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Show UNIVERSITY NEWS the second issue of the University Univer-sity of Utah Pen, literary magazine, maga-zine, was distributed Wednesday under the editorship of Miss j Lois Powell, Murray, a graduate of Granite High school. I Enhanced by a stiking cover ,of blue and black plus a wide varity of articles, stories and 'poems, the winter Pen represents the best of University student I literary talent. The magazine has a modernistic effect throughout. ; Miss Powell was active at , I Granite in speech, dramatic and i publication circles. At the Univer-1 sity she is majoring in English and sociology. She is a member of several literarv organizations j and has won distinction through her writing Miss Winifred Copling, University Univer-sity of Uah junior student, was featured Sunday as soprano soloist sol-oist at the second in the sixteenth annual Union building "At Home" series. The "At Home" programs feature fea-ture the bestof University student stud-ent musical talent and are rgu-Itr rgu-Itr yearly features. Miss Copling was graduated from Granite High school where she was soloist with the glee clubs and an opera lead. She is majoring in music at the "U" and I hag been a regular soloist since her freshman year. DEFENSE ENGINEERING "Defense" was the theme of the annual Utah Highway Engineer-' ing Conference held last week at , the University of Utah, just as it is the subject upermost in the minds of most Americans. Attended by leading engineers of Utah and Idaho and visited by successful men in the field from California and Chicago; : the convention lasted three days. It was devoted to discussion of Utah's part in the aspects of national na-tional defense whicli are the engineer's en-gineer's chief concern Defense hierhways in Utah were the chief subject of discussion, in consideration of the $2,000,oSo which will come into the state when Congress makes the $287, 000,000 appropriation for the nation. According to speakers at the conference, Utah's money will be spent to widen existing highways for use in national emergency, and to build "access roads' to airports, air-ports, military reserves, and stip-ply stip-ply depots. The construction of airports was dicussed by experts in the work. In addition to elaborate specifications laid down by the armv, the airport under consideration consid-eration must be -.o constructed as tc support the 38,000 pound wheel load of the new government boml bers. as against the 4,000 pounds wheel load carried by most civilian civ-ilian airports. The bridges of Utah would be an even more serious problem in case or national emergency than the highways, it was revealed at a late session. Bridges all throughout through-out the nation are at present too narrow and too fragile to carry heavv army traffic. Although as yet no provision has been made by the government to improve bridges, the nation's .engineers see the need for many changes. The Salt Lake Municipal Airport Air-port came in for generous commendation com-mendation because of its revolutionary revolu-tionary system, which abolishes the old floodlieht method. The new system provides adequate illumination illum-ination without glarecontact lights ture the best of University stud-using stud-using superior "contect lights" outline the runway, and allowing the plans to use their own high-power high-power headlights to light the field. This system is the brain child of Dr. H. T. Plum, Consul- tinq- Engineer of Salt Lake City, and has been adopted In many airports throughout the country since it has proved so highly successful suc-cessful in Utah. HEARTS AND FLOWERS "Posy Ban on Fern Frolic." These were fighting words at the ! University of Utah this week, as the Associated Women Students announced that no girl may send-her send-her "date" flowers for the annual womens choice dance. Campus men felt that coeds were striking back for the "no corsage" ruling at the "Prom", held two weeks ago, and objected with all the force of their lungs. But the ruling rul-ing stuck. At the University the girl's dance takes on the title of the "Spinsters' Spree." and the coeds go to great lengths to carry out orchids. Pome even violets. The official announcement of (Continued on page 5) ed the program for absorbing non-resident students by offering a prize to the out-of-towner who submitted the most workable plan for integrating students from outside out-side Salt Lake City into University Univer-sity activities. The plan adopted was the organization of all former form-er high school student body presidents, pres-idents, to encourage active student stud-ent participation on all extracurricular extra-curricular activities. It was this groups of leaders which was honored hon-ored at Thursday's dance, and which selected the "Smiles" queen. O so brazen as to try to wriggle past them with a "Button-ear" in his label will have to check it which will cost a nickle. All men will be asked to pull up their long pant legs to see if they are trying to sneak in concealed corsages. Allowance may be made for single flowers modestly worn in their hair. This, as yet, has not been entirely decided, and may depend on how many men try to get in with baby bouquets hitched to ttheir tresses." THE "U" AT HOME University of Utah student musicians mus-icians have regular "premiere" appearances at least once every year in the Union building's annual an-nual "At Home" Sunday afternoon after-noon musical series. Open to the general public the concerts present the best of student stud-ent talent in weekly succession through six programs. Featured on the series are the University band, orchestra and glee clubs. Individual artists are also presented. pres-ented. The "At Home" programs are staged under an air of informality informali-ty in the beautiful Union Ballroom Ball-room and lounges and are complete com-plete with artistic surroundings. The music has gained renown as UNIVERSITY FROM PAGE 1 the "women's choice" idea, a.' the girls call for their "escorts," check their "wraps" upon arrival at the dance, and take the boys out to supper afterwards. For many years sending fiow-ers fiow-ers to their Spinsters' Spree dates dat-es has been a popular tradition among the "U" girls, and the floral offerings have taken novel forms. Boutonnieres of garden vegetables are one of the most popular types of corsages. The of one sorority once sent huge cala lilies to each of the men they took to the dance, and the : :R I P" flowers, trailing yards of silver sil-ver ribbon were worn on proud manly bosoms. More conservative girls sent roses, gardenias, and the ban appeared on the campus two days prior to the dsnce, couched in these terms: "Female vigilantes will be posted post-ed at every door, and any male I beir.q" representative of the best available in the state and, together togeth-er with the general tone of the affairs, the Sunday concerts are considered high in Utah's list of artistic accomplishments. HOME Out-of-town University students stud-ents were honored Thursday with a special matinee dance sponsored sponsor-ed by the Associated Men Students' Stud-ents' "Friendship" committee. 8he purpose of the affair was to eliminate elim-inate the "forgotten man" from the outlying district. A noteworthy part of the program pro-gram was the representation of activity leaders of the campus who solicited participation in their respective fields from out-of-towners. Completely in charge of "visiting" students the afternoon after-noon of smiles was highlighted by the coronation of "The Queen of Smiles", an out "of town coed. The men's council has sponsor- |