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The Mighty Rumor Spreading like a prairie fire for the past fer days has been the rumor that the University of Nebraska would close its doors to students January 1, 1943, and turn its entire phys ical plant over to the army. As rumors go, this is news. But news should also be bused upon reliable information, and there has been no confirmation of such rumors by either war depart ment or university officials. ' Chancellor Boucher IS going to Washington to confer with proper authorities concerning the part the university could play in housing and instructing certain units of the armed forces. According to the Chancellor, his trip to Washington will be made to offer certain facilities which could be made available here for such training, but definitely not to turn the entire uni versity over to the army. The Board of Uepenls has acted upon the matter and has made available certain buildings on the campus such as the rrtlisfiim. the stadium, the new library and a few other build ings which could be ued by a specialized unit in training on this campus. Students should realize that the college of engineering, medicine, denistry, pharmacy, and other specialized courses which are offered here are far more valuable to the war de partment than the physical plant itself. These colleges will be filled to capacity for the duration. The humanities and social sciences will suffer somewhat whether or not we have an army unit brought here since students naturally are turning and are being encouraged to turn to those courses and colleges which will provide them with the skill and knowledge required in war industries and by the war department. The rumor that the military students will be taken out of school in the ner future is also totally unfounded after a check-up yesterday. Too many students take a very small fact picked up around the campus which may be entirely true and before the story has passed the mouths of ten students, we hear that the university Mill close up. It reminds one somewhat of the age-old parlor game'of whispering a story down a line of people and getting a big laugh out of the final story. The sum and substance of the whole situation concerning rumors of the past few days can be summed up by saying the university will not close for the duration, that the university is offering available facilities for a unit here, and that the student who believes in rumors should about face and wait for confirmation before he spreads a story. Vol. 42, No. 49 Lincoln Nebraska. Wednesday, December 4, 1942 University Starts Classes To Instruct Air Wardens UN Prepares For Blackout December 14 Tough' Phys Fitness Course Draws 75 Men to First Class Rumors can be dangerous. By the Editor UN Students Select factory SUioiv Yumes . . . On Waring Broadcast Balloting for selection of tunes to be played on the Fred Waring "University of Nebraska Victory Tunes" program will be held today and Thursday on the blank pro vided for voting on page two of the Daily. Nebraska students will select three songs from the lift on the ballot to be played on the Pleasure Time broadcast Dec. 11. The Daily and the Waring organization are co-sponsoring the poll. Ballots must be turned in at tht Daily office or the Union check stand by Friday evening. Voters may add one additional choice .o the ballot; however, Waring has YWCA Holds Annual Greens Celebration Highlighted by the traditional ceremony of the hanging of the green the YWCA last night held its annual pre-Christmas dinner. The green hanging ceremony consisted of decorating the in tenor of Ellen Smith hall and the huge tree in fhe living room. In previous years the greens for the ceremony have been brought from Estes Park, Colorado, the site of the association's conven tions, but due to the war the greens were gathered this year from this locality. . The YW vesper choir sang Christmas carols during the cere mony. . Special grists at the din ner were Mrs. Vtrna Boyles, dean of women; Miss Elsie Ford Piper, assistant to the dean of women; Mrs. Ada Westover; presidents and governing bodies of all women's organizations on the city and ag campuses; Tassels, and presidents of &D women's organ used houses and residence halls. cautioned students that "White Christmas" has been selected four or five times for the next broad cast and audiences may grow tired of it Vocalists Donna Dae and Jimmy Atkins will sing numbers on the Nebraska program. With approximately 75 men tak ing part the first official meeting of the new physical fitness class was held Monday night in the coliseum. In the words of Dr. R. W. Clapp, director of the program "it was pretty tough, even for the ath letes." While the first night's program was to more or less determine how badly the training is needed, the workouts from now until the end of the semester will begin with only moderate exercise, grad- Major Lee W. Chatfield Qoes To Texas Post The second transfer in as many weeks ocurred yestertlay with the announcement that Maj. Lee W. Chatfield, infantry instructor, has been ordered to report to Camp Walters, Tex. Replacing the vacancy in the infantry instructors' staff will e Maj. Marvin T. Edmison of Fort Benning. Ga. This transfer will complete the turnover of the in structor staff of the military de partment for the remainder of the year. Present plans indicate Major Ed mison will take over Capt. James Pattison's duties as weapons in structor who will in turn take over the classroom instruction of the juniors. Major Chatfield will re port to Camp Walters shortly after the military ball at which time he will receive his official release from the military department. ually working up strenuous routines. to the more Present plans call for a fifteen minute opening period devoted to mass calisthenics. Following this, the men are to be divided into squads to carry out a varied pro gram best suited to the indi viduals needs. Included in the squad work are boxing, wrestling, (including jiu-jitsu and "bone breaking" work), vaulting, tumb ling, obstacle course work and swimming. Will Teach Swimming. An attempt will be made to teach men to swim if they do not already know how to do so, while each man will be placed in the group which will best fit the in dividual for the training required of men in the service. Object of the fitness course is to develop the men in physical strength, endurance, and agility. Dr. Clapp pointed out that the training will also prove of value to men not eligible for service. While the course has been en thusiastically received to date. men may still register for credit in the course. Students having classas until 5:30 may come at the end of the hour, with the course running every week until the end of the semester. A new course of basic training will be started at that time. Only requirements are that stu dents wear some form of rubber- soled shoes and old clothes. Men should wear clothing which offers protection to legs and arms. Cobs Meet Tonight The Corn Cobs will hold a neeting tonight at 7:30 in the Union. Volunteering Student Wardens Meet Tuesday Nights Until Christmas "Flash! Unidentified bomber planes sighted two miles south west of Lincoln, flying high headed for the city. All civilians ordered to shelter. All wardens to posts. Complete blackout of the city and surrounding areas must be accomplished within three minutes. Flarh! Unidentified, bomber planes sighted two miles southwest of Lincoln. All wardens on posts . . ." An advance radio announcement of the situation in Lincoln as will be enacted the night of Dec. 14 when OCD orders will stage the first blackout in Nebraska history gives university students some idea of actual conditions along the coasts, where blackouts have been a necessity for some time. Covers Nine States. The blackout will cover the nine midwestern states in the Seventh service command, including Ne braska. All lights must be out in houses not protected with regula tion blackout curtains, and no cars will be allowed to travel on the roads during the test, accord ing to established OCD regula tions. To help prepare students for future drills, a newly created uni versity emergency defense com mittee has planned a three hour course to educate as many stu dents as are interested in the duties of an auxiliary air raid warden. This group of volunteer student wardens will meet every Tuesday night until Christmas from 7:30 until 8:30 p.m. Fac ulty members and administrative (See BLACKOUT, Page 2.) TJMlaruf BalL-- It's Tradition Remains Um- '.-"r-:.; ;z: If ,4 ( . -. i . ( Courtwr Sunday Jouraal A CUT In charge of arrangements for the Military Ball are Cadet CoL Richard Arnold and his com mitte reading from left to right are: Front row, Capt Thomas Woods, Col. George Schap-' paugh, CoL Arnold, Col. Robert Gnenzel and Capt. John Stewart Back row: Sgt Maj. Robert Miller, Lt. Bomulo Soldevilla, Maj. John Douglas. Maj. C. T. White and Maj. Eob't Schlater. Not pictured but also in charge of ball coznmitees are CoL Ed Lof and Maj. Francis Cox. Climax of the Military Ball, the traditional grand march of the officers and their sponsors, has been completely planned liy Cadet Col. Richard Arnold and the ball arrangement commit tee. Junior officers have been as sured by Col. James P. Mur phy, commanding officer of the military department of the xuii versity, that they will partici pate in the grand march in, their new cadet officer uni forms. Chevrons need not le worn on the new uniforms, Murphy further announced. Continues Tradition. The ball will follow the tradi tion of the, first one staged by the Pershing Kifles in 1908. "There will be innovations of course," said Arnold, "but the principal of these, the students know about. For instance we will adhere to the wartime campus policy of informal dress on all occasions, and the custo mary secrecy of the honorary colonel has also been dropped." Program of the ball will in clude the customary perform .(See TRADITION, Pag