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THE NEBRASKAN
Friday, December 14, 1945
BY BET KING
Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, yep,
Christmas is on its way. Just wit
ness all the Christmas house par
ties coming up this weekend, if
you don't believe it.
The dorm's annual midwinter
formal is Friday night's main
event. Once again they will pre
sent the dorm sweetheart for this
year. There to see who the lucky
gal is going to be will be Dorm
Governor Nickie Nickerson with
Eligible Bachelor Lowell Ander
son. Nedia Ohmstead is a lucky
gal in her own right. The man in
her life, Eddie Valek, is making
the trip from Kansas especially
for the party. Mary Lou Camp
will cut a fine figure with Sig Ep
Carson Doering. Proving that they
have more than a name in com
mon will be Connie Henry and
date Bob Henry. The Navy will be
at the party practically en masse.
Ray Wilkins and Mike Byrne will
escort roommates Arlene Kostal
and Libby Robinson while Bob
Scott squires Becky Shackelford
Friday night also finds the DU
fellas partying. "Bookie" Mccor
mick and Gamma Phi Lois B.
Johnson wil be there together to
take in all the fun.
Saturday Night for Parties
Saturday night is really the
party night. Witnessing the Theta
Christmas party will be Patti
Holmes with Sig Chi Mart Pesek.
Now there's a boy that really gets
around. Mickey Miller will be with
Jerry Gardner again. That combo
seems to appear quite regularly
nowadays. Coll Quigley and her
date, Beta Jack Cressman, are a
brand new duo as of last Sunday.
Progressing over Chi O way on
Saturday night we find Kay Blue,
complete with formal, dancing
with Sig Ep Johnny Adams. Shir
ley Stapleton persuaded Sig Chi
steady, Hite Grainger, to take in
the big affair. Mary Lou Park
hurst and Dick Carr of the Silo
house find the party fun plus.
Margerie Amen coaxed date Lynn
O'Dell in from the wilds out DU
way.
Over at the Alpha Xi house an
other Christmas party will be in
full swing. Jeanne Marchant and
Stewart Harrison, who wields the
gavel at the Sigma Nu house, will
be together for an evening of fun.
Mary Armour, of course, will
again be escorted by Kappa Sig
Dick Stone.
Anything Can Happen.
At the Pi Phi party anything
can happen. The pledges refuse to
tell the actives anything about the
party including the time. Lou
Jane Johnson is taking Phil Mun
son, Phi Psi, nevertheless. Betty
Stanton, too, has courage enough
to invite Phi Gam Bud Koupal.
Dorothy Nelson will be there with
Gene Castner to help her cope
with anything that may happen.
Speaking of the Pi Phi's one
of the funniest stories of the week
concerns two of their pledges and
Phi Gam Tom Cornish. The other
day Tom whipped into the Crib
with Barb "Zip" Cypreansen for a
coke date. Five minutes after ex
iting with "Zip," Tom trekked
back in for another coke date, this
time with pledge Ellie Swanson.
At least Tom confines his inter
ests to one house, but Heaven help
him if he ever forgets just which
pledge he has a date with.
Back to parties again this time
the Gamma Phi one. Donna Eilers
and Marv Athey are making a
weekend of it . . . the Garr-ma
Phi party Saturday night and an
other date Sunday. Hmmmm. An
other DU date will be Virgil Ohse
with Eileen Heperly.
Out on Ag.
Out on Ag campus Saturday
night there will be another party.
This is the date set for the Ag
Men's Social Club's Christmas
Party. Loomis Hallites, Harriet
Moline and Delores Nielsen will
be escorted by Wayne Waddell
and Merwyn Row. Helen Horton
of Love Memorial Hall is all set
Freshman Coeds
Rate High Praise
For Wardrobes
BY GRACE SMITH.
In tripping along the clothes
lines of old U. N., we find that
many of the so called "still to
learn" freshmen gals are really
and truly dream girls. One
wouldn't have to explore far to
discover the newest styles and the
latest creations of the fashion
world today.
Thrilling navy man Paul Hick
man of Omaha, we find D. G
Barbara Dunn setting an "out of
this world atmosphere" in her
black and white crepe dress. The
slim black drape skirt is stun
ningly set off by the white crepe
blouse studded with tiny rhine-
stones.
A Second Glance Rated.
Elinor Lykke, Alpha Phi, cer
tainly rates a second glance when
she wears her red wool Chester
field dress with her matching red
kid shoes. She tops this combina
tion with a silver-blue fur coat,
for a striking outfit.
If a good looking suit is what
you have in mind, Joan Marcell,
AOPi, tops the list in her three-
piece maize wool attire. Worn
with either black or brown ac
cessories, it's a smart ensemble.
Alpha Chi Gretchen Hemmin-
ger was looking mighty pert in
her brown suit and her new mou
ton fur coat at the Messiah last
Sunday afternoon. The suit is
made of a fine gabardine, and the
coat is three-quarter length fit
ting snugly at the neckline.
Mary Ann Korb, Gamma Phi,
has just what it takes for after
noon wear when she dons a cocoa
brown gabardine skirt with a
smooth-fitting brown and tan
checked jacket. The outfit is
completed with a little hat made
of the same material as the jacket
and her brown alligator purse and
sandels.
New and Different.
For something new and differ
ent, you might take a peak at the
hose that Marcy Reich, SDT,
wears with her school day get up.
Her skirt is dark green plaid, and
her sweater is a corresponding
green. The hose are long and
cable stitched, matching the
sweater perfectly. This is what
we might call an ideal campus
outfit for winter weather.
Formal dances are once again
in the 'limelight, and Bobbie
Busch, KKG, looks glamorous
plus in her red net formal
trimmed in dainty leaves formed
by silver sequins. The gown is
off the shoulders and possesses a
full, swaying net skirt.
These are just a few of the
freshmen girls who can be classed
as stiff competition for any of
our fair campus queens, and when
the fellas of our admirable col
lege are in the market for the
best, surely they won't find any
greener fields.
Lt. McDowell Explains
Navy-Marine Coordination
How the Marine Corps and the
Navy coordinate into an amphib
ious team is the subject of a two
week course now being given
NRO students by Lt. Dean N. Mc
Dowell, USMC. Lt. McDowell
served oversease in the Pacific
with the Marine Corps for 26
months.
Quid; Service
Gocd Food
Reasonable
Prices
at
Bill Meredith
1347 "0"
for the big evening with the club's
president, Wilbur Bluhm.
Weekends are wonderful things,
aren't they? We're all in favor of
throwing an extra one in every
Wednesday.
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BY BARBARA KIECHEL.
The breezes tingle with excite
ment, the evening silence is brok
en by disturbing thuds as another
piggy bank is hurled to the floor
and the two pennies jingle down
the hall. Mystery cloaks the air,
and coeds fall into their beds with
visions dancing through their
bobby-pinned heads of St. Nicho
las squeezing through the chimney
with a beaver coat protruding
from his bag. Strains of "White
Christmas issue from every loud
speaker, and children's faces beam
with joyful anticipation. College
students are . . . writing term
papers.
The most avid proponents of the
theory that "it is more blessed to
give than to receive" are the pro
fessors. As soon as they scan their
calendars (to see when they can
schedule the next examination)
and notice that the convivial holi
days are nearly upon them,, the
Christmas spirit takes possession
of their souls and they begin
"giving."
Giving mammoth assignments,
reminding us that notebooks are
due, and that the term papers
they mentioned last September
should be ermine in. However,
the day before vacation, they will
be sure to smile prettily, wish us
a Merry Christmas, and send us
upon our gleeful ways with the
kind benediction: "Leave your
books at school; forget your wor
ries for awhile. Enjoy your
selves! By the way, there will
be a pre-final examination over
the next 52 chapters the Monday
you return."
Christmas shopping progresses
as usual, with battered shins and
fractured skulls the order of the
day. One is almost ashamed to
appear in public without a black
eye or a bandage adorning some
portion of the body. Minus such,
badges of valor, the person prac-'
tically acknowledges that he has
not participated in the glorious
battle of O street, that he is not
consumed with a sense of bene
volence; that Christmas means
nothing to him.
Among the most persistent
plagues of the pre-holiday rush
are the well meaning relatives and
friends from the surrounding
countryside. They consider every
acquaintance fortunate enough to
reside in the dazzling metropolis
of Lincoln, their personal shop
ping service, and make enthu
siastic use of such convenient fa
cilities. For several weeks the
harrowed student returns from an
llo'clock, to be greeted by a mail
box miraculously crammed with
envelopes. But, as soon as she
recognizes Aunt Jane's orange j
stationery, she knows the reason.
"I know you are busy," begin
two-thirds of the letters (the
other one-third are down slips),
"but I can t find a thing here in
Polecat Center, and I knew you
wouldn't mind getting a few
things for me there in Lincoln."
Enclosed is either a seven foot
list, including everything from a
piano for Cousin Rosie to the
Chrstmas turkey, or three threads
of a purplish-green hue, with in
structions to match it in a bath
mat and a lampshade.
Of course the accommodating
FOR SPECIAL FRIENDS AND J
ALL MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY I
I Goldenrod Stationery Store K
t 215 No. 14 Open 9 to t
The Union Christmas Party for All
FREE DANCE
Smith-Warren Orchestra
Playing 7:30 P.M. to 10:15 P.M.
Caroling in the Lounge
8:00 P.M. to 10:00 P.M.
Free Cokes -arid Brownies
TUES.,: DEC. 18
student, who hasn't a thing in
the world to do, not counting three
1,500 word themes and seven
notebooks, is only too happy to
run these erranrs for dear old
Aunt Jane. Even if Auntie hasn't
given her a thing since the time
she caught her niece feeding her
gift of gooseberry marmalade to
the neighbors' wolfhound. She's
so happy to lose her teeth fight
ing for Uncle Oscar's long under
wear that she 11 probably absent
mindedly tuck a hand grenade
into their voluminous folds, when
she packs the crate and ships it
to Aunt Jane. She will if she's
smart!
But, despite the perverted gen
erosity of the faculty, the weak
ened constitution that results from
active service in the department
store theater, and the petition of
bankruptcy she was forced to file
with the district court, each and
every student is dreaming of the
blessed sojourn "back to civiliza
tion." Perhaps this year holiday leaves
will actually come through, and
she won't have to spend New
Year's Eve blowing her baby sis
ter's nose, while Mom and Dad flag
off to a Tom and Jerry party. The
chances are, the leaves of all the
eligible bachelors will be can
celled at the last minute, but, even
at that, it has to be better this
year. At least baby sister has ma
tured enough to make a second at
gin rummy.
Residence Halls
Present Annual
Formal and Tea
The annual mid-semester for
mal given by the Residence Halls
will be held tonight in the Dorm I
Ballroom. The big event of the
evening will be the presentation
of the "Sweetheart of Raymond
Hall." Frances Ellsworth's band
will provide the music for the
evening.
The girls who are candidates
for the title of sweetheart of the
dorm are, Nedra Olmstead, Phyllis
Jones, Barbara Rowland, Maxine
McKenzie and Jody Wolcott. The
girls were elected by the vote of
all residents.
The Dorm will also hold Its
Christmas Tea, given each year
for all former residents this week
end. The tea will be held Sat
urday between 3 and 5 p. m.
Have Your
Clothes Cleaned
Before Xmas
Vacation
CONVOCATION
ROBERT FRIERS
In Person
Presents His All-Color Motion Picture Travelogue
"MEXICAN HOLIDAY"
3:00 P.M., Sunday, Dec. 16
Union Ballroom
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