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About The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (April 17, 1940)
5 ' !l !! 1 iWednesdcry, April 17, 1940 Block, Bridle initiates 54 Animal husbandry group honors agriculturists Fifty-four ag men were initi ated into Block and Bridle, student animal husbandry organization, yesterday at the animal husbandry building. Following the initiation the new actives were guests at a dinner served by the old members, in the animal husbandry building. Prof. M. A. Alexander, faculty sponsor, addressed the group. Probationary period. These new Block and Bridle members made application for membership, and, upon meeting certain eligibility requirements and approval by the active chap ter, were accepted as pledges for a probationary period, fledges were assigned supplementary work un der supervision of actives, and election was based on their will ingness to work and general in terest in the objectives of the club. The new initiates: Harold Bacnn John Bay Wilfred Becker Pi.Htie Bcclie David Clink I.yle Clark Pallas Coffin Irwin Cormnn Orris Corman Raymond Crawford Norman Davis Ivtwrcnoe Dorlty Carl Krln Wallace Kausch Charles Kenster Richard Fleming Richard Gooddinf Keith Greasley Stephen Rrasscroda William Hartnell Floyd Hanamlr Norria Hint on Millard Ickes Arthur Krogh. Robert Lamb Charles Lindgran Everett Lomax Knigaard I.ynn Owiu McDouKal Paul McMillan Vincent Martinson llnnnld Melton Krank Messersmlth Paul Miller Art Moseman Morris Myers Kiuery Nelson Warren Pavlat Otto Pfelffer Fred Preston Theodore Regler Merle Reynoldson Carl Roubicek. John Schick Clarence Schmadeke Richard Schrader Millard Stanek Donald Steele Arc Trimble Charles Velta Merle Ward Robert Woods Aria Wlrth Howard Zoni Just a bunch ... Of gimcrack thinker-uppers is brotherhood of SPUEE By Wally Provost While the names of such or ganizations as the Kosmet Klub, Innocents, Mortar Board, etc., have become bywords of the cam pus, the engineers, (those campus "queers") have modestly closeted within the majestic halls of the Mechanical Engineering building, a society which for them is un surpassed in the university. S. P. U. E. E. are the initials for this Society for Promotion of Un orthodox Engineering Education. A glance at the membership roster shows Truman "Herman'' Spencer as head conniver; Elwood "Gun ner" Housel, vice conniver; Bob Schluckbier, chief Bull-Writer-Upper; and Joy "Sigma Xi" Rich ardson, chief Dime-Taker-Upper. Besides these officers, Walter Sin ton and Richard Buttery were charter members. Crack pot ideas. The constitution of this society, organized the latter part of the first semester, yields the following object: "The object of this or ganization shall be to cause great er unity among the prominent en gineers designing intricate and un workable inventions, to further the development of their imagination and deception in the unorthodox design of new engineering gim cracks, and to further the antago nism of all bookworms or other wise impractical engineers, such as professors and great engineers kin "Who's Who in Engineering." who probably don't know what they're talking about" ...'one can of malt.'... At the meetings, members sub mit for examination, original in ventions. Each member must con tribute one a month. Failure to do Election (Continued from page 1.) the elections committee had grant ed a postponement of the election, apparently for the purpose of giv ing the liberals an opportunity to get another candidate, they re versed themselves at tonight's meeting and refused the liberal's request to replace Clineberg with , Olson. The ballots at the election to morrow will appear with only the names of the barb candidate, Lyle Gill, and the progressives man, Bryce Smith, on them. No affili ations will be indicated on the bal lots. With no representative of the liberal group on the ballot this faction will write in the name of their candidate, Gail Olson. I nsuff 'iclent hours. Clineberg was ruleA out on the Botany department feasts to It. J. Pool's thirty-third year Celebrating 33 years of progress under the chairmanship of Dr. R. J. Pool and an aggressive record in the department, the botany de partment will entertain the eve- 4 ,1 J: Lincoln Journal and Star. DR. R. J. POOL. ning of April 20 in the Union. Dr. Pool's staff and students will act as hosts at the affair. In the 56 years of its history, the department has had only two chairmen, Dr. Charles E. Bessey for whom the building was named and acted as department head from 1884 to 1915, and Dr. Pool who has been chairman since 1915. Dr. Bessey started the develop ment of the department's nation ally famous library and herbarium so brings this punishment; again quoting the constitution: "The penalty for an active member not submitting his idea each month will be one can of malt five pounds of sugar, one cake of yeast, and a suitable container." Spencer helped win his coveted position as president by submitting intricate plans for an "Aeroplane revolving about the crankshaft" As yet, the society has no spon sor (or official approval). How ever, it does exist and brain mogul Paul Filipi, program chairman, ex tends a hearty Invitation to visitors to attend the society's next meet ing. grounds that he was carrying in sufficient hours. This action was based on reasoning contrary to the originally announced requirements by the Student Council, wherein the Council stated that any gradu ating senior was eligible for the office, with no stipulations as to the number of credit hours car ried. Until today the committee made no announcement of the change in requirements from those first published in the DAILY. Upholds decision. Clineberg's ineligiblity was up held by the Faculty Committee of Student Affairs in a meeting at noon yesterday. The committee ruled that despite the fact that Clineberg was carrying a suffi cient number of credit hours for his graduation in June he did not have the required 12 hours on his curriculum this semester, neither did he complete 24 hours in the last two semesters. He was ruled ineligible even tho the elections committee had stipulated previ ously, and had given no notice of a change in the requirements, that any graduating senior was eligible. Meeting urer, Jeannette Mickey; conces sions chairman, Mary Rosborough. Other council members to be in stalled are Mary Kline, publicity chairman; Betty Jean Ferguson social chairman; Betty Neuman and Jean McAllister, assistant concessions managers; Betty Mai lat, cabin chairman, and Janet Curley, expansion chairman. A survey reveals that Rensse laer Polytechnic Institute men prefer brunettes not blondes. The Dartmouth college Outing club is this year celebrating the 30th anniversary of its founding There are now 556 junior col leges in the United States. J THE DAILY NEBRASKAN which was latter completed by Dr. Pool. Complete collection . Founding the large herbarium, the department today boasts a complete collection of authentic ally identified plants. Under the stimulus of Dr. Pool this plant library now numbers more than 420,000 specimens from all over the world. Only five other insti tutions of higher elaming have larger plant collections, according to Dr. Elda Walker of the botany staff. Because of Dr. Bessey's early interest in the program, the uni versity was able to obtain many priceless type specimens which cannot be duplicated today. Lead ing scientists from over the world have visited the campus to study i..cac opecimens ana many re- 4uata ,e receivea eacn year from scientists in distant countries who 5v V to J" JO or In and outer shirt styles Cotton and rayon fabrics that tailor beautifully and won't wrinkle easily Slack mm Mk Suits lVH P P i ft 3 m- ;! celebrate as chairman seek the loan of various rare specimens. Complete library Nebraskans can be proud of the botany library, for only those of Yale university and the universi ties of Pennsylvania and Wiscon sin are larger and more complete, says Dr. Walker. Many of the 10,000 volumes, which don't in clude the large personal library of Prof. T. J. Fitzpatrick. were bought by Dr. Bessey a half cen tury ago. Advance training has been given by the department in its 50 years of existence to several world famous botanists. Of these former students none is more celebrated than Dr. Roscoe Pound, who re- ceived two degrees in botany, his master's in 1889 and hU doctor of philosophy in 1897. VV a. '1 Yv V if p. Delta Theta Phi wins from Beta's in debate tourney Delta Theta Phi last night won over Beta Theta Pi in the third round of the intramural debate tournament on the subject of com pulsory insurance. The Alpha Tau Omega-Tappa Kegga debate was postponed until Thursday. Beta Theta Pi was not eliminated from the tourney, be cause it was their first loss, and two losses are necessary before a team is out of the competition. Subject of the debates is: "Re solved, that the states should adopt a plan of compulsory automobile insurance to cover personal in juries." Debaters are: Alpha Tau Omega, Bob Schlater, George Blackstone; Tappa Kegga, Hamilton Reed, Don Bursik; Beta Theta Pi, Gene Brad ley, Keith Howard; Delta Theta Phi, James Brogan, Norman Johnson. . If:. 1 Pastel tones and dark er bhadefi, to suit your fancy ......