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DAILY NEBRASKAN
Thursday, January 7, 1943
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BY MARY LOUISE GOODWIN
We thought that we could turn
this column over to engagements,
marriages and the like today but it
seems that there were so many
that they made a column all by
themselves so here we are stuck
again as usual.... and after hav
ing such a good start for the
New Year.
While you're irt the mood for
rings we'll tell you of a couple
more that we just heard of. Betty
Klingle, Alpha Xi now flashes a
sparkler from Jack Knioely, Delta
Sig. and Peg Jones also of that
house is on her way to Texas to
be married to Lt. Joe Anderson.
DG Jane Fenton now has the
golden DU of Bud Wierman hang
ing beside her anchor and while
we're speaking of pins don't forget
that after a long and stormy ro
mance Delcies Schwenker finally
has deciiied that this is it and has
taken the Phi Delt pin of Dick
Chapin. This makes two of the
Chapin pins in the same house. . . .
wonder if Lee has found a Tri
Delt inteiest yet.
Love in Love.
Another FH man handed over
his pin during vacation. The girl
on the receiving end was Virginia
Smith of Love Hall so of course
the fellow is Harold Stevens.
Here's a little item that hap
pened some time ago but anyway
Alpha Phi Pat Gilligan and
Sig Nu Roger Hasek have been
steadying it lor some time now.
John Jay Douglas is again wear
ing his ATO pin which has been
in the possession of Triple Delt
Ruth Ganz for over two years. No
body's mad tho, and they'll be dat
ing just the same.
DU, Alpha Chi Parties.
On the social docket for this
week-end ere the DU and the Alpha
Chi partes. Bill McConnaughey
and Eunice Ensor will be taking
both parties in their stride.
George Abbott, that sly Rag
man, came thru over the Christmas
vacation in great style. Georgie
paired with Alpha Phi Ginny Me
Culla. thiuout the vacation and
both kids came up with something
Besides a series of dates. Nice
work, George
Sayre Webster, Pi Phi, can put
away her snow shoes and skies
for a while now that she is back
from Michigan where she spent
five days of her vacation visiting
none other than Beta John Wright.
Library Displays
World Calendars
Almanacs in Case
A display showing the various
calendars and almanacs of the
world is now in the third-story
showcase of the library. Calen
dars shown are the Aztec calen
dars, which were used by 'the Asz
tec Indians of Mexico, Chinese
American calendar, the Maya's
calendar, the world calendar, a
new calendar now adopted by 14
countries, and the Long Day's cal
endar. Four almanacs are also shown.
Among them is the Farmer's al
manac, published in 1792, which
is America's oldest almanac. It
sold for 10c and was considered as
one of the greatest values of the
age.
Frosh to Trv
For Varsity
Debate Squad
Tryouts in Temple Tonile
At 7:30, Laase Announce
resnman tryouts for positions
on the varsity debate team will
be held trniht at 7-91 ; one
"O v t tj J in
Temple, Dr. L. T. Laase, debate
coach announced last night.
First year university students
are eligible for varsity competi
tion under recent rulings on fresh
man eligibility, effective next
semester.
The Long trophy, annually
awarded to the outstanding frosh
debater, will be awarded follow
ing the competition, with winners
earning positions on the varsity
team in the order judged.
Interested freshmen should con
tact Dr. Laase if unable to at
tend tonight's meeting so that
drawings can be made.
Up!
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BY DALE WOLF
Socially:
Going
it?
Social activities on this campus
have been very much on the down
hill grade this year. - -
So far we have only had one
b'ig party, the farmers formal, and
the weekly matinee dances. To
these, the students responded quite
well and it is planned that from
now on there will be more fre
quent parties here.
Starting this will be the Ag So
cial Council Party which will be
held Saturday night. Although
the music will not be furnished by
an orchestra, there will be an as
sortment of good records on hand.
The dance will be held in the ac
tivities building and the price of
admission will oe 10c. If this party
proves a success, more parties are
! sure to follow, so if you want a
good inexpensive way to spend an
enjoyable evening be on hand for
the Saturday night affair.
And for the interest of those of
you who may still have the am
bition to be students, there is also
good news. Beginning last night
the library on this campus is run
ning on the new schedule and will
be open until 10 o'clock four nights
a week. At present this is only a
sample run. and the final verdict
will depend upon the interest
shown in using the library this
month.
Leoti Sorghum May Prove
New Ersatz Material
And Pudding
It will be leoti pudding instead
of tapioca and leoti stickum on
stamps, envelopes and the like
next year if present efforts of
prairie farmers, agricultural scien
tists and manufacturers succeed.
Professor R. M. Sandstedt,
chemist at ag college, discovered
the new crop.
Leoti is one of several varieties
of waxy-seeded sorghums that
have been grown in the United
States for syrup, grain, or forage
since 1854. Until Professor Sand
stedt's discovery there was no
special use for the seed itself.
Scientific groups have been
working since early spring to give
America a homegrown substitute
for tapioca and other imported
root starches used in foods, in the
textile industry and for making
adhesives and plywood for in
teriors. Last spring with war in the Pa
cific cutting off the root starches
formerly imported from the Orient
agricultural officials in Nebraska
and Kansas cooperated in locating
supplies of pure seed of waxy sor
ghums and encouraged farmers to
plant it. Nebraska is now the
cultivation center of the crop.
The U. S. department of agri
culture has approved leoti as
meeting the requirements for
waxy starch, but extraction and
purification difficulties are hold
ing up extensive production.
Cokes . . .
Karsten Ohnstad, blind author
of "The World at My Fingertips,"
is a graduate of St. Olaf college,
Northfield, Minn.
Library Adds
English-Chinese
Dictionary lo List
A Chinese-English dictionary
has been added to the University
Library. The dictionary was writ
ten by Herbert A. Giles, professor
of Chinese at the University of
Cambridge 3nd for some time H. B.
M. Consul at Ningpo. The book
also contains Chinese family
names, the Chinese calendar, Chi
nese digits, and the Chinese deci
mal system. It contains 10,926
Chinese characters and contains
1,711 pages.
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ticket purchases. Students who
are unable to make the show at
the changed date and who had
already purchased their tickets are
reminded that they may have their
money refunded unless they wish
to contribute the price of the ticket
to the promotion of the Corn
husker Rag Tags Nebraska news
letter sent to Huskers in service,
for which purpose the War Coun
cil is sponsoring the show.
Tickets still sell at 25c, twenty
three cents of which goes to the
War Council treasury, and the re
mainder to the federal govern
ment as tax. Tickets are obtained
at the Union office window or
from the Council's manpower repl
resentatives.
Catherine Wells, "Red Hot and
Blue" business manager, asks that
all tickets and money out in cir
culation be reported to her today
between 4:30 and 5:30 p. m. in
room 316 of the Union, and that
all money be turned in at the
same time, same place, Friday and
Saturday. Tickets will also be
sold at the door.
Faculty members are urged to
join the students in this all-out
university efofrt of the War Council.
Debate Teams
Share Honors
At Tournament
UN Students Compete
Against Seven Colleges
Six debate teams from Ne
braska shared top honors in a re
cent Midwest Intercollegiate de
bate tourrament held at Omaha,
according to to ratings received
by Leroy T. Laase, debate coach,
during vacation.
In 24 debates against teams
from seven other colleges and uni
versities UN debaters lost deci
aions only to teams from Omaha
U and Iowa State Teachers col
lege. The tournament was con
ducted strictly on a no-championship
basis.
The 12 students participating
for Nebraska made up three men's
and three women's teams, and in
clude Bill Rist, Art Rivin. Frank
Matton, George Blackstone, Nor
man Hansen, Morris Coff, Kath
ryn Sloan. Jean Kinnie, Anne Wei
lensiek, Carolyn Frescoln, Helen
Kiesselbach and Betty Neuman.
Only Conferences.
"In order to provide maximum
participation for students with a
minimum of transportation, the
university's debate schedule will
be almost entirely confined this
year to conferences and tourna
ments of this type in which it is
possible to engage in a series of
. debates with a number of other
colleges and univeristies on a sin
gle trip," Laase explained.
Next trip for Husker debaters
will be on Jan. 22 and 23 when the
women's teams of this area con
vene at the University of South
Dakota campus.
A good-will exhibit depicting
campus life and student activities
at New Jersey College for Women
has flown to South America bear
ing 100th anniversary greetings to
the University 'of Chile.:
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