aily Nebraska
Official Student Newspaper of the University of Nebraska
VOL. XXX AO. 116.
LINCOLN. NEBRASKA. WEDNESDAY, MAY 13. 1931.
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Ballot
IfJG WILL
FILL NEXT WEEK
M ACTIVITIES
Constitution Poll on Tap
For Thursday; Spring
Election Tuesday.
FEW UNDERSTAND DRAFT
Speculation Appears as to
Any New Powers in
Code of Laws.
BY THE OBSERVER.
Balloting: activities which are to
flow from the tap of the campus
political faucet during Uie next
seven days will be sufficient to
drive campus leaders into the
doldrums and the student body
into rampant confusion. Two mat
ters of primal y interest are the
new student council consuiuuon
and next Tuesday's election.
Without reservation it. may be
!MH that the majority of students
who vote for the new document at
ihc special election tomorrow will
do so without the slightest know
ledge of what they are voting for.
Instead they will be acting on the
suggestion of faction leaders of
"friends In the know " As far as
the scntimeiji of the leaders is
.onccrnd there is no question but
vMt they favor the constitution's
Power Cl.iuss Good.
Sony:: speculation exists as to
All Members of
Council Urged to
Meet Today at 5
All members of the "student
council are-urged to be present
at the council meeting this aft
ernoon by Bob Kelly, president
of the group. The purpose of
the meeting is to elect holdover
members of the council for
next year.
Two men and two women
from this year's membership
will be chosen to serve in next
year's group. Plans will be
made for the special election
Thursday and for the student
election next Tuesday.
The New Constitution
Preamble.
I!miiizii! tlisit the ic.-p'niMliility ;mI mitlioritv for the conduct of the L'uivcisitv of
.Win ;i.kn have lmi vested ly the citizens of the Stale in the Board of Ueetiis.. the Chancel
lor ami the University Senate, am recoiiiziii: that any powers exercised ly the student
liudy must he delegated to it ly these authorities, we, the students of the I'tiiversity of e
hinska, with the consent of the rniveisity Senate, do establish this Constitution for the
conduct of student affairs.
Article I.
NELLIE LEE HOLT 10
The name of this
hi aska.
organization shall be The Student Council of the University of
Article II.
STUDENTS TO VOTE
ON CONSTITUTION
Itolx-rt krlh, IVoitlrnt of Student Council, Calls
Special Elect ion for Student Hotly Decision
On New Set of Ettws for Council.
polls will in: open mom y to r in temple
Stephens' Head of Religious
Education Is Alumna
Of Nebraska.
LUNCHEON TO FETE HER
Miss Nellie Lee Holt, graduate
of the university of Nebraska.
who is at present director of re
ligious education at Stephens col
lege at Columbia, Mo., will be on
the campus Thursday, under aus
pices cf the A. W. S. board.
The A. W. S. board and W. A. A.
will entertain Miss Holt at a i:
o'clock luncheon at the Lincoln
hotel Thursday noon. At 4 o'clock
she will address a mass meeting I
in Ellen Smith hall, to which aU
wwr.cn on-tnt-eampus are invited.-;
Orp-aniT.fliions snnnsorinir the me-et-1
ing are A. V. S.. V. A. A., Y. W.
C. A. and League of Women Vot-
The puiiMoo of this organization as the supreme student governing oiftan and the point
of exercise for faculty relationship with student extra curricular activities shall be the rcjru
lation and to oi diuatiou of all phases of student self-government and cxtra-cimitolar ae
tivitv.
Article III.
Section 1. The Student Council shall have the following powers in so far as in the ex
eicise of them they do not conflict with any general university regulation:
I. Jo rc'MiMtc anl co-ordinate Hie activities ol general university interest oi all mu-
dent organizations and groups;
To recognize and approve the constitutions of any new student orgauizat' us with
out which recognition no such organizations shall be jeruiitted to funetiou:
.'!. To have complete control of student pep rallies, similar forms of jx-p demonstrations,
and student migrations:
4. To conduct all student elections of general university interest in which popular
voting is used ;
5. To review all rulings of student bodies affecting the social conduct and well being
of the students:
t'. To serve as a suitable medium for communication betweeu the student body ami uni
versity authorities;
7. To legislate in such a manner as shall lie necessary and proper for carrying into exe
cution i he foregoing powers and all other powers that may be vested in the Student Council.
Section -
liie ndced powers which the re-! pr.
- ill ; . . - :
viC(l coiisucuiion win gie iu me. Miss j-oit nas 0(,en vcrv popular
as a speaker and has addressed
several national conventions of
ctiiHfnte thio enri- rr Thll i-crlu V
, . r. . . AA . . ; r. I
tress at the Kappa Kappa Gamma
banquet. Cr.c will give a tails at an
assembly at Lincoln high school
Thursday morning.
ALL GREAMEMES OF
STATE ATTEND MEET
indent council. The powers clause
i.j the department of the law code
vhicb merits particular attention.
It is this feature which will give
the council its power. The par
t'cul.'n cla'.u; embodies a number
cf rear responsibilities which will
enable the council to act as a truly
representative governing organ
with inherent powers to act on
and legislate concerning vital
problems of popular concern. The
faculty has turned over a number
cf duties to the council duties
which have beretofcre been con
sidered as matters for faculty ac
tion on!' and the fair considera
tion of these duties will be a testing-iron
for the council.
Complete control cf rallies and
student migrations is one of the
delegations in the power clause.
Under such a ruling it will be
within the council's power to de
termine such matters as whether
men and women should be se
grated on special trains. To review
all rulings on social conduct, is
another section of the powers
Today's Session of Group j
Meets at College of
Agriculture.
FACULTY MEN TO SPEAK!
Practically every cooperative
creamery in the state is expected i
Irr hvi rrnrf pntfltirm at the an-
clause. This will probably be in-;nual convenlion oi the Nebraska
terpreted to give the Student coun- ; Co-Operative Creameries associa
tion being held today and Thurs- i
cil, rather thei the A. W. S. board,
the final autnonty on such ques
tions as 12:30 nights. To delegate
execution of its powers to proper
officers in other student organiza
tions will place such authorities as
the presidents of the Interfratern
ity council, A. W. S. board, and
Innocents society under the control
of the council.
Catcn in Draft.
One catch in the whole aft air
is that any Individual or group dis
agreeing with the council's actions
(Continued on Page 3.1
Kelly Calls for
Applications in the
Spring Vote Kace
Passage by the university
senate yesterday of the new
Student council constitution vir
tually assures its going into ef
fect for next year. Filings for
membership on the council,
therefore, will be on the basis of
the new constitution.
Filings will be received at the
Student activities office until 5
p. m. Friday, May 15 for th;
following offices:
STUDENT COUNCIL.
Two senior men-at-large.
Two senior women-at-large.
Two junior men from the col
leges of arts and sciences, eng
ineering. One junior man from the col
lege of agriculture, law, phar
macy business administration,
teachcn, dentistry.
Three junior women from thj
college of arts and sciences and
the teachers' college.
Two junior women from the
school of fine arts.
One each from the college of
agriculture and college of busi
ness administration.
One man or woman from the
graduate college,
PUBLICATION BOARD.
One sophomore member.
One junior member.
One senior member.
Students who are juniors in
school now will be eligible for
senior-at-large candidacy and
sophomores will be eligible for
junior members of the council
next year. In addition to ful
illing all general university
eligibility requirements candi
dates for the Student Council
must have a scholastic aver
age of at least 75 and have
no standi Kg delinquencies.
Each party or faction must
file a list of its candidates for
membership to the Student
Council in the Student Activ
ities office on Friday, May 15.
Presidents of the three fac
tions already recognized by
the Student Council are asked
to be present at the Student
Council meeting Wednesday,
May 13. Any other faction
wishing to enter a slate of
candidates must submit Its
constitution for approval of the
council at that meeting.
Robert Kelly, Presdent
Student Council.
dav in Lincoln. The Wednesday
session is being hsld at the college
of agriculture.
Prof. H. P. Davis, head of the
dairy husbandry department at the
co'lege, is to welcome the dele
gates to the college as the con-.
vention opens. Dean VV. W. Burr
wi:i speak on the relation of agri
culture college to co-operative en
terprises wbile Prof. H. C. Filley
will appear in speaking on the es
sentials for co-operative success.
W. H. Brokaw, director of the Ne
braska agricultural extension aer-
,'ira ..-ill lnt'u 4 It a mnrninff t " '
gram with a talk on the relation
of the extension service to co
operative activities.
The afternoon program will be
opened by a talk by B. B. Derrick,
district representative of the farm
board. Prof. M. M. Mortensen of
Iowa state college is scheduled to
talk on the Iowa state butter
brand and co-operatives Dean J. E.
LeRossignol is to discuss the
trouble of business while Prof. E.
L. Reichart of the agricultural
college will close the program with
a talk on, "A Few Suggestion for
Nebraska."
APPLICATIONS CALLED FOR
Husker Countryman Asks
For Applicants for
Editorship.
Applications for editorship of
the Coinhubker Countryman, offi
cial college of agriculture monthly
publication, will be received until
next Tuesday, May 19, according
to an announcement made Tues
day afternoon by Prof. R. P.
Crawford, chairman of the publi-
I cation board.
The position of editor is open
for the first semester of the com
ing school year. Applicants are to
notify Crawford of their filing.
He requests applicants to present
letters of recommendation with
the application blank. Boyd Von
Seggern Is the present editor of
the Countryman.
HONORARY MEDIC
AT K. U. ELECTS
FIRST MEMBERS
The recently installed Alpha
Omeea Alpha, honorary medical
fraternity at the University of
Kansas school of medicine, elected
as its first group of new members,
the following: Russell Etzenboueer,
Lawrence; Charles C. Underwood,
Emporia; Harold L. Galney, Har
old V. Zuber, and Leo H. Pollock
of Kansas City, Kas.; and Harold
E. Morgan, Dr. Ferdinand C. Hel
wig, and Dr. Lawrence P. Engel,
Kansas City, Mo.
There are less then forty chap
ters of Alpha Omega Alpha, as it
is installed only in medical schools
of high rating.
WEATHER
For Lincoln and vicinity:
Fair and warmer Wednesday.
. The decisions of the Stinlent CounciTTiuadc in pursuance of its constitutional poui.
i-luill be carried into execution by the appropriate faculty or student executive or group.
The Student Council shall have the power to suspend or dismiss from office any siudent
executive who hnll refuse to carry its legislation into effect.
'2. Anv student, or organization, or member of the faculty of the university may appeal
to the appropriate committee of the University Senate whenever he feels that the Student
Council has either exceeded or misapplied itsMwers or has assumed an unwarranted jur
isdiction. In such cases, the committee shall permit both the complaining party and the
Council to be heard, afler which its decisions suall be final. Tending a decision on the ap
peal, the Council's decision shall not be put into effect.
Article IV.
Section 1. The Student Council shall be composed of the following representatives:
1. Twenty-one members apportioned as follow:
a. Ten junior men, Iwo from the College of Arts and Sciences, two from the College of
Engineering, and one each from the Colleges of Agriculture, Business Administration. I. en
list ry, Law, Pharmacy, and Teachers.
b. Ten junior women, three from the College of Arts and Sciences, three from Teach
ers College, two from the School of Fine Arts, aud one each from the Colleges of Agricul
ture and Business Administration.
c. One man or woman from the Graduate College.
J. Four seniors two men and two women nominated and elected at large bv the stu
dent body.
o. Four seniors two men and two women nominated and elected bv the Student
Council from the junior meinlers of that body to serve during the following year.
4. Such additional members as are added through the system of proiortional repre
sentation.
.". Any advisers appointed by the University Senate are ex-officio members.
Section 'J. The regular Student Council election shall lx held not earlier than April 1st
and not later than May loth of the school year preceding that in which the members are to
serve, vuthiii these limits the date shall be set bv the Mudent Council.
Section .'!. Candidates to be eligible for election to membership in the Student Council
shall lie members of the sjiecific school or college and class as determined by the regular
university rulings in such cases and shall have a scholastic average of at least 75 jer-
ccut for all preceding semesters and have no standing delinquencies.
Section 4. Nominations for the class aud college representatives of the Student Coun
cil shall be made by the filing of the name of the candidate not later than 3 p. in. on Fri
day prior to the day of election, at the office of Student Activities. The secretary of the
Council shall announce in the columns of the Daily N'ebraskan the filings for nominations at
least ten days trior to the day of election.
Section o.
1. Election of members to the Student Council shall be by a system of proportional
representation.
'1. The Student Council shall set forth requirements for the recognition of studml par
lies or factions. No party or faction shall have the right to file candidates until recognized
bv the Student Council.
.'!. Each partv or faction shall file a list "f i candidates for membership to the Stu
dent Council in the Student Activities office on or before the Friday prior to the day of
election, such lists to be made up iu their respw'ive caucuses.
4. The ballots containing the names of the several candidates for office shall also con
tain the names of their resective parties or factions.
o. There shall be given to each qualified student voter a separate ballot which snail con
tain the names of Ihe various parties or factions which have leen iermitted to file candi
dates for office. Each student voter shall be privileged to designate, on this party faction
ballot, his party preference.
i. The raiio of representation is one seat for every Ylo votes. The strength of each
faction shall be determined by the number of those who Lave designated their preference
for that party on the party ballot slip.
i. After the results of the election are coinpuied. the representation in Hi" Mudent
Council shall be apportioned as follows:
a. The represent at ion of any party shall be raised if in the election that party ha re
ceived less than one memler for each Yi't votes cast for it. to bring t!e representation of
that parly up the ratio of one member for eath 1:15 votes cat.
Article VI.
b. When the representation of any party is so raised those of its candidates in the elec
tion who have the highest number of votes shall be declared elected to the Council for ex
ample, if ) party is entitled to two additional places its two highest unsuccessful candi
dates iu the election shall be made members of Ihe Council.
c. If anv party should in the election secure more than one place for each Yl votes ea-t
iu ils favor, then that party shall be entitled to retain Ihe advantage so seeured.
S.. In all cases a major fraction of Yl-t shall constitute a unit of representation.
U. Nothing in this constitution shall b; so construed as to deprive any student of ihe
right to file as an indejiendent candidate.
A meeting of the newlv elected Student Council shall be called by the outgoing chair
man within len days afier the election day.
At Hie establishment of ihe Student Council the first meeting shall le (ailed by the
retiring president bo shall act as chairman of that meeting.
Al this meeting a president, vice president, secretary, and treasurer shall le elected.
and the organization of the Council perfected.
Article VII.
Vacancies in ihe Student Council sha1! be filled bv the faction whose representation is
decreased by the vacancy and from the college iu which the vacancy occurs. In case a va
cancy is created through the withdrawal or inability to serve of an indejK'ndent candidate,
the vacancy shall remain unfilled until the next regular election.
section 1. JMass meetings of the studeuts shall be cf Ilea bv the president of the Student
Council at the discretion of the Council or upon written request of fifty students of the uni
versity.
Section 2. Students may present any proiosal or grievance to the Council in writing
or in jiersou at any regular meeting.
Article VTII.
KfrtioTi 1, TIip Student Council shall rret u judicial? committee
known as the Student Council Jud'ciary Committee.
Section 2. The Student Council Judiciary Committee shall consist
namely:
(Continued on Patje 3.)
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of six
thai! be
meiiilei.
Italloting Will (ilimax Wrangle Covrriiifj Eiitirr Yr;ir
As to Wlirtlu-r or Not Students Should Have
I'ovwr lo Art on Own Problems.
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Vol
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l!y. president
ballnts tomi'ir
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By MARVIN SCHMID.
At a special election called by li'oiu rt K
student council, students will c;:t ihcil
the acceptance m- rejc-tioii '!' tli
iiii.' 1 ths will be opi n rum 'i in
ic students will make the ! eiM.ei.
The - lection v ill climax and del ii.iti ly settle the qic!nj'i
it wiicther fr nut students shall
have pcwei to act on problems di-
new council constitution.
! o'clock in the Temple
Sigma Delia ( hi to
Hold Meet Thursday
Members of Sigma Dc!ta
Chi will meet Thursday at 7:30
o'clock in The Daily Ncbrask?n
office. Officers for the coming
year will be elected, according
to Bill McCleery, president.
UNIVERSITY PARTY TO
redly concerning them, that fur
which mombeis of the council
have fought for nesily a year. The
council members have overcome
many severe te.-ts in makiug the
; constitution one which would meet
with the approval of various ho
clios tenui.Mte before its presenta
tion to the student !o'ly for their
decision."
Kelly Gives Message.
Followm? is a Ftatrment by
Robert Kelly, pre.-idcnt of the
council:
Cooling System and Motif
To Be Affected by
Surprise Plan.
KRAUSE BAND TO PLAY
"Hot dance in a cool place" will
be an expression appliable to the 1
I be an expression applicahi to the
I night at the colisei.ni. The heat ;
j will be furnished by Red Krause's .
orchestra. The coolness will come
1 from twentv-t.ve toas of ice which '
wiil be used in a cooling system
and which will also be employed in !
decoration. It is rumored that sur
prises of various sorts will be ,
frozen into some of the ornamental 1
cakes.
George Thomas is general chair- j
man in charge of the party with I
the assistance of the following I
commit' ee heads: Music. Viola
Butt; ehapcroncs. Caroline White j
and Jamesice Eourke: lights. J. !
J. Peterson: cooling svstem. IH-1- I
I phian Nash. The barb council dec- ,
tion, which will be held at aie
party that night, is in charge of j
Martin Klinger, Ernst Klinger. and i
Irving Watson. ;
J. A.
TO VESPERS TUESDAY!
"Jn oror to put our new
constitution into effect next
yr it is nf-ce.M-ary tbnt we
hol.J a .-pecial election to rati
fy it Thursday. I don't
know if any considerable op
position to this new p'an of
.-indent government but I
would like to see a representa
tive expression of student
opinion on the matter.
"1 urge every student who
beln ves in the value of extra
curricular activities and who
is interested in giving students
a larccr measure of control
over their vaiious group activ
ities to take the time and
trouble Thursday to cast a
ballot in favor of the new con
stitution. It is an expres.-ion
of school .-pjrit just as truly
as taking part in a football
rally even though it does not
stu up the emotional enthu
siasm of a i ally.
'The new constitution con
stitutes no radical departure
fiom our present system ex
cept that it will permit the
Student Council to develop
into a body of real potency.
The Council will have just as
much power a it cares to as
sume and is capable of exei
cising. "The polls will be open in
the Temple building from 9
a. m. until 0 p. m. Let's reg
ister a large vote."
Robert Kelly, president.
Student Council.
If
Effective At Once.
a majority of the students
! who tr-k to the polls tomorrow
cast their votes in favor of the
'Religion and the Economic he- constitute as drawn uP ty
n . . . c.u: -t ! a special constitutional committee
Order IS SUDieCt Of by Edwin Falkner. the
Inctriirtnr'c Talk 'student trovernmental code will
I I I U L I U L k U I J lb.i', -
go mio immediate t-ueci..
This in
turn will apply dirtily to the im
pending elections for cw tjipm-Ix-rs
of the student council snd
cause a complete rearrangement
of council positions.
Since support of thf new en-
"Religion and the Economic Od
der" was the subject of the Ves
pers address by James A. Cuneo
last evening. Mr. Cuneo is an in
structor in the department of eco
nomics in the university.
The purpose iIr- Cuneo talk jstitution has been jiledjed by pc
was to impress upon his listeneis : h'ii al factions and women voteis
that there is an actual t elation ex- it- passage is virtually assured,
isting between religion and the;King for membership on th
economic order of today. He staled j council, therefore, will be on the
that the new economic order we has.s as pr ivided in this iiew Mj
know is one that h?.s been built up I dent government code, according
from years of religious and eco-jto Robert Kelly, president of the
nomic living, one which has the : stuutxt council,
ejld ideals of We.-ley and the old Hopei For Succes.
teachings of Luther as a founda- ! Kdwin Faulkner, the dominating
tion. I power in the formation of the new
"The trouble with our world."
said Mr. Cuneo. "is not with the
vounger gene: tion but with tfie
constitution, said that in submit
ting the new code cf lnw to tn
student Ixidv. the council is taking
older people who haven't caught ! what it ho- will le the final
up with its young people. We are .-'-p in the establishment of a uht
laboring in a mac hiije age in which Jul and workable representative
the young generation are driving i bdy.
aeroplane while the preachers j "Although ILe new constitution
and the older people are still rid- is a con.posilt of many point of
ing bicycles." view and doe- not represent a
Dorothy Douglas, at companied n.ate rial a c hange in the exiting
by Mildred Mayborn. played a vie-' arrarigement of things an ome
lin solo, a composition of Ethelbert i hoj.e(j to see made, it does never
Nevin. The meeting was Jed by Itheless set up a council which will
Vivian Hildreth4! be representative in membership
(Continued on Page 3.
Soj'lioinorr Oimiiii ion 1
lo Kiileriain .Nen- (rrou(
The i-ophonnore commission will
entertain the newly chosen group
8t its annual picnic to be held
Thursday at Ag college. Girls are
requested to meet at Ellen Smith
hall at 5:30. where transportation
will be provided. Berenicce Hoff
man, who will have charge, has
been leader for the past year, while
Dorothy Ciifford will serve as
leader for next vear.
Campus Calendar
Wedoediy. May li.
Sigma Eta Chi initiition. Vine
Congregational church, 6:30. ,
Stujeut council. U hall 111, 5.
A, W. S. council meeting at 12 !
o'clock in Ellen Smith hall.
Thursday, May 14. j
Special student election to ratify I
student council constitution. Tern- ,
pie. 9 to 5.
Uaaa njeelir" r lass reiiie
Lee Holt at 4 o'clc.- in Ellen !
Smith hall. !
Mass meeting of all big sisters 1
in Ellen Smith hall at D o'clock, i
Jhristian Science organization '
meets 7:30, room 2'J", Temple
I'uhlivalion Hoard
Seeks Applicants
To Staff Positions
Applications for appoint
ment for the following posi
tions on the student publica
tions will be received toy the
Student Publication board un
til 5 o'clock Thursday, May 14:
The Daily Nebraskan.
Editor-in-chief
Two managing editors
Four news editors
Sports editor
Woman's editor
Business manager
Three assistant business
managers.
The Cornhusker.
Editor
Two managing editor
Business manager
Two assistant business man
agers. The Awgwan.
Editor
Business manager.
Application blanka may be
obtained at the office ' the
school of Journalism, Univer
sity hall 104. Material already
on file need not be duplicated.
John K. Selleck, Secretary.
Student Publication Board.
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