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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:
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Klrnl ihiiirli, 14th and K.
BtiMiiil church. 2Hli hik! H.
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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.
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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.
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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. ,
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