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IULYlEBBASKffl Official Newspaper Of More Than 7,000 Students Z 408 Vol. 41, No. 71 Lincoln, Nebraska Friday, January 16, 1942 UN Enrolnraeni!: DundlScattes Prop From Last Year Evidence of the expected drop in registration was shown by the decrease in enrolments yesterday for second semester classes. All colleges reported a drop in registration as compared with last year, 1 Prof. A. K. Congdon, head of the assignment committee, said that the first time three days were on par with former years but Thursday registration showed a decided drop in enrol ments with last year. The assignment committee also announced that Psychology 90, Lab. B, and Speech 109, Section 4 have been disbanded. They ask all persons who have registered for these sections to come into the assignment committee by Satur day noon Jan. 17, and change sec tions. Closed Sections. Thursday at 5 p. m. the fol lowing sections were closed: B. O. 4. Labs. A. and F; Chem. 4, Lab. D; Chem. 31, Lab. A; Commercial Arts 27, section 1; Commercial Arts 126, section 1; Ec. 3, section 3; Ec. 12, section 3; Eng. 2, sec tions 2 and 8; Eng. 4, sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8; Eng. 12, sections 3 and 4. Geog. 72, Labs D and I; Math. 12, section 1, 4, 5, and 6; Math. 22, section 1, 6, and 8; Mil. Sci. 2, Co. L; Physics B, Lab. A; Physics 4, Quiz land 3, Labs. C and D; Physics 12, Lab. B; Pol. Sci. 2, section 2; Psy. 90, section 1 and Lab. D disbanded; Speech 10, section 3; Speech 109, sections 2, 3, and 4 disbanded; Speech 110, (See ENROLMENT, page 2) Announcing, New Board Examines Sixty-Nine Candidates For Army Aviation Cadet Sixty-nine candidates for air cadet or navigator-bombardier training were given physical ex aminations and board proceedings were set up for their entrance into the United States Army by the seventh crops area traveling avi ation cadet examining board yes terday in Nebraska hall. Palladium Present New Member Show Palladian pledges will present the annual New Members pro gram tonight at 9 in the Palll dian hall of the Temple building. Program for the evening includes: Vocal solo, Dick Swenson; pan tonine, 'The Shooting of Dan Mc- Grew," by Warren Guinan; piano solo, Deane Dowell; play, "A Day In Hitler's Camp," by Glen John son; trio, Jean Brelim, Dorothy Christian and Joan Thomas; Characterizations, Herb Norman; play, written by Don Dorby; vocal solo, Mary McDermand; original kit and poem, and swing numbers, Dale Brehm, Wilbur Mumford, Keith Roblr.son and Bob Portwood. In charge of the program are Glen Johnson and Marjorie May Thi meeting is not closed. Pi Tau Sigma Elects Davcy Robert Davey, senior engineer Ing student, was elected president of Pi Tau Sigma, honorary me chanical engineering fraternity at the semi-annual election of officers Wednesday night. Other officers elected were Robert Penner, vice president Donald Spatz, recording secretary; Elbert Pence, corresponding sec retary; Ralph Siemers, treasurer William Versaw, historian. Installation of officers will be held in the Union, Jan. 25. Seven Former Students Get Navy Positions Seven former UN students were commissioned as ensigns in U. S. Naval Reserve today after four months of intensive study in the Naval Reserve Midshipmen's school at Abbott Hall on North western university's Chicago cam pus. They were Robert L Smith, '35; Clifford Heyne, '39; Robert L. Gil bert, '39; Leo D. Harman, '39; Julian V. Tieher, '38; Paul Burk holder, '41 ; and Neil C. Parks, '38. They were part of a class of 800 in the school's first commissioning ceremony since America's declara tion of war against the Axis. Un der the Navy's expansion program, 14,000 more college graduates will be similarly trained and commis sioned during the next two years. Studies pursued at Abbott Hall, (See POSITIONS, page 2) Regulations . . . . . All candidates that pass the ex aminations will immediately be sent to Bakersfield in California to begin their training. According to the board, the ad jutant general of the United States army issued new regulations yes terday stating that all educational requirements will be abolished. This means that all men, regard less of education, between the ages of 20 and 26 can become air ca dets if they pass the required ex aminations. Board in Omaha Next. All candidates will take a screening written examination to qualify for training for a mem ber of a flying crew. Men that missed the board at Lincoln may travel to Omaha where the board will be stationed today and Feb. 6. Before coming in front of the board all candidates are asked to have a birth certificate and three recommendations. Prior to the new regulation all candidate? had to have at least 50 percent of the credit necessary for a degree at an accredited col lege or take a written examina tion before entrance Into the U. S. air corps. The aviation cadet course will run for eight months, during which time the cadet Is paid $75 per month and given clothing, food and lodging. On completion of the course he is given his "Wings " ana commissioned second lieutenant, in Frosh Must Call For Worksheets All Junior Division students on the city campus must call at the Junior Division office in University hall for their work sheets and registration blanks before Saturday noon, Jan. 17, Dean N. A. Bengtson, dean of the Junior Division announced yesterday. Students In the Ag college should call at their advisers' of fices and take their papers to Dean Burr's office for final validation. Defense Head Confers Here With Students The Student Defense Committee last night conferred with Merle Miller, regional representative in charge of youth activities in the Seventh Civilian Defense Region. During the meeting plans were formulated for carrying out the present campus defense program, and new projects, to be announced later, were added to the work of the committee. Nancy Haycock was elected new chairman of the group to re place Mary Kerrigan, who will graduate this month. Members of the committee were appointed to head the various projects on which the committee is now concen trating. Paul Svoboda and Mary Ros- borough will act as co-chairmen in charge of promotional drives; Morton Margolin, first aid instruc tion; Jacqueline Woodhouse, cler ical work; Nancy Haycock, knit ting; Marjorie Bruning, news let ter to former students in the army; John J. Douglas, defense stamp sales, and benefit matinee dances; and Laurel Morrison, vic tory book campaign. First Aid. A report to the committee stat ed that Miss Mabel Lee, head of the women's physical education department, had extended co-operation in the teaching of first aid. The blank for volunteers in stu dent defense work appears again today on page two of the Daily; all students are urged to fill it out, stating what they can do for campus aid to national defense, and turn it in at the Union office. Training . Baker si ield Next! the air corps reserve, where he must agree to serve on active duty in an air corps unit, and is paid $245 a month. The members of the board that were in Lincoln Were Lieut. Colo nel H. Kendall, president of the board; Capt. R. Nebins; Capt. W A. Nielsen; Capt. Benard; Capt. Adler. Law Student's Friend Dies After Serving 34 Years To the hundreds of Cornhuskers who have studied at law college, the news that John Peterson, 82, died yesterday morning came as n shock. He had been custodian of the law building and "grand old man" of the school for 34 years and had come to be a part of the school. Ceorge Price, former law 11- JOHN PETERSON. . . .lawyers' friend. 1 ' "in mi I... ,ii i '':,'," s . k ' , y. ::. , -v. r 7 ' 1 i V ;r mm' m !.- AmmeirDca alt War CcDiDirse IBegSiros Next Smni ester To clarify the general subject of "America and World war IL" the university will present a special course of lectures open to students and the public during the second semester, accord, ing to Prof. J. O. Hertzler, chairman of the sociology depart iiwit, who heads a faculty committee arranging the course. All lectures will be given by well-informed members of the : i Ag YM Picks New Officers At 6 Tonight When Ag college YMCA holds its annual membership dinner at 6 p. m. tonight new members will be inducted into the organiza tion and balloting for new officers will be conducted. The dinner will be held in room 101 in the dairy industries build ing. A similar meeting will be held at 6 p. m. tomorrow night in the city YMCA by the city campus asosciation. Name Candidates. Candidates for president are Lawrence Boydston, a junior who is at present secretary of the or ganization; and Joe Claybaugh, now chairman of the international affairs committee. Niles Cadwaller and Bob Peterson, both juniors, have been nominated for the vice president post and Bob Gerloff and Phil Lyness will compete for the office of secretary. The elections will not be com pleted, however, either in the city or ag meetings, since absent mem bers will be mailed ballots. Final tabulation will not be made until next week. Dr. T. H. Goodding of the ag college faculty and Elton Newman, "YM" president in 1940-41, will speak Friday night. Only one man, Niels Wodder, has been proposed by Dr. C. H. Patterson of the nominating com mittee, as a candidate for presi dent of the city campus YMCA. For the vice presidency, the names of Carlos Atkison and Henry Marvin have been placed on the ballot. James' Jensen and Norman Sundberg have been nomiaated for secretary. As Law Custodian brarian, once declared that "John is representative of the beat type of average citizen of this country. (See YF.ARS, page 2) University Symphony ... Orchestra Presents Unusual Concert of Brilliant Music . . . Sunday in Union By Preston Hays. The University Symphony Or chestra, under the conductorship of Emanuel Wishnow, will appear Sunday afternoon in the Union ballroom In a concert of unusually timely musical interest. The program prepared by the group has been selected for its patriotic portent. To be included is the ever popular fifth symphony of Beethoven. This work, recog nized as one of the highlights of all musical literature is especially significant and has been recently termed the "V for victory" sym phony. The theme or the first movement is the musical equival ent of the Morse Code symbol for "V." Aside from the patriotic con sideration, the great beauty and the technical demands make this faculty and distinguished Lincoln persons, Professor Hertzler ex plained. Such subjects will be in cluded as "The Clash of Occident Lincoln Journal, PROF. J. O. HERTZLER. ...heads committee. and Orient in the Pacifi :," "Nazi Germany and the War," "Latin American and Hemisphere De fense," "American Objectives," and "Nebraska Mobilizes. Beginning Monday, Feb. 9, from 12 to 14 weekly lectures will be presented at 5 p. m. in the audi (See SEMESTER, page 2) DuTeau Heads Three-Minute Brigade Group E. F. DuTeau, secretary of the Alumni Association, has been ap pointed chairman of the Three Minute Brigae, an organization of almost 150 selected speakers who will speak on the defense stamp and bond program before many audiences in Lincoln and Lan caster County. The organization is called the Three-Minute Brigade because, in trying to sell the defense program to all their audiences, the speakers will address the audiences for approximately three minutes. The object of the organization is to promote public enthusiasm for the program and popular buying of defense stamps and bonds. work extremely popular in the concert repertoire. A pleasing contrast on the pro (See MUSIC, page 2) Randall Pratt Interviews Jo Duree over Air Jo Duree, the only coed taking animal husbandry, will be inter viewd by Randall Pratt on his regular program 'Behind the scenes of Campus Life," today at 12:30 p. m. over KFAB. This is the second program in the new series which is designed to acquaint the campus with peo ple who are doing unusual things. fj Jf