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The Official "Newspaper of More Than 6,000 Students
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1939 z-408
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Plant model
builder talks
Initiates educational
series of lectures
Applying the principle that peo
ple who live in glass houses don't
have any private lives, F. W. Mc
Curry, vice president of the Derby
Oil company, has built a glass
and metal replica of a modern pe
troleum refining plant to illus
trate his talk tonight on petroleum
refining.
This address, the first in a series
of educational lectures and dem
onstrations to be presented during
the coming semester, is being pre
sented under the sponsorship of
the chemical engineering depart
ment and the student chapter of
the American Institute of Chem
ical Engineers. The lecture will
be given tonight at 7:30 in the
large lecture room of Avery lab
oratory. Model to Be Used in Courses.
McCurry, who is in charge of
all manufacturing operation for
his company, will tell about crude
petroleum and the use of petrol
eum products. The model, which
is similar to one recently pur
chased by the university, enables
the spectator to see the actual
operations in the refining of crude
oil as they are carried on com
mercially. The model plant purchased by
the university was also built by
McCurry. It will be installed dur
ing the next few weeks, and will
be used in some of the Chemical
engineering courses. McCurry'a
lecture will be open to the public.
Prom girl
presentation
contest opens
Committee offers $10
award for best stunt
A ten dollar prize awalta the
person able to outdo all entrants
among those who submit ideas for
presenting the prom girl at
the Junior-Senior prom, Friday.
March 3.
According to Fred fitincr and
Elizabeth Waugh, members of the
prom presentation committee,
maximum cost of the winning
stunt may not be more than $35,
and a detailed list of expenditures
must be submitted with each
plan. If the cost of presentation
exceeds $35. the prize money will
be forfeited.
All ideas must be turned in by
Friday, Feb. 17 to the office of
the DAILY NFBI1ASKAN editor
The orchestra committee has
been corresponding with several
music booking agents In its Initial
efforts to secure a nationally fa
mous band for the prom.
Wcstbrook visits
Fine Arts staff
School's new director
Looks oyer position
Conferring with various mem
bers of tnc school of music and
fine arts school faculties, Dr.
Arthur E. Westbrook, recently
appointed director of the univer
sity's new School of Fine Arts,"
visited Lincoln Thursday and Friday.
spesEs
NEBRASKAN sizes up '39
yearbook beauty candidates
Average queen is five
feet, five; weighs 118
Figures don't lie.
Nebraska's six most beautiful
women in the 1939 Cornhusker
may or may not have figures that
measure according to the com
posite standard of beauty of the
32 candidates aspiring . for the
honor.
Nebraska's average beauty
wears a size six and a half shoe
and has a 12 inch neck. She is
five . feet 5 and one-half inches
tall and just happens to be 18
years and three months old.-
Altogether the aspiring beauties
weigh over a ton and a half, but
their average weight Is 118 pounds.
Miss Median's bust is 34 and one
fourth inches; her hips are 36. Her
thigh 'measures 18 and one-fourth
Inches.
Her ankles is the kind that gen
Reiss to talk
at Union
English housing expert
will appear tonight
One of the world's foremost au
thorities on housing, Capt. Rich
ard L. Reiss, of London, England,
will speak tonight in the Union.
Sponsored by the Association of
Graduate Social Work Students,
the meeting was made possible
thru Omaha proponents of the fed
eral housing program. It is open to
all students.
Captain Reiss is beginning a
month's tour of the west, central
and Pacific coast cities, having
been brought to the United States
by the Nebraska Public Housing
conference of New York City, a
non-profit, federal organization.
Because of his extensive experi
ence in the housing field, confer
ence officials consider Captain
Reiss the leading authority on
housing problems and programs of
Britain, Continental Europe and
America.
At present Captain Reiss is the
chairman of the London labor
dwellings, of Welwyn Garden City
and of Hampstead Garden Suburb
trust, three of the leading housing
projects In England. He is also a
member of the London County
Councils housing committee. He is
generally considered responsible
for the slum clearance of London
Hansen addresses
Nu-Mcd group
Lincoln doctor tells
of obstetrical work
Dr. E. M. Hansen, Lincoln ob
stetrician and gynecologist, will
deliver the principal address at a
banquet of the Nu-Med society at
6:15 in parlors XYZ of the Union
tonight.
Dr. Hansen will discuss in gen
eral the "Advantages and Disad
ventages of Obstetrics." This lec
ture is an attempt to present to
Pre-Med students a view of the
work accomplished in this field.
Following the banquet there will
be an election of officers and a re
vision of the society's constitution.
All members are urged to attend
the lecture and the business meeting.
VOL. XXXVIII, NO. 78.
aft Ummm
tlemen can reach around, measur
ing eight and one-fourth inches.
Her wrist is even more easily
grasped, being a perfect six
inches around, and she wears a six
and one-half g'ove.
Of all the pullchritudinous coeds
whose figures (and we mean fig
ures) contributed to this com
posite, no one girl strikes the av
erage exact'y, so Miss Average
Nebraska Beauty doesn't really
exist.
Smallest in weight, bust and
neck is diminutive Dorothy Wear,
while Hope Drummond has a
thigh which measures only 16 in
ches. Five foot, one inch Charlotte
Stahl is shortest. The Daily Ne
braskan makes no predictions, or
supposes that "average" is syn
onymous with "most beautiful,"
but Frances Williams comes clos
est to having the average measure
ments. Now is the time
for all you students interested
in feature writing, straight
news, sports, society, or "dish
ing the dirt" to report at the
office of the Daily Nebraskan
in the basement of the Student
Union.
The editors of the "Rag" are
attempting during the second
semester a more complete cov
erage of all campus activities
and therefore require a larger
staff of reporters.
Behind world events
Bev Finkle
JUDGE MANTON
Martin T. Manton, presiding judge of the Second District Circuit
Court of Appeals, has resigned under heavy fire from state and federal
authorities.
Following Investigation Into the justice's financial affairs In con
nection with a New York state income tax probe, authorities disclosed
that Manton, often called the "tenth ranking federal judge," had
profited to the extent of some $432,000 from loans and gratuities which
he obtained from litlgiants in cases on which he rendered decisions. Of
this $432,000 only $50,000 In loans has been repaid to date. Included
among the list of those rendering assistance were the American To
bacco company which contributed over $200,000 In loans, receipt of
some 77 thousand dollars from the Dictograph Products corporation,
$57,500 from John L. Lotsch (Brooklyn banker who was cleared in a
pending extortion charge), and some $10,000 still due Warner Bros.
Pictures.
In the long history of the federal judiciary only four Judges have
actually been Impeached, altho, of course, several others have resigned
under attack. The federal judiciary has held a reputation for Integrity
not often approached by the personnel of the various state court
systems.
FUNNY MEN
Comedian George Burns has been fined $8,000 for his smuggling
activities. The trial of Jack Benny, in which Burns is expected to ap
pear as a witness for the prosecution, has been scheduled for Feb. 14.
HITLER'S SPEECH
Prime Minister Chamberlain, in response to Hitler's speech of Mon
day last, declared that England wants peace with the totalitarian pow
ers. England seems satisfied with the "appeasement" speech of the
fuhrer. Today, Mussolini is expected to present Italy's reaction In a
scheduled speech before the Italian legislature.
Washington commercial experts have announced that the United
States still constitutes Hitler's greatest enemy. The Reich's attempts
to gain a greater foothold in South and Latin American commerce.
Because Secretary Hull's reciprocal trade agreements constitute a
barrier to German commercial domination of these regions, the ex
perts expect that relations between the United States and the nazi
government may continue to be strained.
THE CHILD LABOR AMENDMENT
The United States Supreme Court has ordered reargument of con
troversy arising out of the ratification of the Child Labor Amendment.
This is the third delay of tha court in the announcement of a decision
frought with Importance in constitutional law.
Kentucky rejected the amendment at the time of its original sub
mission to the states, but the 1936 legisWure ratified the bill. This
ratification was declared Invalid by the state supreme court which
ruled that rejection was a complete act and binding for the duration
of the Ufa of the amendment.
Did you ever hear of a student union which operated with
out benefit of student intest, management, or suggestion? Did
you ever hear of a dictator who wished that he might get on
the receiving end of the dictating?
In an exclusive interview with the Daily Nebraskan yester-
SmsicSay
Ex-governor
to lecture
on 'Murder1
Courageous outlook
of eastern progressive
undaunted by criticism
Harold G. Hoffman, ex-governor
of New Jersey, whose name was
as well known as Hauptmann's
HAROLD ti. HOFMVlAH.
'No one wants to pay taxes.
during the senational Lindbergh
kidnaping trial, will speak in the
(See HOFFMAN Page 2.)
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aay, me Nebraska Student Union's
dictator-director, Kenneth Van
Sant, disclosed the real facts
back of the situation which makes
him answerable to no one in re
gard to running of the union, out
side of policy formulation, and ex ?
pressed his complete dissatisfac
tion with that setup.
The present hieh
'Union management are the 16
members of the board of man
agers. Seven of these members
are students elected annually by
the Student Council two sopho
mores, three juniors, two seniors,
of whom at least three must be
women, one must be from ag col
lege, and three must be unaf
filiated with any social fraternity.
The other nine members ( con
stituting a majority) consist of six
faculty members appointed by the
chancellor for two year terms,
and three alumni including the
Alumni association secretary as '
an ex-officio member, and two
others appointed by the executive
committee of the association. The
finance secretary of the university
is also an ex-officio member of the
board in the capacity of Union
treasurer.
How often does the present
board meet? Irregularly at best.
There is an annual meeting on the
first Tuesday after the second
Monday in May, a fall semester
meeting on the first Tuesday after
the fall registration period, and a
spring meeting on the first Tues
day after the mid-year registra
tion period. There may also be
special meetings at the call of the
president of the board, the director
e Unin, or any five members
of the board. In general, meetings
are held following each financial
aiaiement or the Union.
Does Mr. Van Sant criticize the
present board? Not exactly, be
cause he points out that it is al
most exclusively a policy-making
body. Does he think that it should
meet oftener? No. because as a
policy-making body it could ac
comphsh little by more frequent
meetings.
What then does Mr. Van Sant
object to in the present setup, and
what does he propose as a substi
tute or supplement?
The faculty members of the
present board take a genuine in
terest in the Union and are entire
ly co-operative with the director.
The student members, with one or
two exceptions, have shown a com
plete apathy for their positions.
As now appointed by the student
council, they sit on the board
(when they can get around to come
(See DICTATOR Page 2.)
Bizad professors
compile book list
Faculty to publish
business bibliography
At the suggestion of W. A
Spurr, the 20 odd members of the
Bizad college are co-operating in
the revision of a bibliography of
better business books and period
icals, which they hope to make
available in about a month.
Originally published in 1922, the
business bibliography, "What to
Read on Business," comprises a
list of about 400 of the essential
publications in the field of busi
ness that the business faculty be
lieves have worthwhile reading
material The books are divided
into the various divisions of the
field of economics and business,
and are chosen by those profes
sors who have a particularly good
knowledge of the material in dif
ferent lines of study.
Titles in the revised edition will
be sifted by the department from
about 1,000 names, compiled from
the older edition, from books con
tributed by the professors, and
from those listed in the American
Library association booklist pub
lished by the association In
Chicago.
Most of the books listed are to
be found In the university library
and in many of the city libraries
thruout the atat.