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.
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(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.
