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Vol. 49 No. 50. LINCOLN 8, NEBRASKA Friday, November 19, 1948
Prepsters Plan Final Grid Rally;
MU Captain to Present Queen
The last football rally of the
by the presentation of the first Cornhusker rally queen.
Bill Mickle, yell king, reminded students that tonight is "the
last chance for us all to get together and cheer like mad for our
fighting team."
A colorful rally is planned by the rally committee as a fitting
close to NU spirit festivities. The pep band and the victory bell
will provide music and noise as accompaniment to the rallier's
parade.
The rally will start at the Coli
seum at 7 p. m. and will proceed
to the Union steps where special
events will take place.
The pre-game celebration for
the Nebraska-Missouri game will
include speeches by Mel Sheehan,
captain of the Missouri team, and
by Junior Collopy, the captain of
the Nebraska team for the game
Saturday.
The rally queen, to be selected
by the rally committee and a fac
ulty senate committee from a list
of nominees submitted by stu
dents, will be presented by Shee
han and escorted by Mary Helen
Mallory, newly named Homecom
ing Queen.
Nominations for the title of
rally queen must be postmarked
at least midnight Thursday. They
should be sent to the Corn Cob
room in the Union, 307.
Qualifications for the honor are
single status, personality, and
true Cornhusker rally spirit.
Wilhelms, Bottom Selected
'49 Engineer Week Chairmen
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CO-CHAIRMEN Graham Jones, Engineering Executive board
president, is shown congratulating Meno Wilhelms (left) and Bob
Bottum on their selection as the 1949 Engineer's Week co-chairmen.
Engineer's Week will be held next spring.
Meno Wilhelms and Robert
Bottum have been selected as
co-chairmen of the 1949 En
gineer's Week, according to Gra
ram Jones, Engineering Execu
tive board president.
The two men were selected by
the Engineering Executive board
after a careful screening of
candidates presented by the six
engineering societies.
Top Engineering Jobs
"These men hold the top Jobs
In the Engineering college and
also the toughest jobs," Jones
said. "Last year we saw a fine
Engineer's Week which attracted
over 10,000 visitors to our cam
pus, and this year we are work
season will be climaxed tonight'
Pershing Rifles
Elect Sponsor
Vanita Brown, Arts and Sci
ences freshman from Omaha, has
been selected as sponsor of Com
pany A-2 of Pershing Rifles. She
will be present at all special Per
shing Rifle chapter functions.
Miss Brown was chosen by a
secret written vote of all Pershing
Rifle actives from seven candi
dates submitted by company mem
bers. Results of the election were
announced last Monday to the
group.
As the official sponsor of the
Nebraska Rifle chapter, the 5'2"
brunette will be hostess at group
dances and initiations. She is also
permitted to attend any Pershing
Rifle meeting.
ing for an even bigger and better
program."
"We know that all engineer
ing students will give their full
cooperation and consideration to
our new co-chairmen during the
coming year," Jones added.
Past Field Chairman
Bottum is a former Navy Pilot,
a member of A.S.M.E., and a
senior in the Mechanical En
gineering department. He was
field day chairman for Engineer's
Week last year.
Wilhelm, a senior in the Civil
member of A. S. C. E., Delta
Upsilon, "N club, and a past
president of the Mid-Continent
Conference of Student Chapters
of A. S. C. E.
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GENE
D.U. Celebrates
First 50 Years
On Campus
Delta Upsilon will begin the
celebration of the 50th anniver
sary of the Nebraska chapter Fri
day evening at the Cornhusker
hotel with a formal dinner dance.
Over 200 guests are expected to
be present.
Festivities will continue Satur
day with a pre-game buffet
luncheon and a mixer at the
house after the game. A large
block of seats has been reserved
for the football game.
The present DU house was
built in 1932. It was designed by
an active member of the chap
ter, a senior in architectural en
gineering. The house, located at
17 th and E street, was voted one
of the ten most beautiful build
ings in Lincoln.
Delta Upsilon was founded in
1834 at Williams College as a
protest against secret societies,
and the organization still remains
non-secret today. The Nebras
ka chapter received its charter
in 1898 and has been active on
the Nebraska campus since its in
ception at that time.
Hugh Wilkins, Geneva, an In
nocent in 1941, is chairman of
the alumni committtee for the
celebration. Mr. Wilkins reports
that alumni arc expected from as
far as Pennsylvania and Wash
ington for the festivities.
Turnabout Dance Planned
December 10 in Coliseum
Ace drummer man, Gene Krupa, and his orchestra have been
booked by the Mortar Boards for their traditional turnabout ball on
Dec. 10, at 9 p. m. in the Coliseum.
The M. B. ball gives coeds their chance to ask a m'an for a date.
Tradition says that the women not only do the asking, but call for
their dates and, in general, act as escorts for the evening, also sending
Ticket Holders
Ilusker students will be able
to enter the Stadium faster if
they hold ticket number five
from their activity book ready
for the ticket takers.
KRUPA
Holiday Unioiiizcr
Scheduled Tonight
Tonight is the big night set by
the Union dance committee for the
Thanksgiving Unionizer.
Riley Smith, his orchestra and
vocalist Ginny Miller will be fea
tured as the main attraction. Re
freshments and candlelight will
transform the Union ballroom in
to a pseudo night club.
Two Nebraska
In West O Six
Two university students,
Robert Bamesberger and Mel
Engelbart, were killed in a six
car collision on West O early
Thursday morning. The men
were both veterans and members
of Beta Sigma Psi.
Three Others Hurt
Three other men were hurt in
the accident. They are Arthur
Shotkoski, Ag College, whose
condition is poor; Harris Esluer,
Lincoln, fair; Arnold Nieveen,
Ag College, fair. All are at St.
Eltobeth's hospital.
The accidents occurred when a
car. driven by Robert Wolfe
stopped abruptly for en oncom
ing train. The auto immediately
behind Wolfe hit him throwing
the first car into the ditch.
Second Driver Leaves Car
The driver of the second car,
W. L. Kennedy, Huskerville, left
his machine to inspect the dam
"home-made" corsages.
Tickets for the dance will be
$3, including tax. per couple.
Spectator tickets will be 50c. A
section for spectators will be
roped off in the balcony.
Special Ticket Bargain
The opening of ticket sales will
be announced in Sunday's Daily
Nebraskan. A special and un
usual bargain has been planned
for the opening iles and will be
announced Sunday.
Krupa, who with Benny Good
man and Tommy Dorsey helped
to educate the public to the rage
of swing music back in 1934, is
today one of the leading dance
maestros in the country. Krupa,
today, is the first to say that the
era of blatant swing has gone
and that bands should be fash
ioned to suit dancers.
Krupa says that his band, on
many tunes, stresses ballad work
and harmony, the ryhthm
section blending into the melody
as much as the reeds and brass.
Eligible Bachelor Election
Another important feature of
the ball will be the presentation
of eight eligible bachelors who
will be selected by an all-coed
election to be held on Tuesday,
Nov. 30. All candidate filings
must be in today from both or
ganized houses and independents.
They should be sent to Jo Kellen
Barger, 1610 R street. Due to a
typographical error, a previous
announcement in The Daily Ne
braskan set the address as O
street instead of R.
Vels Must Notify
VA of Dependents
Student veterans who acquire
dependents or additional depend
ents while in training under the
G-I Bill should notify the Vet
erans Administration in order to
qualify for increased subsistence
allowance payments.
Notice of dependency change
should be sent to the VA regional
office in which the vet records
are kept. The notice should be
accompanied by legal evidence of
the dependency, such as certified
copies of public records of birth,
baptism or marriage.
VA officials emphasize that
subsistence payments increase as
of the date they are notified and
not retroactively to the date the
veteran actually acquired the de
pendent Students Die
Car Collision
age. At this point two other
cars pulled up to the scene of the
crash and stopped. Bamesberger
Engelbart got out of one of these
cars to survey the scene.
A fourth car driven by Donald
Reed, Lincoln, also traveling east
on "O" was unable to stop and
struck one of the parked cars.
The impact threw the Reed car
forward and caused the death of
the two students. The Reed car
then turned over in a ditch.
Sixth Car Found
When police arrived on the
scene a sixth automobile was
found over-turned near the road.
None of the spectators rememb
ered seeing the car drive up or
turn over.
The three injured men were
taken to St. Elizabeth's hospital
and Reed is being held by the
county attorney. Charges have
have not yet been preferred.
