Haiti v 1LJTKX1UJL mil ; i X LkL) Official Student Newspaper of the University of Nebraska VOL. XXX VII, noTHw LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, MAY 20, 1938 PRICE FIVE CENTS A KILLING KAMFAIGN VAN ROYEN GOES I 0 WORLD CONVO AT ISIERDAM We watched spellbound as our companion of the moment slowly raised his arm and hand, contain ing a tightly rolled weapon, and advancing upon his unsuspecting victim, brought his arm down with a swish that culminated in a thud. "Well," he said in a self-satisfied manner, after brushing the dead fly off the table, "I seen my duty and I done it."' "You done it all right," we agreed. "But how do you figure it was your duty instead of your wanton lust for killing?" "Why, it was my duty to hu manity. It was my social obliga tion to kill that filthy-footed fly." "Elucidate," wc commanded. "Don't you remember your third grade science? Don't you know that killing one fly in May is the same as killing two million flies in July or August?" "How's that?" we stooged. (Of course, you know what he means all the time, but we're just drag ging this out and making it plainer for the other guy. You know how dumb the other guy or cal always is. Puts a burden on you and me, but we just have to bear it.) Mathematical Flics. "It's like this," he explained. A fly is exceptionally efficient lit the practical art of race re production. The fly multiplies quicker than a calculating ma chine." "They add and subtract, too," we added, hoping he'd ask us what we meant S3 we could crack the quip. He did. 'They add to my discomfort and they subtract from my pleasure. They also divide my attention. Now what was that you were saying about multiplication?" "A flv multiplies with several times the rapidity of a rabbit. You I know how the Bible reads. Sham begot. Japhet and Japhet begot Obadiah and Obadiah begot Hoab, and so on for quite a few pages. Well, when human beings de scend from their ancestors it takes thrm a little matter of decades. But a fly don't waste time. A fly gets right down to business. He propagates profligately and so do all of his oflspring." "Just one thing," we Inter rupted. "When does the fly propa gate? Everytime I see one, he is walking in a sugar bowl, crawling 1- - oli.f tAfiflflr im flv paper." "Why, er, ah" said our com panion,, at a temporary loss. "I'm not sure. He must do It after busi ness hours. Surely he must go home some time so as to. let the wife and kiddies feast on what he has been able to collect with bis feet during the day." "Ugh," wc shuddered. "Oh, that isn't so bad. You know that grapi's for wines art crushed by peasants walking bare foot over thorn, don't you? "Then we're on the wagon from now on." Left Kill. "But to get back to the sub ject. Flies are man's worst en emy. Couple that with the old adage 'an ounce of prevention Is worth a pound of cure' and we arrive at the conclusion that the quicker you get around to fly killing, the better. Because a dead fly cannot propagate, un less there is some truth to re Incarnation theory, we should kill all we can In May. If every honest citizen would say to him self every morning in May as he got out of bed, "I will kill the first fly I see this morning" there would be very few flies left to propagate.' "A good tneory," we said lowly. 'But why not use It to an economic advantage. For In stance, If we let all the filet live, then there will be millions of fliet In July and August, won't there? Well, then we could tet up a WPA project and equip them with fly-iwatten to lean on and maybe even a hunk of fly paper or a canltter of In tectlclde." "No good." he taid. "Creating Jobt It not comparatively at good a thing at preventing the spreading of germt. I ttlll hold out for a fly-killing campaign. So do we. Assistant Professor Gives Talks at Geographical Meet July 18-28. Coed Counselor Head Asks Payment of Dues Virginia Fleetwood, pretldent of the Coed Counselor board, has requested that all new Coed Counselors pay their duet to Ruth Clark, treasurer of the board, thit week. All letters to freshmen women for next fall should also be submitted before Friday, to Mist Piper's desk at Ellen Smith hall. N. U. Graduates of 1898, 1918 Return to Campus on June 5, 6. Dr. William Van Royen, assist ant professor of geopraphy, who will give two addresses at the 15th International geographical con gress at Amsterdam, Holland, ' . : ::: : . ; I ' 1 h;:$( . " & :y 'I I V 1 ' A 1 "V v 1 M1LITZER IMS L AT ANNUA BARB ACTIVITY DINNER Chemistry Teacher Urges Educational Values in Organization. in Dr. William Lincoln Journal. Van Royen. July 18 to 28, has been certified by Governor Cochran as the state's official representative at this world conference. Dr. Van Royen will speak be fore the physiography section meetings on "Post Glacial Topo graphic and Climatic Changes in the Central Plains region" and will also read a paper at the economic geography conference, discussing some of the relationships between soils, climate and crop yields in the American Middlcwest. Visits Universities. He will also represent the state and the university at the second international congress of anthropO' logical and ethnological sciences at Denmark August 1 to 6. While abroad he and Mrs. Van Royen will travel through much of Eu rope, particularly the Balkan conn tries. He will visit virtually all of the leading educational centers and the better known geopraphl- cal points of interest, including the famous archacoligical sites of Europe. Among the schools he will visit (Continued on Page 2.) UNION SENDS INVITATIONS TO BANQUETFOR SENIORS Student Center Plays Host to All June Graduates at Dinner June 4. Invitations were mailed Thurs day to all graduating seniors for the dinner and dance to be given In the Student Union on Juno 4. The affair is to be "on the house' and Is the Union's method of hon oring tha seniors. Reservation cards for the affair were enclosed and these must w returned by June 1. The ticket mav be obtained at the Union desk and must be called for before six o'clock on June 3. They will be at the desk after May 23. Ths management urges cooper atlon In returning the cards as it In imperative that the number of those Dlannlne to attend be known. CIVIL ENGINEERS HOLD P Clark Mickey Heads Project at Nebraska National Guard Center. A serious note was injected the annual barb banquet held in the Student Union last night, when Dr. W. E. Militzer, of University Chemistry department, told almost 100 students present that the barb organizations should be the means for the barbs to gain "that intangi ble educational value, the develop ment of personality and personal qualifications through association with fellow students." The purpose of educational in stitutions is three-fold, according to Dr. Militzer, to develop the in dividual personally, to develop him as useful citizen, and to give him a technical training that will provide him with a means of live lihood. Our American universities succeed very well in the last func tion, he averred, but there is in adequate provision for the devel opment of the individual's personal qualities and personality. This must be done through his associa tion with and working with fel low students, and the barb organ! zations provide an excellent means for unaffiliated students to accom plish this purpose. Present Activity Awards Vclma Ekwall, president of the A. W. S. board, presented activity pins to those girls who had gained fifty activity points In the last semester, and to those senior girls who had actively participated student activities throughout their four years. Roses were presented to those girls who had from 35 to 50 activity points in the last se mestcr, and corsages to those girls who had fifty points for each of the two last semesters. Bob Simmons, as foreman of the banquet, which was held in west ern rodeo fashion, introduced the speakers. Martha Morrow gave a toast on "Spurs," Joy Pestal on "Lariat," Erie Constable on "Boots," and Duane Essam on "Corral." George Dinsdale played several cowboy songs on the piano, and by request of all the students pres ent played "There Is No Place Like Nebraska," the students attending joining in the song. Alumnus 'Rounds-Up Two War Classes for Reunion Featuring the campus roundup of alumni June 5 and 6, the May Nebraska Alumnus will make its appearance today. Especially hon ored at this year s roundup win be two war classes. The class of 1898 will celebrate its 40th anniversary. Sarah Smith Taylor reflects back to the days of 98 in "Fortieth Meeting." sne re calls the first Sneak Day which has resolved into the Ivy Day of today and the publishing of the first annual. Eva Miller Grimes writes the ar ticle, "Our Four Years," for the class of 1918. "Looking Back to 18" is made up of 16 letters pre-. sentine a review of the past 20 years as they have affected mem bers of the class or laia. ine let ters were chosen at random out of a list of class names. Print Old Pictures. Addinc a touch of humor, the Alumnus has eathered some pic tures of the mandolin and glee club nnd the football team of '98. An other snapshot is of the Ivy Day and service flag of iis. Besides the articles on the round up, the Alumnus includes "Alumni Paragraphs," "Campus Cycle" and "Biographical Notes." Pictures of the Student Union opening and Ivy Day are a contrast with those of years ago. The official ballot for the Alumni association election of officers is attached to the magazine. Ballot ing will close at noon Saturday, June 4. Nominated for president of the executive committee are Al DuTeau, '20, of Lincoln and Vin cent C. Hascall, '12, of Omaha. Ballot for Officers. Blanche Goodrich, '24, of Nelson and Mrs. W. S. Trumbull (Doro thy Carr, '26) of Scottsbluff are running: for vice president. For member-at-larze of the executive committee, Max Meyer, '06, of Lin coin and Charles Mousel, '97, of Hastings are up for election. On the Board of Directors, Mrs. Florence S. Bates (Florence Schwake, '13), of Omaha and Dr. C, W. Way, '16 of Wahoo were nominated for director from the First congressional district. The Second congressional district will choose between Bess Van Deusen, '25. of Omaha and Mrs. Ruth I (Continued on Page 3.) STUDENTS OF MUSIC PLAY ORIGINAL WORK IN ANNUAL CONCH :I Pianists. Singers Present Alpha Rho Tau Winning Compositions. Students In the theory depart. ment of the school of music pre sented their annual concert of original compositions Wednesday afternoon in the Temple theater, Work of students from the classes of Elizabeth Tlerney, Wilbur Chen oweth, August Molzer and Rutn Randall Dennison was played and sung. Opening the concert were three student arrangements ana an orig inal composition by Minor D. Plumb, played by a woodwind en semble. Next on the program was "In vention in C Minor," by Cyril Stuchlik. played by Ruth Randall Dennison. This won the Alpha Rho Tau award for invention. It was followed by June Day s playing of her own "Fueue in A Minor, which was civen the Alpha Rho Tau award for the fugue. The (Continued on Page 3.) Whiting's 'Magazine of Art Describes Recent Visit to Nebraska U. "Under the leadership of Dwight Klrsch, the department of fine arts at the University of Nebraska 1 steadily raising its standards, writes F. A. Whiting, editor or Magazine of Art, in the May issue of the periodical. The fact that this process Is not confined to the obvious quality of the contemporary American art beine added every year to the university galleries but also in eludes familiarizing the students of the college of art department with the arts as a part of the whole cultural picture, brought the comment: "Mr. Kirsch and his staff seem to understand that colleee art department, altho it mv irive. technical courses in painting, sculpture and the praph ic arts, must guard against plac ing chief emphasis on a vocational approach and in this way leaven (Continued on Page 3.) Students to Pay Final Yearbook Installments Payment of all remaining Installments on students' 1938 Cornhusker's, official Nebraska yearbook, should be made Im mediately, states Howard Llnch, business manager. Public dis tribution of the new issues will begin Monday In the Student Union, and all payments should be turned In by that time. De tails of the distribution system will appear in the Sunday Dally Nebraskan. ORT CROOK ARMY OFFICERS NEWSPAPERMEN T0H0N0RSCH00L FOUNDING MAY 23 R. 0. T. C. OUTFITS :adet Battalions Parade Before Dusenberry for Rating. Four army officers from Omaha and Fort Crook reviewed the en tire University R. O. T. C. unit yesterday afternoon in a special parade staged in connection with annual federal inspection. In the inspection held following the parade, Colonel Dusenberry, in charge of the Omaha reserve divi sion, acted as senior inspector, while Major Blanton, of Fort Crook, Inspected the infantry. Ma jor McClure of Omaha inspected the artillery, and Lieutenant Colo nel Herman of Omaha, the engi neer companies. The Inspection is held annually in order to give the several R. O. T. C. units of sttae supported uni versities a military rating. Ne braska has rated "excellent'' in the last ten annual inspections, and altho no official announcement for this year has been issued yet, it is hoped that this highest of all ratings will be maintained. The rating of "excellent" entitles Nebraska men to receive prece dence in army appointments over men from any school otner than West Point. It nlso entitles mem bers of the University unit to (lis play a blue star insignia on their right sleeve. BARB COUNCIL RE-ELECTS BOB SIMMONS PRESIDENT i K f Li .Jla.A)i 1 1 in J l-.mrrftuii llrrk. The Civil Engineiing depart ment will offer the Summer Sur veying camp from June 4 to July 30 at the Nebraska National Guard camp from June 4 to July 30 at the Nebraska National Guard camp three miles northeast of Ashland. Clark Edwin Mickey, professor of civil engineering, is the director of Camp Nebraska. The aim of the faculty is to pre sent the Summer Surveying Camp work under conditions which are similar to those found in actual englnering practice. Daniel Hoover Harkness Is the assi.it ant professor of civil en gineering and Ho Trively is an in structor in civil engineering. In strurtion at the Summer Survey ing Camp permits engineering stu dents to obtain practical field ex perience in surveying subjects under conditions similar to tnose encountered in actual work, and also provides an opportunity for theoretical and practical instruc tion in hydraulics, stresses in framed structures, and water power engineering. Some of the work will consist of proposed pro jecta for channel improvement, irrization. drainage, water power, highway, railway, topograpnic ana hvdrographlc surveying. The students win oe graaea on (Continued on Page 2.) CORPS OFFICERS INSPECT CADET CLASSROOM WORK Inspectors Review All Phases of Infantry, Artillery, Engineer Units. All Wednesday afternoon R. O. T. C. companies were given class room inspection here. The inspec tion included all phases of the year's work for both freshman and sophomore units. The fields of study inquired into ay me in spectors were, musketry, auto matic rifle, scouting and petrol ing and combat principles, for the Infantry, and included field airu lery for the engineers. Among the inspecting officers were Colonel W. Dusendury, In fantry, of the Second reserve area; Major Clinton I. McClure, field ar tillery, Major W. Blanotn of Fort Crook and Major Fred W. Herman of the Seventh corps area. Many other officers of the university military science department assist ed in htt inspection. 'LOST' BOOKS IN DIE 'Rise of Silas Lapham Gone Since 1910, Sets Long Time Record. Hammond Blames Indians for Standards in Mexico Spanish Teacher Describes Tortillas, Bullfights, Metal, Straw Huts. More than 900 books were re turned to the city library during the two week drive for the 8,000 books which have disappeared within the past three years. Associate Librarian Kristoffer- son has been enthusiastic about the results of the drive, and points out that numerous "nearly new" vol umes had been returned in the drive. Oldest book returned was Howell's "The Rise of Silas Lap ham," which has been away from the library since April, 1910. Books Still Misting. Reports have reached the library that large collections of city books repose in the files of organized stu dent houses. Kristofferson re quests that students look in their files In order to remedy a situation "which has become quite acute." The library drive was a unique opportunity for the students to re turn books without penalties, and the opportunity will not be re peated, Kristofferson stated. The system of circulation at the library will be tightened up considerably In the future to prevent further loss of books. The library staff has considered various plans for the complete re vamping of the circulation system, and modernization along lines that will correspond with the size of the library a circulation. . NELSON, FRICKE NAMED AS MATH EXAM WINNERS Winners in the integral and dlf ferentlal calculus and analytical geometry examinations conducted by Nebraska chapter of Phi Mu Epsilon, national honorary mathe matlcs, fraternity last Tuesday are Ted Nelson and Roland Frlcke, it was anonunced yester day. The two men wil each receive a ten dollar cash award from the local chatper of the fraternity for , winning; the respective contests, With the severing of diplomatic relations between England and Mexico because of the expropriated British oil properties and also the expropriation of American oil properties, Mexico has become a nation of current interest.' Mexico, with a population of only 16 mil lion people, is opposing two of the strongest nations In the world, ac cording to John Hammond, Span ish instructor. Of her total population 12 mil lion are pure blooded Indians, three millions a mixture of bpanisn ana Indian, and one million pure blood ed Spaniards. Many of the Indians are Illiterate, but the educated Spaniards are the wealthy class and they control the business of the country. It is because or me large number of Indians that Mexi can standards of living are so low. The standards of living in Mex ico are very low according to Ham mond, largely due to the great number of Indians. The Indians live on torillas, a form of corn meal, beans and chili, which is merely red pepper. They make their huts from straw, old pieces of sheet metal, or any thing else that is available. They make a crude type of shoes called "guaraches" from old auto tires. In the cities there are countless numbers of beggars who sell their wares in the daytime and sleep In the streets at night. The people are very devout Catholics, and are willing to sacrifice the majority of their possessions to the church. President Cardenas has tried to help the poorer classes by estab lishing rural schools, and giving some of the church's land to the poor. He has limited the number (Continued on Page 2.) Unaffiliates Appoint Group to Arrange Hour Dances in Union Next Year. The Barb Council meeting Thursday noon in parlor Y of the Student Union, elected its officers for next year and appointed committee for social activities. Bob Simmons was re-elected to presidency of the council, while Beatrice Ekblad was elected vice president, Erie Constable, secre tary-treasurer, and Marian Mc Allister, historian. Last Meeting of Year. A committee headed by Dean Worcester and Erie Constable was appointed to arrange for hour dances In the Student Union next year, and to arrange social ac tivities of the barbs. This was the last meeting of the Barb Council for this school year, President Bob Simmons announced. Journalists Gather to Hear Makiesky, Reck View News History. Graduates of the School of Jour nalism and active and associate members of Sigma Delta Chi nnd Theta Sigma Phi, honorary Jour nalistic societies, will meet with students now in the School of Journalism 1 n the 15th annual celebration o f I the establish ment of the; school Monday, , May 23 in the Student Union. The principal speakers at the dinner, to be held ae 6:30, will be Edward Makiesky, chief of the Nebras ka bureau of the Associated Press, and W. Emerson Reck, pro fessor of journalism and news bu reau director at Midland.! Prof. Reck, who will speak on some phases of college publicity, will attend the 19th annual conven tion of the American College Pub licity Association of the Univer sity of Pittsburgh. Prof. Reck is vice president of research for that association. Morris Linn, president of Siema Delta Chi, announced that many graduates of the School of Journal ism who are now active journalists on Nebraska newspapers will aU tend. The dinner will be the oc casion for renewed acquaintances among those who were active in es tablishing the school, who have been prominent in the school since its establishment, and those who have an active interest in journal ism today. A. P. Methods and Organization. Mr. Makiesky, chief of the Ne braska bureau of the Associated Press, for the last two years, and on the Associated Press personnel elsewhere since his graduation from Chicago university, will out line the organization and methods of his organization. The organi zation of the foreign service and its methods in coping with foreign censorship, the use of and recent development of the Associated Press Wirephoto service, recent developments and extensions in tha news report, and what the Asso ciated Press expects of its men and the requirements set up for its reporters will be included in the speech, Makiesky indicated. Reservations must be made be fore 9:00 o'clock Monday, with Mrs. DeFord In the school of jour nalism office. The price is 50 cents. All students in the school of journalism are invited to attend. W. GEORGE ADDRESSES ITH STUDENT C0UNC1 Governrinng Body President Accepts Third Liberal Party Member. Don Moss was added to the stu dent council yesterday, in accord ance with a provision of the stu dent council constitution that each faction should have one represent ative on the coun cil for every 125 "X I I the ; Mane " M lie Lincoln Joumtl.ind votes polled in the election. Har old Benn, presi dent of the coun cil, acted for the governing body In accepting the new member. Moss was run' nlng under the liberal banner In the last election, and received the cond highest j, n . . w V. n h f 0 .int.. In that faction, t h e r e f ore was entitled to a seat on the coun cil. Don Moss Is president of his fraternity, Alpha Tau Omega, a member of Corn Cobs and Inno cents, and is also president of Kosmet Klub and -assistant busi ness manager of the Cornhiuker. E Fl NEHT Students Dance to Music of Freddie Ebener, Omaha Band. Freddie Ebener and his orches tra, "Omaha's Radio Favorite," will play tonight for a dance spon sored by the Student Union, Di rector Kenneth Van Sant announced. The Ebener orchestra, which features Lucille Lynam as vocal ist, broadcasts nightly over a Na tional Broadcasting company hook up, originating in Omaha. It is one of the few programs which is broadcast regularly on a National radio chain out of Nebraska. Charge 25o Admission. All students Are invited to at tend, Director Van Sant empha sized. Admission is 23 cents a per son xor men ana women. Del Courtney and his orchestra. of Chicago, originally scheduled to play tonight, was forced to cancel his engagement at a late moment Director Van Sant expressed pleas ure that an orchestra as popular and of the caliber of Ebener s could be secured on such short notice. Mechanical Engineer Talks on Two Stroke Type of Deisel Engine. Warren George, graduate of the Mechanical Engineering depart ment, class of '34, spoke at the final meeting of the year of the student branch American Society of Mechanical Engineers held Mey 18. 1 Election of officers was held: They are chairman, Ellis Smith; vice chairman, Louis C. Lun- strom; secretary, Dan Cheney, treasurer, George Goodale. Pro fessor Barnard will act as honor ary chairman for the second con' secutive year. New Type Deitel Engine. In this engine an attempt has been made to develop an engine which will not have the vibration of the conventional recipocating type. An ingenious design em bodying a two throw crank ana wabble plate is being used. With this arrangement the pistons travel in an arc of a circle which permits the better balancing of the forces. The engine is fitted witn a contracting ring instead of an expanding ring which docs not al low the lubricant to come In con tact with the hot combustion chamber. A supercharger Is env ployed to blow down the cylinders and to make a higher compression ratio available. 'Mademoiselle' Invites Girls to Inspect European Fashion Marts. For the career-conscious and those who wish to go abroad this summer, "Mademoiselle" mag azine proposes Career Previews six weeks' tour to Europe. Martha Wood, special tours di rector, will conduct the young carerists. many of them college girls, to the famous Faris fashion openings, behind the scenes of a large London cosmetics factory, on tour of the world s smartest shops. They will be entertained by Helena Rubinstein, Lucicn le long and other notables in the forefront of fashion and arts. Membership In the group, which will sail on the Normondie July 13, returning on the Queen Mary Aug. 22, is limited to 30 young women between the ages of 17 and 25. For an itinerary or the tour and application blanks, those in tcrested should write to Martha Wood, Mademoiselle, 1 East 57ta t, New York City. Scout Croup Selects New Officers at Ames AMES, May 18. Otis Miller, of Lombard, 111., has been elected as president Of Alpha Phi Omega, na tlonal scouting service fraternity at Iowa State college. Clarence Kaden, Elmhurst, 111,, has been named vice president; H. Dale Pet erson, George, secretary, and Os good Whittemore, Fort Dodge, treasurer. Banquet at Lincoln Hotel at 6:15 Free to Regular Staff Members. Regular members of the edi torial and business staffs of tho Dally Nebraskan will be treated to a dinner at 6:15 o'clock this evening in the Lincoln hotel. Tho Dally Nebraskan takes care of the costs of this dinner according to Editor Helen Pascoe. Students who are planning to attend this pinner should check with the list pasted on the bulletin board in the Dally Nebraskan of fice. Mtss Pascoe believes approxi mately 40 students will be present Friday evening. The program which will consist of impromptu speeches by staff members will be short,