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1 D HE AILY 1NEBRA Official Student Newspaper of the University of Nebraska VOL. XXXI NO. 124. LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 19.12 PRICE FIVE CENTS FACULTY SALAME SKA-N t SLASHED POSTPONE ACTION OF Student Council to Further Investigate Problem Of Officers. ABOLITION TWO CLASS HEADS RECOMMEND 2 PREXIES Committee Reports Junior, t Senior Presidents Be Retained. The Student council Wednesday postponed action on the recom mendation to abolish freshman and sophomore class heads which was made by the committee ap pointed to investigate the problem of class presidencies until further investigation of the possibility of providing these officers with duties had been considered at a confer ence of Big Six schools scheduled to convene at Lincoln the last half of this month. The commitee appointed at the last meeting recommended that junior and senior class presidencies be retained, the Incumbents to be elected once a year instead of every semester. The junior class president, it was recommended, will be chairman of the junior senior prom committee and will participate in the traditional plant ing of the ivy on Ivy day. Specify Duties of Presidents. The senior president is to act as formerly as chairman of the senior announcement committee, to participate in the planting of the ivy, and to serve as the official (Continued on Page 3.)' EBERSlLECTEDNEW HEAD OF ALPHA ZETA Honorary Chooses LeDioyt, Livingston, Webster New Officers. Albert Ebers was elected chan cellor of Alpha Zeta, agriculture honorary society, at the annual election of officers held Monday, April 11. Ebers, who comes from Ponca, is a member of Farm House fraternity. He is also a member of the junior farmer's fair board. Other officers selected at the meeting are Jesse Livingston, Ne hawka, censor; Glenn LeDioyt, North Platte, treasurer; Jason Webster, Dajton, secretary; and Milan Austin,' Ponca, scribe. The members of the faculty ad visory board for the organization were also selected. They are H. C. Filley, professor of rural eco nomics, chairman; Anton Frolick, instructor in the agronomy depart ment; and C. W. Smith, instructor in the department of agricultural engineering. The remainder of the meeting was devoted to the selection of new members for the organization. Tbey will be announced at the an nual agriculture honor convoca tion, which will be held April 26. Members for the honorary are selected each year on the basis of their scholarship, activities and general character. Upper-classmen in the agriculture college are eligible. 9 LeRossignol Thinks Excellent Take - Professor LeRossignol, dean of the college of business administra tion and authority in the field of French-Canadian short stories, thinks that Kosmet Klub's spring musical comedy "Jingle Belles" is an excellent take-off on college life. In an interview with him after he had read the play he de scribed it as a, very interesting light comedy. "The play is exceedingly Jolly and sentimental," he said, "depict ing in quite an unusual manner the activities and the life of col lege students. 1 find that it fur nishes very Interesting reading material and should 'be highly en tertaining when presented on the stage." Asked whether or not he thought the play might be a bit too "fresh" or daring, he replied that although it was somewhat daring it was not enough bo to be shocking. "It is a clever satire on certain phases of college life and a play of this type requires a cer tain amount of daring to give that certain something that will put it over. I find some very rare bits of cleverly written humor through out the play," be declared. The college slang or "wim cracks" of the students proved to the professor to be a rather amus ing item. The unique wit and hu mor of the college students, some of which he was able to under stand and some of which was "Greek" to him, is brought out clearly and adds a touch of color Named Honorary (msmm Courtesy or The journal. DR. JOHN E. KIRSHMAN. Professor of finance of the College of Business Administra tion who was honored by being named an honorary member of Nebraska Alpha chapter of Phi Beta Kappa at the thirty-sixth annual convocation at which forty-five students were announced as this year's selection to the na tional scholastic honorary in the Temple Tuesday. In response to popular demand the military department has just completed the mimeographing of a survey titled "A Comparison of the Wealth and Strength of the World Powers," compiled by Capt G. W. Spoerry, U. S. infantry (DOL). The compiled data of the seven' page pamphlet includes tables showing the relationship of United States to other world powers In regard to material wealth and military and naval strength. Quoting figures to show that the United States is the wealthiest nation in the world, and at the same time one of the weakest In point of military and naval (Continued on Page 3.) T OF PHI BETA KAPPA Society Elects Officers Monday; Plans for Annual Banquet. New officers were elected at the annual meeting of the University of Nebraska chapter of Phi Beta Kanpa held Monday evening at the University club. The newly elected officers as ' announced are: Dr. Winona Perry, president; Dr. J. E. Weaver, vice president; Dr. H. W. Manter, treasurer; Dr. Clifford M. Hicks, secretary, and Miss Ger trude Moore, historian. Following the election of new members the group considered the program for the annual banquet to be held on May 3. The officers who served during the past year are: Dr. A. R. Cong don, president; Dr. Winona Perry, vice president; and Dr. M. H. Wcseen, treasurer. The secretary and the historian were re-elected. J ingle Belles' Off on College Life to the more serious aspects of the play. Concerning the characteriza tions that Yenne, author and di rector of the play, has so cleverly created, LeRossignol had 'this to say: "The three outstanding char acters are, in my estimation, Mrs. Barry, the part which is to be played by H. A. Yenne; Jerry Lambert, portrayed by Lee Young; and Jane, the daughter of Mrs. Barry, to be played by Bud Bai ley. The other characters are good though not as important as these. "Jerry Lambert, who can't re sist the urge to make love to all of the pretty giris, is perhaps the most amusing. He never fails to get himself into trouble," he con tinued, "and we find him making love to Jane when he had previ ously had an affair with her mother. A scene between Jane and Jerry is especially interesting and amusing, as it puts Jerry in a rather embarrassing position which requires a good deal of wit until he finally masters the situa tion." Professor LeRossignol is a staunch admirer of Herbert Yen ne's plays. He has seen many of Yenne'e productions and feels that 'JLz rvtll be one of his best. He predicted that the play should en Joy some very successful perform ances when It goes on Its road trip during spring vacation. "It is out standing in this type of plays and offers some very excellent enter tainment for those who will be able to see it," he concluded.- PUBLISH SURVEY ON STRENGTH OF WORLD 1 REGENTS' REDUCTIONS 1. Amounts of faculty salary over 1,000 have been cut 10 percent. This saves approximately $75,000 from taxation funds and will be u reduction of "$100,000 in sal aries paid. The cut affects GSG people. 2. The number of instructors employed will be re duced sufficiently to cause a saving of .$18,000. 3. Sixty thousand more will be saved by ." limiting the number of laboratory assistants and cutting expendi tures for the purchase of equipment and the expense of maintenance and operation." 4. Summer instructors for W2 will have o percent cut from the salaries provided in the original budget. REDUCTIONS WERE MADE NECESSARY BECAUSE OF 1. A decrease of about $42,00 in student fees. 2. A shrinkage of $104,000 in departmental receipts. A decrease in appropriation from tax sources of $185,400 made by the last legislature. JENNESS TO WORK ON BOOK Psychology Instructor to Assist in Editing of New Dictionary. Dr. Arthur F. Jennes of the de partment of physchology and special adviser to freshmen has been asked to assist in the editing of a new Dictionary of Psychology and Cognate Sciences under the direction of Professor H. C. War ren of Princeton university. Doc tor Jenness is collaborating with Professor Kimball Young of the University of 'Wisconsin in the definition of 250 terms In social psychology, fifty of which are new terms. No large dictionary of psycholo gical terms has been published since 1900. A small edition was prepared by Dr. Horace B. English, former University of Nebraska student and Rhodes scholar, in 1926. KLU8 FAILS TO BOOK First Public Appearance Will Be Friday at Reformatory. PLAY HASTINGS APRIL 12 Nebraska City, the locale for the plot of "Jingle Belles," is definitely off of the Kosmet Klub's schedule for the roar) trip that will take place during spring vacation. The reason for the falling through of negotiations, according to Edwin J. Faulliner, business manager, was the failure of the parties in the eastern town to provide sufficient financial backing. The musical comedy will make its first public appearance et al at the men's reformatory Friday eve ning. The players will be in full costume, and the orchestra under the direction of Jimmy Douglass will provide music for the evening. Rehearse at Temple. Another full dress rehearsal is scheduled for the' evening of April 12, the day before the Hastings performance, at the Temple the ater. The Kosmet Klub production will play before an audience in the Hastings auditorium April 13. On April 16 the Brandeis theater in Omaha will house the musical comedy. The Temple theater in all prob ( Continued on Page 4.) PHARMACY GROUP NAMED Committee Appointed Take Charge College Plans for Rest of Year. The appointment of a committer to arrange details of Pharmacy college activities for the rest of the year was announced Wednes day by Charles Bryant, president of the Pharmaceutical club. The members of this . committee are: Chairman, Lewis Harris, Cedar, Kas.; Edgar Card; Nina Gold stein, Lincoln; Earl Kuncb, Lin coln. Evan J. Moses was placed in charge of athletics for the col lege. The committee is to have charge of arrangements for Pharmacy week, which Is tentatively set for the week of May 2. The annual picnic is set for May 6 and the banquet is scheduled for the eve ning of Saturday, May 7. THURSDAY DEADLINE FOR SCHOLARSHIPS Applicants for the two senior scholarships, granted by the Fac ulty Women's club. must file for them today. These scholarships are not loans, but gifts. The only requirements are that the girl re ceiving them shall be of present Junior standing, and either par tlally or wholly self supporting. The first award granted is for $75, and the second for $50. All girts who wish to apply are asked to get application blanks from the registrar's office. Miss Fedde's of fice, or from Dean Heppner's of fice in Ellen Smith hall. Each ap plicant is requested to bring her application In person to F.llen Smith hall between 1 and 3 o'clock today. NEBRASKA CITY SHOW THREE SELECTED TO PICK BESTJVY POEM Dr. Raysor, Miss Pound and Miss McPftee to Judge Honor Day Verse. OFFER $5 CASH PRIZE Dr. Thomas M. Raysor has been chosen chairman of the faculty committee which will judge the poems submitted in the annual Ivy day poem contest. He will be as sisted by Miss Louise Pound and Miss Margaret McPhee. Following April 23, the deadline for submit ting poems, the committee will meet and make their selection. The winner will not be announced until the morning of Ivy day, May 5. A $5 gold piece will be presented to the winner by Mortar Board, senior woman's honorary organi zation, which sponsors the contest. The award is being made for the first time this year, in order to stimulate interest in the contest, according to Evelyn West, who is the chairman of the committee in charge. The theme of the winning piece must center about Ivy day so that it may be read during the morn ing ceremonies. The winner is pre sented just before the crowning of the May queen. All undergraduate men and women in the university are eli gible to enter the contest. Waitie Thurlow of Auburn, Chi Omega, was winner of the contest last year. No definite limit is placed on the length of the poems, but in the past the winning works have been rather short. A.W.S. ELECTS TWO DELEGATES TO MEET Hoffman, Axtell to Go to Convention in Oregon April 20-23. Berenicce Hoffman and Jane Axtell, the old and new presidents of the Associated Women Students were chosen at an A. W. S. meet ing Wednesday noon to be the university delegates to the A. W. S. convention at Corvallis, Ore., April 20 to 23. T At this meeting, Mary Alice Kelly, chairman of the vocational guidance work of the organization, reported her plans for vocational Interviews. Girls who wish to receive this advice are asked to sign the lists at Ellen Smith hall or on the Armory bulletin board. Miss Kelly will arrange appoint ments for them with local authori ties in their fields of work. REPORT ARRIVAL OF COVERS Binding of Cornhusker Will Start Soon; Material Sent to Printers. The Cornhusker office reports that the covers for the 1932 annual have been received from the en gravers and are now in the hands of the printers, ready to receive the printed pages of the book as soon as they finished and ready to be bound. Eight signatures, sections of six teen pages each, were sent to the printers' yesterday. In this ma terial were included the fraternity and sorority sections, which will go to press immediately, and the section known as "HusKeriasa. The name "Huskerland" has been given to the snapshot section, which will also be printed at once, according to Otis Detrlck. editors CAMPUS CALENDAR Thursday. Freshman commission meeting at 7 o'clock in Ellen Smith ball. League of Women Voters, Ellen Smith ball, 4 o'clock. Joint meeting of two sophomore commissions, Ellen Sm'th hall, 7 o'clock. 1 Dramatic club. Temple, 7:30. Sigma Delta Chi, Awgwan of fice, 4 o'clock. Will Retire ' fjt pi : iMmlmmm mm rL5M CourtMy of The Journal. MRS. HENRIETTA M. BROCK. Who will retire with emeritus status at the close of the pres ent school year, Chancellor Bur nett announced Wednesday. Mrs. Brock is an instructor in china painting. She came to Nebraska in 1894 and is retiring after thirty-eight years of service at the age of eighty years. ENGINEERS HOLD MEETING Local Branch of A. S. C. E. Hears Talk on Water Power. About thirty students attended the regular meeting of the local branch of the American Society of Civil Engineers in room 102 of the Mechanical Arts building, Wednes day evening. ' Louis Etherton, senior in the civil engineering college, gave a talk on the Conowingo Water Power Development, which was the feature of the meeting. The re mainder of the time was devoted to general business of the organ ization. LIBRARY OE FUTURE DESCRIBED BY DOANE University Librarian Points Out Needs and Dreams Of University. WANTS BROWSING ROOM Pointing out the need for a new and larger library building on the campus, Gilbert H. Doane. librar ian. Wednesday outlined the pur poses such a building should ful fill. "The library is really the most imnortant unit in .anv modern un iversity," Doane stated, "and should be a dominating feature or the modern university campus." "It should be located as near the geographic center of the campus as possible." he continued, "and the ideal location would therefore be at Thirteenth and R streets." Th Hhmrinn exDlained. how ever, that present plans for the erection of a new nnrary at mat point or any other were only neb ulous to date. The future of the Nebraska 11 briirv wns described as having two phases tire concrete phase or the buildinr itself, and the intan gible phase, or the relationship of the library to the intellectual me of the university and its part in (Continued on Page 3.) STUDENTS JIVE RECITAL Misses Harriett Bereuter, Judith Larson Play at Temple. A verv successful recital was given Wednesday afternoon by Miss Harriett Bereuter, vioiinisi, student with Carl F. Steckclberg, and Miss Judith Larson, contralto, student vv;i.u Madame De Vilmar. Recitals will not be held April 7 and 14, according to announce ment from the school of music. Juvenile students of the school of music will present the regular Wednesday afternoon recital in tne Temple theater the week of spring vacation. The recital is at 4 o'clock, with the public invited. Wednesday s program: CirlfK. Sonata for Violin and Tiano. Op. 8; allegro con brio, anilanle, allegro mono VIvrcp; Mlas Ber.uter. Bithovn, In Qur.ta Tomhla : Srhuhrt, Wohln; Gounod, Stance, from "Kapha;" Do Htrllot, Concerto, No. 7: andante tranqiilllo. alleuro mmlrrHto: Bereuter. Handel, He Wa leplel, from 'The Menalah;" Fnater, Pink In Jun-; Martin, Everywhere I go; Mlaa Larnon. NEBRASKA!) AWARDED CORNELL FELLOWSHIP Word has reached Lincoln that Philip Johnson, supervisor of sci ence teaching in the Teacher's col lege, has been awarded the Charles Lathrop Pack fellowship In nature education and forestry at Cornell university, Ithaca, N. Y. Mr. John son Is at present the bolder of this fellowship, and will continue his work for a Ph. D. at Cornell next year. Mr. Johnson was granted leave of absence from the university for this year to start his work for a doctor's degree. He holds his A. B. and M. R. degrees from Nebraska. He will return to Lincoln this sum mer to teach in the summer session. REGENTS ACT TO BALANCE BUDGET Cut of 10 Percent Adopted on Amount Over SI, 000 To Effect 6116 Persons, (educing Total Wage Cost About SI 00,000 Each Year. BOAKI) MAKES DECISION Summer School Teachers Will Take 5 Percent Loj-s And With Other Curtailments Will Save Over $300,000 in Fiscal Biennium. All University of Nebraska salaries above Jfl,000 will bu reduced to conform to the reduction in income so that the budget may be balanced, as the result of a policy determined upon by the board of repents in session Tuesday afternoon. A .$1,000 exemption for faculty and employees was allowed, while the amount of salary above $1,000 was ordered cut 10 EMERITUS STATUS IS GIVEN TO MRS. BROCK Veteran Faculty Member to Retire Beginning Sept. 1. CAME TO NEBRASKA 1894 Mrs. Henrietta M. Brock, in structor in china painting at the University of Nebraska since 1894, will retire with an emeritus status at the close of the present school year, it was announced Wednesday by Chancellor E. A. Burnett. Her retirement was ap proved at the Tuesday afternoon meeting of the board of regents. With the retirement of Mrs. Brock, the two oldest members of the university faculty, each retir ing on September 1, will round out 38 years of service to the univer sity, according to Chancellor Bur nett. Prof. C. D. Swezey, 81, whose retirement was announced earjier in the week, and Mrs. Brock, 80, both came to the institution in the summer of 1894. Mrs. Brock is a member of Alpha Rho Tau, the Lincoln Art ists Guild, and a charter member of the Nebraska Art association. She has studied with Sarah Wool Moore; F. B. Aulich of Dresden; Greenlief, Dresden; and Vander pool of Chicago. At the time she came to the university on September 1, 1894, Mrs. Brock introduced the field of china painting in the fine arts work, bringing her own equipment and students. In 1911 the depart ment was enlarged to include fir ing of pottery; in 1913 work in de sign was included; in 1920 applied work in pottery and clay, and in 1927 ceramic history was added to the work. ELECT DYSIN6ER SIGMA XI Psychology Instructor Is Chosen by Group at Iowa Uni. Dr. Donald W. Dysinger, assis tant instructor in psychology, has been notified of his election to Sigma Xi, honorary scientific fra ternity, at the University of Iowa. Doctor Dysinger received his doc torate degree from the University of Iowa during the summer of 1931 and before coming to the Uni versity of Nebraska was research assistant in speech pathology in the Iowa University Medical college. 'Dad Still Virile Despite Complacence' Claim of Sociology Department Head Because the modern father does not assume the dictatorial and domineering attitude over his fam ily that bis ancestors practiced is no reflection upon his virility. Such is the opinion of Mrs. Hat tie Plum Williams, sociology pro fessor and an authority on the problem of family relationships. Mrs. Williams' viewpoint is de cidedly in contrast to that of Prof. Ernest R. Mowier of Northwest ern university. "Father is lucky nowadays," the Northwestern professor was quot ed as saying, "if the children look upon him as something other than a meddlesome ally to be catered to when support is needed to over come th wishes of the mother." "Professor Mowrer has made a rather broad statement," said Mrs. Williams when she was inter viewed on the subject. "Soch a condition as he describes is not in general existence, but where it does exist, it is the fault of the individual." Mrs. Williams admitted that in the last two thousand years the status of man has declined while that cf women has corresponding ly risen but it was not a decline that would make him inferior In the eyes of his family. It was a necessary change if women and children were to enjoy the privi leges which democracy offers them today. "Democracy," added Mrs. Wil liams, "is not a state where ccr- Jr TUESDAY AITEKiNOON O percent. All reductions are effec tive the next fiscal year. This reduction in salaries will save approximately $75,000 from taxation funds and will be a reduc tion of $100,000 in total salaries paid, according to university offi cials. On the basis of the 1931 1932 budget this cut in salaries will affect 686 people. To Reduce Number of Instructors. An additional $18,000 will be saved by reducing the number of instructors employed next year. A further saving of $60,000 will be made by limiting the number of laboratory assistants and cutting expenditures for the purchase of equipment and the expense of maintenance and operation. The budget for the 1931-32 year, the first of the current biennium, has already been reduced $100,000, university officials pointed out. making a total saving for the two year period over the previous bi (Continued on Page 3.) LAUDED BY OFFICIAL Upperclassmen Commission Hear Woman Secretary Of League. Miss Ruth Lockman, field secre tary for the Intercollegiate Prohi bition association, spoke before the upperclass commission groups Wednesday afternoon at Ellen Smith hall. The Intercollegiate as sociation is a branch of the World League Against Alcoholism, with headquarters at Lausanne, Switz erland. "I find my most interested and best informed audiences in the so ciology, psychology, and econom ics classes in the colleges and uni versities that I visit," stated Miss Lockman. "I am happy to find that the student of today is open minded. He accepts nothing be cause it is stated by an authority, but he is willing and eager to weigh any information that is given to him. ,"It is especially interesting to notice the attitude of European students toward this worldwide movement. They see clearly the benefits of a society without alco holism, but at the same time they must weigh the fact that the pay ing industries in their countries are the breweries." Miss Lockman will spend two and one-hall weeks visiting schools in Nebraska, and will go from this state to Minnesota, for the same purpose. She is the first woman field secrctaiy that this organiza tion has had in the forty-five years of its activity. tain individuals rule arbitrarily over the rights of others, but it means voluntary co-operauon oe tween the members of a group." Mrs. Williams illustrated her point by describing the patriarchal family of ancient limes, wnere tne eldest male was virtual ruler over every member of his clan as long as he lived. "The women and children in such an organized group were subjected by law to the will of the clan leader. He had the right of choosing for his children in mar riage, he had all property rights, and if necessary, it was in his power t put to death those who rcf'i.cd to obey him. When the patriarch died his eldest son re placed him." "Such a form of family life," concluded Mrs. Williams, "could hardly be thought more desirable than the modern family where all the members enjoy equal privi leges in the eyes of the law and co-operate a making the group a more wholesome and pleasant re lationship." Mrs. Williams added that the modern father's detached attitude might reasonably be attributed to the strain of conforming to the ex pensive code of living that modern society exacts today. "One must remember that since the passage of the child-labor law," she said, "his children are dependent upon hira for a longer period of time." i
