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Vol. 41, No. 59
Lincoln, Nebraska
Tuesday, December 16, 1941
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Today afi
Headed by Lieutenant Com
mander Webster Wright, senior
member of flight selection at Fair
fax Airport in Kansas City, a
group of naval recruiting" officers
will explain the opportunities and
the requirements of the United
States navy for college men, at the
Union ballroom at 11 a. m. today.
Particular emphasis will be
placed on the aviation, engineering
and supply branches of the service.
The officers will supplement their
explanations with moving pictures
depicting navy life.
Participating in the convocation
in addition to Commander Wright
will be: Lieutenant G. R. Under
wood, medical corps USN; Ensign
P. J. Townley, Omaha recruiting
office, and Chief Bosun's Mate
George G. Greenwell of the Lin
coln recruiting office.
Ag Christmas
Fete Stresses
Solemn Spirit
Program Includes Organ
Music, Christmas Story,
Carols, Candle Lighting
Altho the gay spirit of Christ
mas will be stressed in the dec
orations, solemnity will be the key
note of the annual Christmas pro
gram to be held on ag campus
Dec' 17 at 7:30 p. m.
Organ music, a candle-lighting
ceremony, carols by both the
chorus and the audience, and a
Christmas story will make up the
program which has always been
one of the biggest programs of the
year in the past.
Extensive plans have been made
for decorations. A huge evergreen
is to be placed at the entrance to
the ag campus, and buildings will
be decorated.
The affair is sponsored by the
ag executive board with Betty
Ann Tisthammer and Dale Weibel
as co-chairmen.
Ruassmussen
Gets Annapolis
Appointment
James Ruassmussen. arts and
science sophomore, has received
an appointment to Annapolis. He
was notified of his appointment,
which he obtained from Rep. Curt
iss, last Wednesday and will leave
for Annapolis, Maryland, next
July. Ruassmussen, a non-affiliated
student, is from Grand Island.
He Walks, He Talks, UN Frosh Almost Human
What is the typical university freshman like?
For the first time in the university's history, admis
sions blanks for last year's freshman class gathered
certain data valuable to the guidance and counselling
program of the junior division. These furnish a pertinent
picture of this composite "student."
He is about 19 years old, was born in Nebraska, and
came to the university in order to increase his earning
power and his general fund of knowledge. Both his par
ents are living and received up to a high school or col
lege education. His father is probably engaged in agri
cultural work or is a merchant.
This freshman is greatly interested in athletics and
demonstrates a normal interest in church work. He has
had some work experience and, while he earns part of his
expenses in college, he is still, largely dependent upon
his parents.
Increased knowledge U the chief aim of 82 percent
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Union Holds
Annual Party
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Thursday
Uni Theatre Presents
'Christmas Carol'; Ask
Students to Bring Toys
The University Theatre's presen
tation of Charles Dicken's "Christ
mas Carol" will be the feature
event of the Student Union's
"Christmas Party," set for 8 p. m.
Thursday night.
This famous tale of the reform
ing of miserly Scrooge has been
adapted for ihe occasion by Uni
versity Theatre director Paul Bo
gen. The play will be presented
withouth Lreak for stage adjust
ment since all three seta required
by the plot will be on the stage.
Spotlights will shift the scene of
action between the sets.
Old Scrooge will be portrayed
by Robert Black. Darrell Peters
will play Bob Cratchitt, Scrooge's
clerk; and Romulo Soldevilla takes
the part of Fred Wayland, Scro
oge's nephew.
Union Serves Cokes.
After the "Christmas Carol," the
Union will serve cokes and brown
ies, free to all students and fac
ulty members. Refreshments will
be distributed in the Pan-American
room, 315, and parlors ABC.
At 9 a. m., with the accompani
ment of an organ and grouped
around the huge lounge Christmas
tree, students will join in singing
Christmas carols.
Students are asked to bring to
the party any broken toys that
they may have. They will be given
(See UNION, Page 2.)
School of Fine Arts
Un iversity Choruses Present
HandeVs 'Messiah9 in Coliseum
Approximately 4,300 people ap
plauded the school of fine arts
presentation of Handel's "Mes
siah" Sundiiy afternoon in the
coliseum. Twelve student soloists
sang in the program, and the
university choral union, composed
of six different groups, furnished
the background.
Lasting approximately one hour
and 15 minutes, the oratorio in
cluded recitatives, airs and chor
uses. The final chorus "Hallelujah"
was especially outstanding when
the audience observed the English
tradition of standing The univer-
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Lincoln Journal
Gen. Guy Henninger
state selective service head.
Lincoln Journal
T. J. Thompson
discusses war, university.
. . . Sunday Afternoon
sity chorus assisted in the pre
sentation. Cut almost in half from the
(See MESSIAH, Page 2.)
Filings for Soph
Cabinet to Close
Filings for sophomore class
cabinet will close today at 5
p. m. All sophomores inter
ested in student government
have been urged by Burton
Thiel, Student Council presi
dent, to file immediately.
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of men and 89 percent of women students entering the
university. Increased earning power is in second place
for men and third place for women who give "necessary
to chosen profession" second choice. The latter reason
ranks third for men. "Wish of parents" figures for 55
percent of men students and 60 percent of the women.
Came to "Meet People."
Only 25 percent of men and 39 percent of wonw
came in order "to meet people," and only 4 percent of
men and 6 percent of women entered because they would
be "otherwise unemployed." "Athletics" and "close
friends going" also received little consideration in the
minds of Cornhuskers when deciding to attend the uni
versity. Two-fifths ef them came "to develop some par
ticular talent" however, and more than half hoped there
by "to become better citizens." ' .
Almost three-fourths of the students are interested
in athletics, and about half of them indicate an interest
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America's war with the axis powers and its present and
possible effects on the university and its students will be the
topic for discussion at an all-university convocation in the
coliseum tomorrow morning at 11. Presiding: over the assembly;
will be Chancellor C S. Boucher.
Classes meeting between 11 and 12 will be dismissed, and
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C. S. Boucher
dismisses 11 o'clocks.
O. J. Ferguson
. . speaks tomorrow.
ASME Meets
Tomorrow Niclit
Regular meeting of the Amer
ican Society of Mechanical Engin
eers will be held Wednesday in
M. E. room 206 at 7:30 p. m.
in church work. Almost 50 percent of the men and 60
percent of the women held one or more offices in organi
zations before coming to the university.
Approximately 60 percent of men and 40 percent of
women students have had work experience before enter
ing university. Seven out of ten men students and al
most nine out of ten women report dependence at least
to some extent upon parents for support. On the other
hand 87 percent of men and 71 percent of women are par
tially dependent upon their own earning for support while
in college. One-fourth of the men and about one-eightli
of the women earn 50 percent or more of their college
expenses.
Coeds Younger.
In general, women students are slightly younger
' than the men, but the great majority of all students are
between 19 and 20 years of age. Eighty percent are na
(See FRESHMAN, Page 3.)
Crisis
all laboiator-
ics, libraries
and the Union
will be closed
during the
convocat i o n.
A 1 1 students,
tn e in b et's of
the faculty
and employees
in the admin
istration d e
partment are
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being urged bv university
of.
cials to attend.
The Chancellor will open the
(See CONVO, Page 2.)
Bizad College
Revises List
Of Advisors .
Students of the college of bus
iness administration are asked by
Dean Clark, bizad dean, to check
a preliminary list of students and
their advisors which is posted on
the bizad bulletin board on the
third floor of social sciences.
Bizad students are urged to
make requests for changes in ad
visors to the college office soma,
time this week, so that the revised
list can be posted immediately
after vacation.
War News
We Won't Lose ... the
guarantees of liberty our fore
fathers framed for us in our
bill of rights, President Roose
velt asserted in a radio address
last night commemorating the
150th anniversary of the bill of
rights. He called the axis war
fare a revival of barbarism.
Soviet Troops . . . kept
rolling early Tuesday morning
with Red troops smashing
against the cold German forces
to rjtake Klin, railway center
60 miles northwest of Moscow.
All along the entire front, the
Russians advanced.
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