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

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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

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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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6 O H Cupid At Work During Vacation; Diamonds Sparkle s. ' VV O World events still couldn ' t black out the campus spotlight — and among the many headlines on which it shone were — UN Cadets Overthrow Tradition: Ann Craft Honorary Colonel — Collegiate Who ' s Who Includes 20 UN Students— Myrledene Buller Chosen Sweetheart, Harold Hunt, Prince Kosmet. Winter fell in Nebraska and we donned snow suits and boots to walk from class to class. With the thought of Christmas vaca- tion predominating we still couldn ' t let ourselves forget about the war. During December there was a test blackout in the Seventh Corps Area — and with the blackout a rush for dates that evening at UN. During vacation Cupid was hard at work and when school resumed many romances had been sealed with diamonds. An after Christmas treat was the War show, Red, Hot and Blue, put on by conscientious members of war council. Later in January two of UN women ' s organizations held elections — YW heads were chosen, Alpha Chi Jane Dalthorp, prexy and KKG Betty Hohf, vice-president. The buy this — subsribe to that — Tassels took time out to choose Lila Howell, KAT and Nancy Ray- mond, DG as their leaders. A great surprise was revealed to the world January 26 — Roosevelt, Churchill, DeGaulle and Giraud had met at Casablanca. Elxam week arrived again — we all got out our books — got even less hours of sleep and made one last stand against one course or another. Then we needed a rest but we didn ' t get it. We started back to school immediately. Ann Oaft Presrntod to (ladc ' ts 0. ,-. o. - %; « ' Gasoline On Ration