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THE DAILY NEBRASKAN Thursday, March 14, 1940 Thoughts of . . Spring vacation, initiations bring wide smiles on campus By Agnes Wanek. Campus spirits seem to be ris ing with the promise of spring (just a figure of speech) vacation in the not too far distant future. People are beginning to smile too because the weekend is much closer than it was Monday, some thing you probably didn't already know. Most of the wide smiles on campus, however, are contributed by about-to-be initiated fraternity and sorority pledges. AT LAST we have found two people who welcomed the return of the snow. Those two hardy souls were ATO John Mason, of radio fame, and Beta Jack Hyland, who got up at five yesterday morning to go skiiing. Two even braver people were the girls who went with them. PIN-HANGING of last weekend that has so far not been heralded, occurred Sun day night when DU Dick McCon nell hung his pin on Chi Omega Dorothy Wear. It seems that he has managed to keep the fact pretty well hidden from some of his fraternity brothers. WEATHER NOTE: With no promise of the end of winter, one sorority on campus has decided that in addition to having all the members wear white dresses in the Ivy Day Sing, that they'd better order white ga loshes too. The idea is not copy righted so any other organization can use it if they like it. FLASH! Dick Ryan, Sigma Nu, now has his pin hung on Delta Gamma Betty Rathburn. Just in case you don't remember, he is the same Dick Ryan who last year had his pin on Tri Delt Olive Speith, the girl you've been seeing everywhere with DU Bob Nelson. THE ENGAGEMENT of Eleanor Rickel, Pi Phi alumn, and Robert Wadhams, Sigma Nu alum, was announced recently. If you remember, Bob was an Inno cent here two years ago and now is in the advertising business in Tulsa, Okl. BUFFET SUPPER at the PiKA house will be Sunday night. PiKA's and their dates are: Friday, March 15 O "Matle 8rvH Soottwni Stylt" HERBIE ftOLulES! Aa4 HU Famoai NBC CBS Orchestra Y yen O Mici from CUoWt O O Edgewater Beach Hotel O O rinrii,r If PmidIo Inriodtac O Dwight Burney and Betty New man, Delta Gamma: Chester Brown and Alec Ann Arthaud, Pi Phi; Kenny Simmons and Marian Miller, AOPi; Bob Derr and Ada Lavender, Gamma Thi; Herb Dow and Ilene Davidson, Chi O; and Harold Paulson and Pat McNa mar, Alpha Chi. Acting- (Continued from Page 1.) posed to report to their dressing room after each scene, so as to leave the stage free for the prop erty workers. Talking or unneces sary noise behind the stage is pro hibited. Scholastic wonder. Just how the regular actors manage to remain on the eligi bility list, I sometimes wonder. Practice and presentation of the play necessarily takes a lot of time, and it's next to impossible to study in the dressing rooms. Some of the other novices as well as I brought assignments to prac tice which we would attempt to get. We soon learned why the more experienced actors didn't do this. One keeps worrying about when he will be on stage, or there is always someone who wants to talk or something else to take your at tention. One of the complaints I heard from one actor was that the girls in the play were staying in another part of the building and that he could not see or talk to them. Waiting for dates. I've learned something about make-up and cosmetics, too. I want to urge any men reading this to never again resent it if they must wait for their dates to get ready. It takes a long time to put the stuff on and that much longer to smooth it down and touch it up. And if the poor dears suffer as much with the stuff on as I do, they are really doing you a favor when making themselves so lovely. Another big thing to remember is to let your date even encourage her because it will make her much happier look in her mirror and add as much lip rouge as she wishes. When one wears the stuff he must continually look in a mir ror and keep retouching it or lose his peace of mind there's just some irresistible force which makes one do it. Yes, I find acting is a great life. Weather (Continued from Page 1.) politely eall "galoshes," and which look worse than the name sounds. Of course, they can't hurt the girls with legs like the posts farmers use for fences, but on the other hand, they do nothing for the more beautiful gals. Someone said "Into every life some rain must fall," but he'd never lived in Nebraska. Nebraska has no rain; its moisture comes from the snows which melt into slush and put more water into the streets than ever ran in the Platte. Cuter sight of the warm days last week was that of a herd on its way to one o'clocks, but daunted by the raging flood in front of the Drug. But ingenuity and brains came to the rescue, for some in advertent soul had parked his car In the middle of the river, and left it unlocked. Traffic going west passed through the back seat, while east-bound students clam bered under the steering wheel through the front seat So Just be calm and patient. If you don t like Nebraska weather, wait a minute. Spring Permanent $2- $5 I r fell St. Patrick's day king rules ag campus Irisher to be elected by women students ot Ak-Sar-Ben ball A St. Patrick's day king will rule on ag campus this week-end. The king, to be elected by vote of women students attending the Junior Ak-Sar-Ben ball tomorrow evening, will be presented in typ ical Irish style to those at the ball. Any male student in ag college is eligible, according to Keith Gil more, chairman of the event. Members of the Block and Bridle club, student organization spon soring the tenth annual Junior Ak-Sar-Ben ball and show, to be held Friday and Saturday eve nings, respectively, are presenting the king to ag students as a part of the week-end festivities. Balloting Friday. Balloting will be confined to Friday evening at the ball, accord ing to committee members. Wom en attending the party will be given a ballot at the door and will be allowed to write their choice. The St Patrick's day king will also appear at the show Saturday evening at which more than 70 students will compete for the title of grand champion showman. Wayne Smi'cy, manager of the show, said yesterday that all entrants have been working on their animals and will present a topnotch show in the horse barn auditorium Saturday evening. These student showmen will compete for prizes in each of the five divisions beef cattle, dairy cattle, horses, sheep, and swine. Winners in each class will compete for the championship. Special events scheduled for Saturday evening are a harness ing contest and a hunting dog ex hibition. Both the show and ball are open to all university students, Block and Bridle members said. Library adds new books to shelves Of the new books added to the library recently, the one attract ing the most attention is H. S. Commager's "Heritage of Amer ica." Dealing with the heritages of the people in this western de mocracy, it is especially timely. Other books include: Teaching With Books, by Ben- net H. Bronscomb. Faces We See, by M. G. Barn well. War in the 20th Century, by W. W. Waller. Journal as Ambassador to Great Britain, by C. G. Dawes. Nover and the Modern World, by D. Daiches. Government and the Governed, by H. S. Crossman. Creative Adult, by H. Means. Hitler's Germany, by K. Loewen stein. What Is Collective Bargaining, by M. R. Carroll. Government at Your Service, by Archie Robertson. World I Breath, by Dylan Thomas. Louisiana French Folk Songs, by I. T. Whitfield. . Ballad Makin', by J. B. Thomas. Improving Your Personality, by E. G. Lockhart. Body Boots and Britches, by H. W. Thompson. Heritage of America, by H. S. Commager. Politics of the Balkans, by J. S. Roucek. Organized Labor in Four Con tinents, by H. A. Marquand. DO YOU WANT A Career? llomance? OR SIMPLY... A JLovelier Youl Don't be a dud. Especially this . . . when everything, every body is gay and vibrant Have your career, your romance, your gay flirta tion . . . and have your new hairdo at Clcta's Beauty Shop ... it will mean a more fascinating, a lovelier you. Come In today. To celebrate . . . Half-century of printing ibrary brings By Bob Aldrich. Celebrating the 500th anniver sary of the invention of printing, an exhibit has been arranged in the library by Reference Librarian Clara Craig. An outline of print ing history is shown in the form of books and pages representing printing of various periods. Early printed books, the exhibit shows, were merely copies of man uscripts, and the type tried to copy handwriting. German print still shows the effect of this imitation. German letters began in an angu lar style while Italian printing was clear and round. One leaf worth million. A leaf from the Gutenberg Bible, the earliest complete book known, is part of the exhibit. Pub lished in 1455 by the inventor of the press, one of three known copies was purchased by the U. S. government and is valued at a million dollars. Another Bible printed by Al brecht Tfister, an imitator of Gutenberg, is shown. Curators have often mistaken this for Gutenberg's. Before the close of the 15th century printing had spread to all parts of Germany and to a few other countries. The Mainz Psalter is the second great product of printing, publish ed in 1457. In Italy the church of Rome took over the new art. The "Lectantius" published at the Monastery of Subicco near Rome Queen (Continued from Page 1.) Grant Thomas, Orval Hager, Fred Stiner, Bob Poe, Bill Mowbray, Walt Rundin, Ralph Reed, John Mason, Merrill Englund, Roger Cunningham, and Leo Cooksley. Names of candidates will be published in an early edition of the DAILY. The purpose of having this com mittee narrow the field of candi dates to a small number is to fa cilitate student balloting which will open Sunday and run for two weeks. Students will clip ballots from the DAILY for use, in indicating their favorite candidate and the coed winning the most votes will be proclaimed the University of Nebraska's official entry in na tfiIUG ME TIGHT!" It's leap year and any girl could make this request, according to tradition, but actually what she's asking for is one of the new frock, that hug the waist and shoulders tight and swing out into gay rhythm. See the collection at MANGEL'S for only $6.98. You'll find sportswear and lingerie and hosiery, too, specially priced, that'll make date-making a cinch! Charge nccoiiiits invited (IlOnCEL'S out treasures might be called step three in print ing progress. Cicero's Epistles. In Venice Nicholas Jensen, po litical exile from France, published "Cicero's Epistles", a part of which is also shown in the exhibit. Jen sen's type is the direct parent of modern type. In England William Caxton printed more than 100 books after introducing the art there. Wykyn De Warde, Caxton's apprentice, followed with the "Golden Legend" in 1493. The Aldus Press in Italy, be gun by Aldo Manuccio, started italic type. Other important Eu ropean printers are represented. Mexico first. The first North American press was in Mexico, 100 years before anything was printed in the United States. John Kromberger of Se ville sent a printer to Spanish col onies. The Stephen Daye press, first one in British North America, was installed in 1638. In Europe An ton Kroberger was the first "cap tain of industry" to enter- print ing. He had 24 presses and over 100 printers with headquarters in Nuremberg. Printing did not begin in Ne braska until 1847. Massachusetts has had printing since 1632. The specimens in the exhibit are, of course, only 'samples of many valuable books related to the subject to be found in the library. tional competition. Picture to New York. Her picture will be sent for judging to a committee of New York artists, who will pick a state winner for each of the 48 states. The 48 state queens' pictures will then be published in Movie and Radio Guide magazine. Readers of the magazine will ballot for the candidate they favor, and the 12 girls who receive the most votes will be sent to the world premiere of the Paramount picture "Those Were the Days," at Knox College, Galesburg, HI. While there, a committee headed by the picture's director will pick one of the 12 beauties for the title of AU-American College Queen. 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