KtSuMftl -"i r, "rnnni tr-mrt rir.iT t n if-i-V " '-iii-i r---- "--i- SUNDAY. DECEMBER 10, 1933. TWO THE DAILY NEBRASKAN The Daily Nebraskan Station A, Lincoln, NeDrasks OFFICIAL STUDENT PUBLICATION UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA 3Vsoocia(cd gollcaiatr tyvess Entered as ond-ciat matter lit th P0"lee. Lincoln, Nebraska, under act of congress. March 3. 1879 and at special rate of postaage provided for In section 1103. act ol October 3, 1917. authorized January 80. 1922 THIRTY. THIRD YEAR Published Tuesday, Wednesday. Thursday, Friday and Sunday morninga during the academic year. SUBSCRIPTION RATE J1.50 year Single Copy b cents 1.00 a semsstei $2.50 a year mailed 1-60 semester mailed Under direction of tha Student Publication Board. Editorial Off ice Univei sity Hall Business Office University Hall 4A. Telephones-Dayi B-6891: Night: B-6R82 B-3333 (Journal) Ask for Nebraskan editor EDITORIAL STAFF Managing Editors L.iurence H.ill Editor-in-chief Bruce Nicoli Viomt Cross News Editors Burton Marvin Jack Fischer Margaret Jh.'' Virginia Sellcck Society Editor Sports Editor '" R" CUSINFSS STAFF Bernard Jennings Business Manage. Assistant Business Manager! George Holyoke Dick Schmidt WilDur Erickson Hodge Podge For Sunday. CARLY In the fall it was the beginning of school and the beginning of all the school s undergrad uate activities that made up the campus chatter. Then for a time it was a mixture of classes, foot ball, and clubs, with occasional social highlights in the lives of those busiest of all people the stu dents. Examination periods brought intensity from time to time, and there was the serious business of character-building going on all the time more or less unnoticed. All this was the panorama of the university as it presented itself to the bird's-eye view; and all of it seen together makes an interesting picture of flashes and change on a solid background. The scenes have rarely been the same for very long, but the permanent university background blended of tradition and education has not changed. The latest embodiment of the tradition, and the most recent part, of the university panorama has been the seasonal spectacle of the Military Ball, which brought the week just past to a grandiose climax of glitter, glare and gallantry. It was a climax that did not bely the week's early promise of being a full one, lor the curtains rose Monday to present a campus coming back to life after Thanks giving vacation. Rose Bowl talk was in the air those first days of the week, and with it was min gled some determination as returning students and faculty members realized that the second six weeks of the semester had passd. e In the sports realm football interest maintained its place and last-of-the-season dinners claimed at tention along with the mere general Rose Rumors, Ag College By Carlvle HodeUiii COMMEMORATION DINNER Girls in the home economics de partment met Saturday night at the Y. W. C. A. for their annual Ellen H. Richards dinner. Each year they meet thus as nearly as possible on December 3, Mrs. Rich ards' birthday, to pay tribute to her and the work she did in giving home economics a sound, workable basis. Mrs. Ellen H. Richards, founder of the science of home economics, was an inspirational person; her memory today is an inspiration. In her life she lived and carried out her ideas and ideals. She was born in New England in 1842, graduated from Vassar with high honors. Her name then was Ellen H. Swallows. After Vassar, she became the first woman student in the Massachu setts Institute of Technology where she made a special study of chemi cal and bacteriological problems of water sanitation. About 1874, after her marriage, Mrs. Richards began taking an ac tive interest in domestic science. She taught classes in her home for poor women, instructing them in ways to prepare cheap yet nutriti ous meals for their families. She also held regular classes in her home for working girls, teach ing them the rudiments of home making and the art of preparing adequately balanced meals. These activities she continued for several years, and at the same time she was In charge of water sanitation in Massachusetts Technological In stitute, serving as city sanitation engineer, and making dairy water analysis. Frind3 who visited in her home during those years say that she was the spirit of hospitality. At one time she had so many guests, It is said, that she and her hus fcand pave up their room and went to a hotel seveial blocks away after their guest had retired and came back before the guests were up. They to'.d no one until after the guests had left. HcT home was simple. There were no curtains on the windows and very few things about the house to collect dust and dirt. She firmly believed in simple foods and as a result served few condiments and almost no rich foods. Her usual and favorite dessert was fruit, either cooked or fresh. Meanwhile, all over the country cooking school were growing more popular and Mrs. Richards was being called on more and more to help. In 1908. aa a result of the Interest manifest everywhere in domestic science, the first of a ser ies of conferences was called at Lake Placid. All the notables in domestic science and foods chem istry gathered. The first thing they did was to kill domestic sci ence and crc.te home economics In Its place. And they founded the Home Economics a-sociation, and elected Mrs. Richards president. She held that position the reat of her life. As the founder of home econom ics, Mrs. Richards began service which It is up to borne economics slow to die. And It was honorary season In The Business Administration and Engineering colleges when Beta Gamma Sigma and Sigma Tau took in new members. So the university's week went, lumbering, per haps, but on Its path of education." "The business and pleasure of education," and "the life of a university" are stereotyped phrases, but they are the only possible ones to describe the thousands of lives involved in a university week. Special occasions brought attention to bear on the Interests of individuals and groups from day to day, but education's thousand aspects was this week, as always, dominating and basic. A Question Of Costs. Franklin W. Johnson, president of Colby col lege, views fraternity and sorority expenses from a new and interesting aspect. In his opinion the na tional rather than the local organizations of Greek groups are responsible for large house bills. His report, published by the New York Times a short while back, directs attention to the fact that ex penses for living in a fraternity or sorority house are much lower than they were four or even three years ago. He attributes practically all this reduc tion in expenses to the work of the local structures and points out that in many cases the national set ups have continued to operate in an extravagant manner. "Taken one by one the activities of national organizations are useful and good; when considered as a whole there Is danger lest they absorb a dis portionate share of out fraternity expenses," de clared the head of Colby college. The underlying policy of their work should be one of evaluation and retrenchment rather than expansion. It seems that an extensive program of bookkeeping, so many trav eling secretaries and highly paid officers are en tirely out of keeping with general plans of economy. This was Dr. Johnson's conclusion after surveying the situation carefully. The Nebraskan is in no way over-looking the importance of a well organized headquarters for all Greek groups. It does, however, argue that these headquarters should co-operate with the local or ganizations in economy measures which are be ing sponsored in order to make students' education possible. Many students on both the Nebraska and other campuses are partially or wholly supporting them selves while attending school. Since this is the case, it is impossible for them to spend a large por tion of their income to live in a "Greek" house when they can live for half the price some place else. It appears that young men and women are learning the value of a dollar and are able to use it more wisely than in former years. If a time comes when only students from the wealthier homes can afford to pledge, Nebraska fra ternities and sororities will no longer be even as democratic as they are now. It will mean that "money" alone will become the rule for measuring students' merits. And that will be the end. girls of today to continue. We meet, therefore, at the Ellen H. Richards dinner to pay tribute to this great woman and to face the responsibility of carrying on the work she started. L. R. T. PROCRASTINATION. Nothing is easier to do; nothing is harder to keep from doing. It's so easy to shut off the alarm clock, snuggle up under the covers to snooze Just a few minutes more just a few minutes. It's so easy to put off that committee meeting until next week or the week after. There is still plenty of time. Two committees on Ag campus will soon have to come out from under the covers and start having meetings. One is the Coll-Agri-Fun committee and the other is the Farmers' Fair board. Only a week and a half more school before Christmas. Then a busy month till the end of the se mester. Coil-Agri-Fun should come in February or early March. That means that some committee work will have to start soon. A meet ing before Christmas vacation might set a few students off on the trail of ideas for skits. Christmas is a time of programs; let students at home keep their eyes open. Remember that last year Coll-Agri-Fun was pronounced better than the year before. That can't go on always. Some Coil-Agri-Fun committee sometime will fall down. Will it be the committee this year? No one will know until the night or the show. An early start is the best kind of insurance. And the Farmers' Fair board their big day is further away but their Job is larger in proportion. They too will profit by an early start on committee work. SOCIAL IKK MAJORS WILL HAVE LUNCHEON Hold Meeting in Honor of Former Alumni; Stage Varied Sketches. A luncheon for social work ma jors Tuesday noon at the Grand hotel will have as guests of honor Mrs. George E. Howard and Dr. E. W. Demeree. The meeting la to be held in honor of two former alumni of the University of Ne braska. Dr. George E. Howard, who founded the first training course in social work in any col lege at the university, and Dr. Amos G. Warner, head of the Ne braska economics department in the early days of the school, who ia the founder of scientific charity. Feature Sketches. The luncheon will be varied with sketches, by Barbara Harrison and Margaret Medlar, of the lives of these two men. for the purpose of familiarizing the students with their work which has made them known not only at Nebraska, but generally ever the United States. Mrs. Howard ia the wife of Doc tor Howard and Doctor Demeree la a slater of Doctor Warner. Shop Early But Be Sure And Shop In Lincoln Interviews With Ghosts by Maurice Johnsun This is one ol a series ot imuKitiai dialogue concerning the ideal univeri-il life. The dial jKuen will an pear at regu lar bi-weekly intervals. JONATHAN EDWARDS. LIELL-FIRE and brimstone were the subjects of Jonathan F.d wards' sermons, and I was sur prised, when his ghost was pointed out to me, to find him physically frail, rather than robust and dy namic. "I should like to ask you a few questions," I said as I approached his ghost. "What were pre-Revolu-tionary ideas of a university of America? You were honored with an early presidency of Princeton, were you not?" "It was hardly an honor," he told me. "I wept when it was an nounced to me, I was so annoyed." But what was your manner of organization?" I asked. A university," said Jonathan Edwards, "should be a nursery of piety. As president of Princeton, I was charged with the care of souls just as I had been in the ministry." I inquired, "How did the college boys like your attitude?" "They were much in accord," he said. "I held numerous theological discussions with members of the senior class, and all were most successful. Oh, it seems a reproach to the land that instead of being places of t"-.e greatest advantages for true pety, colleges often put the morals of a youth in danger of infection." "Well," I remarked, "a univer sity cannot be a religious semi nary entirely." There is a great deal or pains taken to teach the sc holars human learning," said Jonathan Edwards, 'there ought to be as mucn, ana more care, thoroughly to educate them in religion and lead them to true and eminent holiness. It is the true duty of professors to train young men to prophets, and this with extraordinary care." "But are you certain the young men wish to be prophets?" I asked. "They are corrupted if they do not," said the ghost. "I am in favor cf frequent and private con versations with university students about the state of their souls These would be effective, I think, Students then might realize the true me ing of life." "I wonder how you would fit in as the president of Princeton to day, I asked. Pledging themselves to go to jail rather than fight in the event of war, 200 Columbia university stu dents, in addition to a score of faculty members, went on record for pacifism. At the end of a three week rush ing period at Brown University the freshmen assembled at Sayles hall, where after a formal meeting, they receive envelopes containing bids from the houses that wish to pledge them, and then sign under their choice uid at once go to that house to receive their pledge pins, The Student Pulse Itr.i'i, rmiru vuiitrlhntlimn iM-rti-iienl lu maltiTH ol Mum-in llle mill ine university nra weliiinird by into lliirt.iicnl, under llir uniial ivsirln tloiiH ot sound nmsimper imirtlre. uliii'li virilities ull lllieluii mailer and personal nttnrks. I.ellers munt be uliinid, but iiuiiies will be wltli- eld from publication If so desired. Investigation Called For. To the Editor of The Daily Ne braskan: Another election has gone down the ways and another honor ary position filled and another whispering campaign begun. In the face of this succession of storms of rumor or truth, whichever they are those of us who have been stu dents of Nebraska in the alleged "good old days" are wondering just exactly what, if anything, U happening on the Nebraska cam pus. It is rumored that three sorori ties have formed a triumvirate, with "sufficient backing, to cinch the three honorary positions which happen to be elective. Therein lies the paradox. How can an elective position be cinched? A second ru mor is that in the election before this last one, the ballot box was stuffed, and that this has been ad mitted. The third rumor is that the next position, that of prom girl, will go to the third member of the triumvirate and it also happens to be an elective position. Then to go back to last year. It is openly said that in one of the major elections of the first semes ter, one girl was elected but an other presented. The information is purported to come from no less than from members of the honor ary for women. As stated at the beginning, there may or may not be any truth to all this, but it has been admitted that it has split the campus into antag onistic groups not opposed for the sake of competition but "nastily" opposed, if we may use the term. Political lines have been realigned In the hopes of stemming the rise of opposition parties and the "barb" threat is being treated as more of a menace than a travesty. The writer happened to be at the Military Ball and overheard a sor ority gill say this, "I'm so glad Anne is honorary colonel. What a terrible thing it would have been for a barb to have gotten it." Is this the sentiment prevalent among the sororities? If it is, it isn't ex actly conducive to this thing we've always spoken of a "Nebraska spirit." But don't get the idea that these rumors are confined to women's honorary positions. They em brace about every office and posi tion on the campus, not even ex cepting your honorary societies. And they come with the same in creasing frequency that we men tioned. A few years ago, a football rally brought out thousands. The writer can remember when three thou sand used to gather on the old drill field now the mall - to put a little life in the team. This year 500 attended a rally and drew nig. black headlines. It was treated as a great thing, when it should have been shamed. Those of us who have gone to Nebraska rather hate to see the old campus activities degenerate into a succession of "dog fights" and petty bickerings that serve only to give rise to ugly rumors And to those of us on the outside this is exactly the panorama wo get. Please understand that we aren't attempting to meddle, but perhaps we speak for the thou sands of alumni, who'd like to see the fine traditions of a great uni versity perpetuated and the years to come filled with the fulfilment of the dream of a whole state, a greater Nebraska. If there is any base to the ru mors, it should be driven into the open by a thorough investigation by those in proper authority and that same investig.it ion might just as irrevocably prove that the ru mors are entirely without justmca tion and nothing but cancerous sore spots of disgruntled losers. By the same token, whatever the outcome of such an investigation, if set tin. it should be made public knowledge and laced rainy ami snuarelv. It is our belief that it would justify itself from either anele either the proving of a f se or a true nase. now uuuui it? Alumnus. SUPERVISE SALE OF Will Use Proceeds to Send Representatives to Estes Meeting. Irwlicntitins show that sales of Christmas wreaths, seals, ribbons, uranr.incr nil ner. calendars and candy which are being supervised by the conference siau oi me i. W. C. A. will be good, according to Jean Alden, president of the or ganization. The proceeds of the sales will be used to help send rep resentatives to the Estes confer ence in Colorado next summer. "Students think of wreaths, candy, brightly colored wrapping papers and ribbons, and calendars as a necessary part In the observ ing of Christmas," stated Jean Alden. "The Y. W. C. A. is giving them a rhnnre to buv these tbines at a reasonable price and at the same time put we prom gainea oy the aalea to a useful purpose." Satea ara twin? carried on thru representatives from sororities and other organized houses on the cam pus. The representatives collect the mnnev and take the orders which are filled by the conference staff. Co-operating wun me x. W. C. A. are the Palladiana and nun Union aocletv. Orders will also be taken directly at the V. W. C O. orrice in tnen amitn oaii, according to Miss Alden. CHRISTMAS WREATHS Contemporary Comment Idea Cone Wrong. A few weeks ago when the state of Minnesota and the University of Minnesota announced that with the aid of the federal government education would be made possible to those who had been forced out of school because of financial dis tress, it seemed that a new experi ment in popular education was on the way. It seemed clear at that time that whether this plan would gain wide spread recognition depended upon Minnesota's success in administer ing it. The eyes of the American educational world were upon Min nesota. Last week the federal govern ment set aside $120,000 for the purpose of administering this aid to students. But it made a stipula tion which sets a doubtful value upon the whole experiment. For the federal relief adminis tration decreed that the money was to be used for 1,000 men and wo men who are now on federal relief payrolls. Their purpose, of course, was laudable to give it where it was really needed, and to prevent abuse of the great privilege of free education. But Minnesota's educators are dissatisfied, and rightly so. No longer does this carry the stamp of a great educational experiment, for it excludes many of those who are in need of the kind of help which the university could extend them. Few persons will quarrel with the project of giving schooling to those who must now live on char ity. The quarrel Is rather with the fact that such a limitation has been set. For this action of the federal government eliminates the possi bility of giving aid to (1) students who are now enrolled in the uni versity, but who will be forced to drop out because of lack of funds, and (2) those who have been forced to leave school in the last few years, but who have been able to siiDDort themselves without, un employment relief from the federal government. The folly of the federal govern ment is obvious. By a careful ad ministration, this money could have been used to aid far more than 1,000 students, to whom a few dollars means the difference be tween an education and enforced University of Nebraska School of Music Advanced students will give the concert for the tenth musical con vocation at the Temple theater Wednesday at 4 o'clock. The pro gram: Bach, "Concerto, No. 1, First Movement," Larry Greisel, (Mr. Steckelberg) ; Rameau-Mac-Dowell. "Sarabande" and Paradies, "Toccata," Vance Leininger (Mr. Schmidt); Peii. "Nel Puro Ardor," Meyer-Helmund, "Of Thee I'm Thinking, Margaretha" and Fox, "Hills of Home." Merritt Wells (Miss Wagner); Juon, "Nymphs at the Well" and MacDowell, "Wilde Jagd," Margaret Baker (Mr. Har rison i ; Sammartini. "Sonata, G Major," Lenore Olin (Miss Za briskiei; Schumann, "Sonata, G minor," Ri'ha Jones (Mrs. Smith); Handel. "Where'er You Walk," William Stiverson (Mrs. Gutzmer); Sinigaglia, "Kapsodia Piemontese," Eunice Bingham (Mr. Molzer). The ree-ular student weekly re- rit.il was held Thursday afternoon at 4 o'clock in the Temple theater. Students appearing were: Jonn Erickson and Velora Beck (Mr. Schmidt i ; Helen Lund. James Fitch and Merritt Wells (Miss Wagner I : Marjory Helvey (Mrs. Smith i : Wcnona Miller (Mr. l em pel); Marian Munn and Willard Robb (Mr. Harrison); Emanuel Wishnow of the violin faculty pre sented a violin recital at Concordia college, Seward, Neb., Friday eve ning. He was accompanied by Earnest Harrison of the piano faculty. A .4n.iA 4V,ncrlin utlwlont With y 1 1 L wi 1 1 1 1 1. v-"1 " " b ' Alma Wagner, will give a concert in each of the following cities, be ginning Dec. 12: Fayetteville, Ark.; uniioat- Mn PniumhiiR. Kas.. and Salma, Kas. Genevieve Wilson oi the piano faculty will accompany Miss Coniglio in her series of re citals. Fitch, student with Alma Wagner, is singing "Prayer" by Currrvn at the First Baptist cnurcn this (Sunday) morning. ct intent a of the class of Maude Gutzmer have taken part in the following musical programs: Ade- lnid Cash sang at josiyn Memorial, Omaha, last Sunday; Sydney Pep- r.le u na ntin of the Soloists On the KFAB anniversary program last Tuesday evening; Mm. uuizmer presents her students in weeaiy re citals on three Tuesday evenings of each month. Develop Rackets In College World States President Collegiate racketeering has at last received official recognition, from no less an authority than President Ralph Cooper Hutchison of Washington and Jefferson col- Addressing the New Jersey State leacners aflsocmiion, ne rhnnrpH that college students not nniu hnva ripvplnnpri their own un dergraduate rackets, but that many, many graduates cave chosen vocations which require tnem to engage in corrupt prac tices and to participate in graft. Rackets Are Open Secret. A vprv student knows. Presi dent Hutchison's statements are something more than an outburst of sensationalism, that the exis tence of campus rackets has been idleness. The' unwise limitation marks the first step toward the failure of a great idea The Duily Iowan. tloic at Nebraska ' We always feel sad 'and a bit sheepish when that in which our youthful faith has been placed proves to be nothing but an im poster. Cap and Gown having fitted itself into that CHteewy, we pause to bemoan not the passing of one of our ideals but rather our own foolishness for having clung to it for so long. it hna hIwrvs been suggested that elections to Cap and Gown were not conducted on uij ni.-jiieni othipni nlnne that its nuno::e is almost purely social. We hated to believe it. uampus lenuein, w hoped, would not stoop 10 ponucm intriirima in recoe-nlzine. officially, other campus leaders. We were disillusioned. c u.orn th three members who resigned. They had worked for Cap and uown election uu mu hio-hoar nrhlpvement in activities offered to a Stanford woman, only to find that in it or out ot it, me reason for their status was sure to be allied with some sort of shady politics. Hoping to prevent a cotmrnm ir.n .-.f hia thnv nronosed What they felt to be the only solution a change in membersnip require ments and the adoption of a new Sentimental alumnae blocked their move. Weak actives fluctuated between the two fac tions, hoping for some sort of con ciliation, they knew not what. In view of the fundamental differ ences of opinion. It was felt by ths three thur their nurnose could not be achieved; therefore the res ignations. Pan nnri flown has an amend ment on its records providing for automatic membership on basis of campus positions only. It may choose to ignore it. as it may also choose to ignore the new purpose proposed. Those who are left may profit by the sacrifice of these three members and work to make Cap and Gown an organization re snecterl nnH revpred on the cam pus, as well it should be. Or they may continue tne cievious meuiuaa of election and the meandering ac tions of the past. Stanford Daily. an open secret, particularly at the larger universities, for years. Doc tor Hutchison cited the example of certain student committees which more often than not require orchestras chosen to play to col lege iuncuons co pay on. nt also referred to numerous other forms of such graft, mostly petty, and declared that large numbers of students enter college merely for the sake of social or financial advantage. Ethics Improve. All this was more true before 1929 than it is now. The depression has done wonders for our ethics, even, in some cases, against our will'. Scarcity of ready cash is tending to correct a situation which might have become truly rtenlnrahle As it is. we believe students, along with the nation as a whole, are gradually acquiring a revised sense of spiritual and ethinnl vnlnea finite contrary to the selfish, money-mad philosophy of the prosperous 'zu s It's an ill wind! Approximately thirty-five tons of coal consumed every day at the Massachusetts Institute of Tech nology, and eighty gallons of water per man is used daily. The institute has 1,000 employees for 2,600 students. Buy Them As Qifts for Men 350 PAIRS Pig ;skin In A Monday Sale At $1189 Table cut genuine Pigskin Gloves in Slip-on style that are made by one of the best glove makers in the country. An excellent quality, very low priced. QUESTION FOR DEBATE White Announces Topic for Nebraska Debaters Next Semester. "Resolved: That the Powers ol the United States president should bo enlarged," is the subject chosen by Prof. H. A. White, varsity de bate coach, for the second semes ter. The date for the tryouts for the second semester debate team will be held sometime during the last part of January or early in Febru ary, according to Prof. White. Question Involves Permanency. "The special Interpretation that should be placed on the subject for next semester is whether the pow ers granted to the president at the present time should become a permanent set up," explained Prof. White. Books for the subject will be placed on reserve in the main li brary, and will be available in a few days, it was stated. WILL DISCUSS ETIQUETTE Secure Eloise Spoerry to Address Members of Charm School. Attendants of Charm Scho-d v. ill hear Eloise Spoerry, instructor m the Heme Economics department, discuss modern table etiquette at a meeting to be held TuenJry at ' o'clock In Ellen Smith Hall. Eliza beth Hendricks is to preside at this regular weekly meeting. Kathleen Becker, who has clung; of the program, urges all women students interested In the subject listed to attend. RAO Former Student Is Assistant of Museum Paul O. McGrew, who whs a graduate of the university in 193o. visited the campus last week en route to Berkeley, California, where he will act as assistant in the museum of the University of California. For several years he has worked as assistant here in the Morrill hall museum, and as field assistant on the Morrill pal aeontological expeditions. From a survey mede at Ohio university, co-eds seem to think the ideal man should be a cross between a dancing angel and an intelligent athlete. Of Course You Want Your Garments Looking Nice All the Time We Pan help you keep tliem Unit way. Just liavo us cloan nntl press thorn when tlicy need it. Phone F2377 for Service Modern Cleaners Soukup & Westover "20th Yrtir in Unniln" Gloves en1