Nebraskan
VQLrXXVII, NO. 111.
THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, SUNDAY, MARCH 18, 1928.
PRICE 5 CENTS
The
Daily
DR. G.A.'WENDT
WILL SPEAK AT
OPEN MEETING
Phi Beta Kappa and Sigma Xi
Sponsor Annual Joint
Session Event
STAKMAN TALKS TUESDAY
Honorary Societies Will Act
As Hosts at Dinner for
Two Lecturers
"The Creative Artist in Research"
is the subject of the annual Phi Beta
Kappa-Sigma Xi lecture to be given
by Dr. Gerald A. Wendt, director of
Battelle Memorial Institute at Col
umbus, Ohio, Monday evening at 8
o'clock at the Morrill hall auditorium.
Every year the two honorary schol
astic societies, Phi Beta Kappa and
Sigma Xi, hold a joint meeting at
which time an outside speaker is se
cured. This meeting is always open
to the public.
At the regular monthly meeting of
Sigma Xi on Tuesday evening, Dr.
Elvin Charles Stakman, professor of
plant pathology at the University of
Minnesota, will speak on "Physiologic
Specialization in Fungi." Dr. Stak
man and his associates have found
the phenomenon of physiologic spe
cialization in several genera of fungi
f economic importance. These re
searches have materially changed the
methods of plant breeders working
for disease resistance.
, A dinner will be given in honor of
Dr. Wendt and Dr. Stakman by the
two societies at the University Club
Monday evening. Tickets may be ob
tained from Professor C. M. Hicks,
secretary of Phi Beta Kappa, or Pro
fessor E. N. Andersen, secretary of
Sigma Xi.
SQUADS DEBATE
KELLOGG POLICY
Nebraska Takes Affirmative
... In-Forensic Tilt With ,
Colorado College
NO FINAL DECISION GIVEN
Nebraska debaters met Colorado
College's forensic representatives in
a debate regarding military interven
tion in Nicaragua, in Social Sciences
auditorium, Saturday afternoon at 3
o'clock. The debate was of the open
forum type with no decision from
judges. '
Nebraska upheld the affirmative
of the question, "Resolved: That
Secretary Kellogg's policy in regard
to Central America should be dis
continued." Affirmative speakers in
order were Carl J. Marold, '30, Sa
guache, Colorado; Frank B. Morri
son, Law '30, Manhattan, Kansas;
and Joseph Ginsburg, Law '30,
Ponca. Colorado College's speakers
were James Keyser, Ivan Asay, and
Westley F. Curtis.
Nebraska, affirmative, stated that
Secretary Kellogg's policy in regarc
to Central America should be discon
tinued because armed intervention
was not justifiable practically or the
oretically. The Question involves
the sending of United States Mariner
into Central American states to try
to set up sound governments.
VOCATION WORKER
WILL VISIT CAI1PDS
A. W. S. Board Brines Mrs. Florence
Robaett to Nebraska for
Advisory Purposes
Mrs. Florence Robnett, managing
director of the Chicago Collegiate
Bureau of Occupations, will be in
Lincoln Wednesday and Thursday,
March 26 and 27 tinder the auspices
of the Associated Women Students
board. She is an expert in vocation
al guidance and personnel work.
The purpose of her visit to this
campus is to help all women inter
ested in getting aid in . determing
their vocations. Her program, which
will include round table discussions
and a convocation, will be published
in detail in the Daily Nebraskan.
Cards explaining Mrs. 'Eobnett's
visit have been sent out to all wom
en students in the university by the
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Void Writes Allele
For Legal Magazine
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One of the thjee leading articles
Published in the Michigan Law Re
view for March is by Prof. L. Void
of the College of Law. The article
"Anticipatory Repudiations of Con
tracts and Necessity of Election,"
discusses one of the piincipal appli
cations of the tort analysis and view
Point in the solution of legal and
business problems raised by the un
justified canctJtion of contracts.
Bengtson May Attend
International Congress
Dr. N. A. Bengtson has been
asked to serve as a delegate and
to present a paper at the Inter
national Geographical Congress
which meets in London and Cam
bridge July 14 to 25. The Con
gress is held every four years un
der the direction of the Interna
tional Geographical Union.
Workmen Begin
"II Trovatore"
Preparations
$1500 for Rope and Pulleys Afone
Shows Magnitude of Work in
Husker Coliseum
Preparing the University of Ne
braska coliseum for the appearance
of the Chicago Civic Opera company
in Lincoln, March 29, is a large task
and with the finish of the Greater
Lincoln exposition and automobile
show workmen started the task of
preparing the big building for the
opera performance.
The work is going forward under
the direction of John K. Selleck, busi
ness manager for the guarantors.
The coliseum floor and stage will be
re-vamped for the opera production.
The main floor, which will seat
more than three thousand people the
night of the opera will be arranged
in two elevations in order that all
patrons will have a clear view of the
stage. Boxes will be installed and a
section of the floor removed to make
the orchestra pit available. The
coliseum pit is 85 feet by 15 feet,
giving ample room for the 50-piece
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LINDSEY AND FOX
DEBATE MARRIAGE
Former Juvenile Judge Develops
Companionate Idea in
Public Argument
Former Judge Ben Lindsey of
Denver and Rev. H. P. Fox of Uni
versity Place debated on the subject
"Shall Companionate Marriage" Be
come Legalized" Saturday night at
the Playhouse. Each utilized thirty
minutes for constructive argument,
Rev. Fox having one fifteen minute
rebuttal while Lindsey had two re
buttals cf ten and five minutes.
Judge Lindsey explained the mean
ing of companionate marriage as a
"proposed legalization, stabilization
and direction of certain customs,
privileges and practices of modern
marriage, to-wit, (1) birth control,
(5 Hivnrrp. mutual rnnnpnt after
court had failed in a humane and,'" i4 and this "Bn"tton' b,utton
scientific effort to reconcile the kame gated. The bell was
couple, (3) no alimony to childless Plottel or- yearned for, fought for
counles (4) the state shall undertake , and has shuttled back and forth be-
the education of youth and married
couples in the laws of love, sex, and
life to fit them for the duties of mar
riage and parenthood."
Rev. Fox contended that the idea
was individualistic and not socialis
tic. "It is physiologically unsound, it
is not ethically sound, it is not soc
iologically sound," he stated.
The purpose of the debate was to
give people an, understanding of
companionate marriage and the argu
ments for and against. There was no
decision drawn.
Student Officers Get
Picture Assignments
Corahnsker Asks Military . Men
Have Photographs Mad for
Military Section
to
Student officers of the Military
Science department are asked to
have their pictures taken in uni
forms at Townsends Studio as soon
as possible. Those who do not have
pictures taken by Friday, March 23,
will not be able to get them in the
Military section of the Cornhusker.
Following is a list of the men re
quested to report at Townsends this
week:
Leon W. Ashton, Albert J. Bartos,
Casper M. Benson, Ira Brinkerhoff,
Virgil Byers, Harry E. Cook, Mac
Gordon Cress, Ernest L. Dane, Ad
dison D. Davis, D. Darrel DeFord,
A'. L. Frolic, Delbert C. Leffler, Ken
neth K. Mallette, E. E. Matschullat,
Wm. Matschullat, Parker Mathews,
Keith Miller.
Lumir R. Otradovsky, Harold A.
Robertson, Richard D. Reed, Jag. W.
Rooney, Marion W. Schewe, William
J. Simik, J. Donald Epiker, Louis V.
Smetana, Gordon T. SteiflT Artuur
R, Sweet, Wm. L. Stuckey, no Trive
ly, William A. Van Wie.
Sunday Meeting Will
Hear Dr. R. J. Pool
Dr R. J- PoI professor of bot
any, will speak on "Wild Gardens
of Moant R&nier" for the Sunday
museum program in Morrill hall
at 4 o'clock.
REGISTRAR HAS
INFORMATION ON
SUMMER TERMS
Registration for First Session
Of 1928 Program Slated
For June 4
ADD NEW DEPARTMENTS
Six Week Periods Are Devised
To Permit Students to
Continue Work
Bulletins announcing the program
for the 1928 summer school session
are available at the Registrar's office
in the administration building, ac
cording to the director, Dr. William
E. Sealock, dean of the Teachers
College.
Registration for the first term of
the summer session will be held
Monday, June 4, from 8 to 12 o'clock
and 2 to 5 o'clock in Memorial Hall.
Information and advice Relative to
registration may be obtained on Fri
day, June 1, from 8 to 5 o'clock and
Saturday, June 2, from 8 to 12
o'clock, in Teachers College buildins.
Students desiring to attend the
second term will register on Satur
day, July 14. Full class work will
begin on Monday, July 16, and will
continue until Friday, August 24.
The first session will end Friday,
July 13.
Increased Attendance
The summer session of the Uni
versity of Nebraska is designed to
offer unusual opportunities to the
teachers of the state as well as to
serve the needs of regular students
who desire to shorten their collegiate
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Phi Delts Hold
U Hall Bell in
Hotel Tumult
Have you heard of that famous
Delta Tau Delta-Phi Delta game?
They call it "Button, Button, who's
got the U Hall Bell" You never
have? Well, thereby hangs a tale.
Back in the years of the big winds,
when the school had a fence around
it, and weeds grew in the front yard,
U Hall had a bell in its tower to re
mind tardy students that 8 o'clock
were in session.
The Phi Delts and Delts took U
Hall's prized possession one dark
night. As long as they lived togeth
er everything was all right. But the
split came, and they moved out, leav
ing nothing but old clothes.
But who was to get the bell? Both
lodges built a pedestal in their house!.
. 1 4mAn hAnBaa with o enoo1 o
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he houses with a speed as
IttSb BS t X 111 UflUI lua&uig ou
8
o'clock. How many men have lost
their lives protecting this treasure
will never be known!
Delts Lose Bell
But now the plot thickens' On
the night of the Delta Tau formal,
the Phi Delts spirited away the bell
from its pedestal in the Delt house
and trundled it down to its home on
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Norris, Meredith, and Hughes, Are Reviewed
As Possibilities for 1928 Presidential Nominees
Editor's Not; Below are reprinted condensations of three articles from the Chritiin Science Monitor reviewing : possible
1928 presidential candidates. These are bein presented preparatorr to the "straw vote" to be taken in all odwk c"'"
Wednesday morning by The Dailjr Neeraakae with the cooperation of the political science department. Kesults of the poll will
be forwarded to The Independent as part of a national college and university poll.
CHARLES E. HUGHES
By HENRY W. BUVDAM
Washing-ton Correspondent,
the Brooklyn sgle
Charles E. Hughes began life in a
Baptist parsonage in Glens Falls, N.
Y. He was born neither to poverty
nor to wealth, but Into surroundings
of modest comfort, sufficient to start
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Sandahl Receives Daily
Nebraskan Appointment
Cliff F. Sandahl, '29, Genoa, has
been selected as an assistant news
editor on The Daily Nebraskan
staff, the Student Publications
Board announced Saturday after
noon. He replaces Miss Florence
Seward who resigned March 1, to
take a position with the Nebraska
Press Association.
Mr. Sandahl has been covering
several runs for The Daily Ne
braskan this semester, handling Y.
M. C. A. news, and covering Bes
sey hall, Chemistry hall, and the
Pharmacy ' building.
STUDENTS WILL
MARK BALLOTS
FOR PRESIDENT
Daily Nebraskan and Political
Science Department Have
First Straw Vote
MANY 9 O'CLOCK CLASSES
Editor of Independent Aids
Colleges in Determining
Campus Choice
University students will be given
an opportunity to vote for their pref
erence for president of the United
States in 9 o'clock classes Wednes
day. Ballots have been printed for
th poll, which is being sponsored by
The Daily Nebraskan assisted by the
department of political science, and
will be delivered to all instructors in
the University.
More than sixty University classes
meet at 9 o'clock on Wednesday. It
was found by the Nebraskan that the
largest number of students were in
class at that hour than at any otherj
Persons not having classes may vote
in any class room, or at some design
nated polL
Accounts Published
A resume is being run in The Daily
Nebraskan of fifteen candidates for
the presidency. These articles have
been selected from The Independent,
and The Christian Science Monitor,
or have been compiled by faculty of
the department of political science.
The purpose of the reviews is to give
students an opportunity to study
briefly each man, and thus to vote
intelligently. A list of the possibil
ities was run in last Wednesday's
issue of the NeDrasKan, ana irom
that time on certain men have been
reviewed in each issue.
A poll such as is being sponsored
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'Cribbing' Is Subject of
Vespers Discussion
Mrs. Hattie Plum Williams,
chairman of the department of so
ciology, and Edna Schrick will dis
cuss the problem of "Cribbing" at
the Vespers service which will be
held Tuesday, March 20. Cribbing
was voted as one of the worst stu
dent sins in a recent canvass made
by the Vespers committee of the
Y. W. C. A. Snobbishness, drink
ing and smoking have already beer
discussed at Vespers meetings.
E. T. MEREDITH .
By ALSON SECOR
Editor, Successful Farming
By what chain of events, or
achievements in life, has Edwin T.
Meredith come into such prominence
that he is discussed as a possible can
didate on the Democrat ticket for
President of the United States?
He flatly refused to be considered
a candidate in ine mti campaign,
and refused to be slated as Vice
President. With Mr. McAdoo out
of the race for 1928, Mr. Meredith is
in the public mind as a western Dem
ocratic opponent of Gov. Alfred E.
Smith, who is candidate of the East
and of the wets. Mr. Meredith is a
pronounced dry, and advocate of
equality for agriculture.
Des Moines Citizen
It is not always true that a man
is not without honor except in his
orvn country. No citizen of Des
Moines stands higher in the esteem
of hi fellow townnicn thaa E. T.
Meredith. He has been president of
the Des Moines Chamber of Com
merce, director of the Iowa National
Bank, director National Life Asso
ciation, trustee Drake University,
trustee Des Moines University, mem
ber Rotary Club, Des Moines Club,
and several other social club; vice
president Iowa Good Roads Associa
tion, trustee Simpson College; direc-
eor Chamber of Commerce of the
United States, director Chicago dis-
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SENIOR WRITES
FARMERS' FAIR
PAGEANT SCENE
Maxine Churchill, Palisade,
Is Author of 'Master
Of Miracles'
CHARACTERS ARE CHOSEN
Development of Girl Through
College Education Is
Central Theme'
Pageant, "Master of Miracles,"
which will be presented by the home
economics department during Farm
ers' Fair, was written by Miss Maxine
Churchill, of Palisade, who is a sen
ior in the department.
This is a symbolic pageant and rep!
resents the development of a girl
through her college education. In a
very delightful manner Miss Churc
hill attempts to show how arts and
sciences broaden the character of a
young girl, and how essential they
are to the complete education of any
young woman.
The story shows Princess Elesia
who has been struck deaf, dumb and
lifeless by the pestilence of ignor
ance. By his herbs and juices, the
Master of Sciences does all within
his power to restore life to the
princess. The "Arts" show her how
to play, dance, and sing again.
Princess Elesia's garments seem more
unbecoming and uglier when the
brownies and wood sprites dance
around her and jeer at her. The
Princess' restoration is complete
when Prince Renie claims her for his
own.
Miss Charlotte Joyce, of Weepinp
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Spanish Think
Americans Are
Too Expeditious
(By Clifford Smith)
"Americans are always worrying
about getting somewhere, with get
ting something; they are not satis
fied with being where they are or
doing what they are doing at the
present. But in Spain and Portuga'
time is valued lightly," Professor
Alexis said in his talk before the
Spanish club Friday afternoon.
"Travelers through Spain complain
to the Conductor about the train be
ing late. Eut he merely shrugs his
shoulders and makes the explanation
that if the train does not arrive at
five, it will at least reach its destina
tion by six, and if it does not make
the trip today it will complete it by
the next day, and then he asks,
'What difference does it make any
way?" '
Professor Alexis continued his dis
cussion with a description of various
cities he visited during his travels
through Portugal and Spain. San
Sebastian he called the summer re
sort of royalty. Burgos is noted for
its cathedral, and Toledo is known as
the museum of old Spanish architec
ture. Cordoba is the center of the
old Moorish culture.
"The University of Portugal is
very different from American
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GEORGE W. NORRIS
By RAYMOND CLAPPER
Waahington Correspondent, United News
Cynics have a grand time dissect
ing the politicians in Washington un
til they encounter George W. Norris,
Senator from Nebraska. That always
spoils everything, for how are you
going to be cynical over a politician
who won't wear any scenery, who
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Maxine Churchill whose home is at
Palisade, is the author of the pa
geant 'Master of Miracles', to be pre
sented at the annual Farmers' Fair
this spring. She is a senior in the
home economics department.
TICKET SALES
START MONDAY
General Admission Price for
'II Trovatore' Opera Is
Set at Dollar
STUDENTS HAVE CHANCE
General admission seats to the uni
versity appearance of the Chicago
Civic Opera company's performance
of "II Trovatore" will be placed on
sale Monday morning, according to
announcement made Saturday by
John K. Selleck. The tickets will be
on sale at the student activity office
in the coliseum and the price is $1.
"The low price for the general ad
mission ticket is made to place the
opera performance here within the
reach of every student. The Univer
sity of Nebraska is bringing to tne
campus the greatest traveling oper
atic organization in the world and j
we are anxious that students will
avail themselves of this opportunity,"
says Mr. Selleck.
- "The general admission -tickets are
being placed on sale to students be
fore townspeople, givinjf the univer
sity people a chance to purchase tic
kets before the section is filled. The
section is limited and will be closed
as soon as the quota is filled."
Lindsey Avers
Marriages In
College Good
(By Vernon V. Ketring)
"The majority of college marriages
are a good thing," said Judge Ben
B. Lindsey, former judge of the ju
venile court, over the breakfast table
Saturday morning when he was inter
viewed on the subject of college
marriages. Judge Lindsey, founder
of the companionate marriage idea,
has literally shaken the world with
his theory. It is based on twent,
years of experience in child welfare
work. In Denver, he is known as a
friend and confident to every boy
or girl who has been in trouble.
"I do not advocate college mar
riage just because companionate
marriage would make it possible,"
said Judge Lindsey. He went on to
explain that every case was differ-
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Miss Dorothy Brown
Is Lutheran Officer
University Graduate Is Chosen
Fill Position of Secretary
In Student Work
to
Miss Dorothy F. Brown, a grad
uate of the Univprsity of Nebraska
last spring, has been chosen to serve
ag Lutheran secretary on Lutheran
work at- the university, to succeed
Miss Martha Mantz who died last
month. The selection was made by a
committee on Lutheran student
work, headed by Prof. C. W. Sjog
ream ag chairman and Dr. Keller F.
Eubrecht, vice-chairman.
Miss Brown is a resident of Lin
coln, attending Lincoln high school
where she was a leader in Lutheran
work. She is active in the Lutheran
club and has attended many conven
tions on religious work in the pa
few years.
Flint Will Read at
Wewtminstti Today
Professor Fred Morrow Fling of
the department of history, will
read verse quotations this after
noon, from 6 to 6 o'clock, at West
minster Houw, 333 North 14
street Dr. Fling is outstanding
for his literary reviews and presen
tations. He possesses one of the
finest libraries in the state. All
university men and wotfaen r In
vited to attend the readings.
'SPRING FROLIC
WILL BE HELD
AT AG COLLEGE
Varsity Party Chairman, Eddy,
Introduces New Idea to
University People
PLANS SET FOR MARCH 24
Collegians Orchestra Booked
For Affair; Working Up
Novelty Hits
Annual Varsity 'Spring Frolic'
will be given at the Activities build
ing on the Ag college campus Sat
urday night March 24, according to
reports from the committee who have
been working for some time on the
annual Varsity spring party.
"Bennie" Gadd and his Collegians
are booked for the party and are
busy working up several novelty
numbers for the Frolic. Arch Eddy,
chairman of the committee, has in
augurated a new idea in Varsity par
ties by offering the spring number
on the Ag campus instead of at the
Coliseum where it is usually held.
Good Floor
The Activities building has one of
the best dance floors at Nebraska
and is spacious enough to accommo
date the large crowd that is expec
ted to attend the "Spring Frolic."
Decorations for the party will be in
accordance with the spring season
and the size of the building will not
hinder the decoration committee as
the Coliseum has in the past.
University night, the annual fun
fest that has been a tradition at Ne
braska, will not be given this year
and the Varsity "Spring Frolic" on
the date set for University night will
offer the students a suitable substi
tution for the University affair.
One more party will be given by
the committee before the close of
the school year. It has not been de
cided where the farewell party will
be held but plans are being made al
ready for the event and it will prob
ably be one of the largest all-university
parties of the season.
WESEEN IS AUTHOR
OF CROWELL BOOK
Nebraska English Instructor Writes
Dictionary of Grammatical
Terms and Usages
Professor Maurice H. Weseen, of
the department of English, is the au
thor of "Crowell's Dictionary of Eng
lish Grammar and Handbook of
American Usage," recently published
by the Crowell Company.
Contained in the book is a list of
stumbling blocks in English grammar
and usage that haunt everyone who
seeks to write and speak correctly.
Among the principal subjects
treated in the book are grammatical
terms, rules of grammar, principles
of composition, figures of speech, ir
regular verbs, sentence construction,
punctuation, idiomatic usages, and
prepositional usages. Space is given
to college cant and slang, western
isms, foreign words and phrasea,
coined words, hackneyed expressions,
and words that need watching.
The Crowell Company says of the
book, "It is a usable compendium of
grammatical and rhetorical terms and
rules, of words frequently misused,
and of common errors. It is a tool
rather than an ornament. The mate
rial has been selected from the point
of view of its usefulness, and is ar
ranged alphabetically by subjects,
taking up separately the doubtful
words and expressions In cotrinen
usage."
Chemists Will Study
Explosives in Meeting
An open meeting of the Chemical
Engineers will be held Tuesday in
Room 206 of the Mechanical Engin
eering building. Prof. C. J. Frank
forter will lecture on the manufac
ture and use of high explosives, and
will demonstrate the properties of
severaL The lecture will be a'Jcom-
panied by an exhibit of thirty or
forty high explosives and a film on
their manufacture and use.
Wolcott Will Teach
At Western Station
Robert IL Wolcott, chairman of
the department of oology, will teach
at the Puget Sound biological station,
Friday Harbor, Wash., this sumiypr.
The station is under the control of
the University of Washington and its
summer faculty includes ir.J'Kbrrs
from Waahingtoa V:ivcr?;iy t Vt.
Louid, 14 Uiviijr (I .',
way, and the Uruven::lt of V.';.1;.
ington, Illinois, Tcir", r ITtLr '
