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fMEBHASKAM Official Newspaper Of More Than 7,000 Students Vol. 39, No. 142. Lincoln, Nebraska Tuesday, May 7, 1940 mum i English prof will speak at Union forum London philosopher to discuss 'Current Events' Wednesday Thomas Greenwood, Ph.D., vis iting professor from the Univer sity of London, wilt speak on "Current Events" at a student forum Wednesday at 4 p. m. in the Student Union. Greenwood is professor of philosophy at Lon don, and is coming here as a guest of the philosophy department. Professor Greenwood will also lecture in several philosophy classes which will be open to the public. He will lecture on the 'Phi losophy of Nature" at 10 a. m. in Social Sciences 321, at 11 a. m. he will speak in Social Sciences 319 on "Contemporary British Phi losophy," and at 3 p. m he will lecture on "Recent Political Phi losophy' in Sncial Sciences 315. Greenwood will address the fac ulty at a luncheon, with "The Present Situation in Europe" as his subject. He is coming here di . rect from the University of Iowa, and will make the next stop of his American tour at the Univer sity of Missouri. j Beg your pardon r n . . The name of Delta Siema Pi fraternity wm incorrectly spelled at Delta Sigma Phi in Sunday's paper. The DAILY apologizes. Husker movie star ... IF students vote for Bettie Cox in College Queen contest A movie star from the Nebras- from a group of six girls bv ka campus! That Is what Bettie DAILY readers, and New York Cox, Nebraska's most typical coed, artists acclaimed her one of the may be if she is one of the 12 48 winners, girls selected to attend the world premiere of "Those Were the Miss Cox's picture is published . Days. Pictures of 43 state win- with 17 other state winners in the ners are now being run in Movie May 4 issue of Movie and Radio and Radio Guide magazine, from Guide. Four or tho o;h ,!ii k which 12 will be selected by read- era of the magazine for the free trip to the premiere. Miss Cox wus selected locallv Lincoln Journal and Slur. St. Paul's choir to offer annual spring concert Wednesday at eight Singing their annual spring concert will be the St. Paul Mothodit church choir Wednes day at 8 p. ra. at St. Paul's church. The group led by William C. Tempel is made up almost en tirely of university students. ROTC parades at 5 The entlr ROTC unit will parade today from 5 to 6 p. m. Companies will form on the mall between social sclenoe and Andrews, and the parade will te on the new athletlo field. Company sponsors and the honorary colonel wM review the parade.' Vestals initiate 15 new members, choose officers Vestals of the Lamp, arts and science woman's honorary, Sunday elected officers and initiated 15 new members. Jean Carnahan was elected president and Mar ion Cramer, sec retary. New initiates are: Ann Arbit man, Annette Biernbaum, Jane Bird, Bettie Cox, Sidney Ann Gar ner, Joan Green, Mary Adelaide Hansen, Betty Mallat, Betty New man, Margaret Ann Osborn, Rose mary Riley, Mary Ruth Rhodes, Betty Ann Roberts, Jewell Tinker, and Catherine Tunison. 35 enter ag meat contest Block and Bridle holds annual judging tourney Block and Bridle club expects more than 35 contestants to enter its 13th annual meet judging con test at the Lincoln Packing com pany Friday, May 10. Marvin Kruse, member of last year's judging team, and manager of this year's contest, stated that the entrants will probably judge in nine classes, and will write out their choices and judgments in six of the nine. Ribbons will be awarded the three high men in each of three classes, beef, pork, and lamb. And a trophy will be given to top man in the entire contest. The National Livestock (See CONTEST on page 2) selected for the trip. Readers of the magazine may vote for Miss Cox by sending in the ballot pub lished in the magazine. The 12 winners selected, four from each group of pictures, will be sent with all expenses paid to the world premiere of "Those Were the Days," at Knox College, Gales burg, 111. The movie was adapted from "Old Siwash" stories about Knox college, written at the turn of the century. - Bonita Granville and William Holdcn, stars of the picture, as well as Knox college students, will entertain the 12 winners at Gales burg. The director of the picture will select the most photogenic girl for a free trip to Hollywood and a screen test which may re sult in a movie contract. So vote for Miss Cox, and help send a Nebraska girl to stardom! NU men scheduled to appear at national extension meeting Several extension leaders of the university will participate in the 25th annual conference of the Na tional University Extension Asso ciation to be held at Ann Arbor, Mich., May 15 to 18. Earl T. Flatt, assistant director of the Extension Division, has been appointed leader of the supervised correspondence study section, and will preside at the meetings of this group May 16. He will outline the extension program carried on at Nebraska the last ten years. Dr. A. A. Reed, director of the division is a mem ber of the past president's panel forum, and will discuss Extension Division objectives at a roundtaWe Wednesday, May W. I-M debate tournament ends tonight Delta Theta Phi meets Tappa Kegga for top oratorical honors Delta Theta Phi and Tappa Kegga will meet tonight in the final round of the intra-mural de bate tournament at the Delta Theta Phi house. Subject of the debate is "Re solved, that the state should adopt a plan of compulsory automobile insurance to cover personal in juries." The winner of the debate will be declared champion in the all university tournament of both or ganized and barb groups. The silver gavel of Delta Sigma Rho will be awarded to Delta Sigma Phi, the fraternity winning the section championship. Use three judges Three judges will be used in this debate to decide the all university winner, and judging points will be skill in presenting points, subject material, and effectiveness. Delta Theta Phi will take the affirmative side of the insurance question, while Tappa Kegga will argue for the negative. Both teams have previously lost one debate. Tappa Kegga debaters are Ham ilton Reed and Don Bursik, while Delta Theta Phi will use James Brogan and Don Farrens. All plars and preparations for the debate, as well as the carrying out of the entire tournament has been in charge of Prof. H. White, debate coach of the varsity debate team. Pairings and dates for the debates have been made in his of fice. Judge have been drawn from the ranks of varsity debaters and those who have studied debate and argumentation. Often, material for the varsity debate team is revealed through intra-mural competition. Waring to play original Husker song on May 17 When Fred Waring dedicates his original song to Nebraska over his "Pleasure Time" program May 17, tv.v,-."v - v.w :.:-.----..',v.".r .v Tx r :: v - ' ' A 4 FRED WARING. students will be hearing one of their favorite radio programs. Radio editors of United States and Canada selected "Pleasure Time" as the best quarter hour on the air. Waring gained sup port of college listeners by dedi cating songs each week to some college or university. Waring will dedicate his song to Nebraska in response to the more -than 1,600 signers to peti tions asking for the song. Petitions were circulated by the Daily. Present in the studio at the time of the broadcast will be the entire Nebraska alumni chapter of New York. The grads were invited by Waring to be present at the broad cast. The weather The weatherman says today will be partly cloudy and may bring scattered showers. X xt ; A- V . 11 Barbs to honor outstanding men, women at banquet Recognition to barbs who have participated in activities during the past year will be given at the annual barb banquet Friday eve ning, May 10, in the Student Un ion. The Barb Activities Board for Women will award pins to those girls who have earned 100 activity points or over and roses to the girls who have earned 75 points. The Nebraska Barb Freshman Award will be presented to the freshman man who has done the most outstanding work during the past year. Following the banquet, a dance will be held in the ballroom with Jimmy James' orchestra furnish ing the music. James features a brass choir, a glee club and a swing sextet. For those students who have membership cards, the dance will be 35 cents a couple. Otherwise the charge will be 50 cents per couple. Tickets for both the banquet and the dance may be purchased in the Barb office. Three alumni join Marines Former uni students to finish basic course Lieutenants Martin E. Oelrich, Lyman D. Spurlock, and Wayne M. Cargill, all former Nebraska students, are members of the class of young Marine Corps officers who will graduate from the Basic School at Philadelphia on May 3. Later Oelrich will go aboard the USS Astoria; Spurlock to the Charleston, S. C, navy yard; and Cargill to marine barracks, Nor folk, Va. Following their graduation from Nebraska last summer, the three men accepted commissions as 2nd Lieutenants in the Marine Corps. For the past ten months they have been attending the Basic School, whore all junior officers of the Marine Corps are required to take a postgraduate course before be ing assigned to duty. Oelrich, Spurlock, and Cargill were members of the ROTC unit at the university and ranked as Colonel, 2nd Lieutenant and Cap tain, respectively. Campus peace maker . . . Regler saves IWyer-engineer effigies from public roasting By Hubert Ogdeo. had been ripped open and with a Perchance somebody may have sticker on it reading "pineapple." wondered what became of th. It was, said Regler, the remnants lawyer-engineer effigy and why it ot home-made bomb which som was not publicly burned as adver- school people had fashioned tised in this paper, a DAILY re- out of black powder to celebrate porter went to the place where it a basketball victory several years was most likely to be found - Sergeant Reglcr's office - for it is R HOLER on page 24 in this office of the campus cop ( wnere mosi contraband comes: feuds and subversive activities finally end. There, stuffed in a hiker was the lost dummy. What the well dressed dummy should wear, it wore. It had on white trousers, bright shirt, and canvas shoes. Across lis shirt hung a plaque, "lawyers." This man-made mon strosity had been cut down from the mechanical arts building by a night policeman and brought to the police station, there to be sen tenced to confinement in the lock er. It is believed in official circles that this Is the same figure which hung on the law building with an "engineer" sign upon it. and which was to be burned, but which dis appeared. "Pineapple" oollection. Looking around the office for other interesting things, we no ticed a piece of gas pipe which Army opens cadet exams to students Air corps aspirants take tests this week; interviews today Students who wish to join Unci Sam's flying cadets may take the examinations here from Wednes day to Saturday this week, Lieu tenant Chinton, advance agent, announced yesterday. Membership in the flying cadet corps offers three months train ing at one of the twelve flying schools located throughout the United States, and six months at Randolph Field, the West Point of the Air. Qualificatit Applicants must have a junior standing by the end of this school year, be between 20 and 27 years of age, an American citizen, and single. In addition they must pass the medical examination. The flying cadets receive $75 a month during training, as well as board, room, clothing, and medical attention. After completion t training the men receive the com mission of 2nd lieutenant in the U. S. reserve air corps. They can get up to 7 years of active duty in the army, and many receive regular commissions in the army. A board of air corps officer will give the examinations here from Wednesday to Saturday. Men interested my interview Lieutenant Chinton from 9 to 12 today in Ne braska hall. Japanese essay context offers three free tours, cash awards Three trips to Japan are prises offered in a new essay contest, sponsored by the Society for In ternational Cultural Relations in Tokyo, commemorating the 2600th anniversary of the founding of the Japanese empire, and cash award sufficient to finance one to three month visits in the Land of the Rising Sun accompany the con test. Deadline for submission of en tries is September 30, 1940, and winners wil be announced April 29, 1941. Full information on the content may be obtained by writing th Japan Institute. 630 Fifth avenue. incw lork. Ferguson to preside at meeting of educational engineering society Dean O. J. Ferguson of the Col lege of Engineerig, who is presi dent of the Society fo rthe Pro motion of Engineering Education, will preside at the meetings of the group at Berkeley. Calif.. June 24 to 28. This will be the 48th annual convention of the society. Thema this year is "The Unfolding Obli gations of Engineering Educa tion." Dean Ferguson will address the delegates on the question "Is the Philosophy of Engineering Ed ucation Changing?" Counselors meet today Coed Counselors will hold a r a meeting this afternoon at 5 In Ellen Smith. All members are urged to attend by Mary Bullock, president.