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i i '.A ' 1 : i 'A TWO FRIDAY, MAY 1, 1936. Daily Nebraskan Station K Lincoln, Nabraaka. 1935 Member 193 Fbsoccdod Collegiate Press Thla oDf I rapraaantad for ganaral advertising by tha Nabraaka Praaa Aaioolatlon. Entarad aa aacond-class mattar at tha P"?'0"'0' '!' Llhsoln, NebraaKa, unaar mm of ww and at apaolat rata of poataga provldad for in "'" 1)03. aet of Octobar 8, 1917, autiioriiad January 10. tSiia. THIRTV-FOUBTH VEAR Publlahad Tuaaday, Wadnaaday, Thuraday. Friday and Sunday mornlnga dunna tha acadamio vaar. at .mi vaar 6inaia Copy 6 canta 1.00 aamaatar 2.60 a yaar mallad H.M aamaatar maiiao Undar dlraetlon of tha tudant Publication Board. Editorial Offloa univeralty Hall 4. uiinaaa Offlea University Hall A. Talaphonaa Dayi B681 Nlghtt B688a. B33SS (Journal). Official atudant ublloatlon of tha Unlvaralty ef Nabraaka In Lincoln. Nabraaka. IRWIN RYAN EDITOR-IN-CHIEF TRUMAN ODERNDORF BU6INE8 MANAGER EDITORIAL 8TAFF MANAGING EDITORS .. , , Gaoro Plpal Arnold Lavln u.orB. r i NEW KDT0RS Johntton Bnlpaa Eopoh,w Jana Waleott Elaanor Cllxba Don Wagnar oclaty Editor Louisa Magae BUSINESS STAFF ASSISTANT BUSINESS MANAGERS Bob Funk Bob Shellanoarg ..?.MthMl Circulation Manager Stanlay Micnaai General Pershing Returns Home. Singularly honored Nebraska's R. O. T C unit jesterdnv afternoon by the attend ance ot Genernl John J. Pershing. This is not t lit onlv orciision thnt Out-nil Pershing has visitfil "this military department since his re tirement, however, as almost reuiMirly once a year he views a. demonstration in recognition o his performances. Particularly fortunate is this school in thai no olher school in the United States has ever hcen able of late 1o claim his presence, no matter how cnla may have been the affair. General Pershing is rapidly petlinp older and it is a tremendous task upon his strength to en dure once more the trials of a reviewing stand. Former Commandant at this school Gen eral Pershing later became known not only to the people of the United States but to the peo pie of the world, lie is one of the sroat men of historv. Tlis name will live on. Lincoln and more specifically the University should recog nize its citizens' accomplishments and back them. The Nebraskan does not wish to enter upon the feud between the opponents and de fender of compulsory militar.y drill. It ob viously has no place in this column today. The world' recognizes General Pershing. Is it Ihen too much to expect the very school and the very community in which he was raised to rec ognize him? Newspapers from all over the United States, strive as they may, are rarely able to secure an exclusive interview with Gen eral Pershing. Thus when General Tershing makes exception to such a steadfast rule of be havior, in order that he might stand in review of his own school's parade given in his honor, is it too much to expect the University to pay tribute in return for such an unusual consid eration on his part. In the opinion of the Ne braskan it is not. Proudly the University points to General Pershing as one of its former instructors. Gen eral Pershing has helped to bring attention to the University of Nebraska. Merit deserves recognition, and no manner of irrelevant issues can ultimately prevent this recognition from asserting itself. STUDENT PULSE Brief, eonclaa contribution! pertinent to mattara of atudent life and tha university ara welcomed by thla department, under the usual restrictions of aound newspaper practice, which excludes all libelous matter and personal attecks. Lettera must ba signed, but names will ba withheld from publication If ao desired. Give the Other Fellow a Break. TO THE EDITOR: Nothing is more disgusting on the Uni versity campus than to see automobiles parked on the mall and elsewhere so as to take up two parking stalls rather than the customary single space. It would seem that students capable of being in the University should be able to park their cars so as to take only their share of available space and not keep other motorists from using a stall. On this campus one finds many autos parked criss-cross and in the middle of two stalls, prohibiting the efficient use of space, a-nd to see this, especially when trying te find a place just before a nine o'clock class is scheduled to convene is most irritating and hard on the disposition. Nothing can probably be done about it. unless the campus police get busy. Might 1 EUggest, however, that campus drivers be more ea refill to conserve our available parking space, especially the co-ed drivers who seem to be quite abusive of this fault. G. F. Stop 'Piddling' And Start 'Cussing.' TO THE EDITOR: "Profs Treat Us Like Children" blares a headline in a recent issue of the Nebraskan. 'Pro is Lack Personal Interest" quickly fol lows to chronicle to the campus world that a small group of undergraduates are becoming critical of their instructor's technique, skepti cal of the value received from their educa tional dollar. "Like a miniature Niagara Falls which threatened for a while to inundate the Ne braskan offices" these complaints pour in, and are promptly classified as "peeves" and "irri tating idiosyncrasies." How can these students babble on about the "use of excessive irony and ridicule," "haughty demeanor," "too many er's and ah's" and "talking overtime" if they are sincere in their desire to improve teaching practice? How can they ignore more flag rant violations of good teaching that causes them, not mere irritation or boredom, but real loss of time and labor? Take one example: there is a teacher I know in the language department that starts one of his pupils translating at the beginning - of the class period, walks to the back of the room, sits down, and begins to read the morn ing paper. If the student makes au error, he mrr mnv ti7tt a cir a tvt lllMU UJlLil lMjlHJftlV j - " i i 1 I - . . I j a- in iiiwiii (( iwiiiiiiii i w ii will not catch it; he merely uses their rocit tii-ma on n t'hnriM in onieh nn Oil his reading. If the Nebraskan wishes to accomplish nny radical revision of the teaching method around school, I suggest that they ulter thei methods slightly. To say that a certain un named and unidentified professor is "boring' won't neeniiinlisii much in the wnv of n eon scicntious upheaval of the offender, for every one of them will say, "Oh, that couldn't be me, for I'm not boring; he must bo referring to my colleagues." If you students know of some professor that persists in some practice not imHifiilnilv eniidui'ive to arousing intellectua interest, make tho charge specific enough to be recognized by the of lender ana senu n, io w Rag, and I'll' wager ten to one they'll have the nerve to print it. There's no doubt that there is as much lialf-henrted teaching going on around here ns there is half-hearted studying, and they are largely interdependent. Pecause instruc tors are supposed to be all-wise and able, I suggest that the reform come from them. They won't be disappointed, because there are a few students who will appreciate their efforts. Annitior uriirle the Nebraskan might de velop is the opposite one. If you are having nominations for the worst teaching practices, why not have nominations for the best ns well, to give these dry and slipshod instructors something to work on. In my opinion, the best instructor is not the one who is the best slave-driver or the one who thinks of the best jokes and false fronts with which to sugar- eont his wares. Rather, he is that one who, by his sincerity, and energy in iornnilnting his Wfnrns pctmillv amuses a desire in the mind of the student to learn more about the subject. Lessons drilled into student minds won t stay there n w eek. but information that the student acquires on his own accord will remain to ren der him valuable service. One of these feature article gripers ex-. pressed his disgust with "profanity" in lee tures. I believe that it would be of inestima ble value if the professor, when aroused by a particularly dumb answer or a particularly lethargio class, to stir them into activity with a stream of well chosen cuss words. Let 's have an experiment in academic freedom, freedom of the college press, and an nttomnt in discover how manv students would like to have classes more interesting. Every student who has a complaint, send it to the Rag, designating the offender without actually naming him for the sake of good taste. If they're not printed, you'll know that the press is censored by the faculty. If none appear, you'll know that no one really cares if their professors are interesting or not, so long as they don't disturb the students' sleep. B. W. I The News Parade j Governor Alf Lnndon's overwhelming victory in the Massa chusetts preferential primary is hailed by his supporters as the first indication of his strength in the industrial east. The Kansan piled up a 10 to 1 lead over his nearest oppo nent, former President Hoover. He polled five times as many preferential votes as all the rest of his opponents combined." His opponents in cluded Col. Knox, Chicago publisher, Hoover, Senator Vandenberg of Michigan and Senator Borah of Idaho. a a London Supporters are convinced that this show of strength in the east coupled with the previously demonstrated strength in the middle west makes Landon al most certain of the republican nomination. Ed. V. Parker, president of the Landon-for-presi- dent club in Massachusetts said of the vote, "the Massachusetts vote may be called the first test of Landon strength in' the industrial east. It is a joining of hands with the agricul tural west to accomplish a national house cleaninc" Senator Capper, (r.. Kansas) says. "Governor Landon keeps marching on toward the republican nomination which 1 believe he will win and follow that by being elected presi dent." a Leading Democrats of the country were also amazed at Landon s show of strength in the east. Senator Lewis, a lemocrat from Illinois said. "Governor Lan don 's sweeping victory in Massachusetts is the first evidence I have seen lhat eastern repub licans are willing to support a distinctly west ern candidate for the presidency." a a Opponents of Landon claim that the victory is unimportant. In the first place, the preferential vote is not binding. This means that the delegates to the republican convention can vote for Borah or some other andidate in spite of the overwhelming vote for Landon. In the second place. Landon was the only republican presidential possibility to make an active bid for votes. The third reason for the inconclnsiveness of the huge preferential vote given Landon is the fact that only a small proportion of the voters indicated their preference. There were no names on the ballots, merely a blank space for voters to express their preference if they wished to do so. Onlv a small percentage ot the voters filled in the blank, so Landon oppo nents claim that his victory was unimportant. a Senator Norris believes that Landon made a mistake in cam paigning for votes in Massachusetts. "When he heard of Landon s victory he commented, the way to get a republican nomination is to be an unknown man." a President Roosevelt's renomination by the democrats is a foregone conclusion. He decisively crushed the first op position to show itself in a democratic primary by scoring an overwhelming 20 to 1 victory over Col. Henry Breckinridge in the Pennsyl vania primary. Breckinridge is a New York lawyer and an administration critic. David L. Lawrence, Pennsylvania democratic chairman stated "the result demonstrates that there is no opposition to President Roosevelt in demo cratic ranks." He asserted that the Roose velt vote was the largest ever cast fr a presi dential candidate in a Pennsylvania primary. INTERVIEWS 75 IN IT Phi Chi Theta Plans Meet 200 Senior Women for Cowle Company. Seventy-five senior women have already been Interviewed by mem ber of Phi Chi Theta, professional business administration sorority, In the market research project that they are conducting for the Cowle Silverware company, according to Lorraine Hitchcock, committee member In chanre of the project Plana to interview at least 200 senior women are being forwarded at the present time. The questions which those in charge of the interview- ask, con cern the type of sliver pattern, which the girl likes best and why and what magazines they prefer to read. Assisting Miss Hitchcock in the survey Is Barbara DeFutron, According to the announcement submitted ,any senior women m terested may come for an Inter view in the east room on the sec ond floor of Ellen Smith hall. Con tacts are to be made by appoint ment, according to Miss Hitch cock. The hours scheduled for inter views are from 2 to 5 o'clock on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, and from 2 to 4 on Tuesday and Thursday. The research Is not being car ried on as an advertising scheme, but is being held in an endeavor to gain information that the company will use in designing new silver patterns and In placing future ad vertising. The project, 10 De cionea In about two weeks, la being car ried on with the assistance of all members of Phi Chi Theta, who are making appointments with senior students. GEOGRAPHY DEPARTMENT GETS NEW AFRICAN MAP Bengtson Says Most Recent Addition Best in Circulation. A map recognized as the most un to date map of Africa that has yet been published has been re ceived by the Department or ueog- raphy. According to Professor Nels Bengston, chairman of the department the special large scale map consists of eight sheets and shows all the Important details of landscapes, location of railroads, highways, cities and towns. "As many people in and around Nebraska refer to the geography department for information con cerning foreign countries, it Is our duty to keep as up to date as pos sible," Professor Bengtson de clared. The new map which was published by the Military Intelli gence Service of France, will be added to the map collection in former museum and will be avail able for students or others who care to use it. STUDENT UNION FOR UNIVERSITY SAID CERTAINTY (Continued from Page 1). the Nebraska grant is included." If the P. W. A. bill passes con gress in this session, construction will begin this summer. At pres ent two dollars is being taken from each registration fee to be added to the building fund. Twelve thou sand dollars has already been col lected through this source, so even if the national government does not approve the grant, the build ing will be built. OFFICIAL BULLETIN Dancing Cats. Social flanclna- class will be held on Friday evening, May 1, at 7 p. m. in tna armory, Kosmet Klub. The following actors of Kosmet Klub's show aie asked to be at the Temple at 1 o'clock to go to Grand Island: Schwenk, Garlow, Vitamvas, Johnson, Parks, Rellly, Adkins, Jenson, Clark, Graham, Mart, Shoemaker, Stone, Marky tan, MacFarlane, Uhrl, Kennedy, Shellenberg, Boehm, Lefler, Funk, Plpal, Haney, and Mills. EXPOS! Nebraska Students Invited Guests of Oklahomans May 17 to 19. Rnc-lneerlns- students have been Invited to be guests of Tulsa Uni versity Engineer'! ciud, on way 18, for Engineer's day of the Ninth International Petroleum Exposition, held at Tulsa, Okla. Board, room and transportation arrangements have been made for guests from May 17 to i. Fight Oil-Well Firei. Point of interest will include a demonstration of fijrhting oil-well fires, special tours of the exposi- &l I .... . 1 L. . . MnnMnlMff .1,. lion cuiuiuuLcu uy iiiawi.ii.iiiA e-lneera. and inspection of the Uni versity. Some opportunity may oc cur for contact with oil company representatives. Important figures of the oil industry and its allied fields, from many countries, win be present .according to managers of the exposition. Lasting from May 16 to 23, the exposition will include approxi mately 10,000 pieces of oil equip ment, coming from 123 cities. From 15 to 25 leading: oil as sociations will hold meetings in conjupnctlon with the exposition, and inventors of oil equipment will hold a special congress. As a spe cial feature, oil companies will compare industrial sarety programs. Latest Developments. Kvhihita will feature develop ments in producing, transporting, raflninc. an marketina: oil. Many exhibits will come from foreign countries, since 21 oil producing nations have been invited to participate. Students desiring to auena en gineer's day are asked to commu- ...IritV, U t Panfrn fit Tulsa, in charge of arrangements. Chemistry Honorary To Elect Officers at Meeting on May 15th Phi Lambda Uosllon. chemistry honor society, will meet Tuesday, May 5, to elect officers for the comine vear. The meeting will be held in room 102, Chemistry hall, at 7:30 p. m. Plans for the annual spring picnic of the society will also be made at the meeting. A program will be presented by the new members wno were recently initiated. STUART BUILDING BARBER SHOP 2nd Floor Phone B7768 MANICURES Flattering New A, WHITE A demure high-ln-front style... a daring diag onal strap . both of white kid...or a sanda of llama calf .. .typical of Connie's originality ...and of "how-to-look-lovely" for Summer. ; H .mart Jy1m Y maY j i Uk br than yrf PAN-AMERICAN DAY PURPOSE EXPLAINED BY PROF. L D. TEALE Speaker Stresses Friendly Relations Between North South Americans. Emphasising friendly relations between the North and South American countries, Prof. L. D. Teale explained the purpose of Pan-American Day, In a talk pre sented at the meeting of the Span ish club last night. Some of the problems exlHtlng between these countries were fully explained. During his talk, Profes sor Tealc exposed several under lying causes which lead to these differences between the two coun tries, one of these being that the North American countries are mainly motivated by commercial tendencies, while the Spanish American countries are inclined more along cultural lines. The purpose of the Pan-American Union is to bring about a unity of civilization. According u the speaker this task should not present any great complexities with reference to the Spanliih. American and North Ameilr in. countries because there in no great language harrier, There are only three main language spoknii throughout the Noith and South. American countries Portuguese, Spanish, and Kngllsh. Any person versed in these three languages should have no trouble In any of theHe countries. In Europe, on the other hand, numerous lunguages exist, thus hindering friendly relations be. tweon the neighboring countries. Prof. H. Saer.A of the romance innmiRira denartment. presented a chalk talk, with "A Cruise to Cuba and ranama as nis auojeci. The Spanish club had Fernando Valentino present at tha meeting. Valentino Is a professional tango dancer from Vigo, Spain, and en. tertalned those present with demonstration of a tango aolo. The Sanitary Cafe Ellaa Boukathar, Prep. Meals 15c and Up U1 North 10th atraat Lincoln, Nab. The New Nelly Dons ine You Up With AU Types of SoapSud How to be smart though tubbed is no mystery with Nelly Don, for these ex clusive "Soapsuds Fash ions" come through soap and water unchanged ! Cot tons, crepes, Neldaa and new triple sheer Lenella, mistresses of the home, masters of travel, and all 'round sports for all 'round the day. 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