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Four Women Invade UN Cheerleader Ranks. Bernie Urich Remains Yell King fiffl JU Lis Lii' Li o Li L 4 Oo. H s v. Vol. 44, No. 9 Lincoln, Neb. Friday, Oct. 6, 1944 Fireworks Fizzle 1 -CA' '"" Si 7 '..A 3f 'it fh' fe. aM i V .-i T - a 1 n I t is, . V Four women will augment UN's cheering squad this year for the first time in Nebraska's history. They were chosen, along with three new men cheerleaders, after two days of tryouts this week. The new cheerleaders are: Janet Kruse, Jackie Scott, Anna Aasen, Doris Easterbrook, Bill Thompson, Oscar Wisby and Ray Biemond. Bernie Urich retains the position of Yell King. After a three-year drive UN students to allow women cheer leaders, the final decision was made last spring by a student vote showing a majority in favor of the City Churches Plan Activities For Weekend Services by university pastors for the students and youth groups have been planned by most of the Lincoln churches for this week end. The Lutheran chapel service will be held at 10:45 in room 315 of the Student Union. Rev. H. Erck will speak on "What Think Ye of Christ." Miss Charlotte Filter will again accompany the hymns. Virginia Young will lead the worship service for the Baptist young people Sunday, October Mr. Wolfe of the YMCA is to be the speaker. Lunch will be served at 6:30 and the program will commence at 7:00. A special in vitation is extended to the service men to attend the social hour at 8:00. Episcopal Service. The Episcopal services will be held at 8:30 and 11, the usual hour. A routine service will be carried out. Dr. Miller will speak to the Presbyterian young people Sun day. The regular meeting of the young people will be at 5:30, with a 25c supper at 6:30. Special music will be the highlight of the service women's addition to the pep squad. Appear at Homecoming:. The new cheerleaders will make their debut at the Missouri Nebraska Homecoming game Oc tober 28. In order to insure a real demonstration of school spirit and to give the team the inspira tion needed to run that "extra 50 yards," Tassels will rope off a special student section which students will be requested to oc- The regular will be held Church. - The will be in the evening. A!' Uni versity students and faculty are invited. Union Sponsors Dancing Class Tuesday Nights Free social dancing lessons for beginners will start Tuesday, Oct. 10, at 7:30 p. m. in the Union ballroom, Pat Lahr, Student. Union director, announced to day. Irv Kuklin will be the instruc tor at each of these classes. Mr. Kuklin has supervised these so cial dancing periods in previous years and in returnig from Chi cago to resume the duty. In former years between 100 and 200 students have attended these dancing hours. "No one needs to feel self-conscious or shy," Pat Lahr stated. "At the first lesson Mr. Kuklin will show the students a basic step and from then on couples will practice. By the end of the sixth lesson every one should be able to execute the fundamentals of social danc ing." Classes will be held every Tuesday for the next six weeks. The dates set for these dances are Oct. 10, 17, 24, 31, Nov. 7 and 14. cupy. With a unified student cheering section, seven peppy new cheerleaders and an experienced Yell King, Nebraska's cheering this year should be the best in years. All cheerleaders will meet in the Union ballroom Wednesday night at 7:00 for their first prac tice, according to Yell King Urich Bizad Students Win Four UN Scholarships Scholarships and assistantships have been awarded to four uni versity students, the college of business administration has an nounced. Dorothea M. Lemon, Lincoln, and Victor H. Hoemann, Newell, la., both seniors, have been awarded assistantships of $250 and $100 respectively from the business research scholarship fund donated annually by Miller & Paine. The fund was originally designated for graduate students but the donor is permitting grants from it for undergraduates during the war period when there are few if any graduate students in this line of work. Briese Wins Award. Irvin S. Briese, Bartlett, has been awarded the first O. N. Maffee Memorial scholarship of $100. This fund was established bv Woodrow R. Maeee and his (See BIZAD, Page 8.) In Student Council; Investigate Annual BY MARY JARRELL. Expected fireworks failed to explode Wednesday when Student Council met to hear four committees report that they had taken no action. The rally committee, headed by Janet Mason, was the only group which had completed its work and was ready to give a report. Miss Mason told the council that there would be girl cheer leaders and that try-outs were held both Tuesday and Wednesday ev enings. Results appear in today s Nebraskan. No Sparks. The sparks, expected to fly when the committee ap pointed to investigate primary elections reported not only did not fly, but did not appear at all when Gene Dixon, chairman said "We didn t accom plish a whole lot in our meeting." He reported that the old Pan Hellenic plan for primaries had been reconsidered but was found to be unconstitutional because the council consititution states "bal lots shall list the names of the several candidates and shall designate after each candidate's name the party or faction to which that candidate belongs." Dixon, remarked, however, that the committee "will have some thing constructive to present" at the next meeting. Jean Larsen, who reported as chairman of the committee to in vestigate the student health de partment said that the investiga tion would be more inclusive than previously planned and that the (See COUNCIL, Page 2.) AUF Heads Finish Plans For Drive Final plans for the campus AUF drive, scheduled to begin Monday, are nearing completion with the announcement today of group solicitors. Alice Abel, head solicitor, announced that nine people have been chosen to help with the collection of money and asked that those people meet in room 315 at the Union at 5 p. m. Monday for instructions. Members of Miss Abel's staff will see that every university stu- (See AUF, Pagre 8.) All-Ag Campus Picnic Moves Inside Today Due to the recent unpleasant weather, the all-ag campus picnic, scheduled for 6:15 today will be held in the ag activities building, Helen Mortenson, general chair man, announced today. Tickets are still on sale for 40c and will remain on sale until the 2nn mark is reached. Students or faculty members who have not purchased tickets may get them from members of the ag exec board, sponsors of the picnic. Bizad Honorary Names Officers, Picks Committee Members of committees and ap noinlive officers were announced morning services : ftpQ c.uw r,riHni f !? 4tuh'riKti?niWu Chi Theta. nat'ional business Youth Fellowship! meeting Wednesday night in the Union. Bernice Prince Sings. "A God of Order" is the ser mon to be delivered at the Con gregational Church. Miss Bernice Prince will .sing "How Lovely Are Thy Dwellings" and the choir will present "Lighten Our Dark ness' by Gaul. The Univer.-ity class will con tinue a study in the Christian attiude at 10:00 Sunday morning. Dr. Kennedy will deliver the morning sermnn at 11:00, and the Wesley Fellowship will convene at 5:30 until 7:30 at the Metho dist church. The program "Our Neglected Neighbors" will begin at 6:30 after lunch is served. Triendly Friday, the social hour (See CHURCHES, Page 3.) Three committees were chosen for the coming year. The social committee is headed by Mary Lou Holtz, with Mary Sinclair, Laur ine Hansen, and Jessie Lou Tyler as members. The rushing com mittee has Pat Tobin as chair man, with Margaret Reese, Jeanne Dougan, and Mary Lou Arm strong as members. The commit tee to organize the student place ment bureau of the college of business administration has Mary Helen Thorns as chairman, and Estelle Lenneman, June Dunn, and Winnifrcd Haskins as mem bers. Those chosen for appointive of fices were: Joan Shaw, custo dian; Pat Gilligan, historian; and Shirley Jenkins and Edith Haw kins, publicity. This Week At War By Albert Reddish British airborne and land forces have landed in Greece and, aided by partisans, have made large gains, feeling so confident that they have issued a surrender ul timatum to the Germans. The move virtually closes the trap on the Germans in the Balkans as announcement of the surrender of Belgrade to the Russians is ex pected any moment. In Italy the Fifth army has battled to within 14 miles of Bologna. As the Japs threaten Foochow and take another American 14th Air Force base, the Chinese charge the allies with neglect in supplying Chinese forces with equipment. One spokesman de clared the Chinese have not re ceived enough supplies since Pearl Harbor to sustain one allied di vision a week. Heavy Artillery. German artillery fire aimed at the advancing American First near Aachen is the heaviest yet faced by the allies. Meanwhile, units of the American Third arc capturing tunnels of besieged German forts at Metz. After failure of an attempted Russian crossing of the Vistula, Polish partisans were forced to five up Warsaw, losing the under ground commander. General Bor, to the Germans. The nazis claim the long-awaited Russian offen sive into East Prussia is begin ning. In Estonia the Reds have uncovered the slaughter of 2,800 persons by the nazis. "Highly successful" is the re port on the first bombing of Balik Papen, Borneo, shipping point of a sixth of Japan's oil supply, by MacArthur's Libera tors. Total of Jap ships sunk by American subs climbed to 722 as U-boats accounted for 11 more. Announce Casualties. American casualties thru Sept. 21 on all fronts were 417,085, of which 351,293 were army and 65,792 were navy, marine and coast guard. In demobilization after defeat of Germany no po litical or economic factors will be considered, according to Secretary of War Stimson. Only the Jap defeat and the shipping problem will determine time of return of (See WAR WEEK, Page 4.) Tibbett Cancels Concert Here Due to Illness A sudden throat infection pre vented Lawrence Tibbett, leading Metropolitan Opera baritone, from singing his scheduled con- t !" , fcjr ,- From Thf Lincoln Journal. LAWRENCE TIBBETT. . . . cancels concert. cert last night at the university coliseum. Mr. Tibbett phoned Luther G. Andrews, manager of the conceit series, Thursday morning l.om Omaha, after failing to secure traveling accomodations to Lin coln from Kansas City. Upon his late arrival in Lincoln Thursday afternoon, Tibbett's condition was examined by Dr. S. G. Zemer, who pronounced it "acute trache itis and sinusitis," or inflamma tion of the wind pipe with com plications. Dr. Zemer stated that Tibbett should sing under no cir cumstances. "I have advised many universities vocal students with similar conditions th very same thing," he stated. Confined by' Dr. Zemer to "his (See TIBBETT, Page S.) G
