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Theologian to give aws sponsors
commencement talk vocatioilal talk
...on June9t0dayillUlli011
Dr. Robert W. Frank, professor of philosophy of religion and
Christian ethics at the Presan cll binary caT
will deliver the commencement address June 9. Dr S SeTe
WU1 ue.iver me commencement address June 9. Dr. Frank gave the
baccalaureate sermon at the university's 1939 commencement program.
Owing to a confusion with last year's baccalaureate speaker, re
leases erroneously announced Sun- -
day that Dr. Albert W. Palmer, ,
president of the Chicago Theolog- I ' voivilih 11
ical seminary, would appear as "XdllllltU lclUi.o
wMimciitcmeru speaxer in June.
Four college degrees.
Dr. Frank holds degrees from
r o u r institu
tions. He re
ceived his B.A.,
M.A., and D.D
degrees from
Wabash college,
a B.D. from Mc
Cormick Theo
logical semi
nary, an M.A.
from Harvard
university and
a Ph.D. from
N o r t hwestern
university. He
hs also studied
at the Univer
sity of Chicago
and at the Uni
Dr. R. W. Frank.
Lincoln Journal.
versity of Koln in Germany,
The commencement speaker was
(See TALKS, page 3.)
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Rosciiqiiist tells committee . . .
Grass can't stand the manure
on the mall; hut that's not all
Guess what day this is!
Prof. C. E. Rosenquist, interna
tionally known for hia research
work on the growing of green
bluegrass astounded faculty mem
bers last night by saying "There
will be no grass on the mall this
year."
A bombardment of onestinnq
from worried professors kept the
faculty meeting far into the night.
A hush of silence fell upon the
room as the botanist reached into
u'oll urnm kriof .,. ,n
toot cuiu jjuiicu
forth facts to back his statements.
With extreme attention focused
upon him. Dr. Rosenquist rose
fllowly to his feet and read aloud
to his fellow colleagues-"The
Momocotyledonous Gramineae
Known as Sisyrinchium has been
Boverea so heavily with nitrogenous
fertilizer that the lower internodes
ti I ... : l
c ucwiumg eniargea ana sud- center a oout social problems, cam
globular or bulbous. Plants are pus problems, and 1AWS problems
dying rapidly because the bulbous in general,
internodes are now bursting
caused by the terrific pace of the Dean IIosP wil1 be the speaker
nitrogen fixation." at a luncheon Tuesday noon. Jean
Simmons is president of the AWS
In other words, gentlemen, the board this year and Ben Alice Day
grass can't stand it! will succeed her next year.
Spring election filings deadline set for
Fi 1 in p-s frr t v. A 1 m
Election to be held AprU 22 will
t'gin today according to an an
nouncement made yesterday by
ie elections committee of the
btucient Council.
Used for the first Ume in this
p Ttion, specially prepared filing
wanks may be obtained by all
prospective candidates at the of-j"--
of either the registrar, John
-st'lleck, or Dean Burr on ag
campus.
Filings deadline.
Tilings for all positions must be
turned in to John K. Selleck's of
e by 5 p. m. Thursday, April
jo except filings for positions on
hi faff lxecutve board which must
m Dean Burr'i office at the
same time.
111 It
0tca Newspaper Of More Than 7,000 Students
at ag Feeders'
Day program
Announcement has been made
by Prof William J. Loeffel, chair
man of the Feeders' Day program
at ag campus April 18, that How
ard J. Gramlich will again appear
-
w.w ojcia. jrtamucn
Is now secretarv of thA Ara
shkn o A , ....
viiui uiui ii ui rriirm xvunpiarinn
For VPftrs nrflmlirh Yiaa
j oja
uvHr i tip annual rrn r hnxin j : a.
cimS(iUlull
was uirougn nis efforts that this
affair has reached its hieh trnM.
tional place in the minds of thou
sands of Nebraska farmers. He has
the program each year has con-
tained some "unusual talent."
. .
iiciuicr Can we
Simmons, Hosp,
Day go to Texas
I AWS meelinsr
Guess what day this is!
c,u,""ons en Alice
Dav accompanied by Dean Helen
Jean Simmons and Ben Alice
Tex where thev Ijill . attend th
intercollegiate Associated wlpn
" . !6 r aaaut-iduju women
Htuaents Convention Htartinr
Wednesday moSr and lasUn-
until Fridav
Held bi-annually, the oenven-
tion this year will take place on
the campus of the Texas Tech-
nological college and will feature
"New Frontiers for Women" as
its theme. Group discussions will
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In addition to the general eli
gibility requirements listed in the
box, each candidate must submit
when he files, an affidavit for eli
gibility for the particular office
signed by the registrar and the
president of the point board.
Each candidate for Student
Council, Publications Board and
Ivy Day orator should submit
three application pictures of
himself at the time of filing.
These pictures will be used by
the elections committee for pub
licity purposes. Candidates who
do not furnish pictures will lose
the privilege of the publicity
offered by the council committee.
The following issues will be de
termined and the following posts
will be filled at the election;
tSKAI
Tuesday, April 1, 1941
Kallierine Clayberger
speaks on marine work
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for women at 4 today
Miss Katherine Clayberger, as- urd!Kans under the "anti-Greek" flag and with the conunu-
Srpanio? SI Tr "T" stigators re-
Union parlors XYZ today at 4 ported' would definitely force the United States into alignment
p. m. on a variety of subjects with totalitarian powers
concerning magazine work. "How
the Defense Work Affects Worn- i. j. , . ,
en's Jobs," will be one of her Sternberg: leads demonstrators.
topics. Other indictments issued by the court charged Pat Stern
Sponsored by the dean of worn- I?' head f a secret society undermining the American polit
en's office and the AWS hoard ICal system, with leadin or a rrihnrl A
8T SSSfASaTSl.l
designer, was the first.
Conferences may be arranged.
m uiauuM
turn tie 3 anu aouiues nee-
essary for magazine work should
arrane-e tersonal conferences t
-
w vvuiucii a unite iur U1C
nour Detween Z:30 and 3:30 n.
- , ,. -
rv x wvaa
(See UNION, nace 4.)
vauomg auun a
It's 15-inch
coeds, says
In the last of n serfoa tt miriroira
conducted among unersity StU:
SAwasas
coeds crefer their skirts 22 inr-hpa
. " ;:, .
" 6"""ui vuutuuiui
from 7 to 30 inches. Taking it
irom ine waist down Nebraska
Janes picked 15 inches as their
most becoming length.
The survey was started last
week, and asked two questions:
itions:
grt.
now long do you wear your
from the floor up?" and
many inches is it from your waist
to the bottom of your skirt?"
Answe were tabulated from
am?nff 150 women. 39 seniors, 42
luniors. 45 snnhnmnrM onH OA
- . ' ' " "
freshmcn-
d,v,i i
Rad,caI Junior'
Burvey proved Juniors
are most rfdical UP " the
f.mPus Smce 41 of 42 votinS
"TP? t women preferred their
less man is inches, and 22
of them wore their skirts 7 or 10
23? tradTtion SS ' weS her
skirt Uw prevaUmg 2? incJes
above the ground. 5
Conservative freshies.
On the other hand. .20 of the 24
polling freshmen wear their skirts
20 inches or more above the floor,
Qualifications
1. Candidates must be regu
larly enrolled students carry
ing at least 12 hours.
2. Candidates mur". have at
least 12 hours credit for the
last semester they wore regis
tered. 3. They must have completed
27 hours the two preceding se
mesters. 4. Candidates for Student
Council must have a scholastic
average of at least 75 for all
preceding temeiters.
5. All candidates filing for
Ivy Day Orator must be eli
gible to graduate with the 1941
class in some college In the
university. ,
aaoiiderooweir odd
Pat Sternberg, manure spreaders
incarcerated for anti-Greek activities
Indictments were issued by the Federal Bureau of Investi
gation yesterday charging Blaine Sloan, campus political leader,
and three of his associates with un-American bund affiliations!
Charges were made following study by government agents of
anti-Greek and pro-nazi activities in midwestern universities.
Sloan, unofficial reports declare, hns fnr mr, w -
t -
been plotting to overthrow
n 7' "
PIf " Commcn with
...
offensive for late in April. The
fonMtin
wipe out the means bv which th
wipe out the means by which the
voice of the people may be heard,
inc roi agents labeled as "Hit
lerian.' manure spreaders "stunken "
.
Associated with Sloan and
o-ciiiuerg in me plots were two
-
wv.w tTHuv vcijr uiia is ;
vwuoiuic iui sureauinc
for
spreading
inaiiuic iiii i h i nivorcnir wtniin
Thir ,lUr. i" r'.i "raJ
skirts for UN
Walton survey
Imni. i i
ffMXmt:
he H
tlln j .A '
.-wv-v. m uicti upuiiuiia, ana sen-
Four debaters
go to Chicago
-m
congress today
. Four members of Nebraska's in-
tercollegiate debate squad will
leave this mominp" frr ih onnnoi
Delta Sigma Rho congress at Chi-
cago, while, on tJie local front, the
second round nf iha ir,to 1
O WW
7 xi
tournament comes to an end.
-i . , .
n nlty M1 debate to be
nilf ,pitx,Alp!i,a Tau
S-.rtUf Jau, a.
r. r,r.feid Dflta
" r"c'Lil, wpbuon naa
UBU4,eu vlclor
over blm!i Mu-
attending the Chi-
Jff and"?!, lteW"
SiS??1 of ,N"brar
kas affirmative team, and C. Ed-
jP " Eug;ene Curtiss'
qtsUo'n Ihoufde Un'tel
States declare war to aid Britaut
in her rht U7 ZLtJ??
0 . u.u.oii; i
1. An amendment for reappor
tioning representation on the Stu
dent Council will be considered.
Universal subscription.
2. An amendment concerning
universal subscription to the
DAILY NEERASKAN will be sub
mitted for approval
3. Candidates for Innocents So
ciety will be named.
4. Student representatives to the
Publications Board one to be
chosen from each of the three
upper classes will be elected.
5. Representatives to the Stu
dent Council to be elected include:
two men and three women from
arts and sciences, two men from
engineering, one man and one
woman from ag college, one man
j . .- ".viv, mini a jrcar
the Greek government, and is at
Gk and is at
Hitler preparing an all out Greek
piiauug au an om urecK
organization of more than 4,000
Such attempts to
. .
smell, the agents declared, were
aimed at guiding enemy bombing
planes to the university military
stronghold.
.
. ne .case a;ainst the foursoms
wum uore "ie court for
several weeks, since Si ffn urn a a f
tacked bv intnnca roliAoi; j
ramp
came down with the German
- i . .
eiiSies wen informed sources
(See SLOAN, page 3.)
T in half t0 make 19
IE :-
incnes.
Reasons as to whv th on
preferred their skirts a certain
length were written on the back of
the survey sheets, and produced
the following results:
"My mother wears hers 7 inches
above the floor and my mother's
always right."
"Twenty-eight inches give us
more freedom of movement."
"It isn't our fault we can't live
In Hollywood and wear bathing
Rnits in f,r,t e , . .J
cxjinriia an une
time, so we do the next best thing.
we wear our skits 30 inches from
the ground. UN professors appre-
ciate iL"
"J wear 28 skirts because a
certain A TO seems to like it"
t "My folks expect me to maka
22 1Wh SkirtS don 1 hurt
finl interpretation we
placed on the survey" explained
Prof- Walton fter showing us the
212"? We de"
lLS l
sham ?f .their-a-legs-er, I
mean, iimos.
April 10
and one woman from bizad col
lege, one man from dentistry, one
man from law, one man from
pharmacy, one man and threa
women from teachers, two women
from fine arts, one man and one
woman from the graduate college
and two senior women to be nom
inated and elected at large by the
student body.
Ag exec board.
6. Representatives to the ag ex
ecutive board to be chosen consist
of two men from the freshman and
sophomore classes to be elected by
the men of ag college, two women
from the freshman and sophomore
classes, to be elected by the women
of ag college, and two members,
one man and one woman, from the
Junior class to be elected at large
by all students in ag college.