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Fraternities adopt central control system Moving to knit fraternities more closely together, to provide a clear ing house for all matters of fra ternity business and to make the services of the Interfraternity Council available to all organized houses throughout the year, mem bers of the Interfraterity Council Judiciary Committee last night adopted a plan calling for the es tablishment of an office of Inter fraternity Secretary of Affairs on this campus. Used on other campuses. Following a setup similar to one used by fraternities at Ohio university, which has one of the strongest systems in the country, the new plan gives one junior man the post of secretary for a period of one year; carrying with it full responsibility and control of In terfraternity affairs on this cam pus. Because of the importance and work connected with the position, this man will be allowed no other extra-curricular activities. How ever, under present plans, this one activity will carry as much weight towards membership in the men's senior honorary as a conglomera te of three or four other regu lar activities. This post also will carry a monthly salary. Four assistant secretaries. Working under the Secretary of Interfraternity Affairs will be four assistant sophomore secretaries. They will serve in that capacity throughout their sophomore year, with limited outside activities. One of these men will be chosen to serve as Secretary of Interfra ternity Affairs during his junior year, upon the basis of his work as an assistant secretary. All men who will be Juniors next year and who belong to a fraternity can file for the position of secretary today and tomorrow in Dean Harper's office in the ad ministration building. Filing will close tomorrow noon. Those men who will be sophomores next year and who are interested in serving as assistant secretaries should file by tomorrow noon in Harper's of fice. Those men who have already filed for the positions open must get an interview appointment at Dean Harper's office by tomor row noon. On Monday night, members of the Judiciary Committee will in terview all men who have made application for positions. The in terview will begin at 7:30 and will be held in room 305 of the Union. Members of the Judiciary Com mittee are Col. C J. Frankforter, Dean Harper, Prof E.- C Sch ramm, Tom Horn, Jack Cole, Chris Petersen, and Clark Kuppingcr. The names of the men they se lect for these posts will be an nounced next week. To take office immediately. Men selected for these positions will take office immediately. They will serve for the remainder of this year and all dnrlng the com ing school year. Their work for the rest of this year will consist of setting up their office and readying their activities for the 1941-42 session. Under the new plan, a regular Interfraternity Council office will be set up in room 305 of the Union. The new Secretary and his assist ants will keep regular office hours daily throughout the year, and will handle all matters relating to rush week, this coming year. The new Secretary will act as contact man for the fraternities and will work in conjunction with the administration of the univer sity. His job will be one of build ing a more thorough spirit of co operation among fraternities, han dling of all Interfraterity Council projects and work, and in general act as a clearing house of all mat ters of general fraternity interest and importance. Under this svstem. the Secretarv of Interfraternity Affairs will au tomatically become secretary treasurer of the Interfraternity Council. One of five top activities. His position will be of import tance to the extent that it will be rated as one of the five key posi tions on the campus in men's ac tivities. After the plan has been set up and is working, the new outlay will provide places this fall for freshman workers who will point themselves toward obtaining one of the four assistantships during their sophomore year. The follow ing year, one of these four men will be chosen to serve as Secre tary of Interfraternity Affairs. Such a setup provides the Inter fraternity Council and the indi vidual fraternities with men who have been in fraternity work all during their university career and who have proved themselves ca pable of holding the important po sitions of assistant secretaries and secretary. MY 111 Mebhaskaai 1408 Official Newspaper Of More Than 7,000 Students Vol. 40, No. 111. Lincoln, Nebraska Friday, March 28, 1941 Question of sending food to Europe is topic of six-man panel "Shall America feed the starv-, Ralph Schroeder and Lowell lng peoples of Europe" will be the topic for an oral battle which will be waged in the faculty lounge of the Union this afternoon at 4 p. m. Keeping the discussion on the question organized will be Dr. G. W. Gray, professor of history, who is the university's man-of-the-hour on European affairs. Tri Delts, Kappas take Suzanne Woodruff cups; Follies is BDG The roundtable discussion to which students are invited is the third one this year sponsored jointly by the DAILY NEBRAS KAN and the Union. Spring ballot barb filings close April 5 Filing for barb party candi dates for the spring election close on Saturday, April 5, according to an announcement made yesterday by Bill Dafoe. Having both the backing of the Barb Interhouse Council and the Barb Union, the following rules have been posted to govern the application for nom inations: Any unaffiliated student desir ing endorsement for office by the barb party shall file a petition with the president of the Barb Union mr Interhouse Council not later than Saturday, April 5. Anyone thus seeking endorse ment shall agree to abide by the decisions of the party and support the candidates endorsed. Petition blanks are available in the barb office, room 307 of the Union. Selection of the candidates will be made after a joint Barb Union Interhouse Council elections committee has met to consider and recommend candidates. Names of all petitioners will appear on the ballot when the final decision is made by joint action of the two bodies. Ullcy to speak on book nook program today Students are invited to attend the book nook broadcast this aft ernoon at 4:15 in the Union. Frank Egan, commentator, will have as guest speaker Clifton Ut ley, convocation speaker of this morning. A new contest will be announced on the broadcast in which stu dents will have opportunity to win prizes each week. Johnson, chairman and associate of the Nebraska branch of the Committee on Food for the Small Democracies, and Currin Shields, senior honor student in political science, will defend the Hoover and other programs for setting up relief commissions where they are needed. The opposing side, which will (See PANEL, page 3) Clifton Utley speaks today at uiii convo Speaking at a public university convocation today at 11 a m. will be Clifton Utley, director of the Chicago council on foreign rela tions. His topic will be "The United States and the Control of the Future.' He will speak in the Temple. Utley has studied at several foreign universities and has traveled extensively in Europe, gaining recognition as an author ity on international affairs. Following the convocation he will be a guest of the American Defense group of Lincoln's execu tive committee whose personnel is Thomas C. Woods, E. J. Faulk ner, L D. Beynon, P. F. Good, W. B. Roberta, Rev. M. V. Oggel, and Dean C. H. Oldfather. The lunch eon will be held at the University club. Tonight Utley will address an open meeting of the newly formed American Defense group of Lin coln at Lincoln high school. He will speak on "American De fense." The public is invited. Is" f - ' y v -. i. :;; ; I . - - 1 . - V I i Suzanne Woodruff, pictured here, succeeded Maxine Kings bury, Delta Gamma, as the Best Dressed Girl on the campus when her selection as BDG for 1941 was announced at the Coed Follies last night. Runners-up in the contest were Bttte Rathburn, Delta Gamma, and Margaret Owen, Pi Beta Phi. Miss Woodruff is a member of the Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority. TIN sinAont pxhihits shptrhos Fourteen home , , . . T . attend niade on voyage by freighter Delta Delta Delta sorority won permanent possession of the skit cup at the Coed Fol lies last night by beating all rivals for the third successive time. Given for the first time this year, the curtain act cup was won by Kappa Kappa Gam ma sorority. Presentation of the BDG and runners-up climaxed the show when Suzanne Woodruff, Kappa Kappa Gamma, stepped from behind the lid of a huge hat box as Best Dressed Girl on the campus and Marge Owen, Pi Beta Phi and Bette Rathburn, Delta Gamma, appeared as ru ners-up. Nineteen girls competed for tha BDG title this year and all tho defeated canfifates modeled for mals in the style show just pre ceding the announcement. BDG outfit. The BDG was dressed in a' molded white crepe evening gown trimmed with a wide blue and red belt, exemplifying her taste for simplicity in clothes. The dresa had a back, short puffed sleeves, and a V-shaped neckline orna mented by a sparkling clip. Delta Gamma was named the second place winner in the skit contest and Sigma Delta Tau re ceive! second in the curtain act competition. Other groups entered in the show were Pi Beta Phi, (See COED FOLLIES, page 3) cc women late convention A delegation of home economics women will attend the state home economics convention at Grand Island tomorrow. Highlights of the convention will be a tour of several mills, a special tea, large reception, and a banquet at the Yancy hotel. After the business meeting, plans will be made for the coming year. Those making the trip are Wini fred White, Leah Howell, Eleanor Crawford, Merle Eveland, Clarice Worley, Carol Chapman, Marie Anderson, Jean Burr, Norma Jean Campbell, Maxine Copple, Dee Shill, Frances Simon, Retha EdeaL and Barbara Koutsky. "The flagship of the Lykes Brothers-Ripley Steamship com pany's West Indies and South American fleet of freighters. She took me to Cuba, Panama, Cen- publish some day, tral America, South America and the West Indies. freighters in the merchant marine in 1937 and made the drawings during the trip. He plans to use them for his manuscript "Freight er to Spain" which he hopes to Late report adds senior's name to PBK Due to a late scholastic report, the name of Lucille Eugene Schultz of New York City waa omitted from the announcement of the newly elected members ot Phi Beta Kappa, Prof. C. M. Hicks, secretary of the chapter announced yesterday. Miss Schultz is a senior in arts and sciences and brings the total number of FBK's this year to 39. "She zoomed along at 12 knots an hour ard bucked like a mus tang in a rough sea." This is the inscription under a sketch done by Phillip Ainsworth, Nebraska student More than a dozen of his sketches are being exhibited in the Book Nook this week, Ainsworth was a cadet on two The sketches include black and white and colored scenes in Cuba, Spain and countries in Central and South America. Also exhibited are two drawings made in 1936 of a "post office tower" and Joslyn Memorial at night. Among the sketches are Morro Castle and the capitol building at Havana, Cuba, several sketches of the cathedral in Cadiz, Spain and Fort Vauban, which guards the entrance to Port Bouc, France. Organized groups must file for representation Any organization that feels that it merits representation on the Senior Council, newly organized senior class group, should make its request for membership in writing before Wednesday, April 2. The re quests should be sent to John McDermott president of the senior class, in care of the DAILY NEBRASKAN.