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Official Newspaper Of Alore Than 7,000 Students
Friday, November 3, 1939"
Lincoln, Nebraska
Vol. 39, No. 31
Coll-Agri-Fun
takes 13 acts
for carnival
Ag students to present
music, fun, mystery
in Nov. 18 performance
Eight skits and five curtain acts
were accepted for presentation in
Coll-Agri-Fun, annual ag student
stunt night, Nov. 18, Louise Tur
fy ner, manager of the show, an
nounced yesterday afternoon.
The 13 entries will comprise two
hours of entertainment varying
from classical musical numbers to
slapstick comedy and mystery.
Dancing will follow the show. Coll-Agri-Fun,
open to the public, is
held annually to give Ag groups
opportunity to exercise their in
genuity in presenting original
dramatizations.
Skits are limited to 12 minutes,
with a ten minute preference, and
curtain acts are allowed five min
utes each. Every skit entered will
receive $2 expense money, and
the first place winner will be
awarded the Coll-Agri-Fun cup,
on which several campus groups
already have two legs. Three
wins are required to make the
cup a permanent possesion of any
group. Second place skit will re
ceive $4 and third $2.
Competitors in the skit division
will be:
An Cafeteria Club "Royal Union'
Fh rmhou.se "Darkton Delega t ion. "
ACHO Mystery comedy.
Baldwin Hall "Wlrard of Odds."
University 4-H Club "Tarzan Hang!
His Bone."
l Iimli Hall "Pep Bongs the Country
' Ovr."
Alpha Gamma Rho "The Uttle Girl
That Wasn't There."
Dramatics Club "Musical Eggs."
Curtain act entrants:
Milton Gustation "The Violin Pro
tents." Dramatics Club Bob Rupp, novelty tap
dance.
Jean Burr and Norma Jean Campbell
Interpretative dance.
Huckman House "Musical Mid Rett."
As Cafeteria Club "Hinging Walters."
Curtain skit prizes.
The prize winning curtain act
this year will win prizes totaling
$7 with the second place entrant
receiving $5, and the third win
ner $3.
Members of Coll-Agri-Fun board
are handling the show. Miss Tur
ner heads the board, Marian
Smrha has charge of ticket sales,
Floyd Olson of makeup, Vivian
Brown chaperons and orchestra,
Milo Tesar is stage manager and
George Goodding is handling publicity.
Don't stay out late dearies,
or AWS court'll get you
Brrrrrr! Brrrrrr! It's AWS
court day!
Black robes, darkened rooms,
. candlelight and solemn silence
greet little Susie Blank as she
nervously goes to her fate before
the AWS court ogres for staying
out overtime on a Saturday night
Despite the general awe and per
turbance that coeds feel when they
are called up before the court for
a violation of campus rules, the
court members aren't really so bad
as they are pictured.
Nothing drastic
There have been no drastic pen
alties in the history of the present
court. Many students have the
idea that weekend privileges for
a whole semester are taken away
by the court for one or two of
fenses. This is not true.
For a first offense a girl gets
off with a warning and the bring
ing of an excuse from her house
mother. For a second time one Fri
day or Sunday night privilege is
taken away. Third offenders' cases
are referred to the Dean of Wom
en. If called to the court, a girl
must appear or be excused by the
president of AWS, Virginia Cle
mans. Only excuses of classes,
work, or going a long distance out
7 of-town to her home are accepted.
Simple procedure
Procedure of the court is sim
ple. Offenders are brought into
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Journal and Star.
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt,
first lady of the land, will be the
opening celebrity on the Lincoln
Town Hall series, when she speaks
in the coliseum tonight. Her sub
ject will be "Peace." The Town
Hall series is sponsored by the
Lincoln Junior League, and stu
dent tickets are available at the
Union office for a special price of
25 cents.
Five visitors
to address
convocation
Latin-America women
invited by chancellor
to speak Wednesday
Through an invitation extended
by Chancellor Boucher, distin
guished women from five Latin
American countries, will address a
public convocation at 11 a. m. on
Wednesday morning, Nov. 8 in the
Student Union.
The visitors are Senorita Susana
Perez of Buenos Aires, Argentina;
prominent South American jour
nalist; Senora Lucia de Paula
Fonseca of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil,
daughter of the ambassador of
Brazil and wife of Senor A. G.
de Paula Fonseca of the Brazilian
delegation at the New York's
world fair; Senora Angela Acuna
de Chacon of San Jose, Costa Rica,
lawyer and writer; SenoriU Mer
cedes Cuerra of Havana, Cuba,
personal representative for the
mandate committee for Cuba;
See CONVOCATION, page 5.
the room and seated before the
president's table. The registration
record on which the girl's viola
tion appears is brought out and
explained. A card is kept in a file
for every girl who has offended,
on which there is a record of the
See COURT, page 5.
Are you one of
got down slips?
About 1,500, or from 15 to 20
percent, of students get down
slips, W. C. Harper, assistant
dean of student affairs, said
Thursday.
Not all of these, he hastened to
add, have serious scholastic
troubles. The great majority re
ceive "incompletes."
Down slips are issued in tripli
cate, one going to the student,
one to his parents and one to his
advise. They are issued, usually,
on the Thursday and Friday fol
lowing the last day of the six
weeks period.
About 30 percent of the 1,500
who get the terrible tokens are
seriously in need of help with
with their studies, Dean Harper
said. These are requested, to have
conferences either with their ad
Innocents
plan IVlizzou
football trip
Senior honoraries will
participate in annual
bell ceremony at game
Innocents society, senior men's
honorary, will send a number of
representatives to Columbia, Mo.,
Saturday to participate in the tra
ditional bell ceremony at the Corn-husker-Tiger
game. Together with
the Innocents will be members of
QEBH, Missouri men's honorary.
History.
The history of the bell involved
in the ceremony dates back to
1898. In that year the Phi Delts
and the Tau Delts, then living
together, secured the bell from a
Negro church near Seward.
When the two fraternities moved
into separate houses a keen rivalry
arose over the possession of the
bell. In 1927 this rivalry became
so intense that the university took
the disputed bell.
"Pa" Schulte, former Nebraska
track coach suggested that the
bell be given to the winner of the
annual tilt between the Corn
husker and Tiger football teams.
Tigers win first
In 1927 the Tigers won the
game. During the following ten
years the bell remained on the
Nebraska campus as a result of
consecutive Nebraska gridiron vic
tories. It has been kept on dis
play in the N club rooms. Last
year at the homecoming game Ne
braska lost to the Tigers and
the bell went to Columbia with the
victors.
"Pa" Schulte announced yester
day that he had refused the invi
tation to attend the ceremonies ex
tended to him by the Missouri hon
orary. The former coach, who was
honored at the game last year,
stated that he did not feel like
making the trip.
Student activities
office reports block of
300 Mizzou tickets sold
The block of 300 tickets obtained
for the Missouri game Saturday
has been sold, the student activi
ties office announced Thursday,
but there are still tickets available
at the Columbia stadium.
No definite word had been re
ceived from Missouri as to the
number of tickets left unsold but
there is no danger- of all seats
being gone, employees said. Prices
for the game are $2.50 for reserved
seats and $2 for general admis
sion. Field artillery honorary
initiates 39 new cadets
The association of the Red
Guidon, field artillery honorary,
initiated 39 junior cadet officers
Wednesday night
Officers of the organization are :
Captain, Wayne Matschullat; sec
retary, Robert Olson; treasurer.
Max Meyer; historian, Milton
Monson; liaison officer, Jack Cas
tle. Major Barkslow is sponsor of
the organization.
the 1500 who
Here's why
visors or the dean, depending upon
the extent of their difficulties.
Students load themselves down
Dean Harper finds that too
much employment, too much
school work and too many activi
ties are the chief causes of low
grades. Many students attempt to
carry an unreasonable load, es
pecially students with jobs.
"One young man came to me
last year nearly in tears because
he had gotten-an incomplete while
working 54 hours a week," the
dean said. "This boy, who was
working as a dishwasher in a cafe,
was typical of many employed
students who try to do too much."
Too large a schedule of school
work is the second mill stone
around the. necks of students who
get down slips, and activities are
the third cause of troubl e
Klualb chooses 14
otis Ifor
Thomas announces 200 tickets have been sold
with limit of 957; Sweetheart filings close today
Five fraternity, five sorority
and four curtain skits were se
lected from 25 entries for the an
nual Kosmet Klub Fall Revue
slated for Nov. 18 in the Liberty
theatre. Skits were chosen on the
basis of novelty, appropriateness
and originality by the members
of the club going from house to
house Tuesday thru Thursday of
this week, Klub officers stated.
Skits chosen for the revue are:
Fraternity
Alpha Tau Omega
"Extra Currik"
Delta Upsilon
"Broadcast Tintypes"
Phi Kappa Psi
"An Octave Speaks"
Sigma Chi
"Dean's Dizzy Doings
Sigma Nu "Fritz's Platz"
Sorority
Alpha Phi "Monday
Night at the Alpha Phi House"
Delta Gamma
"Ye Olde College Days"
Kappa Alpha Theta
"Plantation Memories"
Kappa Kappa Gamma
"Blue Interlude"
Towne Club "Black and Blue"
Curtain Acts
Alpha Sigma Phi
"Moment Musical"
Chi Omega "Blue Orchids"
Phi Mu "Radio-ho"
Sigma Kappa .."Indian Serenade"
FAMED WRITER
GIVES NU A SONG
Cornhusker rooters will now
have a new pep song to sing at
rallies and get-togethers if a num
ber submitted by Goeffry O'Hara
is accepted. O'Hara, nationally
known figure in the music world,
wrote the tune some time ago, but
did not put words to the music
until a few weeks ago while travel
ing through the state on a tour.
Bill Tempel heard the number and
asked O'Hara to send him a copy.
The song will be sung for the
first time at the homecoming
luncheon to be held for business
men and old grads a week from
today. The Corn Cobs will sing the
song at its first official presenta
tion at that time. Among the other
songs written by O'Hara is the
well known "Give a Man a Horse
He Can Ride".
Should students have more
authority in administration?
By Paul Svoboda.
Should the students exercise
more authority' in the administra
tion of an educational institution?
The recent trend is toward more
student administration in affairs
dealing directly with the student
The Student Council is an example
of this trend and so are the many
other governing organizations on
the campus.
However, there is a gap be
tween the student and the govern
ing and policy forming body of
the university. The only evident
way of bridging this gap is
through student representation in
these bodies where it would be
possible for representatives to in
form the administrative authori
ties as to the needs and wants of
the student Does the student de
sire this privilege? Here are an
swers given by the students them
selves: Theda Chapaton, law college senior
I don't think so. If the students
had the privilege there would be
no way or enforcing their actions.
Power without means of execution
is useless. Also, who am I to sav
that Boucher, a J12,000-a-year-man,
is wrong.
Ava Wharton, arts and science
sophomore
No. not particularly. Adminis
tration is now in more capable
Kevoae
More than 200 tickets have al
ready been sold by Kosmet Klub
workers to date, Grant Thomas,
business manager, announced.
With a maximum seating capacity
of 957 at the Liberty, Thomas is
confident that every seat will be
taken "Try-outs were especially
good", Klub judges explained.
They indicate one of the best fall
shows in many years."
Deadline for filings for Nebras
ka Sweetheart comes at 5 p. m. to
day. Any sorority wishing to have
a candidate on the ballot in next
Tuesdty's election must list her
name at the Klub office or at the
student activities office in the
coliseum. Candidates must have
their Cornhusker pictures taken
and their proof j returned to Towiv
send studio by noon tomorrow.
'Impressive' presentation.
In "a novel and impressive act,'
which is to remain secret until the
day of the show, the choice of the
student body for Nebraska Sweet
heart will be presented. Prince
Kosmet, male counterpart of the
Sweetheart, one outstanding for
the work he has done for Kosmet
Klub as an outsider, will lead the
Sweetheart to her throne. "Sweet
Nebraska Sweetheart" is to be
sung by the audience to close the
ceremony. Underclassmen who do
not know this traditional song of
the Klub and of Fall Revues are
requested to get the words and
learn the tune.
The ten full stage acts will be
interspersed with the four curtrin
skits. The former will each last
approximately ten minutes while
the latter will be cut to five. At
intermissions from time to time
in the show and for an hour prior
to the opening curtain, a broadcast
of the Pittsburgh-Nebraska foot
ball game will be carried over a
public address system. The thea
ter will be open at 2 p. m. for those
wishing to hear the first part of
the game.
Men to vote Tuesday.
All university men can vote for
the successor to Jeanne Newell,
Kappa Kappa Gamma, who reigns
as the 1938 Nebraska Sweetheart
Election will be a part of the gen
eral student election Tuesday for
Honorary Colonel and junior and
senior class prexies. Five girla
have filed to date.
hands than if it were left to the
student. Students should be al
lowed to criticize but not to exer
cise administrative functions. I
feel the students should be repre
sented at the meetings of the
board of regents but it should not
have a representative on the board.
If the collegian were represented,
I feel that most of the irritation
between the faculty and student
would be erased.
Dick Vance, arts and science
Junior
If administration means choos
ing courses, picking professors and
things of that nature, I don't be
lieve so. The average student
doesn't have the Latin intelligence
to administer affair" of this na
ture. The university run by stu
See ADMINISTRATION, page 8.
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