THE NEBRASKAN
Wednesday, September 27, 1944
With approximately 15 min
utes as a deadline, ye old society
reporter will try and dash off the
latest affairs and scandals, that
Is if the latter exist on our
campus.
Saturday proved a most inter
esting evening in many a way for
many a person. Vast flocks of
popular feminine fatales with
their dates were seen dancing
Among them Nina Scott with a
lieutenant and movie celebrity
whose name is anonymous. We do
know he played the part of Micky
Rooney s roommate in Girl Crazy
He proved to be entertainment
for all. Couples seen within the
campus providence were Jean
Hazen, Tri-Delt, and Bill Flory,
Kappa Sig; Mary Jean Fisher,
Kappa with Pete Anderson, Phi
Psi.
A novel and very new way
insure a date was presented to
Theta Corky York. Her date
handed her the funds for the
evening's entertainment because
it seems that it slips throu his
fingers to readily.
Welcome back to Lt. Jim
Seltzer, Phi Psi and Lt. Mike
Seltzer, ATO, who are in Lincoln
while on leave.
The navy has taken over aat the
Pi Phi house, or at least in the
case of Mary Minnick who re
turned from Crete with a flashy
new diamond.
It seems that candy passing
already in season with Jean
Milton, Chi O and Frank Jarrold
ASTP and Delta Phi at Cornel),
doing the honors.
Congratulations to Beverly
Marcus, SDT, who is wearing the
SAM pin of Lt. Bob Branson.
Flash, the first meeting of thel
Towne Club was featured by the
passing of candy by Jean Albert
and Bill Gilbert.
Recently Pi Phi Janet Sherwood
removed the diamond from her
left hand and returned it along
with the SAE pin she wore to
Norm Alverson of the Navy.
Rumor has it that latest interest
of Ben MacDowell, Sig En, is
Kappa Pledge Beverly Engdahl.
Kay Reese, Theta pledge, is
really doing things up right by
having a sandwich date with Dean
Kratz, DU, and Bob Ackerman.
Incidentally, the Sig Eps should
be congratulated on their seran
ading which occured a week ago
Wednesday night after sororitv
pledging. Also the Phi Delts rate
notice for their serenades Theta
and Kappa way before Joe inter
rupted. ,
Lt. DeWayne Borne, former Phi
Delt, left Lincoln Monday for
parts unknown. Rems Heinie, an
other Phi Delt is in Lincoln.
Last but not least, greetings to
Kit Carson, former Theta, who is
Nebraska Farmers Provide
Grains for Plastic Material
Nebraska farm crops are step
ping into new fields, rubber
paper, plastics, and paint oils, ac
cording to a "progress report,
made by the University of Ne
braska Chemurgy project.
Safflower and castor beans will
in the future, figure in the manu
facture of paints, plastics and
paper. The oil from castor beans
tho as yet difficult to obtain, is
described as valuable in the
manufacture of paints, varnishes
and leques. At the Tri-county
experiment farm north of Hold
rege, twenty acres of this crop
have been grown under irriga
tion.
Oil Worth 40c Pound
Safflower oil, also used in
paints is worth about 14 cents per
pound, and the irrigated saf
flower yields 600 o 800 pounds
of oil per acre while the dry
land crop will make 200 to 500
pounds.
The Alliance Safflower Com
pany in Box Butte county is har
vesting 170 acres of safflower this
fall. Most of the crop will be
kept as seed for next year but a
small percentage will be ground
for livestock experiment feeding
Chemical cellulose made from
the stalks of either plant, joined
with alcohol, yields two of the
most important plastics, cellulose
acetate and ethyl cellulose. The
former is a familiar sight in foun
tain pens, button and acetate ray
ons while the latter is almost en
tirely going for war purposes.
Study Plant Breeding
Thru the co-operation of the
agronomy and chemurgy depart
ments, Carl E. Claassen, agrono
mist, is directing a plant breed
ing studies to develop improved
varieties of safflower and castor
beans.
Nebraska straw, according to
visiting the familiar haunts of
Lincoln before taking the final
steps of marriage Oct. 29.
Harry Miller, chemist is already
being shipped east, mainly to
Carthage, Indiana, to be made
into paper. Straw makes good
wrapping and boxing paper. This
fact can soon be demonstrated
in the chemurgy laboratory on
the college of agriculture campus,
where paper manufacturing
equipment is now being installed.
When enough cellulose of saf
flower and castor beans Is avail
able, fine grade writing paper can
be produced. Further research
on the paper industry in the mid
west will be aimed at lowering
the cost of production so that
after the war the midwest will
be able to compete with other
areas in paper production.
Alcohol from Grains
Alcohol, to be converted into
butodiene, a compound of syn
thetic rubber, is manufactured
from midwest grains at the
Omaha plant. Fifty thousand gal
lons of this war necessary pro
duct are shipped east daily.
"Our Chemurgy research proj
ect and the efforts of its director,
Dr. L. M. Christensen, are large
ly responsible for the presence of
this important war plant in Ne
braska," stated C. Y. Thompson.
university regent and chairman
of the Chemurgy executive committee.
Outline Activities.
In the report, Chemurgy project
activities were outlined as follows:
1. Co-operation with other uni-
Tassels Need One
Member from Ag
There is an opening in Tassels
for a barb-at-large from the Ag
campus. The applicant must have
sophomore standing, an average
of 80 and be registered for at
least twelve hour. She must also
have attended the university last
year.
Any barb girl on the Ag cam
pus who can meet these require
ments should file at the Ag hall
in Dean Burr's office before Fn
day.
Bulletin
FRKSHMAN CAM,
A new aupply of freahman cape will
Available at Ben Bimon'a thia week. Bin
dents who have not obtained carta lor the
rape may do o at the Union office. There
are ami 41 boyi cap In atock.
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Payable ka advaaaa mtf.
TWO tuxedoes, like new. Size 36. Reas
onable. Phone 36848.
FOUJ1D Fountain pen In Grant
f riday. uwner call at Admin. 7.
Mem.
versities in a research project for
the United States department of
agriculture and the war produc
tion board to study the problems
of making alcohol out of wheat.
Gerrish M. Severson, chemist,
now working for the Farm Crops
Processing corporation, operators
of the Omaha plant carried on
this work jointly with Wisconsin
and Iowa State.
2. The Chemurgy department
conducted a special "mold bran
pilot plant" operation for the of
fice of production and develop
ment of WPB.
"Mold Bran" is a product that
by substituting for barley malt in
alcohol, reduces the cost.
3. K. H. Lewis had directed a
project studies of "bacterial
armylase," which also aids in the
production of alcohol.
TINT T 8TAFT MEETS.
There will be a meeting of the "Tiny
Y" ataff and all othera Intereated Wed
neaday at 4 o'clock In Ellen Smith hall.
A( Oollece. Meeting.
A meeting of all Agriculture college boya
will be bed Wedneaday, Sept. 2T, at 8:00
p. m. In 303 A( Hall.
rhl CM Theta.
Phi Chi Theta meeting will be held Wed.
neaday at 6 o'clock, room 3l of the
Union,
Francis Scott Key wrote the
Star Spangled Banner Sept. 14,
1814, during the sieze of Fort
McHenry by the British.
Girl Student
To work in private home for
board and room.
$5.00
eek. Private
room and bath
on car line. Family also has
full time help.
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