vc Imy i Nebraska!
Official Newspaper Of More Than 7,000 Students
Vol. 39, No. 95.
Lincoln, Nebraska
Tuesday, February 27, 1940
All freshman
in Uni dorms
Board of regents adopt
measure providing first
year residence in halls
The University board of regents
meeting over the weekend in
Omaha, adopted a resolution re
quiring all freshmen women to
" live in the University residence
hallH. This measure becomes effec
tive Sept. 1. 1941.
This regulation, according to
Chancellor Boucher, will require
all freshmen women to live in a
dormitory for an entire academic
year. The ruling does not apply to
students who reside at home, and
other exceptions deemed necessary
will be granted by the office of the
Dean of Women, according to the
regents' action.
Pass resolutions of appreciation.
The board also passed resolu
tions expressing appreciation of
the services of Dr. Arthur G.
Stokes and former regent George
N. Seymour, recently deceased.
Dr. C. VV. M. Poynter, dean of
the College of Medicine and su
perintendent of the University hos
pital, reported to the board on the
state of the institutions under his
direction.
Chancellor Boucher spoke on the
relation of medical education to
Ahe rest of the University.
Hendricks' articles
on Curie work appear
With the appearance of Mile.
Eve Curie in Lincoln last week,
recent articles by Dr. B. Clifford
Hendricks of the department of
chemistry on the famous Curie
Joliet families are of special interest.
Inquiring reporter finds
Four remain on ballot
in Prom Girl election
Ineligibility bugaboo rules out two candidates;
student body to vote on Prom Committee issue
Editorially Speaking
We Ask Your Support
and Here Is Why-
Today the DAILY NEBRASKAN asks for a thoughtful,
unbiased expression of opinion from the student body on the
question of Prom Committee elections. The DAILY already
has an opinion on that question, but it recognizes the fact
that it is "supposed" to represent the entire student body
and not merely the views of its editors. It recognizes that
if the student body does not support a measure, there is no
excuse for the DAILY to campaign further for it. Therefore
today we are seeking an expression from you to support or
refute our belie? that the election of Prom Committee mem
bers rightfully belongs to you, the student body, by direct
ballot rather than to the Student Council whose vote at best
can only indirectly represent you. We are asking for your
"opinion in the only way we know by placing a ballot on
the question in the hands of all voters in today's election.
Anyone who will look at the question fairly must realize
that it would benefit everyone concerned to put election of
Prom Committees up to a general student vote.
SORORITIES: No longer would you have to toady to
fraternity faction leaders in order to elect your candidates.
You could be independent in fact as well as in fancy and
elect your candidates on a basis of their qualifications rather
than being forced to stoop to the degrading practice of vote
swapping. BAKBS: You could win representation on the Prom Coin
mittee in proportion to your strength at the polls, impossible
under t he present system.
PROGRESSIVES: You cannot be sure of retaining your
majority on the Council after the next spring election, so
that a change in the election of next year's Prom Committee
would not necessarily hurt" you. Inasmuch as the same stu
dent body will vote for Prom Committee as votes for Student
Council, you would have quite as much chance to place a ma
jority of your candidates on the committee as on the Council.
And any year when you did not win a majority on the Coun
cil (and there have been years like that), you would stand to
profit by a general Prom vote quite as much as anyone.
(See EDITORIAL, page 2.)
Vote Today!
Sample Ballot
PROM GIRL CANDIDA
Vote for one
Yvonne Costello
Laura Ellen Finney
Dorothy Swisher
Ruth Yourd
Do you favor direct election
of the Junior-Senior Prom Com
mittee by the student body.
3 Yes No.
Kosmet trials
held tonight
Klub to pick 17 men
for annual burlesque
Tryouts tonight and tomorrow
at 7:30 in the Temple will find 17
male and female cast positions in
Kosmet Klub's "Ski Stealers." a
three act musicomedy slated for
presentation on the Temple stage
April 8 to 13.
Headed by Kgor the "egotisti
cal," pompous ruler of the state of
Russ and President-Helsinki, his
counterpart who rules over the
weak but clever Fannies, dwellers
in the oppressed state of Fanland,
the cast consists of four female
and thirteen male roles, all of
which the Author Bob Leadley de
clares are major parts.
Characterization, Leadley con
tinued is particularly important in
this year's performance, explain
ing that each role was written
with a particular character in
mind.
Even the minor roles c cook
and butler are parts which take
careful acting, the success of
(See KOSMET KLUB, Page i.)
The ineligibility bugaboo yes
terday ruled out two candidates
for Prom Girl, to be elected at a
general campus election today.
Students will also indicate
whether they desire to have the
Prom Committee elected by the
student body as a whole, or by the
Student Council.
The Prom Committee question
is stated: "Do you favor direct
election of the Junior-Senior Prom
Committee by the student body?"
Four coeds vie for honor.
Betty Groth, Alpha Phi, and
Woodie Campbell, Phi Mu, were
declared ineligible yesterday to
participate in the Prom Girl elec
tion, leaving only four girls in
the running of eight who filed for
the honor. Names of Ruth Yourd,
Alpha Omicron Pi, Dorothy Swish
er, Kappa Alpha Theta, Laura El
len Finney, Towne Club, and
Yvonne Costello, Chi Omega, will
appear on the ballot.
The polls will be open from 9
until 5 in the Student Union base
ment, and in Ag activities build
ing on Ag campus. Student Coun
cil members will supervise the
election, and faculty members will
be present at the polling place.
Vote
is not final.
Vote on the manner of Prom
Committee election will not be
final but wjll give the Council stu
dent opinion on the subject for
further legislation.
Presentation of the Prom Girl
will be made at 10 at the Prom,
and her identity will be kept se
cret until then. The winning plan
of presentation will not be an
nounced before the Piom.
LeRossignol speaks
twice to Iowa students
Dr. J. E. LeRossignol, dean of
the college of business administra
tion, gave two addresses before
University of Iowa students last
week. Wednesday evening he ad
dressed the Commerce Club on Uie
subject of avocations, and Thuis
day spoke before the class in.
banking on "Is Capitalism Bi cak
ing Down?"
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oTuaenrs Tavor cenrrauzea
interactional rally plan
Today the campus faces a fight
over a fight. The Student Council
demands that interfactional rock
bombardments, egg throws, turf
tearing, and displays of personal
pugilistic achievements be elim
inated and that one big interfac
tional rally, sponsored by Univer
sity authorities, be established
The Interfraternity Council has
decried the Student Council's pro
posal The factions feel there is
no color, no tradition nor spirit
to a large rally involving all fac
tions. The Interfraternity Council
voted the Student Council's mea
sure down. However, final juris
diction lies in the nanda of the
Student Council.
The proposed substitution ha
,,jnet with the tacit approval of the
dean's office which has long de
nounced the childishness of the
"hit-'em-again" independent ral
lies. Yet the factions, and the
members thereof, deny, with right,
that such subversive activities are
scheduled intheir rally plans. Now
no candidates are presented, silky
tongued faction leaders harangue
the organized houses with state
ments regarding two o'clock
nights-, "two chickens in every pot
andwe provide the pot" tactics.
litical situation and tend to be a
degrading factor in the political
activities on the Nebraska cam
pus. Janet Harris, Teachers Junior.
I believe the new type of rally
has some very worthwhile pur-
(See REPORTER. Page 2.)
Saenz article appears
Dr. Hilario Saenz of the Span
ish faculty has written an article
entitled "Spanish Translations of
Than" which has been accepted
for publication in Hispania, offi
cial organ for Spanish teaching
groups in America.
The weather
Lincoln and vicinity: Fob today
mostly cloudy with intermittent
rain or snow.. Lowest temperature
tonight approximately 30 degrees
with rising temperatures tomorrow.
Confucius say . . .
People who step in pol itica
puddle get in big muddle
s By Elizabeth Clark.
The Prom approaches on winged
feet, and the From Committee fol
lows slowly in its wake through a
morass of tangled opinion, con
flicting statements, and indecision.
After verbal fireworks ad gen
eral Indignation, the Student Coun-
last December eleven members to
plan the big annual event of the
year. And so the poor members
of committee had only three
months to plan the event of the
year, to secure an orchestra, and
to make plans for election and
presentation of the Prom Girl.
"Joe Venutl and his orchestra
Unifcr the proposed system all
candidates would be individually
Introduced, and one representative
of each faction would do all the
speaking for his group.
Eventually the answer is to be
found in student preference, in the
ability of the factions to control
their members, and in peace be
tween these two organs of student
government, the Student Coupcll
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The students think:
Jean Wolfe, Biz Ad, Senior.
It is my opinion that faction
rallies should be abolished entirely,
The rallies add nothing to the po-
Four of these will be on Prom Girl ballot
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Pictured above are Laura Finney, Towne Club; Ruth Yourd, AOPi; Yvonne Costello, Chi Omega;
and Dorothy Swisher, Theta; candidates in the annual Prom Girl election. Woodie Campbell, Phi
Mu, second from right; and Betty Groth, Alpha Phi, left; were declared Ineligible yesterday because of
scholastic difficulties.
cil finally elected one day early wm p,ay for the prom .. the com.
mittee announced last baturaay,
and all over the campus bewildered
students looked up and said, "But
who is Joe Venuti?" One bright
boy announced that Joe Venutl
had the "biggest littlest known
band ever to hit Nebraska."
How to elect Prom Girl.
Then came the dispute about
where and how the Prom Girl was
to be elected. Committee mem
bers made conflicting statements.
"It will be at the door," said one.
"It will positively be a general
campus election," said another.
Committeemen Dwight Burney and
Mary Kline put their heads to
gether Tuesday and decided in
favor of the former.
On Wednesday, Marian Brad
street and Brandon Backlund in
Council meeting announced that it
definitely would be a general elec
tion. Ed Segrist, just fifteen minutes
before Council meeting was over,
announced the Prom Girl would be
elected at the door. So the Council
straddled the fence, as usual, and
announced that the election, IF it
were held, would be held today,
and that Council members would
supervise the polls.
They agree to agree.
Finally after much telephoning
and conferring, the committee
agreed to agree, and announced a
general election for today.
Saturday, after the filings wr
(See MUDDLE, Page 2.)