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T-E lJD UlAlAJ w uLjijl. Vol. 88, No. 121 Lincoln 8, Nebraska Wednesday, May 3, 1944 Publications Board Elects Staffs May 11 Staff members for the Nebras- kan and the Cornhusker yearbook will be chosen by the board of stu dent publications May 11. Appli cation forms which may be ob tained in the journalism office must be filled out and returned by May . The board will consider applica tions for paid positions on the Ne braska for the first semester next year which will include editor, two managing editors, four news edi tors, sports editor, business man ager and two assistant business managers. Paid positions on the Cornhusker to be filled for next year are editor, two managing edi tors, business manager and two assistant business managers. The student publications board is made up of five faculty and three student members represent ing the sophomore, junior and sen ior classes. Board members are Harold Hamil, chairman, David Fellman, H. E. Bradford, J. E. Lawrence, John K. Selleck. Albert Reddish, Mary Ralston, and Varro Tyler. ASTP Team Wins Fourth Quiz Contest Uni Graduate Said Missing In No. Africa Capt. Stanley M. Brewster, i graduate of 1939, has been miss ing In action in the North Afri- - "X s. ' , .- - --- - . XL From Lincoln Journal. CAPTAIN BREWSTER ... is missing in action. can theater of war since April 29. according to a recent war depart ment announcement. Captain Brewster held a reserve commission in the ROTC and had spent the last three years at March Field, California. He left Winners of the fourth annual arly in. APril with an aerial photo UN Gallery, Hall Collection Art Purchasers Total $8,000 quiz contest sponsored by the Union Sunday were Dale Chap man, W. K. Keating and Milton Zclman, members of the AST team. Runnersup were Doris Dolezal, PSSy William and Jean Frescolm of the Gamma Phi Beta team. Prizes of war stamps were awarded to the winners and sec ond place team for the quiz which 'covered questions on the arts, cur rent events, music and literature. Pat Lahr acted as judge for the contest. reconnaissance group in the air corps for overseas duty. While at the university. Captain Brewster was president of the In nocents, a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Corn Cobs, junior class president, and feature editor of th Cornhusker. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Royal S. Brewster, and his wife, the former Wilma Comstock and son, Barry, are residents of Lincoln. Pharmacy Soeiely Elects Belly St ehl ik Pre-ilent Al Friday Dinner Meeting Betty Stehlik was elected presi dent of Alpha Epsilon chapter ol Rho Chi, national pharmacy hon orary society, at the annual din ner and initiation held Friday eve ning at the University Club. ' Helena I. Redford was elected vice president, Midori Sakamoto. sec-Tietary-trea surer, and Dr. P. J. Jannke, sergesnt-at-arms. New initiates were Betty Stehlik, Mi dori Sakamoto and Henry Te-fchima. Student Christian Group Elects UN Coeds to Board At the recent leadership confer ence of the Nebraska Jstudent Christian movement held at Kear ney State Teachers college, Mary Ann Mattoon and Lavaughn Nel son were elected to positions on th executive committee for the Rocky Mountain region. Miss Mattoon was elected co chairman of the Nebraska execu tive committee, and she and Miss Nelson are two of the eight re gional representatives from the state of Nebraska by virtue ol these elections. Miss Mattoon is also district representative of the university YWCA. From the 54th annual show of the Nebraska Art Association a total of over $8,000 worth of paint ings, drawings, and sculptures were purchased by the university, Nebraska Art association, and Lincoln families. Of" the 23 separate items pur chased, 13 pieces were bought by the university for the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Frank M. Hall. Purchases totaling an expendi ture of $4,000 or more have been made annually since 1930 when the funds from the bequest were made available to the university. These purchases have been con fined mainly to the work of living Americans because that was the field in which Mr. and Mrs. Hall did their collecting. For the first time since 1937 two of the works are by Amer ican artists who are no longer liv ing. These were selected in order to fill in gaps in the historical sequence representing modern American art of the late 19th and 20th centuries. Jules Pascin's "Hilda" in oil and Charles De- muth's watercolor of 'Apples" are the two paintings added. Add Piece of Sculpture. Hannah Small's white marble sculpture of a seated figure en titled "Repose" is the other major purchase for the Hall collection. The sculpture will be added to the small but select group of modern American sculptures in various media which now total 11 pieces in the Hall collection. In addition to the Demuth wa tercolor, "Apples," six other works in the field of watercolors and graphic arts were added to the collection in order to increase its value from a teaching standpoint. These included watercolors by Mil ton Avery, George Grosz, John Not Blackout A Fuse Blew! Not only the music stopped but also elevators, clocks, stoves, toasters, refrigerators, dish washers, time clocks, cash reg isters and radios in the Union yesterday. According to Pat Lahr, a transformer was overheated and burned out a fuse which stopped all electric currents for about 20 minutes during the noon rush hour. Hamburgers sizzled cold, "Sil ver Wings in the Moonlight" slowed down to a horrible groan and ice melted into puddles, while an electrician was called from the west stadium to ex amine the source of trouble, which proved to involve some 2,500 volts. ROTC Parades For Inspection Staff Tuesday 7 J under- lnspec- Nebraska ROTC units went a war time federal tion yesterday with Col. Malcolm Craig, general staff corps, Sev er.th service command, acting as inspection officer. New awards were not made as is customary, since only basic trainees, fresh men and sophomores were exam ined, as no advanced ROTC courses are offered, according to Col. J. P. Murphy, commandant. - In the morning class work .and drill were inspected. In the after-: noon practical field exercises were inspected and at 5 p. m., the en tire cadet battalion paraded on the athletic field. Next week, formation will t held at which time the American Legion will present citizenship medals. Nebraska Receives Air Silver Hero Star The Silver Star for "gallantry In action and outstanding leader ship abilit3'" has been awarded to L.t. Col. Ben Rimerman a '57 grtl uate of the university who was previously awarded the Distin guished Flying Cross and the Air' Medal with three oak Je.af clusters. The presentation was xnade by Brig. Gen. Murray O. Woodbury who commands an American figtiter wing at a special cere mony at sin airfield somewhere in lirigland. i Veteran of Many Missions. Colonel Rimerman is deputy commander of one of the leading fighter groups operating in the European theater and is a veteran of znuiy combat missions against the Luftewaffe. His group, which was the first Thunderbolt outfit to cany out a dive bombing mis won against nazi installations in Europe, recently -e)ebrated its 100th combat operation. In one afternoon the gToup de Ktroyed U enemy planes, damaged 12 enemy planes and probably de stroyed six others. -rocked two' trains and blasted nine locomo tives, blew up one oil dump, fired hangers and quarters on fieveral airfields and strafed a staff car filled with ofi'ieers. While a student at the univer sity. Colonel Rimerman was a member of Delta Tau Delta fra ternity and was enrolled in busi ness administration. Before en tering the service he was employed by the Security Mutual Life In surance company of Lincoln. Music Association EI eels Westhrook To Act on Council Arthur E. Westbrook. director of the school of fine arts, was re cently re-elected to serve a three year term on the curricula com mission of the National Associa tion of Schools of Wusfc. Other members elected to the council at a convention in Cincin nati were Dr. Earl Moore, Uni versity of Michigan, chair-man. Karl Esthrnan, Dennison " univer sity; Howard Hanson, Eastman School of Musici Ouincv P!ter. New Fgland Confiervatory, and George Wedge, JuilUard School ol Music I Mrs. R. W. Hill Speaks at YW May Breakfast Mrs. R. W. Hill, president of the Nebraska chapter of the Amer ican Federation of Women, will speak at the May morning break fast to be held in the Union at 9 a. m. Sunday morning. May 7. Mrs. Hill has just returned from St. Louis. Mo., where she attended the national convention of the American Federation of Women. At the program after the break fast Betty Lou Horton will give a welcome to the mothers, and Mrs. Hill will give a response for the mothers. The annual May morning break fast is planned and given by the freshman YWCA staff. 'Mary Ann Lofink is chairman for the ar rangements. Jackie Scott has charge of the program, and Polly Peterson is in charge of decora tions. The breakfast will be held in parlors XYZ and ABC. and th? program will be in the ballroom of the Union. Anne WellensiekJ president of the YWCA, is mistress1 of ceremonies. The program will open with a vocal solo by Helen Laird.. Then1 Betty Lou Horton and Mrs. Hill will give their talks. Joline Acker-1 man will present a vocal solo and a string quartet composed of stu-j dents from the school of music will play. I Marin, and Andrew Wyeth, each representing a different style or treatment, ranging from complete ly spontaneous free expressions of Avery and Marin to a more de tailed, studied manner in Wyeth's "Spring Beauty." A drawing by Harry Wickey and an early mon otype by John Sloan round out the list of works on paper. Purchase Native's Painting. Jean Liberte's "Brooding Night," featured in his one man show at the Babcock galleries in New York in the fall of 1943, and a satirical jewel-like oil titled "Mourning" by Thomas McClure, a native Nfbraskan from Pawnee county who is now working for (See PAINTINGS, page 4.) Barb Women Honor Work Of Top Coeds Unaffiliated women who have done outstanding work in scholar ship and activities on the campus during the past year were honored at an annual meeting of barb women held Monday night in the Union, sponsored by the Barb Ac tivities Board for Women. Six coeds were awarded pins for superior work in organizations and activities and the BABW choice of the outstanding barb woman in the freshman, sopho more and junior classes were an nounced. Name Top Coeds. The six women awarded pin? were Helen Surber, Arlene Gra ham, La Verne Klein, Peggy Lar son. Icle Jean Selders and Jane McElhaney. Helen Surber, Clair Kepler and Virginia Stuermer were named outstanding unaffili ated women in the freshman, sophomore and junior classes. Miss Barbara Arnold, secretary of the university YWCA, spoke to the group on the "Responsibili ties of Leadership." "The responsibilities of leader ship often far outweigh the pri veleges of leadership,'1 said Miss Arnold. "A leader must be will ing to be criticized and to be unpopular at times," she con tinued, warning the students to keep before them the well-bein of those for whom they strive. Council Meets For Last Time Student Council will hold its last meeting of the year this afternoon at S p. rn. in room 316 of the Union. ryan, seger spealc For Friday Convos Junior, Senior Women Sleet in Union Today Junior and senior women who are participating in the daisy and ivy chains for Ivy Oay should meet in room 315 of the Union today at 4:30. The final list will be completed at this meeting. Dr. Kirk Bryan of the depart ment of geology and geography of Harvard university, and Mr. Ger- hart Seger, graduate of the school of journalism at Leipzig, will speak at convocations Friday. Dr. Bryan, who for many years was a staff member ol the Smith sonian Institute and a pioneer in the effort to uncover the record of early man on this continent, will speak Friday at II p. m. in the Union ballroom. Refugee from Germany. Former member of tae foreign affairs committee of the reichFtag and an active anti-nazi, Mr. Seger, will address a convocation in the icocmu sciences aiauonum at 2! p. m. Friday. Before escaping lo the United States, he spent six months in a concentration camp and is now engaged in writing and lecturing . The two in connection nual meeting Academy of Sciences, meeting May 5 and 6 headquarters will be hall. convocation are with the 54th an of tht Nebraska which is Academy in Moirili Climaxing the two day of lec tures, discussions, and sectional meetings wjll be the annual ban j. et of the Academy in room 315 of the Union at 6 p. m. H. W. Manter. professor of zoology at the university, will address the group on "Some Postwar Prob lems of Science." i r i r i I i L f