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Vol. 47 No 50
LINCOLN 8, NEBRASKA
Thursday, December 5, 1946
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One of Nebraska's most famous
World War II heroes, Ben Kuroki,
will continue his all-out crusade
against racial intolerance in a
convocation address in the Union
ballroom today at 2 p. m.
Speaking on "The Unfinished
Fight for Democracy," former
Army Air Force sergeant Kuroki
will be resuming his personal
battle with intolerant forces in this
country. To him, it will be an
other round in the fight which
Ralph Martin has chronicled in his
biography of Kuroki, "Boy from
Nebraska."
Fighting:.
After Kuroki's discharge in Oc
tober, 1945, he devoted his time
and efforts to fighting for de
mocracy in America. In many ad
dresses, he has stressed the need
for "Making One World Work at
Home."
One address, given at the Her
ROTC Companies Select
Coed Sponsors for Ball
The military department of the
university ROTC lias announced
the company sponsors who will
form an honor guard for the bat
talion honorary colonel at the
Military Ball, Dec. 6. Pat Bussey is
the sponsor of Co. A; Jane Frye,
Co. B: LaWanna Graham, Co. C;
Ruth Sargent, Co. D; Elaine Bud
ler, Co. S; and Jean Fogel, Co. F.
Taking part in the pre-dance
ceremonies, the companj' sponsors
wer.e chosen by the various com
pany officers of the corps. Cadet
Lt. Col. Bill Hammond, publicity
chairman, commented on the fact
that the naming of sponsors rep
resents another of the many tra
' ditions which are being reactiv
ated for the 1946 Military Ball.
1 Hammond added that the pre
war custom had been to have the
company officers escort the spon
Honorary Society
Hoars First Talk
In Radio Series
Harry Peck, station manager pf
KFOR, presented the first lecture
in a series on radio sponsored by
Alpha Epsilon Rho, radio hon
orary, Tuesday.
Mr. Peck was formerly special
events man for KOIL-KFAB-KFOR
triangle which operated in
Lincoln some years ago. He came
to KFOR from station KOIL In
Omaha. He announced that sta
tion KFOR will operate within the
next year a 10,000 watt FM radio
, station.
Problems.
His lecture dealt with "Station
Manager Problems and Experi
ences in a Metropolitan Station."
Briefly outlining the organization
of a radio station, JJir. Peck em
phasized that "News has main-
tained listener interest mainly due
to a carry-over of the wartime
listening habits of the American
public."
Mr. Peck also explained the re
cent regulations published by the
Federal Communications Commis
sion and their relation to the radio
industry. A discussion period fol
lowed the lecture. Mr. Paul Bo
gen, advisor of AER, presided at
the meeting. , M
ofivo Today
ald-Tribune Forum in New York
last November, won recognition
and was reprinted in the Reader's
Digest. -This address was selected
by the University of Pittsburgh
as one of five required declama
tions for all Pennsylvania high
schools.
War Record.
The war record of convocation
speaker Kuroki makes the Japanese-American
sergeant one of the
most-decorated heroes of World
War II. His thirty missions over
Europe include the famous raid
on the Ploesti oil fields. During
28 additional missions over Japan
as a gunner on a B-29, his plane
bombed his mother's home town.
Kuroki, who comes from Her
shey, Nebraska, holds three Dis
tinguished Flying Crosses, six Oak
Leaf Clusters, a Presidential Unit
Citation and ten bronze battle
stars.
sors to the dance. This will not
be the rule this year, since a ma
jority of the ROTC cadet officers
are married veterans.
Foster Band.
Dancing to the music of Chuck
Foster, the couples attending the
Ball will be" treated to "the fin
est dance of the year" Hammond
said, with "every effort being
made to insure the success of the
Ball."
Tickets are on sale in the
booth in the Union and can be
obtained from representatives of
the ROTC on campus. Couples at
tending in civilian dress will be
charged $4.00 while men who
choose to wear uniforms can ob
tain the tickets for $3.00. Cere
monies will begin at 8:30 and the
actual dance starts at 9:00 p. m.
in the coliseum.
Federalists Group
Discusses World
Government Plans
Student Federalists will hold
a meeting Thursday evening at
7 p. m. in the Faculty Lounge in
the Union.
Main topic for discussions will
be "Projects for World Govern
ment," which will present in a
brief survey form projects that
have been put forth as planst to
make the ideal of world govern
ment an existing political fact.
This topic has been designed
and prepared to provide a basic
understanding of the theories as
presented by such men as Clar
ence Streit, Emery Reeves, Eli
Culbertson, and Grenville Clark.
All interested students and fac
ulty members may attend these
meetings and take part in the dis
cussions that follow the presenta
tion of the topic. Special sheets
of possible reading and reference
material for these discussions is
being mimeographed for those who
are interested.
Dent Prof Heads
Postgrad Course
Dr. R. L. Ireland, professor of
pedodontics in the College of Den
tistry, leaves Friday for Little
Rock, Arkansas, where he will
conduct a one-day postgraduate
course in pedodontics for members
of the Arkansas State Dental Association,
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Theater Will
Produce Two
Plays Tonite
Bringing two one-act dramas to
the boards of the studio theater,
the Experimental Theater will
present its fourth production of
the year tonight at 7:15 in the
Temple.
"Gloria Mundi," directed by
Dorothea Duxbury, takes place in
a reception room of an insane
asylum, and relates the strange
happenings experienced by the
new nurse who has just arrived
at the institution.
Included in the cast are Ger
trude Cloidt as Miss Jebb, a nurse;
Norm Leger as Robert Cartwell, a
doctor; Lorma Bullock as Virginia
Blake, the new nurse; Mercedes
James, Mrs. Farnsworth; Jim
Welch, Mr. Lloyd; and Gladys
Jackson, Miss Dunn.
Intense Drama.
Eugene O'Neill's "He" is set in
the captain's cabin on board the
whaling ship Atlantic Queen in
the year of 1895. An intense
drama, "He" resolves the conflict
between Captain Keeney who is
doggedly determined to remain in
the Arctic area until he has ob
tained his usual quota of ile, and
his wife and crew members, tired
of the two year icebound voyage,
who long to return home.
Navy Initiates
New Program
Of Enrollment
A new method of enrollment
for the Naval Officers Training
program and Naval Aviation Col
lege program was announced
Wednesday by Capt. Mitchell D.
Mathews, professor of Naval Sci
ence at the University of Ne
braska. Under the new program for en
rollment, all college students be
tween the ages of 17 and 21 years
on July 1, 1947, are eligible re
gardless of their class in college.
College upperclassmen who en
roll in either of the programs
will be given four years more
of college, including graduate
work. Captain Matthews ex
plained, "Many students at the
University of Nebraska have asked
about their possibilities of enter
ing one of the two naval college
training programs."
Notice to Veterans
Veterans with limited en
titlement under Public Lav
346 (Tha tl. I. Bill) may con
serve their entitlement time by
requesting a termination for
the Christmas recess. Such
termination would save two
weeks of entitlement time. It
should be pointed out, how
ever, that any veteran who re
quests such termination will
receive no subsistence during
that period.
Forms for requesting ter
mination may be obtained in
the office of the Veterans Con
sultation Board, 101 Mechanic
Arts Hall and must be filled
out before Saturday noon, De
cember 21, 1946.
J. B. Colbert, Director
Veterans Consultation Board.
Coeds vote today to select the eight most Eligible
Bachelors on the campus from a field of 22 candidates. The
winners will be presented at the annual Mortar Board Ball on
Friday, December 13, in the coliseum.
Polls will be open in Ellen
YW Okays
Constitution
Alterations
In a recent all -membership
meeting of the YWCA, constitu
tional changes were approved by
100 members. The meeting was
conducted by Shirley Hinds,
president, and Jo Moyer, consti
tution revision chairman, proposed
the changes.
The first of these changes or
amendments makes the voting re
quirements more strict than they
formerly were. In order to vote,
a member must accept the pur
pose of the YWCA, pay the mem
bership fee, and be at four meet
ings of a commission group dur
ing the semester previous to the
election. These changes were
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The Stardreamers . . . Fcantred with top-ranking: Charlie Spivak's
orchestra which plays for the Mortar Board Ball on Friday, De
cember 13 in the coliseum.
Charlie Spivak and his band,
which will play for this year's
Mortar Board Ball on Friday, Dec.
13, will display one of the finest
sweet band organizations in the
country.
Spivak and his crew have, for
years, ranked among the nation's
top groups, as far as sweet and
slow, danceable music is con
cerned, according to the Down
beat polls. -Charlie's sweetest
trumpet in the world certainly is
deserving of the recognition it has
gained, and only through long and
arduous work has he climbed to
the tops of the ladder of success,
gained, and only through long and
the late Glenn Miller played as
sideme in the orchestra of the
Dorsey Brothers. It was here that
they formed a lasting friendship
which was broken only by Miller's
death in the English channel.
Risen to Fame.
Among the stars who have
risen to fame through the medium
of Spivak's band are Irene Day,
popular vocalist, and Alvin Stoller,
Smith Hall today from 9 to
12 a. m. and from 1 to 5 p. m.,
with every woman eligible to vote
in this election. On ag campus,
polls will be located in the Home
Ec building and are open from
11 a. m. to 2 p. m.
Printed ballots list the names
and a poster bearingvthe pictures
of the candidates will be set up
in Ellen. Smith hall. Women will
vote on eight of the men.
Names of the winners will be
kept secret until the night of the
Ball, when the Eligible Bachelors
will make their appearance at in
termission. List.
The list of candidates is as fol
lows: John Adams; Bruce Allen;
Dwight Baier; Richard Coyne;
Jerry Gardner; Jack Hill; Dwight
Johnson; Robert Keller; George
Miller; Gerald Moore; Bill Palmer;
Robert Rauner; Charles Scheinost;
Duke Shumow; Elmer Sprague;
Bryne Swiggart; Norbert Tieman;
Bill Vlcek; Niels Wooder; Fritz
Wolf; Jack Young; and Kenny
Younger.
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presently playing drums for the
Tommy Dorsey orchestra, which
recently visited Lincoln.
Spivak has lately added a vocal
combo which goes under the
name of the "Stardreamers" to his
band, and they are rapidly gain
ing in public acclaim.
Popular Records.
Among his more popular rec
ords in the past year have been
"You Are Too Beautiful," "Just A
Little Fond Affection," and many,
many others. He has also taken
time to record such fine tunes,
which were more on the jump
side, as "Flat Feet" and one yet
to be released by RCA Victor en
titled "Even Steven."
All in all, from the playing of
his very beautiful theme "Star
dreams" at the beginning, to the
last bars of the final number,
Charlie Spivak and his orchestra
should leave the students of the
University of Nebraska as future
fans of the man who plays the
sweetest trumpet in the world.
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