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Vol. 41, No. 133
CoIJ.P.Rflurphy IHleadls UW
KOTCs Colo Thanes ESetlires
Retirement of Col. Charles A.
Thui.-j. commandant of the univer
sity ROTC since 1939. due to his
having reached the statuary age
limit, is scheduled about June 1,
C h a n c e 1 1 or
Boucher an
nounced Tues
day. He will be
s u c c e eded by
Col. James P.
Murphy, com
mandant of the
ROTC cadets at
South Dakota
college for the
past live years.
Colonel Thuis
started his mil
itary career in
1898, when he
Lincoln Journal, and Other ca-
iM. r. . tkmi. dets at Vincen-ii-m
university formed a company
and joined the 159th Indiana in
fantry for seiv.'ce in the Spanish
American war. He returned to the
.-iviee after being mustered out
and enlisted with the 3Sth U. S.
volunteers for the Philippine in
surrection. He rose to the tank of sergeant
i
major before being mustered out
in 1901, enlisting in December of
that year for the third time, there
upon launching upon his profes
sional army career as a second
lieutenant in the coast artillery.
Serves in Mexico.
Colonel Thuis saw service with
the Pershing expedition to Mexico
and in the first world war he
ppent 21 months in France, was a
member of the staff of the Amer
ican mission. Reserve Mallett, at
l -J . r v. p
and later as chief quartermaster
lor the Second army at Toul.
The incoming commandant.
Colonel Murphy, will come here
with a military career which dates
back to 1916. when he gave up his
work as a pharmacist to be mo
bilized with his South Dakota na
tional guard company.
He was commissioned a second
lieutenant in the guards and
served on the Mexican border with
the infantry, taking examinations
for the regular army, and thereby
attaining the rank of first lieutenant.
ii
defeated! at Polls
Despite'a thrilling "barb victory drive" which did result
in one of the most hotly contested elections in recent years,
greeks retained their hold on the campus political front in
yesterday's spring election.
To the Union faction went 16 of 22 Student Council pos
itions, the Ivy Day Orator, two out ol ihree publication board,
post, and most important, defeat ol! the barb proposal to amend
the Student Council constitution.
Barbs Win on kg.
Darbs showed their greatest strength on ag campus where
they outvoted greeks. Total prelerential vote ior t lie entire
campus found the greeks ahead, 1,403 to 1.224. liarbs will gain
four members in the council because of the preferented vote
system.
While the amendment was turned down by a meager T4
vote majority, universal subscription to the Daily Nebraskau
was passed by an almost two to one majority. .Amendment
Yes -1297. no 1351.
Lincoln, Nebraska Wednesday, April 22, 1942
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tigures ran
Universal subscription figures
were: Yes-1,724; no 976.
After Monday night's boisterous
rally and meeting, the election day
was quiet. The barb sound truck
was not out; no campaign litera
ture was openly distributed, and
(See ELECTION, page 3)
Lincoln Journal
COLONEL MURPHY.
He was stationed at Fort Snell
ing, Minn., and at Camp Devens,
Mass., during World War I. He be
came a captain in August, 1917,
and was assigned to duly in Puerto
Rico and Panama following the
war. From 1923 to 1927 he served
as director of organized reserves
in Illinois.
Union Quiz
Semi-Finals
Are Tonight
Mastermind of Twelve
Teams Meet in Union
To Determine Finali?l
Campus master minds meet this
-nine at 7 in the fatuity lounge
nd in parlor A of the Union in the and of
4-fiii-fuiaU of the Brainstormer a , ...
Uni Class Makes Costumes
For 'Seven Sisters' Play;
Theater Run Opens April 29
Bright, gay and colorful are the
costumes used in Klith Fllis' play,
"Seven Sisters." which the Uni
versity Players will present April
29 to May 1.
There is an exceptionally large
Q'uz which the Student Union is
Kn soring.
The 12 teams which survived the
preliminaries are: Sarah Miller,
R-iikf Goldstein, Beverly Marcus;
rn Atkinson, James Sallach. Bill
F!'irr; Cordon Johnson, Cilbert
P.yder, Pubert Campbell; Julius
0hn, Leonard Boasberg. Morris
Klrshenhaum; Herbert Hopkins,
B-b Chambers, Bob Dewey.
P.obert Smith, George Black
.See UNION QUIZ, page it
Hilda Beal
Talks at Next
Union Forum
Hilda Eeal. teacher In a York,
KntjUnd, girls school, will ad-dr-HS
a Union-sponsored forum
Knd.iy, April 2i at 4 p. m. In the
faulty lounge.
Miss Beal was permitted to
Kngland in January, 1942 to
HfH-nd six months In the United
St-ites lecturing on civilian life
in blitzed England. Her subject
Kiidiiv will 1c "War-time Kng-U-id
"
Two years ago she was an
. A UW exchange teacher here.
H-r special interests are olwrv
m democracy at work In Brit
Ji:i and the problems of education
'i war.
being used in the play, and all ex
cept the military suits are being
designed and made by the class in
stage costume under the direct
tion of Miss Katherine Schwake.
The class has done quite exten
sive research work on the authen
tic peasant costume of Hungary,
the setting of the play.
The dresses which are being de
signed and made by the class are
typical Hungarian peasant ityle
with extremely full plaited skirt
over yards of petticoat .tight fit
ting bodice and muslin apron. Tne
multi-colored designs on the skirts
are being painted on by hand but
viewed by the audience they will
appear like the embroidery found
on such skirts.
One scene in the "Seven Sis
ter'' U a masquerade ball and
costumes of the Queen of Hearts,
Richard the Lion Hearted, the sul
tan of Turkey and the Russian
are paraded on the stage. These
too were designed by the class.
The model for the Hungarian
costumes was a doll from the col
lection belonging to the art de
partment prepared by the sewing
committee of the Lincoln Junior
League under the direction of
Miss Schwake. The entire collec
tion contains 32 dolls from all
countries and has been shown all
over the state as an educational
exhibit.
Election Winners
Student Con nr il
Seniors at large:
John Douglass
Dave Walcott
Ann Craft
Jean Baker
Ag college:
Willard Visek, Union
Dorothy 'Mae Andc. son, Barb
Arts and Science:
Bill McBride, Union
Jim Van Landingham, Union
Jane Ann Fenton, Union
Bizad:
Bill Thornberg, Union
Eugene Reece, Union
Dentistry:
Herbert Williams, Union
Engineering:
James Barbur, Barb
John Watson, Barb
Fine Arts:
Jean Cowden, Union
Law:
Robert Galloway, Union
Teachers:
Dale Harvey, Union
Mary Helen Dietrick, Union
Lois Christie, Union
Graduate:
David Simorvson, Barb
Rachel Stephenson, Barb
Pharmacy:
Ben McCashland, Barb
Ivy Day Orator:
Max Earl Meyer
Publications Boanl
Sophomore Member:
Elmer Sprague, Barb
Junior Member:
Bob Heinzelman, Union
Senior Member:
Robert Shoemaker, Union
Universal
Subscription
Plan Wins
Universal subscription to the
Daily Nebraska n was approved by
an almost two to one majority by
students voting in the spring elec
tion yesterday.
The total vote, including ag and
city campus was 1.724 votes, for ;
976 votes against. The ag and city
campus votes were not counted
separately.
Next step to furnish the Dally
Nebraskan to every student after
payment of a compulsory fee
added to the tuition will be con
sideration by Chancellor C. S.
Boucher and the board of regents.
To Chancellor.
Last year, before the universal
subscription was defeated at the
polls. Chancellor Boucher said he
would bring the matter to the at
tention of the board of regents if
a large enough majority of the
students voted in favor of the
plan.
A political football last year,
the plan this year was presented
by Nebraskan heads as a non-partisan
issue but. it again nearel
the status of political question.
Arls Department
Helps Red Cross
Thirty-five packing boxes sawed,
fitted, and nailed together in one
afternoon is fast work but the
boys in the practical arts de
partment did it yesterday after
noon. The 22 boys spent the after
noon pounding together the boxe
for the local chapter of the Ameri
ca n Red Cross.
Malott Lists Requirementsl
iOf Students in War Crisis I
Junior Division
Registrants Get
Band Try-outs
All Junion Division registrants
who wish to register for band or
orchestra must try-out this week.
KmanuAl Wi.shnow will hold or
chestra try-outs and Don A. Lcntz
and Ward Moore will hold band
try-outs from one to three Wed
nesday and from ten to twelve
Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
Any other students who wish to
try-out at this time may do ao.
StU'lentH loilay "arc scckiritr liitry in 1 ho-
making," mvl "v. ill help make it, more than
tiny generation has ever !iie lefre in the
whole history of civilization," ileclaidl Chan-Cfll')i-
Dome W. Malolt of i)w I "iti versify of
Kansas in ad-lressing the Hth annual univer
sity honors convocation Tncslay morning.
An audience of over 2,000 attended the con
vocation in the coliseum at which .".'0 students
were honored for liiyh scholarship and educa
tional achievement, and 1' prize and awards
were presented. Chancellor C. S. l'uiicher pre
sided. Chancellor Mulott pointed out that students
whose careers arc "caii','ht in the crisis" must
endow themselves with the qualities as well
as the quantities of education 1o meet the
impact of the war and of the peace which
may lie far ahead.
He listed the qualities upon vhich leader
ship depends as a great capacity for lovaltv,
momentum,, perspective and tolerance, and
termed them objectives "worthy of the high
est effort of educated men and women in :i
tiustalile day."
Crging tolerance "to understand the motives
and objectives" which which a democracy must
cope, Malotl closed hy declaring, "1 am con
fident of the power of this country when tin
full weight of ils industrial and human inohil.
iation is felt. In the meantime, your careers
are caught up in the crisis, and more will he
expected of you than that you he well stocked
with the duhioiis data of acciimmulated knowl
edge." The Ilev. C. !!. Walcott pronounced the tnro.
cation, while the university symphony orchestr.i
played several numhers under the direction of
llinanuel Wishnow.
(See RECOGNITION, pgc 4;