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Official Student Newspaper of the University of Nebraska
VOL. XXXVII, NO. 93.
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1938
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HOW'S YOUR
I. Q TODAY
A couple of columns ago we had
an intelligence test which barely
scratched the surface, so to speak,
of your knowledge and aptitude
for hypothetical cases.
Therefore we have found it im
perative to append an addendum
(awfully alliterative, as always).
This we might term our Beta test,
since it followed our first, or Al
pha test, and is bigga and Beta.
Section A.
1. If you are in an Italian class
In room 102 in U. hall, reciting
your lessons and a piece of plaster
falls on your head, you should (a)
keep on reciting (h) pretend to be
knocked out (c) pick the plaster
up and stick it back in place with
a piece of gum.
2. If you are in a chemistry
class and the prof asks you for a
retort, you should (a) give an an
swer (b) hand him a glass vessel
(c) look blankly.
3. If you are caught cheating
while shooting craps in the frater
nity, you should (a) say you didn't
know they were loaded (bi be non
chalant (c) lump out the window.
4. If you get a question in an ec
onomics exam asking you to ex
plain in detail, you should (a) go
on to the next question (b) simply
add etc. (c) ask the prof what it
means, hoping he'll give you some
facts to work on.
5. If you step on somebody's
toes while dancing you should (a)
glare at him or her (b) say, "My,
but the floor is rough tonight"
(c) say "Did I step on your toe?"
6. If you lose your shirt stud
while putting on your tux, you
should (a) decide to go Informal
(b) swipe your roommate's (c)
wear your scarf all the time.
7. If, while being entertained
rushee spills gravy on his shirt,
tips a glass of water over and
joggles vour elbow, making you
lose a forkful of hard earned peas
you should (a) do the same, b)
laugh and say. "Well, you act just
like one of the bunch all ready
or (c) trade places with somebody
else.
8. If you see somebody cheating
on an exam, you should (a) tell
the professor, (b) look on his pa
per, (c) do the same.
9. If you can't find 'a parking
place and arc pretty near late to
an 8 o'clock, you should (a) out
the class and park the car half a
mile away, (bj park on the mall
' (c) use the faculty parking area
10. If you think you are going to
get a down sup, you should ( a t see
the reader (b) study (c) change
classes.
Section B.
1. Griff Williams is (a) a
Dutchman (b) a bachelor (c) a
band leader.
2. If your grades are high
enough, yo I can graduate (a)
cum laudanum (b) in June (c)
easily.
3. March 17 is famous for be
ing (a) 23 days after Washing
ton's birthday (b) the Eve of St.
Agnes (c) the day of St. Pat
rick.
5. A curriculum is (a) what
you keep a horse combed with
(b) a highly seasoned dish (c)
singular of curricula.
Senior Enpincors Visit
Burlington Yards, Soc
Oprrations of Diesrls
Trof.
J up Hancy, chairman or
the department of mechanical
engineering, accompanied a group
of senior electrical and mechanical
engineering students to the Bur
lington yards recently to inspect
the Electro-Motive corporation's
diesel instruction car.
Science Presents Mystery
But Not Sweel-Hendricks
Man Produces Substances
Superior to Plant,
Animal Material.
While the poet may slitg of the
"sweet mystery of life" the scien
tist recognizing these mysteries
may be a bit slow to call them
sweet, says Dr. B. Clifford Hend
ricks, of the chemistry department
of the University of Nebraska,
one of the authors of a series of
articles dealing with the "Human
Animal" published by the Science
Leaflet.
Such discoveries as the produc
tion of vinegar by a purely labora
tory process have helped to dis
card the notion that substances
produced by animal or plant life
are unique, says Dr. Hendricks.
Man can go into his laboratory
today and reproduce most of the
organic substances, in fact, many
substances which are even superior
to those produced by plants and
animals.
"An interesting case of this
sort," says Dr. Hendricks, "is the
reconstruction- of cocaine. There
are three objections to cocaine: It
is somewhat treacherous, some
times killing the patient instead
of merely anesthetizing him; it
is difficult to sterilize without
destroying it. and it is scarce and
costly. But it could be very useful
if those defects' could be elimi
nated. Laboratory technicians
proceeded to do that. The altera
tion was begun by finding out that
this substance was composed of
carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen and
oxygen all put together in 43 units.
They found that a part of this
UNION MANAGERS
NAME MISS STEEL
SOCIAliECTOR
Former Hostess on Zephyr
Will Oversee Student
Activities Center.
Newly appointed social director
or the Student Union building,
Miss Marian Steel of Chicago, will
take up her duties on the campus
March 1, it was announced Satur
Lincoln Journal.
Marlon Steel,
creates for students and
faculty.
day by the student union board of
managers.
"Her activities will be those
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SIXTEEN
FILE NOMINEES
Winner Announced During
. Coed Follies Show
On March 24.
Sixteen candidates from as
many sororities have filed for the
Best Dressed Gill of 1938, who is
to be presented at the Coed Fol
lies on March 24. They are: Theora
Nye, Alpha Chi Omega; Margaret
Smith, Alpha Phi; Inez Heaney,
Alpha Omicron Pi; Arlene Orcutt,
Alpha Xi Pelta; Frances knudt
zon. Delta Delta Delta; Natalie
Rehlander, Delta Gamma; Henri
etta Wilson, Gamma Thl Beta
Virginia A. Smith, Kappa Alpha
Thcta: Alice Nemec, Kappa Delta;
Dorothy Campbell, Kappa Kappa
Gamma; June Capps, Phi Mu;
Muriel Krasne, Sigma Delta Tau
Emma Marie Schutloffel, Sigma
Kappa; Doris Weaver, Carrie Bell
Raymond Hall, and Mildred Hill,
Chi Omega.
The well dressed competitors
will undergo observation by the
members of the A. W. S. board,
the most careful observation be
ing concentrated in one week,
They will be finally judged on Sun
day afternoon, March 6, in Social
Science auditorium, at the same
itme as the judging of the models
for the Follies style show. The
name of the Best Dressed coed
chosen will be kept secret until
the final presentation on March
24. Last year the honor was won
by Helen Hewitt, Pi Phi.
substance-was quite like hemlock,
the poison Socrates was forced to
drink. Another part was like nico
tine, a habit forming drug. Thus
learning the makeup of this sub
stance an attempt was made to
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M ft, r -
Shumate Finds Legislative
Council Not 'Brain Trust'
Director Defends Research
Bureau in Current
Publication.
"Nebraska's new legislative
council docs not wish in any way
to replace or to overshadow the
legislature, nor does the research
staff aspire to become a 'brain
trust,'" says Dr. Roger V. Shu
mate, associate professor of po
litical science, who is now director
of research for the council. "It is
the hope of both the council and
the director that hcir efforts will
lay the foundation for more sci
entific legislation, and will result
in the presentation of periodical
reports which will be of Interest to
people of the state and which will
aid the voter in clarifying his po
sition upon important questions of
public policy'."
Shumate Explains Duties.
Explaining the duties of the
council in an article appearing in
a publication of the Nebraska
League of Women Voters, Dr. Shu
(Continued on Page 4.)
GEN. PERSHING FIGHTS FOR LIFE
BATTLE AGAINST SERIOUS
Stimulants Fail to Improve
Condition of Famous
War Commander.
Reports received at 1:00 this
morning expressed belief of at
tending physicians that Gen.
John J. Pershing would live thru
the night.
Gen. John J. Pershing, whose
death has been expected hourly
since he was stricken by a severe
heart attack several days ago, still
clings tenaciously to a single
thread of life. In a coma for the
greater part of the last 24 hours,
the war general was reported as
fast sinking by his physician, who
has kept constant vigil by the
hospital bed in Tucson, Ariz.
Use of heart stimulants and an
oxygen tent has periodically im
proved Pershing's condition, but
the rallies have been brief and only
temporary. One of Nebraska's
most illustrious sons, the general
was commander-in-chief of all the
Senior Honorary Fetes All
Coeds Ranking High
In Scholarship.
Five hundred and fifty invita
tions have been sent out by the
Mortar Board members to girls
who had an 80 average last year,
for the Mortar Board tea at Ellen
Smith this afternoon from 3 to 8
p. m.
This tea is honoring all girls
who last year made the 80 average
and an award will be given to the
henior girl who is not a Mortar
Board member but is the most
outstanding in scholarship service,
and leadership, the Mortar Board
standards. Two honorable men
tions will be made.
Music will be furnished during
the afternoon by Margaret Porter
playing the violin, Jean Simmons
playing the flute, and Alice Red
wood at the piano.
Dean Amanda Heppner and Miss
Elsie Piper, faculty advisers, will
be in the receiving line. Mortar
Board members will also be in the
line.
Alpha Lambda Delta, the hon
orary society for women, will
serve.
Miss Heppner, Dr. Edna Shriek
Miss Mary East burn and Miss
Margaret Selby are the faculty
advisers for the Mortar Board or
ganization.
T
Winter Issue Contained
Selections of Merit
Says Wimberly.
That the last number of the
P-airie Schooner contained arti
cles of unusual merit is evidenced
by the great number which will be
reprinted in other nationally
known periodicals. "Lily Daw and
the Three Ladies" by Eudora
Welly will be published in
O'Brien's Best Short Stories for
1938, while "Mis. Lutz" by Wel
don Kees; "Suffer the Little Chil
dien" by John Henry Reese, and
"Grandmother from Nebraska" by
Joseph Joel Keith will all be pub
lished in the March issue of Fic
tion Parade.
Ginsburg Article Printed.
"Grandmother from Nebraska,"
a poem, has been chosen for pub
lication in the Anthology of Mag
azine Verse for 1937 and the Year
book of American Poetry. "The
King of the Elephants" by A. R.
Stanley-Clarke and William Burl
Thomas, and "I Go for Free," by
Barney Oldfield, will both appear
(Continued on Page 3.)
Lincoln Journal
Dr. R. V. Shumate.
defends legislative council's
work.
550 GIRLS Mi
MORTAR BOARD'S
SCHOLARSHIPTEA
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American expeditionary forces in
the World war.
Son of Section Boss.
Son of a railroad section boss,
born in a little shanty about four
miles from a frontier boom town;
58 years later, an international
Lincoln Journal.
Gen. J. J. Pershing,
fights battle for life.
figure, commander of the army
that turned the scale in the great
est war of all history these are
the two extremes in the career of
Gen. John J. Pershing.
In speaking of General Pershing,
Colonel Oury said that "there was
L
ENGI
Dakota City Senior to Head
executive Committee
For Celebration.
Harry Brown of Dakota City,
senior in the department of me
chanical engineering, has been
named general chairman of this
year's Engineers' Week commit
tee. Harry Langstnn of York, sen
ior in the electrical engineering
department, is secretary-treasurer.
Engineers' Week, which each
spring features an open house of
all the engineering laboratories,
both on the city and agricultural
campuses, including demonstra
tions and programs by various
groups, is scheduled for the week
of May 3 to 7. Open house will
be on the evening of May 5. The
committee chairmen are as fol
lows:
lvll miliwrtnt. Hill HrrT. Kfnvrr,
Colo.
r.lirtrlml miliwrlni, Milton Mohr, no.
Slonx ( Ity.
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Mnplrton.
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Unmln.
Kanqorl, iy King, I Inrnln.
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Virrrr.
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Convoratlon, 1oiiU l.nndwlrom, Tkamah,
Knrlnrlna mrrhanlrn, Kay Rail'), (-
dar Hlnff..
Held Par. rrlc nnrni, nrinninam,
Hah.
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rnhllrllr. IMrk Row. MrtooU.
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MrilKr. harim AarlfKrk, Halting.
Trafflr. Ororro Mallnn. OranH llnd.
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kola lly.
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NEBRASKAN COMPILES
CAMPUS STRAW BALLOT
Combing the campus for general
student consensus on pertinent uni
versity Questions, the Daily Ne-
braskan is Including a question
naire to be filled out at the Junior
Senior prom girl election Tuesday
in the Temple building.
Queries, compiled by the Ne
braskan statff, included:
1. Would you take a compul
sory Wasserman test if it were
installed as a part of the univer
sity health examination?
2. Do you favor the affiliation
of the Great Cathedral choir
with the university?
3. Do you feel that the pres
ent health servics of the univer
sity Is adequate?
4. Do you approve of graduate
assistants as classroom profes
sors? 5. (Men only.) Do you favor
a men's extracurricular point
system?
From thia poll, both the NebraS'
kan and university officials can
gain knowledge of prevailing stu
dent opinions. Because of its po
tential importance the staff re
quests that it not be overlooked
at the election.
RiiMiicss Organization
Hears Professor Laud
Nation's 'While Spot'
"Nebraska, the White Spot" was
tne subject or an address by Lloyd
Marti of the law college before
members of the Lincoln Inter-pro
fessional Institute Saturday eve
ning. Several other members of
the faculty will address the club
in the next few weeks. Prof. W. F,
Welland of the engineering staff
will talk on "Why Blame the
Driver?"; Dr. E. H. Bell will lee
ture on the "Social Life of the
Ponca Indians" March 19, and on
March 28 Prof. LawTence Void of
the law college will discuss "Legal
Regulation to Suppress Compete
uon,"
t i v' 1
BROWN OVERSEES
PLAN FOR ANNUA
WEEK
IN BRAVE
HEART AILMENT
Cadet Head to World Leader
Constitutes Life Story
Of Ex-Nebraskan.
never a commandant so beloved
by his cadets as General Pershing.
He was a strict disciplinarian, and
yet was kind and just."
Always Showed Determination.
Born Sept. 13, 1860, the boyhood
of John J. Pershing was not pitched
to the same key as was his man
hood. He showed no special bent,
and no one prophesied that
"Johnny" would ever make his
mark. His one great virtue seemed
to be his great determination. He
always stuck to anything that he
started.
In 1866 John and his brother
James started to get their educa
tion at Mrs. Elliot s Select School
for Small Children. He was fond
of playing pranks on the teacher,
and one time locked her out of the
school. In 1879 Pershlnsr com
pleted his high school education
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Klub Names Weaver, Ball,
Burruss for Remaining
Comedy Characters.
Four additions to the cast of
"Hades' Ladies," spring musical
show of the Kosmet Klub, have
been announced by Joe Iverson,
director of the show, who, along
with Klub members, has been con
ducting tryouts of male students
to fill the parts in the cast.
Philip Weaver, son of former
Gov. A. J. Weaver of Falls City,
will portray the role of Beelzebub,
the prince of the devils. Arthur
Ball of Fremont, and a member of
the Husker football squad, will
take the part of Persephone, a
lady of Hades and the queen of the
Nether World. The role of Ivy
Smithers, an overbearing wife, will
be taken bv Robert Burruss of
Omaha. Robert Ronne of Lincoln
has been drafted for the part of
Junior Smithers, a 10 year old boy.
Four parts remain yet to be
filled April, May, and June, a
feminine trio, and Harold
Smooch, a romantic young man
These roles are now being consid
ered for several different candi-
dates, Mid final selection will be
made during this week.
Pony Chorus Unselected.
Tryouts for places in the pony
chorus and a singing chorus, each
to be composed of 12 men, will be
conducted sometime this week. A
meeting of the entire cast will be
held on Tuesday night. Rehearsals
will be held weekly until after
spring vacation, and nightly from
then on until the week of the
show, April 25-30. The Klub ex
(Continued on Page 4.)
Yawnins Scholar
Discusses P.B.K.,
Hell Week, Dales
By Otto Woerner.
Ho hum, the clock says half past
eight; a nine o'clock, yes, I'll be
late. But such a thing the prof
don't mind, for at our house that
boy has dined, and dinners free
will come to those who criticize
not too verbose. They say I'm very,
awfully dumb I do not think but
suck my thumb, but then they
never also say that laws and rules
we don t obey are mane . by guys
who do not think, but give us bids
and set up drink.
I often wonder why this stuff
of education on the cuff is known
to be the highest thing when
wealth and power it does not bring.
Always should I prefer to be mem
ber of my fraternity than all the
boys who work and sweat, and all
the girls who primp and pet.
Talk of Men.
P. B. K.? Oh, it s all right for
those who try with all their might
to find the courses that are snaps,
and sit within their teachers' laps.
And honors day they go so gay
to gather that for which they pray;
on program nice they see their
name, and proudly think they rate
their fame. They learn ideals from
Socrates; they talk about democ
racies. They study night and day
for that and then become a demo
crat! They suck their profs and
pull their strings; they talk of men
and other things. Silent in lab they
work like crab, responding in quii
not to a jab.
They go with girls to parties
not, they haven't time for such a
lot. Dancing? No, such devilish
sin that never should be done by
men. They think it's bad to sit and
smoke (I think it makes those
guys to choke). And never would
a smart man think of going out
to get a drink.
Math With Poker Chips.
Well let them have their petty
fun, and let them die off one by
one, talking of worlds and universe
In nothing more than language
terse. They never knew of old hell
week; they never felt like country
sheik. They never kissed a coed
fair, nor dated prom gal or colonel
rare. They never did a fan dance
ee, nor go on week end drunken
pree. They never cut a clasa to
coke; they never did a bully poke.
jpt nr ynpiirT
Hoi ur rvuoiv l
SHOW COMPLETED
WITH 3 ADDITIONS
i like to sit and think of janes,
(Continued on Page 4.)
Campus Balloting
Names Prom Girl
At Polls Tuesday
F
F
Former Head of Wisconsin
Addresses Gathering
Here March 3.
Dr. Glenn Frank, noted educa
tor, author and lecturer, who stole
the headlines recently with his ap
pointment to the chairmanship of
the new republican party policy
Lincoln Journal.
Dr. Glenn Frank.
sounds
Means.
call to state repub-
commission, will be in Lincoln,
March 3, to address a public gath
ering which will climax the
Founders day activities, sponsored
by the republicans of Nebraska.
Dr. Frank is scheduled to speak
Thursday evening at 8:15 o'clock
in the university coliseum, center
his remarks about agriculture.
Formerly president of the Uni
versity of Wisconsin, the new re
publican party strategist heads a
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.0.
Gaetano Salvemini Unable
To Address Friday
Morning Convo.
Word has been received by Dr.
Harry Kurz, chairman of the Ro
mance language department, that
the world famous historian. Gae
tano Salvemini, who is perhaps
the best known Italian exile in this
country, will be unable to keep a
oj'o iu i '. " Yemeni, n L nit vjiit-
versi'v. In a letter to Dr. Kurz,
chaiman of the convocation com
mittee, Salvemini writes that a
recent illness makes it impossible
for him to speak here next Friday
on the subject "The European Na
tions and the Mediterranean."
High Faculty Interest.
The letter was a blow to the
plans which members of the fac
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GLENN
RANK
GIVES REPUBLICAN
OUNDERS SPEECH
Tat i tuft J
Earl May Makes Nebraskan
Staff Ea Words, Oranges
'Rag' Looks Delia Gamma's'
'Gift Horse' in Mouth;
Gets Citrus.
Two weeks ago the Delta Gam
mas were the surprised recipients
of a crate of extra large, extra
Juicy, wonderful tasting oranges.
The donor of the, citrus was Earl
E. May of Shenandoah, la., whose
daughter, a Delta Gamma at
Northwestern, visited Jane Cook at
the local chapter house two weeks
ago. It seems that the girls on
third floor can't get any other sta
tion on their radios besides Earl
E. May's station in Shenandoah,
and without mincing words they
complained loudly and longly
about the faults of the station,
while Eleanor May sat quietly in
the next room and took it all in.
Compensation Citrus.
Realizing, but much too late, the
serious breach of etiquette which
they had committed, the third
floorites were bemoaning their fate
when the aforementioned crate of
oranges arrived. Enclosed was a
note from Mr. May himself ex
plaining that he hoped the ora lges
would make up for the virtues
which his station seemed to lack.
Thn the Haunter caught scent of
the affair and the next day there
appeared in the Daily Nebraskan
an article about the whole thing.
It was also hinted In the article
that the D. G.'a would now like a
steak dinner. At the bottom of the
article was the subtle sentence,
"We don't like Shenandoah either,
Mr. May."
From all appearance! the epi
sode wu closed. On Feb. 26, how
Students Choose '38 Queen
From Seven Candidates
In General Election.
Nebraska's prom girl will tea)
chosen Tuesday by a general stu
dent election for the first time in
the history of the Junior-Senior
formal finale. Under the direction
of the Student Council, the election
will present a ballot including the
names of seven prnm candidates
and also a Daily Nebraskan ques
tionnaire. The seven coeds, an unusually
large number of candidates for the
prom queen race, arc Genevieve
Hoff, Sigma Kappa; Virginia Geis
ter, Pi Beta Phi; Peggy Pascoe,
Chi Omega; Eloise Benjamin,
Alpha Omicron Pi; Bonnie Burn,
Phi Mu; LaVerne Marcey, Kappa
Delta and DcLoris Bores. Alpha
Chi Omega. Four are seniors and
three are juniors. Like the elec
tion, the entrance of junior coeds
into the copetition is new this year.
Double Voting Power.
Formerly, the queen of the prom
has been selected by doorway bal
loting, which gave each couple one
vote. Believing that the new sys
tem will create more interest in
the honored girl and will make
a larger poll, the committee, made
up of twelve juniors, suggested the
alteration.
The election proposal was ap
proved by the dean of student af
iContinued on Page 4.)
1
AT
Governor, Mayor to Attend
Special Program Given
By Choral Group.
The Lincoln Cathedral choir will
play host to a number of distin
guished citizens from over the
state at its vesper service this eve
ning. Governor and Mrs. Roy S.
Cochran and Mayor Orin S. Cope
land are to be present for the
"special guest day."
Several regents of the univer
sity and justices of the supreme
court will attend. About 150 stu
dent reservations have been made,
inrluding those for the Innocent
and Mortar Board societies.
Mrs. Addison Sreldon, former
head of the English department at
Donne will give the meditative
talk, "The Mood of the Spirit in
Poetry.1' The choir will sing three
anthems and close the sen-ice with
a chant. The service will begin at
5:30 in the Hotel Cornhusker.
The program: Welcome Again,
Christiansen; Ave Maria. Men
delssohn; Pax Del, Coombs.
THE WEATHEH
Demain, II fera beau, temps
chaud, . . . that's the way the
Frenchman would say it, but in
English, it means the end of
snow, slush, sleet, and slippery
sidewalks, so you must have
guessed by now that the fore
cast is fair and warmer.
ever, like a bolt from the blue, ap
peared the following letter from
Mr. May, and the rng office is an
ticipating orange juice.
Editor, The Rag,
University of Nebraska,
Lincoln, Nebr.
Dear Sir; "My son, Edward,
who is a freshman in the Univer
sity of Nebraska brought home the
clipping about the Delta Gamma's
and my daughter visiting them,
and subsequently, the oranges, and
in anticipation, the steak dinner. I
notice you say: "We don't like
Shenandoah either, Mr. May."
"Now, I'm not going to go out
and try to convince everybody in
the whole country that Shenandoah
is a good place, and that KMA
is a good station. The station
speaks for itself But 1 11 tell you
what I am going to do. I'm going
to send you a couple of sacks of
oranges, for thn gang around the
Rag, but I'm not going to promise
you a steak dinner with these
Delta Gamma girls. Frankly, I
think that's what you're driving at.
"Being an alLwius of the Uni
versity of Nebraska, I think I de
servo some nice things now, to be
sat.i about KMA and Shenandoah.
Goodness knows, I've lauded the
varsity plenty broadcast their
football games traveled all the
way to Pittsburgh to see them play
the Panthers to a standstill al
most had heart, failure when they
fumbled the ball after it looked
like they had the game "on ice"
and in one of the largest hotels
down in the heart of the city, aa
poor a singer aa I am, helped lead
the song "The boys are the aquar
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