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DAILY NEBRASKAN 3 English comedienne I They brought in the hacon . . . f Grade Fields captivates her audience . . . at UN coliseum Friday, March' 21, 1941 V V Above are members of the meat judging team who won first, sec ond and third places individually ir-y in national collegiate competition 11. T 1f I VT VI HI, laak TCCIi The individual victories added up to a team title. Star of the show was Richard Crom, Pawnee City (extreme right) who placed ail classes cor rectly believed to be the first time this feat has been achieved in any national contest. Second was Vern Kerchberger Home ec association to hold Hospitality Day for visitors In an effort to acquaint senior high school girls from surrounding schools with ag college the Home Economics association will spon sor Hospitality Day, Saturday, March 22 on ag campus. The vis iting girls will be shown the work done by university home economics students. The day will open with registra tion in ag hall at 9 a. m. followed by a program in room 306 of ag hall, consisting of musical num bers by the ag college sextet; greet ings by Winifred White, president of the Home Economics associa tion, ahd by Miss Fedde, head of the department of home econom ics; a round table discussion on ''Opportunities On and Off the Campus," led by Lillian Klemm: and a short talk by Sophie Wakim on "Why I Chose the United States." Square dancers demonstrate. Beginning at 11, the ag college Square dance team will present a demonstration in the college ac tivities building as an example of extracurricular activities. Following lunch, guests will re turn to ag hall, where they will be shown movies of the 1940 Farm ers' Fair, taken by Dr. F. D. Keim, professor of agronomy. A style Med jjrailiiatinj; class rets offers Internship appointments for 77 seniors in the university college of medicine have been arranged in 52 hospitals throughout the United States, according to recent announcement by Dean C. W. M. Poynter. The graduating class includes students from Nebraska, Califor nia, Kansas, Massachusetts, Mich, igan, Iowa. Wyoming, Washing ton, Missouri, Canada, and Japan who have come to the university for their undergraduate study and training. who come to the Student Union "Welcome Springtime" Pnrfuf rr.day i"r Harrh 21 COX fp.m. 10c ea. 0 . mm mm mm 'Tudent union Lincoln Journal. of Hay Springs (extreme left). John Shick (second from left) made the third high individual score in the entire competition. Prof. Ross Miller (third from left) coached the Nebraska team. In individual classes, the Ne braska tem members together took first, second and third on pork and third on beef. This is the junior team which will be eligible for national com petition .at Kansas City and Chi czgo again next fall. show, featuring costumes made in the home economics c 1 o th i n g courses will be given with Beth Greene and Betty McFarland in charge. Chairmen of the various com mittees are: program, Helen Klatt; tours and registration, Margaret Thrailkill; invitations, Louise Gil!; food, Ople Hedlund; and exhibits, Ilah-Mae Rengler. Saylor to lead teachers' forum Discussion to feature talk by Dr. K. Healou Dr. Galan Saylor, associate pro fessor of secondary education, will lead a discussion group featuring Language group finds illiterates very numerous BOSTON, Mass. (ACP). Illiter ates outnumber college graduates in the United States, according to the Modern Language Associa tion of America. The association's recent meet ing here brought out the following facts: Among 75 million adults in the United States there are 1 2-3 times as many complete illiterates as college graduates One in every seven persons, or 14 percent, has a high school education. Approximately half have not reached the eighth grade in school and a majority have such a low general reading ability that it "is not sufficient to pro vide them with a basis for thinking independently on many matters of importance.' TONIGHT 00 GARDENIAS go to the FIRST 100 GIRLS rlovEttS ' ? !t t ,Burtey ' . v rnrr .... By Mary Adelaide Hansen. "There'll always be an England, and England shall be free, if Eng land means as much to you, ns England means to " Gracie Fields. When first she strode on the stage and gaily waved a greeting to the audience, the crowded coli seum was wound around her little finger. Combining the technique of the good old-fashioned English Music Hall with sophisticated comedy, Gracie Fields gave her middle western audience a taste of the continental entertainment that has captivated kings and cockneys alike. A dozen rolled into one. Gracie Fields really is a con glommerate of Bea Lillie, Ger trude Lawrence, Baby Snooks, and Charlie McCarthy, and her spon- Barbs to hold costume dance Saturday A costume dance with Barb Council furnishing the costume will be held this Saturday night in the Union ballroom beginning at 8 p. m. Nature of the costume will not be revealed by the com mittee since all decorations of the ballroom and novelties are- cen tered in a surprise theme. This strictly non-date dance may admit students on the quota system after things are under way to avoid preponderance of either boys or girls. All holders of barb a meeting of the Nebraska Col lege Teachers of Education at the Lincoln hotel tomorrow afternoon. The discussion will center around a talk at 1 p. m. on "The Work shop in the Professional Educa tion of Teachers" by Dr. Kenneth L. Heaton, associate in charge of workshop advisory service of the Commission on Teacher Education. Teachers of education from all colleges in the state have been invited to attend Saturday's meet ing of the organization which has just been formed. Plans for fu ture organization and election of officers will be taken up at a business meeting. (Perry Brown . . America's favorite Aj Visit our New Accm- ory Shop FUti Floor. taneous -slap-stick completely won over doubtful members of the aud ience who, as she put it, "prob ably thought they were coming to see Gracie Allen." Her repertoire consisted of such songs as "Turn Fanny's Face to the Wall, Moth er," "We've Got to Keep Up With the Joneses," and "The Last Time I Saw Paris." With only a huge kerchief for props, she was in turn a ten year old Irish lad, a Dr. MeCoinielT confers today with Bciigtson Dr. T. R. McConell, associate dean of the college of sciences, literature and the arts at the Uni versity of Minnesota, will visit the university today to confer with Dean Nels A. Bengtson and othor officials here regarding Nebras ka's new Junior Division. In a letter to Dean C. H. Old father Dean McConnell states, "Your plan of reorganization of the lower division program seems to me to have many constructive possibilities. I am sure your expe rience would be helpful to us in the discussion of our own prob lems of reorganization in this col lege." The Minnesota educator is com ing to Lincoln to speak at the an nual conference of the Nebraska Church Colleges association which is being held at Nebraska Wesley an university this weekend. activity cards will have a special invitation and will be admitted free while non-holders can attend for 10 cents. A fine of 50 cents a person will be charged to any student coming with a date. "This dance will be something new in the way of Barb Council dances and is only the beginning of a series," said Ida Schweiger. chairman of the dance committee. "With the success of last week's Interhouse Council-Barb Union party, we are certain that stu dents will enjoy this dance." Other members of the dance committee are Gilbert Hueftle, Jean Echten kamp, Blaine Sloan and Budd Walker. junior designer, is a favorite in Lincoln, too Here crra two of the many new styles we're showing this spring from this famous American de signer. Youthful, sophistication is the keynote of his success In designing clothes for you girlj vho wear sizes from 9 to 17. $595 JmbIm DrhHt Third Ftr cockney street-girl, a grandiose prima donna, and a desperate old maid. Completely at home, she did not hesitate to comb her hair on the stage with a big black comb, and the versatility of her smart black ana cerise gown completely fas cinated the fashion minded of the audience. The only time she ever has stage-fright is when she re turns to the Palladium, a large London music hall which she con siders her "home." Songs are contributed. People all over the world, many of whom have never seen her, send her the songs that she sings, al though several are the composi tions of her accompanist, Harry Parr-Davis. Toward the end of her program she announced that "now we're gonna have a bit of do," and led the audience in sing ing many old favorites as well -as a particularly humorous ditty. "Walter! Walter! Lead Me to the Altar!" After singing "r ' Bless Amer ica" as earnestly nyone, Gra cie Fields closed her performance with a war song written by Mr. Parr-Davies. The whole audience joined in the sentiment as she asked that they "Wish me good luck as you wave me good-bye," and applauded this great actress and entertainer who is doing her bit for Britain. Preceding Miss Field's appear ance, during the intermission, and at the close, the university band played several selections. Daily announces 'fill-in-the-ad' contest winners Winners of the fill-in-the-ai contest have been announced. The 14 will receive two free passes to "The Great Dictator." Several ad appeared in the DAILY and those coloring the cartoons best received the prizes which were sent through the mail last night. Winners are: V. Louise Temple, Marian Margrave, Barney Rees, Ceciol Eloe, Dorothy Huemann, John McDermott, Bob Struthers, Galen Broeker, Viola Kephart, Norman Krupicka, Don C. Reames. Gertrude McArthur, H. Saenz, and Norman Hansen. :":::"! I L::i:i;--' :!:::::3 1::'-:::: jinn I mi pjjj ::::::H H:::;i:l :::!J:::i SI V- H m ::::::::i :::::::! I 1 J 'hr w