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Vol. 44, No. 39 Lincoln 8, Nebraska Sunday, December 17, 194 1
Three Frosh
Take Places
On Ag Board
Three new freshmen members
have been elected to the Home
Ec Student-Faculty council to re
place graduating seniors, it was
announced today by Madeline
Holtzscherer, chairman. They are
Margaret Bowen, Mariann Srb
and Beth Norenberg.
The council, which acts as a
co-ordinator of student-faculty
affairs, has made recent plans in
cluding the program for the re
mainder of the year. An election
will be held Jan. 17, 18 and 19 to
select two new members from
each of the sophomore, junior and
senior classes and one hold-over
member.
Plans for the year include con
struction of the constitution, a
study of the college curriculum,
determination of the needs to
make the nutrition building avail
able for student use and a fol
lowup of last semester's curric
ulum study.
Bill Calkins
Dies in Action
In Germany
Pfc. Bill Calkins, former co
editor and columnist of the Ne
braskan army page and member
of the campus AST unit, was
killed in action in Germany on
Nov. 22, according to word re
ceived by his parents on Dec. 12
It is believed that he was in the
first invasion landings in France.
Pfc. Calkins was a member of
the Nebraskan staff for the
greater part of the 1943-44 school
year as army editor and originator
of the "Mopping Up" column. He
was also active in Presbyterian
student work.
Before entering the service he
attended Middleberry college at
Middleberry, Vt., where he was
affiliated with Delta Kappa Ep
silon. His parents live in West-
field, N. J.
Singers Offer
Foreign Carols
At 3, 5 Today
A chorus of 100 voices will sing
Christmas carols from other lands
in the Union ballroom at 3:30 and
5 p. m. today under the direction
of Dr.Arthur E. Westbrook.
This will be the sixth annual
Christmas concert of the Univer
sity Singers and the programs will
include carols from England, Ger
many, Spain, France and Russia.
Other features of the program
will be organ numbers by Myron
Roberts and Vesta Zenier, and
numbers by a string quartet com
posed of Miles Dreskell, Ernest
Harrison, Ann Golz and Mary
Alice Ziegler.
Admission cards for the 3:30
concert are almost gone, accord
ing to Pat Lahr, director of the
Union, but there are enough cards
for the 5 o'clock concert to ac
commodate all who wish to at
tend. The cards may be obtained
free of charge at the Union office
and ag finance office.
Students Discuss
Military Service
On KFAB Forum
"Should We Have Compulsory
Military Training After the war?
will be the subject for discussion
by a panel of Nebraska students
on the University Forum of the
Air over KFAB at 5 p. m. Satur
day.
Dr. Leroy T. Laase, chairman
of the university department of
speech, will act as moderator.
Members of the panel are: Mary
Ann Mattoon, William Miller,
Jean Kinnie and Thomas Soren-
son.
Last Nebraskan
Until '45
This issue of the Nebraskan
will be the last this year. The
next issue will come out Fri
day, January 5. In the mean
time, the staff wishes the uni
versity Merry Christmas and
Happy New Year.
Dean Sends
Christmas News
To Ex-Students
Christmas letters from the of
fice of Dean W. W. Burr are be
ing sent to all former ag students
in the service. Information con
cerning classes, activities, weath
er, crops, and other items as well
as pictures are included. A por
tion of the letter is devoted to
excerpts from letters of former
students now in the armed forces.
Several servicemen have re
ported looking up . former class
mates as a result of noticing their
names and addresses in ine let
ters.
Studen ts Keep
Fourth War
Holiday Real
BY PHYL TEAGARDEN
There's a sprig of mistletoe
hanging over my expectant brow,
which, by the way, hasn't brought
forth any results as yet, but the
point is I'm reminded of Christ
mas and what it's going to mean
to people this year, the fourth
wartime Christmas season.
Freshmen Pack Early
Already 1,000 plus freshman
are all packed, and have been
since they came back from
Thanksgiving vacation. And the
remainder of UN students haven't
even thought of packing, and
probably won't ever get that far
Bright Christmas packages hold
ing a multitude of secrets and
surprises have been floating
around for over a month now.
Books have been discarded too,
for a well-deserved vacation, and
students are looking forward to
a few days of play and relaxation.
AWS Sets Tollies'
Deadline on Jan. 31
That's the materialistic picture
but isn t this Christmas season
a little different from all others?
Remember the first wartime
Christmas 1941. We were all
fighting mad at the little yellow
man who came to Washington
for peace negotiatitons. And
1942, 43 brought us to a j-ealiza-tion
of the fact that we didn't
really know the meaning of sacrifice.
Christmas 1944
Now here is, Christmas 1944,
and each and every one of us is
breathing a heartfelt prayer of
hope that this will be the last
Christmas we'll have to spend
wrthout those grand fellas and
girls who are with us in spirit
but not in body.
Let's all try to make this sea
son as natural and real as we
can. 5o don t forget Uncle Louie s
bright red bed socks, don't miss
the train, although they're never
on time any more, and Merry
Christmas to everyone from The
Nebraskan.
With Coed Follies scheduled
for March 15, Wednesday, Janu
ary 61 has been set as the dead
line for submitting rough drafts
of skits, curtain acts and names
for Typical Nebraska Coed can
didates, announced Midge Holtz
scher, chairman of the follies. Ac
tual tryouts will be held the fol
lowing week.
All women's organized groups
may plan skits or curtain acts.
Skits will be five minutes in
length and cutrain acts, three. A
limitation has been placed on ex
penditures also, setting the maxi
mum for skits at $15 and a $5
limit on curtain acts.
Rough Drafts Due Jan. 31
Rough drafts for ski is or cur
tain acts must be turned in to
Miss Majorie Johnson, secretary
to the' dean of women, at Ellen
Smith hall by January 31. The
drafts should contain the name of
the director and outline of par
ticipants, with two candidates for
TNC.
The chosing of a Typical Ne
braska Coed, one tradition that
has not yet disappeared from the
campus, will be made on the basis
of several requirements. She will
be judged on personality, interest
and participation in school and
war activties, ability to wear
clothes well and the adaptibility
of clothes to the UN campus dur
ing wartime. From these candi
dates the models for the sty If
show will be chosen.
TNC candidates must have u
78 average, carry at least 12 houi
and have sophomore standing
Participants in the skits and cui
tain acts must have no incom
pletes in the previous semester .,
work.
Faculty Notes
Roger V. Shumate, associate
professor of political science at
the university, will accompany
the Nebraska delegation of the
Committee on Interstate Corpor
ations, sponsored by the Council
of State Governments, to a meet
ing in Chicago on Dec. 29. The
meeting will be concerned with
postwar problems which will face
state governments.
During this week Dr. K. O.
Broad y, director of the extension
division, is attending a meeting
of the executive committee of the
National University Extension
Associations in Chicago. Dr.
Broady is a member of the com
mittee. Dr. Frank Z. Glick, director of
the graduate school of social
work, attended the North Central
regional meeting of the Amer
ican Association of Schools of
Social Work, held Dec. 14-15 in
(See FACULTY, pare 3.)
Directory
Goes on Sale
In January
Because of a shortage of he! '
in the print shop, the belatc'
'44-'45 Student Directory will r
be available until around the fi st
of the year, according to Marily
Behm and Margaret Neuman, co-
editors.
The directory includes tli
names, addresses and telephone
numbers of university studenu,
professors and student pastoi.
Campus organizations bid for t' r
privilege of putting out this pub lication
and this year the Studer.t
Foundation is sponsoring it.
Last year the directory, undo
the sponsorship of BABW, wsj
published a week before Christ
mas vacation. It is available t
all students and faculty at 50c
per copy.
MB's Schedule Snow, Music
By Barron For Party Jan. 13
It may or may not be a white i picture, the six UN snowflakes
Christmas, but it is going to be a
white January 13 for sure, ac
cording to Pat Chamberlin, pub
licity chairman for the annual
Mortar Board party to be held on
that date.
Peace Conference Previews
Guaranteeing plenty of snow
for the "Snowball" theme party
on that date, Miss Chamberlin ex
plained about the presentation of
UN's "Snowman" and six "Snow-
flakes." The typical snowman is good girls and
to be chosen by letters submitted
by campus coeds, describing the
man they believe would make the
best Nebraska snowman. The let
ten are to be specific, naming the
man desired and stating why the
coed thinks he should be chosen.
On the feminine side of the
will be presented. They also will
be chosen by pictures accom
panied by the name of the coed
and her qualifications. Every can
didate for "Snowflake must be
doing war work, the kind of such
work to be told in "the infoma
tion accompanying the picture.
Ghita Hill, chairman of the pre
sentation, stated the snowflake
candidates "are not supposed to
be beauty queens, but all-around
engaged in wari
work" Letters for either the
"Snowman" or the "Snowflakes"
should be turned in to Pat Cham
berlin at the Nebraskan office as
soon as possible.
Riithaiina Russel
Speaks to Home
Economics Class
Ruthanna Russell will speak to
the freshman home economics
class at the university ag college
in connection with a series of vo
cational guidance discussions that
is being presented to the class.
Miss Margaret Fedde, chairman
of the department of home eco
nomics of the university college
of agriculture, is conducting a se
ries oi mis type in order to give : ,ui ' ..:,,i ....,
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the girls an opportunity to hear ... ' .' r
and talk to people who are doing
various sorts of home economics
work at the present time. Miss
Russell has been employed in one
of the larger Chicago stores in
retailing work. In this same se
ries Miss Mary Ellen Brown will
talk about the work that is con
nected with extension work.
Groups Sponsor
Singing of Carols
On A g This Week
There will be carol singing '
the home economics parlors Mon
day and Tuesday noon.
Monday noon the carol singinr
will be sponsored by the horf
economics club and the Tuesd; ..
noon singing will be held in co -nection
with the ag YWCA. JuL.'
Crom will lead the singing.
Attention Coeds
Due to the fact that Christ
mas vacation officially begins
Wednesday morning:. December
20, UN coeds will be Riven a
10:30 night Tuesday, December
19, as announced by AWfc
president Dorothy Carnahan.
An International Police Force
By Prof. David Fellman
Force is an indispensable ele
ment of government on any level
of authority. Peace within towns
or counties, or within the nation
Lee Barron and his orchestra,
well-known here in the middle
(See MORTAR BOARD, pare 2.)
Union Closes
Both the Crib and the Cam
piuline will close Tuesday
noon, Dec. 19, and remain
closed until Wednesday morn
ing:, January 3. The Union of
fice will stay open during- of
fice hours In co-operation with
the Army.
the availability of a reservoir of
organized power. This does not
mean that force is used all the
time and in every situation, for
of course such is not the case. But
it does mean that in the difficult.
marginal situations, the peace of
the community can be and often
is maintained by the use of force
There is no reason to believe that
peace in the world as a whole
can be sustained in any other
way. ih's world war, a supreme
exercise in violence, is being
fought to maintain the peace of
the world.
It follows, therefore, that total
disarmament in the postwar world
is not desirable, even if it could
course is highly doubtful, to say
the very least). The idea of total
disarmament is based on the as
sumption that force as such is U
evil, whereas the real evil is th.
anarchial and lawless use of fonv
in a world of sovereign statf-;
Sovereignty and lawlessness f.ir
Siamese twins.
Need Police Force
Within a country peace is main
tained by the force which is i i
the disposal of government
Would anyone argue that w.
would have more peace within
our country if we abolished tl
police force? The fact is that r:
the measure that the state has .
monopoly of the instruments t '
violence, the less frequent is tl.
resort to violence apt to be.
In an imperfect world of in -perfect
men there mu.si be powt :
somewhere to settle or compel
settlement of disputes. The etl -ical
basis of the exercise of for
by the state is not that force i-
good, but that force applied a. -
coraing ro law by tne state c
actually be achieved, (which of preferable to the force which
exercised by private parties, f
criminal trial is assuredly a c
(See CONFERENCE, page J
