Vol 43, No. 33
Lincoln, Nebraska.
Sunday, March 21, 1943
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NavyHere
Mar. 23 -26
V-l,V-7 .
Naval recruiting board is sched
uled to visit the campus March 23
through 26 to interview and enlist
in the naval reserves and marine
reserves student reservists who
have signified naval or marine in
tent. While on the campus, the
board will interview any and all
students wishing to transfer from
V-l to V-7.
The board appearing here Tues
day was specifically designed for
students of the university, and
students confused by the report
in Thursday's Daily of a naval
board meeting in Omaha need only
to report to this board, campus
officials stated yesterday.
Meet In Temple.
All those Interested and who
should like to be interviewed
should be prepared to meet the
board in the Temple building and
present the following:
(a) From the university health
department, a report of the physi
cal examination taken between
this date and the date of the in
terview, said physical report to be
presented to the navy recruiting
board in a sealed envelope. Ap
pointments should be made imme
diately with the health department
(See NAVY, page 3.)
Soldiers Begin
Campus Classes
f At 10 Colleges
On March 15, soldiers were to
beg in classes in advanced engineer
ing at ten colleges now contracted
under the army specialized train
ing program, according to a war
department announcement.
Of the 479 colleges so far ap
proved by the joint committee for
the selection of non-federal institu
tions, these ten were the first to
have received the final war depart
ment O. K., plus the accompany
ing contracts.
First on List.
The colleges receiving the first
groups of soldiers were Purdue,
Virginia Polytechnic institute,
Rutgers, West Virginia university,
University of Minnesota agricul-
(See SOLDIERS, page 2.)
Specialized Training Tests
For Army, Navy Held April 2
Qualifying tests for the army
tnl navy college training pro
grams for students now in the
university will be given April 2,
9 to 11 a. m.
The purpose of the testa is to
aid in finding prospective officer
candidate material. Those who
pass the tests successfully will
have opportunity to meet with
procurement boards and then to
make their decisions with respect
to contracts to be entered into.
Leads to Commission.
These college training programs
present an opportunity to secure
at government expense an edu
cation largely equivalent to that
which might normally be secured
Successful completion of one of
these courses may, following fur
ther officer training, lead to a
First Cadre
Organizes
Offices E 2 ere
A staff of five officers and
seven enlisted men established of
fices of the army air force pre
flight training unit in the new
Love Memorial library yesterday,
as the University of Nebraska
began to assume its role as the
home of an official training unit
for the war effort
Though final contracts for hav
ing the training unit at the uni
versity have not been signed.
Chancellor C. S. Boucher said sev
eral days ago that "it is a strong
probability that a training unit
will be established at the univer
sity before the last of March."
"Approximately 300" pre-fliht
students are to be trained at the
unit.
Commanding officer of the unit
will be Capt. William A. Whiting,
who "setup" his office today in
the library. His staff personnel
at present consists of Lt. John T.
Sullivan, Lt. William N. Marshall,
Lt Joseph J. Rubka, and, Lt
Franklin Bacon, jr.. in addition to
the cadre of enlisted men.
Dr.BenM. Cherrington
Talks in Union Tuesday
Dr. Ben M. Cherrington, a grad
uate of 1911, will return to UN
to deliver a speech at the Union
on Tuesday afternoon at 4 o'clock.
Subject of his address will be "The
Americas in the World of To
morrow." Dr. Cherrington has held nu
merous positions of prominence in
educational and governmental cir
cles. He was chief of the division
of cultural relations in the de
partment of state from 1938 to
1940 and was director of the inter
national student seminar at Ge
neva, Switzerland in 1929.
Following Dr. Cherrington's
graduation from the University of
Nebraska, he took a doctor of
philosophy degree at Columbia
university. He was general secre
tary of the Y. M. C. A. at the
University of California from 1911
to 1917 and basketball coach and
assistant football coach from 1935
to 1917. Later he was director of
the Foundation for the Advance
ment of Social Sciences at the
commission in the army or navy.
The programs offer training at
the college level in a variety of
skills and professions needed in
Open War Class
On Home Nursing
... For Last Time
Home Nursing class open to UN
coeds as part of their war work
will meet Wednesday night from
7:30 until 9:30 p. m. The place
of the meeting will be announced
later.
Sponsored by BABW, the series
of clas3 instruction is in charge
of Marianne Ziegler. All those
women who signed at the War
Council registration table last
wek should attend this first meet
ing of their class.
fTrrri ' r, ibiH. an:
The third floor of the northeast wing of the girls' dormitory will
be taken over by the army to be converted into an infirmary for
the cases that the city hospitals cannot handle.
Montonna Addresses
Chemistry Club Monday
Prominent in the field of cel
lulose chemistry, Dr. Ralph . E.
University of Denver.
The speaker is the author of
two books, "The British Labor
Movement" (1921) and "The
Church Looks Ahead" (1933). His
address at the Student Union is
being jointly sponsored by the
University of Nebraska and the
office of the Coordinator of Inter
American Affairs in Washington,
D. C.
Lincoln Bird Club
Invites Students -To
Slide Lecture
Students interested in birds and
nature are invited to attend a slide
lecture, sponsored by the Lincoln
Bird club, Tuesday at 8 p. m. in
Morrill hall.
The lecture will cover the long
grass area of Nebraska and will
show birds, mammals, reptiles, in
sects and native wild flowers com
mon to that section.
the armed services. The training
courses vary in length from two
to 12 terms of 16 weeks each.
Choice of institution and choice of
course will be given every con
sideration, but cannot be guaran
teed. Give Military Training.
Students selected by the army
will be given 12 to 13 weeks of
military training before beginning
the college program. Students se
lected by the navy will begin col
lege training July 1 or Nov. 1,
1943, without previous military
training. Successful candidates
will be given the rank of either
private or an apprentice seaman
with active duty status, the pay of
this rank, subsistence and uni
forms. The navy has specified the age
(See TESTS, page 4.)
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Courtesy Lincoln Journal
Montonna, professor of chemical
engineering at the University of
Minnesota, will address the Ne
braska section of the American
Chemical society tomorrow at 1:30
p. m. in Avery lab.
Dr. Montonna will discuss Min
nesota's industrial future, as an
example of possible reconstruction
for states whose industrial re
sources are seemingly exhausted.
Investigation of available raw
materials has made the state a
source of valuable chemicals.
Spent Year in Europe.
Graduated from Syracuse uni
versity with a B. S. degree, the
lecturer received his Ph.D. at Tale
university after having been an
instructor in chemical engineer
ing. He spent a year in Europe,
especially at the University of
Birmingham, in England, where
he was a special lecturer in chem
ical economics.
A dinner for Professor Mon
tonna and members of the sec
tions will be held at 6 p. m. in
parlor C of the Union.
Tryouts'for Discussion
Contest Held March 30
The office of International
American affairs has announced
the second national discussion con
test on "International American
Affairs for. Colleges and Univer
sities," starting with local tryouts
March 30.
The local contest will be held
in the Temple building to select
two students who will represent
the campus in the regional con
test to be held at a later date.
Coed Counselor
Book Reviewers
Meet Tuesday
Dr. Arthur L. Miller, First
Presb"terian church pastor, will
review Lloyd C Douglas "The
Robe" for the last meeting of the
Coed Counselor book reviews
Tuesday night at 7:30 in Ellen
Smith,
"The Robe" has received much
favorable comment from news
paper and literary critics in the
past few months and was one
of the best sellers during the
Christmas season.
Use Section
Girl's Dorm
As Infirmary
Further unfolding of Nebraska's
new pre-flight training revealed
the setting up of an infirmary on
the third floor of Northeast to
take care of cases that cannot bo
handled in the Lincoln hospitals.
The entire third floor of North
east hall, women's dormitory, will
be isolated from the rest of the
building and equipped for this
purpose. Girls giving up rooms
will for the most part be shifted to
vacant rooms elsewhere in the
dormitories.
The university's agreement with
the army specifies that health
service and hospitalization be pro
vided by the university. Because
of the already crowded condition
of Lincoln hospitals, it is neces
sary that provision be made on
the campus for handling a large
number of soldier patients.
The advance contingent of pre-
flight trainees is expected before
the end of the month. The admin
istrative staff of the training unit
already is established in the new
Don L. Love Memorial library,
where the trainees will be quar
tered. Fifth Variety
Sliow Held
In Union
Student talent and two motion
pictures will make up the program
of the fifth Student Union va
riety show of the year to be held
tonight at 8 p. m. in the Union
ballroom.
Pi Phi vocalists, Dolores Weaver,
Marilyn Simpson, and Helen Yen
num will harmonize on several
popular pieces as part of the stu
dent talent vaudeville show. Piano
interpretations of semi-classical
music will be played by Jeane Rot
ten to round-out the musical por
tion of the program.
Subject will be, "How the Amer
ican Republics are Co-operating in
Winning the War." The contest is
constructed with a 40 minute
round table discussion of the prob
lem, followed by a three mniute
final speech in which each partici
pant present his own , views and
ideas on what the American Re
publics can do for more effective
co-operation of the war.
Government Pays Expenses.
The expenses of the winning
contestants are paid by the gov
ernment for all further competi
tion. First place winners in the
regional contest will be conducted
on a tour of Mexico during sum
mer of 1943 with all expenses
paid. In the event the exigencies
of war travel should render such
a tour impossible, awards of $500
each will be substituted. The na
tional final, to be held in New
York City on May 20, will be
broadcasted over the Blue network
on "America's Town Meeting of
the Air."
15 Students Participated.
Last year, approximately 15
students participated in the local
(See TRYOUTS, page 2.)