Friday, Dece-mKer 5, T943
WSSF Brings
To War Prisoners, Students
"REFUGEES ATTEND AMER
ICAN UNIVERSITIES!" WOOL
KN SUITS PURCHASED FOR
RUSSIAN STUDENTS." "PACK
AGES SENT TO AMERICAN
PRISONERS." "STUDENT SERV
ICE CENTERS PROVIDED FOR
CHINESE."
These headlines and many
others were made possible by the
WSSF, World Student Service
Fund. This year students of eleven
countries are beginning their plans
to raise funds to collect goods to
sent to fellow students of seven
teen countries.
Second World War began in
China and so did student war re
lief. They now aid Chinese stu
dents with food, make special ar
rangement for student's illness,
and provided Student Service cen
ters, one of which the university
supports.
Relief Spread With War.
When the war spread to Europe
the student relief fund also, ex
panded. The group worked among
prisoners of war and internes who
pleaded, "Give us something to do
with our mind and hands." In re
ponse to this plea they devised a
plan for men to continue their
studies behind barbed wires, pro
vided them with books, material
for arts and crafts, athletic equip
ment, and even musical instru
ments. In Belgium, Holland, Norway
and especially Greece it was a
question of food not books. By
dint of hard work and much in
genuity the WSSF has succeeded
in providing food for some stu
dents in these countries.
In our countr over fifty colleges
have welcomed refugees who have
received full scholarships and are
continuing their education.
Money Furnished by Students.
All this emergency relief in
volves huge sums of money which
is collected, primarily in American
colleges, preparatory schools, and
theotogical seminaries.
When you are asked to give this
week remember:
$15 will support a Chinese stu
dent for a month.
$5 will buy from one to six
City Churches
Give Programs
For Week-End
Lincoln churches have an
nounced their student program for
the approaching week end. "Chris
tian Faith" will be the topic of
Alicia Coffin, guest speaker, at
the Roger Williams Fellowship at
the First Baptist church on Sun
day at 7 p. m. A social gathering
will follow the meeting ftl the Stu
dent House.
Rev. Ray Kearns of the Pres
byterian church announces the be
ginning of the "Firesides Gather
ing" Sunday evening at 8.
Wesley Foundation.
"Cost of Peace" will be dis
cussed by the Wesley Student
Foundation at 5:30 p. m. Sunday
in St. Paul's church. The student
council will have breakfast at
7:30 a. m. Sunday.
Confirmation instruction given
by Reverend McMillen will begin
Tuesday at 7 p. m. at the Epis
copal church.
Rev. H. Erck, university Lu
theran pastor, will speak on the
topic, "From Thence He Shall
Come," at the Lutheran chapel
service to be held at 11 a. m. Sun
day in room 315 of the Union. An
all-Lutheran Christmas party is
being planned for Dec. 11.
Time Magazine Tells
UN Military Organization Cost
Pershing Price of Breeches
Time magazine carries in its
current issue a story concerning
General John J. Pershing, in
which is related the tale of the
general donating a pair of new
riding breaches to supply service
ribbons for the Pershing Rifles, an
honorary military group founded
while Pershing was commandant
at the university.
The incident was taken from a
letter, written by Brig. Gen. L. R.
Gignilllant, retired, and was later
confirmed by the general himself
In a conversation with the writer.
A delegation of Rifles asked for
an "old pair" of breeches, Persh
ing said, and in relating the in
cident he told Gignllliant:
"I did not have an old pair of,
Books, Food
books which will bring new hope
to discouraged prisoners.
51 will buy a phonograph record
which will bring entertainment to
more than 2,000 prisoners.
$10. will supply condensed milk
for a Russian student for a year.
Green Forest
Comes, Goes
InDailyOffice
"Jingle Bells" rang gaily thru
the Daily office yesterday. The
holiday spirit prevailed. From
behind a fat evergreen the man
aging editor screamed assign
ments and the society editor,
hidden from view by a forest of
greenery, wrote madly on about
the "whos, wheres, and whens"
of campus social life. Reporters
and news editors were busily
hanging the greens from all
iron pipes, phone boothes, and
pillars.
It all happened very suddenly.
The staff noted, with some sur
prise, a man walking into the of
fice armed with one Christmas
. tree. Even more amazing was
the situation when five more
men and trees strolled in. The
men left. The trees stayed.
Staff "At Home."
Soon everyone was taking the
affa'r quite calmly, except for
a few energetic persons who ar
ranged the trees until the office
had a rather homey atmosphere.
While the staff was admiring
the festive decorations, a man
quietly ambled in and walked
out with one of the trees. Five
more trips followed and finally
the Daily office was again its
businesslike self. Where the
trees came from and where they
went is still a mystery.
Science Letter
Carries Article
By Prof. Elias
Science News Letter in a recent
issue presents a discussion of the
fossil grass studies of Dr. Maxim
K. Elias of the conservation and
survey division of the university.
Frank Thone, in his. column
titled 'Nature Ramblings," speaks
of Dr. Elias' work as the 'encour
aging beginning of a paleoflora of
the plains country during the last
half og the. age of mammals."
The Nebrasari's studies have
shown that the fossil seeds of
grasses are an important means in
differentiation and correlation of
the alte tertiary rocks which cover
the western two-thirds of Ne
braska and the neighboring states.
Supreme Court Admits
Former UN Law Student
To Bar on November 15
William Merrill Whitman, high
est ranking graduate in the school
of law in 1935, was on Nov. 15
admitted to practice before the
United States supreme court.
Whitman is now counsel in the of
fice of the United States attorney
at Balboa Heights, Canal Zone.
Prof. Lawrence Void of the col
lege of law now on leave and
working with the appellate section
of the land's division in the de
partment of justice, made the mo
tion for Whitman's admittance.
. . . For Souvenir
riding breeches and I had to give
the little devils a brand new pair
that had just cost me IM5."
Pershing was at Nebraska from
1891 to 1895 and, according to
Gignilliat, the general looks back
on that as "one of his most satis
fying experiences."
J. K. Hiltner,
135 So. 12
Distinctive
DAILY NEBRASKAN
Stanford U
Drama Club
Gives Awards
Introducing new playrights to
the country at large is the pur
pose of the Dramatists' Alliance of
Stanford university which is hold
ing its ninth annual competition
for awards in dramatic writing,
ending March 15, 1944.
For the best radio play in prose
or verse, preferably on American
themes, the Stephen Vincent Benet
prize of $50 and recommendation
to radio production units will be
awarded. The Anderson prize of
$1UU lor verse drama and the
Etherege prize for full-length
comedy, also $100, are other
awards. The most producable of
the dramas offered for these
prizes will be staged by Hill
barn Theater only summer re
pertory theatre of northern Cali
fornia. Gray Award to Best Criticism.
The best dramatic criticism will
bring the Gray award of $25 and
recommendation to standard peri
odicals. No second prizes are given, but
leading honors plays are sent with
the winners to Samuel French,
NBC offices in New York, MGM,
and responsible producing units
among community theatres. Among
other privileges extended to con
tributors are brief written criti
ques of contributions for which
the writers pay a fee of three
dollars and introduction of promis
ing dramatists to members of the
association already placed in the
atre and cinema, for advice and
assistance.
Writers should send for regis
tration forms and information to
Dramatists' Alliance, Box 200 Z,
Stanford university, California.
Library Adds
Four Language
Scientific Book
The reference department of the
library has just added a new, four
language, scientific dictionary. The
new book, "Dictionary of Science
and Technology," contains over
10,000 current terms in the Eng
lish language most frequently used
in scientific work, with separate
indices in French, German and
Spanish.
The book was compiled by
Maxim Newmark, Phd., who is a
member of the department of mod
ern languages in Brooklyn Techni
cal high school. The book was
started when Dr. Newmark began
to draw up parallel lists of tech
nical and scientific terms in Ger
man, French and Spanish for his
students.
The dictionary os especially
commended for students of chem
istry, physics and engineering who
have to consult material in many
foreign languages. The book is
the most up to date of its type.
It is now available in the reference
room of the library.
Miriam Williams, Former
Student, Visits Campus
While Worki ng in State
Miriam Williams, grad of '23 and
author of a recent book on home
canning written for the McMillan
Publishing company, was a visitor
on the campus last week. Miss
Williams is associ&te editor of the
homemaking page of the Farm
Journal, published in Philadelphia.
While in the state, Miss Wil
liams is contacting outstanding
Nebraska farm women who are do
ing unusual work at the present
time and will use the material ob
tained in a future issue of the
Farm Journal.
Dr. R. Gibbons Returns
From Meeting in Chicago
Dr. Rebekah Gibbons, associate
professor of home economics, has
returned to Chicago where she at
tended a conference on "Nutrition
in Wartime." The conference was
planned by the American Medical
association.
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Corsages
Militzer Addresses
YW Marriage Group
Dr. Waiter E. Militzer, professor
of chemistrfy, excluded beauty as
one of the main qualifications for
marriage in his address before the
marriage eries group sponsored
by the YWCA last night in the
Union. Speaking on "Qualifica
tions for Marriage," Dr. Militzer
appeared as the thihrd speaker in
a series of four.
Dr. Militzer opened his lecture
by stating his belief that a com
mon intellectual background, but
not necessarily the same educa
tional background, would be de-
Women Stalk
Stocking Man
Ray
Ol
oiu oiiine
By Ethel Lashinsky and
Lenore Simon.
Little stocking on the wall
You aren't made of silk at all
Rayon hose may rise and fall
While we cling to our dates for
the Mortar Board Ball . . .
Cuz, after all, it wouldn't
seem right for an upperclass
man to snag a freshman's date
namely ours. But enough of
this sheer talk . . . turn on your
mortar 'n' get on board cuz
we're off . . . an' how.
Here are the latest crib notes
on Xmas Ballogy or, go get
him, girls!
1. Get a car get some gas
h-m-m, what d'you want a man
for?
2. If you still prefer a man to
a car . . . well, they're easier
to get anyway the man we
mean.
3. Get connected with a fe
male football team. But, CAU
TION: Tackle your he-man op
ponent gently but firmly so that
you will be proud to drag him
to the Xmas Brawl.
4. If you must resort to
trickery off to the library
into the library time passes:
Hey, Mable, come on out!
5. If libraries don't interest
you there's always the field
house. Rumor has it there's a
pretty good crop field day.
6. Important point: Always
cheat fair. And if you must buy
your own ticket, don't sell it at
a reduced rate as bait for a date.
Success, Success in every line.
If by Saturday night numbers
one through six have failed,
don't sit home by yourself go
to the show with us!
Do You Have Your Date for tlie
Mortar Board
"Christmas Ball"
December 4 9-12
I TN I V K II S IT Y COLISEUM
featuring
BASIE GIVERS
ORCIIKSTRA
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sirabl? for a happy marriage. By
this he explained that the same in
telelctual level is the desired thing,
and not the same amount of
schooling.
Outlines Five Qualities.
Continuing in his address, Dr.
Militzer outlined five qualities of
individuals which he believes es
sential for the making of a com
patible and. happy marriage.
His first and most important
quality ua3 a good disposition,
under which cheerfulness and un
selfishness were the two main
characteristics desirable. He em
phasized that "Selfishness has no
place in marriage."
Poise and Appearance.
The second quality in his outline
was poise, which he defined as
meaning mental equilibrium dur
ing unexpected and normal condi
tions. Neat personal appearance,
but not necessarily beauty, was
his third desirable quality.
In commenting on his fourth
quality, health, Dr. Militzer said
that the health of both the man
and woman should be good at the
time of marriage for two reasons.
His first was that eventually
there would be ill health in the
family anyway, and his second
was that chronic ailments result
in bad dispositions.
Hobby Desirable.
Dr. Militzer stated that his fifth
quili'.y might be excluded from the
list, but. he felt that a personal
hobby was a desirable contributor
to a marriage, especially if the
hobby was that of the women.
Conclduing his address. Dr.
Militzer pointed out two pitfalls of
love which should be avoided. One
was the purely physical attraction
impulse, and the other was the in
herent characteristic of a person
to want something which he can
not have.
Stamp Sales
Reach $115;
Union Leads
War stamp . sales reached a
grand total of $115.80 this Wed
nesday, topping last week's total
by over $81. Stamps were sold in
new red. white and blue booths in
social science and Andrews. The
booths were financed by the Mor
tar Boards and aided in drawine
student attention to the Wednes
day stamps sales campaign. Stamp
sales in the drug and mechanical
arts have been discontinued.
Ag campus sold $24 of this
week's total; the Union. $36.10:
Andrews. $27.90; sosh, $27.80; ami
school of music, $4.00.
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