The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current, February 11, 1944, Page 5, Image 5

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    Friday, February 11, 1944
DAILY NEBRASKAN
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From Lincoln Journal.
Miss Katherine King of Lincoln
was chosen as an attendant of
the First Lady at the President's
birthday ball at the University
of Missouri. Miss King, a senior
at Stephens college, Columbia,
Mo., was one of five girls se
lected from a group of Univer
sity of Missouri, Christian col
lege and Stephens coeds who
were candidates for the title.
She formerly attended the Uni
versity of Nebraska and is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Lowell R. King.
Dictionary Lists English
Professor as Contributor
A pronouncing Dictionary of
American English, by John S. Ken
yon and Thomas A. Knott, lists
Prof. Louise Pound of the Univer
sity of Nebraska among the in
formants to whom it is indebted.
The dictionary, published by the
Merriam Company of Springfield,
Mass., publishers of Webster's dic
tionary, is the first phonetic pro
nouncing dictionary of speech of
the United States. It corresponds
to Daniel Jones' dictionary of the
standard speech of Southern England.
Society Has It . . . Shirley Johnson to Wed
beauty struggles, iombarsj
Blizzard; Latter, the Winna
Snow and blow - exhilaration on
accounta no teachers and classes
. . . Jo Martz falling flat in front
of a car . . . Charlotte Hill asking
did the car stop and Jo saying,
well, I'm here, aren't I, and Char
lotte saying worse luck, and so
it goes . . . leave it to a snow
storm to bring out the grace in
the women.
But to top it all, Lois Brainard
calls up the Alpha Ooo house this
morn to tell the gals her house
is absolutely snowed under and she
can't even get out-of-doors, but
Dean Thompson himself is over
helping her shovel out and if that
doesn't call for a medal, now
what does?
Papillion's the place, said Sigma
Kappa Margaret Richmond to
Marion Lee lrst Thursday and
there they were married and it
was a great big secret till Mar
garet passed the candy Monday
Christinas ...
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happy, especially the conscientious
ones who trudged to class along
unshoveled walks, only to find
that their professor hadn't made
it. That shouldn't happen to a
dog. The professors themselves
did get there eventually after tax
ing their ingenuity. Mr. Harsh,
psychology prof, hooked a ride on
a paint truck. English prof L. C.
Wimberly took to his feet, and
be wasn't a bit happy about it.
Mr. Nelson, economics prof, just
took the bus.
Nebraska farmers, not in the
least worried about class cuts, are
overjoyed, for now their winter
wheat crops will get that life
giving water so necessary to feed
soldiers and civilians. Just what
the three pigeons, shivering and
objecting loudly on the porch roof
of the Phi Psi house, thought
about it is strictly censored, as
are the comments of the numer
ous people who found themselves
in a horizontal position unex
pectedly. All in all, it wasn't so bad.
Students can skip classes legiti
mately for a change, coeds can
wear jeans and slacks to classes
without penalty, it's too cold to
drink beer, and teachers can't get
to classes. The sun will probably
have it melted by tomorrow, any
way. UN Senate . .
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Board, ag war council, YWCA,
church organizations and the sol
diers contributed generously."
The next AUF drive will be for
the Red Cross and will begin
March 5, according to Ghita Hill,
who replaces Bob Lienhart as head
of publicity.
The national quota is 50 percent
over last year's quota. Lancaster
county will have $170,000 as its
goal.
Twenty-one students have sign
ed up for the new course in Chi
iiese language and culture at
Wheaton college. Illinois.
According to the Lantern, Ohio
State university students this year
suffered from a Christmas lack
of mistletoe. The Lantern said
market dealers attributed the un
preceded shortage to the war busi
ness of New Mexicans where most
of the 'oscular bushes" grew.
Carroll, Wisconsin's pioneer col
lege, was incorporated in 1846.
UN Dent College
Librarian Weds
Faculty Member
Miss Doris Ripley, librarian in
the dental college, was married to
Capt. Ray M. Knapp on Jan. 29.
The groom was a faculty member
of the dental college before he
entered the service.
Captain and Mrs. Knapp are on
a short honeymoon in Minneapolis,
after which Mrs. Knapp will re
turn to work in the library, and
Captain Knapp will return to his
post.
Both are graduates of the Uni
versity of Nebraska, where Mrs.
Knapp was a member of Kappa
Delta and Phi Beta Kappa, and
Captain Knapp was a member of
Delta Sigma Delta.
ROTC . . .
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Kent, will present "Divertisse
ment" by Agostini-Bainum.
Tschaikowsky's "Nutcracker
Suite" will comprise most of the
program. The suite was designed
as music for a ballet, the story of
which concerns a poor little girl
who dreams that her homely
Christmas gift of a nut-cracker
comes to life to lead the toy sol
diers in battle against the Mouse
King. Later, the nut-cracker be
comes a hand.some prince who
takes the poor, little girl to the
castle of gay festivity with the
living toys and sweetmeats.
Play Seven Monuments.
The "Nutcracker Suite" is di
vided into seven movements, Over
ture, Miniature, Marche, Dance of
the Sugar-Plum Fairy, Arabian
Dance, Chinese Dance, Dance of
the Mirletons and Trepak.
The rest of the program con
sists of the "Athletic Festival
March" by Prolofieff, "Overture
to Phedre" by Massene, "Slavonic
Serenade" by Shadwell, "The
Seven Seas" by Coates, "Suite of
Serenades" by Herbert, "Tropical"
by Gould, "Liberty Bell' by
Sousa, and "Marche Slav" by
Tschaikowsky.
YMCA . . .
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of the ag and city campus YM in
honor of Mr. Floyd. The party
was held in the YM rooms at
Temple, using the fireplace to
roast hot dogs. Mr. Floyd was
presented with a farewell gift.
Another of the general meel ings
of the city campus YMCA will be
held Tuesday, Feb. 15. at 7:30
p. m. Dr. Gerald Kennedy, pastor
of St. Taul Methodist cnurcn, win
be guest speaker, using as his
topic "What Can 1 Do Now?" The
meeting wil be in charge of Ix-vi
Arehart, president of the city
campus YM. All men of the uni
versity arc invited.
Wimberly Story Appears
In Current Yale Review
Trof. Lowry Charles Wimberly
of the English department gives
an unusual twist to the story of
the prodigal son in a short story
appearing in the current issue or
the Yale Review, quarterly publi
cation of the Yale university
press.
craned "iLeturn or a snop, me
story deals with the somewhat
Impromptu homecoming of an out
cast native son who had made a
fnrtim in a distant citv and was
somewhat puzzled to discover that
a nometown pu ooom tvc
the natives an air of indifference
toward persons ox weaJtn.
night and revealed that little job
. . . now Mr. and Mrs. Lee will
live happily ever aTter on a ranch
in Brownlee, and there's a bit of
heaven for ya cuz who wouldn't
pick a ranch to live on any day
these days?
Special deliveries and long dis
tance phone calls from "Charlie"
in Missouri are causing current
thrills for the AOPi ferns and be
lieve you me "I'm from Missouri"
carries a lot of weight here when
it comes to a good deal. And not
only specials and calls, but candy
and diamonds too as Betty Fager
berg receives a hunk of (no, not
candy, dopes) rock from Bob
Campbell, former Nebraska Phi
Gam. And another Fiji enters the
layout (pardon) as pledge Betty
Bennett formally announced her
engagement to Boyd Brewster,
now at Camp Crowder, Mo.
This weather provokes much
more sadness, as tho robbing
coeds of their precious last bits
of femininity wasn't enough
straight hair, lipstick drooling
(and in this case not from the
"heat") to say nothing trite
about the proverbial shiny noses
after the blizzard has washed all
beauty away . . . and then a plane
gets grounded in Las Vegas on
which was Ensign Paul Pooley on
his way to ChioO Gerry Neu
meyer and now he's in Las Vegas
and she's in a snow drift . . .
Myself, I can think of worse places
than Las Vegas, but then . . .
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Lincoln Sunday Journal and Star
The engagement of Miss Shirley Jeanne Johnson to Edward
Faytinger of the United States Navy, has been announced by her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Johnson of David City. The wedding will
be an event of Feb. 27. Miss Johnson attended the university and
was a member of Pi Beta Phi. Mr. Faytinger also attended the uni
versity and was a member of Sigma Chi.
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Perry Brown Designs
the "Success" look
for Smart Juniors
Fashions the smaller figure can wear for
career or off-campus or luncheon downtown,
are deftly designed by Perry Brown. He gives
them that "specially created" air that junior
sizes adore and should always have.
The two-piece crepe, illustrated, is in
waterfall with dickey and weskit strip
ir,rs of Cuban pink. Also in blue sky
with bonbon pink . . bonbon with blue
sky.
$16.95
Oilur jai-h'nm far n'tzea 9 to J? are in thwr,
print and poikm Join, $10.05 S23.00
Heady -to-Wear
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