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OH'icial Newspaper Of More Than 7,000 Students
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Vol. 41, No. 3.
Lincoln, Nebraska
Sunday, September 14, 19411
Pep
lead
groups
f 'sh
campus tours
New student!, escorted
by Tassels, Corn Cobs
to inspect uni buildings
Opening event of a year of pep
group activity will be the annual
freshmen tours of the campus
Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday
which will be sponsored by Corn
Cobs and Tassels, the two univer
sity pep organizations.
Beginning Monday at 8:30 a. m.,
the tours will get under way at
the Temple theatre. The library,
stadium, coliseum and union are
(See TOURS, page 4.)
"Bombers" on sale as . . .
Barb council plans extensive
social activity for semester
. . . witb first dance Saturday
Concentrating its energies on
social activities this year, barb
council announced Saturday that
It has planned the "biggest and
finest social program ever under
taken fbr unaffiliated students,"
in connection with which "barb
bombers." barb activity cards,
on sale Monday.
g0
Selling for two prices, a barb
bomber bought for 50 cents en
titles the holder to adniission to
the dances, while one costing
$1.50 is also good for a year's sub
scription to the Daily Nebraskan.
Six of these cards will be given
ftway at a free matinee dance
Wednesday sponsored by the barb
council.
First dance Saturday.
Three big dances at the student
union are planned for the fall sea
son, it was explained. Hank Mat
tison will play for the first one
next Saturday night at 9 when a
Mexican theme will be carried out
in the decorations. Other dances
are on Oct. 25 and Nov. 22.
"Pigskin dances" will be held
after each football game, lasting
from five until six p. m.
At the BABW open house held
In 307 of the union, barb bomber
cards will bo explained and sold
all this week, from 9 a. m. to 6
p. m. In social sciences the activ-
Chancellor's reception largest on record
Almost 1,500 freshmen shook
hands with Chancellor and Mrs.
C. S. Boucher, then took part in
the games, dancing and movies
arranged by union directors as
campus social activity for the se
mester was inaugurated Friday
night at the union with the annual
chancellor's reception for new
students.
With crowds of freshmen ex
ploring the union throughout the
evening, Pat Lahr, union social
diretcor, stated that the 1941 re
ception was the largest ever
staged. '
While Myron Roberts played the
organ in the union lounge, mem
bers of Innocents and Mortar
Board, senior honorarles and the
student council met freshmen, es
corted them to the receiving line
and served as general aides for
the evening.
Ellsworth F. DuTeau, secretary
of the alumni association, acted as
marshal and introduced students
, to members of the receiving line.
In the line besides the chancellor
and Mrs. Boucher were Dean and
Mrs. N. A. Bengtson, Dean and
Mrs. T. J. Thompson, and Mrs.
Verna Boyles.
Mrs. Ralph C. Bedell was in
Tryouts begin
Monday for UN
cheer leaders
All men with sophomore stand
ing interested in trying out for a
cheer leader position this year
should attend the first meeting to
be held in the office of the Daily
Nebraskan Monday, Sept. 15, at
3 p. m. The meeting will be di
rected by Paul Svoboda with Jack
Stewart and Ed Calhoun assisting
him as judges during the tryouts.
Experience will not be necessary
for these tryouts, and at least
eight men will be selected. There
will be further tryouts on the fol
lowing Tuesday and Wednesday.
ity cards will be sold during reg
istration, Monday through Wed
nesday. It's red caps
Innocents will sell
"Beanies," in symbolic scarlet
and cream, will be the fashion fad
of the campus following registra-
tion week, when, for the first time
in the history of the universitv.
iresnmen women wm he wearing
the colorful little caps to dis
lhm(in I 'i 1 1 ho lirna.!no-
tinguish their collegiate rank.
Sale of the beanies is being in-
Counselors
meet Sunday
All members of coed counsel
ors vvHI meet Sunday at 3 p. m.
in Ellen Smith according to an
announcement made yesterday
by Harriet Talbot, president.
A special meeting of the ex
ecutive board of the organiza
tion will be held in Ellen Smith
Sunday at 2 p. m. Both meet
ings were originally announced
for Monday.
Some
being led
ol the 1.500 freshmen
do'vn the receiving line.
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Union 'Howdy
campaign
begins Monday
"Howdy" 6.000 times to every
student on the campus is the aim
of the union from Sept. 15 to 20
when the new "Howdy" badges
start
ness.
their campaign of friendli-
Conceived by George Gostas of
'41, who headed the union board
of managers last year, the idea
appealed not only to the union di
(See BADGES, page 4.)
for all freshmen this
caps to men, beanies to women
itiated by Innocents society, and
accord'ng to president, Burton
Thiel, the purpose of the sale is
"to add color to the campus and
to foster rl
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men. utaMirj win ue auiu uuisiue
the soliseum during registration
for 50 cents.
Each freshman woman will re
ceive in return for her money a
card which will entitle her to claim
her beanie at Ben Simon and Sons.
An announcement as to the date
for the distribution of the caps
will follow in a later issue of the
Daily.
Red caps for men, too
As in former years, all freshmen
men will also wear freshmen visor
caps, and, as tradition dictates,
they will wear them until the an
nual tug-o'war between freshmen
and sophomores. If the freshmen
are victorious, they may stop
wearing the caps, but if the sopho
mores win, frosh must continue
wearing the caps until the first
snowfall on the campus. A new
nresent at the Chancellor's
Registration begins
in coliseum, social
sciences Monday
First day of the three-day registration period begins Monday
when 1S00 freshmen will pick their classes at meetings' with their
advisers in the coliseum, and upperclassmen will either accept or
change their registration of last May. Upperclassmen will pick up
copies of their pre-rcgistration In social sciences 311.
Frosh will take
Husker oath
next Thursday
Formal welcome to all new stu
dents at the university will be ex
tended at the freshman convoca
tion to be held Thursday, Sept. 18,
at 4 p. m. In the coliseum. Chan
cellor Boucher and Major "Biff"
Jones will both speak briefly, and
the climax of the convocation will
be the administration of the Corn
husker oath.
The dean of women, the dean of
men, all Innocents and Mortar
Boards and members of the Corn
cobs and Tassels will be present.
year
feature of this year's tug-o-war
will be the selections of teams so
that the sides will be. more even
than formerly.
Cornliusker
position open
To fill the vacancy caused
when the business manager of
the Cornliusker was ruled over
pointed last spring, the publi
cations board has set Wednes
day as the deadline for filings
for the position.
"The board will probably
meet late next week to inter
view candidates," Harold Ha
mil, director of the school of
journalism, and chairman of
the board, said.
Filing blanks may be ob
tained at the office of the
school of journalism, university
hall.
Changes in the registration of
last May can be made by present
ing a carbon copy of that registra
tion, together with a "drop and
add slip" signed by the adviser, to
the assignment committee. Com
plete changes are to be made by
the student's re-registering and
writing "re-registration" on the
left hand margin of the carbon
copy, A. R. Condon of the assign
ment committee announced.
Two-Fifths Rule Prevails.
Whenever such classes are
available, the "two-fifths rule," or
equal distribution of classes
throughout the week, will be ob
served. The alphabetical arrange
(See REGISTRATION, page 2.)
I-F council
reports 310
rushees file
First semi-official rush week
figures released Saturday by Ren
Bukacek, interfraternity council
secretary, show a slight chance for
Nebraska's 20 fraternities to bet
ter the results of last year's rush
ing. Total number of rushees this
year approximately 310 is 58
more men than actually pledged
in 1940.
Number of fraternity ' pledges
has been rapidly decreasing since
1937 when 318 men pledged. The
number had diminished by 1940 to
252 men pledges.
Actual cause for this difference
may be contributed to two major
causes the draft and lack of
funds. Statistics reveal that the
number of students eligible for
higher education reached its peak
in 1939 and has been declining
ever since.
But while fraternity pledges are
decreasing this first year under
the secretariat plan, sorority
pledges are increasing; 45 more
girls pledging this year than did
last.
Names of pledges will be re
leased Tuesday noon, Bukacek
said.
charge of the dining room where
refreshments were served. Each
of the two serving tables was dec
orated with a large red N with
red and white flowers at the base.
Serving from 8 to 9 o'clock were
Mrs. E. S. Fullbrook, Mrs. K. O.
Broady, Elizabeth Tierney and
Mrs. T. T. Bullock. Greeting stu
dents at the door were C. W, Scott
of teachers college and Mrs. Scott.
Assisting in the dining room were
Mrs. J. R. Wadsworth, Mabel Lee
and Esther Anderson.
From 9 to 10 o'clock, Mrs. C. C.
Wiggans, Mrs. Harriet Piatt, Mrs.
Albert Tugsley and Mary Mielenz
served. At the door were O. H.
Werner of teachers college and
Mrs. Werner. Assisting were Ger
trude Knie, Marcella Mason, Caro
line Ruby and Ruth Staples.
There was dancing in the ball
room during the evening and mov
ies in another room. Recorded mu
sic on the Carnegie set was pre
sented in the music room, and the
game rooms were also open.
Student members of the union
board and members of the union
staff were on hand to conduct
tours of the building for those
who wished them.