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LINCOLN. NEBRASKA. SI NDAY. FEBRUARY 18. 1934.
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CANDIDATES
ENTER RACE FOR
i PROM GIRL POST
jane McLaughlin, Lucille
Reilly Seek Election- as
Queen of Event.
PLAN FOR TICKET SALE
Winner of Presentation Plan
Contest to Be Chosen
Monday.
Jane McLaughlin nd Lucille
Uoillv. both of Lincoln, have
filed' for Prom Girl it was re
vealed Saturday morning:. Stu
dents attending the Junior
senior Prom March 9 will so
lpct the cne who is to reign as
oueen of the event which officially
doses the formal season on this
(ampus.
Miss McLaughlin. Kappa Kappa
Gamma, is a member of Univer
sity Players, having taken part in
several productions this season
and carried the leading female role
in "Dangerous Corners." Miss
Reilly, Delta Gamma, is member
of Mortar Board, president of Big
Sister board, and member of A. W.
S board. The former candidate is
registered in teachers college and
Miss Reilly is in arts and science.
Presentation Plans.
Announcements coming from
Bill Fisher and Marian Smith, co
rhairmen for the Prom, indicate
that several students have turned
in plans for presentation of the
Prom girl. The committee will meet
Monday afternoon at 4 o'clock in
the student council room to select
the winner of the $10 cash prize
offered by this group to students
submitting the cleveiest and most
economical scheme for making the
identity of the honoree known.
' Charles Galloway and Arlene Bors.
in charge of presentation and dee
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SHORfSTORYCONTEST
DEADLNE IS EXTENDEP
Dr. Wimberley Says Local
Entrants Have Twelve
Additional Days.
MAGAZINE OFFERS PRIZE
Dr. L. C. Wimberly. editor of
Prairie Schooner, after a confer
ence with Frederick L. Christen
spn. Peail-Joan Cosgrave, and Paul
Rarron, local judges in the na
tionwide $lf0-priz- Short Story
rontcst sponsored by the maga
zine. Story, announces a twelve
lsv extension of time for students
of the university who wish to en
t?r manuscripts in the contest.
.Students on the local campus will
ie allowed to submit stories until
5:00 p. m., Tuesday evening. Feb
ruary 27th.
This extension of time for lo
cal entries." states Dr. Wimberly.
it of the treat amount
of interest being shown by Ne
braska students in this contest."
However, Dr. Wimberly warns
that contestants should not wait
until the last day to submit manu
scripts. All entries are being received in
the Prairie Schooner office, in An
drews Hall.
TODAY'S NEWS
Briefly Reviewed
England, Ft jnce. and Italy have
served notice on Hitler to stay out
of Austria. It is understood that
the joint declaration, intended to
preserve Austria's independence,
will be released within the next
day or so. Mussolini is reported to
be the one who started the move
ment to issue the three-power an
nouncement. Police finally had to break up a
riot between communists and so
cialists at a meeting in Madison
Square Garden in New York to
protest against atrocities of Aus
trian fascists. The riot started as
communists, numbering one-fourth
of the crowd, tried to take over
the meeting, and socialist! resisted.
Inauguration of army air mail
service had an unpleasant prelude
Saturday when three pilots, flying
to their" posts to start the service
Monday, were killed in crashes.
The army will start flying the
nibil at midnight Monday, cover
ing about 41.000 miles every day.
Fnr S third time in seven
months, Minneapolis has juggled
its police administration forces.
Now the city, one of the targets
for criticism from Washington as
a breeding center for crime, has a
new chief of ponce, a lormer leu
eral department of justice agent.
An important part of Admiral
Byrd's transportation almost came
'o disaster the other day when a
o-jslcd team narrowly escaped be
ing killed in a fall in a suddea
r'pc:ur.g in a supposedly solid ice
f'r'd. The sled was loaded with
supplies, but neither dots or sup
IContinued on rage 2.J
FORMER STUDENT DIES
Larson, Graduate in 1932,
Was Member of Sigma
Phi Epsilon.
Leonard Larson, graduate of the
university in 1932 and a member
of Sigma Phi F.psllon, died unex
pectedly Saturday morning at 3:30
o'clock in an Omaha hospital. Lar
son has been working with the
Standard Oil company for the last
six months and has been in the
hospital since last Thursday suf
fering from a tooth infecticn.
Relatives were told Friday that his
Condition was improving and so
returned to Lincoln. Larson is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. Lars Larson
of Lincoln,
He specialized in business ad
ministration at the university .and
was a second lieutenant in the Re
serve Officers Training corps. He
is survived by his parents and a
sister, Mrs. J. H. Martin, also of
Lincoln.
HERE ON FEB. 24
Special Program Is Prepared
For Ladies Visiting
Annual Event.
Engineers who attend the fourth
annuaj Nebraska engineers' round
up in Lincoln, Feb. 24, will have
no excuse for not bringing their
wives, according to Prof. Jiles W.
Haney, chairman of the mechan
ical engineering department at the
university, and chairman of the
program committee for the round
up. A program has been arranged
this year for the visiting ladies
white their husbands are "talking
shop" on engineering problems.
With their central theme based
on "Ths Engineer as a Profes
sional Man," Nebraska engineers
are planning to celebrate their
fourth roundup with an interest
ing program of well-known speak
ers and a practical, up to the min
ute subject. Among out of state
engineers who will address the
meeting are: Dean R. A. Seaton
of the division of engineering at
Kansas State college, and E. E.
Howard, consulting engineer from
Kansas City, Mo.
Morning Program.
Registration is scheduled to be
S in at 9 o'clock Saturday morning
in the Cornhusker hotel. The meet
ing will be called to order at 10
o'clock by Mark T. Caster, general
chairman of the group, according
to the program. Rev. I. W. Mc
Millan of the University Episcopal
church will present the Invocation,
after which Hon. Fenton B. Flem
ing, as mayor of Lincoln, will give
the address of welcome. Hon. Roy
N. Towl, mavor of Omaha, wtll
j respond to the talk. During the
morning Koy M. ureen, manager
of Western Laboratories, contract
ing and testing engineering firm,
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TRAINING IS
QUESTON FOR DEBATE
Students Argue Compulsory
R.O.T.C. Courses for
Universities.
Arguing the question of com
pulsory military training four uni
versity students will participate in
a debate at the First Presbyterian
church Sunday, Feb. 25. The
speakers will be Harold Soderlund,
Dwight Perkins, Charles Stead
man, and Dan Easterday.
Soderlund and Perkins will take
thA affirmative side of the propo
sition: Resolved: That the System
of Compulsory Military science in
Colleges and Universities Should
n Ahriishi Steadman and East
erday, cadet officers - in the
R. O. T. C unit ai iNeorasKa., win
defend the present policy of mili
tary training.
Perkins and Steaaraan are var
sity debaters this year and Soder
lund and Easterday have had pre
vious debate experience.
Y.W. TO HEAR PATTERSON
Professor of Philosophy to
Speak at Weekly
Vespers.
Dr. Charles Patterson of the
philosophy department will speak
on "Aims of Y. W. C. A." at the 5
o'clock vespers, Tuesday, Feb. 20,
at Ellen Smith hall. Violet Vaughn
will direct the choir and Mary
Edith Hendricks will preside over
the meeting. Alaire Barkes is
chairman of the vesper staff.
Motors Clast to Show
Tractor Film Tuesday
A two reel film, "A Day with
Tractor Builders." will be shown
at the Agricultural Engineering
building, room 108. at 8 o'clock
Tuesday morning. The Fann Mo
tors clasa la in charge and has in
vited student in other classes to
attend.
j Outing Club Plans Hike,
Steak Fry for I ucsday
The Outing Club has scheduled
a hike for Tuesday, February m.
at five o'clock. They will hike to j
Belmont and have a steak fry. ;
Evervone is invited ar.d is asked ,
to bring bis own food.
ENGINEERS HOLD
FOURTH ROUNDUP
MAE WEST SKIT
WINS PRIZE FOR
FARM A
Act by Boarding Club Cops
Second Honors at
Ag Show.
300 AT ANNUAL AFFAIR
Managers of Coll-Agri-Fun
Make Three Awards
Friday Night.
Mae West 's famous invita
tion to '"eome up and see me
sometime" tossed coyly to an
Egyptian King climaxed tho
first prize winning skit pre
sented in Coll-Agri-Fnn, Ag col
lege students' home talent show
Friday night. The Farm Opera
tors' short course men's skit "Nile
Night" won the twenty-five dollar
prize
Among the nine skits presented
in the show, judges selected the
Farm Cafeteria boarding club's
skit for second prize and a skit
written by Mildred Tickler, Ag col
lege junior, third. Mrs. H. H.
Marsden, Lincoln, W. F. Thomp
son, university English instructor,
and Oz Black, Lincoln newspaper
man, judged the skits.
Three Hundred Attend.
Three hundred students and uni
versity faculty people witnessed
the Ag student's show Friday
night. Jim Metzger, popular Ag
senior, served as master of cere
monies. Awards of the three prizes
- twenty-five dollars, fifteen, and
ten -were announced by Coll-Agri-Fun
Manager Bill Waldo prompt
ly following the drop of the last
curtain. Chairs were promptly
shoved off the floor following the
KLUB ISSUES CALL
FOR SPRING SHOW
1L
Songs and Lyrics for 'The
Campus Cop' Must Be
In by March 1.
Aspiring composers and lyricists
were asked to submit music and
songs suitable for use in "The
Campus Cop," Kosmet Klub's
spring musiral comedy, in an ap
peal issued yesterday afternoon by
Frank Musgrave, president of the
organization.
He announced that work on the
choruses for the show would start
in a short time and asked that all
students planning to submit ma
terial get it in as soon as possible.
Songs and lyrics may be given to
Herb Yenne. author of the play.
I or handed in at the Kosmet Klub
office. The deadline for entering
material has been set for March 1.
Yenne hs already contacted
several students who are planning
to write songs, and a number have
inquired as to the type of songs or
tunes suitable for the show, it was
announced. Musgrave said that all
suitable music, will be used in the
production.
Dates for the tryouts in the cast
and in the pony and male choruses
have not yet been definitely de
cided on by the Klub. but they
will probably be held early next
week, it was reported. The cast
of characters calls for forty-one
parts, including the choruses.
Newly Organized Dames
CIuI Meets Friday Night
The Dames club, formed here
through the interest and stimula
tion of Miss Bernice Miller, secre
tary of the Y. W. C. A., held its
second meeting in the parlors of
Ellen Smith hall, Friday, Feb. 16,
at 7:30 p. m. A business meeting
was held and refreshments were
served. The next meeting will be
held at Ellen Smith ball March 2,
at 8 p. m.
File for Prom Girl Honors
" i dh
0urtrsr Lincoln Journal.
Jane McLaughlin and Lucille Reilly seek the election of
Prom Girl for 19 4 it was revealed Saturday morning when John
Gepson, ho is president of the Studrlit eoum-il announced that
these two candidates had filed. iW.th t these senior women
arc residents of Lincoln.
Postponed Glee Club
Concert Sext Sunday
The annual concert of the
university glee club, which was
announced for this afternoon,,
hat been postponed until 3 p. m.
Sunday, Ftbruary 25, and will
be held, as previously an
nounced, at the university coli
seum. At that time, the club,
composed of thirty young men,
directed by Parvin Witte, uni
versity professor of voice will
present a varied and interesting
program. Reserved seats on
February 25 will be held for all
visitors receiving such tickets
dated for February 18.
BARB LEADERS DECRY
OF
Criticize Student Council
For Recent Action on
t Proposal.
Open opposition to the varsity
party plan passed by the student
council at its last meeting, has
been evident among barb groups
on the campus since the meeting.
The measure which gives control
of future all-university or varsity
parties to a joint committee of
Greeks and Barbs was branded as
unjust by Barb leaders. They de
clared that the present arrange
ment under which the Barb coun
cil supervises such parties, has
given to university students excel
lent parties with good music, deco
rations, entertainment, and no in
currence of debts.
Hand ed Function Well.
"With the passing of the varsity
party proposal the Barbs have been
deprived of a function which they
have handled well," stated Burton
Marvin, chairman of the Barb
council in charge of all-university
parties, and vice president of the
Intcrclub council. "Several years
ago the student council conducted
the all-university parties. That
right was taken away from them
when it was found that the budget
indicated a $2,000 deficit. Since
then the Barb council has run the
dances satisfactorily, offering low
priced entertainment, and giving
the Barb students an opportunity
to mix. The financial status is
very satisfactory.
"Now that the council has seen
fit to take steps toward bureaucra
cy, the Barb students ask that the
prices of the parties be kept at a
low enough level to fit their pock
etbooks, and that the affairs not be
classed as exclusive, date-only
dances."
Leaves Little For Barbs.
"The Barbs feel that with this
party management taken from
them they will have little left,"
Wilbur Erickson. chairman of the
Interclub council, declared. "It is
now one of their most important
functions, and as long as they are
handling it satisfactorily there is
no need of change. The comment
is made that many fraternity stu
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OR. K00 10 TALK A!
Y.M.C.A. Sponsors Forum
At Grand Hotel on
Tuesday.
LECTURER WELL KNOWN
Tne Y. M. C. A. forum luncheon
will be addressed by Dr. T. Z. Koo,
internationally known speaker, a
the Grand hotel Tuesday noon,
Feb. 20. Dr. Koo is known to thou
sands of Americans as one of the
ablest and most interesting Ori
entals who have come to this coun
try. A graduate of St. John's uni
versity. Shanghai, China, he was
for nine years an official in the
administrative department of the
Chinese Railway Service.
Later he joined the staff of the
National Committee of the Young
Men's Christian Association of
China with special work in regard
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REGENTS CREATE
ITI
AWARDS
FR
GRADUATES
Board Also Votes to Remit
Fees of Assistants
And Fellows.
EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 1
Grants Will Be Available to
State College Students
With A.B. Degree.
Establishment of seventeen tui
tion scholarships for graduate stu
dents at the university and a de
cision to remit all fees for gradu
ate scholars, fellows and assist
ants were among the items of busi
ness approved by the board of re
gents Thursday. The two moves
are effective next September and
will affect about 106 graduate stu
dents. In remitting fees for graduate
scholars, fellows, and assistants, of
which there are eighty-nine this
year, the board will return on
Sept. 1 to its former policy along
this line. Prior to the current year
such fees had been remitted. These
persons also receive a certain stip
end for services rendered.
Aid Students With A. B.
In establishing graduate tuition
scholarships, the university regents
made it possible for graduates of
Nebraska colleges and universities
to continue their work with the
least possible expense. Under the
general plan, details of which have
not been worked out, one tuition
scholarship, good for one year, will
be offered to a senior of high rank
in each of the colleges and univer
sities in Nebraska, the individual
probably to be selected by the
school, dependent upon certain def
inite requirements as to high
scholarship, prerequisite courses,
etc. The plan would affect seven
teen Nebraska colleges that offer
a bachelor's degree.
AT UNIVERSITY PARTY
Saturday Night Affair Is
Last to Be Held on
City Campus.
The last Coliseum All-University
party of the year Saturday night
at the Coliseum drew a crowd of
several hundred to dance to Leo
Beck's music. The affair was ar
ranged by Burton Marvin, chair
man of the Barb council. The pub
licity was handled by Alvin Kleeb
with Wilbur Erickson heading the
orchestra committee. The chaperon
committee chairman was Margaret
Medlar.
This is the fifth of the univer
sity parties this year. Dad's day
with an attendance of 400 couples
topped the list with the largest
crowd. Other parties were held on
Sept. 16. Sept. 30, Dec. 9. The Ag
ricultural campus will be host to
the last two parties of the term
at the Student s Activity building,
March 10, and March 31.
Professor and Mrs. J. M. Rein
hardt. Professor and Mrs. O. W.
Reinmuth, and Professor and Mrs.
O. F.. Sperry were the chaperones
at the party.
PICTURE SECTIONS OF
Proofs of Photos Must Be
Returned to Office
By Tuesday.
CLOSING MONTH EARLIER
With the closing of the senior
section of the Cornhusker Friday,
all the picture sections of the book
have been completed, according to
Woodrow Magee. editor of the
yearbook. All the section were
completed this year with higher
proportionate percentages than
last year with the sorority groups
leading with between 95 and 98
percent.
"The proofs for the pictures for
the annual must be returned to the
office by next Tuesday," continued
Magee, "or the stalf will choose
the pictures to be included in the
panels. The limit for making up
the panels was set at that time."
"The closing this year was about
a month earlier than last year,"
stated Magee, "with a consequent
saving to the students and the
staff. The printing of the book is
much cheaper if the students co
operate and get the picture sec
tions of the book done early."
Croup Entertains at
Buffet Supper Friday
Sigma Eta Chi entertained at a
buffet supper Feb. 16. at Ellen
Smith hall. Twenty members and
ten guests were present. The com
mittees were aa follows: Invita
tion: Altheda Swift and Dorcas
I Crawford; reception: Janet Yung
blut and Flora Katherine Ewart:
'entertainment: Martha George,
Marie George and Kathrine Luke:
refreshment: Eula Ford. Dorothy
Riley and Mona Barclay.
CLUB PLANS DISCUSSIONS
Lutheran Students to Hold
Series Six Meetings
During Lent.
During Lent, the Lutheran club
will conduct series of six discus
sions on the theme, "Facts and
Forces in the Social Order." The
discussions will be conducted each
Monday evening from 7 to 8
o'clock in room 205 of the Temple
building by Rev. R. E. Renglers.
All Lutheran students are invited
to participate.
Sub-topics for each are: Feb.
19, "Charges and Challenges;"
Feb. 25, "What We Mean by What
We Say;" March 5. "The Task as
Related to Social Ills;" March 12,
part II af "The Task as Related
to Social Ills;" March 19, "The
Task as Related to Moral Ills;"
March 26, "The Task as Related
to the Church."
STUDENT RELIEF
PROGRESSES AS
37
Action on Applications of
Those now Enrolled
Comes Next Week.
With thirty-seven students at
work Saturday on part time jobs
and between thirty-five and forty
more expected to receive work as
signments some time Monday,
federal relief employment for stu
dents here was "making rapid
progress. A total of slightly more
than a hundred applications had
been approved, university authori
ties estimated, of which number
all but two or three were from
new or former students. An addi
tional 500 applications were on
file, 300 of which were from per
sons not now in school.
The special faculty committee
on personnel was busy checking
eligibility of applicants not now
enrolled with a view to getting as
many as possible registered at
once without further loss of class
work. With no applications from
persons not now in school to be
accepted after Monday noon, ex
cept in extraordinary cases, the
committee expected to devote
much of its time next week to al
lotting work to regularly enrolled
students here. '
Announce Ratio.
Jobs will be apportioned among
students on the basis of three jobs
for men to every two for women,
in accordance with proportional
registration here. This means that
approximately 180 positions for
women and 275 for men, at an
average monthly salary of $15 will
be awarded if the full quota of 454
is utilized. Of the men's positions,
forty will go to students in the Col
lege of Medicine in Omaha.
Students now enrolled who are
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T
Approximately Twenty New
Members Will Be
Accepted.
Tryouts for Pershing Rifles,
honory basic military -science or
ganization will be held next Tues
day afternoon from 4 to 6 o'clock,
according to an announcement
made by Max Emmert, captain of
the company.
The applicants will be tested
upon manual of arms, marksman
ship and musketry, squad, platoon
and company movements, Sanita
tion and hygiene, first aid, military
organization, and military cour
tesy. About twenty men will be tak
en into the company to fill vacan
cies according to Emmert. The
new pledges to the company will
be initiated before the annual din
ner dance some time late this
spring.
OBTAIN
JOBS
Powers of Alumni Council, Control
Board, May Prove Good Thing State
Some; Other Greek Leaders Disagree
Varying opinions concerning the newly created official
interfratcrnity alumni council vith its accompanying board of
control were expressed Saturday by presidents of various Greek
houses on the campus.
The greater majority of those interviewed seemed to favor
the idea, while only a few wereo
absolutely opposed to it. Others i Opposition to the plan was
took no really definite stand pre
ferring to await devtlor ments.
"Personally I think :i a good
thing and will be a benrlit to the
fraternities themselves." slated
Don Easterday, president of Phi
Gamma Delta. "It should help to
put the groups in a better finan
cial condition and will aid in elimi
nating cut-throat rustling."
James Heaton. Delta Chi. was
of the opinion that the alumni con
trol was a good idea. "Alumni men
least can handle fraternity finan
cial affairs better than the under
graduate members have been do
ing." he declared.
Ernest Green. Lambda Chi Al
pha, and J. Karr Taylor. Phi Al
,pha Delta, both declared .that the j g wrk out
l?'ly pr0r,ed TtJ,ii?.ni'v if the proper interest s
,thg "It will undoubtedly be very j , ' -t do
satisfactory." Tavlor said, while i
jreen sxaieo i ' " Thf gTmip 1n quMtion was offi
particular period fraternities need I t e m
advice and outside aid. i (Continued on Pace 3 )
SONERS
SMASH
HUSK FIRST
Oklahoma Runs Up 53-23
Win Over Scarlet Cagers
At Norman.
19 POINTS FOR BROSS
Browning Scores 17 Markers
As Nebraska Defense
Collapses.
Opening with a fast breaking
offense which held the Nebras
ka cagesters helpless through
out the entire tilt the Oklahoma.
Sooners poured a 53 to 23
trouncing upon a sadly confused
Husker maple squad Saturday
night at eight o'clock on the Mc
Dermotmen's home floor at Nor
man. This win for the Sooner
placed the Oklahoma basket flip
pers back in the title race and
dropped the Nebraska outfit to the
fourth rung of the Big Six Confer
ence ladder.
With Ervyl Bross, diminutive
and speedy "forward for the Mc
Dermot proteges, leading the scor
ing with the grand total of 19
points to set a new record for
points scored in a Big Six tilt this
season, and Bud Browning, ciever
guard, not far behind with 17
points, the Scarlet basket flip
pers were decisively swamped In
a deluge of baskets.
Slip by Defense.
Slipping past the Nebraska de
fense time and time again, these
two men accounted for more thaa
two-thirds of the entire scoring
done by the Sooners squad. De
termined to remain in the confer
ence raca at all costs, the McDer
mot proteges took the Brownemen
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II
IS SETFORMARCH 3
Block and Bridle Sponsors
Annual Showmanship
Contest.
NEW STUNTS THIS YEAR
Saturday, March 3 has been an
nounced as the date for the Junior
Ak-Sar-Ben. annual showmanship
contest, by George Shadbolt. presi
dent of Block and Bridle, sponsors
of the affair. It will be held this
year in the equine auditorium on
the agriculture campus.
Several new and distinctive fea
tures have been added to this
year's show, augmenting the four
classes of showmanship. Featuring
tne affair will be the showing of
hogs, sheep, cattle, and horses.
Judging will be determined on a
basis of skill and ability to show
animals in the ring. A pet show in
which owners may enter cats,
dogs, rabbits, or other pets is to be
a part of the display this year.
Waldo is Chairman.
Bill Waldo has been named
chairman of the committee in
charge and heads of sub-committees
are: Merril Lee, horses: Wal
ter Spilker, cattle; Cletas Rein
miller, hogs; Harry Elkin. sheep;
Gerald Tool, dairy: George Shad
bolt, professional class; Ray Mur
ray, program and music; Howard
White, decorations: Ed Anderson,
buildings and arena; Walter Lar
son, awards; Neil Hall, ring mas
ter; Charles Rochford, master of
ceremonies; Erville Hughes,
tickets; Louis Schick, dance;
George Shadbolt, publicity; How
ard White, pet and hobby show,
and Merril Lee, clothes and cards.
W. W. Derrick, formerly an in
sructor in the animal husbandry
department of the ag college who
is now a federal extension agent,
will judge the events.
voiced by Ed Fisher, Alpha Tau
Omega, and Fred Nicklas, Sigma
Nu. "The active members of a
fraternity should have control."
asserted Fisher, while "I don't
think the alumni should have any
thing to do with fraternity man
agement" was the opinion of
Nicklas.
"An alumni council is all right
as long aa it remains purely ad
visory," stated Lamoine Bible.
Sigma Phi Sigma, "but I don't
like the idea of absolute control."
John Gepson, Phi Kappa Pai.
declared that he couldn't see any
thing wrong with the plan, but "I
don't know how much etod it will
do" Byron Goulding. Beta Theta
harm." he asserted.
DIVISION