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Vol. 47 No. 46
Student Union Opens
AtAg Campus Monday
By Fhil Raynard.
The Ag Union will open its doors to students Monday,
December 2, at 2 p. m., according to Mrs. Richard E. Hiatt,
manager. The fountain will be ready for service at that
time.
As yet many things are incomplete. No lounge furniture
has been received, the mam refngration unit has not ar
rived, and ventilating fans had not been installed. Rather
than delay the opening later than Monday, folding chairs
will be usecHn the recreation room, music room and main
lounge, and a large refrigrator will be used to supply refri
gration for the fountain, said Mrs. Hiatt.
"We know we are handicapped in opening now because
of the lack of equipment, but at a recent meeting of the
Union Board of Managers, it was decided to open at least
one part of the Ag Union as soon as possible. We ask, there
fore, the patience of the students until all the deliveries are
made on our new equipment", Mrs. Hiatt explained.
"A grand opening will be postponed until all of the
furniture is here, at which time there will be a free dance
and general open house to celebrate the formal presentation
of the Ag Union."
No Fizz Water
The unit for dispensing carbonated water has not yet
arrived so the fountain will necessarily have a short menu
with the conspicuous absence of cokes, phosphates, and
ades. There will be, however, a full menu for shakes, malts,
sundaes, coffee, pie, cake, brownies, complete sandwich bar,
and soup.
The fountain will operate from 7:15 a. m. to 10:30 p. m.
Monday through Thursday: 7:15 a. m. to 12:30 p. m. Fri
day; 10 a. m. to 12:30 p. m. Saturday, and 4 p. m. to 10:30
p. m. on Sunday. The check stand will.be open from 9 a. m.
to 10:30 p. m. Monday through Thursday; 9 a. m. to 12:30
p. m. Friday; 10 a. m. to 12:30 p. m. Saturday, and 4 p. m.
to 10:30 p. m. on Sunday. The music and recreation room
will be ooen the same hours as the city campus Union, from
Set AG UNION, page 2.
Sig Chi Pledges
Name Barbara
Bush Sweetheart
Barbara Bush, Kappa Alpha
Theta pledge, was named Sigma
Chi pledge "Sweetheart" for 1946
at a dance Satuiday night at the
Sigma Chi house.
The Sigma Chi pledge "Sweet
heart"' has been a tradition on the
Nebraska campus since 1909. Each
women's organized house submits
two candidates for the title.
Miss Bush was presented by
pledge president Ross Mullaney.
A poem introducing the "Sweet
heart" was written by Jim Mc
Williams and she was given the
Pledge Sweetheart Cup. and a
bouquet of white roses in the form
of a Sigma Chi cross.
Student Federalists!
Student Federalists will give
a dinner tonight in honor of
Colgate Prentice, national
president of the organization.
All students interested in at
tending the dinner are to meet
at the Union at 5:45 p. m. From
there they will go to the hotel.
Charm School
The regular meeting for
Charm School scheduled at El
len Smith Half tonight has
been postponed until next
Tuesday night because of
Thanksgiving; vacation.
Your best girl
UYL
Grab the Phone
Army Reveals
Military Ball
Traffic Plans
With expectations of a capacity
crowd for the Military Ball De
cember 6, Cadet Captain George
Burr, parking committee chair
man, has announced complete
plans for the handling of traffic
and parking near the coliseum.
All space on the north side of
Vine street will be reserved for
guests while arrangements . have
been made to allow double park
ing facing east on the south side
of Vine.
Mall Space
The south side of the mall will
allow four rows of autos facing
east. Parallel parking will be the
rule on the remainder of the mall
and on the rest of the campus
streets, Burr announced.
ROTC cade officers have made
arrangements with local taxi com
panies to insure- an adequate
supply of taxis after the Ball, and
Cadet Captain Burr plans to have
sections of the east mall roped
off to serve as a cab stand. Burr
said that such arrangements will
curtail any of the customary con
gestion which usually follows a
dance at the coliseum.
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LINCOLN 8, NEBRASKA
Lancaster
Highlights
Vet' s Forum
Dr. Lane Lancaster, chairman
of the department of political sci
ence at the University, will ap
pear tonight on the "Veteran's
View" radio forum sponsored by
the UN Veterans' Organization.
Tonight's topic for debate will
be "Can World Government Suc-
DR. LANE LANCASTER.
ceed?" Appearing on this pro
gram with Professor Lancaster
will be three other speakers who
will present their opinions on this
vitally important topic. Immedi
ately following the initial three
minute speeches by each panel
member the discussion will be
open for audience participation.
Traveling microphones will be
used to enable the members of
the audience to express their own
opinions or to question the panel
members.
The three additional panel
speakers are: Bill Wiseman, soph
omore in Arts and Science; Ker-
mit Rhode, junior in Arts and
Science; and Colgate Prentice,
president of the national Student
Federalists, Inc. Mr. Prentice is
See LANCASTER, page 2.
Eligible Bachelor
Entry Deadline
Set for Today
Today is the deadline for candi
date entries for the title of Eligible
Bachelor.
Names of candidates and their
pictures must be submitted today
in the Mortar Board box in the
Union basement, Ball chairman
Virginia Demel announced.
The eight finalists will be cho
sen at an open women's election
after 'Thanksgiving vacation and
their names will be kept secret
until the ball, Dec. 13.
The
Challenging university students with the problems of
world government, Colgate Prentice, national president of
the Student Federalists, will speak at 4 p. m. today at the
convocation in the Union.
Prentice, a 22 year old junior from Swarthmore college
in Pennsylvania, has been actively
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ji t rorum
Discusses
'Palestine 9
"What about Palestine?" This is
the question th-it the year's first
All-University Forum asks to
night at 7:30 p. m. in parlors of
the Union.
Discussing the proposed nation
al Jewish state in Palestine which
has world wide attention during
the last six months, forum panel
members will view both sides of
the question.
The four discussion leaders are
Dean F. E. Henzlick and Mr. Paul
Bogen, of the faculty, and students
A. H. Abou Sabe and Maurine Ev
nen. The forum offers an oppor
tunity for first-hand information
since Mr. Sabe, an exchange stu
dent, is a native of Palestine and
will present the Arab stand on the
matter, while Miss Evnen plans to
work for the Zionist movement
following her graduation this year.
Leaders.
The discussion leaders repre
See FORUM, page 2.
Military Ball Revives
Colorful Pageantry
Presented for the first time
since 1942, the 35th annual Mili
tary Ball will open the winter
formal season on December 6
with a return of the traditional
color and pageantry that has be
come associated with the affair.
Chuck Foster and his orchestra
will play for an expected 2,000
couples at this years ball, spon
sored by the university's ROTC
unit. A review of the ball's his
tory reveals that the military
social event had modest begin
nings. Early Balls
Early Military Balls, from the
first in 1908, were strictly mili
tary department affairs with few
outsiders attending and little
campus interest. These first balls
and the 1946 version were iden
tical in one respect the grand
march. In .those days the colonel
of the regiment marched with his
best girl. Tnis years honorary
colonel is a coed who was elected
by the student body last month.
Until about 1925, the Cadet Of
ficers' association sponsored the
affair. When the university ac
cepted the ball as an all-school
dance however, the military de
partment stepped in to help the
student officers and have done so
ever since.
Admission
Per Couple:
Big Night is Friday, Dec. 6
Tuesday, November 26, 1946
working for both the Federalists
COLGATE PRENTICE
and various veterans' organiza
tions since his discharge from the
air force last December. To ex
plain the principles involved in,
world government to student and
civic groups, he has taken a term
off from his studies for a nation
wide speaking tour.
Following his lecture, Prentice
See FEDERALISTS, page 2.
In 1922, the first honorary coed
colonel, Pearl Lucille Swanson,
was selected. The students, to
quote an earlier edition of the
Daily Nebraskan, had tired of
watching the colonel's lady mo
nopolize the march.
Secret Identity
From 1925-28, the name of the
honorary colonel was revealed
immediately after the election.
Today her identity is kep secret
until the ball. This year, the
honorary colonel will be pre
sented before dancing begins and
her entrance wil be preceded by
a precision manual of arms
routine by members of Pershing
Rifles, honorary ROTC organiza
tion. The Coliseum, scene of this
year's ball, was first used in 1926
when 300 couples attended the
dance. In 1930, attendance had
swelled to 1,500 and a big-name
band played. This inaugurated a
custom that continued along with
the acceptance of the ball as the
beginning of the formal season.
After an interruption due to the
w,r, the 1946 Military Ball will
carry on this tradtion under the
direction of Major Brust. Formal
dress or service uniforms have
been requested of the men in
keeping with the first formal
event of the year.
Military Dress $3.00
Civilian Dress $4.00
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