. . . - " i i" q- -r 1 1 1 ' """w'f rfH Wa-vy.,..-- 4 I TUESDAY, APRIL. 20, 1937 TWO THE DAILY NFRIMSKAN ...cuw4l i I THE DAILY NEBRASKAN EDITORIAL STAFF Editor '. George Plpal Managing Editors Don Wagner, Ed Murray New Editors Wlllard Burney, Helen Pnscoa, Jan Walcott, Howard Kaplan. Morris Llpp. Barbara Roiewatar. Sport Editor Ed Steeve Society Editor Virginia Anderson ON THIS ISSUE Desk Editor Wagner Night Editor Pasco Under direction of the Student Publication Board. Editorial Off ice University Hall 4. Bualness Office University Hall 4A. Telephone Day I 86891 1 Night! B6882. 83333 (Journal). ftssockfed Gotleeicte FVta Distributor of Cblle6iate Digest It's Time to Gird Up Our Loins. The building levy bill is dead as a dodo. Un der the rules of the unicameral house, It has seen its last chance for revival. With it went the uni versity's last chance for what might have been a glorious future. It would be childish for the university to pick up its bat and go home mad because it couldn't be captain. There will be tryouts for the team In an other two years, and possibly even a berth on the scrub team in the meantime. The only attitude left to adopt is one of characteristic Cornhusker determination. The university should go Into a strenuous period of training, making the most of what it has, until next season. What did we want from the building levy measure, anyway? We wanted better classroom facilities, to raise the quality of our mass educational pro duction. We wanted new buildings, to rejuvenate a run-down campus. We wanted room enough to accommodate every potential freshman in the state. We hoped to get these things with a million dollars. Passage of the building levy bill would un doubtedly have fulfilled most of these needs. But the state was hard-pressed for funds, and the gov ernor failed to recognize the necessity of repairing the university's physical plant in the face of exist ing conditions. We may insist that his stand was one of false economy, but he cannot be accused of political ends in refusing the appropriation, as was the case in certain previous administrations. His contentions have been consistent and sincere, and deterioration in private as well as public property offers strong rebuttal to the university's arguments. If the university had made the most of the re sources it has possessed in the past, its disappoint ment might be more justifiable. Our record has been anything but progressive; we have lumbered along like an oversized ox students, faculty, and administration alike, with few exceptions. Have we made the most of the resources we now have? What did we want from the building levy bill? In the first place, we wanted to raise our class room standards with more adequate facilities. Would a million dollars do that ? It might. You might be able to lure more students into the library if its floors were shining hardwood instead of oil soaked timber. But one wonders why no efforts are ever made to spend a small sum for adequate lighting and better ventilation. Would terrazza floors impart a new zeal to the instructor's lecture? If our instructors are schol ars at all, they would probably find more encour agement in greater academic freedom and student interest in their subjects. Would the addition of new black squares to the campus map that hangs in administration offi I 'Women Who Have Achieved' Featured as Theme of Banquet Program. Featuring the program theme of "Women Who Have Achieved," members of Kappa Phi, Methodist girl's sorority held their annual In itiation banquet, followed by an in itiation ceremony at the Hotel Cornhusker Saturday evening. Six new members including: Mareella Lyon, Mae Cooper, Edna Mae Crain, Emma Hormel, Aileen Campbell, and Anita Estes were received into the local chapter fol lowing the dinner program. With Marjorie Francis presiding as toast mistress, the program was mado up of five short speeches dealing with eminent women in the fields of literature, religion, and music. Prominent women in litera ture were discussed by Beth Mol zen, editor of the "Candle Beam," national Kappa Phi publication, and Mary Carolyn Hollman de scribed outstanding personages in the field of religion. Miss Luers Talks. A short talk on eminent women musicians was given by Kuth Luers, followed by an address on prominent members of Kappa Phi given by Margaret Weiner, grand president of the sorority. Conclud ing the series of speeches, Eliza beth Hornung discussed the topic of "Kappa Phi's in the Future." As an additional feature of the program, Beula Brlgham, newly elected president of the society in troduced the cabinet, sponsors, and patronesses for the coming year, and awarded a Kappa Phi bracelet to Ruth Luers, and a Kappa Phi pin to Virginia Ostergard for their outstanding work and activity dur ing their pledgeship. Ila Fern Hallslrom served as chairman of the committee in charge of arrangements for the banquet. TIUKTY-SIXTH YEAK $1.50 a ysar $2.50 rnailtd Publlihid very Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday mornings of the academlo year by tudent of the Uni versity of Nebraska, under the supervision of the Board of Pub lications. qulbbllngs, hoping would some day accorded Nebraska athletes. juvenate a What section the qualities of now offers that tlal to the study Is it the trees and shrubs semble something banks of Salt Nebraska's will celebrate the ite sons by the malls are as it doesn t take trees, and we encounter with benefits derived else. we need to VESPERS JMEET TODAY 'Nature in Poetry and Music' Theme of Devotionals With "Nature in Poetry and Music" as the theme, Y. W. C. A. Vespers will meet this afternoon at 5 p. m. at Ellen Smith hall. Ruth Green will give devotionals. Mrs. Emmet Osborne, dramatic teacher, will read. Musical solos in clude numbers by Harriett Byron, soprano, Martna McGee, contralto and Ruth Freiss. pianist. All university women are urged to attend this variety program. Wreckers Destroy Famous Twin to Ellen Smith Hall (Continued from Page 1.) of the century. In 1905 the late Dr. W. N. Ramey and Dr. Samuel Metheny bought it and turned it into a hospital called the Rame thenian Restorium. After four years in partnership Dr. Ramey bought Dr. Metheny's interest and renampd it the Lincoln hospital. For 20 years, until Dr. Ramey's death in 1929. it was continued as a hospital. Many nurses who are active in service throughout the state were trained there. Tek's Last Occupants. The Nebraska chapter of Tau Kappa Epsilon later rented the home as a chapter house, and occupied it until it went inactive last year. The property has been sold by Mrs. John Beachly of Lincoln, daughter of Dr. Ramey, to Homer V. Martin, of Lincoln. Ellen Smith hall was built in 1888 by Frank L. Sheldon a prom inent business man of early Lin coln who founded the street-railway service here. After four years it was owned and occupied by L. C. Richards, who was owner of the Richards block, and later by L. A. Rlcketts, a prominent Lincoln attorney. When in 1918 the Temple Theater was being used tem porarily for army headquarters the Sheldon house was purchased by the board of regents of the university. Alpha Sigma Phi fraternity used it as a chapter house for one, BUSINESS STAFF Buslnes Manager Bob Shellenberg Assistant Manager Bob Wadhama, Web Mill, Frank Johnson. Circulation Manager Stanley Michael SUBSCRIPTION RATE 6lngla copy, 5 cents 1.00 a semeaSer 11.50 semester mailed Entered a second-class matter at the postofflce in Lincoln, Nebraska, under act of congress, March 3, 1879, and at special rate of postage provided for In section 1103. act of October 3, 1917, authorized January 20, 1922. National Advertising Service, Inc Colli f PmbUtktrt Ktprnnltllvt 480 Madison Ave. New York, N. Y. chicaoo . Boston San Manchco kosANaiLS Portland sjbattli ces awaken that department to new leadership? They would probably continue to lumber along, awaiting the day when students discarded non-essentials and the faculty stopped their departmental that some day Nebraska scholars receive the same recognition now Our second need was new buildings, to re run-down campus. of the campus now possesses all a first-rate eyesore? What part ivied charm that seems so essen of history and economics? newer development, with Its square and ugly flat-topped buildings, plopped in the mid die of the terrain? Or is it the old campus, with and winding walks enough to re more than a shoe factory on the Creek? faculty has In its ranks some of the leading advocates of reforestation; Nebraska anniversary of one of its favor observance of Arbor Day, yet the bald as the proverbial eight-ball a million dollars to plant a few might even sell out for a bit of shrubbery. The third objective we had our little hearts set on was the accommodation of every pros pective scholar who knocked at our gates, that we might continue our educational efforts in the best democratic manner. We need not lose hope of reaching the democratic ideal because of a few budgetary troubles; even the supreme court has discovered that there are as many different inter pretations of democracy as there are bacteria in a dirty milk bottle. Democracy should offer edu cation to those who can profit from it, not to those who can afford it. We still have endowed schools for those who want the advantages of college education paid for by the state without first accepting its responsibilities. Nebraska should go into training for Its next the legislature for the immediate from self-improvement, if nothing call a halt to the Inbreeding of home-grown instructors; the faculty could benefit by the injection of new blood. We need to make something more of the campus than a physical appendage of "O" street; visitors rarely know where teachers college leaves off and Unl drug begins. We must brush off some dead weight before we attempt any large-scale lifting of classroom standards; if the state can't afford the additional hoisting power, the university can afford to diminish the load. We must do more to encourage study than to provide adequate classroom space; men like George Fort Milton, who speaks today at the honors con vocation, can arouse more interest in contemporary problems than ten new buildings. After we have accomplished these inner re forms, then we can really feel cheated if our re quests for new buildings are denied by the next legislature. year. Since then, however, it has been used as a womens' activity building. The Lincoln branch of the As sociation of Collegiate Alumni thought it fitting to name it Ellen Smith hall in honor of the first woman ever to hold a teach ing position on the university faculty. Ellen Smith served the university for twenty-four years, teaching Latin and Greek, as head of the Latin school, as registrar, as custodian of the library, and as dean of all students. YW, YM PLAN PEACE FAST FOR THURSDAY (Continued from Page l.t one student at the emergency peace campaign this summer. Eleanor Eiche and Frances Scudder, Y. W. cabinet members, and Dan Williams. Y. M. presi dent, will co-operate In planning the meeting on the city campus. Ward Bauder of the Y. M. C. A. and Bernetha Hinthom, president of the ag Y. W., will arrange a similiar fast and meeting on the ag campus. Tentative plans for a more com plete program, possible including a peace convocation, were an nounced by Miss Green, secretary of JJhe university Y. W. C. A. PEF l'LUB NAMES EL0ISE BENJAMIN NATIONAL CHIEF (Continued from Page 1.) charter committee Includes: the new national officers and Betty Kay Morgan of Kansas State and Jane Walcott of the Tassels. The Jay Janes entertained the delegates at a luncheon after the Saturday morning meetings, in the student Union building. Delegates from Nebraska were: Martha Morrow, Elolse Benjamen, Betty Cherny, Erma Bauer, Vir ginia Nolte, Betty Clements, Ardis Graybeil, Elizabeth Edison, Bea trice Eckblad and Jane Walcott. Thousands of poems are writ ten each year by Dr. Arthur B. Crosier, professor of accountancy and secretarial work at the Uni versity of Mississippi. Since last September, he has composed 1,500 pieces of rhyme but not without reason, we hope! 'I III hi i tutu m ttmi im t (pte&A Km. lly VETO by Governor Cochran hung heavy over the head of L. B. No. 334, which provided for a half-mill levy In a state Institutional building program, and because of the probability of a gubernatorial veto, the bill died In Nebraska's ten million dollar statehouse Monday. Even modification by a reduction from a half-mill to four-tenths by the bill's proponents failed to off set the governor's Influence. Thus, the opportunity to take advantage of a 45 percent fed eral grant for a state building program has petered out, and state Institutions must strive to exist properly under present ap propriations, BROTHERS Sylvester, Platts mouth's law, received fleeting fame over the weekend for their able capture of a pair of gunmen whose bullets resulted In the death of a Federal Bureau of Investiga tion agent while shooting their way out of a rap in the Topeka postoffice last week. The diminu tive sheriff and his brother nabbed the fleeing couple without an ex change of fire after trailing them up a "dead-end" street. The gov ernment Is demanding the lives of the gunmen who killed the federal agent, and Is justly paying tribute to two Cornhusker heroes of the day. HONORABLE Senator Norris, senior senator from Nebraska, entered the controversy raging over the constitution and the ju diciary by proposing that con stitutional amendments be rati fied by popular majority vote In two-thirds of the states. Think ing not only of President Roose velt's court bill, but also of the many more amendments that will arise eventually In this na tion, Senator Norris suggests replacing the amending clause of the fundamental charter with another one designed to speed, reduce and simplify amending process costs. PHILOSOPHER TONIGHT Pi Mu Epsilon to Observe 300th Anniversary of 'La Geometric' Pi Mu Epsilon, national math society, will hold a regular meet ing at 7:30 tonight in room 101 of Social Science building. The program will be in observance of the 300th anniversary of the pub lication of Descartes "La Ge ometrie," the first published works on analytical geometry. Floyd Meyer, student member of the fraternity, will describe and summarize "La Geometrie," and Prof. Jean Tllche, from the de partment of romance language, will talk on "Descartes the Man and His Time." William Leavitt and Prof. M. A Basoco arranged the program and invite all those interested to at tend. The regular business meet ing will be held immediately fol lowing the program above, with all active members requested to be present. BLAIR PUBLISHES BOOK ON WEATHER ELEMENTS Meteorology Text Among Recently Released Volumes. Weather Elements," a text in elementary meteorology written by Thomas A. Blair, senior meteor ologist of the U. S. weather bureau and assistant professor of meteor ology here, is among the books published recently. The text, which is designed to be of general interest as well as an aid in courses on meteorology. is one of the Prentice-Hall geogra phy series for which Dr. Nels A. Bengtson, bead of the geography department, is consulting editor. A large percentage of the draw ings with which the book is illus trated were made in the depart ment of geography according to Doctor Bengtson, and many of them were drawn with student help. The 400 page volume, ap propriately bound in sky blue, has over a hundred drawings, graphs, and photographs. COUNCIL SENDS CLASS PLAN TO JUNIORS FOR FINAL CONSIDERATION (Continued from Page 1.) replace the Junior-Senior prom committee, and would function thruout the year. The board would operate as student publicity bureau and would arrange an annual Ju nior class party, the first of which is to be held this Saturday. They would also have charge of the Junior-Senior prom; and would use the funds from the party to oper ate thruout the year. Safety Rent-A-Cars is Our Specialty Long trips at reduced prices. Always Open. Motor Out Company 1120 P St. B6819 mras&is avs.. -?-:w.m m. UNION CONTRACT AWARD RECEIVES REGENT SANCTION Work to Begin Immediately Constitution Gains Approval. Contracts totalling 1308,131 for the erection of the university student union activities building at Fourteenth and R streets were awarded by the dormitory cor poration and approved by the board of regents Saturday. Following are the various ao cepted bids: Olson Construction company, Lincoln, general con tract, $227,935; G. H. Wentz, Lin coin, heating, plumbing and venti lation, $62,163; A. B. C. Electric company, Lincoln, electric wiring contract, $12,196; Lahr Hardware company, Lincoln, finishing hard ware, $3,125; Western Brick and Supply company, Lincoln, special texture fact brick, $22.95 per 1000, $2,712. Alternate Contracts Made. In accepting the Olson base bid the board also approved alternate contracts including roof insula tion, wood and tile wainscoting, acoustic plaster, and various Items Work on the building will be started as soon as possible. Six faculty members, five stud ents and three alumni were named as members of the board of man agers of the student union build ing as follows: One Junior and one senior student will be named at a later date. Manager's Board. MemDers or tne racuity ap pointed for two years are Profes sor E. F. Schramm, Professor Mabel Lee and Associate Profes sor E. W. Lantz. Appointed for one year are Associate Professor K. M. Arndt, Professor W. H, Morton and Instructor Ruth Odell. Student representation on the board consists of: Senior, Arnold Levin, Rosalie; juniors, Albert Moseman, Oakland, Genevieve Bennett, Belleville, Illinois; sopho mores, Robert Simmons, Lincoln, Virginia Nolte, Lincoln. Alumni are Miss Lucille Reilly, Lincoln, Milton Anderson, Lincoln and Ray Ramsay, alumni secre tary, ex officio. The regents also approved the constitution of the student union which provides for the general government of the union to be vested in a board of managers, sets up their powers and duties, provides for meetings and records of the board, for financial and business conduct and other mat ters of operation. Nebraska Screen Delegate Hits Hollywood High Spots (Continued from Page 1.) on the screen. Shirley Ross Is adorable, but she works so hard at her singing that we were tired just watching her. After the program, we went to the Coco Tree for sandwiches. Then to the Theater Mart to see "The Drunkard." It's playing in its fifth year. Everyone, except we girls, sat at tables and drank beer throughout the performance, with pretzels and cheese sandwiches ever at hand. It's packed every night. From there, we went to the Brown Derby. Saw Jo'.in Barry more, one-fourth of the Four Marx Brothers, Johnny Green, the or chestra leader, and sat next to Stan Laurel. Laurel looks very much out of the character he por trays on the screen. The Burns Family. Returned to the Plaza and all went up to George Burns' suite, where we chatted with him and his brother, Bill. George has a very pleasant personality, and we all liked him lots. Went for a ride through the resi dential district. You should see the moon over these hills! Saw the homes of Ramon Navarro, Shirley Ross, and some of the other Holly wood estates. So to bed, a bunch of happy but tired girls. Bob Funk, notorious alumnus of Nebraska, called up, and was I ever glad to hear from him. Plan to see him, Mary Kimsey, and Betty Magee before I leave. And another letter from home came when Georgia Gill, Nebraska Chi O alum, phoned. When the Pan-Hellenic council of our trip convenes, there are two representatives of PI Beta Phi, a Kappa Kappa Gamma, and a Chi O. June Fleming from Kansas State and Kathrine Bretch of Ok lahoma are the Pi Phi's, and Doris Johnson of Kansas University is the Kappa. Our schedule for Saturday In cludes a tour of the studios in the morning, a radio show in the after noon and evening, then the Radio Arts Ball. We are to be guests of Joe Penner's, Eddie Cantor's, Milton Berle's (community sing), George Burn's, and maybe Jack Benny's radio programs, but it's beyond me how we'll ever get them all in. Want to Save Money? Try Holms REGULAR WHITE GASOLINE Tx Paid Motor Oil 10c Qt. 14th & W " . , Hi.. ' A' y ty... U lm L T If the Btates of Delaware, Rhode Island, and Connecticut were placed In northwestern Nebraska, district 40 would still have many more miles In area than the three eastern states. And representing district 40 is Senator Allen Strong of Gordon. The district is the larg est in area in the state, and for that reason has been commonly termed the "Big 40." To Senator Strong, the appro- p r o p r la t ions that the lirsc Nebraska uni cameral legisla ture will make are the most Important legis latlon of the en tire session. As a member of the a p p roprlatlons committee, the Gordon senator was heartily in accord with legislative bill No. 334 which was given Its deadly d e f eat From the Journal. Scnntor Allrn Strom. yesterday. "The state ouiiaing runa meas ure Is the only business-like way of meeting the building needs as I can see them," Mr. Strong stated. "We should have remem bered that this bill, had it passed with the 29 votes for the emer gency clause, would have pro vided for a fund that could have been matched with 45 percent of federal funds. The measure would have materially lowered the regular appropriation." Senator Strong represents Sher idan, Cherry, and Brown counties. He Is a member of the appropria tions, rules, and roads and bridges committees. Altho having no spe cial Interest legislation, the sena tor is interested In teh parliamen tary procedure of the new assem bly. As a member of the rules committee, Mr. Strong brought about the Idea of having legisla tive sessions in the morning and committee meetings in the after noons. The body is now meeting morning and afternoon, but the committee work has been almost completed, and the afternoon ses sions are considered one of the most important improvements over the old two-house system since it gives more opportunity for public opinion. The Gordon senator looks to the new unicameral legislature as an improvement because of the money saved and the higher type of representatives. Since the legislature has not yet ad journed, however, the senator feels that the complete success of the new body cannot be ab solutely determined. Two liquor bills, one the prohibition of liquor to Indians, and the other the drunken driving statute, were sponsored by Mr. Strong and. have already been made laws. This session of the legislature is the third which the Gordon rep resentative has attended, As a re publican he was a member of the 1933 and 1935 sesions. He was postmaster in his city for ten years and before that time served on the city council and was presi dent of the board of education. He is 52, married, and has three sons and one daughter who works in the state engrossing department. Mr. Strong owns a ranch in north western Nebraska and divides his time between that and fire insur ance. The chief hobbies of the representative are gardening and fishing. r America 1937' to Serve As Theme of Program In Coliseum. (Continued from Page 1.) one or another "political pot" as he calls them, but he is not great ly Interested in politics and seems to have no desire to hold office, although he did run the national publicity campaign for William G. McAdno In 1923-24. Active In Academic Circles. He Is very active In academic Tumi i I I M 'III' 'I: Modern SOUKUP & "33RD YEAR ''mm sr ': a mirrj, T jr ' j 4 f (ssm (Budlsdin Phi Tail Theta. Phi Tau Theta, Methodist fra- ternlty, will meet this evening in the Wesley Foundation to hear an address given by Prof. Orln Bte. panek, of the English department, at 7:30 o'clock. Lutherans, Lutheran students will meet with Rev. H. Erlck for the last regular Bible class of the semester at 0 p. m. Tuesday in room 203 of the Temple building. Estes Co-op. The Estca Co-op will meet in the Temple at 7:30 this evening. Everyone Is expected to attend. Phalanx. PhHlanx will hold a reeular meeting Wednesday afternoon at 5 o clock In room ziu or xseoraska hall. The meeting is compulsory for all members. circles, having served as chair man of the Southern Commission on the Study of Lynching, on the sub-committee on Political Educa tion of the American Political Science Association's Committee on Policy, as member of the American Historical Association of the Mississippi Valley Historical association, and on the Southern Regional Committee of the Socinl Science Research Council. In June, 1935, Mr. Milton at- r tended the Chicago meeting held by Raymond Buell and other offi cers of the Foreign Policy asso ciation to discuss the organization of a Provisional National Policy association, and in August, he con ducted a Round-Table at the Wll llamstown Institute of Race Rela tions. Noted Author. At the present time, Mr. Milton is engaged on his new book, to be a "true history of the Civil war." He got the draft of It together last summer, while vacationing at Saratoga Springs, and is now well underway on the work. His last book, "The Eve of Conflict," was published in 1934 and in the opin ion of many of Its readers and critics was a probable choice for the Pulitzer Prize. His two pre vious successes were "The Age of Hate Andrew Johnson and the Radicals," published in 1930, and "Stephen A. Douglas." in 1931. Although one of the greatest In tellectual figures in America to day, George Fort Milton Is still a young man. He was born in Chat tanooga, Tenn., In 1894, and edu cated at the Baker-Himel School at Knoxville, the University of Tennessee and the University of Virginia from which institution he received his A. B. in 1916. Preferes History, Editing. George Milton's main concern is the conduct of the Chattanooga News, but his chief avocation and "major sport" as he likes to call it is history. "The Eve of Conflict" has been termed by many thn greatest work in the field of bio graphical history produced by the current generation of scholars. "Among the real joys of history writing," writes Mr. Milton, "is the chance it gives for detective work. The culprit in the case, however, is an undiscovered docu ment, a misplaced diary, or a con fidential letter carefully hidden away. A good historian has to b a sort of combination of Sherlock . Holmes, Sisyphus and Tantalus with a horse shoe around his neck for luck ... I would say that writing documented history is cer tainly a major sport, a veal ad venture for anyone interested in the 'why' as well as the 'how' of things. . ." Being a live mummy isn't any fun, is the lament of a student in the school of drama at the Uni versity of Oklahoma. He had to stand still while ten makeup men worked for three hours on him, pasting strips of gummed paper around his body. IFMIEIE This Ad and 5c Entitles You to a Malted Milk at Irvin Lunch (1127 R St.) Good Only This Week -J 1 i LET SANITONE RESURRECT THAT SOILED DRESS... 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