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3AILY NEBRASKAN Official Student Newspaper of the University of Nebraska C i 1 'J n M IP Vr" VOL. XXXVII, NO. KM. DAILY ISLIJKASKAN, SUNDAY. MAIMJI 20, )M. MVKCKNTS SUics. QampitdL WHAT THICK PKACK? War clouds are gathering In many localities in Kurnpe and Asia and a rain of lead Ih ex pected In tlin central portion, fol lowed by a shower of miscellane ous explosives. The paradoxical lant to the matter is the fact that everyone concerned Id making stout avowals of peace and that war is farthest from their thoughts. But, if we may believe the conglomtncration of news dis patches, nil that is needed to start a war is a militant, aggressive, Intensely patriotic leader 111 Czechoslovakia or Lithuania. If it so happened that a descend ant of Patrick Henry should ever have left the United Slates for Czechoslovakia or Lithuania, and had his patriotic blood wised to the boiling point by the demands of the arrogant Aryan, Hitler, or of Polish imperialists he would do well to redeliver Patrick Henry's famous speech at the Maryland convention In 177. He could quote the fiery American patriot's speech nearly word for word and yet be apt and appropriate. Patrick Henry opened thusly: The Spirit of 74. "It Is natural to man to In dulge In the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth and listen to the song of that siren, till she transforms us into beasts. Is this the part of wise men, engaged in a great and arduous struggle for liberty 7 . . . Are fleets and armies neces sary to a work of love and re conciliation? Have we shown ourselves so unwilling to be re conciled, that force must - be called In to win back our love? Let us not deceive ourselves, sirs. These are the Implements of war and subjugation the last arguments to which kings re sort. (Now the first resort of the dictator). What means this martial ar ray, if Its purpose be not to force us to submission? Can gentlemen assign any other pos sible motive for It? And what have we to oppose them? Shall we try argument? Sir, we have been trying that for the last ten years. Have we anything new to offer upon the subject? Nothing. We have held the subject up in every light of which it Is ca pable, but it has been all In vain. Entreaty and humble supplica tion? What terms shall we find, which have not been already exhausted? Irt. ua not deceive ourselves fcturer. We have done everything emild be done, to avert the (Continued on Page 2.) hore Pennies From Heaven Fall During June Than April, Reports Dr. Bengtson in Weather Survey The popular conception of April Showers is all wet, according to Dr. Nels A. Bengtson, chairman of the department of geography. April is not the month of the most pennies from heaven. More actual rainfall comes dining June than during March, April, or May, and even hot July usually brings heavier precipitation than the spring mouths. According to the records of the weather bureau during the period of years up thru 19112, more rain fell In the month of brides than in the much-touted mouths of Showers and May-baskets. Moisture Amount Shown! The following two columns of figures show the amount of mois ture received each month for the normal period prior to 1933 and for the five-year period extending from 1933 to 1937. All of the (Continued on Page 2.) L VESPERS FEATURE Ei A. Grinnell College Professor Explains Aft of Living Together. Dr. Edward A. Steiner, a faculty member of Grinnell college, will explain "The Art of Living To gether" at the choral vespers of the Lincoln Cathedral choir to day a 5 o'clock nt the Cornhusker. Dr. Steiner, who has written ex tensively on problems of immigra tion, is a lecturer as well as a writer of books and magazine articles. He is particularly in terested in religious research. He Is professor of applied Christianity at Grinnell. The choir will sing four num bers, "Welcome Again" by Christ iansen, "So Soberly and Softly" by Christiansen," "Nunc Dlmittis" by Gretchaninov, and "Now to the Sunset" by Sullivan. PRESENT ART GALLERY Kirsch Believes Current Display One of Finest West of New York. This afternon a symposium of opinion on the paintings on the art exhibit will be held in gallery A at 3:00 o'clock at Morrill hall. This program will be conducted by Prof. Dwlght Kirsch; Miss Bess Steele, Associate Prof, of Home Fconomlcs. Mrs. B. E. Moore who is in charge of the art department at Miller Paine; and Dr. O. K, Bousma of the department of phil osophy will participate In the dis cussion. The exhibit which Is said by Prof. Kirsch to be the best at the present time this west of New York has attracted several nunurea visitors from neighboring towns. Omaha, Crete, and Lincoln stu dents have paid several visits. About 3(10 persons daily have seen the exhibit since it opened March 5. Saturday the A. A. U. W. visited and was given a lecture by Dr. Kirch. A group of organized clubs from Crete also were Saturday afternoon visitoss. John Stewart Curry who portrays life in the mid (Contlnued on Page 2.) . - v. . r 3 - ' 4.' i: ' is . Dr. . Utngtnvo i f CHORA Sl'EAKS TODAY y 'y 7 Lincoln Journal. Ir. KdwHri A. Ht i-lnrr. Reilly Chosen Romantic Lead As Production Plans Near Completion. The Beck-Jungbluth orchestra will play for "Hadics' Ladies," 1938 Kosmet Klub spring show, to be presented at the Temple theater the week of April 25, according to an announcement by Wlnfield Elias, president of the Klub, and general manager of the produc tion. Charles Rcllly, Lincoln senior, has been selected to take the role of Harold Smooch, romantic lead of "Hades' Ladies." With the se lection of Reilly, the cast for the show is practically complete, a few roles remaining only tenta tively filled. Elias stated that the Klub feels that with the signing of the Beck Jungbluth orchestra, the best of musical accompaniment la guar anteed for the spring production. It is possihle that Eddie Jungbluth himself will direct the band. No announcement as to the per sonnels of the singing and danc ing choruses of "Hades' Ladies" is being made at present, pending final checking of candidates' eli gibility. Try-outs for parts in the two choruses, each to carry twelve men, were conducted last Wednes day and Thursdaynights. Franklin College Men Picket Gals For Hill Sharing N. B. Nebraska co-eds. Men students, enrolled in Frank lin college, Franklin, Ind., are tailing upon men In coeducational colleges all over the country to suport them in their new ( ? ) cam paign for "equality of the sexes" or "share the wealth dating." Franklin men have been picket ing girls' dormitories ou the Franklin campus, bearing placards demanding the following: 1. The third Friday of every month shall be independence day when girls must make the dates and pay the bills. 2. The third date with the same man shall be a dutch treat, with expenses shared equally. 3. Long suffering men stu dents should be rated with at least the semblance of consider ation and respect. Nebraska men! ... In the words of the French national anthem, "Armez Vous Battalltons," and let's hop to it! The chance of a lifetime . . . We want one Mortar Board party per week! Librury Honors Memory Of Miss Nellie Couiptou In respect to tl.e memory of Nellie J. Compton, the Univer sity Library will be closed from 10:30 to 11:30 Monday morning, R. A. Miller, Univer sity librarian, announced, KLUB CONTRACTS BE UNGBLUTH FOR SPRING SHOW Annual Ag Spring Party Discloses Goddess Friday NELLIE COf TON RITES TAKE PLACE Retired Librarian Died Friday After Two Year Illness. Funeral services for Miss Nellie Jane Compton, retired librarian of the university, will be held to morrow morning at 10:30 o'clock In the Castle, Roper and Matthews funeral parlors. Miss Compton, who for 40 years served the uni versity library, died in hep home at 1735 Sumner earlv Friday morning following an illness of nearly two years. After her retirement from the library staff, Miss Compton was given the rank of assistant librar ian emeritus. She was a member of Chi Delta Phi, Phi Beta Kappa and the Nebraska Librarian as sociation. A member of both the city and the university Y. W. C. A.'s and the University club, she was on the charter membership of the Lincoln A. A. U. W. chapter. The ex-librarian, who was 64 years old at the time of her death, (Continued on Page 4.1 BARB WOMEN TO CHOOSE A.W.S. REPRESENTATIVES Unaffiliates to Fill Eleven Vacancies on Board in Vote Wednesday. Eleven girls will be elected to fill the vacancies on the Barb A. W. S. board at the election to be held Wednesday, March 23. The vacancies consist of positions for three senior women, four junior women, and four sophomore women, who will be elected from a list of candidates o be an nounced on Tuesday. Not more than one girl in each class will be chosen to represent Ag. college. AH barb women may vote on Wednesday from 9:00 to 5:00 on either campus. The Barb A. W. S. board governs the activities of the barb women on the campus. MONDAY MORNING Present-Dag We, Civilization, Rest on 'the Oldest Science,' Claims Camp in Math Lecture Because so few students have even a hazy Idea of the contribu tions that mathematics has made to modern life, Prof. Chester C. Camp, professor of mathematics, was asked to deliver a lecture as a part of the year's lecture series to the freshman class concerning that science in general. "Some peo ple think of a mathematician as one who can add up a column of figures without making an error," ho said. "The fact is that so few of them can do this that a calcu lating machine has been invented to do it for them. In fact, all pre cision Instruments and machinery in general have been made pos sible by modern mathematics." He pointed out some of the many applications and contribu tions mathematics has made to life today. Among them is the compound microscope, and the mathematician has been able to notify the astronomer of the ap (ConlimieU on Page ,3.) Gala Dance Presents Queen Of Holdrcge Campus On March 25th. Featured attractions this year at the annual Ag Spring Party to he held Friday, Muich 25, in the Student Activities building will be the prcesntation of the Goddess of Agriculture and the playing of Sternie Sternburg's 11 piece or chestra. Preparations for this gala oc casion are well under way and ac cording to Ann Geisib, general chairman of the presentation com mittee, the Goddess of Agriculture will make her appearance in an entirely novel manner. The God dess of Agriculture was recently elected by popular vote of all Horn Economic students but her identity as well as thai ol her six attend ants, will not be revealed until the night of the big occasion. All candidates for the honor of Goddess of Agriculture were sen- (Continued on Page 2.) L Sarah Louise Meyer Gives line of Patter' for Show Thursday. Dress rehearsal for some three score fashionable coeds will be held this afternoon in social sci ence auditorium for the style show of the 1938 Coed Follies, to be presented Thursday evening at 7:30. Models of all sections, including sports, date dresses, suits, coats, street and the best dressed girl candidates will parade in full dress in order to perfect their technique of modeling. Miss Nellie Eastburn of the physical educa tion department will be present to criticize the posture of the models and help them with walking on the stage. Sarah I.oui.se Meyer, who was mistress ot ceremonies for last year's show, will attend rehrqrsal to practice introducing the models with her well known line of patter. Dress rehearsal for skits will be held Wednesday night beginning at 6:30 in the Temple. All skits are expected to be well rehearsed. V 1: 'A iiincoln Journal. Dr. Cbtir Camp.