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Cobs Give $100
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John Jay
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ir bond given by Corn Cobs to the post war scholarship
Presenting the bond is Frank White, Cob president.
a $100 wa
fund. Present
Pep Group First to Contribute
To UN's Post War Scholarship
A $100 war bond represents
the first sizeable contribution to
the student foundation's post war
scholarship fund. It was given
by Corn Cobs, men's pep organiza
tion, headed by Franklin White.
The gift was made to John Jay
Douglass, chairman of the founda
tion who has added it to other
contributions of the past weeks.
The fund has now reached the
$110 mark, and will be continued
until the war is over.
Contributions for the scholar
ship, which may be made in money
or stamps, began this week at
various offices and coking places
on the campus, where pint milk
bottles have been placed to receive
coins and defense stamps.
Bottles at Stations.
Stations for the bottle banks are
the Union Grill, Alumni office,
Uni Drug, registrar's office, li
brary loan desk, Regent's book
store, ag finance office, ag hall
library. Coop book store, Long's
book store, YWCA and YMCA
offices. Union cafeteria, law col
lege library and offices of the
deans of men and women.
Funds for the scholarship have
ben placed in the comptroller's
office and will be known as the
War Scholarship und. All bonds
will be kept in that name.
On Committee.
Committee in charge of the fund
is composed of John K. Selleck,
comptroller; G. W. Rosenlof, reg
Far Women Student) . .
Zonta International Offers
Amelia Earhart Scholarship
... In Engineering
Honoring Amelia Earhart, the
Zontu International, an organiza
tion of women executives, has
established an annual $500 schol
arship for the encouragement of
women in the field of aeronautical
engineering.
Health, character and ability
will be the basis for the awarding
ol the scholarship. The award will
be made each year to a woman
griluabe student tn engineering
with special interest in mathemat
ics. The scholarship may be used in
any school offering aeronautical
work on a graduate level As pre
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istrar; E. F. Duteau, alumni secre
tary, and H. E. Kesner, professor
of civil engineering.
OWI Lists
Requisites
For Pre-meds
Third Year Students
May Get Deferments
Under New Set-up
Special to hr Hilly .NVbraUtaa from
Ihr OlfW ( Har leformatloal.
Pre-medical students who have
finished or nearly finished two
years of training may be deferred
from service in the armed forces,
the Selective Service reports. Al
though the final decision rests
with local draft boards, National
Selective Service Headquarters
has recommended that last second,
third and fourth pre-medical and
other students preparing for es
sential occupations be deferred un
til their training is completed.
However, in no case will a fresh
man or a student in the first sem
ester of his sophomore year be
considered for pre-medical defer
ment. A med student coming before his
draft board for the first time must
prove a high standard of work for
(See PRE-MEDS, Page 2.)
requisite for the course general en
gineering or a major in mathemat
ical physics may be accepted.
If no one qualifies during one
year, two awards will be given the
following year if two candidates
qualiiy. The scholarship may be
renewed if the current holder is
better qualified to continue study
than are any new applicants.
Fcr further information and
application blanks communications
should be addressed to: Miss Jean
ette Lempke, Sovereign Refining
Co., 777 No. Washington St.. Sagi
naw, Mich., or Miss Mamie Eppler,
2325 Lipscomb St, Fort Worth,
Tex.
Men, Warn Against
to Fund
December
Schooners
Go on Sale
Chancellor Writes Article
On 'Education in Crisis,
Discusses Foreign Lands
Prairie Schooners are now on
sale at all newsstands at 30c. a
copy. The new winter issue fea
tures Chancellor Boucher's article.
"Education in the World Crisis,"
in which he discusses the problems
in China. Germany and France
and how these problems are being
solved by education.
Charles Angof. a leading author
and past editor of the American
Mercury, has written for the cur
rent Schooner a fiction story en
titled "Father and Son." A humor
ous story, "A Gift for Schlie
mann." by Evelyn Churchman,
pictures a conductor in Vienna
whose life is changed when a
French horn player goes flat.
The story is a characterization of
a typical artistic temperment.
Inc'udes Poems.
Also included in the issue are
the poems "After. On Dunkirk
Beach," by Bryan Reynolds anud
"Igar Ver Meer," by Carrow De
Vries. Dr. Lowry Charles Wim
berly's "Ox Cart," reviewing the
lives and works of the authors is
still a feature of the Schooner.
Kurt Porjes, business manager,
has announced that every Sunday
night at 11:15 UNEB will present
a radio adaptation of a story pre
sented in the Schooner. This
week's script is written by Joanna
Radke and is taken from the story
"Flowered Hat," by Martin
Dreyer.
Staff Reorganized.
Reorganization of the business
staff of the Schooner, was also
announced today by Porjes. The
positions of assistant managers
have been filled by Joanne Radke
and Mercedes Caldwell.
'Arsenic and Old Lace' Proves
Theatre
BY JANET MASON.
After a trying night of laughs
and screams, the final curtain fell
on the opening performance of the
University Theatre's aecond pro
duction of the season. "Arsenic
and Old Lace."
The play takes place in the home
of an old and wealthy family, the
Brewsters. Two sweet old maids,
Abby and Martha Brewster are
the ladies of the hous. These
old ladies have decided, after see
ing a guest die 'peacefully" from
a heart attack, that they would
be doing a kind deed if they caused
all lonely old men to die as peace
fully. "Sweet" Poison,
Therefore they sweetly poison
all the old gentlemen who come
to them as boarders. Janice Marx
and Martha Bengtson play the
parts of Abby and Martha re
spectively. With their sweet,
flighty manners and innocent faces
they captivate the audience from
the start.
Living with the two sisters Is
their nephew Teddy Brewster,
played by Bob Hyde. Teddy has
(oniikiled front Prf DlHimlctM
Announcement of a joint train
ing program for the nation's uni
versities appeared imminent last
night as the army, navy and war
manpower representatives neared
completion of a super-plan to fi
nance specialized instruction in
colleges for 250,000 picked service
men.
Details of the plan will be shown
to educators, then made public
late this week, according to Paul
V. McNutt, manpower commis
sioner. This appeared to substantiate
the reports earlier this semester
dealing with the army's intent to
take over 200 to 300 universities.
Furnish Instructors.
Stories from Washington indi
cate that the colleges would fur
nish civilian instructors to teach
in courses selected by armed
service representatives, probably
instruction in medicine, engineer
ing, and specialized sciences. Some
liberal aits courses may be
taught, according to one report.
Washington officials believe that
the men would be selected ?fter
induction in the army. Later, less
than 100,000 civilian students will
be sent to college so that there will
be a continuity of young men
with training, one official said.
Red Hot and Blue' Ticket Sales
200 200
"Red Hot and Blue" ticket sales
cut a piece out of the third dot in
the Morse code V as a total of 450
sales were announced by Cather
ine Wells, War Council member
and business manager of the all
student talent war show.
Delta Gamma was added to the
list of organized houses that are
going out 100 for "Red Hot and
Blue," the Union and War Council
Opening Night Hit
followed the characteristic of the
Brewster family concerning their
strange streaks of insanity by con
fusing himself with Teddy noose
velt. In this character Bob de
lights the audience with his own
imaginative setting of the house
as the White House and the cellar
as the Panama Canal, where he
digs locks in which the Brewster
sister's victims are buried.
Enter Teddy.
An excellent performance is
given by Larry Taylor in the role
of Jonathan, another nephew. He
portrays a sinister character re
sembling Boris Karloff and pro
vides the suspense in the play,
which is constantly being broken
by the unceremonious entrance of
Teddy,
The young male lead, Mortimer
Brewster, is a hated brother of
Jonathan's and is threatened with
his life, upon discovering the
corpse which his brother has
brought home to dispose of. Bill
Todd plays the part of Mortimer
with a zest an humorous agita
tion which gets a good share of
the laughs and adds animation to
the play, x
humors
An upset UN campus was
advised yesterday by Dean T.
J. Thompson to keep working
at formal education until some
thing definite happens. This
' ' definite soemthine " most
likely will be released in the
next fortnig-ht, according- to
the armed services representa
tive here.
Meanwhile the dean's office
is busy collecting- data regard
ing the various reserves, if and
when they shall be called. Un
official figures show that 2,767
men students are now enrolled
here, of which less than a thou
sand are subject to call when the
enlisted reserve corps is ordered
to duty.
In addition to this Dean Thomp
son estimates that approximately
500 university students are en
rolled in marines, navy, coast
guard, signal corps, and pre
medical reserves. The university
has not been notified of such en
listments. Be Deferred.
Several hundred students are
likely to be deferred because of
training for critical occupations
such as engineering, physics,
(See TRAINING, Page 4.)
0
ID
200
400
Deeemher 17, 1942
sponsored show to be given Tues
day at 7:30 p. m. in the Union ball
room. Seven other sororities have
turned in ticket sales for every
girl in that house.
In the Morse code "V" ticket
sales are indicated by the por
tions of the dots and da.sh which
are deleted. Each dot represents
200 sales and 400 sales will be
counted on the dash.
The chief scene stealer of last
night's performance was Romulo
Soldevilla with his version of an
intoxicated officer of the law. Fol
lowing his usual tradition of mak
ing a small character part some
thing to be remembered, Romulo
staggered through the scene with
artful dcliberateness, avoiding the
common fault of overacting the
drunk.
On the whole the play ran quite
smoothly except for a few places
where the action was not worked
out as well as it might have been.
The lighting effects for this play
were particularly difficult and in
spite of a few slips were very
effective.
Martha Ann Bengston and
Janice Marx played the parts of
Abby and Martha Brewster, re
spectively. Teddy Brewster was
played by Eob Hyde, Mortimer
Brewster by Bill Todd, Jonathan
Brewster by Larry Taylor and Of
ficer O'Hara by Romulo Solde
villa. Elaine Harper, Mortimer" fl
(See ARSENIC, Page 3.)