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Mel Restates ' Policy ogd Seed! Politics 9 (SirDUQCDzes New Wair Cornea! CeousfiDtyftioini Civilians Lose Deferments For Science Deferment of college students In engineering, physics, chemistry, geology, and geophysics, has been rescinded, according to a telegram received from the National Roster of Scientific and Specialized Per sonnel by T. J. Thompson, dean of student affairs. According to the same telegram, deferments for students who can graduate before July 1, 1944 and for pre-professional students in medicine, denistry, osteopathy, veterinary medicine, and theology are now being reconsidered. Fill Questionnaires. All civilian students majoring in engineering, chemistry, physics, mathematics, meteorology, or ge (See CIVILIANS, page 4.) WW m Vol. 88, No. 113 From Skyways . . . Half of UN Aviation Students Go to Ground, Service Forces ... Approximately half of the avia tion students stationed at Love Library will be transferred to ground and service forces, accord ing to a telegram received by Major KinKead, commander of the 348th air corps detachments, from Gen. H. H. Arnold, commanding general of army air forces. Major Kinkead said this applied to all men who had volunteered Council, Exec Board Filings Close at 5 p. ni. Today at 5 p. m. is the dead line for filings in spring elections, which will be neld April 19. Fil ings are to be made in the activi ties office in the coliseum for Stu dent Council, publications board and ag executive board positions. There will be IS positions to be filled on Student Council and three positions on the publications board. To be eligible a student must have at least a 75 average and must be can-vine 12 hours this semester, according' to Jean Cowden, chairman of the Student Council elections committee. Ag Exec Elects. Positions on the ag executive board will also be elected next Wednesday and filings must be made in the dean's office at ag hall. Positions open on this board are: One senior man and one senior woman, one junior man and one junior woman, and one sophomore man and one sophomore woman. If enough men do not file for the positions, each class may have two women members un the board. The ag college member of Student Council automatically becomes a member of the ag executive board. Barb Tassel Candidates Must File by 5 Tonite Tassel filings for barbs-at-large close this evening at 5 o'clock. Applications from ag should be turned in at Ag hall, while barb-at-large filings should be made with Miss Elsie Ford Piper at Ellen Smith hall. The new Tassels will be chosen at a tea Saturday, April 22, to be held at the Alpha Xi Delta house. UN Foundation Receives Gift From Alumnus Nebraska Foundation announced today the receipt of a $1,000 gift from Clarence E. Swanson, Lin coln businessman and alumnus of the university. The annonucement was made by Foundation secre tary, Perry Branch. Mr. Swanson in expressing his enthusiasm for the Foundation program and his interest in the future of the university said, "I feel that our university should do everything possible to make avail able additional education to every high school graduate who desires the opportunity." The importance of convincing the people of the state of the need for increased state funds and ad ditional contributions for the benefit of the university were stressed bv Mr. Swanson in his statement accompanying the gift TEN UU Friday, April 14, 1944 To Ease Shortage for flvine training: upon induction or who had transferred from the or Aim H and service forces. He added that all men who had pre viously enlisted in the air corps would remain at tne university and finish their training, which would be completed about June 1. According to General Arnold the action is necessary as the re sult of a critical and immediate need for men with leadership in the ground and service forces, and the accumulated snoriages wai have developed since last July in selective service. The success of ih Air Corns now in combat is also a contributing factor, General Arnold said. Family Chemists Attend Spring Meeting in Ohio C S. Hamilton. N. H. Cromwell and T. J. Thompson, members of the university chemistry depart ment, attended the spring meeting of the American Chemical society held in Cleveland, Ohio, April 3-7 Dr. Thompson served as coun selor for the Nebraska section, ur. Cromwell presented a paper before the oreranic division concerning thA s,ithesis of "diamines and amino alcohols of pha.-amacologi cal interest. As College mm Campus toOp9n !K3&ase April 29 Plans were revealed yesterday at a convocation of all ag college students for an ag campus open house, community singing and the presentation of the Goddess of Agriculture on April 29. Dave Sanders, co-director of the affair who presided at the con vocation, presented the outline plans and explained that it is be ine: undertaken as a means of providing an opportunity for city campus students to become ac quainted with the ag campus and its work and also to replace the .mria activities and traditions which have been discontinued be cause of the war. Sanders introduced Dean W. W. Burr ana miss iargici vIm hpd of the home eco nomics department, who enthusi BY MICKEY JARRELL University women may file as barb, union or independent candidates if they care to affiliate in the campus election to be held April 19, according to the decision of the Stu dent Council at its Wednesday meeting. Restatement of the policy established in 1941 approving women in campus politics was emphasized to clarify the matter in the forthcoming election. The Council, acting upon the plan at the suggestion Gov. Appoints Vincent Hascall As UN Regent Vincent C. Hascall, of Omaha, has been appointed to the univer sity's board of regents to succeed William Reed, it was announced From Lincoln Journal. VINCENT C. HASCALL. . . . appointed to board of regents. last Thursday by Governor Gris- wold. Hascall will serve until a sue cessor is elected and qualified which will probably be in January, 1945, since results of the Novem ber election, at which the vacancy will be filled, will not be known until December. Graduating: from the univer sitv's law college in 1912. Hascall was a candidate for the board of regents from the second district in 1940 and has been active in university affairs, serving as president of the alumni associa tion. He is also a past president of the International Lions club, and is a member of the N club at the university. Students Discuss Universal Draft On 'Forum of Air' Students will discuss the prob lem of a universal draft on the university "Forum of the Air" Sat urday at 5:30 over KFAB. Dr. Leroy T. Lasse, head of the speech department will be the moderator. Participating in the panel will be Jean Kinnie, Jean Frescoln. Bob Gillan and Anne Wellenseik. All are members of the debate squad. St&adents astically endorsed the program. Outline Schedule. The schedule for the afternoon and early evening was explained by Blanche Reid, the other di rector of the planning committee. At 2 o'clock the buildings will be open for inspection, and exhibits will be on display in each depart ment. The child development laboratory and nursery school, Love Memorial hall, the girls' co operative dormitory and the home management house on Starr street will be open to visitors. The only conducted tours will be those thru the new foods and nutrition building. At 4:30 the presentation of the Goddess of Agriculture will be made on the outdoor stage on the east campus. The presentation of the Goddess is a tradition of long standing md in normal years is .iS4i;W::.iii' 1 K -V of the Nebraskan, encourages stuaenis ana Tacuny mem bers to make any make any statement oi disapproval of the policy before, not after, the election. Voting next week will determine next year's members of Student Council, pub lications and ag executive boards, and the Ivy Day orator. Discussing the effect of the ac tion upon campus politics, Bob Henderson, .chairman of the judi ciary committee, who stated the opinion of the Council, said, "By opportunity to affiliate with par ties women will be able to choose the best candidates from their groups, and a more equal repre sentation will be possible." Elect Holdovers Jo Martz, Blanche Reid, Hazel Abel, Jean Larsen, Gloria Mardis, Harold Andersen, Gene Dixon and UN Foundation Members Hear Perry Braneli Commending the members of the Student Foundation at a mass meeting of the organization last night, Perry W. Branch, director- secretary of the Nebraska Foun dation, said that the Student Foundation is playing a definite and vital part in making the uni versity a bigger and better in stitution. UN Needs Foundation The Nebraska Foundation, with which Mr. Branch works, is the re cipient of all gifts and donations to UN, and the organization is dedi cated to the expansion of this in stitution. Mr. Branch explained that his group cannot hope to be successful without the aid of the Student Foundation. Reviews Aims He reviewed the two point pro' err am toward which the student organization should aim to lead and entice high school seniors to become interested in the univer sity and to come here to school, and to build up Nebraska spirit to make students realize how good the university is," once they are enrolled here. He showed how the success of the student group is directlv connected with the success of the Nebraska Founda tion, as both organizations work for the betterment and enlarge ment of the University. Correction . Perry Branch is the secre tary of the Nebraska Founda tion, not the head of the Stu dent Foundation as an error in Wednesday's issue of The Ne braskan stated. isnvite City a feature of Farmers' Fair. The Goddess and her court have been elected by a vote of all ag girls, and their identity will be kept a secret until the day of presenta tion. A picnic for all ag students will begin at 5:30 and will be followed by a sing which will be open to the public. Campui-wide Project. Miss Reid expressed the hope of the planning group that every ag student and faculty member would take part in the carrying out of the open house program. At the close of the convocation the stu dents present were given an op portunity to sign up for the com mittee on which they wished to work. Anyone who was not pres ent may sign on the bulletin board in ag hall any time today. (See AG COLLEGE, page 4.) Lewis Kremer were elected as holdover members of the Council to form the nucleus of the organ ization next year. Although it has been customary to elect four men and four women to the posi tion, it was discovered that there were five eligible junior women so the group voted to disqualify (See COUNCIL, page 2.) Three Win $750 Miller Scholarships Three $750 Donald Walters Miller scholarships for the 1944- 1945 school term were awarded to university students, it was an nounced today. The students are Melvin Douglas Jones, Jeanette Mae Smith, and Hazel Olive Steam. Awarded on the basis cf scholarship and need, these grant3 are the largest kind awarded at the university. Jones, a second year graduate student of agronomy, entered the university in September, 1943, after receiving his bachelor and master of science degrees from Oklahoma A. & M. He has earned nearly 94 percent of his college expenses. Both women have been active in college activities. Miss Smith, a major in zoology and chemistry, has earned 30 percent of her ex penses. Miss Steam, sociology ma jor, hsa earned 90 percent of her money. City Churehes Plan Activity For Weekend Lincoln churches have an nounce their weekend religious program. Father G. J. Shuster will say mass at 11 a. m. in room 201 of the Temple. Confessions will be heard before the mass at 10 a. m. Roger Williams Fellowship will meet at the First Baptist church Sunday at 7 p. m. with Dr. Arthur L. Miller, pastor of the First Pres byterian church, speaking on "Per sonal Religious Living." Virginia Young will preside. Orsona Bennett, director of mu sic at Wesleyan university, will speak to Presbyterian students, who meet every Sunday night at 6 p. m., on "Church Hymns ")y Classical Composers." Following the program, supper will be served for 25 cents. Lutherans Hold Chapel Service. Lutheran chapel service for stu dents and service men will be held (See CHURCHES, page 2.) Music Interpreter Presents Recital At Sunday Convo John Jacob Niles, interpreter of American folk music, will give a recital in the Union ballroom Sunday at 4 p. m., singing old American ballads and accompany ing himself on a dulcimer, a musi cal instrument still used in the southern mountains of the United States. Niles' repertoire . includes folk songs which originated 25 to 150 years ago, having no known com posers, some having been car ried across the Atlantic by the early settlers. The carols date back to the European Middle Ages. He has made appearance m the White House, Pari", London, and The Hague, for scholars at Harvard, Oxford, and at night clubs.