Sunday, November 15, 1942
DAILY NEBRASKAN
FORTY-SECOND YEAR.
Subscription Rates are $1.00 Per Semester or JI M for
the College Year. $2.60 Mailed. Single copy. 6 Cents.
Entered as second-class matter at the postoffice in yn
coln. Nebraska, under Act of Congress March 8, 1879.
and at special rate of postage provided for in Section 1103.
Act of October 3. 1917. Authorized September 30. 192.
Published daily during the school year except Mondays
and Saturdays, vacations and examinations periods by btu
aents of the University of Nebraska under the supervision
of the Publications Board.
Offices Union Building
Day 2-7181. Night 2-7193. Journal 2 3330.
Editor Robert W. Schlater
Business Manager Phillip W. Kantor
EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT.
Managing Editors. .Marjorie Brunlng. Alan Jacobs
News Editors George Abbott. Pat Chamberlin.
June Jamieson. Bob Miller, Marjorie Miy.
Sports Editor Norris Anderson
Member Nebraska Press Association. 1941-43
BUSINESS DEPARTMENT.
Ass t. Bus. Managers. Betty Dixon, Morton Zuber
Circulation Manager Jim Vanlandingham
All aati(ne4 editorials are the alaiani tae
tkoald not be construed U reflect the vlewt of ttc ad
itnistratica er el the anivenity.
Worth The Chips
Nebraska's most nationally known publica
tion is about to go out of existence for the
'stranger than fiction" reason that it is not
known on this campus and hence the volume
of subscriptions has not been kept up to meet
its expenses.
The Prairie Schooner has been edited for
several years by Prof. L. E. Wimberly of the
English department and has been rated with
Harpers, the Atlantic Monthly and several
other nationally famous publications. The
magazine carries short stories, articles, and
poems by both well known contributors and
by unrecognized individuals.
It would be both a slam on the university
as a whole and to Prof. Wimberly who has
spent a great many years in this work if the
publication was forced to give up the ghost.
It is practically emblematic of the university
over the nation and serves to give this school
a great deal of valuable publicity.
To the student body, the publication should
mean more than just another publication Rince
it has reached such a national standing. If
students actually took the time to read the
maagzine they would find it very interesting
j Ad.to.fup J
(Ed. note: Below is a copy of a letter sent
in appreciation of "Prairie Schooner," na
tional literary magazine published by and at
Nebraska. Due to lack of interest shown this
magazine by the university student body, it
will be compelled to go off the campus if the
number of subscribers is not raised consid
erably.) West Palm Beach, Florida,
September 19, 1942.
The Prairie Schooner,
Lincoln, Nebraska.
Dear Sirs:
Fine time to be writing and saying "thanks"
for those two copies of the Schooner which
you were kind enough to send me some weeks
ago, isn't it!
Anyway, I want you to know I welcomed
the Schooners with all the enthusiasm 1 would
have given a letter from home. As far as I
am concerned, no other magazine in the U.S.A.
can even come close to comparing with the
finished touch of the Schooner. And, to prove
it, here is my one buck for a year's subscrip
tion. Yours is the only mag in the world which
now bears my name on the subscriber's list.
I have very little time for reading, and what
little time I do find to read shall not be
wasted as long as I have a Schooner within
reach. You may start me with the Fall issue.
Thank again for the Schooners and your
most welcome letter.
Sincerely,
CpL Boyd R. Ogden.
and very valuable reading.
Many of us have heard about the Prairie
Schooner for many years but have never had
a copy available since there has been no gen
eral sales campaign for the sale of the maga
zine. Students are being offered an opportu
nity this week to buy a subscription for the
year. Many organized groups on the campus
have endorsed the subscription campaign and
it should meet with the approval of the entire
campus.
Students who want to read a Nebraska pub
lication which is read by some of the best
known men and women in literature and pub
lication fields in the country, should subscribe
to the magazine this week. It is not a high
brow publication written strictly for the in
tellectual, but it is a magazine which every
student will find intercstisng.
FBI Trails Innocent Cambus
'Criminals Train-Photo Case
B n A V is a unrni a ai .....
BY PAT CHAMBERLIN.
Won c ha ever learn dat crime
don't pay? Dey ha caught up
wld me at last.
I can feel de shadows of de
clink cross In' the stripes on me
bony back. I can smell de war
den's breath (drinking rot-gut)
back at Alratrez. Gw, but won't
he be happy U tec me and me
pal-da-baroness von Attlouae
trouble again. And again. . .
Anyway as I nays to me pal-da-baroncas
von Attlouuetrouble
who I uta know in da good old
days at Freddie's, she bcln' the
main lady of the garter, (of course,
you understand she is trucking
under a alias now), anyway I says,
well, it took only da local boys
wid flat feet ta tommy-fun Pretty
Boy Floyd who was really sitting
pretty when dey stuck him into
de gutter in d windy city, but
takes de und'V cover men to un
cover us. A.id even yet we ain't
sure dy has dole all our clothes
yet
Well, ya see, it was disway.
De Basin, big shot who doesn't
know us numbered guys is sitting
in his photograph class for a hide
out, send us down on a align
ment ta da train de-pot to snatch
pitcher of a piece of baggage
Who was we ta know he meant
baggage, and not femmes?
No Cheestaker!
Bo we loads our tommy guns,
dat is our camera, and hotboots
It down dere, (makln a big circle
around dat Carton Broderick man
who we think knows too much
maybe I, and we don't see a train
or A decent leg in de hole, And
we gotta take da blasted pitchers
la Keep ve Basin off da scent
80 we does a quarter-back sneak
around da left end, tunnels under
neath da tracks, and sees light in
da form of a train havin' its face
lifted by some guys (unclothed,
as it was, da train, dat is). We
takes St home in our pocket And
aiso a engine with t ree other
guys on top.
Coed Haul.
Since our pockets is full, we is
about to scram, but up comes
a man with a hat Never trust a
man in a hat, pal-da-baroness von
Attlousetrouble. He usually has
something underneath da bonnet!
He hisses:
"What would you think if I
said you were under arrest?"
Well, we had both been ar
rextcd before but never before
had been ft ked what we thought
about it! We were Just fixln' to
give him a good, long piece of
our minds, when he uped and
grabbed us and a lurching drunk
who was drapped around a con
venient railroad tie, and pushed us
into his sinister office. We didn't
know da drunk, but we liked him
and we all felt kinda brotherly
anyhow.
Well, de man with the plain
clothes shows us his badge( he
evidently didn't know we'd seen
dem a few times previous) and
makes a stab for da camera. It
was de principle of da thing dat
got us, so de barroness von At
trousetrouble pulls out a hanker
chief wid two war stamps $lued
ta It Just ta make things look
good and sniffs around It Dat
always wcika.
He cries awhile wid her and
de drunk and I cried in each
other's arms just to be company
and everting we thought was turn-
in' out o. k.
Until he recovers and asks for
de monnickers, only he said
"names" and we didn't know but
dat he wax takln' a crack at us,
We finally understood because dc
drunk began singing in a off-key
about Myrtle and dat always make
us feel intellectual, and so we
tella de man some tall tales. Boy,
we sure thought fast too. Except
de baroness gets so confused she
can't think how old she Is which
she don't like to tell to strange
men anyhow, and she can t think
of a town in which to live for
the moment in dis flat state and
nays de same "name" she gives
for her last "name.
He looked kinda funny at dat
until she ups and tells him dat
her grandpop settles da place, and
after dat everything was happy,
How could a grandpop been a Goi
man like us anyway?
So we goes home, after arrange
ing for a date with the man in
plain clothes for tomorrow.
(Editors note: Despite the fri
volity that -appears thruout the
above article, the facts accom
panied with assumed names are
all true, involving two prominent
women on this campus who were
out on an assignment for a photo
graphy class and who wert taken
Into custody by f. B. I.; agents
for taking pictures In a railroad
yard which Is now considered a
vital military area and Is closely
watched.)
JioAinsd, JUub.
Prats jpreseait Skits
For Campus (Praise
High lighting activity at UN
this week will be the traditional
Kosmet Klub show next Saturday
afternoon at the Nebraskan thea
ter, featuring eight fraternity
skits.
Tickets for the revue are now
being sold by Kosmet Klub work
ers and their representatives. Stu
dents should obtain tickets soon,
commented President Max Laugh-
lin. as this show centering around
army life promises to be one of
the best Last year the ran re
vue played before a full house.
Sodevilla Master or ceremonies.
Romulo Sodevilla has been se
lected to serve as master of cere
monies at the show. A senior in
the university, Soldevilla has been
very active in university plays ana
radio programs produced by UN
students.
Interest in the fall revue has
been especially high this year due
to the election of Nebraska Sweet
heart and Prince Kosmet, annual
presentations at the show. As in
former years they will be elected
at the door of the revue. Candi
dates for Nebraska Sweetheart are
Laura Lee Mundil and Myrldene
Buller. The Prince Kosmet aspi
rants are Harold Hunt adn Ed Lof.
Fraternities Compete.
The music of Johnny Cox's up
and coming band will accompany
the eight skits. The fraternities
which were selected to compete
for the cup for the best skit in
clude Alpha Tau Omega, Alpha
Sigma Phi, Phi Gamma Delta, Phi
Kappa Psi, Sigma Alpha Epsilon,
Sigma Alpha Mu, Sigma Chi and
Sigma Nu.
Workers have completed selling
advertisements for the program.
The next workers' meeting will be
Tuesday at 5:30 o'clock in the Kos
met Klub office.
Ttco Full Days . . .
Christmas Vacation
May Be LeiigtBieoied
Pending approval by the Uni
versity Senate, Christmas vaca-
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G. W. ROSENLOF.
. . . Vacation Longer.
tion at UN will be extended two
days, according to G. W. Rosen
lof, chairman of the calendar com
mittee of the Senate.
The recommendation which will
be presented December 17 at the
next meeting of the Senate reads
that vacation will be extended
from Monday morning,' January 4.
to Wednesday, January 6. This
will leave two full weeks of vaca
tion, as school is dismissed Decem
ber 23.
The calendar committee took
this action after the federal gov
ernment appealed to civilians who
plan to travel during the yuletide
season. Under the proposed rec
ommendation students who live
out of town will be able to come
back to UN in the beginning of
the week when travel is not so
heavy.
Action on this recommendation
must be taken by the Senate, the
official administrative body which
speaks for the faculty.
Wednesday Night . . .
Fourteen Coeds to Model
At Coed Counselor Dinner
Fourteen girls have been chosen
to model in the style show to be
presented at the annual Coed
Counselor dinner, Wednesday eve
ning. Also included on the pro
gram will be the Delta Gamma
trio made up of Ann Crosby, Jean
Swarr, and Pauline Van Home.
Guest speakers will be Miss Elsie
Piper and Miss Letta Clark, who
are the two sponsors of the Coed
Counselors, and Dean Boyles.
The girls who are to model and
the sororities they represent are
as follows: Arda Allen, Alpha
Chi; Phyllis Yenne, AOPI; Mar
jorie Mulder Alpha XI Delta; Lois
Motcalf, Chi Omega; Betty Dick,
Trl-Dclt; Gwen Rkoglund, Delta
Gamma; Harriet Gartner, Gamma
I'hl Beta; Marjorie Heyn, Thcta;
Evelyn Ilegarton, Kappa Dolt;
Betty Storejohn, Sigma Kappa;
Student at UN
Dies of Heart
Attack Friday
Luther Walter Lange, sopho
more and arts and science student
of the university, died Friday
morning at Lincoln General hospi
tal, where he had been suffering
from a heart attack for the last
two weeks.
He is survived by his mother
Mrs. Emma Lange of Imperial,
and two brothers and three sis
ters. He was a communicant
member of the Snyodlcal Lutheran
church at his home and a mem
ber of the Lutheran student
church at the University. Hi
home was in Hastings.
Ann Ahearn, Kappa Kappa
Gamma; Pat Coby, Pi Phi; Nina
Nix, Dorm, and Margaret Reese,
Alpha Phi.
Decorations for the dinner,
which is to be held at 6:30 in the
Union ballroom, win be carried
out in a fall theme.
Tickets can still be purchased
from any Coed Counselor and all
girls are welcome to attend.
UN Graduate
Is Dcs Moines
Area Engineer
Captain M. J. Senn, graduate of
the college of engineering, is the
area engineer in charge of the
contraction of the Dcs Moines
Ordnance plant, a project three or
four times as large as the Lincoln
Air Baae.
The construction of the plant,
begun in July of 1941, is of a
highly technical type involving
power generation and distribution,
industrial type buildings, and
many other items in which substi
tute war-time methods and ma
terials cannot be employed.
In spite of the difficulties thus
Involved, Captain Senn has made
an outstanding record in main
taining construction far ahead of
schedule. One engineer who has
been closely associated with the
work at Dcs Moines says, "The
achievement of Captain Senn Is
outstanding and warrants recog
nition. "
Captain Senn is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. J. J. Senn of Lincoln.