THE NEBRASKAN
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United Nations Honor Flag . . .
Four red upright bars on a field of white describe the
newest emblem of freedom in the world a United Nations
Honor Flag. This flag, only three years old, is the first
emblem in history ever to represent 44 nations. The de
signer of this flag and the man who "put the idea across"
to the various peoples and governments of the United Na
tions is a former student of U. N., Brooks Harding.
Mr. Hardiner. member of the class of 'M, was a manu
facturer of luxury goods in up-state New York three years
ago when he suddenly got the idea for a world-wide emblem
symbolizing the friendship ana co-operauon oeiween me
United Nations. He then journeyed to Washington to turn
over his idea and tentative sketches to the appropriate com
mittee, and expected to return to his job. As it turned out,
there was no committee in Washington to iiandle the idea,
so he was put in charge of such a committee formed of
representatives of various civic, fraternal, and religious
groups, which committee had the unofficial support of the
State Department. Since that time, Mr. Harding has de
voted all his time gratis to the carrying out of his idea.
Within the next year, the plan for the flag was com
pleted and the flag: had been carried in parade for the first
time. Since then, rapidly the idea of a joint symbol of
freedom of all nations has caught hold, and today united
Nations embassies, patriotic stores, schools, meetings, and
organizations thruout the country fly the Honor Flag in
the secondary position below the flag of the particular
country. By use of this flag, which represents all the
United Nations, it is thus unnecessary to fly all 44 flags or
run the risk of slighting a member country.
The white field of the flag stands for peace and purity,
the four up-right bars for the Four Freedoms undefined
for uprighteness between men and between governments,
while the red is a symbol of the blood dedicated to the
cause of freedom.
Plans are now being made thruout this country to fly
the secondary Honor Flag under the national flag on V-E
Day and if plans can be made in time, other nations expect
to introduce the Honor symbol on a world-wide basis that
victorious day. However, the flag can be flown in the
United States before V-E Day.
Following the example of the foreign embassies in
Washington, when the various campus organizations are
given national flags of the country which they will repre
sent in the coming miniature Peace conference, the Honor
Flag might well be flown. The Honor Flag, flying below
the American flag over Love Library and in front of the
Coliesum would also serve as tangible salute from the uni
versity to the Four Freedoms and to the United Nations.
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Pat ChamberVin, Censor
Letterip
To the Editor of the Nebraskan:
Recently a magazine article
warned this nation that its nat
ural resources of first-grade iron
ore were being depleted by the
war. and that we would therefore
be forced to import such ore from
Canada in the period of readjust
ment following the termination of
conflict. Moreover, the demand by
our armed forces for scrap metal
with which to produce the
weapons of war has emphasized
that scrap metals are a prime
requisite to the conduct of any
modern war. I suggest that the
present time is most opportune
for the presentation of a bill to
Congress which will make man
datory the salvage of such ton
weight of scrap-metals, from the
countries where our armed forces
have passed, as will be equal to
the ton-weight of expendable
metals imported into the respec
tive countries.
The passage of such a bill will
return to this country scrap iron
which we will need greatly in the
postwar period. It will provide
scrap-iron for "Sweetening" the
product of smelting our low-grade
ores, and reduce importation costs
we shall all have to pay. And,
most important of all, it will pro
long the period between this war
and the next one by depriving
European countries of a lirge, in
itial supply of the prime requisite
of war: SCRAP-IRON.
Sincerely,
V. I. COOPER.
Dear Editor:
"Help wanted" Is a familiar
plea in these uncertain times. But
since the necessary help is not
available, we of the Student Union
Corn Crib are asking lor a dif
ferent kind of help, co-operation
from the students which will aid
our service hampered by fewer
employes than during the "good
old days."
We submit the following sug
gestions and hope that they wilU
De seriously consiaerea:
1. If at times, service is slow,
please be patient. Don't grab at
a passing waiter's coat. (Those
coats are hard to get.)
2. Don't ask for extra large
servings. Comparatively, the
Corn Crib serves the most for
the money in town.
3. If at all possible, don't sit
at an uncleaned table.
4. Please don't
not on the menu.
order an item
5. Please try to use less nap
kins. Remember the paper short
age? 6. Extinguish cigarettes in the
ash trays The dishwasher resents
the chocolate syrup and ashes
coribination. Ask for an ash tray
if one is missing from your table.
7. Be considerate. Your waiter
i s a fellow student.
8. Lastly, if anyone wants a
nice job, healthful working con
ditions, southern and all sorts of
exposures, good pay, etc., etc.,
blah, blah, and incidentally first
crack at cigaretes (sometimes),
see
Al Charney or Jim Ota
Co-managers, Union Corn Crib
Many Happy Days I've Squan
dered, by Arthur Loveridge.
"Born with a butterfly net in
one hand and n killing bottle in
the other" was the description of
this English naturalist by one of
hir comardes in Africa. Mr. Love
ridge does not admit this state
ment but he does say that he ab
sorbed the knowledge of animal
life "painlessly while growing."
Sending UN a Christmas card from "somewhere
in Germany" Capt. HARRY PROUTY writes that
receiving the servicemen's edition of the Nebraskan
over there is "like meeting an old mend again.
CaDt. Prouty is in the 7th Corps parts of Gen
Hodge's First Army. The Corps has three Firsts
to its credit first in France on D-Day, first in Bel
gium and in Germany.
Another Christmas card sender was Capt. ED
DIE SCHWARTZKOFF. Delta Tau Delta and .var
sity gridman, who has been in the Pacific area, is
now home on leave.
Lt. PAUL TOREN, Sigma Chi, is assistant S-2 of
the 31st Headquarters F.A. Brigade at Ft. Sill, Okla
In connection with the War Scholarship Fund at
UN, he writes that he notes frm a pamphlet is
sued bv the American Council f .1 Education that
the G.I. Bill of Rights does not exclude any vet
eran from receiving additional scholarship awards
providing the award is in cash or when the award
is to make up any balance of tuition and other fees
in excess of the $500 limit set up by the Bill.
It's late news but good. Lt. JACK STEWART,
Beta Innocent, and Major KERMIT HANSEN, Beta,
both reported "missing in action" along in early
November, have been reported as prisoners of war
in Germany.
Staff Sgt. LEONARD GISSLER of Osceola, engi
neer gunner on the crew of a B-17, was recently
awarded the Air Medal at an Eighth Air Force
bomber station in England. Sgt. Gissler left UN in
January, '43.
F. VALDEMAR PETERSON, former political sci
ence instructor from 1931-33 has been promoted
to the rank of lieutenant colonel at the CBI the
ater headquarters at Assam. He is now serving as
chief of the plans and operations division in charge
of movement and operation of all Air Service Cofn
rnand units in Assam and Northern Burma.
Sgt. ERWIN A. DODGE, of Burwell, has been
awarded the Air Medal at a 15th AAF base in
Italy. Sgt. Dodge graduated from UN in '42.
Lt. GERALD L. POWELL of Hebron is pilot of
a 15th AAF F-38 in Italy, ne entered me service
in 1942 and received his training at WiPiams Field,
Ariz. At UN Lt. Powell was active in football,
track and swimming events.
Pfc. FRANK J. SACRIDER is a member of the
8th AAF Service Command in England. He has
been overseas 1 year.
ROBERT K. BOCK of Omaha, has been pro
moted to the rank of first lieutenant while serving
as a pilot with a B-24 Liberator group. He entered
the service in '42 from UN.
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Les Said The Better
By Us Glotfelty
OK nuff said:
The YWCA election is coming up next
Tuesday and some big junior woman gets
an "A" activity and a nice set-up for some
thing or other. Also the 1945 War Show is
coming up next semester, and altho the
participants have been chosen by the com
mittee, they aren't telling who is in it for
another month yet. Knowbody nos nothing.
Hear about the hen which laid an orange
instead of an egg. One of the chicken's lit
tle baby chicks saw it and shrieked, "Look
at the orange marmalade!" ,
See in one of the exchange papers from a
large midwestern university where the dean
of women slipped up. She began an impor
tant announcement to the student body as
follows:
"The president of the college and I have
decided to stop necking on the campus."
Met by a gale of laughter, the good wom
an continued, somewhat flustered, "Fur
ther, all the kissing that has been going on
under my nose must be stopped."
The AWS board is perturbed at us. While
this is not nearly as much news as man had
bitten dog, its interesting nevertheless.
Seems that we said something in a previous
column about the AWS board not being too
potently in favor of the cocurricular activity
system.. Also, we called it the point system
instead of the cocurricular activity system.
Consequently we received a charming billet
doux by pony express yesterday, which is
reprinted here
Dear Les,
The Cocurricular Activity System not
the point system as formulated has the
unanimous and enthusiastic approval of
the AWS Board. To be sure, there were
various shades of opinion on different as
pects of the system, but after discussion
and deliberate revisions, each of the 14
members of the board were completely
satisfied and voted "Yay" on the final ap
proval. We trust and sincerely hope that the
-cocurricular activity system meets with
the approval and support of every woman
student in the university.
Sincerely, AWS Board.
Neb
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