Ole' Santa Pays Pre-Christmas Visit at Ball,
Presents Six Lucky Men with 'Gift Coeds'
BY MARYLOUISE GOODWIN.
Packing bis bag: full of tricks
and coeds, Santa paid a pre
Christmas call at the coliseum last
night, and before approximately
800 couples presented three sol
diers and three civilians with the
eoed, each had described in his
"letter to Santa Claus."
The "Christmas Ball" was given
by the Mortar Boards in place of
their usual visa-versa affair held
the weekend following the tradi
tional Military Ball that was aban
doned this year. It was the only
official all university party of the
year taking the place of the ball,
Mortar Board party and Prom. Ba
Bie Givens and his "Bombardiers"
furnished the music.
True Christmas Decorations.
The coliseum was decorated in a
true Christmas manner. The green
velvet drapes were dropped for the
first and only time this year. At
the south end of the room stood
a 20 foot Christmas tree which
glittered with tinsle and silver
bows which were tied at the ends toe were hung and along the walls
of the branches. Colored Christ- Santa Claus heads with curly pa
mas lights lit the tree. Above per whiskers and red metalic caps
every archway bunches of mistle- were placed. Bows of green and
wreaths completed the wall deco
ration. Promptly at 10.15 p. m. dancing
ceased and Rachel Lock, president
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Santa Claus brought these six coeds to winners of the Mortar Board's Christmas Stocking letters.
Left to right, they are: Margaret Reese, Virginia Malster, Margaret Hagen, Janice Wilson, Janice
Blakeslee and Betty Ed Strain.
of Mortar Board, stepped out on
the stage to introduce the guest
of the evening, the jolly old gentle
man himself, Mr. Santa Claus.
After surveying the crowd Santa
Claus pulled out a sheath of letters
and started to read the requests
chosen to receive the six ceeds.
The "Stocking girls" came out
of a huge red and green stocking
hung in front of a giant red brick
fireplace located on the stage.
Winner Meets Girl.
As his letter was being read, the
winner walked from .the crowd to
the stage where he was presented
to the girl most nearly filling his
description. He then escorted her
to the red and white Christmas
package hassock where she was
seated until the presentations were
completed. Each coed wore a
Xmas corsage of holly and pine
cones tied together with red rib
bons. First letter from Santa's file was
(See 'Gift Coeds,' page 2.)
All University Fund Campaign
Begins; Set $2,300 As Goal
Tomorrow will mark the open
ing of the first All University
Fund drive. A goal of $2,300 has
been set for this new organiza
tion's first campaign.
At ag campus a convocation at
UN Alumnus
Takes Denver
Chancellory
Dr. Ben Cherrington, a Ne
braska alumnus. ha? hpn nn-
pointed interim chancellor of the
10 p. m. will open the drive there.
Carroll M. Moon, regional field
secretary of YM and YWCA, will
address the group. He will speak
on the World's Student Service
Fund and the work it is accom
plishing here and abroad.
Make Pledges
Envelopes in which to enclose
contributions or a signed pledge
will be distributed among the au
dience, which will consist of stu
dents, whose classes will be dis
missed, faculty members, and
members of the STAR unit.
The money collected from this
first drive, which is to aid the
W'SSF and Rags for Servicemen,
will be divided among the two
organizations according to their
budgets.
Students may contribute to the
drive by cash donations or sign
pledges to be fulfilled at a later
date. Mortar Boards, at their
(See AUF, page 2.)
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From
Lincoln Journal.
DR. BEN CHERRINGTON
. . heads Denver university.
University of Denver after serv
ing as acting chancellor there.
Dr. Cherrington received his
(See Alumnus, page 2.)
YWCAHolds
Xmas Dinner
Tuesday Nite
YWCA's traditional Christmas
ceremony, the Hanging of the
Greens dinner, will be held Tues
day at 5:45 p. m. in Ellen Smith
hall. Representatives of all cam
pus organizations, including presi
dents of organized houses, have
been invited to attend.
Following the dinner the greens
will be hung, with the YW vesper
choir singing as a background.
Led by the choir the audience will
Join in the singing of Christmas
carols. Ghita Hill will give a
reading, and officers say a ur
prise program Is in store.
Male Reservations.
Reservations for the dinner must!
C3ee YW, page 24
Pr.J.tBaiBeriDebuBiiks
health Fads at Convo
"Plain hooey" was the opinion
of Dr. William W. Bauer, director
of the bureau of health education
of the American Medical associa
tion, on a great deal that is pre
sented in the name of health
education. Dr. Bauer was speaker
at a university convocation Fri
day in the Union. . j
Decrying the waves of food fads
that sweep the country, he de
bunked the assertion that pas
teurization destroys vital food ele
ments in milk and hit at those
who insist one should not eat car
bohydrates and proteins in the
same meal.
Vitamin Advertising Exaggerates
Much vitamin advertising ex
aggerates the importance of ob
taining vitamins outside the nor
mal foods which supply all essen-
(See Convo, page 3.)
Panhellenic Scholarship
Filings Close Tuesday
Tuesday is the last day to file
for Panhellenic scholarships.
Six awards of $25 each will be
presented to the winners at the
Panhellenic dinner, Thursday,
Sept. 9.
Application blanks can be ob
tained at the office of the dean
of women. The awards will be
given to affiliated girls on the
basis of need and averages
maintained in college.
Vol. 85, No. 66
Sunday, December 5, 1943
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OffAgFacultyEHie
Miss Grace Margaret Morton
associate professor and head of
the textiles and clothing division
Uni Singers
Give Annual
Carol Show
Under the direction of Dr.
Arthur E. Westbrook, the Uni
versity Singers will present the
annual Christmas Carol program
in the Union ballroom this afternoon.
Two programs will be presented,
one at 2:30 p.m. and the other at
4 p. m. French soldiers, stationed
at the Lincoln Air Base, have been
invited to the 2:30 program.
Tickets for the programs may
be obtained at the Union office or
at ag campus, from the finance
(See Carols, page 2.)
Campus 'Prairie Schooner 9
Subscription Drive Opens
Members of Tassels and Theta
Sigma Phi, national Journalism so
rority, will open the campuswide
subscription drive for the Prairie
Schooner tomorrow.
In collaboration with the Schoon
er, the English department is
sponsoring a contest for short
stories and poems. Entries may be
submitted between Dec. 15 and
Jan. 30.
Miss Louise Pound, Mr. Kenneth
Forward, and Mr. Orin Stepanek
are members of the Judging com
mittee. There will be a prize of
110 for the best story and $5 for
the best poem, the winners being
published in a later issue of the
Schooner. Runncrs-up In tho con
test will be awarded year's sub
scriptions to the publication.
One of the contributor! to the
forthcoming issue of the Schooner
will be Sgt. C. D. Shokes, formerly
with the public relations depart
ment of the STAR unit at the uni
versity. ri essay, "Gawd's Chil-
(8e Schooner, pigs 1) 1 ' 1
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in the department of home eco
nomics at tne university, died Fri-
ft ...yew
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From Lincoln Journal,
MISS GRACE MORTON
. . . Her high ideals are appre
ciated by all who knew her
well."
day at a hospital in Zanesville, CL'
She had been ill since last sum
(See Morton, page 2.)
Pboto by Mtrchkll Cook'?
Dr. L. C. Wlmberly, editor of the Prairie Schooner, discusses an
article by Sgt. C. D. Shokes, formerly with the STAR unit at S3,
whose art Me, 'Gawd's Chlllun Tatklny appears In the ourrent
Issue, of the magazine.
Mile. Contest
Entries File
By Tuesday
Entries for the Mademoiselle
Victory Coed contest must be
filed at the war council office In
the Union basement by Tuesday,
December 7. Sororities and or
ganized houses are asked to sub
mit names and qualifications of
two candidates each.
The following Information
should be submitted about the
nominees: (1) an account of not
less thon 250 words telling why
the candidate is eligible for the
M-V award, (2) subjects being
taken, (3) year in school, and ()
names and addresses of three pe
sons, not relatives, who will rec
ommend the girt.
The first candidate to represettl
Nebraska will be chosen by Judges
Si'Jected by the war council. An
outstanding eoed from the unlvcr
sity will be chosen In like man
ner for each month's content. The
national winner receives a certifW
cate of honor and a Jeweled pia
from Mademoiselle,