he Daily
N EBRASKAN
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Official Student Newspaper of t he University of Nebraska
VOL. XXXV NO. 1 17.
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, MAY 11, 1936
PRICE 5 CENTS.
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Student Building Advocate
Demands Theater in
tampus Center.
Let's build a real Student
Union building that will meet the
needs as the center of activities
for all time to come, oc let's not
build one at all. To have a real
Union building, we must have a
theater.".
These forceful words were of
fered by Jack Fischer, past editor
of the Daily Nebraskan and one
of the leading advocaters of a
Student Union building on this
campus, at a meeting of the build
ing committee of the Student
Council attended by W. F. Wilson,
architect for the proposed build
ing. No Theater Planned.
"At present, the E-shaped build
ing submitted with the PWA ap
plication has no facilities for the
construction or the addition of a
theater," added Fischer. "Last
year, at the request of this com
mittee, Mr. Wilson drew up a set
of plans for an L-shaped building
which would allow for the addition
of a theater at any time which it
might be available."
Fischer commented on the size
of the ballrooms planned for the
E-shaped building, declaring that
they will not be large enough. He
also stated his belief that altho
the building should be built for
utility first, it snouia nave some
thing out of the ordinary as all
other Union buildings do.
Build in Units.
"If the building we want and
need cannot be built for $400,000.
let it be built in units," was
Fischer's closing remark. "If the
students will work and keep in
terest in the building alive, some
day they will have all the units
of the building complete and as a
result there will be a Student
Union building of which we can all
be justly proud."
In reply to Fischer's remarks,
(Continued on Page 4).
CLYDE WHITE ELECTED
PRESIDENT BLOCK AND
Animal Husbandry Group
Chooses 21 New
Members.
Twenty-one new members were
elected to the Block and Bridle,
honorary for men interested in
animal husbandry, by the old
members and sponsors of the or
ganization Wednesday. Clyde
White was elected president of the
group, Norman Weitkamp, vice
president, and Don Bauman, secretary-treasurer.
An average of 75 during the
entire university career is required
for membership, as well as 27
hours during the last school year
and 12 hours during the last se
mester. The new members are as
follows: Arthur J. Abbott, Thomas
D. Aitken. James M. Bunting,
David T. Carder, Loyal B. Cor
man. Theodore D. Doyle. Richard
A. Hansmire, Earl O. Heady. Earl
C. Hedlund, Wesley W. Lipp.
Albert H. Moseman. Phillip L.
Naviaux, Don O. Radenbaugh,
Bernard M. Reinmlller, Chris
topher H. Sanders, Lester W.
Schmadcke, Pnillip S. Sutton. Carl
A. Swanson, Chester I. Walters,
Lyndel Stout, and Gunn Elliott are
the others chosen.
YOUNG PEOPLE DINNER
Seniors Will Be Honored at
Program on Friday
Evening.
Alumnl-ycung people's banquet
honoring Baptist college seniors
will be held at the First Baptist
church at 6:15 Friday evening. Se
lected readings will be given by
Mrs. Nora J. Osborne and several
numbers will be played by a string
quartet composed of Margaret
Baker, Marjorie Smith, Eunice
Bingham and Mary Louise Baker.
"Treasure Island" will be the
theme of toasts to be given by
William Jacobs, representing the
sophomore class, who will speak
on "Finding the Map:" Jane Wal
cott, rophomore, "The Voyage;"
Clarence Summers, junior, "The
Island;" Lucille Todd, senior, "Ex
ploration," and Richard O. Wil
liams, alumni, "The Treasure."
Rev. Max BurKe will give the
grace, and Dr. C. H. Walcott, the
benediction. Herbert Cushing will
be toastmaster and the song lead
er will be Charley Putney.
Spring flowers will comprise
the decorations and the programs
will be in red and white with a
hip pictured on the outside cover.
The committee chairmen are
Mrs. Roscoe J. Abbott, food; Mrs.
Harold Dees, serving, and Mi s. J
D. E. Marcotte. decorations. I
Mrs. Albert S. Johnston is
president of the alumni associa
tion and Mrs. William Richardson
ta secretary,
HER
IGHTS
AL UNION
BEFORE COUNCI
JANE KEEFER POLLS
LARGEST VOTE EVER
1,371 Ballots Cast for
Senior Council Post.
Polling the largest number of
votes that any candidate has re
ceived in a competitive election in
the history of the school, Jane
Kcefer had a total of 1,374 votes
in the Student Council election
Tuesday. Her name was incor
rectly printed in Wednesday's is
sue of the Dally Nebraskan.,
STATES CONGDON
Registration Exceeds Last
Year; Students Advised
Choose Courses Soon.
As registration proceeds, faster
than at tnis time Inst year, but
slower than in February, the first
list of closed sections will be is
sued to instructors this morning,
Dr. A. R. Congdon, chairman of
the assignment committee, re
ported. There is a possibility that
ag college registration, expected to
close Wednesday, may remain open
today because of the last minute
rush.
"Beginning Thursday there will
be closed sections," Dr. Congdon
stated. "The longer the students
wait, the smaller the choice of
classes and instructors they 11
have." He expected between 2,500
and 3.000 students to register be
fore Saturday noon, the deadline
set for registration.
A re-registration fee of $3 will
be charged next fall to all students
who fail to submit their applica
tions this week. Fees will be paid,
in person or by mail, to the fi
nance secretary's office not later
than Sept. 3, 1936; otherwise a
late registration fee will be
charged. Each student will receive
a mailed statement of his fees be
fore Aug. 15, or if he does not, he
is requested to notify the regis
trar's office.
The customary proceedure is be
ing followed in registering. The
student will obtain his credit book
from the registrar with his iden
tification card. With the aid of liis
advisor he will then fill out an
application. When it has been ap
proved by the advisor, the form
will be left, together w'ith a state
ment of outside activities, with
the dean of the student's respec
tive college.
New students and those not in
school this semester will register
in the coliseum in the fall, begin
ning Sept. 15 and 16.
TWO SWISS PICTURES
Public May Attend Showing
Of Films at Former
Museum Tonight.
Two films of Switzerland,
"The Furka-Obcralp Railway"
and "Arona and Its Surroundings,"
will be shown Thursday morning
at 9 o'clock in Former Museum,
room 105. Dr. Wilhclm Van Royen,
assibtant professor of geography,
will present an explanatory dis
cussion as the films progress.
One picture shows scenes In and
around Arosa, winter sports cen
ter in the Alps. The second film
is a pictorial journey by rail along
the Bernese Oberland, from the
upper Rhone valley to the valley
of the upper Rhine.
The filniK, first nhown Tuesday
night, are loaned to the geography
department by the Swiss Federal
Railways. It is the plan of the
department to show one or two
iiuua ui luieiKD countries every i
ypar, according lo Dr. Van Royen.
The showing this morning is open
to the public.
CLOSED SECTIONS
BEGIN
THURSDAY
TO UNION FUND COM HIRUTOKS:
Mr. Irving Hill. I'lTsiilciil
Student Council
University of .lrns!ia
Lincoln, Xeluaska
Dear Mr. Hill:
Under chapter J. section o of the In-laws of The lioan!
of Regents of the University of Nebraska the finance secre
tary is custodian of "funds donated to the University which
are not required ly law to he depnsiled with (he State Treas
urer." the finance .secretary is under bond fixed ly The
Board of Ifetrents.
Contributions from student organizations if made pay
able to The Board of. Regents or to the finance secretary of
the University are subject to the control of Th Board of
Regents ami all the safe-guard that the Board has thrown
around University funds. The student body may rest as
sured that all money so contributed will be amply safe
guarded and devoted exclusively to the purpose for which
the contributions are made. All investments of funds under
the control of the Board must be made with the approval of
the Finance Committee of The Board of Regents.
When the University of Nebraska Foundation is incor
porated thjs June contributions for the Student Activities
Building may safely be made to this corporation under am
ple safe-guards as to principal and investments that will be
made in the articles of incorporation and by-laws of the
Foundation.
Very trulv vours.
II. II. FOSTER.
The Board of Regents.
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Nebraska Law School Group
To Promote Class
Friendship.
Formation of the Nebraska Law
School Students association, a self
perpetuating organization open to
all law students, was announceu
and outlined Wednesday by Bill
Deakins, president of the senior
law class ana acung neaa oi mc
new group.
Conceived by Dean Henry H.
Foster as an agency to promote
friendship among the law classes
and to Integrate law school activi
ties, a constitution was accepted
bv an assembly of the lawyers
some weeks ago, now complete ex
cept for adoption of by-laws and
election rules.
Club Room Provided.
A large room on the second floor
of the law building has been laiten
over by the association, redeco
rated, and furnished with uphol
stered metal furniture, purchased
with voluntary one dollar mem
bership dues. The rooms may be
used by any law student, whether
member of the association or not.
Activities will be confined to
such school activities as sponsor
ing the annual law school day,
management of club court trials,
and the law school banquet, ac
cording to Deakins. The associa
tion is governed by a board of di
rectors, composed of class presi
dents as ex-officio members, and
two representatives from each
class.
Directors this year are Bill
Deakins, senior president; Mere
dith Nelson and Harry West, sen
ior representatives. Junior presi
dent is Vernon Clemans; repre
sentatives are Jim Begley and
Palmer King. Freshman president
is Adrian Tollen; Bert Durkee and
Pliny Moody, representatives.
FEDERAL
TODAY REVIEW BOTH
R. 0. T. C. REGIMENTS
Battalions Form at 2:50;
Cadet Col. Cheney
To Command.
Fint cal
.2:50
Assembly 3
Bat. adj's call 3:05
Regt'l adj't call on signal
Both regiments of the R. O. T.
C. will be reviewed this afternoon
by Colonel Sutherland. Seventh
corps area, and Colonel McMas
ters, commanding officer of Fort
Crook, as a feature of the annual
federal inspection.
The first regiment will form on
the north half of the mall east of
Nebraska hall while the second
regiment will use the south half.
On the regimental adjutant's call
the regiment will form on the road
north of Memorial hall in a line
of battalions in close column of
companies, the second regiment to
the left of the first. Here they
will be reviewed by the inspecting
officers. Cadet Colonel Tom
Cheney will give the commands to
both regiments.
Col. W. H. Ouiy, commaiidunt
of cadets, stated that no informa
tion was available as to the show
ing made by the cadets when they
were examined in class yesterday
by the inspectors, but he believed
that they did well. He thought
that the review today would be
better than any to date. The R. O.
T. C. contingent has been rated as
an honor regiment every yenr since
1924 with the exception of 1926.
After the 'review the regiment.i
will move to the parade ground in
rear of the power house where the
companies will be inspected. Th-
first regiment will re on the sout'i
side of the field facinS .ihi whll !
the second regiment will face In
the same direction o;i the nor'.!i
aide of the field.
LAWYERS
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ASSOCIATION TO
UN FY STUDE
Delta Gamma, Farm House Win
Highest Scholastic Averages
Orchestra
The Little Symphony orchestra
of the university, which returned
late Saturday night, May 10, from
a four day concert tour of Ne
braska, will present a homecom
ing concert at 8 o'clock Sunday
night, May 17, at St. Paul's Ca
thedral in Lincoln, using the same
program which they gave during
their tour.
Raymond R. Reed, clarinet in
structor on the. School of Music
staff, will conduct the orchestra.
Soloists will be Mrs. Lenore Bur
kett Van Kirk, professor of voice,
and Carl Steckelberg, professor of
violin. The program includes the
overture to Mazart's "Marriage of
Figaro," Schubert's Symphony in
B minor, Mendelsshon's Concerto
in E minor, Sarasate's Zigeuner
weisen, and Glazounow's Baccanal
from "The Seasons."
Cover 600 Miles.'
On its tour the 22 r,ieee or
chestra traveled in a specially
chartered bus, covering 600 miles,
FRAT COUNCIL IN
SELECTED PREXY
Beta, Independent, Wins Post
While Greek Council
Politicos Squirm.
Raynor Riggs, a member of
Beta Thcta Pi. the fraternity
which is either independent or a
one-club faction, received 14 votes
against 13 for president of the
interfraternity council, but the
meeting adjourned with uncer
tainty reigning and the rest of
the officers unelected.
Greek council put up a candi
date for office and Beta, as an in
dependent faction, nominated a
man. Greek Council had 13 votes,
Progressives 13, and Beta 1. Pro
gressives backed the independent
party, the final vote being 14 to
13 for Riggs.
Say Beta Is not Faction.
Fireworks, which had been oc
curring frequently all thru the
meeting, increased instantly, with
Greek Councils on their feet in
sisting that Beta wasn't a faction.
According to tradition factions al
ternate with the presidency and
secretary post each year.
"It is very obviously our turn
to have the presidency," a Greek
Council leader declared. "As far
as there being a third faction, it
is impossible because a party has
to file with the student council be
fore it is a faction. No fraternity
or group of fraternities had done
this previous to the election."
Another meeting will be held
Tuesday, when the committee of
committees, to which the dispute
was referre'l, will make its re
port. By what the, Betas do and
by what the committee of commit
tees does the present political
mix-up will become clarified or
more mixed up.
TASSELS WILL HOLD
RUSH TEA SATURDAY
Pep GrOUO tO CIlOOSC NC'.V ,
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MCDCrS AflCT Ann'jal
Entertainment.
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ICew members will h- electeJ to!
i Ti'.s' els, girls pep organization, im
mediately after the rush tea, which
I will be held Saturday afternoon at
the Phi Mu howe.
I Margaret Phillippe, president of
Tassels, is In charge or me lea
: and the other officers Erma Bauer,
Martha Marrow and Betty Magee
, will assist the president, in gen
I eral charge of arrangements.
Each corority and barb group
! has submitted name of girls v.'ho
I wish to become members of the or
ganization. All of these girls have
been invited to attend the tea. and
: from tho number, girls will be
chosen to fill the vacancies in the
organization. ,
The tea wi'l be formal and is to
last from 2:30 until 4:30. Tas
sels will bring rusheea as their
guests and a formal Tassels meet
ing will be held immediately after
the tea.
Committee in charge of decora
tions, invitations and guests in
cludes Theodora Lohrman, There
sa Stava. Muriel Krasne, Jane
Holland, Betty Cherny and Gene
vieve Bennett.
BAPTIST STUDENTS
ENTERTAIN SENIORS
Senior Hi B. Y. group will be
the guests of the First Baptist
university group at their Sunday
meeting, May 17. The social nour
1 1 at,, v . w i . w . v. m,j - - - ,
program in charge of Miss Eve-
be at 6:30 followed by me
1 lynne reterson,
UPROAR AS RIGGS
to Give Concert Sunday
and presenting eleven concerts. It
was the orchestra's first concert
tour, but the affair promises to
be an annual one, according to
Mr. Charles Hoff, who managed
the group and made the trip pos
sible. Members of the little symphony
were enthusiastic concerning the
future of the group and the tour.
"The most surprising thing
about the trip was its smoothness
and lack of accident," Kunice
Bingham, a member of the or
chestra commented. "The nearest
that we came to misfortune was
when our bus almost ran over
a herd of cows in the road."
Play With Yoyos.
"Most of our time was spent
in riding from one town to an
other," said Margaret Baker, an
other member of the group. "The
first day out we sang in the bus,
but after that we slept or ate ice
cream cones. At every stopping
place we ordered ham sandwiches,
though we were given gorgeous
ENGINEER ALUMNI
OBTAIN POSITIONS
Edwards, Hilton Report
Work to University.
Two engineering alumni have
recently obtained jobs, according
to announcements received by
Dean O. J. Fergueson. Dick J.
Edwards '36, went to work Wed
nesday for the Empire Oil and Re
fining company at Okmulgee,
Okl. James T. Hilton, '33, is work
ing in the bituminous lab of the
university highway testing depart
ment. Two other alumni found time to
call on Dean Fergueson and their
old instructors during the week.
Guy G. Fowle, '17, is now with the
Hoover Co., at Kansas City, Mo.,
and Beverly Ingram, another
former student, is working for
Swift and Co., at Omaha .
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Names of Selected Girls to
Appear Tomorrow Says
Erma Bauer.
Installation of about 150 new
members ot the Coed Counselor
organization will take place on
next Sunday afternoon, May 17, at
3 o'clock in .he afternoon at the
Alpha Phi house, according to an
announcement made Wednesday
by Erma Bauer, chairman in
charge of arrangements. New
members of the organization, who
were recently elected by the Coed
Counselor board will be announced
Thursday.
Those who have been selected
to serve for the coming year as
Coed Counselors, were chosen from
lists of names submitted by the
various organized houses on the
campus, with equal representation
being given to both barbs and
members of Greek organizations
of the university.
Letters have already been sent
I out to those who will be installed
on Sunday afternoon, according to
i Marylu Peterson, Coed Counselor
board member, and board members
in charge of the ceremony are
completing preparations for the
fcrvice al the present time. Girls
participating in the installation
wremony are asked to wear white,
Miss Peterson stated,
Duties, which the newly elected
members will be expected to per
form during their next term of
office, will be largely Jn aiding
new freshman girls to become
oriented with university life. Dur
ing the first few weeks of the new
pchool term, Coed Counselors will
play an active part In helping
freshman girls to register, and to
become acquainted with the activi
ties on the Nebraska campus.
The first mass meeting for the
new members of the group will be
held on Thursday. May 21, ac
cording to Miss Peterson, at which
time instructions will be given to
each girl in order to acquaint them
with the Coed Counselor organiza
tion and the type of work which
they will do during the summer
months. In preparing for the wel
come of freshman girls matricu
lating in the university next fall.
SOUND FILMS FEATURE
ENGINEERS' MEET.
Design, Operation of
Disel Engine Basis i
Of Members' Study
Sound films featured last night's ,
meeting' of American Society of
Mechanical Engineers, as members ,
studied design and operation of i
the Diesel engine. Shown by rep
resentatives of the International i
Harvester Co., the picture placed
particular emphasis on the econ
omies which are affected by the
application of Diesel engines to
farm machinery. International
.... . . -
Harvester is a leading manu-
facturcr ot farm equipment.
COED COUNSE
INSTALL 1 50 NEW
MEMBERS SUNDAY
food at our hotels. Our last day
on the bus some of the boys with
us brought out tin flutes and oc-
harlnas funny instruments that
sound like turtle doves, very low
and cooing. We played with yo
yos, too."
Play To Packed Housei.
Almost all of the group were
deeply intrested in music and were
soloists in their own right, and
the majority planned musical ca
reers. All expressed delight ovor
the cooperation they had managed
to give each other in their con
cert. Their audiences in the day time
were mostly high school students
who acme back stage after the
program to ask about this music
summer school, and in the eve
nings they played to adults. One
afternoon concert, however, was
given before first and second grade
children. Without exception they
played to packed houses, and were
given excellent notices in the town
papers.
CORN COB HEAD;
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New Pepster Prexy to Take
Office at Opening of
Fall Term.
Web Mills, sophomore in the
college of arts and sciences, was
elected president of Corn Cobs
Wednesday evening in one of the
most hotly contested elections in
the history of the university pep
organization. Mills will take the
chair that has been held by Ted
Bradley during the past year, at
the opening of the fall term.
The election results are being
contested and will be referred to
the Judiciary committee of the
Student Council for arbitration.
The petition to the council bears
signatures, it is rumored, of 23
men.
Other officers who reaped the
spoils from the political battle
were: Austin Moritz, who will suc
ceed Roy Kennedy as vice-president;
James Ivans, secretary,
formerly occupied by Bill New
comer, and Earl Hondlund, treas
urer, who follows Robert Mutton
to the position.
Preceding the election of of
ficers the group discussed ques
tions of immediate importance to
the organization and initialed two
pledges: Edwin Gotschcr, Delta
Theta Phi, and James Little,
Lambda Chi Alpha.
OF BAND FRATERNITY
Gamma Lambda Elects Srb,
Spurlock Other New
Officers.
Gamma Lambda, band fraterni
ty, elected new officers at a regu
lar meeting last night. The new
officers are: President, Charles
Minnlch; Secretary, Adrian Srb;
and Treasurer, Lyman Spurlock.
Minnlch is also the recently elected
cadet captain of the band. Plans
for activities for the remainder of
this year and for next fall were
discussed at the meeting.
BAPTIST GROUP HOLDS
INSTALLATION.
Dr. Patterson Talks
At Ceremony on The
Church of Tomorrow
Installation service for members
of the university group at the
First Baptist church was held
Sunday evening with Miss Grace
Spacht, Baptist student secretary,
in charge of the ceremonies.
Those who comprise the new
cabinet are Jennie Niell, president;
Wayland Weyand. vice president:
Betty Reichenburg, secretary, and
Winifred Chamberlain, treasurer.
Committee Chairmen are Herbert
Jackson. Delmer Heel. Claiencc
Summers, Ruth Fauquet. Margaret
Olson and Lucille Schaber. pianist.
Dr. Charles Patterson spoke on
"The Church of Tomorrow." Par
ents of the students were invited
as special guests.
ILLS
NAMED
CL
ELECTION
Save Three Dollars!
University students register now
To wait until tcmorrow means:
To stand in long lines
To lose your desired classes
To pay, possibly, $3 late registration fee.
ADVISERS WELL SEE YOU NOW!
Top Fraternity Wins Cup fcr
Twelfth Consecutive
Semester.
Farm House, for the twelfth
consecutive semester ranked
at the top in the scholarship
averages of social fraternitio
for the first semester of this
year. Delta Gamma topped the
list of women's division of Greek
letter social organizations.
Mu Phi Epsilon, honorary and
professional music sorority re
ceived the highest average of any
organization on the campus with
an average grade point of 3.345.
They were closely followed by
Omicron Nu, honorary home ecc
nomics club for women. The Om
icorn Nu average was 3.344.
In determining the average
grade points by which the groups
are ranked, four grade points are
awarded for each hour carried
with a grade of ninety and above,
three points for each hour be
tween 80 and 89, two points for
each grade hour between 70 and
79, and one point for each grade
hour between 60 and 69. Zero
grade points are awarded for each
credit hour incomplete, one grade
point is subtracted for each credit
hour conditioned, and two grade
points are subtracted for each
credit hour failed or dropped in
unsatisfactory standing. To ob
tain the average for each group,
the total grade points are divided
by the total number of hours car
ried by the group.
The average of all students en
rolled In the university was com
puted as 2.273. Women's average
was much higher than that of the
students in general, and the sorori
ty women received a grade higher
than the non-affiliated women. The
sorority average was 2.562; the
women in general, 2.540; and that
of the non-sorority students, 2.526.
Just the opposite was the record
mude by the men. The non-fraternity
students received an aver
age grade point of 2.087; men at
large averaged 2.080. and tho or
ganized groups averaged 2.071.
Highest average made by any
truly social fraternity was that at
tained by Sigma Alpha Mu. Their
grade was 2.688 Beta Sigma Psi,
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WAR LOGICAL RESULT
OF TARIFF POLICIES
STATES DR. GiLMORE
Economics Instructor Talks
To Business, Professional
Girls' League.
"Imperialistic war in Ethiopia
and Manchuria, and perhaps soon
in eastern Europe, is a logical out
growth of the exaggerated pro
tective policies of recent years,"
said Dr. E. A. Gilmore, jr.. of the
Economics department of the Uni
versity of Nebraska in addressing
the Business and Professional
Girls league at the Y, W. C. A.
Wednesday evening.
"As a consequence of the ex
treme specialization of modern in
dustry no nation today possesses
within its own boundaries or those
of its colonies all of the raw ma
terials essential to self-sufficiency.
The so-called "sated" powers,
namely, England, France, the
United States, Russia, and the
Dutch Empire, are, however, very
much better off in this regard than
Germany, Italy, and Japan, the
chief "hungry" nations.
"Unless the growing popuations
of these latter countries are per
mitted to obtain by trade the ma
terials which they lack, it is in
evitable that they will attempt
to force to expand the areas under
their control. Rising tariff bar
riers n all parts of the world have
plnyed an Important part in clos
ing the avenues of peaceful trade
expansion to these countries, and,
in this process, the United States
must accept a large share of the
responsibility. Greater freedom of
world trade would materially les
sen the incentive to conquest and
at the same time would improv
the standards of all nations."
KOSMET TO ANNOUNCE
MEMBERS THURSDAY
Kosmet Klub will announce it
new members, who were chosen
Tuesday night at a special meet
in v ml Thursday. Mav 21. On
that day Initiation will be held,
following which will be elecuon ov
officers and a banquet.
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