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Twenty-fifth Farmers' Fair set for May 3 .presents change in plans rfh lAILYlEHBASKffl Official Newspaper Of More Than 7,000 Students 7408 After 25 consecutive annual it took one-half the students to Vol. 40, No. 131 celebrations, ag students and faC'-SU xence to Keep me vww tilty members are anticipating on May .3 one of the "biggest and best Farmers Fairs yet." Lincoln, Nebraska Wednesday, April 30, 194 If half from sneaking in. Fair character changes. As the years passed by, the Fair rViancrari MorhnnlPAl rides. ranfiT- It Is quite different from the lng from merry-go-rounds to glid- first fair in 1915. The entire ag erS( were installed for 'the occa- campus was fenced in, and a 8ioni But this plan was discon- charge was made for admission to tinued, after a few years, the crounda in the first years of f ormerly tne paraae, nignugni ing the morning program, featured livestock and crops, but a decided trend has taken place toward a parade of mechanized exhibits. However, the high grade livestock in recent parades still attracts a lot of attention. From the real old-time "bull dogging" and "broncho bustin' " (See HISTORY, page 3.) Union birthday ball tonight the Fair. Later, this plan was abandoned because officials felt that entrance to the college cam pus, belonging to the taxpayers, should be free, and partly because Kosmct Klub elects Rundin new president Ed Calhoun is business manager; Smith to act as 1911 secretary Walt Rundin, Sigma Alpha Ep silon, was elected president of Kosmct Klub at a meeting held this week. Ed Calhoun, Alpha Tau Omega, will serve as business man- F 1 I i ' 1 1 - Behm receives bizad grad fellowship Forrest E. Behm of Lincoln, senior in the college of business administration, has been granted the $500 John E. Miller graduate fellowship in business administra tion for next year, according to announcement by Dean J. E. Lc Rossignol. Recipients of the annual award may take their graduate work at any institution of their choice, and Behm is planning to study either here or at Harvard. He is prepar ing himself for work in public utilities and personnel relations. ; i) j Ray Noble, composer, leader and master of musical versatility, will lead his aggregation of 21 entertainers tonight in a four hour party celebrating the third annual Student Union anniversary in the university coliseum. Beginning at 9 p. m. the party will feature . a floorshow, presentation of the 1941 Cornhusker Beauty Queens, auction of the life size drawing of the Petty girls and three and a half hours of dancing. Renovation of the coliseum for the party includes the construction of a new band shell, a reworked dance floor, new lighting and sound systems and the installation of the Coliseum Corn Crib. Tickets are $1.60 a couple. C'AI.HOlTf Rt'NDIN ager next year and Bert Smith, Cathedral choir, 1940 Prom corn Phi Kappa Psi. will act as secrc- miU?e, and was junior class pres tary. ldent- Kosmet Klub members elected , officers earlier than in the past (JrCIlCSlS llOlUS this year because of the movement begun by the Student Council for 0f nnriii all organizations to hold elections UA 0JLII before Ivy Day which will climax . T- the activities of extra-curricular IlH-CUIla III lMy workers. Cadet Colonel of the university ROTC corps of cadets this year, Mllilzer says Behm has been very active during - -m 11' VrtZ,t, (ood moral conduct is basis the varsity football squad, Lincoln for happy home, strong nation . . . and mighty democracy' UN films Ivy Day ceremony in technicolor Publicity office asks that photographers do not use flash bulbs Technicolor pictures taken by the publicity office will record Ivy Day events this year, including the crowning of the May Queen, mask ing of Mortar Boards and the tap ping of Innocents. No amateur photographers will be allowed inside of the picket fence during the morning cere monies until the May Queen reaches her throne. The publicity office asks the cooperation of stu dents in this, and it also asks them not to use flashlight bulbs, sinco the use of such bulbs would ruin the natural color photographs. Schedule for Ivy Day is as fol lows: 9:00 Interfraternity Sing. 10:15 Address by Ivy Day orator. 10:35 Appearance of the Ivy Chain. 10:45 Ivy Queen appears, quadrangle. 11:05 Reading of Ivy Day Poem, quadrangle. 11:10 Planting of Ivy, quad rangle. 11:15 Recessional of May Queen, quadrangle. 1:15 Ivy Day Sing for Girls, quadrangle. 2:30 Mortar Boards masking, quadrangle. 3:30 Innocents tapping, quadrangle. 4:00 AWS tea dance, Union ballroom. Rundin is a member of the Klub and was in charge of properties and costumes for this year's show. He has Berved on the staff of the Cornhusker for two years - and is a member of Scabbard and Blade. Calhoun is as sistant business manager of the Cornhusker, has worked on the business staff of the DAILY N E BRASKAN and was also in Orchesis announces a series of open meetings beginning Wed nesday, May 7, at 7 p. m. in Grant Memorial hall for all university women who are interested in be coming members. Similar meet ings will be held on May 14 and 21. SMITH Ivy, Daisy chain members practice All women who are in the Ivy and Daisy chains will prac tice at 5 p. m. today in room 306 of the Temple, in prepa ration for the ceremonial pa rade in the Ivy Day celebra tion tomorrow. charge of tickets for the show last week. Smith is a member of Corn (See KLUB, page 3.) SAM defeats ZBT in debate competition Art Rivin and Harold Margulies of Sigma Alpha Mu threw com petition for the intramural debate championship into a scramble last nifht by winning from previously undefeated Zeta Beta Tau. Yale Gotsdiner and Robert Passer de fended the affirmative side for the losers. Three teams, Sigma Alpha Mu, Zeta Beta Tau and Delta Upsilon, thus still remain in competition. Robert Chambers and Bud John son of Delta Upsilon boast the only perfect record of the three, but -they have debated only once. Their one victory was scored at the ex pense of Sigma Alpha Mu. Two defeats are necessary to eliminate a team. Either Sigma Alpha Mu or Zeta Beta Tau having lost once may now be eliminated by one defeat. One of these will debate Delta Upsilon in the next round, II. A. White, debate coachj announced, "Good moral conduct plus a lib eral education are the best prac tical bases for a happy home, a Strong nation and a mighty de mocracy.'' With this statement Prof. W. E. Militzer summed up his second talk in a series of lectures on mar riage sponsored by Mortar Board and the YWCA. In his first lecture Prof. Milit zer gave a list of requirements to look for in choosing a life com panion. Yesterday in his second lecture he spoke on "Making a Success of Marriage." There are two adjustments to be made after marriage, he said. They are mental and physiological. Most people think that the mental adjustment made in school when girls live together or boys live to gether in groups is the same as the adjustment between two peo ple who marry. In rooming together or living in groups people become self-centered in that they can be by them selves when they choose, spend their own money, and in many ways live their own lives without considering their room mate and associates. After marriaje. After marrying there is another (See CONFERENCE, page 4.) Student Council lo elect officers All members of the old and new Student Councils are re minded to be present at an im portant Council meeting to night at 5 in the Union. Officers for the coming year will be elected and recommendations for new Student Union Board members will be approved, John Mason, president of the Coun cil, announced yesterday. Members of Farmer's Fair board keep busy all year with activities Sunday Journal and Star Shown above are the members of the Farmers Fair board. Front row, right to left: Robert Wheeler, Harold Bacon, Sylvia Zocholl, Ben Alice Day, Rutli Millar and Jane Brinegar. Back row: Keith Gilmore, Betty Joe Smith, Ganla Richmond, Ray Craw ford and Dale Theobald. ... on ag campus "What a gang," said Prof. Ross Miller, of ag college as he came from a meeting of the Farmer's Fair board. And no wonder, for the "gang" is composed of six sen iors and six juniors, the most ac tive persona on ag campus, and di rectors of the Farmers' Fair, the major spring activity on the ag campus. Head of the board is Keith Gil more, animal husbandry major and winner of the 1940-41 Block Bride award for the following service; president of Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity, ag executive board, Corn Cobs, 4-H, interfraternity council, livestock and dairy cattle judging teams. Assistant Manager Robert Whec!r is another one of the group who has distinguished him self in 4-H work. In addition, he has been on judging teams, and be- (See FAIR BOARD,' page 4.). Committees for Ivy Day are J General arrangements and initia tion, Pat Sternberg; publicity, Jean Simmons and Jane Shaw; May Queen and attendants, Marge Krause Wellinger; notification and chains, Marion Miller and Jean nette Swanson; train bearers and flower-girls, Ann Hustead; flowers and miscellaneous, Betty Jo Smith; meal arrangements, Ruth dark; and Ivy Day poet, Beth Howley. Nineteen enter Ivy Day sing competition Twelve organized women's groups and seven organized men's groups have entered the tradi tional Ivy Day sing contests ac cording to information released last night by AWS and Kosmet Klub, sponsors of the sings. First on the Ivy Day calendar is the Interfraternity sing begin ning at 9 a. m. Contesting houses will be heard in alphabetical or der. Each will be allowed to sing one song of their own choice, and the winner will be awarded the coveted sing cup which last year went to Alpha Tau Omega. Men's houses entered and their directors are Delta Upsilon, James (See COMPETITION, page 4.) Publishers hold UflOO contest for journalists A $1,000 cash prize and a gold medal will he given for the best monograph on "The Achievements of the Daily Newspaper in Public Service," the American Newspaper Publishers association announced yesterday. Graduate or undergraduate stu dents in a school or college of journalism are eligible to compete. In connection with this Jerome D. Barnum, Syracuse, N, Y., Post Standard, the association's repre sentative on the national council on professional education for jour nalism, also stated that a news paper artists' and cartoonists'-com-petition for a design to be used for the gold medal will be held. A prize of $500 ia offered for thia,