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X 2 40 jkl 1 AILY MEBH ASKffl Official Newspaper Of More Than 7,000 Students Vol. 69, No. 59. Lincoln, Nebraska Wednesday, December 13, 1939 Tramp, tramp, tramp . . . Hangoverians launch attack on north mail, expect de-feet ... to hurt By Paul Svoboda The Sound of Marching Men or Drill on Saturday Morn. ''Hut, two, three, four, Hut . , . Hut." We are marching out to the north mall. It is 8 o'clock on Saturday morning, I think, and my feet hurt. I look around and see my buddies, we are all members of the Hangover Brigade. Being the last man in the last rank I can see very well the backs of their heads. They look the way I feel very greasy. "Get in step, number five in the rear rank," I look around to see wh the shiny booted senior is talking to. I think he must be a stickler for precision, because I can't see anything wrong. We continue on our way, by this time we are just making a "com pany left" onto the mall. Get In step I "Get in step, number five in the rear rank." This time I am ex asperated, what does that guy think, anyhow, we're not machines. I turn my head to the right and left and still I can see nothing wrong. We are still marching, when the shiny booted officer taps me on the shoulder and bellows out, "Listen you, do you know your right foot from your left?" Being a very funny person on Sat urday morning. I turn around and say "No." That gets him. He leaves in disgust. I don't care. My feet hurt. . The nosy guy on my left says in a whisper, "Wakeup, pal, he means you. Maybe you're right and the rest of us wrong, but try putting your left foot out when he says hut!' " I am concentrating on my sore One-two, one-two My head, arms, and everything By Elizabeth Clark. 'Tis eight o'clock m the morning as I drag myself Into the dark canyons of the basement of Grant Memorial Hall, commonly known as the women's gym, or still more commonly as "that hole." Sleep ily I work the combination on my locker. It doesn't open, and I think that's darn peculiar. I try it again, and I don't even here the faintest click. After five more attempts, while I inwardly seethe I look at the number, which turns out to be 318 instead of 218. With a few well-chosen expressions 1 proceed to the next aisle and my own locker. After a five minute struggle I open the door, grab the dirtient white shirt in the gym. green gym pants three sizes too large, and my shoes; but where are my socks? I knew I lett something at home, and I gaze at my deep blue angora socks, and wonder if the teacher will notice they aren't white. Then I look at the clock one minute to get dressed and up to my class. As I pant up the stairs with my shoe strings tripping me at every step, I hear the teacher calling role. From half-way up I call here" as she reads my name. Then class begins. "Now just pretend you are cats who have Just had a nice long sleep, and stretch. First put your left arm ahead, your right foot back and str retch." Well, at least I can act sleepy, and more than one person has called me a cat, so I decide to make a stab at it. As my feet go back and my arms come forward, the cracking of my bones scares me so I drop to the floor. Then the teacher "Go once feet when the next hut comes around so I miss it. I am per turbed. I look at myself and say, "Listen, Jim Sandwich of Norfolk, you are out of step, see?" With this remark I get very mad at my self and proceed to get in step by dancing around. After finally succeeding I find to my surprise that the others are about ten feet ahead of my immediate front. Just as I put on steam to catch up somebody says halt. I stop five feet ahead of the rest "Well, what do you want?" the same officer with the shiny boots says. I think very hard for a few min utes and say, "Nothing." "Then get back into rank," he says. I say "Yes." He says, "What did you say?" I say, "Yes air." After a diligent search I find my little hole and crawl in. I am bowed with grief and besides my feet hurt. 'de poor little grasses! The time wears on as we tramp around on the poor little grasses. I am feeling very sentimental as well as bad. So I look at a par ticularly bruised piece of grass and say, ""This doesn't hurt you as much as It does me." Which is the truth. I don't think it heard me. At least it didn't answer. My rifle, number 225-567854b, that weighs 18 pounds and is 34 inches long is getting very heavy on my right shoulder so I change it to the left. About this time the same officer with the shiny boots comes over and roars, "Do you ever do anything right? I put out my tongue and roll my eyes and answer, "My mother and father were first cousins." Now he is really mad, the officer (See DE-FEET on page 6) legs, back else aches I quit around the room this way and then you can rest," so I start around a gym which seems about the size of the coliseum. By cut ting all corners, and scooting along whenever the instructor isn't looking, I finally get back to the door just five minutes after everybody else, when the teacher Is announcing that new we will do a little tumbling called the tangle, "Now lie on your stomach, clasp each foot with the opposite hand" and after great exertion I manage to get in this position, and begin to feel proud that the feat is done. But no! "Now stand up without letting go of your feet, says the teacher. At that I simply roll over, and as the girl in front of me rises, I jump up and man age a cat grin. How do you sit down? "Now," says the instructor "We'll practice the correct way to sit down. I'm sure you'll all agree that a rear protruberance is most unattractive, and looks as if you were merely feeling for the chair, So let yourself down from the knees, with the "back straight, and with perfect assurance that the chair is there." And as chairs are provided for this stunt and we don't need our imagination I flop into the first one handy, which is, incidentally, right under her nose in the first row. "Now," she says, "get up just like you Bat down, with your back straight." isy this time I am so stiff that I couldn't bend my back if I wanted to, so I manage very beautifully indeed; so beautifully in fact, that I have to do it three more times while the class sits (See PHYS-ED on Page 3) rofessors decry Dies accusation NU instructors say no evidence communism in consumers groups By Chris Peterson Charges made before the Dies Committee Monday in which con sumers groups were called "clear ing houses" for communism and plans to discredit free enterprise, were decried by professors in the university business administration college today. Swayzee leads. Prof. C. 0. Swayzee, instructor in labor relations and personnel, declared, "I have read the maga zine, Consumers Guide, for a couple of years and have seen no evidences of communism or at tempts to discourage free private enterprise. All the publication at- tempta-to do is to recommend the products of one private enterprise over the products of another pri vate enterprise. There may be communists on the staff there may be baptists and liberty lovers on the staff. But I am not inter ested in the staff. I am interested in the information which they have to offer." The charges, which were pre sented against such groups and publications as the Consumers Na tional federation, Consumers Guide, and the League of Women choppers, were brought before the committee by J. B. Matthews, re search director for the committee. Groups affiliated communistically, He said that the Consumer's Guide, published by the consumers council of the agricultural de partment, gave favorable publicity to the federation and other groups established by communists to "dis credit the economic structure of free enterprise." His report, which listed 14 or ganiz a t i o n s as "transmission belts ' in carrying out a "Trojan horse" technique of undermining confidence in capitalism, stated that Donald Montgomery, con sumers counsel of the agriculture department "Has been active in the work of the CNF." Of student interest Immediately, students began to wonder if they were dealing with communistic material when they made a study of the different bul- See COMMUNISM on Page 6. Profs honor Dr. A. Reed Coe president speaks at extension dinner With a salute to the work of Dr, A. A. Reed, director of the uni versity extension division, Presi dent Harry M. Gage, of Coe Col lege, Cedar Rapids, la. told friends and members of the extension dlvi sion, gathered at the Union last night for the anniversary dinner of that department, that the only way to get a real and effective ed ducation is to get it thru regular channels. Speaking on, "The Passion for Painless Education, President Gage told the 250 educators, as sembled at the dinner, that the American people .today, have widespread passion for education which is exceeded only by their passion for painless education He pointed to the trend and the popularity of the various corres pondence schools which try to edu cate the individual with very lit tie effort on the part of the in dividuals. He used ads clipped from popu lar magazines to show the differ ent types of education one could get with little effort by subscrib ing .o the schemes companies will ing to sell these popular forms of education. President Gage, then jokingly suggested, that Dr. Reed See EXTENSION on Page 6. all vote 'straight' insist Thuis, Lantz Ballot counters refuse re-tally on grounds that their integrity questioned; may re-consider By Norman Harris. Numerous complaints and rumors concerning the counting of ballots in the election of honoroary colonel held Nov. 7 were de clared to be nothing but petty agitation and unfounded reports yes terday by Col. Charles A. Thuis and Prof. E. W. Lantz, student coun cil faculty advisor. AtCA Itnllrtfc? TT liuat. UUllUia. Lincoln Journal and Star. Prof. E. W. Lantz ... I think they belong to the military department Student gripe tomorrow at 4 Council members reflect favorably to session In an attempt to foster more students are invited to air their and to gain a cross section of gen eral university opinion, the DAILY sponsored "gripe" session in which students are invited to mair their pet peeves concerning the univer sity, will be presented in the Union ball room tomorrow afternoon at p. m. The discussion will be conducted in accordance with the an outline of generally recognized university problems, namely, housing, social, athletic, activities, scholastics, and other general problems. Copies of the meetings record will be made available to the chancellor and the Student Council. Two stenograph ers will be present to keep a rec ord of the discussion and of com ments offered by the students at tending. Chancellor Eoucher when asked of his opinion concerning the ses sion said that he felt students could offer valuable assistance in the progress in the university cur riculum and instruction. However, expressed some doubt to the prac ticability of this type of discus sion. Members of the Student Council when queried reflected favorably toward the DAILY'S "airing" plan. Arthur Hill, senior member said, "If properly conducted, in the right spirit, the gripe session should accomplish a great deal For the first time their is an or ganized opportunity to express oneself publicly on university af fairs. We should be broad enough to receive the criticism of others on matters which pertain to us all. This plan reminds one of Town Hall meetings conducted in earlier times. This session should aid student government on the campus. It will offer the student to become bet ter acquainted with their univer sity. But let us bear this in mind that only thru proper conduct of the audience can this session be successful. Let us not come with chips on our shoulders, but with proper respect for others." 'It's a good idea," stated See GRIPES on Page 5. Beth Thuis, in an open letter, wrote that ne had been advised of the rumor and affirmed his declara tion that the ballot counting had been absolutely honest He went on the say that "I shall consider a recount provided someone . . . under his own signature. . .write me a letter asking for the recount, stating his reasons for such a re quest." He further reserved the right "to publish them in the press together with the results of the re count. "Council's satisfied." "It is my understanding that a report of the result of the election has been turned over to the stu dent council and that this body is satisfied with the report." After being called by city news papers and by the DAILY, Profes sor Lantz and Colonel Thuis agreed to meet in the office of the DAILY yesterday afternoon to re count the ballots along with a rep resentative of the DAILY. Thuis and Lantz came to the meeting, Lantz with the ballots which have been in hia possession since the election. DAILY reporters visited Prof. Lantz Monday evening at his home to investigate the matter. Profes sor Lantz, at the time was will ing to submit the ballots to a re count, if Colonel Thuis gave hia assent to such procedure. Professor Lantz also stated that the election for honorary colonel Was a military department elec tion, conducted by the student council to avoid holding an extra election; that as long as there was a class presidency election in the fall, the necessity of a separate election held by the military de partment for honorary colonel seemed a waste of time. He traced the history of council conduction of the election as follows: Year ago... . Years ago, the military de partment held the election within Its own organiaztion with mili tary students only selecting the colonel. Politics and the diffi culty of getting candidates to file made the military depart ment think that the election would gain more prestige and would be fairer to everyone con cerned if the student council conducted the election. Upon the request of the mili tary department a few years ago, the council took over th; election, now a general election, and the ballots were counted by the P. M. S. 4. T. of the R. 0. T. C. unit and the council faculty sponsor. By the council constitution all general campus elections are under the jurisdic tion and control of the student council. The question remains, therefore, whether the ballots from the Nov. 7 election are the property of the student council or of the military department. Professor Lantz held that the ballots were the property of the military department, and turned them over to Colonel Thuis yester day afternoon in the DAILY office. On Lantz' word Colonel Thuis, who had given permission early yesterday to con duct a recount of the ballots, said that he was unaware of the stu dent council rulings; that he was going on the strength of Mr. Lantz' word that the ballots were the property of the military department The ballots for the election were printed and paid for under student council authority; the candidates who filed for the .. See VOTING on Page 6.