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Official Newspaper Of More Than 7,000 Students
Vol. 41, No. 58
Lincoln, Nebraska
Sunday, December 14, 1941
Robert Irvin Reigns as King
Of Hearts at Masque Ball
Royalty the UN variety was
Introduced to 2.500 dancers last
night at the Mortar Board's Black
Masque ball at the coliseum in the
form of Bob Irvin. King of Hearts
elected last week at an all-girls
election.
The king stopped from between
a giant King of Heaits playing
card as lights in the entire coli
seum were dimmed, spotlights
played on the stage, and Mortar
Boards in their caps and gowns
were formed on the stage.
When the King was introduced
by Marion Cramer Aden, master
of ceremonies, Flavia Tharpe,
president of th women's honorary,
presented roses in a heart shape to
Irvin and the two walked from
the stage which signaled the begin
ning of the dancing.
Irvin, a charter member of
Cornhusker Co-op is a senior in
biznd and is majoring in merchan
dising. He is interested in women
hoping to get in the women's
clothing business although right
now he is more interested in join
ing the Naval Reserve.
The annual reverse affair when
the coeds foot the bills -and the
trouble provided the usual merri
ment with all sorts of transporta
tion employed for the occasion.
Corsages ranged from orchids to
"Whatcha-call-its."
Members of one sorority secured
a hearse to biing their dates to
the ball, and another hired a
(See IRVIN. page 2.)
YW Collects
Toys Clothes
For Christmas
A call for toys, food, clothes,
money, anything that will make a
real Christmas for the Lincoln
families who cannot afford to en
tertain Santa Claus this year, has
been relayed, not from the North
Pole, but from the YWCA fresh
men cabinet.
Instead of distributing the usual
boxes that have been filled pre
vious years by the sororities and
organized houses, to save time
this year the cabinet asks that
each house take tlie responsibility
of collecting within the house.
Sororoities and organized nouses
will be particularly canvassed
next week, but any contributions
may be left at Ellen Smith. Col
lection will be made Thursday,
Dec. 13. from all houses, and tiie
toys will be distributed to the va
rious welfare organizations of the
city.
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Stuart Lomax
First UN Alum
To Die in War
First UN alumnus to die in
World War II is Stuart Lomax,
who was killed in action this week
when Japan began its offensive.
The U. S. war department's an
nouncement did not reveal where
his death occurred.
Lomax was a member of Beta
Theta Pi fraternity from Sept.
1935 to Sept. 1936 when he re
ceived an appointment to the
United States naval academy. He
had been enrolled in the engineer
ing college.
After his graduation from Ann
apolis in June, 1940, he was sta
tioned with the Pacific fleet where
he remained until his death except
for occasional visits to Broken
Bow, his home town, and Lincoln.
(DcdbttdBdSotiocO Choirs
Gove CBurostoas
fratoBi Today
Handel's oratorio, "The Messiah" will be presented for
the 46th time on the campus this afternoon at 3 p. m. in the
coliseum by the school of fine arts. More than 6,000 persons
from Lincoln and eastern Nebraska are expected to attend.
Six choruses totaling' some 400 voices are combining as the
University Choral Union to sing "The Messiah" to be con
ducted by Dr. Arthur K. "West brook. Included in the chorus is
the ag college chorus under the direction of Mrs. Altinas Tullis,
the flrieg Male Chorus, under the direction of A. C. Lovelace,
the University Singers II, directed
Neivs Bulletins
The War department Satur
day urged Congress to prepare
for any eventuality by requir
ing air men from 19 to 64 to
register under the selective
service act. All those from 19
to 44, as proposed by selective
service director, Gen. Lewis B.
Hershey, would be made liable
for military duty.
Japanese forces which had
gained a foothold in Luzon is
land of the Philippines, were
reportedly wiped out by a U. S.
counter-attack, altho Manila
was the victim of another fierce
Japanese bombing raid.
Thruout the world, however,
it was a bad day for the axis
as America and her atlies
struck hard blows in the Pa
cific, Russia, Africa and
Europe.
Solemnity Keynotes Ag
Annual Holiday Program
Courlfy Sunday Journal Slr
Robert Irvin.
....held spotlight at ball.
J. R. Sorhy Talks on Art
Work Sunday in Omaha
J. Richard Sorby of the art de-
With the natural beauty of the
campus emphasized by the recent
snow, ag college will make a log
ical setting for the annual Christ
mas program to be presented Wed
nesday, Dec. 17 at 7:30 p. m. One
of the biggest programs of the
year, this ceremony has occasioned
more favorable comment in the
past than any other single event
during the year, and attracts
many from the Lincoln territory.
While the spirit of Christmas
with its gay festivity will be
stressed in the decorations, solem
nity is the keynote of the program.
Organ music, a candle-lighting
ceremony, carols, by both the
chorus and the audience, and a
Christmas story will make up this
program.
Extensive plans have been made
for decorating the entrance of the
campus and the activities building
where the program will take place.
Particularly striking will be the
huge evergreen at the entrance
which will be lighted. Two Tune
partment will discuss "Consumer f t trees m , , pIa(.cd on
Art Education" Sunday afternoon
at 3 o'clock in Joslyn Memorial in
Omaha.
December 17
either side of the stage, colorfully
decorated.
Ag Choir Sings.
Sponsored by the ag executive
board, Betty Ann Tisthammer imd
Dale Weibel are acting as ro-ehair-
(See AG PARTY, page 2.)
Eligible Men
Fail to File
Service Cards
The registrar's office called at
tention yesterday to the fact that
a number of men students, age 21
or over as of July 1, 1941, have
not filed cards they were requested
to fill out during the past week.
A complete report must be made
by the university to the director of
the United States Selective Serv
ice on or before Dec. 20. All men
students not having filled out one
of these cards must attend to this
on or before Wednesday of this
week.
by J. Dayton Smith, the Beatrice
Community Chorus, and the Uni
versity Singers I under Dr. West
brook. Singers Tour.
Four students will solo with the
Nebraska community choruses in
Christmas presentations of Han
del's oratorio, "The Messiah."
Cleve Ganzlinger, Richard Koupal,
Nina Armstrong and Elizabeth
Farquhar will appear at Tecumseh
on Dec. 17 and at Humboldt on
Dec. 21.
The university orchestra direct
ed by Emanuel Wishnow will as
sist in the performance today with
Earnest Harrison at the piano and
Myron Roberts at the organ. Two
brass quartets participating in the
program include Robert Krejci,
David Kinsman. Robert Thatcher,
Lyman Lorenson, Ted Thompson,
(See MESSIAH, page 2.)
New Awgwan
Features UN
Rogues Gallery
Replete with a "Refined Rogues'
Gallery" and a startling cover
shot, the Deceniber Awgwan is
scheduled to appear on campus
newsstands tomorrow.
Editor Jim Lipsey announced
Saturday that the "Rogues' Gal
lery," a compilation of identifica
tion pictures, was positively
"ghastly." Campus beauties will
howl with anguish when they see
their distorted identification pic
ture faces in public print.
Unique Cover Shot.
One of the unusual features of
the current Awgwan is the cover
picture. A contrast in light and
dark, the shot combines Christ
mas spirit with the face of a beau
tiful coed.
Awgwan photographers invaded
fraternity and sorority dorms to
snap illustrations for the new fea
ture, "What the Well Dressed
Sleeper Will Wear." Norris An
derson's pun feature, "The Arch
Heel," depicts the life of a louse.
An article by Prof. G. W. Gray,
history instructor, offers a new in
sight to radio listening. Gore and
new jokes are numerous in the
new issue which should be superior
to previous issues in both quality
and quantity, editors declared.
Sweet Tooth
A Profs Invcnl New Candy
A new candy has been invented
on ag campus, to help satisfy uni
versity sweet tooths. Dr. Ruth M.
Leverton and Miss McMillan are
the creators of the new goody.
Made of dried fruits, milk sol
ids, wheat germ, and sotguhin.
the candy is reported to be very
delicious to the taste, besides con
taining wholesome foodstuffs. It
was first presont?d at the annual
Christmas tea of the home eco
nomics association last Thursday
afternoon.
All home economics students
were invited to attend the tea.
Chairman of the hostesses and
decorations committee was
Frances Kerr; her assistant wa
Mary McDermot. Eunice Denny
sered as foods chairman, assisted
by Beth Green, Frances Simon,
and Pearl Damkrocger.
General chairman in charge of
the event was Betty Ann Tistham
mer. Justine Sutton poured for
the "first hour while Dorothy
Kchudel presided over the tea table
for the second hour.
UN Announces
Exam Schedule
On January 9
Tenative exam schedules for
first semester finals have been
mailed to all university professors,
and after desired revisions have
been indicated and reported, the of-
.yffical schedule will be announced
ior puijiicciiiuu vim
ing to an announcement made
Wednesday by Dean Thompson's
office.
Examinations will be held from
Jan. 21 to Jan. 30. .
Carveth Wells Discusses
Far East Today in Union
Carveth Wells, citizen of the
world and exjK-rt on far eastern
affairs, will present his illustrated
lecture "The Coming Battle for
Tin and Rubber" in the Union ball
room at 8 p. m. tonight.
Just hack from the Malay jun
gle, Wells returns to the United
States with a vital report on the
tin and rubber resources of that
country and what they mean to
America. The convocation speaker
has not only personal knowledge
of Malaya and Singapore but also
the only moving pictures in Amer
ica of those regions.
Studied Animals.
For six years Wells worked pur
veying the railroad over which
Britin is now transporting Aus
tralian and Indian troops to the
Siamese border the railroad that
supplys the seaport of Singapore.
While in Malay the explorer stud
ied not only political strategy but
also the animal life in the jungle.
He brings to the screen pictures
of fish that climb trees; lizards
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Carveth Wells,
.just back from Malaya.
that break off their tails and, ns
they run in one direction, their
tails take off in the opposite di
rection.
Professor of engineering in Lon
don, railroad builder in Canada,
surveyor in Indo-China, explorer in
central Africa, Japan, Russia,
Mexico, Wells has a world-wide
background. He is the author of
a dozen books, the most recent ot
which is his "North of Singapore."
Wells made an expedition to tha
Arctic Lapland for the Swedish
government, and he was also the
leader of an expedition to the
Mountains of the Moons in Central
Africa and at the head of the Mil
waukee Museum expedition to
Kenya and Tanganyika. He has
explored the Russian Caucasus
mountains.
Because of the developments of
the war in the Far East and tha
speaker's familiarity with that re
gion, a large crowd is expected,
and Union officials advise stu
dents to come early.