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Vol. 41, No. 92
52nd Annual Art Exhibit
Opens at Morrill Sunday
Second floor art galleries of
Morrill hall will be opened Sun
day. March 1, for the 52nd annual
Exhibition of Contemporary Art
sponsored jointly by the university
and the Nebraska Art association,
it was revealed yesterday by Dr.
F. D. Kirsch, director of the uni
versity art galleries and chairman
of the exhibition committee of the
association.
Of national interest, the exhibi
tion last year was enthusiastically
reviewed by "Life" magazine. This
year the committee has chosen as
Extensive 'Victory Book'
Drive Starts on Campus
Beginning one of the most ex
tensive campaigns attempted on
the campus this year, the UN de
fense committee yesterday set
10,000 books as their goal for the
victory book' drive.
Mary Rosborough, chairman of
the drive, said that all over the
YWCA Invites
Uni Students
To Play Night
PIay night at the city YWCA
is open to men and women of the
city and to all university students.
Games, folk dancing, social danc
ing and swimming may be en
joyed during the evening.
Badminton, table tennis, shuf
fleboard. volleyball, rolled skating
and quiet games will be played
from 7:30 until 9 p. m. and after
that until 10:30 p. m. guest may
enter square dancing groups and
social dancing.
Swimmers must bring their own
suits and must inquire at the desk
about medical examination re
quirements. The pool will be open
from 8 to 9 p. m. and a fee of 15
cents will be charged.
On. City. QampuA. . . .
Brokaw Urges Support
Of Victory Garden Plan
By Randall Pratt.
Confidence that Nebraskans
will continue to make a splendid
response to the Nebraska victory
home and garden program waa
expressed Wednesday by W. H.
Brokaw, director of the agricul
tural extension service. His state
ment followed Governor Gris
wold's proclamation that March 2
to 7 be observed as "Victory
Home and Garden Enrollment
Week."
"People have made a very good
response in counties where enroll
ment in the program has already
been started," the director stated.
Warren Hutchinson, enrolled in
the - primary CPT course', and
Clarion Buethe, secondary stu
dent, will be interviewed over
KFAB this noon at 12:30 on the
"Behind the Scenes of Campus
Life." They will relate some of
their experiences and thrills con
nected with their flying.
Dale Weibel, president of the
Tri-K club, honorary agronomy
society, announced last night that
the new members selected into the
organization are: Arden Baltzen
tergcr, Jack Gooding, Bob
Hedges, Joe Koudele, Dale Wolf,
Lincoln, Nebraska
the theme the relation of art to
war. In keeping with the theme
subdued backdrops of patriotic
red, white, and blue will be used.
Climax of the display will be a
33 inch head done in beaten lead.
To be spotlighted at the west end
of the main corridor, this is the
work of Jose de Creeft, and is
titled "Receuillement" or "Medita
tion." The head, according to Dr.
Kirsch, shows the spiritual quali
ties of man, and is executed with
fine feeling.
Directly opposite "Receuille-
nation, books have been collected
and turned over to the USO and
soldiers in camps everywhere. One
thousand books have already been
collected on the UN campus.
Any Book Wanted.
The drive will be directed at
faculty members, students and
townspeople with special emphasis
on students living in Lincoln. Any
kind of book, even if it is a 25 cent
(See BOOKS, page 2)
Coed Follies
Model Judging
Begins Sunday
Preliminary judging of contest
ants for Typical Nebraska Coed,
to be presented at the Coed Fol
lies March 17. will be held Sunday
afternoon at 2:30 p. m. in Temple
203.
Miss Ruthanna Russel, clothes
consultant for Miller and Paine,
will aid AWS board niembers in
selecting candidates to appear in
the Style Show, a feature of the
Follies this year. Miss Russel will
conduct several practices before
the show so that girls appearing
will offer a more professional
style show.
Vance Pumphrey, David Sanders,
Ralph Engel, Earl Patterson, Don
Hanway. Ronald Jerauld and
James Sallach.
Surmounting Difficulties
New Awgwnn
Old Jokes, Gossip, Features
Finally overcoming publication
handicaps, the February Awgwan
came out yesterday morning with
the same old jokes, gore and a
couple of typically Awgwan fea
ture sections.
Two pages are devoted to the
Greek Week activities and per
sonality of the month Is John J.
Douglas, chairman of the Greek
Week activities.
Also run are a series of pic
tures, accompanied by unreadable
type, about campus characters; a
column about nothing by Art Lin
coln, and a farewell piece for Biff
Jones.
Most interesting article in the
Friday, February 27, 1942
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ment" on the east end will be
shown a smaller head of black
Belgian mar'ile, the work of Mar
ion Walton, which was purchased
last year oy the university from
the Exhibition.
Since the university pays a
share of the expenses, all Nebras
ka students are admitted free of
charge. As Dr. Kirsch said, "It is
(See EXHIBIT, page 2)
AWS Selects
Nine Sorority
Acts for Show
AWS board announced the se
lection of five sorority skits and
four curtain acts last night that
will feature the annual Coed Fol
lies March 17.
Sororities participating with
skits will be Alpha Xi Delta, Anna
Jean Ray, skitmistress: Gamma
Phi Beta, Helen Jean Sorrenber
ger; Pi Beta Phi, Mary Louise
Simoson; Alpha Chi Omega,
Francis Haberman; Delta Gam
ma, Betty Lillibridge.
Curtain acts chosen are Kappa
Kappa Gamma, Marilyn Edwards;
Alpha Phi, Mary Bird and Polly
Petty; Women's Residence Halls,
Edith Laslo; Kappa Alpha Theta,
Mary Aileen Cochran and Peggy
Lemon.
Esther Ostlund
Leaves Dorm
For USO Job
Mrs. Verna Boyles Takes
Over Position of Director
Until New Head Is Named
Esther Ostlund, social director
of the Residence Halls for Wom
en, has resigned her position and
leaves Lincoln today for Junction
City, Kansas, where she has been
appointed director of the USO
center near Camp Riley.
Summoned by telegram Wed
nesday, Miss Ostlund immediate
ly made arrangements to meet.her
area supervisor in Wichita en
route to Junction City. She will
probably start her duties Mon
day. Until a new director for Carrie
Belle is decided upon, Mrs. Verna
Boyles, dean of womn, takes over,
continuing with the tame staff.
She will move into Miss Ostlund's
former quarters in the dorm to
day. Features Same
Ben "I son's Article Best
magazine is by Dean Nels S.
Bengtson entitled "Pan-American
Factors to Be Faced.
Committee Plans
Defense Dance
"Dance for defense" is the
slogan the national defense com
mittee has adopted for the dance
which it is sponsoring at the
Union Saturday afternoon from
3:30 to 5 p. m.
Minimum admission price is
purchase of a ten cent defense
stamp, but the committee will be
glad to sell 25 cent stamps.
Opening this morning nt 11 a. in. in 1 he Temple, the uni
versity's Mki-west intercollegiate discussion and debate assem
bly will get under way with the registration of approximately
100 students representing .1:5 colleges in three states here for
two days of participation in the meet.
The assembly has been planned for two purposes, accord
ing to IVoC. Leroy T." Laase, acting chairman of the university
speech department: (1) to cooperate with the national govern
ment in promoting studyand discussion of defense problems;
and (2) to provide college students in this area with opportunity
for increased participation in forensic activity.
BDOC Race
Filings Close
Tomorrow
BDOC filings close tomorrow
noon, Ben Novicoff , chairman of
the nominating committee, said
yesterday as he announced that
16 have filed to date and urged
others to enter the contest.
Voting will start Tuesday in the
Union basement at 9 a. m. and
will continue through Thursday.
Both men and women may vote
but they must bring their iden
tification cards.
The last names to be added to
the list of BDOC contestants are
those of Bob Galloway and Gene
Littler. Each petition must be
signed by at least 25 enrolled stu
dents and turned in at the busi
ness manager's office in the Daily
Nebraskan office.
Munv Students
Continue Strike
For Inquiry
Regents Chairman Asks
Return to All Classes,
Promises Quick Hearing
Still out of class yesterday were
the strikiner students at the Uni
versity of Omaha who demand
that a board of inquiry be cre
ated to investigate university af
fairs. Yesterday, students turned
down the proposal of Dale Clark,
chairman of the university re
gents, which asked students to
return to class, then await a hear
ing on grievances.
Because of War . . .
Nebraska May Establish
New Plastic Industries
. . . Says Research Executive
Because of the war, Nebraska
has an opportunity to establish at
least two great industries. Dr. Leo
Christensen, research executive of
the UN chemurgy project, de
clared Wednesday in Omaha.
Farm states like Nebraska, ac
cording to the speaker, may fur
nish the solution for the present
limited supply of tajjioca starch,
and rubber as well as black strap
molasses, cordage and other com
modities. Dr. Christensen said that scien
tists have found that so-called
"wax sorghums" yield a starch
almost identical to the tapioca
starch which is used for sizing
paper and textiles and in the
manufacture of adhesives. One of
these sorghums is "Leota red,"
well known to Nebraska farmers
who grew 200 thousand acres of
it last year.
The conversion of wheat and
corn into synthetic rubber seems
to hold promise of greatest speed
and largest quantity, according to
Dr. Christensen. Laboratory re
search on the first stage has been
completed, while the development
of butaliene is still in the prelim
inary study.
"State agronomy exjerts are
experimenting in the planting of
With the war restricting debate
squads to nearby activity, this and
similar meets are being held in
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Leroy T. Laase.
... a busy man this week end.
every state thruout the nation this
week under sponsorship of the co
ordinator of inter-American af
fairs, part of the office of emer
gency management in Washing
ton, D. C.
Colleges to be represented in the
tri-state meet include: Kansas
State college, College of Emporia,
and Kansas university from Kan
sas; South Dakota Wesleyan,
South Dakota State and South Da
kota university from South Da
kota; and Nebraska Wesleyan,
Wayne, Doane. Kearney, Hastings,
Midland and Nebraska, all from
Nebraska.
Feature of the meet, officially
titled the National Extempore Dis
cussion Forum on Pan-American
Affairs, will be th finals of the
discussion on "Inter-American Af
fairs," to be held at 8 p. m. in
Temple 201. The public has been
invited.
Two students will be selected
from all participants to represent
Nebraska at the regional contest
(See DEBATE, page 4)
plants that produce fibers suitable
for cordage," he said. "The chem
ical industry is moving rapidly to
the use of farm products. It mean3
a new economy on which will be
based a new prosperity for this
area."
Pomona Plivs Ed
Director Visits
Department Here
Dr. Elizabeth Kelley, women's
phys ed director at Pomona col
lege, has been a guest of the uni
versity phys ed department for
the past two days.
Dr. Kelley, national president
of the Association of Directors of
Physical Education for College
Women and past national treas
urer of Mortar Board, is on sab
batieal leave and is visiting col
leges and universities throughout
the country. 1
Marsh Squeals!
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