Bark... Would it be permissible to mention Spring Fever again 1 I wouldn't, but I've got it. I think that probably it was de collitch kids what invented dat stuff, but sometimes it looks like faculty giet it too. Speaking of getting, if you've ever had trouble getting coke bottles open, relax. You have a: bottle-you haven't a bottle opener. Consequently you can't get it open. I know. Don't try the faucets. They won't work. I know. Don't try the knobs on the dresser drawer. They won't work. I know. Don't try the handles on the windows or the bed railing, or the door knob. They won't work. I know. But, try the knobs on the side of the dresser-up on the sides where they hold the mirror in or look pretty or something. Tlfey work. Not only the ones on the right side but the ones on the left. I know. But not knowing about the furniture in Delzell, this may apply only to girls in Eliza Morgan and surrounding territory. Speaking of territory, the campus is getting so it looks like the second chorus of the Spring Song:. Green grass, new leaves, a number of new couples roaming a r o u n d campus, and robins, cardinals and bluebirds (one was seen in Prexy's yard Saturday-he must have pull!!). Speaking of pull. Who did 7 I mean, who pulled the plums out of the May ·:'n and May King election? We heard the May Queen is Jean Hoagland, Mary Stevensoni E v e 1y n Rodgers, Vada Gubser-and Betty Grable. It could be your guess is better than any of the first four. But mine because Pm not trying. I'll wait. Speaking of waiting, already people are beginning to wait for answers to applications sent out. Would-be school teachers are scanning the placement bureau Yacancies and writing application letters. Lillian Havel can probably go on record as the first to sign her signature on the contract for next year's school. Speaking of school (and of waiting) there are approxi,mately forty-three days left of school.
VOLUME XXXVIII
PERU, NEBRASKA, TUESDAY, APRIL 6, 1943
Tradition smashed; Burgess carries mail For the first time, the very first time in the whole history of the college, P. S. T .c. has a feminine mail-carrier. She's brown-haired, brown (very dark· brown) eyed, first semester freshman Margaret Burgess.
Speaking of her job, Margaret says, "I think it will be fun-after I get used to it." Eyeing the dark strap marks on the white collar of her dress; she added, "But after this I'm going to wear slacks!" Carrying the 3 o'clock and the 5 o'clock mail will give her plenty of exercise, but she isn't worried. "I'll have to eat more," was her only comment.
Although she finished her Training School work last semester, Margaret has the part of Gladys in the new Senior Class Play, "Jane Eyre." And she plans to learn her lines while she's waiting down town for the 5 o'clock mail. At the .end of her% first day, she laughingly admitted: "I was late. Didn't get to the girl's dorm until 6:30 and all the girls were waiting for me. It won't take so long when I get used to it." And she admitted, "I didn't read the postcards either." She grinned. "I didn't have time the first night."
Prep starts exchange If you've read even the ads and editorials in every magazine you own-and all those within borrowing d fstance-tote the old ones to the Magazine Exchange Department on the second floor of the Training School.
Open Monday and Thursday, the dep::i.rtment operates on the barter system. You are allowed to swap your magazines for others you can select. But be prepared to forfeit one extra magazine on each exchange to help the department accumulate a reserve supply.
V-5's called for service More P e r u v i a n s will soon be "up in the air." Six members of class V-5 of the Navy received their calls for Naval Air Corps Cadet training Monday, March 22. Members of this group, who will report at Kansas City April 6, are Dean Jones, Alvin Haack, Arlin McCandless,
Orval Rohrs, Bob
Berger and Wm. Ottersberg.
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Barn Dance replaces formal It's back to the farm for all Peruvians at the old ''Barn Dance" scheduled for Saturday, Apr.17. Students and faculty will go rustically informal at the party which replaces the traditional spring formal. The informal idea goes "all the way'' by sanctioning short skirts amd anklets and welcoming everybody, not just couples.
Red Cross results announced The Red Cross drive total has now reached $154 and the report is not yet complete.
Of this total Delzell men contributed $10.80, and girls in Eliza Morgan and Mt. Vernon halls donated $23.37. The drive was conducted by Miss Margaret Henningsen with dorm council members as solicitors.
Prof. Moore chooses ''Letters to LucerneII "Letters to Lucerne" by Fritz Rotter and Allen Vincent is the spring play chosen by Robert D. Moore, professor of dramatics. The play has been very popular in New Yor.k and is widely acclaimed by dr~matic critics. "It is a tender play about a harsh topic," claims one, while another says, "It is a human and moving drama of war."
When the play opens near Lucerne late in the summer of 1939 a group of girls are just returning to school after the recess. Under the protection of a wise and pleasant scho?lmistress they are living an idylli¢ life apart from the hatreds of t~e world. In their dormitory at night it is their custom to read alol'.id their letters from home. Wheh the w;ar breaks out Mrs. Hunter hopes to keep the school isolated from the terhble things that are happening outside. But the letters carry the bitterness in. The braggart letters the German girl receives from home turn the
school against her. Some of the news, especially from Poland, is devastating. Although the German girl is not responsible for it she is charged with the blame. Ultimately the authors manage to absolve her completely in a concluding letter that ~ beautifully v.Titten. · The cast includes nine women and four men. Preliminary announcement has been made of the play but the enthusiasm of the student body will determine its success. With the po~sibilities of a limited stage crew and inexperienced cast the demand for more student help will be necessary.
to get gas and we drive slow so we won't use too much,'' she added.
Mildred Pauline Hughes, also second soprano, comes from Van Buren, Ark. Retha Lynch, contralto, from Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, is also a music major.
Questioned about what they did with their time between tours they looked at each other and then smiled, "We have to go to school," one said meekly.
These girls are all seniors and
Marguerite Mitchem, first soprano, of Kansas City, Kans., is a music major. When asked about her music she replied, "Oh, I love music. There's real psychology in it." Rose Mae Wright, second soP!ano, is from Texicana, Texas.
en them all over Mis• ,i.lri and Kansas. Their present trip ls the longest one from home, said Miss Mii land. "We left Kansas City this .morning (Mon.) and now will go to Omaha for several engagements and then into Sout:1 Dakota."
"The ration boards art: very nice about giving us special permission I
Pay your money and take your chance-and the girl's dorm council promise you won't be disappointed.
Peruvian missing in action Lt. Keith McHugh, an aviator with the American forces in North Africa, has been reported missing in action by the war department. Lt. McHugh attended Peru 193941.
The Pawnee Chief has carried numdous letters during the past year from Lt. McHugh describing his unusual adventures in North Africa and Palestine.
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Display opens
Reproductions of p>intlngs by Russian artists will be on display in the Art Department show cases starting Tuesday, Apr. 6. The paintings date from 1700 to 1930.
Other pictures which will be on display and which Miss Norma Diddcll is trying to get more information on are those of Italy, Spain. Norway and other countries now at war.
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Rose Mae is a business major and enjoys music as a hobby. She does all the readings for the group.
Marie Milland of Kansas City, are volunteer students who are Mo., the pianist, is the leader of traveling for the Moyer-Horner the group. She directs the girls Co. of Kansas City._ When asked in their work and is head of the about traveling along. with school music department at Jackson Ccl- work they thought it is pretty diffilege. Miss Milland attended Fisk cult but fun. They enjoy their University. She has been granted two degrees from the Urnversity work from the standpoint of proof Kansas, and is now working on fessional training and experience her M. A. degree from the Uni- as 'well as pleasure. In the last three years their travels r:ive takversity of Minnesota.
You'll dance, square dance, and play games for entertainment-maybe there'll even be refreshments. The whole thing takes place in the gym.
Dorm council deans kitchen
Reporter interviews qu~rtet after Budget performance For the first time in several years Peruvians heard real negro music sung by the Jackson ,!ubilee Singers of Kansas City in the college auditorium, Monday, Mar. 29. Wearing bright cotton dresses and bandanas, they sang their first group informally; the rest of the program was formal.
Tickets will be sold before the big date and part of the admission price, in the form of war stamps, will be refunded at the door.
Mr. Charles Tote, head of the math department, drives the car and manages the trips for the group.
I Futures
Eliza Morgan's kitchen is a changed kitchen! The girls' dorm council has given it a new spring outfit-colors, red and white. Red <?il cloth covers the table tops and white and red dotted curtains are at the windows. New equipment, including cooking utensils 2nd an electric corn popper, have also been added. To keep the kitchen clean and usable, the council has worked out a demerit system whereby each girl will be demerited unless she leaves the kitchen in good order.
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Tuesday -------------April
6-YWCA, YMCA ------------------7-8
Wednesday ----------April
7-Hour Dance ---------------6:45-7:45
Thursday ____________ April
8-Freshman Clubs -----------------7·9
Monday _____________ .April 12-Early Elementary ----------------7-8 Epsilon Pi Tau ------------------7-8 Sigma Tau Delta ----------------8-9 Tuesday -------------April 13-VWCA, YMCA ------------------7-8 Wednesday __________ April 14-Gamma Chi ---------------------7-8 Thursday ____________ April 15-Freshman Clubs ----------------7-9 Monday ------------~April 19-F. T. A. ------------------------8-9