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WAR WITHIN A WAR
Only short minutes before
their scheduled annihilation by
tank3 and hand grenades, commu
nist revolutionaries seeking the
overturn of the Miaja defense
council government surrendered
and so brought to a relatively
bloodless end a war within a civil
war. General Miaja, new military
dictator of what is left of repub
lican Spain, crushed the revolt by
pulling crack trcops out of the
Madrid front line Irenches and as
signing them to the protection of
municipal buildings and other
vantage points within the only re
maining loyalist sector.
The communists, who opposed
the intent of the defense regime
to capitulate ' to the rightists un
der General Franco, sought to
overthrow the regime which had
itself been established by means
of revolution against the Juan Ne
gri n government. Several army
battalions were among the rebels
who were so quickly put down.
Demands of Hitler and Musso
lini that Franco completely, wipe
out all vestiges of the leftists
Tryoutsfor
Kosmet show
cast continue
Sixteen principle roles
open in 'Alias Aladdin';
aspirants report at 7:30
"Alias Alladdin" aspirants who
did not try out for one of the 16
principle roles of the cast last
night may do so tonight at 7:30
in social sciences auditorium.
Kosmet Klub needs one man
capable of being a husband to
eight (according to the latest
census) wives and a general
"man about Bagdad" to play the
part of the Caliph. Second, they j
need an American business man
with a yen for selling, to bs Towel
Tycoon J. P. Throckmorton.
Throckmorton has a daughter,
and therefore must have a wife.
His daughter i3 charming, as is
customary for daughters of Amer
ican salesmen in foreign countries,
and his wife is a henpocking wife
who can realistically pull a good
old American faint when the
necessity arises.
Villainous Villian.
The villain is a super-villain
and a villain thru and thru. He is
a villain in hLs actions as well
as his facial expressions, general
appearance, etc., etc.
The third and last feminine
principle part is that of Rita,
love sick and fancy free. She
has had eight loves before the play
opens and her batting average is
still .000.
Pony chorus tryouts will be held
next Tuesday night. Time and
place will be announced later.
Grad appointed
in San Francisco
C.H. Purcell, 1906,
named traffic engineer
C. II. Purcell. university civil
engineering graduate of 1906, has
been apjiointed consulting traffic
engineer for San Francisco on a
five-year contract. He has been
chief engineer for the San Francisco-Oakland
Buy bridge.
Purcell was awarded an hon
orary doctor of engineering degree
at the 1935 commencement. He
was born in North Bend, Neb., in
1883 and completed high school
there. He registered at Stanford
University in 1903, later transfer
ring to the University of Ne
braska. He left private practice
in 1912 to become Oregon state
highway bridge engineer and to
design the Columbia River High
way bridges. He has also been an
engineer for the United States
Bureau of Public Roads.- In 1928
he joined the California state
highway engineering office.
Willord Kimball, School
of Music founder, dies
Willard Kimball, founder of the
university School of Music L 1894,
died at his home here late Tues
day night, after a Bhort illness.
Kimball, upon the invitation of
Chancellor Canfield, came to Lin
coln in 1894 from Grinnel college
and founded the university School
of Music. Originally the school
was founded as an affiliate to the
university, and Mr. Kimball con
tinued aa director until 1919.
within Spain, are reported to bo ill
received by the general. Tne total
itarian powers, which have for so
long actively supported the right
ist movement, are said to tear tne
possibility of anti-fascist resistance
in the army If loyalist iorces are
not destroyed. Seemingly, Franco
wishes to preserve what little he
can of ravaged Spain.
Ncerin and his ministers have
fled to France so escaping the
retaliatory measures by the Mi
a1a government. The nearly three
year old civil war is already at
an end on the seas as loyalist
naval vessels have placed them
selves in voluntary internment in
France. Peace seems, at long last,
to be on the way to the rescue
of the impoverished though war
rine peoples. Franco is victorious
in fact, even if not in the eyes of
the American governments which
have failed to grant him recogm
tion. The problem now is one of
rebuilding the grandeur that once
was Spain. England and France
propose to aid financially, and the
totalitarian powers oner mm
(See WORLD EVENTS, Page 8).
Annual Junior
Ak-Sar-Ben
set Mar J 7-1 8 1
Block, Bridle club show
to feature wild cow
milkings, contests, ball
Featuring wild cow milkings,
showmanship contests, and a St.
Patrick's ball, the annual Junior
Ak-Sar-Bcn, modeled after Ne
braska's famous Ak-Sar-Ben, will
be held at the ag college, March
17 and 18. The show is sponsored
by the Block and Bridle club.
The show will be opened Friday
evening, Marcn 11 witn me Dau
which will be held in the College
Activities building. The show
proper will be held Saturday
morning and afternoon.
Contest is big attraction.
The main attraction of the
show will be the showmanship
contest, Saturday afternoon. To
date there have been 25 entrants
in the sheep division, 19 entrants
in the beef division, 11 in hog
showing, and 9 in the dairy cow
division. According to Paul Fidler,
senior manager of the show, the
showmanship contest will be the
biggest. in the history of the Junior
AkSar-Ecn. Contestants will be
judged on the appearance of their
animals as well as their showing
ability.
Other outstanding attractions of
the show include a wild cow milk
ing contest for professors, a
horse harnessing contest for pro-
(See AK-SAR-BEN, Page 2.)
'Fine jobs' open
to bizad seniors
Prof. Bullock announces
dates of interviews
C. FJ. Brabyn, representing Sears
Roeb;ok & Co., Is coming to Lin
coln Monday and Tuesday to in
terview graduating seniors for
business placement! next fall.
Holding four general meetings
at 9 nd 1:30 o'clock on both
days, nt which openings and quali
fications will be explained, he will
size up each candidate individually
Jn short personal interviews. Any
senior or graduate student seek
ing placement should sign up with
Fiof. Bullock this week.
Contacts made earlier in the
year with the various personnel
directors making the rounds has
met with marked success. Accord
ing to Prof. Bullock a number of
seniors have already received fine
offers from which to choose.
Men, for the
follow these
"Too many fellows on this
campus don't know how to dress
or act," declare many Nebraska
jo-eds.
With some such a remark the
criticisms of faulty dressing and
manners starts in sorority bull
sessions.
What if your ears do stick out
and your hair has an unruly
streak! That is forgiven if you
are clean, neat and well dressed.
But don't assume that too pol
The Official Newspaper of More Than
VOL. XXXVIII, NO. 103.
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Ihioiniors cobtod April
Doris Poellot,
Alexander
star in play
Cast for Toyarich
U Players production,
includes 15 students
Robert Alexander and Doris
Marie Poellot will have the leading
roles in the forthcoming Univer
sity Player's production, "Tovar
ich," which opens Tuesday, March
14. The cast, which was an
nounced yesterday, includes 15
university students.
Alexander will take the part of
Prince Mikail Alexandrovitch Ou
ratieff, an exiled Russian general.
His wife, the Grand Duchess Ta
tiana Petrovna, will be played by
Miss Poellot. In the play, the two
live in Paris in rags and starvation
in spite of the possesssion of 4
million francs entrusted to them
by the Russian czar which they
refuse to touch.
Geissinger Plays Banker.
Verne Geissinger will be cast in
the role of Charles Dupont,
(See TOVARICH, Page 5).
NU observes
Post-Madras
Religious leaders hold
student seminars Friday
Highlighted by the appearance
of African Minnie Soga, Indian Dr.
Rajah Mamkam and Japanese Dr.
Hachiro Yuasa at the Union, Fri
day, the university will observe
the Post-Madras religious pro
gram tomorrow. Completing the
six man team of speakers will De
Miss Ruth Seabury, Dr. M. Earle
Collins, and Dr. Gilbert Lesourd.
All six members will conduct
seminars in the Union from 4 to
5:30. Friday afternoon. The groups
are open without charge to ali
university men and women.
Sponsored by the Nebraska
Council of Churches and several
religious organizations of Lincoln,
most of the Madras meetings will
be held at the Grace Methodist
church. Students may also attend
the "supper seminars" to be held
Thursday evening at 6:30 at the
Grace church.
Union extends time
to submit quiz questions
Deadline for submitting ques
tions for the Sunday battle of
wits tt be held in the Union ball
room at four, has been extended
until Saturday noon, Union of
ficials announced.
To the student submitting the
best questions a grand prize of
25 cents In trade at the Union
Cron Crib vill be awarded.
best results;
dating rules:
ished look with manicured najls,
slick hair, and pin-stripe suit.
Just appear carelessly correct and
get creases where creases should
be, make a date with your barber
early bo that "l'escence de lilac"
or "Ben Hur" won't linger when
the big datc comes.
Don't phone at last minute.
When it comes to dates. The
worst mistake is phoning on the
(See RULES, rage 2).
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Lincoln Journal.
OSWALL GARRISON VILLARD.
Clubmen hear
U sociologist
Dr. Williams discusses
county welfare work
Representatives of 50 business,
professional, and social service
clubs met at the chamber of com
merce yesterday noon to hear
Prof. Hattie Plum Williams of the
university sociology department
discuss public welfare activities in
Lancaster county.
Presenting the first in a series
of seven talks to be given by au
thorities in this field. Dr. Williams
classified the types of public wel
fare service under corrections, re
lief, child welfare and social in
surance, asserting that the first
three were recognized as respon
sibilities of the commonwealth by
the first territorial assembly in
Nebraska.
Discusses new programs.
Other phases of public welfare
services were reported upon. In
discussing relief, she stated that
"the present Lancaster county in
(See CLUBMEN, Page &).
Backlund speaks
for choir vespers
Cathedral of Uppsala
furnishes service topic
Brandon Eacklund, engineering
junior from Omaha and member
of phi Delta Theta, 'will be fea
tured speaker for the Lincoln Ca-
thedr.il choir vesper service Sun
day evening.
The program, held at 5:30
o'clock in the Coinhusker ball
room, will be devoted to the Ca
thedral of Uppsala in Sweden.
Backlund will describe this ca
thedral, which was founded dur
ing the 11th century and is the
oldest church In Sweden.
The choir, under Director John
M. Rosborough, will sing 3ongs of
Scandinavian origin. Houghton
Furr, junior, will be at the organ.
Doors open at 5 o'clock, and the
service is open to the public.
A.A.U.W. issues tea
invitations to seniors
Honoring all senior women of
the university and Doane college,
the Lincoln and Crete branches of
the American Association of Uni
versity Women will entertain at
a tea in the governor's mansion
Saturday from 3 to 5 o'clock.
Invitations have been sent to all
senior women, who become eligi
ble upon graduation to mcmbcr-
, ship in the National A. A. U. W,
6,000 Students
THURSDAY, MARCH 9, 1939
3.8
Oswald Garrison Villard
to lecfure on 'Spiritual
Defense of Democracy'
Student scholastic leaders of the
university will hear Oswald Gar
rison Villard, noted publisher and
author, speak on "The Spiritual
Defense of Democracy" at the an
nual honors convocation April 18
in the coliseum.
Villard, longtime publisher of
the New York Evening Post and
Nation magazine, is brought to
the university by the convocation
committee' headed by Prof. Linus
Burr Smith.
A prolific writer, the speaker
has lectured in the principal cities
of the United States and Canada.
His autobiography, "Fighting
Years," is on its way to publica
tion, and he has published "Ger
many Embattled," "Newspaper
and Newspapermen," and "The
German Phoenix." Villard is the
grandson of the distinguished abo
litionist, William Lloyd Garrison,
and the son of the Henry Villard
who completed the Northern Pa
cific railway.
Honors hign-ranking students.
Students ranking in the upper
ten percent of their class scholas
(See VILLARD, Page 6).
Ag men enter
judging show
Junior livestock team
to compete in Texas
The university junior livestock
judging team will test its mettle
Saturday at Fort Worth, Tex., in
competition with teams from 17
other states.
Prof. R. R. Thalman, coach, who
will accompany the team, expects
this year's livestock show to be
the best ever held at Fort . Worth.
He points out that exhibitors from
all over the United States and
Canada, were represented at the
San Francisco world's fair, and
many of these probably will send
their stock on to Fort Worth.
Nebraska agricultural college
students who will compete are:
Lyle Roberts Teeumseh; Wayne
Smiley. Milford; Edwin Rousek,
Burwell: Keith Gilmore, Callaway:
and Leo Tupper, Riverton; Gustaf
Hokansun, Genoa. The team will
leave Lincoln Thursday morning.
The five Nebraska youths will
have an opportunity to study the
southwest livestock hidnr-i.ry, and
will visit the stables at Arlington
Downs, midway between Fort
Worth and Dallas.
Ivan Frantz, Ag junior
to take care of cows
at N. Y. World's Fair
Ivan Frantz, ag college junior
from Beatrice, will travel to the
New York World's Fair to take
care of the cows.
Frantz has been chosen Ne
braska delegate to the group of
several college students thruout
the country who will have charge
of a huge dairy cattle exhibit at
the exposition.
A former ag college student,
Vere Culver of Albion, will be di
rector in complete charge of the
exhibit. A nationally known dairy
man, he was prominent in activi
ties on ag campus when at Ne
braska, serving on the 1908 inter
collegiate dairy cattle Judging
team with Prof. Howard Gramlich
and Karl U Imams, who is now
king of latvia.
Coed injured Wednesday
Helen Gartner, Nebraska stu
dent, was slightly injured in an
automobile accident Wednesday
afternoon at 17th and N. She was
riding in a coupe driven by Ed
1 Butler which collided Willi a truck.