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VOL. XWV11I. ISO. 27
LINCOLN, NKIUUSKA. FRIDAY, OCTOBKR 21, 1938
Afternoon Send-off Speeds Huskers To Sooners
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Acheson
Progress
Places
Parallel
With Democracy
Convo Speaker Believes
Freedom, Dsporism
Will Meet in Battle
With his calm, staccato delivery,
Barclay Acheron, associate editor
of the Readers Digest wfr;u
traveler and philosopher, told a
university convocation audience
that "the right way is the demo
cratic way" in an hour's speecn
showing that progress came only,
or most rapidly in the "mental
, climate of freedom."
. Introduced hy Dean C. A. Old
father who told of mutual x
periences in the Near East, Ache
son showed a wide background
of travel and work in Europe and
the Near East. He contrasted the
two theories of thought whic.-i
pitted "regimented citizens to
gether with planned economy
against a free people with self
covernment" and advanced argu
ments to show that democracy
was not a proven failure as repre
sented by ' talitanan statesmen.
Acheson asserted that these two
theories were already in competi
tion with one another and that tv
believed that this competition vill
sometime take place on the field
of battle and that it is now in
progress in commercial rivalries
and in the conflict of thought in
the universities.
"Rapid growth and advancement
comes in the mental climate of
freedom, stagnation we find in the
neriods of dictatorship." declared
Farm Formal
QucenNamed
Tomorrow
Ten Girls Vie for Honor
At Annual Ag College
Party Saturday Night
Tomorrow night men students
of the college of agriculture will
choose the Farmer's Formal queen
at the annual party to be held in
the ranch-decorated activities
building.
The ten candidates vieing for the
Farm queen honors are: Ruth
Bauder, Bonnie Brown, Ruth
Browne, Jane Bracket, Phyllis
Chamberlain, Edith Filley, Ann
Gersib, Doris Gray, Angelline Hel-
leberg, Marian Hoppert, Mary
Louise O'Connell, and Phyllis Rob
inson. Each man attending the formal
may vote his preference at the
door, but all balloting must take
place between 8:30 and 9:30. The
queen-elect will be announced in
a novel presentation later in the
evening.
Dave Haun and his orchestra
will set the dancing pace for ag
students when they arrive in dude
ranch and farmish attire. Milton
Acheson as he pointed out varying jGustafson, president of the execu
rates of progress in human his- tjVe board, announced that at least
tory. He claimed great acnieve
ments in the field of social justice
for countries with freedom of
thought and declared that benevo
lent despots progressed only oi
most rapidly in the fields which
thev left free.
Significant moral progress un
der the -"mental climate of free
dom' was pointed out in modern
treatment of the insane, methods
of dealing with debtors, conditions
in prisons, individual morals, nnd
the attitudes of society toward
children.
The writer-traveler pointed out
that many of our inventions are
the contributions of ordinary
people, not of geniuses, and fiat
many are made by men not work
ing previously in the field of their
invention. He commented that the
four most Important steps in giv
ing us our modern clothing were
made by a carpenter, a preacher,
a barber and a spinner.
Emphasis was placed by the
speaker on the power of minorities
or even of individuals, in starting
movements which change the
world, make it a more livable
place. Examples he cited were
laws to prevent cruelty to children
ami the spread of playgrounds t
the city young.
Acheson ended with a plea fot
gradual progress "by the process
of orderly change in the mental
climate of freedom."
Ray Ramsay
Gives Lecture
Spanish Students See
85 Mexican Slides
Inaugurating a new scries of
lectures sponsored by the romance
language department, Ray Ram
say, alumni secretary, spoke to a
group of Spanish students yester-
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one member of each couple must
be a registered ag student and
that all those attending must wear
clothing in harmony with the
decorations.
Tickets can be purchased for 80
cents at the door or for 75 cents
before Saturday evening from any
one of the ticket committee.
A broadcast of the Formal will
be carried over station KFOR
from 10:30 to 11 o'clock at which
time Chuck Miller will interview
the queen.
A broadcast of the Formal will
be carried over station KFOR
from 10:30 to 11 o'clock at which
time Chuck Miller will interview
the queen.
Students See
French Movie
Language Department
Sponsors "Dr. Knock"
"Dr. Knock," fiist in a series of
French moving pictures to be
shown in Lincoln, will be presented
tomorrow morning at the Kiva
theater, beginning at 8 o'clock.
The film, sponsored by the de
partment of romance language of
the university, is the amusing suc
cess story of a small town French
doctor. Rated "an excellent com
edy well done by a good cast," by
New York Sun movie critics, the
university language directors ex
pect a large number of French
students to attend the picture.
In the story Dr. Knock buys
out the small practice of one Dr.
Perpalaid, and proceeds to build
it up into a sensational cash busi
ness, using modern advertising
means in making his fellow towns
men "germconscious."
Season tickets for the series of
French films may be secured at
the romance language department
office, University hail 108. Other
films that are to follow are: "Mile.
Mozart," featuring Danielle Dar
rieux, to be shown March 14;
"Merluse," Dec. 10, and "Le Mede
cin Malgre Lui," which will be
shown April 15.
Mortar Board
Acts Against
Block Votes
Group Sends Petition
For Clean Politics
To Women's Houses
Members of Mortar Board, sen
ior women's honorary, took a firm
stand in campus politics at a
meeting yesterday noon in approv
ing a resolution to be signed by
heads of all organized women's
houses. The resolution is a pledge
not to participate in any political
alliances and is directed against
"block voting."
Each year Mortar Board pub
lishes its Mews on the election of
women students to campus honors.
This year's resolution is the latest
step in their attempt to free Ne
braska university from the cor
rupt practices existing on other
campuses.
The resolution is as follows:
We, the undersigned do re
solve to take the lead in main
taining the following standards
in women's politics on the cam
pus of the University of Nebras
ka. To accomplish this, we re
affirm the following stand:
1. To forbid any alliances and
forbid the formation of any po
litical agreements.
2. To see that girls are elect
ed on merit only, and not as a
result of alliances, by asking the
women's organizations to co
operate. 3. To forbid, organized groups
to draw slates or force girls to
support certain candidates.
(a) Announcement of candi
dates desiring the support of a
group may be impartially made.
(b) All candidates have the
privilege to call and request
such announcements.
(c) No promise of a group
support is allowed.
4. To request interested alum
nae not to interfere with cam
pus activities and elections.
..5. To do all in our power to
prevent men and women's alli
ances insofar as it concerns
women's elections.
6. To announce to the campus
our stand on the question.
7. To see that all infringe
ments are immediately penalized
and exposed.
Students Hail Union Night
Club Idea For Nebraska
Campus Leaders Favor !
New Dance Suggestion
The galaxy of the "Great White
Way'' here on the Nebraska cam
pushow do you like the idea?
But the real question is, would you
be in favor of a Student Night
Club with floor show, swing band,
food, and dancing? The replies
of the majority to this inquiry
have been "yea."
While out on the west coast
this last summer, Paul Svoboda
spent much time at the Collegiate
Club in San Diego where the
crowd was all college people. He
is hoping that the Nebraska plan
Houses Wear
Grid Array
Frats, Sororities Vie
For Decorations Cup
Topped only by the Cornhusker
Missouri grid battle, the annual
house decoration competition with
all of its color and spirit will fea
ture the traditional Homecoming
day, October 29th.
As much a tradition as "old
grads day" itself, the house deco
ration contest promises to be more
impressionistic and colorful than
any ever shown on the campus.
Fraternities and sororities will
vie for silver loving cups which
are presented to the winners by
the Innocents. Last year's winners
were Alpha Phi and Kappa Sigma.
The only restriction placed upon
the houses which enter is a $25
limit for decorations. Each house
will be required to keep an item
ized account of their decoration
expenditires, which must be filed
before the judging takes place.
Entries in the contest must be
filed at the Daily Nebraskan of
fice by Monday, October 24. Any
house is eligible to compete.
A committee comprised of three
Innocents, a professor from the
fine arts school, and a Lincoln
artist will judge the decorations
on originality, effort and general
appearance, on the evening of
October 29.
Engineers
Gather for
District Meet
Kansas, Nebraska
Delegations Begin
Conclave Today
More than 100 engineers from
surrounding states will be in
attendance at the twenty-third
annual meeting of the Kansas
Nebraska section of the Society ,
for the Promotion of Engineering
Education which will be held at
the University tod?y and tomor
row. Registration and most of the
round-table' sessions will be held ;
in mechanical engineering build
ing. Prof. D. H. Harkness, assis
tant professor of civil engineering.
is in charge of the program this
year.
The Kansas-Nebraska section is
made up of throe schools Ne
braska, Kansas State College, and
the University of Kansas. Pro
fessor Harkness has received word I
that five engineers from Kansas
State Teachers College at Pitts
burg will be here; seven from
South Dakota State College at
Brookings: six from Omaha Uni
versity; and probably several
delegates from both Iowa State
College and thef.Urriversity of
Iowa.
Chancellor C. S. Boucher will
address the group this evening at
the dinner on the subject. "Pro
fessional Education." Following
the talk there will be round-table
conferences for the various en
gineering divisions which will be
held mainly in the-mechanical en
gineering building, classrooms.
The general program begins
Saturday at 8 with an inspection
of the agricultural college en
gineering building, to be followed
by a tractor-testing demonstra
tion. At 9:30 in the student activ
ities building on the ag campus
will be the annual business meet
ing and election of officers. Roy
Gree-n. Lincoln engineer, will dis
cuss "New Situations Confronting
the Young Engineer." There will
be a concluding luncheon at noon
at the new union building.
Law Senior Wins
G. O. P. Oration
will materialize, for on the coast
this type of club is tops.
Bruce Campbell says, "It has
possibilities, but how often would
the place be open? The plan is
one that should be carried out by
the socialites for the socialites."
Alum Elim Meyer pipes up,
"Fine for freshmen," but then
Slim is an alum and a little skep
tical. Frosh Bob Ferguson and Don
Metheny thinks "It s a daisy of an
idea, tell us more. By the way,
make it a rule that alf other dates
can be broken for a date to the
cluh so that we can get a date."
The Mortar Boards have some
interesting thoughts about it
Frances Boldman thinks, "Wonder
ful fun ! But I'd have to add some j
limitations to my affirmative opin
ion. I think it would take paid
showmen to handle the entertain
ment. The decision should be left
up to the organizations that would
handle thy entertainment. There
should be a minimum cover charge
of 50 cents per person out of which
could be taken cokes and cigar
ettes." Jo Rubnitz adds, "Clever it
would keep people away from
places they shouldn't be, but don't
have it in the ballroom."
"A swell idea If there's enough
talent. The more students you can
use on the campus the better,"
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Odds Favor Conference
Leaders; Inexperience
Bugaboo Bothers Bi'fi
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Students To Escort Jones Boys From Union
To Missouri Pacific Depot at 4 O'clock Today
Hi ft" Jones takes his t'ornhusker iooikill Irani to Nor
man. Okl.. this afternoon, where tomorrow they will tnc.i'jc
Tom Siidhnm's Riff Jnx Ira y no leadinc: Sooihts in what will
probably be the most important uamo in iho mi'lwtst.
Bottinsr favors the Soonors. :iu nltho Nebraskatis h;c
confidence in their tear.i. the best
Ag Judges
Grade Fowls
On Saturday
Poultry Science Club
To Sponsor Contest
In Judging Fowls
Under the sponsorship of
Poultry Science department,
annual Poultry Judging contest
will be held tomorrow afternoon.
The contest was inaugurated last
Foundation
Celebrates
Anniversary
Campus Wesley Group
Observes Founding
A chili feed in the Union Sat
urday evening will unofficially
open the celebration of National
Wesley Foundation Week on the
Nebraska campus. Deputation
teams to eight
n e i g h b o ring
towns to ex
plain the Foun
dation program
will he sent out
Oct. 23 and 30.
During the
week the cele
bration theme
will be carried
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way they can show that confidence
is by tur ' ig out at 4 o'clock this
afternoon to participate in 'he
paracie which will csioit the B:fir
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BIFF" JONES.
.Bothered by Bugaboo.
li of 'speakers and . and his !(luad t0 the JoP"1
musical enter-i Corn Cobs. Tassels, and the
tlmrln riiw. . . . .. vercilv Hariri will len.1
U. S. Money Supports War
n China, Says Miss Topping
HAY KAMSAY.
.Discusses Mexican Culture.
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day afternoon on the topic, "Mex
ico the Land of Contradiction."
Ramsay, who whs introduced by
Dr. J. R. Wadsworth, acting chair
man of the romance language de
partment, commented on the con
trasts to be found in both the
physical features of the country
and the culture of the natives. He
especially stressed the fact that
the tourist could see these con
trasts by traveling only a few
miles from the capitol, Mexico
Citv.
The talk was illustrated by a
series of approximately 85 slides
showing the evidences of the con
trasting cultures of the natives
and the contrasting terrain of the
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Religious Leader Says !
"Both Sides Exhausted"
As long as American finances
continue to support the Japanese
government, the war In China will
not end, according to Miss Helen
Topping, secretary to Kagawa, re
ligious leader or japan, n j. j-ici-
ponl Morgan wunurew ins uimn
cial aid at this time, Japan could
not continue the war for more
than one week, was the opinion
expressed by Miss Topping in an
interview with a Nebraskan re
porter. "Both sides are exhausted now,
she said, and continued that this
fact would bring about the end of
the war sooner or later.
Speaking of Kagawa, for whom
she travels to spread his doctrines
and Ideas, Miss Topping said that
he was "absolutely opposed to
Japanese aggression." He is work
ing actively for peace, and retains
his large following of long years'
standing.
"Kagawa savs there are four
kinds of pacifist emotional, con
scientious, rational, ana econom
ic," Mist Topping stated. Kagawa
himself atarted as an emotional
pacifist, and went through all
stages of pacifism until he is now
working from the economic point
of view. This Is by far the most
important, he believes, and his
economic Ideals Include the prin
cinle of co-operatives. The capital
ist point of view is the harmful
one, he believes, and he Is starting
a movement for an international
conference for the promotion of co
operatives, the conference to be
held in Hawaii ln the year 1939.
This, he believes, is the only so
lution to the problems of poverty
and war.
Miss Topping greatly enjoys her
work with Kagawa, and has lec
tured in many countries to spread
his message. Before coming to this
country in March, 1938, Miss Top
ping was ln Europe and has lec
tured in England, Scotland, Hol
land, France, and Belgium, as well
as ln the Orient.
"All of the European countries
have many more co-operatives
than America." she stated. "Ten
thousand public schools of France
art teaching the co-operative tech
nique." In her travel through the va
rious countries Miss Topping has
found that there are always two
fears In a people fear of poverty
and of war. It Is her worK ana
Kagawa's to teach what they be
lieve to be the cure for these fears
the promotion of co-operatives.
W. Wilson Receives
$100 Award for Speech
Willard Wilson. 24 year old aw
senior at the university, talked his
way into first place in the Ne
braska Young Republican club's
oratorical contest at the Lindeil
,hotel Thursday
evening. A :or
m e r national
champion ora
tor, Wilson will
represent Ne
braska in the
midwest com
petition at Oes
Moines, Mon
day. Harold Struve
of Deshler, rep
resentative of
the Fourth con-M-Jiigressional
dis
trict, and James
Lincoln Joumi. Howell. Albia,
w iu.ni w iimmi. Third district
entry placed second and third re
spectively. Prizes were $100, J.50
and 25.
Wilson won the national oratori
cal championship at Chicago ln
1933 when he was a student at Ne
braska Wesleyan university. A
resident of Holdrege, he renre-
sented the First district in last
night's contest.
"Nineteen Days Two Years"
was the title of his oration in
which he flayed the youth policies
of the new deal. In emphasizing
the social unrest caused by the
present administration, Wilson
called attention to the fact that,
according to periodical gnides, 61
articles under the heading, "social
revolution" had been written from
the time of George Washington to
1933 and 144 such articles written
since 1933.
Other contestant were Hazel
HU1, Stromsburg, and Leonard
Leon of Omaha. Judges were Prof .
H. A. White, university debate
coach; Miss Elizabeth Hickles rnd
James Ackerman. William Thomas
of Omaha, state young republi
can president, introduced the
speakeri and presented the
awards. James Qu'.:n, district
president, was in cliaHge.
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follnu- tho sprv-ir.tr r,f th rhili i.n. iwim me mens pc . chid loimir.i.
ner as over 100 Methodisis rather!" cna'n trowA huge float upon
in parlors XYZ of the Union atlw,i""
6 o clock. Beula Biigham. Method
ist Student Council president, will
preside. Charles Paine, Nebraska
alumnus ani president of the kval
Wesley Foundation board will out
line his plans for the year. Rev.
Drew will deal with the local pro
gram set up.
Representatives of Kappa Phi.
Methodist sorority, and of Phi Tau
Theta, Methodist fraternilv, and
u. embers will ride.
The ixute of the parade is as
fi':lnv.s: meet on the sts of the
Student Union, pr.-n-eed westward
to 9th street, then north to the
Missouri Pao!fic depot.
Varsity cheer leaders will be on
hand to stimulate cheers and yils
and will be aided hy Corn Chs
and Tassels in putting over trie
rally.
Studf n s who have 4 o'clocks iro
the committee chairman of thel'T. ' - - -Student
Council w,U pive brief re- not t0 nt,en(1 lhc rah' AU lhoSe
pons. Hiva Mills will speak for (Continued cn Tage 2.)
Kappa Phi and Clvde Klcager for j
Phi Tau Theta. They are presi- j University Furnishes
dents of those organizations. ' .'
. J Community Plovers
Varied Program. . ' '
Arnold Pittman will give the so-' Tnc iiniyrmty is well rcprewnt
cial side of the Student Council j Cti ,n t!?c inc"ln Community the-
Bruce Van will describe , alel .w mt n 0!'pc,, 1 r1 w'1-
last evening wun mo piav.
White Collars." at the Everett
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Lincoln Journm.
E. ALDER.
year to give 1'niversity students
experience in poultry judging, a
feature not offered in University
poultry courses.
This afternoon from 4 to 6
o'clock. Trof. H. E. Alder, of the
poultry husbandry department,
will conduct a practice judging
contest and demonstration. The
demonstration will be held at the
poultry plant and is open to all
students.
The poultry will be judged for
its production and exhibition value
according to Prof. Alder. Types of
poultry to be judged includes Leg
horns, Rhode Island Reds, White
Rocks. White Wyandottes. and
Euff Orpingtons. Ribbons will be
awarded to the three men ranking
highest In both types of judging
and to the five men ranking high
est in the entire contest.
All University students are
eligible to enter the contest, and
a large entry is expected. The
Poultry club is making arrange
ments to purchase a bronze
plaque, on which will be engraved
the names of the two highest men
in each contest.
Russel Bierman and Mac New
berry are in charge of the ar
rangements for the contest. Final
placings in all classes will be made
by Trof. Alder.
Debate Filings
Near Deadline
Aspiro:"Ys Register
Before Saturday Noon
All names of those men entering
the intercollegiate debate compe
titlon, Oct. 29, must be filed with
Prof. H. A. White by Saturday
noon.
Anyone who has attended the
university for one year and is
carrying at least 12 hours is
eligible. The question to be de
bated is: Resolved that the gov.
ernment should cease to use pub
lic funds for the purpose of stimu
lating business.
Drawings will be made by lot
They will be announced in THE
They will be announced ln The
Daily Nebraskan Sunday morning.
Judges for the contest will be
.former debaters of Nebraska,
program. rruce an win utsciiDe j
line itrjntinitviw vj n, , m.ih in- i
berger will speak of conferences '
'and institutes, Eva Mae Cromwell i
: of world friendship activities. Ells- i
; worth Steele of the problems of
I the W esley Circuit Rider. Patricia
Jackson of the Foundation library
and Lucille Soderholm of the state
of the treasury.
Musical numbers f'r the feed
program will find a whistling solo
by Lester Reed, a trumpet duet
by Bob Fenstermaihcr and Neil
Short and group singing. Warren
Hammcl will be the accompanist
for the evening and Bob Fenster
macher will direct the music for
the program.
The deputations program will
send more than 20 university stu
dents in teams of five to Louis
ville, Elmwood, Douglas. Clatonia,
Adams. Beatrice. Milford and
Waverly. Each team will handle
the Methodist rtiurch services in
the town they are visiting. Wor
ship, music, a history of the Wes
ley Foundations and an explana
tion of the current prop ram will
constitute the programs.
History Review.
Worship leaders will be: Stan
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junior high auditorium. The lead
ing roles are Mrs. C. O. Swayzee,
wife of Prof. Swayzee, and Smith
Davis, senior. Mrs. Robert Miller,
wife of the university librarian,
also had an important role in the
play.
"White Collars" will be given
again tonight. It is the original of
the recent motion picture, "Rich
Man, Poor Girl."
Of All Things ...
Coeds' Purses Hold a Lot
Investigation Reveals
Everything But Money
By Louise Benson.
Pantspocketless coeds!
Wonder what they do with the
variety of objects which a human
being accumulates in a very short
time.
Maybe they collect the stuff in
their purses we've seen hand
bags large enough to hold a
change of clothing. Let's stop
somt coeds and check up.
We surprised Janet Lau and
Jerry Wallace, Delta Gammas,
with a peremptory command to
hand over their purses. Reluc
tantly and fearfully the command
was fulfilled. A true paradise:
Both purses revealed the usual
combs, compacts and lipsticks
which all girls carry. Jerry had
10 cents and a battery claim
check. Janet had a free good hu
mour atick, empty gum wrappers,
a pair of dice, her identification
card and driver'a license. Both
girls had pens, pencils and small
notebooks.
The Rickcrson sisters, Rose
Betty and Catherine, obliged with
much Kleenex, lipstick, pencils
and pen, keys. Daily Nebraskan
receipt, bus chips, cards of thread
for mending hose and a rosary.
Keys, Cigarets.
The total sum of the contents
of Bette Ann Kennedv's purse.
Molly Woodward's po xets, and
Mary Lou Kelley s purse, KKG
pledges, revealed keys, but not of
gold as yet, cigarettes, colored
Itinera, u-ll lljiMlCKS, nil ineir 181-
est assignments, class notes in
abundance, activity tickets, but
tons, bridge scores, nail files and
the usual combs and compacts.
Mary Frances Witters, Delta
Gamma, had a minimum of ar
ticles. She conservatively carriea
only a comh, lipstick, driver's li
cense, and fountain pen.
Alice Blackstone, Tri Pelt, had,
of all things a bankbook, a fare
cream advertisement, current
eveni xor nistory Class, green
stamps, bobby pins and safety
pins, and miscellaneous rail files,
compacts, lipsticks, combs and re
ceipts. Tickets, Cosmetics.
Lois E?ker carried a gold heart
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