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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1935. TWO THE DAILY NEHRASKAN Daily Nebraskan Station A. Llnooln. iVbriK. OFFICIAL STUDENT PUBLICATION UNIVERSITY OF NEBRACKA This paper la represented for general advrlitno bv tho Nebratka Preaa Association. Xssoctntcd CfoufflinteJBre w 19)4 m"Qr(fJI wimp 19)1 Entered aa eeoondlaaa matter at the Plc' i" Lincoln, Nebraska, under act of congress. March and at apeclal rate of poataoe provided for wutevon 1103. act of October S. 1817. authorized January 8a 1B24 EDITORIAL STAFF camolne Bible Kdltor-ln-Chlaif Jack Flacher Aeaoclata Editor MANAGING EDITORS Irwin Ryan Virginia Selleck NEWS EDITORS Fred Nleklae Arnold Levlne Sancha Kilbourne George PiPl Marylu Petersen VVom.n'a Editor Dorthea Fulton Society Editor BUSINESS STAFF Richard Schmidt Busineta Manager ASSISTANT BUSINESS MANAGERS Truman Oberndorff Bob Shellenberg Robert Funk More on Conservatism. JHE Nebraskan is brought to task today by a con tributor to the Student Pulse, who seriously dis agrees with the paper's view on the gold clause de cision, and conservatism as opposed to liberalism. In the first place J. C. L. questions the Nebras ka's statement that there is no youth Angle in the gold case This is evidently a misunderstanding for there was an attempt made to indicate clearly that youth should be vitally interested in the su premo court's decision. The present college genera tion will be confronted all too soon with the many problems of International affairs, government, and Industry. But at that point the opinions of the Nebraskan and J. C L. begin to take widely divergent paths. Ha declares that the court has upheld the constitu tional right of congress to regulate money at the expense of the rights of contract ei But has there been any real impairment of the obligation of contracts ? This seems to be a quibble over terms. Lawyers proably will state that ac cording to the letter of the law these contracts have been Impaired. But in reality, how has this been done? One must stop to consider the economic setup. Money consists of units of buying power, not, as according to the outmoded American idea of hard money, weights of certain metal. The value of the dollar Is set by the price level, and not by the amount of gold which it contains. Therefore, al though the dollar io worth only approximately sixty cents in gold at the present time, it is really worth much more in purchasing power. With this In mind, then, how can one say that the contracts in question have been violated? In letter only have they been impaired. A little consideration should be devoted to the resulting effect if the court had ruled against the government Adherents to the liberal views ex pressed in the decision would have had as much of a cry to make over constitutionality in connection with the fact that the court had refused congress the power to regulate the currency. Thus, the argument narrows down to the old dog fight between conservatism and liberalism. The sane, liberal policy dictated that the court should rule in favor of the government even while sacri ficing the letter of some part of the law. It has always been thus, down through the his tory of the United States. The question has been whether to consider the constitution as a dead, un changing document, or as a living Instrument that keeps abreast of the needs of the country. It seems that a little thought would reveal that the constitu tion makers Intended It to serve the nation; not the nation to serve the constitution, as the conserva tives would have it The) rock In the road of progress always has been the element of conservatism. While no one would ask for a wild eyed radicalism, it surely can ba seen that reactionary conservatism is as much of aa evil. The World Forum Revived. pOUND: One World Forum. After a lapse of sev eral months a group of interested students have revived iat worthy activity, and have brought to the campus a worker for the National Council for tha Prevention of War, who will speak today on the Student peace movement The Student peace movement as lately brought Contemporary Comment Institution v. True Education, Tina! examinations over, they pause for a nwment to survey the field behind them, they count how many tin soldiers they have knocked down.' That is what many of us arc already doing; though tt were better that we were really taking stock of how much we have learned You who have been here for sev eral years are probably satisfied that your college career has not been a failure; but you are bound to know at the same time that tt has not been the success thst it might have been. Somewhere, something has been wrong. Many students feel relieved after taking final examinations because, once they have completed a course, they believe they are through with tt forever and forthwith put what they have been taught out of mind altogether. Thus they waste their time in college: for college is pri marily a place of the mind. But why do we find such an attitude azneng bo jmny univer sity students? It is no secret a Dumber of unprejudiced professors and mature students will tell you that too many universities, among them our own, over emphasiie the prooess of educating" at the expense of education itself. We are shackled by too many tradi tions, which, though once they may have served a purpose, now Impede our progress. Students now are too concerned with prerequi sites, exams, degrees and cot enough with political science, biol ogy, literature. And thst Is not the fault of the students, but of the system and those who are uphold ing tt a system defeating the very purpone of our colleges, en couraging colleges to condone con atyiraoea against ccbolarship when A Conservative Speaks Up. "TO THE EDITOR: AT the close of your editorial yesterday you men tion that there is no youth angle to the gold clause decision of the supreme court, and that youth should not degrade themselves to "dyed-in-the-wool" conservatism. It seems to me that college students should be well aware that the decision will affect them in many ways. The supreme court majority opinion bases its decision on the broad proposition that congress has power to regulate the currency. This of course is too true, but the court has upheld a broad general authority in the face of a specific provision that there is to be no impairment of the obligation of a contract In spite of this provision the supreme court has In effect stated that when I buy a bond that agrees to pay in gold or itsequivalent, the con tract is of no effect if congress chooses to ignore it. The solemn obligation to pay is repudiated. Congress has undoubted power to regulate the currency and the law is undoubtedly constitutional as it relates to bonds issued after its passage, but when it re lates back to contracts in bonds which were entered into before that clause was enacted it must be retroactive to be effective and with such a retro active clause it certainly impairs the obligation. But how does this Injure us? Probably none of us owns any bonds upon which the gold agreement is stated, but the policy of the court in thus con struing the contract means that Justice McReynolds was correct when he said. "The constitution is gone." Without a constitution, or with one that is subject to such elasticity as ours seems to be, we have no guaranteed protection. The constitution provides that there shall be no tax on exports. Con gress, under the provision giving it power to regu late currency, could easily tax exports. Congress cannot withdraw money from the treasury except by specific appropriation. What is to prevent it from Ignoring this if the regulation of currency should demand it? Congress cannot grant a title nf nnWlltv. but if the currency regulation clause continues to be secretary of the treasury the title of a noble ana ve well within its powers. The right to sue in a court of law could be prevented if such a suit would tend a riirturb the currency or stock market Indeed, the supreme court although it admitted that the government could not repudiate its obligations on its own bonds, denied the right of the court of claims to those who would seek redress, and this i the only court In which a claim against the Lnited fitAtes can be nrosecuted. They admit the right to sue but take away the only court in which suit can be brought It seems to roe that we as students interested in a democratic form of government with stipulated powers and restrictions should realize that our pro tection is gone. If we prefer to have congress and politics as the only guardian of our rights then we should approve of the decision, but if we are old fashioned enough tives, interested then we should menace to right they ought to be producing scholars. The Daily Texan. Nebraska Might Think This Over. Our faculty advisory system has failed. Each period of registra tion gives more evidence of its in adequacy. The purpose of the faculty advisor is ostensibly to talk with the student about his course, aid him In selecting courses m harmony with his interests, and generally guide and aid the stu dent in his academic work. How ever, there are only a few mem bers of the faculty who have the time or interest to pursue this course. Rather .the "advice" that most faculty members dlh out consists of advocating their pet course, or blindly signing the stu dents' registration cards. Severs) srtual instance togeth er with general observetion at the time of registration supports this contention. One instance is particularly shocking. A student was forced to drop out of school Immediately before final exams due to illness, but recovered shortly afterwards and tried to arrange to tske his exams. Instead of getting a satis factory srrangement, he merely received a bawiinp out for taking courses; in four different schools of the university. His advisor had ! rot even mentioned the fart st the jtime of registration, and probably) did not look over tne student s program carefully enough to no tice it. Yet the student w blamed: we believe tt to be Just another bit of evidence of the fail ure f the present advisory sys tem. But alonr with the decrease in the effectiveness of the adviaery system has come an Increase in the lmrxrtanc of and necessity for tntellirent advisors. The re cent curiculum revision permits students considerable leeway In the selection of their course. Mort students mav take at least one j elective a semester .and generally! to light by the Literary Digest Peace poll, is assum ing proportions that can no longer be ignored. What its ultimate effect will be Is still problemati cal, but the peace movement is only one of hundreds of things that should hold the attention of Ameri can college students. There must be some way, however, to bring home forcibly these matters to the students. There must be some supplement and incentive to a read ing of the newspaper. Some schools have solved the problems by instituting special courses In cur rent affairs, some of which use the newspaper as the only text. Other campuses have a regular pro gram of convocations or forums. Nebraska has been sadly In need of some sort of an interpretive medium. In view of present fi nancial conditions, it is hardly possible to add new courses to the curriculum. Therefore, some other means of placing the affairs of the world before the student must be sought. The best answer provided so far is the World Forum. It is now up to the students. Will they support the Forum, or will they let it die again for lack of support? It is only through student support that campus institutions can continue. STUDENT PULSE Brief, concise contributions pertinent to matters ot student life and the university are welcomed by this depHrtment, under the i:suhI restrictions of sound news paper practice, which excludes all libelous matter and personal attacks Letters must be sinned hut names will be withheld from publication If so desired. Contributions should be limited to a maximum ot five Hundred words to lengih. elastic congress could give to the or "dyed-in-the-wool conserva In democracy instead of autocracy, regard the decision as distinctly a and liberty. J- C. L, can take two or three. It is here that the student needs advice and guidance, but our faculty lacks either the time or interest. We must revise our advisory system. The Daily Northwestern. BY CHANCE. Rumor says thst although only one set will be used in the latest University Players drams, "There's Always Juliet." that one set will be a honey. It is the interior of an aristicratic English family's home. In one alcove will be a grand piano with the conventional props, cigarette box, ach tray, lamp, music, vase of flowers. In another alcove will be placed a small desk with a small lamp, china figure and waste basket un der it A set of leather bound books will adorn the recess book shelves. An electric grate will be in the fireplace, around which will be grouped a settee, large arm chair, and chaise lounge. Smaller bits such as end tables, oil paint ings, incidental chairs, and a small comode for the hall, will complete the furnishings. Net curtains and drapes will lend more to the at- sic which will be on the grand piano is entitled "I'm Alone Be cause I Love You," and both Mol ly Carpenter and Dwight Perkins, the "Romeo" and "Juliet" charac ters of this play will warble the ditty to one another. According to Brentano's ac count the following novels art leading the best-seller list in America: "Forty Days of Musa Dagh." by Franz Werfel: "Heav en, My Destination." by Thorrton Wilder; "The Spy Paramount." by E. Phillips Oppenheim: "February Hill." by Victoria Lincoln: "Lost Horizon." and "Goodbye Mr. Chips." by James Hilton. In the field of non-fiction, the list is led by: "Half Mile Down," by WU- OFFICIAL BULLETIN Lutheran Student. Lutheran students will meet tor Bible class with Rev. H. Krck Wednesday at 7 n. m. in room 205 of the Temple building. Cornhusker Sale. The Cornhusker is now on sale In the basement of U hall. Pur chases chn be made there within the next two weeks. Prom Committee. Junior-Senior Prom committee will meet Wednesday afternoon, Feb. 20 at 4:45 in the Ko.smet Klub rooms. Corn Cobs. Corn Cobs will meet Wednesday night at 7 o'clock. in the basement of University hall. . PROM PRESENTATION. Ideas for presentation of Prom Girl may be submitted to Clayton Schwenk In the Kosinet Klub of fices in University hall any after noon but Thursday between 3 and 5 o'clock. The contest closes Feb. 25. Sponsors Club. R.O.T.C. Sponsors club will meet Thursday afternoon at 5 o'clock in F.llen Smith hall. All members are urged to attend. Teaching Applicants. The campus studio is not taking pictures of candidates for teaching positions any longer. Tap Dancing Croup. Girl's hobbv group in tap danc ing will be held Thursday night at 7 o clock in the Armory. All uni versity women interested are in vited to attend. Barb A.W.S. r.iA,( Inn.-, t V i c ti'.-.nlr ut t Vl n frtllmt- ing times: Monday at 5; Wednes day at 5: Thursday at 5: Friday at 4; and ag group, Tuesday at 5. Washington Party. A George Washington party will be held in the Armory Friday night from 8 to 11 o'clock. All stu dents are invited. Dancing in struction will be given before the party from 7:15 to S o'clock. Book Exchange Committee. The Student Council book ex change committee will meet at 4 o'clock this afternoon in Mr. Lantz' office in Teachers college. Student Council. Student Council will meet Wed nesday afternoon at .i o'clock in Room fe of University hall. Kosmet Workers. Ko.smet Klub workers will meet j at 5 o'clock Wednesday afternoon in the Klub rooms. Important. Home Development Group. Home Development group Will J meet at 4 o'clock Wednesday aft- j ernoon in the southwest room in ! Kllen Smith hall. Carol Kidder is in 1 charge. I Kappa Phi. There is to be a meeting of Kap pa Phi. Methodist girl's club, in Ellen Smith hall. Wednesday night at 7 o'clock. All university girls are invited to attend and especial ly those interested in the organiza tion and its activities. Y. W. C. A. Party. A Geoige Washington party will be given in the Armory Friday evening from to 11 o'clock, un der the direction of the Y. W. C. A Social Staff. liam Beebe; "Experiment in Auto- j biography," by H. G Wells: i "Phantom Crown." by Bertita I Harding: "Roman Spring." by Mrs. ' Winthrop Chanler: "R. E. Lee," by, Douglas Soithall Freeman; and "Erasmus of Rotterdam." hy j Stefan Zweig. Sidelights from the Ballet Russe. : which recently appeared here in Lincoln: When they were in Hoi- lywood on their west coast tour, ' many of the movie celebrities en-j tertained in their honor. Elissa : Landi told Cary Grant that he'd 1 1. a 2 Vw f t V: I t -3 v Say goodbye to the seam that saws Don't let that devilish seam in the crotch of your underwear drive you to reckless action. Simnlv s!io into the world's most comfortable a - a garment -Arro Shorts, with the patented Seamless Crotch. There's no scam to chafe, saw or bind you ... no seam to hamper free and easy movement! What's more, they're Sanforized Shrunk. A new garment if one ever shrinks. Arrov Undershirts are absorbent and elastic they give you full chest coverage. SmSiittm&Sm Merging Counties Would Lower Costs In Less Populous DistrictsSchmidt In h bulletin recently published, Kdwiu-d ft. Schmidt, s sistnnt professor in the department of economics, set forth the results of n study just completed on 1 lie possible economy which could he effected through the consolidation of certain Nebraska counties. "In about one-third of the coun-fv ties, thHt is, those whose popula tion is less than 8,000, it is clearly shown that governmental costs could be reduced by county mer gers," the professor states. Arthur, Banner, Blaine. Chase, Deuel, Gar field, Gosper, Grant, Hayes, Hook cr. Keya Paha. Logan, Loup Mc Phetson Rock, Sioux, Thomas, and Wheeler are found to be best suit ed to Schmidt's plan. Would Affect County Costs. Although the consolidation would not necessarily result in any huge savings in expenditures, some of the more important county costs would be affected, it was found. As a matter of fact, in som? ways, the merrer of counties whose population is very small would necessitate creating counties of considerable area and would re suit in an increase in cost. On the other hand, the study indicates that expenses such as those of county superintendent, sheriff, and better show up at .her .cocktail party for the Ballet Russe. Armed with pictures of himself, Cary, coyly, did just that.. The dancers responded nobly by demanding all of them autographed. When Cary got to the bottom of the stack and found nothing but the cardboard left, they .made .him .autograph that. too. Among the other mo vie guests .present at the party were Claudette Colbert, Tom Brown, Anita Louise, and Phillip Reed. Another tidbit from Hollywood comes from the premiere showing of "Lives of a Bengal Lancer" at the famous Chinese Theater in the film cantal. As Gary Cooper's party emerged from their car at the openingof "Lives of a Bengal Lancer," Gary pointed to a lank doorman dressed in a lancer's uni form. "That fellow's wearing the costume 1 wore in the picture." Mr. Cooper informed his guests. "I know, because there's the hole in his pants which got there when I fell off the horse when we were on location at Saugus." Tuesday afternoon Emanuel WkhniHi of the violin deDartment of the conservatory, broadcasted suggested selections for the Ne braska state music contest at the regular Tuesday KFAB broadcast. Vera Upton sang at the meeting of the University Women's club at Ellen Smith hall recently. Edith Ross .accompanied .her .at .the piano. Peggy Heald, a student with Herbert Schmidt, played a group of piano solos for the last meeting of Siflma Eta Chi. The sixteenth musical convoca tion will be presented by members of the Music Pan-Hellenic sorority at 4 p. m. Wednesday in the Tem ple Theater. The program follows: Schubert "Faith in Spring." "G ret chen nm Spinnrad." "Die Forelle." "Ave Maria" by Laura Kimball (Sijrma Alpha Iota I : Debusscy--"Terrasses des Audi ence du Blair le Lune." "Generate lavine eccentric." played hy June Goethe (Mn Phi Epsilon i ; Jurnani Kreisler "Prelude and Allegro" by Eunice Bineham (Mti Phi Epsi lon ; Guion "At the Cry of the First Bird." Lie "Snow." Boyd "Balloons in the Snow." Czerwon-skv-"O Think of Me." Haceman "At the Well" by Charlotte Ki"" '.hrrh (Delta Omicron i : Al heniz "Spanish Dance." "Nevin "Sonr of the Brook" by strine ouartet: Bernice Rundin. 1st vio lin. Katherin" Hershner. second violin. Lily Ann Kratky. 'cello. nd Sally Peltier, viola. All are itk- -hers' of Delti Omicron. Typewriters ll mukos for rental. Special rate in muii-tiiN for lone trm. rfl anl rebuilt miK-hins on eay payment. B1JT Nebraska Typewriter Co. 130 No. 12 St. Lincoln. Nebr. : fir 50 c f cosls of administering justice are determined mostly by the distribu tion of population, which is really the dominant factor in determining practically all costs of county gov ernment. Lower Per Capita Costs. "The counties low in population have much higher per capita ad ministrative costs," Mr. Schmidt points out. "In fact, the tendency toward a lower per capita cost as one pusses from the less populous to the more populous counties in this group is very striking." Despite the fact that the study does not include Douglas and Lan caster counties, the author believes administrative costs Of any county merging with either of them would be reduced because of redistributed costs. He also finds that the con solidation of two or more of the very sparsely settled counties with each other or with more populous neighbors would bring some economy. AL SORORITI Convication Scheduled for 4 in Temple Theater This Afternoon. Members of music pan-hellenic will furnish the program for the sixteenth musical convocation to be held at 4 o'clock Wednesday afternoon in the Temple theater. Miss Laura Kimball, a member of Sigma Alpha Iota, will present "Faith in Spring," "Gretchen am Spinnrad," "Die Forelle," and "Ave Maria," all by Schubert. June Goethe, a member of Mu Phi Epsi lon, will present two numbers by Debussy, "Terrasses des Audience du Clair de Lune" and "General Lavine Eccentric." Another member of Mu Phi Ep silon. Eunice Bingham, will play "Prelude and Allegro" by Pugnani Kreisler. Charlotte Easterday Kies selbach, a member of Delta Omi cron. will present the following se lections: "At the Cry of the First Bird." by Guion: "Snow," by Lie; "Balloons in the Snow," by Boyd; "O Think of Me," by Dzerwonky, and "At the Well," by Hageman. The program will be concluded with two numbers by a string quartet composed of members of Delta Omicron. Those in the quar tet are Bernice Rundin, first vio lin: Katherine Hershner, second violin: Sally Peltier, viola, and Lily Ann Kratky, 'cello. They will play "Spanish Dance" by Albeniz and "Song of the Brook." by Nevin. H. E. FEY TOLEAD FIRST WEEKEND CONFERENCE ' i Continued from Page l.i foundation and the national com mittee on student work for the ! Christian church, thru its director. ' Lura E. Aspinwall, national direc tor of student work for the Des ciples of Christ. It will begin with registration from 4 to 6 Friday evening, and will follow with & i banquet at 6:30. On Saturday. ' there will be three sessions, a tour of the city, a conference tea, and fireside singing. The meeting will last until Sunday afternoon. Edna Eddy is in charge of at rar.gements; Harry Lotton, regis tration; Ray Young, housing; Mer- ! man Boggott publicity; and Lois j Nelson, social arrangements. 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Fifty Nebraska University students will see Clau dette Colbert in "The Gilded Lily" at the Lincoln Theater starting on Friday as a result of the Daily No braskan's contest. The idea of the contest will be in gild a lady from the advertise ments that run in Thursday's Daily Nebraskan. The fifty students who send In the best list of accessories for "Gilding the Lily" will each be awarded with a ticket to the Lin coln Theater to sec Claudette Col bert in "The Gilded Lily." Only articles taken from the ads in Thursday's Nebraskan will be considered in this contest. With each article you select you must name the ad from which it was taken. For example: silk stockings from Ben Simons, gloves from Golds, perfume from Miller At Paines, etc. Your own cleverness will determine the articles neces sary to properly gild the lily. Hats, coats, gloves, suits, ill kinds of wearing apparel and ac cessories even to flowers may be an important item in gilding the lily, so be sure you read every ad thoroly in Thursday's Nebraskan before composing your list. Miss Alice May Livingston, who writes the Daily Nebraskan fea ture "Paging the Smart Co-ed," will be the judge of the best lists. Her decisions will be final and the winners of the contest will be pub lished in Sunday's Nebraskan. En tries should be' left at the Daily Nebraskan office. "The Gilded Lily" starts Friday at the Lincoln Theater. Claudette Colbert, who scored in a light ro mantic role in "It Happened One Night," returns to the screen in an other role even more delightful than her former hit. KOSMET ORDERS INITIAL TRYOUTS FOR SPRING PLAY (Continued from Page I.I well, Douglas Harper, Dale Oder, John Jarmin and Charles Alexan der were assigned. Production work and practices will begin immediately after cast members and songs are chosen. 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