Nebraskaii Reporter Gets News, And That Isn't All! by janilT MASON. around for a handsome man to Finding out the news without sooth our nerves and find none the aid of a newspaper can be made an exciting experience by interviewing that intellectually elite class of people the college- goers. Of course, these interviews took place immediately following a summers vacation in which few of the inhabitants of the ivy-covered institution managed to find time for newspapers and world events. We started out last Friday aft ernoon to find out where this ru mored meeting between Roosevelt and Churchill took place. Look ing rather suspiciously at her questioner, Jean Larson, new Mortar Board prexy, says she doesn't know where they met but she could find out in just a min ute, and picks up the nearest newspaper. This will never do, so Jean Cowden, member of last year's Student Council, is accosted next, immediately she names "Quebec." Overwhelming Knowledge. This amount of knowledge, all cooped up inside of one person, was rather astounding, so we look other than dent college senior Bob Wilson. "What did Roosevelt and Churchill talk about?" was the next question; and then those big brown eyes and that slow smile turned on the questioner and the answer was never heard. On to less disturbing people. Charlotte Hill, Cornhusker busi ness manager, says they talked about postwar plans. "Is that all Ihcy talked about?" "Yes." "Where does Japan come in?" "I don't know, but there were sure some darling lieutenants over at the Sig Alph house last night!" So we give up in disgust and wonder why we weren t at the Sig Alph house last night. Then we begin wondering what this is about Anthony Eden that seems to be good for a couple of inches in every newspaper. Walk ing into Vat Lahr's office, sitting down very quietly and mysteri ously, the questioner suddenly starts shooting: "Where is An thony Eden?" "Oh my heavens," says Pat, quite flustered, "do you (See NEWS, Page 3) As Hie mhf isa,r3,3,iEi UN Schedules Annual Convo For Freshmen More than 1,000 freshmen are expected to attend the annual frosh convocation Thursday at 4 p. m. at the coliseum following a Tassel sponsored pep rally, sched uled to begin at the Temple the atre at 3:30 p. m. Welcoming the new class will be Chancellor C. S. Boucher Ellsworth DuTeau, secretary of the Nebraska Alumni association, will administer the traditional freshman oath, and Jean Larsen, president of Mon-ar Board, will address the group. Col. J. P. Murphy, commandant of univer sity military units; T. J. Thomp son, dean of student affairs, and Verna H. Boyles, dean of women, will be presented. University enrollment for the coming year is expected to show an increase of from ten to fifteen percent over the 1943-44 figure, 4- i; -t ' I. All members of Mortar Board and Tassels will participate in the convocation sst rm it no Wl i i mm W JIM Journal turn blur. CHANCELLOR C. S. BOUCHER Fellow Student! : We are all most thankful that we live in a country tha lines not have a "blackout" of higher edu cation. Our privileges are many ana of incalculable value. Uur re sponsibilities are correspondingly great. Our resolve is to make the best possible use of our advantages and to meet our responsibilities faithfully and valiantly. C. S. BOUCHER. Dean Bengtson announced Saturday that any freshmen students who for any reason were unable to complete the examinations given Thursday, Friday and Saturday of last week will be allowed to finish the examinations at some time in the near future, the date to be announced later according to Dt. registrar. G. W. Rosenlof, Lincoln 8, Nebraska Monday, September 18, 1944 Harold Hamil Leaves UN Post 4' ' 'i From Lincoln Journal FORREST C. BLOOD . . . heads journalism school. Union Activities For Students Begin Saturday For the seventh time since its completion in 1938 the Student Union opens its doors to a new class of freshmen. Feature of the opening this fall will be The Campusline, newly decorated cafe teria which was devoted to feed ing arrny students during the school year 1943-44. c The Campusline, decorated with line murals of campus buildings, will serve noon and night meals beginning Thursday. Tlie Corn .rio, popular "coking spot, is serving refreshments and short orders as always and will be open from 7:30 a.m. until 10:30 p.m. on week days beginning Thursday and until 12:30 a.m. on Friday and Saturday. (See UNION, Page 2) Forrest Blood Becomes Head Of Journalism Harold Hamil, director of the school of journalism, has resigned his position at the university to accept a place on the - editorial staff of the St. Louis Star-Times Coming to the university in the fail of 1941, Mr. Hamil has headed the school of journalism and acted as director of the university pub licity department. Before coming to UN he worked for one year in New York on the staff of the As sociated Press. Previous to that he had been managing editor oi the Hastings Tribune. Blood Takes Over. i ' , ' ,3 ' " V ,,,-, .....rr...! Altho figures win not be avail able until the completion of regis tration Wednesday afternoon, Dr. Rosenlof predicted that the first semester student body will num ber nearly 3,000. He indicated that the enrollment had been ex pected to hit bottom this year, but From Lincoln Journal HAROLD HAMIL . resigns post at UN Freshmen Don Mr. Hp.mil will be replacd bv rrotessor Forrest C. Blood as act ing director of the school. Pro fessor Blood, member of the fac- Ulrv ainrp 102f5 la nrnfooanr rf' advertising and has been a mem-j rfldltlOnol CopS ber of the school of journalism' I staff for several years. The university publicity depart ment, which Hamil has directed, will be under the temporary super vision of Miss Emily Schossbergcr, university editor. Coed Counselors Will Entertain Freshmen All freshman women are in vited to attend a get-acquainted party Thursday at 7 p. m. in Ellen Smith. Members of the Coed Counselor board will be hostesses at the party, which serves to acquaint new coeds with tipperclassmcn. There will be entertainment and refreshments. Besides his duties as director of the school of journalism and the publicity department, Hamil has (See HAMIL, Page 7) UN Students Buy Alulctic Tickets In Coliseum Season athletic tickets which provide students and faculty members entrance t. mission V all home athletic events, including football, basketball and track, arc on sale this week at the student activities office in the coliseum. The complete ticket for students costs $5. SO, and for faculty mem bers, $0.60. The ticket includes the three home football games, with the University of Missouri, Oct. 28; Iowa State, Nov. 11; and Kansas State, Nov. 25. Also included are the Second Air Force Super Bombers vs. Iowa Seahawks foot ball game, the nine home basket ball games and the conference track events. For an additional 50 cents, stu dents holding an athletic ticket will be admitted to all games played by the air base Wings. At Registration Along with registration comes the bane of the lives of freshmen, the badge of their inexperience, the scarlet letter proving their recent entry into college life- freshmen caps. In the fall of tuchr year, the freshmen blossom out in the red and white beanies or suffer the penalties imposed by uppcrclassmen. Traditionally, the raps are worn by both .freshmen coeds and Joes until the first snowfall. Before the war and back in the days of men by the thousands, the sophomores and freshmen held a tug of war between halves at the Homecom ing game each year. If the fresh men won, they were entitled to take off the red caps which made them narked men and women. If. they lost, then on stayed the cans until snow came. This year, the freshmen men (See FROSH CAPS, Page 6) Cornhusker Staff Plans For '45 Book Theme of the fourth wartime edition of the Cornhusker, uni versity yearbook, will be Ne braska's contribution to the war effort, according to Myra Col berg, editor of the 1945 book. Services rendered by the uni versity since the outbreak of the war will be featured in the book, which, according to Miss Colberg, will be larger and more colorful than in former years. Each of the four major sections of the book will be divided into smaller sub divisions. The Cornhusker staff revealed that its goal this year is to pic ture every UN student. Staff members advise students to place orders for books early this fall to prevent a shortage when the ri i i , . . . . ornnusKer maKes lis debut in the spring. Business manager of the Pub lication is Charlotte Hill, formerly in the same position on The Ne- braskan. Her assistants are Myrtl Louise Johnson and Marilvn Ad ler. Managing editors of the book are Joyce Crosbie and Alice Abel. 400 UN Coeds Swing Into Rush Week Activities More than 400 excited and nervous rushees were caught in a whirl of social activity Satur day, according to Mrs. Phil Sehmelkin, Panhellenic adviser, when they attended 12 open houses on the first day of Ne braska's traditional rush week. it is now evident that the low point was reached last year when the number of students on the campus was forty percent below that of the previous year. Creates Housing Shortage. The beginning of a return to postwar levels was also indicated by the report of Elsie Ford Piper, assistant dean of women, that a greater number of women than ever before will be atending the university and that all dormitor ies and rooming houses have been filled. Miss Piper stated that Lin coln householders have responded well to a plea for additional rooms for university women, and that on the whole, all students have been well satisfied with facilities pro vided. To date, living quarters have been found for all appli cants. The ten to fifteen percent in (See NEBRASKA, Page 4) Three New Instructors Come to UN Dallas S. Williams, former su pervisor ctf speech education at the Louisiana State university laboratory school, will replace Berne Enslin as instructor in speech and dramatics and direc tor of the University theater, it was announced last week. Wil liams, who holds a master's de gree, taught at Southwest Slate Teachers college, San Marcos, Tex., before going to Louisiana State. Handling courses in radio and related fields taught last year by Leo S. Martin will be William S. Morgan, formerly director of ra dio productions for the Houston, Tex., public schools and announc er at station KXYZ at Houston. He attended Baker university, Baldwin, Kas., received his bachelor's degree from the Uni versity of Tennessee and his master's degree from Southwest ern State Teachers college, San Marcos, Texas. Miss Barbara Payne, formerly of Beatrice, will be the new in structor in piano at the school of music. Miss Payne completed her work for a master of music de gree during the summer session at the university. She appeared as piano soloist with the Lincoln Symphony orchestra in April of this year. Nebraskan Cries For Uppcrclass Reporlorial Help licporters for the NcbrasUan are needed now. Upperclass mpii Interested in such work should report to the Nebraskan office In the Union Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Sat urday afternoons. Two parties were held yester day at all houses, one from 2-4 p. m. and one from 8-10:30 p. m. The schedule today includes 4:30 7 p. m. and 9-11 p. m. parties. The ! annual sleep-disturbing sunrise I breakfast will be held tomorrow j at 7:30 a. m. and an evening party from b-9 will end the season's rushing activities. The six parties will be climaxed Wednesday at 1 p. m. when rushees become pledges by attending preference luncheon. Upperclassman rushees, living temporarily this week in the Sig ma Chi house, will move into their respective hu:s?s following the Wednesday luncheons. Col. Murphy Fixes ASTIl Unit at 275 University military department has been assured that the army specialized training unit for- 11-ycar-okl reservists will be main tained ;it a level of 275 men. ac cording to a recent announcement by Chancellor C. S. Boucher ;md Col. Jarnes P. Murphy, com mandant. The reservist unit has been on the campus since last spring, hut previous to this time has had no fixed quota. Chancellor Boucher and Colonel Murphy pointed out that a unit of the size now fired for the university make;; the pro gram economically feasible. The number of military trainees now on the campus is around 340 with an additional 207 medical students stationed in Omaha. Fifty air corps reservists are ex pected to arrive in the nair future. Advanced ASTP engineers, medical and dental students nre also included in the Love Library units.