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Homecoming
1941
Official Newspaper Of More Than 7,000 Students
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Vol. 42, No. 26
Lincoln, Nebraska
Friday, October 17, 1941
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Party Plans
Indicate Big
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Identity of lVp Quern
'Display Winners Feature
Gala Cob-Tassel Affair
Presentation of the 1941
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winners in the homecoming house
decoration contest will highlight
festivities at the Corn Cob-Tassel
sponsored party in the coliseum
(See CELEBRATION, Page 4.)
Jan Struthcr Lauds Freedom
In Town Hall Series Lecture
By June Jamieson
Describing mental apathy as
the iiio.it dangerous characteristic
in moder n life, Jan Struther, noted
English noveli.st, urged a "think
for victory" campaign in her
speech at the Junior League spon
sored Town Hall series last night.
Taking "Live and Help Live" as
a motto, Miss Struther called in
dependence a "splendid and gal
lant." but young idea." "It is not
an end in itself," she said, "but a
necessary stepping-stone to help
decide with whom and on what
terms we want inter-dependence
nationalism is out of date."
In describing any country, the
author asked her audience to con
sider three elements; geography,
history and mental climate, with
the last element deserving the
most consideration. "There is a
feeling of freedom and kindness in
the United States and Great Brit
ain," she remarked, and called the
two countries the remaining states
in the world with the "raw mater
ials of a brave new world." "I
speak," Miss Struthcr added, "not
as an Knulii-hwoman to Americans,
but as a citizen of that invisablc
commonwealth that is your country
and mine the world."
Beit Seller.
Famed for her best seller, "Mrs.
Miniver," the author declared that
she soMitiiiies felt that Mrs. Miniver
had written her instead of she ere
atinn Mrs. Miniver. She attributed
S Indents, Alums
Visitors Attend
Post-Game Dance
Beginning shortly after the
game Saturday afternoon, there
will m a homecoming matinee
dance held In the Union ballroom
Alumni and Indiana visitors are
urged to attend.
The barb organization is spon
soring the hour dance. Admis
sion will be 10 cents.
Yelling Fans
Burn Effigy
At Fire Rally
With the cry of "Blitz Bo's
Boys" on their lips, thousands of
Nebraska fans will answer the
call of the victory bell tonight
when they gather on the mall
east of Nebraska ha o wit
ness the burning of the rioosier
effigy at one of the biggest bon
fire homecoming rallys the uni
versity has ever known.
Freddy Meier, captain of Sat
urday's game, and Elsworth Du
Teau, alum secretary, are to be
the only speakers. Cheer leaders,
headed by Max VVittacker, Tas
sels, Corn Cobs, as well as the
band will be present to fire stu
dent enthusiasm. More than seven
truckloads of boxes and papers
will be burned in the bonfire to
insure a red-hot UN team Satur
day. Speaking tours to all of the or
ganized houses before the game,
and the NU alums and fans are
expected to mak? the attendance
considerably larger than usual, al
tho the two preceding rallies have
had record crowds.- Approximately
500 cards bearing the slogan will
be distributed at the rally.
Corn Cob workers to help with
the preparations for the rally, are
to meet this afternoon at 1 o'clock
in the east stadium.
its success in this country to a
"curiosity and compassion for the
doomed." The best-seller started
as a series of articles in the London
Times, and was printed in Eng
land in September of 1939.
Mis Struther came to America
five months ago after declaration
of war. and has given several
lecture tours which have taken
her across the country several
times. She expressed particular
enjoyment in seeing the state
capitol and the middle west. Her
husband is a member of the
Scottish Guard and a seventeen
year old son is expecting to be
called soon. According to an inter
view this afternoon. "Mrs. Miniver'
will soon be released as a motion
picture starring Greer Garson and
Walter Pidgeon.
UN Scene
Regional
Nebraska's cmpus will be the
scene of one of the largest student
council conventions ever held in
this territory when the west-central
regional convention of the
National Student Federation of
America opens here next Thurs
day. Members of the local student
council will act as hosts to the rep
resentatives who are expected to
attend from more than thirty col
leges and universities.
The convention, to be held in the
Union, will open Thursday with
registration and will continue
through Friday and Saturday,
ending with a banquet and dance
Saturday night for the visiting
members of other student govern
ing bodies.
Evelyn . Petersen, secretary- of
Decorations
To Brighten
Greek Row
Judges Select Two Best
Displays Tonight; Houses
Seek Cups for 18lh Year
Seven judges have been chosen
to select the winning homecoming
decorations from the displays
along fraternity and sorority row
tonight. Ed Calhoun, chairman of
the Innocent homecoming commit
tee, announced yesterday.
Representing the study body on
the committee will be Innocents
Organized groups competing
in the homecoming decorations
contest must turn in the theme
names of their decorations to
day to Ed Calhoun in the Corn
husker office. Houses already
filed need not'refile.
Burton Theil, Hugh Wilkins, R.
Donald Steele, and Calhoun. Fac
ulty judges are Pre '. F. C. Blood,
advertising instructor; Prof. L. B.
Smith, chairman of the depart
ment of architecture; and one
(.See DECORATIONS, Page 4.)
Bizad College
Offers Prize
For Report
By authority of the Lincoln
Defense Committee, the college of
business administration is offering
a prize of $100 to the senior or
graduate student presenting a
report best contributing to the in
dustrial development of Nebraska.
The reports are due before Jan
urary 5, 1942, and may be a thesis
presented for credit in the college
course or a special report receiving
credit in the Business Research
Institute. Two of the suggested
tonics are: "Long-term Trends
"Nebraska as a Location for Def
ense Industries." Any subject may
be chosen, however, if approved
by the Committee on Business Re
search, who will make the award.
Professor C. S. McNeill, chair
man of the committee, will dis
cuss the matter with any student
interested.
of Student Council
Meeting Thursday
the ftudent council at the Univer
sity of Minnesota, and president
of the political faction on that
campus, is general convention
chairman, while Ruth Iverson, sec
retary of the local student council,
is acting as chairman.
The NSFA convention is not
limited in attendance to large unl-
Calhoiin ('alls
Slaff Meeting
All workers and assistant
business managers are re
quested to bring their subscrip
tion books to the meeting of
the Cornhusker business staff
meeting today at 4:30 p. m., Ed
Calhoun, yearbook business
manager, announced yesterday.
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FRED MEIER
Lincoln Journal.
Innocents Hold
Annual Luncheon
Saturday Noon
The entire active chapter and
about 50 alumni of the Innocents
society will lunch together Satur
day noon in Union parlors XY.
Third annual event of its kind,
the meeting is well on its way to
becoming a campus tradition. In
charge of the affair for Innocents
alumni are president Guy Cham
bers, '16; and Bill Marsh, '37, along
with Woodrow McGee, 34; torn
Da vies, '35; and W. Joyce Ayres,
'30.
Innocent active chairman of
the luncheon is Dale Theobald. He
reports that there will probably
not be any formal speeches but a
number of the alumni will be in
troduced. From the luncheon,
which will last until 1 p. m.. Inno
cents, past and present, will go
to the game.
Traffic Club
Of Omaha Hears
C. J. Frankforter
Col. C. J. Frankforter will ad
dress the traffic club of Omaha
tomorrow evening on the subject,
"The Use of Military and Indus
trial Explosives." The club is
composed of general agents of
traffic for railroads.
Colonel Frankforter will give
demonstrations with his speech.
George Short, senior in the engi
neering college, will assist him.
versities, according to Miss Iver
son, but will include representa
tives from many small colleges
and universities located through
out the midwest. Convention dis
cussion groups will be divided,
with large school representatives
attending one session, and small
school representatives another.
Speaking of the convention in
student council meeting Wednes
day Burton Thiel, council presi
dent, said, "This is an ambitious
project for the council to under
take so early In the fall, and, by
having the convention early, we
will be able to obtain suggestions
In time to have them do Borne good
this year. Let me emphasize
that members of this council are
fortunate that the convention Is
to be held on this campus, enab
ling them to attend the meetings
and other council activities."
Eronpan
deadly
Woods
By Bob Miller.
With spirit running high in the Ilusker
griil camp, coaches and players alike are show
ing the effects of the Homecoming fever that
is enveloping the campus.
Reports from Indiana indicate that the
Hoosiers are steamed up in a like maimer ami
are shoving off with one intent in mind, to de
feat Nebraska Saturday.
The Hoosiers have plenty of good reasons
for wanting to heat last year's Rose Bowl
team. First, in the years that the two teams
have played the best Indiana has done is to
hold the II ushers to two ties.
1 Another reason is that so far
this season Indiana has been beat
en by Notre Dame, Detroit and
Texas Christian and it is about
time, the Hoosiers have decided,
that the football fans in the mid
west wake up to read the Indiana
score on the win side for a change.
(Continued on Page 11.)
Palladians
Celebrate
Tomorrow
Active find Alumni Make
Anniversary Reservations
Skiles IsToastmaster
Reservations for the Falladian's
seventieth anniversary banquet
must be made by noon today with
Mrs. Thomas Johnson, chairman
of the arrangements committee.
The banquet for active and alumni
Palladians will take place in the
Union at 6:30 p. m. Saturday.
Program speakers will be Grace
Guy Hyatt, Florence Stevenson,
and Eert Anderson. Respectively
their subjects are the "Founda
tion,' "Preservation," and "Des
tination" of the Palladian society.
Judge C. M. Skiles will be the
toastmaster.
In charge of arrangements for
the banquet are: Harold Alexis
and Elsie Kaminsky of the active
Palladians, and Prof. Chauncey
Smith of ag college. Bertram
Ellesworth, president of the alumni
chapter, and Mrs. Thomas John
son.
Student tickets for the banquet
will be 75 cents for active Palla
dians and $1.00 for alumni.
Defense Group
Sells Tickets
For Benefit
On sale now at the Union of
fice are tickets for the comint?
cinema attraction, "A Yank in the
R.A.F..' Of the purchase price of
each ticket, ten cents will be don
ated to the Biitish War Relief
society.
The sale is being sponsored by
the university student National
Defense committee. It will close
on Oct. 22. Holder of a ticket may
attend the Stuart any day during
the week, afernoon or evening,
October 23 to 29. Only receipts
form advance sales will, however,
be donated to British war relief,
" A Yank in the R.A.F. is a Par.
amount feature starring Tyrone
Power and Betty Grable. Contained
in it is a particularly effective
dramatization of the evacuation
at Dunkirk,