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Official Student Newspaper of the University of Nebraska
VOL. XXXVI NO. 137.
LINCOLN, NEKKASKA, SUNDAY, MAY 2, 1937.
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Like lo (Jo Up?
We have never got over the ir
repressible urge to run to n win
dow and crane neck-wise to the
sly whenever a plane roars over
head. It's much worse than our
lust for fire-engines or motorboats
or strong silent cars or even
streamline trains. A midget one
eatcr can make the old heart go
pit-a-pat, a squadron fair busts an
artery. And our susceptibility hit
a new high after our first time up.
Those with bird blood in their
veins sleep 'n' cat flying. They
soak up jargon and technicalities
from grounded birdmen and popu
lar science magazines. And when
they meet another of the specie,
the gab flies hot and heavy of
builds and makes and motors of
planes, of stunts and maneuvers,
of great-pilots-I-have-known. The
language is almost as impressive
to the initiated as that of psychol
ogy or medicine, and far more sig
nificantly colorful.
As in almost any other field
It's the daring things seen or
heard or read of that serve as
conversation topics. And since
the restless, thrill-seeking avia
tors seek ever more and more
startling stunts to execute and
risk their necks at, the talk
topic situation is one of world-without-end-amen.
Just as every ferryboat passen
ger is fond of fancying himself an
old salt, we like to glow about
Snry the Roarer. Of course lots of
folks have been up in power planes,
nml we haven't, but glidcrossos
pre mighty sparse in these here
parts. There's something to being
different, even if it's only freak
Ishncss. The real bsauty of a soaring,
clipping, looping glider is much
more evident from the ground
than f:om the ship itself we dis
covered in our ectatorship at
the Saturday show. True the un
forqcttablc sense of buoyancy,
of free floating can only be felt,
not imagined. And the whirl
ing, whishing around of looping
can't b? experienced vicariously.
It's got to b-; lived, and it's
wonderful. Our greatest sor
row Is tint we only somer
saulted twice.
Ij lit the greatest aesthetic thrill
of 'tiding is for landlubbers. If
th:- looping of a motored plane
rtro'.iing overhead is graceful and
hrenthtaking, the silent, powerless
loop-tho-lnnping of a glider (only
the screaming, strumming struts
are audfolel is that much closer
to the idr.ql df hirdmanship. Yet
the feat requires superior ingenu
ity; if the ozone fails you, you've
no motor to guide you.
Oh it's fun to watch the wing
tearing, pilot-trving feats of en
gincd planes. They can flirt their
impudent tails at Death, and be
grand watching. But our life is
meaningful for the love of a giider
part wind-blow, part scenery,
Tart trust-in-gawd.
HIGH SCHOOLER PEGS DISCUS
A throw of 154 feet 9 inches,
earned Friday by Edsel Wibbels of
Wolbach at the high school invi
tation track and field meet at
Kearney, is an unofficial new
Intcrscholastic discus mark. J. C.
Petty of Kaufman. Tex., is ac
credited with the official record,
his fling being 154 feet 0 1-2
inches.
At this same Kearney contest,
the Wolbach star threw the jave
lin 1S1 feet 9 inches. Wibbels'
record breaking discus peg trav
eled five feet more than Sam
Francis' first place throw at the
Drake Relays last week.
Correct List of Pos-ls
For Spring Elect ions
Classes designated are those
of the positions as filled next
year, not those cf the students
filing for election this week.
STUDENT COUNCIL.
Four seniors at large, two
men and two women.
Two junior men and three
junior women from the Arts
and Sciences college.
Two junior men from En
gineering college.
One junior man and one
junior woman from Business
Administration college.
On: junior man and one
junior woman from th; College
of Agriculture.
One junior man and three
junior women from Teachers
college.
One junior man from Pharm
acy college.
One junior man from Dentist,
ry college.
One junior man from Law
college.
One man and ene woman
from Graduate college.
One junior w;msn from the
School of Music.
PUBLICATIONS BOARD.
One sophomore member.
One junior member.
One senior member.
AG EXECUTIVE BOARD.
Two junior men and two
junior women.
One senior man and one sen
ior woman.
FARMERS FAIR BOARD.
Three senior men and three
senior women.
COLL-ACRI-FUN BOAP.O.
Two junior men and one
junior woman.
BARB COUNCIL.
Two sophomore members.
Three jjnicr members.
Two senior members.
UNIVERSITY SETS
6 AS DATE
F
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Geologists. Pharmacists,
Engineers Prepare
Exhibitions.
The latest triumphs of the engi
neering, pharmacy and geology
professions and a miscellaneous
and interesting scries of scientific
demonstrations and laboratory ex
periments will feature the univer
sity's annual open house display
Thursday in ten buildings on the
city campus. Doors will be open
8t 7 T. M. so that the public will
have the entire evening to inspect
the work of the students and at
the same time get a birdseye view
of what is being done in the devel
opment of air conditioning, land
conservation, lie detecting, rural
electrification, water purification,
building construction, mincrology
and the pharmaceutical lines.
Chemical engineers will have an
industrial display in Avery labora
tory of Chemistry Thursday night
where thev will show the latest
methods now employed in oil re-
tining. Materials lesung experi
ments will feature the aDnlied me
chanics department demonstration
in the highway testing laborator
ies, while a display snowing mcin
ods now in use for purifying water
will be exhibited by civil engineers
in Mechanic Arts building.
Pharmacists Plan Display.
The Collecc of Pharmacy has
prepared an instructive and inter
esting contribution to Thursday
night's open house. Every stu
dent will participate in the demon
strations. How poisons are de
tected, analysis of food and drugs
how cosmetics are prepared, prep
aration of medicinal drugs, the ac
tion of drugs on normal tissue, de
rivation of drugs are a lew ot
the interesting demonstrations
which have been prepared for the
public in Pharmacy building. Visi
tors will be invited to take part in
color vision tests, blood pressure
demonstrations, nearing experi
ments and other such features.
Agricultural engineers will dem-
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five wXaTdelegates ,
go to omaha meeting
Representatives Take Part
In Province Assembly
Sessions Saturday.
Kivc W. A. A. delegates returned
Saturday afternoon after having
attended the Women's Athletic
association province convention
Friday and Saturday in Omaha.
Official delegates were Marie
Katouc, newly installed president,
Kuth Fulton and Harriet Jackson,
members of the new council. Miss
Mathilda Shelby and Miss Mable
Lee. physical education directors
and W. A. A. sponsors attended
also.
Leaving Friday noon for the
conference, the group took an
active part in the afternoon ses
sion at which Miss Lee was the
principal speaker.' They were
guests at a banquet Friday evening
and attended round table group
discussions Saturday. After a
luncheon the delegates returned to
Lincoln.
W. A. A. delegates from several
neighboring states were present at
the conference which took place
this year instead of the national
convention.
MAY
OR OPEN HOUS
Science Goes on Parade as j
Academy Holds 47th Session
Dr.
Weaver to Preside Over
Conclave on Friday
And Saturday.
Recent scientific achieve
nients will pasa in review at
the 47th annual meeting of hc
Nebraska Academy of Sciences
which will be held this year at the
Lincoln hotel Friday and Saturday.
The academy meetings will be held
jointly with the Nebraska section
of the Mathematical Association of
America, the Nebraska Council of
Geography Teachers, the Nebraska
Science Teachers Association and
the Nebraska Dietetic Association.
Prof. J. E. Weaver, professor of
plant ecology at the University of
Nebraska, is president and will
preside at all the general sessions.
Prof. H. R. James of Hastings col
lego is vice-president; M. P. Bru
nig of the agricultural engineering
department, is secretary, and Prof.
P. K. Slaymaker, professor of ma
chine design at the University of
Nebraska, is treasurer.
Expect 200 Delegates.
More than 200 delegates from
tho educational institutions of the
state are expected to be in at
tendance. Over one hundred and
thirty papers will be read at the
twelve different sectional meet
ings. Most of them will deal with
late scientific developments in all
fields and many of them will be
of special interest because of their
application to Nebraska. Dr.
!
Attention Turns
To Revealing of
'37 May Queen
Mortar Board Issues First
Program of Ivy Day
Activities.
With attention focused on the
appearance of the 1937 May Queen
and her royal court at 11 o'clock
Thursday morning, first announce
ment of the program of Ivy Day
activities was released today by
Mortar Board, senior women's hon
orary. Activities are scheduled to begin
promptly at 9 o'clock Thursday
morning with the presentation of
the annual Interfraternity sing.
The contest will be followed at
10:30 by the traditional Ivy Day
oration, given this year by Frank
Landis, senior in law college.
Ceremonies Begin at 10:45.
Preliminary ceremonies for the
presentation of the May Queen will
begin at 10:45 with the Ivy and
Daisy chain processional. First ap
pearance of the royal court will
be made at 11 o'clock, with mem
bers of the active chapter of Mor
tar Board leading the procession.
Pages and attendants from each
of the four classes will follow, with
flower girls, the Maid of Honor,
crown bearer and the May Queen
and train bearers completing the
procession. Identity of the pages,
attendants, Maid of Honor and
May Queen will remain secret un
til their appearance in the proces
sion to the throne Thursday.
Winner of the Ivy Day poetry
contest will be revealed at 11:15,
when the poem selected by English
department judges is read, by its
author. The traditional planting of
ivy by Robert Wadhams, junior
class president, and Floyd Baker,
senior class president will take
plnce at 11:20. Recession of the
Miss White to Introduce
New Board Members
At Gathering.
To introduce new board members
and complete the year's business
Panhellenic council will meet Mon
day at 5 p. m. in Ellen Smith hall.
Muriel White, new president, will
preside.
Board members who will serve
the ensuing year are Mrs. J. A.
McEachin. Mrs. Earl Kline, Miss
Amanda Heppner, Miss Marguerite
Klinker, Jane Sawyer, and Muriel
White.
As part of an annual scholar
ship presentation, the Panhellenic
council will announce the winners
of the award given to the highest
girl in each of the four classes.
Miss Heppner will make the award
which is a trophy upon which the
winner's name Is engraved.
Included on the program will be
two helections by Mary Janice
Meneray, harpist, who will play
"Campfire" by Hoberg and "Aeo
lian Harp" by Codgroid. Vera Mae
Peterson will lead.
Summer rushing material will be
distributed. This is the last meet
ing of the year. Harriett Jackson
will take over the duties of the
secretary.
Dr. L. E. Melchers.
Weaver invites everyone interested
to attend both the general and sec
tional meetings.
Guest speakers this year who
will appear on thfc general pro
gram include Dr. H. G. Doming,
professor of chemistry at Nebras
ka, who will address the general
session Friday morning at 11:20
on "Current Trends in Clicmical
progress." The annual banquet will
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royal court at 11 :30 will close the
morning's activities.
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The annual Intersorority sing,
in which 13 sororities will be com
peting, is scheduled to open the
afternoon program at 1:15. An
other highlight of the day will oc
cur at 2:30 with the masking of
new members of Mortar Board
and at 3:30 with the tapping of
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E
ELECTION SLATE
No Junior Women-at-Large
To Run; Filings Close
Tuesday at 5.
Correction of the spring elec
tion slate dropping two positions
and adding two were announced
Saturday by Arnold Levin, presi
dent of the Student Council. There
will be no junior women-at-large
candidates. In their stead will be
included a woman from the grad
uate college and one from the
school of music. All filings will
close Tuesday at 5 p. m.
Two woman students were
elected at large last year altho the
Student Council constitution
makes no. provision for such of
fice. The discovery was not made
until after the lists of filings had
appeared in the Daily Nebraskan
on Thursday and Friday of last
week. A corrected list of the of
fices for which students may file
until Tuesday of this week ap
pears on this page.
Ask for Activity Lists.
In order for candidates to be
more fairly judged by the judi
ciary committee when it convenes
to consider their desirability for
membership, the group has sug
gested that candidates leave a list
of their activities when they file.
"Although it is not obligatory
that candidates file such a list,"
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PHI CHI THETA NAMES
HISS jKSAR AS HEAD
Misses Jensen, Patterson,
Moore, Rosker to Take
Offices May 7.
Ray Risser, Biz-ad junior, was
elected president of Phi Chi Theta,
honorary and professional business
fraternity Thursday night at the
organization's regular meeting at
Ellen Smith. She succeeds Muriel
Butler.
The newly elected president has
been active in Coed Counselors, is
treasurer of the Biz-ad Executive
Board, member of the Commercial
club and member of the Corn
husker Staff.
Pat Jensen, sophomore, a mem
ber of Tassels, who has been active
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Drs. Deming, Shirk Appear
As Guest Speakers at
General Sessions.
be belli Friday evening at 6 with
an address by Dr. C. J. Shirk, pro
fessor of biology at Nebraska Wes
leyan on "Factors in the Destiny
of Man."
Dr. Melchers to Speak.
One of the highlights of the sci
ence meetings this year will be the
address of Dr. L. E. Melchers.
chairman of the department of
botanv and nlant natholoev at
Kansas State college, who will de-1
scribe "Life and Scenes Along the
Nile" at the 8 o'clock assembly
Friday evening. Dr. Melchers was
invited by the Egyptian govern
ment to make a 6tudy of the plant
diseases of the Nile valley and
during the years 1927 to 1929 re
organized the department of
mycology for the Egyptian gov
ernment. His work took him to
every part of this great valley, in
cluding the remote areas of the
Libyan and Arabian desserts. Dur
ing his two years leave from Kan
sas State Dr. Melchers traveled
31,000 miles visiting 18 counties in
all. The public will find much to
interest them in this address.
The business session is sched
uled for Saturday morning at 8:30.
The program has been arranged
so that sectional meetings will be
gin promptly at 9 o'clock Friday
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LEI ANNOUNCES
CHANG
IN SPRING
A Smil Before Being
"jit
" " st t V Ilk. ""'"""'"rill !
Miss Sarah Louise
First Woman lo
In Glider
Swell, Sure as Hell Cold
Up There. Tin Hungry'
Opines Miss Meyer.
BY SARAH LOUISE MEYER.
"We're going to loop."
Glider Pilot Charlie Abel an
nounced the decision quite casually
over his left shoulder from the
nose of his frail craft. I affirmed
happily happily albeit ignorantly.
For looping the loop in a glider
had been "nothing in my young
life until that moment. But then,
neither, until a few moments be
fore had passengcrship in a
motorless air ship, or wearing
coveralls and a sitdown chute, or,
indeed, flying at all. However,
the day was already so full of
"first times" that this latest nov
elty seemed part of the natural
order of things.
So down we went, in a heart-in
mouth-ing, roaring dive. Then up i
with sky and clouds whirling by
at a terrific rate. After a split
second glimpse of the world below
upside down up ahead in front of
the upper wing, we were suddenly
floating quietly and nonchalantly
on space as before. Again we
looped, this time the force was
so great that I felt as if some
giant hand were bearing down on
my head, trying to send me thru
the floor of the ship. We pulled
out of it and went on with our
business of gliding efficiently
down to earth.
Back on the terra firma I was
congratulated as being the first
woman in the country to be in on
a glider loon, to my great surprise.
At the time" I hadn't felt unique at
all. just cold as to hands I had
had to clutch frantically at my
loose helmet in the rushing, tear
ing air and irked that a wing
had stood between me and a longer
view of the topsy turvy panorama
below. And to the solemn eyed
men who formed a quietish group
around this newly be-looped kid, I
remember exclaiming "Swell 1" at
least 75 million times in answer to
their inquiries on how I liked it.
with an after thought that it was
CENSUS BUREAU
IN DIKE STK AITS
NEEDS 1MTCIIEKS
A voung man who is willing to
rrrt in there and pitch and has .
plenty of stuff on the ball will have I Forty-five Men Compete,
no trouble in getting a good job Korty-five men entered the 10th
with the Bureau of the Census. The i annuai men's meat judging con
following letter sent to the univer- I lcRt nei, Thursday afternoon. One
sity employment service proves it. p0jnt behind first place Chris San-
University of Nebraska
Lincoln, Nebraska.
Dear sir: I am desirous of con
tacting a young man with some
educational background for a pos
sible appointment to the Bureau of
tnu Census. As chairman of the
softball governing board, I am par
ticularly interested in a chap who
is a capable softball pitcher.
The bureau maintains a strong
softball league among its divisions
and we are short on pitchers. Dur
ing the next two years the bureau
will be adding to its personnel for
the next census and if possible we
should like to include some softball
pitchers in this group. We would
insist that the applicant be able to
pitch the ball with plenty of speed
and good control.
In cder to further qualify for
any appointment the applicant
must also have passed successfully
some civil service examination,
thus being placed on an eligible
role from which the bureau can
draw.
If you have anyone registered
with you who might be interested
in a government appointment and
who meets these requirements, 1
should like to have him communi
cate with me at once. He may
address me as shown below. An
early reply will be appreciated.
Yours truly.
LYLE REXFORD FLETCHER.
Division of Geography,
Bureau of the Census.
Department of Commerce,
Washington, D. Q
Flown for Two l-ioop
From Lincoln Journal.
Meyer and Pilot Abel
Take Loop
Tells Her Story
cold as hell up there and "Sure
I'm hungry."
Mended Her Slip.
The build-up to my experience
as fledgling birdwoman was a bit
unconventional, if not particularly
I noteworthy. My crack-of-dawn
bath had been finished off with
i my best talcum, and my personal
effects put in order preparatory
to my venture into the great be
yond, including that rip in my
slip. I floundered thru an eco
nomics tost, absorbed dope on the
psychological "benign disorders,"
and regretfully left a speech dis
cussion of the nine aids to the in
vention of stage business. This
commonplace, routine activity only
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25 Women, 45 Men Compete
For Honors in Contest
Saturday Morning.
Althea Baraua. Rosalie senior,
won the silver trophy for first
place in the Ninth Annual Home
Economics Meat Judging and
Identification contest held Satur
day morning in the meat labora
tory on the Ag college campus.
Chris Sanders, junior from Lind
say, Thursday afternoon won the
silver cup emblematic of top hon
ors in the Tenth Annual Men's
Meat Judging Contest.
Twenty-five Entries.
Twenty-five women entered Sat
urday morning's judging contest,
15 being awarded ribbons as a re
sult of placing in at least one of
the five separte contests. Elsie De
Crow was given a pen and pencil
set for placing second high and
Agnes Arthaud. third place win
ner, was give'i a book on meat
judging.
The ten higlust ranking women
in the judging and identification
contest and thuir respective totals:
1. Althea Bnnrta, Rosalie
2. ftlsie Per row. Lincoln
3. Aku ArthHud. Caml-rifUe. . . .
4 Muxine A i matrons. Beatrice..
S09
714
.Y Mrs. J. J Moran, Lincoln r,3
!, Klinur MrKadilen. Lincoln fi"0
7. Jra.i Krifl. Lincoln ..
h. M.-irjoiit Schick. Cm tin ......... .
t. Naomf Richmond. Camlell 22
0. Uii'-tif 1'eteiho.i, Lincoln o
dors was ivjwin iianm. ne whs
awarded the second place prize of
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August Unicameral Resolves
Self Into Gag-Artists Session
As Senator Pizer lakes Chair
Ain't we got fun ?
In the waning meetings of Ne
braska's first unicameral legisla
tive session, members weary of
the dailv routine of arguing and
w-tw;,wyw:',w voting are in-
clinetl t0 8eel
f i! relief in humor.
(, V They had their
' ; 1 chance Saturday.
r'TTVr'. Senator Harry L.
7tP jP'zcr of North
I Platte, ciown
Prince of the
. single house
solons, took the
chair when the
body resolved it
self into comit-
4 I tee of the whole,
to turn an nu
gust assembly
Hurry I'lrrr. jnto a Rag alt.
ists convention.
The meeting established a new
record at the outset, when three
bills wore advanced in triple quick
time. "We're nwny!" Senator Pizer
announced, and the legislators
LI:
ALPHA XI DELTA
LEADS SORORITIES
IN TERM RANKING
Omicron Nu Heads All Groups
With 3.288; General
Average Lower.
Sigma Alpha Mu, attaining an
average of 2.806 for the first se
mester of this school year, re
placed Farm House in ranking at
the top in the scholarship aver
ages of social fraternities, accord
ing to the relative scholastic rat
ing of undergraduate groups an
nounced Saturday by Dean T. J.
Thompson, dean of student affairs.
Alpha Xi Delta topped the wom
en's division of Greek letter social
organizations with 2.714.
Omicron Nu, women's honorary
economics sorority, received the
highest average of any organiza
tion on the campus with a rating
of 3.28S. Phi Upsilon Omicron
ranked second with 3.163 and Mu
Phi Epsilon placed third with
3.122 in the professional sorority
ratings.
Phi Chi Theta. 2.913; Sigma Al
pha Iota, 2.881; Theta Sigma Phi.
2.856; and Delta Omicron, 2.520
followed in consecutive order in
the professional sororities.
Phi Mu Alpha Tops Professionals.
Professional fraternities were
topped by Phi Mu Alpha with an
average of 3.024 and followed by
Delta Sigma Pi, 2.945; Alpha Kap
pa Psi, 2.827; Sigma Delta Chi,
2.739; Xi Psi Phi, 2.727; Farm
House, 2.614; Phi Delta Phi, 2.527;
Sigma Gamma Epsilon, 2.4837;
Delta Sigma Delta, 2.438; .Alpha
Gamma Rho, .415; and Phi Alpha
Delta, 2.178.
The average of all students en
rolled in the university was com
puted at 2.162 as compared with
2.273 for the first semester of the
1935-36 school year. The all sor
ority average was slightly higher
than that of all women in general
and non-sorority women. All sor
ority rating was 2. 488. all women
average fell to 2.4838 and non
sorority standing came to 2.481.
Decrease in Men's Averages.
Average ot all men in the uni
versity was listed at 1.979. non
fraternity men's average was
computed at 1.987 and the r-iti-ig
of all fraternity men was pircjd
at 1.963. Along with the various
women's averages, those of the
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FRATERNITIES TO FILE
SING BY 5 TODAY
A.T.O., Beta, Sigma Nu.D.U.,
Sig Alph, Sig Ep Enter
Ivy Day Contest.
Six fraternities had filed for the
annual interfraternity Ivy day sing
by Saturday, according to Bob
Shellenberg. president of Kosmct
Klub which sponsors the event.
Those registered are Alpha Tan
Omega. Beta Theta Pi. Delta Up
silon, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Sigma
Phi Epsilon. and Sigma Nu.
Filings for competition in the
sing will not close until 5 p. m.
today, Shellenberg announced.
Fraternities may register with
either Shellenberg or Weh Mills,
club member in charge of prepara
tions for the contest.
To Sing "Hail Varsity."
All competing fraternities will
join in a community sing of "Hail
Varsity" while the judges are
selecting the winner. This song
will not be included in t'.ie com
petition judging.
To the winner of the sing which
will open the Ivy day activities at
9 o'clock May 6. will go a silver
tophy. Sigma Phi Epsilon were
the winners In last year's competi-
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turned their attention to a special
bill, drawn up to give the PEG
sisterhood the status of a corpor
ation, enabling it to receive prop
erty. Dafoe Upholds Bill.
Betorc the legislators were given
a chance by their chairman
"vote for the P. E 0.." th?y
heard Senator Dafoe, introducer of
the bill, speak in its behalf Tf.
Tecumseh lawmaker v.as stopped
in his tracks when the. chair re
marked, "Are you a member. Sen
ator'"" An aHieriun-.ent en i.ieasuie
creating a bill-sifiing ccrrnittee
required a choice bctv een five and
nine member;:.
"All in favor ot Lve ay aye.
All in favor of nine jsy aye. Tb
five have it." Pizer announced. An
objection immediately was voiced
from the floor, to the effect that
an aye and no vote must be taken,
as rules and long tradition provide.
"It may not be according to
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