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Vol. 45, No. 92
LINCOLN 8, NEBRASKA
Tuesday, April 23, 1945
Slate For University
Party Announced
Following a meeting of the University Party last Fri
day, acting chairman Margaret Neumann submitted the Uni
versity Party slate for publication.
In accordance with previously published aims and pur
poses of the darkhorse party, that of supporting candidates
of both parties and independent
filings, the following slate has
been drawn up.
For student council selections as
seniors-at-large: Doris Easter
brook, Betty Lou Horton, Dake
Novotny and Bill Swanson. Fur
ther election agenda is as follows,
by college representation. Biz Ad,
Jean Compton and Don Huffman;
Arts and Science, Elmer Sprague
and Joan Ackerman: Teachers,
Arlis Swanson and Mary Esther
Dunkin; Engineering, Bob Osten
berg and Harold Mozer; Fine Arts,
Joan Fankhauser; Graduate Col
lege, Fanabel Tripp and Stuart
Goldberg; Dentistry, Gordon Coo
ley. Candidates for Publications
Board are: Betty Jeanne Holcomb,
junior, and Fred Teller, senior.
Ivy Day orator, as named, is Low
ell Anderson.
Rifles Group
Reactivates
After
Laj
ise
Pershing Rifles, national honor
ary military society with head
quarters at the university, has
been reactivated, according to an
announcement made yesterday by
Major Maurice J. Reynolds, uni
versity army ROTC staff officer
and faculty adviser to the orgnni
zation. John D. Cooper, sophomore en
gineer student lrom Omaha, has
received the appointment as cadet
iiLition.il commander. Major Reyn
olds said that other officers will
be named at a later date. Mem
bership in Pershing Rifles must
be taken from college men who
ere enrolled in basic Army ROTC
and who are outstanding in drill
arid military efficiency.
Suspension of the organization
was made in 1943 because most of
its members were called into the
aimed forces at that time. In
1892 Gen. John J. Pershing, then
a lieutenant on the university
military department staff, organ
ized Pershing Rifles. Before the
war there were 31 chapters at
different colleges and universities.
I lice Giooses
Month's Best
'Daily' Siories
Jack Cre.ssman's story on Dr.
Clair Wilcox, corivo speaker has
been named by W. H. Hice, jour
nalism instructor, as the best news
story of the mowth.
Hice chose Mary Alii-e Cawood's
Prom story as second and a spring
grid story by George Miller was
rated third.
Ellie Swanson's slory on "Juno
and the Paycock" was selected as
the best feature skiry of month.
The journalism instructor's second
nod went to Marilyn Meyer and
her interview with Indian student
Rambarin Ramdn. Tom Green's
story on Dr. W. R Bailer was
chosen ai the third best feature
story.
res1
Ag Presents
'46 Goddess
Friday
Night
Presentation of the traditional
Goddess of Agriculture and her
court will be made at a semi
formal dance Friday, April 26, in
the Ag College Activities building.
The Goddess, one of 49 senior
women nominated, will be an
nounced at 10 p. m. by Arlo
Wirth, master of ceremonies. The
six runners-up in the election
will act as her attendants and
their identity wi1'. be revealed be
iore the Goddess' presentation.
Candidates.
Selection of candidates was
based on scholarship, qualities of
leadership and participation in
activities. Marianne Srb and Wil
bur Bluhm are co-chriirrr.en of
the dance which is sponsored by
the Ag Exec board. Dorothy
Stevens is in charge of publicity.
Eddie Sheffert and his orches
tra will play for the dance from
9-12 p.m. Tickets, which are
$1.50 a couple, may be obtained
from any Ag Exec board member
or at the door.
Eleanor Johnson and Lillian
Lock of the Home Ec club are
chairmen of the presentation cere
mony. StaRing and decorations
are under the supervision of Lois
Eamesberger. and Virginia Hill is
in charge of the costumes.
Dean Thompson Offers No Comment
Regarding Big Six Race
e . &
BY JACK CHESSMAN.
"No statement" is the only
word lrom Dean T. J. Thompson,
Nebraska's representative on the
Bis Six governing board, concern
ing the current raei;;l question on
Negro participation in Big Six
athletics.
Iowa Slate Athletic Council
official last week approved
Negro participation in Big Six
sports following student agitation
here and ai Kansas university
calling lor a revision of the
"gcnUen.C'i's agreement" that
bans Negroes from conference
competition.
De;.n M. D. Helser, chairman
of the Iowa State Athletic Coun
cil, said: "Iowa Slate is willing
to go along with the Big Six in
allowing Negroes 1o participate in
conference play."
A survey of student body lead
ers at Iowa Slate indicated that
studeni.s would back the stand
taker, by alhletie council mem
bers. All student leaders favored
participation.
In an open letter to Dean
Thompson from Duward R.
Crooms, executive secretary of
the Omaha Urban League com
munity center, the university
council's action was praised by
being highly significant and in
dictative of a new era of inter
racial progress.
Letter.
The contents of the letter is as
follows: "The unprecedented ac
tion by the student council in,
ipira
Traditions
Renewed
On Ivy Day
UN's traditional Ivy Day cere
monies promise a complete re
turn to pre-war tradition this
year,
felty,
45th
Day,
May
according to Leslie Glot
publicity chairman. The
annual recognition of Ivy
scheduled for Saturday,
4, will once again have a
formal
tivities.
court and all-day ac-
For the past three years, the
traditional ceremonies have been
held in the afternoon, but with
the return of the inter-fraternity
sing, observance of an all-day
Ivy Day begins again. The May
Queen, Maid of Honor and their
freshman, sophomore, junior and
senior attendants, too, will re
vert to pre-war style when they
appear this spring in formals.
Opens at 9 A. M.
The day will open at 9 a. m.
with selections by the university
band under the 'direction of Don
L. Lentz. At 9:15 the May Queen
and Ivy Day Court will be pre
sented, followed by the Ivy Day
oration, the poet, and. the tradi
tional planting of the ivy by
senior and junior class presi
dents, Fred Hecox and
Fred
Teller. Concluding the morning
activities will be the inter
sorority sing.
In the afternoon, the inter
fraternity sing will lead the pro
gram, followed by the Innocents'
ceremony Last thing on the for
mal program is the masking of
the new members of Mortar
Board by the old members.
An AWS-sponsored Ivy Day
tea-dance in the Union at 4 p.m.
winds up the day.
'protest to the practice of racial
exclusion in Big Six athletics is
highly significant and indicative
of a new era of inter-racial
progress.
'The matter in many respects
is of personal interest to me since
I was quite active in athletics
while a student at Emporia Stale
College, Emporia, Kansas, and the
closed-door policy of the 'Big 6'
was of great concern to Negro
athletes throughout the state.
"I understand that the Univer
sity of Kansas has also gone on
record favoring the participation
of Negro athletes. I have always
been under the impression that
the irirnljc schools, Kansas, Ne
braska and Iowa, lacked moral
courage in permitting Missouri
and Oklahoma to superimpose
their system of exclusion over
the 'Big 6' athlelic program.
Intolerance.
"The time is past ripe to throw
off the yoke ol intolerance. As
a former Kansas and at present
a Nebraskan, I am sure that the
people of this great state are
heartily in accord with the pro
gressive action of the student
council.
"Kansas university has spoken,
and I am most certain that Iowa
State and Kansas State will soon
take positive action. It is our
responsibility as good Americans
to encourage the other schools to
come out of the darkness into the
light."
Mr. Rirkhurt. represent! ne "The
People's Voice," a national rronth- I
m Pod
DSttirair Rflimst
Esay amidlndates
Insufficient time to check eligibility of candidates
caused the Elections committee of the Student Council Mon
day to postpone the student election one week. The election
will be held Tuesday, April 30th. Polls will be open from 9
a. m. to 6 p. m.
Ivy Poet
Entries Due
By 5. Today
Today marks the deadline for
Ivy Day Poet entries, to be turned
into the Union office by 5 p. m.,
according to Barbara Griswold,
Mortar Board president.
All undergraduate students are
eligible to compete by entering
original poems relevant to Ivy
Day proceedings and traditions.
The poems will be judged by
three members of the English
department faculty and the win
ning verse will be read by the
author during the presentation of
the May Queen's court on Ivy
Day, May 4.
Three Copies.
Students whr enter poems in
the contest must turn in three
unsigned copies accompanied by
a sealed envelope containing their
name, according to Miss Griswold.
The winner will be announced
the day beloie Ivy Day, May 3.
Mortar Board announced that
Ivy Day orator competition is
open to both men and women this
year and that the orator will be
selected in the elections to be held
next Tuesday.
Contraversv
ly publication, wrote to the Stu
dent Council, in pail: "Congratu
lations on the resolution favoring
participation of Negro athletes in
Big Six competition. Your council
has struck an important blow
toward democracy for all Amer
icans." Bcngston Will
ittend National
EducatorsMect
Dean Ncls A. Bcngston of the
junior division will represent the
university at a national conference
of educalors at Chicago next week.
Two year courses of study lead
ing to associate degrees will be
studied.
Conferees will consider the two
year course of study as a solution
ior veterans who wish to obtain
a college education at land grant
colleges and universities. Accord
ing to Dean Bengslon, this plan
would also help universities and
colleges meet the influx of vet
erans who do not desire a four
year degree.
Thirty-two two year courses,
combining academic and special
ized vocational training and lead
ing to associate degrees, have been
ofiered at the university since
1940. Although many junior col
leges used this plan before 1940.
Dean Bengslon said that large
colleges and universities did not
offer student such an oppor-
tunity.
W&sk
The university ruling stating
that 12 hours must be carried by
a candidate this semester and
that 24 hours must have been
completed in residence during the
past two semesters, was supple
mented by the committee.
Recognized Candidates.
The committee will recognize
candidates who will complete
their 24 hours requirement this
semester and will consider can
didates who attain a higher class
rating at mid-semester next year
as eligible to run under that class
banner this spring.
Students with failing hours will
not be eligible for candidacy nor
will students who are still in the
junidr division.
Voting next week will be held
in the Union basement. Voters
must present their identification
cards before they may vole. Stu
dents without identification cards
must obtain them from the reg
istrar before the day of voting.
There will be none issued on
election day, according to the
registrar.
Student Cites
Phi Mu Alpha
Music Record
BV TOM GREEN.
Of the many services rendered
by the various organizr tions on
this campus for the furtherance
of cultural interests, few can sur
Dass the work done by Phi Mu
A'pha, music:-.! fraternity, by their
presentation oi the weekly pro
grams of music in the record room
of the Student Union.
During the war years this ac
tivity was discontinued as were
many others of its kind, and op
portunity for students to become
better acquainted with the great
works in musical literature was
conspicuous by its very absence.
The Harmony Hour was con
tinued only th's year, but never
theless the scope of the music
covered in its programs has been
vast. Held every Tuesday at 4:00
p.m.. the program is usually cen
tered around a particular theme
cf the day.
Programs have been presented
on the 'Russian Five," the mod
ern French composers, the ro
mantic movement and many
others. The selection for this
week is comprised wholly of
works by Brahn.s. and it will
include The Academic Festival
Overture, the Symphony No. 3,
Hungarian Dance No. 7 and some
smaller piano works.
The Harmony Hour provides
students with an oppoi luriity for
much needed relaxation coupled
with a chance to Decome more at
home with the masters of great
music.
lYy Day Tea Dance
Tenth annual Ivy Day tea
dance, sponored by A. W. S..
will be held Saturday, Majr 4.
from 4 to C p. m. in tbe Iniou
ballroom. Mimi Ana Johnson,
president, announced today.
Tickets for the dance, to be
sold at the door, will be 2
cents. KefreshmeBU will be
served.