Friday, February 18, 1944"
THE NEBRASKAN
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Offices I'nion Hulldlnf
EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT
Editor June Jamieson
Business Manager Charlotte Hill
Managing Editors Pat t'hamberlin, Mary Helen Thorns
A Student's Faith
Xext Sunday morning in tlio interior of China, members of
the World's Student Christ inn Federation and their friends
will meet to pray for fellow Christians in Japan. Students in
occupied France and in Holland will pray for students in Ger
many. And students of the Fniversity of N'ecbraska, in the
United States of Amerha, will pray for students throughout
the world.
To most of us it is a little incongruous that a so persecuted
people as the Chinese or Dutch or French should be able to
"turn the other cheek" and pray for its persecutors. Never
theless, it is a demonstration of faith such as wo have not had
to experience. . Kcspect for such faith, if not faith itself, should
demand attendance at a similar service in educational institu
tions throughout the U. S. in schools where freedom of wor
ship is taught in some aspect by almost every instructor.
The universal day of prayer, cut to a 20 minute service,
will bo held in the Union ballroom at 10 Sunday morning.
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Pat Chamberl'm, Censor
Eleven former Nebraskans were recently com
missioned as second lieutenants and received their
wings upon graduation from the Randolph Field,
Texas, AAF training command. They are WARREN
R. PAUL, '40, ROY R. PETSCH, '41, KEITH D.
EVANS, ROBERT K. BOCK, '41, Flight Officer
REGINALD M. JORGENSEN, '42, WILBUR W.
WRIGHT, '42, PETER C. LAVELLE, '41, ROBERT
L. DIERS, 43, JAMES C. M'VAY, '43, TOM J.
JUDIG, '40, and ROBERT W. ROSENBAUM, '42.
Aviation cadets DALE F. BROEKMEIMIER
and WILLIAM D. HERMANN have just reported
to the Big Springs, Tex., bombardier school for
training. Dale was a member of Farm House
at UN.
Pfc. GEORGE BLACKSTONE, ATO PBK last
year, was back on a between semester furlough
from the AST at the University of Illinois.
ATO brother KENNY YOUNGER has received
his commission a second lieutenant in the air corps
from some field in Texas. It seems Texas is such
a big state the boys can't keep all the various fields
straight. Any communication is appreciau d.
Hell and High Water
By Les Glotfelty
We slept yesterday. We do not get around
much anyway. We have a number of inches
to fill. We have asked everyone in the Union
if they have any gripes that we could air in
this column. Everybody was happy except us.
We were not happy because we still had noth
ing to write about. Our bullet-proof vest is
getting moth-eaten. We needed news in the
form of scandal, politics, grand larceny, pyro
mania, blood, gore, socialism, elections, more
queens, dipsomania, and eight beers none of
which we had.
What wc really needed, it was decided
after much parlying, ws an undercover
woman who does get around. Someone on this
campus must get around. No one can be a
college woman unless she gets around. We are
not a college woman. We are a mere coed.
Interested persons arc urged to put on
their pitchfork and hoots and communicate
with Hell and High Water. Written applica
tions should be accompanied by a box of
Kleenex. We are still sleepy, but we are hope
ful that someone who gets around will be pick
ing her teeth at our desk Saturday.
'Mesperian Student' deigned
As USS Paper 73 Years Ago
Along with the other famous
birthdays this month conies the
birthday of the great grand-daddy
of the Nebraskan. The Nebraskan,
as it is know today, truly "ain't
what it used to me."
The ''Hesperian Student," as the
first student publication was called
first saw the light in February,
1872, making this the seventy
third year for the Nebraskan and
ancestors. The Hesperian Student
was published by the Palladian
Society in those days. Its first
editor was J. S. Dales, one of the
two members of the university's
first graduating class.
Typical of articles appearing in
the Hesperian, a monthly publica
tion, were the following state
ments: "It is amusing to step into
the reading room and see with for the duration.
what velocity certain students
read some of the largest and most
scientific works in our library, '
and "the university inaugurated
its second term on the seventh,
with from 25 to 30 new students.
This speaks well for the manage
ment of Chancellor Benton and his
noble corps of Profs'."
The paper contained long ar
ticles on the status of education
and treatise on life in the abstract.
Headlines were small and one line
only, or sometimes, stories just
began without a head.
About forty-four years ago th.;
Daily Nebraskan came into exist
ence; and a month ago the Daily
Nebraskan became the Nebraskan
YOUR UNIVERSITY
'That This May Never Die!'
BY JIDGE MASON.
Last weekend I heard a soldier
praise the war show and comment,
"If Nebraska put on something
like this more often, it might
really be a keen school."
"It might really be a keen
school," is the common sentiment
of not only the soldiers but most
of the fresmen and sophomore
students at Nebraska, who have
never had a chance to witness the
great shows, elaborate parties, ral
lies, former Ivy 'Day ceremonies
and above all the immortal Ne
braska football teams which all
together made up one of the most
spirited and popular universities
in the country.
To give these many unfortunate
students a picture of the great UN
student spirit, which has been
temporarily packed away in lieu
of the more serious business of
war, let us first recall that un
forgettable day when Nebraska
was called to the Rose Bowl, De
cember 2, 1940.
The headline of that day's
Daily, "BOWL- ENTHUSIASTS
DISRUPT CAMPUS," was a ma
jor understatement. At about 10
a. m. a Husker onslaught, 2,000
strong, scurried over the campus,
across the mall, around and thru
buildings carrying a huge sign un
officially announcing "No School
Today" ... in defiance of official
word from Dean Thompson's of
fice that classes were being held.
The crowd, now grown to al
most 3,000, headed downtown, vis
ited all the theaters, and ended up
at the Lincoln hotel. At the Hotel,
KFOR hurriedly set up equipment
and broadcast the rally. In speak
ing on the air, Rohrig and Francis
said practically in unison, "It's too
wonderful to be true." The Hotel
lobby was described as "resemb-
ilincr tho intrrinr nf a snrdinp ran "
In two days 5,000 Rose Bowl
tickets were sold, the most ever
allotted to a visiting team. When
the team returned after the game,
having been defeated by a 21-13
score, another rally commenced,
with horseback riders, band, team
members and over 2,000 fans. The
sportsmanship with which the Ne
braska defeat was taken won the
Huskers this comment, "Nebraska,
though it lost the football game,
came away from California with
a reputation that any state in the
union might profitably endeavor
to achieve.
Important Nebraska traditions,
which have now been set aside for
the duration, were the highlights
of student activity. The elaborate
Military Ball, with its beautiful
grand march, famous orchestras
and exciting presentation of the
Honoi ry Colonel, was the big
occasion of the year. The Mortar
Board party which followed it,
and to which the girls took the
"fellas," was probably the most
hilarious event of the year, which
the students attended almost en
masse. Greek Week, Inter-fraternity
ball, Storybook ball, Triad
formal and numerous other social
events provided cherished enter
tainment every weekend.
If t o d a y's soldier trainees
thought the War Show was won
derdful, it is too bad they couldn't
have seen some of the Kosmet
Klub shows which were held an
nually at the Nebraska theatre.
Students and soldiers alike would
then understand that perform
ances like the War Show are not
"rare occurrences" at the university.
Seventy-three years of reporting
campus news is an enviable rec
ord, Happy Birthday to the Ne
braskan, and here's hoping its
seventy fourth birthday will find,
not the Hesperian Student or the
Nebraskan, but the "Daily Ne
braskan" carrying on.
Churches Have
Guest Speakers
This Week-end
Week-end religious program has
been announced by the various
Lincoln churches. Roger Williams
Fellowship .1 meet at the First
Baptist church Sunday at 7 p. m.
with Dr. Charles H. Patterson, as
sociate professor of philosophy
speaking on "The Ethics of Jesus.'
Youth Week will be the theme of
the morning service with univer
sity students conducting the wor
ship. Jerry Thomas, will preside,
Melton Friesenborg will speak on
"Faith for Youth," and Anna Mae
Hons will speak on "World's Mis
sion." Rev. L. W. McMillin of the Epis
copal church announces Sunday
services at 8:30 and 11:00 a. m.
Tuesday he will instruct the con
firmation classes at 7 p. m.
Ash Wednesday services will be
at 7 and 10 a. m., and Thursday
at 10 a. m.
Editor Heads Newman Club.
Under the direction of Emily
Maria Schassberger, university
publication editor and newly ap
pointed leader of the Newman
Club, the Newman Club will spon
sor a roundtable discussion of
problems concerning Catholic fam
ily life. There will also be a tea
dance for the trainees and stu
dents Sunday afternoon at 3 o'
clock at the CYO Club at 18th and
J. Sts.
Religious services will be held
tonight at the synagogue on 18th
and L streets with Rabbi Harry
Jolt in charge of the services.
Sunday services will be held at
11:45 a. m. followed by a brunch.
All trainees and students are in
vited to attend.
The Wesley Foundation Student
Fellowship will hold their regular
meeting Sunday night at 6:15 with
Rabbi Harry Jolt speaking on
"Our Common Heritage." Wed
nesday morning at 7:15 to 7:45
Rev. Robert E. Drew will conduct
the annual Lental worship, which
will carry out the theme of "Liv
ing in Tomorrow's World."
Lutheran chapel service for
students and service men will be
held at 11 a. m. Sunday in room
315 of the Union with Rev. Henry
Erck, university pastor, relivering
the sermon, "Behold, We Go Unto
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End 5 on Eeaemy
In a split second this enemy plane will be blasted
from the skies by a shell from one of our anti
aircraft guns on the ground.
How can a gun hit a plane going 300 miles an
hour 20,000 feet up . . .when it takes the shelL 15
seconds to get up there and in that time the plane
has gone more than a mile? Besides, the shell
curves in its flight. Wind blows it. Gravity pulls
on it. Even the weather affects its velocity.
The answer is the Gun Director-an electrical
brain which aims the guns. Swiftly it plots the
planes height and course. Instantly it solves the
complex mathematical problem, continuously
matching the curved path of the shell to that ot
the plane so the two will meet. It. even times the
fuse to explode the shell at the exact instant.
The electrical Gun Director has greatly inched
the deadliness of anti-aircraft gunfire. In its devel
opment at Bcll.Telephone Laboratories and us
production at Western Electric, college trained
men and women have played important parts.
Buy War Bonos regularly all you can!
Western Electric
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