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The Daily Nebraskan 1tVXIV--NO. 62. MANNHEIMER GIVES TALK Sowker Sent By Jewish Chau- l M ... A n V tauqua aocieiy npp" Before Convocation. TELLS OF THE SOCIAL MESSAGEOF PROPHETS "The Social Message of the prophets" was the subject of a ,peech by Dr. Mannheimer at the Temple yesterday morning at 11 o'clock. The speaker came from Des Moines under the auspices of the Jewish Chatauqua Society. "As a group," declared Rabbi Mannheimer, "The prophets of Israel were the most bitter and caustic critics of vice, sin, and immorality that the world has ever known." He quoted stirring passages from the book of Isaiah in illustration. "They denounced the false prince, the high priests, the captain of in dustry and the captain of the hosts more readily than the evil-doing pauper or peasant. They felt the message stirring within their hearts, and they voiced it in times of peace as well as in times of war," he added. "But," Dr. Mannheimer continued, "The prophets did other things be lides denouncing evils and pronounc ing dooms. Deep within their souls, was the conviction of God. They knew too well the sorrows which Is rael had known. They feared that they had come too late with their warning cry. In spite of their fore bo'dings, they were convinced of the goodness and the ultimate salvability of man." The message of the prophets took centuries to develop, according to Dr. Mannheimer's explanation. The prophets were not contemporaneous, and they differed widely as to in dividual notions. However they pos sessed many characteristics in com mon. The result of their combined messages created Prophetic Judaism. The prophets looked forward to a into when there would be no more war, when everyone would know the Lord. Dr. Mannheimer quoted Isai ah's statements of the three duties of mankind: "To do justly, to love mercy, to walk humbly with God." Yet in spite of the "war to end wars," in spite of the League of Na tions ideal, never was mankind so self-satisfied, never was it so self righteous, according to Dr. Mann heimer. "If ever there was a time when men should feel the need of betterment, this is the time." he ex claimed. "Let us hope the time is not so far distant as it seems, when there will be world peace and world love, as a few years ago there was world war and world hatred." "In the final analysis," concluded Dr. Manheim, the prophets' message was never simply a negative message of doom and destruction of faith, of hope, of courage and of inspiration. It was a summons and a challenge to Israel and to the world in general, to turn away from evil, and to try to establish a kingdom on earth." RESERVATIONS FOR CORHHDSKER SLOW Organizations Will Be Given Last Opportunity After Christmas Holiday. Only one-half of the organizations that were counted upon to reserve space in the 1925 Cornhusker have done so up to date. The period dosses Friday night, according to an announcement made several days ago. In case organizations could not de cide whether to reserve space or not, they will be given another chance to do so after the Christmas recess. A eek after school begins, no more reservations can be made, and organ izations who have not made arrange ments with the staff then will be left out of the annual. As it is, the prolongation of the Period is delaying work on the Corn husker, and indexing which was to have been done during the holidays ill have to be postponed several weeks. I Group pictures thf.t are to appear in the annual will be taken starting January B. All groups, including those of fraternities and sororities 11 be taken at the nmnm ntudio. A new curtain has been ordered by "' studio, and better pictures are Pcted as a result The new cur tin will be lighter than the old one, nd better cuts can be made from the Pictures. All of these group pictures must be nwned during the month of Janu ry. Announce Program of "The Messiah" To Be Given in Armory This Morning Annual Production Will Be Un . der Direction of Mrs. Carrie B. Raymond. "The Messiah" oratorio, composed by George F. Handel in 1741, will be given this morning at 10 o'clock in the Armory by the University Chorus, with accompaniment by the University Orchestra. Classes have been dismissed from 10 to 12 o'clock today, so that all students will have an opportunity to hear the annual presentation of this production. The program will be as follows: The Prophecy. Tenor: Comfort ye my people; Ev'r'y Valley shall be exalted. Chorus: And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed. Bass: For behold, darkness shall cover the earth; The people that walked in darkness. The Nativity. Pastoral Symphony. Soprano: There Were Shepherds Abiding in the Field; And Lo! The Angel of the Lord Came Unto Them; And the Angel Said Unto Them, Fear Not; And Suddenly There Was With the Angel a Multitude of Heavenly Host Chorus: Glory to God in the High est. Contralto: Then Shall the Eyes of the Blind Be Opened; He Shall Feed His Flock Like a Shepherd. Soprano: Come Unto Him All Ye That Labor. The Piion. Chorus: Behold the Lamb of God. Tenor: Thy Rebuke Hath Broken His Heart. Behold and See If There Be Any Sorrow Like Unto His Sor row. Chorus: Lift Up Your Heads, O Ye Gates. Choir of Ladies' Voices: Mildred Nefsky; Grace Rogge; Joy Schaefer; Alice Etting; Fleda Graham; Mur iel McLaren; Wilma Perry; Ruth Haberly; Gladys Johnson; Mabel Rumsey. Bass: Why do the Nations so fur iously rage together. The Resurrection. Quartet and Chorus: Since by Man Came Death; By Man Also Came the Resurrection; For As In Adam All Die; Even So in Christ Shall All Be Made Alive. Soprano: I Know That My Re deemer Liveth. STUDENTS OF FINE ART MEET TODAY Regular Weekly Convocation To Be Held In Art Gal lery At 11 O'clock. A Fine Arts Convocation will be held in the Art Gallery this morn ing at 11 o'clock. This is one of a series of regular weekly programs, and is given by students who are majoring in Fine Arts. Five stu dents are on the program this week. The program: Faust Fantasy, arranged by Allard Dorothy Howard, violinist and Lydia Yost, accompanist Se Saran Rose, by Coombs Kuth Warner and Fleda Graham, accom panist Golliwog's Cakewalk, by Debussy; The Snow is Dancing, by Debussy; Etude, by Scriabine; and Valse Im promptu, by Liszt Thelma Sexton. Cake Eaters at Wisconsin Will Have Activities Limited if Plan Succeeds Dean Goodnight Wants to Live Down Reputation of "Fuss ing Champions." MADISON, Wis., Dec. 17. There is to be a cut in the number of so cial events at the University of Wis consin and the cake eater is to have his activities limited, according to Dean of Men Scott H. Goodnight Deploring the fact that She uni versity has a reputation as the "big ten champion in fussing", Goodnight declared today that he ia seeking co operation of the students themselves and their organizations in cutting down the number of dances and par ties they give. Students generally admit the dean is right in his statement that the dance craze has been carried to ex cess here. Many of the men blame co-ed ideals for the plethora of social af fairs. Three thousand of the 7,600 students are girls, the men say, and most of them at least those who "date" rate a neatly filled tuxedo above a football letter or a schol arship honor. And some of the girls agree. "The mothers regard the univer sity as a good matrimonial bureau and accordingly they send their THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, Chorus: Hallelujah! The Lord God Omnipotent Relgneth. The University Chorus, which is under the direction of Mrs. Carrie B. Raymond, is comprised of the fol lowing: Soloists Elsie Neely, Soprano; Hobart Davis, Tenor; Sylvia Cole, Contralto; Dietrich Dirks, Bass. Orchestra Edw. J. Walt, First Violin; William T. Quick, Viola; Ear nest Harrison, Second Violin; Lil lian Eiche, 'Cello; Mark Pierce,' Bass. Donna Gustin, Piano; Edith Burlin gim Ross, Organ. Registration Starts On Monday Jan. 5 Second semester registration for students who are now in school will start January 5 and continue until January 10. New studenU will register on January SO and 31, two days before the opening of the second semester. W.A.A. ROLE IS PRESENTED Special Committee Submits Amendment Concerning Office Vacancies. IS APPROVED BY MEMBERS OF FACULTY COMMITTEE To cover difficulties which might arise in case the president- elect of the Women's Athletic Association or any other board member should not return in the fall of the year, a pro posed change of the constitution of the organization has been presented by a committee. The amendment has been approved by the faculty committee on student organizations and will be posted for two weeks at the end of which it will come before the organization for approval or re jection. Following is the proposed change: Article X, Section 2, to be changed to read: Vacanies: 1. Vacancy in the presidency shall be filled by the vice-president who shall assume duties at once upon notification of said vacancy by the executive board. 2. Vacancies of all other offices shall be filled by appointment by two-thirds vote of executive board, such new officers to assume duties immediately upon notification of said appointment by executive board. 3. If an officer whose office has been filled because of vacancy re turns to school within that term of office, she shall have a seat on the executive board with voting power for the remainder of that term of office. 4. If a vacancy occurs in the po sition of any sport leader, it shall be filled by appointment by two thirds vote of the executive board in case said vacany occurs at the time of the season of that sport This year the Women's Athletic Association was confronted with a new problem when the president elect, Dorothy Supple, did not return to school to fill that office. This change is to meet that problem and make the constitution take care of another such emergency. daughters here," said another, a lead er of the "intellectuals." "It's just the type of student who comes here.. Wisconsin has long had a reputation as a place where one may have a good time," said a third. Dean Goodnight himself declined to go into reasons for the growing popularity of parlor sports. "The tea dancer, the cake eater, and the drinker are the perennial problems of the university," he stat ed. "They always are with u. "One problem suddenly becomes more pressing than the others and we go to work on it Right now we are trying to check the excessive dancing. "There ire students here who are not happy unless they take in all the Friday and Saturday night dances at students' dance halls and then sneak in a few more during the wo'k "I haven't suddenly become puri tanical about, but I believe this dance craze has been carried too far. A man can't do all this and then keep op his work and engage in univer sity activities. ' "The erase is nothing new, either within or without the university, and I don't know whether we are worse off than anyone else. "Drinking, for the present, at least is on the decline. But I'm not saying that it won't bob up as a problem later on." RABBI GIVES JEWISH VIEWS World Forum Hears Speech From Rabbi S. Starells In Wednesday Meeting. SAYS UNIVERSALISM IS ONE OF STRONG BELIEFS Religious beliefs of the present day, liberal Jews and their views of life were explained by Rabbi S. Starells, of the Reform Jewish con gregation of Lincoln, at the World Forum discussion at the Grand hotel Wednesday noon. The discussion was the third of a series in which the views of life of various peoples are being presented. A firm belief in one God, in the moral order of the universe, the vir tue of man, in universalism the be lief that all men are the children of God and that accordance with any particular faith is not necessary for a life hereafter and the conception of Messianic age in the future were outlined by Rabbi Starells as being the most important points in the modern Jewish faith. "We dd not believe, that ours is the only faith and that all mankind should come to our way of thinking," said Rabbi Starells, "But rather that each people should develop their own beliefs in their own way. We are all seeking the samething Truth and we will all arrive at that end eventu ally, each people by their own route. Have No Missionaries. "Because of this belief we have no missionaries. Ideas cannot be forc ed on men. They do not take a hold until men's minds are ready to receive them. That is why each peo ple must be allowed o develop their own beliefs. "The liberal Christian views, es pecially those held by Unitarians, are almost identical with the views of the Reform Jews," the speaker said. "We stand almost side by side, gradually working for the same ideals, but proceeding by just a little bit different methods. "We have no creeds, nothing that must be believed.' Religion is de veloping all the time. It is develop ing now. We are forming the re ligion of the future. Constantly, ideas are being formed and later dis carded." In discussing the fundamental Jew ish belief in a God, Rabbi Starells explained that the Jews began just where the Greeks left off. The aim of the Greeks, he said, had been to find out whether or not there was a God. The Jews felt the necessity and presence of a God almost at the be ginning, and built up their religion on that ground. "The idea of the fall of man, which is held by some of the orthodox Christian denominations, is repulsive to the Jews," stated Rabbi Starells. "We believe not in the original sin of man, but rather in the original virtue of man. The world must be all right for God made it. Lira Present Life. "If this life is to be regarded only as a preparation for a future life, then we should keep away from worldly affairs altogether, and busy ourself with the preparation for heaven. But the Jewish belief is that we should live this life in the best way that we can and leave the rest to God." Rabbi Starells illustrated this be lief by telling that Voltaire, when asked on his death bed whether or not he believed in immortality, re plied : "Just a minute, let's take one world at a time." "At one time, the Jews did believe that a personal Messiah was coming to take them to the promised land. But we have outgrown such ideas. Ndw we believe in a Messianic age an age when the kingdom of God will be fulfilled on earth, and men will live the ideal life. "There was some excuse for the Jews of the early days believing in a Messiah. Political conditions then were almost intolerable. Only a Messiah, it seemed, could possibly re lieve them from the corruption of government and church. "The Jews are universalists in the extreme. We believe that all the people of the earth are the children of God and that all will share in the kingdom of God hereafter. It is not necessary to belong to any particu lar faith or to believe in any one creed." H. J. Duncan Is Now Situated In Texas H. J. Duncan, a former assistant in the Geography department is now situated in Corsicans, Texas, where he is associated with one of the prominent firms of consulting geologists. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18, Klan Issue Subject Of Debate Tonight "Should State Government De clare the Ku Klux Klan Illegal?" is the subject of the first inter class debate, to be held tonight in the Social Science ' Auditorium. The freshman team will argue on the negative side, and the sopho more team will debate the af firmative. Each team is made up of three speakers and each speaker is al lowed ten minutes for his speech, and five minutes for his rebuttal. All of the men on the teams have had experience on high school de bating teams. If no senior team is chosen, the junior team will debate the win ner of the match tonight In last year's tournament, the freshman team won. BIZADS MEET THIS MORNING Dean LeRossignol To Deliver Main Address In Annual College Convocation. QUARTETTE AND KANDY KIDS FURNISH MUSIC The annual convocation of the Col lege of Business Administration will be held this morning at 11 o'clock in the Social Science Auditorium. The principal speaker of the meeting will be Dean J. E. LeRossignol, who will talk on "851 for the World." The theme of the meeting is the relation of the Bizad college to its 851 mem- Ders. The purpose of the convocation is to develop a proper college spirit among Bizads. A good program has been arranged by Sutton Morris, chairman of the committee. The Kandy Kids orches tra will play for a few minutes at the opening of the meeting, and a spe cial quartette has been secured to lead the singing. The speakers have been selected from the faculty and students of the college. Maurice Hannaford, a senior in the college, will talk on "851 for the Col lege." A. G. Hinman, assistant pro fessor of advertising and sales man agement, will talk on "Students and Faculty for the College." An attempt has been made to make the convocation entirely Bizad this year, and the committee is striving for a one hundred per cent attend ance. Plan Funeral Services For Herbert Thompson Funeral services for Herbert Thompson, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Thompson of Minneapolis will be in charge of the Lincoln Ciapter of the Order of DeMolay. Herbert Thompson attended the University of Nebraska the first semester of 1923 and 1924. He was prominent in De Molay work as an officer, and a member of the patrol and quartette. Services will be held at the Scottish Rite Temple at 4 o'clock Thursday. Chancellor Avery j Attacks Made Says He Expected Action After Oklahoma and Notre Dame Grid Defeats. The following statement was is sued yesterday by Chancellor Avery in reply to attacks on his adminis tration of the University which have appeared in the editorial column of the Omaha World-Herald: "I can only guess at the animus, but I anticipated attacks from athletic enthusiasts after the Okla homa and after the Notre Dame football games. Dissatisfaction in regard to result of such contests always bring attacks on the team and more especially on the coaches and ultimately on the general "ad ministration of the institution. The World-Herald appears, however, to have gone somewhat further than the usual attitude of newspapers when such feeling is prevalent .and I think I am justified in my surmise that the editorial on Saturday, the 13th, throws light on the animus of the editor in so far as the univer sity administration is concerned. The alleged error of the university seems to have been its failure to create a position for a friend of the editor of the World-Herald, at the expense of the taxpayers. "The leading editorial on that day implies that a very eminent scholar has been rejected for a teach ing position in the institution because of his radical tendencies in political 1924 SOCCER GAMES POSTPONED Freshman Sophomore Game Played Today If Weather Permits. The women's soccer tournament, which was to have started Wednes day, was postponed because of the cold weather. If the weather per mits, the freshman-sophomore game will be played at 4 o'clock this af ternoon on the women's field in the rear of Social Science hall. The ju niors and seniors will play their match Friday. No definite arrange ments have been made for the final game, but in all probability it will be played after the holidays. TO TAKE SENIOR PICTURES JAN. 5 Work On Portraits for 1925 Cornhusker Will Start Af ter Vacation. Taking of senior pictures at the Hauck and Townsend studios for the 1925 Cornhusker will start on Janu ary 5, the first day of school after the Christmas recess. All pictures must be taken by January 28. Six hundred and six senior pictures ap peared in last year's annual, and seven hundred are expected this year. The staff feels that this will be true because of the large increase of junior pictures over the number of last year. The same system for the taking of Benior pictures will be used as was used in the junior sections. Names will be announced each day in The Nebraskan, and, if changes must be made, they may be arranged for directly with the studios. Fayne Smithberger, editor of the senior section, and her staff of ten assistants, ha3 been at work during the past week, and all arrangements for the taking of the pictures have been made. The names have been classified, and all that remains is the announcement of the sittings. This will be done after the Christmas recess. Work on the Cornhusker is one month ahead of the work last year. In 1923, junior pictures were taken in January, and senior pictures in February. The book this year is progressing very rapidly. AGGIES CHOOSE PATTON CAPTAIN Has Been Veteran on Nebraska Agricultural College Grid Squad For Two Years. Vern O. Patton, '26, Lincoln, was elected captain of the 1925 Agricul tural College football team at a meet ing of the members of the team Wed nesday noon. Patton has played for two years in the Aggie backfield and he has also made his "N" in baseball. The Aggie schedule for next sea son will probably include games with Doane College, Omaha University, Cotner College, and York College. York was the only team that defeated the Aggies during the past season. Thia team is supported by the athletic association of the college faculty. Issues Reply to by World-Her aldl thought. Inasmuch as the paper has seen fit to refrain from mentioning his name, it would be perhaps unfair for me to bring publicity to a worthy man, who may not desire it It is perhaps enough to say that the per- son in question nas naa an extenaea teaching experience in several insti tutions and was for a time promi nent in the Non-Partisan league. When he was first urged for a po sition here about six years ago I knew nothing of his political affilia tions and considered his appoint ment only from the standpoint of scholarship, character, academic rec ognition, teaching power, executive ability, leadership, and personal characteristics including capacity to work reasonably harmoniously with his associates. After, careful con sideration of his qualifications I reached the conclusion that his ap pointment would not be to the best interests of the University of Ne braska and did not bring his name to the attention of the governing board. Urged An Appointment. "About a year and a half ago Mr. Newbranch and others urged him for a position in the university at a time when, aside from other consid erations, there was no suitable va cancy in the faculty. It setmed to me that it was urged primarily that a place should be mtde for a deserv ing scholar, irrespective of university (Continued on Pag Three,) PRICE 5 CENTS DELTA UPSILON DEFEATS DELTS Win Championship Again Af ter One-Sided Game With Final Score 19 to 4. COMPLETELY OUTCLASS OPPONENTS IN FINALS Delta Upsilon yesterday won the interfraternity basketball tourna ment by putting down the Delta Tau Delta five 19 to 4, and as a result will engrave its name once more on the silver basketball trophy. The champions had little trouble in defeating their opponents, 'the losers got few shot; and thoso '.hey got they didn't make. They wero held scoreless until six minutes of the second half had rolled by, when Holland tossed a basket from below the goal. The winners' offensive was superi or to the Delts' in many ways and their defensive play was of the usual caliber. The latter point has been an outstanding feature of the D. U.'a throughout the tournament and it was working as well yesterday. Wostoupal, D. U., was high point man with nine points. Joe was mak ing them often in the first period and played a good game at center. Andrews, gu.ird on the losing team, showed his excellence in dribbling and offensive work. Sprague, who went in for Holland when he was injured, was only in the game for a few minutes but showed some good work. He dribbled the length of the floor twice, getting past the D. U. defense but being unable to score. Reese Scores First. Reese, playing a nice game at guard, got the first tally of the game when he dropped a basket from back of the free throw line. Shortly f ter, the D. U.'s took the ball in from out of bounds in Delt territory and Wostoupal missed a long shot from center. The ball shot true to the rim and rolled around twice before it dropped outside. A foul on Andrews netted another point, Smaha making the free throw. A few seconds later Wostoupal bat ted the ball into the basket when jumping at the free throw line. He repeated with a long one from near center immediately after. Delta Tau Delta was playing a careful game and tried no long shots. They attempted each time to pen etrate the opponents' defense and met with little success. They lost much time and allowed the D. U.'s to form and repulse the attack. Campbell got a free throw on a foul and made the score 8-0. Law- son a moment later missed a free throw on Wostoupal's foul. Wostou pal retaliated with a goal from be neath the basket. The half ended with the score at 10-0. Holland broke the spell after six minutes of the second half with a goal. After a free throw by Wos toupal on Mielenz's foul Andrews did a pretty piece of work. He broke up a D. U. play and dribbled through three players, but missed an easy shot at the goal. Lawson was injured colliding with Wostoupal after eleven minutes of the last half had slipped by. Only three points had been made the lat ter period, two of those going to the Delts. The Delts were penalized when they took their fourth time out. Smaha took a free throw but missed it. A moment later ho shot a pretty one from the side line. Campbell followed and Mielenz got a long shot for the Delt's second score. Smaha shot a basket as the whistle blew. The summary: Delta Upsilon fg ft f pte. Smaha, f .2 10 5 Campbell, f 1 12 3 Wostoupal, c 4 119 Reese, g 1 0 0 2 Barrett, g - 0 0 0 0 Totals 8 3 8 19 Delta Tau Delta fg ft f pts. Mielenz, f 1 0 12 Holland, f 1 0 0 2 Sprague, f -.0 0 0 0 Johnson, c 0 0 0 0 Lawson, g 0 0 10 Andrews, g -0 0 0 0 Totals 3. 0 2 4 Referee Newman. Mme. Petrova Sends Book to Miss Pound Miss "Louis Pound, of the depart ment of English, has received an au tographed copy of "The White Pea cock," from Mme. Olga Pexova, whose drama, "The Hurricane,"' was recently presented here. Mme. Pe trova is eligible to the Order of the Golden Fleece, and her volume is in scribed: "o the Queen, with my best wishes." The book will go as a prize to the undergraduate who is Queen of the Order of the Golden Fleece.