Friday, November 12, 1943
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Queen Election
Set for Nov. 17
It's up to you now! The terrific,
tremendous, and incidentally most
beautiful, five finalists in the
Army News' Miss ASTP contest
have been picked. Their pictures
are on Page 1. You soldiers are
going to vote for your beauty
queen next Wednesday, November
17. She will be presented to you
next Saturday at the coliseum
dance. It's up to you now to choose
the coed you want to have as the
ASTP's queen of queens.
The girls selected as the final
ists in the contest represent four
sororities and one of the women's
residence halls. The five gorgeous
queens are: Kay Detweiler, Delta
Gamma; Margaret Munson, Alpha
Phi; Barbara Stahl, Alpha Chi
Omega; Elinor Thomas, Raymond
Hall; and Lois Wright, Kappa
Alpha Theta. Thumbnail sketches
of these girls will appear in the
Nebraskan and the originals of
their photographs will be placed
on exhibit in the main lobby of the
Student Union to give the soldiers
a better idea of the candidates'
beauties.
The judges for the contest who
picked the five finalists from the
23 entries were Captain James D.
Crabill, commanding officer of the
Third Battalion of the ASTP, and
Pfcs. Bill Chisolm and Bill Cal
kins, who are the editors of the
Army News which is sponsoring
the contest. (Eds. note: We would
like to state at this time, that we
believe the judges were In no way
prejudiced in their selection by
any associations with the campus.
They had a hard time narrowing
the field down to five, and would
like to extend their sincere apolo
gies that everyone could not be
Sense of Humor
Says Jovial Colonel Murphy
By Betty Huston
If most people live to be 100
they won't have as much fun as
I've had in 50 years!"
"The main thing you need on
this job is a sense of humor. I've
never had time to work up a ner
vous breakdown!" That statement
from Col. James P. Murphy, com
mandant of the A.S.T.P., and pro
fessor of Military Science and
Tactics on the campus, is typical
of the broad shouldered, jovial
man with the snver eagle on his
collar, who may usually be found
sitting behind his desk, in full
view through his always-opened
door at the end of a third floor
hall m Love library.
Colonfl Murphy is a tall man
with thinning gray hair and a
scar at the right side of his mouth
His blue eyes dance and he grins
broadly as he greets his many
visitors, whether they are Just a
scared Rag reporter or a visiting
general.
Born at Montrose, S. D., on
April 22, 1890, Colonel Murphy
has since then covered a good
pail of the world. At 15, he en
tered the South Dakota State col
lege. In 1908 he graduated with a
Ph.D. in pharmacy, the youngest
man ever to graduate from that
school. Because he was so young,
he was forced to wait six months
to take his exam. After gradua
tion, he managed and owned a
More until 1916. At present he is
planning to retire in three years
after 30 years f service, provid
ing that the war is over by that
time. "I plan to see the post war
educational program working at
this university before I retire." He
expressed approval of the presi
dent's plan for the offering of ed
ucational opportunities to return
ing military men and commented,
"Tears were shed a year ago for
the poor boy who was jerked out
of school, but he's going to come
back and go through on cushions."
The colonel spoke of especially
enjoying the time he spent in for
eign service. During his stay in
Panama he wrote all the defense
plans for the Panama Canal for
1936 and '37, covered every foot
of Costa Rica, Columbia, San Sal-
Mok.
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Your Coking Ploco
"Letters to Lucerne"
Puts on GI Performance
Soldiers from the ASTP and
Air Corps units on the campus
and from the Air Base are in
vited to attend the University
Theater production of "Letters
To Lucerne" tomorrow night.
Admission for servicemen and
their dates is 25 cents each.
Place: Temple Theater at 12th
and R sts. Time: 8:00 p. m.
No seats will be reserved and
the public will be admitted for
the regular admission price of
55 cents.
included in the final voting.)
The election for Nebraska's Miss
ASTP of 1943 will be held Wed
nesday evening at 7:30 at the be
ginning of study hall for all
ASTPs. Ballots will be distributed
through the company officers to
section leaders who will give them
out to their squads, collect them
after the voting and turn them in
to their respective officers. The
judges will count the ballots, but
the name of the winner will not be
released until Saturday evening at
the coliseum dance when the queen
will be appropriately presented
along with the other four finalists.
Toujours U Amour, But Girls
Resemble Missouri Mules
BY GERRY LARSON
A couple of nights ago, the boys
in the back room were having a
discussion about women. A nice
clean, manly chat about their love
affairs. Of course, this was all
very interesting and I learned a
few things about technique which
I had never known before. The
trouble was, they were all talking
so much that I didn't get a chance
Needed Here.
vador, and the surrounding coun
tries, and did a great deal of trav
eling by air.
Mrs. Murphy and their two
daughters, Ruth and Patricia,
have been thoroughly conditioned
to travel as the move to Ne
braska was the 35tff for the fam
ily. Ruth, the older of the two
girls, is following in her father's
footsteps and is a first lieutenant
in the Army Nurse Corps on duty
overseas. Patricia is a sophomore
home economics major at Milwaukee-Downer
college in Milwaukee.
She intends to transfer to Ne
braska next year.
The tall colonel lists writing and
making music boxes as his hob
bies. He has done considerable
writing on geographical and his
torical subjects and has produced
some fiction. One of his larger
published works is a study of the
love life of Lincoln. He likes to
hunt when possible and classes
himself as a "rocking chair ath
lete and a radio soloist, one of
those who turns the dials."
Colonel Murphy beams with
well justified pride when he tells
of the excellent work being done
by the ASTP and STAR units on
the campus. Under his leadership
the ASTP unit has developed into
one of the biggest, best, and most
advanced in the country.
"I always wanted to be in the
army and applications for West
Point were scarce in those days.
1200 Arc Gone
Griswold Views
Armistice Day
Trainee Parade
Gov. Dwight E. Griswold re
viewed UN's Armistice Day Pa
rade yesterday morning, which
was composed of 2,500 men from
the military units stationed on the
campus. Also in the reviewing
stands at the Parade Grounds
were Col. James P. Murphy, com
mandant of University military
units, Brig. Gen. Early W. Duncan
of the Army Air Base, Chancellor
C. S. Boucher, army officers of
the post, and deans of the colleges.
The traditional minute of silence
at 11 a. m. was observed, followed
by the review parade. The ASTP
units, STARs, Aviation Cadets,
ROTC, and the ROTC band par
ticipated In the parade.
For the first time in the Univer
sity's histoiy, women took part in
a military parade, playing in the
ROTC band.
to tell them of my affairs 1'smour.
So Im taking this opportunity to
tell them and you a few of my
experiences with the opposite sex.
My first affair was a beautiful
one. One 1 shall remember all of
my life. (And who wouldn't?)
She was a wonderful girl with
golden hair and a very trim fig
ure. Her eyes were the deepest
blue and she had the fairest skin
of any woman I had ever met.
I still had my looks in those days,
and if you caught us walking in
the park, you would immediately
think to yourself "What a sweet
couple." Yes, that was my first
love affair; she was five and I
was six.
Years passed, and we sort of
parted from each other. She had
a penchant for strawberry ice
cream, and I couldn't stand the
he explained, when he told of en
listing in the medical department
of the National Guard in 1906, in
which he remained for ten years
as a first sergeant.
Colonel Murphy first entered the
federal service in June of 1916
when he was sent to the Mexican
border. At that time he was com
missioned a second lieutenant in
the Infantry of the National
Guard. Later the same year be
was sssigned to the 36th Infantry
of the Regular Army. He received
hia commissions for both first and
second lieutenant on June 14, 1917.
By 1917 he had been called into
federal service in the infantry in
the first World war. Later he
served at Fort Snell, Fort Devens,
at San Juan, Porto Rico, and
Camp Gaillard, Panama Canal
Zone, returning in 1923 to become
executive officer of the Organized
Reserve (425th Attack Squadron)
at Decatur, 111. In 1927 he was
ordered to the advanced course
Infantry School at Fort Benning,
Ga., for a year.
Between 1928 and 1937 Colonel
Murphy was detailed to a two
year course at the Command and
General Staff School at . Fort
Leavenworth, Kas., served as sen
ior instructor in the 147th Infan-
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Pfc. Bill Chisolm
71 Wings for Victory" Award
Received by Western FTC
The outstanding safety record
of flying schools in the Western
States was recognized at Dallas,
Texas when Lt. Gen. Barton K.
Yount, Commanding General of
stuff. We had a fight, as lovers
do, and I've never seen her since.
But the memory of her beauty and
personality will live with me al
ways. I shall always remember
the times we had sipping cokes
together and the fun we had in the
balcony of the Gaiety watching
the show.
Naturally, I was off girls for
some time after that. I swort to
myself that I'd never fall in love
with a girl again. And I didn't
for three whole months! By this
time though, I had gone through
grammar school and knew all that
there was to know about life. And
I demanded that the girl I went
out with had brains and looks.
I found a girl like that, with
both qualities, and we got along
just fine. She'd recite Freud to
me, and I'd quote Schopenhauer
to her. We were a happy pair.
Many was the pleasant evening we
spent strolling down the boulevard
discussing sex and psychosis. But,
as all good things must come to an
end, so did our affair. Beatrice,
(her name was Beatrice) was ec
static over Salavdor Dali's paint
ings and I never could see anything
to melted watches and female
nudes floating about upon a sea
of eyes. We had a terrible quarrel
during which she called me a low
brow, and after stamping on my
foot she left in a huff. I left in
a taxi.
You will notice a tendency on
my part to keep getting into argu
ments with my lady friends. This
is not wholly my fault I'll admit,
at times I lose my temper but
women in some respects resemble
Missouri mules, and I can't help
myself.
try at Cincinnati, and was on duty
with the 33rd Infantry at Fort
Clayton, and was Detailed Opera
tions Officer for the Pacific sec
tor Mobile Force. In 1937 he re
turned to the United States to
serve as P.M.S. and T. at his alma
mater. South Dakota State col
lege. While there, he received the
degree of bachelor of science.
Colonel Murphy worked his way
up through the ranks until he was
promoted to a full Colonel shortly
before coming to Nebraska in
June of 1942. On April 15, 1943.
he took over the duties of Com
mandant of the ASTP in addition
to his duties as P.M.S. and T.
"I think Nebraska is the awell
est place on earth and have since
the first day I came. I intend to
stay here as long as they'll let
me." The unit, which was started
from scratch and was the first in
the 7th Corps Area, has now clas
sified and shipped over 6.988 men,
to date.
'44 NOW
Sec
News
Pfc.Bill Calkins
the Army Air Forces Training
Command, recently presented the
National Safety Council's "Wings
For Victory" award to Major Gen.
Ralph P. Cousins. Commanding
General of the Western Flying
Training Command headquartered
at Santa Ana.
The presentation was a feature
of the convention of representa
tives of civilian flying schools
which provide flight instruction to
aviation cadets in the primary
phase of their training. The award
itself is a framed certificate which
bears the signature of General
H. H. Arnold, Commanding Gen
eral of the Army Air Forces, who
is honorary chairman of the.award
committee.
General Yount received the
award first from Lew R. Palmer,
Secretary of the National Safety
Council Advisory Committee for
Aeronautics and of the Award
Committee.
"The results obtained by the
accident preevntion program in all
three commands of the AAF
Training Command were truly
amazing." Palmer stated, "when
you consider the size, scope and
speed of the training program
But while the records of all were
excellent, that of the Western Fly
ing Command was best."
In making the presentation Gen
eral Yount said, "I can think of no
more appropriate place for the
presentation of this award than
this meeting. I can remember back
in 1939, when we had ony nine
contract schools, we worried about
what would happen to our safety
program in the huge expansion we
were called upon to undertake. I
can tell you today that the acci
dent rate per thousand hours of
flying is lower now than it was in
1939, despite the tremendous in
crease in total hours flown."
General Yount stated that the
safety record had been achieved
without any sacrifice in the effi
ciency of the training program.
Addressing himself directly to the
civilian contractors, he said, "You
have played a vital part in this
effort. I am very proud of the pri
mary schools. Your contributions
to flying safety have been superb."
General Cousins likewise praised
the convention group in accepting
the award. "Certainly no group of
men in the AAF," he said, "have
studied this problem more or con
tributed more to safety in flying
training than the civilian contrac
tors. The primary schools in my
command have been a great source
of satisfaction to me in this effort
as well as in every other phase of
training."
Inscribed on the award were the
words: "Recognition of distin
guished national service in pro
ducing safe snd outstanding mili
tary pilots vital to victory and to
winning a just and lasting peace."
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