More ASTs
Arrive; Army
Clarifies Plan
With the arrival of 95 additional
pre-professional trainees the num
ber of men assigned to the Ne
braska ASTP unit haa increased
to 478, according to Col. J. P.
Murphy. The new arrivals are
approximately one-third pre-den-tal
and two -thirds are pre-med-ical
students.
Information haa also been re
ceived in Col. Murphy's office
from headquarters army service
forces explaining the controlling
policy for the assignment of sepa
rated ASTP trainees. Priorities
governing assignment of ASTP
personnel in order to use to the
fullest extent the skills and abili
ties of these men has been re
leased to go in effect immedi
ately. x
Army Lists Possibilities.
Former ASTPs will have the
opportunity of becoming ccidi
dates for officer candidate schools;
receiving further training in Arrcv
Service Forces specialist schools
to meet requirements of new
Table of Organization units; pre
paring for assignment to units by
(See AST, page 4.)
Vol. 86, No. 112
DramaStudeiits
Present Works
Today in Union
To demonstrate the work of the
University Theater and the speech
department, students of speech
and dramatics will present a pro
gram before the faculty women's
club today at 2:30 p. m. in the
Union.
Main feature of the program is
a one-act play entitled "When
Shakespeare's Ladies Meet." The
play is directed by a student.
Jeanne Racine, and its cast in
cludes Betty Rhodes, Joan Mc
Cague. Jeanne Racine, Gerry Neu
meyer, Dorothy James, and Becky
Silver.
The production, which is a farce
on Shakespeare, half in Shake
spearian dialect and half in mod
ern slang, will be given in re
hearsel form and not as a finished
production. The story concerns
Juliet, who teaches Desdemona.
Ophelia. Portia, Catherine, and
Cleopatra, all ladies in Shake
speare's plays, a few things in the
art of handling men.
Completing the program. Bill
Major will give "The Bells" by
(See DRAMA, page 3.)
Brcta Peterson
Talks on Women
In Law Tonight
Breta Peterson. Lincoln lawyer.
will speak on women in law on the
Phi Chi Theta lecture series to
night at 7:30 in room 316 in the
Union. She will attempt to give
a full view of the field for women.
Miss Peterson was graduated in
1935 and received her L.L.B. from
the university in 1939. She will
picture the vocation and its oppor
tunities from the viewpoint of a
recent graduate.
AWS Convo Diseuw-es
Women in War Jobs
Women in war jobs mill be the
subject of the AWS convocation
Wednesday, April 12 at 5 o'clock
in Ellen Smith hall. An army
lieutenant and graduate of this
university will be present to con
duct the discussion,
A movie picturing women in va
rious types of war jobs, even trac
ing progress of girls who have
gone into the army as officers,
will be shown. The discussion will
follow the movie. The program
waa arranged by Alice Able, chair
man of the AWS vocational aeries.
Editor Calls Reporters
To Thursday Meeting
June Jamieson, editor of the
Nebraskan, announces that
there will be a meeting of all
reporter in the office at 1:00
Thursday. All reporters are
urged to com.
Students Pick
UnionRecords
Ten new records have been
ordered for the Student Union
music room as a result of the
votes cast in the last week by
students who make use of the
room. The additions to the
catalogue include two sym
phonies, a concerto, two selec
tions from chamber music- and
several records of program
music.
The records ordered are:
Symphonic.
Symphony No. 6. Opus .S3 Shostako
vich Philadelphia Orchrstra and Leo
pold Slokowski. Victor DM887
Symphony No. 2 in d major- Branrnn.
Tendon Symphony Orchestra and Fein
Weingartner. Columbia VMM.
Coiwtfl.
Double Concerto for cello and violin
Brahma. Jascha Heit'itz. Emanuel
Feuermann. with Philadelphia Orchestra
and Kugene Ormsndy. Victor M815.
(See RECORDS, page 3.)
Barb, Ag At Large
Filings For Tassels
Due Friday, April 14
Tassel filings for barbs-at-large
must be in Friday, April
14, at 5 o'clock, according to
Mary Russel, Tassel president.
Those from ag are to turn
their applications in at Ag Hall
while barb-at-large filings are
to be made at Ellen Smith hall
with Miss Elsie Ford Piper.
Requirements to Tassel mem
bership include am 80 average.
Students must have completed
24 hours in this university by
the end of this semester and be
carrying at least 12 hours this
semester.
irUDUillliJqi)
Set Up Dutico . . .
WarCoimcilAdoptsCoiistitutioii
Officers of war council present
ed a set of rules and regulations
to council members at their reg
ular meeting Tuesday. This is the
first draft toward a working con
st Hut ion which has been set up
since the founding of the organiza
tion. Roberta Burgess, president, an
nounced the duties of the officers
and the membership regulations
which include:
1. Each university organization
is entitled to one representative
with voting powey Other univer
sity students interested in the
work of war council may have
full membership excluding voting
power.
2. Membership will be rescinded
after three unexcuse'I absences.
Permission for excused absences
may be granted by the president
or secretary-
3. Any member who has at-
YVT Personal Relations
Croup Meets Thursday
Mrs Aneeline Anderson, in-
simr-tor in family life in the home
economics department, will speak
at tne first or a series oi uirtre ui
fr.rmu rrwetincs on personal rela
tions, held Thursday at 4 o'clock
in the faculty lounge at me union.
Opportunity for questions and
discussion will be given. Special
emphasis will be placed on per
sonal relations resulting because
of the war such as war marriages
and engagements.
The series is sponsored by the
Y.W.C.A.. with Jan Engle as chair
man.
Council Closes
Spring Election
Filings Friday
Filings for spring elections, last
university balloting of the year, to
be held April 19, close Friday at
5 p. m., according to Jean Cowden,
chairman of the Student Council
elections committee.
Filings are to be made in the
activities office in the coliseum for
Student Council, publications board
and ag executive board positions.
Candidates must have at least a
75 average, and must be carrying
12 hours this semester.
Thirteen Positions Open.
There are 13 positions open on
the Student Council. Members of
the council are chosen by colleges
with one representative for every
500 students or portion thereof. If
fewer than 500 students are en
rolled in a college, the proportion
of men to women decides whether
the council member will be a man
or woman.
Student Council positions to be
voted upon are as follows:
Arts and Science: One junior
man and one junior woman.
(See COUNCIL, page 3.)
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Wednesday, April 12, 1944
TOTAL STAMP
SALES ARE UP
"Let's keep the stamp sales
total mounting each week. It's a
sure and quick way to help our
country in the time of greatest
need." said Tassel President Mary
Russel.
War stamps will again be sold
today as every Wednesday in the
selected campus buildings.
Sales last week showed an im
provebent over the total of $96.15
for the week before. The total was
$101.90. Ag campus sales amount
ed to $30; Union, $28.10; An
drews. $20.45; Sosh, $20.35; and
the School of Music, $3.
Membership
tended for one semester is eligible
for office.
Plan Final Party
As their final function for the
year, war council is sponsoring a
Carnival dance to be held in the
ballroom of the Union April 29
for all trainees stationed on the
university campus. Marilyn Behm
and Roberta Collins are co-chair
men in charge of the party.
Union Shows Film
In Honor of Pan
American Day
In celebration of Pan American
Day, Friday. April 14, the Univer
sity Extension Division Depart
ment of Visual Education will
show movies in the faculty lounge
of the Union at 4 o'clock that
afternoon.
The films will be of Pan-American
countries and are in color and
sound. Titles of the movies are
"Voung Uruguay." "Housing in
Chile." "Wealth of the Andes," and
"The Bridge."
Jean Rogers
Edits Society
Succeeding Laura Lee Mun
dil, Jean Rogers has been ap
pointed as society editor of the
Nebraskan for the remainder
of the semester. The new edi
tor will be assisted by Ruth
Korb.
Miss Mundil resigned her po
sition because of the pressure
of her school work.
Alums Donate
To F oundation
University of Nebraska alumni
in New York City and vicinity
have raised $1,510 for the Uni
versity Foundation maintenance
.4
Prom Lincoln Journal.
T. B. STRAIN
. . . announces gift of New York
alumni.
J. J. Niles Gives
Recital of Folk
Music in Union
John Jacob Niles, a foremost
interpreter of American folk
music, will be presented in a re
cital in the Union ballroom Sun
day. April 16 at 4 o'clock. Niles
accompanies his songs on a duci
mer, an instrument still used in
the southern mountains of the
United States.
Niles. who makes rare music
from the songs and ballads of
early America, has presented his
songs in the while hogse, in Paris,
London, The Hague, for scholars
at Harvard, Oxford, and in night
clubs. The songs he sings have no
known composers and scarcely
any known beginnings.
Niles studied music for two
years in the Cincinnati Conserva
tory and in France following the
first World war.
Miss McKinsev
Enters Finals
In Speech Meet
Geraldine McKinsev, winner of
the regional semifinal national dis
cussion contest, left Sunday for
Washington, D. C. to participate
in the finals which are being held
today.
As a part of the Pan-American
Day activities in Washington.
D. C, the the six representatives
will be guests at tffe annual Pan
American dinner held in Washing
ton, D. C, for diplomats of the
Pan-American countries.
The final contest consists of a
round-table discussion on "What
Are the Basis for Permanent Inter-American
Co-operation." In
the evening, each of the six con
testants will give a seven-minute
speech. Miss McKensie's topic is
"Wartime Co-operation as a Basis
for Postwar Inter-American Co
operation," There will be no awards or judg
ing for the final contest ana each
contestant will receive a scholar
ship to study at the University of
Mexico this summer.
Miss Jeannette Frasier. speech
instructor, accompanied Miss Mc
Kinsey on her trip. They will re
turn next Sunday.
Pal Lahr Reviews Recent
Book for Home Ec Club
Pat Lahr, Student Union direc
tor, will present a review of Le
land Stows book. "The Robe" at
a mass meeting of the Home Ec
club Thursday night at 7:15 in
Ag hall. "The Robe" is non-fiction
and was recently chosen as
the book of the month by the
Book of the Month club.
A short business meeting: will
precede Miss Lahr's book review.
aaaaaasi K'lT''
fund, it was announced today by
T. B. Strain, Foundation president.
The money was presented to Mr.
Strain at a luncheon given for him
in New York recently by Robert
A. Gantt, president of the New
York City Alumni association;
Merril V. Reed, director of District
10 of the association, and Herbert
Brownell, jr., president of Zone 10.
Mr. Strain reported that New
York alumni displayed enthusiasm
Mr. Perry W. Branch, head
of the Student Foundation, will
speak at a meeting of all dis
trict and county chairmen of
the Student Foundation, in
room 316 of the Union, Thurs
day night at 7:00.
for the Foundation and its work.
They are the first alumni group
outside the state to complete a
fund raising drive for the Founda
tion. Another recent guest of the
New York alumni was Gov.
Dwight Griswold.
Among those who contributed
to the $1,510 fund were: John E.
Baird. Roy Bliss, Arthur W. Brey
er, Herbert Browneli, jr., Samuel
(See FOUNDATION, page 4.).
Art Student
Wins WAVE
Poster Prize
Adelaide Garver, university art
student, won first prize in the
Nebraska WAVES poster contest
which was judged Monday at the
University of Omaha.
University of Nebraska art stu
dents also took second place, won
four honorable mentions and tied
for third place in the contest.
Hedy Schultz won second place
while Beatrice Nakada tied for
third place along with a Hastings
college student. Iris Daugherty.
Four Receive Honorable Mention.
Honorable mention went to
Elizabeth I.amb. Louise Putney,
Winona M. Kelly and Dorothy
Black.
Entries were contributed by
Doane college, Hastings college,
Kearney state teachers college,
Luther college, Omaha university.
University of Nebraska and
Wayne state taechers college.
"The contest indicates that Ne
braska girls are taking the war
seriously," said Lt. (jg.) Anne
Dorsey of the WAVES office. "Of
the 71 posters entered, there were
only two with a humorous vein.
The whole collection was excellent
and each poster showed a great
deal of thought and originality."
6V Speaking
Contest Opens
On April 25
Second annual Victory Speaking
contest, sponsored by Delta Sigma
Rho, honorary forensic fraternity,
will be held April 25 and 27 at
7:30 p. m. in the Temple building.
This contest replaces the intra
mural debate tournament.
Organized houses may enter
two speakers for each night. Rat
ings will be made on each speeth
and the winning group will be the
one having the highest total for all
four speeches. Judp-es are instruc
tors from the speech department.
Speak on War Subjects.
Speeches will be five minutes
long and must be on some subject
relating to the war, such as Red
Cross, U.S.O., food conservation
campaign, WACs or WAVES. Con
testants must fulfill the usual ac
tivity requirements. Debaters tak
ing part in varsity debate activi
ties before February 1 of this year
are ineligible. A list of rules and
requirements has been sent to the
organizations, fraternities and so
rorities. Names of entries must be ..and
ed in to the speech office by Sat
(See V SPEAKERS, page 3.L
