on Third!
BY LES GLOTFELTY.
I don't want to set the world
on fire, I just want to see a fir
engine" chanted dorm girls Wed
nesday noon. At any rate, right
after lunch one, two, three, four
fire engines screamed up 16th
street. Heads popped out of win
dows along the way, and even
dorm girls looked out with in
terest. '
Their interest quickly turned to
something: else, however, as the
fire engines stopped in front of
the dorm itself and they realized
that what they had thought was
a stuck buzzer was, in reality, the
fire alarm.
Steam Pours Out.
Firemen 'looked the situation
over. Steam was pouring off the
roof of the kitchen in Raymond
hall, as it always does in cold
weather. Unaware of this, the fire
men went into action, unloading
and connecting hoses. Several of
them charged into the dorm armed
with axes and crowbars. Mortar
Board Gerry Lyon dashed down to
the lobby to keep the rapidly path-
Covey Talks
On Advances
In Medicine
Dr. George W. Covey of Lin
coln will speak to members of
Sigma Xi Tuesday in Morrill hall
auditorium at 7:30 p. m. on the
advances in the practice of in
ternal medicine during the past
25 years.
A prominent and active physi
cian, Dr. Covey, who is a lecturer
in pathology at the college of
dentistry at the university, will
tell of his observations on somo
of the changes and advances of
diagnostic methods, implements,
therapeutic materials, and pro
cedures. Dr. Covey has written
many articles pertaining to in
ternal medicine.
The meeting is open to the pub
lie. Each Sigma Xi member is
urged to be present and to invite
at least one other person to attend.
City Church
Plans Stress
Campus Life
Group discussions, parties for
servicemen, and special services
will highlight campus church life
for the week end.
Major Jesse Grossett, army
chaplain, will speak at the Roger
Williams Fellowship Sunday, Jan.
16, at 7 p. m. on "An Aleutian
Chaplain for Two Years." John
Witheridge will lead the worship
service assisted by Rev. Gerald M.
Kendall of the First Baptist
church at 14th and K.
Methodist Service. 9
"Crusades for New World Or
der" will be the topic of discussion
of Wesley Fellowship Sunday at
6:15 p. m. in St. Paul's Methodist
church. Joyce Adcock will be in
charge of tue program.
' Rabbi Harry Jolt announces a
party for the trainees Sunday at
4 p. m. at the Temple on 20th and
South. There will also be religious
services held at the synagog at
18th and K on Friday at 8 p. m.
and Sunday at 11 a. m.
University Episcopal church will
hold Sunday services at 8:30 and
11 a. m. Tuesday, Rev. L. W. Mc
Millin will conduct confirmation
classes at 7 p. m.
Leller of A. G. Meyer,
UN Graduate, Appears
In "Book of War Letters"
Andrew Greer Meyer of New
York C.ty. graduate of the uni
versity in Vd'i'l and with the armed
forces in Africa, is the author of
one of the letters from soldiers in
cluded in "A Book of War Let
ters." This book contains accounts
of personal experiences in the war,
edited by E. Maule and recently
published by Random House.
ering crowd of onlookers out of
the fire department's way and
fell gracefully in the middle of the
floor right in front of the con
fused firemen.
Meanwhile, dorm-ites from third
floor Raymond got in the"levator
to come down and see what they
could see. Just how many of them
piled in, no one will ever know,
but the elevator dropped clear to
the basement in spite of the fact
that it tried to stop on first floor.
After much pushing of buttons,
they finally made it to the main
floor and the girls triumphantly
opened the door- to confront Dean
Boyles who had been trying to
get up to third floor.
Strategic Retreat.
At this point irate firemen had
heen told that where there's steam,
there isn't fire, and they retreated,
dragging their hoses behind them.
The habitants of third floor
Love know the rest of the story,
but they aren't telling. All they
have disclosed is that "someone"
fell against the glass alarm box
and set it off. Dorm heads are
still wondering.
Council Approves Pint
Size 1943-44 Budget
Meeting- with a quorum for the
first time in several weeks, Stu
dent Council members Wednesday
night approved a 1943-44 budget
only half the size of the previous
year's financial statement. Be
cause the money appropriated for
last year's spring election was not
used until fall, there was the no
ticeable decrease in expense. The
budget includes Cornhu.sker ex
penses, elections, N book and Ihis
cellaneous costs.
Lois Christie, president, again
emphasized that three tardies con
stitute one absence and that three
absences mean dismissal from the
council. Altho the next regular
meeting of the council will not be
held due to exams, meetings will
be held during the new semester
every other Wednesday. Each
member will be called and re
minded of the meetings.
Investigate War Council.
An investigation will be con
ducted concerning the past year's
expenditures of the war council to
clear up inquiries of many stu-
War Council
Changes Date
Of New Show
A change of date has been
announced for the war show.
Originally scheduled for Febru
ary 18 and 19, it has been
moved up to Friday and Satur
day nights, February 11 and 12.
Rehearsals have been held
all this week. Next Tuesday,
January 1S, there will be a full
rehearsal of Act I at 6:30, union
ballroom. Everyone in the first
act must attend.
Shaws Make Initial Appearance
In Lincoln Concert as Duo-pianists
By Ethelyn Lashinsky.
Making their first Lincoln ap
pearance as a team, Druke and
Shaw, duo-pianists, presented a
concerto program Thursday night
at the University of Nebraska
coliseum, together with the Lin
coln Symphony orchestra.
Helen Druke, in private life
Mrs. Walter Shaw, became a mem
ber of the celebrated team when
Mario Braggiotti. who formerly
performed with Mr. Shaw, joined
the staff of the Office of War
Information. Mr. Shaw appeared
in Lincoln last season with Brag
giotti. Students of Friedberg.
The Shaws attended the Juil-
liard School of Music, studying
together under the direction of
Vol. 85, No. 77
Murphy,
AST Sybs
Contracts for second semester
subscriptions to The Nebraskan
for members of the AST units and
the STAR unit were signed yes
terday by Col. James P. Murphy,
commandant of all UN military
units, and Charlotte Hill, business
manager of the publication.
A total of 1,550 copies were
called for in the contract, an in
crease of 300 copies over last se
mester's subscriptions. The cost
for the papers are to be paid for
out of the company funds of th
various units.
Discusses Election
dents concerning the council's
audit of accounts. A report will be
made at the next meeting of the
council.
Fill Two Vacancies.
Nominations and election of two
new council members will take
place at the next meeting to re
place Wayne Southwick, who is
now in med school in Omaha, and
Lila Howell, who is graduating at
the end of the semester.
Girl cheerleaders were again
discussed but as the council alone
can take no action on the matter,
Bill Korff, council representative
on the board of athletic control,
will bring the qeustion before the
next meeting of the board.
Suggestions were made that the
council make some plans for a
post-war activity ticket, more in
clusive than the present one, that
might be included in registration
fees bu no decisive action was
taken and discussion will continue
at later meetings.
When the council meets the first
week in February, there will be
discussion of spring election, which
will, in all probability, be held this
year.
Ag Campus Leads
War Stamp Sales
War stamp sales totals for this
week, amounting to $178.65. are
material proof that students didn't
spend all of their money on Christ
mas presents.
Ag campus led the sales with
$77.50, and Union folowed with a
tally of $51.25. Sosh contributed
$38, Andrews reported $11.90.
Carl Friedberg.
"We worked together as a non
professional team while attend
ing jchool," explains Mr. Shaw,
"and when Mr. Braggiotti left, our
teacher suggested that we become
a professional team."
Need for Music.
Regarding the effect of the war
on music, Mr. Shaw stated, "Peo
ple need music for relaxation to
relieve the tension and nervous
strain of the ' present time." He
also commented on the sincere ap
preciation of servicemen whom
they have entertained in camps
throughout the country.
Stating the fact that people en
joy music which they are familiar
with, the Shaws attempt to in
clude in their programs those
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA,
,'Nebrcasfc
enters 6i
Copies of the paper will be dis
tributed three times a week in the
following manner: STAR unit,
first battalion, 500 copies; second
battalion, third floor Love library,
650 copies; third battalion, field
house, 350 copies; and headquar
ters AST, Love library, 50 copies.
STAR Council Takes Over.
Upon the termination of the
STAR unit on ag campus, the 500
copies designated for that unit will
0 r c h e s t r a'Dalbey Deeds
Gives Concert
Sunday at 3
University symphony orchestra
will present its first concert of the
season next Sunday afternoon at
3 o'clock in the Union ballroom.
The 49 piece orchestra, under the
direction of Miles Dresskell, con
ductor, will play five selections,
preceeded by the national anthem.
The program includes: "Over
ture to the Bartered Bride," by
Smetana; Tschaikowsky's "Finale
from Symphony No. 5," "Winter
of the Blue Snow from the Paul
Bunyan Suite," by Kreutz; "Tri
umphal March from Peter and the
Wolf," by Prokofieff; and "Czech
Rhapsody," by Weinberger.
There will be no soloists for this
concert, as the entire orchestra
will take part in all selections.
Rabbi Speaks
To Religious
Welfare Group
Rabbi Harry Jolt spoke on
"Joint Declarations on Basic Prin
ciples of Peace for Post-war
World" at the Religious Welfare
Council meeting, held last night at
the Wesley Foundation Student
House.
The declarations were made by
a group of Protestant, Catholic
and Jewish leaders at a meeting
held in October and they proposed
a religious unity among all creeds
and sects.
Listed reports by the commit
tees and final statements of the
World Student Service Fund high
lighted the business meeting. The
council's next meeting will be
their annual Interfaith Banquet,
which is to be held sometime in
February.
songs which are heard most fre
quently however, they both agree
that the difference in taste comes
with the different sections of the
country.
The couple will continue their
tour of the midwest after their
Lincoln appearance.
The concert opened with the
"Pathetique" symphony of Tschai
kovski given by the orchestra un
der the direction of Henri Pensis.
The second half of the program
featured Druke and Shaw with
their presentation of "Fetes," by
Debussy, Waltz in C, by Arensky,
and Berly Rubenstein's "Masks."
The finale of the concert fea
tured George Gershwin's "Rhap
sody in Blua" by pianists and orchestra.
Friday, January 14, 1944
Sice 5i
!3H
ConvrQcJ
be turned over to the war council
to be mailed to former students
now in the service. The war coun
cil will assume the cost of mail
ing, and the copies-will be con
tributed by the AST fund, accord
ing to the contract.
No contract with the Air Corps
unit stationed on the campus has
as yet been signed. A contract
similar to the one just signed with
AST units was made with the
CTD last semester.
Land to UN
As Memorial
A deed for 640 acres of virgin
prairie land was presented to the
university Wednesday noon by
Dwight S. Dalbey, Beatrice, as a
memorial to his wife, the late Vir
ginia Lewis Dalbey, and his
father-in-law, Ford Lewis. The
formal presentation was made, at
a luncheon, to R. W. Devoe, re
gent, who in turn handed the deed
over to T. B. Strain, president of
the University Foundation.
The land which is located near
Virginia in Gage county has been
jealously guarded, according to
Mr. Dalbey, from the mark of
the plow. He expressed the opin
ion that it is "the best example
of virgin prairie" in the United,
States.
Holds Land 75 Years.
In his presentation talk Mr.
Dalbey told of his wife's interest
in an appropriate memorial to her
father and of their decision to se
lect the land which was acquired
by Mr. Lewis 75 years ago. Mr.
Dalbey is a former state legisla
tor, the author of a book on agri
culture, and has long been inter
ested in agriculture. Mr. Devoe
accepted the gift on behalf of the
regents and Chancellor C. S.
Boucher accepted it for the uni
versity. Guests at the luncheon included
Chancellor Boucher, H. C. Filley
from ag college, C. Fetrus Peter
son, Perry Branch, secretary of
the University Foundation, and
Howard S. Wilson, Foundation
vice president.
Home Ec Club
Holds Leap
Year Dance
Home Ec club will hold a Leap
Year dance Saturday night from
8 to 11 in the ag activities build
ing. Tickets at 15 cents per per
son are on sale in the Student
Union office, ag college canteen,
and the special service office of
the ag STAR unit.
Arrangement has been made
with Mrs. Altinus Tullis, director
of the Ag chorus, for special inter
mission entertainment. Cokes will
be sold during the evening.
Dr. and Mrs. T. H. Gooding and
Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Lyness w'lll
serve as chaperones. Gladys Bow
man and Frances Jane Howell, co
chairmen of the- dance, announced
that tickets will also be on sale at
the door Saturday night. The
dance is open to all student and
trainees on both campuses.
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