfraternity
council and to the Panhellenic
council, and was granted endorse
ment by both bodies."
According to Hollister, it was
only Dean T. J. Thompson's timely
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PLEDGES RECOGNIZED
BY KAPPA PHI TONIGHT
Drew Addresses Methodist
Sorority at Meeting
In Ellen Smith.
Actives, pledges and prospec
tive pledges of Kappa Phi, Meth
odist girls' sorority, will meet this
evening at 7 o'clock in Ellen
Smit'i hall to hear an address by
Rev. R. E. Drew, student pastor
of the Wesley Foundation.
Following the regular business
and program of the meeting this
evening a pledging service will be
held, with all pledges and actives
in attendance.
Pledges of the sorority will
meet this afternoon at 1 o'clock at
the Wesley Foundation.
camp, and the dictatorships of
Germany and Italy ready to fight
at the drop o fa hat, the flames of
war will quickly envelop the Conti
nent. The question is thus aroused,
can the United States remain
neutral under such circumstances ?
According to the Colonel, it is
quite possible. There are some
communists and a few fascists in
the U. S. at present, but they are
not organized and can be easily
overcome.
There are. however, two major
assurances of the neutrality of this
country, and perhaps of Great
Britain. Both countries are re
moved from the Continent. The
people learned a terrible lesson
from the World war, and this
psychology will undoubtedly pre
vail. Then, too, the recent debt
repudiations will also have an im
COUNCIL
REJECTS
CHART
R OF NEW
EDUCATORS MUST
ECLIPSE FASCISM
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Eminent Historian Believes
Dictatorship Creeping
Into United States.
Displaying the ready knowledge
that cause many to consider him
one of the most brilliant historians
and sociologists of the present day,
Harry Elmer Barnes addressed a
large audience of instructors and
students in Social Science audito
rium yesterday afternoon. His
subject, which was followed by an
open forum discussion, was "The
Raid on Education."
Fittingly introduced by Profes
sor Harold Stoke aa a "troubler of
people's minds," Stoke commented
"Every generation has its leaders
who go around making questions
in the minds of their listeners."
Such was the case with Harry El
mer Barnes.
Real Danger Fascism.
"The real danger to the teachers
of America lies in the coming of
fascism," Prof. Barnes pointed out.
Explaining the financial raid
which education has been sub
jected to, the speaker declared
that the depression proved that
bankers and politicians could not
be trusted to protect education. He
explained the "loping off" of the
financiers when it came to aiding
education.
"Another crime has been the in
tellectual raid on education. There
has been an attempt to suppress
honesty, realism and freedom in
the teaching profession. Compul
sory R. O. T. C. training is de
plorable and should not occupy
any institution," he said. "I
feel tlTat even optional R. O. T. C.
training in any institution does
not meet the demands for which it
is purposed."
Must Present United Front.
Dr. Barnes pointed out that be
cause of actions taken against one
instructor in some eastern schools,
99 others are scared into "shutting
up." Because of this fear he said
material which should be present
ed never reaches the class room.
He urged that the teachers of
America present a "united front"
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Jl
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Pastor Explains Discipline
Of Gratitude at Y. W.
Services.
Rev. J. A. McConnell, of the
First Plymouth Congregational
church, spoke on "The Discipline
of Gratitude" at the annual Ar
mistice vesper service Tuesday
afternoon at the Y. W. C. A. ves
pers in Ellen Smith hall.
"We have two choices: To dis
cipline ourselves into gratification
to God and for what He has done
for us, or either we will have to
accept the discipline of some ruler.
If we want a warless world, we
will all have to go thru more suf
fering during our lives than any
of the soldiers who gave their
lives in the last war. There is no
alternative," stated Rev. McCon
nell. Winifred Nelson, chairman of
the International Relations staff,
read "The Unknown" by Bruce
Barton. She also introduced the
speaker of the afternoon. Kathryn
Werner lead the group in a re
sponsive reading.
The vesper choir, under the di
rection of Margaret Phillippe,
sang a special number.
portant affect on the attiutdes of
the American people.
Possessions Peace Threat.
Should the rights of either na
tion be threatened, however, they
may be drawn into the conflict.
In that event, both countries will
probably line up against Russia.
The colonial possessions of the
United States may also prove a
stumbling block for international
peace. In Alaska is embodied the
very essentials, which both Russia
and Japan need namely, metals,
coal, and oil. Since Russia has no
navy of any importance at present,
she is not to be feared at this time.
Japan, however, is an ever present
menace to our northwestern
colony. In reality, the Nipponese
are far closer to Alaska than are
the military centers of this
country. So we may be forced to
defend our colonial possessions.
DE
ARES BARNES
ARMISTICE PROGRAMS TO
FEATURE JFACULTY TALKS
Professors Ennis, Lancaster,
Stoke to Discuss Peace
Subjects Today.
Armistice day speeches wiil be
given today by three university
faculty members, J. H. Ennis, eco
nomics professor, and Professors
W. H. Stoke and L. VV. Lancaster,
political science.
Professor Ennis will speak at
the Peru Teac'iers college on the
subject, "A r?glected Aspect of
Armistice Day Thinking," stress
ing particularly the importance
of the United States in world af
fairs since the armistice and the
increasing tendency toward using
might to make right.
Professor Stoke will address an
audience at the Vine Congrega
tional church at 2:30 on the sub
ject, "Peace and Its Present Day
Status." He will emphasize the
meaning of peace today and the
kind of a peace the world really
has.
Professor Lancaster will talk at
the Sheridan sc'iool to a PTA
group, on the subject of "Pros
pects of Peace for Our Children."
His address will be concerned with
the probability of war in the fu
ture. CASS LEAVES TODAY
Tl
OF SIGMADELTA CHI
Local President to Attend
National Journalism
Assembly.
Lewis Cass, president of the Ne
braska chapter of Sigma Delta
Chi, men's professional journal
istic fraternity, will leave this aft
ernoon for the Sigma Delta Chi
national convention to be held at
Dallas, Tex., over the weekend.
Ths session of collegiate journal
ists from all over the country will
have its headquarters in the Baker
hotel and extend from Thursday
thru Sunday.
According to Cass the initial
meeting of the convention will be
held in the Chrysler building pent
house on the Texas Centennial
grounds. The address of welcome
Thursday afternoon will be given
by a journalist of national repute.
An impressive array of speakers
has also been secured to enter
tain and inform the delegates
throughout the conclave.
Taking with him the national
convention exhibit of the local
chapter consisting of representa
tive work from each of the proj
ects carried on by Sigma Delta
Chi during the past year, Cass
goes to the convention as the
champion of a proposal to reduce
the initiation fee which must now
be met by men joining the organ
zation. Other business occupying
the delegates will he the consid
eration of grants of charters to
new chapters throuhout the United
States and its provinces.
The Rho Gamma Phi organiza
tion, a local journalists' group on
the South Dakota university cam
pus is applying for a charter
from Sigma Delta Chi.
w ADSWOK Til TO SPEAK
AT FRENCH LUNCHEON
Le Cerele Francais Gives
Bi-Monthly Affair
Thursdav.
Sponsored by Le Cercle Francais
the bimonthly French luncheon
will be held Thursday noon in the
Capital hotel. Prof. J. R. Wads
worth, assistant professor of ro
mance languages, will give a short
talk.
Because in some of the previous
luncheons students have not been
served promptly, arrangements
have been made for a banquet
style table and also for prompt
serving of the meal.
Everyone who has not yet made
reservations, is requested to report
to Catherine Piazza in the Ro
mance Language library. Tickets
are 35 cents.
GIIATSD1 STILL GREAT FORCE
IN INDIA SAYS PROF. CHAVAN
YIMCA l'anrl Discussion to
Be Held on 'India and
Great Britain.'
"Mahatma Ghandl is the force
that quiets India today" states
Appasaheb Chavan, of Boroda,
India.
Chavan, young professor of
botany at Boroda college, is do
ing graduate research at Nebras
ka. He will participate this Wed
nesday evening in a panel dis
cussion sponsored by the univer
sity V. M. C. A. on the subject
"India and Great Britain."
Mr. Paul M. Zeis, recently of
Princeton, and appointed this year
as instructor in political science
NO MAN FIT TO BE
PRESIDENT MILS.
Historian Explains World
Crisis to Capacity
Crowd in Temple.
There is no longer any man fit
to be president of the United
States. Harry Elmer Barnes, his
torian, sociologist, criminologist,
and newspaperman told students
at the third all-university convoca
tion Thuesday morning. Speaking
on "The Crisis in World History",
he outlined the failure of democ
racy to keep pace with present
day economic problems, and saw
ultimate fascism for America.
"Roosevelt is primarily a naval
expert," he declared, 'but he knows
more about our social problems
than the house-painter dictator
in Germany and the stone-mason
minister in Italy."
Right at hand, Barnes stated, we
have every potential resource for
an economy of abundance and
world peace. "If we had devoted
the same degree of intelligence to
developing our systems of distri
bution that we devote to produc
tion, we would not be menaced by
the past or future depressions."
Sees Historical Change.
He likened present day culture
to an antiquated cab driver,
capable of handling only a hansom
carriage, behind the wheel of a
1937 super model car.
"A man who would be ashamed
to drive a 1921 Dodge down the
street is proud of his social con
cepts that antedate Aristotle", he
asserted.
Tracing what he called the four
periods of world history, he
described typical medieval institu
tions, the trend to a national stale,
private enterprise, and the new
capitalism. These were accom
panied by the breakup of Christen
dom, abandonment of scholasti
cism for the so-called liberal edu
cation, all coming in the fourth
period of transition.
The crisis is reached, due to
outmoded economic and social
machinery, he believes, when we
must again adjust ourselves to
the scientific and mechanical ad
vances. "We must turn to some
Utopia rapidly'" he declared "be
fore the collapse comes."
"There is much ruin in any
capitalistic system, and more
ruin in the American rystem than
anywhere else."
Capitalism Doomed.
One thing, he asserted, histori
ans can afford to be dogmatic
about was the fact that it is im
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! BY CHEMISTRY CLUB
Phi Lambda Upsilon Awards
Scholarship for 94.67
' Average.
I Phillip Southwlck, chemical en-
gineering sophomore, was award
led the Phi Lambda Upsilon
(scholarship at the honorary chem
istry's banquet in the Lindell hotel
I last evening. Southwick. who had
I the highest average of any fresh
! man last year, was graded with
a 94.67 per cent in cnennsixy. nw
average of all classes was 94.62.
Resides being awarded the schol
arship, he will receive a "Hand
book of Chemistry" with his
name and average engraved upon
it, and his name will also be en
graved on the cup displayed in
Chem hall.
The banquet was also a fare
well party for Mrs. Thompson,
secretary in the chemistry depart
ment. Dr. F. W. Upson, professor
of chemistry, gave a farewell talk
for Mrs. Thompson. She was pre
sented with a e-ift bv Phi Lambda
Upsilon. Mrs. Thompson will leave
early in Decern oer 10 join ner nuw
band who has just received hi
Ph. D. degree and will teach at
Michigan State college.
in this university, will act as ref
eree for the panel.
Lazaro Gomez, and Condido C.
Sorvida will sit upon the panel as
representative Filipino students,
while Rex Aman and Howard
Wright will speak the part of
American students.
In contrast with Chavan, Gor
don Williams, whose qualifications
are a Welsh birthplace and recent
travels in England, will take the
side of Great Britain.
A similar session will follow one
week from tonight, with Mr. Zeis
again acting as referee. The same
speakers will participate, but the
Filipinos will hold chief interest.
All students of international prob
lems are invited to attend both
affairs.
COMPLEX SYSTEM