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    Fee Daily Nebraskan
VOL XXVIII NO. 100
LINCOLN, NKBKASKA. Till HSDAY, MARCH 7, 192V.
ruici: : cunts
CAGE TOURNEY BEGINS TODAY
NNOCENTS BACK '
NOVEL PROGRAM
FOR HIGH TEAMS
Society Arranges Theater
Entertainment and
Track Meet
GAMES DO NOT CONFLICT
Both Feature Events Come
When Basket Courts
Are Empty
Nebraska high school basketball
i. sins, in Lincoln 10 take part in
iht nineteenth annual prep school
tournament, will hae Hit opportu
nity to tee Nebraska athletes on
rvliibltton and an Introduction to
the lornhusker athletic program.
Kmlay and Saturday when they
father at the Lincoln theater and
ou the memorial stadium indoor
track to witness the proKram ar
ranged for their entertainment by
die Innocents society.
A program of motion pictures
xnd a chance to meet scxeral stel
lar llusker athletes of the past few
wars, will start promptly at 10
o'clock Saturday morning a' I lie
Lincoln theater. I'ictures of inter
est around the Nebraska campus
tosether with the 192S football pic
tures, treshman convocation and
lilnis of last year's tournament w ill
be shown. Coach Schulte. "Chop
py" Khodcs, George Farley, Coach
lilark. and Dr. George Condrn will
make short talks, and Elmer Holm,
co-captain of last year's football
team. F.u Wicr. Dan Mc.Mullen.
Koiand Locke, and Slew Campbell,
taptaiu of this ear's track squad,
will be Introduced.
Friday afternoon Coach Henry F.
Srhulte'a track athletes will stage
sn exhibition meet for the benefit
of the basketball men. The meet
ill consist of some individual com
pel if ion and will include all lite
cwnts of a regularly scheduled
nieel.
The Innocents society, senior
Continued nn I'ac 2. -
READY FOR BIG FAIR
Program Tonight Advertises
'Col-Agri-Fun' Show
And May Rodeo
SPENCE HEADS WORKERS
Two 'ColAgrl-Fun' stunts will be
presented at the Farmers Fair and
"Col Agri Fun" joint convocation at
T: 15 this evening. The all-Ag
meeting will then take up the
si-rious business of getting the ma
chinery started for the 1929 fair.
Georgia Wilcox and Blenda New
l.n have a song skit and Ray
Maenusen's banjo quartet will pre
sent a part of what they will do Fri
day evening, March 15. Jim
Mt-tzper, Glenn Burton and Hollis
Van Kleek are the other members
of the quartet. Robert Danielson,
chairman of 'Col-Agri-Fun,' will give
a talk about the vaudeville produc
li.iii. Gramiich Will Speak
Prof. 11. J. Gramiich wiil tell bow
the lair looks from the faculty
point of view, and will comment ou
the essentials of a successful fair,
liobin Spence, 1929 Fanners Fair
manager, will tell about the prep
a: at ion to be made and She plans
already decided upon. Een the
most intensive efforts of the fair
board will be unavailing If every
""dent is not willing lo put his
best into carrying out plans, says
science. Every student in the col
iece of Agriculture has a place on
committee and If . he does not
ork his committee is handicapped.
The junior members of the fair
board, unable to choose a spokes
man, mill tell their story by means
of a skit to be presented at the con
vocation. he Hunt Broadcasts
Mexican Labor in
"The Mexicans will be a perma
nent part of our population In west
ern Nebraska. We can make them
reasonable citizens by providing as
many contacts with our social cus
toms as possible." declared Joe
Hunt in a radio adddress on "The
Mexican Laborer in Western Ne
braska" broadcast from the Univer
sity station through KFAB yester
day. Hunt told how the Mexicans first
tame to the United States because
of their desire for better living con
ditions and working possibilities.
He outlined their progress from the
cotton fields of Texas and Louisi
ana until they finally arrived In
weitern Nebraska to work in the
t fields.
2,000 in Piatt Valley
There are now almost two thou
od of these rteonle in the North
'"'tte valley, according to Hunt;
nd a prospect of more in the years j
" come. And It is essential that!
tbay do come for their labor In the I
IMu Head Coining Here
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".urt.'y f Tli Stt Journal.
Francis V. Sliepardson, national
president of Iteta Theta PI social
Maternity and also national head of
I'hi iteta Kappa, who will attend
the initiation of pledget or the Ne
braska Ueta chapter Saturday.
TWO GO TO DEBATE
: McNight and Hunt Argue at
t Noon Today Regarding
j Jury System
HUSKERS TAKE NEGATIVE
John P. McKnlght and Evert M.
Hunt will represent the negative In
a debate with Creighton university
today at noon before the Omaha
Bar association on the topic, "A
substitute for the present jury sys
tem should be adopted."
The debate will be a feature of
the monthly luncheon of the asso
ciation which will he held at the
Llks club. It will be a no-declslon
affair, hut an open forum will be
held following l he debate.
McKnight debated two yeara for
Auburn high school and has reprn.
sented Nebraska iu debates with
the University of South Dakota.
State College of Iowa and Creigh
ton. He is a member of Sigma Nu,
Delta Sigma Kho, a major in the
R. O. T. C. regiment, a member of
Scabbard and Blade. Corncobs, and
is an officer in the Pershing Rifles.
Hunt, who has participated in sev
eral 'uebates for Nebraska. ws a
member of the state championship
debate team of Lincoln high school
while a student there. He is a mem
ber of Sigma Nu, Ielta Sigr.ia Rho.
the Y. M. C. A. council, and was
class day orator at Nebraska in
1928.
MISS WYCAL IS
SPEAKER AT TEA
Afternoon Affair at Ellen
Smith Hall Honors
Y. W. Secretary
AH university women are invited
to attend the tea at Ellen Smith
hall this afternoon from 4 to 6
o'clock. Miss Winifred Wygal. the
national secretary of the Y. W. C.
A., will be the guest of honor for
a short time.
This was to have been Miss Wy
gal's only formal appearance on
the campus of the University of
Nebraska, but she was secured to
address the girls at the Vesper
corvins Tnendav when she spoke
on the subject, "The Laud of the
Rising Sun."
iw-.nto r this tea there will be
no open house, a regular Thursday
afternoon affair.
KCRZ Schedules Speech
iiy Marianna Cummings
A talk on folk songs will be g'ven
by Miss Marianna Cummings, grad
uate of the School of Fine Arts,
over radio station KGBZ at York,
Thursday evening at 7:30 o'clock.
Miss Cummings has talked over the
radio several times as a represent
live of the fine arts department of
toe Seattle public library with
which she has completed a three
year engagement. Songs Illustrat
ing her lecture will be given in ac
companiment with a guitar.
Address About
Western Nebraska
i .i.iu ahuiiliite necessary.
German-Russians were used for
that sort of woik at one time but
that Is impossible now for the gov
ernment has passed an Immigration
law against that class of people.
Hunt said.
With the coming of the Mexicans
many problems confront the Ameri
can people. The key to the whole
problem, however, according to
Hunt, is proper education of the
new race.
'Urges Training Youth
"Training should be centered up
on the children and younger folks.
If they are forced to attend the
public schools some progress will
be made but it would be better If
they were also gathered Into some
sort of community contact. This
will have to be worked out In the
future."
Hunt recommended the Mexicans
as a race able to easily adapt itself
to new conditions and with no more
corruptness than there is in any
other race of people.
EMPEROR ONES
CONTINUES WEEK
RUN AT TEMPLE
Ticket Sales Progress But
Many Good Seats Are
Not Yet Taken
LERNER STARS IN PLAY
Business Manager of Show
Assumes Title Role of
Production
With a rant Including several
students In the department of dra
matics, faculty members and sev
eral negroes in character sketches
"Emperor Jones", the sixth seas
onal University Players production
is continuing Its week's run at the
Temple theater.
"The tickets sales are progres
sing but plenty of good seats re
main for last-minute buyers."' Zol
ley Lerner. business manager of
the riayers declared last night.
"W'e have had success with our
opening performances and expect
to finish up a record week In at
tendance at the remaining evening
performances and the Saturday af
ternoon matinee."
Lerner Has Lead
The production containe but two
outstanding roles, taken by Mr.
Ierner and Elwood Raraay, mem
ber of University Players. The
character work of Mr. Lerner In
the leading role of "Emperor Bru
tus Jones" Is supported by the sev
eral negroes In the cast and the
work of faculty members in trie
production.
To obtain the realistic scenic ef
fects necessary for several of the
Jungle settings. Prof. Dwlght
font I mini oa Pas t.
Secretary of Association of
Christian Councils Comes
Here Thursday
Y. M. SPONSORS TALK
Several talks before university
classes will be given by Charles H.
Corbet t. of New York, secretary of
the council of Christian associa
tions, w hile he is In Lincoln Thurs
day afternoon and Friday morning.
Mr. Corbett was born and raised in
China, and spent many years as a
unlversi'y professor in that coun
try. He will discuss its conditions
and culture.
At 9 ond 11 o'clock Friday morn
ing Mr. Corbett will talk on Chi
nese poetry before the English lit
erature classes of Prof. Stuff, in
Andrews hall 217. He will read a
number of translations from noted
poets, and tell something of the
development of Chinese poetry.
Will Talk on Labor
At 10 o'clock he will discuss a
bor conditions in China befora
!ean LeRossignol's class in labor
problems, meeting in Social Sci
ences 3': A number of other sec
tions will meet with this class o
hear Mr. Corbett.
At 3 o'clock Friday afternoon ha
will talk on the English influence
in china before Miss Reynoldson'-J
class In English history, meeting in
the Social Sciences Auulionum.
Mr. Co-bott will also speak veiy
briefly at the dinner of the Nebras
ka in Ei'vpi group at the Grand no
itl at 6 o'clock Thursday evening.
Other class talks may be arrangej
I h ron i l Iho University V. M. C. A.
office in the Temple.
LOCAL- BETAS EXPECT
E
Nebraska Chapter Secures
Shepardson to Come
For Initiation
Francis W. Shepardson, national
president of Phi Beta Kappa and
Uai. Thou PI will arrive In Lin
coln Saturday morning to visit the
local chapter of Beta Theta Pi and
to speak at a Beta banquet saiur
Abw ...nlnv IWInr Rheci&rdson Is
an eminent authority on fraterni
ties.
i ..i mrlnr twu-'or oheoardson
spent a few hours in '.i :coln, dur
ing which time he was in:erviewed
by a Nebraskan repor.er. He ex
pressed his approval oi c.:vineB
in .Alio iif He will ! e iter-
IH WllvftC
viewed Saturday on problems con
cerned with fraternities ana col
leges in general.
rwtn. fihmrHin Is stODDing
over In Lincoln during his trip to
Los Angeles, cam., wnere ne win
maVs hi home. He ! vitallv Inter
ested in college fraternities and
has written several magazine ar
ticles and books concerning tnai
.ikiiMi IT 0 arveri at one lime as
national secretary of the Interfrat-
emity council.
Students Have Chance to Advertise
University at High School Tourney
Intramural Election
Clone at 5 O'clock
n 5 uiUk today all votrs
for the Intramural officers must
be In the ballot box in the In
tiamural office. All groups
hloh nv not turned In their
vote will have thli chance to
do so.
Sigma Delta Chi Members
Act as Copyreaders
And Editors
DICKSON IS IN CHARGE
Journalism students in the Uni
versity of Nebraska will find plenty
of opportunity for practical experi
ence In reporting the state basket
ball tournament held In the coli
seum Thursday. Friday and Satur
day. The entire personnel of the Jour
nalism 8! class In news writing and
reporting will be called Into action
beside some twenty or twenty-five
outsiders who will be drafted for
service before the close of .the tour
nament. HaadquarUrs in "U" Hill
Headquarters have been estab
lished in "U" ball where reporters
mav write their stories and copy
wili be edited. About twenty-five
studenta will be engaged in copy
reading and rewriting. Active mem
bers and pledges of Sigma Delta
Chi. honorary Journalistic frater
nity, will be engaged in copy read
ing. Working in three hour shifts,
different men from the organiza
tion will be head copy readers. The
pledges will be assistant readers
and rewrite men.
Edward Dickson, who has charge
or the University News Service will
act as chief of the entire system.
He Is a senior in the school of Jour
nalism. Sigma Delta Chi Takes Part
Active members of Sigma Delta
Chi are Kenneth G. Anderson. Ly
man Cass. Joyce Ayres. Frederick
tM.iv Fviwaifl Dickson. Jack Elliott.
Gerald Griffen. Em 1 1 Glaser. Dean
Hammond. Muro .Kezer, .Maurice
Konkel, Gordon Lutson. William
M'nlxer, Paul Nelson, Gene Robb,
( ii f Sandahl, Arthur bchroeaer.
I mucins Tlmmerman. C harles
Wahlqulst. and Gayle C. Walker,
faculty advisor.
Vn Iniirfi'Um 83 plflSS Will . J'
held Thursday morning and where
necessary, students will be excused
from other classes to cover games.
The present system of assigning
ini.miiiam students to cover the
state tournament has been iq. prac
tice for the last live or six er.
cinrlm will he sent to all thJ
weekly papers In Nebraska and will
carry the student s cy line.
Physical Education Group
Decides to Hold Party
And Contests
Ti, iitnartment of physical edu
cation Is sponsoring a health car
nival to be given in tne uoiiseum
in i he latter nart of March. The
department of physical education
is putting on two contests to pro
mote student health. One Is an es
say contest open only to freshmen,
the details will be announced in
the freshmen English classes. The
essays must be submitted before
March 12.
The other contest Is a health
poster one. All University stud
ents are eligible to compete. The
posters should be turned In to
Dwight Klrsch In Morrill Hall be
fore March 20. Miss Mabel Lee,
of the department of physical ed
ucation, is offering a five dollar
prize to the winner of each con
test. The department of English
and the School of Fine Arts are
cooperating with the department of
physical education in putting on
the carnival and contests.
GAMMA LAMBDA
FIXES INITIATION
Band Fraternity Arranges
Meeting Thursday at
Central Y. M.
Gamma Lambda, honorary band
fraternity, will initiate twenty-two
pledges thla evening at the central
Y. M. C. A. A dinner will follow
the ceremony.
Those who will be initiated are:
Joe Alter, Gordon Ayers, Herman
Ball, Eugene Bennett, Fred Burch
ard, Glenn Church, Scott Cramer,
William Fitigibbon, Lawrence
Hearson, Mott Johnson. Charles
Justice. Gerald Larson. Don Lout
lenheiser. Bill McGaffin, Herman
Miller. Carroll Pauley. Herbert
Probasco. Merle Senn, Hugh Sher
wood. Fay Smith. Robert Venner,
and Charles Wert roan.
More Than Eleven Hundred
Of State'! Verj Beit in
Basketball Come to Take
Part in Annual Cage Fete
j High school basketball players
I once more Invade the university
campus for the nineteenth annual
State tournament. Eleven hundred
players, divided Into 124 teams w ill
compete for rhamplonr.hlpa on the
Coliseum floor this week end.
What Impression will the Univer
sity of Nebraska give these youth,
ful athletes? Present students will
recall their visit to the campus.
Whether or not they were awed by
the site of the buildings, the looks
of the coeds, and the magnitude
of the instiutlon depended upon
the town from which they came.
Future Husker Players
Nebraska students will be given
a good opportunity to advertise
championship tournament for 1929
favorably the university. It
brings to Lincoln some of the best
boys from the entire state, boys
whom the University of Nebraska
would be proud for freshmen next
year, or some time In the future.
Unfortunately Nebraska hasn't the
most beautiful campus In the world,
but the spirit of the school counts
more than Its beautiful buildings,
shrubbery', or lack of It.
Tall, short, thin heay high school
boys with black, blue. red. orange
sweaters will be slowly parading
the campus the next three days.
Perhaps they will even attempt to
cross the drill field In the mud.
That will give something lo take
beck honie fioiu Llit university. II
high school athletes are taken by
the souvenir-collecting craze they
may even fake a wall out of "I"'
hall to divide among the team
mates. Act As Ambassadors
Hasketball tournaments to which
teams from all sections of the state
are send is an effective means of
sending word to Nebraaska homes
concerning the university. Perhaps
the boys will refute some of the
reports that have been circulated
recently concerning wild life in the
jungles of Nebraska the univer
sity. Perhaps they will add to the
stories.
LEAGUE ADVOCATES
JOINT PlfER PLAN
University and State House
Would Get Heat From
Campus Plant
PETITION IS PRESENTED
Officers of the Nebraska division
of the Public Ownership League of
America have petitioned the legis
lature to pass the bill calling for
construction of a joint state light
and power plant for the University
aud capitol on the university
grounds.
This action followed a reiiort
that power companies are opposed
to the passage of this bill. The pe
tition from the municipal league
officers was received in the Sen
ate Wednesday.
Advantages Extolled
In telling of the advantages of
the plant the petition reads: "The
erection of said plant would be an
economic enterprise for l he slate
and a means of saving thousands
o fdollars to the people and taxpay
ers.
"The construction of said plant
at the present time would allow the
purchase of the latest and up to
date equipment and would thereby
serve as a laboratory for the stu
dents of the engineering college of
the University of Nebraska and
also as a model plant for the edu
cation, aid and assistance of muni
cipalities in Nebraska which are
engaged in the manufacturing of
their own electricity and power."
The senate committee on investi
gation will take up the report of
power company opposition to the
proposed joint state light and
power plant Thursday.
ENGINEERS WILL
CO TO MEETING
Students and Instructors
Are on Program Lists
Of Conference
Dan-ell Schneider will speak on
"Employment for the Student Grad
uate," at the conference of the stu
dent branches or the sixth district
of the American Institute of Elec
trical Engineering Society to be
held at the University of South Da
kota, at Vermillion, March 8 and 9.
Prof. F. W. Norris of the depart
ment of electrical engineering of
the University of Nebraska, will
lead the discussion on "The Branch
as a Means for Teaching Engineer
ing Ethics and the Highest Type
of Professional Spirit."
Dean O. J. Ferguson of the Col
lege of Engineering, of the Univer
sity of Nebraska and vice-president
or Sixth district of A. I. E. E.. will
preside at all the meetings as the
president will be unable to attend.
Pror. O. B. Dison, of the depart
ment of electrical engineering of
ihe University of Nebraska, who Is
secretary of the sixth district, will
also attend.
BASKETBALL CLASSIC
OPENS AT COLISEUM
Eleven Hundred High School Players, Representatives
Of One Hundred and Twenty-Four Teams, Come
To Battle for State Championship
ALL ENTRIES ARE WINNERS IN DISTRICT MEETS
Nebraska Tournament. Oldest in Hoop Sport History,
Celebrates Nineteenth Anniversary; Board
Divides Squads in Eight Classes
Nebraska's nineteenth nnnual huh solioo Ijiisketbnll tour
nnment opens in the t'olisouni this niiirnitiir. briiitfiiiK tit Lin
coln eleven hundreil athletes, representine 124 liisrh H-lmols from
every corner of the state. Fifteen tennis liml n jjisteml yeslor.
day at f o'clock, but the heaviest rush was expect el this morn
in p. First round games start on four courts at S;40 o'clock,
and arc scheduled solidly for the rest of the day. with the hs:
clashes staitinp at 9 o'clock toniplit. There will be brief inter
missions at noon and in the evening.
Second round guinea
E
AT Y. W. C. A. POLLS
Balloting Continues Today
For New Officers of
Organization
SENIORS TAKE CHARGE
One hundred fifty-six girls had
cast their ballots for officers of th?
: Y. W. C. A. on the city campus at 4
io'clork Wednesday. Girls w ho did
; not vote yesterday may do so today
i between the hours of 9 and 5
j o'clock.
! Voting for officers for the main
organization will take place In the
main corridor or i-ocial heienres
hall, while thai for officers in the
follece of Aericulture organization
will be in the Home Economics
building, r - - - - -
Only Members May Vote
Onlv university women who
signed membership cards in the as
sociation previous to March 1 are
eligible to vote. Members of the
College of Agriculture group may
vote for both sets of officers.
Charlotte Joyce and Georgia Wll
cov are the candidates for presi
dent for the organization on the
College of Agriculture campus.
There are no candidates for the
vice presidency as the loser of the
presidential race will take that
office. For secretary, Evelyn Krotz
and Helen W'eeJ have been nomi
nated. Seniors Nominate Officers
Sue Hall and Marian Wilkerson
ate the nominees for president of
the main organization, while Helen
Day and Edna Schrick are those
running for vice president. Lucile
Led with and Minnie Nemerhek are
the candidates for secretary and
Leon a Lewis and Julia Rider for
treasurer.
Seulor members of the Y. W. C.
A. cabinet are taking charge of the
polls. These girls were members
of the nominating committee.
Spring Arrives
With Marbles
W Everything
The campus poet wandered about
In a daze, hair rumpled, tie loose,
pencil In hand, sniffing the breeze.
(And it was some breeze!) He
gazed at the blue sky and the
fleecy clouds and the puddles and
sighed. Spring was here. (Tra la.)
Spring had come. (Peep peep.) But
the tragedy of It was, there was
nothing to write poetry about.
He came around the corner of
Social Sciences and stopped, star
ing. What was this! He adjusted
his glasses, but that didn't help
matters at all. For there in plain
sight, unashamed, unconscious,
(that's right) were three under
graduates crouching on a dry is
land In the sea of gray grass nd
mud shooting marbles! Not craps,
marbles. No snudgln. Migs.
And two of the players wore
plus-fours and didn't have coats.
The campus poet sighed again, but
this time in ecstacy; sat himself
down on the walk and proceeded to
write. Spring is here! Tra la.
Spring has came! Oho.
'TRI P AG CLUB
ELECTS OFFICERS
Miss Lydiellen Mnnsell of
Lincoln Heads Farm
Campus Group
The Tri F club of the College of
Arrlculture held election or of fl
eers Tuesday evening. They are:
Lydiellen Munsell, '30, Lincoln,
nrenlrlent: Melva Dickinson. '31.
Omaha, vice president; Gladys
Hutchinson, "30, uincoin, secieiary
trea surer.
Miss Munsell was formerly secretary-treasurer
of the club. The Tri
F club is a home economics club
organization whose purpose is the
promoting of enthusiasm on the Ag
college campus. Retiring officers
are: Marjorie Brlnton. Georgia Wil
cox and Lydiellen Munsell.
will be
played Friday uutil shortly after
noon; semi-finals are booked for
Friday evening: championships will
be decided Saturday evening.
Teauis have been divided Into
eight cla-sses, classifications, beint:
based on each team's record for the
season, the size of the city or town
in which the Hchool Is located, the.
number of boys in school, numbiT
of experienced players on the team,
previous tournament experience,
and the results of district tourna
ments. All entries in the state
championships are either winners
or runners-up in their classes one
of the twenty-four district' tournrt
lueiiLs. Fine Trophies Provided
Suitable trophiCR will be awarded
the winning team ni each class.
Htttiners-tip will receive the ball
used In the championship game.
Four floors, the varsity court, the
freshman court, the playing space
on the stage and in tho basement,
will be under the direction of H. D.
Gisli, director of athletics at the
University. In addition, there is an
executive committee, composed of
members of the board of control In
the Various districts of the Mich
school athletic association.
Black Heads Umpires
Umpires and referees have, been
selected and assigned to games un
der the direit supervision of
Charles T. Black, varsity basket
ball coach, and H. F. (lakes, assis
tant football coach. Other officials,
selected carefully, wlil work under
the managers of floors to which
they an- assigned.
Nebraska's tournament this year
Is notably smaller than it. has been
for several years past. The chance
baa been brought about by a re
turn to the system of district elim
inations, conducted in local tourna-(ontinni-.!
on Pain .1
Prof. Hattie Williams Says
Worship Important in
Civilized World
FORUM HEARS ADDRESS
That there is no substitute for
religion was the keynote of the
talk by Prof. Hattie Plumb Wil
liams, chairman of the department
of sociology, at World Iorum
luncheon yesterday noon. Mrs. Wil
liams discussed religion from the
viewpoint of a sociologist, classify
ing is as one of the dominant so
cial forces.
"Sociology Includes religion be
cause religion itself is a social
product, she continued. rhere
has never been a civilization so
low that it had no form of religion.
Primitive man attempted to explaia
everything by belief in the super
natural. Religion was his attempt
to explain the universe.
Influences Are Varying
"Religion operates as a unifying
force, as well as a disintegrating
force. Ancestor worship is a good
example of this. Through this form
of religion, the family was made
into a unified group, bound to
gether by a tie stronger than any
other except that of blood relation
ship. 'Religion also operates as a con
serving force. It's effect in this' re
spect is to keep things as they are.
It tends to form a static civiliza
tion. Some people say we could get
along very well without "religion.
but I do not think so. While in this
respect 'it has certain undeniable
disadvantages, in my opinion it is
the first essential of any civiliza
tion."
Speaker Shows Surprise
Prof. Williams expressed sur
prise at the hopeless, bored, cyni
cal attitude by many or the young
people of today. Religion, In her
opinion, provides group morale, and
fights the tendency ror lis . to be
come cynical as we grow older.
"The future of religion, as viewed
by the sociologist," she concluded.
is not one to cause us alarm. Re
ligion has been called by a sociolo
gist 'a substitute In the rational
world for instinct in the irrational
world'. No matter in what light we
I regard religion, we have never been
able to find a substitute for it."