1809-1865
Seventy-nine years ago Abra
ham Lincoln lived.
For 56 years his life was filled
with the same kind of hardships,
love, marriage, happiness and sor
rows that a normal man of . his
period had. Lincoln, whose birth
day la celebrated tomorrow re
mains memorable not for the fact
that he was a normal man who
won the Civil war and brought
freedom to all men, but he is re
membered as a true and honest
American who had a deep sincer
ity in all his actions which
prompted fair and equal deci
sions. Lincoln, Nebraska's ' capital,
named after the country's 16th
president is a living monument to
the tall, darkwhiskered gentlemen
with the umbrella and tall hat.
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Vol 85, Nc. 6
A ra bianA tmosphere Costs Fifteen
Cents at Annual Penny Carnival
Freak shows, an Arabian at
mosphere, chances and dancing
all for 15 cents at the Coed Coun
selors' annual Penny Carnival Sat
urday afternoon from 2:30 to 5
p. m. in Giant Memorial Hall. Fif
teen booths designed and set up
the organized women's houses on
the campus will be the source of
all this entertainment.
The admission charge entitles
the ticket holder tc 15 cents worth
of entertainment at the carnival
and may be obtained from any
member of the organization or at
the door. Military trainees are
being extended a special invitation
and the closing time is bemg ad
vanced 30 minutes so that they
will be able to ccn:e.
Wednesday's
Stamp Sales
Total 8268.95
Campus salts of war stamps in
the fourth war loan drive now
total $1,334.20. For the entire
school year (he total is $2,450.10.
Wednesday's regular sales net
ted $263.95 with sale at the Union
amounting to $102.60: at Sosh,
JU3 65; at Andrews. $18.25; and
at ag, $114 25.
Tassels selling stamps at the
dorm Wednesday night made
sale totaling $30.20. Last night
Ta.-j.sels made another house to
houxe campaign.
L. A. Bingham Resigns
To Co To Boulder
L. A. Bingham, assistant pro
fessor of electrical engineering at
the University cf Nebraska, is re
signing to become an associate
profesHor in the same field at the
University of Colorado at Boulder.
His resignation here will become
effective Feb. 26.
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Prof. Bingham has been on the
College of Engineering staff since
1931. A graduate of Northeastern
University, he has his master's de
gree from Massachusetts Institute
of Technology.
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Your University: page 2.
Hell and High Water: page 2.
'Little Foxes": page 2.
Society: oaae 5.
Army News: page 6.
Shorts: page 7.
UN Activities: page 9.
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Each ticket holder may vote
for the booth which he thinks is
best on the back of the ticket and
at 4 p. m. a judging committee
composed of Pat Lahr, Prof. Karl
Arndt and Dean Nels Bengston
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DEAN NELS A. BENGSTON
. . judges carnival booths
will judge the booths and name
the winner who will receive a lov
ing cup. The cup was won last
year by Alpha Chi Omega.
Grant Memorial will be open
Saturday morning and the booths
will be set up at that time.
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White Christmas Arrives Tardily,
But Blame It on Mister Qroundkog
By RUTH KORB and
LES GLOTFELTY.
It's snowing!
Yep, we had a feeling that all
this and heaven too was too good
to last. The ol' man groundhog
didn't come out and give himself
the once over for nothing. Wed
nesday night the wind blew, the
snow flew, and in walked winter.
It's all part of a scheme that
began at the Theta house.
Sevetal days ago, the Thetas
were greatly shaken by a tre
mendous explosion, which seemed
to rock the house. It was nothing
less than their furnace, and, as
the war has made furnaces hard
to get and very valuable, It was
definitely more than a minor in
cident in their young lives. The
Thetas were almost compelled to
leave their now freezing Igloo for
the warmer shelter of other to
rority houses, but that lovely re
pair man patched it up, and, if
another explosion doesn't occur,
salutes patrons.
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Friday, February 11, 1944
YMCA Board
Elects Harper
As Chairman
University YMCA board met
last Tuesday to discuss problems
arising due to the departure of
Mr. Eugene Floyd, former YM
secretary, who left recently for
service in the Navy.
The main purpose of the meet
ing of the board of management
was the election of new officers
W. C. Harper was elected chair
man; L. F. Laase, vice-chairman;
C. E. Rosenquist, secretary; and
Clarence G. Miles, treasurer. New
board members include Dr. Leroy
T. Laase, representing the city
campus faculty; Prof. G. W. Trim-
berger from the ag campus fac
ulty; and Dr. Gerald Kennedy,
representing the board of the Lin
coln YMCA.
Board Members Named.
Other board members are Dr.
G. W. Rosenlof, Dr. C. E. Rosen
quist, Mr. Clarence G. Miles, Levi
Arehart, Bill Sakayama, Kenzo
Kuroda, David ' Sander, Max
Baird, Jim Miyamoto, and Sam
Kamino.
A stag farewell party was given
last Saturday evening by members
See YMCA, page 5.
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And the army, too, has had Its
share of troubles. Several of the
army trucks were badly stalled
in the snow drifts, and it seemed
to take the whole library to move
them.
R. D. Moritz Postpones
Meeting of Student
Teachers Until Thursday
Meeting of all new candi
dates for teaching positions for
the school year 1944-1945 was
postponed, but will meet next
Thursday at 4 p. m. In room
200 of Teacher. R. D. Moritz,
director of the teacher place
ment, . announced that this la
not a repetition of the Decem
ber meeting and should be at
tended by a!l who plan to teach
lext year.
Musical Reviews Wars
Tonight for the first time soldier talent, will partieipate
in a university production before an audience composed en
tirely of military trainees and their dates when the curtain
raises on the opening act of The War Show of 1944.
In addition to the usual bevy of student dancers, singers
afld musicians about 35 soldiers stationed here in the ASTP
and Air Corps units have lent their talents to the cast of this
year's war council show, which will be presented Saturday
night and Sunday afternoon as well as tonight. Footlights
are scheduled to go up at 8 o'clock.
Those who saw last year s Red,
Hot and Blue or Hi Jinxs of the
year before will remember old fa
vorites like Joe Weaver Kline,
Helen Gruesel, Betty Krause, and
Jean Cowden, who are back again
with new and different acts.
Added to these are newcomers
such as Betty Peters and Jean
Frescoln with their version of the
Barber of Seville, Joyce Edwards
and her "out of this world" voice,
Marilyn,- Simpson and Dorris Eb
eily who give their own solution
of the man shortage and the sing
ing and dancing choruses.
To Furnish Music.
Jerry Broder and his GI ag
gregation furnish the musical
background for both acts. Roger
O'Rielly brings a touch of Eire
to the stage with his Irish ballads
and Joe Stynes rollicks thru sev
eral George M. Cohan specialties,
while the rest of the soldier cast
wisecrack and sing their way' thru
the two acts.
The first act is set in a 1918
ROTC Band
Play Concert
Sunday at 3
Annual midwinter concert of
the university ROTC band, direct
ed by Mr. Donald Lentz, will be
presented Sunday at 3 p. m. in
the Coliseum.
For the first time girls will play
a prominent part in the band. Un
til this year only six girls were
in the band, but now the number
has increased to 33.
Present Soloist.
"Fantasia di Concerto" is the
title of the special number played
by Robert Jorden on his baritone
horn. A trumpet sextet, composed
of Carlos Atkinson, Robert Mc
Shane, Wayne Wolfe, Calvin
Gloor, Phil Kerney, and Carrol
See ROTC, page 5.
University Senate Postpones
Approval AUF
Ratification of the All-University
funds organization was post
poned for a short time when the
university senate referred the
AUF constitution back to the
committee for further considera
tion in a meeting Wednesday.
The AUF collected approximately
$2,400 in the recent campus-wide
The air corps and ASTP boys
were quite enthused about the
whole thing. The snow had af
fected a platoon of them more
than petunias and humming birds
have in the past. The leader was
having a hard time trying to get
them to go into their class, be
cause they were having such fun
throwing snow at each other. And
did they love it! Several of them
were taking pictures of tueir
friends to send home to their fam
ilies, no doubt
Wonder how the boys from
sunny California and the deep
south feel about this weather?
Two of these sunshine fellows
were talking this morning and one
said: "The first time it snowed
at home, it snowed three inches,
and no one went to school for a
whole week."
Profs Have Trouble.
Civilian students weren t so
See Christmas, page 5.
speakeasy with its brass legged
tables, red checked cloths and
fancy wall paper in contrast to
the smooth gold, black and chrome
set to be used in the second act
which is placed in a 1944 model
night club.
Tickets Sold at Door.
Tickets to tonight's opening are
all but gone, according to Mary-
louise Goodwin. The ballroom will
hold at the most 800 persons and
tickets will be sold up to capacity.
There will be a door sale for all
three performances providing
there are tickets left.
The two night performances be
gin at 8 p. rn. and the matinee at
3 p. m. ASTP trainees will be
excused from study hall if they
hold Friday night tickets.
The show is under the direction
of Jean Swarr and Leo Martin is
the faculty advisor. Jerrie Mc
Kensie is in charge of make-up
and the costumes were made by
Mrs. Leo Martin, Miss Jeannette
Fraiser, Mary Ellen McFarland,
Marian Trippany and Virginia
Bergrenn. Bob Van Sant and Dick
Klopp constructed and painted the
stage settings.
Spanish Movie
Stars Mexican
Comedv Hero
"Los Millones de Chaflan," mod
ern Spanish comedy is to be pre
sented by the modern languages
department, at the union on Wed
nesday, February 16. There will '
be three performances, at 4:00,
7:15 and again at 8 p. m.
With Mexico's leading comedian
as the star, this movie promises to
be a great success. There is a
scarcity of Spanish movies, and
since this is one of the few good
ones to be presented, everyone is
urged to attend. Tickets are 25c
and can be purchased from mod
ern language students.
Constitution
drive, for which the goal was
$2,300.
"This does not mean that the
constitution has been refused,"
said Dean Thompson, dean of
student affairs. "The senate just
wanted to consider the proposi
tion a little more before acting."
The proceeds of the fall drive
went to university war organiza
tions. The largest portion of the
drive went to WSSF. A smaller
share of the contributions went
to Rag Tags.
Total Is Unknown.
"The definite total is unknown,"
said Virginia McCulla, treasurer
of AUF, "because all pledges are
not in. However, coed counsellors,
WAA, war council, AWS, Moi tar
See UN Senate, page 5.
Walter K. B?gg.s
Conducts KFAB
Forum Saturday
"Would Federal Aid for Public
Schools Endanger Local Control,"
will be the topic for the Univer
sity of Nebraska's forum of the
air Saturday at 5 o'clock over
KFAB.
Dr. Walter K. Beggs, professor
of education will be the moderator
of the panel discussion. Other
participants will be: Mr. Archer
L. Burnham, secretary of the
Nebraska State Education asso
ciation: Senator C. Petrua Peter
son, and Dean Frank E. Henzlik
of Teacher's college.