&in'day, February 23, 1941'
DAILY NEBRASKAN
Behind I
I mJ News Mj
Balkan Blowup?
Tension continues to Increase In
the Balkans as unconfirmed re
ports tell of German troop move
ments across the Danube and into
Bulgaria. These reports are ac
companied by the news that gen
eral staff officers of the German
&rmy have been arriving in Sofia,
At the same time, reports from
Turkey intimate that the British
are holding large forces in north
Africa n readiness for a dash into
the Balkans by way of Greece.
And though London refuses to
comment, Belgrade sources say
that 200 thousand British troops
already are enroute to Greece.
It is not clear yet just what
the Germans are planning for the
Balkans.
Some suggest that the Germans
are prepared to smash on to the oil
fields of Iraq and Iran, and smash
the English life line at Suez.
Others think they are planning
to smash Greece, thus relieving
the hard-pressed Italians by forc
ing the Greeks to make some kind
fit an early peace.
Still others say that the present
Balkan movements are merely
feints to distract attention as they
prepare for an all-out invasion of
fcngland. (If it were known just
What classes and types of troops
13m Germans had in the Balkans
It would be much easier to pass
judgment on this supposition.
British activities have been in
terpreted as an effort to set up a
Olson rf n.
general Balkan front against the
Germans, and thus keep them
from getting control of the east
ern Mediterranean, so vital in the
empire's life line.
The reported troop movements
in the direction of Greece would
seem to indicate that part of this
strategy will be to keep the Greeks
from having to make an untimely
peace, thus freeing Mussolini for
other activity and making it pos
sible for the Germans to conduct
operations from peninsular bases
far out in the Mediterranean.
Arcliitccts show
technicolor film
Technicolor motion pictures of
the Cranbrook academy of art at
Bloomfield Hill, Mich., will be
shown Thursday at 7:30 p. m. in
room 316 of the Union. The film,
sponsored by the university archi
tects' society, features the work of
Eliel Saarinen, Finnish-American
architect who became noted in this
country for his proposed design
for the Chicago Tribune office
building.
The film will also show the work
of Carl Millea, sculptor, and Zol
tan Sepeshy, painter. Pro. B. F.
Hemphill, of the department of
architecture, made arrangements
for the showing of the film.
Donald Miller
scholarship
filings open
Three awards of $750
to be offered students
with exceptional talent
Filings for the three $750 Don
ald Walter Miller scholarships to
be awarded for 1941-42 are now
open, it was announced by the
graduate college Saturday.
Recipients of the awards are to
be selected from nominations made
by the deans and directors of the
undergraduate, graduate and pro
fessional colleges and schools of
the university. Freshmen are not
eligible for the award.
Those who are to be recom
mended "shall be students of ei
ther sex who... shall have shown
special or exceptional ability. Re
cipients. . .shall be selected not
merely upon the basis of their
scholastic ability, but there also
shall be taken into consideration
the aims, character, temperament
and financial need of the appli
cants." All nominations must be submit
ted to the scholarship committee
by March 15, and applicants in
the arts and sciences college must
file in Dean C. H. Oldfather's of
fice by noon, March 8.
Barb Interhouse Council
enters skit in Follies show
For the first time the Barb In
terhouse Council will enter a skit
in the Co-ed Follies, members of
the council decided recently. Fern
Wilterdink, president of Hughes
hall, is the director.
Barb girls agreed to the pro
posal of a dance to be held with
the Barb Union sometime in
March, and discussed plans for
hour dances for the remainder of
the semester.
Army board to grant
graduate commissions
As graduating students hit the
home stretch in their university
careers, opportunities for joining
the nation's armed forces as offi
cers are being given to those with
outstanding records.
Eight members of the advanced
ROTC who were recently named
honor graduates are awaiting the
arrival of a board of three army
officers on Feb. 27 who will select
six men from the entire Seventh
corps area for positions in the reg
ular army as second lieutenants.
Honor graduates.
The honor graduates designated
by Chancellor Chauncey Boucher
and Col. C. A. Thuis, professor of
military science and tactics, of the
ROTC unit, are Stephen Davis,
Sterling Dobbs, Thomas Horn, Ed
ward Huwaldt, Walter Kiechel,
Leonard Peltier, James Pittenger
and Delbert Spahr.
Following personal interviews,
stiff physical tests and close ex
amination of each candidate's rec
ord, the army board will name, in
July, the six from the 75 who have
applied for the commissions from
schools in the Seventh corps area.
With the competition extremely
keen, no recent Nebraska gradu
ate has been awarded one of the
commissions which are identical to
the commission awarded graduates
of the United States military acad
emy at West Point.
Marine corps opportunities.
For those graduates not enrolled
in the ROTC, an opportunity for
training in the marine corps will
be given when an officer of the
marine corps comes to interview
applicants for training and later a
commission in the marines.
Altho the exact date of the in
terviews i3 not known, the mili
tary department announced the
following general qualifications,
for students interested:
1. Must be graduates of accred
ited colleges or universities having
a four year course. 2. Be over 20
and under 25 years of age. 3. Be
unmarried. 4. Be recommended as
to character and qualifications by
the chancellor or dean, by a mem
ber of the faculty, and by three
citizens of the candidate's com
munity. 5. Be physically fit. 6. Be
not a member of army reserve,
ROTC, national guard or the naval
reserve.
'Business Index?
shows January
activity steady
Publishing the second fssue of
the "Business Index," W. A. Spurr,
of the economics department, re
veals that "Nebraska's business in
January maintained the high level
reached in December, according to
preliminary reports."
This is due in part to the less
than usual seasonal slackening of
department store sales, building
activity and postoffice receipts
from the December level. On the
other hand, however, business pay
ments in the form of bank debits
declined, leaving the general index
unchanged from December, the
Spurr article disclosed. January
business volume averaged about 5
percent above last year.
Complete reports now available
for December reveal sharp gains
over November in all principal
measures of business volume, after
discounting the effect of Christ
mas. Spurr writes that farm purchas
ing power was aided in January
by a rise of 7 percent in average
farm prices, with little change in
the average prices of industrial
goods, thereby enabling the farm
er to purchase more with his dollar.
Church
Notes
By John Bradley
Baptists
Sunday 5 p. m. University so
fts! hour; 6 p. m. Sermon by
Harold C. Goenell, subject, "The
Episcopal church; 7:30 Lunch at
Baptist Student house.
Tuesday--Waffle supper, 6 p. m.,
parish house, First Baptist church,
Ltth and K.
first Christian Church
Sunday Church school, 9:45 a.
IB.; li, a. m., morning worship;
8:80 p. m. Fellowship meeting;
6H5 p. m . - Worship and discus
don period.
Wednesday 6:15 p. m., covered
Ash dinner. Wednesday evening
family night.
Congregatioanl Church
Sunday. 7 p. ra. Supper, First
Plymouth church; T:30 p. m.. club
vespers; 8:30 p. m., social period
for Sund.iy evening club.
Tine Congregational
Sunday 6 p. m., kmch; 7 p. m.,
ncussin and services.
St. PauVs Evangelical
Young Peoples' League, 6:30
lletholits
TueUy Phi Tan Theta meet
lor. 7:15 p. m.
Wedne.lay 7:15 a. m. Lenten
worship service; 7 p. nr. Kappa Phi
meeting.
Fridjy Friendly Friday Social
dub meeting. 7:30 p. m.
Sunday Student class at 10 a.
m St. Paul's church, 12th and M;
morning worship, 11 p. m.; Youth
program from 5:30 to 7:30 p. m.
AH meetings to be held at the
Wesley foundation bouse.
Presbyterian
Wednesday 12 noon luncheon
at Presbyterian Student Center.
Episcopal
Sunday-8:30 a, m.. Holy Com
munion; 11:00 a. nu confirmation.
followed by Choral Eucharist and
sermon by Bishop Brinker of the
State of Nebraska.
Wednesday Holy Communion
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LIVLi
Monday, Feb. 24
4:00 YW-YM leaders' training course. Prof. C. H.
Patterson speaking, Ellen Smith. YW staff
meetings Personnel, Art, Bible Study,
Ellen Smith.
5:00 Barb Council meeting. Barb office. YW
Vesper choir, Ellen Smith. WAA basket
ball, bowling finals, Grant Memorial.
6:00 AAUP dinner meeting. Union parlors X
and Y.
and
place
Charm school
hrings Vogue
pattern editor oo
Compiled hy
Daily Nehraskan
AWS and Union
12:20
12:20
2:00
1:00
4:00
5:00
6.45
7:00
7:30
9:00
11:00
12:00
4:00
5:00
7:00
7:15
7:30
Tuesday, Feb. 25
Ag YW vespers, home ec parlors.
YW Estes staff meeting. Ellen Smith.
YW staff, financs and membership, Ellen
Smith.
YW Girl Reserve Leadership, paper, Vespers
staffs, Ellen Smith. French movie, Union
ballroom.
Graduate Coffee Hour, Union Faculty
Lounge. Rifle club, Andrews. YW Vespers,
Ellen Smith.
Ag square dance, activities building.
Sigma Eta Chi, Union room 313. League- of
Evangelical Students, Union room 315. Nu
Med club. Union 316. Charm School with
editor of Vogue pattern service, Ellen Smith.
French movie, Union ballroom.
Phalanx, Union parlor B. Danfortb scholar
ship winners' meeting, T. H. Gooding resi
dence. Barb Union, barb office.
French movie, Union ballroom.
Wednesday, Feb. 26
Convo, Claud "Nelson, speaking for World
Student Service Fund, Union ballroom.
Luncheon for Claud Nelson, Union parlors
X and Y.
YW Personal Relations commission. Temple.
Claud Nelson convo, ag hall room 306. Sen
ior Recital, Temple. YW staff, Personal Re
lations, Ellen Smith.
Union tea dance, ballroom. Coed Follies
tryouts. Rifle club, Andrews.
Orchesis meeting, Grant Memorial. Gamma
Nn Theta, Union 313. Hillel meeting,
Union 315.
Com Cobs, Union room 316.
Block and Bridle meeting, animal husbandry.
ASCE, Union parlor X. Alpha Phi Omega
meeting. Union parlor Y.
Virginia Davies, editor of
Vogue pattern service, will
be the feature of the charm
school meeting Tuesday at
7 p. m. in Ellen Smith. Miss
Davies will talk on clothes
designing and fashion pub
lications. Special conferences will
be arranged by the dean of
women's office for private
conferences with women in
terested in designing as a
vocation.
Union will offer
dancing lessons
Next step in the broaden
ing of the program of the
Student Union building will
come next week when ball
room dancing lessons for be
ginners will be introduced.
Beginning Tuesday, March
4, the lessons will be free
and open to all beginners.
Similar lessons for ad
vanced dancers are tenta
tively scheduled for March
13th.
Mason talks
at frosh AWS
John Mason will be fea
ture speaker on the fresh
man AWS program Thurs
day, at 5 p. m. in Ellen
Smith. President of the Stu
dent Council and chairman
of the convention recently
held here. Mason will de
scribe the workings of the
"Student Council" for the
group. The talk is one of a
series of lectures dealing
with student activities.
5:00
6:15
7:00
8:00
Thursday, Feb. 27
YW commissions, ag freshmen, ag upper
class, home ec parlors.
Union sketch class, room 315. Ag AWS,
home ec parlors.
Ag Union matinee dance, activities building.
Barb ABW meeting, barb office. Rifle club,
Andrews. Coed Follies tryouts. Freshman
AWS with John Mason speaking on "Stu
dent Council," Ellen Smith.
Senior Council kickoff dinner, Union par
lors ABC.
YM series on "Christian Attitudes Toward
War," Maj. W. J. Gardner speaker, ag
hall 303.
YM cabinet meeting, 302 ag hall.
'Time and place
deadline 2 o'clock
Thursday
Friday, Feb. 28
12:00 YM BiWe Class luncheon, former museum.
6:30 Towne club dinner dance. Union parlors
ABC. Phi Upsilon Omicron, parlors X
and Y.
7:30 Student Architectural Society meeting,
Union room 316.
9:00 Union dance with Johnny Cox, ballroom,
concessions and receipts to go to World
Student Service Fund. Phi Upsilon Omicron
party, ag activities building.
Saturday, March 1
8:00 A. M. to 6 P. M. Delta Sigma Pi sessions.
Union parlors X and Y.
9:00 Horseback riding club.
7:00 Phalanx party, Union ballroom.
9:00 Barb Council dance. Union parlors XYZ.
Short course students' party, ag activities
building.
Sunday, March 2
10:45 Lutheran chapel services, Union parlors XYZ.
2:00 Lambda Gamma meeting. Union room 316,
3:00 Nebraska Art association, living pictures,
Union ballroom.
4:00 Mu Phi Epsilon concert, Temple Theatre,
chorus, ensemble, solos.
4:30 Newman club, Union parlors X and Z.
5:30 Lutherans student association, Union par
lor X.
6:00 Gamma Delta, Union room 316.
See the Nehraskan hulletin for late announcements and changes
tjt 7 and 10 a. m.