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THE NEBRASKAN
Sunday, October 7, 1945
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EDITORIAL. STAFF
Editor Leslie Jean Glotfelty
Managing Editors Betty Lea Huston, Janet Mason
News Editors. .Phyllis Teararden. Mary Alice Cawood, Shirley Jenkins, Bill Roberta
Sports Editor George Miller
Society Editor Betty King
Business Manager , Lorraine Abramsea
Lost But Willing ...
Volumes of print have been used in the past yeaF to ex
fJiln to the civilian public how they should treat the re
turning servicemen. The thousands of expounded do's and
don'ts for the discharged servicemen have, for the most
part, done nothing more than confuse both the public and
the servicemen. Consequently, we were very happy to re
ceive a letter this week for from one of UN's returned serv
icemen, which stated his own problems as follows:
Oct. 2, 1945.
"Dear Editor:
Tonight's Journal (and also Wednesday's Nebraskan)
carried an account of the various expressions of the vet
rans returning to the University of Nebraska. .I happen to
be one of those fortunate enough to be back in school, and
all in one piece.
We are treated well, but as the article so accurately
states we fell "out of things" in that we are older and inso
far as we are unable to carry on the collegiate conversation
of our fellow classmen who have been in school these past
three or four years.
Personally, I would like to meet a lot of these other
students, both male and female, and it seems to me a good
idea would be for the sororities and fraternities to invite
frequently someone they know to be a returnee to an hour
dance or just over to the house for a chat, etc. I don't
mean a blanket invitation to all 360-some vets, but those
of us who have met one or two fellows or girls would like
to be asked to an hour dance, thereby meeting new people
and getting into the swing of things.
A lostjjut willing "vet."
And that seems to be just about the size of it. The vets
are willing to co-operate, meet us half-way, and get them
selves assimilated as quickly as possible back into ordinary,
run-of-the-mill civilian and college life. It is those of us
who have been lucky enough to stay here in school while
they served their time in the service that are the bottle
necks in the whole business. We're glad to see the vets
back on the campus, and we're looking forward te more of
them coming back all the time, but we just don't quite get
around to doing anything very constructive about them
being here.
Now far be it from the Nebraskan to try to outline a
program for the vets. We're confused, too, about all the
do's and don'ts for treatment of the returned servicemen.
The only thing wo do know is that the vets are college stu
dents, too, and thy went a
or friendliness is never amiss, and anything we can do to
help the returnees meet people and "get into the swing of
things" so they may enjoy college as we have the past three
or four yars is little enough. After all, we cannot have a
normal college life until the vets, too, feel a part of things,
so when we help them, we help ourselves to get back to
pre-war college.
LETTERIP
Care and rehabilitation for child war victims; food for
those whose lands were striped by the axis hordes medical
aid for the undernourished and ill aielter for many vic
tims of ruin and pillage clothing for those whose homes
and belongings have been swept away by war; university
students may help restore these losses by taking time to
contribute $2 to the AUF fund.
It should not have been neccesary for the AUF drive
to have been extended for another week. Surely people
cannot forget so soon that altho we have won a military
battle, we are just beginning the fight against famine,
pestilence and general disaster.
Two dollars is fifty cents a week cut out of an .allow
ance for one month. Fifty cents that could be saved by
cancelling a few coke dates. Give! !
Your war fund gift brings USO hospitality to thousands
of service men whose home is still away from home in oc
cupational zones and hospitals.
Your war fund gift not only brings food and clothing
to ravaged nations but they also bring long lost hope and
energy.
In the words of President Truman: "In no other way
can the American people express their sympathy, concern
and determination that justice and mercy shall prevail in
this world, with the help of every good man and woman and
with the blessing of God."
Mary Alice Cawood
normal college life. Friendship
Snipe Huntin'
with
JIDGE MASON
We read a story in the last is
sue of the Nebraskan!
We are proud of ourselves, the
editor is proud of us, the writers
of the story probably wish we
were dead. But being unable to
oblige, we shall do the next best
thing explain that article to the
UN coeds whom we are sure
didn't understand it!
This article concerned fashions,
the essence being, what sailors
liked to see a coed wearing
only the writers got off the sub
ject and onto "what coeds sailors
like to see."
The two writers of the article
didn't sign their names and we
can't see how we can help the
coeds to understand until they
know who wrote the piece on
fashions. So Darrell Kussow and
Al Liedel, here is our evaluation
and epistle of misunderstandings
concerning your article:
One of the first assumptions
was that sailors like "ladies" in
red and powder blue.
Now we can't see any con
sistency in this taste at all blue
and red have nothing in common
with one another they aren't
even made of the same substance
so we decided maybe they meant
red haired ladies in powder blue
but we rejected that too because
we have yet to hear of a sailor
who liked a lady.
Speaking of red, we noticed the
statement that the male sex
seemed to enjoy wearing it on the
lips. What a naive observation!
Rare indeed is the man who finds
himself blotched with lipstick and
can smile about it. Reclining
lazily at a convenient window we
recently watched a fly boy kiss
his girl good night. He was the
misinformed proud possessor of a
moustache which sat benignly on
his upper lip, looking as if it could
easily speak: "I say there, old top,
look at me. My owner has his
gold bars and still has enough
energy left to grow me. Yep, it
was a hard war." Anyway, our
sailor authorities on fashion should
have heard him swear when his
girl got lipstick on the light of
his hie (the moustache). Perhaps
we can't consider the fly-boys as
a fair cross-section of the current
population. Heh, heh!
These same sailors have placed
much emphasis on Matching a fel
low's eyes. What puzzles us Is
how one can determine a guy's
attitude toward a girl's "person
ality" by watching his eyes. Ac
cording to all well-known laws of
ethics his eyes should have abso
lutely nothing to di with it. What
a horrible mess this campus would
be in if all the coeds went around
staring intently at everyone's eyes
to improve their personality. Why,
chances are AWS would pass a
law prohibiting "promiscuous eye
gazing in public." And they have
enough troubles already.
Last, but not least, we will at
tempt to explain to said sailors
and other interested parties the
essence of the four date rule:
If she refuses by informing you
of the four date rule then chances
are she wants three more dates
with you.
If she lets you kiss her on the
second date she is probably get
ting tired of you and wants to
fluff you off.
If she kisses you on the first
date then she undoubtedly knows
you think she's cheap and she
thinks you are cheap and you
both probably have a swell time.
An electric motor can step up
its power output from three to
five times capacity to handle peak
loads of short duration.
Unaffiliated Men
A meeting of all men not
now Included In the intra
mural athletic program will be
held Monday, October 8, at S
p. nv. n the main floor In the
Coliseum. L M. Director Means
will be present and will work
out plans for including these
men in future activities.
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244 N. 13
Oshkosh Drool
For HotdogSy
Cokes at Game
I wuz sittin in na stadium pews
waitin for the teams to come out
on na field an ner wuz a coed
in front a me whose Nebraska
beanie feather kept pokin me in
na eye ever time I wished to
converse with Oshkosh. I thinks
I must be patient.
"There went na hot dogs!"
screeches friend Oshkosh an said
character proceeds to pile over
people in na throes of anquished
hunger, ostentatiously waving his
not so muscular cuddle clamps in
na air but duz the vender see
him? No an' Oshkosh falls at
my feet an emaciated wreck, for
the hot dogs return only once
every five minutes.
Consoling.
I consoles Oshkosh with the
knowledge that the team is comin
out on na field an in our enthusi
astic murmurings I succeeds in
bashing the coed feather which
has nearly placed me in the in
stitute for the blind an crazy.
'Ner went the kick off or so
somebody sez, I wouldn't no the
moron in front of me has oblit
erated all gridiron activity from
my vision by standing on her
bleecher. I remindz her "down in
front" to say the least an asks
her would she please, quit kicking
me in na face for her enthusiastic
antics are unnavigated an very
destructively effective. Anyhow
the nose shape is bad enough.
Hot Dog Man.
An here comes the hot dog man
an Oshkosh again enacts the little
drama. But this time he gets the
hot dog which is cold an sadly
lacking in size. Now all we have
to live for is the "coke guy". In
na meantime itz touch an go in
na game an ever once in a while
I get even with the coed in front
of me with a spirited slap on na
bean. Well she deserves it 1
liked that front tooth she kicked
out. I tells Oshkosh theres a
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Rtprrntoa from tho Nov am bar issut of Eaquiro.
"We made hn
SOCIAL DANCING CLASSES
Begin Tue$., Oct. 9 at 7:30 P. M.
IRV KUKLIN, Instructor
UNION BALLROOM
All Classes Free and Sponsored
by the Student Union
touch down. This makes him ill
cuz he felt in na Van Johnson
mood this morning an left his bi
focals at our chateau. I sez "But
Oshkosh you look reel dashing
an I'll tell ya the details play by
play." An he stops his sobbin.
Coke Man.
The coke man came dashing by
an Oshkosh drooled all over the
lady in front of us until she
bought him a coke. The game
marched on highlighted by nu
merous ' touchdowns an more
blows exchanged between na
healthy coed in front of me an
a battered me.
Finally the gun went of an na
game wuz over. Oshkosh carried
me (a pulpy mass) home to my
silken divian where I reclined
moaning an anticipating another
game.
Former Student
Assumes Duties
In South America
Assuming the duties of station
manager for Pan American World
Airways at Atkinson Field, Brit
ish Guiana, is Wallace Zimola,
former university student.
Since leaving the university in
1941, Zimola has been connected
with Pan American Airways.
After several months in Miami,
he was appointed assistant station
manager for the airline's base at
Port au Prince, Haiti.
Promoted.
He was promoted to rank of
station manager and transferred
to Gallion Field, near the capital -of
French Guiana, where a blood
less civil war was in progress. The
war eventually resulted in the
eviction of Vichy rulers and the
establishment of Free French in
control.
While attending the university.
Zimola was a member of Kappa
Sigma fraternity.
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