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THE NEBRASKAN
Sunday, September 24, 1944
How to Get a Vacation 'Drill'
Or, Filling in Your Time
BY BARBARA KIECHEL.
Lazy summer afternoons un
doubtedly found countless college
students paddling around in a
shady swimming pool or sunning
themselves on some scratchy
beach; air-conditioned drugstores
bulged with plaid shirts and rolled
up slacks all screaming "fresh
lime coke!" at the top of their
lungs; a few ambitious collegians
took advantage of the marvelous
opportunities in war plants and
stent their days peering down
their noses at bolt No. 4389, iuse
lage, or hit-and-running over a
hot typewriter. But for sheer, un
diluted excitement, let me dwell
for a while upon my "vacation"
spent with my dentist.
Since mother, resourceful old
soul that she is, had telephoned
for a dozen or so appointments
back in March, 1928, I was one of
the chosen few giving command
performances at the little brick
building off Main street. In fact,
I got so used to paying regular
visits to the place that I was feel
ing like a permanent fixture in his
torture chamber before the first
week was over. Except for the
time I missed an appointment and
got yanked harder than ever the
next time, just for spite, he and
I became fast friends.
Yanks for Democrats.
I oh-ed and ah-ed over a com
plete resume of his fishing trip
to Canada, blushed when he rem
inisced about the French girls he
knew during World War I and
this should be a record of some
sort, shouldn't it? heard the
samp iokc about Eleanor Roose
velt twenty-nine times. He con
fided to me once that he always
iorWpri npmorrats harder than re
publicans so I was careful to
wear my Dewey button in the
most conspicuous place possible.
Sinrp the voluminous bib he en
veloped me in came up to my chin
and I was afraid he would lapse
into a reverie and imagine that
I was still the democratic com
mitteewoman he'd nearly killed
fho Hav hpfore. I settled for one
factrvl to mv hair ribbon. He
would always shake that out at
least once or twice during tne ses
sion and. beine a chivalrous per
son at heart, usually bent to re
trieve it. After a grunt of satis
faction and a wide flash of his
own handiwork, he would cup my
chin gently in his hand and gazing
soulfully at my shapely molars,
admit that maybe the younger
generation wasn't going to the
dogs after all.
Intellectual Read in?.
I became immensely well in
formed on contemporary affairs,
due to the extensive library he
maintained in his waiting room.
It consisted of two American Le
gionnaires, April, 1937, and Au gust,
1940, and a relatively recent
Saturday Evening Post. Of course
half the pages had been chewed
out by nervous patients, but the
pictures were nice the first three
or four times anyway. I memo
rized seven quite tricky little
poems from the "Post Scripts
page, and was definitely the life
of the party with my recitations
at all the ice cream socials from
then on.
Although this particular dentist
certainly put his heart and soul
into his work, he was by no
means "a dull boy." One Friday
he must have been in an excep
tionally playful mood, because I
went around the whole weekend
with vivid red, pink, and green
temporary fillings. Every time I
favored someone with one of my
rare smiles, I literally lighted up
the whole room.
And On Into the Night
Nor were our little rendezvous
(as?) confined to the' impersonal
daytime. Midnight on the day be
fore I left our lair city louna me
Hraned languidly UDon the dentist
chair, watching with anxious eyes
my companion s every movement,
as he pondered over his collection
of tools and contemplated which
would strike the most deadly
blows. The soft, haunting hush of
the night was broken only when
he leaned over and murmured
soothingly such romantic nothings
as "Rinse it out," or, perhaps,
"Wider, please.
Rut don't net me wrone. I love
my dentist he's a great guy!!
And I hope he doesn't see this,
because I'm dated up with him
again Christmas vacation.
Med Grads . . .
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Howard Kdson l.Mnn, t'.ltmvood.
rnrv Boonr Me.Mtirtry. Cody.
( larenrr Austin M Whortrr, Onmna.
RolH-rt Janwa Mnrvrl. Hastlnns.
Innalri rharlrs Mlsson. Omaha.
Robert lamps NUIry, North IMatte.
Inland 1. Olson. Palmyra.
(ioorirr Henry I'rstcr. Analry.
Grr-c Kdnard Prtrrs, Omaha.
l.s Vrrnr) Frank rrrtfor. Lincoln.
Klbrrt Taylor I'hrlps, Omaha.
Knhrrt Dnrilry I'lllslwry. Omaha.
1-oiiK Thomas I'luffk, t'olumhon.
Frank Wllmrth I'mtcman, Lincoln.
Barney Benjamin Krr. York.
William lonard Kumhnlr, Lincoln.
John Thomas Miydrr. Nrmaha.
Stuart Stanley Snyder, York.
Frank William Snrllntan. Omaha.
4ark Michael Stemner. Lincoln.
Frank Newcomer Townley, Ken c taw.
Stanley Marshall Tmhlsen, Herman.
Stanley Turkel, Omaha.
4iere William Warner. York.
John (itinsiial W'ledman, Lincoln.
l-ewli Stuart Winter, Jr., Western.
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TO BF. COMMISSION':!).
I . S. N. R.
Ralph Lowell Casnel. Geneva.
Robert Francis Conry, Hudson.
George William Dean. I-inc.iln.
George Hal OeMay. Grand Island.
Joseph Kngenc Graham. Omaha.
Albert Vera Jpssen, Centra City.
Oonald Thomas Kelley. Omaha.
John Canlff Knin'lnecr. trmaha.
Wood row W llsop Meier, Oshkosh.
Burdette I .and on Miller, Lincoln.
John Ross New kirk, Omaha.
John William O'Connor, Kearney.
Roger Donald Owen, Omaha.
Harry Weller IMteailhley. Lincoln.
I'eyton Thomas I'ratl, Omaha.
Charles Ldwln Roper. F,dennwit. S. It.
K ills Omrr Sehlichtemeler. Superior.
Klchard Rraper Smith, Omaha.
Frank Leonard Yrliska. Pawnee City.
John William Wnhl. Omaha.
Donald Kdward White, IJneoln.
Ralph Kdwin Worden. Alliance.
Mno Thomas Zikmnnd, Alliance.
UN Betrothals,
Marriages Hit
News Spotlight
News of engagements and mar
riages are still highlighting society
pages this fall.
Former ATO to Marry.
The surprise engagement of Lt.
John Warner Stevens, former
ATO now stationed in Phoenix,
Arizona, as an instructor at Wil
liams Field was announced at a
dinner party given at the Cocoa-
nut Grove at Los Angeles Ambas
sador Hotel. The bride elect is
Miss Betty Beggs of Phoenix.
Allan Casy, former AlO was
present at the dinner. The wed
ding date is September 28. The
couple plan to reside in Phoenix.
Omaha Weddings.
Two weddings gaining the spot
light in Omaha Saturday, Sept. 23
were N. U. med students. Tom
Hood, former ATO now affiliated
with Nu Sigma Nu and Miss Mar-
jorie Johnson, Omaha. The other
couple is Jack Latenser, former
Beta, affiliated with Phi Rho
Sigma and Katherine (Bumps)
Allison of Omaha. Novelty for
wedding plans is the double
honeymoon the foursome plan to
spend in Colorado.
Carol Chapman Married.
Gamma Phi Carol Chapman,
president of last year, was mar
ried Saturday, September 23, to
UN med student, Roy Sides of
Omaha He is affiliated with Nu
Sigma Nu. The couple will reside
in Omaha.
Dr. Lyman Gives
Report to AACP
Dean R. A. Lyman, of the col
lege of pharmacy, returned re
cently from the annual conven
tion of the American Association
of Colleges of Pharmacy where
he presented the results of last
year s studies on pharmaceutical
education research.
The meeting was concerned
with curriculum changes, espec
ially deceleration of the present
pharmacy program.
Tradition Brings
Freshman Caps.
Into Vieiv Again
Freshman beanies have been
coin nut at Rpn Simon & Son. ac
cording to Mary Russel, president
of Tassels, but the stocK win De
replenished by the end of the
week.
It is a tradition on the campus
tr frochmon to wear beanies till
the homecoming game. At this
game there is a tug or war De
tween the freshmen and sopho
rv,. men Tf th freshmen win.
the beanies may be discarded and
packed in mothballs. II they lose,
the beanies must be worn until
the first snowfall.
Game: Oct. 28 Missouri Tigers.
Cabinet . .
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braska students participating in a
dramatic production neia me id&i
night of the comerence. uiners
who nitonded were Rev. Raymond
V. Kearns, president of the re
ligious welfare council, and Miss
Mildred Taylor, YW secretary.
Women students who attend the
tea will be able to meet the dele
gates and see snapshots taken
during the conference.
Vespers Planned.
Vesnur sprvires formerlv held
as part of YW activities will now
be part of the program' of the
religious welfare council. Vespers
will be held each Tuesday irom
5 to 5:30 p. m. in parlors X, Y
and Z of the union.
There was a meeting of the
district executive committee of
the Student Christian movement
here Saturday. Co-chairmen of
the committee are Mary Ann Mat
toon of the university and Dick
McCannon of York college.
Leadership training classes are
being planned for teen-age girls
to prepare them for advising girls'
organizations.
Engineers Honor .
14 New Pledges
Of Pi Tau Sigma
Fourteen outstanding army en
gineering students were honored
at a banquet held in the Union
by the Pi Tim Sigma, ho' y
sci. lasi'o ii-aternity or meclk.-
leal engineers. The fourteen aro
new pledges to the Pi Taus.
They are: Amory Austin, George
Crum, Egan Drenker, Bernard
Fallon. Harley Gabrielson, Frank
Gerould, James Johnson, Walton
Joiner. Bernard Levy, Willie
Melville, Carl Peterson, Ralph
Thomas, Owen Woodruff and Jack
Zeigler.
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into America at the beginning of
this century.
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Boys Take AH
Regents' Awards
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The boys surpassed the girls
this vear in the University of Ne
braska regents' scholarship ex
aminations. Top-ranking five of
the 250 Nebraska high school
graduates who won scholarships
are all boys. In the enure group
of winneers there were 165 boys
and only 85 girls. The 250 win
ners were selected from 2,358 entries.
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