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:. .1 : . .1 1 ' 1 I ,5! - H 1 i J,' 5 i 5 TWO Daily Nebraskan Station A, Lincoln. Nebraska. OFFICIAL STUDENT PUBLICATION UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA This paper la represented for general NeoraaKa Kress Associsnon. MiMBEl 9 3 4 yl aapar la represent far general aitvertielng by We Nebratka Presa Aaeeelatleit Associated (?oUoiatr 'ftrcss lJJ C""""1KI cwQ 114 Kntered aa eeoond-claea matter at the postofflou n Llnooln, Nebratka, under act of congreaa, March 3. 187P, and at apecial rate ol postage provided for in section 1103. act of October 3. 1917. authorized January SO. 1922. THIRTY.THIRD YEAR. Published Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday mornlnga during the academic year. SUBSCRIPTION RATE. $1.50 a year. Single copy 6 cents. $1.00 a semester. 92.50 a year mailed. $1.50 a semester mailed. Under direction of the Student Publication Beard. Editorial Office University Hall 4. Business Office University Mall 4-A. Telephones Day I B6K91j Nlghn R6HS2, fmi3 (Jour nal). Ask for Nebrsskm editor. EDITORIAL STAFF Burton Marvin Editor-in-Chief MANAGING EDITORS Lamolna Bible Jack Fischer NEWS EDITORS Fred Nlcklas Virginia Selleck Irwin Ryan Ruth Matschullat Woman'a Editor Bancha Kllbourne Society Editor Arnold Levine Sporta Editor BUSINESS STAFF Richard Schmidt Business Manager ASSISTANT BUSINESS MANAGERS Truman Oberndorff Bob Shelleiiberg Robert Funk Encouragement And Challenge. At two meetings of representative college stu dents held in the east during Christmas vacation, a pair of famous men sounded an encouraging and inspiring note for the youth of this nation, particu larly for college students. Secretary of the Interior Ickes, speaking to members of the newly-formed Intercollegiate Daily Newspapers association in Washington on Dec. 28 tated that "one of the most helpful signs to me in America at this time of great stress and strain is not only the disposition, but the ability of our col lege students to do their own thinking. Of course, you get way out of bounds sometimes; all of us do that, and that is a good sign, too. I would rather a man would think, and think a little quite a bit off-center than not think at all, because if ha is capable of thinking and using the set of brains that God gave him, in the end he is pretty likely to work that to whatever for him would be ihe true line." "The new generation may be 'young'," said Ed ward A. Filene, famous writer on 3ocial and eco nomio questions, speaking before the tenth annual congress of the National Student Federation of America at Boston last week, "but it is socially more mature than the generation which preceded it, the generation which holds the reins at present. You have more social experience in your back ground. "You young people will solve your 6ocial prob lems, I am sure, much more successfully than we of our generation solved ours." With many leaders commending youth for Its attitude, many college students, are Inclined to sit back and form a mutual back-patters league. That is not the idea behind words of flattery. These lead ers recognize that youth is puzzled, and that this generation is suffering from lack of confidence in themselves and ia the outside world. Thelr's are words of encouragement. Mr. Filene remarked in his speech that his gen eration is handing our's the richest legacy of mis takes ever bequeathed a young generation in the history of the world. But he does not state that youth will not make mistakes. Mr. Ickes takes care of that in his statement. He expects mistakes, but he thinks we have gotten off to a better start Much has been said of late about youth move ments of this or that sort Leaders deliver inspir Contemporary Comment Library Worms. You have, perhaps, encountered a similar couple in your trips to the library. At first there is no couple at all, only a man with a roving eye and an open book. He might as well be studying the book, but instead he is using it as a ruse to keep up appearances while he is in the library. Soon she enters. He gives her candy or gum or she gives him candy or gum it really doesn't matter who gives to whom, but there is nearly always candy or gum accompanied with conversa tion, and followed by chopping lips. "What are you going to do Sat urday night? I'll bet you've got a date with some other girl. Why don't you tell me? I always tell you everything I do." (Poor girl.) And the boy denies fervently, and worse yet, loudly. The girl pursues with "I'm going to Kansas City Saturday. Dorothy will be with me. Why don't you and Jack come over in the evening and take us out to a dance?" This is concluded with the decision that Dorothy will call Jack to see if it's O. K. with him, and a new topic is opened which is even less interesting, but holds the attention of those close by. because the now happy pair have passed through the whisper ing Stage and are talking in a buzrhjg monotone. We favor the complete eradica tion of the pests, but perhaps some happier arrangement could be made such as segregating them in one room of the library devoted to the fine arts of conversation and gum chewing. University Daily Kansan. Mature Attitude And Hell Week. The recent resolution passed at the annual convention of the Tne U Chi fraternity abolishing "Hell week" as a part of a pledging ervice is significant of the mature attitude that 1 developing among Credit -letter organizations. "Bo called hazing and barbaric pledge services are hangovers from a primitive age." according to Frederick W. Ladue, The La Chi advertising by the offered in Our Opportunity For Expression. On Jan. 6 Editors' peace ducted under Digest and A. Questions cover virtually modern situation, the situation and individuals, the before signifying questions. It is difficult be quite foolish, Stimulation national president. "Other frater nities will follow suit in eliminat ing from their ritual ridiculous and unseemly conduct I believe." This attitude Is being reflected on other campuses. At the begin nine of this semester Dr. Rufus B. von KleinSmid, president of the University of Southern California, abolished "Hell week" by an offi cial edict. In explaining his action Dr. von KleinSmid declared that it was be cause "the university is obligated to protect the health and well be ne of all students under its super vision and to Justify the faith and confidence placed in it by parents and patrons." One of the common practices specifically abolished by the edict was the deprivation of sleep below a daily minimum of seven nours, On this campus several fraterni ties have discontinued the practice of inflicting unnecessary hardship on their pledges. These fraterni ties are the leaders In scholastic records and in extra-curricular ac tivities. These houses have ac cepted the Intelligent view on fra ternity initiation practices. What action are the other fra ternities planning to follow? At a recent meeting of the In terfraternlty council in New York City the Illinois fraternity system was lauded for Its contribution and Co-operation lit university life. Fraternities at the University of Illinois would receive commenda tion If they would be pioneers In abolishing "Hell week." The Interfratemity council has Justified it existence 1ft promot ing the welfare of fraternities on this campus and is the logical group to seek means to abolish r'Hell week." The Dally llllnl. Tried by the American Press. Deliberately of Otherwise, the nation's press has built up a scath ing, condemnatory mass of public opinion against Bruno Richard Hauptmann, alleged slayer Of Baby Charles Lindbergh. It is extreme ly difficult to believe that such terms as "German machine gun ner" and "sullen alien carpenter" have crept unwittingly Into the col umns of accounts written on the sensational case. To put it bluntly, Hauptmann ha bren tried and re-tried In the newspaper long before hi crucial court trial began. Writers of nation-wide reput have placed fcthe ing addresses, young people listen open-mouthed, and then later realise that the speakers dealt only in generalities designed to satisfy idealistic appe tites. Cynicism has developed as a result of this in sincere and regrettable attitude possessed by some self -designed leaders. But there are definite paths open to students and other young people. There are new frontiers as pointed out by Secretary of Agriculture Henry Wallace and others in their writings. Problems of vast importance rise up to baffle, beckon, and chal lenge ambitious young men and women. All-important now is the harvesting of know! edge. Notwithstanding the fact that colleges and universities and their educational methods are being attacked from all sides by men who appear to be, and probably are, thoroughly competent critics, there is certainly great value to be derived from both general and specialized training such as that educational institutions. ballots in the Association of College poll were mailed from the offices of that organization to students in ISO American col leges and universities, This survey is being con the Joint supervision of the Literary C. E. with the purpose of determining the trend of student opinion on questions pertain ing to militarism and pacifism. being taken up in this straw vote all major aspects and points in the and because of the complexity of demands made on the public and student voter should think carefully his beliefs in regard to the listed Following are questions included in the poll: 1. Do you believe that the United States can stay out of another (treat war? a If the borders of the United states were invaded, would you bear arms in de fense of your country 7 b Would you bear arms for the United States in the invasion of the borders of an other country? 2. Do you believe that the national policy of an American navy and air force second to none will insure us against the possibiU ties of another great war? 3. Do you favor government control of armament and munition Industries? 4. Do you approve of the conscription of ' capital In time of war, just as has been our historio procedure in drafting man-power in time of war? 5. Do you think that, in the pursuit ot the stabilization of peace, It would be a wise policy for the United States to enter the League of Nations? and quite impossible, and would to attempt prediction of American college students' opinion on this subject One who thinks about these questions realizes immediately that they are complicated and not easily answered. He also realizes that they are of great importance to all citizens, whether they are interested or indifferent of student thought on important subjects such as international relations, arbitration, war, and peace will undoubtedly result from the poll. There is good reason for believing that the modern student is becoming more interested in po litical and economic affairs than students of other generations. This interest is probably the outcome of the sad plight and atmosphere of skepticism in which the modern student ftnds himself. Subjects involved in the A. C. E. poll demand real and serious consideration today. Students at Nebraska will find upon examination that these subjects are interesting and important. Although the blood stream of this campus is contaminated by germs of fatalism disseminated by the military de partment and although ROTC teachings have al ready convinced some students that war is inevita ble, there is still no rule against thinking and there is no substantial reason for believing that legalized murder is inevitable. College editors are interested in student opin ion. Student opinion of today will be public opinion of tomorrow. Here ia opportunity. accused man on a bloody pedestal a a fiend incarnate for the world to gaze at Only recently a fa mous woman novelist, In a syndi cated article that reeked of ill founded bias, characterized Haupt mann as a type against which the world should fortify Itself in pro tection of its young. Hauptmann is the national vil lain. No amount of defensive evi dence could convince millions of people that he does not make a habit of stalking through the night, black moustache waxed, lips downturned in fiendish sneer. Be cause he is unfortunate enough to be the first person brought to trial on the charge of murdering the child, he probably will be forced to suffer the Consequences, regardless of guilt or innocence. Why cannot Bruno Richard Hauptmann be given a fair trial, not only In the Flemlngton, N. J., courtroom, but in the eyes of the public and in the columns of the press? So far a we can recall American justice Is yet woven about the time-worn tenet, "A man Is Innocent until he Is proved guilty." The Oklahoma Daily. OFFICIAL BULLETIN Phalanx. Phalanx will hold Its regular meeting Tuesday evening at 7:15 o'clock in 2lu Nebraska hall. Pi Lambda Tneta. The Pi Lambda Theta meeting scheduled for Tuesday, January 8, ha been postponed. Pershing Rifles. Meeting ot Pershing Rifles win be held Tuesday St S O'clock in Ne braska halL Gamma Alpha Chi. Alt members of Gamma Alpha Chi will meet Thursday night at 7:30 o'clock at Ellen Smith hall, when reports on results of Prairie Schooner campaign will be given. Everyone nuet be present Seshomeri Commission. Sophomore Commission group will hold It two meetings this BioflUl Ofl Jan. '4 and 21 Due to THE DAILY NEBRASKAN Meet the Faculty DEAN H. H. FOSTER. Head of the most spirited group on the campus, Dean Foster of the college of law, has proved him self a true peruser of the legal pro fession by his unwillingness to talk Courtesy Lincoln Journal, about himself. Although he was strangely reti cent on that one subject. Dean Fos ter did expound enthusiastically on his students. "There has seldom been a time in our history when there was more need for thorough ly trained, competent lawyers," he declared. "The enormous Increase of governmental activities, and a doubtful constitutionality of some of the new measures, afford oppor tunity for the exercise of legal tal ent. At the present time, more of our law graduates are going into government service than ever be fore, the range of activity varying from that of title examiner for a federal land bank to a target for gangsters' bullets. The legal pro fession is so overcrowded, how ever, that unless a young man has exceptional ability, he should find something else to do. Opportunity for Women. When asked about a woman's chance in law, the dean smlied and said that feminine registration in the law school had increased 300 percent, but that the brightest coed law students got married and used their legal knowledge on the family rather than on the public. He did admit, however, that there were many opportunities for women as law secretaries in large offices, and in social welfare work. If experience measures a man's ability, Dean Foster is quite worthy of the office he holds. Born in Buffalo, N. Y., in 1876, he grad uated from Cornell university with an A. B. degree in 1899. In 1908, he took his LL. B at Harvard, and was admitted to the Illinois br. After practicing In Peoria, III., for several years, he took a professor ship of law at Oklahoma univer sity. He left Oklahoma to become professor of law at the University of Nebraska and has been dean of the law college since 1926. Member Sigma XI. Dean Foster is a member of the American and Nebraska bar asso ciations, Sigma Xi and Phi Delta Phi. He founded the Nebraska Law Bulletin, and has written many articles for law periodicals on his specialty, real estate law. Dean Foster is also legal advisor to the board of regents, and as such, has conducted Important In vestigation for the university, and acted as general "trouble-fixer" or 'super plumb In Internal disputes. Every student In law college is familiar with the dean's genial grin, his cheery salutation, and the jokes he tells In ' class. Not so many know the story that Ralph Reeder tells, when he was prepar ing his obituary for the files of the university news and feature serv ice. Coming to that routine ques tion, what do you consider the greatest achievement of your life time, Dean Foster declared that the proudest moment of Ms life came when he found his students called him "Shimmey." Receive Applications For Staff Positions Applications for the appoint ment for the following positions on the student publications will be received by the student pub lications board until 5 p. m. Wednesday, Jan. 17. THE DAILY NEBRASKAN. Editor-in-chief, Two managing editor. Three news editors. Woman's editor. Business manager. Three assistant business man agers. THE AWGWAN. Editor. Business manager. Two managing editors, ur pid. Application blanks may be obtained at the office of the school of journalism, University hall 104. Material already en file need not be duplicated. JOHN K. SELLECK, Seoretary, Student Publication Board. the meeting of the faculty women's club, it will not meet Jan. 9. Y. W. Commission. Y. W. C. A. commission groups and the Y. W. C. A. cabinet will meet this week at the usual hour. Inter-olub Council. Barb inter-club council will meet In room 8 of U Halt, Tuesday, Jan. 8, at 7:30. All members are re quested to be present Christian Science. The Christian Science Organiza tion meet at 7:13 Tuesday, room 105 Eoc i in m i " ' N4 - -' -- " "Here's to the Young Men of the World" Rollln Kirby, CHANTS BY CHANCE. Adapted from the famous story by Robert Louis Stevenson, the fascinating, thrilling, glamorous, romantio comedy-drama, "The Master of Ballantrae," In which Walker Whiteside is the star, was given a performance at the Lib erty theater before a capacity crowd Monday evening, Jan. 7. Mr. Whiteside, who has been touring the country in this drama, is a famous figure In the theatrical world. His performance In this wonderful tale, the "delicate shad ing of emotion, the quips of sar donic . humor, the scintillating flashes of wit, the tenderness and daring are all woven Into a won drous and perfect fabric by this great American actor." The plot around the love of two brothers of this Immortal play Is woven for a beautiful woman. One was her husband and the other the man she loved. In a setting where knighthood and gallantry were in flower, the Stevenson masterpiece is a relief from the usual. A finer duo of artists than Stevenson and Whiteside has yet to be found, as the polished rogue created by the two lives before his audiences. This is the first country-wide tour of Walker Whiteside In three years. He recently enjoyed a tre mendous success in Omaha as well as in Lincoln. At the present time, an unusu ally fine display of paintings by Hubert Stowitts on various phases of life in India are on exhibition in the main galleries of the Joce lyn Memorial in Omaha. Mr. Stow itts, who is a former dancer with Anna Pavlowa, had never done any previous painting. On a trip through China he determined to make a series of pictures of life in China; however, he became sidetracked, and while in India, made a scries of over one hun dred portraits in two years time. One of the Maharajas commanded different subjects to sit for the artist, and the outcome is this marvelous collection. Paintings of jewel-bedecked Maharajas, Maha rinas and other members of the higher castes as well as reproduc tions of dusky-skinned member- of the "untouchables" caste are dis played. The artist has used bril liant colors in his background, and the clothing and natural colors of the subjects are supposed to be absolutely true to life. If any of you are interested in seeing an Lr1 . , . - y . If IT i' r in the New York World Telegram. outstanding group of paintings, these are commended to you. The exhibit will last until the first of February. Seen in Lincoln during the rt cent holidays was Herb Yenne, for met member of the department of speech and dramatio art. Mr. JVenne is at Cornell university this year on a leave of absence, where he is working toward his master's degree. Miss H. Alice Howell, head of the dramatio art and speech department, Just returned from a trip to New Orleans, where she attended a convention. An other meraiber of the department, who was in New York City ever the holidays, was Don Buell. He at tended current Broadway produc tions, on which he will give lec tures later on this winter. One of the truly historical spots in Los Angeles is the old plaza district, where the first settlement of Our City of the Angels took place. The roped-off street which draws innumerable tourists yearly, Is known as Olvera street On this old, run-down Mexican avenue is the first house built in the town, quaint eating places, the first Jail, and a time-worn theater. With all the pomp of nearby Hollywood, It Is yet a greater honor for an actor or actress to give a play in this historical place. It is Interesting to note that at the present time Gloria Stuart is appearing there and soon Ian Keith will be seen In a play there. Although the seats are hard and the acoustics bad, the place is unique, and the surround ings are what help draw the large audiences. FARM INTERESTS OPEN ACTIVITIES ON NEXT MONDAY (Continued from Page 1. 1 Nebraska State Crop Growers as sociation, Nebraska State Honey Producers, Livestock Breeders and Feeders association, Farm Equip ment association, Nebraska Farm Bureau federation. Poultry associ ation, State Horticulture society, Poultry association, Hall of Agri cultural -Achievement association, and the Nebraska Home Econom ics association. Several faculty men are secretaries of the organi zations. S'X Nebraska Master 'Farmers for 1935 will be named Tuesday evening at teir annual dinner. Sam R. McKelvie, Nebraska Farmer publisher, will speak. The meeting, is expected to cover nearly every phase of Nebraska farming and farm problems. 2 ST!UAIR"ir TUESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1935. SIX GRADUATES VISIT Former Nebraska Students Return During the Holidays. Holiday visitors st the Home Eoonomica department were Flor ence YouAf '28 and Helen Younr '21, Lincoln graduates, now teach ing Home Economics. Miss Florence Young is St th State College in New Mexico, and Miss Helen Young to teaching child de velopment at the State College at Brookings, S. D. Helen Jeffreys, '33, now Mrs. alen Burton, returned with Mr. Burton, also an agricultural col lege graduate, for a visit. They are residing In New Brunswick, N. J., where Mf. Burton has a fellowship while working on his Ph. D. degree in agronomy. Emma Feith, field worker In FERA in Jefferson county, and Belle Marie Hershner, in charge of the Homemaklng phase of the sub sistence homesteads In Jefferson county, were also visitors. 'PAGING THE SMART COED' It looks as though nothing can be done about it. We seem to have gone back to the "Directorie" in a a big way. Have you all seen the picture at the Stuart this week, "Forsaking all others?" If not, you had better make a quick jour ney and take in the new styles in B-owns. It seem that no one can get around Adrian when It Comes to starting new styles ana iasn ions. It was particularly notice able in the wedding; gown which Joan Crawford wore and also in the attendants' dresses. Leg-o'-mutton sleeves, high princess col lar, low waist line and the very, very full skirt with millions and millions of little ruffles. Besides all that she wore the waist length veil. And the attendants' dresses were carried out in the same style with very extreme pancake hats very low on the forehead and high up in the back. I ihougnt ror a wnne mat we could keep away from this Idea on the Nebraska campus but if the srirls don't weaf the 18th century dresses they wear the "Victorian" creations. A number of the gins have been wearing this off-the-shoulder gown with a very full skirt, beginning immediately at the waist line. And the only formals seen in show cases of the down town stores are exclusively of this period. Muriel Hook, the A. O. Pi who recently passed the candy with probably the most prominent man on the campus, has been seen wearing one of the new Victorian gowns. It is quite extreme In its lowness of neck and fullness of skirt and sets off her unusual at tractiveness in a charming way. Even the street clothes are get ting old-fashioned on us. Especial ly the new spring dresses just out. This is shown in the very high neckline and straight mannish lines which are coming back. The hats are coming into their own also. What with the new off-the-face hats, gnome hats with little peaks, and the new Puritan bon nets, the gals are going to have a good time picking their own styles to fit their type. However, although these new styles see mto be coming in with bang, don t take them too se riously because fashions always change and your time will come when you can look your best in your own style and you can show someone else up who doesn't look so good. Fashionably yours, POLLIE. STAR WED, AGRICULTURE CAMPUS