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VOL. XXXVII, NO. 131.
LINCOLN, N LRU ASK A, SINDAV. MAY' I,
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You know whnt time of your it
Is don't you? Don't say you don't
know! Why, long ago, when you
wore a little kid and cheating at
marbles or jacks, this date was
one of the most important in your
juvenile life. It's May clay, the
dny when .it is perfectly legal to
gambol on the green and last night
nianv a May basket was hung by
its flower draped neck on mail
boxes and door handles.
If you have smaller brothers or
Bister's, the only joy about May
day for vou is that it affords an
opportunity to snitch Jelly-beans,
popcorn, and home made candy
r,ni nt Mav baskets received or to
be sent. Outside of that, May day
probably holds no more promise of
joy reigning unconfined than any
other bright spring day. But it is
significant. It is even, as news
casters Hnd convocation speakers
are wont to say, "Fraught with
Significance." It would be hard to
' pick out a day, (not counting the
date of the student union opening)
that is more significant fraught.
It marks the month of many
banquets,
A great number of things seem
to terminate in May; various or
ganizations change officers; foun
der's days are numerous; and hon
ors are given at the end of a
collegiate year. All these things
seem to call for banquets and it is
the unusual person who does not
get in on a couple banquets dur
ing May.
Food For Thought.
i Banquets must have food for
! thought as well as food for the
digestive tract, else they would
be merely suppers or feasts.
Heretofore, people have entered
the month of many banquets
v . unprepared and somewhat ig
Si norant of the proper conduct
when listening to after dinner
: speakers. A few words concern
! ing the proper listening to after
i dinner speakers conduct would
lighten the load of many weary
people, so we would like to take
i this opportunity to make them
as well prepared as an fcagie
J Scout,
The most difficult part of
speech listening while at the din
ner table is the matter of physical
posture. Those who arc seated
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5 rf keeping quiet out of respect to
him, go through a little private
hell of their own.
The first five minutes are easy.
At the end of that period, life
becomes more complicated. The de
sire to cough is strong; the desire
to uncross and recross the legs is
stronger yet. You have something
very important to whisper to your
neighbor but don t flare, i ne
" speaker's tie is crooked and you
' can't keep your eyes off of it.
, Your water glass is empty and
; the water carafe is down at the
! other end of the tabic and you
f have never been bo thirsty in your
life. Your back has a slight crick
in it and you want to tip back
in your chair. You forgot to turn
your chair around at the begln
; ; ning of the speech, and now you
i find it imperative to do so but you
. j are afraid it will scrape loudly
,f and everybody in the place will
stare at you. mere is a mue
coffee left in your cup but you
know that if you take a drink the
cup and saucer will clink loudly.
Ynnr collar itches and you have
Engineers Open
Annual Display
Program May
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Dr. Kilcliio to Discuss
Menial Hygiene Monday
Dr. R. F. Ritchie, staff psychia
trist for the state child welfare
division, will sprnk on "What is
Mental Hvglene?" Monday at S
p. m. in the social science
torium. Dr. Ritchie, a specialist
in child guidance work, Before
coming to Nebraska was on the
staff of the Cleveland child guid
ance clinic for five years. The
meeting is open to the public.
Houses to Contribute
Dance Snlcrilions
Two representatives of the A. W.
S. hoard. .lanct I.au and F.lizahcth
Waugli will visit each organized
house on the ruinous dnrinp' t ho
audi- j dinner hour Monday night to col
lect the three dollar subscription
fees for the tea dance in the Stu
dent Union building May Pay
ment of the subscription entitles
any member of an organized house
to attend free of charge.
Mortar Boards
Release Ivy Day
Events Program
Cochran Address Features
Twenty-Sixth State
Convocation.
UNIVERSITY 'FAMILY' STAGES HOI SLW ARMING'
IN STUDENT UNION BUILDING WEDNESDAY NIGHT
Nebraska engineers will hold
their 26th annual open house pro
gram starting tomorrow and last
ing nil week. Featuring the open
house program is the recognition
of the new military engineering
unit under the guidance of John
W. Cramer.
Preceding open house will be a
display of different engineering
exhibits In downtown stores. Be
sides these displays, each engi
neering depart ment will have a
number of exhibits open to stu
dents and public on display in
engineering campus buildings
Thursday evening.
rnday morning a general con
vocation will be held in the Social
Science auditorium. In the after
noon the engineers will go to the
park for the field day activities.
A contest is arranged between the
various departments, including
such games as Kitten ball, horse
shoe pitching, egg relay races,
sack relay races and a good old
tug-o-war. A point system for the
various competitive events will be
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Lincoln Cathedral Singers
Aired via NBC Tonight
At 7:30 O'clock.
Souvenir Prizes. Dancing
Climax Long-Awaited
Formal Opening.
University students, faculty
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Union when the structure is offi
cially opened Wednesday evening.
At 7:30, these members of the
ate in the Union "housewarming."
Although all the equipment is
not yet in place, the rooms thrunut
the entire building will be on dis
play. Placards will be placed in
each room and will designate the
use to which it will be put.
'University Family' will co-oper-As
each person enters the door,
he will be given a number, and
should that number correspond to
any of those which will be scat
tered throughout the building, a
souvenir prize will be awarded to
him.
No Smoking.
In the ballroom, Ken Nelson's
orchestra will play from 8 until 12
o'clock, during which time the soda
grill will be open.
Warns Kenneth Van Sant. Union
manager, "There will be absolute
ly no smoking in the ballroom on
Wednesday night clue to the fact
that the special ash trays have not
as yet arrived. The spotless new
floors would he permanently
marked by persons grinding out
eigaret butts on it. We ask stu
dent cooperation on this matter."
Beginning the following morn
ing, breakfast, lunch, and dinner
will be served in the soda grin. Al
the same time, the conference
dining rooms on the second and
third floors will begin service.
The steam tables for the cafe
teria have not 'arrived, and that
division of the Union Is to remain
closed until they come, sometime
within the next week.
Immediate Program.
On the immediate program of
the Union is the. A. V. S. Ivy Pay
tea dance, scheduled for 4:30
o'clock Thursday afternoon, and
the appearance of Orrin Tucker
and his orchestra Friday evening
at 0.
Three university girls, prefer
ably with cashier's experience, arc
slid being sought for positions in
the Union. One will work from 11
until 1 o'clock daily; another from
10 until 1 o'clock on Monday,
Wednesday and Friday; ami a
third from 1 until A o'clock daily.
Girls seeking these positions are
members, and the administrative,
staff will have their first oppor
tunity to view the new Student
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With the emphasis placed on
local talent, national music week
began its 15th birthday celebra
tion today.
Broadcasting from the Paxton
hotel in Omaha at 7:30 tonight,
the Lincoln Cathedral choir, under
the direction of John M. Rosbor
ough, will sing one of the week's
opening programs with Omaha
musicians as guests. The program
is to be carded by WOW and
NBC.
President Roosevelt as chairman
of the week's honorary committee
of governors a committee Includ
ing the governors of all the 48
states as well as the territories of
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COUNTRYMAN PUBLISHES
FARMERS' FAIR EDITION
Farmers' Fair 'Equestrian'
Show Provides Unique
Entertainment.
May Issue, Ready Tomorrow,
Features Annual Ag
Celebration.
The Farmers' Spirit edition of
the Cornhusker Countryman will
be ready for distribution Monday.
The May issue, which is the an
nual Farmers' fair edition, fea
tures a staff article on the fair.
Glenn Thacker, editor, states that
the May issue is the most import
ant of the year. For the cover de
sign Keith Mowrer, ag sophomore,
has depicted the fair and episodes
concerned with it.
Special articles include the work
of Paula Smith, associate editor,
Ward Henderson, Maxine Arm
strong. Helen Kilmer and Marjorie
Runkel.
Manuscripts Now Due
In (irorgr Davis Rivin
Foundation Contest
Persons submitting papers in the
contest for the George Davis Bivin
Foundation awards should present
their manuscripts to I. A. Worces
ter, chairman of the local commit
tee, immediately.
The foundation is offering prizes
to graduate and undergraduate
students for papers on some phase
of the "Relationship of Emotions
to the Mental Health of the Child."
Awards will be made about June 1,
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Campus Interest Centers
On Queen's Identity.
Sing Contests.
With all campus activity point
ing toward Ivy Day, and specula
lion centering on the identity of
the May Queen, the first announce
ment of the program of events was
released by Max-
l n e U u r a n d,
president of Mor
tar Board, senior
women's honor
ary today.
The inter-fraternity
sing,
spo n ? n r c il by
K o s in e t Klub,
will open festivi
ties promptly at
! o'clock Thurs
day morning,
with Yi groups
competing for
the silver cup.
Fol lowing the
contest, Har n 1 d
Gurske, senior in the law college,
will deliver the l v pay oration
At 10:45 the Ivy and Dairy
chains will form and fifteen min
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Kappa Phi Awards Bracelet
To Outstanding Pledge,
Installs Officers.
As outstanding girl In her
pledge class, Ruth Clark, Tac.oma,
Wash., was awarded a crested
the feeling that your tie is crooked j bracelet at the annual Kappa Phi
or your hair is mussed and nose i banquet held at the University
hhiny.
The Cure-All.
Believe it or not, there ii one
remedy which will cure every
uncomfortable situation. . Just
listen closely to the speaker and
when he says something slightly
clever, emphatic, caustic, or Im
portant, burst out into laughter
or murmur of approval and tart
a hand clapping sally. Under
cover of the applause you can
perform any of the necessary
duties. Everyone else will want
to do something too, but If you
are the rlngleadr, you have the
jump on them and have your
job completed before the ap
plause reaches its height.
club Saturday night.
Eva Mae Cromwell, Seward, was
honored with a Kappa Phi pin, to
be worn for a year and then given
to an equally worthy pledge next
year.
Welcome 40 Initiates.
Hiva Mills and Helen Eighmy
were installed as president and
vice president, respectively. Bcula
Brtgham, retiring president, wel
comed the 40 initiates of the year
Into Zeta chapter. Margaret Rob
bins responded for the initiate
group.
Mrs. Cecil E. Molzcn, national
editor of the Kappa Phi magazine
and an alumna of Zeta chapter,
gave the address of the evening.
Headline for filing of entries in
the novelty events scheduled on
the program of the equestrian cir
cus Saturday, May 7, at 2 p. m.,
which is open to Ag students only,
is Tuesday evening.
Novel is the donkey polo game
In which the players use broom
sticks and an indoor baseball. This
donkey polo game is patterned
after the regular game but rules
arc modified to step it up to make
it move at a fast tempo. Eight
fellows will be selected to par
ticipate in this game from the en
tries submitted to Francis An
drei by Tuesday night.
In the western stock and sad
dle class, competition will be be
tween the best couples. Ten
horses will be provided for the
five couples, each consisting of
one boy and one girl. Contestants
will be judged by the way the
horse is handled, the nding form
ation of the pair, and the style
of riding in the three gaits, walk,
trot and canter. Judges will con
sider ability to handle the horse
on sharp turns nnd quick stops.
Those Ag students wishing to en
ter should file their names with
Phillip Dennis not later than Tues
day.
Six horses will be furnished for
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Red Bandannas Proclaim
Farmer's Fair Saturday
i In rase anyone thinks that the
sjred bandannas which ag studeuts
'nave been wearing the past few
j days, (and trying to sell to city
J campus students) are only to keep
it heir necks cool, well, they're not.
The inscriptions on the bandannas,
"Farmer's Fair, 1938" advertise
just what they say, the 1038
farmer Jair.
The 17th annual fair will be
staged next Saturday, and in
cludes many highlight perform
ances. In the main, the whole
thing will be an equestrienne
circus.
Doyle to Police.
Chief of Police for the day will
he Ted Doyle, star tackle on
Nebraska's last three football
teams, whose duty will be to
administer tanklngs to those men
who are so forgetful as not to
I wear overalls starting: tomorrow.
ymr for an entire week; and to those
ssles who are so modest sa not
' " to wear cotton dresses during that
i aame period.
A giant tank has been placed In
front of Aa; hall where the un-
; lucky forgettera will take their
i cleanings'
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Saturday morning, a two and
one half mile parade will be
marched 'down "O" street, which
has been "chartered" for the af
fair. Prize live stock, ag students,
and other features of the fair will
be on display.
Dance Climaxes Day.
Saturday night, the greatest
show on earth will climax the clay,
the Farmers Fair Dance in the
activities building.
Another feature of the Fair will
be the Dough rassle in which
football players and other huskies
will wrestle In dough, the winner
to be awarded an appropriate
trophy. Gooch's flour company
has provided plenty of flour which
will be mixed with water to makj
the dough, and then the rassle
will begin. Equine pavilion will
be the scene of this mignty con
flict. The Goddess of Agriculture
whom no one knows as yet, will
also be crowned at the party Sat
urday night.
Live Stock exhibits, Individual
work and group projects will be
on display during the day for all
visitors and participants In the
Fair.
FORTY RUSH EES
ATTEND TASSEi:
TEA YESTERDAY
Forty rushees were entertained
at a Tassel tea yesterday after
noon. New pledges of Tassels, to
be announced at a later date, were
selected by ihe present members
at a meeting following the te.'.
Each organized house was given
the privilege of sending three girls
for two vacancies and two girls
for one vacancy of membership.
The tea is an annual spring event
'held prior to pledging new fresh
man girls.
Jean Walt poured the first hour
and Martha Morrow the second
hour. The tea was held from 2
to 4 p. m. in the Knotty Pine room
of Carrie Belle Raymond hall.
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asked to get in touch with Miss
Thomas, Union bookkeeper, at
once.
Major IIikNom In Take
K.O.T.f.. Portion llorc
Major Taul R. Hudson, infantry,
has been relieved from assignment
as instructor in the infantry at
the Virginia National Guard en
campment at Richmond, Va.. to
take effect around the first of,
September, according to a military
order received here at the univer
sity. Major Hudson will report fur
duty at Nebraska at the beginning
of next semester and will oecom
part of the instructing staft
OFFICIALS SLATE FIFTH
ROUND IN DEBATE MAY 3
Intramural Tournament Adds
Extra Day to Eliminate
Close Competitors.
Owing to the keenness of the
competition in the Intramural de
bate tournament it has been neces
sary to add one extra round. This
wili he held a week from this com
ing Tuesday.
The fifth round will be held May
3. at 7 o'clock. It is believed that
at the end cf round five, all teams
that have won fewer than three of
five debates will be eliminated.
The debates are held at the
housed of the affirmative teams
with a single judge used in each
group.
The pairing for the fifth round
on Tuesday pre the following, the
affirmative named first:'
Msnm Mh Mil v. Knpi Slunm.
I.i-Ii,i Thfla l'hl vs. Alphu Tim Ornocn.
7.pi Brtu Tun v. Bfliv Thftn I'l.
If two additional rounds are
needed they will be held the fol
lowing week.
A silver gavel with the frater
nity's name engraved on it will he
awarded the winning team.
E. II. Rarhnur Return
I Ionic l;nIlouiii Illnos
Dr. E. H. Barbour, director of
the university museum, who has
been seriously ill the past eight
weeks, returned to his home Fri
day afternoon. His condition is
considerably improved. Dr. Har
bour has been in the hospital the
past six weeks. The first two
were spent at his home.
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Aggregation Appears Here
Friday in New Student
Union Ballroom.
II AFTERNOON
'Big Sisters' to Install 114
In Mass Ceremony
At 2:30 Today.
Installation services for the 114
women chosen to act as big sisters
to freshmen women next year by
Coed Counselor board will be held
this afternoon at 2:30 in Ellen
Smith hall-
Virginia' Fleetwood, president of
the Counselors will explain the
Orrin Tucker and his orchestra, purpose of tne organization to tne
who will formally inaugurate the : members an. I preside at the
Student Union program the eve- installation ceremony. In charge
ning of May 6 in the new Student I f arrangements for the afternoon
Union ballroom, have been to-1 is Marjorie Churchill. Other board
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gcthcr for just three years, and
have been held over in every en
gagement they have played since
they started their march from
comparative obscurity to their
present high ranking among the
nation's best dance bands.
Tucker, who is 2r (and singled,
possesses a rich baritone voice.
Offered a chance to lead his own
orchestra at the Spanish Gardens
during the Chicago world's fair,
he became an overnight sensation
and since then has been steadily
ascending the ladder of fame.
Subdued Music.
Featuring a subdued type of
music that allows the dancers to
converse and yet which is based
upon his original smooth rhyth
mic style. Tucker has been a great
favorite wherever he has played. I
At present, Tucker broadcasts j
over the Mutual broadcasting sys-
tern and his programs, broadcast j
thru WON" in Chicago, can be
hoard over KFOK almost every I
week night at 10:30 or 11:30 p. in. j
His individualistic atmosphere
of sophisticated rhythm combined
with a colorful array of singers
and entertainers provide a de
lightful evening of dancing and
entertainment. His featured vo
calists are Bonnie Baker and the
Bailev sisters.
Among the successful engsge
menis the orchestra has played
are the Schioeder hotel, Milwau
kee; Troutdale-in-llie-Pincs, Colo
rado Springs; Hotel Clandge, St.
Louis; St. Anthony hotel, San An
tonio; Southern Mansions. Kansas
City, and the Jung hotel, New
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members who will take part are
Faith Medlar. F.lizabeth Smith,
Ronnie Burn. Mary Rullock,
Phyllis Chamberlain. Virginia
Nolte, Mary Sherburne, Maxine
Lake, and Fern Steutvillc.
New Selection Method.
Using a new method of electing
Counselors this year, the board
chose the new force from girls
who applied for the positions in
dividually, rather than choosing a
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Classwork Exhibit. Dancing
Planned for Thursday
By Delta Phi Delta.
Delta Phi Delta, fine arts soci
ety, in sponsoring the combined
open house and art carnival
Thursday evening from 7:30 to in,
hopes to establish a precedent to
be continued by the department in
coming years. It has been custom
ary each spring for Delta Tin
Delta, and for the art club preced
ing it, to sponsor a fine arts ball
This year, however, it was decided
that such a ball would not be
strictly in keeping with the pur
pose in mind that of acquainting
the students and the general pub-
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Arlisls Auction Morrill
Hall Paintings Thursday
Engineering students In charge
of plans for Engineer's Open
House this week as pictured above
are as follows: Bottom row, left
to right: James Rlisness, Creight
ton; Don Gerhard, Lincoln; Will
Reedy, Denver; Harry Brown, Da
kota City; Harry Langston, Lin
coln; Milton Mohr, South Sioux
City; and Bernard Dalton, Lincoln.
Middle row, left to right; Kenneth
Kartochvll, Tierce: George Mallon,
Grand Island; Norman Stout, Cas
par, Wyo.; Louis Lundstrom, Te
kamah; Harold Brown, Chester;
Pete Burns, Bellingham, Wash.,
Gerald GiUon, Exeter, and Dick
Coleman, Stapleton.
Top row, left to right: Ellis
Smith, Lincoln; Raymond Bailey,
Cedar Bluffs; George Heikes, Da
kota City; Jay King, Lircoln;
Charles Adelserk, Hastings, nnd
Richard Rose, McCook.
These ambitious looking . slu-
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dents in charge of the 1938 Farm
er's Fair to be held on ag campus
next Saturday are: Left to right,
standing: Gordon Jones, Dixon;
Ruthanna Russel, Lincoln; Eric
Thor, Stanton: Phyllis Chamber
lain, Lincoln; Ray Cruise, Curley;
Marian Hoppert, Lincoln; Pauline
Walters, Hiawatha, Kas.; Mclvin
Beerman, Dakota City; Donna
Hiatt, Beatrice; La Verne. Peterson,
manager, Lincoln; Marjorie Fran
cis, Lincoln; Eavl Heady, ImperiaL
Artists are bt ing shocked to
learn of a drastic movement in
which all paintings in the hall col
lection and those of the Nebraska
Art association hanging in the sec
ond floor corridor of Morrill hall,
which have taken years to collect,
will be auctioned off at open house
May !. at 8 o'clock in the eve
ning. Miss Katherine Faulkner, in
structor in the Fine Arts depart
ment, has been selected to sell the
pictures as she can point out their
good points as they go on the
block. She will also wieu tne gavei
as the best selections of student
work produced thruout the year
will be offered to the public.
Hold Open House.
This open house of the Fine Arts
department will also be combined
with an Art Carnival, both spon
sored by Delta Phi Delta, art hon
orary. it has been customary each
spring for Delta Phi Delta and the
Art club preceding it, to sponsor
a fine Arts ban.
The art department hopes to ea
tahllsh a precedent to be conttn
ucd In coming yean by the sub
stitution of n carnival for the ImiI
The plans this year are more m"
keeping with the purposes of the
art department, that of acquaint
ing students and the general pub
lic with the artist's method and
procedure, as well as providing entertainment.
Observe Working Artists.
Work will be combined with play
as exhibitions of the best selec
tions of all the art classes will be
on display, sketch artists will do
portrait studies of the visitors, ana
those sufficiently Interested will
have the opportunity to observe
artists working from a profession
al model. Dancing will be contin
ued thruout the evening and re
freshments will be served. There
will be no general admission
charge.
in general cnarge oi me an car
nival is Dorothy Glenn. Chairmen
of the various committees are
Jeanette Osborn, entertainment;
Thelma Kohiro, art work; John
Johnson, publicity: Gretchen Hin
rirks, invitations; John Johnson,
refreshments, and Robert Wolfe,
arrangements and decoration of
booths, , .
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