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THE NEBRASKAN
Sunday, October 14, 1945
Snipe Huntin'
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JIDGE MASON
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All the paper which has been
devoted to the subjects of ori
entating the veterans back
school life and how to treat them
has sadly missed its calling. We
are firmly convinced that the vet
erans are doing fine.
It is the poor coeds, confronted
with the experience of having
men back on the campus again
instead of the reasonable facsinv
iles they have been dating for
the past three years, who really
need the help. Someone should
write a treatis to the veterans on
how to treat the coeds.
The situation is something like
this: The phone rings and upon
answering it her heart flutters at
the sound of a deep masculine
voice. Through her nearly stale
mated mind runs the thought that
here is something different, some
tiling at which one might raise
an eyebrow. The deep voice casu
ally asks if she is doing anything
Saturday. Putting on her most de
mure manner she makes the usual
reply, "I had planned something
but nothing that couldn't be
changed perhaps "
A short laugh from the other
end of the wire cuts her short
and she awakens to the embar
rassed realization that this won't
work on him. He knows darn well
that the coeds outnumber the eli
gible men ten to one!
With no more beating around
the bush the date is made and for
the remainder of the week she
worries about what to wear, how
to act, and what to talk about.
By the time Saturday night comes
around she is so excited at the
prospect of spending an evening
with the imposing, world-wise
veteran that the everyday pro
cedures of putting on lip-stick
and combing of her hair become
major operations.
Possible subjects for conversa
tion are whirling through her
long-rested, aching brain and the
fear of making a "dumb" impres
sion on her new escort is a tor
ment. When the long-awaited mo
ment arrives and he is actually
standing there holding her coat,
she tries vainly to suppress her
eagerness and act as if this were
"just like any other date."
Out of force of habit she be
gins her conversation with a dis
cussion of the weather. Her for
mer teen-age escorts always took
up this topic eagerly. She receives
rather surprised stares, and then
sly smiles appear on the faces of
her escort and his friends. That
was definitely the wrong ap
proach! She settles back silently
in the car seat, thankful for the
darkness which covers up her
blush.
They arrive at the pike, find
a table, and arrange themselves
about it, the men laughing and
talking easily to each other. En
couraged by their nonchalance,
she ventures to open her mouth
again during a lull. "By the way,
did you hear the joke about "
Startled glances turn her way.
Nervously she resumes, "Oh, it's
not what you think it's just
about the absent minded profes
sor who scratched the pancake
and poured the syrup down the
back of his neck."
The laughter ends with a puz
zied lrown on the face of the
veteran. Again she ducks her head
and her brain, beginning to limber
up with practice, ponders on the
subject. Does the old adage,
"never speak of politics or reli
gion in social groups," apply in
this case, too?
He asks her to dance and she
starts out warily on a new cam
paign: "What did you think of
Argentina's cabinet resigning?"
(She vaguely remembered glanc
ing at a headline to that effect
and hoped he wouldn't ask her
what she was talking about.) He
presses his cheek against her' fore
head, executing a slow circular
dip which suffices to shut her up
BY PAT GILLIC.AN and
PAT TOOF.
Quiet weekend for lots of the
gals while the fellows deserted
the campus for the hunting sea
son. Planned or otherwise Pi Phi
Pat Welch went home with sister
Betty Lysinger so Sigma Nus
Bob Pierce and Ivan Hasek went
that way for hunting. What kind
of hunting did you do, fellows???
Taking in the Lincoln Hi
Northeast tussel Friday night were
aius iJob Veeder and Ted Ran
dolph with Theta Sue Lancaster
and Tn Delt Vida Haskell. Start
ing out for the game with good
intentions were Alpha Chi Johnny
sioss and bAt Gordon Coolev-
but ending up at the SAE house
for dancing.
Betas Party.
Choosing Saturday night to "get
on u,e right side of easy street
lor that was their night to shine,
was Beta Theta Pi Bill Swanson.
lighting up the party with KAT
Dona Leigh Brugh Appreciation j
for beauty was shown by broth
ers Del and Lyle Roth escorting
KKCj Alice Chnstenson and Gam
ma Phi Gracie Smith DG Mary
Ann Loomis with tennis king.
Billy Barrett.
Not to be outdone by the Betas
Pi Phis featured a Hawaiian
theme at their open house Lou
Jane Johnson and Sherry Leeka
seemed to be enjoying themselves
with Fiji Bill Nelron and DU
Wilber Prussie.
Settling: Down.
Settling down early in the year
is Pi Phi Ann Jennings with the
Beta diamond of Dick Hall of
Iowa U. That's one girl who isn't
tired of letter writine.
Taking advantage of the fast
lsap-pearing picnic weather were
Sig F.ps Bill Hunter, NRO, and
Ralph Graves with Alpha Xi's
Nita Bellinger and Liz Stuart.
frequent twosomes: Mary Lou
Laune, Gamma Phi, and SAE
Jerry Gardener; Phi Psi Bob
Green with Pi Phi Sandy Motter;
L. J. Starbuck, Alpha Phi, with
lau Tom Noble.
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and they dance. She feels
better.
They divide the rest of the eve-
ing between dancing in silence
and talking enthusiastically about
the 'good ole days of student mi
grations, Kosmet Klub shows,
itose Bowt and, of course, the fu
ture of UN.
The moral of this story is that
the veterans should take pity on
the stay-at-home coeds and be
patient with them if they seem a
little stupid. After all, they have
to get orientated too!
AUF Solicitors
Continue Effort
To Reach Goal
Officially ending yesterday, the
$j,000 ALF drive wound up with
$1,900 in its collection box, and
a last effort will be made next
week to push that total up to the
original goal.
In the last two days of the
drive, only $22 was turned in by
organized houses. Speaking tours
Monday night will go to all houses
which have not contributed 100
percent and further explain the
purpose of AUF and attempt to
collect more donations.
Correction on cost of home
coming decorations: The cost
was raised to $15.00 by the
Council and not lowered to
$5.00. Decorations top-cost was
$7.50 during: the war and be
fore the war it was $25.00.
Phillip Reed was released from
the Navy just in time to play
the part of a returned soldier in
Pine-Thomas' "Hot Cargo."
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