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y rn JV -Vol. 44, No. 29 Nebraska Students Plan Mock Peace Conference Nebraska students will hold a miniature peace conference, spon sored by the YWCA cabinet in February, 1945, with every na tion represented by an organized house or group on the campus. This conference,, which is to arouse student interest in inter national relations and the actual peace conference, will include all students on both ag and city cam puses. A student planning committee selected by the YWCA cabinet is composed of: Gerry McKinsey, Jean Larsen, Gloria Beaumont, Six Debaters Win Honors At Tourney One superior rating for the team, one superior rating for in dividuals, and three excellent rat ings are the trophies brought home by the six university de baters who took part at the Iowa State discussion and debate meet ing on Nov. 14 and 15 at Iowa City, according to Dr. Leroy T. Laase, director of debating, who accompanied the team. The Nebraska team won su perior rating, together with Iowa and Northwestern, in the two-day contest. The teams the Nebraska debaters met included Indiana, Missouri, Northwestern, Iowa University, Iowa State Teacher's college and Wheaton College, 111. Horton Wins. Betty Lou Horton, won individ ual superior rating while Robert Gillan and Maurine Evnen were rated excellent. Tom Sorensen, likewise won the rating of excel lent in public discussion. The Ne braskans competed twice each with the Indiana and Iowa teams. More than 100 participants from more than 14 midwestern universities attended the meeting to debate problems of war and peace. , The six Nebraska participants were: Mary Mattoon, Maurine Evnen, Betty Lou Horton, Bill Miller, Robert Gillan and Torn Sorensen. Close Your Mouth, Marjory They Want Beauty, Not Horse BY RUTH KORB. The stage is set, the lights art- dimmed, the crowd breathes in expectantly, except lor several asthma victims, and soft and de lightful music is played. The final moment is at hand. The curtain goes up, and the crowd breathes out, and one person, who has held his breath too long, faints flat on the floor. Here comes the first contestant in the Cornhusker beauty queen contest, and is she ravishing!!! Her name is Hort Snort, and she is a member of Alpha Chloria. Smooth is the only word that would describe this creature from' Sec a Tassel ... ! ' ' - - - ' ' ' ' .; ' ' Lincoln 8, Nebrftska Natalie Neumann, Anne . Wellen siek, Don Kline, Bill Miller, Bar bara Stahl, Mary Alden, Hazel Stearn, Mary Ann Mattoon, Pat Chamberlin, Dorothy Carnahan, Ghita Hill and Al Reddish. Ag campus representatives will be se lected soon. This planning committee will organize the conference and set up rules for the sessions. A fac ulty committee to be chosen from the economics, social science, po litical science and philosophy de partments will assist the student planning committee and act as ad visors to groups taking part in the conference. Divide Campus. The plan outlined by the plan ning committee is as follows: The campus will be divided into organized houses, both affiliated and unaffiliated. A nation will be selected for each house to repre sent. The conference will be an all university project and the com mittee urges every student to par ticipate in it. Lincoln unaffilated students vill be contacted thru BABW, Interhouse Council and other barb organizations. Any twenty Lincoln unaffiliates who sign up, at a later date, wrill be given a country to study. Ag campus students will be as See PEACE, Page 4. Students Submit Plans For 1945 Show by Tuesday Students interested in trying out for the 1945 war show should turn in their ideas to the Union office by next Tuesday, according to Ghita Hill, president of War Council. In turning in their plans, stu dents should include the approxi mate length of time of the act, the type of entertainment and the number of characters taking part. Tryouts will be held approxi mately a week and a half after skits are turned in. Definite an nouncements concerning plans for the show, tryouts and the name picked for this year's production will be released in next week's Nebraskan. the unknown. Such knock knees could belong only to the unknown. and those eyes!!! If you look hard enough, you can almost see them. even tho they can't see you. It's certain that she must have a mag nificent skeleton, because that's all that can be seen. Hort Lopes. Hort lopes across the stage, and her head is the last part of the skeleton to disappear, for her body seems to bend back in the middle section. The crowd claps in ap preciation, and Hort's campaign manager begins breathing words of advice in the ears of the wise See QUEEN, Page 3. i 1 1 i in uuuu Friday, November 17, 1944 Science Group Hears Nutrition Research Head Dr. Ruth M. Leverton, univer sity association professor of home economics and head of foods and nutritions research will speak on "Factors Which Govern ElocH Formations" at the meeting of Sigma Xi, national honorary scientific society, Nov. 21, at 7:30 p. m. in Morrill hall auditorium. She is planning to discuss the work begin done in connection with blood donors. Last year 30 coeds who acted as blood donors were studied by maintaining them on a closely controlled diet, and measuring carefully their re generation after each had donated one pint of blood. At the present time, there are almost 60 donors, See SCIENCE, Page 2. Council Works On '46 Spring Vacation Plan With political fury subsiding Student Council settled down Wednesday to discuss a spring va cation for 1946 and to accept the Student War Council constitution. Spring vacation is out of the question this year as the com mencement date can not be changed, Harold Andersen, coun cil president, announced. In the interests of securing a vacation for the spring of '46 Andersen will meet next week with the cal endar committee. Late registration for political party membership will be handled by the newly-organized commit tee on political parties, the coun cil ruled. Forum of the Air Reviews German Ideas Saturday What is geopolitics? Some of the broader concepts behind the German strategy of conquest will be discussed when the University Forum of the Air meets this Saturday at 5 p. m. on KFAB. Dr. David Fellman, professor of political science, will act as moderator. Members of the panel will includes Prof. Karl M. Arndt, professor of economics; Prof. John L. Champe, instructor in anthrop ology; and Dr. Norman L. Hill, professor of political science. Yearbook Gives Picture Schedule The Miller & Paine studio at which all pictures for Cornhusker have been taken, has announced that it will close Nov. 22. Group I and class pictures should be taken by that date. The picture schedule for the week of Nov. 13-18 is: International House. Housemothers. Dorm Towne Club. Unaffiliated students. Sigma Kappa. Membership Lists Show 50-50 Split for Parties Approximately one-half of the student body registered for mem bership in the two campus polit ical parties Thursday afternoon with a total of 1,096 students sign ing up at the polls in the Union. Membership lists of the par ties, the Student Party for Demo- UN Receives $1,500 Gift For Museum To increase the fund being built up for renewal of fossil ex cavation by the university mu seum, a $1,500 gift was announced Tuesday by Perry W. Branch, secretary of the University Foun dation, and Dr. C. B. Schultz, mu seum director. The donor wishes to remain anonymous. All university expeditions are financed from private donations which also support the museum's program of paleontological re search which has resulted in the largest display of Great Plains fossil mammals in the country. Sent Pre-War Expeditions. Dr. E. H. Barbour, director emeritus of the museum, started making expeditions in 1891 and prior to the war the museum sent out as many as eight expeditions during the summer months. Fossil specimens were brought in from diggings in the northwest part of the state, centering around Bridgeport, Broadwater, Heming ford and Crawford. Other valu able diggings are located around Creighton and Fullerton. Continue Drive For Schooner Subscriptions Subscription drive for one of the ten best literary magazines in the United States, the Prairie Schooner, is going into its second week under the sponsorship of Tassels and Theta Sigma Phi, na tional journalism fraternity. ' All houses having 30 or more subscriptions to the Schooner will be awarded a Prairie Schooner anthology. Outstanding articles that have appeared in the Schoon er in the past 17 years are in cluded in this 350 page collection. Prominent Writers. An introductory medium for the writings of many persons who have subsequently attained na See SCHOONER, Pare 3. This Week At War By Albert Reddish One of the most pertinent ques tions ol the day is, where is Adolph Hitkr? The past week conjectures as to his whereabouts condition and status have come from all sources. European capitals believe Hein rich Himmler has assumed com plete executive control of Ger many since the supposed-disappearance of Hitler. Madrid has the fuhrer in Argentina, while soldiers on the German front in sist he is on his way by subma rine to Tokyo fo a spectacular conference with his remaining ally. Other rumors declare that Hitler is ill, with, his sufferings cratic Government and the Pro gressive Party, carried an almost equal number of names, many of the organized groups splitting their registration. Late registration and change of registration will be handled thru the Student Council committee on political parties, details to be an nounced soon. Arrangements will be made whereby students may state their party preferences thru out the year as well as before the first party caucus of each party. Counting of the registration blanks was done by the Student Council and representatives from eacn party. City Churches Plan Activities For Weekend All Catholic students are in vited to attend the social hour Sunday from 4 to 5 o'clock in par lors X-Y-Z of the Student Union. A special program has been pre pared. Mass will be saia at 11 o'clock in X-Y-Z parlors, as usual. At 5 o'clock in the third floor parlor a sermon entitled "Bar gaining with God," will be given, followed by the fellowship meet ing, will be given for all members of the Christian church. A special sermon has been pre pared for members of the Baptist church on Sunday at 7. The speaker will be Rabbi Marx. His suDject is "The Jew as Seen Thru His Holidavs. Edwin Hubbard will read the devotions. Student members of the Meth odist church are invited to attend the Fellowship lunch at 5:30 on Sunday. The lunch will be fol lowed by a discussion and wor ship at 6:30. A new unit on prep aration for marriage and home life will be started. Chapel service will be held Sunday at 10:45 in room 315 of the Student Union for Lutheran church members. The sermon to be given by Reverend Erck is en- 1 titled "I Am the Reservation and the Life." Next Wednesday a Kappa Delta Bible class will be gin for all those who wish to par ticipate. These meetings will meet in the Y.M.C.A. room of the Tem ple building. A special program has been prepared for all Presbyterian members. Dr. Oscar Bennet will give a sermon at 5:30, which is to be followed by a Fellowship sup per at 6:30. All members are urged to attend. Friday services will be held at 8 o'clock in Tifereth Israel, 1802 L street. Rabbi Golinkin is the speaker on Saturday from 9 to 11. Sunday school and children's religious service are to be held at 10 Sunday morning. ranging from minor maladies to "cerebral thrombosis a blood clot of the brain." Meanwhile someone must know where the conqueror of the world is, for the report has coine from reliable, tho unofficial, sources that Hitler shaved his mustache in order not to be mistaken for Governor Dewey. For the first time since its movements were cloaked with secrecy after it completed the mopping up of German forces in France, the American Ninth army commanded by Lt. Gen. William See WAR WEEK, Pare 4.