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

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ss After three months of vacation when we spent our time oj ear A y ' tf-3, OS ■A Fat w J playing and catching up on much needed sleep we came back J to University of Nebraska as sophomores. On September 1 8 we went to our first day of classes — we looked down our noses ] at the freshmen as we watched them trying to find Bessey Hall I or the library as we had done a year ago. Despite our not do- . . ing anything during the summer we still did not care to take time v » . , ( ot« ' to glance at the newspaper headlines. When we were packing T)ei « v AjJour trunks and saying the last good-byes we didn ' t know that the , , — A| B Nazis were claiming encirclement of Leningrad. H It was almost nine months from the Rose Bowl game to Hthe day when Biff Jones called his 1941 football team into suit. Remember those players: Tall, blond Al Zikmund; short, fast Dale Bradley, and others whose names we will never forget — Athey, Metheny, Partington? Now they are taking part in a different battle. While the footballers spent their afternoons at Memorial Stadium other NU students were settling down to their books or coking in the Crib with their friends. Mrs. Verna H. Boyles took over the reins as dean of women and other new pro- fessors were welcomed. Everything looked the same in Lincoln, on the world stage the USA was gradually moving into the spot- light of war. Early in October the Nazi hoards were only fifty miles from g Moscow. At sea the U-boat warfare was an American problem Toi J — two destroyers were sunk and our supply route to Russia was Toj threatened. In the Far East the political pot was nearly boiling over. Militaristic yellow dog Tojo became Jap premier, and on Oct Armistice day Churchill warned, The rest of the globe will soon - a »- A T o etK tb e m me war. Q v?? o 2 4 . ' ( y ' T ' f jv « Churchill . . . t ' ep -yATj, Won

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vf Gt P V pc .V) vC BIFF JONES TO LEAVE UN FOR ARMY 0 Class of ' 44 Sees Ivy Day; Dream of Future Years BOMBS AND BLOSSOMS jr, FOR ENGLISHMEN S Lt THIS SPRING l P. fii««o Confident 0 Of Italian Victory Against Greeks 10. 000 s, omb ' P v April— that meant the first signs of spring. We went to our first Triad party, picnicked at Penn Woods and Phi Psi gulch; yes, it was spring all over the world and in Europe the Axis was on the march. Germany had sped through the Balkans and was then beating Greece into submission. As the corrupt Nazi minds planned new thrusts of military conquests, five-hundred Nebraska students were recognized as outstanding students in a democratic institution of free learning. One couldn ' t help but feel proud that we were able to continue our education. One more Nebraska tradition was still a mystery to the class of 1944, but on May 1 we saw Ivy Day. We heard the songs, saw the Ivy and Daisy chains, the planting of the ivy and the crowning of May Queen Jean Simmons surrounded by her court, which included Lois Christie and Jean Cowden. We saw the Mortar Boards masked and the Innocents tapped, and maybe some of us wondered if we could ever be one of the ' mighty. ' After having seen Ivy Day we became quite confident, now we knew about all Nebraska ' s traditions and the Cornhusker spirit, and we could come back in the fall to tell other freshmen about the mysteries of college life. We had learned more than a year ' s knowledge in a short nine months, all of which passed almost too fast for us to appreciate. But we were sophomores by then!! Hull .... World ( ' .ooperation Means Security

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WAR n TTiat warning didn ' t seem to reach our ears here in the Mid- dle-west. We went on as usual. We laughed at ' Butterball ' Newman in the Delta Gamma beauty bar — we saw Becky Wait reign as Nebraska Sweetheart— all of this was part of Kosmet Klub. (If we had been told that this would be the last fraternity and sorority show or that Kosmet Klub would be abandoned in April 1943, we wouldn ' t have believed them.) All good Ne- braskans were still football fans— remember how everyone yelled until he was hoarse when the Pittsburgh Panthers beat UN 14-7 in the last fifteen seconds — Nebraska couldn ' t hold at the five yard that day— but around the world an entire nation, yes Russia, was holding that line as they attempted a double Dunkerque in the Crimea. ■Es.s£, November went by — and the campus wondered who would be honorary colonel. What kind of a corsage would John, Dick oco or Tom send? On December 5 five-hundred couples danced to the music of Gus Arnheim ' s orchestra — the coeds glittered in their new formals as they circled the Coliseum floor. Reigning over all was DG Harriett Talbot. Thus another tradition was carried out in full pomp and ceremony. It was the Sunday after the Military Ball — some people went to church; others slept. Some of us were eating dinner and others were listening to Sammy Kaye when the fantastic an- nouncement was made- PEARL ' HARBOR ATTACKED! — American Men Killed! — flashed the radio. In a few minutes December 7 became a date to live in infamy in the history of the US. The final chapter in our lives as a nation at peace had ended. ' ' ' rsTc ' r ' ' Uiii XL FAR EAST FLARES UP: HILIPPINES ATTACKED fiAM on ' Cir Germany, Italy Declare War