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Official Student Newspaper of the University of Nebraska
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LINCOLN, NEBRASKA. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1931.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
vol: XXX NO. 97.
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Comstock Reports Tickets
Selling Rapidly for
Annual Party.
SALE CONTINUES TODAY
Joe Hunt Will Supervise
Election Of 1931
Prom Girl.
With final decoration touches
added to the- coliseum, arrange
ment for the fifth annual Junior
Senior Prom tonight have been
nnl.Ul rrnrriinc to Robert
l,SUtfS. o
Kinkead and Gretchen Fee, co
chairmen of the affair.
TIMrsia rprrr1lne- to William
Comstock, who is in charge, are
selling rapidly ana u saies
Mm riiirinir the Dast
IUJUO luJ o "
week, it" is doubtful if many tick
ets will De piacea on nam nt mo
door. Corn Cobs are In charge of
lata and km oneratinr a booth in
the main corridor of social
Free checking: facilities will be
provided at me party, u w
nounced yesterday by the commit
tee.
Hunt to Count Votes.
Tn M iint o-rr1iinte member Of
ik. student rnnnc.il. will supervise
the counting of votes for Prom
girl it was announced yesterday
by Bob Kelly, president of the
council. Hum will ue bbdioicu j
three members of the Prom com
mittee and a faculty member. In
..4,1: inn .rh nf th sororities run
ning candidates for Prom girl will
have a representative watching the
counting of votes.
Four coeds are candidates for
thin vear. Thev are
a u. rvmnMl Oamma Phi Beta;
Margaret McKay, Kappa Kappa
Gamma: Dorothy. Silvia, Kappa
Alpha Theta; and Georgia Wilcox,
Chi Omega. The Prom girl this
vear will be the fifth one chosen by
V.t..i,. atuitontaJln 1927 Alice
Holovtchiner of Kappa Kappa
Gamma was elected, in ivi i
ranHlrlnte was Edith
BUllCOOiu .
Mae Johnson, Pi Beta Phi, and in
1929 Lorraine oamoie, c,.l
1 mmt vaar'a Prom STirl
was Mildred Orr, Delta Delta
Delta.
Decorat'ieoa Pregrees.-
irk. Amnirmtnnm committee. Un
j itrnll.M Jrfiftffin and Jean
aer tymubu
s.tvkin it workinr steadily
toward the completion of their de
coration pianS. IBS CWllDBum.
be decorated In a modernistic mo
tif in silver and black. All the
walls will be covered and the north
r. fha floor will be CUt Off to
reduce the floor space. A false
ceiling in me nature ol b. umuw
from balcony to balcony will pre
vent the music from escaping. The
lobby will r aecoraieu w
hI a 1111 n C
Beasley Smith and his eleven
piece national broadcasting .or
chestra come nere aner u
ful engagement playing the South
Dakota Military ball. They also
played the Military ball at Purdue
this year and a prom at Illinois.
The record of successful engage
ments of the band looks like a tour
of the United States. A letter
from the ball committee in South
Dakota recently complimented the
committee on securing such a good
orchestra for the event.
Invite Chaperones.
Chaperones for the final event
of the "stiff collar" season are
Dean and Mrs. F. C. Harper, Dean
and Mrs. J. E. LeRosslgnol, Prof,
tnd Mrs. Paul H. Grumann, and
Prof, and Mrs. E. W. Lantz. About
thirty faculty members have been
asked to attend the affair as pa
trons and patronesoee. according
to Boyd Von Seggern, in charge of
chaperones.
The committee in charge of the
Prom is as follows: Bob Kinkead
end Gretchen, Fee, co-chairmen;
William McGaffin and Jean Rath
burn, decorations; Rubs Mousel,
and Ruth Schill, orchestra; Wil
liam Comtock and Evelyn Krotx,
tickets: Boyd Von Seggern, and
Julia Slmanenk, chaperones; and
Arthur Wolf and Evelyn Simpson,
publicity.
SENIOR
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Fashion" Portrays Women As Not
Being The Free And Equal Souls
We Are Commonly Led To Believe
it
BY THE CURTAIN RAISER
In the preamble to the United Stales eonstitution. someone
made the remark that all men are created free and equal. Evi
dently this does not apply to women or even ladies. Evidence
of the social inequality of the fairer sex is graphically pre
sented in "Fashion," the University Players' forthi-oniing
production.
wnen a woman,
out of a com
paratively clear sky with slight
Indications or rain in me cmi-ciu
portion decides that she is des
tined to become a leading light In
the local tea parties, she Invites
disaster. Even back In 1845,
when "Fashion" was originally
produced to the accompaniment of
crunching peanut shells and sput
tering gasllghU. this was the case.
Despite the acknowledged unim
portance of social lions and lion
esses, it seems that certain quali
ties are necessary for eligibility
Into the Inner circle known as the
400,
Pursues Social Register.
Take this woman, whom one
might call Mrs. Tiffany in respect
lo the author of "Fashion." give
her a none-too-wealthy husband
and a charniinff daughter, and wit
ness the result. She goes through
LEAGUE HEARS SECRETARY
Miss Williams Appears in
Meeting of Women in '
Ellen Smith.
vrioa Knilie Williams, secretary
of the Nebraska Library com
mission, spoke to tne memoers 01
the League or women voters ai
their regular meeting, Thursday
in Ellen Smith hall. Miss Williams
explained the personnel or tne
commission, the duties of it, and
the sentiment toward the bill now
in Congress to abolish it.
Thirty years ago, a law was
passed providing for the commis
sion which was made up of five
members, she said. Tnese inciuue
the chancellor of the university,
the university librarian, and the
state superintendent.
- 1 ln. n Ik.
Tne tnree main uuu i
Uainn urA to assist in the es
tablishment of 'libraries, to main
tain traveling libraries, ana 10
buy books for the state institu
tions, she said. As for the bill to
abolish this Important group, most
of the sentiment seem ii trc m
favor of retaining- the commission,
it was pointed out.
MISS OURY STILL IN
Slight Improvement Shown
By Victim ui urasn
Last Tuesday.
INJURIES ARE SEVERE
t nnnHit ion of Katherlne Oury,
several injuried in an auto ac
cident Tuesday afternoon at the
intersection of Tweirtn ana v
Streets, is still regarded as critical
aitKn Vir nttpndine nhvsician. Dr.
W. W. Carveth, reported a slight
improvement curing me fi
twenty four hours.
An X-ray examination iouy
foiljul In rlluHoHa nV Signs Of
concussion altho her other injuries
are of such severe nature that Miss
Oury has been resting under
opiates since being orougnt to uw
hospital after the accident.
Miss Patricia Sullivan, who was
also in the car at the time of the
accident last Tuesday, was re
ported to be resting easily at St.
Elizabeth's hospital with a proba
bility that she will be able to leave
there before the week end. Both
Miss Oury and Miss Sullivan are
members of Delta Delta Delta
sorority. Miss Lucille Hunter, a
member of the same sorority, was
in the car at the time but es
caped injuries. " " .
RlSlpAHILL
APPEAR IN PROGRAM
Entertainers Plan Feature
Scout Anniversary of
Bancroft Troop.
Ray Ramsay, magician and en
tertainer, and Oz Black, cartoon
ist, will feature the anniversary
program planned by Boy Scout
troop 15, sponsored by the Ban
croft P. T. A. The program will
be presented Monday evening at
7:30 o'clock at Bancroft school
auditorium. Fourteenth and U
streets. Music by the R. O. T. C.
saxophone sextette, under the di
rection of Prof. "Billy" Quick, will
follow greetings by A. J. Gillette,
scout executive, and a brief dem
onstration by troop 15.
Tickets for the program are on
sale by members of the troop and
the committee in charge, which
consists of the following persons:
Mrm Thnmaa Keelan. president of
P. T. A.; Miss Ruth Pyrtle, prin
cipal of Bancroft scnooi; Mr. An
drew Dier, snout master, and the
Rev. W. C. Fawell, Prof E. W.
Lantz. and William C. Beachly,
troop committee. Tickets can also
be secured at the door Monday
Aironlnr
The evening's proceeds will go
toward the troop runa, in
being to provide the necessary
equipment for a worthy troop that
has given a good account of it
self for a number of years. The
scout master is Andrew Dier. and
the assistant scout master is Phil
lip Geller.
hrr husband's bank account like a
revolving door and attempts to
marry her beautiful offspring to
a foreign nobleman. And all in
pursuit of the social register!
"Fashion" deals with this prob
lem in a strictly modern fashion.
although Anna Cora Mowatt
wrote the play for a Park thea
ter audience in 1845. The foreign
importation to whom Mrs. Tiffany
attempts to marry her daughter is
a villain of the deepester, darkest
hue. Miss Howell, director of the
University Players, intimates that
he is the rare old type of distard
who might steal the crutches from
under a one-legged victim of cir
cumstances or the Spanish-Ameri
can war. Perhaps she didn't use
thou terms, but she suspects that
bis intentions are strictly dlshon
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FIFTY DELEGATES
WILL VISIT HERE
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Y.M.C.A and Y.W.C.A. Plan
. Industrial Conclave
Of Students. '.
MISS ADLER TO PRESIDE
Committees Arrange For
Living Quarters And
Registration.
More than fifty delegates from
colleges and universities in Ne
braska, Iowa, Kansas and' Mis
souri will attend . the. industrial
conference which will open here
this afternoon in Ellen Smith hall.
The Y. W. C. A. and Y. M. C. A.
are sponsoring the conclave, f.nd
will have large representations at
oil if tli mHnp-ft.
Registration la planned from .Ml,
im 'l.,l. IT Smith hflll. i
III 1 1 11 i u mv- in . -
Living quarters are being arranged
for the delegates and will-be- as
signed at that time. Mips Adler
to preside. .
Miss Adler to Preside.
TT.vlvn Adler will Dreslde atjtho
opening session of the conference
which is scheduled for 7:30 o'clock
Friday evening. Karl Borders,
secretary of the Chicago office of
the League for-Industrial Democ
racy, will speak on "Unemploy
ment, Extent and Effects." Fol
lowing the address, there will be a
social hour from 9 p. . m. until
10:30 p. m. with the . Industrial
staff in chare-e.
Woodrow Magee is in cnarge oi
the general session Saturday morn
ing at 9 o'clock. At this time
"Unemployment. Causes and Im
mediate Remedies," will be the
subject of a talk by Powers Hap
good of the Columbia Conserve
company. John H. Agee, general
manager of the Lincoln Telephone
and Telegraph company and presi
dent of the Lincoln chamber of
commerce, will also speak. He
will give a' view of the local situa
tion. Will Visit Capitol.
Mr. Borders will lead an open
forum discussion from 10 until
11:30. There will be a special trip
through the state capital for the
conference delegates at 2 o'clock
Saturday. - - - -
The Industrial staff have planned
a tea from 3:30 until 5 o'clock in
the afternoon in Ellen Smith hall.
A feature of the evening will be a
dinner at the Annex cafe when
Mr. Borders will speak on "The
Broader Aspects of Unemployment
tn the United States." - Dean
James E. LeRossignol of the col
lege of business administration,
will preside and introduce Mr.
Borders.
After an open forum led by Mr.
Borders Sunday morninc the con
ference will adjourn at 10:45
o'clock. Many members of local
organizations will send representa
tives to the majority of the meet
ings. OR. ALDEN WILL BE
GUEST OF STUDENTS
Baptisis' Foreign Mission
Secretary Stops On
Way East.
Dr. Paul E. Alden, secretary of
the Baptist Foreign Mission socle) y
of New York, will be the special
guest of the Baptist students this
week end. Dr. Alden will arrive
in Lincoln Saturday afternoon, on
his way back to New Yoik from
west coast where be has been speak
ing in various colleges. Personal
conferences with him relative to
vocations may be arranged thru
Miss Grace Spacht. Baptist student
secretary, by calling B4862.
Th.s first meeting with Dr. Al
den will be held at the BapUnt
student house, 1440 Q street, Sat
urday evening at 8 o'clock. On
Sunday, he will speak at the young
people's class at the Second Bap
tist church at 9:45 o'clock. 'At 12
noon, he will speak in the univer
sity class at the First Baptist
church.
Vesper service of First Baptist
church at 5 o'clock, will be In
charge of students, with Dr. Alden
as the speaker. There will be a
union meeting of the Baptist
young people at 6:45 o'clock.'
HUNT WILL TAKE
CHARGE OF HOLR
TALK ON SUNDAY
The Sunday dlscusKion hour of
the young people's department of
the First Christian church will
be taken charge of r. Ray
Hunt, who will speak. on the sub
ject, "Living Together."
It will be held from 0:30 to 7:30
In the young people's parlors of
the church on the third floor this
Sunday afternoon. The meeting
will take the form of an open
forum discussion.. It is the third
in a aeries by Dr. Hurt on the gen
eral theme of "Maximum Livlr."
The social hour at 6:30 will be
taken charge Of by Miss Ethel
James and a committee. Refresh
ment will be served by a com
mittee headed by Miss Gladys
Williams and . Miss Inez English.
All students Interested are invited
to attend these services and par
ticipate in the discussion.
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CONFERENC
Franklin College
' Women's Dean Has
Pilot License
FRANKLIN, Ind. The on.ly
flying dean of . women in
America Is the curious distinc
tion held by Miss Anne Cor
nell, '19. M. ' A. '26, dean of
women and professor of Latin
and Greek at Franklin college,
Franklin, Ind.
Miss Cornell received her
pilot's license in October, 1930.
Her license, the first to be pre
sented to any woman in In
diana and the fourth to an
Ohio ' woman, was awarded
only after the usual examina
tion, both written and practi
cal, had been passed. Miss
Cornell was not content to
rest on her laurels but added
to her flying history last
spring by doing some piloting
for. an ex-army photographer
who took pictures from the air
of Franklin college.
BOARD
CHOOSES
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FARMER'S FAIR
Chairman Announces May 2
As Time for Yearly
'Ag Function.
PARADE IS FEATURE
Schick To Manage Parade;
Anticipate Having 25 .
Floats.
A Farmer's Fair, which the com
mittor ripriares will surpass any
previous one, will be staged at the
rollpe-e of agriculture May 2, Myrie
White, chairman of the senior fair
board, announced Thursday.
Roth senior and iunior boards
met last Wednesday evening for
the purpose 01 aiscussing general
problems of management and or
ganization for this year's fair.
Tentative plans for exhibits and
floats for tne parade were aiso
outlined.
Parade Begfns Fair.
Probably the most outstanding
single event is the huge parade
that inaugurates the fair program.
Gerald Schick, a junior member of
the board, is in charge of the parade-this
year. -Another source of
interest are the various exhibits of
the college of agriculture which
will be headed by Fred Meredith.
Members of both boards constl
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ACTUAL PRINTING OF
First Section of Yearbook
Turned From Press
On Thursday.
1,700 BOOKS ORDERED
The first section of the Corn
husker, Nebraska's yearbook, was
turned from the presses yesterday
as the actual printing of the vol-!
. . . n .4 nr niaiF V.ntl.th flam. I
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mill, editor, announced.
The first printing includes the
division pages of the book, all in
color. The printing is being done
by Jacob North ft Co. of this city.
Engravings were made by the
Burger-Balrd company of Kansas
Citv.
About 1,700 yearbooks will be
printed. Editor Gammill declared.
This number has been ordered by
students for delivery in the spring.
The books will be completed and
ready for distribution about May
15, according to contracts.
Gammill Warns Groups.
As the first pages were being
printed, Gammill took occasion to
warn fraternities and sororities to
check over their lists of members.
A copy of the list as it will appear
in the yearbook was sent each
Greek group some time ago, Gam
mill said.
If there are any mistakes, be
advises the groups to have them
corrected within the next two
days. Otherwise, the lists will ap
pear' as they now stand at the
Cornhusker office. Fraternity and
sorority pictures ar being mount
ed for the engravers now, ant!
junior and senior photos are on
their way to Kansas City, where
the engravings will be made.
Organizations that have not
done so have only a limited time
in which to have pictures taken
for the book,' Gammill declared
yesterday. He advised them to
make all arrangements today if
possible. Also, organizations whose
pictures have been taken but who
have not signed their contracts
' the Cornhur.ker, or who have
not made payment, must do so at
(Continued on Page 8.)
Campus Calendar
Friday.
Industrial conference in EUen
Smith hail.
Palladiaa Literary society, Tem
ple, 8:30.
Saturday.
' Industrial conference in Ellen
Smith haU.
Social dancing class. Armory, 7
until 8:30 o'clock.
bunday.
Industrial conference in Ellen
Smith hall.
DATE OF ANNUA
CORNHUSKER BEGINS
RAMSAY TANGLES
AT
SENIOR MEETING
200 Hear Alumni Secretary
Explain Purposes Of
Union Project.
PLEDGES $500 TO FUND
Class Of 1931 Discusses
Advisability Of The
Campaign.
Ray Ramsay, "Nebraska's Will
Rogers" and university alumni
secretary, concluded a peaceful
discussion of the purposes of stu
dent union buildings by tangling
with Anton Jensen and pledging
a 500 bond to Nebraska's student
union building fund in yesterday
morning's senior clas meeting.
. From his precarious seat on a
make-shift rostrum, placed on top
of a table on the stage ' in social
sciences auditorium,. Mr. Ramsay
told the. story..! of student union
buildings to a crowd of approxim
ately 200 seniors. Alternating be
tween intense seriousness and
wise-cracking levity, the alumni
secretary explained the need which
exists on this campus for a student
gathering place a nucleus for
student activity and spirit. Then
he called for discussion from the
floor.
Jensen Enters.
In walked Anton Jensen, former
university instructor and well
known critic of the. university ad
ministration. From the back of the
auditorium, he suggested that Ray
Ramsay give the $300 that appears
on the university ' appropriation
to his name supposedly to cover
the alumni secretary's traveling
expenses to tne student union
building which he advocates so
strenuously.
. Ramsay smiled. ' -
"I'll go you one better, Anton,
and make it five hundred," he
came back. With seniors craning
their necks to get a glimpse of
Ihe dramatic debator, Ramsay and
Jensen carried on a spirited dis
cussion of appropriation items and
student, union buildings. The al
umni secretary explained, calmly,
-that the $300 item was not con
nected with his traveling expen
ses, bu ww his remuneration for
personal expenditures in connec
tion with - a , University Players
show. '
Debate Continues.
"Will you contribute to a cam
paign for Nebraskas student un
ion building,. Anton?" queried
Ramsay, still sitting' nonchalantly
on his lofty bench. '-
"Before I contribute,' 'want
you to answer about twenty ques
tions concerning this project," re
plied Jensen.
"AH right. Anton," smiled the
speaker. "You compile those ques
tions In your usual mimeograph
(Continued on Page 3.)
LOW FARM PRICES
Ag College Report Sees A
Small Chance For
Improvement.
Little chance for recovery of
i'arm prices in the first six months
of 1931, but possibly some im
provement with recovery of busi
ness and demand in the latter half
of the year, waa pictured in the
1931 farm outlook statement re
leased Wednesday, at the college of
agriculture.
Little definite indication of im
mediate improvement in business
activity and therefore In demand
for farm products can be at the
present time, the report states, but
recovery should be underway in
the last half of 1931 and during
1932. Somewhat lower production
costs are expected than in 1930,
because of lower wage levls and
low costs for equipment and sup
plies. Credit for 1931 crop produc
tion will be harder to get.
Hoga Stay Favorable.
Hogs will remain to a fairly fav
orable position relative to corn and
other feed costs. Cattle prices will
continue lower than In 1930. Sheep
numbers are still excessive. Efcgs
and poultry prices will ..main low
until next fall when decreased pro
duction may improve prices. The
shift from horses to motive power
will be slowed up by cheap feed,
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BARBERRY CREW
HAS PROGRAM AT
DINNER MEETING
Members and .leaders of the
state barberry eradication crew
met in the college of agriculture
cafeteria for a dinner meeting
Wednesday evening. The pro
gram, consisting of talks and
entertainment, was taken charge
of by Sam Stewart and Perry
Rainey.
R. O. Bulger, -Brooking, JB. D.,
state leader, told of the federal
department of barberry eradica
tion at Washington and his work
there during the past ' few
months. Marion Youat, assistant
state leader spoke briefly oa
some of .the plans for the coming
summer.
Ralph Bush. Greth Dunn, and
aHrlan Bo) I man were named as
a committee- to make plans for
another similar meeting before
the end . of the semester. '
WITH JENSEN
MILITARY GROUP PLEDGES
Nineteen Men Announced As
Selections To Advance
Honor Society.
Nineteen men were pledged yes
terday to Scabbard and Blade, na
tional honorary advanced course
military society at a meeting held
in Nebraska hall.
Initiation for these men will be
held later in the year. Three sen
iors and sixteen juniors are in
cluded in the group of new pled
ges. They are: seniors, Kleth
Turner, James Belda, Richard
Cocklin; juniors, Byrne Packer. C.
M. Ault. Milton Gtsh, Ralph Rod
gers. Harold Petz. V. J. Barlow,
Arthur Wolf, Thomas Eason,
Charles Johnson, J. F. DeKlotz,
William Comstock, A. Lucke, Bud
Bramman, Claude Gillespie, E. L.
Brubaker, and Arden Wolf.
Officers of the group are: Frank
Denton, president; Richard Dever
aux. treasurer; and H Norman
Galleher, secretary.
HOMAGE IS PAID TO
BY R. 0. T. C.
Nearly 4-00 Cadets Attend
. Funeral of Departed
Regimental Head.
FRIENDS HLL CHURCH
Nearly -four hundred members
of the university R. O. T. C. paid
homage to their departed leader,
Winston Behn, former regimental
cadet colonel, during military fu
neral services held yesterday morn
ing at the First Presbyterian
church. Seventeenth and F streets.
As the casket, draped in the na
tional colors, was carried slowly
thru the. entrance of the church,
the Third battalion of the univer
sity R. O. T. C, acting as a guard
of honor under the command of
Cadet Major Burton Bridges, sa
luted while other attending mem
bers of the R. O. T. C. uncovered.
The pallbearers were Stanley
Kiger, B. Bramman, Burton
Bridges. Robert Dobson, Carl
Hahn, Everett Mead. Otis Detrick
and Raymond Frerichs, all ad
vanced students in the military
class and all members of Sigma
Nu, of which fraternity Behn was
a member.
The church was filled to ca
pacity by his many student friends
and local acquaintances. ' "Floral
tributes were beautiful and im
pressive, a huge floral representa
tion of a! Sigma Nu pin forming
the predominating offering.
Casket Sent to Iowa.
At the close of the brief sermon
given by Dr. Paul Calhoun, pastor
of .the First Presbyterian church,
the casket waa removed to the .sta
tion from where it was sent to
Behn's home at Battle Creek, la.
Cadet Officers Otis Detrick and
Carl. Hahn accompanied the re
mains to Battle Creek where final
military rites will be given at the
graveside.
Under command of Captains
Lehman and Flegle of the regular
army, a group of members of the
local , R. O. T. C. unit left
Thursday for Battle Creek as a
guard of honor for the final rites.
A volley will be fired at the ceme
tery by a Pershing Rifles squad
undor charge of Cadet Captain
Claude Gillespie, one of Behn's fra
ternity brothers. Five members of
the firing .squad will be chosen
from members of Sigma Nu, the
other three being selected among
close friends of the former regi
mental commander.
Cadet officers of Creighton uni
versity of Omaha expressed their
sympathy and offered condolences
in a telegram to the commandant
of the university R. O. T. C. Thurs
day afternoon.
The Magician's Long.
Pearson's: Conjurer: "Open
your hand and you will see that I
have changed your knife to a valu
able gold watch. Now, wait a
moment, and I will change It to
a knife again."
Man: "No! No! I like the watch
better!"
Sophomore Commission Group Hears
Louise Wallace Speak On Dangers
Of Racial Prejudices Thursday
"If the colored races of the world should keep their din
eoverieK. their inventions and advancements, and their arts to
themselves, what sort of world progress would there be?" asked
Louise "Wallace, addressing Bernice Hoffman's sophomore com
mission group Wednesday afternoon. "Hut if ruce prejudice
continues, and race hatreds develop from it, that is what will
happen.
"After all. race prejudice is a
form of blindness," the speaker
declared. The educated man ac
cepts other races. He does not ac
cept second hand opinions he
does not condemn other races just
because people before him have
been blind and prejudiced. I just
can't help It," for In the derivation
of the word prejudice, It means
"formation of an opinion, while
knowing nothing about It."
Men Fight for Negro.
"At the time of the Civil war
men fought for the emancipation
of the American negro, and in
1910 an association for the ad
vancement of colored people w as
formed, but there la a great deal
to be done. ZSvvy American clti
un baa a right to protection, a
right to vote and to receive an
education. In aosie southern states
negroes have practically no voting
privilegCJ and -ho chance for fair
triaL Lynching still occur in this
civilized day.
"Politician talk of the neces
sity of educating the voting
HOUSE VOTES IN
FAVOR OF BILL
DORMITORIES
Measure Would Authorize'
Regents To Proceed
With Building. v
FIRST CALL LACKS FOUR
Mrs. M. E. Musser Leads
Fight Which Ends
In Victory.
After a stormy fight, led by
Mrs. Myrtle E. Musser of Rush
ville, state representative, the lower
house of the Nebraska legislature
Thursday morning voted favorably
on H. R. 239, authorizing the in
vestment of state school funds in
bonds issued for financing con
struction of dormitories and stu
dent boarding and lodging bouses
at the University of Nebraska and
the four state normal schools.
Should the bill pass the senate
and receive the officml approval of
Governor Charles W. Bryan," the
board of regents of the university
would be empowered to proceed
with the construction , of the pro
posed dormitory on this . campus,
for which a site has been pur
chased, and for which the upiyer
sity now has in' its possession some
$100,000.
Antagonists Defeated.
Antagonists of the bill had or
ganized to defeat It on the third
reading. When the initial votcwas
called Thursday morning, the mea
sure lacked four votes of the
necessary fifty-one , to pass it.
Forty-seven favored the bill, and
thirty-three were against it, the
roll call showed.
Apparently the bill's sponsor,
Mrs. Musser, expected some sueh
shortage, and she- immediately
asked for a call of the house to
bring in absentees. She stood near
the desk of the chief clerk for half
an hour or more as she checked
every additional vote which came
in.
Reprimand Lobbyists.
Lobbying on the floor by op
ponents of the bill brought them a
reprimand, for bqupe rules declare
that all representatives must stay
in their seats during- the third
reading of any bill.
At one time, when the total for
the bill reached 51, Mrs. Musser
moved that the call of the house be
raised. Later, Representative Cush
ing changed his vote from "aye"
to "no" in protest against the' ac
tivity of Representative Bishop
on the floor on behalf of the bill. .
House Becomes Restless.
The house became restless while
waiting for the sergeant-at-arms
to round up the absentees in the
lobby, but Mrs. Musser clung to
her task, and managed to keep the
call in effect. Representative Karl
Hehm, a friend of the bill, was
called at his hotel, where he had
overslept. He hurried to the capi
to) without stopping for breakfast,
but before he arrived, Representa
tive Cushing had changed his vote
back to "aye" and the bill was
passed, without a single vote to
spare.
After the bill was passed, the
house showed its appreciation of
the determination of Mrs. Musser
in fighting for the btU with a rous
ing cheer. Mrs. . Musser -is . the
mother of two girls now attending
the university. She has centered
her efforts throuout the legislative
session on the bill.
The bill as finally passed per
mits the board of educational lands
and funds to invest up to 5 per
cent of the permanent school fund
in revenue bonds issued for the
construction of dormitories. The
bonds are to be retired ou of the
earnings of the respective build
ings. . '
WEATHER.
For Lincoln and vicinity:
Partly cloudy Friday; no de
cided change In temperature
Lowest temperature last night
about thirty-five degrees.
masses, but although the regroea
compose one-tenth of our popula
tion, less than two prcent of the
amount spent for education is
spent to educate the negro. West
Virginia is the only state south of
the Mason Dixon line which gives
the negro justice. They allow him
to sit on the supreme court bench
and on the jury, for if a negro
cannot try a white man they be
lieve that a white man should not
be allowed to try a negro. They
also have a very fine endowed
negro .college is that state, and
make provisions for caring for
negro unfortunates.
Home In Ttxas.
Louise Wallace's home is in EI
Campo, Texas, where the race
problem la more pressing than U,
is In the northern states. "When
I first came to the Univeraity of
Nebraska and saw that I would
be in class with colored people and
would be expected to sit by tbem,
I was shocked, but I am glad that
I have come as far as possible
! from that narrow, blind prejudice."