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Official Newspaper Of More' Than 7,000 Students
Vol. 39, No. 124
Lincoln, Nebraska
Thursday, April 11, 1940
Council picks
Cattle, clears
divers agenda
Discussion centers on.
f op-house manners in
Union, library petitions
The Student Council at its meet
ing yesterday digressed from polit
ical issues long enough to elect
John Cattle, grad student, on the
recommendation of John Mason, to
fill the vacany of Earl Heady, Lib
eral, and also to discuss library
petitions and Union "flop-house"
manners.
The library committee reported
. that petitions were now being cir
culated on the campus and stu
dents in favor of having the li-
. brary open on Sundays were urged
to sign.
The by-laws committee, now re
vising rules and regulations passed
by the Council and codifying them,
reported that "progress is being
made."
Lowell Michael, chairman of the
student-faculty relations commit
tee reported that it was too late
this year to do anything to better
understanding between the fac
ulty and students, but almost
everyone was in favor of some
such plan for next year.
Ruth Clark reported that all
the prom bills had been investi
gated, and probably will be ac
cepted. Honors convocation attendance
was discussed, and various Coun
cil members agreed to give
speeches urging all students to
hear Judge Florence Allen, who
will speak.
Deplorable Union flop-house
manners were called to the atten
tion of the Council by Union Direc
tor Kenneth Van Sant, and the
Council agreed to take action on
the hats-off, feet-down campaign
for better student manners.
Block and Bridle sponsors
livestock judging contest
Competition in annua! event is open to all
ag, students; winners to get cup and medal
Annual Block and Bridle live- judging and students taking anl-
8tock Judging contest open to all mal husbandry I or who have
ag students will be held on ag completed animal husbandry I
campus Saturday. without other college training in
livestock Judging, in part or in
The contest is divided into two full, are limited to competition in
sections, senior and junior. The the junior division,
senior winner will be awarded a
run nwwidod hv the Anchor Serum Senior division students who
company and the second place
pninr will receive a medal
awarded bv Block and Bridle. Rib-
bons will go to the first three
winners in each class.
Twelve classes will be judged,
hrf nrh f hpo. hoes, beef
cattle, and horses. Senior cam- pcted in an intercollegiate live
petitors will give oral reasons for stock judging contest as a repre-
choices . on eight classes and the
juniors will write reasons on four
classes.
Regulations governing entrance
into the contest:
Junior division students with
out college training in livestock
Quick, Watson . . .
A solution for prying open
closed professional mouths
"No. Don't quote me. Don't even
quote me as saying, 'Don't quote
7 v ; 7n v
That is what the DAILY
me.
has to cope with. Professors, in
class, often digress from the reg
ular lecture miwri i
of the day. . . to thMr classes, but
when the DAILY asks them for
some of their views and opinions
for publication, a bombastic 'No
Is our sole reward.
. . . ,
The professors are an intelligent
group of men and women. Their
ideas and views should, and do
carry weight. For this reason there
is little or no complaining by stu-
LATEST WAR NEWS
Latest war reports brought
Indication from Reuters of Lon
don through a Stockholm mes
sage early Thursday morning
that King Haakon of Norway
will proclaim today Norway's
determination to fight with the
Allies and not to capitulate to
Germany. President of the Nor
wegian parliament, Cart Ham
bro, reiterated the intention to
resist when he broadcast early
Thursday over a Swedish radio.
No further encounters for
more than eight hours were re
ported after the German attack
against Elverum, 75 miles north
of Oslo, which was "repulsed all
along the line."
Unconfirmed reports said
that the Norwegian cities Ber
gen and Trondheim have been
taken by British landing par
ties after one day of German
occupation.
Seniors take
honor exams
1 5 students write tests
for distinction degrees
Fifteen seniors in the arts col
lege will take special examinations
tomorrow through Tuesday which
lead to degrees with distinction,
Dr. J. L. Sellers announced yes
terday. Nebraska is one of the 36 uni
versities which now make degrees
with distinction available to high
ranking seniors. Nebraska is, ac
cording to Dr. Sellers, conserva
tive in awarding the degrees mak
ing them available to only six per
cent of the graduating class.
The committee in charge of the
awards consists of Dr. Sellers,
history. Dr. H. A. Gettmann, Eng
lish, Dr. D. D. Whitney, zoology;
Dean C. H. Oldfather; and Dr.
W. C. Brenke, chairman of the
committee.
have completed animal husbandry
I and are now taking or who have
finished either animal husbandry
3, 9. 10, or 11 are limited to com-
peuuun m ocmur uivuwm.
A member of the senior live
stock Judging team who has com
seniauvc oi uie acuwr u.
eligible for competition in the con
test.
More than 125 ag men competed
fos the title of champion livestock
judge last year, and the entry list
is expected to be even larger this
year.
dents when Prof. Amos A. Amiable
(alias) happens, in the course of
Ma lecture, to wander from "the
,,.,,' fartnr. ,n tha n-
ality of a bed-bug" onto whether
or not the latest German advance
and OCCUpation caught the Allies
r rii, thp Rrltish let
napping. . . or did the British let
them take over Norway just to
t the German occupational
forcea
Should Chamberlain be removed
from off,ce? wm 1Iitler.a force3
vlctorlou3 on tne 8ca? These
stions nnd otner of paramount
(See DON'T QUOTE, page 7.)
New Alumnus
holds article
by Bengtson
"University Junior Division"
and "University Years" are the
featured stories in the April num
ber of the Nebraska Alumnus
which came out yesterday.
Dr. N. A. Bengtson, dean of the
new Junior Division, describes
structure and goals of his depart
ment and marks it as another for
ward step In education at Ne
braska. He says, "A general ori
entation course for freshmen is
needed to facilitate testing for
general aptitudes, to orientate stu
dents to university life, and to
promote their understanding of
the uses and purposes of services
provided for Uiem.'
A riot.
Reminiscing over "not so long
ago experiences that were out of
the ordinary," Rudolph Umland,
'29, tells about a riot which oc
curred between the engineers and
lawyers in 1927 when the lawyers
attempted to wreck an Engineers
Day exhibit. The engineers cor
nered the lawyers in the Phi Al
pha Delta fraternity house and a
fight ensued. The house was sorely
in need of repairs before the po
lice the firemen arrived and
stopped the brawl with a strong
spray of water.
Another article announces the
donation of 5100 on Founders Day
to the University of Nebraska
Foundation by the Chicago
alumni. '
There's a woman
behind pony
chorus success
How could they fail? They could
not. First nighters at "Ski Steal
ers" wondered where the chorus
boys got such grace, such vitality,
such smoothness. Now the secret
of the pony chorus' success is told.
. They had divine inspiration:
From Rosita Royce (if she ain't
divine, what is?) Monday came a
telegram of good wishes to the 16
collegian-terpsichoreans.
Miss Rovce, who is famous for
her dove-dance, wished the boys
good luck, and offered a few final
words of professional advice, as
follows: "Best of luck to you all.
Remember to keep those knees
straight in the Russian ballet. And
above all remember you're 'Oomph'
boys.
(signed) Rosita Royce."
Barbs present Variety show
-A
Program includes seven acts
Five skits and two curtain acts
selected by preliminary trial last
. . . . ... . 4.
Monday night will comprise the
Barb Variety show to be held
tomorrow at 8 p. m. in the Union.
The performance will be followed
by a dance.
The Blue Heaven Barbs will pre
s e n t a shadowgram entitled
"Phooey Chop Suey." Paul Owen,
star 880 man on the track team
last year divulges how chop suey
eating ruined his track career.
Minstrel show.
Baldwin's Black Boys will pre
sent a minstrel show with Joe
Shaughnessey, tenor, as soloist,
and the Pal club is amusing Dra
cula at Sunny Brook farm. It is
a tragic drama with more corpses
than one could find in a ceme
tery. "Ye Old Antique Shoppe" which
will be presented by the Corn
husker Coops will sell living sta
tues and boasts, incidentally, a
hula dancer, who, according to
Art Hendrickson would make a
native Hawaiian look like a mem
ber of the Russian ballet.
"The Case of the Missing Beer
or The Missing Case of Beer" is
Larry Clinton signed
for Union celebration
Cornhusker presents year's beauty queen winners
at second birthday dance in Coliseum May 2, '
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LARRY CLINTON
arranger number one
Orators file
for Ivy Day
Deadline today at 5;
elect Innocents April 16
Ivy Day orator filings must be
in John K. Selleck's office in the
coliseum by 5 p. m. today. The ora
tor will be chosen at the general
student election on April 16 when
the nominations for Innocents will
also be made.
Any man or woman in the uni
versity who will graduate with the
senior class is eligible for the
honor. Requirements for Innocents
are not less than 89 and not more
than 106 credit hours in the uni
versity by next fall. The scholastic
average must be not less than 78
Votes may be cast by all men
and women regularly enrolled in
the university for the Ivy Day
orator but only Junior and senior
men may nominate names for In
nocents. Each voter may name
from five to twenty candidates for
the society which traditionally
picks thirteen members on Ivy
Day. They will be picked from the
25 highest in the student vote by
the present members of the men's
honorary.
a farce of the police force in which
Art Hendrickson la a girl reporter
Buiiuiviiitr inc iuiio wiui many tx
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A first prize of $10 will be given
to the winner and $5 to the second
placer. The prizes will be awarded
according to the applause given
the skits,
Phi Sigma lota
international
program tonight
Phi Sigma Iota, honorary ro
mance language fraternity, will
present an international program
featuring two plays at an open
meeting tonight at 7:30 in the
Union.
"Sin Querer," a Spanish play,
and "La Farce du Cuvier,
French play, are two of the num
bors on the program. Also there
will be violin solo by Marcella
Conforto, exchange Btudent from
Italy, a Spanish dance composed
and given by Betty Groth and
Betty Mueller. Other entertain
ment will be a Mexican dance by
Mrs. Flavla Waters Champc, and
group singing. .
With Larry Clinton, box-offic
1 maestro and his famous band play
, ing at the Coliseum and with the
presentation of the Cornhusker
I beauty queens the Union will cele-
Drate Its second birthday May 2.
Clinton, who will help the cam
pus to celebrate the eventful week
end of Ivy Day, is famous for com
posing such songs as "The Dipsy
Doodle," "My Reverie," "Our
Love," and "My Silent Mood,"
and has frequently been called
America's No. 1 ararnger.
Current sponsorship.
He is currently on a commercial
broadcast for Sensation cigarettes,
and has also been sponsored on the
air by Quaker Oats and RCA Vic
tor. His orchestra holds the record
in attendance at the popular Glen
Island Casino in Meadowbrook,
N. J.
Orrin Tucker Dlaved at tlu nrMn
ing of the Union, and last year
Rubinoff was guest for the first
anniversary. ,
Editors pick beauties.
Editors of the vearhnnk in f,
Big Six chose the beauty queens
from the pictures of the candidates
which were sent to them. Six
queens, whose identities are to be
concealed until their presentation
were chosen.
Clinton began his professional
music career as a pianist. H later
played the trumpet, with Ferde
Grofe, then arranged music for the
horsey orothers, Glen Gray, and
Isham Jones, and at last organized
his own band.
The approximate advance nai
price for the dance is $1.2 5 n mil.
pie, and the exact price will be re
leased as soon as it is determined
whether an admission tax will be
cnargea.
I-M debaters
end round
Beta, Delta Theta Phi, '
Tappa Kegga, ATO win
Results of the first two rounds
of the intramural devate tourney
on the question of compulsory
automobile insurance were an
nounced by Prof. H. A. White, de-
oaie coach yesterday.
Winners in the first round here
were Beta Theta Pi, Delta Theta
Fm, and Tappa Kegga, while in
the second round. Alpha Tau
Omega won over Palladians. and
Delta Theta Phi over Tappa
Kegga. Sigma Alpha Mu and
Beta Theta Pi postponed their de
bate until tomorrow.
Third round pairings.
Pairings for the third round will
be announced in the DAILY Sun
day. The third round will be held
April 16.
The subject of the debate is:
"Resolved, that the states should
adopt a plan of compulsory auto
mobile insurance to cover personal
injuries."
Judges for the debate are inter
collegiate debaters at Nebraska
the last few years. One Judge is
used In all debates until the last,
when three will be used. Teams are
eliminated when they have lost
two debates in the whole tourna
ment. Teams entered are: Beta Tneta
Pi, Gene Bradley, Keith Howard;
Alpha Tau-Omega, Bob Schlater,
George Blackstone; Delta Theta
Phi, James Erogan, Norman John
son; Sigma Alpha Mu, Paul
Crounse, Bernard Epstein; TK's,
Hamilton Reed, Don Bursik; Pal
ladian, Hugh Stuart, Harold
Alexis.
The weather
Partly cloudy and colder today.
Fair and warmer tomorrow maybe.