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The Official Newspaper of More Than 6,000 Students
I KIDAY, FEBRUARY 10,
Survey shows college men
favor only defensive war
Few would volunteer
for service otherwise
BY JOE BELDEN
Kdltor Student Opinion Surveys of America
AUSTIN, Tex., Feb. 9. If the
nation went to war today for other
reasons than the defense of the
country, the United States govern
ment would find less than two
ready volunteers out of every ten
college men.
A poll just conducted by the
Student Opinion Surveys of Amer
ica among the male collegians of
the nation reveals that altho they
are willing to defend their country,
it will take several good reasons
to make them volunteer for some
other form of warfare. The Sur
vey does not attempt, of course,
to predict how many would enlist
under future circumstances, for it
is possible that many would act
like a student interviewed in one
of the west central states who de
clared, "I might say now that I
wouldn't volunteer, but when the
(time comes perhaps I'll go any
way. It will depend on the propa
ganda." Monroe Wat Right.
However, the poll indicated
clearly that students are not at
present in any mood to have the
United States dipping into the
European or Far Eastern war
pots. Representative portions of
the nation's student bodies, ex
v ROTCbond
plays Sunday
Program will include
classics, modern pieces
With a distinctive program In
cluding classical and modern num
bers, Don A. Lentz Is presenting
the University R. O. T. C. Sym
phonic band in concert Sunday at
3 o'clock in the coliseum.
Three soloists, Don Hartman,
flutist; Duane Harmon, cometist;
and Verne Itawalt, saxophonist,
will be featured In this annual
winter concert. A number of im
posing selections, among thorn the
Overture to "La Forza Del Des
tino," by Verdi, and Wagner's "En
try of the Gods into Valhalla" will
be played by the band, in addition
to several pieces of the modern
school of composers. Following is
the program:
Jrsu, Jr ( Mm'i Dnlrlnf, B-h- jti
mi. Overture, Fori IM Dnllns, Verdi.
tMtrr Ike C4 Into Valhalla, Waf
ar. Rartoiar, Caarlla; Im Hartman, flu
tUt. MarrlMt aa Rrhrri. ProLofWf f.
Naoail, Rritedt; laanc Harmon, rar
, r(UI.
A (arm; Hoaniaa March, lYanro.
Daaaa Jayraer, Avon; Vrtne Hawaii,
alnaala4.
My Nrbraaka, Vim.
March ef the htrri Men, Rrlttrrtlnf.
Mortar Boards
observe f ounding
Group to hold luncheon
at Union on Saturday
Mortar Boards will hold a found
ers day luncheon Saturday at 12:30
in the Union. The Mortar Bot-rd
founders day is on February 15,
but the luncheon Is being held this
week-end in the hope that several
outstate Mortar Board alumni, to
whom invitations have been sent,
will be able to attend.
Mr. F. D. Coleman of Lincoln,
national president of the Mortar
board society, will greet the local
chapter, and Harriet Cummer, sec
retary, will cjfer greetings from
the alumni unable to attend the
affair.
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VOL.
cluding women, were interviewed
with this question: "If the United
States went to war for other rea
sons than the defense of the coun
try, would you volunteer ?"'
Those who said they would
amounted to 19.7 percent; no, 90.3
percent.
Most of those who are willing
to fight had reasons for their an
swers. Mentioned the greatest
number of times were "to perpet
uate democracy," and "to make
the Monroe Doctrine respected."
A good number also mentioned
that they were in the R. O. T. C. or
the National Guard and would
have to enlist. 'To stop fascism,"
"to help England or France," "to
protect American propctry
abroad." "to keep the balance of
power," those are other reasons
And there were those who would
join any conflict, like the Dart
mouth sophomore who declared,
"I'd follow the U. S. anywhere
my country right or wrong." Opin
ions from students on the opposite
side ran from mild comments on
the foolishness of war to emphatic
statements such as a Texas stu
dent's "I'd rather sit in Jail than
right in any war."
By sections, the affirmative vote
was like this:
Far Western 31.7
Southern 21.5
West Central 17.8
Middle Atlantic 17.4
HI.... W I 4-
East Central 14.7
Ag men elect
'Sweetheart1
Males will pick queen
at mixer Saturday
Ag men will choose between
Lois Hammond, Annabelle Hutch
eson, Helen Scheve, Gwen Jack
and Peggy Sherbum for "Ag
Sweetheart" to be presented to
morrow night at the annual Val
entine mixer of the Varsity Dairy
club.
Balloting for the party will be
gin at 9 o'clock and continue till
10, all men holding tickets to the
mixer being eligible to vote. The
presentation of the male choice
will be made at 10:30. The five
candidates were nominated by the
vote of all ag college girls in a
poll conducted by the Home Eco
nomics association.
With Loren Zook in charge of
the affair, the activities building
will le decked out In Valentine
hearts and frills. Earl Hill, reputed
to be star orchestra of the mixer
season, will play.
On hand for the party as chap
erons will be Professor and Mrs.
Lawrence K. Crowe and Mr. and
Mrs. Clayton W. Watkins of the
ag college faculty.
K-STATE
Registration opens
for drama trials
Try-outs to select new
Players dated Feb. 21
Registration for second semester
tryouts for the University Players
will be held this morning from 8
till 12:30 o'clock in Temple 201.
Any student of sophomore stand
ing or above, who is eligible for
participation In activities under
university regulations will bo al
lowed to register.
Students selected at the tryouts,
which will be held Feb. 21, will be
considered for roles in Player pro
ductions next year and for the
final play of this year, which will
be presented in mid-March.
1939
XXXVIII, NO. 85
Alumni to
help celebrate
Charter Day
Grads oyer the nation
gather; Chicago club
will hear chancellor
Alumni in 34 cities and towns
over the United States will join
with the Nebraska faculty and
students in the observance of the
70th birthday of the campus next
Wednesday.
Celebrations are planned by
alumni organizations in 17 towns
within the state as well as in 16
cities scattered from coast to
coast. Groups in 13 states are pay
ing tribute to their alma mater
on the eve of its Charter Day.
Only the Chicago association
will not be gathered together next
Wednesday night. This group has
postponed its program till March
31 in order to hear an address by
Chancellor C S. Boucher, who will
be there to speak at the conven
tion of the North Central Associa
tion of Colleges and Secondary
schools.
Lincoln Alumni Dine at Union.
Lincoln alumni and those who
are able to come to Lincoln from
adjoining towns will banquet to
gether at 6:30 o'clock in the Stu
dent Union, the latest addition to
the ever expanding institution.
Chancellor Boucher and Dr.
Edith Abbott, dean of the school
of social service administration ot
the University of Chicago will de
See CHARTER page seven.
Presentation
plans due 17th
Prom committee hopes
to get striking entries
It's not too late yet, but it will
be Feb. 17 for entries In theO
Prom Girl presentation contest.
Fred Stiner and Elizabeth Waugh,
co-chairmen of the presentation
committee are still looking for a
suitable plan to win the $10 prize
offered.
The committee wants a revolu
tionary presentation this year with
strictly modern light and soynd ef
fects. "We want a sharp crash, al
ternate light and darkness, col
ored rockets and fingers of light
ning reaching out into the audi
ence," Stiner told the DAILY NE
BRASKAN. "But suppose," she was asked,
"some innocent bystanders are
killed by the stunt?"
"So much the better," beamed
Stiner. "It would make this year'H
presentation stand out above all
others."
Prom Girl Election Feb. 28.
Entries must be accompanied by
a detailed list of expenditures and
be delivered to the office of the
editor of DAILY NEBRASKAN
before the deadline. If the total
cost of the presentation exceeds
$35, the prize money must be for
feited. Election of the girl about whom
all this lightning and thunder will
play on Prom night, Friday, March
3, will take place in the Union on
Tuesday, Feb. 28, instead of, as
usual, at the coliseum door on
Prom night. Filings must be made
by Prom Girl candidates between
Feb. 20 and 23 in the Student Ac
tivities office in the coliseum, ac
companied by pictures.
Pictures of all the candidates
will be published in the DAILY
NEBRASKAN before the date of
the election.
Juniors now limited
to 7 points; Seniors 8
Revised rating table scales up Nebraskan,
Cornhusker editors, Student Council president
Complete revision of the men's activity point system is
announced today by the Student Activities Board.
In an amendment to the by-laws of the original constitu
tion made effective today, an extra activity point was added
to each of the three key positions of the campus, the number
'Pirate of
Prairie1 hits
Union screen
Movie thriller booked
for ballroom Sunday,
square dancing today
"The Prairie Pirate" will invade
the usual peace and quiet of the
Union, when he stamps his imagi
nary yellow seal on the screen in
the ballroom Sunday afternoon at
4:30 o'clock.
The masked and bearded bucca
neer of the plains will provide
plenty of thrills for all when again
and again he evades capture,
Union officials promise.
On the same bill for the Sunday
laugh session, will be the original
"Mortonl, Magician," who will ex
hibit a number of mystifying
tricks, and a roller skating trio
which will twist and twirl in a
mile-a-minute fashion.
Old-fashioned stuff.
Today from 4:30 to 5:30 some
thing new in the way of dancing
entertainment for students will be
an old-fashioned square ' dance.
There will be no charge for the
dance which will be held in the
ballroom. If the venture proves
successful, the Union will make
square dancing a regular weekly
event.
Carl Colby and his orchestra will
provide swing and sway music
Friday night for the Union dance
from 9 to 12 o'clock. Colby is rot
a stranger to the campus as he
See PIRATE page seven.
Church group
dines tonight
Religious council will
honor foreign students
Reservations are still available
for the International Friendship
banquet, annual goodwill fiesta
sponsored by the Religious Wel
fare council, which will be held
tonight at 6 o'clock in Union par
lors XYZ. Those who wish reserva
tions must call the Y. M. C. A.,
Y. W. C. A. or R. B. Henry be
fore 10 o'clock this morning.
China, Liberia, Germany, Chile
and the Philippines will be repre
sented by foreign students who
are guests of the council for the
evening. Gilbert Savery will wel
come them on belutf of the coun
cil. With Ellsworth Steele as toast-
master, entertainment will feature
a comic impersonation of an im
migrant by F. L. Rodenbeck, and
the ocarina quartet of Will Reedy,
Jim Hammond, Harold Buxton and
Dick Leask. C. H. Nicks, Negro
paator will sing Negro spirituals
for the group.
"Dad" Elliot will speak.
"Bonds of Friendship" is the
topic on which A. J. "Dad" Elliot
will address the gathering, which
climaxes his week spent on the
Nebraska campus. Today at noon
umot will meet with the Y.M.C.A.
group for luncheon and a discus
sion, and will conduct the last
seminar of the week's series this
afternoon at 4 o'clock.
According Xo plans revealed bv
Sclma Hill when the Reli!ous
Welfare council mot Thursday
noon, the first all university ves
per service will be held Tuesday,
Feb. 21, at 5 o'clock In Union par
lors XYZ, and succca :ive services
wi'.l be held on the third Tue-dav
of the following months. The ves
pers will be held with the joint
sponsorship of the Y. W. C. A..
Y. M. C. A. and the council.
of activities open to each man cut
to a minimum, and the amount of
activity points allotted for par
ticipation in various activities re
vised. The new system will supplant
the old plan which proved to be a
failure because the restrictions
placed upon participation in ac
tivities were at too high a maxi
mum. According to Stanley
Brewster, chairman of the board,
under the old plan certain campus
leaders practically had a monop
oly on the offices and member
ships in most of the campus's lead
ing activities.
Amendment rules.
Under the stipulations set forth
in the amendment, the maximum
amount of activity points that
each man will be allowed to make
during a semester is as follows:
A male student with a scholas
tic average of 72 percent or above
and who is of a sophomore stand
ing shall have the privilege of
carrying activities totaling six
points. A student of sophomore
standing having an average of
less than 72 percent shall carry
activities totaling not more than
three points.
A male student of junior rank
ing having an average of 72 per
cent or above will be allowed to
carry activities totaling not more
than seven points. A student of
junior standing having an average
of less than 72 percent shall not
carry activities totaling more than
four points.
A male student of senior rank
ing having an average of 72 per
cent or above will be privileged
to carry activities totaling not
more than eight points. Seniors
having an average of less than 72
percent will not be allowed to
carry activities totaling more
than four points.
The number of points assessed
students for participation and the
holding of office in different activ
ities can be determined by refer
ence to the table printed elsewhere
in this edition.
Maximum Requirement.
Students carrying more than the
number of points set by this
amendment will be forced to cut
out various activities of their own
choosing until their number of
credit points does not exceed the
maximum for their class standing.
The offices of editor of the Daily
Nebraskan, editor of the Corn
husker, and president of the Stu
dent Council have each been given
an extra point making the present
point value of each office five. The
revision of the amount of activity
points allotted for participation in
various other activities can be
found in the table.
According to Brewster, because
the plan is being put into effect
after the beginning of the second
semester, in special cases a' stu
dent may find it impossible to drop
some of his activities if he is over
pointed. In cases of this kind, if
the student brings his case to
Brewster, he will present it to the
jurisdiction board who will make
the proper adjustments.
Under the new system, a more
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Choir to feature
Hebrew religion
Finklestein will speak
at Sunday vespers
A program devoted to the Jew
ish church will be presented by
the Lincoln Cathedral Choir in its
regular weekly vesper service at
5:30 o'clock in the Cornhus'cer
ballroom.
Aaron Finklestein, sophomore
law student at the university, will
be the featured speaker, with
Ilousnton Furr, junior, as guest
organist.
The choir, directed by John M.
Rosborough, will offer three num
bers: "Tlus Is the hour of Praver."
"O God, Hear My Prayer," by
Gietehaninol'f, and "Nunc Dimit-
tis." Vesper program are open to
the public and arc broadcast by
radio stations KFOR and KOIL.