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DAILY NEBRASKAN
Thursday, MarcH 19, 1942
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Tomorrow
being the first day of spring, the
buds are budding, the birds sing
ing, and the ink has begun to
flow in the veins of this sedimen
tary old scoop-slinger. Seems as
though ol" Chris has done wore
down that sharp nose for news on
ye law collich grindstone, and he
needs new blood. The Red Cross
not being interested, h'yar comes
help!
"Chagrined"
is not the word for my feelings,
says Alpha Sig Robin Hyde most
emphatically, and how better could
he express his attitude toward
Lois Christie than to be coking col
orfully with Toni McQuistan? But
it isn't a br.d word to express the
feelings of another Alpha Phi,
when Shirley Held finds out that
Gamma Phi Frances Hans is, ac
cording to reliable authority about
five dollars ahead of her this week
in the pockctbook and attention of
SAE Millard Cluck.
D'ya suppose
that ATO Kenny Younger knows
that KKC Mary "Hut-Sut" Rals
ton has been spending the last
three nights trying to get through,
via long distance, to Brother Bob
Sandberg. Boston, Mass.? How
about Mat?
Dates for Dorsey
are somewhat interestin', such as
that of Delt Bob Callows v and
Jerry Buller. Seems as though
his name was linked with Barbara
Hodgman's for that occasion, but
there's many a slip between a date
and Dorsey. You'll probably be
seeing Janet Haggert, erstwhile Pi
Phi playmate of Don Steele, with
some Sig Ep from K State, a deal
which was settled via 1. d. this
week. But "Stainless" Steele, him
self, will not be a-setting at home.
Friday night he'll be sharing a
gavotte with Theta Bonnie Rugger
at the Jr. AkSarBen ball, and Sat
urday he's repeating his last
week's date with Pat Parrish, also
of 1545 S.
Kappa initiates
"uu" ic oiil nouse yesterday
noon and carried off all the latter's
prize trophies. Then they sat,
waiting for trouble to begin. Even
a telephone call got no results.
However, the nasty rumor is that
the Sig Alph's won't go inside
the Kappa house to get them.
Spring romance
department is doing better busi
ness. DU Don Shaneyfelt hung his
pin on Pat Calry Monday night
climaxing a whirlwind romance,
and Beta Mickey Stewart is now
going steady in the Alpha Chi
house. What's really got everyone
guessing is just who are the Beta
and Kappa that are starting a
steady deal this weekend. Both
houses are baffled. . .best guess so
tar is that of Joe Sonneland and
Sally Hamilton.
Curriculum . . .
(Continued From Page 1.)
tutions in a position of greatest
possible usefulness."
Universities already are re
sponding to changes in social and
economic conditions as a result of
the war with the same alertness as
industry, agriculture, and govern
ment, he pointed out.
Among Nebraska's direct contri
butions to the war and defense are
hundreds ol officers now in serv
ice who were trained in university
ROTC units. Many staff mem
bers have answered calls to tech
nical service posts in govern
mental departments and agencies,
while specially trained students in
their junior or senior years have
accepted positions in defense in
dustries. The College of Engineering has
sponsored civilian pilot training
since October, 1039, and many stu
dents trained in these corners are
now in the armed air forces. By
March 1, 1942, the university had
offered 35 special engineering de
fense training courses with a total
of 820 students enrolled.
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Flickers Features Musty
Catacombs in Union Show
For Aircraft Boys Sunday
Thru weirdly winding, musty
catacombs with a kidnapped opera
prima dona, the tour personally
conducted by that master of hor
ror, Lon Chancy.
Such is the fate of venturous
souls and the army boys from the
Lincoln Aircraft School who plan
to attend the flicker show spon
sored by the Student Union at
8 p. m. Sunday in the Union ball
room. In addition to the Chaney chil
ler, known as "The Phantom of
the Opera," the program has been
planned to allow spectators plenty
of time to revive so as not to clut
ter up the ballroom with bodies
which distress the already over
Students Believe ,
War to Effect
Clothing More Than Men's
By Edith Laslo
In answer to the query, "Which
do you think will be affected more
by the war, men or women's cloth
ing?" the students seem to feel
that women's clothes will be af
fected more.
The women seemed to think so
more than the men, for out of
eleven women questioned, eight
felt that it would be women's
clothes that will change, while
only 5 out of 11 men thought
women's clothing would be af
fected most.
Reasoning that women's styles
are always changing, regardless
of a war, Ruth Moore, freshman,
put the general feeling into words
with "Women's styks are always
going from one extreme to the
other and men's clothing are made
to last."
Women Have Ideas.
Seconding the idea of the ever
changing of women's styles, Jean
Armstrong, freshman, says that
"Women are always getting new
ideas. They'll see the men and
you'll have the military style com
ing in."
One of the two women who dis
agreed with the majority Jackie
Woodhouse, sophomre, declared
that "There will be more changes
in men's clothing. I can see those
skimpy trousers now."
Bob Lovick, junior, was one of
the masculine contirgent who
contended that the changes will
be more pronounced in men's
clothing. Said he, "Men's clothes
are made chiefly of wool and with
a shortage of wool, clothes will
become cheaper and they will have
to make some changes to counter
act this shortage of wool."
Too Many Frills.
Disagreement with this conten
tion was voiced by Bill McKemey,
senior, who held that "since worn
ne's clothing is bedecked with
frills, the shortage of silk would
necessitate cutting down on wom
en's accessories."
To put it in his own words, "I
don't know much about woman's
clothing," Dick ScagTan, soph
omore thought that 'they might
ration men's clothing, but styles
wouldn't change.
Generally feeling that style
changes would result as a matter
of material shortages, but dis
agreeing only in whi 'h it would
affect more, of the 22 students
contacted 5 men and 8 women
formed the majority in deciding
that ultimately the war would af
fect women's clothing most.
Want Lapels.
Lapels, small or large, but
lapels that's what both the men
and women students want. When
asked what they thought about
cuffless and pleatless suits, most
of the men would go without them
to conserve on material for de
fense, but they want their lapels.
Out of 11 women interviewed,
Janice Cook, sophomore put the
general trend of the women stu
dents into thought with "The suits
just don't look right without
lapels. They look as if they for
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worked janitorial staff, and so will
include a Charlie Chaplin two
reeler, in Which Charlie gives his
fans his impressions of a good
"Fireman." Inimitible Tom Mix
will also endeavor to lighten the
atmosphere with "Western Stuff."
Invited by the Union as part of
the campus-wide project of USO
work, the soldiers from the Flying
School who will attend the show
will be glad to offer specially pre
pared smelling salts to the ladies,
according to Pat Lahr, Union so
cial director.
After the manner of Union
flicker shows, the mixture of
Chaplin and Chaney will butter
popcorn, roast peanuts, and pre
sent Russ Gibson, pianist.
. .
Women's
got something if they leave them
off."
A more patriotic opinion was
ventured by Marydean Lawler,
junior, who thought lapelless suits
were all right "especially if it
would economize on material."
"I Want Pleats."
Six out of the eleven men ap
proached would not give up their
lapels, three were on the fence,
and with a little coaxing might
give them up, and only two defi
nitely promised they would give
them up. Cuffs presented no such
problem as four would go with,
four without, and three were in
definite. Pleats had six inveterate
pleat wearers who would flatly re
fuse to do without, two didn't
know, and three would go without
pleats.
Entries in Bridge
Tournament Due
Friday in Union
Tomorrow marks the deadline
for registration in the last of the
Saturday tournaments of contract
bridge sponsored by the Student
Union. Students may register at
the Union check stand.
Played in parlors A and B of
the Union at 2 p. m. the Saturday
tournaments have offered students
not only a chance to test their
Culbertson methods, but an oppor
tunity to fill their defense stamp
books, as prizes of stamps are
awarded the day's high scorers.
Hugh L. Riordan, a Marquette
university professor whose birth
day is Dec. 25, proposes a Society
for the Protection of the Birthday
Gift Interests of Those Born on
Christmas Day.
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Weaver, Albertson Explain . . .
Black Blizzards of 30s
Were Alarmingly Serious
In
Midwesterners who lived
through the "black blizzards" of
the dusty, drouth-ridden 30s will
find alarming evidence of the se
riousness of the period in an article
recently published, in Ecological
Monographs by Prof. J. E. Weaver
of the university and F. W. Albert
son of Fort Hays, Kansas State
college, former student under Dr.
Weaver.
The article comprises a history
of the native vegetation of west
ern Kansas during the seven years
of continuous drouth from 1933
th u 1939.
The percentage of short grass
type of basal cover on lands in
this area decreased from 89 per
cent in 1932 to 22 percent in 1939
on ungrazed fields. On moderately
grazed fields the cover fell from
84 percent in 1932 to 5 percent in
1936 and was up to 28 percent
in 1939. The overgrazed range
showed a drop from 80 percent
in 1932 to 3 percent in 1936 and
up to 19 percent in 1939.
Temperatures High.
During this period wind move
ment, temperatures, and seasonal
evaporation were abnormally high
while rainfall was below normal.
Such conditions were conducive
to dust storms which reached a
climax in 1935. Sometimes these
storms were of several days' dura
tion, with vast areas of vegetation
smothersd by thin blankets of silt
or by great drifts of loose earth.
Visibility often was reduced to
zero, with townspeople finding it
necessary to follow the pavement
curb and count the streets to find
their way about. Dust penetrated
every crevice around doors and
windows and accumulated over
floors and furniture. Traffic on
the highways was abandoned,
trains were delayed, and people
were obliged to cover their faces
with dampened handkerchiesf in
order to breathe.
Several Years Needed.
Several years with normal or
above normal precipitation and
with most judicious range man
agement will be required to restore
the former cover of grasses, the
authors of the article believe.
Professor Weaver has won wide
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acclaim as an ecologist on the uni
versity faculty. In reviewing other
published research by Dr. Weaver
on midwestern pastures, L. W.
Stoddart of Utah state agricultural
college recently wrote: "There
comes occasionally to every scien
tific field a man who is so en
thusiastic and so devoted, to his
C. J. C. WCAVCfL
work that it becomes his very life.
To him-nature seems to unfold her
secrets in response to his devotion;
his ability to understand and com
municate with nature becomes an
inspiration to students and fellow
workers alike. Such a man is John
Ernst Weaver in the field of Amer
ican grassland ecology."
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that it will be $3.00.
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