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n 1 1 Iff U 11 A I f7 A A f ! 55' 3 The Official Newspaper of More Than 6,000 Students TUESDAY, FEBKUAKY 21, 1939 Z 108 VOL. XXXVIII, NO 91. Glee Club to entertain credit group Baritone Dale Ganz to appear with singers tonight at Cornhuskcr The university Men's Clee Club will appear before the National jk Retail Credit association dinner at the Cornhusker hotel tonight at 8:15 o'clock. The Credit association holds its annual convention in a mid western city and i3 comprised of delegates from five central states and Can ada. Meeting: in Minneapolis last year, the group was entertained by the famous St. Olaf College choir at that time. Appearing in their usual formal attire of scarlet and cream, and featuring Dale Gnntz as baritone soloist, the glee club will present the following program: University of Nebraska rlinnt. H'lUlicrs of Fortune RumlfK. Pn-remontnm Siipcrmnm, Wool. Sons of the Open Road, Mallutte, Dale Cnn. B;irltnne. The Pilfrritns Sonfr. TsrhiikowAy. 1 Love A rar.Klo, Arlen-Soolson. Pair demies campus break County hclds Leudtke, Poska on $1,000 bond Paul Leudtke and Abe Poska were bound over to Lancaster county authorities today, each on a $1,000 bond, after pleading not guilty to the charge of breaking and entering Nebraska Hall. The trial of the two men has been set for March 3. According to Sgt. Regler, head of the university police, FBI men will handle the case connected with the theft of the two government pistols taken in the Nebraska hall break. The university case covers only the breaking and entering. In a signed confession, Leudtke, who was apprehended after close observation by Regler, implicated Toska in not only the Nebraska hall breaking, but in other rob beries that had taken place on the campus during the previous several months, including the Chi Omega sorority house. Robbers enter several Iowa City fraternities After a half dozen fraternity and sorority houses had been broken into during the past week, Iowa City police issued warning that all houses should take ex treme care in locking up at night and at meal time. Chief of Police W. H. Bender ex- pressed the belief that the rob- beries were committed by " profes sional campus thieves," who go from one campus to another. Ex-convict confesses Kansas U. burglaries Lloyd C. Beeler, Tulsa Okla., ex-convict confessed last week to th burglary of the Sigma Chi, Beta Theta Pi, and Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity houses on the Kansas University campus at Lawrence, a week ago Saturday morning.- Beeler was caught in Columbia, Mo. in a restaurant after robbing two Missouri university fratern ities. He had almost been caught earlier by a group of Sigma Alpha Epsilon men, who were returning home in the wee hours. His apprehension led to the re covery of two pairs of glasses, two watches, and $28 in cash. Lutheran Student club meets February 24 The February meeting of the Lutheran Student club will be held Friday, February 24, at 8 o'clock in the American Lutheran church. Rev. Hinkhouse will talk on Lent and after the social program lunch will be served. Lutheran students and their friends are invited. MILITARY OFFICIALS Express resentment to press An unofficial resentment was expressed by officials of the mili tary department Monday because of press accounts arising from an apparently minor incident which occurred last week. One paper charged the military department was at fault in show ing pictures which caused some half a dozen boys to faint during different showings of the films, one instructor said. To this he an swered that there was no way of avoiding some more or less "gory" scenes to properly instruct the boys in first aid. A DAILY N EBRASK AN story on the other hand, said it was the weaker boys who fainted. On this count, the instructor said: "Hell: That doesn't have anything to do with it. Some of the strongest and healthiest men in the army faint at the sight of blood." Psychologist supports statement The opinions of a university psychologist and a Lincoln physi enn seemed to support this state- Fse&slty hears Wadsworth Dinner meeting tonight to finance scholarship Prof. James R. Wadsworth, acting chairman of the Romance Language department, will dis cuss Paul Valery, the noted French poet, at the second of a series of Faculty Graduate Scholarship lect ures planned for this evening in the Union. Professor Wadsworth will base his lecture on the place of Valery in the development of modern French poetry. The dinner meeting will begin at 6:15, and will be presided over by Prof. L. F. Garey. Other members of the committee in charg are Professors Eugene Gilmore, C. W. Scott, J. E. Weaver, and H. A. White, chairman. Behind world events Bev Finkle SAID THE SPIDER TO THE The real showdown in the Span ish conflict is yet to come and does not lie In actual war. The insur gent troops of General Franco to day control over three-fourths of all Spain, and Loyalist President Abana is convinced that further bloody resistance is foolhardy and would be to the detriment of gen eral Spanish welfare. The conflict today, then, is largely one of the respective strengths of the oppos ing diplomatic partnerships, Eng land and France pitted against Italy and Germany. Both sides arc engaged in asking the victorious General Franco "will you play on our team?" In order to end fascist domina tion of the Iberian peninsula, Eng lan dand France are offering huge rehabilitations and reconstruction loans. By such loans, and the mo mentarily expected formal recogni tion of the insurgent government, the so-called democracies hope to woo General Franco away from those military allies who have helped him to prosecute the two and a half year old civil war. Upon the cessation of hostilities, Franco is rumored to be seeking reprisals against various Masonic lodges, against leaders of the Pop ular Front government (Abana, Premier Negrin, General Miaja, and others), and against leaders of the autonomy movements in Basque and Catalonian provinces. Negrin is said to be willing to ad mit defeat and consent to sur render on the condition that such reprisals be withheld, but Franco's inability to grant this desired as surance, means that the war still goes on. With the virtual world-wide rec- OF FAINTING STORIES ment. The psychologist said that "different people faint for differ ent reasons," and the doctor said that "the strongest and huskiest men are sometimes the first to faint. Such pictures would do them good; that is the only way they can get used to such scenes." Coupled with the fact that the pictures were shown in a room unequipped with ventilation, and with double curtains drawn, win dews and doors closed for long periods of time, the fainting was not surprising. The picture which provoked the most fainting was one in which an artery in the arm burst and blood gushed out at each heart beat. Later, one military instructor said that the scene was filmed with the aid of an ear syringe which was held in the left hand and hidden behind the right arm of the man whose picture was taken. Engineers plan 'Week' Departmental chairmen meet this afternoon In order to begin work on the 27th annual Engineer's Week, to be held this year on May 4 and 5 the student department chairman and heads of committee will meet with the chairman and secretary treasurer of Engineer's Week this afternoon at 5 o'clock in the study room of mechanical arts. Students elected by their re spective engineering societies to represent the various departments are: Paul Harm, agricultural engineers; Dave Leavitt, archi tectural engineers; John C Thomp son, chemical engineers; Raymond Crosson, chemical engineers; Mil ton Staab, electrical engineers; Kirk Florence, engineering mech See ENGINEERS, Page 4. FLY ognition of Franco's conquest comes the greater problem of re construction of the ravaged lands. Members of the insurgent high command seek a "national syndi calist revolution," a breakdown of the present feudal system, and a redistribution of land ownership. All of these measures were first proposed by the Popular Fron. government. A move to the left would seem imminent, irrespective of who holds political control. News commentators, such aj Callender of the New York Times, feel that the highly Individualistic beliefs of the Spanish peoples are in direct opposition to the fascist concepts of the superiority of the state and that Spain will turn na turally to the democracies. This, then, is the question: will Franco turn to his fascist allies or to his natural democratic friends for sup port in establishing and maintain ing his fledgling national state? It is not beyond the realm of pos sibility that the new Spanish gov ernment will pursue an independ ent foreign policy, waiting to see toward which of the diplomatic partnerships the balance of power will swing. If national prestige cannot be exerted without the presence of a dictator, Spain must jump on the fascist band wagon to preserve its own new found pres tige and power. By the cession of Minorca, small English island pro tectorate in the Mediterranean, to Franco personally, the democracies hope to inveigle the general into seeing eye to eye with them. The battle, now being diplomatically conducted, is one of might against money, and no one can guarantee the outcome. Freshman band to meet for yearbook pictures Members of the freshman band will meet in uniform at 5 o'clock In the campus studio to have their Cornhusker pictures taken. Dr. Shumate talks on taxes State must raise more or spend less, prof says Dr. Roger Shumate, university associate professor of political science, expressed the opinion at the Symposium club meeting in Fairbury last night that "The Lincoln Journal. DR. ROGER SHUMATE. . discusses spending policies. state is faced by the alternatives of spending less or raising more funds by taxation or other means." So far as the immediate situation is concerned, he stated, "borrowing is ruled out, for the state consti tution does not permit the incur ring of bonded indebtedness." "To the casual observer the choice between spending less and taxing more may seem a simple one," Dr. Shumate stated. "The governor and most of the leading members of the legislature have announced themselves in favor of spending less." Such a policy, Shumate said, is more easily an nounced than consumated with the present assistance and relief prob lems facing the legislators. Nebraska lawmakers. Shumate opined, are faced with two differ ent publics, one made up of the recipients of governmental ser vices, and the other composed of taxpayers who are demanding a reduction in governmental services. With this situation arising, the public official, he stated, is caught in a cross-fire from whicn he must extricate himself by means of some compromise between the two opposing views. Uni entrance bill makes no change New provision differs only in its wording . L. B. 140 substitute, legislative hill on entrance requirements of the university which was referred to the general file by the unicam eral's committee on education, does not propose any change in entrance provisions. According to Chancellor C. S. Boucher, the bill simply changes the wording of the old one. The new bill says that the university board of regents may set require ments for entrance to the several colleges, but shall accept gradu ates of accredited high schools without further examinations. Uni Episcopal church observes Ash Wednesday Services for the observance of Ash Wednesday, first day of the Lenten season, will be held at the Univeisity Episcopal church Wed nesday morning at 7 and 10 o'clock. Father L. W. McMillan will be in charge. V - 1 I Candidates for Prom girl file this -week Filings open today, closo Friday; campus election scheduled for Feb. 28 Filings for the 1939 prom girl will open today at 9 o'clock at the student activities office in the col iseum and will close Friday at 5 o'clock. Any junior or senior girl who has received 27 hours of college credit during the past two sem esters and whose scholastic record conforms with general university eligibility requirements will be eli gible to file for the honor. The filings will be announced some time this week by the prom com mittee, following the eligibility check of the candidates at the registrar's office. Prom Closes Formal Season. No band has yet been signed for the March 3 affair, members of the committee said. The committee in charge of selecting the orchestra has contacted several nationally known aggregations, however and will announce their selection this week. The committee will hold a meeting today at 5 o'clock an make a final selection of the band for the dance, which is to be the closing party of the formal season. The election of the Prom girl will be held Tuesday, Feb. 23 and will be presided over by the stu dent council. All students are elig ible to vote but must present their identification cards at the polls. Engineers' convo meets today at 11 Films show production of steel in all phases The story of the production of steel products from the time the raw material is mined until the finished product is ready to be soi l to the consumer will be traced this morning by a moving picture to be shown at a special engineering convocation at 11 o'clock at the Stuart theatre. The film entitled "Steel, the Ser vant of Men" is being shown here under the sponsorship of the En gineer's Executive Board. The pic ture was loaned to the boai by the United States Steel company. The meeting will be open to the public. Highway engineers hear Gilmore talk Construction expert tel! advantages of asphalt Speaking on the "Use of Asphalt in Highway Construction", Frank Gilmore, of the Asphalt Institute, last night tcld a group of graduate highway engineers of the advan tages of asphalt construction. Cil more's talk is one of a series beinj presented to the group under the Smith Hughes course which is be ing sponsored by the Board of Education. The course is conducted annually here at the university. Using two motion pictures and a set of slides to illustrate his talk, Gilmore told of the processes in volved in the preparation and use of asph?lt surfacing. Gilmore bised his talk on figures compiled by the Institute which serves as a nation al bureau to gather the results of asphalt research from universities and private companies. Pershing Rifles plan for initiation tonight Final plans for the Regimental Drill to be held this spring and the initiation next month, will be made at the regular Tcrshing Rifle meeting tonight, at Nebraska halL Major John Horan, faculty ad visor of Company A-2, will attend the drill to make suggestions and will give a short talk. All actives and pledges are requested to .attend. s 1 V: I 3 IV n r: I; I: C'i f i v:. I i t 4 t
