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

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n U. S. BOMBERS RAID TOKYC Doolittle Heads Attack J f .s. OAr T RonZ ' Mr ' OPs t ' JSHlr 44iV t:a ' ' J ' e 8 ftVe . Gt-a aV There was unrest in occupied Europe and in Paris there were demonstrations. And the political field at UN was alive . Finally C a stormy student council meeting brought the election issues to T battle. Campus politics could soon be forgotten but any decisions between dictators as were made then could be looked upon warily. The Allies, too, had been making decisions and so early in May when General Wainwright could no longer hold Cor- regidor the US fleet went out to battle and sunk seventeen Jap battle wagons. Thus the yellow-dogs both lost and gained. Their loss was strategically as important as their gain. TTie flowers were starting to bloom when Ivy Day came and Frances Keefer was crowned May Queen. The heavy rain which drove the afternoon program to the Coliseum was the first on Ivy Day since 1 90 1 . The new Innocents hit the Coliseum floor in- stead of biting the dust when they were tackled — but one can ' t change the weather! The class of 1 944 had been through an exciting and unbe- lievable year. Pearl Harbor— Bataan— Kharkov and Wake Island were only a few of the places where history had been made. A great change had swept the campus and everyone had become conscious of the fact that the US was at war. As we started home we resolved to keep up on the news and not be caught asleep ' W again — we had learned that the US was not immune to attack. College had become more than a place to have a good time when we left for home in May, 1942. ' Dawn ' s Early Light ' Now an Hour Later INNOCENTS HIT COLI.SEIM FLOOl WHEN TAPPED •i; ' i :: oofl T nA ' C - ' T ' ' ' '

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f:t ' ' iViVt rst AEF Force linds In Iceland ii es ' f ' ° The entire Far East had flared up into a raging furnace. It didn ' t take us long to realize that we were in the throes of a great world war. The next day we rushed to the nearest radio to hear Roosevelt say that the United States had been suddenly and deliberately attacked by the naval and air power of Japan. His request for a declaration of war was answered with only one dissenting vote. Events moved so fast that an awakened American public was in a daze. Guam Taken By Japs— 100,000 Japs Attack Euzon— Roosevelt Calls War Council— Churchill in Washington —with these headlines in large black letters how could we feel at ease when we went home for Christmas vacation. We closed our books but kept our eyes open. We were a nation at war. We read about the Japs taking Manilla-then the dash through Malaya and the Indies. First semester exams were over and students concentrated on doing something for the war effort. In February the third draft registration caught scores of UN men. Students started to stream- AC Ij e campus events to a wartime basis. Fraternities and sorori- « t 1 ties promoted good feeling in an all Greek week. The third month of World War II looked black for the United Nations. Some of the headlines: Japs Threaten The Indies — Fall of Singapore Is Near. Despite the dark clouds, students at Ne- braska still had their fun. There was the Interfraternity Ball, the Junior-Senior Prom. One of the most perplexing situations to be combined with Jim Selzer ' s secrets about the Prom was the shortage of cokes in the Union Grill. Every day brought some- thing new, and so UN also presented something new— an opera in full costume: Cavalleria Rusticana. iMew lorK nas 4 Co Co 4 O VP ZA Al

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pS .0 i c n nrds Donate Mortar Boaras Mraska Service Flag 1,000 Planes Raid Cologne . v ' ' W z . -.e . i ' e, (arc 1.000 Planes Raid Cologne— Axis 70 Miles From Alexan- dria — Dieppe Raided By Commandoes— Marines Land On The Solomons. Throughout the summer of 1942 headlines such as these were daily occurrences. Was the United States becoming war conscious? When we came back to school m September we decided that by the end of the year UN would be able to answer affirmatively to this question. While the fall sun beat down girls donned jeans and sweat shirts — drove trucks for several hours and collected scrap and fought with the fraternity men to keep what they had collected. Jtog Instead of Homecoming decorations heaps of scrap — old car e yt bodies, boilers and sheet metal were heaped in front of frats and - sorority houses. The winners according to the weight of the scrap were the Kappas and Sammies, who were presented with sweet- heart cups the night Polly Petty was revealed as Pep Queen. We had pep for that kind of work, but where was our school spirit. Two weeks later this headline appeared in the Rag — Husker Spirit Reaches Rigor Mortis Stage: No Rally! Early in November while the British rushed through Libia, thousands of Allied troops landed in North Africa. The first great step on the way back into Europe had begun and the Germans began their retreat back to the apparent safety of their European fortress. Miracles do happen, even in this age of modern warfare! On November 1 4 after 2 1 perilous days on a raft Captain Eddie Rickenbacker was found in the Pacific. As the first year of war became a closed chapter the Allies advanced in Africa and in the Pacific while the Russians regain- ed the offensive in Russia. Ord ers Rationing to in February Husker Spirit Reaches Rigor Mortis Stage