Vol. 86, No. 106
LINCOLN, 8, NEBRASKA
Sunday, March 26, 1944
Anthology
Illustrator
Talks Today
. . In Union
Boardman Robinson, noted art
ist and teacher, will give a lecture
this afternoon at 3 o'clock In the
Union ballroom on his Illustrations
in "Spoo;' River Anthology," Ed
gar Lee Master's new book.
In addition to his lecture, Robin
son is coming to the university to
act as advisor for the Nebraska
Art association concerning the
purchase of paintings and sculp
ture now on exhibit in the art de
partment. Mr. Robinson began his study of
art in Boston, then spent three
years at the Massachusetts normal
art school. From there he jour
neyed to Paris, taking work at
the Academie Julien. Some time
later rvobiii3on went to Italy,
studying the frescoes of Michael
Angelo at Rome, and of Masac
cio at Florence.
Upon his return to Boston, he
experienced a period of poverty
and loneliness, and then moved to
(See ILLUSTRATOR, Page 2)
Spring Prairie Schooner
Publishes Professors' Work
Spring issue of the Prairie
Schooner, quarterly literary mag
azine published by the university
press, was released this week, Mar
garet Turner, business manager
tor the Schooner, announced .
Edited by Lowery C. Wimberly.
professor of English, this issue
contains articles, poems, and stor
ies by a number of university pro
fessors including Martin Severin
AWS Installs
Officers, Board
Tuesday at 5:30
D o r ot h y Carnahan, newly
elected president of AWS Board,
will be installed Tuesday after
noon at 5:30 in Ellen Smith Hail.
Other officers are Natalie Neu
mann, vice-president, Betty Lou
Simon, secretary, and Mary Claire
Phillips, treasurer.
A dinner will be held after the
installation ceremony. Mrs. Verna
Hoyles, Miss Elsie Ford Piper, and
the AWS advisory board are th
guests. The retiring AWS Board
will be present also.
Members of the newly elected
board are: Seniors, Ghita Hill.
Hazel Steam, Virginia Stuermer
and Jessie Lou Tyler; juniors.
Alice Abel, Mary Ann Matoon and
Betty Rhodes; sophomores, Iris
Eaxter, Mimi Ann Johnson, and
Eleanor Knoll.
Dr. Cromwell Writes
Chemolherapeutic
Piece for Journal
Dr. Norman H. Cromwell
as-
fiistant professor of chemistry, is
the author of an article in the
March issue cf the Journal of the
American Chemical Society. This
is the second article of a current
nerifs dealing with the application
of certain reactions developed for
the preparation of mixed diamino
ketones of chemotherapeutic in
terest. 'Time' Review Reprints
Prairie Schooner Article
"Grandmother from Nebraska."
a poem by Joseph Joel Keith,
which appeared in the Prairie
Schooner winter issue, 1937, and
in the Prairie Schooner Caravan
anthology published last Novem
ber was reprinted in the New York
Times Book Review section March
19.
Music Groups
Select Soloists
For 'Carmen'
Eight soloists have been chosen
to appear in Bizet's "Carmen," to
be presented by the university
choral union in the coliseum on
April 22.
Dorothy Huffman will sing the
title role of Carmen, and Delbert
Pinkerton will sing the part of
Don Jose. Roy Johnson is to be
Escamillo, the Toreador, and
Carlos Atkinson will be Morales.
The part of Micaela will be taken
by Mary Helen Bush, and Robert
Calkins will be El Dancairo. Dor
othy Strasheim will play the part
of Mercedes, and Anne Crosby is
to be Frasquita.
Uni Orchestra Plays.
The Agricultural chorus, Uni
versity chorus and University
Singers will sing the choral parts.
The university orchestra will play
the accompaniment.
The three music sororities, Mu
Phi Epsilon, Delta Omicron and
Sigma Alpha Iota, in accordance
with a national policy, are com
bining to sponsor this concern in
order to raise war funds. Tue
opera will not be staged, but will
be presented this year in concert
form.
Peterson and Harold S. Wilson,
assistant professors of English,
and Joseph Alexis, chairman of
the modern languages department.
Professor Peterson's article is a
review of the biography, the last
Voice from the Plains, by William
F. Brannan. It is a story of the
author's life during the early set
tlement of the west. Professor
Wilson writes a modem essay en
titled, the Baby Elephant Pro
gram. An American Dream.
Professor Alexis makes his
Hirst contribution to the Schooner
in this publication. He writes
about the history of the Icelandic
people.
There are other interesting ar
ticles and stories by professors and
I writers from different parts of the
country.
Thev include the stories "Amer
icans Love You, America." by
Kathleen Sutton, and the "Waltz,'
by Mary Deasy, and the article
"Eudora Welty," bv Martha Read.
Some of the excellent poems in the
edition are Choeste, by Byron
Herbert Recce and Children of
Martha, by Gilean Douglas.
C. SI. Elliot Co-Au lli ors
Insurance Article
Willi Illinois Professor
Co-author of an article "An
nuities for an Ageing Population'
is Curtis M. Elliot, assistant pro
fessor of economics and insurance,
in the March proceeding of the
"Journal of American Association
of University Teachers of Insur
ance." Frank C. Dickinson, of the
University of Illinois, is the other
author.
Campus Poll Reveals
Ignorance of Current
BY ROBERTA BURGESS.
Whether or not the average col
lege woman really knows any-j
thing about what goes on in the
world in the way of current events
is a question that has been hang
ing on the fire for too long.
In true Gallup Poll fashion it
was decided to settle the issue by
asking representative UN stu
dents three current questions, all
of which have been much publi
cized, and thus get an idea how,
Home Ec
Air CorDet
Reviews CTD
For Past Year
"CDT Reviews Year of Prog
ress" in yesterday morning's edi
tion, the AirCorDet celebrated the
first anniversary of the 348th
CTD which moved into the newly
completed Love Memorial library,
March 29, 1943.
The four page bi-monthly paper
was supplemented this issue with
an insert of candid shots of the
AirCorDet staff, buildings which
have figured in cadets training
and of the cadets on campus and
in class. The staff of the paper
changes with each graduating
class and the editors for this edi
tion were Martin H. Herschko
witz and Malcolm E. Harris.
Tale by Feet.
Also along the pictorial line was
an interesting tale told by feet
the feet involved being those of
an Air Corps boy and a dorm
coed. Air Corps "Music Makers"
rated a column of pictures. The
humor column, strictly G.I. car
toons (Male Call! and The Wolf)
and the sports column by Leo
Sweeney rated the usual two col
umn spread but the greater part
of the newsprint was devoted to
reviewing the activities of the
CTD for tlje past year.
In the way of a birthday cele
bration, the AirCorDet announced
that Air Corps quarters in Love
library will be open to inspection
by townspeople and students April
2 from 12:30 to 2:30 and from
3:00 until 6:00 the Comhusker
Hotel will play host to cadets and
their dates at an anniversary
dance. Frces Elsworth's band
will furnish the music. Aviation
students and dates are invited to
dine at the 348th dining room in
the Lnion after the dance.
Gained Wide Recognition.
"In the short year of its ex
istence upon the campus of Ne
braska university, the 348th CTD
has gone far in its program of
molding young men. It has gained
widespread recognition for the ef
ficiency of its staff and the qual
ity of its graduates. It has done
its job well and now that the crisis
is past and the need for flyers has
lessened, there is time for a little
(See AIRCORDET, Page 2)
Religions Council
Sponsors Annual
Easier Breakfast
Annual pre-Easter breakfast
sponsored by the ag religious
council is scheduled for 7:30 a. m.
next Sunday morning in the ag
college activities building. Dr. Ar
thur Miller of First Presbyterian
church will speak at the tradition
al breakfast held for students of
all denominations.
Lona Haskins. president of the
religious council will preside dur
ing the program which will feat
ure Dr. Miller's address ana- ma
rimba solo by Gwendolyn Booth.
Tickets may be obtained from any
of the council members.
much coeds do or
do not know.
(in this case)
Current Questions.
The questions and their correct
answers are as follows:
1. Who is Alben Barkley? An
swer: Senate majority leader, who
recently resigned in protest of the
presidential veto of the tax bill,
but waa unanimously re-elected.
2. Name the allied commander-,
Coeds Pick Goddess
Ag Senior Reigns O ver April 29
Picnic Sing Replacing Old Fair
Goddess of Agriculture, honor
ary queen who in normal years
reigns over the annual ag campus
Farmer's Fair, will be elected next
week, according to plans an
nounced yesterday by Home Ec
club council. The goddess and her
attendants will be presented at an
all-ag picnic and sing April 29.
Voting will be open to all home
ec majors next Wednesday and
Thursday at the polls in the home
ec building. To be eligible for God
dess of Agriculture, candidates
must be senior home ec majors
with an average of approximately
80 or above, show qualities of
leadership, and must be active in
campus activities.
Thirty-three Names on Ballot
The names of 33 girls will ap
pear on the ballot, and the seven
receiving the most votes will com
prise the royal court to be pre
sented informally on the 29th.
In prewar years the ceremony
was one of the highlights of Farm-
SAI Presents
Annual Spring
Concert Today
Five Coeds Participate
Iu 4 P.M.
Program
Annual spring concert of Sigma
Alpha Iota, national music soro-
ritv. will be presented today at
f t a.
the temple at 4 p. m., announced
Dorothy Thombure. president of
the sorority.
The program will include selec
tions by Bach, Brahms, Homer,
Rachmaninoff, Mendelssohn, and
others. Participating in the pro
gram will be Barbara Foley, Mar
iorv Horstman. Marian Rapp. Le-
ota Sneed, and Betty Marquart.
Members Play.
Barbara Folev will open the
program with four selections:
"Sheep and Lambs." by Homer:
"Boat Song," by Ware; "Hop-Li.
the Rickshaw Man," by Manning,
and "Knowest Thou the Lang
Mignon," by Thomas.
Bach's "Sicilienne." Brahms'
"Waltz A Major, Op. 52" and
"Waltz A flat major. Op. 52," and
Simmons' "Scherzine" will be pre
sented by Marjory Horstman and
Marian Rapp.
A duet by -Barbara Foley and
Betty Marquart will be "Sing.
(See SAI, Page 2)
Reverend Ray Kearns
Rerieirs ''The Empire''
Tuesday in Ellen Smith
"The Empire" by Louis Fischer
will be reviewed by the Reverend
Ray Kearns, of the Student Pres
byterian center, at the next Coed
Counselor's book review on Tues
day at 7 p. m. in Ellen Smith hall.
Coed
War
in-chief of the Mediterranean
theater of war? Answer: Maitland
Wilson.
3. Estimate the total U. S. cas
ualties at the present date, includ
ing dead, wounded, missing, and
prisoners of war. Answer: 165,000.
To set some sort of standard,
four men wtre questioned first.
Three STARs, Edward Vince.
Orra Lundgren, and Donald Man-
(See POLL, Page 2)
er's Fair, a day on which the en
tire ag campus held open house,
featuring exhibits, a parade, mid
way, a rodeo, riding contests, a
style show, a stage show, and a
dance which climaxed the day's
activities. One of the traditions of
the affair dictated that any stu
dent not wearing overalls or ging
ham dresses to class during the
week preceding the fair, was sub
mitted to a dunking in the horse
tank.
Due to the absence of men on
the ag campus all of the annual
program has been abandoned with
the exception of the election of
the Goddess of Agriculture. Last
year she was presented on the
outdoor ampith stage, preceding
a community sing and a dance for
the students an dmembers of the
STAR unit.
Senior girls eligible for election
as Goddess are: Dorothy Ander
son, Hazel Anthony, Betty Bone
bright, Betty Brown. Leta Bur
bank, Mary Burbank, rlenc Ca
sey, Carol Chapman, Marjone
Claney, La Vera Conn, Laura Mae
Eule, Grace Gadeken, Carol Gar-
ver, Dorothy Hannah, Geraldine
Henderson, Kay Huston, Myrtle
Johnson, Jane Johnston, Mary
Jean Jones, Carol Kitzinger, Ra
chel Lock, Phyliss Lvness. Betty
McDermand, Gwen Mitchell, Mar
jorie Molzahn, Romaine Reiske,
Helen Rhodes, Gwen Row, Alene
Selk, Marian Truhlsen, Betty Van
Cleave and Mildred Yost.
Flip of Coin
Determines
WAA Officer
A flip of the proverbial coin
finally decided the deadlock in
which two ballotings left the
treasurership of WAA. Leslie Jean
Glotfelty and Mary Jo Gish tied
twice for the office but last night
the coin turned in favor of Mi.ss
Glotfelty ,who will serve as treas
urer for the next year.
The WAA council voted upon
the two candidates last night and
the result remained a 3-3 tie. To
break the deadlock Joyce Junge,
last year's president, tossed a coin
and so ended an unprecedented
factor in WAA history never be
fore has there been a tie for ay
office.
Justice Speaks
At YW Vespers
Service Tuesday
Chief Justice Robert L. Sim
mons of the Nebraska supreme
court will be the speaker at the
YWCA vesper service Tuesday at
5 in Ellen Smith Hall. He will" dis
cuss the tie between government
and religion.
A native of Nebraska, Justice
Simmons was graduated from the
university's law college in 1915.
In 1938 he was elected chief jus
tice of the Nebraska supreme
court on a non-political ballot.
He has contributed a number of
articles to the Journals of the
American Bar association and the
American Judiciary society.
In addition to Justice Simmons'
speech, Darice Conrad will give a
solo. Suzanne Pope is in charge of
the services.
Army Editor t Present
Last Military Page
Today's Army Page is the i
Swan Song for the army writ- j
ers. Since so many ASTer's are
leaving, the page is to be dis
continued after six month's
running. Read it for Xh last
time, Page 4.