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VOL. XXXI NO. 141.
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA. FRIDAY, MAY 6, 1932
TWENTY-THREE JUNIOR
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ONOR
ABBOTT SELECTED
TO HEAD ALUMNI
Superintendent of School For Blind at Nebraska City
Announced a President; Approximately 500
Grnds Attend Annual Luncheon.
KAY RAMSEY RENAMED
Sarah T. Muir, Lincoln, Chosen Vice-President ; Other
Officials Are. Elected;
Chancellor Burnett
Ned C. Abbott, superintendent O
of the state school for the blind
was elected president of the Uni
versity of Nebraska Alumni asso
ciation at the annual luncheon of
the grads Thursday noon. The
luncheon, held at the coliseum,
was attended by approximately
00 alumni.
At the executive committee
meeting Wednesday evening, Ray
Ramsay was renamed secretary
treasurer. He asked that his sal
ary be cut 10 percent. Sarah T.
Muir of Lincoln was chosen vice
president. Frank Anderson, Hol
drege, retiring president, presided
at the council meeting Thursday
morning.
"Unfortunately today the domin
ating influence" oa the campus
seems to be athletics and social
life." Dr. J. Jay Keegan, Omaha,
representing the class of 1912,
honor guests at the luncheon said
in his address. "Both are worthy
in a limited way but they are lack
ing In enduring qualities which
carry one thru a successful career.
N. C. ABBOTT.
These make hard competition for
the professor when the student is
not prepared to choose between
realities and the pleasures of life.
"I .do not believe the funda
mental reactions of any large
group of Individuals varies much
from generation to generation, the
difference lying chiefly In the en
vironment. About the same per-
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Ag Extension Service About
Equals 1932 Goal in
Distribution.
The Nebraska college of agricul
ture extension service distributed
950.000 forest seedlings and trans-
plants to farmers over the state
this spring, according to extensi on
Forester Walking who summarized
the work this week. The number
exceeds that of a year ago.
Chinese elm proved to be the
most popular broadleafed variety
offered to farmers. A total of
225,600 were distributed In all
.parts of the state. Mulberry, Cot
tonwood, Russian olive, caragana
and American elm were other
popular varieties. In addition to
the broadleafed trees, many thou
sand evergreens were sent out over
the state.
Though the 1932 goal for the
distribution work was not equalled
by a few thousand trees. Extension
Forester Watkins expressed satis
faction over the results. Farmers
In every county In the state re
ceived some trees. Holt, Custer,
Sheridan and Lincoln counties re
ceived the most seedlings and
transplants.
The evergreen trees were
grown on the forst at Halsey, Ne
braska, and distributed from that
point All broadleafed trees were
' shipped from Fremont where ttey
were kept in storage over the win
ter months. The trees were shipped
out to farmers at a cost of one
cent each which covered the pack
ing and handling charges.
Professor' Salaries
Are Free Federal Tax
Salaries received by university
instructors are exempt from fed
eral Income tax it was held by the
board of tax appeals In overturning
its previous decision and ruling
against the Internal revenue
V bureau at Washington Wednesday.
SECRETARY-TREASURER
Dr. J. Jay Keegan,
Make Addresses.
Mortar Board Chief.
, Courtesy of The Journal.
MARGARET UPSON.
Alpha Omlcron Pi from Odell
who was chosen president Thurs
day of new members of Mortar
Board when she was masked by
Jean Rathburn, president this
year.
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Human Conductor, Talking
Skeletons, Models Are
Put on Display.
Over 8,000 people viewed the ex
hibitions of the engineering stu
dents for open bouse night, Thurs
day, May 5, according to the cal
culation of the photo-electric coun
ter, which counted the people as
they went through the door.
A feature display was that of a
human conductor. A man was
placed within a coil of wire, which
ran around his neck. A light bulb
was attached to the wire, and
when a switch was turned, the
bulb was lighted, and the man was
not affacted. Skeletons that ap
parently talk were also displayed
by the electrical engineers.
A model of a cloverleaf highway
intersection was on display outside
the mechannic arts building. This
is the latest development in design
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ID
BARBECUE ON FRIDAY
Eccentricities of Faculty
And Students Will Be
Revealed in Sheet.
On hundred and fiftv law stu
dents are expected to attend the
annual law harhecue at Pioneers
park Friday. A special paper will
ne puDimnea Dy siuaenis oi mc
law college for those attending.
The paper, it is reported, will re
flect the eccentricities of faculty
and students of the college.
The senior class of the college is
sponsoring the affair. Glenn Mc
Kinney is in charge of arrange
ments. A special program oi spuria
is to be arranged by the entertain
ment committee.
A ball game between the fac
uittf anH mpmhpra of the three
classes of the school- is to be the
chief event of the picnic. Judges or
the supreme court and law school
alumni have been invited to at
tend. "The Law Bull," the smut sheet
k. r.nhliuhprt. is edited bv stu
dents. A fee of fifty cents will be
charged for attendance.
MORTAR BOARDS.
Margaret Upson, president
Helen Baldwin, vice president
Eleanor Dixon, secretary.
Margaret Cheuvront trea
surer. Gertrude Clarke, reporter.
Alice Quigls
Jane Robertson
Oeloris Oeadmsn
Jane Axtell
Lucille Hendricks.
ESTIMATE
8.000
VIII
ENGINEERS
ANNUAL OP
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LARGE CROWD IS
EXPECTED 10 GO
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Pageant, 'Progress of the
Prairie,' Is Featured
on Program.
ANNUAL DANCE TONIGHT
Goddess of Agriculture Is to
Be Presented; Admit
Only Ag Students.
Given favorable- weather, col
lege of agriculture students are ex
pecting several thousand people to
attend their annual Farmers Fair
Saturday. Practically all last
minute work for the fair is to be
completed Friday evening.
Manager Fred Meredith and the
junior and senior fair boards ex
pressed themselves this morning
as being confident that one of the
largest crowds in the history of the
fair will attend Saturday. They
point to the free ; e as an added
incentive for people to attend
Meredith also believes the 193?
fair will present a more varied and
more pleasing program than given
the public before.
The fair is featuring the
pageant, "Progress Of The Prai
rie." In addition dances, educa
tional exhibits, livestock parades,
tractor testing demonstrations,
athletic games, co-ed riding con
test, baby show, quilt show and
milking contest are othe. features.
The doubles in tennis between Ne
braska and Oklahoma will also be
played on the Ag courts Saturday
afternoon.
To Present Goddess.
Tonight the Aggies are having
their annual pre-fair dance when
the Goddess of Agriculture will be
presented. Girls in the college
voted on their favorite candidates
this week from the senior class but
the winning girl's identity will not
be revealed until tonight The
dance is to be held in the student
activities building and only college
of agriculture students will be ad
mitted. The Goldenrod Serenaders
will play. Niesje Lakeman was the
1931 Goddess.
Concessions along midway will
be open to the public at one
o'clock, according to the program.
Ralph Copenhaver, concessions
committee chairman, has arranged
various games for fair visitors.
They will be scattered over the
campus. Dorothy Luschinger has
charge of the food in the various
stands.
The pageant depicting the
growth and development from 1930
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BETA IHETA PI WINS
OF
Delta Upsilon, Sigma Alpha
Epsilon, Second, Third
In Annual Sing.
ELEVEN GROUPS ENTERED
Beta Theta PI retained its title
as lnterfratcrnity sing winners and
won permanent possession of the
Kosmet Klub trophy when for the
third consecutive year they won
the annual Ivy Day morning Inter
fraternity sing Thursday.
Delta Upsilon and Sigma Alpha
Epsilon placed second and third
respectively in the song contest.
Winning songs for the Betas
were "The Loving Cup" and 'The
Jeta Stars." Tbey were directed
by Ed Wescott, fraternity presi
dent .'
Judges for the annual competi
tion sponsored by Kosmet Klub
were Edith Lucille Robbins. Homer
Compton, and Wilbur Chenoweth.
They made tbelr awards on the
basis of tone quality, counting for
twenty-f i v e percent, ensemble,
twenty-five percent, diction, twenty-five
percent, appearance, fifteen
percent and selection, ten percent
Presented Cup.
Dick Devereaux, Kosmet Klub
president, presented the cup to the
winning singers. Beta Theta Pi
is the first fraternity to win the
trophy for three consecutive years.
The two years preceding 1930, the
year Beta Theta Pi made its first
winning entry into the contest,
Alpha Theta Chi won the cup.
Previous to that time, in the
years 1926 and '27 the trophy went
to Delta Tau Delta.
Before judges announced their
selection, Delta Upsilon, Kappa
Sigma, Sigma Alpha Epsilon and
Sigma Nu were each asked to
repeat one of tbelr previous num
bers. The sing started at 9 o'clock,
and competitors sang in alphabeti
cal order. '
Eleven bouses were entered In
the song fest this year. Sixteen
sang last spring. Fraternities en
tered this year were Alpha Sigma
Phi, Alpha Tau Omega. Beta Theta
Pi. Delta Tau Delta, Delta Upsilon,
Kappa Sigma, Phi Gamma Delta,
Sima Alpha Epsilon, Sigma Nu,
Sigma Chi and Tau Kappa Epsilon.
ANNUAL FAIR
! May Queen and Attendant
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GRETCH EN FEE.
When the May Queen walked
to her throne Thursday morning
she was revealed as Gretchen
Student Speaker Discusses
, Importance of Activities
To the Student.
Extracurricular activities and
social relationships on the Univer
sity of Nebraska campus were dis
cussed Thursday afternoon by
Walter G. Huber, Irvington, senior
law student who delivered the
annual Ivy day oration.
"It has sometimes been as
serted," he declared, "that there is
no school spirit at the University
of Nebraska, no unification as a
group, no whole hearted co-operation
for a common end. I believe
that charge is untrue. The spirit
of Nebraska, the Cornhusker spirit
does exist. It bursts forth in the
rallying of all students of what
ever class or college, whether fra
ternity or nonfraternity, sorority
or nonsorority; all with a common
aim, not for themselves but for the
university, for Nebraska, for the
team.
"It is outside the classroom in
the extracurricular and social ac
tivities that the problem really en
ters. Krom a student body of 6
or 7 thousand only a small per
centage lu actively engaged In ex
tracurricular activities to any
great extent One of the chief
reasons is the separation of fra
ternity and sorority elements from
those students who are not associ
ated with any social group.
GrOL. pt Too Wide Apart
"The affiliated and unaffiliated
groups in the past have been too
widelv apart, both failing to see
the viewpoint of the other, the af
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SATURDAY NOCN DEADLINE
Students Must See Their;
Advisers Before That i
Time or Be Fined.
Registration by resident stu-
dents for the first semester next i
year and for the summer school
session will cloue at noon Satur
day. With offices closed for the
Ivy day ceremonies, Thursday no
figures on the registration to date
this week were' available.
Resident students will be charged
the late registration fee if they
fail to see their advisers before
noon Saturday. Fees for the first
semester next year must be paid
before Sept 1 on receipt of state
ment from the finance secretary
which will be mailed out by
August 15.
Fees for the summer session
may be paid anytime before Sat
urday, June 11. Registration for
special summer session students
will be held June lu and 11.
Graduate students will register for
the summer session with Dean
Upson, Chemistry 202, between
June 13 and 17.
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BERENIECE HOFFMAN.
Fee, Delta Delta Delta of Sioux
City, la. Her maid cf honor
was Bereniece Hoffman, Kappa
Alpha Theta, Lincoln.
Heads Innocents.
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Courtwy of The JouruJ.
JACK THOMPSON.
Who, as the first Innocent
tapped Thursday, is new pres
dent who will lead the society
the coming year. He is a mem
ber of Phi Kappa Psi from Lin
coln, and business manager of
the Daily Nebraskan.
WILL GO TO OMAHA
About One Hundred Plan to
Visit Nebraska Medical
College Saturday.
About one hundred pre-med stu
dents will visit the College of Med
icine at Omaha Saturday. In addi
tion to students from here, pre
meds from all over the state will
attend.
Pgistration at the Medical col
lege will begin Saturday morning
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IVY DAY POEM.
A gracious queen transported
from the post
With all her gorgeous court and
lovely maids,
So daintily they come from first
to last
Their breathless beauty all the
air pervades;
'Tis like a dream of some me
dieval scene
Never envisioned by our humble
eyes
And most unreal yet loveliest
the queen
Who, for today, her subjects
Idolize.
Her reign is short, her power
may not sway
The nations of the earth but in
our hearts
She rules as in our childhood
mimic play
Ruled Guinevere, and we still
'eel our parts
As loyal subjects grateful for
the day
Of joyous service to our Queen
of May.
MARY FRANCES
McREYNOLDS.
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GRETCHEN FEE IS
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Sioux City, Iowa Coed Is
Crowned at Traditional
Ceremony.
REVEAL MAID OF HONOR
Bereniece Hoffman Receives
Honor Amid Colorful
Setting.
Gretchen Fee, Sioux City, la.,
a member of Delta Delta Delta
sorority and of Mortar Board so
ciety, was crowned May Queen at
the annual Ivy Day celebration
yesterday morning. Bereniece
Hoffman, Lincoln, a member of
Kappa AWa Theta and Mortar
Board, was her maid of honor.
Miss Fee has served on the
Student Council for two years, has
been a member of Tassels, A. W.
S. board, the junior-senior prom
committee, and Cornhusker staff.
Miss Hoffman has been president
of the A. W. S. board, a member
of Theta Sigma Phi, and conces
sion manager of the W. A. A.
The procession presenting the
May queen was started with the
daisy chain led by Evelyn O'Con
nor, Delta Zeta, Mary Alice, Kel
ley. Kappa Gamma, Elizabeth Bar
ber, Alpha Phi, and Irma Ran
dall. Alpha Delta Pi.
Following the daisy chain was
the ivy chain led by Virginia Pol
lard. Chi Omega, and Louise Cogs
well, Kappa Kappa Gamma. Then
came the processional pages, Max
ine Packwood. Kapa Delta, and
Jean Warfield, Kapa Kappa
Gamma.
Mortar Boards Lead.
The attendants to the May
aueen were preceded by the black
gowned Mortar Boards. This pro
cession began at the south end of
Pharmacy hall up the warn to me
throne. The freshmen attendants,
dressed in brown lace with match
ing turbans and shoes and carry
ing Talisman roses, were Helen
Shelladay, Delta Delta Delta, and
Haleene Haxthausen, Alpha Chi
Omega.
The sophomore attendants,
dressed in golden brown lace with
matching turbans and shoes and
carrying Talisman roses, were
Ann Bunting, Pi Beta Phi, and
Margaret Buol, Chi Omega.
The junior attendants, dressed
in orange lace with matching turb
ans and shoes and carrying Ophel
ia roses, were Dorothy Zoellener,
Delta Gamma, and Jane Young
son. Kappa Alpha Theta.
The senior attendants, who were
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SORORJTY SING WON
BY GAMMA PHI BETA
Pi Beta Phi Takes Second
Honors; Kappa Alpha
Theta Third.
REPEAT 1925 VICTORY
Gamma Phi Beta, first winners
of the A. W. S. intersorority sing
cup in 1925, repeated its victory
Friday when Bereneice Hoffman,
A. W. S. president, presented the
cup to the Gamma Phi Beta pres
ident, LaVerle Herman.
Pi Beta Phi took second in the
sing, and Kappa Alpha Theta, was
third.
Regina Franklin directed the
winning singers in their two songs
"Gamma Phi Pirate" and "I'll
Ne'er Forget Thee." Judges for
the contest were Edith Lucille
Robbins. Homer Compton and Wil
bur Chenoweth.
Last year's winners, Delta Delta
Delta, failed to place in the con
test. Kappa Alpha Theta and Al
pha Delta Theta were second and
third last year. Kappa Alpha
Theta has reviously won the tro
phy three times in various years.
In making announcement of the
awards, judges declared it had
been an unusually difficult task,
and complimented all competing
groups on their abilities. Selec
tions were made on the basis of
tone quality, which counted twenty-five
percent: diction, twenty
five percent; appearance, fifteen
percent and selection, ten percent
Two songs were presented by
each group singing, and after each
sorority in the alphabetical list had
appeared, judges requested that
Alpha Omlcron Pi, Delta Gamma,
Gamma Phi Beta, Kappa Alpha
Theta, and PI Beta Phi each re
peat one of their songs.
Seventeen sororities were en
tered and sang in the competition
this year. Last year twenty-one
houses competed in the annual
song fest. This year's entrants
were Alpha Chi .Omega, Alpha
Delta Pi, Alpha Delta Theta, Alpha
Omlcron Pi, Alpha Phi. Alpha Xi
Delta, Chi Omega. Delta DelU
Delta, Delta Gamma, DelU Zta,
Gamma Phi Beta, Kappa Alphx
Theta. Kappa Kappa Kamma, Phi
Mu, Phi Omega Ti, Pi Beta Pbi
and Sigma Kappa.
QUEEN
MAY N
IVY DAY PROGRAM
MORTARBOARDS,
INNOCENTS ELECT
Upton. Baldwin, Dixon, Clieuvronl, Clarke, Robertson,
Quigle, Deadman, Axtell and Hendricks Are
Marked at Afternoon Ceremony.
THIRTEEN TAPPED BY
Thompson, Galleher, AHaway, Graham, Erickson,
Skade, Devereaux, Brownell, LeDioyt, Schmid, '
Hoknf, Pinkerton and Zeilinger Honored.
Ten junior coeds were honored
at the annual Ivy Day exercises
Thursday afternoon, when they
were masked as new members of
the Nebraska Black Masque chap
ter of Mortar Board. The masking
was preceded by an introductory
speech given by Mrs. F. D. Cole
man. Mortar Boards who were masked
in the 1931 Ivy day ceremonies
wended their way thru the large
crowd to pick out the newly elect
ed members. Jean Rathburn, out
going president of the organization
placed the mask on Margaret Up
son, introducing her as the new
president of the group.
Miss Upson is a member of Al
pha Omicron Pi, Big Sister Board,
senior member of the A. W. S.
Board, president of Alpha Lambda
Delta, freshman scholastic honor
ary, Y. W. C. A. staff, winner of
Panhellenic scholarship award,
and served as a junior member of
the A. W. S. board. Her home is at
Odell, Neb.
Gretchen Fee, May Queen, and
vice-president of the "ebraska
chapter placed the mask on Helen
Baldwin, designating her as the
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About Fifty Instructors t(Hr-
Attend Nebraska Academy
Of Sciences Meet.
TO BE AT F0NTENELLE
Nearly fifty members of the
University of Nebraska faculty
are on the program of the Ne
braska Academy of Sciences
meeting which is to be held at the
Fontenellc hotel, Omaha, Friday
and Saturday.
The Nebraska Academy of Sci
ences Is affiliated with the Amer
ican Association for the Advance
ment of Science, and the meeting
which begins today is held pointly
with the Nebraska section of the
following groups:
Mathematical Association of
America, the Douglas County
Medical society, the Nebraska Di
etetic association, the Caducean
society, the Nebraska Council of
Geography Teachers, the Omaha
section of the American Chemical
society, and the Engineers' club of
Omaha.
University of Nebraska faculty
members who are officers of the
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SMMCTflu
Barbs Will Elect Eleven
New Members Next
Tuesday.
Seven members of the . Barb
council were selected by this year's
council to hold over as members of
the organization for next year, at
a meeting of the group this week
in Social Sciences building.
The seven persons who will
serve again next year are: Jack
Coupland of Elgin, a sophomore in
the college of arts and sciences;
Graham Howe of Wisner, a Junior
in the school of Journalism; Gor
don Williams of Lincoln, a first
year premedic student: J. J. Peter
sen of Blair, a Junior in the Engi
neering college; Vernon Fllley of
Lincoln, a sophomore In the col
lege of agriculture; Carroll Brown
of Norfolk, a sophomore in the
college of arts and sciences; and
Hugbina Legge of Lincoln, a jun
ior in the college of arts and sci
ences.
The other eleven members of the
Barb council will be chosen by the
barb students of the university at
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INNOCENTS.
Jack Thompson, president.
Norman Galleher, vice presi
dent Howard Allaway, secretary.
Chalmers Graham, treasurer.
Charles Skade
Jack Erickson
Bill Devereaux
Phillip Brownell
Glen LsOioyt
Marvin Schmid
Arthur Pinkerton
John Zeilinger
Steve Hokuf.
MEN'S SENIOR SOCIETY
Climaxing the annual Ivy Day
ceremonies, Thursday afternoon,
the Innocents society tapped thir
teen junior men as their succes
sors. Before the tapping of the
new members took place. Prof.
Lanlz, of the Teachers college, and
Dean Foster of the Law school
were announced as honorary mem
bers by the society by Dr. George
Condra, who made the introduct
ory speech for the society.
The red cloaked Innocents
caused quite a flurry by the leis
urely manner of strolling thru the
crowd to pick out the honored
juniors. Their task was made
doubly difficult by the crowd, who
watched every move members of
the society made. Hugh Rhea did
what vas expected of him when
he knocked Glen LeDoiyt flying
thru space, but it was a surprise
when B:I1 McGaffin was sent to
pick on Steve Hokuf. Immediately
after being tapped new Innocent
were seated in front of the speak
ers atand.
Richard Devereaux, Alpha Tau
Omega and president of the society
this year, sought out Jack Thomp
son, Lincoln, as the president elect
for the new group. Thompson, a
member of Phi Kappa Psi, is the
business manager of the Daily Ne
braskan, was president of his class,
during his freshman year, and is
a membei of Kosmet Klub, Corn
Cobs, the junior-senior prom com
mittee, and the interfraternity
ball committee.
As vice president elect Norman
Galleher, Baa sett, and a member
of Delta Tau Delta, was selected.
tapped by Edwin Falkner,
Lincoln. . member of Phi Kapp
Psi. Galleher la president oi tn
Inter-fratcrnity council, past presi
dent of the Blue Shirt faction,
chairman of the interfraternity
ball committee, assistant business
manager of the Daily Nebraskan,
vice president of Corn Cobs, and la
a member of Scabbard and Blade,
the student council, and Alpha
Kappa Psi.
Named Secretary.
The newly-elected secretary is
Howard Allaway, Homer, a mem
ber of Sigma Pbi Sigma, student
council (two terms), junior-senior
prom committee, interfraternity
ball committee, interfraternity
banquet committee, the R. O. T. C.
band, Gamma Lambda, and is sec
retary pf Sigma Delta Chi, Journ
alistic fraternity, and managing
editor of the Daily Nebraskan. Ha
off the intersection of two im
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F.
WILL SPEAK FRIDAY
Editor of American Boy to
Address Journalism ""
Convocation.
George F. Pierrot, editor of the
American Boy, and prominent
journalist throughout the United
States, will address a convocation
of students in the school of Jour
nalism in Bessey Hall auditorium
this morning at 11 o'clock. He will
be introduced by Gayle C. Walker,
head of the school for journalism.
Also at this convocation, schol
arship certificates to the winners
of the Sigma Delta Chi award, a
silver cup from the Nebraska
chapter of Sigma Delta Cbt for the
best news story of last semester
and an award for the best feature
story will be presented.
The ranking high 10 percent cf
the graduation class of 1932 will
receive scholarship certificates. .
silver loving cup will be presented
to the writer of the best news
story appearing in the Dally Ne
braskan last semester and the
writer of the best feature story
will receive an award. Tae three
ranking stories will also be an
nounced In each type. Honorable
mentions will be made.
The speaker for the convocation.
George F. Pierrot has had a great
deal of actual newspaper experi
ence. He has been a reporter on'
the Yakima Daily American, edi
tor of the Canning Age magazine;
lecturer in journalism in the Uni
versity of Washington, reporter on
the Seattle Times, associate editor
of tbe Business Migaztne, and
since 1924, managing editor of the
American Boy.
Fraternity President.
In addition bis experience 17
eludes farming, cleaning salmon
Alaskan canneries, day laboring on
a government engineering' crew on
the Missouri river, coal mining tn
West Virginia, and deckbandlaff o
a steamer' from Norfolk, Va- to
Jamaica and Panama.
He is past president of the Sig
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