S'no Fun! Snow
Falls for Frosh
Old man winter has put an
other crimp into the plans of the
university. The annual tug of war
between the freshmen and soph
omores to determine whether
freshmen should continue to wear
rep caps until the first snowfall
was to be staged between the
halves of the Pittsburgh and Ne
braska football game. However,
this year the cart was before the
horse. A white blanket covered the
ground before the tug of war
could be held.
It is a tradition on the campus
that the freshmen must wear their
red caps until the first snowfall.
To hasten the disposal of the
freshman caps, the tug of war
tilt was adopted. If the freshmen
won, the caps could be thrown
away, but if frosh lost, they had
to wait until 01' Man Winter fa
vored them.
This was the first time in many
years that snow ahs descended on
the Husker campus before the tug
of war could be tugged. Because
of this unexpected visit from old
man winter the tug of war must
be postponed until next year when
it is hoped that the frozen version
of Jupiter Pluvius may be held In
check.
Wanted! A Sponsor ... " ;
So Students May Ice Skate
. . . On University Ground
By Art Rivin.
Why is there no ice skating rink
on this campus? We were wonder
ing about that so we had a talk
with operating superintendent
L. F. Seaton. This is his story:
Some many years ago there was
a rink on the ground where the
new library is being built. It
was sponsored and paid for by the
WAA. For three years they flooded
the land and for three years old
jupe Pluvius was unkind to the
fellows and gals who wanted to
skate. Either the ice melted or
else the snow was too deep. So
in three years students had a total
of about ten days of skating.
The WAA finally gave up in
despair.
Land Is Available.
About the future? Mr. Seaton
is not sure of the practicality of
the project in the light of past
failures. There is university
ground, however, which might be
available that territory in the
block west of the Sigma Phi Ep
silon and Sigma Nu fraternities.
According to Seaton the univer
sity is unable to pay for the con
struction and maintenance of a
rink although it might furnish the
land. "If there is a rink built,"
he says, "it will have to be spon
sored by some student organiza
tion." So by the grace of the elements,
the university and some progres
sive organization, there may yet be
a chance for ice skating on the
campus.
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imiirolinnieinit ESirop
Ratio of Men lo Coeds
At Two to One Despile
Remains
Draft
Preliminaiy reports from the admissions office show a total drop
of 9.7 percent in the enrolment in the university this year. There is a
10.3 percent drop in the number of men registered and a 9.1 percent
drop in the women's enrolment.
Comparative figures reveal that there are 4.201 men enrolled now
as against 4,?.S3 last year, 2,251 women entered this year as against
2,360 in 1940-41.
Arts and Science college again
has the largest enrolment with a
registration of 1,374 students, a
figure larger than the combined
enrolment in the college of phar
macy, college of law, school of
nursing, college of dentistry, and
college of agriculture.
Of the 741 students registered
in the college of engineering, only
one is a woman. Six women have
entered in the college of law. eight
in the college of pharmacy and
ten in the college of medicine.
While this years figures show
a drop from 749 to 714 enrolled in
Teacher's college, it shows an in
crease from 197 to 201 men en
rolled in the same college.
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Official Newspaper Of More Than 7,000 Students
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Vol. 41, No.
Lincoln, Nebraska
Wednesday, November 5, 1941
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Reorganized Barb Group
Elects Bill Dafoe President
Cornhusker
Sets Nov. 15
Pix Deadline
Oct. Awguan
Appears Today
. . . Note Date
It's November, and time for the
October Awgwan to hit the news
stands. So this morning at 9
o'clock the special football issue
was ready for distribution.
And what could be a more fitting
introduction to a football issue
than a picture of a very lovely fe
male all dressed up in a football
uniform? Gracing the cover is a
pose of Theta pledge Maxine
Thomas completely equipped for a
tough battle on the gridiron.
A double page of pictures of
football players and other person
alities is leatured in the magazine.
The whole thing is done in a novel
way with the pictures superim
posed on other football background
shoLl.
"Fewer jokes, better ones, and
more pictures'' is the way Editor
(See DATK, page 2)
Deadline for pictures for the
Cornhusker which was to have
been tonight has been extended
to Thursday night giving Thurs
day evening for students to get to
the studio.
All sororitv and fraternity pic
tures must be taken by Nov. 15
if thev are to be included in the
section given to that organization.
This includes an pictures noi
taken by the time of the deadline
set for each group of organiza
tions. These late pictures will not
count on the 100 percent rating,
(See DEADLINE, page 2)
Bill Dafoe was unanimously
chosen president of the reorganized
barb organization at a meeting
last night which represenatives
from all barb groups attended.
Dafoe is the originator of the new
plan which goes into effect as
soon as the cabinet is completed.
Lester Wilterdink, sophomore,
became the vice president. Norma
VVatkins. the only woman officer,
was elected secretary, and Dave
Marvin was elected treasurer.
Dave Martin acted as treasurer
for the first quarter of the barb
social season this fall.
At a meetine next week, com
mittee chairmen appointed by the
newly-elected officers will be ap
nroved bv the eeneral meeting of
all barbs. "These chairmen will
then take their place on the barb
cabinet accordin? to the organ
ization plan," Bill Dafoe stated.
Altho plans will be made ana ex
ecuted by the committees all such
(See PRESIDENT, page 2)
Nebraskan Publishes Fall
Fashion Edition Tomorrow
The Daily Nebraskan will publish its annual fall fashion edition
tomorrow and co-editors will be Marjorie Bruning and Helen Kelley.
The issue will contain articles by various men and women on the
campus and pictures of students modeling both formal and informal
clothes. Extra copies of tomorrow's Nebiaskan may be purchased
in the Union and at the checkstand at social science for five cents.
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Counselors Hostesses
To Freshmen Women
The annual Coed Counselor dinner, one of the largest events to
be sponsored by any university women's organization during the
school year, will be held this evening at 6, in the Union ballroom.
Tiiis dinner is a part of the work done by the organization in
helping freshman women to become acquainted with campus life and
in encouraging greater friendship between freshmen and upper-
classmen. Members of the Coed Counselor organization and their
'little sisters," and all other university coeds are invited.
During the past week an extensive ticket campaign has been
carried on, headed by Ann Kinder. Coed Counselors representing
every organized house on campus served as salesgirls; many ot me
houses are cooperating with the Coed Counselor group by closing
their dining rooms lo encourage a
one hundred percent attendance
of their members. As a further in
centive to ticket sales, prizes will
be given to the coeds placing first
and second high.
Anyone who has not been con
tacted and who desires to pur
chase a ticket should call Ann
Kinder at 4-2? 19; price of admis
sion is 50 cents. Tickets were
printed by the cortesy of the
Co-op Book Store.
Guest speakers for he evening
will be Mrs. Verr- vie, iean of
women; Miss Elsie Ford P;.r,
and Miss Letta Clark, both spon
sors of the Coed Counselor or
ganization. Other entertainment
will be provided by the Pi Phiu
trio and by a style show, in which
every organized house on the
campus will be represented.
Dorothy Weirich, who is the head
of Charm School this year, will
(See TONIGHT, page 2)
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Mrs. Verna Boylei.
. . . guest speaker.
Lincoln Alums Slart Member Drive
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T. B. Strain
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Lincoln Sunday Journal and Star.
Mrs. Harry Flansburg
B a vice president
Committee Stages Informal
Gathering in Union Thursday
Feeling that the inertia of the 7,000 Lincoln alumni of the univer
sity is more thoughtlessness than anything else, the officers of the
Lincoln Alumni association have determined to "do something
about it."
The Lincoln Alumni club, which has a potential membership of
7,000 former students, actually has only 700 members! The officers
of the club feel that with 7,000 active members pushing an alumni
program for the university, sufficient force would be created to bring
to a culmination many projects for university development.
T. B. Strain, president of the Lincoln club, is working with an
executive committee to plan a longtime program to be co-ordinated
with the university as long as the institution exists. Composing the
committee are Mrs. Harry Flansburg, vice president; Mrs. Robert
Simmons, secretary; Clarence Hinds, treasurer; Bert L. Reed, and
John H. Agee.
Convinced that everybody is tired of drives for this and that, the
committee will tackle the problem from a new angle by staging a
(See DRIVE, page 2)
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Lincoln Sunday Journal and
Mrs. Robert Simmons
. , . acts as secretary