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('; It fc' . n f I s 1 t i 1 -.. nncnoEiGiPG &&2& Cooper stands out for Missouri with 12 points in final canto; Al Randall sinks 10 for NU The Missouri Tiger unleashed all its fury in the last half to take the Nebraska Cornhuskcr basketballers into camp 48 to 36 here last night. Outplayed the first period 24 to 19, a revived Missou team came back and took all the fight out of Coach Browne's de- t V The Official Newspaper of More Than SUNDAY, 1 EHKUAUY 19, Alpha Chi Omega's date bureau tops penny carnival Kappa Alpha Theta places second with 'Charlie McCarthy1 booth; over 500 attend For the second consecutive year, Alpha Chi Omega an nexed the cup for the best booth at the Penny Carnival held yesterday, offering carnival goers stuffed dates containing tele phone numbers on their "date bureau." Second place was awarded to Kappa Alpha Theta's "Charley McCarthy" game of chance. The winning sorority will keep the bronze loving cup for another year, with its name engraved upon the cup again. Throngs fill Grant Memorial. Taking advantage of cut throat prices and unheard of opportuni ties, over 500 students arrived on the scene and tested all the con cessions, ambling through Grant Memorial with cokes and hot dogs In hand. The low prices for the priceless goods of each concession raised competition for the most popular booth to a high peak and each house vied with the other for the cup, won last year by Alpha Chi Omega. One 15 cent ticket, be sides admitting the holder to ten concessions and the carnival, gave him one vote for the booth he liked best. Dancing to music furnished by a public address system proved very popular and the crowd also patronized to the fullest extent the refreshment stand sponsored by the coed counselor board and fea turing hot dogs, cokes, candy bars and fudge. Alpha XI Delta have lie detector. Students who attended the fun fete found a variety of entertaln- (See CARNIVAL, page 2). Noted art critic to talk at Morrill Mrs. Helen A. Read gives two lectures Thursday Mrs. Helen Appleton Read, noted art critic who is In Lincoln to study the university's nationally recognized art collection, wlU pre sent two addresses here Thursday as a guest of the department of fine arts. A meeting for the discussion of American art will be held by Mrs. Head at 3 o'clock in gallery A of Morrill, and at 8 o'clock in gallery A she will give an illustrated lec ture, open to the public, on the art projects of the United States treas ury. Mrs. Read is touring the coun try making a study of the murals and sculpture which the fine arts section of the treasury has in stalled In federal buildings through out the country. From Lincoln she leaves for the west coast Her addresses here follow a se ries presented recently at the Art institute of Chicago. In the eve ning lecture she will discuss the relationship of the government's art activities to the growth of art In America. Exams for Barber award of $40 scheduled Feb. 25 Competition by written examin ation will take place Feb. 25 for classic students interested in the Grove E. Barber Award of $40. Only students who have had four or Tive years of some classical language are eligible to this prize. Announcing of winners will be made at the annual Honors Con vocation. Winner last year was Raymond Krebsbach, teachers col lege senior. Pictures taken second semester now ready Students whose pictures were taken during second semester registration should call for them at the Registrar's office this week. It will be necessary to present Identlflactlon cards. 1939 New uni. pub hoard meets Six man group to govern officiaLprmted matter Friday marked the initial meet ing of the new six man Board of University Publications, appointed by Chancellor C. S. Boucher to govern policy of all published ma terial bearing university Imprint. Duties of the board will be to examine the present output of printed matter from every depart ment and agency connected with the university. The purpose of the group Is to pass upon the suita bility of material for publication. It will also classify publications and create a procedure for eco nomical and efficient handling of publications printed. The meeting Friday was devoted to general discussion of the prob lems to be faced, and following Its organization for business, the board will submit Its program to the chancellor. Members are Professors F. C. Blood, K. O. Broady, H. P. Davis, R. V. Shumate, and Dr. R. A Miller, and Carroll Choulnard, uni versity editor and director of publicity, chairman of the board. NU may get air training Omaha man reports 'great possibility' Great possibility that the Uni versity of Nebraska will be In eluded In the federal government's college air training plana was ex pressed by E. K. McDermott of Omaha, following his return from Washington, D. C, recently. McDermott conferred In the capital with Clinton M. Hester, administrator of the civil aero nauttcs authority, and reported Hester as saying that If the au thority Is granted the 10 million dollars which It Is asking from congress and If training now be mg given in 13 colleges proves successful, plans Include extending the training to 300 schools. Behind world events Bey Finkle AMERICA'S PATHWAY The people of the United States delegates remain steadfast In their of that peace. Ambassadors Kennedy and Bullitt have already expressed their personal opinions as to the outbreak of a general European war early this spring. Representative Knutson (Minn., rep.), last surviving mem ber of the House to vote against war, asserts that our present foreign policy Is drawing us into the coming war as Inevitably as American foreign policy drew us into the World war In 1917. ' Portions of the administration's rearmament program already have been approved by the Congress, and other segments of the plan have been favorably reported by select committees of .both , house ct Congress. Sentaor Johnson (Cal., rep.) asserts that the administration con ducts its foreign affairs secretly and resents any inquiry into the recent sales of American military planes to France. Senator Clark (Mo., dem.) announces that some Senate military affairs committee made public, but asserts that most insisted on talking off the record. Short years ago the American people heard the phrase, "open covenants openly arrived at" What does this mean today, If anything? Friday last, Wayne C. Taylor, of budgetary, borrowing and (See WORLD EVENTS, Page 2.) 6,000 Students VOL. XXXVIII, NO. 90. Police hold two in uni. theft series Former campus officer, Paul Luedke, implicates second man in robberies Lincoln police held two men Sat urday for questioning in connec tion with a series of robberies on the university campus. Paul Luedke. 37. 1730 K St., former campus officer, la said to have ad mitted a number of thefts, and Im plicated another man who is held. Various articles found in Lued ke's room have been Identified as property stolen from teachers col lege, the government armory in Nebraska hall and from the Chi Omega sorority house, Including wood and metal working tools val ued at about $60, a typewriter, a cold watch, electric clocks, cam era, vacuum cleaner, and a coit ,v automatic. G-men to Investigate. Films' of charges against the two men was delayed pendin miesiMnninir hv an F.B.I, agent In connection with the theft of two automatic revolvers from the ar- mory Aug. 30, 1938. Luedke Is said to have admitted taking me re volver found in his possession. Luedke denied knowledge of re cent clothing robberies at frater nity houses, however, police said. Both men were picked up arier several weeks of observation of their actions around university grounds, Set. Regler stated. In a signed statement, Luedke Is said to have admitted stealing an elec tric fan and clock from teachers college, and twice entering the Chi Omega house last August and De cember. The first " time, a large quantity of silverware, jewelry, a portable typewriter, watch, electric sweeper, and a pair of lady's rid ing boots were taken. The second time, two portable radios and two penny banks containing $8 were stolen. Entered by fire escape. Luedke Is said to have told po lice that entry was made to Ne braska hall by climbing the fire escape of an adjoining building and entering the second floor, and to the Chi Omega house by means of a key which he had found. Luedke was commissioned as a campus officer under Sgt. Regler for three years until he was dis charged about 18 months ago. De tective Lieut. Masters of the Lin coln police said that to his know ledge, neither of the two men held had been criminally Implicated be fore, and Sgt. Regler expressed the belief that "before this thing is over, it may uncover the biggest series of robberies In the univer sity's history." TO PEACE? desire peace, yet our congressional refusal to move in the direction American entry into the World of the testimony given before the with respect to such sales will be of it is worthless as the "experts" treasury department aide In charge foreign affairs, resigned In protest Dr. Condra named P : . : ; . 4 '; : S i jfuki' i -I I.IH-.I..I..J Lincoln Journal. DR. G. E. CONDRA. Dr. G. E. Condra, dean and di rector of the Conservation and Survey division of the university, was elected president of the As sociatlon of American State GeolO' gists at the annual meeting of the organization held In Washington D. C, Thursday. This is the fourth national or ganization Dr. Condra has headed In the last three years. The other positions were with the National Conservation congress, the Nation al Association of Conservation commissioners, and the American Soil Survey association. He is a member of the International Ge ology congress, and served as chairman of one of the large sec tions at the last convention of the congress in Moscow. Sinfonia presents convo Wednesday 'Program devoted to music of Americans Nebraska actives and alumni of Sinfonia, music fraternity, will present a program featuring the music of American composers Wednesday afternon at 4 o'clock In the Temple, as another of the School of Music convocation series. Following the request of the na tional organization, of Sinfonia, which asks that each chapter present one program during the year devoted to American music, the local sponsors have arranged a program of chorus numbers, a flute trio, a trumpet sextet, and a piano duet. The program: Lazy Rhapsody. Howard Jackson. Harry Morse: Richard Morse, Warren liammel. (Two piano number.) In Festive Mood, Carl Busch. Moderato From Suite, Francis H. Mc Kay; No. 1, op. 10: Du"ne Harmon, Rich ard White. Herb Cecil. Robert Butrlenbern, Edward Kdl.ion, Theodore Diers. (Trumpet aextet.) Deux Pieces Breves, aenrRes Barrere; Don Hartman, Don Lentz, Richard Morse. (Flute trio.) A Sinfonia Anthem. Palm. Traditional Fraternity gong, Tha Red and Black, Upailon chapter. (Sinfonia chorus.) LJ rifts r-frtinr' lIQrrSTOliy nOUl turns to France Tomorrow's musical . program begins at 4 French music will be featured on the "Harmony Hour" to be played tomorrow afternoon at 4 o'clock in the Union, under the sponsorship of-Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, men's professional music fraternity. The program will lead off with the "Overture to Mignon" by Thomas, recorded by the Boston "Pops" orchestra. Presentation of the program is under the direction of Guy Scott, using commentary notes arranged by Phil Heller. Four other selections complete the program: Au Clare de Iamc. by Debussy. Omphale'a Spinning Wheel,, by Paint Baens. Gymnopcdle, by Satle. Marche MUilalre, by Balnt-Saecs, moralized cagers to put tne husk- ers Just that much closer to the league cellar. Nebraska took an early advant age and at the end of four min utes held a 6 to 1 lead. The vis ltors were unable to count from the floor until eight minutes of play had gone by. Tall Al Kan dall collected three fouls early in the game and was replaced by Elliott, but when the going got rough again toward the last of the half he returned to play the rest of the contest without another penalty. cooper tips tne scaie One word Is enough to explain the change in the second canto, Cooper 1 This flashy forward hit the hoop three times In a row at the start of the second period to Dut the lads from Columbia out In e front never to be headed again. He didn't stop with this, but went on to score six more points in the half to provide the margin of vic tory for the in vaders. The Missouri ; -quintet used an offense strange t ) to Nebraska eyes as they weaved their forwards in AL RANDALL Lincoln Journal. thru the Nebras- ka defenders in a sort of figure (See MISSOU, page 3.) A.W.S. begins skit judging Coed Follies sponsors start tryouts Tuesday Judging of skits for the annual Coed Follies, A. W. S. spring show, to be held March 23 at the Temple theater, will begin Tues day. The selection committee, comprised of seven members of the A. W. S. board will view 21 skits produced by organized wom en's groups before choosing the six or seven which will be a part of the follies. Schedule for preliminary try outs have been announced by Vir ginia Clemans, skit chairman, as follows: Tuesday. , , 8:00 Fhl Ma. 5:15 Gamma Till Beta. 8:30 Rosa Houton hall. 7:15 Hoarard hnll. 7:30 Kappa Delia. 7:45 Sigma Kappa. Wednesday. 5:00 Barb A. TV. 8. lanfiM. 5:15 Alpha Omleron rl. 5:80 KapiNt Alpha T!wtv, 7:00 Hlgma Alpha lota. 7:1.1 Raymond hnll. 7:30 Alpha ( hi Oniea. 7:45 Alpha I'M. Thursday. 5:04 Delta Dell Delta. 5:15 Alpha XI Delta. 5:30 Delia Oonimn. 7:00 Nlcma Delta Tan. 7:15 Kappa Kappa Oamma. 7:30 t hl Omega. 7:45 1 Ret 1'hl. New arithmetic course developed Dr. Congdon, Utah man collaborate on study A new remedial arithmetic course, designed to help students meet everyday arithmetic prob lems, has been developed and pub lished by the university's depart ment of school administration in co-operation with the extension division. According to the authors, Dr. A. R. Congdon, professor of sec ondary education at Nebraska, and Ronald B. Thompson, instructor at Utah university, the course will discover the student's mathemati cal deficiencies and then help him overcome them. 70 girls sign for Y W staffs at afternoon tea Approximately 70 girls signed up for Y. W. C A. staffs last Thursday afternoon at a tea held to stimulate Interest in 'Y activi ties. The tea, which drew a record crowd, culminated a drive to in- Iterest more girls In 'Y' work. t if i V. a V I ! I I I ! i 1