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Vol. 86, No. 108
LINCOLN, 8, NEBRASKA
Friday, March 31, 1944
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Annual Junior-Senior Prom
Features New MB Masking
Traditional Ivy Day ceremonies
will be disposed of this spring,
and new Mortar Boards will be
masked at the annual Junior-Senior
Prom, according to Rachael
Ann Lock, president of Mortar
Board.
The prom, heretofore cancelled
because of a lack of men, will be
held after all April 29 in the
coliseum, by which time the re
turning AST will be here to act
as escorts. The Prom committee
has announced that the orchestra
playing for the dance will be kept
a secret until the night of the
prom, but that for sure, it will be
Charlie Spivak, Jimmy Dorsey, or
Harry James.
Juniors Attend.
When queried as to the reason
for masking the new Mortar
UN Committee
Okays Formals
For Students
As a result of a petition pre
sented to the Dean of Women's
office by the student council, ask
ing that formal dances be allowed,
it was announced today that the
former restriction would be lifted.
Afporoill.
Due to the agitation aroused on
campus by a recent letterip in the
Ncbraskan, and because most of
the other schools in the country
which had made similar restric
tions have since lifted them, the
faculty-senate committee decided
to comply with student wishes to
allow formal parties.
This news was received with joy
by student organizers of the junior-senior
prom and Triad formal.
Plans are already under way to
uphold tradition by keeping both
these parties formal this spring.
700 ASTPs
Leave Campus
For Field Unit
After approximately 600 basic
engineers and 100 area and lan
guage students had been shipped
to combat units, Col. James P.
Murphy, commandant of military
units, announced Thursday that
military units still on the campus
included 90 advanced engineers, all
pre-medical, pre-dental, advanced
dental, and advanced medical stu
dent residents, and air forces de
tachment and the Army Special
ized Training Reserve.
Although the air forces detach
ment is gradually being reduced,
with June as the date for its dis
continuance on the Nebraska cam
pus, the A ST PR, made up of 17
and 18 year olds, will be increased
as more high school students grad
uating this spring take advantage
cf the program.
Chancellor C. S. Boucher re
ceived a letter from Maj. Gen.
C. H. Danielson, commander of the
Seventh service, in which Major
Denielson said that he appreciated
the co-operation of the university
and it was with deep regret that
he had to reduce the quotas for
the program.
Theater Holds Tryouts
For Next Play Friday
Tryouts for the next univer
sity theater production will be
helu in room 154 of the Temple
building at 7 Friday evening.
The next play will be "The
Lady Who Came to Stay." The
roles to be filled include two
for men, seven for women.
Boards at the prom, spokesmen
for the organization answered that
all junior women will naturally at
tend the dance, and consequently
the ticket sales will be increased
considerably.
Another new development (and
aren't there a lot of them today?)
is that the new members of the
Black Mask will be mostly sopho-
William Reed,
Regents' Board
Member, Dies
Appointment of a member of
the board of regents to fill the
vacancy caused by the death
Tuesday of William Reed, 71,
Omaha, will be made by Gov.
Dwight Griswold until another
regent can be elected at the gen
eral election in November, Secre
tary of State Frank Marsh an
nounced this week.
Marsh said names of candidates
for the position would be placed
on the ballot by petition, 250 sig
signatures, at least 25 from each
county, are required. If more than
two persons file for the position,
Marsh added, it is the duty of the
governor to select the two names
to go on the ballot from those
filed.
Regent Since 1940.
Reed, who represented district
2, which includes Douglas, Sarpy
and Washington counties, had
been a regent since 1940. For the
past 50 years Reed was associated
with the John Clay Livestock
commission, was three times
president of the Omaha Livestock
Exchange and was a former Ro
tary club president.
He served on the Omaha school
board for nine years, was active
in Boy Scout work and once
headed the Omaha Scout council.
He also held posts on the YMCA
and Community Chest fund rais
ing campaigns.
Names for Honors
Convocation Due
By Saturday Noon
Saturday noon is the deadline
for submitting names of students
and organizations to be honored
at the annual Honors Convocation
April 22, according to L. B. Smith,
chairman of the convocation com
mittee. The only students who will be
recognized for superior scholar
ship will be seniors who have been
in the upper three percent of their
classes during the two preceding
semesters and have maintained
upper ten percent standing during
four years.
Students in the upper ten per
cent of their class in each college
will be recognized for high schol
arship. University student organ
izations will also be recognized for
high scholarship among their
members.
Miss Margaret Fedde
Attends Home Ee Meet
Miss Margaret Fedde, chairman
of the department of home eco
nomics, left yesterday for Chicago
to represent the university at a
three day youth planning con
ference called by the American
Home Economics association. She
is one of 40 delegates from college
and high school groups who will
co-operate in the planning of an
educational program for young
people.
more women instead of juniors.
This was decided at the last Mor
tar Board meeting- because junior
women have been "meager beav
ers" too much this year. "Any
way," said the Mortar Boards,
"thore are not enough eligible
juniors."
Afporoill.
Junior women, when asked what
they thought about masking
sophomore women, replied unani
mously that they thought it was a
fine idea, because they (the jun
iors) were only working in activi
ties to kill time anyway.
Details of the prom theme and
masking ceremonies will be re
leased later, after final commit
tees have been chosen.
AFPOROILL.
Ex-Student
Receives Air
Medal Award
Second Lt. Norman J. Bartz,
former student, has been awarded
the air medal for successful com
pletion of ten flights over enemy
territory in the European theater,
and also the oak leaf cluster for
ten sorties.
Lieutenant Bartz flew a P-38
Lightning on the first American
combat flight over Berlin. On
this raid his plane was hit by flak
near the reich capital, and he re
turned more than 500 miles with
only one engine, flying barely
above the ground, and clipping
telephone wires with his wings.
He also took part in the first
great Regensburg raid.
He attended the university from
1939-1940, when he enlisted dur
ing his sophomore year.
Marti, Armstrong
Appear on KFAB
University Forum
Lloyd Marti, mayor of Lincoln,
and Robert M. Armstrong, state
tax commissioner, will be heard
on the university "Forum of the
Air" Saturday over KFAB at 5
o'clock, to discuss the "Future of
State's Rights."
Dr. David Fellman, associate
professor of political science, will
be the moderator for the fourth
time in the series, and Dr. Lane
Lancaster, professor of political
science, will be the fourth partici
pant in the radio panel.
Geraldine McKinsey Wins
First Place at Texas Meet
"We came, we saw, we con
quered. Gerry goes to Mexico,"
was the telegram sent to Dr.
LeRoy T. Laase by Geraldine Mc
Kinsey's sponsor as she won first
place in the re
gional semi
final discussion
contest held in
Austin, Tex.,
a s t Wednes
day.
Miss McKin
sey will go to
Washington, D.
C, and New
York to par
ticipate in the
From Lincoln Journal
ather regional mim McKinwy.
semifinalists. The finals will be
broadcast over the Blue network.
Official army sources revealed today that the Army
Specialized Training Program will be reinstated at Nebras
ka and several other universities throughout the country.
Pressure brought to bear upon the war department by the
men who were taken from the schools brought about the
sudden change in plan, according to an army spokesman.
THIS IS TRUE!
YWMoek Trial
Places Mortar
Boards on Spot
Breta Peterson, Lincoln lawyer
and former Mortar Board, will
conduct a mock court with parlia
mentary procedure Wednesday,
April 5, at 5 o'clock In Ellen Smith
hall. Present Mortar Boards will
serve as subjects for the drill.
Mrs. Roscoe Hill, member of the
University YW advisory board,
will give a short talk on leader
ship before the trial.
Ghita Hill is in charge of this
meeting as chairman of the YW
upperclass leadership training
group. The meeting is open to all
students.
Ag College Holds
Annual Breakfast
Sunday at 7 a. in.
Annual ag college pre-Easter
breakfast, which will be held Sun
day morning at 7 a. m. in the col
lege activities building, is the ISth
to be held in as many years. The
breakfast is held on Palm Sunday
and is the only ag campus tradi
tion to have continued unbroken
for so long a period of time.
The ag college religious council
sponsors the breakfast which was
first given in 1927 by the mem
bers of one of the campus church
groups. Since that time the affair
has grown to include youth groups
from the three churches near the
campus, YWCA and YMCA mem
bers, and interested students of all
denominations. One breakfast was
attended by four hundred students
Lona Haskins, resident of the
religious council will preside Sun
day morning and Dr. Arthur Mil
ler of First Presbyterian church
will address the group. Gwendo
lyn Booth will present a marimba
solo.
Tickets may be obtained until
tonight from council members.
Air Corps Celebrates
First Birthday Willi Open
House at Love Library
In celebration of their first year
on the university campus, the stu
dents of the 348th CTD will hold
an open house in Love Library
Sunday.
All students and townspeople
are invited to visit the building
between noon and 2:30 p.m., Lt.
William R. Marshall announced.
During the summer, each of the
finalists will attend summer
school at the University of Mex
ico, Mexico City. Five hundred
dollar fellowships will be presented
to the Jix students competing in
the finals.
Submits Manuscripts.
The contest is sponsored by the
co-ordinator of Inter-American af
fairs under the auspices of the
American council of education.
Miss McKinsey won admittance to
the national semifinals by sub
mitting a manuscript to the na
tional office of the co-ordinator.
'The Basis for Permanent Co
operation Among American Re
publics" was the subject of the
conference. Miss McKinsey's panel
discussion topic for which she won
first place was "Inter-American
Trade and Commerce As a Basis
for Permanent Co-operation."
Nebraskans can expect the re
turn of the ASTP tomorrow night
on the 6:15 train which will come
into the Burlington station, the
official communique said. Those
expected to return are the basic
engineers and the A&L students
who were stationed in Love Li
brary prior to their April 27 and
28 departure.
Afporoill.
Telegrams received by the Ne
braskan from AST's complained
bitterly of climatic conditions in
the new stations in the south. Sev
eral are bringing back man-eating
crocodiles which may be placed on
exhibition in ,the zoology depart
ment providing large enough cages
can be obtained, according to the
Bessey hall janitorial staff.
-Nebraska coeds are expected to
flood the station at train time and
local military officials have prom
ised that the returning men will
have three day leaves as well as
promotions which entail a $20 pay
increase.
AST Return.
Smashes Air
CorpsDreams
Members of the 348th CDT
came down from their place of
honor as largest group of military
trainees to be left on the campus
with a solid thump this morning
when the reinstatement of the
AST unit was announced.
Afporoill.
The day of the unit's departure,
co-operative air cadets sent sym
pathy cards to the various sorori
ties expressing grief and wishing
"Godspeed to the ASTP."
Now their dreams are at an end
for the .AST is back, the coeds
are happy, the air corps isn't.
Coeds Tend Cows
As Part of War
Work Program
War council and the women's
physical education department to
day announced that starting next
Monday every Nebraska coed will
be required to spend three hours
daily working at the ag college
livestock barns and yards. The
new project, sponsored joinly by
the two groups, is a part of the
physical fitness and war work
programs.
"Officials of both groups ex
pressed the opinion that the addi
tion to the curriculum would
prove highly beneficial to women
students since it will provide
them with needed exercise in the
fresh air and will fill some of the
free time which coeds habitually
spend asleep.
Afporoill.
They further stated that it will
provide needed laborers for the
ag campus and will give the girls
experience in the care of live
stock; experience which they may
find valuable in later years.
State Voters Register
For Primary Elections
Saturday is the last day for
registration for the Nebraska
primaries. All eligible voters
must register in the city hall
before that date.
Necessary qualifications are:
Voters must be 21 years of age;
have lived in the state six
months, in the county 40 days
and in their precinct ten days.