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Kosmet clubmen will make
to select best skits for final
Entries for the Kosmet Klub
fall revue closed yesterday with
13 sororities, 13 fraternities and
three unaffiliated groups entered.
Preliminary try-outs, which will
not be judged, will be held this
week, and final judging to select
the best skits for presentation at
the Kosmet Klub annual fall revue
Nov. 18, will be held next week.
Nebraska's "Sweetheart" for
1939 will be presented at the cli
max of the revue. Last year's
Sweetheart was Jeanne Newell.
Organizations which have en
tered the contest with the theme
of their skits, arei Alpha Oml
cron PI, "Tahaiti Tempo;" a no
sponsor group with Maxine Lake
as skitmaster, "Dance Orches
tra;" Delta Delta Delta, "U.S.A.
In Review;" Alpha Phi, "Monday
Night at Alpha Phi;" Phi Mu,
Grad students
receive posts
Seven accept teaching
jobs; two, scholarships
Teaching positions and scholar
ships have been accepted by nine
graduate students of the college of
business administration this fall.
The scholarships and teaching po
sitions were granted by six uni
versities. Leonard Hall, Crete, who re
ceived his masters degree this
year, has been appointed professor
- of economics at Nebraska Wes
leyan. Forrest C. Blood, son of
Prof. F. C. Blood of the college of
business administration, has been
elected instructor in economics in
, the school of commerce at the
University of Alabama. Richard
T. Eastwood, Burchard, has been
appointed an economics instructor
in the extension division or the
University of Alabama. Eastwood
and Blood both received their
)maatera degrees this year.
Grad students named assistants.
Three graduate students were
named graduate assistants in the
university thia fall. The three are
John B. Saye, Vilonla; William
Dick, Henderson; and Arthur G
Auble, Ord. Saye and Dick re
ceived their mastera' degrees this
year and Auble Is a candidate for
See GRAD POSTS, page 6
Prince says students more
interested in world affairs
"American college students are
very interested in world affairs,
much more so than they were in
1935," stated Prince Hubertus xu
Loewenstein when interviewed
Tuesday afternoon.
"During the last year students
In English universities have also
shown a great Increase in their
Interest in international politics,"
the visiting Carnegie professor
continued.
Speaking of German universi
ties, he declared that before 1933,
German students were deeply in
terested in international events,
Lincoln Journal and BUT.
Prince zu Loewenstein.
and led a colorful existence. How
ever since the advent of the nazl
regime, the colleges have been
unified and militarized. Now stu
dents have no opportunity for free
discussion, "or at least they are
not supposed to have" according
to the prince, who received his
doctor of '.aws degree in Hamburg
In 1929.
Liberty deep-rooted here.
When asked his opinion of the
character of the American people
and their government, the Austrian-born
noble said that he no
ticed most of all the deep-rooted
presence of the fundamentals of
liberty in United States and of the
democratic foundation of govern
ment. He also noted the fact that costs
of living In the United States are
considerably higher chan in Eng
land, adding that "prices are much
cheaper in Europe than in Amer
ica, especially in France."
Remarking on American food
and cooking, the prince declared,
"I like It very much. It in like
that found on the continent and
much better than that served in
England."
The author and lecturer volun
teered that he liked fraternity life
the rounds next week
production Nov. 1 8
"Radio as Comedy;" Beta Theta
Pi, "War Situation;" Sigma Phi
Epsilon; Towne Club, "Jazz;"
Sigma Alpha Epsilon, "Pande
monium Rustique;" Chi Omega,
"Football;" Raymond hall; Del
ta Upsilon, "Radio Station;"
Sigma Kappa, "Indians;" Gam
ma Phi Beta, a take off on ad
vertisements; Delta Gamma,
"College Daze;" Alpha Chi
Omega, "Football a la Femmes;"
Kappa Kappa Gamma, a takeoff
on Schubert's "Serenade;" Sig
ma Nu, takeoff "Fritz'Platz;"
Alpha Sigma Phi; Kappa Alpha
Theta, "Plantation Memories;"
Sigma Chi; Kappa Sigma; Al
pha Tau Omega; Pi Kappa Al
pha; Chi Phi, "Musical Memo
ries;" Phi Kappa Psi, "Tobacco
Alley;" Phi Delta Theta; Alpha
Xi Delta, and Kappa Delta.
lsolation is
Debate topic
Pi Kappa Delta picks
annual contest question
PI Kappa Delta, the only na
tional college debate society to
choose a subject for annual de
bate, has selected for this year the
general subject of "Isolation of
the United States From European
Affairs." The tentative wording of
the proposition Is: "Resolved, that
the United States should follow
a policy of strict isolation toward
all nations outride the Western
Hemisphere engaged in armed in
ternational or civil conflict."
The university debate teams
will study this subject for com
petition with visiting debaters. Ar
rangements have already made
for a debate with the University
of California team in January.
Also this subject will be de
bated with visiting teams In un
judged discussion before various
eastern Nebraska groups.
Bibliographies have been pre
pared by the library and are posted
In various parts of the campus.
Additional copies may also be ob
tained at 111 Andrews hall. All
men of the university, who were
not freshmen last year are eligi
ble to compete in the trials to se
lect teams. The debating will be
gin In January and extend until
Easter.
in American schools. While guest
professor at Washington State,
Pullman, Washington, he stayed
in two of the greek-letter houses
and took a keen interest in home
coming activities, "sneakings" and
football games.
The prince's full name is Hu
bcrtus ' zu Loewcnstln-Werthelm
Freudenberg. The three last
names refer to the three states
in Germany over which the
prince's ancestors ruled until 1806.
Zu denotes territorial sovereignty,
Remarking about the earlier
period of his family history, the
author said, "We ruled; how well
I can't say, but we tried."
The prince's father, from whom
he inherited "personal rights of
sovereignty which give him
equality with contemporary ruling
families, was a descendant of the
See PRINCE, page 6
Yenne speaks
at vesper service
Prof. Herbert Yenne was the
speaker at vesper service yester
day at 5 p. m. in Ellen Smith hall
He reviewed briefly a number of
plays which have been on the le
gitlmate stage in the past few
years. Also, he told of several
plays which are soon to open.
Of interest is "A Midsummers
Night Dream" which is being cast
with colored people except for the
parts of the four lovers, and is
being done in swingtime. Armand
Hunter, of the speech department,
read for one of the male parts
and was offered the role, but de
clined in order to fuUfill his uni
versity contract.
Music was furnished by the
vesper choir under the direction of
Fiances Keefer.
Vol. 39, No. 27
Teachers
Homecoming
entries due
today at 5
Displays to be judged
on eve of KU game
by Innocents, artists
Homecoming decorations con
test entries must be filed by 5 this
afternoon in the office of John Sel
leck, athletics business manager.
The contest is open to all organ
ized houses who wish to compete.
However, each house must keep an
itemized list of all expenditures,
and total cost of the decorations
must not exceed ?25.
The contest will be judged on
the eve of the game with Kansas,
Nov. 11. The winners will be
picket by a committee composed
of three Innocents, a professor
from the fine arts school and a
local artist. Points on which dis
plays will be judged include orig
inality, effort and general effect.
Merrill Englund, Robert Waugh
and Orval Hager, the Innocents
committee in charge, expect a
better contest than has been held
since the Innocents society revived
the custom in 1934. Last year's
winners were Delta Gamma so
rority, with a huge "VICTORY"
spelled in ice blocks, and Sigma
Nu, with Tarzan swinging the Mis
souri Tiger by the tail. Eighteen
fraternities and 16 sororities were
entered.
Pi Phi's leadYW
membership drive
The YWCA membership and fi
nance drive closed yesterday aft
ernoon after a successful cam
paign. Leading all divisions was.
Pi Beta Phi with a total subscrip
tlon of 1101.50. Second was Chi
Omega with 168.50.
Top salesman was Beaay Jane
Ferguson with $54.50. Jane Shaw
was second with $50.50. Member
ships will now be taken in the
YWCA office in Ellen Smith hall
The finance staff will continue
calling women on the campus un
til all have been reached, either
by telephone or personally.
Educator praises
extension work
The pioneering work of the uni
versity in the development of high
quality home study courses is
praised by Sidney C. Mitchell
superintendent of schools at Ben
ton Harbor, Mich., in his new book
on "Supervised Correspondence
Study for Individual Pupil Needs."
"The extension division has
placed the University of Nebraska
among the leaders of state univer
sities in serving its citizens. It is
not surprising, therefore, that this
agency, under the able leadership
of A. A. Reed, director, working
in co-operation with F. E. Henzlik
and K. O. Broady of teachers col
lege, should be the first in the
United States to attempt to serve
small high schools by setting up a
plan of curriculum enrichment
thru supervised correspondence
study.
"Remarkable progress has been
made and under the efficient direc
tion of Earl T. Tlatt, assistant di
rector of extension, it has become
one of the outstanding develop
ments in the field of secondary
education in the United States."
Missives from the dean?
Down slip! Here's what it
means if you don't know
First six-weeks reports are due
Saturday, Oct. 28, and are to be
filed not later than noon Monday,
Oct. 30, Dean Thompson reminded
instructors this week.
Reports will be made on all stu
dents making unsatisfactory schol
arship" records as:
I Incomplete work.
C uiiaatlafartiiry but rr-dremablr
F wholly onuillnfurlnry
I) drnd In hnd standing
Absences will be reported along
with scholarship irregularities,
Lincoln, Nebraska
conven
Loewenstein
talks at cortvo
Role of U.S. in war
topic in Temple at 1 1
In light of the increasing inter
est in the question of United
States neutrality, the address of
Prince Hubertus zu Loewenstein
before a university convocation
Thursday morning promises to be
a discussion of timely interest to
students, faculty members and the
public.
The German historian and
scholar will talk on "The Role of
the United States as a European
Sees It" at a public program in
the Temple at 11 o'clock. The vis
iting speaker is on the university
campus giving a four weeks' lec
ture course on present day Europe
under auspices of the Carnegie En
dowment for International Peace.
The value of Prince Loewen-
stein's opinions on present Euro
pean affairs is enhanced by his
summer's stay in France. He has
followed the changing political
scene in Europe with keen inter
est, and his several books "After
Hitler's Fall," "The Tragedy of a
Nation," have been read by many
thruout the country.
Year's 1st eclipse
-almost complete
comes Friday
First almost complete eclipse of
the moon in nearly a year will take
place next Friday night and early
Saturday morning. Predicting the
phenomenon, Prof. Oliver C. Col
lins, of the department of astron
omy, said that people in their part
of the country will have an ex
cellent view providing the night is
clear. .
The moon will bee-in to enter
the' earth's shadow at exactly
10:54 p. m. Friday. The eclipse
will be half over at 12:06 a. m.
Saturday. By 2:18 a. m. the moon
will have passed entirely through
the shadow. The phenomenon will
not last more than three hours 24
minutes from beginning to end.
No special equipment will be
needed to see the eclipse. The next
such occurance will not take place
before May 1941.
COMMENT
Old jokes, older themes;
but then new Awgwan
By Elizabeth Clark.
The morgue of supposedly funny
stories and the rehash of selected
features from other campus
humor (?) magazines came out
yesterday. Violets to the cleaner
issues of this year and to the two
new writers whose stories altho
slightly timeworn themes, add
variety to the oldest jokes on rec
ord. Also the article "Why I Never
Expect to Graduate" expresses a
tender sentiment to the chemistry
department which many long-suffering
chemists have often felt.
More poetry.
Perhaps if Marge Krause would
write more poetry of a similar
caliber, the Issues could be much
improved, but on the other hand
Imagine the feelings of collegians
when they find the jokes of their
grammar-school days a decade ago
in the pages of our humor maga
zine. "I Suspect a Trick Play" is one
of the magazine's better features,
and other cartoons are much above
the level of the sterotyped jokes.
Just stuff.
Altho the difficulties of the only
campus publication now conveying
gore to the avid public are recog
nized, much of the "sotty stuff"
seems to have been written in the
future tense about the long-ago
past of two weeks. Also the cal
endar of future events evidently is
Wednesday. October 25. 1939
Thursday
Over 4,000
will attend
NSTA meet
Supervisor of WPA
education addresses
group at first session
Lincoln will play host this week
to over 4,000 teachers, who are
expected to attend the annual Dis
trict No. 1 Nebraska State Teach
ers convention. Meetings will be
held tomorrow through Friday in
the Union, and in Lincoln schools
and hotels.
Registration will open at 8 a. m.
tomorrow in the Cornhusker ball
room, the headquarters of the con
vention, and will continue through
out the day.
Addressing the opening general
session will be Dr. L. R. Alder
man, director of the education and
service division of the works pro
jects administration in Washing
ton, D. C. His subject will be "The
High Cost of Low Education."
Division meetings.
Division meetings are scheduled
throughout the convention. Mathe
matics, mental hygiene, physical
education and science will be held
at 2 p. m. Thursday in the Lin
coln high auditorium. Chairman
is K. O. Turner of Waverly, and
Josephine E. Wible of Lincoln is
secretary.
Special events of the convention
will include: an all-convention ban
quet starting off the confab on
Wednesday evening at 6:30
in the Hotel Cornhusker; an art
luncheon, Friday noon; a commer
cial luncheon, Thursday noon at
the Union; a classroom teachers
luncheon on Friday at 12:30 p. m,
in the Lindell Hotel; a home eco
nomics luncheon, Friday noon, at
Whittier junior high; a Lincoln
Chamber of Commerce courtesy
program, Friday at 8 p. m. in
the Coliseum; and a normal train
ing luncheon, Friday at 12 :15 p. m.
in the Hotel Cornhusker.
A. C. E. publications will be on
display during the convention on
the mezzanine of the Cornhusker
hotel, and the N. S. T. A. books
will be shown in the Hotel Corn
husker and in Park school on
Friday afternoon.
General sessions.
8pakers at the general session f
th conventions will be: On Thursday:
Dr. F. E. Henittk. dean of teachera
college, University of Nebraska, on "I'lao
See TEACHERS, page 6
a post-morten of happenings a
week before the Awgwan appeared
in the sacred halls of social
science.
The meritorious cover by a nev
artist rates approbration and
hopes for more of the same in the
future. And for that feature
"Platter Chatter" which has ap
peared in the last two issues we
rabid jitterbugs can only cry
"More, more:'
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