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Vol. 86, No. 101
LINCOLN, 8, NEBRASKA
Wednesday, March 15, 1944
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War Council
Buys Plaque
XiiMemoriam
Sets Up $300
War Bond Fund
War council is setting aside a
sum of $300 in government war
bonds at the comptroller's office
for a memorial plaque, it was an
nounced today by Virginia Stuer
mer, who is in charge of the
project.
The plaque, which will be placed
In the new armory building at the
end of the war, will contain names
of all University of Nebraska gold
star service men. It will be pre
sented at a dedication ceremony
held in cooperation with the Ne
braska alumni association, but
plans can not be definite until
after the war, according to Vir
ginia. "If $300 is not sufficient," Vir
ginia said, "the remaining cost
will be made up from the war
council's treasury.'1
Home Ec Club
Professional
Series Starts
First of a series of Home Fx?
club mass meetings dealing with
home economics professions will
be held Thursday night with Rev.
Ray Kearns as speaker. Rev. Mr.
Kearns' talk on home life will be
preceded by a short business meet
ing. This will be the first get
together of the entire club to be
held this semester and will begin
at 7:15 in 304 ag hall. The home
ec council has announced that
mass meetings will be held once
a month from this time on in an
effort to give club members a
greater opportunity to participate
in the work of the organization.
Each monthly meeting will pre
sent a different home ec profes
sion. Gladys Bowman, program
chairman for the group, has an
nounced that a spring style show
has been planned for the near
future.
Sgt.DonDobry,
FormerHusker,
Dies in Action
Sgt. Don Dobry was killed in I
0. vivii v aijr a-vi "'f, w '
received by his mother, Mrs. Eliz
abeth Dobry, from the war depart
ment. Sergeant Dobry was a tail
gunner on a B-24 Liberator.
A resident of Lincoln seven
years, he was a sophomore at the
university when he enlisted in the
air corps Jan. 25. 1943. He wrote
the musical column for the 1942
summer Nebraskan.
After receiving training at the
gunnery school in Laredo. Texas
and the Fairmont army air base,
be was sent overseas Dec. 3, 1943.
He won a regents scholarship
and a newspaper scholarship to
the university, where he was a
member of the Jalladian society.
Camput OlMrves St.
Patrick's Day a! Union
Party Friday at 7 P. M.
St. Patrick's Day will be ob
served on the campus with a party
in the Union ballroom Friday at 7
p. m., sponsored by the campus
Christian" groups.
Included in the program will be
folk dancing, games, and a song
fest carrying out the St. Patrick's
Day theme.
University students and trainees
on the campus are invited to at
tend. There will be no admission
charge.
Ann Craft, '43,
Receives Wings
At Graduation
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Ann Craft, class of '43, was
graduated from the Women's Air
force Service Pilot, class 44-W-2,
on March 11, at Avenger Field,
Sweetwater, Texas. Miss Craft is
the first woman
graduate of the
university o
have success
fully completed f.
courses 01 ine
WASrs, as far
as the Nebras
ka n can ascer
tain. On the com
pletion of seven
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months Of flight Ann Craft.
training, she was presented her
silver wings by General H. H. Ar
nold, commanding general of the
Army Air Forces, and her diploma
by Lt. General Dnrton K. Yount.
head of the AAF Training Com
mand.
Miss Craft plans to be in Lin
coln on Friday, the 17th.
She was a member of Kappa
Kappa Gamma and Pi Lambda
Theta, honorary teachers frater
nity. She was junior-senior prom
queen, honorary colonel, and ac
tive in Tassels and AWS.
Ann began flying at her homej
in Galesburg, Illinois, about four
years ago, and entered the WASPS
immediately after her graduation
from the university.
F. A. LUNDY
Takes over as 'director of UN
libraries.
F. A. Liui cly Fills
Post of Director
Of Uni Libraries
Frank A. Lundy, who is now
completing work for his Ph.D. de
gree at the University of Chicago,
has been appointed director of the
university libraries here, it was
announced today by Chancellor
C. S. Boucher and Dean C. H. Old
father, chairman of the library
committee.
Mr. Lunly will come to Lincoln
with his wife and child about June
(See LUNDY, Page 2.)
Aikane Hold Panel
DisoiiPMon ThurMlay
Delegates of the student plan
ning conference of the World Mis
sion of the Church will present a
panel discussion Thursday at 7:30
p. m. in the Union faculty lounge
at a meeting of Aikane, the VM
YW inter-racial club.
Those participating in the dis
cussion are Bill Miller, Dave
Sander, Hubert Underhill, and
Barbara Arnold.
The group haa been invit o to
the art 'gallery on the following
Thursday by Miss Kady Faulkner,
who will speak or. the national
art exhibit now showing at Mor
rill hall.
Aikane meetx with the Ag VM
VWon March 30.
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WAA Election Is Today
Coeds Follow
Custom, Ask
Men for Dates
The Y.W.C.A. sponsored Leap
Year dance in the Union next
Saturday afternoon will afford
campus coeds their first oppor
tunity of the year to take ad
vantage of traditions and ask
the boys for dates.
At the dance in the Union
ballroom from 4 to 6 Saturday
afternoon, all usual customs will
be reversed. Not only may the
girl make the date, but she may
pay the bills, and escort her man
home after the dance. Music for
this affair will be supplied by an
orchestra.
Tickets are available for 39
cents at a booth in the Union
every day until Saturday during
the noon hour and from 5:30 to
7 p. m. Y.W.C.A. representatives
are also selling tickets in the or
ganized houses. Proceeds from
the ticket sale will be used to
help send students to the Estes
park conference this summer.
Alumnus. War
Council Begin
Sei
List
vice
Names and addresses of former
Nebraska students now in sen-ice
are being compiled into a service
directory by the Alumni Associa
tion and the war council, me
chronological list will begin with
the oldest classes and will in
clude those called into service from
the active student body.
"The war council has long felt
the need of a complete list, and
there has been no such list sine?
the beginning of the war" accord
ing to Pat Chamberlin, president
of the war council. Suggestion of
the directory came also from the
Alumni Association and Dean
Thompson's office.
Keep List Up to Date.
The directory will be as com
plete as possible incorporating all
names which have been reported
to the Alumni office. The list will
be kept current and it will be pos
sible from subsequent reports to
eliminate early omissions before
(See ALUMNUS, Page 2.)
Lt. Smutz Calls Mom Jaye
To Baptize Plane For ATO
Mrs. Jaye Ridnour, popularly
known to Nebraska students as
"Mom Jaye" of the ATO house,
traveled to Topeka, Kas., last
Sunday to christen a Liberator
bomber, named for ATO.
The plane, piloted by Lt. Wil
liam Smutz, former UN track
star from Pawnee City and a
member of ATO, was named
"This Is Alpha and Omega." The
fraternity emblem, a large Mal
test cross, was painted on the nose
of the plane.
Master of ceremonies at the
christening was Lt. Erik Rhodes,
former motion picture star, and
with him were Ginger Rogers and
a field public relations officer.
Speakers at the ceremony were
Judge Willard M. Benton of Kan
sas City, Kan., former national
president of ATO. and Ralph E
Weaverling of Kansas City. Mo..
UN graduate and a member of
ATO.
In his address Judge Benton
said. "Von now have and will have
alwaj's the prayers and best
wiFhes of every member of Alpha
Tau Omega fraternity.'
"Mom Jaye" swung the bottle
against the side of the big Lib
erator, but failed to break it. On
the second try trie liouid sprayed
over the plane and she said, "I
Polls Open toRestricted
Balloting For Officers
Postponement of the women's
elections scheduled for March 15
to the following Wednesday,
March 22, will not affect the
Women's Athletic association vot
ing which will be held as planned,
according to WAA President
Joyce Junge.
Polls will be open in the
physical education department of
fice from 8 to 12 and from 1 to 5
today. Voting is restricted to
WAA council members, intramu
ral representatives, sports board,
promotion board, concessions
board and clubs board. In all cases
eligibility refers to last semes
ter's offices.
The losing presidential candidate
will fill the post of vice-president.
Presidential and secretarial can
didates are juniors and the two
candidates- for treasurer arc
sophomores.
Officers and board members of
Coed Counselors, A S ana
BABW will be e'ected in the
March 22 voting. May Queen will
be voted upon and junior and sen
ior women will have an oppor
tunity to vote for prospective
Mortar Board candidates.
Vriiiy, Navy Give
Qualification Tests
This Morning at 9
Exams for the army A-12 and
navy V-12 will be held this morn
ing at 9 in room 101 of the law
building.
The test, two hours in length,
is divided into three sections; (1)
the meaning and use of words,
(2) scientific matters of general
knowledge, and (3) problems in
mathematics. All applicants for
A-12 and V-12 will take the same
test.
These army and navy programs
assure professional education in
the various fields of dentistry,
medicine and veterinary medicine
All 17 year olds and civilian col
lege students under 22 are eligible
to take the tests. The examina
tions will not be repeated, and stu
dents who come late to the test
will be disqualified.
christen thee This Is Alpha and
Omega."
Mom Jaye's daughter. Miss
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LIEUTENANT SMUTZ
Pi'ots ATO bomber.
Roma Ridnour, of St. Louis, at-
l tended the ceremony. Lieutenant
i Smutz is the only Nebraskan and
"the only ATO of the plane's crew.
.
The slate as released by the
WAA office March 10 is as fol
lows: PRESIDENT
Frances "Mickey" Mcpherson
Jean Whedon
SECRETARY
Fern Freeman
Helen Johnson
TREASURER
Mary Jo Gish
Leslie Jean Glotfelty
Former UN
ROTCs Take
Pre-OCS Leave
Upon completion of the present
ROTC-AST term, 32 men, former
students have been granted a seven
day furlough prior to being or
dered to O.C.S., according to an
announcement made today by Col.
James P. Murphy, commandant.
The men are Pfc. Robert E.
Dewey, Thomas N. Griswold, Elm
er L. Peterson. William L.
Schaumberg. Donald D. Van Horn,
Lloyd R. Whitney. Samuel C. Wig
gans. Earl D. Elwonger, Robert
P. Durrie. Walter J. Greenburg,
Alan J. Jacobs. Robert E. Knoll,
and John A. Bauermeister.
Paul R. Eveland. Dillard A.
Huffaker, Howard D. Mengshol,
Billie K. Radenslaben, Homer N.
Leymaster, John H. Sautter, Nor
man N. Sundberg, William B. Rist,
Harold R. Salisbury, and Lester
G. Wilterdink.
Dale E. Wolf. Morton Zuber,
James I. Shamberg, Stanley W.
Stage, Raymond W. Starostka.
William H. Thornburg, Basil C.
Wehrman, Erwyn E. Witte, and
Stewart A. Woods.
Two Music Staff
Members Attend
National Meeting
Arthur E. Westbrook, director
of the school of music, and My
ron Roberts, professor in music
school, will represent the univer
sity at the 20th annual meeting
of the National Association of
Schools of Music to be held i.i
Cincinnati, March 25 and 26. for
the purpose of discussing policies.
Nebraska is an institutional mem
ber of the association.
Mr. Westbrook will attend the
ciricular commission, to discuss
the ciricular in the schools of
music. Mr. Roberts will attend the
general meeting of the associa
tion. This association is the only ac
crediting body for schools and de
partments of music in the United
States. Some of the best prep
schools, junior colleges, senior col
leges, universities, and conserva
tories of mus'c in the nation make
up its 142 members.
Since its organization, there has
been a consistent improvement in
the standards for schools of mu
sic, much of which is due to these
annual meetings.
Union Shows "Foreign
j Correspondent" Sunday
Alfred Hitchcock's "Foreign
Correspondent" will be the main
feature of a variety show in the
Union ballroom Sunday at 3 p. rn.
Starring in the movie are Joel
McCrea. Larraine Day. Herbert
Marshall, George Sanders and
Robert Benchley. A cartoon will
also be shown.
There will be no
charge for the show.
admission