Board names Kerrigan, Russel,
Lipsey editors of publications
Publications staff pot underway
ibis week when the Daily Nebras
kan editor, Mary Kerrigan, is
sued the first call for work Tues
day. With the
Cornhusker be
ing: edited by
Shirley Russcl
this year, wom
en seem to be
taking the up
per hand as far
ns journalistic
efforts are con
cerned on this
campus this
y e a r. The
staffs for the
p u b 1 i c ations
were named by
the publica
tions board at
a meeting last
spring.
Mur.v Ki'irlnmi.
Ben Novicoff will head the busi
ness staff of the Daily with Hetty
Dixon and Fhil Kantor serving as
rfht Daily Mebhaskan
Z 408
Vol. 41, No. 1.
Verna Boyles
Former UN housemother
accepts dean of
Mrs. Verna G. Boyles of Boul
der, Colo., will assume the po
sition of dean of women at the
university Sept. 12, Chancellor C.
S. Boucher announced Tuesday,
following action by the board of
regents.
Miss Helen M. Hosp resigned the
post, to become associate in sec
ondary and higher education with
Dr. Kathryn McHale, general di
rector of the headquarters office
of the American Association of
University Women, in Washington,
D. C.
"We regret to lose Dean Hosp
because of her many abilities,"
Chancellor Boucner said. "She
feels that the opportunities in her
new position wil materially pro
mote her professional develop
ment." Graduated from UN.
Mrs. Boyles, who received her
D. A. degree from the University
of Nebraska in 1912, was house
mother at the Sigma Thi Epsilon
house at the University of Ne
braska from 1935 to 1940, and for
tb last year she has been house
mother at the Alpha Chi Omega
sorority house at the University
of Colorado in Boulder. Previ
ously the new dean of women was
house mother for Alpha Chi
Omega Chapters at the University
of Iowa, 1933-34, and the Univcr
aity of Minnesota, 1934 to 1935.
Mrs. Boyles traveled for Alpha
Chi Omega as national treasurer
Alpha Chi Omega leads 1941 pledge list
Preference nijjht, Tuesday, cli
maxed sorority rush week this
year as 275 coeds pledged the 15
Nebraska sororities. Operating
under the new quota system for
t ,o first time, each group was
allowed only the number of mem
bers their house could conven-
Siunmcr students
receive degrees
Granting 272 degrees at the
close of the 1941 summer school,
the university awarded only 16
less than last year when the
largest number in the history of
r the summer session were given.
Those receiving degrees repre
sented 61 Nebraska counties and
17 states.
Total irummcr enrollment this
year reached 2,003 compared with
2,238 in ?P10.
assistants. Other members of
this staff will be appointed by the
business manager soon.
Laugh Staff.
Heading the Awgwan-Flash
staff this semester is Jim Lipsey
with Melvin Tunnenbuum serving
as business manager. The campus
humor magazine will get under
way with its first issue the lat
ter part of September.
Also included on the Daily staff
are Paul Svobod.i ami Morton
Margolin, managing editors; Mar
jorie May, Marjorie Bruning, Alan
Jacobs, Randall Pratt, and Bob
Schlater, news editors; and Bob
Miller, sports editor.
The yearbook staff includes
Larry Huwaldt and Alice Becker
as managing editors and Jack
Hogan and Dave Walcott acting
as assistant business managers.
Through a conflict with the mm's
point board last spring a business
manager was not named but the
publications board will meet in the
Official Newspaper Of More Than 7,000 Students
Lincoln, Nebraska Thursday, September 11, 1941
succeeds Helen Hosp
women post
Lincoln Journal.
VERNA BOYLES
..-will guide UN women
of the sorority for 13 years, fol
lowing the death of her husband,
Dale S. Boyles, Nebraska '12. Be
fore the death of Mr. Boyles, they
lived at Alvo and McCook, Neb.,
where he was a banker and
lawyer.
For three summers, Mrs. Boyles
has been a counselor at the Cheley
camps for boys and girls in Estes
Park, Colo. She is a member of
Mortar Board, and in 1937-38 she
was president of the Lincoln Mor
(See BOYLES, page 9.)
iently handle, according to the
Pan-hcllenic ruling.
The total number revealed 45
more women pledges this year
than last, when 230 showed their
preference. Alpha Chi Omega led
the list of pledge groups with 20
women the largest allowed under
the quota system. Last year Kap
pa Kappa Gamma came out with
30 pledges as the largest group.
A new system was Inaugurated
this fall for rush week, passed at
the same time as the quota sys
tem last year, whereby each
rusheo was required to appear at
each sorority house on the campus.
During the first two days of the
five day rush week all houses held
open house. Rushees were divided
into three groups according to al
phabetical order, and sororities
were also divided into three
groups. Each group of new women
progressed from one house to an
other according to the. ran-IIel-
, Hrf1
rr y k
I 1 i
next few weeks to name a busi
ness manager for the Coi nliuskor.
Also serving on the university
publications are many staff mem
bers, reporters and advertising so
licitors who will begin their work
as soon as the respective publica
tions get underway. Any student
interested in this type of work
should report for work when the
call is issued.
mm . J W.
llrn .Nnvirnff,
Milrlt-v KiltM'l.
Beimstou nrms
Lincoln slndenls
lo finish exams
In an effort to eliminate long
waiting lines, Dean Nels A. Bengs
ton of the Junior Division urged
Lincoln students entering the uni
versity this fall to report early for
the medical examination period,
which began Monday and will be
given until Sept. 13.
The examinations are now being
given in the student health offices
in pharmacy hall from 8 to 12
and 1 to 5. An examination is
required of every student entering
the university for the first time,
according to Bengston.
Upholding tradition . . .
Hushcr freshmen will buy
scarlet caps at registration
Freshmen will get their first
taste of Nebraska tradition when
they purchase the scarlet "freshie"
caps which the Innocents sell at
the coliseum during registration.
According to Paul Svoboda, In
nocents treasurer, the tradition is
as old as the university itself and
all students are urged to perpe
tuate one of the few longstanding
Husker ideals.
Freshmen wear the caps until
the annual sophomore-freshman
tug of war and if victorious the
hats may come off and be put into
lenic arrangements, until every
rushee visited every house.
Saturday night Pan-Hellenic
sponsored a convocation to wel
come the new coeds and tell them
about sororities in general. Then
Daily issues call
for staff members
The Daily Nebraskan has a
number of reporting beats open
this semester for new and old
reporters. Mary Kerrigan,
Daily editor, urges all students
interested to sign up at the of
fice this afternoon at 1 p. m.
"There are big opportunities
tihs semester for hard working
reporters to get paid staff
positions" Mary Kerrigan de
clared, emphazing that Initia
tive It the basis for ad pro
motions on university publications.
Fireshmami ccdbhw
peons acta
Jumping the gun on registration machinery which doesn't start
humming until Monday, the Junior Division program will get under
way this morning with a convocation in the coliseum that will begin
a hectic week tor new UN students.
Although total applications for
Chancellor's uvlronie
I -
Again we are thankful that, in
contrast to conditions on three
continents, it is possible for us to
open a new academic year in
normal manner. This fact should
make us all determined to make
the most of our opportunities
and to be ready for any sacrifices
that may become necessary to de
fend and preserve the American
way of life.
C. S. Boucher
Extension enrollment
highcfcl on record
An all-time record high was es
tablished in university enrollment
of extension students during the
last year, according to figures re
ceived by Dr. A. A. Reed, director
of the extension division.
For the year from April 1, 1910,
to March 31, 1941, a total enroll
ment of 3,416 students in corre
spondence and night classes was
recorded. This is ten percent more
than the previous year.
the bottom drawer. However if the
second year men win the event,
frosh must wear the headgear
until the first snow falls on the
Husker campus.
The caps are scarlet with cream
numerals and are sold for 50c by
the senior men's honorary. The
caps which designate all first year
men add color and spirit to the
first few weeks of school and carry
on a tradition which every Husker
freshman has a part in.
Freshmen get your caps during
registration and carry on in the
true Husker spirit!
the next three days rush cards
were given out and rush parties
held. Excitement and formals
ended the week Tuesday when
ribbons were pinned on the new
pledges.
New women taking part in rush
week lived in Carrie Belle Ray
mond dormitory, the same as last
year. All active sorority members
stayed at the houses during rush
week.
Abel, HmI, Lincoln, Ktppt Kappa Gumma.
Aldan, Mary, Kimball, Alpha Chi Omega.
Allan, Mary, Weeping Water, Alpha Oml
eron PI.
Anderson, Qeialdlne, Omaha, Kappa Alpha
Theta.
Anderson, Louisa. Holdrege, Delta Oamme,
Anlceny, June, Lincoln, Alpha Chi Omega.
Appel, Margaret, Denver, Colo., Sigma
Delta Tan.
Ammerman, He1n, Torrlngton, Wyo.,
Kappa Delta, Repledge.
Anderion, Dorothy Ann, David City, Phi
Mu.
Babcock, Janice. Sidney, Gemma Plil Beta,
Backoock, PhylUi, Sidney, Oamma Phi
Beta.
Baker. Jean, Vlaniat City., Mo., PI Beta
Phi.
Barker, Lorene, Oordon, Alpha Phi.
Barron, Virginia, ScotUblutf, Alpha Ohl
Ometa. iUia4ej
J X f j
t- I
mile
the junior division hit 1,768 Tues
day, 270 more than last year,
Dean N. A. Bengston said that
study has already been made of
every applicant's credentials. This,
he said, has resulted in a system,
of complete guirl-"M and consul
tation for every .. lint.
Heading the .:, t,.ku3 list at this
morning's convocation will be
Chancellor C. S. Boucher, Dean
Bengston, and Burton Thiel, presi
dent of the Student Council, who
will make welcoming addresses.
Deans and directors of the various
colleges and schools, Dr. G. W.
Rosenlof, director of admissions
and L. E. Gunderson, finance sec
retary, will all be introduced.
University pastors and YWCA
and YMCA secretaries will also
be presented.
Tests today.
Three days of guidance and
classifications tests will begin this
afternoon. Here is the complete
schedule for tests:
Entering freshmen and transfer
students with less than two semes
ters of college work will take the
following classification tests in
the coliseum on Thursday, Friday
and Saturday, as follows;
Thursday, 2 p. m. English
Usage.
Friday, 9 a. m. Natural and
Social Sciences; 2 p. m., Mathe
matics. Saturday, 9 a. m.- Scholastic
Aptitude, Reading and Study
Skills.
Transfer students with two or
more semesters of college work
will take the following examina
tions in Grant Memorial hall;
Thursday, 2 p. m. English
Usage.
tSee CONVO, page 7.)
Boucher will
welco
me new
UN students
Welcoming all new students,
chancellor and Mrs. C. S. Boucher
will be host at the annual fresh
man reception in the Union lounge
tomorrow evening at 8 p. m.
Members of Innocents society,
Mortar Boards and the Student
Council will introduce students to
the chancellor and other members
of the receiving line.
Union Gives Party.
Following the reception, the Un
ion's semester activities will get
underway with a welcoming party
for the "class of '45." Movies
will be shown, the game rooms
will be opened and a dance will be
held, according to Pat Lahr, Union
social director.
In the receiving line besides
Chancellor and Mrs. Boucher will
be Dean and Mrs. Nels Bengtson,
Dean and Mrs. T. J. Thompson.
Ellsworth DuTeau and Mrs. Verna
Boyles, newly appointed dean of
women.
Beachly Mary'Klien. Lincoln, Chi Omega.
Beadle, Patricia. Tort Calhoun, Chi Omi'.
Bfcker, Helen. Lincoln, Gamma Pbl Beta.
Beechner, Maryellen, Lincoln, Alpha X
Delia. ..
Beede, Margaret. Lincoln. Pi Beta Phi.
Black, Dorothv, Linooln. Cht Omega.
Blattspleler, Ruih, Tobias, Alpha OW
Bodmaon, Prances. Kearney, Delta Del'
Delta. Repledge.
Bogue, Barbara, Lincoln, Kappa Delta
Bonebritiht, Mary Ellen, Lincoln, Alph
(See PLEDGES, page 10.)
Mortar Boards
offer small loans
All university women are eli
gible for the Mortar Board stu
dent loan fund which was es
tablished to make small loans
with no interest available to
those who need them.
Applications may be made at
the office of the dean of women
and payments will be arrange
for the convenience of the students.