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Vol. 89, No. 2.
Lincoln 8, Nebraska
Wednesday, September 20, 1944
Mabel Lee Serves
As WAC Inspector
Miss Mabel Lee. director of physical education for
women has recently been appointed to the Civilian Advis
ory Committee of the WAC by Gen. George C. Marshall.
She will leave Monday, Sept. 25 for Washington, D. C,
where the first meetings of the committee will take place
on the 27, 28 and 29 of this month.
The committee of 18 is made
up of authorities in the field of
medicine, religion, recreation,
personnel, psychiatry, publicity
and physical education. Mrs.
Dwight Morrow, mother of Anna
Morrow Lindbergh, Miss Gene
vieve Herrick, a newspaper wom
an, Miss Lillian Gibreth, an en
gineer, and Mrs. H. G. James,
wife of the president of Ohio
university, are also members of
the organization.
Goes to Washington.
Most of the work of this newly
appointed group will be advising
(See MABEL LEE, Page 4.)
Capt. A. Davis
Cited by Army
Capt. Alfonza Davis, ex-41,
of Omaha, deputy group com
mander, Negro Mustang squadron
in the 15th AAF and former
Nebraska student, received cita
tions in Associated Press dis
patches of Aug. 31. Captain Da
vis was in command of assaults
on the Groszwardein, Romania,
airdrome.
Statements from one dispatch
quoted as follows: "On Aug. 31,
a Mustang group commanded by
Alfonza W. Davis, Omaha, Neb.,
destroyed 83 aircraft on the Gros
zwardein, Romania, airdrome in
what the MAAF command de
scribed 'as the most effective ma
chine gunning of German aircraft
on the ground in a single airfield,
ever carried out on the Mediter
ranean theater.' "
Captain Davis won the first
university scholarship awarded by
Alpha Eta chapter of Kappa Al
pha Psi, national Negro college
fraternity. After attending Ne
braska he entered Creighton Uni
versity in Omaha.
Sig Chis Surrender House
To Rush Season's Orphans
Panhellenic house is truly
Panhellenic" this year, from
beds loaned by Kappa Sigs to
dishes borrowed from Betas. Up
perclassman rushees are living
sardine-like in the Sigma Chi
house, which is also borrowed.
Mrs. B. G. Bivins, who was
formerly at the Alpha Chi house
and recently retired, came back
to mother more than 80 be
fuddled and excited girls who are
facing the annual Nebraska rush
ing season.
Rushees State Preferences.
With release of sorority bids at
12:30 p. m. today, rushees are
being converted into pledges by
attending preference luncheons at
1 p. m.
Statements of preferences made
last night at Ellen Smith ha.l
climaxed four days of parties,
teas and open houses which com
bine to form a rushing season
TENTATIVE
Sept. 2 Wednesday Registration tt upperHass statical
21 Thursday First Semester rlases begin.
21 Thursday 4 p. m. F'reshnwa Convocation.
21 Thursday 7:IM-H::Jo p. m. 4 ed Counselor Party, Uomea. Kllra Hniitb Hall.
22 Friday 3:3-t:3 p. m. pea houe lur Women Student. Kllea Smith Hall.
22 I (can of Women and slaff
2 Friday :So p. m. Faculty Homecoming Dinner.
2 Thursday S:S-:S p. m. VWCA I ppcr lass Membership Tea, Ellen Smith Hall.
2t Inursday- M. A. A. Freshman Parly.
a Friday All I nlverslty Church .Mght ( MWKD.
Saturday Game I nlverslty of Minnesota at Minneapolis.
Oct. 1 Sunday All I nlverslty ( hureh Sunday.
It Saturday - Game Indian I nlvemlfy at BIomlngtn. 4
14 Saturday Chancellor's Reception to Faculty.
21 Saturday First Scholastic Reports.
21 Saturday Game I aiversily of Kansas at I .a area ce.
2 Wednesday i!rt-'iiiuHr Dinner.
2 Thursday S:M-SiM p. m. YWCA Freshman Membership Ten.
2d Saturday Game 1 nlverslty of Missonrl-Unrotns HmMamto.
2S Saturday TassH Homecoming Party.
Mot. 2- Tfaursday-Satarda 8 p. as. I nlvcrsit jr players Tempw.
4 Saturday Oame State l nlverslty of Iowa at lows City.
Campus YW
Secretary Is
Miss Taylor
Miss Mildred Taylor of Lincoln
has taken over the position of
university YWCA secretary.
Receiving her master's degree
in sociology from the university
in 1936, Miss Taylor has been
a member of the USO staff under
the YWCA for the past two years.
She has directed USO activities
at San Luis Obispo, Calif., Brem
erton, Wash., and Burlington, la
Native of Nebraska.
Miss Taylor, who is a native
of Nebraska, supervised clubs for
business and industrial girls clubs
in Pittsburgh, Pa., and Los An
geles before entering USO work.
Although she has made several
plans concerning the future ac
tivities of the university YW, Miss
Members of Y.W.C.A. cabi
net will meet tonight at 7:15
p. m. at Ellen Smith hall to
make plans for the year's ac
tivities. Taylor said that she would not
disclose any details until after the
meeting of the cabinet being held
this evening in Ellen Smith hall.
Miss Taylor succeeds Miss Bar
bara Arnold who was secretary
from Sept., 1943 to May, 1944.
almost equal in size to that of
the 1943 week. The Nebraskan
will carry a complete list of af
filiations tomorrow.
Freshmen Live in Dorm.
Altho freshman affiliates will
remain in the women's residence
halls or other houses, upperclass
men will gather their trunks and
baggage after lunch today and
move into sorority houses.
Sigma Chfs meanwhile are
taking this all in their stride and
waiting patiently until tomorrow
when they can again reclaim
their then-womanless abode. It's
rumored that some of the gins
have been grateful enough to of
fer their services in rushing for
the Sig Chis, a social turn-a-bout.
So . .this afternoon when rush
ees leave their temporary, quar
ters they can thank not only the
Panhellenic board and the Sigma
Chi's but almost every other
Greek on the campus.
CALENDAR - UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA-FIRST SEMESTER 1911-15
UN- Council
Plans Battle
On Politics
To attack again the problem of
campus politics, Student Council
members will meet Sept. 27, in
their first business session of the
year, according to Harold W. An
derson, Council president.
When the Council last met in
May, members voted to abolish
recognition of barb, Union and
independent parties but many
members of the Council expressed
dissatisfaction with the results of
the vote.
Announce Aims of Year.
Andersen announced yesterday
that the aim of the 1944-45 Coun
cil would be to clarify the uni
versity woman's place in politics
and to work out some plan for
primary voting through which all
parties would be treated fairly.
The Council in May rejected
the plan proposed by the Pan
hellenic council of presidents
through Dorothy Carnahan, AWS
president. The plan included an
open primary to precede each
campus election and elimination
of party designation after candi
dates' names on ballots. Miss
Carnahan at that time expressed
dissatisfaction with the way in
which the 1944 spring election was
conducted and stated that it was
not "Up to par."
Elect New Secretary.
Officers of the Council this year
are Andersen, president; Jo Martz,
vice president; Hazel Abel, sec
retary and Blanche Reid, treas
urer. As Hazel Abel is not at
tending the university now, there
will be an election for the of
fice of secretary.
The meeting will be held in
the Union at 5 p. m., Sept. 27.
UN Discontinues
Flying Courses
For Civilians
To clear up the confusion of
many students concerning the
courses in Civilian Pilot Training
which are listed in the Arts and
Science catalogue. Dean O. J. Fer
guson, of the engineering college,
has stated that the courses are no
longer being offered.
Two courses in ground school
aeronautics were offered in the
college of engineering to civilian
students in 1942. When the air
corps students came to the uni
versity the courses were turned
over to the army and closed to all
civilian students. Because the air
corps has left and the courses are
still listed in the catalogue, stu
dents were led to believe that fly
ing would be opened to civilians.
Credits for Air Corps Men.
Dean Ferguson stated that the
courses remained listed in the
catalogue in order that the for
mer air corps students could know
that they might still receive uni
versity credit for them if desired.
Dean Ferguson was unable to
predict whether these courses
would be incorporated into the
university program after the war.
It was his opinion, however, that
there would be no demand for
civilian flying immediately after
the wor because many of the men
coming back to school would al
ready know how to fly.
Dec.
Jan.
Counselors
Will Entertain
Frosh Women
Co-ed Counselors, "big sisters"
of the freshmen women, are spon
soring a get-together for fresh
men women at 7 o'clock Thursday
night in Ellen Smith hall. Purpose
of the party is to bring together
entering students. All freshmen
women are invited to attend.
Suzanne Pope and Barbara
Griswold, board members, are in
charge of the informal entertain
ment and refreshments.
Because of lack of co-ordination,
the counselors took over the
job of orienting freshmen women
three years ago. The group is
composed of approximately 100
women who have expressed their
desire to help the freshmen.
Serve as Guides.
During registration the counsel
ors act as guides by locating ad
visors of freshmen at the coliseum
and aiding in giving information
on registration problems. Coun
selors are identified by a white
ribbon with the "coed-counselor
printed in red.
The Thursday night party is the
first big event of the 1944-1945
counselor's program. A mother
daughter banquet is held in the
spring of the year, at which the
counselors are hostesses to their
little sisters.
President Calls
First War Council
Meeting of Year
War Council will open its year's
schedule of activities at a meet
ing Tuesday at 5 p. m. in room
315 of the Union.
Ghita Hill, former vice presi
dent became president of the or
ganization after the 1944-45 presi
dent, Roberta Burgess, left Ne
braska to attend law school at the
University of Michigan. Mis Hill
requests that all campus organi
zations, fraternities, sororities and
organized houses choose repre
sentatives from their respective
groups to attend the first meeting,
and thereby become council
members.
Business to be taken up in
cludes planning a program for the
year's work and electing chair
men of standing committees.
Any student interested in the
council may become a member by
attending meetings, Miss Hill an
nounced yesterday.
Nebraskan Needs
Reporters
Once again the Nebraskan
is herein; for help from any
and all upper classmen with
Journalistic leanings. Reporters
are badly needed to help the
staff in a comprehensive cov
erage of the campus. Inter
ested students should report to
the Nebraskan office Wednes
day, Thursday or Saturday of
this week.
II Salarday 10:O-l2:On a. nt. Armistice Recess.
II Saturday Game Iowa Slule College at Uncoln.
12-1S Sunday-Wednesday Christian Emphasis Week.
21 Thursday Thanksgiving Day Holiday.
2 Saturday Game Kansas Stale College at Uncoln.
t Saturday Second Scholastic Reports.
t Saturday Game I nlverslty of Oklahoma at Norman.
t Saturday Mortar Hoard Party 4 oIIm-iiiti.
I Sunday 2 p. m. and i p. m. 4 hrlMmas Carols Student I nion.
S Tucsdny 6:30 p. ni. Hanging of the Greens Dinner, l.llcn Smith Hall.
1- Thursday-Saturday p. m. I nlverslty Players Temple.
13 Sunday Messiah Christmas Oratorio Concert.
IS Wednesday Agricultural College t hrNtmas Program.
20-Jaa. S Monday Student I nion Christmas Party.
S Wednesday M a. m.-Wed. ( a. m. Christmas Vacation.
S-1S Wednesday a. m. Christmas Vacation ends.
Monday to Saturday General Registration, 2nd semester, for student
14 Sunday attending first semester.
It-tl Monday-Saturday f'nlvrrslty Orchestra Concert.
First Semester Kxamlnatlona.
24-2(1 Wednesday-Thursday Guidance and validation examinations New Student.
24 Friday General Reg 1st ration new students.
UN Student
Registration
Ends Today
Today is the last day of regis
tration, all upperclassmen who
have not registered yet should
do so at the coliseum from 8 to
11 a. m. and 1 to 4 p. m. It is
not necessary to obtain appoint
ments with advisors in advance.
Freshmen who have been reg
istering Monday and Tuesday will
complete their registration today.
Students will have the opportun
ity to re-register Friday and Mon
day in the west end of Grant
Memorial from 8 to 11 a. m. and
1 to 4 p. m.
Section Close.
Closed Sections taken Tuesday noon,
re as follow: Bun. Org. 3, Section I
and 3 ' d Lab. B; Ed. 30, Section t and
3, lab. A, ' and K; Kng. A, Section
S; Eng. 1. Section 1, 2 and 3, (Section
8 has been disbanded); Eng. 3, Section
2 and 3; Eng. 21, Section 2, 4 and 6;
Geo graph 71, I -at). A and D; Math. 11,
Section 2; Math. 41, Section 1 and 2;
Spanish 51, Section 1 and 2; Spanish S3,
Section 2; Social Science 1, Section 3;
Social Science 63, Section 1; Zoo. 1,
Lab. C.
Although exact figures will not
be available until the close of
registration today, according to
J. P. Colbert of the engineering
department there are many re
turning veterans enrolling in en
gineering college. He also stated
that there were many more fresh
men entering that college than
were expected.
Last Alumnus
Revieivs New
Service Lists
September issue ml The Ne
braska Alumnus, official publica
tion of university alumni, features
a forecast of the 1944 football
prospects and a plea for contribu
tions and assistance in the com
piling of the university service
directory.
The Alumnus Is published eigh
teen times each year and sent to
members of the Alumni Associa
tion located in all parts of the
world. Ellsworth DuTeau is sec
retary of the association and Jo
Kinsey is student editor of the
magazine.
In his discussion of the serv
icemen's directory, Mr. DuTeau,
revealed that the records of 60,000
alumni were checked in the pro
cess of compilation by the office
staff and members of the stu
dent war council, to obtain the
service records of 5,000 alumni.
The directory first appeared in
the Alumnus in June and new
names and changes in rank and
address will appear in each suc
ceeding issue of the magazine.
The latest issue also contains a
gold star list of over one hundred
names.
A portion of the September
Alumnus is devoetd to an ex
planation of the G. I. Bill of
Rights for returning veterans of
World War II. The article ex
plans the special consultation
board which has been set upon
the campus to deal with the pro
visions for government financed
education of servicemen.