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THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
Sunday, December 15, 1 946
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Tearful Gals
Learn Truth
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Bikini A-Bomb Tests
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CmrtRy Llnroln JournHl.
The engagement and approaching marriage of Miss Patricia O'Don
nell to Louis P. Knecht of Philadelphia has been announced by her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. J. O'Donnell. Miss O'Donnell attended the
university, and Mr. Knecht is a former student of Pennsylvania
Military college.
(D&frf&ted Jiitcuian, J bind Jarf
BY TOTTIE FIDDOCK.
Friday the thirteenth and well
it may be called unlucky! After
the turnabout dance Friday, the
more fortunate girls (that is, the
ones who were smart enough to
stay at home) are the only ones
with any money.
I had my evening well planned
and my finances well budgeted.
First I went down to the blood
bank and nobly donated a pint of
my well-watered blood, for a con
sideration, of course. I was cheer
ful, in spite of the weak feeling
in my knees, for now I could
show my date, Ugguldy Smith, as
good a time with $25 as he
showed me with 25c.
Out to Dinner.
We went to dinner. He had two
T-bone steaks, three broiled lob
sters, four apple pies and six
malted milks. I had a glass of
water and one meatball.
"Oh, well," I thought benevo
ler.tly, "the poor thing probably
doesn't get much to eat over at
the Party-Poop-Out, so I'll let
him eat as much as he wants to."
At the dance, which was un
eventful for the first half hour,
we had a lovely time walking on
each others' feet. After Ugguldy
had crushed my last toe, he opolo
gized quickly, and I assured him
that it was all right, since I walked
on them, too.
Free Christmas Gifts.
Then Ugguldy wanted a picture
to commemorate the evening. I
counted my money; I could afford
it. So we had our pictures taken.
It was a darling picture. Too
darling. Ugguldy decided that he
would like one for each of his 33
brothers and sisters and one for
each of his 12 grandparents.
Nothing like getting your Christ
mas shopping done early, is there?
After the dance ended, we
found a taxi, and Ugguldy wanted
to ride around for awhile and
watch the meter tick. Every time
it jumped, he howled with de
light. Some people are so easy to
entertain.
More to Eat.
Then we roared out to the
Yum-Yum Hut where I bought
ugguiay iwo dozen yum-yums
and a cup of coffee. The water
out there is awfully good ,too.
When we finally go back to
his house, the housemother was
just turning off the porch light.
"Hey, Gert! I forgot to tell you
I'm going steady, but my girl
didn't have enough money to take
me out tonight. I knew you'd
want to go, and who am I to spoil
your good time?"
I gnashed my teeth in rage. He
waved cheerfully and I thought
of the money I had literally
stuffed him with during the eve
ning. "So long, Gert," he howled,
"I hope you had a good time,
too."
Yeah. I did,
SORED
I rolled out of my warm bed
and stumbled sleepily down to
breakfast, picking up Friday's Rag
on my way.
As I gnawed on a week old
roll and drank my bitter coffee,
I glanced over the morning s
headlines. Because I had nothing
better to do, and because I was
in no hurry to get to Spanish
class, I even read a story or two
before I found "it."
There in the last paragraph in
the report of the Mortar Board
ball it said, "Tonight has been
listed with the Dean of Women's
office as a two o'clock night."
No More Breakfast.
I pushed aside my rock of a
roll and dashed to' find my room
mate to convey the glorious news.
Together we reread the para
graph, and together we rejoiced.
"To think," I exclaimed, "I will
have an extra hour to tell Harry
goodnight. Now isn't it iust lik
the Dean to e'wt lis suph a harmv i a short
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surprise at the last minute!"
The thought of my eight o'clock
didn't bother me anymore, and
I trotted eagerly off to class
As I walked out the door, who
should be passing by but Mimi
Ann Johnson, AWS president. "Oh
Mimi Ann," I shouted cheerfully,
waving the Rag in her face. "I
think you're just wonderful, I
think the Dean is just wonder "
Belligerent Approach.
"What do you mean wearing
your pajamas to class," she in
terrupted belligerently.
"But. Mimi Ann, haven't you
read "
Finally, she listened as I told
her the glad tidings. Then she
sat down on the curb and began
to pull out her lovely yellow
curls. "It isn't true ,it isn't true,"
she cried, "It's a misprint. Con
found that newspaper, anyhow.
Of all the trouble they have
caused me and now this! I can
see it now. All day long I will
have to make glad hearts sad."
Her big blue eyes looked into
my tearfilled eyes, and she said
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miKuy, io my aear, xoi. is
only a one o'clock. I'm on my
way to club the reporter who
wrote that story.
Off she went, and off I went.
To Spanish class? On no. Back
to bed. I was glad I hadn't both
ered to dress.
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BY JERRY JACUPKE.
Those of you who are dedi
cated to the basic thoughts re
garding this lovely campus life
may possibly find this interesting,
but those that are on the elite
plane (the, oh so very social con
scious type) may find it rather
disturbing.
Bob Walters is going to Omaha
Monday to meet a plane from
California to renew an old af
fair. We wonder what Mary Lou
Peyton thinks of this for the
rumor is that they are going
steady. However .this point seems
to be debatable.
Bob Berkshire, state record
holder in the high hurdle event,
had his second date of the vear
with Peggy O'Donnell. Careful,
bob, first thing you know, you'll
be buying a present. It's too clo.se
to Christmas to start datine.
Strange Iove.
Chick "Vaughn Monroe" Ncal
was seen with a strange woman
last Thursday night. Could it
have been his secret Jove. Doris
Andrews?
The relationship between Fran
Mandula and Bejty Ketbler is
still not steady. Sing to her some
more, rran. How can she resist
that swoonderful voice?
Cletus Fisher is slightly pro
voked with the Ti i Delts. It seems
every time he goes over there
he gets kicked out. That's the
way it goes, Clet. The gals can
act that way nowadays. There's
no man shortage but remember,
boy, most houses observe the 9
o'clock rule.
We all thought that the affair
between Jeanne Wood worth and
Bob Lipps was becoming serious,
but does Jeanne know that Bob
has been phoning Nancy Glynn
quut irequently?
Rough Time.
Harry Meginnis is really mak
ing it rough on a few of the
men on the campus. He is bott
ling up two gals " -'ly, Dor
who are striving for his affec
tions. The worst part of it is,
Harry doesn't seem to show any
amount of attention either way. j Then the underside of the mush
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BY JACK HILL.
"The mushroom formed above
the ten million ton water column
and atomic smoke poured from
the bottom." This statement
marked one of the high spots In
an interview with Lt. Commdr
John L. Landreth USN, former
damage control and damage
evaluation officer of the USS
Saratoga and now associate pro
fessor of naval science at the uni
versity. .
Touring the slate while speak
ing to various organizations and
schools, the young naval officer
has related his eye-witness ex
pe'ience many times but he never
fails to become enthusiastic about
the greatest scientific experiment
man has ever conducted
Landreth, who serves as aide
to Commander W. W. Fitts, USN
and Captain M. D. Mathews, USN,
executive and commanding of
ficers of the university Naval Re
serve Officer Corps has combined
talk on national aware
ness of the necessity of an in
tegrated naval building program
with his personal views of tests
Able and Baker at Bikini.
Saratoga Stripped for Action.
He said the Saratoga, "The
Grand Old Lady" of the fleet, ar
rived at the Pacific atoll on June
1 after four months of prepara
tion The old aircraft carrier had
l)een stripped of all valuable
equipment not required for the
tests and her exact condition had
been recorded in order to judge
the changes which would take
place when the first bomb was
detonated.
Putting the ship in normal bat
tle condition, the "last minute
evacuation team" of 11 men lived
on the flight deck of the Saratoga
until the morning of the actual
test The team, which was led by
Landreth, was removed to ;
transport which cruised approxi
mately 14 miles from the island
so that the ships lay out of sight
below the horizon.
Momentous Explosion
In a vivid description of the
atomic flash; Landreth said, "As
the seconds ticked away, I felt my
pulse grow faster and then sud
denly we could perceive the flash,
even through the protection. A
few seconds later we received the
order to uncover our eyes and face
the test area. It was a great disap
pointment for instead of seeing
this momentous thing, we at first
a i-uua a imie aarKer man the
others in the direction of the
ships."
Landreth continued, 'Soon, how
ever, the atomic column began to
protrude from the cloud, and
fill.. I . ....
iiiian.y inu musnroom lormed like
a great ball of whipped cream.
It's a cinch we don't
As I turned to leave he called, othy Borgens and Phee Moillock,
women,
know.
Jo Ackerman seems to be pon
dering over this steady deal with
DU Goodwin. Latest reports are
that she's afraid to sit down and
think it over for fear of chang
ing her mind. Heavens, gal, you
should understand your own emo
tions. Phi Gam's Sign Out.
The Phi Gams lived up to the
turnabout affair in magnificent
style. All the boys were required
to sign out for one o'clock nipht
before leaving for the Ball. Two
will get you ten that they all
didn't make the deadline. How
about that, Bud Johnson???
Now that football season has
terminated ,it seems that a few
of the boys ar looking lor some
thing to do with their spare time.
So what has happened! Jim
Thomson, Carl Samuclson, and
Dick Hutton are all getting mar
ried in the near future. Keith
Manning rushed things a little
and announced his "marriage to
Pat Fowler at the Ball Friday
night. Those who desire such a
status should latch on to a foot
ball player for they seem to be
logical prospects to get your hooks
into at present. Tom Novak, for
one, has no attachments yet. He
frequents the Chermot ballroom
in Omaha every Saturday night
alone. There's a tip to inter
ested parties. ,
Hugh Merymee (the devil)
made poor Joyce Newman pick
him up for their date Friday night
at one of the downtown beer par
lors. After a whirlwind romance
that began several weeks ago,
Howie Mengshol and Nell Scott
have decided to restrict their
dates to each other.
liant red from the intense heat."
Preparations for Return.
When the clouds had cleared
away from the lagoon, the trans
port began preparations for re
turn The crew, guided by a 'gei
ger counter man,' returned to the
Saratoga and found the ship only
slightly damaged. Commander
Landreth explained that the ship
had been anchored on the edge of
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the target area in order to save it
for the second test.
The period between tests Able
and Baker was a busy one, Lan
dreth said, with civilian scien
tists directing the naval force in
the installation of more special
equipment and his personal duties
of filling out 20 test reports
amounting to 6000 forms.
Only slight changes were made
in the procedure for the Baker
test which was to be underwater.
Anchoring about six miles from
the test site, Landreth reported
the appearance of "the huge water
column."
When clear visibility was once
again possible, the Saratoga could
be seen to be afloat but badly
damaged. An attempt at towing
her to shore was made, but the
radio-activity was too great and
she sank at 4 p.m. Landreth con
cluded the interview by saying,
"We suspected that she was proud
to have survived the worst the
Japanese had to offer and that
she could now dedicate her life to
the future."
Reports the Daily Californian,
"We call this a new approach.
Seems a girl received word f at
she had a caller, but didn't rec
ognize the name when it was told
her. With great curiosity she
went to greet the man but still
didn't recognize him. What's
more, he looked a bit puzzled
himself. Then he explained that
he had found her name in his
wallet and assumed that he must
know her. In a year or two they'll
probably be married. .
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