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THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
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In the Crib . . .
Y Sweet9 Sue Is Unassumin
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Winner of 'Miss Daily9 Poll
Off to Class
'Typical' Is
Her Tag
For Self
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NOW FOR THE DRUDGERY! Miss Daily Nebraskan picks up her
books and leaves the Union for class.
Rag's Freshman Beauty Quest
Creates National Confusion
The nation pricked up its ears
at The Daily Nebraskan beauty
contest.
News services, paper and ra
dio stations kept tne Rag tele
phone jangling for several days
uith mnflirtine reuorts The edi-
tor, the chairman of the pubjrwriv c ruu""lll"ls
Board and even a lowly leixirter j chairman heard from local news
were approached with assorted ; papeis. The reported talked with
rumors. INS.
The confusion be fin wi'.h a Wires flashed back and forth
faulty report from the Chicago j between The Daily Nebraskan of
ottice of INS. The report stated fice and the three news services.
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BACK TO THE UNION fi a hecti- afUmoon in the Hag office.
Miss Daily Net-r;var t; r - ' n-"ar - "-'t'-! desk to
bark orders at Keith O'Bannon, Bob Mosher and Fiank Jacobs.
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that the editor of The Daily Ne
braskan and later the entire staff
had been suspended for their part
in the national freshman beauty
contest.
The editor received a call from
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BY M. J. MELICK
She's a beauty!
She is!
She's Sue Eastergard, Miss
Daily Nebraskan, the most beauti
ful freshman coed.
That's the verdict of an all
campus poll conducted by the
Daily Nebraskan. Miss Eastergard
was chosen from a group of six
finalists pictured in Wednesday's
Daily Nebraskan. She was selected
by students, polled at random
about the campus.
Although the poll has declared
that she is the most beautiful
freshman coed; quiet, unassuming
Sue would be the last person to
agree.
THE ANNOUNCEMENT of the
winner caught Miss Daily Ne
braskan in her blue jeans doing
pledge duty at the Delta Gamma
house. A short interval brought
her to the Rag office where male
staff members gathered around to
hear a few of the details about
Miss Daily Nebraskan.
It was not long before the truth
came out. Miss Daily Nebraskan
not only has beauty but talent
Her major is music and her so
prano voice is proof of her ability.
If all goes well, or badly as the
case may be, she plans to teach
public school music after gradua
tion in 1952. In preparation for
her career in music, Sue is learn
ing to play the piano and taking a
few courses in history and sociol
ogy.
MUSIC not only offers a voca
tion for Sue but it's "fun too
She likes all kinds of music, class
ical and popular. When it comes
to popular music she particularly
enjoys "Stan Kenton and Tex
Beneke."
In the same vein, dancing is her
favorite pastime. She has "no par
ticularly favorite place to dance."
They're all "fine."
Another hobby, which gives
music a lot of competition, is
journalism. She works on Student
Foundation publications in her
spare time. She is currently help
ing with Scarlet and Cream, a
publication for high school stu
dents.
THE YWC.Vs "Live Wire" is
another of her journalistic hobbys.
After a busy day of music and
meetings. Sue goes back to her
"home"' in the dorm to talk over
the day's activities. Roommate Pat
Hasson provides a chance to
discuss the home town. Both girls
are trom tremont.
Sue was born in Dodge City,
Kansas, but has lived in Fremont
"most of her life. She is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
Eastergard.
Concerning the national contest.
Sue thinks it would be "fun if the
faculty approved." The $100
would be nice4oo' but it's prob
ably just as well "that it's being
done this way."
BUT THIS STORY has a sad
nding.
i Sorry fellows. Sandy-haired,
clue-eyed Sue is going steady. The
iucky man is Tom Kokier. It's
, !een going on for "a while." It
'ooks as if it might last for "a
hiie," to the confirmation of the
population.
You see there just isn't any
thing to say about me. I guess I'm
just sort of a typical freshman. At
least I'm just like all the other
freshman I know," Miss Daily
Nebraskan said. j
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MISS DAILY NEBRASKAN starts the day with an early coke date
with one of the many eligible campus males who wish she weren't
"going steady." This lucky boy is Cub Slem, Daily Nebraskan man
aging editor, who volunteered his services "in the'interests of jour
nalism." She often turns heads in the Crib for a between-class snack
with "steady" Tom Kokjer or fellow dorm frosh.
Rag Tells 'Inside Story'
Of Frosh Beauty Contest
. . . The Truth Will Out
Miss Daily Nesbraskan is a lady
with a past!
At least the contest, which fos
tered her selection, has a past
Last semester The Daily Ne
braskan received a telegram from
Twentieth Century Fox Film cor
poration explaining" that they
were sponsoring a national con
test to pick the 15 colleges with
the most beautiful freshman
women. The Daily Nebraskan was
asked to submit a list of ten
choices.
The wire stated that a freshman
woman in each of the colleges se
lected would be presented at the
premiere of "Mother Is a Fresh
man,"' to be held in the college
town.
THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
filed the .telegram in the wte
basket and promptly forgot the
entire matter.
In early February a second tele
gram came from Sterling Sili
phant, of the New York office of
20th Century Fox, asking The
Nebraskan to wire collect its list
of colleges. The managing editors
DUt their hpartc trPAthr anH ramo
up with the following ten selec
tions: Massachusetts Institute of!
Technology; Baker University ofj
Baldwin, Kas.: Nebraska: Doane:
At the Boohs .
STUDYING! The inescapable end
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.uiij iiii iicunuun puzzies over questions lor the big
six weeks exam. The question seems to be "Will I crack it?" When
the work's all done there is still all night gab sessions with other
Hepner hall coeds. When the day is over and Miss Daily Nebraskan
takes her place in the annuls of campus beauty.
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Slippery Rock Stale Teacher's
College, Slippery Rock, Pa.; Mon
tana U.; Southern Methodist Uni
versity; Randolph-Macon; Am
herst; Scottsbluff Junior college;
Kansas Wesleyan, and Northwest
Missouri State Teacher's college.
The Rag office chuckled mildly
and again forgot the contest.
A THIRD WIRE from Mr. Sili
phant informed amazed staff
members that Nebraska had been
chosen one of the 15 colleges with
the most beautiful freshman
women. This wire asked that the
most beautiful frosh coed be de
termined. An alien who happened to be
passing through the office told
the editors that faculty sanction
would have to be secured before
such a contest could be held. This
time the whole affair was filed
iii a drawer a few inches above
the wastebasket.
Some weeks later a passing
tramp dusted the cob-webs off
the contest and a news editor
was sent to seek permission for
the affair from the Dean of
Women and the Dean of Student
Affairs.
A week and a half of daily calls
finally prompted Dean Johnston
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