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Vol. 40 No. 5 4- Lincoln, Nebraska Friday, December 6, 1940
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DAILY staff photo by Charles F.dholm
POOR MAN'S PLANETARIUM the invention of Prof. 0. C. Col
, lins, head of the astronomy department, who demonstrated his
new machine before students and instructors of astronomy yester
day afternoon.
Professor Collin's stargazing invention occupies but a few square
feet while the average planetarium requires an entire building.
Dubbed the poor man's planetarium, the instrument shows a part
of the sky on a screen in the observatory.
elieds may limit
student tickets
John K. Selleck, in charge of
the sale of tickets for the Rose
Bowl game, announced today that
in all probability ticket sales to
university students will be limited
to one ticket per student.
"Many university students made
reservations for as many as six
tickets, and in many cases it will
be necessary to reduce these or
ders," Selleck stated.
"We are endeavoring to restrict
ticket sales to persons who ac
tually plan to attend the game,
and who are not merely buying
as many tickets as possible for the
purpose of speculation."
Selleck stated that the practice
of speculation, or "scalping," con
stitutes a violation of a federal
law. The law states that a tax
shall be paid to the federal gov
ernment for all advances in price
above the original sale price print
ed on the face of the ticket.
The tickets will arrive sometime
this week end and the work of
filling reservations will be carried
out as quickly as possible.
cSad ie H a whins'
dance Friday
A "Sadie Hawkins" dance is to
be a feature of the dance Friday
night from 8 to 11 sponsored by
the Barb Council.
Women will choose partners
from a male stag line, with penal
ties for the backward coeds. "Po
licemen" are to keep watch that
girls ck chase their men down "a
la Dogpatch style."
emiate comnrattee rales
Mov- 12 electomi to stand
Behind the Headlines
by Olson and Ordal;
Presidents of 11
houses set free
Cornhuskers
Six sororities and five fraterni
ties had 100 percent standings as
the Cornhusker picture contest
ended for eood yesterday. The
presidents of these houses will re
ceive free yearbooks.
Final standings of all of the
houses are as follows:
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Kelt a PHta lrlla 100
'hi HrU Phi 100
Slma I-lt Tau 100. .
Mlcma Kappa 100
Kappa Alpha ThMa
Drlta Gamma
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Chi Omrn f"
Alpha XI Delta Wo
Kappa Kappa (lantma R3
Alpha Omlcron 11 1
Kappa DHt
Phi Ma
Town (Inn II To
Raymond Hall
Phi Kappa p ..100
Slma Nd '00
rWla Hlxma I'sl 100
Alpha Tu Onwga 100
7.Ma Bra Tan 100
lUa Tan Delta 2
Kaem Honne M
Alpha Gamma Rho 15
Kappa Wnnia 1
Sigma Alpha Kpalloa 74
Alpha HUma Phi 13,
Drlta lipnlliMi 13
Phi Gamma Delta
Nlma Chi 10
Nlfma Phi Kpalhia 08
Theta XI !
Delta Rl(ma PI 61
Beta Theta Pfcl 60
Sigma Alpha Ma 45
Phi Delta Theta S
CM Phi !
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Phi ma Kappa 14
PI Kappa Alpha
Reconnoitering . . .
Commander-in-chief of the U. S. Army and Navy F. D. R. is
cruising the Carribean inspecting U. S. defense bases. Construction
on the new bases in Newfoundland, Bermuda, Jamaica and on others
acquired from Britain has been stepped up. Fifty million dollars in
additional funds for that purpose were recently released by special
executive action. However, like most U. S. defenses, they are still
"on order."
High army and navy officials are known to view adequate out
lying bases as imperative to any real U. S. defense. Suggestion
has been made that America acquire bases in Greenland, Iceland, the
Azores, and on the west coast of Africa below the Sahara desert.
Definite action on these suggestions is not likely; certainly pres
ent U. S. armed might could not hold them against real challenge.
As in most U. S. foreign policy, the' urgency is directly correlated
with British position. It is probable that the president went on this
"fishing cruise" so that congress can have no alibi for dodging the
issues in More-Aid-to-Britain. If so, it is to be hoped that congress
will soon take decisive action!
(See HEADLINES, page 4.)
State planning board
okays building plans
The remodeling and equipping
of the present library building,
construction of a new home eco
nomics building on ag campus and
purchasing remodeling of Bancroft
school have been recommended by
the Nebraska state planning
board.
When the new Love Memorial
library is completed, library equip
ment from the present building
will be removed and placed in the
new quarters. The board of re
gents has requested a $50,000 ap
propriation to make the old build
ing suitable for class room pur
poses. Two buildings asked.
For construction of an ag cam
pus building which wil house the
nutrition and institutional man
agement departments of the home
economics division, a $100,000 ap
propriation is recommended.
A sum of $25,000 has been rec
ommended by the planning board
The weather
Partly cloudy and colder is the
prediction of the weatherman for
Friday. Temperatures will range
in the high fifties and low sixties.
Lowest temperature Friday night
about 25 degrees.
for changing the Bancroft school
into quarters for the mechanical
arts department. This is condi
tioned upon the purchase of the
school from the Lincoln school
system.
Sosh honorary
hears Gray on
propaganda
"We receive two kinds of pro
paganda in America, the kind
printed in Germany, which loses
its touch with the American peo
ple, and the kind printed in Amer
ica which directly appeals to
Americans." said Dr. G. W. Gray
of the history department when he
spoke on "War Propaganda in
Nebraska" at the initiation cere
monies of Alpha Kappa Delta, so
ciological honorary fraternity,
Tuesday night.
Dr. Gray emphasized that Eng
land U spending more money this
year on propaganda while Ger
many and Italy are spending less.
"News that you receive for no
thing is propaganda;" he declared,
"news for which you pay is not
propaganda."
At a final hearing yesterday
afternoon, the university senate
committee sustained the electlm
results of Nov. 12 which named
John McDermott and Gilbert
Heuftle as senior and junior class
presidents. Both men are barbs.
Legalization of this election also
names five barbs to the junior-
senior prom committee.
The members of the barb party
appealed the election of Nov. 12
to the senate after the Student
Council had asked for a new elec
tion since election rules had been
violated. The barbs upheld how
ever that the infractions were not
of enough importance to warrant
a new election and they also con
tended that violations had been
made by members of other par
ties involved in the election.
Plenty of argument.
Representing the barbs at the
hearing were Bob Simmons, Blaine
Sloan, and Ray Murray. Uphold
ing the Council's action were John
Mason, Burton Thiel, and Norman
Kruse. The senate committee
heard both sides of the situation
and then retired to make a deci
sion which they returned at 6 p. m.
The decision of the committee
reads as follows: "The committee
voted to sustain the election of
(See ELECTION, page 3.)
Rist wins
Long debate
contest
Bizad freshman argues
way to forensic honors
on U. S. jury system
Competing against 16 other de
baters, Bill Rist, Wyore, won th
freshman Long debate trophy last
night when he upheld the affirma
tive side of the question, "Re
solved: that our present jury sys
tem is the best means of guaran
teeing individual justice."
Bob Schaufelbarger was award
ed honorable mention, and Art
Rivin come in third.
Rist will have his name en
graved on the Ixng cup as the
first place winner. A bizad fresh
man, Rist had three years debaW
experience in high school on the
Wymore team.
Formal season opens with Honorary Colonel presentation
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Lincoln Sunday Journal and Star.
Walking to class are four honorary colonel candidates on the
arm of Cadet' Colonel Forrest) Be hm. From left to right are Janet
Harris, Maurlne Malster, Behm, Betty Groth, and Tcss Casady.
Fifth candidate, Margaret Krause, not pictured.
Grand march, led by Forrest
Behm, cadet brigade colonel, and
presentation of the Honorary
Colonel will open the 1940-41 for
mal season with the Military ball
at 9 o'clock tonight in the coli
seum. Surprise element in the revela
tion of the new honorary colonel
is almost removed this year be
cause students are certain that
Maurine Malster, candidate back
ed by the barb party, was chosen
in the fall election of Nov. 12.
Other candidates were Margaret
Krause, Janet Harris, Tess Cas
sady, and Betty Groth.
Music for the ball will be fur
nished by the ROTC band and
Lou Bieese and his orchestra. Fol
lowing Behm in the grand march
will be Warren Guinan, cadet colo
nel of infantry; Harry Seagren,
cadet colonel of engineers; and
Guy Williams, cadet colonel of
field artillery.
Coed sponsors for the ROTC
units participating in the ball will
be, reading from the left in the
picture at right, are:
Back row; Pat Prime, Company
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M, Infantry; Betty Toothaker,
Company A, Infantry; Barbara
York, First battalion, Infantry;
Ruth McMillan, Company A, Engi
neering; Mary Adelaide Hansen,
Lincoln L'unday Journal and titer.
Company D, Infantry; Mary Rim
borough, Company F, Infantry;
Louise Reed, Battery C, Field Ar
tillery; Lorraine Grant, Varsity
(See BALL, page 4.)
