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Vol. 40, No. 6
Alfson is nation's
best lineman 'Look
Alfson, Hopp
Roliriff named
All-A
mericans
"Nebraska Is tipped to win the
Big Six title with one of its great
est teams in history," writes
sports columnist George Kirksey
in the Oct. 8 issue of Look maga
zine. For the football season of
1940, proclaimed to be the most
thrilling football year of the
decade, Nebraska is rated as one
of the best bets for the first ten
teams of the nation and is named
fts one of the 'teams to watch."
Warren Alfson, Nebraska "rock-em-and-sock-'em
guard," comes
into double honors in Kirksey's
forecast. He is selected as the line
man of the year and is also
starred as a member of the Sep
tember All-American team. Alf
son, who may be remembered as
Awgwan "beauty queen" a cou
ple of years back, is also named
with Herman Rohrig and Harry
Hopp aa sure All-American candi
dates. In another portion of the fore
cast, Kirksey names the Iowa-Nebraska
game at Lincoln on Nov.
9 as one of the 11 best games to
be played in the country this sea
son. Kirksey, who is on the sports
.staff of the United Press, par
(See ALFSON on page 2.)
Students will
pick records
for music set
Union will post list
o listeners may vote
for favorite pieces
Students interested in music will
have an opportunity to have a
voice in the selecting of new rec
ords for the Carnegie music set,
Pat Lahr, Union social director,
announced today. A classified list
of possible purchases for the Set
will be posted in the music room
and will also be printed in the
DAILY. Students are asked to
leave their vote in the music room,
indicating the records they would
like to hear on the Carnegie set
Room open during definite hours.
The music room, which was com
pleted late this spring, will have
regularly scheduled hours wjien it
will be open for student use. New
features this year will be the har
mony hours with student commen
tators, and a definite schedule for
the playing of long symphonies
and operas. The Harmony Hours
will be held on Thuisday evenings
at 7:30. When the winter season
for the broadcasts of symphonies
and operas begin, the music room
will be open so that the broad
casts may be hf-ard on the radio
there.
Following are the scheduled
hours for the music room: 12 noon
to 1 p. m., Monday, Wednesday,
Friday; 5:30 p. m., Monday
through Friday; 7:30 p. m. Mon
day through Thursday; 3 p. m.
Saturday; and 7:30 p. m. Sunday.
4N book is on sale now
Today and tomorrow, copies
of the "N" book, handbook of
campus organizations, person
alities, and traditions, published
annually by the YMCA and the
YWCA, will be on sale in the
Union lobby. Freshnrien may
purchase their copies at five
cents each; upperclassmen may
purchase boks for 25 cents.
Official Newspaper Of More Than 7,000
Lincoln, Nebraska
Lincoln Journal and Star.
WARREN ALFSON.
Nation's top lineman.
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Business advisor will speak
to university women on 'Jobs'
Miss Elizabeth Gregg MacGibbon will speak
on appearance, ability in business life
Known as "Emily Post of the
Business World," Miss Elizabeth
Gregg MacGibbon will address
university women Thursday, Fri
day and Saturday at the Miller Sc.
Paine auditorium.
Miss MacGibbon, who has
spoken at many colleges and uni
versities in the past few years,
will talk on 1 Stepping to a Better
Job," at 12:15 p. m. Thursday and
again at 4:30 p. m. on "Jobs for
College Women."
Friday at 4 p. m. she will ad
dress college women on "Appear
ance: Your Greatest Asset," and
on Saturday at 10:30 a. m. on
"How to Get Your First Job."
Also on Saturday at 2:30 p. m.
Miss MacGibbon will deliver her
last address to university women
entitled Ten Won'ts for Business
Girls."
There is no admission and Mar-
I-F Council hears
committee plan
Members of the Interfraternity
Council met last night to hear
President Horn outline the Coun
cil committee plan for the coming
year and discussed rushing viola
tions.
A social committee will replace
the Interfraternity Ball committee
under the new plan and rushing
rules will be in the hands of a
row rushing committee. Also in
eluded in the plan is a publicity
committee. Members of the com
mittees will be named at the next
meeting of the Council.
Pub hoard plans
meeting to decide
fate of Awgwan
The publications board meets
this week to determine the fate of
the Awgwan, campus monthly hu
mor magaxine. Sigma Delta Chi,
national journalism honorary, has
been working the entire summer
on a reorganization program,
If the reorganization proposal is
approved by the publications
board, Sigma Delta Chi predicts
an unusual type of publication for
the coming year. Details of the
new magazine will be released
later. Subscriptions are now on
sale at the Awgwan office in the
Union.
Student
September 25, 1940
Youth Foundation director
to be here for church week
Wannins;liani to address Christian leadership
group at conference sessions; students may attend
Dr. Osbert Wrightman Warm
ingham, noted religious leader,
will be the leading speaker in Lin
coln during church week, Septem
ber 27, 28 and 29.
Head of the American Youth
Foundation, Dr. Warmingham,
who was born in India, will i pear
at several churches Friday night.
Invitations to come to the meet
ings have been extended to Chris
tian leadership groups throughout
the state.
Open discussion Saturday.
A religious leaders' conference
Saturday at the Student Union
will be followed by an open dis
cussion at 10:30 a. m. The pro
gram Saturday includes lunch, an
afternoon session, and an informal
evening reception.
The discussion groups are for
garet Krause, speaking for the
AWS, "urges all women to attend
the addresses."
Miss MacGibbon, an energetic
Californian, has been confidential
secretary, an automobile editor,
and an advertising manager.
Having observed business from
both the inner and outer office
she set out to advise women on
how to get on in the business
world. She lectures, writes a syn
dicated column, and tours the
country presenting edifying play
lets in big department stores.
Cobs will hold
rush smoker
tliis evening
All men students, excluding
freshmen and seniors, are eligible
for membership in the Corn Cobs,
men s pep organization, and are
Invited to their first smoker of the
year to be held in parlor X of the
Student Union at 7:30 tonight,
Gerald Spahn, president of the
club, announced yesterday.
The smoker is to be held for the
purpose of pledging sophomore
and junior men students and to
acquaint them with the activities
of the organization.
Corn Cobs is a non-political or
ganization of 16 students chosen
from a pledge list of more than
50 juniors and sophomores. "Mem
bers are chosen according to their
record of participation in Corn
Cob activities. Colonel C. J. Frank-
forter, faculty sponor of Corn
Cobs, will be guest speaker at the
meeting.
Bingham to speak
at YM meeting
Professor I A. Bingham of the
engineering college and member
of the university YMCA faculty
advisory board will speak on "Why
I Came to College" at the first
meeting of the campus YM or
ganization tonight at 7:15.
The meeting is the first of a
series of Wednesday evening meet
ings designed to acquaint fresh
man students and to enable them
I to become better acquainted.
Cornhusker Oath at 11
For the first time in four years a grand march will precede the
taking of the Cornhusker Oath by the freshman class in the coli
seum today at 11 a. m. When the frosh assemble at the Temple,
the Tassels, the Corn Cobs and the freshman band will be there to
lead them In the grand procession. The famous Victory Bell of Ne
the purpose of giving students the
opportunity to talk of the prob
lems of living a Christian life in a
university. Rev. Drew, president
pastor of the University methodist
church said, explaining that all
who attend the seminars with
open and receptive minds will re
ceive great spiritual uplift.
Trained as pianist.
Dr. Warmingham, considered
one of the greatest religious lead
ers c the world, has an interest
(See CHURCH on page 3.)
Sale of seats
for football
starts Monday
V
Sale of 6,000 reserved seats starts
Monday Morning at 8 o'clock. Stu
dent activity books may be bought
in the coliseum at the office of
John K. Selleck, athletic business
manager.
Norman Harris, editor of the
DAILY, will make the drawings
for reserved seats immediately
after the close of the drive. These
will be distributed Wednesday, one
week from today. The 6,000 seats
are in the first 30 rows of the
east stadium between the 20 yard
lines.
Students may turn in their
money for activity books untu
5 p. m. Monday and between
8 a. m. and 1 p. m. Tuesday,
Price of student tickets is $5,
and for the general public $10.
The tickets admit the holder to
all home football and basketball
games, track meets, baseball
games, wrestling and swimming
meet3.
Day to head
democrats
Interest in national politics took
a definite upswing on the campus
last night as 40 young democrats
met in the Union, founded the
University Democratic club,
elected officers and made plans for
activity during the next month and
a half.
Heading the group will be Frank
Day, a law school junior, as presi
dent. Other officers of the organ!
zation are Leo Turkel, Jane Lynn
and Chris Petersen.
Nationally affiliated.
The club bears the authorization
of the national and state demo
cratic committees, and is affiliated
with the National University and
College Democratic clubs.
Bringing the club to this cam
pus was Robert Flory, law school
junior, who has been appointed by
the democratic committee, as or
ganizer of groups on every cam
pus in the state.
The club will meet every Tues
day evening at 7:30 in the Union
There are no age or sex limita
tions. All students in the univer
slty interested in the democrat
party are urged to attend coming
meetings.
Tlie weather
According to the weatherman it
will continue to be almost topcoat
time for his report reads "gen
erally fair and continued cooler for
today.
braska tradition will sounu mo
cadence.
Dean Thompson announced yes
terday no classes will be dismissed
for the freshman convocation, be-
All Corn Cobs and Tassels,
and Freshman band members
will assemble at the Temple at
10:30 a. m. today to take part
in the freshman parade and
convocation.
cause there are no freshman
classes scheduled for Monday,
Wednesday, or Friday at 11, and
upper classmen do not attend the
convocation. In the event that any
freshman does have a class at 11
a. m. today laboratory periods,
or the like he is to be excused by
his instructor.
Solemn occasion.
The taking of the oath is a tra
ditionally solemn occasion, where
in the entering students each
swear that they recognize their
obligation to parents, state, and
school for making their attendance
here possible; that they will try to
maintain good scholastic averages
and to make good social contacts;
that they will organize their time
well enough to include studies, ac
tivities, and rest; and that they
will be loyal to the university, and
its traditions to the faculty, and to
the administration.
Ralph Worden, newly elected
yell king, will lead the pep sec
tions. Down past social science
hall, past the pharmacy building,
by the former museum, past Ne
braska hall, past Avery lab, and
Bessey hall, the class of '44 will
march, ending at the coliseum,
where it will be greeted by admin
istration and faculty officers.
Frankforter gives oath.
Chancellor Boucher, Dean T. J.
Thompson, Dean Helen M. Hosp,
Coach "Biff Jones, and Mortar
Board president Patricia Stern
berg will each address the frosh.
Colonel Frankforter will give the
Cornhusker oath, and the program
(See CONVO on page 2.)
Counselors
board fills
two vacancies
Betty Pierce, Irene
Hollenbeck replace Pris
Chain, Jane De La Tour
Coed Counselors welcomed
Betty Pierce and Irene Hollenbeclc
as new board members at the
meeting of the group Monday
night at Ellen Smith hall.
Made an honorary member was
Pri3 CI lain who has become in
active on account of illness. Miss
Hollenbeck will assume her duties.
Miss Pierce replaces DeLaTour
who has accepted a teaching posi
tion. The two new members are now
'Big Sisters" and will be counsel
ors to 15 or 20 freshman girls,
"Little Bisters."
In last spring's election, Miss
Pierce and Miss Hollenbeck ran
13th and 11th in the race for the
12 board positierjj.
Student Willkie
boosters to meet
in Union Friday
National politics having already
been brought to the campus thru
the organization of a Roosevelt
boosters club, the pro-Willkie stu
dents thru their college repre
sentative for Nebraska, Betty Mc
Geachin, say they'll bring both
sides of the national political argu
ment here at the first uni-Willkie-for-presldent
club meeting Friday
at 5 p. m. in the Union. This
meeting is not that of a young
republican club. It is a Willkie
club. Democrats, republicans, anti
third term-ites, everyone is in
vited. There will be no member
ship fee. All students are invited.
