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Vol. 42, No. 53
Lincoln Nebraska
Tuesday, December 8, 1942
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All students who were bona fide appli
cants for enlistment in the reserves on or be
fore Dec. 5 may complete their enlistment, ac
cording to authorization received by Dean of
Student Affairs T. J. Thompson from both the
army and navy seventh service command offi
cials. Both sow ices definitely indicated that
these enlistments must he completed iy Dec
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Recruiting Booms.
Following President Koosevelt's an
nouncement Saturday that all voluntary enlist
ments in the aimed forces of men from 18 to
3S were stopped. Thompson's office, Dean Nels
T. liengston's office and the military depart
ment at Nebraska hall as well as Lincoln re
cruiting headquarters were crowded thiuout
Monday as students in the process of enlisting
in the reserves inquired as to just how they
stand.
Thompson stated that the army and navy
emphasized that applications must be com
pleted and students must be sworn in by the
Dec. 1") deadline.
Army headquarters in Omaha revealed
that it would doubtless be impossible for air
corps applicants to complete" their examina
tions and applications by this date.
Army seventh service command headquar
ters heads surest that those sludenls who had
made application for the air corps before Dec.
5 and have not completed them should enlist
in the Kilt' with a request for later transfer to
(See ENLISTMENT, Page 4.)
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PSscmisses Hiltlleir
... i Union Talk
Inaugurating a series of convo
cation lectures at the University
of Nebraska, Franz Schoenberner.
refugee from nazi Germany, will
speak at the Student Union at 4
p. m. Wednesday. Schoenberner's
address will be on the topic, "Ger
many in the Post-War World."
In Germany, Schoenberner was
an arch opponent of Hitlcrism,
fascism and communism in the
late 20"s. As editor of the famous
political and satirical weekly,
"Simplicissimus," he continued his
campaign even as late as the first
weeks of Hitler's chancellorship
in January and February, 1933.
After the burning of the reichs
tag, the nazi-terror paralyzed ev
ery kind of opposition. His office
was demolished. The final num
ber of "Simplicissimus," showing
a front page cartoon of the burn
ing reichstag. was prohibited.
Rather than face the alterna
tive of accepting Hitlerism or risk
a concentration camp and death,
Schoenberner chose exile and es
caped to Switzerland in 1933.
From there he traveled to France,
where he remained for eight years,
meanwhile publishing anti-Hitler
reviews as well as political, philo
sophical and literary articles in
the French and emigration-foreign
press.
When war broke out, the Ger
man lecturer was interned, as
Cnrtiss Will
Set-Up New
College Plan
Curtiss-Wright corporation, one
of the three largest aeronautical
concerns in the United States, has
announced a far-reaching plan for
the training of a large number of
young women to fill engineering
positions within its organization.
Training will be administered in
engineering schools and will be
open to young women who have
completed at least two years of
college education including ele
mntary college mathematics.
Young women selected will be
placed on the payroll of Curtiss
Wright and assigned to a given
school, where they will receive
their tuition, room, and board free
of charge. In addition, a nominal
salary will be paid during the
training.
Years Duration.
The program, of a year's dura
tion, will be designed in such a
(See PLAN, Page 2.)
were all Germans, in France. He
was liberated very soon on special
order of the minister of the inte
rior, but in May of 1940, at the
moment of the great German of
fensive, he was re-interned for
more than two months, being then
liberated in recognition of his for
mer work on "Simplicissimus."
French Occupation
Danger of a general occupation
of ii'.v.- ar.d the possibility of
being delivered to the nazi author
ities made it imperative that
Schoenberner leave Europe.
Yearbookies
Fail to Appear
Due to inability of the Corn
husker staff to muster any sort
of manpower, the Rag-Yearbook
basketball game didn't
materialize Sunday.
Some 20 Rag courtsters, in
eluding such performers as Al
"Slim" Jacobs, George "Corky"
Abbott, Gene "Butterball"
Sherman and Norris "Speed
ball" Anderson were on tap(7)
to play.
Alice Becker and one little
fledging couldn't hope to cope
with such talent, so the game
was postponed to allow further
Yearbook subsidization.
War Council to Sponsor pRed
Hot and Blue' in Student Union
"Ked Hot and Blue," all student variety show sponsored
by the War Council, will be presented Tuesday evening-, Dee. 22.
at 7:30 in the Union Ballroom. Thru the cooperation of the
Union this show will be given in place of the annual Union
Christmas party. Proceeds from "Ked Hot and Blue" are 1o
form a treasury for the War Council which will be used to send
out the 900 "Rag Tags" to Corn
huskers in the armed forces, to
purchase supplies to carry on this
work, to handle surgical dressings
and war stamp Thursdays, and the
various other projects which are
aiding the university war effort.
Production of the show is in
charge of Jo Weaver and Ronald
Metz, and Catherine Wells has
been named business manager in
charge of ticket sales. She is as
sisted by Jimmy Howe.
On Sale Dec. 14.
Tickets for the show will go on
sale Monday afternoon, Dec. 14.
They will be sold until the night
of the show and at the door by or
ganized house manpower repre
sentatives. Single admission tick
ets are priced at 25c, three cents
of which goes to the federal gov
ernment tax, and 22 cents to the
War Council treasury.
In response to numerous re
quests for student talent acts
solely, the Council committee of
judges selected 13 acts after audi
tions held last week. This type of
show also follows in the traditions
begun last year by the War Council-sponsored
show named "High
Jinks," a student talent show
which proved extremely popular.
Included in the program for Red
(See WAR SHOW, Page 2.)
Piano Satirist
Plays Sunday
In Union Series
Henry Scott Impersonates
Diiohin, Martin, Lopez;
Plays 44 Notes A Second
Piano satirist Henry Scott, who
has just completed engagements
at the Rainbow Room and Center
Theater in Radio City, will appear
Phi Beta Kappa Honorary
Will Honor New Members
Tonight; Patterson to Talk
Meeting this evening in Jhe
Union at a dinner to honor new
members of the society, Phi Beta
Kappa actives will hear Dr. C. H.
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DR. C. H. PATTERSON . . .Phil
osophy in a Challenged World.
Patterson speak on "Philosophy in
a Challenger World."
Professor Clifford M. Hicks,
secretary of the local honorary,
will announce those members who
have been elected for the first
semester. These members have
qualified in certain course require
ments so that they may be mem
bers while undergraduates.
Guests at Dinner.
Those chosen will be guests of
the chapter at the second meeting
of a series intended to carry thru
the entire school year. All mem
bers are welcome to invite guests.
All other seniors who are chosen
(See TALK, Page 2.)
CoedsDisdain
War Stamp
Boxes At Ball
"Resnonses to the War Coun
cil's call for discarded stamps from
the Military Ball corsages worn
by the girls is extremely dis
appointing," commented John Jay
Douglass, chairman of the Student
Foundation and member of the
War Council, when the grand total
of six contributions was counted.
Boxes were placed near the foot
of the stairs to the cloak rooms
for the contributed corsages, but
only six girls took advantage of
the opportunity the night of the
Military Ball.
The stamps from the corsages
are to be given to the War
Scholarship fund sponsored by the
Student Foundation.
Any girl who wishes to give her
Military Ball corsage stamps for
the scholarship fund may bring
them to the Daily Nebraskan
office, according to Pat Chamber
lin, chairman of the War Council.
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HENRY SCOTT
... "Concert Satirist"
on the Union series Sunday at 8
in the Union ballroom.
Scott's specialties are impres
sions of Eddy Duchin, Teddy Mar
tin and Vincent Lopez, combined
with selections from more con
servative repertoire as Liszt's
Second Hungarian Rhapsody. He
plays 44 notes per second, sur
passing Paderewski's record by
18 notes.
At Syracuse university, where
he was a music student, Scott per
fected his particular brand of en
tertainment, called "concert sa
tire." Swing fans will enjoy his
interpretations of "Bach Goes the
Weasel" and "Chopin in the Citrus
Belt."
"Mittens on the Keys," conclud
ing number of the program, will
be presented with technique mit
tens, devised to strengthen finger
technique. Identification cards
will be necessary for admission to
the concert.
Nazism Is German Religion;
MoreThanPoliticalDoctrine
. . . Says Dr. W. H. Werkmeister
Nazism is not only a political
doctrine, it is a religion as well,
according to Dr. W. H. Werk
meister, professor of philosophy
speaking on the subject "Religion
in Present-day Germany" before
a group of young people Sunday
evening. "Hitler is its god and
Gocbbels its prophet," he said.
Dr. Werkmeister was an ex
change professor to Germany dur
ing the year 1936-37 and he wit
nessed first-hand that country as
it was immediately preceding the
present World war.
Hope Lies in People.
Our hope lies in the people of
Germany who, taking seriously
the tenets of their faith before
Hitler, are now more ardent than
ever, Werkmeister declared. "Out
siders can not change the gener
ation indoctrinated with Hitler's
Idea." It must be these "insiders
who will rejuvinate the Germans
in the post-war period.
Even as late as 1933 a close
relationship of church and state
was maintained, the speaker ex
plained. But with the coming of
Hitler everything changed radi
cally. Hitler thought that the
state alone could decide what an
individual may do, and this led
very soon to conflicts between the
Christian way of life and Hitler's
way of life. Because the state
paid the church officials' salaries
they became state officials. The
church, in fact, was so closely in
terrelated politically with the
Reich that all dues were collected
as taxes. Everyone even those
not church members pay these
taxes.
Split on Protestants
The split in the Protestant group
has produced two divisions,"
Werkmeister said. "One is the
Reich's church, the church of the
empire, which is under the control
of men who have accepted Hitler's
(See DOCTRINE, Page 2.)
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DR. W. A. WERKMEISTER.