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Official Newspaper Of More Than 7,000 Students
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Vol39, No. 30.
Lincoln, Nebraska
Sunday, October 29, 1 939
Huskers tramp over K-state
FARM
FOEilML CB
PEGGY SHE
500 og students don denim, pigtails and hair bows
to hail Lincoln senior as season's first queen
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Peggy Sherburn, ag college sen
ior, was selected Farmers Formal
queen Friday night as more than
500 ag students donned everything
from bowlers to ten gallon hats
to attend the annual Farmer's
Formal in the student activities
building.
Miss Sherburn, selected by vote
of the men attending, reigned on
a hay throne in keeping with the
"farmer" atmosphere of the party.
Lentz, guest
star in first
symphony
Fine arts department
will present program
in coliseum today at 3
Initial program of the univer
sity Symphony Orchestra present
ed in concert by the school of fine
arts will be this afternoon at 3 in
the coliseum.
Don A. Lentz, member of the
music faculty and conductor of
university bands and orchestras,
has chosen to play Griffes' "Poem
for Flute and Orchestra" for his
sol 5 with Emanuel Wishnow of the
violin faculty conducting for the
presentation.
"Moon Love."
First on the program is "Sym
phony No. 5 in E minor" by
Tschaikowski. The work abounds
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Pick research
committee
Stoke heads group
to study coordination
The creation of a university re
search committee was revealed
yesterday by Chancellor C S.
Boucher, with the purpose of se
curing the correlation of the va
rious research programs v being
carried on within the university.
Dr. Harold Stoke, dean of the
graduate college, was appointed
chairman of the committee. Other
members are: Professors VV. L. De
Paufre, C. S. Hamilton, J. O
Hertzler, C. G. Lowe, Loui.se
round, W. A. Spurr, Myron H.
Swenk. and John'K. Weaver. These
members were selected to repre
sent the fields of the biological
sciences, humanities, physical
sciences, and social sciences rather
than colleges, according -to the
chancellor.
Nothing happens?
What kind of war
is this anyway?
"Why doesn't something hap
pen In Europe?" ask harried re
porters, tired of writing about re
puted great attacks on the west
ern front which torn out to be
scouting parties reconnoitering,
and airplane attacks which are, in
stead, air-minded civilians taking
the kiddies for a Sunday after
noon pleasure trip.
The Union says the same thing
only in a different way. War for
ums, recently turned over by the
Student Council to the Union, have
been canceled until something
happens in Europe to warrant
further discussion.
What Vind of a war is this any-
RBHRH
Her attendants marched onto the
stage at 10:15, formed an arch
with pitchforks in front of a re
alistic haystack, which to the ac
companiment of a fanfare by the
orchestra, opened to reveal the
queen seated on a hay throne. A
huge yellow moon in the back
ground added a harvest touch as
the orchestra played "Shine On,
Harvest Moon," as the queen and
her attendants marched down off
the stage.
Attendants eight.
The queen's attendants, all ag
seniors, were Gwen Jack, Lois
Hammond, Harriet Millbern, Ma-
rie Liienert, unanoue recKnam,
Mary Schricker, Marian Smrha,
and Amolie Svoboda. The queen
carried a bouquet of bronze and
yellow chrysanthemums and wore
a yellow floor-length dress
tiimmed in brown, with brown
shoulder straps and a hoop skirt
The attendants wore multi-colored
floor-length gowns with puffed
sleeve effects and gathered skirts.
Bales of hay, baaing sheep,
shocks of corn, red and yellow
leaves, harness, and an oversized
spider web transformed the activ
See AG FORMAL, Page 8.
Award bizad
scholarships
High-ranking students
honored Tuesday
High ranking students in the
bizad college will be honored at
the annual recognition banquet
and nroeram of the college Tues
day evening at 6 o'clock in the
Student union.
Presiding will be Lloyd Jeffrey,
niveidont of the student executive
council; Dean J. E. LeRossignol
will be toastmaster. Frank P.
Fogarty of the Omaha Chamber
of Commerce will address the
group on "The Tlua Values of a
Business Career." '
William Gold keys.
In addition to the awarding to
the student executive council of
the William Gold keys to the ten
hichest rankintr freshmen in last
year's class, announcement will be
made of the winners of various
other awards, including the Alpha
Kappa Psi citizenship prize, Delta
Sigma Pi scholarship key, the Thi
Chi Theta key, new members of
RetA Onmma Sicma. honorary
business fraternity; members of
the 1939 class elected to Pin tseia
Kappa, and those who graduated
with distinction In June, announce
ment of the recipient of the John
E. Miller graduate fellowship,
scholar in business research, and
the names of students whose aver
ages for last year placed them in
the upper ten percent of their
class.
Harold Swan is chairman of the
banquet committee; Grant Thomas,
ticket sales; Harriett Lewis, pub
licity, and Kathcrine Shawver,
program and decorations.
Pan-Hel offers
$30 scholarships
Several $30 scholarships for sec
ond semester tuition are being of
fered to affiliated university wom
en by the Lincoln Pan-Hellenic as
sociation. Women who desire to
apply should fill out an applica
tion blank in Ellen Smith before
Nov. 4. Personal interviews will
be given by the Pan-Hellenic com
mittee during the week of Nov.
12. No set number of scholar
ships will be awarded; the matter
is left to be determined by the
The season's
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Journal and Star.
Peggy Sherburn, Lincoln senior, was elected Farmers' Formal
queen Friday night as a crowd of 500 attended the annual event on
ag college campus.
Van Royen avers
Cooperation
on equal basis
is only hope
Only hope for satisfactory solu
tion of Europe's problems lies in
voluntary co-operation on a basis
of equality, combined with revi
sions of boundaries, exchanges of
population, important changes in
the economic system, and partial
sacrifice of the independence of
each country, Dr. William Van
Royen, of the geography depart
ment, told the geography meeting
of t'.e Nebraska State Teachers
association convention Friday aft
ernoon. Europe not ready.
Speaking on "The Political-Geographic
Background of the Euro
peon Conflict," Dr. Von Royen said
that these changes "would have to
be supplemented by common own
ership of certain colonial' regions,
wholesale revision of world tariffs,
and international regulations of
currency. For this neither Europe
nor the world as a whole seems to
be ripe. It probably will cost the
lives of millions of people before a
satisfactory solution of the various
European and world problems be
comes generally acceptable."
He pointed out that as a result
of modern education and the pdW
er of press and radio, nationalism
today plays a role in Europe
which it never has played before
Self-determination of nations is
impossible, Dr. Van Royen said,
Keith Gilmorc, president. Betty Jo
Smith and Marvin Kruse were co
chairmen of the affair. Ruth Ann
Sheldon and Ganls Richmond
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first queen
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Labor students
Make survey
for Swayzee
on unemployment
Dr. Cleon C. Swayzee's class in
labor problems will conduct the
fourth of a series of unemployment
surveys in Lincoln beginning Nov.
1 and continuing for one week.
About 60 students will do house-to-house
canvassing in ten districts
of the city representing ten occu
pational groups. Richard White
and Beverly Finklc, graduate stu
dents from Lincoln, will be assis
tant supervisors. More than 4,000
Lincoln people will be interviewed.
Cover eight areas.
The class will cover parts of
Havelock and University Tlace,
area next to the ag campus, a sec
tion northeast of the city campus,
and the vicinities of 33rd and R,
13th and A, 33rd and Randolph,
Sheridan boulevard, and the areas
from 1st to 8th and M to Teach.
Dr. Swayzee docs not expect
much increase in employment in
spite of the business upturn caused
by the war.
The survey is expected to show
Lincoln's share in business recov
ery and reasons for local unem
ployment. The number of part
time workers and the number on
relief will be noted.
In the last survey In 1937, Dr.
Swayzee found that 141 per 1,000
were unemployed. In 1933, 252 per
1,000 were without work.
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triumph
Wildcats pay
for 2 minutes
lead at first
Huskers rebound in just
two plays, with Herm
Rohrig going through
A number of Cornhusker fol
lowers going to Manhattan Sat
urday on the regular train, were
forced to make the last three
miles f their journey by
"thumb," due to the break-down
of the train when it was almost
at the end of its run. Most of
the fans who resorted to hitch
hiking in order to see the game's
kickofl were successful in catch
ing rides on the highway. The
football special arrived on time.
Special to the Daily Nebraskan.
MANHATTAN, K a s. Ne
braska's Oornhuskers weren't
to be denied here Saturday aft
ernoon as Kansas State's
plucky eleven bowed, 2." to 9,
in a Big Six conference con
test. The Wildcals led briefly-
about two minutes after Jim
Brock's educated tootsie had
booted a field goal from the;
ITuskcr three yard line shortly
after the start of the second
quarter.
Then came the bruising',
crushing attack of the Scarlet
tide, sweeping over the entire
Kansas State defense, opening
up holes and pouring over
touchdowns.
llermie Kohrig struck first
for the gallant Huskers with
an 80 yard punt return down
the- sidelines. Ilennie missed
the try for extra point.
Harry llopp. Hastings husky,
added another six points in
the third quarter when he in
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Chemical warfare
Sigma Xi topic
"Chemical Warfare" is the topic
of an address to be given by
Colonel C. J. Frankfnrtcr. at the
year's first regular meeting of the
Nebraska chapter of Sigma
XI, Oct. 30, at 7:30 p. in. in the
lecture room of Avery lab.
The colonel will present data
relative to the manufacture and
use of chemicals in wnr, and will
discuss the relation of peace time
chemical industry to war time con
ditions, the effectiveness of gas
at a weapon, and some of the mis
conceptions of chemical warfare.
Colonel Frankforter served dur
ing the World war as an officer of
the infantry, military police, and
chemical warfare service, was P.
M. S. and T. at Nebraska in 1919,
is a graduate of a staff course at
the Army war college, Washing
ton, D. C., has carried out ad
vanced study in chemistry and
chemical engineering at the Uni
versities of Minnesota and Michi
gan. The meeting is'open to the pub
lic. And Mr. God
is very probably
Donald Duck
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Football coaches may have only
a fleeting fame, but it's great
while it lasts.
Said a Lincoln teacher, "Name
three of the greatest men in the
world."
Said the bright little boy in the
first row, "Jesus, Thomas- Jeffer
son, and Biff Jones."
What price glory?