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Honor roll
Dorothy Miller Campbell
Dorothy Ida Cook
Ray Anderson Crancer
Helen Elizabeth Claybaugh
Walter Kiechel, Jr.
Theodore William Boesler
Currin Vance Shields
Marian Jean Simmons
Jeanet Martine Swenson
Lucile Ellen Thomas
Theos Jardine Thompson
Louise Charlotte Wilke
Orville Herman Zabel
0cia Newspaper Of More Than 7,000 Students
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Vol. 40 No. WK JT& Lincoln, Nebraska
Tuesday, December 10, 1940
Calvin Dwigbt Rollins
2000 listen to Singers . . .
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Two thousand heard the University Singers, pictured above w
brook, present a program of Christmas carols Sunday afternoon i
grams were given, one at 2:30
the University Singers program two brass quartets prayed a hal
The chorus of 60 voices was robed in red and white, and pre
of evergreen trees and lighted tapers. Old English, Trench, Germa
carols comprised the program, with Jean Knorr accompaning on t
Embryo playwrights may win $760
Kosniet Klul) show offers $40 for play
A prize of $760 for writing a
successful musical play!
That's the pot of gold at the end
of the rainbow offered in the 1940
fellowship competition sponsored
by ASCAP, otherwise known as
the American Society of Com
posers, Authors, and Publishers.
Winner of the Kosmet Klub
spring show contest will probably
find his material eligible for
ASCAP's contest. The Klub offers
a prize of $40 as well as a $10 sec
ond prize. Date of the local con
test has not been given but it will
probably be soon after Christmas
vacation, according to Carl Hams
berger, president.
Student play.
ASCAP offers $720 for the best
musical play submitted by stu
dents in each of eight regions
throughout the country. The prize
is duplicated in the other seven re
gions. Nebraska is in region five
with Wisconsin, Minnesota, North
and South Dakota, and Iowa.
Last year prizes were awarded
In all the other regions but none
was given for this area.
Bob Lcadley's show, "Ski Steal
ers." dealing with a Russian-Finnish
war background was pre
sented by the Kosmet Klub last
year. Feature of each year's show
is the "pony chorus," a troop of
groaning, kicking he-men who per
form as females.
All college production.
To fulfill all requirements the
script submitted to ASCAP must
City council restricts parking
on both sides of R, 10th to 1 llh
Two-hour parking along R
street, 10th to 14th, was approved
yesterday by the city council after
the issue was raised by the Inno
cents who are attempting some
mean of decreasing parking con
gestion on and near the campus.
Dean Foster of the law college
and members of the Innocents so
ciety conferred with Director Ven
ner and City Attorney Miles con
cerning the possibility of limiting
use of certain streets and passages
on the campus to the use of stu
dents and faculty members, but
were told that public streets are
public regardless of where lo
cated and therefore traffic could
not be restricted. As an alterna
tive measure limited parking on
R street was suggested.
Director Venner said the new re
stricted area would be marked
during the current week.
and another at 4, with a capacity cr
be written, composed, and directed
entirely by students. Students in
terested in the contest should see
either a Kosmet Klub member of
Armand Hunter of the dramatics
department who has offered to as
sist the Klub.
According to the rules the play
In letter to editor . M
DuTeau refutes Time charge
UN has slim pickings team
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Lincoln Journal and Star.
Ellsworth DuTeau.
Barh women form
council of prcxys
lo fosler activity
Presidents of barb women's or
ganized houses and clubs formed
an Inter-house Council to spon
sor competition in women's activi
ties, at a meeting held in Ellen
Smith last week.
At the meeting, plans were com
pleled for competition between
the houses in activities and sports.
Purpose' of the organization, .ac
cording to Esther Connett, presi
dent, is to unify and stimulate
activity among barb women in
the same manner the barb union
has done for unaffiliated men.
Lincoln Sunday Journal and Star,
ith Director Dr. Arthur E. West
n the Union ballroom. Two pro
owd at each performance. Before
f hour of carols,
sented their concert in a setting
n, Polish, Russian and American
he electric organ. ,
must be "substantially original as
to both story and musical score." It
must be the work of one, two or
more authors and composers in
collaboration. Notice of intention
to compete for the fellowship must
be filled in on regular forms and
(See CONTEST, page 4.)
In rebuttal to the "slim pick
ings" statement which Time mag
azine made Dec. 9 inferring that
Stanford invited Nebraska to the
Rose Bowl after better teams had
decided to go elsewhere, 13sworth
F. DuTeau. secretary of the Uni
versity of Nebraska Alumni asso
ciation, has addressed the follow
ing letter to Henry R. Luce, Time
editor:
"The sentence in the story on
the Bowl games in the Dec. 9 is
sue of Time (last paragraph) which
reads That left slim pickings for
(See DUTEAU, page 2.)
UN asks CAA
for extension
Two courses will begin
Feb. 3 if approval given
With the tentative announce
ment of two courses, application
has been made to the Civic Aero
nautics Authority to continue civil
ian flight training next semester,
according to O. J. Ferguson, dean
of the engineering college.
Student applications for the pri
mary and advanced CAA courses
are now being received by Prof. J.
W. Haney. Class work will begin
Feb. 3 and is scheduled to be com
pleted about June 15, 1941.
Prerequisites for the primary
course include: U. S. citzenship,
age 19 to 25, physical fitness, at
least 28 hours of college credit,
and no previous pilot training or
disqualification from the civil pilot
training program.
For the advanced court, an ap
plicant must have at least 53 se
mester hours of college credit, and
must have completed the pre
liminary civilian pilot flight train
ing course with the recommenda
tion of the instructor. Applicants
must also agree to apply for
further flight training in the U. S.
military service when needed.
of life is democracy
"Democracy is the ideal of the good life," stated C. Pttrus Peter
son at the recognition banquet of Phi Beta Kappa in the Union last
night. Following the presentation of the 14 new members, Peterson
discussed "The Preservation of American Democracy in the light of
Present World Trends."
Speaking on four concepts, morality, rights and duties, individual
Regents ask
large sum
for buildings
University needs $50,000
to remodel old library
when new one finished
For repair, remodeling and con
struction of university buildings
in 1941-43, the Board of Regents,
in their budget letter to Governor
R. L. Cochran, requested a legis
lative appropriation of $274,000.
For remodeling and renovating
the old library, the regents re
quest $50,000. "It is anticipated,"
they said, "that the new Don L.
Love Memorial library will be
erected and ready for occupancy
not later than the summer of
1942." To be used for other pur
poses, the old library must be re
modeled. In the words of the re
gents, "If the amount if granted,
the old library can be made into
a building worth several times that
amount."
Home ec building.
Construction of a new home
economics building on ag campus
was characterized by the board as
(See REGENTS, page 3.)
Behind the
by Olson
II Dure misses bus
The re-creation of the Roman Kmpire ordained by II Duce seems
to have lost its schedule; and the regilding of Roman glory has become
slightly tarnished.
Marshal Rodolfo Graziani's African army still is meditating
among the sand dunes near Fgypfs Sidi Marrani, harrassed by Brit
ish desert troops who are picking off the stragglers.
AndLthe picked fascist legions that were supposed to overrun
Greece now find the going rough in the Albanian mountains. Their
progress is ratner in the tradition of Adowa, Caporetto, and Guada
lajara than in the prescribed conquest of Empire.
Even Rome now officially admits the abandonment of much of
southern Albania to the Greeks, after being driven out of Koritza
and Agirocastro from whence they were basing their attack on the
island state.
In abandoning these main bases In southern Albania, the Italians
lost a great deal of material, and strategic military position. In ad
dition, Porto Edda, chief southern Albanian seaport, has fallen to the
Greeks.
Word comes from Athens of a three-day holiday decreed to cele
brate the Italian rout, while Rome constantly is announcing new m.li
tary nd naval appointments.
rst to gr was Marshal Badoglio who was succeeded by the
comparatively little-known General Ugo Cavellero. Brigadier Cen
eral Cesare de Vecchi, commander of the Aegean forces, made way
for General Ettore Bastico, and lastly, Admiral Domenico Cavagnari,
naval chief of taff has resigned to be replaced by Admiral Arturo
Riccardi.
English naval victories at Tarentum arid off Sardinia probably
have bearing on the shakeup in the navy, and the probe into the re
verses being conducted by an Italian court martial indicates that more
replacements may follow.
In addition to loss of prestige Mussolini faces economic trouble as
a consequence of Italian naval Inferiority, in consequence of which
the English blockade gains Increasing effectiveness.
(See HEADLINES, page 4.)
personality, and loyalty of citi
zenship as basic trends in de
mocracy, Peterson stated that
morality is the first line of defense
of democracy.
Must not lose hope.
"Individualism, as I use it, is th
American mode of thinking," he
further stated. We must cling to
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Lincoln Journal and Stat.
C. Petrus Peterson.
this type of individualism if de
mocracy is to go unmolested. De
mocracy fails when men and wom
en lose hope, but will endure be
cause minds and wills and social
tradition of good people is in the
(See DEMOCRACY, page 4.)
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