Friday, October 11, 1940
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. Farmers' affair Oct. 19;
Men elect queen at door
Tickets went on sale today for
the 15th annual Farmers' Formal.,
fall dance of the ag college, to be
held Oct. 19. Choice of a queen
by the men at the dance, farm out
fits of calico dresses or patched
overalls, and music by Sternie
Sternberg and his orchestra will be
features of the evening.
Co-chairmen Leo Cooksley and
Betty Jo Smith of the Farmers'
Formal extended a special invita
tion to students in other colleges
as well as to those in ag college
All men attending the dance will
be given a chance as they enter
to vote for the queen. Admission
ill be 80 cents a couple.
Fishbcm-
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leagues in England, and according
to them, it is the mental situation
resulting from the strain of the
war, not the medical situation,
which requires most attention.
"Nervous breakdowns are fre
quent and very difficult to han
dle and are all a result of the
strenuous effort to undermine the
morale of the British people,"
Fishbein said.
Because of the continual bomb
ings over London and the neces
sity for people to spend much time
in cramped bomb shelters, it
would be supposed that disease
germs would spread and the gen
eral public health would be very
much endangered, but Fishbein
said that the health situation is
very well organized and controlled.
"Another predominating question
In Great Britain at this time is
what to do with the army," he
continued. "There is very little
fighting for them to do and they
ust be fed and their health cared
r. Civilians frequently envy the
position of the soldiers."
Dr. Fishbein emphasized that
the medical profession is not over
crowded and there is plenty of
work for any doctor who wishes
to do it. He said that no other
country has a medical field that
will compare to that in America.
States view.
l,Qa.iiiioA ura fvmct maintain tViat
jOh high standard," he said, "I am
Ai indefinitely opposed to the now pro
of H MPsetl idea ' Pting the doctor
V fl on the federal payroll. I am op-
( I Vsed to it mainly because such a
plan wouia tend 10 aegraae me
health service offered the public
and the doctors who would work
under such a plan would invari
ably be in the lower stratum of
the profession.
Because there is no room for
progression in this field, the am
bitious young doctors will not thus
limit themselves. Making such a
plan universal for medical college
graduates would cause a shortage
of good doctors at the top."
Dr. Fishbein does not believe
that the average college student
is overworked or ruins his health
by too much study. "Occasionally
a student overworks, but then
only because he wants to. The ex
tent of the work a student does is
limited by his own drive." Ke also
said that the jace at which col
lege students live has slowed down
from former years, and the cur
ricula in the universities has been
kept within reason.
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Don't Miss The
Student Union Ballroom
FULL LENGTH MOVIE
"Sailing Along" with Jessie Mathews
MORTON., THE MAGICIAN
TAP DANCING
MUSICAL NUMBERS
Free-8 P. Saturday
Mortar Board
alums entertain
Alumni members of Mortar
Board entertained the actives at
a 6:30 dinner Thursday at the
home of Mrs. Seacrest. The ac
tives were invited to the dinner
at their regular meeting Wednes
day at 4. Plans for all the ac
tivities of the coming year were
formulated.
YW membership
drive extended
Leading in soliciting member
ships and contributions for YWCA
are Betty Jane Scott, Flavla
Tharpe, and Frances D r e ng i u s.
The membership drive has been
extended for another week. Fac
ulty and student contributions are
coming in rather slowly but stead
ily. Movic-
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meht. Coeds in the group are Jac-
quelyn Jackson, Priscilla Mosely,
Dorothy Filley, Marjorie Adams,
Martha Pickering, Barbara Scott,
Dorothy Askey, Mary Rosborough,
Martha Reed, Gwendolyn Guest,
and Pat Herminghaus, all of Lin
coin; Beth Hanisch, Olive Soren
scn. and Betty Marie Waite of
Omaha; Virginia Thede, Colunv
bus; Bettie Cox, Pierce; Phyllis
Welch, Shenandoah, la.; Edith
Knight, Alliance; Joyce Burke,
Edison; Ree Hitchcock, Hastings;
Carllne Hohensee, Auburn; Marion
Bulling, Ceresco; and Dotty Ward,
Ulysses.
Men students in costume parts
are Clarence Flick, Robert Black.
Louis Meyer, Dale Burleigh, Wil
linm Reese, and Dick Hiatt all of
Lincoln; Nick Kostos, Clark Ash
ton, Clifford Meier, Tom Grimes,
Al Busch, and Malcolm Dow of
Omaha: Robert Gelwick, Falls
City; Deon Axthclm, Gothenburg;
Max Whittaker, Belvidere; Jack
Hendrix, Wilsonville; James Smith,
Albion; George Strange, Mead
ville; Audry Gaunt, Ellsworth; Bill
Dickson, Hastings; Gayle Thoene,
Hartington; Bob Llchty, Chadron;
Gerald Davis, Sioux Falls. S. D.;
Ned Bell, York, Robert Pog, North
Platte; "and Arthur Blecha, Du-
Bois.
Taking the parts of doubles for
the film's stars are Louise Lemon
of Lincoln for Martha Scott, John
Schwartz of Lincoln for William
Gargan, Clint Jurgensen of Jules-
burg, Colo., for Don Douglas, Mar
cella Bauer of Omaha for Mary
Anderson, and Dick deBrown of
Lincoln for Sidney Blackmer.
The Hollywood contingent con
aists of Val Paul, production man
ager; Marshall Nielan, director
Johnny Birch, assistant director
Howard Anderson, first camera
Richard Fryer, second camera
Fred Anderson, assistant camera
man; Johnny Livesley, grip; Ed
ward Nelson, electrician; Rene
Wilson, wardrobe man; Florence
Hays, wardrobe woman; and Edith
Kern, hairdresser.
Who's the Hoosiers?
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Syrian student hopes
to go home at war's end
By Marjorie Bunlng.
"I have not heard from my fam
ily since April," lamented Sophie
Wakim, native of Sidon, Syria. "At
first I objected when their letters
were censored, but now I cannot
receive them at all. I would be
very grateful to receive some word
from them."
Miss Wakim came from Syria
to the United States on the Ameri
can home Economics Association's
International Fellowship in 1938
and graduated from Ohio univer
sity last June. Due to the present
situation in Europe, she could not
return to Syria as she had planned,
so she applied for and received an
asslstantshlp in the child develop
ment laboratry at the college.
Likes UN
"I like this university very much,
she said, speaking in very precise,
almost clipped English, "but it is
so big. The students are very con
genial, though. Nebraska's climate
pleases me as it reminds of Syria.
The sun always shines and the
sky is always clear."
Miss Wakim was unable to
make any statement of the effect
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try. "We were a French mandate,"
she smiled, "What we are now I
don't know. Before I left in 1938,
there were no indications of the
unrest among European nations,
and I was first conscious of the
conflict when I boarded the Amer
ican boat." Sidon lies north, of
Palestine and one of Miss Wa
kim's brothers lives in Jerusalem.
From him, while letters still went
through, she learned of the racial
feud between the Jews and Arabs.
Letters from Jerusalem were cen
sored by the British, and those
from Syria by the French.
Miss Wakim's native tongue is
Arabic, but she emphasized, "I
am not an Arab, but a Christian
and my people have been Chris
tians for very many generations.
When one speaks of Arabs, one
usally thinks of Mohammedans, of
whom there are many in Syria.
Since we have been under French
rule, the Moslems have not caused
much trouble, but we still must
be very careful not to say any
thing about their religion.
Social life strange
The social life of young people
in Syria will seem very strange
to American college students, as
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there is no association between
boys and girls. They have no par
ties, there is no such thing abat
ing or dancing, and even in church,
the boys sit on one side and the
girls on the other. When a girl
meets a boy on the street, she
turns her face the other way and
does not speak if she Is nice.
Miss Wakim likes the Ameri
ican way much better. "Your
young lives are most wholesome
and normal and I wish we Syrians
could do the same. There will be
much that I will have to forget
when I return."
When asked if she would return
to Syria, she was almost reluctant
in her answer. "I definitely plan
to return," she said, "but these
have been the happiest two years
of my life. I feel it is my duty to
go back as I am the only Syrian
girl who has had any training in
home economics beyond high
school, and there is so much to be
done. It would not be right for
me to obtain all this education, and
not use it to serve my less for
tunate fellowmen. I will certainly
miss the States and my friends
here."
It is very unusual for a Syrian
girl to be as well educated as Miss
Wakim, as the Syrian girls usually
do not go beyond elementary
schools. Miss Wakim's parents
were educated in American schools
in Syria, and strayed from the tra
dition by feeling that their daugh
ter should be educated in America.
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