1 V AILY NEBRASKAN Official Student Newspaper of the University of Nebraska VOL. XXX NO. 84. LINCOLN. NKHKASKA. FRIDAY, FKIIKUARY 6. IMI. PRICE FIVE CENTS. D THE PARTY WILL BE DECKED OUT IN VALENTINE ARB Cyclist Act Will Feature All-University Affair Saturday Night. JUNGBLUTHS WILL PLAY Contest Will Test Guests' Ability To Identify Calls Of Birds. An elaborate decoration scheme which encompasses arrangements for a false ceiling; of red and white hearts with lighting effects pro duced by five heart lanterns is In cluded in the plans for the all University party to be held Satur day night in the coliseum. Dance music for the event will be furnished by Eddie Jungbluth's Hotel Cornhusker orchestra. En tertainment features Include a vaudeville act by the two Storey's, stage cyclists who have been es pecially procured for this party, and some whistling novelties by Wauneta McCoombs, radio enter tainer of note. A bird calling contest which will test one's ability to recognize the cries of well known birds is an other feature provided for party comers. Upon entering each per son will be given an especially prepared slip for use in the con test. At the close of the evening Miss McCoombs wtll give imitation of ten different birds. Members of the audience will then identify the cries with the birds they represent and check in the slips as they leave. Cash prizes of one dollar each will be awarded to the four stu dents turning In the nearest cor rect list. These contest winners will then have their names an nounced in The Daily Nebraskan in recognition of their acquaint ance with wild life. CORRECTION. The Daily Nebraskan in a headline in Thursday's paper, listed the All-university party ns being held on Feb. 14 in steady of Feb. 7. This coming Saturday night, and not Feb. 14, is the correct date of the party. Says Hutchins Educational Plan Is Great Step For Colleges. How President Robert Maynard Hutchins has modernized education by his latest innovation at the Uni versity of Chicago is the subject of the editorial by Patricia Reilly Foster in the March issuo of a na tional magazine. Mrs. Foster calls attention to the fact that: "The playgrounds of America, the colleges and universities re served for the pleasures of youth in this country, wherein they may dwell in luxury for four years, be come expert drinkers and dancers and dillettantes in the grand man ner, these country clubs of the edu cational world are about to be done over so that any fellow with the strange hallucination that he would like to go to school to learn some thing may now be permitted to do so. "One of the most forward steps in education in this country has just been taken, the studious per son who wishes to apply himself to research or a persuai of the arts will now be permitted to go ahead as fast as possible and even be given a degree at the end of a year if he can do the four year's work in that time. "President Hutchins has brought freedom to education and if your little loafing game has been spoiled you can blame him." ' PROF. PATTERSON, DR. HARRISON TO TALK TO BAPTISTS Dr. Paul Harrison, Arabian med ical missionary and Dr. Charles H. Patterson of the department of philosophy, will speak to university groups at the First Baptist church at 14th and K streets Sunday, Feburary 8, according to the an nouncement of Grace Spacht, Baptist student secretary, yester day. Dr. Harrison, who will speak next week at a university convo cation, will address the young peo ple's social hour at 6 p. m. Dr. Dr. Patterson will speak to the university class at 12 o'clock on the subject "What is Religion." Sigma Upsilon Meeting To Be Held Next Sunday All active members of Sigma Upsilon, national literary fratern ity, are requested to be present at the business meeting to be held Sunday evening at the home of Edward F. Stepp, jr., 316 Eagle apartments at 7 o'clock. A social meeting will follow at 8:15. Fraternity Staff Of Annual Asked To Meet All members of the fratern ity staff of the Cornhusker are requested to meet at 4:30 o'clock thit afternoon In the of ficet, basement of University hah. Barbs Not Entered In Race For Class Heads Says Leader Because of the fact that campus political officers are lacking in power, the barb po litical faction will not enter candidates In the coming stu dent election. It It the firm belief of the barbs that the election are a watte of time and that their outcome hat no bearing upon camput activities. The barbt, 1 1 a n d I n g for constructive campus politics, will ttay out of ttudent electloni until pow ers are given to the officer. At a mere suggestion, it would have been an excellent thing to have given the con trol of the Junior-Senior prom to the clatt officer! of the junior and senior classes. Du ties of thit type would make the officet more desirable and the clan pretidency more than a name. The barbt In refuting to participate In thit election wish to point out how foolish it it to ttrive for a potition that hat no power attached to it. Under the preeent plan, these officet are "political plums" with the matt of the univertity ttudentt not inter ested. DELPHIN NASH, President of Barb Party. PLAYEHS TO END RUN OF 'LADIESOF JURY' Dramatic Group Will Give Ballard's Play Last Times Saturday. CHARACTERS ARE GOOD By Roseline Pizer. University Players will give their last performances of "Ladies of the Jury" tomorrow afternoon and evening in the Temple theater. Fred Ballard's clever comedy has been well received by Nebraskans and has played to capacity houses every night of the week s run. The . story of "Ladies of the Jury" centers about Mrs. Crane's efforts to convince the other eleven members of the Jury on which she is serving that the defendant is "Not Guilty." The first act takes place in the courtroom, and the last two are devoted to the squab ble which takes place in the jury . oom it lasts for two days and two nights. Mrs. Crane has never served on a jury before and is entirely ignor ant of court procedure and rules. Her behavior in court is absurd and' intensely amusing. The mistakes of Mrs. Crane's conduct and the correction thereof furnish most of the comedy of the first act. . Mrs. Crane It Heroine. During the last two acts Mrs. Crane succeeds in winning over each and every one of the members of the jury to her opinion and the defendant is acquitted. Flattering, bribing, vamping Mrs. Crane is a real herotne when the curtain goes down on the last act. The members of the jury do un usually fine character work and succeed in bringing out all of the good comedy in the piece. The play is literally filled with clever lines and situations which provoke laughter. Incidentally or purpose ly, the play is an excellent satire on the American jury system as it exists today. The ills of the sys tem are exaggerated a bit to make them even more amusing than they are, but many of the defects of this cog in the wheel of justice are clearly brought out. Boards Meet To Discuss Plans For Farmers Fair Both senior and junior fair boards at the agriculture college met yesterday to discuss plans for coming ag college event Major committee heads are to be appoint ed within the next few weeks. All Freshmen Out For Athletics Have Kept School Records Clear This Year, Coach Brown Reveals Common opinion that high school athletes have given or will apply little worth to scholastic endeavors has apparently been disproved. Not one freshman who went out for basketball or football has failed in sufficient number of hours to oust him from the university, according to Uoach Brown, freshman football and basketball director. "We have no explicit or definite method to lay down before the freshmen for them to follow if they are to keep their hours up," explained the coach. "Rather, each man receives merely encourage ment through the medium of per sonal contact." Little Difference. When questioned as to the dif ference in coaching high school athletes and college freshmen, the coach said that so far as he was aware there was only one. "A high school man who wants to make any team is out for prac tice at definite hours each day or the coach knows where he is. If a man misses practice more than two or three times for no plausi ble reason, he is through. "With college f reshmen it is quite different There are many things which come up that makes for inconsistent practice; military drill, some classes which are of fered only at the time of practice, makeup examinations, and other events of like nature. , Faithfulness Required. "At the beginning we attempt NASH DECLARES BARBS WILL NOT LIST CANDIDATES Non-Greek Voters Will Not Nominate For Four Class Offices. SAYS TIME IS WASTED Faction President Claims Presidents Have No . Outlined Work. There will be no barb slate of candidates in the coming class elections. Delphin Nash, presi dent of the barb political taction made this declaration yesterday. This withdrawal from the classic political meddlings on the campus will bo heralded with much Inter est, ids is believed. Barb voters made their strongest fight for an electoral victory in last fall's heavily contested scrap for the office of president in the four classes. "F.lcctlons are a waste of time,' Nash declared as he aired his views. "A large number of barbs have expressed that opinion. The outcome of class elections has no bearing upon campus activities." The barb leader did not mention other elections, such as those in the spring when Student council members are chosen. Have No Power. "Campus political officers lack power," Nash asserted. There is nothing for the freshmen and sophomore heads to do, he said. Outside of a few details, including membership on the Junior-Senior prom committee, the non-fraternity helmsman thinks little of the junior president's duties. Senior class president is rated along with the others, by Nash. "Political plums," is what Del phin Nash calls those elective posi tions. Class voting detracts stud ent nttontinn fmm something more worthwhile, he believes, and unless some work is jfiven to those ottice holders the barbs never will be- enm Intprpstpri Barbs on the campus, Nash points out, are standing lor con structive campus politics. May Be Scrapped. "Class officers," he declared, "do no good well, perhaps I should say do no harm. Last year the minor officers were relegated to the scrap heap, and I have no doubt that the presidents will be tossed along with them. At least that should be their fate. "You can count the barbs out of the next elections," he continued. The leader in barb factional ranks mentioned nothing of the non-fra-(Continued on Page 4.) MISS M. BUOL HEADS Marcia Chadwick Speaks At Thursday Meeting Of Voters League. Miss Margaret Buol was ap pointed chairman of the member ship committee of the League of Women Voters by Leone Ketterer, president of the organization, at the meeting Thursday, Feb. 5. Other members of the committee are: Maxine Sleeper, Lois Brooks, and Bernice Palmquist. About twenty-five members at tended the meeting at which Miss Marcia Chadwick spoke on the va rious bills that are before the na tional and state legislatures at the present time. Dorothy Douglas, accompanied by Mildred Mayborn, played two violin selections preced ing Miss Chadwick's talk and tea was served by the members of the cabinet. to make quite clear to those who wish to earn their numerals that they must work consistently. However, if a student misses prac tice a good number of times and is still fit for a freshman squad, he will probably make it" Coach Browne expressed satis faction over results obtained from his first year in coaching fresh man football, and stated his belief that a goodly number in compa rison with other years would make the varsity squad next fall. Approximately eighty freshmen were out for basketball at the be ginning of the season, but the number has dwindled to about one half the original. The coach esti mated that fifteen or twenty bas ketball numerals would be award ed. Men from various parts of the state as well as outstate men la bor under a handicap in that Lin coln men are acquainted with col lege routine, and can more easily adapt themselves. Also, the men out for athletics who came from Lincoln high school were at an ad? vantage this year r they weit familiar with Browne's coaching. Reeeipt For letting A Male For Creek Prom Is Revealed BY ONE WHO KNOWS. In the first place, this Interfra ternity ball cpmes at a cleueedly unprofitable time from the angle of a prospective "rating the ball." Christmas started the depression and Paul Whitman and the com ing prom have just about well nigh depleted chances as well as resources. All of which Is merely an introduction of the woeful tale of a coed's' sentiments on afore mentioned ball. At the first hint of the Interfraternlty ball the wise coed starts her campaigning act. The first move consists of check ing over mentally all the eligible males elimination is easy, but the remaining procedure has all the characteristics of a tough ' situa tion." A house party interspersed be tween the ensuing weeks is of course a solution, but consider the difficulties in coercing a normal, healthy male Into parting with $2.50 under anything but extraor dinary circumstances. To continue all the feminine tactics in exis tence could not lure some of the "Joe Colleges to the ball," but the sensible coed knows better than to waste her time on such. Of the re maining few, she proceeds to pick her mostly likely victim by the process of deduction and then the concentration begins. As for the end of this story, well, go to the ball and see for yourself. NOT FEARED-DENNIS Northwestern Dean Speaks To Wesleyan Class On Communism. BELIEVES WORK IS AID In a speech to Nebraska Wrea leyan university students Thurs day morning. Dean Ralph Den nis of Northwestern university school of spech declared he had no fear of communistic activities in this country as long as the people have work. According to Dean Dennis, "The Red propaganda can pros per only on certain soil and its adherents are generally those who have nothing to lose and everything to gain. If our relief measures and bread lines were compelled to exist for any length of time, this belief would gain foothold among our people but under normal economic condi tions we need never fear." Dean Dennis said the commun ists in Russia are beginning a new type of civilization at the present time through teaching their arhnnl children and sub jects that 'it is morally wrong to be rich and it is wrong 10 mane profit from the labor of an other." American and German engi neers would be partly responsible if th soviet government ever se cured a grasp on world civiliza tion, declared the dean. There are 2,000 American engineers in Russia leading in the gigantic construction program, American capital is Deing usea ana aihcm cans everywhere in Russia are aiding in their construction of the "new state," acording to Dean Dennis. The rlenn said an admirable quality of soviet development is that the government is attempt ing to stamp out illiteracy. It has the right plan but lacks the funds to carry.lt qui consistently, in his opinion. WEATHERLY WILL TALK ON WHY MEN DENY OWN FAITHS A. L. Weatherly of the Unitarian church will speak on the topic "Why Some Men Say They Hav en't Religion" before the young people's group at the First Presby terian church. Seventeenth and K streets, at 6:45 p. m. Sunday. So cial hour will be helu at six. All students are invited to attend. De votions will be in charge of Helen Calhoun, while Ruth Jackson will lead the social hour and Estel An derson will prepare the refresh ments. Geography Department Plans Lung Field Trips The department of geography is receiving numerous requests for information nn the field trips which have been planned for the coming summer, ine aepanmem expects to conduct two field study Mm nne to Yellowstone Park. Salt Lake City, and Colorado; the other to the Atlantic t;oasc, lnciua tag New York City. Boston, and n,.ohf The first triD will take three weeks, and the second will last seven weeks. Friday, Feb. 6. . Palladian Literary society, Pal ladian hall, 8:30. Social dancing class. Women's gymnasium. Bogtnners 7-7:30; regular hour 7:30-8:30. Special practice of Vetper choir. 5 o'clock, Ellen Smith hall. University Players in "Ladies of the Jury." Temple, 7:30. Saturday, Feb. 7. Social dancing class, woman's gymnasium. Beginners, 7 to 7:30; regular bour 7:30 to 8:30. Sunday, Feb. 8. Sigma Upsilon business meet ing 7 p. m., social meeting 8:15, SIS Eagle apartments. Tuesday, Feb. 10. Dramatic club, 12:30 o'clock. Campus Calendar NTERFRATE NY BALL HEADS SAY NOVEL DRAWINGS MADE Greek Committee Expects Second Major Ball Will Draw 300. Decorations To Caricature Fraternity Row As It Should Look. With ticket sales nearing the close, plans last night for the In tcrfraternlty ball, second of the year's major social events to be held tomorrow night in the main ballroom of the Cornhusker hotel, were practically complete. Three hundred couples are expected to dance to Benny Motcn s music. Moten's recording band of four teen colored entertainers from Kansas City headlines the plans for the annual Greek dance, pro viding both the music and the special entertainment for the event. An alternating program of stomps, blues, and waltzes which have made the band one of the best known in the country is promised Use Colored Lights. Fraternity row with drawings of the thirty-eight Nebraska fratern ity houses, not as they look, but as they ought to look, feature the decoration scheme planned by Robert Kinkead, who is in charge of the decorations. A large gilded ball with eight colored spot lights will revolve above the dance floor to light the room. Those who are selling tickets have been notified by Marvin Von Seggern. chairman of the ball com mittee, to check in at Law 203 be- fore 5 o'clock today." In case the full quota of 300 tickets which the committee has put on sale are not sold at that time, the remainder will be sold at the door Saturday night. Chaperonet Named. Chaperones of the party will be Prof, E. F. Schramm, faculty ao visort to the Interfraternity coun cil; Prof, and Mrs. T. T. Bullock and Prof, and Mrs. F. C. Harper. The committee in charge of the ball is composed of Marvin Von Seggern, chairman, Art Wolf, William " Comstock,-Robert Kln- kead, Richard Bell, Otis Detrick, and Robert Venner. TEXAS DEAN ISSUES Suggests Indexing Data On Prof's Susceptible Weaknesses. BAYLOR, Tex. Refined and or ganized lessons in apple-polishing! According to w. s. Allen, dean ot Baylor university, there is notn ing easier in college than to get an A from any professor. He has just copyrighted a pamphlet titled "Pick Your Prof, or Getting by in College," which outlines absolutely sure methods of graduating with honors by the simple expedient of knowing how to appreciate .the stale jokes or me professor, avoiding study and se lecting the teachers most suscept ible to bluffing. Plans for the organization are contained in a pamphlet of a co operative bureau 'which will in clude a card index of the weak spots of all the professors on the faculty. This would be compiled by upperclassmen as thfry passed each course and would explain whether a certain instructor can be best approached by flattery, humor, apparent brilliance, cute co-eds, long themes, kidding or bluffing. Each student, however, should analyze the prospective professor, but the author says the easiest way is to laugh at the jokes of the teacher as if they contained true humor. Allen admits that the book will take a person thru college with no one being the wiser least of all the student. IOWA POPULATION IS MOST TYPICAL IN UNITED STATES AMES, la. Iowa has the most typically American population of any state, if it is possible to find a "typical" group in the United States, according to Miss Chris tine Cowper, London, England, who is traveling in the United States studying the vocational ed ucation work under the Smith Hughes law. Miss Cowper has visited at various points in Iowa and was on the Iowa State college campus this week. Miss Cowper is particularly in terested in the co-operation of the s hxl with the home by which it is possible to conduct home proj ects in connection with i classroom theory. In England there is no equivalent of the Smith-Hughes work here but any agricultural or home economics subjects ap proved by the board of education may be taught in the schools. Pictures of Innocents Will Be Taken Today Members of the Innocents so ciety are requested to appear in full uniform for the picture to be taken at the camput studio at 12 o'clock, according to Pres ident William T. McCleery. PLANS COMPLETE REVIEW PRINTS ARTICLE BY DR. N. A. HENGTSON In the magazine Geographical Review for January, 1031, pub lished an extended review and crit icism of "The Influence of Weath er on Cereal Yields." The original article waa published in Swedish In the Swedish Geographical Year book for 1920, and waa written by Dr. Bengtson. The article deals with the sig nificance of weather not only from the standpoint of temperature fac tors but also of duration values of extreme temperatures in effecting yields of wheat and other small grains in the Scandinavian countries. E BY All Works On Arabia Will Be Set Aside During Harrison Visit. TO BE HERE FIVE DAYS Gilbert Doane, university libra rian, has announced that he wtll reserve one shelf in the library for books on Arabia next week during the time Dr. Paul Harrison is in Lincoln. Dr. Harrison, a medical mis' sionary to Arabia, has written several articles and books on Ara bia and these will be placed on the shelf along with works of Law' rence, Richard Halliburton and others. Dr. Harrison will speak at a university convocation next Tues day as one of his engagements while here. He will be introduced by Dr. C. H. Oldfather,. chairman of the history department. Hat Busy Schedule. The doctor is a graduate of the University of Nebraska. Follow' ing is his program as planned for his five days in the city: sunaay. 11 a. m., Westminster presbyter ian church, Sheridan and South streets: 7 p. m student mass meet ing. First Baptist church. Four teenth and K streets; Monday, 10 a. m., Nebraska Wesleyan convo cation; 3 p. m., class in English history, 4 p. m.. interviews, library Westminster house, 333 North Fourteenth. Tuesday, 11 a. m., university convocation. Temple; 4 p. in., dis cussion group, Ellen smith nan; a p. m., T. W. C. A. Vespers, Ellen Smith hall; Wednesday, a. m., sociology (Mrs. Williams), social science 107; 10 a. m., class in an- cijnt history (Dr. Oldfather). so cial science 101; 12 noon, World Forum faculty - students, Annex cafe, 138 North Eleventh; 6 to 9 p. m., dinner of premedical stu dents, Grand hotel, Twelfth and Q streets. Thursday, 10 a. m., history class (Miss Reynoldgon) social science; 5 p. m., pharmacy students, phar macy building; 7 p. m., I. jvi. u. A. agricultural college campus. Students who are not members of the classes which Dr. Harrison will address may attend if they desire. AG CAGERS LOSE TWO MEN ON EVE OF M'COOK GAME Lacking two of their foremost players. Herb Hartley and Dick Cole, the agricultural college team will travel to McCook to play the McCook Junior college five tomor row night Herb Hartley did not return to school this semester and his loss at the pivot position will be difficult to replace. Graduation claimed one of the best guards ever turned out at the agricultural college in the person age of Dick Cole, coppie ana tui loss will probably fill tne vacan cies created by these two cage artists. McCook will meet a snappy quintet whose record of ten games is intercepted by only one loss. The men making the trip are: Deuser, Snipes, Beadle, and Wishmier, for wards, Tulloss, Hughes, and Split gerber, guards and Copple, center. Students Who Attended Conference At Estes Inspired By Beautiful Scenery, Contact With Famous Men A large variety of impressions linger among students and leaders on the campus who have attended the annual l . W . L. A. and Y. M. C. A. conference each spring at Estes park. To some the mountains have most interested in the contacts with nationally known per sonalities in various fields. Some of these persons who attended the conference last year have made comments as to their im pressions of the convention. "New Realms." 'Estes, to me, is indescribable. The three conferences I have at tended have brought out many realms of thought that I have never explored. It is an ideal campus where everyone gives oi his best The very atmosphere makes one feel there is something deep and challenging in life. At Estes. we are all students making exploration on mountain trails and in the art of living. All of the complacency, of every day life is eliminated, aud each one is eager know and do what is best for all. At Estes everyone can get well acquainted with some of the great est leaders of the country and of the world. It is stimulating to be in discussion groups wtl stuch men as Kirby Page, Sherwood Eddy, Reinhold Neihbur and others. These are men you call by their first names at Estes and 1 . HOUSE QUASHES PROPOSED INQUIRY Second Investigation Bill Owens Defeated By 1 Follows Tabling ANTON JENSEN CHIEF Owens May Continue Fight For Query Into University Finances; Senator MrGowan Indicates Desire ' To Carry Contest To Upper House. ' y BY HOWARD ALLAWAY. A move for a legislative investigation of university finan- ' cial activities, the second introduced in the house of represent- ; tives this week, was defeated by five votes ott a roll call yester- day. The move for an investigation, introduced by Dr. Chiro E. Owens, democratic congresswoman of Exeter, followed the tabling Tuesday of a resolution to call Chancellor Burnett and i WKAlIttat. Weather forcatt for Lincoln and vicinity it mottly cloudy today with no decided change in temperature. The lowett tem perature last night about thirty degrees. IM Elementary Training To Be Given Before Regular Meeting Hour. A SDecial half-hour of instruc tion open to both men and women will be given to beginning stu dents in the social dancing class sponsored by the social staff of the Y. W. C. A. every Saturday evening in the women s gymna slum. The elementary instruction will begin at 7 o'clock, and will precede the regular social dancing class wnicn Degins at i :au. The class Saturday evening will be a continuation of a series of hour dances begun last semester, They will be held in the armory every Saturday evening mrougn out the semester, except in the' case of conflicts with other acti vities. In order to help pay for the ra dio combination purevhased by the Y. W. C. A. for use at tne aances, a collection of dimes will be taken at the door before the dance. Stu dents will be required to present their identification cards. The women's physical education department is co-operating with the social 8 tail in promoting me dances. ADMINISTRATION AFFAIRS AT IOWA ARE INVESTIGATED The investigation into the ad' ministration of affairs at the state University of Iowa, author ized by resolution of the legisla ture, comes simultaneously with the appearance in a national mag' azine of the article by Jack She! don and Paul Myhre baring the causes for the "unhealthy" condt tions being investigated. At The Studio Friday, Feb. 6. . Innocents. 12 o'clock. Kosmet Klub, 12:15 o'clock. Phi Tau Theta, 12 o'clock. Pi Lambda Theta, 12:15 o'clock Kosmet Klub, 12:30 o'clock. Innocents, 12:30 o'clock. Monday, Feb. 9. Gamma Lambda, 12 o'clock. A. S. A. E., 12:15 o'clock. Wesley Players, 12:30 o'clock. Tuesday, Feb. 10. Dramatic club, 12:30 o'clock. Kappa Phi, 12 o'clock. Sigma Eta Chi, 12:15 o'clock. Dramatic club, 12:30 o'clock. most appeal, while others are whom you would never know per sonally elsewhere." Helen Mc Anulty. "Nature Inspires." The student conference at Estes in June helps me to get at the in ner meaning of things. In the presence of the mountains I be come aware of the grandeur and beauty of a Presence which they but symbolize. The keen thinking and high aspirations of the leaders and the frank fellowship of fellow delegates speak to me of a richer and more meaningful Personality which they mirror. Why this is so at Estes more than elsewhere I can not say. I only know it is so." C D. Hayes. "From the T. M., Y. W, confer ence at Estes, I got a broader view of life in general. So many sub jects that I never took time to think of were brought close to me. "Above allf I experienced a real friendship among the many stu dents there." Xacadene Hill. Introduced By Dr. Claire E. 1 To 39 Vole Tuesday; Of First Motion. INSTIGATOR OF CHARGE the chareea aea nst toe unnwr. sity, before the house for ques tioning. Dr. Owens' resolution pro vided for an investigation ot al leged charges that the university has been buying property for private groups and boosting Lin coln land values by purchases with public funds by a joint committee of the house and sen ate. Defeated By Five Votes. The resolution, introduced Wed nesday, was laid over until Thursday under house rules and came before the house at its morning session yesterday. Al lan G. Burke of Bancroft, repub lican floor leader, moved to ta ble it Dr. Owens immediately called, for a roll call vote which resulted in 44 votes for and 39 votes against tabling it Leaders in opposition , to the ( investigation resolution argued f that the house finance commit- tee with its eleven members, six l republicans and five democrats, is capable of conducting any in- ! vestigation into the university financial activities that may be J necessary. "I have received many, many 1 telegrams, letters, and telephone calls from people throughout the i state and from citizms of Lin- ; coin," Dr. Crsens stated yester- J day following the dfftat of her J resolution, "ccngratultting me on", the facL.tfL-Ci3MrTMVi!s the legislature with nerve eS&agh to call for a very necessary in vestigation." May Continue Fight Although she did not say that the fight for an investigation would be continued. Dr. Owens emphasized the fact that there is nothing to prevent introduc- ' tion of more resolutions calling , for such an investigation. Sena- 1 tor McGowan, who was in pos- session of a copy of Dr. Owens' resolution at the time it was be- . fore the house, before being no- ? tified that it had been defeated : in the house declared that if it was turned down there he would introduce it in the senate. Much agitation for an investi gation has come from Anton ' Jensen, former university in- ' structor, who has sent several letters to the members of the , legislature since the opening of ; the present session in which he charges misappropriation of uni versity funds in the purchase of certain lots on 16th street and R street which, be alleges, were I turned over to certain fraternities at a heavy loss to the university. ' The purchases, say university authorities, were part or tne move to nrevent the erection ot expensive fraternity houses in the zone set aside for women' rooming houses and soroilty houses. Burke Leads Opposition. Dr. Owens in arguing her reso lution denied that Jensen was the instigates "of the mova. "Anything ,, along thtt line is tal e," she tie- clared. "Although It has helped, this dates back much further. It goes back more than two years. What I want to know is why the University of Nebraska is running the state govemmtrit." . j Burke, leader aeainsr-Hje-reso- lution, replied that the chancellor s and the regents are being criticized at what was gone over so thor- :. oughly two years ago. There are , eleven men on the finance com mittee. Our sworn duty is to procure for ourselves and furnish the house with all information de sired. University authorities have been asked to file with the commit tee a full and complete brief of there were anything to be gained by an outside and independent in vestigation, I should be the last to ODDOse it We have members on the committee such as Mr. O'Mal- lev. Mr. Wells and myself who have been in the legislature for veara. If we are not capable or procuring the needed information and if we are not trustworthy, then we are unworthy of representing our respective districts." Several of those voting quaiinea their votes by explanation. "When the university asked for $900,000 more appropriation tha waa appropriated last year it should be willing to submit to an investigation," said Representative Binfield of Prosser. "Officials of the university have said they would welcome an inves tieatioo. I think we ought to give them what they ask," stated Burr of Juaniata in justifying us Toce against tabling the Owens' resolu tion. , - The aenropriation bill is now us the hands of the house committee on finance, way, and means and thorough investigation with hearings with all agoncies making requests promised 1-y Chairrr -fi Burke, leader against the tns'.;.- (Coutlnued engage 1.) 44. - Vf ' it? -:. f r " i ".