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DAILY NEBRASKAN Friday, October 1 1943 JJuL (Dailtf. TkbAoAkcut FORTT-FOURTH YEAR V Subscription Rate ara $1.00 Per Smeter or $1.50 for the College Tear. 12.50 Hailed. Single copy, 6 Cents. Entered as feoond -class matter at the poHtoffic in Lincoln. Nebraska, under Act of Congress March 3, 1879, and at Fpoctal rat oC postage provided (or in Section 110S. Act oC October 8. 1917, Authorised September 30. 1922. 'rMIM tlirM Hm invkty m SKwaajr, W4i4ay aa rriter iatlm acfeMl rear. Oftieea Union Building. Pay 2-718L Night 2-7191 Journal 2-3330. Editor Marlorla Marietta Butineu Manager Charlett HiW Maaaclwt MHtn rwa Mllon KniTOKIAL DKrARTMK.VT Pat ChMtherUa. Ju .frM Gtotfeity, Murrain CmmmIwIm, .hlt Hill, Mary Helm To the Army: Major Pattison's letter, printed below, and interested com ments relating to the same subject in the letterip column arc presented in the Nebraskan today for the benefit of soldier leaders of the paper. The editor and entire staff of the Daily do now and always have considered the ASTP procram an important army train ing division and a welcome part o the campus. We feel the ASTP definitely is accomplishing something, both in building character individually and in producing a well-trained group tf soldiers. On behalf of the whole student body we're glad you're here and want, vou to become a part of this university. The Muddling Through column which caused so much offense was the opinion of its author only. We hope, a.id he hopes, it is forgotten in as short a time as possible. To The' Editor, Daily Nebraskan: While it is not.niy intention to engage in any verbal eon-trovers- with the Daily Nebraska n reporter, Mr. John C (Muddling Through) Bentley, 1 feel that before such an article as was published in 'the "rag," Oct. 20 under his name was written, a more complete investigation of ihc purposes and aims of the Army Specialized Training Program should have Wen made. Each unit, except the dent a) group, of the army ground troops st aliened on Ihe University of Nebraska campus has had its basic training. I'.i to lr weeks of rough and rugged condi tioning. From such training many of the men went to the field, engaging in army maneuvers and further intensified training. These men are now under! 4"iy orders of a different type. The ASTP stresses the educational, not the physical, train ing. Carrying a scholastic schedule so heavy that a civilian student would not be allowed to register for it, taking six tours per week of physical training designed to keep the soldier in good condition, though not perhaps providing "sadistically pleasant hours" for interested watchers, and five hours per week of military training, the ASTP trainee does not have time for athletics and other strenuous types of contests. Great care is exercised to prevent an injury which might cause the trainee to miss any classes, thus resulting in the trainee be ing dropped from the Army Specialized Training Program. Such obstacle courses as Mr. Peu1lcy enjoys watching do nol have a place in this program. The men in the Army Specialized Training Program have cooperated fully with the university officials and the army. They are a fine group of men and we are proud to be asso ciated Avilh them.. HARLAND 6. PATTISON Major, Infantry Commanding; Second Battalion Dear Editor: It is the sincere desire of the men in uniform here on the University of Nebraska campus that during our stay here we shall be able to win the respect and friendship of each and every Comhusker, and that when our time comes to leave Nebraska, we shall go feeling that we have been accepted by you as true Cornhuskera. If we are to achieve thii goal, toward which we are not setting our course, it is essential that an understanding- be reached between the two campus factions civilian and military. We realiie that in any gTOup as large as our own, there are bound to be pres ent individuals who are perhaps a little lack ing in thoughtfulness, and whose natural tendencies may in addition be strengthened by the moral support of numbers. ' Because the voice of this minority may quite easily and frequently overwhelm the efforts of. those more thoughtful of us, we do here ask your indulgence and forgiveness of the guilty. They, too, are desirous of your friendship but they unfortunately have underestimated the value of your respect as a prerequisite to the friendship they seek.. Not many months ago most of us were at tending1 college as civilians, just as you are doing now. . Then all at once we found "our selves leaving school to join the army, some of our own will, the majority otherwise but for all of us, entering the army meant aband oning plans and ambitions, and relinquishing conveniences and pleasures we had known all our lives. The future was uncertain. We did not know that before long we would be re turning to college campus nor was our in clusion in the Specialised Training Program anything of our own doing. At present we dwell in marble halls.. Compared with the lot of our fellows en the world's battle fronts, our life is indeed a bed of roses, but now that we are here, we wish to make the most of it. We wear the uniform of the Army of the United Slates. Of that we are justifiably proud, and we are proud also of ihe part we may at any time be ealled upon to play in easing our great nation through it's area of crisis. Last Wednesday an article appeared in the Dailv Nebraskan in which a student criticized the physical training system in force here for army men. Bone ot us nave any aouoi oui what this article was written in a spirit of constructive reflection, but nevertheless, its effect upon the military body of the univer sity was revolting. A great wave if resent ment arose in response, and this is undeniably traceable to the fact that our pride was in fringed upon. We are certain that the writer Fiji Housemother Edits Service Letter "Mom" to all Nebraska Phi Gamma Delta? is Mrs. Mae Minier, another housemother who edits a fraternity news letter, which she mails monthly to all her Fijis in the service and in vital defense jobs. There .re more than 300 Phi Gams whom she keeps in constant touch with one another, their cam pus, and their fraternity through ter "Echoes'. In addition to the monthly edi tion of news, "Mom" includes an up-to-date directory of all Fijis in service. This list of locations has enabled many boys to meet in various outposts of the world. Then, too, Mrs. Minier'B news letter was the inspiration for an other Phi Gam edition, "Bull Ses sion Echoes from Mom's Room," edited by an alum, Herb Hillman. This bi-monthly is a resume of all campus and fraternity news. Fraternity letters are Com husker morale and this paper is only one of the many things Mrs. Minier is loved for. "Where's mom?" is one of the first ques tions asked by returning Phi Gams. mm m.-m mm m." m-m- The Gay Aie Sjxtt SATURDAY, OCT. 23rd I JACK SWANSON and his band i Dancing 9 to 1 Admission 55c " Just One Mife West of Town bvh mm si a B h i p 0 b i wag ignorant of the reaction which wai im minent to the writing of such statements, loir otherwise he would not have offered them fr publication. Our resentment was a natural phenomenon, and, I think, understandable. If we are to succeed in our effort to make friends of the Cornhuskers, H is imperative that an occurence such as that of last Wed nesday will not come about again. We have met many of you, and we like you all ink mensely. We know that you will not let down in our attempt to make you like wi equally as well. . Lawrence H. Berlin ASTP. (Ed Note: It is impossible for the Daily to print complete letters received from soldiers on the campus; cuttings were made by the managing editor. Contrary to Nebraskan pol icy, we print an unsigned letter. Hereafter, it is requested that writers sign their letters.) Dear Editor: The purpose of the obstacle course, a is that of all calisthenics, judo, swimming, or what have you, is to keep our men in trim. Not enough commendation can be directed to our phys ed staff. Their program is both ver satile and effective. The obstacle here, truly, is not a difficult one. but serve quite well its small part in the program. JOHN F. SIMON AST. Dear Editor: Permit us to submit for your approval the fact that infantry basic has at least partially equipped us for future physical activity by frequent administration of projects aueh as 22 mile marches, infiltration under fire, and rig orous calisthenics, and lhat some of the other services were not so trained before entering college. Please consider our advice that your (sporta editor s) obviously fertile talent might well be directed toward such highly merited topics as, Uesolved: That verbose amateur journalists are a detriment to the ad vancement of society. (We suggest) that the war effort would not be hindered by a few more salvage collectors or bond salesmen: let us leave the establishment of training aids to the war department. Some Libeled Headers. Dear Editor: Every man who is training here has com pleted a basic army course many an ad vanced one ... It is not for the extreme de velopment of our physical frames we were sent here, but for the furthering of special ized fields of education imperative to the win ning of ibis battle in which we are now engaged. Pvt. Irving H. Lichtenstein ASTP VS. SAY B SI WAV iyu il U UUUU ITU u ST"3 i 2 o'clock Student Activity Tickers 5.50 Faculty Tickets 6.60 General Admission $1.75 Fed. Tax Inrlndrd Entire Stadium Open to General Admission TICKETS NOW ON SALE Knot iiic University Coliseum and Latsch Brothers, 1124 O St. Mm. Sto 1 Adra. 25e