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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14, 1937 TWO THE DAILY NERRASKAN THE DAILY NEBRASKAN EDITORIAL STAFF Editor Managing Edltora. . ... . , Newa Edltora wlllard Walcott, George Plpal Don Wagner. Ed Murray Burney, Helen Pascoe, Jnna Howard Kaplan. Morrla Llpp. Barbara Rosewater. Sporta Editor Ed Steevee Society Editor Virginia Anderaon ON THIS ISSUE ' Desk Editor tascoe Night Editor pascoe Under direction of the Student Publication Board. Editorial Office University Hall 4. Business Off ice University Hall 4A. Telephone Day t B6891! Nlghtl B6882. B3333 (Journal). Associated GoHe6ide Pr Distributers of CbHe6ioleDi6o5t All Heads Are Useless When Detached "One of the most curious delusions In the world Is that if nothing is done, nothing will nappcn." That statement, when applied to the turmoil of world affairs, seems obvious. It was obvious to Walter Lippman when he wrote it in 1912. Since becoming a socially acceptable "liberal," he may not believe it today. It is certainly true that no large part of our undergraduate population be lieves in it enough to raise so much as a hand to interfere with events which vitally affect them. The approaching war offers an instance for application. No one will deny that world powers will soon begjn their mass murder, including the recently interviewed colonel, historian, and political scientist. No one would admit that "if nothing is Cone" about it, "nothing will happen." No one would declare that the average Nebraska student, for instance, is diligently searching for ways to stop or delay the approaching cataclysm. And why? Some of the university's "liberals" find an easy way to rationalize for the apathy. This is a cloistered institution of higher learning, where scholars may study in detachment from every-day existance. This is a place for contemplation and reflection, not action. Unfortunately, the authors of war conscription laws failed to take this fact into account. Certainly tne officials who give practical instruction in mil itary science take no stock in such an argument, nor do the backers of the conscription bill now in Congress, which sets the enlistment minimum at eighteen years of age. "They're going to call you from the classrooms to blow your silly little heads off," peace organizer Stuart Wright told Nebraskan readers in an inter view yesterday, "and they won't give a damn about the cloistered detachment of colleges." Interest in the problems of peace, coupled with F0LITICTJS VIEWS ORATOR ELECTION AS SMOKE CLEARS (Continued from Page 1.) of the strength of the factions, it is hard to surmise. No faction names were included on the ballot, and without their presence faction strength can hardly be judged. At any rate, it can safely be said that the Progressives were caught flatfooted, and while the boys were out basquing in the nice spring air, their opponents were out digging up votes. Whether it will last or not no one knows, but there is certainly no doubt as to which was the strongest team on the field yesterday. Proposal a Joke. The joke of the election was in the proposed amendment voted down, by a large majority. The proposal was intended to clean up politics by taking faction names off of the ballot. There is little doubt but what the proposal would have been effective if it had gone thru, in fact it would have been so effective that in order to elect a mnn you would have to write his name in on the ballot. The proposal as voted on read something like this: Are you in fa vor of striking Section 4, Para graph 5, article 4 from the student council constitution, which pro vides that in student elections the ballot shall contain the name of the candidate with his factional affiliation listed after the name, end the motion gone thru, we would have found our ballots not only without the names of the factions but without the candidates as well. Any attempt to put the candi dates names on the ballot would have required a by-law in the con stitution, which could be achieved only by a two-thirds vote of the student council. We saw a couple cf weeks ago, how the council e tood, and it is almost certain that they would never have approved placing the names on the ballot without including faction names with them. The wording of the proposal was not an accurate statement of the reform Mr. Landis and Mr. Marsh have been fighting for for the last three months. It did however, once and for all throw the matter out of the spotlight, and it looks like this column might remain Intact for a time at least. AROUND AND ABOUT (Continued from Page 1.) earth. The fascination of holding the pulse of the world, and oc casionally satisfying himself with a good piece of work he holds dearer than filthy lucre or great glory, altho a little money makes it all a lot mora fun. But this is the ideal news work er. Most of us punks fall hope lessly short of this, and the sense of our own inadequacy, our inabil ity to Kike any sort of a contri bution goes deep. Only a few are square enough with themselves to face the music and try to do some thing about it. Among such are the small bands, of which there are a lean dozen cr o, who meet over a Inner table each week with some faculty member of Ideas. The professors tell their philoso phies . candidly and strictly off the record none of this class room prettification stuff. Those ' the circle question them TlHKTY-SIXTIl YEAR Buslneta Manager Aaalatant Managera Circulation Manager 91.60 year $2.50 mailed Entered aa second-class matter at the postofflce In Lincoln, Nebraska, under act of congress, March 3, 1879, and at special rate of postage provided for In section 1103. act of October 3, 1917, authorized January 20, 1922. P u b l I a h e d every Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday. Friday and Sunday mornings of the academic year by students of the Unl. verslty of Nebraska, under the supervision of the Board of Pub lications. searchingly. All are seeking something basic, elemental something to tie to, to believe In. Like most sensitive persons, they are disillusioned, somewhat embittered, rudderless. In deep est humility they probe for some anchor. Introspection requires honesty and courage. Self-evaluation takes the added insight of perspective. But the capacity to keep trying over again demands faith. For faith abides even in doubt. "There is no unbelief." No Pass, No Push Says Critic In Kosmet Klub Show Re view (Continued from Page 1.) feel it our duty to announce, that in our estimation, it was not worth that fifty cents. As a careful reader will un doubtedly note in small type else where on this page. Miss Nebraska something-or-other was presented to the gasping audience between the acts. This continues the Klub's policy of presenting a gigjntic collosal and stupendous surprise to the audience at each performance. Monday night the added attraction was the mayor of our fair city and the legislature of the state, all in the flesh. By the end of the week the show may outdo Billy Rose's late lamented "Jumbo." A sugges tion might be an animal act in the balcony, and a flea-circus in the foyer. Quartet Under Rated. But to get to the show itself, ! wh'rh seemed a secondary consid eration to the presentation of the very charming Miss Fislar, may we repeat that we feel rather sold. The music as a whole was good, but some of the rendition was inferior to the quality of the songs. The quartet should have been given a bigger spot. There is one redeeming feature of the production, for which those planning to go and those who have already attended may be duly thankful, and that is the fact that it has only two acts. May we suggest that in 1940, when the Klub will undoubtedly present Bar-O-Ranch again, it be cut to one act. Another means of relieving the tedium would be to cut the encores short, and have fewer of them. With the slightest encouragement, any and every member of the cast would do an encore, and the audi ence became wary in the second act and fought shy of applause. If you have fifty cents to was'e, and do not tire of continuous at tempts at slapstick, most of which fail, by all means attend the show at your earliest opportunity, as you will have a very enjoyable evening. STUDENTS OF 75 HIGtf SCHOOLS TO VISIT AG (Continued from Page 1.) gan on the extension program. The program on "Institutional Management" will be headed by Donna Hiatt, Altl-ea Barada will be in charge of a discussion on vocational education and Lucille Pagoon will have charge of the program on "Child Development" Agnes Novacek, president of the Home Economics association and presiding chairman of the day stated, "This is the first time we have tried to have a conference for high school Home Economic girls and we hope to make it a success. Its success will depend in the cooperation of every girl on Ag campus." BUSINESS STAFF , Bob Shellenberg Bob Wadhama, Web Mills, Frank Johnson. .Stanley Michael SUBSCRIPTION RATE Single copy. 6 cents 1.00 a semester 11.60 semester mailed irmiiNTio ron national advistisin bt National Advertising Service, Inc Colltf Publltktrt Rttrtttntatltl 420 MADISON Ave. NiwYork. N.Y. Chicago boston ban Francisco Los anoslss Portland sattli action, might well produce results that are worth me gambling chance of Nebraska students. If a university is the Ideal place for study, and if col lege students do rank higher than average in in telligence, it follows that we are best equipped to participate in a democracy, to do what we can to promote effective legislation for peace. If you know the attitude of your congressman toward neutrality legislation, you have a head start on tne average Nebraska student. If you've ever taken any action to influence your representative, you're a downright exception. But exceptions are hardly effective in deciding questions of national policy. It takes action on the part of a large group the kind of effort that supporting a football encounter seems to require. .But not the naive marches on Washington and sit-down strikes, which at best reflect results only in the Sunday rotogravure section. The contention that mass murder has no place in the mores of supposedly Christian nations would De fiard to deny. Even if it is Quixotic to attempt tne destruction of the institution of war, which has as its sole justification the historical precedent of 6,000 years, it would seem not only a "curious de lusion," but rank stupidity to passively await the propaganda of the jingoist press, when cction is too late to be effective. The Nebraskan hopes to provoke some discus sion in its future issues of the national policy which this country will adopt in May, on expiration of tne present temporary neutrality laws. We believe sucn a duty as important as the duty to fight, and students will have ample opportunity to make their efforts effective, with the coordinated movement of the emergency peace campaign now in progress. If it results in beating the several heads of those interested against a stone wall, there is one con solation that should satisfy the doubtful: all heads, battered or whole, are of equal uselessness after tney nave been shot off. Students Confirm Council Veto of Landis-Marsh Ballot Re form Bill (Continued from Page 1.) and the other to modify factions they found that neither reform would be effective. Immediately Landis and Marsh, who had backed the first sug gested reforms, worked out a sim ple amendment plainly stipulating that faction names be abolished from the ballots. The reform would not have abolished factions, as many believed. Factions, under the reform, would have still ex isted, and candidates would still have been registered in the Stu dent Activities with their faction representation. The amendment held that faction names would not have been revealed once they had been registered in the activities office. Loses by One Vote. When the ballot in the Student Council meeting about a month ago was taken, the measure was defeated by a single vote. Much consternation and criticism of the election was made at the time of the vote. Landis and Marsh turned immediately to their final chance of pushing their sincere reform thru. A petition with one hundred signatures asking that the issue be on the ballot in yesterday's elec tion was finally presented. The Student Council sat by, powerless, to take any further action on the reform. Altho the purpose of the meas ure was to clean campus politics, and to bring more capable candi dates before the student electorate, the amendment was defeated. The spring election on May 11, as a result, will find faction names on the election ballots as has been the case in the past. WADSW0RTH TELLS OF COURSE REVISION IN 'FRENCH REVIEW (Continued from Page 1.) the fact that the time factor was the underlying reason for the poor grade in the test," writes Dr. Wadsworth. "The majority of stu dents bad had a true lapse of one to six years since their previous work in French." Lack of application in early French courses also played an im portant role. Other reasons for failure were poor health, poor teaching, leniency In marking, a complex against a French teacher and too heavy schedule when tak ing French 1. Extra Drill Given. Under the new plan French 3d students have an extra two hours a week of grammar drill in ad dition to the regular amount of reading material of French 3 classes. They receive credit for only three hours. "Realizing that the success of this venture depended largely on the type of instruction received, we assigned the 3d course to one of our most capable instructors," Dr. Wadsworth said. That the trial has been success full is assured by the student re actions. In the article Dr. Wads worth quotes various student com ments. Final impressions are fa vorable and It is probable that the five hour review section will be established on a permanent basis. Ms L: ! StMi H.UOT U KO(t 11(1 JhsL jj pACAA e t ii tor i'i'. GENERAL constitutionality of the Wagner labor relations act was upheld In a bitterly divided 5 to 4 decision by the supreme court Monday. In a series of test cases the highest bench held in favor of opinions which apperaed to broaden traditional Interpre tations of the constitution's In terstate commerce clause. Constituting a major victory for the new deal statute but still leav ing the validity of some phases un decided, the court majority, led by Chief Justice Hughes, declared the drawn-out Wagner act was consti tutionally applied in automobile, steel and clothing industries. Hailed as "labor's magna charter" by William Green, American Federation of Labor president, the Wagner act guar antee collective bargaining rights to workmen and sets up a national labor relations board to arbitrate In industrial dis putes. FIRST it was Morris Cave, muny coal and gas bookkeeper, who disappeared from Lincoln after leaving letters intimating ir regularities in his accounts that threw the city hall into a minor panic. Now it is Lieutenant Gov ernor Walter H. Jurgensen and Jules H. Johnson who have been charged with the embezzlement of $916 worth of building and loan stock in connection with a stock transaction. Pleading not guilty in muny court and furnishing the required bond, the two men will appear for a preliminary hearing April 23. FIGHTING in war-torn Spain is old news but it continues every day. Latest reports are that 3,000 soldiers of the army of Insurgent General Franco were isolated in the northwestern Madrid suburb of University City. Day in, day uot the conflict goes on. Government forces take the offensive for a brief time, and then the insurg ents launch the offense. Where's it going to end and what can be done with the battle-scarred land after peace is signed are questions that confront the many people who look to the future. EfijrS' ftft -siii::A..t..K. j jLWSncon's Fashion Cenfer Congratulations to MARY FISLAR FROSH GIRLS' HONORARY ELECTS MEMBERS TODAY Alpha Lambda Delta to Hear Dean at Meeting in Ellen Smith. Elections of new members to Alpha Lambda Delta, freshman women's honorary, will take place at a meeting of the chapter at 6 o'clock this afternoon in Miss Piper's office, Ellen Smith hall. Plans for pledging and initiation services will be discussed after the names of freshman women, chosen for high scholarship and character, have been voted upon by the members. Miss Amanda Heppner, dean of women, will describe an Alpha Lambda Delta breakfast she at tended recently at New Orleans. Miss Birdena Donaldson, dean of women at Doane college and na tional vice president of the organi zation, and eight members of the Doane chapter will attend the meeting. In the Spring a Reporter's Thoughts Turn to Features (Continued from Page 1.) ists, however, disagree on the sub ject. They find that a woman is composed of: Chlorine enough to sanitize five swimming pools. Oxygen enough to fill 1,400 cubic feet. ' Thirty teaspoons of salt, enough to season 25 chickens. Ten gallons of water. Five pounds of lime, enough to whitewash a chicken coop. Thirty-one pounds of carbon. Glycerine enough for the burst ing charge of a heavy navy shell. Glutin enough for five pounds of glue. Magnesium enough for ten flash light photos. ' Fat for ten bars of soap (at least). Iron for a six penny nail. Sulphur to rid a single dog of fleas. And only one-quarter of a pound of sugar. On the subject of spring suf fice it to say that there is some thing very potent in the lilac scented breezes sweeping over the barn-yard malls, if they can in still in the male bosom a deep feeling of affection for "enough lime to whitewash a single chicken coop." However, lest you should think that we are unnecessarily hard on the girls, may we say that we're not woman haters. We just haven't had our chance yet. "Your Drug Store" Drug Store Needs at ths Right Fries 35c Bromo Quinlns 2!Sc 60o Alka-Stlzcl 4BC 49c Bromo-Seltzer J"c 2!Sg Uaterine Tooth Pasts ...19c 35o Vlck'a Vapo Rub 29 75c Listertne Antlseptlo 59c HOC Ipana Tooth Paste 390 You will enjoy our fine Pox Chocolate. Noon lunches at our New Fountain The Owl Pharmacy P SU at 14tb Phone B1068 We Deliver Chosen "Queen oi Queens" of the Nebraska Campus by the Hollywood Comedians Congress Our sincere congratulations and best wishes to Miss Fislar. Naturally we were very proud when your "Queen of Queens" came to our store for her going away clothes. She chose a Shirley Lea white chiffon formal, a Sassie Sue travel print, California Play Suit, Artcraft Hosiery. California Sunshine Clothes Presenting Wednesday a new collection of fashions designed in the land of Sunshine. New cotton sport dresses and formals Suits Jacket dresses Multi-colored Sandals and Comple mentary Handbags. See these new California Clothes Wednesday. HOVLAND-SWAHSOH (Bullsdin Infantry Officers. The Infantry Officers associa tion will meet Wednesday, April 14, at 7:30 in Nebraska hall. All infantry officers are urged to at tend this important meeting. Methodist Girls. Election of officers of Kappa Phi, Methodist girls' sorority will be held this evening from 7 to 8 o'clock in Ellen Smith hall. Corn Cobs. j Corn Cob members will meet this evening' at 7:30 o'clock in social sciences 107B. Orchesls. Members of Orchesis will meet in the dance studio for dress re hearsal at 7 o'clock tonight. Learn to Solve Bathtub Prob lem, Choose Spring Clothes, Ridicule Lindbergh in These Tun' Courses (Continued from Page 1.) and deciding which was the more pleasant. It was helpful for choos ing your spring outfit in that you find which colors the lads prefer. After such trying decisions, we were soothed by the restful chords of the piano as we compared har monies. Wink Reflex Experiment. One of the more interesting ex periments concerned the wink re flex, with Bob Martz as subject. Literary Composition under Wimberly calls for a 1,500 word theme every two weeks but it real ly is a "fun" course. It is another course with no text, no exams, (I hope) and it gives you a chance to vent your feelings on many a sub ject preferably to "ridicule Sci ence, Lindbergh, and "a tree is a tree is a tree." Today Wimberly sent out a plea for a good ghost story. He voiced a plot for a war hero who re turned to haunt his erstwhile pro fessors, but unfortunately, the end ing has not yet been conceived. Perhaps next year's class can com plete the masterpiece. Correirs Beauty Salon 228 INo. 13 DR, WALTON TO ADDRESS DELTA SIGMA PI TONIGHT Discussion of Current Events Features Regular Meeting. Dr. William Walton, of, the psychology department, will speak this evening at 8 o'clock to mem bers, pledges, and rushees of Delta cumo r nrnf7nninnB.l business ad ministration fraternity, at the chapter house, xne securing oi uie psychology instructor is - In ac nnAarm with th fraternitv's uro gram of inviting members of the faculty 10 taiK on various cuneui. problems. irv.iinuHncr th meetlnir. the or ganization will discuss several business prouiems m wuiui ii jo ui- rectly connected. The pledging of niiaivi Knrns and Harrv KnanD. both of Omaha, and Willard Fos ter of Exeter i announcea toaay. WHITE TO ADDRESS A.I.E.E. Speaker Talks on Lightning Protection of Power Lines Tonight. G. H. White, senior in electrical engineering, will speak on "Light ning Protection on Power Trans mission Lines" before members of the Nebratka branch of ths American Institute of Electrical Engineers at a meeting to be held tonight at 7:30 in room 204 of Mechanical Engineering hall. It', a Hit! A Real Comedy Knockout! MAR ROBERTS RINEHART'S JAMM CLUSON " Tf KT WAIHI Plus Woman in Distress with MAY ROBSON Mat: to JO-19. Jmma wtHiand ntetnmi&wm lain Vcc-un mtS&