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Conference of College Presidents
Organizes Civilian Morale Service
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An attempt to increase public struction, and the executive sec
nndorstanding of current criti.-al ! -et:ry of the Nebraska public
times will be th1 main purpose of
the state school and college civilain
morale service to be organized at
n conference of Nebraska college
presidents, this week-end in the
Union.
The state sch )ol and college
civilain morale service is a nation
wide program to enlist the services
of United States educational facil
ities. Among those attending this
mating which is a part of an ex
tensive program being inaugur
ated as a defense activity by Pres
ident Roosevelt, will be D. Kred
J. Kelly, chief ot the division of
higher education in the U. S.;
st.it'.' superintendent of public in-
library commission. Chancellor
C S. Boucher will act as host for
the university.
The school and colleges civilian
morale service will try to encour
age the widespread participation
of students and teachers in all
types of voluntary activities It
will also endeavor to enlist the
extensive experiences of educa
tional leaders to organize pro
grams for the discussion ot prob
lems of common interest.
Vast resourses of schools, col
leges, universities, and libraries
will be mobilized to develop a
nationwide program to inform the preparation tor post-emergency re
public 01 the pressing public is- j adjustments.
sues. Various forums, study and
discussion groups and organized
reading groups will bo formed
by educational agencies for the
general adult population. Also
volunteer speakers and discussion
leaders will be engaged by the
service to inform the general
public of what the President terms
"the complicated problems oi these
critical times."
This service, to be developed in
tvery state, will also attempt to
modily the training in secondary
institutions so that their regular
students will receive the greatest
Over 600 students will make the trip to Manhattan to watch a
rejuvenated Nebraska team take on the Kansas Wildcats. Cornhusker
tallying will start when the student special pulls into Manhattan at
noon Saturday. The varsity hand, followed by Tassels, Corn Cobs and.
Innocents will lead the rally from the station to the campus.
Cry for this week's battle will be "Manhandle Manhattan," ac
cording to R. Donald Steele, Coin Cob president. Students are urged
to exhibit real Nebraska spirit in the section reserved for 500 Corn
husker rooters.
"Ticket sales are fair, and are expected to pick up when students
make a last moment decision to join the crowd going to Kansas"
was the comment from John K. Selleck's office yesterday about the
rfh Daily Nebmskm
Official Newspaper Of More Than 7,000 Students
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of this emergency and the best : annual student migration to le held at Kansas State this week-end.
There are still many good game tickets for sale at the advance
price of $2.25. Train fare, if tickets are purchased ahead of time, is
$2.65. round trip. Tickets purchased at the station or on the train
will sell at a higher pric- because of the new tax which went into
effect after the university purchased its section.
The special student train will leave the Burlington station in
Lincoln at 7:30 a. m. Saturday, arriving in Manhattan at 11:55 a. ra.
The return train will leave at 11:55 p. m. Saturday and reach Lin
coln at 5 a. m. Sunday. Tickets are on sale at John K. Selleck's
Vol. 41, No. 20
Lincoln, Nebraska
Friday, October 31, 1941 j office in the coliseum.
Reporter Finds Gay Nineties
Costumes Stiff, 'Prehistoric
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niversreies MSSeiao
Continues Meeting Tday
By Mary Aileen Cochran.
Tlia-.k heave:,.- for plays like
Kin Lyriiie." 1 thought modem
dr -ss was iu oi.venicnt until last
n lit. Th.-n 1 s.rv "East Lynn.-''
and iliseovi-p-i v hat tin' lovely
damsels of the plush, cr days wore,
and well I'll Li!;-' t'ght K"'1' s
Tli-' program said that cos! iiiih-.s
Were leplicas of the actual dres.
of th.- Cay N.:. but wh -n tin
Klond'T guK stnt 1 prancing on
th .itage, a!! I r ould see w is a
coll loj 1 1 1' I a t a n of figured tit 1 . f I
blo'-tdfd in p a:d lace, stiff silk
and hustles.
Hoa mir ivd:".:it ion progiv ... f.s'
Ki.1 Lynne" shows ;.n example
of primitive woman with tight
skirt' and pa.'omg every. here.
I ilv got a good look at pre-
Denlal Faculty
Attends Meet
In Houston
The entire faculty of the univer
sity college of dentistry presented
a clinic at the American Dental
association convention in Houston,
Tex , this week.
Dr. B. L. Hooper, dean of the
College, attended the annual meet
ing ot the Academy of Denture
Prosthetists in Houston, Oct. 20 to
25. While in Houston, Dr. Hooper
lectured before the American
D'-iit il association on "Forty Min
utes of Complete Denture Con
struction," and before the Amer
ican Full Dei. hire society on "Im
ineduU: Dentures."
i historic Joe College. Joe had just
! left the skin age and had advanced
to the second stage of civilization,
i His dress included narrow
shoulders and pant legs that were
as narrow a- the part in the shiny
hair of the villain.
' Pleated Coats.
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The well-dressed 'Kin in Last
Lynne" would be a cin h for a
prize at a costume bail jn a fancy
pleated coat a few flock coats
v. fe worn and of couise, a top
hat. Altho I have no h!.e for clew
y lintis of iiio.l-
beat parted m
Union Holds
Free Show
On Saturday
Second in the series of Union
Variety Shows will be presented
Saturday night at 8 p. m. in the
Union Ballroom. Students must
present activity cards to enter the
free show.
"Destrv Hides Aain" is the
t
modern western movie co-starring
James Stewart and Marlene Diet-1
rich. Academy award winner1
Jimmy as the sheriff's son and;
Marlene, the barroom singei, pro-'
vide a zippy dialogue.
Novelty is the keynote of the
three vaudeville acts. The "Koll-
ing Rockets" will work with some
"unsuspecting victim" in the audi-
1 ence. A performer on bars and an
accordion duet complete the bill.
A record croud attended the
first Sundiy show, and it is hoped
that the Saturday nie.ht attend
ance will surpass the recoid.
Approximately 70 delegates from
33 colleges and universities thru
out the United States and Canada,
registered yesterday afternoon in
the Union, for the 13rd annual con
ference of the Association of
American Universities, which op
ened with registration yesterday
and will continue thru Saturday.
Featured at the second general;
session to be held at 0:30 p. m. j
today in the Union which is open j
to the public, will be General Lew-1
is B. Hershev, director of the se- .
Goblins Parade
At (w(da Parly
On Az (jmipiis
Halloween i.;Mume.s or h
time cloth.es are in order for
mixer that wil he held on the
campus tonight in the student
tivitie.s building.
aid
the
A g
se
lective service system, speaking on
"The Role of the University in th
National Defense Program." and
Admiral Chester VV. Nimitz. chief
of the Bureau of Navigation, who
will talk on "American Education
and Naval Requirements."
Edu' itional Consultant Talks.
Dr. Francis J. Brown, Consult
ant of the American Council on
Education, will talk on "Higher
Education Serves Total Defense,"
at the last general session this
afternoon at 2:30 p. m. in tho
Union. Also appearing at the same
session will be President Harold
W. Dodds. Princeton university,
and Dean Arthur R. Lamb, Har
vard university, who will discuss
"University Procedures and Prob
lems Crowing Out of Defense Ac
tivities." Dr. Edgar J. Fisher, assistant di
(See TODAY, Page 5.1
There wil be gho.n.s. dancing
and bobbing for apples to keep the
party lively according to F'.oience
Hamer. president of the ag social
council, sponsors of the event.
Dorothy Sic is chairman for the
dance.
Three Prexies
Re
reive
Free
StUdeiMs
with dates.
10 cents.
ma V
Pile
coiiie a
ol adiii.
one or
ssioii is
cuts or the sha;
em man. they
the middle, plastered -uown hair
of the la ro of old.
I As far as hair-do is concerned,
j the gil ls hair was as' bad us the
men's. A variation of the popular
' shower style the old UI)-sweep
! was displayed in "East Lynne."
I also gained an appieciation
of the quiet modern theater with-(Seo-COSTUMES,
Page 4.)
Spanish Students
Hold First Cliih
Meeting Monday
First meeting of the Spanish
conversational club will take place
Monday at 1 p. m. in room 111 of
University hall. Everyone inter
ested in Spanish is invited to at
tend and join in the impromptu
discussion which will be held.
Organized Spanish clubs expect
to obtain material for their pro
grams for the rema.nder of the
year from ideas presented by thin
group.
Err . . . Grapes of HaUoireen
Are Real Eyeballs at Bessey
By A. Rat.
Irr Talk about shattered;
nerves the oast two Woeks have I
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been the worst I've ever known.
You guys have Hallowe'en one
night. I've been having it for 10
or 12 nights running. I've lost
count.
I'm one of the unfortunate
mice that didn't get "blitzed" in
the raid on Bessey the other day.
Those lucky devils. What a lot
of misery they got out of!
We've had all the Hallowe'en
props on record operating against
us; floating skulls. shrieking
laughter, eerie moans, rattling
bones, skeletons brushing by brr
everything. And we know ours is
real.
You've passed grapes in the
dark at your parties and are told
they're eyeballs. They pass as
eyeballs here and Yipe!!! They're
the real thing!
You see what T mean? To tell
the truth, that record of 53 mice
"blitzed by Mr. Sh rv
few days isn't ail due
ciency. Many of those
just couldn't stand the
went around looking
traps.
in the past
to his efll
poor devils
hazing and
for Shaw's
I hope I can stand it all until
after the all-out effort tonight.
What a hallowe'en patty, hrr
And from now on I'm a white
mouse,
AAU Delegates
Fill Dining Room
Students and faculty mem
bers are urged to use either
the Pan-American room or the
Corn Crib this noon since facili
ties in the main dining room
wil be limited as large groups
of faculty members have re
served tables for delegates at
tending the Association of
American Universit;cs.
Comluishers
B.ib SandlM-rg. is the first t'r.i
territy president to receive a free
Cornhusker in two weeks in the
picture contest. Men, bets of A!ph I
Tau Omega hi:. their pictures
taken 1(0 percent by the deadline.
Jean Holtz, president of Alph.i
Chi Omega, and Hartiet Jane
Bowman, pus.. lent of Alpha Phi,
will also be given free Cori'.lr.is!:
ets been use of the promptness of
their MelllbelS.
Other percentages for sororities
anil fraternities whose pictures
were to have been taken by Oct.
21 are: Delta Gamma. 95: Pi Beta
Phi, 92; Kappa Sigma, 73: I-'aim
House, l."; Sigma Alpha Mu, 3;
Sigma Phi Epsilon, 0.
Percentages foi sororities and
fraternities whose pictures wen
ta have Ix-cn taken by Oct. 29 are:
Kappa Kappa Gamma, Sti; Phi
Kappa Psi. fi9; Kappa Alpha
; Theta. 61; Delta Tau Delta, 08;
' and Sigma Nu. 40.
I
I Members of Alpha Xi Delta.
I Delta Delta Delta, Sigma Delta
I Tau, Beta Theta Pi, Phi Delta
! Theta, Phi Gamma Delta, and
j Sigma Kpsilon will have until
' Nov. i to finish taking their pic
I tures.
The Cornhusker staff asks that
j all those who have received their
proofs return them to the studio
! at once. Such action is as impor
i tant as getting the picture taken
, in the first place.