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ASKAN
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Official Student Newspaper of the University of Nebraska
VOL XXXIII NO. 103.
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, TUESDAY, MARCH 6. 1934.
PRICE 5 CENTS.
AG STUDENTS TO
HEAR ALEXIS AT
FOURT
H CONCLAVE
Pmfpssor of German Will
Speak on Impressions of
Mediterranean.
HAS TRAVELED WIDELY
Convocations Sponsored by
Student and Faculty
Committee.
Students on the Ag college
I'Hinpus will assemble Thurs
day, March 8, at agricultural
hail' for the fourth of a special
series of convocations, Roy
Blaser, president of the convo
cations coihmittee, announced
Monday. The speaker for the oc
casion will be Dr. Joseph E. A.
Alexis, professor of Germanic
languages and chairman of that
department.
The subject of Dr. Alexis' ad
dress Thursday, according to the
convocations committee, will be
"Impressions from the Mediter
ranean." It will touch upon topics
pertaining to Spain. Italy, Greece,
Egypt, and numerous other coun
tries. The student-faculty spon
sored convocations have been well
attended, Blaser said, and the ad
dress Thursday is expected to
draw a record attendance.
Dr. Alexis, the committee mem
bers said, has traveled recently in
numerous foreign countries. He
knows first hand the set up of
their social, economic and political
institutions. His address Thurs
day is expected to cover a wide
range of topics of interest con
cerning European countries.
b-o.i, ii students. Blaser pointed
cut. have had an opportunity for
contact with Dr. Alexis in their
classes, and the convocation Thurs
day will afford them an opportun
ity not onlv to learn interesting
facts about European countries
but also to meet an interesting and
widely traveled member of the
Nebraska faculty.
The convocation Thursday is the
fourth of a series sponsored by the
student-faculty convocations com
mittee organized last fall to bring
to Ag campus men who speak with
understanding and authority on
broad social, political and cultural
subjocts. "The committee was or
ganized, its members say, because
it was recognized that Ag college
courses tend to be technical, spe
cialized and restricted in scope,
and that more broadening and gen
eral influences are needed on the
campus.
Dr. Patlerwoii lo Addivhs
Doane Students March 7
Dr. C. H. Patterson, assistant
professor of philosophy at the uni
versity, will address a Doane col
lege convocation at Crete, March
7 His subject will be "Christian
Ideals in a Selfish World."
TODAY'S NEWS
Briefly Reviewed
t RnnRevelt vesterday
forcefully declared that there is a
need for the NRA at a meeting ol
NRA code authorities and trade
association codes committees, ai
r,HoH hi, nvpr 4 nnn He was em
phatic in his denunciation of the
idea tnat me inka. is imnu"1
nf racism or communism. He
warned Industry that it must fol
in,,, thru ii.ith thp recovery move
ment and urged the people of the
TTmtoH Slstei tn take direct action
against those, who refuse to fly
the blue eagle.
M. t haH hien found Of
John Dillinger, alleged killer and
bank robber, late yesterday, at oi
ficert of the federal government
entered the nationwide search for
the jail-breaking desperado.
"That's what Lake county gets for
having a lady sheriff," said Presi
dent Charles Baran of the county
board of commissioners in a state
ment asking for resignation of the
woman officer.
PrnMn., r.f o 190(1 OOO fire tit
Fort Leavenworth in which nine
army airplanes and a hangar were
destroyed Sunday, revealed that
suspicions of sabotage were un
founded. Six mechanics and order
lies, sleeping in the hangar when
the fire started, escaped when an
explosion wakened them.
The house of Representative of
the U. S. congress yesterday, thru
iis appropriations committee,
struck out of a war department
bill, provisions prohibiting the use
of P A A funds foi ny projects.
Estimates of the co...m!t.tset are
that, when plane building pro
grams have been completed the
army will have 1,227 planes by
June 30, 1935.
Indicating that the country's
nanking system is gelling
n m re aolid foundation, a num
mary of National Banks, made
by Comptroller of the Currency J.
P. T. O'Conner. pointed out that
their asfiets reached $21,747483,
no at the end of the pear 1933.
The figure presents a new high
ince the bank holiday of a year
ago.
France's Lindberg, Dieudonne
Cottes. famed flyer believed lost
when he remained unreported more
than a day, was reported once more
n hit way to Copenhagen, after
Lancaster Says People May Vote
On Unicameral Legislature Next
Fall if Present Plans Work Out
"If present plans materialize, the voters of Nebraska will
have the opportunity next fall to pass upon a proposal to estab
lish for the state a legislature of a single house," according to
Prof. Lancaster of the Political Science department in the Sun
day Journal and Star.
The idea is a definite denartureo
irom any previous form of Amer
ican state government, and is the
subject of numerous controversies.
If the proposal goes through, the
legislature will consist of not fewer
than thirty nor more than fifty
members, elected in the same man
ner as the present system on a
non-partisan ballot.
Have All Power.
This body would have all the
powers now possessed by the sen
ate and house and the joint ses
sion. The new amendment, how
ever, does not conflict with the
present constitutional initiative
and referendum. A definite note
DEPARTMENHPONSORS TEA
Faculty Group and Friends
Guests of Political
Science Men. '
The Social Science departments
will be the guests Thursday from
4:30 to 5:30 o'clock in Ellen Smith
hall of the Political Science de
partment at the regular monthly
tea.
All faculty members in the so
cial sciences and their wives and
friends together with graduate
students will attend the tea. Varit
ous departments take turns in en
tertaining the group.
Arrangements Complete for
Barb Council's Dance
Saturday Night.
Saturday night at 8:30 the sixth
All-University party of the school
year is to be staged in the Student
Activities building on the Ag col
lege campus. This will be the first
one of these affairs sponsored by
the Barb council to be held on the
Ag campus this year.
According to announcement
made by Marjorie Filley, vice
chairman of the council in charge
of arrangements, Rose Bulin's or
chestra will play for the affair.
This Lincoln band has proven
highly popular at Ag mixers
throughout the year. .
All arrangements for the dance
have been completed, and the com
mittee is beginning with plans for
the final party of the season, set
for Saturday night, March 31, in
the Student Activities building. It
is possible that another party for
the Coliseum will be arranged by
the council. No date for this tenta
tive affair has been set, but it
probably would be held late in
March. Five parties have been held
in the field house this year.
tickeTaLesmen say
Chaperons for Season's Last
Formal to Be Announced
Tomorrow.
Ticket sales for the junior-senior
prom, according to Roma
DeBrown and Fred Nicklas, com
mittee members in charge, have
been good. At a meeting yesterdny
afternoon of salesmen it was dis
covered that the advance sale has
been satisfactory.
"This would seem to indicate
that most of the students hve
made plans to attend the prom,"
they stated. Arrangements for the
last forma! of the present season
are practically complete, members
of the committee yesterday de
clared. Chaperons for the affair will be
announced tomorrow, according to
Owen Johnson, in charge of that
division of the committee.
According to Bill Fisher, chair
man of the committee, the plana
for presentation Of the 1934 Prom
Girl are being worked out by
Harold Soderlund, winner of the
committee's contest for presenta
tion plans. "Soderlund's plan pre
sents an unusual and spectacular
method of presenting the winning
candidate," Fisher said.
Tickets will be sold at the gate
Friday night and special arrange
ments have been made to accomo
date a large number of spectators
in the balcony the night of the
Prom, it was learned. i
being forced down by fog. He
landed at Munster, Germany, to
wait for more favorable 'lying
weather.
Because she wHnts a first hand
view of Puerto Rico, Mrs. F. D.
Roosevelt is making a trip to that
island possession of the United
States. She left Washington early
Monday and is making the trip
by rail and air. She is expected to
return to her home in about ten
days.
The French Government hat de
clared war on the terrorist band of
"Stavisky gangsters," who are be
lieved to have perpetrated the
murder of Judge Alb-rt Prince, to
silence ah Important witness in the
Bayonne pawnshop scandal Inves
tigation. Stavisky, leader of the
..--..r. kiiurf him2lf when of-
fleers were about to effect his ar
rest.
of interest Is the proposed redus
tion of the bulk salary roll from
$106,400 as formerly to $75,000,
due to fewer members and the
fact that there will be salary for
special sessions.
Professor Lancaster defends the
proposed change against several
important arguments: In defense
of the contention that it wtll do
away with the check system, he
maintains that "The governor's
veto and the action of the courts
in passing upon the constitution
ality of laws are much more ef
fective checks than is the action of
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STAMP CLUB TO MEET
Constitution and By-Laws
Will Be Considered
By Group.
A constitution and by-laws for
the newly formed stamp club will
be presented at the second meet
ing of the organization Thursday
evening at 7:30 o'clock in room
312 Social Science building.
All members and visitors of the
club are invited to bring mint or
used United States or foreign
stamps to the meeting Thursday
evening to be sold at an auction
sale which will be held after the
business meeting.
At the first meeting of the group
last Thursday Raymond Roberts
was elected temporary chairman
and Jeorge Dunn, temporary sec
r e t a r y-treasurer. A committee
composed of Messrs. Whelen, Co
vell arid Bode were chosen to form
a constitution and by-laws for the
club. Members decided to have no
dues but expenses will be met by a
10 percent tax on all sales at the
club.
All men and women students,
faculty jnembers and university
employees, interested in stamp col
lecting, are invited to attend the
meeting Thursday evening.
AG STUDENTS ADD $50
K
Proceeds of Coll -Agri -Fun
Bring Total of $400
, For Loans.
Willard Waldo, manager of this
year's Co!I-Ag.i-Fun show an
nounced yesterday the addition of
fifty dollars to the Coil-Agri-Fun
Student loan fund. The money is
the proceeds of the show recently
sponsored by the organization.
' The fifty dollars brings the total
Oi" the loan fund to four hundred
dollars. The fund is used for schol
arship loans to Ag College juniors
and seniors of fifty dollars or less.
The money is available to students
on a two year loan.
Committee selections for next
year's Coll-Agri-Fun show are to
be made in the near future, it was
also announced. Two sophomore
girls and one sophomore male stu
dent will be named to serve with
Catherine Agnew, Elmer Heyne
and Philip Henderson, holdover
members of this year's committee.
The committee is composed of
three juniors and three seniors,
half of the six, male students and
the other half women. Next year's
manager will be selected by the
committee members.
University Qraduate1 Discovers Strange Habits
of Red Man in Work as Teacher Among Indians
Not o far from Nebraska in
miles, up the Missiouri river a
short way in North Dakota is the
Fort Berthold Indian reservation.
Tbo not far as the crow flies the
customs and habits of the people
make It a new world for Miss Lola
Etigelhart. of Lincoln who was
graduated from the University of
Nebraska in 1931, and who is now
employed bv the government to
teach in the Shell Creek village
COUNCIL PLANS
TO
E
Governing Body Will Study
By-Laws of All Clubs
This Week.
MAY DEMAND REVISION
Work of Organizations to Be
Check Against Rules of
Constitution.
Investigation of the constitu
tions of all campus organiza
tions will be made 1 his week as
the next step in the Student
Council's policy to renovizc
campus groups. The Tri-K-Club,
Pharmaceutical club. Gam
ma Lambda, and the Dramatic
club are still temporarily inoper
ative following their suspension by
the council last week.
Roma DeBrown, chairman, May
nard Miller, and Adele Thombrink
are the members of the committee
that will conduct the investigation
to last tbruout the week. All the
constitutions will be read and care
fully checked with the present
policies of the organization. Any
group that has deviated too far
from its by-laws will be aided in
reorganization to a correct work
ing basis by the council. This week
a meeting of the heads of all
groups will be held to discuss the
exact procedure to be taken.
Four Reinstated,
This investigation follows the
order of the council given to all
groups to submit their constitu
tions for approval. Eight of the
groups failed to comply with the
order and were temporarily sus
pended. The A. W. S. board and
the Ag Executive board were fol
lowed by the Y. M. C. A. and the
Girl's Commercial club to receive
reinstatement before the week was
over. The four groups yet sus
pended will not be reinstated un
til their constitutions are received
by the council.
First action of the council came
last fall with vhe temporary abol
ishment of the Corn Cobs. Whether
any organization will be perma
nently banished from the campus
depends upon the outcome of the
committee's investigation.
Reporter Discovers
Selleek Has a Los,
Found Department
This is the tale of the Lost and
Found department that was lost.
But don't b e alarmed, for it has
been discovered by a Nebraskan
reporter in J. K. Sellcck's office
in the Coliseum.
The "department" upon investi
gation was found to contain: Sev
eral varieties ot gloves, (but not a
pair among them I, one banker
cnief, two books, one pencil, and a
"diamond" earring (of the dime
store type.)
The Lost and Found department,
several years ago, was located in
the Student Activities office in the
old Armory. When the Coliseum
was built, the department was
moved to the Nebraskan office.
Members of the staff complained
that they had no one officially des
ignated to take care of it and that
most of the "customers" were peo
ple trying to see what they could
find for tmselves rather than
looking for articles they had lost,
and so the department was moved
back to Mr. Selleck's office again,
this time in the Coliseum. ,
According to Mr. Sclleck very
few students know that the office
exists, and those who do know of it
find that it is too far from the
main part of the campus to bother
about. He a.a that he would like
to see it moved to a central and
more convenient place on the cam
pus. school. Its trails are quite con
trast to "O" street; its social life
is quite a contrast to military
balls; and its people have their
own idea about the way to live.
Miss Engelhart finds it all inter
esting enough to be thrilling.
Shell Creek is a branch stream
off the Missouri and Shell village
is twenty-six mile from Elbowooda,
which Is headquarters for the res
ervation. Miss Engelbart'a wel
NVESTIGAT
CAMPUS GROUPS
Members Nebraska Faculty Return
From Cleveland National Educational
Convention; Report Brighter Outlook
Ten faculty members who took part in the convention of
the National Education Association which met in Cleveland
have returned to the Nebraska campus.
Group discussions of problems involving education were
the chief features of the convention according to those pro
fessors who have returned. o-
R. D. Moritz, director of the de
partment of educational research,
met with the National Vocational
Guidance association whose pur
pose is to find placements for uni
versity graduates. He says that
the general opinion at the meet
ings is that the outlook for place
ments for teachers is more favor
able this year than last .
He said that particular stress
was put on the necessity for a bet
ter advisory system in directing
students in the channels for which
they are best fitted. Students a-e
left to their own resources too
much in choosing their courses and
E
FRATE
Control Board to Use Same
Policies Over Greeks. in
. Medical College.
Extension of the Alumni Board
of Control's powers to cover the
five medical fraternities of the Col
lege of Medicine campus in Omaha
was announced by Claude Wilson,
president of the board, Monday.
The board will adopt the same pol
icy toward the medical fraternities
as it will use in dealing with fra
ternities on the Lincoln campus,
he stated.
Lincoln fraternities are being
asked to send a complete list of
their Lincoln alumni to the board
of control together with lists of
active chapter officials. Fraterni
ties for whom the board deems aid
advisable will be asked to send
their officers and interested alumni
to a conference with the board of
control to decide upon a future
course of action for betterment of
the fraternity's financial condition,
Wilson stated.
SIGMA TAU OFFICERS
BE
'Ceremonies' to 'Take Place
At Grand Hotel on
March 8.
Officers for Sigma Tail, honor
ary engineering fraternity, will be
installed at the meeting of the or
ganization Thursday evening, Mar.
8, according to Richard Bulger, re
tiring president.
Prcf. O. E. Edison, adviser of
the chapter, will conduct the cere
mony following the regular Instal
lation ritual. Professor Edison is
a professor of electrical engineer
ing. Officers for the second semester
are: Hugh Gray, president, Friend;
Ed Beachler, Lincoln, vice presi
dent; Kenneth Young, Humboldt,
recording secretary; Marvin
Nuernberger, Wakefield, corre
sponding secretary; Walker Cord
ner, Lincoln, treasurer; and Gor
don Colburn, Hardy, historian.
CAVA Payments Made
On Saturdays Only
An order from the finance
office states that student
CWA workers will be paid on
Saturdays only from 10 in the
morning to 1 in the after
noon. The announcement
comes as a result of misun
derstanding among student
employes. Those who have
been refused payment on
days other than Saturday
may call for their checks Sat
urday, it was stated.
come to the country last fall was
a snowstorm. "I was stranded at
Elbowoods for four days waiting
to get to Shell Creek," she wrote.
"Snow had rifted and the roads
were bad but I finally got a ride
with Medicine Crow, the Shell
Creek policeman. I shall never
forget that ride as long as I live.
The trail (for that was all it wasi
waa trrible and if Medicine Crow
had not been an Indian I doubt if
need a closer contact with a per-
sonell director.
Dr. A. R. Congdon, professor of
the pedagogy of mathematics was
elected vice president of the Na
tional Council of Teachers of Math
ematics. Trends in the teaching of
mathematics were disclussed at the
meetings of that organization.
Dr. Conedon also attended meet
ings of the executive committee of
Phi Delta Kappa, national protes
sional and honorary education fra
ternity. He is national treasurer of
the fraternity. The main topic un
der discussion at these meetings
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PANHEL TOJfOTE REVISION
Delegates in Final Balloting
Suggested Change in
By-Laws.
To vote upon revision of the by
laws of the Panhellenic constitu
tion is the main business to be dis
cussed at the special meeting for
Panhellenic delegates scheduled for
5 o'clock Thursday afternoon. For
the last several weeks a commit
tee has been working upon the
rules and at the regular monthly
meeting Monday reported their
suggestions.
Copies of these suggested revi
sions were sent to each sorority
house to be discussed at sorority
meeting. Final balloting on the
rules will be Thursday.
RIFLES MEET TONIGHT
New Men Are Announced by
Honorary Military
Group.
All new pledges of Pershing
Rifles are to be present at the
meeting of the company tonight at
5 o'clock in room 201 Nebraska
Hall, according to Max Emmert,
captain of the organization.
The new pledges, announced last
week are: W D. Reel, Lincoln; K.
Pave', Lincoln; D. Gipson, Omaha;
G. Ramel, Lincoln: R. Patterson,
Casper, Wyo.; C. Ledwith. Lincoln;
J. Jarmin, Lincoln; M. D. Malm
sten, Lincoln: R. Anderson. Lin
coln; W. Crites. Chadron; R. Fen
ton. Lincoln; R. Betzer, Lincoln:
D. Loos, Lincoln; P. Kar.i. Omaha;
L. Freedman; J. Freed, Omaha: C.
Ankeny, Lincoln: R. Nollkamper,
Grpgorv, S. D. ; R. Wallace, Lin
coln: W. Glenn, A. Stein, Omaha;
T. Bradley, Beatrice; R. J. Gra
ham IJnc'oln: .!. Watson. Norfolk.
and H. Jacobson, Trenton, Mo.'
REV. HUNT VESPERS TALKER
Speaker to Deliver Second
Of Series of Four Talks
This Afternoon.
A talk "The Art of Living" will
be the main feature of the regular
weekly meeting of the Y. W. C. A.
vespers this afternoon in Ellen
Smith hall. Kev. Kay mini, pasior
of the First Christian church, is to
deliver the talk, the second of a
series of four.
Evelvn Diamond will preside and
Violet Vaughn will direct the ves
per choir which will furnish music
for the service to begin at 5
o'clock, as usual.
Instruction in all the public
schools of the United States costs
about $1,000,000,000 a year. The
total cost for debt service (on
buildings, etc.) in the schools of
the country is about $2,000,000,000
a year.
fj
Courtesy Sunday Journal and Star.
Ishould have reached Shell Creek
that day. I had a stiff ne"cTr-ar.
several days afterward as a re
sult of craning it to see where I
was going.
"Quite often Crow (one does not
say Mr. and Mrs. Medicine Crow
here, just Crow, or Lizzie, or
George i bad to get out of the car
and walk a short distance in the
snow in order to feel a path. He
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SALES DRIVE FOR
PRAIRIE SCHOONER
TO OPEN MARCH 8
Gwen Thompson, Assisted
By Ten Captains. Will
Head Campaign.
DR. WIMBERLY IS EDITOR
Prize of $15 Is Offered to
Person Selling Most
Subscriptions.
In an effort to acquaint the
people of the Middle Vest with
its character, the Prairie
Schooner is launching 011
Thursday, March 8, a campaign
of expansion. , This program
will be somewhat in the nature of
a debut for the Prairie Schooner
on the campus.
Heading an association for the
purpose of acquainting the read
ing public with the Schooner's
character and record will be Gwen
Thompson, one of its associate edi
tors. Assisting her are Theodora
Lohrman and a group of ten cap
tains consisting of Bash Perkins,
Marjorie Showtak, Dorothea De
Kay, Elizabeth Moomaw, Florence
Buxman, Dorothy Holland, Mar
garet Medlar, Beth Taylor, Martha
Watson, and Carolyn Kile.
Captains At Work.
These captains are now at work
building up teams of workers.
When completed these teams will
personally see every member of
the faculty and all students who
they feel would be interested in
efforts to sell subscriptions to the
Schooner.
The goal of the campaign is five
hundred subscriptions. A cash
prize of $15 is being offered to the
person who brings in the greatest
number of subscriptions. Fjve dol
lars to the next two highest and a
complimentary subscription to the
next five highest are other prizes.
Headquarters for the campaign
are at Ellen Smith hall.
The Prairie Schooner has been
published on this campus for the
past seven years under the edi
torial guidance of Dr. Lowry C.
Wimberly, professor of English. In
this comparatively short time it
has succeeded in gaining for itself
a national reputation of the high
est order among critics and au
thors. .
Not Known In West.
Despite the fact its reputation
is such that stories and poems
have been reprinted from it in such
works as Edward O'Brien's "Best
Short Stories" and that critics
have consistently rated it along
with such magazines as Harper's
and the Atlantic Monthly, its edi
tors feel that it is not well known
to the people of the middle west.
RITES WILL BE HELD
T
Graduate From College of
Law Dies in Lincoln
Saturday.
Funeral services for Elmer VV.
Brown. Lincoln lawyer, ana a
graduate of the college of law. will
be held at 2 o'clock this afternoon
at Trinity Methodist church. Rev.
E. D. Hull of Waterloo. Ia., will
officiate at the services, assisted
by Rev. P. H. Murdork
Mr. Brown died at his home,
1805 B St., late Saturday after
noon, following an illness of about
a month. He was 68 years old.
Born on a farm in Seneca coun
ty, Ohio. March 10, 1865, he re
ceived his early education in rural
schools and high schools of Ohio.
He also attended Ashland college
In Ohio and the Business college
of Cleveland. He came to Lincoln
and entered the University of Ne
braska in 1893. He was graduated
from the law college in 1S95 and
was admitted to the Nebraska bar
that summer.
He was a member of the law
firm of Burkett, Wilson. Brown &
Van Kirk of Lincoln. He whs first
a partner of the law firm of Brown
and Sumpter from 1895 until 1S89.
when he joined the law office of
his uncle. H. H. Wilson.
Mr. Brown was connected with
the Trinity Methodist church and
was active in numerous clubs and
organizations of Lincoln. He was
a member of the Lancaster County
Bar association, Nebraska Bar as
sociation, and Common Law
League of America. Mr. Brown
was also a republican representa
tive in the state legislature for two
terms, 1907 and 1909.
He organized the Lincoln Sav
ings and Loan association in 1906
and was president for many years.
In recont years he was on the
board of directors. He was also
vice prevUent and director of the
American Savings and Loan asso
ciation, and vice president and di
rector of the Homestead Bond anj
Safe Deposit company.
A xntirsnt rvf human lif AA plpc-
TtJlcal energy derived from solar
radiation h" fcen developea by
Dr. George W. Cni?. one of Ue
country--outstanding surgeons
and r-arcr-ii.vsicifcts
The Turkish gov?Tirrilrfia.
announced discovery of gold"ae
posits in the mountains of Ar
menia valued at a billion dollars.