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. With Correspondent
Louis Fischer, author and foreign correspondent,
will lecture on the subject, '"Is This the End of
Bolshevism," Monday, Oct. 28 at the opening con
vocation of the 1941-42 series in the Union ball
room. Because he is in constant touch with leading
officials and diplomats, Fischer promises to pre
sent an up-to-the-minute survey of news behind
the news in war-lorn Europe.
In 1921 Fischer was sent to Berlin by the New
York Post and since then he has spent the last 19
years on roving assignments in Europe. He lived
in Russia almost continuously for 14 years and while
there he once sat with Stalin for six and a quarter
hours during which he says the Russian dictator
did most of the talking. He knows Soviet foreign
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Lincoln, Nebraska
Tuesday, October 21, 1941
ministers, commissars, and army generals and has
traveled thousands of miles up and down Russia
during his long residence there.
Book oi Reference.
Fischer has written the book, "The Soviets in
World Affairs," which is a standard reference
for students of Russian activities. He is at pres
ent writing a book covering the highlights of
his experiences in Europe. He covered the civil
war in Spain and the outbreak of the second
World war.
Fischer has been special European correspondent
for The Nation during his last 18 years and has
also contributed to the Baltimore Sun and many
foreign magazines, including The New Statesman
of London and the Prague Tagebuch.
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Plains for WSFA Coinicllave
Plans are nearly completed for
the regional convention of the
National Student Federation which
will be held on the Nebraska
campus Friday and Saturday, ac
cording to Ruth Iverson, secretary
of the student council and local
chairman of committee arrange
ments. Headquarters for the convention
will be the Union, and over 30 col
leges and universities are ex
pected to send representatives
from their student governing
bodies. Most of the delegates are
expected to arrive Thursday night
for registration, and convention
j activities will get underway Fri
i day morning with a plenary
! session, followed by discussion
groups.
Some of the topics to be dis
cussed during the conclave are,
' How can continuity of aims and
Debaters State Trip
Preferences Tonight
At the initial debate meeting ofl
the year tonight at 8 p. m. in!
Temple 205, new debate coach Le
roy T. Laase will offer debaters
a chance to express their prefer- j
ence for the feature out-of-state
trips of the year.
It is these trips that the stu-
UN Faculty
Member Gives
Organ Recital
Featuring Myron J. Roberts at j
the organ, the first faculty recital
of the year was presented Sun
day afternoon by the school of fine
arts in conjunction with the mu
sic committee of the First
Plymouth Congregational church.
Roberts introduced his program
with the Fanfare and Gothic
March by Weitx. He also presented
three Chorale-preludes by Bach,
the first one being "Have Mercy
on Us, O Lord."
Highlight of the recital was the
Lento from Vaughn Williams'
"London Symphony.'' "The Bells
of Westminster" by Vierne fur
nished the climatic ending for the
hour of music.
Mr. J. Dayton Smith, tenor, ap
peared as the assisting artist,
singing Bach's choral, "Now the
Sheep Secure are Grazing.' Smith
Is a new member of the faculty of
the school of music.
dents will be asked to rank in
order of their preference: Student
Legislative Assembly at Topeka.
Kas.; ' Rocky Mountain Speech
conference at Denver; Western
Conference Discussion and Debate
convention at Iowa City, and the
Missouri Valley Forensic League
at the University of Arkansas in
Fayetteville. Within the limita
tions of budget and feasibility, the
expressed preference of the po
tential squad will be followed.
In addition to the long trip or
trips which will be made, the
schedule will include three other
types of debating. There will be
meets on this campus with visit
ing schools before community and
university audiences.
Service Debates.
Secondly, a number of "service
debates" will be held. Trips will
be made within, or very near to.
the state to discuss vital ques
tions before high school and com
munity groups.
Two such trips have already
been definitely scheduled; but the
dates are not set. The varsity will
debate Creighton U. at Blair,
Neb., in a program sponsored by
the city chamber of commerce,
the public schools and Dana col
lege. Sometime during the year
the squad will travel to the Uni
versity of South Dakota at Ver
million for a public convocation
debate.
As a third part of the "in-state"
program. Nebraska will entertain
teams from other Nebraska col
(See DEBATE, page 2)
NBC Radio Program Salutes
Cornhushcrs Tonight at 7 p. m.
The university will receive a
special salute on the Phillip Morris
broadcast tonight accord
ing to word received by the uni
versity alumni office. The pro
gram is carried at 7 p. m. oer
WOW on the NBC red network.
The Nebraska institution will be
the fourth thus honored on a new
college series which has previ
ously saluted Cornell. Columbia,
and Stanford universities. Merrill
V. Reed, president of the New
York City alumni club and vice
president of Sales Management
magazine, has handled arrange
ments with the broadcasters for
the university.
"The Cornhuker" and other
school songs will be featured as
well as names of outstanding
alumni, the academic standing, en
rollment, athletic program and
history of the state university.
programs of student councils be
maintained?;" "Are apparent en
croachments on academic freedom
to be resisted or ignored?;" and
"What is a satisfactory demarca
tion line between student govern
ment authority and faculty and ad
ministration authority?"
Legislature Secretary Meets.
Hugo Srb, secretary of the Ne
braska unicameral legislature, will
lead a clinic on parliamentary pro
cedure Friday morning, and Orville
Freeman, from the University of
Minnesota, will address the meet
ing Friday night.
A highlight of the convention
will be the outdoor barbecue sched
uled to be held in one of the city's
parks Friday night. Saturday aft
ernoon will be devoted to listen
ing to football games in the par
lors of the Union, and a Saturday
night banquet and dance will cli
max the weekend.
Minneapolis Woman Chairman.
Evelyn Petersen, secretary of
the student council at the Univer
sity of Minnesota, and president
of the political faction on that
campus, is general convention
chairman. According to Local
Chairman Ruth Iverson, the NSFA
convention is not limited in at
tendance to large universities but
will include representatives from
(See CONVENTION, page 2)
Westbrook
Picks 56
Uni Singers
Fifty-six students have been se
lected university singers for this
year, following first semester try
outs, according to Dr. Arthur E.
Westbrook. director of the school
of fine arts.
University singers will present
their first program of the year
Friday evening for the state teach
ers' convention. The numbers will
be as follows:
Alia Trinita Traditional
Cloria Patri Palestrina
Jesus; Priceless Treasure ...Bach
Now let all the heavens adore
thee Bach
In these delightful pleasant
groves Purcell
Now is the month of Maying
Morley
Australian Up-Country Song
(no words) Grainger
New members are as follows:
First sopranos: Milrae Anderson.
Wahoo; Doris Atkinson, Red
Cloud; Mary Jane Chambers, of
North Platte; Elizabeth Farqu
har, Omaha; Ruth Ferguson, Lin
coln; Ann Fickling, Plainview;
Joy Miller, Lincoln; Janet rleg
nler, Lincoln; Shirley Smith, Hick
man; Catherine Tunison, Omaha.
Second sopranos: Hazel Arpke,
(See SINGERS, page 2)
Janet Hemphill Will Reign
As '41 Husker Pep Queen
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Pictured above is Janet Hemphill, Pi Beta Phi, who was elected
Pep Queen at the homecoming dance Saturday. She is shown emerg
ing from a huge football on the coliseum stage, from which she was
accompanied by Max Whittaker, UN yell king.
National Committee
Will Convene IK! ere
The committee on classifica
tion of universities and col
leges of the American Associa
tion of Universities will gather
in l.incojn sometime this week
for a series of meet iii)2S prior
to the association's annual con
tention to le hchl at the uni
versity Oct. 30 to Nov. 1.
This committee has charge
of accrediting colleges and uni-
Publishers
Offer College
Novel Award
Designed to give undergradu
ates an opportunity to take ad
vantage of faculty advice and in
struction while planning and writ
ing a novel, the Dodd, Mead In
tercollegiate Literary Fellowship
has been established for men and
women students who wish to be
come professional writers. The
fellowship is awarded on the basis
of promise shown in the project
submitted.
The award is $1,200. payable
quarterly or monthly (as the win
ner desires) for the term of one
year, commencing July 1, 1942.
All applications and projects, not
necessarily a completed manu
re NOVEL, i;.se 2)
versities whose students will be
accepted in the graduate
colleges of member institutions
of tbe association, according to
Dean R. W. Goss of the university
graduate college and chairman of
the committee making local con
vention arrangements. Committee
meetings will be held at the Corn
husker hotel.
Membership in the association
have been dealt out sparingly sine
its organization in 1900. The uni
versity was invited to become a
member in 1909, the eighth mem
ber among state universities and
the 18th of all members. The
membership roll follows:
Brown, Clark, Columbia, Cor
nell, Duke, Harvard, Indiana,
Johns Hopkins. McCill, Northwest
ern. Ohio State, Princeton, Stan
ford, and Yale universities; the
Universities of California, Chi
cago, Illinois, Kansas, Michigan,
Minnesota. Missouri. Nebraska,
North Carolina, Pennsylvania.
Texas, Toronto, Virginia, and
Wisconsin; California Institute of
Technology, Catholic University of
America, Massachusetts Institute
of Technology, State University of
Iowa., and Washington University
at St. Louis.
Ag Magazine
Staff Mecls
The Cornhusker Countryman
staff will meet today at 5 p. m.
in ag had, Dale Theobald, edi
tor, announced today. All mem
bers should attend the meeting.