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Miss JoAnne Ackerman, 1946
Typical Nebraska Coed, was
presented Feb. 28 at the annual
production of Coed Follies in
the Nebraska Theater.
Engineers
Nominate
Candidates
Phillip Massie, electrical and
civil engineering junior, and
George Kuska, architectural sen
ior, were selected as candidates
for chairman of the Engineers
Week committee by the engineer
ing executive board Thursday,
Feb. 28. Vice-chairman candidates
are Herb Simons, chemical engi
neering senior, and Irwin Cone,
mechanical engineering junior.
A general election will be held
Thursday, March 7, in the Me
chanical Arts building. All regis
tered upperclass engineers are eli
gible to vote.
Present plans for Engineers
Week, April 25-26-27, call for
open house as the main event
Thursday, Friday engineering
classes will be dismissed in time
for a special all university con
vocation followed by the annual
Engineers Field day and picnic
in the afternoon. The banquet pre
senting the "Sledge" Friday eve
ning and the Hall
climax the social
week.
Saturday
events of
will
the
Activity Supervision.
All activities will be supervised
by the committee consisting of tlie
chairman and vice-chairman of
each departmental committee.
From the civil engineering depart
ment, Nonis Lucdtke and Nelson
Parrish: electrical engineering,
Philip Massie and Fred Kohler;
architectural engineering, George
Kuska and Robert Slcmons; me
chanical engineers, Leroy Foster
and Irwin Cone, and from the
chemical engineers, Richard Brese
and Herb Simons.
A joint faculty-student forum
will be sponsored by the execu
tive board Thursday, March 14.
Tentatively planned for the Union
ballroom, the session will be open
to upperela.anen and faculty
members of the college. Curricula
changes will be discussed and any
(See ENGINEERS, J.'ae 4.)
Joanne L. Ackerman was re
vealed as the 1946 Typical Ne
braksa Coed at the annual A.W.S.
Coed Follies Thursday night.
Miss Ackerman was introduced
as TNC directly after the style
show in which the 21 candidates
modeled trousseau fashions. Ruth
Korb, style show announcer, made
the presentation. Miss Ackerman
was selected by a committee of
faculty members and officers of
A.W.S. on the basis of poise, pop
ularity, appearance, smile and
student activities.
Statistics for Miss Ackerman
and the average university coed
are comparatively the same. The
average coed is five feet five
inches tall, weighs 125 pounds, has
brunette hair and at least one
extra-curricular activity. The new
TNC is five feet five and one half
inches tall, weighs 122 pounds,
brunette and is in Tassels, on the
Cornhusker staff and participates
in intramurals.
DCs, Town Club Win.
Winners in the Follies were
Delta Gamma and Towne Club.
Delta Gamma's "Where Do We
Go From Here" was judged the
best skit while Towne Club's
"Egyptian Ella" was awarded first
in the curtain acts. Second place
skit honors went to Sigma Delta
Tau's "Fairy Tale in Scarlet and
Cream." Alpha Phi won second
place in the curtain acts for their
act "By the Sea." Eleanor Knoll
presented the trophies.
Other skits given were "Season
al Moods" by Alpha Xi Delta;
"Toy-land" by Kappa Kappa
Gamma; and "Frankie and John
ny" by Alpha Chi Omega. Cur
tain acts included Kappa Alpha
Theta's "Technique vs. Swing"
and Chi Omega's "Fireman's
Bride."
Towne Club's presentation of 'Egyptian Ella" featuring Blanche Duckworth's swinging hips and an
equally swingy background chorus, copped first place honors in Coed Follies' skit bracket. Marilyn
Davis directed the skit. Ella pantomimes her wiles and succeeds in capturing eligible sultans and the
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"Where Do We Go From Here?" directed by Mimi Hahn for the Delta Gamma's won the first nod
from the judging section In the curtain act division of Coed Follies'. Luscious examples of each state's
scenery parade, but Nebraska's beauties come in winners.
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AUF Begins
Red Cross
Drive Today
Speaking tours to organized
houses on the campus will of
ficially open the Red Cross drive
at the university tomorrow night,
according to AUF Director Jan
Engle.
Representatives will contact the
members of the houses during the
week-long drive for a contribu
tion of $2. The goal for 1946 has
been set at $2,500.
Unaffiliated students living in
Lincoln may donate to the Red
Cross at booths in Sosh and the
Union and at Ag hall on ag cam
pus. A poster in the Union lobby
will indicate the progress of the
drive during the week.
Among the services which the
Red Cross renders in time of peace
are disaster preparedness and re
lief, nursing service, nutrition
service and the civilian blood
donor service.
For the returned veteran, Home
Service workers are trained to aid
the men in filling out papers for
claims and benefits. Red Cross
field directors are located in every
Veterans Administration office to
advise the veteran.
In addition. Red Cross clubs,
clubmobiles and other recreational
facilities will function overseas
until they are no longer needed by
(See A. U. F., Page 4.)
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USA To Hold
Stag Special
Juke Dance
A "Stag Special" juke box
dance, sponsored by the Uivaf fil
iated Student association, will be
held Friday, March 8, from 9 to
12 at the Union.
According to Don Huffman,
USA president, the affair is a
gettogether dance for all unaffil
iated students. Veterans and their
wives are especially invited.
Dates Unnecessary.
Dates for the dance are entirely
unnecessary, Huffman emphasiz
ed, since the dance is a stag
special.
Free refreshments will be served
during an evening of dancing.,
mixers and a floor show. The
floor show consists of vocal and
dance solos by students.
Tickets for the "Stag Special."
at 20 cents each, may be pur
chased at the Union office, from
a U S A council member or at
the door.
Speakers for the Red Cross
drive will meet at 5:45 p. m.
Monday night in the Daily Ne
braskan office in the I'nion
basement for instructions, ac
cording to Shirley Jenkins,
publicity chairman.
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Clair Wilcox, director of the
office of international trade pol
icy in the department of state,
will discuss "The Proposed Loan
to rBitain" at an all-university
convocation Monday in the Union
ballroom at 3:00 p. m.
Wilcox, who is on leave o
absence from Swarthmore col
lege, where he is professor oC
economics, will conclude the ses
sion with a question and answer
period.
Known Publisher.
Included in Wilcox' many pub
lications are "Rate Limitation";
'General Property Tax," 1922;
and "Competition and Monopoly
in American Industry," 1941. He
has also contributed to economic,
tax and news magazines.
Professor Wilcox received two
degrees, B. S and M. A., from
the University of Pennsylvania
and an M. A. from Ohio State
college. He is a Pi Beta Kappa,
was chairman of the conference
on piire research, and is affiliated
with the American Association of
University Professors.
Doctor Orr
Endows Books
To Library
An endowed collection of books
on Anne of Brittany has been
presented Love Memorial library
by Dr. H. Winnett Orr, prominent
Lincoln surgeon.
A group of 140 titles, totaling
265 dlumes, the collection will
furnish research material to stu
dents of French history and liter
ature, according to Frank A,
Lundy, university librarian.
The endowment which accom
panies the collection, it was ex
plained by Perry W. Branch, Uni
versity Foundation director, will
provide for future purchases of
books on this subject, and for
the care of the collection.
Queen of France.
The collection includes several
biographies ot Anne of Brittany,
who was burn in 1477, became
Duchess of Brittany in 1438. and
Queen of France when she was 14.
A woman of great charm and in
tellectual capacity, her death in
1514 was mourned by all of
Fiance.
Included in the volumes from
the collection now on display in
the documents room on the third
floor ol Love Memorial is Amies
private prayer hook, considci i d
one ol the must IvautifuM.v il
luminated books ever prepared lef
personal devotions,
Photographs.
In addition to the books. Dr.
Orr has niven the libin ins
photographs and Hides of Ihii
tany, as well as his pcr-onal
scrapbook, lecture notes and travel
souvenirs. I lis inteurt in Anne's
life began when serving as a con
sulting orthopedic surgon in
Brittany during the first World
War.
Veterans' Meeting
All veterans are asked to
bring their student identifica
tion cards and proof of dis
charge to the next meeting of
the Veterans Organization, to
be held in the Union ballroom
Tuesday night at 7.
These Items are needed for
proof of eligibility for voting,
according to Richard Sinsel,
steering committee member.
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