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Daily Ne BRASKAN "Read the Nebraskan" "Be campus conscious" Official Student Newspaper of the University of Nebraska VOL. XXXI V NO. 124. LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, SUNDAY, APRIL 7, 1933. PRICE 5 CENTS. fo) r CT3 WW UVJ VJ U w HE Millikan To Lecture Tuesday UNIVERSITY TO HOLD LAST CONVOCATION Internationally Famous Scientist Presents Lecture On Popular Scientific Subject at Coliseum For Expected Audience of 6,000. 30 MINUTE ORCHESTRA Speaker Has Received Nobel, Comstock Prizes; Edison Faraday, Hughes, Mattencci Medals; Gained Fame by Work With Cosmic Rays. At the final all-university convocation of 1933. Dr. Robert A. Millikan, internationally famous scientist, will address an ex pected crowd of 6000 on a popular subject at the coliseum Tuesday evening. The title of his address is "In the Coming Century." There is no admission charge for the program. The university orchestra, under O the direction of Carl Frederic Steckelberg. will give a thirty minute concert of classical num bers preceding the address, begin ning at 8 o'clock. Chancellor Emeritus Samuel Avery, who dur ing war days In Washington hai his office across the hall from that of Dr. Millikan. will introduce him. The convocation is the fourth and last in the regular convocation series arranged by Prof. J. O. Hertzler and his committee. Dr. Millikan will arrive in Lincoln late Tuesday afternoon and will leave at midnight after his address, to his only appearance will be at the coliseum. Holds International Tame. Hating high among the world's great. Dr. Millikan holds doctor s degrees from some twenty univer sities, and many medals for out standing achievement. Columbia, Pennsylvania. New fork, Prince ton, and Yale, as well as other American schools have conferred degrees upon him. Berlin, Dublin, Ghent, and Liege have granted de grees and established his interna tional fame. His awards are many, including the Nobel prize, the Com?tock prize from the National Academy, the Faraday medal (London), the Edison medal, the Hughes medal from the Royal Society of Great Britain, and the Mattencci roedil from Italy. He is a chevalier of the Legion of Honor in France. He is at home in the scientific circles of all countries and his addresses are always widely commented up on. He has arranged particularly for a popular address in Lincoln. Member of Chicago faculty. In 1696 Dr. Millikan was an as sistant in the physics department at the University of Chicago. He held various positions there umil he became professor of physics in 1910 where be remained until 1921, when he became director of the Norman Bridge laboratory f physics and chairman of the exec utive council at the California In stitute of technology. Already famous as a physicist and scientist. Doctor Millikan has gained further renown thru his work with cosmic rays in the last few years. Tho not fully under stood, even by scientists, these are (Continued on Page 2.1 Poll Reveals Students Buy 25,000 Textbooks Every Term. That Nebraska students buy ap proximately 25,000 and sell about 17.000 each semester was revealed by a poll of the student body taken last fall, according to Irving Hill, member of the student council book exchange committee. Aver aged, this figure shews that each student buys about five books and ells about 74 percent of them every term. Students receive about -7 per cent of the original price when selling used books under the book store system now in operation on the university campus, the pon showed "obviously this is not a fair return on the investment, stated HilL The student council is aiming to remedy the situation by agitating for fie establishment of a co-operative book exchange. Memhers of the committee con ducting a comprehensive poll of other universities In the Lnlted States, finds that three-fourths of them have co-operative unvcty bok exchanges. Of the one-fourth which do not own them, "ne hall are striving for a remedy. The oth er half have private book stores which have broujnt profit down COUNCIL REUE BOOKSTORE AGENCIES CONCERT BEFORE TALK PLAYERS OPEN IN 'THE DARK TOW University Dramatists Present Last Play of Current Season for Week's Starting Monday; Harold 'Pete' Sumption Takes Leading Role. With the most -notable cast of their current season, the Uni versity Players will open in "The" Dark Toweiv" a three act mystery melodrama by Alexander Woollcott and George S. Kaufman, at the Temple theater Mondav. The play, which closses the 1934-35 year of the Players, will be presented nightly thru Saturday. Harold "Pete" Sumption, stage director of the Players, beads the mast as Damon Wells, an actor, in a story concerning a family of ac tors in New York City, and a mur der committed among them. Ar mani Hunter, prominent on the Tample stage for the last three years, plays the chief supporting role of the villainous Stanley Vance. Elizabeth Betzer, of Lincoln, has the chief feminine role of Jessica Wells, wife of Vance, who holds a strange hypnotic power over her. Opposite her as Ben Weston is Melvin Fielder, of Webster City, Io-.va. The cast, as announced Satur day following a few minor changes includes: "Hattie." played by Margaret Carpenter, Lincoln; "Martha Temple," by Veronica Villnave. Casper. Wyo.; "Daphne Martin." Margaret Straub; "Barry Jones." Clare Wolf, Lincoln; 'Dr. Kendall." Roy Squires. Hot Springs, S. D-; "Max Sarnoff." An ton Stengel, New York City: 'Pat sy Dowling." Elsa Swift, Scotts bluff; a taxi driver, Sidney Baker, Lincoln: a bell-boy, Dwight Per kins. Lincoln, and "William Cur tis," police inspector, Era Lown. Lincoln. ALS RESULTS POLL; CAMPUS PROTE PROFESSORS ATTED ECONOMICS MEETISG Faculty Members Travel To Kansas City for Contention. Dean J. E. LeRossignol, Dr. J. E. Kirshman. and Dr. G. O. Virtue of the college of business administra tion are on the program for the meeting of the Midwest Economic society in Kansas City April 11 to 13 Dean LeRossignol is chair man of the Friday afternoon ses sion; Dr. Kirshman will speak on "Aims and Achievement of the New Deal": an l Dr. Virtue will lead a round table discussion on federal finances. Committee Member Dick Fis cher Is making an extensive study of housing conditions .thereby at tempting to find an appropriate location for a new book exchange. He la also aiming to make connec tions with other univers.ty stores in an effort to find a method for Nebraska to exchange with other schools books not needed here for books required Lorraine Hitchcock, a member of the committee, la conducting a t, inin th tvDe and variety of books needed in a university . fwwik rxc hanze by contact with J other book stores here. O A'eu- P. P. K. Head. f ' :,-, i " f fey Courty Th Journal. Dr. R. J. Pool. R" PHI BETA KAPPA L Honorary Scholastic Group Elects Prof. Orfield Vice President. Dr. R. J. Pool, professor of bot any, was elected president of the local chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, honorary scholastic fraternity, at the regular business meeting Thursday evening in Social Science 105. Other officers elected for the coming year were Prof. Lester Or field. vice president; Prof. James Wadsworth. treasurer; Prof. Clif ford M. Hicks, secretary, and Mrs. A. W. Williams, historian. Besides the election of officers, reports were heard from a special committee that is studying the re quirements for eligibility of mem bership to the organization. Officers of Phi Beta Kappa for the past year were: Prof. J. P. Guilford, president; Prof. Ruth Odell. vice president: Prof. Matilda Peters, treasurer; Prof. Clifford M. Hicks, secretary, and Mrs. A. W, Williams, historian. ST ACTION NAMES DR PO PRESIDENT Managers Say Solution Lies in Faculty Cooperation. Solution to the student book store problem lies In preventing the changing of text books so fre quently. This is the answer which the managers of the Co-op book store on the campus make Satur day concerning the recent action of the student council In attempt ing to establish a student book ex change here. Tbey believe that if books were used for more than one or two semesters at a time, that they would be able to guarantee high er percent on used books and could sell them at lower prices. Another argument which they put forth is that they are not given the material on what books will be used during the coming year. Inquiring Into the used book sit uation on other campuses. It has been found that In four colleges from at least thirty to sixty days before the end of tie school year, a list of books that are to be used the next year along with the new and used prices of these books is passed around to the various mem bers of the faculty for their ap proval and is then submitted to the various book dealers. In this I Continued on Page 4). t URY AWARDS SIX CENTS TO BLOWER N SUIT FOR LIBEL Homer Ayre Blower Favored In Verdict Against Nebraskan. MOCK TRIAL ENDS FRIDAY Defense Counsel Regards Decision as 'Moral Victory.' Trial jury in tho court of Judge Charles B. Nutting awarded Horner Ayre Blower six cents damages as the libel suit against the Daily Nebras kan closed Friday afternoon. Blow er, congressman from Jefferson state, had sued for $150,000 dam ages, naming Daily Nebraskan staff members and the publica tions board as defendants. Each of the1 defendants will share one cent of the damages. "We view the decision of the court as a moral victory," declared Maurice Akin, counsel for the de fense, "since the bench did not up hold the plaintiff's claim to the principal sum." Plaintiff Satisfied. Rosenblatt and Easterday, at torneys for the plaintiff, also ex pressed satisfaction with the ver dict and judgment. "We are happy at the complete vindication of the character of our client, as that was the result we w?re seeking in the damage suit," Rosenblatt stated. "Money can never pay for taise (Continued on Page 4.) Tense Moment Appearing in Judge Nutting's ; trial court in .the Nebraskan Blower libel suit are. left to right: Marylu Petersen, Nebraskan news editor on the witness stand; Mau- n,.r in F.iirone thev're still at it While congressmen in Washing ton were listening to suggestions from Edward P. Wamer, federal aviation commission member anJ rmicr aorrptAt-v of the navy, to h ffirf that nrmv and naw air branches should be consolidated in th future, leadine European powers were seeking means oi solving tneir complex numnij nrohinTTii nermanv has let the world know that she wants nol rnmnlicnted Deace alliances but she's willing to be satisfied with hpr nresent boundaries ior ai least ten years. Nazi officials indicated that Hitler s aicxoraie wouiu, wr Rltrn non-acfiression pacts for a limited term, which British, authorities seem to believe means hut little Strong willed Benito Mussolini! hnnH tn nrejient a. DroOOSal fori European peace security when! ttreat Britain. France, and the nremler meet at Stresa next Thuradav to consider that im portant matter. Meanwhile thous and at his troors are mobilizing. France, too, is on guard. Along! the German border she is taking! no chances, for there she haiJ placed troops numbering several thousand, and constructed fortifi cations along miles and miles of frontier. Steel, concrete, ana men (Continued on Page 2.) A l v- fir I ; :.. ', it-,.'-' I- !l K II f V COPY BRIEFS By FRED NCKLAS. COUNCIL STARTS CAMPAIGN TO SECURE LOAN FROM PWA; CONGRESSMEN PLEDGE AID Nebraska Congressmen Back Council Move for New Union Building. AWAIT SIGNING PWA BILL Norris, Burke, McLaughlin, Luckey, Coffee, Stefan Pledge Aid. Nebraska's senators and representatives in Washington have pledged their support of the Student Council's proposal to ereet a student union build ing on the university campus. Re plying to a letter from Charles Bursik, member, which inquired as to the possibilities of their sup port for a PWA allotment to erect the building, the state's representa tives approved the plan and in dicated their co-operation in Wash ington. "I think your proposal is a most worthy one," wrote Con gressman Henry C. Luckey of the first district. "As an alumnus of the University of Nebraska, hav ing visited many other large uni versities in this country and abroad and having noted the fine union buildings that many of the institutions have, I am more con vinced of our need for such a building. Let me assure you that 1 will give your project my most earnest and sympathetic considera tion and co-operation." Writes United States Senator Edward R. Burke of Omaha, "I will be glad to support a program of this nature after additional funds are made available to the PWA. At the present time, the president's program is held up be cause of certain objectional amend ments, but I trust that all will be (Continued on Page 4.) During Nebraskan Libel Trial rice Akin defense counsel, hand ing her exhibit A; Judge Charles B. Nutting, behind his bench and spectacles: court clerk Charles Ledwith; Herman Rosenblatt and To Faculty and Students: On Tuesday evening, April 9. the University of Nebraska will have as its guett one of the most distinguished scien tists of the day, Dr. Robert A. Millikan. A great convocation, under the auspices of the con vocation committee of the uni versity will be held in the coli seum. Dr. Millikan has chosen as his subject "In the Coming Century" and the address will be of such a character as to be interesting to all of our stu dent body. Beginning at eight o'clock, the university orchestra will give its annual concert for thirty minutes preceding the address. In view of the very large au dience expected, the university is setting aside the first twenty rows on the main floor of the university coliseum as reserved seats. The courtesy of these seats will be extended to both faculty and students, and their friends. Members of the faculty may obtain these tickeU at the Chancellor's office and the members of the student body may obtain tickets for them selves and their guests free of charge, at the registrar's office. It Is hoped that many students will see fit to Invite their fath ers and mothers for the occa sion. All of the rest of the seats in the coliseum will be open without restriction to th gen eral public. E. A. Burnett, Chancellor. Student Union Executive Committee. Jack Fischer, chairman. Ray Ramsay, ex-officio. Charles Bursik, secretary. Lee Youn;r. Virginia Selleck. Irving- Hill. Burton Marvin. Burr Ross. Corinne Claflin. Dwight Perkins. Bonnie Spanggaard. Violet Cross. L STARTED IN 1930 Alumni Association Began First Building Drive Five Years Ago. In launching a concentrated attack for a student union buildimr Saturday, the student council has revived an issue, the successful culmination of which has long been the dream of Ne braska students and of supporters of the university. Cherished by members of the student body and faculty alike, the idea of a union building for the university has per sisted for many years in the face (Continued on Page 4.) Don Easterday, counsel for the plainif. Invisible behind the ta ble hides Howard Gillespie, attor ney for the defense. NTIA STUDENT UNION CAMPAIGN PHOTOS OF UNION BUILDINGS ARRIlf Display Featuring Over 100 Pictures of Student Ac . tivities Halls on American Campuses to Go on Exhibition in Lincoln for Two Weeks. A traveling exhibit of over a hundred large, photographs of student unions reached Lincoln Saturday, according to Charles Bcnish, secretary of the stu dent union building committee. This collection is part of the fa cilities offered by the Association of College Unions, of which Ne braska in now an associate mem ber, and it will be on display at various places on the city and ag campuses for the next two weeks. The exhibit was last displayed at the Minnesota Union and will be sent to Utah from here. The prints are uniformly mounted and are beautiful pieces of photogra phy, some in colors and others in bromide and mezzo-tint, Bursik stated. Included in the collection are photographs of the Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Kansas. Vander bllt, Rochester, North Carolina, . . . , in.k!.AH f Tnlin, Houston Hall at Pennsylvania, Fischer Announces Executive Committee to Obtain Campus Support. PLAN TO SEEK $300,000 Regents Tentatively Give Approval Following Investigation. Visions of a student union building once more loomed hc- fore Nebraska students today as opening of a concentrated drive to secure a PWA loan for erection of a union building here was announced by Jack Fischer, president of the student council which is sponsoring the campaign. Preparing to marshall the sup port of the entire student body, the faculty and administration, the alumni association and the various campus organizations, Fischer Saturday announced an executive committee of ten students and Ray Ramsay, alumni secretary, who aided in preliminary negotiations, to carry the huge project thru to a successful conclusion. Announcement of the campaign came on the heels of the passage by congress of the $4,800,000,000 public works appropriation bill which President Roosevelt is ex pected to sign into law next week and which would make available money for projects such as the union building. Formal application to the state PWA committee for union building funds will probably be made as soon as the federal government designates the neces sary procedure, it was learned. Tentative plans which may be revised are that $300,000 will be sought for the union. Group Investigates. Thoro investigation of the proj ect from every angle has been in progress for more than six weeks, Fischer declared, the council wish ing to be sure that no legal bar riers or technical errors would de feat its efforts. Officers of the executive commit tee first met with the board of re gents and presented the plan for their sanction. The regents had previously submitted to the state planning board applications for several buildings for the university including a new library and new University hall class building. Upon investigation, the board tentatively approved the union building idea and is expected to in clude application ofr it along with its requests for other buildings. It is understood, however, that a new library would receive prior con sideration if the university is to re ceive PWA funds. Probably Partial Loan. Grant of union building funds thru the PWA would probably tak j the form of a partial loan with a certain percent an outright dona tion and the balance payable over a period of some 20 or 30 years, it was thought. Such a scheme would entail the issuance of bonds as se curity to the PWA by the univer sity and could be accomplished thru the medium of the dormitory corporation which was created to permit the financing of Carrie Belle Raymond hall along similar lines. It was the legality of the issu ance of bonds by the university (Continued on Page 4.) Hart House at Toronto and Pelrce Hall at Kenyon. There are many prints of lounga rooms, cafeterias, commons, bull- rooms, lobbies, and recreation par ir. fTirinM and eeneral land scape scenes are also included, and in all, the exhibit is very compiei In it representation of union buildings and should be of Interest to everyone in the student body. The announcement of the places where the exhibit can be aeen will appar Tuesday. INSTRUCTORS ATTEND CHICAGO CONVENTION Dean F. E. Henzlik, Dr. S. M. Corey, Dr. W. H. Morton, and Dr. G. W. Rosenlof of the teachers col lege leave Tuesday for Chicago where they will attend the annual meeting of the North OntrsJ as sociation. Dean Henzlik and Dr. Corey will speak on the program- tc a reasonable ievei.