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THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
Thursday, November 29, 1951
Traditional YW Hanging Of Greens
To Open Christmas Season Tonight
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GATHERING THE GREENS . . . YWCA members rather pine branches for the traditional
"Hanging of tho Greens" ceremony at Ellen SmJth hall. The program will usher in the Christmas
season. Pictured are (1. to r.) Sara Devoe, Jan Fullerton,
Sue Porter. (Daily Nebraskan Photo.)
Louise Asmus, Delores Lovegrove and
Old English minstrels, a new
feature in the traditional Y.W.C.A.
Hanging of the Greens, will help
open the 1951 holiday season
Thursday at 7 p.m. in Ellen Smith
hall.
The minstrels, Gayle Roxberg
and, . Sheila Brown, will wander
from room to room during the
evening playing violins.
" Main portions of the program,
however, will be the hanging of
evergreen boughs around the bal
cony of the -main room and the
decorating of. a 12-foot Christmas
tree.
The dining room, the worship
room and the offices of Miss Mar
jorie Johnston and Miss Helen
Snyder will also be decorated.
The evening's program will con
sist of a piano solo by Janice Ful
lerton, a Christmas reading by
Christine Phillips and a vocal solo
by Rose Mary Castner.
Wehmer Meets With Engineers
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UNIVERSITY ALUMNUS . . . Fred Wehmer (center), develop
mental engineer for the Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing
company, spoke to University engineering students at a convoca
tion at the Stuart theater Wednesday morning. He is shown as be
was greeted by George Cobel, (I.) president of Sigma Tau, spon
soring organization, and Winfred Zacharias, (r) chairman of the
group's fourth convocation. Sigma Taus presented Wehmer a
golden pyramid as a symbol of stability in engineering. (Courtesy
Lincoln Journal.)
Union Schedules Dancing,
Chess, Movie Programs
Are you a chess fiend, football
fan, old-time movie lover, or
dancing enthusiast? The Union
schedule has room for you.
From 9 to 12 p.m., Friday the
Union will hold its last dance of
the fall schedule. Bill Alber's
combo will furnish music with en
tertainment at 10:30 p.m. The cost
is 44 cents.
Nebraska's football fans will
enjoy the last Pigskin Party of
tbe year Saturday afternoon
with a play by play description
of the Miami game.
The Union will also be the site
of a "Boots and Saddles" square
dancs at 9 p.m., Saturday in the
baliroom. Ed and Lois Weaver
will call the dances, and a square
dance combo will play.
Sunday evening is "Flicker
Night" at the Union. At 7:30 "A
Charlie Chaplin Festival" a silent
movie with titles will be shown
Bob LaShelle will play the organ
during the show.
starting Wednesday from 4 to
6 p.m., Dick Keely will teach
all comers to play chess,
Keely will lecture on the game
from 4 to 5, and 5 to 6 there will
be individual Instruction and assistance..
Lessons will be held at the
Union in Room 313 and will last
for 6 weeks. At the end of the
course chess players will form a
chess club. A chess tournament
will also be held with Big Seven
schools at the same time as bridge
tournaments.
Hanging of the Greens commit
tee includes Jane Jackson, gen
eral chairman; Loio Miller, re
freshments; Jackie Ullstrom, pub
licity; Marilyn Housel, decora
tions; Jean Davis, program; and
Judy Morgan, invitations.
Fifty-six years
going strong!
That's how many year the Mili
tary Ball has been presented at
Nebraska. Judging from the en
thusiasm that greets this yearly
formal season opener, it would
seem that age only increases its
popularity.
The idea of a Military ball
was first conceived back in 1893,
when the school paper, then
called the "Hesperian," pro
posed the idea of a military
dance saying that it "would
furnish a landmark for the
cadets to remember their mili
tary work." i
The idea was; well received by
all, including the military men. In
1895, the first Military Ball was
inaugurated into the social scene.
At that time, it was sponsored by
Company B, then considered tne
"crack outfit" of the corps.
f During the early 1900's, the
dance was strictly a military de
partment affair. The dance created
very little campus interest; made
no presentations; and had no sur
prises that would create campus
interest.
Military balls of yesterday
were like the balls of today
in only one respect: the grand
march. However, even then the
grand march Was different be
cause the regiment colonel and
his best girl, not the Honorary
Commandant, led the march.
The officers finally got tired of
watching the colonel's lady
monopolize the grand march;
thus the idea of presenting a
coed as Honorary Colonel was
born in 1922. The first coed to
have the honor bestowed upon
her was Pearl Lucille Swanson.
Thereafter, the Honorary
Colonel was chosen at a fall
election and an air of mystery
was added to the voting: the
Colonel's identity was revealed at
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REIGNING ROYALTY . . . Eileen Diereg was presented as Honor
ary commandant at the 1951 Military Ball. Her successor will be
revealed at this year's ball, Dec. 7. Navy, army and air force cadet
officers select the finalist from a field of seven' candidates.
the night of the ball itself. This
procedure has been followed with
the exception of a three year
period between '25 to '28 when the
Miami Migration A Week Premature;
Reason: Arnold Society, Not Foobtall
Going to Miami is a good deal
even when Nebraska isn't playing
bootball there.
That was the opinion of Phil
Alberts, junior and Jim Downey,
senior, both of whom migrated to
Miami during Thanksgiving va
cation. Their migratory reasons
were not that of football, how
ever, Downey and Alberts were
the two University Arnold Society
representatives chosen to attend
the national Arnold Society con
vention in Miami.
Unlike most migrators, both
Downey and Alberts had all
expenses paid by the Arnold
Society. This included travel,
banquet and hotel expenses.
Downey and Alberts were
flown via an air force C-47
plane. Their traveling com
panions included approximately
18 other representatives from
the west and midwest.
Though they spent their
Thanksfiving away from home,
Alberts stated that they received
Ag Students To Decorate
Union Tree At Cabaret
Students attending this week's
Saturday Night Cabaret in the
Ag Union will get a chance to
decorate the Ag Union's Christmas
tree, according to Mary Lou Huse,
Ag Union activities director.
a Thanksgiving dinner "with
the trimmings" at the Scott
Force base, Bellville, 111.
'US Suicide'
WARNS ON ATOMIC RACE . . .
Rep. Henry Jackson, Washington,
warns that intelligence reports re
veal that Russia Is making an all
out effort to surpass the V. S. in
atomic weapons. He says it will
be "national suicide" for the U.S.
to faU behind.
all I Alberts said that the conven-
Air tion itself included representatives
from Arnold Society chapters all
over the United States. He added
that Arnold Society is one of the
largest military honoraries in the
country. He commented that even
though the society now has over
100 different chapters existing to
day, their goal is to have a chapter
at each college and university
that features military training.
The setting ror the convention
business meetings was the Uni
versity of Miami in Coral
Gables. Alberts said that some
of the important items discussed
included west and midwest area
squad division and the standard
of insignia. He commented that
even with the time consuming
meetings, he and Downey found
time to sight-see and swim
outdoors. "One of the highlights of the
convention," Alberts commented,
"was the main banquet." "He ex
plained that at the banquet the
Arnold Society Honorary Colonel
and her "court" were presented.
Both Alberts and Downey are
giving convention reports at the
Arnold Society meeting 7:30 Tues
day, Dec. 4 in the masn lounge of
the Military and Naval Science
building. All AROTC men are in
vited to attend.
winning candidate's name was re
vealed immediately following the
election.
The Military Ball has not
always been held in the
Coliseum. It wasn't until 1926
that this innovation was put
into effect. Even with the dance
In the Coliseum, only ISO
couples attended. In 1930, to add
incentive, the military depart
ment engaged a big name band
for the occasion.
Many ingenious methods have
been used in presenting the
Honorary Colonel. In 1939, simu
lated machine gun fire cut away
the door of the stage revealing
the Honorary Colonel. A sign then
fell from the ceiling bearing her
name. In 1946, the Honorary
Colonel slowly descended from
above in a golden parachute to
the amazement of some 5,000
spectators.
Another year, a ramp was
silhoueted against a lighted in
set and the honored lady ap
peared through the doorway of
a minature castle which repre
sented the engineers corps.
When the Tirmy and navy uni
fied, Honorary Colonel became
Honorary Commandant.
Last year,' the stage curtains
opened revealing a landing barge.
As the front of the barge dropped
down, Eileen Derieg was pre
sented as the 1950-51 Honorary
Commandant.
A new insignia was adopted for
the Honorary Commandant last
year. The insignia, which is worn
on the Commandant's hat, repre
sents the three divisions of the
United States military service. The
air force is represented by wings;
the navy, by the anchor, and the
army by three triangles.
The 1951-52 Honorary Com
mandant will be chosen from
seven finalists. They are Dee
Irwin, Jackie Sorenson, Carole
DeWitt, Jackie Hoss, Joan Raun,
Nancy Button and Jayne Wade.
If time is the. test for success,
the military department has been
passing the test with flying colors
for the past 56 years and have
been improving every year.
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NU Alumnus
Uses Football
Play In Korea
Lt. Robert E. Cooper, formerly
substitute quarterback on the
University's 1940 Rose Bowl team
snd now with the Fifth Regi
mental Combat Team in Korea,
used an old football play to break
up a Chinese attack on his com-
...The play called for the fullback
Hamming through the middle of
the line while the ends, running
iJe to the left and right, served
riecovs. In duDlicatine the play,
Cooper called for supporting fire
from two flanking companies and
sent two platoons through the
center of the Chinese lines.
Liter Cooper explained, "Don't
fr!l me there's a lot of difference
between football and combat. The
only difference is that this game
wss more important man any i
played at the University of Ne
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Tsckvard' Dance
"Backward" is the theme of the
j Union dance Friday night from
S to 11 p.m. in the College Ac
tivities tuilding . '
Decorations will follow a back
ward style and students should
v.c r their clothes backwards, ac
cruing to Wayne White, chairman
of the Ag Union dance committee.
V. fiite added that those attend
1 -r would enter the Ag Union by
, e back door.
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