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DAILY NEBRASKAN 5 Almost 7,000 . . . UN Students Save 300 (Easedls, USegiistteir Mow! Friday, March 27, 1942 Pounds of Waste Paper About 7,000 students only had 300 pounds of waste paper! That Nebraska must have an exceed ingly saving student body was re vealed by the collections of waste paper made for the campus defense project last Saturday by the YWCA. Three hundred pounds of what's in 7,000 student waste paper baskets means an average of a little less than pound per per son. Doodles on the side of his- . . . In One Week tory notes alone for a week would mount to H of a pound. Designed by the Defense Coun cil as a means of helping stu dents to participate in the defense program without any out and out expense to student himself, the drive provides an excellent op portunity to show your spirit without hurting your pocketbook. All that is needed is an interest and a very little thought. Each week organized houses are ... If your wnnlrolc l"CMi't inelulc ,1 flannel suit iit present we Mi-.'gest one ;is an ileal choice fr a splint: dress suit. You may choose yours in s i n jjr I or dou ble breasted . , . in ever popular t-' i y ... or Mafce 's two new spring shades . . . Indian I', r o w n or Liberty I'.lue. You'll want to see them first hand so fctnp in today or tomorrow ! Hordispun Flannels $28.50 Vorsity Town Flonncls $38.50 r By Pat Chamberlin. Register now and avoid the draft! "Something new has been added" to the Nebraska defense picture because the five rousing words above no longer apply to the men on campus, but to the coeds, as decided by the Student Defense Council in a tradition-breaking meeting last night. fti'l life V V i l l H'hr- 1 A - 1 i A It . i provided with box-containers for the week's waste paper, and every Saturday morning these boxes are collected by members of . the YWCA freshman cabinet. Houses are asked to haev their boxes ready on time to facilitate collect ing. Individuals may contribute by leaving their paper on the east porch of Ellen Smith Saturday mornings. When the YWCA knocks at your door for defense tomorrow morning, make the girls really work to carry away the waste paper, old newspapers, magazines, rags, ana smasneu caraooara boxes. In an all-out attempt to pro vide entertainment that is real entertainment for 200 soldiers sta tioned at the near-by Lincoln fly ing school, as well as for the mn on the campus who are leaving for active service in Uncle Sam's forces, the Council has planned to conscript UN's fascinating females for mass volunteer duty. Have List of Men. Now in possession of the Coun cil chairman in charge of the draft, Lois Christie, is a list of the names and heights of these 200 soldiers whose interest is absolutely guar anteed by the officer in charge of the airport. These 200 nun have been in vited to a glorified hour dance in the Union ballroom from 7 to 9. The exact date has not been set by the Council, but the dance will take place during the week of April 5 to 11, after the drawing. Coed registration will take plao in the Defense office in the news room of the Daily Nebraskan, room 20 of the Union, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of next week. Each girl draftee will be given a number, which will de termine when she will be required to serve. Numbers will be drawn Monday, April 6, by Roger Cox, cadet colonel from a regulation fishbowl in the main lounge of the Union. Register Description. Girls will be allowed to chooso the name which appeals to their intuition, and also may select their dates with an eye to the correct height. They will be asked to register their own height, and their particular interests, for future reference. Registration will be handled by the clerical staff of the Council in charge of Jafkie Wood house. Bol Ames Home Ec Majors Start War Courses Victory Program Bop ins Four Do fon so Classes In Textiles. Koonoinios Similar to those of Nebraska, home economics women at Iowa State College began four new courses this week designed to pre pare them for meeting war-time emergency demands required of professional home economists. These courses are part of the home economics division's pro gram contributing to the victory effort, according to Miss Gene vieve Fisher, dean of home eco nomics at Iowa. New class work there is in education, foods, tex tiles and clothing, and economics. One course required of all edu cation majors is a resume of con tributions home economics teach ers are expected to make in their own communities, such as school lunches, canning, sewing and other home services. A foods course deals with the use of soybeans, sirups and sweetening agents, li quid fats, dried and frozen eggs, evaporated and dried milk and methods of canning and storage. Textiles and clothing work will deal with the wartime market, its effects on the consumer, and how she may solve problems aris ing from these effects. K el log" ... Boogie-Woogic Expert Beats Out Red-hot Rhythm at Union Everyone within hearing dis tance has been seen tearing up three flights of stairs in the Union to listen to the solid "boogie woogie" of a piano played by one Bob Kellogg. Of course, this can only happen one hmir each week because this remarkable swingster works ap proximately "2 hours each week, besides carrying 11 hours in music school. Every spare minute, which are very few, is devoted to work ing out new arrangements and harmonies. A freshman and a member of Pioneer Co-op house, Bob says that he came to the university to learn to read music. After hearing him tickle the ivories, one wonders why he would need any music, but it seems that it's his ambition to some day "have my own big-name band." Rhythm in His Bones. Coming from Cedar Rapids, Ne braska, Bob says he was born "with rhythm in my bones." and has ever since been listening to the radio for new ideas, chords ami tricky runs. And without any mu sical instruction he has worked out a system of playing that has earned him jobs with such orches tras around Lincoln at Gay Phics ton, Dave Haun and several others. If you really want to hear "boogie-woogie" in an onginal rhythmic manner, played by a very ambitious, young, talented fellow hang around room 31 fi in the Union next Thursday at about 3 p. m. Polioo Tlioii"lit Only a Strong Man Could Do Such Damage at Ag Campus Mystery of a trad of destruction from the turkey pens to the horse barns and back to the activities building on ag campus was cleared up when a Lincoln police force de tective and Sergeant Joe Regler, campus policeman, apprehended an eight year old boy yesterday. . . . and for your furnishings ARROW Desert Tones The ii c w s u 1) 1 1 e tones of Inn. oliie it ml green 1o harmo nize with the so Her clothing shades. Of course they feature Arrow's lasting fit tint; quality. $225 fo $300 New Pure Silk Foulard Neckwear at $1 and $1.50 Men' Suit fcrrond floor I'ntil Capture Made Prior to discovery of the identity of the boy, ag campus had been wondering who was large enough and strong enough to (ll. Release two pens of turkfvs and destroy three dozen setting eggs. (2). Open and emptv an oil tank. (3). Enter the horse barn where thoroughbreds are kept and burn the record books rontaininr Jh amounts of gas used by stute trucks, and (4l. Break milk bottles in the student activities building. The boy has been turned over to juvenile authorities. Men's ruroisMnfrfl rimt Door Haven't You Noticed? Spring Is Sprung! So Let's Go Dancing-" Hank Mattison's Orchestra JoniqhL at the Union Oi 1 t f HfMVfflkM