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With fraternity rush week completed and 292 men pledged, Greek
houses on the campus staged a substantial comeback this year after
a decline of several years, according to figures released by Ren Buka
cek. secretary of the Interfraternity Board of Affairs, yesterday.
Leading the list with 28 pledges each are Phi Gammma Delta
and Phi Delta Theta. The average for the 20 fraternities on the
campus numbers 15.
This number is unusually large since a decrease was expected
this year in both university enrollment and the number of fraternity
pledges. Both have completely shattered predictions, however, and
"Vtf MILYWMBRISKAN
Official Newspaper Of More Than 7,000 Students
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Vol. 41. No. 5
Lincoln, Nebraska
Wednesday, September 17, 1941
Interventionist Speaks at Union
Dr. Linton,
War Veteran,
Leads Forum
"When Does the Shooting War
Begin?" will be the subject of a
talk by Dr. Ralph Linton, declared
interventionist and professor of
anthropology at Columbia univer
sity, at the Union sponsored forum
to be held in the faculty lounge
tomorrow at 4 p. m.
Dr. Linton, who served as an
officer in the AEF, was a member
of the famous Rainbow division,
the 149th F. A., in the last World
war.
A graduate of Swarthmore col
lege, Linton received his MA from
the University of Pennsylvania
and his PhD from Harvard. He
has done field and expeditionary
work in anthropology thruout the
U. S. and in the Central American
countries and has been curator of
North American ethnology at the
Field museum of natural history.
(See FORUM, page 8)
Instead of Hamburgers ...
UN Students Eat Regularly
In Union's Three-Meal Club
Properly planned meals for stu
dents instead of three hamburgers
a day is one of the aims of the
three meals a day club started by
the student union this fall, union
director Bill Marsh explaned yes
terday opening his campaign to
launch the project.
Served in the cafeteria, break
fast, lunch, and dinner will cost
boarding students 70 cents a day.
The club must be joined for a
month in advance, and member
ship will entitle the student to
throe meals a day, six days a
week. September will consist of
only 11 days, at a cost of $7.70,
beginning Thursday morning with
breakfast.
Monthly rate of the club will be
computed on the number of school
days each month, and will average
about $1.20 a week. On this basis
October will include 27 days for
J1S.90; and November, 23 days at
116.10.
Balanced Diets.
Meals planned by a dietician to
meet the proper nutritional re
quirements at a minimum cost
will reduce the necessity of stu
dents going thru school 4,on a
shoestring" eating hamburgers or
the like three times a day.
"If the student finds it impossi-
Barb Council
Elects Alexis
New President
Fern Wilterdink Chosen
To the Vice-presidency
To fill the office vacated by
Budd Walker, who joined the air
force this summer, Harold Alexis
was elected president of the barb
council at a meeting of council
members Monday. Fern Welter
dink was elected vice president.
Both are active in campus af
fairs. Alexis, chosen vice presi
dent of the council last spring,
was formerly secretary-treasurer.
Miss Wilterdink is now president
of the interhouse council.
At this first meeting of the year,
Barb Bombers, barb social activ
ity tickets, were distributed for
sale in barb houses.
Schossbergcr
Named New
UN Editor
New university editor will be
Miss Emily Schossbergcr of New
York City, formerly with the
Fordham university press, the
chancellor's office announced Tues
day. Miss Schossbergcr is re
placing Carroll Chouinard and
will begin her work on Sept. 22.
Working with the board of uni
versity publications, the new edi
tor will be concerned solely with
the editorial department. The re
cently separated publicity depart
ment is now under the direction
of Harold Hamil, director of the
school of journalism.
Born in Austria-Hungary, Miss
Schossberger attended several
European universities as well as
Columbia university in New York.
Along with her editorial work, she
has written numerous short stories
and articles as well as some
translations of both.
for Limited Budgets
ble to pay an entire month in ad
vance," Marsh stated, "arrange
ments may be made at the time
the ticket is purchased to pay for
one or two weeks in advance to
alleviate the strain on his budget."
The three meals a day club does
not include Sunday meals, but
these may be added if the mem
bers desire. During school holi
days, money will be extended un
til the next month. Refunds on
membership will be made in cases
of illness or if for some legitimate
reason the student is not able to
eat at the union.
Eating in the cafeteria with the
regular customers, three meal a
day members will be served at the
following hours: Breakfast, 7:30
(See BUDGET, page 2W
Christensen Heads UN Project
Designed For National Defense
The university is taking an ac
tive part in national defense as
well as the promotion of Ne
braska industries by the introduc
tion this month of the new legis
lative sponsored chemurgy project.
Dr. Lee L. Christensen, research
executive appointed for the project
by the board of regents, arrived
in Lincoln Sept. 1 and has been
given an office with laboratory fa
cilities in experiment station hall
on the ag campus.
Dr. Christensen said that the
aim of his chemurgy research was
to find out what Nebraska farm
products could be utilized into
profitable industries. Working pri
marily with plastics and gynthized
products, the Nebraska chemurg
ista are mainly interested in the
possible use of Nebraska's grain
sorghums in the starch and fer
mentation industries. Included in
the survey will be an examination
of the needs for the defense pro
gram in order to determine
whether some of them may be sup
plied by the present or possible
Nebraska chemurglc industries.
Before actual experimentation can
be instituted it will be necessary
to make an extensive survey, tak
ing probably three or four months.
Two things are to be found out,
Second Day
Registration
Runs Steady
Dr. Congdon Announces
Late Registration Fees
Charged After 5 Today
Final estimates of registration
figures and their comparison to
last year's enrollment will not be
available until Friday but second
day registration progressed very
smoothly yesterday with steady
lines and no congestion, according
to Dr. A. R. Congdon, head of the
university assignment committee.
Junior division students numbered
(See REGISTRATION, page 2)
Beta's Byron
May Become
UN Alumnus
The dog that competed with the
Student Union, the Cornhusker
football team, and the coliseum in
student appeal may soon be gone
from the campus.
Owned by members of Beta
Theta Pi fraternity, whose dogs
have always raed among the top
attractions for students and visi
tors on the campus, Byron, the
Beta's Great Dane, contracted
some bad habits during the sum
mer.
Previously content to simply
romp about the campus, loll on
the steps of the Union, or roam
thru classrooms, Byron now pur
sues those who hurry out of his
way, and then playfully nips them.
But a "playful nip" by little
Byron, who stands about five feet
high, somewhat parallels direct
contact with a buzz saw, if Byron
persists in this rather unpleasant
habit, the Betas have decided to
send him to Omaha for a "taming
down" period, and if this is un
successful, Byron will be just an
other Nebraska alumnus.
said Dr. Christensen. they are:
what kind of industries could work
successfully in the state and what
other states, climatically and agri
culture the same, have been doing
in this field. We are particularly
interested in the possibility of the
'oils hydroginized into foodstuffs,'
he also stated.
Dr. Christensen is not an un
known in the field of chemurgy
since he is a recognized leader in
both university circles as well as
those in industry. To become a
member of the Nebraska faculty,
Daily Organizes
Ag News Staff
Ag campus will have com
plete news coverage this year
in the Daily Nebraskan, accord
ing to Randall Pratt, news edi
tor, who is now organizing an
ag campus staff. All ag stu
dents that are Interested in re
porting, are asked to get In
touch with Randall Pratt at
once for full particulars. There
are plenty of positions open for
both men and women In home
economics and other ag departments.
Music Groups
Hold Try outs
Wednesday
Dates for the tryouts for mem
bership in university music organ
izations were announced Tuesday
by Prof. L. E. Tagg.
Tryouts for the university band
will be held Wednesday in room
202 of the school of music; after
Wednesday tryouts will be held
only by appointment with Don
Tentz or Ward Moore.
These desiring to tryout for the
university orchestra should see
Emanuel Wishnow of the school
of music.
Dr. Arthur E. Westbrook will
interview for the university sing
ers and other choral organizations
in room 101, school of music Wed
nesday from 5-6. Thereafter, either
presence at the first scheduled re
hearsal or an appointment is nec
cessary. New Broadcast
Begins Friday
Frank Egan Will Resume
Series of Book Programs
Frank Egan, of the university
library, will start his new series
of talks on book news, September
19, at 4:15 on radio station KFOR.
The discussions, which Mr. Egan
originated la3t spring, are con
ducted for students interested in
current books, the writers, and
the authors lives.
Egan hopes to continue his poli
cy of bringing in prominent men
from various prrts of the country,
to interview during the course of
the program.
The Weather
For Nebraska: Increasing cloud
iness, Wednesday.
Dr. Christensen arranged a leave
of absence from the University of
Idaho where he is the chairman of
the department of agriculture
chemistry.
To work with Dr. Christensen
and Chancellor Boucher is both an
advisory and executive committee
Regent C. Y. Thompson of West
Point has accepted the board of
regents' request that he serve as
chairman of both committees
Other members of the executive
committee appointed by the board
to determine policies and author
ize expenditures from the special
fund for this purpose, are: Senator
John S. Callan of Odell, President
of the legislative council; Chet G.
Marshall of Arlington, president of
the Nebraska Progress association;
Carlyle Hodgkin of Lincoln, farm
editor for the Omaha World-Herald;
and Frank Robinson, Kearney
Stockman. Dr. Christensen is ex
ecutive secretary of this commit
tee. The large advisory group will be
soon announced by the board of re
gents and will represent as widely
as possible the various interests of
the state whose advice and counsel
will be valuable to this enterprise
as well as some members of the
(See CHRIS lLi; SEN, page 8)
are higher in number than last
year in spite of the defense effort
and the draft.
The semi-official count revealed
the following facts:
348 men pledged in 1935
324 men pledged in 1936
348 men pledged in 1937
334 men pledged in 1938
298 men pledged in 1939
252 men pledged in 1940
292 men pledged in 1941
These figures show that the de-
cline peak haa possibly been
reached and that the fraternities
at Nebraska are again on the way
up.
Increased Wealth.
Cause of the added enrollment
and the number of pledges mav
be attributed to the increased
wealth which has come into Ne
braska because of the lack of
drouth this year and the defense
industries.
In 1939 statisticians predicted
that the number of students eligi
ble for higher schooling had
reached its peak and was ready
for a decline. This was true in
1940 but 1941 seems to mark an
upward trend which is promising.
In addition to the 292 pledges,
fraternities show 140 repledges
held over from last year. This
does not necessarily mean that
these men failed to make their av
erages and therefore were not eli
gible for initiation but that many;
(See FRATERNITIES, page 3)
Moritz Reports
57 Placements
Service Places Additional
Teachers for Fall Term
Director R. D. Moritz, of the
Nebraska educational service, re
ported Tuesday that 57 additional
teacher placements had been made
for the fall term. He issued the
following list:
Eunice Schwedhelm, Lorraine's.
Bixler, Dorothy Aldrich, Geraldine
Davis, Arthur Fellers, Bess Gross
man, E. R. Oetting, Lewis, Decker,
Wilber Williamson, Elsie Rejsek.
Mildred Shannon, Harold Scott,
Mary Lou Taly, Eva Sennett, Ma
rie Kosmata, Frances Middleton,
Elizabeth Lavelle, Hester Mott,
Harriett Moock, Dorothy Robb.
Minor D. Plumb, Robert Quick,
Evelyn Llus, Marie Moss, Lois
Martin, Dorothy Mitchell, Doris
Shaner, James Veach, Janet Har
lis, Ellen Skaff.
T. S. Rosen. Georgia Sitzer, Lau
ra Wurtzel, Edna Drummond, Jo
hanna Roerden, Gilbert Koza, Eliz
abeth Detrick, Margaret McGrath,
Herman Stutheit, Irma Johnston.
Robert Hanson, Charles Worrall,
Alice Kohl, Dorothy Olson, Alice
Ehler, S. B. Shively, Martha Ber
quist, Mary Tyrrell, Dorothy Og
den, Margaret Johnson, Mabel
Johnston.
Innocents Will
Hold Yell Leader
Tryouts Today
Tryouts for all sophomore
men who are interested in
cheerleading will be held again
today at 10:30 a. m. at the of
fice of the Daily Nebraskan in
the basement of the student
Union building.
The committee in charge of
judging includes Paul Svoboda,
Jack Stewart, Ed Calhoun, Don
Steele, and Walt Rundln. Max
Whittaker, the Husker yell
king, will assist the judges.
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