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Charles Dickens' "A Christmas
Carol." presented by the Univer
sity Theatre and dramatized by
Paul Bogen, Theatre director, will
be the featured highlight of this
year's Union Christmas party on
Thursday, Dec. 18.
" We have been searching for
several years to find something
which would make a really fine
Christmas party for university
students and I think that at last
YMCA, YWCA
Plan Activities
For This Week
Friday noon two Bible discussion
groups of the YMCA will meet to
gether at the former museum.
The speaker at the joint meeting
will be Father Schuster of the
Noon club, who will speak on "The
Bibles Place in the Christian Life."
Fear Discussed at Forum.
The weekly ag YM and YW
luncheon-forum will be held ttt
noon Thursday in 206 of the ec.
building. "The Necessity for Fear
of Post-war Dictatorship in the
United States" will be the topic
discussed. C. M. Elliott, instruc
tor in economics, will lead the dis
cussion. Banquet Honors Dr. Colvin.
The YM and YW will hold
banquet in honor of Dr. Harold
W. Colvin at 6 p. m. Friday even
ing. Dr. Colvin, who is national
secretary of the student Y was
formerly regional secretary here.
Reservations can be made at the
offices of the university YM orYW.
Whoops! Daily Draculas 'Out
For Yearbookies After Whee
Nebraska fans will witness tlie midwest's must outstanding
post-season football came sinee the Kosebowl trek last vear.
Saturday afternoon at 2:'l0 when the Daily Draeulas play the
Cornhuslier Vearixx.kies in their traditional annual knoek lown,
drag out. The Daily team has overpowered, out plunged and in
(reneral beat those bums to a pulp in past jjanirs and aceordinjj
to the Associated Press-in (j (We do pants for 2." cent s.plu .'-')
predictions, this year's frame will be no exception.
For several weeks the Dracula coach, Krafty Kerrigan, ha3
been pressing- negotiations for the game but no report has been
heard from the Yearbookie camp. Late Wednesday night, how
ever, evidently to save their faces Rippling Eussel, Yearbookie
coach, consented and the game was signed and will be played
as in former years.
Big Time Had By All
. When the radio issued the press release at midnight last
eve, the campus tun;ed out enrnasse to celebrate the trame. Kal
lies began up and dow n sorority and fraternity row which lasted
far into the moriiing. Arltho university authorities fHt that
classes could not be disnwied because of 12 weeks tests, they
explained that bad the game been signed at any other time,
Kehool would no doubt have been dismissed for a week of rally
ing and merry-making.
Starting- lineups have not been announced by team coaches
but Krafty Kerrigan intimated that her team will be the same
powerhouse that has driven the Yearbookies into the gjound in
former games. Captain and quarterback for the Dracula team
will be Slippery Svoboda who has consistently turned in better
yardages and punts than any individual player in the Big- Six.
Further information concerning the game will be issued be
fore the game .Saturday. Incidently, if the weather is good
an audience is desired. If the weather is bad well, don't come,
cause the teams won't either. Heh, II eh.
0ici'a Newspaper Of More Than 7,000 Students
Lincoln, Nebraska
Umioem) Farfy
Plays Santa to Students
we've found it," commented Pat
Lahr, Union social director. "The
dramatic presentation of Dickens'
great story will be, in uucceeding
years, a traditional part of the
Union celebration of the Christ
mas season."
Music for the play will be furn
ished by a double vocal quartet
directed by J. Dayton Smith of the
school of music. Before and after
the program Myron Roberta will
'Library Still
Is Skeleton
SaysEngineer
Steam whistles blowing, eleva
tors piled high with cement, blue
printers running back and forth
...The appearance of the Don L.
Love library is now rather strange,
said O. A. Ellis, engineer and in
spector for the building, in an in
terview yesterday. The building
is now just in the skeleton stage,
he added, but by next fall it will
be very different. Then you will
forget the framework and will
pearance of the building at this
"I will try to explain the odd ap
only notice the beautiful exterior,
stag," he continued. "The asphalt
on the columns isn't put there to
termite-proof the building or as a
glue for the bricks that will soon
envelope the exterior. It will
merely waterproof the columns so
that the steel girders on the in
side won't get damp and rust.
Those columns on top of the
building that seem to lead to no
where will be the support for the
fourth floor, said Engineer Ellis,
as he dodged a worker carrying
buckets of cement.
(See LIBRARY, Page 2.)
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Thursday, December 4, 1941
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play Christmas carols on the elec
tric organ in the Union lounge.
Free refreshments of brownies and
cokes will be served.
"Last year, 1,600 students at
tended the party," said Miss Lahr,
"and we hope to hit the 2.000 at
tendance mark this year."
During the week of Dec. 15-20,
a carol program will be presented
each noon and afternoon from the
organ in the Union lounge.
Injured RAF
Flier Former
Student at UN
Roland L. "Bud" Wolfe, former
university student, was injured
Nov. 30 in an R. A. F. airplane
crash somewhere in England, his
father who lives in Ceresco, was
notified Tuesday night. While in
school, Wolfe was a lightweight
boxing champion here.
In a cablegram to his father,
the British air ministry indicated
that his injuries were not critical
but that he was interned in Eire.
Sociology Group
Has Initiation
Alpha Kappa Delta, national so
ciology fraternity, intiated 17 new
members last night in the Union.
Those initiated are: Betty Bell
Barney, Betty Donohoe, Harriette
Dunmire, Mrs. Virginia Dildine,
Ruth Ezell, and Bertha Geiger.
Others are: Clare Cendren. Da
vid Glaser, Margaret Griggs, Mary
Adelaide Hansen, Betty Hutchin
son, , Ivan Little. Sylvia Lot man,
Ned Lynn. June Morrison, Mary
Ruth Rhodes, and Virginia Way.
Lincoln Play
Uses Realistic
Stage Sets
"A Prologue to Glory." the play
centering around the life of Abra
ham Lincoln ind soon to be pro
duced by the University Theatre,
employs the use of space-staging,
that is, a tky background and
ground rows to give the illusion of
distance. Realism is furnished by
rock platforms, log cabin exter
iors, rail fences, hitching-post and
stumps. The scenery as in preced
ing plays is entirely constructed
by the students of stagecraft under
the direction of Professor Brurn
mer. All women's costumes arc made
by students namely, Norma Jane
Brittain. Marjorie Miller and Lor
raine Beams. The men's clothes
centering closely around the pe
rion of 1830 are buckskin suits, cut
away coats and coonskin caps.
The play itself is unusual in that
it consists of two acts with four
scenes each. Each scene is com
plete in itself. It occurs in New
Salem, IlL about the year 1831,
and in portraying the life of Lin
coln attempts to be true to the
spirit of the times and the lead
ing character rather than to his
tory .
IliroDliDaties Plami
A plan for a Nebraska Student Foundation embodying a
four-fold project was approved an mechanics for its predicted
successful operation were set up at the regular meeting of the
Student Council last night.
President Burton Thiel. submitting the Foundation pro
gram, summarized its purposes, "This will be a student organ
ization to serve as a medium for the promotion of good will
towards the university on the part of the public; to promole
school spirit among Ihe student body; to relieve the strain of
the limited financial budgets; to maintain the present high
status of the University of Nebraska, while, at the same time,
fostering greater progress by the institution in the field of
education."
A Foundation board will be organized, composed of chair
men of the four committees Scholarships. Student Statewide
Activities, College Days and Foundation Rail the committee
chairmen to be selected by the Student Council from students
Black Masques
Offer Prizes
For Tines'
Men and Women Have
Opportunity lo Win Free
Tickets to Reverse Parly
All men and women who believe
they can twist the opposite sex
around their little finger have a
good chance of obtaining a free
ticket to the Mortar Board party,
"The Black Masque Ball."
Mortar Board is sponsoring two
contests this year, one for the men
and one for the women. The con
test for the men consists of writ
ing in 25 words or less the best
"line' in getting a girl to ask them
to the Mortar Board party. The
women must write in 25 words
or less the best "line" in asking
a fellow to go to the party.
The contest" closes Wednesday,
Dec. 10, and all entries must be
turned into the Cornhusker office
by 5 p. m. The winner of each
contest will be awarded one ticket
to the Mortar Board party. Mortar
Board has definitely announced
that no box tops of any kind must
accompany the entries.
The "Black Masque Ball" will
be held Saturday, Dec. 13. in the
coliseum when Russ Morgan's
top-flight dance band will furnish
the music.
The Weather . . .
Prospects for favorable weather
conditions this weekend are high,
according to the weatherman's re
port. He says that unseasonably
mild temperatures will continue,
accompanied by considerable
cloudiness.
Aviation Traveling Board
Examines Applicants Here
. . . Next Saturday
The seventh corps area aviation
cadet traveling board will examine
applicants for aviation cadet ap
pointment at the Nebraska room
201, Nebraska hall, Saturday,
Phalanx Chapter
Initiates Twenty
ROTC Cadets
Twenty Nebraska ROTC cadets
were formally initiated into the
university chapter of Phalanx, na
tional honorary military frater
nity, Tuesday night at SL Mat
thew's Episcopal church.
Black and gold Phalanx cards
were presented to the men elected
to active membership in the or
ganization. New initiates are:
Milton R. Adler, Francis L. Cox,
Thomas J. Dredla, Dale R. Har
vey, Ruben M. Heerman, Richard
W. Johnston, Kenneth D. Lantz,
Thomas R. McCandless, Collins L.
McMaster, Paul E. Murfin, Thom
as L. Nickelaon, Frank W. Olson,
Dean H. Pettett, Clyde E. Reed,
Philip L. Saunders. Walter C.
Stewart, Harold D. Swan, Bernard
E. Swanson, Bernard F. Weygint,
and Charles T. White.
outside the council on the basis or
platforms submitted with position
applications. The four members
shall choose from themselves a
Foundation president.
Foundation Filings Open.
Filings for the Foundation po
sitions will be open soon, accord
ing to the Council resolution, and
students interested in the project
should call at the Student Council
office in the Union for full details
on its proposed operations.
Emphasizing that the Founda
tion is to be wholly a student ac
tivity which will seek aid and co
operation from the University
Publicity Office and. the Alumni
office, President Thiel said that in
a few years the organization would
be a major campus activity 'end
that there was a possibility for
positions on the Foundation being
pointed in the future.
Activities Committee.
Perhaps the most ambitious
part of the Foundation plan accord
ing to Theil, is the state-wide ac
tivities committee, which will have
as its major project the publiciz
ing of the university over the ctate
of Nebraska. Aiding the chairmen
of the committee will be six other
students, selected by the Council
from the six regents districts
These district chairmen will have
under them rephesentatives from
each county in their districts, these
persons serve as links between
the university and their counties,
carrying on various planned ac
tivities in order to disseminate con
structive information about lha
university and to acquaint high
school students with the opportun
ities offered by the institution.
The College Days Committee will
consider plans for a two-day cele
bration in the spring, probably
during the Ivy Day weekend, when
all university activities will be n
display to high school student.,
parents and patrons of the uni
(See COUNCIL, Page 3.)
Dec C. Lieut. Col. Harry Kendall
Is president of the board, other
members being Captains Moore,
Soltz, and Adler, medical corps:,
and Captain Neilsen and Lieuten
ant Liebcn, air corps.
Applicants are being examined
from those educationally qualified
for the following types of training:
pilot, armament officer, communi
cation officer, photographer, me
teorologist, and engineer.
"A recent change in war depart
ment policy provides for appoint
ment of aviation cadets immedi
ately after acceptance of their
applications in Washington. If at
that time appointments arc not
available in Flying schools, cadets
will be sent to replacement centers
for preliminary military training
until such time as they ate ready
for flying training. This policy
eliminates delay which has here
tofore existed between approval of
one's applications and time of
appointment.
A change in courses now com
bines bombadicr and navigation.
Educational requirements for this
course prescribe at least high
school graduation, the army gen
eral classification test, and an ex
amination in physics and general
mechanical aptitude.