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Initial plans for 1 he 1942 military hall got umln-wny yes
terday with the announcement by Colonel Dick Arnold. lri;ide
commander, of the various commiltop appoinlmonls to handle
administrative functions of the ball.
Following; the policy began for the first time this year, the
cadet officers will be in complete charge of the occasion with
the instructing officers assisting only when called upon. Chair
Vol. 42, No. 38
Lincoln Nebraska Thursday, November 12, 1942
Pat Cfiamberiin Takes
Over War Council Job
Accepting the resignation of
Laurel Morrison, chairman, the
War Council elected Pat Chamber
lin to the position Monday night.
Main decision of the War Coun
cil at its meeting was to augment
the war stamp sales weekly drive
by selling victory stamp corsages
for the Military Ball. The cor
sages will sell for 60c and will be
in the form of five 10c stamps.
Beginning next Tuesday cou
pons, which may be exchanged
With Northivestern . . .
UN Shares Debate
Honors at Institute
Nebraska and Northwestern uni
versities shared top honors in the
Intercollegiate Institute and Con
ference on war problems held at
Iowa university Nov. 9 and 10.
The affirmative team of Frank
Mattoon and George Black3tone
was one of the two undefeated
teams in the tournament out of
teams from 22 colleges and uni
versities. The other undefeated
team was Northwestern.
Pi Lambda Uses
Educational
Front as Theme
Theme of the year for Pi
Lambda Theta, honorary teachers
college sorority, was announced
Tuesday night as "Education on
the Home Front." Shirley Heldt
had charge of introducing the
project plan.
The project for the year is "To
develop a set of principles for
the guidance of teachers in meet
ing the problems of wartime edu
cation. Chairmen of the monthly
meetings are as follows: Dec. 8,
Sheila Wheeler; Feb. 9, Mildred
Dobrovolny; March 9, Ann Craft;
and May 11, Shirley Heldt. AprW
13 is initiation.
Each meeting is held in the
Union at 7:30 p. m.
The negative team of Bill Rist
and Art Rivin won two out of
four debates giving the school a
composite total of six out of eight
wins, which in turn placed them
in the top 25 percent of group
winnings.
Frank Mattoon was given fifth
ranking speaker among approxi
mately 100 participants, while
George Blackstone was rated
twelfth;
In the extemporaneous speaking
contest on "Current War Prob
lems" Bill Rist received an excel
lent rating and was listed among
the five high-ranking speakers.
George Blackstone was rated
among the upper 25 percent in the
discussion contest on "Post War
Organization."
A feature of the' trip was a
series of addresses by Dr. Ethen
Allen of the Office of Civilian De
fense, Washington, D. C. and Pro
fessor Troyer Anderson of the His
tory department of Iowa univer
sity. Dr. Allen talked on the "Vic
tory Speaking Program" pointing
out the part that university stu
dents can play in such a program.
Prof. Troyer's speech was on a
"Post War World Government.
Among the more outstanding of
the 22 schools present at Iowa
Monday and Tuesday were: Cin
cinnati, Indiana, Kansas univer
sity. Carleton college, University of
South Dakota, Illinois normal and
Northwestern.
later for corsages, will be sold at
booths in the Union. Sosh, MA and
on ag campus until the following
Friday afternoon at 3:40 p. m. No
other war stamp corsages may be
purchased after that time; and
other type of corsages should defi
nitely not be given.
Thursday, Dec. 3, and Friday,
Dec. 4, the holders of these cou
pons may exchange them for cor
sages at the Union booth.
The War Council believes that
victory stamp corsages will be the
most appropriate at the Military
Ball. A committee headed by
Lois Christie made an investiga
tion of the matter with university
authority and florists for their consent.
man of all committees, and head
of all festivities is Col. Arnold.
Chairman Named.
The committees selected for the
ball, along with their respective
chairmans are: presentation of
honorary colonel, 1st Lt. Romula
R. Soldevilla; stage decorations,
Colonel Ed Lof; music, Capt. Jack
Stewart; concessions, Lt. Col.
Theatre Holds
Final Tryouts
For 'Arsenic'
Final opportunity for tryouts for
"Arsenic and Old Lace," second
production of (he University Thea
tre season, will be tonight in room
201 of the Temple at 7:30 p. m.
Eleven male parts and three fe
male characters i.re in the comedy.
Only university eligibility is neces
sary to participate in the play as
candidates for parts need be nei
ther speech majors nor be taking
courses.
"Arsenic" is the story of the
sweet kind poisonings of two old
maid aunts, the more brutal mur
dering of their Boris Karloff-like
brother and the attempts of their
comparatively sane nephew to
have them committed to an insti
tution before they are discovered
by the authorities.
Francis Cox; tickets, Col. George
Schappaugh; patrons and guests,
Col. Robert C. Guenzel; floor man
agement, Capt. Tom Woods; main
floor decorations, Maj. J. J. Doug
lass; publicity, Maj. Bob Schlater;
grand march. Maj. Charles White;
parking, Maj. James H. Stuart;
and invitations. Sgt. Maj. Bob Mil
ler. Need Concentrated Effort.
With the ball less than a month
away, all committees will need
concentrated efforts on the part
of all workers in order to give a
formidable presentation by Dec. 4,
announced the cadet colonel. Any
senior desiring to aid these com
mittees should inform Arnold to
receive his assignment.
Complete plans for the ball have
(See COMMITTEES, Page 4.)
$aia. $saL . . .
Baby Car Steps Out; Police
Locate ATO's, Fiji's in Grill
BY BOB McNUTT.
Practical jokes may come and go, but Ihe
ATO's and Fijis go ou forever. Having the
reputation for never missing a chance to em
barrass any unsuspecting person, they kept
their average intact Wednesday morning.
After the parade, the aforementioned group,
noticing a two-by-four Crosley automobile, re
splendent in yellow paint, sitting quietly in
front of the Union, undertook practical joke
No. J 733.
Arithmetical Progression.
Innocently gathering around this pas
senger omnibus, they picked it up and carried
it into the Union where they proceeded to
drive it to Ihe grill. Here they found the toll
gate down, so they drove carefully, with prop
er signals and care of pedestrians, into the
lounge and up in front of the radio.
At this very moment, the irate owner of
the Croslev automobile had discovered, with
the use of a microscope, that his car had flown
the parking. A bone-chilling Scream startlcl
a cop away from his mid-morning coffee at the
drug store and the heat was on.
On the Scent.
With noses to the ground, the cops headed,
down 14th street and the owner disappeared
into the Union. The pursuit was drawing
closer; the noose was tightening around the
necks of the ATO's and Fijis. The cop was
mentally recalling the beatings he had suffered
from "dem bums," and was thinking of retali
ation along torture chamber lines when he
opened the Union door.
There he beheld the once irate owner.. with
proper finesse and dignity, drive up to the
door, carry his car down the steps and drive
away.
Yep, anvthing can happen her at dear
old XU.
Eleven Insigmficent Students Steal
'Ballet Russe' Show in 37 Seconds
BY LEONARD STEIN.
Without a doubt all of the Lin
coln critics who attended the
Ballet Russe de Monte Cailo at
the coliseum Tuesday evening
agree that the performers who
put the show over were 11 sup-
YMCrBeginT
Annual Drive
For Members
University YMCA is holding its
annual membership drive this
week and next. The object of the
drive is to acquaint all men on
the campus with the YM and its
activities and to enroll men who
are interested.
Every organized mens' house on
the campus will be canvassed by
the drive committee. The chair
man of the membership drive is
James Hanson. Co-workers on the
drive include Eldon Niemann,
Donald Papez, Meyer Ueoka,
Henry Marvin, Norman Sundberg,
Vrren Stage, Homer Livermore
and Dee Messinger.
Joint Project.
The University YM and YW are
working out joint projects for dis
(See MEMBERS, Page 4.)
posedly insignificant UN students.
When the troupe of 78 arrived
here they discovered that thw,,
needed some students that would
really make the show a success.
So the number one gent of the
outfit quickly looked in the phone
book to see if any of his long hair
relations attended UN to take part
in the show which incidentally
sold for $2.75 per head.
How John Cook got in charge of
rounding up the guys is still a
mystery, as he is not related to
the Russian who is in charge of
the show. It did not take much
inducing to get 10 more ballet
ambitious UN students to perform
in the show (especially at a buck
apiece).
Stage Door Entrance.
So with four Phi Psi's and Betas
and a couple of others, I got into
the mess and it really was a mess.
Upon arriving at the stage door
(canteen) we were not greeted by
a gal named Eileen but rather the
head man of thes how, a long
haired gent with Russian heritage.
He promptly showed us what to do.
We rehearsed for about a half
hour.
The boss then picked out four
of the stronger boys to have
leads, that is these four would be
on the stage two seconds more'
than the other seven fellows. In
his not-too-English accent he sig
naled John Anderson out as the
strongest; he got to carry out one
of the mellow babes in the show
on his shoulder. Then Ernie Larson
(See SECONDS, Page 4.)
Four UN Profs
Resign; Enlist
In War Effort
Martin Takes Instructor
Tost at Lincoln Air Base
In Speech, Radio Work
Four university instructors who
are entering active service have
been granted leaves of absence,
according to a recent announce
ment by Chancellor Boucher.
Leo A. Martin, instructor in
speech and radio, ii leaving to
take up an instructorship at the
Lincoln Air Base. Dr. John Pe
terson, opthalmologist in the stu
dent health service, and Donald
T. Wagoner, instructor in oral
pathology and histology, have en
tered military service. Miss Dor
othy Zimmerman, assistant pro
fessor of physical education, is en
(See "EFFORT, Page 4.)
In Annual Battle . . .
Rag Super-Squad Defies
Weak Yearbookie Team
Sunday, November 15 at 3 p. m.
is the time!
For the fifty-second time in the
history of this traditional event,!
forces of the powerful Daily Ne
braskan staff and of the
Cornhusker staff will meet upon
the greensward to do battle.
Just to give it a semblance of
respectability, a football will be
tossed in between the two armies.
In short it is called a football
game and it will be to decide the
Today Is War
Stamp Day;
Buy a Share
Thursdays are war stamp
days, remember? Today is
Thursday, the day for students
to buy their weekly supply of
war stamps. Booths will again
be located in Sosh, MA, the
Union, and on ag campus, and
the sales will be in charge of
various organized groups on the
campus.
... For Hatchet
champions of the basement of ye
olde Stude Union.
Becker Creeps In
In all respects it will be a regu
lation game but there is a cer
tain element that creeps in to
(See TEAM, Page 2.)
Students May
Motor Home
For Holidays
Maybe university students will
get to drive home for Thanks
giving vacation after all, for it
was revealed yesterday that the
office of price administration is
considering the postponement of
nationwide gasoline rationing from
Nov. 22 until some time in the
early part of December.
Delay in the distribution of
forms and books may necessitate
the postponement, and meanwhile
registration for gas ration books
has been delayed until Nov. 18 to
20. This marks the third delay in
national rationing, since the
original registration period was
set for Nov. 9 toll.