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EBRASKAN
Official Student Newspaper of the University of Nebraska
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VOL. XXXIII. NO. 73
LINCOLN, NKKRASKA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 13, 1939
FIVE "CENTS
Twelve Coeds
Vie For YW
Posts Today
Identification Cards
Must Be Presented
By Voters at Polls
Campus women go to the polls
today to elect officers to govern
Y.W.C.A. activities for the com
ing semester.
Vieing for the president's post
in the elections are Mary Ellen
Osborn and Priscilla W icks. Selma
Hill and Maxine Lake are run
ning for the vice-pesidency; Irene
Hollenbeck and Ellajo Marshall,
for secretary; Ann Hustead and
Jane Shaw, for treasurer. On the
Ag Campus Helen Kilner and
Eleanor Scow are the nominees for
president, and Doris DeLong and
Pat MacMahon for vice-president.
80 Average Necessary.
The candidates according to the
( by-lawa of the Y.W.C.A. must have
a scholastic average of at least
80, must have participated actively
in work of the organization dur
ing the preceding year, and must
have at least a second semester
sophomore standing. They are se
lected for their executive ability,
convictions, mature religious ap
preciation, high ideals, for service,
and a sincere friendly and demo
cratic attitude, attendance at
Vespers and regional conferences.
The only requirement for voting
Is that the woman voter has paid
up her 1938 contribution pledge or
Y.W. membership fee. Payment
may be made any time until 5:00
today to Miss Esther Ostlund.
Tolls will be open from 9 to 5
p. m. today in Ellen Smith. Identi
fication cards must be presented to
secure a ballot. Ag students are
requested to vote there if possible.
Concerns Seek
Bizad Applicants
Secretarial Training,
Salesmanship Asked
Representatives of two con
cerns will be here today to Inter
View seniors of the college of busi
ness administration.
Mr. C. Holmes, director of per
sonnel for the Moorman Manu
facturing company of Quincy, 111.,
nd Mr. Monson, representative of
the Standard Oil of Indiana, are
here to meet young men Interested
in accounting or sales work. Those
trained for secretarial and general
office work are also invited to
meet these nien.
Haun Orchestra Plays
For Union Dance Tonight
Dave Haun's orchestra and Bon
nie Parson's voice will provide
music for dancers tonight in the
Union ballroom. Admission Is 23c
per person.
The dance is under the sponsor
ship of the Student Union and
constitutes Miss Parson's third
appearance there. She appeared
once before at a similar function
with Dave Haun and once at a
Sunday night "laugh session."
CORNMUSKtH OfPlCt
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Identification Cards,
Pictures Required
Students must present both
identification cards and pic
tures when paying fees to com
plete registration. Fees must be
paid In Memorial hall between
Jan. 20 to 26, Inclusive. Stu
dents who have lost their cards
or pictures should consult the
registrar's office for advice be
fore the 2Cth.
NU Religious
Group Plans
1939 Work
Council Outlines New
Calendar, Schedules
Talk by 'Dad' Elliot
Plans for the coming semester
tools the center of the stage yes
terday as the Religious Weiare
Council held its first meetin;; of
the new year. Plans for monthly
vespers, for a special religious
emphasis week, report of the sur
vey committee and a speech by
Calvin Rollins outlining the need
for funds in China pointed the di
rection of the council's program
of the second semester.
Louis Anderson gave a report of
his trip to Buffalo, N. Y., to give
his impression of Religion and Life
week to the National Federation
of Churches which sponsored the
week thruout the nation.
"Dad" Elliot to Come.
C. D. Hayes. Y. M. C. A. sec
retary, received approval from tho
council to continue plans which
will bring "Dad" Elliot, former
Y. M. C. A. leader, who is well
known thruout the nation and who
has recently completed a world
tour studying countries in which
the state and church are in con
flict. "Dnd" will speak on inter
national relations and the con
flict between church and state.
The week will end in a world
friendship banquet Friday evening.
The Post-Madras conference in
Lincoln March 9 and 10. C. D.
Hayes revealed, will bring three
outstanding foreigners to Lincoln
and an attempt will be made to se
cure one or more of them to speak
to the regular meeting of the Re
ligious Welfare Council, March 9,
and conduct a fomm afterward.
Dr. Hachiro Yuasa. former pres
ident of Doshi.sha university in Ja
pan, MI'S Nina Soga, native of
the Bantu race In South Africa,
and Dr. Rajah Bhushanum Man I
kam, P.H.D. from Columbia, au
thor, lecturer, editor, secretary of
the National Christian Council in
India and secretary of the Federal
Federation of Evangelical Luther'
an Churces of India, are the three
delegates to the Dicentennlal In
ternational Missionary conference
who are touring the United States
and will be in Lincoln.
New Vesper Series.
Renortln? nrfiiresd in the nuer
Seated monthly vespers, Selma
See RELIGION on page 2.
VersatileCritic North Speaks
Monday on Books, Authors
Variety Adds Spice
To Literoteur's Life
Students attending the convo
cation, Monday morning, will not
Just hear a certain Sterling North
who speaks on books and authors.
They will hear a novelist, a
critic, and a poet, who, at the age
of 32 years, is the author of nine
books, published both here and
abroad, and who. for the pint five
years, has been literary editor of
the Chicago Dally News.
North was born on the shores
of Ijike Koslikonog in southern
Wisconsin, scene Of his two best
novels, "Plowing on Sunday" and
"Night Outlast the Whip-poor-will."
He was educated at the Univer
sity. of Chicago where he edited
the campus literary magazine and
sold his poetry to such eastern
magszlnes as The Nation, the
Dial, and Harpers.
He married his childhood sweet
97 Sections
Closed To
Registrants
Dr. Congdon Reports
Registration Total
Higher Than Last Year
With a steady line of registrants
being taken care of for the last
four days, the rush of registration
was almost completed last night,
lccoiding to a statement made by
Dr. A. R. Congdon, chairman of
the assignment committee. The
number of students who have com
pleted their registrations at this
time is greater than the number
for the same period last year.
The following is a copy of the
revised list of closed sections sent
to all advisors this morning. Sub
jects In Ag and Engineering col
leges are not included.
Rartrrliilniy IOI, A, H.
Hhilnty 1, II, .
Hulni' Oriinnliathia I, 1, II, III,
VII. VIII. X, A, K. Q.
Ittlnlne Organization 21, f, II,
Hu.lnro, Ontiinlialinn Ifil, II.
HnvlnrAi OricnniiuMlon 112, II.
4'lirnilfttry 2, C.
W-nil.tr 4, A. II. K.
hrmlatry 31, A, ('.
i 'ommnrlill Art 27, I.
( mmwrriul Aria 127, I, II, III.
nmmrrrlnl ArU Its, I, II.
Kronomlc. 12, III, V, VI. VII,
VIII, IX
Muratlim 30, C.
Kturall.a 31, IV.
.Uo alien 63. IV, V.
Knlh 2. Ill, V, VII, VIII, .XV.
Knill.h It, I. II, III, IV.
Knell.h 22, III, IV, VI.
(iixiicrupliy 62, A, B, , E.
Onxraphy 72, I, II, III, B, C, D,
E, (i. II. I, i, K.
lrrniaa 3, II.
Crm.n 4, I, V.
MuhrniMlu t, U II, V.
See REGISTRATION on page 2.
Union Series
Brings Durant
Author to Discuss
'Problem of Marriage'
Speaking on the "Problem of
Marriage," Will Durant, author,
philosopher and publicist, appears
on the Union Celebrity series
when he addresses the students
of the university Sunday at 4
o'clock In the Union ballroom.
Outlining the present day situa
tion of marital discontent. Durant
will go back and trace the devel
opment of marriage from primi
tive days showing its evolution
from polygamy to monogamy.
Works in Book Nook.
Several of the more popular of
Durant's works have been brought
from the library and placed in the
Union "Book Nook" where they
will be more accessible to stu
dents. Some of these are his
"Story of Civilization," his "Tran
sition" and his "Mansions of Phil
osophy." A former Journalist, Durant Is
known as one of the country's
most popular speakers. He has
been accepted as an authority on
the world's leading social prob
See DURANT on page 2.
heart, when they were 20. At the
age of 22 their first child was born
on the day North's first book.
"The Pedro Gorino." was pub
lished. Meanwhile, he was making his
way through school spraying paint
on Fisher bodies, truck garden
ing, clerking behind a cigar coun
ter, keeping books fur a big sani
tarium, and free lance writing.
Versatile Reporter.
Nine years ago he joined the
staff of the Daily News as a cub
rejKirter. He has covered every
sort of assignment from gang
slayings tn golden weddings, and
from night police to getting cats
out of trees and dogs out of man
holes. He has numerous personal an
ecdotes to tell on Alexander Wooll
cott, Gertrude Stein, John Gals
worthy, Carl Sandburg. II. G.
Wells, Sackvllle West, and many
See LITERATFUR on page 2.
Carroll To Pick
Six Cornhusker
eauiy
Radio Class
Dramatizes
Discovery
Disproval of Scientific
Theory by Spallenzani
Features Play Today
Dramatization of how Spallen
zani disproved the thory of spon
taneous generation will be pre
sented by Professor Dlers' radio
class over KFOR this afternoon
at 4:00 o'clock.
This drama will be the second
in a series dealing with epochal
discoveries of the past. The weekly
dramatizations to follow will por
tray the discovery of radium and
aluminum and the development of
the process of vulcanizing rubber
and similar material.
The student program, though
beginning late in the semester,
will continue without interruption
through the examination period
and into the second semester.
Students taking part in the
broadcast are: Majorie Bannister,
Raymond Brown, Donald Meier,
Larue Sorrell, and Dcon Axthelm.
Police Find
Boy Thieves
First Name of Youth
Aids in Detection
Police cleared up Wednesday's
sorority house thefts by taking
into custody two youthful maga
zine solicitors on the clue furnish
ed by a Delta Gamma who inter
rupted the boys at "work" In the
DG house.
Margaret Krause, arriving home
a little late for supper, heard
footsteps down the back stairs and
heard a boy's voice shout "Com
on Bob, let's get out of here!"
After this was reported, Officer
McGee of the university police
checked with the news agency and
found only one person with that
first name listed there.
Money Recovered.
A cruiser was dispatched to the
address given at the agency and
two boys, aged 13 and 14, were
picked up and confessed to the
thefts from both the Delta Gamma
and Kappa Delta houses.
When the boys were arrested
one had Js 40 on his person and
the other $0.75. In addition to the
Wednesday night thefts, the boys
admitted taking 12 from 1545 S
one night last week.
Among the boys' possessions
were small articles from Western
Auto Supply, Kudge and Guenzels,
Krcs:;e's. und Scars and Roebuck.
The buys appear in court this
morning for trial.
Barbs Hold Swing
Session This Evening
A dime will H'lrnit anyone to the
n gular weekend swing hc .sioh tiiis
evening at 7 o'clock in the I'mon.
The dance is under the sponsorship
of the harli council and lasts till 9
o'clock.
The sessions have Increased In
popularity, the last one furnishing
music for 350 dancers. The dances
are open to anyone.
The revenue from the affairs Is
the only source of income to the
three barb organizations. It Is
spilt among the men's and wom
en's barb organizations and the
barb council.
Queens
Annual Asks Famous
Showman to Judge
Nebraska Pulchritude
Earl Carroll, famous American
showman and reputedly the coun
try's outstanding beauty con
noisseur, was selected Thursday
as judge for the 1939 Cornhusker
Beauty Queen contest.
Carroll, who recently attracted
nationwide attention by conduct
ing his own beauty contest for the
selection of "Miss America" after
he disagreed with the selections
of Atlantic City beauty judges, is
the originator of Broadway's fa
mous "Earl Carroll Vanities" and
many other musical hits. He re
cently opened his famous Earl
Carroll theatre-restaurant, in Hol
lywood. Carroll will select six Queens
from the 32 candidates, on the
basis of requirements and ratings
which he has used during past
contests. The 32 candidates are:
Alice Marion Holmes Carrie
Belle Raymond.
Elinor Hakanson Alpha Chi
Omega.
Hope Drummon d Ch I
Omega.
Dorothy Wear Chi Omega.
Barbara Dale Chi Omega.
Dorothy McClelland Delta
Delta Delta.
Doris Harberg Delta Delta
Delta.
Lois Keller Kappa Alpha
Theta.
Pat Woods Kappa Alpha
Theta.
Jean Woods Kappa Kappa
Gamma.
Betty Burges t K a p p a
See PULCHRITUDE on page 2.
Miss Lahr Talks
At Vesper Hour
Gail Ferguson Takes
Cathedral Choir Solo
Patricia Lahr, senior In the c !
lege of arts and sciences, will r
the speaker for the Lincoln Cathe
dral choir vesper service Sund iy
evening at 5:33 o'clock. Miss
Lahr, prominent in campus activi
ties, is a member of Mortar Board
and is editor of the 1039 Corn
husker. Her talk will be based
upon the life and times of the
cathedral of Chartres, France.
This cathedral is famed for its
beauty, and is dedicated to the
mother of God.
Houghton Kurr, Junior In the
university, will again be guest
organist, and will play Shubert's
"Ave Maria." The choir will sing
Christiansen's "Beautiful Savior,"
with Gail Ferguson, freshman In
the university, as soloist, and
"The Cherubim Song" by Gretch
aninov. The program, presented In the
Cornhusker ballroom, will be aired
over stations KOIL anil KFOIl.
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