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Vol. 40, No. 94
Lincoln, Nebraska
Wednesday, March 5, 1941
Union to sponsor junior,
senior quiz competition
In an effort to stimulate class spirit in connection with the
Senior Council s effort, the Union will sponsor a Junior-Senior quiz
similar to last year's Interfraternity quiz.
Teams are to be composed of three juniors or three seniors.
Both men and women may participate. Teams must registe by 5
p. m. Friday, March 14, at the ; ;
Union check stand. -m m
Barbs waive
subscription
plan action
Pass recommendation
that Student Council
Daily costs
Engineers hold
annual dinner
meeting today
Students hear Massie
on "Radio in Artillery,'
Ford plant film
Preliminaries will be run off to
eliminate the junior and senior
teams to one for each class. These
preliminaries will be held after
school hours on school days. The
final quiz will be held on a week
end between one junior and one
senior team.
Each team will be asked seven
general and factual questions at
the preliminaries. Ten questions
requiring only general knowledge
will be asked at the finals. The
tentative date for the finals is Sat
urday, April 5, at 8 p. m.
Prizes of (5 for each member
of the winning team and $2.50 to
each member of the runners up
will be awarded by the Union.
Judges will be chosen from the
Union staff, faculty and graduate
students.
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Members of the Nebraska
branch of the American Institute
of Electrical Engineers, will meet
at 6:15 tonight in parlors B and C
of the Union for their annual
dinner.
Philip Massie, student in engin
eering, will speak on "Radio in
Field Artillery" at the dinner, and
Frank Slaymaker, member of the
committee for Engineer's Night,
will give a progress report on
preparations for that event.
Prom girl filings were thrown wide open when two of the candi
dates, both unaffiliates, withdrew their names late last night. Grace
Leaders and Bettie Cox declined to compete for the honorary position
when learning of a sorority coalition which had planned to back Betty
Nichols 100. The three girls were the only ones who had filed before
the deadline yesterday noon.
In order to keep the Greek vote at the Prom Girl election solid
for the first time in history, the sororities had put forward only one
candidate. Following a meeting of the Barb Council, Grace Leaders in
formed the DAILY that she wished her name to be withdrawn, re
sulting in a solid barb front behind Bettie Cox in opposition to the
sorority bloc.
Bettie Cox, Nebraska's candidate last year for All American
beauty queen, then decided that she would not oppose the sorority
coalition feeling that to compete against the Greek bloc would be
futile.
Harried and not a little bit perturbed Innocents, when all but one
candidate withdrew, resolved that the sorority "machine" must be
broken and that Prom Girl filings must be reopened. The deadline set
for refilings was Thursday noon.
All girls must file in Selleck's office because Innocents society has
stated that no write-ins at the door will be considered.
The Prom Girl will be elected at the door and will be presented as
a feature of the dance. Count Basie, the first big name band brought
here by a student managed organization in five years, will play at the
party, considered the last formal of the year, but decreed by the Inno
cents society to be informal for men if it is impossible for the male
attendants to obtain a tuxedo.
Mortar Board
scholarships
deadline hears
Freshman women must
get application blanks
today; due March 13
Today is the last day that fresh
. men women may get blanks for
application for the two Mortar
Board scholarships for next year.
Blanks may be obtained at the of
fice of the dean of women. They
must be returned by March 13.
Scholarships will be applied on
tuition for the sophomore year.
Thirty-seven dollars and fifty
cents will be applied for the two
girls each semester next year.
To apply freshmen must have at
least an 85 average, not be delin-
investigate
Bark Union, passed unanimously
at its regular meeting Tuesday
night a motion made by George
Gostas recommending that the
Student Council postpone the cir
culation of petitions for automatic
subscription to the DAILY NE
BRASKAN pending proper in
vestigation. Action by the Barb Union was
taken after evidence was pre
sented tending to show that a
daily going to all students could
be financed without the proposed
subscription rate of J 1.50.
Bill Dafoe, former business man
ager of The Barb, moving that a
(See BARB COUNCIL, page 2.)
Fine arts school
presents senior
recital today
In an effort to raise funds for
British war relief, Gracie Fields,
popular English comedienne, will
appear in a concert at the coliseum
March 19.
Miss Fields Is sponsored by the
Maple Leaf Club, British War Re
lief, and the English-Speaking
Union. She has been well-known
In Britain for many years; at the
Here are the facts
The circulation of Student Council Petitions yesterday though
meeting with considerable success have brought several important
questions to the front, and have resulted in a counter universal distri
bution plan by the Barb Union group.
Opposition in many quarters is forming largely because certain
facts in the program have not been adequately emphasized . Large
numbers have expressed themselves sympathetic to the idea of auto
matic subscriptions to THE NEBRASKAN before they endorse it,
more concrete Information as to just what will be involved and what
assurances they will have if the type of paper promised is not forth
coming that they can bring the program to an end.
In answer to these questions here are the facts:
The program will be only tentative. After seeing it in op
eration, the students will vote next spring on whether to continue
K or not. Nothing therefore is to be forced upon anyone.
No additional publication will or can be added without
the support of the student body. The administration is opposed
to putting a heavy load upon the students; in fact 75 cents for the
DAILY is considered by them now as a maximum assessment, and
is conditioned by student support shown by petitions at present
and by a general vote next spring. With such an attitude, there
need be no fear that this program is the beginning of something
much more extensive and something the students don't want.
There is a feeling that a small proportion of the students can
push this program through. The converse, however, is true. In the
election next spring an adverse vote of but 1,500 would be enough to
kill it
Petitions are not as altogether meaningless as many students
think. A student in signing the petition is in truth agreeing that if the
plan is adopted he will accept the addition to his fees with good graces.
(.See EDITOKIAL, page 2.)
Capitol
Personalities
Lincoln Journal.
H. G. GREENAMYER.
...senator from Norfolk.
"It's humane; it's economical;
it's a damn good act." With no
doubt in his mind, H. G. Greena
myre, of Norfolk, is devoting all
(Sec GREEN AMEYER, page 2.)
quent this semester for the first present time she is on a tour of Xjfc CUltOrial aSSIStailt
six weens, must De carrying ai
least 12 hours and planning to
carry that many next falL
The scholarships will be awarded
at the Honors Convocation.
the United States, offering her
services to the relief fund.
The actness wil sing at her con
cert here, and may present some
readings.
Margit Varga to review art
. . . exhibition in Morrill
WSSF continues drive
to raise 115
to hit minimum $500 goal
A total ci $286 has been paid and pledged to the WSSF drive
thus far this year, Cal Rollins, co-chairman of the drive, announce!
yesterday. With final reports due in today, about $115 must yet be
tai.sed to reach the $500 goal set by the committee in charge of the
drive.
Many of the residence and church groups have yet to report, and
Rollins expressed hope that final returns would push the total past
the $500 mark. "In order to make the goal, we i!I need the co
operation of every group now considering a donation," he said.
$190 paid to date
About $190 has been paid to date, Rollins said, with the re
mainder of the $3o6 pledged but as yet unpaid. Largest contribution
to date is the $50 pledged by the WAA. Highest sums received from
residence groups are the $35 contributions from two sororities, Delta
Delta Delta and Kappa Alpha Tbeta.
All campus organizations who have not yet acted on this matter,
and individuals who are considering making contributions, ere urged
to do so Immediately. "Our $500 goal," Rollins said, "la much lower
than that being pledged by other institutions in similar financial cir
eumstances, and we do not Intend to discontinue our drive until we
have reached that minimum."
Margit Varga, American painter
and Life editorial assistant, will
arrive here by plane tomorrow
with Life photographer Bill Shrout
to photograph and review the 51st
annual exhibit of the Nebraska
Art Association in the Morrill hall
art galleries.
Miss Varga and Shrout, who
will be here until Friday, will also
photograph scenes -of student art
activity in classes and in the
Union, student mural work, and
students attending the exhibit.
Miss Varga specializes in painting
scenes of life in New York and is
employed by Life magazine as an
art critic. Some specimens of her
painting were shown in Morrill
hall in January.
The exhibit, one of the largest
ever to be shown in a state univer
stiy art gallery, opened the first
of this week, sponsored by the
university and the Nebraska Art
Association. The worth of the ex
hibition, given prestige by paint
ings and murals by such world
famous artists as Orozco, Rivera.
Reginald Marsh, and also by 12
pieces of sculpture. Is exemplified
by the" fact that the Insurance val
uation reaches $50,000, about two
thirds of the actual selling price.
Man murals in exhibit.
Over 200 items compose this ex
hibit of which murals designs, in
the form, sketches, preliminary
i mi ' -. -irS Y T3
drawings, and finished panels
makeup the largest part. Most of
the murals are from the travel
ing exhibition of winning mural
designs and cartoons assembled
by the section of fine arts in
Washington, D. C, including de
signs submitted in the national
post office mural competitions.
The Nebraska mural, which will
be eventually bound in the Schuyl
er, Nebraska post office, is "Wild
Horses by
von Saltza.
Lincoln Journal.
Moonlight" by Philip
Following the success of last
year's exhibition of work by a
group of Midwestern painters, a
different section of the country is
represented this year by the paint
ings of eight Texas artists. Added
to this, a group of about 20 works
by Nebraska artists who have at
(See VARGA, page 2.)