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DAILY NEBRASKAN
Wednesday, March 17, 1943
ious Coeds Can Create
A Wardrobe Out of Any thing
Ingen
BY BETTY KING.
It is winter, ov is it spring? "Die Nebraska coeds wish they
knew, when tliey could plan their spring wardrobes.
The. question is, "What wardrobe?" The Japs have all the
silk. The servicemen have all the wool. The paratroopers have
all the rayon and nylon. The boll weevils have all the cotton.
The scrap drive got all the coat hangers.
The ingenious coed will find materials from which to create
her new spring wardrobe. What she will do for coat hangers we
don't know.
Several clever coeds, who refuse to let a Jap outsmart them,
have established silkworm farms in their back yards. Now they
are saying, "Come up and see my silk, worms."
Kecipe for a patriotic ensemble: Start with last year's wool
suit that the moths ate little holes in. Place a war stamp of
a blending or contrasting color over each hole. If you prefer
plaids, and they'reVery popular this spring, arrange the stamps
in a diagonal pattern. This is one costume which will pay divi
dends in ten years. lSe sure the stamps are stuck on firmly, or
the whole effect will be lost. "Wonder why the Tascls didn't
think of this long ago to boost the sale of war stamps?
If you are fortunate enough to have an angora cat or an
English sheep dog, you can give your wardrobe a lift and let
your pets earn their keep, both at the same time. Slart with any
old sweater. Then catch your furry pet. shear it, and then care
fully cement the hair to youv sweater. The result? The angora
sweater vou have always wanted.
If you fiance has gone to war and you want to put the con
tents of your hope chest to practical use, you don't iie"d to
marrv someone else. Those dish towels, pillow cases, and kitchen
curtains make charming nouse
frocks. The advantage of a dress
made from dish towels is that
when you are doing dishes you can
wipe them on your 6kirt.
If you don't enjoy all girl pic
nics, you can cut that old blanket
up into a three piece suit. Plaid
or Indian design blankets are best
for this.
The advantage of these mate
rials is that none of them have
been rationed and probable won't
be. The fashion-wise coed can cre
ate a smart, modern ensem'ole
from these materials. Don't get
too enthusiastic tho. Just because
Eve appeared nattily attired in a
fig leaf doesn't mean that you can.
It's too cold.
Blue Print . . .
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Marlette, a senior in civil engineer
ing here, has worked the past two
summers with the US Engineers.
last summer as chief of party at
Cheyenne, Wyoming.
"Power-System Harmonics" by
T. W. Schroeder covers the unde
sirable effercts of harmonics,
sources of power-system har
monics and the effect of system
connection. Schroeder, now with
the General Electric Company in
Schenectady, N. Y., graduated in
1936. While attending the Uni
versity, he was editor of "The Blue
Print" and a member of the Sigma
Tau and Pi Mu Epsilon.
Humor Is supplied as usual by
"Sledsre Jr." bv Smiley Gorham.
"Slips Stock" and "Enginews" re
veal campus activities.
Teaching English composition
with the aid of microfilm has
proved successful at Brown uni
versity and Pembroke college.
University of Minnesota has
given to the war effort seven out
of ten full-time faculty members
in the physics department.
JOIN US in TRIBUTE
To The
Enlisted Reserve Corps
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Tells Engagement
Busboxcs Take
Place of Boys
In Union Work
BY BETTY KING.
We wondered how long it would
be before someone thought up
something to take the place of all
the Union busboys who are going
to war.
The substitute came in the form
of busboxes created by Mr. Gun
narson, carpenter for the univer
sity. The boxes are about thre
feet long and a foot wide. The
carriers for the boxes are equipped
with rubber wheels. Priorities, no
doubt.
To Save Labor.
The object of these gagdets is
to save labor and time when serv
ing soldiers in the Union. The
soldiers will scrape their own
plates, pile them on the busboxes.
The boxes will be put on the ele
vator and sent down to the kitchen
to be washed.
It's a clever idea for solving the
man-power shortage. Now If Mr.
Gunnarson could think of some
way to solve the problem for the
coeds as well as he has done for
the Union, we would all be grate
ful. I'm not advocating that all
the girls start dating buxboxes,
but something ought to be done.
If you have any good ideas be
sure to have them copyrighted.
Convo ...
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maturity of mind, a motive for
choosing classes in history, geog
raphy, political science and learn
ing languages.
"You can learn what caused
these wars and help prevent their
recurrence. No longer can you
afford pipe courses, nor can your
children afford them," she said.
"After the last war we stopped
sacrificing, anil paid no attention
to other countries. There is no i supper
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Courtesy Lincoln Journal
The engagement and approaching marriage of Miss Margaret
Owen to George MacMurtry has been announced. Miss Owen is a
graduate of the university and was affiliated with Pi Beta Phi.
Lieutenant MacMurtry also graduated from the university and is
now attending medical school in Omaha.
Departure of Men Shattering
Fond Hopes of Coeds for Dates
Home Ec Group
Honors Coeds
ForScholarship
The active chapter of Omicron
Nu honored the ten scholastically
highest girls in the class of '45
at a Sunday evening supper served
at Miss Margaret Fedde's home.
Miss Matilda Peters, sponsor of
Omicron Nu, assisted with the
such thing as isolation, personally
or as a nation. You must learn
that you cannot build your life
apart from the life of your coun
try."
Charming and vivacious, Mrs.
Hill's civic work in Lincoln is
outstanding. She was asked ns
speaker for the convocation by the
home economics association, and
she was introduced by Eleanor
Crawford, the association's vice
president, as a woman who had
made an outstanding success as
homemaker and leader since her
graduation.
Cautioned of Future.
Mrs. Hill looked ahead and cau
tioned of the future, asking for
forgiveness at the peace table and
Christian faith. What people are
thinking two years in advance of
the peace will help decide it, she
told her audience.
"Those In uniform are rendering
a real service," she said, "but a
military victory will not save civ
ilization. It will only prevent its
destruction. Women must help
protect the home for which the
boys fight. There will be sacri
fices, and there will be very little
glamor about staying in school. Be
able to look back 20 years from
now and say, "if things are
brighter I helped make them so!"
A lively question and asnwer
session followed Mrs. Hill's talk.
One girl asked her opinion of
women participating in ROTC on
the campus. She said it was her
belief that not enough military
contribution could be made by the
Rirls to be worth putting them
into uniforms.
Music for the convocation was
provided by a girls' quintet, di
rected by Altinas Tullis, instruc
tor in chorus.
Hear Talk on Russia.
The group heard a talk by Miss
Fedde, who related her visit to
Russia in 1931. Part of the book
"Listen Hansc" by Dorothy
Lewis, was read aloud.
Those honored were:
Hurrii-t Rentz
Jonn Kby
PliNllls Kilrnliprprr
Marjoilr f.ilfry
Ixmti HnxkiiM
Krani-t'S Jane lluuvll
Miirpory Ruth
I'lilliird
Kleunor Ijirsnn
Hlanche Kn1
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watch the fight . . . and from the
collegiate atmosphere of this col
lege daily, it's all we can think
of to say.
War Work
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member of the council, is heading
the war plan.
For full details of the plan and
the type of work that is open to
university women see page 6 of
the ERC Special Edition of the
Daily.
The "library chimes," five bells
that struck every quarter hour
for more than 50 years on the
University of Michigan campus,
are to be melted down for scrap.
Dr. William H. Abbitt, for 15
years professor of physics at
Texas Technological Institute, has
become associate professor of
physics at Cailcton college.
BY SHIRLEY CROSBY.
Appreciation of the few remain
ing men is being waved around
almost visibly like Kleenex, now
that we've had a picnic or two and
males are sadly disappearing. You
can't count on anything, it seems.
One gal said she had her first
date with a fellow the other night
and things went nicely and said
girl thought "Ah ha! A Spivak
date!" only to find that she was
being taken home early so the guy
could catch a train for somewhere
for naval training. Which shat
ters dreams, and then now the fe
males will have to pay their way
to shows, which will also shatter
allowances.
But speaking of shattered
dreams couldn't you guys wait
until you're in the army to get
that gruesome butchering done.
Hair, I mean. B. Stanford Olson
and his marshmallow scissors have
done some unbelievable things to
his brother ATO's.
News from the front screams
that Jim Chatt is the official Fiji
hair chopper in Jefferson Bar
racks. His first job on Morrie
Dingwell wasn't too successful, as
evidenced by a picture sent to the
loved ones at home. Ding com
plains that Chatt pulled more hair
than he cut and Chatt complains
that the Air Corp's motto is "Keep
Em Walking."
And now that Nebraska's Coed
Counselors are organizing an
ROTC with an eye on the gals
who might possibly want a little
basic training for the WAACs or
WAVES or WAAFS, or maybe
just went to see if they can pick
up a little knowledge in the classes
offered, we find ourselves faced
with some people posed with
thumb-to-nose, much oral skepti
cism, and no better ideas. All of
which makes a few of us all the
more anxious to get started.
And by the way: As long a
it seems to be the dorm in ques
tion for the hospitilization quar
ters for the new cadets, why not
let the girls who would have to
move vote on it?
Cadcls
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the campus will be another fight
. . . that of maintaining the
standards of culture of pre-war
college days thru the stress and
strain of those who would "mech
anize" our colleges. Unless that
culture Is maintained, we who
will fight will have much of what
we fought for shot out from under
us, for without that culture we be
come dangerously close to our
enemies,
That we ask of you ... we who
To Cornhuskers Leaving For The
Slavs & Stripes
For Student Union Atmosphere
We Recommend
THE U.S.O.'S AT HOME
THE RED CROSS
CLUBS OVERSEAS
Don't Forget
Free Union Variety Show
8:00 p. m., Sunday, March 21
I are In the fight to you who will