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mMI now fnicnrrn A. Vol. 45, No. 104 LINCOLN '8, NEBRASKA Thursday, May 9, 1946 Science Honorary Elects F. D. Keim New President F. D. keim, ag college agrono mist, who succeeds Prof. H. G " Hoick as president of the state chapter of Sigma Xi. national honorary scientific research so ciety, took office Wednesday night at a banquet held in the Union ballroom. New vice president is Prof. M. A. Basoco. Officers who were re elected included Prof. T. A. Kies selbach, counselor; Prof. Frank E. Mussehl, treasurer; and Prof. Fer ris W. Norris, secretary. Names of new alumni, gradu ate and associate members were also announced. New Alums. New alumni members are: Ar thur L. Dunn, Omaha; Howard P. Jensen, Oshkosh; Dr. -Melvin D. Jones, Oklahoma A. & M. college; Frank H. Slaymaker, Rochester, Boucher Gives Book Collection To UN Library Chancellor C. S. Boucher has given collection of literature from his personal library, some rare and out-of-print, to the uni versity library, Librarian Frank Lundy announced Wednesday. Fifty linear feet of unbound periodicals, monographs and pamphlets, as well as 1,652 bound volumes, comprised the gift. included in tne number were: "Appleton's Annual Cyclopaedia,' 1861-72, 1876-89, 26 volumes; Clare and Haworth's "Standard History of the World," 10 volumes; "Journals of the Continental Con gress," 25 volumes; Houghton Mifflin's "American Statesmen,' 31 volumes; "The Lakeside Clas sics." 17 volumes; and the "Works of Francis Parkman," 13 volumes. Sapplemente library. "The collection which Chancel lor Boucher has so generously given the university libraries will especially strengthen our present resources in American history and biography and higher education,' Mr. Lundy said. He also said that many of the other volumes and texts will be useful to Teachers college, and that the pamphlets will supple ment resources for gradaute study. Landscape Class Returns This Fall To Ag Curriculum Landscape gardening, or Horti culture 3 as it is listed in the fall class schedule, returns to the ag college curriculum for the first time in eight years. The course will continue to be given in Sep tember of the even numbered years, according to Dr. C. C. Wig gins, head of the horticulture de partment. It brings with it a new instruc tor, Chester B. Billings, who has an M. A. degree in landscape gar dening from the Kansas State Agricultural College. Dr. C. C. Wiggans, stated that Billings will also be director of landscaping on the ag and city campus. Billings, who is now preparing a textbook on landscape garden ing, is a landscape specialist for Kansas State Agricultural College. He is expected to report to the horticulture department July L New York; Ray Bentall. Carl Claassen, and Arden F. Sherf, all or the University of Nebraska. Graduate student members are Homer E. Alder, Richard E. Ben son, Robert F. Coles, James Collier. Tatsuru E. Kimura, Mar jorie J. Raecke, and Jane H. Von Wicklen. New Grads. Graduate students initiated as associate members were: Norman R. Diffenderfer. James A. Himps. John f. Hollis, Jr., William E. Larson, John M. Moulton, John R. Watt, James R. Fisher, Edwin D. Lyman and Warren A. Trank. Seniors initiated as associate members were: Victoria H. Chil. quist, Marjorie B. Matson, Mary Ann Mattoon, Nicolas M. Bashara, Mary K. Cooper, Barbara L. Gris wold, Ruth L. Owen, and Mary J-iOu weaver. Ag Y Groups Sponsor Penny Arcade Friday "Setse Estes spelled back wards" is the theme of the &s Y.M.-Y.W penny carnival to be held Friday evening from 8:00 to 11:00 in the College Activities building, according to Carol Bn denbaugh, president of ag Y. W. C. A. Invitations have been extended to all organized clubs and halls on ag campus, inviting them to spon sor at least one booth. Groups expected to accept are: Love and Loo mis halls, Amikitas, Home economics club, ag men's social, ag Y. M. and Y. W. and city Y. W. Penny Tickets. Tickets to participate in each activity will cost a penny. Admis sion to the carnival itself will be measured by the length of the customer's foot. A penny per inch will be charged. Open to all university students, the carnival is being held in order to raise money for the "Estes fund." This money will then be used to send representatives to the annual Y. W. C. A.-Y. M. C. A conference June 10 to 20, at Estes Park, Colo. In this way, any stu dent interested in going will have a portion of his expenses paid by the club. Sponsors of the affair are the ag Y. M. and Y. W. groups with Barbara Goodding as chairman. She will be assisted by Sue Fish wood. - W. Herman Contest Nets Band, $1,000 Now's the time to get started if you want to have Woody Her man's orchestra for a one night stand June 21 plus a thousand dollars in cash, plus a self-charging portable radio. Sponsors of the Friday night Woody Herman Show" have of fered to fly his baBd anywhere in the country to play for this free-of-charge dance. All the con testant has to do to win this jack pot is enter the Win a Band contest, telling in 25 words or less "Why I Like Woody Herman's Music." Each individual may make as many entries as he wishes. All entries should be submitted to Pat Lahr's office in the Union, and a committee will choose the best two statements to be sent , to New York. Other details will be announced on Herman's May 10 and 17 broadcasts. Pub Board ToAppoint New Staffs V Selection of staff members for the three student publications, the Daily Nebraskan, Cornhusker and Awgwan, will be made by the Publications board at 9 a. m. Saturday. They will meet in the Union faculty lounge. . Applications for positions must be filed in the office of the School of Journalism not later than May 10. For the Daily Nebraskan. filings will be received for editor, man aging editors, news editors, busi ness manager, assistant business managers, society editor and sports editor. For the Cornhusker, filings will be considered for editor, manag ing editors, business manager, assistant business managers, art editor and assistant art editors. Awgwan. Filings will be received for ed itor, managing editor, business manager, and assistant business managers on the Awgwan. Candidates for the Cornhusker editorship must suggest a theme for the yearbook and submit a description of the format, accom panied by rough sketches of sam ple pages for several of the dif ferent sections of the book. Samples of their art work will be required from students apply ing for art editor. They are also encouraged to suggest themes and may submit page layouts for sec tions of the book. Determine Policy. Applicants for the position of editor for the Daily Nebraskan and Awgwan and invited to sub mit written statements of policy and any changes they would recommend. Students applying for business manager on any of the publica tions should submit a plan for the conduct of the work of that office. Application forms are available the office of the School of Journalism, 104 University hall and in the office of the Daily Ne braskan in the Union. Academic records must be approved by the registrar. Nebraska Grad Appointed Union Pacific Ag Agent John H. Beckwith, Nebraska 41, has been appointed Union Pa cific agricultural agent for the states of Colorado and Wyoming, according to a recent announce ment by J. W. Jarvis, the rail road's supervisor of agricultural development Beckwith, a former major in the quartermaster corps, was graduated from the university with a bachelor of science degree. He maiored in animal husbandry and agronomy. He was a member of the Block and Bridle animal husbandry club, the Tri-K agronomy club, the university 4-H club, Alpha Zeta honorary agriculture fra ternity and Farm House fra ternity. Counselor Picnic New members of the Coed Counselors, who were formal ly initiated at a Sunday after noon service in Ellen Smith, will be guests of the Counsellor board Friday afternoon for a get-acquainted picnic. Those planning to attend should meet on the Ellen Smith lawn Friday at 5 p. ddl, clad in picnic clothes. tfoeje Prdliyie,3,iini egons (srS BY GAYLORD MARR. "Ah, Wildnerness," .Eugene O'Neill's tender comedy of small-town life just after America turned the century, opens tonight to play through Saturday at the University Theatre, Temple building, Twelfth and R streets. Climaxing the thirty-seventh year of distinctive plays, Mary Mattoon Wins National Danforth Prize Mary Ann Mattoon, senior in the college of arts and sciences, nas Deen awarded the Danforth Fellowship offered by the Dan forth Foundation to outstanding senior women. Fourteen such awards are given each year by the Foundation to graduating seniors all over the country. The Fellowship offers recipients training in leadership and religious work. Following a five week summer training course the Fellow is as signed to a college other than the one which she formerly attended and assists in campus religious work, such as the student YW. YM and student church groups. Third Award. Miss Mattoon is the third Ne braska student to receive the Danforth Graduate Fellowship. The first university student to be awarded the Fellowship was Eleanor Crawford Wirth. '43. Mary Alden, a member of the '45 graduating class was the only other recipient prior to this year's award. Council Wants Athletic Board Representation The Student Council Wednes day empowered its Judiciary com mittee to draft a recommendation to the Board of Regents asking for Council representation on the Athletic Board. Newly-elected head of the Judi ciary committee is Gene Merch ant. Other members are Virginia Buckingham, Helen Laird, Doro thy Mastin and Barbara Emerson. The Council was forced to re linquish its seat on the Athletic Board following revision of that group a year ago. The only stu dent organization having a mem ber on the Board at present is the N Club. The constitution of the Presi dents Assembly, a group compris ing the presidents of all campus organizations, was suspended by the Council. The group rested its decision on the fact that the As sembly had been practically de funct as an organization the past year. Student Orchestra Plays at Union-Ag Dance Thursday Dale Mace will lead his newly organized student band for the Student UnionAg hour dance Thursday at 5 p. m. in the Ag college activities building. Composed of eleven university men, Mace's band was organized in March and will make its first appearance Thursday. The band may remain organized during summer school and will be in op eration again for activities next fall. All university students are wel come, and no admission will be charged, according to the Ag executive board. 8 p. mm. , mis unai production of the cur rent season promises to make a memorable niche in the minds of local theatre goers. The cast includes Dean Graun ke, June Gast, Howard Rosenberg, Avrum Bondarin, Anna Marie Proper, Jeff Segar, Dave. An drews, Dorothea Duxbury, Rex Casler, Eleanor Dent, William Mohr, Mimi Hahn, Roma Rohn, W. H. Denning and Bob Wheeler. "As important as a competent cast to the success of a show is competent technical direction," ex plained Dallas S. Williams, direct or of the University Theatre. "Max Whittacker, of the speech department, has done commend able work in the construction of three sets required for the play." Headed by Gloria Beaumont, students on the construction crew included Rex Cosier, Dorothy La sher, Dede Meyer, Janet Staley, Robert Wheeler and Dean Wells. The property crew was headed by Shirley Sabin and included Elaine Hensel and Janet Staley. The many properties, begged, borrowed, or bought by the crew, are used mostly to give the three settings a "lived-in" look, or are used by the actors themselves to help define character. The Items, gleaned at random from the crew's list, include: a pair of spec tacles with "half moon" lenses; a small gold watch attached to the upper breast of a 1906 dress with a gold fleur-de-lis pin or chate loine, a pack of Sweet Caporel cigarettes; a set of hand-painted china; twelve Parkerhouse rolls on a large bread plate; a "Nan tucket Courier" newspaper; the sound effect of a string of fire crackers exploding, etc. Costumes Barbara Berggren, chairman, Lois Jarman and Barbara Hocken- berger collected the costumes us ed in the show celluloid collars, unleashed bustles, shirtwaists, peg-topped trousers, and straw "sailor" hats. Miss Berggren very (See STAGE PRODUCTION, p. 4) Reactivate Alpha Zeta Honorary; Officers Elected Twenty alumni members and 10 active student members of Alpha Zeta, national honorary agriculture fraternity, took part in the reactivation of the organiza tion on the ag campus Tuesday night. Officers for the coming year, elected at the meeting, are: Wayne Keim, chancellor; Merle Brinegar, censor; Donald Hanway, scribe; and Robert Otte, treasurer. Elifibllity. To be eligible for membership in Alpha Zeta, a student must have three semesters of academic college work, roust be in the up per two-fifths of his class schol astically, and must be of good character and show qualities of leadership. Prospective new members, considered at the meet ing, will be initiated before the close of this semester. Alpha Zeta has an alumni body of over 16,000 and a student mem bership of more than 1,200. There are 45 chapters in 43 of the states. The Nebraska chapter was dis continued during the war because there were not enough junior and senior men students in the ag col lege . . , !