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0cia Newspaper Of More Than 7,000 Students
Vol. 89, No. 91.
Lincoln, Nebraska
Wednesday, February 21, 1940
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Hunterdirecfs
Kosmef Klub'
Ski Stealers1
$15 prize offered
in songwriting contest
for annual spring show
'use of legitimate satire on a
-'specific situation instead of the
usual burlesque will be the idea in
mind while directing the Kosmet
' Klub show," stated Armand Hunt
er who will direct the annual pro
duction of the Klub. The show
"Ski Stealers" is a takeoff on the
Russian-Finnish war and accord
ing to Hunter a clever plot has
been developed.
Announce song contest.
Announcing the annual song
writing contest designed to get
suitable lyrics and music for the
play, Grant Thomas, business man
ager of the show announced a
$10 prize for the best entry and
$5 for the second best. A meet
ing will be held Thursday at 5
p. m. that song writers may read
parts of the play in order to get
ideas for the songs. The songs
will be judged by Armand Hunter.
Production of the show will
start around March 15 and all
entries are expected to be in by
then.
"Developing the play into a
pood show is my aim," Hunter ex
plained. He is worrying about the
outcome of the war as much as
the play since the plot deals with
a Finnish victory. Hunter said.
"The songs and dances will not be
of the usual burlesque type but
will fit into the story and be an
integral part of the plot."
Hunter has done considerable
dramatic work and is well quali
fied to direct the play. He is an
instructor in the speech depart
ment and assists with the direct
ing of the University Players pro
x auctions, among which was "What
a Life." He has also done a great
oal of radio work.
Intercollegiate
debate entrants
file by Saturday
Karnes of all entrants in inter
collegiate debate try-outs must be
turned in to Prof. H. A. White's
office. Andrews 111, by the end of
the week.
Members will be assigned to
either side of the question by lot,
and the pairings will be announced
in Sunday's DAILY. Any names
received late will be assigned al
ternately in the order in which
their names are received.
Railways.
Subject for the try-outs Is: Re
oh'cd, that the U. S. should nwn
anl cperate all railways. Names
of Intramural debate tournament
entrants must be submitted to
frof. White's office by March 1.
AU fraternities have lcen noti
fied of the tournament. Any two
non-fraternity men may organize
a team, give it a name, and enter
the tournament as a group. The
debate contest Is open to all men
except intercollegiate debaters.
Cathedral Choir
has Fair invitation
The Cathedral Choir has been
invited to sing in the Temple
of Religion at the New York
World's Fair this summer. John
Rosborough, director, received a
letter from President Bruninl of
the Temple of Religion Associa
tion, giving first choice among
various choirs thruout the country
as to the time they wished to ap
pear. Definite plans aa to whether
the choir will go has not been
fiiade. If plans work out, all sixty
'members will leave at the end of
the semester for about a ten day
trip. This year the choir will have
an opportunity to visit and sing
at many places and fulfil many
engagements lmpoisible last year.
Daily, barb have tete a tete,
close 'prexy Ganz' incident
Like the little man who wasn't
there, the question about the cam
pus has been, was or was not
Dale Ganz, D. U., elected presi
dent of the Barb Union?
Members of the Barb Union ex
plained the whole affair yester
day to the DAILY NEBRASKAN.
It seems that way last fall, when
the Earb Union was nominting
candidates for class presidencies,
they consulted members who had
not attended meetings to get
their opinions on who should be
nominated. So one joker suggested
the aforementioned Mr. Ganz, as a
possible nominee.
Constable discovers mistake
In due course, Ganz' name was
preseented to the nominating com-
mittee, at which time urie con
stable, vice-president, "discovered"
that he was not a barb.
The affair never got even to
Judges to select
Coed Follies skits
Skits for the Coed Follies will
be selected today and tomorrow
by an AWS judging committee.
Plans for the skits were sub
mitted February 9. Now the com
mittee will visit each house and
pass final judgment on the skits.
French club
to bring film
'Cornet de Bol' winner
of international prize
"Carnet de Bal" French movie
will be presented in the Union on
Thursday at 4:30, 7:00, 8:45 p. m.
The movie had a long and success
ful run in New York, and won the
1937 international movie prize.
Story centers around a young
widow who is trying to forget tnc
death of her husband. While go
ing over some old papers she ac
cidentally runs across an old dance
programme. She remembers how
all her ex-beau professed undying
love for her so she sets out to
find them. She goes with illusions
and returns with regrets. Her
first suitor has committed suicide
and her second one is serving a
prison sentence. The third suitor,
who had promise as a musician is
a monk in a boy's school teaching
music. One is the mayor of a lit
tle town about to marry his cook,
and another is mentally 111 and
about to murder his wife. The
sixth is a hairdresser who cheats
at cards and the seventh is a
mountain climber who prefers the
hills to romance.
The movie is directed by Julien
Duvlvler and the principle parts
are played by Marie Bell and Louis
Jovet.
Oriental mysteries scientist
to read letters blindfolded
One of the most amazing tricks
of Dr. Tarbell, who will perform
in the Union ballroom Sunday, Is
his ability to recognize Instantly
the shapes, colors, and textures of
various objects when blindfolded
and to describe these objects In de-
tall. By merely passing his finger recently won the cup at the Ta
tlps within a few Inches of the clflc Coast Magicians convention,
printed page, he can read news
papers with layers of adhesive tape Tarbell was asked, "What is
over his eyes. niost important in becoming a
magician?" Ills answer was, "A
Uncanny as It may seem, he can knowledge of human nature and a
call a stranger by name, tell him sense of humor. Tricks are impor-
hls business, and the kind of a car tant too, but the mere doing of
which he drives. One of Tarbcll's tricks doesn't necessarily make a
favorite tricks, even tho it is good magician. It'8 the way they
against ordinances, la driving a are done and tho effect on Uie au-
car blindfolded. dlcnce."
the stage of nomination, and it
was fully forgotten, until one of
the members of the Union was in
troduced to Mr. Ganz. Then the
member said, "Oh, I know you.
You were suggested us nominee
for the senior class presidency by
the barbs." A fellow D. U. stand
ing near, put in his two cents
worth with "Hear that, Ganz?
You were elected president of the
Barb Union." And the barb, think
ing it was all a joke, asssented
and let it go at that.
Now, the barbs are anxious to
have it understood by all the cam
pus that Dale Ganz was not nomi-
nated,
them.
and was not elected oy
Art Henrikson is, and has been
since last May, president of the
Union and no election to this of
fice has been considered this year.
Field company
passes second
anniversary
The Cornhusker Field company
celebrates its second birthday this
week in plans for special Satur
day morning work for the spring
semester.
Started in February, 1938, the
field company is a unit open to se
lected infantry cadets from both
the advanced and basic courses,
and exists for the purpose of giv
ing military students more prac
tical training in combat principles
than the regular ROTC classes af
ford.
The company consists of ap
proximately 100 men, divided into
a headquarters and three rifle pla
toons. Company commander is
Joseph Fraser; executive officer,
Robert Nelson: and platoon com
manders. Ralph Reed, Charles
Fillsbury, John Folsom and Rob
ert Pillsbury. Major John U
Ayotte is military department ad
viser.
Inquiring reporter . . .
Discovers college graduates
dislike government positions
What do you want to do when are to be had why not take college
you graduate, work for Uncle Sam graduates ?
or be your own boss? Does the
younger generation depend too
much on the government for jobs?
Should they do something on their
own initiative?
There has been a tendency In re
cent years for graduates to look
to the government for jobs and po
sitions. Apparently they are good
( tilings. If they are and positions
There are amateur magicians
the world over whom Tarbell has
instructed generously. Among
these are Harold Lloyd and Ches
ter Morris, two of the best magi
cians in Hollywood today. Morris
Prom committee
picks Joe Venuti
Final chapter of formal season set for March 2;
vote at door to decide Prom girl; two filed so far
Nebraska oil
men convene
at university
Annual gathering
under supervision
of survey division
Nebraska oil men will convene
on the campus for the twelfth an
nual convention and short course
of the Nebraska Well Drillers As
sociation, Feb. 29 and March 1.
Sessions will be held in Nebras
ka Hall under the sponsorship of
the conservation and survey divi
sion. The Nebraska association is
one of the oldest and most active
in the country today, and its de
velopment and growth has been
due largely to the interest and
guidance of Dr. G. E. Condra, di
rector of the division.
Among the speakers this year
will be Dr. Condra, who will dis
cuss the elements of a complete
water investigation program; Ivan
D. Wood, extension agricultural
engineer, who will talk on pump
ing equipment and water produc
tion costs; and Professor C. J.
Frankforter of the department of
chemistry, who will present a se
ries of experiments showing min
eral content of various samples of
water.
Museum director to speak
C. r. Schultz, assistant director
of the museum, will address the
group on big water users of the
past, the giant elephant and other
animals which roamed the early
Nebraska landscape; O. J. Scherer
of the conservation and survey di
vision staff, will provide well drill
ers with the latest information on
the ground water level m the
(SEE OIL, Page 8.)
Mildred Kapac, arts and sciences
senior.
I'll take any kind of a Job when
I graduate from college. I think
government jobs are pretty nice if
you can get them.
Bob Aldrlch, arts and sciences,
sophomore.
No I don't. Personally I don't
think there is much chanee to be
come your own boss. Too many
students are looking forward to
government jobs. There is too
much of a tendency for people to
expect the government to provide
them with jobs.
Julian Byers, arts and sciences
Junior.
I have no Intention of working
for the government. Hut, Inasmuch
as the government hns increased
and is going to continue to in
crease its activity in business, it
appears that government Jobs are
going to be a salvation for a lot
of graduates. If I were not pre
paring to be a doctor I think gov
ernment service would be my next
choice. Good hours, good pay and
ever present opportunity for ad
vancement are good points of
which only a few private busi
nesses can boast.
Dorothy Stotts, teachers, sopho
more. Sure, I think It would be a snap
Job. I understand they pay off
pretty good. Once you get a gov
(Sce REPORTER, page 3.)
Prom goers will swing out the
night of March 2 to the music of
Joe Venuti and his orchestra, who
will close the winter formal sea
son on the campus, it was an
nounced today by Mary Kline and
Bus Knight, members of the or
chestra committee.
Prom Girl for 1940 will be pre
sented at 10 p. m. the night of
the Prom. Betty Groth, Alpha Phi,
and Mary Ellen Finney, Towne
Club, have filed thus far for the
honor. Filings which opened Mon
day will remain open for the rest
of the week in the office of John
K. Selleck in the coliseum.
To vote at door.
Candidates will be voted on at
the door by those attending the
prom, and the identity of the Prom
Girl will be kept secret until she is
presented.
A prize of ten dollars is offered
by the Prom committee for the
best plan of presentation. Plans
submitted are to be left in the
Union office by Friday, Feb. 23.
The name of the person who sub
mits the winning plan will be an
nounced in Sunday's DAILY.
Venuti, "The Fiddle King of
Swing," is playing a hold over en
gagement at present in the Hotel
Peabody in Memphis. Venuti is
known throughout the nation for
his artistry on the violin, and for
his orchestra. He is a star of
stage, screen and radio.
Relief study
gets $700
School of social work
conduct investigation
An appropriation of $700 has
been made uvailable by the Brook
ings Institution of Washington,
D. C, for a study of the relief ad
ministration and public assistance
program in Nebraska, it was an
nounced yesterday bv Dr. Frank
Click, director of the graduate
school of social work.
The investigation, which will be
conducted under the supervision of
uie school or social work, will be
carried on by El wood Camp,
graduate student, in one or two
counties in the state. The Brook
ings Institution is now engaged In
making a study of the public as
sistance setup in various parts of
the country, said Dr. Click, who
arranged for tho survey when he
was in Washington attending the
recent meetings of the American
Association of Schools of Social
Work.
Camp, a Lincoln student, re
ceived his certificate In social work
ut the midyear, lie lias been em
ployed the last few months by tho
Lincoln Social Welfare Society, but
will resign his position there March
1 to take further graduate work at
the university and to be employed
part time by the Brookings study.
McNeil to speak
at 'Y' installation
Dr. C. E. McNeil of the eco
nomics department Jiill address
tho university YMCA at their
monthly meeting ut 0 p. m. this
afternoon at the Temple. His sub
ject will be "Tho significance of
the University YMCA."
Installation of officers and the
cabinet will also be held. Among
those to bo installed will be Jerry
Bleicher, Phil Berns, Frank Ol
son, Ervln King, Bill Aeschbacher,
Clarence Johnson, Kinley Herbold
shcimer, Warren Lyness, Bob Ro
land, Darrell Randall, and John
Norall.