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Vol 43, No. 58
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Behind the stage news for
Claudia," the University theater
production to be given Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday nights in the
Temple theater; is full of inter
esting little items concerning the
setting. -
If you were one of the lucky
ones to see the setting before the
stage crew tainted it a dainty
green with stark white and bright
burgundy trim, you might have
recognized a few of the flats used
in past productions of the year.
By Elmer
Fert Leavenworth, Station Hospital
Thursday, April 27, 1943
Dear Peopte:
Hoing on sick call is the only kind of suicide the army en
courages. The most painless and effective medication a soldier
can administer to himself is crawling into the nearest ditch and
beating his brains out with one of his (51 shoes. Soldiers not
Rtrong enough to stand the boot to brain treatment go on sick
call. I'm a weak fellow.
I was innocently massaging my swollen right jaw and
strolling past the infirmary, when an angry corporal screamed,
"Hey, you, come in here." I did not know that the infirmary
was so hard up for business that prospective customers were
jerked off of the sidewalk, but I followed the corporal. He
pushed me in front of a nervous "first lieutenant, who quickly
dropped the stuff with which he was polishing his staffs of
(See SPRAGUE Page 2.)
Ivy Day Takes on Military Aire;
Traditional Ceremonies Prevail
Mid the warblings of the air
crew and the shouts of the ser
geants, Nebraska's traditional Ivy
Day will hold forth on the green
in front of U hall Saturday, May 1.
For the past several weeks the
main feature on the campus has
been the boys in khaki marching
to and from classes and the acti
vation of the advanced ROTC
unit but for a few. hours Satur
day all this will be subordinated
to the ceremonies that spell Ivy
Day to the thousands of students
and alumni of the university.
War has wrought many changes
in university life and ways; many
traditions have fallen by the way
side to make way for a nation
at war but the Ivy Day ceremony
will be carried en In much the
same manner as in previous years
lacking only the tapping of the
new Innocents and the interfrater
nity sing.
Air Corps to Sing.
Festivities, which usually go on
ail day long have been confined to
one afternoon this year, being
rounded off with a matinee dance
fa the Union ballroom following
the completion of the afternoon's
activities.
Lincoln Nebraska
The pink flats with vases were
relics from "Out of the Frying
Pan, and those green and orange
combinations came from "Arse
nic and Old Lace." The odds and
ends of the flats were picked up
from the "Thunder Rock" setting.
But put them all together, paint
them, and you have a colonial
background for "Claudia."
Mr. Zimmerman, director of
University theater productions,
has two manias when it comes to
stage settings. One is a combina-
'See Here,
Private
Sprague!'
Sprague.
The program will be fundamen
tally the same as in other years.
Spring flowers, music, crowning
of the May Queen, the procession
al, and the planting of the ivy will
go on as usual. The army will
play its part in the proceedings,
as arrangements have been made
to permit the pre-flight cadets to
participate m some group singing.
The varsity band will start the
days' festiviities off at 1:30, at
1:45 the traditional procession of
Innocents, and Mortar Boards and
court attendants will culminate in
the crowning of the May Queen.
The Queen's court includes two
freshman attendants, two sopho
more attendants, four junior at
tendants and two senior attend
ants, flower girls, crown bearers
and maid of honor.
Informality Reigna.
The maid of honor and the queen
were elected at the spring elec
tion and the attendants are chosen
by Mortar Boards on the basis
of scholarship, leadership and serv
ice to the school. The queen and
her court will wear informal white
dresses and the color schemes of
the classes will be carried out in"
the various flowers. This is the
Tuesday, April 27, 1943
tion of stairs and platforms; the
other is anything mechanical. So,
in this play he puts the stairs
(See CLAUDIA, Page 2.)
Old Clothing
For War Relief
Collected Today
will be collected late today from
organized houses and the Union,
according to Mary Lou Holtz,
chairman of the drive.
Sponsored by the War Coun
cil, the collection was begun to
outfit British people whose
homes have been destroyed.
Warm clothing is requested, and
it is hoped that university stu
dents and faculty will respond
to the drive.
Dr. Fullbrook to Join Lincoln
Chamber of Commerce Staff
Dr. E. S. Fullbrook, professor
of marketing, is obtaining a leave
of absence from the university to
accept a position on the chamber
of commerce June 1 as director
of public relations and research.
it was announced Saturday.
Dr. Fullbrook will hold the po
sition for the duration of the war,
after which he expects to return
to the university to carry on with
his present work. Commenting
on the move. Dean John D. Clark
of bizad college said: "The ar
ran cement is one bv which the
chamber and the university will
both benefit."
President Sam Waugh of the
chamber expressed the pleasure
of the directors in being able to
obtain a man of such experience
and ability.
first time that the queen and her
court have not been attired for
mally. s
Planting the traditional ivy
which has never been known to
grow, will be junior class presi
dent Bob McNutt and senior class
president Bob Fast
At 2:15 the sororities will com
pete in the annual intersorority
sing for the cup which is presented
to the winning group by AWS.
The cup is now in the possession
of Alpha Phi, last year's winner.
At 3:30 the long anticipated
masking of the previously chosen
junior activity women by the Mor
tar Boards. Formerly the new
Innocents were tapped at this time
also but this year the new Inno
cents were selected at the Junior
Senior Prom. x
Use Coliseum in Case of Rain.
Last year for the first and only
time in history the afternoon por
tion of Ivy Day was held in the
coliseum because of the rain. The
program will be presented north
of the Administration building and
will be moved to th coliseum only
In case of rain.
demonstrations substituted wherever possible, university ROTC
cadets will participate in the annual federal inspection today
and Wednesday.
Visiting officers in charge of the inspection, probably the
last for the duration, include Col. A. Mclntyre, field artillery,
Missouri U. ; Co. L. W. Herman, engineers, Missouri School of
Mines; Lt. Col. J. Church, South Dakota U., and Lt. Col. J. R.
Gage, Kansas U., both infantry officers, and Col. Raymond W.
Briggs, civilian components officer in charge of Seventh Serv
ice command ROTC units from headquarters at Omaha.
Artillery Holds ' Arsop. '
Evidence of the new emphasis
theoretical work can Be seen in
infantry field problems employing
blank rifle shells, demolition work,
bridge construction, and bayonet
practice by engineers, and a prac
tice tactical "arsop" (reconnais
ance, survey, and occupation of
position) demonstration scheduled
by an entire battery of artillery
cadets.
Opening of the inspection Mon
day found mid-year senior engi
neers demonstrating bayonet prac
tice, employment of hand gre
nades, and mortar practice. First
and second year advanced infantry
men took part in a tactical defense
problem at Belmont park at the
same time, while second year
basics demonstrated technique of
(See INSPECTION, Page 4.)
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CourUiy Lincoln Journal.
EARL, S. FULLBROOK.
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Gandhi Associate
Speafcs obi Gndia
Thomas Tahkub, native of Tra
vancore, India, will speak at the
Student Union at 11 a.m. Thurs
day under the sponsorship of the
university convocations committee.
His topic will be "India and the
World Crisis."
Personally acquainted with
many prominent men in the po
litical scene in India, Mr. Yahkub
took a trip thru south India with
Gandhi in 1936 and for three
months he was a resident at San
tiniketan with Tangore.
Worked With Ersktae.
Mr. Yahkub has done special
work with Robert Fast and John
Erskine at Amherst college and
received his master's degree from
Middlebury college.
He is founder and head of Idnia
House in Boston, and for six years
was research fellow on the Rocke
feller Foundation at Norfolk
Prison colony In Massachusetts
where he wrote a "History of the
State Prison Colony." He , has
on practical rather than
Ensign Dorsey
Cancels Lecture
Ensign Anne Dorsey of the
WAVES had to cancel her lec
ture Monday afternoon at the
Union due to measles. Thus far
no arrangements have been
made for the future.
Clothes for British war relief
Senior Gift
Committee
Begins Drive
Grabbing one last chance to do
something for their future alma
mater and also for the boys that
have been sent to numerous camps
all over the country, the senior
class yesterday started dollars
rapidly rolling toward the gift
fund.
Popularity of the senior gift
committee's latest idea that of
buying war bonds has been
greatly accelerated through num
erous letters from boys in the
service to chairman Jay Hoffman,
expressing their desire to get be
hind the drive even though they
were not here.
On the campus last night, a
drive was begun by the fraterni
ties and sororities. First to con
tribute was Gamma Phi Beta with
100 enrollment. Members of the
senior class that have not been
notified and have not been able
to make their contribution as yet
are asked to contribute by May
31. Those that cannot be con
tacted immediately are to send
(See SENIOR, Page 2.)
Thursday in Union
also served- as director of the
refugee camp at Calcutta, India,
during the Maplah rebellion.
Social Work
School Opens
Bureau Today
To acquaint students with op
portunities in the field of social
work, the student association of
the school of social work will
sponsor an information bureau In
Ellen Smith hall today, tomorrow
and Thursday.
Work of highly skilled psychi
atric workers and less skilled
county visitors will be explained.
Prerequisites for such work as
case working, child welfare, su
pervisors and administrators will
be outlined, and, college studies
for these positions will be named.