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VOL. XXXI V NO. 128.
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, APRIL 12, 1933
PRICE 5 CENTS.
JENKS APPEARS
WITH
PLAYERS
JULIUS
CAESAR
Nebraska Actor Returns
For Post-Season
Production.
TO PLAY ROLE OF BRUTUS
Shakespeare Drama Opens
For Six Day Run at
Temple April 29.
When Hurt Jcnks, former
Nebrnskan ami nationally fa
mous .actor, reappears on the
Temple theater stage April 29,
it will be in the role of
'Marcus" Brutus in that dramatic
masterpiece of the centuries.
"Julius Caesar." One of Shakes
speare's most popular and success
ful plays it is filled with pagentry
ard color and, as a post-season
production of the University Play
ers, it will be presented on six suc
cessive evenings.
"We are trying out several dif
ferent people for the various
parts," according to Harold Sump
tion who will direct the play, "and
casting will probably be completed
Monday or Tuesday."
"'In my opinion, the play, since
it is concerning one of the most
potent moments in history, should
be a part of everyone's education,"
stated Mr. Jenks. "To see a pic
ture, devised in the imagination of
one of the world's most eminent
dramatists, of one of the most in
teresting moments in the world's
history is certainly worthwhile."
Jcnks, who is helping to select
the cast for the production, is
greatly encouraged in looking over
the material for the cast. He be
lieves that there are among the
members of the student body this
year many students of exceptional
ability. He stated that with such
cxcei-Uonal material, the result
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BY RECENT RAIN
Professor Presents Public
Lecture Explaining
Resultcrf Dust.
Recent dust storms which have
been so prevalent in Nebraska for
the past few months have done on
ly slight ha.-ra, but a few more will
cause serious damage. Dr. A. L.
Lugn. professor of geology at the
univcisity, declared at a public
lecture in NrKr8ska hall. At this
time he also predicted that rains of
the past few days have definitely
broken the drouth, and consequent
ly nave ended the dust storms.
'Altho moisture has come too
lie to aid winter wheat, I am con
fident that we will see a great deal
more rain within the next few
years than was the case in X933
and 1934," the speaker stated. Dr.
Lugn also contradicted the views
of a San Francisco astronomer who
has announced that the dust
storms were evidence that the
drouth we ended.
Oust Does Not Enrich Soil.
Those who claim that these
storms of dust add value to the
soil, are basing their aliments
on fallacy, according to Vr. Lugn,
who stated that due to the fact
that the dust particles contain an
almost insignificant amount of or
ganic matter, they could not pos
sibly enrich the soil.
Continuing, he said, "Only the
red dust w! ich blew in here from
the Oklahoma and Texas pan
handle Tuesday night and Wed
nesday, contains gypsum, and
therefore is the only possible aid to
fertility."
Following Dr. Lugn's address,
Frank Hayes, head of the soil fu
sion survey, showed pictures of the
drouth as it appeared in South Da
kota last year.
L
Freshmen and Sophomores
Eligible for Part
Time Jobs.
Application to take a competi
tive examination for student part
time positions on the library staff
on Saturday. April 27. at 9 a.
must be made net later than Wed
nesday. April 17. at the office of
the circulation librarian in tne
main reading room of the library.
The examination will be held in the
large reserve reading room on the
third floor of the same building.
Only freshmen and sophomores
are eligible to apply. P0"
have applied for student positions
during the current year, must call
and signify their Intentions to take
the :;st.
Two positions requiring thirty
hours of work a week are "P
to be open in th fall, probably
Sept 1. Silary for these positions
Is ninety dollars a month.
DROUTH
BROKEN
DECLARES- LUGS
IBRARY APPLICATIONS
NEXT WEDNE
DRAMA GROUP NAMES
REYNOLDS PRESIDENT
Wesley Players Select
Officers at Meeting
Wednesday.
Maurice Reynolds was elected
president of the Wesley Players
at a business meeting held Wed
nesday, April 10. At the same
time Merlyn Cook became vice
president, Jane Forney, secretary,
Lois Gates, treasurer, A. C. Wlsch
melcr, business manager, and Mil
dred Ilgcnfritz, student director.
Other members chosen to head
the various committees are stage
managers, Ronald McMaster and
Orvlllc Hutchinson; costume a,
Irene Miner; librarian, John Lim
ing; music, Virginia Klrkbrlde;
and Julius Vada, reporter.
SCIENTISTS HEAR
!. G. BECK GIVE
PHYSICSSPEECH
Kansas Professor Discusses
Positive Electron
Thursday.
In a highly theoretical address
on the positive electron, Dr. Guldo
Beck, visiting professor at the Uni
versity of Kansas, discussed this
revolutionary phenomenon in the
classical analysis of matter, which
was discovered late In 1933, before
approximately 200 scientists in
Brace Laboratory, Thursday, Apr.
11, at 4 p. m.
Dr. Beck was introduced by
Prof. H. H. Marvin, chairman of
the physics department, who stated
that the speaker was a prominent
young physicist of Austrian origin
who has done much of his work in
the field of the atomic nucleus and
radio activity and that he had also
worked on relativity. Dr. Marvin
was instrumental in bringing Dr.
Beck to Nebraska to deliver his
address.
Aside from the facts that the
average life-time of the positive
electron is about one ten-millionth
of a second and that its existence
is proved experimentally by a track
that it leaves in a gas-cloud cham
ber, the average layman could
probably not gain more intelligible
knowledge from the lecture than a
field mouse could from a Greek
text
Considering his subject from a
theoretical standpoint, Dr. Beck
spoke of electrically charging
nothing, .'i holes traveling thru
pace. and or creating matter from
energy. Following the talk, several
professors from the chemistry, en
gineering, and physics departments
entered into a discussion with Dr.
Beck on various points of the ad
dress. RUNGS CLOSE MAY 1
Winners of Wcoley Awards
Announced Early in
June.
Filing of applications for the
Wooley scholarships to French uni
versities for a year beginning Oct.
1, will close May 1, according to
an announcement received by Dr.
Harry Kurz, chairman of the ro
mance languages. The awards will
be made by the board of governors
of the United States House in Uni
versity City near Paris, France,
early in June.
Application blanks for an award,
which consists of a room in the
U. S. House and $600 a year, may
be secured from the Institute of
International Education in New
York City.
Five scholarships are announced
for the coming year, two In mtHc,
two in art and one in psychiatry.
All candidates must be American
citizens, men or women, and must
possess a good knowledge of
French.
For the scholarship la psychiat-
rv. the applicant must have ob-
toinAri the M. D. decree or be in
the last year of study for that de- j
gree. rne age limits ior bchoiub
in art and music are 19 to 32. Only
unmarried candidates can be accepted.
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Ruth Etting Pays Tribute to
Her Native Nebraska in Song
By DAMON 8ANDEN.
Turning from the glamorous lights of Hollywood and
Broadway to recall once again her college days on the Nebraska
campus, Ruth Etting, beautiful, blonde, husky-voiced contralto
from Nebraska, will pay tribute Friday night to her native
state. Featured in "Pep on the Air," Kellogg's College Prom,
on Friday, April 12. at 7:30 p. m.,
central standard time.
Because of a special request by
Miss Etting to honor her native
state, the setting of this week's
program is laid on the Nebraska
campus. When Mis Etting made
tms request, the sponsors of the
Kellogg hoar wired to Nebraska
for permission to use Nebraska
university" famous aong, "There
Is No Place Like Nebraska.- The
request was granted, and conse
quently this song, closest to the
hearts of all Cornhuakers. will be
heard on the program.
This Nebraska "farm girl who
made good in the big city" has
gained International recognition
CAPACITY
CROWD
TO ATTEND FIRST
Frantz Will Outline Present
Status of Unaffiliated
Students' Work.
GIVE INTRAMURAL PRIZES
A.W.S. Group Presents Skit,
Musical Selections;
Erickson Speaks.
A capacity crowd of about
100 persons is expected to at
tend tho first All-Barb banquet
to be held at 6 o'clock in Ellen
Smith hall Friday evening, ac
cording to advance reports re
ceived from John Stover, Inter-
club council president, who is in
charge of the arrair. uicKei saies,
which were sponsored by the barb
A. W. S. and the council closed at
5 o'clock yesterday.
Attractions at this new barb
function will be featured by a
speech by E. W. Frantz, professor
in the English department and
former sponsor of barb activities,
in which he will outline the pres
ent status of the work of unaffil
iated students on the university
campus. In addition, Wilbur Erick
son, chairman of the Interclub
council, will discuss the history
and achievements of the barb or
ganization, and Evelyn Diamond,
A. W: S. president, will point out
some of the possible activities and
advancements which can be under
taken in the future. John Stover
will preside as toastmaster for the
evening's proceedings.
For entertainment the A. W. S.
group, under the direction of Al
etha Forrell, ag campus barb
leader, will present a skit and a
short musical program. Recogni
tion of athletic victories for the
past year will be made when
championship medals for barb in-
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contesTforivy
Herman Decker to Direct
Ivy Day Chorus of
Eighty Girls.
Judges for the annual Ivy day
poem will be Miss Louise Pound,
Miss Marguerite McPhee, and Mr.
L. C. Wimberly, professors of Eng
lish, according to an announce
ment made by Breta Peterson,
Mortar Board member in charge
of publicity for the festivities. It
ww also revealed that Mr. Her
mann Decker, professor of music,
will again direct the women's Ivy
day chorus in the traditional sing.
Any undergraduate is eligible to
enter the poem contest and the
identity of the winner will not be
revaied until the May day exer
cises. "Poems must Ui limited to
Ivy day and its traditions," stated
Violet Cross, president of the
women's honorary. "The person
winning the contest will be desig
nated as Ivy day poet and wil
read his or her selection preced
ing the crowning of the May
queen."
Rules of the contest, as an
nounced by Miss Peterson, state
that all entries must be typewrit
ten and double-spaced. No name
should be placed on the manu
script itself, but it should be
placed in a sealed envelope on
which the name of the author
should appear. Manuscripts should
be submitted to Mrs. Ada West
over in Ellen Smith hall, any time
until the closing date.
About eighty girls, four from
each sorority house, have been
Cdcsen 10 sing in me cnorua. intjr
will sing the "Ivy Day Chant" im
mediately following the entrance
of the daisy and iw chain.
aa actress. Beginning her rise to
fame as a star of the incomparable
Ziegfield Follies, thru which she
attained the pinnacle of success
which she now holds, she has be
come internationally famous as an
actress and radio singer over both
the CBS and NBC networks.
Visiting a different college cam
pus each week, Kellogg's College
Prom has thia week chosen the
University of Nebraska for its my
thical setting. Accompanied by
Red Nichols and his orchestra,
(which, incidentally. Is also com
posed to a large degree of Ne
braska musical artists). Miss Et
ting will sing her most famous
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ALL-BARB DINNER
DAY POEM OPENS
HOME EC. GROUPS
TO HONOR STUDENTS
Phi Upsilon Omicron and
O micron Nu to Aorne
Members Sunday.
Phi Upsilon Omicron and Omi
cron Nu will honor those home
economic students who have main
tained an average of eighty or
above since attending this univer
sity by a tea Sunday afternoon
from 3 to 6 o'clock in the home
economic parlors.
New members of Phi Upsilon
Omicron and Omicron Nu will be
announced at this meeting it was
revealed.
The serving line will be com
posed of Margaret Feddc, Matilda
Peters, Edith Carse, Daisy
Schluntz and Ruth Wolfe. Ar
rangements are being handled by
Marjorle Lowe, Arlene Bors and
Margaret Kerl.
NEWLY ELECTED
Officer, Council, Sports
Board Members Take
Over Positions.
Newly elected and appointed
members of the W. A. A. Council
were installed at a mass meeting
Thursday at 7 o'clock in the
Armory. At this time Elizabeth
Bushee became the official presi
dent, Doris Rlisness became vice
president, Mary Yoder, secretary;
and Jeane Palmer, treasurer.
Other members of the council
who were installed were George
anna Lehr, assistant concessions;
Gayle Caley, expansion chairman;
Eleanor Neale, mimeograph; Jane
Barbour, Cornhusker; Sarah
Louise Meyer, activities; Regina
Hunkins, sports editor; Faith
Arnold, points chairman; Beth
Taylor, cabin; Doris Weaver, out
ing club; Maxine Mundt, golf;
Idelia Iverson, tennis; Beth Phil
lips, Tanksterettes and Clara Rid
dler, rifling.
Sports Board Announced.
The members oi the sports
board, also installed Thursday
night, are: Soccer and baseball,
Ruth Fulton; Nebraska ball, El
eanor McFadden; ping pong,
Frances Knudtson; basketball,
June Wagner; bowling, Elaine
Shonka; baseball, Katherine Ca
hill; swimming, Edwina McCon
chie; archery, Margaret Harris;
deck tennis, Marie Kotouc; and
badminton, Ardis Graybiel.
Doris Riisness spoke on the dis
trict W. A. A. convention, which
was held at Chicago, at the pro
gram immediately following the
installation. Miss Mabel Lee gave
a short speech on W. A. A. work,
and Miss Matilda Shelby, sponsor
of W. A. A., said a few words.
E. C. FORD TALKS
E
E
Grand Island Citizen Offers
Cooperation as Social
Transformation.
Offering "co-operation" as the
only "Social Transformation," Mr.
E. F. Ford of Grand Island ad
dressed an informal gathering of
university students and interested
Lincoln "cl'ens Thursday at 3
o'clock in tec Y. M. C. A. rooms at
the Temple He also s; 'te before
a group of university "tractors
at a luncheon mursaay noon m
the Grand hotel. At the close of
his afternoon speech he discussed
the possibilities of a university co
operative book store, and answer
ed questions pertaining to it.
Showing the differences between
the principles of co-operation and
corporation Mr. Ford pointed out
that co-operation is an organiza
tion of people to serve people at
costs, while corporation is an or
ganization of capita! to make prof-
I its. In co-operation, he said, people
ale, and the surplus Is custrmutea
among them. In corporation money
rules and the surplus Is distributed
among them. In corporation money
rules and the surplus is distributed
among the stockholders. The result
obtained by co-operation, the
speaker pointed out, is the distribu
tion of wealth among the many,
while corporation results In the
centering of wealth In the hands
of a few.
FRENCH SOCIETY JV"
OMAHA HEARS FUNG
Professor Related Story
Of Bicycle Trip
Abroad.
A bicycle trip from Farij to
Carcassonne was the subject of a
lecture by Mr. Wentworth Fling
of the French department In Jos
lyn memorial, Omaha, Tuesday
afternoon when he spoke before
Les Cerclea Francais group. Pro
fessor Fling took the trip In the
company of four American stu
dents who were studying in the
same French university last year.
The lecture was illustrated with
- number of slides taken enroute.
W.A.A. INSTALLS
STAFF THURSDAY
COOPERATIV
BOOK
XCHANGE
NINE SQUADS WIN
IN PRELIMINARIES
OF DEBATE MEET
Fremont, Ravenna, Beatrice,
Omaha Tech, Holdrege in
Class A Semifinals.
REVEAL 2ND PAIRINGS
Wakefield, Greeley, Upland,
Elm Creek Class B
Victors.
After a full day of three
round preliminary matches,
nine high school debate? teams
emerged on top Thursday
night as eligible for tho semi
finals of the state high school de
bate tournament. Surviving schools
in class A were B"remont, Omaha
Tech, Ravenna, Beatrice, and Hol
drege; in class B, Wakefield, Elm
Creek, Greely, and Upland.
Each team participated in three
debates Thursday, with advance
ment going to the teams which
won the majority of the decisions.
Alone in winning every class A
conflict was Fremont, dark horse
of the tournament. Omaha Tech,
defending champion, bowed to
Fremont in the third round by a
2 to 1 decision.
Dusting off their briefs for the
semifinals, the winners will go to
law building Friday afternoon for
battles according to the follow
ing pairings: In class B, Wake
field meets Elm Creek, and Greely
will debate Upland, with the first
named teams taking the affirma
tive. Greely, Wakefield, and Up
land all completed the initial
rounds without defeat.
Class A pairings place Omaha
Tech against Ravenna, Beatrice
against Holdrege, and a bye to
Fremont.. Three prominent Lin
coln judges will officiate in each
semifinal and final debate.
Finalists will be announced in
Social Science audits ';m Satur
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PLAYERS' LATEST
Mr. Sumption Directs, Plays
Double Role in 'The
Dark Tower.'
Unusually large audiences have
greeted "The Dark Tower," mys
tery drama which is being pre
aontpH hv the University Plavers.
at each evening's performance, ac
cording to tiaroia jsumpuun, ui-
rector of the piay. ine piay, wnicn
will be presented tonight and
again Saturday evening for the
last time, is something rather dif
fprpnt than has been Dresented on
the Temple theater stage for some
time.
SumDtion. who is cast in the play
as an actor, Damon Wells, in the
story concerning a family of ac
tors in New York City and a mur
der committed among them, has
also been taking the part of Max
Sarnoff, a part accredited to An
ton Stengel, who does not exist at
all.
A siiriprh comedv nicture is
ma riff hv F.ra Lown aa "William
Curtiss," the amiable inspector,
with buck teeth, no chin, and a
daughter, named Gladys. He it is
who blandly reads on me case
htatnrv nf stunipv Vance, the vil
lain, played by Armand Hunter,
with a wide-eyed detachment from
crime and crooks. The inspector
never meets the mvsterious Max
Sarnoff, whose thickly German ac
cents are revealed by a clever ac
tor whose talents are not even
shown in their full measure until
the last few minutes of the play.
Stern, orderly, executive, Mr. Sten
gel, in the person of Mr. Sumption,
carries thru the author's tossed
off melodrama.
Student Union
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Kthst yk Ji
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OFFERING
DRAWS
LARGE AUDIENCES
Members of the special student union building committee who
smilingly urge Cornhuskers to Join the campaign for the new Ne
braska eiructure are: Jack Fischer, chairman, Corinne Claflin, Bur
ton Marvin, Irving Hill, Dwight Perkins, and Charles Bursik,
MISS VOLLEY WILL
TALK TO VALLA Dl AN S
Voice Instructor Selects
Hymns and Origin
F or Topic.
MIhs Lillian Helms Policy, pro
fessor of voice at the university
school of music, will speak on
"Hymns and Their Origin," at the
regular weekly meeting of the
Palladian Literary society, Friday,
April 13, at 8:30 o'clock in Pal
ladian hall, Temple.
Members of the society have an
nounced that the meeting is open
to all those who wish to attend.
Charles Nielsen is in charge of the
program and will introduce the
speaker.
ADVAlCOlET
SALES FOR HUGO
FILM EXCELLENT
Second Chapter of French
Movie to Be Shown
Saturday.
Advance ticket sales for the
United States premiere of chapter
two of the All-French cinema,
"Les Miserables," are surpassing
all expectations, according to Sel-
ma Goldstein, chairman of the stu
dent committee in charge of ar
rangements for the presentation.
The movie of the Hugo classic will
be shown at ten o'clock Saturday
morning in the Stuart theater.
Part two of the motion picture
concerns Jean Valjean's rescue of
Fentine. s child, the tiny Cosette,
from the cruel Thernardiers, end
of his adventure in Paris. At the
end of the first part of the film,
Jean Valjean was fleeing from in
evitable trial for escaping irom
galley service. After many years of
living as the honored mayor of his
village, Hugo's hero had revealed
his past in order to save an inno
cent man, his crude physical coun
terpart, from serving his own un
finished galley sentence.
Valjean Readopted.
As part two opens, according to
Dr. James R. Wadsworth, Jean
Valjean, recaptured after hia eva
sion of the police officer, Javert, is
condemned to death. The king com'
mutes the sentence to life impris
onment at hard labor. In a spec'
tacular scene, Valjean succeeds in
making: his escape while saving the
life of a sailor on board the war
ship Orion.
In Paris the ex-galley slave once
more finds himself menaced by the
long arm of the law when a beggar
whom he befriends proves to be a
police spy. Forced to flee from his
refuge, Jean Valjean, carrying co
sette in his arms, is closely pur
sued by Javert and a police squad,
He escapes bv climbing a wall
surrounding a convent garden.
JUDGEliESlKS
TO
Young People Invited
Palm Services at
St. Paul's.
to
Young people of the St. Paul
Methodist church have invited the
university young people to the Palm
Sunday services to be held at the
church. April 14. At 9:45 Sunday
morning, Judge iiayara t. raine,
of the Nebraska Supreme Court,
will comment on the important
news of the week in his Sunday
school class for university young
people.
At 5:30 sunaay evening a iei
lowship hour will be held, at which
light refreshments will be served.
Miss Jean Tvler. executive secre
tary of the American Red Cross in
Lincoln, will speaK at tne jpworm
League meeting at 6:30, immedi
ately following the social hour.
Also on the program is Miss Doro
thy Beever, who will sing a so
prano solo.
Students remaining in Lincoln
during the spring vacation have
been invited to attend the annual
Easter sunrise service at 6:30 on
Easter Sunday morning. The serv
ice will be followed by a break
fast.
for Nebraska
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LATENSER ADDS
BOARD SUPPORT
TO UNION DRIVE
State PWA Engineer Sees
No Barriers h Way of
New Structure.
DISTRIBUTION UNCERTAIN
Board of Regents President
Favors Drive; Rallies
Alumni Support.
"Jf Nebraska students want
a union building, our depart
ment will cooperate with Hu m
to the fullest extent." This ex
cision of John Ijatcnscr, jr.,
state PWA engineer, was dis
closed yesterday In an audience
granted to Jack Fischer and
Charles Bursik, chairman and
secretary of the student union
campaign.
"There is nothing to keep the
Nebraska campus from having a,
union building, now that legal dif
ficulties have been removed, so
continue your present drive," Lat
enser urged. He suggested that tho
committee prepare plans, specifica
tions, and estimates for the new
building, ready to submit with hta
application to the federal govern
ment. Stokes Favors Drive.
Dr. Arthur C. Stokes, president
of the Board of Regents, heartily
favored the campaign. "A student
building would undoubtedly be of
great value to students and would
do much in organizing the classes.
Alumni at other schools have dona
much for the unions, and Ne
braska alumni should stand
squarely behind the drive."
Concerning administration of the
new federal funds, Latenser re
vealed that no definite plans had
been outlined, but would probably
be supervised by a state board
similar to last year's. Nine hundred
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FULL SUPPORT TO
!E
Committee Will Organize
Management Ideas at
Friday Meeting.
With fifty-four Greek and Barb
organizations, pledging their sup
port to the book store campaign,
100 percent student aid was guar
anteed the council committee
working for a second hand book
exchange yesterday.
Reporting favorably on tho
work already accomplished, the
committee continued to interview
faculty members in an effort to
get their support behind the
move.
"The first two days of interview
ing faculty - members has been
most heartening." affirmed Don
Shurtleff, committee worker. Pro
fessors seem whole heartcdly in
support of the second hand book
exchange and many of them have
given us valuable suggestions. Wo
are attempting to solidify faculty
and student support because only
with such support will the project
go thru."
Professors' Part Explained.
Because some professors seem
to have misunderstood stories in
the Daily Nebraskan. Virginia Sel
leck, committee chairman stated:
'The purpose of this campaign is
to get the faculty to pledge its
support so that if the book store
becomes a reality, professors will
warn the exchange when they in
tend to change texts.'
A meeting of the group has been
called for 3 o'clock Friday in the
student council rooms at which
time Lorraine Hitchcock will re
port on information she has com
piled concerning types of books
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AG STUDENTS TO HOLD
NIGHT
Decorative Theme Consists
Of Garden With Palms,
Lattice Work.
mins attending the annual
spring party on Ag campus, Fri
dav. Anril 12. will dance in a
spring garden amid palm trees, lat
tice worK ana lawn cnairs 10 me
music of Lyle DeMoss and his or
chestra. The party will be held in
the Student Activities ballroom.
and is being sponsored by the ex
ecutive board, composed of junior
and senior students.
Miss Margaret Feo.de, Misa
TvMiin I ostein and Misa Eloise
Sperry will be honored guests for
the party, and Dean W. W. Burr.
Prof. L. K. Cross and Prof. E. D.
Keim have been chosen as chap
erons . Two hundred couples ae
expected. Admission i 75 cents
per couple.
CAMPUS P
EDGES
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