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THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
Wednesday, February 9, 1949
Rag Reporter Defines
Various Staff Species
By Emily Heine
Another lost soul wondered into
room 20, Union basement, today
and spent many minutes in deep
thought, apparently trying to de
cide which of the names on the
door went with each of the three
gibbering groups inside.
We awaited his response as
agerly as if we were phycholo
gists deep in research. Would his
behavior pattern classifly him as
type A, B or X? With mild shouts
we greeted his indecisive throat
clearing and his meek small,
"Could you tell me where I can
pay for my Cornhusker .please?"
"Another one for type A," we
cried. Little lost soul had just done
what 99 other students do each
day, thus becoming a member of
the commonest class of Rag office
visitors.
T1TE B, the next most common
variety, strides into the room,
completely overlooking the beau
tifully streamlined Cornshucks of
fice, and angrily asks for the Rag
managing editor for a copy of the
campus humor magazine. There is
also a third classification type X
which is made up of those who
come into the office to see some
one connected with The Daily Ne
braskan. Members of this group
are usually delegates from Men's
Alley Rats Co-Op No. 60, com
plaining about the circulation; oc
casionally a really distinguished
person appears, but that is an
other story.
Little friend of the moment,
whose name, it developed, is
Ephriam Higgenson, was not a
member oi the distinguished cate
gory. He was unique m one re
spect, however. He was so sweet
and eager to pay for his Corn
husker that we did not have the
heart to take his money and
pocket it. Instead we smiled kind
ly and endeavored to explain the
complicated situation:
(1 Although we were using a
Cornshucks typewriter we (2)
worked for the lias and (3)
were in the Cornhusker office
merely because there's more room.
IT WAS THEN we decided that
it was absolutely essential that we,
without further delay, set up
some ways by which members of
the three staffs which share the
working quarters mav be identi
fied. The Cornshucks staff need not
be considered in the problem if
the lost soul chooses to enter the
office before 3:30 or after 4 p. m.
During other hours they transact
their business in that convenient
first floor lounge, commonly
known as the Crib. In case anyone
should chance to see them during
office hours, Cornshucks staff
members may be distinguished
from others by their lean and
hungry look (they try to give the
impression that they are not
making a profit). A blank expres
sion, countless piles of joke books
and wild fits of laughter also
characterize staff members.
IT IS MORE DIFFICULT to
diflerentiate between members of
the Cornhusker and Rag staffs,
since a certain lack of typewrit
ers necessitates frequent commu
nication. Generally speaking,
Cornhusker workers have a care
free look, can quote typewriter
serial numbers if anyone with
two muscles and a lightfingered-
look comes into sight, and mutter
continually about file cards. They,
too. keep bankers' hours, operate
with the Crib as a home-base, and
have a marked preference for
chocolate ice cream cones.
Rug staff members also look
lean and hungry (see above), but
chances are it's because they
haven't eaten lunch. (Gotta get
that story, you know.) Faces
streaked with copy pencil and
nicotine stained fingers are taken
for granted. Here are no vulgar
quarrels over the ownership of
a pair of scissors .as occur aften
between Cornhusker and Corn
shucks staffs. In contrast to the
noise and confusion of other of
i ices, nere is a serene and seri
ous atmosphere of work. "Please"
and "thank you" are the most
frequently heard words. It is a
simple matter to see these hard
workers, for all of them are in
the office every day from 12:45
until 6.
BEFORE PURSUING THIS any
further, we'd advise you to come
down and see for yourselves. To
avoid confusion, here is a little
straight-forward advice. The
Cornhusker office is to your right
as you come in. Don't let any
one in the front office take your
money he's probably a fugitive
from the Rag. Insist upon get
ting both feet and ears into the
Hon. Ray Biemond's private of
fice before you plunk down the
fees. The Cornshucks offices is to
your left. We have heard that
the look can be picked copies
of current issues are behind the
door.
If you really want to see the
Rag staff God help you go
straight ahead until you see the
whites of a typewriter, do an
about face, smile and salute the
first person you see. -hen you'll
be off to a good start the per
son will promptly faint and you'll
be able to walk off with the
place.
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Wednesday
UNESCO office needs workers
from 2-5 p. m., today and Wed
nesday. Union ring: Pons tournament
has been postponed to Feb. 15.
Registration will continue this
week.
Tryouts for the University The
ater production, "But Not Good
bye," 7:30 until .9 p. m., in 201
Temple.
Filings for the Junior-Senior
Trom King: and Queen close Fri
day at 5 p. m. Any senior man or
junior girl with an overall aver
age of 4.5 as of Sept. 1, 1948, may
file at Union office.
Any organized house with
rooms for students attending the
UNESCO conference please con
tact the UNESCO office.
The Red Cross Institutions com
mittee will not meet.
Kappa Alpha Mu Salon Photo
Hanging at 2:30 p. m. in Gallery
A or B in Morrill Hall.
AIChE meeting at 7:30 p. m. in
Room 324 in Avery Lab.
Scabbard and Blade meeting in
cadet officer's lounge in the Ar
mory at 7:30 p. m.
UNESCO House Chairman
meeting following the Interna
tional Friendship dinner about 8
p. m. in Room 315 of the Union.
Union Music committee meet
ing:, 5 p. m. Parlor C.
f oed Follies Trymils.
7:1S Alpha Chi Omcp.i.
7:3n Sicma Kappa.
7:4. Kappa Kappa Gammv
8:00 Women's Residence Ha.il.
8:15 Sicma Delta Tau.
8:3o Pi Beta Phi.
8:4.1 Towne Club.
9:00 Kernels.
'This is Their Storv," a World
Student Service Fund film, will be
shown in the Union lounge, Wed
nesday afternoon at 4 o'clock.
Cosmopolitan Club will hold its
regular meeting, 7:15 in room 316
of the Union. Themeeting will
follow immediately "after the In
ternational Friendship dinner.
Thursday
UNESCO executive meeting in
Room 305 of Union, 7 p. m.
Monthly meeting: of Nu-Meds
in Union at 7 p. m.
rhi Chi Theta initiation in El
len Smith parlors. Pledges at 7
p. m. and actives at 7:15.
Bridge tournament playoffs at
7 p. m.
Meeting of prospective teachers,
4 p. m. in Love Memorial Library
Auditorium.
Toed Kolllea Tryoiit.
7:15 Kappa Delta.
7:30 Alpha Xi Delta.
7:45 Delta. Delta, Delta.
8:00 Chi Omeca.
8:1.1 Oamma Phi Beta.
8:30 Kappa Alpha Theta.
8:45 Alpha Omicron Pi.
:00 Alpha Phi.
Lafayette to Open
'Social Dorms'
Dr. Ralph C. Hutchinson, presi
dent of Lafayette college, Easton,
Pa., has announced a plan for
non-fraternity students that has
aroused considerable interest.
Pointing out that only about
half of this year's freshman class
has been invited to join fratern
ities, Dr. Hutchinson announced
that the first of the "social dormi
tories" will be open in a few
months. The plan is for the "so
cial dormitories" to be small units
where students live much as do
those in fraternity houses. They
will operate their own dining
rooms, have lounging and game
rooms ,and represent their houses
in intramural activities, as fra
ternities do.
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