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EDITORIAL ST A FT
Editor .Harold T. Anderaen
Mauafing Editore Leslie Jran Glotfrlly. Betty l.o Huston
Null Edidlors I'byllis Teaiarden, Shirley Jenkins, Mary Alice Cawood, Bill Roberts
Sporti Editor .Chark Peterson
Society Editor Betty Ring-
BUSINESS STAFF
Rusinesi Manarer Mildred Enrstro
Assistant Business Managers Lorraine Abramson. Shirlry Staben
Circulation Manager Janet Hutchinson
'The University Liked Them9
The ASTs are leaving. Official word of the impending
departure of this last military unit on the Nebraska campus
was released today by Chancellor C. S. Boucher.
The 13,000 men who have received AST training at UN
will not be forgotten. The university liked them, and they
liked the university. And there is little doubt that they
profited greatly from the training which they received on
this campus.
The ASTs entered the university life, participated in
university activities, dated university girls. They became
foster sons of Nebraska, Comhuskers by adoption.
Of course, they griped about the university and the
state, sang songs which poked fun at Nebraska's unpre
dictable weather. But it was good-natured griping. For
the most part, they were really quite happy in their war
created role of University of Nebraska students.
As their stay at UN ended and they departed, they left
behind many pleasant memories, many favorable impres
sions, many lasting friendships. The songs they sang as
they marched to classes, the familiar pictures of the ubi
quitous "Oogots," their valuable contributions to university
activities all these will be remembered. And it is quite cer
tain that they, in turn, will not forget the benefits which
UN offered them a chance at collegiate education, the op
portunity to share in the life of the university.
With their departure ends another chapter in the
history of the University of Nebraska, a chapter marked
by the university's service to state and nation as it trained
these 13,000 young Americans.
Army . . .
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nutrition building on the ag
campus, the housing of the sol
diers in the AST program was
made possible.
Major Raymond Ellis, director
of the school division of the 7th
Service Command, wrote re
cently, "This headquarters greatly
appreciates the co-operative spirit
and sustained effectiveness of
your staff personnel in the team
job of training the large number
of trainees that have passed
through your institution during
the two year period of rapid
growth and adjustment of the
AST.
This official statement reflects
the co-operative attitude of the
army and the university admin
istration in administering the
educational program thru which
13,000 students from every state
in the union have passed.
Looks With Pride.
Col. James P. Murphy, infan
try commandant, looks back on
the record today with pride as the
last of the trainees are about to
leave Nebraska. He recalls how
the faculty rose to the occasion in
doing the actual teaching of the
trainees and how improvisions
were made to accomodate the
"visitors" here.
"The boys liked the atmosphere
liere," he says. "Many of them
were easterners and believed we
were backwoodsmen when they
first arrived. They later changed
their minds. They like the way
the faculty conducted their classes
and we look back with pride on
the accomplishments at the Uni
versity of Nebraska."
Pie-medics, pre-dents, area and
language students, pre-engineers
and advanced engineers were
trained here. During the two
years, there was not a single
death among the 13,000 men sta
tioned here. Their grades were
good and they now have gone
on to many of th,e major battle
fields today to earn high honors
for themselves. A few have been
killed in action.
The trainees moved into Love
Memorial library in early April,
1943. Prior to that time, but not
attached to AST, a detachment of
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the Air Forces, trained here. The
STARS, the classification unit
housed at the college of agricul
ture, arrived on April 16, 1943.
Ingenuity Required.
The men were housed on two
campuses. They were fed un.;er
improvised conditions which
called for ingenuity. More than 1
million meals alone were served
at the Union to the trainees and
thousands of meals on the agri
cultural campus.
"We take our hats off to the
nutrition and food experts at the
Student Union and ag college, for
a job well done in feeding the
men," says Colonel Murphy.
"They had to operate under un
favorable conditions and at all
hours of the day and night. With
out their help, we could not have
succeeded."
Contributing their services to
the operation of the army pro
gram were many members of the
civilian faculty of the university.
Dean O. J. Ferguson of the Engi
neering college was the director
of the educational services for the
AST. Dr. C. D. Schultz served
throughout the two years as edu
cational supervisor. Professor
George Darlington was his assist
ants Many of the other faculty mem
bers had an active hand in ad
ministering the educatioinal side
of the vast program. Scores of
faculty members also taught in
the classroom. The trainees at
tended classes regularly although
under military jurisdiction. There
were as high as 2400 of them on
the campus of the university at
one time and as many as 900 in
the STAR unit for one period.
But soon the 17-year old re
serves, the last of the AST, will
be gone from the campus. Then
AST will be officially closed.
LETTERIP
Allho she has already made her
film bow at the age of seven in
Paramount'! "The Unseen," Nona
Griffith retains the unpretentious
ambition of her young life. It is
to own an Indian hat, "with
feathers."
f or 18 years Nebraak teachers
ave found our service moat dean-able.
We are now better pre
pared thaa ever to assist teachers
In gettinr better positions. For
food placement service e5! or
write.
CAVIS SCHOOL SERVICE
Lit Std VMt-, Lfecol. Nebraska
Dear Editor:
What a thrill to read Mr. Hancock's let
ter and realize that at long last someone
with the innate ability and intestinal for
titude necessary for such a move has struck
the first blow in a campaign which will cer
tainly end in the complete eradication of
Greek social organizations on this campus,
and that finally the intellectual stagnation
and criminal neglect of moral development
so characteristic of these groups will give
way to the scholarly spirit and the true so
cial feeling.
Whether or not other organizations will
quickly disintegrate after the fall of Alpha
Phi is uncertain, but once having gained a
foothold in this outpost of apathetic Ama
zons it will be a simple matter, on the next
moonless night, still accompanied by those
hard-bitten preservers of campus virtue, the
AWS board, to make a stab-in-the-back at
tack at the AOPi house. Following the truly
worthy general plan of Mr. Hancock, this
appropriate building could quickly be con
verted into the proposed dairy barn. In this
way, social fraternities would be dispatched
and at the same time the Nebraska farm
er's well-earned money, originally intended
for the construction of buildings, could be
used in luring bigger and better instructors
to this campus.
Richard H. Sundermann.
To the Editor:
Something about Bill Hancock's recent
etter on Greek letter organizations didn't
penetrate this thick skull, and because if
there's one thing I can't stand it's to be left
Mail
Clippings
Harold Harshaw.
Lt. Nate Holman, Sigma Nu, and hks
brother Bob Holman, Sigma Nu, are both
home on leave. Neither of the boys knew
the other was coming home and their par
ents did not know Bob was coming. Lieu
tenant Holman is an administrative officer
at the infantry training replacement center
at Fort McCellan, Alabama and Bob is home
from the Great Lakes Naval hospital. Bob
was a marine raider and a member of Carl
son's Raiders, famous for their activities on
Guadalcanal and Bougainville in the Solo
mons, Emiru in the Bismark Islands and
Guam in the Marianas. Bob received a leg
wound on the original beachhead landings
at Empresg Augusta Bay.
Cant. Marvin Kroecrer has been assigned
to the "Bombing Bulldogs" as a pilot. The
Bulldogs are a squadron of medium bomb
ers in the 15th air force stationed in China.
in a TviiiHdiP this is written not as an argu
ment but as a request for an explanation.
. a . A. 1 It oV 1
What, concretely, is meant ay mvuuu
repression," "emotional perversion, ana
"inrAlWtufll falsehood." and why do Greek
letter organizations cause these evils?
To arms ; uei us aeparx irom uic uui
Hrxn Af international conflict and make ours
if conflict comes follow a definite clari
fication of objectives.
Hopefully,
MADGE REINHARDT.
Goddess . . .
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Who's Who in American Colleges
and Universities.
Miss Reid is secretary of Mortar
Board, past president of home ec
club, a member of Student Coun
cil, ag exec board, A.U.F. council,
Alpha Lambda Delta, Phi Upsilon
Omicron and Omicron Nu and is
listed in Who's Who in American
Colleges and Universities.
The presentation of the God
desses concluded a review of the
history of ag campus, narrated by
Julia Crom and Melvin Jones. The
remainder of the Ag Day pro
gram, scheduled in place of the
pre-war Farmers' Fair, consisted
of special music, folk dances by
the ag physical education classes
and community singing.
The students attended an all
ag picnic later in the afternoon.
T. J. Thompson . . .
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scholarship of $100 to be awarded
to a student giving promise in the
field of physics upon recom
mendation of the department of
physics.
Frederick A. Stuff Scholarship:
Applicants for this $50 scholar
ship must have completed the
sophomore year, be majoring in
English, and be recommended by
the department of English.
Andrew V. Anderson Scholar
ship: This scholarship of $100 will
be awarded upon joint recommen
dation of the chairman of the civil
engineering department and the
dean of the Engineering College
to a last semester junior in the
department of civil engineering.
Applications should be filed with
the civil engineering department
chairman.
Gus Prestega&rd Scholarships:
A scholarship fund has been plac
ed at the disposal of the Univer
sity Foundation, and scholarships
and grants in aid for worthy stu
dents have been made from the
fund during the current year.
Miller and Paine Scholarships:
Ten $100 scholarships for students
of good ability, promise of suc
cess, and in need of financial as
sistance has been established.
Other things being equal, prefer
ence will be given to holders of
Regents Scholarships who have
completed one year in academic
courses or will have completed
the same at the end of the cur
rent semester.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred W. Putney
Scholarships: Scholarships and
grants in aid for worthy students
have been made from the fund
established, and additional
scholarships will be made to stu
dents of merit in amounts of $50
to $100 for the coming school
year.
Franklin E. and Orinda M.
Johnson Scholarships: To be eligi
ble for this fund, of ten $100
scholarships for undergraduate
students of demonstrated out
standing scholastic ability, the
student must have completed his
junior year at the end of the cur
rent school year. A student to be
considered must be nominated by
his advisor 'vith the approval of
the department of his specializa
tion, his college or school. After
nomination each eligible candidate
will be required to take an ex
amination at a time and place to
be announced.
Music Contest . . .
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Altho she is not a music major,
but instead is taking a general
course in the arts and sciences
college, Patsy plans to continue
her piano studies since her am
bition is to be a concert pianist.
The orchestra, under the direc
tion of Conductor Henri Pensis,
will offer a "pops" program of
lighter favorites including a
Mozart overture, a Strauss waltz,
and a Rumanian rhapsody.
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