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HR no (D or p nn Vol. 44, No. 24 Lincoln 8, Nebraska Wednesday, November 8, 1944 Author Speaks Tomorrow At All-Campus Lewis Browne, author and his torian, will be the speaker at the first of UN s all-campus convoca tions Thursday at 11 a. m. in the Union ballroom. His topic will be What Went Wrong with Civiliza tion?" "See What I Mean" Mr Browne's latest book, is a current best-seller. He is also the author of other popular books, including "This Believing World," and "How Odd of God." He has spent the past twenty years traveling and lecturing throughout the United States and Canada and in England, France, Palestine, India, China and Japan As a result of his travels it is his opinion that the remote and mys terious Orient is about to pass out of existence. Mr. Browne disproves Kipling's statement that "East is east and west is west, and never the twain shall meet." He states that they were already meeting when Kip ling wrote the lines and that now east and west seem well on the way to an actual merger. Greek Coeds Climax Week With Dinner "The Greeks Mount to Olym pus," will be the theme of the banquet climaxing Panhellenic Work Shop week Friday night at & in the Union ballroom. Mary Jo Kobes, president of Panhellenic will preside and will introduce the guest speaker, Mrs. Joseph Seacrest, national president of Kappa Kappa Gamma. The price of the tickets is 70c and they may be purchased from the presidents of the houses. Activities scheduled for the re mainder of the week will con tinue to promote friendship be tween sororities and include the exchange luncheons that will con tinue through Friday. Wednesday at 5 p. m. in Ellen Smith hall, Pledge Training leader, Miss Girard, past chairman of the Panhellenic advisory board, will address pledge captains and pledge presidents. Everyone is in vited to attend this meeting. Thursday afternoon at 5 in Ellen Smith, Jean Larsen, presi dent of Mortar Board, will dis cuss "What Should Wartime Campus Activities Be?" At 7 in Ellen Smith hall, Mrs. Carl Les senhop, scholarship advisor of Kappa Alpha Theta will talk about the "Objectives and Tech niques of Scholarship." Faculty Members Appear in Second Vocational Series Four faculty members will ap pear at 7:15 this evening in Sosh auditorium on the second of the series of informative vocational meetings sponsored by the junior division Tor freshmen and inter ested students. Dean Nels Beng ston announced today that all students who signed up to attend the series are expected to do so. Subjects to be covered in this evening's session are: "The Meaning of a Liberal Education," Dean C. H. Oldfather; "The Work of the Technician in industry, medicine, and public health," Prof. George L. Peltier "Careers in Drama and Radio," Prof. Le roy Laase; and "Requirements and Opportunities in Pharmacy," Dean R. A. Lyman. The series is being carried on at the request of freshmen stu dents who felt the need for more complete information on profes sions and vocations than could be offered in the yearly orientation course. The meetings are open to all interested university stu dents. , , . Convocation 1 if LEWIS BROWNE ' . speaks at convo tomorrow. Bizad Banquet Stars Talking Freaks Co BY PHYLLIS JOHNSON Barnum and Bailey will be put to shame Wednesday evening at the bizad circus spotlighted by death-defying exhibitions of skill the celebrated performance of a talking cow and a sideshow of Nature s queerest freaks. All this and more, too, will be presented at the bizad annual dinner in the Union ballroom at 6:30. I Armed guards will be on hand to protect the spectators during the dangerous appearance of the uncontrollable Wild Man from Borneo, Jim Abdnor. Bizad au thorities wish to assure all circus enthusiasts that every safety pre caution will be taken during the shrieking Wild Man s exhibition A hidden talent in Bill Zinn will be brought to light at the circus when, after performing an ancient fire dance and ritual, Bill . will pacify his epicurean desires by swallowing clouds of fire and smoke. Anyone sporting a beard of more luxuriant and bushy quali ties than that of the bearded lady, Mary Helen Thorns, is entitled to a reward so famous and un equalled is the chin piece of this freak of all freaks. Genius along the animal line will be found in the talking cow whose vocabulary and intelligence in answering questions has been the source of amazement from the Iowa state line to the Colorado border. Keeping the circus entertainers in line will be Ringmaster Bernie Unch. AST Band Plays For Union Dance Saturday Night Week end events scheduled for the Union include a dance with a buffet supper and the weekly variety show, "The Hunchback of Notre Dame." For AST's and civilians, the dance with the AST band will be held from 9 to 12 p. m. Saturday in the ballroom. The buffet sup per will be served from 10 to 11:30 p. m. Starring Charles Laughton and Maureen O'Hara, "The Hunch back of Notre Dame" is the variety show scheduled for 3 p. m. Sunday in the ballroom. No juke box dance will be held either Friday or Saturday according to Pat Lahx, director of, the Union, i I ' ' llij Tassel Victory Skit Highlights Thursday Rally A victory skit, presented by the Tassels, will highlight this Thursday's rally staged to incite the Huskers to victory over the Iowa State Cyclones in the game Saturday. The band will lead the rally, beginning at the Coliseum and proceeding to the Union where the Tassels will give their skit on the Union steps. The skit will be preceded by songs and yells led by the cheerleaders. Each organized house on the campus is to bring a banner bear ing a victory slogan. The rally must be held on Thursday this week because of the Pan-hellenic dinner from 6 to 8 on Friday. Groups Get Percentage Ratings The registrar's office has re leased the scholastic ratings of or ganized houses and professional groups in percentage figures re placing the 1, 2, 3, and 4 or deci mal fraction terms formerly used. The list includes the averages maintained for the second semes ter of 1943-44 and has been changed to the new system for the greater convenience of the stu dents. The list is: SOCIAL FRATERNITIES. Delta tpslloa SI.Ati Slirma Alpha Kpflllon 80.92 Theta XI 7B.24 Alpha Tan Omrc-a 7S.lt; Phi Dflta Theta 77.0 Delta Tan Delta 70.60 Mirma hi 7S.06 Phi Gamma Delta 75.54 Beta Mema PhI 74.40 PM Kama Pal 7S.il I Beta Beta Ta 7i.8 Beta Theta Pi 7.61 Hirma N M.S5 Mirma Phi Kpalloa 7.f Kappa Hit ma 70.18 Sigma Alpha Ma , C7.88 SOCIAL SORORITIES. Kappa Alpha Theta fti.M Alpha PM 81. SZ Delta Delta DeMa 81.S9 (See RATINGS, pare 2.) Political Parties Formulate Plans In Open Meetings Two new political parties form ing on the campus are sponsoring open meetings to explain their respective organizational plans and platforms to all interested students and to receive sugges tions and criticism. The progressive party held an all-campus meeting Tuesday eve ning in Parlor X of the Union while the Student Party for Democratic Government will hold an open meeting Wednesday eve ning at 8 in Parlor Z of the Union. Hold Party Caucus. The progressive party, which is based on proportional repre sentation in a party caucus of all voting groups and an open party convention, approved a plan of organization to be submitted to the Student Council at Tuesday's meeting. The purpose of this party is "to set forth worthy prin ciples which will unite UN stu dents, regardless of social affili ations, into a forward movement for the betterment of the Univer sity of Nebraska and to nominate slate of well-qualified candi dates for all partisan elections on the basis of the candiates' in dividual merit.' The Student Party for Demo cratic government is organized "to support democratic student gov ernment, to nominate candidates on the basis of real merit, to stand for completely open and fair political methods and to encour age individual and thoughtful voting." ' War Council Begins Plans For '45 Show Students who wish to try out for a part In the 1945 War Show must have their individual or group acts ready and a written outline prepared in the next two weeks, Ghita Hill, War Council president, announced at a War Council meeting Tuesday after noon. February 9, 10 and 11 have been chosen as dates for the show with tryouts starting in two weeks. The 1945 show will be the third to be held on a wartime Nebraska campus. "Red, Hot and Blue" held two years ago was followed last year by the "War Show of 1944" which featured the contrast between the Gay Nineties and the present. Miss Hill stated that the names of student and faculty di rectors and committee heads and the theme for the show will be released as soon as tryouts are started. Any individual student or group of students may submit an act for tryouts. Brief written outlines of the number of stu dents participating, properties and time required and the type of entertainment are due in two weeks. Ex-Nebraskan Finishes Thirty Bomb Missions MARINE CORPS AIR DEPOT, Miramar, California. Marine First Lt. Harry A. Detwiler, 22, of Woodland, Washington, a dive bomber pilot, has returned here from the South Pacific where he participated in 30 missions and was credited with scoring a di rect hit on a Jap ship with a 1,000 pound bomb. The airman said the Jap ship was caught in Simpson Harbor, Rabaul, last January. "Because I wanted to be sure of a good hit," he said, "I dived pretty low, even tho a lot of ack-ack fire was coming up. "My bomb landed amidships, and my gunner said he witnessed two explosions as I pulled out of the dive. The bomb probably exploded ammunition aboard the transport." Lieutenant Detwiler's squadron, operating from Munda, Bougain ville and Green Island, also car ried out bombing attacks on ene my ground defenses in the Solo mons and Bismarck Archipelago areas. "Our first raids over Ra baul gave us some hot action," the Marine airman said, "but constant bombings leveled the place. We had little or no resist ance during the last sorties." Lieutenant Detwiler attended the University of Nebraska prior to entering Marine Aviation in July, 1942. He was commissioned at Pensacola, Florida, in March, 1943. and was promoted to his present rank the following Sep tember. Professor Employed as Liaison Officer of WPB in Washington Dr. Esther S. Anderson, asso date professor of geography, on 'eave of absence for the duration from the university, is now in Washington, D. C, employed in the foreign division of the War Production Board. As liaison of ficer of the foreign division, she is responsible for the analysis and distribution of all cablegrams, airgrams, dispatches and reports received from the state depart ment to various divisions of the War Production Board. Dr. Anderson is also in charge of research work and the security of secret and confidential docu ments of the foreign division. Serve n Editing Committee ' The task of editing from 40,000 UN Debaters Make Plans For Season With the announcement of the national debate question, plans for Nebraska participation in in tercollegiate debate have moved forward rapidly, according to Dr. L. T. Laase. Out of a temporary squad es pecially chosen for the Iowa De bate and Discussion Conference, four were selected Wednesday to make the trip to Iowa City, Nov. 13. Maurice Evnen and Betty Lou Horton will carry the affirmative with Mary Ann Mattoon as alter nate and Bob Gillan and Tom Sorenson with Bill Miller as al ternate will taken the negative. For two weeks they will go through extensive preparation on the question, "Resolved: that the federal government should enact legislation requiring compulsory arbitration of all labor disputes." This group was chosen on the basis of previous experience and availability for the concentrated preparation necessitated by the imminence of the conference. Dr. Laase, chairman of the speech de partment and debate coach, espec ially stressed that this group was in no way an indication of who would be on the varsity debate squad. Dr. Laase stated that an op portunity still exists for anyone interested to sign up for tryouts for the varsity squad. Tryouts will not be held for about a week, but anyone who would like to partici pate in intercollegiate debating should see Dr. Laase in the Temple soon. UN Council Sets Deadline For All Parties All political parties on the cam pus desiring recognition this fall have a deadline Wednesday aft ernoon at 5 to submit their party organization plans and platform to the Student Council for ap proval. In accordance with the council's new resolution that no political parties are now in existence on the campus, new organizatioi plans which have been formu lated must include the name and platform of the party; the provi sion for the election of a party leader; the organization of the party's faction and the' method of determining the party slate of candidates for all campus elec tions. Such plans will be approved or rejected by a majority vote of the Council. To date two oragnizing parties have submitted outlined plans to the Nebraskan for publication. All party platforms and summarized plans for organization will be published in Friday's Nebraskan. to 50,000 commodity items also falls to her as she serves on an editing committee for the prepa ration of a supplement to the al phabetic index of the standard commodity classification. The standard commodity c'assi fication is a standard list of com modities in code form. This classi fication is to be used by the treas ury for the disposal of surplus war property. It is also used by other governmental agencies and business concerns for the classi fication of property. In addition to Dr. Anderson's official duties, .the District of Co lumbia branch of the National League of American Penwomen has elected her treasurer for the year 1944-45.