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YW, YM to Begin MeoanIbeirsGiiDip rive Barbara Speer, university "YWCA president, and Don Crowe, university YMCA presi dent, announced Saturday that the joint YW-YM membership drive will open Monday, Sept. 20, under the direction of Wan da Young tnd Al Short. Between Sept. 20 and 29 pros pective members will be con tacted personally and thru or ganized groups. Women may also join in the YW office in El Jen Smith hall.and men may sign up in the YM rooms in the Temple. Dues for each organiza tion are one dollar. YW Drive for Uppcrclassmen Only. Miss Young stated that the YW drive is for upperclasswomen only, freshmen joining after the first six weeks. Both freshmen and upperclassmen can join the YM at this time. A stag party and reception will be the main event of the YM drive. Features of the program, to he beld Wednesday, Sept. 22, at 7:30 p. m. in the lounge of the Temple building, will be a magi cian, stunts, explanation of the YM commission groups, and re freshments. YW to Hold Rendezvous. Highlighting the YW drive will be the rendezvous to be held in Ellen Smith hall, Thursday, Sept. 23, between 3 and 5 p. m. The cabinet will entertain and inform prospective members and help them in the choice of committees University Chorus Tryouts Scheduled to Open Monday Student warblers have a chance to put their talent to good use. Six hundred positions are open on the two campus singing groups, the University Singers and the University Chorus. The Univensty Chorus is open to all students, while the Univer sity Singers are chosen by tryout. These two groups, with approx imately six hundred members, present The Messiah, a musical program which has become one of the recognized campus tradi tions. With guest soloists, who are recognized artists, the combined Advanced Quota Doubled in ROTC A staff of ten officers and 13 enlisted men will conduct the training of nearly 1,800 ROTC students this year. Present enrollment figures place the number of First and second year basic students at 1,300. This number is expected to be in creased to 1,500 by the time reg istration is completed. All fresh men students who are not vet erans and have not been physcially disqualified from ROTC must enroll. Quota Doubled The advanced corps this year has had it's quota raised one percent over last year. Applica tions are still being received by the Military department for first year advanced. By Saturday 178 had signed for the junior course. Eighty-nine were elevated from the junior to the senior status this year. Applications sUU Open Applications are still open for the field forces with the ma jority of openings appearing in the Corp of Engineers and the . Ordanance. The only additional requirement necessary to qualify for either branch is that the stu dent must be working on a technical or science degree. Any freshman student not al ready signed up for ROTC is urged to do so immediately un less he has recieved a reprieve from the Military department. Corn Coba All Corn Cob workers who have not yet attended meet ings are expected to check out Cornhosker sale books at the Cornhnsker office Immediately and to attend the next Corn Cob meeting Tuesday, Sept. 23, at 5 pjn. in room 313 of the Union. ' I DON CROWE and commission groups for the coming semester. Refreshments will be served. Besides their membership drive, the Y's have other joint projects including parties, pic nics, retreats and socials. To gether they publish the "N" book and the Tiny Y. This spring they plan to back a miniature UNES CO conference which will in clude the whole campus, o The YWCA program includes over 20 commission groups and croups present this Christmas pro gram which was described by Professor David B. Foltz, associ ate professor of music, as "one of the most colorful and inspira tional musical events on campus." Chorus Open to AH Students. Those interested in the Univer sity chorus may register in one of the three city campus sections or the one ag campus section. The chorus is listed in the cataloge as Chorus 91, open to all students In fact. Professor Foltz quipped "Some students even have a good time talking The Messiah." The Univeristy Singers, under the direction of Dr. Arthur West brook, also present an annual Christmas carol program, another campus tradition of long-standing Attendance at this Christmas carol program has been so large in the past, that' two performances have always been necessary. Singers to Try Out Monday. To be eligible for the Univer sity Singers, students must try out Monday, September 20 from 2:00 p. m. to 6:00 p. m. in room 104 of the Music building located at Uth and R. Approximately 130 of the best singers will be admitted to the group. Students may have these courses added to their schedules beginning Monday, September 20. Service Group Assists U. of N. You rarely find something for nothing. But that is what you find when you look to the university chapter of Alpha Phi Omega, na tional service fraternity, for the organisation has as one of its ob jectives service to the students, faculty, university, and nation. You've seen members of Alpha Phi Omega running back and forth during registration, putting up "Keep Oii the Grass" signs, and tacking up A.U.F. posters. The thirty members of the local chapter mean business when they say "this is a service fraternity." They lend their service to many worthy causes for the purpose of the organization is "to assemble college men in the fellowship of the Scout Oath and Law, to de velop friendship, and to promote service to humanity". Any student who has experience in the Boy Scout "movement and who has an earnest desire to join the organization is welcome. Paul Gaiter, secretary, an nounced that all those interested in the organization may attend a smoker at 8:15, Thursday, Sep tember 24, in the YMCA lounge located in the Temple Building. Gaiter also announced a business meeting Thursday at 7:15 at the Y". Joint Monday committees which meet every week for study and planning. Two noon book review discus sion groups and two knitting groups are also oiiered. 1M. nans lonrnamems There are ping pong tourna ments, various intramural teams and other social events planned thruout the year by the YMCA. While the main program centers around weekly meetings, other activities including a Co-Wed club, foreign movies, all-campus forums, foreign students pro gram and a speakers bureau are also sponsored by this group. The facilities at the Temple are open to all students for reading, study ing, and recreation. Last vear s memberships in cluded 700 in the YW and 200 in the YM. Religious Choir To Reorganize In September By M. J. Melick The nationally known Lincoln Cathedral Choir, under the baton of John M. Rosborough, will take its place again this year in the ranks of fine musical entertain ment. Tryouts, which have been in progress dt ing the past week, will' continue through the month of September. Any person inter ested in choral music is eligible for an audition at the choir head quarters at 15th and U. For the last thirty years, the Choir has served as a medium for the expression of religious music of all denominations and racial groups. It is composed of university students and towns people and its membership is se lected by tryouts. Since its founding by its pres ent director, the choir has en deavored to bring a nejv type of religious music to the Middle West. Its scope, however, has ex tended far beyond its regional bounds through appearances on national networks. Choir Reactivated The choir, although discontin ued during the war, was reacti vated last year and will present not only a new membership but several other innovations. Guest conductors will be invited to pre sent their own compositions Amonc them will be Paul Chris- tensen, son of the founder of the famed St. Olafs choir. The sixty-voice group rehearses tri-weeklv and presents all its concert work a capella. An en tirely non-denominational, non nrnfit organization, its work is financed by its alumni group. Barbs To Begin Membership Drive Only organization to represent all university independent stu dents, the Independent Students Association will begin their fall program with a cabinet meeting at 5 n.m.. Monday. Sept. 20, in the Union. Ben Wall, publicity chairman, welcomes all independent stu dents to join the organization. The official membership cam paign will begin this week. All independent organizations and independent houses will be represented at Monday's cabinet meeting. After the membership campaign, members not repre sented through organizations or independent houses will be di vided into groups of twenty stu dents. Each group will send one representative to the cabinet meetings. President Bill Moore said that the purpose of the organization is "to encourage the participation of independent students in extra curricular activities; to provide suitable social activties for them; and to afford leadership oppor tunities for independent students." Kosmet Klub AH students interested in be coming Kosmet Klub workers are invited to attend a meet ing Monday, Sept. 22 at 5 p.m. in the Kosmet Klub room in the Union. Two men from each orranlzed house are eligible and any number of unaffiliated men are welcome. Vol. 49-No. 4 Lincoln, Neb. Sunday, Sept. 19, 1948 jC Explains Prrft Determent i "How does the draft affect me?" That is the question many stu dents have been unable to answer. To clear up the doubt concerning the new selective service act, the university ROTC unit issued in formation Friday on how the draft will affect college students. Any man between the ages of 18 and 25 who has not served 90 days between December 7, 1941 and September 2, 1945, or hat not served for one year between Sep tember 16, 1940 and June 24, 1948 is eligible for the draft. A student, if called during a school year, is deferred until the end of that academic year. If the student fails at the end oi the nrst semester, he is inducted then. The only alternative to the draft offered at this university is the ROTC. If a student will make cer tain agreements concerning the ROTC, he will be deferred. Freshmen Take Exam. Sometime during the first year, all freshmen will take an ROTC qualifying examination. A cer tain ouota is set up. which is Ag Publication Asks Students To First Meet All students interested in work ing on the Cornhusker Country man, Ag college publication, are invited to the first staff meeting at 7:30 p. m., Wednesday, ac cording to Phil Raynard, editor. The meeting will be in the Coun tryman office in the Ag Union. The Countryman is a magazine written and published by Ag col lege students. Printed monthly, it contains articles, cartoons, pic tures and advertising of interest to home ec and agricultural stu dents. Revived last year after the war, the Countryman has a wide cov erage on Ag campus and also has subscribers throughout the state in agricultural circles. Workers have their choice of several de partments in which they may work, including home economics and agricultural news coverage, circulation, photography and busi ness management. Cornhusker Editor Suggests New Beauty Contest Judging The following letter was sent out Thursday by Jerry Johnston, editor of the Cornhusker, to or ganized women's houses: In the past years, organiza tions entering candidates in the Cornhusker beauty queen contest have found fault with the system Permit Issuance Hits 1,750 Mark Officer Jack Brown of the cam pus police announced that ap proximately 1,750 student park ing permits have been issued to date. He stated that students have been co-operative, and issuance of permits has been orderly. Dick Schleusener, student coun cil member in charge of applica tions for parking permits, said that things have progressed smoothly on his end of the line, too. There have been few falsifi cations by students in order to gain permits, though they have had a number of problems, such as "My student ident card is get ting me a football ticket," and "My car registration is in In diana . . ." Schleusener stated that a "court of appeals" would soon be in op eration to rule on cases of student who were denied permits. Corn Cob workers and student council workers have been issuing the applications for parking permits and listening to the many prob lems. Few students have had to work over 15 minutes. Eight hundred applications were issued the first day. slightly smaller than the freshman class. In this way tne iow stu dents are eliminated. Ihose re maining may continue through their sophomore year, tsut tney must agree to take ROTC training for three more years, accept a commission, it oiierea, ana sere too years active duty, it called. Students who are sophomores now will be graded on aptitude for service, demonstrated leadership and military and academic grades. A certain quota is set up, which is slightly less than the sophomore class, for entrance into advanced training. Sophomores must aiso make the same agreements as the freshmen. Non-Veterans Must Serve. Students in the advanced cours es now who are non-veterans must also agree to serve two years if called. Any junior not now in the advanced ROTC may still apply till the end of September. Any student who has completed his advanced training but has not completed his degree may obtain up to one year of leave to complete his education. Thirty-eight Answer 'Rag' Reporter Call Jeanne Kerrigan. Daily Ne braskan editor, announced today that there are still openings for reporters on the paper. All students interested in re porting contact Norm Leger, man aging editor, at the desk in the Daily offices, Union basement. Working hours are between one and five. p. m. daily and Satur day mornings. If reporters are interested in regular news beats, they should indicate this to the managing editor. Those wishing to be members of the regular re porting staff this semester should begin work immediately, Miss Kerrigan said. Beats Next Week. Regular news beats will be as signed to reporters next week after the quality of their work See REPORTERS Page 2. of selection. This year it is the intention of the 1949 Cornhusker to have all of the judging done personally, eliminating the final judging from photographs. However, there is a catch to it. The 1949 Cornhusker cannot be expected to finance the trans portation of the judges to the U. N. campus. Judge's fees will be paid by the organizations en. tering candidates and the fee per candidate will be in the neighbor hood of $2.50 or $3.00. Whether the candidates or the sponsoring organizations pay the fee is to be decided by the organization. Please understand that this system is not final. It is up to your organization to decide whether they want the judging done by professional model agen cies who judge the candidates' photographs from the profession al and not the college viewpoint, or whether you would rather have college people from other camp uses who know college beauty. Discuss the idea with your or ganization at your earliest con venience and return your deci sion to the 1949 Cornhusker as soon as possible. Majority will rule the selection of the 1949 beauty queens.l ' Sincerely, JERRY JOHNSTON, Editor-in-Chief. Johnston also stated that this letter was sent only to houses which had candidates entered in last year's contest. Other organi zations are asked to return their decisions to the Cornhusker office.