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DAILY NEBRASKAN
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Day 2-7181. NtRht 2-71DX Journal 2-3330
Editor Mary Kerrigan
Business Manager Ben Novicoff
Why Not Support
Booking Agency?
There's something on the campus that seems
to have been forgotten. It is the central booking
agency headed by the Student Union director. The
agency was set 'up last year with the approval of
the Union board of managers after the Student
Council requested it because the various campus or
ganizations and the students seeded dissatisfied
with the bands they had been getting for all-univer-Bity
dances.
The Union conducts the agency simply as a
service to the student body and not for any gain
to itself. The agency gets 1 percent of the band
price to cover the telegrams and other expenditures
involved in getting well-known bands. The organ
izations which sponsor all-university parties do not
have to use the agency, but most of them feel that
they can get better bands thru the agency. This is
true because talent agencies which have bands to
offer are able to keep in touch with one central
person and, knowing that this one agency handles
all the bookings for the university, are more will
ing to offer better bands at lower prices. The sys
tem has worked at many other schools and can
work here if all the organizations cooperate with
the central agency, giving the Union director enough
time for negotiations and trusting his judgment in
getting the bands.
If the system is to work, all, including the Mili
tary Department which did not choose to use the
agency this year, will be benefited. Even last spring,
when the agency was first set up, the Union was
able to get Ray Noble's orchestra for the Union
Cornhusker party for a much lower figure than was
first asked, because of the system. We need co-operation
in everything on the campus and we need
cooperation and trust to make the central booking
agency go.
Congratulations
To the Fuddy-Duddies
"You're a fuddy-duddy if you're a PBK." That's
what a Phi Beta Kappa elected a few years ago
said the other day. Asked why she thought being a
PBK made her a fuddy-duddy, she had no ready an
swer. Evidently she meant that being a member of
that organization marks you as unusual and you're
put on a pedestal that the rest of us stear clear
Behind the News
By Oavid Thompson
Trip to Shanghai
The notion of lease-lend inaugurated by the
Unted States to aid Britain and her allies seems to
be a very popular idea in these hectic days of crisis
on the world front, as announcement was made in
Germany and Japan that German diplomats in the
Far East were going to Shanghai to discuss prob
able German aid to Japan in case of war in the
Tacific. Japanese concurrence in such a conference
pretty well indicates the failure of Japanese-American
discussions, and that Japan was not acting in
good faith now in the negotiations with the U. S.
Japan is now solidly lined up with the Axis.
There is no longer any room for doubt about that
fact in spite of the fact that the negotiations in
Washington still progress. The Japanese apparently
do not fear the U. S. at all, and if such is the case
they seriously underestimate our potentiatlies. They
have the supreme confidence necessary to precipi
tate the Far East into this latest World war.
The Nipponese have no intention of discontinu
ing their present policy of expansion in Southeastern
Asia. The only question is, when will the U. S. de
cide that it has gone far enough and act to stop it.
We have heard little if any objection on the
part of American isolationists to military and naval
participation in the Pacific in the event that Japan
threatens our security in that area. In fact we have
heard little if any comment one way or the other
on that subject. Everyone seems to feel that we
have nothing to fear from the Japs, but experienced
Far Eastern observers have been trying to dispel
this illusion for a long time. Their contention has
always been that the U. S. would find itself in
volved at its "back door" before it became com
pletely involved in Europe. Japan amazed the west
ern world in 1904 when it whipped Russia, which,
tho not considered the strongest western power,
was considered by all other nations as vastly su
perior to Japan. The Japanese have taken to west
ernization much more rapidly than was ever anti
cipated and are a good deal more formidable, at
least in their own minds, than is generally realized.
Whether or not Japan is a vulnerable nation
which doesn't stand a chance against the powers
combined against her is beside the point inasmuch
as the Japanese do not think so. It is their own at
titude, not that of others, which wll determine the
Nipponese policy.
from. For this reason, the PBK, altho proud of his
attainment, feels a little queer about being a mem
ber of the honorary and feels like a fuddy-duddy,
whatever that means. Other people sometimes say
"Pooh, pooh, I wouldn't care to be a PBK," but just
the same the large number of students who miss
being elected by one or two points always wish
privately that they had worked just one, two or
three points harder. Fuddy-duddy or not, we think
being a PBK is a great honor and one that is al
ways earned the hard way. We congratulate the 15
new members and add: "We'd just as soon be fuddy.
duddies if we could be PBK's."
From This Army Review . . .
Coeds Learn to Recognize the Ranks
In ROTC Before Military Rail Time
Just as an ROTC man is drilled
on the manners of polite society
Just before Dec. 5 each year, so
ought his military ball date be up
to the minute on registering ap
preciation for his rank and recog
nition of his superior officers.
The ROTC shield with the star
above that is found on the right
sleeve a little above the cuffband
of every Nebraska uniform this
year is an honor given only to stu
dents attending an ROTC school
adjudged excellent the previous
year at Federal inspection. A per
manent feature of each Nebraska
uniform every year is the red N
and corn cob worn above the left
cuffband, balancing the shield.
If your man is a "basic" (fresfl
man or sophomore to the uniniti
ated) he is easily marked by his
blue lapels. This blue facing to the
otherwise regulation army uni
form was arbitrarily adopted by
the army department especially to
distinguish ROTC. Basics are also
known by the twin buttons bear
ing the ROTC torch of learning on
each lapel above the notch. .
The uniform of a sophomore
basic is different from a fresh
man's by the addition of a gold
bar worn on the cuff of the right
Iceve. Another bar is added for
each year of service, so that a
senior officer wears three. A blua
bar joins the gold ones if your
date has been to a regular army
camn to eain actual exueiience
during either his junior or senior
year.
What Chevrons Mean.
Chevrons worn on the top of
each sleeve Bingle out basic cor
porals or sergeants. The double
chevron marks a corporal; the
triple, a sergeant. The staff, tech
nical, and master sergeants are
distinguished by an arc of one, two
and three bars respectively, addjd
below the chevrons. The highest
non-commissioned officer known
as a first sergeant, wears the
chevrons of a technical sergeant
with the diamond lozenge between
the third chevron and the first
bar.
Junior or senior cadet officers
have separate insignia of rank
from basics. All juniors are bcc
ond lieutenants, and their insignia
a small circle, is worn the same
place as are the basic chevrons.
Two circles make a first lieuten
ant while a captain bears three.
One diamond is a sign of a major;
two, a lieutenant colonel; three
diamonds decorate the shoulder of
Colonel Roger R. Cox, command
ing officer of ROTC.
Honor Citation Cords.
The v : ins honor societies In
ROTC are indicated by citation
cords worn over the left shoulder.
Pershing rifles wears a blue and
white cord; Phalanx's is blue and
gold; Red Guilon society for field
artillery wears one of bright red.
The shield of Scabbard and
Blade is worn in a bright blu-i
shoulder patch on the left shoul
der, and a white castle on a reJ
background in the form of a shoul
der patch shows that the wearer
belongs to the engineers' battalion.
All distinctive medals and service
bars are worn over the left breast.
The decorations, however, won't
be confined entirely to the men
IVc. 5, for the femines will sport
rifles and sabors in miniature
size bought as favors by their
dates.
Students
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to replacement centers for basic
military training until they have
been prepared for flight instruc
tion. For special training in a com
bined bomadier and navigation
course, educational requirements
include: high school graduation,
the army general classification
test, and physics and general me
chanical aptitude test,
Along with Classrooms .
Pharmacy Building Houses
Offices of Two Publications
. . . One Old, One New
By Pat Chamberlain.
In addition to pharmaceutical
classrooms and labs, the pharm
aceutical dispensary, and the stu
dent health service, the Pharmacy
building houses the editorial of
fices of two separate publications.
Dr. R. A. Lyman, dean of the col
lege of pharmacy, is editor-in-chief
of the American Journal of
Pharmaceutical Education, while
Pharmaceutical Archives is edited
by Dr. J, B. Burt, chairman of
the department of pharmacy.
A comparatively new magazine,
the Journal is the official publi
cation of the American Association
of Colleges of Pharmacy, and was
founded in 1937 th.ru the efforts
of Nebraska men of pharmacy.
Chosen at this time, Dr Lyman
has served as editor ever since.
One of the oldest publications
in the field, Pharmaceutical Ar
chives grew out of Pharmaceu
tische Rundschau, a magazine in
German established in 1883. Three
years later the name was changed
to Pharmaceutical Review and
publication continued in English
instead of German. When the late
Dr. Edward Kremers became
editor in 1901, he started Pharm
aceutical Archives as an outgrowth
and supplement of the Review.
Due to insufficient funds pub
lication was suspended within the
next year, but Dr. Kremers succ
eded in reviving the journal in
1936, substantially aided by the
Cornhuskerites Defend
Team Playing Draculas
So the miKhty? raK staff finally gets
the Cornhusker into a little game of
football! Being Uie sort of people that
we are, high character and full of Vim
and vigor and that which makes Popeye
pop and Superman so super, the members
of the 1942 Cornhusker with six delicious
colors, alo plug, will kindly overlook the
fact that the rowdy rag men can i ream
up such vicious tales about past and they
hope future winnings as regards the Year
bookie's powerful potentates.
We shan't mention the outcome of the
194 1 Cornliuarfer-rag tilt, so decidedly in
favor of the Cornhuskerltes, nor the
pitiful state of the rag's, shall we lay,
team. It seems actually cruel that Ive
of the Cornhusker would stoop to such
a massacre fur a second time. All loot
ball fans realize the sad condition of the
Daily staff as lar as football and a lot
of other things go. Nebraskans at
tending the big game tomorrow at ! .00
will shudder when the Cornhusker line
up races onto the field.
Kleven mngnillccnt specimens of male
physical culture pitted against the daily's
scraggly six-man setup. If they can round
up that many. And the Yearhookles With
score upon score of super substitutes! Vhe
game can be nothing less than a show of
Cornhusker strength. But the Dally talked
themselves Into the deal. Never say that
the Cornhusker backs out on a bargain.
What is agreed is agreed. We'll give 'em
the axe, the axe, the kxe.
With Coach Kompin', not Rippling as
the misronstructed rag reporters would
have it, Inciting spirit Into each and every
one of a long list of Yearbook heavies, Uie
Deplorable Dailies will be lucky to eome
out of the thing with enough energy to
turn cut anotner one of their numerous
Corrections." Cornhusker stars long fa
mous tor their passing and tackling aolhty
will be on hand to give the rag ra-.-ers the
beating of a lifetime. Watch for that
ready Rose Bowl roundup of Cornhusker
cutles and cut-throals.
Klrst team lineup, according to Coach
Sizzling Shird is as follows:
(iunrds: Opalong O'Connor, Gunner
Woleott, Grizzly (ieesaman.
Tackles: Clipper Malashock, Hunky
llognn.
Knds: Scotch Calhoun, Butch Schmidt.
Halfbacks: Meaty-Matey Mattonn
Ktnl.hcr Hoolnson.
Wuarteruac-K: Killer Huwaldt.
Fullback: Slimy Hchaumherg.
Willi plans lor awe-inspiring aerial at
tacks and trick underground plays the bro
verblal winners, the Cornhusker have
cooked up a defense that will make even
lust year's All American from the year
book offices. Rowdy Rundin. wlxh that he
had never felt the awful lure of the I unk
ing Dally vice-hole. He has gone the
way of nil fe,h and the YearUx.Kle. nly
hope is that said Kumlcen may perhaps be
able to instill ln the rag troop jatl"
of the spirit of si-ortemnnshlp, and p, r
haps even, though the posslhinty , ,,,',
a li tit courage and energy so that Satur
day s tilt will be more than u iart, Vork-
sa, "clever" CornhUKkerltcs'
Time will tell... let the score b 40 to
?ee "?t;,,'le V'rb'k"' beverthiless
feel hat perhaps at long last, the rag
they tried, and "perhaps next year." bo
do the weak always envy the strong.
Signed,
The l4t rmliuuer.
research funds of the University
of Wisconsin, whose support is
continued today. Upon his retire
ment throe years later, Dr. Burt,
one of .ormcr students, was
chosen li. "r and the editorial
offices wcic moved to UN.
The two journals aim to sup
plement each other and other
like publications rather than to
compete, as additional space for
scientific papers is always needed.
Aid-
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the stipends for the Graduate
Assistantship vary from $200 to
$800.
Graduate school of Arts and
Science at the University of Penn
sylvania will offer fellowships in
that college. Besides the ordinary
fellowships traveling awards will
be given. They are open to both
men and women.
Persons who show marked abil
ity in some field of study will be
eligible for the Elizabeth Clay
Howard scholarship which has a
stipend of 53,000.
Ohio State university will offer
fellowships and scholarships to
students. The scholarships will
have a value of $300 and the appli
cants must be under 35 years of
age.
Ag Mechanical Arts.
Fellowships at the Iowa State
College of Agricultural and Mech
anical Arts at Ames, la., will be
valued at $225 and $450. The grad
uate assistantship varies from
$540 to $600.
Radcliffe College at Cambridge,
Mass. is offering fellowships
grant-in-aids for graduate study,
and research. They will include
studies in foreign languages, math
matics, biology and other courses.
Charles A. Coffin Foundation,
established by the General Elec
tric Co., is offering $5,000 annu
ally for fellowships. Fields for
research kork will be conducted
in electricity, physics and phys
ical chemistry.
Further information on the
fellowships, scholarships, or grant-in-aids
students will be available
at the Graduate college of thfj
University of Nebraska.
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