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Official Newspaper Of More Than 7,000 Students
Vol. 39, No. 152
Lincoln, Nebraska
Tuesday, May 21, 1940
I-F Council
elects Horn
as new prexy
Petersen, Kuppinger,
Cole fill other offices;
scholarship group picked
Members of the Intcrfraternity
Council chose Tom Horn, Sigma
Chi, as their president for the year
of 1940-41 and named Jack Cole,
Chris Petersen, and Clark Kup
pinger as other officers at their
meeting last night.
Cole, a member of Sigma Nu,
will serve as vice-president. Chris
Petersen, Kappa Sigma, will be
secretary, while Kuppinger, Alpha
Tau Omega, will serve as treas
urer. In order to increase scholarship
gmong the fraternities, the Council
appointed a scholarship committee
to serve with a similar committee
from the Intcrfraternity Board of
Control. Making up the committee
are Edward McConnell, Delta Up
silon; Piker Davis, Beta Tlicta l'i;
Carl Harnsberger, Phi Kappa Psi;
and Milan Ross, Farm House.
The committee will make a de
tailed survey of study procedure in
each house on the campus. The
material will be compiled, pre
sented to the Council and then will
be given in the form of sugges
tion to each of the houses, in an
attempt to better the all-fraternity
average.
The new officers took office im
mediately following election and
will serve for the coming year. The
new officers automatically become
members of the Intel fraternity
Judiciary Board. The board gov
erns and enforces rushing rules
and fraternity procedure on the
campus.
Annuoll comes
cut tomorrow
1940 Comhusker has
hundreds candid photos
Theme of the 1910 Cornhusker
which will come out tomorrow is
"Tying together the strings of tht
last decade."
Pictured in the n.w Cornhusker
with its dull red cover, are the dif
ferent student types at the uni
versity, and photos of the various
activities social and otherwise.
More informal photographs are
the rule of the yearbook, with
formal photographs of military
groups eliminated for snaps of;
their activities. Along the samel
line, beauty spots of the campus j
are featured throtigout the
yearbook, and more candid
camera picture.! are featured than
previously.
Students who have bought their
Coinhuskers must present their
receipts in the Cornhusker office
in the Union to receive their
books. Those who have made
only the $2.00 down payment must
present that receipt to Iivln
Sherman, business manager, and
make the final payment of $2.75.
Zimmerman wins
Cowles fellowship
to Yale university
Virgil Zimmerman, graduate as
sistant in the department of po
litical science, has been awarded
the Cowles fellowship in govern
ment at Yale university next year,
it was announced Saturday by Dr.
Li. W. Lancaster, chairman of the
department of political science.
Zimmerman will work In the field
of public law. .
Three other Nebraskans have
held the Cowles fellowship in re
cent years. Dr. David Fellman,
political science Instructor, was
awarded the scholarship some
years ago. Fred Cahill who re
ceived his master's degree at the
university in 1938, and Dwight
Waldo, who received his master's
degree a year earlier, were also
recipients.
Mops keep abreast with war
Display shows progress of conflict
By Don Bower.
With borders of European coun
tries changing almost daily, and
extensive troop movements being
carried on, it is difficult to keep
new borders and new troop loca
tions firmly, if at all, in mind.
The alert geography depart
ment, headed by Dr. Nels A.
Bengtson, native Scandinavian,
devised a method whereby Ne
braska students may compre-
nensiveiy wqtcn the war in prog- are time by air (calculated at a
ress, and also see the reasons for speed of 200 miles per hour),
certain movements. Students in snown oy threads, Between van-
this department, under the super- ous strategic and crucial points,
vision n" Dr. Bengtson and Dr. The map is three by four feet, and
William Van Royen, professor of has a scale of100 miles to the
eeoeraphy and a native-born Hoi- inch.
display for all students on the
first floor of former museum, il
lustrates the present borders of
all nations in shades of orange,
yellow, green, red and combina
tions of these. Feature of the map
is the small green cord which rep
resents the German front. This
graphic representation demon
strates the present position of
German troops, as they extend in
Norway, in the Low Countries,
and in France. Also on the map
Eligibility bugaboo
haunts candidates
Filings reopen today; 'near-final'
list of eligible candidates released
lander, have drawn two maps, one
of Europe generally, and one of
the western front.
The general map of Europe, on
Detail of the Western Front bs
to natural and man-made barriers
is given on a large map opposite
I See MAPS on page 3.)
Survey shows . . .
Students think finals no fair
test of knov!edge in courses
With the campus political scene
complicated by the newly-formed
Independent Bizad faction and the
union of the Liberal and Barb
Union parties and ineligibility,
faction wheels started to roll yes
terday for the spring election to
be held Thursday.
A number of candidates were
found to be ineligible by the elec-
Shumate hits
state school
land handling
Research director finds
'no major scandals' in
officers' expense lists
Roger V. Shumate, research di
rector for the Nebraska legisla
tive council and associate profes
sor of political science at the uni
versity, giving surveys of state
AUSTIN, Texas, May 21 With
the approach of summer, one of
college America's nightmares,
final examinations, again makes
its appearance. For the first time
in a national scientific survey rep
resenting all U S college and uni
versity students, opinions are ex
pressed on finals and the grading
system. They say:
NO Final examinations are
not a fair test of a student's
knowledge in a course.
YES We'd rather be graded
by the usual ABC system than
be just either passed or failed.
Long a matter of controversy in
both undergraduate bull sessions
and faculty meetings, the final ex
amination as a gague of learning
gets a low rating from those who
have to take It.
Reverse on manner of grading.
They reverse themselves, how
ever, by almost identical percent
ages, on the matter of grading
these examinations or courses as
a whole. Some schools have
adopted the method of merely ap
proving or disapproving of a stu
dent's work. Most collegians, 62
per cent, do not like this system,
prefer the old one of a graduated
scale with A as top mark.
These are the results of the
sampling, based on a carefully-selected
cross-section of the nation:
Do you think final examina
tions are a fair test of a stu
dent's knowledge in a course?
Yes 34
No 53
Don't know 3
Would you rather be graded
in your courses by the ABC sys
tem or just be either passed or
failed?
All
students Men Women
ABC System .62 60 63
Passed or
failed 36 37 33
Don't know. ... 2 3 2
Bettie Cox may appear
on 'Battle of Sexes'
The popular radio program,
"Battle of the Sexes," starring
Frank Crumit and Julia San
derson, will have the honor of
presenting the winner of Ail
American College Queen over
the air tonight, when the pro
gram is broadcast from Gales
burg, Illinois.
Bettie Cox, Nebraska candi
date, may appear on the program.
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Lincoln Star-Journal.
R. V. SHUMATE.
funds and expense accounts be
fore the council yesterday, re
ported that no major scandal was
found in expense accounts of state
officers, but criticized the manner
in which state school lands and
public trust funds in the state are
administered.
Shumate emphasized that in
studying expense accounts he did
not expect to unearth any scan
dal, and his criticism of ti e ad
ministration of school lands and
funds was not directed at present
members of the board of educa
tional lands and funds.
Records of the state's land and
(See SHUMATE on page 4.)
tions committer yesterday.
Fifty-seven candidates have
filed for the twenty-five open
posts on the Student Council, chief
political target. Five candidates
for the three open posts on the
Publications Board, nine candi
dates for the eight open posts on
the Barb Council, and 40 candi
dates for the I I open positions on
the four ag boards complete the)
slate thus far.
However, filings for the one
woman representative to the Stu
dent Council from bizad college,
senior at large, the grad college
representative, senior member of
Pub Board, and for the one open
post for a senior woman and two
open posts for junior women on
the Barb Council will reopen to
day from 8 to 5 in the office of
John K. Selleck in the Coliseum,
Lowell Michael, chairman of the.
elections committee, announced
last night.
Filings are:
Seniors at large.
(Two senior women and two
senor men to be elected.)
Senior women:
Marion Bowers, Gertrude Mc
Arthur, Pat Prime, Jo Pobeck,
Jane Shaw, Pris Chain.
Senior men:
Fori est Bchm, Barb-Liberal;
Don Fitz, Progressive: Carl IlJins
berger, Independent Bizad; Vern m
Wiebus'-h, Barb-Liberal; Jack Car
ter. Arts and sciences.
(Three women to be elected. I
Harriet- Jane Bowman, Marion
Cramer, Betty Klingel, Eleanor
Veith, Ruth Grosvenor, Dorothy
Jean Bryan, Mary Rosborough.
(Two mon to be elected.)
Gilbert Heuftle, Bai b-Liberal;
Alex Mills, Progressive; Chris
Petersen, Progressive; Burton
Thiel, Barb Liberal.
Engineering.
(Two men to be elected.)
William Brodbeck, Progressive;
Kenneth Burton, Progressive;
(See FILINGS on page 2.)
Shields
Bryan
wsns
award
Nebraska 's
adventures
Bettie Cox has many
in movie ivonderland
(HlM-rlnl In thi- DAII V.)
By Dick deBrown.
l.IU(.r. IIAII.Y NKI'.KASKAN. '
GALESBURG, III. - Bettie Cox, Nebraska's entry
in Paramount ami "Movie and Radio Guide" maga
zine's A 11-American Campus Queen contest, arrived
in premiere-conscious Galesburg yesterday after
noon at 3 o'clock. For the first time, Bettie caught
glimpses of her comely competitors from 14. other
campuses over the country.
At 10 o'clock this morning, the long-awaited mo
ment arrives. For this is the time the judges con
vene, study the many charming coeds, including
our own Bettie, and pass judgment upon their mer
its. Wrinkled will be the judges' brows, for all the
contenders for the cro.wn are pretty enough to be
eligible for the honor.
Expert Judqes decide fates.
The experts who will decide the fate of the can
didates include Jay Theodore Reed, director of
"Those Were the Days;" Lynn Overman, veteran
of many movies including "Union Pacific;" John
Balabnn, theater tycoon; and Frank Crumit and
Julia Sanderson, well-known radio stars and m. c's
on "Battle of the Sexes."
Suspense will be prolonged until evening, for the
announcement and presentation of the All-American
Campus Queen will be made to the press at a din
ner tonight, and nationally at 7 o'clock over the
"Battle of the Sexes" program over the NBC net
work from Galesburg.
Of things there are many.
Bettie will be a busy coed today, with her many
afternoon activities including a street parade for
the queenly damsels in the afternoon, and the fin;''J
of the day's events, the world premiere of the highly
praised production, "Those Were the Days," to be
shown in the evening. All the color and excitement
of a regular "Hollywood Opening" will prevail, as
searchlights will cut the sky, and the glorified stars
make their personal appearances.
An anti-climax to the two-day celebration will be
a colorful movie ball following the screening of the
picture. In gala attire will be the glamorous queen
and her defeated competitors.
And maybe Hollywood.
Following the glorious adventure in Galesburg,
the winner, who is selected on the basis of beauty,
personality, and suitable talents and background for
a successful motion picture career, will then be
taken to the Paramount studios in Hollywood for
screen tests and a talent audition.
Arriving in Chicago Monday morning, Bettie
spent the a. m. seeing the sights, which left her
"thrilled." But she was not too busy to do plenty
of shopping. Flash bulbs flashed, shutters clicked,
and "Smile, Miss Cox," then, "Just one more,
please," as ever-present photographers gathered
round Bettie.
Met in Chicago by a Paramount representative,
Bettie then left for Galesburg.. The coeds and col
lege editors accompanying them were met at Gales
burg by a colorful band and crowds of townspeople
in old fashioned dress.
(See COX on page 2.)
Arts, sciences junior
writes on Hull program
Currin Shields, arts and sciences
junior, won the William Jennings
Bryan contest for the best stu
dent essay on a problem of gov
ernment, Prof. Lane W. Lancas
ter announced yesterday,
"The Hull Program," Shields'
paper, was a discussion of the
secretary of state's reciprocal
trade agreements.
Six students entered the con
test which was open to any' stu
dent taking political science
courses. The contest was estab
lished by the late William Jenn
ings Bryan to encourage student
interest in good government.
The committee on the Bryan
award this year was composed of
Dr. Lancaster, Dr. Roger V. Shu
mate and. Dr. David Fellman, all
of the political science depart
ment. Teachers college
faculty to hold
annual picnic
Members of the Teachers col
lege faculty will hold their annual
picnic Saturday, May 25, at Pio
neers park. According to picsent
plans, if it is raining, the ai'fair
will be held in Ellen Smith hall.
Heading the picnic committees as
general chairman is Dr. Winona
Perry of the department of edu
cational psychology and measure
ments. Other members of the commit
tee this year are: Miss Leona
Failor, Miss Helen Halbersleben,
Miss Gertrude Knie, Miss Agnes
Jensen, Mrs. Daisy Kilgore, Miss
Rowan Eliff, Miss Clara Evans,
Miss Ella Mae Small, Miss Eliza
Gamble, Miss Minnie Schlichting,
Miss Esther Anderson, Miss Mar
tha Goehry, Mrs. A. R. Congdon,
Mrs. Claude Minteer, Mrs. A. I
Burnham, and Mrs. D. J. Brown.