Thurs'day, September 16, 1943
THE DAILY NEBRASfCAN
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Ueiomi Will Begin
Year
With All-Campus Open
Schedule
Friday
House
Frosh Hop to be Staged
In Union After I. S. Game
The "Frosh Hop," general "get-acquainted" party for all fresh
men, will be held Sepi. 25 from 9 p. m. until rnidnight in the Union
ballroom.
The dance is being sponsored by the Innocents society and the
Student Union under the co-chairmanship of Bob Easter and Jack
Selzer. The Smith Warren band has been obtained for the event
and will provide favorite dance tunes to keep the party moving.
Freshmen will also have the opportunity to meet uppcrclassmen who
are concerned with campus ac
t i v i t i e s and
who may be
recognized by
their Corn Cob
sweaters, Tas
sel unifo r m s,
Mortar Board
uniforms, I n
nocents jackets,
etc.
Bob Hamil
ton is chairman
of the decora
tion and enter
tainment com
mittees for the
Includes
Dancing, Movies
Gustavson
Now Touring
Scandinavia
Chancellor R. G. Gustavson is
one of four prominent Swedish
Americans in the United States
who were invited by the Swedish
government to visit Sweden this
month.
The others are Dr. Howard
Hanson, formerly of Wahoo, out-
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Bob Easter
R. G. Gustavson
standing American composer and
conductor: Dr. E. F. W. Alexan
derson, famed inventor and for
mer consulting engineer of the
General Electric Co.; and Profcs
sor John O. Christianson, facul
ty member at the University of
Minnesota and head of its school
of Agriculture.
The trip is the concluding event
of the Pioneer Centennial cele
bration of the coming of the
Swedish-Americans to the Middle
West. It is being made at the ex
pense of the Swedish government.
Chancellor and Mrs. Gustavson
left Lincoln Sept. 7 and sailed
from New York City on the
"Gripsholm" Sept. 10. In Sweden
they will visit Gothenburg Sept.
20-24, and the Chancellor will
address a special public meeting
there on Sept. 23. From Sept.
25-30 they will be in Stockholm.
The highlight of their stay there
will be an American-Scandinavian
Friendship dinner Sept. 27 in
Town Hall, arranged by the
King's Committee.
Dr. Gustavson will take part in
a seminar at the University of
Upsala Oct. 1-2; on Oct. 3 he
will visit the Altuna Agricultural
Experiment Station; on Oct. 4-5
he will take part in a seminar at
Lund University; and on Oct. 7 he
will visit the Ag experiment sta
tion at Svalov.
From Oct. 9 to 16 the Gustav
sons will visit Lapland and the
region of Sweden within the
Artie Circle, and from Oct. 16-22
they will see other regions of interest.
1948 Cornhuskers
Students who have not yet
received their 1948 Cornhusk
ers may pick them up . at the
Cornhusker office in the base
ment of the Student Union this
week between 1 and 4 p.m.
The remainder of partial pay
ments for yearbooks will also
be collected.
hop. The ballroom will be deco
rated with colorful posters ad
vertising activities and organ
izations, about 40 or 50 in all.
The entertainment will include
a h u m o rous
skit which will
give the fresh
men a glimpse
of the various
a c t i v ities as
well as provid
ing amusement.
The skit fol
lows a befud
dled freshman
as he enters
college and be
comes a c
quainted with
the campus or
ganizations and the big events
of the year.
Tickets for the "Frosh Hop"
are 7oc per person ana may oe
purchased at the door or from
members of the Innocents soci
ety. There is no admission charge
and identification cards will be
checked at the door.
Jack Selzer
Name Two New
Army Officers
To ROTC Staff
Lt. Col. John W. Thomas, for
merly of Tampa, Fla., and Maj.
Winston E. Wallace, of the I'ana
ma Canal Zone, are two new
members of the ROTC staff at the
University of Nebraska.
Lt. Col. Thomas is head of the
engineer unit, succeeding Lt. Col.
Merle J. Scnn who has been as
signed to the General Staff college
at Ft. Leavenworth, Kas.
A native of Pennsylvania, Lt.
Col. Thomas is an ROTC graduate
from Pennsylvania State college.
He served for 41 months in the
South Pacific during the war. He
also spent several months in the
North Atlantic. Lt. Col. and Mrs.
Thomas, and their son. Jack, will
reside at 1101 Idylwild drive. Jack
will attend Lincoln high school.
Maj. Wallace is a native of Vir
ginia and an kuii; graduate oi
Virginia Polytechnic Instntute. He
replaces Maj. John P. Howard,
who is retiring, as head of the
military police unit. In Panama,
Maj. Wallace served 11 months as
battalian commander, and 18
months as Provost Marshal of the
Pacific Sector, U. S. army, Carib
bean. Maj. and Mrs. Wallace, and
their two children will reside at
3142 North Cotner.
Kosmet Klub Meeting
All students who wish to be
come Kosmet Klub workers are
asked to meet at ii; p.m. Mon
day, September 20, in room K
of the Union. Each house may
send two workers and any
number of unaffilliated stu
dents may apply. Workers
must be at least sophomores.
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The Student Union, center of campus activities for students, faculty,
aud alumnae.
J r'ir s'& iV" iff
NU students dancing in the ballroom of the Student Union at the
first "open house" a year afro. The 1949 open house is scheduled
for this Friday evening, 8:30 p. m.
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Members of the Union Board, cutting the 10th birthday cake for the
Student Union. The cake was a frosted replica of the building.
Club of 'Red Men9 Exposed
T h e y'r e not Communists.
They're not embarrassed ghosts.
They're not on fire. They're not
human. They are Corn Cob
pledges.
Yes, the men in red who attack,
capture, beat, and yell at every
innocent passerby are legalized by
the University. So you can't de
mand your constitutional rights.
You just have to buy another
Cornhusker and N-Book.
Striking tenor into the hearts
nd a vacuum into the pocket-
books of all victims, these travel
ing salesmen are pledged to the
men's pep organization, Corn
Cobs.
The Corn Cobs are only re
sponsible for the pep and en
they don't have to worry about
thusiasm of the university, so
what they do to prospective
Cornhusker and N-Book buyers.
Remember to watch out for
these men in red all year. When
this selling campaign is over
they'll be around to sell tickets
to the Homecoming dance, junior-
A complete list of campus fav
orite entertainers has been lined
up for the first big "open house"
of the Student Union which will
be held Friday evening at 8:30
p. m.
Innocents and Mortar Boards
are to be official hosts and host
esses, along with the members of
the Union Board, for this first big
campus-wide party of the year.
All Union facilities will be open,
including game rooms, ballroom,
movies and lounges. The even
ing's schedule includes dancing to
the music of Jean Moyer, three
showings of John Carson's magic
act, a floor show by Juan Illueca,
triple showing of variety movies
and two organ interludes by Jay
Norris.
New motion picture and sound
equipment will be initiated in
Room 315. Three shorts, "Mexican
Moods," a musical in technicolor,
"Old Black Joe;" and the story
of the "Banff Jasper Highway,"
are scheduled for the open house.
Although no tournments are slated
for this early fall affair .equip
ment for ping pong, bridge, pin
ochle, or chess will be available.
Committees Sign Up
Ed Temple, first vice-president
of the Union Bo:ird, will be sta
tioned in the main entrance to ex
plain and sign up students for
work on the committees which
will plan Union activities for the
year. An Ag Union member will
also be on hand. Committee po
sitions are open to any student,
including freshmen. The Student
Union operates on a plan whereby
freshmen and sophomores work
for a year on committees which
best suit their interests. They are
judged by their committee chair
man at the end of the year as to
merit of their work in relation to
being placed on a slate for elec
tion to the Union Board of Direc
tors. This board, composed of
students, faculty, and alumni, is
the supreme governing body for
the Student Unions on both
campuses.
For those interested in learning
more about this activity, infor
mation will be posted, and Union
workers will be on hand to help
with the applications. Committees
which are recruiting workers are
music, general ente rtainment,
games, library and house rules,
convocations, hospitality and pub
licity. Full Evening's Schedule
The evening's schedule for Fri
day night's open house is arranged
so that everyone may see each
special show or acts. All acts
except those taking place in the
ballroom will be given more than
once.
The schedule is as follows:
Main lounxc. 8:00-9:00 Orcan Inlr rind
with Jay NorrM.
Ballnxmi. 8:30 nanrlnr brrlna with
Jean Mnyer and Ore lien! ra.
Parlor XI Z, 9:00 John Carmin Made
Show.
Main lounge, 9:30-10::t0 OrKan interlude
with Jay Norris.
Main lounge and ABC. 9:30-11:00 Re-
frenhnirntn.
Koooni SIS. 9:3 Mvk-a.
Ilallroom. 10:15 Floor show with Juan
Illua.
I'arlora XVZ. 10:00 John Carton Marie
Show.
Room SIR, 10:30 Movlr
Parlors XVZ, 11:00 John f arson Made
Show.
This opening party in the Stu
dent Union has been planned by
the new Union Activities Commit
tee, under the leadership of Mrs.
Dorothy Wicrich Day, who has re
cently joined the staff as Activi
ties Director.
Committee members are: Miss
Alice Mathauser, Ag Union Di
rector; Bob Easter, Marge Cherny,
Ed Trumble, Mary Ellen Schroed-
er, Paul WeKchek, Byron Hooper,
Sue Bjorklund, Neal Miller, Har
riet Moline, and Jack DeWulf.
The open house is held at the city
Union for members of both
campuses.
Senior Prom and so on ad infinitum.
But above all, on football-
weekends t he corny pledges Will
be selling flowers, fitting comfort
for the targets of the Red Scare
of the Corn Cobists.