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Vol. 40 No. 39
Lincoln, Nebraska Wednesday, November 13, 1940
Union head
leaves post
to go east
Director credits staff
with responsibility for
success of program
Kenneth F. Van Sant, managing
director of the Student Union, last
week tendered his resignation to
the Union board of managers, ac
cording to an announcement made
by the board yesterday.
Explaining his resignation .-by
citing greater opportunities in the
east for advancement, Van Sant
asked the board to relieve him of
his directorial responsibilities by
Jan. 1.
"I think the Union has come a
long way toward reaching the en
viable position of one of the most
highly developed institutions of its
(See VAN SANT, page 4.)
Station sendoff
gives Huskers
Panther pep
Ice cuts out parade but
Cobs urge rooters meet
at train to show loyalty
Students will gather at the Bur
lington station tonight to give the
Huskers a sendoff for their game
with the Pittsburgh Panthers Sat
urday.
"Due to icy streets there will be
no parade but the rally will be
held at the train at 6:30 p. m. and
all students are urged to meet at
the station not later than 6:45
to show their loyalty to the team,"
said Gerald Spahn, president of
Corn Cobs, yesterday afternoon,
The victory bell will be at the
station as will the cheering squad,
Corn Cobs and Tassels, to lead
student yells.
Debate tryout
date changed
Date of debate try outs has been
changed to Tuesday, Nov. 19, and
will be held in 126 Andrews hall
instead of in university hall, Prof.
H. A. White of the English depart
ment announced yesterday.
All sophomore men who are
eligible for other activities can
participate in the tryouts, but they
must sign up with Prof. White
before Nov. 18. Several more men
are needed for the debate team,
wmcn will deiend and oppose
cases before local clubs and also
In the vicinity of Lincoln.
Union shows filnr
on Malayan life
"Five Faces of Malaya," a Brit
ish documentary film about the
work and culture of the peoples
living in Malaya, will be shown
during the travel film hour today
at 7:30 p. m. in Union parlors
X and Y. The film haa special
value for students of geography,
, economics, sociology, and interna-
tiotlol relations Travel film hours
( on Wednesday evenings are a regu
lar monthly feature of the Union
DSHD
Editorial
For eight weeks we've stood by and watched the herd
driven from this pasture to that. The grass is thin all over the
countryside, but there IS a little grass. The collies that bite
at the ankles of the herd are good dogs and few strays wander
away.
The collies finally come to a greener pasture, jump the
Jence while the herd remains on the other side, eagerly watch
ing the collies as they gorge themselves on refreshing spring
water and good meat. The herd stands in reflected glory,
though. Aren't the collies their "leaders t
In case you haven't caught on by now, the Herd is the
Barbs ... the collies, those whose personal ambitions so far
overshadow the group's interest, that when they finally bring
the herd to good pasture land, they keep it on the other side
of the fence.
Sorely needed on this campus is an extended co-op hous
ing system. The chance to voice a mass approval, a sincere
and honest one, was presented in yesterday's election by the
DAILY NEBRASKAN. The ballots aren't counted at this
writing, but we'll wager the barbs especially like the two
ideas presented.
But the collies, the leaders of the herd, for eight weeks
have been crying that their herd is down-trodden, underpriv-
eleged, prohibited . . . those leaders are doing fine. They're
running for offices, they're gunning for Innocency and Mortar
Board, they seek the fame and glory of the red robe and black
masques.
You three or four thousand barbs !- Wake up ! You re
being duped and ridden hard so that a handful of self
appointed angels and guardians can reap the glories and fame
that your votes will give them.
The "Election" issue of the "Barb," that fiery sheet that
never delves in politics except to glorify the barb candidates
under the guise of harmless personality sketches . . . that "elec
tion" issue never mentioned the questions that mean something
to you barbs, that are a test to see whether you're interested-in
having the co-op system furthered or whether you're interested
in using the coliseum if we can get it opened for you in the
ml ln 1 t IT J V 1 f
evenings, isope. rne isaro couian i see wnere nousmg unu
environmental improvements rated any attention. The DAILY
NEBRASKAN saw it a long time ago and is doing something
about it. It was hoped the Barb would help, but these issues
aren't important to it . . . just now. If the boys get the offices
and the girls get on the prom committee, (ballots are uncounted
ritrht now mavbe they'll be important. But for now ... the
o y
"Barb" missed the boatl
But if you want to follow the leader, go ahead ! And if
you want better housing and other social improvements . . .
follow the DAILY NEBRASKAN. We don't say you did
wrong in voting for barb candidates. That's the way you
barbs probably should have voted, but c!o you know why you
voted for them? Do you know why they ran? Do you think
for a minute that their election would help you any? Can
you understand that they haven't shown an interest in your
welfare up to now? After the election they'll have time for
these incidental things. By next spring, maybe they'll de
serve your vote. They certainly didn't yesterday.
YOUR EDITOR.
Delayed Awgwan Flash
to come out Friday
The second Awgwan-Flash
of the year will be Issued Fri
day morning, George Frlscher,
editor, said today. Delay in pub
lication was caused by the In
clusion of some late news pic
tures, he said.
Staff heads will be named
tomorrow In the DAILY NE-,
RASKAN. Only (two positions
havs not yet been filled.
Alexis to address
German club
Dr. J. E. A. Alexia, chairman of
the modern language department.
and Dr. William K. Pfeiler of the
German department top the pro
gram of the university German
club which will meet next Thurs
day from 7 to 8 p. m. in the Mor
rill hall auditorium.
Following the two talks there
will be group singing of German
folk songs. All students, especial
ly those taking German, and the
public are urged to attend.
Stoddari, Meier take
class jobs; vote close
By Don Bower
The political smouldering of the last few days broke into flame
last night and the barb junior and senior class presidential candidates
were defeated because the ag barb vote was not counted due to the
ruling earlier by the judiciary committee of the Student Council, which
ruled out the votes because of illegal campaign practices.
With John McDermott, barb candidate, out of the running, John
Stoddart, liberal, won over Warren Alfson, progressive, by a plur
ality of 50 votes. The liberals also took top honors for the junior
class president with Fred Meier polling 255 votes. Again the barbs
would have won by a small plur-
Barb votes
thrown out
in Ag poll
Council disqualifies all
Barb Ag ballots after
protest on broken rule
All Barb votes cast on Ag cam
pus for Barb faction candidates
were disqualified last night by the
judiciary committee of the student
council, which met for the special
purpose of taking action on for
mal protest instigated by Chris
Petersen, progressive leader, and
aigned by liberals and progres
sives alike.
Action taken
The committee's action:
"The judiciary committee, act
ing by means of the power dele
gated tothem at the last Student
Council meeting, has decided that
all votes from Agricultural Col
lege which were cast for John
McDermott, Gilbert Hueftle, Ray
mond Groasman, Boyd MacDou
gall and Blaine Sloan shall be dis
qualified. The reason' for this ac
tion lies in the fact that many
issues of the Barb which were
distributed at Ag Hall had the
names of all Barb candidates un-
(See BARB, page 4.)
ality had
counted.
the ag votes been
The liberals gained a majority
of the Prom Committee posts, but
the vote was close. George Abel
was the only progressive candi
date elected, and he received the
largest number of votes. The two
liberals elected were Don Steele
and Marvin Thompson.
With the ag vote counted, the
barbs would have won all three
posts by substantial margins in
the Prom Committee.
As it was, the barbs lost by
small pluralities.
Three posts filled by women
were won by two barbs, Shirley
Russel and Betty Jeane Spalding,
and one affiliated student, Alice
Jean Humphrey. Ag votes cast for
barb women were declared to be
valid in the committee's ruling.
Who the six most eligible bache
lors are will not be disclosed un
til the Mortar Board party; the
Nebraaka Sweetheart, voted for
by the men, will be preaented at
the Koamet Klub fall revue;
Prince Koamet, voted for yester
day by the women, will also be
diacloaed at this time; the Hon
orary Colonel will not be known
until the Military ball.
Although the barbs lost the elec
tion completely in the number of
posts they attained, nevertheleas
the number of votes cast for barb
candidates shows that the strength
of this party is increasing. The
liberals, although they have occa
(See ELECTION, page 2.)
Voters reject proposal
to buy DAILY in fees
Incomplete returns in the DAILY
NEBRASKAN survey indicated an
overwhelming vote against the
proposal which would add tl to
the fall tuition fees, making sub-
8criptions to the DAILY auto
matic.
As this issue goes to press, the
complete reaults have not yet been
tabulated. However, partial city
campus votes showed definite
trends.
Barb women vote no.
Complete returns from women
showed that barb women were
against the extra tuition charge
for the DAILY by 164 to 125. Af
filiated women returned a vote of
253 to 154 against. Pluralities in
both groups read the NEBRAS
KAN five times a week and a Lin
coln newspaper seven times. Only
25 women out of a total of 725
do not read the campus paper at
all.
Affiliated men, according to
Gostas to attend
national Student
Union convention
George Gostas, president of the
board of managers of the Student
Union, was elected delegate from
the UN Student Union to the na
tional Student Union convention
at a meeting of the board held
Friday evening. The meeting la to
be held at the Univeraity of Penn
sylvania Dec. 5, 6, 7.
Gostas, who was alternate dele
gate to the convention la8t year,
at the University of Florida, is
the first student ever to be elected
president of the board of man
agers. Last year's student dele
gate to the conference was Helen
Claybaugh.
first ballots, turned thumbs down
by almost 3 to 1 on the automatic
subscription propoaal, and split
evenly on the question: "Do you
use the coliseum now and would
you use it more if it were open
after 6 p. m?"
The vote of unaffiliated men
and the survey taken at ag' col
lege had not yet been counted at
press time.
YMCA sponsors
co-op houses
Cabinet inaugurates drive
for new membership
The city campus YMCA cab
inet, in a meeting yesterday, dis
cussed plans for the sponsorship
of any future cooperative houses
to be started on the campus, and
inaugurated a drive for increased
YM membership.
A motion was passed allowing
the president to name a committee
to assist in the organization of
any group interested in forming
a co-op hcyiae.
Founds houses.
The YMCA has been instru
mental in the founding of both
the Pioneer Co-op house and the
Comhusker Co-op Eating club.
Bob Howard, preaident of the Y,
is also president of the Pioneer
Co-op club.
In its drive for membership the
cabinet will campaign first among
those who have shown an Interest
in the Y, and later among those
who have not attended but have
made contributions. Members are
to leave reports of the first group
seen by the end of the week, .
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