The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current, October 28, 1938, Image 1
Tup Daily TT A Official Student Newspaper of the University of Nebraska Z-408. VOL. XX XV 1 1 F, NO. 32. LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1938 University Set for Homecomi Tf honest Ability, industry Bun Success-Agee Tolstoy Flays Bolsheviks At UniConvo Students Jam Temple To Hear Noted Russian Discuss the U.S.S.R. Vanderbilt Addresses Teachers Tonight's Lecturer Reviews Personalities Of World's Leaders Going into the third day of ac tivity in the annual First district Nebraska state teachers conven tion tonight, Cornelius Vanderbilt, prominent author, traveller, and lecturer, will speak before ap proximately 4.000 teachers that have gathered here since last Wed nesday, on the subject, "The Twelve Most Interesting People I Have Interviewed." In his speech, Vanderbilt will discuss the following personalities: Hitler, Mussolini, Kenal Pasha, President Roosevelt, Duke of Windsor, oJhn L. Lewis, Herbert Hoover, King George VI, Stalin, Pope Pius, and Chiang Kai-Shek. Vanderbilt's appearance will cli max one of the most brilliant groups of famous personages which the association has secured for its program in many years. The convention was opened last Wednesday with an address by Dr. Hoyd W. Reeves of Chicago, who spoke on the "Federal Govern ment's Part in Aiding Education." Following this, on Thursday morn ing, was the official welcome by Chancellor Boucher and a talk en titled "New Horizons," by Dr. Ralph W. Sockman, minister of Christ church of New York, who pointed out that, "we must teac honesty for Wall st., as well as for main st." Thursday's high light was an address by Dr. John Foulkers. professor of education at the University of Wisconsin. Foulkers stirred the teachers with (Continued on Page 3.) Telephone Executive Speaks Before Bizad Recognition Banquet "Ability and honesty, plus In dustry constitutes success, and lack of any of these qualities means failure," said J. H. Agee, vice president of the Lincoln Tele graph and Telephone company, as he addressed 175 students and fac ulty members of the business ad ministration college at their an nual recognition banquet at the Union last night. He pointed out that a college education was not essential in business success but that most of the successful men of the country nre college graduates. According to Mr. Agee, 86 percent of the names included in the 1935 edition of the "Who's Who" were those of college graduates. He assured bizad students that there really was a place for them in the business world if their at titude and application were of the best. Toastmaster for the banquet was Dean J. E. LeRossingnol, of the bizad college. His splendid in troductions of speakers and hu mor were one of the highlights of the banquet. Gold Keys. Mr. Nathan Gold, of Gold & Co., of Lincoln, presented the William Gold Scholarship Keys to the ten highest rankin-; freshmen in last year's class. They were: Forrest Cehni. Lincoln; Howard Branen, Neligh; Catherine Galbraith, Fair bury; George Johnson, Superior; :.!elbourne Johnson, Bcned t; Walter Kcrl, West Point; Mary Kline, Madison; Elizabeth Mc Geachin, Lincoln; Earl Roth, Lin coln, and John Stoddart, Hiawa tha, Kas. Robert Martz, a senior in last year's graduating class, was win ner of the Alpha Kappa Psi citi zenship award and a $500 J. E. (Continued on Page 2.) Journalists Attend Meet Publication Heads Leave Tuesday A delegation of four journalism .students and their faculty advisor, Prof. Gaylc C. Walker, will leave at thc nUn blul(linp,. Robert Lincoln Tuesday night to attend the meetings of the Associated Collegiate Press convention to be held in Cleveland, Ohio, from Nov. 3 to 5. Students, who will attend the meeting representing the Uni versity are Pat Lahr. editor of the Cornhusker; Morris Lipp, edi tor of the Daily Ncbraskan; Max Horn, business manager of the Cornhusker, and Frank Johnson, business manager of the Daily Nebraska n. Featured In the general pro gram of the convention are ad dresses by several famous corre spondents, a short course for , newspaper editors, and a scries of round table discussions dealing with thc problems of student pub lications. Mr. Walker, representing thc University, will participate In one of thc round table discussions. Highlight of tho' meeting will take place Saturday morning when Raymond Clapper, Wash ington columnist, radio commen tator, and president of the Wash ington Gridiron club, speaks nt the final convocation on the "Con fessions of a Washington Col umnist." Thursday evening the first big meeting of the convention will take place when tho delegates will assemble fur their first con vocation where Daniel Lawrence, vice president of the University of Cincinnati, will speak on the topic "Twenty Years of Public Relations." All delegates to the convention will be the guests of thc Univer sity of Cincinnati. The convention dance and banquet will take place Friday night. Saturday afternoon the delegates will attend the foot ball game between the University of Cincinnati and Ohio Wesleyan. History Calls Homecoming Universal Pastime of Man Flatly stating that Russia today has very little prestige among the nations of the world, Countess Alexandra Tolstoy came to the Temple Thursday morning to ex plain why and how the present communistic government under Stalin has made Russia a rotten, worm eaten structure of hate and distrust. Attracted by the reputation of the speaker and the fame of her author-father, students, faculty members and townspeople packed Temple auditorium tighter than the well known drumhead. The balcony was crowded, and the main floor was lined with people standing in back and along the walls. Prof. Stepanek of the English department introduced Countess Alexandra as the favorite child and secretary of her father, Count Leo TolHtoy, one of the last "really great men who walked the earth." After giving a brief portrait of her father, the Countess went into a discussion of the aims, the poli cies, the methods and the results of the communist government of Russia under Stalin. Bolshevist Aims. She described Tolstoy as a lib eral who opposed both the tyran- ny of Czar Nicholas and the ter rorism of the revolutionists. The Count continually warned the "Ruler of All the Russians" that more freedom must be given to the people, at one time writing, "You can oppress by force and violence; you cannot govern them by force and violence. In discussing the communists, the Countess declared, "I never believed and never will believe that the bolshvists want the hap piness of the Russion people. Their aim is world revolution." Today, Stalin maintains his po ( Continued on Page 2.) Ancient Homecomers I nclude Caesar, M. Polo By Ed Wittenberg. Homecoming, one of the time honored Husker traditions, is not original with Nebraska. In fact, ardous research into ancient ar chiuves will lead one to the con clusion that home coming, or "cuman ham" as the Anglo-Saxons called it, Is a universal past time of the human race. Twentieth Century Webster au thoritively defines the term as "re turn from travel after long ab sence." John Q. Neanderthal and Mr. Piltdowh Man may have engaged in homecomings following an ex citing brontosaurius hunt. History is not definite on this point. Theirs must have been a cheerless home coming tho without the benefits of enthusiastic old grads, a brand new Student Union, Corncobs, Tas sels, Innocents, fond parents, house decorations, banquets and victory balls. And, of course, without an exciting football game. To continue our narrative, among the great "Homecomers" of history are the Queen of Sheba, P-iesar and his legions, Marco Polo, Christopher Columbus, the fifth little pig who cried "wee, wee, wee," the U. S. navy and Greta Garbo. Thus, Homecoming came to Ne braska well recommended and with a glorious history. The prac tice was not always associated with football games and probably there were few old grads flocking to the campus in the bygone days of the last century. Detailed records are not avail able, but the first Homecoming on the Nebraska campus was sponsored by the faculty to ac quaint the people of the state with the needs of their university. Par ents, friends and taxpayers were invited to tha campus, shown about and entertained. One day, some faculty member probably noticed that more peo ple came to town on football days than at any other time and sug gested that Homecoming be as sociated with football. As time turned past the Spanish-American war and well into the 20th cen tury, the alumni association co operated with the faculty in the now traditional event. Altho football lagged during the World war, Homecoming contin ued in spite of the fact that many old grads were on the battle fields of Europe. After the war, with the return of many Nebraska men, Homecoming was given into the hands of student population. Not until 1920, did the Corn husker officially mention Home coming. Then, in speaking of Nov. 15, 1919, it enthused, "It was a Homecoming day that will long be remembered Thousands of old grads were on hand to witness the Huskers trample. .. .the Jay hawks." Along came the Innocents with their house decoration contest (Continued on Page 4 ) fS I?! A fW H El ?,HJispiay 4 4 AQk si u pens ia Weekend onte Annual Return of Alumni to Campus Brings Host of Special Activities Class Reunions, Fraternity, Sorority Decorations, Parties Paddle Tourney Ends Sunday Smith, Goldstein Vie For Championship Final rounds of the Union table tennis tournament will be played off Sunday nite In the game room Dennis Clark Services Set for 1 0 This Morning Funeral services for Dennis Clark, junior in the agricultural college, will be held this morning at 10 o'clock at Hodgman's mor tuary. Additional services will be held at his home in Stapleton, Sunday, but as yet the time has not been announced. Dean Thompson, dean of stu dent affairs, and Dean Burr of the ag college announced that anyone wishing to attend the funeral will be excused from class. Committee Aids In Probe Of Bookstore Tonight 1 lie '.'litter mxl sparkle nt" fraternity row's untiual Homecoming: decoration contest, llie roar which res up from a mob of rallying students, all the excitement which precedes a hip: frame, draw aside the curtain on n homecoming weekend packed with excitement for the grads who throng 1o the uni- : versity, '.he students, and frantic Lincolnites who seek to tie down j everything in sight lest celebrants j tear it apart. At 7 o'clock switches will be ', pulled which will light up the dec j oration contest entries of some 16 sororities and 18 fraternities who are competing lor the cups fm r.ually awarded by the Innocents society. With the largest total number of entrants ever to compete In such a competition. Committee Chairman Fd Steeves promises an outstanding collection of decora tions Sometime between the hours of 7 and 10, the judging committee will make the rounds and evaluate the displays Original and clever decorations are promised by the competing houses with consider able animation supplied by fresh, men. Expense for each display is Noisy Roily To Demand Tiger Shilling Students Gather ot 7 Tonight on Union Steps For March to Stadium Bigger and noisier than ever is I the promise for tonight's rally , purposed to steam up campus en- j thusiasm for tomorrow's Home- i coming grid battle between Ne- : braska and the highly touted Mis- j souri Tigeis. ...:n nr,uA n n I OLUlll Iim Will C1L I UUili. Mrs. Rohde Lauds Theory Of Co-operatives at N .ST. A. Smith and Leonard Goldstein will battle it out for the men's cham pionship. Thc final match of the women's division is slated to begin at 3 o'clock. Following will be the men's third class, men's second class, and thc men's championship tilt. Mrs. E. A. Yinger, director of the tourney, explains that the Union game room will be cleared of all tables except the one to be used. This will give contestants more playing room and make space for the large number of spectators expected. Following are names and classes of all participating in the finals: Leona Beighlcy and Vanlta Rott mnn, women's division; Gordon Mclntire and Morgan Jones, men's class three; Jules Bigham and F. Becker .men's class two, and Bob Smith and Ionard Goldstein, men's championship division. Speaker Believes U. S. Could Adopt System Greeting friends and ac- I quaintances with characteristic charm and friendliness, Ruth Bry an Owen Rohde graciously con sented to an interview with a Daily Ncbraskan reporter follow ing her address at a meeting of the state teachers convention last night at the coliseum. Speaking on the subject "De mocracy at Work in Denmark." Mrs. Rohde expounded the theory of co-operatives thruout her ad dress. "Co-operatives have proven to be splendid," she said, and ex pressed the opinion that they could be developed quite extensively In this country. "Of course this coun try is very large and complex," she continued, "but co-operatives themselves could be started on a smaller scale and work into larger organizations." The secret of their great success in all the smaller countries of the world .she believes, is that groups of people very often farmers pool their resources to form a co-operative concern, such as a Englund and Ni( ann Compile Reports for Wednesday Session on the steps of thc Student Union, not to exceed 52o. nnd an itemized march down R street cast over to 1 account of expenditures must be ltith, noth to Vine, then west to filed by fill houses before the judg the stadium. Thc procession will , ir.g takes place. The contest last he led by the band, cheer leaders. ; year was won by Alpha Phi end Corn Cob.-., and Tassels. i Kappa Sigma, Fireworks, "more than before ' and brighter, too,'' according to j the committee, songs, led by the ! Figures and information from a survey conducted on the Regents bookstore bv a committee made up of Merrill Knglund and Harold 'coach and the Hitter's chief scout; Niemann of the Daily Ncbraskan ! Herbert l enne. speaker deluxe University band, yells find cheers with yell leaders promising to twist and jump as they never have before, r.ie on tap. Speakers ga lore v.iil include Marvin Plock, game captain tomorrow, who promises that if he doesn't score against Missouri as he did last year, someone else will; Adolf Lewandowrki, freshman f othall Alumni Luncheon. From 7:3'J until 8 o'clock. Fta tion KFOR will carry a descrip tion of the decorations of the 34 houses. The program will be broadcast from the station's spe cial mobile unit as it tours the campus inspecting the displays. To the accompanying blare of the band, yells, songs, and the ex plosion of fireworks, thc tradition al prc-homecoming game rally takes off from thc Student Union at 7. and. after a stormy passage will be revealed to the Univei sity ! from the speech department, and P fraternity row. lands in the dairy. The system of co-operatives is by no means restricted to the dairy and farming business, how ever. "All production in Denmark Is co-operative," Mrs. Rohde ex plained. "All elements affecting their prosperity have been or ganized by the people as co-operative concerns, except the weather," she remarked humorously. "Forty countries of the world use the co-operative system ex tensively," stated Mrs. Rohde. When the great wheat producing countries started their foreign trade many years ago, Denmark, formerly a wheat producing coun try, could no longer compete. She was forced, therefore, to turn to farming and dairying. Mrs. Rohde described vividly how the dairies were organized to the nth degree every egg marked In such a way that it could be traced back to the hen that laid it. Butter nnd cheese are "branded" in the same manner. Another Interesting aspect of Danish democracy Is the system of co-operative medical care. Each person pays from 45 to 65 cents per year for this "medical insur ance," and Mrs. Rohde herself told (Continued on Page 2.) senate committee when they hold I other members of the coaching a special meeting, next Wednes-1 staff. clay evening. j Come one! Come all! The moiv Students who have information i fans, the more support, the louder or facts concerning the buving ; the yells, the bigger the .--core to and selling of books are urged to morrow, the happier the campus attend this meeting and present ; next week! Bring on your Tigers! tneir ideas and views on the siua tion. If a student does not have time to attend thc meeting he may turn his information over either to Englund or Niemann. i At the last mectins of the sen 'I Unconquerable Ragsters Face Flabby 'Huskers' In Grid Tilt Of Century Today ate committee facts obtained by Prof. W. A. Spurr's statistics class were given. It was decided to con duct further investigations along the lines presented by the students who were interviewed in the sur vey. Check Bookstore Sales. According to Prof. Charles Hicks, secretary of the senate committee, regardless of the few inaccuracies, Prof. Spurr's student (Continued on Page 4 I Delta Sigma Pi Appoints Lodcr '24 Graduate Chosen Province Director Van Sant Asks Students To Cease Poster Lifting Kraliziii" that the posters tf the Union lobby "arc makins: fashionable neck pendants for house parties and study room wall decoration," hut also real izing their cost, Director Ken neth Van Saul fiends out a pica that students will refrain from taking advertising and an nouncement posters which are placed in the lobby. "These posters cost consider able money." he said. "It is student money we're spending; and every time we replace a poster, its cost is taken from the funds which provide for Union activities." ea:t stadium to hear pep talks by members of the cuaching staff and varsity gridders. Fraternity and sorority house parties round out tonight's fes tivities. I Saturday at noon alumni letter i men will be guests of honor at the I annual homecoming luncheon held ! this year at the chamber of coin I merce. Saturday night, in hopes of cele brating Nebraska's first football I victory of thc season, grads snd 1 students will gather for SO cents a couple in thc Student Union ballroom to dance to the music of the Beck-Jungbluth band at tho Innocents annual homecoming party. Innocents' Party. D.meeabk' music, serpentine, confetti, a large crowd and an ex cellent floor combine to make this one of thc biggest affairs of the year Feature of the party will be the awarding of the two silver lev (i 'uiitinicd on Page 4 1 Geoffrey O'Hara Appears Tonight Composer, Raconteur To Speak at Temple Geoffrey O'Hara, noted com poser and raconteur, will appear nt the Temple theater at 8:15 to night under the auspices of the Grieg main chorus. The chorus, under tho direction of Carl A. Dan lclson and Mary Polk Shockcy, contralto, will al:io appear. Among the songs for which O'Hara is most noted are his war time ditty, "K-K-K-Katy," "Give Man k Hor.in He Can Ride," and "There Is No Death." He has also composed a number of operettas. On the program, the chorus and Mrs, fihockev will sing: a number of songs written by Mr. O'Hara. Cornhusker Furnishes 1 Feeble Fodder for Invincible Nebraskan Friday ufternoon at 3:30 the battle of the century, the struggle between two immovable objects, between two lines of granite, one slightly defective; between two lightning fast backficlda will take place. The Daily Ncbraskan has once more, amidst Us hustle and bustle, found time to recruit football team composed of more talent than Minnesota or Pitt ever hopes to have. The Cornhusker forces, having more time than anything else, have been working for the past few weeks, tinder cover, on a series of plays designed to baffle every one on the field. . . .especially the Cornhuskerers. "Rag" football history has been unusually successful, with no one being able to remember when the Nebraskan team has lost a game. Last year, previous to the Pitt-Nebraska game, tho "Rag" team en gaged Sutherland's forces the Fri day before the game, and eked out a 38 to 0 victory, and the follow ing; day, Pitt beat Nebraska 13 to 7. Odds Favor Rag. Betting' odds are about 6 to 1 In favor of the "Rag-." With Art Hill and Gerald Snahn, Bruce Campbell and Harold Nelmann. Clark Dally Nrhratkan klik-r Kaplan .. Mb Hluigrr HrirUI , Wnnlliiprr Wolf. Ilrniun DrMulf Nfinrtu .Nlrman fruttier I anipbell g Hathrr O'llafilon.K lhrr l.lpp I Nplaltrrrr Kimhn. .1 Jitlirr Johnfton . . , , Hamlmrirr Hill. HMIInf odd favor I he Dally brankan J to I. Game llnifi 4 'rlnrk. Cornhmktr. . . Oi Aden hll. I'luKrr Frufflt h HiuKKcr Stewart . lb Hn'rriK'r Hradlry r. . . .Ounner Gannon llauntlrM Dunkrr Hancnvrr Hagrr Hulnhrr Hhernian ...Halllrr Hnaye lootrr Horn O'Hanlon, Morris Lipp and other All Americans on the line, that forward wall will be impenetrable. A backfield composed of Kaplan, Segrlst, Wolf, deWolf and star studded substitutes, have already been making out score sheets on which to mark down their indi vidual touchdowns, A resume of thc plays the Ne braskans will use was issued yes terday, but these plays have been altared a little. Quadruple and qulrd)aa nwwacs, coupled with triple-end arounds and 15 yard passes have been added. Kicking: will be handled by some one, secret for now, who has an average of 73 'i yards into the wind, 74, with the wind, from the line of scrim mag-e. "Rag-" ball carriers have aver aged 6.9 yards on every try this year, have completed 20 out of 21 passes, and have not yet been on a losing- team. Cornhusker prospects are bright (Continued on Page 4) Quarterbake Horn Views Annual Squad Prospects Hopefully "I knows we are de under-curs In de game today, but us Year hookies we bin a tralnin on rubber and we'uns is goln ta have ha snappy team," said Max "Tooter ' Horn, quarterback of the yearbook team when Interviewed in a man hole this morning. Secrecy veils the Yearbook starting lineup for tomorrow's "Rag-Yearbook" fracas. In fact, the Yearbookles are so secret that they are considering veiling team members in order to be a mystery team. Pat Lnhr, mascot for the team, says, "We may be the underdogs but we won't pull any boners." Punny remark. Says "Sizzler" Steiner, . second captain of the team, "We may be the underdogs but we'll win by tree points." The two well rounded teams will meet on the Russian flats. With drooling lips, fiery eyes and flabby muscles the Yearbookles will come out to win. In a final statement to the press, Horn aald, "Our followers mustn't expect us to do any charging. We don't want to ruin our credit rat ing!" However, they have been taking lessons from the university janitor and their end sweeps should be sensational. Merle Lodcr, graduate of thc University in 1024 and now dis trict manager of the Mutual Life Insurance company of New York, was recently nppointed deputy K W'- ' - v "sT -".. A y.---r KM i n " Lincoln Journal. MERLE LODER. province director of Delta Sigma Pi, International fraternity of busi ness administration. Notice of Lo der's appointment was received this week from H. G. Wright, grand secretary-treasurer, located at the central office In Chicago. Loder was a charter member of the local chapter of Delta Sigma Pi, established here In 1024. At the present time there are SO active chapters of Delta Sigma Pi, found in various universities with ac credited colleges of business administration. Cheer The Huskers On! Hoping that the student cheering sectii n tomorrow will show homecoming "oldtimas' some enthusiasm reminiscent of the "good old days." the Nebraskan here pnnts sonio of tho most popu lar Scarlet and Cream yells nnd sons. Clip them out and USIC THEM at the rally tonight and at the game tomorrow! 1. Huskers Fight Huskers Fint Huskers Fight Fight Fight Fifcht 2. New Locomotive Rah Rah Rah Rah N-K-P.ras-Ki Rah Rail Mali Rah N-IvRras-Ki Rah Rah Kali Rah N-F.:Hra.s-KI 3. Echo N - I - O- R A-S-K-A 4. Old Number One U-U-U-n-l Ver-ver-ver-sl-ti N-e-bras-kl Oh-h-my Go-g.ing-go 5. Chant U-Rah, N-nah, U-N-I U-Varsity, N-Varsity, N-e-bras-kl Ne-brns-ki U-U-U-n-l Ver-Ver-ver-si-ti Ne-hras-ki Oh-h my Go-Gang Go. 6. Skyrocket Clup hands Hlss-s-s-s-s, BOOM Whistle, NHRRASKA. THE CORNHUSKER By Robert W. Stevens. Come a runntn', boys. Don't you hear that noise Like thunder in the sky How It rolls along, In the good old song, For the sons of Ne-bras-kl. Now It's coming near With a rising cheer That will sweep all foes awav. . Fo with all our vim. , We are bound to urn. I And v.e'ie going to win to ! day- Chorus. I For Nebraska and the Scarlet, i For Ni'lna.si:a and the Cream ! Tho' they go thin many a battle I Our colors still are seen So in contest and In victory W'c will wave them for the team And 'twill always stir a Corn husker The old Sc arlet and the Cream. HAIL VARSITY By J. Aycrt and W. Chcnoweth. Hail the mighty team who fight to win for the Scarlet und the Cream; For Varsity and victory, The mizhtv men who wear the N' still hold the key. Halt the ptshvart foes; Keep up the fight till the final ' whistle blows. Huskers, cheer for the Huskers to cinch the game and raise their fame thc vie lory way. The stands will sway, the band Will play, So carry on, we want to win tcdny. Chorus. Hall to the team. The stadium rings as ev'ry-ono sings the Scarlet and Cream. Chcera for a victory Echo our loyalty; So on, mighty men, The eyes of the land, upon ev'ry hand, are looking at you. Fight on for victory. Hall the men of Nebraska U.