AUF Drive on UN Campus Opens With $29400 Goal
All University Fund celebrales(
fts first birthday on the campus
Wxt Monday with the opening of
a drive for $2,400 to be divided
between Nebraskans for service
men, the World Student Service
Fund and the National War Fund.
Organized last year by Bob
Henderson, student council mem
ber, and Jim Howe, first director!
of the group, AUF has decreased'
the number of campus drives for
both on and off campus charitable
organizations from two or three
to one each semester.
Margaret Beede, present AUFl
director, announced yesterday
I special weekly issue of The Ne-
Jan Engle is treasurer, Alice Abel,
cil and a faculty advisory board,
as the drive opens Monday. Tha
remainder of the student body
will be contacted personally dur
that every university student will
be contacted and asked to con
tribute two dollars. Miss Beede
pointed out that under the new
system, students are not asked 1o
give nearly as much as would be
requested if each of the three or
ganizations were conducting in
dividual campaigns.
She further stated that one of
the AUF aims is to contact all
members of the university so that
no one group will be forced to
carry the weight of the drive.
Nebraskans for Servicemen, the
braskan compiled for and mailed
to former university students now
in service, will receive $400 of
the $2,400. The World Student
Service Fund, an organization
supplying text books and study
materials for students who are
now prisoners of war, will receive
$1,000. The remaining $1,000 goes
to the National War Fund.
Advisory Boards Function.
Staff members of AUF include,
beside Miss Beede, divisional di
rectors, a student advisory coun-
head solicitor; rat uarton, airec
tor of clerical work; and Betty
Huston, publicity chairman.
Dorothy Carnahan, Ghita Hill,
Harold Andersen, Blanche Reid
and Nelda Oltman make up the
student advisory board. Prof.
C. M. Elliott is a hold-over mem
ber of the faculty and two more
members will be chosen at the
next meeting of the staff.
Students living in organized
ing the first few days of the drive.
Names of group solicitors will be
announced in Friday's Nebraskan.
In announcing the drive, Miss
Beede stated "We're expecting
every student to contribute to this
semester's AUF drive. We are the
luckiest people in the world to
be here in school at a time like
this, and surely everyone of us
can give up one of our usual
luxuries to give to such a worth
while cause."
houses will be contacted by the
solicitor for that house as soon
Vol. 44, No. 8.
War Council Elects
Vice-President; Gains Members
Robert Van Sant was elected
vice president of the Student War
Council last night at the regular
meeting held in the Student
Union.
In response to the appeal of
last week for more men on. the
Council, representatives from
nearly all fraternities and men's
organizations were present, in tne
discussion following the nomina
tions, including three girls and
Van Sant, it was pointed out that
university men would feel more
definitely a part of the council if
there were a man elected to the
office. He will assume the re
sponsibilities of the office" of vice
resident and chairman 01 ine
"On the Beam" committee imme
diatelv. with Marilyn Behm as
his assistant.
Victory speaking tours were
conducted Monday night in an
effort to solicit girls' participa
tion in war work. All houses ex
cept Wilson hall, Rosa Bouton hall,
and the women's dormitory were
contacted. These girls may sign
Union Features
Thriller Movie,
Dance, Pianist
A dance, a variety show, and
a church service, all at the Union,
offers a well rounded week-end
for students, according to Pat
Lahr, Union social director.
The variety show on Sunday
afternoon includes a movie, "The
Fallen Sparrow." starring John
Garfield and Maureen O'Hara. It
is a thriller spy story, filled with
drama and suspense. A comedy
will follow.
A dance for civilians and
AST's is planned for Saturday
night from 9 to 12 p. m. Ad
mission is by ident card only.
Lutheran chapel services arc
scheduled for 10:45 a. m. Sunday
in room 315.
On Sunday afternoon there is
Music As You Like It with Peggy
Shelley at the piano in the lounge
from 5 to 6 p. m.
Lincoln Symphony
Lawrence Tibbett
Lawrence Tibbett, famous bari
tone of the Metropolitan Opera
association, appears as the open
ing artist of the Lincoln Sym
phony concert. Beries, Thursday,
Oct. 5, at 8 p. m. Although stu
dent season tickets were sold only
until last Tuesday, adult season
tickets may still be obtained.
Single admissions may be pur
chased at the door.
Born in Bakersfield, Calif., Mr.
Tibbett made his concert debut
in Los Angeles in 1917. His op
eratic debut took place in 1923
when he appeared in Hollywood
Bowl as Amonasro in Verdi's
".ida."
Debut at Metropolitan.
A Metropolitan opera career
began when he made his debut,
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Lincoln 8, Nebraska Wednesday, October 4, 1944
up at booths which will be placed
in the Student Union, Sosh, the
girls' dorm, and ag campus Thurs
day and Friday.
There are several different
types of war work offered this
year, including Nebraskan for
See War Council, rage z.
Missionary Is
Guest Speaker
For Lutherans
Missionary Ress Boettcher, re
cently returned from the Luth
eran mission field at Madang,
New Guinea, will be guest
speaker at the first meeting of
RESS BOETTCHER
Lutheran Gnest Speaker
the Lutheran Student Association,
to be held Thursday, Oct. 5, at
7:30 p. m. in room 315 of the
Union.
Going to the New Guinea mis
sion field in 1937, Mr. Boettcher
was evacuated from there at the
time of the Japanese invasion of
that territory, and is now making
his temporary home in Lincoln.
The meeting is open to the pub
lic. Concert Stars
of Metropolitan
as Valentine in Gounod's
"Faust." later that year, but it
was not until he appeared as Ford
in a revival of Verdi's opera "Fal
staff." two years later, that he
received widespread acclaim.
Since then he has scored sue
cesses in leading roles of such
operas as "Lohengrin" and "Tann
hauser;" "Rigoletto," "La Travi
ata." and "Otello;" "La Tosca,'
"La Boheme." and "Girl of the
Golden West;" "Cnrmen," "Bar
ber of Seville," "Tales of Hoff
man;" and contemporary operas
"Emperor Jones," "The King's
Henchman," "Merrymount," and
"The Love of Three Kings."
Awarded Four Honors.
Four outstanding honors have
See Tibbett, Tare 4. . . ,
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Van Sant
Air
Campus
Plans Picnic
For Friday
Ag campus students and fa
culty will get together at 6:15
Friday in the activities building
for an all-ag campus picnic. Re
placing the faculty-student mixer
and reception of former years,
the picnic is sponsored by ag
exec board as a means of helping
to make new and old students
feel at home on the campus.
In pre-war years, the ag fa
culty annually held a reception
soon after the beginning of school,
officially opened the year's social
events for the campus. The last
reception was held in 1942; due
to the small number of men onj
the campus, no party was held
last year.
Board Takes Over.
The exec board, in a meeting
Thursday night, decided to take
over sponsorship of the affair lor
this year and named Helen Mor-
tensen as general chairman.
Peetrv Larson, president of the
board, announced that tickets will
be on sale today through Friday
noon for 40c. They may be ob
tained from any member of the
ae executive board and will be
sold at the war stamp booth in
Ag hall on Wednesday.
Following the picnic supper,
the evening will be spent in in
formal games and entertainment
under the direction of Julia Crom.
Geraldine Gowan is chairman of
food and Carol Bridenbaugh is in
charge of publicity.
Trairie Schooner,'
The fall issue of the "Prairie
Schooner," quarterly magazine
published by the university, came
out last week.
The Schooner, which is recog
nized as being one of the ten best
literary magazines in ten coun
tries, is edited by Professor Low
ery Charles Wimberly, who
founded the publication 17 years
ago.
The Schooner contains short
stories, poems and essays which
are submitted not only by local
writers, but by people from all
over the country.
Altho the schooner is stI?tly
amateur in the sense that it
doesn't pay for the accepted arti
cles, has served largely by intro
ducing numerous writers who
later attained national recognition.
Many "Prairie Schooner" stories
have been republished in such
magazines as Readers Digest,
Time and Atlantic Monthly.
The latest issue Introduces eight
new writers, that is, new to the
Schooner. Katharine. Buxbaum,
YWCA Begins Membership
Drive for Upperclassmen
Opening its annual membership
drive tomorrow, the YWCA will
solicit both new members and fi
nances. According to Ann Wellensiek,
president of YW, the budget has
been increased approximately
$1,000 this year. This money will
have to come from student con
tributions and membership of up
perclassmen. All membership
1 during this drive will be restricted
to upperclassmen as the freshman
membership drive will not be
opened until six weeks has ended.
Karnes Committees.
Each organized house has a
central committee to encourage
membership and Monday evening
members of the committees will
make a general speaking tour at
each house.
Chairman of the drive is Midge
Holtzscherer. She is also mem
bership chairman of the YW.
UN Coeds Begin
Red Cross War
Work Saturday
Surgical dressings will meet for
the first time this year at the
Red Cross office located in the
Lincoln Telephone building Sat
urday from 9 to 5 p. m.
Alice Abel, chairman of Sur-
fical Dressings, announces that
for the past two years, surgical
dressings have been an important
war activity. Last year UN coeds
made 19,000 bandages.
The Alpha Chis and AO Pis
are scheduled to roil Danaages
Saturday morning. No group has
been asked to help in the after
noon because of the football game
but all volunteers will be appre
ciated. The football game will be
broadcast at the surgical dressing
room.
White dresses or long white
shirts and a white covering for
the hair are required. For the
ones who are not able to provide
these, a small supply is available
at surgical dressing headquarters.
Boy cheerleaders are needed!
After tryouts last night it was
decided by the judges to hold
farther tryouts tonight for
boys only, in order to even up
the score. Freshmen beys are
eligible.
Fall Issue, Introduces New Writers
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From The XJnooln Journal.
PROF. L. C. WIKKERLT
Edi Trairie Schooner
Panhcl Names
Committees,
Makes Ruling
The Panhellenic council started
their activities on the campus at
their first regular meeting Mon
day, October 2, by passing a rule
forbidding sorority women to go
out after dark alone, by appoint
ting committees, and by discuss
ing other matters referred to it.
The "after dark" rule was
passed, after a brief discussion, to
protect coeds from molestation.
Committees appointed are: Con
stitution: Alpha Chi Omega, Alpha
Xi Delta, Sigma Kappa. Publicity
committee: Alpha Phi, Alpha
Omicron Pi. Rushing committee:
The rush chairman from each
house. Social committee: Chi
Omega, Delta Gamma, Sigma
Delta Tau. Scholarship commit
tee: Kappa Alpha Theta, Pi Beta
Phi. Chapter planning: Kappa
Kappa Gamma, Gamma Phi Beta.
University relations: Tri Delta.
Judiciary committee: Tri Delt, Pi
Phi.
Taken under advisement was
the request from the Lincoln Air
Base that each sorority furnish
one hour's entertainment once a
month, and the participation of
all sororities in an open house
after the football game Saturday.
Members were asked to refer
See Pan-IIel, Page 2.
Tassels Launch
War Stamp Sale
For Year Today
"Have you bought your war
stamps?" is Wednesday's Tassel
cry as this year's stamp drive is
launched today in the Union,
Andrews, Sosh and Ag halls.
The goal of $2 in stamps each
month per student has been set
by the Tassels altho each student
is asked to fix his own quota and
buy regularly. Last year's sales
on the campus totaled only
$4,826.15 for 3,349 students en
rolled. Tassel president, Mary Russel,
urges everyone to "Buy stamps
today and every Wednesday.
associate proiessor oi i-nnus." i
Iowa State college; Fletcher Mc
Cord. assistant professor of
Psychol ofv at the U. of Kansas;
Ruth Sthellin; U. S. Navy Seabee,
Burt Meyers; Bernice Dunn oi
California; and Nathan Cohen, a
native Duluthian, are among these
writers.
945 Cornhusker
Announces Pix
Schedule Dates
The schedule for pictures to be
taken for the 1945 Cornhusker
during the week of Oct. 2 to 7
includes these four groups.
Alpha Chi Omega
Alpha Omicron Pi
Alpha Tau Omega
Beta Theta Pi
Sororities and fraternities are
reminded of the free Cornhusker
given to the house which first
has all its members pictures
taken. "Pi ease get all members
down to the Cornhusker Studio
as soon as possible," the yearbook
editor requested.
