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Daily N EBR ASKAN "Read the Nebraska" "Be campus conscious" Official Student Newspaper of the University of Nebraska EKEND TLI TC VOL. XXXIV NO. .103. UITRATfhTdAY, MARCH 8719 3 5 PRICE S CENTS nr TT TTTT TT TTTT TT TT TTrmn IT "TT TTT T ld lp a mm u r 1 u r wr wav h r U ; V vi TT L TI M II LiJ V V 1L1 o 20 UNIVERSITIES REPRESENTED AT E Delegates Gather March 8 For Second Annual Conference. DR. JOHNSTON TO SPEAK Chancellor Burnett Gives Welcoming Address To Visitors. Delegates from twenty Ne braska universities and colleges are meeting in Lincoln on Fri day, March 8. for the second annual educational conference, according to Dean F. E. Henzlik, conference chairman. Thirty eight representatives had accept ed the university's invitation by Thursday, and officials expect at least fifteen more delegates to file on the final registration day. Principal speaker at the after noon sessions, which will be held today at two o'clock in social sci ence auditorium, will be Dr. J. B. Johnston, dean of the college of arts and sciences at the University of Minnesota, who will speak on "The General College." His talk will include a discussion of the following points, which he will conduct from the floor: What should be. the objectives of first, two years of college work ? What is a proper balance between the general or survey courses and spe cializations ? Can superficiality be avoided in the general survey courses." Henzlik Presides. Dr. Henzlik, dean of the teach ers college, will preside at the afternoon session, and Chancellor E. A. Burnett will deliver the wel coming address to visiting dele gates. A dinner at Carrie Belle Ray mond hall at six-thirty o'clock will open the evening session. Chancel lor Burnett will act as toastmaster. At seven-thirty, Dr. Johnston will speak on "The New Demand For Liveral Education." Rowland Haynes, state emergen cy relief administrator, will deliv er the second address on "National and State Policies and Procedures Involved in the Administration of Student Relief and Employment." This will be followed by a discus sion from the floor on the topic, "Is the present program of student Continued on Page 3.i 22 Y. W., Y. M. Members Go to Conference Held March 8-10. About twenty-two delegates from the university are expected to attend the Nebraska conference of the Student Christian Movement of the Rocky Mountain region to be held at Kearney college. March 8 to 10, according to announce ments made by Miss Bemice Mil ler, Y. W. secretary. nd Mr. C. D. Hayes, V. M. secretary. Representative', from the Y. W. are Lorraine Jlitcbcock, Elaine Fontein, Jeanne Palmer. Marjorie Smith, Glady Klopp, Rowena Swenson. Ruth Matachullat Jane Keefer, Lillete Jacques and Anne Pickett. Those attending from the city Y M. are: Grant McClellan. Dan Williams. Myrle Shuck. Dick Backer, Howard Kaltenborn, Clyde Gadeken, and Charles Hulac. Ag Y. M. delegates are: Ray Kinch, Howard Peterson, Carl Beadles, Wesley Dunn, and Orville Birch. Approximately 200 are expected to be in attendance at the Kearney conference, 130 being representa tives from Chrirtian student or ganizations from all over the state. The theme of the conference is "Life's New Demands and the Way cf Jesus." Dr. Bruce Curry of New York City will be the chief speaker, and C D. Hayes, secretary of the university Y. M will be the lesder at several of the discussion groups. WOMES SWIMMERS TO PRACTICE FRIDAY Tenksterettes Get Ready For Telegraphic Meet. Members of .Tanksterettes, wom en's swimming club, met Thursday evening at S o'clock at the pool for a period of practice in preparation for the women's telegraphic swim ming meet to be held during the month of March. Beth Taylor, president ot the or ganisation, announced that a spe cial practice meeting has been scheduled for Friday afternoon at 4 o'clock. Endurance and racing starts will be emphasized ct the DUCATION MEET REPRESENTATIVES TO ATTEND CHRISTIAN Lent Brings Opportunity for Students to Use Will-Power The more religiously inclined of Nebraska's some live thou sand students have a good two-day start on a forty-day stretch of self-denial. The six-weeks' exercise of the will-power is said to be as good for one as the "six-weckses" of study arc for the brain, the only difference being that one can't cram for Lent on the Saturday mgnt oeiorew Easter Sundav. But those who have volunteered for the Lent ob servance are well aware of that, and really believe that this time they will abide by their vows, and be able to triumphantly exclaim on Easter Sunday: "I haven't touched a double malt since Ash Wednesday!" Whereupon they will proceed, during the next six-weeks, to ruin both pocketbook and stomach in the pursuance of double-malts, which is, doubtless, an innate weakness in the family. But of course double-malts aren't the only things refrained from, and religion isn't the only ORCIIESIS MEMBERS TO DAXCE JA OMAHA Women's Dancing Croup Makes Plans for Program To Be Presented Soon. Discussion of plans for programs to be presented in Omaha soon and a practice period, constituted the business of the meeting of senior Orchesis. women's dancing" ffroup. which was held recently in the women's gymnasium. Flans were maae tor a sympo sium with a erouD from the uni versity of Omaha under the direc tion of Miss Ruth Diamond. The Omaha group and members of Or chesis under the direction of Miss Claudia Moore will each do num bers to the same piece of music in order to compare the different types of work. Miss Moore announcea mat or chesis will present a program of mndem daneine- before the central league of the Girl's Athletic asso ciation March IS. THREE SKITS ENLIVEN Dramatic Students Present Plays; Miller Leads Group Singing. Enlivening the intermission at the Childrens theater production "The Silver Thread." which will Ko iwawntprl in the TeiBDle the ater ne?.t Saturday morning and afternoon, three snoiT piays wm be presented by members of the rtrnmatic department. Another added attraction between the acts of the plav will be group singing lead by William Miller, a student in the "school ot music. 'Monkeys and the Cheese is tne title of the first play in which Wynona Smith, Vera May Peter son, Olive Eby. and aiaewar Mueller will take part. Jn tne sec ond play, intitled "The Stars," Mari.-irio Thomas. Lucile Todd, Julia Viele. Peggy Follon, Mar jorie Bannister ana aara uuutcx Mever wil Itake part. "Pnnr nrl Twntv Blackbirds, thhe last play to be presented, will have me roiowmg cast: awigucinc Mever. Mary Gerlach, Virginia Kirkbride, Jean Melhot, Harriet Van Sickle, Nancy Mumiora, ttutn Griffith and Dorothy Taylor. Junior League sponsors piay. "The Silver Thread" by Con stance Mackey is given by the TTniversitv Plavers. under the aus pices of the Lincoln Junior league, and is directed by Miss Pauline Gellatly, under the supervision of Miss H. Alice Howell, director of the University Players. Members or tne cast are u viiinave. Dame Morna; Ralph Battey, Culbert: Marjorie Filley. woman from beyond the hill; Shirley Woods, Princess Gwenda: Clare Wolf. King Raa Harriet Leeson. Mablna; Martha Bengtson, Alice; William Miller, Gunarca; A.uen Tborwald; John Hallet, Solbert; wiiH.m Motr.ppr. Kin; Shadow Cob; Jimmy Yule. Troll: Pauline VanHorne, Kon; hod vv eu, iiuuue snout; Ghita Hill. Ratkin; Norman Vni MniMMr: Georre Klack- stone. Clawfoot; Betty Anne Rob erts, Slumpkin; Eloise Rogers, Shag; Bob Hamilton. Verna Mae Hansen. Jeanette Riddle, Laurel Morrison and Mary Adelaide Han sen, goblins. AC Y. W. COMMISSIOS PLAXS PICMC SUXDAY Margaret Medlar Sieaks To Upperclass Croup Thursday. The ag Y. W. upperclaa com mission met Thursday afternoon at 4 o'clock at the Home Ec build ing on the ag campus. Margaret Medlar spoke to the group on her experiences at the Emerson Settle ment House in Chicago last sum mer, where abe was in charge of the clubs and entertainment of younger children. A joint picnic for the ag Y. W. and Y. M. will be held March 17. NTERMISSION PERIOD SILVER THREAD motive. Forbearing from spinacn, carrots, or cauliflower is quite fre quent. Of course the idea is to give up something you like, and sudden affection for vegetables and oat meal is common during the week before Lent especially if neither are served. And then of course there are those who are modest about tip ping the scales some fifteen to fifty pounds too heavy, and evas ively reply, when you question them about eating only two pieces of pie: "Oh, observing Lent you know. My mother always did, and my (Continued on Page 3.) PETE' ALTERS CAST FOR Players Will Open in Fred Ballard's Comedy Week Of March 18. Alterations in the cast of "My Lucky Star," a comedy by Fred Ballard to be presented as a world premiere by the University Players for a week's run starting Monday, March 18, were an nounced Thursday . by Harold 'Pete" Sumption, director of the production. Ray Ramsey will play the lead ing character role of "Egg" Stern, a lazy farmer, and Art Bailey is cast in the other principal part of "Bud," a tramp. Sidney Baker has been given one of the leading roles of Victor Morton, and Melvin Fielder plays his brother Dan. Other castings are "Red," Era Lown; Mrs. Carrie Stem. Mary Dean; Florence Stern. Mar jorie Filley; "Grandma" White, Harriette Leeson: and "Kitty." Genevieve Dalling. The part of "Bill," a crook, has not yet been selected. "Ray Ramsey, who is secretaiy of the Alumni association of the university, usually plays in one Players' production every year, and" his part in this play, which is the easy-going type like the famous "Bill" Jones ot "Light nin'," is very ably suited to his talents," Sumption stated. "Last year he scored a hit in "The Late Christopher Bean." Ballard, a popular New York playwright and graduate of the dramatics department here, is the author of "Believe Me, Xantippe," and "Ladies of the Jury." which has been presented by the Uni versity Players. Later the authar attended Baker college, a play wright school at Harvard. Sump tion declared that Ballard wanted to discover the audience reaction in the state where the setting of the story is laid, before its New York appearance. The action of the play is set in a small town in Nebraska, the two scenes being in the living room i "Egg" Stern's home and under an old railroad bridge. T ES Rosenblatt and Easterday Claim $100,000 for Defendant. Latest action in the mock libel suit being conducted by senior law students took place Thursday, when Rosenblatt and Easterday, attorneys for the plaintiff, Con gressman H. Ayre Blower, filed formal suit for $100,000 and costs against twenty-four parties after defense lawyers Gillespie and Akin refused a $75,000 settlement Wed nesday. The numerous defendants in clude: The Daily Nebraskan. the board of rerenta. the student pub lication board, and individual mem bers of the Nebraska n staff. Each person included in each of the groups named is also included in the list of defendants. Lamoine Bible. Virginia Selleck, Irwin Ryan, Fred Nicklaa, Robert Stiefler. and MaryLu Felenwwi are those who are declared involved. In the petition filed, the plaintiff declares' "that by reason of stated defamatory publication, the plain tiff has suffered severe mental an guish, untold humiliation, has been exposed to the public contempt and hatred and deprived of the com panionship of respectable people all to the plaintiff's damage in the sum of 1100,000." The Honorable Mr. Blower is described in the document as "a public office-holder who haa conducted himself in an upright and honest manner and who has. ai. no time, failed to ex ercise his privilege and duty of legislating for the ultimate public benefit." SUMPTION MY LUCKY STAR I L PEACE HOPES LIE Council Secretary Speaks To 200 at Forum Luncheon. DANGER AREA IN PACIFIC Attributes Senate Refusal Of Geneva Court Bill to Propaganda. "Keal peace hopes for the world lie in the World Court and League of Nations."' de clared Frederick J. Libhy, ex ecutive secretary for the Na tional Council for the Prevention of War, Thursday noon before the World Forum luncheon at the Grand hotel. "We cannot prevent TT.- ft V - '7 Courtesy Llnrclri journal. DR. F. J. LIBBY. disputes, but we can settle them by arbitration, and the United States will eventually join both organizations." The recent failure of the world court bill to pass the senate was attributed largely by Libby to the propaganda .spread by Father Coughlin. Will Rogers and the Hearst newspapers. In spite of this, he pointed out the bill lacked only seven votes for a two-thirds majority. "It was a battle of their radios against our mimeographs," (Continued on Page 3.1 WILL APPEARIN RLMS French Department Brings . 'Les Miserables' to Local Theater. PARISIAN STARS IN CAST With a cast hexded by three of the most dazzling stars of the Parisian cinema, and with music by the composer of the Russian Ballet's popular "Pacific Suite," the all-French talking picture ver sion of Victor Hugo's "Les Miser ables" is the first of a proposed series of ranking European films to be brought to Lincoln movie-goers by the university French de partment. The picture will be shown in Lincoln on Saturday morning, March 16, at the Stuart theater. Coming here thru the Interna tional House of the University of Chicago, the Pathe-Natan produc tion headlines such French fa vorites as Marguerite Moreno, Harry Baur. and Charles Dullin. with a notable supporting cast. The picture feature length, the irt tif thrw films relating in de tail the well-known story of Jean Valjean, was directed cy tiaymona Bernard and photographed by Kreuger. with all music by Arthur Honnegar. The picture, which is to be Ehnun MrluKivplv bv educational institutions, is to be shown in the mid-west from March 6 to 26. The initial American presentations will be on March 4 and 5 at the Uni-' versity of Chicago, and the first four-week run wiU conclude with a showirg at Harvard university on March 28. Dr. Harry Kurr, chairman of the Romance language depart ment, states that if this premiere of French f lltns in Lincoln ia suc cessful, he hopes to bring other outstanding Parisian movies to the city at two month intervals. Dr. Kurr is personally sponsoring the local presentation. Admission for the showing, which is scheduled for a 0 o'clock curtain, is to be twenty-five cent. Marjorie Smith is ticket sales chairman, and Dr. James R. Wads worth, assistant professr of Ro mance languages, beads general arrangements. BY DECLARES WORLD COURT 4- - "(Km " 'LMMIMW VICTOR HUGO'S STORY FRASKFORTER SAYS ARMS PREVEXT WAR National Defense Best Means of Peace Insurance. Urging an adequate national de fense as the best means of insur ance against war, Col. C. H. Frank forter, instructor in the chemistry department, spoke before the Co operative club Thursday, "Despite the fact that nobody wants war and that there is no immediate danger of war," he stated, "we must recognize the ex isting hatreds and racial differ ences and characteristics of the human race as instruments mak ing war a great possibility. Why should we take a chance?" In defending student military training, Frankforter made the declaration that "the statements that the C. M. T. C. and the R. O. T. C. make bloodthirsty soldiers out of schoolboys is absolutely false." BOOTH DECLARES F English Traveler Talks to Relations Clubs Thursday. Present developments in the United States are rapidly following the European trends of the past centuary. C. Douglas Booth, well Known lecturer and traveler, de clared Thursday evening at a meet ing of International relation clubs of the university and Nebraska Vesleyan. Promulgation of the N. R A. in America may seem an innovation to citizens of this country but Europe has been experiencing just such activities for over a century according to Booth. "Englishmen take two distinct views in regard to your N. R. A." Booth stated. "In the first place the English people as a whole con sider the new program very old fashioned and believe it to be building on very old issues almost wholly settled in England. Child Labor and income taxes have been dead issues for some time in Eng land. "On the other hand the English regard as entirely new and com mendable the sincere attempt on the part of the government to bring about a comprehensive program of better and social and economic conditions. However, Englishmen are curious as to bow the U. S. is going to provide an adequate ad ministration and civil service. From the British point of view one of the most obvious and yet most significant thinps brought about by the depression is the change in hero worship. "When I first came to this country the self made millionaire was considered on an equal plane with the arch angel," Booth averred. "At the present bankers suffer more than the industrialists. Flagrant abuses and misuses and in many instances has brought on distrust. Despite the fact that when the depression lifts, which it will undoubtedly do, and the speculation of the people causes them to lose their present hatred., yet the prosperity of the (Continued on Page 2.t W. J. Farma Makes Request For Prairie Schooner Material. Dr. L. C. Wimberly, editor of the Prairie Schooner, university literary magazine, has recently received 'three requests for re prints of poems and stories ap pearing in past issues of the Schooner. Two of the requests were for stories and one for a poem. Both stories have received previous acclaim from digest mag azines and anthologies, Wimberly declared. William J. Farma of the Uni versity of New York will use the Schooner's story "Pride." by Mir iam Allen Deford, in his new liter ature book. This book will be a compilation of prose, poetry, and drama 'and will be used in the school of education for oral inter pretation, Fanna'a letter states. This same story received honor able mention in E. J. O'Brien s 1934 best short story rating and was reprinted in Ue 1934 "O'Henry Award Memorial" vol- The Current Digest for Febru ary carried exerpts from K. C Shelby' story "Water Tower on the Prairie" which appeared in the fall issue of the Nebraska literary publication. This Is the third re print for this story. The 1935 An thology of Magazine Verse will contain the poem "Cloak for the Night" which was submitted to fali issue of the Schooner by Mabel Langdan of the university art department- RECOVE RY PLANS LD ASHIONED VOTING TO CLOSE AT 10:15 O'CLOCK Major Fenton Fleming, Former Governor Charles ' Bryan, Prdf . E. W. Lantz, Jack Fischer, Violet Cross, Supervise Counting of Votes. AH LIE SIM.MONDS 15 PIECE BAND FOB EVENT Presentation of Prom Girl Is One of Most Artistic Ever Attempted on Campus According to Clayton Schwenk. Chairman of Presentation Committee. .Students wishing to vole for the ll35 Prom girl, whose presentation this evening will climax the Junior-Senior prom, final formal event of the year, must be at the coliseum before 10:15 o'clock, aceordinfr to an announcement made by Co-chairman Irving Hill Thursday. o This year's prom girl will be HONORARY SORORITY EXTERTAIXS AT TEA Mu Phi Epsilon Observes St. Patrick's Day March 9. In observance of St. Patrick's day, Mu Phi Epsilon, national hon orary musical sorority, will enter tain guests and patronesses at a musicale and tea, Saturday, March 9, from 3 to 5 o'clock, at the home of Mrs. Ellery Davis. Table decora tions will be in grsen and white, and the Drosrram booklets will represent four-leaf clovers, signi fying luck. The musical program will be presented by June Goethe, violin ist; Violet Vaughn, pianist; and Henrietta Sanderson, soprano. Mrs. Ellery Davis. Elizabeth Tierney, and Marion Miller will receive at the door. Mary Hall Thomas will preside at the tea table. The after noon's f t ivities were arranged by Violet Vaughn, June Goethe, and Irene Remmers, f . c. American COntraltO tO Oing Ull LUiiacuiu oiayc Tuesday. Coe Glade, beautiful young American contralto, will be seen and heard as Venus in "Tann hauser." the great first act of which will be given in special per formance of opera and ballet when the Chicago Grand Opera appears on the campus next Tuesday eve ning. Miss Glade is one of the celebri ties of contemporary operatic ac tivities for a number of reasons, one of which is the rapid progress fche had made in her art. She was bom in Chicago, educated in the private schools of Evanston and her voice teacher was Homer Moore. The oebut of this contralto was made in the Century theater. New York Citv. late in 1926 as Amner- ' is in "Aida." She was at the time i just one month more than 20 years of age i. Two years and two months later. Miss Glade sang the same role for her Chicago debut in the Auditorium with the Chi cago Opera, of which she has ever since been a member. Her debut as a concert singer was made a month later in Orchestra hall. Chi cago. Soon thereafter, she was made principal contralto of the or ganization for such operas as she might add to her repertoire. Her favorite roles are Carmen and Venus. Duncan to Sing Tenor. With Miss Glade in "Tann hnudpr" will he the new dramatic tenor. M.Ton Duncan, who joined the Chicago Ojeia last November after successful seasons in Europe under the name of Mario Dura. Ruth Page's ballet also will take part in the act, which includes the famous Bacchanal e. Other features of the special performance will be the second art of "Tosca." with the famous Maria Jeritza. Mr. Duncan, and. as Scarpia. the new sensation among operatic baritones. Carlo Moreilli. GAMMA ALPHA CHI TO MAKE RVSHISG PLAS Honorary Advertising Club To Meet Sunday at Kappa House. Officers of Gamma Alpha Chi. honorary advertising sorority, will meet Sunday. March 10. at 3:30 o'clock at the Kappa Kappa Gam ma house, according to Wiiiia Selleck. president f the organiza tion. The meeting will concern rushing plans and arrangements for the annual founders day ban quet. Ad-nite will be discussed and a decision made as to bftrrr or not to continue presenting it as an an nual function of the organizat'on. A list of rp-altrrs, planned for the coming meetings will be presented and passed on by the group. PORTRAYS CHARACTER VENUS IN OPERA PRESENTATION chosen from seven candidates bv popular vote of thoss attending the party, fenny tjosmas, uerry raw ford. 'Arlene Bors, Bash Perkins. Siddy Smith, Jean Campbell, and Betty Temple are the aspirants. Presentation Is At 11 O'clock. Voting will close promptly at 10:15 and the presentation will take place at 11. according to Pre sentation Committee Chairman Clayton Schwenk. Ballots are on the tickets, so only those attending the party will have a word in the final selection of the prom girl. Mayor Fenton B. Fleming, for mer Governor Bryan, Prof. E. W. Lantz. student council advisor, Jack Fischer, student council presi dent, and Violet Cross, Mortar Board president, will supervise the counting of votes. According to Schwenk, the pre sentation will be one of the most artistic ever attempted on the campus. Unlike former presenta tions, it features all the candidates. Construction of the plans designed by William Flax of Omaha was nearing completion Thursday after noon. Dancing Until 12 O'clock. Arlie Simmonds and his fifteen piece college band from Chicago will provide music for the affair. Simmons' orchestra has won many friends on other college campuses. Orchestra Committee Chairman Faith Arnold stated. During its stay at the MueJbach hotel in Kan sas City it drew a larger crowd than any band that had played there for several years. Dancine will last until 12 o'clock (because of special permission granted by the faculty committee be-.ause of special permission Ticket sale, conducted by tee Corn Cobs, shows promising re sults, according to Jim Marvin who (Continued on Page 3.) Group to Enlist Aid ot Barb Clubs, Organized Houses. Honoraries. Laying of fundamental plans for senior class organization was completed Thursday at the firrt senior committee meetu., uciu . 5 o'clock in University taiu mut jory Fillev. Mortar Board, and Burton M'arvin. Innocent were named as additional members of the committee. After discussing various meth ods of instilling a greater unity m the class, the committee outline 1 a general plan lor organization. TVin. HpHrifd to enlist the help oi the men's and women's bonorarifcs. all organized bouses, ana oaro or vuniTuUrmK to aid tbem in the ac complishment of their plans. Class rresiaem foa -". declared after the meeting. -We fe.-a mad a pood start toward definite senior organization, and I sincerely Deneve w c msVs trran-mMein mean more to this year's senior class than it haj ever meant to preceding senior classes. All we need to attain cur goal is the wbole-bearted co-operation of each and every member of the class and of campus or ganizations as well. A second committee meeting was scheduled for Monday, March 11, again in U hall at 5 o'clock. At that gathering, members will complete plans for definite action and arrange for submittance 1 those plans to tne enure ciass i a future meeting, it mas etatJ by Easterday. HYP.WTISM SUBJECT JEWESS DISCUSSIOS Palladian Literary Croup Hears Talk ct Friday Meeting. Prof. Arthur F. Jennesa will speak on "Hvpotism" t n pea meeting of the Palladian Literary society at 7:30 o'clock Friday. March 8 at Palladian hall in the Temple building. Ted Freeman, accompanied by Lenore Teal will present several wtusUing elections. COMMITTEE DECIDES ON PLANS FOR SENIOR CLASS ORGANIZATION