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PoDSto Jh Daily IIIebmskm 2408 Vol. 42, No. 25 arts Group Would Alter Council Organization Working with the approval of representatives of three former Barb organizations, Barb Union, Barb Council, and BABW, Bill Dafoe, author of the Barb reor ganization plan, yesterday began circulation of a petition to alter the constitution of the Student Council in regard to membership, election procedure and committee organization of that group. Purpose of the petition is to obtain the 100 signers necessary to put the revision proposal on the ballot at the fall election. 20 Members. If passed by tne majority of the electorate at the election and okayed by administration authori ties, the proposal would change the membership of the council to 20 members elected without re gard to college except for mainte nance of an ag-city campus ratio. Half the membership of the group would be elected each se mester, by the Hare proportional election system under which stu dents would vote for as many can- , didates as they wished in order of their personal preference. Committee setup in the council would be changed by the proposal making all committees responsible to the student representatives. Exact details of the plan, worked out by Prof. L. E. Ayls worth, will be published in to morrow's issue of the Nebraskan in accordance with the rule requir ing all new legislation to be pub lished ten days prior to a student election. If passed the ruling would go into effect at the spring election. Boucher Gives Speech at Uni Of Wyoming Chancellor C. S. Boucher will ' deliver an address Thursday after noon on "The Relationship of a College President to his Govern ing Board" as a representative of the university at the annual meet ing and conference of the Associa tion of Governing Boards of State Universities and Allied Institutions to be held Thursday and Friday at the University of Wyoming. R. W. Devoe, president of the board of regents, will be the sec ond representative and will par ticipate in a discussion following the chancellor's talk. Thursday evening, will include an informal round table discussion on "Ne braska's Experience with the Jun ior Division." Zeta Beta Tan Wins Yearbook la Contest Because his fraternity had 100 percent of their pictures taken within the assigned time, Leonard Goldstein, Zeta Beta Tan presi dent, will receive a free copy of the Cornhusker. The Cornhusker gives every organized group on the campus a week starting on a Wednesday and ending on a Tues day to have their pictures taken for the annual. If 100 percent of the group's pictures are taken during the week or before the week, the group's president receives a free copy of the Cornhusker, Official Newspaper 0 More Than 7,000 Lincoln, Nebraska QircySate Group Judges Decorations Tomorrow Student judges of this year's homecoming decorations contest, include Burton Thiel, Hugh Wilk- ins, Don Steele, and Ed Calhoun. In addition, there will be three other judges, according to Cal houn, chairman of the committee, "who will probably be faculty members." Calhoun declared in regard to. the outside judges, "No judge will have any fraternity or sorority affiliations, either personally or in their family, so their verdicts should be absolutely fair and im- (See DECORATIONS, page 2) Offering Two Courses . . Army Renews Flying Cadet Recruiting Drive on Campus Offering both pilot and navi gator training, the army air corps renewed its drive at Ne braska for recruits as flying cadets when its traveling examin ing board made another visit to Lincoln yesterday. Altho the war department en courages men to complete their college education, successful appli cants may have their names placed upon an eligibility list for appointment after the close of the school year, army officials de clared. Pilot training is open to univer sity students wno now have at least 50 percent of the credits necessary for a degree or who will have the necessary credits within six months. Priority Training. Training as navigator is offered, in order of priority, first to pros pective graduates receiving a de gree in engineering; second, to prospective graduates who have Palladian Celebrates Oldest student organization on the campus, the Palladian literary society, will celebrate its 70th an niversary with a banquet in the Union Saturday at 6:30 p. m. Both alumni and actives will attend the Founders Day gathering which, according to present plans, is to be .made an annual affair. Judge C. M. Skiles, one of the few surviving members of the first uniformed Nebraska football team, will be toastmaster for the banquet. Other speakers will be Guy Hyatt, Florence Stevenson, Dr. Mark Weldon and Bei t Ander son. All except Anderson are alumni. Organized in 1871, Palladian's first meeting room was located on the top floor of University hall. Since the destruction of the upper Houses to Refile Decoration Plans All houses planning home coming decorations must refile their decoration at the Daily Nebraskan office by 5 p. m. today. Houses not filing will not be judged by the Innocents committee. Students Thursday, October 16, 1941 Petition Victory Bell Leads Rally Friday at 7 That old Husker victory bell will start ringing promptly at 7 o'clock Friday night, Oct. 17, to summon loyal Nebraskans to the one an nual homecoming pep rally before the Saturday game with the Indi ana Hoosiers. Trunkloads of boxes will be dumped on the western end of the quadrangle in front of Nebraska hall to form one of the biggest and brightest bonfires ever to be lit at a homecoming rally. Corn Cobs are collecting all the local boxes possible, but will enthusi (See RALLY, page 4) . completed courses in plane geome try, college algebra and trignome try; and third, to students who have satisfactorily completed two years of college work with the foregoing requirement in mathe matics. Honorary Art Group Exhibits Work in Union An exhibition of over 30 paint ings by members of Delta Phi Delta, honorary art fraternity, now on display in Morrill will soon be moved to the Union, Dwight Kirsch, chairman of the art de partment, announced Monday. The group, which includes nu merous water colors, an oil paint ing and several pencil sketches will be in the Morrill galleries un til Oct. 20. All of the work was done voluntarily during the summer. Literary Society 70th Anniversary stories of that building the Tal ladians have met in the Temple. Palladian hall is furnished for study, week day general meetings G a ('ourty Lincoln Jnuriml. JUDGE C. M. SKILES and the regular Friday night so cial gathering. Now the most select barb or Council Approves Open Participation For the first time in the history of the university, women may now participate openly as faction candidates in campus politics if they are affiliated with an approved faction. Permission for such af filiation was granted in a resolution passed by the student council late yesterday. Filings Must Be in Friday All filings for offices voted on at the fall election must be in John K. Selleck's office by 5 p. m. tomorrow, according to the Student Council constitu tion. Filings open are senior class president, junior class president, sophomore class president, Nebraska Sweet heart and Honorary Colonel. In order to file students must present a statement of eligi bility from the president of the point board and one from the registrar, independent students as well as all affiliated stu dents are urged to file for office. UN Extension Post The retirement of Mrs. Eliza beth Thompson, secretary of the university extension division for the last 31 years, has been an nounced. Mrs. Thompson will make her home in Boulder, Colo. Coming into the division in 1910, she assisted the first direc tor of extension work and con tinued under Dr. A. A. Reed, who was director until Sept. 1 when Dr. K. O. Broady became head. The division during this time has grown from a small group to a large organization employing sev eral hundred persons. A graduate of the university in 1920, Mrs. Thompson served as faculty chairman of the Panhel lenic council from 1929 to 1930 and again from 1931 to 1935. Ag WAA Elects Council Members At its weekly meeting yester day afternoon, the ag college WAA organization held an elec tion of officers for the ag WAA council. Girls chosen to fill the positions of concessions manager and social chairman were Mary Jean Humphrey and Donna Kruitz field, respectively. ganization on the campus, it at one time included affiliated stu dents in its membership. The greeks, however, withdrew from the organization 56 years ago and the club is, at present, made up of some of the most active unaf filiated students on the campus. The average membership number is 50. These 50 persons are stu dents with both good scholastic and activity records. Leading Barbs. President of the active society is Betty Hutchinson, and Bertram Ellesworth heads the Palladian alumni. Two of its most active members, Dave Marvin and Har old Alexis, head leading barb or ganizations on the campus. The Palladian membership roll of the past shows men and women (See PALLADIAN, page 2) Societies Meet For Rehearsal Members of Mortar Board, Innocents society, Tassels and Corn Cobs will meet at the south door of the coliseum Fri day at 5 p. m. for homecoming rehearsal. All must be there. Working on the theory that con tact with campus politics could only sully the women concerned, women leaders have striven for years to keep them clear of all political contamination. As a result, women's political activity was maintained on a sub rosa plane until last spring when barb and greek women openly or ganized, for a time, despite op position by Mortar Board, en forcer of the "no politics" dictate. Upshot of the revolution occurred when women were given an op portunity to vote preferential ballots for the first time in last spring's election. May Form Factions. "Since women were given party preferential ballots in the election of last spring, the council thought it might as well recognize those affiliations," commented Ruth Iv erson, council secretary, adding that women may form and run under their own factions if those factions are approved by the stu dent council. The student council also decided to start a Red Cross campaign on the campus, to make college days and Ivy day a bigger celebration, and elected two new members to the council. To Hold Campaign. Instead of being a one day cele bration, the council decided to make Ivy and college days last three days. The council appointed Mary Rosborough chairman of the uni versity campaign for the Red Cross. Nov. 11 the Red Cross com mittee will begin soliciting mem bers for the national organiza tion. A student membership will cost one dollar and money col lected will go towards teaching civilian women first aid, training them for field work in case of emergency, and for the other reg (See POLITICS, page 2) Union Dancing Classes Start Last chance for registration In the first section of Union social dancing lessons is tonight. Instruction will begin this eve ning at 6:45 p. m. and will last until 8. To register for the les sons, students must present their registration cards in the Union ballroom tonight. There are two sections of so cial dancing lessons. Section A meets on Thursday nights, section B on Monday nights. A student may register for either one or the other but he may not attend both. Tonight is the second meet ing of section A and the last one in which new pupils will be taken. Next Monday night registration in section B closes. Instructor in social dancing is Flavia Waters Champe, pro fessional Lincoln teacher. NAA Exhibition Highlights Year's Art Schedule Featuring the work of contem porary American artists, the 52nd annual exhibition of the Nebraska Art Association March 1 to 29 will highlight this year's art gal lery exhibition schedule in Morrill Hall. Also included in the schedule are the following: Oct. 22-27, public school art for state teachers convention; Oct. 22- Nov. 15, student work; Nov. 1 24, annual exhibition sponsored by Lincoln Artists' Guild; Nov. 19 Dcc. 4, student work; December, annual exhibition of photographs and silk screen prints: January, group show; Feb. 1-21, group show; April (last two weeks), water-colors; May, public school art from entire Nebraska; May 23- June 8, faculty and student work of the university.