The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current, April 04, 1943, Image 1

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VoL 43. No. 43
Igor Gorin On Lincoln
Symphony Concert Series
Igor Gorin, baritone, will ap
pear Monday on the Lincoln
Symphony concert series at the
St Paul Methodist church at 8:15
o'clock. He replace Robert Weede.
The concert has been changed
from April 12 to April 5 in order
to accommodate bis schedule.
Gorin, concert and opera star
and radio entertainer, was born
in Russia. He worked his way
thru the Vienna conservatory of
music.
Dr. R. C Usher
Speaks at State
Teachers Meeting
Dr. Roland C. Usher, head of
the department of history at Wash
ington University, will be guest
lecturer at the 31st annual meet
ing of Nebraska History Teachers'
association to be held April 8, 9
and 10, with the university and
Lincoln city schools as hosts.
At the Friday convocation at
the Union his subject will be "Pan
Americanism, Past, Present and
Future" and at the annual din
ner at the Union Friday night he
will discuss "Latin America and
Raw Materials, Problems of War
and Peace.
A breakfast forum at the Union
will begin the Saturday program
when Miss Jennie M. Conrad will
preside. The topic will be, "Ahe
the Public Schools Measured by
Crisis?"
OutSfe UN Training Program
For Air Creiv 'Processing'
"Military Reservation No Ad-i
mittance."
So said the signs which were
posted on the grounds around the
new Don L, Love Memorial library
on the campus last week. The
army had moved in.
And as the detachment of youth
ful soldiers activated the new
library building, the university
assumed its new role as a full
fledged home and training base
of members of Uncle Sam's armed
forces.
The training unit is officially
labeled the College Training De
tachment (Air Crew) and out of
its "processing" assembly will
come men physically toughened
into the rigorous army life routine
and mentally "grooved" to pursue
still further training in advanced
training posts to become air force
pilots, bombardiers, navigators,
etc.
Call College Men.
Many of the men stationed at
the UN training unit are cx-college
men, called from their leisurely
college life within the past month
or so to start their air force train
ing. It is something of a break
for them to be stationed at the
university.
Training of the men on the U
of N campus strictly is a joint
project of the government and the
university. The U. S. army has
provided military personnel to
handle the administrative duties
and "boss" the outfit, and the uni
versity faculty has come forth to
fill in the gaps as instructors in
army courses.
The soldiers likely will find that
their training will not be far dif
ferent from a college course In
tensified to the "nth" degree. For
they'll get academic instruction
Sunday, April 4, 1943
Monday Night
x. uorura patriotism for
America is expressed at every
concert as he sings Malotte's
"Pledge of Allegiance." The num
ber was composed by Albert Hay
Malotte, a close friend of Gorin,
after he had heard Gorin recite
the pledge of allegiance at na
turalization ceremonies. The fer
vor with which he spoke the fa
miliar phrases set fire to Ma
lotte's imagination, and the song
was the result.
Nebraska Art
Exhibit Closes
Tonight at 9
Hold Tour
The 1943 exhibit of modern
American art now showing at
Morrill hall closes today at 9
p. m. AH students and air crew
men are invited to come free of
charge.
The new purchases for the
permanent university collection
will be on display today, and
an Information Please panel dis
cussion of the paintings will be
held this afternoon at 3 p. m.
At 7:30 p. m. Mr. Dwight Kirsh,
gallery director, will lead a mu
seum tour.
For spectators, neither stu
dents, air crew, or members of
the Nebrasa Art association,
under whose auspices the exhi
bition is held, there is an admis
sion charge of 25c
and physical education training in
addition to army instruction.
UN Aids Program.
The university has more than
gone "all out" to provide a train-,
ing unit for the services. It started
by first reserving the new library,
which was completed in Decem
ber, for conteoplated army hous
ing. Then it lined up a corps of
university faculty men to teach
academic courses. Finally it turned
over a section of the Student
Union building for dining facili
ties for the air force detachment.
Dr. Charles H. Oldfather, dean
of the college of arts and sciences
at the university, is in charge of
the academic program of the unit.
The trainees will receive instruc
tion in mechanics, physics, mathe
matics, geography, etc., and physi
cal education development by uni
versity faculty members.
Commandant of the new train
ing unit is Capt William A. Whit
ing, who transferred from Coe col
lege, Iowa, to assume command.
He has a staff of officers, as fol
Above Is one of the platoons of the newly organized women's ROTC unit at the university, sponsored
by Coed Counselors. Under the supervision of Lt. R. E. Adams of the military department, the Coed
ets drill once a week on Thursday afternoons. Th WAAC officer Is Gwendolyn Harvey, who will as
1st Lt Adam with the drilling f the group.
. At the largest engineering banquet held at the university,
Lester Ilaining, senior in the electrieal engineering college, re
ceived the coveted 0. J. Pec award, from Dean 0. J. Ferguson,
Friday night at the agriculture college student activities building.
Recipients of the departmental awards as announced by
Prof. L. B. Smith were Merlin Anderson, Charles Stutt, Mar
via Johnson, Glenn Downey, DeForrest Roggenbach, Melvin
Uartmann, Howard Walters, and
Freshman Awarded.
Robert Knott presented James Talmer with the Sigma Tan
freshman award and Robert Steinmeyer presented the depart
ment with a picture of Dr. Ervin Langnuir to be placed in the
engineering Hall of Fame m
Back to . . .
S O'CLOCK
. . . Classes
After seven months of hiberna
tion, "eight o'clocks" will once
again stare sleepy-eyed students
tomorrow morning, as the univer
sity goes back to its pre-war
schedule, at the request of the
Training Detachment.
The university's present class
schedule, which was inaugurated
last fall to alleviate transportation
difficulties was found to be one
of the first conflicting elements
when coordinating the training
program with that of the univer
sity. The schedule for college
training programs all over the
country calls for classes begin
ning on the hour instead of on the
half hour.
When army officials discovered
Nebraska classes began on the
half hour, they requested that they
be changed since it would be im
possible for the army to change
their schedule.
As the army goes, so goes the
university.
. Civilians-Keep Out!
lows: Lt. John T. Sullivan, Lt
William R. Marshall, Lt. Joseph J,
Hubka, and Lt Franklin Bacon, jr
Also on the administrative staff
is a cadre of enlisted men.
Rise at Six.
The soldiers are roused from
bed at six o'clock. Assembly is at
6:10, reveille at 6:12. They break
fast at 6:35. have dinner at 1
o'clock, supper at 6 p. m The day
closes at 10:30, when "taps" are
sounded. Meanwhile during the
day the soldiers have been kept
busy practically the entire time.
When the trainees were first
moved into the new unit they were
given classification tests to deter
mine how much training they
would be subjected to before being
"processed." In this manner there
is likely to be little duplication of
work for trainees who have taken
similar courses previously in col
lege. For the group which has had
the least college work, the length
of time they will be stationed at
the U of N unit will probably be
about five months.
Jack Wagner.
the Mechaincal Engineering
building. Prof. N. H. Barnard
awarded keys to the five top men
of the Blue Print staff. They are
Phillip Schluckebier, Ralph Shaw,
Levi Arehart, George Campen and
John Loeber.
Duncan Speaks.
Brig. Gen. Duncan, the guest
speaker, was introduced to the au
dience by Lt Col. Lobdell. His
topic was "Air Power," which he
termed as the "key to victory."
"Air power alone will not win the
war," he spited, "but wiuiout air
power we will lose the war.
He went on to explain what
part air power has played so far
in the war and predicted the part
it is to play in the future. Air
planes that people have never
dreamed possible to be built are
now in the process of manufac
ture. "When these planes start
coming and never stop coming,
we will begin to win the war. We
haven't begun to fight
300 Couples
Attend First
Army Party
Over 300 couples attended the
first university sponsored dance
last night for the newly arrived
members of the college training
detachment unit stationed here,
Sponsored by the War Council
and the Religious Welfare Coun
cil, the dance In the Union ball
room was pronounced a success
by both Lincolnette hostesses and
soldiers.
Music was furnished by the
Union giant juke box which had
been well stocked with fast rec
ords by Pat Lahr, Union social
director. Before intermission, an
nouncement of the various uni
versity facilities open to the air
crew and introductions were made
by Ray Kearns, Presbyterian stu
dent pastor.
Chaperons at the dance included
the several student pastors and
their wives. Committee in charge
of arrangements were Lt W. II.
Marshall, Ray Kearns, Eugene
Floyd, Pat Lahr, Janet Hemphill,
Virginia Steurmer, and Pat Cham-
berlin.
From. Five Different Slates
One Captain, Five Lieutenants
Direct Work of Trainees Here
Directing work and lives of the
air corps men now stationed in
the library are six officers, one
captain and five lieutenants. The
men represent a fair cross section
of the country. Before joining
the armed services one of them
was a college football player, a
doctor, a social worker, and so on.
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DEAN O. J. FERGUSON.
New Dental
Library Open
On Monday
A program covering all phases
of dentistry will mark the opent
ing of a new library for the uni
versity college of dentistry Moin
day afternoon.
Actual demonstrations of surg-
ical removal of teeth, placing oC
fillings and other clinics will high
light the afternoon and will illua
trate the results of research by
faculty members as well as recent
developments in dental methods.
Pull AH Patients Teeth.
A selected patient will have all
of his teeth extracted and pre
pared artificial dentures inserted
within the course of the program.
Adolescent patients will show the
results of braces, artificial teeth
and other corrective devices in the
department of dentistry for child
ren. All junior and senior dental stu
dents and a majority of the faculty
members will participate in the
demonstration which will be held
from 2 to 5 p. m. at the dental
college in Andrews hall.
Reference and Periodical Room.
The enlarged library includes a
reference and periodical room and
a smaller adjoining study. The
furnishings, which are predomin
ately green and buff, and all fix
tures were provided by dental
alumni at a total cost of $1,286.
Several harmonizing pictures were
loaned thru the art department
by Professor Dwight Klrsch.
What follows is a very brief
sketch of what the college train
ing: detachment officers did before
becoming air corps men.
Meet the Officers.
Captain Whiting, a native of
Arizona, was in the investment
banking business in New York
before entering the army. He
came to Lincoln from Cedar
Rapids, la., where he was at
tached to a training unit at Coe
college. . Prior to the he was at
Ellington Field, Tex.
lieutenant Kirkwood, native of
Pennsylvania, was graduated from
Geneva college and the medical
college of the University of Pitts
burgh. He practiced medicine in
Pennsylvania for seven years be
fore entering the army. He came
to Lincoln from the air base at
Independence, Kas.
A Footballer.
Lieutenant Sullivan, native of
California, is a former University
of San Francisco football player.
He was stationed at Texas A, t
(See Officers, page 4)