Tlie DAILY NFHRASKAN
Friday,
.7, 1939
SOCIETY
Coll-Agri-Fun makes ag
center of social whirl
COLL-AGRI-FUN
will make the ag campus a center
of social activity tomorrow night.
Some of the dates for the party
are: John Schick and Virginia
Sack, Alpha Xi Delta; Keith Gil
more and Betty Jo Smith, Leo
Cooksley and Marybelle Haumont,
Willis Skrdla and Betty Jane
Spalding, Merrit Boone and Caro
line Myers, and Rex Brown and
Peggy Sherburn.
"PLEASE, GIRLS
wear anklets" say the ATO's to
their dates for their health-week
house party tomorrow night. Fel
lows and girls will dress in sport
clothes definitely for the party.
Some of the dates are Wendell
"Count" Basey and Theta Barbara
Stuart, Dud Davies and Delta
Gamma Gen Harmon, Bob John
son and Pi Phi Maxine Fuller, Sid
White and Alpha Phi Flossie
Moll, and Bill Golding and Delta
Gamma Beth Merrick.
FLYING
to Pittsburgh for Saturday's game
is Phi Gam Billy Hines. He leaves
today by plane from Omaha.
Lucky boy!
ACTIVITIES
of the Delts this week include a
dinner and an initiation. Tonight
the active chapter will entertain
alumni and their wives at an in
formal dinner. Sunday they ini
tiated Barney Buell and Max
Whittaker.
Betty Rathburn will be initiated
by the Delta Gammas Sunday.
Sigma Nu announces the pledging
of Preston Hayes of Caspar, Wyo.,
and John Hill of Omaha,-
Prince Loewenstein was a guest
at dinner Wednesday evening at
the Acacia house and last night
at the Kappa house.
NOT TO BE
too repetitious, but Military ball
dates are rolling in and need our
Business
index is sti
on up and up
Business conditions in October
continued favorable following the
war spurt in September, according
to preliminary estimates of W. A.
Spurr, university statistician. The
general business index declined
only one percent from the Septem
ber peak, continuing at the high
est level reached by Nebraska
business in eight years. Daily av
erage bank debits, department
etore sales and building permits
declined from 3 to 6 percent from
the September high after allow
ance for normal seasonal changes,
while postal receipts advanced, be
latedly following the September
rise in other indicators.
Complete reports now available
for September show sharp rises
over August (after seasonal ad
justment) in building construction,
bank debits and electric power
production, with relatively slight
changes in other business indexes.
The following table shows the
composite business index, together
with the latest individual barome
ters available. Each index has
been adjusted to remove seasonal
variation and calendar irregulari
ties, and has been expressed in
terms of the average level of 1935
to 1937 as 100 percent.
NKHRA8KA BISINKSS BAKOME
TKK8 1935-37100
Oct. Sept. Aiif.
1IKI8 1!K9 19M9
Combined Index ..111 .0 112.9 106.3
Hank IkeblU 101.4 108.0 9(1.4
Oclt. Mot KhIcI. . .3 9H.0 97.
1-oi.IbI KccciptN 10(1.0 10.1.3 103.3
Building (onit'tlon 147.1 1M.8 121.0
Hp. Tower Trod 128.8 116.9
New Car Kalea 76.3 74.1
I'ny Kolli 110 J) 111.0
Kmnloyment 10S.4 103.2
Life Inmir. Hales 82.3 94.4
Preliminary.
VARIETY
MATINEE
Friday
STUDENT UNION
BALLROOM
Marionettes
Marmonica King
Trumpet Trio
4:00
Sunday, Nov. 19
attention. You will see: Alpha
Phi's Mary Bird and Shirley Heldt
with ATO's Don Higley and Bob
Slaughter, Delta Gamma Harriet
Talbot with Sig Alph Joe Dye,
Theta Marie Anderson with Don
Fitz, Alpha Chi Marion Jorgensen
with D. U. Max Wieland, Kappa
Delta Marian Stone with Kappa
Sig Don Siemenscn, and Alpha
Chi Virginia Gompert with Don
Brock.
ENGINEER'S
dates to their ball tomorrow night
include Theta Xi's Herb Williams
with Doris Kennedy, Phi Mu; Bob
Bercuter with Marion Starlin; and
Dale Anderson with Jean Lud
wick, Tri Delt.
The University of Nebraska
Dames will convene at Ellen Smith
tonight at 8 for initiation of 60
new members.
Alpha Sigma Fhi Mothers club
met at the chapter house Wednes
day for a luncheon.
Faculty group
plans dinner
Four chosen to talk
on "Modern Dictators"
First dinner meeting of the fac
ulty scholarship lectures will be
Tuesday at 6:15 p. m. "Modern
Dictators" is the general subject
for discussion for the evening by
four faculty speakers.
"Crisis and Dictatorships" is the
subject on which Dr. J. O. Hertz
ler will lecture. Dr. David Fell
man will discuss the "Anatomy of
Dictatorship," and Dean J. E. Le
Rossignol's subject is to be "Some
Economic Aspects of Dictator
ship." "Dictatorship in Historical
Perspective" will be the subject of
Dr. It. A. Winnacker's speech. The
lecturers will answer all questions
that time will permit during a
discussion period.
Reservations must be made with
Dean O. J. Ferguson before
5 o'clock Monday, either by cam
pus mail to M. A. 204 or by tele
phone 15. The charge is 65 cents.
Engineering dean's office
keeps track of 39 grads
Men may come and men may go lege dean's office and the Blue
but what happens to Nebraska's Print have just compiled a roster
engineers? The engineering col- of the complete graduating class,
lege says their grads travel to It lists each person, where he now
every part of the world and are is, and what he is doing,
engaged in almost every industry. The Eastman Kodak Co. of
To inform anyone who may be Rochester, N Y. has hired George
interested in where the '39 engin- Goodale. Ronald Grubb is the
eer graduates have gone, the col- building supervisor on the men's
dormitory at Peru teachers col
lege. Raymond Bailey and William
Barton Berg are with the Inger-soll-Rand
company, and Richard
Coleman is in Chicago with the
International Harvester company.
26 still in Lincoln.
An agricultural extension agent
of the Nebraska university is
Robert Lacalli is
Movies - -
(Continued from Page 4.)
Robert Stack play supporting
roles in the production.
Transition period.
Paramount's "Rulers of the
Sea," directed by Frank Lloyd,
whose last production, "Wells Emanuel OLson
rargo," iigured largely in tne wjth Swift & Co. in Omaha; Rob-western-historical
trend of last ert Larson with General Foods
season, tells the story of the last Corp. of Hoboken, N J., and Clee
days of sail and the first days of d. Smiley is an experimental en
steam. The first crossing of the gineer for the John Deere corn
Atlantic by steam power, just 101 pany of Waterloo, la.
years ago is the basis for the of the 107 persons, 26 are still
story. The picture is Lloyd's first in Lincoln, and 35 more are located
sea picture since "Bounty" and some place in Nebraska. Several
stars Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Will are still attending the university.
Fyffe, and Margaret Lockwood. Three of the men are employed
The team of John Garfield and by the Iowa-Nebraska Light and
Priscilla Lane, which is beginning Power company. Eight are in the
to appear inseperable, returns to state department of roads and ir
the Varsity this week in the War- rigation.
ner isomers prouueuon, "uust lie.
My Destiny." The story is based
on the problems of the country s
migratory workers who wander
from state to state seeking em
ployment. Garfield plays the va
grant which "Four Daughters"
typed him, and Miss Lane once
more plays the part of the girl
who sticks to him no matter what
happens. Altho it is very similar
to its predecessors, it is far su
perior to some of them.
Native life.
"Dark Rapture," a story of na
tive life released by Universal, is
now showing at the Lincoln. It
was directed by Armand Denis,
who proihiced "Goon a Goona"
and "Wild Cargo." It is the same
type of picture. Second feature is
"Stop, Look and Love" with Jean
Rogers and William Frawley.
Held over for its second week
at the Liberty is "The Real Glory"
starring Gary Cooper, David Niv
en, and Andrea Leeds. Returning
to the screen at the Kiva, today,
are two of last season's better pic
tures. They are "Dark Victory"
with Bette Davis and "There Goes
the Groom" with Ann Southern in
the lead.
Harrison
speaks at 4
Convo speaker will lead
Student Union forum
Dr. Paul Harrison, medical mis
sionary to Arubia will tell students
more of his interesting experi
ences and his work in the Near
Fast when he addresses a Union
convocation in parlors XYZ today
at 4. The subject will be "What
We Can Do to Help Arabia."
Dr. Harrison, who has worked
in Arabia for 29 years is an out
standing authority on spinal an
esthesia and hernia. Harrison, one
of Nebraska's most prominent
alums, is on a leave of absence
until next September. After the
di.scu5.sion students may ask ques
tions about Arabia, which Dr.
Harrison will attempt to answer.
Radio - -
(Continued from Page 4.)
at 7:30 p. m. . . . Dr. Strath
Gordon appeared on the program
Thursday, Sept. 7, with the pre
diction that world conditions would
reach a turning point on Nov. 27 .
. . But further calculation has
revealed that, through an error in
measurement of one-sixth of an
inch, the date of the crisis has
been set ahead . . . According to
this we may expect this great
"crisis" next Tuesday.
Tomorrow night at 5:15, Hedda
Hopper presents the third and
Architects
hear Broady
NU administrator talks
in Omaha tomorrow
Architects and members of the
building trades, assembled
Omaha for the annual fall meet,
ing of the Nebraska chapter of th
American Institute of Architect!
will hear Dr. K. O. Broady, 0f the
department of school adminis,
tion, speak on building stnndardg
for small schools. Dr. Broady wm
speak at tomorrow afternoon
meeting to be held in the Joslyn.
memorial.
Trof. Linus Burr Smith, chair,
man of the department of archl.
tecture and president of the Ne
braska chapter, will preside at the
sessions of the fall meeting.
Dr. Broady, who is nationally
known for his researches on both
the curricula and plant require.
ments of the country school, hai
written several books on the ad
ministration of small schools. Hia
latest book is entitled "Building
Standards for Small Schools." Dt,
Broady's address will be based on
his researches.
completing chapter of the drama
tized biography of Myrna Loy . . ,
Also, at 7 p. m., the Pulitzer prize
winning Group Theater returns to
Kate Smith's Hour in its third
appearance.
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ATTEND THE
ENGINEERS' BALL
Saturday, Nov. 18
At The Student Union
Ear! Gardner & His Orchestra
Open to All the Students
Dancing 9-12 $1.00 per Couple
Have Your Picture
Taken Today
1940 Cornhusker
Fraternity-Sorority Picture
Junior-Senior Picture
Last deadline, absolutely
Nov. 25
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