Representatives from 26
Colleges Meet for Debate
One hundred fifty-five students
representing 26 schools are taking
part in the annual Nebraska in
tercollegiate discussion and debate
conference on the city campus to
day and tomorrow.
Directed by Dr. L. T. Laase, the
conference, using as its theme
"War and Post-war Problems,"
will include six rounds of debate,
three rounds of discussion, radio
news-casting, and victory speak
ing. The subject for debate will be,
"Resolved, That the U. S. should
co-operate in establishing and
maintaining an international police
force upon defeat of the axis."
Twenty-six teams are entered in
men's debate, with 28 teams en
tered in women's debate.
Divided in Three Stages.
The discussion, entitled "What
City
Religious
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Groups Hold
Lent Service
Lenten devotions, religious
speakers, and parties for trainees
will highlight the church calendar
for this weekend. The Roger Wil
liams fellowship will meet at 5:30
p. m. Sunday with Dr. O. H. Wer
ner, professor of principles of edu
cation, speaking on "Pre-Marriage
Factors in Building a Christian
Home."
Hillel will sponsor a brunch
following the 11:45 Sunday serv
ices . and a super dance at 4 :30
Sunday at the synagogue on 18th
and L for the trainees and univer
sity students. Rabbi Harry Jolt
wiil also hold services Friday at
8 p. m.
Rev. L. W. McMillin of the Epis
copal church announces Sunday
seivices at 8:30 and 11 a. m. with
Bishop Bringer, bishop for Ne
braska, present at the 11 o'clock
seivices to conduct confirmation.
Tuesday at 7 p. m. he will instruct
confirmation classes. Every Thui-s-day
during Lent communion will
be served at 7 and 11 a. m.
Hold Regular Meeting.
Wesley Foundation Student Fel
lowship will hold their regular
meeting Sunday at 6:15 p. m., with
the first in a series of discussion
of the book. "Six Pillars of Peace."
Rev. John Brook of Blair will be
the leader. Rev. Robert E. Drew
will conduct the annual Lental
worship, which will carry out the
theme of "Facing Tomorrow's
World," Wednesday at 7:15 to
7:45 a. m.
Lutheran chapel services for
students and service men will be
held at 11 a. m. Sunday in room
37t of the Union with Rev. Henry
Krck, university pastor, delivering
the sermon. "Jesus First Word
From the Cross, Forgive Them;
they know what they do.- Holy
Communion will also be served at
the Lenten service.
Newman Club announces Lenten
services will be held Wednesdays
and Fridays at 6:15 a. m. in the
Temple, room 201. Sunday there
will be the usual tea dance at the
CYO club, at 18th and J sts.
Advanced ROTC
Students Receive
Lieutenant Bars
Col. James P. Murphy, Com
mandant, announced the commis
sioning of five former second year
advanced ROTC students, as sec
ond lieutenants, engineer-reserve,
at Fort Belvoir, Va.
The n'w officers are: Robert E.
Taylor, ir., Roger D. Anderson,
James R. Critehfield, William T.
Edwards, and James E. Johnson.
A. Miller Reviews
'Victory to Peace'
Dr. A. L. Miller, pastor of the
First Presbyterian hcurch, will re
view "From Victory to Peace,"
Paul Hutchinson's latest book on
the problems that face America
after victory, at the coed counsel
ors book review meeting at Ellen
Smith hall on Tuesday, Feb. 29,
at J p. m.
This is the second in a series
of reviews on informative war
books.
should be the IT. S. Post-war for
eign policy?" will be divided into
three Btages. The first, or prob
lem Btage, will be a round table
discussion of goals and problems
to be considered in formulating the
U. S. foreign policy. The second,
or solution, stage is to be a panel
discussion on the same topic. As a
conclusion to the three rounds of
Fourth War
Loan Totals
$1730.55
Fall $270 Short
Of $2000 Goal
At End of Drive
This week marked the end of
the fourth national war loan drive,
Students bought stamps totaling
$1,730.55, failing: to reach the
$2,000 goal set by the war council
The campus drive began Jan. 18
with Tassels and special commit
tee students selling stamps at An
drews, Sosh, and the Union.
Stamps sold on the ag campus
were also included in this drive.
Their voluntary goal of $400 was
exceeded by $115.10.
Amount of sales this week:
Union $44 95, Andrews $19.20.
Sosh $18.25, ag campus $38.75.
Over $4,000 in war stamps and
bonds were sold on the university
campus the second semester of
last vear, more than double this
semester's intake.
Total war stamp and bond sales
for the year are now $2,846.40.
Home Ec Club
Announces New
Council Heads
Newly appointed members of
the home ec club council were an
nounced this week at a buffet
supper at the home of Miss Mar
garet Fedde, faculty advisor for
the club. Members of the council
will serve with the recently elected
officers as governing board for the
organization for the coming year.
Each retiring council member
gave a report on the progress made
by her committee during the past
year and plans for the remainder
of the current semester were dis
cussed. Blanche Reid, the new
president, and Monica Alberty, re
tiring acting president, presided.
New Committee Heads Named.
New committee heads and their
assistants are: finance. Frances
Jane Howell and Margaret Ruth
Heim; war activities, Harriet Fiee
man and Lillian Synder; program
Gladys Bowman; service co-chairmen.
Virginia Bobbitt and Vivian
Ferris.
Fine aits, Julia Crom and Shir
ley Marsh; professional, Lona Has
kins and Sue Fishwood; publicity.
Betty Huston and Lois Opper;
membership, Virginia Pollard and
Carol Burdcnbaugh; social . co-
chairmen, Catherine Curley and;
(See HOME EC, Page 4.)
NAA Opens Annual Exhibit
March 5
Nebraska Art association opens
its 54th exhibit Sunday, March 5,
with the opening of the galleries in
Morrill haH and the presentation
of living pictures at the Student
Union. Lincoln people will costume
'.hem selves to appear in the living
pictures which are reproductions
of the original paintings.
Last year's demand was for pic
tures which reflected the war of
neives, as well as representations
of soldiers, camps, battleships and
the activity and paraphernalia of
combat. This year's galleries will
be for the most part filled with
pictures suitable for the home.
Oilt, Water-colors, Drawings.
There will be about 70 oils as,
discussion, a resolution will pre
sented to the general assembly for
parliamentary discussion. If it is
passed, the resolution will be for
warded to congressmen of the va
rious states represented. Eighty
two students have been entered in
this phase of the conference.
Marti to Spe?k.
As a special feature of the con
ference, a luncheon for all dele
gates will be held Saturday noon
at the chamber of commerce. Dr.
Laase will preside, with a greet
ing on behalf of the university by
Dean T. J. Thompson. The main
address will be given by Mayor
Lloyd Marti, former debater at Ne
braska and a member of the Ne
braska chapter of Delta Sigma
Rho, national honorary forensic
fraternity. He will address the
delegates on "Youth of Today in
Post-War World." Special guests
at the luncheon will include Gov
ernor Griswold and Martin J. Hol
comb, national president of Pi
Kappa Delta, national honorary
forensic fraternity. Entertainment
will be furnished by a number
chosen from the war show.
Saturday afternoon four stu
dents, selected on the basis of rat
ing and achievement, will partici
pate in the Nebraska forum of the
air over KFAB at 5 p. m. The
subject of the forum will be
"Should there be an international
police force to guarantee the
peace."
The public is invited to attend
the various debates and discus
sions of the conference in the Tem
ple theater.
Vol. 86, No. 93
Dr. Thompson
Initiates Fund
For Research
a furwl for the sunnort of re
search work done under univer-!
sity supervision by resident doe
tors in Lincoln hospitals has been
initiated by Dr. J. E. M. Thomson
of Lincoln, it was announced by
the Nebraska Foundation today.
Dr. Thomson has contributed
$1,500 to begin the fund in the
hope that additional gifts will
srwell the fund to such an extent
that an adequate program can be
supported.
Recognize Advantages.
Flans for the fund anticipate the
day when Lincoln hospitals will be
approved for the training of res
ident doctors and will recognize
the advantages that will come
from a working relationship be
tween the hospitals and the sci
ence departments of the univer
sity in research problems, it was
explained by Perry W. Branch,
secretary of the Foundation.
(See FUND, Page 4.)
in Morrill
well as many watercolors and
drawings. Among the drawings
will be a study of John Brown,
by Curry, one by Boardman Rob
inson, who will lecture here on the
last Sunday of the show, and one
bv Henry Schnakenberg, whose
"Girl With Sea Shell" is in the per
manent collection. There will, as
usual, be sculptures in wood, terra
c-otta, bronze and granite.
Pop Hart, who has never been
shown here, will be represented by
a water color. John Sloan, an old
timer to Nebraska art enthusiasts,
will have two oils and two mono
types. Everett srunn will have a
pastel Fire in the Skyscraper.",
Some of the artists whose works
AWS Sellers
IFnflMes Slkntfs
Five skits and four curtain acts wore selected by the AWS
board to bo presented at the annual Coed Follies which will
be held March 9 in the Temple theater.
Sororities participating with skits are: Alpha Thi, Delta
Delta Delta, Pi Beta Phi, tSijiina Delia Tau and Delta Canmia.
Winning curtain nets are: Kappa Kappa (iaiiima, Alpha Chi
Omega, Chi Omega and Alpha Omicron Pi.
Follies Skits.
Alpha Phi skit, "For Whom the Hells Toll," is based on
the theme of more marriages, with Pat Purdham as a typical
bride. Margaret Keese is the skitmaster.
Pi Meta Phi's skit takes place in "Happy Hunting Ground "
and features an original Indian dance by the chorus. Jo
Weaver Kline is skitmaster.
Helen Hemphill will direct "The Mad Hatter," which is a
take-off on women's bats.
Hoogie Heater's Hetty Kuklin and Harriet Larkis will be
featured in Sigma Delta Tail's "Command Perform a nee"
directed by Hecky Silver.
A satire on Shakespeare in a "Comedy of Errors" will bo
dramatized by the Delta Gamma under the leadership of Nadia
Kunrman.
Curtain Acts.
Kappa Kappa Gamma will present a "Hliud Date" .hov
with Mimi Ann Johnson as master of ceremonies.
Deacon Jones and a tall, dark, brown-skin girl will high
light Alpha Chi Omega's "Brown Sugar." Ruth Dlattspeik-r
is the skitmaster.
Chi Omega's "Ilink" Aasen will portray the wolf in
"Little Red Riding Hood Goes to the Junior Prom" with Jerry
Xeumeyer in charge of the curtain act.
Helen Gruesel will direct the Alpha Omicron Pi's "Alpha
0 Paradise," which is set in a Hawaiian atmosphere.
Tryouts or the Follies were held Tuesday and Wednesday
nights with 10 groups participating. All final entries are asked
to be present at dress rehearsal -Wednesday, March S.
Ticket sellers will turn in money Feb. 28 and March 8.
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LINCOLN, 8, NEBRASKA
Boucher Guarantees Full
Civilian Course Next Year
That the civilian program of the
university will be continued at its
BOUCHER.
Galleries
are familiar with Nebraska au
diences and who will be returning
this year are Jon Corgino, Joe
Jones, Peter Hurd, Raymond Brei-
nm, Henry Varnum Poor is send
ing "Winter Breakfast" and Henry
Mansion will send another moon
lit landscape "Round Pock."
The annual exhibition will run
for four weeks. Every Sunday aft
ernoon there will be a program in
the gallery where the pictures are
shown. The living pictures the
feature of the first Sunday and
the tea that follows in the galler-
es in Morrill hall are open to the
members only. This vear the ral
lenes will be open two nights a
week for the benefit of thoee who
can not come in the day time.
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Friday, February 25, 1944
present level in spite of AST
liquidation was guaranteed in a
statement by Chancellor C. S.
Boucher today.
He stated that the balance be
tween army and civilian programs
and enrollment in the current year
put Nebraska in an excellent po
sition to offer complete programs
in the next academic year for ci
vilian students. All colleges of
the university are offering courses
at present, with the exception of
the college of law in which in
struction was suspended in 1943
for the duration, and the various
colleges will continue to offer their
programs.
UN Is Fortunate.
"Some institutions are not in as
fortunate a condition because of
greater loss of civilian students
and instructors," he said. "lit
some colleges and universities the
army and navy training programs
(See BOUCHER, Page 2.)
Dent Graduates
Leave for Army
Navy Training
Of the class of 14 students who
were graduated from the coll.-pe
of dentistry here, Jan. 31, nine re
ported at Carlyle Barracks, Pa.,
Feb. 23, for six weeks training as
lieutenants in
reserve corps.
the army medical
These men are H. Kenneth Chi is
tianson, Carlyle P. Cornell. War
ren E. Muh'ird, Fritz A. Piers . n,
Jr., Roy H. Rybolt, Courtney P.
Rockwell, George H. St-berg, Sam
uel Wehman, and Charles W. West.
Navy service has claimed Cien
Thunnan, lieutenant j r., who is in
training at San Diego, Calif, and
Robert N. Mendenhall, who has a
teaching internship for one year
in the college of dentistry here.
The remaining three of the 14
graduates have entered private
practices.