The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current, May 07, 1943, Image 1

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(Beginning witfc today's itstit, Mi Daily prntt coiumn About the
aircrew stationed hi Lov library written by various members of the air crew
for the aircrew and th Nebraska student body. Present plans are for
daily column.)
Aside from the Innocents
night, flying army ships, Piper cubs to be specific, have become
the chief topic of conversation around the barracks. Seems a
couple of sections have been turned over to flight instructors
out at a local field and these junior hirdmen are doing their
best to turn themselves into fliers before leaving. It shouldn't
be to hard.
Board the Bus.
The first group of these men got into a rundown bus Mon
day morning, shortly after dawn, and headed in a northwest
direction. Conversation on the bus was thick. Maybe it was go
ing to be P-Mk and maybe jusl B-2"s. No one know for sure'.
Anyhow, ir minutes after departure from ljove barracks, they
were filing out of the bus and being marched to a grassy plot
where a long skinny row of, yellow-painted Piper cubs slept.
The ships looked terrific, and have entranced men flying them.
Most of the fellows expected instructors to talk chalk at
a blackboard for several days before actually flying, but the
army is working fast. No sooner had they entered the office to
meet instructors than parachutes were passed out.. Awkwardly
the clumsy out fits were bound about hand and foot, snapped in
many places, and buckled around the neck. Assistants helped
new fliers out the door and carried them to individual planes.
Pushed Into Cockpit.
The instructors pushed each man into the cockpit, told the
student to buckle the safety strap, then got into the planes
themselves. Several deafening Piper roars preceded rapid take
offs. At about 300 feet instructors turned the controls over to
the nervous neophytes. Within minutes, local advertisers were
phoning 1he airport, asking
prices and seeking names of the daring acrobats newly attached
to the base. Officials said "no deal."
Cups were taken up for men who got sick, and some were
used. Nebraska winds blow strong, and healthy men find it
hard to withstand a long series of rough airpotkets scattered
about the sky. For 50 minutes the first-timers skittered thru
(See MEN AT WAR, Page 2.)
Ag Campus Crowns
Goddess Tomorrow
Traditional queen of ag campus,
the goodess of agriculture, will
hold formal court tomorrow night.
May 8, at 7 p. m. when she and
her attendants will be presented
to students.
Oh, My Feet!
Say Coed-ets
After Drilling
"My dogs they're killin' nie!"
. Such was the general consensus
of coeds who had been marching
for two hours to the tune of hut,
two. three, four in the women's
ROTC unit Thursday.
The boys in their GIs may think
they're pretty smooth and the air
corps may have it's tuneful dit
ties to keep up morale but the
gals have proved to most that its
no laughing matter. They can
drill as well as any man and may
have a chance to prove It come
next week, so say the coed-ets.
Just to keep in trim the unit
will meet in two groups Saturday
for hour drill periods. The first
group at 11 a. m. and the second at
2 p. m. and then of course two
hours again on regular drill day,
Thursday. Everybody's to come
to at least one of the Saturday
drills quote Lt. Seeley and
Adams.
Counselors Meet
Sunday To Plan
Fall Registration
Dean Nels Bengston will talk to
members of Coed Counselors Sun
day afternoon at 2:30 in Ellen
Smith.
He will discuss plans for the
counselors assisting with fresh
han registration next fall and the
lay out of the coliseum during reg
istration. All members should at
tend this meeting according to
Katherine Wells, president of the
organization.
dance eoniing off tomorrow
questions regarding sky-writing
Candidates for the position are
senior girls of me nome ec ae-
partment, who have a weighted
average of 80 or better. Twenty
five candidates have been voted
upon by students of ag college at
a recent election. Those seven re
ceivine the highest number of
votes will be recognized at the
party, along with the goddess.
The ceremony will take place
on the pageant grounds north of
the dairy industry building
against the natural background of
the wooded green of ag campus
Queen's Identity Secret.
The identity of the queen and
her attendants is a closely guard
ed secret, according to Rachael
(See GODDESS, Page 2.)
Profs Debate Culbertson Plan
Ely Culbertson's post-war plan
for a peaceful international fed
eration as presented by Prof. C. E.
McNeill brought not only dissen-
Courtesy of Lincoln JoumsL
J. M. REINHARDT.
opposes post-war regional
division plan.
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Wio Are They?
Vol. 43, No. 66
Publications
Board Meets
Wednesday
Appointive positions on the
Daily Nebraskan and the Corn-
husker will be named Wednesday,
May 12, at 2 p. m. In U hall, ac
cording to Harold Hamil. chair
man of the publications board.
Dailv staff members to be
chosen are editor, managing edi
tors, news editor, sports editor,
business manager and assistant
business managers. The yearbook
staff will consist of an editor busi
ness manager, two managing edi
tors and assistant business man
agers.
Filings Due Tuesday.
Filings must be left at the of
fice of the school of journalism
by 5 p. m. Tuesday. Blanks may
be secured at John K. Selleck's
office and must be approved by
the registrar.
Faculty members of the publica
tions board are John K. Selleck,
J. E. Lawrence. H. E. Bradford.
and Mr. Hamil. Warren Van Nor
man and Bob Heinzeleman are sen
ior and junior representatives, re
spectively.
Surgical Dressing Croup
Fills Quota Saturday
Surgical dressing groups will
meet at Red Cross headquar
ters for both morning and aft
ernoon sessions tomorrow. This
will be the last chance for UN
coeds, to complete the second
10,000 quota. Be sure to come!
sion from his opponent in debate,
Prof. J. M. Reinhardt, but also
from the listening audience.
McNeill, professor of economics,
gave Culbertson's plan to have a
world federation composed of 11
regional federations each created
by a combination of states with a
common history, culture, lan
guage, psychology and law. There
would be an executive head,
elected for six years, a legislative
body consisting of 11 world trus
tees, a world supreme court and
a world court of equity.
Set Armament Quota.
Heavy armament would be ap
portioned by quota, lighted guns
up to machine-gun size used by
local police. There would be a mo
bile corps of shock troops made
up of volunteers from the smaller
nations to protect t!?e strategic
trouble points, islands, and straits.
Propaganda would be severely
censored.
Professor of sociology Reln
hardt's main opposition was to
Culbertson's hypocritical and
faulty thinking.
"Mr. Culbertson proposes to or
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Lincoln Nebraska.
Mix, HDsnmice Timiu
Students and soldiers will mix
tonight for the last all-university
dance of the year, the "Farewell
to Arms ball sponsored by the
Innocents society, to be held from
9 to 12 p. m. in the coliseum.
Hot rhythms by Basie Givens
and orchestra will provide the mu
sic for the dancing of the stu
dents, soldiers and dates enter-
Capt. Boynton
Talks in Union
I Today at Four
After over a day's delay, WAAC
Capt. Brenda Boynton will speak
this afternoon at four in the Stu
dent Union ballroom. Sponsored
by the WAA, the meeting will be
open to all university women. Cap
tain Boynton, director of physical
training at the first WAAC train
ing center in Fort Des Moines will
speak in behalf ofvphysieal fitness
for American women.
Captain Boynton will be guest
of honor of the WAA council at
a luncheon Friday noon. She will
spend the rest of the day speak
ing to the physical education
classes.
Saturday she will be taken to
lunch by some of the faculty wom
en, and Saturday night she will be
guest of honor and speaker at the
annual spring banquet of the phys
ical education club given in honor
of the seniors. She will speak on
the experiences of a physical di
rector in the WAAC.
ganize the world regionally on
basis of sympathetic mutualisms
arising out of similarities of psy
(See DEBATE, Page 2.)
Courtesy of Lincoln Journal.
c. e. McNeill '
. presents the Culbertson case
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Who Are They?
Friday, May 7, 1943
tainment. One of the few remain
ing bands that has escaped war
time depletion, Givens' orchestra
has played for HN dances in past
years.
Tap Beauty Queens.
Climaxing the evening of enter
tainment will be the "tapping" of
the six 1943 Cornhusker beautjr
queens by members of the hon
orary. Escorted to the spotlighted
stage by two brother Innocents,
the queens will be announced by
Joe Zimmerman, director of the
University theater.
The selection of beauty queens
was made from a field of 26 can
didates by public relations officers
at the Lincoln air base. They
based their decision on pictures
taken of all candidates.
Secret Entertainment.
Just exactly what the main en
tertainment of the evening will be.
other than the "tapping' of ths
queens, has been shrouded in se
crecy by members of Innocents.
Questions of "what is it" and "who
is she" which have headlined the
array of pictures printed in the
Daily will be answered during the
course of the evening.
Activated ROTC men and air
corps trainees will be given 1
o'clock permission if the soldiers
have purchased tickets for the
ball. STARs are also invited to
the all-university dance. Students
may buy tickets for $1.10 per cou
ple (tax included) at the door.
Dates Meet in Union.
Dates have been arranged for
those air corps trainees and
STARs who turned in their names
and heights by the dean of women
and a special War Council com
mittee. All arranged dates will
meet at 8:30 in the Union lobby
before the dance, and will go to
the coliseum from there.
"The ball includes just about
everything for the student and sol
dier entertainment," according t
Innocent president Bill Thorn-
burg.
YIV Completes
Plans for May
Ylorn Breakfast
Plans for the annual Y.W.-spon-sored
May Morning breakfast to
be held Sunday at 9 a. m. in Ellen
Smith hall, have been completed,
according to Helen Kelley Hop
kins, chairman.
With her committee of fresh
men members, the out-going pres
ident has arranged a program in
cluding the introduction of offi
cers; solo, Leonore Beck; toast to
mothers, Mary Jo Gish; toast to
daughters, Mrs. H. D. Gish; violin
solo, Suzanne Pope; poem, Geral
dine McKinsey.
Number of tickets is limited, fcut
a few are still available at the
Y.W, office in Ellen Smithi