Wells, Leo'roairdl
T Speak IHlre
. . . . At teachers' Convention
Principal speakers at the gen
Aral session of the annual state
teacher's convention held this
morning; were Carveth Wells,
famed explorer and Dr. Paul J.
Leonard of the office of price ad
ministration.
Wells will speak on "Africa and
the Battle for Strategic Materials
and Dr. Leonard will address the
group on "You and Inflation."
Panel discussions and special
meetings are scheduled for this
afternoon, followed by the closing
general session of the convention
this evening. The program of the
Carveth Wells
. . . speaks to teachers.
Courtesy Lincoln Journal.
evening session includes a courtesy
feature, "Romance of Old Mexico,"
starring Greta Rubio and a troupe
of Latin Americans, and a talent
show presented by the Lincoln air
base.
Opened Wednesday.
The teacher's convention opened
Wednesday with a pre-convention
clinic, panel member dinner, and
(See TEACHERS, page 3.)
Active-Alumni
Palladians
Hold Dinner
Lela Lyne Has Charge
Of Banquet On Nov. 7
Celebrating its years on the
campus as the oldest student or
ganization at UN, the Palladian
Literary society will hold its 71st
anniversary banquet Nov. 7 at the
Student Union.
This annual fall banquet, now
a tradition of Palladian, is spon
sored each year by a joint com
mittee of alumni and active mem
bers, student headed this year by
Lela Lyne.
A lino the program has not yet
been announced, it will include
some musical numbers, introduc
tion of prominent alumni present,
and brief speeches. At last year's
70th anniversary banquet Charles
Owen Brainard, oldest living
alumni of the university and of
Palladian, was present.
Educational Control Threat
Demands Leaders - - Cyr
Best safeguard against dangers
of federal control of education is
a strong, vigorous and competent
leadership in the state education
department, according to Dr.
Frank W. Cyr of Columbia Univer
sity. A former Nebraskan, Dr.
Cyr last ni8nt 8ave tne annual
lecture on small schools, spon
sored at the university by the edu
cational fraternity, Phi Delta
Kappa .
"Work of the state education
department is becoming of in
creasing importunce in the present
sitwiition," Dr. Cyr said. "The
war has increased demands upon
this department, for both state
and nation-wide leadership."
Adjust Curriculum.
Schools have a responsibility for
maintaining and strengthening
community life. Otherwise this
All-Nebraska
Art Exhibit
Open Sunday
Kirsh Directs Nebraska
Artists Gallery Featuring
Paintings, Water Colors
Opening of the annual All-
Nebraska Artists show will be
held Sunday in Morrill hall. Spon
sored by the Lincoln Art Guild,
the show will last until Nov. 22.
Prof. Dwight Kirsh of the UN
art department is director of the
gallery which features the work
of Nebraska artists during the
past year. Only the best draw
ings, paintings and water colors
were chosen for the show. The
exhibit will also include pottery,
woodcarving, small sculpturing,
costume dolls and marionettes.
Several works by UN students
were chosen for the snow. Pic
tures regarding the war are in
cluded. The public is invited to
inspect the work of the Nebraska
artists in gallery A of Morrill hall.
The Lincoln Art Guild, which an
nually presents this show, has
functioned for 20 years.
NIA Demands
Sweetheart
Vote Nov. 10
Protesting against the Kosmet
Klub ruling that Nebraska Sweet
heart will be elected at the door
this year, members of the NIA as
sembly last night started a peti
tion asking that the office be filled
by vote of the entire student body
at the fall elections as it has been
in the past.
The petition will be circulated
today and tomorrow on both cam
puses. Primary reason for de
manding a general election of the
Nebraska Sweetheart is that "only
a small portion of the students en
rolled at the university attend the
Kosmet Klub show, and, if she is
to be elected at the door, she
should be known as 'Kosmet Klub
Sweetheart.' "
Wording
follows-
of the petition is as
"We, the undersigned, believ
ing a Nebraska Sweetheart
should represent the choice of
the entire campus, hereby peti
tion the Student Council and the
Student Council elections com
mittee to place that office on
the ballot of November 10, 1942.
We believe that this is within
the power of the Student Coun
cil in view of the fact that all
other student organizations are
subordinate to the Council.
t
"'INC
Courtesy Lincoln Jourafcl
Dr. Frank W. Cyr
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AWS
1942
Freshman women, will make their entry into campus activities Sat unlay afternoon nt tha
annual activity mart. The activity mart is sponsored by the AWS board and all women's ac
tivities on the campus will be represented. The mart is particularly important this year be.
cause freshmen women have not been permitted to enter into activities during their irxl six.
weeks of school. This serves as a means of introducing to these freshmen to the various campus
activities in which they may become interested.
Each activity will sponor a
ballroom. Coed counselors will
thru their ivork as big
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Dusty s in Town!!
Self-styled "(iod's gift to fraternities," wit. world traveler
and repairman is J. D. "Dusty" Khodes, in Lincoln to repair
fraternity house furniture.
"Dusty" has repaired furniture on at least 525 campuses,
he claims, and has been in the business since he was 12. At
that age he ran away from home dressed in overalls, felt boots
and a coonskin cap carrying his possessions with him in a ban
danna tied to a stick.
Rhodes was in town in August for the first time in 18 years.
Since then he has been at colleges in Kansas and Missouri doing
"pretty well" repairing furniture and playing poker. With
him this soldier of fortune carries two large scrapbooks full of
recommendations from fraternities all over the United States
that he has worked for, pictures of himself at work, bits of his
own philosophy and advice to fraternities. Included in the book
are attestations to his drinking ability as well as his trade skill
and friendliness.
'Breakdown'
Claiming to know more fraternity and sorority members
than anyone else in the country, "Dusty" repaired furniture in
sorority houses until his "nervous breakdown" in 1927. The
(See DUSTY, page 2.)
Botanist W.Kiener Makes Study
Of Nebraska Mosses. Lichens
Dr. Walter Kiener, well known
research botanist and mountain
climber, is making an extensive
study, thru the university's con
servation division, of mosses,
lichens and algae which are prev
alent in Nebraska.
Dr. Kiener is conducting his re-
life may be undermined through
loss of active leaders to the war,
the Columbia professor pointed
out. He suggested that small
schools direct their curriculum to
basic essentials, and offer some
courses through supervised corres
pondence study.
Health and physical fitness, vo
cational guidance, and continued
respect for cultural arts were
among other responsibilities of the
school discussed by Dr. Cyr.
"Physical fitness is not attatned
through military drill or excessive
use of calisthentics," said the edu
cator. "It is attained through
proper nutrition, sound mental hy
giene and a thorough program of
games which are particularly
adapted to the small school and
open country. Such a program
(See CONTROL page 4.)
Board Sp
Activity
Sponsor Booths.
bootl
will be arranged
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scit a,sne
es
since they are acquainted with
rt wilMie held from 2 to
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Friday, October 30, 1942
search in a relatively new field,
Nebraska is the only state carry
ing on such a research, because
there are numerous kinds ot these
tiny non-flowering plants which
are among the simplest forms of
plant life, and among the least
understood. Since Dr. Kiener
'Boogie-Woogie9
Artist Performs
At Variety Sliow
Its variety show time
Union.
at the
The first free variety show of
the year will be held in the Union,
Sunday at 8 p. m. in the ballroom.
The evening's program will feat
ure local musical talent and a
full length movie.
ATO Pledge George Walton,
will display his talents as a swing
and "boogie-woogie" pianist. Four
Negro grade school pupils known
as the Wilson quartet will alter
nate between well-known spirit
uals and popular swing when they
present their vecal program.
"Algiers'" starring Hedy Lamarr
and Charles Boyer will be the first
of the movies to be shown at the
variety shows. A Metro-Gold-wyn-Mayer
production, this movie
has been widely acclaimed.
"Algiers" pictures the story of
Pepe le Moke, the idol of the na
tive quarter in Algiers.
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art
annum ine smes
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of 1hc Union
reshmcn women
4 :'-0 P. ni
iMd the Nebraska-
Organizations which will sponsor
booths are; the Cornhusker with
Betty Hohf in charge; the Daily
Nebraskan supervised by Pat
Chamberlin; Associated Women
Students, Mary Lou Holtz; Women
Athletic Association, Jean Whe
don; YWCA, Joyce Junge; Stu
dent Foundation, Ann Arbitman;
Students, Mary Lou Holtz; Wom
en's Athletic Association, Jean
Whedon; YlVCA, Joyce Junge Stu
Jean Christie Farmer; coed coun
selors, Grace Stedcley; Prairie
Schooner, Margaret Seeley; ag"
college booth, Janet Curley; and
University Players, Helen Kiessel
bach. Included in the Coed Coun
selor bocth will be the book nook
and charm school.
Is Informal.
The mart will be informal and
refreshment consisting oi pop com
and apples will be served.
Tho the mart is sponsored par
ticularly for freshmen, upper
class women are cordially invited
to attend the mart and sign up
for the activities. Girls are re
quested to sign up for only those
activities in which they are inter
ested. Council Delays
Election Filing
Until Tuesday
To allow students a longer pe
riod in which to file for fall elec
tion posts, the student council
voted Wednesday evening at their
regular meeting to set next Tues
day, Nov. 3, as the deadline.
Filings for the election will be
made in the office of John K.
Selleck in the coliseum. This new
date gives three more days in
which to file as contrasted with
the former date.
Mortar Boards request that each
(See ELECTION, page 2.)
started his research he has found
over 40 kinds of mosses, lichens
and algae which had not been pre
viously found in the state.
Came From Europe.
When Dr. Kiener came to this
country in 1922 from Switzerland
he went to Denver, Colo., and
spent his summer vacations fol
lowing his favorite pastime, moun
tain climbing. As a result of
an attempt to scale the east side
of Long's peak his climbing com
panion lost her life from expos
ure and Dr. Kiener lost fingers,
toes and a part of a foot, but he
learned to climb again.
For five years he worked as a
forest ranger and met so many
Nebraskans that he decided to
come to the University of Ne
braska and study botany. He re
ceived his bachelor's degree in
1930, his M.A. in 1931, and hia
Ph.D. in 1940. During the sum
mer he acted as guide in the
mountains and continued his re
search studies on these trips. Last
year he received his appointment
in the conservation and survey
division, and has now turned his
study to the non-flowering plants
of Nebraska.
Photographers Wanted
All photographers interested
in working for the Cornhusker
are asked to see Alice Louise
Becker, editor, in her office In
the Union sometime this week.
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