The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current, December 03, 1943, Image 1

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Vol. 85, No. 65
'AUF Opens Drive for Funds;
Ag Holds Convo Monday at 10
First AUF, All University Fund
drive will begin officially tomor
row. A convocation Monday at 10
a. m. will open the ag campus
drive with Carroll M. Moon, re
gional field secretary of YM and
YWCA, addressing the group.
Mr. Moon will speak on the
World's Student Service Fund, and
the work it is accomplishing both
here and abroad. Classes will be
dismissed and students, STARS,
and faculty are invited to attend.
Envelopes either to enclose one's
Ag Christmas
Party Features
Uni Musicians
Plans were. announced today for
the annual ag college Christmas
party, to be held December 15 at
8 p. m. in the ag activities build
ing. This year's program will con
sist of organ music, singing of
Christmas carols, a trumpet solo,
soprano and contralto solos, and
the Messiah.
A tradition of long standing, the
Christmas party is begun each
year with the lighting of 31
candles, one for each year of the
life of Christ. The Messiah will be
presented in part only this year
due to the limited number of male
voices available.
Mrs. Altinas Tullis, director of
the chorus, announced that a
group of men from the STAR unit
will sing with the chorus. The
party is open to all students and
faculty members, men stationed
with the STAR'S, and other inter
ested persons.
Gwen Row and Max Baird are
general chairmen for the event.
Special committee chairmen in
clude: Dorothy Anderson, pro
gram; Blanche Reid, publicity; and
Kay Huston, decorations.
Dr. Bauer Addresses
Convo Today at 11
Dr; , William W. Bauer, well
known author and lecturer, will
speak on, health and medical sub
jects at the second university con
vocation Friday at 11 a. m. in the
Union ballroom rather than Thurs
day morning as the Daily errone
ously stated.
. Dr. ' Bauer's subject will be
"Health, Hygiene and Hooey." He
has had a large amount of experi
ence In the field of hygiene, being
an associate editor of Hygela
magazine, the health publication
of the American Medical associa
tion. Since 1932 Dr. Bauer has been
director of the bureau of health
education of the American Medical
association. He has been co
author of many books, including
"Health Questions Answered,"
"Your Health" and "Contagious
Diseases," is also a member of the
committee on health problems of
the National Education associa
tion and the American Medical
assoclatloB
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA,
contribution or to sign pledge will
be distributed at the mass meet
ing. Ag Climaxes Drive with Dance.
Grace Gadeken, chairman, Phyl
lis Thyness, Evelyn Johnston, and
Ruth Heim are in charge of the
convocation committee.
A juke box dance Dec. 11 in the
Activity building will climax the
ag campus drive. Mildred Yost,
who is in charge of the dance ex
tends invitation to both civilian
and army student. Tickets may be
obtained from any AUF solicitor
for 25 cents.
AUF representatives will visit
all organized houses Monday night
Tassels, Theta Sigs Begin
Schooner Circulation Drive
With the co-operation of Tas
sels, faculty members, and Theta
Sigma Phi, national journalism
sorority, Prairie Schooner officials
will open their annual subscrip
tion drive for UN's literary quar
terly Monday.
To acquaint students and towns
people with the publication, and
extensive campaign, including sell
ing booths, speaking tours and an
inter-organization contest is be
ing formulated. To promote the
HHuo nn the famous, a free copy
of the Prairie Schooner anthology
will be awarded to tnose nouses
which have at least 30 subscrip
tions to the magazine. The prog
ress of different organizations will
be reported in the Nebraskan.
The Prairie Schooner has the
distinction of being one of the ten
best literary magazines in the
. . . Today in Union
Prof. Karl Arndt, chairman of
the convocation committee, said
that the members of the commit
tee felt fortunate in securing Dr.
Bauer, one of the foremost lec
turers on health, for the convoca
tion. The program Is to be open to
Coeds File Today
For Scholarships
Filing for Panhellenlc schol
arships will begin today and
close Tuesday, Dec. 7. Six
awards of $25 each given to
affiliated girls on basis of need
and averages maintained in
college. ,
Application blanks can be
obtained at the office of the
dean of women. Scholarship
winner will be presented at the
Panhellenio dinner, Thursday,
Deo. 9.
Friday, December 3, 1943
on speaking tours to give students
additional information concerning
WSSF and the Daily Nebraskan
for Servicemen for which the drive
is being held. The speakers will
come from the war council victory
speakers .bureau.
Contributions may be made in
full during the drive of a certain
amount may be pledged by any
student to be paid at a later date
To get the drive off to a flying
start the AWS board voted to give
a $25 war bond to the drive in
their meeting Thursday. Further
progress of the drive will be pub
lished in the Nebraskan.
Dorothy Carnahan is the head
of the solicitation committee,
United States. Dr. Lowery C.
Wimberly of the English depart
ment founded the publication 17
years ago and has been active in
its propagation up to the present
DR. L. C. WIMBERLY.
. . edits the Prarle Schooner.
time. The periodical comes out
quarterly and includes short
stories, poems and essays by re
nowned persons in the field of
literature.
Miss Emily Schossberge", uni-
Panhell Holds
Dinner Dec. 9
In Ellen Smith
Panhellenlc delegates and mem
bers of the advisory board will be
present at a Panhellenlc dinner
Dec. 9 at Ellen Smith hall.
Mrs. James Moore of Omaha,
national secretary of Kappa Alpha
Theta, will speak on "Training
College Women for Leadership in
a World at War."
Chancellor and Mrs. C S.
Boucher and Mrs. Verna H. Boyles.
Dean of Women, will be guests at
the dinner. Mary Jo Kobes Is
chairman of the committee In
chance of arrangements
Me MIS amice
Presentation of the "Christmas
Stocking Girls," representative of
the ideal of six UN men, will high
light the Christmas Ball tomor
row night. Only all-university so
cial event to be held this year,
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From Lincoln Journal.
RACHEL LOCK.
, , , announces six NU men
whose letters won them Christ
mas Stocking girls.
the ball, sponsored by the Mortar
Boards, will be held from 9 to 12
versity editor and founder of the
University Press, said of the pub
lication:
"As it happens so often, 'A
prophet is not without honor save
in his own country,' and thus the
Prairie Schooner is much more ap
preciated and better known in the
east bv both writers and publish
ers than it is in its home state."
Two of the contributors to the
"Prairie Schooner Cararvan," an
anthology which is to be released
to the public by the University
Press early this month, are na
tionally known literary figures.
Miss Eudore Welty, of Jackson,
Miss., has won for the second suc-
(See SCHOONER, page 8.)
PBKlfear
Dr. Fellmaii
At Initiation
Discussing "Civil Liberties In
Wartime," Dr. David Fellman, as
sociate professor of political sci
ence, told members of Phi Beta
Kappa last night that the record
during this war has been excel
lent compared to that of world
War I.
Occasion for the speech was the
initiation of nine new members
into the arts and science scholas
tic honorary at Ellen Smith hall.
Lists Fetors.
Listing factors for the margin
of personal freedom respected m
the United States, Fellman in
cluded experiences of the last war
the nature of our enemies, the
way the war began, and govern
ment policies in enforcing laws
which have repressive possibili
ties.
"We must maintain the fullest
amount of civil liberties during
wartime," Fellman said, as he ex
pressed concern about the danger
of invasion of civil liberties in the
post-war world.
Dr. J. O. Hertzler, president Of
tbe honorary, presided.
p. m. in the coliseum.
Winners of the "Christmas
Stocking Girls" letter contest, an
nounced by Rachel Ann Lock,
According to Janet Hemp
hill, president of AWS board,
all university women will re
ceive one o'clock permissions
tomorrow night for the Mortar
Board Christmas Ball.
president of the Mortar Board.-,
will be presented with their "gift
coeds" at the dance. The six mpn
are Pvt. Jim Wegner, Kayo Lou-
(See BALL, page 8.)
Houses Elect
Mademoiselle
Contest Girls
Student participation in war
work is the latest fad on college
campuses, according to Mademoi
selle, leading fashion magazine.
To encourage girls on college
campuses throughout the country
to take part in war activities,
Mademoiselle is sponsoring a con
test in which one college coed whrj
is outstanding in war work will be
presented each month.
Each Mademoiselle girl-of-the
month will be awarded a certifi
cate of honor and a pin, designed
by Cartier of New York, in the
form of an M set with small
square-cut sapphires, backed by a
gold V. A certificate of honor will
also be awarded the three runners
up in the contest, and their names,
together with that of each month's;
winner, will be published in Made
moiselle magazine and will be
placed on the roll of honor in the
editorial offices. ,
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Send in Coed of Choice.
Everv university and college is
requested to send in the name and
qualifications of the coed of their
choice. In order to select Ne
braska's first candidate, sororities
and organized houses are asked to
(See MADEMOISELLE, page 8.),
Exhibit Shows
Monotype Art
In Watercolor
The new art exhibit now on dis
play at Morrill hall features the
monotype form of art. Express
ing great tonal color and original
ity of design, the subject matter
ranges from abstract design and
decorative realism to pure fun.
Watercolor is the medium.
Several of the outstanding pic
tures in the exhibit were done by
John Kirsch, 16 yir old son of
Dwight Kirach, he of the uni
versity art depa .ment. Forty
monotypes by Mrs. Alice R. Ed
miston are featured along with
works by Mr. and Mrs. Kirsch
and the watercolor class oi last
summer.
The exhibition will be on dis
play until Dec. 15.
Only 2 days left to
Christmas Ball!