JAILY NEBRASKAN
Sunday, October 24, 194$
Jottings
THE AIR CAN BE SAFE
From a statement by Maj Gen.
Ralph P. Cousins:
Sensational headlines about air
crashes are apt to prove discourag
ing to you men and women who
are working so faithfully on our
production lines of fighting flyers.
Actually, the picture painted by
these scattered news items, each
tragic in itself, is a distorted one.
The real news, the exciting news
which I am happy to report to
you on the basis of carefully main
tained statistical records, is this:
You and your colleagues, in and
out of uniform, are definitely lick
ing the spector of danger in the
air!
Despite the huge and unprece
dented increase in the number of
men flying and the numler of
hours they fly, the ratio of domes
tic military airplane accidents is
definitely and happily on the
downgrade. In 1942, for instance,
there were approximately 10 per
cent fewer accidents per 1,000
hours of flying than in the ten
year period of 1930-39 this de
spite the fact that in 1942 the
army air forces flew, in continen
tal United States alone, 2,136000,
000 miles. This astronomical fig
ure is roughly equivalent to ten
and one-half round trips to the
sun, or more than 80,000 tours
around the world.
The Army Air Forces Western
Flying Training Command of which
you are a part, stands well in the
front ranks of safety proficiency
for all units of the air forces. This
training center has suffered 22
fatalities among all types of per
sonnel per 100 million miles flown.
Only about half of these were
cadet fatalities. In spite of the
danger inherent in flying training,
with many inexperienced men in
speedy planes, remarkable pro
gress is apparent when comparison
is made with the safety records
of established forms of transportation.
Co. B Quint Nips
Field Housemen
In 28-27 Thriller
Last night at the coliseum the
army celebrated Homecoming on
its own. The event was a basket
ball game between "Hessler's Hus
tlers" of Love library and Lieu
tenant Shaffer's Field Housemen.
After ten minutes of play the
library held an 11 to 5 advan
tage but this was soon dehydrated
as the stadium residents forged
ahead to clip the lead to 14-13 at
half time. Pfiffner, Brady, Lar
son, Arntzen and Brown then re
placed the starting library five
and continued on to a 28-27 vic
tory from their former bunkmates.
High scoring honors went to
big Bill Casson, who, along with
teammates Miles and Meckling,
played the entire game. Bill's to
tal, 12 points, on five field goals
and two free throws. Fuller and
Brady, Library, and McNeilly,
Field House, followed Casson with
six tallies each.
Company B's starting line-up
included Anderson, Baker, Jessen,
Fuller, and Scheer. For the field
house quintet, it was Froeschle,
McNeilly, Casson, Miles, and
Meckling.
Decorations ...
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The new Pep Queen for 1943 was
presented at the Homecoming
dance here this year in the Union
ballroom.
Immediately preceding the pre
sentation cups were awarded to
the mens' and women's organized
house which were judged to have
the best Homecoming decorations.
Pat Chamberlin, as president of
the war council presented the
president of Alpha Xi Delta soror
ity, and Bob Henderson, repre
senting the . Innocents Society,
presented the president of Beta
Theta Pi fraternity first place
cups.
The two winning houses used
the basic idea of rationing but
carried out the theme in diversi
fied manners. The Betas had an
enormous butcher standing out in
front with a cleaver in his hand.
On the block was a partially
plucked jay bird which the butcher
Married Men
Offered War
Training Plan
University college of engineer
ing and extension division are of
fering a new war training to as
sist married men in transferring
from non-essential to essential
work.
The course will begin about
Oct. 18 and will last for 15 weeka.
It is a part time course in Air
craft Drafting and includes read
ing and drawing blue prints, cal
culations in mathematics, a study
of construction material and proc
esses, and the use of precision and
non-precision instruments will be
studied.
Preparation for positions in
drafting, inspection, and other de
partments in war industries, par
ticularly aircraft manufacture, are
offered in the class.
continuously chopped at with his
cleaver. To the right of the figure
was a ceiling price list which
quoted the Cornhusker at 22 points
and the Jayhawkers at 0. There
was also a constant line of chatter
coming from a public address sys
tem. Alpha Xl's Win.
Strung across the front yard
of the Alpha Xi Delta house were
the words in gilted paper, "No
Points for Jayhawks.' A glittering
Cornhusker stood in the middle of
the yard sharpening his wicked
carving knife while he waited for
the blue bird from KU.
Second place went to Alpha
Omicron Pi with their corn cob
gulliotine and to Phi Gamma Delta
who predicted the "end" of the
Jayhawk. Receiving honorable
mention were Alpha Chi Omega
and Sigma Phi Epsilon.
Each house was limited to $7 to
cover the entire cost of the decora
tion. In former years the maxi
mum cost has been $25 but this
year it did not seem compatable
with the times to spend more than
the specified $7.
For the past eight years the
Innocents have given a cup to the
men's house judged to have the
best homecoming decoration and
have been giving a like cup to the
wining women's house for the past
Faculty Give
Recital Today
In Union at 3
Miss Marguerite Klinker, pianist,
Miles Dresskell, violinist, and Ern
est Harrison, pianist will be pre
sented in a faculty recital at 3
p. m. Sunday afternoon in the Stu
dent Union ballroom on the Uni
versity of Nebraska campus. The
University of school of Fine Arts
is sponsoring the recital:
Promram.
Sonata for violin and piano, Op. 13
Edvivd Grieg. Lento Allegro, Allegretto,
Allegro, Mr. Dresskell and Mr. Harrison.
Prelude, Op. 32, No. 10, Rachmaninoff.
Prelude, Op. 32, No. 3, Rachmaninoff.
Prelude, Op. 23, No. 4, Rachmaninoff.
Prelude, Op. 32, No. 8, Rachmaninoff,
Miss Klinker.
Prelude, Op. 34, No. 24, Shostakovich.
Betty and Harold Close Their Eyes,
Bennett, (from the collection Hexapoda.)
Coquetterle, Gardner.
Idyll, Btrlngham.
Scenes de la Csarda, No. 3, Hubay,
Mr. Presskell.
Cornhusker . . .
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Carnahan, assisted by Joline Ack
erman; activities, Mary Ann Mat
toon, assisted by Nicky Nickerson;
organizations, Mary Russel, as
sisted by Irene Hansen; and proof
reading, Marylouise Goodwin.
Seven soldiers will be selected to
represent the military department:
They will be announced at -a later
date.
After the activity mart Oct. 30,
all freshman are welcome to come
to the Cornhusker and start to
work, stated Betty Hohf.
six years. Last year an extensive
scrap drive was promoted in con
nection with Homecoming and a
cup was given to the house with
the most scrap by weight and like
wise to the house that had the
best decoration. Decorations were
contrived from the scrap piles.
4-H Organization
Elects President
to Fill Vacancy
University 4-H club held elec
tion of .officers last Thursday to
replace former officers not in
school this year.
Miola Chapman is the new
president; Elaine Skucius, vice
president, and Nancy Vachkora,
publicity chairman. Other officers
are Edith Tunhry, secretary, and
Doris Bamesberger, treasurer.
Sponsors of the club are Dor
thea Fallmen and Guy Davies,
both of the 4-H club office in
Lincoln.
Riding Club
Holds Supper
Ride Oct. 27
A supper-ride for those inter
ested in WAA riding club will be
held October 27. There will be
cars to take girls who meet at
Grant Memorial at 5 p. m.
Janet Gibson, president, -cays the
riders' must reserve their own
horses a day ahead at Shreeves.
t Election of officers will be held
at the first meeting November 1.
The program for the year includes
movies on riding, noted horsemen,
and riding instructors.
Dorothy Thomas
Talks to Theta
Sig Members
Dorothy Thomas, renowned short
story writer, spoke at a meeting of
the Nebraska Sigma Phi Friday
afternoon.
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