Vol. 43, No. 8
Lincoln Nebraska.
Friday, February 12, 1943
Cob-dh Cobs, YRffl
Mi First Foir War
. . . Under War Council
According to the reorganization
.plan ot the War Council, the
YMCA and Com Cobs will be the
to take active part in the uni
versity war activities when they
take charge of the collection of
Victory Books Monday afternoon.
Members ot these two organiza
tions have been assigned organized
houses on both city and ag cam
puses where they will collect all
Victory Book contributions Mom
day afternoon rather than after
dinner so as rot to conflict with
prom plans. Manpower commis
sion leaders and house presidents
are to be responsible for having
the books ready at this time.
F.d Faytinger is chairman of the
Com Cob committee which will
collect books from the following
houses;
Ail CAMTU8.
Alplm ORmmn Rhn K;irm Ho
Rachel Ann Locke, chairman of
the ag campus drive will announce
a more complete list latre.
16th STRKKT CROIT.
Alplm Chi Ortiffra Sitmo Pelt Tail
Thi Omoea Pionw Co-op
C.mm Phi Bet Resident Hull
Kappa Kajf" Alpha Omicron Pi
c.umma Alpha Phi
Pi Bna Phi Kappa Alpha Thela
EXTRA CAMPUS.
Upsih.n P.lta SiRma Pi
.ppa Si;mR Brown Pal.ice
V'Sma Alpha Mu Alpha Xi lVlta
Jam Sessions,
Ventriloquism
In Union Show
. . . Sunday Evening
Aid Cadet Johnny Dugan, jam
session music, and an action
packed movie will appear on the
Union ballroom stage in the
third Student Union variety
tthow Sunday at 8 p. m.
Air Cadet Johnny Dugan is
Bud Levinson, Sigma Alpha Mu,
in voice, action and thought, but
not in form. Air Cadet Dugan is
Levonsin's ventriloquist dummy.
. Johnny and Bud will give a fast,
- witty dialogue as part of the
f student talent entertainment in
J the variety show.
That jam session trio, John
i Hardy, Delta Upsilon. Dick
J Buck, Beta Theta Pi, and Hugh
' Atkinson. Beta Theta Pi, will be
. back with new hot rhythm in
- their variety show act.
' "Blockhde," a stirring film of
the Spanish Civil war, stars
' Madeleine Carroll. Henry Fon
) da, and Leo Carrillo in the lead
oles. Nazism, lascism and dem
cratic opposition form a mod-j-
ern background tor this film of
i mixed human emotions.
Counselors Sponsor
Mercenary Romance
At
Pitching- hearts and chancing
lipstick kiss are sure ways of
i pending an entertaining after
oon, according to members of
Coed Counselors, sponsors of the
Annual Penny Carnival, to be held
tn Grant Memorial hall tomorrow
from 2::30 to 4:30 p. m.
-
2 Eighteen organizations have en
td booths in the yearly affair
jffid will set up games and chances
or which visitors will pay a penny.
Alpha Plum Phi Dolta !lta Delta
The YMCA collection commit
tee, chairman Oil Ryder, will pick
up all books at the following
places:
VINK STREET AND NOTH 1th.
XI Psl Phi Sifcma Nu
S'cma Chi Phi Ksppa Pi
Sisma Alpha Kpsllon Theta Xi
Sittma Phi K.pailon Cornhnsker Co op
K 8TRKKT.
Vita Tan ptelta Howard Hall
Phi Gamma Delta Wilson Hall
Phi Delta Theta Rosa Bouton Hull
7,.In Beta Tail Sipma Kappa
Alpha Tan Omega Kappa Delia
Beia SiRma Pai Delta C.amma
Beta Tlietn Pi
Corn Cobs will also be responsi
ble for the collection of books
from ag campus buildings, and
books from the city campus build
ings will be gathered by YMCA
members.
In a list of suitable books for
this Victory Book Campaign,
Army and Navy Special Services
officers hsve listed five different
types of books would meet the en
tertainment and educational read
ing of the men in the armed forces.
The five types of books recom
mended by these army and navy
officials included current best sell
ers, adventure and mystery, tech
nical books published since 1935,
humorous publications, and pocket
editions of popular titles.
Tiro Sororities
Add to Fund
Raising the total amount of
contributions to $1,510, Alpha
Xi Delta and Sigma Delta Tau
donated a war bond apiece to the
Student Foundation war scholar
ship fund.
A "white elephant" auction of
personal property was the
method used by Alpha Xi Delta
to raise their contribution to the
drive. Coal of the fund is $2,500.
War Workers Featured
In Transportation Series
War workers in American trans
portation industries are featured
'n a new series of advertisements
"or Chesterfield cigarettes.
"They deliver the goods" is the
caption for ads concerning the
work of the railroads, aviation
and the telephone in transporting
war materials and aiding in vital
communication. Each ad also
urges the public to "Buy War
Bonds . . . Write Letters."
All those who have pur
chased 1943 Cornhuskers should
leave a mailing address in the
yearbook office if they will not
be here May 1 to pick up the
book.
Annual Carnival
Part of the proceeds from the
carnival will go to the Student
Foundation war scholarship fund.
Dancing will be held in the main
room all afternoon, and booths
will be judged at 4 p. m. Judges
will be Nels A. Bengtson, dean of
junior division; Tat Lahr, assist
ant director of the Union and Prof.
Karl Arndt. Tickets may be ob
tained at the door and from any
Coed Counselor.
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Courtesy Lincoln Journal.
JOHN L. BOUCHAL.
Charter Day
Plans Near
Completion
John L. Bouchal
Speaks at Convo
John L. Bouchal, '12, former en
voy to Prague, Czechoslovakia,
will deliver the main address on
"Beyond Our Borders'' as the fea
ture of the Charter Day Convoca
tion, with plans for the univer
sity's 73rd birthday nearing com
pletion. The convocation will begin at
4:30. Feb. 14, in the ballroom of
the Student Union, and immedi-
(See CHARTER DAY, Page 4.)
War Council
Begins New
Coed Classes
Surgery Dressing
Is New Venture
Taking over surgical dressing
activities under the War Council's
new reorganization plan, the
YWCA has made arangements for
an all university surgical dressing
class under the Red Cross. Periods
of work at the surgical dressing
headquarters in the Telephone
building, in which only university
girls will participate, will begin
a week from tomorrow.
Catherine Wells and Rachel Ann
Locke are chairman of this pro
gram in which almost 150 univer
sity girls may take an active part
in war work. Supervision of the
work, secretaries, inspection and
the actual making of the surgical
dressings will be undertaken by
students only on Saturdays, which
have been designated as Univer
sity day.
Work for the day has been di
vided into two sections, morning
and afternoon, at which times 60
girls will be needed for each sec
tion to make the surgical dress
ings. The morning period lasts
from 9 a. m. to 1 p. m. and the
afternoon period runs from 1 p. m.
to 5 p. m.
Supervisors Needed.
Seven girls who have had train
ing and experience in the work
(See WAR COUNCIL, Page 2.)
"Make your Prom lalo for 8:1." hocause danciii starts at
S:M sharp."
Tliis was the announcement made hy the Innocents today
in regard to Monday niirlils' .Junior-Senior Prom. The decision
to .start 1ho dance one half hour earlier than university parties
usually hoin was made because of Iho fact that there are s
inanv thing's to he done that ovonino in addition to dam-iii".
The Innocenls will tap 1h
manner and the other major ft1
presentation of the IVom (!irl w
evening by those attending the
affair.
17 Piece Band Plays.
Lloyd Hunter and a 17 piece
band will play for the party and
tickets may be obtained from any
Corn Cob or Innocent or may be
purchased at Simons, Magee's,
Harvey Brother's, Student Union,
or Uni Drug at $1.10 per couple.
Candidates for Prom Girl have
been chosen from organized houses
and dorm by members of the In
nocents Society.
Candidates are Betse Wright,
Alpha Chi Omega; Dorothy Me
Clintock, Alpha Omicron Pi, Vir
ginia McCulIa, Alpha Phi; Dorothy
Black. Chi Omega; Flora Heck,
Alpha Xi Delta; Barbara True,
Delta Delta Delta; Janet Gibson,
Gamma Phi Beta; Helen Johnson,
Delta Gamma; Mary Helena Frar
rar, Kappa Alpha Theta; and
Dorothy Smith, Kappa Delta.
Jeanne Browne, Kappa Kappa
Gamma; Janet Hemphill Pi Beta
Phi; Lotis Store john, Sigma Kap
pa; Becky Silver, Sigma Delta
Tau; Betty Malone, Mary Russell.
Lauralee Mundil, Barbara Stahl,
and Addie Kloepper, dorm.
Is One Bullet
All Students
Can Purchase?
War stamps sales missed the
$100 mark by 85c in yesterday's
drive. A slightly better showing
than last week's sales of $7., this
week's total of $99.15 for 4.400
students.
According to these figures
each student spent 2'aC for war
stamps, enough to buy one bul
let for any army that needs
billions of bullets.
Ag campus was again leader
of sales with a total of $30.70.
Sosh was second with $20.75,
and the Union placed as close
third with $19.90. The Delta
Omicron booth in the School of
Music sold $13.60. The Mechani
cal Arts booth jumped from
sales averaging $5 to this week's
total of $14.20.
Gray Proposes Post War
Planning In
Planning the post war world will
be the subject of a series of fac
ulty discussions planned by Prof.
G. W. Gray of the history depart
ment, under whose direction the
first group of such a series will
meet tomorrow at "3:30 in social
sciences.
The group would serve as a cen
ter of the study and considera
tion of post war problems concern
ing the text of peace treaties, re
construction programs, interna
tional trade agreements and plans
for prevention of future wars. All
faculty members interested in such
a discussion group are asked to at
tend the meeting tomorrow.
Develop Forums.
From this first meeting it is
posible that later public meetings,
round tables and forums may de
IEanrDy
MgM
ir successors in the traditional
alure of the party will ho the
ho will hte elected earlier in the
Women Hold
Tea in Ellen
Smith Today
YW Prcxy, Slaff
Greet Members
In the receiving line to greet all
members of the Y. W. C. A. tea
this afternoon from 3:30 until 5:30
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Courtesy Lincoln Journal,
MRS. SAMUEL AVERY.
in Ellen Smith will be Jane Dal
thorp. president, and Mary Lock
ett, Mrs. Samuel Avery. Upper
classmen as well as freshmen
members of the organization aie
cordinally invited to attend.
The cabinet and staff heads
will do the serving and talk to the
girls about the various staffs which
they can sign up for. Mrs. Fay
Fice, Mrs. Helen Kelley Hopkins.
Miss Eliza Gamble and Mrs.
(See WOMEN, Page 4.)
Discussions
velop, and it is hoped that inter
est will be great enough to main
tain an active group thruout the
year. Such a plan has proved popu
lar in large universities and col
leges, and is thought to be a dis
tinct aid to post war planning.
Of the proposed project. C. H.
Oldfather, dean of the college of
arts and sciences, said yesterday,
"Since the government will do
what the citizens thing ought to
be done, we should be shaping our
thoughts on the matter now. A
group of this sort is a very desir
able thing in which all Americans
should take an active interest"
Calls Plan Appropriate.
T. J. Thompson, dean of student
affairs, expressed himself feeling
that such discussions were most
(See GRAY, Page 4.)
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