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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
