. .... .... i V i a ii in i i i- ii i -1 if - r.rtr. in!i iiimhii rm y -a iim i ' ju'AtfUUJM.lwai . -' L- -1 'i ii' rvn im irt mtii "mi vnMl jjinwiiiii ii ria'Twiin nwTrri TiiT",TTHr .... . , "Unite for Student Union" AILY EBRA -I H "Support the Bookstore" Official Student Newspaper of the University of Nebraska VOL. XXIV ISO. 153. LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, MAY 23, 1935 PRICE 5 CENTS. UNION CAMPAIGN SPONSORS SET UP E E Extension Follows Failure To Enroll 3,000 Signers. BOARD MEETS THIS WEEK Wilson to Complete Plans For Submission to Regents. Failure of members of the student union committee to submit all petitions for final compilation necessitated an ex tension of the already badly pressed deadline so that the goal of three thousand signers may be obtained. Corinne Claflin, head of the petition committee stressed the , Importance of turning petitions in Immediately, as tbey are to be pre sented to the board of regents at their meeting, scheduled for the last of the week. Of the fourteen teams formed at the start of the union drive, to sc cure petition signers, Corinne Claf tin's group has retained Its lead, now having 305 signatures. The team of which Charles Bursik is chairman, has placed second with 203 signers. Following is the standing of the various committees as designated by their chairmen: Don Shurtleff 148; Jack Flsclv er 144: Bonnie Spangaard 94; Burton M a r v i n 93 ; Lorraine Hitchcock 73; Dwight Perkins 72; Dick Fischer 57; Vi Cross 61; Lee Young 43; Virginia Sei (Continued on Page 2.) F Annie Laurie McCall Named New President Tuesday. Plans to reorganize "the Frencli club, announced earlier in the year, were carried thru Tuesday evening at a meeting at the home of Faith Arnold. Annie Laurie McCall was elected president of the club fol lowing the resignation of Loi3 Rathburn. A new constitution was sub mitted by Evelyn Diamond and was accepted by the club and will be presented to the student council for endorsement soon. Other officers of the club are Enid Gillet, vice president and program chairman; Jean Walker, secretary; Grace Lewis, treasurer; and Faith Arnold, publicity chair man. Sponsors of the project are Prof. Harry Kurz, head of the ro mance language department, and Prof. James Wadsworth, of the French department. "Attempts will be made to create more popular programs, of interest to both elementary and advaced students," said Miss Arnold. An extensive schedule has been worked out for the club next year and great interest is being taken in the organization which has been greatly missed since its abandon ment. The meeting Tuesday was the second of the group. Plans were begun at a meeting held last week at the home of Professor Kurz. Bizad Council Election Scheduled for Thursday Officers for the coming year will be elected at a meeting of the Bizad Executive Council Thursday at 5 o'clock in the Men's Commer cial club rooms, it was revealed Wednesday by Hugh Rathburn, president of the organization. It is imperative that both old and new members be present if they wish to receive their member ship certificates, Rathburn stated. DRIV DEADLIN Little Gods Galley EVELYN DIAMOND. BARB A By Eleanor Clizbe. Remarking that "most of us who appear in this corner should feci like big fish rather than little gods, Evelyn Dia mond took charge of Barb council voting and meanwhile managed to chat about the over emphasis placed on activities oy the average col lege student. Since she has been head of the Barb AWS league for two years, it has been her consuming interest in activ ities, but a glance at honors convo cation pamphlets Courtnr Journtl. for the last three years will show that she considers scholarship cf primary importance. Devoted to Parb activities. Eve lyn has made it possible for girls to cat lunches at the "Y" this year at cut rate co'.. As chair man of the Y. W. C A. social CHEMISTRY SOCIETY TO PICNIC SAW HP AY Outgoing Seniors to Play Undergraduates for Ball Title. Sixty chemistry faculty mem bers and students are expected to attend the annual picnic of Phi Lambda Upsllon, honorary chem ical society, Saturday aiternoon May 25th at the Auto Club park according to Don Sarbach, the so ciety's president. A steak fry at noon opens the picnic after which will be held a softball game. Teams battling for the championship of chem hall will be composed of the chemists who will return to school next fall on one side and on the other those who will not be in school next year. Horseshoe Is also listed on the afternoon's sports program. To attend are members of the chemistry society, faculty mem bers and their families and gradu ate chemistry students. FINE ARTS BALL FOR FIRST TIME Affair Opens Annual Exhibit Student Artists Work Friday. All students are Invited to at tend tha Fine Arts Ball which will K b-!d "'riolay tvtr.ire Ma. 21, at p. m. in Alorrii! ra;i rnd wmcn wit, open the annual exhibition of student work, it was revealed by members of the Fine Arts depart ment faculty. In previous years the ball has been open only to stu dents in the Fine Arts department Tableaus showing famous per sons in action and quarter length murals will decorate Morrill nail and dancing will be the main di version of the evening. The murals have been made by members of the composition class and will be auc tioned off at the ball. Decorations for the ball are be ing arranged by Rufus Harris, with Virginia Larson, in charge of entertainment, and Joan Rldnour in charge of ticket sales. Tickets to the affair are thirty- three cents and may be purchased from students in the department or in the fine arts office. This year the student exhibition will be open until commencement and may be viewed by the public from 8 to 6 daily and from 2 to 5 on Sunday after the ball Friday evening. RELEASED WEDNESDAY May Issue Contains Article On 'R.O.T.C. as Part of National Defenuse' Distributed to twenty-three Per shing Rifle companies, the May issue of the "Pershing Rifleman," official organ of the national hon orary basic drill organization, was released from the national neaa auarters here at the university Wednesday, according to Nathan Allen, editor. George H. Dern, secretary of war, told in his feature article on "R. O. T. C. as a Part of National Defense," that from answers to questions sent out by the secre tary to former students of the Uni versity of Nebraska and other uni versities, it was shown that they were highly In favor of compulsory drill. The article also contains much discussion of military poli cies. A discussion by Tom Naughtin, national student commander from Nebraska, appears on the com mander's page. An article and letter of General John J. Pershing is one of the high lights of the publication. A large number of Illustrations include Secretary Dern, General Pershing, new companies, and the local offi cers and crack squad. W. 8. LEAGUE PRESIDENT. staff, for one and a half years, she has also managed all social danc ing classes. When asked again about activi ties she declared "I think they have a place certainly, but it's a lot of silly twaddle to say they are necessary to learn how to get along with people. Many people lose sight of the fact that they can't continue the over association built up in the university. They forget that they must have enough in mental store to live with themselves." Evelyn believes that activities should be a recreation during the week, instead of a dominating force. "Getting to know human character is the most important thing a person can do, but it is wrong to become so Interested in developing personalities, that de veloping the mind is forgotten, she declared. Pausing in her tale of philoso phy Evelyn admitted that she has two pet dislikes. "Voltaire and Rousseau." and elaborate poetry. Her objection to them both is the same; "they satiate too quickly." Cor.Unued on Page 4). OPEN 10 PUBLIC W. R. Hearst Nominated for Post of Public Enemy No. 1 By Ed Murray, America's recently established high office of Public Enemy No. 1 constantly draws a number of talented contenders from various categories of endeavor, lluey Long and Father Coughlin have vied for the insecure honor recently, but they are com paratively neophytes on the ballot when ranked with William Randolph Hearst, who holds theo undisputed title of the worlds greatest yellow journalist. With his successful climb in the newspaper world based on the gul libility and lack of memory of the public, Hearst today controls 23 newspapers whose total circulation is upwards of 4 million dally. The fact that his editors are puppets and not individuals is evinced by a statement of one of his own em ployees, Mr. Charles Wheeler of the Chicago Herald-Examiner, who said, "We just do what the Old PI MU EPSILON HOLDS SPRING PICNIC FRIDAY Mathematics Fraternity Jo Give Affair at Pioneer's Park. Pi Mu Epsilon, professional mathematics fraternity, will hold Its annual picnic Friday evening at Pioneer's patk, weather permit ting. The group will meet at the Mechanical Arts building at five o'clock, and proceed from there to Pioneer Park. New members of PI Mu Epsilon will be initiated during the picnic, and the winners of a recent exami nation in mathematics sponsored by the fraternity will be announced at that time. If due to weather conditions the picnic is postponed, it will be. held next Wednesday, according to an announcement made late yester day. , E I Tentative Plans for Project Given to Regents at Next Meeting. With the deadline . for petitions extended, the student council book exchange committee continued the drive for signatures Tuesday in an effort to obtain a maximum num ber in time to present the requests along with the plans drawn up for management of the exchange to the board of regents at their next meetiner which is believed to be scheduled for the end of this week Tentative management plans for the project will be placed in the hands of the administration toiiow- Ing weeks of work by the execu tive committee attempting to torm a plan which will include the most desirable features of plans in oper ation at other schools. The plans now provide for a store to be run in much the same way as the Regent's bookstore is operated and suggests eventual co operation with that organization. Virginia Selleck, chairman to the executive group, urged students to sign the petitions being circulated "It is only with the fullest sup port of the student body that we can hope to see a second nana nook exchange on the Nebraska camp us," Miss Selleck stated. Games, Refreshments to Be Followed by Pageant ' Films, Dance. Sponsored by the Home Eco nomics club and the Ag executive board, the annual Ag college pic nic will be held on May 24, from 6 to 11:30 at the Student Activi ties building. Games and a supper will be fol lowed by films showing the 1935 Farmer's fair and dancing will complete the evening's entertain ment. Tickets for the picnic are 25 cents. Committees in charge of the af fair are aa follows: Tickets: Vir ginia Keiin, Marjorie Hiatt,, Alice Soukoup, Madeline Bertland. Ele anor Green, Donald Joy, Ogden Riddle, Frank Svoboda and Wilson Andrews; entertainment: Elsie Buxman, Elinor McFadden and Margaret Deeds; food: Il-lh Hen derson, Viola Johnson, Dorothy Stoddart, Barbara Barber, Lois Allen, Bonnie Brown, Esther Scho enlelber, Valeda Davis, Ogden Rid dle, John Clymer, Raleigh Pilster, Don Madganz. Don Radenbaugh, Glen Klingman, Arnold Reid, and Eyrol Fadle. TUETA SIGMA PHI TO NAME NEW OFFICERS New officers of Theta Sigma Phi, honorary Journalism sorority, will be announced at the annual spring banquet Thursday evening at 6 p. m. at the Y. W. C. A., it was revealed Wednesday by Jean ette Lowry, president of "the or ganization. Dr. Harold w. sioKe win De me speaker and Prof, and Mrs. Gayle Walker and Mr. and Mrs. Law rence Pike will be honored guests at the affair for which actives. alumnae, and new pledges have re ceived invitations. Man orders. One week he orders a campaign against rats. The next week he orders a campaign against dope-peddlers. Pretty soon he's go ing to campaign against college professors. It's all the bunk, but orders are orders." With the .College Press thruout the land opposing Hearst on every opportunity, many readers have wondered just why everything Hearst published was questioned as propaganda or colored news. An (Continued on Page 4.) FIVE FRESHMEN APPLY FOR $100 Simon Scholarship Filings Closing Date Set for Saturday. Five applications for the $100 Simon scholarship award to a male freshman student were received Wednesday in Dean C. H. Old father's office, it was reported late yesterday. Total number of appli cations to date is five as the one filed Tuesday has been withdrawn. Final date for applying is Satur day noon, May 20. Considerable interest was shown Wednesday aa many inquiries con cerning the scholarship has been made at Dean Oldfather s oitice. About six application blanks have not as yet been turned in. Many students were said to have been puzzled by the athletic requirement of the scholarship and it was reported from Dean Old- father's office that this term is intended to mean interest and ac tivity in some sport, whether it may be baseball, tennis or swim ming. An athletic major is not re quired, it was pointed out. The scnoiarsmp iuna was ao nated. thg. university last summer by Harry and Charles Simon m honor of their brother, the late Joseph Simon. The university com- mittee to select the winner is composed of Dr. C. H. Oldfather of the arts and sciences college, Dana X. Bible, director of the in tercollegiate athletics, and Dr. S. M. Corey of the teachers college. Dean Oldfather asks that those students interested hurry to file their applications since less than two and a half days arc left. 10 William G. Tempel Directs Student Musical Assemblage. WISHNOW GUEST SOLOIST When the members of St. Paul choir present their spring concert in the auditorium of St. Paul church Monday evening, May 27, at 8:15 o'clock, Emmanuel Wish now, violinist, will be featured as guest artist. The choir is made up of university students and is di rected by William G. Tempel, in structor of voice at the university. "Pater Noster" by N. Kedroff will open the program and will be followed by "Evening Hymn," also sung by the choir. They will con tinue with "Ye Sons and Daugh ters of the King" by Volckmar Leisrlng and "Nunc Dimittis and Gloria," arr.f by Aschenbrenner. Gounod's interpretation of the time honored and beautiful poem, "By Babylon's Wave" will conclude the first group of selections to be presented by the choir. Mr. Wishnow. who is an Instruc tor in violin, will open his group of selection with "Nlgu" by Bloch and will continue with "La Fille Aux Cheyeux de Lin" by Debussey and "Romance" by Wieniawskl. H i s concluding selection will be "Danse Espagnole" from "La Vida Breve by DeFalla-Kreisler. When the choir appears for its second group of selections, it will open with "Let Thy Blessed Spirit" by Tschesnokoff. Presenting "O Brightness of the Immortal Fath er's Face" by Voris, "Sing to the Lord ( Gloria ) by Haydn, and "Lord of Spirits" by Reissinger, the choir will conclude the concert with "Sent Forth Thy Spirit" by Schuetky. Paul W. LeBar, organist, will ac company the choir and Earnest Harrison, pianist and professor of piano, at the university, will ac company Mr. Wishnow. Tlcketi to Uie concert are thirty-five cents and may be purchased from mem bers of the choir or at the door. The public is invited to attend. CORRECTION. Unfortunately, a typographical error in yesterdays Nebraskan caused a quotation of Professor Santyana of Harvard university to read: "Those who cease to remem ber their past are condemned to forget it" The statement actually red: "Those who cease to remem ber their past axe condemned to repeat it." STUDENT AWARD H. ALICE HOWELL STARRED IN FRED BALLARD COMEDY Players Open Tonight in 'Ladies of the Jury.' JENKS PLAYS 'MACKAIG Last Post-Season Offering Scheduled for Two Day Run. When the University Players open in the Temple theater this evening for a two duy run of "Ladies' of the Jury,". it will be for I heir second and Inst post-season production, Fred Bat lard, former Nebraskan, is author of the play which will star Miss H. Alice Howell, chairman of the speech department. "Mrs. Livingstone Baldwin Crane," a society matron, Is the role in which Miss Howell will be seen in the play which centers around the courtroom, with the members of the jury taking char acter roles. Hart Jenks, another former Ne braskan and famous Shakespear ean actor who was seen recently in the role of "Brutus" in Shake speare's "Julius Caesar," will play the part of a Scotchman, "Andrew MacKaig," one of the members of the jury. Harold Sumption, of the speech (Continued on Page 2.) LEGISSSlMS AT SESSIONS TODAY Conference Committee Report Out Bill for Appropriations. to Biennial budget bill for the uni versity and other state institutions will be presented to both the house and senate this morning, following the final report of conference com mittees which was worked out Wednesday. The bill, house roll 381, will probably include most of the increases for educational in stitutions, recommended in the governor's overtures. No agreement naa Deen rencneu in the committee discussion by Wednesday noon on the main items of controversy, which included ap propriations for tne maintenance of the university, four normal schools, and eighteen institutions under the board of control. One chief DOint of friction was a $25,000 appropriation for a build ing to house criminally insane. An other item inserted by the senate, an additional $30,000 for use in de fending rights of Nebraska water users, will probably be extracted before the report is presented. El Musical Sorority Presents Program in Ellen Smith Hall. Mu Phi EDsllon. honorary mu sical sorority, presented its final musicale of the year weanesaay night at 7:30 o'clock in Hi lien Smith hall. Members of the active chapter participated in the pro gram, and patronesses and alum nae were special guesis. The program openea wun a pi ano solo. "The Midnight Tide." by Bridge, played by Violet vaugnn. Henrietta Sanderson sang Al Mornine." bv Boyd, and Betty Zat- terstrom played a violin selection, "Ava Maria," by acnuDen. r,iuue in D Flat," by Liszt, was next on the program, with Marian Miner at the piano. "Ma Curly-Headed Baby," by Clutsam, sung by Mar garet Jane Kimmel, followed. The string quanei piayea iwu numbers, "Irish Cradle Song," by Pochon, and "Rondo," by Mozart. The quartet is made up of Eunice Bingham, violin, June uoeine, vio lin, Marian Dunlevy, viola, ana Ruth Bibley, cello. The program was in charge of Marian Jelinek and Marian Munn. It was the last performance in which the seniors, Inez Dovel, Marian Miller, Henrietta Sander son, and Violet Vaughn, will par ticipate. OFFICERS OF GAMMA LAMBDA INSTALLED Recently elected officers of Gamma Lambda, honorary band organization, were installed Wed nesday evening at its annual ban quet at the Y. M. C. A. New officers or tne society are Bill Marsh, president: Bob Begh toL vice president; Gilbert Goldtng, secretary; and Kenneth Clark, treasurer. Alumni of the society were guests at the dinner. Ar rangements for the affair were in charge of Harry Flory. UP BIENNIAL BUDGET 1 PHI EPSILON GIVES NAL RECITAL MAY 22 IRVING HILL NA&.ED HEKf COUNCIL HEAD Junior Elected President Student Body; Virginia Selleck Chosen Vice-President; Elizabeth Moomaw Secretary; Dick Fischer Treasurer. MISS KILBOURN HEADS Jack Fischer, Retiring Head, Makes Survey of Work Done Past Year; Faculty Advisors Given Vote Of Thanks; Committees Report. Irving Hill, junior in the college of arts and sciences, was elected president of the student council for the coming year at a meeting held in University hall Wednesday at 5 o'clock. Other officers named are Virginia Selleck, vice president; Elizabeth Moomaw, secretary; Dick Fischer, treasurer; and CAMPUS SALE OF T 7 New Issue Literary Magazine Sold at Reduced Price Of 25 Cents. Appearing in the largsst issue of its eleht years as Nebraska s liter ary magazine, the spring edition of the Prairie Schooner will be avail able on the campus at the usual news stands at 10 o'clock Monday morning. In the eighty-four page book twenty-six authors appear, making the May publication the largest in the number of pages and contributors. H. P. Behlen, head of the Schooner business staff, announced that copies of the magazine would be sold to students at tne reaucea price of 25 cents, which was initi ated at the time of the last issue, despite the increased in the size of the periodical. The campus sales will be handled by the women's ad vertising sorority, Gamma Alpha Chi. Schooners will be on nana at all Lincoln stands on Thursday aft ernoon. Newbranch Honored. Nominating Harvey Newbranch, editor of the Omaha World Her ald and Pulitzer Prize winner, as one of the prominent men of the prairie states, the Prairie Schoon- ( Continued on Page 2.) SLATED FOR SATURDAY Engraved Cup to Be Awarded To Sweepstakes Winner. An engraved loving cup will be awarded to the high ranking indi vidual in a seed judging contest which will be held on the ag cam pus Saturday, May 25, in the Agronomy building. The contest. sponsored by the Tri-K club, Is open to entrants in both junior and senior divisions. Senior group will be composed of those students having taken agronomy 5; those without it will register in the junior division. A gold medal will be presented to the highest ranking junior, regardless if he wins the sweepstakes cup as will. Several additional prizes, not yet announced, will be awarded. Events in the judging contest consist of eight classes in quality identification, and four in type identification. Members of last year's crop judging team, includ ing Roland Weibel, Robert Cush ing, Ray Person and James West rich, are Judges for the meet. Team coaches are Elmer Heyne and Philip Henderson. SPANISH CLUB ELECTS Elizabeth Anderson Named President Executive Group. The Spanish Club of the Uni versity of Nebraska elected an ex ecutive steering committee, Tri bunal de los cincos, for 1935-36, Wednesday evening in University Hall, room 111. Elizabeth Ander son, was named president; Walter Fitch, vice president, Frances Suchy, Josephine Ferguson, and Harland Bently, associated mem bers. Dr. Saenz, in charge, of the pro gram, related some interesting Spanish customs, correlating them with the study of Don Quixote. Marian Epley. Dorothy Hartzler, and Nancy Lee read papers on Cervantes. Emma Vogel displayed an "In- ca dress" to the club, which was recently sent to her by a friend in Ecuador, South America. It was a regal gown of the descendants of the Inca Indians. The club plans to have a lunch eon meeting bi-monthly next year. The table conversation will be en- ircly in Spanish. ""1116 way to a man's vocabulary is through his stomach" it is "hoped SPRING SCHOONER 0 BEGIN MAY 2 JUDICIARY COMMITTEE OSancha Kilbourn, chairman of the Judiciary committee. Bob Bulger, junior in the arts and science college, was nam?d holdover member to fill the va cancy left by Lee Young. Mr. Hill has been very active in the old council having been a mem ber of the book exchange commit tee and also of the "committee of 100." Miss Selleck has acted as chairman of the book exchange committee during the past year and also has served on the Student Union committee. Miss Moomow's activities in the old council include work, with the student migration and contact groups and a membership in the "committee of 100." Mr. Fischer, who is also a holdover member of the council, worked on the union building and book exchange com mittees and was chairman of the Big Six conference group. Miss Kilbourn is a new member of the council. Jack Fischer, retiring president, gave a survey or work done by the (Continued on Page 3). TO INSTALL OFFICERS Patricia Vetter Takes Post As Gamma Alpha Chi President. Gamma Alpha Chi, womcn'3 advertising sorority, will meet Thursday at 7 o'clock in Ellen Smith hall to install new officers and to discuss an advertising proj ect to raise funds for the club dur ing the summer. Patricia Vetter will be installed president of the organization, Rowena Miller will take the office of vice president, Ruth Anderson will be installed secretary, and Josephine Ferguson will serve as treasurer for the coming year. Appointments to committee chairmanships will be announced by Miss Vetter, incoming presi dent. Catherine Stoddard will ad vance plans for, an advertising project to be worked on during the summer to raise funds and the group will discuss the Prairie Schooner campaign. Retiring officers will make re ports of the past semester's activi ties. Last year's officers are Vir ginia Selleck. president. Cathcring Stoddard, vice president, ana trea surer, and Eleanor Pleak, secre tary. Assistant in Architectural Department Receives Award. Norman E. Hansen, assistant in structor In the department of ar chitecture at the university, has recently been granted a graduate scholarship to Harvard. Mr. Han sen has received a grant of absence from the faculty and will study for a year as a graduate student at the eastern school in the depart ment of architecture which Is headed by G. H. Degell. Graduated from Nebraska in 1932, Hansen has been active in various campus projects. On sev eral different occasions he has been instrumental in the planning and execution of prom girl and honorary colonel presentations. Hansen plans to return to Ne braska after his period of stdy at Harvard. PSI CHI ELECTS NEW HEADS MONDAY NIGHT Mrs. Helen Nelson Named President for 1935-36. Mrs. Helen Nelson was elected president of the local chapter of Psi Chi. national professional psy chology fraternity, at their regular meeting Monday evening at the psychology department rooms In Social Science. Other officers elected were F. J. Foy Cross, vice president, George Thorton, secretary, and Ray Hack man, treasurer. Besides the election of officers several graduate students in the psycho'ogy department made spe cial reports concerning indepen dent Investigations within the field which they are working. 4