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German Refugee Talks at 4 Toddy First in a series of Union-University sponsored convoca tions will be held today at 4 p. m. in t lie Union ballroom when Franz Schoenbcrner, refugee from na.i (Germany, speaks on "(iermany in the Post-Wav World." An ardent opponent of Hitlerism, fascism and communism in the Iafe '20 s, Schocnberner continued his campaign even in the first m'onlhs of Hitler's chancellorship as the editor of the famous "Simplieissimus,". a polit- ical and satirical weekly. Following the burning of the Reichstag, when every kind of op position was paralyzed, Schoen berner's office was demolished. FRANZ SCHOENBERNER ... interned and released. The final number of "Simplicis simus," showing a front page car-1 toon of the burning Reichstag, was prohibited. To a concentration camp, or change of ideas, the speaker chose exile and escaped to Switzerland in 1933, and from there he trav elled to France. For eight years he published anti-Hitler reviews as well as political, philosophical and literary articles in the French and emigration-foreign press. When war broke out Schoen berner was interned, liberated, in terned and liberated again. Dan ger of a general occupation of Fiance and the possibility of be ing delivered to nazi authorities made it imperative that he leave Kurope. YW Choir Sings At Recognition Service Thursday The annual YWCA recognition service lor new members will be held in parlors X. Y and Z of the Union Thursday nieht at 7:30. All old members as well as all new members are urged to attend. It will be a candlelight service during v.liidi the vesper choir will sing. The president of the YW Helen Kelley Hopkins, will speak. New members will receive their memnership cards. jr-- '"" iiiii.i-. ..iii " :h r;i '::'tk if . '1 n Lincoln Alumni Club Plans UN Campus Beautification -" i 4 $ : i CourtMy Lincoln JounitO. T. B. STRAIN. vc, heads Lincoln Alumni. Special Army Board Reviews Applicants The Seventh Service Command has assigned an aviation cadet ex amining board to the university R. D. Radmore Dies in Crash At Victorville Second Lt. Richard D. "Bill" Radmore, 23, was one of four men who lost their lives in a plane : :j u , Us. I From Journal. LT. R. D. RADMORE . . . Diet in Crash. crash 20 miles northeast of the air base at Viitorville, Calif., on the Mojave desert Sunday night. Lt. Radmore attended the university (See PILOT, Page 2.) Co-opcratinjr wilh the university campus1 Wautificalion coiniriillce, tin Lincoln Alumni clult bus formulaic a campus Ix'iiwl ificatkm corn mil tee 1o laml-ape tlie major portion of tlie now liarrcTi campus. The campus le;m1ii'icatioii program is const rucldl in such a way that immediate results of 1 he landscaping will be seen wilhiri a year or two and over a Ions range period the entire campus will present a picture of a 1ree framed, leau1ified campus. Plans have been made for landscaping 1o be developed around all of the newer buildings and on the mall and quad rangle. Landscape Library. One of Ihe first projects 1o be underl alien by the Lincoln Alumni club, head by T. 15. Strain, president, will be to land scape grounds of the new library whh trees and shrubs, ar ranging the planlings in semelrical design to set off the build ing to the best advantage. The old Seymour plan for the campus layout did not in clude landscaping with trees over a major portion of the caui- (See ALUMNI, Page 4.) Vol. 42, No. 54 Kappa Fraternity Honors 1 1 For Air Corps for the examination for enlistment of any student who has initiated applications on -or before Dec. 5, for the Army Air Corps Reserve. This examination must be com pleted at once. Students who have such applications pending are to report to Nebraska hall, room 208, for examinations Wednesday morning at 8:00 a. m. Thompson stated that those who have prepared a declaration of in tent, those who have been recom mended scholastically for enlist ment by either the dean of the junior division or the dean of stu dent affairs, or those who have applications pending at the local recruiting stations of either the army or the navy or any similar recruiting station and who can show by documentary evidence of application for enlistment dated on or before Dec. 5 will be considered as possible bona fide applicants. Thompson further warned that all students must be sworn in by the Dec. 15 deadline, since both (See RESERVES, Page 3.) Barb Inlerhonse Council Announces Dance Committees Interhouse Council met Monday night in the barb office, and com mittees for the Whistle Dance, which will be given on January 8, were chosen as follows: Posters, Arlene Wacha, Betty TjOU Simon. Titckets, Virginia Steurmer, Arlene Wacha. Dorothy Heirn gave a report on YWCA Vespers. Lincoln Nebraska Wednesday, December 9, 1942 j3sioirfl M Courteev Lincoln Journal. DWIGHT KIRSCH . . . president of Phi Beta Kappa UN Debate Te Hill lfiUlO Omaha Uni Nebraska Debaie Team Attends Year's Second Tournament on Dec. 18 Nebraska debaters will attend their second tournament of the season as they enter the Omaha university invitational meet in Omaha Dec. 39-20 No championship will be award ed nor will any elimination be made, but the tournament will eive opportunity to obtain prac tice and criticism, according to Dr. L. T-Laase, debate coach and speech department head. Due to transportation difficul ties it is not known which schools will enter the meet, Laase said In former years the teams at tending have been thoae from wetsern Iowa, southern South Da kota. northwestern Missouri ami Nebraska. Debating on the subject. "The United Nations Should Establish a (See DEBATERS, Page 2.) High .,.::;:: ' . .. i , K I wmmm n Harper Tells ... Alarm Signals Warn Lincoln Citizens Of Blackout Dec. 14 'An alarm signsl sounded by police and fire sirens, whistles, and reproduced over all local radio stations, will warn Lincoln citizens and university students of the beginning of the first black out practice, Dec. 14. at 10 p.m., in the midwestern states." At that time, all lights should be turned out immediately, empha sized W. C. Harper, assistant dean of student affairs and member of the university emergency defense committee who spoke last night at the first meeting of volunteer university air raid wardens, held at social sciences auditorium. Take Care. People in their homes should not pull the master switch at the meter, but simply turn out each light, he went on to say. If it is necessary to keep a room or rooms Scholarship C. M. Hicks Introduces Undergrade Sixteen new student members . of the Alpha chapter of Phi Beta Kappa were announced last night by Prof. C. M. Hicks, secretary of the university chapter of the honorary scholastic fraternity, at a banquet in the Union Tuesday night. Of the sixteen named 11 ara in the arts and science college, two in the college of agriculture, two from engineering and one from business administration. Newly named members are: Robert Arnold Alberty, arts and science. Marcia Chandler Beckman, arts and science. Virginia Eleanor Dunlap, arts and science. George Arthur Blackstone, arts and science. Donald Grant Hanway, agriculture. Lloyd Kenneth Jackson, agrictulture. Marvin Richard Alois Johnson, engineering. Marvin May Johnston, en gineering. Sylvia Mae Katzman, busi ness adminisl ration. Shirley Kellenberger, arts and science. James Albert Lake, arts and science. Lucille A. Laird, arts and science. Robert Lawrence Luebs, arts and science. Rosemary Riley, arts and science. Laurie Sheldon Robertson, arts and science. Dorothy Ann weirich, arts and science. Welcoming the newly elected members was Prof. F. D. Kirsch, (See HONORS, Page 4.) . , . Lafets 13 Minule lighted, care should be taken to cover all doors and windows with heavy material so that no' light can escape. Ordinary shades an! Venetian blinds will not blackout. More rules to observe include keeping the radio tuned to a local station for announcements. Calls should not be made on the tele phone, but it should be answered if it rings. Lf necessary to use a flashlight in the house, keep it pointed to the floor. Do not smoke, strike a match or use a flashlight out-of-doors. Park Cart. People riding in cars at the time of an alarm must immediately stop at the curb, turn out all lights and stay in the car. Under no circumstance! continue to drive, lf in a congested area where o (See BLACKOUT, Page 2.)