Friday, March 12, 1948
THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
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Frosh Coeds Receive Calls
Daily Thru Busy Switchboard
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WOMEN, WOMEN. EVERYWHERE! Switchboard operator Mar
vin Houtz testifies that working in the girls dorm is a job that
keeps any man busy.
BY SUSIE REED.
Sing a song of "Residence Halls
for Women" that's the tune the
switchboard operators at the
girls' dorm sings 15 hours a day.
These operators are always on
the job, chanting "Number
please," "I'm sorry, she does not
answer" and "I'm sorry, I have
no outvvire" as they take care
of the incoming and outgoing
calls.
Doris Kaufman is the main op
erator She explains that operat
ing the switchboard is really very
simple, but when some "umpteen"
calls come in at once, she has
Betty Brown are roommates. If
the buzzer in their room sounds
once, Alice knows she has a call,
since her last name precedes
Betty's in alphabetical order.
Three buzzes means that there is
a caller for her at the desk. Two
buzzes brings Betty to the phone,
and four buzzes indicate a caller
for her.
Alice is notified that she has
a call. She answers her buzzer
and rushes excitedly down the
hall to one of the dorm's 24
telephones. As she leaves her
room, she calls to her roommate
to answer another phone so that
her hands full. Assisting with ma' be to Rc't the. ca"
this complex job are part-time
operators Zada TenHulzen, who
is also cashier at the dorm. Mary
McKenzie, Marvin Houtz, Charles
Sdindt, and Dean Towle.
When a call for a dorm girl
comes in-through the switch
board, the girl is notified by a
buzzer system. Alice Adams and
News
Print
Weather.
Slightly warmer temperatures
are promised Lincoln after last
night's 14 below. Sixteen states
were hit bv the record breaking
immediately. Down at the switch
board, three lights turn on, in
dicating that there are girls at
three phones. (Alice has also
called to the girl across the hall
to pick up another phone.) The
operator sings, "Number please,"
and Alice answers by giving her
name. "One moment, please,"
says the operator, and when she
has Alice connected with her
caller, she gives the "go-ahead"
signal. The operator starts to
answer to the other two lights,
but Alice has her call, and her
friends hang up.
Out-going calls are handled
through ten trunks and wires,
which are alwavs buzzing with
business, csnecinlly at noon and
from 7 until 10:30 p. m
Operator Discourages Flirf
Thousands of other obstacles
arise dailv before the switch-
UN Librarian Doubles as Encyclopedia
Seldom Stumped by Curious Students
All
asked
Love
rooms
BY LOIS G4BAR
types of questions
are
the research librarians in
Library's four reading
who hear all questions
know all sources and find almost
all the answers! Questions are of
two types, general ones quickly
answered by obvious sources and
"search questions" that take the
trained fact-sleuth 15 minutes or
more to uncover.
One recent question asked Mr.
David O. Kelly, Social Science
Librarian, was, "What is "Pig
Alle?" The researcher promptly
described Pigalle as a street in
the worst part of Paris "where
all the service-men go!"
There are many requests for
poems suitable for speech classes.
If the author and title are
known, they can easily be found
in "Granger's Index to Poetry
and Recitations." When only the
type is given humorous, narra
tive or dialect collections of
poetry containing such types
have to be consulted. Poems are
indexed by subjects such as
"spring," "love" or "Easter."
Whither the Knife?
"When you are through eating
and lay your knife on your plate,
should the blade face toward the
user or away?" asked one stu
dent. The library's etiquette
books in Humanities answered
this and similar questions. (Inci
dentally, the knife blade should
Church News
i board operator. She has a real
cold wave. Thermometers in Iowa j problem in handling the caller.
who. when he is told that his girl
were sent plummeting to 28 be
low. Behind the Iron Curtain.
Czechoslovakia's dictator, Kle
ment Gottwald, received a unani
mous vote of confidence from the
Czech parliament Thursday. The
move followed Gottwald's an
nouncement of plans for an elab
orate state funeral for the na
tion's beloved Jan Masuryk.
Meanwhile, at Lake Success.
N. Y., U.N. Secretary - General
Trygve Lie sidestepped the de
mand that the U.N. investigate
the Red coup in Czechlovakia.
He explained the request did not
come from the Czech government.
The demand was made by the
Czech U. N. delegate.
U. S. delegate to the U. N., War
lrn Austin, expressed shock at
Masaryk's death, reported as sui
cide, and commented that "the
lights have gone out in Czechoslo
vakia." Reports cemtinue that Czech
President Eduard Benes plans to
resign.
The Candidates.
Sen. Robert A. Taft, (r., O.) ac
cused the new deal of selling out
the people of western Europe.
"It is a tragedy for the perse
cuted and hounded people behind
the iron curtain that, at Yalta, the
new dealers agreed to give Stalin
a zone of Russian influence em
bracing Berlin in Germany,
Prague in Czechoslovakia and Vi
enna in Austria," Taft said.
Republican liberal, Harold Stas
sen, opened his trek through Ne
braska last night with speeches
A Alliance and Scottsbluff.
President Truman called for an
additional $55,000,000 to tide
western Europe over until enact
ment of the European recovery
program-
has not answered her buzzer, asks
the operator what she is doing.
And the countless questions
which the operator is called upon
to answer. "Fomolody said you
buzzed me? Did I have a call?
How long ago? Was it a man?"
Besides taking enre of calls
and callers, theh girl at the
switchboard keeps room keys,
sorts mail and hands it out,
cashes checks, and pees that room
and board is paid. When a caller
hears a pleasant "Residence Halls
for Women," he knows he is
speaking to a girl who at the
same time may be taking ten
other calls, handing out m.iil.
answering questions, and dis
couraging a flirtatious caller.
Baptist
There will be a square dance
at the Baptist Student house to
night at 7:45.
Sunday, March 17 the speaker
at the Student house will be Ruth
Chestem. Her subject will be
"Life in Norway" and she will
tell of her experiences there this
summer.
Lutheran
Chapel services will be held in
Room 315 of the Union at 10:45
Rev. H. Erck will continue the
Lenten series with a sermon deal
ing with Christ's fifth words from
the cross, "I Thirst." June Gast
will be accompanist.
Gamma Delta will hear a debate
on Atheism vs. Christianity, mod
erated by Dr. Arthur Borchers,
alter the regular Sunday supper
held at 5:30 in the YMCA room
of the Temple building.
Tonight at 8:00 at the Lutheran
Student house Dr. A. Lugn will
show his motion pictures on the
subject of Geology.
Lutheran students from the city
campus will meet at 5 p. m. Sun
day at the First Lutheran church,
17th and A streets. Pastor Lorin
Wolff, president of Midwest Synod
U.L.C., will be the guest speaker.
Ag students will meet at 6:30
p. m. Sunday t the Student Cen
ter. Election of officers will be
held at this time.
Methodist
Cn Friendly Friday, March 12,
the group will meet at the Student
house and proceed from there to
the Tifcreth Israel synagogue.
There will be a square dance
at St. Paul church on March 19
at 7:30.
Presbyterian
The new officers of the Presby
terian house will be installed at
the Forum, 5:00, Sunday. After
installation there will be a pre
sentation of opportunities for sum
mer jobs.
A SPECIAL INVITATION
to attend two weeks of meetings with:
REV. JOE CARSON-
EVANGELIST, RECENTLY RETURNED FROM FOUR
WEEKS IN THE DUTCH WEST INDIES, FORMER
PASTOR AND RADIO MINISTER, YOU AND YOUR
FRIENDS WILL WANT TO HEAR.
MR. J. STRATTON SHUFELT-
SOLOIST. CHOIR DIRECTOR. AND CONGREGATIONAL
SONG LEADER, HAS SUNG ALL OVER AMERICA,
ENGLAND, AND EUROPE.
MAR. 14-18, 7:45 P.M.
Havelock Gospel Tabernacle
6433 HAVELOCK AVE-, LINCOLN
face the user and be in the cen
ter of the plate parallel with the
fork and the edge of the table.)
Just who the Bontak people
were -stumped the Social Studies
reading room attendant until he
thought of the National Geo
graphic Index, and discovered
that the Montoks are Philippine
head hunters. The index cata
logues magazine articles dating
from as far back as 1890. Even
a few paragraphs on Eskimo art
were traced through this index!
"Who's Who" and "Current
Biography," containing good-size,
descriptive biographies of out
standing personalities and names
in the news are used extensively
to tab people from Earl Warren,
governor of California, to Miss
Hush and the Walking Man, ac
cording to Mr. John D. Chap
man, Humanities reading room
librarian.
Form Info.
Though English instructors
would despair to hear it, ques
tions on currect form for term
papers are asked repeatedly,
Chapman says. The inquirer is
referred to Campbell's "Form
Book for Thesis Writing,"
Jonghlin's "Basic Reference
Forms" or Schmiltz's Prepar
ing the Research Paper."
Chapman, Kelley and the
other reading room librarians at
tempt to answer questions nsked
for the first or thousandth time
politely and efficiently Kelley
said, as "part of Love Library's
contribution to learning." Conse
quently, it is seldom that even
the most unusual student query
brings the reply, "Sorry, we
can't find anything on the sub
ject." Leather and Block printing
projects will be continued in the
Craft Shop during the week of
March 15-20, in order that those
who were unable to attend suf
ficient instruction to complete
their projects may do so with
out further loss of time.
Kosmet Klub workers will meet
in Room 307, Union today at
5 p. m.
Watch for the Old-Time Flicker
movie more fun than popcorn
'n peanuts, and coming up soon!
Toothings N
every college man,
should know !
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TJiiris a port. Is naturully granted poetic
license. But not in passing exams,
where it would help. Would have fared
better in 18lh century. Today horrible
fate awaits as radio jingle writer.
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