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Official Student Newspaper of the University of Nebraska
VOL. XXXVII. NO. 137.
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA. THURSDAY. MAY 5. 1938
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LOVKLY WEATIIEIl
WE'KE HAVING
Today Is a fine day for the
weatherman to go hftle himself in
nice, safe bombproof shelter.
Jupiter Pluvius has double
crossed the campus in the greatst
catastrophe of an H20 nature that
has occurred since Noah became
an Able Seaman.
If Jupiter Pluvius was a living
mortal or if the weatherman could
be logically blamed for this linvy
California dew, the odds on their
living through the rest of the day.
Activity men are cussing, the en
" ginccrs are blaspheming even
more than usual, the ag campus Is
praying that it won't rain some
more, fine arts students arc won
dering how the deluge will affect
their carnival, and faculty mem
bers think it's a crime that It had
. to rain on a holiday when they
had an opportunity to get in a
few rounds of golf.
Sea-Weed.
It it the usual procedure ot
people with a philosophical
bent, when a cloud bursts at the
wrong time, to remark sagely,
"Well, 'this sure ought to make
the crops grow anyway."
One more day like this and
the only thing that can possibly
be raised around these parts
will be sea weed. What the wat
ery seeds of heaven are actual
ly sowing Is a crop of discon
tent, gripes and assorted grum
bles. For the past three weeks, able
and tradition-loyal horticulturists
(university workmen to you) have
been carefully spreading, raking
and removing fragrant fertilizer,
grooming the greensward, nurtur
ing adolescent blue grass, and
keeping sprinklers going. And now
Mother Nature pulls a joker out
of her sleeve and lets it rain in
great gobs so the grass will be
nice and green for the summer
school students.
The whole affair is quite mad
dening. Students go around trying
to put as much variety in their
curses as possible when curses
flow steadily. There is blood in the
eye of engineers as they see great
possibilities for a lesser crowd.
Everybody wants to vent their
spleen. Blaspheme grows monot
onous and doesn't accomplish
enough. Therefore what this uni
versity needs is somebody with a
door at which all the blame for
the rain could be laid.
Blame the Parson.
There are two possible solu
tions. First, and most likely;
the preachers in the farm dis
tricts with agrarian congrega
tions prayed altogether too fer
vently for rain. A job's a job,
these days, but the least the
pulpit pounders could have done
would have been to hold off
their pleas for rain until June.
Perhaps they were up a stump
for a sermon, or perhaps they
thought It would be a smart
political move to pray for rain
early. Then they could take
credit for the spring rains and
insure payment of their pota
toes. The second possibility is not
very plausible, but still a po.ssi
bility. It rained on Easter Sunday
and there is an old saying which
says that if it rains on Easter it
will lain for six successive Sun
days. It has done this for two
consecutive Sundays. Perhaps
something went wrong in the
heavenly administration and Jupi
ter Pluvius got his dates mixed
and made it rain too early in the
week.
This last paragraph will be
devoted to self-defense. Why take
such a silly topic as bad weather
to columnizc about, you may ask?
In the first place, weather is not
trivial nor silly. It is always with
us and wax here on this globe be
fore man. It is alno talked abou
more often than anything else.
In the second place, the public
feeling against rain at the pres-
fcnt is so high that It ought to be
recognized. Tnc nest reason ior
building some column Inches
about rain, however, is because
just as sure as we write about It,
the sun will come out and make
this column worthless.
Coeds Select Campus Bachelors Whosc
Fraternity Pins Are Generally fought
Feminine Choicei Parallel
in Picking School's
Datable Males.
By Barbara Rotewater.
Spring Is cpen season on fra
ternity pins, and the great Jewelry
migration from vest to dress has
already begun. For the benefit of
unattached coeds, tho Dully Nc
braskan has consulted ten femi
nine socialites for help In sizing
up tho available masculine ma
terial, and has compllr-d." a list of
ome of the men whose pins are
most desirable from the romantic
standpoint.
All of the girls questioned were
vftgue ai to the basis for choosing
the men they listed, but they
agreed that their selections were
made with an eye to getting
"good all-round" men.
According to Margaret McKay,
Nebraska Sweetheart, the follow
ing; ten men are the most suitable
goals for collegiate huntresses:
Bud Tsllmsn, Al Moseman, Herb
Stoddard, Bob Fuchs, Bud Gather,
F.d Sleeves, Bill Buchanan, Herb
Glover, Jim Stuart, and Stan
GREEKS COMPETE
IN SIN CONTESTS
FOR LOVING CUPS
Nine Fraternities, Twelve
Sororities to Enter
Annual Events.
Nine fraternities will compete in
the annual Interfraternitv Sing
which will start off the Ivy day
festivities today at 9 o'clock.
Sponsored by the Kosmet Klub, the
sing will be judged by three promi
nent musicians of the state who
will also make the criticisms for
the sorority sing sponsored by the
A. W. S. board that will take place
at 1 :15 o'clock in the afternoon.
Doc Elias. president of the Kos
met Klub has asked that all fra
ternity men taking part in the sing
competition be present at 8:15 in
the morning in order to avoid de
lay in getting started.
As in former years, the groups
will sing in alphabetical order, and
the best ones will be called back to
do their numbers over that the
judges may have more time to
make their decisions. At the close,
the judges will award a loving cup
to the song leader of the first place
winner and announce the other
places.
The fraternities singing this
morning will be Acacia, Alpha Tau
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AG BOARD SPONSORS
Creative Activities Group
Plans Special Music,
Varied Program.
Ag Campus Sing, sponsored by
the Creative Avtivities board, will
be held at sundown on the pageant
ground of the Ag college campus
Friday, May 13.
The sing first started last year,
proved to be a big success, with
more than half the Ag students at
tending. Many people from the sur
rounding neighborhood and stu
dents from the city campus were
also in attendance. This year four
students will lead the singing, ac
companled on the piano by Miss
Aitinas Tunis, instructor in cnorus
Several special numbers will be
given by a group of Ag students.
Donna Hiatt. mortar board, says
of the sing, "It Is one of the finest
things we've ever had. It was a
success last year and we had a
good crowd. This year we expect
each and every Ag student to be
there.
ALL CLASSES DISMISSED
FOR IVY DAY FESTIVITIES
kg College Holiday Extends
Through Remainder
Of Week.
All classes are dismissed today
because of the Ivy day festivities.
Students in the college of agri
culture will be dismissed from
classes on ag campus on Friday
and Saturday in addition to Ivy
day.
Classes In the engineering, law
and pharmacy colleges will be dis
missed after 11 o'clock on Friday
for convocations, field and rccrca-
I tion events.
I'rc-medic students of sopho
more, Junior, or senior standing
arc excused from classes on Sat
urday to attend pre-medlc activi
ties at the college of medicine In
Omaha.
All other classes will he in regu
lar session Friday and Saturday.
THEIR PINS SOUGHT.
Grant Thomas
Ed Stcevcs
Bill Williams
Dick Paul
Bud Tallman
Adna Dobson
Al Moseman
Bob Gannon
Thurston Phelps
Bob Ramey
Brewster, altho the latter two are
not In general circulation.
Jane Bell of the Kappa Mouse
chooses for her list of "bests"
Thurston Phelps, Bob Gannon,
Adna Dobson, Dick Paul. Clayton
Ankeny, Ed Steeves.Grant Thomas
Bob Ramey, Elmer Dohrmann, and
John Stoddard.
Ranking tops with Natalie Reh
laender, Delta Gamma "best
dressed girl,' are Thurston Phelps,
Bill Williams, Don Moss, Bob Led
ley, Bob Thornton, Ralph Ludwick,
Jo Stephens, Ed Steeves, Grant
Thomas, and Adna Dobson. "Looks
have little to do with my choice,"
Natalie declared.
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Lincoln Juurnul.
.Chancellor in '90s.
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Letter Group Issues 800
Bids to Ex-Athletes
From Nebraska.
The first reunion of all Husker
lettermen in any sport down thru
sports hiftorv has been scheduled
for Saturday night, May 14, at an I
"N" club dance in the Student
Union building.
The Student Union ballroom will
be decorated with "N" blankets
and other trophies now in the "N"
club room in the coliseum. Mem
bers of the active chapter will
show the visitors about the build
ing from about 8 o'clock that eve
ning until the dance begins.
The dance is closed to the stu
dent body but free to the returning
lettermen and their wives. Eight
hundred bids in the forms of tags
have been mailed out and the re
cipients will write their names on
them and wear them on their
lapels that night for identification.
More than 800 former Husker
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CLUB
DAN
HONORS FORMER
HUSKERS MAY 1 3
Open House Night Promises
Variety, Novelty in Exhibits
Ten Buildings to Display
Progress of Sciences
In University.
Demonstrations and exhibits In
ten different buildings on the
campus will be open to the public
tonight from 7:30 to 10:30, as stu
dents in the various departments
climax the year's work. Plans for
one of the most spertacular nights
in the history of the university
have hren completed, and the en
tertaining and educational pro
gram which will proceed thruout
the evening will prove most inter
esting to the spectators. All build
ings on the campus are open to
the public thruout the program.
Military Engineering.
The military engineering depart
ment is tuking purl in Kngim'ors'
Week this year for the first time.
Their displays will be on exhibit
on the first and second floors of
Nebraska hall. Cupt. John W.
Cramer Is in charge of the depart
ment. Highlights of this display
are demonstration by t'apt, How
ard Nuercribcrger showing mill.
tary and peace time applications
of demolition equipment; a display
of the weapons with which the
corps of engineers are armed, as
well as an anti-tank mine; and a
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"Probably DW Moss, Bob Can
non, John Hoppe, Ernnk Coufal,
Crant Thomas, Paul Hart, or Jim
Ivlns would make a good beginning
for any girl," Peggy Pii.icoc, Chi O,
stated, and added Morris Llpp, Ed
i Steeves and Howard Kaplan. "I'm
: partial to publication" she ex
plained. i Hlta Alger of the PI Beta Phi
house thought the best bachelors
wero Sain Francis, Puul Wagner,
Pick Paul, Clark Faulkner, Jack
Ellsworth, George Seeman, Bob
Hilsabcck, Mayhard Swart s, Grant
Thomas and Lcs Burslk.
Virginia Anderson, Thcta beauty
queen, took half an hour to think
it over before she named Clark
Faulkner, George Seeman, Don
Jensen, Jim Bnltzer, "the Ludwick
boys," Dick, Paul, Grant Thomas,
and Jim Vleregg.
Prom Girl Elolse Benjamin pro
tested "meager knowledge" due to
the Kappa Slg pin she was wear
ing, but admitted that her list
would Include Al Moseman, Clay
ton Ankeny, Dick Paul, Tom
Davidson, Bob Thornton, Grant
Thomss, Jack Gellatly, Bill WU
(Contlnuod on THge 2.)
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DIES AT AGE 88
Noted Clergyman-Educator
Headed University
From 1895-99.
Dr. George E. MacLean, chsn
eellor of the University from 189.r)
to lHflfl, died late Tuesday night in
Washington, D. C, at the age
ot KX.
The noted clergyman-educator
made his last visit to the campus
here in 1P27, at which time he
dedicated Morrill hall. In 1925 he
gave the commencement address
on the 30th anniversary of his
election to the chancellorship.
Held Many Degrees.
Born in Rockville, Conn., Dr.
McLean held degrees from Wil
liams. Yale, and the European uni
versities of Berlin, Leipzig, Wales,
and Oxford. In 1874 he was or
dained by the Presbyterian church
and served pastorates in New Le
banon and Troy, N. Y., before
going to the University of Min
nesota as professor of English lit
erature in 1883.
From Nebraska in 1899. Dr.
MacLean went to Iowa university
where he served as president for
two years. In 1913 he became a
specialist in higher education for
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IVY DAY
University
May
m. Inter-fraternity
9:00
Sing.
10:15 a. m. Ivy Day Oration
by Harold Gurske.
10:45 a. m. Ivy Day Proces
sion. 11:00 a. m. Crowning of the
May Queen.
11:05 a. m. Reading of the
Ivy Day poem, winner to be an
nounced at the time of the read
ing. 11:10 a. m. Presentation of
$150 Mortir Board graduate
scholarship.
11:15 a. m. Planting of the
brief display of chemical warfare
equipment.
Morrill hall will have an Inter
esting geology exhibit in which
many ancient and valuable objects
will be displayed. Many relics, ex
clusive to the University of Nc-
bra.ka museum, will also be open
for public inspection.
Chemistry Exhibits.
The chemistry exhibits will be
displayed in the Avery Laboratory
Lincoln Financier Attended
University 1902-1904;
Died Monday.
Lust services In tribute to
Charles Stuart, Lincoln financier,
were held Wednesday afternoon at
3 at the First Plymouth Congrrga-
tlonal church. Mr. Stuart, father
Lf iom. fit,.t uti.riAnt nt the
university, died suddenly Monday
at the age of 53.
Mr. Stuart attended the univer
sity from 1902-1904. He was an
alumnus of Phi Delta Theta fra
ternity and instrumental in erect-
i Ing the new Phi Delta Theta house
!at Ifith and R streets.
"Charles Stuart's achievements
I are stamped Indelibly upon the
life of Lincoln and the state of
i Nebraska," declared Kev. Raymond
Ia. McConnell, who was in charge
of the services. "He was essenti
ally the builder."
Mr. Stuart has nlways shown
'great, Interest In the campus and In
the welfare of the university.
IVY DAY FESTIVITIES
GO ONRAIN OR SHINE
In Case of Inclemant Skies
Traditional Fete Moves
To Coliseum.
Ivy day festivities are to be held
today rain or shine. If the day is
dark and drizzly, fraternities will
sing, Mortar Boards will be mask
ed and Innocents will be tapped
within the walls of the coliseum.
Otherwise the May Queen's court
snd ihe Ivy day activities will be
on the square In front of Univer
sity hall.
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EX-CHANCELLOR
Ivy Day Turns Spotlight
On New Mortar Boards,
May Queen, Innocents
Fraternities and Sororities
To Seek Sing Trophy
At 9, 1:15.
Identity of Nebraska's 1937 May
Queen will be revealed this morn
ing at 11 o'clock. Amid the tradi
tional pomp and ceremony that
will be one of the many Ivy Day
climaxes, a senior woman elected
by women students of the junior
and senior classes more than a
month ago will ascend to the dias
to be crowned sovereign of the
cv?ntful day.
Down the white walk, bordered
on each side by the Ivy and Daisy
chains, the royal party will pro
ceed to the throne where the Maid
of Honor will crown the queen.
Mortar Boards March.
The event will open when the
black-robed and masked members
of Mortar Board march to the
foot of the throne and form a
line on both sides of the walk.
Then the Ivy chain and Daisy
chain will march around the
triangle before the throne, singing
the traditional Ivy and Daisy
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PROGRAM.
of Nebraska
5, 1938.
ivy by Stanley Brewster and
Elmer Dohrmann, presidents of
the junior and senior classes re
spectively. Followed by reces
sion of May Queen's court.
1:15 p. m. Inter-fraternity
Sing.
2:30 p .m. Masking of Mor
tar Boards.
3:30 p. m. Tapping of Inno
cents. 4:30 p. m. Tea dance at the
Student Union.
7:00 p. m. Open house, dem
onstrations and exhibits in ten
different buildings on the
campus.
building. Many interesting and
novel demonstrations will be per
formed, such as electroplating, se
lective dyeing, water purification
and ryon manufacture.
The engineers from the Agrioul-
tural
Fchool will have their dis
in the Highway Testing
play
laboratory. Methods used in mod
ern highway testing will be fully
demonstrated and explained
The Brace laboratory will house
the exhibits of the electrical engi -
neers. The new Hammond organ
will be exhibited and its opera-
tion shown. It will also be possible
for the spectators to see
the spectators to see their
voices in color and in waves,
demonstrations of sound amplifica
tion, light beam transmission and
neon lamp experiments will be
performed.
University hall will have an in
teresting organ display which
should be novel and entertaining.
Mechanical Engineers.
Tho mechanical engineers will
perform their experiments In the
Mechanical Engineering building.
Highlights of these experiments
are n liquid sir demonstration and
a V-8 automobile engine In action,
with its "innards" visible to the
public.
Student architects will have an
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SIGMA DELTA CHI ELECTS
MORRISJLJPP FRESIDENT
Steeves, Englund, DeBrown
To Fill Other Offices
Of Organization.
Sigma Delta Chi, professional
journalism fraternity, held its an
nuiil election Wednesday, following
a luncheon nt the Capitol hotel.
Morris Llpp was elected president;
Kd Sleeves, vice
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i lll E n g 1 u n d,
secretary; and
Dick de Brown,
treusurer.
Lurry Hull of
the Assocluted
Press audited
the society's
books and rec
ords of the past
year -and pro
nounced them
"In excellent
shape." Hall
pointed out the
activities that
Lincoln .Tnurnat
Mflrm 1,1pp.
the fraternity might undertake
next year and complimented the
chapter on the work done. He
stresses Gridiron Dinners ss the
major rsinpus activity sponsored
by the club.
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OUTGOING PRESIDENTS.
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Lincoln Journal.
Mittln Dilrnnd,
Lincoln Journal.
Ilf.lt Wndham.
IvyJDay
By Warren ( . l.eK
Ivy Day, ly ! !
Hnnur In Hie Queen of Mny. I
Honor In the mHlflen inlr,
Daisy chilli with dnlle rure.
i)rl! Drip!
Ivv lnv. Ivy liny I
llo v the Mirlnr hourrtu illil prn !
How the Innocent nld cure!
Bui the nenther could he wurie.
Drip: llrlp!
Ivy liny. Ivy Duy!
Let u ding our winir fco cay,
KIcmlltiK voiced guile divine,
"Whn hnll heur the Ivy vlne?"
llrlp: Drip!
Ivy Hny, Ivy lluyl
See the rolorful urruy.
The lavender chiffon tnBy yet
Become n hrlnklMK violet
Drip: llrlp!
Ivy Dny, Ivy II u-
Honor tn the month nf Mny.
Whiit mutter If the crowd In M'nnt,
'Tin n nerlect day to plant!
llrlp! llrlp!
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Broadcasts Slated at 1Q:35,
1:15,3:30 to Feature
Day's Activities.
Broadcasts of Ivy day cere
monies, will be carried today over
radio stations KFOR. Lincoln, and
KOIL, Council Bluffs. The pro
gram starting at 10:35 will bring
to the listeners a description of the
Ivy and daisy chain processions
and the presentation of the May
Queen.
Emanating from the green on
the nld campus between the Ad
ministration building and Univer
sity hall, the program also will
carry the reading of the Ivy day
poem and presentation of the Mor
tar Board scholarship award.
Winding up the morning activities,
will be a description of the tradi
tional planting of the Ivy by Stan-
, Rrrv..Btnr ,nrl Rimer Dohrman.
1 presidents 0f the junior and senior
i classes
BeKinninp Bt 1:15, KFOR will
'J nf the ln,ersororitv
I R. . ,llmmBrv broadcast of the
activities of the day and announce
ments and interviews of next
year's Innocents and Mortar
Boards will be carried by KFOR
and KOIL at 3:30.
The broadcasts have been ar
ranged by Bob Wndhams, and will
be announced by Jack Hansstn,
station manager at KFAB.
Srniors May I'lircluie
Invilations Till Mav 12
Graduating seniors have until
May 12 to purchase announce
ments at either Long's or Coop
book stores, according to Elmer
Dohrmann, senior class president.
Thatsil, Whatsit Spookulate
On Dear, Departed Ivy Plants
Ghostly Conversation Occurs
Within Lonely Realm
Of Campus.
IVY DAZE
Act I.
SCENE Somewhere in t h e
lonely realm between Administra
tion building and U hull, burial
place of nil good ivy day plants.
It Is the morning of Ivy Day.
The Gho.it of our Dear Departed
Ivy Plant Number 24 and The
Ghost of our Dear Departed Ivy
Plant Number 17 lire conversing
together in solemn monotones.
G.I.P 17 It's a weary world,
Ghost of our Dear Departed Ivy
Plant Number 24.
G.I.P. 24 Yes, Ghost of out
Dear Departed Ivy Plant Number
17, and there are weary people In
It.
G.I.P. 17-Specially the Inno
cents, cents, Whatsit, who've been
campaigning for members from
Uieir houses.
G.I.P. 24 -Yes. Thatsit, especi
ally the Innocents.
G.I.r. 17 It's been a long time
Senior Honoraries Reveal
Mew Members Today
At 2:30, 3:30.
Perpetuating its oldest and
most venerable student tradition,
the senior honoraries will an
nounce their succeeding members
this afternoon in the annual ivy
ceremony.
Mortar board, women's honor
ary, will reveal its membership at
2:30 o'clock with the traditional
masking pomp. The present cap
and gowned coeds will comb the
crowd for the new candidates,
which when found will be adorned
with the significant "blaque
masque. Maxine Duiand heads
the outgoing organization, which
is comprised of the 13 senior
coeds, outstanding in the field of
extracurricular activities.
At promptly 3:30 o'clock the
men's group, known as the Inno
cents society, will pounce upon
their prospective candidates in a
form of informal initiation known
as "tapping." The hooded organi
zation traditionally picks in the
vicinity of 13 men for member
ship, though it is not limited to
this number. Robert Wadhams is
president of the retiring Satans.
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IW DAY TAG DANCE
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Beck-Jungbluth Orchestra
To Play for Matinee
Hop in Union.
An all university tea dance held
in the newly opened Student Union
building will climax the afternoon
events of Ivy Day. The A. W. S.
board wil sponsor the dance, which
will be held from 4:30 to 6:30 with
music by the Beck-Jungbluth
orchestra. There will be cut danc
ing and a stag line at this first
student organization sponsored
party.
Students wearing "N" tags shall
be admitted free; others will be
charged an admission of 10 cents.
The "N" tags represent the finan
cial backing of each fraternity, so
rority, and organized group on tne
campus which subscribed S3 for
the affair.
The Ivy Day (lance will become a
traditional event if its success is
assured, and with the Student
Union building as an added attrac
tion, the dance this year will be a
main event.
RUTH SiBLEY FIVES CELLO
RECITAL F0RC0NV0CATI0N
Music Student Under Eettie
Zabriskie Features
Concert Works.
Featured at the senior recital
of the twenty-ninth musical convo
cation Wednesday afternoon at the
Temple building Was Ruth Sibley,
cellist, student with Bettie Za
briskle. She was accompanied at
th" piano by Mildred Gerpen.
The afternoon Trogram was as
follows:
M"nrM'i"ii'!n (V.nrertn In D Mnlor,
Atleprn, l.nrithettn, AlleKrti
Rnpnru. S"niM In minor f'T "Ho
nl ninn, lnt-Snlnft, Lent l rlme,
Lent nner, untme.
imnedo-ra.e'l". Inlermeiro from
"fiiynieM," Norturne, C ihri minor,
Caprlerlo.
since we were mortal ivy plants,
Whatsit.
G.I.P. 24-Yes, Thatsit. it
doesn't seem that two years hsve
passed since they burled me here
to the Infernal chant of "Who
Will plant the Ivy" and threw
clods on top of me. It wub a dirty
dig, Tbutsit.
G.I.P. 17 Whatsit!
G.I.P. 24 Yes, Thatsit?
G.I.P. 17 Who are all thone
people hanging around our dig
gings? G.I.P. 24 They're spectators,
Thatsit.
G.I.P. 17 Spectators? Do you
mean thoso who look on or be
hold, as Wlmberley would say?
G.I.P. 24 Yes, Thatsit, as Wlm
berley would sny.
G.I.P. 17 Then what are they
going to look on or behold, Whats
it? G.I.P. 24 The masking of the
Mortar hoard and the tapping of
the Innocents. It's a ghoullng task,
Thatsit.
G.I.P. 17 Oh! I wish we were
spectstnrs, Whatsit. . .Instesd of
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