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Friday, February 18, 1949
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THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
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THIS AG COLLEGE livestock judging team placed fifth in com
petition with 13 teams at the Southwestern Livestock exposition
in Ft. Worth. Posed in front of the reserve grand champion Angus
steer. Shown by a Wisner 4-H club boy, are, left to right:
Duane Sellin, Stan Lambert, Glenn Eggert. Coach M. A. Alexander,
Merwyn French and Norman Holmberg.
Aggies to Have
Bridge Lessons
A series of two-hour bridge
classes have been scheduled
weekly for Ag students begin
ning Wednesday, Feb. 23. Dale
Ball will instruct the classes which
will last from 7 to 9 p. m.
The first hour of the two-hour
session will consist of instructions,
and the remaining hour will be
spent in actual practice. The les
sons will be held in the recrea
tion room of the Ag union.
Neil Miller heads the sponsor
ing committee. Other members
are Charley Smith, chairman;
Janet Harrison and Del Kopf.
Sweaters and Skirls to 3 faith . .
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New
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Ash, Citron or Ice
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BY LOUISE McDILL
Will there be a rodeo this year?
This is the burning question
being asked on Ag college campus.
The answer seems to be "no", but
even this answer is hard to get
hold of. The whole affair appears
to be shrouded by some kind of
mystery.
Reasons for the "no" have been
suggested by the new dean who
has suppressed rodeo ideas since
the first meeting the "lias-Been
Rodeo club" held with him. At
this meeting they asked to be al
lowed to stage another rodeo like
the one held last year which
Aggies and anyone who was
there are still talking about.
Three objections to having a rodeo
along with the Farmerr Fair have
been brought up:
1. There is too much risk in
volved in such an event. Par
ticipating students may be hurt
and could sue the university.
2. Departments at A; had the
task of taking: care of livestock
used last year for some period
of time before and after the
rodeo.
3. Too much work is in
volved in setting- up a tempo
rary arena, and the project of
erecting: a permanent arena is
frowned upon by university of
ficials. Even the Farmers Fair board,
pledged to be trying to put on a
Farmers Fair that will go over in
a big way, agree that a rodeo is
not necessary. They agree that
some big event is needed to draw
a crowd to the fair but they feel
that some other project could do
the job. Suggestions for this pro
ject include a baseball game be
tween Ag students or Ag teams, a
horse show, or merely a bigger
and better parade, dance, barbe
cue and exhibits. But the idea of
a rodeo seems to have been dis
carded, not by any definite action,
but simply by ignoring the project
til it is too late to do all the work
that would be entailed.
That's that. But is it? Students
are STILL asking, "Why can't
there be a rodeo?"
The first objection could be
discounted by saying that there is
risk in any authorized University
activities, including the all-important
varsity athletic program.
But thinking students have gone
beyond this dodging of facts to
admit that there is danger of in
jury in a rodeo. However, rodeo
insurance can be purchased which
will cover all injuries and will re
lieve the University of all legal
responsibility. Participating stu
dents are mindful of the risk and
are willing to accept it, or they
wouldn't participate.
Livestock, from the reports of
the above mentioned rodeo club,
ENGINEERS
Don't fail to shop at our Clear,
ance Sale now in progress.
Many items are offered such
as:
V SLIDE RULES
V DRAWING INSTRUMENTS
V TEE SQUARES
V ADJUSTABLE ANGLES
V CURVES
V MECHANICAL DRAWING
PENCILS
V LETTERING SETS
SALE ENDS, WED. FEB. 23
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was not farmed out on Univer
sity departments as much as was
reported. By a few arrange
ments, however, livestock could
all be quartered off the home
University base both before and
after the rodeo.
As for the permanent arena,
students are asking "WHY
NOT?" Rodeo funds would pay
for the structure; there certain
ly must be some space some
where on the acres of the Agri
cultural campus that could be
used for a project which would
add to the life of the campus.
The educational aspect of the
Farmers Fair must not be over
looked, we admit. The exhibits
should be given their place of im
portance in the Farmers Fair.
Other aspects of the Fair, the bar
beque, midway and parade are al
so valuable and should not be
played down to a more dramatic
event.
Still, Ag students and city stu
dents are asking for a rodeo. We
challenge the Fair Board to bring
this problem out in the open, to
air the pro and con arguments, to
at least let students know what the
score is.
We challenge the Fair Board to
call an open meeting to which
students, faculty and administra
tion can present their viewpoints
and ideas. From this meeting a
course may be determined which
may serve to satisfy everyone.
Rumors Arise
Of Conrhushcr
Staff Friction
BY PATTI GARTLAND
Rumors have been spreading
over the campus about the big up
rising in the Cornhusker office.
Many of the staff members are
tired of their present jobs and de
sire new positions, we hear.
Leo Geier, for example, is tired
of being the head of sports and
has been trying to change places
with Janet Graves. Now just
why he wants to be in charge of
the Beauty Queens has not been
discovered, but energetic Daily
Ncbraskan reporters are working
on the solution.
There are tales that Joel Bailey,
also is in favor of the foregoing
change. Although she barely
missed lettering in football last
year, she is positive that constant
exposure to Jerry Ferguson will
make her wish a certainty.
Now the head of the photogra
phy division, Bob Duis, knows a
good thing when he has it. He
realizes it gets very dull taking
pictures of campus events, but the
idea of changing with Joan Rey
nolds, head of Fine Arts and Re
ligion does not appeal to him.
"Religion might do him good,"
certain factions were overheard
saying, however.
But the most exciting thing the
"keyhole peepers" were able to
unearth was that Janice Hufford
and Jo Lisher were feuding. It
seems that Jerry Johnston, meddler-in-chief
(Ooops, these novice
reporters!) is being deposed by
"Rodent Ray" Biemond, who is
planning on a new capitolistic up
rising. The girls, we gather, are in
favor of neither gentlemen. They
want to run the organization
themselves.
Butler Students
Attack Problems
Twelve upperclassmcn at Butler
university, seven men and five
women, are unique among their
classmates.
University officials announced
that these upperclassmcn are en
gaged in a program which will
solve the problem of what to do
with the superior student who is
rapablc of advancing in his stu
oios at a more rapid rate than the
average.
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By Emily Heine
New columns appear in the
"Rag" every February following
the semester staff changes. Latest
of these is "Chewing the Rag," co
operative effort of the special fea
tures editor and assistants, Ruth
Ann Sandstedt and Frank Jacobs.
It isn't that the three of us have
a corier on current columns. As a
rgatter of fact, almost everybody
in the "Rag" office including
several strangers who thought it
was an annex to the ping pong
room has taken a turn at being a
columnist.
We hope you'll keep in mind
when you read our columns that,
although we've suddenly become
columnists, we've not suddenly
learned everything about every-'
thing. We still get the same
worm's eye view of the campus
scene that you do! Neither have we
solved the problem of getting into
Sosh during rush hour. While we
don't pretend, or even intend to
give you all the inside info, we do
hope to produce something you'll
want to read.
And that's as far as this column
will go today with "we." Too
many writers have used the plu
ral form to hide comments which
were theirs and theirs alone. It
takes considerably more courage
on a university campus, or any
place else, to say in print, "I
think," but its more honest.
"Chewing the Rag" will usually
carry a byline, although the three
writers collaborate most of the
time. The signed column repre
sents what one of the three of us
thinks. It may, or may not, repre
sent the opinion of the majority
of the student body; it may not
even agree with that of the pa
per's staff or the special features
department. There are bound to be
a great many people who don't
see the thing the same way who
will curse the writer for talking
about something he doesn't know
anything about. None of us ex
pects or even wants you to agree
all the time. If you have com
ments to make, Frank, Ruth Ann
and I want to hear them.
At other times an anonymous
column will contain not so much
opinion as a report of campus
happenings, which cannot be in
cluded in regular news stories but
which are worth telling.
Nearly, everyone has at some
time or another laughingly re
marked, "Well, I'll never let my
studies interfere with getting an
education." Granted that most
people follow this principle, most
of the time (witness the crowds
getting "educator!" daily in the
Union, Woods, etc.), there is still
the interesting problem of the au
dience at such things as this
week's UNESCO conference.
Delegates, whose attendance at
the conference was more or less
sessions were far more interest
ing than they had thought they
taken for granted, reported the
would be. But a good many stu
dents never gave themselves the
opportunity to be as pleasantly
surprised. In most organized
houses, and presumably among
affiliated students, too, the words
were heard on all sides: "I'd like
to go, but I've just got to study."
The result a much smaller at
tendance at many worthwhile
meetings than there should have
been.
Because it is pleasant to think
that many people miss such
things because they are unaware
of their existence, I'd like to com
ment on one very fine project
(educational ..nd curtural, yes, but
pleasant and painless, too, which
is sponsored by the YMCA. Top
grade foreign movies are shown
frequently in Love library audi
torium for a 6mall admission
charge. Last week's "Charm of
La Boheme," a German film, and
the accompanying short were excellent.
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