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Progressive Party Elects
H. Andersen, J. Kessler
Harold Andersen and Joe Kess
ler were nominated as the Pro
gressive Party candidates for
senior and junior class presidents
at Tuesday evening's party con
vention held in the Union ball
room. Large banners and demonstra
tions of each delegation for its
favorite candidate marked the
convention which elected Ernie
Larson as party president and
Phyllis Johnson as first vice presi
dent. Don Chapin was chosen as
second vice president and Marilyn
Adler, secretary of the party.
Only one roll call balloting was
necessary for the landslide elec
tion of each party officer and
class presidential candidate in the
smoothly-operated c o n v e ntion.
The sole snag, momentarily dis
rupting party procedings, was the
question of the eligibility of one
of the candidates for junior class
president. After several hurried
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Vol. 44, No. 34 Wednesday, November 29, 1944
Ely Culbertson Deserts
Bridge Talks on Post-War
BY MARY ALICE CAWOOD.
Although known all over the
world as the originator and
dramatizer of a system of con
tract bridge, Ely Culbertson re
gards cards as his "bread and
butter," and declares that his real
interests lie in his widely dis
cussed post-war peace plans,
which he spoke on last night at
the Irving Junior High school in
the Lincoln Town Hall series.
Born in Russia, Mr. Culbertson
has studied at six great univer
sities and speaks eight languages.
He jokingly remarked in a press
conference Tuesday that he is the
only man to speak English with
an accent and Russian without an
accent. Six years ago this man
of international background Real
ized that a new system of inter
national law was desperately
needed. Having always been in
terested in social and political re
forms, he began to form such a
plan.
Principle Useless.
He explains that a principle,
however noble, is useless without
the machinery with which to
carry it out. Culbertson cites the
Dumbarton Oakes plan as repre
senting the rudiments of that ma
chinery. "However," Mr. Culbert
. son continued, "this plan must be
drastically improved if we are
to have international law for col-
Prof M. Flack
Of Ag College
Dies in Omaha
Prof. Milton L. Flack, exten
sion agent in dairy husbandry at
age college, died Friday after
noon while attending the state
Holstein sale at Omaha. Profes
sor Flack had held his .position
with the university since Sept. 1,
1924, and was 50 years of age.
Professor Flack was born and
reared on a farm in Washington
county, Pennsylvania, and served
in the first World war as a pri
vate. After graduating from
Washington high school, he at
tended Washington and Jefferson
college for four years and re
ceived his A. B., majoring in Ger
man. He attended Penn State college
for two years and there earned
BSc. degree in animal husbandry.
Later he received his master's de
gree in animal husbandry from
Nebraska. For a short time he
(See FLACK, Page 7.) I
phone calls and involved discus
sion it was voted to support Kess
ler for the office.
Andersen is president of his
fraternity. Phi Gamma Delta and
Student Council, managing editor
of the Nebraskan, member of Phi
Beta Kappa, and listed in "Who's
Who in- American Universities and
College." Kessler, a member of
Phi Delta Theta, is Nebraska's
star backfielder on the varsity
football squad.
Defeated nominees for the va
rious offices were: president, Pat
Chamberlin; first vice president,
Marilyn Adler and John Van
Horn; second vice president, Mil
dred Engstrom and Grace Steck-
ley; secretary, Shirley Jenkins,
Tom Noble, Varro Tyler and Bob
Van Sant; senior class president
Jim Abdor, Margaret Beede, Bob
Brown and Jeanne Rotton; and
junior class president, Monica Ann
Alberty, Bob Buxton and Bernie
Urich.
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Prom The Lincoln Journal.
ELY CULBERTSON
. . . talks on post-war planning,
lective security. He maintains
that this plan as it now stands is
,not a collective security. It is not
collective because it is based on
domination of a few great powers
and it is not secure because it
is based on nothing else than a
wish fullfillment. "The Dumbar
ton Oakes plan is little more than
the ever-recurring, ever-disas
trous place of the victors with its
thinly disguised foul politics,
stated Culbertson. "Unless this
plan is amended we will be lay
ing the time bomb that will ex
plode inevitably in a third world
Culbertson prop oses four
amendments to the Dumbarton
Oakes plan and explains each
amendment. The first is the pro
posal for a council of world
(See CULBERTSON, Page 3.)
Groups Sponsor
Church Ushers'
School at Union
A school for church ushers,
.sponired by the university ex
tension division and the Lincoln
Ministerial association, will be
held at the Union, Nov. 28, Dec.
5, and Dec. 12 from 7:30 to 9:10
p. m.
Invitations have been extended
to church ushers and pastors in j
Lincoln and surrounding towns. I
George Sleinheimer, Omaha, will
conduct the first program. Topics
discussed during the series will in
clude, "The Psychology of Meet
ing Strangers," "What the Min
ister Expects of the Usher," and
"The Church Goer's Angle of
Ushering." Registratloi 'ee is one
dollar.
Chairmen Submit
Lists of Nations
To Union Today
Organized houses and groups
must turn in their list of pref
erences for nations they wish to
represent at the mocV peace con
ference and the name of the chair
man for each group to the Union
office by 5:00 p. m. today.
A general plan for the confer
ence and. the part organized
houses and groups will play in
the conference was distributed to
organized houses Monday night
by members of the planning com
mittee. After each house has been
given a nation to represent, defi
nite plans and study outlines
will be given out to aid in refer
ence work.
War Council
Sells Bonds
Downtown
Volunteers to help sell war
bonds and stamps at Walgreen
drug store from 1 p. m. until 8
p. m. on week days and all day
on Saturday were urged to sign
up with Margaret Neumann at
the War Council meeting Tues
day afternoon.
Since no other help could be
obtained, War Council has taken
over the responsibility of the
booth, which has sold $1,800 worth
of bonds and stamps already. The
booth will be under the council's
auspices starting next week and
until Christmas vacation.
Results of the war show try
outs will be announced next week.
Army tryouts will be held Sat
urday. "All the participants in the
tryouts have been exceptionally
good," commented Ghita Hill,
president of War Council.
Dialect Troubles
Plague U1S Play,
Add Much Humor
BY BETTY KING.
The University Theatre will
present the first comedy of the
season, "Papa Is All," December
7, 8, and 9.
The dialect of the play adds
much to the laughter altho it
presents difficulties to the actor.
The odd sentence order of Penn
sylvania Dutch speech has
evolved from an attempt to at
tune English words to the musi
cal cadence of the German dialect
that for years was the common
tongue to the area in which the
play takes place. When proper
ly spoken the dialect is musical
and charming, no more obtrusive
than Yankee or Southern speech.
Meaningless Words.
Such words as "already," "yet,"
and "still" have crept into the
speech of the Pennsylvania Dutch
for purposes of rhythm, and are
not spoken as H they had anyi
meaning.
As an example of the distorted
phrasing : In reference to the
weather, Mrs. Yoder asks Papa
if it's falling weather out (rain
ing). Papa replies, "Look your
self the window out onct and see
for yourself if it's falling weather
out."
Another example concerns
Mama and her daughter, Emma.
Mama on making an exit, says
to Emma, "I m going to get my
See DIALECT, Page 3.)
AWS Sets Late
Night Wednesday
Dorothy Carnahan, AWS
president, announced today
that Wednesday night will be a
12:30 night for all university
coeds. Thursday night there
will be regular hours, 9 p. m.
for freshmen anil 10:30 for up
pcrclassmen. On Friday and
Saturday nights, the usual
12:30 hour will be in effect
Student Party Nominates
J. Whedon, B. Sakayama
Members of the Student Party
for Democratic government met
in a well ordered caucus in
Temple auditorium last night to
elect Bill Miller chairman of the
party and Jean Whedon and Bill
Sakaayama party nominees for
president of the senior and junior
classes. Twenty party members
were chosen to serve on the party
executive committee.
Bill Miller, was elected per
manent chairman on the first bal
lot, running against Jean Whedon,
Ann Wellensiek and Natalie Neu
man. Gene Dixon was nominated
and withdrew.
Jean Whedon was declared
party nominee for senior class
president after three ballotings,
the first two of which failed to
show a majority for any candi
date. Names of Barbara Stahl,
Gene Dixon and Miss Whedon
were on the second ballot which
eliminated Miss Stahl and left
Crib, Cafeteria
Take Vacation
Thanksgiving
Both the Corn Crib and the
Campusline Cafeteria in the
Union will be closed Thanksgiv
ing day, Nov. 30. The Corn Crib
will also be closed Friday, Dec. 1,
and Saturday until 8:00 p. m.
Three dances are scheduled for
the Union ballroom this weekend.
Friday afternoon from 4:00 to
6:00 students will dance to music
from the juke box. Dancing Fri
day night and Saturday night
from 9:00 to 11:30 will also fea
ture music by the juke box.
"Arizona" with Jean Arthur
and William Holden is the main
feature of the weekly variety
show in the Union ballroom Sun
day afternoon at 3:00 p. m.
'Toys for Joy'
Holiday Drive
Begins Friday
"Toys for Joy" drive sponsored
by the On the Beam committee
of War Council will begin after
Thanksgiving vacation.
This is the second vear of this
drive which is to provide toys for
poor children.
Suggestions which are offered
by the committee are that students
bring toys from home or buy 10c
toy gifts. A box to collect these
toys will be in Union lobbv, after
(See TOYS, Page 2.)
Beauty Queens, Faculty,
MB's, Are Auction Goats
BY LES GLOTFELTY.
If pop is going out for a new
pair of socks, if mom is heading
own to buy some groceries, or
if little brother has a nickel and
visions of a chocolate ice cream
cone, grab them, get the money
and head for the Union ballroom.
You won t be charged with grand
larceny or breaking and entering,
but you might end up with a
date with a beauty queen or Gene
Dixon or practically anything else
from a singing waiter to Mortar
Board to clean the room so you
won't have to swing in by the
chandelier anymore.
Seriously, War Council is spon
soring a big stamp and bond
auction on Wednesday evening.
December 6, appropriately entitled
"Chance of a Lifetime." Faculty
members and students on the
campus are offering their serv
ices to be auctioned off for bene
fit of the sixth war loan drive.
!C. M. Elliot, assistant professor
'of economics and insurance, and
Dixon and Miss Whedon to make
the third try. Gene Merchant,
Bob Hastert, Natalie Neuman, An
ton Kasha and Joan Witt were
also nominated for the position.
Repeat balloting was again
necessary when the first vote for
junior class president nomination
gave Mary Ann Mattoon, Bill
Sakayama, and Ed Robinson the
top number of votes but failed to
show a majority for any one of
the three. Gene Dixon, student
council members, confirmed the
realization that to be eligible the
nominees must have attended the
university the preceding semester,
disqualifying Robinson. Other
nominees were Madeline Holtz
scherer, Kathy Legge and Lowell
Anderson.
Miss Whedon is treasurer of
Mortar Board, secretary of YWCA,
vice president of WAA, a mem
ber of Alpha Lamba Delta, Iota
(See STUDENT, Page 4.)
Tassels End
Slogan Drive
Friday Night
Slogan contest for the best
phrase or phrases about the 6lh
War Loan drive is being spon
sored by the Tassels to arouse
interest in the present drive for
war funds.
Three prizes in war stamps will
be awarded to the writers of the
best slogans. Prizes range from
5 dollars for first prize, 2 dollars
for second prize, to a dollar for
third prize. The winners will be
announced at the Chance of a
Life Time auction next Wednes
day. Entries must be turned in
to Mary Lou Weaver in the Stu
dent Union office by Friday.
Obtain Blanks.
Pledge blanks for bonds may
be obtained from the Tassel
booths and from members of the
On-the-Beam committee. Stu
dents are urged to fill up stamp
books; and then to make a pledge
for the bond bought with the
stamp book.
Last week the Tassels sold
$278.55 of war stamps in the
booths, an amount over twice as
much as the usual total each
week. The stamps sold for the
6th War Loan will also apply on
the ambulance fund which was
begun some weeks ago. Toward
this goal of $1950 for an ambu
lance, $923.85 has been sold.
Thirty-four members of tho On-the-Beam
committee will have
(See TASSELS, Page 7.)
Karl Arndt, associate professor of
economics, will act as auctioneers.
Save Your Pennies.
To put the auction over and
for UN to do its part in the war
loan drive, students must literally
"go to town" on the bidding, and
the way to do that is not only
to save pennies here and theie,
but to hit pop for money he would
be investing in bonds anyway.
As he gets in a good mood
Thanksgiving day, gently touch
him for a bond's worth of cash
or some stamp's worth of moola
and stick it in a sock until De
cember 6 and get your money's
worth not only in bonds and
stamps but in entertainment.
Incidentally, not only does the
auction promise to be uproarious
with Mr. Arndt and Mr. Elliot,
but there will also be some sur
prise entertainment to calm things
down when the bidding gets too
hot to handle. December 6, De
cember 6, December 6, fun, fun,
fun, money, money, money. See
ya!
