Vol. 39, No. 100
University women to elect
next year's Coed Counselors
Vieing for presidential post are Mary Bullock and
Ruth Clark; polls open at 9 in Ellen Smith Thursday
University women will elect Coed Counselor president and board
for the coming year at a general election Thursday. Candidates for
president are Mary Bullock, Alpha Chi Omega, and Ruth Clark, Alpha
Xi Delta.
Also to be elected are six seniors, four juniors and two sophomore
board members. Hair or the menr
bers elected will be affiliated and
half will be barb girls.
Board member officiate.
The election will be held In Ellen
Smith from 9 until 5 on Thursday.
Present board members will offi
ciate. , Unaffiliated candidates for sen
ior members of the board are Ruth
Ann Sheldon, Jane deLatour, Beth
Howley, Victoria Ekblad, Betty
Schmidt, and Betty Pierce.
Pris Chain, Theta and Irene
Hollenback, Gamma Phi Beta,
are candidates for the presi
dency automatically are board
members.
UnafHia'v junior.
Unaffiliated juniors to be voted
on in the election are Ruth Gros
venor, Ava Worton, Margaret For
rey, and Virginia Mutts.
Affiliated candidates for the
junior posts .are Natalie Burns,
Phi Mu, Frances Keefer, Delta
Delta Delta, Harriet Talbot. Delta
Gamma, and Ellen Wilkens, Kappa
Delta.
Unaffiliated sophomore candi
dates are Shirley Kellenbarger and
Jean Powell. Affiliated candidates
are Dorothy Latch, Alpha Omicron
Pi and Alice Louise Becker, Alpha
Phi.
Phi Sigma lota
holds contest
Date for second annual
speech contest April 2
The second annual declamatory
contest for university French and
Spanish students will be held
April 2, according to an announce
ment made by Phi Sigma Iota,
sponsors of the contest,
Six prizes consisting of French
and Spanish novels will be award
ed winners in the contest.
With all students eligible to
compete the contest will be di
vided into six groups. The first
group is for French 2 and Span
ish 52 students. Group 2 includes
students taking courses beyond
those mentioned in croup 1 and
(See DECLAM on page 4)
Wood claims . . .
Prestige and background
of Paris not essential toart
Immediately capturing his audi
ence with his droll manner of
speech, Grant Wood addressed all
University audience on "Regional
Art" in the Union, Sunday after
noon. "The prestige and background
of Paris schooling is not necessary
for a present day American artist,
in order to be a success," declared
Wood, as he told of his two trips
to France. Wood was asked to
leave a Paris art academy after
making an "impressionist" paint
ing which was considered the acme
In radicalism at the conservative
academy.
Returns to America.
Wood returned from France
with a red beard and a headful of
notions that it was a pity he must
come back to "crude America"
after working with the Latin op
portunities and materials of his
host country. However, he now
feels that it was all an illuslan,
and that there is a wealth of aub
Jcct matter in America equal to
that of any country.
"Universities have had too many
peakers claiming there Is no
future," according to Wood who
Official Newspaper Of More Than 7,000
Lincoln, Nebraska
Sloan heads
' Advocates'
Kitrell, Carter named
officers, with Cochran
Frank B. Sloan, arts and sci
ences sophomore, has been named
president of the newly-formed
Young Advocates club, an asso
ciation of pre-law students.
Other officers are William E.
Kitrell, vice-president; and Dolores
J. Carter, secretary-treasurer.
Both are Lincoln freshmen. Prof.
Roy Cochran of the department of
history is faculty sponsor, and
Edward B. McConncll of Lincoln,
junior, is chairman of the mem
bership committee. Kitrell will be
in charge of the committee on
section meetings.
For pre-lawt
The Young Advocates is a non-
political, pre-professional organi
zation whose membership is open
to all University students in good
standing and who are preparing to
enter the Law college, and to all
pre-legal faculty advisers.
The Club's constitution was re
cently approved by the Student
Council. Membership numbers ap
proximately 40 at present, although
80 students are expected by the
time of the next meeting March 19
Klub announces
chorus rryouts
Tryouts for the pony chorus for
the Kosmet Klub show will be
Wednesday night In 201 Temple.
Bob Leadley and Mary Kline arc
to pick the members of the chorus
Selection will be made according
to size, ability to dance, etc.
Rehearsal for the show starts
Thursday nirht in the Studio
Theater in the Temple.
There will be a meeting of all
interested in writing songs for the
show. Wednesday at 5 p. m. in
the Kosmet Klub office in the
Union. Song spots and other mus
ic needed will be explainea.
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Journal and Star.
offers this as a reason for stu
dents being fearful for their se
curity. "There is pioneering of
one type ahead, I am sure," he
said, "Walt Disney has created a
new form of art that was impoa
(See WOOD on page 2)
Students
Tuesday, March 5, 1940
Move overF.D.R.
Gracie for prexy,
Goige, foist lady
Newest possible presidential
candidate, asked for in a mirthful
petition being passed on the
campus, was Gracie Allen. Over
200 signatures had been received
early yesterday afternoon as a
result of this "publicity gag" of
several students.
It is worded, "We, the under
signed, do, by the presence of our
signatures hereunto affixed, certi
fy that we are in favor of Gracie
Allen for presidential candidate in
1940."
This petition in all its unsincerity
will be sent to Gracie Allen ac
cording to the students, Fred Sim
mons, Dick Lindberg, and Lee
Pelton, who are circulating it.
Personnel director ...
Will tell coeds
found in employee guidance
"Personnel in Business" will be
the subject of the talk given by
Miss Marie W'eesner, personnel
and employment director of Miller division of the School of Com
and Paine department store on merce, director of the Lincoln ad
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Journal and Star.
Thursday at 4:00 p. m. in Ellen
Smith. She is the third speaker
on the series of talks sponsored
by the office of dean of women and
the AWS board for the vocational
guidance of women students in this
university.
Paging Ripley;
it can be done!
Battleship flys
The Greek philosopher who said
"There is nothing new under the
sun," was proved wrong again
yesterday by the Omaha World
Herald, for according to the Oma
ha paper battleships use bombs,
and German planes carry crews of
at least 300 persons.
At least those are the facts that
are garnered from a headline ap
pearing on page two of the state
edition. The head read:
German Plane
Is Bombed By
British Liner
108 Die in "Mistaken
Identity" Attack
193 Survive Blasts.
The weather
The weatherman says that this
spring weather will continue for
another day at least as he predicts
a few clouds and no substantial
change in temperature for Lincoln,
Daily editor issues
call for reporters
All members of the DAILY
staff will meet In the NE
BRASKAN office for a staff
meeting Thursday at 5 p. m.
Students wishing to become
reporters are asked to attend
the meeting. New bets will be
asslgneJ to re port en
Daily aids in selection
of all-American coed
Attendance at a glamorous motion picture world premiere with all
expenses paid as well as the opportunity to win a free trip to Holly
wood and possible film fame is offered to Nebraska coeds this spring
according to word received by the DAILY from Paramount Pictures.
The DAILY NEBRASKAN has
Dewey to speak
Journal and Star.
Thomas E. Dewey, republican
presidential hopeful, will speak in
the Coliseum Wednesday night at
8:30. The New York racketbuster
will outline his views on the agri
cultural problem over the NBC
blue network.
of problems
Miss Weesner has more than
500 employes under her direction.
She is the director of the women's
vertising and a member of the Lin
coln Community Chest board.
N U alumna.
An alumna of the university, she
has assisted many Nebraska stu
dents preparing for personnel
work in advising them and helping
them to get the necessary back
ground which would make possible
their entrance in this field.
Miss Wiesner will hold Individ
ual conferences in the office of the
dean of women between 3 and 4
and girls are urged to sign up im
mediately.
Harmony hour
plays Schubert
Schubert's Symphony No. 7 in
C major will be played during the
Sinfoma Harmony hour today at
4 p. m. in the faculty lounge of
the Union.
Considered Schubert's greatest
work in the symphony. When it
was first performed musicians had
only contempt for it.
The symphony was completed
early in the last year of Schu
bert's life, 1828, and is the last
symphony which he composed.
Suite No. 2 in B minor by Bach,
played by the Adolf Busch Cham
bers players, is the other compo
sition featured on the Harmony
hour.
Sigma Delta Chi to hold
rush luncheon today
Members of Sigma Delta Chi
will be hosts to all men interested
in journalism at a luncheon to be
held this noon at 12:00 in the rac
ulty dining room of the Union.
All men interested in the frater
nity are invited to attend.
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Sextet highlights . . .
Fine Arts recital by musical
groups in Temple auditorium
Sunday afternoon the School of "The Chase," performed by a horn
Fine Arts presented a recital by quintet, exploited a combination
Mu Phi Epsllon and Phi Mu Al- not often used. The tenor aria
pha Slnfonla in the auditorium at "M'Apparl," from the opera
the Temple. "Martha," was presented by Dick
. ... ..... - Koupal whose voice is remarkably
HIwgllL0l ln8 ,Prf0""ance well adapted to this style of sing
were Mu Phi Epsilon's sextet ac- lng ..Interludium," presented by a
companied by a string trio, and the strlng quartet, was one of the
Phi Mu Alpha Slnfonla chorus. nlcest parts 0f the entire program.
The trio presented a number by
Mozart. The girls' Sextet pre
sented two numbers, one by Franz
and one by Douty. The well per
formed cello solo by Miss June
Meek demonstrated alacrity in
technique.
Horn quintet unusual.
The second section of the pro-
gram was equal to the first in in-
terest, talent, and approprlatness.
been selected by the studio as one
of the country's leading college
newspapers to participate in a nation-wide
contest to select an ail
American College Queen in con
junction with the premiere show
ing of "Those Were the Days,"
Paramount's production of the
famous "Old Siwash" college
stories, at Knox College, Gales
burg, Illinois, on May 21.
For the next week and up until
5 p. m. Wednesday, March 13, the
DAILY will receive nominations
for selection of Nebraska's candi
date for the all-American College
Queen title. A committee composed
of representative campus men
and local motion picture represen
tatives then will consider all nomi
nees (who must include photo
graphs with their filings) and se
lect a limited number of those
coeds showing the most screen,
possibilities to be voted upon by
the student body.
Ballots published.
Beginning today and continuing
for two weeks the DAILY will
publish ballots which students
may use in voting for their fa
vorite candidates. The DAILY
then will send the photograph of
the local contest winner to Para
mount officials by April 3. A
group of prominent New York
artists will decide upon the 48
state winners from photographs
sent by all participating colleges,
and pictures of the winners will
be published in Movie and Radio
Guide magazine in the issues of
May 3, 10, and 17. Readers of the
magazine will vote on the state
winners to determine which shall
be the 12 national winners, ballot
ing to end by May 13.
The 12 winning college girls, as
well as the editors of the 12 col
lege papers originally sponsoring
them, will be awarded round trips
to Galesburg, Illinois with all ex
penses paid, to attend the world
premiere of "Those Were the
Days' on May 21. Paramount
(See COED on page 4)
Quiz contest
entries due
Preliminaries for Greek
affair runoff next week
Questions for the Interfraternity
quiz must be submitted at the
Union by March 10 in order to
be judged and used. For the best
question in each of the seven cate
gories, a cash prize of one dollar
will be given to the contributor.
The questions may be on general
information, campus information,
biographies, music, literature, quo
tations, or thought.
Preliminaries for the Interfra
ternity quiz will be run off next
week. All fraternities and sorori
ties who have not submitted their
three man team should do so at
once at the Union office. Finals
for the quiz will be on Sunday,
March 31, at 4 p. m. in the Union
ballroom.
Grand prize will be 15 dollars
and a cup. Each of the three runner-up
houses will receive five dol
lars. Several .hundred questions are
needed to conduct the quizzes and
students are urged to submit their
ideas.
The finale three songs by the
Sinfonia chorus was the appro
priate climax and highlight of the
program. The members of the
chorus, under the direction of
Richard White, president of the
group, sang the close-harmonled
selections with enthusiasm. Mr.
Cleve Genzllnger, soloist with the
group, showed that he was worthy
of the honor of being aololst.
