May Queen
Filings Open
For Seniors
Filings for candidates for the
1944 May Queen, to be presented
on Ivy Day, open today at the
student activities office in the coli
seum and close on March 10.
The only requirements for can
didacy are senior standing and a
weighted 80 average. The validity
of each candidate is decided by
the Mortar Boards, who sponsor
Ivy Day and the election of May
Queen.
May Queen candidates will be
announced before the spring all
women's election on March 15, at
which time they will be voted
upon. The queen and her maid
of honor, the candidate with the
Becond highest number of votes,
Will be revealed on Ivy Day.
Ivy Day festivities, highlighted
by the crowning of the May Queen,
is one of the few prewar traditions
which is being continued this year.
Happy Leap
Year Andy
Celebrates! I
Andy finally had a birthday.
For years the students in U hall
have been waiting for Andy to
come along with a birthday. Too
late, we found out yesterday
that Andy had pulled a fast one
and had a Leap Year birthday
Feb. 29.
Andy, for general information,
is Andy Brawner, custodian in
U Hall, and famous for his re
lentless pursual of smoking stu
dents. He usually celebrates his
birthday on Feb. 28 or March 1,
but this year Leap Year gave
him the opportunity to really
celebrate. He said, "I don't get
old enough fast enough, but
then, it's a good deal to stay
young. Andy, unfortunately got
no proposals, and that is not a
good deal.
Cily Restaurants
Survey Incomplete
Reveals Arnholt
A report on the survey of Lin
coln's restaurants, taverns, and
drugstores, being carried on by
representatives from the ag cam
pus, the Lincoln Air Base, and the
city health department, was in
cluded in the speech of Dr. M. F.
Arnholt, director of the municipal
health department, who was guest
speaker of the Nu Meds's meeting
Wednesday.
"Altho we have rated three
fourths of the restaurants accord
ing to the United States code of
eating and drinking establish
ments, we haven't completed our
survey," said Dr. Arnholt.
In Lincoln, concluded Dr. Arn
holt, is the oldest social disease
clinic in Nebraska being 24 years
old. At the outbreak of the last
war there were 600 such clinics in
the United States. At the begin
ning of this, there were 200.
Selective Service Board Headquarters Cuts
College Deferments to Five To Meet Quota
WASHINGTON. (ACP). From
all indications, Nebraska's already
small number of civilian male stu
dents is going to dwindle even
more in the near future. Selective
Service headquarters in Washing
ton recently cut deeply into the
number of young men who can be
spared for non-military education.
In an announcement altering ed
ucational deferment policies in
effect for the past year, National
Selective Service headquarters es
tablished a nationwide quota Of
10.000 students for occupational
deferment and reduced the num
ber of fields in which deferments
may be granted to five.
Officials Explain Plan.
Here's the reasoning behind the
tightening deferment policy:
Needs of the armed forces for per
sonnel in professional and special
ised fields, says Selective Service,
are being met by army and navy
specialized training programs.
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From Lincoln Journal.
DEAN H. H. FOSTER
. . . is unable to make a statement.
Law Students
Ask If College
Will Reopen
All students who are eligible
for law school and interested in
attending school here are asked
to leave their name at the Ne
braskan office.
Students who will be eligible for
entrance into law college next fall
have approached Dean Henry H.
Foster concerning the possibility
of opening law school.
In answer to the inquiry Dean
Foster said he could make no
statement since the opening of the
law school is a serious situation
under the restrictions of the Board
of Regents . and Association of
American Law Schools.
Action Depends Upon Regents.
Dean Foster said, "I can make
no statement with reference to the
opening of the college of law for
instruction next fall. That matter
is entirely dependent upon the ac
tion of the board of regents."
In a letter to one of the students,
Dean Foster wrote, "the situation
is an extremely complicated one
and one that can not be settled in
a few week's time. This institution
is not entirely free oi its actions
since the law school is a member
of the Association of American
Law Schools."
Difficulties at This Time.
Altho the desire of the students
See LAW STUDENTS, Page 2.
Stamp Sales Top
$100 Mark First
Day After Drive
Stamp sales for last Wednesday,
the first regular sale day after the
close of the fourth war loan drive,
went over the hundred dollar mark
to total $112.10.
Additional sales of $6.20 at the
school of music on Thursday
brought the week's sales to $118.30
and the year's totnl to $3,803.70,
disregarding the $2,559.55 sold
during the recent drive.
The Union booth was high for
Wednesday, taking in $63.55. Ag
was second with $22.55 and sosh
and Andrews sold $18.35 and $7.65.
Hence deferments for students out
of uniform are limited to essen
tial civilian needs in war produc
tion and "in support of the war
effort."
Current deferments in the five
eligible fields considerably exceed
the 10,000 quota mark, according
to officials in Washington. That
means there must be a systematic
tightening up all along the line
to ration such civi'iun education
with quota limits.
Administration of the quota for
each individual college is in the
hands of the national roster of
scientific and specialized person
nel of the War Manpower Com
mission. The roster has no part
in establishing the quota, but as
an administrative agency it dis
tributed the quota by fields. When
calculating machines quit work,
the national quota figures came
out like this:
Engineering 6,775
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BY MARYLOUISE GOODWIN
Campus politlcos can get the
machinery oiled and ready to func
tion because student council last
night asked the elections commit
tee to begin working on plans for
the council spring elections to be
held sometime in April.
From all indications the local
political pot has been bubbling for
some time. Pre-election comment
has kept the wires hot for the
past several months with specula
tion as to the who's and if's of
spring elections in this war year
when the big male politicians are
polishing the brass for the armed
forces.
Women's Election Date Set
Women's election date which
was tentatively set by the organ
izations for March 15 was given
Vol. 86, No. 96
Ag Home Ec
Council Elects
New Chairman
Madeline Hiltzscherer has been
elected chairman of the home ec
student-faculty council to replace
Blanche Reid who resigned the
position to take the presidency of
the home ec club. The new chair
man is a sophomore home ec stu
dent, a member of AWS board,
YWCA and is affiliated with Tri
Delt sorority.
The student-faculty council is
made up of four faculty members
and twelve student representatives
of the four classes. The group
was organized last year and meets
regularly to analyze the needs of
the department and to find ways
and means of meeting those needs.
As one of their semester proj
ects the council is sponsoring a se
ries of teas to enable students and
faculty members to become better
acquainted. The first tea .was at
tended by one hundred and twenty
students and faculty members.
Graduate Promotes Use
of Industrial Electricity
Carl J. Madsen. graduate of the
University of Nebraska in 1926,
has set up an industrial engineer
ing group in the field of electron
ics to develop and promote uses
of electric devices in industry for
the Westinghouse Electric and
Manufacturing company. Madsen
has been with Westinghouse since
1926. One of his prominent serv
ices to the company was the erec
tion of a radio station in Eastern
Siberia in 1927.
Chemistry 2,250
Physics 850
Geology and geophysics... 125
Quotas for the individual col
leges are based on the ratio of
present students in those fields to
the national quota. It is now up
to Nebraska's administrators to
tangle with the prohlem of decid
ing which students within the uni
versity shall be recommended for
deferment under the UN quota.
Deferments will remain in force
only so long as a student main
tains an acceptable level of work.
Professional Quotas Drop.
Undergrads taking preprofes
sional courses in medicine, den
tistry, veterinary, osteopathy and
theology may wonder where they
fit Into the new quota picture.
Selective Service officials explain
that they are not included in the
10,000 quota, but will be affected
See SELECTIVE SERVICE, P. 4.
n mm
Ban tieconsi
an official
last night.
okay by the council
Editorial comment and a let
terip in the ISebraskan anil stu
dent agitation brought to the
attention of the council campus
dissatisfaction with the ruling
by the faculty senate commit
tee on student affairs banning
formal pat lie and forbidding
formal dress to be worn outside
of house.
The council voted to present
a written petition to Dean Yernn
G. Boyle, secretin y of the fac
ulty committee, asking that the
committee reconsider the ruling
on campus formal. A commit
tee composed of June Jamieson,
Jean Cowden and Jeanne Lar
son will present the petition to
Dean Royles.
The elections committee reported
that since Herb Williams, senior,
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LINCOLN, 8, NEBRASKA
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From Lincoln Journal.
FRED C. WILLIAMS
. . . heads Alumni association.
Lincoln Alumni
Name Williams
New President
Fred C. Williams, member of
the executive committee of the
University Alumni association, was
elected president of the Lincoln
Alumni club, it was announced
Thursday.
Other officers elected were: Mrs.
Sam Waugh, vice president:
Nancy Raymond, secretary; Clar
ence Hinds, treasurer; and Charles
T. Staurt, member of the executive
committee.
For more than 25 years the new
president has been active in alumni
affairs of the university. He and
his wife have written a column
for the Nebraska Alumnus, enti
tled "By the Way," since 1938.
In addition to his other activi
ties, Mr. Williams is assistant di
rector of the Nebraska war fund
and executive secretary of the Ne
braska Welfare association.
Don C. Pelkey Receives
Lieutenant's Commission
Don Carliske Pelkey, former
Nebrasl'.an, was appointed second
lieutenant in the field artillery re
serv at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, ac
cording to Col. J. P. Murphy. Lt.
Pelkey was a former advanced
ROTC students.
Students May Get
Semester Grades
Lasi semester's grades are
now out. Any rtudent may ob
tain his grades by presenting
his identification picture to the
registrar on the first floor of
the administration building.
Either fall or spring identifica
tion card will be acceptable.
it,.
Election.
deration
who was ejected for absenteeism
at the last meeting was a hold
over member no one could be
elected in his place. Gene Dixon,
dental junior was elected to take
the place of Earl Lampshire who
was removed from the council for
the same reason, but is not a hold
over. It was decided that again twelve
and one half percent of the money
spent for each cap and gown
rented by seniors would go to the
Student Foundation. Official ap
proval was given to the appoint
ment of Ghita Hill as publicity
head of the AUF.
The council was requested by
war council to check the records
to see what provisions were made
about disposition of war council
funds when it dissolves after the
war.
JD
Friday, March 3, 1944
Eight Students
Head Solicitors
For Red Cross
Head solicitors of the Red Cross
AUF drive have been announced
by Jim Howe, director of the or
ganization. They are:
Blanche Reid who has charge of
Ag college; .Jan Engle, sororities;
Lewis Kramer, fraternities; Betty
Stehlik, co-ops; June Spellman,
boarding houses; Pat Garton,
town; Alice Abel, organizations
and Barbara Foley, dormitory.
Solicitors in charge will turn in
collections daily Monday thru Fri
day at 5 o'clock in the Union, room
313. In this way a running account
of the money contributed will be
kept and reported on the goal
thermometer which will be placed
in the front hall of the Union.
AUF heads and solicitors will
meet tonight with Lancaster coun
ty solicitors at the Cornhusker ho
tel at 7:30 for a rally which will
begin the nationwide drive, offi
cially starting Sunday.
In order to advertise and pro
mote the seven day campaign,
March 5 to 12, Red Cross posters
are being placed in all buildings
on the campus and in ag campus
buildings. Victory speakers will
conduct a tour Monday night thru
all organized houses. Two ten
minute films of the Red Cross and
its work overseas will be shown
to Union dancers tonight.
People Request
Arndt Alter His
Forum Position
By popular request, Karl M.
Arndt, economics professor who
has been moderator on three of the
university "Forum of the Air"
broadcasts, will appear as a mem
ber of the panel Saturday at 5
p. m., over KFAB.
"Is There to Be a Land Boom
in Nebraska," is the subject of
discussion. George Round, exten
sion editor of ag college, will act
as moderator for the second time.
Other participants of the panel
will be Prof. H. C. Filley of the
department of rural economics.
Prof. Arndt from the department
of economics and Mr. Bruce Wal
lace from Omaha of the Farmer's
National Co.
During the past wepk, the "For
um of the Air" has been extended
to include most of the Nebraska
networks and stations. The sta
tions which have just included the
Forum on their programs are
starting with the December 11
broadcast and presenting the se
ries in rebroadcast form.
Koil is giving a weekly re
broadcast Monday night at 10:30.