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j ... ... - - " - . . -. l FOUR DAILY NEBRASKAN FRIDAY, ArRlL II, 1939 !!!!!HI!!tinim Illllllll r campi Lexington, Ky. aids in building uni's new feild house m si on the KANSAS 1 ,000 watch goldfish gulper swallow 50 in 8 minutes ' I know how a goldfish feels ! now," said Bob Ramsay, c'uncl. after he had swallowed his fiftieth fish in the record breaking; time ' of eight minutes, to establish him- j self intercollegiate goldfish gulp- I ing champion, last night. I The first were all over an inch in length and were very much alive. Ramsay took them straight no catsup or mustard, only pausing once in awhile for a chaser of grapefruit juice. The performance was staged be fore a crowd of more than one thousand students at the Granada theater, many of whom had walked in as disbelievers and walked out convinced that "it could be done." Before a battery of newspaper cameramen and a news reel, with one doctor. Dr. J. B. Henry of Lawrence, hovering in attendance, two judges picked from the audi ence, with Karl Rupponthal, c'3t. doing the fishing for him, several time keepers and with Ronnie Ash bum, WREN's sport snap shotter giving a gulp by gulp de scription, Ramsay kept on until he had devoured all the fish available. After Ramsay had swallowed the first three it looked for a few moments as tho he could not con tinue. But with the crowd cheer- INDIANA Pi Phi wins grade race Chi Omega, Alpha Kappa Alpha follow Pi Beta Phi, social sorority, ad vanced from second to first place on the scholarship listing for the first semester with a group aver age of 1.9414. according to a re port erleased Monday by C. E. Sdmondson, dean of men. The sorority "s average the second semester of Inst year was 1.755. Chi Omega and Alpha Kappa Alpha, social sororities, followed in second and third places, Chi Omega with an 1.8716 average and Alpha Kappa Alpha with 1.7878. Chi Omega was in fourteenth place the second semester of lust year, ind Alpha Kappa Alpha was in twenty-sixth. Men's organisations were paced by Torch and Skull, with an aver age of 1.7C42, in fourth place, and Sigma Alpha Epsilon and Delta Upsilon in thirteenth and fifteenth places with averages of 1.5895 and 1.5751 respectively. General University average was 1.4814. a drop of '.039 from the preceding semester. Unorganized men averaged 1.6222, while the fraternity aver age was 1.3738. Sorority women placed over unorganized women with 1.6213 to 1.4659. Daily Indianan. OREGON STATE PlanAPO chapter Sunday meeting starts organization movement The organization of a chapter of Alpha Phi Omega, national Boy Scout sen-ice fraternity, on this campus was discussed at a meet ing Sunday right at the Thcta Chi house. Ray Boomer, junior in agri culture, and Hollis Brown, sopho more in chemical engineering, y.ere in charge. The purpose of Alpha Phi Omega Is to assemble college men in the fellowship of the scout oath and law, to develop friendship and to promote service to humanity. To further the plan, eagle scouts sre asked to be present tomorrow night at 7:30 o'clock in Memorial Union 103. The idea of starting such an or ganization on the campus may poon be presented to the student activity board, Barometer. ing him on he settled down to steady gulping to bring tho in ternational intercollegiate goldfi.sh eating championship to the uni versity. At the conclusion of the record breaking event the persons on the stage looked in worse shape than did Ramsay. Ronnie Ashbum, with perspiration on his brow and look ing white around the gills was heard to mutter, "from now on I'm sticking to straight sports an nouncing." The nurse that Manager Stan Schwahn of the Granada theater had hired to be in attendance phoned in her regrets for her ab sence before the cor' started. John Randolph Ty e lad who started the whole idea at K. U., but who gave up almost immedi ately, was present behind stage. He said he was glad that "some one finally brought the champion ship to K. U." Ramsay, before he walked off stage told the wide eyed crowd that this was definitely his "first and last attempt." NORTHWESTERN Laski lecture nets $27 5 for refug lee fund A collection of $275 from the Harold Laski lecture held here Monday will be added to the Northwestern Student Refugee fund, according to Don Rogers, chairman of the lecture commit tee. Mr. Laski made no charge for his appearance on the lec ture platform and even paid his own expenses. H i Mel foundation has already contributed $600 in cash to his fund, and there have been indi vidual student contributions. This money will be used for board, room and incidental ex penses of refugee students. It is hoped that the university will provide several scholarships, said the fund leaders. Daily. IOWA STATE Badwiring causes Aloha Sig blaze Fire, believed by Fire Chief L. R. Mun is to have born M.iitcd ty defective wiring, caused approxi mately H.utwi damage to tho Alpha Sigma Thi fraternity house. ,r8 Hyland avenue, yesterday aftei noon. The fire was confined to tho third floor attic, but rafters were damaged and the sheathing of the south part of the roof was charred. A lire-proof roof prevented greater damage because it con fined the fire to the sheathing and did not let it g(t a start on the roof. Firemen wore hindered by inability to get at the blaze and worked for an hour to txtingui.h the fire. The fire was discovered about 1:15 p. m. and before the firemen arrived had gained considerable headway. Damage was mainly to the attic, no personal effects being burned. Plaster on the second floor was damaged by water and a little water ran down to 4hc first floor, according to the Ames Building and Ixan Company, with whom the fraternity have thtir fire in surance policy. Daily StudcnL MARYLAND Campus paper puts out 6 page edition under new plan This issue of 7h V'am'dback contains six pages, and 7s the first issue of the paper since the introduction of the. semi-weekly plan of publication wh.Vh, num bered that many. Future plans for the paper call for a six to eight KENTUCKY Unitwill be built on state owned land Exact site of structure to be fixed in about two" months, dean says , ; ,: . . . auditorium-field house. Dean J. H. Graham recently stated that the structure would be located on state-owned land, and would be under direct supervision of the university. Exact site of the building will be determined in about two months. Colonel Graham said. In regard to the legal question of whether the city would have the right to spend money on a building erected on state-owned land, he said that the city organization would not be re sponsible for the money but that the amount would be raised thru donations from citizens. To cost $300,000. As announced last Friday, the city-paid part of the building would total approximately $100, 000. The entire structure is ex pected to cost about $280,000 or $300,00. Of this amount, $50,000 will be furnished by the state and about $40,000 thru federal aid. There is hope for an additional federal grant in June or July, Colonel Graham said. The Board of City Commisioners Thursday night gave first reading to an ordinance authorizing May or E. Reed Wilson to enter into a contract with the Security and Bond company for preparation of preliminary details of the combi nation structure. W. R. Springate, manager of the Lexington bonding house, submitted an offer to fi nance the city's part of the under taking. Mr. Springate said the idea of a combined field house and audito rium was suggested by Colonel Graham. He quoted the dean of the College of Engineering as say ing the plan would save money for both city and state. To seat 12.000. ''So far as the university's pur poses are concerned," he said, "a structure houring a basketball arena and indoor football practice field will not have to be furnished as elaborately as an auditorium. However, with the city bearing the additional expense, auditorium type seats can be installed and accoustical principles can be con sidered in the designs, so the field house will be suitable for conven tions, coneeils and other such events." Tentative plans calling for seating capacity at basketball games of 12.000, are not expected to be affected by the additions. Kernal. page paper of a slightly smaller size to accommodate the greater amount of news Ix-ing made on the campus each week. The purpose of this squib is to let the students know that the editors are doing all in their power to give them complete com pus coverage, and then some. Two years ago the paper was a weekly; last year it liecame a semi-wet kly ; in this issue we ad vance to six pages. Diamondback. fe JHOTEL 0. "Hotel jd JJoih Wed io E. L. WILBUR, Manager c tv of Srti'in iSrlX h" " Uncle Sam's nV;al ' eign lands seem to have created in u th fhMmK vTn n?nTKn nic. 'h at P1 m" him a zost for knowledR. whether with the university in financing an . ,. ' . . ' 4,, v;w ,-t owitor, k,. tv,i ..,.!,. CINCINNATI 61 vear old retired sailor attends night school 7 years Many of us passing our 60th birthday would find contentment in some sedentary pursuit, such as reminiscing in our favorite rocking chair about our experi ences in life; especially if nearly 15 years of that life had been spent in traveling around the I world. Yet. attending the Evening Col- leee is a man. now retired and in DENVER Coed enrollment 18 times larger than in 1890 More and more women are showing their desire to become educated individuals rather than just an "Alice-sit-by-fire" who is both helper and pretty, which not so long ago was considered one of the chief identifications of a woman. Figures indicate that since 1890 there has been an increase of 1,756 percent in the enroll ment of women in colleges. One can see how many women have been educated by comparing the 22,036 women enrolled in Ameri can universities in 1890 to the 404,579 coeds in college last year. Clarion. CALIFORNIA Ex-student arrested for burglary George Quentine Johnson ex-'41 who left the university for lack of funds last semester, was arrestee Thursday on burglaiy charges. He confessed the burglary ol two loads of books and drawing equipment from the Architecture building and a series of thefts in his boarding house at 2521 Hearst avenue, according to Acting In spector L. VV. Neary of the Berke ley police department and Office? W. V. Wadman, jr., of the univer sity police force. He said that he stole from rooms in the boarding house periodically since last CMoN-ik the officers said. On the night of March 25 he bioke a window in the Architec ture building and took away two loads of books and eqiupment, In spector Ne-pry said that he con fessed. I By cheeking hi local book stores a ! Of f icer Wadman traced the sale of some of the stele'n books to a George Jeihnson. The arrest was made afte r the handwriting ef th" seller was found to check with the handwriting of George Quentin Johnson in university records. Johnsem was arrested at his home Thursday night. His bur glaries had nettrj him only about $15, according to the officers. He did net attend the university this semester, he told police, be cause of financial difficulties and because a girl jilted him. His grades fell because of the worry, he said. Johnson, who comes from Lodi, was majoring in English be-fore he dropped from sch'jol. Daily. LINCOLN (Duluidwjv Saturday POT A SH.M PI DINM.R u'ltt cvAiit a joa.So tirf riicrh cfae anH cAlAlirrtc in f r.v- L'rtinm I'll ri viinrc inn muv i n s'nin i a .v iv . realms of learning. That man is Fred Schmidt, for mer gunner's mate, first class, on one of our mvy's fighting boats, now a student in George V. Byers' class. The writer found Schmidt to be a quite affable person, and eager to relate some of his experiences. Keen-eyed and alcit, his looks belie his age. His many years on ! He scoffs at the wasteful activi ties of so many contemporaries, especially those who indulge in idle gossip. Seven years in evening classes. 'T have been attending classes at the university for seven years." he said, "and I have found that, for me, going to school is the only real substitute for my life in the navy. Life abroad ship is anything but monotonous, and the thrills of exploration in foreign countries are seemingly inexhaustible. "The courses I have taken in English," he went on, "algebra, mathematics, trigonometry, and principles of radio, besides the accounting course I am now tak ing, have kept my mind occupied, and have opened up new avenues of knowledge that would have been denied ine, had I been content just to loaf. My traveling I do vicari ously now, by reading." News Record. Dramatics society to present Tovarich' The cast for "Tovarich," fifth and last play of the 1938-39 Guignol season, to be produced duiin? the week of April 24 was announced yesterday by Pro f. Frank Fowler, dint-tor. . For the first time in the hislory of the little theatre, four complete sets will be used during the play. -Kernel. AT THE HEAD OF THE CLASS ... of mo VE9RILL ENGLUND "The shorur the haircut, tie? better . . . and It lasis longer, too," is the attitude of Kappa Sigma'3 scrgcaiit-at-arms, Mer rill Englund, who prehably finds "long-term" clipped haircut h time-saving elevie'e fer the busy journalist. For his job af DAILY NEBRARKAN manag ing editor occupies mest of his time, with Student Council meetings to break the rnonet ony, as we ll as his recent pub licity work on the Junior-Senior Prom rommilte-e. As a school of journalism junior, Merriil finds outlet for his jour nalistic interests as secretary of Sigma Delta Chi. Off-working hours, Merrill's diversions, mostly in the way of food ceuld be a dozen hard rolls, Dr. Tep per's, hot dogs, or crackers in bed. Whether you're olf-wenk-ing hours or taking time off to relax from your studying, you'll find just what you want to eat at the HOTEL CAPITAL fcn1 Mff V,.. fci. 'll I iHMd