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Vol. 43-No. 31 LINCOLN 8. NEBRASKA Wednesday, October 27, 1948
Navy to Present Exhibits
Wednesday in Open House
Oiet house will be held at the
Naval Science building Wednes
day in honor of Navy Day. The
building will be open for public
inspection from 1-5 p.m., accord
ing to Capt. W. L. Messmer,
professor of Naval Science and
Tactics.
The purpose of Navy Day,
originated by Theodore Roose
velt, is to show the public new
developments in naval equipment
and other naval advancements
Wednesday's open house will
help accomplish this goal in Ne
braska.
Equipment Demonstrated
Demonstrations of equipment
in the building will be held, and
films of naval batles and other
action scenes will be shown in
one of the basement rooms.
m-orasRans win be given an
opportunity to examine the
equipment available to NROTC
students. These students receive
the same fundamental training
as cadets of the U.S. Naval
Academy at Annapolis.
Nebraska's Navy program in
cludes two groups of cadet of
ficers, those who receive regular
Navy scholarships and those
NEBRASKA'S NAVY cadet
officers inarch in review. They
will inarch again Saturday as
the color guard for the home
coming football game. Naval
equipment will be on review
today in the Navy Department's
Open House.
termed as "contract students."
These men are all part of the
Nebraska's "Little Annapolis."
Future Officers Seen
It is from these groups of
cadet officers that some of the
United State's future Navy of
ficers will come.
The open house order Wednes
day is planned to show Ne
braskans the modern equipment
and methods used to train these
Navy students.
In honor of Navy Day, the
color guard at Nebraska's home
coming football game will be
NROTC students.
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game this week-end.
A "pre-rally rally" will be held Thursday, and the traditional
Homecoming rally will take place Friday night.
After the Friday night rally, the 1949 Pep Queen will be elected
by the student body from five Tassel candidates.
At 7:15 Thursday, students will join in the hanging of the
Bruin in preparation for the following night's rally. The 'pre-rally
rally" will take place in front of the Union.
The Homecoming rally Friday
Courtesy Lincoln Sunday Journal and Stnr.
Vesper Speaker
Talks on Politics
"Politics: A phase of Christian
Stewardship" will be the topic of
Harold C. Prichard, all campus
vespers speaker.
Prichard is a member of the
Nebraska legislature from the
First district. He is a graduate
of Peru State Teachers College
and has a masters degree from
the university. During the last
was he served as a first lieuten
ant in the field artillery.
The student's political respon
sibility in the coming election and
other political affairs will be the
. theme of Prichard's talk.
Vespers will be held at 5 p. m.
on Thursday, Oct. 28 in the Uni
versity Episcopal church.
Monson Named
ForNat'lOffice
In H. Ec Club
Gwen Monson, Ag college jun
ior, was named a candidate for
national office in the Home Ec
club at a four-state province
workshop held in Manhattan last
week-end. The election will be
held in the spring.
One girl is chosen from each of
the 16 provinces in the country
and the four national officers are
selected from this group at the
national convention.
Each of the provinces sponsors
the annual workshops to exchange
ideas for strengthening local chap
ters. Sixty members from organ
izations in Nebraska, Kansas, Mis
souri and Oklahoma attended the
Manhattan meet.
Also attending from Nebraska
were: Marilyn Boetteer, Lillian
Lock, Maria Constantinides, An
nette Carnahan and Miss Eleanor
Reimers.
Miss Monson is the secretary
of the Home Ec club on Ag cam
pus. Club meetings are held every
other Thursday at 5 in the Home
Ec building social parlors. Coun
cil meetings are conducted in the
same place on the opposite Thurs
days.
Another 'Balloon Barrage9
To Descend Upon Campus
will begin at 6:45 with the sum
moning of ralliers by sounding
the Victory bell, and shell fire.
After gathering at the Union, ral
liers will march down R to 16th
and over to Vir.e. They will then
proceed to the practice field west
of the Coliseum.
Shells Fired
Throughout the march, shells
will continue to be fired.
The 120-piece University band
will lead the rally parade dressed
in full uniform.
At the practice field, an aerial
invitation will be given. Special
speakers will also be presented.
Members of the football team
are scheduled to appear during
the rally.
One of the traditional features
of the rally is the presentation of
the Pep Queen candidates. The
girls, selected by Tassels from
their membership, will be intro
duced for the first time at the
Friday night festivities. After the
rally, members of Mortar Board
will supervise an all-student elec
tion of the 1949 Pep Queen from
the candidates.
Bruin Burned
Another feature of the Home
coming rally will be the burning
of the Bruin effigy. A grand finale
will climax the rally.
The Pep Queen will be voted
on after the festivities in four
Coliseum booths or two Union
booths. The polls will be open un
til 10 p. m. under the direction
of Mortar Board members. Stu
dents must show ID cards in or
der to vote.
The candidates' names will be
secret until announced at the
rally, and the results of the Pep
Queen election will not be known
until the Homecoming dance Sat
urday. The 1949 Queen will be
presented at that time.
Four Seniors
Campus G.O.P. Club to Stage
'Paul Revere Ride' Monday
All students are invited to at
tend a "Paul Revere Ride" and
an informal party at the Coiner
Terrace on Monday, Nov. 1,
according to Bob Wenke, com
mittee chairman of the Young Re
publicans Club. The two events
are being sponsored by the Young
Republicans Club and the Lancas
ter County Republicans.
During the "Paul Revere's
Ride," the participants will can
vass the city urging the citizens to
vote and to vote Republican. All
students who wish to attend the
ride and part are to meet at the
corner of 15th and N between 4.00
and 5:00, although students may
join the group as late as 6 00.
Wenke said that there will be
plenty of time after the ride for
the party. There will be enter
tainment, a dance band, party
games, free food and free drinks
at the party. Wenke urged stu
dents to bring dates to the "ride"
and party.
Wenke, along with John Bin
ning, president of the Young Re
publicans, stressed the importance
of a large vote and asked all in
terested students to attend the
two events.
The "balloon barrage" continues on the campus.
One hundred more red balloons will fall from the north
side of Social Sciences building at 10:55 today.
A number of the balloons released by members of theirT,rfc liiro lVTiicir
Homecoming: publicity committee will contain coupons en- AO jrIVC ItIUsIC
titling holders to free tickets to the Homecoming Dance
Saturday. The coupons can be redeemed at the Union office.
Cobs and Tassels will decorate the red balloons witn
slogans such as "Slam the Uclans!" in white paint.
One hundred balloons were dropped from the top story
of Love Library last Friday, inaugurating Homecoming fes
tivities. Over 500 students witnessed the event. Those who
caught balloons containi.ig coupons saved the $3 ticket price
for the dance.
Members of the publicity committee that planned the
balloon drop are Marcia Tepperman, Kex Kettijoi.n ana
Neal Baxter.
Seven Skits to Appear
In Coil-Agri-Fun Show
Preliminary performances of
the skits and curtain acts for
Coil-Agri-Fun have been sched
uled for Wednesday and Thurs
day of this week. The annual
student talent show will be held
on Nov. 6.
Seven skits have been entered
in the competition: Farm House,
Ag Men's Social, Loomis Hall,
Love Hall, Alpha Gamma Rho,
Amikitas and Ag Collenes. YM,
YW, Home Ec club, Loomis Hall
and Ivan Liliegren have sub-
mited entries for the curtain act
prize.
The winning skit in the talent
show will carry away the cir
culating plaque for the next
year, and the organization's
name will be inscribed thereon.
Farm House now holds the
trophy by virtue of their prize-
winning performance last year.
A $10 prize will be awarded
to the curtain act adjudged to
be best. This figure is double
the recompense offered in this
department last year.
"Performances this year will
be based mainly on originality,"
declares Coll-Agri-Fun manager,
Gale Erlewine. "We will also
enforce a rigid time limit of five
minutes on curtain acts and ten
minutes on skits," he added.
Sponsored annually by the
Btiard, the skit night is confined
strictly to Ag college organiza
tions. It was originated nearly
20 years ago to encourage origi
nality and talent among Ag students.
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Signed and Scaled
At last the Student Council
committee on the non-profit
bookstore has secured a signed
statement from W. C. Harper
that steps are being taken to
reduce book prices for students.
Also, a complete profit and loss
statement covering the last 21
months was Included In the of
ficial report. See page 4 for the
full story.
Recitals Today
Gretchen Hemminger, pianist,
Nancy Pierson, soprano, Harold
Bauer, bartione, and Orville Voss,
clarinetist, will present their senior
recital at 4 p.m. today in the
Temple Theater. Dorothy Taylor
and Dorothy Schneider will be
accompanists.
The complete program is as
follows:
Stur Vlcino Rnnn
Widmung Schumann
At Parting Roger
Love Went A Riding Bridge
Mr. Bauer
Misa Taylor
Concerto In Bh Allegro Mozart
Fanlasie Caprice Lefebvre
Mr. Rom
Miss Taylor
Sonata. K 309 Mozart
First Movement
Nocturne. Op. VI, No. I Chopfn
Bagatelles. Op. 5 Tcherepnine
No. 2 Con Vicacita
No. 5 Dolce
No. 1 Allegro Maratole
Miss liemmlnger
Ive Has Eyes Bishop
Chanson Norwegienne Fourdrain
Hi Mi Chiamano Mlmi-La
Boheme Puccini
Misa Pierson
Miss Schneider
Nay, Bid Me Not Resign Iive . . Mozart
Miss Pierson, Mr. Bauer
Miss Schneider
Coeds Offer Both
Glamour, Tickets
Now it can be told. The whistle
baiters which adorn the big booth
in the Union these davs are not
beauty queen candidates, or
would-be Honorary Colonels, or
future Nebraska Sweethearts.
Some how the word has gotten
around that they're . . . Tassels.
granted they are a definite im
provement over the drab walls
of the Union corridor their prime
function is not decoration. They
are selling tickets for the big
Homecoming Dance, at only $3
per couple. So step right up, the
I tickets are going fast.-