DAILY NEBRASKAN
Friday, December 4,
Xmas Travel Less Difficult
If We Follow Simple Rules
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A War Ball . . .
The army will take over the campus to
night, when the Ji.O.T.C. presents its 34th an
nual military ball. Long a tradition on the
campus, this year's hall will make history be
cause it is the first war year Military Ball
since World War I.
Following his policy of turning much of the
work and responsibility over to cadets this
year in all phases of military work, Col. J. P.
Murphy has turned the committee work of the
Military Ball over to students. They have had
excellent advice from instructors but the ca
dets have done the work themselves and each
is certain this will be one of the finest balls in
' the history of the affair.
In keeping with the campus war effort, the
party will be informal this year. In years past
it has been the Military Ball which officially
opened the formal season. The party tonight
will lose none of its flavor due to informality
but will remain as one of the fine traditions on
" this campus.
I By Gene Bradley J
KHJSJHJ
MORE ABOUT COWS
While walking past ag campus yesterday,
a medium-sized man rushed out from behind
one of the barns, tapped tvic en the shoulder,
and whispered: " When milking a cow in zero
"weather, always use an ice-pick." Right you
are, Max Laughlinl But how many others
have had enough study in Cow-ology to make
a similar statement
If the faculty would only take a more posi
tive attitude in this respect, many unnecessary
accidents could be avoided each year. One
specific illustration will suffice: 1 know of
one DU who wanted to milk a cow, but didn't
know exactly how to go about it. The poor
fellow sat on the wrong side of the beast,
which so irritated Bossy that she kicked over
the stool and spilt all the milk. And the DU
(Editor's note: This editorial came from
the Association of American Colleges. It was
sent to schools all over the country since every
campus is faced with the holiday transporta
tion problem. The suggestions in this editorial
should prove valuable to Nebraska students
who will be going home in a couple of weeks.)
As everyone knows, the railroads are doing
a tremendous job of moving masses of men and
materials for the war effort. But the strain
on the nation's rail facilities is becoming in
creasingly acute, particularly in the passenger
service. The Pullman Company, for instance,
will transport some 7,000,000 troops in organ
ized movements this year alone, and on certain
days half of the company's entire fleet of
sleeping cars is "in the service."
Take this mounting military traffic, add
the hundreds of thousands of civilian travel
lers engaged in essential war work and then
throw in haphazardly one hundred thousand
or more college students homeward bound for
the holidays and it may easily be seen what
an epic traffic jam could result. Fortunately,
most schools, Dr. f!uy K. Snavely of the Asso
ciation of American Colleges reports, are
aware of the danger and are staggering closing
dates so that no more than one college in a
single area closes or re-opens on the same day.
But there must beuindividual cooperation by
the students, too, if troop movements are to be
made on schedule, if vital war materials are
to reach factories and docks on time.
College students can help most, to keep the
tracks clear for vital wartime use by not trav
elling daring the peak period from December
15 to January 15. If they must go home there
are some simple rules to follow which will help
to keep rail travel runnings moothly. They arc:
1. Make Pullman reservations early. It
helps railway men gauge the traffic and pro
vide adequate facilities.
2. Cancel Pullman tickets promptly when
plans are changed. Someone else can use your
accommodations and, besides, if you cancel
after train departure time you can no longer
get a refund.
3. Take as little luggage as possible. There
isn't room in crowded cars for peacetime para
phernalia. 4. Accept available accommodations. You
cannot always get just the accommodations
you prefer or find space available on the train
you usually take.
Few restrictions have thus far been placed
upon civilian travel. Willing public coopera
tion in the observance of such simple volun
tary rules as the foregoing has been a big fac
tor in this excellent railroad performance. Col
lege students, ns members of the public, can
do their part by also observing these rules, par
ticularly during the critical holiday period
that lies ahead.
was left sitting there holding the bag.
F. J. Johnson, chairman of the faculty
committee "Why-Not-Milk-Nebraska!", has
drawn up excellent plans for a two-year train
ing program which well might be adopted as
a part of the school's curriculum. It is as
follows:
FIRST YEAR: The approach. Walk up
to Bossy. Coo gently. Beat her over the head
with a club and then milk the hell out of her.
SECOND YEAR: The technique. Person
ally, I prefer the over-lapping grip, although
many like the touch control method.
The student, on completion of the above re
quirements and on receipt of his degree, willl
be fully qualified to hold a position m any
first-rate dairy. Mr. Johnson, when inter
viewed, stated: "My plan, if followed, will
obtain as much student interest as would Sally
Rand at a university convocation."
THREE BLIND MEN
(BUND TO AMERICA'S WILL TO WIN)
Open THEIR EYES BY INVESTING
k YOUR CHANGE IN WAR STAMPS
:
Set the urge
TO HELP PURSE
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For Teen Agers
WASHINGTON. (ACP). Right now the lid is down tight
on information concerning the army's plan for sending drafted
'teen age men back to college. Officials and educators here
say it soon will be spelled out in detail.
However, it is a virtual certainty that all 18 and 19 year
olds who are drafted whether or not they're college men .
will be eligible to take tests to determine whether they shall
be assigned to colleges and universities for technical and
scientific training. They probably will be selected on the basis
of education, as well as for "qualities of leadership, military
ability and aptitude for more education."
It is unlikely the 'teen age plan will resemble the current
"contract" arrangement both the army and navy already have
with some colleges. Under the contract plan, men already in
the services are assigned to colleges for short periods of train
ing, usually three months. It appears that 'teen age men will
get longer periods of training of a highly specialized and in
tensive character.
The back-to-college plan, or whatever it may be called, is
likely to hit small arts colleges hard. The army and navy will
probably take over the physical facilities of many of them to
train men in technical subjects. The art of war leaves little
room for other arts.
Footnote on War
There is a manpower problem in Germany with tragic
overtones. Preparations are reported under way for profes
sional military training of boys 14 and 15 years old.
Jobs
The U. S. Office of Education is represented on a govern
ment committee studying job possibilities for the physically
handicapped.
A recent survey showed that thousands of jobs in arsenals,
navy yards and other government industrial plants could be
filled by the handicapped. Altogether, the survey revealed
1,300 different kinds of work that might be done by such
persons.
Objectives of the continuing study are two-fold: to help
solve our war manpower problem, and to gain experience for
use in placement of disabled veterans and industrial workers
after the war.
Hard of hearing and deaf persons make up the major pool
of handicapped manpower. Many persons with defective vision
also could do effective work in important jobs. In one large
plant, approximately !0 percent of the positions might be filled
by persons who are blind in one cyti but have good vision in
the other, f
The survey of handicapped persons also included provision
for study of the use of women in industry. It was found that
with proper training they could perform the duties of a
majority of industrial jobs.
One ordnance plant already has hired women for 50 per
cent of its jobs. Their work is high grade and sometimes
superior to that of men.
Speaking of women, the Civil Service Commission is seek
ing junior chemists and is particularly interested in co-eds
who have had four years of college, with 30 semester hours of
chemistry.. Pay, $2,000 annually; no written test.
Also sought are chemical aids who need only three years of
college, with 24 semester hours of chemistry. Pay, $1,800; no test.
Expanded research in synthetic rubber may double the
demand for chemists during coming months.
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