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Vol. 85, No. 78
TO DMAs
Warning!
Unless civilian and army students are more careful with
the typewriters, telephones and other equipment in The Ne
braskan office, the office will have to be locked when the
businiss of the taff is completed'
Three typewriters have been broken, the telephones
knocked from the stand and a desk editor's chair has lost
an arm in the past few weeks. The business manager's of
fice was opened and a typewriter moved out, and some
stamps and money were missing.
The office has been left open as a convenience to stu
dents who wish to phone and to army trainees who leave
coats in it. Now it is practically impossible to replace broken
typewriters and other equipment, so unless students co-operate
with The Nebraskan, the office will be open only during-
business hours.
Ci8 Carries Review
Of Schooner Caravan
"The Prairie Schooner Cara
van," an anthology consisting of
articles and poems from the uni
versity's quarterly, "The Prairie
Schooner," printed by the Univer
sity Press, and published on De
cember 12, 1943, has received nation-wide
recognition.
Northwestern university's Prof
essor Frederick, who conducts "Of
Men and Books" program over
CBS, will discuss the anthology
one Saturday in January. Stations
WOL in Washington, D. C. and
WHA in Madison, Wis., have re
viewed it on the air. The radio
Sigma Ai
Hears Covey
Tuesday Nite
Addressing members of Sigma
Xi Tuesday evening in Morrill hall!
auditorium at 7:30 will be Dr.
George W. Covey of Lincoln whoi
will speak on the advances in the
practice of internal medicine dur-.
ing the past 25 years.
Dr. Covey, who is lecturer in
pathology at the college of den
tistry at the university, will tell of
his observations on some of the
changes and advances of diagnos
tic methods, Implements, thera
peutic materials and procedures.
The meeting is opetito the pub
lic. Each Sigma Xi members may
invite any number of guests to
attend.
Dr. Rice Talks
On Vocation
At WY Vespers
Speaking att he weekly YWCA
vespers will be Dr.' Don Rice, who
is leaving soon as a medical mis
sionary to India.
Dr. Rice will speak on his de
cision to be a missionary and why
he has chosen India in which to
work. Dr. Rice's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Ray Rice were also engaged
in the same work some years ago
in India.
Vespers will be held Tuesday at
S p. m. in Ellen Smith.
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA,
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. . . On 'Of Men and Books'
script prepared for the program,
"What is New," furnished to over
600 radio stations thruout the
country, recommends it heartily
to all of its listeners.
The "talent scout of the mid
lands" has also received enthusias
tic reviews from the Time maga
zine, the New York Herald Trib
une's weekly book review, and the
Chicago Sun book week. All of
these reviews mention the high
literary quality of the stories con
stituting the anthology.
Because of the great and in
creasing demand from bookstores
all over the country, the Caravan
has gone into second printing.
Miss Schossbcrger, university
editor, who is leaving soon for the
east to further connections with
buyer's, said, "I hope the success
of the book will build up attention
not only for the university, but for
the Prairie Schooner."
Give Marine
Commissions
To Two AST
Richard M. Green and Johr W.
Watson, training with the ASTP
on the university campus, will re
ceive commissions as second lieu
tenants in the United States Ma
rine Corps from Col. James P.
Murphy, commandant of the uni
versity military units.
The commissions will be pre
sented in a brief military cere
mony in Colonel Murphy's office.
These are the second and third
commissions In the Marines is
sued in the . present group of
ROTC students from all over the
nation.
Green and Watson are first
year advanced ROTC engineers.
Nebraskan Needs
Jan. 12 Editions
Sending out a plea for Jan.
12 issues. The Nebraskan is
asking anyone having one or a
dozen to bring them to their
offices in the Union to help
complete their records. They
will pay for the returned papers.
Sunday, January 16, 1944
Members Vote
Tuesday on '44
Nominee Slate
Polls for the 1944 election of
YWCA officers will be open
Tuesday at 9 a. m. at Ellen Smith
hall. Voting will continue thruout
the day until 5 p. m.
Virtually assured presidency of
the organization is Anne Wellen
siek, the only candidate for the
office. She is a member of the
freshman cabinet, freshman com
mission leader, vespers leader,
member of the YW cabinet, dele
gate at the Estes conference, and
the city's YW nominee as dele
gate to the Wooster conference.
Nominees for vice presidency
include Hazel Abel, a member of
the freshman cabinet, social chair
man on the YW cabinet, and for
mer delegate at the Estes con
ference, Bonnie Hinrichs, YW
staff leader, leader of social serv
ice in the cabinet, and Estes dele
gate, and Mary Lou Holtz, mem
ber of the freshman cabinet, staff
leader, and in charge of freshman
work on the YW cabinet.
Two Compete for Offices.
Mary Ann Mattoon, a member
(See ELECTION, page 3.)
C. S. Boucher
Talks on U.S.
Education
Commending America as the
first country in the history of the
world to develop mass opportuni
ties in education f6r all people of
all educational levels. Chancellor
C. S. Boucher of the University of
Nebraska spoke at a banquet meet
ing of the Inter-professional Insti
tute, Lincoln hotel, last night on
the subject "Education and the
Culture of a Society.''
America's wide-flung schools de
veloped early in the history of the
country from the passionate faith
in democracy which the early
Americans held, according to
Boucher. Schools followed the
settlers as fast "as the fighting
of the battle of the wilderness
would permit."
Other countries especially Eng
land and f.ussia have greatly im
proved their educational systems
but "in the maitv England is still
behind us as is shown by the fact
that her educational system is less
democratic than ours," said the
chancellor. Rival to America in
the achievement of mass education
is Russia who raised the literacy
rate of her people from 30 percent
to 90 percent in 23 years.
Martz Becomes
AIEE Chairman
Stanley Martz was elected chair
man of the American Institute of
Electrical Engineering at a meet
ing last Wednesday. Hervey Jen
sen is the new vice-chairman;
Tetsu Morita. secretary; Robert
Judd, treasurer.
Speaker at the meeting was
Francis Medley whose subject was
the Doherty Amphifier. Edward
Edison, a former member of the
institute who is with RCA, was a
guest for the evening.
PirojecH: ESemieffiife
R3eSl5caD ScDdooD
At a meeting of ttie university hoard of regents, t he presi
dent and secretary of the hoard were authorized to execute a,
ninety-nine year lease of block 2, McCormick's Scond Addi
tion to the city of Omaha, to Children's Memorial hospital, h
Nebraska corporation organized for the purpose df construct
ing a children's hospital in Omaha.
The lease had previously been prepared and approved by
attorneys for Children's Memorial hospital and the Board of
Regents and had been executed by the officers of the hospital.
The lease was executed Saturday. by ('. Y. Thompson, presi
dent, and John K. Selleek, secretary, in behalf of the iSoard
of Regents.
(See HOSPITAL, page 3.)
There Off!
Theater Vs.
TJni Singers
BY JIDGE MASON
They're off! Running neck and
neck at a furious stride in the
race for manpower between Man
O' War, of the University Singers
stables, and Whirlaway, trained
by University Theater.
"Hi, Handsome, can you sing an
itsy bitsy note? Listen, we have
lots of fun in the University Sing
ers and I know you would love it
if you came! You can't sing? Oh,
but I just heard you humming a
tune as you came down the hall.
Anyone who can hum Pistle Pack
in' Mama can sing in the chorus."
Who Needs Experience?
"Hey Goodlookin,' have you ever
been in a play or taken a speech
course or even given a reading?
Then you should try out for the
University Players! Experience!
Oh. that doesn't matter, you're a
male aren't you??"
Yes, those formerly sweet and
demure little campus coeds are
turning into big time promoters
to supply their - respective favor
ites with the much needed back
ing. The race is on full swing and
all the spectators are enjoying it
immensely all but the unfortu
nate men, on whose heads the bets
are being placed.
Theater in the Lead
Right now the University Thea
(See BATTLE, page 2.)
DO Alumnae
Give Tri-part
Music Recital
School of fine arts will present
a recital of the alumnae series
representing the Lincoln alumnae
chapter of Delta Omicron at Tem
ple Wednesday at 4 p. m.
Participants in the recital will
be Mis. Eugene H. Floyd, soprano;
Mrs. James S. Blackman, pianist;
Miss Kathryn Dean, contralto;
Mrs. John J. Porter and Mrs.
Edgar Cole, accompanists.
Program Has Three Parts.
The program will be divided
into three parts. In the first part,
Mrs. Floyd and Mrs. Porter will
sing "Cazone" by Cavalli, "Quando
Nacesti voi" by Respighi, "Time
You Old Gypsy Man" by Besly,
and "Life" by Curran.
Mrs. Blackburn will present,
during the second part of the pro
gram, five eludes by Chopin: C
(See RECITAL, page 3.)
Soliciters Turn
In Cornliusker
Subscriptions
All Cornhusker soliciters
must return their subscription
books and money at the Tassel
meeting Monday night. It is
imperative that they be in at
that time.
Students File
For Positions
3n Nebraskan
Filings for appointments to sec
ond semester staff positions on
The Nebraskan will open tomor
row in the school of journalism
office in university hall. Appli
cation blanks for all paid staff
positions may be obtained there.
Publications board, acting upon
the applications made during the
filing period, will meet some time
during final week to appoint
students to the 11 positions.
Eleven Positions Open.
Staff posts which will be avail
able at the end of the semester
include: editor in chief, two man
aging editors, four news editors,
sports editor, business manager
and two assistant business man
agers. All are paid positions, and
appointments are for one semester.
Present members of the board
are: Prof. Harold Hamil. chairman
of the board and director of the
school of journalism; John K.
Selleek, chairman of the student
activities committee; Dr. David
Fellman, assistant professor of
political science; Dr. Harry E.
Bradford, professor of vocational
education; James E. Lawrence,
professor of journalism; Julia
Rogers, senior class member of the
board, and Virginia Stuermer,
junior class member.
Union Shows
Best French
Film Jan. 19
Voted the best film in any lan
guage for 1936, the French film,
"La Kermesse Hcroique" or "Car
nival in Flanders," will be shown
at the Union on Wednesday at
4:00, 7:15 and 9:00 p. m. English
captions are added for the ben.'fit
of those who do not understand,
French.
Starring Antonoine Rosay, the
film is laid in 1616 and centers
around the passive resistance of
Dutch settlers at Boon to a Span
ish duke. In this twelfth filming
of the story, great effort has been
made to have the costumes and
details of the picture authoritated
through a study of paintings of
tiiat time.
The picture received the New
York Times award for the best
foreign picture of 1936, and the
French grand prize of the same
yea?. It has traveled continuously
the last seven years. During the
week before Christmas, "La Ker
messa Heroique" was shown in
New York City and reviewed by
the New Yorker.
Shewing of the picture is being
sponsored on this campus by the
modern language department.
Tickets, at 25c each, may be pur
chased from modern language tu
ileiAi r at. the door.