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THE NEBRASKAN
Wednesday, November 21, 1945
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Editor ,. ? . Leslie leaa GletfeMy
Managing Editers ... , Belty Lea Hastaa, Janet Hasan
Thanksgiving . . .
Tomorrow is Thanksgiving Day.
This is the first peace-time Thanksgiving Day for the
people of the United States since the fall of 1941, and the
300th anniversary of an American tradition that originated
with the men and women who first broke away from Eng
land to come to America.
These Pilgrims gathered together at the conclusion of
the harvest each year to thank Cod that they had put away
enough food to last them through the winter, to thank God
that they had come to this country where they might wor
ship as they pleased, and to thank God, that they had suc
cessfully weathered another year in this new English colony
against almost overwhelming odds. Those were the fore
fathers of America today and that was Thanksgiving Day
their day of thanks.
Today we still observe that self-same Thanksgiving,
not with the reverence and deep humilitary of the Pilgrims,
but with the grateful knowledge that after 300 years of
every type of domestic and international crisis, the modern
descendents of those courageous American fathers still can
be thankful can still gather on this day to give thanks for
those things which they have, and to offer a prayer for
those things which are to be.
LETTERIP
Dere Editor:
Hubba-hubba, I didnunt expek to be famus when I wrote you
that letter about the universy of nebraska. But when I colekted my
rag sum daze ago, their it wuz all about me and my gurl (Slippy)
rite on the secund page. '
Maybe getting famus will help me to be a Unguilty when necks
spring cums, I unnerstand that there organizashun of thirteen joon
yer men, like the Mutter Birds, only men, is coming back becuz some
euvs want to start it agin. I tress the fraternys are starting to git
there 'guys back in too a aktivitys agin so they can git picked a Un
guilty when spring cums. I gess mabe their isnt so many yoonyer
men left around hear so they they cant have thirteen of them Un
guiltys but i gess they is just going to pick a fue to start with so that
when , necks spring cums, their will be enuff of them Unguilties to
cary on and reely get going.
I gess mabe that if their is going to be them Unguilties agin, that
the men's Action will reely be going agin. I bin heering from by gurl
(Slippy) that their ction was calling itself to gether this yeer
allready, and if their is going to be Unguiltys this spring, I gess that
Action better git going or else their wont be any afillyated Unguiltys
and that sur wood make the Action buoys mad, I gess.
I wunner if it wuz the men's Action that wuz painting sines on
doresteps won mit when i wu? sneeking my girl (Slippy) up the
Awful Guy O'Malley fire excape pritty lait at nite.
Sin-ceerly, Bradley Franklin.
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Navy hall is aglow with memories of past
Thanksgivings and plans for this one. Everyone
is hurriedly preparing for the coming holidays.
One of the men has been ready for three days,
others were so excited they packed what they
wanted to leave, and are apparently going to leave
what they wanted to take. . . Seriously, though, we
are all looking forward to going home and seeing
old friends again. . . "It's been a long long time." . .
The NRO's were swiftly carried past Saturday
and Sunday and placed gently on Monday morn
ing. . . It was a wonderful week end. . . Enchanted
for many of the men by the Alpha Chi house party.
One of the more enchanted ones was "Brownie",
who was dancing and floating around the Chi
castle with a certain Miss Mahan. . . Salo Miller,
with a candy cane in one hand and lovely Bertie
Anderson in the other, also spent en enjoyable eve
ning. . . Flash. . . Larry James was last seen with
Lily Latham. . . She has brown hair and a sister
Lila, who incidentally is "considering" asking Mr.
Pettis to the Mortar Board dance. . . I just received
word that Cookie and Dorothy Colter spent a very
nice Saturday afternoon in Omaha. . . Change of
climate, you know. . .
The NRO's are wearing their new uniforms
home. . . Thanks to Miss Sloan, our supply offi
cer. . . She gave up nearly all her free time dur
ing the last month ,and even missed dinner some
evenings in order to issue them in time. . . Thanks
a lot Miss Sloan, and always remember that every
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We were walking down 16th street yesterday
minding our own business, for a change, when sud
denly our feet zoomed out from underneath us and
we far outdid the Chinese contortionists in attempt
ing to regain our equilibrium. Looking down in
utter disgust we found some slimey mud oozing out
of the gutter and farther on, a river of muddy
water making its way down the street. Along with
these unfamiliar sights we noticed another phe
nomenon. Although it was five o'clock in the aft
ernoon, there were SDTs, Alpha Chis, Kappas, Sig
Eps, Sigma Nus and Sig Alphs heading south, pre
sumably for the Union.
As we made our way toward the house we pon
dered heavily upon the problem, but could reason
out no explanation until we arrived! We were
just about to turn on the drinking fountain and
quench our thirst when someone grabbed us by the
back of the neck, hauled us away from the foun
tain, and said: "Don't turn on that water!"
Yes, the missing link of the whole chain of
events was a couple of missing pieces in the water
pipes at the north end of fraternity-sorority row.
They blew out, and six houses were, or still are
maybe, without water. Most inconvenient!
"swabbie" in navy hall thinks you're tops. . .
Turkeys of all sizes are breezing through here
on cardboard backgrounds, telephones are ringing,
typewriters are clicking, Jidge is banging her desk
for feature writers, and I am getting out of here. . .
Before I go I want to say that we will all be back
on the campus Monday. . . Until then, from all of
us, to all of you. . . A very happy holiday. . .
Unaffiliated Ag
Coeds Organize
New Social Group
Amikita, a new social and serv
ice organization, has been formed
on ag campus for unaffiliated
coeds and coeds living in unor
ganized houses.
The organization held its first
meeting last Monday in the form
of a membership party, with to
tal membership now reaching 53.
A get-together meeting will be
held next Monday night, Novem
ber 26, at 7:30 in the home ec
onomics social rooms.
Officers
Officers of the group arc- as
follows: president, Eleanor John
con; vice-president, Mary Ellen
McFarland; secretary, Mildred
Schlaphoff; treasurer, Winnie
Douglas.
Amikita took its name from the
Latin word meaning "friendship."
The organization is still open to
anyone who is eligible, according
to the president, Eleanor Johnson.
Regents .
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labor will be involved in its op
eration, and the equipment is not
the latest word in all phases of
oil research, it will, however, an
swer the question whether saf
flower oil can be extracted and
refined through the expeller type
process, and at a considerable
saving in tax money," said Mar
ion A. Shaw of David City, presi
dent of the board.
The regents also announced ap
pointment of Harry Miller as act
ing research director of the Ne
braska Chemurgy project. Mr.
Miller joined the staff of the proj
ect in April, 1944, after doing
chemurgic research at the Uni
versity of Missouri and teaching
agricultural engineering at the
University of Idaho.
Begins Operation.
When the pilot plant begins op
eration in January, according to
Miller, its first project will be to
answer the question whether saf-
flower is commercially profitable.
Several hundreds of acres of the
thistle-like plant have been raised
FREE VARIETY SHOW
William Powell and Myrna Loy
in Dashiell Hammett's Story
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THE THIN MAN
3:00 P. M., SNUDAY,. NOV. 25
UNION BALLROOM
Coffee Hour, 5 to 6 in Lounge
Union Closes
roday;Reopens
Next Sunday
Closing for the Thanksgiving
holidays, the Union will interrupt
its program for the four-day va
cation, according to Pat Lahr. di
rector. The Union will close this
afternoon and re-open Sunday
afternoon.
First on Sunday's schedule is
the variety show at 3 p. m. in the
ballroom. A revival of "The Thin
Man" will be screened in the va
riety show. "The Thin Man,"
written by Dashiell Hammett,
stars William Powell, Myrna Loy
and Asta, movie pup.
At 5 p. m. Sunday afternoon, a
coffee and doughnut hour is
planned for the lounge.
Music Instructors
Attend Meetings
Of National Group
Miss Mary Louise Boehm, in
structor in piano at the univer
sity school ot music, and Dr.
Arthur E. Westbrook, director of
the school of fine arts, will at
tend meetings of the Society of
American Musicians in Chicago,
November 23, 24 and 25.
Miss Boehm will give a recital
in Chicago Sunday afternoon, No
vember 25, in the Fine Arts build
ing. This concert is sponsored by
the Society of American Musi
cians. She will play "Guigue
Partita in E minor," by Bach;
"Prelude, Op. 45" by Chopin, and
"Toccata" by Ravel.
Dr. Westbrook will go as a
member of the Curricula Commis
sion of the National Association
of Schools of Music.
Contrary to general belief the
gyroscopic self-compensating yo
yo was not invented by Thomas
A. Edison.
in the panhandle section of Ne
braska, and the harvested seeds
will be processed in the research
laboratory.
Saf flower oil can be used in the
manufacture of plastics, paints,
varnishes, and enamels. In addi
tion to extracting the oil of the
saf flower seed, the plant will . be
used to experiment with other
seeds such as sesame and peri la.
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