THE NEBRASKAN
Sunclay, NovemHer 26, 1944
LETTERIP
To the Editor:
I am undoubtedly engaging in a fool-hardy
practice commonly called "sticking out your neck,"
but I feel compelled to write this letter in mild
protest It has come to our attention (several
undergraduates, male) that the Student Union is
sponsoring a coed-officer dance Saturday in the
ballroom. A most excellent proposition, and far
be it from us to deny these men the entertainment
of "our" coeds, BUT since when must male Corn
huskers bow out of the Saturday usage of the
Union ballroom for another group not paying
tariff on the glistening floors and soft carpets? j
Remember, Miss Lahr, if it is Saturday for an
air base lieutenant, it is also Saturday for us, and
we eniov dancing as much as shavetails. May we
not also bring our dates to OUR ballroom?
Herb Norman,
Pharmacy College.
Mr. Herbert Norman and All Male Students of the
University of Nebraska:
Gentlemen:
You ask why does the Student Union choose to
take one Saturday night a month away from the
students, of the university and schedule a dance
for air base officers?
There are on the campus 1,843 coeds compared
with 938 male students who are civilians. In ad
dition, there are some 300-plus AST trainees. Of
those civilian and military male students, a great
majority is under 18 years of age. Coeds therefore
outnumber civilian males two to one, and sopho
more, junior and senior coeds have few male stu
dents their age as possibilities for escorts. ,
The Student Union is attempting to serve the
interests of all types of students. Last summer
when the War Council imported high school girls
to dance with the AST reserves because there
were few 17 year old girls on the campus, the
campus coeds did not raise their voices in protest.
On this occasion the activities committee in
quired of all women's organized houses if they
would be interested in an officers dance. We
thought it would be a decent way of assuring
coeds of a nice week end evening. And the re
sponse was "Yes, please," from the coeds, and
the Union planned to set aside one evening a
month, Saturdays, because there were no con
flicting T .inrolnette dances in
town on that night. At this point
T rin not vet know whether the
dance will be successful and
whether it will be continued, but
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Maaarlnr E4rUn. .Mary Lsaisa Gtatwh, Harold Afiieraea
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Larraine Abransaaa
Les Said The Better
Ry Les Ghtfefiy
For arDroximatelv the 875th time since
school started we have just finished re
marking, "Wish we had something to write
a column about." Nobody even pays any at
tention any more. Once when we got hard
up, we wrote a paragraph without any "E's"
in it, but AST Al Olson very emphatically
told us that trick had whiskers &Vz feet
long. So now what?
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We have been hearing h'yar and thar that
the campus humor magazine AWGWAN is
about to rise from the grave, not that it
ever was grave y' understand. At any rate,
it sounds like a whee of an idea to us. It
went "off campus" before we got in school
in Fntpmber 1942. but we have seen copies
of it laying around the Nebraskan office.
Theta Sigma Phi, honorary journalism
group, has taken over the job of reviving
the AWGWAN and they are beavering away
like mad figuring out budgets, sources of
materials, film priorities and so on. Of
course, it isn't definite yet, because publi
cations board must approve the Theta Sig
plans before the magazine can resume pub
lication. But, at least we have something to
hope for things are going wonderfully so
far and soon after Christmas students may,
have something to laugh at besides mistakes
in The Nebraskan.
Peace Conference . .
Plans for the University of Nebraska's miniature peace con
ference are now taking shape and will be presented to all organized
groups Monday evening. This plan, as conceived by the YWCA
and interested students, is by far the most ambitious undertaking
ever proposed by any campus group. In order to be even partially
successful, every organized group on the campus, including every
student in that group, will have to take an active part in (he prepa
ration for and participation in the conference. The degree of suc
cess obtained will depend upon the amount of interest demonstrated
by every student
T.vfrv organized house, or group of 20 unaffiliated students.
will be assigned a country to study and to represent at the plenary
sessions and committee meetings of the conference. The ideas and
vipwnoints exDressed bv the students pre to be, as far as possible,
the views of the country they represent and not the views of the
students. There will be approximately three or more committees
in everv house, which, added to the voting and speaking delegation
to the two plenary sessions, will take in every student in each organization.
Aside from the excellent and "painless" educational aspect of
the conference, it will also be another "first" for Nebraska. If the
conference goes off in February when it is scheduled and is a suc
cess, UN will be the first university to carry out such a plan. How
ever, if the conference is a "flop" it will also be a good, big, black
eye for the university.
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such a dance once a
fchiD of
month.
Need I remind you that we ex
clude the military, other than our
own, from our other dances un
less they are the escort of a uni
versity girl? Need I also remind
you that we will not sell any mili
tary, olher than our own, ciga
rets? We are not attempting to
be a U.SO. or an officers' club
to military off the campus. We
are trying to serve ail of you.
Gentlemen, I am happy to an
swer your criticisms of this idea.
I am sure that this explanation
will clarify our point of view.
Sincerely,
ratriria A. Iahr,
Managing Director.
Tn All Students:
Tomorrow is your last chance
to repister so that you can take
part YOURSELF in the political
life of the campus. ALL students
who register for the STUDENT
PARTY can take part THEM
SELVES in nominal, ig and elect
ing the party candidates and of
ficers at the open caucus Tuesday
evening in the Temple auditor
ium. There is no DELEGATE sys
tem, no bosses, no blocs, nobody
forced to join the STUDENT
PARTY. All members take part
as INDIVIDUALS in the pure
democracy of the parly meeting.
This is an. invitation to all stu
dents interested in democratic
student government, and in tak
ing part THEMSELVES in cam-
mi noliiicK. to reenter for or
change to the STUDENT PARTY
tomorrow.
Bill Miller,
Co-ChCairtnan,
Student Party,
will study phases of world or-'
.ganization, world boundaries,;
treatment of axis nations and war
criminals, labor and economic'
problems, and colonial mandates.
The entire organization is priv
ileged to act as a delegation to
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