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T Membership Nine undergraduate students were announced as fall electees to Phi Beta Kappa, national arts and science scholastic honorary, at the first meeting of the group last night in Ellen Smith hall. New members are Roger Wright Boom, Robert Rood Chambers, Ar thur Udell Rivin, Elaine Rosen bloom, Irma Rose Tingelhoff, Jose phine Sterling Welch, Sheila Ann Wheeler and Lillian Jane Wind. Each received a special delivery letter yesterday morning telling of his election. Dr. J. O. Hertzler, president of the UN chapter, presided at the meeting. Dr. Gerald Kennedy of St. Paul's Methodist church ad dressed members and their fami lies on "The Educated Hoart." Lists Humanity's Losses. "The ancients always associated the emotions with certain physical organs of the body, and the deep est emotions were thought to be in the heart," said Dr. Kennedy. "In AWS Talks On Vocations Start Monday Opening the AWS sponsored series of vocational talks Monday at 5 p. m. In Ellen Smith hall will be Mrs. Bernice Huffman, execu tive secretary of. the Missouri State Nursing Council for War Service. She will speak on "Fore casting Tomorrow's Job Require ments." The talk will be open to all university students. Before and after the talk Mrs. Huffman will confer with students interested In nursing and the wartime nursing program by appointments thru the dean of women s office. Mrs. Huffman is a representa' tive of the national nursing ooun- cll and the United States cadet nurse corps, the new government plan which offers a free profes sional education in nursing to qualified students. She will ex plain the various aspects of the nursing field and the cadet corps to students. Change Panhell Meeting to 5 In Ellen Smith Friday evening's meeting of the Panhellenlc wartime workshop will be held at 5 p. m. in the southeast room in Ellen Smith hall, instead of at 7 p. m. as origt nally scheduled. Rachael Ann Lock, president of Mortar Board, will speak on "What Should War time Campus Activities Be?" This meeting is open to all university women. Gwen Kelly, student, will act as chairman. At the same time, 5 p. m.,. in the drawing room of Ellen Smith hall, there will be a meeting espe cially for social chairmen. "What Should Wartime Social Activities Be?" will be discussed by Mrs. James Stuart, t alumnae, and Betsy Wright will be student leader. The program for Friday and Saturday is as follows: ' Baturday, Nov. 6: 11 a. tn., Kllra Smith hH, Ptmtiellrnlc Informal coffee, for all campus prealdenta, Panhellenlc deleicatea, pledge captalna, Panhellenlc advisory board memben and their Ruesd. Ohita Hill, chairman. Carol Chapman, atudent. 2:30 p. m., Pan hellenlc add rem, "Fraternity Bervte In the Preservation of Democracy." Stu dent Union ballroom, Dean Marl Leon ard, University of Illlnola, speaker. (Open to all.) Sunday, Nov. T: Go to Church day for all Panhellenlc women. Varsity Band Elects Officers Bob Thatcher was recently elected president of the varsity band for the school year. Lyman Lorenson is the new vice-president and Bob Meyer, secretary-treasurer. Publicity and promotion chairmen are Nancy Spohn and Leota Sneed respectively. a literal sense they were wrong, of course, but, in a deeper sense, they werer quite right, for they were aware of certain elements of character far deeper than the in tellectual processes." "There are four things moderns have lost and have need of recov ering," he continued, listing them as the sense of unity of life, the true knowledge of human nature, the sense of the true foundation of From The Lincoln Journal. DR. GERALD KENNEDY. . . . addresses PBK't at first meeting. culture, and the sense of responsl bility. Next meeting of the fraternity will be held December 2. Dr. David Fellman will speak on "Civil Li berties in Wartime." AST Assigns Dakota Men To Campus In addition to the 116 ex-Ne braska ROTCs who are returning to the campus this month, there will be 20 . first year advanced ROTC men from colleges in North and South Dakota assigned to the Nebraska ROTC-AST unit, ac cording to word received by Col J. P. Murphy, commandant. The men will arrive here In the next few weeks. They are now at Grinnel college, Grinnel, Iowa where they are being classified by a STAR unit Complete Basic. All have completed their basic training In infantry units and have the same status as the Nebraska men returning to the campus. Two contingents of Nebraska ns, infantry and engineers" have al ready returned and other groups are expected next week. Other men will filter in singly and in groups between now and Thanks giving time. I.II.II'H .11 .IK H II .-111 III II II I. (paAky-UouA JhanauA . . . French Soldiers Invade UN BY PAT CHAM8ERLIN. "Parlez-vous francais, made moiselle? Et voulez-vous dancer?" Well maybe UN coeds don't parler francais but they would like to dance with that snappy blue uni form and the polite from-the-waist bow. Which Is to say that a group of French students now stationed at the Lincoln Air Base have moved in on the campus, and the Love Library detachments had best look to their laurels and their dates. Sorority Row Trottlngs. There's Henri who speaks six languages with ease, Raoul, and Armand who visits the Gamma Phi house every Sunday. And Josef, Jean, and Manuel trek to the Kappa domicile, while their Sergeant Robert dates there. Jean and Manuel are dividing their time equally between the Kappas and the Thetas. Jacques la a frequent Vol. 85, No. 22 Council Elects Lois Christie Prexy; Holds Quiet Session Student Council's first meeting of the year indicated that quiet, orderly sessions may be the rule Army, Navy Give Tests November 9 Second college training qualifi cation test for ASTP and Navy V-12 is scheduled for November 9, frbm 9 a. tn. to 11 a. m. in room 101, Law building, according to Dr. T. J. Thompson, dean of student affairs. A pamphlet of general informa-" tion containing an admission- identification form may be ob tained in room 104, administra tion building. Properly filled out, this form will admit test students between the ages of 17 and 21 -inclusive, who are recent high school graduates, or who will be gradu ated by March 1, 1944. Anyone wishing to take the test should contact Dean Thompson or assist ant dean W. C. Harper, as soon as possible. The exam, which is identical for both army and navy, tests gen eral aptitude and knowledge. Those -who successfully pass this test and later instruction, may re ceive college training followed by entrance into officer candidate schools. Faculty Gives Fourth Recital Sunday at 3 Fourth faculty recital of the year will be held this Sunday in the Union ballroom at 3p. m. Marjorle DeLange, cellist, Earn est Harrison, pianist and the string quintette whose members are Miles Dresskell, violin; Johnson Beam, viola; Mary Alice Ziegler, violin; Marjorie DeLange and Earnest Harrison will be presented by the school of fine arts. The program: 8onMa O major for cella and piano, Breval. Allegro brtllante, Adagio molto cantablle, Rondo, Miss DeLange, Mr. Harrison. Rhapsody No. 15, Liszt. General Lavtne eccentric, Debussy. Tarantelle, Liszt, Mr. Harrison. Quintette E flat major. Op. 44, R. Schumann. Allegro brlllante, quintette. visitor to the Delta Gammas, while,; the Phi Phis, Alpha Phis, Alpha Chis and every other house have regular English-French-and-danc-ing lesson sessions. Another favorite haunt of the Frenchmen are the downtown Lin colnette dances, where many a belle of the ball has been duly im pressed by their prowess In waltz ing. Some of the facts gleaned from Vigilant French observation are that American girls smoke too much, that steaks are nothing but a mirage, and that ice cream is the dream of any hungry little boy come true. Study Mechanics This group of Frenchmen have come to the states to study the mechanics of American aircraft. Most of them will be instructors in the French army upon completion Lincoln, Nebraska as members elected Lois Christie, Jean Cowden, Jane Fenton and Dave Simonson to posts of pres ident, vice-president, secretary and treasurer, respectively. Bob Hen derson was named chairman of the judiciary committee. Congregating in the Council rooms on third floor of the Union Wednesday night, members had to introduce themselves several times before the voting began, after Prof. L. A. Lantz, Council advisor, announced that officers could be elected from holdover members only. The holdover rule is contained in the by-laws of the Council con stitution, according to Lantz, and provides that only members who have been on the Council pre viously can be nominated for of- nce. it was suggested that the 'Kalico-Khaki' Ag War Council Dance Inaugurating a duration-tradi tion, newly-organized ag war council will begin its program with a "kalicoand khaki" dance No vember 13 in Ag Activities build ing. Open to civilian and soldier stu dents, the party will be similar to Farmer's Formal, annual ag dance abolished this year, and will fea ture cornstalk decorations, calico dresses and blue jeans. It will be the first large social event of the year on ag. School of Music Opens Tryouts For 'Messiah' Tryouts for solo parts in Han del's "Messiah" will be held Nov. 10, Immediately following the school of music weekly recital in Temple theater. The Messiah has become an &n- nual feature here, and it will be sung for the 48th consecutive time on this campus just before Christ mas vacation. The oratorio will, as usual, be under the direction of Dr. A. E. Westbrook and will be presented in the Coliseum by the school of fine arts, the school of music, and singers from, the various unlver sity choral organizations. Campus of the course. They came here by way of Casablanca, which they describe as the best place not to be unless it is necessary. About the Base, and Lincoln, and the campus, they are all most enthusiastic "The base for Us is a paradise. We eat too much that it is not good for us. For we can not eat so much, because our stom achs have contracted as a result of shortened French rations." Don Olive Drabs. These French soldiers will be dressed as American soldiers in olive drab except the tricolor in signia on their left arm, and they will retain their French insignia of rank. For dress they may or may not wear the French uoiform of dark blue. The French non commissioned officer wears gold epaulets, while a commissioned of f icer bears gold epaulets with rope braid. Friday, November 5, 1943 office of treasurer be held by a man, since he would be better able to negotiate with the finance com mittee of the university. Opposition Slight. Virtually no opposition was of fered to any candidate, and nomi nations were either unanimous, or between two candidates. Eighteen members were present. The coin-flipping to settle a tie in the fall polling for representa tives of graduate and dental col lege resulted in the "election" of Don Young, Union, graduate col lege, and Earl Lampshire, Barb, dental college. The proportional representation issue providing that each party have a certain number of members See COUNCIL, page 2. Take Over Ag and city campus students, STARS, ASTP students and Air Corps men are Invited. Dancing, with stag line permissible, will be gin at 8:30 p. m. and last until 11:30 p. m., with a floor show at intermission. Admission is 15 cents per per son. The canteen in Home Ec building will be open during the evening, tjnairman of the dance committee is Marjorie Claney. Phyllis Dodge and Peggy Larson are in charge of decorations and publicity. Foundation Issues First Publication "Nebraska Today", the first bulletin of its kind, was issued yesterday to 200 Nebraska high schools by the student founda tion, according to Pollyann Petty, president. The bulletin is designed to publicize the univer sity in the various high schools and to acquaint potential stu dents with the facilities offered by the university. Published Monthly. Published once a month, "Ne braska Today" advertises to high schools what the university is doing in the way of war and camyus activities. In return, hi?h schools are requested to send in articles of interest from their school to the student foun dation. These articles will then be printed in the next issue. Typing, stenciling, and all other work is done within the student foundation thru the di rection of Mary Alice Lehr, edi tor. Evelyn Learner was asso ciate editor for this edition. Kappa Phi Holds Annual Sister Dinner, Pledging New members of Kappa Phi, Methodist women's association, were pledged at St. Paul church, last week. They are Isadore Brown, La Rue Courtney, Helen Fricke, Betsy Ka vanda, Jean Neff, Alice Rife, Har riett Fenler, June Spleenan and Zelma Waldo. Pledging was fol lowed by the annual Sister dinner. The Marie Davis pin, awarder each year to an outstanding stu dent in Kappa Phi, wa8 received by Miss Margaret Iwata, junior in Arts and Science.