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Vol. 44, No. 66
Lincoln 8, Nebraska
Wednesday, March 7, 1945
PitTst Peace iroffeireinice
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AWGWAN STAFF Members of the staff of the campus humor
magazine which has gone to press, al'.ho the subscription drive
is still on, are: standing, Ed Robinson; sitting. Bill Miller, Phyllis
Johnson and Paula Jones.
Mortar Board
Presents Nine
Awards at Tea
Nine university coeds received
awards and recognition Sunday
afternoon at the annual Mortar
Board tea held in Ellen Smith
hall from 3 to 5 p. m. The awards
consisted of four scholarships and
five senior honors for exceptional
work in scholarship and activities.
Mortar Board scholarships of
$75 each, given to students of un
usual ability, were presented to
Helen Busacker, sophomore in
fine arts; Adline Baum, freshman,
teachers college; Elizabeth Mc
Henry, freshman in arts and sci
ences; and Mrs. Geraldine din
ger, freshman, home economics.
Senior Honors.
Senior girls honored for excep
tional work in scholarship and
activities were Barbara Stahl, arts
and science, Alpha Chi Omega,
Alpha Lambda Delta and Phi
Beta Kappa. Miss Stahl is also
an ex-member of the YWCA
cabinet and is chairman of the
university peace conference
Hazel Steam, teachers college,
president of International House
Alpha Lambda Delta, Pi Lambda
Theta. YWCA cabinet, president
of BABW and AWS board.
Charlotte HilL arts and science,
Sigma Delta Tau, Vestles of the
Lamp, 1945 Comhusker business
manager, Nebrarkan business
manager, Tassels and YWCA
board. Jean Kinme, teachers col
lege, Towne club, Delta Sigma
Rho and varsity debate. -Mar
garet Beede, arts and science, Pi
Beta Phi past president. War
Council secretary, AUF president
and Nebraska ns for Servicemen
editor.
Red Cross Drive
Limps Thru First
Days With 542
The campus A.U.F. Red Cross
drive, off to a slow start with only
$42 contributed by individuals,
was bolstered by large contnbu
tions from two organizations.
making the present total (542.
Tassels started the ball roll
fng with $300 and war council
contributed $200. The small
amount given by individual con
tributors is" due in part to the
fact that no house meetings were
held this Monday night because
of the experimental peace con
, ference, according to Margaret
Beede, A.U.F. director. j
Solicitors are urged to contact
very member of their respective
group in an effort to complete the
drive before the end of the week.!
Miss Beede stated -
Bizad Society
Selects Eight
New Members
Beta Gamma Sigma elected
seven seniors and one graduate
student in bizad college to mem
bership, it was announced Tues
day by Carl L. Nelson, secretary-
treasurer.
The national honorary scho
lastic fraternity of collegiate
schools of business selects its
members from the upper 10 per
cent -of the senior class.
Seniors are Stephen Daniel
Briggs, Nelton Gene Friesenborg,
Marion Louise Holtz. Ernest Harry
Larson, Dorothea Marguerite Le
mon, Nelda Ethel Oltman, and
Mary Ellen Stuart, Lincoln.
The graduate student is Mary
Helen Thorns, Wausa, who re
ceived her degree in January,
1945.
Nu Med Society
Gives Honorary
Key to Freshman
The Nu Med Key will be
awarded to the outstanding fresh
man pre-medical student of last
year at the Nu Med meeting in
room XY of the Union Wednes
day night.
There will be a dinner starting
at 6:15. Those planning to attend
must sign on the bulletin board
in room 308 Bessey Hall before
noon on Wednesday, according to
Grace Heins.
Dr. T. A. Alcon. sunerintendent
of the orthepedic hospital, will
show colored slides on bone and
joint surgery in children at the
close of the meeting.
University Faculty Group Discusses Financial
Condition With
Serious financial conditions at
Nebraska which are affecting the
reputation of the university as
well as the positions of faculty
members, were called to the at
tention of the legislature and
Governor Griswold Tuesday by a
committee representing the uni
versity faculty.
The situation had been former
ly presented to the Board of Re
gents and Chancellor C. S.
Boucher. At the request of the
Board of Regents a letter was sent
to all legislators by Chancellor
Boucher and John K. Sol leek, sec
retary of the board.. The letter
quoted particularly significant
pa'rts of the statement of the staff
memberf ia detail.
Rohde States
Plan of Axis
Re-education
"The proud nations of the
world have chosen this spot at
the center of the United States
for the most significant meeting
in history," stated Mrs. Ruth
Bryan Owen Rohde, university
alumna and former minister to
Denmark, at the first plenary
session of the experimeml peace
conference Monday night in the
coliseum.
After introduction by Gerry
McKinsey, vice-chairman of the
planning committee who presided
over the first part of the pro
gram, Mrs. Rohde spoke on '-Reeducation
of the Axis Countries."
Turning to her main subject,
she stated that unless the nations
of the world ratify the Dumbar
ton Oaks plan, there will be no
hope for the world. There must
be a stable world, she said, in
order to be able to prevent future
wars.
Criminals Punished.
'"We must see to it that the war
criminals are punished in such
a fashion that the people of Ger
many understand the crime and
why they are being punished,"
Mrs. Rohde went on. She advo
cated using German teachers and
educators who have fled or been
exiled from Germany to re-educate
their people. Eventually, she
said, groups of teachers from the
United States would form centers
in Germany where those who
wish may learn.
Mrs. Rohde read General Eisen
hower's orders to his troops when
they penetrated German soil. In
cluded in these orders was one
stating "no discrimination in race
(See ROHDE, pare 3.)
Qualified Women
File Applications
For May Queen
Filings for May Queen are
open today to university women
who are qualified, Jo Martz,
member of Mortar Boards, an
nounced today.
Women will file at the Stu
dent Activitives Office at the
Coliseum any time between now
and March 13.
Qualifications for May Queen
are: 0 average for entire record;
no outstanding delinquencies;
carrying 12 hours; and has at
tended the university for three
years counting the present one.
Women's election, at which
time the May Queen is chosen,
will be held on March 21.
Governor Griswold,Legislature
The board said in the letter
that the statement is worthy of
serious consideration not only by
the "Board of Regents but also by
the Governor and the legislature
and should be a matter of con
cern to all citizens of Nebraska."
Statement Submitted.
The part of the statement sub
mitted to the legislators follows:
"Moreover, the faculty tat re
cent meetings) showed itself to
toe profoundly disturbed by the
university i difficulty in retaining
good men. The faculty feels that
in the past we have lost more
than our share of good men, they
know that men we desperately
need have recently gone from us,
A scene resembling mild chaos ended the first plenary session
of the experimental peace conference Monday night at the coliseum.
Beginning with the first amendment offered, debate from the
floor did not stop until Moderator C. Petrus Peterson banged his
gavel for adjournment. Students abandoned the rules of procedure
laid down by the planning committee when the Netherlands offered
an amendment to the original amendment. As originally planned,
all amendments had to be aproved by the planning committee, but
since the committee realized the importance of the point of debate.
Interesting Art
Exhibit Draws
Record Crowd
BY DEAN WALL. '
The opening of the 55th annual
exhibition of contemporary art in
Morrill hall art galleries Sunday
was witnessed by 1.153 people,
actual count. The exhibit, pres
ented by the Nebraska Art asso
ciation, has grown in size and
scope until today it is the most
outstanding of its kind between
Chicago and the west coast, ac
cording to Prof. Dwight Kirsch,
director of art.
The works this year are largely
symbolistic. Two of the canvases
in particular have the right color
contrast of abstract figures to pro
duce a feeling of awe in the gal
lery visitor. They are "Three
Towers of Paris" by Max Ernst
and "Sound of Light" by Jimmy
Ernst. Another featured canvas
of a slightly different nature
presents tangible forms in an ab
stract composition. The lumini
scence of the picture aids in pre
senting a scene of warring Eu
rope. It is called "Les Filles de
Feu" and was done by Eugene
Bermein.
Shows Tamil y Group.'
Another conspicuous work is
"Family Group" by Walter
Haumere. The solidity and blend- Since about two-thirds of the
ing qualities of the figures express'membership in the academy is
the security and unity of a family.
Other pictures that leave a deep
impression upon the mind are
"The Magnificent Fish" by Karl 8 anead with the plans for the
Zerbe, and "Italian Landscape" sessions. Membership in the -o.-.
ck.i. ganization is open to all who are
by Ben Shahn. interested in any or all phases of
The show this vear contains a science and therefore the laymen
number
of sculpture pieces and
carvings. Notable examples are
"Snake on Arch" by Alexander
forms that wreathes back and
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forth in a truly snake-like man- chanan. dean of the graduate
ner; a bronze chrome plate head!?01 f1 ' x
h Waiter ,.., and .Prav-Pnmenta! station, Iowa State col-
by Walter Haumere; and "Pray
(See ART EXHIBIT, pare 2-)
Student Teachers
Croup Meets Today
The Student Teachers Asso
ciation of teachers college, a
newly organized group for un
dergraduate students on the
campus, will meet at 5 in the
teachers college library to
adopt a constitution and elect
officers.
or have promised to go, and they
are convinced that we are sure to
lose many more excellent men in
the near future. These men often
leave us not because they dislike
Lincoln or the state or the uni
versity, but because they see no
future for themselves here. Their
sense of discouragement can be
laid to several causes.. Some of
these are the low level of faculty
pay in general, the seeming lack
of university funds to provide a
sufficient increase in salary to re
tain good men, and the inade
quate pension allowance on re-1
tirement. We know whereof we
spoke because men who have left!
us or are leaving have told us
(See FACULTY, pare 3.) I
the amendment was allowed.
After the reading of committee
reports, Russia moved that ai
amendment to the resolutions
of committee one be adopted. Tl e
amendment substituted for Article
IV, section 3, the words "In all
cases involving punitive actio.i
(such as economic or military
sanctions) against a nation which
Viae Kivn jHiiiHcjaH an spprpsnr.
decisions nan be taken only witli
a two-thirds majority vote of the
Council and the five permanent
members voting affirmatively."
Canada Opposes.
Opposing the amendment, a
delegate from Canada argued
against the amendment as stated.
In part, the delegate declared ' i
the United States agresses in
Mexico, does anyone think thtt
the United States would vote to
stop the United States? Of
course not . . . The small nations
(See CONFERENCE, page 3.)
Science Group
Names Meeting
Dates May 4, 5
The 1945 meeting of the Ne
braska Academy of Sciences is set
for the Nebraska campus. May 4
and 5, it was announced today
by Prof. C. E. George, president
of the academy.
located in Lincoln, and since so
many national meetings have been
called off because of ODT rulings.
the executive committee deeidei
as well as trie scientists are en
couraged to taxe up memoersnips.
Tentative guest speaker for the
I H avym, , -1 1 1 hA llom i-t h. Mil
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lege, it was announced by Pro
fessor George.
Delbcrt Carlson,
'47 Ag Student,
Dies at Kearney
Delbert E. Carlson, ag college
student in class of '47", died yes
terday at the Kearney hospital
after an illness of about two
months.
Carlson, 19, had been a patient
at Mayo Brothers Clinic in
Rochester, Minn., before going to
Kearney. He has a twin sister,
Dorris, also an ag college student.
Affiliated with Sigma Phi Epsi
lon fraternity, Carlson received
the Carl R. Gray scholarship be
fore entering the university.
Funeral services will be held
Thursday at the First Methodist
church in Kearney.
C If. Patterson Gives
Book Review TimrMlay
Dr. H. C. Patterson, head of
the philosophy department,
w:M review "The Predicament
of Modern Man" by D. Elton
Trueblood Thursday at 4
o'clock in parlor X of the Stu
dent Union. This Is one of the
series of religious book rev.iews
sponsored by the Y.W.C.A.