Wednesday, Novemb'er 28, 1945
THE NEBRASKAN
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BY PIIEE MORTLOCK.
The crush is on, for the Beta
Sig houseparty of Friday eve
marks the last informal affair of
the season. And the Mortar Board
Ball heralds the official open
ing of the formal season . . .
Sounds fine to war-accustomed
ears . . . no? One slightly worn
campus is back on its patent
leathered, silver-sandalled feet
again with 21 wolf calls saluting
its return!
DeeGee's and Beta's yet again.'
Illustrating their special affinity
for each other are congregating
for the MB Ball this a way . . .
Punky Rapp and Jee Thomas,
Marilyn Hartsook and Gene Mer
chant, and Lois Chantry and Dean
Neill . . . Theta Marge Terrellos
is escorting Beta Jack Clemens to
the affair . . . and sister Sally
O'Shea takes Dick Bogan.
Mortar Boards at Their Ball.
The big 15 at the MB Ball will
be the Mortar Boards themselves
natch ... so saving the best till
almost the last . . . here they are
. . . Phi Mary Ann Matton will
be with Beta and West Pointer of
last year Bob Holland . . . Gamma
Phi Margie Neuman and med stu
dent from Omaha, Oliver Stors
teen, and Sue Pope will ditto with
Bill Filch, also a med student.
Kappa Alice Abel and Chi O
Jan Engle will escort favorite
sailors Don Davis and Meno Wil
hems . . . and Tri Delt Midge
Holtzscherer is dating Lt. Fell
man Jones, Sigma Nu . . . Na
turally, DG Gerry McKinsey will
dance with her Beta, Don Kline.
Edie Pumphrey and Gene Solo
mon have called it a night.
Rounding out the list of celeb
rities are Claire Kepler with Dick
Miller, Monnie Alberty with
Bryce Alberty, Lois Opper with
Glenn Sweesy and Lou Huston
with Bill Burr, former Farmhouse
man. Hannah Joyce Crosbie
called out DU way for Dean
Kratz . . . MB prexy Barb Gris
wold's lucky date is Rolan
Luedtke.
AOPi's were quick with their
decisions and decided upon: Peggy
Rennard and Keith Jones, Patty
Jensen and Beta Smedley, Bobbie
Jo Faes and DU George Steele
and Phyllis Kokjer with DU Walt
Johnson . . . KKG Ginny Turner
will turnabout with Phi Delt Bob
Kreutz . . . and DG Shirts Hinds
is dragging Ed Copple former Fiji
and varsity wrestler.
Importing Phi Rho's for the big
doin's this week end are Alpha
Chi's Betsy Behensky and B. J.
Mahan . . . The medics are George
Loomis and Bob Smith . . . Chi O
Marge Newton unsealed the bon
bons Monday night ... In honor
of hometown boy, Lloyd Bergsma
. . . Tri Delt Carol Capek spent one
delightful Thanksgiving vacation
. . . What with pinmate Earl
Lampshire carving the turkey.
Duo There.
Poo Foo Jane Johnson and the
Phi Psi Munson boy are turning
into a fine duo . . . and nothing
could be steadier than Alpha Chi
Eldonna Swann and Lt. Del Whit
ten. ATO Tommy Noble has been
straying toward the Gamma Phi
fireplace . . . looks as though Ann
Doudna were to blame!
Funniest things do hapepn . . .
take the case of the two Pi Phi
pledges, Ellie Swanson and
Genene Mitchell, who unwittingly
started a small blaze in their own
back yard! Came the fireman . . .
and no fire was there . . . came
also great apologies from the two
UN Dormite Breaks Precedent
To Reveal Halls' Imier Secrets
BY ELLIE SWANSON.
There is an institution on 16th
street that is officially known as
the Resident Halls for Women,
more commonly, however, called
the dorms. An alien, casually flit
ting by, would be likely to glance
once at the majestic exterior and
pass gaily on his way, not giving
it even a second thought. But . . .
let one who really knows tell you
more about this mad house with
out bars. However, as we delve
far into the interior and many
hitherto unveiled secrets are un
covered, never let it slip that I
told you!
One of the first things you no
tice in the rooms of dorms girls
(if you can see through the
smoke) is a buzzer on the wall.
This buzzer, I hear, buzzes and
turns white if you have a tele
phone call. On each floor there
are two booths where you merely
pick up the receiver and begin
conversing ... it says in the di
rections. There are, however, a
few complications.
For Important Phone Calls . . .
Say, for example, you are ex
pecting an important call, and,
hearing your buzzer, dash first
to the two booths on your floor.
Finding both full, you try the
other two floors left in your hall
and 15 minutes later dash over
to the next hall. If you are lucky
enough to get a phone on one of
the lirst two floors, you may be
in time to hear the operator say,
"I'm sorry but I accidentally hit
your buzzer." Otherwise it will
be your sorority calling to find
out if you would like to come
over and carry the grand piano
upstairs.
Mail, But No Males.
All dorm girls soon learn that
you may have mail in your room
but no males. This rule, however,
went lightly heeded at first. I
say this because many is the time,
while standing sparsely dressed in
the halls, I was not quite quick
enough after hearing the sharp
cry, "man on two." We soon
figured that if girls were going
to bring their fathers and broth-
nearly apopletic pledges. Gee
Gwandma, what big words oo use!
The outcome? . . . wal . . . the
two pledges have been besieged
with phone calls and even invites
to the fireman's ball ever since!
Has anyone seen our matches?
Serious Side of Life.
Phi Psi Pete Foe and Alpha Phi
Joan O'Neal turning to the more
serious side of life have called
it a pinning . . . Then there is
Gamma Phi Ginny Hamilton
who's taken back her diamond
from Iowan Phi Psi Danny Slater.
Alpha Xi Mary Armour keeps
receiving red roses, each week,
unsigned, and unwarranted (she
believes ... as the girl is going
steady with Kappa Sig Dick
Stone) pul-lease, fella, what's
your name?
Learn the
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and earn extra money. We can
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Apply at
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after 7:30 P. M.
HRISTMAS CAROLS
CONCERT
By the
University Singers
A Program of Unusual (
and Traditional Carols f
of Many Nations
2:30 and 4:00 P. M. SUNDAY, DEC. 2
STUDENT UNION BALLROOM
Free Admission Cards Available
at Union Office
ers upstairs, we had belter dress
more conservatively. Since then,
however, the whip has been
cracked. No more men . . . we
adorn the halls meagerly clad once
more.
Very common is the girl who
can't get her English assignment
for tomorrow. She marches up
and down the hall getting a little
help from every sympathizer along
the way. These cases are pathetic,
you think, so you spend the eve
ning explaining. Of course, this
only works one semester, because
when grades come out and com
pare your 80 with her 95, she is
then on her own while you march
up and down the hall seeking
sympathizers.
Sylph-Slim Figures.
University girls, being acutely
aware of any extra pounds, are
very conscientious about reducing.
They go through the lunch line
taking only a salad. They drink
only coffee for breakfast. They
have prune juice on their window
sills for that "between meal
snack." There are always those
girls, on the other hand, who are
dieting until your mother sends
you a box of sweets. Then they
become very buddy-buddy and
suddenly put off dieting until to
morrow. There are many more hazy mys
teries occurring on 16th street.
However, as much as I would like
to go on, necessity compels me
to cease. After all, I still have
to live there.
Home Ec Group
Formally Initiates
Seven Members
Formal initiation was held
last week for seven newly-elected
members of Omicron
Nu, honorary organization for
home economic students.
Those honored were: Gloria
Bremer, Pearl Doyle, Jeanette
Engle, Lorraine French, Claire
Kepler, Jean Potadle and Dorothy
Stevens.
To be eligible for membership,
all women must have a scholastic
average of 85 or above and meet
certain leadership standards. New
members are elected each semes
ter by the active members of Omi
cron Nu.
Contrary to general belief
America was not discovered by
George Washington. It was first
found by an Italian named Columbus.
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INSTRUCTION SHEETS
READY.
Instruction sheets for regis
tration for the second, semester
are now available at the Junior
Division office, according to
Dean Nels Bengston. All Junior
Division students are requested
to call for their copies in Uni
versity Hall, Room One, immediately.
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