ffo Daily & Iebmskm Official Newspaper Of More Than 7,000 Students Vol. 39, No. 128 Lincoln, Nebraska Tuesday, April 16, 1940 tiioira id "Stood Jfy IT Extra Swedish author vill discuss Scandinavian war tomorrow Westin to address convocation at 1 1 o'clock on role of northern countries rn present crisis Dr. Gunnar Westin, Swedish author and historian, will discuss The Scandinavian Countries in the Present Crisis" before a uni versity convocation at 11 o'clock Wednesday morning in the Temple. The public is invited to hear his address. The visiting speaker is chairman of the department of church his tory at the University of Upsala, which is the oldest university in Sweden. He is at present touring the United States and addressing public groups on the part that the Scandinavian countries are play ing in the European war. Write church history. Dr. Westin has published a dozen books dealing with various subjects in church history, from the medieval period to the present. One book is now being printed by the Oxford University Press under the auspices of the Royal Institute of International Affairs. It re ports on an investigation of the relation of the church and state in Germany and Sweden. Students give German play Nelsen, Laird to star in 'Unter vier Augen' 'Unter vier Augen," fast mov ing one act play by Ludwig Fulda, will be presented by students in the department of Germanics at ,7:45 Thursday evening in the Temple. The performance, under direction of Dr. Lydia Wagner of the Germanics staff, will be free to the public. Cast of characters finds Glen Nelsen taking the lead, portraying Dr. Felix Volkart, physician. Lu cille Laird takes the part of Her mine, his wife. Baron Hubert von Berkow is played by Theodore Roesler. Bauman, the servant, and Lotte, lady's maid, are repre sented by Burton Thiel and Olga Marek, respectively. Ball scene. This one-act play takes place in the dining room in the house of Dr. Volkart, where Volkart and his wife, Hermine, married only four months, are giving their first ball. Bauman, the servant, who has been in the family for many years, having served the Baroness von Forstner, Hermlne's mother, is very much excited in anticipa tion of this great occasion. He is old and forgetful now and loves to reminisce about the past. Jimmie Lunceford swings out for N' club dance Friday eve The bond' leader with four college degrees brings collegiate music men each able to lead the troupe By Don Bower. his band in music, but also in his Next Friday nite the Coll- scholastic accomplishments. Al- seum will echo the tunes of one though every member In his band of the most versatile and well- a college graduate, Lunceford educated bands in the nation, as has four college degrees He was Jimmy Lunceford and his boys formerly a high school teacher, swing out for the "N" club dance, but res-nod when the members of his small bund went to college. Last year Lunceford won favor He followed them thre and ob ln Europe, touring in England, talncd another degree while work France and other nations, but, ing ns a waiter when not going because of war, was compelled to to classes. Of the nine members reject requisitions that he return in his original bund, five are still this year. Receiving acclamation with him. on the continent Is unusual for an American band, according to a Every man in his band Is a New York columnist. specialist in his own instrument and, because of Lunceford train College scholars. ing them individually, every man Nut only docs Lunceford lead la able to lead the band. . -.:,Hrm. Journal and Star. GUNNAR WESTIN. DR. NU vocalists to lead first music fest Favorite songs of middle west to be featured at Musical Jubilee Favorite melodies of midwest America will be featured at the Musical Jubilee to be held at the coliseum tomorrow night at 8 o'clock. Three hundred will partici pate in the jubilee, which includes the University Men's Glee club, the choir, the university bands, and the Pershing Rifles. The audience will join in with (See FEST, page 2.) Second annual transportation meet opens on campus as nation 's authorities gather The second annual Transporta tion Conference opened yesterday morning In the Union ballroom with a dozen or more of the na tion's key transport men discuss ing "co-ordination in transporta tion." Dean J. E. LeRossignol pre sided at the meeting which was sponsored by the college of busi- ness administration. Three points. Conclusions, as stated by D. L. Kelly, public service commission Cox survives state College Queen test Nebraska's candidate chosen by New Yorker's as Ail-American girl Bettie Cox, Nebraska's candi date for all-American College Queen was selected as One of the 48 state winners to compete in the national contest, according to word received by Dick deBrown, DAILY editor, from Paramount studios. Miss Cox was picked as one of the 48 most typical American col lege girls by five prominent New York artist, Russell Patterson, Dean Cornwall, Jaro Fabry, Ar mando, and McClelland Barclay, and will have her picture published in an early issue of Movie and Ra dio Guide magazine. Magazine readers ballot. Readers of the magazine will ballot for their favorite candidates from among the 48, and the 12 who receive the highest national vote will be sent to the world pre miere of "Those Were the Days" at Knox College, Galesburg, 111., May 21. Tappa Keggas debate ATO's in third round Alpha Tau Omega will meet Tappa Kegga and Delta Theta Phi will meet Beta Theta Pi in the third round of the intramural de bate tournament Tuesday night at 7. The debate is on the subject: "Resolved, that the states should adopt a plan of compulsory auto mobile insurance to cover personal injuries." Palladian and Sigma Alpha Mu were eliminated in the first two rounds of the tournament. of South Dakota, at the end of the morning session were: (a) There has hitherto been no predetermined plan for co-ordination of various fields of trans portation. (b) It Is too late now to form such a plan, particularly since, as JuurnHl mid blur. DEAN J. E. LEROSSIGNOL. severul speakers pointed out, no plan could be made which would continue valid and effective more than a short period at a time. (c) Some good might be done i..K....n.M. I Changed to Thursday due to eligibility issue Michael rules men alone can vote; may nominate only five candidates for Innocents at polls By Ralph S. Comb. The Ivy Day Orator-Innocents election was postponed late laat night at a special meeting of the Student Council elections commit tee. The election will be held Thursday, April 18. Postponement was necessary due to the ineligibility of William Clineberg, liberal candi date for the office. Contrary to previous announcements, Lowell Michael, chairman of the elections commfttee also ruled yesterday afternoon that only men will be able to vote in this election. The same squabble came up last year, Advisor Lantz explained when queried over conflicting announce ments stating that it was decided at that time that since the girls alone Kruse carries off Block and Bridle trophy Crom takes junior first in largest stock judging contest on ag record Marvin Kruse, carried off the silver trophy emblematic of the livestock judging championship in the senior division of the annual Block and Bridle contest Saturday on ag campus.Rlchard Crom, won the jimior division. Results were announced by Block and Bridle last night at 7 at the animal husbandry building. Thi.i waa the largest contest on record, with 135 competitors en tered in the contest. Medals and ribbons were presented to winners of the various classes. Oscar Tegtmeler ranked second in the senior division in all classes, scoring 868 points just short of Kruse's 875. Mylan Ross was third, Don Baird fourth, Arch Trimble fifth, John Beckwith sixth, Vern Kerchberger seventh, Robert Wheeler eighth, William Wilkins (See TROPHY, page 3.) by a fact finding and educational committee which would make a constant study of the transport problems but would not have power to carry out its own recom mendations. "Dark days ahead." Kelly warned that unles? the various types of transportation learn to 'co-ordinate their ).'acili ties and study ways of serving the public more adequately, (See TRANSPORT, page 2.) Thorne, Smith speeches top full Feeders Day program Nebraska agriculturalists to hear well known economist discuss present livestock situation Speakers for Feeders' Day which opens Friday on ag campus will be Gerald B. Thorne and Paul C. Smith, both widely known in live stock circles. Thorne is particularly well known to Nebraska farmers. He was with the original federal farm program as an economist but later went to Wilson and Company in Chicago. He will address the at tendants on the topic: "The L.ve stock Situation-It's Present and Future." Taul C. Smith, vice-pi ce dent of Swift and Coniapny in Chi cago, will speak on "Behind Hie Scenes in the Beef Business." Honor Hudson. The Eloclt a.;d Bridle Club will for the May Queen, and Mortar- boards, it was only natural that men alone should vote for Inno cents and the orator. The original candidates for the honor were Bryce Smith, Progres sive; William Clineberg, Liberal; and Lyle Gill, Barb. Likewise the previous statement that votes could be cast for from five to twenty Innocents candi dates, was reversed. This was the ruling for the Mortar boards elec tion committee members explained and does not apply in Thursday's contest. Only five men can be nominated by each junior and sen ior man. KWd calls special meeting. The committee was called to a special meeting at 10:15 last night by Council President Marion Kidd and John Mason, liberal represent ative on the elections committee, to discuss the eligibility of William Clineberg, liberal candidate for Ivy Day orator, and also to determine the possibility of the postponment of the election. The controversy arose when Lowell Michael, chairman of the elections committee, notified the Liberal group at 6:50 p. m. that their candidate was ineligible, and in view of the fact that ballots had been sent to press at 5 p. m. with out Clineberg's name on them, it would hardly be possible for the Liberals to put up another candi date. The only alternative, he ex plained, was for members of the election committee to write in the name of the liberal candidate at the polls this morning. Clineberg high in scholarship. John Mason, liberal representa tive on the elections committee when notified that Clineberg, sec ond ranking senior in law school, had been ruled Ineligible, con ferred with Professor Lantz fac ulty advisor to the council about the possibility of either making an exception in the case of Cline berg, or permitting the Liberal faction to put forward an alter nate candidate at this near zero hour. Dean Harper had previously ex plained that Clineberg was in (See ORATOR, page 2.) honor Sam Hudson, outstanding Nebraska stockman, at their an nual dinner that evening. Among those to speak at the dinner are Ed Rousek, S. R. McKelvie, Dr. G. E. Condra, and E. M. Brou.se. Lyle Roberts, president of the Block and Bridle Club, will pre sent the portrait of Mr. Hudson to Prof. Wra. J. Loeffel, chairman of the animal husbandry department. There Iihs been an enthusiastic response to the invitation to send in entries for the baked foods show which is a special part of the Feeders' Day program. Uuks for the contest are as follows: Baked food competition. Anyone may enter. Tha follow (Sec FEEDERS, page 2) I