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Vol. 42, No. 73
Thursday, January 21, 1943
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Offer Commissions
For Meteorology
An oooortunitv for youna men
in the Selective Service and the
Enlisted Reserve to attain com
missions as 2nd lieutenants in the
meteorology division of the Army
Air Corps was revealed yesterday
in an announcement of a special
army-sponsored meteorology train
ing program received by Dean T.
J. Thompson, head of university
manpower.
Young men of excellent basic
training in mathematics and sci
ence courses, either through high
school or beginning college train
ing, may apply for the basic pre
meteorology courses, introductory
training to the Army three part
meteorology program resulting in
a commission.
Not in Advanced Drill.
High school graduates, freshman
and sophomore college students,
members of the ERC not in Ad
vanced drill may apply; those in
V-l, V-5, and V-7 are not eligible.
N qualifying examinations are
given; all candidates must be fully
qualified by transcript or scholas
tic record to receive consideration.
AH subjects in the Army three
pal t program are given at the
college level and credit toward a
degree is likely to ba. granted at
'most of the participating institu
tions. Candidates under Selective
Service will receive considerations
upon obtaining their releases from
their draft boards.
All candidates filing for the
bsic C program may apply in the
office of Administration, and must
semi their applications to Thomas
M.irshal, c'o the University Mete
ology committee. Music Building,
University of Chicago. Applica
tions for the basic training must
be made out immediately, as train
ing begins Feb. 15. . Candidates
miy select a preferable school at
which to receive their basic train
ing in their respective corps areas.
(See METEOROLOGY, Page 2.)
Council Plans
Chest Drive,
Aids WSSF
Consideration of plans to per
petuate the organization through
the war years and approval of
the WSSF drive was the main
otder of business at the Student
, Council meeting last night.
A proposal to select holdover
members by a proportional method
was described by Dave Marvin
and will be introduced on the busi
ness docket at the next meeting.
Some discussion was held on the
Council's membership,, and the
subject was turned over to a com
'nuttee which will confer with the
elections group concerning the
membership next year. Dick
Harnsberger, president of the
council, went on record as favor
ing the holdover system.
The Council will support the
WSSF drive to be held the last
of Febiuary, despite some argu
ment to the contrary. A United
War Chest drive has also been
planned for next semester.
A, $50 grant owed the Student
Foundation by the Council was
turned over to the War Scholar
ship F und at the request of John
Jay Douglass, president of the
Foundation.
WAA To Offer
$25 Scholarships
To Three Coeds
Three $25 scholarships are to be
offered by the WAA. Two will
be for scholarship and participa
tion in intramurals, the other for
scholarship and need of finance for
schooling. "
All girls are eligible for these
scholarships. Application blanks
must be obtained from the WAA
office at Grant Memorial Hall by
Friday at 5:30.
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Twenty-seven candidates for the 1
six Cornhusker Beauty Queen
titles were announced yesterday
as the '43 contest started. No
judge has yet been picked to
select the winners, Alice Louise
Becker, yearbook editor explained.
Pictures of the beauty queen
candidates will be taken next
week. These contestants are as
follows:
Myrldene Buller, Alpha Chi
Omega. Wilma Schacht, Alpha Chi
Omega; Dorothy McClintook, Al
pha Omicron Pi. Alice Wenslaff,
Alpha Omicron Pi; Virginia Mc
Culla, Alpha Phi; Dorothy Huff
man. Alpha Phi; Gertrude Fulton,
Alpha Xi Delta. Carol Carver, Al
pha Xi Delta; Dorothy Black. Chi
Omega, Edna Mae Neidermeyer,
Chi Omega.
Mary Jo Kobes. Delta Delta
Delta, Genevieve Roberts, Delta
Delta Delta.
Katherine D e t w e i 1 e r. Delta
Gamma, Virginia Trowbridge,
Delta Gamma; Helen Kiesselback,
Gamma Phi Beta; Pat Parrish,
Kappa Alpha Theta; Dorothy Thei
sen, Kappa Kappa Gamma, Jeanne
Browne, Kappa Gappa Gamma.
Players Give
Oscar Wilde
Plav on Friday
Tomorrow night Oscar Wilde's
"Lady Windemere's Fan" will have
its one and only showing in the
boards of the University theater
at the Temple building.
The play which begins at 8:00
p. m., is the second production
to be presented in the classical
series by the University Players.
It is a comedy in which the title
role of Lady Windermere will be
played by Phyllis Overman. Lord
Windermere is portrayed by Ron
nie Metz; Mrs. Erlynne by Jean
Racinne; and the Duchess of Bur
wick by Ellamae Oberlander.
Othei students taking part in
the production will bu Normajane
Menesee, Marjorie Christensen,
Bob Hyde, Milt Kugler, Henry
Lee. Janice Marx, Pris Mosley,
George Blackstone, Betty Schultz,
Bernard Swartz, Don Ricky and
Bill Heinzelman. ,
Jo Weaver Kline and Martha
Ann Bengtson are the directors
and the setting is under the di
rection of Mable Jean Schmer.
All holders of .University Player
season tickets will be admitted
free of charge.
Tassels, War
Council Hold
'Dime9 Drive
A March of Dimes drive for the
Infantile Paralysis Fund estab
lished by President Roosevelt will
be held for the first time at Ne
braska tomorrow from 9:30 a. m.
until 4:30 p. m. Sponsored by the
War Council and carried out by
the Tassels, the March of Dimes
A meeting for all Tassels
will be held in room 315 of the
Union at 5:30 this afternoon to
complete plans for the March
of Dimes drive, Tassels presi
dent Lila Howell announced
yesterday.
Tassels must turn in their
subscription books and money
by Friday afternoon to receive
credit for yearbooks sold.
will be undertaken in the most
widely used buildings on the cam
pus. The names of the exact build
ings will be announced tomorrow.
Tassels will be stationed in the
corridors of the buildings with
boxes in which the students may
put their dimes or other change as
they pass between classes.
ISeauty
Georgia Kolar, Kappa Delta; Jean
ette May Smith. Pi Beta Phi, Betty
Krause, Pi Beta Phi; Shirley
Kushner. Sigma Delta Tau; Ade
laide Kloepper, Anne Wodder,
Gwen Peterson, Barbara Stahl
and Delores Kemnitz, all four of
the dorm.
Number Cases
Of Frost Bite
Rise on Campus
Frost bite cases hit a new high
on the campus this week as tem
peratures dropped to a sub-zero
level. Six men were treated at the
Student Health for frosted ears.
Since the initial break of the
cold wave Monday, the mercury
has climbed back up to a bearable
temperature. Co-eds are already
beginning to appear in sweaters
skirts, and silk hose, and have laid
aside their slacks, ski suits, and
cotton stockings.
Yesterday's sun created a no
ticeable thaw in places. As a
whole, everything is looking bet
ter than it did two days ago, ex
cept that exams are two days
much closer.
Cornhusker Takes Rifle
Club Pictures Tomorrow
Members of the Rifle Club
are to have their pictures taken
tomorrow at the West Stadium.
At 5:30.
War Group Holds
Victory Jamboree
Door prizes, games of chance,
and dancing will all be included in
the Victory Jamboree sponsored
by the War Council Saturday from
10 to 12 p. m. in the Union ball
room. Carrying out a theme of
war stamps, the Jamboree is in
tended to increase war stamp pur
chases by the UN students.
First prize winner of the door
prizes will be given a free tele
phone call to any service man sta
tioned in the United States, and
other door prizes will be an
nounced later. Numbers for the
lottery will be given at the door.
Roulette Wheel.
Throughout the evening a rou
lette wheel will be run on the
ballroom stage. War stamps will
PiresiBoul!:
old! Key
Twelve business adiuinistnitioii seniors were elected to
Beta (i a nun a Sigma, honorary hiad fraternity, as announced
last night by Doati fc. D. Clark at the annual college banquet iri
the Union balrooni.
Those named to the honorary are:
Gerald Eugene Archer
Jean Adair Baker
Robert Maynard Bjodstrup
Gene Elliott Bradley
Robert James Fast
Robert Carl Guenzel
Richard Stephen Harnsberger
Sylvia Mae Katzman
Anthony Frances Nocita
Philip Leland Saunders
Sterling Bernard Stage
William Robert Ward
William OoUJ scholarship keys were presented to ten fresh.
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moil students 01 j:hi-t: navmy
The kevs were awarded by Prof. Karl Arndt. pre-
! ceding: an address by Nathan Gold,
out the year.
Chi O, Alpha
Phi, S AM Give
Bonds to Fund
With three Greek houses con
tributing $25 war bonds, the war
scholarship fund sponsored by the
Nebraska Student Foundation
passed the $1,000 mark yesterday,
reaching $1,100, almost 50 per
cent of the established goal of
$2,500.
Two sororities. Chi Omega and
Alpha Phi, ami the Sigma Alpha
Mu fraternity each contribtued $25
bonds, bringing the total for the
week to $100, including the $25
bond given Monday by Alpha Chi
Omega.
Women's Phys Ed
Graduates Fill
'UnusuaV Posts
Miss Mabel Lee, director of
women's physical education at
the University of Nebraska, has
received word from three of her
former pupils at the university
that they are in rather unusual
fields of work.
Miss Ruth Diamond, a grad
uate of 1931, arrived in Eng
land the latter part of Decem
ber to begin service as a rec
reation director with the Red
Cross.
Miss Dorothy Zimmerman,
'31, who resigned her position
as assistant professor on Miss
Lee's staff last October, also is
an assistant service club di
rector with the Red Cross in
England. Miss Patricia Pope,
"40, has been appointed police
woman on the police force at
Detroit.
be used in place of chips by the
players, each player having the
opportunity to win all of the
stamps bet on each game.
Dancing to the music of the
juke box will be continuous during
tthe two hours of the jamboree. A
ten cent admission charge for each
person will be required to cover
the cost of the juke box opera
tion.
Dorothy Douglas, War Council
member, is in charge of the Vic
tory Jamboree, Lois Christie, vice'
president and secretary of the
council, will draw the numbers for
the door prizes, and Ronald Metz,
War Council member, will do the
announcing. ' -
William)
IKIonors
me mni ouuiu.. ;..v.D..
who originated giving the keys in
honor of his father.
Following is a list of Gold
key winners: Dorothy Winn
Alexander, Stephen Daniel
Briggs, Robert Newman Buck
ley, Richard Gerald Folda, Wil
lard Eugene Hohnstein, Mary
Lou Holtz, Ernest Harry Lar
son, Walter Gilbert Olson, Rob
ert Nicholas Opp and Miles
William Sobolik.
Professors Perform.
Following the honors presenta
tions, A. B. Carson, instructor in
the college, presided as master of
ceremonies. Because of a shortage
of jobs for bizad professors, Car
son explained, a poll was to be
taken among the teachers to dis
cover what they would be fitted
for in the event that the college
should become non-existent.
Subsequent stunts had faculty
members C. M. Hicks and G. M.
Darlington collaborating in a bar
ber shop scene complete with.
wigs and pruning shears, F. C.
Blood selling eggs from a tray,
Karl Arndt teaching the alphabet
to dolls and D. F. Cole delivering
singing telegrams.
(See BIZAD, Page 2.)
Radke Heads
Business Staff
Of Schooner
New business manager of tha
Prairie Schooner will be Joanna
Radke. Arts and Science senior, it
was announced yesieraay. ane
willl take the place of Kurt Por-
jez, who resigned last week to go
into the army.
Coming from Rockford College,
111., last year where she was an
honor student, Miss Radke has
All students interested in
any form of creative writing
are invited to attend a literary
meeting to be held in the fac
ulty lounge of the Union at
7:30 tonight.
Dr. L. C. Wimberly, will pre
side at the meeting, sponsored
by the Prairie Schooner.
edited the Rockford Review a lit
erary magazine. She was se
lected from among five persons
applying for the position.
New assistant business man
agers is Bill Eberline, journalism
junior, in charge of publicity.
Schedules Meet.
To begin her work Miss Radke
scheduled a literary get-to-gether
of all those on this campus who
have done some writing tonight
at 7:30 in the Union. She has
also filed an application for a new
office room in the Union.
The present office of the
PRAIRIE SCHOONER is located
in the Administration building.
Students interested in working on
the SCHOONER should contact
Miss Radke in Room 209.