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Sunday, April 30, 1944 THE NEBRASKAN Kratz, Barker At Drake Carnival Saturds) Dean Kratz and Norval Barker, university trackmen, placed in their events at the annual Drake university relay carnival yesterday t Des Moines, la. Kratz, who was invited to com pete In the special 4 40-yd. dash, placed fourth in this run. Barker raptured fifth place in the high ISC Naval 9' Meets ASTP Squad Today Ames, la., April 29. Iowa State Naval Training school baseball team meets the Iowa State ASTP tin it at Ames Sunday afternoon in the opening: frame of the season for both clubs. The Navy team is coached by Russell Wile, athletic specialist 1c, former University of Minne sota star center fielder. The squad which has been cut to 20 men in cludes many professional and semi-professions 1 players. Leading Pitchers. Leading pitchers are Charier Leese, who has had three years f semi-pro ball; Richard Chario. who pitched nine no-hit, no-run frames for a Cleveland, O., high 6chool, and George Cooper, who has seven years of pro ball ex perience. Jack Brentson, of the Puget Bound league in Washington, and Donald Buckley, semi-pro player from Springfield, 111., will be shar ing catching chores. Infielders include Chief Special ist (A) Joe Berwick, at first base; Walter Alexander, with the San Diego Naval Training school team last year, at second base; Matt Bzagraniec, with semi-pro experi ence in Chicago, third base, and Donald Shoemaker, at shortstop. Kmutz in Outfield. Paul Kmutz, who played for Waynesburg college in Pittsburgh last season; Bernard LaFond; Jack Gibbs, and George Hull are the leading outfield contenders. Composed entirely of veterinary trainees, the ASTP unit, has two J letter winners and four sauni members of last year's Iowa State college team in the starting' lineup. Alvin Strohbohn, two-time Cy-J clone letter winner, will be on the mound, with veteran Gene Phelps! behind the plate. The starting out- field is made up of former Cyclone: squad men Thomas ChadomelkaJ Peter Meerdink and Irvin Peter-' eon. .Starting infield for the veterin arians includes Arthur Collins first baseman; Benjamin Bonnelli. second baseman; Jerald Jorgen Bon, third baseman, and John Neeley, shortstop. Future games have not been announced for cither club. Former Reichstag Member Speaks To Science Group Gerhart H. Seger, lecturer and writer, will speak to the social science section of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences Friday at 2 p. m. in the sosh auditorium. The section is meeting with the uni versity Economics society. In 1930-33 Seger, who will speak on "After This War What?" was a member of the foreign affairs committee in the German reichs tng. Previous to his escape from the nazis into Czechoslovakia in 3933, he spent three months in a German jail and six months in a concentration camp in .Oranien- blll'i;'. Seger came to the United States in 1034 and became an American citizen in 1942.- He was born in Leipzig in 1896 and is a graduate of Leipzig university school of Journalism. Mothers Eay CAHE3 Now on Display Open Shopting IWghls GOLDENROD STATIONERY STORE 215 North 14th St Win Places hurdle event. The meet was a strong one this year, as in former years. Many squads boasted usually strong ag gregations as they had been bol stered by navy men. There were many outstanding competitors en tered in all events. In a surprise move, the A. A. U. barred Bob Steuber and Dick Wakefield from the meet, as both men have played for professional outfits before. They were entered by Iowa Pre-flight. Rain Shortens I-M Softball Season Play Intramural Softball season will probably be considerably shorter than had been planned due to the rainy weather at the start of the season. However, starting the first of next week, games will again be played. They probably will not start until Wednesday, as there are two ROTC parades scheduled for Monday and Tuesday. If the weather permits, games will be played every evening, un til the schedule has been com pleted. With only two weeks of playing time remaining, some of the games that were scheduled for the first part of May will probably be cancelled. These finrfl games in Softball will wind up the intramural season for this year. All changes in the schedule will be announced and teams will be given time to meet at the fields west of the coliseum. University Pastor Goes To Chicago Conference Rev. H. Erck, university Luther an pastor, is attending the conven tion of Missouri Synod Lutheran university pastors, which is held in the Sherman hotel at Chicago. I., K .$ . j ;PJ k m V I Greet the Morning with Ilowcr-Fresli Skin Awaken your skin with fragrant luxuria, cleanser and bcautifier of unexcelled quality. Pat briskly with fresh-as dew skin LOTION. Flatter with BEAUTIFYING make-up film, then powder . . . make-up . . . face your world sure that it will be a beautiful day. LUXURIA - 1.00; 2.25; 3.50 SKIN LOTION 1.00 BEAUTIFYING MAKL-UP FILM -1.00 til p'icn plm imi HA R R I E t Street Sports Traditions Important To American Way of Life BY J. P. MILLER We were quite pleased to know that the usually studious engineers included athletic contests in their program of activities Friday. Tho the boys had not practiced much, the games were lively, and more important still, all the boys dis played a keen love of the games and the competition involved. It is heartening to sports lovers everywhere to see that the Amer ican youth still retain this needed willingness to engage in competi tive athletics. This spirit has always been im portant to our country. In this war, as in the last one, our ath letes have often proved to be our bravest and ablest soldiers. oervicemen will welcome this news also. Many of the boys tc English Periodical Re-elects Louise Pound lo Board Miss Louise Pound, of the de parment of English,, has been re elected to the advisory editorial board of the periodical, College English. Members of the editorial board are elected by vote of the subscribers. The secretary of the National Council of English. Teachers, which prints the periodical, an nounced that Miss Pound received the highest number of votes of the candidates from whom the 12 advisers were selected. HUBBARD Tour. whom we have talked have ex pressed great concern about the continuation of all types of ath letic events in America. While they regret that they are unable to take part in many of the events, they heartily approve their con tinuation. Sporting tradition in this coun try is a popular thing and a great thing. Whether found in sandlots or in great universities, the aver age American derives much of his entertainment from some of our popular sports. To maintain this tradition in the present spd to keep it alive in the future must be our firm goal. Dr. N. II. Bernard Attends Meeting On War Materials Dr. Niles H. Bernard, associate professor of mechanical engineer ing, attended an instructor's train ing course in statistical methods of quality control at Purdue uni versity during the past week, in struction centered about a new technique in testing the quality of war materials. More than 140 in dustrial leaders as well as repre sentatives of 18 universities at tended the conference. J, -It V T" I V Perry Brown's Promise: a cool, fresh look oil In frosty Cysoe . . Terry Brown's exclusive dress material . . you'll be refreshing to see all summer, long. One and two-piece styles are soft or tailored to look as if made just for you. Sizes 9 to 15. Engineering Teams Clash In Softball All branches of the engineers took part in a softball contest April 28, as the men of the engineering college combined sports with other activities on Engineers Day. The first game, scheduled be tween the Civil-Architectural team and the Electrical engineers, was forfeited to the E.E.s. Mech and Chem engineers then clashed in a game that saw the Chem E's victorious at the end of the contest, 7-4. Final clash of the day took place between the E.E.'s and a combintaion of Chem and M.E.'s. Battery for the latter club was Nigh hurling and Napata catch ing. Martz served on the mound for the E.E.'s and their catcher was Keller. At the end of the second frame, the E.E.'s batting power had put them in the lead by a score of 9-0. Despite a change of pitchers at this point, the Chem and Mech men were unable to halt the tide. The game was concluded at the end of the fifth inning with the E.E.'s holding a 16-4 lead. Mrs. Ruth Pike Recruits Social Work Personnel Mrs. Rufi Pike, formerly with the university extension division, has been appointed to a national committee of the Ameiican Asso ciation of Social Workers to re cruit personnel for special work. At present Mrs. Pike is director of publicity and head of the sociology department of Trinity college at San Antonio, Texas. Su mmer : $16.95