,MT,. .unry 'i HioniiiiuraiwMiH .-. '''- . . . v . nn 1 T it ir D A IT V m T7 D A Q Y A 4 . . . Official Student Newspaper of the University of Nebraska VOT. XXX NO. ftt). UNCOf.N, NERHASKA, THHRSDAY, JANUARY 8, 1931 PRICE FIVE CENTS:." WEAVER COMMEND A N RE G MARSH DECRIES TREND TO FARM IT Regent Sees Large Agrarian Movement as Menace to Rural Community. KEIM ADDRESSES GROUP 1 1 1 Agronomy Professor Tells Of Changes Made in Crop Production. Corporation farming' la coming to the midwest, declared Fred A, Harsh, of Archer, Neb., regent of tne university as ne spoke yesler day afternoon during Organized Agriculture week. It was a plain tive note he struck, for Regent Marsh hails the larger farm move ment as a menace to rural com munity welfare. Fred Marsh was a scheduled Speaker during the meetings of the Nebraska Impro ved Livestock Breeders association which la hold ing special sessions at the college of agriculture this week. He has made an Intensive study of the farm and the farm home. Corporations Increase. The large farm movement, cor poration farming, is gradually working in this direction, the re gent explained. He quoted Senator Capper's figures which show that one large organization in the mid dle west now controls 156 small farms. There are five other such farming combinations, he added. "It means demoting the farmer from our rural population," Marsh emphasized with gestures. "Per haps larger farms are all right, but they must not be developed so that they outweigh the need of community welfare. "As to the question whether it is better to have a few large farms with magnificent buildings, or' many small farms with moderate improvements," this student of farming conditions ventured, "there is but one answer." He did not seek to supply that answer. Quotes George Russell. George Russell, the speaker quoted, has become frightened at the great exodus of people from rural communities to urban cen ters. Russell, he continued, pleads for a finer rural civilization. "It used to take ten sheep and an acre of cotton to clothe a wom an," said Dr. F. D. Keim as he took up another subject immedi ately following the talk of Marsb ''but now one silkworm can do the same thing any afternoon." Dr. Keim was speaking of the errect of trenas in agiiculture on crop production. He is head of the agronomy department of the col lege of agriculture. Many Changes. There are many notable trends in modern agriculture, the speaker began, among them being the in creased size In farms, larger ma chinery units, and the demand for modern conveniences. Farmers of today are living under high pres sure. They want their sons to have what the Jones' sons have.' There is the auto, the light plant, insur ance, and a multitude of cravings. "I do not begrudge farmers these conveniences," Dr. Keim ex plained, "but I am firm in the c lief that farmers must live within their incomes. There Is no presl3 cbango method of eradicating weeds, and that rule applies to the farm as well. "A little money and some hard work hurts no one," the speaker advised as be picked up the words of an old sage, "while too much money and leisure are most harm ful." Continued applause followed those remarks. Recommends Economy. "If I were a young farmer," (Continued on Page 2.) MOW ION Yenne Pulls Fast One; He Makes Students Tell About the Thrills They Had During Holiday Vacation While most classes were feeling their way about in the cloud of mental, (not ilnancial), depression which swooped down over them as seems always to be true upon the first meetings after a carefree and hilarious vacation, Herbert Yenne's class in public speaking 191 was altogether apart from this general atmosphere and each member In cluding the professor seemed to be enjoying himself to the utmost. Each of the 101 students who compose the clasa gave an extem poraneous talk on holiday experi ences whkh brought forth the merriment that lifted the class from the cloud that enveloped most of the others. Misses Station. "Boarding the train with a Gladstone and a pint -of old rye," said one member, "I started for home, The Journey was long so I decided to sleep. I slept! The train arrived at the station of the old home town.- A big hearted brakie' attempted to wake me, but I thought he was a nlt-wit freshman so 1 still slept. Upon swakenng upon my own accord, in time, th realization dawned that' my destination had been teacred and long past. Well, them STUDENTS CRACK SAFE; RUN OFF WITH QUESTIONS MINNEAPOLIS, Ind. Students who jimmied a door and a safe in the office of the sociology depart ment and pilfered copies of the final examination in sociology last quarter have not yet been appre hended, Prof. F. Stewart cnapin head of the department of socio! otry, declared yesterday. Discovery of the theft was made shortly after the robbery of the questions and members or tne oe partment immediately made a new final examination, which was given at 10:30 the next morning. The first examination, which contained more than a hundred objectiv questions, was scrapped and an other of essay questions was sub stttuted. E. E. Nicholson, dean of student affairs, declared that he knew nothine about the matter. Students who had prepared for an obimive examination were in dignant over the change and voiced the opinion that whoever stole the copies should not have left traces that forced tne depart ment to change the type of ques tions. Cornhusker Pictures May Be Obtained Until Jan. 17. ASK NO EXTRA CHARGE "If students continue to turn out for photographs as they have for the past two days we shall feel amply repaid for having reopened the junior and senior ana irater nity and sorority sections,' Ken neth Gammill, editor, asserted yes terdav. The Cornhusker starr nas mane arrangements with Hauck's and Townsend's studios which will en able students to get pictures for the 1931 yearbook until Friday, Jan. 17. It was announced pre vious to the holidays that picture sections would be closed for good and the new provision has been made only by sacrificing a sizeable discount which otherwise would have been forthcoming from the engravers. Students Request Chance. "We had so many student re quests for another chance that we felt it would only be fair to do everything possible in order to per mit everyone who wishes it, i place in the new Cornhusker," the editor declared. "By providing this last oppor tunity we are entailing not only extra time and work but also added expense. These concessions will be well worth while, however, if a good student representation in the annual is the result." Many Needed. It was indicated at the yearbook headquarters that a steady student representation at the studios ".ntil Jan. 17, the dosing day, would be necessary in order to Justify, the new arrangements. All proofs must be returned to the studios by Wednesday, Jan. 21 because the panels will be made up immediately after that date. There is to be no addition in price on the photos which are taken during this week and next Pictures for the Junior and senior section will be $3 while photo graphs for the fraternity and sorority sections will cost $1.50. Any students wishing to use their last year's pictures may do so by reporting at the studio where it was taken and paying $1 to cover printing and engraving expenses. I nrougn a post-vacation ' ar rangemcut with Hauck's and Townsend's those students who are juniors and seniors but merely ar ranged for a picture in an organi zation section may also be repre sented on the Junior or senior sec tion by the payment of $3. I was with s Gladstone but no money. However, as the train coach seemed most comfortable my peace of mind was not upset. Then the same, big-hearted 'brnkle' who had at one time so kindly attempted to awake me, now resorted to physical force to separate the train from me. He did. But wires are a great thing so the folks sent me the cash of which T was In dire need ana I preceded home, more alert then than foimerly." Are Hit by Train. Among other experiences re lated was one which told of an automobile accident which proved fatal to a member of the group. Another was that of starting the New Year with a bang. Two stu dents were hit by the Oregon Limited which completely demol ished tne chief of police's car in which they were riding. Many students of the agricul tural college gave talks of similar nature which dealt with going back to the farm, eating fried chicken, having real cream for their coffee, and returning with their hands not as smooth and white as when they left. MISS LEE NAMED HEAD OF PHYS ED NATIONAL GROUP No Woman Has Been Elected President of Association For Forty-Five Years. FORMER VICE PRESIDENT All Parts of Country Are Represented at Meeting In New York City. Miss Mabel Lee, chairman of the department of physical education for the past seven years, was elected national president of the American Physical Education asso ciation at the annual business meeting of the national council held in New York City during the holiday season. Miss Lee is the first woman to hold this position in forty-five years. She served as vice presi dent of the association for several years previous to her election. Dr. Jesse Williams, head of the health and physical education de partments at Columbia university in New York City, was chosen vice president. The retiring president is Dr. Frederick Maroney, for merly supervisor of the physical education in Atlantic City, N. J., who has recently been appointed president of Arnold college. All parts of the United States were represented at the council meeting by the presidents of all of the districts, representatives from the various sectional interests and allied organizations, and presidents of the state societies. The na tional council meets each year in New York City during the holiday season to organize before the na tional convention. At present Miss Lee is making plans for a national convention to be held in Detroit, Mich., in April. On her return trip from New York City she stopped in Detroit to make arrangements concerning the convention. Ag College Publication Claims Annual Event Is in Rut. ' Retrogression has taken place in the Farmers Fair in the last few years, says the Cornhusker Countryman. It terms the fair the largest student event at Nebraska In an editorial in its January is sue, released yesterday. The Countryman criticizes the fair because of the substitution of financial success as the purpose towards which those in charge work rather than striving to make the fair an exhibit of the work of the college of agriculture, as ori ginally intended. Fair Is In Rut. "In general Farmers Fair as it has existed is in a rut," says the agricultural publication. It goes on to declare the flaw lies in the administration of the fair. The Countryman Jays the responsibil ity for correcting present condi tions with Farmers Fair board this year. An article by Myrle White in the I current issue of the Countryman outlines the work of the fair, tls management, and some plans for the fair this year. White is chair man of the fair board this year. Pictures Burnett, As a frontspiece the magazine carries a picture of Chancellor Burnett, who was honored for his work in animal production by the American society of animal pro duction at the international live stock show at Chicago recently. Other articles in the agricultural magazine this issue lire "Dairy Still Paying," by Jay Plerson, the report of a visit to. Merril-Palmer school by Mabel Bignell, an article on quality production of eggs by Duane Ayres, an account of the 1930 judging teams with photo graphs, and other important agri culture and ag college news. WHITE DEBATES AT MEETING IN CHICAGO, DEC. 31 Prof. H. A. White, debate coach who attended the National Associ ation of Teachers of Speech at Chicago, which met Dec. 28, 29. 30. 31, took part in a debate on Wed nesday, Dec. 31, before the debate section. The subject of Professor White's debate in which he took the affirmative was that the judges of debate should be abolished. Ray mond Howes of Washington uni versity at St. Louis was Professor White's opponent. While the coach waa In Chicago he also represented the Nebraska high school debating league at a meeting of the committee on de bate materials. This committee went on record as opposing inter state post-season debate tournaments. National President MISS MABEL LEE. Who is the first woman to be elected president of the National Physical Education association in forty-five years. E STATE FARM UN Nutrition Soecialist From Columbia Speaks Before Organized Ag Group. STRESSES PROPER DIET "No one is as well as he could be if he had a better diet," stated Dr. Mary Swartz Rose, professor of nutrition of the teachers col lege, Columbia university, in speaking to the home . economics section of Organized Agriculture Wednesday f.fternoon. Her sub ject was "Old and New Emphasis in Nutrition." Dr. - Rose traced the ' develop ments in the knowledge of nutri tion during the last twenty-five years. She stressed the importance of good diet to good health. People feel and look better if they have a good diet, she said. She illustrated the relative food values of a num ber of common foods. Natural feeding is not always the best, according to this nutri tionist, who added that the oldest tigers are to be found in zoologi cal gardens where they are fed in telligently by man. That the health of the race and the indi vidual life span can be increased through better nutrition is now the belief of nutrition leaders. Dr. Rose is author of "Feeding the Family" and other well known Lbooks in the nutrition field, and is probably the most outstanding woman nutritionist in the country. She will speak again Thursday afternoon on the home economics program. 0. S. L Early Morning Blaze Routs Fraternity Members From Bed. Forty members of the Delta Sigma Lambda fraternity, 1425 R street, were aroused at 2 a. m. Wednesday by fire which started in the basement and caused con siderable damage to the walls and celling of the basement and to the walls above. The flames were discovered by Mrs. H. C. M. Burgess, the house mother. She was awakened when the flames broke thru the floor and smoke started pouring into her room. She aroused the fraternity president, Roland Miller, who in turn awakened the other occu pants of the house and called the fire department. By using small fire extinguishers, the fraternity members attempted without suc cess to combat the flames. The firemen had the fire out soon after their arrival. From the basement where the fire started, presumably from spontaneous combustion in some old rags, the flames spread up ward between the walls. Some damage was caused by smoke. The amount of damage has not been determined. Sophomore Comniision Holds Regular Meeting The members of sophomore com mission held their regular weekly meeting Wednesday at 5 o'clock at Ellen Smith hall. Leone Ket terer and Virginia Jonas, presi dents of the two groups, were in charge. Poetry was discussed at the meeting, and a number of the girls read their favorite poems and gave short reviews of the lives of the authors. Campus Calendar Thursday, Jan. 8. Pershing Rifles meeting, Ne braska hall, Sp.m. Dramatic club meeting, club room, Temple. 7:30 p. m. Friday. Phi Omega Pi formal dance at Lincoln hotel. French party at Ellen Smith hall. ' i V- I "X 1 i V ff I y l QUARTERS PASTE BOARDS WILL BE LOWER IN PRICE Sport Department Regrets High Charge of 1930 Grid Tickets. THEY ADMIT MISTAKE Officials Face Dilemma of Losing Crowds or Well Known Opponents. Admitting that they made a mistake in raising the price of football admissions for the 1930 seasons, university authorities are faced with the problem of arrang ing a price schedule for the 1931 games which will attract greater crowds, and at the same time will afford a great enough revenue to be attractive to inter-sectional op ponents who might schedule games here. Teams playing here are guar anteed a 50-50 split on the gate re ceitps with only the officiating fees and expenses deducted. It is diffi cult to schedule intersectional games with teams such, for in stance, as Harvard or Yale when all they could expect to make on the trip to Lincoln would be a split on a 40.000 crowd at $2.50 a seat. This is the reason, in part, for the $3.00 charge for the Pittsburgh game last fall. Due to the general financial sit uation cf the country, failure of the Huskers to show their usual class on the gridiron, rr.d disap pointing showings u:ad by some of their opponents all attributed to a general decrease in attendance and revenue. 23 Percent Decrease. Gross receipts for the 1930 sea son decreased 23 percent on home games as compared with 1929 fig ures; home attendance fell off 19 percent; and an approximate 8 percent drop in gross revenue oc (Contlnued on Page 3.) DEBATE SCHEDULE Tryout Will Be Held Jan. 15 on Unemployment Insurance. Prof. H. A. White, debate coach, announces that the debate trial fr students interested in debate will be held on Thursday evening, Jan. 15, in University hall 106. The subject for debate will be that "United States Should Enact Leg islation Providing for Compulsory Unemployment lnsurenec." The de bate tryout will Degin at students wishing to trvout are nrirpH tn sf Professor White be fore Tuesday of next week. The list of debates scheduled lor tne second semester follow: Nebraoka v DrnU in Omaha. Feb. 19. Free Trade. Nebraska vs. Albion col lege, at Lincoln, Feb. 25, Unem ployment Insurance. Drake vs. NehraBka before the Junior Cham ber of Commerce of Des Moines, Feb. 26, noon, Unemployment in surance. Tnu' Rtntp vs. Nebraska at Ames, Feb. 26, evening. Unemploy ment Insurance. Korinwesiern vs. Nebraska at Chicago, Feb. 27, Un nmnlnvmpnt Insurance. Nebraska vs. Kansas State college at Lin coln, Maicii 3, Free Trade. Ne braska vs. North Dakota at Om aha. March 6, Free Trade. Nebraska vs. South Dakota at Omaha, March 16, Free Trade. Denver vs. Nebraska at Denver, week of March 30-April 4, Free Trade. Colorado university vs. Nebraska at Boulder, week of March 30-April 4, Free Trade. University of Wyoming vs. Ne braska at Laramie, week of March 30-April 4. REPRESENTATIVE TO MEET WOMEN ABOUT TOSITIONS Women students interested in obtaining positions in one of the Y. W. C. A. camps next summer will have an opportunity to talk to Hazel Allen, member of the Na tional Board of the Y. W. C. A. in charge of camps, next week. Miss Allen will arrive in Lin coln Tuesday, to be here until Thursday. Interviews concerning camp positions may be secured during this time. Six Nebraska students held po sitions at Okobojl last summer. They were Dorcas Weatherby, Ruth Pchlll, Helen McAnulty, Eve lyn West, and Lucille Ledwith. National Board Y. W. camps are located at Lake Okobojl. la. and Maqua, and Poland, Me. DAIRY CLUB LAYS PLANS FOR MIXER An Ag mixer will be given by the Dairy club of the college of agriculture on Friday evening at the Student Activities building. Prof, and Mrs. H. P. Davis and Dr. and Mrs. P. A. Downs will be chaperones. Music will be furnished by the Goidenrod Sertnaders, 11 was announced. F OOTBALL BUILDING ARE Retiring Executive Suggests University Budget Be Cut From $3,130,000 to $1,183,000; Favor Woman's Dormitory and Medical College Projects. -V CHANCELLOR SAYS NOW IS THE TIME TO BUILD 'Construction Costs Low,' He Says, and Improvement Would Furnish Needed Employment; Governor Advises No Buildings Not Needed. . By CLIFF F. SANDAHL. Fond hopes of University of Nebraska professors and ste el cuts of getting new classroom building to replaced tV decapitated University hall may turn ort to be nothing mor than idle dreams, if the Nebraska state legislature, now. in ses sion, follows recommendations made "VV'ednesday noon by the . retiring governor, Arthur J. "Weaver. v The same holds true for those who may be looking forward, to a new Astronomy hall, since the outgoing ehief . executire. - Ti Orders Will Now Be Taken In Nebraskan Office Any Afternoon. CONTRIBUTIONS WANTED With the close of the second day's drive for the Awgwan, 1,400 subscriptions to tne numor maga line had been sold. Strong em Dhasis has been placed the last couple of days on Individual sales, members and pledges of Sigma Delta Chi soliciting subscriptions from non-fraternity students. A stand was kept open from 8 to 5 o'clock in Social Science hall Tuesday and Wednesday to give individual subscribers a chance to sign for the magaztne. This will not be open any more but sub scriptions will be taken in The Daily Nebraskan office any after noon, single suoscripuons sen ior fifty cents for the five issues, first of which will be issued in Febru aiy. Free Delivery. Arrangements have been made for free delivery on all blocks of twenty-five subscriptions. Individ uals may also secure free delivery by making up a block of ten or more. The goal of the publication board has been oversubscribed 400 subscriptions, 1,000 being the re quired mark set by that body. Lowell Davis and Elrront Waite, as joint editors, together with Edgar Backus, business manager, are getting plans under way for the first issue. They have issued a call for editorial material which may be left at the managing edi tor's desk in The Daily Nebraskan office any time. It is expedient, according to the editors, that con tributors set to work at once so that the first issue may appear in February. A large staff has signed to work on the magazine and anyone who wishes may help. According to the editors, most of the material submitted should be short. Short original jokes and poems, besides art will be needed. A meeting of all who wish to work on the business side of the mutraidne will be hold in The Ne braskan- office at 1 o'clock today, according to Business Manager Backus. FOLKS SO HARD UP THEY CAN'T AFFORD TO DIE There's such a thing as carry ing this depression business too far! a recent tri-citv survey shows that the people in Minnesota have become so depressed that even the undertakers are found among the lists of unemployed. Things are really bad when the public can't afford to die. However, all types of labor and Industries have been hit hy tne unemployment situation. Tabula tion of statistics obtained irom registration of the unemployed in Minneapolis, Duluth, and St. Paul was performed under the super vision of W. II. Head, assistant professor of economics, at the University of Minnesota. Registration o unemployed in Minneapolis mounted to 14,499. In St. Paul 9,317 persons resonded to the census rat and Duluth figures showed 4,983 persons without work. Factory laborers figured most prominently in the ranks of the unemployed with 2,378 of their number seeking empl o y m e n t. Three undertakers and three radio announcers registered along witn over 700 unemployed office clerks, the largest group among seekers of "white collar jobs." Frankforter to Speak to Chemical Engineers An address by C. J. Frankforter on "sodium silicate ' wtn reaiure the next meeting of the Chemical Engineers society tonight at 7 o'otck In Chemistry hall. A short business meeting will follow. 0 AWGWAN ARE SOLD PLANS F CURTAILED omaue it piain in nis duuci. kkw see for 1931-33 tbat "air oiner . new buildings asked for can wart until we have better economic con ditions" after specifically citing those which he believed to be ab solutely necessary. Slashes Budget. ' This is the way Governor-Weaver slashed the university's bud get: The board of regents asked for a total of $5,730,000; the governor cut it down to $4,785,000, as com pared with 14,840,000, for the last biennium. . - Of the $950,000 requested to take care of the building program for the next two years, the gov ernor recommended that $510,000, . excluding $50,000 for general maintenance not included in the request, or $560,000, including the additional sum, be granted the University of Nebraska. A comparison of the request! made by the . regents and the rec ommendations made by Governor Wjeaver follow: . '. . ; V $100,000 asked for women's dormitory, equipment and service -connections to be added onto the $200,000 already available should be granted. ' $135,000 asked for the college of medicine at Omaha, should, be granted together with . $50,000 more for wards, or $185,000 in all. $175,000 asked for home eeo" nomics hall, agricultral" campus, should be cut down to $150,000. $125,000 asked for campus and farm land, should be' cut; .down to $75,000. Rejects Improvements.' $35,000 asked, for .Curtis and. North Platte improvements, ehould . be rejected. . . , '- $300,000 asked for replacement.', of University hall, city csjnpua; should be rejected. . "r $30,000 asked for extension to Morrill hall, city campus, should be rejected. $50,000 asked for astronomy hall, city campus should be re jected. From the above can be seen lit tle hope for any new buildings fof the University of Nebraska, x cept those pointed out by the gov ernor. This waa the recommenda tion made by the outgoing gover-1 nor, despite a recent statement made by Chancellor Burnett that "It is generally recognised that this year is the most opportune time since 1913 for the construe-' tlon of buildings." . ' Continuing, the chancellor had this to say: "It should be remem-: bcred that building costs are' low, and that construction during the coming months will help keep la bor employed and improve . the general trend of business. The ( University of Nebraska has recog nized the general financial condi tion of the country and has set up a conservative program of capi tal Improvements in line with pub lie demands." ' ' - - May Think Differently. . Of course, the fact that Gover- nor Weaver recommended that, bo mora "new buildings he erected than are absolutely necessary ,' does not guarantee that the legis lature will act upon that basis. It is highly probable, from inkling around the legislative chambers, that the "university will . get (Continued on Page 8.) - KANSAS MENTOR PUTS TRACK MEN THROUGH PACES LAWRENCE, Kas. Coach Bru-.' tus Hamilton is putting Indoor track athletes through preliminary . training, and immediately after the holidays he began Intensive work; for the indoor season. Lettermen coming out Include Sickle; daah man; Fullerton and Young, middle distance; Nichols, hurdles; Trueblood, pole vault; Beardslee. broad jump, high Jump and 440; Hodges, broad jump, and Walton, Javelin and dlacua. ' Tbla gives the coach a fairly well balanced squad and tnaltes proa pects appear bright for tfce eaawv Lester Schoene Taker ; Honor at Harvard La-vr, Lester P. Schoene, .former atu dent in the Nebraska law college, with Ben Wilkinson of Washing-. ton, D. C, took first honors in sec ond year arguments, fcccordujg ti word received by Dean H. H. I'cs-. ter. Schoene was in the. upper 2 percent of the freshman law tit at Harvard last year. ... IS