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

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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

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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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BERLIN WRECKED Bt ' o j t:ti October, and one ' s thoughts turned towards Homecoming. Although the game was played in pouring rain, the excitement of the Homecoming game, with victory for UN, couldn ' t be damp- ened. Peggy Larson was presented as Pep Queen, to the khaki X clad fellows cind their dates in the Union ballroom. ROTC boys who started to UN as freshmen three years ago, but left for basic training at the end of last year, returned to school in October while awaiting their call to OCS. Seventeen senior activity wo- men and Innocent Bob Henderson were named to Who ' s Who of AmericanColleges. ff M. n f{ oc , -- •:r o 9bC As winter began to fall the battles in Europe increased in , s . furor. The Russians continued their surging offensive, recapturing c V I Kiev, and gradually pushing the Nazis back to where they had at- tacked Russia in the summer of 1 94 1 . Allied air power in Eng- land grew each week and almost daily huge flights of Allied bombers pounded Berlin and ind ustrial targets in other parts of Germany. In the Pacific war a new push to seize islands in the outer ring of the Japane se island empire got under way. After bloody battles lasting for three continuous days the Americans capturedthe Gilbert Islands. As we went to classes, dated the soldiers stationed in the Love Library or merely stayed home and played with the girls we found time to read the headlines which were as follows: Berlin in Grip of Fiery Death, Winter Line Cracked In Italy, Tommy Harmon Found Safe in China. Army boys showed they had an eye for beauty when they picked Delta Gamma Kay Detweiler as AST Sweetheart. x ' ?- -. Q,, Oil ARMY RUNS RAILROADS A; WKBH taB H $5,000 GIVEN