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Vol. 39, No. 96.
Lincoln, Nebraska
Wednesday, February 28, 1940
Coates talks
to NU women
tomorrow
Gibbs school placement
secretary to interview
coeds in Ellen Smith
Dorothy Coates, placement sec
retary of the Katherine Gibbs sec
retarial school of Boston will be
the second speaker in the present
vocational guidance series of
talks sponsored by the office of
the dean of women and the AWS
board. She will speak tomorrow
in Ellen Smith on the value of
secretarial training in advertising,
education, finance, the professions,
merchandising, publishing, re
search and the arts.
Miss Contes has already visited
Holland College in Virginia, the
University of Kentucky, Univer
sity of Louisville, Stephens Col
lege, University of Mississippi and
Washburn College. At all of these
schools she has spoken on voca
tional subjects.
No opening wedge.
"Secretarial work is not just an
opening wedge for girls entered in
the college of Business Adminis
tration, but it is also good training
for mathematics majors because
it might give them an opening in
advertising and publishing. In ad
dition secretarial training can help
history and economics students to
get into legal work and science
majors to secure positions as as
sistants and technicians," Miss
Coates told Miss Helen Hosp when
Bhe met her in St. Louis last week.
Miss Coates will hold individual
conferences from 2 to 4 p. m.
Thursday in Ellen Smith. Girls arc
urged to sign up for these con
ferences. Justice Simmons
Chief Justice Robert G. Sim
mons of the State Supreme court
addressed the "Young Advocates,"
newly formed pre-law society at
their second meeting last night.
Outlining court proceedure and
offering hints helpful to the young
lawyer in planning his curricula,
Simmons suggested that the Ad
vocates "get law in their system"
by attending the sessions of the
various state and district courts.
Law seniors have invited 18
members of the pre-law society to
serve on a jury panel for the next
law school court session March 15
and 16.
Art honorary plans
to honor Grant Wood
after Sunday lecture
Delta Phi Delta, art fraternity,
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la sponsoring a cuuec jtour ui
honor of Grant Wood following
Wood's lecture in the Union ball
room Sunday. Besides members of
the fraternity, invitations are be
ing issued to members of the fac
ulty of the Fine Arts department,
members of the Board of Trustees
and Nebraska Art Association, and
several other members of the
faculty.
Hosp speaks to YMCA
on 'Dating Dos, Don'tV
"Dating Dos and Don'ts" will be
the subject of a talk to be given
by Miss Helen Hosp, dean of
women, who will speak at the
YMCA meeting at 7 p. m. tonight
in the temple.
This meeting is open to all Uni
versity men who are interested in
this subject. There will be an
opportunity for individuals to ask
questions which will be answered
by Miss Hosp.
Phil Bern is the meeting chairman.
Chicago alumni
start loan fund
with $100 gift
Gift of $100 from the Chicago
Alumni club of the University for
student loan purposes was an
nounced Monday by Elsworth F.
Du Teau, alumni secretary. This
fund will be added to from year
to year, according to plans an
nounced at the recent Charter Day
program of the group.
Establishment of the loan fund
was arranged by Orr Goodson x
'26, president of the club, and Jean
Cobbey x-'ll, chairman of the
project committee.
First club to respond.
In contributing $100 for stu
dent loan purposes, the Chicago
club becomes the first of Nebraska
alumni clubs over the country to
respond to the printed suggestions
sent out by the University Founda
tion more than a month ago.
Du Teau announced that a foun
dation committee will be appointed
to administer such funds. He ex
pressed the hope that other alumni
clubs will follow the example of
Chicago in selecting projects such
as fellowships, scholarships and
gifts to become part of their Uni
versity program.
Nebraska
well-drillers
to meet here
Convention this week
to of fer short course
taught by faculty
Nebraska well-drillers who will
meet here tomorrow and Friday
of this week will have a fully
staffed short course for their an
nual convention.
Courses on test-drilling methods,
pumping operations and costs, the
status of Nebraska groundwater,
the elements of a water investiga
tion program, and "seeing the in
visible in water have been ar
ranged for the drillers, and will
be taught by faculty members.
E. C. Reed, conservation and
survey division, who is secretary
of the association, expects a new
attendance record to be estab
lished. There is every indication,
according to Dr. Reed, that more
than 100 men will attend.
Chancellor Boucher and Gover
nor Cochran will be guests at a
dinner Thursday evening in the
Lincoln hotel. Other features listed
on the program for the men are
an inspection of the museum and
the state water survey test-drilling
equipment, and a display of
drilling equipment and methods by
jobbers and manufacturers.
Nebraska debaters . . .
Use expansion, nationalist
arguments against Wesleyan
Nebraska affirmative and nega
tive debate teams met Wesleyan
debaters yesterday afternoon in
debates on the question "Resolved,
that the United States should
maintain a strict policy of eco
nomic and political isolation."
Otto Woerner and Howard Bea
slre, affirmative debaters for Ne
braska, discussed the causes of
war from the time of Babylon to
the present time, presenting the
desire for expansion, for new mar
kets, and nationalistic feeling of
the people. They suggested two
remedies for war in the world of
today, either a strict policy of self
sufficiency by this nation and
other nations, or a cosmopolitan
world without nationalistic feeling.
'Cosmopolitan world impossible.'
The Nebraska men pointed out
that a cosmopolitan world was im
possible because of the driving
Union plans
interfrat
quiz tourney
Each sorority, fraternity
to enter 3-man team;
compete for $15 prize
Plans for an interrraternity quiz
to be held in March are now be
ing completed by the Union. Each
fraternity and sorority may enter
one three man team, and these
teams must be entered before
March 3 at the Union. The grand
prize will be $15 and a cup to the
winning house, with three prizes
of $5 each to be awarded to the
runner-up houses.
The quiz has been organized be
cause of the immense popularity
of the radio quiz programs and in
an effort to bring fraternities and
sororities together in a new type
of competition. Questions for the
quiz are divided into Beven cate
gories. The contestants will be
tested on general information,
campus information, biography,
music, literature, quotations, and
thought questions. Any student
mav submit Questions to the Union
by March 10, and for each ques
tion used, the contributor will re
ceive $1.
Preliminaries for the quiz will
be run off on week-day afternoons
and the finals will be the main
feature of a Sunday afternoon
show. At each quiz, there will be
time-keepers and judges whose de
cisions will be final. Seven differ
ent questions will be asked of each
team and each man will be given
one minute to answer a question.
Preliminaries and semifinals will
involve about five teams at a time,
and four teams will participate in
the final.
Grads offered
scholarships
One student to be picked
from each state school
Presidents of Nebraska colleges
this week were asked to nominate
two or more candidates for tuition
scholarships in the graduate col
lege. A scholarship is awarded to
one student chosen from the up
per ten percent of the graduating
class of each college.
Candidates will be selected by
a committee of the Graduate Fac
ulty. In case a college does not
nominate a candidate, the scholar
ship thus released is offered to
another student.
Nominations must be sent to
Dean Stoke of the graduate col
lege by April 15 with the stu
dent's record up to the last se
mester. forces of nationalism and self
sufficiency, and said that this force
was what pushed Hitler and Mus
solini to the fore. They deduced
that the only possible solution was
self-sufficiency with all the de
pression and lowered standard of
living that would result.
In opposition to these arguments
the Wesleyan team, Virginia Craw
ford and Vera Harvey, upheld the
principle of comparative costs, and
expounded the advantages to all
concerned of imports and exports.
They spoke of the drastic realign
ment of International economy
which would be necessary, and
said that cash and carry plans are
preferable to isolation which dis
rupts world trade and increases
international friction.
Others debate.
In the other debate yesterday,
, (See DEBATE on page i.)
change Inn E?eeoE?aI vote
Daily sponsored Committee revision plan wins
majority support as 1,243 voters go to polls
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ARTIST GRANT WOOD.
He paints word pictures
for students Sunday.
Artist Wood
billed for
Union lecture
Iowa painter speaks
on 'Regional Art'
Sunday in Union
Grant Wood, Iowa artist and
prominent figure in contemporary
American art, will lecture on
"Regional Art," in the Union ball
room Sunday afternoon. Altho
Wood is in California at the pres
ent time, he will be brought to
Nebraska by the convocation com
mittee headed by Prof. Karl Arndt.
The lecture will be free to every
one. Wood Is a brilliant painter of.
the mid-western scene and of the
simple life of the rural sections of
America. An Iowa resident he
paints the scenes and the people
that he sees about him. His man
ner of painting is new and indi
vidualized, characterized mostly
(See ARTIST on page 4.)
Klub continues
tryouts tonight
Second tryouts for Kosmet
Klub's "Ski Stealers" will take
place In Temple auditorium at 7:30
this evening. Those seeking parts
in the 17 member cast will try out
In specific parts and will be judged
by Armand Hunter, director of the
show, and members of the club.
Persons unable to attend last
night's tryouts still have plenty of
opportunity to get parts, Bob
Leadley, author and ex officio pro
ducers explained. The completed
cast will be announced later In the
week.
Journalism honorary
gives smoker Friday
Sigma Delta Chi, men's journal
Ism fraternity will hold a smoker
Friday, March 1 In Parlors X and
Y of the Union from 7:30 to 9:00
p. m. Robert Latsch, state editor
of the Omaha World-Herald has
been asked to speak.
Journalism students will have
an opportunity to meet practicing
newsmen and become acquainted
with the aims of the fraternity.
Weather
The forecast for Lincoln today
is partly cloudy and warmer. ; If
clouds materialize, light rain or
, possible enow flurries.
In one of the largest Prom Girl
elections ever held, a majority of
students yesterday signified their
desire to have the Prom Commit
tee elected by the student body as
a whole, rather than by the Stu
dent Council.
Voling "yts" were 705 students
on the question "Do you favor di
rect election of the Prom Commit
tee by the student body as a whole.
"No" voles totaled 538. 109 "yes"
votes anil 84 "no" votes were from
ag college.
Large Prom Girl vote.
Prom Girl vote was the largest
. years with 1,213 students mark
ing thoir choice for coed to reign
over the annual Junior-Senior
lance. Candidates for Prom Girl
were Yvonne Costello, Chi Omega;
Ruth Yourd, Alpha Omicron Pi;
Laura Ellen Finney, Townc Club;
and Dorothy Swisher, Kappa Al
pha Theta.
The DAILY-supported measure
for direct election of the Prom
Committee will probably be put on
the Student Council agenda for
legislation soon.
Joe Venuti and his orchestra will
play fir the annual dance which
closes the format ssson next Sat
urday night in the coliseum At
which the winning candidate for
Prom Girl will be revealed. Tickets
for the dance are on sale at Uni
Drug, Danielson's Magees, and in
the Union at S1.50 a couple. Corn
cobs are handling campus ticket
sales.
Profs take part
in crime confab
Three members of the university
faculty took an active part in the
second annual meetings of the Ne
braska council for crime preven
tion held yesterday in Omaha.
Dr. Frank Z. Click, director of
the graduate school of Social
Work, and Lloyd Martin of Law
college were elected to the organi
zation's board of directors.
Professor Lester B. Orfield, also
of the law faculty, was acting
chairman of the committee on pro
bation and parole of the council.
He will spend part of the summer
making a study of probation and
parole in Nebraska with a view to
making suggestions for new legis
lation. Professor Orfield was the
principal speaker at the first an
nual meeting of the group in Lin
coln last year.
Druggists give
research grant
A $100 grant for the investiga
tion of medicine, which may prove
useful In the treatment of heart
disease, has been given the de
partment of physiology and
pharmacology of the university
pharmacy college.
The fund has been provided by
George A. Breon & Co., Inc.,
Kansas City, manufacturing phar
maceutical chemists. The ade
quacy of university equipment,
and previous work in this field of
research were among the reasons
for awarding the study to Nebras
ka, said Dean R. A. Lyman.
Dr. Harold G. O. Hoick, univer
sity pharmacologist, will be in
charge of the new research proj
ect, which will get under way
within a month. Dr. Hoick ha3
been experimenting with various
cardiac tonics for' several years.
His most recent study has in
volved testing the strength of
various solutions of digitalis on
the heart.