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Vol. 41, No. 16.
Lincoln, Nebraska
Thursday, October 2, 1941
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Kosmet Klub Opens 30th Year
With Worker's Smoker Tonight
Kosmet Klub begins its 30th
year of activity on this campus to
night with the annual smoker for
new pledges which will be held in
the N club rooms in the coliseum
at 8 p. m.
All organizations ate urged to
send representatives to this first
get-together as well as any inter
ested student who wants to work
in the organization this year. Men
who have accomplished the most
work during the year will be
picked by the active group and
initiated next spring.
Kosmet Klub annually puts on
a fall revue and a spring show.
The fall revue which is planned
tentatively for the middle of No
vember includes skits by the va
rious fraternities, sororities, and
organized groups on the campus.
The skits are chosen by a com-
Historical
Society Elects
J. E. Lawrence
Ruth Ann Sheldon, Ag
Graduate, Wins Annual
Literary Contest Award
J. E. Lawrence, editor of the
Lincoln Star and instructor in the
university school of journalism,
was re-elected president of the
Nebraska Historical society at
their convention here last week.
Ruth Ann Sheldon, '41 graduate
of ag college and now an instruc
tor in home economics at Harvard,
Neb., was announced Saturday as
winner of the $25 first prize award
in the annual literary contest.
Sponsored by the Native Sons and
Daughters of Nebraska, the prize
was won by an essay dealing with
the "History of Nchawka 1855
1941." Other officers of the society be
sides Lawrence are A. T. Hill,
Hastings, first vice-president; H.
M. Eaton, Omaha, second vice
president; A. E. Sheldon, Lincoln,
secretary and superintendent and
Nathan Gold, Lincoln, treasurer.
On the executive board are A. B.
Wood, Gering; Lawrence, Eaton
and A. J. Weaver, Falls City.
In an afternoon address before
the meeting, Dr. T. A. Kisselbach
of ag college asserted that soy
beans could become a more im
portant factor in Nebraska agri
culture. He said the growing
value of the crop because of indus
trial utilization promised a west
ward extension of the recognized
soybean industry.
Bess Streeter Aldrich, well
known Nebraska author said in
her luncheon speech, "The Novelist
and Nebraska History," that a
complete history of Nebraska has
not yet been written.
Union To Send
Soldiers Paper
Students who have .relatives
or friends in any branch of
military service s.o urged to
bring their names and ad
dresses to the Union office by
Friday so that soldiers may re
ceive a copy of the monthly
Union news letter.
-Men's Dramatic (iron
Interested Students Urged
mittce and the best numbers are
included in the show which is held
Wult Rundln
Jack Strwart
New Taxes
Up Union
Dance Price
Pat Lalir Announces
Change Is Effective
On Saturday Niglit
Change in price for Union week
end dances has been announced by
Pat Lahr, social director. The tick
ets will now cost 15c a person in
stead of the 10c charged since
the Union first opened.
The price change will become
effective Saturday when Hank
Mattison plays for the dance from
9-12 p. m. in the ballroom. Stu
dents must present identification
cards.
According to Miss Lahr, the
reason for the change came when
the department of internal revenue
stated that a two cent tax mus.t
be charged. The tickets will be
13c with a two cent tax. Another
reason for the increase is the ris
ing wage scale change in music
unions.
Henry Mattison will play for the
Union dance next Saturday.
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Sponsored by War Department . . .
Navigation Course Offers
Opportunities to Students
Students who know their mathe
matics but aren't interested in
flying an army plane will . have
their chance to take up a course
possibly leading to a commission
as 2nd lieutenant in the new aerial
navigation course being offered by
the war department.
This course is available to all
young men meeting the prescribed
requirements. These requirements,
although agreeing in general with
those necessary for pilots, are not
quite as rigid, which means that
men who have been rejected for
training in flying would be eligible
for this course in navigation and
gunnery.
The basic training will be given
at schools under army supervi
sion with additional training at an
Air Corps unit if the primary
course has been passed satisfac
torily. During training, the stu-
to Attend
in a downtown theatre. Three
cups are awardedto the best skits
given by men's groups, women's
groups and for the best curtain
act. Alpha Sigma Phi won the
curtain act last year with Alpha
Phi and Phi Kappa Psi winning
the two skit cups.
Male Cast.
The spring show for many.years
was played by a male cast but
last year's musical comedy in
cluded both men and women. This
idea met general campus approval
and will probably be used for the
show this spring.
'Cash prizes are olfered for the
manuscript which is used for the
show which is written by univer
sity students. Awards are also
made for the best music written
for the spring show. Clarence
Flick and Romulo Soldervilla
were the authors of the last
spring show entitled "Torso del
Torro."
Kosmet Klub was founded in
(See KOSMET KLUB, Page 2.)
Three Digests Reprint fEssay
on Bloomers' From Schooner
Bloomers are worn chiefly to irk
and to strike terror to a mans
very soul, states Rudolph Urn-
CAA Extends
Registration
To Oetober 4
Deadline for registration
in
CAA has been extended according
to an announcement received yes
terday from William Barber,
ground school supervisor. Appli
cations for admittance into both
the primary and secondary flight
training classes will be received
until noon Saturday, Barber said.
Application blanks and addition
al information may be obtained
from Professor Haney in 203 ME
building.
Who Know Mathematics
dent receives $75 per month, and
when commissioned, the pay in
creases to $125 per month exclud
ing ration allowance and flight
pay. Further information may be
obtained at the Military Depart
ment Office, Room 204, Nebraska
Hall.
Lawyers Hold
Smoker Tonight
C 1 in t o n Campbell, lawyer,
will speak tonight at the annual
smoker for law students on "Law
as an Opportunity for , Service."
He will elaborate on the 'position
the courts play in today's world
and the part lawyers can take in
the upheaval existing at present.
He will further the subject by
noting how courts and lawyers in
the establishing of justice affect
all things.
Husker enthusiasm will rise to its peak tonight as fans of
the scarlet and cream gather for the first rally of the season,
Riving the 1941 Nebraska team a gala sendoff on its trek to
Ames to meet the Iowa State Cyclones.
The victory bell, lavishly decorated by the Tassels and
manned by cheerleaders and Corn Cobs will call the students
together in front of the Union at 7 p. m. From there, the rally
will proceed down R Street to 16th, north on 16th to Vine,
and then to the stadium.
Seeking another overwhelming victory over the Cyclones
m its first appearance this year before the gridiron fans of
America, the team will send as its representatives Coach Biff
Jones, Line Coach Link Lyman, and (lame Captain Clarence.
Herndon, to address the rallying crowd. -Max Whittaker, yell
king, will lead llusker fans in Nebraska cheers and songs.
Busy for the last week on plans for what they predict will
be biggest and loudest rally in UN history, Corn Cobs and
Tassels, men and women's pep clubs, will make a pre-rally
tour of all organized houses at dinner time tonight. The
Tassels will distribute "N" feathers to be worn at the rally.
Displaying true Husker spirit at an advanced date, approxi
mately 200 students participated in an impromptu rally orig-.
inating- on fraternity and sorority row last night. Marching
down the streets singing- Husker songs and yelling Husker
cheers with spontaneous enthusiasm, the crowd proceeded to
0 street to give Lincoln people a demonstration of Cornhusker
loyalty comparable to last year's Rose Bowl celebrations.
Come out and rally tonight!
Barb Women Entertain
At Mass Activity Session
Seven students .will explain the
advantages of activities at a mass
meeting of barb women in the
Union ballroom this afternoon
from 4:30 to 6.
Following the short talk, a
land, state supervisor of writers'
project, in his "Short Essay on
Bloomers" which was first pub
lished in the summer issue of the
Prairie Schooner and has re
ceived wide proclamation.
The first bloomer appeared in
the middle part of the last cen
tury, but soon lost its popularity.
Then, in the nineties, the bloomer
had a comeback, brought about
by the bicycle. According to Mr.
Umland, after a number of years
the women became bold enough to
wear them without, skirts when
entering in gymnastics. They re
mained the standard apparel for
women in sports until the intro
duction of "shorts." In closing
Professor Umland hopes that fash
ion may never decree the resur
rection of the bloomer.
"Short Essay on Bloomers" was
reprinted from the Schooner in
the October edition of Fact Di
gest and Magazine Digest, and
now is to be published in a future
"World Digest."
P. S. Coed gym students con
tinue the bloomer "fad" in
green!
Collegiate Radio
Company Plans
Exchange Shows
The Intercollegiate Broadcasting
System, banding together colleg
iate operated radio stations, is
planning exchange broadcasts of
novel, educational, and entertain
ing radio programs this year pre
pared by students in colleges from
Maine to California. Classical mu
sic, latest popular songs, and dra
matic sketches win most recogni
tion. The two-yearv old organization
was started at Brown University
and' has spread to such campuses
at Harvard, Columbia, Yale,
Princeton, and Cornell. Students
arrange and stage their own pre
sentations. If the exchange idea is
put through, men and women may
hear programs prepared in col
leges far from their own.
question and discussion hour will
take place, according to Dorothy
White, president of BABW which
is sponsoring the meeting. Al
though men will speak, the ma
jority of the activities reviewed
will be those most popular with
women.
This meeting wil acquaint the
students with the whole barb
activity program and will inform
them early in the year of the
awards offered by the BABW at
the end of the year to women
who have at least 100 activity
points to their credit. The recog
nition is given at the annual
barb banquet in the spring.
Marvin Reviews Barb Union.
Dave Marvin, president of barb
union, the club for all barb men,
will review briefly the function
of the group; and Fern Wilter
dink, president of a similar organ
ization for girls, will explain In
terhouse Council organization.
Marjorie May, news editor of
the Daily Nebraskan, will tell how
to secure work on the student
publications. Harold Alexis will
show how all barb organizations
are coordinated in the barb
council.
The organization and purpose of
the barb social program as
brought about by the barb
bomber, barb activity tickets, will
be explained by Bob Dewey. El
don Mathauser will speak on the
barb housing problem.
Tassels will be represented by
Marilyn Fulton, and Dorothy
White will represent BABW.
The Weather
Skies, according to the weather
man's report, will be overcast to
day and showers a ill probably fall
accompanied by cooler weatchr,
Friday will also be cloudy.
Theatre Drive
Ends Friday
Tassels, women's pep organi
zation, will continue its drive to
sell season tickets to Univer
sity Theatre plays through to
day and Friday. All those in
terested should contact a mem
ber of Tassels before Friday
evening. Tickets are $2.20 for
the five plays to be produoed
during the year.
