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Student badly
injured during
party rallies
Charles Harris of Omaha
suffers possible spino
or skull fracture
la the wildest rallying ever
aeen before a fall election on the
university campus, Charles E.
Harris, arts and sciences junior
of Omaha, suffered a possible
skull or spine fracture at the
hands of over enthusiastic politi
cal rallyers, Monday night.
According to Harris, who was
Interviewed Tuesday evening In
his hospital bed, he and other
members of the Phi Delta Theta
t fraternity were standing outside
their house attempting to protect
the building from another "egg
ing" similar 10 the one last year
which defaced the cream' colored
house.
Egg barrage
About 11 o'clock a group of
"rallying" students made the Phi
Delts the object of an egg bar
rage, after which a general fistic
battle ensued. Harris was hit,
knocked down, and then thrown
onto a cement bird bath. He lost
consciousness Immediately after
the fall. Rushed to Lincoln Gen
eral hospital, Harris was attended
there by Dr. O. V. Calhoun.
At the latest reports last eve
ning he was reported to be rest
ing well and his general condi
tion was described as "good." Hos
pital authorities stated that Har
ris showed marked improvement
since Tuesday morning.
The Phi Delts were reluctant to
reveal information regarding the
identities of Harris' attackers ex
cept to say in an ominous tone
They know who they are."
Only serious injury
x Harris was the only serious cas-
ualty resulting from faction ral
lies. Numerous other Injuries such
as cuts, bruises, and burns were
reported, however all were de
scribed as being minor. The great
er majority of the casualties were
inflicted by stones which began
to fly after faction egg supplies
ran out.
Dean Thompson, dean " of stu
dent affairs, had no statement to
make concerning the accident. Ac
cording to the dean, his office was
not officially notified.
Action Must Be Taken
Stop this moronic faction asininity!
As this morning's misty rays replace the smoke-filled air
of yesterday 's election, a day dedicated to serious thought by
ovcr-enthusiaslic morons of the faction system conies into be
ing. The morning sun clears away the torrid air o the usual
charges of dirty politics, unscrupulous poll practices, and of
crooked electioneering. Students who foolishly spent their en
tire day lurking near the polls trying to detect "big corrup
tion" lie tired in their beds. For we have chosen our class of
ficers, our Sweetheart, our Honorary Colonel.
And the light of the morning sun casts its beams into a
room and across a bed in Lincoln General hospital where a
victim of Monday night's asinine folly lies seriously injured.
He is Charles Harris, serious-minded, intelligent student who
probably will be deprived of education for the remainder of
the semester. This scene alone should provoke some serious
thought on the part of those who engaged in the barbaric fan
tasy and on the part of those authorities who permitted such
student mob action to disgrace the university publicly.
Blame for the entire affair is cast upon the opposition by
all three factions. Different and conflicting reports of the dis
graceful incident come from every witness. Hurled threats and
caustic charges of revenge are already echoing thru the halls
of fraternity houses. University authorities remain in silence
the silence, we hope, that is conductive to study and action.
The question is not one of blame or of accounts ; it is one
of action. We cannot stand idly by to watch such stupid,
time-wasting lewdness of student factions run gamut on the
campus. We cannot, and university authorities cannot, sit
quietly with tongue in cheek to watch the scandalous and ar
rogant destruction of property that accompanies every mad
pre-election rally.
Student factions, themselves, are justifiable and demo
cratic. Student spirit and interest, at times, are admirable.
But methods and actions which grow from ignorance always
go too far. Monday night they did. Retributions must be
made. We demand that action bo taken immediately.
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Marcella Comforto likes
sororities, carefree life
Italian exchange student compares America
with homeland notes numerous differences
"I am surprised to see the youner men and women are more
American young people so happy
and carefree," said Miss Marcella
Comforto, Italian exchange student
who is studvine music at Nebras-
ka. "In Italy it is different. The
Otficial Newspaper 0 More Than 7,000 Students
Lincoln, Nebraska Wednesday, November 8, 1939
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serious and do not have so much
fun. They do not have so many
parties nor do so many things,"
commented the aarK nairea aimui
iiHvp iniiairinn
She explained hat in Italy the
university is very different than it
is here in America. The schools
there have no social life and the
students live in their own homes.
The buildings in Italy are to study
in and not to have parties and
drink cokes in. Miss Comforto ex
pressed her liking for the sorority
and said that in her homeland they
had no such thing to compare with
them. She said also that she could
not understand why a musician
had to study all the other sub
See STUDENT, page 2.
Uni to hold
two convos
at 11 today
Five Latin . Americans
to tell general public
of native conditions
Lincoln audiences will have op
portunity to hear first hand about
conditions in Latin America when
five leading citizens representing
countries in that part of the world
appear at two convocations this
morning and at a public affairs
luncheon at the chamber of com
merce this noon.
Professor Karl Arndt will pre
side at the general public convoca
tion at 11 o'clock in the ballroom
of the Student Union and Pro'
feasor Hilario Saenz of the depart
ment of romance languages will
preside at the program in room
315 of the Student Union for
Spanish students and teachers.
On the Program.
Speakers are Senorita Susana
Perez Irlgoyen of Buenos Aires,
Argentina; Senora Lucia de Paula
Fonseca of Dio de Janeiro, Brazil;
Senora Angela Acur.a de Chacon
of San Jose, Costa Rica; Ccnorlta
Mercedes Guerra of Havana,
See CONVO, page 3.
Union survey
seeks cause of
indifference
Alpha Phi Omega will
tap student opinion
for new suggestions
Union board of managers asked
Alpha Phi Omega, national serv
ice fraternity yesterday to con
duct a student opinion survey,
which will enable the Union ad
ministration to base future policy
upon things the students want.
The survey, or skeleton hunt as
it is called, was occasioned by the
apparent dissatisfaction and indif
ference of students toward Union
policy. After eighteen months of
operation the Union would like to
hear all the gripes and groans as
well as the praises and preferences
of students.
Past record.
Alpha Phi Omega will conduct
the survey under the direction of
George Gostas, member of both
the service fraternity and the
Union board of managers. Alpha
Phi Omega is undertaking the
survey as its first project of the
year. In past years the fraternity
has conducted traffic survey, a
campus wide fingerprint campaign,
and the policing of the matinee
dances.
More than 2,000 questionaires
are being set loose on Nebraska
students, and wiU be circulated
until a representative opinion is
obtained from both ag and city
campus students. The questions
ask for comments on every phase
of Union activity including food,
management, service, and pro
gram. The survey is being conducted
along lines similar to those used
by Princeton and Purdue univer
sities. No names will be asked;
interviewees Identify themselves
as male or female; affiliated or
unaffiliated; town or outstate.
'Unbiased' reporter
Decides political ralliesare
a big 'yoke7 as eggs are laid
by Elizabeth Clark.
I was just an innocent bystand
er or a rider-behind the rally, who
was detailed to give an impartial
and fair account of what went on.
Furthermore, as I was never able
to discover the differences among
the progressives and liberals and
barbs, except that the progressives
were in and the other two wanted
In, I just didn't care who or what
won, as it is immaterial to me who
plants some Ivy, which will die
anyway, next spring.
Always loyal to my duty, I just
hunted around until I found a
friend with a car and started out
to follow the rallies.
First we got behind the liberal
rally, and sometimes In the midst
of it. I noticed everybody seemed
to have paper sacks that they
were carrying around. I thought
mayoe mai was jusi pan or ineir
equipment like the torches, so I
didn't pay any more attention,
They stopped in front of all the
sororities and dorms and made
speeches all something like this:
"ueauurui women of Raymond
hall, we the liberals have a strong
and fair platform. If our candi
dates are elected we will endeavor
to give to the university honest,
fair, and good government. Our
candidates are Forrest Behm, D.U.,
Dow Wilson, Delt (cheers). If
you'll vote for them, we'll help
elect Beth Howley, Nebraska
Sweetheart."
This didn't aeem particularly
thrilling, so I decided I'd go hunt
up the barbs. Way down the street
we saw a few wavering torches,
but they Just seemed to b mov
ing around without any particular
Ag campus
vote decides
prexy battle
Sweetheart and Colonel
also elected; winners
will be announced later
In the largest election ever
staged on the university campus
the two major factions divided the
junior and senior posts with Adna
Dobson, progressive, polling the
majority of votes to win the senior
ADNA DOBSON FORREST BEHM
Lincoln Journal.
...a fullback and a tackle.
presidential position while Forrest
Behm in a last minute stand beat
out Ed Segrist for the junior of
fice. The ballots were almost evenly
divided with only a three vote dif
ference between Segrist and Behm
until the ag ballot boxes arrived.
Segrist polled 22 of the ag votes
while Behm got 39 to take the
junior position by a 16 vot ma
jority. The barb candidates for
junior and senior class presidents
trailed by an approximate 50
votes.
Also elected was the Nebraska
Sweetheart and Honorary Colonel.
The identity of the sweetheart
victor will not be revealed until
her presentation at the Kosmet
Klub Fall Revue on Nov. 18. Only
men were permitted to cast bal
lots for the Nebraska Sweetheart
with 1,372 making their choice.
The Honorary Colonel winner will
be kept secret until the Military
Ball where she will be presented
in full military regalia. Approxi
mately one-third of the student
body elected the military queen.
Adna Dcbson, who supplants
Bill Kovanda as senior president,
See ELECTION, page 2.
but not by hens
object so after the barb junior
class candidate got in the car we
went back to hunt up the progres
sive rally. While we were waiting
around for it to start, somebody
else who said he was Sig Ep got
in the car, and somebody I didn't
know was driving, and three more
people were hanging on the side.
We finally got in front of the
progressive parade and by that
time three more people who had
COme running from behind the
Sigma Chi house were hanging on
the side and somebody I didn't
know had just crawled in the win
dow on my lap. Then somebody
behind us yelled, and so I leaned
out to see what was the matter.
Just then something splashed on
the side of a car and I wiped egg
yolk off my eyelashes. Then some
body else jumped on the side and
yelled
"Get going, they re after
us."
We couldn't slow down for the
corner and had to go down two
blocks, and then turned anyway,
Next street we came to the light
-was red and a car was going thru
the intersection. We missed it as
the other driver considerately
pulled up on the sidewalk.
The chasers didn't stop either,
bo we began turning corners wher
ever we could find them.
On O st. we got caught by a
red light and the 20 guys in the
other car threw their eggs. Three
landed in my lap but I had on a
yellow skirt, so it didn't show
much. The other car left without
getting more than a dozen or so
eggs inside it and we started
scouting around the back alleys
for a can of garbage. The barb
See RALLY, page 4,
