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The Daily Nebr ask an Official Student Newspaper of the University of Nebraska VOL XXIX. NO. 6. UNCOUS', NEHRASKA, WF. DNKSDAY. JANUARY IS, 1930 TRICE FIVE CENTS. BRACKETT HEADS DEPARTMENT OF AG ENGINEERING Acting Chairman Succeeds Professor Sjogren as Leave Expires. IS NEBRASKA GRADUATE Appointee Assumes Active Part in Experimental Work of College. Ppf. U K. Urnckett ha been appointed chairiunn of the depart ment of agricultural engineering l htiicced O. W. Sjogren, accord hi to a report received Tuesday I mm I ho office of Chancellor Bur nrtt. When Frofoior Sjogren was pt anted a year's leave of absence Feb. 1. Professor Bracketl wait appointed acting chairman of I ho department. It whs from this position that he wan promoted to t he chairmanship when Profefsor Sjogren tendered his resignation to take effect Keb. 1. the date his leave of absence expires. Profos Mr Sjogren, who Is now In Cali fornia, intends to remain In busi ness in that ft ate. Professor Brarkett was gradu ated from tho college of cnglneer- ing of the University of Nebraska " in 1901. with the degree of B. Sc. in electrical engineering. He was in the employ of the beat and power department of the Lincoln Traction company for nearly three years following hia graduation. From 1907 to 1910 he served as an instructor in electrical engineering nt the University of Pennsylvania. In 1913 be came to the University y of Nebraska as assistant professor of agricultural engineering and was advanced to the position oi associate professor in 1916. On Jan. 30, 1918, Professor Brackett enlisted an a privato in the army air service. He was commissioned as first lieutenant in February and went to Europe in July. He was with the technical section of the air service In both France and Italy. He was discharged in Janu ary, 1919, and returned to this country. In 1919 Professor Brackett re turned to the university and was made a professor of agricultural engineering. As a member of the iell.UIIl PVOll DIUQ lUCll. vi.llV has been active in agricultural ex periment station studies along en gineering lines. Many bulletins are the product of his work, either individually or in co-operation with others. His major interests have been along lines of irrigation pumping in Nebraska, rural elec trification and the Nebraska trac tor tests. He is a member of the Ameri can Society of Agricultural Engi neers, the Society for the Promo tion of Engineering Education, the Lincoln Engineers club, Sigma Tau and Gamma Sigma Delta. MflilTWILL Club Arranges Discussion Of Disarmament for University Place. Under the auspices of the Wes leyan Y. M. C. A. and Y. W. C. A. the Cosmopolitan club will pre- pent a program at the St. Paul's JMeinouisi L11U1VU at. lutvinuj Place, Friday, Jan. 17 at 6 p. m. This program will be in essence a mock meeting of the council of nations, and the question for dis cussion will be "Disarmament." Among the "representatives" are Anatole Mozer, Gerald Hum bert, Fred Christ ensen. Anton Jensen, Claude Gordon, Ruth Stough and Negal Bonzo. On Jan. 24, Friday at 8 p. m., T. ,T. Thompson, dean of student af fairs, will speak at an open bouse meeting of the Cosmopolitan club. The Cosmopolitan club is a na tional organization with the mono "Above all Nations is Humanity," admitting to membership persona of all creeds and nationalities. Cosmopolitan clubs may be found in the majority of universities and colleges in America. Ruth Scough is president of the local chapter. STUDENTS CALL MEETING ABOUT AG CAMPUS Y. M. Meeting of all people interested la establishing a separate Y. M. C. A. organization on the college of agriculture campus will be held Thursday night in agricultural hall. It will be a promotion meeting-, where the preliminary plans for the organization of a Y. M. C. A. cabinet on the agricultural campus will be made. "The Place of the Y. M. C. A. on the Agricultural Campus," will V be discussed by William E. Brace, jr., secretary of the national stu dent council of Y. M. C. A. work. Y. wTcTa. PLANS TO FETE MALES AT JOINT PARTY A general party for the mem bers of Y. W. C. A. and Y. M. - C. A. will be given by the worn fc en's organization. Saturday eve I nlng from 8 to 11 o'clock in Ellen Smith hall. A special program of music and games wiU be pre sented by the members. Refresh ment will be served. Cammt lU'ivmhlv Logging Cam ft irirn Snort- IUutvr$ On "When Summer is Gone" floated down It Urcet, an appropriate melody from any radio when the mercury, like the bears In Ante oxt park. hn gone Into oblivion or at lemtt "feeling rather low." For across the snow-filled thor oughfares and lipery path toward the university and knowl edge, tho cauminl vtmlor might he lirve that the "spell of the Yukon" had been suddenly Inflicted upon Nebraska's men and women. Crowding, adding and scrambl ing down the walk to Intelligence and suceen. soma thousand could be seen, dressed like the stereo typed hero and heroine in the "lilm success" of the frozen north. Coed, atured in fur coats, stock ing caps, goloxhea and mittens, might not cause any great amount of bewlelderment. But the dis tinctively "Joe College" attire of the men would convince the visitor that maybe the greatest freaks of nature are not in cages. Every article of men's wearing apparel from husking mittens to dad's old pair of pants could be discerned as the Nebraska men wended their way toward college "to go clown to ' see In drifts." "MuMi" might l.ave been as ap propriate a term to "move on" this morning, as it heretofore has been the syonym for the Greek's morning repast. The same bunch of students who were dubbed as the most fashionably dressed in tho Mis souri valley, by a ttyle exji-rt dur ing his Lincoln visit last spring, would now draw the opinion that Nebraska men represent the modern logging camp. But dress for the weather continues to be the most practical so the cosmo politan standards of the male sex will need to continue at a par until "Old Man Sunshine" is broadcast from tho neighborhood phono graph and mother nature again brings warm weather. GREEOuTTICKETS START SALES TODAY Council Releases Limited Number to Be Sold by Council, Klub. Tickets for the Interfraternity ball, to be held in the Cornhusker hotel ballroom on Feb. 8, were re leased Tuesday night and will go on sale this morning. Only 3o0 ad mittances were printed and attend ance to the ball this year will be limited to that number. Members of the Kosmet Klub and Interfra ternity council will sell the tickets. The price is $2.50. The Interfraternity ball is not restricted to fraternity men, out is open to all Nebraska maio stu dents. A decoration scheme is being prepared and will be an nounced later on. Novel entertain ment which will be interspersed between dancing during the eve ning is being secured by the enter tainment committee in charge. Winners of the interfraternity radio song contest will be an nounced at the ball and first and second prizes of cups will be pre sented the winning fraternities. The orchef-tra for the affair, which will be directed by an out-of-town entertainer, will furnish a full eve ning of dance music. The orches tra will also be used in playing the theme song of the evening and in presenting the song contest awards. The theme song w.ll he called "Interfraternity Ball" and will be played and sung through out the evening Songs of the fra ternity taking fifth place in the contest will lead off a medley by the band. The medley will progress with the music of those tAking fourth and third and will conclude with the second and first fra ternity's sr.ngs. After this medley has been played, the awards will be made. The Interfraternity council com mittee in charge has announced that checking facilities at the Cornhusker will be enlarged to properly accommodate the large number which will attend. CAfWlER I Girls May Secure Part Time Employment at Y. W. Summer Outings. Positions in the two national Y. W. C. A. camps for which ap plicants are now being received in the Y. W. C. A. office in Ellen Smith hall, offer attractive oppor tunities to university girls who are not specially qualified to fill counciller positions in summer camps and still would like to have the opportunity to spend a sum mer in a girl's camp. These positions pay, for the most part, not more than five dol lars a week, plus living and laun dry expenses, but there are a few special positions which require longer hours and more special training which do pay better. A maximum of six hours a day is required in the part time posi tions ,and rarely if ever do the girls who have gone to these camps in the past find that they are required to work this long. Camp Maqua is located at Poland, Maine and Camp Okobojl at Mil ford, la. Hazel K. Allen, national camp director for the Y. W. C. A. will come to the Nebraska campus late in January to interview the candi dates who have applied here. CONTRIBUTION OF ALUMNI FINISHES H. K. WOLFE FUND Interest From $10,000 Is To Be Used in Making Various Awards. BASIS IS SCHOLARSHIP Memorial Lauchcd in 1919; Money Given University At Completion. With the recent contribution from the university of alumni as sociation, according to T. F. A. Williams, chairman of the Pallad- lau committee, the H. K. Wolfe Memorial fund is now complete, the present amount totalling $10,000. the interest of which Is to bo used for scholarships. Mr. Wil liams, representing the Palladian society, of which Dr. H. K. Wolfe was a member. Is serving on the committee in charge of the fund. Since operation of the fund be gan In the school year 1925-1926, scholarships have been granted to W. K Werkmeister. Kenneth W. Braly and Munro Kczer. The fund wan originally begun by the so ciety In 1919, and the goal was set at $10,000. Having collected thin amount by 1921, the fiftieth anniversary of the society, the funds were turned over to the uni versity. Meanwhile a general (non-Pal-ladianl committee of the alumni of the university was organized and solicited contributions inde pendently to the Wolfe Memorial fund. The sums collected by the Palladian committee and the sepa rate committee ot the general alumni, with the amount now ap propriated by the alumni associ ation of the university, make up the total of $10,000, and mark the completion of the enterprise launched by the Palladian society ten years ago. Dr. H. K. Wolfe was graduated from the university in the Ciass of 18S0, and was for many years a member of the faculty and head of the depart jnt of pnilosophy. He died in the summer of 1918. He became a Palladian more than fifty years ago. According to Mr. Williams, "it is a eratlfvlns: thine tnst oTie of ur wnr.her.Tw worthy in his lire ana in bis activities, is to have his name linked perman ently with the university through all subsequent student generations in connection with this research fellowship." Greek Sections in Annual Are Nearly Complete, Says Gammill. The 1930 Cornhusker Is shaping nn nwiv npcordine- to Kenneth Gammill, managing editor. The fraternity section is rapidly being completed, and there are nearly enough pictures in to close the section. Aitnougn no aeaaune nun iwn set for the nictures as yet, tho section will nrobablv be closed within a week. The studios are making an effort to accommodate last minute rush, but it will be more convenient for those who wish to have their pictures in cluded to make arrangements to have them taken as soon as poss ible. The junior and senior panels for the year book have been sent to the engravers and the copy is ex pected to be completed by the end of this week. The administration section will be finished in the near future. The athietic section is practically finished and woi ;; on the student life section will begin in about a month. Art work for the yearbook is being turned in and will be sent to the engravers in the near future. The business staff of the Corn husker spent the last week end in Omaha gathering advertising in that city. The sale of advertising is progressing rapidly and the in dications are that the 1930 Corn husker will be a successful fin ancial venture. UNITARIAN GROUP HEARS SPEECH AT LUNCHEON TODAY "Haldeman-Julius, the Creator of the Little Blue Book Series," will be the topic of address by Rev. L. M. Birkhead, of the All Souls Unitarian church of Kansas City, Mo., to the students liberal religious union of that church. The gathering will be held In the Temple cafeteria this noon In tho northwest room. Rev. Birkhead himself is an author of a dozen or more of the Blue Book series and a personal friend of Haldeman-Julius. He also collaborated with Sinclair Lewis in writing "Elmer Gantry." All students are invited to attend. 4-H Club Schedules Agricultural Mixer University 4-H club will give a mixer at the Student Activities building on the agricultural college campus, Friday evening, Jan. 17. Admission will be fifty cents. 930 YEARBOOK WORK GOES SATISFACTORILY CORN COBS WILL HOLD IMPORTANT BUSINESS SESSION All members are urged to at tend a business meeting or Corn Cobs to be held Thursday evening at 7.30 o'clock at the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity house, accord ing to announcement of Stanley Day, president. Among the matters to be taken up are spring Initiation, spring dinner dunce, plans for the elec tion of new men and other future activities of the organization. A financial report will also be given by the treasurer. ISSUES TALENT CALL Clubs Meet to Put Initial Plans Under Way for Annual Show. Initial action in the preparation of the vaudeville night of the col lege of agriculture will be taken In the Joint meeting of the Ag and Home Economics clubs tonight, when the first call for talent for 1930 Coll-Agrl-Fun will be Issued. A committee of students will have charge of the event. The joint meetings of the two clubs will be used as a means of working up enthusiasm for the affair, which will consist of productions by stu dent talent. The date of the show has been set for Feb. 28. Each group of students or or ganizations wishing to take part in the show must notify the com mittee and give it a plan of their skit which they intend to put on and then arrange for a preliminary showing before they will be given a place on the program. Fred Grau is chairman of the com mittee. The opinion was expressed by the committee at a recent meeting that the largest difficulty would be the elimination of the inferior skits rather than the problem of securing enough to fill the pro gram. Tonight's meeting will be devoted entirely to the plans for arousing interest and notifying the student body of the kind of enter tainment wanted. The Tri-F club, a home eco nomics pep organization, has pre pared a skit for the program. Prof. X- W-Gottif department of agronomy and faculty member of the supervising committee, will discuss the place of such activities in the college at the meeting to night. All students in the college of agriculture are urged by Grau to attend the meeting, which will be in charge of Dwight Anderson, president of the Ag club. The members of the Coll-Agrl-Fun committee will be introduced. L PROM STAFF TODAY Measure or Proportional Representation Appears In Meeting. Selection of twelve junior stu dents to serve on the Junior-Sen ior Prom committee will ' be the principal business taken up by the Student council in its regular meeting tomorrow according to Ralph Raikes, president of the or ganization. The council hopes to be able to complete the measure for propor tional representation on a plan similar to the one submitted some time ago by David Fellman. It Is possible that the matter will again be brought up at the Wed nesday meeting in order that stu ovnts may have an opportunity to vote on it at the mid-semester Sections. Twenty-six juniors have applied for the Junior-Senior Prom com mittee. The council will choose six men and six women from among these applicants. Those who applied are as follows: Don old A. Carlson, Seldon Davey, Lowell C. Davis, Edwin C. Ed monds, Donald Facka, Earl C. Fishbaugh, R. Lynn Galloway, Kenneth Gammill, Fred V. Grau, Carl J. Hahn, George Kennedy, George Mlckel, Morton A. Rich ards, Albert Wahl. Coeds aplying are: Evelyn Ad ler, Lucille Barlow, Marguerite L. Danielson, Dorothy McGinley, Emma E. McLaughlin, Minnie Ne mechek, Sally Pickard, Dorothy Sllvis, Dorcas Weatherby, Miriam Wiggenhorn, Geirgia Wilcox and Katherine Williams. CAMPUS CALENDAR Wednesday. Jan. 15. Wesley Players, 12, noon. . Ag club, 12:15 p. m. Dairy club, 12:30 p. m. Lutheran Bible league, 7 p. m. Temple 205. Thursday, Jan. 16. Ag Y. W. C. A- 12:15 p. m. Block and Bridle, 12:30 p. m. Farmers Fair Board, 12:35. Corn Cob meeting. Alpha Tau Omega house. 7:30 p. m. Import ant. Christian Science organization meets 7:30 p. m. in Temple 203. Scabbard and Blade. Nebraska hall. 5 p. m. Thursday. Business meeting. Friday, Jan. 17. University Players presenting "Queen's Husband." Temple thea etr 7:30 p. in. STUDENTS AVE REDUCTION FOR OPERA TICKETS Groups of Twenty-Five Get 15 Percent Decrease To See 'Carmen.' SCHEDULEO FOR MARCH Blocks Are Checked Out to Representatives From Ellen Smith Hall. Groups of twenty-five atudnta or more who purchase a block of tickets for the opera Carmen, to be piescnted by the Chicago Civic Opera company In the univ;'imty coliseum March 20, will receive a 15 percent discount on each ticket Tickets In such a block need not be reserved together and need .lot all be of the same price to allow the reduction. Dollar general a Imls sion tickets only, which will not go on sale until the day before the opera, are not Included In thU re duced rate offered to students. Exchange tickets whicn may later be turned in for reserved seats, were checked out to sorority representatives from a booth In Ellen Smith hall Tuesday slter noon. No delegates from fra ternity houses or organized lorml tories or rooming houses reported at this time, though the choice of selection will go to the groups who make their reservations earl-.est The booth will be open Thuidday afternoon from 2:30 until 5 o'clock, and exchange tickets may oe se cured at this time. Money neec" not be turned in before the Uckets are checked out, but must come in as soon as possible. One pet son In each group is made responsible for all tickets. Combine Blocks. Any groups who are unable to secure as many as twenty-five ueo ple to make up a block which will gain the advantage of the reduced rate offered to students may apply to Mildred Olson, who has n irge of the sale of the exchange '.icket sale, and she will combine small groups to form blocks large encugb to secure the reduced rate. Letters have been sent to 4!' or ganized dormitories and rooming houses for girls. Tassels are hand ling the sale in sorority houses, and special delegates in each fra ternity house have been asked to sponsor the sale of the tickets in their groups. Any students who (Continued on Page 2.) E TERI Conclave on Campus Limits Time: Total Number Is Not Available. Second semester registration at the college of agriculture, post poned last week because of organ ized agriculture meetings, was completed Tuesday at 5 o'colck. Definite total of those registering was not available Tuesday. Ac cording to a statement from the office of W. W. Burr, dean of the college, registration of the second semester is always slightly less than that of the first A total of 612 were enrolled the first semes ter this year. Only two days, Monday and Tuesday, were used for registra tion this semester. A full week is usually given but the original time for this was postponed to. a week later because of the conflicting organized agriculture meetings. It was necessary to complete the registration the first two days of this week so that the slips mignt be sent to the assignment com mittee on Wednesday. This greatly hurried the regis tration process, according to of ficials in the dean's office. Every one was taken care of satisfactor ily, however, and no special dif ficulties presented themselves, they said. Heaviest registering was dons on Monday. Graduate students will register the first two weks of the new semester, according to Dr. F. W. Upson, dean of the graduate college. deadlTNTforessay Chancellor Burnett Calls For Student Articles On Leadership. Contestants for the $100 tn prize; offered by Chancellor E. A. Bur nett to undergraduate students of the university in his annual essay contest must submit their articles not later than Wednesday, Jan. 15. 1930, it they wish them to be accepted and judged. ine sue-ject of this contest is What Qualities of Leadership Should a College Student De velop?" Chancellor Burnetts mo tive for sponsoring this contest is an attempt to arouse student;' thoughts toward ultimate success in the future. The S100 will be divided among the seven best essays submitted. The first prize consists of f40, second, 125, third. $15, and the fol lowing three of $5 each. That$ a Home on The SiilcualkS Say 11 O'clock Sttu'lenti Horses! Home! Wero meant to I kept In the pasture or the shelter of the barn during cold weather, but not so at the V. of N.. where the men boast of the football team and tho coeds wall about 12:15. nights. For the early rler, one who was so unfortunate as to schedule an 8 o'clock class, the treat la in store. For, If be hasn't seen two sleek, shivering equlnlnea hauling a modern plow down the sidewalk leading to U hall, then It's because he had snow In his eye at the time or didn't make his 8 o'clock. Snow Drifts. There in the dim light of a wintry morning when the snow drifts along tho "way of all fleih." the twentieth century chariot racer ran be seen coaxing two mustargs down the walk, clear ing the way for pedestrians and romance language students. How ever the romance language takes a slight drop In the market when the snowbound youth finds that his room mate has borrowed his pair of goolavk shes" or the high top boots that he ordinarily wears picnicking or on botany tours. But regardless of weather, knowledge must be sought and notebooks must be kept because of that approaching examination when the student enters the room for the last time In an effort to pass the course. Statistics prove that the number of students who would be marooned and would not be able to reach class If It were not for tho two puffing equinlnes would be great. and which leans one to believe that horses are beneficial besides scooting around In circles on a merry-go-round. Leading Male Character in 'Queen's Husband' Has Praise for Role. GETS WIDE EXPERIENCE "I have never found a pari .vhich I liked better or one which I thought offered more possibil ities than that of the king in "The Queen's Husband," declared Ray Ramsay who will assume that role In tho next production given by the University Players at the Temple theater from Jan. 17 to 23. Mr. Ramsay, who is at present acting as alumni secretary of the University of Nebraska, was with tho University Tlayers for five years, during three of which he acted in the capacity of business manager. At that time Mr. Ram say was also a member of the dramatics department Mr. Ram say has spent five years in the legitimate show business. He has played in vaudeville stock com panies in New York City and has done extensive Chautauqua work As announcer over radio sta tion KFAB of Lincoln Mr. Ram say became well knoown to radio fans. His next achievement was along the line of aviation when he secured his pilot's license this fall. Mr. Ramsay says, however, that he intends to make flying merely another source of recrea tion. Magic proves to be Mr Ramsay's indoor hobby and he has made quite an intensive study of it He maintains that his knowl edge of this subject has often been of real value in some of his the atrical undertakings. As the king in Mr. Sherwood's play Mr. Ramsay appears as a very hen-pecked husband, but he is a likeable chap despite his ap parent weakness under the orders of his officious wife. He actually dislikes being king, but refuses to abdicate because he is wise enough to know that the people of his country want the tradition of a king. He sympathises with his daughter, Anne, who inconven iently falls in love with his private secretary and the clever way in which he outwits the queen amuses and delights the audience. Other important leads in the play are as follows: Maurine Drayton, Queen Martha; Mildred Orr, Princess Anne; Walter, Vogt Frederick Graton; and W. Zolley Lerner, General Northrup. WESLEY GROUPS WILL MEET AT JOINT BANQUET As a means of co-ordinating the campaign for a new Methodist student center at the university, Rev. and Mrs. W. C. Fawell will be hosts at a joint dinner meeting Thursday evening atthe Wesley foundation for the executive com mittee of the Methodist student council and the executive commit tee of the Wesley Foundation. A program will be outlined at this meeting whereby the various student groups within the church may share the responsibility of the campaign. A Wesley Foundation sheet reporting the progress of the drive will be sent out to the churches In the state. HICKS WILL TALK ON EDUCATION AT AG FORUM MEET Dr. J. IX Hicks, dean of the col lege of aits and sciences, will snekk on the "Value of a Liberal Education" at the Ag Forum In room 213 of the Home Economics building at 12:20 o'clock Thursday noon. He has spent years study ing college problems and attempt ing to determine the worthwhile elements of a college education. NTERFRATERNITY COUNCIL TABLES RUSHING OUTLINE Greeks Argue Over Future Rules; Committee Has Recommendation. SHOW SIMPLE SYSTEM Prospective Pledges Would Be Responsible for Dates Taken. At a meeting of the Interfrater nity council Tuenday night plana for a new system of running were dMCti-ed by those present. Tho committee appointed by James Mu.gmv. president of 'the coun cil. ti Investigate the prewnt ivk tem of fraternity ru.shing at the University ot Nebraska and to re commend tut he council new rules, prescnt'Hl eight recommendations toward a more himplilied system. linns are being made to Inau gurate a Lew synteui whereby tho ruhce i responsible for rushing dates and miiht observe all of them with the fraternities rushing biru before he will be allowed to plcdgo Lswlor Recommend. A recommendation was made by Charles Lawlor. chairman of the rushing rules committee, that a date beohserved after the actual ru.hing period for a formal selec tion. A great amount of comment was heard both for and against tho recommendations and upon the suggestion of the council tho rules were tabled until next week when they will be reopened for dii-cussinn and definite steps taken toward the completion of the new system. Fraternities wishing to make arrangements for the next rushing season re to wait until the new system has been officially adopted by the Interfraternity council. A recommendation was prestnta by the commtitee providing (or a duplicate rush card similar to those used In former years. These cards, as recommended, were to be obtained through the council, thus lessening the cost that is incurred each year by every fratemtiy. There will be a meeting of tho council next Tuesday night when the newly proposed rushing sys tem will be finally decld;d upon. FRENCH RESENT DEBT BY Poole Talks at Vespers on Attitude of Europe in Regard to U. S. "French people consider the American war debt as a thorn in their side. They claim that it we were democratic wc would be will ing to cancel it" stated K. H. Poole of the Romance languago department at Vespers service on Tuesday evening. Mr. Poole's talk is one of a series relative to for eign countries and the students' attitude toward peace. "They make a distinction be tween the American government and the individual. They claim that we aie not democratic so cially. The United States was more respected in Europe as a peace maker before the war, but France and other European coun tries resent American business interests there. France will sooner or later realize that a peaceful at titude is 'better than its present one. The large number of small local countries and the many dif ferent languages prevent this at titude toward peace." The French student should be extremely interested in politics and government affairs, according to uie speaker. There is no con troversy in religion as appears in American schools. Catholicism be ing the accepted religion of trance. They leave no room for speculation, but consider us as a race of reformers, our activities becoming sociological not for the purpose of developing our soul but rather to fit us for the me chanical side of the world. The Americans are held in re spect by the French. They con sider us more hospitable and free with our money than the English, but since the war they have be come antagonized by our attitude in regard to the war debt ex plained Mr. Poole. They imagine that for the sake of friendship we should cancel this, and the Amer ican can't be too optimistic for peace in France. The meeting was led by Ruth Shallburn. Helen Carter gave a violin solo as the special musical number. DR. R. E. SPEER WILL SPEAK FOR PRESBYTERIANS Dr. Robert E. Speer of New York, jecretary of the board of foreign mission of the Presbyte rian church, will be guest and speaker of the Westminster Pres byterian church Thursday evening. Jan. 23. at 8 o'clock. His talk will cover world mission and world re lationship. He is a well known speaker at the eastern colleges and appears at many student gatherings and conventions at Yale, Wellesley, Cornell, Bryn -Mawr and Chicago university. Dr. Speer Is a layman who has devoted his whole life in work of misr.onary statesmanship