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Lincoln, Nebraska Wednesday, March 12, 1941
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U.K. 1776 becomes law fnv fdofense information pertain-
ing to any defense article fur
Congress completed action on nished them,
the historic lease-lend bill Tues
day as the House of Representa- Congressional authority in the
tives accepted, 317 to 71, the sen- administration of the bill if pro
ate amendments. vided for in the provisions which
require reports to the congress
Some of the main provisions of every 90 days, which require ap
this "act to promote the defense of propriation of the money to carry
the United States" follow. out the bill (except the amount
alrenrtv nrnvMprl frrl nnrl x'hirn
c ,,.i.-..v.i..i ,, aui...... v..v.
;m nV
- - y may suspend ine aci.
country whose defense the presi
dent deems vital to the defense of "Historic" is an apt word to de
the United States. This can be scribe the act, and now that the
done to the extent to which Con- president has received the autho-
Kiena iiiiiKi-s me juiius nvnuauie
1 u - t j
or contracts are authorized.
After consultation with the chief
of staff of the army or the chief
of naval operations, or both, the
president may sell, transfer title,
exchange, lease, lend, or otherwise
dispose of to any government
whose defense is deemed vital to
the defense of the United States
any articles of defense, though the
value of such articles procured
from funds already appropriated
Bhall not exceed $1,300,000,000.
The terms under which tha
president is authorized to transfer
the above named goods, "shall be
those which the president deems
satisfactory, and the benefit to the
United States may be payment or
repayment in kind or property, or
any other direct or indirect bene-
fit jLnin thrf nrpi,iAnt npfm bat-
iafatnrv"
Further, the president has the
authority to "test, inspect, prove,
repair, outfit, recondition, or oth-
erwise to place in good working
order anv defense article" for
such governments as he wishes to
aid, and to communicate to them
Revelation
Believe it or not, students
want marriage and pronto
By Studet Opinion Surveys.
AUSTIN, Texas, March 12.
"What does the future hold for
me?" That is one question that
u'oi'SSS Kkm'hini W" manifeSt UPn thC rtheast H.U S
today Is tie collegian gS Ver COuntry- tically all tory; Mary Jean Trowbridge. Del
thought to the time when he students are proceeding with their ta Gamma; and Beryl Weaver,
leaves the campus how soon preparations for a normal life. But Home Economics association,
would he like to be married, what this is not to say that collegian "Women this year were selected
is his life work to be? . are not aware of the changes go- Gn their posture, walk, poise and
Because of the uncertainty JTg " thf Tv ?th.er, general appearance," explained
Because or me unceriaini have pomted out that students are Dorothv White chairman of the
brought by the war, these are keenly interested in the European afte - the trTouts last
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to those young in the threshold of
adult life. To discover what stu
dents of the nation are thinking
about their future. Student Opin
ion Surveys of America has held
interviews over a cross section of
colleges and universities. The re
sults: 1. Nearly two-third of the
men and women now in college
hope to be married within three
years after they leave school.
2. Many college women about
four out of every ten want to
teach, at least for a short while.
3. Almost half of the men are
Dancing classes
begin Thursday
Advanced dancing classes will
iM-gm mursuay at i p. m. in uie
Union ballroom. Irv Kuklin will
instruct the group in any steps
the.y request. The group will meet
every Thursday for a month.
Engineers hold
convo tomorrow
The general convocation for
all engineering students will be
held tomorrow at 10 a. m. in
social science auditorium in
stead of today as was previ
ously announced in the DAILY.
A technicolor film on the lum
ber industry will be shown.
Olson
provide that both houses of con-
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n.auuri 01 umtrrss we inav ex-
pect rapid action to increase the
O i A Kflin cr oiian - a frrns rrt
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Eight teams
enter debate
competition
Intramural contest
begins tomorrow; formal
alliance is speaking topic
With eight teams entered so
far, the Intramural debate tourna-
ment t3 under tomorrow.
j
The debates will be held in the
houses of the affirmative teams
beginning at 7 p. m.
Rules of eligibility, according to
H. A. White, debate coach, require'
that all debaters must be carrying
12 hours of college work, and
(See DEBATE. rare 8.)
planning to do engineering work,
to teach, or to go into private
Comparatively little pessimism
lu'es. Keeping mis na-
(See SURVEY, page 4.)
WPA, university project gives new
fund material on state government
Off the presses this month is a
new fund of information on Ne-
hrasUa ctat crnvommont o th
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uci uir SJUU9UI snip ui me umver-
SI
nea
1858-1940'' is the title of this first
mimeographed and bound publica-
tlon of 525 pages. It will be fol-
lowed bv two volumes of readings
on Nebraska government and po-
litical institutions thru the years,
ani iater by a set of four volumes
on "Nebraska Governor's Mes-
sages and Proclamations."
Aylsworth directs.
Prof. L. E. Aylswoilh of the
pohtical science department repre-
senta 1 the university in the project
whicn was begun about a year and
a half ago, altho Professor Ayls-
worth conceived the idea a num-
worth conceived the idea a num
ber of years ago. Dr. John G. W.
onnu w.
Lewis is supervisor a
no. euitor
with a staff of ten workers under
him employed in the project of
compiling for the first time lm
portant historic records previously
scattered in nunareas or ooscure
and unexpected places.
nP!etionnced the x Z.eZVZ riof Sunday features
political, social, and economic life jngnuity and painstaking search ten 1 W
"Nebraska Party Platforms, of the time." states Professor bv workers in old and obscure I hint OT li(lfldCl(i
Ag college
ball features
Ralph Slade
Junior Ak-Sar-Ben show
opens willi dance Friday;
activity ends Saturday
Highiighting the eleventh annual
junior AK-sar-Hcn on ag campus
wm Friday eve
ning in the student activities
building with Ralph Slade and his
orchestra playing for the event.
Slade's "Sweetest Band in Mel-
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Thi irin f. c );.
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FalPh Slade- recentlv enjved a
iniua- ;5jjil iul rigui uiwiiiiia uvci
(See BALL, page 4.)
Judges select
to appear in
Out of 44 competing, coeds 20
women were selected to take part
in the model show in the annual
Coed Follies to be presented
March 27. Choice of the winners
was made at the final tryouts last
n'8nt n social sciences audito
rium-
Following: are the winning
models and the house or etoud
which they represent:
Dorothy Askey Alpha Phi- Giggs
Berggren, Alpha Phi; Marian
re ,-.,.. u- t- '
Ruth Brickell Chi Omeea- Bette
rv,v ripw. 0n -ro,r t,
Phi; June Critchfield. Towne club:
Mary Helen Dietrich, Delta Delta
Delta; Lougene Everson, Gamma
Phi Beta; Jean Ferris, Kappa
Delta.
Julia Ann Gurley, Northeast
Hall. Raymond dormitory; Kay
Hanley, Alpha Omicron Pi; Mari-
bel Hitchcock. Kappa Alpha
Theta; Nancy Mauck, Alpha Chi
Omega;
ueiiy Meyer, tvappa
ta Gamma; Mary Louise Simpson,
njeht. -Because of outside heln
we were able to choose the girls
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"The Nebraska party platforms
not only furnish an interesting
rH froi Aiaaiia
::rrL" ,bf;
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Aylswoilh. "Indeed some of the
most dramatic political campaigns
of the nation cannot be understood
without rpfprpnr in tTiir Mp.
braska origins."
From the past.
In some of these documents of
the past are proposals which then
aroused extreme fear and bitter
onnosition hut whirh r now rp-
eAr&e& as evervdav nolitical wis-
dom Aylpworth points out. For
example, the earliest propooals for
an jncorrie taX were denounced a3
communisUc and unconstitutional,
i.v. i ,a
altho they provided an exemption
of about $5,000 and carried only a
2 r.prrpnt low nn WrnnA in .
2 percent levy on income in ex
cess of that amount.
Nebraska rxlitical Parties were
of no help in rounding up the many
platforms since they have made ho
ffort to maintain permanent
Applications
for scholarships
due tomorrow
Tomorrow is the last day appli
cation blanks for the two Mortar
Board scholarships may be re
turned to the office of the Dean
of Women.
Applicants must have at least
an 85 average for their first se-
mester this year, must not be de
fjHPnt
in any course, must be
registered for at least 12 hours
this semester and planning to
register for that many next year.
The scholarships will be applied
on tuition, $37.50 each semester
. . . . . .
Xl year " l"e oonaiuons on
which LHry
maintained.
were awarded are
20 models
Coed Follies
who met professional
qualifications,
modeling
msteaa 01 selecting one moaei
from tne two representing each
house, as we did last year, models
were chosen entirely on their ap-
pearance in comparison to the
other contestants."
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Judges for the tryouts were
Ann Craft, who has charge of the
model show; Susan Shaw, Pat
Sternberg, Marian Stone, Mar-
garet Krause Wfellinger, Jean
Simmons, Ben Alice Day, and
D01"0 White, all AWS board
members; and Mrs. T. A. Leadley,
representative
Swanson.
from
Hovland-
Variety of types.
"There is a pleasing variety of
model types petite, sophisticated,
and vivacious in the show this
year," commented Mrs. Leadley.
Models are instructed to wear
the show on Tuesday, March 18,
When a practice will be held in the
social sciences auditorium at 7
p. m.
Awgwan-Flash
misses schedule
. .Scheduted to come out today,
this month's Awgwan Flash
will not be out until tomorrow
morning, Ed Wittenberg, busi
ness manager announced last
night.
headquarters until very recent
years and possess no historical
records. Newspapers were the
KSu.rr.'S.
a, .. - . . .
papers.
Many copies.
Copies of this book and the other
the editorial rooms of every state
daily newspaper, in the library of
.vcn, r,ivrcit nr.
mal school, in the city library of
everv community over o.uuo pop-
Ulation, in high school libraries Of
the larger towns, and in a few
otner Places where theY wil1 be
available to interested persons.
r,faoQy. ,f1l.n. v
tyl
le work of the project may pro-
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vrltlmao Af iao1inn -v Via Aiif i
July are expected to be among the
most useful. They will contain
800 pages of carefully selected
wuri maienai oegmnuig wiui
" (See GOVERNMENT, page 7.)
Women vote
for officers
Friday
Juniors, seniors vote
for May Queen; barbs
select own activity board
Election of AWS and
Coed
Counselor board members, barb
activity board for women, and
Mav Queen along with nominations
for 1942's Mortar Boards will take
place Friday at the polls in Ellen
Smith hall when women students
vote between 8:45 a. m. and 5
...
p. m.
All women students may vote
for AWS and Coed Counselor board
members, all barbs for the BABW
members, and juniors and seniors
may vote for Mortar 'Board nomi
nees and the May Queen.
Identification cards must be
presented in order to vote, Pat
Sternberg, Mortar Board presi
dent announced yesterday.
May Queen candidates.
Candidates for the May Queen
must have an 80 average, have
attended the university three
years: be carrying 12 hours now
and have had 27 the preceding
two semesters; and must have no
outstanding delinquence. The per-
son who receives the highest vote
will be queen and the next will be
maid of honor at tne Ivy Day pre.
sentation. Candidates for the honor
win be announced Friday at the
polls,
Mortar Board nominations will
be selected from the list of junior
woman posted in Ellen Sith hall.
Votes should be cast for not less
than five nor more than 20 of the
(See ELECTION, page 4.)
For men only!
Apply to date
Stephens girls
Stephens College girls, number
ing 690, will attend a tea dance
sponsored by the university Tues
day, March 25, from 3:30 to 5:30
in the Union ballroom. Henry Mat
tison will play for the dance.
The group has been on a tour
through the northwest and along
the Pacific coast. Their stop here
is the last lap of the annual tour.
At a 4:30 intermission several Jf
the Stephens college singers who
are in a broadcasting class will
present a program.
Dates with UN men.
Any university man may ar
range a date for the dance by
seeing Pat Lahr at the Union.
Tonight all fraternity social
chairmen will meet with Stephens
alumni in room 315 of the Union
at 7 p. m. to organize dates and
make plans for the party.
Union Flickers
Douglas Fairbanks will star in
"The Thief of Bagdad" to be
shown in the Union Flickers show
Sunday atf P; m- Jhe shw 13
Pf" to st"dents and n0 charga
will be made except for peanuts
wh!ch wiU be Peddled through the
"-Thp Thiof nf P.arHa n " was nrrt.
auc.pa sn 1004 t a oost of X2onn-
000. It was the peak of Douglas
Fairbanks' career although he con-
tinued to produce his own pictures
nd 6tar until "31. At
... ... ... . .
the time this film was made Fair
banks, with his wife, Mary Pick-
f. - D, n-a-iia m,or,lin ur
r
The Bagdad trio composed of
j0hn Mason, Bob Sandberg and
Lj-nn Myers will sing. Russ Gibaon
will be at the piano.