THE NEBRASKAN
Sunday, Novembc-r 19, 1944
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VAiinr . . Pat Chamberlin
Mary Louise uDonwin, nmiia " "
..Leslie Jean GloUelty. Betty Lon Hustoa,
Phyllis Teacarden
Jo Marts
'.'...Lorraine' Abra'mson, "Mildred Enfstrom
"" Dick Dilsaver
Managing Editor
News Editors
Janet Mason,
Business Manager
Assistant Businesa Manater
Society Editor ....
Sports Editor
The Shorter the War ...
Tomorrow the sixth war loan drive begins, and runs three
weeks, until Dec. 15. Now that the allies have reached the last lap
of their three year fight against totalitarianism and aggression, and
the nation is beginning to think in terms of peace, there is a grave
danger that the country will not think it necessary enough to dig
deeply enough Into their pockets for the minimum sum of 14 billion
dollars which Uncle Sam has asked and which his fighting men
and women need so urgently on all war fronts. The closer to this
goal that the nation will come in the sixth war loan drive, the
sooner will come final victory, because we will have the stuff with
which to fight. If the drive fails to hit the minimum figure, the
war will be needlessly prolonged.
Nebraska with its goal of $94,000,000; Lancaster county with
its goal of $11,608,000; and Lincoln with its goal of $11,003,800 are
all just small parts of the big goal. Without their individual suc
cesses, however, the national goal cannot be reached. Just such an
i j;,rieir.n in tVio national set-un is the UN campus. The
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sixth war loan must be financed and contributed to by individuals
in whatever amounts can be raised in proportion to their income.
c hat in (ho nvpr-nll nicture. it is the responsibility of every stu-
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dent to help the campus drive, just as it is the responsibility of
every U.S. citizen to purchase as many bonds as possioie ior me
national drive.
The sixth war loan campaign on campus is sponsored jointly
.v th War Council and the Tassels, who are working with Prof.
i.r mii:i... t i,ir nf th farultv auota under the city. These
student organizations have set a campus goal for students at $1,500,
f.v -t un an elaborate sales scheme. For the first time on
the campus, the War Council "On the Beam" committee are selling
bonds at organized houses on the campus. Tassels are conducting
house-to-house sales as well as booth sales on the regular war
.4,, w.inuivs. War stamns sold during the drive weeks will
-..t inward the UN armr field ambulance which is the year's
goal of stamp sales. Therefore, during the three weeks of the drive
period, a student's war stamps will contribute to the completion of
tn rn!ils the national and the one for the ambulance, uonas soia
by the War Council will count towards the campus goal of $1,500,
altho they will not be counted in for the ambulance.
Promotional schemes set ud by the War Council also include a
"services" auction, at which a student will be able to hire a prof
to wash dishes or wait tables for a price in war stamps. There
are also plans for a raffle dance at which a war bond will be given.
Tassels are sponsoring a war stamp slogan contest, for which the
prizes will be war stamps, and the slogans used for promotional
posters.
Th rnmnus war loan drive is excellently planned by the War
Council and Tassels, and now all that is needed to go "over the top"
is the wholehearted co-operation of the stucienis. ine nearer tne
goal, the shorter the war.
Light Continued . . .
In Friday's issue, the Nebraskan suggested two
possible courses to help insure the safety of the
campus streets after dark. Due to space difficul
ties arising from the priority of advertisements
over news copy, the Nebraskan's proposals could
not be sufficiently detailed.
There is a definite need for more street lights
on the campus. On the malls and campus streets,
the university stands the expense of putting up
more lights, and the service department puts them
up. All the service department netua an in
dication from some department or from the stu
dent council that more lights are needed. On
city streets that pass thru the campus, such as
S, R, 16th and 14th, it is up to the university to
petition the city council for more adequate lighting.
A short survey of places that are darkest will
clarify the case.
As soon as the business district marked off by
the city calling for street lights every 80 feet ends
on the corner of 14th and R, lights are few ami
far between. Lights are needed on R street across
from 15th street, and another or a stronger light
is needed on the corner of 16th and R. The west
side of 16th between R and S would be lightened
considerably by a lamp post, while at least two
lights are called for between the women's resi
dence halls and the Alpha Chi Omega house.
S street in particular is desperately in need of
more light. The sidewalks are almost impassable
rough brick, and heavy shrubbery lines both sides
of the south sidewalk. Lights are needed here on
the south side between R and 15th, on the corner
of 15th, and between 16th and 15th.
The second measure advocated by the Nebraskan
was for any concerned department on the campus
to request the service department to put on more
night watchmen. There are, at present, on the city
campus three, and on ag campus, two night watch
men who are deputized by the city police de
partment. These "campus cops" patrol with over
lapping shifts from 6 p. m. until 8 a. m. Mr.
Donaldson, service department director, said he
would be quite willing to put on more night
watchmen if it proved necessary and if the men
could be found in the present manpower shortage
He also reported that the Lincoln Air Base could
be asked for a patrol of military police on the
campus if this was felt necessary by university
officials.
If the university is truly worried about the
safety of the campus streets after dark, adequate
lighting and more police protection are the most
powerful remedies.
LETTERXP I
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Servicemen's Edition of Nebraskan
Marilyn Adler, circulation manager of the serv
ice men's edition of the Nebraskan, has been
tearing her hair lately because one reason coed
address workers have been giving her for not
showing up on schedule. "Oh, was that what
the Nebraskan bulletin meant when it said 'all
workers for the service men's edition report.' I
thought I was working on Rag Tags!"
"Rag Tags" was the forerunner of the present
streamlined service men's bi-monthly paper and
was a three-page mimeographed loose-leaf sheet
printed until the beginning of last year. At most
the circulation of "Rag Tags" reached 500, whereas
now the service men's edition goes out to 2,000
former students in various camps in this country
and anywhere overseas. The service men's edition
of the Nebraskan is a four-page regular size edi
tion of the regular paper, put out without adver
tising and without charge to the service men, and
containing news reprinted from the regular edi
tion covering the two weeks' period. -That this
edition is greatly appreciated and eagerly looked
forward to by the service men is proved by the
amount of mail received each day by enthusiastic
receivers. On the average of ten "fan" letters
and change-of-address cards a day are sent every
day to the office.
Workers on this edition are responsible for the
addressing of the envelopes and for keeping their
particular section of the address files up to date.
The work is voluntary and under charge of the
War Council, which co-sponsors the edition with
the Nebraskan, and of course is vital to the dis
tribution of the paper. Hereafter, when notices in
the regular edition asks workers to report for
their week's duties on the service men's edition,
workers will kindly not use the "Rag Tags" ex
cuse, which is herein exploded sky-high.
To the Editor,
Excuse my intrusion but we ex-stu-
dents in the service, who will be returning
to school, feel ourselves as much a part of
the University as you who are its collegians
at the present; and probably we are some-,
what more concerned over the present po
sition of the university than you.
Hundreds of us were sent by the govern
ment to other colleges and universities
throughout the country before entering ac
tive duty. This was a chance to find out
what many of the outstanding schools had
to offer and to compare this with the Uni
versity of Nebraska's "state of condition.
The comparison was revealing ana not an
ways pleasant.
Probably the value ot a umversuy
ascertained by the condition ot its. i ij.
acuity, (2) physical plant ana eu.u,Hn,
the most important its student body, but
what about the others inciaenxaiiy, .c.-
i-rinrr the r.niYinUS IS
handicapped by its geo
graphical blockage, has any "campus Beau-
tifur project Deen uncertain aaiu
the noble planting of a half dozen trees by
some individual organization?
The national government has recognized
the gigantic importance of education after
the war. It is the state's obligation, par
ticularly in the middle west, to see that the
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best in education is avauaoie. meveiuciuio
has such an opportunity confronted the
educational interests of Nebraska a prom
ise of greatly increased enrolment and a
probable period of continued prpsperity.
The Nebraskan through its excellent edi
torials and features has been discussing the
need of a greater university appropriation.
The faculty and student committees have
been preparing for the oncoming service
man. There is interest. But wnere tne pro
moting of a few million dollars is concerned,
a big, pushing, influential force is needed.
And where better could this force begin
than from within the University of Nebras
ka student body itself? Why could not a
committee be set up, through the student
council (here would really be something to
bite their teeth into) to act as an organizer,
promoter, and lobbying group to help m
geeting the need of a greater appropriation
over to the executive and legislative groups
of our state government and to the people
of Nebraska themselves!
The actual condition of the U. of N. with
comparison to other schools could be re
ported in black and white and the need
made clear. It would in effect be a lobby
and with a few thousand students backing
it and dozens of influential citizens of the
state awakened to your cause by you what
could be lost? Any effort to improve the
University of Nebraska's "state of Condi
tion has my vote.
Ensign Donald W. Papez.
(Editor's Note: Ensign Papez, the writer of the
above letter, left the university for the Navy in
'42. While he was circulation manager of the Ne
braskan, and a member of Alpha Tau Omega. At
present Don is stationed aboard the U.S.S. Sher
burne in the Pacific area.
As regards his suggestion that UN be compared
with other schools concerning their postwar plan
ning, such a survey is now being made by the
Nebraskan, results of which will soon be published
in the paper and in pamphlet form.)
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Reprinted fiom ' incumber issue of Esquire.
"Going iiown!j
V ... - Mail
Clippings
Pat Chamberlin, Censor
GEORGE PINNEY, Beta last year, has been here
on leave from the Great Lakes Naval Training
center.
From the 15th AAF in Italy comes word of the
promotion of SHARON E. WAGGONER to the
rank of Captain. Waggoner is pilot in a Liberator
heavy bombardment squadron and has flown 41
missions since arriving overseas last May, He en
listed as a private in October '41 and is holder of
the Air Medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters.
"NORM" SUNDBERG has recently been grad
uated from Fort Sill, Okla., OCS and is now Lieu
tenant Sundberg stationed at Fort Sill as an in
structor. A few corrections he sent in to this
column are:
"BOB KNOLL is not in OCS, but graduated from
here Sept. 2. Lieutenant Knoll is now teaching
"cannoneer's hop" at the Field Artillery Replace
ment Training center at Sill."
"BILLIE RADENSLABEN is with the 747th
Field Artillery, Camp Shelby, Miss."
,
, RICHARD L. SULLIVAN of Fairbury recently
was graduated from the B-26 Marauder pilot
school at the Dodge City army air field, Kansas,
as a second lieutenant.
ARTHUR B. HARDY, of Sidney, was awarded
the gold jWings of a flight surgeon of the. AAF at
the Salinas army air base, Calif. Captain Hardy is
a member of Phi Delta Tta and Nu. Sigma Nu,
and a graduate, of the
mod gefeooL