Friday, April 30, 1943
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Engineering Society Celebrates
50th Year on Nebraska Campus
Could this be a preview of a faculty weighing contest? Is it a
glimpse of domestic point-rationing troubles or could it be two
faculty members playing "scales"? Members of Innocents Society,
contacted yesterday after the picture had been submitted to the
Daily, refused to comment, indicated it has something to do with a
"Farewell to Arms" baJi Friday, May 7.
BY FRANKLIN WHTE. i
During the school year 1893-94
the oldest engineering organisa
tion on the campus was founded
by a group of undergraduates and
called the Society of Electrical En
gineers. On the evening of May
5, 1!M3, the organization will cele
brate its fiftieth anniversary with
a banquet which will be attended
iy several of the original found
ers.
It was found upon looking
thru the minutes that the first
regular met ting was held on May
28, 1894. At this time a constitu
tion was formed but unfortunately
it was lost a few months later and
a committee was appointed at a
meeting on Febrbuary 9, 1895, to
draw up a new one.
Get Exhibit.
At this same meeting the mo
tion was passed that the depart
ment have n exhibit for the pub
lic. Thus, the first engineer's ex
hibit was born and today has be
come an annual event at Nebraska
during normal times.
Frcm 1894 to 1899 membership
was restricted to those students
who had completed six courses in
electrical engineering study,
thereby limiting active participa
tion to seniors. Later this was
changed to the present day re
quirement that a student merely
be enrolled in the electrical en
gineering college.
"His and Hers."
What may be considered either
an oddity or farsightedness is the
fact that all clauses of the con
stitution are written using the
pronouns "His or her." As yet the
only female members have been
honorary.
Thumbing on down through the
innocents Sign IBasie
ivens Band for Ball
. . . In Coliseum May 7
After consulting the booking
agents and findin that Kay Ky
ser, T. Dorsey, Benny Goodman
and Harry James could not pos
sibly make the Innocents party
May 7 due to transportation dif
ficulties, the boys got on the trail
of swing exponent Basie Givens
and signed him up for the job.
Givens is not a stranger to lo
cal dancers as he has played' fre
quently in halls around Lincoln,
books out of Omaha, and is a
great favorite with the college
crowd.
Soldiers Get Tuesday Passes.
"Ticket are selling like hot
cakes," said Bob Henderson, chair
man of the dance committee. The
activated ROTC men living in the
library and the aircrew will be is
sued one o'clock pas?es for Fri
day night. May 7. and the STARS
unit stationed at sg college will
also be allowed to attend the
dance.
The "Farewell to Arms" ball is
a going away party for all mili
tary personnel on the campus as
well as the last all campus party
of the year. Friday night passes
will be issued only to those who
buy ticket to the dance. Tickets
are on sale now at $1.10 per
couple.
Aircrew men must purchase
their tickets from their CQ desk
in the library and ROTC men will
m U. S. Schools"
Have Army, Navy
STP Contracts
To date 488 colleges and univer
sities have been named as "ap
proved for inspection and pos
sible negotiation of contract" un
der the army and navy specialized
training programs. The list is
virtually complete and it's likely
very few more institutions will b
needed. But still there's no certainty in
the future fr harried college ad
ministrators. For fine thing. n-'ls of the
sen-ices themselves are n t .static.
They'll change with the tides of
war und the scope of Anierica'p
participation. Another uncer
tainty is the lack of assurance of
the number of men to be detailed
to the 'training prograjns. And it
now' appears the army's program
(vill not' begin any siteble oper
ations, for several weeks and prob
ata iallnot reach full. speed un
til June or July.
also purchase tickets from their
CQ. Other students may purchase
tickets at the Union office or the
Uni Drug. Tickets will be on sale
in all fraternity and organized
nous
Arrange Dates for Aircrew.
Members of the aircrew unit
who do not have dates and wish
to attend the dance should leave
their names with Lt. Marshall.
This list will be turned in to the
office of the dean of women and
through that office and the war
council dates will be arranged.
Phi Chi Theta
Group Attends
C. of C. Dinner
Members of Phi Chi Theta,
national professional business
organization for women In the
college of business administra
tion, were dinner guests of the
women's division of the Lincoln
chamber of commerce Wednes
day evening.
The program was a forum dis
cussion by seven business and
professional women on the part
being played, by women in the
war.
Phi Chi Theta pledges attend
ing the dinner were Shirley
Jenkins, Mary Louise Hanson,
Marjorie Martin, Marjorie
Mengshol, Estelle Lennemann,
Joan Herdon, Viora Endcrs,
Mary Sinclair, Evelyn Learner,
Pat Gilligan, Dorothea Lemon,
Jane Young.
minutes to tne present time, one
learns that in 1907 the name of
the organization was changed to
the Student Branch of the Amer
ican Institute of Electrical En
gineers; that in May, 1928 the
group paid a bill for three records
which were "snatched" during the
engineers' week advertising cam
paign; that in March, 1932 a trial
by jury was held in the Corn
husker ballroom between the law
yers and engineers to determine
who should have permanent pos
session of the Brown Derby, which
hasn't been decided yet; and so on
through fifty years of memorable
activity.
Council Sanies Mew
Union Board ember
A meeting of the judiciary com
mittee of the student council was
held Thursday afternoon to select
May Morning
Breakfast Set
For May 9th
Since the Union no longer
serves meals to large civilian
groups the annual YV May Morn
ing breakfast wrfl be held this year
m Ellen Smith Hall, Sunday,
May 9.
This is the only campus affair
held exclusively for mothers and
daughters and is traditionally held
on Mother's Day which is May 9
Lhis year. Because of the limited
i facilities for serving in Ellen
! Smith only 150 tir-kets may be sold
! ami the motto is first come fiv:;t
! sei ved. Merving' will begin at 9,
I followed by a s.ioii program. Tick
Ifts are bring ski in all organized
' ii.iu.'-s, in the dorms, in the YV
I office and on ag. They are o" cents
jench and Mania Craft is in charge
'of sales.
Planned by Freshmen.
The first May Morning break
fast was held in Eljen Smith but
after a few years the group at
tending became too large and the
breakfasts were moved to the
Union. In previous years the fresh
man cabinet has planned i and
taken charge of the breakfast but
this .war, under the reorganization
planthere has been no freshman
cabinet so a group of freshman
volunteers have been making plans
for the affair.
a new council member and student
union board.
Roberta Davidson was appointed
to membership on the student
council which automatically makes
her a holdover member.
To fill the places of the out go
ing seniors on the student union
board are Janet Mason and two
un-af filiated men, yet to be ap
pointed. Applications for these
positions may be left in John Sel
leck's office by next Tuesday. Ap
plicants must be sophomores next
year.
Ernest Larson will replace Lee
White's position on the board and
Ray Byram will replace Dave
Marvin.
' A new course titled "Humani
ties," which trace, thru the works
of famous thinkers from 1776 to
the present, the evolving social,
political and economic life of west
em man, ts being offered at Min
nesota "U."
Public Lauds
Office Postwar
Planning Spot
Up on Cnpitol Hill, in the public
lands and surveys committee room
of the Seante office building, is
one of the busiest offices In war
time Washington.
It's the room where most of
the mail about the Ball-Burton-Hatch-H
ill resolution on; postwar
planning goJfor sorting, filing
and reference. ' It's another office
''manned" by volunteer women
who want to help ( a good cause
along. Direciidg much of (he 9
a. m. to 6 p. m. activity ts Mrs.
Joseph H. Ball, wife of Minneso
ta's junior senator who is a spon
sor of the resolution.
One of the most voluminous
files in the room is a soldier's file,
packed with letters from service
men and their parents., Dominant
theme of these letters is: "We
want this never to happen again.
There must be some plan to main
tain peace and yours sounds like
a good one."
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