DAILY NEBRASKAN
Sunday, May 9,' 1943
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Editor.- Alan Jacob
Business Manager Betty Dixon
Assistant Business Managers Charlott Bill. Morton Zuber
EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT.
!f5flSf..Edlto,,-,i-L" George Abbott. Marjorte May
News Editors...... John Bauermeister. Pat Chamberlin, June Jamiesun.
Marylouise Goodwin. Mary Helen Thorns.
Sports Editor Nortu Anderson.
Circulation Manager Don Papes.
AWS Drops Point System
By action of the AWS board this week the women's point
system has been completely abolished. Heretofore Nebraska
coeds have been limited in number of activities they could
carry, but from now on they may take on all the extra-curri-culor
work they -wish, without restrictions.
The complete abolition of the point system is unfortunate.
A change, however, should have been made. As it stood the old
point system gave coeds credit for belonging to organizations
xor wnien mey actually exerted no effort, and for offices
which might be termed sinecures. With the right manipulation
one girl could spend one hour a day or less on a fully-pointed
Kciieuuie wmie anomer one would have to work from four to
five or more hours a day to maintain the same number of
points. This had the effect of diverting interest and participa-
nun into inc lesser activities, while those which deserved more
concentration aim competition received less. Another dis
advantage was the pointing up of a coed before she was carry
ing enough activities for the amount of time she could affor
to put in on the work.
Some women can naturally do more than others, yet it is
necessary, in fairness to all coeds, to enforce a system, allowing
a large numoer oi persons to hold positions rather than allow
ing one person to hold a erreat manv offices fw on in
variety of activities is also prone to ignore school work when
uer aiieniioii is so widely diverted.
Thus the need for some kind of point, svetom ; vMn
But it must be one which will fairly estimate the points any
activity should receive and abolish pointing for such things
as memoersnip vwnnoui work) in the I VY, honorary groups
and the like.
The old point system didn't fulfill th
because it was bad, and because its enforcement didn't brin"
resuus is no reason to condemn all point systems. What Ne
braska coeds need along this line is a revised, carefully studied
uicuiuu oi cnarung acuvrries.
M. L. M.
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Clippings
Pat Chamberfm, Censor
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y: . . Into the Air
BY PVT. DON BARSOTTI.
The most prevalent phase of conversation these days
among the cadets living on the first two floors of the library,
seems to concern itself with Saturday and Sunday night dates!
After being stationed here some six weeks already, the problem
of "date-getting" is more or less well in hand now. Before it
used to be, "I saw a cute blond in the women's dorm today
fdlows! Third window from the left; and she waved too!" Or
"do you know a 'Soapy' over at the Alpha Phis?" and "J
hear that the Tri-Delts are real friendly," and other such state
ments based on heresay and dope from Joe, who knows . .
and during the time when we were in formation and not al
lowed to say "hi" to a passing coed, our only resort was to
boom out with a legitimate greeting such as, "We are never
to busy to say hello," a little ditty taught us by a few of
me uoys irom iionywoou and Vine.
Today it is a different story altogether. We see Karl sit
ting on his bunk with his head burried deep in his hands and
that far away look on his face, and we know we have lost him,
or Ernie, who used to tell everyone how superior Washington
was to Nebraska, and now we hear nothing of Washington and
everything of Nebraska. Saddest of all, is our boy Jackson who
has completely forgotten his "Jennie" back home. The time he
previously spent writing long, free letters, he now allots to
making nightly phone calls. Then there is the Bhi Gam from
Bucknell who had intentions of visiting his Nebraska brothers,
but got as far as the Theta house on the corner and that was all.
Instrumental, as far as meeting the girls was concerned,
were the two cadet dances held a short while back. Highly ap
preciative were all of the cadets of this fine gesture on the part
of the university because it more or less provided the only
means by which acquaintances could be made. .
At present, the boys are concerned about the coming
ummer -vacation when most of the newly acquired acquain
tances will return to their respective homes.
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JOHN PROVOST, Phi Gam of last year,
is back in town for a short furlourrh from
UlT naval air training at Chadron, Nebr. He
is waiting his orders of transferal.
RICHARD LAVERNE CROM recently
was graduated
trom the Navri rrarf ""qawawsp
A i r Training
'Center, Corpus
Christi, T e x.,
and was com
m i s s i oned an
ensign in the
Naval Reserve.
Ensign Grom
volunteered for
flight instruc
tion last Janu
ary, 1942, and
received his
prelim inary
flight training
at 0 a k 1 and,
Calif.
PVT. FRANK O'NEILL came to town ves-
terday on furlough from Camrj Rucker. Ala..
where he is working in the chemical warfare
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division doing drafting. O'Neill was a former
art student at the university and an employee
of the Union Corn Crib.
DON HARTMAN, Sigma Chi of last year,
is stationed at the Great Lakes Naval Training
Center where he is continuing his UN band
experience by being flutist in the Navy band.
Hartman was home on furlough yesterday.
CADET DWIGHT W. BISHOP. '40. anr!
CADET LYLE WILLIAM THOMPSON, '41,
entered the pre-flight eourse at Maxwell Field,
Ala., the first of April. They were transferred
from the Nashville, Tenn., Army Air Center.
They will now receive nine weeks of intensive
physical .military, and academic instruction,
preparatory to beginning their actual flight
training.
BRANDON HUGH WERNER was gradu-
Q
ated from the
Naval Air
Training Cen
ter, Corpus
Christi, T e x.,
recently and
was commis
sioned a second
lieutenant i n
the Marine
Corps Reserve.
Lt. Werner re
ceived special
ized instruction
in the Navv's
dive bombers.
He volunteered
for flight train
ing last March 1942, and took his preliminary
night training at the Oakland. Calif.. Naval
Air Station.
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