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j'HWi.H MM. . ; : ' " i r m Ilobtrt Jleodrrwo. llutrle Drake. J lib LAMJ CJii ;ZJ il Hull. IVIIUrd Vtoek John Hiiii4 Hill McKridr. Kotnrt McNutt. Bolx-rt Miller. Morton IvXttt. ( ,v I AlJ LA Jk,l .,..-.-1 L-N iLJ Vtorto Abbott. AIM Jacob, Mow flmmoeents Tapped! Thirteen Innocents were tapped last night. Dill Thornburg was revealed as the new president of Innocents, honorary senior men's society, in the traditional "tapping" cere monies Monday night held in conjunction with the Junior-Senior Prom at the coliseum. Alan Jacohs, vice president; Willard Vi sck, secretary; George Abbott, treasurer; and Pob lleinzclman, sergeant at arms are the other new officers. Other new Innocents include Bill McBride, Robert McNutt, Robert Miller, Morton Zuber, Robert Henderson, Dale Wolf, Charles Drake, and John Iliggins. Thnrrbunj's Activities. Thornbu a junior in the college of business adn.i.. location. He is a member of Student Council, Student Union Board of Man agers and Corn Cobs and is a junior football manager. He is vice-president of Phi Kappa lsi fraternity and was tapped by the out-going Innocents' president, Preston Hayes. (See INNOCENTS, Page 4.) V. H. Thornburc, Jr. Robert Ueiuiewuui. Wlir.goiniisi nr Hi3 JJir BflDB'Sl y Vol. 43, No. 10 Lincoln Nebraska Tuesday, February 16, 1943 Stts SILdDdDdD SI IFirapnnri IEveiry Stodeinitt The "War Student Service Fund, organized and sponsored by the Religious Welfare Council for the educational relief of war prisoners, has set $1,000 as its goal for the drive beginning Feb. 21. An effort will be made during the coming drive to get every student to pledge at least one dollar. "The World Student Service Fund is sponsored by sev eral organizations of excellent standing and reputation; the officers are of a type to command complet'.- confidence ; the ob jectives are thoroly worthy," said Chancellor a S. Boucher in recommendation. The drive has been sponsored by the Student Council, Panhellenic and the Interfraternity Council. In charge of the drive on Ag campus will be Leah Jane Ilowell and Rex Rehnberg. In charge on this campus will be: Carrol Robinson; Tom Yamashita, also chairman of the speak ers committee; Helen Kelley Hopkins, publicity; Janet Curley, chairman of the committee for organizations; Norman Sund berg, chairman for co-op houses; Dick Johnson and Pauline (See WSSF, Page 2.) L. B. Orfield Receives War Labor Board Appointment . . Asks Duration Leave Lester B. Orfield, professor of law at the University of Nebraska, has been named a member of the regional war labor board at Kan sas City. He expects to move with Mrs. Orfield to Kansas City in the near future and will assume his new duties March 1. A member of the university faculty since 1929, Prof. Orfield is prominent in Nebraska legal cir cles. He is editor of the "Ne braska Law Review" and is secre tary of the Nebraska supreme court advisory committee on rules of civil procedure. He also is a member of the United States court advisory committee on rules of criminal procedure. In 1936-37 he was senior attorney with the social security administration in Wash ington. Orfield will be a vice chairman on the regional WLB staff and will be one of three full time members , of the board. He has asked for a leave of absence for the duration , ' -v- v - V V;5" - V 1 CourtMjr, X,lniviln Journal. LESTER B. ORFIELD. . Appointed Vice-Chairman of WLB. of the war from his post at the university. Morris Coff Wins Denver Conference Morris Coff, Omaha, won top debating honors in the Rocky Mountain soeech conference at Denver. Coff also placed fifth with an excellent rating in disJ cussion, and took fourth high in victory speaking. He was one of two students selected to give vie tory speeches before the general assembly luncheon. Coff's colleague, Jean Kinnle, Lincoln, rated near the ton with a sum total score within 10 points of the highest rating. About 50 college students rep resenting debate teams from Mon tana. Utah, Colorado, Wyoming, Nebraska. Kansas. South Dakota and Iowa were present. Tapped' Last Nite Tbirfeon retiring Innocents marched forth in all the splen dor of their red robes last night to halt before Virginia McCulla, Alpha Phi, lead her to the stage, and present her to rrom-goera as Prom Girl of 1943. Chosen by door vote from a field of nineteen candidates, Miss McCulla is a sophomore in the university and a member of Tassels, cirls' pep club. She is also a Cornhusker beauty queen candidate. Tap Successors. Immediately preceding the presentation thirteen junior men were tapped as successors to the outgoing r senior Innocents in a tradition-breaking It was the first time in their . 40 years on the campus that the Innocents have not chosen members on ivy way. But, despite its usual hour-long pre decessors, the tapping took only a brief 25 minutes. Double Feature. Starting at 8:30, a small crowd of dancers gathered to witness the double fea THpv flxneeted to hear iuil vx. i v r Lloyd Hunter and his Megro orcnestra, dui aue to an uhca. pected breakdown in Minnesota, has band failed to arrive in time and Hank Mattison and his orchestra substituted. ' V i Hi i J McCULLA Union Presents Dr. Wendt In Lecture on Sunday at 8 Dr. Gerald Wendt, popular spokesman for the field of science, science editor for Time magazine, and associate professor of the Uni versity of Chicago, will lecture on "The Science Front in Total War," Sunday at 8 p. m. In the Union ballroom. Sponsored by the Uni Unlon scries of convocations, the lecture will be open to the public as well as to the university. His premise will be that the plane, the tank, and the subma rine, all American inventions, are only the beginnings of American inventiveness in war. Dr. Wendt has become well-known as an in terpreter of science to the layman through a varied background of experiences which led him to be chosen as the director of science and education at the World's Fair in New York. RJHortar Boards Present Flag Ho iHloiior Students m Service The first official service flag was pre sented to the university Saturday by the Mortar Boards, women's senior honor ary. To be hung in the Student Union, the flag was presented by Dorothy Weirich, presi dent of the society, and two other members, preceding the basketball game. During the presentation to Chancellor C. S. Boucher and Col. J. P. Murphy, the band played the Star Spangled Banner preceding the Nebraska-Kansas basketball game. The large silk flag will be hung perma nently on the panel above the fireplnce in the, Student Union lounge. The fla' has three Inm-A stars unon it one cold, one silver, one blue, symbolizing the boys who have gone from this university into the service, those who have lost their lives, and those who have been wounded. Along with the presentation of the flag a book and stand will be presented. These will be placed at the left of the flag and in the book is written the names, service records, and addresses of all those boys now in service from the university. The book will be kept up to date by the Mortar Boards. , ( ; Money for, the flag came from the proceeds from the Mortar Board party last falL