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Editors
Pfc. Bill Chisolm Pfe.Bill Calkin
Convocation Outlines Program
For ASTP Men at Nebraska
Five speakers outlined the aca
demic and army phases of the pro
gram to the approximately 1,200
students of the army specialized
training program at a convocation
in the coliseum Monday.
German and American ideas of
education were briefly compared
by Chancellor C. S. Boucher who,
quoting from the continental con
gress records, said that schools are
necessary for "religion, morality,
and knowledge," and from Hitler,
"Knowledge is ruin to my young
men."
AAL Program Excellent.
Dean C. H. Oldfather of the arts
and sciences said "the area and
language program was one of the
very best that has been set up in
the ASTP." He pointed out that
this group has clear objectives:
fluency in the language they study
and a knowledge of the area.
Speaking for the college of en
gineering, Dean O. J. Ferguson
said the work and study required
offered a challenge and that he re
gretted it was difficult to nego-
ASTP Valuable
To Meet Army's
'Greater Needs'
In srme ways, the infantry sol
dier who has been selected for
ASTP may feel he is out of things
He worked like the devil for four
months to learn how to fight. And
then, because he has some brains
he is ordered back to school.
The slufl from training camp to
schoolroom is an abrupt one. It
hardly seems to make sense un
less the probably continuing need
for men of education as leaders
ana specialists in tomorrow's
army is held in mind. The empha
sis on intensive physical work to
intensive mental work, the knowl
edge that other hundreds of thou
sands of men are joining their
regiments or going directly over
seas as replacements these things
all help to make you feel that the
w;m is passing yo'i by. that you
wil; never get the chance to fight.
Yon had kaincd a lot about
fighting, and you were all for us
in what you had learned where
it would do the most good when
the schoolbel! rang for you again.
Must Meet Army Needs.
Well, those who laid the plans
for ASTP could only be thinking
about the greater needs of the
army. You can be certain that you
would never be picked out of sev
eral million m:-n and sent to school
f r the better part of a year unless
there was a coming need of
trained and educated men of your
cal:b?r already apparent. It may
b-? a gripe to read what soldiers
already fighting in the war thea
ters are accomplishing toward
victory, while you are sitting in
class. But you belong to this war
every bit as rr.uch as they do. and
the thing you can help most by
doing is tackle your assignments
with the same will with which the
others are tackling the German
ti the Jap.
You'll be getting the benefit
where you are of military instruc
tion. When the nine months are
over, further training will follow
for some, and every soldier in
ASTP will be ready for greater
war responsibilities.
War Will Last.
The war it not likely to end be
fore vou finish school, or for a
long time after that. It could con
ceivablyif you can imagine 10
million German officers and sol
diers, and the millions of Hitler's
second armv who hold the Oer-
n'an people in line, suddenly quit
ting and letting the Allied fores
thru to Berlin. Or it could if you
can imagine several million fanat
ics! Japs, who actually believe
t'.iat they are every one better
fiddling men than any American
soldier, with an unquestioning na
tion behind them almost as big in
rvoulation as ours if you can
'"7'r" F'jch people folding up in
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tiate as much personal contact as
advisers would like.
Classification officer, Capt. C. J.
Lindley, explained that approxi
mately 10 percent of those begin
ning in September had been
dropped. He also pointed out that
ASTP men may be called for
other duty at any time.
Don't Worry, Says Murphy.
Col. J. P. Murphy, commandant,
summed up the convocation by ad
vising the student-soldiers to wor
ry only 24 hours ahead and to
confine that worrying to the next
day's lessons. He praised the re
lations with civilian students, say
ing that "the university has gone
all out to entertain the soldiers."
In honor of the occasion the uni
versity ROTC band also played.
Jjt LET 'EM
The
The
NEBRASKAN
Military Holds
GI Ping-Pong
Championship
For the everlasting glory of all
wielders of the ping-pong paddle,
an All-Military Ping-Pong tourna
ment is scheduled to open next
week. GIs interested in participat
ing in this contest of skill to decide
once and for all the weighty prob
lem of who shall bear the title of
Nebraska's military champion
must sign up for the singles or
doubles division before Saturday,
January 22.
The AST and the Air Corps will
each determine their unit champs,
who will then hold a battle royal
for the coveted honor. The grand
winners will receive leather-bound
stationery sets, while the unit
champs in both singles and doubles
may select a $5 year's subscription
to the magazine of their choice.
Pairing will be made after the
registration is complete and the
schedules will be posted on the re
spective bulletin boards.
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Company A has achieved 100
percent participation in National
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also taken out a War Bond allot
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the company yesterday.
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Company C Stops 'A' 57-25;
Lind Scores 22 Points For C
C Company had too much power
last night, as they defeated Com
pany A, o7 to 25 in an Army
tournament game. At the end of
a fast first half, the boys in blue
led 28 to 19, paced by Cliff Lind
with 9 and Milt Dobrer with 7
points.
With 14 minutes gone, "C" led
21 to 12, then the Red and White
put on a scoring spurt, as Oliver
hooDed two and Mallon one basket,
to bring the score to 22 to 18.
But then Lind and Dobrer worKea
several fast breaks to leave the
halftime score at 28-19.
Lind Leads Scorers.
High point man for the eve
ning was C's pivot man, Cliff
Lind, who dropped in 22 points,
many on fast breaks and pivot
shots. Milt Dobrer added 10 points
to the winner's total, while Olivera
made 9 points for the loser's.
As the game progressed, both
teams loosened up and the play
became rougher and faster; with
C Company's fast break showing
to advantage. A Company was
held to three field goals in the
second half; meanwhile Lind alone
was tallying 13 points.
The victory put C Company out
in front in the round-robin, with
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House, hit hard by transfers and
men shipping out, has withdrawn
from the competition. Co. A lost
Miller and McKeever in the re
cent shift. C Cornpany gained sev
eral new from the STAR Unit.
Mainstay on the officials' bencli
with a record of having kept the
scorebook and watched the time
for every intramural contest have
been Gene Balaban and Ted Tway.
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BOX SCORE.
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