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f T PD ff P fjpl Vol. 45, No. 32. THE NEBRASKAN Wednesday, December 5, 1945 Jorgensen Explains Atom Power Today Explaining the secrets of the atomic bomb, Prof. Theodore Jor gensen will address an all-university convocation today at 3 p. m. in the Union ballroom. An eyewitness to the first test of the atomic bomb, Professor Jorgensen was at the time on leave of absence from the univer sity. He aiid a group of Chicago scientists constructed and tested the bomb at the Los Alamos, New Mexico, government metallurgical laboratory. Speaks to Rotary. Speaking before the Lincoln Rotary club Tuesday noon, Pro- YW Guests Hang Greens InEllenSmith . YW members and 'their in vited guests will deoorate Ellen Smith Hall with a tree and greens at the traditional "Hanging of the Greens" ceremony and informal dinner at 5:30 p. m. today. Mary Ann Mattoon, president, in her welcome speech will ex plain the tradition of the "Hang ing of the Greens" which k de rived from an old English custom. Beverly Ramer will perform a modern dance and there will be a marimba solo by Phyllis Fischer. Christmas Carols. While the group is assembling the YW choir under the direction ol Gretchen Burnham will sing Christmas carols from the bal cony. They will also sing a grace before the dinner. The Dean of Women and her staff, WAA council, Coed Coun sellors board, AWS board, BABW board, Tassels, ag college and city campus YWCA cabinets, fresh men commission leaders, and YWCA advisory board have been invited to the ceremony. Committees. Plans for the evening were un der the direction of Cleone Reetz, general chairman. Committee members are program plans: Lor raine Kinney, chairman, Lois Henderson and Ruth Norman; menu: Jeanne Walrath and Julia Ann House; selection of greens: Martha Clark and Betty Easter; tickets and souvenir program: Barbara Vesely and Neta Bellin ger. (OcuikijcL: Ojisl Jo. QihaikdsL The Nebraskan By George Tierney ShesUk. Little do you realize, dear fel low students, the trouble we go to, to put out this high class paper. AH you ever think about is whether or not your respective names are in the society column. You are happy on the days when you can run home to momma and show that Jidge Mason has fi nally mentioned you as the skunk of the week. Otherwise you are just noncommital. Apply Now! This we don't mind. We put out this paper for the sheer joy of creative effort. After it leaves us ... phooey. Apply Now! BUT . . . unless you want to (See HELP NEEDED, page 3.) PHI CHI THETA Phi Chi Theta will hold its reg ular meeting tonight in room 316 of the Union; at 5 p. m. accord-1 ing to Laurine Hansen, president. fessor Jorgensen stated that an atomic bomb dropped at 15th and 0 streets would destroy com pletely everything in an area from ag college campus to Wyuka cemetery, to the corner of 27th and Sumner to Gooch's mill. Before going on leave for the government to work on the atomic bomb, Professor Jorgensen was an assistant professor of physics at the university. He is giving a se ries of talks over Nebraska to ac quaint the people with the work ing of atomic energy. Describing the first test of the bomb to the Rotary club, Profes sor Jorgensen stated: Description of Test. "At that instant the country around lit up with the most in tense and unearthly light I have ever seen. Even at a distance of six miles it was many times brighter than the noon-day sun. 1 was standing inside the shelter and I felt the heal reflected from the surroundings into the shelter. For an instant one had the feel ing that the bomb had touched off the earth and turned it into a super-nova. However, after several seconds, the light gradually began to dim, and only then did I collect my (See ATOMIC POWER, page 3.) Athletic Board Airs Col. Jones Issue; Publishes Two Letters Two letters dealing with nego tiations for the return of Col. "Biff Jones, former manager of athletics, to the university cam pus were released by the uni versity athletic board today. At the time the letters were written, Dean T. J. Thompson was chairman of the athletic board. Since then, he has been succeeded by Prof. R. D. Scott. The complete text of both let ters is as follows: May 26, IMS Colonel I,. MfC. Jon?M Crrariimt? ManuRir of AthlHirw, Army An . .KWlHtlon. WVnI I'nlnt, N. V. Di'iir rnliiwl "Hlff:" Today wf had a mrrtinr f th Ath letic Hoard and dl'fiiHwri fcKain tlw proftprrtK of nrxl IiiH'h altiletlc protrram. Wf arr not Uw niire that wr Hhitll havr a inrur nirnllnu-iit. Drsnltr that, hnw evrr, wr are unxiutiH that wr Hliall br ahlr tn nuy to the people of thr ufatr and to our frtrndn thai we arr ready to take up our program where we laid It dowa la 1W(I. After a considerable dlHenxnloa M wax agreed by unanlmoiiH vote that we nhould make a n-Mnent of thr War Irprtment for your release nliinr with a reiuet for the releasr of Coloneln Browne and I'eti and It. Klwln iteeH of the Navy. To thin end the following motion wax unanlmotiHly adopted. "It wax ordered that the Chairman of the Board proeeed to take aneb MteiH an may be neeeHHary to orrure the releaxe by Mrptember 1 from the nrnied mrvlem of Colonel I.. Met . June, Colonel W. H. Browne, Colonel Harold i. Pelt, and I.I. Klwln Browne, an I have already Indicated, had previously stated to me la a letter that lie waa ready to be returned at any time If we had need for hi nervier. KiKht aftrr V-K Day 1 saw thin thing eoniing and h hoping I would have a reply to my inquiry from yom ore thin Military Training Staff Adds MSgl. John H. Slraka Master Sergeant John H. Straka, former university student, has been added to the ROTC staff, according to Col. James P. Murphy, director of the military training activities. Before retiring as an officer in the army air corps, Sgt. Straka was supervisor of the instruc tional staff in supervised corres pondence study at the university extension division. Prior to this, he was supervisor of .science in struction at teachers college high school at this university, and high school principal at Belvidere. Sgt. Straka received his B. Sc. degree from the college of agri culture, and his M. A. from teach ers college at the university. He has also done work on a Ph. D degree in education. yCvl F Debate Squad Wins Honors In Iowa City Returning undefeated from the Iowa Invitational Debate and dis cussion conference held at Iowa City last week end were UN var sity debate squad members Tom Sorensen, Bob Gillan, Ted Soren sen, and Don Kline. Holding the distinction of being the only undefeated school at the conference, the squad, coached by Donald Olson, speech instructor, also was ranked in second place in regard to total points accumu lated in individual quality ratings. "Free Trade." Rated as superior in debating the Question of free trade was the affirmative team, Ted Soren sen and Don Kline. The negative team, consisting of Bob Gillan and Tom Sorensen, rated excellent. Participating in the conference were 21 colleges and universities. Schools debated and defeated by the Nebraska squad included (See DEBATE, page 3.) action waa taken. An I exfrened to the Board today, I asmunr thr pressure of concluding your work ha prevented yon from replying before this time. A 1 Indicated to yon previously, the Board In very anvloua to announce its program and feelH we ran no longer de lay In getting onr personnel aNaembled. Whether or nol the War Department will consider your release of course to very problematical. We hope of course that you will be kindly disposed toward our request. . 1 trust this letter finds you and Mrs. Jones la good health. With kindest per sonal regards, I am Very sincerely yours, T. J. Thompson, Chalrmaa Intercollegiate Board f Athletics, Following is the reply sent to Dean Thompson by Col. Jones, stating that he had decided not to apply for release from the service, and would not be return ing to the university. feun T. J. Thompson, 104 Administration building, Thr University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska Dear Itean Thompson: I aNilogle for the delay In replying to your earlier letters. We have been quite (See BIFF JONES, page 2.) Bizad Department Presents Awards At Animal Dinner Bizad college will hold its 21st annual honors and college dinner Saturday evening, according to an announcement made by John D. Clark, dean of the college. Schol astic awards for the 1944-45 col lege year will be presented at the dinner. Awards will include th William Gold prize keys given to the ten freshmen with highest scholastic averages; announcement of new members of Beta Gamma Sigma, honorary society of the college; and names of bizad students in the upper ten percent of their class, which will be placed on the Beta Gamma Sigma plaque of 1945. Senior Degrees - University seniors who ex pect to graduate in January or May should check their credits and apply for degrees or cer tificates in the Office of Ad missions, room 7, administra tion bnilding, not later than December 7, according to Dr. G. W. Rosenlof, director of ad missions. Seniors in the college of ag riculture may check credits and apply on the city campus also, Dr. Rosenlof stated. ir m mm First Debate Increase Issue Tomorrow "Fifty-two for Forty or Fight," ."Higher Wages Mean Higher Prices." Carrying these and other slogans students will assemble in the Union ballroom at 7:30 tomorrow eve ning to hear and participate in the first All University Forum of the year. School Plans New Dorms For Students "The university, conscious of the student housing situation in Lincoln, will construct three new dormitories, to be ready for occu pancy next fall," Chancellor C. S. Boucher announced Monday. No tax funds will be used for the $350,000 buildings as the Uni versity of Nebraska Dormitory Corporation will issue revenue bonds, derived from student ren tals, to cover the cost. The three new dormitories will answer the need for comfortable, low-rent housing for university students and are the first phase of a man's dormitory system which will eventually house 800 men. The dormitories, to be built next spring and summer, will hold 258 students. Two of the buildings will have 68 men and a proctor each and the third will house 122 men and a proctor. The construc tions are the first dormitories for men at Nebraska. The rent for rooms in the two small units will be $50 per student per semester, or about $12 a month. Rent in the large dormitory will be ap proximately $40 a semester or $13 a month. - Smaller Units. Located between 15th and 16th (See NEW DORMS, page 3.) A NEWS IN BRIEF by BILL ROBERTS TOP NATIONAL subject of dis cussion this week in both news papers and common conservation, remains the steadily rising con flict between management and labor. Biggest strike is the struggle be tween General Motors and the United Automobile Workers union involving about 225,000 men. At first, both sides held an uncom promising attitude toward the other, then GM made an offer of a 10 percent wage increase pro vided the OPA would Vaise prices to cover the wage hike. Adamantly, however, the union refused to accept any wage in crease that would result in higher prices for the general consumer. Angered at this attitude and at the union suggestion that com pany books be opened to show actual profits, the corporation Iieads withdrew their offer of a 10 percent increase and at the same time refused a union sugges tion of impartial arbitration. Although tho company had resolutely refused to bargain col lectively until the UAW's demands were "modified," President C. M. E. Wilson did consent to consulta tion with Edgar Warren, Concilia tion Service head, and Labor Sec retary Schwellenbach. Saturday, when G. M.'s Wilson proposed to UAW's Reuther that partial production be resumed in G. M. plants supplying Ford and Chrysler, the union leader ap proved. Difficulty was encoun tered, though, in a few local (See NEWS IN BRIEF, page 3.) bus Argues Wage "Wage Demands." Subject lor discussion will b "Arc Labor's Wage Demands Nec essary?" Asserting "Yes" will be Tom Sorensen and Prof. Richard Bourne. Slated to take the oppo site position are Johnny Van Home and Prof. Curtis "Elliott. Moderator will be Bill Miller. The meeting will be conducted in oid American town hall style. Prefacing the discussion will be short speeches by each member of the forum. Following will be a short period of question exchange between the speakers, and then the last half of the hour will he opened for questions from the au dience. Microphones will be pro vided if possible. Bring Signs. Houses will come in groups, bringing signs, banners, sandwich boards or any other means of ad vertising the slogans of their side, stated Jackie Eagleton, member of the planning committee . Appearing in the Union hall to day and tomorrow at noon will be a "Man in the Hall" with a public address system interviewing pass ing students about their opinions and ideas on the labor-management question. Reading Hour Features Essa XT' J By R. Bcuchley Robert Benchley, noted Ameri can humorist and columnist, who died last week in New York, will be honored at the third in a series of reading hours sponsored by the Experimental theater, scheduled for 7:30 p. m. Thurs day, in the studio theater at the Temple. Bob Hastert, engineering penior, will read Benchley's hilarious "Treasurer's Report." Other Writers. Three of the most famous American writers. Walt Whitman, Edna St. Vincent Millay and Carl Sandburg, will also be included in the program, which is under the direction of Dallas S. Wil liams. Patricia Heynan, speech student, will read "Vigil Strange I Kept on the Field One Night," and "There was a Child Went Forth. ' both by Whitman, whose "Leaves of Grass" has become an Ameri can classic. Millay, Sandberg. Edna St. Vincent Millay, "Moriturus," and "Dawn," will be given by Mimi Hahn. Three of Carl Sandberg's pieces, "Killers," "To a Contemporary Bunkshooter," and "Cool Tombs," will be read by Mary Dye. Students, faculty and season ticket holders may attend this reading hour. Cornliuskcr Pix There will be no more pic tares for the 1946 Cornhuskcr taken after 1 p. m. Friday, ac cording to Beth Montgomery, managing editor. Pictures may be taken today and tomorrow and Friday morning in Miller and Paine's studio on sixth floor. Students having proofs out must return them promptly.