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Vol. 44, NO. 39 Wednesday, December 13, 1944
War Council
Plans Show
Feb. 23-25
" 'Til Johnny Comes Maching
Home, the 1945 war show will
be given Feb. 23, 24 and 25 in
three evening performance in the
Union ball room rather than Feb.
9, 10 and 11 as previously sched
uled, Lucy Ann Hapeman, direc
tor, announced today.
The change was made to avoid
conflict with the forthcoming
theatre production which will re
quire an unusually large staff in
eluding many of the people
needed for the war show. There
will be no Sunday afternoon
matinee due to the band concert
which was previously scheduled
for the afternoon of the 25th.
Miss Hapeman announced that
tryouts have been completed and
the remainder of the show will
be cast as soon as the script is
finished, probably by the end of
the week.
Jo Ann Kinsey and Billie
Trombla are to be in charge of
the dance routines and Peggy
Shelly will work with the vocal
chorus with the assistance of Mr
Donald Glattly.
Elizabeth Lamb will design
the costumes again this year and
the Home Ec club will supervise
costume construction.
The director expressed the hope
that all crews would be completed
before Christmas vacation. Any
one who desires to help with the
show may contact Miss Hape
man at 2-7545.
Guest Speaker,
Violinist Appear
On Ag Program
Rev. Ray Kearns will be guest
sneaker and Professor Carl
Steckleberg, violinist, guest solo
ist for the traditional ag college
Christmas program at the Col
lege Activities building at 8 p. m.
tonight for students, faculty and
the public.
Margaret Ruth Heim and Peggy
Larson will take part in a special
candle lighting service in which
thirty candles are lighted, one for
each of the thirty years of Christ's
life. Excerpts from the Messiah
and other seasonal choral num
bers will be sung by the ag col
lege chorus under the direction of
Mrs. Altmas Tunis with Myron
Roberts at the organ.
Barbara Gooding and Arch
Briggs will sing solos from the
Messiah.
The committee In charge of the
program includes: Edith Pum-
phrey and Edgar Hamm, co
chairmen; Helen Mortenson, pro
gram; Peggy Larson, decorations;
and Julia Crom, publicity.
Sigma Alpha Iota
Initiate 6 Dec. 10
Six upperclassmen pledges of
Sigma Alpha Iota, professional
music sorority, were initiated Sun
day morning at the music school
in a pre-breakfast ceremony.
The new initiates are Lorraine
Brill, Doris Chamberlain, Frances
Farnsworth, Helen Laird, Mar
garet Modlin and Shirley Walsh
Union Schedules
Caroling, Siesta
Films This Week
Christmas caroling and three
siesta films fill the Union calendar
far this week.
With organists Myron Roberts
and Ruth Way, caroling will be
continued thru Friday in the
lounge from 12:20 to 12:50 each
noon.
"March of Times,H Texas" and
' "Wealth of . the AndesV are the
three films to be shown, in the
lounge at 5 p. m. today..
Stuart Sons
Add $3500
To Memorial
An additional donation of $3,500
was made to the Charles Stuart
Memorial Scholarship Fund, by
sons of the late Charles Stuart,
Capt. James and Charles T.
Stuart.
The Charles Stuart Memorial
Scholarship is an annual award
to a male student above fresh
man rank, administered by the
college of agriculture.
Captain James Stuart, now
somewhere in Germany, and
Charles T. Stuart, expressed the
hope that over a period of years
this fund could be developed to
give agricultural education to
many more deserving students in
the study of the field of agricul
ture. The late Mr. Stuart was Inter
ested in the various programs
devoted to the development of
Nebraska agriculture. His sons
are honoring the memory of their
last father by helping to carry
on one of his greatest interests.
Announcement of the dona
tion was made by Perry Branch,
director of the University of Ne
braska Foundation.
Dr. C. Young,
Paleontologist,
Visits Morrill
Dr. Chung Chien Young, promi
nent paleontologist and geologist,
is now on the campus studying the
exhibits in Morrill Hall.
He was sent to the United
States last May, by the Chinese
government as one of 34 members
of the Technical Committee of
Missionary Resources Commission
in China. The commission is
made up of engineers and busi
ness men whose scope is to study
electric powers and industrial
plants all over the United States.
Dr. Young is the only pure scien
tist in the group. He is concerned
primarily with building up good
will between United States and
Chinese scholars, and to study re
search and exhibit facilities with
a view to post-war co-operation
between the scientists of the two
countries.
Dr. Young is especially inter
ested in the displays in Morrill
Hall which were taken from the
Great Plains of the United States,
because soil conditions there cor
respond closely to soil conditions
of most of China.
U.S. President
Awards Navy
Cross to Zacek
Ensign Edward C. Zacek, UN
graduate of '42, has been awarded
the navy cross by the President
of the United States, it was re
vealed by the navy department
Wednesday.
Ensign Zacek's citation reads:
"For extraordinary heroism as
wave commander during the am
phibious assault at Salerno, Italy,
September 9, 1943. Undeterred
by fierce opposition, Ensign Zacek
courageously proceeded through
heavy enemy gunfire off the as
sault beaches and while leading
a wave of tank lighters to desig
nated landing positions was seri
ously wounded in 'the head and
hip.
"Disregarding his own grave
condition, he persisted with the
landing operations and ordered
the unloading to be continued and
boats retracted for return to the
(See NAVY CROSS, pae 2.)
Meetis "to Bet Pflew atie
Union Stages
HolidayParty
Saturday Nite
BY ELEANOR KNOLL.
'Twas the week-end before
Christmas vacation when all thru
the campus . . . the rumblings
of down-slips and hissing of tests
were nicely forgotten in a Sat
urday evening's entertainment . . .
at the Union Christmas party.
The plans were all made by
the Union with care, in hopes that
the students would cut lose and
eat ice cream and cake (given
away on third floor from 10 to
11:30 p. m.) or brownies and
cokes (found in the lounge from
10 to 12 p. m.)
AST Band Plays.
The AST band in the ballroom
from 8:30 to 11:30 and caroling
in the lounge from 10 to midnight
will have all settled down with
plans for a long evening of free
entertainment.
The students will be heard to
exclaim ere they walked out of
sight of the Union "Merry
Christmas to all, and oh what a
night!" Pat Lahr hopes.
Staff, Reporters
Of 'Nebraskai?
Throw Big Party
Shades of St. Nick, the Ne
braskan business manager, Jo
Martz, finally broke down and
agreed to finance a Christmas
party for the reporters and the
staff. After carefully remov
ing the shotgun from behind
Martz's head, the editor
scheduled the shindig for
Monday afternoon at 4 p. m.
All reporters, ad salesmen and
staff members must sign up
today on the sheet of paper
pasted on the back-side of the
post in the middle of the Ne
braskan office. See?
P. S. It lays here In small type
that the Cornhiuker, too, is having a
party Thursday afternoon.
Students Begin
'Beavering9 Early
For Peace Meet
As the miniature peace con
ference gradually gets closer to
University of Nebraska students,
debators are not the only ones
pouring over volumes of post war
planning evidence and material.
The attention of the students
has been turned to reading post
war material pertaining to such
things as what will Russia do
after the war? Will France be
strong enough politically and
economically to handle self gov
ernment immediately? What will
Great Britain do concerning Italy?
To help students become informed
about these subjects, the univer
sity library contains unlimited
sources of material and is add
ing new books and periodicals to
its shelves regularly.
New Books Added.
The following books are among
those which have been added to
the library during the past month.
A list containing the call numbers
and a short description of each
book is posted in the main read
ing room of the library: "Sahara;
The Great Desert," Gautier;
"Gauging Public Opinion," Hadley
Cantril; "The Letters of Alexander
Woollcott," Alexander Woollcott;
"Plenty of People," Warner S.
Thompson; "Arctic Manual," Ste
fanson; "Left Hand, Right Hand,"
Sitwell; "Jpan's Islands of Mys
tery," Price; "The Americas and
Tomorrow," Prewett; "The Pacific
World," Osborn; "Searchlight of
Peace Plans," Wynner; "Global
Georgiaphy," Renner; "The Neth
erlands," Riemens; "The Fourth
Year," Mclnnis; "Wind in the
Sahara." Bodley: "The., Heart of
New Hampshire,'r Weygant. '! ' "
Due to a discrepancy in the
number of ballots received and
the number of voters signing for
ballots, the Student Council has
contested the class presidential
election held Tuesday and will
call a new election in the near
future, according to Gene Dixon,
chairman of the elections com
mittee. In the senior class balloting
there were 70 ballots counted for
Junior Division
Students Make
Class Schedules
Second semester registration
blanks for Junior Division stu
dents are being completed this
week. Each student should ar
range to see his adviser imme
diately and check his schedule for
next semester.
At the registration conference
the schedule of studies for the
second semester will be prepared
in detail on the work sheet and the
official registration blanks. These
forms will be checked and signed
by the proper officials. Students
must call for them at the Junior
Division office during the week
of early registration, January 8-13
and present them to the Assign
ment Committee for checking.
College of Agriculture students
will follow 'a slightly different
procedure, details of which will
be announced later by the Junior
Division office.
K. O. Broady
Writes Article
On Extension
Dr. K. O. Broady, director of
the university extension division
his written an articles entitled,
"The School that Comes by Mail,"
which appeared in the October
issue of the Good Housekeeping
magazine.
In his article, Dr. Broady maker
the statement that "We in the
United States believe in the prin
ciple that all boys and girls, no
matter where they live, or the
kind of homes from which they
come, shall have the same op
portunities for schooling." Small
schools are being consolidated
into larger ones and bus trans
portation provided. But with all
this, inequality still exists in
many areas which a bus cannot
reach. This is where correspon
dence study comes in."
Supervised correspondence
study is a plan by which all sub
jects can be offered in high
schools that do not have teachers
for all subjects needed. It is
also a means of bringing courses
to boys and girls who are physi
cally handicapped or who live in
isolated areas who cannot get to
school.
Program is Broad.
Already in more than one-half
the states, correspondence centers
are in full swing; others are be
ing undertaken. With the aid of
these centers, many boys and
girls are given the opportunity
for an education who otherwise
would not be able to secure one.
After the war, correspondence
study is the answer for many men
and women whose education has
been interrupted. Partly because
of their age, and partly because
of the fact that they work, it will
be impossible for them to go to
regular schools.
Coed Counselors
Give Christmas
Tea for 'Sisters'
Coed Counselers will hold a
Christmas tea Friday, Dec. 15,
from 3 p. m. to 5 p. m. in Ellen
Smith hall. The tea is for all
university women, Gloria Mardis,
president, announced Tuesday,
and Coed Counselors are to in
vite their little sisters.
Marion Greenwood is In charge
of the music that will provide
entertainment foV the lei.''
Jean Whedon, Student and 69
for Harold Ajjdersen, Progressive,
and in the junior class election
76 votes were cast for Leslie Jean
Glotfelty, Progressive, and 73 cast
for Bill Sakayama, Student.
Count Disagrees.
The election was contested due
to the fact that the number of
ballots received and the num
ber of voters signed did not cor
respond. On ag campus there
were 13 names signed on the vot
ing lists for senior class president
and 16 ballots were found in the
ballot box. In the ag junior class
election 34 names were signed
on the voters list and only 33
ballots were "received. Because
there was no validation stamp
available at ag college, none of
the ag ballots were validated.
On city campus 243 voters
signed the lists but only 240 votes
were cast.
Gene Dixon, as chairman of
the elections and judiciary com
mittees and acting in place of
Harold Andersen, president, who
was not present for the counting,
called a meeting for Wednesday
at 5:00 in room 313. The meeting
will be closed and a new date
will be set for the election.
Uni Singers
Give Concert
December 17
The sixth traditional concert
presented bv the University Sing
ers will be held in the Union ball
room Dec. 17.
Two performances are sched
uled to accommodate the num
ber of people who wish to at
tend. One will be at 3:30 and the
other at 5:00 and admission cards
may be obtained free of charge
at the Union Office and at the ag
finance office.
The chorus of 100 voices will
be directed by Dr. Arthur E.
Westbrook, and will present an
unusual program of Christmas
carols from other lands including
France, Spain, Russia, England
and Germany.
A string quartet composed of
Miles Dreskell, Ernest Harrison,
Ann Golz and Mary Alice Ziegler
will play, and organ numbers will
be played by Myron Roberts and
Vesta Zenier.
Christmas trees, the guiding
star, candleabras and other
Christmas decorations will pro
vide the setting for the program.
K State College
Adds Courses
In Aeronautics
PITTSBURG, Kas., (ACP).
The administrative council of the
Kansas State Teachers college of
Pittsburg has approved the addi
tion to the curriculum of several
courses in aeronautics, President
Rees H. Hughes announced re
cently. The new work in aero
nautics has three aims: (1) to
train aviation mechanics, (2) to
train teachers of aviation me
chanics, and (3) to train teachers
of pre-flight aeronautics for the
secondary schools.
Some such courses had former
ly been offered in the depart
ments of industrial arts, mathe
matics and physical science, but
now new courses have been added
and all are grouped together with
Prof. J.A.G. Shirk, head of the
mathematics department, as co
ordinator. Attention Seniors
All seniors wishing to be
graduated in either January or
May must turn in their ap
plications for degrees or cer
tificates to the administration
office by Saturday, Dec. 16, ac
cording: to the registrar's office.
Applications may be obtained
fro in. jthe administration, pt flee.
