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Vol. 43, No. 4
NoMoreAnotherWorld,Enchanted
Hawaii Responds To Var Changes
BY RUTH CM ATTERTON.
(Editor note: The author of
this article has recently come to
Nebraska from the Hawaiian is
lands where she has lived most of
her life. Since, from December
7, 1941, the Hawaiian islands have
been the topic of American con
versation, the Daily hopes this
article will better acquaint the
students with life on the islands.)
Hawaii is the subject of this
article, so we might as well begin
by learning to pronounce it cor
rectly. Not, of course, that any
one is particularly interested in
Annual 'Coed Follies'
Reveal TNC March 11
Highlighting this years Coed
Follies will be the presentation of
the Typical Nebraska Coed. The
all-around, all-girl show will be
held on March 11 with a complete
ly feminine audience. Pat Sand
will work out the details of the
TNC presentation. ,
Invitations have been sent out
by the AWS board to all organized
houses and residence halls on the
campus. Any organized group of
women m; enter a skit in the
try-outs.
An outline of the skit must be
in the office of the dean of wom
en today. The follies, this year as
usual, will include five full-length
skits, four curtain acts, a style
show, and the presentation of
TNC.
Applications for TNC must be
in Mrs. Westover's office not later
than today. Candidates will be
judged on their ability to wear
clothes, personality, apparent in
terest in school affairs, and par-
Stamp Sales
Hit New Low as
Campuses Lag
War stamp sales hit a new time
LOW yesterday, as a total of
$77.60 was reported from the five
(See STAMPS, Page 8.)
Students Pick New Recordings
For Student Union Music Room
. . . Vote At Main Office
Voting for record additions to
the Union Music room will be held
until Feb. 19 by means of record
lists and ballots which will be
given out upon presentation of
identification cards at the main
office of the Student Union.
Records to be voted upon are
divided into six categories from
which one, two or three selections
may be chosen. The list of rec
ords was prepared by the Union
Arts committee with careful
thought as to what the best addi
tions to the music room collection
would be.
Students will vote for two from
the 'first division symphonies, two
from the second division long pro
gram music, and one from the
third division, modern American
popular light classics. One will be
selected from the fourth division,
concertos, two from the fifth,
chamber music, and three will be
voted on from a group of ten mis
cellaneous selections.
Lincoln Nebraska
knowing the correct pronouncia
tion, because the wrong way is the
easiest. But in case any one of
you have a secret longing to know
how the natives pronounce it, well
here goes without any "y" sound
Ha-wa-hi.
Only after you have been to
Ha-wa-hi will you know how dif
ficult it is to tell of its thrills. I
have tried many times and people
have put me down as mad, soft
or moonstruck. It can't be helped,
for Hawaii is a place that wraps
you up in its charms and keeps
you there. Hawaii is more than
a fleet of islands it's an emo
tion. An emotion so unrelated to
. Filings Due Today
ticipation in war activities. In ad
dition they must have made the
all-women's scholarship average
of 78 or 80 percent, and com
pleted one year at the university.
It's sad, but true, that this an
nual school event is still barred
from the few remaining boys on
the campus. Of course this arouses
quite a bit of antagonism in this
peace loving institution. But it has
been proved that the surest way
to insure an interest in a campus
activity is to shroud it with a lit
tle mystery.
Everyone will agree that the
boys are going to miss a swell
time, but why don't they try in
venting some original idea and
making it exclusively a la frater
nity? The question is, would they
have a good time, as boys do like
a feminine audience when at their
best!
Book Nook News
Broadcasts Today
Included among the news bits
of authors and publishers on the
Book' Nook News over KFOR to
day at 4:45 are reviews of two re
cently published books, Guadal
canal Diary by Richard Tregaskis
and Young Woman of Europe writ
ten by Ruth Feiner.
Betty Rhodes is the commenta
tor, Dick Proud, announcer The
script was written by Bobbette
Burke.
The seven records in the sym
phonies division include:
fcympltoay No. t In V. minor h Kwb
muniiMiff, rrcordrd by t.atmr FnuiMndy
and thr Minneapolis Nymphony.
Hymphoay No. I In K flat HnrnUh"
by Hchnmnn, rrrordrd by Hraac Wallrr
rondurtlnf tar Nw Vorfc Phllhanmmir.
Symphony Km. I by Brahmi, r
rordrd by Krlln Wrlngarbarr and tbc
lndoa 1'hllharmonlr.
Symphony No. S, 0m 47 by Shoota
kovllrh, rrrnrdrd by Arthur Kodilntkl
rvndurtlnt the ( Irvrland Orrhrntra.
Symphony No. 41 In C "Jnpltfr" by
Mauri rrrordrd by Sir ThmiM Bwfb
ana conducting the ladoa rhllharmontr.
Symphony No. S la V by Hrrthovea,
rrrordrd by KrIU Wrlniartnrr ron
durilai tbr Ytrnna Phllhnrmonlr ; aad
ljtndoa Symphony by Vaafhaa Wil
liam, rrrordrd by Koe,rar (joomena
(ndurtlnf thr Cincinnati Symphony.
Tassels Usher at ROTC
Baud Concert Sunday
All Tassels are requested to
be present to aid in the usher
ing at the ROTC band concert
which is to be held Sunday.
Tassels should be at the col
liseiim by 2:15, Sunday afternoon.
Friday, February 5( 1943
this busy world that my every
day words stumble in telling of
it. To some Hawaii is high ad
venture. To some it's flashing
sport, fun and frolic. To some
it's peace, relaxation, and a va
riety of strange customs, new
places and faces.
War Changes.
A World war has influenced a
peculiar change in Honolulu. It
has brought danger to the peace
ful Pacific. Hawaii, the outpost,
has felt the change caused by
defense preparation and defense
building. Transportation to the
(See HAWAII, Page 5.)
Home Ec Club
Names Lorene
Bennett Head
Lorene Bennett was revealed as
the new president of the Home
Economics Association at a mass
meeting of the organization last
night.
Officers of the club were elect
ed at the annual meeting held on
Jan. 21 but their identity was kept
secret until the meeting last
night. Each officer of the club for
last year revealed the identity of
her successor.
Alcove in Library Features
Books Requested by Students
"Book Selections from The Al
cove" is a new booklist for the
library listing a group of selected
books from The Alcove, the new
corner of the library devoted to
popular books which the students
Student Salesmen May
Check Out Prom Tickets
Any student wishing to sell
tickets to the Junior-Senior
Prom may check tickets out of
the Kosmet Klub office from
Max Laughlin the rest of the
week. The office will be open
between 10-12 p. m. and 1-3
p. m. every day.
A free ticket to the Prom is
given anyone selling 15 tickets
or more.
Thirteenth Prom Reveals
Many Changes in
Customs will stand and customs
will fall when the annual Junior
Senior Prom will be held on a
Monday night for the first time in
thirteen years. While the coliseum
as the scene and the "anonymous
band publicity" previewing it spell
tradition, the early occurrence, in
formality, and midweek date lend
it aspects untraditional to UN stu
dents attending previous Prom
dances. It was in 1930 when
Mildred Orr stepped forth to be
come Prom girl of 1930 and the
first prom girl in the history of
the institution. Even in those
days the party was a lavish affair
but it was held in one of the local
hotels. In 1931 Dorothy Silvia
reigned over the junior and senior
classes.
Novel Presentation.
On March 9. 1934 Lucille Rielly
was revealed as Prom Girl. Her
With the second performance
tonight, and a matinee tomorrow,
the University chorus groups will
conclude the most successful pres
entation of operatic singing in re
cent years.
Wednesday's performance of the
popular "Robin Hood," by Dc
Koven, was all that the enthusias-
War Fund
Hits Halfway
Bond Mark
Pi Beta Phi, Sigma Delta
Tau, Brown Palace Give
$25 Bonds This Week
TOPPING the halfway mark of
the year's $2,500 goal, the War
Scholarship Fund yesterday was
swelled to $1,275 of bonds at ma
turity value.
With their contributions of a $25
bond each, Pi Beta Phi, and Sigma
Delta Tau, sororities, and Brown
Palace, organized unaffiliated
house, pushed the fund to its pres
ent level. Brown Palace is the
first unaffiliated organization on
the campus to contribute to the
fund.
Sponsored by the Nebraska Stu
dent Foundation, the Fund was es
tablished to be given in small
amounts to students of the univer
sity who were forced to interrupt
their schooling at Nebraska to
enter the armed forces. It will be
awarded at the end of the war to
those eligible by a faculty commit
tee composed of the registrar,
comptroller, chairman of the schol
arship committee, and alumni sec
retary. 'Indiana and 'Nebraska
have requested. Booklists are
available in the reading rooms and
The Alcove in the library, depart
mental libraries, and organized
houses.
Subjects included in this new
booklist include North American
Indians, biography, Nebraska au
thors, fiction, science, and travel.
The call number and short descrip
tions of each book are given as an
aid in selecting a good book to
read. Books from The Alcove may
be checked out for two weeks, but
a renewal will not be made on cur
rent editions.
Two special sections now fea
tured in The Alcove are North
American Indians and Nebraska.
Books in the American Indian
group were selected by Professor
(See ALCOVE, Page 3.)
presentation was one oi the most
novel ever attempted. The pres
ident of the Junior class rubbed an
Aladdins lamp which was at the
feet of a giant genie. The eyes of
the Genie sparkled and glowed and
a brilliant red flame cast its fiery
shadows over the lamp. As the
fire subsided the Prom girl was
revealed.
The 1936 prom trotters danced
to the tunes of Joe Venute and his
band and saw Lorraine Hitchcock
step from a miniature of her sor
ority house onto the stage.
Adrinenne Griffiths won the votes
of the couples attending the 1937
prom and was duly presented by
the presidents of the two classes.
The first Prom Girl to be elected
at a general election was Eloise
Benjamin, 1938 Prom Girl. Griff
Williams and his orchestra did the
bonors and the favorite tune of
the season according to the Corn-
tic audience had anticipated and
more. A lively pace set by the
tuneful overture was maintained
without a break until the last
notes of the brilliantly climatic
finale had echoed through the
hall.
Each of the soloists displayed
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Courtesy Journal.
DWIGHT KIRSCH.
talent deserving of mention. Jean
McCartney's smooth tenor quality
was very pleasing, as was the
singing of Mary Helen Bush, es
pecially in her first song.
Laughter and applause came
(See OPERA, Page 3.)
Eighty Percent
Increase in '42
Of Rail Traffic
. . . Troops, Gas Rationing
Passenger traffic on railroads
increased 80 percent in 1942 due
in no small part to traveling stu
dents according to eastern railroad
publication. The passenger trans
portation job performed by the
railroads in 1942 was equivalent
to moving every man, woman and
child in the United States 407
miles, or about the distance from
New York to Buffalo, F. E. Wil
liamson, president of the New
York system recently pointed out.
This increased transportation
represented an increase of 80 per
cent over the volume of such traf
fic in 1941 and was two and a
third times what it was in 1939,
Mr. Williams explained.
Vast troop movements and gas
oline rationing have created a
major transportation problem for
the railroads. Mr. Williams stated,
"The railroads find themselves un
able to supply just the travel ac
commodations you may want at
the time or on the particular train,
or even on the day you want it.
They usually do, however, have
seats and berths . . . from Monday
noon thru Thursday,
Customs
huskre. was "The Dipsy oDodle."
The 1939 prom was a holiday for
the Hep Cats when Gene Krupa
picked up the drum sticks to play.
Honors that year went to Jerry
Wallace.
Out of a 15 foot violin, sup
posedly Joe Venute's, stepped
Yvonne Costello to be presented
to the 1940 Prom goers. Count
Basies band tickled the toes of
students at the 1941 Prom when
Betty Ann Nichols was acclaimed
Prom Girl. Last year Ann Craft
led a procession of beauty queen
finalist and BDOC candidates on
the arm of BDOC Boyd MacDou
gal to the stage where dancers
proclaimed her Prom Girl of 1942.
1943 things are being done a
little different this year. First,
the party will be informal as have
been all parties this winter. Then
traditionally the Prom has oifl-
(See CUSTOMS, Page 8.)
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