Poll Board Eleeis Pat CEiaiiiEierlio,
Myra GoIEierg Editors of 1 94445
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Vol. 88, No. 126
Friday, May 12, 1944
Students Receive
Year Book Today
From a September promise to a
May reality the Cornhusker is
out and on the deadline set eight
months ago by" editor Betty Hohf
and business manager Bob Hen
derson. This is the first time since
1939 that the yearbook has made
its deadline, altho the 1940 and '41
books were distributed before the
close of the school year.
A convocation has been called
by Mr. Henderson for 4 p. m. to
day in the Union ballroom when
the 1944 Cornhusker beauty queens
will be introduced and the book
distributed to the student body.
The new editor and business man
ager will also be presented and the
retiring staff heads and Harold
Hamil, chairman of the publica
tions board, will give short talks.
'Our Four Year."
Child of priorities and wartime
restrictions, the book cover is
mottled brown with profile of a
soldier wearing a field helmet out
lined in- gold on the front. The
theme is "Our four years" and the
transition of Nebraska from a
peacetime to a wartime campus
are depicted in the 320 pages
Mrs. G. Rogers
Gives Six Lots
To University
Mrs. Margaret Hochderfer
Rogers recently presented six
downtown lots to the university
foundation in memory of her hus
band, the late George Hippee
Rogers.
The foundation is given a free
hand in using the income, and in
a letter announcing the gift as a
memorial, Mrs. Rogers said: "I
wish to make the income from
the above properties available for
immediate use in furthering the
program of the foundation."
Rogers graduated from this
university in 1888, and was, at
the time of his death, a member
of the foundation. He kept an ac
tive interest in university affairs
throughout his lifetime. Complet
ing graduate work at Columbia in
law and political science, he re
turned to Lincoln to practice law
for several years. j
Forum Discusses
Pressure Groups
University "Forum of the Air"
will discuss "Pressure Groups in
Government" Saturday over KFAB
at 5:30. Dr. David Fellman. from
the political science department,
will be moderator.
Other participants in the panel
discussion will be Lane W. Lan
caster, professor of political sci
ence; Prof. J. M. Reinhardt from
the department of sociology; and
Lester L. Dunn, attorney, and
member of the Lincoln city
council.
Union Board Elects Prof.
E. W. Lantz to Presidency
E. W. Lantz, associate professor
of secondary education, was
elected president of the Vniott
board of managers at a meeting
of the board held Wednesday eve
ning. Mr. Lantz has been a mem
ber of the board since its estab
lishment. Ernest Larson was elected first
vice-president and Janet Mason is
new second vice-president. Perma
nent secretary of the board is
E. F. Du Teau, secretary of the
alumni association.
The board, which is composed of
eight students, h'.x faculty mem
bers and three alumni, elects the
director of the Union and the stu
dent members plan the activities
of the organization. 1
tracing the four years the class
of 1944 has spent In the univer
sity. A few of the outstanding fea
tures include colored division pages
with French fold, the campus of
the future, pictures of the four
classes divided according to col
lege, the army section and the
beauty queens.
The book was printed by the
Journal Printing Co., engraved by
Capital Engravers and the cover
was designed and manufactured
by the David J. Malloy Co. The
managing editors were Myra Col
berg and Kay Detweiler.
Council Rejects Panhel Plan;
Revokes Recognition of Parties
The political unrest which has been smoldering on the
campus since' spring elections, burst forth in full flame Wed
nesday when the student council, meeting for the last time
this semester, revoked recognition of Barb and Union par
ties. Since these have been the
ognition, Wednesday's action
sity with no organized political
The question of campus ponucs
and elections was raised when
Dorothy Carnahan, AWS presi
dent, presented for council con
sideration a resolution, passed by
the Panhellenic council of presi
dents, calling for an open primary
to precede each university election
and the elimination of party desig
nation following candidates' names
on the ballot. The purpose of the
proposed change, according to the
Panhellenic representative, is to
promote the election of students
"because of policy, not because of
social affiliation. She also staled
that it was obvious that the re
cent spring election "was not up
to par," drawing from Lois
Christie, council president, the
query, "You mean the election was
not un to tar according to the
Spectator, don't you?"
Lost in Shuffle.
The Panhellenic-sponsored reso
lution was ouicklv lost in the
shuffle when a bloc of council
members, led by Jean Larson,
newly masked Mortar board presi
dent, and Pat Cole, chairman ?f
the constitutions committee, pre
sented a resolution that the coun
cil revoke its recognition of bcih
barb and union parties in an at
tempt to completely eliminate
party politics from the campus.
The new Mortar Board prexy
stated that the present campus
Union Crib Opens
For Summer May 31
Closing May 22, the Union Corn
Crib will reopen on May 31 along
with the new Campusline cafeteria.
The cafeteria, being remodeled
and redecorated under the direc
tion of Miss Kady Faulkner, will
serve civilian students, Union staff
members and members of the uni
versity faculty.
From Lincoln Journal.
E. W. LANTZ
heads Union board.
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Summer School
Students Publish
Eight Nehraskans
o
The Nebraskan will be published
once a week for eight consecutive
weeks this summer for summer
school students, it was announced
today by Charlotte Hill, Ne
braskan business manager. Mar
jorie Marlette, former Nebraskan
editor, will serve as editor in chief
and' Miss Hill will continue as
business manager.
The first issue will be out on
June 1st for registration and
thereafter will appear on each
Wednesday. Students interested in
working on the editorial staff or
in soliciting ads should contact
with Hill or Mrs. Marlette or leave
their name at the Nebraskan
office.
only parties with council rec
theoretically leaves the univer
groups
nolitical svstem encourages elec
tion of candidates on the basis of
"social monetary standing rather
than merit." Pat Cole, who has
been active in university politics
advocated closer co-oneration be'
tween Barbs and Greeks in the
election of students best qualified
to aireci university activities.
First passed by a voice vote, the
resolution revoking party recogni
tion passed again when a show
of hands was called for. No rea
son was given for the council's ac
tion other than the general decla-
Phi Chi Theta
Installs Grace
Stccklcy Prexy
New officers of Phi Chi Theta,
honorary bizad sorority, were in
stalled following initiation of new
members Tuesday night. Grace
Steckley is new president; Mary
Sinclair, vice president; Dorothea
Lemon, secretary, and Joan Shaw,
treasurer.
The annual banquet of the or
ganization was held last night at
the Cornhusker in honor of the
six new initiates: Betty June Bal
dwin, June Dunn, Pat Tobin,
Jeanne Dougan, Laurine Hanson
and Vonne Milton. Trof. and Mrs.
J. E. Kirshman, and Prof, and
Mrs. C. E. McNeill were guests
at the dinner.
Professor McNeill gave a talk
on "How to Spot An Apple
Polisher." Sadie Hawkins re
sponded with "How to Apple-
Polish." Professor Kirshman talked
on "What a Professor Does in the
Summer," and Dorothea Lemon
answered with "What a Student
Doc3 in the Summer." The ban
quet was in charge of Mary Lou
Holtz.
Herbert Norman
Serves as Prexy
For Palladian
Palladian literary s o c i e ty
elected Herb Norman president of
the group for the first semester
next year and Alice Pierce chair
man of summer activities, at the
weekly meeting Monday. June
Dunn is the new vice-president
and Alma Telecky is secretary of
summer activities.
Other officers include: Critic,
Mildred Engstrom; recording sec
retary, Harlan Franey; corre
sponding secretary, Louise Put
ney; program chairman, Barbara
Smiley; treasurer, Mildred Breuer
and historian, Mary Ann Sherman
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HIM.. fOI.BKRO.
At a meeting of the publications
board hold yesterday afternoon
in the Union, Pat Chamberlain was
elected editor of the Nebraskan
for next semester and Myra Col
berg was elected editor of the 1945
Cornhusker. Joan Martz, formerly
assistant business manager of the
Nebraskan, was chosen business
manager, and Charlotte Hill, re
tiring Nebraskan business man
ages, becomes business manager of
the Cornhusker.
ration that the move would "clean
up" campus politics. Party plat
forms, filed with the council in
1939, drew no attention.
Must Recognize Parties.
Lois Christie, retiring council
president, emphasized that next
year's council may recognize any
newly formed political party which
files for recognition and presents
a suitable platform. Harold An
dersen, newly elected president of
the 1944-45 council, declared, "The
university needs a workable, prac
tical plan for clarification of the
whole issue of politics. The council
next year will be glad to consider
any such plan to clear up the pres
ent confused picture.
New Student Union board mem
bers, Janice Campbell, Virginia
Stuermer, Mildred Bauer, Mildred
Engstrom and Lois Opper were ac
cepted by the council. The group
also approved the Coed Counselor
constitution as amended recently
Pat Cole announced that the addi
tions to the AUF constitution had
not been completed and that coun-
(See COUNCIL, page 6.)
Report Lt. Hollis
Former Student
Missing in Italy .
Lt. John T. Hollis, jr., who did
his graduate work at Nebraska,
has been reported missing in the
Italian theater since March 29,
according to word received from
his wife. Lt. Hollis was a naviga
tor in a Liberator bomber.
Lt. Hollis was graduated from
Oklahoma A & M and took
graduate work in pathology. He
enlisted in the Air Corps January,
1943, and finished his training as
a navigator at Fairmont, Neb. He
left for overseas in January, 1944.
UN Summer Session Offers
Librarian Teacher Courses
s
Special workshops for librari
ans, superintendents, and teachers
will be offered in addition to the
regular summer school courses
R. D. Montz, dean of summer
school, announced today. Regis
tration will be May 31 at the
coliseum and classes will begin
June 1.
Dean Moritz said that a tenta
tive program had been set up for
engineers who would be deferred
after June 1. This would enable
these men to secure additional
hours and for some, enough hours
for graduation, he added. Courses
in electrical, civil, architectural.
and chemical engineering will be
offered.
Workshops will include a three
week course for state librarians.
Requests for such a course have
numbered 15. For superintendents
of small schools, Dean Moritz said
that a six weeks course in school
problems and buildings will be of
fered because of the large per
From Lincoln Journal.
C'HAMRKRUN. MART..
Former Nebraskan sports edi
tor, Harold Andersen, and Mary
louise Goodwin, news editor, are
the new managing editors. Alice
Abel and Joyce Crosbie were
elected managing editors of the
Cornhusker.
Leslie Jean Glotlelty and Betty
Hutson were reappointed Nebras
kan news editors, and Janet
Mason and Mickey Jarrell were
appointed news editors to fill the
vacancies left by Ghita Hill, who
did not file for reappointment, and
Marylouise Goodwin. J. P. Miller
will take over the position of
sports editor vacated by Harold
Andersen.
Assistant business managers for
the Nebraskan are Lorraine Ab
ramson and Mildred Engstrom.
Myrtle. Johnson and Sylvia Bern
stein will work in the same ca
pacity for the Cornhusker.
Miss Chamberlain, Nebraskan
editor, has been managing editor
of the paper for one year, is a
member o Vestals of the Lamp,
(See PUBLICATIONS, page 3.),
Billlliller
Wins Long
Debate Cup
Bill Miller, freshman, was
awarded the Long cup for out
standing work in debate at the
annual initiation and dinner of
Delta Sigma Rho, national hon
orary forensic fraternity, held
Wednesday in Ellen Smith hall,
beginning at 5 p. m.
The basis for the award has
been changed this year to include
participation during the whole
year instead of only one evening
of tryouts. A freshman squad was
chosen in the fall, and the award
was presented to the freshman
who, during the entire season.
showed the most promise and con
tributed the most in intercollegiate
debate.
New initiates include Jean
Frescoln, Jean Kinnie, Geraldine
McKinsey, Mary Ann Mattoon and
Anne Wellensiek.
Members of the debate squad
were the invited guests at the
dinner. Those attending were Bob
Gillan, Bill Miller, Eugene Tedd,
Robert Coonley, Maurine Evnen,
Joan Gellatly and Betty Lou Hor-
on.
centage of inexperienced superin
tendents who have requested this
training.
Includes Workshop.
In addition to these workshops
a one week course for officers
and members of executive boards
of six districts of the Nebraska
State Teachers association in de
velopment of better public rela
tions and building up committee
activities will be included.
Dr. Westbrook, who is in charge
of the all state high school music
(See SUMMER SCHOOL, page 3.)
In Today's Issue
Swan Song page 2
Last Hell and Hi Water. page 2
Review of the Year page 3
Society pages 4 and S
Exam Schedule page 4
Sports pages 6 and 7
Commencement paga 8