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Margaret Neumann Heads New Foundation Officers Margaret Neumann will head the Student Foundation for the next year as president of a cabi net chosen by the retiring senior officers, Natalie Neumann, out going president revealed today. The list of new officers will be submitted to the Student Council at its meeting this afternoon for Council approval, according to Miss Neumann. Lorene Novotny and Olive Pope take over the offices of vice presi dent and secretary, respectively. Prior to this time both offices have been handled by one in individual. Shirley Hinds becomes treasurer. Miss Neumann is a junior, secretary of Y.W.C.A., a member of War Council and was editor of the 1945 student directory. Miss Novotny is assistant business manager of the Cornhusker, and a member of YW and WAA. mwm i in Vol. 44, No. 53 Annual YWCA Activity Meet Orients Coeds The annual YW rendezvous, to be held in Ellen Smith hall at 5 p. m. Thursday, will be give up perclassmen and freshmen coeds an opportunity to become ac quainted with the various activ ities sponsored by the YW and to sign up for groups that interest them. The rendevous is held for the purpose of orienting prospective and old members with the nu merous activities of the organi zation, according to Mary Ann Mattoon, president. The 15 groups to be presented and explained are: vespers, in ternational relations, social serv ice, Estes co-op, New Testament, comparative religions, knitting, vesper choir, religious book re views, Tiny Y, political effective ness, office staff, "N" book, Aikane and personal relations YW Organizes Neiv Volunteer Leader Group First session of a new YWCA group. Volunteer Leadership, will meet in the Union at 4 p. m. Thursday, Mary Ann Mattoon, YW president annonnced today. The series will be particularly interesting to freshmen, accord ing to Miss Mattoon. The purpose of the meetings is to help students better understand group work and the needs of chil dren and youth. Practice will be given in leading group singing and directing games. It is the hope of the planning commit tee that each participating student may take one observation trip and one practice visit to clubs or groups in the city. Working together to plan this series on Volunteer Leadership are Mrs. Victor Carter, Girl Re serve secretary; Miss Frances Cas ford, Campfire Girls; Miss Anne Hitze, Girl Scouts; Miss Rachel Peterson, County Agent's office working with 4-H clubs; Miss Pierce, Girls' Worker in the City Recreation Office; Miss Katherine Thompson, Girls' Worker at the Urban League; Miss Mildred Tay lor, university Y.W.C.A ; and Mrs. C. W. Scott who will be the co ordinator for the training course. Ava Bromwich will be the stu dent leader of the group. Women Pre-Meils Meet At 5:30 Today in Union Gamma Mu Theta. women's pre-med group, will hold a busi ness meeting in parlor Z of the Union at 5:30 p. m. today. Pre-med wnmen who intend '.( enter medical school should leave their name, address and telephone number with Dr. Otis Wade in Bessey hall, Doctor Wade said. Shirley Hillmer is publicity chairman and Pat Raun bulletin editor. Seven new chairmen and an outstate chairman have been chosen to carry on the publicity work in the districts: They are: District 1 Marolyn Hartsook. District II Lorraine Lander you. District III Joyce Geddes. District IV Nell Scott. District V Marietta Micheal son. District VI Joy Hill. District VII Virginia Bucking ham. Outstate chairman Helen Laird Appointments to the new staff were made by the retiring senior officers of the Foundation, Miss Neumann, president; Jean Larsen, vice president c .jd Virginia Stuer mer, senior advisor. in u dBuL Wednesday, "February 7, 1945 Coeds Invite AST Trainees For Carnival Military trainees are especial ly invited to attend the Penny Carnival, sponsored by the Coed Counselors, Saturday afternoon from 2:30 to 4:30 p. m. in Grant Memorial hall, according to car nival publicity chairman, Barbara Griswold. Tickets may be purchased from Coed Counselors or at the door of the carnival by those who wish to attend. Each ticket, which has space for 15 punches, must be completely punched in order for the holder to vote for a booth. The tickets are 15 cents and en title holders to chances at all booths. Twenty booths will be set up by organized houses and these booths are judged on orginality and design. The winning house will receive a silver cup. Refreshments will be sold at the carnival and there will be free dancing all afternoon. We Were Wrong UN student Larry Wentz did not see action in the Saipan campaign, as stated in a story in Sunday's Nebraskan Wentz was photographer at the San Diego Naval hospital, taking before and after shots of the men returned to the hospital for treatment from the Saipan campaign, and did not leave the United States. Former Student Receives Citation, Army Air Medal Lt. Jack H. Reams, former stu dent of the university has been awarded the air medal, according to an army release. His citation reads in part as follows: "For meritorious achieve ment while participating in aerial flight as pilot of a P-47 type air craft in attacks upon enemy com munication and supply lines and military installations. The per sonal courage, professional skill and devotion to duty', displayed by Lieutenant Reams, reflects great credit upon the military service of the United States." He is serving with a fighter group of the Twelfth air force, now dive-bombing and strafing enemy military installations in the Po Valley, the release stated. His organization, holder of a distinguished unit citation, has! participated in every major cam-j paign in the Mediterranean warj -one. I Houses, Union Sell '45 War Show Tickets Tickets for the 1945 War Show, '"Till Johnny Comes Marching Home," go on sale today in all or ganized houses by War Council members and from a booth in the Union, according to Mary Louise Goodwin, business manager. Three performances of the show will be given with the curtain rising at 8 p. m. Feb. 23 and 24 and a Sunday matinee at 3 p. m. the 26th. Tickets will-sell for 40 cents and will be colored red, white or blue, with a different color selling for each perform ance. Miss Goodwin announced that there will be no reserved seats and that only 700 tickets will be sold for each of the three days. All proceeds from the War Show will be used for war charities and benefits. Dee DePutron, John Akin Goe Killed in Action Two students who previously attended the university have been reported killed in action, accord ing to the war department. Lt. Adrian "Dee" DePutron, for mer UN bizad student who en listed in May of 1943, was killed in action in the European theater on December 20. Lieutenant DePutron, an ad vanced ROTC student, was com missioned at Fort Benning. Georgia, December 7, 1943, and had been 6verseas since August, 1944. He was in his third year at the university, where he was affiliated with Delta Upsilon when he enlisted. Lt. John Akin Goe, former stu dent at the university, where he was a member of Sigma Phi Ep- silon and an advanced ROTC stu dent, was killed in action ir France, January 10, 1945. Sent with the university ROTC unit to Camp Roberts in May, 1943, he came back with the unit in February, 1944, then went to Fort Benning, Ga., for officers' training and was commissioned in August. He had been overseas since December 7, 1944. J. Cook Receives Captain's Rating In AST Staff Promotion by the War Depart ment of Joseph John Cook, In fantry, AST staff member, from Lieutenant to Captain was an nounced January 20 by Colonel James P. Murphy, commandant of military units at the university. Captain Cook was assigned to the STAR unit at the university on July 7, 1943 in the grade of Second Lieutenant and was as signed to the AST unit on the downtown campus, where he is company officer and assistant ad jutant. A native of Buffalo, New York, and a graduate of Canisiuj Col lege, Captain Cook completed his pre-law course for a BS degree in 1938, and attended the University of Buffalo one year. W. Derrick SIiohs Ranch Pictures To 4-H Members Technicolor pictures of "Ranch Life in Nebraska," will be shown by William W. Derrick at the uni versity 4-H club meeting Thurs day evening, Feb. 8, from 7:45 to 8:15 p. m. in Room 30C, Ag Hall. All 4-H members are urged to attend, as new officers will be elected for the second semester. The meeting is open to the public. Margaret Felle Writes For Home Ec Journal Miss Margaret Fedde, chairman of the department of home eco-; nomics. is a contributor to the' December number of the Journal of Home Economies'. Her article1 is a part of a discussion, "Should i the A. H. E. A. run an Employ- ment Service?", a symposium by state and national leaders in the; field of home economics. Miss' Fedde presents ideas in favor of, the establishment of such 'a. bureau Three National Figures Address Peace Sessions A speaker from the U. S. state department, a nationally-knownj woman lecturer, and a forumi leader will speak at sessions of university's experimental peace: conference and at special con vocations in February, the plan ning committee announced today. John Parke Young of the de partment of state, Mis. Ruth' Bryan Owen Rhode, former envoy' to Denmark and lecturer on peace problems, and Manoah Leide Tedesco, composer, conductor, lecturer and forum leader, are speakers on Feb. 21, March 5 and Feb. 13, respectively. Convocation Feb. 13. At a special convocation at 11 a. m. Tuesday, Feb. 13, Manoah Leide-Tedesco, will discuss "Our Neighbors of the Carribbean." In addition. Mr. Leide-Tedesco will conduct a student forum at 3 p. m. the same day in the Union Dau room for all students to answer questions on peace conference subjects. Mr. Leide-Tedesco is a native of Italy and a composer and con ductor in his own right. He has lived in the United States for the last ten years, spending two of those years as a good-will lec turer in Mexico and Latin America. Mr. Leide-Tedesco is now connected with the Adult Education Council in Chicago and has travelled extensively lectur ing for the council. 'Again?' Cries Hill As Each Assistant Bites The Dust Cripes, here they go again! Just what Cornhusker Busi ness Manager Charlotte Hill does to her assistants is des tined to remain a secret, but whatever it is must be good. Another assistant business manager, Marilyn Adler, re signed yesterday, and once again the yearbookies want a new assistant. First Myrtle Johnson left school and got married, and now Alder can't take the pace. So, hear ye, hear ye, if any one has aspirations and ambi tions, a bit of time, respectable scholarship, and sophomore standing at least, he, she or it may pick up an application in the Cornhusker office this week, fill it out, and deposit it in the school of journalism of fice. The new assistant will be chosen by the UN publications board Monday at 3 p. m. in the Journalism office. All appli cations must be in by that time, and all applicants must be present at the board meet ing, according- to Forrest Blood, chairman of the board. 'On the Reamers' Meet Thursday in Union On The Beam committee of War Council meets Thursday in room 316 of the Student Union. New committees will be organized and a campaign for magazines be gun, according to Chairman Fred Teller. jjvti j ihhidc la turvuvu us 1 1 n v ca representative there, Teller said. Committee Proceedings Open Miniature Peace Conference First meetings of the twelve conference committees of the ex perimental peace conference will take place from 3 5 p. m. Fri day afternoon. Classes will be dismissed at that time so that all students can attend the committee meetings. Committee chairmen and vice-chairmen of the twelve conference committees of the experimental peace conference will meet this afternoon at 4 in room 315 of the Union. Al Reddish, member of the plan nine committee, and David l'ollman, professor of political science, w:II rive instructions to the chairmen on conducting a commit'ee merlin?, keeping meetings nr.rr co-itrol, and drawing up resolution. Ocrrv' M C-vMsey, mcm-ber of the p:aii:inj' commutce, stated John Parke Young, assistant chief of financial and monetary affairs of the department of state will speak at a convocation on Feb. 21. Mrs. Rohde will be the principal speaker at the first plenary session of the peace con ference on March 5. Karl Arndt, professor of . ec onomics, has contacted prospec tive speakers for the conference and lias secured Mr. Young. Mis. Rohde, and Mr. Leide-Tedesco. Houses End Follies Skit, Act Tryouts Tryouts for Coed Follies Fkits and curtain acts will be completed tonight at the organized houses, according to 'Midge Holtzscherer, chairman of the Follies commit tee. Skits and curtain acts of par ticipating organizations will be I judged by a student committee consisting of Dorothy Carnahar, iMimi Ann Johnson, Mary Lou Holtz, Miss Holtzscherer, Mary Ann Mattoon, Natalie Neumann, Hazel Stearn and Jessie Lou Tyler. A committee of faculty women with Miss Irene Moke, iMiss Jeannette Frazier, Miss Mary , Guthrie, Miss Clara Rausch .nd iMiss Agnes Jensen will make final ! selection of skits. j Choose Skits, Acts. I Five skits and four curtain acts J will be chosen by the committee. Skits will be five minutes in j length while curtain acts will be four minutes long. I Miss Holtzscherer has reauested that participating organizations be ready to give their performances promptly at the time scheduled. Wednesday Night Tryouts. 6:45 Chi Omega 7:00 Pi Beta Phi 7:15 Rosa Bouton hall 7:30 Sigma Kappa 7:45 Delta Gamma 8:00 Alpha Xi Delta 8:15 Delta Delta Delta 8:30 Towne Club 8:45 Love Memorial hall Nii-Med Students Hear D. Whitney At Tonile's Dinner Dr. D. D. Whitney, head of the university zoology department, will be the guest speaker at the monthly Nu-Med dinner tonight. Dr. Whitney is featured in "Amer ican Men of Science" as a "dis tinguished scientist in the field of genetics." He will speak on "In heritance in Homosapiens." The dinner wlil be at 6:15 in the XY room of the Union, and the program will start at 7:20 p. m. All pre-meds, pre-nurses and pre-technicians are welcome. Those planning to attend the din ner must sign at the bulletin board by room 308 in Bessey hall by noon Wednesday. that speaking delegates may con fer with members ol their or ganized groups for essential in formation dining the committee meeting. She urged that all stu dents attend the meetings of the committee thev are interested in. not only to help the speaking delegate, but to get a better in sight into problems which will be discussed at the plenary srioris and later committee meetings. Faculty members will be pres ent at the committee meetings as advisers but will have no voice in the proceedings of the meeting. Meeting place for each com mittee is i's follows: Committee No. 1 Reeurilv Or ganization, Un'on parlor X Committee No. 2 War Crim inals. I'nion, parlor Y Committee No. S Territorial Problems, East Asia, Union, par lor 7. (See COMMITTEES, page 4.)
