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1uly HI Mebmskan Behind the 0ciai Newspaper Of More Than 7,000 Students Vol. 40, No. 88. Lincoln, Nebraska Tuesday, February 25, 1941. News Ordal The verbal front Main action in the war, for the moment, appears to be on the verbal front, where the dictators have lashed out severely at their democratic enemies. Major part of the axis offensive, as usual, was launched from Ger many, where Adolf Hitler warned Great Britain of a great naval thrust to come in March and April, declaring that new ty;s of submarines would then be launched against the English. Most of Hitler's speech, which was delivered on the occasion of the 21st anniversary of the found ing of the National Socialist party, was devoted to an account of the Nazi rise to power and the Debate team meets Kansas U. Pasadena Nebraska's debate team will participate in two intercollegiate debates this week. George Black sVone and Ewald Warnsholz, af firmative, will debate against a ate against a o7aVnioKnanof team from the University sas on the subject western hemisphere nations. They will speak at a luncheon of the Hiram club at the chamber of commerce. The negative team of Edwin Carraher and Clyde Martz will debate on the same subject at a dinner of the Lincoln Knife and Fork club Thursday against Robert Hertenstein and Robert Goslaw of Pasadena college. The team will debate again on Monday against a Creighton university team at an Omaha chamber luncheon. Students interested may attend the first practice debate of the new question: Resolved: That the United States should enter the war rather than see the defeat of the British 'empire, in room 126 of Andrews hall on Wednesday aft ernoon at 3. Affirmative speakers for this question are Eugene Bradley and Jack Stewart; for the negative, Edwin Carraher and Eugene Curtiss. Tickets for Prom go on sale; Basic, orchestra to play Tick eta for the 1941 Junior-Senior Prom, featuring Court Basie and his orchestra, went on sale In John K. Selleck's office in the coliseum and at the Union check stand yesterday. All junior men who want to help put on their own party and make it a success are urged to check out tickets at Selleck's office, Nor man Harris, business manager of the Prom committee, announced. Corsages discouraged. The committee and Innocents society have stated that the use of corsages is discouraged. Tickets are 11,50 per couple for dancing, and 35 cents apiece for spectators. Harris stressed that student support is essential if this univer sity wishes to sign big name bands for sny future parties. Miniature houses help architects solve problems Students in Architecture 1 and 2 are now making miniature models of houses in order that they may visualize more clearly three dimensional structures. One of the chief objects of the models will be to show students different roofing systems. This is the first time such a project has ever been attempted, and the models made by the stu dents will be used by future archi tecture classes. Olson party's achievements. In addition, however, to warning the British, he paid tribute to Italy as a real friend of Germany, and urged his listeners to look to the future with "fanatical confidence." II duce admits loss Mussolini, who preceded Hitler by a day, was not quite so cheer ful as his Nordic brother, for he had to admit the loss of the Tenth Italian army, and the Fifth nir squadron. Responsibility for the losses were placed on the shoulders of Marshal Rodolfo Graziani, and definitely were not attributed to British superiority. Like Hitler, he affirmed the friendship of the Italian and Ger man peoples, and declared that they were with each other in un broken friendship to the end of the war. Istanbul comment On the allied side of the strug gle Turkish minister Sukru Sara coglu stated In Istanbul that his nation is prepared to back up her alliance with Great Britain. Speculation as to the meaning (See NEWS, page 2.) aslnoii expert speaks today Vogue pattern head tells of fashion as a vocation As the second speaker in a se ries of lectures sponsored by the AWS vocational guidance pro gram, Miss Virginia Da vies, head of the Vogue pattern service, will speak in Ellen Smith tonight at 7. Miss Davies has been with Vogue patterns for four years, and before that time she was a model in an exclusive 57th St shop in New York City. She has done fashion writing as well as intro ducing and selling new fabrics for women's clothes. Personal conferences with Miss Davies will be held immediately following her lecture. Conferences are available for all students and should be scheduled some time to day tl.rought the office of the dean of women. For noii-collece students University defense courses provide general understanding of mechanics . In order that many young men who are prevented by financial or other reasons from being enrolled in the university may still gain a general knowledge of engineering, the university this yesr is inau gurating two "national defense" courses. Prerequisite is high school graduation only, but university credit is not given. The courses are not expected to fit the student for national de fense Industries better than do the regular engineering courses, em phasized W. L. DeBaufre, chair man of the mechanical engineer ing department, in which the work centers. Their object Is to provide training for those unable to get a college education. Only about one half the number of necessary trained men are furnished by en gineering graduates, DeBaufre said. Library exams March 29 Students desiring part time jobs in the university library are asked by Miss Margaret Rutledge, head of the circula tion department, to apply to her as soon as possible to take the annual competitive examina tions on March 29. Miss Rut ledge's office is located near the loan desk on the main floor of the library. Mortar Boards present three senior awards Tea honors 300 women with high averages Three senior women were pre sented awards at the Mortar Board scholarship tea in Ellen Smith Sunday afternoon for their meritorious work in activities and scholarship during their four years of college. The women who received the awards are Ruth Ann Sheldon, Elnora Sprague, and Marion Stone. They were chosen from all (See AWARDS, page 2.) Union show to hring back old time films The first Union Flickers show will be held in the Union ball room Sunday at 7:30. The show will inaugurate a program of old time movies. The movies will be presented just as they were when first produced. The shows are free except for the peanuts which will be sold by butcher boys who will go thru the audience. These boys will sell peanuts to eat and to throw. The entire program has been planned so that the audience may have an informal good time. Three movies. Three movies will be shown during the evening. The first was produced in 1906 by the Edison company and features John Brown as the fiend in "The Dream of a Rarebit Fiend." The picture characterizes not only comedy but all the tricks of old time photography. The pic ture was produced in nine days at a cost of $350, has been reissued seven times and grossed $30,000. The second film is "High and Dizzy" with Harold Lloyd. This picture is one of the first in which Lloyd used his own style and be came typed. The picture was pro duced in 1920. The Navigator" is a satire on on technicalized civilization. Bus ter Keaton is the hero of the story. This program does not prepare the student foi any particular trade, such a sheet metal work. This task is accomplished by the various trade schools. The uni versity program seeks to give its students a general understanding of mechanics and a knowLge of drafting. A course on drafting and shop work is taught in the afternoon, 24 hours a week. Those taking this course are mainly students with some training in engineering, since 20 students were selected from among 44 applicants, and those with previous training were generally preferred. Drafting course. In the evenings, 12 hours each week, a course in drafting is to be taught Both high school gradu ates snd college students are ac cepted. The evening class prepares its graduates as draftsmen, whereas the afternoon class also gives them a general knowledge of shop work, and its graduates are prepared either for drafting or a job as a foreman or minor official in an assembly plant. Only one student. Another course,-covering mate rials, inspctijig and testing, has Capitol Personalities i - vf ' ( ; ; V i 7 s :9 ,S w A g , - ' Journal and Star. E. M. NEUBAUER Almost an institution in the leg islature is Senator E. M. Neu bauer, representative of Hallan, Furnas and Redwillow counties. For sixteen years he has helped Nebraska make its laws and now, in his eighth term, he is the old veteran, the senior member of the senate. As an old hand at the game, the senator bears his share of the leg islative burden. He is the intro ducer of 17 bills, co-sponsor of 17 more, chairman of the agriculture committee, a member of educa tion, public works committee and also the committee on commit tees. Most important bill. In Senator Neubauer's opinion his L. B. 470 is the most important of those he has sponsored. Pro (See PERSON, page 2.) Two UN scientists discover mysterious value of corn silk To the very young, corn silk is the source of excellent material for making mustaches and beards. To the teensters. it is often a great kelp in mastering the fine art of smoking. But, to the world in gen eral, corn silk is principally a nuisance. Each year canneries throw away large quantities of the silk because it has no practi cal commercial value. The idea, however, that corn silk must be been planned, but only one stu dent applied who had the neces sary prerequisite, which is three years in an engineering college. DeBaufre indicated that a summer course might be held, provided enough students enrolled. University national defense courses are paid for by tbe gov ernment Neither the college nor the student pays any of the cost The university guarantees no stu dent a job, and does not require that the student promise to accept a job in national defense work if it is offered. Enrollment in this course does not give deferrmeni from the draft Prepares for defense. "That this training will suffi ciently prepare the student for na tional defense work is evident from the fact that many UN grad uates with less training of this type have secured positions in de fense industries, DeBaufre said. Daily goes to lunch All members of the DAILY paid staff are invited to attend a publications board luncheon tomorrow noon in the Union. The board will announce meet ings with other publications staffs at future dates. Nineteen groups vie for Follies Nine skits to he chosen for final show hy AWS in trvouts this week Nineteen sororities and barb groups will present skits of coed life, sorority shower-rooms, girt conscription, Wednesday and Thursday in tryouts for the Coed Follies to be held March 27. Nine skits will be Judged Wednesday and ten Thursday by members of the AWS board and two dramatic art students. Dorothy Ward and Virginia Thede. Skits will be selected on the basis of their rating in originality, unity, possibilities, and appropriate themes for the Follies, and prepa ration to date. Betty O'Shea, who is in charge of the skits, announced the follow ing line-up for tryouts: Wrdnrsday. 1:0: Gamin Phi B-i. 1:15: Alpha Cbl Omega. 1:30: Al.ha Omlrnm I't. See FOLLIES, page 4.) French group shows movie today in Union The French movie "Les Perles De La Couronne" will be presented today in the Union ballroom at 4, 7, and 8:30 p. m. Sponsored by the French de partment, the motion picture stars Sasha Guitry, a well known actor. It is the second of the three French movies to be shown this school year. of some importance has led two UN scientists to investigate it. Experimental research For the past two years. Profs. W. E. Militzer, of the chemistry department and K. H. Lewis, of the bacteriology department have been carrying on some experi ments designed to find the chemi cal principles of corn silk with the hope of discovering some practi cal use for this rather strange plant material. Corn silk transports the pollen sperm to the ovum on the cob during fertilization, and therefore, according to Dr. Militzer, it should possess unusual properties in stim ulating cells. "Certain bacteria," say the sci entists, "have been found to re spond markedly. In the presence of traces of corn silk extract they grow readily; but in the absence of the extract no growth is ob tained. What we are seeking is the specific chemical compound which is responsible for the stimu lating action." A considerable amount of prog- (See SILK, page 4.) Transportation mcetinc to start here on April 7 The university college of busi ness administration will sponsor its third snnual transportation conference in Lincoln April 7. ac cording to announcement Monday by Prof. Clifford M. Hicks, con ference chairman. This year's conference will take up the national transportation problem of "Inte rterritorial Freight Rates" which is a topic of special importance to the middle western area. Prominent speaker whose appearance at the confer ence is already confirmed include David E. Lilienthal, director of TV A, Henry A. Palmer, editor of The Traffic World, and Prof. L. C. Sorrell of the University of Chicago. . x , . . . i ?
