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Vol. 43, No. 52
Lincoln, Nebraska.
Friday, April 16, 1943
Louise Morley Discusses'
British Youth War Effort
What Britain's youth is doing
at home to help in the war effort
will be Louise Morley's subject at
a lecture sponsored by the Office
of War Information and Office of
Civilian Defense, Sunday, April
18, at 8:00 p. m. in the Union
ballroom.
Miss Morley, daughter of nov
elist Christopher Morley, has just
returned from a trip to Britain in
which she made a survey of the
volunteer and full time work of
the youth there.
'Britain's young- people are
meeting many of the acute short
ages in manpower in necessary
ciivlian work," Miss Morley says,
'in war production. Their leisure
time is spent in training- to in
crease their potential contribu
tion, in supervised recreation and
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study and by active work in home
deten.se.
-Interest Increases.
Their interest in their American
Hies has greatly increased and
much of their time is spent trying
to learn more about the United
States, its role in the United Na
tions. Manv of their activities, in
terests and achievements are sim
ilar to those in established Amer
ican organizations which have
formed a bulwark for building a
citizenry capable of meeting the
needs of democracy.
"American young people are in
terested, therefore, in how their
British allies meet acute needs on
the home front: Particularly in
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MISS LOUISE MORLEY
food production and home de
fense." Visits Britain.
Miss Morley has recently re
turned from an extended visit in
Great Britain where she worked
closely with the young people in
the armed forces of the govern
ments in exile, with such organ
izations as the women's land
army, the women's service settle
ment houses, Y groups, boys clubs,
girls clubs, scouts and guides, air
training corps, army and seas ca
dets, school children and univer
sity students, farmers and factory
workers.
Teoiupeirairy (Deed!
Officers iireet
A Bryn-Mawr graduate of 1940,
Miss Morley made her first trip
to Europe in 1936 when she was
the winner of the National High
School Contest of the League of
Nations association and was
awarded a trip to Europe where
she traveled in nearly all of the
northern European countries and
participated in the World Youth
Congress at Geneva.
In 1938-39 she spent a year in
studying in Europe, leaving Eng
land just before the war broke
out. She is now on a three
months speaking tour of colleges
and universities thruout the country.
Under the direction of tempor
ary officers, members of the Co-ed
Counselor board, company drill
was the order of the day for the
women's ROTC Thursday. Lt.
Robert Adams who is in charge
of drilling the coed-ets announced
that he would select a different
group of commanders for each ses
sion.
From the coed-ets who are best
fitted to handle the rest of the
company a permanent group of
officers for next semester will be
selected.
Each of the three platoons were
divided into three squads with a
board member taking command of
each squad. While "Huts! and
Faces" punctuated the atmos
phere, second officer Gwendolyn
Harvey of the WAAC, auxiliary
Sammie Haggerty, and Lt. Robert
Adams went from squad to squad
checking on the progress of the
company.
Platoon Drill.
The last ten minutes of the drill
period were spent in platoon drill
Helen Johnson commanded one
platoon while Lieutenant Harvey
and Auxiliary Haggarty took
charge of the other two.
Lieutenant Adams expressed his
satisfaction in the progress the
unit has been making and also
said that he was well pleased with
the turn out. About 100 women
drilled today which is more than
WAA (Presents Three Awards;
Klolds Dnstallation of Officers
Presentation of three senior
participation awards, installation
of officers for the ensuing year
and the reading of its new con-t
stitution high-lighted a mass
meeting of the WAA in Grant Me
morial hall last night.
Jean Sturdevant, Bernice Askey
and Meda Mae Albrecht were the
recipients of the senior participa
tion awards. Officers installed ior
the coming year include Joyce
Junge, president, Ruthann Rob
erUon, vice-president, Ula How
ell, secretary, and Helen Johnaon,
treasurer.
Council Members.
New WAA council members for
the ensuing year are Mickey Mc
pherson, concessions manager;
Marguerite Klindt, chairman
Bfort3 board; Pat Shaw, chairman
recreational clubs; Jean Whedon,
chairman promotion board; and
Margaret Beede, chairman intra
mural representative board.
Sports board members for next
van r include Ruth Blattspeiler,
gict-er baseball; Betty Anderson,
deck tennis; Lois Kiinai, iNeurasna
hail- Rarhnra Jackson, bowling;
Mry Lucille Camp, badminton;
Fern Freeman, softball; Betty
Rhodes, table tennis; and Marian
Wallasky, tennis.
Promotion and Concession Boards.
Members of the promotion board
are Virginia Stuermer, expansion;
Judy O'Connor, cabin and bi
cycles; Jean Whedon, publicity;
and Roberta Burgess, social. Mic
key McPherson is manager of the
concessions board and Mary Jo
Gish and Merry Winter are as
sistant managers.
Members of the recreational
clubs board and their respective
activities include Dorothy Jean
Brown, orchesis; Pat Shaw, rid-ine--.
Barbara Fairly, rifle; Ruth
Way, archery; Katherine Gust
and Virginia Bishol, ouiing; ana
Francis Elerck, tanksterettes.
Intraneural Reps.
Intramural representatives from
various women's organized houses
incluude: Alpha Chi Omega, Janet
Mason; Alpha Omicron Pi,
Georgialee Hansen; Alpha Xi
Delta, Helen West; Chi Omega,
Jeanette Engle; Delta Delta Delta,
Charleen Jessee; Delta Gamma,
Madeline Haeker; Gamma Phi
Beta, Janet Gibson; Kappa Alpha
Theta, Jeanne Dresden; Kappa
Delta, Pat Terhune.
Kappa Kappa Gamma, Jean
Guenzel; Pi Beta Phi, Margaret
Beede; Sigma Delta Tau, June
Ackerman; Sigma Kappa, Geral
dine Tetsch; Wilson Hall, La
Verna Olsen; and 331 No. 13th,
Mary Aker. Representatives of
Alpha Phi, Raymond Hall and
Howard Hall have not been named
as yet.
Women's Friendship Group . . .
(Ciu,ffiisela,! IFMe
Today is the last day to file for
Coed Counselors, according to the
announcement made yesterday by
Catherine Wells, president.
All those wishing to file should
do so in Miss Elsie Pipers' office
in Ellen Smith or in the home ec
building on ag. Actives this year
will have to file again if they waat
in K active next vear.
Coed Counselors is a friendship
organization establisnea to neip
orient freshman women into the
university. It sponsors the Penny
Carnival, the annual Coed Coun
selor friendship dinner, several
freshman parties and the women's
ROTC. Counselors also aid in
registration.
Dressing Class
Meets Saturday
At Red Cross
"Due to the cancellation of last
week's meeting, members of the
surgical dressing group will have
to turn out 100 per cent this com
ing Saturday in order to meet
their production quota before the
deadline," stated Catherine Wells,
chairman of the surgical dressing
group under the sponsorship of the
YWCA.
Only three more Saturdays are
left in which the coeds can com
plete the second quota of 10,000
dressings.
have been present at any of the
previous drills.
Since Dr. E. E. Lackey was un
able to meet the class session held
the hour before the drill, Kather
ine Wells, president of Coed Coun
selors gave a short talk and
Grace Steckley spoke on airplanes.
At 3:30 Lieutenant Harvey ar
rived and held a discussion on
military courtesy.
University
Holds Dance
For Soldiers
Coeds Volunteer
For Saturday Nite
Second university dance for the
soldier students stationed on the
campus will be sponsored by the
dean of women and the War Coun
cil this Saturday, April 17, from 9
until 12 p. m. in the Union ballroom.
Francis Ellsworth and his six
piece ensemble, well-known city
orchestra, will play for dancing.
Ellsworth has taken over Hank
Mattison's band.
Co-eds will volunteer to serve
as hostesses and dance partners,
according to a plan worked out by
Mrs. Verna Boyles, dean or
women. This new idea will allow
a certain number of university
women to lake part at any dance
given m tne ruiure ior me air
crew members whether or not they
are members of tne uncomeue or
ganization or U.S.O. workers. The
group to be used will presumably
chanee at every dance, still re
taining a nucleus of the same
girls.
Quota Plan.
For the Saturday dance, twelve
girls will be asked from every or
ganized house, five each from
Loomis, Howard, Rosa Bouton,
and Wilson halls, and 10 from
Love Memorial hall on Ag. Th
(See DANCE, Page 6.)
Laase Praises Contestants
In Victory Speaking Meet
BY ROBERT BURGESS.
(Last night the second round
of the Intra-Mural Victory
Speaking Contest was held in
the Temple Theater. Dr. Le Roy
T. Laase, chairman of the de
partment of speech, it the direc
tor of the Lancaster County
Speaker's Bureau and the spon
sor of the contest)
Daily Prints
Latest Rumors
Page 3 of today's Nebraskan
Is devoted to the rumors which
have been circulating on the
campus for the better part of
the semester. Daily editors
hope that this view of the ru
mor campiagn will cause stu
dents t think before they
speak.
Dr. Laase feels that the contest
is definitely achieving the results
our government desires, and
states, "I listened to one section
of the first round of the contest;
the speakers did a very creditable
job. I listened to a second round
last night; the speakers showed
remarkable improvement.
"If the speakers improve pro
portionately in the third round,
the contest will have resulted in
the development of a group of
student speakers who should be
ready at any time to do a first
class job as members of the
Speaker's Bureau serving the Of
fice of Civilian Defense."
(Realizing the readers' curiosity
concerning the results of the In-tra-mural
contest, this reporter at
tempted to invlegle information
from Dr. Laase as to the ratings
of individuals and houses. The at
tempts resulted in . . . nothing! Dr.
Laase merely held un a folder in
a tantalizing manner and smiled,
"It is interesting!" He did admit
however, that there is a close com
petition between a few houses and
individuals.)
Serve National Group.
Dr. Laase continued "from the
speeches given in the first two
rounds, I should add that almost
without exception these students
will be invited to serve in this
county branch of the National
Speakers Bureau."
During the interview, a call
came in to Dr. Laase as the di
rector of the Speakers Bureau. A
man asked for a speaker to at
tend a dinner at which approxi
mately 150 men would be gath
ered. Dr. Laase noted the num
ber attending, and then inquired
as to the common interest of the
group, the time and place of the
(See V-SPEAKERS, Page 6.)
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