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LINCOLN, NEBRASKA
Friday, April 18, 1952
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University women taking part'junior; Chi Omega,
in the Ivy and Daisy chains have Katherine Schenk, freshman;
been selected by their organized Tina Woster, sophomore; Betty
airawon, junior; ueua ueua ueua.
Eileen Mullarky, freshman; Joy
To Our Readers
houses.
Seniors bearing the ivy will be:
Elizabeth Moodie, Barbara Mc
Elwain, Alpha Chi Omega; Cath
leen Cox, Robin Rauch, - Alpha
Omicron Pi; Katherine Coad, Jo
Ann Hinds, Alapha phi; Louise
Kennedy, Alice Frampton, Alpha
Xi Delta; Mary Ann Buck, Jean
Fowler, Chi Omega.
Marilyn Clark, Jeanne Stock
still, Delta Delta Delta; Marguerite
Hughes, Barbara Gilmore, Delta
Gamma: Virginia Cummings, Jan-1
ice Lilijedahl, Gamma Phi Beta;
Nancy Svoboda, Mary Ann Mohr
man; Kappa Alpha Theta; Marilyn
Moolberry, Bonny Varney, Kappa
Kappa Gamma;
Mary Ann Grundman, Nancy
Benjamin, Pi Beta via; Kosanna
Locke. Louise Stam. Sigma Delta
Tau; Martha Stratbucker, Pat
O'Brien; Lois Zabel, Howard hall;
Jessie Murray, Elizabeth jonnson,
International house; Jean Har
gieroad, Margaret Tefft, Love hall;
Marv Louise Estes, Rachel Kirk
natriek. Terrace hall: Marcia
Burklund, Phyllis Heeckt; Wilson
hall: Jeannette Mundhenke, Bon
nie Weddell, residence halls; Lois
Larson, Marlene Bell, Towne ciud
Freshmen. sophomores and
Juniors will take part in the Daisy
chain. They will be:
Marlys Johnson, freshman;
Mary Ann Zimmerman, sopho
more; Jane Jackson, junior; Alpha
Chi Omega.
Mary Fuelberth, freshman; Shir
ley Miller, sophomore; Gwen Srb,
junior; Alpha Omicron Pi.
Shirley Languhu, f reshman;
Norma Lothrop, sophomore; Mari
lyn Ogden, junior Alpha Phi.
Jo Johnson, freshman; Sharon
Reed, sophomore; Mary Ann Kel
logg, junior; Alpha Xi Delta.
Elaine Millen, freshman; Beth
Rohwer, sophomore; Janet Clock,
The Daily Nebraskan Flood Relief fund existed as
merely a name at press time Thursday night. Thursday's
readers of The Nebraskan found that a Flood Relief fund
has been set up through W. C. JIarper's office at the Uni
versity to receive contributions" from University students,
faculty members, organizations and residences.
Millions of dollars will be needed to rehabilitate the
areas devastated by the waters 'of the swollen . Missouri
River. Damage to property, land, personal possessions and
Wachal, sophomore; Sally Adams.lhves cannot even be estimated at this time. Hundreds of
junior; Delta Gamma
Nancy Odum, freshman; Janet
Steffen, sophomore Barbara
Young, junior; Gamma Phi Beta.
Janet Harrison, freshman; Phyl
lis Armstrong,- sophomore; Dorris
Newman, junior; Kappa Kappa
Gamma.
Muriel Pickett, freshman; Terry
Banes, sophomore; Margaret Mc
Coy, junior; Pi Beta Phi.
University students are sacrificing their academic hours to
stand levee duty, fill sandbags, direct traffic and alleviate
the danger and damage wrought by the flood.
The Daily Nebraskan is asking that all University
members, individual and organized, contribute funds to be
donated to an agency qualified to help relieve flood dam
age. The Student Council and various administrative of
ficials have voiced their approval of the plan to collect
funds.
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Sally Solomon, freshman; Diane ,, vu v j nra. ti;i,. MAk.nni,n
Cooper, sophomore; Lois Gerelick, il lT 1- TC u "lttUC I ni vu' V
juniorr Sigma Delta Tau. Flood Relief and brought or sent to The Nebraskan office
in ine union Dasement to neip tne tnousanas less iortu
nate than we whc are feeling the wrath of the Missouri
River.
To the Student Body:
I think the habit of giving is splendid and when con
tributions will help those who are suffering the contrib
utors are worthy of even higher praise.
I appreciate the fine, responsible students who have
begun the drive to raise funds for those suffering from
the disaster caused by the floods.
Sincerely,
DR. T. J. THOMPSON
Dean of Student Affairs
Jo Kociemba, freshman; Shirley
Murphy. sophomore; Norma
Erickson, junior; Sigma Kappa.
Dorothy Sears, freshman; Bar
bara Berggren, sophomore; Donna
Malsbury, junior; Howard hall.
Marilyn Irwin, sophomore; Ger
trude Carey, junior; International
house.
Chloryce Ode, freshman; Bar
bara Hudson, sophomore; Phyllis
Ziehneer. junior: Lommis hall.
Jean Rippe. freshman; Lois
Kieckhafer, sophomore; Mildred
Athey, junior; Love hall.
Muriel Softely, sophomore; Ter
race hall.
Donna Solfermoser, freshman;
Joan Carlson, sophomore: Arlene
Neilson, junior; Wilson hall.
Marilyn Stellins, freshman;
Sandra Daley, sophomore; Mar-
lone uaniy, junior; residence
halls.
Mary Walz, freshman; Rutl"
Green, sophomore; Edna Schnei
der, junior; Towne club.
Phyllis Colbert, freshman; Joan
Legge, sophomore; Virginia Noble,
junior; Kappa Alpha Theta.
Jane Hetherington, sophomore;
Barbara Peters, freshman; Jea-
nette Selk, freshman; Patty Rus
sell, freshman; independent
women.
Awards
To 10 1
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Cadets
Ten ROTC cadets at the Univer-j American Military Engineers. The isity during the year received med
sity of Nebraska were honored! award was presented by Dean als from the Lincoln district unit
for high achivement Thursday at Green. of the reserve officers association.
a parade at 5 p.m.
versity carrtpus.
on the Uni-
Cadet 2nd Lt. Christian S J They are
Yamate, outstanding first year ad-
The students and the awards! vanced student in the ordnance
Administration Approves
Student Help With Flood
they received are:
Cadet Lt. Col. James Buchanan,
outstanding advanced student in
the infantry reserve officers train
ing unit at the University, the
U.S. Infantry award. The award
was presented for the Association
of the U.S. Army by Lt. Col. Lee
Chatfield, retired.
Cadet 2nd Lt. Robert B. Geb-
hards, outstanding first year ad
vanced student of the artillery
reserve officers training unit, the
U.S. Artillery award. The award
was present by Dr. Ephriam Hix
son, associate director of resident
instruction.
Cadet Major John D. Prien, Jr,
outstanding senior engineering
student of the advanced engineer
ing reserve officers training unit,
the senior award of the American
Military Engineers. The award
was presented by Dean Roy M
Green of the College of Engineer
ing and Architecture.
Cadet 2nd Lt. Nelson Harding:,
outstanding junior engineering
student, the junior award of the
reserve officers training unit, the
American Ordnance Association
award. The award was presented
by Dr. Floyd W. Hoover, acting
director of registration and records.
Five men who scored highest in
rifle competition at the Univer-ident of the unit,
Cadet Captain John McEI-
haney,
Cadet 1st Lt. Richard Jack
son, Cadet Paul Jordan,
Cadet William Norris,
Cadet Howard Diedrichsen.
The awards were presented by
Lt. Col. Floyd R. Meyer, presi-
Twenty-Two Fraternities
Announce Ivy Day Songs
Twenty-two men's groups will
compete in the Ivy Day sing May
3, Charles Widmaier, Kosmet Klub
chairman, has announced. First,
second and third place trophies
will be awarded to the winning
organizations.
The afternoon sing will be
judged by three unprejudiced mu
cians, Widmaier said:
Houses, musical selections and
dircetors 'are:
Delta Sigma Phf, "In My Merry
OldsmoWle," Tom Graham.
Kappa Sigma, "This is My Coim
try," Jack Davis.
Phi Gamma Delta, "Drinking
Song," Bob Swaim.
Sigma Alpha Mu, "Little Eyes,"
Manny Dworkin
Phi Rho Sigma, "Set Down, Ser
vant," Gordon Johnson.
Alpha Tan Omega, "High Bar
bary " Win Cady.
Pi Kappa Phi, "Sing Brothers,
Sing On," Leon Novak.
Farm House, "Short enin' Bread,"
Gilbert Karges.
Sterna Phi Epsilon, "March of the
Men of Harlock," J. Benedict.
Delta Upsllon, "Cindy," Bill Gies
ler. Zeta Beta Tau, "Halls of Ivy,"
Austin Horwich.
Sigma Chi, "Jonah," Charles Cur
tis. Sigma Nu, "There is Nothing Like
a Dame," Bob Roeser.
Delta Tau Delta, "You'll Never
Walk Alone," Tom McVay,
Phi Kappa Psl, "Phi Phis We are i Tau Kappa Epsilon, "Babylon's
the Men," Tom Miller. Falling," Bob Van Voorhis.
Alpha Gamma Rho, "Soon Ah Sigma Alpha Epsilon, "Drums of
Will be Done." Joel Waddill
Beta Sigma Pal, "De Animals
A-Comn," John Nelson.
Phi Delta Theta, "Phi-Delt
Drums," Ron Smith.
Bete Theta Pi, "Sons of the Stars,"
Hubte Shellenberger.
My Heart," Warren Rasmussen.
Theta XI, "Soon Ah Will Be Done
Wid de Troubles of de World,"
Wes Jensby.
Last year's winners were Sigma
Cbi, Phi Gamma Delta and Delta
Upsilon.
Ag Fair Barbecue Sales End Friday
Farmers Fair barbecue ticket
sales will end Friday, according
to Lois Larscn and Oren Rawl
ings, barbecue co-chairmen.
Tickets will be sold for 80 cents
in sales booths in the city and Ag Ior the barbecue.
Unions Thursday and Friday.
The barbecue will be held
.Saturday, April 26 from 5 to 7
p.m. Immediately following the
Farmers Fair Rodeo, on the
lawn southwest of the College
Activties buildlnr.
Ramona Laun and Wayne
Moody are in charge of ticket sales
A square dance will be held in
the College Activities building fol
lowing the barbecue.
Students leaving classes for
flood work have been given
wholehearted support by the Uni
versity administration.
Dr. T. J. Thompson, dean of
student affairs, and Dr. Carl W.
Borgmann, dean of faculties, both
issued statements Thursday ap
proving absence because of flood
duty.
Dr. Thompson sent letters to
all faculty members urging
them to encourage students to
go to Omaha city hall for flood
assignments. He said students
would be given "every assist
ance and consideration in mak
ing up any work missed."
Dr. Borgmann made the fol
lowing statement Thursday:
"I wholeheartedly support uean
Thompson's assurance to the stu
dents that they will be given
every assistance and consideration
in making up work missed
through flood duty. The critical
need for manpower is very real
and very important. Absences
caused by bona fide flood work
are to be excused."
University students who want
information regarding fighting
the flood should call The Dally
Nebraskan office, University
number 2-7631 or extension
4225.
Other excerpts from Dr.
Thompson's letter, which was to
be read in all classes, are the fol
lowing:
"Since Tuesday afternoon I
have been in constant touch with
the local civic authorities in
Omaha and other points on the
Missouri river and find there is
a verv treat shortage of man
power to build dikes and levees.
Yesterday morning I used all the
broadcasting stations, four in
number, to broadcast the need
over the air. As a result, about
200 students responded and went
immediately to the flood areas.
"This morning at 3 a.m. I had
a call from the Omaha flood dis
aster center In the city hall re
questing that I undertake to get
word to all able-bodied students
concerning the urgent need for
flood control manpower. Dur
ing the three hours between
that time and 6 a.m., I tele
phoned every fraternity, dormi
tory and co-op house requesting
that everyone physically able be
urged to go to the disaster em
ployment headquarters at the
city hall in Omaha for assign
ment. ,!
"Within an hour after my first
call was made to the first frater
nity, 11 boys in two cars stopped
at my home enroute for further
instructions. It is estimated that
an additional 200 members of our
student body have gone as a re
sult of this latter request. Many
more are needed. . . .
"If transportation is needed,
it can be arranged through the
state employment office, 2-7227.
The young men should be urged
to take old, warm clothing and
high shoes and boots." .
Dr. Sorenson Joins
Point 4 Program
Dr. Frank E. Sorenson, director
of the University's summer ses
sion and chairman of the depart
ment of educational services, has
accepted appointment for a year
as director of the educational staff
under the Point 4 program with
the U. S. state department.
He left Lincoln Monday for
Washington to begin his new assignment.
During his absence from the
campus, Dr. Wesley C. Meierhenry
will serve as director of the sum
mer session and Dr. Norman F.
Thorpe will head the department
of educational services. .
As director of the Point 4 edu
cational staff, Dr. Sorenson will
direct a survey to determine the
educational needs of approxi
mately 40 countries covered by the
program.
Noble To Head Corn Cobs
16 New Members Named
Don Noble was named presi-lvice president; George Schantz,
dent of Corn Cobs, men's pep or- secretary and Gene Johnson,
ganization, at a banquet in the treasurer.
PBK, Sigma Xi To Reveal
New Members Tonight
New undergraduate members of
Phi Beta Kappa and Sigma Xi
will be announced Friday night
at the annual dinner meeting of
the two organizations.
Phi Beta Kappa is the national
scholastic honorary fraternity and
Union Thursday night,
Other officers elected were:
Dan Tolman, vice president;
Ira Epstein, secretary and Mar
tin Lewis, treasurer.
The officers are elected by the
executive board which consists of
the out-going officers: Gene Rob
Inson, president; Jim Downey,
New members include: Jim
Weber, Cal Kuska, Charles
Beam, Garry Fcllman, J. Bene
dict, Ernest Bebb, Bill Johnson,
Carr Trumbull, Dick Hucbner,
Bill Melville, Ronald Hag en,
Harlan Wlederspan, Louis Laf
lin, Jim Collins, Gary Jones and
Frank Sorenson.
Unaffiliated Coeds May File
For Tassels Until April 26
Tassel filing deadline for unaf
filiated women is Saturday, April
26. Tassels, women's pep organ
ization requires a 5.5 average of
those filing.
Filing boxes and applications
are in both city campus Union
activities office and Ag campus
student activities office.
All women filing before the
April 26 deadline are to attend
the Tassel membership tea Sun
day, May 11, from 3 to 5 p.m.
at the Pi Beta Phi house. Can
didates unable to attend should
notify Tassel president Mary
Ann Kellogg at 2-6095.
Tassels attend all games and
rallies, sell pompoms and Corn
huskors, usher at school functions
and consider service to the Uni
versity as their main objective.
AUF Mass
Meeting Set
For April 23
All University Fund is holding
a student mass meeting Wednes
day, April 23 at 7 p.m. in Room
313, Union.
The purpose of the meeting is
to enlist students who are in
terested in helping with un
organized student-solicitation
during the AUF fund drive next
fall.
Adele Coryell, head of AUF un
organized student solicitation will
give the welcome talk. Joan Han
son, president of the All Univer
sity Fund will explain something!
of the purpose and aims of the
organization. She will also give
details of the coming fall 1952
fund drive.
A movie titled "Hungry Minds"
will be shown. The movie helps
illustrate how aid given through
various organizations helps re
build refugees in war-devistated
countries both mentally and
physically.
Rev. Rex Knowles, pastor of the
Congregational-Presbyterian stu
dent house will present a talk
concerning the work of AUF.
Students will be given the op
portunity to sign up for work
in AUF next fall at this meet
ing. All students are cordially in
vited to attend this mass meeting
whether or not they have pre
viously participated in the activi
ties of the All University Fund.
Med College Plans
AnnualOpenHouse
Dr. Eugene F. Powell, premed
ical adviser, announced Wednes
day that the annual Premedic
Day open house program of the
University's College of Medicine
will be held on the college cam
pus at Omaha, Saturday morn'
ing, April 26, beginning at 9 a.m.
All students who expect to at
tend are urged to sign their names
on the list posted at Room 306
Besscy hall immediately, Dr.
Powell said. The number of stu
dents expecting to attend will
be reported to the College of
Medicine in order that proper ar
rangements for handling all
guests may be made. Students are
responsible for their own transportation.
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Accoyoifs
Sigma Xi is the national scientific
honorary fraternity.
Dr. Douglas Merritt Whitaker
will be the featured speaker at
the dinner to be held in the
Union ballroom at 6:15 p.m. Dr.
Whitaker, provost at Stanford
university, will discuss "Sience
and National Defense."
He will present a brief history
and discussion of current science
organization in the United States,
both federal and otherwise. He
will emphasize the social impact
of scientific research.
Dr. Whitaker is now dean of
humanities and sciences at Stan
ford. He previously was dean of
graduate study and dean of the
school of biological sciences at
Stanford. He was a biologist at
the science re-survey at Bikini in
1947. He is also chairman of the
National Research council in 1950
51. The joint dinner meeting is
being sponsored by Sigma Xi
this year. Dr. H. O. Werner,
professor of horticulture, is
president and Dr. George C.
Ernst, professor of civil en
gineering, is secretary. Dr.
Ernst is b.nquet chairman.
Phi Beta Kappa president is Dr.
Boyd G. Carter, professor of ro
mance languages.
CSF Plans
Annual TV
Talent Show
"TV Talent Show" will be
staged Friday at 8 p.m. by Chris
tian Student Fellowship.
The production, an annual
spring event, will be presented
in First Christian church audi
torium, 16th and K streets.
Jan McCaw will give a reading.
She participated in Coed Follies
between-act entertainment.
Walter Carlson, violinist, and
Joyce Burns, batonist, will appear
in the show. Carlson has played in
violin recitals at the University.
Tickets for the show are 50
cents for adults and 25 cents for
children under 12. Tickets may
be purchased at Cotner house,
1239 R street, or from any
Christian Student Fellowship
member.
A pie and ice cream social will
follow the program. Proceeds from
the show will go to the fellowship
to further student work.
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Situation 'Desperate'
By CORK BIEMONDE
Staff Writer
Desperate is about the only
word to adequately describe the
flood situation in eastern Ne-
As this article goes to press,
the twin cities of Omaha and
Council Bluffs are making their
final efforts for a last ditch
stand against the unceasing
pressure of the mighty Missouri.
A quick trip in an aircraft up
and down the 13 mile dike front
by this reporter and all night ses
sion on the levees at the job of
nanual labor indicates that a
maximum effort by all the people
of the twin citie is being made at
this time. All the trucks that can
be commandeered .. ore being
pressed Into service and approxi
mately $36,000 worth of burlap
bags are being filled with sand.
These are being placed on the
river side of the levees to prevent
the water from breaking through.
If the water does break through,
East Omaha and western Council
Bluffs will be inundated to a
depth of approximately 16 feet.
It was the opinion of this im
porter that after the flight up
and down the river the dike sys
tem certainly looks frail com
pared to the tons and tons of
water pressure that will be
forced against the thin protec
tion of the boards and sandbars.
Weary men from the University,
Omaha medical school and
Crclghton university and thou
sands of citizen of Omaha and
Council Bluffs are sweating and
totaling endless hours in a final ef
fort to hold the fort as the crest
arrives within the next few hours,
and then to hold it further until
the raging waters recede.
Approximately 400,000 cubic
feet per second of water is now
passing the Omaha Ak-Sar-Ben
bridge 29 feet at last count (100
feet deep.) All the bridges have
been closed to traffic, except the
endless line of trucks hauling sup
plies of sand and gravel for the
bolstering of the dikes. This line
never stops, 24 hours a day, and
most of the men are existing
solely on the strength of strong
coffee and sandwiches as they
continue without rest.
The cities may win their
fight against the" relentless
river, but whether they win or
lose the magnificence of their
effort and the wonderful re
sponse of the citizens of both
Omaha and all the surrounding
towns will go down in the an
nals of history as never to be
forgotten,
Tho problems are multiplied
many times by the arrival of rains
which make the dikes soggy and
weaken them considerably.
The rain also makes life very
miserable for the workers, and the
transportation is becoming a quag
mire of mud, through which some
of the trucks cannot pass.
Yes, the twin cities may not win
their fight, but they will deserve
an enormous "E" for effort. ,
On Night Levee Duty
By GERRY FELLMAN
Staff Writer
Oh, God, please let that levee
standi
This was the prayer of thou
sands of workers, fighting against
time and the elements, struggling
to hold back the raging waters of
the terrlfingly dangerous Missouri
River.
Among these men fighting the
flood were a number of stu
dents from this University. I
was one of them.
At noon Wednesday, we re
ceived a call for students to help
on flood work, Dave Cohen and I
immediately headed down to City
Hall. Once there we found a
pick-up truck leaving for Om
aha. In the tiny rear end of the
truck were Jammed 10 students.
We asked if there was room for
us. They yelled back, "Always
room for a few more." So we
jumped aboard, everyone took a
deep breath, and we left for
Omaha.
Most of the fellows were from
Union college here in Lincoln. We
were so crowded that I sat on
top of somebody and somebody
else snt on top of me.
We were packed like the pro
verbial sardines in a can, but we
were in good spirits end sang
most of the way to Omaha. "Row,
Row, Row Your Boat" and "Waitin
on the Levee" were the favorites.
Once we arrived in Omaha,
things were not so rosy. The
town appeared almost to be
under military occupation. Sol
diers (mostly national guard)
army trucks, and Jeeps were all
over. Tension was apparent
among the Inhabitants of the
city.
Once out at the edge of the
river, we were transferred to an
old cement truck and headed im
mediately for the levee.
When we arrived at the levee,
we were assigned to a foreman, a
grizzled looking oldtimer. Ho had
come all the way from western
Nebraska to help.
Our job consisted mainly of re
inforcing the levee with sandbags
Dump trucks, looking like giant
hens laying their eggs, dropped
tthe bags some fifty yards below
the actual levee. '
We moved them up to the
levee via the human chain we
formed. In order to get to us the
trucks had to travel along tne
steep side of the. levee. It is
amazlne that most of the trucks
did not tip over one did.
When it got dark, the trucks
were unable to reach us. So they
dumped the sandbags as close to
us as possible. From 9 p.m. till
midnight, we carried the bags, one
or two at a time, a quarter of a
miW up to the place where they
were reeded.
, . Our bodies soon began to
ache, and our shoulders seemed
to have grooves In them
formed by the sandbags. But
after a while we moved auto
matically, pajlng little attention
to the bags on our backs.
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MUD . . . Drlzj.ly rain hampered attempts io build up dikes In
the crucial central Omaha district Thursday afternoon. Roads,
leveled earlier by bulldoxers, became sloppy quagmires and the
heavy trucks require help In getting through. To the left is the
beginning of a line of about one hundred volunteer workers who
are passing the sand bags from hand to hand along the dike.
(Daily Nebraskan photo.)
By CHARLES KLASEK
Staff Writer
One day in class a school teacher
said to her most precocious stu
dent, "Tommy, if I lay one egg on
the table and two on the chair,
how many will I have altogether?'1
"Personally," answered Tommy,
"I don't think you can do it."
A Delt, boasting of his prowess
as an ice-skater,
told how he
had mastered
the art of cut
ting figure
eights.
"It's the sim
plest thing on
ice." said his
gifl-friend.
"Not the way
I do it," re
torted the Delt.
"I make five
with one foot
and three with
the other."
til
Cloudy
Every once in r while someone
would shout, "How high's the
river?" Everyone was wondering
and praying, "Will the levees
hold?"
What if the levee breaKs near
us?
Our two day blessing of f Ing
weather unfortunately ir short
lived. There will be considerate
cloudiness today with occasional
showers. However, the tempera
ture will remain about the same.
When nature first created man,
monkey and bull, she endowed
the man with 40 years of life, the
monkey with 40 and the bull with
20. The man wanted more, and
the monkey and the bull volun
teered to help him out.
"Twenty's enough for me," said
the monk. "Man can have bit
'other 20."
"And I'll give him 10 of mine,"
said the bull.
And thus it came about that
man's life runs to 70 years on the
average, and is divided into these
three periods: first 40 years, nor
mal living; next 20, monkey busi
ness; last 10, shooting the bull.