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AILY z oa Vol. 69, No. 51 Scorn arts will lead symposium Religious leader is to discuss improved human relations today at 4 Herbert L. Scam ana, college di rector of the National Conference of Christians and Jews, will speak on the topic "Education for Im proved Human Relations" at 4 this afternoon in room S15 of the Union. A fellow of the National Lincoln Joumil and Star. HERBERT L. SEAM ANS. ...Jews and-Christians. Council on Religion In Higher Ed ucation, Mr. Seamans has spent 26 years as director of college reli gious activties, working- in Colo rado, Washington and Ohio. Following Mr. Seaman's speech the University Council of Reli gious Welfare will sponsor a sym posium on the same subject, in which three prominent faculty members will participate. These men are Dr. David Fellman, de partment of political science; Dr. Joyce Hertzler, chairman of the sociology department; and Dr. O. H. Werner, teachers college. Dean F. E. Taylor, Doane college; Dean F. E. Weyer, Hastings college; and C. B. Schultz, assistant direc tor of the university state museum will also take part in the discus sion. The symposium is to be pro ceeded by a dinner in Union par lors X, Y, and Z. Dr. D. A. Worcester, president of the Council on Religious Wel fare, has invited the following col leges and universities to partici pate in today's progTam: Doane, Hastings, York, Midland, Peru, Wayne, Kearney, Creighton, Oma ha Municipal university, Luther college at Wahoo, and Concordia college at Seward. Student chairman in charge of ararnjrements for the program , are: Speakers committee, Esther Stuermer, Lincoln; special events committee, Doris Reddick, Lincoln; conference and institute commit tee, Rosemary Emmettt, Omaha. Students have been abstaining or careful Not one student was caught with alcohol In his possession in the stadium during the entire foot ball season. Students have be haved very well, aaxrd.ng to Ser geant Regler of the campus po lice. Any trouble that has been caused has been by outsiders. Drinking In the tadium as whole has been considerably less than In most former years. Prob ably rigid supervision has had much to do with the decrease. At the Saturday game, 60 bottles were confiscated by the officers The temperature of the weather probably had much to do with this fairly large number. Seven drunk men were taken to the city jail and released later, subject to call. One of them at tempted to fight Regler in the stadium, A man was removed from the stadium because of ill ness. m -. . .... .tf- x1- . . A i 5 - J. I i y INehraskai Official Newspaper 0 More Than 7,000 Lincoln, Nebraska Union to remain open every day of vacation The Union building will be open every day during the Thanksgiving holiday until 10:30 p. m. Of the service departments, however, only the Corn Crib will be open. Fcllman lauds convo guest, Salvcmini NU political scientist describes Italian as very vigorous speaker Dr. Gacta.no Salvemini, Italian foe of fascism who will speak here Dec. 5, is a "very vigorous speaker," according to Dr. David Fellman of the political science department, and Salvemini's talk should be of considerable interest to all students. Fellman, who is well acquainted with Salvemini, pictured the Ital ian as stocky and wearing a short beard. "He has a definite set of con victions for which he feels pro foundly," Fellman said. "He is ex tremely interested in preserving the democratic system. Because he was exiled from his native land, he has a deep feeling for democracy and a hatred of fascism." I Effective critic of fascism. Salvemini has been called the most effective critic of fascism outside Italy." He will address two campus groups Dec 5. "Will Mus solini remain neutral?" is his topic before a convocation at 11 in the Temple, and "What Is Democracy" his topic at a Union forum. He speaks three or four lan guages fluently. Dr. Fellman said, and is the author of many books and articles. His latest book is Under the Axe of Fascism." Others are "The Fascist Dictator ship in Italy" and "Mussolini- Diplomat." His articles have been in Foreign Affairs, The New Re public, and The Nation. Former parliamentarian. Dr. Salvemini was for many years professor of Italian history at the University of Florence. He was a member of the chamber of deputies during the post-war pe riod. He refused to take an oath of allegiance to Mussolini required of all teachers and was smuggled out of Italy by his students. He went first to England, then came to America. Salvemini is professor of Italian civilization at Harvard during one semester each year, lectures at the social research school in New York, and has been a visiting pro fessor at Yale and Stanford. Ex-Daily staff member Finds some gaiety in blacked Oliver W. DeWolf, staff member and the ending came In a train of the DAILY in 1932, left Omaha compartment at the famous Bren three months ago for a vacation ner pass. in Europe. On the day he landed in London, war was declared. the Associated Press. DeWolf was called into service the moment he aAA owrf t nr,rwnhrM, h months. When the war settled port. Neither did they search very Jnfv ou" Cr to My Cof down to a routine affair DeWolf dUlgenUy his baggage as he en- 'ee.' Coffee doesnt taste like cof was released from service and JJL .w.Lw,th,r tn tee in Germany." according to the took a trip across Germany to Rome. In a letter to the Associated Press the former DAILY staff member recounted the adventures of his trip across Germany. A 'Hell HiUer" and heart rend- ing sighs or reiier irom iwo tjzecn refugees marked the beginning and end of DeWolf a journey across belligerent Germany. The greeting was extended when he landed at airport a few miles outside Berlin Students Tuesday, November 28, 1939 'Leap Year1 party slated for Dec. 16 Mortar Board prexy announces committees, says get dates now' Setting Saturday evening, Dec, 16, as the date of their annual Leap Year" party, Mortar Board members launch plans for the sec ond all-university affair of the formal season in the coliseum. Elizabeth Waugh, president of the women's honorary and general chairman of the event, announced committees yesterday and stated that active work has begun in preparation for the party. Marian Itfdd, appointed chair man of the orchestra committee, says that already a number of na tionally popular orchestras have been contacted and the only work left is to pick the best. Other committees. In charge of the chaperones and invitation list are Mary Steute- ville and Melva Kime. Faith Med lar is chairman of the committee on ticket sales, Selma Hill is chairman of coliseum arrange ments, Janet Lau is making ar rangements for the pre-party Mortar Board dinner, and Helen Kovanda and Fern Steuteville have been appointed to handle the publicity. Elizabeth . Waugh, president. says of the coming event: "With only two school weeks remaining until the Mortar Board party, we suggest that girls seriously con sider the matter of getting their dates. We are planning the eve ning to be the gala evening of the social calendar and we want every girl to make the most of the one time in the year when we honor the men." Tassels, as In former years, will handle the ticket sales. The open ing of the campaign will be an nounced soon in the DAILY. Directory sales better '39 mark Sales of the 1940 Student and Faculty Directory of the univer sity are slightly higher to date than sales of last year's directory were at a corresponding time, C D. Hayes, secretary of the uni versity Y. M. C A., revealed yes terday. At the present time ap proximately 1,250 copies of this fall's directory have been sold as contrasted with 1,203 sold at this time last year. Total sales for the 1939 edition reached 1,350, the last copies to be sold going to summer school students. Enters with comparative ease. DeWolf. reported his surprise at the ease with which he was able to enter a belligerent nation. The rmans offered him no objec- TZ " - K- pLi, lanCe at it when he left ' His train trareL DeWolf said. was simplified because he had a transit visa and was enroute to Italy to take an American-bound vessel. But tho former DAILY when U came to traveling by foot thru blacked-out cities, In Berlin he stumbled around In the blackness with a companion and finally groped his way to a well known restaurant from which MelbrasIkaiHis jjB" ati VocS' Diniinisic University and student officio's say implications of Dies Investigator Wilson unfounded ai NU Journal and Stir. DEAN T. J. THOMPSON. ...interviewed by Wilson. Journal and Star. CHARLES W. TAYLOR. . . .he wasn't. Greek council elects Hawks Unanimous vote names successor to Englund Manley Hawks, Alpha Sigma Phi, was elected by Interfrater nity Council members to the presi dency of the Council yesterday aft ernoon. A unanimous vote of the group placed Hawks in the posi tion left open by the resignation of Merrill Englund, Kappa Sigma. Englund recently resigned his position as president of the coun cil in. order to bring his activities within the limits set up by the men's point system. The Council also decided that no representative would be sent to the national interfraternity conference to be held in New York City, Dec 1-2. Action on election rallies was deferred until the next meeting. - ouf Germany no light seeped thru blackened windows and curtained doorways. Inside, he said, all was gay and a small orchestra pounded out the popular tunes of the day. Later DeWolf went to a restau- wWch, waa J mam open for wnyen ence of news men. A lone pianist, he said, un- Nebraska journalist. The following night DeWolf was guided by an English speakin German across Munich to the Hofr brauhaus where Bavarians smoked long pipes and drank beer from huce earthern mugs. The beer, De- JJJSJt a barrel behind a copper tub where each indulger bathed his mug, That same evening several nazi party members who had been cut (See CORRESPONDENT, page 2) X I If ; '- V.- 1 1 , : ' , :- - r mmm m Ami"1 1 1 ""' By Paul Svoboda. The question of communistic activities on the Nebraska campus was scoffed at by university and student authorities after Maj. Hampton Wilson, special investi gator for the Dies committee, stated yesterday that practically every institution of higher learn ing in the United States was im pregnated with communism through agencies like the Amer ican Student union. University and student officials said that they had heard of no groups on the campus represent ing the union, which Wilson al leges is communistic in principle. Visits school. Dean T. J. Thompson reported that he had been visited by the investigator about six weeks ago and after a lengthy discussion with Wilson received the impres sion that he believed that no sort of un-democratic activity existed here at Nebraska. But according to dispatches received from the United Press, Wilson declared that various communistic promo tion organizations were very strong in the middle west imply ing that it was probable that there were "red" forces on the Husker campus. The DAILY has received letters from the American Student union, but like most mimeographed press releases it immediately finds its place in the editors waste bas ket. Other releases of a similar nature also find their rightful place. No indications. "Nebraska is completely in the clear so far as the school system ij c:r.??rned," said State Super lnl.J(L of Eu-uor Charles W. Taylor. "There have never been any indications whatsoever of communistic promotion in our educational mechanism. No one has ever contacted me regarding communism in the school." (Wil son asserted in his report that he had done so.) Investigator Wilson said that the report which he had submit ted to the committee hearing was based on an eight months tour of 50 colleges and universities and discussions with state and school board members. Wilson, who was lent to the committee by the Veterans ad ministration, stated that "in prac tically every institution of higher learning ana in many city high schools it was found that the American Student union wps the agency used in spreading commu nism." Cites case. The investigator cited one case which came to his attention in which a lady physician who served as medical officer for the "com munist" party in Spain was act ing chairman of a city school board. The investigation branded the union as a "noisy minority wherever it exists" and said that "it usually gets representation on the school papers, if not full con trol." At ftie committee meeting, Wil son read Into the records excerpts from the "Communist," a maga zine of the communist party, which declared how important it was to build the American Fed eration of Teachers. Wilson testi fied that the excerpt was read to show the real significance at tached to the repeated assertion that the American Federation of Teachers is strongly imbued with communism." Wants speakers. The American Student union and the Young Communists league," Wilson declared, were agencies to be utilized in the spread of communism in schools. The investigator stated that the union was "forever seeking to bring red speakers to the cam puses and is active in sponsoring red movements whether local or national In -scope." The Young Communists league, he said, has flooded campuses with literature, adding: "It is the universal opinion that many thou sands of dollars expended in this way must of necessity come from , Moscow."