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VOL. XXXIV NO. 59.
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Formal Season, Christmas,
And December Theme
of Edition.
CAMPUS GODS INDEXED
Frontispiece of Snow Scene
Caught by Camera of
Dwight Kirsch.
December, Christmas, and
the formal season arc the set
ting for the last Awgwan of
the old year, which, according
to Alice Beekman, editor, will
be released Wednesday, Dec. 12.
Arriving in the nick of time with
the Mortar Board "Leap Year"
party but a few days off, the De
cember Awgwan performs a val
ued service by indexing and tabu
lating the Greek gods of the cam
pus so that hesitant maidens who
must this time "pay all," can
choose a date with those qualities
they call "ideal."
Nebraska's humor magazine will
contain a preponderance of stories,
articles and pictures this month
with the usual collection of quips
and anecdotes, however, occupy
ing a portion of the twenty-four
pages.
Cover by "Elgas."
Bound In another bright cover,
the work this month of the art de
partment's latest find, who signs
himself anonymously "Elgas," the
publication lives up to its past pol
icy of picturing campus life in car
toons and photographs. As a re
minder to the readers that winter
is here at last, is a frontispiece of
a snow scene caught by the cam
era of Dwight Kirsch, chairman of
the department of fine arts, whose
beautiful camera work is much ad
mired on the campus and thru the
state.
Lest the campus forget who was
chosen Nebraska Sweetheart, a
full page picture of Sancha Kil
bourn, who was presented at the
Kosmet Klub annual fall revue
will appear in the issue. The Ne
braska university military unit re
ceives attention, too, with pictures
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ENGINEERS'
HONORS J. W. HANEY
AT NATIONAL MEET
Professor Elected Council
Member at Convention in
New York City.
Prof. J. W. Haney, chairman of
the mechanical engineering de
partment, was honored at the na
tional convention of the American
Society of Mechanical Engineers
when be was elected and installed
as a member of the society's coun
cil at its fifty-fifth annual meeting
in New York City, Dec. 3 to 7.
Additionally, as an award for
never! years of active service In
the affairs of the society, and
especially for serving on the stand
ing committee on local sections for
the part five years. Prof. Haney
was presented with the society
certificate of service plaque. In
J92 Prof. ILajjey served on the na
tional Dominating committee. In
this state, he was instrumental in
organizing the Nebraska section
of the society and served as its
chairman for three years.
Attendance figures at the con
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yicXSTAFFPLANS
Group Holds Sale Wednesday
Afternoon for Faculty
Women's Club.
First Chinese Utzaar, sponored
by the Nebraska In China staff of
the university Y. W. C A- will be
held WntoUy afternoon, Dec
12. from 2 until S In Ellen Smith
hU for the faculty women's club.
These bazaars will be held In or
dr to rle money for the support
of Y. W. C. A. mUsionarie In
China.
Imported Chinese merchandise,
fncltwlng articles suitable 'or
Christmas gifts is being sent from
Zlrn. M. H. Yard of Chicago to be
p'wl on " at toe bazaar, ac
cording to Wtarwr Neale. member
of the Uff.
'in- eale on Thursday. D-c. 1-.
f opn to wlwlT?. Etvrdav, Dec.
15. th will -mrtin mm 1
to 6 o'f lock for th Ivnfit of the
twral pubii'.. Tea will be served
thruoul the afternoon.
AST AWGWAN OF
YEAR WEDNESDAY
FIRST CHINESE BAZAAR
FIRST EDITOR WRITES
BLUE PRINT ARTICLE
Next Issue, on Sale Dec.
19, Features Work by
Dutleben, '04.
An article entitled "Experience
of the Plan Engineer," by Dan
Dutleben, first editor of the Ne
braska Blue Print, will feature the
December issue of the engineering
student publication when it goes
on sale Dec. 19, according to Mar
vin Nuernberger, editor.
Mr. Dutleben was graduated
from the university thirty-two
years ago, the editor stated, and is
now employed by the Pennsylva
nia Sugar company. Dutleben's
article will later this year appear
in the national periodical, Chemi
cal and Metallurgical Engineering,
Nuernberger said.
FLOOD. OF ENTRIES
GREETS SCHOONER
Cash Prize Offered Best
Advertising Motto for
Magazine.
Slogans are pouring into the
Prairie Schooner office in Andrews
hal las a result of the cash prize
of $7.50 that is being offered for
the best advertising motto in the
magazine's Christmas buget epi
gram contest. According to Prof.
L. C. Wimberly, editor of the pub
lication, the slogans submitted
show the desired range of different
angles on the merits of the
Schooner. Representative of the
various types of mottos that have
been submitted are these entries:
"A Nebraskan magazine with cos
mopolitan appeal," and "Fiction
with Touching Realness."
The only rules of the contest are
that the slogans shall rot exceed
six words nor contain the word
literary. The competition is open to
anyone and no restriction is placed
on the number of contributions per
person. The contest which will be
Judged by members of Sigma
Upsilon, national honorary nierary
fraternity, closes at 1 p. m. on
Dec. 17.
Editor Wimberly explained that
the word literary is being banned
because it leads the public to con
sider the Schooner as a high brow
production. He feels that this atti
tude has lessened the Schooner's
popularity in the past.
"Because the Prairie Schooner
has been continually referred to as
an outlet for the finest writing of
the prairie country, does not mean
that it contains only professorial
disertations." Dr. Wimberly re
marked. "On the contrary it is
noted for Its highly readable hu
man Interest stories as evinced by
the many reprints from its pages
in leading newspapers and antholo
gies." Wishing to get slogans dealing
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COR IIUSKER EDITOR
FROSH A.W.S. SPEAKER
Crabill to Explain llotr
Book Edited, Compiled
And Published.
Frank Crabill, editor-in-chief of
the Cornhusker, will speak before
the freshman A. W. S. group Wed
nesday, Dec 12, at 5 o'clock in
Ellen Smith hall, according to an
announcement made by Alairc
Barkes. group sponsor.
Mr. Crabill U one of a group of
campus leaders who are speaking
before the freshman group In or
der to acquaint the girts with the
different campus organizations
and publications. He will explain
to them the staff organization, and
work of compiling, publishing, and
editing the Cornhusker.
Jane Barbour, freshman A. W.
8. president, will preside over the
meeting and will have charge of
the short buslne meeting which
will precede the talk.
Federal Shelter Belt Doomed Unless
Weather Conditions Change Greatly,
Weaver Asserts at Sigma Xi Meeting
That the project'd shelter hilt of the fedf-ral conservation
plan i doomed to failure unit weather conditions change de
cidedly, we the g'utt of a urtateinent made by Dr. Weaver of the
plant ecology department before eighty member of Sigma Xi.
honorary scientific mn-U-ty which met in Morrill Hall 31onday
rvr?AlrJ w,- . ,'fcfrt temperature, the average
KMlv. VmLitlun to the Great
Drouth of 1934," Dr. Weaver, sup
plementing bis remarks with
slides, slated that "the drought
durng th growing season of 1024
was the greatest ever recorded in
the pratrle region. That... to
drouth came on gradually over a
period t.f years, wits precipitation
gradually dropping until in 134 it
was 1 0 Z-' percent below normal.
During July the available soli
moisture was entirely ttnwii n
a dpth of four ft. which allowed
only the most detp rooted plants
to survive. . .To th scarcity of
ater was adied the extremely
PARTY SPONSORS
DECLARE FORMAL
ATTIRE OPTIONAL
Informal Dress for Annual
Mortar Board Event Will
Be Correct.
TASSELS SELL TICKETS
Nielsen's Orchestra Comes
Here After Many
Engagements.
Either formal or informal
dress will be correct for the
annual Mortar Board party
which will be held in the coli
seum Friday night, according
to an announcement made Monday
by Breta Peterson, chairman of the
party committee. "Girls may bring
their dates in formal or informal
attire, whichever they choose,"
Miss Peterson stated.
Program dances, a feature of
last year's party, will not be in
cluded on this year's event, Miss
Peterson announced.
Paul Nielsen and his orchestra
will provide music for the party.
This orchestra played at the Gray
stone ballroom in Detroit and Cin
cinnati, at the Sherman hotel in
Chicago, at the Hotel Shreveport
in Shreveport, the Eagle ballroom
in Milwaukee, and the Club Madrid
in Louisville. They filled an en
gagement at the Golden Pheasant
at Cleveland, O., for sixteen weeks,
and has played over the NBC and
Columbia radio networks. Paul
Nielsen produces practically all his
own arrangements and uses no
stock orchestrations, according to
the announcement
Tickets for the Mortar Board
party priced at $1.10 went on sale
Dec. 4. Tassels and members of
Barb A. W. S. group are in charge
nf thP ale while Florence Bux-
man, Calista Cooper, and Marjorie
Smith are supervising the ticket
drive. Tassels In charge of the
committees for the ticket sale are
Eleanor Neale, Margaret Phlllippe,
and Irma Bauer.
Violet Cross, president of Mortar
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DURHAM NAMED HEAD
Nebraska Chapter Elects
Officers at Recent
Meeting.
At an election of the Nebraska
chapter of the American Chemical
Society recently, Prof. H. A. Dur
ham of the chemistry department
at Nebraska Wesleyan was elected
chairman for the coming year.
Other newly elected officers of the
society were faculty members of
the university chemistry depart
ment who were: National council
lor. Prof. C. 8. Hamilton: vice
chairman. Prof. B, C. Abbott of
the Ag college: secretary-treasurer.
Prof. H. A. Pagel. and the ex
ecutive committee. Profs. H. O.
Demlng, B. C. Hendricks and D. J.
Brown.
The society, composed of many
faculty members of the university
chemistry department and others
of this territory Interested in
chemistry, U a national organiza
tion which proposes to keep close
contact with all developments in
popular, practical and theoretic
chemistry, according to Professor
Pagel, secretary-treasurer.
On the year's program are three
meetings at which noted speakers
will be featured. Professor Psgcl
stated.
rlHilv maximum for a period of
two weeks being 110 degrees,
which caused tbe evaporation to
take place at a rate two to three
times the normal rate."
Dr. Weaver then showed re
sults of the drouth on plant life.
"Most of the Uu grass in pas
tures died tine the roots extend
only about thirty- Inches deep.
However it may revive if we have
a favorable winter. ..Drought was
destructive to the forests border
ing the Mouri river and tribu
?ry streams. From th Canadian
border In eastern North Dakota,
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OF CHEMICAL SOCIETY
Break in Cold Spell
Promised; Fair and
Warmer Is Forecast
Girls, put your new fur coats
back in the mothballs and boys,
put your red flannels back in the
old cedar chest because it's going
to be fair and warmer today, says
Thomas Blair, the campus weath
er man. Despite the fact old man
winter has reigned supreme for the
past week, his rival, old man sun,
is expected out in his full glory
this morning accompanied with a
gradual rise in temperature.
The weather has been, behaving
very peculiarly lately and it has
been exceptionally cold for the
first week in December, according
to Mr. Blair. The average tem
perature has been 20 degrees
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eighTmjses
City-Wide Welfare Campaign
Meets With Only Fair
Response So Far.
Eight organized houses are listed
on the honor roll as first contribu
tors in the city-wide relief drive,
sponsored on the campus by the
university Y. W. C. A. Several
individual contributions have also
been made to the Ellen Smith hall
offices, according to Kathryn Win
quist, chairman of the relief drive
committee.
HONOR BOLL
CHI OMEGA
PHI MU
DELTA UPSILON
SIGMA NU
CHI PHI
ALPHA XI DELTA
ALPHA PHI
DELTA GAMMA
svatomitv HuDoort for the cam-
palgn was solicited Dy tne commu
tee Monday night when each or
ganized house was asked to an
nounce the drive in meeting, and
appoint some member as super
ricn. fnf Vila hru(u Freshman o-
,WV, .V. -
rority members were appointed last
week by tne x. w. t;. a. tuiumuwc
to supervise the collection of
clothes In their houses.
Further co-operation from the
Y. M. C. A. was announced Monday
by C. D. Hayes, secretary of the
campus group. Full details of the
plans of his organization will be
revealed sometime this week, he
stated. The Y. M. C. A. office in
the Temple building is one of the
receiving stations for contribu
tions; the others being In the Y. V.
C. A. office at Ellen Smith hall and
the Daily Nebraskan office.
Freshman commission groups be
gan work Monday on sorting and
mending the first contributions.
Two girls from each group will re
ceive the names of needy families
from the relief drive headquarters
and accompanied ny a social winn
er will distribute the clothing to
them. . .
The combined forces oi an w
coin welfare societies have been In
lUted in the campaign, which w
under the direction of a central
Christmas bureau. Dependent fam
ni.. .kirns' th Aid offered by the
drive number 3.718. according to
a survey made by the cnamoer oi
commerce.
"Every fraternity, sorority, and
rooming house has some clothing
and shoes that win am in w
drive," Elaine Fonteln, president of
the university Y. W. C. A., stated.
"Students have a cnance w
. uviii service for Lincoln's
.mina with little cost or
effort. Let's make It our first gift
of the holiday season, ana g h
done before Christmas vacation be
gins," she added.
Deadline for Photographs
Of Coeds Must Be In
Wednesday.
Coeds who are candidates for
the honor of campus queens must
make their final rholre of pH'w
to submit for flnal Judging by 5
p. m. Wednesday, Editor Frank
CrablU of the Cornhusker, sporsor
of tbe contest, announced Monday
afternoon.
Pictures of the queen candidate
were taken last week, and tbe
coeds have been busily scanning
their proofs in an attempt to pick
tbe best pictures to send to Mc
Clelland Barclay, noted artist and
illustrator who will select tba six
campus queen for the annual pub
lication. Tbe pictures will be mailed
to hlra for judgment next week, ac
cording to Crabill.
Ccmhusker staff members also
plan to continue work of taking
other pictures for tbe annual with
renewed effort this week, accord
ing to Crabill, In an effort to get
all group pictures of organizations,
as wel as all fraternity and so
rority pictures, takea be for the
Christmas holidays.
AID
CLOTHING
RELIEF DRIVE
QUEEN
CANDIDATE
PICTURES
KOSMET
SCRIPT
ENTRY DEADLINE
SET FOR IAN. 18
Fifty Dollar Award Will Be
Presented Writer of the
Accepted Play.
ANYONE MAY COMPETE
Dramatic Faculty to Assist
In Judging the Shows
Submitted.
Friday, Jan. 18, has been set
as the deadline for entering
manuscripts for Kosmet Klub's
annual spring musical comedy,
according to a statement made
Monday by Tom Davies, president
of the organization.
As has been the custom, a pnze
of $50 dollars will be awarded the
writer of the show selected by the
production committee as the one to
be presented. Any student in the
university or any one connected
with the university is eligible to
submit manuscripts for a con
sideration. Davies urged all those interested
to start work as soon as possible
and stated that several persons
were already on manuscripts or
had indicated that they would sub
mit them.
The faculty of the dramatics de
partment will assist the production
committee in judging the shows en
tered. The president emphasized
the fact that equal consideration
will be given to each manuscript
submitted and that no selection
will be made until all have been
carefully read and considered.
Songs for the show must also be
submitted by Jan. 18, Davies said,
and aa especial demand is. being
made this year for numerous
songs. The show will again be
presented by an all male cast."
"In line with several manuscripts
that have been turned in already,
this spring's show is expected to
be one of the best in the history of
the Klub," the president stated.
Work on the production will
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KIRSCH SPEAKS AT AG
CONVOCATION DEC. 13
First Assembly of Series
Slated by Student j
Groups.
Prof. Dwight Kirsch, chairman
of the department of fine arts will
speak at the first of a series of Ag
campus convocations to be spon
sored by the various student
groups at Ag college on Thursday
Dec. 13, at 4 o'clock in Ag ball.
Delivering a lecture on the Cen
tury of Progress, Professor Kirsch
will present colored slides of the
Worlds Fair to Illustrate his
speech. The program will also In
clude special Christmas music with
Mac Mccamiey, ag siuucni, n w
loist
After Prof. Kirsch's speech
members of the Junior Fair Board
for this year will be announced for
the first time. These reprcsenta
!.. ihnun annually bv the
senior board and faculty advisers.
Their names will not dc aiscioscu
until Thursday.
Pi Lambda Theta to
Hear Cunning Today
Pi Lambda Tbcta, national wom
en's educational sorority, will meet
Tuesday at 7:15 in Ellen Smith
ball.
Mr. Cushing of the state educa
tion office will speak on "Educa
tional Features of the Federal
Emergency Program.
Natures Delicate Balance, Disturbed
A st Cultivated Fields Renlace Prairie
Grasses, Induce
UUni niunnn uiab unmrn
1 1 1. - t a -rew
Ullft Willie jaimi;ir nai: jj
1 t . a- jL .n!Aiv t
pud drouth may be brought about because prairie grasses have
flelils of corn ana wneai; man dm
upset the balance of nature, he
says.
Dr. Weaver explained that na
tive prairie with 1U p'-mt and
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grasses is aaapiea to cunuiuum u
weather and soil, and keeps the
delicate balance of nature. When
this is broken by annual or poorly
accHmaUd crops some disturb
ances must occur. These may oc
cur as higher temperatures, higher
and warmer winds, more evapora
tion of moisture In the soli, and
even blowing away of the soil it
self. "It seem clear that the more
general influence of prairie cll-
CINDER CLASSIC
HERE NEXT JULV
Lincoln Will Be Host to National Amateur Athletic
Union Track and Field Championships in
Memorial Stadium Third Time.
OFFICIALS ACCEPT CITY'S BID SUNDAY NIGHT
Cream of Nation's Athletes Expected Here in Summer
To Vie for Titles in Men's Senior Division;
Definite Date for Event Undecided.
- Nebraska has been awarded the National A.A.U. track
meet for 3935. Sitting in their annual meeting at Miami, Fla.,
Amateur Athletic Union officials decided Sunday night to hold
their 1933 track and field tourney in the land of the Corn
huskers, returning to the midwest ern scenes of the 1927. and
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LONG TROPHY DEBATE
TOURNEY WEI
16 Take Part in Forensic
Encounter on Old Age
Pension Question.
All is in readiness for the an
nual debate tourney Wednesday
Decj 13, when sixteen freshmen
will vie for the Long Trophy, sil
ver cup presented annually by E.
H. Long to the winner of this con
test. The debate office stresses the
fact that any one wishing to with
draw his name should do so not
later than Tuesday noon, to pre
vent any delay in the proceedings
Speaking on the proposition re
solved: That the federal govern
ment should establish some plan to
Drovide for old age pensions, the
contestants will be allowed eight
minutes in which to present their
constructive material and rebuttal.
Professor White stated that if the
number still remains large on the
night of the debate, the speakers
will be divided into two groups,
the winners of which will meet
next week to decide the champion.
Judges are Lincoln Ken.
The judges, who will be Lincoln
men experienced in debate, will
base their choices on individual
work rather than on that of the
teams.
A new cup patterned after the
one formerly used will be pre
sented this year, as the old one will
be placed in a tropny case per
manently. Tnose who will speak on the af
firmative side are: Robert Martz,
Crawford Covner. Leonard U,
Kreue-er. Weldon Beezley, Pobert
Jeffrey. Edwin Carlson, and Al
fred Shamberr: those who will
speak negatively are: Irving Zvel
tel. Aaron J. Finklestein, George
McArthur, Robert Stclfler, Edwin
Getscher, Raymond Matteson, and
Robert Wadhams.
Kaggles Here in January.
Business In intercollegiate de
bating is at low ebb at present
but will flourish starting Jan. 7,
when debaters of Kansas State
college will arrive to debate the
varsity before audiences in nearby
towns on the ouestlon of farm re
lief. The Community club of Ilth
aca, Neb., has asked that some
subject be presented to them, and
It is expected that other towns will
make reauesU in the near future.
rn Jan. 13. 14. 15 and 16, two
affirmative debators will meet
Kansas State men before four
eastern Kansas clubs, to present
the arraneeroents of the AAA. in
these debates Nebraska will oppose
the present arrangements of the
AAA, but in all home contests
thev will support the affirmative
aide.
A third trip will be taken by
both affirmative and negative
teams to compete with Iowa State
college during Farmers week. Feb.
6 and 7, at Ames, la. Two or three
other debates arc also being
planned for this trip.
Dust Storms, Drouth
nnj -
rr tin 4lin -hof ivd TirfUrif find
wj
TtirtfAouifitv Tnyfi a t f Yftt WITIfltf
mnt nuv have already been modi
fied by extensive cropping," stated
Dr. Weaver. "Important changes
in .rmMnn.rir nunuu lv. tckiuum
los oi waier oy run-uii, wu -"-ering
of the water table are a part
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of tbe price civilized man pays,
when the stable crops evolved by
nature, are repiacea wun uu uu
tattle nrn he selects. "
Dr. Weaver, professor of plant
ecology at tbe University, hJ
trnlnrri & nntfnnul refutation In this
field of study and writing, in his
last experiments oone wun me
help of Evsn L. Flory, graduate
student, he has found proof of the
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FROSH VIE IN ANNUA
Jiyai games, ana we cinaers circl
ing the plot of greensward in Me
morial stadium will once again be
scattered by the champions of the
senior men's division, the cream of
tracksters in the United States.
It is the third time in the illus
trious track career of the Husker"s
coach, Henry F. Schulte, that the
A. A. U. meet is to be held in nis
play yard. In 1927 and, more re
cently, 1931 the Union, dean of
American athletic associations,
selected Lincoln and, more par
ticularly, Memorial stadium in
which to run off its annual speed
and strength tests. At those times,
the meet drew record crowds to
the capitol city to watch in ate
ion the greatest collection of track
stars of the year. In the summer
of 1935 track enthusiasts will
again turn their attention to Lin
coln in the anticipation of seeing
cinder aces of this year.
Selection Expected.
The selection of Lincoln bore out
all previous indications which
seemed to the effect that Ne
braska would be chosen as the
most logical site for 1935's Jubilee.
When the association heads first
met in its yearly gathering, Lin
coln seemed to be the favorite
choice, and ratification Sunday
night brought the matter tr a
finality. Frank D. Throop, presi
dent of the Lincoln chamber of
commerce, officially extended the
invitation to the A. A. U. meeting,
and received confirmation of the
selection from the heads of the or
ganization after a vote Sunday.
Nebraska was selected as the
most suitable site in 1935 because
of the great success enjoyed in the
1931 meet, because of the geo
graphical location of the state, and
because of the facilities Nebraska
university can offer In the way of
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BETTER SPORT SLATE
More Complete Schedule Is
Allowed the Minor
Departments.
Due to the Increase in football
gate receipts for the past season
a more complete ainieiic scneuuie
for other less important sports
was noted in the list announced by
Athletic Director Dana X. Bible
Monday. This Increased competi
tion in minor sports will enable
the drafting of more attractive
slat;s for the sports which do not
quite pay their own way, it waa
pointed out.
The schedules listed Monday,
have to do largely with Big Six
conference teams. Others will be
added later.
Four conference championship
are slated to be decided at Lincoln.
The swimming championships will
be held at the University of Ne
braska coliseum, March 8-9; the
track meet Is scheduled for May
17-18 at Memorial stadium; and
tbe same days the tennis cham
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Elmer Heyne, Ward Bauder
Delegates to National
Alpha Zeta Meet.
Members recently initiated mto
Alpha Zeta, honorary scholastic
fraternity on ag campus are: Jer
ome Sob, Lewis Bottorf, Raymond
KInch. Paul Swanson, Marian Jack
son. Ward Bauder, Darrell Bauder,
L. B. Snyder, Robert Cushing. John
Clymer, Vincent Arthaud. Roland
Welbel. Albert U Pearl. Raymond
McCarty. Harold Von Rleson,
David Rice and Burr Ross.
At the regular bi-monthly meet
ing held on Thursday, Dec e. El
mer Heyne, and Wsrd Bauder were
chosen as the Nebraska delegates
to the bi-annual conclave which is
bring held at the Steven hotel in
i Chic ago, Dec. 29, Z and 31
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