The Daily Nebraskan BUY A CORNHUSKER NOW! BUY A CORNHUSKER NOW! VOL. XXIV NO. 84. THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1925. PRICE 5 CENT8 SHAW EXPLAINS GREAT DANGERS Ex-Governor of Iowa Talk on "The Constitution" at Thursday Convocation. SAYS MAN WHO VOTES TO PLEASE IS MENACE "The gravest danger confronting this country of yours and mine is not from the dishonest politician with the itching palm, but from the man who is willing to vote for any and every thing that will please the peo pie at home and Insure his re-elec tion." declared Leslie m. isnaw, ex governor of Iowa and former Secre tArv of the Treasury, in an address on "The Constitution" at the Temple ' theater Thursday morning in which he made a stirring appeal for a re newal of faith in the doctrines of government laid down by the "Fa thers of the Constitution" and the maintenance of our government as a republic. "If we expect to keep our country on the map and our blessed flag in the skies it is up to all of us to spend a little more time in the study of statescraft-the most important thing in which man has ever been en gaged." Mr. Shaw pointed out that the United States was not intended to be a democracy a government by the people but a republic a govern ment by the best representatives of the people and that these representa tives should not be forced to "please the people" but should do what is best for the country. Father Provided Republic. "The fathers of the country knew that a monarch sometimes makes mistakes and that the people always make mistakes," said Mr. Shaw, "and so they provided a republic. They had confidence that the people would continue to be represented by such men as made up the Constitutional Assembly. They had never heard of the direct primary." Mr. Shaw drew an analogy be tween the government and a corpora' tion. The country is "owned" by the people. The corporation is owned by the stockholders. The business of the government is carried on by rep resentatives of the people. The busi ness of the corporation is carried on by representatives of the stockhold ers. "There isn't a bank in the coun try that could continue if its affairs were put in the hands of the stock' holders," he said, "and a nation can not continue with popular govern ment" "When we send a man to Congress now he must virtually pledge that he .will not study out any question," continued Mr. Shaw in lamenting the fact that representatives chosen di rectly by the people cannot act for the best interests of the country. "If he studies out anything and comes to an opinion based on fact that is contrary to the opinions of his constituents which are based on prej udices, he will not be re-elected." Give Rare Example. As a rare example of an man who puts his country above his personal interests Mr. Shaw cited a Congress man from a German district of Cin cinnati, who, when the question of war with Germany was being con sidered, declared: "I don't care what becomes of me, it is the destiny of my country that I am concerned with." Mr. Shaw warned against changes in the Constitution which would tend towards making the government more democratic. All the republics of the past 2500 years have gone downward along the course to democracy, then came mass government, dictatorship, and finally, monarchy. Experience has, shown us that the people cannot be counted on to know what is best for them Mr. Shaw said. The representatives of the people must do that which is for the best interests of the nation even though it is contrary to the wishes of the people. He cited the campaigns fsr issues of irredeemable paper cur rency and free coinage of silver as proofs. "There is a million dollar school in Kansas City for training chauf feurs, but all that we require of those who are to control the destinies of a hundred million people and run the most complicated machine in the world the government is that they be able to 'step on the gas"' Chancellor S. Avery introduced the speaker. OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY An intramural athletic carnical is to be held at Ohio State University early next month. Last year 2451 individ uals participated in the meet which s recognized as the largest event of ta kind in the country. - INDIANA UNIVERSITY Stu dents who wish to have cars at school Bust apply to an executive commit tee. The committee uses as its de ciding factors the moral and scholas ll standing of the individual. Ask For Snapshots For Annual Section The Women's Athletic Association of the Cornhusker for this year is de voting two pages to snapshots of the members -and activities of the organ ization. Any woman who has kodak pictures which would be of interest is asked to leave them on the W. A. A. desk in Miss Clark's office or give them to Dorothy Zust. Four more pages have been added to the section this year, and as the association desire to make the sec tion more reprtppii'i tive two pages will be given over to snapshots. POOL REJECTS RECBNT OFFER Head of Botany Department Will Not Take Position with New York Firm. Prof. Raymond J. Pool, chairman of the botany department, definitely refused Wednesday afternoon the offer that was made to him several weeks ago by the American Smelt ing and Refining Company of New York City to take the directorship of their department of agricultural investigation. The company has been very per sistant in trying to obtain Professor Pool for this position and as a last resort asked him to come to New York City to consult with them. It was in reply to this message that he gave his final statement that he was nut interested. In commenting on his action Dr. Pool said, "The University is o pretty good place after all." He then went on to say that the initial salary that he was offered was over twice as much as he is now drawing from the University. In addition to this it was promised him that in the near future it should be made over three times what he is now drawing. "If I were after the money entirely, there could be no doubt in my mind what my actions would be, but such is not the case." If Dr. Pool had taken this position, he would have been in charge of a staff . of trained investigators. The principal laboratories and experi mental fields of this department are located in Salt Lake City, although extensive operations are being car ried on in several other states nnd in Mexico and South America. Dr. Pool would have been in charge of these workers also. The position was held by Dr. P. J. O'Gara, '02, until resignation on January 1. his COMMERCIAL CLUB CHOOSES NEW HEAD Clayton Goar Elected Presi dent at Meeting Held Thursday Morning. Clayton E. Goar, '26, Kansas City, was elected president of the Univer sity Commercial Club at a meeting held Thursday morning in the Com mercial Club room. He is business manager of University Night, a member of the Kosmet Klub, and is affiliated with Sigma Chi fraternity. The other officers elected were, Marion Woodard, '26, Sahenadoan, la., vice president; Richard Brown, '27, Holdrege, secretary, and Gordon Luikart, '27, Riverton, Wyo., treas urer. During the second semester the Commercial Club will sponsor the annual "Bizad Day" program. There will also be the regular monthly din ners and several special convoca tions. Coombs Has Been Author of Kosmet Plays for Past Three Successive Years Author of three Kosmet Klub pro ductions in three successive years is the record of Cyril L. Coombs, Law, 23, who was awarded first prize re cently by the Klub for his play, "Tut Tut" which will be produced April 24 at the Orpheum theater. Mr. Coombs wrote the 1923 play, "The Yellow Lantern," and the 1924 comedy, "The Wishing Ring." Both plays were successes in Lincoln and were later taken to Omaha. While in the University of Ne braska Mr. Coombs was well known in dramatic circles. He was a mem ber of the University Players with which he appeared again a week ago in a one-act play, "The Valiant." He served not only as actor and director for the Players but was also stage manager for the organization for three years. During the seasons of 1916 and 1917, Coombs played with the Ida Root-Gordon players touring Wis consin, Minnesota and North Dakota. While with the organization he play ed in several well-known shows in Journalists Picture To Be Taken Today The official picture of the stu dents and faculty of the School of Journalism will be taken at 12 o'clock sharp today on the south steps of University Hall, states a bulletin yesterday to the 122 members of the School from the director, Prof. M. M. Fogg. Uni versity Hall 111 (the School Li brary and Reading Room) will be used as coat room. The members of the School are requested to correct any errors there may be in the copy, on' the bulletin-board, of the roster of members (name, academic . year, home town, Lincoln address and tolephone number.) DR. DURAND TO GIVE LECTURES Head or American society o Mechanical Engineers Be gins Series Today. WILL ADDRESS GENERAL MEETING OF ENGINEERS Dr. William F. Durand, president of the American Society of Mechani- cal Engineers, who will deliver series of lectures to the mechanical engineering faculty and students, starting this afternoon at 2 o'clock, is especially fitted for work in this line, , being Professor Emeritus of mechanical engineering at Stanford University and having taught at Michigan A. and M. College, Cornell, and Leland Stanford. Dr. Durand will open his series of lectures at 2 o'clock this afternoon at a general meeting of the engineer ing students and faculty. The sub ject of his first address is: "Some Outstanding Problems in Aero-nau-tical Engineering." His first appear ance in Lincoln will be at a luncheon at the University Club given in his honor this noon by the faculty of the college of mechanical engineering. He will make no address at this time, Downtown engineers are invited to attend the dinner given this evening at the Grand Hotel by the local chap ters of the American Society of Me chanical Engineers and Sigma Xi, At this time Dr. Durand will speak on "The Engineering Profession, Its Antiquity, and Its Obligations." During Dr. Durand's visit he will be entertained by the engineering faculty and members of the local chapters of Sigma Xi and the Ameri can Society of Mechanical Engineers Dr. Durand is making a rather pro longed Visit of the local chapters and student branches of the society and will be on the road about two months. Among the points that visits on his trit west are: St. Louis, Kansas City, Lincoln, Omaha, Salt Lake City, and San Francisco. The return trip to New York City will be made by way of Houston, New Orleans, Baten Rouge, Birmingham, and Atlanta. Faculty Woman's Club Holds Monthly Meeting The regular monthly meeting of the Faculty Woman's club was held in Ellen Smith Hall, Wednesday. The program was made up of two cello selections by Mary Creekpaum, "The Bells," by DeBaussy and "The Har lequin," by Hopper, a vocal selection by Hrriet Cruise entitled, "The Lilac Tree," and a group o readings by Virginia Worst The committee in charge o the meeting as, Mrs. A. K. Congdon, chairman, Mesdames, C. fFordice, S. W. Alfred, Carl Engberg, and W. A. Seavey. cluding "Bought and Paid For," "The Easiest Way," and "It Pays to Ad vertise." Mr. Coombs came to the Univer sity soon after the war, after com pleting a two-year service with the aviation corps. He graduated from the law college in 1923 and is now practicing law in Lincoln. He is a member of Phi Delta Phi and Pi Kappa Phi. All of his Kosmet plays have been entirely originaL Some of the songs he composed have been hits includ ing, "Underneath the Chinese Moon," and "The Maker of Dreams," from "The Yellow Lantern" and sev eral songs in the 1924 production, "The Wishing Ring." Mr. Coombs will hold tryouts for this year's comedy February 23, 24 and 25. The cast of the play calls for nearly fifty parts, including one chorus of men and women n Ser ing 16 and a pony chorus ot n girls. There will be 16 prim 1 parts. Work will start soon afte. 1 the cast is chosen. BUST FILE FOR OFFICES TODAY All Candidates Have to Turn in Names at Activities Office by S O'clock. THREE VACANCIES IN COUNCIL TO BE FILLED Today is the last day for candi dates to file for the class presiden cies, Ivy Day Orator, and the three vacancies in the Student Council. Filings for these positions will be ac cepted at the Student Activity office until 5 o'clock today. So far only one filing has been received for sen' ior class president No one has filed for any of the other positions. Because of the point system two members of the Student Council were forced to resign. All students are eligible to vote for candidates to fill these vacancies as well as for Ivy Day Orator. Only students in the Pharmacy College may vote for the candidate to fill the vacancy in the Council caused by the graduation of Dale Reynolds. Students must have an average of seventy-five per cent in the previous semester to be eligible for election to the Student Council. The announcement of the candi dates for the several positions will be announced in the Sunday edition of The Daily Nebraskan. The election will be held Tuesday, February 17, OFFER PRIZE FOR MILITARY ESSAY Reserve Officers' Association of Beatrice, Nebraska, Sponsors Contest. A cash prize of one hundred dol lars is being offered this year by the Reserve Officers' Association of Be' atrice, Nebraska, for the winning es say on "The Citizen Soldier." The contest is open to all men taking R, 0. T. C. work in the Seventh Corps Area, the Officer' Reserve Corps, the National Guard of the several states, the enlisted reserve, men who have attended the C. M. T. C, and members of accredited military schools. The essay must contain at least two thousand words, typewritten or in legible hand, and must be submit ted before April 15, 1925. The writ er may handle the subject from what ever angle he may choose and judg ment will be passed primarily on the basic thought and secondarily on the constructive value of the essay. This article must be in the hands of the president of the Reserve Offi- cers' Association of Beatrice, Nebras ka, before April 15. The manuscript is not to be signed with the name of the writer, but with a "nom de plume," the name and address of the writer, and his grade or rank and the unit. This envelope shall be marked on the outside with the "nom de plume" only. The judges for the contest shall be appointed by Captain Thomas P. Wil son, president of the Beatrice organ ization, and while grammatical cor rectness is not the basic thought, neatness will be a deciding factor. MAJOR HESTER TO INSPECT R. 0. T. C. Will Watch Local Unit Today and Tomorrow No Spe cial Demonstration. Major J. H. Hester arrived in Lin coln last evening and will spend to day and tomorrow in inspecting the University R. O. T. C. unit Major Hester is from the office of the Chief f Infantry in Washington D. C, and is visiting units at the Universities of Iowa, Minnesota, and' Missouri as well as Nebraska while on his present trip. - There will be no special demon strations for the visiting officer as he wishes only to inspect the regular classes. He will examine freshmen, sophomore, junior and senior classes and will also inspect the companies K and L on the field today and com pany M tomorrow morning. Major Hester's inspection will have no bearing on the Gold Star inspec tion which will come next spring. His report will be only for the informa tion of the central office of the Chief of Infantry. UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO The board of regents wanted to knov why so many students flunked. Dai Cupid was given as one of the rea sons. UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO Journalism students in the advanced classes are covering meetings of the state legislature for the associated press. Dr. Durand to Address Engineering Meetings " V aSiHJ Dr. Durand will address a series of meetings today and tomorrow on topics connected with engineering. His first address will be before the faculty and students in the College of Engineering at 2 o'clock this af ternoon. CAGEMEN PLAY AGGIES TONIGHT Expect Game with Kansas Ag gies on Armory Court Will Be Hard One. HUSKER SQUAD IS PUT THROUGH HARD WORK The Husker basketeers will meet the Kansas Aggie squad for their second tilt of the season tonight on the Armory floor. The Kaggies are determined to even the series with the Nebraska team and the game promises to be a close, hard-fought battle from start to finish. The Aggies are the only team that has defeated the K. U. squad this season and the victory over the Grinnell cagesters this week gives the Farmer stock a big boost. Since the Grinnell quintet gave the Hus kers a close run and also seriously threatened K. U. supremacy, Wed nesday night, the Aggie victory shows that the result of the game tonight will be in doubt from be ginning to end. Coach Kline has been putting the cagesters through some stiff scrim mage this week and the squad is in good condition for the game tonight The Huskers must win from the Kaggies in order to maintain their chance for the Valley championship as Washington is tied with Nebraska for second position and the Kansas basketeers have not had their lead seriously threatened. The probable starting lineup for tonight is: Nebraska pos. Kas. Ag. Eckstrom f Bunker Smaha f Beyers Goodson c 1. Tebow Vols g Koch Tipton .'.g Weddle MUSICAL PROGRAM IS BROADCASTED Several Classical Numbers Are Heard by Listeners to University Station. A musical program was broad casted over University Station WFAV yesterday evening. After the weekly talk on business English by assistant professor M. H. Weseen, the following numbers were played: March Militaire Schubert; Delta Omicron Trio Mary EJlen Edger- ton, violinist, Mary Creekpaum, cel list, Harriet Cruise, pianist Wnltz Song Romeo and Juliet Gounod; Blanche Martz. Song MacDowell; Trio. Daymon Strange; The Lover's Call Ruckauf; In Volkstau Hil dach; Blanche Martz. Norwegian Dance Grieg; Lon donderry Air Kreisler; Trio. MAY PURCHASE ANNUAL Will ReierT Yearbooks Until Febru ary 25. Many students have been reserving their Cornhuskers in the last few days at the Cornhusker office, U Hall 10. February 25 is the dead line set for purchasing the yearbook. Students who are planning on secur ing their Cornhusker a little late will be disappointed, as the great cost of the books will make it impossible to get extra orders. A deposit of two dollars and a half is required to reserve the book for spring delivery, or the total of four dollars and a half may be paid now. More than 20 million meteorites are drawn into the earth's atmos- 'phere every twenty-four hours. All-University Party Saturday Postponed The annual all-University Valen tine party which was to have been held Saturday night in the Armory has been postponed until next week, according to an announcement made Thursday ty Lattimer Hubka, chair man of the all-University Party com mittee. The armory is being used for the Nebraska-Ames wrestling meet Saturday night so the party had to be postponed. LEGISLATORS SEE SLIDES OF STATE Picturesque Views of Niobrara and Pine Ridge Regions Shown Wednesday. "That's Nebraska!" was the re peated comment of Dr. G. E. Condra and members of the Legislature as slides and reels of picturesque scen ery of the Niobrara and Pine Ridge regions were shown under the auspi ces of the Conservation and Survey Division of ' the University of Ne braska in Representative Hall at the State Capitol Wednesday evening. Representative N. M. Nelson pre sided. Among the speakers who took part in the explanations were Repre sentatives O. O. Johnson, C. S. Reese, J. W. Good, E. P. Wilson, and Robert I. Elliott, principal of the Chadron State Normal College. The first slides showed the beauti ful Niobrara Valley. The swift river with its wooded banks and chalk bluffs and its possibilities for trout fishing, was described. The fertile alfalfa fields and grazing country appeared, dotted here and there with pines and a variety of other trees; With reference to a waterfall tumbling over the rocks in one scene Dr. Condra remarked, "I heard some one say the other day that these pic tures are artificial. Nothing is more natural than these waterfalls. Nearly every stream in this region has them, rnis example oi tne water irom a spring trickling down into the river shows that the stream doesn't rise in one place, but in thousands of places.", ... Wild Life Shown. Wild life in the Niobrara country was demonstrated by views of beaver dams and muskrat caches. Grapes, plums, and wild flowers grow abund antly. Tunnel Rock is an imposing chalk formation in the southwest corner of Keyapaha County. From a study of the rocks in this territory and in de termining the safety of constructing a road it is evident that landslides and earthquakes once occurred there. Church Butte is another conspicu ous formation of Pine Ridge. The Niobrara furnishes water power and light to a number of com munities. A large concrete dam northwest of Ainsworth was describ ed. The Cornell Dam, the third largest project of its kind in the state, is not far away. Waterfall Shown. The rapids in the Snake River and a 20-foot waterfall were included in the slides. A mill-pond in the Min nechudusa River near Valentine per mits boating in the summer and skat ing in the winter. The Pidge district was characteriz ed by Representative Johnson as the "garden spot beyond the sandhills," as the wooded cliffs, park land, pine ridgdt, and farmlands near Craw ford were shown as photographed from an airplane. Senator Good commented on a slide of the Chadron State Normal School, mentioning possible develop ments in beautifying the campus. Landscapes in Chadron Park and along the stream which furnish it with its water supply was shown. Nebraska's only tunnel lies be tween Crawford and Belmont on the Burlington railroad. Parts of the 750 foot drop taken by trains in de scending the ridge appeared on the screen, with sections of the Lincoln Highway and the Smiley Canyon Highway, costing (65,000. GERBER TO GIVE LECTORES TODAY "The Romance of Clay" and "The Matter of Health" Will Be Subjects. "The Romance of Clay" and "The Matter of Health" will be the sub jects of lectures by F. F. Gerber of the Clay Products Association, Chi cago, at a College of Engineering convocation in the Temple at 10 o'clock today. The lectures will be illustrated with motion pictures. Two thousand feet of film are con tained in the first picture and 1,000 in the second. The illustrated lec tures were given before the Plumb ers Association at the Lindell Hotel yesterday afternoon. TRACK LEADERS HOLD POSITIONS Relative Places of Three High Teams in Interfraternity Meet Unchanged. PLAN FIRST ANNUAL RELAYS NEXT WEEK Pi Kappa Alpha remains the leader in the interfraternity track meet, with two more days to go. It jumped from 8,578 points Wednesday to 11, 923 yesterday. Delta Tau Delta is still in second place, and Sigma Phi Epsilon in third, one thousand points behind the Delts. All three teams remain in the same places as Wednes day, all having successfully defended themselves in the 660-yard dash and the pole vault. The first annual University of Ne braska interfraternity relays will be run off next week on the indoor track in the stadium. All fraterni ties desiring to enter the special meet must register at the athletic office before Monday at noon. No fee will be charged entrants. One fraternity may enter one or all events, bat the winner of the meet must be a fra ternity that has entered teams in each event The schedule for this meet will be as follows: Monday ,two-lap relay; Tuesday, twelve-lap relay; Wednes day, four-lap relay; Thursday, eight lap relay; and Friday, Medley Relay. The time for the events will be at 3:15, 4:15 and 5:15 o'clock each day. Announce Time jt or Events. The time of the final events Satur day afternoon, the high hurdles and the broad jump, has been changed from the usual schedule to 2:15, 3:15 and 4:15 o'clock. Davenport ,of Delta Tau Delta, was high-point man in the events yes terday. He made 990 out of a pos sible 1000 points in the 660-yard dash, when he clipped off the race in 1:30:2-10 time. Linn, Pi Kappa Alpha, was second with 805 out of a possible 1000 points, when he cleared the bar at 9 feet 11 inches in the pole vault High-point man for the four days of the meet is Sherrick, Sigma Phi Epsilon, with 2,988 poinfct. Hunter, A!pha Sigma Phi, with 2913 points is second. The "440-yard "dash and" thr broad -jump are on the program for today. They will be run off at the usual time. Delta Tau Delta is less than five hundred points behind the leaders, ' and it is impossible to make any pre dictions for the meet today. Sigma Phi Epsilon is just a short distance behind the second-place team, and is coming strong. The meet this year promises to be more exciting at the finish than the one of last year, when Alpha Tau Omega ended 2225 points ahead of the next contender for the cup. The standings today: Pi Kappa Alpha 11,923 Delta Tau Delta 11,430 Sigma Phi Epsilon 10,455 Alpha Tau Omega 9,233 Sigma Nu 9,160 Sigma Alpha Epsilon 9,074 Alpha Sigma Phi 8,919 Farm House 8,530 Kappa Sigma 7,692 Alpha Theta Chi 7,423 Phi Sigma Kappa 7,156 Delta Upsilon 6,785 Alpha Gamma Rho 6,542 Beta Theta Pi 6,307 Phi Kappa Psi 6,623 Delta Chi 6,167 Pi Kappa Phi ... 6,055 Mu Sigma 4,813 Phi Delta Theta 4,807 Phi Tau Epsilon 1,692 Omega Beta Pi 620 DAWSON SPEAKS AT AG COLLEGE MEET Outlines Plans to Give Agricul ture Students More Op portunities in Athletics. Fred T. Dawson, director of athlet ics, spoke on "Nebraska's Physical Development" at a convocation of the College of Agriculture, Thursday morning. He outlined plans for the future development of athletics and stated that the student at the Col lege of Agriculture would be given more chance to participate in athlet ics in the future. Mr. Dawson said, "That the 'Ag College has the required material to help furnish more men for varsity teams, is evidenced by the number of Agricultural students on the varsi ty teams that have worked under very adverse conditions to receive this honor." The laboratories and classes at the College of Agriculture campus do not allow the student enough time to get out for athletics on the city campus. . Increased training facilities at the Ag campus will enable the freshmen and sophomores to fit themselves for varsity competition, Hans have been made for track, basketball, and foot ball training at the Ag campus and competent coaches will be provided.