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DAILY NEBRASKAN
Friday, February 13, 1942
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News Editors Georgt Abbott, Alan Jacobs,
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All ansltned editorial are the opinions of the editor and
should not be conn trued to reflect the views of the ad
ministration or of the anlversity.
'Cat Tales' Bring
Troubles to All
Omicron Xu, home economics sorority, real
ized a superstition yesterday. Black cats, irate
citizens, the Humane Society, 1 lie Society for
the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, and Lin
coln news organs crossed it path and raised a
stench which horrified the ag campus group
composed of cirls chosen for high scholarship
and unusual leadership ability a stench
which could have been averted had all parties
concerned conducted themselves in a manner
befitting intelligent students and citizens.
A story on the front page, of today's Ne
braskan. gives full particulars of the affair
which slarted from nothing and wound up in
everything. The girls' organization jokingly
offered free admission to their party if guests
came with a black cat "dead or alive." A
story to that effect was caried in yesterday's
Daily Nebraskan.
To quote a Lincoln newspaper, "When
word of this plan reached the ears of Lincoln
animal lovers it struck chill to their hearts."
Supt. L. C. Loomis of the Lincoln Humane So
ciety issued this statement: "I was deeply
shocked at the proposal. One would think that
the youngsters in our colleges would be deeply
concerned with the terrible need tor more
kindness in this world. This cat thing, if it is
meant seriously, is a small sample of the kind
of human cruelty which the democracies arc
now trvinsr to stamn out." He added that "K
I can't get this thing stopped I'll be at that
party mvself and at the front door and if any
one brings a dead cat which bears marks of
having been cruelly killed 1 will make an ar
rest. . . ."
The Daily Nebraskan would like to take
this opportunity to assure the SPtA, the Hu
mane Society, the Lincoln newspaper, and all
others deeply concerned with the fate of Lin
coln's black cat population, that the students
of the University and particularly those on ag
campus neither have the desire nor the time
to go out looking for the feline. They are ajso
intelligent enough to "catch on" to a joke
without it having to hit them like a load of
bricks. If all students of the university had to
do was scout around in back alleys looking for
cats, old bottles, and other refuse the purposes
and functions of the university which the tax
payers uphold would go for naught.
And to Mr. Loomis. who might waste a lot
of time standing around Friday night, wo
would like to add that the "youngsters in our
colleges" are fully aware of the need of kind
ness in this world. They aren't in the habit
of making faces at babies, scaring old women,
or even yes, chasing black cats. How he as
sociates the alleged cruelty-to-be with llerr
Hitler, (perhaps Der Fuehrer kills eats) we
cannot understand, but he can also rest as
sured that when the students walk to class
they do so in the normal manner they don't
goosestep.
If certain quarters would realize that an in
cident of this kind, although it makes a good
news story, goes further than just making
readable editorial copy, perhaps they would
not be so generous with ink and paper. The
girls on ag campus will recover from the
shock. The students of the university can for
get being called fools. Mr. Loomis might even
forget the "cat tale." Hut like other "good
stories" and rumors, this thing will grow and
develop, spread and enlarge itself over the en
tire state. The university, its administration
and students, Mill feel its effect.
The university has had its budget cut time
and again necessitating a smaller and under
paid faculty, and curtailment of educational
facilities. It has weathered this "drought"
amazingly well due to the efforts of sincere
and intelligent administrative heads. Every
time a story similar to the one appearing in a
newspaper yesterday is read by the general
public, it further threatens the financial posi
tion of the university. And as the financial po
sition is endangered the standards of educa
tion are similarly threatened.
Jinks . . .
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lected by the government for a de
fense tax.
A la Biegfield.
Master of ceremonies in this
mock-vaudeville a la Ziegfield's
Follies is Max Whittaker, who will
be kept in line by assistant Betty
Newman. Max has also written a
song, "With All My Love," which,
sung by Marybelle Hitchcock,
makes & featured act of the pro
gram. The trios have tapped the pop
ular song sheets for their offer
ings. The Thetas will swing out
with '-He's 1-A in the Army" and
the old favorite "Chattanooga
Choo Choo;" the Pi Phi's feature
with "Blues in the Night" and "I
Understand."
Favoring boogie-woogie are the
saxaphone sextet who will play
their version of "Piggly Wiggly"
and "Polly Woggle." Norma Veta,
Emil Pelcak, Stanley Lowe, Leon
Ponte, Don Wenzlaff, and Ed Jor
dan are the saxaphonists.
The orchestra under Bob Carey's
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direction wil render the long
standing favorites "Volga Boat
man" and "Short'nin' Bread," as
well as providing the musical
background for the show. Wayne
Keim, Don Wenzlaff, Bill Krause,
Ted Hubbard, and Don Lovell
make up the orchestra members.
All in Fun.
With two chairs, a gun, and a
flag, Bernard Swartz and Jack
Donley will indulge in some good,
old-fashioned slapstick comedy.
They have chosen as a title for
their act "How Clean Was My
Alley." More comedy will be pre
sented by Josephine Weaver, Ron
ald Metz, and Phil Weaver, ac
companied by Romulo Soldevilla.
Dancers in the cast include Pat
Herminghaus, who will do a spe
cialty tap dance accompanied by
the orchestra playing "Bye Bye
Blues," Jean Bovard, acrobat, will
perform accompanied by Virginia
Hastings.
Special numbers will be given
by Marie Hassel, pianist, Elizabeth
Stonebraker, baton twirler, and
Beverly Weichel, accordianist.
Register . . .
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those in advanced ROTC and un
der contract to the government.
University students are urged
to register either on the ag cam
pus or city campus instead of go
ing to other polls located in the
city. After registering, the regis
trant will be given a certificate
which he must keep in his posses
sion at all times as proof of his
registration.
Mixer
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mor or could not take a joke, for
oat fanciers thruout Lincoln called
ag campus objecting to such prac
tices. So the committee wants to make
this announcement: "The Voo
Doo mixer will be held tonight,
Friday the 13th, and admission is
13 cents. Black cats are not
wanted; no cats are wanted. Thir
teen cents, and thirteen cents only
will get you into the dance.
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Don't Disturb
"LADIES
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UNIVERSITY THEATRE
Dept. of Speech School of Fine Arts
Febr. 18, 19, 20 Curtain 8:00 P. M.
Bulletin
YV r'HKSIIMAN CABINET.
YWt'A freshman cabinet will meet al
12 noon today In the south east room of
Ellen hinltli.
ELECTION RUES MEETING.
There will be a merlin tor everyone
Interested In the proposed changes of. the
election rules Ttirwiay at 1 p. m. In
room S05 of the Inlon.
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have dreamy stares on their faces.
On the campus proper, the land
scape has taken on an etheral look
. . .sparrows are eyeing each other
and cooing, at least, as close to
cooing as a sparrow can come. In
front of U Hall the Sir Walter
Raleigh of the sophomore class pi
lots a naive freshman lassie
around a mud puddle. A couple
pours over a volume of Euclid in
the library.
Smoky Haze Lingers.
At mid-afternoon the Union
grill is packed with coke dates,
and a smoky haze hangs over the
ceiling; soft strains of "Record
Session" fill the air.
The evening finds students (not
scholars) strolling along the walks
of the campus and surrounding
territory gazing at the sky. Natur
ally it s still daylight (CWT) and
there's a lovely picture in the sky:
The moon rising and the sun set
ting. Later, UN sits by its collective
radio and listens to its favorite or
chestra, falls into bed and dreams
of another day of school And
won't you be my valentine?
Folli
ICS . .
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7:45: Alpha Phi.
Thursday, Feb. 26.
5:00:Alpha Omicron Pi.
5:15: Theta.
5:30: Resident Hall.
5:45: Kappa Kappa Gamma.
7:00: Sigma Delta Tau.
7:15: Alpha Chi Omega.
7:30: Towne Club.
Members of the AWS Board
will act as judges of the skits for
the coed show which will be pre
sented March 17. Cleverness, origi
nality and possibilities will be the
qualifications on which the judg
ments will be based.
Party
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en attending the function and
have suggested that the money bo
spent to help defense.
Present Sweetheart.
An interfraternity Bweetheart
chosen by an election at the door
will be presented during the eve
ning, and the entire facilities of
the Union will be thrown open to
party-going couples, one of which
must be affiliated.
Al Donahue's "Low down
rhythm in a top hat" will attract
500 couples who will dance and
listen to the band-leader's scyle of
smooth rhythm with a dash of
swing and songstress Jean Gor
don. Always Comes Back.
Known in music circles as "The
man who always comes back,"
Donahue has played engagements
at the leading hotels of New York
and Palm Beach. Until the war,
37 bands directed by Donahue's
agency, were hired exclusively by
a Bermuda cruise line as ship
board orchestras.
Donahue, who is on his way to
the west coast to make a picture,
has just completed an engagement
at Iowa State university, where
he scored a big hit.
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