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DAILY NEBRASKAN Wednesday, February 17, 1-943 J Jul (Daih VkbhcuJiatL FORTY-THIRD YEAR Subscription Rates are $1.00 Per Semester or J1.50 for Hip College Year. $2.50 Mailed. Single ropy. 5 C'enls. En tered as second-cl.-tss matter at tro postofica in Linroln. Nebraska, under Act of Congress March 3. 1879 toid at iHe-ial rate of poinap provided for in Pert ion 1103. Act of October 3, 1417. Authorised September 30. 1922. Published dsily during the school vear except Mon days and Saturdays, vacations and examinations periods by Students of the University of Nebraska under the su pervision i f the Publications Board. Offices Unicn Building. Day 2-71S1. Night -2-7153 Journal 2-3330. fditor Alan Jacoba Butineta Managr Betty Oivon EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT. Mana-injr Editors. .. .George Abbott. Marioi ie May cws l.ditors John Bauermeistcr. fat Chamber- ?'i.JunJ Jwuiefoti. Maryiouise Gocdin, ltle (If. Sports Editor N'orris Anderson. Buy War Stamps Not just a little worried about the small sales of war stamps on the campus, the War Council has chansred the weekly campus "KUY WAR STAMPS'' day to Wednesday-today. It was felt that more students would be on the campus on Wednesday; perhaps the sale of stamps would increase. Whether the day he Wednesday or Thurs day, there is no question as to the importance of war stamps from a saving, an inflationary and from a war.aspect. I5UY A WAR STAMP TODAY. I V... Mail! Clippings Pat Chamberlin, Censor A Wise Step University faculty members have taken the first steps in the organization of a council on post-war reconstruction. Announcement of the council stated the purpose as being, -'to collect information, con duct research and carry on popular education in matters pertaining to the pace and recon struction." This action is in line with programs started by several other midwestern universities, and it is also a very wise course of action. It is the kind of action which indicates that the university is beconiing aware of the ex istence of the war. A Naive Reaction . . . Here is the note accompanying the letter written in yesterday's 'Letterip" column: "This contains enough bull to convict me. so I'm not signing it But if you want to know personally who I am, print the thing and IU call you. I'm greek, although this does sound pro-barb, but I think the boys, faction and all, need a little jacking up. If a few of the dirtier deals could be unlooked, the inside on most affairs revealed, then conditions and general standard of living miht go up. Don't have to wink at you twice." Iieing a naive editor, feeling that a stimu lating letter increases interest in the paper, we printed the letter under the assumption that a phone call vould be foithcoming. At six last night, there had been no call. The anonymous letter wiiter, calling him- CIIARLES DICKEY, BILL LYON, EM 3IKTT WKNDT, CHARLES COOK have all re ceived their calls for the Army Air Corps ami will report with the rest of the UN air-minded for stationing between the 20th and the 28th. All are ui em Iters of Sigma Phi Epsilon. First Lieut. ERNEST R. BART LEY, who received his M. A. here two years ago, is now stationed at the Army Air Forces Advanced Flying School, Carlsbad, New Mexico. The lieutenant obtained his cadet training at Kelly Field, Texas. Lieut. Barkley was a Phi Kappa Tfiu at Nebraska Wesleyan university where he took his undergraduate work. Right behind Maj. Gen. Jimmy Doolittle bombing the axis from "an advanced base" in North Africa is Lieut DON HILGEBT (right), who attended UN until last year. The lieutenant was in England for two months, and then moved on to Africa, where he has been for about six weeks. While here, Don copped many AAU swimming laurels. self "C. B.'s Stand-in" seemed to be writing around the bush until the last paragraph when he got what appears to be the point: to justify the appointment of three junior men as head of the campus Red Cross drive. They were appointed, be writes, "for a dosen reasons in place of the restawhile? coun cil. First they didn't do quite enough (the Student Council) last year, that the project had the o. k. of past terrible prexy, and not only the blessing but the backing of the pres ent's. C. head." The work of the Red Cross is one of the great humanitarian acts of the war. The Red Cross drive is so important it deserves the support of every student It is a shame that any politics is even mentioned in discus sion of the coming drive. In fairness to the Student Council, however, let this be said: the drive conducted by the Council last year was a successful one: it was handled wisely; much work was expended. Whether there is politics involved this year doesn't make any difference. Let's just say the Student Council did a good job last year, but a new organization is being tried now. The grapevine talk is harmful; we suspect that most of it is untrue, for that matter. Who does the collecting isn't important. The success of the drive early next month is what really matters. Meanwhile, we are waiting to hear from "C B.'s Stand-in." Theater . . . (Continued From Page 1.) pie with problems that can be sol red instead of the present day problem which lead into blind al leys. Thru hts imagination be creates people who walk and talk and whose destinies he controls. Thruout the play a remarkable, concrete illustration of a mind at work Is seen. Every movement and word of each human being in the second act of the play is a product of Charleston's mind. Th drama of life that he controls- over these people shows the gradual J sonunx oi dim aiuiuoe rrom cyni cal desertioai of the world to a faith and hope in the future. Tadd Ptays Cnartesto. The part of Charleston is played by BUI Todd. His friend and one who greatly influences him is Street er, played by Larry Taylor. Henry Lee will play the part of a Viennese physician, of Charleston's imagination, who has been driven to this country because of old world oppression. Other imagina tive characters are Melanie, played by Marge Christensen and Anne Marie, played by Priacilla Moseley, who are the doctor's daughter and wife, respectively. A newcomer to the University stage, who will probably be seen more often, is Bette Heine who ap pears in the role of 2iis Kirby. one of the earnest suffragettes. Romulo Sold'viHa, an old favor ite on the stage, will take the role of a pathetic Cockney workingman, Mr. Erijrgs; Palmer Williams, the ait of tta U sti-iarinz Captain Joshua Stuart; and Bob Black the rote of Inspector Manning. Hank Buthman will play Nonny. a light house service helper snd the Chi nese mechanic will be played by Don Rickey. "Thunder Rock" first opened in New York in the spring of J M0 and is one of the few serious American plays to be popularly re ceived in bofttb-blitxed London dur ing the past two years. This year it is being; played by important noncommercial theaters thiuout the country. Bulletin Wtwuri BasfaetbaM. The saosw fcaefcetbaH praefcee fee tMU-smuraas wMt be ketd in Grant atemariaJ this week. All Oirts Mi U p4ay in tofcra mwral basketball mwt attond this practice. Phys Eel . . . Continued Prom Page 1.) mentals, and swimming. Two large sections of freshmen women sre taking swimming one hour a week for the whole semes ter, while four other groups wiH swim three hours a week for the last five weeks. Substitute Second Ceorse. A unit of individual sports will be substituted for girls who are physically unfit to swim and for girls who are already efficient in the sport. These latter girls msy study advanced swimming if they desire. Group team sports have been In eluded in the new program be cause most high school physical education programs do not include them. This will offer an opportun ity for girls to learn bow to play some of them. SOCIAL DANCING CLASSES BEGUN Tonife of 7:30 p. m. A series of six free classes Wednesdays Mrs. John Chomp, Instructor Union Ballroom Idenfr. Cards! White Space BY ELMER SPRAGUE We thought you might be cu rious about what a University player does just before he goes on stage, so we asked Bill Todd of the "Thunder Rock" cast to let us watch him makeup. The victim of our observations rushed in, late as usual, this time because of Jean Swarr and Delta Gamma food; and dragged us into one of the hot, little cubbyholes under neath the Temple stage. Catching his breath, Todd changed into his costume, displaying, in the process, the famous pair of blue-striped shorts he wears for luck during every production. Once dressed, he began applying orange grease paint to his face, making up for the part of a young man. Romulo Soldevilla peeked in to say that Todd was beginning to look rough and ruddy. A coveralled stage manager came down, and began asking if the rehearsal could start. The boys stopped playing handball with an old lemon the opera cast had left in the basement, and said "no." Then Soldeville started si multaneously a discussion on puns and a lecture on the topic: "There are no small parts, only short press notices." Just as Todd changed into a pair of wool socks and some old sandals, the stage manager shouted, "Todd," and Bill ran stageward. The rehearsal had started al ready, and on the way out we met Dorothy James, the sound effects artist, waiting patiently to fire a pistol full of blanks. She fired too soon, and frightened Bill, who was about to go on stage, into a stack of scenery. As we lett, we mused on the hazards of an actor's life and remembered Todd's bright est remark of the evening, "We expect big crowds for Thunder Rock," If it doesn't rain." The early tapping of Innocents is an indication of how the war has increased the tempo of campus ac tivities. Now that all juniors worthy of Innocency have been tapped early to avoid the rush to the army, we are expecting the pressure of war to force the jun iors to tap worthy sophomore can didates at the Coed Follies. Ivy Day can be advanced to the 1st of April, and the sophomores can tap worthy freshmen. Then the pres ent freshmen can tackle, by mail during the summer, any boys com ing to the university next fall. The speeding up of the Innocen cy program, will make it hard to remember who is Innocent and who is not, but we must make certain sacrifices to maintain our campus institutions. Women's DrilL ; Corps Wins ROTCCompet . . . At Washington, WASH. (ACP). The women's service corps, newly organized military class for coeds, walked off with the honors at the final ROTC dress parade of the fall se mester, competing with men. Making their first appearance wearing raincoats and saddle shoes and anklets because their uniforms hadn't yet arrived the 7S girls now training in the corps scored 52 out of a possible 60 pointa. Units were graded on halting and dressing on the line when first coming on the drill field, steadi ness in ranks, alignment of com panies while passing tn review and ' keeping in step. In winning the parade, the ' WSC's instructed by Lt Richard Ellis outpointed one signal com pany, four engineer companies and nine infantry companies. Sweden . (Continued From Page 1.) trality. however, is merely an of ficial position. , The people them selves have taken definite sides in the war: they are for the United Nations wholeheartedly. Ameri cans may have doubts as to what side the Swedes are on, but to the nazis, Sweden's feeling is un comfortably evident. Sweden, with only 64 million people and stripped of war mate rials because of help for Finland, had no choice but to declare her self neutral. Now, however, Swe den has a highly trained army and navy, defense factories working at full speed, and many internal fortifications. Orders from the Prime Minister have been sent to all forts and troop headquarters saying that the Swedes are to fight the Germans, in case of K vasion, no matter what orders they may receive. Marking Time. Rationing in Sweden is en forced on practically all food, clothing, and merchandise. The housewife has 25 ration cards for each member of a family. Hot water has been completely banned, as has gas and oil. The Swedes are not actively fighting, but their passive resi?ti ance and absolute rejection nazis is evident. 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