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Vol. 42, No. 7
Lincoln, Nebraska.
Tuesday, September 29, 1942
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Corn Cobs Sponsor
Annual Fall Smoker
First call for new Corn Cob
workers to attend their annual
fall smoker has been issued by
Franklin White, club president.
The informal gathering, open to
barbs and greeks alike, will be
held in parlor X of the Union
at 7:30 tonight.
Athletic eligibility is the only
requirement lor workers of the
organization. White will explain
the duties and purpose of the
Corn Cobs and the new workers
will be introduced to the actives.
Col. C. J. Frankforter, faculty
adviser, will give a short talk,
reviewing the history of the club
and its activities on the campus
in years past. The entire meeting
will be an informal gathering for
the sole purpose of getting ac
quainted. Corn Cobs and their
si3ter club, Tassels, are the chief
organized boosters of school spirit,
and aid the university in numerous
other capacities.
All actives and workers who ex
pect to sit in the Corn Cob section
at the game Saturday should bring
identification cards and $5:50 to
the smoker.
Daily Ag College
Editor Solicits
Reporters Today
Any ag students interested in
writing for an ag page on the
Daily Nebraskan should leave
their name in the finance office
in ag hall, or contact Dale Wolf,
ag editor of the Daily Nebraskan,
some time otday. Within the
next few days a staff of reporters
will be selected.
James Olson, UN Qrad, Writes
J. Sterling Morton1 s Biography
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One of the most interesting
things on the campus this week
is the display in the library of
items from the J. Sterling Morton
collection. This display is in con
nection with the recent release of
the book J. Sterling Morton by
James C. Olscn, a former member
of the Daily Nebraskan staff. Ql-
Tonight in Union
Groups Plan
Homecoming
Dance Oct. 10
The annual Corn Cob-Tassel
Homecoming Dance will be held
Saturday night, Oct. 10 in the coli
seum. Jack Hogan and Janet
Hemphill are co-chairmen of the
committee planning the party.
Candidates for Pep Queen may
file from Tuesday noon until
Thursday at 5 p. m. Filing must
be done in John K. Selleck's office.
Candidates must have sophomore
standing, an 80 average, and be
carrying at least 12 hours' at the
time of the filing.
tudent War Group
Plans Year of Work
Upon Defense Lines
With big plans in store for the
year, the Student War Council
will hold its first meeting this
Thursday at 5 p. m. in the Union,
room 18, according to an an
nouncement by Laurel Morrison,
chairman. The War Council, or
ganized last fall by the Daily
Nebraskan and the Student Union,
is the clearing house for all civil
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sen, the youngest person to re
ceive the degree of doctor of phi
losophy from Nebraska, has spent
three years dolnr research for the
book, his doctor's thesis.
The display includes a land
grant issued by President Lincoln
in 1862, a letter from Mark Twain
to Morton, and a note from Presi
dent Cleveland. Also in the col
lection are Morton'a personal
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Frosh Women
Get Beanies
From Simon's
Cirls who purchased cards en
titling them to a freshman beanie,
class of '46, during registration
week man now turn in those cards
for a beanie at Ben Simon's and
Sons.
Though the first shipment of
beanies was exhausted a few days
after rusuh week, a second ship
ment has just arrived, and the
caps can be obtained on the fourth
floor of the store.
Cards for the purchase of men's
caps should be bought at the of
fices of the Daily. Men's caps are
found in Simon's basement.
ian patriotic drives and activities
on the campus.
All student organizations are
urged to send a representative
to the first meeting so that the
Council will be truly representa
tive of the Nebraska campus.
Plans for this year include first
aid classes, home nursing classes,
soldier entertainment, bond and
(See WAR GROUP, Page 2.)
Courteuy Sunday Journal and Star.
J, C. OLSON.
diary, opened to Wednesday, April
10, 1872, the first Arbor day, and
a letter informing Morton of his
appointment to the position of
secretary of agriculture in the
cabinet of President Theodore
Roosevelt.
The collection was donated to
the university three years ago by
Mark Morton, the only living son
of J. Sterling Mortoi
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Students -who have purchased season athletic tickets in a
block will discover this noon at 2 :30 whether they will sit just
above the box seats or just below the sky-line when the draw-
ing will be held to assign student sections.
Bob Sehlater, editor of the Nebraskan, will draw numbers
in John K. Selleek s office in the coliseum. Groups will be given
numbers, and locations of their sections will be chosen according
Registration
Changes Made
In West Gym
Last minute registration and
sectional changes can still be made
today in the west gymnasium of
Grant Memorial. During this late
registration period the precedent
started during the regular regis
tration period still holds true:
more freshmen, fewer upper class
men. Due to the large number of stu
dents taking Education 30 and
Physics I and A, three new labs
in these subjects have been sched
uled. The new lab period in Ed
30 is scheduled from 1:30 to 3:30
p. m. Monday. The Physics I lab
will be from 8:30 to 10:30 a. m.
Monday and Wednesday, and the
Physics A lab will be from 9:30
to 12:30 a. m. Friday.
Absolutely no admission will be
given in sections II and V in fresh
men orientation, in labs B and C
in chemistry I, or in section III
in English- I, for the classes are
filled to over seating capacity at
this time.
AWS Meeting
Reviews Recent
House Changes
New Rules Give Freshman
Women 9 O'Cloek Nights
A meeting conducted by Janet
Curley, AWS president, and the
AWS board will be held in Ellen
Smith 5 p. m. Wednesday for all
chaperons and house presidents. A
review will be made of all house
rules with emphasis on the special
changes.
Some of the new rules to be en
forced this year include 9 o'clock
nights for freshmen women instead
of the past ruling of 8 o'clock.
Sophomores with no delinquencies
after the official announcement of
first semester grades will be given
upper classmen privileges for the
rest of the second semester. Con
trary to rumor freshmen women
with no delinquencies will not be
given sophomore privileges second
semester.
Gel a Ring-side Seat . . .
Cheerleader Try-Outs
Begin Tuesday in Union
King side seats at the football
and basketball games no combat
duty against the pheasant feathers
in women's hats no scars nor
battered noses from violent foot
ball practice only to meet defeat
on the slivery bench.
All Interested upperclassmen
who enjoy doing Wallace's exer
cise to N-E-B-R-A-S-K-A instead
of "Jingle, Jangle, Jingle," report
to Rag office anytime from 2:00
to 5:0J p. m. Tuesday. (Last year
DDiraws
to the order in which their num-
bers are drawn.
Deadline for group reservations
is today at noon when $5.50 and
an ident card for each person in
the section must be turned into
the student activities office in the
coliseum. It is unnecessary for
more than one student to repre
sent a group.
G. W. Rosenlof
Gives Address
At Dedication
Dr. George W. Rosenlof, regis
trar and director of admissions,
will give the principle address at
the dedication of the new temple
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G. w . Hoseniof. . .addresses lodge.
of Craftsman lodge No. 314, A. F,
& A. M. this evening.
The ceremonies will begin with
an inspection of the building from
5:30 to 6 o'clock, to be followed by
dinner at 6:30 p. m. The grand
lodge will take charge of the dedi
cation ceremonies at 8:30 p. m.,
at which time Dr. Rosenlof will
give his address.
Coed Counselors
Poslponc Mass
Meeting lo Oct. 31
The mass meeting of the
Coed Counselors, which was
originally scheduled for today,
has been postponed until Thurs
day, Oct. 1. It will take place
at Ellen Smith hall at 7:30. All
Coed Counselor big sisters must
be at this meeting.
cheerleaders cannot escape this
ordeal either.) There the well
Bupplied vitamin enthusiasts will
come face to face with a commit
tee of Innocents. (Wear your sun
glasses or make an appointment
with the nearest optician for about
6:00 p. m., Tuesday). Eight to six
of the best yellers and acrobat!
will be chosen to meet the well
aimed apple cores of the knothole
section while leading the happy
youths in Husker songs and cheer.
Keep that school-girl figure, Be a
Rah-Rah boy!!
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