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Official Newspaper Of More Than 7,000 Students
Vol. 40 No. 40
Lincoln, Nebraska Thursday, November 17, 1940
Rabbi speaks
at Inter-Faith
dinner tonight
Steurmer to introduce
Mayerberg, foreigners;
flute trio to perform
Rabbi Samuel S. Mayerberg,
prominent Kansas City rabbi, will
in. 4f!,igjpeak on "What Are You Worth?"
I when th liniwrsirv Rlio-u-ni
Welfare council holds its annual
Inter-Faith banquet at 5:30 p. m.
tn parlors XYZ of the Union. Tick
ets may be purchased until noon
from a council member.
For ten years, Rabbi Mayerberg
has been protes
aor of Old Tes
tament litera
ture and He
brew history at
the University
of Kansas at
Lawre nee, to
which he goes
every Tuesday
to conduct two
one hour credit
courses. Rabbi
Mayerberg eight
years ago be
gan the attack
on the corrupt
Pendergast po-
RabM MayrriMirc.
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A
litical machine in Kansas City.
He asked the city council in 1932
or the dismissal of the city man
ager because of malfeasance in
office. He charged the city admin
istration had allied itself with the
underworld. The rabbi received
so many threats on his life that
the state found it necessary to
give him two bodyguards. He was
the creator of the charter league
from which has sprung the pres
ent united campaign which won
the recent city election.
Esther Stuermer will serve as
toastmistress for the banquet. The
program includes several numbers
by the flute trio composed of Ruth
Surber, Richard Morse and Marion
White. All foreign students on the
campus will be introduced at the
banquet. They are guests of the
council as a gesture of interna
tional good will. Mildred Freeman
is serving as general chairman of
the affair.
Awgwan-Flash
out tomorrow
Second edition features
revived gore section
Who said a flash of lightning
never strikes the same spot twice ?
The phenomenon may have never
happened before, but tomorrow a
Flash of the Awgwan variety
i -L wul hit the Nebraska campus for
Z j "the second time, and George
FTischer, editor of the magazine,
warns of dangerous repercussions
with the resurrection of the old
time gore section.
Flash is now manned by a com
plete staff. New department heads
are:
m Mpaer Atateteat eUr
Halpa uoifc Miknii m4 Art fxlltor
; Jma Pboiacrapfc editor
" Mower mm4 rKI Doolny
tj"PT aa rWpttna etiton
Iumr restart edtlor
Milrtry kra fttaattNmphbaU odlWw
M antra Kuium Eidum Miliar
Wlaa rot ttnrrUuy
Featured in addition to the gore
section will be complete coverage
of the migration trip to Kansas.
Kditors promise that the pictures
taken on the special train are
extraordinary.
Other feature sections include,
coverage of a Student Council
meeting and of the Hollywood
crew in Lincoln for background
shots last month.
Pictures of all homecoming ac
tivities will also be in the maga
zine. In this section will be pic
tures of the pre-game rally, the
fraternity and sorority displays,
the football game and of the ex
citement at the Corn-Cob, Tassel
party following the game.
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Editorial
Last night at 5, a university student covin
oil met to consider the action of its judiciary
e&mmittee following yesterday's charge by
Progressive and Liberal leaders that the Barb
faction had violated council constitutional
clauses regarding publicized candidacy of per
sons seeking office.
When the meeting was over, the Barbs had
wrangled a promise from the council that the
judiciary committee would reconsider its deci
sion, which, incidentally, threw out all Barb
ag college votes, thereby defeating the Barb
candidates for prom committee, junior and sen
ior class president.
Insofar as a reeonsideralion is all that
could possibly have been granted last night,
everyone mast now wait until the judiciary
committee reconsiders, before appeals lo the
faculty or anyone else are taken.
But the council last night was of the opin
ion, as a group, that the judiciary committee
decision should stand, and here, this writer
and the council part ways.
The Barb votes on ag were thrown out on
a technicality. No one really knows whether
it is legal to publicize a friend's candidacy.
Urging others to rote by underlining a can
didate ' name or by writing his or her name
on a slip of paper has never been brought
to the council's attention as an infraction.
Truthfully, and according to higher-ups on
its staff, The Barb, the new unaffiliated stu
dents' bulletin, is a political house organ, seek
ing to publicize Barb work and, during elec
tions, Barb candidates. The articles in the per
sonality colamns last week and the week be
fore definitely constituted violations of Coun
cil laws. Those in the know knew definitely
that the men written of were to be candidates
in the election. The underlining of names Tues
day seems insignificant and unimportant in the
light of the previous editions of The Barb.
We think it wisest that the judiciary
committee rescind its ruling and allow ag
campus votes for Barbs to count, out of all
fairness and desire to see justice prevail.
The technicality upon which the issue arose
is new. A ruling can be made to apply to the
future.
Any other action taken by the judiciary
committee should be regarding what Barbs
themselves know was the promotion of a can
didate in previous issues of The Barb.
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Lincoln Sunday Journal and Star.
Uni Theatre stages 'Double Door
By Donald E. Bower.
Tense was the atmosphere;
thrilling were the scenes and good
were the actors in "Double Door,"
University Theatre's second pro
duction which opened last night.
The play will run tonight and to
morrow. Victoria, the hateful and dic
tating old maid, brought forth
Virginia Thede as .excellent in her
portrayal of this feared ruler.
With sharpness in every word,
Victoria Bnapped order after order
to servants and family alike. Peak
of Virginia Thede's performance
was in the final scene, when, her
power having been stripped from
her, she became insane, and looked
with hysterical eyes at a handful
of pearls as the curtain fell.
Victoria dominates.
Caroline, Victoria's sister, played
by Mildred Manning, was com
pletely overpowered by Victoria,
and spent most of her time being
unnerved by the dictator's sharp
commands. Manning did well In
the hysterical scenes, her emotions
characterized by their apparent
naturalness.
Rip Van Bret, who became the
butt of all Victoria's fury when
he married his nurse, was played
by Max Whittaker. Whittaker did
good thruout, tho his acting
seemed forced in places. However,
when he lost his temper while talk
ing to Victoria and shouted,
"Damn the Van Brets" and more,
the audience was happily sur
prised. Rip's wife ideal.
Anne, Rip's wife, was the ideal
wife, beautiful, innocent and want
ing to be a friend to alL As played
by Roberta Estev. there was never
ny doubt concerning her love for
rp, ana everytning she did was
the right thing.
The actors were well-polished
and sure of themselves. They had
difficult parts to play and played
them well.
For the mistakes, as missing
cues and forgetting lines, there
was too much of this considering
a month of rehearsals, but the
next two performances will prob
ably smooth out these flaws.
AWS entertains
house presidents
AWS board entertained the
presidents of all women's houses
at a social meeting yesterday. The
committee in charge of the meet
ing included Mary Louise Morrow,
Esther Connett and Gertrude Mc-Arthur.
Seven grad students
make geography trip
Seven graduate students in the
geography department, with Ralph
Olson and Dr. Esther Ajiderson,
visited the western part of Ne
braska over the week end. They in
spected the Tri-county-Platte river
irrigation plant, and stopped at
Sutherland, Ogallala, Kingsley
Dam and Kearneji,
Hunt. Bradley
on Bizad Council
Harold Hunt and Gene Eradley
have been appointed to the Bizad
Executive Council of which Hunt
was also elected treasurer. The
council plans the presentation of
the annual Recognition Banquet
of the bizad college to be held
Nov. 27.
eision
By Paul E. Svoboda
Members came in, glanced fur
tively about, and then sat down to
look straight ahead or whisper in
a confidential manner to their
neighbors.
John Mason, president, called
the Student Council meeting to
order in the Union parlors to pro
vide room for almost a hundred
spectators who saw probably the
hottest and most verbose Council
meeting for several years.
Raymond Murray rose almost
instantly from his chair when the
gavel wielded by Mason officially
sounded the opening of the meet
ing. He was asked to take his
seat by the president in that ha
was out of order committee re
ports were to be read.
Judiciary report
Mason gave the report of the
judiciary committee's action con
cerning the disqualifying of votes
from ag campus for men students
with the explanation that the
barbs had violated Article 4 of
the Student Council constitution
governing elections.
Murray rose again and was
again asked with a resounding
crack of the gavel to take his seat
by Mason who said that the
barb member was still out of or
der. Murray appealed the chair's
decision to the Council, but it sig
nified a "no" by hand vote.
Mason called for the remainder
of committee reports. Murray rose
again this time as chairman of
the working conditions committee.
Caustically remarking that "I am
gratified that I may speak," he
aimed darts at the DAILY when
reporting on the distribution of
the student working conditions
census.
Fireworks delayed
The fireworks were being de
layed! The Council then chose.
Ruth Ann Sheldon as member of
the judiciary committee to fill the
vacancy created by Lowell Mi
chael's resignation. Kenneth Hol
land and Max Wittacker, progres
sive and liberal respectively, were
(See COUNCIL, page 4.)
Pub staffs
schedule bam
dance party
Members of the staffs of the
university publications will have
their hey-dey Friday night when
they gather for a barn dance to
chicken reel and square dance to
the tune of a squeaky fiddler and
the drore of a caller.
The dance, which is now planned
as an annual affair, will be held
in the hayloft of a barn on east O
street.
In charge of the affair are Clyde
Martz, DAILY managing editor,
and Jack Stewart, managing edi
tor of the Cornhusker. According
to Martz, the affair should be a
gala one complete with trimmings
even to chickens straying acrosi
the dance floor.
Staff members and their dates
will appear in costume with straw
hats, overalls, and gingham dresses
winning in a photo finish over
cofboy hats, boots and spurs.
Students who are not members
of the staffs of the publications
will te given admission until j all
tickets are sold. The cost is 25c
per person.
Coll-Agri-Fuii
s1iomt Saturday
Complete preparations have now
been made for the annual Coll-Agri-Fun,
to be held Saturday,
Nov. 16, at 8:00 p. m., in the col
lege activities building, ag campus.
Announced yesterday was the
fact that music will be provided
by Gay Feistner and his orchestra.
Final practice for the event will
be held tonicht in the college ac
tivities building. One group, Bald
win nan, nas aroppea out; in it
puvce wui De a curtain act, pre
sented by Alpha Gamma RhOj