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j 1 1 IP kd LMkJ (BhuoL QampbsdL )ATT If A M 1 K H i Official Student Newspaper of the University of Nebraska VOL. XXXVII, NO. 89. LINCOLN. NEBRASKA, TUESDAY. FEBHI'ABV 22. 193o PRICE FIVE CENTS 1 1 Y WAY BACK TO WASHINGTON (While taking the regular tour ist's tour thru Mount Vernon the past summer, our New York cor respondent stepped thru a rotten floorboard and upon withdrawing his foot, he found nn ancient leather bound book balanced upon his shoe. Upon examination, the book turned out to be a priceless relic of American history. In short, it was the diary of George Wash ington, Ho Immediately forwarded it to us seven months later and to day seems a peculiarly appropriate one to unveil the real Washing ton.) Diary of George Washington. Feb. 22, 1742. Dear Diary: I take my pen In one hand and one of grandma's cookies in the other as I write my first word In the diary I Intend to keep. This Is my tenth birthday anniversary and my venture In long pants which come clear down to my knees. Papa laughed like the dickens when he saw me ni them. He said nobody needed to dis parage or knock my knees on ac count of they knocked them selves plenty and mom said father how could you say such a thing about George. Hatchet Man. Feb. 24, 1742. Dear Diary: 1 hurt where. I sit down. Its all on ac count of that new hatchet I got for my birthday. We were playing trapper and Indian and we buried the hatchet only it was in pop s favorite cherry tree. When he came home and saw it, he asked me who did It. I knew my lines and said papa I cannot tell a lie, I did It with my little hatchet. He said it was going to hurt him worse than it was me, but if he was tell ing the truth like me, my papa can sure take it. Feb. 22, 1752. Dear Diary: Here I am, regular as clock work, Not a decade goes by but what I write 'omething in you. While surveying today, our party ate lunch on the bank of the Potomac. We had an argument as to how far It was to the other side, I being the only one who said it was only a stone's throw. I proved It by throwing one across. One of the chain-gang said, "George can sure throw the pcb-bull, can't he?" We threw his body in the Potomac. Feb. 20. 1760. Dear Diary: I've met her Ht last and I'll carry her back to my old Virginia home as sure as my name is George. Martha is her first name. 1 for ge her last but I'll change that anyway. July 4, 1774. Dear Diary: Had lunch with Sam Adams, Ben Franklin and a few of theboys today at the Blue Boar inn. Most of us feel pretty hot under the collar and it isn't just the weather, either. Edmund Burke seems to be the only English " man with something besides a wig on his shoulders. For further details see your local news paper. Paul Comes Thru. April 18. 1775: Pear Diary: They fired the Fhot heard 'round the world yesterday. Paul Revere ran a winning race in the first at Lexington. It was nohle but Frank lin came thru with the prize win ning bon mot. He put on a sad face and said, 'Taul Revere won that race hands down today and I didn't even have a ticket on him for place or show." Well, it looks like I'll be pretty busy from now on. July 5, 1776. Dear Diary: The Declaration of Independence is n" signed. The English will know that we mean business now and the spirit of '76 will carry us thru thick and thin, Dec. 26, 1776. Dear Diary: It's a Merry Christmas, all right. Last night we crossed the Delaware and settled the Hessian's hash as they were settling down to muttons in Trenton. Viva U. S. Oct. 17, 1781. Dear Diary: The A United States is an independent nation! Cornwallls raised the white flag today. Aug. 25. 1785. Dear Diary: My false teeth bit me tf day when I at on them while they were in my hip-pocket. Terrible things: I can't grin when I wear them. This business of being president for the first time bums me up. No preced ents to break. Farewell. March 1, 1797. Dear Diary: I gave my farewell address to day. It's the back to the farm movement for me. I can hardly wait for my first mint julep in ten years. They call me the Father of My Country, and the "first president" but they shall nsver have a third term for me. Virginia, here I come. I)K. KUIiZ TO SPEAK ON PKOVEKBS, HUMOR Komtuicc Language .Head Talks lo YW VtSpcrs Thin Evening. Dr. Harry Kurz, chairman of the romance language department will speak at Y. W. C. A. vespers thl evening at 5 o'clock at Ellen Smith hall. "Proverbs and Hu mor" is the title of Dr. Kurz ad dress, Mary Bullock will lead devo tions. The choir under ihe direction of Maxine Federlo with Tex Roue pile Bounds at the piano will elng a special number. Block and Bridle Club to Present Ak-Sar-Ben Ball Mel Poster's Band Plays j For Annual Ag College Dance Friday. . One of the major parties of the year on the agricultural college campus, the Junior Ak-Sar-Ben ball, will be held next Friday night at the ag college activities build ing. Sponsored by Block and Bri dle club, national animal husban dry honorary, the ball will mark the opening of two weeks of prep aration for the annual Junior Akf Sar-Ben Livestock Showing con test which will be held on the evening of March 12. Thil Sutton and Earl Heady are o-chairmen In charge of arrange ments for the ball. Mel Pester and his orchestra will play for the dancing and Block and Bridle has announced a novel scheme for dec orating the activities building. Award Loving Cup. The Livestock Showing contest provides than any student of the ag college may draw an animal from among the college's livestock, and prepare and fit it for the show. To the student who best fits his animal and who, in the opinion of the judge, best presents it, a silver loving cup is awarded along with the title of grand champion showman. Last year's recipient of the award was Lawrence Buller of Utiea Neb. Ribbons are also awarded the winners in the five classes of ani mals open, beef cattle, dairy cat tle, hogs, sheep, and horses. Act ing as judge of the contest this year will be K. O. Fouts of Sew ward. Tickets for the ball are now on sale, and may be purchased from members of Block and Bridle club in advance for 30 cents for men and 20 cents for women. Officers of the club are Earl Hedlund, presi dent, Carl Swanson, treasurer, Jim Bunting, vice president, and Loyal Corman, secretary. I I Discussions Concern C.I.O.; Each Men to Speak Eight Minutes. At 7:30 o'clock this evening nine speakers will try out for positions on the debate squad in 126 An drews hall. Discussion will be on the C. I. O. Each man will have one speech of eight minutes in length, except the first affirma tive who will have two speeches, one of five, and a refutation of four minutes. Order of speaking will be de termined by lot before the try outs begin. Judging will be by former debaters and based on ma terial, treatment, and speaking. Affirmative speakers will be: Milton Gustafson, Leonard Kreu gcr, Don Nemetz, Otto Woerner, .and Merl Shoemaker; those up holding the negative of the ques tion will be Charles Spann, Philip Weaver, Harold Curske, and Leo Turkcl. ' BEADING TO FEATURE CLASSICS CLUB MEET Jaine Kflly lo (Jive Comic Recitation, 'Crock Professor. A comedy reading entitled "The Greek Professor," to be given by James Kelly, student of the class ics,department, will entertain the second meeting of the Classics club whirh is to be held Wednes day. Feb. 23, at 7:30 in room 21 of TeachPrs college. The group will play the game of charades, an old time game that is again being revived in Holly wood and New York. Songs with Florence Steuteville at the piano will include the classical favorites, "There's a Tavern in the Town," in the comic Latin version and "Uaudeamus Igltur," a Latin drinking song popular among Ger man university students for the last several centuries. Refresh ments will be served under the di rection of Margaret Saxlun, prcsi dont. JUDGE PAINrfO DISCUSS ORiENTALWAR TONIGHT Phi Tau Thcta Hears Lecture On Chinese Struggle This Evening. Judge Bayard H. Paine of the Nebraska supreme court and popu lar lecturer thruout the state, will discuss the far eastern situation at the meeting of Phi Tau Theta tonight. The Judge'! program is aimed to give the members of the Methodist fraternity a factual background for understanding better the lecturer on the Stno Japanese dispute that Is to be given Feb. 27 at Grace church by Rev. T. T. Brumbaugh, who heads the Wesley Foundation In Japan. The fraternity has organized a basketball team to compete in the intramural. tournament under the t!tle of the Wesley Wildcats. Mem beis have been bracketed for a ping pong contest which is to be run off shortly. Architects' Convention Honors Prof. L. B. Smith L':::::: !: "WMfM 'if I T.lnrnln Journal. PROF. L. B. SMITH. Prof. Linus Burr Smith, chair man of the department of archi tecture at the university, was re named president of the Nebraska chapter of the American Institute of Architects at the convention of the group in Omaha. He delivered the principal address of the eve ning meeting on "Early American Architecture." Professor Smith is also president of the Nebraska Small House society and is vice president of the state Architects association. Wishnow Represents Violin Teachers Wednesday On 19th Program. Wednesday at 4 o'clock the Phi Mu Alpha Sinfnnia, national music fraternity, will present its 39th musical convocation. Don A. Lenlz, flutist, who is director of hand and orchestra and Kmanuel Wish now of the violin faculty will represent the teaching staff on the program. Lentz wilU play two solo numbers and will appear with Wishnow in a duet. Houghton Furr, Lincoln; Minor Plumb, Irving, Kansas; Duane Harmon, Weeping Water; Thomas McManus, Lincoln, Frederick Nebe. Lincoln; Richard White, Lincoln: Herbert Cecil. St. Paul are the students participating is as follows: rtoppl.r, Ihink'nrlan IHlral Fintnry; Hllr. Scrnadr. finn frir.. RiblnMn. Stnrrfllo, Hniu-'htcm Furr. Von Webrr. ilrnnd I'oncerton, Hondo movement. Minor l'hinil. rhrnnwtih, ThB Arrow and ihf Soiie: Hnicrniitn, m Not ;n Mv Ijivt; Rogers, Thr Son. Imnn Harmon. RuvfI, TzIKim. Thoma. MiManlu. Cesar Cut. Sunt tie I'elite luo. .willn npcF, lierccunr, .vaise. Norlum.-, fcnerztno, Don Irfntx. Kmanuel Wlhnow. lr(PK. Vatfrltindl.-o hrs l.it. arranrl for hraxn ouirli't l.v Wlllanl Itol.h. HHectinn from Ofwraa, Puanr Harmon. Fri-rtirkk Ncue, llklianl Wlilm, Herbert Cecil. Mrs. Groon Will Discus Hooks for (liarm School Members of charm school will meet this evening at 7 o'clock in Ellen Smith hall to hear Mrs. Roy Green, well known Lincoln author ity on books, talk about the value of books to a charming and cul tured personality. j Recent M y f ToTtgJl stales Intrigue Instructors. BY ELLSWORTH STEELE. The resignation of Foreign Min ister Anthony Kden, the long awaited explanatory speech ol Adolf Hitler and the shifting of political control toward a stronger dictatorship In Rumania sends a wave of reaction sweeping out ward from Europe. The immediate reaction of four university pro fessors is not great alarm, hut the feeling that Kngland has again backed down. "As far as I can see, answers Prof. Paul Zeis of the political science department, "It is just an other back down' on the. part of England. Eden has been trying to stiffen the British attitude, but he has had little success. Apparently England will be more fascist than It has been, but for how long I cannot say."' Why English Navy? "I can't see what England is spending all the money on her navy for, if she is going to adopt a weak-kneed policy. It may be that if England builds her navy up so that she feels she ran handle both the far east and Med iterranean regions, she will adopt a unrereni policy. " The political scientist sees Aus - trla and Czechoslovakia as being These Girls Vie fo? Prom Girl In General Student Election I If J fclllllMII. U tCSi&jSUumM3& I I I III J fc.IH.ll.l 1IMM J MnMnwwn " ' MW.WMmmnnm ii mm ' s c& h' r ') . ti j iv Pictured above are the candi dates for prom girl who will be presented at the junior-senior prom March 4: Peggy Pascoe, S Outstanding Senior Woman Receives Award Sunday At Scholarship Tea. The twe'-e young nomer who wear the black masks and the yellow-lined hoods of the active chapter of Martar Board will en tertain over 550 sophomore, jun ior, and senior coeds at the an nual scholarship tea from 3 to 5 o'clork this Sunday afternoon. In vitations have been issued to all women students who carried 27 credit hours last year with an average of 80 or above and who arc registered for at least 12 hours during the current se mester. At the tea an award yill be presented to the girl judged the most outstanding in the senior class in leadership, scholarship, and service, and Hvo honorable mentions will also be announced. The presentation of the three prizes was an innovation first in troduced by the Mortar Board chapter last year. Dorothy Bcntz was the winner of the 1937 award. Increase in Invitations. The number of invitations Is sued this year shows an increase over the 47r sent out last spring. Genevieve Bennett is general chairman of the tea, and the other active members of Mortar Board will be hostesses. They are: Maxine Durand. Betty Cherny, Rosalie Motl. Eloise Ben jamin. Jane Walcott, dWinifre Nelson, Jane Barbour, Jean Mar vin, Martha Morrow, Donna Hi att, and Marie Kotouc. Ccrclo 1 rancais l'luus Luncheon on Thursday Noon al Grand Hold Another "dejeuner franrais'' is to be held by Le Orele Francais this Thursday, Fib. 24. in the Grand hotel at noon. Tickets may be purchased for 3! cents. Said Eleanor Kirhe, president of the club, "Tickets need not be pur chased in advance, but it is impor tant that the number of students who plan to attend be reported to Miss Katherine riar.za in the ro mance language office by Wed nesday night." MORTAR BOARD HOiNOR 550 COEDS AT ANNUAL EVENT English Action Llnculn Journal left in the lurch immediately and possibly Russia eventually, by the shift taken by Great Britain. It la his belief that majority of the Austrian are against the Hltcriza- tion of their country Ethlus Out. i Declares Trof R. A. Wlnnacker of the university history depart DeLoris Bors, Virginia Geister, LaVerne Marccy, Eloise Benja min, Bonnie Burn, and Gene vieve Hoff. JUDGES CHOOSE SKITS FOR COED FOLLIES TONIGHT Committee Selects Ranking Curtain Acts for March 24. A. W. S. board oi judges beings making the rounds tonight in the judging of skits for the Coed Fol lies of 1938. Beginning at 5 o'clock, the committee will make a tour of the 13 sorority houses and four barb houses which have entered the competition. "It is important," says Velma Eckwall, chairman of the judging committee, "that the groups be ready to present their skits as soon as the committee anives, since the committee is acting on a schedule in which each minute counts." Cup New Feature. As has long been the custom, the judges will select five or six skits and several curtain acts to perform in the final production on March 24. A new feature of the event is the awarding of the trophy cup to the skit winning the most applause, and the favorable judgment of the A. W. S. board. The preliminary judging com mittee also includes Martha Mor row, Betty Cherny, Janet Lau, Pat Tope, Helen Pascoe, Katherine Kilbuck, The schedule: TnrMlaj, Fenr. JJ. (1:1X1 Alphn Omirmn 11. VIA Kupim Alphn ThHa. A::m arrtr H II- Rnymnnd hull. :41 Alpha M IMm. : I n Sltmn P-'t- "' . (.nnmia I'hl Bel a. :4 li-lla lli.i.i .....h. y f-dnrndny, Krhr. ':. :4.1 Phi Mil. 1:iio Alpha i'hl. : I H I'l IV-ta. I'hl ":3l Howard hull. Thiirnda,. I'rbr. 24. li.M llilla (iiimnia. A:ln Mama kappa. A:!MI llnrh A. . h, Irntw. 1:1111 ( hi Omrta. "3 : 1 -1 Kitppa kappa 4Hntrn. 1::ill Hum Himlon hall. and W. II. Bowcn Discusses French Hooks, Tobacco Dr. W. H. Bowen, professor of romance languages of the univer sity, will address members of the Alliance Francaise on the subject of "Tobacco and French Litera ture" Thursday evening. The meet ing will be held at the home of Dr. M. Ginsburg, 1308 So. 14th St. at 8 o'clock. Baffles Professors ; H ..' J4 3 A v A i Inroln Journal ment, "It was a sad weekend for optimists and those people who have ajiy illusion, about the mo ral conduct of humanity, while to tie pessimist and skeptics, it fur nishes just one proof for the fact that ethics have no place in the international relations of the pres ent world." Seven Girls File For Jr-Sr Prom Queen Election TIIK WEATHER If you woke up this morning and saw a queer world out of doors, you shouldn't blame your housemother's new menu. Warmer weather makes more moisture, which rapidly de scending temperatures turns in to frost, which lights on trees and things just ask the geog raphy students. FOUR HUSKER DEBATERS START TRIP TOMORROW Squad Will Speak at Wichita, Norman, Oklahoma City During Tour South. Four Nebraska debaters will leave tomorrow morning for Wichita where they will engage in two debates that evening. From there they will go to Norman and Oklahoma City, returning to Lin coln Saturday evening. During the tour they will appear in two radio forums and three or four high school debates. The unicameral type of legislature will be the topic of discussion, To,,ij r , ... ; ,....) ir . 1 1 : . roub will be on the affirmative I team and Eugene Curtiss and Paul Bstandig will uphold the negative. William Harlan and Russell Souchek will debate on compulsory arbitration with Cheighton univer sity at Council Bluffs, Iowa, March 10. I.S. CAN SUPPLY CLARK Larger Navy Unnecessary Says Convo Speaker From Denver. "We can't lose out there no matter who wins the war, for only the United States is in a position to supply the raw materials and manufactured goods which Japan and China need." Thus Dr. Grover Clark of Den ver University who spoke to an all university convocation Monday disposed of the question of Ameri ca's entrance into an oriental war to protect her economic interests. "American trade cannot be dam - I aged by either Chinese or Japanese ! domination," said the convocation j i speaker. "Whoever wins will of necessity trade with the United . States because of the scarcity of natural raw materials." U. S. Exports Increased. Pointing out that ttie value of j time, beginning at 7 o'clock to American, exports has steadily in- j night at the Temple theater. creased with Japanese penetration ! "All roles have not yet been sat 1 into Manchuria and China, Clark j isfactorily filled," stated Winfield said that application of sanctions i Elias, president of the Klub and on me purchase of silk and the sale of cotton in trading with Japanese industrialists could stop the conflict within three months. Neverthless the economist de clared he was not advocating that the U. R. enforce sanctions alone. "The "United States has no more right to stop Japanese aggression by herself than has a gangster to compel a group of people to do certain things at the point of a gun." Sanctions should be applied only by the united action of a group of nations endeavoring to (Continued on Page 4.) Prof W. H. Werkmeister, who has recently returned from an ex change professorship in Germany, emphasizes the fact that the two fundamental conceptions for pnei fying Europe must be remembered when an evaluation of current happenings is mude. The system which strives for peace through collective security and culminates in the League of Nations has been used by the former allies in main taining the status quo in Europe. Therefore, Werkmeister explains, it has been unacceptable to Ger many, and so she has developed and advocates a system of bi lateral agreements for Europe. Eden Is Key Man. "What I see in the British crisis is this. Eden was basically repre sentative of collective security, and if he is now being replaced by Lord Halifax, that would mean that England is accepting in prin ciple the idea of organizing Eu rope on the basis of bi-lateral agreements." Looking behind the scenes in England, Dr. C. E. McNeill, pro fessor of economics, sees that "it Is evident that the resignation of Eden as foreign minister is at lesst in part due to the unwilling ness of an Influential faction in the conservative party In Great Britain to watch without action the progress of measures drawing (Continued on Tege 4.) Marccy, Burns, Hoff; Bors, Benjamin, Geister, Pascoe Compete. i With the first general election of the prom girl approaching, seven juniors and seniors have filed their candidacy ror the honor. Tuesday, March 1st, students will : east their ballots for the office, deciding between Eloiie Benjamin, j DeLoris Bors. Bonnie Burn, Vir ginia Geister. Genevieve Hoff, La Verne Marccy, and Pegg-y Pascoe. Three dnys later, at the prom, the winning candidate will be revealed and presented. Of the candidates, three are juniors and four are members of the senior class. This year the prom committee. In order to give the position of prom girl more prestige, has opened the election to junior women and provided for an all campus election in place of the door election that has formerly been held at the proms. Three Juniors, Four Seniors. Th.? senior candidates include, Kloise Benjamin, Alpha Omicron Pi, a student in Teachers' college and a resident of Lincoln; Gene vieve Hoff, a member of Sigma Kappa and enrolled in Teachers' college from Wisner; LaVerne Marcy, a Teachers' college senior from Lincoln and a member of 1P. .. !.?sy a ?, Fremont, who attends ag college and is a member of Chi Omega. Juniors up for the prom girl election are DeLoris Bors. who is registered at the agricultural col lege, lives in Wilber and belongs to Alpha Chi Omega; Bonnie Burn, a Phi Mu Teachers' college student who resides in Lincoln; and Virginia Geister, a member of Pi Beta Phi who lives in Garland and is enrolled in Teachers' college. Band Announced Tomorrow, At the same time as the prom girl election, the Daily Nebraskan will hold a poll on various student problems. The voting will take place in the Temple theater all day next Tuesday with the mem bers of the Student Council pre siding over the polls. Ed Steeves, co-chairman of the prom, promises that the band will be announced on Wednesday that will play for the affair. FINAL TRY-OUTS 10 END TONIGHT ' i ..,.,. ii,,u r;,i c.,i ' KOSmet KlUO FmClS Several Good Roles Not Filled Last Week. Kfismet Kluh will conduct try outs for parts in the 193S Spring Show, "Hadies' Ladies," one more general chairman of production for "Hades' Ladies." "Due to the inclement weather prevailing dur ing last week's try-outs, we feel that perhaps some students were prevented from appearing who wished to compete for a part." Iverson Judge. Although some roles have been filled as a result of last week's try-outs. Elias reiterated thut there is still ample opportunity for students to win a good part in the show, since "Hades' Ladies" carries an unusually large number of speaking characters in its cast. Joe D. Iverson, director of the 19"S show, will again be present tonight along with Klub members to judge try-outs. Only speaking parts are now being considered. Try-outs for the singing and danc ing choruses, each compoted of twelve members, will be held at a later date. Cast Must Ee Eligible. "Hades' Ladies" is a two act (Continued on Tage 4.) ALL MlmlCERS INVITEDTO TEA DANCE Eing Miller's Orchestra Plays For Saturday Affair At Cornhusker. Jane Walcott, Honorary Colo nel, and the Sponsors club hav issued invitations to all R.O.T.C officers to be present at the te dance to be held Saturday after noon at the Cornhusker hotel be tween the hours ot 3 and a:3u o'clock. Bing Miller and his orchestra will play for the danciing, and the group has been well recommended to the military department for ita rhythmic arrangements of current songs. Katherine Adams has been ap pointed chairman of a committee to arrange for refreshments, and Margaret Hendricks is in charge of tsiulng invitations. Each com pany sponsor has submitted the names of two girls whom she wishes to be present, and Invita tions will be sent to them. ODE LADES f V ... rf 3 i ... .M 'i l I v.; .. !: L -