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

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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

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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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iRC CALL BEGINS ot-—-.-.. As Valentine ' s Day drew near we went to the Opera Robin Hood. A few of the headlines affecting the people at home during February were as follows: Food Rationing To Start In March — FDR Asks 108 Billions For Budget — Shoe Rationing. This last one came as a surprise but according to a campus survey some Nebraska girls don ' t have to worry — in one sorority house there were 750 shoes for 33 girls! Overseas in February — the Armed forces of the United Nations were marching ahead and Hitler ' s Europe felt the weight of bombs as they rained on France, Italy and in the industrial area of Germany itself. It was in Feb- ruary that the Yanks completed capture of Guadalcanal and also advanced in Tunisia. The war influenced the earlier occurrence of campus events. The Innocents tapped the men of the class of ' 44 at the Junior- Senior Prom, followed by the tapping of Virginia McCulla as Prom girl. The new Innocents were headed by Phi Psi Bill Thomburg. Because of the indefinite state of things Student Council abolished Spring elections. March turned out to be the most exciting month of the ' 42- ' 43 school year. At school we received a sudden jolt when we saw the Army Enlisted Reserve leave for the service. Before leaving they were honored at a special convocation where form- er Senator George Norris expressed the hope that this time the peace to come would be a just one. Amidst the excitement on the campus the war was progressing rapidly on the battlefronts. Russia was still on the offensive although they had again lost Kharkov to the Germans while the RAF were again blasting Berlin. Tilings happened with amazing rapidity on the campus. tfQ A. f. o ,. » . ' o ' «» ., steak? 8 Points a Pound i o ' % % Sj % ' ' Alpha Chi, Pi Phi Skits Win; Helen Johnson Presented