The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current, May 04, 1941, Image 1

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(Vol. 40,. No. 134,
High school
students take
music course
Fine arts offers group
instruction, private
lessons, uni facilities
The university music depart
ment will again offer an all-state
music course for high school stu
dents June 11 to July 2 on the
Lincoln campus, according to Dr.
A. E. Westbrook, director of the
school of fine arts. Instruction
will be offered in orchestra,
chorus, band, and music theory
' jand appreciation with private les
; sons available in piano, violin, or
gan, cello, voice, harp, brass and
" percussion, and woodwinds.
Each student will participate in
two of the three musical organiza
tions as well as classes in appre
ciation and theory and also private
lessons. Membership in the course
is open to all high school students
Including those who will graduate
in 1941.
Fee covers expenses!
A fee o( 35 covers all experaea
.
for the three weeks including:
board and room, registration,
health service, two private lessons
week, all instructional courses,
and a planned recreation program.
Lincoln residents should live in the
(See COURSE, page 3)
Martin, Griswold, with prominent
newsmen headline UN Journalism Day
"The fall of France was due
largely to censorship of the press,"
said Frank L. Martin, dean of the
school of journalism of Missouri,
speaking before a crowd of about
175 at the Journalism Day banquet
Friday night.
"I disagree with those who see
a threat to a free press in this
country and who look for consor
ahip in the future. The only cen
sorship we may have will be to
suppress aid to the enemy," he
continued. .
rench press limited.
In France the press was so lim
ited that it could not inform the
people of actual conditions and the
public therefore could not demand
a defense. In the present crisis
the press has done an excellent job
of keeping the people informed in
this country.
At the time when trouble broke
out in Europe there were some
10,000 reporters and cameramen
covering developments there. Be-
cause of the large corps of men a
fairly accurate account has come
Into this country. The information
sent into the United States also
served as a check on material re
ceived from foreign governmental
news agencies.
Dean Martin said that he thinks
the press has done an excellent job
(See MARTIN, page 3)
Reeves to speak
at Presbyterian
student banquet
Presbyterian students will hold
a banquet Wednesday at 6:30
p. m. in the Union, parlors ABC.
Rer. Kenneth Reeves of York will
be the guest speaker.
Reeves studied in London for a
year just before the war. His sub
ject will be "The Courage of Im
perfection." Installation of new of
ficers and entertainment by Le
flore Crosley will be included on
the program.
Students are urged to make res
ervations as soon as possible at
the Presbyterian student center.
UaeyAIehr
Official Newspaper Of Mere Than 7,000
Lincoln, Nebraska
Nebraska academy elects
officers for coming year
. . . at VN meeting
Dr. L. N. Garlough of the Uni
versity of Omaha was elected
president of the Nebraska Acad
emy of Sciences for 1941-42 at a
business meeting of the organiza
tion held here Saturday morning:.
Other new officers are Prof. H.
W. Manter of the university zool
ogy department, vice president;
Prof. Theodore Jorgensen, jr., of
the I'hysics department, secretary;
and Prof. C. E. Rosenquist of the
agricultural botany department,
treasurer. Dr. V; C. McKim of
Chadron state teachers college was
elected councilor for the term ex
piring in 1944. Continuing as coun
cilors are Dean N. A. Bengtson of
the university geography depart
ment for the term expiring in 1941,
and Dr. H. R. James of Hastings
for the 1942 term.
McKim speaks.
At the annual banquet of the
group at the University club Fri
day evening, Dr. V. C. McKimj
president of the academy in 1939
40 was the principal speaker. He
ldJthe roup, 0iat the Neoraska
A AnH nmti Cst am sine wvnWn n wvt
Acaaemy or sciences needs a more
concrete, legal and objective or
ganization if it is to realize its full
value to the state. This organiza
tion might serve as a clearing
house for scientific publications of
its members. He also felt that it
might then better serve as a ba-
Rifles
Alumnus
gives trophies
to company A
In connection with the ROTC
parade Tuesday, company A of
the second regiment of Pershing
Rifles will receive two special
trophies of historical interest to
the organization. Original Persh
ing Rifle insignia, worn as collar
ornaments on the uniform, have
been mounted in black velvet
shadow boxes and will be present
ed by their donor, Fred C. Wil
liams, Lincoln businessman.
The trophies will remain in the
permanent possession of the or
ganization, which was founded on
the Nebraska campus as an hon-
0rary military fraternity for basic
students by Gsn. John J. Pershing
during his tour of duty as com
mandant and is now national In
scope.
Tuesday's parade, in which
more than 2,000 students will take
part, will be the third scheduled
to prepare cadets for the annual
war department inspection May 14
to 16 and the final examination
and annual competitive drill
May 26.
High school
scientists hold
convention here
Along with the convention of the
Nebraska Academy of Sciences,
high school scientists " held their
own demonstrations and talks on
UN campus yesterday.
Miss Bess F. Whitney of Central
City high school was chairman of
the division and 20 demonstrations
were presented by student groups
from all over the state while a
dozen exhibits were set VP.
J
Students
Sunday, May 4, 1941
sis for cooperative scientific ef
fort of all colleges of the state.
Conservation work of the US
fish and wildlife service was de
scribed by W. A. Elkins, associate
federal aid inspector at Minneapo
lis, at a general session of the
academy Friday evening in Mor
rill. Emphasizing the need for bring
(See YEAR, page 3)
ASM
Sigma Xi, science honorary,
elects 54 new memhers
... names Burt prexy
Election of 32 graduate students
to associate membership in Sigma
Xi and of 22 new active members
was announced Saturday by the
Nebraska chapter of the national
scientific society.
New officers elected by the or
ganization for next year are presi
dent, Prof. J. B. Burt; vice presi
dent,, Prof. D. J. Brown; and sec
retary, Prof. F. W. Norris. Con
tinuing in office are Prof. F. E.
Mussehl, treasurer; and Prof. H. H.
Marvin, councilor.
Beginning with a welcome
speech by Governor Griswold, at
1 :30 p. m., Journalism Day reached
a climax Friday night when Dean
Frank Martin of Missouri U's
school of journalism spoke before
approximately 200 journalists and
students at a banquet in the Union.
"Newspapers have a duty in
presenting facts to readers," Gov
ernor Griswold stated in his lec
ture at a round table Friday aft
ernoon. "Government in a democracy
cannot function with out the free
press. It must have some method
(See GRISWOLD, pafre 3)
Students build displays to illustrate
accomplishments of ag organizations
Bulk of the displays were
housed in the basement of the
activities building:. Here were
booths showing differences ' in
crops and crop production, the
tricks of rural economics, the par
asites of farm animals, common
farm insects and the work of the
4-H organizations.
Rooms and hallways of ag cam
pus buildings sounded like a re
vival of the familiar county or
state fair as a heavy rain early
yesterday afternoon drove record
crowds inside where they visited
more than two dozen exhibits ar
ranged by students to illustraU
work done by the college of agri
culture. All exhibits were a fea
ture of Farmers' Fair.
More exhibits.
Also shown was the work of the
vocational education department,
the university camera club, exten
sion and dairy divisions, soil con
servation service, poultry horti
culture and forestry departments
as well as the YM and YWCA.
The meats laboratory housed the
animal husbandry. Block and
Bridle exhibit showing the cuts of
iSee PISPLAY, page 3
Musical anvil float
wins' parade award
BY RANDALL PRATT.
Mother nature draped a wet blanket yesterday over one of the
biggest Farmers' Fairs that students at ag have ever planned. Al
though a good crowd was on hand the activities of the day were
slightly hampered by the showers starting during the afternoon.
Starting from 10th and R street a long procession of floats made
by the ag students representing the various departments of the col
lege went south to "O," east to 33rd and then to ag campus. Also
included in the parade was the famous W. J. Bryan carriage drawn
by two prancing horses.
The winning float was "The Anvil Chorus." This float was
made of seven iron anvils of differ
ent tunes by Ag Engineering under
the direction of Ray Heller.
The rodeo, the main attraction
of the afternoon's events was post
poned until next Saturday at 2:30.
At that time the scheduled Inter
sorority riding contest, calf riding,
roping, polo game of ag vs. city
campus will take place.
The indoor show drew plenty of
applause from the audience as they
pinch-hitted for the number one
.(See AWARD, page 3)
Graduate students elected as as
sociate members are Elmer A. An
derson, Frank Joseph Dudek, Rob
ert D. Babson, Charles Bartz, and
Thomas Elton Brinegar; Paul
Burkholder, Edward Jethro Cra-
goe, James M. Crosbie, and Eugene
Dallimore. Gordon V. Anderson,
Gordon S. Fisher, William Gray,
Noel S. Hanson, and Robert D.
Lipscomb; Robert L. Luckhardt,
John R. McHenry, Robert D. Mil
ler, Carrol L. Moore, Dean D. Ny
wall, Homer W. Paxton, and Ken
yon T. Payne.
Lee S. Peterson, Leo H. Petri,
Barney B. Rees, Harold L. Schudel,
and eLRoy G. Schulz; Arden F.
Sherf, Adrian M. Srb, John C.
Steinhaus, Rollin H. Thayer, How
ard L. Weigers, and Quentin T.
Wiles.
Active members.
New active members are: Prof.
Lloyd A. Bingham, Dr. George P.
oumcimci, "uy.ma u..
Oliver DeGarmo, James W. Fitts,
and Alister Finlayson; Robert L.
Folwer, Walter W. Hansen, El
mer W. Kertel, Oscar H. Johnson.
Lucille Loseke, and John C. Ma
her; Donald R. Mathieson, Law
rence C. Newell, Howard B. Pe
terson, Eugene . Powell, George
W. Stehly, William L. Tolstead,
Lawrence F. Transue, and Gordon
Whisten.
The annual initiation banquet
will be held in the Union on
May 21.
Offley leaves
military staff
for active duty
Maj. Robert R. Offley of the
military department staff left Lin
coln Thursday on two weeks leave
before taking up active duty at
Camp Wheeler, Ga., a reception
center for new soldiers.
An officer in the infantry of the
U. S. army and a graduate of
West Point, Major Offley came to
the university from Fort Howard,
Md., in October, 1939. He has
served as adjutant since last Dec.
15 and is succeeded in these duties
by Maj. Walter J. Gardner of the
field artillery, according to Col.
C. A. Thuls, chairman of the mili
tary department.
Corn Cobs meet Monday
Corn Cob actives will meet
in room 316 in the Union Mon
day at 5 p. m. All members are
urged to be present.
Music school
offers twenty
scholarships
Applications for awards
to entering freshmen
considered May 17
Music scholarships amounting to
$40 a year each will be offered
once again to 20 freshman stu
dents entering the department of
music next fall, Dr. A. E. West
brook, director of the school of
fine arts, announced yesterday.
Public tryouts Saturday, May
17, with members of the music
faculty judging, will distribute the
awards. Contestants must be over
16 years of age and may not be
more than 22.
At least five contestants must
enter each of the violin, cello,
voice, organ, piano, woodwinds and
brass competitions, and selections
should not require more than eight
minutes for performance. Applica
tions for the scholarships should
be submitted at the school of mu
sic building on or before May 12.
Mortar Board
alums hold first
Round-Up
Mortar Board alumnae will hold
thpir first nniversitv rmind-nn re-
union on campus Saturday
evening, June 7, with an informal
dinner at the Union, according to
Mrs. True Jack Colbert of Lin
coln, chairman of the committee
in charge.
Others on the committee are
Virginia Fleetwood, Mrs. Jean
Hooper, and Mrs. Charlotte Joyce
Olson, all of Lincoln. Members of
the Mortar Board alumnae group
will serve as table hostesses at
the annual alumna-faculty reunion
luncheon Saturday noon at the
Union.
A style show yesterday after
noon highlighted the exhibits and
demonstrations of home ec women.
Goddess of Agriculture Sylvia
Zocholl was presented with her six
attendants and ruled over the pro
ceeding.
Despite a sudden downpour of
rain which threatened to disrupt
the style show entirely, officials
moved the site of the show from
the mall to the activities building
and changed the time from 1 to 2
p. m.
All women's clothing modeled
was made by the wearers. Men's
outfits came from Harvey Broth
ers. The show began with play
suits and slacks; then cotton
dresses, street dresses, men's
sports clothes, and formal cloth
ing.
Home economics exhibits were
displayed on the three floors in
the home ec building.
Foods, textiles," home decoration,
meats, women's work in the de
fense program, and other care
fuu arranged exhibits were
shown. Demonstrations were given
in the morning aid afternoon by
various home ec girls.