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Faculty names honored grads this week
Earl Carroll
selccfs most
beautiful six
Dr. Frank
Jewett talks
ct exercises
Precedent set this year
is choices announced
before book conies out
The most beautiful women
on Nebraska's eainpus will be
presented tonight, when the
Cornhusker sponsors its first
Beauty Queen Hall. The Hcauty
Queens were picked by Earl Car-
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Lincoln Journal.
..judges NU pulchritude.
EARL CARROLL.
roll, of "Vanities" fame, from a
group of 32 candidates.
All the candidates will attend
the ball, and will be present when
Max Horn, business manager of
the Cornhusker, announces the
names of the honored six. Tic
tures of the Queens have always
been a traditional part of the
Cornhusker, but this is the first
time that their identity has been
revealed before the annual is re
leased. The ball will take place in the
ballro m of the Union. Dancing
will begin at 9 o'clock, and the
presentation will be made at 10
o'clock. Admission is 25 cents a
person. Eddie Jungbluth will fur
nish music for dancing.
Six scientific groups
meet here May 5-6
Organizations meet with 49th annual
conclave of Nebraska Academy of Sciences
Finishing touches arc being made bj NU scientists for Fri
day and Saturday, May ,r-6 when six scientific groups sitting in
simultaneous session will hold swny alongside the 49th annual
conclave of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences.
Organizations meeting here arc the Mathematical As
sociation of America, the Ncbras-1
ka Council of Mathematics Teach
ers, the Nebraska Council of
Geography teachers, The Nebras
ka Science Teachers association
and the Missouri Valley branch of
the Society of American Bacteri
ologists. .
Boucher to extend welcome.
Heralded by an address of wel
come by Chancellor Boucher, the
scientists will first meet en masse
In Morrill, where registration b"
gins at 8:30 Friday morning. Also
at the general session of the
morning, Dr. G. E. Condra, direc
tor of the university's conserva
tion and survey division, will ad
dress the group concerning the
Irrigation and power development
In Nebraska as related to con
servation meeting with the acad
emy Saturday morning is a So
cial Science section headed by K,
Schmidt of the department of eco
nomics. Chief speaker will be
Ralph C. Bedell and F. C. Elood.
Retiring Academy President Dr.
H. R. James of llrstinrra will be
guest speaker at the annual ban
quet Friday evening, co-stairing
with Dr. G. D. Stoddard of the
University of Iowa, who speaks 8t
the general sasalon at 8 o'clock In
Morrill on "The Dynamics of Hu
See SCIENTISTS page 7.
The Official Newspaper of More Than 6,000 Students
VOL. XXXV I II, NO. 138.
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Posts opened
for cdvancsd
EI.O.T.C. men
Regular appointments
of 2nd It. offered
selected honor group
As the result of Ihe recently
passed army appropriations act
for HMO, senior li. O. T. 0.
students from all K. 0. T. C.
institution units in the United"
States are eligible for appoint
ment as second lieutenants in
the regular army.
Appointments will be confined
to honor giaduates of senior mili
tary students who are also honor
students in their other university
work. Graduates of military prep
schools who are now seniors in the
university will be eligible, regard
less of whether or not they are
taking collegiate military training
at the present time.
Must be U. S. citizens.
Requirements of the men chosen
are that they be citizens of the
United States, be selected by the
highest official of each institution
See ARMY page 2.
buch lauds ,
U. social life
Berlin exchange student
oirs views on education
Comparing the student life and
ed;;atl '.al facilities of Germany
and the United States before the
University German club last night,
Werier liuch exchange student in
architecture declared that the
most outstanding feature of the
American universities is the pre
dominance of social life.
'Germany," he explained, "has
no organization comparable to
fraternities," adding that he
dioroly enjoyed his affiliation with
the Thi Tsi chapter at Nebraska.
Having spent five semesters at
the University of Berlin and sev
eral years in the German labor
camps, Buch described the trends
In German education. "At the
present tlmo," ho declared, "en
phasis is being placed on the study
of German history with its outline
of traditions," tuggesting. that in
stressing the Importance of. the
See BUCH page 7.
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army to use
They turn in
their gavels
i!ncoin .Kturnui
STANLEY BREWSTER.
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PHYLLIS CHAMBERLAIN.
Stanley Brewster and Phyllis
Chamberlain, retiring presidents
of Innocents and Mortar Boards,
who, tomorrow, with the help of
their associates, will reveal to
the student body the identity of
their successors.
Kosmet Klub's 'Rita'
to present senior recital,
'Strange Interlude' today
Dual personalities may mean a
lot of work to the average psy
chiatrist, but to Robert Johnston.
the "Rita" of the Kosmet Klub
Rhow, it entails no more work than
a senior recital in the speech de
partment.
Johnston will present Eugene
O'Neill's 'Strange Interlude" to
night at 7:30 o'clock in the Tem
ple theater. He will take the parts
of all the characters in the play.
There will be no admission charge
to the play which is Johnston's
senior recital.
Council elects holdover
members today at 5
Members of the Student Coun
cil will meet tonight at 5 o'clock
to elect eight of their member
ship to positions on the council
next car. Four junior men and
fcur junior women will be
elected by the council on the
basis of work accomplished this
year. The meeting will be held
at the Union.
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WEDNESDAY, MAY 3," 1939
seniors
Awgwan Ivy
Day number
arrives today
by Chris Peterson.
An Ivy Day issue ( with not too
much about Ivy Day) of the Aw
gwan will appear on the stands
today, hopeful of sharing the spot
light with Ivy Day and the atten
dant ceremonies.
Politicians, campus and other
wise, are adequately defended in
Bob Hemphill's "Dictators Are
Good Guys," a cleverly presented
article that vies with Bettv
Roach's sirib on campus poli
ticians, and Kditor Giester's "Good
Clean Fun," for top honors in this
months funny mag.
'Is sex here to stay?'
Good, but not an innovation, is
Jim Lipscy's survey conducted on
the question, "Is Sex Here to
Stay?" A full page of answers
spiced with a drawing of a figur
ative female, leaves the reader to
draw his own conclusions.
The editors should hope that
the reader will stick with the
magazine long enough to get to
page 19 for the bright spot of the
edition. The story "Prom," only a
half column long, packs more
See AWGWAN page 2.
Rockefeller's club
meets competition
Sidewalk Superintendents of America have
nothing on Nebraska's engineering students
Bv Morton Margolin.
The fact that members of John ). Kockofcller's exclusive
Sidewalk Superintendents of America chili have nothing on Ne
braska students was demonstrated yesterday afternoon as the
sights and sounds of construction drew them in great numbers
to the site of the construction of n clovcrlcaf grade crossing
Award filings
due May 10
Student affairs office
announces five prizes
Five university of Nebraska
scholarships ore available this
spring for students who have
shown commendable woiK during
the pr.st year, the student nf fairs
office announces. All filings for
the awards must be made at Dean
Thompson's office on or before
May 10.
Topping the list is the Dr.
George Borrowman endowment,
which pays to the chosen student
a $90 stipend for the continuation
of his work. Dr. Borrowman of
Chicr.go was former'y on the Ne
braska faculty and took two de
grees from tins institution.
Worth $80
An $80 scholarship established
in memory of Edward Iang True
of Schuyler will go to an out
fte.nding student ond the William
Hyte scholarship will carry a sti
6ce FILINGS page 6.
A. T. & T. vice president
to deliver charge at
June 5 commencement
Faculties of the several colleges
are meeting this week to name
those outstanding senior students
who will graduate with distinction
at the June 5 ceremonies.
Delivering the commencement
Lincoln .Toiirnal.
....to address graduates.
DR. FRANK JEWETT.
charge as the class of 1939 as
sembles for diplomas will be Dr.
Frank Baldwin Jewett, vice presi
dent of the American Telephone
and Telegraph company.
Received John Fritz medal.
His recipiency this year of the
John Fritz medal, the highest
honor in the engineering field,
topped a long list of awards which
Jewett has received from honorary
organizations both in America and
abroad.
Added to the nine honoraty de
grees which he has been given in
science, engineering and law, was
See GRADUATES page 2.
ana a nyaro-eiectric plant.
Approaches, fills, abbutments.
and excavations on the two proj
ects came under the critical eyes
of the sidewalk superintendents as
they watched the workmen survey
the ground, build grades, and pour
concrete to make the projects
stand up even though it might
rain.
Students construct models.
The feverish activity around the
two projects was curried on by
civil engineering student; who
found that in the construction of
the models of the grade crossing
and of the electric plant they met
with engineering problems Identi
cal with those that engineers meet
in real life.
It is true that the newly planted
grass and landscaped terrain in
front of Mechanic Arts was torn
up to build the two projects but
any spectator who saw the sublime
look of joy on the face of a side
walk superintendent ardently do
ing his job would have f.iven Jiis
approval of any sacrifice no tn-N
ter how great.
40 projects on exhibition.
These two projects along wKh
40 other exhibits will be featured
tit the 27th annual engineers pn
house to be held Thursday eve
See r(OCKEFLLER page 6.
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