Sunday, March 17, 1940
THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
Void soys ....
Stations should be liable
for broadcast defamation
Should radio stations be held
liable for all ' extemporaneous
defamation which they broadcast?
Should they be less subject to
damage suits than newspapers for
the broadcasting of defamatory
remarks ? Professor Lawrence
Void, University of Nebraska col
lege of law, says "yes" to the
first, and "no" to the last.
In a recent study on this sub
ject Professor Void declares: "Ra
dio stations compete vigorously
with newspapers for commercial
advertising. . . even where de-'
famatory manuscripts are thus
read by outside talent given ac
cess to the microphone, radio sta
tions have the same sort of physi
cal opportunity to check the
manuscript for defamatory con
tent that newspapers enjoy. So
far, therefore, no serious reason
appears for favoring radio broad
casters more than other publish
ers." In an article published in
the University of Pennsylvania
Law Review, he states that there
is no reason "for sacrificing in
their (broadcaster's) interest the
victims of their defamatory re
marks." Victim is helpless
Rebuking the contention that
the instantaneous character of
radio transmission calls for milder
rules of negligence in cases of
interpolations without warning, he
states: "In interpolation cases the
outside speaker at the microphone
is either inaccessible to the victim
or is financially irresponsible. The
victim in such cases is helpless. . .
The radio operator is equally help
less." The radio operator can
avoid this hardship. Professor Void
claims, by requiring "adequate in
demnity from the advertiser for
whom he broadcasts as a condi
tion to admitting the outside
speaker to the microphone."
Liability accentuated
According to Professor Void the
greatly increased danger to vic
tims of unprivileged defamation
that is involved when publication
is by radio suggests that in this
field the need for strict liability is
not diminished, but accentuated.
"Here, of all places," he states,
"those who by their own conduct
create the risks and reap the com
mercial profits from the business
of publishing ought also to bear
the burdens which their conduct
inflicts upon their innocent vie
Urns."
Professor Void is a recognized
authority in the field of torts,
sales and corporations. He has re
ceived three degrees, all from Har
vard university; the AB cum
lavide, bachelor of laws, and doctor
of jurisprudence. He has written
a textbook, "Void on Sales," and
has published extensive articles in
the various fields of law.
Hootontotalk
at uni convo
Harvard anthropologist
to speak here April 2
Dr. Earnest A. Hooton, world
famed Harvard University anthro
pologist, will address a university
convocation the morning of April
2. The program will be held at
11 o'clock in the Union, with Pro
fessor K. M. Arndt, presiding.
The visiting scientist is inter
nationally famous for his popular
works "Apes, Men and Morons,"
published in 1937, and several
earlier volumes, "Up From the
Ape," "The Indians of Pecos," and
"Ancient Inhabitants of the Ca
nary Islands."
After receiving his master's and
doctor of philosophy degrees from
the University of Wisconsin, Dr.
Hooton joined the Harvard faculty
antnro-
Ferguson will speak
to Texas engineers
Dean O. J. Ferguson of the uni
versity college of engineering will
speak twice Friday at El Paso be
fore the ninth annual meeting of
the Texas section of the Society
for the Promotion of Engineering
Education.
The dean is national president
of the society. In the afternoon he
will report upon the work and ac
tivities of the organization, and in
the evening will talk on teaching
qualifications.
Alabama U hires alum
Miss Hermine Hoye of Hastings,
a former graduate student, has
been appointed to the faculty of
the school of commerce and busi
ness administration of the Univer
sity of Alabama.
Glick to address group
on rural public welfare
Dr. F. Z. Glick, director of the
graduate school of social work,
will talk on "Rural Public Wel
fare Administration" March 23 at
Belleville, Kas., on the program
of the North Central Kansas Wel
fare Workers association. April 12
at Omaha he will discuss "Rural
Child Welfare" before the confer
ence of the covered wagon region
of the Girl Scouts of America.
Queens
in 1913 as instructor in
I nrAr.tr v H hna hen a full nro-
fessor since 1930, and curator of
the Peabody Museum of the institution.
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and her home is Omaha. She is
a member of Tassels, Coed Coun
selors Board, and the Student
Council. A member of this year's
Prom committee, she was a beauty
queen in the 1939 Cornhusker and
the 1939 Nebraska Sweetheart.
She resides in Raymond hall.
Pat Rcitz is a senior in business
administration from Chadron. She
was a beauty queen in the 1939
Cornhusker, an ROTC sponsor,
and is a member of Delta Gamma
fioronty. Gerry Wallace is a
senior in Teacheis college and
lives in Lincoln. She was a Prom
girl in 1939 and is an ROTC spon
sor. She is affiliated with Delta
Gamma sorority.
Ballot two weeks.
Ballots will be published in the
DAILY for the next two weeks on
which men students may mark
tbeir choice of candidates. Ballots
may be mailed to the DAILY or
dropped in a ballot box near me
Union entry. Each student may
vote only once, and names roust be
signed to ballots for the purpose
of checking.
Pictures of the candidate whom
men students select will be sent to
a committee of five New York
artists who will pick a state win
ner for each of the 48 states
Photographs ot the state winners
will be published in the May 3.
10 and 17 issues of Movie and
Radio Guide. Readers of the maga
sine will ballot for their choice
for All-American college queen
and the 12 candidates who receive
the most votes will be sent to
the world premiere of Paramount'
"Those Were the Days" at Knox
College in Galesburg, 111., May 21
While the twelve campus queens
are at Knox, Paramount stars and
Knox College students will be their
hosts, and a committee headed by
' Jay Theodore Reed, director of
Those Were the Days," will pick
the All-American college queen
from among them.
The girl chosen for the honor
then will be awarded a free trip
to Hollywood where she will be
entertained and given a screen test
to discover her movie possibilities.
Consolation prizes will be awarded
to all state and national winners.
Walker publishes paper
Dr. Jjevti B. Walker of the de
partment of botany has a study
f the "Development of Casterella
Lutophlla" published In the cur
rent number of Nycologia, a pub
lication devoted to technical pa
pen on fungi.
Turner to speak
before pre-Iaws
George Turner, clerk of the Ne
braska supreme court and the
state law library, will speak to
the Young Advocates, pre-law
group, Tuesday at 7 p. m. in 201
Social Sciences.
Turner is also clerk of the Ne
braska integrated bar, which un
der the supreme court regulates
the practice of law in Nebraska.
He will tell the pre-laws about the
work of the integrated bar and
about the use of the law library
in the capitoL
The Young Advocates is a group
recently organized for pre-law
students. The group recently acted
as jurors for the senior law trials.
Fullbrook speaks
on competition
Dr. E. S. Fullbrook of the de
partment of business organization
and management will discuss "Im
perfect Composition" Wednesday
at the final meeting of 1939-40 of
the Economics club.
The program will be held at 7:30
p. m. in the faculty lounge of the
Union. Following the address there
will be an election of committee
members for next year. Retiring
leaders are Profs. L. B. Snyder of
the department of rural econom
ics; E. B. Schmidt, and E. A. Gil
more, jr., both of the department
of economics.
NU faculty members
participate in Kearney
irrigation conference
Several geologists and engi
neers from the university partici
pated in the recent meetings on
pump Irrigation sponsored at
Kearney by the farm bureaus of
Buffalo, Hall and Dawson coun
ties. Dr. A. L. Lugn of the de
partment of geology discussed
"Sources of Irrigation Water in
the Pleistocene Sands and Grav
els of Nebraska;" Professor E. E.
Brackett, chairman of the depart
m?nt of agricultural engineering,
presided at the sessions; Walter
Fltts, assistant extension agrono
mist, addressed the group on "Soil
and Mosture and Their Relation
to Irrigation Practices;" and R.O.
Pierce, assistant extension engi
neer, discussed "Application of Ir
rigation Water."
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