Ace Brigode . . .
Plays for
As honorary . .
Reveals bachelors
reversal
6 .
Mortar Boards will play host
ess to campus coeds and their
dates in the coliseum tonight at
their annual 'turnabout" party,
where the usual process is re
versed and women find out how
hard it is to please a date.
Coeds will bring: their dates in
wagons, trucks, buses or whatever
they can pick up lads will dance
to the music of Brigode in the
most individual and extraordinary
corsages.
Tonight, fun is the theme and
one may expect anything which I
will bear this fact out.
Marg Krause Is in charge of
the general arrangements at the
coliseum, and Jane Shaw is direct
ing publicity. Arrangements for
the orchestra were made by Beth
Howley who has brought Ace Bri
gode and his Virginians here. Bri
gode boasts one of the most dance
able bands in the nation. Jean
Simmons had charge of the chap
erons, Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Champe
and Mr. and Mrs. Roy Cochran,
and inviting guesf,s.
L-i:. L
ACE BRIGODE.
Presentation of the six eligible
bachelors at the "reversal" was ar
ranged by Marian Miller. Each
elected bachelor will be presented
at a different time during the eve
ning. The candidates will not be
eligible unless they are present.
At the fall election six were chosen
from the following list: Dale An
derson, Chet Bowers, Bob Burruss,
Jack Clarke, Gerald Davis, War
ren Day, Jim Evinger, Neal Fel
ber, Bill Fox, Woodrow Fullen,
Dick Gellatly, Theodore Hubbard,
Erwin Klein, Jim Kirkendall, Bus
Knight, Edward Lof, John Ma
son, Cliff Meier, Alex Mills, Fran
cis Murphy, Jack Paetow, Fred
Preston, Carl Rapp, Homer Rog
ers, Mylan Ross, Edwin Rousek,
John Sandall, Bob Sandberg, Bob
Searle, George Souders, Don
Steele, Jack Stewart, Gene Wal
ters, Forest Wilson.
Leap year comes but once in
four, Sadie Hawkins Day never,
so the lads and lassies spend sleep
less nights looking forward to the
Mortar Board party where they
reverse sides for one night of play.
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Official Newspaper Of More Than 7,000 Students
Vol. 40 No. Si
Lincoln, Nebraska
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Wilson tells
convocation
of old Egypt
We cannot faee present
minus knowledge of past
declares arclieologi
Illustrating his lecture on "Mod
ern Spades in Ancient Egypt"
with colorful slides of statues,
mummies, and buried treasure
found in the excavations made by
the Oriental Institute's .expedi
tions. Archeologist Dr. John Wil
son gave an account of Ancient
Egypt at yesterday's all-University
convocation.
The only excuse I have for giv
ing such a lecture," he said." is.
though we think we are entirety
occupied with what the present
and future have to offer, we can
not face the present without a
psychological resume of the past. '
Rigid restrictions.
Dr. Wilson's lecture dealt with
two phases of Egyptology. First,
he explained the .excavation in
Egypt as a profession with very
rigid standards. -Before anyone
can begin to dig in Egypt." he
said, "he must sign a formal con
tract with the Egyptian govern
ment, giving the assurance that
he will destroy nothing which may
(See CONVOCATION, page 2.)
Ag college
plans colorful
Christmas fete
Rose Bowl tickets here . .
s
Tickets for the Stanford-Nebraska gridiron classic in
the Rose Bowl New Year's day have arrived, according to
John K. Selleck, director of student activities.
Students having made application for tickets should
call for them in Selleck's office today from 8 a. m. to
5 p. m. or Saturday morning from 8 to 12 a. m. All Rose
Bowl bound students are requested to bring their identi
fication cards, and must show adequate proof of their in
tentions of attending the game.
According to Selleck, "a personal appearance will be
required of each student purchasing a ticket."
An announcement issued yesterday indicated that
9,500 tickets have been given Nebraska, instead of 5,000
as had been reported. However, 2,500 of these are assigned
to the Nebraska Alumni association at Los Angeles and
the remaining 7,000 will be handled through the Univer
sity here. The tickets were placed in the mails Thursday.
aiaea
(Diagonal proposal
gives extra stalls
Headway was maJe yesterday at tindinsr a permanent so
ntmn to the cammis parkin problems, when L. F. Reaton
..nrs.mir sunerinlen.lent. Carl A. Donaldson, assistant pur-
chasm? ajyenl, Servant Roller and. members of the Innocents
society agreed to extend the diagonal parking areas to several
parallel parking zones.
Rose Bowl destined Husker
special plans, big itinerary
Reservations to he limited
Dale of parly changed
lo Dee. 16; expect 500
at annual Ynletiile event j
In a colorful Christmas atmos
phere ag college will hold its
annual Christmas party at 7:30
p. m.. Monday, Dec. 16. in the
student activity building.
The date wm changed from
Thursday, Dec. 19, the time pre
viously planned, to Monday in or
der to avoid conflict with event
on the city campus. Nearly 500
people sire expected to attend the
program, according to Dale Theo
bald, president of the ag executive
board which sponsor the affair
with the cooperation of Mrs. Al
tina Tullis. instructor in music,
and Dean W. W. Burr.
Included in the one-hour pro
gram will be flinging by the ag
college chorus and the ag men'
quartet, several solos, selection on
the electric organ, a reading, and
other numbers. The activities
building will be decorated In har
mony with the occasion, and a
large pina tree facing Holdrege
atreet '.will be decorated with
bright light.
A great time for Nebraska fans
taking the train to the Rose Bowl
game is planned in the itinerary of
the official Cornhusker special.
sponsored by the athletic depart
ment. Included in the extensive pro
gram are train fare, sleeping car
berth, auto trip to Mexico, rooms
at the Rosslyn hotel at Loa An
geles, transportation from Los An
eeles to Pasadena and return, ad
mission and grandstand seats for
ih Tnnrnment of Roses parade.
reserved seats at the football
came and occupancy of sleepers
and coaches rnursaay mgni i
San Francisco.
The cost of the trip for coaches
will be $61.85: tourist sleepers
$91.15; standard sleepers $116.55.
Here Is the complete schedufe:
The train will leave Lincoln at 8
a. m., Dec. 23, over the Burlington
route for Kansas city wnere u wm
then be carried westward to Los
Angeles over the Rock Island and
Southern Pacific route.
On the way west, a one hour
stop will be made Sunday morning
at El Paso, Tex., for an ailo trip
to Juarez. Mex., and a two hour
stop will be made at Phoenix
where fans will see the Cornhusk
ers in training:. The special la
scheduled to arrive in Los An
geles at 8:30 a. m., Monday, Dec.
on Thu vvhraika delegation will
jv. -" -
be quartered at the new Rosslyn
(See ITINERARY, page 4 )
State whys cd
meeting opens
in Union today
More than 100 persons are ex-
peted to attend the 1940 conven
tion of the Nebraska f nysica.
Education association and the an-
i KooitKjll rlinic of the uni-
nuai iw"""
....; othiAtif denartment on tne
university campos, today and Sat
urday.
The program will open with a
dinner for basketball officials and
! c , ft n m Friday in the
Union. At 8 o'clock in the Union,
the State Physical Education as
Imu hrtiri a p-eneral meet
IHH IdllUM " i "w O I
ing where Thomas P. Pfaender.J
director of physical eaucautm
New Ulm, Minn., will show colored
slides of "A Well Kounaea rny.
cal Education Program."
Miss Helen Manley, president of
it., antral district of the associa-
in tar ill arwalr An Physical Edu
cation and National Preparedness"
at the meeting, and at :w me
group will adjourn to Grant Me-
i.i haii where Mr. and Mrs.
Arthur Danielson will demonstrate
u.o.iom daneine with students
from the ag college.
Weallier
Tha weather todav will be fail
and colder following the snow and
cold wave which swept across up
state yesterday. Temperatures, in
some parts of the state, loomed
around the zero mark.
Wilson reveals Egyptian secrets
Archeologist describes work in Orient
By Mjrjorie Bruninq.
"There is no trick or lost art
in mummification," asserted Dr.
inhn A. Wilson, director of the
Chicago Oriental Institute, prior
to his letuie at yesterday s convo
cation. Dr. Wilson stated that modern
scientists have di:icovcred the
method usd by Egyptian to pre
prve thir dead, and the four fac
tors that made the process pos
sible: 1. Desiccation of bodies by
a salt bath; 2. sealing the body
with a coating of resin; 3
thorough wrapping and rewrap
ping to prevent penetration by
air and moisture; and 4. the ex
tremely dry climate of Egypt evi
denced by the fact tnai in me re
gion of th-5 pyramids they have
had only thre rains In the last
20 years.
Specialize
Wilson specializes in the analy
zation of picture writing and in
scriptions on the walls of exca
waied temnles. and through his in
tense study he has nv de valuable
discoveries of ancient Egyptian
culture.
"The Egyptians," he said, ex
plaining their reason for preserv
ing their dead, "believed they
would live forever, and that their
spirit in heaven must have inai
viduality. Individuality is based on
appearance, so their ideal was to
have a physical noay in aiici-mc.
Wilson has been in archeology
since 1923 when he began his
un.dv nniW Dr. Breasted, who
founded the Oriental Institute of
ahirfc Wilson is now director, in
iQ9ft h fceean a five vear study
of the wall surface of a temple
600 miles south of the Mediter
ranean. He is now teaching
(See WILSON, page 2 )
A a ortnn ns the streets drv suffi
ciently to paint, diagonal parking
stalls will be laid out on the west
side of 12th street from R north
to the athletic field, along the
south sides of the two sireeia
bordering on the lower mall, and
along both sides of the north and
south street connecting woee
bordering the upper mall.
More parking stalls. .
Mrr than 180 additional nark
ing spaces can be provided for
student ana tacuny use, panuu
larly in the area near sosh where
the demand is greatest, Donald
son explained, following a survey
made of reactions to the two hour
zones on R street.
Tho the citv has eranted per
mission to have diagonal parking-
sv. A. A.
on both sides ot inn street n
was decided to keep the eastern
area in parallel parking zones aa
long as possible in order to facili
tate the movement or iraun.
and from the campus.
TV investigate what additional
steps can be taken in the way of
(See PARKING, page 4.)
Alumni honors
team with party
after Bowl tilt
Pari fie eoal Nebraska
rlub nill fete Husker
with banquet, jamboree
According to E. L. Stancliffe, of
ficial spokesman for Nebraska
alumni on the Pacific coast, the
Nebraska football team will be
honored at a banquet and New
Year's night jamboree following
the Rose Bowl game. Stancliffe
uas in Lincoln Thursday assisting
with nlins for Coinhusker activi
ties concerning the game.
University alumni have set 7..
p. m. after the game and the Fies
ta ballroom of tne Amnass.-Ki-ir
hotel in Is Angeles as the time
and scene of the celebration. Chan
cellor C. S. Boucher will be tne
main speaker a'ong with the Ne
braska team and coaches, Holly
wood screen and radio celebrities,
nationally famous coaches from
other schools, and all the cont
alumni who can secure tickets.
"Win, lose, or draw," said Stan
cliffe, "the celebration will be the
big one of the whole tournament
of roses for Nebraskans. It will
be the one place to go for a Corn
husker family reunion. It will be
strictly not a stuffed-shirt affair."