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Official Newspaper Of More Than 7,000 Students
Vol. 39, No. 131
Lincoln, Nebraska
Sunday, April 21,1940
Convo to honor 632 students
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By Bob Aldrich.
To most students the chancellor is a mysterious individual who
has an office somewhere out of which he emerges three or four
times a year to make a speech or dedicate something. His duties are
vaguely related to the operation of the university and his executive
orders filter down to the student much as President Roosevelt's
reach a WPA worker.
A visit to this office proves the chancellor to be neither mysteri
ous nor possessed of occult powers but a busy executive willing to
take time out for a friendly chat. Subject: Chauncey Samuel Boucher.
Most common characteristic: refusal to stick to the subject.
Boucher's enthusiasm for
his
job is apparent. "I have never
been happier than with my work
at Nebraska," the chancellor re
marks. "The task has been very
exhilarating and still is. Of course,
there are many nuisances and an
noyances to any administrative
job. You have to keep a perspec
tive oh your work. I get my sa
tisfaction from a long-range inter
est in the job we are doing edu
cational statesmanship, you might
call it, as contrasted with the
petty details of everyday work."
His experience as an educator
is extensive. He got into admin
istrative work "by accident," he
says. Being appointed dean of
the college of arts, literature, and
science at Chicago from a profes
sorship in American history, he
found himself absorbed in the
work, decided he preferred it to
teaching. Before that he was in
structor in history at Michigan
and Washington, and in American
history at Ohio State, University i
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of Texas, and Chicago, Desicies aumereiu neius irom meuieai euu
year's supply position at Wiscon- cation to building repair. There is
sin. no chance to go stale with every
day and every hour different."
As a historian he is author of a j With so many interviews his big
book on the nullification contro-1 gCSt trouble is finding time to
veisy in South Carolina, another j write the things that need to be
on the letters of Calhoun, and six ' written."
monographs on southern history
has been a contributor of history
Engineers honor
society to induct
twenty pledges
Twenty engineering students
will be initiated into Sigma Tau,
engineering scholastic honorary,
April 26 at the lincoln hotel.
Following the initiation, the new
Initiates will be honored at a ban
quet. Many prominent members of
the fraternity will be present In
cluding National Councilor Verne
Hedg". and National Secretary
treasurer C. A. Sjogren.
Initiates are: Ix-onard N. An
derson. Warren E. Baldwin, Or
ville E. Bonness, Houston Jones.
Eugene L. Jorgcnsen, Garth P.
Kennedy, James A. Knotts, Fran
cis J. Lawler. Leo F. McGowan.
Lowell W. Michael, Adolph V.
Mrstik, Ernest L. Munter, Robert
A. Olson, Wade W. Paschke. Car
roll C. Petersen, Jack C. Rohr
bough,' Frank M. Scott, William J.
Stuart.Phil H. WcIkt, and Henry
J. Wolf.
Advocates hear
Attorney Clark
Rush Clark will speak at the
meeting of Young Advocates, a
pre-law society, Tuesday evening
at 7 in Social Sciences, room 201.
"The Prosecutor" will be the
topic of his address. Rush Clark
comes from Scottsbluff where he
was county prosecutor. At the
present he Is assistant attorney
general for-Nebraska.
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and education articles to several
magazines.
He was born in Chicago where
his father was business manager
of the old "Times." At Michigan
he was on the paper four years
and managing editor of the an
nual. Called from the presidency of
West Virginia in 1938, Boucher
found Nebraska "full of opportu
nities rather than obstacles." The
faculty is "a fine group to work
with" and the students "the most
wholesome" he has ever known
with "better poise, balance, and
judgment." He remarks that there
are "fewer crackpots and mem
bers of the lunatic fringe here.
However, students are not stolid
and phlegmatic."
The wide variety of things I
have to deal with keeps the job
from becoming monotonous,"
Boucher says. "In one morning I
will probably look into twenty
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Besides, there are trips to be
made all over the state. In the
thousands of miles he has traveled
Over Nebraska he is "astounded
to find all types of groups inter
ested in the better things of life,
(See BOUCHER, page 2.)
Pioneer Park turns into 'no man's
land' as Cornhusker armies clash
By Hubert Ogdcn.
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Brief but very fierce fighting
between the Blue and Brown
armies on the slopes of Pioneers'
Park resulted in a temporary
truce shortly before 10:30 a. m.
Casualties were high and appar
ently neither side was victorious.
At 9:30 a. m. the troops of the
invading Blue army approached
the new battle-scarred hills from
the northeast and circled in from
the south. This correspondent, un
der military escort, arrived at the
scene of the battle in a special car
shortly before hostilities opened.
To the noith a few scattered
members of the Brown army were
seen running across the horizon
and then jumping to cover. As far
as we could see to the north then
all was peaceful and quiet.
A command to attack was given
to the invaders who had rapidly
approached our position from the
rear. One detachment ran to the
cufct, seeking cover among the
brush and trees; the other tr.kinf
Johnson wins
10th annual
Tri-K title
Crops judger sets new
record in points; figures
for enrollment shattered
Two new records were estab
lished yesterday as LeMoyne John
son of Lodgepole won the tenth
annual student crops judging con
test at ag college.
Johnson's score of 1,377 out of
a possible 1,400 points was the
highest score ever made in this
annual event sponsored by the Tri
K club. And the 149 entries set
a new all-time high for any type
of student contest ever held at
the college, outstripping the previ
ous record of 134 students entered
in last year's crop contest.
Altho only a sophomore scholar
tically, Johnson was entered in the
"senior division of the contest a
division open to students compet
ing for places on next year's inter
collegiate judging team. Victories
in the "junior" division, open to
students who had taken two
courses in crops work, was Ralph
Schobert of Springfield. And Stan
ley McGill of Waverly topped the
freshman division, open to stu
dents with not more than one
(See TRI-K CONTEST, page 3.)
Grimes, Swan
win tourney
Goetz, Muskin take 2nd
in Union bridge battle
Ton Grimes and Norris Swan
yesterday afternoon won the
Union bridge tournament, with
Leonard Muskin and Bill Goetz
placing second.
Light couples entered in the
final round, include: Grimes and
Swan; Muskin and Goetz; Bill
Longman, Art Mason; Marjorie
Bauer, Mary Jane Hendricks;
Ernest Wintroub, George Frisch
er; Eleanor Lutz, Jean Woods;
Leonard Jacobsen, Warren Ro
mans; Ray Esman. Henry Dam
kroger. First prize for each of the win
ners was a choice of a year's sub
scription to Lite, Time, New York
er, Reader's Digest, or Mademoi
selle. Each of the runners-tip
received a ticket to Larry Clinton.
cover and proceeding to the west.
The defending army was known
to be located somewhere among
the brush and woods about one
half mile north, defending a large
water reservoir tank. Position of
the terrain made a sudden attack
almost impossible. The rngged
slopes on the east and west met
before uh in a long valley, which
afforded absolutely no protection
and thru which an advance would
be suicide. The Brown army was
far before us on either side of this
valley among the brush of the
slopes.
Only approach for the Blues
Falconer here to hold
employment conference
Meetings will be held Mon
day by Carl Falconer, division
manager for the Inter-Mountain
Knitting Mills for those wish
ing to find summer or perma
nent employment and have
sales ability. Croups will meet
at 9 a. m. and 1:30 p. m. in
Prof. T. T. Bullocks office,
306SS.
Faculty members
to Met hair down1
for AAUW play
You have to laugh at their
jokes and funny antics in the
classroom whether they are funny
or not, but you can laugh as the
mood comes to you next Tuesday
and Wednesday evening as mem
bers of the faculty "let their hair
down" to present a three act com
edy, "The Enchanted Cottage," at
8 in the Temple theater.
To perform in the leading roles
will be academic stars Dean C. H.
Oldfather of the college of arts
and sciences; Armand Hunter and
Herbert Yenne of the department
of speech and dramatic art; Dr.
Wilbur Gregory and Dr. Roger
Russell of the department of psy
chology. Mrs. C. S. Boucher will
(See FACULTY, page 2.)
Engineers
plan annual
celebration
Engineering festival set
for May 2, 3, 4; highlights
are ball, demonstrations
Engineering students will hold
their annual celebration May 2, 3
and 4. Features of the annual En
gineers' Week will be demonstra
tions and exhibits, a convocation
of engineering students, and the
annual Engineers' Ball.
Selection of the committee " in
charge was announced this week.
General chairman is Frank Scott,
and Martin Hemsworts is assist
ant chairman. Treasurer is Cli
ford Thompson.
Following tradition of other
years, there will be demonstra
tions, exhibits and entertainment
in engineering building on the city
campus the night of May 2.
L. J. Fletcher, assistant general
manager of the Caterpillar Trac
tor company, will address the con
vocation in the Temple May 3.
Engineering students will hold
field day activities on the new
intramural field the afternoon of
May 3, and- will have a dinner and
program in the Union that night.
The annual Engineers' Ball will
be held in the Cornhusker hotel
May 4.
Departmental chairmen for the
(Sec ENGINEERS, page 2.)
was by skirting along the sides
of the hills, far in advance of our
position; the infantry under cover
and machine gi.ns in position. We
could hear scattered fire beginning
in the hills.
We advanced around the attack
ing army in our special car and
gained a hill top to the east of the
ensuing battle. The fire was in
creasing. From our position and
with the aid of binoculars we
could locate the defending infan
try and the invading Blues.
Out of the south came a fast
low-flying plane, flying directly
over a Blue machine gun nest.
The machine gun swung into ac
tion, evidently changing all inten
tions of the airmen to take any
part in the battle, if such was
their intention.
The fight raged with the Blues
advancing rapidly from the south.
With a devastating volley of
blanks the Browns hastily re
treated, leaving a tank in the
Blue's possession.
Accurate fire across the long
(Sec SHAM BATTLE, page 3.)
Allen speaks
to scholars
Tuesday
Special tribute goes
to 75 on roll 4 years
or in upper 3 percent
The twelfth annual honors con
vocation in recognition of high
scholarship end educational
achievement, Tuesday morning will
feature Judge Florence Allen of
Cleveland, who will speak on "The
Constitution, An Instrument of
Freedom." The event will start
at 10:15 with Chancellor C. S.
Boucher presiding.
To be recognized for high schol
arship this year will be a group of
632 students, 75 of whom will be
paid special tribute for superior
achievement. The latter group
consists of seniors whose names
have appeared on the honors list
for the past four years, as well as
those who have ranked in the
upper 3 percent of their class for
the preceding two semesters. These
will be seated on the stage with
the presiding officers, the deans
and directors, and will receive
leather hound certificates. Stu
dents who have received special
awards and campus organizations
which rank high scholastically will
also be honored.
Barrister.
Judge Allen is recognized as one
of the leading figures in the legal
profession and is a member of the
United States Circuit Court of Ap
peals. The National Federation
of Business and Professional
Women recently selected her as
the leading professional woman in
America.
Her famous "firsts" include be
ing the first woman in Ohio to be
appointed county prosecuting at
torney, first woman to be a mem
ber of the federal court, and is the
first woman in the world to pre
side in a first degree murder case.
She is, besides being the only
member of her sex to sit as judge
in a court of last resort, a noted
author, her latest book, "This Con
stitution of Ours," having received
(See HONORS, page 2.)
Betas meet Delta
Theta Phi in l-M
semi-final debate
Beta Theta Pi will meet Delta
Theta Phi in the semifinal round
of the Intra-mural debate tourna
ment Tuesday night at 7. Tappa
Kegga, the other team left in the
tourney will not debate Tuesday.
Subject for the tournament is:
"Resolved, that the states should
adopt a plan of compulsory auto
mobile insurance to cover personal
injuries."
Judging points of the debate are
manner of presentation, prepara
tion and material. One judge is
used in all debates until the last,
when three will be used. Judges
are men who have been inter
collegiate debaters at Nebraska for
the last few years.
Debaters are: Beta Theta Pi,
Keith Howard, Gene Bradley;
Tnppa Kegga, Hamilton Reed, Don
Bursik; Delta Theta Phi, James
Brogan, Don Farrens.
Ivy poem contest
deadline nears
Deadline for the submission of
poems in the annual Ivy Day poem
contest is 0 p. m. Wednesday.
Entries should be turned in to
Mrs. Westovei's office in Ellen
Smith.
The best poem is traditionally
read during presentation of tho
May Queen's court as part of the
Ivy Day celebrations May 1, and
the winner will be awarded a five,
dollar prize. Three faculty mem
bers will make the selection.