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Official Newspaper Of More Than 7,000 Students
Vol. 40 No.
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Lincoln, Nebraska
Tuesday, December 17,-1940
Union holds party
Cokes, hot dogs, show FREE!
Students will receive their
Christmas gift from the Union
Thursday night, Dec. 19, when it
throws its annual Christmas party
with free cokes and hot dogs, car
oling, and a vaudeville show in
the ballroom.
The vaudeville show will open
the party at 8:30 when Johnny
Cox and his orchestra will appear
with new talent from the student
body and Lincoln. Featured at
tractions will be the Gourly sisters
with their renditions of tunes in
Andrews Sisters arrangements,
and Bobby Gra-ham, 11-year-old
wizard of the accordian. Other
acts include dancers, a magician,
and a pianist.
Before and after the show, Jean
Union loungers
hoar Christmas
carols this tveok
In keeping with its setting of
Christmas trees, wreaths, and
sprays of evergreen, the Union
lounge will feature Christmas
carols each day this week as Jean
Knorr and Myron Roberts take
their turn at the electric organ.
Roberts will play every noon
from 12:15 to 12:45, and Miss
Knorr will play in the afternoon
period from 4:30 to 5 p. m. Copies
of carol music are available at
the organ for enthusiastic singers.
Keefer directs
Vespers today
Frances Keefer will direct the
Vesper choir in its annual Christ
mas carol program to be held
tonight at 5 in Ellen Smith hall.
The choir has prepared five carols
and a special arrangement of Si
lent Night. The program will in
clude a flute duet and a contralto
solo. Marian Cramer will read
scripture verses telling the Christ
mas story.
Knorr will play the electric organ
in the main lounge. As they enter
the doors of the Union, students
will receive tickets which will en
title them to free refreshments
after the show.
45 instructors
attend annual
phys ed meet
About 45 phys ed instructors at
tended the annual convention of
the Nebraska Physical Education
association last weekend. Bad
weather was probably responsible
for the drop in attendance accord
ing to Miss Leonore Allway,
president.
Miss Helen Manley, district
president of the physical education
association spoke on the bill sup
porting education as part of the
preparedness program. She also
gave a demonstration with Ever
ett Junior High children on speed
Colored slides of the physical
education program at New Ulm,
Minn., were shown by Mr. Thomas
Pfaender who teaches there. He
also gave a demonstration of vol
ley ball skills. Miss Elin Ander
son, director of health studies In
Chicago, spoke on "Nebraska and
Health."
Square dancing demonstrations
were given by Mr. and Mrs. Ar
thur Danielson of ag college with
three sets of square dancers from
ag and three sets from the Lin
coln Square Dancing club.
N New officers of the association
elected at the convention are Miss
Dorothy Zimmerman, Omaha,
president; John Yordy, Jackson
high, vice-president; Edwin Mc
Conchie, Hastings, second vice
president; and Virginia Woolfolk,
Everett Junior high, secretary-treasurer.
McDermott
calls seniors
to meeting
Senior class president
asks leaders to convene
iu sosh at 7:30 tonight
Something new at the Universi
ty of Nebraska a meeting of the
senior class leaders, will be held
in social science auditorium at
7:30 tonight.
John McDermott, class presi
dent, has asked these seniors to at
tend: fraternity and sorority presi
dents, Innocents, Mortar Eoards,
Co-op house heads and barb club
presidents.
Purpose of the meeting is not
fully disclosed. President McDer
mott revealed only: "We will dis
cuss important senior activities."
Student cast of 23 persons
stage German nativity play
Production features singing
Union honors
Van Sant at
party tonight
Petty will cEnoose
Musker bearaes
It's going to be double trouble for Nebraska's Beauty Queen can?
didates for the 1940-41 year trouble in two forms; (a) the candidate
will be reviewed by a committee on the campus and the number of
entries reduced to twelve by the committee and these twelve (b) will
be judged by George Petty, nationally famous air-brush artist, whose
cartoons have become so popular
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Kenneth Van Sant.
Kenneth Van Sant, Union direc
tor, who recently resigned his
post, will be the guest of honor
this evening at a farewell party
to be given by the Union staff
and student employees. Plans for
the send-off include a program by
the employees, refreshments, and
caroling at the organ in the
lounge.
Station rally
to send team
off Thursday
With the cry of "scalp the In
dians," students will gather at the
Burlington station Thursday night
at 8, to yell and sing their Rose
Bowl bound team off for the New
Year's tilt with the Stanford
Indians.
According to Gerald Spahn,
chairman of the rally committee,
if the weather is not too cold and
the streets are not too icy, a parade
led by the varsity band from the
Union, through the down-town
district and then to the station
to shout the team off is included
in the indefinite plans.
Bad weather will mean no pa
rade but the rally will continue as
scheduled at the station.
French movie
plays today -
First in a series of French mov
ies will be presented in the Union
ballroom at 4, 7, and 8:30 p. m.
today under the sponsorship of the
University French club. Tickets
for "La Marseillaise" may be pur
chased by the public singly, of for
the series of three pictures.
A story of the French revo
lution, "La Marseillaise" stars the
popular French actor, Jean Re
noir. Other movies to be shown
this year are "Life and Loves of
Beethoven" on March 27, and "Les
Perles De Couronne" on Feb. 25.
with readers of the Esquire maga
zine.
The Cornhusker's Beauty Queen
editors, Priscilla Chain and Betty
Dodds, are making final plans for
selection and elimination on the
campus. The committee which will
choose the twelve to be judged by
Petty has not yet been decided
upon.
Deadline for entries in the con
test has been set at Friday, Jan.
10, by Bob Aden, Cornhusker edi
tor. Each house is allowed one
candidate for every twenty year
books sold in that house. Entries
are to be submitted to Aden in
the Cornhusker office.
Void discusses
neutrality laws
for barristers
United States neutrality stat
utes in actual practice boycott the
democratic nations that have been
attacked by the totalitarian pow
ers and ought to be repealed, Prof.
Lawrence Void of the law col
lege told a meeting of the Lincoln
Barristers' club, Thursday, Dec.
12.
"By preventing voluntary trade
with the belligerents except on a
strictly cash and carry basis, and
making it unlawful for our people
and our vessels to enter the com
bat zones at all, we have very
materially assisted totalitarian
aggressors by making it difficult
for their victims to secure the
supplies for defense," Professor
Void declared, adding that, "We
can substitute a statute providing
that those who choose to enter
the combat zones do so at their
own risk, thereby assuming an
attitude of true neutrality."
Second semester registration
starts Jan. 13; bulletins ready
Entrance exams scheduled
With a student cast ol 23. the
German department will stage
"Eine Weihnachtsfeier." Christ
mas atory presented annually for
the public. Thursday evening at
7:45 in the Temple theater.
Preceding the performance will
be a general get-together with
group singing, a string quartet
playing German tunes and a men's
chorus as features.
Alexis keynote!.
Dr. Joseph Alexis, chairman of
the department will serve as mas
ter of ceremonies, keynoting the
program with a welcome to guests
and "O Tannenbaum" In which he
will lead the audience to the ac
companiment of the chorus under
the direction of Frank Well,
Eunice Jenny. will play the piano.
The string quartet, composed of
Thomas Mcllenus, Thomas Pier
son. James PHce and Philip Heller
will play twqi numbers followed by
a soprano srtlo by Catherine Tuni
son and flute solo by Dora Van
Bargen.
German poetry.
Kenneth Klauss will conclude
the pre-lay program with the
recitation of a German poem.
Members of the men's chorus tak
ing part will be Charles Harkins,
Robert Brunc, William Aldrich,
Derrel Ludi.l Charles Oldfather,
Daniel Moravec, Ralph Schroeder,
and Laurence Coy.
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the nativity play will be a , pro
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Students of German in the mod rn languages
department will present their annual production cf
"Eine Weihnachtsfeier" or German Christmas
celebration of the 16th century Thursday evening
at 7:45 in the Temple Theater. The program will
include Christmas music and the nativity play.
Dr. Joseph Alexis, chairman of the department,
w"ll welcome the audience and invite them to join
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in the singing of "O Tannenbaum" with the chorus
under the direction of Frank Well of Lincoln.
In the cast of the play are standing left to
right: fflaxine Grosbach, Tess Casady, Lila War
ing, Alice Johnston, Lorraine Will, Ruth Bock and
Burton Thiel; kneeling are Dr. A. C. Scherer and
Marjorie Johnston.
Second semester registration
will begin one week after stu
dents come back to classes from
Christmas vacation. Students who
attended the University this se
mester, will go thru the lines Mon
day, Jan. 13, and continue thru
Saturday. Bulletins and class
schedules may be obtained in the
basement of the administration
building.
Students who plan to enter the
University as freshmen and trans
fers or those who did not attend
the first semester must make ap
plication in room 103 of the ad
ministration building. They will
take, the usual examinations be
fore registering.
The examinations will be given
as follows: psychology Tuesday,
Jan. 28, 9 a. m.; English classifi
cation and validation. Jan. 24,
2 p. m.; mathematics, Wednesday,
Jan. 29, 9 a. m.; reading and study
skills Jan. 29 2 p. m. All exami
nations will be given in law col
lege 202. Registration for these
new students will be Friday,
Jan. 31.
Second semester classes begin
Monday, Feb. 3.
Winnacker lo attend
historical group meet
Dr. R. A. Winnacker of the his
tory department is planning to at
tend the annual meetings of the
American Historical association in
New York City Dec. 27 to 30.,