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Vol. 40, No. 138
Ag students prepare
for annual festivities
Collegians boast of biggest Farmers' Fair in history;
booster parade scheduled for 10:30 a. m. Saturday
By Ralph S. Combs.
On the An Front. April 29 (DAILY Newi
Hrrvlce) Ag Is ng hog-wild!
Everybody is readying for the an
nual Farmer's Fair Saturday, May
4. Overalls, red shirts, sun bon
nets and full flowing dresses are
the approved dress. In fact, so
much approved are the overalls for
men, that any man caught on ag
campus without overalls covering
his pins plays the part of a dough
nut in a dunking act at the trough
behind the horsebarn.
Plans have been made and the
stage set for big Fair attractions
including a long parade which will
start proceedings, a fine Horse
Show and Rodeo, and numerous
exhibits by ag organizations. This
year's Goddess of Agriculture will
be presented early in the day and
will reign over the festivities. One
of the biggest crowds in the his
tory of the fair is expected.
Cutting-loose time for the young
farmers and farmerettes comes at
10:30 Saturday morning with the
"Big Push" starting a general pep
parade at the Lincoln Police Sta
tion, the mobilization point. From
there, 16 floats, an inestimable
number of ag men aboard horses
ana as many Comhuskercttes as
can be assembled will start their
march thru Lincoln's downtown
area and back to the ag campus,
where the frolic is expected to as
sume gigantic proportions.
"Twenty-five Years of Progress
on Ag Campus" is the theme of
this year's Fair, and tlie 16 floats
in the parade will carry it thru,
according to official communique
from ag publicity headquarter
Ag organizations presenting floats
in the parade will be Tri K, fea
turing a wheat carnival motif;
Block and Bridle, animals galore;
(See page 3, col. 4.
Collegiate ...
'Bad boys7 keep campus cops
in state of 'watchful waiting7
Consider among the woes and
trials of the "campus cop," some
of the things which happen this
week. Sergeant Re pier's time U
pretty well filled all the time with
his campus police duties, but when
this week annually rolls around
with its Ivy Day, Engineers' Week,
etc., his troubles rapidly multiply.
Sunday night came the TNK.
Regler warned this group tl.at if
their skull and crossbones signs
were put around the campus with
paint, his men would catch any of
them doing it and Jail them. The
TNE's minded him, and the signs
appeared, made from some sort of
chalk mixture.
The head of an-
Monday night came another
group with a stencil and paint
a donkey head stencil and real
paint. They proceeded to place a
donkey's head on each TNE sign
and used real paint which is
forbidden. A night policeman saw
them and chased them. They
dropped their stencil, which now
la hi Regler! office.
Still expected, or at least which
usually appears, are the signs of
an organization, which comes
painting at night, and which leaves
three X's by the TNE signs.
"No accidents, we hope."
Comes Ivy Day, the campus po
lice will have to watch the plat
form to see that no accident be
falls It before the ceremonies.
Last year over night the sign of
one of the aforementioned groups
appeared and had to . be hastily
removed.
Then there Is the annual feud
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Lincoln, Nebraska
Whitney talks
on Europe at
PBK dinner
Zoology professor tells
scholars about his trip
thru war-torn nations
Speaking on "European War
Pattern and Other Things," Dr.
D. D. Whitney, chairman of the
department of zoology, discussed
the value of travel and discribed
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DR. D. D. WHITNEY.
his recent trip abroad at the Thi
Beta Kappa banquet last night in
the Union. Approximately 130
members attended the affair
(See WHITNEY, page 6.)
between the lawyers and engineers
which usually centers around the
engineer's exhibit in front of
Pharmacy hall.
Yesterday afternoon was an
ROTC parade which required his
services. Last night there was the
opera "Carmen" at the coliseum,
which required special traffic po
licing. Tonight is the Union-Clinton
dance. Thursday night is En
gineer's night. Sergeant Regler is
pretty busy.
Theta Nu will tap
new members at.
annual banquet
New members of Theta Nu, hon
orary pre-med fraternity, will be
tapped at the pre-med banquet
tonight in the Union at 6:15 p. m.
Unlike other colorful and spec
tacular events of this week, this
tapping presents little of the dra
matic. Persons chosen Into the so
ciety are merely approached from
behind at the banquet table, touch
ed on the shoulder, and their
names are rear).
Only registered pre-med stu
dents are accepted into the group,
and rarely is a student below soph
omore standing taken. To be
chosen the student must have an
average which ranks him among
the upper 10 percent of the pre
med students scholastically.
The society is both professional
and honorary in nature. Speaker
for the evening is Dr. Allan Campbell.
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A toast to the Student Union on its second birthday anniversary!
Since the Union was opened in May, 1938, the total attendance at
various functions has been 1,154,025. The average monthly attend
ance is 48,501. In these two years of service, the Corn Crib has
served 632,688; 33,383 have eaten in the main dining room, and
160,825 have eaten in the cafeteria. The attendance at ballroom
dances has totaled 208,063; 19,445 have attended lectures; and the
laugh sessions had a total attendance of 56,419. Some 28,245 have
been entertained at dinners, banquets, and luncheons, and 9,672 have
been guests at teas and parties.
Aged water pipe . . .
In decrepit library quits,
bursts, ruins many books
Damage amounting to several
thousand dollars was done to
books in the university library as
a result of a broken water pipe
in the women's rest room on the
top floor of the building Monday
night.
According to R. A. Miller, direc
tor of university libraries, and as-
Laws take
rule; revive
ancient feud
BULLETIN.
Last night law students retal
iated for the temporary victory of
the engineers in the first scuffle
by burning the sign announcing
the Engineers' open house which
was erected In front of Pharmacy.
By Bob Schliter.
They're at it again! The feud
is on between the lawyer boys and
the engineers. At approximately
3:30 p. m. yesterday the lawyers
fired the first shot by stealing the
engineers slide rule which they
have on display in front of Phar
macy building in what the laws
call "the slickest theft in engineer
law history." The feud really be
gan strong when the engineers
fired back to redeem their precious
property.
According to the yard man who
was working near the sign four
boys came up to the sign and be
gan to take it down. Thinking
they were engineers he didn't pay
any attention to them. When they
had it down and began running
down the street, the puzzled yard
man knew something was amiss.
From the Temple building and out
of the bushes around Pharmacy
building lawyers fairly poured out
to accompany the four boys with
the loot.
An III wind.
Getting wind of the burglary,
the engineers hurried to the scene
and, sure enough, the beloved slide
rule had been stolen by those 'dir
ty skunks.' Rushing to the law
building they found the doors
locked and the lawyers barricaded
inside.
Forcing the window In Prof.
Orln Stcpanek's office the desper-
(See FEUD, page 6.)
EDipsy-iDoodler leader
to present 'Beauties'
Larry Clinton and his 16-piece
"Dipsy Doodler'' band comes to
the campus directly from the Ho
tel Sherman in Chicago to cele
brate the second birthday of the
sistant director Stephen A. Mc
Carthy, most of the damage was
to the file of the "Atlantic
Monthly" and "Commercial and
Financial Chronicle" files in the
first floor reading room, and to
the stored books in the workshop
in the basement of the library. j
And the flood
A night watchman discovered
.lie break about 3 a. m., but there
were several inches of water flow
ing over the top, first and base
ment floors by the time workmen
arrived.
Although many of the books can
be rebound again, Miller is still un
decided as to how he will replace
the ruined volumes. He further
stated that because of the age of
the library there is always danger
from pipes rusting and breaking.
A similar accident occurred at
the first of the year in the base
ment of the law building when a
water pipe broke in a library
storage room.
Rain on Ivy Day?
We'll give 1 to 4
odds to anyone
One to four it will rain Ivy Day.
History proves these odds Since
the first year of the formal Ivy
Day way back In 1901, rain has
poured upon the solemn ceremony
nine times, or 23 percent of the
time.
But this Is not the worst. Since
Ivy Day was officially made the
first Thursday in May, In 1930,
there has been rain four times, or
44 percent of the time. Therefore,
once every two years ( or a little
more) we can expect inclement
weather.
A bad omen present.
With the exception of four cele
brations, weather preceding the
traditional holiday was a true
counter of what It would be on
Ivy Day, A rainy, or cloudy week,
appears as a bad omen, but bright
and shiny weather is a good sign.
This week has been a cloudy one,
and If tradition holds true, Ivy
Day will be another rainy, or cold
and cloudy, day.
Union with dancing from 8:12 to
night in the coliseum.
An added attraction at the cele
bration will be the Delta Phi Delta
sketch carnival. The honorary fine
arts fraternity will have six booths
at the coliseum to sketch the por
traits for 25 cents of those at
tending the celebration, and will
also offer student work for sale.
Sketches made of the organized
house presidents are now on dis
play in the Union book nook.
The current vogue for swinging
the classics is attributed to Clin
ton, who rewrote such classical
Tickets for the dance may be
purchased at advance prices
only until 5 p. m. today at the
Union office. Advance prices
are $1.35 and tickets will be
sold at the door fo"t -$1 60.
There will be a bus at the
coliseum to leave for the ag
campus at midnight. There will
be free checking at the coli
seum and the Union will sell
Coca Colas there for refresh
ment. melodies as "Martha," "My Rev
erie," and ."Our Love." The pop
ular arranger-composer has also
composed the novelty tunes "Sa
tan Takes a Holiday," "The Dipsy
Doodle," and "In a Persian Mar
ket," and holds top place among
the recording stars for RCA-Victor.
While the band is broadcasting
on KFOR between 9:30 and 9:45
p. m., Maestro Clinton will act as
master of ceremonies in present
ing the Cornhusker beauty queens.
The six beauty queens were chosen
from 31 candidates by the editors
of the year-books of the univer
sities in the Big Six conference.
"The Union regards this dance
as the climax to its big year of
activity," said Kenneth Van Sant,
director, today. "We believe we
have brought the band the stu
dents were asking for and shall
look for all Cornhuskers tonight."
Towles plays
for engineers
Saturday's Ball to end
annual week of activity
Nat Towles and his 14 Southern
Gentlemen will play for the annual
Engineer's Ball Saturday night at
the Cornhusker hotel.
The orchestra is coming direct
from a long engagement at Den
ver's largest ballroom, the Rain
bow. They have also played at the
Texas Centennial In Dallas, La
vida Club, Miami, and five week
at Krug Park and on radio sta
tion WOW.
This dance is a finale to the ac
tivities of engineer's week. It ia
open to the public, tickets selling
for $1 a couple, which ma) b
bought at he door or from engt
neering students on the campu.
The engineering executive boa)
In charge is Bob Schluckebier.
Is sponsoring the ball. Chairman
Prc-mcd students
plan Omaha trip
Annual pre-med day will be held
Saturday, when pre-med student
will go to Omaha to visit th
medical school. Passes and re
servations may be made with Dr.
Otis Wade, pre-med advisor, in
Bessey halL
The pre-medics are entertained
by the school of medicine on this
day. They will be taken thra the
laboratories, hospital, probably
witness operations, and are given
a general insight into the schooL
Army Flying School
graduate sixth class
The sixth graduating class
from the Army Flying School was
honored at a banquet at the Uni
versity club last night. The class,
made up of 15 students will com
plete their work in Lincoln and
then go to classes at Randolph
Field, May 15th.
Instructional personnel, regular
officers stationed at the school and
directors were present.