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7k thdAf Vol. 43. No. 20 Tuesday, March 2, 1943 Klavy Program Rflay ABtow ESeseirvs T tFBinsQslh Yeao- ai?e Dollar Minimum Sororities, Frats Pledge Red Cross "With t he pled King of sorority and fraternity groups, the jnnu.il Hed Cross drive got underway last niglit. Fraternities are giving a minimum of $1.00 per man with ,in average of $1.25 to $1.50 for the entire chapter. Sororities are pledging au average donation of $2.00 per member. stm-nrities art' asked this year to cive more to the fund ti .n the fraternities to make up in the total the depleted num- i...p of affiliated men who have already left for the armed services. $2500 Goal Thi vpar's eoal. $2f00. set up lv the American Red fYiiss is the lareest coal in history. It will he used to meet the greatest needs in the history of the organization. Tim l?pl f'rnss wrves as a line of communication even where. It serves as the connecting link between the arrtied forces and their families. It aids with food, shelter, clothing i Iir.il care and training to protect the Home Front. Red Cross Services. S.-rvices to the armed forces are many. The Red Cross cure for families of men in the forces. It provides recreation (See RED CROSS, Page 4.) Navy reservists appear certain of com pleting the college year as details of the navy policy toward college students, including for- mation of a new specialized training program, were announced yesterday. T. J. Thompson, dean of students affairs, stated that the proposed program will affect 119 basic ROTU students who wish to trans fer to one of the three branches, and all those students enlisted V-I classification. National Examinations. Qualifying tests to be given throughout he nation oii or about April 2 wil determine he personnel of the program, to go into effect July 1. According to an announcement of the naval officers procurement office at Des Moines, the Ticket Sales For Coed Follies Show Start Today . . . Performance Mar. 11 Tickets for the AWS-sponsored Coed Follies to be held in the Temple Theatre March 11. are now on sale, Jo Martz, chairman of the ticket drive, announced ysteiday. Tickets are 35 cents apiece. With the war uppermost in most minds, many of the skits and cur tain acts this year revolve about this theme. Bowing to war ra tioning, the AWS board this year limited skit expenses to $15. A style show, three curtain acts, five skits and the presentation of the TNC make up the program for the evening. Enter Five Skits. Skits entered are: Alpha Chi Omega, "Greek Myth;" Alpha Xi IMU. -Relax with the WAACs;" D-ita Delta Delta, "Rosie the Riveter;" Kappa Alpha Theta, "Always a Cornhusker;" Sigma (See FOLLIES, Page 4.) Rifles Meet To Organize Nov Company All Pershing Riflemen will meet in room 210 of Nebraska Hall this afternoon at 5:30. announced Cadet Captain Francis Cox, com mander of the organization. Weather permitting, the com pany will be organized and all non-com positions assigned for the remainder of the semester. All members, both actives and pledges are requested to turn out for the formation. New members, desiring to join the company should signify their intentions this afternoon or inuia- day of this week. program will be designated as V-12, and wilt include college students already enlisted m ilia navy or marine reserves, and those enlisted in ROTO who have indicated a preterence lor the navy, coast guard or marines. While on the college campus, the men will be in uniform under military discipline, with the rating and pay of apprentice seamen of the U. S. Naval Reserve, and housed and fed by the navy. Specialized Student Training. Students selected from the above groups' will receive one and a third years of study covering four terms of college work of 1G weeks each. Students in specialized training including chaplain, dental, medical and 'en gineering officer cai.uidates, will be kept in (See NAVY PLAN, Page 2.) Box Socials Reach Goal SetByWSSF Money Will Go To Foreign Lands Donations for the WSSF reached and passed the $1,000 goal set at the beginning of the drive as $1,174.90 has already been in and almost $500 more is pledged. Highest single contribution re suiting from these socials was made by Alpha Chi Omega and Sigma Chi, which netted $105.36 Running a rloie second was o - 7 . Gamma Phi Beta and t arm nouw; whos box lunch last weekend totaled $105.25. Civ hnnrlr-Art dollars Of the money will go for a new univer sitv in China to be named for the University of Nebraska. The reat will be used for books and educational material for the abroad, for the continuation of the educa tions interrupted by the war. List Results. Contributions other than those from Box Socials were: Rosa Bouton and Wilson Hall W-M Beta Sigma 25.00 Church groups 71.21 Individual contributions from the 33.93 Regents Grant 9 Faculty Members Leaves of Absence ... For Duration City Campus Individual contributions from the Ag Campus Ag faculty 73.50 City faculty 9 00 WAA Miscellaneous from dif ferent sources 75.91 15.00 66.00 $1,174.90 It's Happening Everywhere . . . Creighton ERC Unit Leaves . . . Pre-flight Students Move In """ , " t j A I. .. 1. loot L'fil 4 V (The following stonr was written for the Daily Nebraskan by Hugh Fojarty, director of the Creighton university news bureau.) OMAHA, Neb., Feb. 27. (Special). A lot of Rtudents in civvies' and khaki are beating the traditional March 1 moving date by a few days around Creighton university. During the past week, 176 Creighton stu dents have withdrawn from school to report to the army, and an undisclosed number of army air corps pre-flight studcnU moved onto the ram pus today to begin a five-month academic and military course next Monday mornng. 17G Go in Part 10 Dayi. Of the 176 students who have withdrawn in the past 10 days, 116 are unassigned members of the ArmyjEnlistd Reserve (the entire ERC tlnill 1. . ' .J Jm 4 ransivt March 8-10 at Camp Dodge, la. Those who I remained at Creighton through last Friday completed one-third of the current semester, a A . 1 . 1 hence received one-third or ineir normal ac demie credits and received a refund pi ap- thirds of their semester tuition and fees. Sixty Creighton students have been called to the army air corps in the past two weeks, and 56 members of the navy V-l program have i.An nrAorcA in take nhvsical examinations here next Monday and Tuesday, although the call did not indicate how soon the group wouia be ordered to active navy duty. Air Corps Takes Over 2 Halls. tJia nir eorns contingent which moved in today has taken over Dowling and Warcham halls on the Creighton campus. They will re- sMdpmie and Dhysical training from retrular members of the . university faculty, (Se CREIGHTON ERC, Page 4.) J. Hugh Stuart WinsPalladian OratoryContest James Hugh Stuart's oration on "Charity" won first place in the 17th annual James H. Cooper oratorical contest sponsored by the Palladian Gavel club Saturday night in the Temple. A freshman law student. Stuart declared that "it is possible to feel charitable even though hat ing at the same time. If we can t have love in and after war we can have charity." Henrv Marvin, speaking on "Push." Disced second in the con test and Bob Veach's oration en titled "You Should Know Better' took third. Marvin emphasized the necessity for conserving fuel and nower in the future and Veacn stressed the fact that Americans should keep up with the war. Judges were Chief Justice Robert Simmons, Mrs. Borris Bow man and Mrs. Esther Bitney. Six men and two women participated in the event wnicn nas Deen won hv roeds in the Dast two vears. Maiorie Johnston, winner of last vear's contest, presided at the meeting. Announcement of last year's essay, verse and short story con tests was also made. Don Dodiv freshman took first place in both the essav and verse contest and second place in the latter, and Harriet Pryce won the short story contest. Leaves of absence for military and government service for the duration of the war have been granted to nine members of the faculty following action of the board of regents, it was announced Monday. Most of the persons in volved already are in their new duties. They are: Ralph Bedell, associate pro fessor of educational psychology naval service. C. J. Frankforter, associate professor of chemistry mili tary service. L. W. Hurlbut, assistant pro fessor of agricultural engineer ing naval service. Arthur F. Jenness, professor of psychology military service. E. N. Johnson, associate pro fessor of history government service. Theodore Jorgensen, jr., as sistant professor of physics war research project. George Kleiner, instructor in economics federal reserve bank, Glenn C. Klingman, instructor (See LEAVES, Page 2.) County Chairmen Meet Iu Foundation Office There will be a meeting of all county chairmen of the Stu dent Foundation on Wednesday, March 3. at 7:00 p.m. in the Student Foundation office. A meeting of the executive com mittee will follow immediately. Give Specialized Navy Training To College Grads Educational administrators and personnel managers of large cor porations or department stores will be commissioned in the navy, officials announced today, if they possess the required qualifications. Candidates willbe selected for special training until July 1, after which they will be in charge of navy specialized training pro grams at colleges and universities. Applicants must be between the ages of 35 and 43, must have at least a baccalaureate degree and must meet all the general qualifi cations of navy officers. Appli cations in the Nebraska and Iowa area should be sent to Naval Officer Procurement office, 204 Old Federal building, Des Moines, Iowa. Mortar Boards Honor Three Senior Women Senior women receiving Mortar Board awards Sunday at the an nual Mortar Board tea were Sidney Ann Cardner, Shirley Khyn and Marydean Lawler. Miss Gardner is a past president of Kappa Alpha Theta, president of Panhcllenic and past president of Vestels of the Lamp. Shirley Khyn is a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma, past editor of the Awgwan and a member of the Coed Counselor board, and Miss Lawler is a member of Kappa Delta, senior member of the Coed Counselor board, and a member of Tassels. The awards, which were pre sented at 4:30 by Dorothy Wie rich, Mortar Board president, are all equal. They are given on the basis of scholarship, leadership and service during four years of college. The tea, which was attended by about 400 women, is an annual affair held to honor high scholar ship. Members of the board of women's organizations on the campus served , and faculty mem bers who are Mortar Boards poured. Music was furnished thruout the tea by Jane Jordon, Lcla Mae Jacobson, a trio composed of Dorothy Huffman, Dorothy Struasheim and Ruth Ferguson, and Jacqueline Rasmussen. These girls are all members of Delta Omicrdn.' " '