THE NEBRASKAN
Sunday, January 9, 1944
STAR
Notes
BY PFC. PATSY NOTO.
About a week and a half ago,
Anna May Wong:, the famous Chi
nese actress made an appearance
at the Lincoln Air Base. The pro
gram for the evening was to be
broadcast and a proper person was
sought to introduce Miss Wong.
This honor fell on, no less than,
a STAR, Ping Ho, our previously
mentioned baseball player, owned
by the Washington Senators. This
was not his first meeting with the
celebrated actress since he had met
her before in Hollywood
Ping was really thrilled to chat
in Chinese with her. In fact, he
used the oriental tongue in intro
ducing her on the air. When asked
about her, Ho said, "Miss Wong
is a most gaily exotic and charm
ing personality. She is doing all
she can to help the soldiers, and
has a brother in the army in Eng
land." Incidentally, she also prom
ised to send Ping some Chinese
delicacies from Hollywood
Holiday Spirit.
Stories about the holidays are
slowly but surely pouring in here.
A very interesting one was Pvt.
Charles Cordeal's ordeal at Alpha
Omicron Pi. What happened to
him should happen to everyone.
Cordeal entered the sorority house
looking for bonny Doris Marshall.
He had hardly taken one step o'er
tne threshold when he was mobbed
by a pack of wolfesses. Vainly he
tried to free himself as they.kissed
mm ana tore him to shreds. "M m
not Frank Sinatra." he kept cry
ing; but it was useless.
As he raised his arms to the
sky and litfed his eyebrows to
heaven, he aw the reason for the
blitzkrieg. There stood some shiny
mistletoe hanging o er his head.
The telephone number of Alpha
Omicron Pi, for the benefit of you
wolves, is 2-7938.
Congratulations.
Lt. Cook, who sports a silver
bar, walked in the office during
the Yuletide days and handed me
a cigar:
"Congratulations, sir. This is
my second cigar; only last week
Lt. Neff got his."
"Since when did Lt. Neff have
a wife?"
"Aren't you
tiancy," sir?"
"Captaincy!
speaking of cap-
I'm speaking of in
fancy, 'Pvt. Hargrove'."
The ROTC now stands forRush
ing Off To Cupid with the Corn
huskers. The reason is that prior
to leaving the STAR unit, more
ROTC Nebraskans made their way
to the altar. Among them was
Pfc. Robert Dewey, who took the
vow with Mary Sim, the Puolic
ity Office girl. From the smiles
they both flaunt, married life Is
not as bad as one is led to believe
(Due to lack of apace In last Friday'
Dally, a poem by T'5 Herman Krosschell
was omitted from the STAR notes. The
following la hi suKKeation for a 1944 New
ear resolution: Editor)
THE .SERGEANT
MAJOR KNEW
He was dronmlng through the drilling,
Hp whs half a step behind:
Ho whs marking like a aoldler
Who h'ici goirething on Ills mind.
And the Colonel who was watching,
Aa the boys were on review;
Couldn't undcrsiand the trouhle,
But the Sergeant Major knew.
Once he broke the line by missing
The command to make a wheel;
And tncy thundered curses on him
Till his brain began to reel.
And the Captain called him lazy,
His Lieutenant scored him too;
And they wondered why he faltered,
But the Sergeant Major knew,
t
When at last the drill was over.
And the line had been dismissed,
They put the blundcrini! soldier
On the "extra duly" list.
But the Sergeant Major saved him
When the Colonel heard him say,
"He has never had a letter
From his folks In many days."
Would you help him In his battle?
Would you keep his mind In trim?
Then Just send some cheerful message
Every day or so to him.
Every soldier understands this
When distributing the mail.
That the boy who is forgotten
Is the boy that's sure to fail.
War Show . . .
(Continued from page 1.)
grows the military tap and our
national relations are represented
by that Fiji island hula girl.
Greusel.
Peters and Frescoln will be the
comedians doing "The Barber of
Seville." The night club singer.
Olsen, and the modern classic
pianist, Rotton, add their glamor
to the program.
Indian Wardance.
A hilarious skit illustrating the
manpower shortage" brings
Simpson and Rhodes to the stage.
Dancing by Kinsey and Cowden.
popular songs by Edwards and
torch songs by Krause show that
the times have not changed so
much. But, back to the uncivilized
days Essig and Doyle will travel,
to give their version of an Apache
dance.
Trio: Krause, Hemphill, Stauder
original arrangement, too!
New members will probably be
added to this cast in the near
future. Singing and dancing chor
uses, including both ASTP and
civilians, have not yet been an
nounced.
Proceeds to War Council.
Proceeds of the show will go to
the war council treasury to pay
for war stamps, service men's Rags
Now Is The Time To Mail
Valentines To Members Of
The Armed Forces Overseas
(Deadline is Jon. 15)
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and other activities in the univer
sity war effort. Admission will be
55 cents and the show will be pre
sented Feb. 18 and 19.
Mr. Martin, head of radio In
the speech department, is the fac
ulty advisor and Jean Swarr la the
director of the 8how. Assistant
director ia Gerry McKensie and
stage manager ia Bob VanSant.
Jean Cowden and Janet Krause
are in charge of the dancing and
singing choruses, respectively.
Jo Weaver Kline, star of last,
year's Red Hot and Blue show,
will be back in school second se
mester and will also take part in
the show.
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