rfk Iaily Nehhaskan
, Vol. 39, No. 134
Council elects
8 holdovers
for next year
General election moved
back one week to prevent
conflict with Inspection
Making a surprise move late
yesterday, the Student Council
elected four men and four women
as holdovers for the Council next
year.
Newly-elected women are Tess
Cassady, Kappa Alpha Theta;
Ruth Clark, Alpha Xi Delta; Mar
Ian Bradstreet, Gamma Phi Beta;
and Ruth Ann Sheldon, unaffili
ated. Men chosen are John Mason, Al
pha Tau Omega; Lowell Michael,
Theta XI; Brandon Backlund, Phi
Delta Theta; and Marvin Kruse,
Farm House.
It was also decided that the gen
eral election of Student Council
members May 16, be moved to
May 23 to prevent conflict with
the annual inspection of the ROTC
which will be in progress May 16,
Possible joint meeting.
Plans for a possible joint meet
ing of Student Council organiza
(See COUNCIL, page 4)
University grads
get social science
fellowships
Dean J. R. LeRossignol has re
contly received word that Howard
Kaltenborn and Herschel Jones,
both graduates of the University
of Nebraska, have been awarded
' fellowships next year by the So
cial Science Research council of
New York City.
Kaltenborn will travel exten
sively in the east gathering ma
teral on methods of handling labor
disputes, and Jones will work in
Washington D. C. on the organiza
tion, powers and policies of the
federal power commission.
Jones received his master's de
gree at Nebraska In 1937 and
Kaltenborn graduated in 1937 with
a bachelor's degree and received
his master's in 1933. Both were
graduate assistants.
Students prefer Roosevelt, Dewey
By Joe Belden, Editor
fttudrat Optnlaa Sorrr? t Anvrtr.
'AUSTIN. Tex., April 24 Five
months before the national elec
tions, the American college voter
ia found leaning toward the demo
cratic party, it is shown In a na
tional poll completed Monday by
the Student Opinion Surveyc of
America.
Franklin D. Roosevelt and
Thomas E. Dewey are the leading
college choices for the U. S. presi
dency In November, the surveys
finds in this study conducted with
the cooperation of the Dally Ne
braskan and scores of other under
graduate papers. The president
and his party, however, have sue-
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FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
Official Newspaper Of More Than 7,000
Lincoln, Nebraska
Koch, Lee elected
to represent NU
at ASME meet
Paul Koch of Garland and Ches
ter Lee of Lincoln, juniors In the
college of engineering, have been
selected to represent Nebraska in
the engineering report contest at
the annual regional student branch
conference of the American So
ciety of Mechanical Engineers.
Seven prizes amounting to $105
will be offered this year to the
students presenting the best pa
pers on some engineering problem
of their own choosing. Koch has
written on "Fluid Drive for Au
tomobiles" and Lee will report on
"Modern Control of Foundary
Sand."
Held at Kansas City April 26
and 27, the conference will be at
tended by the following schools:
Nebraska, Kansas State, Univer
sity of Kansas, Missouri School of
Mines, University of Missouri,
North Dakota Agricultural col
lege, University of North Dakota,
South Dakota State, and Wash
ington university of St Louis.
Twelve engineering students ac
companied by Prof. N. H. Bar
nard of the department of me
chanical engineering will make the
trip to Kansas City. Barnard is
chairman of the Nebraska section
of the society.
Phalanx elects
officers, initiates
Phalanx, professional military
fraternity, elected new officers for
the coming year and initiated new
members for this semester. Those
initiated were: John Burns, Allyn
Grant, Walter Cropper, Harold
Daub, Pershing Nakada, and Dale
uarst. Officers elected were: Com
mander, John Burns: lieutenant
commander, Bruce Grube; adju
tant, Frank Little; finance officer,
William Ritchie; and warden-his
torian, Dale Garst.
Plans were discussed for at
tending the annual convention to
be held in Minneapolis on Friday
and Saturday of this week. At
least a dozen members are arrang
ing to make the trip.
ceeded In paining the favor ctt th
greatest group of collegians.
Student conventions
At Westminster college in Mis
souri May 1, 2 and 3 student dele
gates from all corners of the coun
try will gather for political con
vention that will give a glimpse
of what the undergraduate world
thinks of candidates and parties.
Herewith Is presented a preview
of the news that may come out
of those conventions, in the form
of statistics that represent the en
tire U. S. student enrollment:
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Students
Thursday, April 25, 1940
Larry Clinton
gets fame for
classic swing
Leader to bring band
for Union celebration
in coliseum Wednesday
Larry Clinton, who will play at
the Union's celebration of its sec
ond birthday on May 1, has be
come famous chiefly because of
his swinging the classics. He has
taken many well-known classical
themes and has transformed them
Into swing repertoires, which have
made them almost as famous as
many American folk songs.
The Bach Society once peti
tioned the Federal Communica
tions commission to bar perform
ance of popular interpretation of
Bach from the networks, and sev
eral station managers threatened
to cut Clinton's orchestra off the
air when they swung out on "Poor
Little Buttercup," from Gilbert
and Sullivan's "H. M. S. Pinafore."
Defends actions.
Clinton defended his actions by
pointing out that popular orches
tras can acquaint the public with
melodies of classical compositions
by setting them to swing tempos,
and can gain general public ap-
(See CLINTON, page 4)
Top spot in Union
is Corn Crib as
spring comes
Do students use the Union?
From observation, it appears that
they do. Apparently now that
warm weather is advancing, the
Corn Crib has captured top spot
of the Union's many avocational
rooms. The afternoons your re
porter visited this spot, little extra
room was evident, students taking
full advantage of the cool and
musical spot.
Next in attracting students Is
the lounge, its soft chairs and dim
light the answer to the student's
prayer when it comes to 'laying
around' or speaking soft, senti
mental, silly, soliloquizing sen
tences to a delectable damsel. This
location is prominent, all right.
Although Indoor sports are los
ing their Importance as spring
comes this way, the ping pong
(See UNION, page 2)
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Cross-tabulating the ballots geo
graphically, it is found that New
England, east central, south and
far west place Roosevelt on top.
Middle Atlantic and west central
states select Dewey. Students who
say they have no party choice
name Dewey first, F. D. R. sec
ond. A significant fact revealed by
this poll Is the small support that
John N. Garner has among stu
dents, while he Is one of the lead
ers among rank and file voters,
other surveys show. Paul V. Mc
Nutt, who led in survey last
May, is now ninth, below tven
Socialist Norman Thomas.
IbMimg onai?vey
Information from study will be
used to aid drive for NU agency
By Bob Dinnis.
To secure information which might he of assistance in
setting up a central orchestra booking agency on the Nebraska
campus, the DAILY has just completed a survey of Big Six,
Big Ten, and a few other representative universities relative to
the situation at those schools. Of the 17 institutions who co
operated in the survey initiated by Dick deBrown, DAILY
editor, 10 have some sort of central organization to secure
orchestras for all-university parties.
At the University of Iowa, the manager of student activity
trust funds acts as booking agent for the university. The man-
try poems due at 5
Deadline for submission of
Ivy day poems is 5 p. m. today.
All poems entered must be
handed to Mrs. Ada Westover
in Ellen Smith by that time.
All university women are elig
ible to submit entries.
Betas win
l-M debate
Tournament semi-finals
completed next week
Beta Theta Pi last night de
feated Delta Theta Phi in the
semifinal round of the intramural
debate tournament on the subject
of compulsory automobile insur
ance. Each team has now lost one
debate.
Beta Theta Pi will meet Tappa
Kegga la the other debate of the
semifinal round next Tuesday
night at the Beta house. The win
ner of this debate will meet Delta
Theta Phi in the finals.
Subject of the debate is: "Re
solved, that the states should
adopt a plan of compulsory Insur
ance -to cover personal Injuries."
Debaters are: Beta Theta Pi,
Keith Howard, Gene Bradley; Del
ta Theta Phi, James Brogan, Don
Farrens; Tappa Kegga, Hamilton
Reed, Don Bursik.
The weather
Proverbial April showers are
destined for the campus today and
tomorrow,
Coed aviatrix is first to take
final exams for pilot license
Bachman opens throttle
beating out approximate
By Ralph S. Comb.
Well, men, whaddya think of
this?
A mere wisp of a girl Betty
Bachman, Alpha Chi Omega
flew over the heads of a big bunch
of reputed-to-be brawny and
brainy men yesterday afternoon at
Union Airport. Both figuratively
and literally she flew over their
heads, for Betty was the first stu
dent (even If she is a femme, fel
lows) to take her final exam in
aviation with the Civil Aeronau
tics Authority's course here at the
university.
Betty was doing fine, according
to her Instructor, Bill Parker, of
Lincoln Flying School, as far as
she had gone In the final testa.
Her maneuvers were well calcu
lated, her Judgment, her handling
of the controls was above par. But
she wasn't able to finish. Rough
air, Bill Parker told the DAILY
last evening, caused him to post
pone the conclusion of the tests.
"She'd have finished In fine style
today If it hadn't been for the bad
weather conditions. We'll have her
all through in another day or so."
Zooms to top.
Betty didn't wait long to go
after her pilot's certificate. With
throttle wide open, she zoomed to
the head of the class ... as soon as
she had completed 37 hours In the
air, ehe went after her Degree In
Aviation a pilot's certificate, a
rating as a private pilot, and a
ager makes available to all cam
pus organizations Interested a list
of orchestras available in a certain
price range. From such a list a
party committee selects its band,
notifies the agent, and he immedi
ately makes the booking lor tnem.
The system has proved highly suc
cessful, reports the Daily Iowaiu
Auditor does booking.
The auditor of student organiza
tions does all the booking of bands
for Purdue university. The auditor
maintains a contact with a Chi
cago firm which acts as a go
between for the university and the
band leaders, ana signs tne Danas.
On the Ohio State campus, the
student activities office operates
an optional booking agency. It
offers its services gratis to any
campus organization, ana nanaiea
all booking details. Although the
agency has just been established,
It has already been successful in
making some very good booking
contacts, according to tne onio
State Lantern.
A student dance committee Is
in charge of dances at the Uni
versity of Texas. The committee
hires the orchestras for all cam
pus dances. Proceeds from the
dances go into the student activity
fund.
A student-faculty dance com
mittee also handles all campus
dances at the University of Illi
nois. The committee takes care of
the financial operation and every
thing connected with the dances.
If any organization wishes to hold
a dance it must book the orchestra
through the dance committee and
must submit its entire budget for
the committee's approval. The
(See SURVEY, page 2)
and zooms to top of class
ly 40 male student flyers
certificate from the CAA. The
stipulated number of hours before
taking this final test is a mini
mum of 35, and a maximum of 50.
Bill Parker, her instructor, said,
"She takes to the air like a duck
to water." Whether there Is a true
analogy there is not the point...
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BETTY BACHMAN
Betty didn't fly like a duck she
flew her flying colors with the
ease of a swallow. While on the
ground below, the men in the class
watched.
They watched and she flew.
Some skeptical males might at
tribute her flying ability to the
fact that all females are flighty
by nature. But, come now, fellows,
don't you envy her? And fttl
klnda' ashamed of the boys.
