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Vol. 42, No. 69
Friday, January 15, 1943
Tm Up a Creek9
Jix&L SlahmsutL JoA, JhsL fijicM.
Whn miprifil on how it feels about the times, the new Don
li. Library replied: "I'm more up a creek regarding the future
than anybody.
"TTerA T am a beautiful edifice and what happens! I'm out
in the cold; nobody even uses me. All I've had since the begin
ning is tough luck.
com nleted last August as a li-
y-i fv Then 1 was sc heduled to ect a whole bunch of books
this month and become a full fledged. library. Then eamethe
new deal about colleges, and 1 aitft even a library anymore.
tk.o ov rnmnr 1 in9v house some soldiers, but what I'm
I in iui.",v" -------
laiesl, rumor to come true. It is that a bunch
of niceWAACs or WAVES will he using my facilities.
iv..m nvar-i w-flll v evcrvthinsr is done and only a hand
ful of workers are left. 'l sure hope something happens soon.
Here I'm a million dollar baby not doing a darned thing.
Union Opens Registration
For Current Events Quiz
... Fifty Students Compete
Time magazine's semi-annual i
current events quiz is scheduled
for Sunday afternoon. Jan. 24, in I
the Union. The first 50 under
graduate and graduate students
who register at the Union check
stand before Jan. 19 will compete
in this contest on present-day
world events.
The 50 minute test consisting
of 10 questions on war, politics,
diplomacy, science and art current
events will be given in the form
of multiple choice, character iden
tification, map-spotting, quotation
choice and picture identification
questions. A gag set of questions
entitled "What Would You Do?
will be entered in the quiz, but
the answers will not be included
in the contestant's final score.
Work Alone.
individuals will work separately
on the written questions instead
of the team system used in a con
test last year. If any organized
hmis does not have a representa
tive in the contest after the limit
of 50 is reached, that house may
enter a contestant regardless.
Winner of the quiz will receive
his choice of any J5 book or
Time magazine's 12 inch world
globe, with metal semi-meridians
on a handsome base. Runner-up
of the contest may have his choice
of any $2.50 book given by the
Union competitive games com
mittee. This current events quiz will be
used as a basis for many high
achool semester examinations this
month. The test will not appear
. in Time this winter due to the new
nnrxr curtailment order.
Snnnsored annually by the
Union, the compeitive "quiz-whiz"
on all types of questions will be
held this spring. lime s quiz aoeo
not take its place.
Psssssssssst!
Here'saRumor
That Saves
Sections Close
AsRegistering
Nears Finish
With registration week entering
the last few days, many sections
have been closed. The registration
was heavier than usual the fore
part of the week but was lighter
than usual yesterday. Dr. Cong
don stated that without a doubt,
there would be a drop in enroll
ment over this semester but that
the drop would not be as great as
the administration had feared.
Those additional sections which
have been closed are:
Ohm. 4. fwrtloa II.
Chetn. 31, rrtion '.
torn. 3, ration I.
Kron. 12, (Motion T.
Kn(. 4, crrtton IV.
Kn. 12. im-lkm II.
Ornc. 1i. urctiiHi A.
Math. IS. Motion II. 1-f.
Math. it. ttrr.Ums III, VI.
Physics, 1. rrtion R.
Physic 4. sections A.
Koc. 63, Motion I.
Yhnc section whk-h have been sbsiv
doncd arc:
Bloloey J, wet Ion H.
r.con. IS. section II.
Venn. 3, wctlon III.
Math. 12. section IV.
hem. 13, section A.
Dr. Congdon warns students
that there will be a penalty if
their registrations is not filed by
12 o clock Saturday.
These sections which were closed
Wednesday night were:
Bus. Or. 4, sections S, 4. It. C.
Bus. Ore 112. sections 1, 3.
hem. 4. sections. A. B, . K, F.
hem. SI, section A.
Commercial Art 27, section I.
Commercial Art 122. section I.
Commercial Arts US. section I.
1'onimcrctal Art 12", aeclloa 1.
Kc. II, section I.
. 12, section I.
Kd. 6S. section 2. S. S.
Kar. I. section 2, S, 1.
Inr 4. arction 1. 2. S. 1.
Knit. 22. section S.
Geo. 62, section A.
Geot. 12, section I. C.
Math. 12, sections, I. 3. S. . t. It).
Math. 22. sections 1. 2.
Math. 104, sections 1, 2, 4.
physics 4, sections 1'. I).
Hmh 54, sections 1.
Speech I A. sections 2.
Speech IN, sections S.
Ka Merh 4, sections C.
I.i Mech 121, sections I, I.
Ka Meca 22. sections 2.. 1.
Ka Mech 220, sections U.
M K . section A.
M K 111. section m.
M E 239. section A.
Bizad college students will gather next Wednesday evening
at their annual banquet, Dean J. D. Clark of the college an
nounced yesterday.
TTiohHohiinsr the banouet will be the awarding of the ten
Nathan Cold keys and the announcement of the newly elected
rt nii:i siionm honorary Bizad fraternity. The
ten sophomores who had
the
1
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ft n.
'i
his-hest scholarship grades as
freshmen last year, will be pre
sented with keys by Mr. cold.
Plan Entertainment.
Entertainment is being planned
by a student committee and Pro
fessors C. M. Darlington, C. At,
Elliott and A, B. Carson. The Dan
quet will be held in the Union
ballroom.
Last year the banquet was a tre
mendous success. The ballroom
was filled to capacity with over
500 Bizad students attending. Sev
eral professors always entertain
at these banquets by giving short
talks.
The price of tickets and where
to buy them will be announced in
Sunday's paper. All Bizad students
are urged to make arrangements
to attend.
Courtesy Lincoln Journal.
DEAN J. D. CLARK.
, . . Presides at dinner.
BY LEONARD STEIN.
Pssssssst! Here's another ru
mor to add to vour collection. Its
number is VW 1254 UP.
Tn a preat manv other places
O ml
entertainment places are treating
ERC members not like drart dodg
ers but as enlisted men. All re
servists in many places are getting
in snows lor a sum quarter ana
are treated at all places like en
listed men.
At Iowa State. Des Moines, and
Sioux City reservists are allowed
to get in for a quarter. This adds
Stamp Booths
Hit New Peak
With $139.90
. . . Ag Leads
Thursdav war stamps sales
jumped ttf a new time high yester
day, when a total of $139.90 was
reported by the five sale Dooms.
Atr Colleee led the field with
sales of $49.55. Social Science
booth was second on the list with
S44.90 war stamp sales. The Union
sold 520.00, MA totaled $13.40, and
the Delta Omicron bootn in me
School of Music sold $12.05.
I SAME To Hold
Dinner Honor
Five Seniors
The Societv of American Me
chanical Engineers will hold their
annual banauet in Union parlors
A. B and C Thursday. Jan. 21. at
6:30 in the evening
As a srecial feature of the eve
ning the five senior members of
the group, Ed Lor, Kenneth Lanlz,
Mark fiardner. Paul Butcher and
rl.iM n.t. ...ItA A a ftninkinw ik
up considering the fact college advanced R.O.T.C. courses this se-
students attend a goodly number mester will receive special recog-
ui Biiuvta in mun iu uj uiru i niiion by me ClUD
minds for studv. I
I Speaker for the eveninr win do
But the new rumor is this! Re- Pmfoer t 3 v.Hns formcrlv nf
. i -i i i. . . . i : I . ... ..
uirir man iree vy pulling uinr came to Amenca Wlin a SOU Con
(See RUMORS, Page 2.) i servauon party
Big-Wigs Vie
For Honors,
Raspb
t
ernes:
WAA Offers
Three Women
Scholarships
Three $25 scholarships for
women students will be offered
rain this year by the Women's
Athletic Association, according to
Betty Newman, president Ail uni
versitv women fulfilling the re
quirementa are asked to apply at
the WAA office in urant Me
morial hall between January 13
and 23.
One of the scholarships will be
awarded to a woman working her
way through school who has main
tained a eood scholastic record
The other two scholarships will go
to eirls who have participated in
WAA-mtramurala or clubs, and
have a good scholastic record.
Accordine to the president, the
WAA acholarships are not diffi
cult to obtain, although this idea
has kept many coeds from apply
ing for the grants.
UN Supplements
Math, Artillery
Courses for Men
Plnssps in mathematics and field
artillery will be supplemented by
"refresher" courses to enable stu
dents to review or brush up on
such subjects.
According to an announcement
by Lt. Col. Walter Gardner, a spe
cial class including marching,
commands and orders will open
Saturday morning.
Formally open to ERC men, the
class will admit artillery men who
expect to enter the service soon.
Vehicles will leave the down-town
campus at 9:20; class begins at
9:30 and ends at 1:30, and all stu
dents must be in uniform.' A three
hour absence in basic artilicry
may be made up by attending th:s
class.
Fundamentals of trigonometry
and algebra will also.be reviewed
in informal discussion periods this
(see m tiM, page a.)
Bulletin Lists Requirements
Of Women's Service Qroups
UNEB-Union Show Will
Star Mortar Boards,
Innocents Sunday Night
Innocent and Mortar Board rep
resentatives will vie for honors or
consequences ??? in "Hit or
Miss," a combination radio and
vaudeville truth or consequences
show, to be broadcast over UNEB
from the Union ballroom at 8
p. m. Sunday.
Co-sponsored by the Union and
UNEB, "Hit or Miss" will begin
with 'introductions and preliminar
ies at 7:34 p. m. in the ballroom.
The broadcast on which anything
can happen will begin at 8 p. m.,
with Gene Bradley, Randall Pratt,
Bill McEride and Henry Lee doing
the announcing and administrating
of the "Consequences.
The Contestants . . .
Innocents Fred Metheny, Max
Laughton, Larry Huwaldt, and
Ren Bukacek will compete wun
Mortar Boards Alice Louise
Becker, Betty Newman, Sue Shaw,
and Helen Kelley Hopkins ror win
ning points or humorous conse
quences. Each contestant will re
ceive a flat 50 box of cigarettes or
a box of candy.
Helen Kiesselbach and Romulo
Soldevilla will take turns firing
questions at the contestants and
handing out the losers' consequences.
Audience Participates.
Audience participation in th
show will include answering missed
questions, winning a door prize,
and submitting a winning ques
tion on any subject to be used on
the program. A prize of 50 cigar
ettes will be given to the winner
of the door prize, and the student
who submits the question which
will be asked on the program win
receive two flat oo s.
Admission to the broadcast will
be given only on presentation of
identification caros.
New UN Courses
BY GEORGE ABBOTT.
With enlistment oiicniiiL's in the WAACS.
WAVKS, and SPARS now totaling over J50,0(H)
the American Council on hducation lias re
leased a bulletin outlining requirement s for col
lege women in the three organizations.
"It is more and more evident." according to
the council, "that both commissioned and non
commissioned officers to be in command of
units within the women's services may be in
large numbers selected from this year's seniors
and from recent alumnae among our college
graduates."
List Requisites.
Women are eligible for any of the services
at twenty or twenty-one. An outline of re
quirements and purposes of the WAACS,
WAVES aud SPANS follows;
WAACs
The Women's Army Auxiliary Corps is an
organization not technically in the Army, but
under military discipline and formed into mili
tary units for noncombatant service with the
Army either in the United States or overseas.
The minimum age for volunteering is 21; the
maximum 44, ii.'-lusive; with no stipulated edu
eational reouirements although the individua
must pass an intelligence test. Salaries are
equivalent to corresponding Army grade and
rank.
Almost without exception, potential officers
are selected from the ranks of enlisted person
nel 'auxiliaries) and are sent to Officer's Can
didate School. Because of the rapid expansion
XSee GROUPS, Page 2.)
Start On Monday
Drafting and Shop Mathematics
i the title of the new class which
will start here at UN next Mon
day night.
The class will provide skilled
workers for Nebraska bomber and
ordnance plants. Not only men
but women may enroll lor me
class. Dr. W, L. Baufre. director
of war industrial training, is in
charge of the class.
Correction
The announcement appearing in
yesterday's paper concerning the
banquet for the V-7 naval group
was not an official naval an
nouncement but only the plans
of those enroll. We are sorry
for this misinterpretation.
