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Page 4 THE DAILY NEBRASKAN Sunday, October 13, 1946 '(pkdqsi ' 9a iht Tlamc; BY ELLIE SWAN SON. Have you ever met a pretty girl, talked to her for a little while, introduced yourself, asked her what her name was and had her tell you "Pledge Jones?" "That's ah unusual name," you probably say, noting to yourself that it has a familiar ring to it. "1 had another name once, but I haven't heard it for about five weeks, and it seems to have slipped my mind," she will sigh in a beaten manner. Suddenly the girl runs off mur muring something about "pledges don't talk to men between 3:34 and 4:17 on Wednesday afternoons, rule 118, clause D." Stymied. Stymied, you determine to look further into the matter. Seeing a happy looking little man with a wicked gleam in his eye, carefully folding a black snake whip into a neat looking fountain pen, you Mop him and blurt forth, "Could you tell me what a pledge is?" His mouth curls expertly on the right side and he utters three quick growls. "A pledge is a stupid, miserable, sluggish, oldwomanish, muddle headed, thick-skulled, bewildered, asinine. Rabbling, bird-brained im becile. He is simple" ... At this point he began undoing his col laspible pen and I left abruptly, asking myself this question . . . "Could that lad be bitter about something?" In your bewilderment you crash ,' against some apparently immov able object. Looking up, you see a belt, so you stretch your neck to its capacity and note a head rising gently on two vast shoulders. "Su perman?" you ask. "No, a pledge, Sir, he answers, tipping a few curly strands of hair and bowing three times at the waist. Stunned. Recovering from ypur stunned condition, you stutter, "What's wrong with you, son?" Pulling out a black notebook expertly deco rated with a skull and crossbones, he thumbs through the index and arrives at page 69. "I'm a stupid, miserable, sluggish, oldwomanish" . . . "Stop, this is where I came in," you scream. "What are you doing now?" you ask, for lack of a better question. "I'm going to the house to carrv all the beds from third floor down to second and bring the second floor beds up to third, sir." "Just call me, Sylvester." you smile sym pathetically, "and why are you doing that, to make up the bed Dugs; "I'm working off a black mark. I was supposed to get three dates this weekend with Hedy Grable. bhe s one of the prettiest girls on the campus," you sigh, thinking bitterly of your date for the week end. "I know, but she's getting married this weekend." "Oh . ." And now you know. A pledge is one of those lucky people who went through rush week and was fool enough to believe that after he pledged he could still be human. Belsy Bahensky Wins Appointment To College Board Betsy Bahensky recently re ceived an appointment as a mem ber of the Mademoiselle College Board, after entering the yearly contest sponsored by Mademoi selle, fashion magazine. The con lest, open only to undergraduates attending an accredited college or junior college, is judged by re torts submitted on any new phase vf campus life. The acceptance of Miss Ba hensky's paper, on Charm School, entitles her to compete for a guest editorship of the August College issue of Mademoiselle. The 20 guest editors, selected by papers submitted during the year from the Board members, will go to New York to help put out the August College issue. While in New York, the guest editors will also attend Mademoi selle's first career forum spon sored by Mademoiselle's Jobs and Futures department and designed to help college girls clarify their ims and ambitions. University Alums Hear 2 Speakers hi Coming Week A. A. Dobson, president of the Lincoln chapter of the University Alumni Association, announced that two of the association clubs will hear speakers from the uni versity at meetings next week. Fritz Daly, national secretary of the association, will speak at the monthly luncheon meeting of the Chicago Club there Monday noon. Director of athletics at the uni versity A. J. Lewandowski will be chief speaker at a dinner meet ing of the Kansas City club on Friday, October 18, the evening preceding the Nebraska-Kansas football game at Lawrence. With him will be Perry Branch, secretary-director of the University Foundation, and Mr. Daly. Foot ball movies will be shown during the program. Veterans Should Report Address Changes Promptly Student veterans enrolled in Nebraska colleges can help insure prompt payment of their subsis tence checks by promptly notify ing the Lincoln Regional Veterans Administration office of changes in address, Ashley Westmoreland, VA Regional manager, said to day. There are now about 12,000 vee erans enrolled in Nebraska universities-., and colleges and West moreland said the VA is working overtime to get subsistence checks in th mails as quickly as possible. VA Headache. One oflhe biggest headaches the VA has, he said, is with Ne braska student veterans who move without notifying the VA Regional Office, Sharp Building, Lincoln. Postal regulations forbid the for warding of checks from one ad dress to another. "Veterans can be of real help to themselves on this subsistence payment problem if they will be sure to keep the VA informed of their whereabouts," Westmoreland said. "A change of address notice sent by a student veteran to the VA should include his old ad dress, his full name, is new ad dress, his C number, and his signature." Dance star Johnny Coy is in the market for a new dance partner to co-star with him in Para mount's star-studded musical, "Variety Girl.' He married his last partner, Dorothy Babb, and she's retired to have a baby. Voters Briefed As Thursday's Election Nears BY GEORGE T. SHESTAK. Election day at the university is always an exciting event. For weeks and weeks the feeling has been running high the issue is a pressing one: Who are to be presidents of the junior and sen ior classes? By Thursday the out come will be known; the die will be cast; tradition may be blasted heads may roll. The Board of Re gents collectively paces about their chambers while the Chan cellor nervously chews his finger nails. In the ready rooms of the va rious Greek organizations pledges are being briefed. The president runs through the recognition sig rial, the distress call, the hand shake, leads the salute to the flag, and begins the pep talk: After All! " "Now, of course, I'd be the last one to try to influence your vote. After all, this is America, the land of the free enterprise and the home of the brave capitalist, and we want an or you to vote as your conscience dictates. Vote for the best man; the man who stands for clean government. You don't have to vote for a Greek, but I hear that if a Barb wins they are going to force us all to join the YMCA." In the third sub-cellar of the Union, the all inclusive, universal. We Represent Every Barb organ ization is running through their plans. Comrade Kublicski stands calmly in the cellar, sipping vodka and toying with a bomb, as he speaks to the other four members. 'All we have to lose are our credit books, comrade students. If we don't win, we are finished of course. Those dirty fascistic Greeks will kill us like flies. At best we will be exiled to Ag. col lege. Of course cnir candidate will get in and I suggest the telephone pole on the corner of 14th and R as the best place to hang Dick Folda and that flat plot of ground behind the pillars would be a pood place to machine gun the Pan Hellenic League." Voters, Unite! The sun came up election day and found Dale (Dake) Novotny. Jackie Tohin, Dee Devoe, Peggy Shelley, and Nog Chapin waiting to vote. At 2:30, post meridian, the sororities came in and voted In a block. Eleanor Knoll immedi ately denied that they existed. Hink Aasen immediately denied that Eleanor Knoll existed. At 3 p. m. the postman brought in an absentee ballot from Bill Miller and Elmer Sprague came by with a petition to draw and quarter all Innocents. Tough. Between 3:30 and i, ten Barbs were disqualified because tney couldn't prove they were born in the United States. At 4:10, Comrade Kublicski tried to vote, but was intercepted by a member of the Dies commit tee. When the clock struck 6, the polls were closed, the votes were counted, and the election was de clared invalid. Carton Boderick, jr., had won by a write-in vote. amjpuS i y Mary Lou Blimiel A.I 'li. K. TheAmerlcan Institute nf Chemical En fwrrn will meet In th Union Wednesday vming at 7:15. Refreshment will be aerved. INTER VARKITT. Mary Benton, national Inter- Varalfy taff member from Chicago, will lead a diarumion on "In Christianity Practical n the UN Campus?" The discussion will tafc place at 3 o'clock rhla afternoon In room 316 of the Union. ANY MKN MNGEHM? Thirty opening! for men are available In two aectiona of University Chorua, Music VI currying one bour of credit. Any men tnterrfited ahould see Dr. A. E. Win! brook Immediately alncc the chorua aectiona have alr"iy begun preparation of THE MES SIAH. There are no openlnga for women. Pert Ion II meeta at 11 a. m. Tueeday and Thursday, while section I meeta at 7:15 p.m. Tuesday and if, l. Thursday. Catholic students sponsor MASQUERADE BALL for ALL UNIVERSITY STUDENTS Prizes to be awarded for best costumes FRIDAY, OCT. 18 8:00-12:00 P. M. CYOHALL 18th & J St. 3 blocks east capitol. A OMISSION 25c eneh UNIVERSITY NEWMAN CLUB A former chicken house has been converted into 12 modern apartments for veteran students and their families on the Iowa State campus by Allen Stoecker, college construction engineer. The building is situated one mile from the central campus. Officials at Iowa State say that they'll "beat the housing shortage yet!" Professors on the New York City College campus have been praising veteran students to the sky for the averages they have been making. Typical of the re marks by faculty members is the statement made by a member of the Physics department: "Finest group of students I've ever had," and one by a member of the math department; "Better college al gebra than I've seen in several years. The Lobo, University of New Mexico campus publication, printed in its first prc-gamc issue a map of the stadium showing the seating arrangement. One of the best blocks of seats, incidentally, has been assigned to freshmen women. At New Mexico U, it is the freshmen women who really rate. ' A new staff of men-student waiters began serving tables at the women's residence hall at Drake, and according to last re- ' ports they have not completed their basic training, or their perusal of Emily Post as yet, and as a result, women in the hall have taken a new interest in meals. The boys, it seems, have disregarded all hakneyed expres sions, such as, ,will you have an- -other cup of coffee?" And are us ing their own originals, such as, "Have another one, sister?" When one waiter spilled a fruit cocktail on the head resident at dinner one night, he was heard to smooth over the situation with, "That's all right. I'll bring you another one. To make transportation to classes more convenient for some " students, the University of Cali fornia, Berkley, is sponsoring a car pool for people on the cam pus. A committee has been ap pointed to take charge of ar rangements, and students who have cars, as well as students who want rides, sign up. When the listings are complete, the commit tee assigns students to each avail-. able car. Richard Hadyn. who plays Franz Joseph in Fa ra mount's "The Em peror Waltz," requires three hours to don his makeup and describes his characterization as "ten per cent Haydn and 90 percent Wally West more. ' " Tr'tffTTz3 x . ... I - wl life; v- A- W r - ' DGiMN (CODATS Make Fashion News Look jour weatherproof Lest, no matter how dreary the skies! Choose a cheerful, versatile rain eoat in one of the many attractive styles and color now in our collection! Woter-proof Poplin 1 4.95-1 9.95 Royon Satin, Elkskin ond Tackle Twill. 25.00-29.95 Rayon Gabardines that double for topcoats ...25.00-29.95 GOLD'S... TlilrJ Ftosr