TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 17. 1 9.11 . wo THE DAILY NEBRASKAN i 1 The Daily Nebraskan Station A. Lincoln, Nabruka OFFICIAL STUDENT PUBLICATION UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA PubllihJd Tuesday, Wadnasday, Thuraday, Friday and Sunday morninoa during tha aeadtmle year. THIRTY- FIRST YEAR. Entered aa aecond-elau matter at tha poatoffice In Lincoln, Ncbraaka, undar act of congreea. Maroh S, 1S7t, rnd at (pedal lata of pontage provided for In taction 1I0S act of October 3, 1917, authorized January 20, 1122 Undar direction of the Student Publication Board SUBSCRIPTION RATE ?8 year Single Copy I cent $1.29 a aemotter $.1 a year mailed 11.75 aemeatar mailed Editorial Off Ice Univaralty Hall 4. fliiaineaa Off lee tlnlverelty Hall 4A. Telephones Day I B-MJl! Night; B-SU2, B-3313 (Journal) Ask for Nebraakan editor. TMa lr la noiaaeatej far inml adrertlelaa by Tke Neeeuaa tnm Asmlatloa. EDITORIAL STAFF Marvin Von Seogern Editor-in-chief MANAQINO EDITORS Evelyn Slmpion Art Wolf Nawa Edltora Howard Allaway Jack Erlekaon Liurence Hall Joe Miller Murlin Socnear Sporta Editor Bsrenlece Hoffman Woman' Editor BUSINESS STAFF Jack Thompaon Business Manager Aaaiatant Bualneaa Managera Norman Calleher Carlyle Sorenaan Barnard Jannlnga How About TAie Dnrmifnrnl The announcement that the university will receive bids for the construction of a dormi tory, the first one to he built on this campus, conies as the result of much investigation on the part of those who want the dormitory, and it comes also in spite of the fact that a good many people oppose the move. Last year there Mas considerable agitation over the matter when the university tried to get an appropria tion! from the state. The financial arrangements for the first unit of the project have now been settled, but the criticism and comments have by no means sub sided. Those who advocate that the state should undertake construction work to provide jobs for the unemployed, will, no doubt, ap prove of the project. And those who think that the university should have dormitories for girls nrc rejoicing that the dormitories will soon be built. ;A note of dissent, bowever, appears in the Morning Mail, wherein it is charged that the dormitory will deprive landladies of their only soatrce of income. I. "V. claims that any good this undertaking will do in regard to providing jobs and creating prosperity will be nullified by. the fact that a large number of rooming houses will be vacated and their proprietors le& flat. There is a grain of truth in this considera tion of the matter, for it cannot be denied that ;i dormitory will to some extent cut down on ill1 number of roomers that landladies will house. But the landladies will not be the only oiis to suffer. They will not lose as many roomers as the dormitory gains. Sororities will also lose their share of girls. But this view of the matter is not the one iliat the university administration has taken. The administration has in mind a residence for out-of-town girls that will provide all modern conveniences and be an aid to finer living and nobler thinking. Considerable study has been aiven to the design, methods of operation and success of dormitories in other schools, and, n ft or much of this investigation, it was deemed advisable to build a girls dormitory at this university. Sororities will not approve of this new com petition, nor will landladies. But we should also keep in mind the fact that the university must provide adequate Tooms near the campus for girl students and must help the student in every way possible to live comfortably, amid uplifting surroundings. The university mus't see that its purpose is fulfilled, and the forlorn landladies will have to be taken care of some other waj. Headline Cancer cells are called racketeers in human system. Ve just knew that darn stuff would get into our system. The Super Education, One of the professional "educators" has just been among us and has left behind him a chorus of high praise. One of the echoes, Pang Joss, had this to say in yesterday's Morning Mail. "In one striking metaphor Dean Hag gerty characterized the contrast between mod ern education and the highflown and imprac tical theories of other days. He said, 'A room ful of white mice is of more importance to modern education than all your philoso phers.' ' Sometimes it strikes us that the resulis achieved by "modern education," particularly by that part of it which is firm in the grasp of the "educators," the elementary schools, bear out the literal truth of the Minnesota dean 's metaphor. One wonders whether teach ers don't actually know more about "white mice" than about anything else. Certainly they often betray "abysmal ignorance" of the sub jects which they struggle to teach. Notwith standing the training they get in up-to-date technique of teaching, they fail dismally when lley attempt to teach. "Witness, for example, tic number of freshmen who come to the uni wrsity every year without even a rudimentary knowledge of English grammar, or even of unfiling, altho "modem education" has had its way with Ihem in these subjects for twelve .f ars. Before anything can be done with them m the university it becomes necessary for the Tuglish department to stop and mark time teaching ten-year-old subjects. If the common school teacher cannot even manage such pri mary subjects successfully, how much more inefficiently they must teach all the other sub jects in the curriculum. - Cod forbid the modern educator should ever eltnquer the university with their statistical rjorrors and their "white mice" methods. Let them straighten out first the muddle into which their misdirected enthusiasm for "scien tific method" has plunged the rest of the sys tem. And God forbid, Pan gloss, that the time will eome when "they will be able to condition accurately the future of ever)' child that comes under their hand." Then we shall all be whit mice, and blind ones at that. EPISODES By Oliver DeWolf A Change in The Public' t Taste. The recent Al Capone triof in Chicago lent n new aspect to the gang situation in that city, Judge Wilkerson making it known that the scrir-faced gentleman from Sicily was nothing moro or less than another case to him. His sentence indicated that lie held no fear of the gangster's power. The trial also brought an other new angle to the day's news. The Chi cago Evening Post after a comprehensive survey of its renders played the Cnpone trial "down" in its news columns. Capone' trial was deflated considerably and the paper allotted it but two columns a tiny while other papers were playing it up with from fourteen to eighteen columns daily. Pub lisher K. Ij. Ames, jr., believed Post renders did not want long accounts of legal skirmishes, the color of Capone 's neckties, the size of his bodyguard, and the numerous other "human interest" angles. He suggested n canvass of readers. i Letters, messages, telephone calls, mid per-! sonal talks all indicated overwhelmingly that j the Ccpone trial should be cut down, some , v,r.. gumir .w u. ... Buggm Ji " j WhiJe commenting on the visit Of out altogether. The Post gave it a top heiul ( nmo Grandl. it is not difficult to on page one and a runover of n column on the j recall that President Hoover had a very interesting mue conversa tion with Premier Ramsay Mac Donald of Great Britain on the bank3 of the Rapidan concerning navies. Not so long ago Premier Laval, of France, felt the urge to have a friendly chat with Mr. Hoover, so he immediately hopped on a boat, and in company with his daughter, paid Mr. Hoover A visit. Everything was peaceful until one Senator Borah, of Idaho, entered into the conversation dur- L I F And then there was tho mother who wrote a note to the county nure explaining that it would be Impossible to give her young son a inuch-Becded bath until the sauerkraut barrel was empty! o Dino Grandl, so the story goes, tossed a coin into the historic Po tomac river to be sure that he would come bacl: to Washington. The coin throwing nay be an old Spanish custom, but nevertheless, Gianrii is back, and how! Dino .11 1 n. I n 1 1. 1 a ii V. ll.lu uinimi, auiciku ujiiiiriut ui .wji ..1 ... s 104, ... ZtZU't .7erodf 'tbJSrT? S iwi, D? Webb .served aa m". diplomats at the "Ke of thirty-five, Yachow. Szech-uan nro- Manchurian Crisis to Be Reviewed by Chinese Missionary. From the fund of his own ex periences in China, Dr. Antin H. Webb will discuss the Manchurian crisis at World Forum luncheon Wednesday noon at the Grand ho- CAMPUS CALENDAR l i vlsitinnr ths United States to dls cuss international problems with President Hoover. The customary New York hospitality to distin guished foreign visitors greeted him despite a thick pea-soup fog that settled on that city. The en tiro world is looking forward to the young fascist's conversation with President Hoover, and not without Just cause. inside. The only art work used was n scene in the courtroom on the day the verdict was given. The verdict also merited the only eight column streamer of the trial. Along with this plan the Post has adopted the policy of placing all routine accident, crime and divorce news in the column called, "City News Briefs." All this news is being cut to one paragraph. The realization that the reading public in the tnitea Mates is no longer interested in news lng. a iittie party at the home of of the. criminal gangs is odd. indeed, and has j Secretary of State Stimson. The been a long time coming. Now, however, that I tesuli was that Mr. Borah dis- the lead has been taken other naDers will nrob- Pensed w,th the services of the in xrie una nas recn Taken, owur papers iun proo t?n,reter and tod Monflieur Lavai a few things about Europe that weren't exactly to the French man's taste. The same Mr. Borau also had occasion to swap a few adjectives with the Polish ambas sador about the subject of the Polish corridor, but everyone went home feeling happy. Now we have Signor Grandi's little visit, results unknown. One wonders what mag netic attraction' Mr. Hoover has, that draws all these distinguished foreign visitors to our shores. There is a new drug, but it prob ably isn't on the market. It is called sodium amytal, and it pos sesses that marvelous power that makes people tell secrets. Under the effect of a small dose of this drug, a person is unable to. refuse plans for girls' dormitories were complete. The i mogt Intimate matters. Aside from using it on co-eds, one wonders if County Attorney Max Towle would n't like to try a little of this drug on Gus Winkler! Sidelights: Japan and China are still carrying on their little war in Manchuria. ... It is estimated that sionary in Yachow, Szach'uan pro vince, China. Dr. Webb, who was sent to China by the American Baptist board, will explain the background, and some of the events leading up to the situation in Manchuria to day. He will also offer suggestions as to possible solutions for the In ternational differences represented in the dispute now in progress. Tickets for the luncheon are on sale today In Social Science build ing from 9 until 1 o'clock, in the Y. M. C. A. offices, or in Ellen Smith hall immediately preceding Tuesday. All-University con vocation, Temple theater, 11 o'clock a. m. University Players, Temple the ater, 7:30 p. m. Vc3por service, Ellen Smith hall, 5 p. m. Disarmament comimttee, Tem ple cafeteria, 6 p. m. Sigma Eta Chi meeting, Ellen Smith hall. 7 p. mi Wednesday. University flayers, Tempi tha- ater, 7:30 p. m. A. W. S. board meeting, Ellen Smith hall, 5 p. m. Lutheran Bible league, Bible class, Temple 205, 7 p. m. Freshman council, Temple theater, 11 a. m. Pre-medic banquet, C p, m. at Grand hotel. Thursday. Economics round table, Social Science building 105, 7:30 p. m. W. A. A. executive council meet ing, Armory. 12 o'clock. Outing club hike, Armory, 8:30 p. m. University Players, Temple the ater, 7:30 p. m. A. W. Si freshman activities group meeting, Ellen Smith hall, ablv follow in rapid order and the day may soon arrive when the "big-shot-at" of gang land can be "taken for a ride." with never a ripple on the surface of the front page waters. As long as cigarets are known as coffin nails, it Mould be a lot more appropriate to have undertakers on the cigaret ads' instead of doctors. MORNING MAIL and following Vespers services at 5 o'clock. If purchased todav. the i 5 p. m. price Is twenty-five cents. They Friday. are available at the door Wcdnes-, University Players, Temple the- day for thirty-five cents. ater, 7:30 p. m. ENGLISH COMEDY " OF STAGE OPENS WEEK IN TEMPLE (Continued from Page 1.) which the action of the play cen ters. The period is . somewhere in the early sixties, and some very pretty costumes are worn. The plot Is concerned with the love affair of an actress at the "Wells" theater in London and the grandson of the vice-chancellor. The match is broken but the thea ter finally brings the lovers to gether again for a happy endiDg. "Trelawny of the Wells' will be shown throughout the week at tne j Temple theater, closing Saturday evening. , dishes to be included are frukt soppa, kottbullor, potat'n, bruna bonor, salad, ragbrod, knackebrod, smor, rodbetor, ostkoka, and koffe. Tickets are being sold by active as well as alumnae members of Theta Sigma Phi, with Rosaline Pizer In charge. The tickets are on sale also in the office of the School of Journalism for $1.00. Miss Frances Holyoke and Miss Norma Carpender are in Joint charge of the dinner. ISSUE OF BLUE Pi; WILL APPEAR FRIDAY Review of 1 'Stroboglovv' by Babls Will Feature Number. Tho November issue of the Bluo Print, which will be ready for (lis- trlbution Friday, . will contain among other feature articles, a de scription of the "stroboglow." stated Jerry Brlggs, editor of tho publication. This article, which was written by W. E. Babls, describes the use, operation, and composition of tho Instrument. The device" is Used to make moving parts of machines appear to stand still. It consists es sentially of a light which is turned on and off In rapid succession at a spesd corresponding to that of tho moving piece. The length of time that the light is on is very short and the moving part appears to be at rest, since the impressions on the eye are so close together. This device has been used to stop flywheels and rotating armatures in order to measure the change in dimensions that they undergo while In service. The erosion of airplane propeller tips by rain drops has also been studied by the use of the stroboglow. Another in teresting application is its use in making water turbines appear mo tionless in order to study the flow of water across the blades, accord ing to Babl's article in the Blue Print. "Meeting Nebraska's Bridge Problems," an article by Jack Sin gleton, district engineer for the American Institute of Steel Con struction, is another feature of this issue. EPWORTH LEAGUE GIVES GUEST MEET The. Yeic Dormitory. TO THE EDITOR: The announcement was made last week that long struggle for girls' housing units is ended, and construction will start soon. The state is going to spend a few hundred thousand dollars and receive some buildings in exchange. This announcement is going to make a number of women start thinking. They are going to start wonderimr what thpv will do with a number of empty rooms left vacant by girl, who will now g. aj .t crop win be live in dormitories. They are going to wonder 193 , m 0maba seems to be colv what new line of endeavor they must now turn lng her little gang troubles. . . '. to, since renting rooms is no longer possible, i Theodore Dreiser has been indict- vy o. ivcmutny granu jury on the charge of criminal syndical ism. . . . The widow of the late Senator Caraway, of Arkansas, will succeed him In. the coming session of congress. . . . The League of Nations Is facing iU most critical test in an effort to prevent war in Manchuria. . . and from the Sunday State Journal and And the favorable ! "nly strhe head ine. his liking." Yes. renting rooms to boys will still be pos sible, but the number that C8ch woman receives as roomers will be small indeed. The announcement that dormitories will be constructed comes at a bad time. In a year of prosperity this announcement would probably pass by unnoticed. Coming as it docs in a year of depression, it is bound to attract a great deal of attention. comment that this project will receive, will not come from women who run rooming houses. It will not help the depression in their case. Nor on the other hand will it create enough employment to help other people. The few EXTENSION TO OFFER NEW TEACHING PLAN i f!ontinupri frnm Pa rm 1 i J.ll- i... a. At. -' uujiais iiibl iiiemc ainu me jjui sc vi a "uinan , ptace Conference"" Prof L. who conducts a rooming house, go much jar ther than the lump sum split up among a number of men at trades. ThTe is other work for men with trades besides building dormi tories. For the women who conduct rooming houses there is little else to turn to. Women may have equal rights with men, but they arc limited in their diversifications by the fact that they are women. It is only right, then, that B. Pfeiffer. "History of Italy," "Eur ope After 1815," "The Renais sance"; Prof. J. E. Sellers, "P.e cent American History," and "The West in American History." Miss Adeline Reynoldson Is teacning a course, "The British Overseas Fmpire." "E. N. Johnson has two courses, one "European History to the French Revolution," and the other "European History thev should be entitled to firRt consideration. ' er the French Revolution." J. C It seems a little odd that those, big. broad minded men who conduct our affairs of stale should deprive, some women of their only means of support. It seems a trifle strange that in these times of depression, construction, which will even more so add to the heavy hand of depression, is legislated. J. W. NEWSPAPER TALK Serious Coeds. The latest product of our higher educaiion is a scheme evolved at the University of Southern California, under which co-eds will undertake to determine how far their suitors measured up to the requirements of the "perfect man" and to adjust tha cost of dates accordingly. If the man who asks for a date is rated 100 per cent, according to the standards the girls have adopted, they agree to carry all the expenses of the entertainment. If he rates less than 100 percent, they will carry a share of the expense inversely proportionate to the deficiency. There arc grave fears attached to the values which the co-eds have decided to use in rating their masculine friends. They propose to assign 20 percent for intelligence, 25 percent for cul tural background, 10 percent for a sense of humor, and 10 percent for personality, in other words more than half of the 100 percent is composed of ideal elements iu the human per sonality, while only n fractional proportion is to be allowed for such practical factors as per sonal appearance, dancing ability, courtesy and physical fitness. From this table it would seem that tho femi nine contingent at the University of .Southern California is ambitious to put social relation ships with the other sex in an ideal vacuum from which feminine likes and dislikes have been excluded. Of the desire of the California co-eds to attain this etheral perfection "we have no doubt, but unless they differ from co-eds in all other sections they are likely to fall far short of their ideal and will find caprice enter ing into their judgment in a remarkable de gree. What is more, they may find their masculine fellow students preferring an ele ment of caprice and refusing to abide by supposedly ideal judgments rendered in a vacuum. .Syracuse Daily Orange. Caldwell is offering two courses in English history. Mitt Lyman Teaches. Miss Blanche M. Lyman la leaching the following Courses: "A Survey of American History to 1829," illustrated by means of mo tion pictures prepared by Yale university, the "YaU Chronicles of American Photodramas," a course, "Survey of American History to 1629," without the motion -pictures, and "Survey of American Hlstcry Alter 129." Prof. Roy E. Cochian is offering four courttea, two an "History of the Foreign Relations of the United States," "The Era of th American Civil War," and "The Reconstruction Era." Christmas Card SPECIAL- To ncouruKe early selection tit ChiiKlmu cards we will print your name for 60c on 25 card or molt. 60c LATSCH BROTHERS 1118 O Street RIFLES MEET TODAY - - ON DRESS PROPOSAL (Continued from Page 1.) red or basic ticket has been re duced from $3.00 to $2.00 and the green tickets for civilians has been lowered from $3 to $2.50. Tickets for advanced military students were reduced in 1930. Prior to that time juniors were compelled to pay the regular price of $3.00 and seniors were admitted free. That was divided last year upon the suggestion of Captain Spoerry. Three Entrances. According to a tentative plan of entrance to the opening of the formal season, all cadets will be admitted thru the west door In the colesium, civilians in the central, and national guardsmen thru the east door. All former cadet officers, if still registered as students, and those students who registered for ad vanced drill were not admitted be cause of lack of vacancies will be admitted on officers' rate of $1.50. Those students who come under this classification should get in touch with . Captain Spoerry in order that he may validate their tickets. NEBRASKA, IOWA STATE UP IN SIX AS FINALS NEAR: four East Church Groups I (Continued from Page 1.) j Entertained; Byron to win, they again upset the bucket i -i t it i and lose. Cheery Talks. The-feature contest of the week i Grace Methodist E-pworth league will be the Iowa State-Nebraska game at Lincoln for the conference championship. Nebraska is given the edge and should win by about two touchdowns. The Cyclones de feat at the hands of Drake dropped their stock considerably. Kansas will take on Missouri in their annual game. Previous scores and records for both teams mean little when these two schools clash. The season, regardless of other games won, is a success for the team that wins this game. Kan sas seems to have found itself against Washington and has too much power for Missouri. The game should be a close one, how ever, with only a few points de ciding the winner. Kansas State roes out of the was host Sunday evening to the leagues of four East Lincoln churches at the first union leagua meeting of the year. Approxi mately one hundred and forty young people from Vine Congrega tional, Second Baptist. Second Presbyterian, and Grace Methodist churches attended. Glenn Hedde took charge of the games during the social hour, and refreshments were served by the entertaining league. During the last hour Robert Davies, president of Grace Methodist league, pre sided at a discussion meeting and ! introduced Byron Cherry, the I leader for the evening. Mr. Cherry, who is a member of the University i of Nebraska debate team, spoke j on the relative merits of commun- FEROUSON NOTIFIED OF SELECTION HEAD HOOVER COMMITTEE (Continued from Page 1.) vice president and general mana ger of the Bell Telephone company of Pennsylvania, has been ap pointed chairman of a national committee to direct the program as planned by the American engi neering council. He will be assist ed by committees to be named in every state These committees will co-operate with the industries and with civic and business clubs. ONE HUNDRED GUESTS EXPECTED AT DINNER (Continued from Page 1.) Matrix, Theta Sigma Phi publica tion. Mrs. Wood will discuss some features of the organization of the sorority. v The menu for the dinner is com posed, of Swedish ; dishes. The Hotel D'Hambuigcr Shotgun Service 1141 Q St. 1718 O St. conference Saturday and will meet ! ism, socialism, and capitalism. North Dakota at Manhattan, j Nortn uakota is represented by a fine team this year, but It is doubtful if they have sufficient strength to hold the Aggies. The Wildcats will have a tough game on their hands if the record of North Dakota means anything, but they should pull out with a win. j Regardless of the other games i played, every football fan in the Big Six will turn a side glance at j the championship contest In Lin coln when the Cyclones of Iowa 1 State and the Cornhuskers of Ne-' braska battle it out for the title. All Proper. Boston Transcript: Old Uncle (to niece going to party) You girls have too much freedom. In my young days a young lady was only taken out by the man to ' whom she was affianced. i Niece That's all right, uncle. Jack is one of my fiances. TYPEWRITERS Sea us for tbe Royal portable type writer, the Ideal machine for the tudent. All makea of machlnea tor rent. All malcet of tiled ma chine! on eaiy par menu. Nebraska Typewriter Co. Sail 1157 nit o St. BUCK'S COFFEF. SHOP SPECFAL STUDENT LUNCH Meals Fountain Service Open 7 a. m. to 12 p. m. SAVE SPECIAL FOR STUDENTS WEN'S HALF f SOLES XeX MEN'S GOODYCAfl -mm RUBBER SOLES 3r LADIES' -c HEELS LADIES' NEW 4 ft A HEELS XeWW LADIES' RE-COVERED - Sp4 HEELS Wr LADIES' HALF ttt SOLES VOf5 MI!: 75 SUITS CLEANED A lei PRESSED 7r SUITS At PRESSED 4:? Work Dene Whits You Wait We Call and Deliver CAPITAL SHOE, HAT It SHINING PARLOR OEO. RALLES, Prep. 123t O St. L7147. The aw Ceacnl DirtiU yimlli are-wtUiag; m . BUILDING WITH THE ELECTRIC ARC JlCT as Elids Howe'i sewing machine revolutionized the construction of textile products, arc welding is changing methods of construction or metal products. Electricity is changing all the old methods whether in the fabrication of buildings, in manufacturing, or in transportation. To-day, welded steel is replacing castings; arc weld inn is used in the construction of the automobiles in which we ride it joins together those long, sinuous pipe lines which bring oil, gas, and water from fields and reservoirs to city and sea,- silently, swiftly it knits the steel framework of skyscrapers with joints as strong as the metal itself; it is used in the construction of thou sands of products in industry. It is a rtp'T tool of uni versal utility. To-day has shown only a few of its uses, while to-morrow will reveal thousands of other applications. The materially improved G-Earc welders, recentlyintro duced, were largely thedevelopment of college-trained men who had supplemented technical theory witH practical experience in the General Electric Company. In ever department .these men are developing the apparatus which makes General Electric leader in the electrical industry. Other young men, newly grad uated, obtain in the Test Department experience whicii fits them for future responsible positions. li , 15 GENERAL ELECTRIC