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.Vol. 40, No. 126
Rabbi Stephen S. Wise asks
students to justify training
Addressing one of the largest
honors convocations in the history
of the university, Dr. Stephen S.
Wise, Tuesday morning told his
audience that the better the record
v of a university student and the
larger the honors he has won, the
greater is his indebtedness to the
state.
"Let the American university
man and woman do more than all
others to prove to our democracy
and indeed to all the world that, the
contribution of the state to the in
dividual through the university can
be made to rebound a thousandfold
to the enrichment and the enlarge-
,-' ment of the state," said Dr.
Wise, who is rabbi of the Free
Synagogue m New York City.
Pure education not enough.
"It is not enough for the univer
sity to educate or train its students
in order that they may profit by
the processes of a college or uni
versity education. In the light of
the overwhelming failure to edu
cate in the so-called lands of edu
cation and culture, it is the busi
ness of the American people to re
consider what contribution the
university must make to the Amer
ican democracy," said Dr. Wise.
."The university is one of the great
symbols of democracy. It long pre
cedes the rise of democracy as we
know it. They have been almost
concurrent in their rise to position
and power."
Dr. Wise is convinced that the
university must become one of the
main factors in the building up and
safeguarding of the democracy
which makes its continuance pos
sible and its service worth while.
Duty of university.
Furthermore he thinks that is
Poll shows majority
oppose draft age cut
With 1,900 students questioned,
the DAILY NEBRASKAN'S sur
vey on the international crisis,
most exhaustive poll ever made
of student opinion on the Nebras
ka campus, showed no sharp
break in students' attitude.
By an almost two to one ma
jority, students opposed an 18-21
year clause in the selective service
act. Only 712 voted "Yes" while
1,170 said no.
1,180 students, an overwhelm
Torso del Torro9 is first
BY GEORGE ABBOTT.
Latin-America, a lot of bull, plenty of good
music and, for the first time in 15 years, women
came to the stage of the Temple Theater last
night in Kosmet Klub's opening presentation of this
year's spring show, "Torso del Torro."
And it was the coeds, strangely enough, who
really made the show a hit. Outstanding in her
role was Mary Adelaide Hansen, taking the .part
of glamorous Gloria Golden, songstress and hero
ine In the comedy, with another co-ed, Bettie
Newman, adding much to the humor of the pro
duction in her characterization of Pootsie, the
rathfr dumb but likeable wife of cab-driver Bob
McNutt.
Two hundred pounds of muscle, McNutt showed
remarkable agility and provided many laughs as the
biggest half of the Newman-McNutt dance team,
one of the outstanding acts of the show.
Providing the Latin touch, and at the same
time lending a definitely good musical aspect to
the production were the songs written by Romulo
0iaa Newspaper 0 Alore TAan 7,000 Stuceafs
Lincoln, Nebraska
the duty of the university today to
consider what the besetting perils
of democracy are, and it must do
something to avert or minimize
these perils.
"More and .more it is becoming
necessary for the university to
teach to its sons and daughters
this truth that what the univer
sity gives to them, they in turn
Six hundred and seven students were honored for high scholar
ship and educational achievement at the 13th annual Honors Convo
cation in the coliseum yesterday morning. Of that numbee 72 senior
students were recognized for superior scholarship, 21 for being in the
upper 3 percent of the class and also on the honor lists for four or
more years, and 51 for being in the upper 3 percent of the class or
on the honor lists four or more years.
Eighteen student organizations were also recognized for achieve
ments of high scholarship by their members. Forty-four prizes,
awards, medals, keys and scholarships were presented to 83 individuals.
SK.NIOR HONOR STUDENTS.
la upper I percent of class and also
Honor Lists four or more years.
Harold Frederick Borman, Papilllon, ag
riculture. Helen Elixabeth Claybaugh, Lincoln, ag
riculture. Charlea Olda Gardner, Tecumseh, agri
culture. Gerald Carl Gerloff, Aurora, agriculture.
Melbourne Warren Johonion, Benedict,
business administration.
Houston Jonea, Sutherland, engineering.
Lorene Gwendolyn Kienker, Johnson,
tearhera.
Clarence Charles Kunc, Crab Orchard,
Blanche Elizabeth Larson, Lincoln, fin
arts. ,
ing majority of those polled, said
the United States should render
Britain all aid short of war, and
523 said that the United States
should adopt a stricter isolationist
policy. If the United States should
declare war on Germany, only 123
would approve at the present time.
Seventy-one students answered,
"no opinion," but many ballots
were handed in with no answer.
Testing student opinion on what
the attitude of the government
(See POLL, page 3.)
r
.Wednesday, April 23, 1941
must use in the interest and indeed
the willing, eager service of the
state. It should not be necessary
for the state to draft the intellec
tual and spiritual capacity of the
university graduate. These must
be freely given and must tend to
the enrichment of the life of the
state which makes the higher edu
cation possible," continued Dr.
Wise. .
organizations
Thomas Futlon McClure, Pawnee City,
fine arts.
Betty McGeachln, Lincoln, business ad
ministration. David Arthur Roach, Halgler, engineer
ing. Theodore William Roesler, Arapahoe,
teachers.
Calvin Dwight Rollins, Lincoln, arts and
sciences.
Doretta Marie Schlaphoff, Wabash, ag
riculture. Vance Edward Renter, Omaha, medicine.
Delbert Dean Spahr, Seward, business
administration.
Milo Benjamin Tesar, Tobias, agricul
ture. James Robert Weeks, Des Moines, la.,
(Continued on page 4.)
liuon, Fair
Board give
dance Friday
The Union and the Farmers
Fair Board will co-sponsor the
Corny Carnival to be held in the
Union ballroom Friday at 9 p. m.
Henry Mattison will play for the
dance and the admission will be
10 cents.
For the first time the Union is
holding a dance where students
may dress in overalls, slacks and
cotton dresses. Kerchiefs will be
sold at the dance by students from
ag.
it r " '1
. , Sunday Journal and Star.
"Ze bull, she 1st gone!" wall the three matadors, Kenneth Longman,
Lynn Myers, and Don Macy, in one of the scenes from the Kosmet
Klub show, "Torso del Torro," which opened in Temple Theater last
night. The couple being wailed at Is composed of Carl Harnsberger
and Cay Tunison. Frances Haberman looks on at the sad fighters.
ffffocess
Faction representation was split in the election yester
day as the Union party elected 18 members and the barb party
seven members to the Student Council. Two Union candidates
and one Barb member made the Publications Board, and Eu
gene Cur.tiss, Union, came out on top for Ivy Day Orator.
Voting students approved the
amendment to the Council con
stitution, changing representa
tion to the Student Council by a
vote of 1,557 to 476, and at the
same time voted against univer
sal subscription to the DAILY
NEBRA8KAN by a three-two
margin.
In making their party prefer
ence, men preferred the Union
party 906 and the barb party 635,
and women voted Union 530 and
barb 442.
Representatives on the Stu
dent Council, altho officially
counted, will not be official un
til the Senate committee of the
university faculty meets to de
cide whether to count women
preferential ballots. If these bal
lots are counted, the barbs will
receive three or four more posi
tions. Because of this, the elec- .
tion of officers will not be held
at the Council meeting tonight.
Approximately 2,500 students
streamed into the voting booths at
the Union and ag hall yesterday.
From 6 to 8 p. m. the lower hall
ELECTION WINNERS
STUDENT COUNCIL.
Seniors at Large:
Fred Meier, Union.
Donald Steele, Union.
Norma Jean Campbell
Maryellen Robinson.
Ag college:
Randall Pratt, Union.
Betty Ann Tisthammer.
Arts and Sciences.
Preston Hays, Union.
Lawrence Huwaldt, Union.
Marjorie Bruning.
Virginia Emerson.
Marylouise Simpson.
Bizad:
Dick Harnsbcrgtfr, Union.
Margaret Fowler.
Dentistry:
Bob Settell, barb.
Engineering:
George Campen, barb.
Elden Mathouser, barb.
Fine Arts:
Marion Jones.
Elizabeth Ann Roberts.
Law college:
Thomas Brogan, barb.
Teachers college:
Robert Bramson, Union.
Betty Jean Horner.
. Betty Marie Wait.
Dorothy Filley.
Graduate college:
Ted Roesler, barb.
Pharmacy:
Ed Chait, Union.
Ivy Day Orator:
Eugene Curtiss.
PUBLICATIONS BOARD.
Sophomore member:
Frank O'Connell, barb.
Junior member:
Fred Mctheny, Union.
Senior member:
James Selzer, Union.
. nighter
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of the Union was jammed and a
line extending to the middle of
first floor waited its turn to vote.
When the polls closed a number
of students were still waiting to
vote.
Senlors-at-large, the most
hotly contested positions, were
the last to come thru. Candi
dates for these positions ran
neck and neck until the final
ballots were counted and the re
sults revealed three affiliated '
students, Fred Meier, Don Steele
and Maryellen Robison, and
Norma Jean Campbell, barb, as
the winners.
Since their polls closed at 5:30,
ag college results came in first to
the eagerly expectant crowd of
Union and barb party members in
(See ELECTION, page 2.)
Ivy Day Sing
entries due
Entries for the Ivy Day Sing
must be in this week, Janet Cur
ley, chairman of the Sing, an
nounced yesterday. These entries
should be turned into Mrs. Ada
Westover's desk in Ellen Smith
hall and must contain the fol
lowing: 1. Name of group.
2. List of girls participating in
the sing.
3. Leader of group.
4. Name of song.
5. Name of song used last year
if the group participated.
Any organized group of girls
may enter the singing contest this
year, members of the AWS board,
which sponsors the affair, an
nounced several weeks ago. This
is the first time barb groups are
to be allowed to participate in an
event formally called the "Soro
rity Sing."
Also for the first time, the size
of the groups will be limited. Re
vised rules for the Ivy Day Sing
read as follows:
1. Any organized group of
women at the University of Ne
braska may participate in tha
Ivy Day Sing with one exception
Honorary groups of any kind will
be excluded from participation. A
division of the women's residence
halls into groups which are the
same size as other competing
women's groups will be made by
the AWS board.
2. Not more than 25 girls may
represent any group, in the sing,
but the group must be larger than
a quartet or octet.
3. No medley of songs may be
sung, nor the same song used for
two consecutive years.
success
Soldevilla and Clarence Flick and played by John
nie Cox's orchestra.
But along with all of the singing and
dancing there was also acting to be done and
Max Whittaker, In the role of a sabotaging fore
man, hero Glenn Nelson, Latin beauty Cay Tuni
son, and plantation owner Cart Harnsberger han
dled their roles with skill.
Particularly good too, were two drunken peons,
Sancho and Pancho, with Bob Gelwick and John
Thicssen cast in these roles, and their almost con
stant companion Benito, the bull. Credit for an
excellent performance in this bovine role is due Ed
Muir and Leonard Goldstein, who entertained tho
audience with a bull dance the like of which has
never been seen in any bull arena anyplace.
A surprisingly good Imitation of Carmen Mi
randa was given by Frances Haberman in her
toe dance routine.
Also well cast were John Mason, Bob Aldrich,
Kenneth Longman, Lynn Myers, and Donald Macy.
Credit should be given to the faculty members aid
ing in the production, to Director Armand HuaUr,
(See KOSMET, page 3.)