Daily T IT """1 il H EBRASKAN The Dean Offers a Word of Advice Last Day For Annual Proofs Official Student Newspaper of the University of Nebraska VOI. XXXVI NO. 62. LINCOLN, NEBRASKA. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1936. PRICE FIVE CENTS: PETE BURNSW1LL HEAD ENGINEERS' WEEK ACTIVITIES 224 Vote in Tuesday Election To Place Roger Wallace Secretary-Treasurer. Pete Burns was elected chair man of this year's Engineer's Week committee, and Roger Wal lace was elected secretary-treasurer in balloting yesterday, when a total of 224 valid votes were cast by student engineers. Burns was nominated by the American Society of Agricultural Engineers, and his activities in clude secretary-treasurer of that society, captain of R. O. T. C, member of the Engineering Ex ecutive Board, and Fhalanx, hon orary advanced drill course. Wallace was nominated by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers of which he is vice pres ident He is a member of Sigma Tau, honorary engineering schol astic fraternity, Pershing Rifles, honorary basic drill organization, and a captain in the. R. O. T. C. To Organize at Once. Burns stated that he will or ganize his committee in the very near future, sending out notices to the various departments in the engineering college to choose their respective department heads. On the committee, in addition to these department heads who tt-ili ho in rVinrre of arrangements in their respective departments, will be men peisonallv selected by Burns to handle such matters as advertising banquet, field dav, campus structure, rinioon saics, and window disnlavs. These men will in turn chose committees to serve under them. The annual en gineering college exposition will be held in the spring, probably concludiiy on the same day as the traditional Ivy Pay ceremonies. Trof. D. H. Harkness was in charge of counting the ballots in yesterday's election, and asisting him were members of the Engin eering Board including Lowell Newmeyer Harold Hafner, Eman uel Olson, Morris Anderson, and Paul Rader. LC. IN CONCERT TONIGHT Choir to Appear in German! mitted by last year's Prom chair- ru t n ftnron-i I men. Eili Marsh and Marylu Pet- LnriSimaS rrOgram ai crsen. The paper outlines all the Phriction Phnrrh Iwork of the committee including Ulll lilldll lIIUI Ul. I difficulties they encountered and suggestions for their avoidance Presented entirely in German. ! this ve.ar and in the future, the annual Christmas concert of: Be'rnstejrl Urge$ Co-operation, the Lincoln Sacngcrehor will be i .. given this evening at 8 o'clock at ' w are co-operative group, t he First Cmistian church, located ! Bernstein advised the committee at 3 6th and K streets. Thedore C. ' only get the best Piers, radio director of the School i results and the best party if we of Music is in charge of the pres.! together. For that reason . ,. j i please do not confine all your at- Composed of German speaking ' Mention and thought to your own people living the the vicinity of ; rnmAUe but instead make i i .u v. . (i,i. , whatever helpful suggestions you Lincoln, the choir includes a num-i , J , . . ., ,,,., j can to other groups, her of university students and lac- . ' . ultv members. The opening numbers of the pro. cram will be oficred by the Sacn- gerchor and will include "Gott j grusse dich" by Muccke, "In stiller i jCacht" by Brahms, H'Tbei. "O ihr Glaeubigen." Stille Nacht" and' "Eher sei Got.t in dor Hohe" A spe- j rial organ selection, Beethoven's fiom 5th Symphony will be played ; by lrma Schat preceding the flee- I ond divisoin of the choir's pro- i pram. "Huet du dich" an old German j air; Legcnde by Tschaikowsky. and Abschied vorn Walde by Men delssohn will make up the second part of the choir's presentation. Following these numbers a ladies chorus will sing Dcr Wcinachts baum by Jaeger, Verlorene Heimat by Kam.permn.nn, and Morgenliod by Edwin Schultz. The concluding numbers offered by Saengerchor will be Keg-naifs Trennung achmerz and Kremser's Dankge-bet- TO PRESENT Misses Klinker 'and Morely Will Play Two Piano Selections Today. Two piano music played by Mar guerite KJinker and Frances More ly will make up the program lor the eleventh musical convocation, Wednesday afternoon, at t o'clock in the Temple. Eoth Miss Klinker and Minn Morely are professor of piano at the School of Music. Three movements of "Sonata in T Mapor," by Mozart, Allegro con npiritu. Andante, arid Allegro mol to, win open the recital. "Theme und Variations" by Binding, "'Lb Nuit. L'Amour," by Rachmaninoff, and "Foeme," composed by Greich aninow, will also be played on the two pianos. Miss Klinker and Miss Morely will play then "Spiritual and Blues" by Tansman before they conclude their prop-am with the very popular two piano number The Elue Danube Waltzes" com posed fx Strsuss-Srhulz-Evler. The elections hfn-e been adapted iw two marios by Abtam Chasms. J A Word to the Student The old saw "a stitch In time save nine" may have Its applica tion to a student's scholastic record. It, I believe, can be demon strated that in other years students In considerable number have used a portion of their Christmas vacation to advantage in review ing subjects In which they were having difficulty. So strongly do I believe this to be true that I urge you to try it. That Is, If I were having difficulty with my mathematics, English, chemistry, etc., I would make a serious effort to see my instructors of such courses before the Christmas holidays. I would get their suggestions as to the subject matter I should review In order to get a better under standing of their respective courses. Such a planned program of study need not, I believe, seriously interfere with your vacation. In truth, if such a plan is worked out and followed, it more often than not brings a sense of satisfaction that comes from having done a task well. Courses that at times have seemed difficult have been mastered through such a planned program. It's worth trying. Let's work a bit, let's play a bit, but above all let's make our vacation count for something. Yours sincerely, T. J. Thompson, Dean. PROM CHAIRMEN T PLANS Committee Appointments Open Activities of 1936 Board. Announcement of sub-commit- tees for the Junior-Senior Prom was made at the committee's first meeting yesterday afternoon un- o'er the direction of co-chairmen, "-" c Betty Magee was appointed to act as secretary for the group. Members of the committees are as follows: Presentation, Al Mose man and Rosalie Moll; orchestra, Web Mills and Eetty Magee, chap erons, Bob Wadhams and Virginia Anderson; tickets, Bob Martz and Marie Kotouc; and publicity. Bill Clayton and Genevieve Bennett. Stressing the importance of im mediate action, Miss Walcott ad vised the committee to "'start work on individual tasks without delay. Eegin making your arrange ments the day you return from vacation so that we will not be rushed when the time for the Prom draws near." Chairmen to Make Estimates. Miss Walcott also advised the members to meet with last year's committee chairmen to ju epaie 1 an cstimte of their costs neces sary for the party. She announced that these estimates will have to be prepared by the first meeing of the group held upon returning to school in January. P.erstein read the report sub- chestras for the party, Bernstein explaned the monetary limitations ( Continued on Page S.I T OFNEVYORK CONCLAVE DeBaufrc, Haney to Speak Before Engineers at 7:30 Tonight. A report on the !j"th annual meeting of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, held in New York Ci1y the first week in December, will be made at a meet ing of the local society tonight at 7:0 in room 200 of Mechanical Engineering hall by Profesors W. L. DeBaufre and J W. Haney, who represented Nebraska there. A technical paper on Metallic Heat Insulation will also be read by Ward Tefft. At the New York meeting, Prof. ' DcBaufre presented a paper in the thermodynamic discussion group entitled "The Method of Comput- I ing the Thermal Properties of Ox- ! ygen and Nitrogen, and the Der ivation of the New Equation of the i State Therefore." Prof. Haney, j who is a manager of the national ' society, attended a number of bus iness pensions. j 0 SUBMIT INITIAL TUESDAY University Graduate, Bolivian Missionary, Dons Highlander ml Costume for Geography Talk Dressed in tbe native coKtumes of tbe highland Indians of Bolivia and exhibiting sjiecimer.s depicting the life of these people, Frot and Mrs. Samuel R. Loo mis, educative rrusfcionBTier from near La Paz, Bolivia, addressed and apprecia tive audience of students in Latin American and economic seography classes today. Prof. Loomis will be remem- beted a Ftu3'nt in the geo- rrnphv dftiurti'nt at Nebraska V, from which be was graduated Andrews, Temple Stands Sell Awgwans for Today Stands to distribute the Awg wan will be maintained in the Tempie building and in An drews hall today from 9 a. m. to 3 p. m. Because of request of faculty, the stand in Social Sci ence was changed to the Tem ple, and both sales posts will be limited to one day. All those students who desire to purchase or pick up their December issue may do so to day. Following this afternooti Awgwans can be secured in the office located in the basement of University hall. CONFIDENCE RECOVERY OAKLAND BANKER Newmann Blames Federal Experiments for Slow Advances. "Business lacks the confidence that is necessary for advancement, simply because of experimentation in the federal government" com mented C C Newmann, cashier cf the Oakland Farmers' and Mer chants' National rwnfc, tmcn ad dress before a professional meet ing of Bizad students in social science auditorium Tuesday morn ing. In his talk entitled "Biog raphy of a Country Bank," the visiting speaker displayed a huge chart depicting the last 20 years of local banking history and its relationship to national economic conditions. "As long as this lack of confi dence exists there can be no great increase in re-employment, the prime requisite lor recovery, Newmann declared. "The oasis oi prosperity is employment, ana that is the problem that the gov ernment hfls failed to solve. I do not believe, however, that un employment should be the problem of the administration, but instead should fall to the hands f indus- Chart Shows Improvement. General trends as shown by the chart indicate improved condi tions. The chart, which is about 15 feet wide and 9 feet high, is segregated into separate columns for .each year in the period from 3916 to 3936. It is plainly marked with various colored lines and bars representing the changing totals in amount of production, deposits, exports, federal reserve bank in dex of production of durable goods, federal reserve bank index of production of consumers goods, construction and public improve ments, demand for- new capital. and the gross public debt. 'Tne high war prices were fol j lowed by ouickly descending prices ana general cuiicuuojib jh 3 K0," Newmann stated. "In that year, lor the first time de posit fell below the loans. For this reason, our oank reversed a policy whien had been in existence since its origin; v.e urged xioining but short time loans." Was Rosy Until '29. In 3V1'2 and 3923, the bank's de posits began to regain their (Continued on Page 2) Corn Cohs Meet Tonight, Cheek in Yearbook Sales A meeting of Corn Cob pep organization will be field to night at 7:15 o'clock in social Science, room 101, Web Mills, president, announoed. All mem bers are requested to be pres ent and to bring their Corn dusker salesbooks. wjth the class f '30. Before going to his present position, be occupied a place as instructor at College View High School. Since leaving Lincoln, be has spent six years on tbe high plateau of central Bolivia. Skulls of the early Indian eople and two specimens of shrunken heads were included among the tughly interesting exhibits shown. Tbe latter exhibit, states Prof. Loomis, is representative of an art as yet considered secret among t he lndisns on th eastern slope vt the central Aades. WHITE SELECTS POUR DEBATERS IN FINAL TRIALS Curtiss, Steifler, Kreuger, Wintroub Form Varsity Forensic Squad. In one of the keenest competi tive varsity debate tryouts of many years, William Curtiss, Rob ert Steifler, Leonard Krueger and Ernest Wintroub were judged the four best debatjrs from the eleven who argued in room 12S of Andrews nail late iasi evening. The question for discussion was. "Resolved that conrress should be empowered to pass minimum hours and maximum wages in in dustry." The four orators chosen will form the nucleus of the sec ond term squad of the year. Judges for the contest were Joseph Ginsburg, George Healy and Col. George E. Price, all at torneys at law in Lincoln. Colonel Price was former law librarian at the university. About two weeks ago names were drawn by lot to determine the side to be debated by each debater. Immediately be fore the debate the names were again chosen by lot to determine the order of speaking1. Spoke Eight Minutes. Each speaker, with the excep tion of the first affirmative speaker, was allowed eight min utes in which to speak. The first affirmative speaker was allowed a five minute main speecn ana a four minute refutation. Competi tion was entirely individual and was irrespective of side or order. According to Joseph Ginsburg, who has attended the tryouts for eight years, the competition was the greatest of any year that he has witnessed. So gTeat was the competition that the results came in slowly. Robert Wadhams, Eu gene Curtiss, Forrest Wilke, Ed ward Murray. Byrle Shuck, Brice Smith and Charles Reilly also competed in the affair. The first debate scheduled for the new squad will be held with California here on Wednesday, Jan. 6. The debate will be on the minimum hours and maximum wages question and will be held in the Lincoln high school Coach White will announce within the next several days the placings of the four debaters. I0RSE ON G. E. INTERVIEWS A.I.E.E. to Announce Rules Of Electricity Thesis Writing Contest. Special feature of tonight's meeting of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, to be held at 7:30 in room 2f4 of Mechanical Engineers halL will be talks on. "My Conversation with Mr. M. M. Eoring." which will offer confiden tial information and advice to the junior class in electrical engineer ing from the senior class in re gard to their meeting with Mr. Boring, interviewer for the Gen eral Electric Co., on Dec. 32. Among the senior speakers will be Joe Chamberlain, Sherwood Gaylord, Marvin Drake and Brv'ce Wyman, all of whom were given positions as a result of their in terviews with Mr. Boring and who will probably begin work about a week after graduation in a year's (Continued on Page 2.) J Ratings Received for Plans For Aviators' Club, Restaurant. The jteeojid "long problem" of the year in the department of architecture was "An Aviators' Club" and "A fiesta u rant on tbe Highway." Howard Murphy, 27, Lebanon, and Deane Jenkins. "Zi. Hold.'ege, shared highest honors by being awarded "First Men tion" for their drawings of An Aviators' Club." Paul Eader. 29, Fairbury, rated second with '"Men tion." In the group entitled "X P-estaurant on the Highway," Jean Whinnery, 3P, Grand Island, re ceived first place with a "'Men tion." The Aviator's Club was to be located, theoretically, tin the bor der ol a large open ppa.ee north west of Lincoln. Jt was to pro vide for a club house, a school, quarters for mechanics and serv ants, a scientific museum and li bra ry. hangars for the members and guests' planes, quarters for instructors and garages. Cater to Parties. The Restaurant was jtupposedly to be located on a slight elevation one mile beyond tbe city Emits of Lincoln, on the north Bide of O street extended to this point It was to be boiit to ester especially to small parties, and evening din ers. The dining room must erve 3CKJ persons, as well as accommo date a small orchestra, antf leave adequate ro:m l"r dancing. Card (Continued on Page Z i 'No Royal Road to Qreatness,' Editor Tells Journalists THE TEN OUTSTANDING NEW S STORIES OF 1936 Selected by Editor J. E. Lawrence 1. Stories relating to incidents surrounding the recent English governmental dispute culminating in the abdication of Ed ward VIII. The re-election of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Uncontested nomination of Governor Alf M. Landon of Kansas at the Republican National Convention at Cleveland. Mussolini's conquest of Ethiopia, which represented the death knell of the league of nations as a peace maintaining insti tution. Drouth of 1936. Invalidation of AAA and other New Deal measures, which aroused much adverse criticism of the supreme court. The execution of Bruno Hauptmann. President Roosevelt's visit to Rio de Janeiro, including activity of Cordell Hull in effecting reciprocal trade treaties. Recent Spanish revolution. Dispute between American Federation of Labor and CIO, which threatens to revamp all organized labor of the nation. 5. 6. 7. 8. 10. SETEORYULETIDE Numbers by St. Paul Choir To Feature Christmas Services at 7:30. Solemnizing the holiday spirit the ag executive board will pre sent its annual Chirstmas program this evening at 7:30 in the student activities building. The program will be directed by Marjorie Francis and Earl Heady. The feature of the program will be the appearance ot the St- Paul Sunday Evening choir under the direction of W. G. Tempel, voice instructor of the school of music. The choir will sing. "A Child Is Born In Bethlehem" Ey Kinscella, "O Lord Most Holy" by Franck, and "Ave Maria". Art Barnebey will be heard in the tenor parts while Lucile Reilly, soprano, will sing the solo in "Ave Maria". The choir will be accompanied by Paul W. LeBar. Candle Ceremony Planned. Miss Neva Webster will open the program with violin music. She will be accompanied by Helen Phares. Then, a special ceremony will attend the lighting of the candles. Each candle will represent one year in the life of Jesus. The St Paul choir will sing its three selections followed by a reading. "Christ's Christmas Tree", by Margaret Jennings. A quartet composed of Howard Wright, Arnold Reed, Ellice Emith and Ted Johnston will sing "The Holy Night" and "No Room In the Inn". Mrs. Altinas Tullis, instructor in chorus, will lead the audience in the singing of "O (Continued on Page 3.J Petition Effects Change In I)iitriIiiition Outers Daily Nebraskan will here after be distributed in Temple building and the Awgwan in Temple and in Andrews hall. Awgwan did not appear in Social Sciences yesterday morning as scheduled because of petition signed by instruc tors in that building protest ing that the sale caused too much disturbance in the halls. r AG CAMPUS STAGE PROGRAM TONIGHT Presidential Electors Violate State Law: Aylesuorth Seeks Revision in Next Legislature Because Nebraska presidential electors will have to violate a state law an order to conform to a fed eral law in officially electing the president of the United State Prof. L. . Aylesworth of the po litical science department has pre pared a bill which will probably be introduced in the coming ses sion of the state legislature and which will bring the Nebraska law up to date Pix)fssor Aylesworth maintains that the federal law. brought about by the Lame Duck amend ment, states tliat the presidential election will be canvassed on Jan, , while the Nebraska law holds that the electors of this state shall meet Jan S and again Jan. 31 to cast the state's vote for the presi dent Seeks Confirmation. F-egardless of this discrepancy, congress alone has the power to designate the time the electors shall meet, and it is the purpose of Professor Aylesworth to see that the Nebraska law is brought tbout to conform with tbe national statutes. "In JP1T Nebraska initiated a decided improvement in the presi dential ballot by removing the names of all candidates for elec Reporters to Got Beat, Photographed Today All Daily Nebraskan report ers are requested to report at the managing editor's desk be tween 3 and 5 o'clock this aft ernoon. A photograph of all staff members and reporters will be taken at 4 o'clock today in the campus studio. Beats will be reassigned at the desk this afternoon. With a number of beats as yet unas signed, students who wish to report the rest of this semes ter and the next can receive assignments today. R. G. FILLEY SPEAKS TO Y.M.C.A. MEMBERS .S. Rural Economics Professor Concludes Series of Financial Talks. Prof. P- C. Filley. chairman of the department of rural economic, will be the speaker at the meet ing of the University V. M. C. A.. in the 'V" rooms of the Temple building at 7:15 this evening. Con cluding a series of discussions on economic question. Prof. Filley's address will be on the subject of "Ovoperst itves in America. His presentation will follow a similar discussion on "European Co-operatives" led last week by Dan Wil liams. Interested in 1h development of rural economics for many years. Prof. Filley has urged the estab lishment of farmer's co-operatives. Just recently he wrote a book on the subject. The speaker, accord ing to Howard Kail cn born. "Y" cabinet member, has a very per tinent discussion to present "Because more co-operatives are being formed in Nebraska every year, 1 his subject ha.s become very important." declared C. V. Hayes, secretary of the Y. M. "r ganization. "Many students come from towns and cities in Nebraska where co-operatives are already working, therefore we have great ly emphasized the subject" Howard Kalteribom. a pre- aw senior majoring in economies, will be the chairman of the meeting. All students interested in eco nomics, will tie the chairman of the meeting. All students inter ested in economics and 1 he univer sity "Y" are urged to att'nd. tors. Since then 30 or 32 other States have followed her lead. Eut. on the other hand. Nebraska law governing the a.ction of the presi dential electors is years and years behind the times. It still provides that they are to meet at tbe capi tal in January. It still provides for choosing a messenger to take one certificate to Washington. The time of meeting was charged by federal law in lMt." declared Dr. Aylesworth. Ho Mettenger. "A federal law of li-CS changed the numfK-r of certificates and eliminated the messenger. Owing to the failii'.e to amend our law. tbe group of Nebraska electors who met in January. 352iit. were much disappointed and aggrieved to find that they had been squab bling over who should receive a political tidbit the messengership that no longer existed. They then complained about the mis leading condition of the law. and insisted that the statutes be brought up to date. However, nothing has j-et been done. Last week the governor had to notify the 1636 presidential electors for Nebraska to violate the Nebraska law. in order to conform to the higher fedral laws." the political science professor declared. Lanreiice Hits Distortion Of Aews for Dramatic Adaptation. "There is no royal road to greatness" James E. Lawrence, editor of the Lincoln Star, told nearly 125 journalism students assembled in convocation last night, "and no paved highway to journalism. You read, study 'and. grind. You must read and "study the outstanding stones." Calling the story of King Ed ward VIII's adication, "the great est of all time," Mr. Lawrence commented on the tremendous possibilities in the development of of the story, the emphasis placed on significance of the historical aspects of the event rather than on the clothes of Mrs. Simpson and the trivialities connected with the affair. In connection he stated "Trying to seek a balance between that which is old and good and that which is old and vicious: and that which is new and good and that which is new and destructive. Isn't that a full time for any re porter ?' Flays Misrepresentation. Attacking the tendency toward dramatization in types of radio presentation of news, th? editor declared that "The American newspaper is confronted with the problem of meeting headon. in collision, with fraudulent and mis leading interpretations of the news." Youthful journalists must real ize that the eternal search for truth and accuracy, should be the underlying spirit bf the reporter; that the satisfaction one derives from "digging to the bottom of a story" should again become the foundation of American journal istic endeavor. Mr. Lawrence listed the ten most important stories of the year as he chose them and his reaving for the choices. These will be found in a box on page one of this issue. Speaking on "Journalistic pun ishments and Rewards," Gayle G. Walker, director of the School of Journalism, prefaced the speaker of the evening in a discussion of the effects of the November elec tion on the ration's press. "Seventy-five or eighty percent of the nations newspapers proved them selves to be wrong and found that in defeat there were benefits and rewards. Extrovert editors became introverts for a while and were taught the need for humility. Need For Organization. Mr. Walker indicated that the i use of wrong symbols in the I attempt to shift public opinion has ! redirected editorial attention to 'need of editorial stocktaking and (responsibility to the reading pub ; lie. He suggerted the establish ment of journalistic foundations (for the collection and distribution I of news about the press: research and investigation: to act in the 'capacity of an organization to j Continued on Page 4.) E IE CERCLE FRANCA1S Pere JMoel Will Distribute Presents to Guests at Christmas Party. j Games, dancing, singing and a ! program will constitute the even ' ing's entertair.meTit at the Le Cer jcle Francais Christmas party this evening at fi o'clock at the home of John Nesbitt. 12" North 45th 1 Street. j All persons -desiring transpor , tation ate asked to report lo M;ss Katherine Piazza in the Romance ! Language library in University Hall. Cars will leave from the . Temple at 7:4-0. i Each one attending: is required to bring a ten cent gift. Pere Noel will distribute these gifts at the end of the evening. P-efreshments will be served buffet style. Tea cents collected from each member of the club attending will pay for decorations and refreshments. Miss Gr-ace Shelley and Fred Cahill are in charge of the pro gram. Assisting Miss Plaza with general arrangements are Lenore Teale. Eleanor Eiche. and Robert Stookey. ALL STUDENTS RETURN ANNUAL PROOFS TODAY Marsh Sets Deadline Individual Pictures In Cornhtisker. for Today is the deadline for re turning Corohusker prvAt of in dividual tumor. r-njOT. sorority ! and fraternity picture of Town j isend studio. I Panels of pictures are to be I made Dec. 36 and if proofs are not returned t the photographer, rtudo employe will make the I selection of individual picture I Deadline for having pi-lures (taken has passed and no more ln ( dividual picturej can be taken for inclusion in the Comhusfcer. ac cording tc Bill Marsh, editor of ithe yearbook.