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Vol. 41, No. 69
Lincoln, Nebraska
Wednesday, January 14, 1942
Climaxing: the first (Jroek
Feb. 8 to 13 will be the annual Jnter-fratevnity Rail which was
set for Feb. ; at the meeting of the inter-fraternity council
yesterday afternoon. The party will be formal.
The Greek "Week committee headed by John Jay Douglass
reported on the tentative plans for the affair at the meeting. On
Sunday, Feb. 8, will be the all church night for fraternities and
sororities. A speaker of national prominence will address the
group. Monday night will be devoted ta. chapter meetings at
the separate houses.
Tuesday's events include an all pledge dinner with a fea
tured national speaker with a dinner Wednesday night sched
uled for active members of the fraternities with the same type
of program. Thursday night a community sing is being planned
at which time an inter-fraternity
choir will introduce fraternity,
school and patriotic songs to the
public.
Plan Seminars.
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thurs
day will include seminars led by
national officers of different fra
ternities on such subjects as
"Scholarships, " "Fraternities in
the War," and "Pledge Training."
Other forums are being planned
also. The meetings for the week
will be held in the Union.
In the report of the executive
committee which is handling ar
rangements for the Inter-fraternity
Ball, Kenneth Holm, presi
dent of the council, stated that the
party would be one of the out
standing of the year on this cam
pus. A top notch band will be on
(See GREEK, page 4.)
Congdon Sees No Fall
In Registration Figures
Instead of the expectant drop
in registration caused by the pres
ent war, there has been a steady
stream of students enrolling for
second semester classes after two
days of registration.
According to Prof. A. R. Cong
don, head of the assignment com
mittee, there has been no notice
able evidence of a drop in regis
tration. "Everything has been go
ing along smoothly, and the num
ber of students to register so far
has been as heavy as in former
years," he remarked.
The closed sections announced
by the assignment committee yes,
terday are: Bus. Org. 4, Labs. F,
and D; English 4, Sections 1, 2,
5, B; English 12, Section 3; Geog
raphy 72, Lab. D; Civil Eng. 1,
Labs A and D; Eng. Mechanics 2,
Labs. C, D, E, F.; Mechanical Eng.
6, Lab. B; Mechanical Eng. 1,
Labs. A and C.
The assignment committee ad
vises students who have not reg
istered as yet to avoid the follow
ing sections: Commercial Art 27,
Section 1; English 22, Section 5;
Geography 62, Lab. D; Geography
72, Lab. J; Math. 12, Section 6;
Math. 22, Section 1; Physics 12,
Lab. B; Speech 9.
Registration for second semes
ter classes began last Monday and
will continue to Saturday noon,
Jan. 17. Before seeing their ad
visers, all students are asked to
secure their credit books at the
Registrar's office.
Dates for paying fees in the Me
morial hall will be Friday, Jan. 23,
Filings Close
For Awgwan,
Nebraskan
Filings for second semester staff
positions on the Daily Nebraskan
and Awgwan, which are now open,
will close tomorrow afternoon at
5 o'clock. Application blanks may
be received and should be returned
to Harold Hamil's office in Uni
versity hall.
Positions of editor, two manag
ing editors, five news editors, a
business manager and two assis
tant managers are open on the Ne
braskan; and an editor and busi
ness manager on the Awgwan. The
publications board will meet Jan.
20 to appoint the staffs.
,. The paying position of circula
tion manager is also open on the
Dally Nebraskan, and applicants
should present their qualifications
in the business manager's office
before Friday noon. A call is also
being sent out for advertising
solicitors.
week on the campus to be held
YW Changes
Election Date
The YWCA elections which were
to have been held Friday have been
postponed because some of the in
tended candidates were found to
be ineligible. It is hoped that they
may have their records cleared
and that the election may be held
the first of next week.
The nominating committee will
meet again this week in an effort
to have the names ready for an
nouncement the last of this week
Regular cabinet meeting will
be held tonight at 7 p. m. in Ellen
Smith hall. This will be the last
cabinet meeting of the semester
to Thursday, Jan. 29. All changes
in sections will be considered on
Tuesday, Feb. 3.
Workers Begin
To Excavate
On Ag Building
Excavation has already begun
on the basement of the new foods
and nutrition building on ag cam
pus to be used toe recreational fa
cilities for ag students.
The immediate action on the ex
cavation was brought about by the
regents approval of the additional
cost of approximately $5,000 for
that purpose.
When the ground for the new
building was first broken, the
blue prints not include a base
ment room for student use. The ag
executive board found a strong
student desire for the excavation
by the use of petitions sent to all
of the class rooms on the ag cam
pus.
Present blue print plans show
that the basement rooms will pro
vide facilities for a lounge, com
mittee meeting rooms and a rec
reation room, A fountain for cokes
and other soft drinks will be lo
cated on the ground floor and
will be operated in connection with
the cafeteria.
Above the Dasement lounge, on
the ground floor will be another
room which will be used for a
lounge. Across the hallway will
be a lunch room in which the foun
tain is located. The fountain and
lunch room will remain open
nights on which parties are spon
sored.
Geography Profs
Attend National
Meet in New York
Professors Nels A. Bengtson
chairman, E. E. Lackey, Esther S
Anderson, and C- D. Harris of the
geography department attended
meetings of the National Council
of Geography Teachers and the
Association of American Geogra
phers in New York Dec. 29 to
Jan. 2.
Dr. Bengtson is a member of the
board of counselors of the AAG
Dr. Harris presented a paper on
"Fundamental Classification of
American Cities'' at a Meeting of
this association. Dr. Lackey read
a report before the NCGT as
chairman of the committee on
nomenclature of climatic classifi
cation. Dr. Anderson is second
vice president of this organization
and responded to the address of
welcome.
Johnson Is
New Lone
Cup Winner
John Dale Takes Second
As Freshman Debate
Starts; Coeds Compete
Winning from nine students whot
Prof. Leroy Laase termed as "out
standing prospects" Albert John
son last night was named the best
freshman debater winning for him
self the traditional Long Trophy.
Johnson of Lincoln barely edged
out John Dale, student from Kear
ney, who was awarded second
place. Judges picked only the top
two.
For the first time in years, three
coeds entered the competition for
the trophy, but they didn't place.
Other entrants were Jean Kinnie,
Helen . Kiesselbach, Anna Willen-
sick, Morris Coff, Don Labovitz,
John Cook and John Binning.
Coach Laase announced follow
ing the contest that all those who
had tried out would be organized
into a freshman debate team. This
is the first time freshmen have
formed a squad at UN, but Laase
hopes to give them plenty of com
petition with other schools.
Tonight, try-outs for the second
semester varsity debate team will
be held at room 205 of the Tem
ple. The same question will be debated.
Rural Ec Prof Proposes
Plan to Prevent Inflation
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Lincoln Journal,
Dr. H. C. Filley
. . . addresses nurserymen
Senior Officers
Discuss Active
Duty Today at 4
Those ROTC cadet officers who
graduate this semester or in 'June
will be given the opportunity to
discuss their assignment to active
duty with Major Earl F. Ketcham,
Second Military Area, Omaha.
Major Ketcham vill meet with the
graduating cadets in room 205 Ne
braska Hall from i to 0 p. m. this
afternoon.
Such problems as working
toward a commission while going
to school, the branch of the service
which a man is best suited to enter,
and the possibility of officers
being called before graduation,
will be reviewed by Major
Ketcham.
Tucker Advises
Grads, Seniors
L. T. Tucker of the Proctor and
Gamble distributing company will
be at the universtiy at 4 p. m. to
day to meet seniors and graduates
who are interested in salesman
t.hip. Appointments can be made
with Prof. T. T. Bullock, 306
social sciences.
Ixams
Without
Lincoln Journal
C. S. Boucher.
...spikes rumor.
Senior Council
Meets Tonight
Senior Council will meet for
the second time tonight at 7:15
in parlors A and B of the
Union.
Hope that as much of the costs
of the war as possible will be paid
in goods while the war is in prog
ress was expressed Saturday by
Dr. H. C. "Filley, professor of rural
economics at the agricultural col
lege. Dr. Filley spoke before
members of the Nebraska Asso
ciation of Nurserymen, in Lincoln
for their annual meeting and short
course at the college.
Tracing the history of economic
events in the United States during
the last several decades, Dr. Filley
expressed belief that if inflation
once starts, probably the govern
ment will be more successful in
controlling it than it was in con
trolling the "reflation" which fol
lowed changes in the gold content
of the dollar.
Turning to the outlook for the
nursery business in Nebraska dur
ing 1942, Dr. Filley pointed out
that work with shrubbery, fruit,
gardens, and other home and farm
plantings undoubtedly would help
people forget war troubles for
awhile and thus would be a morale
builder. However, perhaps people
in general will find the need for
buying government bonds, higher
prices and other factors, entering
into increased competiiton for the
money which they might spend on
home and farm plantings. "I hope
I am wrong about that," he said,
'In war time it is especially hard
(See INFLATION, page 2.)
Prof. Glen Gray
Offers Current
Events Course
"I'm going to be a guinea pig
as much as the student is," so
said Professor Glen Gray of the
history department in speaking of
the new Current Events course
offered Friday morning at 9
o clock.
The course is designed to show
the student how to get the most
good with the least effort from
the radio and the newspaper,
Students will be shown how to
look in the paper for certain news,
how the ordinary American citi
zen is to deal with censorship, and
how to learn things despite such
censorship.
The idea of the course conceived
before the war was the need of
educating American people about
world affairs.
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Proceed
CBtainige
Spikins; all rumors that the
examination schedule would be
changed. Chancellor Boucher an
nounced yesterday that the first
semester final examination sched
ule would proceed as previously
planned. Such a proposal has been
considered by university authori
ties, however.
Studies by university authorities
have shown that it wiil be possible
to accelerate the second semester
program, and advance commence
ment day by two or even three
weeks if such changes are deemed
necessary. The final exam sched
ule will begin Jan. 21 and continue
through Jan. 30.
A definite program for the sec
ond semester will be announced
early in February when "factors
which are not now clear but which
are developing rapidly" wil pre
scribe the proper policy for col
leges, authorities stated.
Students on the campus have
been speculating for the past week
over the possibility of having the
final examinations on the last day
of the semester, therby eliminating
the week and a half scheduled for
examinations. Many schools over
the nation have adopted such
plans so that school may be out
earlier in the spring and so that
seniors may be graduated earlier.
Geographers (
Elect Bengtson
Vice President
N. A. Bengtson, professor of
geography, was elected vice pres
ident of the Association for Amer
ican Geographers at the annual
meeting of the organization in
New York recently. Four mem
bers of the university geography
staff attended the joint conven
tion of the National Council of
Geography Teachers and the As
sociation.
E. M. Lackey, associate pro
fessor of geography, presented a
paper before the National Coun
cil. His subject was Nomencla
ture of World Climatic Con
ditions." C. D. Harris, assistant
professor of geography, gave a
paper on "The Functional Classi
fication of American Cities." H. H.
Cohen, graduate assistant also at
tended the convention.
Sixteen Nebraska alumni were
present, making the delegation
of Nebraska men one of the larg
est according to N. A. Bengtson.
Among them were: Walter Han
sen. North Texas State Teachers
College; T. A. Barton, Southern
Illinois Normal university; C. L.
Dow, Ohio university; Hoyt Lem
ons, A. & M. College of Oklahoma;
B. K. Barton, University of Penn
sylvania; Herman Otte, Columbia
university, New York.
Professor Harris was elected a
member of the board of counselors
of the Association of Young Amer
ican Geographers. Of the ajumna,
Professor Barton was re-elected
secretary of the National Council
of Ceography Teachers.
Home Ec Group
Meets Today
The Home Economics associa
tion will meet at 12:40 p. m., in
room 306, ag hall. D. C. B. Schultz
assistant professor of geology and
director of the museum, will speak
to the group. Because the topic i
of such wide-spread interest, the
meeting will be open to any men
who wish to attend.
Picture of the group for the
1942 Cornhusker will be taken this
afternoon at 4 in the Union ball
room. All members are requested
to be prompt.
Student Council
Will Meet at 5
Student Council will meet to
day at 5 p. m., in room 315 f
the Union.
