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' j 2-408 AILY Official Newspaper Of More Than 7,000 Students Vol. 89, No. 93. Lincoln, Nebraska Friday, February 23, 1940 V Honors convo will be held on April 23 Committee announces selection of woman lawyer as speaker Only woman barrister on the United States Circuit Court of Ap peals, Judge Florence Allen, of Cleveland, Ohio, will speak for the annual honors convocation April 23. The program honors top ranking students in each class and all student organizations which have maintained high scholastic averages. Professor L. B. Smith, chairman of the department of architecture, is chairman of the honors convo cation committee. Other faculty members are Professors Irving Blake, zoology; R. C. Filley, rural economics; C. S. Hamilton, chem istry; Dwight Kirsch, art; Mabel Lee, physical education; W. H. Morton, secondary education; C. O. Swayzee, business organization and management; and Dr. T. J. Thompson, dean of student affairs A former columnist Before embarking on her legal career in 1914, Judge Allen was for several years engaged in news paper work as a music critic and (See HONORS CONVO, page 6.) Test program to open here Education council to aid in teacher selections A nation-wide testing program aimed at assisting superintendents in the selection of teachers by the American Council on Education and supervised by the National Committee on Teacher Examina tions will open here March 29 and 30. Application forms and an ex amination fee of $5 are due in Dr. Ralph Bedell's office before March 1. All tests are purely voluntary. This testing will be of the "ob jective' type and will require two days, each day including about 6 hours of actual testing time. Ex aminations are being given thru out the nation at this same time In the first country-wide survey of this kind. Previously a num (See TEST PROGRAM, page 6.) Dean LeRossiqnol denies . . Machinery, modern methods are chief causes of crises Machinery and modern methods are not the chief causes of crises, depression, and unemployment, Dean J. E. LeRossignol of the Bizad college pointed out yester day to business students at the University of Iowa Lecturing before a class In banking, the depn said that tech nology does, of course, involve more or less change and dis turbance of equilibrium, but in the long run it brings about a vast increase of production, employ mint, and prosperity. Overproduction theory. "The overproduct ion - undercon sumption theory of crises is one of the most insidious, prevalent, and danperous of fallacies," he de clared. "It has often been refuted but as often it comes up again like a bad weed." In discussing capitalism before Iowa university students, Dean Le- tradictions In the system which have been pointed out by socialists from time to time. "Among these," he said, "are the social production of wealth and in come and its individual distribu tion; the creation of all values by labor and the appropriation of sur plus value by capital; tremendous German students to produce play Under the direction of Miss Lydia Wagner, German instructor, students in advanced German are preparing a one act German play to be presented at the Temple, Thursday evening, April 18. "Unter vier Augen ' is the title of the comedy which carries the English translation of "face to face." The play is being spon sored by the German department and is open to the public. Altho practice has begun the cast will not be announced for several weeks. Barbs to give variety show New loan fund to get proceeds from project A spring variety show for the benefit of the newly created Barb loan fund is to be held the latter part of March or the first of April under the sponsorship of the Barb Union clubs, Earle Con stable, president of the Barb coun cil, announced this week. Tryouts for skits will take place about the middle of March, and pnzes will be given for the most ori ginal performance. All profit from the show will be given to the new loan fund. The fund, for which the Barb Council voted to set aside a part of their 1940-41 budget, is to be available next September. A def inite sum has not yet been decided upon, but it will be in the neigh borhood of $250 with a similar amount to be added each year. This loan fund was not established to compete with the Mortar Board fund, but merely for the purpose of makii.g short time loans more accessible to Barbs possessing membership cards. Sponsor's Club plans tea dance The Sponsor's Club of the ROTC will hold a tea dance at the Cornhusker Hotel Saturday afternoon, March 9. All advance course students are invited. Cadet officer's dates will be in vited bv the Sponsor's Club Should any cadet officer wish to invite a particular girl, he is re quested to notify his unit sponsor by Friday. by means of machinery and mod and rapid increase in production ft V Lincoln Journal and Star. DEAN J. E. LEROSSIGNOL. ...denies socialist economic ideas. ern methods, with diminishing purchasing power of the masses (See Le ROSSIGNOL, page 8.) Committee sets election for Tuesday Filings for Prom Girl and presentation plans contest ends today Method of electing the Prom Girl was settled by the Prom com mittee yesterday when they de- JOE VENUTI. He plays at Prom. cided to hold special election Tues day in the Union basement. The lection will be conducted by Union officials and the Student Council. Junior and senior men may vote. Today at 5 p. m. is the deadline for filings for the Prom girl who will be presented at the Prom, March 2. Joe Venuti and his or chestra will play for this affair which closes the winter formal season. Also closing today is the contest in which plans for the Prom girl presentation mav be presented The committee offers $10 for the best plan submitted to the Union office. The winner will be an nounced in Sunday's Daily. Names of the coeds filing for the (See ELECTION, page A.) ... I J. 1 Opinion survey finds .... Students feel keeping out of war is major BY JOE BELDEN. fttrfent Optaiaa Sarvrri f Amrrlu. AUSTIN, Tex, Feb. 23. Stu dent thought on the college campus, like public opinion else where over the nation, is now turning towards the November elections and the issues that are likely to be involved. The colle gians of the country agree with the American voter that the most important problem of the day is how to keep the United tSates out of war. Unemployment comes next. Interviewers for the Student Opinion Surveys, of which the Daily Nebraskan is a member, asked the students over the na tion, "What do you believe is the most important problem facing the United States today?" From every section, New England to the deep south, middle Atlantic to the far west, the answer of the great est number was the same: how to stay out of war. Many other problems were mentioned, as fol lows: 1. Keeping the U. S. out of war 43 2. Solving unemployment. 17 3. Balancing the budget.. 7 4. Solving labor problems. 3 5. Recovery of business... 3 6. Therats to democracy.. 2 7. Inequality of incomes.. 1 8. Solving youth problems 1 9. The 1940 elections..... 1 10. Relief 1 11. Others and no opinion. 21 In this Instance, as has been the case in many surveys, college peo ple show practically the same sen timents that other studies of the Union to feature Herbert music Music of Victor Herbert will be played on the record request pro gram in the faculty lounge in the Union Friday at 4 p. m. The pro gram will include selections from "Sweethearts," "Naughty Mari etta," "The Fortune Teller," "The Red Mill," and "Babes in Toy land." These records belong to Byron Lower. Pat Lahr, Union social director, requests any stu dent having a collection of fine records which he would like to play on a request program, to notify her. Engineers elect leaders Four candidates vie for display head posts Final selection of the chairman and assistant chairman for En gineers' Week will be made by engineering students at an elec tion on Feb. 28. Charles Eberline and Frank M. Scott are vieing for the chairmanship while Ivan Bauer and Martin Hemsworth are candidates for the assistant chair manship. The duties of these men will be to organize and carry out plans for all of the engineering colleges during Engineers' Week of the "College Days" celebration on May 2-4. Each department enters into competition with the others con cerning displays, field day, and ticket sales for engineers dinner, Board picks candidates. These candidates were selected by the engineers executive board which is composed of represent atives from each of the different engineering divisions. Each di vision nominates two candidates from which the final two nominees are chosen. The chairmanship is passed around between the differ ent colleges from year to year so that the same college does not have the chairman for consecutive years. U. S. problem general electorate have pointed out. The question of war and finding employment for the job less are paramount in the minds of most Americans, young and old Business recovery, however, seems to be more important to the av erage voter, who placed that third in the latest sampling of opinion, (See SURVEY, page 6.) Mogic Master . . . Tarbell does illustrations for wizard's new textbook Dr. Harlan Tarbell, world fa mous magician, who will appear DR. HARLAN TARBELL. He will do a rope trick. .'V AWS board picks acts for annual Follies Nine houses get places in spring event March 18 Skits by Delta Delta Delta, Delta Gamma, Pi Beta Phi, Sig ma Delta Tau, Raymond and Love hall were chosen last night by the AWS board to be presented at the annual Coed Follies March 18. Curtain acts chosen for the coed show were those of Kappa Kappa Gamma, Chi Omega, Phi Mu, and Kappa Delta. The best dressed girl on the campus will be presented at this spring event, to be held in the Temple, and a style show will be an added feature. Jean Simmons chairman. General chairman of The Fol lies is Jean Simmons. Judges are Virginia Clemans and Marion Bradstreet. Other committees are: stage manager, Janet Lau; bal cony manager, Elizabeth Waugh; publicity, Fern and Mary Steute ville; style show, Pat Sternberg; skits, Janet Harris; notification, Ben Alice Day; presentation of best dressed eirl. Dorothv White: radio publicity, Jean Hooper; tick ets and programs, Jean Carnahan; best dressed girl arrangements, Peggy Sheburne. Each has director. Each skit presented will have a director from the AWS board working with the director from the house. All curtain acts will be under the supervision of Natalie Burn. Curtain acts are: Chi Omega, "Powder Box Follies," Kappa Delto, "Grand Preview;" Kappa Kappa Gamma, "Puppet Show;" Phi Mu, "Ivy Daze." Skits are: Tri Delta, "Sorority Life;" Delta Gamma, "Student Union;" PI Beta Phi, "A Coed's Folly;" Sigma Delta Tau, "Thanks for the Memory;" Raymond and Love Hall, "Dean Frauleinstein." Skit directors are Pat Stern berg, Elizabeth Waugh, Janet Harris, Jean Carnahan, and Janet Lau. Best-dressed girl candidates are being eliminated and judged by appearance on the campus and at social functions. In addition the candidates must make appear ances before the AWS board in various costumes. All candidates are requested to appear at 5:20 today before the board in date dresses. Sunday in the Union ballroom in a performance open to all students, has recently finished 1,200 illus trations for the late John North ern Hilliard'8 book, "Greater Mag ic," which is rfupposed to start a new era in magical literature for magicians. Author of the well-known Tar bell Course in Magic, an encyclo pedia of mystery illustrated with 3,000 illustrations, he is the crea tor of over 200 mysteries for magicians including the new Hin due Rope mystery which will be a part of his act Sunday. This trick has become world famous overnight and has baffled magi cians as well as laymen. Tarbell will also perform ori ental magic, of which he has made quite an extensive study, and his famous "Eyeless Vision" act, in which he reads with his eyes taped and blindfolded.