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Rl Donahues Band WILL Play Ball t Interfraternity 11311111 A M". :n l Al Donahue. . . . "The man who always comes back," comes to UN cam pus for the first time . . , Contrary to rumors circulating on the campus, Al Dona hue's orchestra will play for the Intcrfraternity ball which will be held Friday night, Feb. 13, at the Union ballroom. "With selection of an intcrfraternity ball sweetheart shar ing the spotlight with Donahue's big-name band and attendance limited to 500 couples, fraternity leaders warned of possible 'rationing o tickets. Fraternity presidents will have charge of the sales. One member of each couple must be a Greek in a precedent break ing ruling for inter fraternity balls. Low Down Rhythm. "With his famous slogan, "Low down rhythm in a top hat," Donahue's organization features Phil Brito and Dee Keating. Out of three of his records in the Union juke box, two rank lops in student popularity. Donahue became known as a maritime band. He played on all of the big ocean liners and had many engagements at resorts in Bermuda. Today he controls 37 different orchestras which continued to play until the war on ocean liners. More recently he has earned a reputation as a society band playing at fashionable spots in Florida and Long Island. He held a long engagement at the Waldorf Astoria, and was so popular at the Rainbow room of Rockerfeller Center that he was recalled again and again for seven different engagements. Always Gomes Back. If is popularity won for him Ilie title of "The man who al ways comes back," for bis fatis always demand that he be re hired. On his way to the west coast where be is to make a picture, Donahure comes to Lincoln with more swing added to his al ways smooth style, and in the latest popularity polls he rates' among the first ten big name bands. Tickets will sell for $1.50 a couple, and the entire Union will be thrown open to the party-goers. A fountain arrangement will be set up on the second floor, and all of the lounges will be open. Having been held in recent years at the coliseum, the ball this year, is to climax, the first animal Greek. "Week starting Monday. PTD1(S u ones t Daily Z 408 Iebmskam Official Newspaper Of More Than 7,000 Students Vol. 41, No. 75 Lincoln, Nebraska Wednesday, February 4, 1942 Uni Students Contribute Talent For 'High-Jinks', Red Cross Show "High-Jinks" in the manner of UN students will be the key note of the Red Cross benefit show sponsored by the Student Union to be given twice Saturday, Feb. 14, at 3 and at 8 p. m. in the Union ballroom. In preference of the regular house to house canvass generally employed in Red Cross drives, the defense committee feels that a benefit show with only Nebraska students participating will give those attending a real return for their contribution. No institution at the univer sity will receive any profit from the show with the entire proceeds going to the Red Cross War Fund less 3 cents on each ticket for government tax. Tickets Available Now. The tickets are available now at 30 cents each; all Tassels and Corncobs having them for sale. The committee has set a goal of 1,600 tickets, which is only a small percentage of the potential stu dent buyers. The show will be a variety vaudeville show with Max Whit taker acting as master of cere monies and Bob Carey's orchestra forming the nucleus of the per formance. Three trios will pro vide the vocal music, including the Pi Phi, Theta and ATO three somes. DU's Swing. Featured instrumental group will be the DU swing session, in addition to which Jeannette Mae (See RED CROSS, page 2) Tassels Assign Nominating Jobs To Five Members Three Tassels alumnae, Frances Drenguis, Lois Drake and Betty O'Shea, were named as members of the nominating committee at the organization's meeting Mon day. Other members of the com mittee arc Jean Humphrey Reed, president, and Miriam Rubinitz, vice-president. Elections will be held in three weeks. Members also discussed ticket sales for the university benefit for the Red Cross and plans for the national meeting of Phi Sigma Chi, women's honorary pep group, sometime this spring. Old Grads Reminisce; Pub Board Calls Coeds By Randall Pratt. War and agriculture's part in the war effort were forgotten for a . brief space Monday night as approximately three score grad uates of the old ag school looked back over the years. The occasion was their annual banquet at the ag college, and the event was the first on the Organized Agriculture pro gram. Although all talk on the war was shelved for the one night, it nevertheless prominently showed its place in the Tuesday meetings. Ways and means to step up pro duction of food and other essen tials In the war effort began in a three-day "short course." This is the second time in 38 years that the farmers' part in a world war will get the center of attention and the whole program for the entire week is focused directly on the need of more food production to help win the war.- City folks, along with those f ronf the country, are rubbing elbows in learning more about how farmers can meet the challenge for more food production. An effort is being made to get the city men and women out so that they may more clearly see and understand the farmers' part in the war. Don't think for a minute that (See AT AG, page 2) Lofftts SimsperBse Greek Week Sets Keynote As Leadership Emphasizing that Greek Week was primarily a leadership train ing school and not a social week, the Interfraternity council, at a meeting last Monday night, made further plans for the coming event. The seminars, to be held Tues day and Wednesday afternoons at 5:00 in the Student Union, are to enable the individual and the fraternity to better plan for the future. These seminars, whose topics include finance, scholar ship, social life, and pledge train ing, will be held by authorities in these fields, both local and out state. Any student who knows of a faculty member who has been or is a fraternity member is re quested to turn the member's name and fraternity in to Ren Bukacek, so that these men may receive invitations to the faculty luncheon Wednesday noon. 1 "aw liiit Glenn Presnell. BY BOB MILLER. In a surprise move by the uni versity board of regents yesterday, a revamped football coaching staff was named to take the place of the existing staff, depleted by army orders and unsigned contracts. 36 . j backfield coach. old was Glenn Presnell, former handed the reins of the head coachchip, replacing Major Biff Jones who has been called to West Point for active army duty. Elmer Holm, former Cornhusker line stalwart, was nr.med head line coach in place of Link Lyman who failed to have his contract renewed at an earlier meeting of the board. John K. Selleck, present busi ness manager of athletics, was ad vanced to the position of director of athletics to fill the other hole (See REGENTS', page 3) A WS Board Begins Coed Follies Plans Plans for the annual Coed Fol lies, all girl show sponsored by the AWS board, to be held March 17 at the Temple have been utarted by Betty Newman, this year's chairman. Invitations have been sent to all organized houses and the resident halls to participate in the show, which will include five skits and four curtain acts. The rough draft for these, skits must be turned in to Mrs. Ada Westover at Ellen Smith hall not later than Friday, Feb. 6. Breaking a tradition this year, the board has decided to abandon Great Institution, BUT . . . Long Vacation Looks Good To 6 Ambitious' Students . . . Inquiring Reporter Finds By Art Rivin. Wondering how the prospect of no Spring vacation . and a May graduation affected the student body, we browsed around the cam pus to discover these opinions: "The action will give students a chance to earn more money and a longer vacation," commented am bitions John J. Douglass. "Outside of that," he said, "I can't see any purpose in it." Law college junior Bob Galloway disagreed. His opin ion was: "Good idea!" We're all anxious to get in this thing as soon as possible, but we are also anxious to finish school before we leave for the army." Phil Kantor, junior, sees noth ing but good in the proposition. "It gives those fellows who are about to be called a chance to finish school." "And as a matter of fact," he added, "there is very little loss in actual class time with this early graduation." Sophomore Kurt Porjes also be lieved that the idea was a good one but cautioned against aban placed much emphasis on strong (See VACATION, page 2), the customary presentation of Best Dressed Girl, feeling that any emphasis placed on the extensive ness of wardrobes would be out of place during the present war crisis. In substitution, a Typical Ne (See COED FOLLIES, page 2) Coecls Collect Victory Book? From Houses Textbooks are wanted chemis try, science, language, algebra books! And fiction is just as valuable a contribution to the campus Victory Book campaign, sponsored by the Student Defense Committee and organized to help the city-wide campaign. Chairman of the drive Laurel Morrison announced yesterday that members of the YW Freshmen cabinet will collect books Satur day, Feb. 7, from the sororities, fraternities, and organized houses that have already been notified by mail. The books will then be taken to the city libraries for distribu tion to the army. Students wishing to contribute who live in town or in houses which have not been contacted Wnay leave books in the main lobby of the Union Thursday, Friday, and Saturday of this week. The all-out cooperation of the student body is expected by the committee, and arrangements have been made to handle a large number of books.