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Thursday, April 18, 1940 Editorial Opinion Comment BulUtin THE DAILY NEBRASKAN Jk Daily1Vedmskm Oliad NMOdiw Ol Mn That, 7000 Stub THIRTY-NINTH YEAR Subscription Rates are 51..00 Per Semester or $1.50 for the College Year. $2.50 Mailed. Single copy, 5 Cents. En tered at second-class matter at the postof'ice In Lincoln, Nebraska, under Act of Congress, March 3, 1879, and at special rate of postage provided for in Section 1103, Act of Octoier J, 1917. Authorized January 20, 1022. Office Union Building Day 2-7181. Night 2-713. Journal 2-3333 Member Associated Collegiate Press, 1939-40 Member Nebraska Press Association, 1939-40 Represented for National Advert sing by NATIONAL ADVERTISING SERVi'E, INC. 4?0 Madison Ave., New York. N. Y. Chicago Boston Los Angeles San Francisco Published Daily during the school year except Monday and Saturdays, vacation, and examination periods by stu dents of the University of Nebraska, under supervision of the Publications Board. Editor-in-Chief Richard deBrown Business Manager Arthur Hill EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT Managing Editors Clyde Marti, Norman Harris News Editors Chris Petersen, Luc'e Thomas, Paul Svobcda, Mary Kerrigan, Morten Margolin Sports Editor June Bierbower Ag Editor Leo Cooksley Star reporters this month . . . Don Bower, Bob Schlater, Ralph Combs, Alex Milts. BUSINESS DEPARTMENT Assistant Bi-jiness Managers. .. .Burton Thiel, Ed Segrist Circulation Manager Lowell Michael AM. DAII.T anxlrned editorials are the nplnloa af taw edtters. Their views nr opialoaa la no way it fleet the atU tode of the adminlKtratioa af toe aniversity. Candid Clippings Morton Margolin From the "Rocky Mountain Collegian" of the Colorado State College we picked up the story about the fraternity that had sent its curtains to the cleaners. It was the second day that the house had stood unveiled. One morning the following note arrived from a sorority house across the ave nue: "Dear Sirs: May we suggest that you procure curtains. We do not care for a course in anatomy." The chap who left shaving to read the note answered: "Dear Girls: The course is optional." They have done away with hell week entirely at the University of Minnesota at least as far as the term is synonymous with paddlnig, branding, floor scrubbing and other forma of hazing. Instead they have 'Fraternity Week," during which time a series of lectures by outstanding fraUrr ity men are given to prepare the neophytes for their coming initiation. The whole campus cooperates in the af fair which has been adopted by 75 colleges since Minnesota introduced it three years ago. UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA OFFICIAL BULLETIN This bulletin la for the use of campus organizations, students and faculty members. Notices for th bulletin must bt sent or broupht to the DAILY office by & p. m. every day for insertion la the paper tb following morning;. Notices must be typed or legibly written and signed by some one with tha authority to have Die notice published. The bulletin will appear, dally except Monday and Saturday, on page two of the NEBRASKAN. TODAY FRKPiCH FILM. The Frrnrh Club will areaeat the French film. -I Fin da Jour" in the I nhw ball ranoi at 4 ana' T a. m. THETA SIGMA PI. Tart HUma Pi will meet as parlor B f she l ak.n at t:S0 p. at. VOCATIONAL I.FXTI RE. Km Robinson, continuity editor of the mitral eivltrtm ef NBC will speak la the t'nlna la parlors XVZ of the I'nlon at 4 p. ai. In the hut meeting of the vocal tonal aeries spoaaared ay tae A WW. The meeting la open t al atadents. Btahtaoon will bold Individual conferences In the larvHy loenge from J to 4 p. m. 8CARBAKO AND BLADK. Members of Scabbard and Blade will meet In pallors XV of the I ntna at 7:14 P. m. SINFONIA. Ktafonla will meet la parUr I af she fnioa at noon. C.AMMA LAMBDA. Member af Gamma Imbda wW mer la ram (IS of the I utoa at 4 p. ai. SAME. The Koriety of American Military Engi neer win meet In mora SIS af the I nloa at 1 p. n. a mert- P. m. LITHE RAN STIDENT8, Gamma Pelta Blhle class will S p. m. In room XSS Temple. The lag will be tne Mas meeting af the ter. AG VWCA. Ag YWCA will meet as the H rail ranm at lt:t P. m. for a ayatl an tne Mies eonirrrnce. PERSHING RIFLES. PerahinK Rifles will meet at I All nienihrra are urged la meeting, FRIDAY RKO.I EST PROGRAM. A program ef minest nraale will ae played aa the Carnegie Maate art SB She facnMy Inre af the Unlaw at 4 p. a. UNION FILM. A eaiored film ef the great NorUwoat will be aaawa sn the I'aiaa aaUnma at 4 p. m. CHEMICAL SOCIETY. Member ef the American Chemical 8a eleljr will meet as parlor XVI ef the l etaa at p. m. PRESBYTERIAN 8TI DENTS. The PreM-trrbtn Fe4lowihip will aeect la parlors XVZ of the I nton at (lit p. m. Interested in Radio? Then You're Invited If someone were to stand out in the middle of the mall this morning between classes and ask whether anyone was interested in radio work, the chances are that he would be taken first to a hos pital for first aid treatment and then to the police station for arrest on a charge of mob incitement. There is no doubt that the field of radio holds great fascination for students and there is no doubt a great deal of opportunity for them thre in work that is relatively new on vocational horizons but which has expanded so rapidly as to stand today as one of the nation's biggest businesses. The voca tional information series of talks sposored by the A.W.S. board and the dean of women certainly ha scored in booking its final speaker, Mr. Ken Robin eon, continuity editor of the central division of the National Broadcasting Company in Chicago. Mr. Robinson is making a special trip to Lincoln in or der to meet and talk with Nebraska students. His afternoon here today will be devoted to persoiaJ conferences with students from 2 until 4 o'clock, followed by a general talk open to everyone in par lors X, T, and Z of the Union. The conferences may be arranged by both men and women thru the of fice of the dean of women and will be held in the Union faculty lounge. Mr. Robinson's background Includes sales manship and promotion, and his present work is related to a number of fields which should make his visit to the campus of interest to a variety of groups. It H to be hoped and Indeed anticipated that a large cmrowd will turn out to take advan tage of this fine opportunity to obtain first-hand information about radio from a man now promi nently engaged in that popular field, ScAOfL )AOJUf Another column for today? Hell, man, what is there to write about Sensible women? A sensible woman is not so sensible as she looks because a sensible woman has more sense than to look sensi ble. Nothing there. Marriage ? It'a the aplice of life and I hear you can get a good wife in China for five dollars. A good wife may be worth it. That's about all I could write about marriage. There isn't any use. You say write about a college student. One par agraph tells the story. A college student is like a kerosene lamp not very bright, smokes, often goes out at night, and usually gets turned down. Whole life history. There isn't anything to write about. Maybe could write about the cosmic whirlpool of concentric mudspecks. Speck no one would under stand. Too irrealmate. Artists, you ,say. The thing that they like to draw best is their salary. What more can be said? Then you suggest tying. All can be summed briefly and thoroly. Many a true word has been spoken thru false teeth. And that's no lie. Haircuts? Say might write about barbers. A mart man can make good money there. Putting hair re storer in shaving cream. Don't know what else we could say. Damnit anything for an idea. Idea, jour dea, my dea. Dea, dea. Den Eernie pays that. Den Bernie smokes cigars. Guess, I'll go out for a cigar. TbuvA. (RjDundupL By Norbi.t Mabnken Nebraska farmers cooperate w.th college testing station TACTICS A LA HITLER. The German military leaders in Norway appar ently have decided establish a permanent line of defense running a. ..s the waist of Norway from Trondheim to the Swedish border. Dispatches from German headquarters the last few days have sim ply stated that progress is being made in Norway "as planned" and there seems to be little reason to believe that such is not the case. Yesterday the Ger mans in a surprise move slipped past the Norwegian-occupied fortress of Hegra, about 25 miles east of Trondheim. and completed their capture of the entire length of Norway's chief east-west railroad. This new position will probably be the limits of the German defense against any attempted allied attack. From this point south communications are far better unified than to the north. Mopping-up against Norwegian forces within this area seems to be progressing rapidly. Several thousand of the de fenders of Norway have surrendered within the last two days, and all opposition south of Trondheim ap pears at Best to be only half-hearted, due in part to lack of supplies for the Norwegian forces. Any at tempt on the part of the allies to land troops south of the newly-determined line would be difficult, since all the leading ports are acknowledged to be in German hands, hands which are being strength ened day by day, thru aid coming by way of a Skag errak which no longer appears closed, even in al lied claims. The only German troops north of Trondheim at the present time are entrenched in Narvik. The British have finally admitted that the landing of which they spoke took place not at Narvik, but thirty-five miles to the north. While British regi ments are playing hide-and-seek with one another among the northern mountains the Nazi forces in Narvik appear lodged there until the time that they decide to withdraw to their southern line. Thus the position of the allies at the present time appears no better than it was a week ago. In spite of the whistling in the dark performances of Reynaud and Chamberlain, the allied position ap pear! more difficult day by day. The British press warned the public yesterday against expecting im mediate or spectacular results from the allied ex peditionary force in Norway. They would hardly go wrong in warning the people not to expect any vic tories, other than verbal, from the current minis tries. TACTICS A LA GOP. The republican party apj-ars to be determined to "shoot the works" at their national convention this summer. Selection by the arrangements com mittee of Governor Stassen of Minnesota as keynote speaker and Representative Martin of Massachu setts as permanent chairmen has been greeted with general applause. The choices Indicate that certain republican circles have at length recognized that new leaders are needed to gain additional support for the party. The two men chosen are both re markable choices. Stassen, only S3 years of age, who last year beaded the list of "Who's Who among America's young men" has gained considerable rec ognition aa an able political figure. Martin, repub lican leader in the house of representatives, was chosen last year by a group of newspaper corre spondents as the ablest man In the lower house. While neith?r is an outstanding liberal, both are ex tremely able and Indicate a healthy reaction from the Hoover-Gannett type of republican leader. Con tinuance of the same type of wisdom In the elec tion of candidate! and platform would greatly en hance the possibility of a GOP victory in November. Several hundred Nebraska farmers will again cooperate with the county extension offices and the university ag college in test ing and demonstrating different crop varieties it was announced this week. The final lots of seed for spring small grain variety demonstration plots were sent out from the college agronomy department to county extension agents last week. From six to eight different varie ties will be compared in uniform plantings in 34 counties. Sorghums still remain at the top of the list in number of plots, with 58 county agents making arrange ments for conducting sorghum demonstrations this spring. It is anticipated that more than 100 plots each consisting of an aver age of 10 varieties will be planted this year. Test hybrid corn. Fifteen official state hybrid corn test plots consisting of from 30 to 50 different hybrids and varieties will be planted in Cass, Richard son, Gage, Douglas, Colfax, Da kota, Cuming, Knox, Boone, How ard, Fillmore and Polk counties and under irrigation in Dawson, Keith and Morrill counties. Entries have been received from 11 hybrid corn companies. To these will be added Nebraska cer tified and experimental hybrids aj well as hybrids from other sta tion agronomists. These official plots will be hand planted, thinned Dairy (Continued from page 1.) two each of Holsteins, Jerseys, Guernseys and Ayrshires. The products Judges placed classes of milk, butter, and ice cream. Seven samples of each were Judged. Ptacings Placinga by divisions in the cattle contest: Holsteins Silvey first, Norman Kruse second, Har old Hansen third. Jerseys Hugh Rennard first, Kruse second. War ren Hutchinson third. Guernseys Robert Pollard first, Lloyd Schma deke second, Harry Silvey third. Ayrshires John Higgans first. Jack Paulson second, Edwin Rou sek third. Placing! by divisions in the products contest: Milk Jack Car ter first, Eovd Mayfield second. Stanley McCill third. Butter Boyd Mayfield first, Verlin John son second, Herbert Smiley third. Ice cream Leo Tupper first. Homer Van Buskirk second. Elmer Cooper and Jack Carter tied for iht 'f.iv ,,7,7? Wl& f) iW,i(jih:M r"'l to uniform stands, and harvested by experiment stations. Fifty addi tional plots of from 12 to 15 hy brids and .varieties are to be planted in 34 counties by farmer cooperators. The program of cooperative crop variety testing is a valuable supplement to the research pro grams at the experiment station, at Lincoln and the North Platte, Alliance and Valentine substa tions. In addition, it provides an opportuni'.y for farmers to observe and compare these different varie ties when grown side by side under comparable conditions in their own counties. Essay contest offers $1200 trip to China For the best essay on the sub ject "Our Stake in the Future of China" the China essay contest is offering a first prize of J1.20O and a round trip on the China Clip per, pioneer in the trans-oceanic airline field. Second prize is $750, third prize, 5500, and fourth, flOO. Twenty-five prizes of 5 each are also offered. The contest is open to any stu dent regularly enrolled in a col lege or university of the United States, and the college in which the winning student is matriculat ing will also benefit to the extent of J 300 for the purchase of books on the Far East. Entry rules. No name! are to be placed on the manuscripts submitted, but name of contestant, address, col lege, classification, and home ad dress ahonld be placed on a Sepa rate paper and included. Deadline for submission of entries is June 30, 1940. Bibliography of all books used must be included when the manuscripts are mailed to Pherbia Thomas Thornburg, China Essay Guilford addresses Minnesota's Psi Chi Dr. J. P. Guilford of the de partment of psjthology addressed the University of Minnesota chap ter of Psi Chi, psychology frater nity, last week on the topic of personality. Dccca Popular Records 35c ea. 3 for $1.00 TtMBIJNG Tl MW.rUhU) Mug Crntbr K4SY 1KILS IT Bobby Byrmr ANCKL IN DlSCtlSE Ilcb Crtbr NO NAME JIVE (Paris 1 A 2) c r3