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DAILY NEBRASKAN Thursday, December 10, 194$ Lhh"3 he War Day By Gene Bradley Jul (Daih FORTY -SECOND YEAR. Subscription Rates are $1.00 Per. Semester or $1.60 for the College Year. $2.50 Mailed. Single copy, 6 Cent 9. Entered as econd-cla.w matter at the portoffioe hi Lin coln, Nebraska, under Act of Congress March 3, 1879, nd at special rate of portage provided for in Section 1103, Act of October 3, 1917. Authorized September 30. 192. Published daily during the school year except Monday and Saturdays, vacations and examinations periods by Stu dents of the University of Nebraska under the supervision ef 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 Bruning, Alan Jacobs News Editors George Abbott, Pat Chamberlin, June Jamieson, Bob Miller, Marjorie May. Sports Editor Morris Anderson Member Nebraska Press Association, 1941-42 BUSINESS DEPARTMENT. Ass t. Rus. Managers. .Betty Dixon, Morton Zuber Circulation Manager Jim Vanlandingham All ansirne editorial! are the opinion! of the editor an hnald not be construed to reflect the viewi of the o mlmctratioa er ef the Bnirertity. Cash for Leaders University faculty members took a step forward recently, when they signed a memo rial directed to war and navy department of ficials in Washing-ton urging subsidy of stu dents who would make good officer material by sending them to eolleges and universities. Naturally the best officer material is found in individuals who do have college background and training of this type. The men who are now enrolled in colleges have the best opportunities for getting inlo reserves and ultimately becoming the leaders in the armed forces. A problem to be solved, however, centers around the fact that there are men in school, on this campus, at the present time who arc not able to get. into a reserve because the navy, air corps and army has slopped enlistment be cause their quotas are now filled. If a plan for subsidization could be worked out, the future of the state will be that much better ,since its young men and women will have had some college education. Even one year of college training gies indi viduals an entirely different outlook and per ceptive of the responsibilities which will face them when they become citizens of this state. Students are interested in seeing the uni versity continue during the war. The Student Foundation has done some excellent work in publicizing the university, presenting to future students and parents the possibilities offered by college training. Any plan for bringing in more students and giving them the advantages offered here, which will make them better officer material, has the endorsement of this pipi n. great majority of the student body. HAVE YOU EVER SEEN A MORTAR BORED? If I'm not mistaken, Saturday night's Mor tar Board Ball will be as successful as a knit ting party in the Phi Delt House. And remem ber, men, this is your opportunity to make the "girl of the evening" foot all the bills and show all the courtesies. If you behave cor rectly, you will make a lasting impression which will remain in your date's memory as vividly as the scent of halitosis, or the aroma of Norris Anderson's column. Nebraska U. is a school of traditions. Commonly known as: "The Land of Beautiful Women and Fast Basketball Teams, or Vice Versa." And unfortunately, the tradition of gci.tlcmanliness is too firmly instilled. Hence, entirely too many coeds believe a man to be wishy-washy when actually he is only display ing good manners. After making a rather com plete study of the conditions in Ihc Sig Alph Jiouse, 1 have uncovered enough techniques to make Saturday night a tribulalion for the women and an open-season for us. Dinner is an excellent time to slart correctly, liush to the dinner table, tuck your napkin under your chin, and gobble down your food before anyone else is served. Lean back in your chair. Belch loudly, until every cat in the block howls. And shout at your hostess: "Hey, sister, bow about another chunk of that dead hog, or have you started meat rationing al ready?" , Another technique: nibble at your plate, but eat scarcely nothing. Lean ever 1o your neighbor and whisper hoarsely: "Does this stuff taste funny to you, too?" Or: "I'd really like to cat more, but her cooking makes me break out all over with rashes." Or: "Now we know what the poor Greeks must be going through." e e Always make your date carry little knick knacks for you. Perhaps the most original idea 1 have heard of yet was carried out by one Delt about ten years ago. He made his date go to the Mortar Board Party, dragging a dead col lie at the end of a leash. And today, this fellow is very successful President of the Lincoln Bachelors club. Elsewhere in this paper, a Miss Pat Catlin has written a column giving advice to young ladies as to Avhat their behavior should be at Saturday night's dance. We all appreciate Miss Cat! in's interest, and it is only fair that we now answer hr letter which is lvmg on rny desk. QUOTE : "Dear Sir: This Saturday, I am to take my date out to an afternoon matinee, dinner at the University Club, dancing at the Mortar Board Party, and a midnight snack at the Cornhuskcr. My problem is this: should T kiss him goodnight? SIC NED ...Tat Catlin. Answer: No. You've done enough for him already. O. B. Government Enters UN Contract To Give Correspondence Courses ...For Men in Service BY ROBERT MILLER. Nrhrahe New WKwl Destined to assume a more im portant part in the educational aims of the university, the exten sion division has geared its academic machinery to the tempo demanded by a nation at war. The function of the University Extension Division is to "cooper ate with the several colleges, schools and organizations of the University of Nebraska in enlarg ing the scope and increasing the effectiveness oftheir work." This is the statement of intent as em bodied In the booklet publizing the division's activities. . Enters Contract. Since the outbreak of war, the University, realizing the need for offering opportunities to men in tthe armed forces to continue training during the time that they are in the service, has entered into a contract with the Special Serv ices Division of the War Depart ment to provide correspondence classes for these men. By this contract, the government will pay half of the tuition for each applicant. K. O. Broady, director of the ex tension division, in commenting upon this plan " stated, "It hasn't been taken up to any great extent as yet since the war department has only recently set up this plan. Some of the men in the service stationed in this country feel that they do not have enough time, but those who are moved to out lying districts like Iceland have more opportunity to study." He stated a ease of a man not in the service but working on the government-sponsored road to Alaska who was enrolled in the correspondence courses offered by the extension divisin. The man in question is kt White Horse, Youkon Territory, Canada, and Broady said that "only the other day we flew up his books bo that he could cle-ir up some lnathe matH'8 while he waa working on the project." Work take,, eight hours a day on the road vnt the student wrote! Umt the n.lits were long and that he had plenty of time to work on his math. Half Tuition Paid. Concerning the government con tract, all those who are in the serv ice and wish to continue their col lege work thru correspondence courses make application with their unit and with the extension division. The application goes to the Army Institute in Madison and there it is approved. The govern ment then assumes half of the cost of the tuition. Many Courses Open. Courses ojxrn to those in service include the fields of agriculture, botany, business organizations and management, chemistry, the classics, commercial arts, econom ics education, engineering, English, fine arts, history, languages, music, philosophy, physical educa tion, physiology, poliiieal science, psychology, sociology and zoology. Tims another phase of the uni versity's plan to line itself up com pletely with the war effort gets under way with the extension di vision squarely behind it AFRICAN FRONT The allies now have at their disposal all naval and air facilities at Dakar. Importance of Dakar cannot be overly-emphasized since it is the only port directly on the supply line to the allies which is not highly vulnerable to axis sub-sea activity. Whether or not the French fleet in that port has been given over to the allies by Jean Darlan is not yet known. Included in the ships are one 33,000 ton battleship, two cruisers, nine destroyers, and "other vessels." Of no little interest was tV, radio report which claimed allied reconnaissance nl.inos hnA sighted "between 15 and 20 French naval vessels still afloat in Toulon harbor." This report might indicate that earner announcements on the total scuttling of the fleet had been falsified by German sources to prevent anv bombW of the vessels. Heavily hit by enemy bombers, forces under General Alexander arc massing on the Bizorte-Tunis front for an annarcnr ail. nut land push against the defenders. All reports point to a holdin-r of positions gained in earlier fighting rather lhan extensive offensive action. EASTERN FRONT Reports from Guadalcanal, brief and very general, have again upset early estimations of Japanese defensive capabilities. In the Buna-Gona area of New Guinea, Australian and American forces under MacArthur have made preparations for attack of fortifications north and west of Buna, last major base of the Japanese in New Guinea. Fighting in the Guadalcanal island area finds the Japanese still occupying defensive positions which might demonstrate that our eastern enemy in both Guadalcanal and New Guinea are able to obtain some reinforcements and supplies. itf; i3 X A' 1 I J . .... I Ill"''" - -r 9 y .' FIGHTING WORDS delivered by Western Electric field telephones "Get the message throuph!" that's the tradition of the Army Signal Corps. And on every battle front youH find field telephones, wire and ewitchboardi right in there helping! Radio telephone sets ride into battle in Army planes and tank in PT boats and Coast Guard craft. On larger naval vessels, battle announcing eytitcms andtclephoncsdeliverfightingwordg inbtanlly. Turning out vast quantities of euch equipment is the war job of VI extern Electric maker of Bell Telephones. w imsia.
