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The Official Newspaper of More Than 6,000 Students
VOL. XXXVIII, NO. 152.
Kosmet Klub endows
Organization
appropriates
initial $250
Annual award planned
on basis of activities
record, scholarship
In an attempt to popularize extra-curricular
activities and also
to promote scholarship, the Kos
met Klub has made an appropria
tion of $250 towards an endow
ment fund which will be given
each year to a male sophomore
student.
According to Bob Gannon,
business manager of the organiza
tion, no awards will be made until
the endowment has reached a
$1,000 goal, after which the money
will be invested and the interest
from the investment will be
awarded each year. As yet plans
for the determination of the win
ner of the scholarship fund have
not been established.
Sophomores eligible.
However, it is thought that the
winner will be chosen by a faculty
committee on the basis of scholar
ship and participation in repre
sentative activities. Male sopho
more students in any college of
the university will be eligible for
the award.
The Kosmet Klub award differs
from the other funds made avail
able by other organizations in that
consideration will be made of ac
tivities as well as scholarship. The
award will probably amount to
approximately $50 a year.
According to Gannon, similar
funds will probably be made
available after the completion of
the present one.
Union to fete
class of '39
Seniors to dine, dance
at annual event, June 2
Feting all university students
who will receive a degree in June,
or in February of next year, the
annual Senior dinner will be held
in the Union at 6 o'clock on June
2, followed by a dance in the ball
room b the Union's gift to the
graduating class, it was an
nounced yesterday.
Seniors alone may attend the
dinner, but any students may
come as dates or escorts to the
dance. Johnny Cox and his orches
tra will play for the celebration at
the Union s expense, and the only
requirement at the door is that the
senior who presents the tickets
identify himself. Seniors may also
attend the dane without attending
the dinner, or vice versa.
Reservations for the dinner
should be placed as soon as possi
ble In the front office of the Un
ion, according to Social Director
Vlnger. Both tickets for the din
ner, costing 50 cents, and the
dance are now available.
Music sororities offer
concert Sunday at Union
Presenting a concert under the
sponsorship of Sigma Alpha Iota
and Delta Omlcron, musical soro
rities, Miss Dorothy Holcomb will
direct her Lincoln string orchestra
Sunday at 4:30 o'clock in tho
Union ballroom.
The concert, for the purpose of
See UNION Page 5
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'N' book staff
gets edition
well underway
Selma Hill, Hawkes
to serve as heads for
1940 university guide
With the work of both the edi
torial and business staffs of the
forty-ninth annual "N" book well
underway, the university guide,
published annually under the
sponsorship of the Y. M. and
Y. W. C. A., will be ready for dis
tribution on the first day of
school next fall.
In an effort to make the hand
book a larger and more complete
reference than ever before several
new features have been added to
next year's edition. Included
among the new features will be a
section of helpful hints for stu
dents new to the campus. This
section will give information such
as how to drop and add a subject.
Includes rules.
The new section will also in
clude a copy of the A.W.S. rules,
intramural rules, and library
rules. An article on the Student
Health service will tell how to use
the facilities offered by that de
partment. The new dean of women will be
featured in the new edition of the
handbook according to tentative
plans mapped out by the editor of
the publication.
Selma Hill will serve as editor
for next year's edition, and Man
ley Hawkes will serve as business
manager. Assistants include:
Polly Christophulos, Betty Hutch
inson, Miriam Rubnitz, Florence
Meyerson, Genevieve Stein, Whar
ton Meyers, and Warren Dunn.
Forward writes article
on life of DeQuincey
Kenneth Forward of the depart
ment of English, who is an au
thority on the life and works of
DeQuincey, celebrated English es
sayist, will have an article printed
in the forthcoming issue of Publi
cations of the Modern Language
association, which reveals for th3
first time that DeQuincey was
sent to prison because he couldn't
pay his debts.
Witte issues challenge for courageous,
unbiased research by college students
With a word about the success
of the social work school at Ne
braska, Ernest Witte, retiring head
of the school, proceeded to con
demn in a statement to the NE
BRASKAN yesterday the "pussy
foot" manner in which the univer
sity resources are being used,
and to suggest more democracy in
the administration of the institu
tion. Stressing the need of courage
and unprejudiced research on tho
part of the faculty and students
of the university in lines helpful
to the political and economic In
stitutions of the state, Witte ex
pressed sorrow that the fearful
mpnncr in which research in be
ing carried on today .makes such
research absolutely wothless.
Wishes archives were open.
"It is my earnest desire," Witte
explained to see the vast wealth
of material lying in the archives
of the university made available
to those people of the state that
might find some use for It
The second proposal made by
TUKSIMY, MAY 23, 19.59
new fund
Choir to sing
final concert
here Sunday
Rosborough to present
world's fair program
in 'spring recessional'
Presenting its New York world's
fair program, the Lincoln Cathe
dral Choir will make its final np
pearance this season at First
Plymouth Congregational church
in a "Spring Recessional" concert
Sunday evening at 8:30 o clock.
Under Director John M. Ros
borough, the choir will feature
Harriett Cruise Kemmer, well
known Lincoln soprano who has
been singing in California for the
past two years, Kermit Hansen,
tenor; and Houghton Furr, or
ganist. The group leaves Lincoln for
New York June 8, on the Ak-Sar-Ben,
and will arrive in Albany,
N. Y. the morning of June 10.
Sailing the Hudson river from
Albany, the choir will arrive in
New York City at 5:15 o'clock
Saturday, where the members will
be guests of the Waldorf-Astoria
hotel.
The choir's first engagement Is
Sunday afternoon, June 11, on the
Park ave. terrace of the Waldorf
Astoria. With ten engagements al
ready confirmed, the choir has re
ceived an invitation from prince
ton university, asking that they
take part in the university's grad
uation ceremonies. Arrangements
for this appearance, however, are
not yet complete.
Barb Council
heads named
Erie Constable elected
new president of group
Discussion of plans to sell Barb
membership tickets this fall and
the technical possibility of giving
the Barb men's organization a
woman officer thru the election of
a woman to the president of the
See BARB, Page 3
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Lincoln Journal.
"RNEST WITTE.
ROTC units
holdcompet
tomorrow
Outstanding companies,
men to receive honors
at final military exam
The annual military competition
will be held Wednesday, from 1
to 5 o'clock, with all members of
the R. O. T. C. taking part. This
R. O. T. C. final examination is
one of the most awaited events
of the year, for it is here that a
large number f the students will
be rewarded for their work with
medals, cups and ribbons.
Cadet Col. Kermit R. Hansen
will receive the Pershing medal,
the Best Basic award by the
American Legion Auxiliary will be
presented to Forrest Behm and
Harry Epperson, Cadet Lt. Col. of
Field Artillery, will be awarded
the D. A. R. prize for the Best
Advanced student. Co. "A" will be
honored for their gallery practice
record firing for freshman com
panies.
Cups to be awarded.
The company winning the com
pany competition will be awarded
the Omaha cup and the Lincoln
Theater cup will be presented to
the best platoon. Gold, silver and
bronze medals will be given to
those students winning first, sec
ond and third respectively in the
individual competition.
The Gardner Field Artillery
medals will be presented to the
three best field artillery juniors
and the three best first year basic
field artillery students will be
given the Major Jones medals. To
the best Field Artillery junior
will go the U. S. F. A. Associa
tion medal, the best Field Artil
lery gun squad will receive the
Commercial Club cup and the
Honor Battery trophy will go to
the winning battery.
Teams to be honored.
Medals will be awarded to th
best basic and advanced Engineer
students with the highest ratings
and the best basic Engineer stu
dent in individual events will re
ceive a medal.
The members of the Nebraska
See COMPET, Page 3
Phi Tau Theta holds
initiation ceremonies
Initiation ceremonies for Phi
Tau Theta, Methodist men's fra
ternity, were held Sundav morn
ing at 8:30 o'clock in room 305 of
the Union with Willis Regier
president, presiding.
Men initiated were Lawrence
Griffing, Cloyd Hoyt and LaRoy
beavers. Active members conduct
i . i . . .
mg me ceremony were Willis
Regier, Clement Emerson, Elmer
Glenn, Dean Sterner and Ralph
acnoiert.
the sociologist, preliminary to his
departure for Washington, was
that students ought to take some
interest in the administration of
the school.
"There is no finer way to Jearn
democracy" he declared than by
practical application of its prin
cipals in the schools of the coun
try. It is absurd." he argued", to
expect students to learn what de
mocracy really means out of a
textbook.
More action please.
"Not so much preaching, he
urged, but more action. Let the
students thru councils or depart
mental associations determine for
themselves what and how the tub
jects will be taught."
Assuring the reporter that such
a plan was practical, Witte ex
plained that the students In the
school of social work at the pres
ent time are organized In councils
for the determination of the ar
rangement of courses.
With a statement that it was
See WITTE Page 6
Dr. Frank to deliver
baccalaureate sermon
The university's sixty-eighth
commencement services this June
5 will find Dr. Frank Jewett, emi
nent engineer, delivering the com
mencement address on "Forty-one
Years After Commencement." The
1939 graduating class will hear its
baccalaureate sermon Sunday,
June 4 in the coliseum with' Dr.
Robert W. Frank, Chicago Pres
byterian philosopher speaking on
ine Christian Duty of Non-Conformity."
The commencement processional
Monday June 5 will form at the
corner of 12th and R streets at
10:15 and then will proceed with
the accompaniment of the uni
versity band across the mall to
the coliseum so that the address
by Dr. Jewett will begin at ap
proximately 10:30.
Chicago professor.
Dr. Frank is professor of re
ligion and Christian ethics at the
Presbyterian Theological seminary
at Chicago. He has AB, AM, and
DD degrees from Wabash college,
where he has taught English liter
ature, a BD from McCormick
Theological seminary, an AM
from Harvard and a PhD from
Northwestern. He has studied at
the University of Chicago and at
the University of Koln, Germany.
Dr. Jewett, vice president of the
American Telephone and Tele
graph company, received this year
the John Fritz medal, which is
considered the highest honor in
the field of engineering and tops
off for Dr. Jewett a long series
of awards from engineering so
cieties which include, in addition
to nine honorary degrees in sci
ence, engineering and law: the
Edison medal, the Faraday medal
of the Institute of Electrical En
goneers, a medal of the Franklin
Institute, the United States dis
tinguished service award.
50 file for j
publications '
Board meets today at 1
to consider applications
Members of the student publica
tions board will meet this after
noon at 1 o'clock in University
hall to consider more than 50 ap
plications for 22 publications posts
for next year.
According to an official an
nouncement, issued by the board,
positions will be considered in the
following order: Cornhusker busi
ness staff, Cornhusker editorial
staff, DAILY NEBRASKAN edi
torial staff, DAILY NEBRASKAN
business staff, Awgwan editorial
staff and Awgwan business staff.
One seeks Rag Editor.
Least contested position of the
group will be that of editor-in-chief
of the DAILY NEBRASKAN
with only one student filing for
that position. Filings for other
See PUBLICATIONS rage 6
Union announces
summer plans
Student center to stay
open until August 4
Featuring a full schedule of ac
tivities during the summer
months, the Union will stay open,
manned by a full staff, until the
end of the long session, Aug. 4,
according to an announcement
made yesterday.
In the air cooled building stu
dents will be able to enjoy such
instructional activities as bridge
lessons, book talks, and dancing
lessons. In addition to these, sev
eral tournaments in bridge and
ping pong will be featured.
For relaxation the Union will
present movies twice a week and
several dances throughout the
session. A scries of recorded con
certs, similar to the series carried
on during the school year, will
also be presented.
The building will re-open next
fall just previous to the beginning
of rush week.