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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.)
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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.
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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.)
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
