Education: M-mm

"Mmm"

Male students at the University of Nebraska elected a "Perfect College Girl" for their Junior-Senior Prom last week.* They based their votes upon eight considerations, of which the first seven were Legs, Body, Hair, Face, Voice, Personality, Intellect. The eighth consideration, new to non-Nebraskans, was "M-mm." The editor of Nebraska's Awgwan (funny monthly) defined "Mmm" as "general seductiveness"—a Nebraskan synonym of Elinor Glyn's outworn "It." Nebraska's "Mmm" girl, placing first as to Legs and tying as to Hair, proved to be one Jane Youngson, shapely blonde. The Nebraska co-eds voted too,...

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