Sunday, October 12, 1S41
DAILY NEBRASKAN
Myra Colberg Describes War
Evacuations in Area of London
Editor's Note: This is the second
in a series of articles by Freshman
Myra Colberg, who was in Eng
land during the early period of the
war.)
By Myra Colberg.
While blackouts came into force
in the early days of the war aa a
rather new plan, hundreds of peo
ple thruout the country were
thinking of their work in a far
more complicated and well planned
system, the evacuation of Eng
land's largest cities, London in
particular. Those first three days
of the war made the people of
London see in all reality the sep
aration of thousands of families,
rich and poor alike, in what be
came the largest exodus of youth
ever to leave that city with its
8,000,000 population.
From early morning until sunset
trains, buses and private cars
formed one continual caravan of
traffic heading for places of safety
throuout the whole island. The
youth of England were on the
march not to meet the enemy but
to hide under the protecting arm
of the present generation for the
emergencies like these in years to
come.
School Board Busy.
Spring, 1938, saw the school
boards busily co-operating with
the city councils arid the members
of the British government in set
ting up plans for the evacuation of
all large cities upon the immedi
ate declaration of an emergency.
Evacuation provided not only for
school children but also children
too young to attend schools, moth
ers, invalids, hospital patients, and
the aged. When the first crisis
reached its peak, when Chamber
lain flew to Munich for the third
time these plans were already in
full swing.
Hospitals were rapidly being
emptied and the school children
were ready at schools thruout the
country to be evacuated any time
during the day. This emergency
which did not ever break provided
en excellent chance to see the prin
cipal faults and correct them so
that the next year, altho there
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was a certain amount of confusion
major details that had been over
looked the year before, were now
ready for action.
Parents Consulted Often.
According to the plans for evac
uation which became standard in
every town in England, letters
were first sent to the parents tell
ing them of their chance to say
whether they wished their children
evacuated or whether they would
be entirely responsible for them.
Parents who met this offer with
approval then held frequent meet
ings with the school boards and
were given more specific details
about how they should have their
children ready for evacuation and
what plans would be made as to
the persons' welfare when they
reached the other end of the line.
The division of these groups into
the homes that they were best
suited for were under the super
vision of the billeting officers,
whose duty it was to see that all
possible homes where there were
room were filled; it is the gov
ernment's privilege during a time
of war to b allowed to enter
homes without warrents to see
whether you are filling your quota.
This was particularly hard on the
people who had large homes and
little means, for the evacuees paid
only a minor amount for room
and board, considering the ex
penses of a war time country.
Took Food, Gas-masks.
Altho the evacuation of people
other than school children took
place, the citizens of the country
knew more about the schools and
their plans since it effected so
many more homes. Trying to con
serve on all possible space, the
children were limited in what they
could take with them. The main
item on the list was enough food
to last three-days, and, of course,
gas-masks and two blankets.
The only clothes they could have
with them were to be packed in an
overnight bag. All of these sup
plied were kept at school in readi
ness, while each student had a
written tag with all necessary in
formation about the student on it.
and N
When the time came for their de
parture the billeting officers were
swamped and for several nights
students had to sleep in public
buildings, barns or wherever they
could find room.
After several weeks of shifting,
people finally were settled and the
schooling .system which is still
being followed today was adopted;
namely that, the pupils who had
always lived in the town went to
school in the morning and the
evacuees were sent in the after
noon. This war caused disruption not
only in business, the home and the
family, but also in the education
of Britain's young people and will
be one of the early things which
the government will have to
straighten out after this conflict
is over.
First Dental
Dean Donates
Rare Models
Three rare models of early den
tistry were presented recently to
the dental college museum by Dr.
W. Clyde Davis, first dean of the
college. A denture , made of hu
man teeth and walrus tusk, is per
haps the most valuable, accord
ing to college officials.
The denture was made in early
colonial days in either New York
or Philadelphia. The base part
and the posterior teeth are hand
carved out of walrus tusk and the
himan teeth taken from more
than one mouth since there are
eight small teeth in the space
where six normally would be are
attached to the tusk base by
means of small pins carved from
hickory wood.
A second specimen was fused
together out of three molars that
were removed by Dr. Davis in
1903. The specimen is believed to
be twice as large as any other of
its kind.
Upper and lower partial den
tures, made in England about 1700,
show the old "paste teeth" used
in that era. The teeth are at
tached to gold bases, which are
drapped at various points with
string to protect the tissues of
the mouth from irritation.
The dentures are connected with
a fine gold spring which is to keep
them more firmly in place.
Final Exams Are
Fun But Difficult
At California Fair
SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif.
(ACP). Discovered: One college
"final exam" that pleases the stu
dents. Not because it's easy, either.
In fact, it's so hard it was cho
sen to form the basis for one of
the contests at the California
State fair.
It's the examination for the
tractor skills course at California
Polytechnic college James F. Mer
son, agricultural mechanics in
structor, originated the examina
tion, which is. more like a diffi
cult game than a test.
Merson's test is like a game of
golf using tractors for golf clubs
and stakes instead of holes. As in
golf, the lowest score is the best
score. The object of one of the
four events is to drive a wheel
tractor, pulling a spring tooth har
row, up and down several rows of
stakes, cultivating as close as pas
sible to the stakes without knock
ing any of them down.
Educators Give
Favorable Report
BATON ROUGE, La. (ACP).
An inquiry into operation of Louis
iana State College of Agriculture
has culminated in a favorable re
port from an appointed commit
tee of educators.
Members of the committee,
named by the American College
council, were Pres. T. O. Walton
of Texas A. & M., Denn H. II.
Kildce of Iowa State Agricultural
college and I. O. Schaub, agricul
tural extension director of North
Carolina.
The committee finds the gen
eral situation "not serious." It
recommends simplification of ag
ricultural courses for undergradu
ates and improvement of libraries
and laboratories, and commends
LSU on the quality of its agri
cultural college faculty.
Lead By Majorettes .
High School Bands Exhibits
Talent Before Football Fans
Great spectacle of Saturday's
game was the 1,000 piece mass
rendition of 'The Star Spangled
Banner."
"What a riot of color! Almost
40 high school bands, all of them
outfitted in the flashiest of uni
forms. Reds and whites were in
the majority. But there were
greens, blues, blacks, maroons and
a host of others.
And there were drum major
ettes. Most of them were attired
in the traditional very scant shorts
and trim looking coats.
Pretty Girls Shine
At the head of many bands were
mighty mites pretty little girls
with outfits duplicating those of
the older girls. They twirled their
miniature silver batons like vet
erans and stepped high, wide and
handsome.
In the morning the bands all
paraded before a group of critic
judges. The routines were some
thing to behold. One little organi
zation formed in the shape of an
Hunkins Talks
To Educational
Heads Friday
Dr. R. V. Hunkins, superintend
ent of schools at Lead, S. D., dis
cussed "The Rise of Smaller School
Administration" before a banquet
meeting of Phi Delta Kappa, na
tional professional fraternity of
men in education, at the Union
Friday evening.
The speaker is well known as a
pioneer in the study of small
schools. Born in Beaver Crossing,
Neb., he was graduated from Ne
braska in 1914 with a BA degree.
He received an MA degree from
the University of Chicago in 1921
and a doctor of literature degree
from Dakota Wesleyan in 1937.
Thru his years of experience in
midwestern schools, Dr. Hunkins
has made a careful study of the
small school, particularly from the
angle of administration. His ob
servations are incorporated in a
book, "The Superintendent at
Work in Smaller Schools," and he
is also the author of numerous ar
ticles in educational publications.
Teachers college and board of
publications will publish Dr. Hun
kins' address for distribution thru
out the nation, according to Dr.
W. K. Beggs, chairman of pub
licity of the Nebraska chapter of
Phi Delta Kappa.
Frat Hears Talk
On Venezuela's
Petroleum Fields
Sigma Gamma F-psilon, honor
ary geology fraternity, will hold
open house tomorrow from 7:30
to 9 p. m. in Morrill, room 120.
Lawrence Beckman, of the Logo
Petroleum corporation in Mara
cairo, Venezuela, will show slides
and movies of the petroleum indus
try and of the life of that region.
He will speak on "The Petroleum
Industry in Maracairo Basin."
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airplane, played a low sustained
note that sounded like a motor,
and placed three twirlers out in
front to indicate whirling pro
pellers. West Point Outstanding
Stunt which drew most applause
from the crowds which lined the
athletic field was performed by
the West Point band. Coming out
of their regular formation to shape
a perfect five point star, the West
Pointers played a neat arrange
ment of "Star Dust."
The pin wheels, school initials,
circles and V formations were nu
merous. Probably most ' popular
song of the parades was not a
march or any high school gong,
but rather the university's own
"Dear Old Nebraska U."
Union Names
Inez F. White
Food Assistant
New Aid Handles Banquets
Employees, Will Suceeed
Mrs. Carol Brubaugh
Misa Inez F. White has been
named assistant food director of
the Union, replacing Mrs. Carol
Grubaugh, who recently resigned.
The duties of Misa White as as
sistant food director will consist
primarily of banquet service and
personal work over the student
employea of the Union.
Before coming to the Union,
Miss White was connected with
Meredith Publishing company of
Des Moines, la. There she tested
recipes for the magazine, Better
Homes and Gardens.
Miss White graduated from the
Iowa State college in July, 1941.
She received a BS in home eco
nomics. After her graduation she
received the position with the
Meredith Publishing company.
UN Adds New
Safety Course
To Curriculum
University engineering classes
will include courses in accident
prevention as a part of the pro
gram inaugurated by the National
Committee for the Conservation
of Manpower in Defense Indus
tries, it was announced today in
a bulletin from the Department of
Labor.
Classes are made possible
thru a grant of funds by Congress
to the Office of Education and
are made available to the colleges
as a part of the defense training
program. Instructors will be se
lected from a list of safety engi
neers to aid in the management
of the course.
"These safety training courses
will give to the small plant opera
tors an opportunity to develop ac
cident prevention experts from
the ranks of their regular person
nel," said Secretary of Labor
Frances Perkins, in announcing
plans for the nation-wide safety
training project.
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llie University family
makes the best appear
ance he can for the an
nual homecoming events.
lTnlergnuluates for over
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