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Vol. 86, No. 10Z
LINCOLN, 8, NEBRASKA
Wednesday, March 29, 1944
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Jean Kiiime
PBK, Sigma
Xi Hear Yale
Psychologist
Dr. Walter R. Miles, professor
of psychology at Yale university,
will address the annual joint din
ner meeting of the university
chapters of Sigma Xi and Phi
Beta Kanoa Thursday evening.
April 6. After the dinner, the
names of the newly elected mem
bers of these honorary societies
will be announced by the secre
taries of the societies.
"Psychology and Military Avia
tion" will be the topic of the lec
ture, which will be illustrated with
kedephrone and black and white
elides.
Dr. Mile9 has been a member
of a committee of the National
Research Council on Aviation Psy
chology for several years. He has
written many articles on psychol
ogy. He is the inventor of several
instruments for use in aviation
psychology, in particular, pursuit
co-ordination.
The dinner is to be held in the
main floor dining room of the
home ec building on the Ag cam
pus.
Theta Sis Plan
UN Journalism
Banquet Apr. 6
"Fun" is the word to describe
the April 5 journalism Banquet
BDonsored by Theta Sigma Phi,
honorary journalism sorority, ac
cording to Mary Louise Babst,
Theta Sig president.
Instead of announcing the pro-
BTam and guest speaker, as is cus
tomary, the whole proceedings are
secret until the night of the ban-
auet. Harold Hamil. director of
the school of journalism, said.
The banquet will be at 6:30 at
the Cornhusker hotel and tickets,
may be obtained from any
member of Theta Sigma -ni ai
$1.50 per plate. Toastmistress will
be Miss Babst and Jo Martz will
serve as mistress of ceremonies.
Mariorie Mengshol is in charge
of the arrangements tor tne Dan
quet.
Army Bids Sad Farewell
VkhhoAka $aiA '$ood Aide'
Ja. adopted. 3d QohnliiuJwiA.
BY RUTH KORB.
"Parting is such sweet sorrow,"
and they said good-bye, but there
is no tomorrow. About four hun
dred ASTs said farewell Monday
afternoon to coeds, to friends, and
to Nebraska. Tuesday night many
more took the nearest road away
from the foster alma mater.
Only once before in the history
of the Union has the noise been
so terrific, or the excitement at
such a high pitch, and that was
when Nebraska went to the Rose
Bowl game. Every chair, couch,
and bit of floor space was com
pletely overrun with soldiers say
ing their good-byes.
Union vs. Grand Central.
An occasional tear slid down
cheeks as pinmates and fiances
said final adieus in the unromantic
atmosphere of the Nebraskan of
fice and other nooks and crannies
around the Union, which took on
all the aspects of Grand Central
station.
But romance and sobs are just
part of the story. Singing is al
ways an essential, and the army
(See FAREWELL, page 4.)
War Council Elects Roberta
Burgess as 1944 President
T. C. Honorary
Holds Initiation
Today at 4:45
Omicron chapter of Pi Lambda
Theta, honorary educational fra
ternity, will hold initiation today
in Ellen Smith hall. Flora Scott,
president, will preside over the
initiation, which begins at 4:45.
A dinner will follow the ceremony.
Membership in Pi Lambda Theta
is based on high scholarship and
professional promise. It is open
only to 'students in Teachers col
lege. List of Initiates.
Those to be initiated are: Mary
Jane Aker, Mary Alden, Mrs.
Alice Beekmann Brewer, Amy
Elizabeth Brown, Alberta Lea
Bull, Anne Crosby, Kay Detweiler
Doris Louise Dolezal, Carolyn
Jean Frescoln, Vera Mae Greene,
Lois Vivian Hindman, Myrtle Lou
ise Johnson, Marjorie Willard
Johnston, Jean Frances Koleszar.
Olga Lydia Lacina, Mrs. Bonnie
Seldin Margolin, Mary Ellen Mar
shall, Mrs. Elinor Johnson McDon
ald. Doris Irene Roesler, Jeanne
Rotton, Katherine Ann Schroeder,
Helen C. Schulte, June Maxine
Spellman, Hazel Olive Stearn
Dorothy Jean Theisen, Phyllis Ma
rie Verzani, Anne Louise Wellen-
siek, Dorothy Esther Wimmer,
Joan Claire Witt, Mrs. Marjorie
Hill Zander and Mary Alice
Ziegler.
Taking over the chair for war secretary and treasurer respec
council for the next year is Rob- tively.
erta Burgess, who was elected to
nrpsidencv of that body at the
meeting yesterday. Retiring presi
dent, Pat Chamberlin has served
as council head for the past two
years.
New vice president is Ghita
Hill and Margaret Beede and
Betty Lou Huston will serve as
Graduate Students
Of School of Fine
Arts Give Recital
Four graduate students of the
university school of fine arts will
present a. recital in the Temple
theater this afternoon at 4 o'clock.
Instrumental and vocal selec
tions will be given by Mr. Reiner
Andreesen, tenor; Mr. Harold
Avery, pianist; Miss Ruth Erick
son, soprano; and Miss Barbara
Payne, pianist. They will be as
sisted by Mrs. Margaret Paulson,
accompanist, and Mr. Herbert
Schmidt, pianist.
Mr. Andreesen will sing a group
of four songs, including numbers
by Schubert, Brahms, and Strauss.
At the piano, Mr. Avery will pre
sent three selections by Avery,
Bartok, and Rhene-Baton. Mus
Erickson will s"ing four numbers
by Rachmaninoff and Gretchani
noff, and Miss Payne will play
Concerto No. 4, d minor, by Rubinstein.
Chief Justice Simmons Advises
Preservation of Beliefs, Rights
Robert L. Simmons, chief justice
of the Nebraska Supreme Court,
spoke at the vesper service held
in Ellen Smith Hall Tuesday.
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old I
The subject of his address was,
"Religion and Citizenship." He
took' his audi- .
e n c e on an
imaginary vis
to some of
famous
churches in the t
east. As he de- i
scribed them,
he pointed out
that in many
of these
churches,
American polit- r
ical history had L
been made.
From Lincoln Journal
SIMMON'S.
Stating that religion was the
guiding factor in the writing of
our governmental policies, he said
"The source of our political phil
osophy is in the basic principles
of religion, in which all of us
believe." He then gave warning
that, "During the last few years
we have witnessed an organized
attack upon these principles, both
in the guise of an attack on prin
ciples of government and in an
attack on the aere-old universal
religious beliefs of people."
Must Preserve Beliefs.
"If we are to preserve our in
stitutions of government, we must
preserve the fundamental beliefs
of people in their God and in their
God-given rights," Simmons con
eluded.
Darice Conrad sang a solo, "God
of the Nations," by W. Russell
Bowie, accompanied by the vesper
choir.
To Plan Work.
Miss Burgess has had charge
of the circulation of the Nebras
kan for- Servicemen for the past
year and is a junior, member of
Tassels and affiliated with Gamma
Phi Beta. "We will appoint our
new committee heads and get or
ganized as soon as possible so
that we will be working smoothly
by next fall," the new president
said.
Huston Only Sophomore.
The new vice president is a jun
ior, president of Sigma Delta Tau,
University Theater Holds
Tryouts Friday at Temple
Tryouts for the next university
theater production will be held in
room 154 of the Temple building
at 7 Friday evening. The next play
will be "The Lady Who Came to
Stay." The roles to be filled in
clude two for men. seven for
women.
on AWS board, Nebraskan staff
and has worked on the "On the
Beam Committee" for the past
semester. Miss Beede is also a
junior and has been make up
editor for The Nebraskan for
Servicemen. She is a member of
Pi Beta Phi. Both are AUF heads.
The only sophomore to be
elected was Miss Huston, treas
urer, who is on the Nebraskan
staff and a member of Towne
Club.
Editor Calls Reporters
To Thursday Meeting
All Nebraskan reporters will
meet Thursday at 1 in the
newspaper office with June Ja
mieson, editor.
Gerry McKinsey
Enters Discussion
Contest in Texas
Gerry McKinsey, speech and
debate sophomore, left last Mon
day for the national semifinals
discussion contest on Inter-American
affairs opening today in Aus
tin, Tex.
Miss McKinsey has participated
in local and state contests and
submitted a manuscript to the na
tional office of the co-ordinator
of Inter-American affairs, which
won her admittance to the contest
at Austin.
As her discussion topic, Miss
McKinsey will use "Inter-American
Trarte and Commerce as a
Basis for Permanent Co-operation."
Instructors Give
Open House Tea
Tomorrow at Ag
Dr. Ruth Staples and Mrs. An
geline Anderson, dierctors of the
ag college child development lab
oratory and nursery school, will
hold an informal open house from
3 to 5 tomorrow afternoon at the
nursery school. Tea will be served
and the building will be open for
inspection.
Mrs. Marjorie Marx and Miss
Marjorie Kuplec will pour the
first hour and Miss Barbara Ar
nold and Miss Jean Paris the sec
ond hour.
Gets Second
For Oratory
Making the best record since re
joining the league four years ago,
according to Dr. LeRoy T. L-aase,
University of Nebraska students
returned Saturday from the an
nual Missouri Valley Forensic
League meeting held at the Uni
versity of Kansas, Lawrence, Kas.
Seven students from the speech
and debate department represent
ed Nebraska, comprising two de
bate teams, two extemporaneous
speakers, and one orator. Dr.
Laase accompanied them as rac
ulty representative.
Teams Place High.
Jean Kinnie, entering the ora
tory division, received second
place. The two debate teams,
made up of Mary Ann Mattoon
and Jean Kinnie in the women's
affirmative. Bob Gillan and Bill
Miller in the men's negative, tied
Texas for second place, with Okla
homa taking first honors. Miss
Mattoon and Miss Kinnie tied for
top affirmative team honors in the
debate division. Miss Kinnie also
received third place as individual
debate speaker, and Bill Miller
(See DEBATORS, page 4.)
Thieves Raid
Three Houses
Monday Nite
Over $150 in cash was stolen
from the Alpha Chi, SDT, and
Sig Ep houses last Monday night.
Alpha Chis suffered the great
est loss of approximately $95,
while SDT's lost about $60 and
Sig Eps discovered about $25 miss
ing. No one was awakened at any
of the houses and every accessible
room was ransacked. Only cash
was stolen, leaving checks and
other valuables untouched.
Happened at 3:30 a. m.
The robberies must have taken
place near or after 3:30 a. m.,
according to one Sig Ep who
stated that he had been awake
and studying until that hour.
One of the windows on the
first floor or the SDT house had
been left unlocked Monday night,
which led the girls to believe that
the theif or thieves had entered
there and left by the front door
because it was found unlocked in
the morning, after having been
locked the previous night.
Home economics students Anita
Keezer, Julianne Gustafson, Lona
Haskins, Tommy Jean Scott.
Gwen Mitchell, Gwen Rowe, and
Gerry Henderson will assist with
the serving. '
Enter Via Baloney.
The Alpha Chis had their own
suspicions about the invaders, be
lieving them to be particularly
agile in order to climb up the
narrow brick posts to the second-floor
serenade porch where
the only unlocked door was to be
(See THIEVES, page 4.)
Dr. Paul Kwei of China Talks
At UN Convo Tuesday in Union
r
Dr. Paul C. T. Kwei, dean of the
science college and professor of
physics at the National Wuhan
university in Kiating, China, will
address a convocation in the fac
ulty lounge of
the Union at 4
p. m. Tuesday,
April 4, on
"China in Re- v
s i s t a n ce and
Reconstruction.
Dr. Kwei is a
member of a
Chinese profes
sois group sent
out by the! Chi- - v
n e s e govern- jrr?'?, tr.
ment to study kwei
postwar irtblems. He has spent
several years in this country as
a student at Yale, Cornell, Prince
ton, and the University of Chicago,
and therefore should speak Eng
lish with comparative ease, accord
ing to Prof. Karl Arndt, chairman
of convocations.
Leads Student Trek.
During the war with Japan,
when Central China college was
forced to move from Wuchang to
Kweilin, he was in charge of the
students in their 600 mile trek to
the new location. Since 1939 he
has occupied his present position
at Wuhan university, which is one
of the four leading government
universities in China. He is on
leave of absence from the univer
sity during his stay in the United
States.