SUNDAY. OCTOBER 25, 193ft.
THE DAILY NEBKASKAN
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Varsity Letter Winners to
Attend Event Preceding
Homecoming Tilt.
The annual "N" club luncheon
will be Riven in the trophy room
of the coliseum Oct. 31, and wi'l
precede the Nebraska-Missouri
football panic. Husker varsity let
ter winners from hither and yon
have been invited, and the way
reservations have been pouring in
to the chairman of the event, there
is every indication of a large turn
out. Such a yearly get-together af
fords ex-Cornhusker athletes an
excellent opportunity to re-establish
Iriend.ships with one another
as well as to make new ones.
Peace Poll Shows Pacifists
Are in Minority at N. U.
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the word "gentler sex" refers
merely to a hangover from the
Victorian era, for physiological
differences r.re not reflected in
this sampling of our political cul
ture. Defensive War Only.
Mirroring our disillusionment in
the World war, students deter
mined to fight only in defensive
war, on our own soil. The purpose
of the topnotch army and navy
is apparently for this purpose
only.
Uecotnizing the inadequacy of
isolation and economic self-sufficiency
as a means to present na
tional security, more than half the
ballot-casters voiced their disap
proval of this suggestion. Con
nected with their favorable vote on
the international agreement to
prohibit armament sales, this opin
ion would seem to show that stu
dents desire to hold the interna
tional point of view, but they see
national necessities at hand which
require superior army and naval
preparedness. As shown by the
poll, students are neither national
ist ie or internationalistic but can
be swayed in both directions.
Disarmament Favored.
Disarmament by common agree
ment among nations was voted on
liore intelligently by women than
men. Only (6 percent of the men
favored the proposal while 75 per
cent of the women expressed their
hope of an international pact of
this nature. All countries, even
Mr. Hitler's iron-clad regime, en
dorse this policy. More women
than men recognized what is ob
viously true, that there is nothing
to be lost in common agreement to
disarm.
"My country, right or wrong,"
say 320 patriots, but 340 declared
just, "My country," when they
were asked to decide if it were
their patriotic duty to participate
in any war the government may
Jeclare.
The Poll: Y-Yes, N-No,
D doubtful.
2. The following are suggested
as means to security for the
United States at the present
time.
(a) an army and navy second
to none. Men's vote: Y-284,
N-121, D-106. Women's vote:
Y-155, N-81, D-78.
(b) compulsory military train
ing in the colleges. Men's vote:
Y-273, N-184, D-40. Women's
vote: Y-166, N-108, D-49.
(c) isolation and economic
self-sufficiency. Men's vote:
Y-97, N-306, D-76. Women's
vote: Y-79, N-146, D-74.
(a) disarmament by common
agreement amoni nations. Men's
vote: Y-265, N-127, D-109. Wom
en's vote: Y-220, N-58, D-51.
(c) . prohibition by internation
al agreement of the manufac
ture and sale of armaments for
private profit. Men's vote: Y-378,
N-69, D-50. Women's vote:
Y-254, N-46, D-39.
2. it is my patriotic duty to:
(a) participate In any war the
government may declare. Men's
vote: Y-211, IM-203, N-79. Wom
en's vote: Y-109, N-137, D-64.
(b) participate only in defens
sive war on our own soil. Men's
vote: Y-320, N-119, D-40. Wom
en's vote: Y-199, N-72, D-42.
(c) refuse to participate in
any war whatsoever. Men's
vote: Y-48, N-328, D-61. Wom
en's vote: Y-34, N-183, D-70.
Hawthorne school of Omaha
visited the museum Wednesday
afternoon and heard Miss Marjorie
Shanafclt, curator of visual educa
tion, give an illustrated lecture on
Nebraska fossils. About fifty were
in the group.
"As We See 'Em"
by
Morris Lipp
Nebraska's two-touchdown vic
tory over Oklahoma put the Corn
huskers in first place of the Eig
Six standings and established them
as the most formidable contenders
for the 1936 conference grid crown.
Mizzou, next on the Huskers'
slate, came thru in good fashion
and beat Iowa State 10 to 0, giv
ing the Scarlet and Cream some
thing to think about on Home
coming. Those Tigers from Colum
bia are definitely on the upgrade
this fall and should give the Mask
ers a good battle.
It was a Manhattan merry-go-
round in the annual Kansas State
Kansas feud Saturday, and the
poor Jayhawkers walked off tin:
field with the short end of a 2(1-6
score. K-Aggies have plenty this
year with "Ked ' Klder back m
their secondary.
Fordham Makes Comeback.
This columnist grinned from
ear to ear when the news came
that Kordham came thru, as pre
dicted, to upset the Galloping
Gaels from St. Mary's to the tune
of 7 to (i. Two placekicks gave St.
Mary's their six points. It was a
long shot, this picking Fordham,
but any team that wears red,
white and green should b?
trounced.
It is the same old story. Minne
sota made it 21 consecutive wins
by running rings around Purdue's
Boilermakers to win 33 to 0. Spec
ulation is running high as to who
can stop the Gophe rs. Northwest
ern? The Kvanston Wildcats elim
inated Illinois 13 to 2 and their
win over Ohio State the week be
fore added to their potency.
Another unbeaten eleven bit the
dust, namely, Duke. Tennessee
marred the Blue Devils' fine rec
ord by scoring 15 to Duke's 13.
And Duke was supposed to be
Rose Bowl-bound.
Pitt Avenges.
Pitt avenged last week's 7-0
loss by trouncing Notre Dame 26
to 0, while nearly everyone (save
this columnist) was belting on the
Irish to win.
Ohio State added another de
feat to Indiana's scorebooks by
taking the Hoosiers to camp 7 to
0. Tulane's Green Wave washed
out North Carolina 21 to 7. Van
derbilt and Georgia Tech fought
it out to a scoreless draw, as did
Texas Christian and Mississippi
State, and Texas A. & M. and
Baylor.
Holy Cross crusaded Carnegie
Tech 7 to 0, Hice came thru to
upset Texas 7 to 0, Army breathed
thru Springfield 33 to 0, Yale !
whitewashed Rutgers 28 to 0,
Princeton sunk the Navv 7 to 0,
Dartmouth smear d Harvard 26 to
7, Louisiana smashed Arkansas 1!
to 7, and Marquette rolled over
Michigan Slate 13 to 7.
Washington Wins on Coast.
Late reports from the west coast
show that Washington blanked
California 13 to 0, Southern Cali
fornia beat Stanford 14 to 7, and
Washington State eked out a 3 to
0 win over Oregon.
Out of the above twenty-four
topnotch games this column at
tempted to forecast the winners,
we were correct on 1!) of 'em and
missed two -Texas-Rice and
Duke-Tennessee - - with three
scoreless ties. Aceoiding to hasty
compilations, the weekly average
is !H) 1-2 per cell!.
DEBATE CENTERS
ON SHAPES, SITES
OF NEW BUILDING
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the classrooms and laboratories in
Andrews hall, Besscy hall, Avery
laboratory. Social Sciences, and
the older part of the campus. The
st'idents also expressed a desire
to retain Kllen Smith hall, a for
mer private home which was re
tained when 1he campus was ex
tended to Mill st. about 20 years
tgo.
The space between Social
Sciences and Teachers college
buildings is "earmarked" for a
new library, it was explained. Au
thorities explained that it was not
probable that the site would be
lefinitely settled before next Sat
urday, the earliest possible day for
a meeting of the board of regents.
They explained that they were in
formed after formal notification ot
the $180,000 PWA grant had been
received from the government, the
school authorities would have ten
days to formally accept and then
probably 30 days to start work.
The formal notification is expected
sometime next week. Those repre
senting the student council were
Arnold Levin, president; Ted Brad
ley and Marylu Petersen, co-chairmen
of the committee; and Bill
Marsh.
FRANKiE MASTERS' BAND
TO APPEARHERE OCT, 30
Jack 'Scat' Powell, Donna
Dac Cocper to Entertain
With Orchestra.
Featuring Jack "Scr.t" Towell
and Donna Dae Cooper, Frankic
Masters and his orchestra are
playing a return engagement at
the Turnpike Friday, Oct. 30.
Miss Cooper, who is known to
Lincolnites as Donna Rac Cooper,
is a native of Lincoln and was dis
covered by Masters in New Or
leans. Fresh from tin? Edgewater
Beach hotel in Chicago, Masters
is noted for his near perfect dance
tempo, smart arrangements, a re
vised floor show with sweet music
being the rule.
N. U. Law Adventures as
Inmate in State Prison.
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level of high school intelligence.
Officials in charge of the test be
came greatly excited. "My God,
he's a genius!" exclaimed one.
Following examinations, the
men were placed in separate cells
for three days solitary confine
ment, an ordeal required of every
entei ing convict.
Frank's cell was in the steel
range, a recent, addition to the 80-year-old
main building. With the
temperature from 102 to 105 de
grees, the metal floor of the cell
was too hot to stand on. DeWitt
spent the hardest moments of his
prison career those three days sit
ting on his narrow bunk in the six
by eight cell in complete isolation.
The fifth day the elder DeWitt
was put to work in the kitchen
and chair factories, and Frank was
consigned to the hill where a crew
of more than two hundred men
labored with sledges, wheelbar
rows and mining cars.
No Talking at Meals.
The crew was divided into gangs
of ten men each. They loaded clay
into cars for about half an hour,
then rested and talked with each
other for fifteen minutes while the
cars hauled the clay away. This
was the convicts' one real oppor
tunity for conservation, since talk
was barred at meal times. It was
during this rest period that DeWitt
learned to know his fellow inmates.
"Where did you fall from?" was
the first question asked him by ev
eryone, meaning what was his
crime and where was he convicted.
DeWitt told a prepared story of
-ll(! real estate fraud and also of an
earlier c rime which he said had
landed him in the reformatory
some years ago.
Once DeWitt had gained their
confidence, he found them friendly
and child-like. Most of them were
"book men", serving life terms.
The three year stretch, that De
Witt claimed had been his sentence,
seemed very short to tho lifers.
They told him that, he would barely
have time to take off his shoes be
fore he would be parnlled.
Big Time Companions.
Of the crew with which he work
ed, one was a carnival man, con
victed of fraud; one was an ex
football player from Oregon, up
for passing queer money; two were
murderers; one was a bank-robber
who still carried gaul marks on his
leg from working in a Flori la
chain; and one was a swindler and
stealer of clover seed. For the
most part they were men of little
or no education and small intelli
gence. More than half were sec
ond offenders.
By noon of the first d;;y, Frank's
hands were a mass of blisters; by
night they were raw and bleeding.
Guards refused to issue gloves; but
a big-hearted Negro in the gang
gave him a pair.
What do convicts talk about?
According to DcW'itt they take a
vital interest in sports. Ask any
one of them who Ty Cobb is and
he will tell you Cobb's entire his
tory, all the important games he
played, and the name of his prep
school. They admired Sam Fran
cis and Lloyd Cardwcll and asked
DeWitt, hearing that he had been
ln-Lincoln once, if he had ever met
the two.
By far the greater part of
prison conservation, however, is
taken up with discussion of
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crime, and plans for new unlaw
ful enterprises.
Razor Blade Pocket Picker.
"I was offered a chance to take
part in several 'jobs' when 1 should
be paroled," DeWitt stated. "They
asked me to be 'wing man' in a
highway robbery they were plan
ning. The 'wing man' catches a
victim under the arms in a swim
mer's hold, rendering him help
less, while the accomplice goes
thru the victim's pockets.
"Another convict wanted me to
become a 'dip,' a pickpocket. He
showed me an ingenious device
made of razor blades to cut
pockets out of coats."
Prisoners were familiar with
railroad schedules and knew ac
curately and minutely the time of
leaving and the destination of
trains all over the country.
They had a wide knowledge of
banks and office buildings in
every city and would swap in
formation concerning location of
doors and nightwatchmcn by the
hour. "Do you know that box in
Tulsa?" "On the corner of Four
teenth and Vine?" "It's a setup."
Convicts Up on Crime.
An elaborate grapevine system
kept prisoners informed of crime
in the outside world with uncanny
precision. Convicts knew of crimes
in different parts of the country
before the newspapers carried the
account. They were intimately in
touch with the workings of the
prison administration. Even be
fore DeWitt finished his physical
examination, the prisoners were
greeting him with "Hello, De
Witt." In this manner the Nebraska
law student, who called himself
"Frank DeWitt" entered volun
tarily upon one of the most gruel
ling and stimulating experiences
conceivable, and took a three
weeks' punishment for committing
no crime at all.
'WHERE SHALL STUDENT
UNION BE LOCATED?'
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tion upon the campus and this is
the only place where it could serve
that purpose.
One student suggested the build
ing be placed across from Morrill
hall, fa the campus, but off
the campus. He stated the desir
ability of clearing out several un
sightly buildings, making a more
beautiful setting for the working
part of the campus and giving the
students a convenient stopping
place on their way home.
Faculty Express Opinion.
Instructors interviewed seemed
to express similar views. Mr.
Aylesworth, of the political science
department, had been giving a
lot of thought to the project
without arriving at any con
clusion. Ho spoke of the reten
tion of Kllen Smith Hall as a
landmark and housing place for
women's offices and suggested
that the ideal place be between
Teachers and Sosh, facing south
unless the library be built there.
K. A. Gilmore, of the economics
department, gave Ellen Smith '
Hall as the only place. Gilbert
H. Doane, librarian, was of the
.tamo opinion. "The student union
building," he stated, "should act
as a liasion between the working
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campus and the pleasurable activi
ties. It should be situated on the
town side of the campus. In
time, when the new library has
been built facing K street, the
Student Union building should be
in a place convenient to it. I
would suggest and approve tearing-
down Kllen Smith Hall and
erecting the student union build
ing as a place for students to stop
after their day's classes are over."
"Retain Ellen Smith Hall."
Dr. U. J. Pool, chairman of
the botany department, would like
to have the Student Union build
ing face R street on Thirteenth.
To him, the view of the Coliseum
from downtown is no asset to the
university whereas a new student
union building would be a decided
attraction, symbolic of the uni
versity itself, and people could
point with pride to the building as
"the university."
Dr. L. C. Wimberly, of the Eng
lish department hates to see old
Ellen Smith Hall go. It is a relic
of sentimental value, and adds to
the historic importance of the
university. If possible, he sug
gests the building should be
placed in the site between Social
Science hall and Teacher's or else
between the student infirmary and
"Sosh" annex. He considers the
housing of deans in the Student
building as an encroachment upon
the students and predicted, "First
thing anyone knows, they'll have
the elephant over there." Dr.
Wimberly also pointed out the
affection and reverence that many
of the women "alums" of the city
and the state have for Kllen
Smith Hall.
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