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FRIDAY, FEBUUARY 17,
Hmltowt mmagasBime
edls stage
Bill Safford
wins Awgwan
story contest
Detective fiction gives
mystery theme; Kamul
contributes The Thing'
Unable to obtain pulp paper at
the last minute to complete it's
mystery theme, the February
Awgwan goes on sale this morn
ing as a detective fiction maga
zine deluxe on slick paper.
"War, Mr. Statesman," by Bill
Stafford was the winning story of
the Awgwan contest, sponsored to
bring out hidden writing ability
on the campus. Mr. Stafford,
whose revelations on war will ap
pear in this issue, won the grand
prize of $5.00 for his efforts.
The cover picturing a mangled
torso, which might have once been
the pride of some sorority, lying
in a pool of red blood solves any
mystery about the theme of the
magazine. The parts which have
been severed from the girls body
include a man's head and leg. All
is in a livid green, except the
blood, on a black background
Caption reads "a little cutup."
Brus Kamul Presents "The Thing."
"Cheese It, The Corpse" and
"The Thing" will be feature stories
of this month's edition exempll-
(See AWGWAN Page 4.)
Vespers to carry
Norwegian theme
Service honors famed
St. Olof's Cathedral
Songs by famous Scandinavian
composers will be used to honor
the renowned St. Olafs Cathedral
of Norway in the Lincoln Cathe
dral Choli vesper program Sunday
at 5:30 o'clock in the Cornhusker
ballroom.
Speaking on this cathedral will
be Harold Nlebuhr, a student at
Midland college in Freniont. Hon
oring Nlebuhr and a party of Mid
land students who will come with
him Sunday, a special supper at
the Union has been planned after
the program.
Eduard Grieg, most eminent of
Norwegian composers, will be rep
resented In a number by the choir
"God's Son Hath Set Me Free.'
The second number will be "Beau
tiful Savior." by V. Melius Chris
tlansen, with a contralto solo sung
by Gall Ferguson, freshman In the
university. Houghton Furr, junior,
will be guest organist.
U. S. college students favor
compulsory sex education
Almost 62 per cent say
'Down with prudery!'
flf Hludi-nl Opinion Kurvryi of Antrrlra.
AUSTIN. Tex., Feb. 18.-Sex
education should no longer be a
matter to be whispered about, a
largo majority of American col
lege students believe. In fact, al
most (52 percent of them fuvor
making courses on the principles
of sex compulsory, a nation wide
study by the Student Opinion Sur
veys of America shows.
In summary, comments from
collegians everywhere sounded like
this: "We have been prudish about
this matter too long. Authoritative
Information hns either been hidden
or prohibited from young people."
Time has begun to change this
attitude, it would appear, for many
colleges are now offering marriage
courses. Students regard this as
an Important part of their educa
The Official Newspaper of More Than 6,000 Students
1939
White reveals
l-M debate
question
Topic for year resolves
six year presidential
term, no reelection
Intra-mural debate question for
this year will be, "Resolved: That
the president of the United States
should have one term of six years
and be ineligible for reelection,"
according to a statement made
yesterday afternoon by Prof. H. A.
White, director of the tournament.
Beginning Thursday evening,
March 9, the tournament will con
tinue until all teams have debated
at least twice. All debates will be
over by the beginning of the
Easter holiday. All contestants
who will compete are requested to
turn in their names to Professor
White by March 1.
Both Barbs and Greeks Debate.
Both unaffiliated and affiliated
men will be allowed to compete
this year. During the tournament
unaffiliated teams will debate only
against other unaffiliated teams.
All debates will be held in the
chapter houses of the affirmative
team. For debates between unaf
filiated teams other arrangements
will be made.
Each house is limited to one
team of two members. Unaffiliated
men who wish to compete must
register under the name of their
team. All teams must be prepared
to debate both sides of the ques
tion. Copies of a bibliography have
been prepared and will be avail
able at Professor White's office
today.
Johnny Cox plays at
Union party Saturday
Johnny Cox and his band of
swlngsters will provide the rhythm
for the Union's Saturday night
dancing party. Cox is well known
to campusltes as he has played
for many formats and parties dur
ing the past formal seasons.
Helen Day. exotic songstress
will vocally assist Cox and his
band In such current popular num
bers as F. D. R. Jones, Study In
Brown, and Deep Purple.
Barb council arranges
Friday varsity swing
The Barb council It sponsoring
a varsity swing in the Student
Union tonight from 7 to 10:30.
Admission Is ten cents per per
son and all university students
ar Invited to attend.
tion when they Bay they believe
such Instruction should even be
made obligatory. Interviewers
have aked this question to a sci
entifically define cross-section
from roast to coast: "Should sex
education courses In colleges tx
made compulsory?"
YES, say 61.9
NO, say 38.1
Of the schools where the survey
wus held, only about 10 percent
had required courses. Perhaps of
some significance Is the fact that
the poll shows women in the south
and west less In favor of the Idea
than women elsewhere in the na
tion. Men agree pretty well every
where. Speaking for the majority, a
North Dakota State Teachers Col
lege junior said: "Sex education
should have begun back in high
school during adolescence." Some
. . (See SURVEY Page 2.)
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gees on sale today;
pemumy caravaD Saturday
Cops swarm urn, terrace
and Krause calls for more!
The journalistic training of
Margaret Krause, DAILY NE
BRASKAN society editor, has
given her an uncanny ability to
recognize tough characters at a
glance.
Late last night at campus police
headquarters, Officer Magee got a
rush call from Margaret, who told
him she had a hot tip on the re
cent Greek theft v?ave.
She had seen, she reported, two
Dr.Canbytells
book 'musts'
Noted critic addresses
Town Hall audience
If an author wants a good re
view of his book, he should write
a preface to the volume, Dr.
Henry Seldel Canby, author, edi
tor, and literary critic told a
Town hall audience at the Corn
husker hotel last night. In his own
experience, Dr. Canby has found
that reviewers of his books have
frequently quoted liberally from
his own evaluation of the work
as contained in the preface.
Speaking on the Lincoln Junior
League's current celebrity series,
Dr. Canby stated that there are
three questions which a critic
should ask himself in judging a
book: First, what is the author
trying to do? Second, has he sue
ceeded, and third, was it worth do
ing? If a book is to stand any chance
for popular success, it must pos
sess three major attributes, Dr
Canby believes. It must educate or
instruct in some way, it must pro
vide escape from daily life for the
reader, and it must offer some ex
ercise for the imagination. The
speaker then gave several ex
amples of well known novels as
exemplifying these qualities.
Intimately associated with the
literary life of the country for
some 40 years, Dr. Canby ex
pressed some disappointment with
the number and quality of books
published and at the number of
persons engaged in the writing
profession.
Ag collegians
'stomp' tonight
Dance should decide
jitterbug champions
Featuring a Jitterbug contest,
the Cornhusker Countryman
"stomp session" will be held to
night in the ag campus activities
building.
The stomp is expected to defi
nitely settle the jitterbug cham
pionship of the season, prizes to
be awarded to the winners. Billy
Kelster will furnish music for the
session scheduled to begin at 8:30
o'clock.
Beg your pardon!
It was erroneously reported
In Thursday's DAILY NE
BRASKAN that Chancellor C.
S, Boucher told the Charter day
banquet "that it takes less
money to educate students of
superior Intelligence than those
of Inferior. Hereby the state
might effect two savings, by
educating fewer students and
by speedier education of
selected students."
The matter above quoted was
an Inaccurate Interpretation of
the chancellor's speech, and the
NEBRASKAN retracts it with
apologies.
tough looking "mugs" In a late
model car pull up in front of the
Kappa Delta house at 405 Uni
Terrace, jump out, and hurry
toward the house.
Magee phoned Sergeant Regler
to stand by in case of an emer
gency and started for the Kappa
Delt house. He arrived just in time
to find out that the two tough
mugs were Detectives Graves and
Holloway of the Lincoln police
force.
Prom entries
due at 5 today
Best presentation plan
to receive $10 award
Deadline for plans for the pres
entation of the 1939 Prom Girl
falls this afternoon at 5 o'clock
All plans must be submitted to
the Dally Nebraskan office for
consideration.
The person entering the winning
plan will be awarded a $10 prize.
A detailed account of expenses
necessary for the presentation
must be included In every scheme.
Any idea in which the expenses
for the presentation exceed the
limit of $35 will be automatically
eliminated from consideration by
the committee In charge.
Election of the Prom Girl will
be held In the Union Tuesday,
February 28, and candidates for
the honor must file between Mon
day, February 20, and Thursday,
February 23.
The Prom will be held March 3
In the coliseum and will be the
closing party of the formal season
Science and invention:
human cash register
rings up one cent sale
Max Miller has $0.01 credit on
his next operation.
Miller, Clyde Powell and com
pany were having an Impromptu
party in the Union lounge Wed
nesday noon. Powell offered Miller
a chance to earn some money.
"You can have all the pennies
I toss into your mouth," Powell
said. Miller stretched on the floor
and exposed his tonsils. Before
many pennies piled up on the
floor, Powell tallied.
Miller jerked, sat up and gulped
a couple of times and stared at
Powell.
And copper went down.
Don't ever let Miller tell you
he s penniless.
N. U. boasts underground
correspondence school
Little known institution
directs 1700 students
On the campus Is what may be
called an underground educatlonnl
Institution. Hardly any of the Joes
and coeds know It even exists, yet
it engages over 100 people on the
campus, contacts directly 1,700
students, and Indirectly thousands.
Its main center of activity is un
der Andrews, making it a genuine
underground Institution.
The supervised correspondence
study setup is a unique educational
organization, because Its own
members prepare, write, and pub
lish all material. Its interests
range from courses In modern
drama to those on the dlesel en
gine. Because It Is rapidly gaining a
national reputation, university stu
VOL. XXXVIII, NO. 89.
Annual fun
fete offers
19 booths
Dancing, refreshments,
sorority concessions
to vie for attention
Featuring 19 concessions, danc
ing, refreshments, the Coed Coun
selors will stage their annual
Penny Carnival Saturday after
noon from 2:30 until 5 o'clock in
Grant Memorial
With the fun fete open to the
whole campus, the climax will
come at the end of the afternoon
when a loving cup is awarded to
the concession which polls the
highest number of popularity
votes with the crowd in atten
dance. Side show, date bureau.
Booth which will compete for
the carnival cup are "Side Show"
by Alpha Phi, "Date Bureau" by
Alpha Chi Omega, "See the Stars"
by Alpha Omicron Pi, "Lie De
tector" by Alpha XI Delta' "Fer
dinand the Bull" by Chi Omega,
"Mouse gambling" by Delta Gam
ma, and a magician act by Delta
Delta Delta.
Kappa Delta will sponsor ring
ing a live duck; Sigma Delta Tau,
(See CARNIVAL Page 2.)
Palladians to sec
drama at session
Faith Medlar produces,
directs play tonight
Those attending the open meet
ing of Palladians Friday evening,
will be entertained by a short play
produced and directed by Faith
Medlar.
The comedy centers around the
activities of a social worker,
played by Miss Medlar. Other
members of the cast will be
Charles Cleveland, Robert Mc
Dermand, Austin Mutz, Rosalie
Stuart, Arlene Kellenbargcr, Jane
DeLatour, Stevia DeTar, Helen E.
Claybaugh, Ruth Dale, Edith Fil
ley and Virginia Mutz.
The program will also include
a few musical numbers by Wayne
Ellison, Jim Hush, Warren Lewis,
Malcolm Hayes, and Berthold An
derson. All students not affiliated with
any other social organization are
welcome to attend this and any
other open meeting of the society.
The program will be held in Palla
dian hall, on the third floor of the
Temple building, and will start
shortly after 9 o'clock.
dents should know a little of how
it works. Most of the workers are
drawn from the V, P. A. All nre
selected on their merits, and as a
result It is a motley group of nged
professors, rising young men, and
women with masters' degrees.
When it hns been decided to
Institute a new course, Appointed
persons begin an exhaustive re
search of the field concerned. The
university and city libraries ore
searched for material, and public
and private institutions are solicit
ed for bulletins. Sometimes this
work lasts over two years. When
It Is felt that enough information
has been compiled, work begins on
the book. Artists in the organiza
tion do the illustrating.
From the basement of Andrews,
the manuscript is taken to former
museum, where it is proof read
See CORRESPONDENCE Page 2.
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