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VOL. XXXIX', NO. 31
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, OCTOHFK 27, 1938
Countess Tolstov Addresses
Gonvo Today;
State Teachers Flock to Annua
Convention
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Union Party
Celebrates
Homecoming
Innocents Award Cups
To Decorations Contest
Winners on Saturday
Grads, students, friends of the
university, and supporters of the
Cornhuskers will gather Saturday
night in the Student Union ball
room to celebrate what is hoped
will be Nebraska's first football
victory of the season.
Regardless of the outcome of
the Missouri game, however, a
gala homecoming party is prom
ised with plenty of danceable
music, serpentine, and confetti.
Admission price to the annual
event has been pegged lower than
for any previous year, just 50
cents per couple.
Feature of the party will be the
awarding of the two silver loving
cups to the winning fraternity and
sorority in the homecoming dec
orations contest sponsored by the
Innocents. A special drawing will
;:lso be held for a football bearing
the autographs of the 1938 Corn
husker gridsters and coaches.
Dancers will be given numbers as
they enter the ballroom, and cor
responding stubs will be placed in
a large container for drawing of
the lucky combination.
Tickets on Sale.
Tickets for the affair may now
be secured from any Corn Cob or
at the office of the union- after
today. Music for (lancing will be
furnished by the Beck-Jungbluth
orchestra.
KFOR will carry a description
of the decorations of the 34 houses
entered in the homecoming display
contest from 7:30 to 8 o'clock Fri
day evening. The program will be
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Cornhusker
Wins Award
1938 Yearbook Earns
Ail-American Rating
For the first time in five years,
an All American rating, the high
est nwnrd given in a yearbook
critic survey conducted by the Na
tional Scholastic Tress associa
toin, goes to Nebraska's '38 edition
of Nebraska's yearbook. The Corn
husker. Announcement of the
award came yesterday.
Each year, the National Scholas
tic Press association criticizes nnd
makes ft survey of each annual
edited in the country. Each year
book Is rated according to con
tent, makeup, appearance, and
general excellence. To the few an
nuals which have the best rating
goes the All American award.
Last year's staff with Bill Clay
ton as editor and Pat Lahr and
Bob Gannon as associates pre
sented the student body with 412
pages of Interesting and new ma
terial in contrast to the much
smaller and less elaborate '37 edi
tion. The '37 issue received a third
class rating in comparison! to this
years All American rating.
Miss Lahr, managing editor on
Inst year's top staff is editor of
this year's Cornhusker. A number
o ftheldeas and themes which will
be incorporated In this years pub
lication will be carried over from
Inst year, acocrdlng to Mss Lahr.
However, In order not to make the
content of this years annual the
same as last years she has added
a number of new features which
she feels sur will help the Corn
husker win another All American
award.
Corn Cobs Plan
Pep Speeches
Pep Clubs to Make
Speaking . Tour Friday
Decoration of the East stadium
Friday afternoon, distribution of
Missouri game slogans Friday
morning, participation in the
speaking tour with Tassels Friday
atdlnner, and marching In the pre
game rally tomorrow night will
give Corn Cob actives and pledges
r fLll week end of activity, mem
bers decided after their meeting
last night.
All workers arc urged to report
to Ralph Reed at the east stadium
Friday at 1 o'clock for tho pep
club's work there. Setting up of
mortar nnd decorating tho stand
and goal posts will be the main
activities in the stadium.
Tho speaking tour .luring dinner
will begin at 6 o'clock, with Corn
('obs escorting Tassels to all rec
ognized houses, urging participa
tion In the Friday evening rally.
Saturday morning, Cob workers
nnd actives will again make the
rounds of Lincoln business offices
with Nebraska flowers, and before
the game they will take their posts
selling pennants, glasses, flowers,
and other novelties.
Tho pep club will nlso Include on
their list of activities an official
greeting to the members of Don
Kaurot's Missouri gridsters Satur
day morning when tho Tiger spe
cial pulls In,
Detoneers Discuss
Affiliation Tonight
Detoneers, society of ad
vanced Military Engineering
officers, will hold a smoker at
the Student Union, room 315,
this evening at 7:30.
Business of the evening will
consist of a round-table discus
sion on a proposed institution of
the American Society of Mili
tary Engineers.
Kosmet Ends
Initial Tryout
Klub Concludes Tour
Of Houses This Evening
Kosmet Klub members will con
clude their prevue of skits entered
for the fall revue tonight when
they visit the last of the compet
ing houses. No eliminations are
being made on this first tour, the
main purpose of it being to give
the Klub some idea of the various
acts, the progress being made in
developing them, and to offer sug
gestions for their improvement.
Klub members expressed grati
fication at the high quality that
appears to characterize acts this
year. Tryouts will be conducted
once or twice more to narrow the
field of some 27 organizations
down to the number that can be
used in the annual show to be pre
sented Thanksgiving morning,
Nov. 24, before the Husker-Kansas
State football game. Climax of the
show will feature the presentation
of the 1938 Nebraska Sweetheart
as chosen by all men students in
Tuesday's election.
Tonight's tour scheduls is as
follows:
7:0.1-siKmu Knppa.
:'Ml - SiKmu Alpha Kpullon.
SMio Sit-mii Chi.
S:SO Thetn Chi.
I':"" Pi K.ippii Alpha.
9::;u- KappH SlKina.
lii:l() Ai'ucln.
10 : :u Delia ITpnllon.
11:00- Alpha KiKma Phi.
Hillyer Heads
Education Club
Departmental Group
Selects New Staff
Betty Hillyer, a senior in Teach
ers College, was elected president
of the Elementary Education De
partment club Tuesday afternoon.
Advisory Board for the club during
the coming year will be Myra Eg
ger, junior, Marion Bowers, sopho
more, and Ruth Cook, freshman.
The club, a student branch of
the Association of Childhood Edu
cation, will join with members of
the Eastern Nebraska Childhood
Education club in a luncheon, this
afternoon, Thursday. The luncheon
is held in conjunction with Nebras
ka State Teachers meeting which
is being held in Lincoln this week.
Rochester Freshmen
Smoke Scientifically
To further prove the ingenuity
of those who inhabit this collegiate
world, we give you the up-and-coming
University of Rochester
freshmen who have a new method
of breaking-in smoking pipes.
Heres' the new idea: Fill and
light your pipe in the usual man
ner, put the stem of lighted pipe
on a suction tube and presto,
your pipe is broken in. But be
careful, for the plan's originators
warn that too steady application
of tho suction tube will rapidly
bum out the pipe altogether!
Countess Tolstoy Praises
American's Self-Control
Russian Born Speaker
To Become U. S. Citizen
BY FERN STEUTEVILLE.
Countess Alexandra Tolstoy,
famed daughter of the famed Rus
sian nobleman, gave 30 minutes to
the Dally Nebraskan last night to
portray Russia as a rotten house
which a shock will soon blow
down, to say that she admires
the self control of Americans and
dislikes their newspapers, and to
announce that she will become a
citizen of the United States within
two months.
An alert woman with soft gray
hair and a dynamic nersnnniitv
the Countess Tolstoy and her
tamer were among the most demo
cratic of the Russian aristocracy
who opposed tho old Russian re
glme.
For a number ot years after the
revolution she worked for the sov
iet Union until she was fnrrixl i.
ther to leave tho country or teach
anti-religious doctrines. In 1929
she left Russia for Japan where
she lived for two years. In 1937
she came to the United States.
"I have been Interested in this
last Berlin conferenco to which
Russia was not invited." snld (ha
countess "because it shows that
tho world li beginning to doubt
me Russian power and promise."
Ruula Wont Capitalism.
"Russia has tho worst canltal.
ista of the world, Tho majority
are ruled by a email minority. To-(
N.S.T.A. Members
Hear Rohde Tonight
Association Program
Features Addresses
By Nation's Leaders
As Dr. Floyd W. Reeves of Chi
cago stamped with his approval
the efforts of the federal govern
ment to aid education, the annual
convention of the First District
Lincoln Journal,
RUTH BRYAN OWEN ROHDE
Nebraska State Teachers' associa
tion opened last night with a rec
ord breaking number of instruc
tors in attendance.
Coming from h11 parts of this
district, approximately 2,000 have
gathered to hear the addresses of
one of the most brilliant groups of
famous personages which the as
sociation has secured for its pro
gram in many years.
At the opening banquet, Dr.
Reeves, professor education in the
department of education, professor
of administration in the depart
ment of political science at t'.ie
University of Chicago, and chair
man of President Roosevelt's ad
visory board of education, ex
plained federal aid to education.
From his key position in the
educational policies of the nation,
Dr. Reeves supported the move to
"collect taxes in one state for the
support of schools in another; col
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Club Sees
Colored Fil m
Pictures Show Weed
Pests ot Meet Tonight
Colored motion pictures, with
comments by W. L. Klatt, state
weed supervisor, will feature the
entertainment for members of the
Tri-K agronomy club when they
hold their first feed of the year
this evening.
The meet will be held in the
Agronomy laboratory at 6:15. Clif
ford Heyne, president of the group,
has made preparations for an at
tendance of 40.
The pictures, most of them
taken in western Nebraska, deal
primarily with weed pests of the
state. However, many beautiful
scenes of western Nebraska make
the film Interesting as well as
educational.
Committees in charge of to
nights party are: Refreshments,
Glenn Klingman nnd John Lonn
quist; Tickets, Melvin Kreifels,
Gordon Jones, Rundall Peterson,
Harold Schudel, Davis McGill and
John Lonnquist.
day bolshevlsm Is at a deadlock
and it can't last much longer.
Russia Is waiting for a second
revolution."
Count Leo Tolstoy willed the
rights of all of his books to his
youngest daughter and secretary,
the Countess Alexandra. Hla pur
pose in doing this, his daughter
explained, was so that no rights
may ever be reserved to his books
and that thev mnv be nrintH nnv-
where and by anyone, This was
nis wisn, ana it is his daughter's.
"War nnd Peace" was tho hnnlr
of Tolstoy's which gained the most
readers anu popularity in Russia,
said the woman to whom the au
thor hud dictated that book. How
ever, the book which he himself
thought was best was a group of
"Folk Tules" which hirm 191 if fl
publisher's war sold thruout the
country ior one cent a copy.
Hat Written Four Books.
The daughter of a great writer,
Countess Alexandra has inherited
her father's gift with thn
is the author of four books. "The
irageay or My Father's Life," "I
Worked for the SoviAt nx f-
books which will be soon pub
lished, one on Japan, the second,
a novel about the life of Russian
Immigrants.
Sines the TolstOVS Were a fomll.r
less interested In th rii.iin.r
Russian court life than In Itussian
culture of music nnd lltrrnture,
the countess had llttlo in
bout the stories of the weMth and
few- j. . I
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Senate May
Change N.U.
Curricula
Standing Committee
On Research Approved
By Faculty Members
Future alteration of present ed
ucational methods at Nebraska
university became possible Tues
day when the university senate ap
proved the appointment of a stand
ing committee on instructional re
search. This appointment is significant
inasmuch as it officially provides
for an intensive study of the uni
versity instructional policies and
practices with an intent for im
provement. Importance of this
standing committee was prophe
sied and emphasized by Chancellor
C. S. Boucher little more than a
month ago in his address to the
faculty when he stated that the
committee on pedagogical policies
and practices should be "our most
important standing committee."
Seven members, appointed by
the chancellor after consultation
with the council of administration,
will ccmprise the committee. In its
study of instructional policies and
practices the senate committee
may create nub-committees. The
sub-committees may include any
member of the faculty. Sub-committees
will report their findings
to the standing committee of the
senate and the parent committee
may make recommendations to the
senate for action on any matter
that concerns more than one col
lege or school, and to the appro
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Saleswomen
Cover City
Board Expects Record
'N' Stamp Purchase
Leading the individual stamp
sales of the "N" stamp sale spon
sored by the A. W. S. board are
Ruth Yourd. Alpha Omicron Pi.
Charlotte Stahl. Pi Phi, Marion
Stone, Kappa Pelt, and Beth How
ley of Carrie Belle Raymond.
Results of the Wednesday
checkup, Patricia Pope, general
chairman of the "N" stamp sale,
revealed that the teams leading in
sales are Diona Hader and Bar
bara Becrman, Alpha Phi team,
first; Miriam Rubnitz and Judith
Lovenson, Jane Allen nnd Kathc
rine Ducrmeycr, Delta Delta Delta
team, third.
The city blocks downtown have
been assigned to individual teams
to sell, and both business men and
students are using these stamps
to put on letters and generally
advertise Homecoming. These
stamps, red, printed on a white
background, are one cent n niece
and are a little larger than nn or
dinary postage stamp.
There were originally 20,0(10
stamps ordered, and 8,000 more
have been added, making a total
of 28,000 which is hoped to be
sold. The stamps are going fast,
and it is expected that the total
number of stamps sold will be over
25.000. the number sold In the ltt.'tt
sale. The final checkup will be on
Monday, at which time prizes will
be offered to the winning team and
winning Individual.
Luncheon Honors
N-Men 1921-25
About 175 Lettermen
Expected to Return
Lettermen of the 1921-25 period
will be guests of honor t the an
nual Homecoming luncheon Sat
urday for alumni lettermen. About
175 are expected to attend.
Lettermen that have Indicated
they will attend include: Charles
F. Fowler, John Kellogg, Dale
Rcnner, R. C. Russell, C. K. Swan
son, Hohb Turner, M. O. Vote, Mil
ton Blankenship, Carl Whlppcr
man, ail of Lincoln.
Evan Harlman, Hebron; J. VV.
Nielsen, Sidney; Glenn A. Bold
win, Sioux Falls, S. D.; Norris
Coasts, Stunrt; Everett Crites,
Washington, V. C; Frank Carman,
Russell "Skip" Bailey, G. H. Link
ley, and Harold Hutchinson all of
Omaha.
Roy Mandery, Grand Island: Or
ris C. Hatch, Falls City; Ed Hoyt,
McCook; Leo Back, Nebraska
City; R. A. Drishaus, Holdregc;
Leon Sprague, Red Cloud; Ed
Smith, Beatrice; Dick Newman,
Hastings; C. W. Molzeh, Clnrindla,
la.; B. M. Lane. Litchfield; Bill
Lear, Alnsworth; Rny Janda, Wag
ner, S. D.; Clarence Isaacson, Nor
folk; and John Cibbs, Alcester,
S. D.
Bizad Honors
Scholarship
At Banquet
J. H. Agee Addresses
Union Gathering
The presentation of numerous
scholastic and citizenship awards
and an address by J. H. Agee,
vice president of the Lincoln
Telegraph and Telephone com-
t Ik
I.iiicuin Juiiina..
J. H. AGEE.
pany, will highlight t ".lis year's
annual Bizad banquet which will
be held this evening in the Stu
dent Uiron.
This dinner serves ns a means ot
announcing the names of high
ranking students nnd the award
ing of various keys and scholar
ships. Mr. Nathan Gold, of Gold
& Co., will present ten William
Gold prize keys, awarded each
year to the ten ranking students
in la.st year's freshman class in
the college of business adminis
tration. Other awards consist of
the Alpha Kappa P.si citizenship
prize to the senior ranking highest
in professional subjects and stu
dent activities for tho past four
years; the Delta Sisma Pi schol
arship key which goes to the male
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Pep Stock Soars
With Tiger Rally
Committee Plans Huge
Mizzou Pep Session
Hoping to bring campus en
thusiasm and football spirit to a
new high, members of the rally
committee have completed plans
for the Missouri pre-game pep
session, to begin tomorrow night
on the steps of the Student Union
at 7 o'clock.
As usual, the university band
will lend the parade, followed by
Coin Cobs and Tassels. The route
to be followed will he east on R
st. to Kith, then north to Vine
and west to the cast stadium.
The theme of the rally will be
"Welcome Grads," in respect to
Cornhusker alumni who will bp in
Lincoln for the Missouri game
Saturday.
Speakers at the .stadium rally
will include Marvin Plock. Sat
urday's game captain; Adolf Lcw
andowski, " scout and freshman
football coach; Herbert Yenne of
tiie speecli department, and mem
bers of the coaching staff.
Another fireworks display is on
tap for those who attend, plus
yells led by varsity cheer leaders
and songs, accompanied by the
band.
Card Section
Rules Change
Innocents Inaugurate
New Methods Saturday
Plans to improve the card sec
tion and their displays at football
games are being worked out this
week by the Innocents society,
sponsors of the display, and will
be used pt the Missouri game Sat
urday. "We plan to Improve the
card section and male this Satur
day's card stunts tha best in the
history of the school," commented
Stanley Brewster, president of the
society. '
Starting this Saturday the cards
will be raised at the cheerleader's
count Instead of by the count of
tho entire election as in previous
years. According to Erewster the
cards are to be held on tho sides
with the long edge horizontal nnd
the bottom of the card even with
the eyes. "U is very important
that everyone who holds a card
is sitting exactly on a seat number
and if the students will cooperate
in this respect the display will be
greatly improved" Brewster
stated. This year's cards are big
ger than those used in previous
years so that no space will be left
between the cards and so that a
more solid color will be obtained.
Four card stunts will bo pre
sented at the Homecoming game
this week. The first stunt will
spell out Missouri in black on a
gold background, black nnd gold
being Missouri's colors.
Tickets Go on Sole
For Homecoming Ball
All those planning to attend
the all University Homecoming
party in the Student Union Sat
urday evening should purchase
tickets from Corn Cob workers
and actives, who are the only
group handling ticket sales.
Price for the ducats is 50 cents
per couple.
Death Takes
Dennis Clark
Ag College Junior Had
Been Sick for a Week
Dennis V. Clark, 22, junior in
the agricultural college, from
Stapleton, died at. 8:20, Wednesday
evening. Peath was due to pneu
monia, which the university stu
dent had contracted a week ago.
Well known and prominent on
the campus, Dennis Clark was
business manager of the Corn
husker Countryman, active in 4-H
club work, member of ag college
Y. M. C. A., had attained the na
tional rank of American Farmer,
and was secretary of Alpha Gam
ma Kho fraternity.
Siiiviving him are his father,
mother and two sisters, all resid
ing at Stapleton. The funeral has
, been set tentatively for Friday
j morning at Hodgman's mortuary
in Lincoln.
Library Adds
16 New Volumes
University Purchases
Russell, Bartlet Works
"Dare We Look Ahead?" by
Bertram! Russell, Vernon Bartlet,
G. D. Cole, and others is one of
the more interesting new books
received this week at the library.
"Save America First,' by Jerome
Frank will be of special interest
to the political science students.
Other new books of special in
terest are the following:
W.-ri oiiliM'it I'lirm? Iiy ("In f
IIKtK, I nlvcmlty high rhml, Ohio Slulr
linlicrsity.
Totmrro Kingdom, by Joseph ('. Riih-
IT'v
MiMi.ry of SMcd.'n. by c nrl H;illrniiirr,
mill Ailitlph Mf-hti-k.
Suvi AriM'rlrn 'tHl,,, bv Jerome Trunk.
Ot:r liirllrrllve Slulr," by milium II.
IWIer.
:r.-k nnd Roninn Nnvnl Wurfnre, hy
Vtillliim I.. IIiMlKer.
hnri' We look Aheuil? bv Hirlrnnd
ICICltx-cll. I'm. in llurllrt, i. I). H. Cole,
nnd nlherv
Tlie I r Lni. nn liitertiuliininl Army.
Ii Humid s. Quitcley, and (it'nrge Hlnke
lie. I li Trull, by A A. Wlekeliden.
(Mil iif Ihe I'li'liire, by InuU MHrNelee.
( uniinis AHIvitie, by Humid . Hunil.
Aiiliililoi:ruiliy of Minium llullir VenU,
li U. II. leul..
I.lmr In Ihe I nlled Slutin, by lud
Inlr S. Xoltlnskl.
AiitiiliiitKriiiliy uf I'eicicy Katun, by
M:irKuret I., l-.nliin.
I.iiii'iiln, A rs.Yi-biibloKTHiby( by I..
I'lrrre lurk.
luunieyH ItetHeen Warn, by Jutm Don
fit i, Ml.
'Foul Fiction
Of Awgwan
Editor Announces Policy
Of Pictures, More Gore
'Lots of pictures, contributions
from ss many different people as
possible, something different in the
way of covers, and much, much
gore," is the policy of this year's
Awgwan.
Departing from the usual stereo
typed figures, this time Kditor
Virginia Geister offers a clever
collegiate sketch for the cover
which is entitled the Foul Fiction
Issue.
On page seven the freshman re
ceive some advice called "Ten
Steps for Getting to a 1 O'clock."
They sre warned to avoid missing
lunch, getting into extended bull
sessions, coking with a current
flame, and playing pitch or poker.
People who enjoy short stories
have a chance to browse over a
few when they read "Wedding
Nite," "Somber," and "With A
Lantern in Her Hand." The latter
is a new version of the Guy de
Maupassant Ftory with a heroine
called Daisy (Daze for short) Who
hails from Nebraska. In Somber
Bob K. Hemphill complains about
the "cute little blond wenches"
who jilt poor innocent fellows.
"The Snoopers" have an as
tounding collection of meaty gore
this month. Under the heads of
A.S.A.E. Meets
Engineers Hear Two
Addresses Tonight
A meeting of the local student
chapter of the A. S. A. E. will be
held tonight at 7:30 in the Union.
Carl Reller will give an address
on the Minncapolis-Mollne Imple
ment company, of "A New Design
From the Drafting Board to
Mass Production;" and an address
by Jack Taylor of the Ethyl Gaso
line corporation, on "The General
Trend of Changes in Motor Fuels
and Its Effect on Motor Design."
Members of tho local chapter
have invited everyone interested
in the topics to attend the meet-Ins.
Daughter
Of Author
Talks atll
Noted Speaker to Tell
Of Russian Revolution
At Temple Assembly
With his pen, Count Leo Tolstoy
jarred the throne of Nicholas the
Second. This morning atll o'clock
university students will have the
opportunity of hearing his daugh
IV; fe?
Countess Alexandra Tolstoy.
ter, who is today jarring the U.
S. S. R. as certainly as did her
illustrious father. At that time
Countess Alexandra Tolstoy will
discuss "Tolstoy and the Russian
Revolution" in the Temple theater.
Born during the critical period
of her country s history, she lived
to see all of her possessions swept
away by the revolution, and was
herself sent to prison for her con
nection with her father. Freed, she
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Varsity Dairy
Club Initiates 13
Ag Honorary Outlines
This Year's Activities
r .
Thirteen new members were in
itiated into the Varsity Dairy club
cn the Ag campus, Tuesday eve
ning. The ceremony, under the di
rection of Alvin Pipper, was short
because of the number that were
to be initiated.
Those who were taken into the
club are: Walker F.urnehy, Donald
Christensen, Lee Wasson, Herbert
Smiley, William James, Bovd May
field, Otto Pfieffer, Harry Silvey,
Omar Qualset, William Nielsen,
Kdgar Van Boening, Burns Wood
ward, Donald Stout.
Issue'
Appears
Sneaks. Serious, Smash, and Stuff,
the snooper's columns run for
three pages nnd tell all about some
of the Nebraska "gad-ites."
Several of the "Daily Nebras
kan" staff were seen reading
Awgwan jokes on the sly and were
doing some real chuckling; Editor
Geister points to this as evidence.
Girls who want tips on formals
might glance at those modeled on
the Best Sellers section. Fellows
can get some fashion tips, too, by
rending Fall Guys.
Class Takes Trip
Group Visits Cement
Works at Louisville
Economic geography 72 class
under the supervision of Miss Es
ther Anderson will make a field
trip today to make a study of the
land neutralization northeast of
Lincoln.
The group will study in some
detail the land forms and indus
trial uses in the vicinity of Weep
lng Water and Louisville. They
will visit the cement building and
pottery plant at Louisville and
will also study the relationship of
the location of the state fish hatch
eries near Gretna to the physio
graphic features of the lower
I'latte valley.
Soccer-Baseball
Nears Finish
W.A.A. Sport Reaches
Semi-final Round Today
Semifinals in the Women's Soc
cer baseball tourney will be plaved
off this evening when the Aloha
Chi Omegas meet the Independ
ents and the Phi Mus come up
against the Wilson Hall team.
In the quarter finals .which were
played off, Wednesday evening,
The Independents won over the
Tri-Delts, Wilson Hall over Delt
Gamma, rid Muover Gamma I'M
Beta and Alpha CM Omega over
the Alpha Phis.