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THE DAILY NEBRASKA!?, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER U. 193S THE DAILY NEBRASKAN TIIIRTY-ElGilTH YEAR HMTORIAL STAFF BUSINESS STAFF r.tltor In-tMH Mania IJpa Bu.hiria Manager rraak Johaaoa Manastal Hiwn-."' CfcorcWll, Howard Kaplaa AaalMant Bnilnraa Managtra Arthur Hill, B"! S4l Kawa Mlton. .. J'" riilr'M.SIrJ1 J?8"""". ClKolatlae Hiuiv Hluta Mlehaal Mary Strornlllr, rra Staotauiie, Hams Manutna, Brur t'amr-MI. Socltlj Edlturi Margaret ttlln, Dlit Davit ,port -H"t" subscription rate .. . , al.40 a fMi ainilt enpj Sl.SS a wmMU Wlrht Idltor Mary Stanttvllla mailed Inarr olrftMon of th Studem Hnbllcatloa Board. Editorial Ofllrc Mtudant Inina Km 0-A. Ittapaana Day mill. lht miim. Bmi Jaaraal Bmliwia Ofilce Student tnloa Kooro JS-B. F.ntcred arcond-claM matter at tha walofflfa la Lincoln, Nbraka, andrr art of rnngreaa, March I, 1S7B, and at apectal rate of poataga provided far la aeetlon Una, act of October 8, IR11, anthnrlras Jaa narj 20, 1922. fcsockied GotlG6ide Press Distributer of College Digest Published dally dur. n tha arhitnl year, except Moadaya and Saturday!, vacattona and examination pc rloda by atndenta of the llnlveraltj of No fcraaka, ondcr tha an Bervlalon of tha Board of Publication!. atPHItKNTtO FOa NATIONAL AOVINTItlMa National Advertising Service, Inc. ' Colltg Puhlitblrt Repreitnlstivt 420 MADiaoN Avl. Niw Yokk. N. Y. CMicAflo aotroH ' lot Austin I a, MAncneo Allison Tells Importance of Sino-Jap War "Must Start Thinking, Studying This War," Consul Tells Forum His official position preventing him from delving into the politics of the Far East, John Allison, for 11 years an American consul in China, told a Union audience that 'Emoting Student Style The t'irst-niy ht'i- audience tailed to an )!aiul 1he dosing curtain o "Night Jlust Fall." It wasn't lack of appreciation and cmtrtesy to the student actors, Ignite the con trary. Last night's audience was held spoll rmuinl fur two and a half hours. "When the griiri and pulsating drama of nocturnal ad ventures was over, a siirh of relief came, as if 3'roiii one. and the audience hurriedly shoved its way nut of Temple Theater and into the luisk Dei'cinhei' air. The first-nijrhlers were a little scared. And we don't lilaine them. We were a 1 it -tie liiniii-iu lhe-thrualish loo as the thought of the night's veiled actions gnawed nt our imagi nation ami fired it to a point of wild absurd ity. "Night -Must I'all' got us just as it did 1he l't-t of the audience, despite the fact that the Hint ion picture version has been seen. Hut ''Night Must Fall" is good enter tainment, especially fine when the L'niversily "'layers offer it us realist ically as they did. The sullen mood of the drama often lulled the audience into sweet 1'onretfulness, forgetting even that it was only a play put on by univer sity students speech majors and others. To old-timers, .lack Bit titer's outstanding performance as the mentally unbalanced, but c.ilossally egotistical murderer, brought back memories of V. Zolley Lerner, whose trend ing of the Temple Theater stage boards years ago started him off to a successful theatrical career. Bittuer's "emoting" dominated "Night Must Fall' thruoughout three acts of tense, but enjoyable student showmanship. every step be taken only after long and delib erate study. A lot of complications resulted, for example, in selecting the Student Union's site. Some dreamers of the university of the future sill maintain that tho Union is in the wrong location, facing the wrong direction and fails to conform to Ihe architectural design of the campus structures. But it is too late if these charges are true to do anything about the Union, It is nut too late-and not, too early to think of this university of the future. An artist's conception alone should not guide the future campus. Preliminary blue prints, tak ing in the geographical, financial, architectural and artist ieal limitations, would serve the uni versity well as a guide for the university of the future. The city fathers are taking into considera tion all important factors that might influence Ihis future thnrnfarc between the capitol ami the campus. Campus fathers would do well to co-operate. with their downtown associates. f la'iiiHiJiasaay m l - i . or . Yv , .JK-oaaar 'K:' Union Books Laudable Project Living up to a pledge that accompanied the erection of Ihe state capitol upon its present site. Lincoln's city fathers have taken the first htep in the eventual construction of a paved boulevard from the statehouse to "O" street along Fifteenth street to the university's city campus. They have accepted the fleet! to the property necessary 1o the opening of Fifteenth street. ; While this civic improvement of an impor tant thorofare is necessarily a long-range proj ect and one which future generations will live to see and appreciate, it is imperative that One hundred books make a good library for any one reader. And a good leisure-time browsing library is being assured student pa trons in the Student Union by the purchase of U(I representative volumes by representative authors. These books will be available for stuib'iit perusal after the Christmas recess ami more will follow, since this is the first list of volumes made available by a thousand dollar donation of ,1. (.'. Seacrest, Lincoln publisher. There is one thing that students since the Union and all of its contents belong to Ihem must never forget about the browsing library, book nook, knotty pine room or whatever it is supposed to be called. The Union library is not intended to run competition 1o the univer sity library or to infringe upon it as a refer ence room or reading room. The Union li brary was designed to fit into the leisure lime scheme of things in the Union. No studying and homework is supposed to be permitted. Jt 1s dedicated to the purpose of offering students a literary retreat, a pleasure filled haven of refuge from textbooks and assignments. Because it is handily accessible, students have popularly used the Union library much as if it were ihe regular library. This prac lice rdiould be discouraged if the Union's pol icy of furnishing literary recreation thru rep resentative books is to he upheld. Lincoln Journal. JOHN M. ALLISON U. S. mutt itart thinking.' Current Collegiana They Have Their Fun. . . Thrunut the worW. U. S. collegians are ihhicu nn - , ball. Even tho we refuse to join the ranks of those wno urm leges are as the talkies picture them, we just can t resist passing on to you some of the good timeiy i tones we ve nettiu. CrUHlRCPHIiS hmu inr", . SANTA CLAUS (Continued from Page 1.) Kmpire must remain intact and yet Mussolini and Hitler must he quieted. I kid save the king! (at least until he and our propaganda .get American promises to be on o(ir side in the next big inow- ball fight.) Your, during the status quo, Neville Chamberlain. Cher Pert Noel: France needs a hickory stick to teach Italian university students, newspaper editors, and government depu ties that what belongs to Francs belongs to France. They ought to know Chamberlain and I only give away ether people's land. . Francs needs, also, soms glus to patch up soms of her broken treaties and soma powder to cover her blushes. A less flex ibis backbone and a diving hel met to keep II Dues from walk ing my note would sava me much embarrassment. Hopefully, Daladier. Dear Hon. Santa: Olad to hear you've movtd your head quarters to ths United States. Your early presents, trucks, scrap Iron and all sorts of war material havs been most heart ily rsceivsd. A fresh supply by Dee. 25 would be simply splen did, we don't mind the American labels. A few goodwill greetings In ths bombs to be delivered to the Chinese Christmas morning would add to the spirit and feel ing of ths occasion. Sincerely yours, Premier of Japan. Dear Santa Claus: Pleass send me mors Italian soldiers. General Franco. Dear Santa Claus: Please save us a nlcs playground with lots of toys and candy to take our minds off our poor oountrles which have been serving as food for dictators' appetites. Mournfully, Halls Selassie Eduard Benes Chancellor Schusnigg Chiang Kai-Shek. - My Friend: Pleass send ms no mors rubber stamps of ths nsxt congress. Ths black robed appointments to ths supreme ourt that you havs sent havs worked out wonderfully. Now all that Is lacking la something te euro tha depression, glva men work, tarns down Irate business, and earry on rsllsf. Stvsral mlllles coffins or hlghsr prlees fer farm goods srs absolutely nsosssary. Ssnd your best gifts of suo saas to Cerdsll Hull and his Good Neighbor policy, but In clude a big navy for me. Send I A J. J , American business big orders of !MQVQnCeQ OrOUp munitions for Japan, and, it i jn p. special gift, let all the nations I r TGSGn t S KeCltQl know America stands for peace. ! Truly yours. Franklin D. Roosevelt. j Guilford Heads Uni Professors Worcester Reelected Secretary of Chapter Prof. J. P. Guilford wax elected president of the university chapter of the American Association of University Professors replacing Prof. C. S. Hamilton at their tegu lar meeting at the Union Tuesday evening. Prof. V. A. Worcester waa re-elected secretary. New members chotten fur the executive committee were Profes sor Hamilton, Miss MhikhicI Fedcle, and Prof. Lawrence Void. J. L. Sellers wiih appointed local delegate to attend the national session which is to he held timing the holidays In Chicago. V.. A, Boai'hult, RNsistHnt pur chasing aj;ent for the university, told nirmher of the group of the functions of the purchasing depart ment and Its relation to the physi cal plant. Instrumental, Voice Students Appear Today Advanced students in the School of Music will present the 11th musical convocation of the year this afternoon at 4 o'clock in the Temple. Students in both voice Hiid instrumental work are sche duled to appear. An unusiml feature bringing the convocation to a close will he two selections by a sextet of girls tak ing voire under Miss Alms Wagner. The program: Minium, ''arole: S.hulirrt. Trout; Iinroihv Kutrhtrr. (Mm. f J..i,wr. Iir. '': Ha'nl HHti.K, AII.Kr.i Aniunmriaia, Hntinlf Jran Tritmli, I Mi., 7,i,l,rlrklrt. MnMjt, Solium In K Muj,,r. allrro. mirnrntn, Maraueriia rook, MI K lirilt.r i. WoKr. Thf Oiitan driii'lrr Kirmil Uhti.rii, IMfi ouumtii. Klrkimtrick, Kvrtiiiilr; Kirkhalrtt'k. Ilu.tir lianrr; MHrynrH Crier. A llir HiackAf imp, Mhi Junr Hnilih. Junr Mr-k. I.i.i Klmlf. II flat; Hetty Jit Kualiiar. I Mr H.lilnMn. WllllAfit., Ciihrrrlo. itrnrift arid third ni"vrmnt . Ouuiic Hiirnion (air. Hhiidiifi h Von Wenar-iiani, I'rrptiual Muiion, ' Inn Hi.l. (Mr Harmon), oer.lialn, Mummer-tlmr: Wllann, t'armna Walta; AM, wi. H Skoda, Jan" K'lnitr. B.ny Hc.f, Huth Brokao. Manha il'tn; Oall Ptrnuon. (Mm Wantri. the Sino-Japanese war is very important for the XJnited States, but exactly how is not yet clear. "The people of the initea States will have to start thinking about and studying the war. We think we are the richest and stroneest nation in the world. If that is true we must realize there is such a thing as international social responsibility," stated Alii son in the most pointed remark of the hour. "Airplane bombing does seem ingly very little military damage and has very little effect on the citizen morale." declared Allison "When a raid begins the people all go .into hiding and when it is over they come out and go ahout their business. Of course, if a bomb lands in a crowded street many people can be killed, hut if proper precautions are taken cas ualties sre not so great." Sino-Jap Business. Dealing briefly with business in China and Japan, the consul told that while American business in Shanghai is not stopped it has certainly been curtailed. He said that the Japanese manufacture most of their munitions but have to import most of the materials from abroad. "The spirit of compromise which prevades the oriental conception of contract makes it difficult for Europeans to understand the Jap anese. They feel that if condi tions have changed after a treaty is signed that they do not have to live up to the written document but should adjust the problem in light of the changed circum stances." Describes Services. "The old Japanese conception of home life is changing under the impact of what we choose to call civilization, especially due to the moving pictures. The Japanese are aa likely," the consul went on, "to pick out the bad and purely excit ing features instead of the more stable factors of European cul ture." The former Nrbraskan told facts of the American foreign serv ice including their duties, oppor tunities for advancement and serv ice. He described foreign life in China revealing that it is not as strenuous as is often thought. Consular agents In China and Japan employ servants, Allison ex plained, not because they feel su perior to the yellow man but be cause they must do it to "maintain face" as orientals of their class also hire servants. $35,000 Weekend. Up in the hill and snow country of New Hampshire, where Dart mouth college rules the roost, 1.200-odd students drew $35,000 from savings accounts in one bank so they could truck on down to the Harvard game and the post- game doings. That's the most ex pensive of all football wcesenus, but the Yale game once brought withdrawals of $30,000. Share-the-Bill Dates. Tied up with all of this spend- and-dance program is the prob lem of who should foot the bills, and here's a new slant on the whole thing from the Earlham college campus: The student news paper there recently askad the students for their opinions on a new share-the-bills program which proposed that on the third tnday in each month the women make and stake the dates and that ev ery third date with the same man should be "Dutch treat." Sounds more like California than Indiana, doesn't it? Just for thaieck of It. But the payoff in date making comes from Michigan State col lege. Some time ago the Collegiate Digest featured a picture of a group of State's beauties. Some days after the section made its appearance one of the campus leaders received this letter: "We the undersigned, being two gradu ates of Indiana university, and, believe, as all males do, in their dogmatic ability to recognize true pulchritude, have had our fancy caught and held by the face of a certain young lady. So, just for the heck of it, who's the girl cir cled in red?" BOUCHER TALK (Continued from Page 1.) versities, saying that the malnig A.I.E.E. Party Follows Tolk by R.V.White Oames, stunts, and refreshments served hy the wives of the elec trical, engineering faculty mem bers, helped round out the an nual Christmas party of the stu dent section of the American In stitute of Electrical Engineers held last night at the Hi-Y building. Preceding the party a regular business meeting was held by the group. Feature of the meeting was an address by A. Y. Wl 'U -trlcal engineering senior, on the "Gasollne-K 1 e I nc Automobile." Following White's address the group nominated the candidates for next semester's officer,. From College to Stardom. When John Arledge came to the university from Crockett in 1925 26, he was known as Johnson L. Arledge. He went to Hollywood in 1931. Helen Vinson, movie star and wife of the top ranking tennis player, Fred Perry, attended the university from 1922 to 1924. Adrienne Ames, as Jeannelte Florence Allen, was selected one of ten campus favorites in 3928 and her picture appeared in the university yearbook. She received her degree from the university in 1930. The name of Corinne Griffith, former United Arti.sts' star, is listeil on the rolls of the Ex-student Association as Corinne Grif fin of Mineral Wells, who came to the university in 1912. Tex Hit ter, western star, studied at the university from 1922 to 1927. His real name is Woodward Maurie. Smith Ballew. Dallas student at the university from 1921 to 1923, played a banjo in an orchestra composed of university students before he joined the movies in Hollywood. One of the latest additions to the ranks of university "rxes" making good in Hollywood is Mary Tom Blackwood from Alex endria. La., "sweetheart of the university in 1932. Anything in a Book. "Shops and ships and scaling wax, and cabbage and kings. Al most as great a variety of objects is found between pages of books returned to Sullivan Memorial li brary. The biggest catch to date has been a $10 bill used as a book mark! "But they wouldn't let me keep it," romplained the almost lucky circulation attendant. Stamped and addressed letters often found in the books are mailed on. Recently one addressed to Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt was discovered. Some borrowers help future readers by leaving synopsis of chapters. Temple student s also dis play their artistic ability by fill ing the pages with slips of paper bearing free hand drawings, by "improving" on pictures already in books, and by carefully deco rating the rovers. Unused theater tickets are an other find, but usually they are discovered too late for use. Other bookmarks: rulers, cal endars, clinic cards, hairpins, pa per clips, stamps, four leaf clov ers, paper napkins and campaign buttons. Quite a "Hika. j It's a long trek either afoot or I by water from Ohio to New York state, but apparently it wasn't too j long for a colony of scb scorpions ! several hundred million years ago. The University of Cincinnati i museum reports finding parts of J at least five of these ancient ( of many ahed skins of others in a rock layer in Ohio's geologocally interesting Adams coun'y. What whets the interest of Cin cinnati geologists in this discovery is that it belongs to a species new to science, and to a genus hitherto unknown In Ohio or, for that mat ter, not clearly known on this con tinent outside of a small area m New York. Evolution at Work. The football writers and fans thruout the nation who sing the praises of today's giants of the gridirons will blush a bit when they hear of the early days of the sport that has grown to be the biggest drawing card In the roster of amateur athletics. The giants of today are mere revenues beside their forerunners, and to prove it, listen to this from Wesleyan university's new volume, "Athletics at Wesleyan," published by that institution's alumni coun cil and edited by Prof. Frank W. Nicolson: In 1SS1, "there were two halves instead of four quarters. If the team winning the toss chose to take the hall, that team could keep it the full half regardless of scores." With that picture of one team taking the offensive for a full half of the game, add this historical oddity to vour serap-book on foot ball: In 1885, the various plays of the team were given names in stead of numbers, and the quar terback's signals sounded like this: For the center rush, he'd yell "step on foot" to tell which side of the center it was to go over, and to the center, "rub stockings" if the ball was to go to the quar terback. And for a second center rush in succession, he'd tell the center to "ruh stockings," In talking to the halfbacks, he'd tell them it was their turn by say ing "hands on hips, or leg on either side." And here's how a complete play often sounded: "Hawky, Mind, Get, eyes, Rub Stockings, Lively." Which is quite a bit different from the 193S game in which the spectators never hear a play called. Students Appear In German Play " Christmas Story Told In Tonight's Production German students' annual Christ mas plav, "Kin Drutsches Weih naehtssp'iel aus dem 16 Jahruii deit," under the direction of Dr. Lydia E. Wagner, will be pre sented tonight at 8 o'clock in So cial Science auditorium. Students participating in the play are: Olga Marek aa Maria, William Wciersheuer as Joseph, Carl Strobbe as 'der Wirt," Beulah Hilblink as "die Wirtin," John Loos as Gabrial, Clyde Martz Wal ter Runriin and Joseph Strnad as "die Hirten" and Otto Woerner, Ronald Broderick and Herman Rohrig as "die Koenig." The roles of "die Engel" will be played by Magdalen Strtcker, Alma Kriz, Elizabeth Ann Davis, Natalie Burn, Maxinc Maddy, Mary Rokahr, Marian Nieman, Jean Simmons and Ruth Cook. Group singing or umgima carols and Christmas music by n men's vocal quartet anqVby flute and accordian soloists will also be a part of thtir program. PLAYERS REVIEW Most major national sororities engage in some sort of philan thropic work among the poor am! underprivileged. NW's Notes i .Ml-oRI1.1;, ot re 1 tinvr 1 turn. nl"" '"m out ur-P!'1'": anor"-"rit,o" "C I-, vrllnii' ,k' "vlrf. " . S? "", ,;ri.r.""' (Continued from Page 1.1 dent cast -Jack Bittner carrying by far the greatest share of those abilities -kept the audience rock ing back and forth on the sharp edees of their seats. Students who have not had the good luck to have seen Emlyn Williams' play on either the stage or screen before, will be missing a hangup thriller if they don't trot over to Temple at 7:30 some eve ning this week. Students who have already seen the play will still be missing one of the Players' best performances if they fail to see this version of "Night Must Fall." Those of the cast, not yet men tinned, did their share in a "heavy" that demanded much of everyone. As a mild criticism, it might be said that severat of them took their "being" English a bit too seriously. An accent which seemed some what affected could have been dropped by Barbara Bilk without any inss to her characterization of Olivia Giavme. Robert Johnston seemed almost loo casual, even for Inspector Belsize of Scotland Yard. And at times, Bittner j lengthened what may have been j i,0.nrln,l fr.r to.iun Tidntiou Ultn ' awkward breaks. Remembered for one terrific screech is Betty Rowland as Dora Parkne, clumsy, slow witted maid of Mrs. Bramson. Rita Alger in the very "hit" part of Nurse Libhy brings chuckles with her lines. Best crack of the play as popped by Jack Bittner: "Women, hah! Women don't have to be drunk to talk." rf - A !" It ...' .nl r,'.- A, . a "i t ho" ss ,:, 4 my . 'In... 'Or "O C7 Texas Christian university stat isticians have figured out that the Horned Frogs' game average 140 plays each. Spcial Sale mis s si n n Wlj, 1 for Blx- 2 rt I"M LIVE WIRE CLEANERS 2H So MlhIBM O Connecticut college students have organized an eight week aeries of dally chapels to stir religious in terest among- students. tS m a m . fi grams of senior colleges and uni- (JhriStmClS Gift SllfTfTfiStlOnfl I i 1 n reason for this plan i the fact that i 19th r.ntiirv irnoUnh utiwli.ntB In tt Pan chose four years as an sp-lj proprlate period for their studies, ts In conjunction, he criticized tbelp state high school prog nun which, (( he claimed, la largely university preparatory whereas 80 percent of , the high school students fail to I ft continue with their education aftei graduation. 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