Union
to Present Two
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Expect Military
Unit Next June
Full impact of the new manpower training program of the
army and navy is not likely to be felt by the University of
Nebraska until June, according to Chancellor (J. S. Boucher,
as colleges over the country began making preparations for the
new program.
.' i igh Nebraska has not been officially advised that it
will . died upon for training, army and navy officer per
sonnel, university officials have begun making plans to adjust
their program and facilities to handle a large assignment for
trainees, the chancellor said. Under special emphasis was the
fact that under no circumstances will the university give up
women's dormitories until the end of the present school year.
Plans for Next Semester's Details.
While Hie board of regents began organizing the details
for the coming semester, colleges over the nalion voiced their
opinions for and against. Dr. Charles K. Diehl. president of
the Association of American Colleges, Thursday night expressed
his disapproval of army and navy plans to train young men in
colleges, and added that the association was particularly against
one phase of the army program.
Diehl, president of Southwestern university, said the asso
ciation had just finished drawing plans for training college
men that are opposed to the army plan to require thirteen
weeks of basic military training before a student can be eligible
for college work.
"It is a short sighted policy to confine training to mechan
ized war and science," he said. "We have got to have leader
ship after the war and men mut be trained now to solve the
(See POSSIBILITY, page 4.)
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War Council
To Give Show
January 10
Planning; instead a gala all-uni
versity New Year's party, the
War Council was forced to post
pone "Red Hot and Blue." annual
benefit student variety show, be
cause of the advancement of
Christmas vacation.
The show, originally scheduled
for Tuesday, Dec. 22, in conjunc
tion with the annual Union Christ
mas party, will now be held the
first Sunday after students return
from vacation, Jan. 10. The Union
also will keep in step with the
council by changing their tradi
tional holiday party to officially
"kick in 1943." as Pat Lahr. Union
director, said when she postponed
the affair.
Tickets for "Red Hot and Blue"
have already been put into circu
lation by business manager of the
show Catherine Wells, and the
sales have reached the 511 mark.
She asks manpower represent
atives to leave the tickets out dur
ing vacation, and to continue sales
beginning Jan. 6. Students who
are inconvenienced by the change
of date will have their money re
funded. Single admission tickets are 25c,
three cents of which goes to the
government, and the remainder to
the War Fund treasury to carry
on the 1942-43 activities of the
council.
Ronald Metz and Jo Weaver are
In charge of "Red Hot and Blue"
production, and production staff
includes Mabel Jean Schmer,
lights; Bob Van Sant, stage man
ager; and Bill Heinzelman, prop
erties. Thirteen student groups have
volunteered entertainment, and in
dividual performances will also be
given. The Lincoln Air Base has
also volunteered a comedy skit
which has proved popular there
and in Lincoln.
Dr. Elias Talks on Russia
At Geology Open Hone
Dr. M. K. Elias talked at an
open house meeting for Sigma
Gamma Epsilon, honorary geology
fraternity, Tuesday evening. His
subject, "Russia the Unknown"
consisted of a combined history
and geography, discussion of min
eral resources, and technical edu
cation of engineers and geologists
in Russia.
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Geology Prof
Lugn in Navy,
Visits Campus
Dr. A. L. Lugn, professor of
geology who is on leave of ab
sence while serving as a lieutenant
in the navy, was a recent visitor
on the campus. He was enroute
from the naval training school at
Harvard university to active duty
with the lZth naval training school
at San Francisco.
Mrs. Lugn, who has been with
relatives at Mediapolis, la., ex
pects to join Dr. Lugn as soon as
he is established in his new post.
Wishnow Suffers
Injury in Fall
At Army Base
Emanuel Wishnow, on leave of
absence as director of the univer
sity orchestra, has recently been
hospitalized at Camp Luma, New
Mexico, where he suffered a head
wound from a fall. Wishnow
writes campus friends that he is
with the 95th' army air force band.
For Months to Come . . .
Nebraska Retail Sales Prospect Is Cloudy
Because of War Goods-E. S. Fullbrook
Though the decline in retail
sales is slower in Nebraska than
in most other states, retailers of
the state, the small ones in par
ticular, will face an increasingly
serious problem in the months
ahead, says Dr. Earl S. Fullbrook,
professor of marketing, in an ar
ticle for the monthly business re
view of bizad college.
"The shift away from civilian
to war goods is continuing rap
idly and as Inventories become de
pleted retail sales in most lines
are bound to react sharply," Dr.
Fullbrook reports. "Nebraska re
tailing, however, is in an un
usually favorable position at the
present time, due probably to high
farm income, full employment,
high wages and some influx of
population to centers of war ac
Vol: 42, No. 62
Vacation Starts
Y HP- I
1 1 uesaay
Universitv students are revising
v o
and making final plans for trans
portation homp as Christmas va
cation has been changed to begin
luesaay at a:ao p. m., Dec. 22,
with school re-convenine- at 8:30
Wednesday morning, Jan. 6.
Transportation officials state
that student travel is expected to
be no heavier this year than usual
but that military and other civil
ian travel will make all the lines
crowded during the holiday sea
son. Reservations were made on
some trains for Christmas travel
before the first of December, ac
cording to local railroad officials
Bus and train heads say that they
will do "their utmost to take care
Large Crowd
Sees 'Arsenic
And Old Lace9
University theater presented
their second production of the
season, "Arsenic and Old Lace,-'
before large and enthusiastic au
diences Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday nights.
Witnessing the play Wednesday
night were 345 people; Thursday,
385; and Friday, 486. Usual capac
ity of Temple theater is 380 seats
but because of the demand tickets
were sold for seats that did not
have a perfect view of the stage.
For the play 166 general admis
sion seats were sold in addition to
reserved seats sold for the per
formance and those given in ex
change for season tickets.
Union Closes at 8
Tomorrow Night
For Annual Party
The Student Union will be
closed tomorrow night at 8 o'clock
for the employes Christmas party,
but will reopen until late Tuesday
afternoon for the student body
use.
After Christmas vacation the
Union building will be opened
Monday, Jan.' 4, but food services
will not begin until Wednesday,
Jan. 6.
tivities, which is not representa
tive of the country at large."
Had Largest Increase.
During September and October,
the report shows Nebraska had
the largest increase in retail sales
of any state in the nation. How
ever, says Dr. Fullbrook, the retail
sales decline is inevitable.
"In 1941. four-fifths of the
Neninan Club Meets
Today in Union XYZ
All Catholic students are urged
to attend the Newman club meet
ing today at 4:30 p. m. in the
Union, parlors X, Y, Z. There
will be no discussion concern
Ing the new chapel.
3 cr, ffiffim.
Sunday, December 20, 1942
. i c r0
ai o:ou
of student adeauatelv."
To help meet the holiday de
mand many buses and train cars
nave been added. As vet no re
strictions have been put on civil
ian travel but the war department
has ordered that no more than
10 percent of the soldiers in any
one unit may have furloughs be
tween uec. 12 and Jan. 12
All transportation since Nov. 1
has been subject to a government
tax of 10 percent replacing the
oia o percent tax.
Schools Get
USN Aviation
Contracts
Colleges to Aid Navy
In Ground Training
Program; Starts Jan. 27
Letting of contracts to 20 col
leges for ground training of avia
tion cadets has been announced
by the navy.
The navy said that five colleges
previously selected for inclusion
in the group were withdrawn be
cause army-navy agreement that
the navy would not use a college
where the army already had
established a ROTC unit.
Among the colleges chosen to
handle naval flight DreDaratorv
schools, with approximately 2,000
aviation cadets at each are: Uni
versity of Texas, Austin; Ohio
Wesleyan university, Deleware.
O.; College of Wooster, Wooster,
u.; uepauw university, Grenn
castle, Ind.; Cornell college, Mt.
Vernon. Ia.: William Jewell col
lege, Liberty, Mo.; Monmouth col
lege, Monmouth, 111.; St. Olaf col
lege, Northfield, Minn. Training
at these schools will begin about
Jan. 27.
The colleges earlier considered.
but dropped because of ROTC
units already established, were:
Connecticut U., Storrs, Conn.;
University of Alabama, Tusca
loosa; Ohio university, Athens;
Stanford university, Palo Alto,
Calif.; and Washington university,
St. Louis.
In Magazine Article
country s total industrial output
was for civilian use; in 1943 it is
estimated that only one-third of
industrial productive capacity will
be available for consumer goods.
However, since 1943 production is
expected to be about one-fourth
greater than in 1941, the amount
of goods for consumers in 1943
shoulck be about one-half of what
it was in 1941."
The imposition of price control
has also left its effect on the
small retailer, freezing the prices
of numerous retailers at a level
which left them less than their
usual gross margin. "This so
called 'squeeze resulted when re
tailers in March had not marked
up their prices on the basis of
costs and therefore were pre
vented from making the normal
price adjustment"
y War Films
War Council
Co-sponsors
Shows at 8
Ninety-Seven Cameramen
Film 'One Day in Russia'
RAF Shown in 'Target'
"One Day in Soviet Russia," and
"Target for Tonight," two of the
best documentary war films of
this war, will be shown in the Un
ion ballroom, 8 p. m. tonight, un
der the co-sponsorship of the Un
ion and the War Council.
These movies are being pre
sented to the student body in or
der that they may know the story
behind the news coming from Rus
sia and England.
Filmed simultaneously on one
day by 97 well-known cameramen,
"One Day in Russia" presents a
compact detailed picture of a
cross-section of present day Rus
sian life. Scenes from over the
vast areas of the republics that
make up the U. S. S. R. have been
combined in this film to show the
Russian life, economy, culture, ag
riculture, transportation, and pres
ent day towns and ports.
Reporter Narrates.
Quentin Reynolds, ace reporter
and American Press attache at the
three-power Moscow conference,
wrote and narrated this movie.
which is the most complete picture
or lire in tne Soviet Union ever
made.
From the beginning to the end,
"Target for Tonieht." unwinds
the story of a bombing raid by
me kaj over nazi Germany. The
movie carries a complete bombing
mission from the time the raid is
first conceived to the successful
completion of the attack.
The first scenes show the RAF
ready rooms, lecture halls where
the bomber crews receive their de
tailed instructions by the use of
miniature scale maps and official
orders, and the preparations taken
by the ground crews.
Actual Takeoff.
The film then moves on to the
actual takeoff and flvinr to th
objective. Real bombing action on
me nazi target and the return to
the black-out home field concludes
the movie.
Thrills are added thruout the
(See WAR FILMS, page 2.)
Kaltenborn
Accepts Post
On War Board
Howard S. Kaltenborn. of the
bizad college has accepted a posi
tion with the War Labor Board
and will assume his duties with
the board's regional office in Chi
cago next week. An application
for his leave of absence from the
university for the duration has
been presented to the board of
regents.
The reciDient of hoth harh.
elor of science and master Ha.
grees from the University of Ne
braska, Kaltenborn recently com
pleted his doctoral examinations
at the University of Wisconsin.
His thesis was on government ef
forts in settling industrial labor
disputes.
Pre-Meds Take
Medical A ppiturfc
Tests in Bessey
Medical aptitude tests will be
given Jan. 22 at 2:30 p.m. in
Bessey hall auditorium. Those
taking the tests should register
with Dr. Otis Wade at his of
fice in Bessey.
Pre-medical students who
have not taken the tests should
make arrangements to do so.
Sophomores and persons elig
ible to enter medical school in
December, 1943, should also
take the tests. .