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I 6 "KV AIL Y m M EBHASKAN Ivl I Official Newspaper Of More Than 7,000 Students Vol. 39, No. 135 Lincoln, Nebraska Friday, April 26, 1940 Ag completes Farmers Fair preparations May 4th set as date; parade, circus, contests top full day of activity The University College of Agri culture will hold open house again in lesa than two weeks when the students present their twenty-second annual Farmers Fair on the campus May 4. A. parade featuring prize win ning livestock and goats spon sored by student groups will of ficially opn the annual event, ac cording to Edwin Rousek of Bur well, manager. The parade, begin ning at 10:30 a. m., will go thru downtown Lincoln. The Goddess of Agriculture, Gwendolyn Jack, home economics senior from Tekamah, will preside over the afternoon program, which opens with the presentation fol lowed by a style show in which coeds will feature clothes of theii own making. The horse show and rodeo, sec ond event of the afternoon, will feature prize winning jumping and riding horses from prominent Ne braska stables, according to the manager. Also, the intersorority riding contest will be one the of highlights, and steer riding, nov elty potato race, and other events will complete the program. This year for the first time the ag college students are offering a circus as part of their fair. It will offer all the thrills of the "big top" with student performers taking over. Every building on the campus will be open to visitors during the day, and exhibits will feature such highlights as a street market in the home economics department. A boxing and wrestling show, with two Golden Gloves winners in the main event, will hold forth in the evening as the fair winds up with a dance in the activities building. Alpha Rho Tau initiates twelve New members recently initiated Into Alpha Rho Tau, honorary Fine Arts society, at a University Club banquet are Elizabeth A. Cal laway. Herbert Myron Cecil, Mi- lada Rose Dolezal, Helen Gwendo lyn French, Marjorie Evelyn Howe, Carolyn Belle Kennedy, Mildred Mane Kopac, June Lou lse Meek, Grace Elaine Pearson, Ava Mintllng Robinson, Dorothy Sibley Royal, Frances Irene Spencer. Honorary membership was given Dr. Arthur E. West- brook. New president Is Mrs. Harriet Piatt, school of music: vice-presl dent is Katherine Schwake, arts department, and secretary-treas urer is Mrs. Nora Osborn, speech department. BixorJ group pledges 5; elects Robeck president Pledging of five women has been announced by Phi Chi Theta, bizad professional sorority. They are Lois Hall, Gayle Bush, Marl lynn Barr, Louise Matteson, and Neva Hill. Initiation will be in about four weeks, officers said Elected as president next year was Josephine Robeck. Vice presi dent is Frances Senn, treasurer Gertrude Michaels, corresponding secretary Ethel Flannigan. Mabel Secund in recording secretary and Ruth Clark is chaplain. Katherine Showver will receive the sorority's key award. Gilmore addresses Lincoln credit men Dr. E. A. Gilmore, jr., depart ment of economics, spoke recently before the Lincoln Credit Men's association on the topic "The Tax Burden, Purchasing Power, and Business Profits." Stokowski will audition students for orchestra Leopold Stokowski will hear seven Nebraska musicians play when he selects 109 young Amer ican players for his All-American orchestra which will make a good will tour this summer to Latin- America. By auditions arranged through the School of Music, these musicians were chosen by Tor Hyblom, Stokowski's repre sentative. Henry Brahinski, Jane Welch, Mary Louise Baker, Don Hartman, Harry Geiger, Richard White, and Willys Neuatrom are the musicians selected from Nebraska to play in (See ORCHESTRA, page 4.) Sigma Tau initiates 20 Engineering honorary' holds spring banquet Twenty engineering students will be initiated in Sigma Tau, honorary engineering fraternity, at the annual spring dinner of the group at 6:30 o'clock this evening at the Lincoln hotel. Prof. W. L. DeBaufre, chairman of the department of engineering mechanics, will be toastmaster. Sterling Dobbs of Lincoln will give an address of welcome, and Rob ert A. Olson of Tekamah will re spond for the initiates. Green talk. Address of the evening will be given by Roy M. Green, head of the Western Engineering Labora tories, Lincoln. Verne Hedge of Lincoln, national councilor of Sigma Tau, will present the new members with keys. The follow ing will be initiated: Andrrftnn. I.. H.. Oakland; Baldwin, W. I.., Unroln; Hunnr, . R., Suth erland: Jor-rnrn, K. I.., Omaha; Ken nedy, (i. I"., Hailing; Knott. I. A., Omnha; I-anlcr, K. J.. Pnxton; Mr tiiiwrn, I.. V., llyc; Michael, I.. V., Lincoln: Mrtlk, A. V.. NrhmltT; Hnnt er, K. I... Coleridge; Oluin. R. A., Te kamah; 1'anchke. W. W.. Aurora; Peter wii, c. ('., Vlavnr; Knhrboogh, J. C, Lincoln ; Nrntt. K. M., McConk; Slonii, W. J., Islington; Weber, I. B., Un roln; Wolf, II. J., rierce. Inquiring reporter . . . Bertrand Russell free love? He has a right By Bob Aldrich. Once In a while the members of the DAILY staff get tired of quot ing other people's opinions and decide that they would like to ex press their own for a. change. Thursday being too rainy for any self-respecting reporter to go prowling about the campus, the Inquiring Reporter settled himself comfortab'y in his chair, popped questions at members of the staff and wrote down illegible chicken tracks on a piece of paper, while the brains of the campus Fourth Estate aired their views. The decision of the New York district court forbidding the Col lege of the City of New York to hire Bertrand Russell, teacher and philosopher, was the climax, tho not the end, of nation-wide discus sion on the subject. College stu dents were naturally interested in the Russell case since matters of teaching freedom strongly affect them. The "pro's" defending Russell say that free speech is at stake, that he Is the victim of sensation alism, that morons do not under stand his theories. The "cona" call him an advocate of immorality, point to his books supposed to de fend free love and adultery. The question: "What do you think of Bertrand Russell and h'a theories?" Norman Harris, managing editor. "I think that he. is entitled to his views. I don't think anyone should be refused a position for No strings on fellowship says Stoke Students from any department may try for $500 grad award The 1500 graduate college fel lowship offered next year students is unusual because there are "no strings attached," in the opinion of Harold W. Stoke, dean of the college. "The only requirement ia that the applicant be high in scholar ship," Dean Stoke said. "An award has seldom been offered with so few restrictions as this one has. Any department. Students from any department of the graduate college are eligible for the fellowship. In making the award the needs of the department as well as the qualifications of the applicants will be reviewed. The award will be made by the grad uate council and applications should be received by May 15 Dean Stoke said. The fellowship may be con ferred as a supplement to the present fellowships and assistant ships in any department of the graduate college. Departments which have received applications for aid from high ranking students may submit their needs to the graduate office. Individual stu dents from any department or from outside the university are also encouraged to apply. Theta Sigma Phi elects officers for next year Theta Sigma Phi, national hon orary journalism fraternity for women, yesterday elected officers for next year. Louise Malmberg was chosen president; Mary Ker rigan, vice president; Camille Shire, secretary; Faye Irwin, treasurer; Margaret Owen, keeper of the archives; Marion Wilke and Ann Spicker, rush chairmen. to his opinions . . . says Daily staff the reason that Russell was re fusedon account of his opinions. He wasn't teaching them." Lucy Thomas, news editor. "I like Bertrand Russell because he is an all-around philosopher. There doesn't seem to be anything he hasn't thought and written deeply on. I don't think his views on so-called free love are under stood by most people. I don't un derstand them myself." Elizabeth Clark, reporter. "I think society has spent 50 thousand years finding it likes monogamy best. Nothing anyone could say would change anything. Although I don't agree with his opinions, he shouldn't be denied the right to teach. He is known for his free-love views through a sensation-seeking press. He should be known for his philosophy and that's what he would teach. If that dumb woman who protested can't raise her child nST to be in flnenced by every idea, the girl has no right to go to college." Agnet Wanek, society editor. "I don't approve of his ideas but I don't think he should have been refused an appointment because of his philosophy on the basis that he was going to corrupt the (8ee REPORTER, page 6.) The Weather Weather reports predict mostly cloudiness In Lincoln today, with possibly continued showers and cold. Chinese essay contest offers $1200 prize $1,200 cash! This is the first prize in the essay contest spon sored by the China Essay com pany, to be awarded to the stu dent writing the best essay on "Our Stake in the Future of China." If conditions are favorable in the Far East at the time of the award, an added reward a round triD to China via "Clinner" will be given the first prize winner. ine second prize win De $750, third prize $500, next ten prizes $100, and the next 20 prizes $50. $300 cash will be awarded the in stitution from which the winning essav is submitted for th nnr. chase of books on Far Eastern af fairs. Emphatiie argument. The cc estant should emphas ize why it is to the interest of the United States to have a strong, free and independent China. 1,500 words is the maximum lentrth for the esys, which will be Judged on a ments, skill in evaluating them, discrimination shown in in dicating their significance, force ful presentation and pleasing style. All entries must be typewritten and no name is to be placed on the manuscript itself, but, name of contestant, address, college classi fication and home address should be attached. List bibliography of all books and articles consulted in the preparation of the essay, which should be mailed to Pherbia Thomas Thornburg, director; China Essay Contest, 33 West 5lst Street, New York City. Dentists Ludwick and Anderson get interneships Ralph W. Ludwick. Jr., and Lorin L. Anderson of Sutton, sen iors in the university College of Dentistry, have received appoint ments for interne service in the exclusive Forsyth Dental infirm ary for children at Boston next year. The former is the son of Dr. R. W. Ludwick of the dental staff. Only students over the country who rank high scholastically anii who are especially qualified for work with children are accepted by the Boston institution, according to Dean B. L. Hooper. As a rule a school is fortunate in securing one appointment, he said. Ludwick and Anderson will report to the infirmary next Sep tember. Music school presents 28 students in voice, piano, instrument recital Twenty-eight students of the school of music participated in de partmental recitals Wednesday af ternoon in the Temple and in the school of music. The five depart ments represented were piano, violin, voice, woodwind, and brass. The following piano recital was given : Snnatn. C Major, Op. t, No. g. Tint Movement, Beethoven, Mllada nolrial. Sonata, R-nat. Flrt Movement, Mo mart, Kdna Mntnrln. Imprompta, t Kfcara, Chopin, Umiak Be am. Knnnta Op. It. Altera moderate, ftehnbert, Alle-n Brook. ttarden la the Rain, DrfcaMX, IWty lm Homer. HonaU. K minor, Plrat Movement, Haydn, Kola Koi. (See RECITAL, page 6.) Harmony hour to skip Tuesday for 'Carmen' Because the Carnegie music set is to be moved to the Coliseum to back up the presentation oi.' Bizet's "(.rnr4n," Sinfonla's harmony hour, regularly held Tuesday, will not be held next week. The set will be moved back for the Friday request program held in thrt faculty lounge. Engineers make ready for big week 'Pretty white ribbons' anticipate open house, convocation and ball By Don Bower. No, it's not another convention it's Just the engineers advertis ing their annual celebration. That's the reason for the pretty white ribbons, contrasting nicely with the green "40" and represent ative "E", that have been break ing the monotony of somber lapels since early yesterday morning. If you wonder why so many are already being worn, you will be amazed when you hear that they are being SOLD. How come these engineers are so willing to dig deep Into pockets filled with slide rules, compasses, etc., to find the silver necessary for purchasing a ribbon? It's voluntarv too. that all upperclassmen who DON'T wear a ribbon receive an ice cold ducking "in the tank." The "tank" is located in the M. E. building, ana, one engineer told the DAILY reporter, "it's deep enough to get them wet." Honorable Intentions. However, there is a worthwhile motive behind these 'high pres sure" methods, for the proceeds from the ribbon selling help fi nance the Engineer's Week, which will be held May 2, 3, and 4. More doings by these hard working men of iron consist of constructing a large scale slide rule to help attract attention to the big event. The slide-rule, measuring twelve feet in length and constructed with exact pre cision (the points were all laid out by using logs), is presently adoring the Pharmacy college lawn, and will remain there, un less it meets the same fate as the trylon and perisphere last year, unin ine end of the celebration. Convocation climax. The climax of all this hard work and salesmanship will feature (See ENGINEERS, page 6.) Extension editor to talk for ACPA DES MOINES. "College Publi cations as Extension Media," is the title of a paper to be delivered by Mis. Ruth Pike, associate editor of extension publications, at the Friday morning publications round table of the American College Pub licity association annual meeting here. Others on the round table program Friday morning included Robert X. Graham of the Univer sity of Pittsburgh, Kingsley Given of Park college, and Robert W. Madry of the University of North Carolina. Library receives new books dealing with arts, economics, history Among the new books recently received by the library are several dealing with the economic and his torical background of the United States, as well as various phases of the arts. New books are: Organized Labor and Production, by M, I., Cooke. Bccfhnven'i Pianoforte Sonata 1I rued, by Krki Blom. Comparative Kconmnlr Hylom, by W. N. I-ourk. Philosophy and the Phylrlti, by I.. 8. Htehblng. Whnt'a Wrong With the Keonomk Sy tem. by A. W. Knight. Social ( hanre and lbor Iw, by M. P. Sharp. Old Frontier, by I. P. Brawn. Ileneraj Anthropology, by Frani Boa. The Tragedy of Hamlet, by William Hhakrapeare; ed. by O. I.. Klttrcdge. Planting of Clvlllratton In Wetter Penn aylvanla, by H. J. Rock. An Outline Mlntory of Mnale by Karl Net; translated by C. P. Pfattelcher. Tha Metropolitan Opera I8S3-13, by Irvine Kolodln. Happy Day. lM-ltt, by H. I., Mencken. C ivil Hevle hi PuNle Welfare, by A. O. KMn. 4 'on me of the Bovik to Seceaaton, hf V. B. Phillip. After All, by Clarence nay. Je Chlaholm, by T. U. Taylor. Petialona a Penary, by Hlirirtiaa) Downey,