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8 THE DAILY NEBRASKAN Friday, March 1, 1940 Cornhitikcr Field Company . . . Begins enlistment drive for spring combat problems The Cornhuaker Field Company, under the direction of Maj. John Ayotte, ha begun its enlistment drive for this spring. Each spring the company puts on a series of combat problems in the field, and has lectures and demonstrations to aid military science students in getting a practical, as well as theoretical, knowledge of the sub jects covered in the regular mili tary classfoone. There wiW be a meeting of the field company tomorrow at 9 a. m. in Nebraska hall. Interested military science students may re port at thw time. A program has been made out for indoor work un til the weather permits outside field eercife. No cloe order driH. The field company is a unit or ganized for iieit. service and there is no clo oro'er drill in its sched ule. The con.pany is normally composed of approximately 100 men, who Jorni a headquarters platoon and three rifle platoons. The eompaxy officers this year are Joseph Fraser. captain; Robert Nelson. xt-:-iitive officer, Ralph Reed, Cha.J)t Fillsbury, Robert Fillsbury, find John Folsom, pla toon leaders,. Infantry sophomores find the outdoor experience an aid to their regular classes in combat princi ples and scouting and patrolling. Juniors receive instruction and practice in field problems like those they will have in summer camp, and seniors have an oppor tunity to handle men in the field. The field company rates high in the military department. Two colo nels, and a number of other offi cers are included in its membership. upinion (Continued from Page 1.) A small group of 2 percent said, "Neither." Men and women students show practically the same preferences, although there are more boys than co-eds who still like swing. When the ballots were tabulated by sexes these were the results: Mm Womn ft' In S 9 Sweet 64 Neither S 1 Although the size of the ma jority varies from section to sec tion over the country, swing got less than half of the votes every where : a b r New Knclnnd ;;, 7 0 Middle Atlantic S5 04 1 Kat rnml It 7S S West Central SO 08 2 Southern 85 62 S Knr West SS 4 I . S. Total 82 W) 2 A Sninlt; B (.weet; C Neither. MAGEE"S Spring j! Salute the dressmak- JHr)? V er suit . . . it's the focal Xnrt-C. j f point of your spring ut M , wardrobe . . . right for f It now, right for later, I fj r-ght aU the time. I ,w ,f They're soft ... they're I I (j feminine . . . and bo 1 3 I I many fabrics and styles 1 j at Magee's...at such . j I j, pleasing prices. 1 1 ao 11 td m-f II I fl I "t.yuri - I ' J I I l''0" l very 1 ' mr k I important 1 'if Mm) J93 ' 4?i KJjMv' u j, t 10 to 20 4 Third rtr , V H Rehearsal (Continued from Page 1.) posed of John Mason, Robert Sand berg, and Lynn Myers. Warren Brainard was cast as the pedler, with Harold Swan as his sec ond. Howard Lynch who played the part of President Roosevelt in last year's production will be played by Robert Lynch. Committees appointed by the club to take care of the prepara tion of the show are: scenery, Clyde Marti and Dwight Burney; program, Bob Aden and Don Sher man; costumes, Ralph Reed and Carl Harnsberger; tickets, John' Mason; properties, Leo Cooksley and Elton Wiley; theatre, Orval Hager and Jean Wolf; publicity, Dick cteBrowa tad Gg Fria- cher. With the announcement of the two casts Director Hunter said, "No laxness or slovenliness on the part of the actors will be toler ated. Any participant who fails to measure up to the highest stand ards in either ability or coopera tion will be dropped from the cast. Member of the alternate cast with the same part will step into the delinquent person's role. A take-off on the Riwsio- Finnish war, the show tells of the adven tures of the Fans (Finns) when they try to steal the vodka of the Rush (Russians) after the latter had successfully stolen their skis. Reporter (Continued from Page 41 sororities and live in the hows they pledge. That many girls Mr; ing together could surely cauM a. riot. Ruth Grant, Ag, Freahma Just picture, if you can, active answering the phone. Beside It would be too crowded. Orpha Mm J&Jmeon, TMfcrtv Freshman Some girls won't be able to af ford this and for that reason might go elsewhere to school. I can see no logical reason for this act. Zoe Wilson, A&S, Freshman After all aren't people of oolleg age old enough to know what the score is? They should be' aWe to choose their own dwelling. I, - V I, - yfi - -Vl-lK i It&i i vf i t r. i l .- l v I I t U 11 ! ! '. 4 i t0 Of e "' Vfc . 0"'t Ce- , A