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About The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 9, 1944)
the Stretch Ckhu vfc WjluJcoL SpAciattuLA After weeks of extensive tryouts rareful deliberations, changes of directors and loss of tentative cast members, the war council-sponsored annual show has gathered its legs under it and is pounding down the stretch to a spectacular finish. featuring war time entertain ment, the show will be divided into two acts. The first will take place in the year 1918 in a "smokey little cabaret" and the second act will emerge from a "smooth night Club" of 1944. Back from Graves. In the first act, that old 1918 spirit will be dragged from the grave by the popular mustached barber shop quartet, consisting of Llewelyn, Money, Zaworski and Greguska. Way and Westover, the jam-kids, will quicken the pace with a piano duo. Smaha, a dark-haired flashing soubrette, will perform a song and dance number, and more dancing toes will feature Cowden on the billboard. In keeping with the gallant old days, Andrews, Broady Junior Division Students Call For Schedules Others Register From Jan. 10-15 Junior division students who have already prepared their sec cond semester class schedules should call for their 'applications at the junicr division office some time between Jan. 10 and noon of Jan. 15. Ag students should report to their advisers for the applications and take them personally to Dean Burr's office. City Campus. On the city campus, all pro grams for the second semester must be taken personally by stu dents to the assignment commit tee in the Temple during the week of Jan. 10. Alphabetical arrangement of subjects according to department titles (Mod. Lang. 3, not German 3; Math. 12, not trigonometry) on (See JR. DIVISION, Page 2.) Social Welfare Thanks Students For Toy Drive "On the Beam's" toy drive was a successful project, accord ing to the committee In charge, as was evidenced by the great amount of toys which were do nated by organized and individ ual groups on the campus. A truck was needed to haul the variety of toys from the main hall of the Union to the Lincoln toy shop sponsored by the Social Welfare society. . "The university donation was greatly appreciated as our sup plies were running low and we had yet to accommodate 40 more families," said Miss Harriet Towne, chairman of the toy shop. "The drive was a fine idea, well carried out by the Nebraska students." Ellsworth DuTcau Speaks at Charm School Tuesday Mr. Elbworth DuTeau, national secretary and director of alumni activities, will speak to the Coed Counselor Charm School at Ellen Smith hall Tuesday night at 7, His topic will be "Voice in Per sonality." In previous years Mr. DuTeau has spoken before the group and the members have found the program most instruc tive and enjoyable. Mary Bonebright and Jean Guenzel, leaders of the Charm School, urge all girls to be there promptly at 7. and Lamb will beat out the mili tary tap. No vaudeville show could be complete without the two tradi tional bull slingers. Kamm and Larsen take over this job. Sinatra-a-la 1918. Nothing could be more entertain ing than the Broder, Fronzik, Smith trio to refresh our knowl edge of the first introduction of swing. Ackerman and Huffman will sing the blues and the torch ers. And that lilting Irish tenor, O'Reilly, becomes the Frank Si natra of yesterday. Of course, there will be the Beatrice Kay of '18 mimicked by Marx. From the old to the new, a quick change of time and scenery brings us to the vear 1944 in act two. The Irish tenor will be replaced by Gregoras, that vagabond singer we all love to hear. Hula Dancing. Modern ball room dancing by Smaha, Lopez and McDonald out- (See WAR SHOW, Page 4.) Seliooner Sets Contest Dates Dec. 15-Jan. 30 Entries for the literary contest being sponsored by the English department in collaboration with the Prairie Schooner may be sub Tiitted o the office of Dr. L. C Wimberly between Dec. 15 and Jan. 30. The best short story writer will be awarded a prize of $10 and the author of the best poem will receive a $5 award. The winning entries will be published in an is sue of the Prairie Schooner. Run-ners-up will receive a year's sub scription to the Schooner. Professors Judge. Judging the contest will be pro fessors of English, Miss Louise Pound, Kenneth Forward and Orin Stepanek. In connection with the subscrip tion drive for the Prairie Schooner the committee for the ag campus drive is being headed by Blanche Reid. Other members of the com mittee are Margaret Ruth Heim. Phyllis Dodge, Arlene Casey. Betty Huston, Monica Ann Al berty, Mary Jean Jones, and Peggy Larson. Bancroft Speaks At Nu Med Meet Wednesday at YW Nu Meds will hold a banquet and meeting at the YWCA, Wed nesday, at which Dr. Bancroft will be the main speaker. Tickets are 65 cents and should be purchased from Dr. Wade or some student by Tuesday noon Officers will be elected during the meeting. A Bit of Arsenic and W Creeps Into Poison By Eleanor Knoll. "The Poison Register" has gone to press. In fact "The Poison" has been on the campus since the col lege of pharmacy had its Christ mas nartv. The editors explained that readers should "blame it' on to old St. Nick, and his ruddy Christmas spirit." St. -Nik gets blamed or sets credit for lots of things, doesn't he ? The little paper has everything, simply everything, from "Poison alities" to classified ads. On sale: of interest to many, is a "little black book full of choice ad dresses and telephone numbers to the highest bidder." Those inter ested should call 5-8607 and ask for Bob, Ed, or Rollie. One won ders where they found a black cover for a telephone book in these times? And then there are somebodies' confessions, "when we came to college all we could do Vol. 85, No. 75 Mebirasbaira Bmp for Needed! (Desperately ) Men are needed! When the government drew up plans for the draft they forgot one sig nificant detail drafting men for Dr. Westbrook's chorus! At least 50 men are wanted for the chorus in order to put on the annual spring musical program and they will have to be supplied by civilian students. Many schools thruout the coun try have converted their singing groups to girls glee clubs and if the civilian men on this campus do not answer the call, Nebraska will have to do the same. Chorus classes, for one hour credit, are held Tuesday eve ning at 7:15 and Thursday after noon at 5:00, or Monday, Wed nesday and Friday mornings at 11. Students may either register for these classes next semester or they may attend the classes voluntarily without credit. In the latter case they should see Dr. Westbrook within the next two weeks. Union Presents Flicker Show Program Sunday An old-fashioned "flicker show" will be held in the Union ballroom Sunday afternoon at 4. Previous "flicker shows" have proved so successful that Sunday afternoon's program will include four "old timers" of the wild and wooley variety. First of these is entitled "A Total Loss," starring Ben Turkin. Others will be Charlie Chase in "The Sleuth," Mary Pickford in a picture called "Sav age Love" made in 1929, and a wild western, "Border Law." Peg Shelley will entertain at the piano, and peanuts and popcorn will be on sale for 5 cents a sack. was snore in class B flat." The "Ode to a First Aider" is introduced by a squat little un derstatement which begins, "de signed to be hung beside the pre scription counter and proving that all men are created free and equal and mortal!" "The Poison ... ah ... ah .. Register" explains how some of the great generals got to that way. "The ... ah ... ah .. . Regis ter," quoting R. Cadwallader in the Journal of the American Med- Lt. Viebrook Leaves UN Second Lieutenant Walter A. Viebrook left last week for duty at Ft. Belvoir, Va., where he will be on the engineering staff. He has been temporarily.. attached to the university military units as an ROTC instructor in engineering and to now ordered back to his former post. u ag ODD LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, iLBiratiDom) mily7 Nebraskan now, Nebraskan for ever Daily now, but not forever. The university paper changes its title with this issue for the dura tion only after word received from the Third Assistant Postmaster General at Washington, D. C. When the paper goes back on Junior, Senior Receive Triple Delta Awards Hazel Steam and Dorothy Wolfe have been announced as winners of the Tri Delt scholarship for juniors and seniors. A cash award representative of the scholarship was made the first of January. Hazel Steam is a junior in Teach ers college and Dorothy Wolfe, a senior in the college of Arts and Sciences. ' In order to qualify for the award, the coeds had to be work ing toward a degree, be useful to the war effort at the present time or be able to contribute to the postwar reconstruction period, and be in need of financial assistance because of economic dislocation resulting from the war. Applica tions were received and announce ment of winners made thru the dean of women's office. SAI Sponsors Alumni Recital Wednesday at 4 School of fine arts will present a recital sponsorea dv me ioia Kappa alumni chapter of Sigma Alpha Iota, national music so rority, Wednesday, Jan. 12, at '. p. m. in tne Temple tneaier. Mrs. Otto Mallat, soprano, Fran ces Morley, flutist, Mrs. David Ja cabs, violinist, Mrs. Paul Gillan, contralto and Ruth Dreamer, pia nist, will be featured. Accom panists for the program are: Mrs L H. Babst and Mrs. Frank Dar ling. The program will include: My Sweet Love Call, Crunn. (See SAI, Page 2.) Old Lace a mm Register ical association, showed that many would not have been able to re peat their exploits today because the draft wouldn t have accepted them. Gosh, imagine the draft do ing that. Moses would be over age (they re telling us) 80 when he took command. Saul was in sane. (One could think of several other dictators today who wouldn't be accepted here then.) George Washington had no opposing mo lars. (They didn't tell that in the second grade when they told the cherry tree story.) Stonewall Jackson had paralysis of a hand from gunshot. (That isn't all he paralyzed by gunshot either.) Kaiser Wilhelm had both palsy and atrophy of one arm. (Tell it to the Germans; they still think they are supermen.) The Poison Register" lives up and down to its name. The best quotation yet is "Give War Stamps for Xmas." (Easter, too.) Sunday, January 9, 1944 s its peace-time basis as a daily is sue of all university news, it will resume its former name, "The Daily Nebraskan." "The word 'daily' in the title is not consistent with the tri-weekly frequency under which the publi cation is being published," writes the Postmaster," and should be changed to meet the number of times the paper is being issuer." As of today the masthead and the flag will read "The Nebras kan" instead of "The Daily Ne braskan." War Council Asks Stamp Sales Ideas . . . Fouth War Loan Stamp sales on city campus totaled $77.30 in the last week's sales before Christmas vacation, a let-down of $95.85 from the pre vious week's sales. The fourth national war loan drive will begin Jan. 18, and the UN war council will discuss war bond and stamp sale promotional schemes'for a campus drive at its meeting Tuesday at 5 p. m. The council is interested in any pro motion ideas the students .may have concerning such a drive. Schemes may be turned in to any war council representative before the meeting. All four new war stamp sale booths have been completed by Mary Russel and Marylouise Good win, Tassel and war council members in charge respectively, and they will be placed in Sosh, Andrews, ag campus and the Union for use during the regular Wednesday war stamps sales cam paigns. The design used for the booths was submitted by Pat Par rish, architecture student. Pvt. John M. Larson Killed In Action In a navy department casualty list released Friday, Marine Pvt. John M. Larson, former university student was reported killed in ac tion, according to word received by his mother, Mrs. Beulah M. Larson of Lincoln. Mrs. Larson, however, has not accepted the news as final for al though her son was reported killed on Nov. 9, 1943, another son, Lt. William Larson, received a letter from his brother dated Nov. 19. UN Student. Private Larson, 21, attended the university for a year in 1941 after graduating from Lincoln high school. He was also employed in the circulation department of the Lincoln Star. In the last letter written to his mother, Private Larson told of meeting Lt. Marvin Plock,- former university grid star, "somewhere overseas last fall. Major Schmidt, Faculty Member on Leave, Visits UN College of Dentistry Major A. H. Schmidt, faculty member on leave of absence for the duration, visited the college of dentistry last week. Major Schmidt is Btationed at Fitzsim- mons Hospital- in Denver, Colo., as an instructor. While here he gave a lecture for the students.