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Enlist Now In the Student Defense Ranks Vol. 41, No. 66 ffl Council Names De fense Plan Soph Group Gets Final Approval At their second meeting: of the week, the Student Council last night extended full co-operation to the Union-Daily Nebraskan de fense committee, and approved the eight new members of the sopho more class cabinet selected by a Council committee. New members of the sophomore council are Pat Cathn, George Abbott, Bill Thornburg, Janice Cook, Roland Finley, Bill McBride, June Jamicson and Gertrude Lyon. In view of the establishment on the defense policy of the Council, a motion at the meeting Wednes day to set up a three-member com mittee to co-operate with the ex isting defense committee was taken off the record. Th motion had been tabled until last night's meeting. A third Council decision was to (See COUNCIL, page 4) Wo Rifle men s Club Organizes New System New members of the first team of the women's rifle club are Louise McPherson, Barbara Slcbbe, Meda Mae Albrecht, Elaine Lin scott, Margaret Everett, Dorothy Alexander, Ruth Coordes, Jean Whedon, Susan Wheeler and Ruth Ann Gillespie. The list was an nounced by Hollyce Copple, presi dent of the club. Beginning this week a new method for choosing rifle club members goes into effect. Choice is based on the ten highest scores submitted during one preceding week. Those women attaining the highest scores shoot in matches with other schools during the fol lowing week. Adit Tcd (Save Students For the purpose of giving med ical examinations and preparing board proceedings for students who wish to enter the air corps of the United States, the tra' Ming aviation cadet examining board will visit Lincoln Thursday, Jan uary 15, according to the Univer sity of Nebraska ROTC military department. The board will consist of two or three officers, and they will be lo cated in Nebraska Hall room 205. The board will examine each stu dent who is interested in the navigator-bombardier training course or the pilot training course. This year besides offering pilot's training course the combination course for navigator-bombardier training will also be given. In order to take this training the ap plicant must have at least a high school education and must pass the army general classification test, thfc physics test, and the gen eral mechanical aptitude test. L2)iilnlir rfkt DAILY lEBRASKMI 2408 StudentHeads Book Nook Broadcasts Romulo Soldevilla, arts and science junior, takes charge of the university winter book nook broad casts beginning with the 4:15 book review program over station KFOR this afternoon. He suc ceeds Frank Eagan who was called to the army late in December. "Future book nook broadcasts will be conducted much as past ones have been," Soldevilla stated. Interviews and book reviews will form the bulk of the program. In the past, Soldevilla has sub stituted for Eagun when the former conductor of the program was unable to attend. His radio broadcasting experience also in cludes the regular book nook broadcasts last summer. Ag Extension Service Starts RadioProgram First In a series of five minute radio programs about student ac tivities and students with inter esting hobbies or work will be broadcast over KFAB at 12:30 to day. Programs are arranged by Randall Pratt and are sponsored by the agricultural extension ser vice. Lemoyne Johnson and Bill Green, officers of the newly-organized bachelor's club on the ag campus, will be interviewed on the first program. According to the director, the purpose of the program is to ac quaint people in the state, as well as other students, with interesting persons on the university campus. The program will continue for sev eral weeks. PBnysScal Take Tests for A The board will also examine men interested in becoming pilots in the air corps. The applicant must be an unmarried American citizen between the agas of 20 and 26, must be in excellent health and excellent moral character. The applicant must have at least 50 percent of the credits necessary for a college degree. However, if he has not attended a university he may be admitted into the air corps if he can pass a written examination in the fol lowing subjects: English grammar and composition; arithmetic; alge- Tcst Schedules Are Now Ready First semester examinations schedule are now ready. Stu dents may receive theirs by go ing to room 103 Administra tion Building. D)V(gGU Official Newspaper Of More Than. 7,000 Students Lincoln, Nebraska Ag Petitions Test Desire For Lounge Student interest in regard to a special recreation room and lounge to be included in the plans for the new Home Economics building is being measured by petitions. Dis tributed by the twelve members of the Ag Executive Board within classes and organized houses, the petitions, which are now being collected, have shown favorable reaction thus far. The petition calls for excavation for the north half of the base ment in which will be located a recreation lounge and fountain facilities corresponding to those in the Corn Crib. Partial excavation for the new Home Ec building has taken place. It is to be north of the present Home Ec building, replacing the old parking lot. The purpose of the Ag Execu tive Board in.submitting the peti tions to the students of ag cam pus is to tell the Regents and Chancellor that there is definite student interest in the additional plans. A great number of ag students have signed, and all who have been contacted have willingly signed. CAA Takes Precautions Against Alien Sabotage Directed If there is sabotage directed at the Civilian Pilots Training course offered by the university, it won't be because proper precautions haven't been made, for the Civil Aeronautics Commission yester- Lincoln jiamras Co ir rns bra; plane geometry; plane trigon ometry and two of the following subjects: United States history; general history; elementaiy phys ics; inorganic chemistry; modem foreign language. If a college stu dent does not have 50 percent of his credits for a degree he will be exempted from taking the exam ination on those subjects that he has successfully completed. The aviation cadet courses run for about eight months during which the cadet is paid $75 per month and is given clothing, food, and lodging. Upon successful com pletion of the course the cadet is given his "wings" and is commis sined second lieutenant in the air corps reserve, where he must agree, to serve on active duty in an air corps unit, and is given pay and allowances amounting to 9215 per month. Further information should be obtained at the office of the ROTC military department. Odd Mlgh Gear By Alan Jacobs. Into high gear went UN defense activity yesterday when the stu dent defense committee announced an all-out program packed with ambitious projects, and issued an urgent call for volunteer aid to members of the student body. First step in the program is the organization of a file containing New Defense Courses Start In February The .university defense curricu lum includes another new evening course taking up time and motion study for greater efficiency in in dustrial production. The course will begin Feb. 3. Men with industrial experience in production or who have had two years of an engineering college curriculum, are eligible for en trance in the course. It will meet two evenings a week for a period of 15 weeks. Other evening defense courses beginning in February include drafting and shop practice; and aircraft assembly inspection. The three courses await the approval of the U. S. office of education in Washington. Men interested in any of the courses may secure enrolment forms from Prof. W. L. De Bauffre. at Flying Course day issued a set of rules to check the loyalty of enrollees. Under the new rules before any student of the university can take the CPT course, an airmen identi fication card must be in his pos session. Before he can get a airmen identification card from the CAA bureau, several requirements have to be completed first. The student must obtain two identical photo graphs, not les3 than 2 or more than 2t inches square. The pic tures must be unretouched and uncolored, showing complete head, full face and the top of the shoulders. Fingerprinting Necessary. The student must also be finger printed by the local Aeronautical inspector or by Professor Haney, CPT supervisor. Two letters from responsible persons in the stu dent's community stating the loyalty of the student to the United States must be had, and (See SABOTAGE, page 2) Student Defense Volunteer Name Address.... Phone Check Any Interests Promotional Drives First Aid Classes First Aid Instructor Knitting Knitting Instructor Promotional Entertainment. Newsletter and Correspondence to IJovs in Service. Other Work . Please Leave at Union Office See Blank on Pane 1 Friday, January 9, 1942 the names and abilities of students interested in defense work. To day's Nebraskan has an applica tion blank which students are asked to fill out .and leave at the Union office. From these applica tions, the Student Council will organize the file of workers. Citing the great need for volun teer workers, defense committee members declared that campus or ganizations such as the Council, AWS, Coed Counselors, Corn Cobs, Tassels and organized houses will be asked to co-operate in the UN defense activity. New Members Added. New members of the defense committee, announced by Mary Kerrigan, committee chairman, are Mary Rosborough and Mar jorie Bruning. Students who have been serving on ' committee since its origin are Nancy Hay cock, John J. Douglas, Laurel Mor rison, Jacqueline Woodhouse, Paul Svoboda, and Morton Margolin. Altho most of the plans are in a formative stage until fliing has been completed and permission re ceived from Union and university (See DEFENSE, page 4) Youth Leader Speaks On Ag Campus Today Speaking on the place that youth can take in building a better post war world Miss Jennie Doidge, representing the American Youth and Danforth foundation, will ap pear before various ag campus organizations and church groups this week. At 4 p. m. today Miss Doidge will speak to presidents of the ag campus organ izaticn. The meet ing will be held in the home ec building. Miss Doidge is mak ing a study of mid-western ag colleges especially with reference to religious education. She at tended the World Conference of Christian Youth at Amsterdam, Holland in 1939 and has traveled extensively in connection with her church work. Sunday the representative of the two foundations will speak to the college class at the Warren Methodist church. For the morn ing service she will talk at the First Evangelical church and in the evening she will attend the Young peoples meeting at the Ep worth Methodist church. On Monday at 4 p. m. she will speak at a general meeting of ag students.