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fhi Daily! AG EDiTlOM AG EDITION Official Newspaper Of More Than 7,000 Students Vol. 39, No. 141 Lincoln, Nebraska Sunday, May 5, 1940 Fa r9s Fair festivito oici Luttgen wins coeds annual horse show Petsch, Luther star in polo game; Rousek, March rope calves best Wild steers threw their riders, riding horses trotted proudly around the ring, and defenseless calves were thiown for a loss at the rodeo yesterday as the college cowboys and girls showed their at uff at the Farmer's Fair. Lillie Luttgen. Alpha Phi. rode fir-at nl!l-0 for t ll . eCOnd time , J 111 1 lIUl v . . . - . . , in the annual Inter sorority ride. Betty O'Shea. Kappa Alpha Theta, j placed second, and Woodie Camp bell. Phi Mu, was third. Barbara Krnesti. Kappa Alpha Theta, was fourth. Miss Luttgen, president of the riding club, was selected from t a field of 12 contestants. Forty others had been eliminated earlier. Kxcitement was added to the event when Betty Ann Roberta. Delta Gamma, was thrown by her horse., Miss Roberts was not injured. Gibtlter Bavt. WenoVll Bay.se. on a horse for (See RODKO. page 2.) i Durst whips Johnston Wrestlers, boxers fight seven matches IeRoy Durst, Peru Golden Gloves star, won a close decision over George Johnston, Omaha t Mare champion, in the main bout ; of last night's boxing and wres-' thng show at the Farmer's Fair, j A last round flurry gave Durst : the decision after a hectic second t round which saw Johnston hit the floor twice, and Durst once. I Ray Grossman, ag college 148 pounder, detisioned Millard likes, 14 i pounds, also from ag college in a well-fought bout. Tiuman Clare. Fremont Golden Gloves champion, and a 130 pound er, naught to a 'Haw with Ascen ciores Goniaie. prominent YMCA tighter. Hippodromert star. Thre of the wrestling maldie v ! of the hippodrome vaiiety. as the John Goodsell-"Hairless Jue" M Goon battle of mastodons stole the show. Footballer Good sell ."pert ni. st of his time tiyin;, to entangle McGoon -Herb Jack Juan in real life in the topes. Goodsell finally won a fall by pouncing on his 2.V ounJ oppo nent wlio was iti the process, of "aiuing" ",ine jwnut with referee Jen y Ao.'i in. H-b S.Mjei and Bill Kumholz proved Cither cffii ier.t at tlv gr an. Islanding game, txi, and after a di. amount of leg twist ing aiid hair pulling. Saner wn hy 1 ll. Ruth Millar wins Fair ticket sales Ruth Mill.tr. Chi Omega sopho in.ire in home ec, sold 12i tickets to win the Fanners Fair tu kcl- ' hcllir.g cor. test, fair Iniard members announced. She wax awarded bright blanket. Beth Greene. Alpha Xi Ivlt.i. was .second with a count of SO. Advance ti ket sale, offered to students, reached the 500 mark 1 this year, according to Eric Thor. ' chairman. Forty salesmen entered the contest. The tickets offered a blanket coverage of all the fair atti iti"iis for a set price of 75' Cents. Fair tickets sale thU yer was tic hi i vet since ticketa weiel oil end. 1 One of 48 Lincoln Journal and Slur. Nebraska's Bettie Cox stormed New York, artist-judges in the Ail American College Queen contest ...she was one of the 48 state winners chosen by artists Jaro Fabry, McClelland Barclay. Rus sell Patterson. Dean Cornwell. and Armando as the cream of the country's collegiate beauty crop. From these 48. 12 will be chosen by ballots of MOV1K and RADIO GUIDE magazine readers. This week's copy features Bettie's pic ture along with 15 other queens from other schools. Deadline for this week's voting the only one in which Nebraskans will have a chance to back their queen is Friday. May 10. "See her picture in the magazine... clip the ballot. . .vote for her... mail it... have a Comhusker co-ed become a star!" urged DAILY editor Richard deBrown. Mother-daughter breakfast today Freshman cabinet sponsored Mjv moining breakfast will be held in the Union ballroom at 8:45 a. m. ('"day. The mother-daughter affair is an annual event and all univeisii y women are invited to attend. PiiscilU Wicks, recently crown ed Queen of May and ex-president of Y. W. C. A., said. "Because prior to this time parent parties in the various organized houses have interfered, we feel that this year the breakfast will be more suc cessful than ever." Ag activities parallel city campus do ings-tvitli ad va n I ages-Fa ir cm.. . .,,..,11 null Vi. v.. il M.iv Queens, its Kn.sniet Klubs. its Co- d Follies, its competing fati..ns. its everything, but ag tatnpus has ;Mes.s, its Cull-Agr i-l'un. its spring formal, its Farmers' Fur, its Faim Mouse-ACK lights, its everything too. Although separated from the main campus and hiving hss c (.ss to the Student I'nion and other advantages of the city cam pus, ag .students have devised ways and means of being just a.r active as any of the city boys. Paralleling the Student Council, ag's governing ldy is called the ag executive hoard, and its 12 members have jurisdiction over parties, restriction of students to the standard point system, and , sponsor the ag spring formal,1 Farmers' Formal, and an annual Christmas program. The Goddess of Agriculture, an honor this year held by Gwendolyn Jack, rules over the year's activities following her election in February, her greatest appearance being at the Farmers' Fair. ! Exec board. i Members of the board are se lected each spring at the general election, with the exception of hold-over members Members of the ag executive Ixmrd this year Judges pick winning floats in ag parade Block and Bridle wins first place; Engineers, Horticulturists next i I The Block and Bridle club float, "Waste to Waist," was judged ' winner yesterday in the Farmers' i Fair parade which started at the i Lincoln police station, was led down "O" street by police escorts, proceeded on to the ag campus ' where it came to a stop before Ag hall, heralding the opening of the Fair. ! Goddess of Agriculture. Gwen Jack, and her attendants, Anna belle Huicheson. Woody, Campbell, 1 Alice Lindeen. Amolie Svobeda. Ix)is Hammond and Joy Pestal. all dressed in white, rode in the pa rade on a green float. Miss Jack (See PARADE:, page i.) i E. Es win Engineers week plaques Electrical men highest in displays, ticket sales; take field day events Electrical engineers were awarded both Engineers' Week plaques at the annual banquet Fri day evening. One plaque was awarded for the best average on open house dis plays, downtown window displays, sales of Engineers" Week ribbons, banquet tickets, and dance tickets. The field day plaque was awarded for the best total score on field events including such things as baseball games and three-legged race. Fr keep. The field day plaque is now in permanent possession of the elec trical engineers, having won it three successive years. Prof. L. A. Bingham, counselor for the elec trical engineers student profes sional society, has offered to buy a new field day plaque for next vear. i ii i e Keith diliiuire niesideiit: Onle Hedlund. vice-president ; Ellen Arm Armstiong. secietary. Mirvin Ktu'. treasurer: Milo Tesar; Os- car Tegtrm-ier; Canis Ri hiinmd ; Will J'itner; Ruth Ann Sheldon; Betty Jo Smith: Gwendolyn Jack, ''l lihoda (liesley. Horse too large, Bayse so short, he uses ladder! Wendell Bayse, A TO horseman, didn't get his lior.se to move no ticeably until alter the polo game at the Furincis' Fair rxieo on ag campus yesterday. The game, played (Hi draft horses with brooms for jmiIu sticks was the first one in which Bayse had ever participated. ii fact, i' was the first time he had ever lcen on a horse I As rip roaring Nebraska cowlioys kicked up the dnt with their mountainous steed. Bayse sat safely on his niour.t with a look of amizcment on his face. One lady in the stands noticing his inactivity remarked, "he must be a referee because he doesn't seem to be playing at all." Welcome --. .... . ( 1 Lincoln Journal and Star. I Dean W. Wr. Burr of the college of agriculture, yesterday voiced his welcome to visitors of the annual .Farmers' Fair, stating that "We are always glad to have our ' friends come to the college, and are specially pleased to have them on the day when students are put ting on the various exhibits." "We feel." he continued, "that I Farmers' Fa4r has a real place in 'the life of the college. It is the greatest undertaking that the stu I dents have which is presented en tirely on their own initiative and i effort. We feel that it is excellent training for them and that in put ! ting on these exhibits they are demonstrating their interpretation I of what the departments are teach i ing them. I June Meek gives cello recital today j A 'cello recital by June Meek, acocmpanied by Milada Dolesal, seniors in the school of fine arts, will be played in Temple theater at 3 o'clock this afternoon. A graduate of Lincoln high school. Miss Meek is active in music school organizations, including the university symphony and Mu Phi F.psilon. professional musical so rority, of which slve is vice presi- tent. She will go to Cincinnati, Ohio, to appear on the program of the active chapters of th- Mu Phi Ep silon national convention June 28 to July 1. Keeping up in a literary way, the ag students publish "The C o r n h u s k e r Countryman,'' a monthly magazine which compares to the "Awgwan," but is of a more Hcrious nature and Is a pa per with a purpose. This rapidly growing journal serves in addition ,to the student body all the high school ag groups in the Mate, the home economics department invl the various extension and experi mental stations. Members of the staff this year inilude Wendell Thacker. editor : Sylvi.t Zo hull, home economics editor; pwight Puinphrey, agiii ultural editor; 1 Iai Co.ikMey, managing eJitor : Mary Bell II, turnout, mediation 1 assM iate, and Meriitt Boone, ad vertising asso iate. j High frtshmen. Each year freshmen student:' outstanding in scholarship are tce- ognized. the ten high freshman girls and boys receiving pins, the high boy and girl receiving upe- cial awards. The high girl is pre sented with the Omicron Nu Jnedal and the boy with the Alpha Zeta jnedal. I Once ea. h year the (,'oll-Agr i j Fun pieseius diama. This annual production is made up of kits similar t) the Ku.siuct Klub fall revv-w, wi'h various or ini' itmns ' lS- AG ACTIVITY, p i ?,. i Ci--' Ct t htMWMM Gwen Jack reigns over Farmers Fair Style show, exhibits, demonstrations add color to panorama Exhibits of iiini animals, in cludiny pigs ami cows, the home ec demonstrations, exhibits of clops, camera dubs, foiestry, and woodwork and the .style show all competed for attention yesterday at the annual Farmer's Fair on ag campus. Foity girl and men paraded before the Goddess of Agriculture, : Gwen Jack, and her court in the best example? of the dressmakers' and tailors' art. Feature of the style show was the presentation of Mrs. Cattei son. first ag goddess, who reignext over the Fair in 1916. i 1 Everything from the best in men and women's clothes for for- ' mal wear to the most appropriat tennis and golf dress passed in rt view. Ie FAIR. pp 3. Farmers plan meats contest i Contestants prepor to pick grades in nine seporote classes Ag studenu will compete ret Friday after noon in the 13th an- nual student meat judging: contest at the Lincoln Packing compart). Contest sponsor, the Block wd Bridle club. expct more thi contestants to take part Mm , contest. I Marvin Kruse. member of Mve 1939 meats judging team, mwI manager of the contest, says tht 'contestants will be expected V 'judge in nine classes. Reasons the contestant's choices will prob ably be written in abot six of the classes. Ribbons 4 trophy giv Thte" high contestants in tfc pork, Ismb. and beef divisions wiM teceive ribbons, and the high man in the entire contest will receive the hampionship trophy which ia given bv the National Livestock and Meat board. Iasi year's winner. Paul Fidler. is now working on hia master's degree at Oklahoma A. A M., and Knie. who is now managing trve contest won it two years ago when he was a freshman. Students interested in compet ing in the judging may get prac tice training every Monday through Thursday at 4 p. m. at the Lin coln Packing company. Anyone illtelested is welcome to attend these practice. Dairymen attend Beatrice meet Membeis of dairy dep.i 1 1 merit of ag coile.'i :::! dairy hu.shandiv Stl'di'llts Will .t!tep,i the ( l.lSSlf K'H - tions of the J.il.n p.ho.ies daily farm held and Ion Moiton's Al pine pairy h,l. l.th of Beatrice. i S.iturday. Prof. H. P. lavis. ol the ;,g dairy husbandry dcjiait- t merit, annoiirv i d today. The clas sification will be spon.-oicd by the Ameiiian Jeisv Cattle cl'ih, and will W mad.' by Plot. V. V At kinson of Kansas State college at Manhattan. Classification i based in th main on truenes.-- to tviK of th 1 individual cattle . . . primarily, on ,1110 neatness with whk h the indi i vidual cow confoims to the stand jiiids set by the America a Jersey Cattli club. This will bo the first classification for the rlliodes' herd 'and the second for Mot tori's herd.