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BY GHITA KILL.
Women (with the exception of
Harold W. Andersen) may com
pose the Nebraskan staff, but
they have no intention or desire
as yet (their time is coming, they
keep telling themselves) of be
coming home bodie.
Recently, however, some of the
responsibilities and grievances of
domestic life have been conspicu
ously evident in the Nebraskan
office, thanks to the army,
Staff members have to plow
their way through bundles of
dirty laundry lining the doorway
and GI shoes waiting to be shined,
in order to get to a typewriter.
Staff members freeze in the base
ment of the Union since the heat
from the radiators is held in check
Vol. 86, No. 100
Postpone Spring Women's
Elections Until March 22
Spring all women's elections
have been postponed until March
22 to allow organizations time to
revise their election slates and to
provide potential candidates with
time in which to remove incom
pletes.
Rachael Ann Lock, . Mortar
Board president, announced yes
terday that the postponement was
necessary due to the number of
coeds whose names were- sud
mitted on election slates who have
incompletes and downs and lack
a weighted 80 average. Elections
were previously scheduled to be
run off March 15.
Must Have 80 Average.
No eirl who has a down or lacks
a weighted 80 average will be al
lowed to run for a position on any
board or for any office. Those who
now have incompletes but can
meet the other requirements, will
be eligible, provided the incom
HaroldG.Holck
Receives $200
Research Grant
Dr. Harold Hoick, associate pro
fessor of phamacology at the
college of pharmacy, has received
a $200 grant from the American
Medical association far the pur
pose of continuing research on the
relation of sex to drug action.
"In carrying on this research,
the albino rat has proved to be
most suited to experimentation be
cause it exhibits marked sex va
riation in response to such major
drugs and poisons as strychnine,
morphine, pentobarbital, and red
squill," said Dr. Hoick.
Three Students Complete Work.
This is the fourth grant from the
American Medical association
given for such studies. Three grad
uate students in the college of
pharmacy have completed their
work for the master of science de
gree with the support of these
funds.
Lewis D. Fink of Wymore got
his degree in 1939 and is now
teaching in the medical school of
the University of Minnesota. Don
ald R. Mathiesonof Hebron be
came a master in 1941 and is now
engaged in etesential war work for
the Ciba Pharmaceutical Products
in Summit, N. J. Kazuo Kimura
of Lincoln completed his work at
the end of the first semester of
this school year and is a graduate
assistant In the department of
physiology and pharmacology.
by the rows of freshly laundered
army socks drying on this make
shift clothesline.
Box Full of Surprises.
Staff members reach for a eweet
in the boxes marked "Hershey
chocolates" found in their per
sonal drawers and come out with
shaving cream and electric razors
along with tooth paste, tooth brush
and scented soap. Lacking is
after-shaving cologne, probably
because the owner feared Ne
braskan editors would use it and
thus detract from his own parti
cular smell.
But all this extra parapharnalia
which now loads the once neat
(See LAUNDRY, Page 2.)
iMlIS
LINCOLN, 8, NEBRASKA
pletes are removed before the elec
tion date. Anyone with an aver
age of 79.9 will not be considered
eligible.
At the coming election, AWS,
WAA, Coed 'Counselor, BABW
boards and the May Queen will
be elected and a poll will be taken
to obtain a consensus of opinion
of next year's Mortar Board mem
bers. To date, WAA is the only
organization which has announced
a slate.
The elections will be held March
22 in Ellen Smith hall and the
home ec building on ag campus.
Polls will be open from 9 a. m.
to 5 p. m.
Professional Bizad
Sorority Honors
Initiates Tuesday
Phi Chi Theta, professional bus.
ad. sorority will honor ten initiates
at their Founders' Day banquet to
be held Tuesday evening at 5:45 in
the Cornhusker hotel.
Kay Dutton, president of the or
ganization, announced the follow
ing girls who will be initiated:
Laurine Hansen, Mary Ellen
Stuart, Winifred Haskins, Lorraine
Rabe, Mary Lou Armstrong, Es
ther Blanc-hard, Edith Hawkins,
Margaret Reese, Joan Shaw and
Inez Johnson.
New members are chosen on the
basis of scholarship and interest
in the college of business adminis
tration. Guests at the banquet will
be Dean Clark and Mr. and Mrs.
Carl Nelson.
ASTPV
Concert
Members of the Nebraska AST
unit will present a concert of
chorus selections this afternoon at
3 p. m. in the Union ballroom. Di
recting the group will be Donald
A. Smith, a graduate in music at
Oberlin college. The accompanist
will be Robert T. Henry.
The choir has been organized
and advised by Sgt. Dayton Smith,
formerly a member of the music
staff at the university. Trainees in
the chorus have spent their own
free time to practice for the pro
grams. Pvt. Donald Frey is soloist with
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Mortar Board
Tea March 19
Honors Coeds
Annual tea given by Mortar
Board honoring scholastic
achievement will be held Sun
day, March 19, from 3:30 to 5:30
in Ellen Smith hall. Invitations
have been sent to all women
with weighted 80 averages.
Scholarships of $75 each will
be awarded to coeds by Mortar
Board. This year marks the
firRt time that five such scholar
ships have been given.
As a second group of awards,
(See MORTAR BOARD, Page 2.)
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Sunday, March 12, 1944
Next Theatre
Show Unfolds
Despite Odds
Trials and tribulations of any
theater production are an old
story, but the Coed Follies, mar
riages, and the draft, cast and
crews of "Pursuit or Happiness,"
the next Uni. theater production,
are having one big headache.
Despite all odds, rehearsals are
going off on schedule, and open
ing night, March 22, will find
Little Eva, Dorothy James, play
ing the role of Prudence Kirkland,
skating on thin ice as Rev. Ly
man Banks, Bill Major, tries to
curb the amorous ideas of the
young Hessian officer, Jim San
dall. Castas Changed.
A few changes in casting have
been made, with Don Keough be
ing replaced in the male lead of
Max Christmann by Jim Sandall,
junior. Bob Hastert, also a junior,
has been cast as Mose, taking Don
Kline's place.
Crews have been posted, with
Jeanne Racine as state manager.
Lights will be handled by Vir
ginia Scacrest, chairman, and
Beth Allwine. The properties crew
includes Betty Rhodes, chairman,
and Barbara Bcrggren, Jerry Mc
Kensie, Jean Kinnie, Phyllis Over
man, and Ghita Hill. Costumes,
one of the most important crews
for this production, is headed by
Mrs. Berne Enslin as advisor, and
Jan? McCleary, Edna Bowen, and
Janice Marx. Becky Silver is
chairman of the sound crew, as
sisted by Jean Cowden. The stage
crew includes Don Keough, chair
man; Jerry Neumeyer, and
Eugene Tedd.
Present Choral
Today in Union
the chorus in a performance of
Greig's "Landsighting." Both Pri
vate Henry and Private Smith will
present piano solos.
The program will include two
songs by Bach, "Adoramos Te
Christe," Sigmund Romberg's "Sol
diers of Fortune," "Ye Bands and
Braes O'Bonny Doon" by Vogrich
and "I Love a Parade" by-Arlen.
Members of the chorus are: Earl
Lampshire, Paul Margelli, Howard
Morey, Robert Schafer, Maxwell
Smith, George Burton, Donald
Frey, John Ranseen, Robert Deich.
Marcel Filteau, Ralph Johnson,
AUF Red Cross war fund sur
passed the $2,300 goal to total
$2,531.87 upon completion of the
drive yesterday. One thousand,
one hundred and seven Individuals
gave an average of $1.68 per per
son and 15 organizations added
$578 to put the campus campaign
$231 over the goal.
"The officials are well satisfied
with the co-operation of the so
licitors and the students in gen
eral," reported Jim Howe, AUF
director of the drive. He added
that the- total amount received is
still subject to revision as some
sororities have not completed their
reports and the fraternity returns
are not in as yet.
$1.13 Per Student.
The per capita average of $1.13
for the entire student body com
pares more than favorably with
Foundation
Gives Party
For Schools
Student Foundation sponsored
a program and dance yesterday
afternoon in the Union ballroom
in honor of all high school stu
dents, pep organizations, par
ents and friends attending the
state basketball tournaments.
Master of ceremonies for the
program was Bill Miller. Bob
Wolfe and Day Slout gave out
with a Sig Ep jam session, and
a skit was presented by the
Kappa Kappa Gammas. Peggy
Shelley, who has played for sev
eral university functions, enter
tained with several numbers,
and Helen Greusel added some
Hawaiian atmosphere with a
hula number.
The purpose of these affairs
is to acquaint high school stu
dents with the social life of the
university and with the campus
itself. Last year's party proved
a success, with a large attend
ance, and popular demand was
a factor in giving another party
this year.
V After the program, a juke box
dance was held in the ballroom.
Music Sororities Sponsor
'Carmen' for War Benef it
In accordance with a new na-
! tional policy of all musical sorori
ties to raise war funds, the three
I music sororities on the campus
will combine to sponsor a perform
ance of the opera "Carmen" by
'Bizet. The concert will be pre
' sented Saturday night, April 22 at
, the coliseum under the sponsorship
I of Mu Phi Epsilon, Delta Omicron,
and Sigma Alpha Iota.
In previous years the operas
have been staged, but due to war
time conditions it is impossible
this year. "Carmen" was sung in
concert form as the spring concert
for the choral group four years
ago. The University Choral Union
composed of the agricultural col
lege campus chorus under the di-
I rections of Mrs. Altinas Tullis,
and the university chorus and
I university singers directed by Dr.
Norman Walker, George Cipoletti,
Edmund Stevens, Maurice Swit
zer, Joseph Crilly, John Huston,
Hilliard Dangler. (
Walter FJvans, Frank Gerould,
Milton Gohn, Dale Miller, Robert
Kepner, David Lewellyn, Leonard
Jones, Jan Kolar, Richard Deder
son Frank Racher, Alvin Rams
ley, Louis Siegel, Lawrence Stein
heimer, William Wilder, W. Min
shall, Eugene Christenson, Robert
Stevens, John Triplett, Frederick
Verink and W'illiam Johnson.
The concert will be open to the
public at no charge.
the 78c per person contributed
last year. The sororities, solicited
by Jan Engle, were the highest
contributing group on the cam
pus with a total of $878. me or
ganizations, solicited by Alice
Able, gave 500 percent over last
year's contributions.
Unaffiliated Lincoln students,
contacted by Pat Carton and her
committee, gave $286 and the fra
ternities contributed $225. Blanche
Reid, head of the ag campus
group, reported a total of $220.
Chi Omega Leads.
Chi Omeea made the largest
contribution of any one organized
house with an a virago or zz.io
per person. This included a $25
house donation.
The $225 reported for fraterni
ties is incomplete as four houses,
Delta Upsilon, Sigma Alpha Mil,
Phi Kappa Psi, and Phi Delta
Theta, have not turned in their
donations.
Contributing organizations are:
Tntnol , -"
A.W.H '. I'M!
Murlar Board W
W.A.A
War Council 3
(See RED CROSS, Page 2.)
Campus Keys
Admit UN Men
In Service Free
Given impetus by a Nebraskan
letterip written by a returning
Nebraskan in service, Keys to the
Campus is now a reality and re
turning servicemen may. obtain,
passes in the Union office which
permit them to attend free of
charge any university function.
Sponsored and financed by the
war council, these cards, inscribed
with the functions which are be
ing offered at any given time,
admit university graduates and
former students now in service to
sporting events, University Thea
ter performances, dances and all
other campus entertainments
Special arrangements have been
made between the theater, the ath
letic department and Union and
the war council for financing the
Keys. Jean Whedon is in charge
of this project.
A. E. Westbrook will combine to
present the opera.
Accompaniments will be played
by the university orchestra under
tthe direction of Miles Dresskell.
Rehearsals of the well-known
"Toreador Song," "Habanera" and
"Seguidilla" are now in progress.
Within the next few days, the
soloists for the opera will be an
nounced. Lincoln residents or sing
ing groups interested in helping
with the concert should get in
touch with the University School
of Music.
Reel Cross Class
In Home Nursing
Open to Uni Coeds
Interested coeds may still enroll
in the home nursing course which
meets at 7 o'clock on Tuesdays
at Red Cross headquarters. The
first regular instruction was given
at the meeting last week but girls
who were unable to attend at that
time may report at the next
meetin".
The class will meet for two
hours every week for the next
ten weeks and at the end of that
time the class members will re
ceive a regular Red Cross certifi
cate. Jeanetfe Frasier Reviews
'From Laughter to Tears'
Jeanette Frasier, instructor in
speech, will review "From Laugh
ter to Tears," by Lin Yutang, the
Chinese philosopher, Tuesday
night in Ellen Smith hall at 7
o'clock. This is the third book re
view sponsored by Coed Counselors
this season.