The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current, November 06, 1942, Image 1

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    Frosh, Sophs to TU-UG
Rally Tomorrow Night Gives Class of 1946
Chance to Doff Scarlet Caps and Beanies
A bit belated perhaps, but the freshmen will be given the
opportunity to officially crawl out from under their crimson
headdress, stamping them the class of '4(v when they engage
the sophomore class in the annual tug-of-war, at the school's
fifth rally of the year.
This week's rally, held in conjunction with an Armistice
day program, and featuring the annual tug-of-war, will again
begin in front of the Union Friday evening at 7 :'Q p. ni. With
the. hope of maintaining the spirit sustained in winning the
last two games,, members of the campus pep clubs are calling
for a big turnout to witness the biggest program slated for
a rally this year.
Big Six.
"The team is playing its biggest conference game Sat
urdaay," commented Frank White, Corn Cob-president, "and
there's bound to be a big crowd at the game, so we want a
big turnout for the team Friday night."
At the stadium the crowd will be greeted by Glenn Pres
nell. head coach, and two team members. Allen Zikmund and
Vie Sehleich, co-captains. Featuring the program will be the
tug-of-war between the freshmen and sophomore class mem
bers, which has developed into one of the university's fall
(See TUG OF WAR, Page 3.)
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Australian Explorer
Lectures at Union
...On Pacific War
Sir Hubert Wilkins, Australian-born, internationally known ex
plorer and fact finding observer of world affairs is scheduled to speak
in the Union ballroom, Sunday, Nov. 15. His address concerning first
hand information of the Pacific area is part of the university convo
cation series sponsored by the Student Union.
Sir Hubert has been "fact hun
gry" wherever he has gone and
there are few corners of the world
which he does not know or has
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not visited. He has spoken before
scientific bodies thruout the Eng-lish-Hpeaking
world and in Eu
rope, and to hundreds of popular
audiences in America and abroad
to whom he has been exciting, In
formative and authoritative.
Sir Hubert is rated one of the
best informed men on his native
Australia, in addition to the orient
and Far Eastern affairs.
Determined to get behind the
censored reports coming from the
Far East; to get the facta regard
ing the then impending conflagra
tion in the Pacific destined to en
(See EXPLORER, Page 4.)
Frankforter Will
Speak on Bombs
Colonel C. J. Frankforter will
address a Joint meeting of the So
ciety of American Engineers and
the American Institute of Chemi
cal Engineers on November 19, at
7:30 p. m.
Colonel Frankforter' talk will
deal with "Bombs and Bomb
Loading." The meeting will be
held in the main lecture room of
Avery Laboratory.
Music Group
Buys Out War
Stamp Supply
If war stamp sales were boom
ing last Thursday, they were
really roaring yesterday. Biggest
single sale of the day was made
to Sigma Alpha Iota, honorary
musical sorority, which purchased
$15 of war stamps as part of their
national dues. This sale wiped
out all stamp supplies in every
booth and the Student Union grill
(See WAR STAMPS, Page 2.)
Pub Board
Man Chosen,
Not Elected!
Will it never end?
Every time the student council
sticks its foot into something it
gets a headache, at least so far
as the fall election is concerned.
First it was Nebraska Sweet
heart. Then it was senior class
president. Now it's the pub board
election which won't be. Accord
ing to the publication board con
stitution the senior class presi
dent appoints students to fill any
vacancies on the board, but the
Council, not knowing this, had an
nounced that the election of a
member to take Bob Shoemaker's
place would take place Nov. 10
along with the election of class
presidents.
Anyway this issue is cleared up
completely. Bill McBride, chair
man of the Student Council elec
tions committee, announced yes
terday that he had received a let
ter from pub board Chairman
Harold Hamil informing him of
the constitution's ruling.
Just the same, there will be an
election maybe.
UN Foundation Staff
Organizes; Officers
IKlold State Positions
A meeting for all officials and county chairman of the
Nebraska Student Foundation was held last night in the Union
as Student Foundation completes organization for the year. At
that time the county chairmen's duties were explained and the
work of the year outlined.
General officers of the Student Foundation for the coming
year are John Jay Douglass, general chairman; Bob Schlater,
publicity, Bob Guenzel, finance,
TF7 A A I t C an Ann Craft, general of out-of
W UTTicei
Talks at AWS
Meeting Today
Women of the university will
have an opportunity to hear first
hand information on the Women's
Auxiliary Army Corps, when
Lieutenant Gwendolyn Harvey of
the WAASs speaks at the AWS
meeting at five o'clock in Ellen
Smith hall.
A personal friend of Dean Verna
Boyles, Lieutenant Harvey, a
graduate of the University of Illi
nois, will explain the organization
of the division of the armed forces
to which she belongs. This pro
gram initiates a vocational series
sponsored by AWS.
Lieutenant Harvey's talk will be
followed by a dinner for the AWS
board in the residence halls for
women.
state chairmen.
Out-of-state chairmen for the
individual states are Marsha Craft,
Illinois; Betty Hoff, South Dakota;
Herbert Rosenbaum, Colorado;
Bonnie Calmer, Iowa; and Dinny
Ford, Kansas.
The following are the district
chairmen and appointed county
chairmen. For counties not listed
no students have been selected 1o
serve as chairmen.
DISTRICT I.
Chairman, Paul Toren. .
Ianraster, Pri Mowtly.
Nemaha, Bevrrly Marcus.
DISTRICT II.
Chairman. Ana Arbitinan.
Douglas, Mary Louifte CanipbeH.
DISTRICT III.
Chairman, Ronald Meti.
Anslfltant Chairman, Jean Lanoa.
Knox, Donna HouU-k.
('roar, Jack Srhlrnwr.
DUon, Tonl McQulatan.
Dakota, Evelyn lmfr,
Antelope, Richard McDougal,
rierre, Ray Miller.
Wayne, Twlla Herman.
Thunton, lntrr Hunt. 1
MadlMMi, Kit Carnon.
Stanton, Geraldlne MrKlnsey.
(See FOUNDATION, Page 6.)
'John Jones' Reigns
At Palladian Banquet
The peVson of "John Jones," mythical Pal
ladian character who typifies the Pal spirit,
will reign over the 71st annual Founders' Day
Banquet tomorrow night as the Palladian Lit
erary Society celebrates its many years on the
campus the oldest student organization at Ne
braska. Both alumni and active chapters sponsor
the dinner, and alumni Judge K. B. Perry will
preside at the program planned according to
Palladian traditions and customs. Highlight
of the event is a debate, recalling the early
days when Palladian was strictly a literary
and oratorical society. Affirming the ques
tion, "Resolved, that the Palladian by-laws
should be abolished," will be alumni members
T. V. A. Williamson and Mrs. K. K. Brackett
and denying it will be students Janet Hutchin
son and Charles Coale.
Discuss 'Laws.'
Mrs. John T). Sigler will speak on "In
laws" and David Marvin will discuss "Out-
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Joe Asks What Comes Now?'
laws." Decision of the judges will be an
nouueed following the musical part of the pro
gram in which Betty Toothaker will present a
piano solo and Mary Helen Alexis and Mary;
Mc Derm and will sing a duet.
As has been customary for over half a cen
tury, the program will close when everyone
joins in singing llie tradition Palladian songs,
ending with "Palladian Sweetheart."
Ralph Marlette President.
President of the active chapter for the pres
ent term is Ralph Marlette. Lela Lyne is iu
charge of the program.
Organized entirely for intellectual pursuits
three years after the University of Nebraska
was founded, the Palladian actives have now
for many years placed as much emphasis on
the social side of the society as on the literary
ideals. The group is restricted to unaffiliated
students who are asked to join only on a vote,
of the whole chapter. Membership is kept at
approximately DO students each year.
Staff Holds
UN Memorial
BY GEORGE ABBOTT.
With congress presumably
holding off important "rider"
legislation on the youth draft
until after election and the
election now history Joe Col
lege is asking himself, "What
comes now?"
And well might that question
be nsked. Opinion on Nebras
ka's campus yesterday, as it
will be tomorrow and for many
days to come, indicated that
all concerned believe that when
a lowered draft limit starts
other youths into service, col
lege cannot go on "as usual."
Currently, at least three al
ternatives are in sight: Either
the present system will con
tinue with the selective service
under the recent passage weed
ing out students; or through a
mass enlistment program, men
students will be graduated as
specialists; or the army will
put men into army uniforms,
pay them arm wages, and gi?e
them army training, all in
school.
The American council of ed
ucation which includes private
ly endowed colleges in its ranks
has flatly urged a wide exten
sion of the Enlisted Reserve.
This reserve would put stu
dents in college on a basis of
military need for their training
as officers and specialists.
General plans at present call
for scholastic and personal re
quirements to show the degree
to which students are poten
tial material for vital military
positions, and demanding a
minimum of basic class work,
with their further education
to be determined by military
need and aptitudes.
In the fall of 1918, all physi
cally able college men were
hurried into olive ' drab wool
and improvised barracks of the
Student Army Training Corps,
with men on this campus utiliz
ing what is now Sosh for bar
racks. While the SATC was
considered pretty much of a
failure, the importance of the
roles college-trained men could
play in the winning of the war
has become even more intensi
fied this war, in the eyes of
both military and college offi
cials. Brig. Gen. C. R. Huebner, direc
tor of training; for the Service of
Supply, in a recent .'etter to Dr.
A. C. Willard of Illinois univer
sity, wrote that "there has been no
change in the opinion that the
army needs men with the essential
training given by colleges and uni
versities." "The war department," General
Huebner continued, "is compiling
data concerning the number of
college trained men needed by the
army, the training required, and
similar questions. A program of
education based upon this factual
data will be set up for conference
with representatives of educational
institutions."
With an accelerated program al
ready in effect here, and more and
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Services
Staff members of the university
will hold their second annual me
morial service Sunday at 4 p. m.
in the Union. The service is limited
to the faculty and administrative
staff.
Four forr.ier members of the UN
staff will be given recognition on
this occasion. Those who plan to
attend must obtain cards from
heads of schools, deans of colleges,
chairmen of departments, or from
the finance department.
Only in special circumstances
will more than two cards be issued
to a faculty family. Members of
the committee in charge of the
service are O. J. Jerguson, Mabel
Lee and C. H. Oldfather. ,
The four faculty members who
passed away are Carrie Adeline
Barbour, assistant curator of pale
ontology; Fred Wllbert Upson,
dean of graduate college emeritus
and professor of chemistry emeri
tus; Gayle Courtney Walker, pro
fessor of journalism; and William
Penaluna Wherry, professor etorb-inolaryngology.