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Air Corps Issue
Vol. 43, No. 42
Welcome
Saturday
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University Lincolnettes will com
pose an official welcome commit
tee for members of the air corps
college training detachment at a
dance in the Union ballroom to
morrow night from 9 to 12 p. m.
Approved by dean of women and
AWS, the dance is sponsored by
the War Council and the Religious
Welfare Council and is open to all
soldiers stationed at the new li
brary. Coed admittance will be
limited by Lincolnette membership
cards.
Horne Tells
Of Social
War Work
As the third speaker of a series
of social workers meetings in the
faculty lounge of the Union, Mr.
Louis Horne, of the Council of So
cial Agencies, addressed the group
yesterday afternoon.
Explaining the agency's purpose
as that of co-ordinating the work
of all social agencies in the com
munity, Mr. Home described its
powers are activities. It principal
duties of late have been working
in conjunction with the municipal
defense council in activities related
to the war, such as day nursuries.
War Community Chest.
Mr. Horne gave a description of
the organization and divisions of
the municipal defense council, and
then shifted the discussion to the
activities of the community chest
during war time.
With the statement that every
county in the United States will be
organized similar to the way the
Red Cross is organized in the next
few months for the purpose of the
new War Chest Campaign, which
will take place next October. "Thus
a more efficient and centralized
fund campaign can be carried out,"
he stated.
UN Coeds Do
Dressings
For Red Cross
Rod Cross surgical dressing
classes will meet as usual Satur
day from 9 a. m. to 1 p. m. and
from It 5 p. m. With 18S uni
versity women registered for the
work, officials hope to have a full
room tomorrow.
Required for the group work is
a white garment and headdress to
be carried, not worn, to the Red
Cross headquarters. Nail polish
and jewelry are forbidden. Those
who cannot stay the f ull time may
be excused early.
Air Crew Officials
Campus Crosswalk
The crosswalk running from
"R" street to the campus between
the new library and Teachers col
lege, will no longer serve as a
convenient short-cut for students,
announced officials of the college
training detachment yesterday.
Altho signs, pronouncing the
property as a government reserva
tion with no admittance to civil
ians have been placed at various
intersections since the arrival of
the trainees, lack of co-operation
on the part of civilians has
prompted more definite action,
Friday, April 2, 1943
Air Crew
at (Dance
Union Ballroom
Music will be furnished by the
Union juke box and dances will
consist of two records thru so that
dancers will have more time to get
acquainted.
Refreshments will be furnished
by the Religious Welfare Council
at the east end of the ballroom.
Couples will be allowed in the grill
during intermission, but third floor
will be closed during the entire
evening.
Chancellor's Message
Welcome Aircrew! Our facilities have been placed at
your disposal. Our staff is earnestly endeavoring to promote
your development. Our students welcome you as colleagues.
We hope your sojourn with us will be pleasant and profit
able. On to Victory!
C. S. BOUCHER.
UN to Offer Two Terms
In Summer School Session
. . . One Month Each
Summer school at the university
will begin in two months. The
summer school bulletin, which
may be obtained at the registrar's
office, lists two sessions, the first
to be held from June 1 to July 2,
and the second from July 6 to Au
gust 6. -
Courses offered for this 1943
session follow much the same plan
as in previous summers, although
the time schedule outlined in the
bulletin will be changed because
of the army men who will be tak-
Union Flickers
Bring; Back Old
Time Favorites
Sixth in a series of old-time
cinemas, the Union Flicker show
to be given next Sunday at 8 p.' m.
in the ballroom will present a bevy
of all the favorite comedians of
yester-years.
Fatty Arbuckle will start the
evening off in Mabel's Jealous
Romeo. Laurel and Hardy will
slap-stick their way through Sail
ors Beware and Charlie Chaplin in
his own humorous style will play
a would-be fireman in The Fire
man. Teetering and balancing on top
a skyscraper, Harold Lloyd will
thrill his spectators in Step Lively.
Harry Langdon, that poker-face
sour-puss, will show how he
spends a Saturday Afternoon.
Admission to the flicker will be
free.
cited the commander of the
tachment.
de-
Several instances of further
trespassing and loitering about
the property surrounding the li
brary were also enumerated by LL
VV. F. Marshall, who stated: "We
hate to infringe upon the students'
rights to conveniences, but these
are government regulations."
UN Officials Agree.
The vacant lot Just south of
Teachers, extending to "R" street,
is still available to civilians, how
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COL. LOBDELL.
ing work here thruout the sum
mer, stated Dr. G. W. Ronsenlof,
director of admissions. "Classes
will be spread over more of the
day, beginning earlier and ending
later in tne afternoon."
Education Courses.
Dr. Rosenlof emphasized the
variety and number of teacher's
courses which will be offered, be
cause the rapid turnover of in
structors in elementary, secondary
and advanced education will re
quire a large number of newly
prepared teachers to be supplied
by the university.
Such non-military courses as of
fered in bizad, agriculture and
arts and sciences colleges will be
given besides those listed in en
gineering, chemistry and phar
macy. "There will be no letting
up of civilian courses," emphasized
Dr. Rosenlof.
Professor Diagnoses
Dog Case: Frustration
Jeff is Just a little five and one -
half' year old red spaniel, but his
master, Dr. J. M. Reinhardt, uni
versity professor of sociology, tells
a story about him which might in
dicate that Jeff has written a
new chapter in the story of Canhi's
l'ast.
On the evening of March 16, the
seventh day of the Indian leader'j
fast, Jeff lay at his master's feat
Restrict
Traffic
ever. The west entiance to
Teachers can still be used by stu
dents, providing they turn directly
north to the main sidewalk.
In agreement with university
officials, sentries will be posted
on all boundaries of the reserva
tion at the start of next week. In
an attempt to avoid any embar
rassing situations, the executive
office of the training detachment
has asked that students and ci
vilians co-operate with the Ben
tries and not cause themselves to
be challenged.
BY FRANKLIN WHITE.
What promises to be the biggest
engineer's banquet on record will
take place tonight at 6:30 in the
student activities building at ag
college.
"The committee has received ex
cellent co-operation from -everyone
in arranging the banquet and en
thusiasm is running high in the
engineering college this year; even
the freshmen know there is going
to be a banquet," stated Fred
Martinson, general chairman of the
affair.
According to Bob Marcotte,
chairman of ticket sales, twice as
many tickets have been sold as
ever before. More than 250 engi
neers are expected to be present
and no more tickets are available.
Strictly of a military nature, the
UN Barb, Ag
CoedsApply
For Tassels
Unaffiliated girls wishing to file
for membership in Tassels should
do so during the next few weeks
in : Miss Piper's office in Ellen
Smith hall.
Applicants must have a weighted
80--average, be carrying 12 hours
in good standing, and must be of
sophomore standing by the end of
this semester. Vacancies in the
unaffiliated women-at-large mem
bership will be filled from those
filing after a rush tea scheduled
for April 17.
Ag college girls should file at
ag college and present ag Tassels
will select those to be sent to the
rush tea.
Tassels, the women's pep group
on the UN campus, chooses mem
bers to serve the next year each
spring.
Motor Training
Course Graduates
17 at Iowa State U
Ames, Iowa, April 1. Seven
teen women have been awarded
certificates for completion of the
ambulance and motor corps train
ing course at Iowa State college,
it was announced today by Dr.
A. R. Lauer, of the psychology de-
i partment.
1 listening intently to the late eve
nine news cast, iiis DiacK eyes
brightened as the news castor told
that Gandhi had sipped diluted
lime juice, and his ears quivered
as he heard that a uremic condi
tion caused grave fears about the
Mahatma.
Refuses Meat.
Jeff seemed perfectly normal
when Dr. Reinhardt put him in the
basement for the night, but when
(See DOG, Page 3.)
Union Check
Anythinof-But Instruments
"Check this, please," is a usual
request at the Union, but the ar
ticles which accompany the re
quest over the counter are far
from usual.
Bass horns, rifles, shoes, laun
dry bags, T-squares and drawing
boards, gym clothes, drums,
ROTC uniforms and even cats
are a few of the items often
checked.
Even Props.
One night all the props for a
variety show were checked and
program will include Brigadier
General Duncan as guest speaker,
Lieutenant Colonel Lobdell as
toastmaster, and Sergeant Smith
as songleader. It is rumored that
even Colonel Lobdell doesn't know
yet all of his duties as toastmaster.
A number of entertaining sur
prises have been planned for those
attending.
Also on the program will be the
various award presentations.
Among them will be the O. J. Pee
award to the outstanding engineer
ing seniors as presented by Sigma
Tau, and the freshman award to
the sophomore with the highest
average during his freshman year
also, as presented by Sigma Tau.
A number of souveniers contrib
uted by various manufacturers will
be given away to everyone.
Give Army,
Navy Tests
Today at 9
Students who have filed formal
application blanks for the army
specialized training program and
the navy college program will take
qualifying tests this morning at 9
in social science auditorium.
Candidates for the programs
will express preference as to the
branch of service they wish to en
ter at this time. The tests will de
termine special aptitudes and gen
eral knowledge, and will be the
basis for selection of officer can
didate material for the army,
navy, coast guard and marine
corps.
No Obligations.
Those who take the tests do not
obligate themselves in any way
nor will status with local draft
boards be affected. High school
graduates, seniors in high school
who expect to graduate this spring
and college students not enlisted
in navy V-l, V-5 and V-7. ERC
students are eligible, but not ob
ligated, to take the tests.
Programs offer training at the
college level in a variety of skills
and professions. Training courses
vary in length from two to twelve
(See TEST, Page 4.)
Linton Says 'No
Science Needed
After 3200 AD'
CHICAGO. (ACP). The world
no longer will need the aid of the
scientist a dozen centuries hence,
Dr. Ralph Linton, a visiting pro
fessor of anthropology at the uni
versity of Chicago, says, for by
that time there will be no more
scientific worlds to conquer and
science will "know all the
answers."
"Already there are indications
the number of basjc inventions is
decreasing," Dr. "Linton said.
"Once we have tapped, for ex
ample, all the sources of energy,
including atomic energy, there
simply won't be any left to tap."
Stand Checks
often the shelves are lined with
orchestra and band instruments.
Last Wednesday a cello was
checked and when the owner came
to claim it before the concert Sun
day, the brave instrument was
found lying on its side with its
back cleaving to its strings. To
quote the reproach on the Union
employees bulletin board, "It
looked like a buffalo had stuck his
little foot through the side."
So, a new ruling says, in effect,
(See INSTRUMENT, Page 4.)