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Vol. 44, No. 27. Wednesday, November 15, 1944
Subscription Drive Opens
Nov. 15 For 'Schooner'
Members of Tassels and Theta
Sigma Phi, national journalism
fraternity, will open the campus
wide subscription drive for the
Prairie Schooner Wednesday.
The Prairie Schooner, which is
published four times anniinllv. is
edited by Dr. L. C. Wimberly of
ine English department.
University students are asked
to back the subscription drive as
Russian Relief
Drive Requests
Shoes, Clothing
War Council announced last
night the beginning of a Rus
sian War Relief drive to collect
clothing and shoes which are
desperately needed by Russian al
lies at once. All kinds of cloth
ing are needed winter and sum
mer wear for all ages. It muse
be practical clothing, and should
be in good wearing condition, as
needles and thread are scarce in
European countries now. Blankets
and bedding are needed also, as
well as shoes.
The On the Beam committee
will collect contributions from the
(See RUSSIAN, page 4.)
Frosh Honorary
Ask& 4 Students
Four students have received in
vitations to become members of
Alpha Lambda Delta, honorary
fraternity for freshmen women,
it was announced by the presi
dent, Kay Hayes.
They are: Betty Jean Harp
ster, Eleanor Knoll, Heddy
Schultz, and Peggy Shelley.
To be chosen for membership
in this fraternity, a student must
have an average of ninety per
cent in his freshman year. The
initiation will be held Thursday,
Nov. 16, at 7:15 in Ellen Smith
Hall.
Ag Coeds Holcf
Ellen Richards
Dinner Nov. 16
Blanche Reid will be the toast-
mistress and Julia Crom will be
song leader for the annual Ellen!
H. Richards dinner honoring the
founder of modern home eco
nomics, which will be held
Thursday at 6:15 in the Union
ballroom.
Special music will be furnished
by an ag college women's octet
and by Beverly Davis, who will
sing a solo. The tribute to Ellen
H. Richards will be given by
Margaret and Suzanne Kuehl.
Miss Margaret Fedde, Phyllis
Dodge, Mary Jo Kobes, LaVaughn
Nelson. Gladys Bowman and
Lona Haskins will talk on fellow
ship students from different coun
tries. The main speaker of the
evening, Miss Thelma Estevez of
Uruguay, will give a greeting
from a Foreign Fellow.
Virginia Bobbitt and Vivian
Ferris are general chairmen in
charge of the dinner. Virginia
Bobbitt, Vivian Ferris and Julia
Crom are In charge of programs
and menus; Edith Pumphrey,
tickets; Carol Carver, hostess;
Laurel Adams, decorations; and
Lois Opper, publicity.
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organized .houses by Friday of this
week, and a box will be placed
the Schooner is one of the out
standing features of the univer
sity. According to last May's is
sue .of the American Mercury:
"Two of the best literary maga
zines in the United States have
turned up in such spots as Gam
bier, O., and Lincoln, Neb., seats
respectively, of Kenyan college
and University of Nebraska."
"As long as the university is
recognized as such in the literary
circle, the students should suppor
the sale of the Schooner to keep
up the good reputation that it al
ready has," according to Ruth
Korb, student business manager
of the Schooner.
Miss Korb also announced that
the subscription for the year will
be $1.
Campus YW
Sells Religious
Books in Union
Supplementing Religious Em
phasis week, scores of religious
books and dozens of volumes on
Christ are on sale by the campus
YWCA in the Union.
To arouse students to conscious
ness of spiritual matters in their
daily lives is the aim of the pro
ject, held for the firts time in the
Union in place of the less-frequented
Ellen Smith hall, accord
ing to Mildred Taylor, general
secretary of the YWCA.
Among current best sellers are
Lloyd C. Douglas, "The Robe," and
"The Apostle" by Seholem Asch
One volume which has attracted
much student attention is Paul
Hutchinson's provactive "From
Victory to Peace," which deals
with problems of post war rela
tions, treatment of conquered na
tions, empire, world assembly of
nations, with brilliant, challeng
ing Christian outlook.
Ranking in excellence with
"From Victory to Peace" is "Christ
of the merican Road" by world
famed Christian E. Stanley Jones,
which in direct, uncompromising
language'deals with the race de
mon and other hot issues con
fronting America. Both Llqyd C.
Douglas and Jones were in Lin
coln last year.
With price ranging from two
cents for a small pamphlet deal
ing with relationships in the home
to $4.50 for a beautifully illu-
strated issue of "Christ and the
Fine Arts," the YWCA expects,
every student to find the book to
fit his needs. Most of th?
pomphlets, selling for 50c and
under, deal clearly with such
problems as interracial co-operation,
world order, international
cooperation and Christianity and
the world.
Dr. G. Kennedy
Gives Review
Of 'Anthology
"The Pralne Schooner Anthol
ogy," published by the university
press, will be reviewed by Dr.
Gerald Kennedy of St. Paul
Methodist church in his weekly
radio program, 'Adventures
Among the Bookshelves," on
KFAB at 9:45 p. m. tomorrow.
This will be the first time he
has reviewed a book before it has
become a novel or best seller. Dr.
Kennedy will also mention the
"Prairie Schooner" magazine
written here.
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Liollege Who's Who Lists
Twenty Nebraska
Registration
Registration for political
party preference for all stu
dents will be held from 12
o'clock noon to 6:00 p. m.,
Thursday in the Union base
ment. AH students are asked to
register for the political party
they prefer. The two parties
are the Progressive Tarty, and
the Student Party for Demo
cratic Government.
The registration is under the
jurisdiction of the Election
Committee of the Student
Council.
Jan. 13 Party
Revives Early
MB Tradition
Pre-war tradition will return to
the campus January 13 when
coeds ask the men for dates and
send them corsages for the in
formal Mortar Board ball, which
is being revived in the old style
after its abandonment in 1942.
The party, originally sched
uled for December 2, was post
poned until January 13 in order
not to interfere with Thanks
giving week-end, according to
President Jean Larsen.
The women often take their
dates out to dinner, must check
their coats and hats, and also
furnish a means of transportation
such as horse and buggies, small
express wagons, sleds, and cars.
Corsages are generally of an un
usual nature, for instance neon
signs, Christmas decorations, fish,
baby books and bottles.
Of course the boys can have
the duffle bag weighted for dates
to carry as the men have had the
opportunity to carry compacts at
a previous date.
The orchestra and other details
will be announced at a later date
Husker Beauties
Parade at Dance
Friday in Union
A bevy of 38 Nebraska beauties
will parade before a table of un
known judges at the Cornhusker
tea dance to be held Friday from
4:00 to 6:00 in the Union ball
room, in the first elimination con
test for Nebraska beauty queens
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The candidates will . appear
twice, once in school clothes and
again in a date dress with com
plete accessories. The applause
offered by the students for then
favorites will aid the judges in
selecting the 12 final candidates.
Senior Orcliesis .
Initiates 16 New
Members Nov. 8
Senior Orchesis, the UN mod
ern dance club, held formal
initiation for the new members
Wednesday night, Nov. 8, at
Grant Memorial.
The new members who have
been invited to join Senior Or
chesis are: Call Quigley, Irma
Lou Fisher, Anne Manchester,
Myra Lee Hadan, Faye Shimer-
da, Lois Chantry, Jane Sutton
Lois Neumeyor, Ann Arsen, Caro
lyn Motter, Billie Steelman, Jane
Little, Gloria Bremer, Nancy
Baylor, Janice Becker, and June
uritchfield.
The officers of the club are:
president, Mary Ann Knox; sec
retary, Bernette Hadan; faculty
sponosr, Dr. Aileene Lock hart.
Other members - include: Grace
Peters, Frances Bleik, Eunice
Way, Jacqueline Young, Virginia
Campen, Ernestine Craig, Joy
Laune, Maydella Platner. Peeev
Maly, Virginia Pettit and Donna
McCandlass.
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Twenty Nebraska students arc
listed in the 1944-1945 edition of
"Who's Who Among Students in
American Universities and Colleges."
can Universities and College."
The students were selected from
list submitted by a Student
Council committee headed by
Mary Jo Gish. Basis of selection
was participation in university
Negro Baritone
Opens Lincoln
Music Series
BY JEANE MT1XANE.
Todd Duncan, Negro baritone
who gained fame as Porgy in
Gershwin's folk opera, "Porgy and
Bess," officially opened the first
in a series of concerts to be heard
during Lincoln's 18th symphony
season.
The highlight of Mr. Duncan's
performance was his rendition of
several selections from 'Porgy
and Bess," including the lullaby
"Summertime!" Porgy's tender
serenade to his wife, "Bess, Yo
Is My Woman Now," and the
amusing "It Ain't Necessarily
So" and "I Got Plenty of Nuth
in.' "
The remainder of his" program
included "Hear Me, Ye Winds
and Waves" and "Alma Mia,"
both by Handel; Legrenzi's spir
ited "Che Fiero Costume," and an
arrangement for voice of Saint
Saen's "Danse Macabre." Among
his five encores were the bari
tone classic, "Old Man River," and
two Negro spirituals.
The Lincoln symphony orches
tra under the forceful direction
of Composer-Conductor Henri
Pensis, performed beautifully, es
pecially in Beethoven's moody
(See NEGRO BARITONE, p. 4.)
Union Schedules
Juke Box Dance,
Last Dance Class
Formally stepping on "her" so
cial toes, informally tripping
"him," and intently watching a
love scene which breaks in the
middle; such is the schedule of
events at the Union this week.
In other words, the last social
dancing class of the season is
planned for tonight from 7:30 to
8:30 p. m. All strong toes, with
their respective bodies, are wel
come. Free juke box dance is sched
uled for Friday from 9 to 11:30
p. m. in the ballroom. Poor ball
room, what it doesn't go thru!
The wizard Orson Welles is
starred in "Journey Into Fear,"
the variety show on Sunday. His
star will be challenged by th.-.t
caustic-reply man, Joseph Cotton.
Delores Del Rio js there too some
place, for what journey would be
complete without a Delores.
Formally stepping oh, oh, no
reason to reprint this, or is there?
Cornhusker Sets
Nov. 22 Deadline
For M5 Pictures
Absolute deadline for class or
group pictures for the 1945 Corn
husker to be taken by Miller &
Paine studio is Nov. 22.
It is necessary for them to be
taken by that time in order to
appear in the annual.
Those pictures to be taken
between November 13-18 are:
International House.
Housemothers.
Dorm.
Towne Club.
Unaffiliated students.
Sigma Kappa.
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Students
activities, leadership and value to
the university.
Students listed in the current
edition are:
Harold Anderson, Phi Gamma
Delta, president; Student Council.
president; Nebraskan, managing
editor.
Margaret Bcedc, Pi Beta Phi,
president; AUF, president, War
Council, secretary.
Pat Chambcrlin, Kappa Alpha
Theta; Mortar Board; Theta
Sigma Phi; Vestals of the Lamp;
Nebraskan, editor; War Council,
president.
Dorothy Carnahan, Chi Omega,
president; Mortar Board: Xi Chi;
Vestals of the Lamp; AWS, presi
dent; YWCA, treasurer.
Myra Colberg, Kappa Kappa
Gamma; Mortar Board; Theta
Sigma Phi, secretary; Vestals of
the Lamp; Cornhusker, editor;
YWCA; War Council.
Gene Dixon, Sigma Phi Epsilon,
president; Xi Psi Phi; Cornhusker,
business staff; Student Council.
Ghita Hill, Sigma Delta Tan,
president; Mortar Board; Univer
sity Theater, business manager;
(See WHO'S WHO, page 4.)
Three Faiths
Discuss Need
For Religion
"Is Religion Necessary?" was
the topic discussed at the inter
faith meeting held last night at
8:00 in the Union ballroom. Dr.
Clarence Forbes was chairman
and introduced the three speak
ers. Dr. Sittler, professor at the Chi
cago Lutheran Seminary, Chicago,
Illinois, spoke of religion as the
most powerful and informative
source in the progress of western
culture. He stated that religion
belongs at home in a university
and that it is impossible for a stu
dent to ignore religion.
Religion Important Influence.
Father Edward Tuchek, Holy
Rosary church, Plattsmouth, Neb.,
discussed religion as being prac
tical and reasonable and an im
portant influence in everyone's
life.
Rabbi Joseph Baron, a lecturer
in philosophy at Milwaukee State
Teachers college and vice presi
dent of the Milwaukee section of
the Milwaukee Federated Jewish
Charities, stated that religion is
powerful and valuable for resol
ving conflicts of both a personal
and social nature.
Junior Division
Schedules Third
Vocation Series
The third group of Orientation"
conferences, open to all interested
university students, will be held
Wednesday at 7:15 p. m.' in So
cial Science. These inferences
are the outcome of many requests
received from students interested
in furthering the orientation dis
cussions along line? suited to
their interests.
The following program will be
followed for the meetings:
SS 201 The Medical Profes
sion, Prof. Otis Wade.
SS 101a A Career in Nursing,
Miss Gertrude M. Church, R. N.
SS 105 The Social Work Pro
fession, Miss Marian Lowe.
SS 101 A Career in Business.
Dean J. D. Clark.
These meetings are open to all
students in the University and
those in the Orientation classes
who indicated their interest in the
subjects are expected to be pres
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