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.
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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.
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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
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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.)
