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THE DAILY NEBRASKAN Wednesday, May 8, 1940 Society ... Water, water everywhere, and lots of new diamonds Water, water, everywhere and not a drop to drink! With weather like that oi' yesterday, that often quoted line was definitely in vo gue. The drenching rain fore stalled the parade and practically everything else that had been planned, so as a result most of the campusites became stay-at-homes or Union loungers. GLITTER OF DIAMONDS served to brighten the landscape as Chi O Ruth Salisbury is now wearing a sparkler, the gift of Don Johnson from Randolph Field in Texas. AND THEN TOO, Alpha Chi Kay Bullock is proudly showing off the lovely diamond she recently received from Bill McConnell. STRAIGHT DOPE from the Kay lodge on North Six teenth is that they expect a candy passing every Monday night from now until school is out. If they resort to drastic means to get what they want, fraternity pin wearers of the Kappa house had better watch their steps. LET'S HAVE FUN! So said Gamma Phis Maryellen Robinson and Ruth Coordes, and they proceeded to splash their way around barefoot in the rain. Re minds one of last year's wise crack, "Aw, c'mon, everybody's goin' barefoot." MONDAY NIGHT election at the Phi Gam house re vealed these new officers: Gerald Spahn, president; Paul Reddy, vice-president; Eugene (Red) Lit tler, recording secretary; George Larson, corresponding secretary; Marvin Thompson, historian. TOO ROMANTIC is the campus as new steady deals are coming to light. The Gamma Phis take the lead with three: Adah Lavender and PiKA Bob Derr; Maryellen McCracken and Melvin Johnson; Meda Mae Al breight and Francis Cox. REGIONAL MEETING of Kappa Phi was held in Still water, Oklahoma, last weekend. Hiva Mills was elected secretary treasurer for this district. Members of the local chapter who attended the conference were Maxine Maddy. Ruth Surber, Dor othy White, Billie Arter, Jean Wagner, Doris Atkinson, Carol Jean Griffing, Maxine Clopine, Wilma Stonecipher, and Miss Luc- ivy Hill, sponsor. JUDGE WILSON of the state supreme court, his son Mr. Walter Wilson, and his daugh ter, Miss Helen Wilson were Sun day guests at Wilson hall, when Judge Wilson presented a photo graph of his wife, the late Mrs. Emma Parks Wilson. His wife was the first dean of women at the university and the hall is named in her honor. PEACE OFFERING of two doten roses was sent to the Tri Deltas from the Betas as the result of the Monday night fra cas when the Betas "kidnaped" Cay Deurmeyer, in an attempt to persuade her to pass candy with Ted Welton. By way of retalia tion the Tri Delts took their porch furniture and had to lock the door against the invading Betas. The whole thing was settled when the porch furniture was returned and flowers were sent. It does seem that the Betas have lots of trouble ,01 keeping the decorations (including trees and furnishings) for the front of their house intact. May be they should try bolting things down. PINNED LAST NIGHT were AOPi Ruthy Yourd Frosty Wilson of the Sig house. and Ep STUDYING isn't so bad after all, because lat est reports have it that a Sunday evening study session resulted in the decision to go steady of Theta Dorothy Swisher and PiKa Bud Rapp. SWEETS AND CIGARS were presented the Tri Delts and Chi Phis Monday night when Martha Whelan and Ed Segrist did the honors. GREAT CLOUDS OF MYSTERY are gradually being cleared at the Chi O house, because the sisters have at last decided that Mary Ellen Comerford really is wearing the pin of Phi Delt Dick Anwyl. But don't quote them on that. BEST WISHES to Sigma Chi Grant Thomas, hos pitalized as a result of an ap pendectomy, who is "doing nicely." His days are bing brightened by the visits of the beauteous Pat Woods of the Theta house. Queen (Continued from page 1.) which, with Paramount pic tures, is sponsoring the contest nationally. Four of the sixteen girls will be selected to attend the world premiere of "Those Were the Days" at Knox Col lege, Galesburg, Illinois, as will eight other girls selected by reader vote from the other two issues. At Galesburg, the girls will be entertained by stars of the picture, Bonita Granville and William Holden, and by students of Knox college. Want most typical A committee of judges headed by the director of the picture will select the girl they think most typical for Ail-American college queen, and the winner will be sent to Hollywood for a screen test, and entertainment by movie stars. If the queen proves to be good movie mate rial she will be given a movie contract. So buy an Issue of Movie and Radio Guide today and vote for your candidate. Bettie Cox, for All-American College Queen today. AMBER "A Compliment for each complectlon, and for a Gown of any hue" For thousands of years Amber has been used for ornamenta tion. "Nero" gratified the demand of Roman ladies for this precious substance by dispatching an expedition for it. To-day the call for Real Amber is larger than ever In Pins, Bracelets, Necklaces, etc. May we show you some of fhe New Beautiful Creations SARTOR JEWELRY CO. 0 St. Lincoln, NYhr. lER'S DAY is "EXT SELECT YOUR CARDS A large assortment from which to choose. Many special titles for other members of your family For your Friend's Mother Sweetheart's Mother or Sweetheart. Debate- (Continued from page 1.) from judgments and cover eco nomic losses of those injured. All not benefited. The negative side, upheld by Tappa Kegga, maintained that not everyone would get the benefits from the proposed plan, and quoted statistics to show that al most one-half of automobile acci dents which resulted in fatalities were caused by pedestrains. They argued that the present plan of insurance was adequate if ex tended, popularized, and made available to the general public. They also spoke in favor of wider education as to laws and obedience to regulations, and cited the stamping out of tubercu losis, which was largely due to carelessness, by publicity and edu cation. In conclusion they phrased their plan, as "teaching to avoid killing rather than paying for what you kill." Delta Theta Phi debaters were James Brogan and Don Farrens; for Tappa Kegga, Hamilton Reed and Don Bursik. Judges were Jack Stewart, Ed win Carraher, and Elmer Scheeld. Engine men make . . . IWW members pay penalty for shirking work on exhibits Thirty seconds! One, two, three . . . twenty-nine, thirty Splash! Follows a yell, a wet yell. A man is in the tank! No longer is it a feud with the lawyers, it is a feud among them selves. The workers vs. the non workers. Members of the I. W. W. (I won't work society) during preparations for and enactment of Engineers Week festivities are i now paying for their laziness. The penalty a thoro dunking in the water tank in M. E. building. Thirty seconds are alloted the un fortunate ones to remove gar ments, and then splash, rniriy seconds isn't very long, particu larly when you are excited and trying to save your newly-pressed suit from becoming saturated with ice-cold water. The lucky ones get their trousers off, but most go in with only a shirt missing. A real posse What a posse these hungry blood-thirsty engineers make as they band together to seek out an anti-Iaborite. Finding their prize, he is dragged toward the vicinity of that fateful spot, the "tank." Yelling excuses, swearing that "I worked, I worked!" his begging la in vain. Into the tank he goes regretting that he failed to do his share. The systematic mechanical en gineers have devised a scheme to insure efficiency. Posting on the bulletin board the persons eligible for the "Aquatic Club," they are TODAY SUM Please God ... Make if rain, make if pour, anything but a parade By Everett Prentice. Dear Father, who art in heaven, please for my sake let the pretty little raindrops splatter all over the parade grounds. Let them fall so abundantly that I'll have to bor row a boat to go home in. Dear God, I haven't asked for much these last few days not too much at least so if you want to do me a special favor please, pretty please, tell the clouds to open up and cry like everything. I'm not asking you to make it rain just because there is a parade today. I wouldn't do that. But do you realize that if it doesn't rain in a big hurry there might be a drought or something? And then the farmers would have to go on WPA and that is already too crowded. In fact, Mr. God, they can't find enough work for them the way it .is. So, if you want to do Mr. Roosevelt a big favor along checked as they are doused. Mem bers on this list who have been checked are: Elton Wiley, John Ainely, Donald Funk, Arthur Gar bers, Gerald Jones, Darrel Silvers, and "Mouse" Woods. Those who have evaded thus far are: Richard Aggen, Victor Buet tell, James Goff, Elmore Hutter manler, Harry Saunders, Frank Vette, and Harold Williams. FELLOWS ready for outdoor fun! W1IKTIIEH it's picnics, or golfing, or ten nifl, or just lounging thai' your favorite liolly, here arc the clothes! SLACK SUITS, of Mucks with matching in-and-outcr shirt SLACK SUITS of hopsaoking, in hluc, green, maize or natural SPORT SHIRTS Short sleeve styles, in cottons or rayons $1, 1.50 and I RAYON SLACKS Plain colors and J95 stripes. Rlue, green, tan, rust or grey O Men's Wr Street Fleer. with answering my little plea, he and I would appreciate it very; much. The grasses are thirsty. And just think of all the little grasses and things that are so very, very thirsty. It costs the uni versity a lot of money to water the little grasses and things with a hose. They raised the tuition fees once and they might have to do it again in order that Mr. Gunderson won't have to use red ink all next year. If they did that a lot of poor students would have to stay home from school because they wouldn't have enough money to pay their tuition. And just stop to think how much money you would save the 73,893 people of Lincoln. If it rains the street department won't have to wash the streets tonight, the people won't have to water their lawns, and they won't have to waste water filling the dry bird baths. . . . and to are the robins. Speaking of birds, you've noticed how much the robins, and spar rows and all the other feathered creatures like rain. So, dear God, you wouldn't dis appoint Mr. Roosevelt, the farm ers, Mr. uunaerson, me nine grasses, birds, and last and prob ably least, ME? Late bulletin: ROTC unit parade was cancelled yesterday at 3 p. m. because of rain. Statistics gathered by Dart mouth university officials show that the average college youth is taller and heavier than his prede cessors. plain tan cotton, watdiahlc. 1 295 as kodak stok G liilLLUI lS I i?' A ij i 1221 0 ST.