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The following il n tnonymooi account of the thoUhl and experiences of
Pvt. Joe Bloke, A. S. N. 1109033 I , a he wan idjuat(n( himself from Ihe proverbial
"carefree eollr(e" life to one of reiimentntion nd routine, with exactness and
discipline, peraonified.
Five o'clock, Monday evening . . . Activation. Kit l;,e line
fellows, it's time for formation . . . they said. March to chow
. . . keep in step . . . stand in line for food . . . march hack
from ehow . . . report to your barracks to check out bedding
, . study hall . . . taps at 22:00 ... up at f:.'?0 next morning
k . . I still think it's just a rumor, but the darndcst one I've
heard of.
1 spent the first 20 minutes of my activated army life
(See PRIVATE BLOKE, Page 4.)
Glick Gives
Post War
Talk Today
Seventh in a series of lectures
on "Social Services in Wartime"
will be given at 4:30 today in the
faculty lounge. Dr. Frank Z. Glick,
director of the graduate school of
social work, will be the speaker.
Courtesy Lincoln Journal
DR. F. Z. GLICK
.discusses social security.
The lecture will concern the
world interest in the fundamental
problem of social security in con
nection with the general confusion
and insecurity ol trie present.
Dr. Glick will discuss the solu
tion of these problems and plan
ning for the present and the fu
lure.
'Cla udia9
Goes Colonial
With Squeaks
Colonial to the nth degree
is
Ihe setting for "Claudia." the last
University theater production of
the year. From the heights of the
old fashioned gable to the depths
of the wood box door in the fire
place, the irregular room forming
the Hitting of the comedy ex
presses old colonial architecture
A mystei ioua squeak in that
wood box door of the low mantled
fireplace should furnish interest to
the play-goer. Why the squeak
wu4 no industrially placed in the
door remains a deep dark secret
until the night of the first per
fui ilium. e, April 28.
Dutch Door.
The doom of the wetting add
upeciitl attraction. One Is of the
old colonial or Dutch" type with
the two n painted parts, top and
IkUoiii. The other is a well oiled
aliding affair which rolls Into place
in the center.
A rounded top corner cupboard
with a curving back fills one cor
ner of the room, while a typical
window seat occupies the space
under the window In the other
corner. Winding up to the gable
la an Irregular staircase bound
by a spindcl handrail.
And so thl la the Betting of
Claudia and David Naughton'a re
modeled farmhouse in C "lecti
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Daily Staff
Meets Today
Members of the editorial staff
of the Daily Nebraskan will
meet in the office today at
2:30 p. m. Reporters who wish
to continue work on the Ne
braskan should attend the
meeting or inform the manag
ing editor if they are unable
to come.
Gray IKIits
Texts and
. . . For
Results of the history survey
conducted by the New York Times
would be no surprise to college
teachers and to those who have
compared recent history texts with
old editions was the opinion of
Glenn W. Gray, professor of his
tory.
"It has been quite apparent to
college instructors for the last 10
or 15 years that there has been a
decided lack of knowledge of his
tory, not only American but also
general European, gained by high
school students, emphasized Gray
Compares Texts.
He brought out the fact that a
comparison of newer high school
texts in history with those used
formerly also shows a similar lack
of discipline and precision required
from the pupil.
Gray expressed the opinion that
one of the general reasons for ig
norance of American history
among high school graduates lies
in the conception mat it is more in
portant to know how to teach a
course than to know the content
of the course.
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CAPT. DICK JOYCE
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Vol. 43, No. 56
TTenn WaDmmeim. DDelbatt
H 'nn VicttoDiry IF im a II s
All-woman competition for the
first time in UN history will mark
the final rounds of the victory
speaking contest for possession
of the, intra-mural debate trophy.
Finals will be held tonight at 7:30
in Temple 201.
Introduced to replace the an
nual intra-organization debates,
the victory speeches will be given
on wartime subjects, consistent
with the university war effort. Phi
Kapna Pi. social fraternity now
holding the cup, will get no chance
to defend its title because of ROTC
activation.
Three Houses Compete.
Three houses will enter the race
for the debate trophy since the
History
Teaching
Student Ignorance
"It is not the interest of-edu
cators to promote or even allow
teaching a course without knowl
edge of the basic subject matter,
but the emphasis on knowing how
to teach when coupled with the
demand for successful coaches,
etc., has led to teaching of history
and of English by persons igno
rant of those subjects. It may be
true also, that the elementary
teacher retains his position longer
when he is an inadequate teacher
of history than when his basket
ball team is inadequate."
Of the many criticisms on the
survey, the professor thought
those coming from Columbia
Teachers college were interesting
since the survey has been used to
attack Columbia. Their reply to
the survey was that the questions
were unimportant, Improperly su
pervised, and probably taken as a
joke by those taking the test.
In exact opposition, to some of
these criticisms, Gray stated that
the survey was carefully phrased
and called for no specific dates, a
feature so frequently attacked.
Men Saw Action
. On Fighting Fronts
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Oourtejjr Lincoln Journal.
CPU DON FITZM AURICE
. . . flew over Tokyo.
(STORY ON PAGE 2.)
Lincoln Nebraska.
two representatives from those
houses were among the ten high
est speakers, according to Dr. L.
T. Laase, director of contest.
These six, Joan Bohrer and Jo
Ackerman of Kappa Alpha Theta,
Dorothea Lemon and Virginia
Steurmer of Towne Club and Mar
garet Newman and Roberta Bur
gess of Gamma Phi Beta, will
speak with Janet Mason, Alpha
Chi Omega, Jean Cowden, Chi
Omega, Jerry McKensie, Delta
Gamma and Pat Curry, Alpha Phi,
in competition for the highest
speaker rating.
Name Judges.
Judges will include Miss Jean-
ette Frazier and Mrs. Margaret
Senior GiftNwse Head
Hits Snag
So it's going to be a dollar.
So it's going into war bonds.
So we haven't chosen the gift
yet.
Senior gift committee mem
bers were running into trouble
yesterday as they tried to form
ulate some plan for accumulat
ing enough money to present
the university with a remem
brance from the class of '43.
"It's not that we want to take
people's money in wartime," Jay
Hoffman, committee member,
said sadly. "It's just that our
purchase of war bonds will help
both the country and the school.
However, the women have de
cided that one dollar is enough
to put out, and that's the way
it will have to be."
Hoffman explained that since
the contribution has been de
creased the gift will have to be
given other consideration. Sev
eral have been suggested, but
university officials will aid the
(St e SNAG, Page 4.)
Safe . . .
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Court!? Lincoln Journal.
LT. DON HILGERT
. missing In North Africa.
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Thursday, April 22, 1943
Perkins of the university depart
ment of speech, Miss Gale Magee
of the Nebraska Wesleyan faculty
and two other persons as yet un
announced. Students who entered the con
test have agreed to give time for
making victory speeches on the
campus and in the downtown area,
in cooperation with the OWI. Sub
jects of the three to ten minute
talks wtH be war bonds, black
outs, rationing and similar sub
jects. The finals will be open to the
public. It is expected that house
members will attend to support
their delegates.
Tells Future
In Training
Mrs. Judith Whitaker, state di
ector of student nurse recruit
ment, spoke last night at Ellen
Smith to students interested in the
nursing vocation.
Mrs. Whitaker discussed the per
sonal requirements of a nurse and
told of the student nuises's train-
ng. Training for this profession
takes three years and the student
devotes approximately 48 hours a
week to her work. This training
includes classroom and laboratory,
the latter of which gives the stu
dent an opportunity to apply her
technical training.
Army and Navy Nurse Requisites,
Requisite for army nurses Is
that they be registered nurses and.
between the ages of 21 and 35,
and navy nurses must be between
the ages of 21 and 40. Aside from
passing a strict physical examina
tion, there are no other require
ments.
Moving pictures were shown, de
picting the life and training of a
student nurse and a discussion fol
lowed, with the girls asking ques
tions concerning cost of training
and location of schools. Depend
ing on the school, training vari
ed from no cost at all to about
$2,000 and many schools are con
nected with universities and col
leges, whereby students may get
their BA degree along with a reg
istered nurse degree.
Col. Murphy
Inspects Iowa
ROTC Cadets
Colonel J. P. Murphy, com
niandant of military personnel as
signed or attached to the univer
sity is inspecting the ROTC cadet
regiment at Iow.i university.
The colonel left yesterday tf
review the corps at Iowa now
under the command of Lt. Col.
Luke D. Zeck, former director of
Infantry here. He will be bnck
Friday to assume full command
of military personnel, announced
the department.
Ag Campus Invites
STAR to Matinee
Dance Today at 5
Members of the STARS unit
based at ag campus have been
invited to attend a student ma
tinee dance this afternoon. The
dance will be held in the stu
dent activities building from 5
to 6 p. m.
cut.