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2) sura Kni)ir(i ffkt 1ailyIebhaskaii Z 408 Vol. 41, No. 8. Corn Cobs Hold Party Wednesday Pep Croup Entertains New Pledges at Annual Smoker in N Club Room First Corn Cob smoker for new pledges will be held Wednesday at 7:30 in the N club rooms in the coliseum, Don Steele, president of the men's pep organization, an nounced yesterday. Any sophomore with athletic eligibility may attend the smoker. Work for the first rally before the Iowa-State football game will be assigned, Steele said. Col. C. J. Frankforter, Corn Cob adviser, will talk to the new pledges. If the turn-out meets ex pectations over 45 new men will attend the meeting Wednesday. Three activity points are given for workers. In the spring, the sixteen pledges with the largest number of hours, given on the basis of work done, will be ini tiated as actives. Issuing Welcome . Lincoln Churches Arrange Student Parties, Services . . . For Next Week Lincoln churches will again ac-' quaint students with Lincoln church life next week when churches throughout the city par ticipate in university church par ty night and churcn Sunday. Informal entertainment will feature church parties planned for Friday evening, Sept. 26. The fol lowing Sunday, Sept. 28, will be all-university churcn Sunday when students are especially invited to services. "If our civilization is to be pre served, we must cherish more dearly, and we must cultivate more seriously the spiritual phases of human life," Chancellor C. S. Boucher said. "We hope that all university students who have been church members at home will af filiate with their churches here; if they have not joined a church, now would be an appropriate time to do so. Students find a cordial welcome in all Lincoln churches." Cooperating in this week's two npeciiil events arc the following churches: mmsr. Klrnl ihiiirli, 14th and K. BtiMiiil church. 2Hli hik! H. ( A1IIOI.IC. C. V. O. hull. Miss Meredith Gets Honor Prof Lead Important Business Writing Survey Miss Mamie Meredith of the English department has been ap pointed chairman of a national committee of the American Busi ness Writing association. The com mittee will survey and publicize materials valuable to future pro grams in business English and will offer a report for discussion at the annual convention in Chi cago during the Christmas holi days. Miss Meredith was a member last year of the committee to col lect and exhibit material useful In teaching business English. She has been on the editorial staff of the Association of Business Writ ers Bulletin for three years and is on the bibliographical staff of the periodical American Speech, published by the Columbia univer sity press. , i . Official Newspaper Of More Than 7,000 Lincoln, Nebraska BarVs First Dance Draws 750 to Union First barb dance of the year got the Barb Council social program off to a flying start Saturday night as a crowd of 750 unaffili ated students attended the Mexi can party in the Union ballroom. Based on the theme of Latin America, Hank Mattison's orches tra .played congas tangos, and other tunes of the same type. Ad mission to the dance was a Barb Bomber activity ticket. During intermission five couples including Marjorie Holmes, Janice Hagelin, Louise Woerner, Frank O'Connell Jean Powell, Russel Le ger, Frank Smith, Ellis Ruby, Jack Werner, and Nadine Despotwitch, presented a South American spec ialty dance. Saturday's affair marked the first in a series of dances to be held this fall in the Union. Pur chase of a Barb Bomber will ad mit barbs to five after-football-game hour dances and three or chestra night parties similar to the one held last night. All Ciitholio nhurches. Special program at Student Union build inn. CHRISTIAN. First church, lrtth and K. ONGKK; AI IO.WI . First Plymouth, 20111 and D. Vine, 2oth and S. KI'ISCOI Al.. University, 13th and R KV.ANGKI.K AT.. First Evangelical, 1333 No. 33. M'THKKAN. Grace. 14th and F. Freldens, 0th and 1). American. 21th and U. Saviors, 22nd and M. Student Union, Parlors Y and Z. MKTHODIST. Kim Park, 29th and Randolph. Kmrnnnuel, l.'ith and U. (See SERVICES, Page 4.) Herein a Secret Lies Revealed To Freshmen Having been bothered nth times by frantic freshmen who, after pushing the butto :s on the Union faucets, find no way to stop the flow, we are forced to write an "Open letter to freshmen." Dear Uninitiated: The faucets in the Union lavatories shut off automatically. Don't worry about finding a knob or handle or something to turn them off. And now you know the big secret. The Weather The weatherman stuck out his neck again today as he usually does and predicted that there will be cloudy skies and thundershow ers In the east and south central; cooler in the east and south today. Staff Will Resell '41 Yearbooks All students who ordered Cornhuskers last year and failed to pick them up must do so by Friday, Sept. 26, ac cording to Shirley Russet, edi tor of the yearbook. This ap plies to those who paid in full and also those who made par tial payment. Books not claimed by Sept. 26 will be resold at a discount. Students Sunday, September 21, 1941 Union Sponsors Variety Show Next Oct. 5 Pat Lahr Seeks Students With Entertainment Talent For First 1941-2 Program First student union variety show of the year will be presented Oct. 5, Pat Lahr, union social director, announced yesterday when she sent out a call for students hav ing entertainment talent to sign up in the Union office. All students who fill out a card stating their name, telephone num ber and address, will have a chance to take part in campus en tertainment besides the union va riety shows. Registrations will be kept in the union talent bureau file, Miss Lahr said. "No matter what you do, we can find a place for you somewhere," she commented. Students who registered last year are asked to register again. Cheer Leader Candidates Meet Tuesday Six additional cheerleaders will be chosen in tryouts Tuesday aft ernoon according to announcement made yesterday by Jack Stewart, chairman of the Innocents com mittee, which picks the group. Sophomore and junior men are eligible for the tryouts if they ful fill the general university eligibil ity qualifications. All interested are uged to report to the Daily Nebraskan office Tuesday after noon. The exact time will be stated in the Tuesday Daily Nebraskan. At tryouts several days ago, Max Whittaker was named Husk er yell king for this year, and Jim Vanlandingham and Mark Hargrave were chosen to help lead cheers at the freshman convoca tion. These two cheerleaders may retain permanent positions only if they proved satisfactory at that convocation. Acting on the committee to judge the try-outs in addition to Stewart are Ed Calhoun, Walt Rundin. Paul Svoboda and Don Steele. Deceased Sculptor Memorializes Sioux Indians in Magazine Article ... By Proposed Carvings With feature articles by Chief Justice Robert G. Simmons of the Nebraska supreme court, and Gut zon Borglum, Rushmore Memorial sculptor, the October-December quarterly issue of the "Nebraska HIsLkv" magazine is devoted to memorializing the Sioux Indian tribe. Borglum's article, written only a short time before his death, de scribes the proposed sculptoring of a granite memorial to the Sioux Indians in the Pine Ridge foothills near Chadron. At the time of his writing, the famous sculptor planned the re production of an entire tribe of Indians, 14 to 16 feet in height, and carved from 30, 60 and 80 ton blocks of Rushmore granite. Flag Raising Incident. Title of an article by Major Charles Allen, early homesteader and Nebraska is "Red Cloud and the U. S. Flag," In which Allen describes the now famoua flag raising incident at the Red Cloud Farm Mouse, Pi (Beta Phi Wm Top honors Nine social fraternities and ten social sororities topped the all student average of the university during the second semester of the school year 1940-41, according to the regular report on the relative scholastic rating of undergraduate groups released Saturday by T. J. Thompson, dean of student affairs. Official Ranking Social1 Sororities. 1 Phi Beta Phi 2.748. 2. Kappa Alpha Theta 2.714. 3. Alpha Omicron Pi 2.634. 4. Alpha Chi Omega 2.623. 5. Alpha Phi 6. Gamma Phi Beta. 7. Delta Gamma. 8. Kappa Kappa Gamma. 9. Chi Omega. 10. Alpha Xi Delta. 11. Sigma Kappa. 12. Kappa Delta. 13. Delta Delta Delta. 14. Sigma Delta Tau. 15. Phi Mu. Social Fraternities. 1. Farm House 2.877. 2. Zeta Beta Tau 2.579. 3. Sigma Alpha Mu 2.551. 4. 'Alpha Gamma Rho 2.550. 5. Acacia. 6. Beta Theta Pi. 7. Sigma Chi. 8. Beta Sigma Psi. 9. Alpha Tau Omega. 10. Delta Upsilon. 11. Sigma Phi Epsilorv 12. Kappa Sigma. 13. Phi Delta Theta. 14. Phi Gamma Delta. 15. Phi Kappa Psi. 16. Sigma Nu. 17. Alpha Sigma Phi. 818. Delta Tau Delta. 19. Chi Phi. 20. Sigma Alpha Epsilon. 21. Theta Xi. Listed as professional fra ternities. Hciiniiigcr Urges Draft Registrants to Check Health An announcement urging all men of draft age to consult their doctor and dentist for correction of any remedial physical defects before they are called for exami nation by their local boards as a patriotic duty was made yester day by Brig. Gen. Guy N. Hen-, ninger, state director of selective service. A high rate of rejections of reg istrants for remediable physical disabilities has been shown by sta tistics compiled by national selec tive service headquarters. Registrants are advised even tho they will not be called for exami nation by the local board in the near future to see their physician and dentist for their own personal benefit. Indian agency near Crawford 1874. in Written by Addison E. Sheldon, editor of the quarterly, which is published by the State Historical society, "A Memorial to the Sioux Nation" is an account of the Sioux tribe with relation to the Pine Ridge region near Chadron. Other contributions include "Documentation for the Story of the Ogallala and Brule Sioux," by Florence M. Poast; "Shallenber ger and the Massecre Canyon Monument," (and an article by Bishop George A. Beecher entitled "Why Remember the Indian?" Counselors Hold Mass Meeting Coed Counselors will hold a mass meeting today at 3 p. m. in Elten Smith hall, Harriet Talbot, coed counselor presi dent, announced fa'urday. All coed counselors r, - requested to be prpr.cn Pi Beta Phi, with an average of 2.748, was In first place in ths. so rority scholarship rating, with. Kappa Alpha Theta, last semes ter's winners, following closely in second place. First place among the fraternities was taken by Farm House, listed in the report as' a professional fraternity. Zeta Beta Tau and Sigma Alpha Mu took second and third places, re spectively. The all-sorority average of 2.532, as in past reports, was above the all-fraternity average of 2.285. The all-student average was 2.424. The all-sorority average was a shade under the non-sorority aver age of 2.536, and similarly the all fraternity average fell slightly un der the non-fraternity average of 2.391. Complete ranking of the social fraternities and sororities may be found in the column at the left. Professional Groups First. Professional organizations and women's co-operative dormitories won top scholastic honors over (See HONORS, Page 4.) Aivgwan Needs Staff Willing To Climb Steps Fifty-two steps aren't very many, but Jim Lipsey, editor, and Melvin Tennenbaum, business manager of the Awgwan Flash blame them for their trouble in, organizing this semester's staff. With only a few willing to climb to the third floor of the union where the Flash office was moved to this September, there are many opportunities open on both the editorial and business staffs. AACP Elects Dean Lyman Pharmaey Profs Hoick, Burt Head Committees Dean R. A. Lyman of the college of pharmacy was reappointed chairman of the committee on problems and planning of the American Association of Colleges DEAN C.A. UVMAlsl of Pharmacy at the annual meet ing in Detroit in August. He was also reelected editor of the Amer ican Journal of Pharmaceutical Education. Prof. H. G. O. Hoick was ap pointed a membDr of the resolu tions committee of the AACP in the section on pharmacognosy and pharmacology. Prof. J. B. Burt, chairman of the department of pharmacy and pharmaceutical chemistry, was reappointed chair man of a committee on personnel problems of the American Pharm aceutical association and affiliated organizations. Burt is again a member of the committee on pro fessional relations of the AACP as wull as a memrir of a special com mittee to study program proced ures for the scientific section "of the APA. , '4 r I 0