WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 1935. hpttt? r tt v mtttjij ACir AN Daily Nebraskan ta:ion A. Lincoln. NbraiKa. OFFICIAL 8TUDENT PUBLICATION UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA Thlt giMr It rtprited tor general advtrtumo by th " v Mibratki Pri Association. Wcatrt CTollffliaU frrffiS .....v:-L -as I9M Entered at aaoond-elaaa mattar at Ihs ",ci" Lincoln" M.bra.h.. undar act of congrt.t. March 187S. ndtt tpaclal rata ol -ottaga provided for In aactwn 1101. act ol Octooor I. 1817. authoriiad January SO. m EDITORIAL STAFF ...... Kdltor.ln-Chltt Aaaoclatt Editor Woman't Editor .Soclaty Editor .Featura Editor kamolna Blbla lack Flachar MANAGING EDITORS Irwin Rjsn V.rglnl. alltck NEWS EDITORS Frad Nlcklaa A' "vlr" knch. Kilbourn Georgt Plpal Marylu Pttartan Oorthta Fulton Loraina Campbell BUSINESS STAFF Richard tchmldt Buainata Managar ASSISTANT BUSINESS MANAGERS Truman Oberndorf Bob Shallanberg Robert Funk The Dailr Piebraskan ia the student publica tion of the tniversity of Nebraska, and ms such, attempt to express the best opinion of the student boilv. While its view may sometimes coincide with those of the administration, they are not to be taken as hating either its approval or disap proval. Hutchins and Borah On Freedom of Speech. "W'HAT Is a university?" inquires University of 'thlcago President Robert M. Hutchins and then proceeds to answer his question by stating that a university is a community of scholars. "It is not a kindergarten; it is not a club; it is not a reform school; it is not a political party; it is not an agency of propaganda. A university is a com munity of scholars." "Freedom of inquiry, freedom of discussion, and freedom of teaching without these a university cannot exist. Without these a university becomes a political party or an agency of propaganda. It ceases to be a university. The university exists only to find and communicate the truth. If it cannot do that it is no longer a university." Thus speaks a university president on the right of free speech in a university. That right has been questioned many times, especially during the past few years. Red scares pop up here and there in the educational world. The most recent occurred at President Hutchin's own school when Charles Wahl gren withdrew his neice from the university. Wil liam Randolph Hearst this winter has made him self look foolish by trying to eliminate the prac tically nonexistent communists from our schools. Strange as it may seem, these attempts to limit the freedom of speech within the schools are the very courses of action that have been carried out in the countries from which the over-solicitous are trying to save the nation's youth. "Limit freedom of discussion and thought and we shaU save the country from fascism or communism or some other ism." they say. Yet schools in these foreign coun tries have degenerated into a mere nothing because of the limitations placed on them by the govern ment. Furthermore, these attempts to limit freedom of thought and speech are in themselves productive of the very things that the would-be saviours are trying to eradicate. "I have heard," says Hutchins, "a great many times in recent years that more and more students are getting more and more red. In universities that are intelligently conducted I do not believe it. In universities which permit students to study and talk as they please I see no evidence of increasing redness. The way to make students Red is to suppress them. This policy has never yet failed to have this effect The vigorous and in telligent student resents the suggestion that he is not capable of considering anything more important than fraternities and football. Most of the college Reds I have heard about have been produced by the frightened and hysterical regulations of the col leges. They are not Reds at all; they are in revolt against being treated like children." I INTERESTING to compare with this statement is nn mrl recently bv Senator Borah before the American Society of Editors. "The safety of our form of government, the safety of democracy, rests upon that orderly program which comes from the flash of conflicting opinions. Repression is not only the enemy of free government, but it is the breeder of revolutions. It is the enemy of progress and human happiness. And above all, it is neither a test of error nor of truth." Thus, it seems that certain persons who would limit freedom of speech so that nothing may be heard of communism, nazism, or fascism are going a bit haywire. In their zeal they have overstepped the bounds of reason. This country basically is sound in mind and thoughts. The public is not to be swayed by soap box orators nor even dignified lecturers; the nation's youth is not suddenly going to become converts to the doctrine of communism merely because the prin ciples of that faith are expounded and discussed or even advocated by their instructors. That which this country does have to fear are these attempts to limit freedom of speech by our so-called patriots. If they sjcceed, our democratic principles are automatically lost Sign the Petition. CIGNERS for the Student Union petitions are com- lng but slowly. The committee has hardly reached the halfway mark on the road toward their goal of three thousand names on the papers. And yet the petitions have been in circulation on the campus for well over a week. Members of the committee are sorely puzzled as to the attitude taken on this drive. Surely there can be no objection to a Union building. The fee to be assessed is not excessive. - At least the stu dent body has not offered any tangible evidence that it is against the plan. But neither has It of fered much in the way of tangible evidence that it is for the plan. The only conclusion that can be reached is that the inshakeable indifference which has pervaded the campus for many long years is still at work. Yet the committee must have definite proof that the greater share of the students are actively Interested In erecting a Union building. That proof must be presented to the Board of Regents. There fore it is absolutely necessary that names be affixed at once to the petitions. Is the campus going to let a chance to have a Union building pass again thru sheer indifference? A Thrilling Exhibition. . . . . . . a . . in - L.'Ll t-ON'T fall to see and near wis mruiing exuioi- UUIl. The public has become accustomed to reading such blurbs in advertising for new moving pic tures, boxing matches, sideshows, and other such affairs, but it is a distinct shock to find a state ment of that caliber in the advertising of a supposed tabernacle of the Gospel. Yet that was the parting shot in one of the daily ads of a local church engaged at the present time in evangelistic work. Maybe it is somewhat old-fashioned and puritanical, but the idea of even advertising at all does not quite fit into the Ideals surrounding a church. A church is commonly supposed to be a temple of the Almighty. It ia one of the few places leu to which one may retreat from the hurly-burly of the world. It ia the one place that a person would expect to remain undefiled by the forces of greed, competition, and corruption that have en compassed civilization. There is, however, a tendency at the present time for churches to adopt the methods and terms of the business world. "Don't fail to see and hear this thrilling exhibition." Undoubtedly to some the preaching of the Word is thrilling, but that offers no excuse for placing the church In the same class with a carnival sideshow. Perhaps It may be rationalized by saying that one must fight fire with fire and in order for the church to compete with the attractions of the world, it must adopt the mannerisms of the world. But it sounds like poor reasoning, and it still doesn't seem quite correct for a church to make of itself a 'thrilling exhibition." The City Receives An Actress. 4 N excellent example of the value of a good press agent and the low level to which tastes of the American public have fallen was rurnisnea yes terday to Lincoln. Yesterday Anna Sten came to town. Thousands of people lined the street outside the depot. She had to be rushed with police protection to her spe cial car. She was given the key to the city by the president of the chamber of commerce. She was handed a large bouquet of roses. Her dressing room was flooded with reporters. Hundreds paid their ... n hr nemraisl aDnearance on the IjlAC.. . 0 fcV wi... " - f 1 statre. Last serine Katherine Cornell came to town. No crowds eagerly awaited her coming nor cheered her arrival. She was presented with no bouquet of roses nor the key to the city. Her audiences, while large, were nothing compared to the number that would have flocked to see la Sten, had she remained longer in town. Last spring Eva LaGallienne also came to town She was not greeted by crowds nor were any bands called out She received no bouquet of roses nor a key to the city. Her audience was disrespectful. Undoubtedly Anna Sten is a good actress. She has made her mark in the field of the motion pic tures, an art that is rapidly nearing the top. But there can be no question of the superiority of Cor nell and LaGallienne. Their dramatic work far out shines that of the Russian actress who has taken the country by storm. The difference lies in the fact that la Sten appeals to the common tastes. S'ae does not at tempt the better dramatic pieces. In addition she has her own press agent plus the excellent pub licity men on the staff of her studio. Consequently when Anna Sten travels she is greeted by crowds and cheers. Katherine Cornell and Eva LaGallienne are greeted only apathetically. Queer thing, this American public. CORRINE CLAFLIN APPOINTS TEAMS FOR UNION DRIVE Members Circulate Petitions To Gain Support of Campaigns. In order to be sure every stu dent on the campus has an op portunity to sign a petition pledging support to the union building and bookstore cam paigns, teams have been appoint ed to circulate the requests, ac cording to Corrlne Claflln, chair man of the petition committee of the Student Council executivee group. The teams as appointed by Miss Claflln are as follows: Team 1: Jack Fischer, captain; Walker Cordner, Frank Crablll,, Maynard Miller, Lamolne Bible, Dick Schmidt Alice Beekman, Jack Nicholas, and Ealon Stan-deven. Team 2: Burton Marvin, cap tain: Burr Ross, Marv Edith Hen dricks, Evelyn Diamond, John Sto ver, Elizabeth Moomaw, Louis Rathburn, Don Easterday, and Jack Pace. Team 3: Con ine Claflin, cap tain; Dorothy Cathers, Bash Per kins, Harry Letton, Florence Bux man, Lenore Teal, Eleanor Clltbe, and Daesta Deeter. Team 4: Irving Hill, captain; Charles Galloway, Walter Moeller, Ruth Johnson, Franklin Meier, Joe Rhea, Owen Johnson, Howard White, Kenneth Young. Team 5: Dick Fischer, captain; Alvin Kleeb, Lewis Bottorf, Helen O'Gara, Janice Campbell, Bill Hamilton, Don Maher, Jeanette Lowry, and Grant McLellan. Team 6: Don Shurtleff, cap tain; Carlisle Meyers, Elizabeth Shearer, Elizabeth Bushee, Alp.ire Barkes, John Campbell, Constance Christopoulus, and Paul Hare. Team 7: Charles Bursik, cap tain; Betty Barrows, Ethel Kirtschfield, Betty Temple, Doro thy Kenner, Eleanor Worthman, Josephine Hubbard, and Dowena Miller. Team 8: Violet Cross, captain; Arline Oetgen, Gloren Wiig, Frit zie Harris. Loretta Murphy, Eliz abeth Kelly, Cathleen Long, Ca lista Cooper, and Gwendolyn Mey erson. Team 9: Dwieht Perkins, cap tain; Ernestine Hersolm, Roy Ken nedy, Louis Schick, Evan Smith, Bill Fisher, George Walquist Robert Young, and Rufus Strough. Team 10: Burr Ross, captain; Eugene Pester, Barney Schrepf, Ernest Green, Willard Horchm, Pat Minier. George Holyoke, and John Harberg. Team 11: Virginia Selleck, cap tain; Frances Hanna. Russell Mor rison. Harrv Rosensteln, Bernie McKerney, Doc Plympton, Burt Durkee, and Milo Smith. Team 12: Lee Youm?, captain; Burnold Dewell, Stanley Hoight, Jim Green, Herman Rosenblatt James Heldt, Leon Litchenberger, Carl Erb, and George Klein. Team 13: Bonnie Spangaard, captain; William Cain, Wilbur Erickson, Robert Young. Margaret Phillips, Louise Scrabble, Harriet Lucore. William Kuticka, and Pete Wiltse. Teams of Lorraine Hitchcock and Irwin Ryan were not avail able but will be announced later. OFFICIAL BULLETIN Contemporary Comment Humor With A Vengeance. The Maternity Sweepstakes is drawing into the home stretch. A Canadian woman, by bringing into this world her fourteenth child, has established herself as one of the leading contenders tor the $500, 000 award left by a Canadian sportsman with a sense of humor who died in October, 1926. The grand prize was left to the mother having the jrreatest number of chil dren within :en years of that date. But. the woman who has just given the world her fourteenth child has a woefully short time in which to catch another contender who is three ahead of her. Charles Miller, wno established the fund for the winner, certainly must have had a sense of humor with a queer twist For it is any thing but pleasant to observe sup posedly Intelligent human beings trying to capitalize on their off spring. Investigation long ago proved that people of the lower mentality art the ones who have the greatest number of children. It Is safe to say that the leading con tj.TO in th sweepstakes are of not too great Intelligence. It can hardly be classed as intelligent to produce children as would a ma chine merely ia hope of gaining from these offspring. Then, too, there is the problem of raising these children and starting them out in the world when they come of age. It is fairly certain that the parents are not able to rear and educate their children as they should. The only results are that future unemployment figures will be increased and a greater number of public charges must he taken care of by the paying public. The Maternity Sweepstakes. What a farce on the Intelligence of the human race. But we would like to have known Millar. Any man who could conceive such an idea would have made an interesting psycho! -gical study Indiana Daily Student MARVTN ROBINSON TO STUDY AT PRINCETON DURING YEAR 1935-36 (Continued from Page l. fellowship is given each year from the Lowell M. Palmer fund rr.d en titles the holder to one -year of work in the graduate architectural school of Princeton university. The school of architecture at Princeton is limited to twenty graduate stu dent. The award was made by Shirley Morgan, director of the school of architecture at Princeton. Robinson graduated from the University of Nebraska in 1932 and was given a graduate fellowship in architecture the following year. Robinson received his undergradu ate training from Prof. Harry F. Cunningham, former head of the department of architecture and now in Washington, D. C. In his senior year Robinson was editor of the Awgwan and has con tributed many illustrations to uni versity publications since that time. Robinson also was the archi tect for the Delta Upsilon frater nity bouse. .TUDENT COUNCIL POSTS. Four eniors-at-large, two men and two women. Two junior men and three junior vsmen from Arts and Science college. Two junior men and one junior woman from Business Administration college. One junior man and one from College or man from and three Teachers man from Phar- junior woman Agriculture. One junior junior women college. One junior macy college. One junior man from Dentis try college. One junior man from Law college. Two Junior women-at-largs. One man or woman from Graduate college. Publication Beard. One sophomore member. One junior member. One senior rrsmber. The cadets at Virginia Military Institute (LMir-stoni have finally denned heredity It is sometnin a father believes in until his son tarts to act like a fooL Corn Cobs. Election of Corn Cob officers ... . . . r- C . TT Viall ti-i ' i np rw'm in nuuui o Wednesday evening at 7:30. ev eryone must be there. Nu Meds. Nu Med society will meet at 5 o'clock Thursday in Bessey nau auditorium. All members are urged to be present Council Executive Committee. Student Council executive com mittee will meet at 4:oo ociock Wednesday afternoon in the Stu dent Council rooms in University hall. Student Council. Regular mt ;tine of the Student Council will be held 5:00 o ciock in the Council rooms. Gamma Alpha Chi. Gamma Alpha Chi will hold a meeting 7:00 o'clock Tnursaay night in Ellen Smith hall. Orchesis. Full rehearsal Wednesday from 5 to 10 o'clock in the Armory. MISS MILLER LEADS YEAR'S LAST VESPER Misses Perkins, Cathers, Lulz, Fontein Talk on Estes Meet. PROF. VAN ROYAN TAKES DREAM TRAVELER ON HOLLAND CRUISE. (Continued from Page 1.) feet of the least wind, cross waves are set up and even possessors of stable stomachs are likely to get woozy. "The city of Rotterdam is just as big, filthy, and modern as any big world port. On a hurried trip the hit and miss tourist will go on to the big city of Hague and take in the government offices and probably the ugly old palace of Queen Wilhelmina. Going on to Amsterdam, he will see some of the country where the old windmills are still in vogue to a mbarked de gree. Hollaid Contains Much Art. "Amsterdam shows the wealth of Dutch art and architecture at its best The Rijksmuseum in that city contains excellent and world ra mous collections of paintings. The tall towered churches and houses with steeped roofs are the best ex amples of the country's individual architecture. All Dutcn nouses are made of brick. In fact, Rotterdam is the only city in which I ever saw a frame houso until I came to the United States. "From Amsterdam the beaten path leads to the Island of Haar lem in the Sea of Zuiderzee. This tourist island is not far from Am sterdam and the trip Is well worth while in the spring. One sees and smells and feels the Influence of flowers in thid vicinity as can be done no other place in the world. The territory, which is being more and more reclaimed from the sea, specializes in the raising of flower bulbs to supply the world. A little north and south of Haarlem one sees vast fields of tulips, hyacinths. Crocuses, narcissuses, and otner flowers. The beauty and smell of these fields is not soon forgotten. Retain Native Costumes. "Another reason why the trav eler should not miss visiting Maar- ken is because the people there have retained the old costumes. The Dutch Cleanser can model, with her seven or eight petticoats, monstrous bonnet and wooden shoes is a good example of the type of dress worn. Although these costumes are picturesque, they represent the exception rath er than the rule In Holland today. In fact the costumes of the days gone by, have become more or less of a racket in Maarken. The peo ple wear them because they want to attract the tourist trade rather than because the clothes are still natural to them. With these highlights scanned, the ordinary traveler would un doubtedly leave Holland for big ger cathedrals and more cities, but there are sun many wings re maining for the person who has time and money to browse around the country on a bicycle or in a boat The system or drainage ana dikes for which the country is so often remembered is worthy of a study in itself. Country Laced With Dikes. "The country is laced with dikes, sea dikes, river dikes, big, little, and miniature. The land, all of which is from 5 to 16 feet below sea level, is cut by rivers, canals, and countless ditches. The canals are used for both drainage and navigation. "The whole country is divided up into districts called 'polders,' which are small bits of land re claimed bv dikes and artificial drainae-e. The drainage was once accomplished by windmills which motivated sone writers to produce "There's a Little Dutch Mill." but now it is done mostly by electric and gasoline engine pumps. A rather intricate legal system has grown up around the Important matter of drainare. "An Interesting disillusionment is in store for most people when they first see dikes. They are com posed of great masses of earth, usually clay, and are covered with grass. Any break or overflow that might be caused by excessive rains would come at the top of the dike. Hence, the romantic tale of the lit tle boy saving his country by put ting hl fincer In the hole in the dike undoubtedly has little proba bility, v Alkmaar, Cheese Center. "There are a number of lesser towns and cities that will repay the sojourner for his time. Alk maar is the great market place and center of the cheese industry. Here they turn out those great rolls of cream cheese The Dutch like cheese. The small city of Delft is another place whose interest lies in its many old churches, its canals running thru the city, and its queer bridges. And to mention an other out-of-tne-way ana liueicoi inv ninra with no concern for con tinuity of travel, the little island of Walcheren m me souinweai twi ner of the country is a picturesque spot where the people are some what isolated from the bustie of modernism, and consequently un spoiled by tourist trade. They are steeped In tradition that is not at all counterfeit "The two university towns may be of Interest, especially to stu dents who have the privilege to travel while still in college them selves. These towns are Utrcht and Leiden. My home town is the former and I might say that the rivalry between the universities is comparable to that between Yale and Harvard in this country. One who comes from one of the schools never says anything good about the other. Students Travel by Bicycle. "The set-un at Utrecht is about twice as big as that of the Uni versity of Nebraska, including the ag and medical college equipment aitno uus uuicn university ac comodates only about 1600 stu dents. There is no campus at my alma mater and the students travel all over the city from one class to the next by bicycle. "The climate of tne country, which I should have spoken of nt the outset, is on the whole very damp. It is extremely variable an J not continually cold as much ex aggerated rumors or SKaimg in Holland would indicate. Of course, there are three or four months when one can skate and then skat ing rinks are everywhere. The traveler sees Holland ana few people know the country until they've traveled." Orchesis to Give May Program of Unusual Dances "We have planned an entirely different type of program." said Miss Claudia Moore, Orchesis spon sor, when quizzed on the numbers to be presented in the dance group's recital, May 17. "For Instance," she continued, "there is the "Dynamic Canon" which the new Orchesis members are presenting. I doubt if anything like it has ever been given here be fore. The dance is done entirely without musical accompaniment, and it consists of a gradual build ing up of rhythm and motion by different groups, each group begin ning a little later than the preced ing one." Depict Negro Life. Negro life will be depicted too, she announced. The girls will show the Negro in his solemn mood, his playful mood, and his emotional mood. Along with the Negro melo dies will be the old folk dances or pre-classic dance forms. These are the dances done by the common folk long ago when the church for bade dancing (so you can imagine what kind they are). When the church lifted its ban and the nobil ity decided they needed a little en tertainment these dances were taken into court and music written for them. Now they are the clas sical pieces of dance and music. The recital will be given in Grant Memorial hall. May 17, at 8 o'clock. Tickets are priced at 35 cents, and may be purchased at the physical education office in tne armory, or from intramural repre sentatives or Orchesis members. ANTI-COMMUNIST BILL Nebraska Commencement Speaker Defends Professors. By College News Service. BERKELEY, Calif., Apr. T. Robert Gordon Sproul. who will de liver the commencement address in Lincoln assailing measures which would "prevent free men from speaking their minds," this week declared 18 University of Call fornia professors "were within fhPir rights as citizens" when they criticized an anticommunist bill be fore the state legislature. In a previous letter to Assemmy. man Martin, co-author of the dis puted bill, the university president had said the professors "acted en tirely on their own responsibility," and had added he thought they "used extremely poor judgment in their method of attack on the bill." The professors had sent a tele gram of protest to Martin, who "in vited" President Sproul to explain the matter. The Martin bill con tains a clause making possession of radical literature a felony. Sproul said this week: "We are disposed to believe that the assembly bill and others like it go too far in this direction and tend to destroy that Americanism which they are designed to con serve. I hope this statement will clear the atmosphere where there is far too much heat and too little light" he added. CMANTS BY CHANCE. Now that "Aida" is over, those who were in It agree that it was one of the season's successes, at least it was backstage. One of the University Players who helped make up the cast was none other than Mark McAllister. He Intended to be in it himself, but decided when the choice costumes were taken, that he could be of more use as a makeup man. He's had good experience along tnat line, ana we finished products were practically unrecognizable, as tar as Egyp tians go! One of the ferocious looking sol diers of the ancient Egyptian days, turned out to be Chuck Hulac or the Delta Us. He was one of the fortunate young men whom Mark fixed up. It was no new story for Chuck to be on a stage however, for in the dim, dark past, he has been in other productions such as "Robin Hood," "Friend Hannah, the "Messiah" and "White Man's Papoose." Other University Play ers who were roaming around backstage seemingly enjoying things were Dick Rider, also a sol dier; Era Lown, and David Gold ware. "Cash" Mostifi came back between acts and chatted with some of the principals. Two Alpha Phi's were fortunate to get autographed photographs of some of the artists. James Wolfe of the Metropolitan gave his pic ture to them, and Werrenwrath and Pane-Gasser promised to send them some. Nothing like collect ing artist's pictures! Melvin Fielder, the University Player, will give his senior recital Thursday evening, May 9, at the Temple Theater at 7:30. His play will be Jerome K. Jerome's famous, "Passing of the Third Floor Back." In this drama, thirteen characters are portrayed. The public is in vited to attend this recital. Only two more will be given during the current semester by students in the dramatic department. Bash Perkins, Helen Lutz, Elaine Fontein, and Dorothy Cathers spoke at the last vesper service of the school year. Tuesday at ft o'clock In Ellen Smith. The theme of the service was the Estes Young Peples' conference, about which the four girls spoke. Decorations represented mountain scer.rry. Miss Bernice Miller. Y. W. execu tive secretary, presided at the meeting, which was in charge of Gladys Klopp. chairmsn of the conference staff. Special music was furnished by Elsie Mansfield, pianist and the robed vesper choir. The Thomas Male Quartette and Margaret Jane Kimmell sang for the annual Bryan Memorial Nurse's banquet Friday evening at the Lin coln brl. The quartette tlso san for the Fanner's Fair. M as Kim mell and Irene Reimers gavt a pro gram at St Paul's chun-h Wed nesday morning. Marian William son was soloist for Warren church Sundav morning, also for the Ster ling's 'Woman's club and Phi Mu Epsiljn Tea. If 3 you have lost your gloves, your hat, watch or anything for that matter, you can lo cate them easily and econom ically through 3fie Daily Nebraskan Classified Ad ection Rates reasonably priced at 10c per line (5 words to a line)