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Official Student Newspaper of the University of Nebraska
VOL. XXX NO. 147.
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA. FRIDAY, MAY 15. 1931.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
TUDENT
ACK CONSTITUTION
D
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SILL NUMBER
OFFILINGSCAUSES
III EXTENSION
Walker Permits Deadline To
Extend To Noon Next
Saturday.
HOPES MORE WILL FILE
Business Side Of Nebraskan
Especially Short On
Applications.
r t ia. it of sufficient turn
bers of applicants to give a wide
range for selection in many in
stances, the time for applying for
positions on The uany ixeDras.nn,
i-wnhiiRker. and Awsrwan has
been extended from yesterday un
iii n-iirriov noon, it was an
nounced last night by Prof. Gayle
C. Walker, director ot me scnooi
of journalism and chairman of the
Student Publications coara.
Twenty-nine students yesterday
applied for staff positions on The
raiiv Nebrr.skan. eleven are
fought Cornhusker posts, and
three sought 10 serve on me aw
kwan .according to figures re
leased. Two seek appointment as edi
tor of The Daily Nebraskan, while
thren havp nnnlied for managing
editorships. Two will be appointed.
Fiftcsn news editors are seening
the four positions open. Two have
applied for women's editor, and
three for sports editor.
Only one student applied for the
business managership of The Daily
Nebraskan, and only two seek ap
pointment to the position of assis
tant business manager, while four
are needed. -
As In the case of The Daily Ne
braskan, only one student is
seeking appointment as business
manager of the Cornhusker. Three
seek the two managing editor
ships.1 Five have applied for as
ir.tant. business managerships. Two
are seeking the editorship of the
publication.
One" student tendered an appli
cation' for the editorship of the
Awgwan, humor publication, and
two applied for the business man
agership. Professor Walker said last eve
ning that appointments would be
made for The Daily Nebraskan
staff the last week in May. He
declared that the board will hold
a separate meeting to consider
Awgwan and Cornhusker applica
tions. This meeting will probably
be held the first week in June.
Kelly Calls for
Applications in the
Spring Vote Race
Filings will be received at
the student activities office un
til 5 p. m. Today for the fol
lowing offices:
STUDENT COUNCIL.
Two senior men-at-large.
Two senior women-at-large.
Two junior men from the
colleges of arts and sciences,
engineering.
One Junior man from the
college of agriculture, law,
pharmacy business administra
tion, teachers, dentistry.
Three junior women from
the 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
business administration.
One man or woman from
the graduate college.
PUBLICATION BOARD.
One sophomore member.
One Junior member.
One senior member.
Cradle Rocking Hand Is No More,
Miss Holt Tells Vespers; Women
Must Set Own Social Standards
BY IRMA RANDALL.
"No longer is it the hand that rocks the cradle that rules
the world. You and I don't intend to rock cradles. Nellie Lee
Holt, director of religious education at Stephens college, Lolum.
bia, Mo., told the Vespers group Thursday afternoon at bllen
Smith hall. "Nowadays the hand that strains the spinach juice
and oranges has tremendous power.
xoaay young men oi rony-nve
die of high blood pressure, because
they have lived hard. They have
driven themselves, not for their
own gain, but 80 that they may
indulge the American women," she
continued.
"What is demanded of the wo
man in return? Modern . society
demands that she set the stan
dards, and that she. hold them
high. In the past twenty-five
years, and in the next fifty years,
woman will be the center, the nu
cleus, of all calm, intellectual ad
vancement" A Special Problem.
"The university woman has one
special problem to meet," ex
plained Miss Holt. "For example,
a native of a small town was asked
where the university of his state
was located. If you want to go
there,, take a train to Hell,' he an
AG GROUP PLANS PICNIC
Block and Bridle Club Will
Hold Annual Event at
Shrine Grounds.
Nearly 150 people are expected
to attend the annual Block and
Bridle club picnic given at the
Shrine club playgrounds Saturday
evening, according to Gordon Nue
renberger, club president The
Bloc kand Bridle club is composed
of students majoring or interested
in animal husbandry on the college
of agriculture campus.
Plans for the picnic call for the
couples to gather at the play
grounds at 4 o'clock Saturday aft
ernoon. They will play games and
then be served refreshments. Lat
er in the evening the picnickers
will go to the student activities
building on the college of agricul
ture campus for a dance. The Lin
coln syncopators are to play.
Gordon Nuerenberger is presi
dent of the Block and Bridle club.
Fred'Seifer and Floyd Hedlund ar
ranged for the orchestra while
Fred Meredith is looking after the
refreshments.
II LANDSCAPING
WILL NOT BE RUSHED
Completion In Time For
A.A.U. Meet Might Do
Harm Says Ramsay.
SETTLING OFJJIRT SLOW
Wuik on the stadium Improve
ment project will probably not be
rushed to enable completion for
the A. A. U. meet to be held here
in July, according to Ray Ramus y,
alumni association secretary. Oper
ations are now almost at a stand
still owing to the necessity of al
lowing the dirt, which is being put
in now, to settle.
Contractors for the project ex
press the opinion that the founda
tion dirt will probably not be ready
for the resumption of operations
until the middle of the summer.
Unless sufficient time is allowed
for settling, there is danger of the
concrete cracking and the sod be
ing ruined, contractors say.
Not justified.
"I do not believe there is suffi
cient justification for hurrying the
work to make it ready for the A.
A. U. meet," Ramsay stated, "and
in so doing running the risk of
permanent damage to the subsoil."
Thirty days is tne minimum re
quirement for settling in the con
tractors' opinion.
Shrubs will be .planted, concrete
in, and the work completely land
scaped in plenty of time for the
opening of school next fall. "Com-
pieuon oy mat unit io ,cn.o,
Ramsay said, "ana wncn ine siu'
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THETA CHI BANQUET
Dr. Irving S. Cutter Speaks
At Homecoming Event
Of Fraternity.
Ahont slxtv members of Alpha
Theta Chi attended the annual
homecoming banquet of the fra
ternity held at the Cornhusker
hotel last evening. Dr. Irving
Samuel Cutter, dean or me meui
cal college at Northwestern uni
versity was the leading speaker,
having come from Chicago to
give the address, ur. uner, u.
graduate of Nebraska in 1898 is
an hnnnrarv member of Inno
cents, was later dean of the Ne
braska Medical scnooi at umana,
and is listed in Who's Who.
Amnnff other speakers were
included Victor Smith, vice presi
dent of the umana national
b-nk, who was editor of the
Daily Nebraskan in 1912; and
(Continued on rage o.i
swered, 'Get off at the next to last
stop. You'll be there." Public
opinion does not think that the
student means business. He is not
independent. Consider what a hold
the fads for a certai length of
skirts of a certain kind of glove,
got on the campus. So it is with
the fads for cocktail parties. Keep
your own standards," she urged.
"Do not make the fashions of the
college lower than your own
ideals."
Four years of college experience
are. not the best years of life, ac
cording to Miss Holt. "Perhaps
the fast life that the college per
son leads Is due to the often heard
admonition, 'Get the most you can
out of those four precious years.
Thev are the best you will ever
have.' This is not so. Why, adult
education can be continued to the
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SIXTY ATTEND ALPHA
BARBS TO ELECT
COUNCIL IN AT
PARTYSATURDAY
Next Year Members Will Be
Chosen At Last Fete
Of Season.
BALLOTS GIVEN AT DOOR
Delay In Eligibility Check
Bars Publication Of
Candidates' Names.
Election of members of next
year's Barb Council will be held
Saturday evening at .the last All
University party sponsored by the
Council this year. Nominations,
which have been made, are being
withheld from publication because
the checking of the eligibility of
nominees has been delayed.
The newly elected Council will
have as its chief function the
planning and direction of All Uni
versity parties next year. The
Council is also the nucleus of ac
tivity for non-fraternity students.
Those who attend at the party
Saturday night will be checked s.3
tbey enter and all barb students
will be given ballots. The ballots
will be counted by two members o!
the present Council supervised by
a member of the faculty. An
nouncement of the results of the
election will be made some time
during the evening.
Cards Cause Delay.
The delay in checking the elig
ibility of candidates arose from a
misunderstanding regarding a rul
ing recently made by the Student
council to the effect that before
the registrar's office gives out a
statement of student's scholastic
records, the identification card of
each student so checked must be
in the registrars hands. The pur
pose of the ruling is to protect
students' records unless an indica
tion is given that the student him
self desires to have his record
given out. Because of this delay,
the Daily Nebraekan will probably
not be able to publish the names of
nominees for the Barb council be
fore the election.
N CLUB BANQUET IS
STAGED IN COLISEUM
Visiting High School Lads
To Be Guided About
By Letter Men.
Fifty besweatered "N" men
gathered in the coliseum Wednes
day night for dinner and business
rpnrprinir about the Nebraska in-
teracholastic hie-h track meet that
convenes at Memorial field Friday
and Saturday.
After fortifying their stomachs
with substantial Quantities of food
the Husker athletes adjourned to
the "N" club rooms. Here Hero
Gish spoke on the esteem in which
high school lads hold the great
"N's" that indicate varsity ath
letic proficiency for the wearer
and the aid that Cornhusker
snnrtsmen should proffer the visit
ing strangers in finding their way
about and in conducting, the meets.
Coach Schulte explained some or
the rules that must be observed
during the track competition and
urged Nebraska men io De ai meir
best to show the visitors that the
university really is a great school.
Plan "N ciuo picnic.
Amir! instv cheers Huffh Rhea
conducted the business of setting a
date for the annual "N" club pic
nic. With little difficulty it was
rtoridpd that Horkv's park at Crete
was the ideal spot for a gathering
on Sunday. May 24, after the Big
Six track meet.
A combination entertainment
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HOW TO USE CASH
TO BE DISCUSSION
AT BAPTIST MEET
"Mnnev and How it May be
Used," will be the topic for dis
niiaainn Kundav evenin? at the B.
Y. P. U. service of the First Bap
tist church, Fourteenth ana n.
K streets. Miss Averyl Mocrort
will nresent fl. hudfi-et to the ETOUD
which will be arranged especially
for tne neeas or a university blu
ripnt Misses Marlorie Compton
and Theodocla Summers will sing.
At o:S0 the sunaay social nour
will be held. The Devotional Life
commission is in charge. Installa
tion nf nffirers for the coming:
year will take place at the 12
o'clock university siuaeni ciass. a
special vocal duet by Misses
Madge McNees and Marie Olson
will complete the program. After
this service pictures of the class
will be taken.
Friday.
La Soiree Francaise, 7:20, El
len Smith hall.
Saturday.
Social dancing class, 7 to 8:30,
Grant Memorial halL,
Gampus Calendar
Sigma Delta Chi Head
v. ; mt
CourleKy of The Journal.
William MeGaffin, Polk, was
elected president of Sigma Delta
Chi, professional journalism fra
ternity, for next year at a meet
ing of the group last night. Mc
Gaffin is a junior in the school of
journalism, managing editor of the
Daily Nebraskan and member of
Sigma Nu fraternity.
JOURNALISTS ELECT
Wolf, Allaway, Round, Are
. Other Sigma Delta
Chi Officers.
HH0P0SE HALL OF FAME
William Mpflnffin Polk iunior
journalism student, was elected
loot nio-ht in hpnrl Sip-ma Delta
Chi, professional journalism fra
ternity, lor next, year uiner m
flrprs named were Art Wolf. Ed
gar, vice president; Howard Alla
way, Homer, secretary; vjeuige
Round, Ord, treasurer.
Plans for next year's activities
of the organization were discussed.
Simnnrt nf thp Awewan. rein
stated this year by the publica
tions board on petition oi oigiim
Delta Chi, sponsor of the publica
tion, was urged by Gayle C.
Walker, adviser of the group.
Arrangements for the organiza
tion tn tnkp on nrtive nart in the
annual meeting of high school
journalists next fall, were dis-
.nc-cpH Prnnnsal WHS made fOT
establishment of a hall of fame of
prominent Nebraska newspaper
men thru their election to honor
ary membership in Sigma Delta
Chi was made. Action of the hall
of fame will be begun this spring.
Retiring officers of Sigma Delta
Chi were William T. McCleery,
president; Robert Kelly, vice presi
dent; Edgar Backus, secretary;
Maurice Akin, treasurer.
T
Traces Modern Newspaper
Development At Alumni
Meeting.
Members of the active chapter
of Theta Sigma Phi, honorary
journalism fraternity for women,
met Wednesday evening with the
alumnae chapter for a literary
meeting.
The speaker of the evening was
Dr. Archimede Marni, professor
of romance languages at the Uni
versity of Nebraska, who told of
the development of the modern
newspaper from its beginnings,
with emphasis on the period of the
French revolution.
The affair was held at the home
of Mrs. Richard Wood, in the Am
bassador apartments.
Th two organizations are plan
ning a picnic which will be held
Tuesday of next week at the
Shrine country ciud.
The Inquiring
Reporter
Kvfry day tut will auk five pcrnonn
plrkfd at random nonip nulln of
current lutrmt. Tim tluralliin;
"What do you think of the new
student constitution?"
Robert Kelly, president of the
student council and member of the
Innocents society "The new
student constitution is a good
thing. It gives the student coun
cil more power anil the unification
of activities, and if operated prop
erly will result In a better condi
tion for activities. It lr. bout to
give students self discipline for
their own training."
Jack Erickson, a sophomore in
the school of Journalism and a
member of Sigma Delta Chi "It In
a decided improvement over the
old one. It amounts to a virtual
vote of confidence to the tuilrnt
body by the faculty. If adminis
tered properly it will mark th
beginning of a new era In ntuilent
government on the campua."
Edmonds, a Junior In th tow
college and a member of th In
nocent society, "It la a trp n the
right direction. The canipun ha
been for a nrg time ovrr-orgnn-Ized,
too many bodlm hv as
sumed the directing of (annum itf
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f
OURNALiSTS
CANDIDATES WIL
FILE TODAY FOR
Identification Cards Must
Be Presented With
Applications.
ELIGIBILITIES CHECKED
No Delinquencies, Averages
Of 75 Are Scholastic
Requisites.
BY THE OBSERVER.
Today is filing day for political
factions and women candidates.
Before this evening all nominees
for Student council and publica
tion board positions will have been
filed at the student activities of
fice to have eligibilities checked.
Under present rulings the elegibili
ty standards may automatically
weed out a few of the candidates.
Faction leaders found yesterday
that it was necessary to present
the identification cards of their
respective candidates at the regis-'
trar's office if they wished to get
a line on scholastic standings be
fore formal filings take place to
day. This requirement is due to a
mix up of a year or two ago, when
some candidates were filed who
did not wish to have their name on
the hnllnt Tn othpr words, thpy
were made the puppets in a politi
cal trick and in order to prevent a
reoccurence of such a happening,
arrangements were made by Presi
dent Kelly.
Council Rules.
Council eligibility rulings have
been interpreted by President Kel
ly to mean that regular university
scholastic rulings shall apply pro
vided the candidate have a schol
astic average of at least seventy
five percent aand that there shall
be no standing delinquincies. This
means that a candidate shall have
no incomplete or conditioned hours
which are hanging over after the
close of a previous semester of
university work.
Announcements of the council
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T
Prominent Texas Educator
Asks Students To
'Carry On.'
With the death of Dr. Samuel
Palmer Brooks, Waco, Tex., presi
dent of Baylor university, the state
lost its foremost educator and
Baptist denominational leader. Di.
Brooks died at the Central Texas
Baptist sanitarium early yestet
day, according to word received
here.
The doctor's family, a school
mate of his youth, and a Baylor
official were with him when he
died. Dr. Brooks lapsed into a
coma and never rallied.
When on May 2 the doctor was
sure that he had but a few weeks
at most to live, he sent this mes
sage to his students attending
Baylor:
"My only regret in going is that
I shall never be able to stand be
fore a student body again. Carry
on."
Dr. Brooks in stating that he
would leave no work unfinished
failed, when he set about in the
face of excruciating pain penning
his signature 429 times. 'I'll not
disappoint my students," he said.
The professor, known to his
students and faculty in informal
conversation as Prexy, faced death
with the same courage that he ex
ercised in fighting the storms of
poverty, evolutionary debates,
often the antagonism of his own
brotherhood for Baylor, and for
nearly three decades resisting the
ravages of cancer.
LNION LITERARY
SOCIETY TO GIVE
PROGRAM TONIGHT
The Union Literary society an
nounces its annual "Follies" pro
gram which will be given tonight
In room 304 of the Temple build
ing. "Follies" is an entertainment
arranged in honor of the Palladian
and Delain Literary societies who
are the special guests of the Union
society.
A varied program commencing
at 9:00 o'clock will be given. This
will be followed by games and re
freshments. The program is in
charge of Ingeborg Nielsen and re
freshments are in charge of Ruth
John. The public Is cordially in
vited to attend this me.'ing.
The following Is the program
which will be presented: Group
singing; violin solos, Marguerite
Wright; vocal solos, Cora Page;
dnnces; Illustrated lecture, "Eu
rope," Dr. Pool; reading. Mildred
Putney.
Sigma Upsilon Will
Mori At Tckc House
Sigma Upailon. literary society,
will mert Sunday. May 17, at the
Tau Kappa Epsllon house, 315
North Fourteenth street, at 7
o'rlork form members; at 8:15 for
gurats.
STUDENT
OFFICES
ENDORSE INCREASE
OF STUDENT POWER
Of 319 Votes Cast, Only Eight Oppose Document;
Small Turnout At Polls Attributed To Fact
Students Took Adoption For Granted.
COUNCIL HEADS GRATIFIED BY RATIFICATION
(.'ode (ivcs Governing Body Authority Over Activities,
General Independence In Administration;
Men, Women Equally Represented.
DiimiiiNtnitiiiK their faith in the new constitution for the
student council, students yesterday approved the document t a
special election by a large majority.
Of the IM!) votes east at the balloting, 341 students regis
tered their approval, while only eight opposed the new student,
government code. The small vote is attributed to the fact that
STEWART WILL LEAD
IN IN LAND ST
Member of Ag Faculty Has
Charge of Bankers
And Managers.
TOUR IS MAY 19 TO
20
Mortgage bankers and man
agers of repossessed land will
study soils, land values, and farm
management May 19 and 20 under
the direction of faculty of the Uni
versity of Nebraska. According to
the program arranged by P. H.
Stewart of the agricultural college,
the party is to leave Nbrfolk on
the morning of the nineteenth and
spend the entire day in a tour
north and west from Norfolk. Sev
eral talks and discussions are
scheduled the second day.
The land valuation and manage
ment short course is held annually
under the auspices of the depart
ment of agronomy at the agricul
tural college and the conservation
and survey division under the di
rection of Dr. George E. Condra.
Each man who takes the two day
course pays his own expenses.
There are no other fees.
Five definite stops are on the
program which Mr. Stewart has
arranged. The first one is on a
farm which is well managed, the
second one on a poor farm which
is part sandy, and partly cut up
by a creek, and the third stop on
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AG STUDOTSPlfPARE
FOR PICNIC GATHERING
Will Assemble In Campus
Grove; Baseball Game
To Be Feature.
Final preparations for the annual
agricultural college picnic being
held Friday evening were com
pleted last evening, according to
Fred Siefer. president of the ag
club. The home economics and ag
clubs are sponsoring the annual
get-together of all students in the
college.
Students in the college ate to
gather in the grove of trees west
of ag hall at six o'clock. There
they will play games and be served
refreshments'. Kenneth Heed, David
Bengston and Arthur Kozelka have
been acting as a committee from
the ag club in cooperating with
the home efonomics organization
in making plens for the evening.
A baseball game will be one of the
features of the evening.
The Persian orchestra is sched
uled to play for the annual dance
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Lorenz Kay, Ag Student, Tells Of
Identifying Lee As One Of Bandits
Who Looted Lincoln Bank Last Fall
BY GEORGE ROUND.
Ilaiidils may be tough babies to most people but they act
tn Lnrrmz KflV. iunior in the
college of agriculture. Kay was one of the many Lincoln people
who iourneved to Chicago recently to identify the men held
- . . . . v - . 11 1 - 1. . f ln..f
in connection with the Lincoln .-aiionai uaiiK roouei ui i
fall. He returned Thursday noon.
RpponntinE' his experiences in
rhirae-o while identifying: the
gangsters, Kay said ne was cer
tain that Howard Lee was a mem
ber of the gang that obbed the
I. nrn n hank last fall. Physical
characteristics made him certain
bf Lee's identification.
Kay happened to be sauntering
past the bank that fatal day when
the bank was roDoea. naving
i-ao-iatorori at srhool. he had fin
ished eating breakfast and stopped
on the corner io resi. ai onto
enmnnn. ahmntlv nunched him in
the ribs and commanded him to
move on. Kay did but just as ne
got to the door H passing to the
west, the gangsters " ith their loot
came out of the bank.
Threatened by Lee.
Kay turned around to look at
the head man, who he believes
was Lee. It was then that the
intruder told Kay to keep moving.
majoruy approval was conceded
from the beginning.
Robert Kelly, president of th
council which has worked long and
hard for the adoption of the new
organ for increased student gov
eminent power, expressed a i a
gratification at the passage, and
the hope that the future held a new
era of power for student adminis
tration. Kelly Pleated.
"The constitution," Kelly said,
"gives a larger measure of con
trol over student group activities,
and is a step forward which has
cost ..ludi labor. 1 am glad to
know that the council has the con
fidence of the student body."
The potential increased power
which the new constitution assures
makes possible the development of
the council into a body more truly
independent and representative.
The body will have just as much
power as it is capable of exercis
ing and cares to assume.
Edwin Faulkner, chairman of
the special constitution committee,
which formed the document, also
expressed his gratification at the
action of the students and the evi
dence of their faith in the council
as evidenced by election results. '
"I feel," Faulkner averred, "that
this expression of student approval
will do much to initiate a new spir
it in student government at the
university, inasmuch as the new
constitution no longer leaves in
doubt the limits of the council's
power, and the students by approv
ing the document have expressed a
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Birds Without Any
Feathers Too Young
To Flock Together
By THE NATURALIST.
"Cheep! Cheep!", chirped some
thing overhead. Instinctively I
ducked. When I regained control
of my faculties I drew up a ladder,
ascended and peered into the cor
ner formed by the rafters and the
roof. My groping fingers found
what they sought and ruthlessly I
tore the nest from the rest and
hurled it to the ground.
Two pitifully naked bodies lay
upon the floor. Their mouths
stretched wide, their eyes tightly
closed. What emotion was causing
their hearts to palpitate so quickly
I do not know. Compassion con
quered my desire for annihilation.
I changed from the brute with the
killer instinct into a tender human
being.
Gently I lilted their struggling
bodies, carefully I ascended the
ladder, softly I laid the baby birds
in what was left of their feathered
nest. The mother sparrow, whn
had been frantically darting about
the garage, alighted upon a rafter
and eyed me soulfully. "You're a
mother," I said, "and Sunday was
Mother's Day."
Humbly I descended the ladder,
regretting the impulse that had led
mc to be the fiend of fiends the
homo wrecker. After all, people,
two birds in the nest are worth one
overhead.
After appearing in Chicago with
tha roof nf t hn numerous Nebraska
witnesses, Kay said he was certain
Lee was r.is man. ine man at me
T Inmln hank rohberv Whom KaV
saw did not wear a mask and so .
he was able to see his race wen.
The man twitched his face in the
same fashion as Lee. He was of
the same build.
Describing the show-up for tha
witnesses, the college of agricul
ture student says the prisoner
were paraded before the group on
a small stage. Footlights at the
bottom of the stage and lights at
the top blinded the gangsters from
lnr tha nnlnnkara Above each
man was a number and his height
automatically measured.
The mn were made to stand in
different positions and take off
their coats so the witnesses would
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