t Daily Iebhaskai
OH'icial Newspaper Of More Than 7,000 Students
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Vol. 40, No. 120
Lincoln, Nebraska
Thursday, April 10, 1941
Danish scientist, Dam
speaking in Morrill
describes vitamin K work
Mortar Board Pershing Affiles 'hold
chapter plans national com pet here
lecture series
after-an operation when the pro
thambin content in the blood is
low.
The prothambin content in the
system can be raised in about five
hours by introducing vitamin K.
Forrest Bclim
heads Beta
Gamma Sigma
Honorary initiates nine
men, elects Roth, Arndt
Fullbrook other officers
Dr: Hendrik Dam, discoverer of
Vitamin K, spoke before Btudents,
teachers and visitors in Morrill at
4 p. m. yesterday on the properties
Of vitamin K.
He 'explained that its presence
was discovered when chicks, which
were fed an artificial diet supposed
to contain all necessary proper
ties, developed a disease where
they had a continuous oozing of
blood from wounds.
Vitamin K is contained in all
green leaves, including the coni
fers, and in leaves which are able
to produce chlorophylla in the
dark. It is not contained in fruits
and vegetables to any degrees ex
cept tomatoes.
The average person needs 50,000
units per day, and this would re- Featuring the address of Wade
quire two pounds of spinach a day Martin, superintendent of Ne
if that were the only food eaten braska banks, Beta Gamma Sig
containing vitamin K. ma, bizad scholastic honorary ini
tiated nine new members in the
The activity of vitamin K seems union last night. Forrest Behm
to take place in the liver where it was elected president of the group
enables certain cells to produce with Frank Roth- vice president,
prothambin. It helps the blood to prof. Earl Fullbrook, secretary,
coagulate, and is especially needed an(i Prof Karl Arndt, treasurer.
Betty McGeachin served as chair
Black Masques to hold
meetings on women
in campus politics
"In hopes that an intelligent
conclusion may be drawn about
the position of women in campus
politics," said Mortar Board yes
terday, the Black Masque chapter
will sponsor a series of meetings
April 25 in which campus political
problems will be discussed.
The discussions will be led by
students and faculty members who
have a thoro knowledge of the
"situation on this campus," ac
cording to Mortar Board spokes
men. An effort will also be made, the
Mortar Boards said, to reveal sys
tems of politics on other campuses
and what they have accomplished
(See MORTAR BOARD, page 6.)
Sleeping on cots in the coliseum,
and toting guns all day, crack
drill men from four states will be
in Lincoln April 18 and 19 when
the annual Pershing Rifle Regi
mental Drill meet is held here.
It is the first time in" four years,
that the national meeting, featur
ing competition in platoon drill,
individual drill, and marksman-
Sinfonia to hold
Harmony Hour
in Union today
Sinfonia's Harmony Hour will be
held in the Union. music room at
4 p. m. today.
The recorded program will in
clude: Oberon overture (von Web
er), Danse of Puck (Debussy),
third movement from the Sixth
Symphony (Tschaikowsky), Even
Bravest Heart from Faust (Gou
nod), Roumanian Rhapsody (Enes
co), Baritone aria from Die Wal
kure (Wagner)'.
UN debaters
return after
convention
Fou members of the university
debate team, Jack Stewart, Gene
Bradley, Ed Carraher, and Eu
gene Curtis, accompanied by Prof.
H. A. White, returned Sunday
from Chicago where they attended
the Delta Sigma Rho student con
gress. National debate society, Delta
Sigma Rho, biennially sponsors the
student congress, held this year at
the Stevens hotel. Purpose of this
year's meeting was to familiarize
students with legislative proced
ure. A legislative body.
The group was organized as a
legislative body and patterned
after the United States congress.
Bills were introduced, sent to com
mittees for revision, discussed be
fore the whole house, and voted
upon. Representing 46 schools,
with approximately four students
from each school, each debater
served on some committee.
Two members of the team rep
resenting Nebraska, Curtis and
Carraher, participated in a non
drcision debate with a team rep
resenting Northwestern university.
man ot
ments.
committee for arrange-
New initiates were: Forrest
Behm, Tom Horn, Warren Jones,
Don Meier, Harold Phillips, James
Pittenger, William Rabe, Delbert
Spahr, and Fred Ulimas.
Behind the Scenefc
Arndt is handy man deluxe
as head of convo committee
Its 'Stephens'
in reverse; men
visit UN campus
Won't somebody give Pat
Lahr an aspirin?
The Union social director
thought she could put the pills
away when she finally got
dates for 700 Stephens girls
who recently took the campus
by storm.
But now, more trouble. This
time, a miniature worry a la
Stephens in reverse. In other
words, she has about 140 fel
lows for which she must ar
range dates for the evening of
April 19.
The reason: The annual na
tional Pershing Rifle3 Regi
mental drill meet.
Wanted: Girls.
By Lloydene Kershaw.
"Too many people get ill it's
about time I had my pipe house-
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cleaning," said Karl Arndt, dry,
witty economics professor.
In addition to his duties as eco
nomics professor, Mr. Arndt is
chairman of the convocations com
mittee. When asked how he came
to be selected for this post, Mr.
Arndt stated, "Due to a long series
of resignations, and due to the fact
that the work of the chairman is
chiefly clerical mostly leg work
including the duties of seeing
that ice water is on the stand, the
speaker gets from the train to the
dais on time, I was given the job.
"The word chairman is grossly
misleading," continued Mr. Arndt.
"I think the other members
thought that I was especially
suited to it, being unaware of any
academic work I did."
ship has been held here. Crack
squads from each school will also
vie for honors.
Thirty-five man companies
from universities in Wisconsin,
Minnesota, South Dakota and
Iowa will arrive Friday afternoon,
to take part in the competitions
Saturday afternoon, and will dine
and dance at a banquet and ball
Saturday night, according to pres
ent plans.
William Milek, captain of the
Nebraska Pershing Rifles, is gen
eral chairman of the event. Aiding
him are Lt. Jack McPhail, in
charge of platoon drill; Lt. Wil
fred Oelrich, individual compet;
and Lt. Lewis Sprandel, handling
the marksmanship contest.
Although they didn't enter the
meet last year, Nebraska's com
pany has been practicing since
March 1, when Lincoln was an
nounced as site of the competition.
The same crack squad that per
formed for the Military Ball will
represent Nebraska in the crack
squad contest.
Conscripting cots from ag cam
pus that are used in the summer
for Boys' State, the military de
partment has made arrangements
for housing all the men at the coli
seum. The visitors will bring their
own equipment except for guns
and shells, furnished b..- l.he mili
tary department, Milek .mid.
Judges of competition.
Selected as judges are Col. Rob
ert Halpine of Creighton univer
sity; Lt. Col. H. S. Robertson,
PMS&T of all Omaha and Council
Bluffs high schools, and Capt.
L. W. Chatfield of the Nebraska
instruction staff.
Founded by Gen. John J. Per
shing, at Nebraska, the organiza
tion is divided into companies, one
company at each of 29 schools.
Adviser of the Nebraska company
is Lieutenant Crabil.
Don't use agency.
According to Mr. Arndt
the
KARL ARNDT
. . cleans his pipe.
committee ordinarily does not use
an agency. Some speakers, how
ever, prefer to have their affairs
handled by agencies. Usually they
try to deal directly. It is a time
(See ARNDT, page 2.)
Warren Day, officer in the Ne
braska ROTC, is now national
commander of the organization,
and Fred Voight is national ad
jutant. Ivy Day poem
deadline set
for April 19
Senior Council
to draft plans
for graduation
Student Council's judiciary committee i
interprets wording of election rules
Deadline for the submission of
Ivy Day poem manuscripts has
been set as Saturday noon, April
19. A five dollar prize will be
awarded to the winner, who will
ead his or her poem on Ivy Day,
May 1.
at the last meeting of the Student
Council, the judiciary committee
drew up the interpretation here
printed of Article IV of the Coun
cil constitution governing student
With final graduation plans the elections. This interpretation was
order of business, the Senior Coun- drawn up in preparation for the
cil will meet at the Union on April general spring election April 22,
17, the Thursday after vacation, and will go into effect at this
John McDermott, president, an- time,
nounced yesterday.
Article IV of the constitution
"Every Council member must at- reads as follows:
tend this meeting" stated McDer-
After being authorized to do so lowing definitions and interpreta
tions of Article IV of the rules for
student elections. This is done at
the request of the Faculty Com
mittee on Student Organizations
and Social Functions.
mott. "With school more than half
over, seniors must realize that
there isn't a lot of time left for
action, and we can't waste time
at a meeting that is not represent
ative." "At the meeting," McDermott
Said, "several committees will be
named and definite duties will be.
assigned to them immediately."
No vote shall be solicited at the
polls or in the building in which
an election is being held during
election day. No money shall be
spent in behalf of any candidate.
No printed, mimeographed, typed,
or otherwise published material in
behalf of any candidate shall be
permitted except the impartial an
nouncements of the candidates ap
pearing in the press. Any candi-
. date violating these rules either in
Class day and commencement on or through hig supporters
day plans will be made. Type of h u thercby bccome ineligible,
graduation announcements will
also be decided upon, according to Council's interpretation.
McDermott.
Th InJ-prnrptfltlon as handed
McDermott also asked that down bv the ludiciarv committee ballot-Boxes is taking place.
council members come with ideas ia written thus: , , ... , .
for a class gift, as officers hope "During the election day" shall
that the gift can be selected at the The judiciary committee of the mean: at any time from 12 o'clock
meeting. Student Council agrees pn the fol- midnight o the day preceding Uie
"No vote shall be solicited" shall
mean: No person eligible to vote
for any candidate shall be influ
enced in any way by means of
the spoken or written word or any
other means, to cast his or her
vote for any particular candidate;
nor shall any such person be in
fluenced in any way to vote at
all.
Polling place.
"At the polls or within the build
ing in which the election is being
held" shall mean: any place within
said building or on the steps, walks
or drives leading from the adjoin
ing public streets or streets up to
the building. It shall also include
the lawn adjoining the building.
The phrase "at the polls" shall
mean: at the place or places,
where passing out of ballots to
voters, marking of ballots by vot
ers, and placing of ballots in the
election to the time that the polls
are officially closed.
"No money" shall mean: no
cash, checks, mail order draft3,
stamps, or credit.
"Shall be spent" shall mean:
shall be exchanged, traded, or
given away in any manner.
"In
To influence vote,
behalf of any candidate'
Judces in the contest are: Dr.
Louise round, Miss M. C. McPhee
and Dr. L. C. Wimberly of the
English department. All entries
must be mailed or submitted to
Mrs. Ada Westover, secretary to
the Dean of Women in Ellen
Smith. Three copies must be sub
mitted and the name of the con
testant must not appear on the
same paper as the poem but must
be enclosed in a sealed envelope
and handed in with the manu
script. The only regulations which
have been set up in regard to the
contest state that the poem's con
tents must be relevant to the Ivy
Day proceedings and tradition,
and that the entrant must be an,
undergraduate student.
shall mean: in any manner which
would in any way influence tha
results of the election. This shall
include any manner which would
in anv way influence a voter to
cast his vote for any particular r,rklll,:i nnnrnvPi:
candidate, or candidates, whose UpiUUS
name, or names, appear on me
ballots. The term candidate shall
include both persons whose names
appear on the ballots, and also the
political parties with which they
may be affiliated.
barb constitution
This definition of "candidate"
shall be followed wherever the
term appears in this article. A
person whose name is to appear
on the ballot shall be considered
a "candidate" anytime within the
two week's period directly prior
to the election and including the
election day, irrespective of
v(See ELECTION uage 6-1
Since a quorum failed to attend
the Student Council meeting last
night, several motions pertaining
to the spring election April 22,
were laid on the table.
The constitution of the Barb In
terhouse Council was accepted,
however, and announcement wa3
made that a pamphlet containing
contributions from all the colleges
who sent delegates to the Big Six
convention here last winter was.
ready to be distributed,
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