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Vol. 40, No. 108.
Stephens college arrives
today for inatincc
Dance with UN dates, stags
A limited number of stags will be admitted to the tea dance with
the Stephens girls this afternoon.
Stags are asked to use the west stairs and dancing will be In
the ballroom and parlors A, B and C The grill, game room and cafe
teria will be open for cokes.
All students other than the "dates" must stay out of the Union
this afternoon. They will be asked to leave at 2:30.
Dates may be arranged at the Union office or at the desk in the
lobby any time before the dance. The UN students will meet their
Stephens dates under alphabetical signs in the Union lounge.
Military science students will be excused at 3 p. m. if they sign
up for a date at the military department or in the Union office. Basic
students do not need to wear their uniforms to class.
The first train load of Susies will arrive at the Union at about
2:50 p. m. They will check their wraps and congregate in the lounge,
making room for the next train load to check their wTaps.
"Dates' are asked to be in the Union by 3:15.
Capitol
Personalities
IJnrotn Journal.
FRANK SORRELU
...Chopped wood.
From a wood chopper to a state
senator is the record of Senator
Frank Sorrell. Coming to Nebras
ka 27 years ago from near St.
Louis, Mo., he has been a hired
farm hand, a farm owner and op
erator and is now an auctioneer,
an insurance and real estate agent
and a member of the state legis
lature for the second time.
The story Senator Sorrell's
rise as a politician is an interest
ing one. He says, that it all started
when he was a high school debater
studying parliamentary procedure
and debating the question of wom
an's suffrage.
Then back in the days of the
old bicameral, the senator was for
(See SORRELL, page 3.)
UN military
science staff
awaits changes
With addition of three officers
on the instruction staff of the
ROTC unit, probability of a shake
up in the staff because of the de
fense program is imminent, ac
cording to military department
heads.
Taking over military science
classes for the first time last week
were Maj. Arthur Lobell of the
engineers, First Lieut. Harland G.
Pattison of the infantry, and First
Lieut. John W. Price of the field
artillery. They are all members
of the reserve. Price was a state
senator before being called.
Waiting for transfer orders are
Maj. Robert Offley of the infantry
and Capt George Stalwitz of the
artillery. There is also a possibil
ity that other members of the
staff will be transferred soon.
Maj. R. E. Cruse, In charge of
the engineers, who has been con
valescing from an operation In
the Army-Navy hospital In Hot
Springs. Arlc, is expected back
this afternoon.
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Lincoln, Nebraska
Pharmacy students plan
eastern inspection tour
Under sponsorship of the uni
versity Pharmaceutical club, 36
pharmacy students, accompanied
by Doctor Joseph B. Burt of the
pharmacy college, Mrs. Burt, and
Prof. Helena L Redford, resident
pharmacist of the university, will
leave April 1 on a five day trip
to Indianapolis, where they will
visit the various divisions of the
Eli Lilly Products manufacturing
plants.
The trip, a biennial event for
students in the School of Phar
macy, will include tours and ob
servation In the Lilly plant for
manufacture of biological prepa
rations at Greenfield, Jindiana, the
control laboratory, bottle manu-
Plenty of girls,
good material at
Kosmet try outs
It's been a long, long time since
girls attended tryouts for the Kos
met Klub spring production. But
they were there last night at the
Temple bidding for parts in this
year's play, "Torso del Torro."
About 20 girls attended tryouts,
and they drew or maybe some
came to compete for male parts
about 30 men. And it didn't take
much time for Armand Hunter, di
rector of the play, to swing into
action.
One husky fellow walked off the
stage after reading the lines for
(See KOSMET, page 3.)
Ag extension division distributes
half million pamphlets each year
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Nearly a half million publications are sent out each year by the
ag extension service. Pictured are Mabel Zimmerman, left, and
Molly Parker, right
Tuesday, March 25, 1941
I-M debate
tournament
in second set
Second round of the intramural
debate tournament will be held
tonight, with teams switching
sides on the topic, "Resolved: that
the English speaking nations
should unite for their mutual bene
fit and protection." Debates will
be held in the chapter houses of
the affirmative teams 7 p. m.
Pairings for the second round
pita Alpha Tau Omega against
Zeta Beta Tau, with the ATO's
taking the affirmative side. This
debate r i? been postponed to
Thursday. P.lta Upsilon will take
the affirmative tonight against
Sigma Alpha Mu, and Delta Theta
Thi will do likewise against Delta
Tau Delta.
Any team to lose two matches in
the tournament is eliminated,
(See DEBATE, page 4.)
facturing plant, and research divi
sions in Indianapolis.
The group will be guests of the
Lilly company on the trip, with
all expenses except transportation
and meals on route paid by the
company. James A. Stone, local
representative of the company,
will act as host for the students.
Included in the itinerary is a
sight-seeing-seeing tour and visits
to various points of interest in the
city. The group will leave for Lin
coln Saturday afternoon, stopping
over in Chicago for several hours,
and returning early Sunday morn
ing, April 6.
One of the outstanding divisions
of the Lilly company, according
to Doctor Butt, is the biological
plant at Greenfield. While there,
students will observe the drawing
of serum from animals for the
manufacture of toxins and ani
toxins. This company was one of
the first firms in the country tn
manufacture insulin, the drug
used for the cure of diabetes.
Enormous quantities of liver ex
tract used in the treatment of
anemia are also prepared by the
company.
Ordinarily made during spring
vacation, this year's tour had to
be scheduled during the regular
school session, because of previous
reservations made by other uni
versities. On the biennial towns the
Pharmaceutical club alternates be
tween the Lilly plant, and the
Parlft-Davis plant at Detroit.
Some 40 universities annually
make educational tours to one of
these plants.
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Preamble to spring election fireworks came last night when mem
bers of the Barb Women's Interhouse Council met to blow the lid off
women's canned politics on this campus by voting themselves and tho
women they represent, open participation in campus politics and
elections.
The action came after deliberation by the group for a period of an
hour and a half. General tono of the discussion and explanation for
the action was that an open and above board policy would bring about
a better and healthier political condition on the campus.
The resolution, as passed by that group calls for a girl to be en
dorsed for office by the Interhouse Council and Barb Union.
Minimize Undercover politics.
"The proposed system is one which will minimize the undercover,
crooked politics which have been rampant on this campus both among
barb and Greek women," stated Esther Connet, president of Inter
house Council, as she explained the plan. "We feel that this will cre
ate a better sentiment among barbs and Greeks in that both will
have a more accurate idea regarding the other's stand. The sorority
coalition would indicate that sororities feel the same way."
In elections concerning both men and women, Interhouse Council
and Barb Union will hold joint meetings for the purpose of selecting
candidates. Qualified voting members will include representatives from
each club and organized house with provision made for those mem
bers attending meetings who represent no particular organization.
This last provision is to assure any interested student the right to a
voice In student government in as democratic a way as possible.
Students desiring to be endorsed by Barb Union and Interhouse
Council will file a petition with the president of either of these bodies.
Any candidate thus seeking endorsement thereby agrees to abide by
the decision of these bodies.
Although heretofore a non-political organization, Interhouse
Council agreed that such a system would provide for a more demo
cratic method of nomination for a sizeable university.
Mortar Boards picket meeting.
During the session, a group of Mortar Boards, champions of polit
ical purity, wrung hands and paced the floor autside the door. As the
meeting dragged on, it was reported that messages were relayed by
Jeanette Swenson from the Mortar Boards to the Council and vice
versa.
Mortar Board interest rises from their previous proposals, as ex
pressed in their professed stand, all during the year.
IBswortlto Fains
Dr. Ellsworth Faris speech following the Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma
Xi banquet tonight at the Union, will be thrown open to the publio.
Prof. J. Hertzler, president of Phi Beta Kappa announced yesterday.
With introduction of new members of both honorary scholastia
organizations planned for the banquet, only members and guests will
be admitted to the dinner, sched
uled to tart at 6:15.
Speaking on 'Toward a Science
of Man," Dr. Faris comes to Ne
braska with one of the most color
ful backgrounds of any recent
speaker. A University of Chicago
faculty member for 30 years, he is
known on the Chicago campus as
"a compelling speaker and inspi
rational speaker."
Before joining the Chicago fac-
By Randall Pratt.
If figures mean anything, Ne
braska people are reading prac
tical publications as well as novels.
Each year, nearly a half million
bulletins on subjects such as trac
tor testing, production of better
crops and livestock and household
hints are given away free as a
service of the university college;
of agriculture.
In a little red brick building on
the ag campus rarely identified
by visitors is housed the head
quarters for these varied and
sundry publications. Several
women are employed, rlong with
part time student helpers to fill
orders for thousands of bulletins
and circulars requested through
the county extension offices.
Four hundred thousand in 1939.
It seems that farm and city
people are becoming more inter
ested in bettering the state's basic
industry and finding out more
about it At least, they are read
ing more than they used to. Ia
(See BULLETIN, page 4.)
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ELLSWORTH FARIS.
ulty in 1919, he served five year
as a missionary in the Congo, thea
20 years mire as philosophy and
psychology instructor f t Texag
Christian universities.
Reaching the university's auto
matic retirement age in 1939, Dr.
Faris was chairman of the depart
ment of anthropology and sociol
ogy before his retirement He is
still an authority on the psychol
ogy of punishment, and primitive
peoples. He is also known for his
work in social psychology.
Dr. Faris has served as presi
dent of the American Sociological
society and is a member of other
honor organizations in the fields
of psychology, sociology and an
thropology. At the time of his
retirement 100 former students
honored him at a dinner.