DAILY NEBRASKAN
Wednesday, November 26, 1941
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Vacation Begins Today,
Ends Next Monday; Union
Closes Wednesday Noon
Thanksgiving vacation, beginning at noon Wednesday, will end
Monday whin classes resume at 8 a. m.
According to a recent notice from Dean Thompson's office,
students will not be granted excuses for missing classes immediately
after vacation except in casses of emergency. "Distance of travel,
seasonal employment, special per
UN Students
Donate $1,200
To Red Cross
Campus Red Cross roll call
workers boosted the Lincoln total
of paid memberships in the organ
ization to $11,200 Tuesday morn
ing, as Mary Rosborough chair
man of the Student Council com
mittee in charge of the drive,
turned in $1,200 at the city head
quarters Tuesday morning.
The committee had arbitrarily
set its quota for $1,000 and by
Saturday had collected an addi
tional $200.
Organizations which pledged to
the Red Cross 100 percent are:
Mortar Board, Innocents, Tassels,
Women's Athletic Association,
Student Council, Sigma Alpha
Mu, Zeta Beta Tau, Delta Upsilon,
Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Kappa Al
pha Theta. Ti Beta Phi, Alpha
Chi Omega. Alpha Phi, Gamma
Thi Beta. Kappa Delta, Delta
Delta, Delta Gamma, Alpha Xi
Delta and Sigma Delta Tau.
sonal convenience and the lil:c do
not," says the notice, "constitute
an emergency."
The Union will close early
Wednesday afternoon to reopen
Saturday at 10 a. m. The library
will be closed on Thanksgiving
day, but will be open Wednesday
and Friday from 8 a. m. to 5 p. m.,
and Saturday from 8 a. m. until
noon.
Reports indicate that the
weather Wednesday will be fair,
and traveling conditions will be
good. No change of temperature
for the holiday i3 forecast by the
weather bureau.
Alpha Chi Weds
Sigma Nu Man
This Evening
To be married this evening in
Lincoln are Miss Phyllis Long and
Gerald Wright. Miss Long is a
student of the university and a
member of Alpha Chi Omega so
rority and Wright is affiliated with
Sigma Nu fraternity.
South Dakota Loading . . .
UN Students Represent 34
States, Nine Foreign Lands
. . and District of Columbia
The fellow next to you in class
may speak Spanish fluently or
talk with an "eastern" accent, but
that if. hardly cause for comment
since students from nine foreign
countries and from 31 states and
the District of Columbia arc regis
tered at the university.
Foreign countries represented
include: Canada. Hawaii, Honolulu,
Puerto Rico. Canal Zone, Turkey,
Chile and Japan.
South Dakota jeads the lust of
states represented with 70 "Sun
Shine" staters enrolled. Second
largest contingent hails from Colo
rado and numbers 49, while Wyo
ming is a close third with 43.
Other states with a large repre-
Honorary Ag
Group Selects
New Members
Eighteen men were elected by
Alpha Zeta honorary agricultural
fraternity, at their last meeting.
New members are: Dick Gooding,
Floyd Hansmire, Ray Crawford,
Willis Bruce, Duane Beebe, Stuart
Woods, Robert Ramig.Curtis John
son, Warren F-ahs, Robert Ger
loff, James Burgess, Robert Ottc,
Charles Velte, Lloyd Federick,
Ruben Heetman, John Moscman,
Robert McClurkin and Phil Miller.
Men elected must rank in the
upper two fifths of their class and
have demonstrated qualities of
leadership and character. The new
members were informed Monday
night.
Mrs. Clapp Gets
National Honor
Mrs. R. G. Clapp, who as Anne
Earr did pioneer work in the field
of physic il education for women
at the university, is featured in the
supplement to the last issue of the
Research Quarterly of the Amer
ican Association for Health. Mrs.
Fred Williams, former pupil of
Mrs. Clapp, wrote the article.
The entire supplement to the
quarterly was devoted to biograph
ical material on women pioneers
in the field of physical education.
Mrs. Clapp was the only Nebras
kan mentioned.
NYONK finding wronu ovrent at
JCUT houst'purty please cull 6-002V".
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sentation include: Kansas, 31; Mis
souri, 27; Illinois, 20; Minnesota,
11. and New York 13.
Most of the students are closer
to home. Three hundred and thirty
seven Omahans greet each other
on the campus every day, while 84
Grand Islanders say "hello." Be
atrice students number 63, and 60
North Platters are here. Other
large lists are Hastings 60; 46
from Kearney and 41 from Fremont.
Phys Ed Group
Plans Recreation
For Faculty
Badminton for faculty members
and their wives or husbands is now
being offered by the women's
phys ed department as part of
present recreational plans. Along
with the badminton at Grant me
morial on Tuesdays from 7 to 10
p. m., swimming for women is also
included, being held at the coli
seum from 3 to 5 p. m. on Fridays
and 2 to 3 p. m. on Saturdays.
Other recreational plans include
a crafts and hobby period to be
held in Morrill hall on Wednesday
from 7 to 10 p. m., as sponsored
by the art department. Miss Kath
erine Faulkner, assistant professor
of drawing and painting, will su
pervise the group.
Erickson, Merriam
Mann Win Singles
In Union Tourney
Crowned singles champions in
the finals of the annual Union ping
pong tournament Sunday wre
Carl Erlckson and Merriam Mann.
Erickson defeated Harry An
keny, and Mann won over Mar
jorie Schrader. The two finalists
in men's singles, Ankeny and
Erickson, then teamed together to
take the doubles crown away from
Norman Rips and Leonard .Gold
stein. In women's doubles Mer
ri '.m Mann and Jane Johnson
emerged victors. Winner of the
men's duffers singles, Don Mon
son, defeated Carl Hummel for his
title.
To the winners in men's com
petition went tickets to the Mili
tary Ball; to the women Mortar
Board party tickets were awarded.
In 18.r9 the university of North
Carolina had the second largest
student body in Anerica.
Society;
Society Editors
June Jamieson
Joann Emerson
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dBsrfteL...
Vacation today and only 24
shopping days till Christmas,
which in turn makes it only about
a week till the Military ball and
the opening of formal season...
And Phi Delt Hank Green and
Gamma Phi Helen Kieselbach will
dance to Gus Arnheim. . .She has
his Superman pin, so that sews
things up pretty definitely . . .
Sigma Alpha Mu initiated Tues
day, so Bernard Swartz and Leon
ard Lewis are happy...
Study in black and white:
Dark haired Pat Green lugs blond
boy Al Zikmund's picture around,
and they've come to the point
where they forget that it's time
for classes and stroll into their
2 o'clock 15 minutes latc.SAE
Millard Cluck found out about the
folly of making bets on his roman
tic appeal. . .Brother Rundin was
so sure that he could get a date
with Chuck's Alpha Thi Shirley
Heldt that he was willing to lay
Ruth Ecklund, Harry Seagren
Married in Omaha on Nov. 22
Miss Ruth Ecklund, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Ecklund of
Omaha, became the bride of Lieu
tenant Harry Seagren, son of Mr.
and Mrs. H. E. Seagren at the
First Christian church of Omaha
November 22 at 4 p. m.
Attending the bride was her sis
ter, Miss Bernice Ecklund, maid
money on it. . .So Walt and Shirley
are stepping out the night after
the Mill ball and Millard is staying
home with out a dime or date...
Congratulations, Delta Gammas
Jeanne Miller, Eloise Hainline,
Barbara Tovvnsend, Martha Harri
son and Gretchen Buck who are
now wearing the anchor. . .Eloise
has already added Larry Huwalt's
Beta pin to her newly acquired
badge. . .Congratulations are also
in order to Dean Sheppard new
Alpha Sig as of last Saturday...
Noticed at the barb party Satur
day night was Baldwin Hall's Ellis
Ruby taking pains to be particu
larly charming to Phi Mu Eleanor
Veith who is at present the object
of his attention. . .
Fijis Trek.
The Fijis will make a trek to
Omaha Saturday night with the
crowd will be Gene Reese and Kap
pa Weezy Marcy and Bill Long
of honor, and Mrs. Elaine Winters
and Miss Lillian Carlson as brides
maids. Best man was Dick Seagren
and ushers were Ed Steckley and
Clint Jurgenson.
The couple will live at Brown
wood, Texas. Lieutenant Seagren
attended the university and was
president of Sigma Phi Epsilon
fraternity, cadet colonel of the
ROTC engineer unit and captain
of Pershing Rifles. Members of
the bridegroom's fraternity made
the trip from Lincoln to attend.
and Alpha Chi Marge Stewart...
ATO Ed Butler will be the guest
of honor at a dinner at Marg's
house Friday night. . .Figure that
one out... All is forgiven between
Sig Chi Art Mason and his Alpha
Phi nurse, Mary Anne Stryson,
and tha league is as solid as ever.
Note on improvements: Sere
nades, which are a Nebraska tra
dition, have become more plenti
ful and more enjoyable. . .Keep up
the good work... All's well that
prints well...
Dr. William A. Nielander, Uni
versity of Texas marketing ex
pert, has been summond to Wash
ington to assume an ext.nsiv
research post in the office of price
administration.
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Vvhesterrield
Out on the range
it's "Howdy pardner, have a Chesterfield"
That's true Western hospitality.
For bringing smokers together, giving
them exactly what they want, Chesterfield's
RIGHT combination of the world's best ciga
rette tobaccos is right at the top.
There is more downright pleasure in
Chesterfield's COOL MILDNESS and BETTER TASTE
than in anything else you ever smoked.
Make your next pack Chesterfield
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