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Vol. 40 No. 33
Lincoln, Nebraska
Sunday, November 3, 1940
Coll-Agri-Fim selects
skits for annual show
After long debate, Coll-Agri-Fun
board membeis have accepted nine
akits and font curtain acts for the
annual show to be held in the col
lege activities building, ag campus,
Nov. 16. Tryouts for skits were
held the latter part of this week.
Those accepted are Alpha Gam
ma Rho, 4-H club, Ag Cafeteria,
Loomis Hall, Robison girls, Dra
matic club, Ag College Boarding
club. Farm House, Concordia club,
Baldwin Hall, Home Economics
club, Hackman House, and Erwin
Klein.
Big range.
The skits will range In subject
matter from the AGR's "UN Pest
House," claimed to be hilarious
comedy, to the more serious entry
of the 4-H club, "When Old Songs
Were New." The Dramatic club's
theme concerns "Blondie," while
the ACBC will hold forth with a
comic "Radio Book Review."
Loomis Hall s skit, entitled "Loomis
Hall Behind the Blind," depicts a
day In the life of a Loomis Hall
girl. "All This and Hash, Too,"
will be the Ag Cafeteria club's
ntry, while the Robison girls will
present "Lily of the Bally," a bur
lesque dance. "The Widow's Mite,"
dialogue between two small school
boys, will be given by Concordia
club: Farm House will enter "Dog
Patch Saves the World."
Curtain acts.
Curtain acts Include the Home
Ec club's "Seven Lessons," based
on " Madame la zonga. t,rwin
Klein will present a saxophone
solo; Baldwin House, a "Jungelets"
Counselors
to hold annual
esister' dinner
Thursday event features
Hop, Piper,Clark talks,
fashion show, dancers
Annual coed counselor dinner
will be held Thursday at 6 p. m. in
the Union. According to Mary
Bullock, coed counselor president,
the purpose of the dinner is to ac
quaint new students with their
hir cictr" nd ttVir (Hrla nn th
Campus.
Charm School will entertain the j
diners with a fashion show and j
the coed counselor tap dancing
group will perform. Miss Helen
Hosp, dean of women, and Miss
Elsie Piper and Miss Letta Clark, I
sponsors, will speak.
Tickets may be purchased for
40c Monday night at all sorority
houses, dormitories and other or
ganized bouses. Little sisters may
purchase their tickets from their
big sisters.
Ruth Clark is general chairman
of the dinner and members of other
committees are: Irene Hollenbeck
and Margaret Lorrey, food; Har
riet Talbot, Beth Howley and Bet
ty Pierce, entertainment; Ruth
Grosver.or arid Jean Powell, tic
ket. Frolich, Hotmail,
0' Council sell
most W stamps
number. Hackman House entry
is entitled "My Feet's Too Big."
The orchestra has not yet been
selected. Board members for the
event are: Milo Tesar, manager;
Vivian Brown, assistant manager;
Florence Hamer, secretary; Joe
Shaughnessy, treasurer; Jack Car
ter, and Mary Bell Haumont. Fac
ulty advisers are Prof. D. B. Whe
lan. Miss M. E. Carse, Miss R. E.
Elliff and L W. Hurlbut.
Vote for one!
"It doesn't matter who you
vote for but vote!" Norman
Harris, NEBRASKAN editor,
said today in urging all univer
sity students to vote in the
DAILY NEBRASKAN straw
vote which closes at 5 p. m.
Monday.
The NEBRASKAN has had
its voting booth in the lobby of
the Union open Friday and Sat
urday; Monday is the last day
to vote.
Husker power jilts i
Sooner's title.hopes
By Jim Evinger.
(Compiled from radio broadcatt.)
"We don't know where we're going, but we're going.
That can now-be the apt theme for the 1940 Cornhuskers.
The latest obstaele in the path of Nebraska was hurdled, Satur
day afternoon, at Norman, Okla., when the Uuskers downed
Oklahoma 13-0.
Afler 17 years . . .
Vast Morton collection
will go to new library
... as invaluable sift
One of the most valuable col-1 definitive biography of the Ne
braska statesman.
t Contained in the collection are
(See MORTON, page 2.)
Rabbi speaks
at banquet
Rabbi Samuel S. Mayerberg,
rabbi of B'nai Jehudah, one of
Kansas City's leading Jewish con
gregations, will speak on "What
Are You Worth?" at the annual
Inter - Faith
lections which the proposed new
library will house is the J. Sterling
Morton historic collection of let
ters, reports, books, diaries, pam
phlets, photographs, and clippings.
The collection reached the univer
sity after being shipped from
Lisle, 111., where it had lain un
touched for 17 years at the home
of the late Joy Morton, eldest son
of the great pioneer.
Announcement of the gift of the
collection to the university was
made by the Morton family last
spring. Much historic material
recently recently discovered in the
basement of Arbor Lodge at Ne
braska City also is included in the
gift.
"Although no one has ever at
tempted to value the collection in
terms of money, historically it un
doubtedly is one of the most valu
able in the Middlewest." stated
James C. Olson, recipient of a
three year fellowship established
in 1939 by Mark Morton of Chi
cago, only surviving son of J.
Sterling, for research in early Ne
braska history and writing of a
Louise Fm'ch, Phi Uu, Rather
Ine O'Connell ,nd Aline Hornnan,
Kappa Alpha Tbetaa, were top
saleswomen in the annual AWS
H" stamp sale. Louise was first.
with total sales of 2.045 ftaraps.
Aline and (Catherine tied for sec-
end with L775 stamps each. Gold
"N pins were presented to the
three st the last upperclasi AWS
meeting.
AGR's lead contest
Results in the Cornhusker
picture-takirnj contest for fra
ternities yesterday showed Al
pha Gamma Rho in the lead
with 39 percent of the pictures
of its members already taken.
Trbluations yesterday were:
Alpha Gamma Rho 39
Beta Theta Pi 11
Farm House 17
Kappa Sigma 22
Phi Kappa Psi 14
banquet spon
sored by the
university Re
ligious Welfare
Council Thurs
day, Nov. 14, in
parlors XYZ of
the Union.
Esther Stuer
mer is toast
mistress for the
banquet which
will include sev
eral numbers by
the flute trio of
Ruth Surber,
Richard Morse
and Marion
Journal Sur.
White. Foreign students will be
introduced. Mildred Freeman is
eeneral chairman of the affair.
Tickets may be purchased for 50
cents from any council member.
The weather
Possible showers are forecast
for Monday and Tuesday with
temperatures about normal. Cold
er weather predicted late Tuesday
with sky overcast.
Faculty gives
tbird recital
in Union today
The school of fine arts presents
Mrs. Lenore Burkett Van Kirk,
soprano; Earnest Harrison, pian
ist; Emanuel Wishnow, violinist,
and Herbert Schmidt, accompan
ist, in the third faculty recital of
the fall series t' afternoon at 3
in the Union ba. m.
Sponsored by Sigma Alpha Iota,
national music fraternity, the pro
gram follows:
Rhapsody. Pohnanyi: Malaguena. t-fcu-ona;
Voiles. Debusay; Scherio-Valse, Cha
brir, Mr. Harrison.
Sighing. WrrpInK, Trouble. Want. Bach:
Somtimr. Vfslther: Tacea la notle pla
cida (II Trovatore). Verdi. Mn. Van Kirk.
I.antn. Veraclnl-Cortl: Short Story.
frhwln; Nocturne. Boulanger: Andante-
Moderaio from Concerto in D Minor,
Vieuxtempa, Mr. Wishnow.
Ticket sales
for Fall Revue
start Tuesday
Coeds to select Prince
Kosmet at fall election;
show date set for 16th
With the official notification of
15 sororities and fraternities that
they would present skits in the an
nual Kosmet Klub Fall Revue at
the Nebraska theater Nov. 16, Carl
Harnsberger, business manager of
the club-announced yesterday that
tickets would go on sale Tuesday.
In the hands of some 20 work
ers whom Harnsberger explained
would each have a large sales
force of his own, the tickets are
to be sold in limited numbers only.
Hoping to avoid the embarrass
ment of having to turn back money
at the door to those who don't
have seats, as was the case last
year, the business manager de
clared that the sale of ticket1? will
be stopped as soon as the house is
filled.
Prince Kosmet
In addition to the 15 acts and
the presentation of the Nebraska
Sweetheart, which has comprised
the show in the past. President Leo
Cooksley emphasized the selection
of Prince Kosmet. For the first
time, the Prince, who presents the
Sweetheart to the school, will be
chosen by li:e coed student body.
Since the season opener (a 13-7
loss to Minnesota), the Huskers
have been rolling. And yesterday,
35,000 fans at Owen field saw the
Huskers literally roll over their
Sooners.
By air, by land.
Two scores, one by the air and
one by the ground route, to none
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Journal and Star.
Gamma Phis win panhellenic cup
Gamma Phi Beta, ranking high
est atholastically among the 15
sororities on the campus, was pre
sented the panhellenic cup Friday
afternoon at the annual panhellen
ic scholarship tea in the Union
ballroom. Sororities who ranked
in the next six places and who
were also awarded cups were
Kappa Alpha Theta, second ; Alpha.
Xi Delta, third; Kappa Kappa
Gimma, fourth; Delta Gamma,
fifth; Delta Delta Delta, sixth; and
Sigma Kappa, seventh.
The program for the afternoon
included a collegiate skit presented
from the ballroom stage by mem
ber! of Kappa Delta, Pt Beta Phi,
Alpha Chi Omega, Chi Omega,
Alpha Omicron Pi, Phi Uu, Alpha
Phi and Sigma Delta Tau. Miss
Helen Hosp, dean of women, spoke
on scholarship, and Mr. Earl Dep
pen presented the awards.
Individual winners.
Individual scholarships went to
Jewel Tinker and Virginia Kirk-
bride, Sigma Kappas; Betty
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Journal and Star.
Those taking part in the skit at the annual Panhellenic tea
were the following, left to right: Dorothy McCartney, Janice Gold
smith, Betty Schmidt, Polly Carey, June Morrison and Virginia
Haney. Near the archway are left to right Louise Ettinger, Jean
Humphrey and Mary Lauvetx. .
Klin gel and Ruth Clark, Alpha Xi
Deltas; Betty Belle Barney and
Jeanne Meier, Chi Omegas; Doro
thy McCartney, Phi Mu; Jean
Humphrey, Alpha Omicron - Pi;
Marion Bremer. Alpha Phi; Shir
ley Polsky, Sigma Delta Tau, and
Betty Baker, Pi Beta Phi.
The remainder of the Greek let
ter group rated in the following
order: Alpha .Phi, Pi Beta Phi,
Alpha Chi Omeg., Sigma Delta
Tau, Kappa Delta, Alpha Omicron
PL CM Omega and Phi Mu. Schol
arsh'.p rating wan based on the
two semester of 1939-40.
for the Sooners left Nebraska
the only undefeated Big Six team
in conference play.
The first Hunker score climaxed
an 80-yard march with only 45
seconds remaining in the first half.
The other touchdown started with
a 55-yard runback of a punt by
Walter Luther from his 5 that
found the drive ending in a marker
in the final period.
Nebraska had the favoring wind
(See HUSKERS, page 3.)
Reporters from
Nebraska high
schools gather
Speakers for convention
are Crimes, Lawrence;
first meeting Friday
Fiv hundred young journalists
from 50 Nebraska high schools
will attend the Nebraska High
School Press association conven
tion here Friday and Saturday aa
guests of the university.
Beginning with registration at
8 a. m. Friday, the convention pro
gram will feature as guest speak
ers George Grimes, managing edi
tor of the Omaha World-Herald
at the banquet Friday night and
E. Lawrence, editor of the Lin
coln Star, at a general meeting
Saturday morning.
Writing contest. '
The general program includes a
news writing contest Friday morn
ing sponsored by the UN chapter
of Sigma Delta Chi, professional
Journalistic fraternity: a special
edition of the DAILY NEBRAS
KAN put out by visiting high.
school journalists; an exhibit of
high school paper; tours through
the plants of the Lincoln Star and
Journal, the capitol, Morrill, anol
other points of interest in the
city; a convention dance Friday
night; and attendance at the Iowa
Nebraska football game Saturday.
Prof. Gayle C. Walker, director
of the school of journalism, U
making arrangements on thj
campus for the convention.
Willkie-ites will
hear Fraizcr
Betty McGeachin, local Willkie
Clubs head, announced Unlay that
Cecil Frailer, state chairman of
Nebraska Willkie clubs, had been
secured as speaker for the final
pre-election meeting of the uni
versity Willkie club- at 5 p. m.
Monday in room 316 of the Union.
All Willkie club members and
other students are invited to hear
Mr. Fraizer speak. Paul Svoboda,
president of the university club,
urged that all Willkie clubbere
turn out for the final fling.