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TWO THE DAILY NERRASKAN WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18, 1931. . .V ri .v. The Daily Nebraskan Station A, Llnooln, Ncbraika '- j official 8tudint publication univers;tv of Nebraska Published Tueiday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday d Sunday mornings ourinj tne aeaaamio year. THIRTIETH YEAR Entai-ed as second-class matter at the Dottofflce In Lincoln. Nebraska, under act of congress, March S. 1874, and at special rate of postage provided for In section 1103 act of October S, 1917. authorized January 80, 1122. Under direction of the Student Publication Board SUBSCRIPTION RATK aiavear Single Copy 5 eente I1.SS a semester $3 a year mailed $1.79 semester mailed Editorial Off Ice University Hall . PuIimii Off Ice University Hall 4A Telephones Day: B-6891; Nlghti B-6482, B-333S (Journal) ,SK Tor neorasKan vauor. EDITORIAL STAFF Elmont T. Waits Edltor.ln-ehlef Robert J. Kelly Associate Editor Managing Editors William McGaffln C Arthur Mitchell Niwi Editors Arthur Wolf Boyd VonSeggsrn Evelyn Simpson Eugene McKIm Leonard Conklln Sports Editor Frances Ho yoke women's tailor BUSINESS STAFF Charles 0. Law lor Business Manager Assistant Business Manager. Norman Galleher Jack Thompson r Edwin Faulkner mMEMBERc 1931 This paper le repnMBted for tnral advertising by The Mebnaka Freaa Aseociatioa. Oh, For Heaven's Sake! News Note : Senate advances to third read ing bill prohibiting smoking of cigarets, pipes, tobacco in any form, in university buildings and appurtenances thereto. SCENE ONE (1932) Scene is laid in governor's office. Shin ing brass spittoons illuminate the dimmer ronu-rs of the plush-inlaid sanctum. Charac ters, the Colontl and the Gov.) Gov. Well, Colonel, I have failed you htvre this morning on a matter of great nay, op the greatest importance to the future of u7 state. As you no doubt know, the senate hru passed a measure prohibiting smoking in uiflversity buildings and appurtenances there tor Xow Z Col. Just a minute, boss. "What is a ap pifjtenance? .- Gov. Ahem! As I was saying, we are eaJlinsr upon the Nebraska national guard in tliftTtour of direct need to enforce the law. Fir-of all. we will station the guardsmen at strategic points about the campus. - oi. Did someone mention increased ap propriations? Gov. Of course. Naturally, the national cuard will expect some increase in salary for ihis stupendous undertaking. - Secretary By the way, Governor, there is a bill here that passed legislature provid ing for building appropriations for the univer sitv. It's all ready for your signature. Gov. It's beyond me how they expect to give away money foolishly like that. Xow here we need more cash for the guardsmen. . . IH just have to veto that building appropriation, that's all there is to it. See. Well, really, now Ol. Hear, Hear! Gov. You have your instructions, Colo nel. That will be all for the present. You will lake charge of the eorrupt institution known as the university at once. Your pay checks for this noble work, by the way, will be signed by the state's treasurer and forwarded to you and your regiment at once. SCENE TWO. (The scene k hid upon the campus, and is quite a bit stretched out. Characters are na tional guardsmen, W. C. T. U., with banners, Women V clubs representatives, and fugitive students.) ' Guard (folding spy glass to his eye from upper window of Nebraska hall) Aha! See that guy over there, Bill? He's going to light a cigaret. Guard 2 (Picking trp field telephone) Hello. Jim? Get that guy over at the corner of social. ... No ...ts...O. K. Guard 1 He's got him. Ho, ho. Ten days for that bloke! VSttiirWit dashee. to middle of Twelfth street, thumbs nose at guards, escapes in Pack aid roadster, amid derisive shower of cigaret htubs. which flutters to pavement at feet of guards.) Guard 3 Fix bavonets! Guards 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8 Get hirn ! ( Student's roadster dashes madly up the street, upsetting a parade of W. C. T. U. work ers, who wave banners and flags while wildly scrambling to safety.) Guard 1 (At window station) What the heck, Bill? What's going on down there? Guard 2 (Taking field glass) Fevvens sake! It's a parade of student, going to class. They're all carrying big brass spittoons, and wavincr plups of Horseshoe! SCENE THREE (In Stadium, Homecoming) (Gov. and CoL in big argument.) Gov. I'm telling you, Colonel, the sta dium is a appurtenance, even if it ain't a regu lar honest to gosh building. Col. Well all right, but I'm afraid we're biting off more than we can chew. -, - , (Stadium: Band playing 'Hot Time' Students and alumni in stands, jeering wildly at parading women who wave flags saying "Powji With the Demon Tobacco." Enter regiment of guardsmen, mounted on black hargcrs, led by the CoL All draw heavy cav alry swords.) . " Col. Get that bozo! He just lit a cigaret. ; Guardsman Ah, that's the governor. HV jrot a right to smoke here if he wants to. Ain't he paying us? Col. Well, there's a student smokir.g. Charge! ; H? :'mcnt crargea, swords waving in mjd ar. Student goes down before the onslaught. Ambulance clangs onto field. Attendants pick : Col. Darn it all, that's no way to charge. Now he can't ever pay any fine! ; (Scene changes. It is now half time, with t4ie players off the field, in their dressing rooms. Five thousand students and alumni rine to in the stands simultaneously, responding the call of an unofficial cheerleader.) Leader One,, two, three, draw cigarets ! (The five thousand insert cigarets.) Leader Ready, strike ! - ,4 (The five thousand light matches.) i' Leader One, two, three, light ! (The five thousand light cigarets, and puff away. On the field,, the Colonel sits on his horse, nonplussed.) Col. There '8 only one thing to do. Up the steps, men. Charge! (Regiment dashes madly at the stadium stand. Up the seats go the mounted guards men.) Col. Cut -'em down, men! (Students fall to floor on every side of the mad onrush of sword swinging cavalry men.) Guardsmen Get 'em, nun, get 'em!!! (In the midst of the charge, stadium creaks dangerously, sags in the middle, and finally collapses beneath the combined weight of the men and the horses. Screams and fearful cries resound from amidst the terrible wreck age. Pandemonium. Finis.) SCENE FOUR. (Scene is laid in modest, poverty stricken home of former Campus Officer Regler. Room is barren of any furniture or food. Former of ficer gazes wildly around, sinks into a coma. Enter Mrs. Regler.) Mrs. R. Isn't there ANYTHING left to eat? Officer Reviving slightly Not a thing. I've been out of a job ever since they covered the campus with guardsmen, and paid em a hundred-forty a month. Not a chance. (Mrs. Regler collapses upon floor, moan ing.) Mrs. K. What about our little Nell? Officer What about us? Gazes at cigaret advertising used about the barren walls in lieu of pictures.) Give me the good old days. (Both pass away, dead from starvation.) LOOSE THREADS By Gene McKIm No legislation as yet on celluloid collars. or on prohibition of food manufacture, or in creasing appropriations for needed campus buildings. Oh well . , . Speaking More . Seriously, Though- Lawmakers must command the respect of a state before they can do any lasting good for that state. The Nebraska senate, so far, has done little that is constructive and a great deal that is harmful, insofar as securing the respect of the student body of the University of Ne braska is concerned. Students on the campus today are calling the senators every sort of name, because of the time they have wasted on a bill so in consequential as the anti-smoking measure. The senators, in the mam. do not justify this unanimously harsh criticism. To avoid it, how ever, they should never waste their ten-dollar-a-day moments on such foolish legislation, which they never intend to pass. A state legislator can do much for his state. One of the best things he can possibly do is to secure the unanimous respect of the state for his wisdom and courage. Maybe They're Gone Out to Buy Cigarets. What, asks a contributor in the Morning Mail column today, has happened to the agita tion for a student union building on Nebras ka's campus? And, we echo, What? As C. A. M. point out, a few short days ago students seemed to showing interest in the union project, but now it is seldom mentioned in a voice louder than a whisper. What seemed to be the beginnings of a comprehensive move toward a union have turned out to be mere flashes in the pan, a sort of fool's gold. Where is that famous group composed of representatives of all three campus political actions which met once, and promised action" t. too, seems to have fallen into a deep and silent sleep. Since the one session of the three parties, at which the attendance was only fair, no one leader has made so much aa a motion toward having the three meet again. And the Innocents society, that august group of senior men, what is it doing? As nearly as we can tell, its actions, if any, are in the dream stage. This society, allegedly the head of the union movement, has fallen down on its job, for it planned an "educational" campaign which would spread far and wide the advantages of a union building. This cam paign seems to have died from lack of inner stimulus. Are Nebraska students nd student leaders ........ - it as "dead as some persons nave repeatedly claimed? If not, why don't they get behind this move once more, and show the world that they have more than mere collegiate pastimes on their mind? MORNING MAIL Dying for Our School. TO THE EDITOR: What, may we ask, has happened to the agitation for & 6tudent union building on Ne braska's campus? A week or two ago student leaders were solidly behind the move for one, and the agi tation seemed tcv be spreading. Now a great calm seems to have settled over the campus in sofar as the student union project is concerned. Has interest in the proposal died so rap idly? Or. is it merely that the comic opera ac tion of the state senate have crowded it off the front page, relegating it to the leas prom inent parts of our daily press: For a time, it seemed as if the movement M as bound to go through to a glorious comple tion. Lincoln papers, and others, took notice of it. and praised students for their endeav ors. Now the move seems to have met the fate of various measures for campus improvement. It seems to have gone where all good move ments ko when they died. If students who professed interest in the union project were really sincere in what they said a week or two ago. they must come forth at once arranged in battle formation, to start a drive that shall not end until the building is completed. If they did not mean what they professed, then lei the measure die, with N- brakans still without the advantages a union would bring. C. A. JL Convicts staged a riot at the Illinois penitentiary last Saturday, during which four were wounuea, two fatally, by shots fired at as sailants of Capt. D. Davenport aa they attacked him in the mesa hall of the prison. Tne l.iuu pris oners ran amuck for an hour, wrecking: the dining hall, kitchen and prison shops The two men who died from the wounds incurred during- the riot Saturday raised the total to six of deaths occurring among the con victs in a month. Three men were amaushed and killed by waiting- guards aa they lowered themselves down tne wans of the prison in an attempted jail break. One prisoner, Jack Oakley, died from a clot on the heart while in solitary confinement last week. Following the outhreaK, tne prison warden, Henry Hill, has charged the prison chaplain as be ing partially responsible ror me trouble, saying that he had fo mented discontent, carried mes sages for convicts and, knowingly or not, had been a messenger in a jail delivery plot. Normal routine had not been re stored in the prison by Monday night, and national guard compa nies in northern Illinois were held in readiness in case of further trouble. To one attending a university or to the average man in business, life on the inside of one of our penal institutions is a somewhat remote and unreal sort of an exis tence. The average citizen fails to give the matter much considera tion, and in doing- so is neglecting part of his responsibilities aa a citizen. In the case of this one institu tion in Illinois there are 1.100 men, or a fair sized community existing from day to day. The mere fact that such outbreaks are possible, and have been an all too common occurence thruout the country dur ing the past year or two, would seem to indicate that conditions inside the prison walls are not all thev should be. Perhaps a thoro investigation of all penal institutions in the country by competent persons acting thru the authority of the governments of the various states would not be out of order. Such an investiga tion could reveal facts as they ex isted and recommend changes and improvements which would tend to minimize the possibilities of such debaucles. A story of tragedy, adventure. and heroism is being enacted aa we write this, somewhere off the northeast coast of Newfoundland aa two ships carrying food, medi cines, and doctors are fighting their way towards Horse Island where 118 survivors of the wrecked sealing ship Viking are in serious need of aid. The ship, carrying besides the captain and crew. Varick Frissell, Henry J. Sargen, and A. E. Pen rod, Americana who composed FrisseU's motion picture expedi tion to study methods of sealing, biew up Sunday night in the ice off the island. The 118 reported to be on the island, reached it after a terrific struggle over the ice floes. The other 25 of tne 143 wnicn com posed the ship's personel, are miss- ink: and feared to be deaa. i ne three Americans were among the missing. Leo Brothers went on trial for the Alfred Lingle murder Monday amid much excitement in the court house in Chicago. This trial holds unusual inter est in that city. The killing of Lingle. Chicago Tribune reporter, was one of the most spectacular in the history of ganedorn episodes. It is the first time that a big gan killing has resulted in a murder trial. The incident was the incen tive to one of the biggest drive against crime in the history of Chicago. President Hoover will leave Washington Wednesday night on the first vacation he haa had in over a year as he beards the re cently modernized battleship- Ari zona for a ten day cruise in me Carribesn. Two stops are planned, one at Porto Rico and one at the Virgin Islands. Secretaries Hurley and Wilber under who respective juris dictions come the governing of these territories, will accompany the presidential party. DRAMATIC CLUB SETS Rocket Ice Boat Built at Syracuse Attains Record Speed During Trial Svracuit Dallv Ounce. Gliding across the ice at a rate ranging from 90 to 110 mllea per hour, the BR-1 displayed the posal' bilities of a rocket-propelled ice boat, in a final test conducted by its inventor, Henry W. Bull, at Oneida Lake recently. The craft has been under construction for the past two months in Machinery Hall, where Mr. Bull, a junior in the College of Applied Science, has been assisted by several fellow Btu dents and professors. The expectations of the inventor were fulfilled in the final trial in regard to propulsion and accelera tion. However, the direction of the craft could not be controlled be cause of slight imperfections in the rudder, and the abrupt force witn which it was propelled forward. If Mr. Bull had found it possible to control the steering apparatus, he could have set off one series of rockets after the other in a con tinuous performance. There was a sngnt accident aur- ing the course of the trial run. when the clothing of two assistants was singed. The damage, however, was not of a serious nature. Work on this project will be abandoned until next winter, and the dirigible- shaped craft will not be utilised again for this purpose. The experiment has aroused con Rldcrable interest on the Hill and in the city. The boat was photo graphed from airplanes at its sec ond attempted trial, Saturday aft ernoon, by both Paramount and Fox Movietone cameramen. At that time, a crowd of Interested spectators had waited several hours to see the scheduled experi ment, but it could not be per formed because of unfavorable weather conditions. During the Intervening days, the inventor and his assistants from Applied Science, worked almost continuously to get the boat in shape for yesterday's trial. New batteries were Installed, all con nections were rewired, and high powered fuses were placed in each of 38 rocketa. Every detail in the mechanism of the craft was care fully checked. Among tne students wno aided with the project are: Addison Per sona, chief photographer; Charles Chatfield, as is t ant mechanic; George Seldel, master mechanic; Henry Levine, manager of the project: Joseph Carroll and Wil liam Morarity, who acted aa of ficial timekeepers. VBD5 LABORATORIES in past years, members have given plays and short skits for various societies and clubs in Lincoln. "The plays which have been se lected by the club for the presen tation will provide a well balanced evening of entertainment," stated Marguerite Daniclson, president of the dramatic club. Tne piay3 mat have been written by the students on the campus will be of a type appealing to the student body, and the stock play that will be pre sented is classed as a roaring com Those plavs whicn were written by students will be Judged by the audience the night of the play, and the one receiving the largest num ber of votes will be declared win ner of the contest. Author of the winning play will be awarded the $25 prize which is offered by the Dramatic club. Tickets for the show win go on sale in a short time, and will be of the ballot type, a special ballot be ing attached in order to allow each person a vote as to which he con siders the best of the two amateur plays presented. Production will be under the general supervision of Herbert Yenne, of the depart ment of fine arta. The purpose of such an enter tainment is to give the students a chance to see a good evening's program at a reasonable price of admission, and to roster tne inter est in the production of amateur plays, written by students on the campus," Miss Danielson stated. when interviewed aa to tne pur pose of the program. y. Group to Convene Thursday Morning at Temple Cafeteria. A change in the time of regular meeting of the Y. M. C. A. cabinet was announced yesterday by C. D. Hayes, general secretary. The meeting will change from Wed nesday evening at 7 o'clock to Thursday morning at seven, ana instead of the Temple cafeteria the meeting place will be the alumni secretary's office in the Temple. The Ag campus cabinet has held its meetings in the morning seven all winter, i heirs is on Monday morning. Another change in these morning meetings will permit all members of the Y to attend, and also any others who are interested. Part of the meet- ' ing will be devoted to a brief de votional service, part to discussion, and part to the Y. M. program and cabinet selection for the coming year. The meeting- will adjourn in time for students to make their 8 o'clock classes. Plays Written by Students Will Be Presented This Spring. Saturday night, April 4, is the date which haa been decided upon for the spring theater production of the University Dramatic club, which wiU be held in the Temple theater. This spring- stage production to be presented by the club will con sist of two plays written by stu dents of the university, and one stock comedy, together with skita ad vaudeville. It is the first time that the club haa undertaken to staee a definite program, altho Naval R. 0. T. C. Will Join Cadets for Cruise This Summer. (Hawallno Eachanrr ) The University of Washington naval R. O. T. C. will leave for Hawaii on June 22 to participate in summer naval activities, ac cording to information received at the University of Hawaii from the Washington Daily. Lieut. Comd. F. H. Kelley, as sistant proressor of naval science at the University of Washington, received notice from the bureau of RENT A CAR Ford. Reoa, Ouranu and Auttln. Your Butlnea I Appreciated MOTOR OUT COMPANY 1120 P 84. Always Optn. B-6819. Christian Science Organization at the University of Nebraska Cordially Invites You to Attend a FREE LECTURE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE PAUL STARK SEELEY. C. S. B. of Portland, Oregon MembOT of the Board of Lerturwihlp of The Mother Church, Th first Church of Christ, Sclent let. in Boaton. Kaaa. hi SOCIAL SCIENCE AUDITORIUM 3 o'Cxk. Rundar Afternoon. Marrh 22. 1931. education at Washington, D. C of a definite date having been set for the cruise, and definita plans hav ing been made. The trip will be made in the U. S. S. Oklahoma. On June 17, the Washington naval R. O. T. C unit will join the University of Cali fornia unit and will leave for Ha waii. They will have twelve days from June 22 to July S in and about the islands, and they will go back to Seattle on July 14, aft er having stopped one day, July 11, at San Francisco on the return trip. The cadets will be at liberty in Honolulu for the most part of one week, during which time there will be beach parties on Waikiki beach and trips about the island. There will be target practice off the town of Lahaina. The students will go on shore to visit the sugar plantations there, and if there is sufficient time, they will go to Hal eakala. An excursion will also be made from the town of Hilo to the volcano. Director of Agricultural Research Calls on Engineers. COMMENDS DEPARTMENT Prof. M. P. Sergweev, director of the agricultural research insti tute of Moscow, visited the uni versity engineering laboratories yesterday. Professor Sergwee haa been in America for four months Inspecting new engineering sys tems in agriculture in order to ob tain ideas for new Russia. Ht can not speak English and all conver sation is carried on thru his inter preter, Melvln Martin, Russian student in the university. "A new movement haa started in Russia." he said. "Scientific methods of farming are being ad vanced as rapidly as possible un der the existing conditions.' Schools art Estsbllshsd. "In order to promote this move ment, agricultural engineering schools are being established to educate the people. Electrification of farming is being stressed at these institutes." Schools in Russia have Increased so rapidly in the last few yearn that a shortage of professors has occured. Since the war, ha states, enrollment haa more than tripled. Because of lack of funds the schools are forced to study in theory rather than In practice. Professor Sergweev also believes that the University of Nebraska is well equipped with laboratory materials. Extends Invitation. "As a representative of the scientists in Russia I wish to ex tend a cordial Invitation to all American students to visit there and see the new expansion and methods being used. German stu dents recently made a tour of Russia, and it is our highest hope that we may sometime have the opportunity of entertaining you," the professor safd. He left yesterday for California where he will make an extended and detailed inspection of farm ing methods. Administrator Gives Shoes the Air On Office Window Sill Universities Are Becoming Air Minded During Recent Years. (Montana Kaimini Colleges are becoming Increas ingly more air minded and boast more students, more teachers and more courses than in previous years, according to a recent sur vey by the Aeronautical unamoer of commerce for the Year Book of 1931. A thousand more students than last year are studying aviation in colleges and more than one-htird of these are taking four-year courses that will lead to a special bachelors or masters degree in aviation. Not only are more stu dents studying aviation, but more colleges are offering coursed in response to a growing demand, the report reveals. Just as in medicine or engineer ing, students may now taice graa- uate courses in aviation. Fourteen dilferent colleges now offer grad uate courses. These institutions offer full four year courses, lead ing to degrees of bachelor of sci ence in aeronautical engineering or air transportation, and gradu ate courses which give degrees of master of science or doctor of phil osophy in aeronautical engineer ing. Aviation instruction is also growing rapidly in public schools, the chamber learned So many public schools now offer training for aviation mecnanics mat stu dents are now learning the trade there instead of going to private schools. By THE 8NOOPEB. Someone in the administration building has such athletic feet that they demand two pairs of shoes for every working day in the fiscal year. The old days of the pony express, when one man outlasted several ponies is brought back by the silent evidence of a pair .of shoes placed on the out side ledge of a window in the fi nance office. One of the universi ty's financiers has a spare pair and advertises the fact. Plainly visible from the roof garden of University hall, the ex tra pair of shoes is always placed in the fourth window from the east end of Administration build ing. Their presence is a mystery a topic of many casual observa tions. Does the wearer have hot dogs? Is he trying to keep insects out of the office? The UNITARIAN CHUECH Twelfth and H Streets "The Church Without a Creed" Subject, March 23 "The Mean ing of History." 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