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At Tortimire if 'Lottie Jim'
. . Says Super Sleuth
Vol. 41, No. 89 Lincoln, Nebraska Tuesday, February 24, 1942
POC ISallotin
Postponed. Week
. . . Set for March 3-5
Vol ing tor Nebraska's liDOC, originally scheduled to begin
this morning, lias been postponed until a week from today, the
committee in charge of the congest announced late last night.
Polls will be open March I?-.") in the basement of the Union
from !t a. ni. to ! p. m. on Tuesday and Thursday or next week,
and from 12 noon until .") p. m. on Wednesday.
Thirteen names will appear on the ballot and both men
and
New Awgwan
Reveals Coed
Contest Details
Cheez it fellas, the Awgwan's
comin out tomorrow! The mag's
chuck full of spicy gags and chat
ter about the guys and gals on
campus.
Any of you skirts that are in
terested and can handle a pen may
win one of three scholarships of
three hundred, two hundred, and
one hundred each, by simply writ
ing on the subject "Why a Young
Figure Needs a Foundation Gar
ment." Other details of the na
tionwide contest may be secured
by reading your local awgwan.
women can
choice.
vote for their
A Lord Elgin pocket watch.
Esquire's part of the first prize,
arrived yesterday. It will be pre
sented to the winner of the con
test, co-sponsoied by Esquire
magazine and the Daily Ne
braskan. The committee also announced
that further nominations, which
must be submitted in the form of
a petition with 25 signers, will be
accepted in the office of the Daily
Nebraskan business manager until
Saturday noon, Feb. 28.
Awards on Display.
On display in the Union lounge
are the clothes which will be given
to the BDOC by Harvey's, Ma
gee's, Simon's and Gold's. The
(See BDOC, page 3)
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Labor Leader
To Address
Convocation
Former British minister of labor
and member of Parliament, the
Right Honorable Margaret Grace
Bondfield, will address university
convocation tomorrow afternoon,
Feb. 25, at 2 p. m. in the Union
ballroom.
Widely known lecturer and
writer for the socialist and labor
movement, Miss Bondfield will
speak about the attitudes of the
British labor party toward the
war. The title of her lecture is
"British Labor and the War: Why
Labor Fights."
Before beginning her present
(See ADDRESS, page 2)
Med College May Accelerate
Program to War-time Soon
Medical college will probably inaugurate a
war time program soon, for Regents, at their
meeting in Omaha Sunday, approved a pro
posal that a revised calendar for the school be
submitted.
In view of the war emergency, the Ilegents
agreed that Dean ('. W. M. Poyntcr should
submit a calendar to the chancellor and the
university senate which would not omit any
existing training requirements but will achieve
earlier graduation of students by use of vaca
tion periods, particularly in the summer.
New Caps, Gowns Plan.
Also approved was the request of the Sen
book store handle the rental of caps and
iiir and Student Councils that the regents'
gowns for the commencement exercises in
May.
Students held that such an araiigemeiit will
effect a considerable saving for graduating
seniors. Further details are lo be worked out
with the co-opera ti f the two student or
ganizations. The absentia fee will be waived for di
plomas granted graduating students who art
in the armed forces or other war work, the Ke
gents also announced.
Approve Leaves.
Leaves of absence were granted two more
members of the faculty to take war posts in
Washington. Dr. Chauncy D. Harris, assistant
professor of geography, will leave March 1
for the duration of the war to enter the geo
graphic division of the office of co-ordinator
of information.
Theodore K. Marburg, instructor in eco
nomics, was granted a leave from Feb. 1 to
Aug. .'1 to work in the post-war division of
the bureau of labor statistics in the depart
ment of labor.
Laurence ('. Xewcll. assistant agronomist
at Ag college detailed from the V. S. depart
ment of agriculture, was approved as assistant
profesor on the university faculty from Feb. 1.
Mrs. Nellie May Schlee Vance, director of art
in extension, was approved a member of the
School of Fine Arts faculty.
The regents accepted a $100 grant to ihe
pharmacy college from the Ciba Pharmaceu
tical Products, Inc., for continued research in
vestigation by Prof. H. (. 0. llolck on stand
ardization of digitalis.
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State Colleges LHI
Debate Conference Spo
...Al Nebraska This Week
Colleges and universities from
Kansas, Nebraska. Colorado and
South Dakota will meet on the
campus Friday and Saturday of
this week for the Nebraska Mid
west Discussion and Debate Con
ference. Entered in the tournament are
a total of 26 men's and 12 women's
debate teams, 43 discussion en
tries, six persuasive speakers and
four radio newscasters. These par
ticipants come from Nebraska
Wesleyan, South Dakota State,
Yankton, (S. D.), College, Dakota
Wesleyan, Midland, Wayne, North
ern State Teachers College (S. D.),
Doane, University of Kansas,
Hastings College, Kearney Teach
ers, Kansas State College at Fort
Hays, the University of South Da
kota and Denver University.
Debating will be done on the
question Resolved: "That the
democracies should form a federa
tion to establish the eight Roosevelt-Churchill
principles." I n a se
ries of round table panel discus
(See DEBATE, page 2)
Prom Filings
Close Friday
Filings for Prom Girl, who
will be presented along with the
BDOC and beauty queens at the
Junior-Senior Prom March 6 at
the coliseum, close Friday. Fil
ings can be made at John K.
Selleck's office.
Also available at Selleck's of
fice are tickets to the Prom
which students can check out.
A free pass to the dance will
be given to students selling 15
tickets.
Cabinet
nsors Hop
Balloons containing free Junior-
Senior From tickets will float
down on swinging and swaying
sophomores at their matinee
dance Thursday from 4:30 to 6
p. m. in the Union ballroom.
Advocating the dance as sopho
more students' first opportunity
to prove their right to organiza
tion, class president Gene Reece
stated "It is time we got started
as a class." Letters are being sent
to all organized houses explaining
the purpose of the dance and urg
ing its support.
One of each couple attending
should be a sophomore and the
admission price wil be ten cents
including tax. The dance will re
place the regular union dance on
Tuesday or Wednesday this week.
Popularly named the "Sopho
more Hop" and serving as a pre
view of the approaching Prom,
sophomore students are expected
to provide Nebraska's first stam
pede toward dancing and unity.
By Alan Jacobs.
Jleporlcrs covering the fall of Singapore were in less dan
ger than this Daily Nebraskan reporter who yeslerday .-amdc
into the Innocents' meeting.
The powderkeg. on which ',(iiiet! Jim Seler has been sil
ting ever since he signed ihe baud for the .Junior-Senior Prom
and began his closed-mouth eamnaign, blew up in his face.
"Please understand, .James.'' we could hear Burton Thiel
begin as we hid in the closet from which the sponsors of 11m
Prom had taken their red robes. "We are sponsoring the party,
and we must find out what hand has been signed before.
March u."
"It's no use." said bloody r'reddy Meir. ''Let's get down
to the business at hand.''
We stuck our head out of the closet door and found out
why Innocents wear red robe for the same reason that .1
butcher wears a white apron. It was horrible.
Little Seizor with lips drawn tight was grabbed by the.
mighty three from ag. llarold "Porky"' Macon, Don "Stain
less'' Steele and Dale "Gloves"' Theobald who threw him to
the coiner of the room as if he were a steer.
"Too Big!"
"Jleh. heh," said Chris IVlersen as he and Paul Svoboda
jumped on little Sel.er. "Talk. Seizor, talk' cried twelve In
nocents as they began mauling Seler, who began crying, "Why
didn't you fellows have your Mata llari's doing this instead of
you? You fellows are too big!"
Iut no mercy was shown. We shuddered as eleven of tli
(See LITTLE JIM, page 4)
Although Facts Scarce ...
Naval Strength of U. S.,
Japan 'Probably EquaP
. . . Declares Prof. Sellers
Although facts about both the
U. S. and Japanese navies are
scarce, Prof. James L. Sellers of
the history department declared
yesterday that they are probably
equal, and that Americans should
not lose confidence because of
Pearl Harbor.
C
Sunday Jouruul aiul Slur.
Prof. Sellers. . .discusses naval
power in the Pacific.
A large crowd of students, fac
ulty members and townspeople
filled the Union ballroom for the
third in a series of lectures on
"America and World War II."
Succeeding lectures will also be
held at the Union.
Prof. Sellers' talk dealt with the
agreements reached on naval
armament limitations at the Wash
ington confeience in 1922 which,
he said, affected more profoundly
the naval strength of the great
(See SELLERS, page 2)
Palladians
Hold Oratory
Competition
Four men and three women will
contend for first place in the an
nual Palladian Literary Society
oratorical contest Friday night at
9 in the Temple building.
Sponsored yearly by the Gavel
Club an organization of Pallad
ian aluniiii who were presidents or
vice presidents while actives- th-j
(See PALLADIAN, page 2)
New Group Starts Rolling
I-F Pledges to Name
Queen Saturday Night
Fraternity pledges will dance to
the music of Lloyd Hunter and
hail an intei fraternity pledge
queen Saturday night as the new
pledge organization gets under
way with a formal to be held in
the Union ballroom from 9 to 12.
According to Bob Johnson, vice
president of the pledge associa
tion, men have been asked to omit
corsages for the dance, and to
spend the money on some defense
project.
Five sorority pledges have been
nominated for the interfraternity
pledge queen honor, and voting
will be held in the Union lobby
Wednesday and Thursday from 10
to 12 a. m. and from 2 to 5 p. m.
Candidates are Shirley McNeil, Pi
Beta Phi; Hazel Abel, Kappa
Kappa Gamma: Maxine Thomas,
Kappa Alpha Theta; Estella Len
nemann, Chi Omega and Char
lotte Graber, Sigma Delta Tau.
Student Honors
Convocation Head
Checks for Errors
To prevent errors in compiling
names of those students to Ik?
honored at the Fourteenth Honor.
Convocation April 21, Professor
Linus Burr Smith, chairman of
the convocations committee, hi.4
sent inquiries to sponsors or offi
cers of an organization, or those
in charge of awarding felowship
or scholarships.
The inquiries are a preventive
measure. Any sponsor or officer
who does not receive any inquiry
within the next few weeks should
contact Professor Smith at the
architectural department In Tem
ple building,