University of Nebraska Lincoln - Cornhusker Yearbook (Lincoln, NE)

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NEBRASKAN5 In this day of strHi ' n, when our n;itit)n is needing every resource, there if no clement of our national life which is proving more worthwhile than is our educational system — especially our colleges and universities. Our schools have developed not only the technicians which are now needed, hut they have developed .ilso the leadership which is a primary requirement. No educational institution has a finer record aioiig these lines than has the University of Nebraska. In every corner of the glohe today the graduates and former students oi our great institution are making good. They are giving cf their minds and they are giving of their blood, in order th.it i ur people can continue to enjoy the blessings of life. Those who are nut able to serve so actively must rc-pect them — and surely we must suppcrt them with everything wc have. We are proud of these Cornhuskers. Let us be sure th.it when they return, tliey will be proud of us. Sincerely yours. DWKIHT i;Riswc Ln tJovernor ■ ■ II ' I ■■■■IWIIWW ' WIl

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THE CHALLENGE OF OUR TIMES This is no longer our campus. It now belongs to a college training detachment of soldiers sent here for specialized training; it hclonys to a unit of STARs sent here for processing. It belongs to members of the acti- vated ROTC stationed in the library; to fellows m the navy enlisted reserve program; to the marine reserve; to those men at Ag college who are to be sent to the farm front of America. This campus belongs to those coeds who arc in the various women ' s reserves, WAACs, WAVEs, and SPARs; and to coeds who arc spending extra-curricular time at war work, and to the Powarps, or post-war planners. When the 4,500 Cornhuskers returned sun-t.mned from summer vacation in September 1 42, there was no marked change in campus life. TIkmi tlic university ruled formals out, corsages were outmoded, dance bands were no longer to be imported, and entertainment expenses were cut to a minimum. Next our radios were tuned to news casts rather than to Glenn Miller, who had enlisted in the army. The news of Russia was read before Blondie. Students bought war stamps and bonds, stu- dents collected scrap metal, gave benefits, went over the top in the Red Cross, WSSF, and War Chest drives. Students took buses or walked to classes, dates walked to movies and dances where formerly they had used cars and gas. We laughingly wore another sweater when the houses were cut to a lower temperature during the winter. Class interests changed. Mathematics and science courses were crowded to capacity. Language and current history classes became increasing popular. We studied with .in eye to the future, knowing that what we learned today might have a real meaning tomomyw. Map read- ing, elements of navigation and military and naval his- tory were ;imong the new courses added to ?o m;iny schedules. Ill . ' ■iKprt, the c.impus Ivc.ime .1 part of the United States, a part of the world, a part of the war. We shared in the bitter victory of Stalingrad, the sus|vnse of the Libyan campaign, and the disappointment of Cas,i- blanc.i. We shared the hope of the Atlantic Charter. n.ited Auiiust 14, I ' Ml, iust this year the ( !harter came alive for us. We heard the words of freedom, and we understtxid them. We met the challenge of our limes HW ' ILVJ J I . l .i! J JA Ii l i I IUJI IPI i|