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VOL. XXXIX, ISO. 30
LINCOLN. NI.I5KASK V, WT.DNKSDAY, OU OKKK 26, 1938
Liberals Win in Record Election
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31 Houses
Entries Show
Big Increase
In Contest
Innocents Ask Costs
Be Filed; Committee to
Judge Friday Night
The filing deadline for the an
nual Homecoming decorations
found thirty-one houses entered in
the race to produce an original
and clever display to catch the
popular fancy as the Cornhusk
eis face Missouri, and seek their
first win.
Two silver loving cups will be
awarded, one to the winning so
rority and one to the winning fra
ternity, by the Innocents who
sponsor the event. Directing the
contest for the senior honorary
is Kd Steeves assisted by Ray
Cruise and Phil Southwick.
Miss Kady Faulkner of the fine
arts faculty, Terry Townsend,
commercial artist, and the Inno
cents contest committee will judge
the displays. Kxpenses for the dec
orations must not exceed $25 and
nn itemized account of expendi
tures must be filed by the houses
before the judging will take place
Friday evening.
This year"s contesting group of
thirty-one, fifteen sororities and
sixteen fraternities, is a great
increase over the eighteen partici
pating last year. Alpha Phi ear
ned off the honors for the girls
and Kappa Sigma for the bovs in
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Sororities entered are:
Alpha Chi Omega.
Alpha Omicron Pi.
Alpha Xi Delta.
Carrie Belle Raymond.
Chi Omega.
Delta Delta Delta.
Delta Gamma.
Gamma Phi Beta.
Kappa Alpha Theta.
Kappa Delta.
Kappa Kappa Gamma.
Pi Eeta Phi.
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Charm School
Gives Show
House Representatives
Model at Local Store
To the strains of soft music, uni
versity coeds from each organized
house and representatives from
barb groups modeled in the Charm
School style show held at Hovland-
hwanson's last night to a capacity
audience.
Angora sweaters, fur coats, love
ly quilted and sequined formats,
stunning afternoon dresses, sports
outfits and matched sweater and
skirts featured the models dis
played in the show.
Outstanding in the manner in
which they wore the clothes they
modeled, the girls were Harriet
Talbot. Delta Gamma. Lillian Wil
liamson, Phi Mil, Betty Klingel.
Alpha Xi, Nancy Mauck, Alpha
Chi. Helen Gartner, Alpha Phi.
Miriam Rubnitz, S. D. T., Betty
Gibson. Gamma Phi. and Barbs
Eetty Mallo and Genevieve Hyde.
Eftty O'Shea. Theta. Evelyn Pae
per. A. O. Pi, Marjorie Runyan,
Kappa Kappa Gamma, Ruth Tis
dale, Tri Delt, Evelyn Leavitt, Pi
Phi, Dorothy Lewellen, Sigma
Kappa and Bonnie P.ixstine, Kap
pa Delt.
In charge of the display were
Helen Catherine Davis, leader of
Charm School and Elizabeth Smith
Coed Counselor in charge.
Lancaster Foresees Local
Growth of Party Issues
Political Scientist
Compares U. S., Britain
While there is no reason to be
lieve that local communities will
abandon the ideals of non-partisan-ahip
in elections, there are good
reasons for believing that in most
cities of any considerable size the
real issues of the future will be
those to be capitalized by the his
toric national parties. Dr. Lane W.
Lancaster, of the political science
faculty, says in an article appear
ing In the Annals of the American
academy of political and social
acience. Not only is such a devel
opment in line with persistent
trends in our politics, but it is not
necessarily to be deplored, he says.
In his report. Dr. LancasW
points out that political parties
have been criticized and applauded
since the beginning of this coun
try. In little more than a centry
even opposition parties have come
to be regarded not only as respec
table but as necessary parts of the
machinery of government. How
ever, he says, this belief is not uni
versally accepted, especially with
reference to national party activ
ity in local affairs.
' He point out that the device
most widely used today to weaken
th? Influence of the national par
ties in local situations is the non
Enter
Miss Bonnie Advises
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Above we see Miss Bv-vi ,0 "Sweetheart of the Student
Union," imparting a few barks o" doggy advice to the members f
her committee in the N.'.;..e-'..ie- room contest, now being staged to
secure a suitable and distinctive name for the grill.
In the usual order may be seen Paul Bradley. Hairy Epperson.
Gwennith Orr, Dixie Davis, Phyllis Chamberlain. Helen Pascoe mid
Pat Leonard. Eighth member of the committee, Denver Gray,
does not appear in the picture.
Miss Bonnie Sponsors
Name-the-Room Contest
Eta Nu Bone President
To Offer Big Prizes
Miss Bonnie, canine president of
the Eta Nu Bone sorority and re
cently named Sweetheart of the
Student Union, announces a gi
gantic fun contest to keep the
campus from going to the bow
wows of inertia.
Open to all University students,
the contest's aim is to find a novel
and appropriate name for the grid
room, also known as the fountain
room and coking room. The ninu.
must be euphonious and yet simple
enough so that it will be univers
ally used and accepted.
Says Miss Bonnie, "Wisconsin
has its Rathskeller and Iowa State
its Cyclone room. Why should Ne
braska stick to anything as pro
saic as the Grill? To make a
long tail short, you can't bark up
the wrong tree in this contest.
Think up a good entry and win
Tri-K's To View
Films On Pests
Agronomy Club Meets
For Feed on Thursday
Colored motion pictures most
of them taken in Scottsbluff coun
ty will provide the program
Thursday night for the Tri-K
club's fiist feed of the year. Altho
primarily an educational film on
Nebraska weed pests, the movie
shows such historical sites as
courthouse rock and the Oregon
trail. It includes irrigation in the
North Platte valley, and particu
larly colorful landscapes and sun
sets. W. L. Klatt. state weed super
visor, will exhibit the film and
comment on it. according to Clif
ford Hcyne, Wisner, president of
the agronomy students' organiza
tion. Hcyne expects between 3.ri
and 40 to attend the feed, which
will be held in the agronomy lab
oratory on the agricultural cam
pus, beginning at 6:15 p. m.
Glenn Klingman, Chappell, and
John Lonnquist, Waverly, have
charge of refreshments. The ticket
committee includes: Melvin Krei
fels, York; Gordon Jones, Dixon;
Rundall Peterson, Grant; Harold
Schudel, North Loup; Davis Mc
Gill, Waverly; and John Lonnquist.
partisan ballot. But. an apparent
fallacy entertained by supporters
of the non-partisan ballot consists
in the belief that there is a sharp
distinction between local and na
tional affairs. The university po
litical scientist, however, points
out that because of the increasing
participation of federal govern
ment in the affairs of every sec
tion of the country, the old idea
that national politics have no place
in local affairs is not entirely cor
rect. Partisanship in itself is not In
herently evil. Says Dr. Lancaster:
"The fact that a high degree of
efficiency has been attained in the
English city in spite of the activity
of the national parties suggests
that even parties may be prevented
from perverting government. The
English experience gives us some
reason to believe, perhaps, that If
we can simplify the strutcure of
our own government and enforce
permanence and competence in the
local service, we may expect with
something like equanamity the tie
up of local and national organiza
tions. The national parties have
not been the only villains in ths
story of municipal mismanage
ment, and there is no reason to be
lieve that they cannot continue 'tn
perform valuable services, even if
the amount of local spoils should
be considerably reduced."
Homecoming Race
rich prizes and everlasting fain?.
Everyone can get his paw in this.''
To assist her in deciding the win
ning name. Miss Bonnie has ap
pointed the following committee of
eight judges: Dixie Davis, ch.iir
man, because as Nebraska so
ciety editor she has a tendency to
stick her nose in everything anv-
way: Paul Bradley, because he
made such a good judge in the u hoy have had for a good many
Players' "Judgment Day;" Harry years. The teachers convention
Epperson, to represent the Army: ! this year brings not only some ot
Gwennith Orr. because she bribe 1 the best known educators of 'he
Miss Bonnie with a puppy biscuit: country but the foremost woman
Phyllis Chamberlain, because sne's ' diplomat of the nation and one of
president of the Mortar Boards the most famous travelers and
and an Ag Girl: Helen Pascoe. be- journalists of the present day.
cause she's A. W. S. president, ex- Highlighting the convention pro
Xebraskan editor, and B.W.O.C: gr.-.m will be P.uth Bryan Owen
Pat Leonard and Denver Grav. x- I .chde who will appear Thurs-
oaiiFe Pat waits tables so well an-J
Denver is an Ag Man
First prize in the contest will ne
a trip to the Kansas university
game with all expenses paid. Sen
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Telephone Executive Agee
Interviewed By Telephone
Bizad Banquet Speaker
Gives Speech Preview
Supposing, just for a mo.,ier.t if
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you have one in which to supple
; awhile, that you were to inteivn .v
1 John Agee. vice president and gen-
John Agee, vice president and gen
eral manager of the Lincoln Tel.
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and Tel. company, in rcierrnio to
the sneerh he is Fchr lulrd to give
at the Bizad honors b-n'iuct, on
Thursday, Oct. 27.
How would you get in toucli
with him? Why, by telephone, of
course. What more fitting way to
get in touch with an cxci utive of
a telephone company? Now, drop
ping all supposition, this is the
conversation that occurred when
John H. Agee traded words with
a "Rag" reporter:
"Hello. Is Mr. John Agee there?"
"Ve3, he's hire. As a ni.it ter of
fact, this is he speaking."
"This is the Daily Nehraskan
about to auk you a few questions
on your forthcoming speech to the
Bizads, "The College Graduate in
Business." What is the value of a
college education?"
"It isn't esr.entinl to business
success. I mean to biing that out
Thursday by reference to three
men who have made major finan
cial successes without a college ed
ucation. Ford, Chrysler and Khud
son. College training. I will say,
however, will enhance the oppor
tunities of success."
"As business executive of a tele
phone company do you think you
conduct any greater percentage of
your business by means of the tele
phone than any other business
men? (So that Mr. Agee might
not tliink the reporter too insane
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NSTA Opens
Convocation
Tonight
Mrs. Rohde, Vanderbilt
Give Principal Talks
At District Convention
With the Nebraska State Teach
ers association, First district,
opening Wednesday evening in
J.incoln, university students pos
sess the greatest chance of hearing
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DR. LLOYD W. REEVES
rroun of world celebrities 1 "Ik
,y evening and Cornelius Vander-
bilt. jr., who will speak Friday
evening, both in the coliseum. ITni
vtrsity students will be permitted
to attend these lectures at an act
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it was expl unc i that that just
made a nice tiein for a little fea
ture 1.
"No. The groundwork of most
business transactions is done by
u lenhone. however, undoubtedly,
, ..is ulevision a common Uiing
,jn tv,t, noar future?"
".Nut in the near future, no.. It is
Icom.r.g but mere are many unii
'cuKies in inventing, applying and
1 promoting yet to be overcome."
I "Will television replace the radio,
tehphtne or telegraph?''
I "No. r.o. it will supplement, but
nut replace. It will be an added
' convenience."
i At this point, after trading
;"hnk you's" and "quite all
; right's" the conversation term:-
i n.'lted.
A little research work, however,
revealed Mr. John H. Agee as a
'man of national business promi
1 rence. lie has been president of
the V. S. Association of Independ
ent Tc'.i phone Companies for the
; nr. st two years and a few days fol
low m his after-dinner speech at
the Bisad banquet Thursday will
leave f.r Chicago to preside at
that telephone association's con
vention. Holding degrees from th?
Springfield Eusiness college, the
; Gei.rge Washington university, and
Nebraska, Mr. Agee's business ca
; reer is one of varied law and busi
i ness executive experience.
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Tire Company Seeks
University Graduates
Seniors of the business adminis
tration college and graduates of
last June will have tht opportunity
of being interviewed by Mr. Tom
Prior, representative of the Good
year Tire and Rubber company.
Oct. 28. He will be here to lotik
over men interested In working for
the rubber company as salesmen
or on the office staff.
Mr. Prior wrote that his com
pany was so well satisfied with the
ten men he selected from here last
rpring, that he is making two trip?
here this year to interview candi
dates. He will be here in the spring
to look over the seniors again.
He will be here all day Friday to
have a group meeting both in the
morning and in the afternoon, fol
lowed by individual interviews
with each man. Arrangements for
the interviews must be made in
Prof. Bullock's office, 3. E. 306,
before Friday morning. I
At the same time it if ill be pos
sible to make arrangements to
take the psychologicuV test to be
given by a leading insurance com
pany Nov. 10. j
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Countess Tolstoy Takes
Convo Limelight Thursday
Daughter Lectures On
Russian Father's Life
As former companion, nurse,
and secretary to her father. Count
Leo Tolstoy, the Countess Alex
andra Tolstoy has delivered hun
dreds of lectures in most import
ant centers of the United States
during the past several years. Be
cause of her intimacy with her
famous father. Countess Tolstoy
can, better than anyone else, de
scribe the conflicting forces that
constantly harassed him. Leading
Kosmet Klub
Continues
Tryout Tour
Moss Optimistic After
Completion of Initial
Round of Reviews
Expressing general satisfaction
with the skits viewed last night,
Kosmet Klub members will con
tinue their initial tryout tour this
evening and tomorrow night in an
effort to see the progress neing
made by the 27 organizations fil
ing entries for the annual Fall
Revue.
"Amusing and novel ideas are in
evidence among the acts that we
have seen thus far," stated Don
Moss, Klub president, "and if thx
sponsoring organizations give suf
ficient time to practice, we should
have no difficulty in assembling an
attractive and entertaining show
with so many skits from which to
choose."
No eliminations are being made
in these first tryout s. Frobaely
two more tours will be made, at
which time the field will narrowed
down to leave only the mcst de
sirable acts. The Revue will be
held on Thanksgiving morning,
Thursday, Nov. 24 this year, 'he
day of the Husker-Kansas State
football game. Climax of the show
will be the presentation of 'he
1P3S Nebraska Sweetheart, as
elected by men s' -ents yesterday.
New Schedule.
Acts seen ;.ist night include uhi
M11, Delta Delta Delta. Alpha Xi
Delta. Kappa Delta. Delta Gamma,
Beta Theta Pi, Alpha Tau Omeg
and Zeta Beta Tau.
The schedule to be followed to
night and Thursday is as follows:
Wednesday.
7:30 Gamma Phi Beta.
8:00 Chi Omega.
8:30 Kappa Alpha Theta.
9:00 Alpha Omicrof Pi.
9:30 Kappa Kappa Gamma.
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White Postpones
Debate Contest
University Debaters
Compete Nov. 3
Intercollegiate debate competi
tion will be held Thursday. Nov. 3,
in place of Oct. 29. Prof. H. A.
White announced today. The-- 'I
be held in University hall room
106 at 7:30. as previously an
nounced. New entrants are Calvin Rollins
on the affirmative and Otto Woer
ner on the negative. Th" other
speakers are: P? ii H.-.tandig. Mil
ton Gust af son, K. W. Warnsh
1 Edwin Carrahar and Samuel Kir-
shenbaum, affirmative. Donald
Nemetz, Paul Rhod -. Harold Tur-k-'
and Ted Kamos will uphold the
negative.
Freshman deb: bibliogrr-hy
will be ready this morning on the
bulletin board r'. Ill Andrews
Hall.
Profs Proffer
On Proposed
Faculty As a Whole
Seems to Favor Plan
The student night club has been
moved and seconded. It was moved
last week by the student body and
has now been seconded by the
faculty.
Trofessor O. K. Bowsma of the
philosophy department laughingly
remarks, "The general whiff I've
had of it doesn't smell; so I guess
it's okay."
"Things like that are all right,
they develop personality," adds
Dean C. H. Oldfather, "but they
are one of the side shows of edu
cation, and students should treat
them as such. I am not acquaint
ed with the details so speak
rather generally."
Mr. Kenneth Van Sant tells,
"I've seen it worked, the night
club Is a fine Idea, but mustn't be
put on too often. The floor show
should be a good one, and the set
ting must be correct, including
plenty of atmosphere with colored
lights, etc. It should be a reserva
tion affair so that tablet can be
reserved for particular parties as
is done In the smart spots of
larger cities. The Union Is willing
to help in every possible way, the
student groups guiding the ac
tion." "I think this would be a nice
way In which to get the students
an interesting and unusual life
herself, the countess is one of the
few persons who knows the pri
vate life of Count Tolstoy.
The University is very fortunate
to secure Countess Tolstoy to
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Countess Alexandra Tolstoy.
speak at a convocation tomorrow
morning at 11 o'clock in Temple.
With her subject, "Tolstoy and the
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Rhodes Filing
Ends Today
Oldfather Receives
Applications Until 5
With filing of application blanks
for the Rhodes scholarship contest
ending today, students who are in
terested and who arc eligible for
the competition are urged to turn
in their applications at once w
Dean C. H. Oldfalher's office.
Scholarships are presented each
year to 32 outstanding college men
in the United States, and entitle
the winners to two years of study
at Oxford university, with the pos
sibility of a third. The awards,
which are based on scholastic at
tainment, moral character and
physical vigor, are made possible
by" a fund left by the late Cecil
Rhodes of England, noted African
explorer.
Rules of eligibility for a Rhodes
scholarship state that a candidate
vn-ct ho pnni'irripd hfjwpcn 1ft
and 23 vears of age, at least a!clewsler- ex-iumor head, and El
sophomore in college and a male mer Dohrmann. senior president
citizen of the United Slates, j during the past year. Both were
Scholarships for the third year at : 'ected last fall under the Pro
Oxford are granted on the basis ' Passive banner. Barbs made a
I of the first two vears' attainments,
I ranili,it rhosen to represent
this university must be approved
by committees which are ap-
pointed by the state and the dis
trict. The United Slates is divided
into eight districts and each dis
trict may select four men for the
scholarship.
With Dean Oldfather as chair
man, the university committee will
examine local applicants tomor
row afternoon. The state commit
tee will examine candidates during
December and from there they
will go to the district committee.
The winners selected by the dis
trict committee will er.ter Oxford
in October, 1939.
THE WEATHER
The weatherman says that
you should write home for
those topcoats and overcoats
if you not already have.
There will be little change in
the temperature today, bow
ever, the old predictor says.
Pointers
Night Glub
together," says Professor W. H.
Werkmeister. "It would be an in
centive to students with talent and
would enable them to express their
i talent in an unusual way.'
Professional Talent?
At the fine arts department Pro
fessor Dwight Kirscti thinks, "A
properly managed activity is per
fectly legitimate for the univer
sity. The plan sounds good." Pro
fessor Raymond raul volunteers.
"An excellent idea, I would be glad
to take some pictures of the club
and its activities. This town
doesn't have enough places for the
students to go. It is better to
have all students participate and
not to use outside talent."
Mr. Herman Litwln of the uni
versity extension division states,
"A night. club should be a fine
influence if it were the alterna
tive to the usual activities of such
a club. It might be a good method
for letting off creative energy.
However, the danger is that it
might be only a stimulus to a
more advaiced social expression."
"What u the purpose?" esks
Professor Jean Tilche. "This
sounds similar to other programs
put on before. To be successful
the whole thing must be well or
ganized." Professor Mark Delzell thinks,
"The Idea appeals to me quite a
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Bill Kovanda,
GrantThomc
s
Head Classes
Council Pleased With
Balloting Reform; 2100
Cast Votes at Polls
Reversing the situation of the
past year, Liberals scored a clean
! sweep over the Progressives in
, yesterday's fall election. Bill Ko
vanda placed high in so .ior class
I presidency balloting, and Grant
! Thomas took the honors for junior
! class presidency.
! In the largest pleetion turnout
in over ten years, some 2.100
ballots were cast. Last year only
1.400 voters were registered, while
in 1P37 there were but 1,700. Re
sults of the Honorary Colonel
polling will not be revealed until
the presentation of the successful
candidate at the Military Ball,
Dec. 2. Nebraska Sweetheart's
identity will be disclosed at the
Kosmet Klub fall revue, Thanks
giving morning, Nov. 24.
The Student Council made good
its promise of a clean election, and
voters filed through the polling
space reserved in the basement of
the Student Union in orderly fash-
GRANT THOMAS
8. KOVANDA
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ion throughout the day.
Results by tabulation for the
class presidencies were as fol
lows: Junior class.
Thomas (Liberal) 224.
Wolf (Progressive) 198.
Woodward (Barb Union) 128.
Senior class.
Kovanda (Liberal) 197.
Dodd (Progressive) 177.
Worcester (Barb Union) 108.
Retiring from offica are Stanley
oeiinue snowing in yesterday's
election for what is probably the
I fi,st time the history of their
Political ventures a.s a separate
unit.
Kovanda is a basketball and
track man, and is a member of the
1938-39 publications board. His
home is in Elk Creek, and he is a
member of Sigma Pni Epsilon
fraternity.
Thomas is a letter man in bas
ketball, a member of the "X" club,
Kosmet Klub. Corn Cobs, and
Sigma Chi fraternity. His home is
in Grand Island.
Harold Benn. Council president,
expressed himself as well pleased
with the manner in which the elec
tion was run off. H stated that
at no time did he see anv evidence
of "dirty politics." All voters were
carefully checkjd by way of pic
tures, identification cards, and
class. Persons not meeting' every
qualification were not given bal
lots. Adequate supervision kept
voters moving steadily through
the polls. Five faculty members
were present at all times on the
average to direct the handling of
ballots. They acted in this capacity
by invitation from the Council in
order to leave no foundation for
criticism regarding mishandling of
ballots. Faculty members also did
all counting of voles.
Although all Council merrbers
acted as officials during po'lin?
hours, the special commit.ee in
charge of the election was com-
roseq or Artnur Hill, chairman:
Marion Kida, and Eyrie Schuck.
Tiger Rally
Greets Grads
Cobs Plon Spectocular
Pep Display for Friday
With "Welcome Grads" as the
theme, the rally committee an
nounced yesterday that the Mis
souri pre-game rally will start as
usual in front of the Union at 7
o'clock Friday evening.
The route to be followed Is East
on R to lMh. then north down so
rority and fraternity row to Vine,
then west to the coliseum, where
another fireworks display is on
Up.
SpeaJ ers for the rally will In
clude Man-in Plock, game captain
against Missouri; Herbert Yenne
of the speech department, the Bif
fer, and Adolnh Lewandowski. the
chief scout and head freshmaa
coarh.
There Is a possibility that the
rally will be broadcast over KOtt,
and KFOR. No torches will be used
in the rally.
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