- Friday, October 28, 1949
THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
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Boarjl to Select Positions
For Engineers Week
Plans for the selection of the co
chairman of the 1950 Engineers'
Week have been outlined by Don
Cochran, president of the Engi
neering Executive board.
'Con' Man
Swindles
NU Students
A smooth talking salesman
complete with southern accent hit
the campus last week and swin
dled two fraternities.
In one of the smoothest inci
cidents in campus history, this
salesman obtained money under
false -pretenses by supposedly
representing the Inter-State Gar
ment company of Chicago in ac
cepting downpayments for tail
ored clothes only to be discov
ered and elude the Lincoln and
Omaha police.
Description of Operator.
Answering to the name of
Dave S. Mclntyre, which may be
an alias, this salesman is around
38 years old, florid complexion,
weighs around 175 pounds, and
has dark brown hair.
Complete with supposedly rep
utable identification, this opera
tor has been duping students over
a four state region, in Colorado,
Kansas, Nebraska, and Missouri.
His simple technique is to hit
campus towns in this area and
supposedly represent the gar
ment company in accepting meas
urements for "bargam" clothing.
A small downpayment is to be
deposited to the salesman and
the rest of the cost is reportedly
to be paid C.O.D. on receipt of
the clothing from Chicago. The
result is that the clothing never
arrives from Chicago and the
student is out the cost of his
downpayment which he has paid
the operator.
Thousands Swindled.
"Thousands of students
throughout the country are be
ing swindled in various types of
confidence frauds," declared a
representative of the Lincoln po
lice department Thursday.
"If Nebraska students would
only check more closely into the
credentials and character of these
salesmen, hundreds of dollars
would be saved."
Confidence men are regarded
as kings of crime and are the
hardest crooks to arrest and con
vict. Smooth in delivery and su
perior in intelligence, these opera
tors dupe the unsuspecting stu
dent and then take off.
The University of Nebraska
campus is regarded as a gold
mine for confidence operators
especially among fraternities and
other male houses. According to
the Lincoln police any stranger
may enter these male organized
houses representing any company
and solicit money from unsus
pecting students.
Their techniques vary but all
achieve the same result.
Lincoln police warn students:
"Don't be the sucker! Always
check with the Better Business
bureau or our department the
next time a smooth talking
Etranger has a 'bargain' for you."
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Each of the six student engi
neering societies have selected two
men to represent their department
as candidates for this position.
The candidates will be inter
viewed Nov. 7 and 8 by a commit
tee of the Engineering Executive
Board.
Information.
The following information will
be sought from the candidates
during the interviews: schedule
of hours and outside activities
next semester; reason for desiring
to be a co-chairman; project for
last year's Engineers' Week; opin
ion of last year's exhibit; ideas
for improving this year's show;
ideas on "commercialism" of the
exhibits; and ideas for making
movies of Engineers' Week.
Before the interview each can
didate is urged to inspect last
year's report of Engineers' Week.
This report may be checked out
from Dean Green's office.
Recommendations
The interviewing committee will
make recommendations to the En
gineering Executive Board at a
special meeting Thursday, Nov.
10. At this meeting the Board
will select the co-chairman for
the 1950 Engineers' Week to be
held April 27 and 28.
One man from each society will
be interviewed each night. Inter
views are scheduled as follows:
AG. E's, 7 p. m.; Arch. E.'s, 7:30
p. m.; Chem. E. s, 8 p. m.; C. E. s,
8:30 p. m.; E. E.'s, 9 p. m.; M. E.'s,
9:30 p. m.
Farm, Home
Week Program
To Include Sing
Tentative plans for holding a
big "singfest" as a part of Farm
and Home week at the Univer
sity, Nov. 16, have been an
nounced. Elton Lux of the Agricultural
Extension Service, secretary of
the committee planning the activi
ties, has sent word to all county
extension agents inviting them to
have song groups participate. The
singing will be one feature of a
gigantic evening program at the
University coliseum rn Wednes
day, Nov. 16.
Lux is hopeful that county wo
men's extension choruses will be
represented from all parts of the
state at the program.
Classified
LOST Brown billfold. Identification. Call
Max Hatria. 2-5952. Keep money.
I-OHT AOPt sorority pin. Call "Andy"
Tilly, 3-4691. Reward.
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tom. Black. Priced to aell. Maenua
Swanaon Sons, Ceresco, Nebr., Phone
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FOR Sale Size 34 Tuxedo, in good con
dition. Call 3-7570.
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nick Armstrong. 2-7H31.
LOKT LU Fraternity pin. Gold color.
Name engraved. Chuck Burmeiater.
2-7741.
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Directory Begins
Sales Campaign
"This is a Builder watching yon!
Have you bought your Directory?"
These signs around campus are
for the convenience of all stu
dents. They are reminders that it
is possible to save up six weeks
time on Student Directory de
livery by buying at the advance
sale.
The pre-delivery campaign will
continue through the middle of
November. All sales will be made
through personal contacts. There
are soliciters in every organized
house. The price of the directories
remains the same as last year,
only fifty cents.
The new directory has a white
cover with red printing. Each
directory contains all students'
names, addresses, telephone num
bers, home towns, year and col
lege. The directories also contain
each instructor's name and address.
Red Cross to Welcome
20 Schools at Convention
Nebraska's Red Cross unit will
host delegates of six states Sat
urday at a regional convention
on this campus.
At least 20 schools from the six
states are expected to send rep
resentatives to the meeting, the
first sponsored by Nebraska Red
Cross members.
Among the schools represented
will be several from .this state,
including Nebraska Wesleyan,
Hastings college and Union col
lege. Other states include Colo
rado, Wyoming, Iowa, Missouri
and Kansas.
Dr. T. J. Thompson will give
official University greetings at the
convention's first general session.
Audrey Rosenbaum, unit presi
dent, and Harold Hill, Lancaster
County Red Cross director, will
welcome the delegates as co-hosts
of the one-day meeting.
Organized houses will open
their doors Friday and Saturday
evenings to student delegates that
arrive In Lincoln early or desire
to stay over after the convention.
The convention will start at
9:30 a.m. Saturday with registra
tion. The greetings will be heard
about 10 a.m. The convention
delegates will then separate into
two groups for discussions of
"Service to Local Institutions"
and "The National Blood Pro
gram." The feature of the sessions will
be a luncheon scheduled for noon
in the Union parlors. Howard
Wilson, a member of the national
Red Cross Board of Governors,
will be guest speaker at the
luncheon.
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