!HE DAILY NEBRASKA "Read the Nebraskan" "Be campus conscious" Official Student Newspaper of the University of Nebraska j LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, APRIL 5, 1935 PRICE 5 CENTS. VOL. XXXIV NO. 123. SPEAK TODAY ON GLADSTONE Noted Historian Lecl'.ires in Temple Theater at 1 1 O'clock. WROTE SEVERAL BOOKS Professor Will Address History Teachers Conference. Dr. Paul A. Knaplund, chair man of the department of his tory at "Wisconsin university, will address a university convo cation at the Temple at 11 o'clock Friday morning on "Glad stone; Champion of Lost Causes," according to Dr. James L. Sellers, professor of history in charge of arrangements. Dr., Knaplund is in Lincoln this week end for the twenty-third annual state conven tion of history teachers at which he will be the principal speaker. Dr. Knaplund, well known his torian, has written a book en titled, "Gladstone and Britain's Imperial Policy." Starting in as an assistant in the Wisconsin his tory department in 1914, Dr. Knaplund worked up to his present position of chairman of the depart ment which he has held since 1932. The Wisconsin professor has often been a contributor to history journals, and from 1929-32 he was a member of the board of editors of the Journal of Modern History. Among his editorial work, is "Speeches on Foreign Affairs by Sir Edward Grey" and "Letters from Lord Sydenham to Lord John Russell." "Problems of the History Teacher," will be the topic of Dr. Knaplund's remarks when he speaks at a 6 o'clock dinner at the University club this evening. Sat urday noon he will talk before a luncheon group on the subject. "Looking Forward." Dr. John D. Clark, formerly of the economics department, has re turned to Lincoln for the confer ence and will address the conven tion of high school and college his tory instructors and any students interested on "Indoctrination," at 10:30 Saturday morning in Social Science auditorium. Dr. Knaplund spoke also before a meeting at Park school Thurs day afternoon about the famous member of the British Parliament, Gladstone. Chairman of the convention is Miss Fern Mi-Bride, history in structor In Hastings high school. R. 0. T. C. Auxiliary Seeks New Title for Group. A group invitation to the cadet officer's banquet to be held April 10 at the Lincoln hotel whs read to the sponsors club at a meeting of the organisation held Thursday afternoon at ! o'clock in Ellon Smith hall. Vlolt't Cross presided, and urged all girls to make reser vations with Elizabeth Shearer, secretary, before Monday, April fc. Committees for the sponsors tea dance, which was held recently, were asked to prepare detailed re ports to put on file for members of the organization to refer in com ing years. Plans for atondancc at R. O. T. C. spring parades were made, and further discussion was held as to a new name for the organization. The next meeting will be announ ced later. TO GIVE 'BOYS PROGRAM Women Will Be Guests of Honor at Party Held Friday by Men. Male members of the Palladlan Literary Society will entertain the women at the traditional "Boy's Program," Friday. April 5, at 8:30 o'clock, In Palladlan Hall. Temple. Lewis Bottorf, senior, will be in charge of the program, in which all the boys of the organization will take part. The Palladlan girls will recipro cate by entertaining the boys at a banquet, the date of which has been tentatively set for April 27. Beth Stiigebouer will be in charge of the arrangements. PHI CHI THETA PLANS COMING RUSH SEASON Members of Phi Chi Thcta, hon orary business administration so rority, made plans for a bridge benefit at their regular meeting. Thursday night at 7 o'clock in laien Smith. Plans for a rummage sale and a "rushing" program for the second semester were also dis cussed, according to Mildred Kirk bride, president. , Great Nations Will Not Fight Now, Says British Militarist By Lorraine Campbell, One international authority, at least, is of the opinion that war is not imminent. "Unless some nation and its rulers go mad, we can reckon with absolute certainty on no -world Avar for a period of years," avowed Lord Strabolgi, eminent British military authority, in a recent Herald Tribune article. Strabolgi confirms this widespread feeling of o International skirmishes, and yet he feels that it is altogether unjust, and although the useless war be tween Paraguay and Bolivia may pursue its cruel course, and there may be another outbreak of diffi culties between Italy and Abys sinia, there will be no danger of world war involving great nations during 1935 and '36 and probably for some years ahead. "This is a perfectly safe prophecy." Who Will Start It? "One self-evident fact is fre quently overlooked In all these ru mors of a coming world war. For a new war on a large scale to break out, somebody has to start fighting. In these days no gov ernment in any country dares start war unless pretty certain of a quick and successful decision." Lord Strabolgi examines each fiber of the international spider web in showing the unlikelihood of conflict: "The strongest military power in Europe is France. French arma Critic Addresses Teachers At First Sessions of Convention. "The principal problem ol music is the same that con fronts all other lines of en deavor at this time of economic crisis," declared Leonard Lieb ling, editor of "The Musical Cour ier" and music critic for the New York American of New York City, when he spoke at one of the open ing sessions of the Nebraska Music Teachers' association held in the Cornhusker hotel Thursday. "It is a problem of trying to make this really a musical nation," Mr. Liebling stated, in his speech entitled "Musical Problems of America." The group met for the first time at 9 o'clock Thursday morning when Edith Lucille Rob bins, president of the association, and Governor R. L. Cochran gave addresses of welcome. Mr. Liebling, before leaving the stage directed a verbal belt at the newspapers for their refusal to give music and musicians their proportionate amount of space in the daily press. A wrestler, called the "human pretzel." he pointed out, was given greater space than any musician. Gail Haaks Speak. Giiil Martin Haake, of the Amer ican Conservatory of Music In Chi cago spoke on "Class Lessons for Beginners in Piano" at the morn ing session and in the afternoon, (Continued on Page 3.) WINS JUDGING MEET Prizes for Dairy Contest Awarded at Conclave Wednesday. Presentation of prizes for the second annual student's dairy products Judging contest was held Wednesday evening in Agricul tural hall, at a convocation spon sored by the Varsity Dairy Club. Included on the program was an illustrated lecture by Captain Spoerry, who described his ex periences in the Philippines and China. The title of his address was "In Old Cathay." Grand prize of a gold medal was awarded to Harold Von Rleson, for outstanding work in the content, which was held March 26. In the girls' division, Dorothy Fasen yager, won the bronze medal award, Ruth Carsten, red ribbon, and Eunice Holdgraf, white ribbon. In the senior men's division, Stanley Whltson placed first, Don Joy, second, and Ray McCarty, third. Harold Von Rleson placed first in the junior division, Harold Holmbeck, second, a d Earl Hed lund, third. In the ice cream JudglnR con test. Palmer Welsh took the blue ribbon. Dale Smith vcs the but ter division, and Stanley Whltson, milk. Second and third ribbons in the milk division were awarded to Earl Hedlund and Harold Von Riesc.i. In the girls' division, Eunice Holdgraf. Alma Williams, and Ruth Wolfe placed respective ly. They were awarded Interna tional Milk Dealers Association certificates. MISS PARISH LEADS DISCUSSION SUNDAY Miss Velma Parish, visitor for the Federal Relief Bureau, will lead the discussion of the Fireside club on the subject, "Federal Re lief Case Work." The meeting will be held Sunday at the Unitarian Church, 12 and H atreeta. at alx o'clock. BUNG SPEAKS ON PROBLEMS OF MUSIC THURSDAY mcnts and finances are both in a state that would allow waging of war on a great scale, but we can say with absolute certainty that France will never begin a war. She has nothing to gain by it. The French understand well that the so-called preventive war against Germany would have to be fought without allies, and France's gen eral staff will not permit that. France has all the territory that she requires, including the second greatest colonial empire in the world and in actual fact is prob ably the least warlike nation in Europe. "Who would attack France? Fascist Italy would like a larger slice of North Africa and a por tion of the Riviera, but neither would be worth the risk of a war. Mussolini knows that the Jugo slavs, with their fine army, might attack him on the east and the French army would be able to con trol the Mediterranean trade (Continued on Page 2.) FRISBIE ADDRESSES 4-H GROUP MEETING State Head of Movement Gives Speech on 'Wild Life: L. I. Frisbie, state leader of the 4-H Club movement, spoke at the 4-H Club meeting Wednesday mgnt at ag hail. He showed pic tures taken at the 4-H Club camps last summer, at Seward and at Crystal Lake. He also talked on "Wild Life," a new 4-H project, saying that "indiscriminate burn ing, especially, has played havoc with wild life in Nebraska," and advocating an active program of tire and accident prevention. Dorothea French told about the "Home Ec Cycle," and Frank Svoboda talked on "County Com mittees." E ON MEASUREMENT OF Assistant Instructor Will Address Physics Club Meeting Friday. Gordon D. Bruebaker, assistant in the physics department, will speak on the subject of measuring star intensities by the use of the photo-electric cell and energy am plifylng device at the physics club meeting on Friday evening, April 5, In Brace Laboratory. Mr. Brue baker will also demonstrate his own set of apparatus for this kind of investigation on which he has been working for the past several months. Mr. Bruebaker explained that he will show how the amount of light emitting from distant stars is cal culated by comparison with the light from stars of known intens ity. Star intensity in general is de termined by the amount of energy incitation in the photo-electric ap paratus, he said. Parts of this apparatus, which is a comparatively new innovation in astronomy, whose function Mr. Bruebaker will outline are the cell proper, the device for measuring the current incited by the light, and the amplifier. A special inter ference tube Is also included in the set-up for the purpose of cutting out radio waves and other dis turbances. The meeting Is informal and open to the public, according to Bruce Hester, club president. The meeting Is scheduled to begin at 7:15. Letter to Student From Polar Region Arrives After Yea? Constance Cllnchard, university senior, was not a little surprised recently when she received a letter from a member of the Byrd Expe dition in Little America, which had been written Jan. 7, 1934. On the envelope was the illuminating no tation: "Delayed one year because of difficulties In transportation at Little America, Antarctic." The letter was written by Ver non D. Boyd, a machinist with the expedition. He made the acquaint ance nf Vflna Cllnrh&rd'a brother. William Cllnchard, a graduate Of the dental co.uege in ivai, wnen the second expedition passed thru the Canal Zone on the way to the Antarctic. Miss Cllnchsrd, whose home is In the Canal Zone, has the nntno-rnnh nf Mr Rvrd. Which She obtained when the first expedition passed inru toe uan&i. CAFE REPORTS MANY ENTRIES IN CONTEST Entries in the Central Cafe con test have been pouring in, state manocora nt the restaurant. The contest, which opened recently, re mains open until April i, wnen essays, limited to fifty words, giv ing ten good reasons why the Cen tral Cafe la the best and most popular rendezvous for university students and faculty members, are due. t STUDENT COUNCIL DESCRIBES SIXTH IE Virginia Selleck Outlines System at University of Washington. GOVERNED BY DIRECTORS Shop Sells Used Volumes For Predetermined Cash Prices. After functioning success fully for thirty-five years, the student book exchange plan at the University of Washington made its bid for the approval of the Nebraska student body, which is seeking the most practi cal plan for the establishment of a similar bookstore on this cam pus. Salient features of the Seattle school plan were outlined Wed nesday by Virginia Selleck, chair man of the student council book store committee. Entirely owned by the student body, the institution Is controlled by a board of directors, composed of four students and three fac ulty memliers, elected by the stu dent board of control. One manager, with one assist ant and five department heads as sisting him, controls the business, which employs all students for part time employment as clerks. Both new and used books are handled, new texts being sold for the lowest list price and used vol umes being purchased at estab lished cash prices. The store in cludes other services in its activi ties, such as supplies, tickets and class equipment. The Washington plan is the sixth to be described by the stu dent council committee, which is attempting to outline the outstand ing plans of second hand book exchanges in American colleges, They are attempting, according to Miss Selleck, to outline outstand ing plans of student bookstores in American colleges in order to find the type most adaptable to the local campus. At a meeting scheduled for 3 o'clock this afternoon, members of the special committee will meet at the office of Professor Lantz, to discuss and develop the Nebras ka plan. Those stores in operation at Southern California, Minnesota, Massachusetts Tech, Chicago and Florida have already been consid ered by the committee. SIX STUDENTS TO END 'Dark Tower' Last Play for Half Dozen Dramatic Performers. SHOW 0PENSNEXT WEEK When the University Players present "The Dark Tower" as their last play of the 1934-35 season at the Temple theater next week, six members of the cast will end their college association with the univer sity dramatic organization. They are Armand Hunter, Mel vin Fielder, Art Bailey, Elizabeth Betzer, Veronica Villnave and Elsa Swift. Armand Hunter, who portrays the villainous Stanley Vance in the melodrama which Alexander Woollcott and George S. Kaufman collaborated In writing, will make his fifteenth appearance in a Players production In three years on the Temple stage. He appeared in "Road to Rome," "Porgy," "Ca mille," and "Romeo and Juliet" during the 1932-33 season: all six productions last season, including "The Late Christopher Bean," "Dinner at Eight," "Another Lan guage," "Dangerous Corner," "Counsellor at Law," and "The Curtain Rises;" and five of the eight plays this year, "The Shin ing Hour," "Her Master's Voice," "Yellow Jack,' and "The Return of Peter Grimm." Melvln Fielder appeared 'n "Counsellor at Law,' "Dangerous Comer," and "The Curtain Rises" last season, and four plays this year, ineludings "Wednesday' Child," "Her Master's Voice," "Yellow Jack," and "My Lucky Star. Art Bailey, a veteran of Chil- drens theater and Kosmet Klub productions, has appeared this year In "Wednesday's Child," "The Return of Peter Grimm," and "My Lucky Star." Elizabeth Betzer, In the lead ing feminine role of Jessica Wells in "The Dark Tower," la making her first and last appearance In a Players' show. Veronica Villnave appeared last season In "Dinner at Eight, "Counsellor at Law," and "Dan gerous Corner," and this year In "The Shining Hour." She has been active in Children's and Studio theater productions. Golfers Ordered to Coliseum Saturday AM men Interested In jo" should report to Dana X. Bible In the "N" Club trophy room, fteoond flar of the coliseum, at 1:00 Saturday afternoon. Plant will be made for the coming golf lesion. BOOK STOF PLAN Faculty Has Varied Opinion On Chicago University Plan By GEORGE FREY. That faculty opinion on 1lio "Chicago plan'' as presented by Dean C. S. Boucher of the University of Chicago Tuesday before university groups is not unified is borne out from the results of interviews made with various members concerning this new plan of education and 1he possibility of its adoption bv the universitv. The plan, which In brief pro vides for student freedom In class attendance and methods of study, calls for the junior college period to be devoted to general introduc tory courses combined into four general divisions, the biological sciences, the humanities, physical sciences and the social sciences. Promotion from the junior to the senior college is provided by means of a series of comprehen sive examinations which may be taken at the pleasure of the stu dent. When the student reaches the senior college he is given the opportunity of specializing in his particular field of interest, and is given a bachlor's degree after passing a comprehensive group of examinations designed for his major study. Thus it is that pro motion and accomplishment is measured by the results of these examinations rather than by the addition of credits and hours as is generally used at the present time. SPOERRY TO SPEAK ON CHINA TRAVELS Delian-Union Literary Club To Hold Meeting Friday. Capt. G. W. Spoerry will speak on his evoeriences in China at the regular Fitday night meeting of the Delian-Union Literary Society in Delian-Union hall in the Tem ple building April 5. Slides of pictures taken while on duty in China will be shown along with Captain Spoerry's talks. Several other numbers have been prepared by the program commit tee under direction of Nancy Claire Mumford. Those interested are welcome to attend this meet ing. OF TASSELS TO ATTEND Organization Initiates New Members Preceding Dinner. Reservations made for the Tas sel banquet which will be held Sat urday evening in the Venetian room of the Lincoln hotel show that not only most of the actives but also many of the alumni are planning to attend, according to Erma Bauer, reservation chair man. Dinnerr will be preceded by initiation of pledges and installa tion of new officers and will be followed by a dance at which Pat Ash and his orchestra will furnish the music. New officers to be Installed are Elizabeth Shearer. president; Eleanor Nealc, vice president; Er ma Bauer, treasurer; Jean Hoag, secretary; Eleanor McFaddcn. pub licity chairman, and Virginia Keim, notification chaL-man. Retiring of ficers are: Louise Hossack, pres ident: Maxine Packwood. vice president; Elizabeth Shearer, treasurer; Elizabeth Bushee, secre tary; Jean Hoag, publicity chair man, and Eleanor Neale, notifica tion chairman. Pledget initiated. Pledges who will be initiated are: Erma Bauer, Clover Beck man, Lucile Berger, El.-ie Buxman, Gayle Caley, Janice Campbell, Al phia Catania, Doris Cochran, Ger trude For.tain. Dorothea Fulton, Jean Hoag, Virginia Keim, Rose mary Kane and Sancha Kilbourn. Other new Initiates will be Theo dora Lohrman, Ruth Matschullat, (Continued on rage 2.) Freshman Lawyers Skip; But Prof Will Have His Vengance "The Freshman Laws Skip Class" or "Prof. Orfield's Re venge" is the title of a story now being enacted over in law school to which the final episode will be added this morning at 11 o'clock. It all began last fall when the first year law class decided to take a holiday from Prof. Lester B. Orfield's criminal law hour. But when the appointed day came, they found that Prof. M. H. Mer rill had exchanged hours with Prof. Orfleld and was to have lec tured to a class in contracts at that time. As punishment they received an assignment for a long thesis from Prof. Merrill. The freshmen were not to be thwarted however. When Prof. Orfleld walked Into his usual 2 o'clock crimes room last Tuesday, 1 found it barer than the prover bial Old Mother Hubbard'a cup board. Instead of sitting on those hard law school chairs, the vaca tioning students were resting easily In the plush seats of one of the downtown theaters. Yesterday there appeared the following notice on the Uw school bulletin board. 'There will be a make-up class in criminal law Friday morning, April 5, at 11 o'clock, signed L. B. Orfleld." f BANQUET o - Among those of the faculty in terviewed, it is the general opin ion that the Chicago plan calls for a higher type of student than that which is found generally in a state university, which by its very na ture must admit all those who pos sess a high school diploma. It was pointed out that the University of Chicago admits only those stu dents that officials deem worthy of entering their institution. An other fact pointed to is that Chi cago, by the very nature and nov elty of its system draws from all parts of the United States the "cream of the crop" of college stu dents. There Is general agreement that integrated introductory courses of fered in the junior college period are preferable to the giving of in troductory courses that are aimed primarily to enable students to take the advanced couses in the same subject. It was emphasized, however, by Dean F. L. Henzlik of (Continued on Page 2.) TO LECTURE HERE Reserved Tickets Available Free at Registrar's Office. Tickets for Dr. Hubert A. Millikan's lecture Tuesday eve ning, April !J, University coli seum arc now available to stu dents and faculty members, and their friends. Faculty members may get their tickets at the office of Chancellor E. A. Burnett. Stu dent tickets are being distributed at the registrar's office. Chancellor Burnett urges that students and faculty members avail themselves of the opportun ity to attend Tuesday evening's lecture. The first 20 rows of seats in the Coliseum have been set aside for use of university people and their friends. All of the rest of the seats will be open without restriction to the general public. No charge is made for admission. Dr. Millikan, one of the most distinguished scientists of the day, will discuss "In the Coming Cen tury" before a crowd expected to number between 5,000 and 6,000 people from Lincoln and nearby towns. "Dr. Millikan's talk will be presented in such a manner as to interest our entire student body," officials in charge of the conven tion, which is under auspices of the university convocation com mittee, stated yesterday. At 8 o'clock the university or chestra will precede Dr. Millikan's talk with a half hour presentation of their annual concert. PICK OUTSTANDING ADS Women's Honorary Sorority Sponsors Contest in April. Selection ol the most outstand ing advertisements which appear In Nebraska newspapers for the month of April, will be sponsored by Gamma Alpha Chi, women's honorary advertising organization, according to an announcement by Virginia Selleck, president. The group decided upon the project at a meeting held Thurs day night at 7:30 in Ellen Smith hail. This selection will be made from newspapers appearing In communities of over 1,000 and will Include Omaha and Lincoln pa pers. Final choice of the ads will be made by a group of judges com posed of Prof. F. O. Flood, pro fessor of advertising and sales management, Prof. Gayle C. Walk er, director of the Bchool of jour nalism, and one or two outstand ing Lincoln advertisers to be an nounced later. Committees working on the project are as follows: Patricia Vetter, chairman; Eleanor Leak, DeMarias Hilliard and Frances Moore; Catherine Stoddard, chair man; Ruth Anderson, Elean Rets land and Virginia Selleck; Rosena Miller, chairman; Dorothy Sand rock, Laura Schmer and Esther Compton; Eunice Camp, chair man, Josephine Ferguson, Eula Mae Hastie and Mary Ellen Long. Josephine Ferguson was ap pointed social chairman for the or ganization at last r.ight'a meeting and pledging services were sched uled for Thursday, April 11 TRYOUTS FOR Y.W. CHORUS ANNOUNCED Tryouta will be held for Vesper choir in Ellen Smith hall Satur day morning, April 6, from 10 to 11. Those who are interested la this organization are urged to come, according to Margaret Phil llppe, director. NOTED SCIENTIST TUESDAY EVENING PIPER TESTIFIES HE President of 'Know Nothing' Club Says Congressman Ms a Crook.' CAUGHT HIM WITH COIN Attorney States Dictaphone Record Was Made of Transaction. delating facts from his otvti experience as inspector in the secret service, George Piper, local attorney and star defense witness in the Blower-Xcbras-kan libel case strengthened the bonds of evidence with which Xc braskan attorneys nope to strangle the Jefferson congressman's claim to $100,000 damages. Admitting that he had told re porter Robert Stiefler that "Blow er is a crook and should be ex posed," the president of the local "Know Nothing" party organiza tion gave the "inside story" of the material printed in the allegedly libelous news article. He disclosed himself as the department of jus tice agent who had caught Blower in a western hotel accepting money which Piper asserted was a bribe figuring in the sale of government ocean liners to the "Dollar-and-a-Quarter" lines of San Francisco. Responsibility Established. Counsels Akin and Gillespie called members of the Daily Ne braskan staff and Gayle C. Walk er, chairman of the student publi cations board to the stand to fix the responsibility of editing and censoring the story. Lamoine Bible, Xebraskan editor, declared that the managing editor on duty was responsible for the contents of news stories. Marylu Petersen, news editor, disclosed that only one news editor is responsible for the headline and copy reading, but has no authority to change the story content. Professor Walker asserted that final censorship pow ers rest with the publications board, citing the example of that body suppressing an editorial sev eral years ago. In the afternoon's first testi mony, reporter Stiefler related the conversation between Piper and himself when he obtained an inter view concerning Blower. Q. Mr. Stiefler, did you ask Mr. Piper if he had been connect ed with any utility companies? A. Yes. Piper said that before (Continued on Page 4). AG BAliWTO HOLD SPRING MIXER Leroy Baughan to Furnish Music for Dance in Activities Hall. City and ag students have been invited to atend the mixer spon sored by the Ag Barb league, Fri day, April 5, at the Student Activi ties building on ag campus. Lcroy Baughn, who furnished the music for the Farmer's Fair dance last spring, and who has played for previous mixers, will furnish the orchestra Friday night. Miss Margaret Feddey, chairman of the Home Economics depart ment, will be a special guest, and chaperones for the affair will in clude Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Prcscott, Miss Ruth Sterry, and Dr. and Mrs. S. D. Keim. Aletha Forell is in charge ol the arrangements. She is being as sisted by Lois Allen, Donna Hiatt. and Marjoric Franchis. Those at tending are asked to present their identification cards. A small ad mission fee will be charged. E Gov. Cochran Appoints Two Instructors to State Committee. Governor R. L. Cochran Thurs day announced appointment of W. W. Burr. dcAn of the agricultural college and G. E. Condra, director of the conservation and survey de partment to the personnel of the state planning board. State Engi neer A. C. Tilley is chairman of the newly appointed board. Selection of the two university professors increases membership of the board from seven to nine. They will serve as a subcommittee to investigate and report on proj ects to be financed In whole or In part thru funds provided for Ne braska In the federal relief admin istration and the PWA. Dr. Condra will review projects involving soil erosion prevention, while Dean Burr will devote his time to passing on projects In tended for soil use. Governor Cochran indicated that he bflieved their appointment will speed up action in getting federal money for Nebraska prjjecta. ar J in starting work on approved un-dertakicj;. SAW BLOWER . ACCEPTING BRIBE v i: 1L,