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I s6r IFlIMDSlla TT nn ran I Vol. 42, No. 2 Xjsday, September 22, 1942. 'Klmislkeirs- HMdl FSirstt Wejp ISisMj Nebraska's first rally of the year staged by the Corn Cobs and Tassels will be Thursday after noon in conjunction with the an nual freshman convocation. Led hy the Victory bell, the rally will begin in front f the Courteny Lincoln Journal Colonel Frankforter. ..Administers Oath. Temple at 3:30 and proceed to the coliseum, where all freshmen will stand and pledge the Cornhusker freshman oath, as administered by Col. C. J. Frankforter. Also included in the program is a brief speech of welcome by Chancellor Chauncey S. Boucher, and speeches by Mrs. Verna Boyls, den of women; Dean T. J. Thompson, dean of student af fairs; Freshman Coach Bill Pfeiff. and Dorothy Weirick, president of M'Htit Board. The convocation, one of Ne br.uk i's oldest traditions, and the rally, will serve as the starting point of campus activities for the coming school year. The Liberty bell used in the rally is the same bell that stood on top of University hall ahd was used fr the purpose of calling stud-jots to classes when the uni versity first came into existence. Later, when U hall was leveled to the first floor, ihe bell was placed in the university museum. Five years ago the Com Cob and Tassel pep groups mounted it on its present truck for the purpose of using it in pre-game rallies. Since that time the Victory bell has led every rally. Completing the convocation will be the singing of Cornhusker &n$i by the freshman body in (See RALLY, page 2) Freshmen Men Show - For Sale Freshman only! Cone-shaped pieces of '46 class spirit. Take cards purchased from Innocents and Mortar Boards at end of registration line to Ben Simon 8c Sons and receive the tra ditional freshman cap. Fellows wear billed red caps until tug-o-war. Girls wear red and white beanies until Homecoming. -'Tie the early bird that gets In the good graces of his fraternity and classmates by jumping at the chance to bo tW first red-headed woodpecker on the campus. Cock your hat at a saucy angle. Print your nime and address (phone number if you are in the mood) in India ink on the bill or crown. You cannot miss (that handsome creature from Kearney, that beau tiful gil in the last row, or a beat ing from your brothers if you leave your cap on the dresser.)! Let your English professor know you are just new and unacquainted with those verbs and adverbs by wearing the red protector cap. Keep the sun out of your bloodshot eyeu when sleeping in Sosh audi V I i ' - f I f - ' if 1 t i v. A V 1 . .1 New 4N' Books Contain Timely Information . "N" Book, a publication printed by the Y. W. C. A. and Y. M. C. A., were placed on sale in Ellen Smith and Temple buildings Friday noon. They will continue to be sold un til the supply is exhausted. To secure a book one must sub mit the "N" Book cards and 10 cents. Women students may get their books at Ellen Smith. Men may secure theirs at Temple. Students are urged to purchase the books, which include a greet ing: from the chancellor, maps of the campuses, officers of univer sity organizations, calendar of the university year and official songs and yclU. Colonel Murphy Takes Over Military Department; By Bob Miller. (See Page 2 for Official War Department Statement.) Predicting a "thoroly practical year of military training with all frills cut out," Col. James P. Mur phy, new Professor of Military Sci ence and Tactics, is busy alining the university ROTC program with that of the nation. Colonel Murphy took over last spring when Col. Charles Thuis re signed from the position of P.M.S. &T. of the University of Nebraska Reserve Officers Training Corp. With a background of 26 years in the army, the new commanding officer held the same position at South Dakota State for the last five years. New blood usually means new idea.s and Colonel Murphy is not licking in these. His project, which has met the approval of army men mruoui me Seventh Corps area, to take away the junior battalion in the present set-up and to place the juniors as non-commissioned officers for the entire year, is one of these. Junior Status Changed. According to the present system, junior wh. have been accepted C on Sale; 4 aps i CI or '46 ass torium and the apple cores out of your thinning hair at the Iqwa State football game. WAA Plans Fun, Square Dancing for Party Tonight Around fun and square dancing the W.A.A. has centered this year s get-acquamted party for all new stud.-nts which will be held in Grant Memorial 7:30 until 10. tonight from An annual affair planned pri marily to acquaint all new women on the campus, the W.A.A. fun fest has always proved popular with new and old students alike. La.st year about 225 girls at tended, making the record crowd at a get-acquainted nartv. Instruction in the square and round figures will lie given by DAILY Staff Offers Jobs For Students Openings for positions as re porters and advertising staff workers are available on the Nebraskan according to Bob Schlater, editor-in-chief, and Phil Kantor, business manager. Candidates for Daily positions 13 Courtesy Lincoln Journal. Kantor. Bob Schlatrr. I'hll need not be journalism majors and the paper offers excellent prac tical experience in sports writing, general reporting and advertising (See STAFF, page 8) : I r s Aw K y - jf I, s-s," jK::i;'. $$ Has New Plan for Juniors r ' - J i if iV It. , ?r. Courteijr Lincoln Journal COL. JAMES MURPHY: "A Practical Year."- for advance drill are commissioned as second lieutenants in the ROTC units, making up a batalion of their own. Under the new plan all juniors will hold non-commissioned posts for the year, being commissioned during their senior drill. The jun iors will be sergeants from line sergeants up to sergeant majors. Sophomores who previously held these posts will be eligible only Coed; Spirit Boost your class spirit! Be pro tected! Get acquainted! Buy your cap now: Guaranteed: Bernice Askey a senior maiorinz in phys ed and hobbying in square aancing. sne laught folk danc ing during her summer vacation in a camp in Oregon. Music for the evening will be furnished by Bernicc's collection of records and by pianist Edna Sutorious. The new students will bo guests of the W.A.A. council and sports board and of the staff of the phys ed department. Refreshments will be served during the evening Girls are urged to dress In formally; flats and sports clothes, preferably slacks, will best fit the mood of the party; Opening lny registration figures compare ''surprisingly well with those of last year," Kegistrar (i. W. Kosenlof said yesterday, as Nebraska prepared for its first fall opening since the outbreak of the war. While no figures were available on upper class enrolment, Dr. Koscnlof declared that the present rale of registration indicates a freshman enrolment increase of "about 10 percent," with the number of entering transfer students normal. The number of upper cla filled out last spring, he said, Coeds Beam; Male Numbers Double at UN One single comment from the vital statistics of university regis tration has eased the mind of Ne braska womanhood: According to Dean Nels Bengtson, head of the junior division, the number of male students entering the uni versity this year is twice that number for the previous year. No loneer do coeds wear fore boding frowns and mutter about year-long bridge games the prob lem of a co-educational girls school has been solved. Despite the dread of becoming (See MEN!, page 2) for corporal and private first class positions. Training Is Better. Colonel Murphy feels that only by such a step are the future of iicers going to get training as a non-commissioned officer which he feels vitally necessary in the make up of every commissioned man. Another innovation since the new C. O. took over the military 'lepartment reins is the addition of two new non-com missioned uost3 Heretofore, there were no privates first class and no sergeant majors but in order to give the students a thoro amount of instruction in the duties of suit the colonel added them. Uniforms Are New. Still another departure from the old setup is found in the uniforms which the juniors will wear. The primary change is in material. The new uniforms will have a 19 ounce olive drab material while the pre ceding ones have contained 17 ounce olive drab. There will be no more of the detachable Sam Brown belts for the juniors with me new uniforms having an at tached cloth belt. overseas caps will take the place of their bulkier predecessors and the Cornhusker unit emblem will be worn as a shoulder patch in lieu of farther down on the sleeve to complete the ensemble Status Is in Doubt. Due to the uncertainty concern ing tne status of the advanced course cadets the new uniforms will not be ordered ' until it is certain as to how long the reserv ists will stay in school. The priori ties are out of the way and the material is all ordered. The go signal can probably be given dur ing the first week in October and the uniforms will be ready the lat ter part of November or early part of December according to the authorities. For that reason all juniors ac cepted for advanced drill will wear the basic uniforms uitil the tail ored suits are available. A blue fourraeer or cord is to be worn on the left shoulder by all those affected. As for new ideas in the military instructional line itself, plans are being formulated to offer a com mando course for the infantry and engineers as soon as negotiations can be made with the athletic de partment. This course will include bayonet drill, landing tactics and a thorough conditioning schedule. Schedule Is Same. The military department will (See JUNIORS, Page 7) ssnien changinff the schedules possibly points toward a larerr increase in enrolment in the en gineering colleges than a r others, although no figures have been compiled, to date. Figures Up. Yesterday's registration, was equal to, or greater than that of last year, which may have been due to the earlier opening time. Previously, hours have been from 9 to 12 and 1 to 5. with the coli seum opening at 8 this year. All freshmen should make cer tain they have appoointment cards telling him the name of the adviser assigned to him, and the time assigned for registra tion. No junior division student may register until he has secured his card. Sophomore, junior and senior students who registered last spring should call at the coliseum early next week to secure their schedules and pay their fees. Director of the assignment committee, 'A. R. Congdon pointed out that students who registered last May wishing to change a subject should obtain (See FROSH, page 2) Eugene Floyd Receives YM Appointment Mr. Eugene H. Floyd, lately director of placement at Hamlme university in St. Paul, Minn., has been appointed Y.M.C.A. secre tary upon the retirement of Mr. Eugene Floyd. . .YM Secretary. C. D. Hayes, Y.M. secretary at Nebraska for many years. Mr. Hayes is now preaching at Clarks. Neb. Before assuming his position at Hamline university. Mr. Floyd spent several years in Boston, Mass., where he attended the Bostoii university school of the ology. He then was Y.W. coun- seior tor two years and did settle ment boys' work near Boston. For a year he was assistant pastor in w ininrop, Mass. Mr. Floyd tok his under graduate work at Washburn col lege in Topeka, Kas.. and for six years worked as a newspaperman. in independence, Kas , his home. The new Y.M. secretary is now "at home" in his offices on the ground floor of Temple, and in vites an university men to come around and get acquainted. Pvt. Novieoff Visits Campus Return iili? to th commit An A dav leave vestenl.iv ua Pu Tlun Novieoff, former business man ager of the Daily. Novieoff is now stationed at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, as a member of th head quarters company.