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STATISTICS
REVEAL
It is estimated that about three
out of ten people who glance this
way keep on reading until the last
word is devoured.
Perhaps you might he Interested
as to how we got those statistics.
Confidentially, and just between
you and me and the well-informed
lamp post, we made those figures
up.
But you accepted them immedi
ately, didn't you- Come now, didn't
you? Granting that you did in
order to expedite matters, we can
now give you the dickens for be
lieving pretty near anything you
read.
Don't Believe Everything.
Statistics are Impressive
things to mention and nothing
quite clinches a point so much
as the quotation of statistics. A
speaker can pound the table sev
eral minutes and not be able to
drive one of his points home Im
pressively on the listeners' at
tention. The listeners spend their
time saying "so what" mentally
and crossing and uncrossing
their legs in as quiet a manner
as possible. But when the speak
er comes to that part where he
says, "Do you realize that nine
out of ten people don't do this
or that," the audience begins to
see what a terrible situation it
is that the speaker is describ
ing. Nine times out of ten, the
speaker fails to divulge the
source of his information but
that fact seems not to detract
from the impressive effect of the
statistics.
Statistics reveal How
many time has a persuasive ar
ticle begun in such fashion. And
how many times has it boon made
clear as to just how the statistics
were compiled. The very word sta
tistics seems to carry enough
weight to carry credence. It is
comparatively easy to use statis
tics to prove points, tho. once you
have learned the right way to
spell the word.
Take a certain well known
ad, for instance. Four out of
five have it. How do they know
that four out of five have B. 0.?
The U. S. bureau of statistics
certainly doesn't have an agent
going around the country check
ing up on perspiration and the
over activity of sweat glands.
This must be a guess, you de
cide, if you start thinking along
bur channel of thought. It is
a pretty good guess, tho, be
cause everybody sweats more
or less but 99 percent of the
people are rather careless. Here
again, however, we have an
anonymous statistic. Such sta
tistics might well be called
quasi-statistics, semi-statistics,
or convenient statistics.
Statistics are dangerous things
to play with. There is the well
known case where a woman be
lieved in statistics so implicitly
thru it affected her family life.
She read in an almanac thHt every
fifth child born was a Chinaman
so she only raised four children
refusing to have an Oriental in
the family. This was n very foolish
thing tn do, wasn't it? All she
had to do was skip the fifth and
utart with the sixth all over again
At A Careful Estimate.
There are many ways of stat
in statistics in a general sort
of way. You can say that it it
' estimated, it is figured, experts
calculate, statistics show, it hat
been shown, etc. Along about
the first two or three months
of new year, people get hungry
for statistics about activities
during the previous year. It is a
miracle how many statistics
about the previous year appear
in the month of January. Ad
vertising which wat prepared a
month in advance containet fig
ures and impressive statistics
about the whole year. It would
teem that the main purpose of
having people live and do things
It to compile statistics about
them.
The next time you tee a sta
tistic, see If you can find out
who found it, or made It. We
betch four out of five, or nine
betcha four out of five, or nine
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University Offers Course
for State Peace Officers
Dr. Reinhardt Will Direct
Short Program During
June 13 to 17.
Peace officers of the slate will
havo the opportunity of enrolling
in a short course In law enforce
ment to bo offered by the univer
sity during the week of June 13
to, 17 Inclusive. The course will be
In charge of Dr. James M. Rein
riurdt, professor of sociology and
criminology, and Is tho first of
its kind to bo offered here.
Instituted in response to many
requests made by stato law en
forcement officers, the course will
carry no registration or class fee.
However, all state highway pa
trolmen, sheriffs, and others art
asked to send in an advance no
tice of their registration to Dr.
Relnhsrdt's office. Arranged thru
the co-operation of the Federal
Bureau of Investigation, the Ne
braska State Sheriffs association,
and the various state police de
partments, the course will offer
complete Instruction, Including Ice
turn by experts In the field as
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VOL. XXXVII, NO. 118.
GIVES FIFTH CBS
Choral Group Returns to Air
at 2:45 to Continue
Lenten Series.
Fifth in a series of six broad
casts will be presented over the
national network of the Columbia
Broadcasting system by the Lin
coln Cathedral choir this afternoon
at 2:45 o'clock. The choir, com
posed of more than 60 voices un
der tho direction of John M. Ros
borough, will take over the micro
phone for the next to last time
in their Lenten programs in the
studios of KFAB.
Title of the fifth broadcast is
"Naomi's Prayer of Thanksgiving"
and like the other Lenten radio
programs of the group It will be
typical of the choir's Ideal the
building of a Cathedral where all
creeds and nationalities shall feel
free to gather and worship as they
please. Each broadcast portrays a
phase in youth's pilgrimage toward
the realization of that ideal.
The titles of the other broad
casts have been: "Youth Begins
His Pilgrimage," "Ruth's Renun
ciation." "Ruth Gleans in the
Field." and "Ruth's Song of Hap
plness." The sixth and last of the
Lenten programs of the choir will
be titled "Youth Sings His Song
of Resurrection."
Tho lines to these broadcases
were written by Mrs. Edward A,
Gehrke of Lincoln. Announcing the
program is Bob Moon, university
sophomore and staff announcer at
KFAB.
FLYING CADET ASPIRANTS
TO TAKE PHYSICAL EXAMS
Randolph Field Men Conduct
Tests Here Friday,
Saturday.
Physical examinations will be
given all day Friday and Satur
day by the hoard of medical offi
cers from Randolph Field. Tex.,
for all flying cadet aspirants.
This examination will be physi
cal only, no mental test to be
given. The only requirement for
applicants is to have at least two
yeara of college training.
A large number of men are
expected to take the examination.
A few from out of town will
come to Lincoln for it. Cadets
eligible will go to Randolph Field,
July 1. This will not interfere in
anv wav with graduation. Their
salarv will be $7.1 a month, with
uniform and board and room provided.
CATHEDRAL CHOIR
PROGRAM TODAY
PHARMACY BOARDS ADVOCATE
NEW TKETII FOR STATE EXAMS
Dean Lyman Urges Practical
Tests of Grads' Ability
to Dispense Drugs.
The growing feeling of dissatis
faction with the type of examina
tion given now to pharmacy col
lege graduates who are seeking
state certification was expressed
again in tangible form at the re
cent convention of tho Fifth dis
trict of the National Association
of Boards of Pharmacy and Col
leges of Pharmacy held In Dcs
Moines Sunday and Monday.
Dr. Rufus A. Lyman, dean of
the college of pharmacy, returned
Tuesday from the meeting where
it was decided that the pharma
cists In each state comprising the
Fifth district should study their
local problems and be ahle to make
recommendations for a more prac
tical type of state board exami
nation at the next year's annual
convention to be held In Nebraska.
To Test Practical Ability.
At the present time, says Dean
Lyman, the state board examina
tion is nothing more than a rcpl
titlim of the test given each grad
uating pharmacist. What the dean
proposes I a type of examination
which will be so practical that It
well as demonstrations. Member
of the university faculty will offer
supplementary material in addition
to the program contributed hy spe
cial law enforcing experts from
the state and national govern
ments. Lectures and Demonstrations.
Lectures und demonstrations
will deal with criminal law, lutest
techniques und methods of Investi
gations, reporting, apprehension of
criminals, problems of modern
traffic, the psychology of testi
mony anil of criminal behavior,
tho problems of evidence, and
allied subjects. Tho Federal Bu
reau of Investigation has assured
university authorities the services
of several of their experts, while
outstanding Judges In Nebraska
courts, attorneys, specially quali
fied local and state police officers
and sheriffs, and Dr. Reinhardt
himself will take on active part
during the course.
Registration will begin at 8
a. m., Monday, June 13, In Social
Sciences hall. Those from over the
state who expect to attend are
ssked to communicate with Dr.
Reinhardt before this date. Clsss
ei will continue thruout each day.
Official
Pioneer Alumnus Dies
in Yakima, Washington
Lincoln Journal.
ROBERTSON.
COL. W. W,
Word received from North Yak
ima, Wash., states that Col. VV. W.
Robertson, Nebraska graduate of
more than 50 years ago, and ve!l
known newspaper publisher of the
northwest, died of pneumonia, on
March 30. Mr. Robertson had been
a resident of the northwest since
1889, shortly after his graduation
from Nebraska. While in L'.nocin,
Robertson was connected with the
Hesparian, old time student publi
cation. Teachers' College Faculty
Member Will Teach
Social Studies.
Miss Norma Gillett, member of
the faculty of teachers' college,
has been chosen by the University
of Wisconsin to conduct two edu
cation courses there during the
1938 summer session. The Ne
braska instructor will be among
30 visiting faculty members who
will offer special classes at Wis
consin during the summer months.
Virtually all of the more than
500 courses of study offered in
1938 summer school, including
those to be taught by Miss Gillett,
are of academic grade and carry
credit toward all degrees regu
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Lincoln JcniriinU
DEAN R. A. LYMAN.
will thoroly teHt the ability of the
student to apply what he has
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RALPH OLSON CHOSEN
FOR STUDY IN FRANCE
Field Service Fellowship
Covers All Expenses
Incurred Abroad.
Ralph K. Olson who took his
degree of Master of Arts In geng
rsphy here last year has been
appointed as one of the four
American field service fellows to
study in France next year.
Mr. O'fon began his specializa
tion In political geography here
and is continuing Ins study ut
('lurk university, Worccntcr, Mass.
There he holds a university fellow
ship. Me plans to continue this line
of study with some of the well
known scholars at French uni
versities. These fellowships rarry
a stipend ample to pay all ex
penses Including thn traveling ex
penses to and from France. This
Is one. of the most desirable fel
lowships avalluble to American
students and li not limited to any
particular type of study but Is
open to all g.-aduates.
CAMPUS STUDIO
Friday, April 8, 1938.
12:0O I n tar fraternity Ball
committee.
12: 10 Cheerleaders.
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'AILY WEBRASKAN
Student Newspaper
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA,
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Board Attracts Campus Eye
With Ozarkian Dance
This Evening.
"Leave your best gowns to home,
put on your shoes just for one
night and quit your feudin and
come," advises the Junior Fair
board which is sponsoring a hill
billy mixer in anticipation of the
Farmers Fair, tonight in the Ac
tivities building on ag campus.
Before the annual Farmer's Fair
it is the custom for the ag campus
to hold a series of rallies and mix
ers that will arouse university-
wide interest and enthusiasm for
the big spring event scheduled for
the week of May 7. This will be
the first mixer sponsored by the
board, and because of the success
of the masquerade mixer held las,t
year at the same time, the com
mittee has planned another one.
Called the "Dog I'atch Hoe
Down," the mixer takes its theme
from the Kentucky mountaineers
and Boh Burnish accents, tattered
straw hats, and corncob pipes.
Ozarkian atmosphere will prevail
thru the evening and altho it is
not essential for students to come
attired hillbilly fashion, the Junior
Board believes that those who do
so will have that much more fun.
Decorations, in the form of
scarecrows and logs, will carry out
the Ozarkian theme. Russ Gibson
and his orchestra who will furnish
music for the dancing will be
dressed in mountaineer costume
along with the rest.
Trices arc set at a new low for
mixers, with 20 cents, charged for
coeds and 30 cents for men.
The Junior Board, which will be
in charge of the mixers, is com
posed or Marian Hoppnt, rnyui.'i
Chamberlain, Eric Thor. Ray
Cruse, Gromer Jones, and Ruth
anna Russell.
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Block, Bridle Club Sponsors
Competition in Senior,
Junior Divisions.
Block and Bridle' club's annual
student judging contest will be
held tomorrow afternoon at ag
college, with participants divided
into junior and senior groups.
Open to all students, in ag col
lege, competition is divided ior
entrants who have had experience
in judging and have taken course
A.H. Ill and tnoso wno nave nm.
Judging of contestants will be
done in the morning and reasons
for judgments will be given in the
afternoon. Junior participants will
enter written reasons, while senior
contestants will submit oral
entries.
Winner in the senior group will
be awarded a cup by Block and
Bridle club, with his name en
graved upon the plaque in Animal
Husbandry building. The three
highest scorers in the entire con
test in both divisions will receive
medals and the top ranking indi
viduals in different classes will be
awarrled ribbons
All awards will be made at the
regular meeting of Block and
Bridle club next week. General
chairman In charge of the contest
is Loyal Corman.
LIBRARHDDHHOLUMES
Books Include Writings of
Chase, Spargo, Sykes.
New books recently added to
the library are the following:
"History of the Conflict Be
tween Religion uinl Silence," by
John W. Draper.
"Parzlval und der Oral," by
Wolfgang Colt her.
"Man and the Glacial Period,"
by George Wright.
"Decline of Chivalry," hy Ray
mond L. Kilgour.
"Chain Store Problem," by
Theodore N. Beckman.
"Law and Social Work, by John
S. Bradway.
"How to Combat Anti-Semitism
In America," the six prize win
ning essays In the contest coi -ducted
by Opinion a Journsl of
Life and Letters.
"Personality and the Cultural
Pattern," by Jnmes S. Plant.
"Folklore of Capitalism," hy
Thuriwin W. Arnold.
"Trade In the Knstern Seas,"
by C. N. Parkinson.
"Is Violence the Way Out of
Our Industrial Disputes?" by John
11. Holmes.
"Hundbook of Broadcasting," by
Wuldo Abbot,
"People and Government," by
Uurdette H. Brown.
"F.xtrs - Currlcular Activities,"
by Charles T. Allen.
"Poems," by Slcphuno Mal
larme. "The Colorado Delta," by God
frey Sykes.
"Hannah More," by Mrs. Mary
V. Terhune.
"Robert Dodsley," by Ralph
Straus.
"Efcsays on Books," by Arthur
Clutton-Brock.
"William Caxton and Hia Work,
by George P. Wlnshlp.
"John Donne and the New Phil
osophy," by Charles M. Coffin.
"New Book of Martyrs," by
ueorges uunamci.
FIRS
FARMERS
FAIR MIXER HELD
ASOLDHOEDOWN
ANNUAL JUDGING MEET
of the University of
FRIDAY. APRIL 8, 1938
R.B.HenryNamedHead
of Religious Welfare
Council for New Year
Coeds Want Wedding Rings.
Not Sheepskins, Men Claim
Girls Come to College to Get
Husbands, Nebraskan
Survey Reveals.
By Barbara Rosewater.
Why do coeds go to college?
Faced with this question in a
Daily Nebraskan poll yesterday, 35
representative men on the campus
answered unanimously: "To marry
us."
Altho all the boys interviewed
conceded that the desire for an ed
ucation, vocational training, or a
good time probably played a part
in bringing Nebraska's more than
3,000 coeds to the university, the
boys insisted that marriage was
the chief motive.
"Fifty percent of the women
down to get a husband," stated
Adna Dobson, Huskcr guard, "and
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Members Ride at Discount
as Soon as Weather
Will Permit.
T'niversity women interested in
horseback riding will be given a
chance to ride at a reduced rate
under the sponsorship of the W.
A. A. riding club, according to
Marian Kidd. head of the club.
More than 40 members took ac
tive part in the club's activities in
fall and it is expected that even
more will be interested for the
spring term. Riding will start as
soon as weather permits at the
Shrieve stables.
All members of the club will be
permitted to purchase a $5 riding
ticket and will he given ten rides
for the ticket. Usually riding rates
are 75 cents an hour but the vv.
A. A. has secured a discount for
all club members. Along with the
regular ticket, professional in
struction will be given to all de
siring it. The tickets will be good
until next Oct. 1 If not previously
used up.
It is the plan of the club to
ride in a body three times a week.
Members may come to all or any
of the group rides until their tick
ets are used up. Special transpor
tation will be arranged for mem
bers, also.
As an aim toward which to
worK outstanding members of the
club will be chosen to take part
in the annual Farmers Fair horse
show, May 7.
All women whether or not they
were members in the fall are in
vited to b.dong to the club. No
previous riding skill is required.
For purpose of organization Miss
Kidd will call a meeting for in
terested members in the near fu
ture. FOR LI
Prospective Golfers Report
Monday; Face Tough
Loop Season.
Prospective members of the Ne
braska golf team Will meet this
Monday at 12:110 in the N club
rooms to talk over the golf sched
ule with Conch Biff Jones and the
golf coach. Kd Newkirk of the
Lincoln country club.
Thn discussion will settle the
means of choosing tho four mem
bers of the team and the alternate,
and will set the date for tho first
tryout which will come sometime
next week.
Having lost Whitie Reed, Gene
Zuspann and Jerry Hunt from last
years Big Six championship
squad, Nebraska will have to build
a new team around Gordon Mcln-
tire, the team's lone veteran who
was Big Six Individual champion
Inst year. The first meet will
come April 22 when Nebraska
plays Kansas State.
Prospective members who are
all out to participate in the Big
Six 36 hole tournament which Is
held at Nebraska lute In May are:
Bill Mowbray, Allen Stoehr, Eldon
Mcllravy, Dunne Green, Sam
Schwartzkopf, Eddy Geoige and
Boh Mills. Beside these men who
have all had considerable experi
ence, others are expected to report
Monday.
BAKBOUK SHOWS
SLOW UECOVEKY
FROM SICKNESS
According to a report issued
yesterday by Dr. C. K. Elliott, Dr,
E. H. Barbour, museum head, is
recuperating from his serious ill
ness of the last few months, and Is
showing slow progress. The physl
clan slid that Dr. Barbour is still
In thit hoanltal anH will nrohnhlv
I remain there for aome time.
Nebraska
the other f)0 percent come down
to learn how." According to Ben
Gund, Chi Phi prexy, girls go to
college because college is the best
place to find a number of men
with good business prospects, and
an education is the best way of
landing them.
Candy-Passing Goal.
Explaining his reason for saying j
that coeds come to Lincoln to get
a wedding ring, Bob Ramey, A.
T. O. gridder, pointed to the ac-'
tions of sororities when an engage
ment is announced. "Whenever
there is a candy passing at one of!
the houses, the girls just about go I
crazy," Ramey declared. "This!
would tend to show that marriage
is the primary purpose for which
the girls are here."
"College at Nebraska is such 8
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Modernized German Chosen
as Linguistic Vehicle
for Performance.
"F.I Jaruiom," a grand opera In
two acts, will be presented by the
seniors of Paliadian Literary so
ciety, at their hall this evening at
9 o'clock.
This opera is traditionally given
every four years by the departing
seniors, and this time is to be pre
sented in German, yet so prepared
that even those unfamiliar with
the language will find it fine en
tertainment. The libretto was writ
ten by George Aide, the famous
humorist, back in 1890. Overture
will be played by the special Pa!
ladian orchestra and everything
will be in formal fashion, even to
having a head usher.
The lyric baritone lead of Graf
Bergschlucht von der Hecken will
be sung by Glenn Hedges, mem
ner of the society, while the color
atura soprano, originally sung by
Ahelherde Lorken, will be taken
by Adelaide Laux. In this opera,
the title role once dramatized by
Herzog Wilhclni Rohrig, will be
taken by Will Reedy, dramatic
tenor, while Dora Risrhnesch will
have charge of the ballerina and
ballet chorus of four couples.
The guest conductor is that
grand old German. Heir Viktor
Sehmehr, recently from the old
country, while Fraulein Johannlein
Osgchorn is the concert meister.
Beatrice Kklilad. Pullttdian pro
gram chairman, states that this
should be the most outstanding
program of the yeiir and says that
all unaffiliated university students
are welcome to attend.
T.C.H.S. MUSIC STUDENTS
GIVE OPERETTA SATURDAY
'Chimes of Normandy' Turns
Stage of Temple Into
Village Setting.
Comedy, mystery and love set
In a lomantlc seventeenth century
Norman village will he presented
in music tomorrow evening in the
Temple theater hy students of
Teachers college hiIi school.
Under the direction of Mrs.
Harriett Piatt, the lively nuisic
and charming lyrics of the oper
etta "Chimes of Normandy." bv
Robert TIllTiqilctte, will be sung
by .lie students us they attend u
great annual fair in the old fash
ioned village.
Ivcrson Prods
Joes Through Dance Paces
Nebraska Alumnjs Directs
Fourth Kosmct Klub
Production.
No busier man could be found In
Lincoln these days than Joe Ivcr
son, who Is now in the midst of
directing the Kosmct Klub's Ifl.'lS
spring production, "Hades' Uulics."
Altho he has directed three pre
vious Klub shows, "Kiss Columbo,"
"Southern Exposure," ami last
year's "Bar-O Ranch." for the first
time this spring Mr. Ivcrson is di
recting not only the action of tin
show but also the dance numbers
of the pony chorus. And if yoii
think It is any cinch tutoring K
blundering Joe Colleges thru dain
ty stefi-klck-glide-kick routines,
it's because you've never tried do
ing it.
Not without considerable expe
rience in matters of showmanship
Is Mr. Iverson. After attending the
University of Nebraska for three
years beginning in 1919, he ob
tained a pos'tlon with the Joe
Bren Production company working
out of Chicago, In those days there
was a great national demand for
home talent amateur shows, and It
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Group to Invite Prominent
Christians for Next
Year's Programs.
Under the sponsorship of tho
Council of Religious Welfare, a
dozen of the world's most eminent
scholars and Christian leaders will
come to Nebraska campus next
irAitimzgimimvi veal- to fidrlress
ine j-iuaenr. au
diences. Among
the group of
the distinguish
ed men will be
Dr. E. Stanley
Jones, Dr. T. Z.
Koo, noted Chi-
j nesc engineer.
Dr. Bryan
Green of the
A n g e 1 i c a n
church of Lon
don, Dr. Wil
liam K. Hock
ing of Harvard,
and Bishop Ox
nam of Omaha.
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h. B. Ilpnry.
At a noon meeting Thursday at
the University Episcopal church
the council voted unanimously to
invite the mission group to come
to Lincoln at the time of the uni
versity's annual Religious Empha
sis week next winter.
The council also held its annual
election of officers. R. B. Henry
was named as president to suc
ceed C. D. Hayes; Dr. J. H. Ennis
was chosen vice president, and
Miss Ellen Lcwellen was elected as
secretary-treasurer. Members of
the committee on survey and study
are Robert Drew, Dr. O. H. Wer
ner and Gilbert Savery.
The mission project had been
previously discussed at the March
meeting of the council when Dr.
Jesse M. Bader, executive secre
tary of the department of evange
lism of the Federal Council of
Churches and the national direc
tor of the University Christian
mission, introduced the idea.
Dr. Bader pointed out that the
council was not bringing a lecture
course and that tho the emphasis
would be distinctly on religion tho
men in different fields of work
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Omicron Nu, Phi Epsilon
Omicron Recognize
Ranking Coeds.
Home economic students with
scholastic averages of 80 or above
will be honored at a tea Sunday
from 2 to 5 p. m. sponsored by
Phi Epsilon Omicron and Omicron
Nu. honorary home ec societies.
New members of both organiza
tions will be announced at the
meeting which will be held in the
home economics parlors.
In the receiving line will be Miss
department; Dr. Ruth Staples,
Margaret Fedde, chairman of the
faculty adviser for Omicron Nu;
and the two presidents of the or
ganizations, Eula Wintermote
and Rachel Peterson.
tiik vi:atjii;k
In scanning the ler.gers for tomf
sort of a weather record that could
he cited in this column in refer
ence to the current April ice. we
met a blind alley. The weatherman
merely facetiously intervened by
saying, "This lncicmancy is not so
phenomenal fop this time of year.
The mere fact that it was preceded
by a preview of spring marie it
more noticeable. However, 1 might
say that if this weather continues
until May r, you students will
have a cold hy 1 lay."
For tomorrow and seveial days
lance, the moguls, capable of
translating the elements, (orecasts
nu ire. sleet, more ice, mof chills,
and mole of this "white spot'' in
reality.
Lumbering
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Unmin Journal.
IVERSON.
JOE
'ill
was Mr. Iverson's job to travel
about from town to town and pro
duce such shows.
There were 17 such directors
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