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Official Student Newspaper of the University of Nebraska
VOL. XXIV NO. 132.
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21, 1935.
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16 CANDIDA
IRON
Roster Includes Eligible
Juniors With Five or
More Votes.
23 NOMINATED AT POLLS
Students Not Appearing
On List May Petition
Faculty Committee.
Sixteen juiniur men who will
be eligible for consideration for
membership in the Innocents
society, senior men's honorary
organization, were announced
Tuesday by the Innocents faculty
committee. The list includes all
Junior men who received five or
more votes at the recent special
election and who were able to meet
the scholastic and other eligibility
requirements of the society.
Operating lor the second year,
the system whereby candidates lor
the men's society are selected by
popular vote of junior and senior
men, resulted thla year in the nom
ination of 23 men. Seven of these
were eliminated from the final list
because of failure to meet one or
more of the eligibility require
ments. Junior men whose names do not
appear on the list of sixteen may
petition for them, to have their
case investigated and their name
added to the list from which the
society will chouse its new mem
bers. Those who survived the eligibil
ity requirements are:
Robert Bulger
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TO
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Dean Piper, Miss Clark Will
Be Organization's New
Sponsors.
The Big Sister Board has called
a special meeting to be held in
Ellen Smith hall Wednesday noon
to make final selection of Big Sis
ter for the coming year, according
to President Elizabeth Moomaw.
New members of the organiza
tion whose duty it will be to take
care of incoming freshmen next
fall will be installed about the mid
dle of May, she declared. Fifty
girls will be selected from the
present freshman class, thirty
five from the sophomore class.
twenty from the junior group and
fifteen from the Agriculture col
lege. Prospective members were sug
gested by organized houses on the
campus before spring vacation and
the new group will be chosen from
those names submitted.
Miss Letta Clark, of the teach
er's college and Miss Elsie Ford
Piper, assistant Dean of Women,
have accepted invitations to be Big
Sister sponsors, stated Ruth Mat
schullat. Board member. These
sponsors were chosen by the Board
at a recent meeting.
English Exhibit Contains
Three Hufnagle Pictures
Richard Hufnagle, photographer
for the conservation and survey di
vision, has received word that five
photographs submitted by him
have been hung at the annual ex
hibition of international pictorial
photography in Barry, Wales, Eng
land. Some 350 entries from over
the world have been so honored.
Mr. Hufnagle's pictures include one
of the Nebraska capitol building.
FACULTY
INNOCENTS SLATE
Little Gods Galley
FRANK CRABILL, EDITOR
By George Pipal.
Xo mi vice to offer he won 't
talk. But a glance at the cam
pus record of Frank Crabill
will furnish volumes of counsel
concerning the relative import
ance of studies and activities, a
problem that has faced almost
every student sometime during nis
jollege career.
When forced to make a decision
between publication offices and
study halls, Crabill chose both, and
by dividing his time to the best ad
vantage was elected to member
ship in the senior honorary so
cieties of both fields, Phi Beta
Kappa and Innocents.
Editor of the 1935 Cornhuskekr,
treasurer of the Student Council,
vice president of Innocents, dis
trict candidate for the Rhodes
scholarship, member of Kosraet
Klub, PI Sigma Alpha, Gamma
Lambda, and eight semesters on
the honor roll are outstanding
among his activities. Majoring in
political science In arts and sci
ences college. Crabill plans to en
ter law college next fall.
Value from extra-curricular ac
tivities is found chiefly in associa
tions and experience in dealing
with students and the public, he
believes. "But the courses of
stujy In the university also offer
valuable experieoea that need not
DR. 11ESDRICKS AIDS
. writim; article
Chemical Society Meeting
In Iew York to Hear
Paper.
Dr. B. Clifford Hendricks, asso
ciate professor of chemistry, is co
author of a paper to be read this
week before the meeting of the
American Chemical society in New
York city April 22-20. The sub
Ject is "Measuring the Ability to
Interpret Experimental Data."
F. P. Frutchcy and R. W. Tyler
of Ohio State university co-operated
in the writing. Two other
papers have been written by these
chemists, and the series resulted
from work under the general direc
tion of the American Council 01
Education. Dr. Hendricks was at
Nemaha, Peru, Brock, Pender and
Nelson before coming to the unl
versity.
AnEirracuT
University Appropriation Is
Advanced From
Committee.
Advancement from the finance
committee of the general appropri
ation bill, granting $3,040,600 to
the university, was made Monday
by the house despite a short nitcn
encountered when mat Doay en
gaged in a bitter controversy over
the payment of student rees. wun
out even a record vote the lower
branch blanketed Rep. Vogt',
amendment to knock off $40,680,
leaving an even $3,000,000 for the
university proper.
Vogt asserted the reason for his
action was to offset the balance
of the university swimming pool
fund raised by a $1 per semester
tax per student, voted in four
years ago by the students. Over
$40,000 over and above the cost of
construction and maintenance is
now in the hands of the university
Vogt asserted. But he stated that
his intention was to create a sepa
rate building fund with this money
when questioned regarding the aa
visabilitv of his scheme.
Further movements to slash the
university buderet were halted in
their tracks following Vogt's de
feat. Rep. Tachtler immediately
withdrew his motion calling for a
$240,000 slash in the university
program.
Remaining action will primarily
take the form of routine procedure
as regards the university budget,
present indications reveal.
If passed in Its present form the
bill will carry $76,610 less than the
governor recommended and $527,
287 more than was alloted two
years ago for the current bien
nium.
$375,000 allocated to the univer
sity budget was specifically slated
for the college oi medicine in um
aha.
COUCIL MEETS TO
SET ELECTIOS DATE
Group Considers Holdover
Members at Meeting
Wednesday.
Date of the spring student coun
cil election will be set at a meeting
of the student council Wednesday
afternoon in the council office, ac
cordiner to Jack Fischer, council
president.
Election of holdover members of
the council for next year will also
be considered, he said. Four men
and four women will be elected by
this year's council to remain in of
fice next year.
Gravson Meade to Enter
Museum Collecting Field
Grayson E. Meade, assistant in
the university museum, will go to
Chadron May 1, and from there in
to the museum collecting field in
the northwest.
OF THE CORNHUSKER.
CourtMjr Rlnehart-Maradan.
be neglected because of activities,"
he declared. "Giving a proportion
ate amount of time to each will
yield a maximum of benefit from
each."
Fossil-hunting la Crabill' chief
hobby. For the past six summers,
he was a member of university ex
petitions that dug up most o!
western Nebraska-in search of
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BIENNIAL
BUDGET
HALTED BY HOUS
l -h ft
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GROUP PLANS TO
DISTRIBUTE
STOREPETITIONS
Blanks Request Sanction of
Second Hand Exchange
By Authorities.
ALL STUDENTS MAY SIGN
Council Committee Hopes
For 100 Per Cent
Support.
Petitions seeking the estab
lishment of a university second
hand book exchange have been
drawn up by Don Sliurtlef f,
member of the student council
committee for the promotion of th
bookstore plan. These requests for
the sanction by the university au
thorities will be distributed to
every organized group on the cam
pus and will be posted on all bul
letin boards tnis ween in oraer to
erive each student an opportunity
to sien as a supporter of the proj
ect, stated Virginia Sellcck, chair
man of the committee.
"It is tho hope of the commit
tee that each and every student in
the university will pledge their
backing to the book store because
if there is the 100 percent support
of the student body behind the
idea, it will greatly facilitate the
solving of the problem which con
fronts us of convincing the offi
cials of our cause," declared Miss
Selleck. "If, when we present these
signed petitions to the university
authorities, we can show them a
unanimous approval from the cam
pus, we will have built up a strong
case in our lavor.'
A comprehensive survey of the
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F
APPLY THIS WEEK TO
PARTICIPATE IN SHE
Ivy Day Contestants Should
Register at Kosmet
Klub Office.
Fraternities wishing to partici
pate in the interfraternity sing
contest on Ivy Day should present
applications at the Kosmet Klub
office some time this week, ac
cording to Tom Davies, president
of the Klub in charge of the com
petition. Applications should be
made by letter stated Davies.
Winner of the contest will be
awarded a silver loving cup which
is now held by Sigma Phi Epsilon,
winner of last year's sing. Judges
have not yet been decided upon,
said Davies, but will be announced
soon. He continued to say that the
competition would not be Judged
by trainers of participating groups
and that the final decision will be
based upon the general excellence
of the performance rather than
technical skill.
MISS HfLL, MISS LUHRS
TO GIVE JOINT RECITAL
Students Present Musical
Program in Temple
Thursday.
Ruth Hill and Helen Luhrs will
collaborate in presenting their
junior recital in the Temple the
ater Thursday afternoon, April 25,
at 4 o'clock. Miss Hill is a stu
dent with Earnest Harrison and
Miss Luhrs studies violin with
Emanuel Wishnow.
As the first part of the program,
Miss Hill will play Bach's "Fifth
French Suite" with the following
movements: "Allemande," "Cour
ante," "Sarabande" and " Gigue."
Mozart's "D Major Concerto"
with "Andante Cantabile" and "Al
legro" will be played next by Mis?
Luhrs and will 'be followed by
Beethoven's "Sonata, C Minor, Op.
3." with "Adatio Cantabile" and
Rondo," played by Miss Hill.
Miss Luhrs will continue with
Air for the G String" by Fiorille
rldas and "Pavane Pour Une In
rente Defunte" by Ravel, and the
program will be concluded with the
following numbers by Miss Hill:
"Valse, A Flat Major. Op. 42" by
Chopin, "Nocturne. F Sharp Ma
jor, Op. 15, No. 2" by Chopin, and
"Jardins Sous La Pluie" by De
bussy. Marian Munn will be ac
companist. E. LUSDQU1ST MUTES
AEROSAUTIC ARTICLE
Graduate Publishes Paper
On Strer-ih Tests of
C, nders.
From the national advisory com
mittee for aeronautics the univer
sity library has received a publi
cation on "Strength Teats of Thin-
alled Duralumin Cylinders. Its
uthor is Eugene E. Lundqulst of
the Langley Memorial aeronautical
laboratory. Langley field. Virginia.
Mr. Lundqulst was graduated from
the university In civil enelnerine in
1928, and is now on the research
staff of the aeronautic committee.
EBRA SKASS GRA TED
TEACH ISO POSITIOSS
Educational Department
Receives !'ews of
Twelve Jobs.
Twelve university students and
former students have been chosen
to teaching positions in Nebraska
schools recently, according to the
department of educational service
Ruth Andrews, Hastings, goes to
Wakefield; Ethel M. Bauer, Lin
coin, to Yutan; Mignonette Clau
sen, Fort Dodge, la., to Randolph;
Mildred Ehlcrs, Scribner, to Serin
ncr; Florence Frltchoff, Omaha, to
Gretna; Clara Geiger. Lexington
to Lexington; Margaret Hufnagle,
Utica, to Seward; Marjorle I,owe,
Ragan, to St. Paul; G. I. Pelcrce
Talmage, superintendent at Du
Bois; Kenneth Reed, Rosalie, to
Cozad; O. W. Ritehev, David City
superintendent at Maywood, and
Ielleno Warren, Mason City, to
Ashland.
TO HOLD NATIONAL
Phi Sigma
To Be
Chi Delegates
Guests of
Tassels.
Tassels chapter of Phi Sigma
Chi, girls national pep organiza
tion, will have as its guests dele
gates from the University of Kan
sas, Kansas State college, the
University of Oklahoma and the
University of Missouri when the
Phi Sigma Chi convention is hold
in Lincoln Saturday, April 27, ac
cording to Louise Hossack, past
head of Tassels and president of
the national organization.
New officers will be chosen at
the first meeting of the day in
Ellen Smith hall at 9 o'clock, de
clared Louise Hossack, and each
chapter represented will present a
Phi Sigma Chi song from which
the national song will be selected.
Delegates will be entertained at
a picnic luncheon at Pioneer park,
stated Elizabeth Shearer, chairman
of the committee in charge. The
afternoon will be spent with a
meeting and a tour thru the state
capitol building.
Miss Shearer is being assisted by
Erma Bauer, Jean Palmer, and Lu
cile Berger. Doris Cochran has
charge of transportation and Jean
Walt and Mry Yoder compose the
food committee. Elizabeth Shearer
and Erma Bauer are the official
Tassel delegates.
SCIENCE TEACHERS OF
Association Directors Decide
To Hold First Meeting
In Lincoln.
First state meeting of the Ne
braska Science Teachers associa
tion will be held in conjunction
with the Nebraska Academy of
Science on May 4 it was announced
following the first board of direc
tors' meeting on Tuesday. Plans
were made to have three sessions
during that day, and the proposed
constitution of "the association was
revised.
Board and officers of the Ne
braska Science Teachers associa
tion are:
Dr. Phillip G. Johnson, Univer
sity of Nebraska, president and
academy director; Prof. fc,arl
Schroer, Benson high school, of
Omaha, vice president; Harold
Wise, University graduate student,
secretary; Prof. Roy C. Busch, of
Benson high school, Omaha, treas
urer; Prof. J. J. Guenthcr, Tech
nical high school, Omaha, science
editor and director at large. The
other directors at large are: Mae
Sturmer, Beatrice high school;
Ernest Armstrong, Cozad high
.whool; Everett Kohr, Superior
high school; Prof. L. E. Smith,
South high school, Omaha; and
Prof W. C. Ingram, Kearney high
school.
BEGINS T RIBBON SALE
Proceeds to Meet Expenses
Incurred in College
Enterprise.
Engineers are urged to support
the drive for the sale of "E" rib
bons which will be started on the
campus today by the Engineer's
Week committee. The price of the
ribbons Is fifteen cents.
The proceeds derived from the
sale will be used to pay debts in
curred last year by the Engineer's
Week committee, and also to help
meet expenses of this year. Engi
neer's Week is a student enter
prise and no funds are appro
priated by the university to help
finance it.
"Py purchasing a ribbon the en
gineer can not only advertise his
college, but also do his part in
sharing the expense, thus eliminat
ing any possibility for a student
assessment, according to w illiam
Baron, id charge of the sale. He
stated that there will be salesman
covering each of the various de
partments of the college.
GIRLS
PEP GROUP
CONVENTION HERE
CHICAGO TROUPE,
UNIVERSITY UNION
SING 'AWAY 4
Grand Opera Makes Return
To Lincoln With Gala
Coliseum Show.
MUSIC DONE IN ENGLISH
C. E. Cramer to Supervise
Production; 350 in
Complete Cast.
One of the greatest cxtruva
gimzus in nil musical literature
will nppcar in Lincoln fit the
University coliseum on May n'
when the grand opera "Aida,"
usually referred to as "The King
of musical productions" will be
given by the Festival Opera com
pany of Chicago and the Univer
sity Choral Union. For the benefit
of those not acquainted with the
opera in its original Italian, the
music will be sung in English.
There will be between 300 and
350 persons in the production,
most of them university students,
who will make up the chorus and
orchestra. This will be one of the
larerest. if not the largest musical
show ever presented on any stage
in Lincoln. Students of Flavla Wa
ters Champe will take part in the
ballet.
Cramer Directs.
"Clarence E. Cramer, the well
known Chicago producer, will have
the performance under his personal
supervision, bringing from Chicago
all the necessary equipment with
the Festival Opera company, in
cluding elaborate scenery, gorgeous
costumes for 300 people, me
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LEROSSIGNOL LEAVES
Fi
CONVENTION TUESDAY
Bizad Dean Attends Meeting
In New York Thursday
To Saturday.
Dean J. E. LeRossignol cf the
college of business administration
left Tuesday evening for New
York City where he will attend the
meeting of the American Associa
tion Collegiate Schools of Busi
ness. The convention is to be held
from Thursday to Saturday of this
week.
Among the subjects to be dis
cussed at the convention are "Col
leeiate Training and the New-
Deal, " "Need for Public Service
Industries," "Is Government Con
trol Displacing American Initiative
in Business?" and "Economic
Theory and Policies of Business
Schools Training for Public Serv
ice." Dean LeRossignol and a
number of other school executives
consider the latter one of increas
ing importance.
The American Association Col
legiate Schools of Business was
founded in 1918, and at the pres
ent time forty-seven of the lead
ing schools of business within the
United States are members of this
organization. The Bizad college of
the university is a charter mem
ber, and Dean LeRossignol is a
past president.
Several speakers of note are to
be on the program during the
meeting, one of whom is Dr. Nick
las Murray Butler, president of the
Columbia university.
GLEE CLUB ENDS TOUR
Armand Hunter Accompanies
Group to Present
Readings.
Closing its first annual tour in
recent years with a concert at Ox
ford, the university glee club re
turned to the campus last week.
Musical programs were presented
to large audiences at Franklin and
Minden on the two preceding eve
nings.
Accompanying the group to of
fer dramatic readings between the
musical selections was Armand
Hunter of the University Players.
Selections included on the final
program were "Listen, Lovely
Maid," by Evans; "The Builder,"
by Cadman; "Sons of the Prophet,
Sons of the Bey," by Gall; solo by
Prof. Wltte, "A Spirit Floyer." by
Campbell; "Dreams," by Chains:
"Nocturne," by Curram; "Fierce
Waa the Wild Billow," by Noble;
"The Sound o' the Pipes." by War
ner; "Punchinello," by Reddick.
Dr. Chaney Visits Museum
To Study Dakota Fossils
Dr. Ralph W. Chaney of the Uni
versity of California visited the
university museum in Merrill hall
recently, doing research work for
Carnegie Institute at Washington.
Dr. Chaney wished to study the
university collection of Dakota
cretaceous fossil leaves, of which
the museum has more than 13,000
specimens.
COMMITTEE ASKS
BUILDING SUPPORT
Group to Circulate Petitions Seeking Signatures of
Members of Campus Organization, Barn
Students Pledging Aid.
ISSUE NOT TO BE PUT TO VOTE AT ELECTIONS
Efforts Committee lo Obtain PWA Loan at Standstill
Until Instructions Arrive Regarding
Application, Requirements.
Signatures of all members of every campus organization
and of every barb student, pledging support to the student
union building campaign, will be sought on petitions which, will
be circulated o'l the campus this week, Jack Fischer, chairman
of the union building committee, Announced Tnesdav. Petitions
INTERFRATERNITY
GROUP SEEKS LOW
YEARBOOK RATES
Council Discusses Rules for
Rushing at Meeting
Tuesday.
Interfraternity council members
adopted a resolution to seek lower
costs to fraternities for representa
tion in the Cornhusker, considered
rush rules, received a report from
the faculty student affairs commit
tee and made final plans for their
annual banquet in a lengthy meet
ing Tuesday night.
A committee of Jack Houston,
Frank Landis, and Lester Prokop
reported results of an investigation
into charges made by the Corn
husker for pages in the fraternity
section of the yearbook. Adoption
of the resolution followed. A new
committee will be appointed to in
vestigate further the council's ef
fort to secure reduction in rates.
Fraternities may give parties
outside the city limits, council
members were told in a report
from the faculty committee. Rules
permit parties within a seven mile
radius of Lincoln. The parties must
be given between April 1, and Oct.
15, and must be exclusively for
members of the host organization.
Duwark Jackson, member of the
committee in charge of interfra
ternity council banquet plans, dis
tributed tickets for the annual din
ner, scheduled for April 30 at the
Cornhusker hotel. Fraternities
were asked to close their tables for
the dinner. Governor Cochran will
be speaker of the evening, and
Claude Wilson, alumni council
president will also be heard. Ray
Ramsay is to be toastmaster.
C. H. Freeark discussed, at the
beginning of the session, problems
relative to co-operative buying
among fraternities. The council
adopted a resolution to support the
student union building drive before
adjournment.
Music Student Gives Senior
Recital Wednesday at
Temple Theater.
Gertrude Chapman will present
her senior recital in the Temple
theater Wednesday afternoon at 4
o'clock as the twenty-fifth musical
convocation of the season. Miss
Chapman is a student with Carl
Frederic Steckelberg.
She will open her program witn
"Sonata for Piano and Violin, Op.
13," by Grieg, with "Lento Doio-rose-Allegro
Vivace," "Allegretto
Tranquillo," and "Allegro Anima
to Presto" movements. Offering
as her second selection "Concerto
in E Minor, Op. 64" by Mendels
sohn, with "Andante Allegretto
Non Troppo" and "Alegro Molto
Vivace" movements, ahe will play
also "Au Bord D Un Ruisseau" by
Boisdefire, and will conclude with
"Ave Maria" by Schubert-Wilhemj.
Wilgus Eberly will be at the piano.
MISS VERA BARGER
VISITS HERE SUA" DAY
Y.W. Representative to
Supervise Work in
Honolulu.
Miss Vera Barger, Y. W. C. A.
worker, will stop In Lincoln Sun
day on her way to Honolulu where
she will supervise Y. W. work. An
informal public reception will be
held for Miss Barger at the city
Y. W. C. A. from 3 until 5 o'clock
Sunday afternoon.
Miss Barger waa for several
years the Y. W. representative In
China, and was national secretary
for physical education. She waa
instrumental In organizing the
first physical education school In
China which waa located at Gingl
ing college, Nanking.
Blanche Carr to Present
Senior Dramatic Recital
Miss Blanche Carr of the depart
ment of speech will give her sen
ior recital at 7:30, W ednesday eve
ning April 24. in the Temple the
ater. Mias Carr will recite "The
Lake" by DuruUiy Kaftsisfham.
Owill be distributed to heads of all
organizations, who comprise a
npeclal committee of 100, Fischer
explained, for signatures of each
member cf their club. Additional
petition? will be circulated among
barb groups.
"The enmmituv has discarded
the idea of putting the union build
ing issue to a campus vote at the
spring elections," Charles Bursik,
secretary of the committee, said.
"We believe that we can reach
more students via the petition
method than v. 'therwise could.
We hope to sec ,rc signatures of
between S.wjO and 4.000 studentr in
support of our campaign, whereas
the most to vote in a spring elec
tion has seldom exceeded 2,000.
Members of the committee indi
cated that they have proceeded as
far as possible in their efforts to
obtain a rw loan until definite
instructions regc -ding the applica
tion and requirements are forth
coming from federal authorities.
"While we do not know exactly
what course we shall have to take
to secure a PWA loan, and while
the new PWA machinery is still
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Funeral Services for Edgar
E' oku; to Be Held at
vJumbus.
Edgar Backus, 25, graduate of
the university in 1930 and recently
with the bureau of investigation of
the department of justice, died
Saturday night from peritonitis at
Washington, D.
C, according to
word received
here. The son
of Mr. and Mrs.
A. H. Backus of
Columbus had
been ill only
two days.
While pursu
ing his studies
here, Backus
was also prom
inent in extra
Icurricular ac
tivities, having
been a manag
ing editor o r
2ourtM- Lincoln star.Tne pjaily Ne
braskan and business manager of
the Awgwan, campus humor pub
lication. During this time he was
connected with the Columbus
Telegram, of which his father is
business manager. He was a
member of Delta Upsilon social
fraternity and of Sigma Delta
Chi, national honorary journal
istic organization.
Backus is survived by his wife
to whom he was married but a
year ago, and a sister. His par
ents are in Washington.
Before entering Nebrasa uni
versity, this member of the
United States justice department
attended Nebraska Wesleyan
where he was a member of Delta
Phi Omega. He studied law here
at the university for one year and
was graduated from the University
of Michigan college of law in 1933.
After his graduation Backus was
appointed to the bureau of investi
gation. In the department's service on
the west coast for a short lime,
Backus was later transferred to
New York City. He was only re
cently called to Washington, where
he bandied all publicity for the
bureau.
According to the notice received
funeral services and burial will be
held at Columbus, probably Thurs
day. AT TUESDAY VESPERS
Senior Girls Who Have Been
Active Y.W. Members
Lead Service.
Speaking on her experiences In
Y. W. C A. work and what they
have meant to her. Bask Perkins
gave the main talk at the Tuesday
Vesper service, which was one of
the three last meetings of the year.
This service waa conducted and
planned by aenior girls who have
been active in Y. W. work during
their years In school. Marjorie
Smith gave the devotional and
Violet Vaughn led the special mu
sic assisted by the vesper chair.
Caroline Kile, cabinet member in
charge of vespers, urges all girls
to take advantage of the last two
csesUngs of the year.
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