AILY NEBRASKAN
Official Student Newspaper of the University of Nebraska
SUNDAY," OCTOHEK
1936.
LINCOLN. NKH.
STORM BREAKS OVER UNION
The
D
AG STUDENTS TO
ELECT QUEEN AT
E
Moseman Expects Farmer's
Party to Be Major
Success.
New rules for choosing the
Queen of tho Farmer's Formal,
which is to be hold in tho Student
Activities building on Ag campus
Friday, Oct. SO, were announced
by the ag executive board and
are listed below.
' The Farmer's Formal has al
ways been the big party of the
fall semester on the Ag campus,
and we expect to have a better
party than ever this year," states
Al Moseman, member of the Ag
executive council, and co-chairman
of the 'formal" committee.
According to Lois Allen, chair
man of the "formal" committee,
"those working on decorations
have been busy the past few
weeks and will have something en
tirely new for those who attend
the Farmer's Formal this year."
Presentation of the Farmer's
Formal Queen, which climaxes the
evening of fun and merriment,
promises to be even more elabo
rate than last year, and it has al
ready stirred the curiosity and in
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Kraemer Visits Altna
Mater During Leave
From South Ameriea
John Kraemer, who formerly
worked with the Nebraska Geo
logical Survey and is now with the
Standard Oil company of Venezu
ela. South America, visited the
Conservation and Survey division
today.
He has been employed in both
the geophysical and geological
work for the oil company. While
on his leave of absence, Mr. Krae
mer will visit his parents at Ver
million. Kansas. He received his
A. B. degree in '31 and M. A. in
'35. both at the university.
ANNUAL
ORMAL
N. U. Law Adventures as Inmate
In Slate Prison-Three Weeks of
Labor. Solitude, Convict Friends
Kdnor' Tiatr: Minn Row-wain-1 fr
tnm .Kly H the flm of wrim f Ihrrr
..n ! priwon txprrimer of Krmnk lr
ttitl," bIUw of a Inircrnlty of Nrbrank.i
law i.tiifit. Th- nrxt linlnllnwnti
will hr MiWthrl In Che TurUy mad -nrd.iy
Itmor eif the Nrbnuikan.)
BY BARBARA ROSEWATER.
The University of Nebraska
furnished two inmates for a cer
tain State Penitentiary this sum
mer. Fingerprinted and "mugged"
under the name of Frank DeWitt,
a young law student from the uni
versity, together with his father
a prominent Nebraska criminal
lawyer, spent three weeks in pris
on, studying conditions for a re
port to the State Prison Board and
to the governor.
With their true id?ntitics known
to no one but the warden, the "Dc
Witts" were booked in the prison
as second offenders, convicted of
fraudulent real estate transactions.
Trustees, guards, and inmates of
the prison accepted the two as fel
low convicts.
"So you're in for a real estate
deal"" the official who registered
them asked, unsuspecting. "You'll
get plenty of real estate where
I'm putting you," and with grim
humor he assigned Frank to work
on the "hill," digging and loading
clay.
Permission to play the role of
convict for three weeks was
granted the "DeWitts" thru the in
fluence of the governors of two
states, with the condition that
father and son make a written re
port to the Prison Board, follow
ing their release,
Kntrrinp" the ni ison. the two
r I '
men were fingerprinted and under
went physical and psychological
CHAIiiU SCHOOL WILL
11KAK DEAN HEPPNEK
V Charming IVrnonalily
First HoMiy Croup
Topic Tuesday.
"A Charming Personality" will
be the subject on which Miss
Amanda Heppner, dean of women,
will sponk at the opening meet
ing of the charm school hobby
group to be held Tuesday evening
at 7 o'clock in Ellen Smith hall.
Charm school, which is spon
sored as one of the regular hobby
groups of the Coed Counselors, is
open to all women students of the
university, and anyone interested
in hearing the discussion on Tins
day evening is invited to attend,
according to Jean Doty, Coed
Counselor of the group.
N.0.F
Delta Tau Delta Will Go
To Morse Bluff for
Funeral Service.
John Hubenbecker, 18. univer
sity freshman from Morse Bluff,
died in a Fremont hospital at 1
a. m. Friday as a result of an auto
accident which occurred in his
home town on Oct. 16. just as he
and another Nebraska student,
Emil Wolf, were within two blocks
of the former's home.
Hubenbecker and Wolf, both
members of Delta Tau Delta fra
ternity, had gone home for the
week end. Hubenbecker who was
driving tell asleep and the car
turned over. Having suffered a
skull fracture and a broken neck,
he never regained consciousness.
Wolf was not hurt.
The Delta Tau Delta fraternity
will attend the funeral in a body
this afternoon. The service is to
be held in Morse Bluff at 2 o ciock.
The deceased is survived by his
parents Dr. and Mrs. J. C. Huben
becker and a sister.
Besides being a pledge to the
rvita Tnn rwta social organiza
tion, Hubenbecker was out for the
swimming team and hail demon
strated his interest in extra-curricular
activities, notably in stu
dent publications.
examinations. The older "DeWitt,"
modestly ignoring the L.L.D. de
gree that was his. put down in his
questionnaire that he had gone as
far as the fifth grade. Young "De
Witt." more pretentiously, sifVicd
himself as a 12th graduate gradu
ate. In the I. Q. test Frank dis
tinguished himself far beyond the
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Peace Poll Shows I
139-392 1
lulrrnulioiKil Control of
Armament Favored by
Large Majority.
By Carol Clark.
There arc few pacif'.st.; among
University of Nebraska students.
In the peace poll held in con
junction with the student election
last Tuesday, a cross section of
850 student opinions was taken
by the Y. W. C. A. international
relations staff, under the direction
of Winifred Nelson.
Militaristic interests especially
concerned with the Reserve Offi
cers Training corps neer not lose
sleep over the security of their
hierarchy, for 439 students cast
their ballots in favor of continu
ance of the incadence count and
empty rifles, while 392 championed
the unregimented gait, with S9
votes in the doubtful column. On
thp ha I lot t he Question was word-
ed "whether or not security for
GROUP CHAMPIONS
NEW PROPOSAL IN
FIGHT OVER UNION
Students Prepare Minority
Report for L-Shape.
R Street Site.
Before the ink had dried on
President Roosevelt's approving
signature, storm clouds gathered
over Nebraska's proposed activi
ties building as administration and
students paired off in merry con
flict on just what the building
should look like, and where it
should be placed.
Saturday, a third "school of
thought" entered the scrap, with
the preparation of a minority re
port of the Student Union com
mittee recommended: 1, The Li
shaped building: 2, situated on the
site of F.llen Smith hall or fur
ther west.
Jane Walcott Defends Plan.
Defending the new proposal,
Jane Walcott, Union committee
member, declared, "The admini
stration and the Student Council
officers are both half right. Be
cause the building is intended as
a liason force between campus
and student living quarters, the
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MIC. HEADS LIST
12 COMMITTEES TO
PREPARE FOR BALL
Cadet Officers to Arrange
Plans for December
Military Event.
The University of Nebraska R.
O. T. C. has announced the fol
lowing committees of cadet offi
cers to make arrangements for the
annual Military ball to be held
in the University Coliseum Dec.
4, 1936:
Introduction of honorary colonel
Cadet Colonel George Eager,
chairman, Cadet Lieutenant Colon
el John Jarmin, Cadet Captains
Delford Brummer, Gordon Hobart,
Jasper H. Knoll, Robert Mowbray,
Cadet First Lieutenants Jerome H.
Berggron, Jack Bosse. John L.
Dworak, and Major Charles E.
Speer, advisor.
Stage decorations Cadet Lieu
tenant Colonel John Parker, chair
man: Cadet Major William C. Mil
ler, Cadet Captains Ross J. Alex
ander. Elmer Clausen, Harold
Deitemeyer, Bert H. Hartzcll,
(Continued on Page 6 ).
'acifists in Minority
VoU for Campus l)i
the United States at the present
time lies in military training in
the universities."
Effects of peace propaganda are
evidenced in the parts of Nebraska
student attitude. Prohibition by
international agreement of the
manufacture and sale of arma
ments for private profit was
ovei whelmingly (suggested as a
means to picsent security. Sensa
tional publicity given to the Nye
investigations is, apparently, re
flected in the inroads made on the
natural private profit psychology
of the Tuesday voters.
Poll Refutes Hearst.
Nationalist Hearst might well
have his attention drawn to the
fact that only one-ninth of the
voters take a purely pacifistic at
titude. This repudiates his oft
repeated claim that universities
are drilling pacifism into the re
ceptive student mind. Stating that
it was not their patriotic duty to
participate in any war whatso-
Leads Council right
ARNOLD LEVIN.
Student Council President Ar
nold Levin, who is championing
the cause of the 12th st. site and
the L shaped building for the Stu
dent Union building, backed by
officers of the Student Council.
PSI CHI MEIERS TO
Honorary Asks Psychology
Students to Attend
Assembly Monday.
All students interested in psy
chology are invited to attend an
open meeting of Psi Chi, honorary
psychology fraternity, Monday.
Oct. 26, in the psychology labora
tory in social science hall.
Members of Psi Chi will be
given a review of the events and
activities of the American Psy
chological association meeting
held during the first week in Sep
tember at Dartmouth college.
Three university professors, J. P.
Guilford and Arthur F. Jenness, of
the psychology department, and D.
A. Worcester of the teachers col
lege attended the national meeting
and will conduct the review.
'W here Shall Student Union Be?'
Majority Say Locale It Between
Social Science, Teachers College
By Barbara Callahan. j
"Where shall the Student Union ;
building be?" Outside cf a few
stupid "You got mcs" the students
on the city campus seemed to give :
thoughtful consideration to the ;
above question when asked in an ;
interview yesterday. Of seven 1
girls interviewed, only one express-;
ed a desire to tear down Ellen ,
at N. U.: j
ill on YWCA Ballot
i
One-Niiilli of Voters Show
Full Henuncialion j
Of Warfare. j
ever, women may have interpieteJ
the word "participate'' differently
than men becaur.e one-sixth of the
women were pacifists as compared
to one-eighth of the men. Bene
fiting by Spain's soldier senoritas,
possibly, women realize that their
obligations in future wars will
probably be strikingly different.
Recognizing the consequences of
such changes, their attitudes may
be explained by their refusal to be
involved.
Half the men and women are
agreed that an army and navy sec
ond to none is a possible means
for security of the nation. Male
and female attitudes were equal
ly nationalistic on the question of
the appropriate size of the army
and navy. This may indicate that
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DtBA E
NEKS
ON SHAPES, SITES
Student Representatives,
Uni Officials, Confer
On Problems.
Two possible sites and shapes
for Nebraska's now $400,000 stu
dent union building wore discussed
and debated Saturday morning by
a committee from the Student
Council, and university officials,
presided over by Chancellor Bur
nett. No official action was taken
in determining either subject.
The site favored by the admin
istrative officials is at the north
west corner of 14th and R where
Ellen Smith hall now stands. The
E shaped building would face on
R st. Student council representa
tives favored the site on 12th st.
north of Social Sciences building
which is now occupied by tennis
courts. Their idea is that the
building should be L shaped, fac
ing on 12th st. and south onto the
mall.
The students favored the tennis
court site because of its central
location and possibilities for expan
sion. The university officials ex
pressed a desire to hold the tennis
court site for a future classroom
building which would tie up with
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JANE VAN SICKLE
CHOSEN HEAD OF
EDUCATION ( El l?
Jane Van Sickle, senior, was
made president of the Elemen
tary Education Department Club
at the annual election last Fri
day. An advisory board of Enid
Gillett, junior; Sylvia Koibol,
sophomore: and Kalhryn John
son, freshman , was also ap
pointed. This club is a branch of the
National Council of Childhood
Education and membership is
open to all students majoring in
this field.
Smith Hall. Four boys consider
the site on fourteenth and R the
only logical place.
The most popular opinion of the
fifteen interviewed seemed to te
between Social Sciences hall and
Teachers college. In this position,
th students pointed out. the Stu
dent Union building would be di
rectly in the center of activity.
Students would drop into it in
passing much as they drop inio the
Uni drug now. Tho greater ma
jority of the students have classes
in Teachers. Sosh, or Andrews, and
for these students, at least, the lo
cation would be very convenient.
Engineering and law students
would not iind it convenient but
the students in these colleges have
less leisure lime anyway.
Facing R Slre?t b.dwcen the
Social Sciences Annex and the stu
dent infirmary, seems to several
students the id'Ml spat. In this
position, the student building would
serve as a sort of connection be
tween the scholastic activities of
the studrnts and their social activ
ities which are natural!y situated
cither down town or in the residen
tial district, and Ellen Smith Hall
could be preserved as a historical
landmark.
Some Favor North Mall.
One student suggested the North
Mall. Here there would be more
parking space and the building
would be in direct line with the
stadium and the colis.-um. In this
student's opinion, the building
should mark the center of recrea
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NEW BUILDING