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Official Student Newspaper of the University of Nebraska
VOL XXXVII. NO. 126.
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, WEDNESDAY, APKIL 20. 19355
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Men Vote 3 to 1 for Point System
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QUEST10NNA1KES
If somebody were tn ask you
quick-like, what date this is and
what of it, could you answer with
out looking at a calendar? And
without reflecting more than ten
seconds? Congratulations if you
cnn. Most of us live in a world or
yesterday, today and tomorrow
with lit t lo consciousness of actual
dates. But If you don't realize that
this Is the end of the second six
weeks, you rinrn soon will.
Now," where do you stand in
chool and what have you lonc
with those resolutions made at the
end of the first six weeks to study
more? .lust to help you in estab
lishing your status quo we have re
solved into a committee of the
whole, commonly called a coma,
mid emerged with various ques
tionnaires for various people.
For the Socialite.
1. What is the latest song hit
from the picture of the same
name?
2. What are your class assign
ments for Thursday and Friday?
3. How many parties have you
niissed this semester?
4. How many classes have you
cut this semester?
5. Describe the three ball rooms
around Lincoln.
fi. Describe the interior of the
university library.
7. Give two definitions for coke.
(The second definition would refer
to coke as a fuel.)
8. Did the Big Apple have any
connection with Newton's discov
ery of the law of gravitation?
9. Which does trucking threaten
more, railroad transportation or
the morals of youth?
10. Can you name ten important
dates in history. (Not counting the
i ne Mary Anthony had with Cleo
patra.) For the Athlete.
1. Which is better, to be in con
dition or to have a condition?
2. Which is the more embarras
sing question: Arc you in condi
tion ? or What do you have a con
dition in?
3. In order to guard against in
eligibility a halfback decided to
substitute regular studying habits
lor irregular ones and by tackling
his daily assignments and center
ir.z his faculties on srhoolwork
thus put &n pn1 t0 nis scholastic
'iifficulties. Miat is wrong
that procedure
It or not).
4. Since Dr. L. A. round advises
constant study as the only sure
way to cure bid grades, what term
rmild be applied to her advice?
i The answer is Dr. Pound's cure!.
5. And w hat is Dr. round s
Pure worth? (An ounce of preven
tion.) 6. And what is an ounce of pre
vention? (Two textbooks to be
taken three hours a day. with or
without a glass of water. I
For the Part-time Student.
1. How many timrs have you
used the excuse of working for
r,"t getting your lessons?
2. Which is' the worse of the two
evils, to have your studies inter
fere with your work or your work
interfere with your studies?
For the P. B. K.'s and Sigma Xi's.
1. How do you manage to get
fjch good grades?
Harold Gurske
Wins in Ivy Day
Orator Polling
with
Voters Name 25 Innocents
Nominees for Next
Year's Group.
Men of the campus overwhelm
ingly announced their approval of
a pointed activities system in a bal
lot taken at the annual spring
election yesterday which returned
a three to one vote in favor of the
new pian. Harold Gurske was
elected Ivy Day orator at the
same election, with 242 votes to his
opponent, Jim Ivins". 109.
In the snme poll, the nominees
for the Innocents society were
chosen. The names of the 25 nomi
nees with the most votes, each
with 6 or more, will be taken by
the faculty committee to be
checked for eligibility and sent to
the Innocents society, who will
choose the future Innocents from
the remaining list.
All Men Vote on Point System.
Only junior and senior men were
privileged to vote for the Ivy day
orator and the Innocents' nomi
nees, hut all male students were
given the privilege of registering
their opinions as to whether or not
they approved the activity point
system.
The returns of the activity point
election, in which 306 favored it
and 92 voted against it, will be
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STAINLESS STEEL
Enqineerinq Publication
Pictures World's Fair
In New York 1939.
400 Participate in Spring
Festival in Coliseum
at 8 This Evening.
Convocation Honors 609
Students; Smith Asserts
Politicians Are Essential
S.A.M., Kappa Sigma, Beta,
Delta Theta Pi Win
Preliminary.
Sigma Alpha Mu, Kappa Sigma.
Keta Theta Pi and Delta Theta
(Nothing, believe pnj WPre the winners in the second
preliminary round of the interfra
ternity tournament held at the
chapter house of the affirmative
team at 7 o'clock last night. All
four of the above decisions were
in favor of the negative.
Each speaker had a six minute
constructive speech and a four
minute rebuttal. The topic at is
sue was "resolved that the United
States should greatly enlarge its
navy.
Eight Team$ Compete.
Those fraternities debating were
the affirmative team.
Alpha Tau Omega v. Sig
ma Alpha Mu.
Phi Alpha Delta vs. Kappa
Sigma.
Sigma Alpha Epsilon vs. Beta
Theta Pi.
Zeta Beta Tau v. Delta Theta
Phi.
Judges for the debates were
;from the intercollegiate class and
.included Elmer Scheele, Paul J.
iEstandig. Ernest Wintroub, and
David Curtis.
1 riiminat'on for the finals will
' begin Thursday according to H. A
White. A cup with the frater
nity's name engraved on it will be
awarded to the champion team.
They will retain the cup for one
year and then psss it on to next
vear's champions.
Appearing on the stands in the
Applied Mechanics building today
are copies of the April Nebraska
Blue Print, monthly publication
of the engineering college, featur
ing in conjunction with its lead
article on stainless steel, eight
pages of illustrations exemplify
ing the manufacture of the prod'
uct.
Verne Paulson, engineering
sophomore, has written a short others.
history of stainless steel, which
he calls "A Youngster of Prog
ress": and he tells of the necessary
precautions in its manufacture, its
present uses, and its future possi
bilities. Next World's Fair.
"The New York World's Fair
1939" is an article by Gilbert
Golding, a junior in architecture.
who gives a picturesque impression '
the projects which are being car
ried out for its completion.
Twenty "Personal Equation
Qualities" are listed by E. L. Sig
gins, personnel director of the G.
M. A. C. in an article which ad
vises students in the terms of the
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Over 400 music students, repre
senting every musical organiza
tion connected with the university
will appear in the annual Spring
Festival concert sponsored by the
Lincoln chamber of commerce at
8 tonight in the coliseum.
This concert, the most lavish of
its kind to be staged here, will
witness the first appearance this
year of the freshman band, the a
cappella. choir, and the freshman
glee club.
Non-Profit Ticket Sale.
The Lincoln junior chamber of
commerce is conducting the ticket
sale campaign on a non-profit
basis, and any surplus funds left
over after expenses and cost of
the program have been paid will
be donated to the various musical
organizations.
Special student tickets are on
sale for 20 cents, available at the
school of music, from school of
music students, or at the coliseum;
40 cents is the price for tickets to
High Ranking Scholars Get
Recognition at Tenth
Annual Ceremony.
With Dean H. F. Foster of the
law college acting as master of
ceremonies, professors, students
and friends of the University of
Nebraska gathered yesterday
morning in the tenth annual hon
ors convocation to recognize the
superior scholastic achievements
of 609 members of the student
body.
Students ranking in the highest
ten percent of their respective col
leges had their names listed on
the honors convocation program.
Organtzitions which had a third of
their membership on the list were
also recognized.
Present Formal Program.
Held in the specially decorated
coliseum at 10:15, the formal pro
gram began with two numbers by
the university symphony orchestra
under the baton of Don A. Lentz,
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State Unicameral Senator
to Address Electrical
Institute Meet.
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Seniors Must Submit
Applications April 23
Students who are candidates
for degrees in June or August
file their applications in the reg
istrar's office, room 9, by April
23 unless they have done so
previously. Office hours are
from 10 a. m. to 3 p. m.
Candidates for the certificates
In social work, the junior certifi
cate, or the teachers certificate,
issued by the state superintend
ent of public instructio, should
file their applications also.
INIFRED NE
COBS SELECT INITIATES,
DISCUSS DANCE TONIGHT
Members of Corn Cobs, men's
pep ctutJ, will meet today at
5 p. m. in Social Science 107 B
to discuss plans for their dinner
dance, tentatively sceduled tor
May 21. and to select prospec
tive initiates for the society.
Fighl on Syphilis Aims
'al Clean Bill of Health
New Legislature Requires
Health Certificate
From Teachers.
"Every opportunity for stu
dent to discover and correct in
themselves any disease, contagious
cr otherwise, will be offered by
the student health service, said
Dean Rufus A. Lyman, in approv
ing; the plan proposed by a, com
mittee of students for the intro
tluction of tent foweneral diw-anes
Into the student health examina
tions. "'Particularly, the service
will o-(ipeitite with teachers col
l;;e student in helping them ac
quire clean bill of health."
Motivated by new state legisla
tion which will require from each
pplicant for a teaching position
certificate to the effect that he or
i.lie is free from disease, a report
was made by Norman liolker, Fred
Miandfikov. Lawrence Barret and
Herbert Hildebrand upon the pos
sibility of perpetrating a student
eampaig-n against syphillis and
ironorrhea. and was submitted to
the pharmacy head and the than-
ciior.
Tests Optional
In Deaa Lvman's opinion,
Tt must be entirely optionai.'
with the entire responsibility for
lequirtnj the required health cer
tificate placed upon etudenU
themselves.
"It's not my headache if they
to thru four years of nehool with
out taking advantage of the eerv-
ices, to be perhaps rejected by the
legislature, it's their'."
The dean consider it Important
also that the test be offered con
Unually. so that the student may
be examined every year, should
they have contracted a venereaJ
disease in the meantime.
Faculty Members Choose
New Phi Beta Kappa
For Scholarship.
Chi Omega sorority'!! scholar
ship award of (25 made annually
to a senior woman student in one
of the social sciences will be pre
sented this year to Winifred Nel
son. Lincoln, for her outstanding
work in the political science de
partment.
Highest average in political sci
ence subject during the first peven
semesters of her coure and 12
hours completed work toward a
major in the department were re
quired of the winner, who is a
member of Alpha Chi Omega sor
ority and wa recently elected to
Phi Beta Kappa.
The practice of presenting- the
scholarship award in the field of
either economics, psychology, po
litical science or sociology is a na
tional activity of the Chi Omega,
a part of the social service pro
pram carried out annually by the
sorority.
Selection of the winner was
made by the faculty members of
the political science department,
headed by Prof. John P. Senning.
A. A. OImhi lo Address
Commerce Fraternity
on 'Electrical Power
A. A. Olson, general superin
tendent of the Lincoln district of
the lowa-Nebraaka Light and
Power company, will speak on the
"Developnrnt of Electrical Power"
to members of Delta Sigma Pi.
professional commerce fraternity,
at a meeting thi evening at 8:00
at the Theta Xi bouse.
Robert M. Armstrong;, member
of the Nebraska unicameral leg
islature, will jnpeak on "The Drift
in American Government' to mem
bers of the local chapter of the
pjr'wijyw-OT, American Insti
tute of Electri
cal Fnrinpers
t ; and renresenta-
tives from eight
other universi
ties at a ban
quet to be held
during the two
day convention,
which starts on
Friday evening
st 6:30 at the
Y. C. A.
Armstrong Is
paiticularly in
terested in the
relationships of
municipal gov-
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DEAN H. H. FOSTER.
Substitutes for Chancellor.
AGRICULTURAL SCHOOL
SORORITY SING FILINGS
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C. V. Williams Delivers 25th
Annual Commencement
Address Thursday.
Seventy-two students will be 1
graduated from the University ofj
Nebraska school of agriculture atj
Curtis at commencement exercises
in the student activities building ;
there Thursday evening at 8 !
o'clock. H. K. Dnuthit is superin-
'Good People' May Destroy
Civilization, Predicts
Philosopher.
By Fred Harms.
Reversing the time-tested recipe
of most politicians. Dr. T. V.
Smith of Chicago university spoke
to the tenth annual honors convo
cation yesterday, first on the order
of the sublime; a philosophic? 1
criticism of the labor ills of mod
ern society; and then progressed
to a whimsical ridiculousness; a
droll first hand account of lb
foibles of politicians and the "good
people" who misguidedly berate
them.
In the brief interval between,
the Chirago philosopher who has
been a member of the Illinois leg
islature for four terms leserved
a few minutes to deal with the
subject of his speech. "The Prom
ise of American Politics." The suc
cessful future of American politics,
he declared, depends on the pres
ence in it of the politician.
Criticizes Social Set-up.
"Despite the inbred antipathy of
most people who regard politicians
as a pack of dogs continually
yapping at the taxpayer's heels.''
Smith said, "you must have poli
ticians. American democracy de
pends on them." If you don't have
a "park' of politicians, the speaker
asserted, "you'll have only one,
and he will be a Hitler or a Mus
solini." Dr. Smith began his speech by
criticizing the set-up of a society
which permits a human being to
spend an entire existence doing
something which gives him a liv
ing but not a life. That, he de
clared, is the fundamental wrong
of American labor. The individual
must subjugate his own person
ality to his job.
This segregation of labor in a
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Irene Sellers. A.W.S. Board ,(;nriont ".I11 rrs;nl the : i
(jhiiiims h l nit i w cm -in in annuo
Member, to Supervise
Ivy Day Feature.
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exercises.
Dr. C. V. Williams, w ho was the
first superintendent of the Curtis!
school, will give the commence-; , .
ment address and the school or- Winner to Receive So Prize;
rhestra, girl's octet and individual
soloists will furnish music for the I
Smith hall. Irene : occasion. The traditional junior
S. board member in i senior banquet was held April 8,
play was Aspirants for the honor of Ivy
All entries for the Intersnrority
sing of Ivy day must be filed by
tomorrow noon with Mrs. West-
over in Ellen
Sellers, A. W
charce of this vear's sine, has sent ! while the senior class
letters explaining the regulations presented last Iriuay. vr. A. day poet must submit their manu-
to Read Poem at May 5
Ceremonies.
tvtiator K. M.
Arrmtroiic.
Lincoln Juurnil
mion.Xi'1
Sneaking' Seniors Visit
High Spots of Gimpns
Have you ever heard university
students "reminiscing about their
first introduction to Lincoln on
their high school sneak day?
You probably have, for the Lin
coln Chamber uf Commerce, in co
operation with university authori
ties and business men of Lincoln,
sponsor each year sight seeing
trips for hundreds of high school
seniors, each of w hom, are regarded
as future student and resident of
Lincoln.
The results of this project,
which ha been carried on for a
number of years, is difficult to
tally. Probably the only indication
lies' in the number of presem stu
dents who caa remember a day
pat ia visiting Morrill hall, the
coRseum, the stadium. Ois capital,
and indurtne of Lincoln.
Over 3b0 Seniors 6r.tik.ed.
Lat spr'Jig more than 300
groups of high nrhool neniors from
towns of Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa
and Missouri w the Nebraska
ernment to state and federal gov
ernments, and the implications of
the federal bill providing for the
creation of nationwide conserva
tion authorities, such as the TVA.
Also at this banquet will be the
awarding of the district branch
prize of $20 by L. N. McClellan.
vice president "of the A. I. E. E.
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Deger.
King of Hades
to all organized women's houses, i Hunter will give the baccalaureate ; scripts for rorsideiatioi. by S
A fee of $1 must also be in- j sermon Easter Sunday evening at o'clock on Friday, April Ifl.
eluded, in order to help defray the , 8 j Entries are to be submitted to
expenses of out of town judges. ; T7r ., i Mrs. Westover in Ellen Smith hull.
with no identification attained,
thi name to be placed in a scaled
Names of those who will direct ; ( l.u .M.h LAMpUAl.h
(Continued on Page 2). (J'B MEETS TONIGHT
OZ BLACK CHALK-TALKS I
BEPOREUI. MEMBERS
"Here in Lincoln' Cartoonist1
To Entertain Spring
Meet Wednesday.
campus. This j-ear arrangements
have been made for maijy wore to
come.
Yesterday lbs students from
Miller. Blmr. Miltonvale, Kas.,
Blanchard, la., Norway. Ksj,
Gravity. Ia , Mauley, Phillip, Val
ley and Fairbury were shown cam
pus points of interest, including
the new Student Union building, in
the effort to entice them to make
the University of Nebraska their
future temple of learning. Today
senior from Eeloit will amvt
Friday 300 more student will be
guided thru Lincoln.
THE WEATHER.
It's going to be cool bjt
enough spring will be in th air
to keep you from th book and
t keep you planning en thi
weekend' picnic, say the
weather man. And the nice old
weather man has been pretty
ocurst lately, so w think he
"ain't Just syin' thU"
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Oz Black, creator of the well
; known "Here in Lincoln" feature
which appears in the Linroln Jour
'nal. will be the speaker st the an
inuhl Spring Members meeting of
lh I'nivereit v V M f in K
held Wednesday, April 20 at h p. rn.
in the "Y" rooms of the Temple
theatre. Mr. Black will give one of
the chalk-tnlks fur which he it m.
justly famous. Kefreshnierils of
homemade ice cream and ginger
bread will be served, free of
charge, to those attending.
(Jerry Williams, president of th
Y. M. states: "We expect this
meeting it be one of the finest
we have had. All men are wel
come. The last meeting at which
Or spoke to the Y. M. was the
most interesting; and best attended
of that year, and we are planning
for sn equally good time this
year "
Phi Sipna Iota Program
to Feature French
Mut-ir. Dancinp.
French mu.'ic and French danc
ing will be featured at an open
meeting of the Phi Sigma Iota.
Romance larguage honorary, to
night at 7:30 in the studios of
Flavis Waters Champe.
All advanced students of French
and Spanish, members of Le Cer
cle Krancais, the club Espagnol.
the Alliance Frar.cais of Lincoln,
and anyone interested in this work
is invited to attend the meeting.
envelope acocmpanying the poem.
A prize of $5 will be awarded to
the winner as adjudged by Miss
Louise Pound. Miss Murgaret lit
Phee and Dr. L C. Wimberly. I.i
accordance with tradition, the vic
tor will have the privilege of read
ing his poem at the Ivy day cere
monies. Expectation of receiving many
more entries was expressed by
Winifred Nelson. Mortar Board
member in charge of this year's
contest. In order to eliminate any
possible criticism of the judging,
the judge will not know the
names ol the candidates until after
the selection has been mad'-.
Novelty,
Color
Human Interest
Yearbook's Pages
Special Section Features
Students Working Way
at Novel Jobs.
"The 1938 Cornhu ker has more
work involved in its editing, it ha
April Awgwan Satirizes
R.O.T.C. Dictators: War
Presenting his suMerranean
highness, Satan, who, when not re
hearting for "Hades' LB'ties." 1931
Kosmet Klub spring niusnal, if
usually known as Everett "Duke"
Deger.
Even Satan has his troubles, ao
Apnl ifcbue of Hie Awgwan will ! piece thiit make up the features
unnear m the itandu at 10 o'clock lhp war issue.
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thi morning for it feature of the
month satirical pieves of writing
j on war issues. The cover itself tn
' ters the international field and
cording to the show' attuin, what i show Donald Duck inflicting
with radic al devils stirring up ' peace upon the Japanese. HitU-r
revolutions and his wife. Pert- and Mussolini in an unusual pic
phone, harassing him. Deger ha
a solo number entitled "I'm Satan,
(the King of Hell)" which prom
ises to be one of the thow bit
tunes.
Opening Monday nifht at the
Temple theater for a week' run.
"Hade' Ladies' features an ail
male cart of over 40 including spe
cial dancing and tinging choruses.
Advance eaie tickets may be pur
chased for 50 cent each from
campus student men or at
Walt , and et for all perform
ances may be reM-r. H daily at the
Temple boxfiffice frrn 2 to 5 p. m.,
or at Mugf-e's during store hour.
ture "Duck-tator of Peace'' drawn
by Ed Steve.
Norman Bolker writes a war
poem with the dignified title
"Metam orphosis" -nd a piece of
prose which he calls "A Little Di
version" which show Uncle Saw
uel leafing through a Mar Incor-
Oiher aiticks include fashion,
"liiipretiations Against a Tailor
for not Putting a Watch Pocket
ir a Pair of Slacks," by Fred Koch,
and "Cjindidramania " "Candidra
mania" is an illustrating bit of
photography done In color by
Cameraman George fiosen.
Gore i conspicuous only by its
absence. "It's risky business to
publish an Awgwan without gore."
states Editor Campbell "but we
want to find out of axy of the
criticism against the gore column
is really sincere. Ia this one issue
i we are having no rore to see IX
porated mail order catalogue. "I j &t majority want tt or the ar-
love a Parade" written by Editor
Campbell concern R. O. T. C.'
and the annual Armistice Day
parade.
No Core Page.
"Hitfory of 1P36." a sample tej-t
given to Japanese admirals, and
"My Life tn the Army" tre other
tic le and drawings that are of
superior caliber." Instead of the
gore column, the Awgwan pub
lushed thi month an article en
titled "Defence of Hell Week" ub
mitted by a Greek with the grim
marian correctness of a Ring
Lardner,
mote features of human interest
and novelty than any other Corn
husker preceding it." Editor Clay
ton stated in an interview yester
day. "Among the nia-y feature
will be a double page section pic
turing a few of the odd jobs by
which university student earn
their way through school. There
will also be a section devoted to
the promotion of Nebraska uni
versity professors. About twenty
of the many prominent professor
have been photographed and in
terviewwj, with the result that" Ne
braska professors will have their
place in the sun."
Date Not Set.
No dale ha been H-t for the
publication of the yearbook. Muili
of the work is finished, but there
is still a lot to be done. Fraternity
and Sorority sections, writeup
and cut of pin and houses have
been ent to the printer already.
according to Clayton.
"More than 100 more plates will
be included in the 1938 Corn
husker than there were in lat
year's. A special blend of ink has
been nuuie. special type ha been
ordered for th printing, and many
other distinctive feature will lend
to the attractivenea and beauty
of the book."
Four Tons Paper.
Going on to relate of the work
Involved tn putting out the year
book, the editor stated that more
than four ton of the highest qual
ity paper will be used in it print
ing;. A special cover, in year
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t