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Vol. 44, No. 36
Lincoln 8, Nebraska
Wednesday, December 6, 1944
UN Chooses
Class Heads
December 12
Junior and senior class presi
dential elections were postponed
until Tuesday, Dec. 12, at the
Student Council meeting Wednes
day to allow sufficient time for
the printing of the ballots.
All independent and progres
sive or student party candidates
must file for election by Friday
in the Student Activity office,
Gene Dixon announced. Voting,
under the supervision of the
Council, will take place from 9
a. m. until 8 p. m. in the Union
basement.
The committee on political par
ties, headed by Jeanne Rotton,
was directed to prepare posters
with the pictures of all candi
dates ' and place the posters in
Sosh, Andrews and the Union.
Russ Leger was appointed to
serve on the committee following
the resignation of Jim Abdnor,
Bill Sakayama is the third mem
ber of this committee.
-Union Offers
Dances, Movie
This Weekend
Plans for the last week-end be
fore Christmas activities invade
the Union include dances and the
usual variety show.
The weekly juke box dances
will be held on Friday from 4 to
6 p. m. and from 9 to 11:30 p. m.
Toys or 10 cents are the price of
admission Friday night.
A new band composed of coeds
and men from the campus will
play at the Saturday night dance
from 9 to 12 p. m. The band is
so new that it has no name.
"It is hoped that those attend
ing will be able to furnish a
name," according to Pat Lahr,
Union- director.
His Girl Friday," starring Gary
Grant and Rosalind Russell, will
be the variety show for Sunday.
Because of the presentation of
The Messian Dy ine university
Kinpprs in the afternoon, the show
is scheduled for 8 p. m., instead
of the usual 3 p. m.
Next week the Union Christ
mac tiws will tx decorated, and
Christmas carols will be played
from 12:20 to 12:50 each noon all
week. The annual Union party
will be held next Saturday night
with dancing, caroling ana num
bers by the ASTP chorus.
Students, Profs Sell Their
Souls At Auction Tonight
BY IXS GLOTFELTT.
With patriotic spirits flying
high, members of War Council
have been running around madly
completing plans for the "Chance
of a Lifetime" bond and stamp
auction tonight. Chaining down
reluctant volunteers for services,
interviewing Dean Vema Boyles
and faculty members, talking Pat
Lahr out of cigarettes and steak
dinners are onlv a few of the
things done to insure plenty of
chances for UN students to spend
their money in the Union ball
room at 7:30 p. m.
Stamps will be sold at the
auction and pledge slips for war
bonds will be on hand for the
high bidders. An incomplete list
of services and objects up for sale
is as follows:
Dates with beauty queens.
Ten packages of good cigar
'! Prof.' Curtis Elliott to wait
tables. J
Boucher Sets
Fund For Study
Of Conference
In a move to encourage the
U N miniature peace conference,
Chancellor C. S. Boucher has set
aside a fund for the purchase of
literature needed to enable the
most comprehensive study of each
represented country, according to
Barbara Stahl, member of the
planning committee.
Another newly announced fea
ture of the conference is a faculty
committee chosen from the eco
nomics, social science, political
science and philosophy depart
ments. The campus will be transported
to the meeting place of the allies
with colorful flags waving on
high and international correspon
dents (alias The Nebraskan staff)
covering each new development
or resolution.
Each organized house or group
of 20 unaffiliated students will be
assigned a country to study and
to represent at the plenary ses
sions and committee meetings of
the conference. Organized groups
have submitted their country pre
ferences and the assignments will
be announced In next week's Ne
braskan. Express Country's Views.
Thp students will exnress the
ideas and view points of the coun
trv thv ar rpnrespntinff and not
their personal ones. Within each
group will be several committees
which will give particular atten
tion to such questions as world
organization, world boundaries,
treatment of axis nations and war
criminals, labor and economic
problems and colomal mandates.
All of the students representing
each country will act as a dele
gation to the conference but a
limited number of voting and
speaking delegates will be chosen.
Ag Holds Special
Convo Thursday
All ae camDus classes will be
dismissed at 11:40 a. m. tomor
row to allow ag students to attend
a special convocation in 306 ag
hall at which the forthcoming
miniature Deace conference will
be explained. Dean W. W. Bun-
announced Tuesday.
Gerry McKinsey will present
the plans for the conference and
answer questions. Provisions will
be made for the students to sign
up to work on the conference by
participating in group study of
one of the 33 countries to be rep
resented.
Edith Pumphrey is in charge of
the convocation and will intro
duce Miss McKinsey.
Mortar Boards to fleas
rooms.
Dr. Arthur Westbrook to
shovel walks when it snows.
Let Glotfelty to make a
coed's bed for two weeks (on
campus).
narold Andersen (PBK) to
write an English paper.
A barbershop quartet of four
men to entertain at dinner.
Four Mortar Boards waiting
tables in the crib one afternoon.
Gum.
Kleenex.
And more .too.
Handline the auction will be!
Karl Amdt and Curtis tmoft,
both economics instructors.
Die un the douch. grab the
green stuff, and head for the
Union ballroom at 7:30 tonight for
the "Chance of a Lifetime.
Progressives
Meet Tonight
All delegates of the Progres
sive party will meet Wednes
day night at 7:00 in room 316 of
the Union to nominate the
party's candidate for junior
class president due to the In
eligibility of Joe Kessler. All
nominations will be made from
the floor and must have ap
proval from the office of the
Dean of Student Affairs.
Delegates will also be elected
to the committees on organiza
tion and platform at this convention.
MB 'Snowball'
Party Revives
Gay Tradition
Bringing back to life the gay
est of UN traditions, the Mortar
Boards announced today that the
name of their annual party, to be
held Jan. 13, will be "Snowball."
Carrying out the vice-versa
theme of the party, UN coeds will
escort their dates and send the
usual silly corsages. The Mortar
Boards have promised that there
will be snow at the party, regard
less of weather conditions outside.
Highlighting the evening's en
tertainment will be the presenta
tion of UN's typical snowman and
six feminine snowflakes. The
snowman will be chosen thru let
ters, submitted by coeds, describ
ing the one college Joe whom
they believe would make the most
typical Nebraska snowman. The
best letters will be published in
The Nebraskan before the party
and the winner will be presented
at the ball, along with the win
ning letter.
The six snowflakes will be
chosen by pictures, although
Ghita Hill, chairman of the pre
sentation committee, says they are
not supposed to be "beauty
queens. Qualifications to become
a snowflake include being an "all
around good girl" and being en
gaged in some kind of war work
When pictures are submitted, they
should be accompanied by the
name of the girl and the war work-
in which she is engaged.
Pictures and letters should be
turned in to Pat Chamberlin at
The Nebraskan office as soon as
possible.
Nu-Meds Meet
Tonight at Union
A banquet at 6:15 in parlors XY
of the Union will feature tonight's
Nu-Med meeting. After nomina
tion of second semester officers
and the business meeting. Dr. J. J.
Hompes, eye, ear, nose and throat
specialist, will speak and show
movies taken in India during re
cent years.
All pre-meds, pre-nursing or
pre-technician students should
register in room 308 in Bessey
hall before noon Wednesday if
they are planning to attend the
banquet The program will begin
at 7:15.
Frosh, Sophs
Meet Advisors
All Junior Division students
are requested to make oat tbeir l!
worksheets and registration
blanks for the second semester
daring the week beginning
Monday, Dee. 11, according to
Nels A. Benrtson, dean of the
Junior Division.
Appointments for these early
registration conferences should
be made now with advisors.
Each student is responsible for j!
meeting his adviser now and .!
personally arranging for the
hour and date for tbe prepara
tion of his class program for
e x t semester. Instruction
sheets with full details as to
procedure are now available
at tbe Junior Division office.
Theatre Comedy,
'Papa Is AH,' Opens
Thursday Evening
Here it comes another first night for the University Theater!
"Papa Is All," the first comedy of
The play is a rollicking story of a Pennsylvania-Dutch family,
the Aunkamps. Papa is a tyrannical old men who adheres to the
Menonite principles chiefly because they are convenient for him.
Foundation
Fund Assists
Servicemen
The Student Foundation schol
arship fund now totaling $1,875
will be used as an aid to return
ing war veterans, according to
the decision of the foundation fi
nance committee. The committee
is romnosed of John Selleck. uni
versity comptroller; Dr. G. W.
Ro-enlof, director or admissions;
L. F. DuTeau, alumni secretary;
and Prof. H. J. Kesner, chairman
of the university scholarship com
mittee.
The fund was originally estab
lished to provide for the continu
ance of education for men and
women taken off the campus into
the services. However, most of
these students will be financed by
the G. I. Bill of Rights. It ap
peared therefore that the need for
which the fund was estabushed
had been filled.
Murphy Suggests.
Colonel Murphy suggested sev
eral months ago that the fund be
used to mail a digest of the G. I.
Bill of Rights to 2,500 men and
women who were inducted into
the service while attending the
university, and also to thousands
of high school graduates and un
dergraduates. It was suggested
that a booklet with a certificate
showing eligibility under the bill
,for educational financing, as well
as attractive pictures ui me uni
versity, and data to help sell the
university to service men and
women be sent to their fathers,
mothers and wives.
Has Merit.
The Student Foundation has de
cided that the suggestion made by
Colonel Murphy and the G. I. Bill
of Rights committee of the alumni
association has merit and its
members are of the opinion that
the program should be carried out.
However, as a number of men and
women will not be in the service
long enough to receive adequate
aid for their degrees under the
G. I. Bill, and will be in need of
See FUND, Page 3.
Coeds Relinquish Cherished
Playthings to 'Toys For Joy'
It's true that university stu
dents need some form of relaxa
tion from studying, but isn't play
ing with dolls and teddy bears and
; rocking horse a little on the
! eccentric side?
Whether it is or not, one sure
thing is that someone else will
get a lot more joy out of that
soft Raggedy Ann doll or that
clever jack-in-the-box than study
weary students. There's a little
girl somewhere in Lincoln who'll
think Santa Claus is a pretty
wonderful guy if she finds that
cuddly black and white panda
that one of UN's coeds has been
keeping on her bed, in her stock-
ing Christmas morning.
The War Council's On the Beam
committee is sponsoring an all
campus Toy for Joy drive to col
the season, opens tomorrow night.
He won't let his son, Jake, mod-
ernize farm work, nor will he let
his daughter, Emma, go to a
movie. The story grows out of
Emma's decision to attend a
movie with or without Papa's
consent. The fact that she goes
with her sweetheart doesn't help
matters. Papa's disappearance
while chasing the two with a
shotgun, the family life without
him, and his eventual return
provide interest and comedy.
Take Initial Bows.
Tho this is the first time on
the University stage for most of
the cast, they are not lacking in
experience. Carl Zeigler, who
will play Papa, has appeared in
several plays at the University of
Iowa. Virginia Eberly, who plays
Mama, is a transfer student from
Wayne State Teachers college.
Art Beindorff, a University
Theatre veteran of last year, will
play Jake. This is the first play
for both Dorothy Reilly and Jef
frey Gass, however. Lucy Ann
Hapeman appeared in the last
University Theatre play, Wingless
Victory.
Dallas Williams, director of the
Theatre, stated the curtain would
go up promptly at 8 o'clock. He
also announced that those who
See THEATER. Page 2.
Violinist Appears
On Ag Christmas
Program Dec. 13
Professor Carl Steckebug, noted
Lincoln violinist, will be guest
soloist at the annual ag Christmas
program on Dec. 13, the ag execu
tive board annonuced today.
Other tentative plans for the
program will 'include excerpts
from the "Messiah" by the chorus,
an impressive candle lighting
service and'a guest speaker. Mrs.
Altinas Tullis will be the director
of the music with Myron Roberts
at the organ.
The program is an annual af
fair, always drawing a record at
tendance. It is open to both stu
dents and the public.
Committees now at work on the
program include: Edgar Hamm
and Edith Pumphrey, co-chairmen;
Helen Mortensen, program
chairman; Peggy Larson, decor
ation chairman; and Julia Crom,
publicity chairman.
lect toys for the poor children of
Lincoln The drive will continue
until Christmas vacation begins
and there will be a box in the
front hall of the Union for the
toys.
Admission: One Toy.
At the regular juke box dance
in the Union ballroom Friday
night each person must bring a
toy or ten cents for admission.
The dance will be jointly spon
sored by the Union and War
Council.
Last year all organized houses
who planned Christmas parties
donated their ten cent toys to the
campus toyland headquarters.
Fred Teller, chairman of the On
the Beam committee, has sug
gested that they do so again this
year.
