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THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
Wednesday, March 20, 1940
Society . . .
Wave of nationalism sweeps
over col lege fashion frontier
By Mary Jean McCarthy.
Waves of nationalism sweeping
over the fashion frontier have
made red, white, and blue the pop
ular color combination for the
spring of '40. True patriotism ia
the spirit and we can easily see
why. Could be the war, could be
the predictions of the famous
Schiaparelli, or could be just the
favorite hues of the campus cuties.
So fall in line, and sing this rhwme
. .Three Cheers for the Red, White
and Blue.
EAST-ER WEST
seems to be the question now, as
to the inquiry of vacation travel
ers. Kappa Mary V. Knowles is ELECTIONS
quite excited about her long
waited trip to Chicago and to
Sigmu Nu Ed Steeves. lbs Waugh
is getting rather thrilled too, as
the days roll past and her visit
with Beta John Brownlee draws
nearer. Theta Mary Marnell will
trip up to Kansas City to welcome
spring and vacation.
'KAPPA SIGMA
summer house "some are home
and some are out." This is the
jovial phrase that will greet your
eais if you would just happen
to call the Kappa Sig house this
week. The pledges looked mighty
spiffy in their tuxes. Guess they
are preset ving them for furthei
use with that necklace of moth
balls. ALTHO
Alpha Phi Dorothy Tipton and Phi
Delt Lauren Barnaby are definite
ly through and hardly ever see
each other they seem to keep the
wires plenty hot between the two
houses.
CONVENTION BOUND
are Bill Mowbray. Bob Simmons,
Jack Col and Jim Kirkendall.
They are leaving for the Sigma Nu
regional convention in Austin,
Texas, today and plan to spend
some time browsing about the
southlands. It seems the boys
have some feminine acquaintances
down Mexico way who will keep
them well occupied when they
are not conventioning.
WERNER BUCH
German exchange student at the
Phi Psi house last year is back
lor the holidays. He will spend
his vacation in Omaha as the guest
of Boo Ball. He is attending the
University of Chicago this year.
THE PIN
epidemic has hit the Kappa house,
and after five hangings (of pins)
in one week, all are wondering
who will be next. Bets are on Kay
Tunison and Beta Chuck Pillsbury
and they have been given until
after Easter to make the number
even.
THE ALPHA CHIS
and DU's will have an exchange
dinner tomorrow night celebrating
the pre-arrival of the bunny.
SEEN AND HEARD
Jack Beauchamp, Phi Delt, zoom
ing by in his convertible and wav
ing a fond greeting to all the
girls. Fondest being directed to
Kappa Ann Craft.
occurred and new officers now
rule the roost at the Sigma Nu j
house. Commander is Jack Cole; j
Vice-Commander, Bus Knight; j
Treasurer, Bob Simmons; and
Pledge Captain, Les Johnson. I
Women voters
sponsor two
civic meetings
The Lincoln League of Women
Voters and other Lincoln civic
groups will sponsor two citizen
ship meetings in the Lincoln high
school auditorium tonight and
Thursday. Tonight at 8 p. m., Dr.
Shepherd L. Witman, associate
professor of government at the
University of Omaha, will lead a
panel discussion on the question,
"What are the issues before Ne
braska voters in this campaign?"
The candidates for the United
States senate have been invited as
the principal speakers at the
meeting Thursday night. The men
who will speak are Edward Burke,
Hugh A. Butler, R. L. Cochran,
A. W. Jefferis, John H. Miller,
Adam McMullen, and Arthur J.
Weaver. The candidates for county
commissioner have also been in
vited to briefly discuss their plan
for the administration of relief in
Lancaster county.
Court clerk tells
Young Advocates
of Integrated Bar
Explaining the organization and
function of Nebraska's Integrated
Bar before a meeting of the Toung
Advocates, pre-law group, George
Turner, clerk of the state supreme
court declared last night that the
advantages of the Integrated Bar
far outweigh its disadvantages.
Included in the list of functions
performed by the bar are the set
ting up of qualifications for ad
mission, the promotion of patriotic
observances, the prosecution of
unauthorized practice of the law,
the promotion of statutes approved
by the judicial council and the
hearing of complaints made
against lawyers by laymen.
Clyde Martz was appointed
chairman of a committee to plan
the pre-law banquet. Members of
the committee are Louise Wilke,
Howard Bessire, Delores Carter,
James Webb and Blaine Sloane,
ex-officio member.
Phi Sigma lota
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new members
Phi Slirmn Totfl hnnnrir lnm
o w J "5
uage fraternity, initiated seven
new members last Saturday night
at a meeting which 50 attended.
Dr. David Cabeen, visiting instruc
tor, was toastmaster.. The prin
cipal speech was given by Dr.
Mabel Strong, of the English de
partment. Title of her speech was "Charlie
Chan and the Mort d' Arthur." She
compared the principal incidents
in the life of Sir Palamades as in
terpreted by the "Mort d'Arthur"
and by a modern satirical book.
"Customs of St. Johns Day" was
the subject of an amusing speech
by Lloyd Heal, Spanish instructor.
The seven new initiates of Phi
Sigma Iota are: Thomas R. Wiley,
Spanish instructor, Dorothy
Henson and Edith Keller who-1
graduate in 1940, and Robert
Sandberg, Elizabeth Groth and
Jewel Tinker, all graduating in
1941.
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Which is the real Jimmy Cromwell? "The man who married Doris
Duke, richest girl in the world?" And regally commutes with her by
Clipper to their exotic $1,000,000 Shangri-La in Hawaii? Or is he at
heart the Hon. James H. R. Cromwell, Minister to Canada, co-author
of "In Defense of Capitalism," the book that makes both friends and
enemies of capitalism purple for lack of words? This week's Post brings
you in words and pictures the spectacular story of his zigzag career,
what he thinks, and what he dreams of doing next . .
Wilson-
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his delightful sense of humor."
Wilson's mother, too, has been
connected with the university; she
was one time dean of women.
Wilson h:;s been noted for his
ableness as a lawyer in the Jaw
firm of Wilson and Vankirk. Foster
added. He was county judge of
Lancaster cmnty Ix-fore the war,
a memler tf the state legislature
in 1923, and assistant attorney
general in 1919. The subject he
teaches at the university is Kvi-dencc.
T
E STORY OF JIMMY CROMWELL 1
I by Jack Alexander J
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Spring
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winter are soon forgotten with the
coming of the light of spring.
Come the first spilng rains and the
filth and dirt left by the slush of
winter are washed away. Come
Easter morn and all the world
dresses in its new spring clothes
...on Fifth Avenue, the Klite dis
play their Paris-derived finery, on
Wilshire Boulevard, the Cahfor
nians flaunt their cinema-conceived
clothes, and on the streets
of all the nation, Americans are
dressed In their best.
Wi(h all this "dressing up" in
the minds of men and on the bodies
of men comes a new rhythm In the
hearts of men. We no longer
blaspheme the damnable cold nor
the stinging wind we now look
with a sort of reverence at the
new-bright sun, at the new-soft
sky, and at the new-found happi
ness of the whole universe. THIS
is sprinfr.
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I WAS A PRISONER ON A.SUBMARINE. Light, .iieJ out of
the blackness. Someone said, "Submarine!' And within minutes, eight dumb
founded passengers were bustled off their America-bound liner and into the
sub. The writer tells what he saw, and what happened during his ten days
as an underwater war prisoner. Read the strange document in this week s
Post, by HUGO BLEIBERC.
FOOL FOR A WIFE. She was too pretty for a farm wife, they said. And
too silly. Photographing flowers, while the dinner burned Strolling in the
woodn, while her hubband plowed . . .Then something happened to make
neighbors wonder who the real fool was. A short story, Perley Think $ I'm
Silly, by DAVID UMSON.
"WE'LL BEAT THE YANKS!" La fit season we batted .291 to the
Yanks .288, beat them 11 games to 8. Break up the Yanks? I say build up .
the Yanks! We want to win the pennant by knockout, not a foul! The
Red Sox Manager this week tells you the fine points of his team, his recruits
and his "fann" prospects. Told, with George Kirksey, by JOE CRONIN.
FRESH WATER MERMAID. When a man makes a fool of himself
over a woman, everybody knows it-except the man himself. Lydia.with her
wide blue eyes nd her taking ways, bad Des hooked plenty and was reeling
him in. His fibbing partner just had to invent some way to shake loose that
book! A new big game fishing story by PHILIP WYUC-
"IF I SQUEAL I END UP IN A BARREL OF CEMENT."
... No two-bit Michigan sheriff was touuh enouch to mli a mn.-.rv ,,u .f
Joe. Let them guess who burned his truck and slugged him . . . Here's the
tory of a young hoodlum in the apple country who was softened up with
the one treatment a make believe bad man can't stand... Apple Knocker, by
HAROLD TITUS.