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.-- PAGE TWO Published every morning except Monday by Student Publications Incorporated at 126-130 Iowa avenue, Iowa City, Iowa. Board of Trustees: Frank L. Mott, Odis K. Patton, A. raig Baird, Kit'k H. Porter, Donald Dodge, Deming mith, William Sener, Irene Frederickson, Robert Kadgihn. Fred M. Pownall, Publisher Loren L. Hickerson, Editor Morty TonkeD. Managing Editor Entered as econd class mail matter at the postoffice at Iowa City, Iowa, under the act of congress of March 2, 1879. Subscription rates-By mail, $5 per year; by carrier, 15 cents weekly, $5 per year. The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news published herein. TELEPHONES lIdftorial Office .. _ .............. 4192 Som ty Editor ........ _ ......... 4193 Business Offioo ............. , .... 4191 SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1940 • Comments lor Dads ToJIIY-. alurday, ct. 12-thp nation is t:l'h'bruting 'olumbus day. 13111 ht'rll ut Iowa we 'I' observing a day which lUIS become an in. titutlon in itself. 'l'hat's Dnd's day. Wt' of 'J'be Daily Iowan ext nd our warm I'st wl'lcOlllll to the grand t man in the world - (ht' Dllll WhO'A being entel'lained today by /lily Hlud ilL on the campu .. WI! wish there might be something we could • IlY to you this morning, Dad, that you could ('HI'I'Y th"ough your day here at Iowa, and away with you tomorrow---6omething that would make you want to eomc baek Hom - comillg, und ev('/'Y chance you geL. But words ar u't wOI·th much, and Iowa CIlJI s[H'uk for hCl'Self. • • • , he'll be doing that todlly-for you, Dad, H('nH'l11bel' that. HplIlplIlber it this afternoon, when the lIuwl«'yc. irot out to meet Wil consin in Iowa NtadiuJU. Your boy may be playing on that lown tam. Hl'lIl('mber it, too, when you watch the lflliwl'sity of 10\\1u band, before the game /lUU at halftime-that band which i th pridp UIIU juy of 10wIl Hnd (he Big 1'en. Maybe yonr Ron iq in that band. And remember it whpn you're llaving din- 11\'" with your son or dallghter todlly-in a }'l'staUl'ant dowl1town, in a dormitory, or in tli/lt JI'utcJ'llity or tlol'oriLy. • • • It 's your day, Dad, and it's your tcam, YUlII' band- your Iowa-just a. mueh as it's youI' bon or r . their wi h es with regard (0 11 third t I'm for Roosevelt 0[' II first term fo r Willkie. But while tb . e yotet·s /ll'e takillg- ad,'alltagc of the privilege lhat 1,0 many millions in I ss fortunate countrips Cllry, other thousands of citizens will fot' one reason Ol' anothpr fail to exercise tbis l)l.'ivilege. .Amollg the mOl'e than 7,000 students of thc University of Iowa, coming from ewry sec· t ion of the Uni ted tates, are a number who IIrc cligibl to vote, but unl s. immediate action ill laken, will not be able to do so be ('au~c of their failme to obtain the I1CC s.~ary fOl'IlIS for absentee voting, Th e P"oceclure Application 1'01' these forms must be made 20 days bl'for tbe cleetion at the office of th county auditor or corre ponding official in tlte section in which you are registered. ]JI writing for tJ\es blanks, you should give specific information regarding the precinct )11 wh ich you are registered. J t is not too late to obtain your absentee ballot to vote in the ovember elections, but it will be too late in most local ities after ()d. ]6. · I f you al'p a mau between 21 and 35 years of aI'e, it i certainly of vital concern to you From Iowan R d as to who is at tJle head of our government during the next four years, during which you may be called to erye for this country's deferu e. '['he Women, Too,- If yon are a woman, your life will be no less aft ted-not only by the influenc of governmental defense policies and acts upon a friend, brother, husband, or future hu 'baud; but also by th~ fact that in the months ahead om- democratie form of governm nt will have one of the, hardest struggles smce it. l'Stablishment to maintain the tradition and ideal upon whleh our freedom is base~. YonI' vote will count. It will count in the pr sidential race cause sentiment favoring (h two major candidates j. 0 evenly divided OVC1' the nation. But it wlU count more by showing the world that American. are united ill their interest in preserving our democratic form of government. Jf you believe in the "American Way," .remember Oet. 16, and write for your absent e ballot as oon as possible. And I'emember, too, how the "American Way" happellS to be. A Man About , MANHATTAN: Three Items 01 Interest From Manhattan Island- - - - By GEORGE TUCKER NEW YORK - Twice now, to tllC bewi lu('rm I1t of 1Ill' actors in thp come
. , . Iub. ' . 'I UIlIan. Stu. ~, I rt~ bride rsltr T. ~. One ck?" . . a\lClr nate -te. HV .. IdeD~ 'hllO. d on hlllle , 724 Prot (eo! "The .. g 01 iza. Oet. room NT II will s of Mon· ~nURc Y de ,rpom Mon· ~tuft Uver· cs 'Of held otany NG ex· dents ~ecord e or lillie JlJIL ll .be the m ON ~ . \IIf qeI' ,'1'lIIe Ie,,1S and . Saft tT 1 fa' .' vlJoJI " ,A'I. .f· f. Ptof. Knowler Will Preside ~t Mathematics Conference 2 Talks, Discussion Scheduled for Final Session in OJd Capitol Prof. L. A. Knowler of the mathematics department will preside at the rna thematios conference in the north room of Old Capitol today, The opening address will be given at 9:30 by Gertrude Hendrix of Eastern Illinois State Teachers college, Charleston, Ill. It will be entitled "The Concept of Freedom Through High School Mathematics." At 10 o'clock a talk on "The Place of Mathematics in a Functional Curriculum" will be presented by F. L. Wren of George Peabody Teachers college, Nashville, Tenn. A discussion wiu close the conference. . .. . Prof. Lewis E. Ward of the mathematics department yesterday addre~sed the conference members on the subject, "The Definite IntegraL" PIO/essor Ward first defined the .------------ Group Reveals Dessert-Bridge p arty Winners Winners at the dessert - bridge party given by Civic Newcomers Thursday in the D nnd L grill, were Mrs. Roy Thornberry and Mrs. G. M. Townsend. Co-hostesses at the event were Mrs. C. E. Carlson and Mrs. M. G. Towell. Another dessert bridge party will be given Oct. 24. ' . Oct. 22 is the date set for a Civic Newcomers' kensington, to be given in the home of Mrs. E. J . Koester, 1015 Muscatine. New Stamps Honor National Defense Plans /tlmDAitt IOWAN. tOWA CITY. IOWA Mrs. Loveland . Will Eniertain Fat ~eis mertnD City Mrs. T. O. Loveland will entertain members of the Monday club at 1:15 p.m. Monday in her home, 135 Melrose. Members who cannot come are . . . .. .. • • • A ]8 ~a,ry ~, . All University Sings 'My Hearl Belo~s to Daddy' I.!----------------------------' Dad's day festivity was in full tioned about his prediction on asked to call Mrs. Loveland. swing last night as young dads, the Iowa-W(sconsin game . James Liska old dads, ,randdads, future dads "What do you think of the W~consin team?" asked a reand "do-dads" flocked up the porter. hill from the pep rally to trudge "Well, here's the thing of it. Dies at Home the si~alks or pilot the family Ml1waukee is famous for one "Phoqikar'J through the cram and thine. EVerybody knows that. jam of traffic. But, d'ya know that the state is Orily a mldtown fire, a pl'esi- generally noted for its cheese?" Following several weeks' ill- dential can~idate's speech or a "D'ya ,et me, sonny?" _ . . street carruval could produce ness, James Liska, 88, died yes-, such crowds. terday at 12 :30 p.m. in his home, The cosmopolitan qualities of 1203 Rochester avenue. Iowa Qi4' were brought forth Born in Bohemia Oct. 6, 1852, when hundreds of out-of-town Liska came to the United States and loc,l football fans interminat the age of four with his pal'- gled with university students ents. He came here 30 years ag.o. thron,illl the streets. Surviving are his wife, three Souvenir hawkers peddled their daughters. Mrs. Charles F . Benda, baubles to··the funsters from store Mrs. William J. Schuller and fronts while pressing crowds Mrs. Joseph A. Parizek, all of stopped. at any and every street Iowa City; one sister, Mrs. Mary corner. Everyone was waiting for Lukosky, Iowa Oity, and three Bomethiq to happen. grandchildren. Police almost lost their au- Funeral services will be held thority ",heR dirtctinl the flow of at 2:30 p.m. tomorrow at the traffic. Pedestriaat. wanted to . Hohenschuh mortuary.. Byrlal' cross strl!ets in spite of cars and A n~w serl~S of stamps c~mme- will be in 5akIand cemetery. I impatient motorists wanted to clefinite integral mathematically morating natlonal defense IS ex-i cross intersections in spite ot pe_ and then demonstrated the validity of the formula by further ~cre next week Crom ~he post of- 3 Deny GUIlt ' But, in genel'lll, .... erybody was pected to arrive at the post office • destrians. • maihematical examples. flce depal'~ment! Washmgton, D. C. : having flln. . Thee -city and the "We teach integration to our The .senes WIll ~e on sale Oct. Of C I Th f university bave combined to plan sophomore students because definite integrals are used in calcu and three-cent denommahons. The guellts this week end. And the 17, offIce heads saId, In .one, two att e e t big things tor the dads and other lating areas, lengths of centers oC gravity and VOlumes," Professor Ward said. He added that the work done iri pumping reservoirs qry involves the principles of the delirllte integral . Prof. George B. Smith of the college of education here also spoke on the opening conference program yesterday. \v arns Aliens Of Deadline fostmaster Reports 145 Registrations In Johnson County Registration of aliens at the 10- cal\>ost office went into its second monlh this week. One hundred and forty-five non-citizens have been fingerprinted and interviewed since the beginning of compliance NeU Harrill Heads Altrusa Delegation At District Meeting , Five mem~ers of the .AJtrusa club left yesterday to attend the sixth district conference held at 'I St. LoUiS, Mo . . through Monday. Nel Harris is the official delega~ and Johanna Nelson the alternate. Others attending are Re-I gina Scbneider, Pauline Kelley lind Addie Schaff. . At tbe next meeting of the local chapter, ~onterence observations and ideas will be discussed by the delegates. central deSign for the one-cent dads 81i.d ""ests bl. turn are Vette Hell and his orchestra stamp is a reproduction . of the .. ~, . ' Statue . of Liberty. Written above Pleas of not guilty were enter- happy abou,t the- · ~ole thing. will furnish music for dancing . b "I d • d ed yesterday at Johnson county One bemgn gentleman, a dad at the Elks party tonight from V ~tte KeD to Play At Elks Club Dance ~ll~ . ~t th~, WO~d~ I n ~~:y ~n district court by Elmer Bren~- who came ahea' of time so he 9:30 to 12:30 p.m. at the Elks G.O.P. Visits Nine Towns With Caravan I UgB'TlJI- North Libefty"Solon, Oakdale and 4Buddy' Ponny OxfoM. ThJ tour ended at 3hafUn ~l" with lin ox root. Sale Set ~ OOlty Spef!Cbes we-e milde by re- ;By Y. F. 117 publican candidates for county 01- fices and free buttons and literature were distributed. In the eveniAg, motion picture$ A republican campaign tour were sbo.n on the University took in nine Johnson county towns ~ampu~ Mill'
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