Student Council ends
three day convention
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OH'icid Newspaper Of More Than 7,000 Students
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Vol. 40, No. 82
Lincoln, Nebraska
Sunday, February 16, 1941
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John Mason, president of the Student Council, presides over one
of the meetings of the first Big Six Student Council convention
which ended last night.
The Big Six Student Council dent Council Constitution," the
convention climaxed its three day last meeting of this conveintion.
session here last night with a din
ner at the Cornhusker Hotel. Bob "Thi3 convention has resulted in
Aden, Beta Theta Pi, and George many helpful exchanges of ideas,"
Gostas, barb, spoke on the subject asserted John Mason, president of
'The Problem of the Affiliated and Nebraska's Council, yesterday aft
Unaffiliated Student Working To- ernoon. "We have especially re
gether." After the dinner the ceived new ideas for issuing activ
delegates attended the Interfrater- cards."
nity Ball enmasse. Both of the M h d , meeting.
speakers are members of the Inno- 7 s
cents society. Tho nothing definite has been
decided, the representatives from
Yesterday morning a discussion Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas and Ok-
group on agricultural problems lahoma are planning to hold a
was held and in the afternoon Ok- convention nnnuallv at one of the
lahoma led a meeting on "The Stu-
University
registration
set at 5,436
Total registration in the univer-
Bity to date is 5;436. according to
Dr. u w. Rosenior, registrar. At
this time last year, 5,943 students,
507 less than the above figure,
were registered for work in the
university.
r.pt,w Dvor.l .mUn..
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nous ior me arop in regisirauon
(See REGISTRATION, page 2)
Air expansion
story appears
in Blue Print
The Nebraska Blue Print, uni
versity engineering magazine, will
be on the stands Monday, Frank
Little, editor, announced. The Blue
Print will feature an article dis
cussing a proposed expansion of
the U. S. air force written by Jack
Wagner, a student in mechanical
engineering.
Wagner estimates that by Jan
uary, 1943, the air force will total
25,000 planes, with an additional
25,000 to be built the following
year. Production should reach
50,000 airships yearly, so that the
United States may maintain an
air force and still furnish aid to
England.
Among other stories is one con
cerning the activities and expe
riences of the Nebraska band at
the Rose Bowl game, written by
band member. Wm. L. DeBaufre,
chairman of the mechanical en
gineering department, discusses
the new national defense courses
at the university in another article.
An article concerning engineer-
lng vocational guidance in Ne-
braska is written by J. R, Rippley,
chairman of the committee of the
Nebraska engineering society con-
cerned with that work. Still an-
other story, written by a student,
discusses the Industry Seminar of
the American Society of Agrlcul-
tural Engineers.
String concert
in Union today
The university string ensemble
under the direction of Emanuel
Wlshnow will present a concert
this afternoon at 3 p. m. in the
Union ballroom. Only holders of
tickets will be admitted. Tickets
may be obtained free at the Union
office. ' v
Journal and Star.
Big Six schools. Information ob- ui A"r ",e u A"UIL"
tained from the discussion groups year the showu yesterday after
and general meetings will probably noon. Kappa Alpha Theta received
be published and a copy sent to second place for their "Freak
each of the participating universi- Show" and Delta Gamma took
ties, according to Mason. This third when they presented a bet
gives next year's incoming coun- game starring Mickey Mouse,
cils an idea as to what was ac- Usi M their theme the draft
cuiupiisueu.
Friday Kansas State, Iowa
State, and Kansas U held their dis-
cussion meeting in the Union, and
Bus Knight led a tour of the
campus and the capital. Both
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A gj.eat deaj of Sp;rited discus-
sion about political parties,
elections, activity tickets, consti-
tuttons, and services the Student
nn..nM. 0 rrin nn th ram.
r .
Methods of dealing with these va-
nous problems were presentea by
all the schools, and Questions con-
cerning the solutions were brought
ou'
Daily staff to meet
The staff, reporters and all
students who wish to work as
reporters on the DAILY are re
quested to attend a general
staff meeting in the offices of
the DAILY Wednesday night at
7 o'clock. DAILY editors are
looking for reporters who will
cover beats regularly and jny
students who expect to meet
these qualifications should re
port at the meeting.
After Wednesday, beats will
be taken from irregular report
ers and given to those who re
port to the DAILY offices regularly.
Ag plantologists make
in potato breeding for Nebraska
Who has ever heard of a house
wife buying food from a retailer
and actually reaping a large profit
in the transaction? It Bounds ab-
8Urd, doesn't it? Yet, according to
a report of food expenditures and
nutritive returns, statistics show
that the value received from pota-
toes is several times greater than
the price paid for the potatoes,
Based on nutritive contents and
low cost, potatoes are considered
as an almost perfect food,
ine nousewne, nowever, is nui
the only one who profits from po
tatoes. In western Nebraska the
potato industry is a major farm
commodity. Each year the income
ranges from two million to six
million dollars. Realizing the im-
portance of the potato industry
and also the vast improvements,
to be made, the departments of
horticulture and plant pathology
have helped the growers put on
the market an improved potato
and also to produce disease-free
Berge states that U.S. needs
leaders for strong democracy
By Alan Jacobs.
Wendell Berge, assistant attor
ney general of the United States,
became plain Wendell, citizen of
Lincoln, student at the university,
following his Charter Day address
yesterday in the coliseum.
When he explained the functions
of a university in strengthening
democracy to an audience domi
nated by faculty members and
townspeople, he was Berge, the
lawyer, the analyst, but after
(See BERGE, page 4)
Alpha Chi's
booth takes
carnival cup
Alpha Chi Omega's booth,
"Caught in the Draft," won the
Coed Counsellors' Penny Carnival
wea, tne Aipna unis aecoraiea
their 1)00111 w,th a patriotically
dressed boy and girl and gave each
patron a capsule in which was the
first name and telephone number
of an actual boy or girl student.
"We intend to have each person
make a date with the girl or boy
whose number they receive," ex-
plained Jane Dalthorp, who origi-
nated and carried thru the idea.
Thus they were "drafted" for
dates.
ueaiues Dtung a meiuoer 01 tne
The Theta's booth was on the
order of a typical carnival side-
""fi
several mermaids ana similar
characters.
Delta Gammas use mice.
Delta Gamma's entry literally
had all the girls screaming when
a little white mouse ran into cups
marked with a stripe of color. But
the noise wasn c because or me
innocent mouse; it was caused Dy
the penny bets placed on the cups
to see which color the mouse would
P'ck.
.. . . .
Besides the winning booths,
there were also kissing games,
gambling, fortunes in balloons, an
auction, a meteorology showing
personality traits, and a "frog and water users would be required engineering department. For the
bowl." An eating stand and danc- to secure an allocation permit is- chairman, students will choose be
ing at the back of Grant Memorial sued by the department of roads tween Henry Berry and Harold
hall, where the carnival was held, and irrigation . Such a license Sampson. Nominees for vice chair
were the other features of the would specify the amount of wa- man are John Gates and Earle
show. ter each person night use. Cox.
seed from potato seed balls so
good seed can be grown on a
commercial basis.
Did work In greenhouses
Prior to 1939, no breeding work
was carried on in this slate a It
was impossible to produce true
seed under Nebraska weather con
ditions. Although some work was
being done in greenhouses it was
generally considered Impossible to
make potatoes bloom in Nebraska,
even in the greenhouse. With some
preliminary trials, Dr. H. O. Wer
ner of the department of horticul
ture found thut he could produce
flowers and seed balls in the
greenhouse. He immediately start
ed an extensive breeding program
in cooperation with Drs. Goss and
Jensen of the department of plant
pathology.
None of the varieties of pota
toes now crown in this state is
entirely suited to Nebraska condl-
tions. This section needs a variety
Capitol
Personalities
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Journal and Star,
HARRY E. GANTZ
If there is a lively discussion on
the house floor. Senator Harry E.
Gantz is almost sure to be in it.
ouaisieiuijr uuimg ms icgisiituve
career (this is his. third term) h
has managed to atay in the thick
U1 UK
Tne senat0r was born on a farm
in Kansas but has lived at Alii
ance since 1905. He has been an
attorney there since his gradua-
tion from Creighton law school,
Box Butte, Dawes and Sioux coun-
ties are included in his district.
SJ. ... ...
legislative council, Senator Gantz
serves on two committees. He is
- r . I . . C.
auon group ana cnairman oi me
judiciary committee.
Since the senator's great inter
est is irrigation, he believes L. B.
460 to be the most important of
thnsw he has introduoeH The hill's
purpose i3 to regulate the use of
underground waters. "The meas-
ure said senator Gantz, "is based
on tne tneory that if there is an
adequate supply of underground
water, farmers can use all they
want. Regulation is for the sake
of economy and conservation."
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Under the proposed measure,
an subterranean waters would be-
come the Dronertv of the state
discoveries
which will be resistant to soil born
diseases such as scab and wilt,
produce a high yield of good cook
inir quality tubers, be resistant to
navllirt n,1 lher Inserts he heat
. . . . . , . .
and drouth resistant, and resistant
to tnMy in harvesting.
I lie rvriu in n mil l ui 11 1 11 mi in I c
The varieties grown here now world's fair, with exhibits of tha
fall short of these qualities and it work accomplished by the collega
Is to this end that the efforts in during the year. Each engineer
breeding work are being directed. tng society puts on Its own ex
Several other universities are now hibits.
currying a breeding program of
comparable size and the U.S.D.A.
has n Inrpe coonerative nrocram
has a large cooperative program
in connection with the state uni
versities. Considerable work is being done
here by Dr. Werner on the prob-
lem of getting more varieties to
bloom in the greenhouse. Dr. Wer-
ner grows the parent plants, does
the crossing, and raises the seed-
,nS tuber. Then, the plant pathol-
(See POTATOES, page 2)
Stark reality which today's men
and women must face in the world
crisis is a challenge to the uni
versities to furnish the leadership
that will strengthen and preserve
the democratic spirit and the
democratic processes, declared
Wendell Berge, assistant attorney
general of the United States be
fore the Charter Day convocation
yesterday morning.
Chancellor Boucher introduced
the speaker after the university
symphony orchestra, under the di
rection of Mr. Don Lentz, had
played "Espans Rhapsodie" by
Chabrier and "Zorahayda" by
Svendsen.
Speaking on the subject "The
Function of the University in
Strengthening Democracy," Mr.
Berge asserted that "Our Confi
dence in the future is gone. We
face a world in which the light
of freedom has been snuffed out in
almost all countries across the
sea."
"The gentle, well intentioned but
unaware people who view the
present crisis as merely a passing
phase and think that eventually
the world, if left alone, will return
to normal, cannot furnish the
leadership," said Berge.
Weak leadership.
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frp-hfpnArt nH naniVUw m.nnu
cannot assume the leadership.
They have lost their nerve. Al-
though the universities do not
haye a monopoly of tne people of
trained intelligence, liberal out-
look, and noble purpose who must
furnish our leadership, it is nat
ural that we should turn to them
in the hour of need.
"Because of the dire need for
the leadership of universities, their
financial plight at the present
time is to be deplored," he con
tinued. "Institutions of learning,
I If a MhAV matiriitiAnc ivintr Ka si v
Dected to bear their share of the
. ,
economic burden in periods of de
pression, but we must be extreme
(See DEMOCRACY, page 2)
Engineers
hold election
Wednesday
University engineering students
will vote Wednesday for officials
to be in charge of Engineers' week.
biRgest event of the year for the
Nominees have been selected by
a joint meeting of the engineers'
executive board and the chairmen
for the event from each depart
ment. All engineering ntudonU
are eligible to vote to choose be
tween the nominees. Voting will
be held on the first floor of M. A.
building from 8 to 5.
Engineers' week will be held
Ivy day evening. The general
chairman will plan the program
for the event, with the assistance
e board of chairmen and Vlc
chairmen from the various denurt-
men-
TVlIil"lL'ltl ll'llllOC
A tlBlwlll llcllllo
staff cartoonist
Betty Ann Roberts has been
chosen as staff cartoonist for the
DAILY .for this semester. She is
a student in the college of fine
arta. Her first cartoon appeared
in the Friday issue of the Nebras-
kan and more drawings will ap
pear in the near future.