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Vol. 40, No. 149
Lincoln, Nebraska
Sunday, May 25, 1941
Weirmen take track title
for third consecutive year
by 1-2 point over Tigers
Ed Weir darn near lost his stop
watch, a couple thousand fans at
Memorial stadium darn near lost
their voices and Nebraska darn
near lost the Big Six track and
field championships yesterday
But little Gene Littler churned
his powerful legs around the quar
ter mile track to give Nebraska
the final mile relay event and its
third successive Eig Six track and
field championships, in the closest,
most exciting meet in years.
The final score was Nebraska
61l,i, Missouri 61. The rest of the
teams didn't count, because this
meet was strictly the Huskers vs.
the Tigers.
With' two meet records set
earlier in the afternoon and with
upsets all over the place, the meet
stood Nebraska 56 V2, Mizzou 56,
and only one event remained
the mile relay.
Union board
holds election,
liictnllntinii
croup owes Margoii.f
first, Ruth Ivcrsou
second vice-president
Milton E. Anderson, alumnus
member of the Student Union
Rrmrri of Managers was elected
BOara Or Managers was eiei-ieu
president of the activities building
governing body at the annual elec
tion of officers and installation of
new board members Friday night.
First vice-president and highest
ranking student member on the
board is Morton Margolin. Mar
uuuiu la wuuuii umi 6uiui,
golin .will also serve as chairman
th. qMIuIMm mmmlitAn frr
next year. Under provisions in the
new constitution, the activities
nnrnmlttui unrltlno' with th Tin.
ion administrative staff, will plan
all Union activities for the year.
Second vice-president for next
year will be Ruth Ivcrson. Secre
tary is Ellsworth DuTeau and
treasurer is L. E. Gundcrson. Bud
get for next year was also passed
at the meeting.
New members Inducted to Herve
on the Doara are Florence
Smith, faculty representative, and
Marvin, Laurel Morrison, Ceral.l-
ine Henderson and Jackie Wood
house.
Prof. Karl Arndt was renamed
chairman of the finance commit-
tee for next year.
Legislative action leaves . . .
Earmarked funds higher; operating budget lower
Final passage Friday of the om
nibus appropriations bill gave the
university a $96,502 Increase in tax
fund appropriation over last bien
nium. Total In property taxes allotted
to the university is $3,684,652. This
amount is supplemented by an ap-
Pub board mcels
Tuesday at 2
to choose staffs
Students filing for positions on
university publications should ap
pear before the publications board
Tuesday when it meets to choose
next year's staffs at 2 p. m.
Order of selection of staffs, as
announced yesterday by the pub
board, is first, Awgwun Flash,
second. Cornhusker. and . third,
DAILY NEBIIASKAJ. , . .
There wasn't much optimism
among Husker fans for the mile
relay team hasn't done a thing
all year. And when the first three
Missouri boys gave Gordon Crosby
more than a ten yard lead over
Littler, victory was just a dream.
Only this dream came true, to the
tune of about a 47:7, 440 by Gene.
Littler was a plenty sad boy un
til the final event for Bill Lyda
of Oklahoma beat him in the 440,
Red's pet run, and Walters of
Oklahoma added insult to injury
by squeezing ahead of him in the
220. Littler was hot favorite in
both events, and it took some more
surprises before UN could win.
It was on the field that the
Huskers picked up the points that
meant victory. Harold Hunt
cleared 13 feet ll's inches in the
pole vault to set a new record.
UN's Scott and Nye tied with four
others for fourth to give the Husk
ers IV2 points, the margin of vic
torv. Hiccina of Mizzou could do
no better than 13 feet 6 inches for
second.
Also blue ribbon winners on the
(See TITLE, page 7.)
fleeing irate students .
jrorfce explains Cornhusker' s
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aOSeilCC tlW Ulk WaS WCt
Is your name Jones or Smith?
Too bad. If it's Brown you're all
J
right because then you can get
your Cornhusker Monday after 1
p. m.
However anyone can get their
Cornhusker Monday if their name
is not engraved on the cover. Stu-
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dents P their .r-
DOOKS Deiore iNovemDer 10 nave
their names on the cover and can
get books if their names start with
A. lO D.
All others can get their books
Tuesday morning. About 500
books win be Blven out each dav
"We want our Cornhuskers, we
want our Cornhuskers, we want
out Cornhuskers," was the cry
heard back ,n the corner" of the
Union Saturday.
But no Corn-
jwj appeared
lV-v fir a'o nml tnir
Finally, Avery
Forke's smiling face appeared be
hind closed doors (it's a good thing
he was behind closed doors).
A'tcr five minutes Avery raised
his hand and uttered the immor
tal, long-awaited for words,
"Cornhuskers were not out Satur-
day due to delays in the binding
process and delays in the drying
process of the three-colored ink."
proximate $4,028,000 in federal
fundi and fees.
The tax fund increase is ac
counted for primarily by three in
dividual appropriations. A sum
of $77,000 was earmarked by the
legislature to be used in construc
tion of a home economics building
on ag campus. It was specified
that $7,000 be used in chemurgy
research. The med school clinic
received an allottment of $407,800
or $20,000 over the last biennium.
It should' be noted however, In
considering the increase, that, in
actuality, the operating revenues
of the school have not been raised
but lowered, The general fund
appropriation was the same as
that for 1939-41, $2,827,400. But
this year much money was ear
marked by the senate for a desig
nated use. In order to expedite
construction of a boys' dormitory at
Curtis ag school, $85,000 of uni
versity funds have been tied up by
the legislature until the regents
activities
UN alumni
hold annual
Roundup
DuTeau expects 3,500
graduates to return
for three day festivities
With approximately 3,500 alum
ni expected to return, the univer
sity alumni officers are preparing
for what should be the largest
Roundup ever held here, June 7,
8 and 9, according to Ellsworth
F. DuTeau, national alumni asso
ciation secretary.
"Last year's attendance included
1,784 alumni from Lincoln, Ne
braska, and 24 other states," Du
Teau recalled, "and the 1941 ra-
union should reach a 3,000 or 3,500
attendance, if present indications
mean anything."
Among the many new features
(See ROUNDUP, page 5.)
Silence reigns in the Cornhusker
office and Forke keeps the door3
WVoH nH nn lrtncror .ncira ha
locked and no longer answers the
phone with, "Cornhusker office,
Forke speaking." Instead he only
murmurs "Cornhusker office" in a
very weak and timid voice.
So, students, the long awaited
for day came and went and with
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able
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"Thirty" in newspaper parlance means the end and
so this issue marks the end of the DAILY NEBRASKAN
for this year. While the campus settled down to study
over the weekend, a few die hards of the DAILY staff
gathered the material for this last effort. Tuesday the pub
lications board will name the new members of next year's
staff, and in the fall a new NEBRASKAN pulsing with new
blood will appear. To our readers and supporters the old
staff members say, "Thanks and 30."
make some arrangements for fi
nancing the dorm construction.
As a matter of fact, university au
thorities will have about $90,000
less for general operating expenses
during the coming biennium than
they had during the last.
In addition to the property tax
appropriations of $77,000 for a
home ec building, the senate also
set aside $83,041 of cash univer
sity funds now in the hog cholera
serum fund for that structure.
Thompson states classes
will meet Monday
Contrary to rumors, all uni
versity classes regularly sched
uted for Monday will meet, and
only those men who must take
part in the military compet
during the afternoon are ex
cused from classes, according
to a bulletin issued by T. J.
Thompson, dean of student af
fairs, yesterday.
radls plan mnamiy
to climax year
Honorary
degrees go
to six alums
Six honorary degrees will be
awarded to university alumni who
have attained positions of special
recognition in their proftssimal
fields will be granted by the uni
versity, Monday,
June 9 at the
70th annual com
mencement. Undergraduate
students will re
ceive 900 degrees
at the same time f
following the
com mencement
address by Dr.
Robert W. Frank,
professor of the
P resbyte rian
Theological semi
nary in Chicago.
An honorary ,,,,, .Tn,ni
doctor of lawsR0BERT w. frank.
degree will be
awarded Viola Barnes, '09, profes
sor of history at Mt. Holyoke col
lege in South Hadley, Mass. After
receiving her bachelor and mas
ter's degrees from Nebraska, Dr.
Barnes took work at Harvard,
Wisconsin and Yale. She has done
work in Paris and London.
A member of Phi Beta Kappa,
she has received nine fellowships
j -ui v.: 1 jf.
and scholarships during her edu
cational career, and is a member
of many historical organizations.
Eastman President Honored.
noineZ r ce"a , PPJ
Thomas Jean Hargrave 12 will
receive Uie aocior OI laws degree.
He graduated with his bachelor of
(See ALUMS, page 6.)
The chemurgy research allot
ment was also supplemented by an
$18,000 unexpended balance in the
insurance fund, thus raising the
total made available to the re
gents to $25,000.
Purchase Bancroft.
Provision was made for the pur
chase of the Bancroft school, now
a part of the Lincoln school sys
tem. The building will house a
part of the engineering college
and will be paid for out of highway
testing laboratory fund of $75,800.
The legislature this session
created another state educational
institution, the Milford industrial
school. An appropriation of
$42,000 was made for its main
tenance. During its bumpy ride thru the
legislature the regents request re
ceived many revisions. Originally
they had asked for $3,031,300 as
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Chancellor's
reception
is June 7
Dance to follow annual
affair honoring alumni,
graduates in Union
Climaxing their university ca
reers, nearly 900 seniors and sev
eral hundred alumni will be en
tertained at a joint senior-alumni
dance in the Union, Saturday eve
ning, July 7, at 9 o'clock. Preced
ing the dance will be the Chancel
lor's reception for all students who
will receive degrees at commence
ment exercises Monday, June 9.
The Chancellor's reception is
scheduled to begin at 8:30 p. m.
when graduating seniors, their
(See RECEPTION, page 6.)
Students
circulate
war petition
Twenty students of the YM and
YW cabinet discussion croup
which met Wednesday night are
in i:n (U. w-
circulating a petition on the cam
pus, stressing mainly the idea of
keeping the U. S. out of war with
aid to Britain "short of war."
tained from all students oossible
Wned from . all students po s.ble
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means of expressing the sentiment
of university students.
The petition follows:
A memorial to the president
and vice president of the United
States, the speaker of the house,
the secretary of state, and to the
senators and representatives
from Nebraska:
We, the undersigned, students
of the University of Nebraska,
believe that it is both our privi
lege and our duty as citizens of
a democracy to give public ex
pression to our convictions on
matters of national importance.
We are aware that the pres
ent world situation offers a
grave threat to freedom and de
mocracy and we are willing to
(See PETITION, page 8.)
recommendation slashed that fig
ure. Incoming Governor Griswold
raised it back to $3,405,192 and
then the committee and the senate
increased the sum once more to
$3,584,652. In so increasing the
amount over Griswold's recommen
dation the lawmakers also car
marked various funds; action
which Griswold had not suggested.
Summer registration
will begin June 9
Students intending to go to
summer school should register
June 9 from 1:30 to 5 p. m. in
order to avoid late registration
fees, UN officials announced
yesterday.
Two sessions will be held this
year, as usual. The short ses
sion closes July 16 and the long
session ends Aug. 1. Students
may carry a maximum of nine
hours for the long session and
six hours for the short session.