Thursday, April 18, 1940
Editorial Opinion
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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.
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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
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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?
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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.
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