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y""rn rnnrKr?f a a a nro U UUUli' CorsagesV Jc to(jLehts March to Glenn Miller, Dance' To 'Scat' Davis, Cheer Col. Ann Craft To Aid Post War FimdV- Unwanted War Stamp Corsages To Be Given Mi To Scholarship Drive The Student War Scholarship fund will be given a substantial boost at the Military Ball Friday niltt by the voluntary collection of the war stamp corsages which arc to be worn to the Ball. The Student Foundation, in co operation with the War Council,' will place collection boxes for do nations at the head of the stairs leading from the check rooms at the close of the Ball. , Any student who does not wish to place the stamps of her corsage in a personal stamp book is asked to place her corsage in one of these boxes. These stamps will be put towards the 5? 500 goal Of the War Shcolarship fund. This fund is to be kept in war savings bonds and stamps until the end of the present war, when it will be apportioned and awarded to former Nebraska men and women who have served in the armed forces during the war and who want to finish their college training at Nebraska. The Stu dent Foundation has charge of or ganizing and promoting fund con tributions. Signal Corps Position Open To Vni Women Army To Offer Work In Four Signal Phases To College Graduates Positions for women in four phases of Signal Corps work are ottered to college graduates, ac cording to announcement re reived by the office of Dean of Nttiiient affairs. From the general development laboratory of the corps comes the notice that applications for laboratory, field engineering and sub-professional workers are be ing taken. Requirements for the jobs are that the applicants be between 21 and 35 years of age and have either a B. S., B. A., M. A., or M. S. degree. Salary is $2,000 per year. Applicants selected will re ceive training in the Signal Corps laboratories to qualify them for all of the four types of positions offered. Inspection, laboratory experimentation, lia on work and experimental radio work Jobs are open. Represent Corps. The inspectors will act as repre sentatives of the corps laboratory in defense plants to determine the sceptability of equipment. In the Moratory experimental snd de velopment work the women will set sa assistant engineers in ex perimental work conducted in lab oratories in Detroit, Mich., com piling reports and memorandums on engineering subjects. Super visory positions will develop for qualified applicants. Liaaon work will consist of (See SIGNAL CORPS, Page 5.) Kegents Approve Teachers College Music Courses Authorized by the university board of regents, a department of music education in teachers col lege will be established by a fac ulty committee of the teachers college. The state department of education already has approved the plan. The board of regents also named Dr. John F. Allen, professor in clinical medicine at the college of m .dicine In Omaha, as acting di rector of the college of medicine student health department, replac ing Dr. John D. LeMar, who is on military leave. V X 1 ! t, i. i.i i.ninii irifn-innr-i COL. J. P. MURPHY. All Pictures courtesy journal. Campus tradition of 34 years will be revived tonight when cadet officers are hosts to the university at their Military Ball in the coliseum. As the first such event of World War II, it will introduce innovations to accompany the wartime tempo. llighlijjhtiii": the formal presentation of the Honorary Colonel, Miss Ann Craft, will be a novel theme with an all-army background as a part of the grand march. Miss Craft and Cadet Colonel Richard Arnold will lead the march and the salute to the guests. Playing for dancers will he Johnny "Scat" Davis. of radio and movie fame and the UN band will be directed, during the march, by ('apt. Glenn Miller. , n Vol. 42, No. 51 Hlopses . . At Meeting Wednesday A list of precautionary rules for dormitories, fraternities, sorori ties, and organized houses to ob serve during blackouts and air raids was drawn up at a meeting of all organized house representa tives Wednesday night. With the penalty a $100 fine payable to the federal government, the first blackout rule is naturally to have the entire house dark. No lights that will be in any way re flected or visible from the street may be used during the period of a blackout. An interior room may be "blacked out" with suitable ma terial which can be obtained at the stores downtown. Such a room should be tested for absolute light proofness by observation outdoors before the actual balckout, how ever, to make sure that all cracks are closed. Recommended for permanent Students Choose 'Abraham,' 'DearOldNebraskaiy'Bluc Horizon' For Waring Show With'ballots from all "precincts" accounted for, UN stu dents sclecled four winning tunes to bo played on Fred War ing's program. Over 330 ) allots were cast in the general elec tion. The winning; tunes include Abraham of group A, Dear Old Nebraska U of group B, Beyond the Blue Horizon of group C, and Can't Get Out of This Mood in the other selection group. The selected pieces will be played on l-'red Waring 's Ches terfield Pleasure Tin;e program a week from today. The famed maestro will present a "Salute to Nebraska University" pro gram over the NBC network at C o'clock. The Daily and the Chesterfield organization are oo-sponsoring the program. Composition Varies. In group A Abraham polled 51G votes in comparison with Everything I've Cot and Honeysuckle Rose with 36 votes apiece. Group B found closer competition between songs as Dear Old Nebraska U beat out second place Eventide, 142 to 94. Beyond the Blue Horizon was definitely the' most popular (See WARING, Pago 3-1 mi U IT CAPT. GLENN MILLS!".. Friday, December 4, 1942 raw Up SUMMARY OF RULES. 1. All lights out, unless a room has been equipped with blackout curtains. 2. Obey house wardens quickly and quietly. 3. Keep radio tuned in to a city station for announce ments and signals. 4. Do not use telephones unless absolutely necessary. 5. Have two walls between you and the outside if possible. Do not stand in direct line of any glass door or window. 6. Use flashlight only if abso lutely necessary. When us ing flashlights keep beam directed down. house organization for adequate protection during day and night (See BLACKOUT, Page 3.) lis M v4?. l n DICK ARNOLD. Usually the opening party ot tne university iormai season, the Ball this year ushers in the new "informal" social season, inaugurated this year to augment the university war effort. Corsages have also been banned, but those made of war stamps will be sold to students today. Boxes will be placed in the build ing so that the stamps may be donated to the post-war scholar ship fund after the Ball. Juniors will wear their new uniforms for the first tima tonight. As a part of the ceremonies, the ROTC crack squad will perform. Miss Craft was selected by a vote of the junior and Five Faculty Members Talk At High School Hastings Students Hear Profs on 'Career Day' ' High school students at Hast ings heard talks regarding their status in the war Wednesday aft ernoon by five members of the UN faculty in their annual "Career Day" program. Representing the university were G. W. Rosenlof, registrar; Dean Nels Bengston of the junior division; Dr. R. C. Bedell and Dr. W. R. Buller, associate professors of educational psychology; and J. P. Colbert, professor of engineer ing mechanics. The UN faculty members ad vised the high school students to stay in school until they are called and recommended that male stu dents of draft age get in reserves. This conference was the first in a series in which UN faculty mem bers will advise high school stu dents regarding their status and the war. From time to time the university wlil send delegations to Nebraska high schools to talk be fore their student bodies. War Production Training Classes Have Vacancies War production training classes in Nebraska, including the class at the university have many va cancies for both men and women, according to Clinton A. Johnson, state director of the United States employment service. Starting date for the university class has been deferred twice due to lack of trainees. Only 43 percent of the training capacity of the Lin coln area, including the Milford trade school, is being utilized, Johnson said. Increased use of women in war production work is evidenced by reports received from selected Ne braska firms, he said. In a five month period the number of wom en employed by these firms rose from 940 to 4,323. r" ' -y . J. 'SCAT' DAVIS. senior omcers ai a metims earlier in the year. The ball committee in charge of Col. Arnold, is com posed of members of the brig ade staff and additional of ficers. The special invitation list In cludes the following: Chancellor and Mrs. C. S. Bou cher. Gov. and Mrs. Dwight Griswold. Mayor and Mrs. Richard O, Johnson. Gen. John J. Pershing, Wash ington, D. C. Gen. and Mrs. Frederick E. Uhl, Fort Omaha. Gen. and Mrs. Guy Henninger. Col. and Mrs. Raymond W. Briggs, Fort Omaha. Col. and Mrs. Early E. W. Dun can. Col. and Mrs. Sidney Erickson, Omaha. Col. and Mrs. R. J. Halpin, Omaha. Lt. Raymond H. Ellis, Omaha Miss May Pershing. Regent and Mrs. Robert W. Devoe. Regent and Mrs. William E. Reed, Omaha. Regent and Mrs. Marion K, Shaw, David City. Regent and Mrs. Charles Y Thompson, West Point. Regent and Mrs. Frank M. John son, Lexington. Regent and Mrs. Stanley D. Long, Grand Island. Ag College Again Leads Stamp Sales War stamp sales passed the $100 mark in yesterday's sales and gave the Union's victory war runner another boost to first base. Ay college again led the campus in war stamp sales. Its total of $45.10 topped the $24.05 sold by the Sosh booth and the Union's booth's $23.05. Delta Omicron, musical sorority, added to the day's total by selling $20 worth of war stamps in their new booth in the school music. The entire day's sales amounted to $112.