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THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
Poll of Student Opinion
(Circle Answer)
1. Under present conditions, should the United States
enter the European war as an active fighting agent?
2. If Germany is defeated in the war, do you think the
spread of the totalitarian form of government will
be prevented?
3. Under present conditions, without regard to l.he
present law, should the United States sell munitions
on a cash basis to any belligerent nations who can call
for the items in their own ships?
4. Should the United States sell munitions, on a cash
and carry basis, to non-belligerent nations?
5. Do you favor increased armaments and extension of
armed forces In the United States at the present time?
6. Would you be willing to fight if:
a. The United States proper were attacked?
b. Any United States territorial possessions were
attacked?
c Any country in the western hemisphere were
attacked?
d. United States maritime rights were violated, I. e.,
if American ships were sunk with American pas
sengers aboard?
e. It became apparent that France and England were
in danger of defeat?
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YA. Nute The DAILY KKRRANKAN,
like all nrwiipaprni. ha bren Berimed of
overplay In It nrwi dealing with war.
The (art that war of amcretiHlon In real
and iwimethln to be nerlouoly ronnklrred
by every ntudent, ninken It our duly to
Interpret tuid potit the new as It come
to u. Keallr.lnc these clrriinmtanrf , and
believing that ntudent ojHnlon poKitlbly In
fluences public thought, we publish this
Student Council postpones
election of class presidents
Date shifts to coincide with selection of Sweetheart,
Honorary Colonel; Waugh names 1 3 commitees
The Student Council in its first
meeting of the semester yester
day voted to postpone the annual
election of junior and senior class
officers for a month so that it
could be held in conjunction with
the elections for Nebraska Sweet
heart and Honorary Colonel.
Eligibility requirements for
elections were discussed, and
parte of the constitution read for
benefit of the new members. Com
mittees for the first semester of
this year were appointed, and
their duties discussed.
Appointment of a new commit
tee, the activities file committee,
to keep records of the activities
of all students on the campus for
future reference, was announced.
Committees appointed are: ac
tivities file, John Mason and Mar
vin Kruse, co-chairman, Tess Cas
ady, Beth Howley, Neal Felber;
publicity, Merrill Englund, chair
man, Ellsworth Steele; forums,
Frank Roth, chairman, Priscilla
Wicks, Brandon Backlund; migra
tions, Beth Howley, chairman,
Adna Dobson, Virginia Wheeler;
eligibility, Lowell Michael, chair
man, Earl Heady, Emma Marie
Schuttloffel; budget. Art Hill,
chairman, Ruth Ann Sheldon,
Kenneth Simmons; organizations,
Betty Reese, chairman, Bob
Drews, Jean Morgan; Student
Union, Marion Bradstreet, chair
man, Neal Felber, Marian Kidti;
Student loan, Ruth Clark, chair
man, Otto Woerner, Marian Brad
street; constitution, Bob Houtch
ens, Bob Flory; identification at
Union, Jim Minnick, chairman,
Anna Mary Reed, Betty Jean Fer
guson; radio program, Betty
Meyer, chairman, Jim Minnick,
Betty Eginton; judiciary, Merrill
Englund, chairman, Marian Kidd,
Janet Lau, Art Hill, Bob Waugh.
New law students to get
acquainted at
With the law college's new or
ficial song being sung by a quar
tet as the first of a series of en
tertaining events, the lawyers, to
night, introduce the program and
traditions of the college to those
newly enrolled.
Thi9 annual smoker and get-together
for students and faculty
will meet at 7:30 in the law build
ing auditorium. Immediately upon
the exit of the quartet, the new
song will be taught to the fresh
men and then the entire group
will render their vocal services.
The college, feeling themselves
badly in need of an official song,
has adopted a song written by
Chauncey Barney of Lincoln, who
graduated in June.
Doyle to welcome lawi.
Dean H. II. Foster after mak
ing an opening statement will in
troduce the acting chairman of
the Nebraska Law School associa
tion. A number by the quartet will
follow and then the master of
ceremonies will Introduce Prof.
J. A. Doyle. Professor Doyle will
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poll. We unit seriously and sincerely that
you take a moment to fill out the ques
tionnaire. It Is our fervent hope to (ather
and tabulate a general student opinion on
this campus, l'lrane fill out the poll, tear
it from the paper, and drop It In a bog
for rampiis mall located In any building;
drop It In the bos of the DAILY NK
KRASKAN bulletin board In (lie Union
lobby, or deliver it to this office.
Cobs to use
memorial bell
in first rally
Parade,- fireworks, .
speeches will start v
at 6:30 in stadium -'
Tonight, after a silence of more
than 13 years, the bell that for
merly hung in the tower of uni
versity hall will summon Corn
husker rooters for the first pre
game rally of the year.
The old bell, which has been
stored in the basement of Morrill,
was taken out yesterday afternoon
and entrusted to the Corn Cobs
for use at rallies and games.
Starts at 6:30.
Beginning at 6:30 in the east
stadium, the rally program will in
clude cheers, fireworks, and
speeches. Bob Ramey, game cap
tain, and Biff Jones will speak be
fore the assembled rooters.
When the stadium program Is
over the students will parade, be
hind the bell, to the Burlington
station where they will see the
team, already entrained, leave for
Indiana at 7:30.
The rally committee has asked
that students and organized houses
set up their dinner hour so that
they may attend the rally. Stu
dents are also asked to enter the
south gate at the stadium. The
committee also ruled that no cars
may be driven in the parade.
annual smoker
welcome and introduce the new
students to the work and tradi
tions of the college. Next comes
professional piano-song and piano
tap dancing entertainers, followed
by refreshments and cigars
All of the new freshmen en
rolled In the law school will au
tomatically become members of
the Nebraska Law School associa
tion. This association which em
braces all within the college tends
to create a greater unity among
me lawyers
Frances Keefer takes
Vesper Choir position
Frances Keefer will replace Vir
glnla Charnok in the Vesper Choir
staff, it was decided at a Y. W.
C.A. cabinet meeting held Wednes
day night in Ellen Smith hall.
Joey Pestul was rep'aced by Betty
Atkinson in the Personal Relations
Staff. Tat Pope was elected to the
newly created Peace Staff.
VOL. XXXIX, NO. 8
SelEeck announces student
ticket sales hit 2,500 mark
War and U.S.
forum topic
for today
Winnacker to discuss
European situation at 4
this afternoon in Union
"The European War and the
United States," will be the topic
discussed by Dr. Rudolph Win
nacker at the first in the new se
ries of forums on war which opens
-Lincoln Journal.
PROF. RUDOLPH WINNACKER
. . . first forum speaker.
this afternoon at 4:00 in Room
316 of the Union. These forums
are sponsored by the Union and
arts and sciences college.
Dr. Winnacker will outline the
factors that seem to be pushing us
into the present war, and also
those factors that seem to be keep
ing us out of war. He will also dis
cuss the implications to be con
sidered and the attitudes involved
in the beliefs that we should keep
entirely free from foreign entan
glements, that we should stay out
of the war but send supplies, and
that we should enter the war.
Following Dr. Winnacker's talk
a roundtable discussion will be
held.
New students
to attend tea
Dean Hosp sponsors
annual mixer today
Women of the university, es
pecially those students who have
come to the campus this year for
the first time, will be honored at
the annual tea given by Helen
Hosp, dean of women, and her
staff, this afternoon from 3:30 to
5:30 in Ellen Smith hall.
Greeted at door.
Guests will be greeted at the
door and conducted to the receiv
ing line by Virginia Clemans,
president of the A. W. S. organ
ization. Receiving with Miss Hosp
will be Elsie Ford Piper, assistant
dean of women, Mrs. Ada S. West
over, assistant to the dean of
women, Margaret Klinker, chair
man of panhellenic, Katherine
Hendy, social director of Raymond
hall and Esther Ostland, Y. W,
C. A. secretary.
A garden effect will be created
In Ellen Smith hall by the group
ing of palms, baskets of ferns and
flowers.
Musical program.
A musical nroeram will be ere
sented throughout" the afternoon
by members of Sigma Alpha lota
Delta Omlcron, and Phi Mu Epsl
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Official Newspaper Of More Than 7,000 Students
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NEWS ROUNDUP
Nazis report
final capture
of Warsaw
French claim shell
barrage destructive
to Siegfried forts
LATE.
Moscow held the key to the fate
of Asia and eastern Europe earlv
this morning, as diplomats 'from
Turkey, Germany, Japan, Russia
and the Baltic states conferred. A
soviet-Japanese non-aggression
pact was anticipated. Also, a Bal
kan control pact was hinted. At
any rate, Stalin holds the aces and
will probably get his demands for
a naval base in Estonia.
By Woerner and Steele.
Warsaw, burning and deserted
save for a few survivors, surren
dered this afternoon, the German
high- command reDorted tonight.
The Siegfried line was reported by
(See NEWS ROUNDUP on page 3)
Frankforter
administers
frosh oath
'Biff Jones, Deans
Thompson and Hosp
greet class of '43
Members of the class of 1Q43
gathered in the university coliseum
and pledged their loyalty to the
institution, its faculty, its tradi
tions, and its purpose, Wednesday
at 11 a. m.
The Cornhusker oath wan ad
ministered to the class of 1943 bv
Prof. C. J. Frankforter of the
chemistry department.
Brief welcoming addresses were
given by Helen Hosp, dean of
women; T. J. Thompson, dean of
men; and Major Lawrence "Biff"
Jones.
Extra currlculars good.
"If engaged in wisely and with
the right kind of guidance, extra
curricular. activities are to be en
couraged among all students,"
Miss Hosp declared. "Educators
are interested in after-school ac
tivities because they now realize
that these events can and develop
social intelligence, which is the art
of living co-operatively with
others."
Dean Thompson told the group
(See FROSH OATH on page 3)
Wade enjoys peaceful trip
on South American cruise
"Ours was a nice peaceful voy
age one I would enjoy making
again," stated Prof. Otis Wade of
the zoology department whn in
terviewed about his recent 30 day
cruise of Caribbean sea ports.
Sailing on board the S. S. Vest
Vangen, which is an 8,000-ton
cargo boat of a Norwegian line,
Professor Wade and his wife left
New Orleans early in August and
Greek freshmen hold
first pledge smoker
Fraternity pledges of the class
of '43 met at a smoker Tuesday
night given by the freshman of
Alpha Tau Omega.
Present were the pledge presi
dents of each house accompanied
by one other freshman. Keith Shel
don, president of the A.T.O. pledge
class, conducted the session. After
everyone was introduced, a short
meeting was held to make plans
for a freshman dance to be given
at the Student Union building in
the near future.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1939
Books remain
on sale until
Gopher game
Daily Nebraskan editor
Niemann draws name
of Wilma Arter first
John K. Selleck, athletic busi
ness manager, announced Wednes
day night that student ticket sales,
have reached the 2,500 mark,
about equal with last year's sales.
He emphasized the fact that tho
drawing of numbers does not mean
that sales are closed and that stu
dents can still get activity books
before the Minnesota game.
Alpha Xi Delta is the luckiest
of the social organizations included
in yesterday's drawing of over 300
tickets for seats in the student
section of Memorial stadium, being
number 18 in the unfinished list
compiled late Wednesday. Theta
Xi is 21, the Palladian literary
society 27, and Delta Tau Delta
37, in order of the numbers drawn
by Harold Nelmann, editor of the
DAILY NEBRASKAN Wednesday,
afternoon.
Wilma Arter, Arts and Science
freshman of 1717 J St., Lincoln,
is owner of the first number
drawn.
Following Alpha Xi Delta, other
organizations, and the order in
which they were drawn, are as
follows:
Ielta tTpallon, 31 1
Delta Tau IlrJta, 37
Alpha Omlcron PI. 41
AraWa, 44
DHta Gamma, 41
Alpha Mcma Phi, 81
Higma Alpha Ha, 64
Kappa NiKma,
Alpha Taa Omrca, 74)
ACBC. 11
PI Beta Phi, (2
Raymond Hall, 120
Kappa Alpha Thru, 151
Delta Theta PI, l.V!
PI Kappa Alpha, 15S
Baldwin Hall, 159
The next 15 names drawn after
Miss Arter's number are listed,
in order:
' Frank Allmora
Oerald DavlR
Thomas Price
1. Kent HaaKhaa
Joha J. Kpeery
Wendell Snoeker
taeretla Thelaen
Amalle Nvoboda
Rlrhard C. Boe .
Kvedya Lambert
Joha L. Stanley
Henry F. Meyer, Jr.
William Shepherd
Robert C. Kovark-k
Kolaad Morgaa
Reservations will be given out
on the basis of Wednesday's draw
ing. The choicest of the 6,000
seats in the first 30 rows between
the 20 yard lines of east stadium
will go to groups and individuals
as they were drawn.
Holders of activity tickets, sell
ing at $5 are admitted to all foot
ball and basketball games, track
meets, baseball games, wrestling
and swimming meets.
returned to the same port during
the first week-of this month. Dur
ing their travels they visited the.
capital city of Venezuela, Caracas;
which is located in the Andes, and!
ports in Dutch Guiana, Curacao
and Santo Domingo.
The most exciting part of the
voyage, according to Professor
Wade, was the 100-mile trip made,
up the narrow, twisting Cottica
river in Dutch Guiana to the in
land port of Moengo. Often dur
ing the trip up the river, the boat
almost touched the heavy jungle
foliage overhanging both banks of
the river. However the depth of
the river prevented the boat from
grounding. For the last 20 miles,
the ship was pulled Btern fore
most up the river by a tug.
Americans finance mining.
Upon arriving at Moengo, the
Vest Vangen took aboard a cargo
of bauxite or aluminum ore. Thia
brown ore varied in size from dust
to pieces the size of crushed rock
(See CRUISE on page 8)