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VOL. XXXVIII. NO. 20
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For Homecoinniin;
Mizzou Tigers, Greet
N.U. Grads on Oct. 29
The annual house decoration
competition will again this year
add its color and spirit to tradi
tional Homecoming day activities
Oct. 29, as members of the Inno
cents society plan history's most
gala day for the welcoming of "old
Nebraska grads.''
As much a tradition as Home
coming itself, the house decora
tions contest will be topped by
only one attraction of the day the
Cornhusker-Missourl Tiger grid
fray.
Plans for the competition were
announced yesterday by Edmund
Steeves, chairman of an Innocent
committee in charge.
Entries in the contest must be
filed in the student activities office
by Monday, Oct. 24, Steeves an
nounced. Any house is eligible to
enter the decoration competition,
As in former years, the only re
stiiction on the contest will be the
S25 limit which any house can
spend on its decorations.
Ileuses will be required to keep
an itemized account of its expendi
tures and it will be necessary to
file that list before the judging the
evening of Homecoming.
House decorations on Homecom
ing day has been a tradition on the
Nebraska campus for many years.
During depression years, however,
the custom was dropped because of
added expenses. Four years ago
the Innocents society again revived
the tradition. The number of en
tries has increased every year
since that time.
A committee comprised of three
Innocents, a professor in the tine
arts school and a Lincoln artist
will judge the decorations on orig
inality, effort, and general effect
sometime during the evening of
Oct. 29.
To the fraternity and sororil
winning top honors, the Innocent
will award silver loving cups. Win
ners of last year's contest were Al
pha Phi and Sigma Alpha Epsilon
Service Fraternity
To Regulate Stag Line
Alpha Phi Omega, service fra
ternity, will again keep the stag
line hi place at the matinee dances
The group has postponed this
week's meeting in conforming to
the new schedule of meetings
which will come the first and third
Tuesday of the month hereafter.
Herbie Kay
o 'Swing1
Husker Band
Husker fans will "swing on
down" during the half of the Indi-
Rhythm Maestro Takes
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BANDLEADER HERBIE KAY
. .Huskers will swing for him.
ana game next Saturday, when the
popular Herbie Kay leads the 100
piece Scarlet and Cream marching
band to several of today's top jit
terbug numbers.
Herbie Kay, nationally known
band leader who is playing at the
Turnpike next week end, will take
the field while the Husker band
goes into new swingster forma
tions. This will mark the first
time that a Nebraska band has
presented such a demonstration,
Don L. Lentz and Lyman Spur-
lock, assistant director, have "big
ideas" they hope to put into prac
tice in order to make the Husker
outfit the "Mid West's Best."
Marching formations and technique
have been modernized, new equip
ment is being bought, and a "new
deal" in music shows is promised
to Nebraskans.
Assistant Director " Spurlo,ck
urges all students to learn the
words to the "Cornhusker Song"
before next Saturday, in order that
voices will join in with the band.
Drama Not
Up to Best,
Says Critic
Anti-Climax Provokes
Laughter From Aloof
Temple Audience
BY ROWENA BEADLE.
For 2 hours 20 minutes, the au
dience waited, half asleep, for
something anything to happen
And then, at last, the dra Malic
moment! The noble judge pulled
out a gun, aimed at the dictator,
fired. And no report! He fired
a?ain. and from somewhere off
stage came a feeble bang.
Despite this anti-climax ending
of the Players' opening production
"Judgment Day," there were some
good pieces of acting. Paul Bogan
and Jack Bittner, altho in rela
tively unimportant roles, were ex
cellent. Bogan, as the crazed de
fendent, Kurt Schneider, held the
audience's attention even when ne
was not speaking, and Bittner, in
the comedy role of Vassisi Bassa
raba, won the spontaneous ap
plause of the audience at the end
of his clever performance on the
witness stand. Dick Rider was un
usually Rood as the overbearing
Minister of Culture and Public En
lightenment.
The ending of "Judgment Day"
was typical of the entire produc
tion last night. Even lor a nrsi
nieht. the play lacked movement
and life. Bob Alexander, in one of
the leading roles, the defendant
George Khitov, gave a sympa
thetic performance. As an open
rebel against the injustice of his
country, Alexander was convinc
ingly dynamic. Eut Grace Hill, as
the other defendant, lacked the
fire which Alexander put into his
performance, and failed to make
the audience sympathetic toward
Lydia Kuman, the woman on trial
for her life.
The five judges, Raymond
Brown, La Rue Sorrell. Paul Brad
ley. John Gaeth and Verne Gcis
singer, all deserve mention. Sor
rell, as the noble, honorable judge
who could not and would not ap
prove sucn an injustice as con
demning two innocent persons to
death, was not at fault when the
gun he fired failed to co off. That
blame should go to the man off
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Close Startles Union Audience
Ex-Secret Agent Likens
Britain to Evil Spirit
Speaker Gives Inside
Information of Europe
Britain is the villain of the world
today and her commercial and rul
ing class i. her evil spirit. That
very briefly sums up the impres
sions received from Joseph Wash
ington Hall, better known to stu
dents as Upton Close,
A stocky frame that contains a
dynamic vigor, a voice with the
carrying power of conscious an
thoritv. fingertips touching an in-
First Day of
YWCA Drive
Encouraging
Misses Wicks, Smeerin,
Bullock Set High Totals
"Although campaign workers
still have to get in touch with
many co-eds, the first day has
been a good one, ' said Josephine
Rubnitz, campaign director of the
19 3 8 Finance
finite volume of facts, and convic
tions strongly voiced and sup
portedthat is Upton Close in the
abstract.
Physically, the author-journal
ist-secret agent is of average
height and build. His features are
rather pointed, topped by n reced
ing, bushy and graying hair which
gives the effect of a greatly
dommed forehead.
It is not so much the man; it is
his convictions, his statements
which hit one right between the
eyes.
Varigated Career.
A varigated career has qualified
Upton Close to speak authorita
tively. His mother, from Sweden
and his father, from Maine, were
among the early settlers of Wash'
ington. The tendency to go east
was, then, in his blood. The greater
part of his life has been spent in
Asia. His shoes have picked up
dust from the domains of nearly
every eastern potentate in other
words, from the dependancies of
England, France and Holland in
the Far East.
He says he has had a lively
curiosity about people and nations.
He has had a desire to get be
hind the scenes and find out why
nations act as they do. He has
been in interesting places among
interesting people and it has been
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UPTON CLOSE.
. . .His convictions hit one be
tween the eyes.
.to Rnhnll
drive of the
university Y.W.
C.A.
Among the
10 0 workers
aiming toward
a goal of $1,000,
Priscilla Wicks,
Mary Pollock
and Sara Smee
rin were high
in actual col
lections and
pledges Tues
day. The win
ners in the en
tire campaign
Engineering
Groups Meet
AIEE, ASME Conduct
Joint Session Oct. 12
Congressional Candidates
Agree, Disagree on Peace
Ll.fl I ...L.. i out of the fire for any other na
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uive Answers in rou
In line with a growing interest
In political action along the peace
front, Interviews with the congres
clonal candidates from the First
district of Nebraska were held last
week by representatives of the
Lincoln papers and of the Daily
Nehraskan. Questions were con
fined to peuce Issues and aimed at
bringing out the candidates gen
eral attitude.
George Heinke, Nebraska City
lawyer who Is the Republican can
didate, opened with a declaration
for peace, but "peace with honor."
He declined comment on the ade
quacy of our defences "not having
the technical Information neces
sary to unswer." To several ques
tions Helnko replied that he was
going to congress to learn the answers.
Mrs. Catherine McGeer, Lincoln
Democratic candidate by petition
considered the defenses adequate,
"at least for the present.
"There Is no question but that
our national defense Is not ade
quate," declared Henry C. Luckey
who Is now serving his second
term as Nebraska's representative
on the Democratic ticket. "This
by no means Implies that wo are
not spending enough money to
secure adequate national defense,
but it docs mean that under an
archaic defense set-up the people's
money Is being wasted an. we
are only getting 50 cents worth of
defense for every dollar that we
spend."
Navy Support.
"I believe our navy should be
used... to support the policies of
the State department," said Mrs.
McCeer In answer to questions
when to use the navy. Luckey em
phuslzed protection for American
territory, but would not aid ciu
zens In war zones who had refused
to be evacuated.
"The American flag," remarked
Heinke, In answer to the same
ouestlon. "should not follow the
American dollar, but I wouldn't
want our ships sunk on the high
seas."
"Absolutely not," declared Luck
ey to the suggestion of a military
alliance for the United States.
Heinke opposed "pulling chestnuts
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GEORGE HEINKE
, .we all want peace.
Children See
Science Film
Juvenile Theater Shows
Stone Age Pictures
On Saturday, the second of the
children's theater series will be
presented. The program this week
is varied and includes a talk by
Miss Marjorie Shanafelt, curator
Lincoln Jnumil.
HENRY C. LUCKEY
"such agreements" to defense
pacts.
The troublesome problem of
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In a 1oint meeting of the Ne
braska branches of the American
Institute of Electrical Engineering
and the American Society of Me
chanical Engineers Wednesday
evening, the two societies will be
wlfirpssori hv Air. Clarence r.
Moulton on "The New South Oma
ha Process Steam Plant." Mr.
Moulton, who was graduated from
the college of Mechanical Engi
neering here in '26, is now assist
ant operating engineer with the
Nebraska Power compnny at Oma
ha. The meeting will be held in the
Mechanical Engineering building,
room 206 at 7:30 p. m.
The members of the two socle-
tics have also planned a trip to
Omaha the 19th which will tnke
them thru this new plant. They
will be guests of the Nebraska sec
tion of the A. I. E .E. and Omnha
Engineer's club at a luncheon wnne
In Omaha. On the way to Omaha
the party will stop at Ashland to
Inspect the Lincoln Municipal wit
ter works. They may also visit the
Baker Ico Mai'hino company and
one of the packing plants while In
Omaha.
Professors N. II. Barnard and
L. A. Bingham, faculty counsellors
for the croups have issued a stale
ment saving "It is essential that
all A.I.E.E. and A.S.M.E. members
who nlan to to to Omnha on Oct,
19 to inspect this new and novel
steam plant be In attendance at
this joint meeting on the 12th."
It will be an open meeting and
visitors are welcome.
Freshmen Learn
Of AWS Board
,Miss Pascoe Talks
To Frosh Today
Freshman A. W. S. will hear
Helen Pascoe, president of the A
W. S. board, speak on the orgam
ntlnn of the Associated Women
Students this afternoon at
o'clock in Ellen Smith.
Miss Pascoe will explain to the
freshmen girls the work that the
hoard does In A. W. S an organi
zation to which every woman reg
istered in the university automati
cally belongs, and discuss ways In
which girls may work up to being
members of the board.
Yesterday at the first meeting ot
the Freshman A. W. S. at ag col
lege, approximately 30 students
were present to meet Virginia
Nolte, president of Tassels, and to
hear her discuss the girls pep or
ganization and the method of elec
tlon Into the group from the agrl
cultural campus.
Lincoln juurnM ..which extends
until October 15, will be rewarded
with partial- expenses paid to
Estes Park, Colorado, to auena
the annual Y.W-Y.M. ten day con
ference in June.
Funds to cover Y.W. activities
for the entire year arc derived
from two sources: (1) the mem
bership fees of $2.00 which allow
a girl to participate in all of the
organization's functions through
out her four years in college, and
(2) the donations received from
old members and other interested
persons.
High among the four major di
visions at the close of tho first
day was the sorority group headed
by Mary Arbitman and Helen Ko-
vanda. Doris De Long is executive
of the teams working on Ag cam
pus. All unaffiliated students liv
ing in Lincoln arc to be contacted
by three teams under the leader
ship of Beatrice Ekblad. Pat Stern
berg and Jeanette Swenson are in
charge of the fourth division which
Includes Carrie Bede Raymond
hall and the cooperative houses.
Friscilla Wicks and Selma Hill
are general assistants for the
campaign. Margaret Galbraith,
Elizabeth Hanson, and Gertrude
Micheals will assist In the dormi
tory, Wilson, Rose Bouton, and
Howard hall canvassing.
Alpha Chi Omega is represented
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MISS MARJORIE SHANAFELT
, . .they come of their own volition,
Coeds Begin
Hobby Work
250 Freshmen Attend
Counselor Meeting
Two hundred and fifty univer
sity freshmen designated their in
terest in hobbies last night when
thev attended the annual mass
meeting of the Coed Counselors
last night in Ellen Smith and reg
istered in one or more or the five
hobby classes sponsored by the or
ganization. Miss Virginia Fleetwood, presi
dent of the Counselor board pre
sided at the meeting and intro
duced the board sponsors, Miss
Elsie Ford Piper and Miss Letta
Clark to the freshmen women.
Sponsors of the hobby groups were
presented and they in turn intro
duced the leaders of the groups
who gave brief talks about the
purpose of their groups, their first
meeting, and the equipment needed
for each hobby.
Miss Elizabeth Smith, sponsor
of Charm School introduced Helen
Catherine Davis who will be the
leader of the bi-monthlv coed cmss
The first meeting will be next
Tuesday night, and after that will
be held regularly on the second
and fourth Tuesday of each month.
The tap dancing hobby group
was announced ro mer-r inr imp
first time on Thursday night of
this week in Ellen Smith with Miss
Marv Kline as the leader. Fern
Steuteville is the board member
in charee.
The dramatic group under the
supervision of Tex Roselle Rounds
and Miss Faith Medlar will meet
on the first and third Tuesday of
each month, beginning this week,
French Students
To View Movies
Fair Board Plans
Prc-Gamc Rally
Junior Board Makes
Debut Friday Night
Identity of the junior board of
the Farmers Fair board will be
disclosed Friday evening in a pre
game rally party at tho student
activities building on ag campus.
Eddie Jungbluth and his orchestra
have been selected to furnish the
rhythm for tho party.
The junior board is composed of
three girls and three boys whose
Identity is being kept secret until
the party, Oct. 14. Members of
the senior Farmers Fair uoard
who were elected last spring are
In charge of the party. The com
mittees for arrangements are! Or
chestra, Ray Cruise and Gordon
Jones; favors and decorations,
Marlon Hoppcrt and Marjorie
Schick; tickets, Eric Thor; and
publicity, Ruthanna Russell.
Advanco tickets arc already on
sale with admission set at 40 cents
for men and 20 cents for ladies.
Both City and Ag campus students
are Invited,
of visual education, and two edu
calional films.
Miss Shanafelt will speak on the
"Boys of the Old Stone Age.," a
story based on scientific research.
The films to be presented are
"Pyramids and Temples of Egypt'
and "Leading a Dogs Life.'' Com
ments along with the pictures will
serve to (Slarifv them.
This is the 12th season for the
theater and it becomes more suc
cessful every year. The ages of the
children in the audience range
from 4 to 14 and many parents
also attend. The children attend of
their own volition and according to
Miss Shanafelt their behavior is
worthy of praise. The number thnt
attends varies, but it averages
around 300 for each showing. At
times however it has reached 500
It is the intention each year to
make the program more educa
tional and less lust entertainment,
This Miss Shanafelt believes will
tend to attract older children to
tho theater.
Four Theater Programs
Augment Class Study
Four French speaking moving
pictures will be shown in Lin
coln this year, sponsored by the
romance languages department oi
the university. They will be
shown on Saturday mornings in
the Kiva theater.
Dates for the shows are Oct.
22, "Dr. Knock;" Dec. 10, "Mer
lusc;" March 14. "Mile. Mozart;"
and April 15. "Le Mcdccin Mal
gre Lui." The first three are ac
companied by English titles In
order that people of limited
knowledge of French may under
stand them, though the latter pic
ture will have only the French
sound track.
Season tickets for the shows
may be had in the department of
fice, U hall 108. Tickets for all four
pictures are 85 cents, the individ
ual shows costing 25c each. In
charge of the sale of tickets are
members of Phi Sigma Iota, ro
mance languages honorary.
Visitor Cries
Folly at U.S.
Japanese
Speaker Accuses Us
Of Encouraging
Slaughter
Stating that Japan Is carrying
on the most consistently savage
and barbarious assault on China
that the world has ever known,
Upton Close bitterly attacked Ja
pan for her lack of humanity ana
severely criticized America and
other nations or the worm tor noi
only tolerating It but actually en
couraging the mass slaughter of
Chinese by sending japan mucn
needed war materials, in tne ursi
speech of the Student Union cele
brity series last evening.
Before embarking on her con
quest of China, Japanese officials
carefully weighed the Chinese
character and decided that the
Chinese philosophy of compromise,
of peace at any price, would give
a quick and easy victory to the
aggressive Nipponese. "Japan,"
said Close, "was severely shocked
to meet strong resistance. They
had wrongly classed the Chinese
with the British."
"Nothing Worth Fighting For."
At this point, the speaker sar
castically commented on the gen
eral attitude of the world which
does not regard anything as worth
fighting for. Contrary to tradition,
the Chinese stood and fougnt. ine
Japanese, in spite of their over
whelming superiority in tne air
and in artillery, have been unable
to smash ths leadership and the
head of Chinese resistance.
Having fought a year more than
expected, and finding their gold
reserve pnd military supplies de
pleted, Japanese have waxed fu
rious and desperate, resorting to
savage and horrible methods to
end the war in a hurry. According
to the speaker's description of
Japanese barbarism, the whole
campaign has been -just one big
Nanking incidyit. leaping, Killing,
burning has been the rule.
Bv such methods, Japanese gen
erals hope to send a tidal wave of
millions of fearful humans sweep
ing to China's interior to inundate
Chang Kai Sheik under his own
people.
The United States has Its hands
stained with Chinese blood and is
deeply involved in the far greater
crime of the massacre of a na
tion and of a culture, accused
Close.
U. S- Cooperates.
The Japanese fleet is operating
with California oil. American
made airplanes make up a largo
part of the Japanese air force,
which is one of the most important
factors of Japan's slow but steady
drive toward the interior of China.
"Secretary of State Hull wanted a
clear stand against Japanese ag
gression, but he was tola to pipe
down."
Close outlined a chain of prob
able events, saying the United
States sends materials to Japan
so that Japan may win sn Asiatic
empire so that England will give
her financial support so that Ja
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Bizad Honorary
Hears Bengfson
Geography Chairman
Talks on Changes
Dr. Nels A. Bengtson, chairman
of the university's department of
geography, will speak to member
of Delta Sigma PI, Bizad profes
sional fraternity, on the topic, "He
Freshman Models Stage
Union Style Show Today
Matinee Dancers View
'42 on Parade at 5
Y. M. Hears Werner
Discuss Sex Tonight
This evening Dr. O. H. Werner
of the Teachers college will ad
dress the members of the city
campus Y. M. C. A. on the subject,
"Sex and Personal Responsibility."
This regular weekly meeting is to
be held In the "Y" rooms In
Temple.
Mr. Hayes says that Dr. Wer
ner's speech will be an ordinary
approach to a question that faces
every University man. Following
this address, there will be a period
for questions and answers.
Cutting In on the matinee dance
this afternoon at 5 o'clock the
newly organized Student Union
and Union Coed Fashions council,
headed by Helen Severa, will pre
sent the school's first formal uis
play of freshmen fashions.
Thirtv-thrce freshmen, repre
senting their various fraternitv
and sorority houses, will occupy
the center of the union stage as
they present a 20 minute review of
"Freshmen Fashions on Parade.''
Tho frosh will wear their best of
fall attire as they stroll into a grill
room setting and talk and be
talked about.
The audience will hear the con.
versatlon of Misses Aubrey Stev
enson and Betty Cox as they talk
not only of the clothes the "cok
era'1 will be wearing but also about
the frosh themselves. The presen
tation is the first of a series of
fashions parades being planned by
the Student Union.
Taking part In the presentation
are: Alice Marian Holmes, Lois
Jeanne Harris, Margaret Kriz,
Betty Mallo, Lois Drake, Gene
vieve Hyde, Grace Leaders, all
lrom Raymond hall; Betty In
helder, Alpha Chi Omega; Mar
guerite Bell, Kappa Delta; Betty
Nichols, Kappa Kappa Gamma;
Mary Gayer, Delta Delta Delta;
Ruth McMillan, Kappa Alpha The
ta; Polly Perklnp, Delta Gamma;
Betty Lou Wentz, Alpto Phi.
Students, Faculty Aid.
Betty Klingel, Alpha XI Delta;
Mary Ellen Robison, Gamma Phi
Beta; Dorine Fisher, Wilson Hall,
Dorothy Lewellen, Sigma Kappa;
Ruth Ann Walker, Chi Omega;
Lillian Williamson, Phi Mu; Flor
ence Mycrson, Miriam Rubnitz,
Sigma Delta Tau; Charlotte Stahl,
PI Beta Phi; Natalie Johnson, Al
pha Omlcron Pi.
Doug Hudson, Delta Tau Delta;
Jack Judy, Phi Psl; Jack Stewart,
Beta Theta PI; John Mackay, Sig
ma Nu; Harvey Mlnnlck, Acacia;
Larry Cohen, Zeta Beta Tiu; Jack
McPhail, Delta Upsllon; Art Ma
son. Sigma Chi.
The freshmen were chosen to
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NELS A. BENGSTON.
..changing geography.
cent Geographic Changes," at their
meeting in Parlor Z of the Student
Union building this evening at 7
o'clock. After the business meet
ing at 7:00 there will be at profes
sional meeting to which all actlvea
and pledges are invited.
At the last meeting of the local
chapter five men were formally
pledged: James Pittlnger, Loula
Marmo, Joe Anderson, Joe Saund
ers and Frank Presltierl. Fledge
classes have been started and will
continuo for about one month.
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