.Coeds -To Vote
oday
'47 May Queen,
Boards Selected
By JEANNE KERRIGAN
Coeds will go to the polls today to elect new AWS,
BABW and coed counselor boards, choose the 1947 May
Queen and nominate junior women for Mortar Board. Polls
will be open from 9 a. m. to 6 p. m. in Ellen Smith Hall today.
Published in today's Nebraskan is the complete election
slate. May Queen candidates are
Virginia Buckingham, Mary Cox,
Joy Hill, Shirley Hinds, Marthella
Holcomb, Mimi Arme Johnson
and Phyllis Teagarden. Only
junior and senior women will vote
for May Queen. The results of
this election" will not be revealed
until Ivy Day ceremonies in the
spring.
Juniors Nominate MB's
Junior women will receive bal
lots for Mortar Board nomina
tions. Each voter will name from
five to twenty women on the bal
lot. Mortar Boards are chosen
for their leadership, scholarship
and service to the university.
They will be tapped on Ivy Day.
Jean Compton and Elizabeth
Curley are running for AWS
board presidency. Miss Compton
is a member of AWS, Corn
husker staff, Student Council and
Coed Follies chairman this year.
Miss Curley is on the AWS board,
student union board and partici
pates in YWCA. All women will
vote in AWS election.
BABW Prexy
BABW presidency candidates
are Mary Ann Campbell and Ver
gene Kovarik. Miss Campbell is
vice president of Towne club and
has been a member of the BABW
board for three years. Miss Ko
varik belongs to the Home Ec
See COEDS, Pare 2
Gymnast Team
Performance
Planned Tonite
Tonight will mark the per
formance of the 42 young Danish
gymnasts, in the coliseum at 8
The young performers will pre
sent a variety of dances, stunts,
and assorted skill that are report
ed to be very intricate. The girls
will concentrate on rhythms, cal
isthenics, and the balance beam
The boys will perform stunts
acrobatics and they will display
their tumbling proficiency. To
gcther the boys and girls will give
old folk dances, and routines in
costumes. The colorful flag cere
mony will be given. The whole
program will dwell on the theme
of physical co-ordination, skill
endurance, and strength. Ameri
can and Danish music will precede
the regular program.
Arrival.
The performers will arrive in
Lincoln from Council Bluffs, la.,
at 2:30 this afternoon. From 3:30
to 5 p.m., a tea and social gather
ing for the visitors, faculty, and
physical education majors and
minors, will be held in the Union
ballroom. All organization presi
dents are invited. Afterwards, a
dinner for the directors of the
team will be given "by Miss Mabel
Lee and L. E. Means, physical ed
ucation directors.
The party will spend the night
in the homes of Lincoln residents
who are of Danish extraction.
They will leave Lincoln tomorrow
and move westward, giving per
formances nearly every day, until
they arrive in Seattle sometime
in April. From there they will set
sail to Denmark.
The team is composed of Danish
men and women, 18 to 22 years
of age. All members of the group
were active in the Danish under
ground movement during the war.
They are all students in Copen
hagen and other nearby Danish
cities. They have had long and
extensive training in Danish gym
nastics. The Omaha World-Herald re
marks of their act: "The rhythm
and precision of the Danish ath
lete's fundamental calisthenics
was beautiful to see. It brought
gasps of delight from girls and
groans from the boys who couldn't
imagine their own bones and
muscles going through such gy
rations. And then that courtship
dance, talk about beauty and sim
plicity. That was it for me."
Says the Chicago Sun: "We saw
Sec GYMNASTS. Tit 4
Legislators
View Needs
Of Campus
Members of the Nebraska leg
islative budget committee toured
the campus this week to see for
themselves how much the uni
versity needs.
The senators inspected build
ings on city campus Monday af
ternoon and looked over the ag
campus Tuesday. They were con
ducted by George Round, pub
licity director, and John K. Sel
leck, comptroller.
Senator John Callan, commit
tee chairman, said the group
would confer separately with
Chancellor R. G. Gustavson and
the Board of Regents, at an open
hearing.
City Campus Requirements
On city campus, the senators
were shown the need for:
1. The necessity of providing
adequate modern buildings and
equipment to accommodate a stu
dent enrollment that is overflow
ing classrooms and laboratories.
2. Need for additional space in
the projected post-war research
program, especially for chemurgy
and atomic Investigation.
S. Need to expand facilities for
housing many of the public ser
vice functions.
Registrar and director of ad
missions George W. Rosenlof told
the senators that enrollment will
remain 100 to 140 percent above
pre-war standards for the next
two to four years, and at least 30
percent above peacetime records
for the next ten years.
Further Inspection
The committee inspected the
army and navy R.O.T.C. armory
(45 percent complete), a general
classroom building to be known
as Burnett Hall (five percent
complete), an addition to the Av
ery lab (five percent complete),
and three mens dormitories un
der construction at 15th and U (15
percent complete).
Dormitories will cost $445,000
and will be paid for by the uni
versity dormitory corporation,
which issues bonds retired by
means of income received in the
form of student rentals.
The dormitories, the senators
were told, should be ready for oc
cupancy next fall. Altho the girl's
dormitory accommodates 380 wo-
See LEGISLATORS, Page 2
Vol. 47 No. 93 LINCOLN 8, NEBRASKA
Wednesday, March 5, 1947,
Women's Election Slate
AWS
President
(Vote for one)
Jean Compton
Elizabeth Curley
Senior Board Members
(Vote for four)
Florence Armold
Jean Chjlquist
Jackie Gordon
Gladys Grothe
Elizabeth McIIenry
Kathleen Nickolson
Harriett Quinn '
Ula Mae Schall
Mima Weeth
Junior Board Members
(Vote for four)
Sara Sue Alexander
Marion Crook
Winnie Herboldsheimer
Phyl Harris
Jane McArthur
Barbara Rowland
Eliza Venable
Anne Whitham
Sophomore Members
(Vote for four)
Suzanne Bochen
Nancy Glynn
Juanita Ilanrer
Georgrianne Rediger
Jean Sampson
Betty Ann Sawyers
Mary Shopbell
Janet Stratton
BABW
President
(Vote for one)
Mary Ann Campbell
Vergene Kovarik
Senior Members
(Vote for two)
Lois Bamesberger
Adxlia&Jiaum
Janice Chappel
Dorothy Icinaga
Junior Members
(Vote for four)
Mary Lou Ferguson
Pat Hamburg
Donna McCauley
Marian McElhaney
Jeanne Millane
Claudia Neuenswander
Mildred Quick
Shirley Sabin
Sophomore Members
(Vote for four)
Geraldine Chaillie
Salley Ivener
Elaine Lauer
Joan Learning
Donna Pratt
Frances Reiman
Mary Travis
Irene Wellensiek
MAY QUEEN
Virginia Buckingham
Mary Cox
Joy Hill
Shirley Hinds
Marthella Holcomb
Mimi Anne Johnson
Phyllis Teagarden
COED COUNSELORS
President (Vote for one)
Mary Dye
Beverly Jackson
Senior Memeber Affiliated
(Vote for one)
Joan Fankhauser
Betty Jeanne Holcomb
Senior Member Unaffiliated
(Vote for one)
Janice Chappell
Marcia Mockett
Junior Members Affiliated
(Vote for three)
Jeanne Branch
Nancy Gish
Dorothy Lasher
Peggy Lawrie
Gene Mitchell
Jacqueline Wightman
Junior Members Unaffiliated
(Vote for three)
Cora Ann Didriksen
Lois Gillette "
Jo Kellenbarger
Marian McElhaney
Marguerite Nootx
Shirley Sabin
Sophomore Members Affiliated
(Vote for two)
Dorothy Borgens
Marylois Gibbs
Nancy Lawry
Juliet Sherwood
Sophomore Members Unaffiliated
(Vote for two)
Janice Cochran
Virginia Lampshire
Jeanne Malone
Gwendalyn M on. son
Student Forum
Will Consider
School Politics
A student panel composed of
Phil Frandson, Bill Miller and
two interfraternity council repre
sentatives will analyze campus
politics at the Christian Faith and
Action discussion group tonight
at 7:30 in the west lecture room
of the library.
This group Is one of three in a
series being sponsored by the Re
ligious Welfare council each week.
Dr. Curtiss Elliot will take part
as the faculty representative.
Time Chance.
"Preparation for Parenthood"
will be Dr. P. M. Barcroft's topic
when he meets with the prepara
tion for marriage commission at
p.m in the Temple lounge. The
meeting time has been changed
so that members may attend other
events of the evening.
The Bible Study group will con
tinue its study of the Book of
Mark under" the direction of Rev.
Robert Drew. Discussion will be
held at the Baptist Student Cen
ter at 2i30 pun. . . I
Quinn Names
Solicitors In
AUF Drive
A meeting of the All Univer
sity Fund was held Monday to
organize the campus drive to raise
$1,800 for the American Red
Cross. Mary Claire Phillips, di
rector of the AUF, explained the
procedures in soliciting, and urged
workers to turn in their receipts
and money as early as possible so
that a daily record may be posted
to show the progress of the drive.
All contributions should be turned
in to Beth Norenberg, treasurer,
or to the AUF representative at
the booth in the union.
Harriet Quinn, head solicitor,
has announced the names of all
solicitors working on the drive.
Joan Farrar is head of sorority
soliciations. House solicitors are:
Betty Gealy, Alpha Chi Omega;
Shirley Cowles, Alpha Omicron
Pi; Donna Marsh, Alpha Xi Delta;
Cherie Viele, Chi Omega; Marilyn
Gass, Delta Delta Delta; Mary
Frazee, Delta Gamma; Barbara
Rowland, Gamma Phi Beta; Pa
tricia Gardiner, Kappa Alpha
Theta; Marian Battey, Kappa
Kappa Gamma; Gretchen Swobo
da, Pi Beta Phi; Annette Segal,
Sigma Delta Tau; and Lona Leon
ard, Sigma Kappa.
Marion McElhaney is in charge
of all co-op f Dlocitations. Co-op
solicitors are: Shirley Stanton,
Rosa Bouton hall; Jenny Nelson,
Terrace hall; Elna Kent, Howard
hall; Jay Funk, Brown Palace;
and Roland Hermann, Cornhusker.
Janice Chappell is handling
dorm solicitations, with Betty
Jean Carlson, Marilyn Legge, and
Jean Thurnagle as assistants.
Bob Easter, head of fraternity
solicitations, hps as his workers:
Roger Sansted, Alpha CSmma
Rho; Clive Oustenberg, Alpha Tau
Omega; Iven Walter, Beta Sigma
Psi; Bob Easter, Beta Theta Pi;
Tom Galleher, Delta Tau Delta;
Bill Wilkins, Delta Upsilon; Phil
Skinner, Farmhouse Rex Morris,
Kappa Sigma; Carl Banks, Phi
Delta Theta, Bob Jordan, Phi
Gamma Delta; Rex Jones, Phi
Kappa Psi; Bob Jeffereys, Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Byron Raznik,
Sigma Alpha Mu; Wes'ey Kohtz,
Sigma Chi; Gerry Wilso.., Sigma
Nu; John Ogdeu, Sigma Phi Ep-
ALT. Piigt 1
Notice To Veterans
Veterans are asked to wait
until March 10, 1947, before
coming to the Consultation
Board office to report that
their February subsistence
checks have not been received.
The Veterans Administration
informs us that checks will ar
rive continuously thru the first
ten days of March.
Veterans Consultation Board,
J. P. Colbert, director.
MB's to Honor
High Scholastic
Achievemetns
Five $75 scholarships will be
awarded by Mortar Boards to out
standing senior women at the MB
Scholarship tea Sunday from 3 to
5 at Ellen Smith halL
Recipients must be carrying 12
or more hours a semester and
must have returned applications
to Miss MA-ion Priest at Ellen
Smith on or before March 1.
Applicants should also have
submitted two recommendations;
one from a person not connected
with the university, giving her
ability and need, and another
from an instructor who knows of
her scholarship and aptitude.
The tea, an annual affair, will
honor students with an average of
85 or above for the first semester
of this year.
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Alviho Rey j
Plays Friday
At .Union Ball
Alvino Rey will bring his or
chestra and electric guitar to the
Union ballroom Friday night to
play for a Union sponsored dance
from 8 p. m. until midnight.
Recognized as the king of the
guitar, Rey will present a variety
of music with the selection of
guitars he carries with him on
his tours. So that couples attend
ing the event may see the or
chestra to best advantage, special
risers will be constructed.
Features Blue Reys
Rey's orchestra features tha
singing voices of Jo Ann Ryan,
Jimmy Joyce and Blue Reys.
Rocky Coluccio, pianist, and Luisa
King, harpist, will also be spot
lighted during the evening.
Making his first professional
appearance with Phil Spitalny's
orchestra, Rey joined the Horace
Hsidt band as a featured artist in
1934. While playing with the
Heidt aggregation, Rey met th
King sisters, and married the eld
est, Luise, who is now the harpist
with the Rey orchestra.
Awarded Gold Cups
Following his discharge from
the navy where he served as a
seaman first class for two years,
Rey organized his band with a
group of hand picked musicians.
He was awarded a gold cup by
See ALVINO REY, Page 2
Final KK Show
Tryouts Tonite
Final try-outs for the spring"
Kosmet Klub revue. "Aksarben
Nights," will be held tonight from
7 to 9 at the Temple building.
All university men are urged ia
try out for one of the 28 parts.
Besides speaking roles there is a
need for dancers, singers, and
members of a pony chorus.
Announcements of the complett
cast will appear in the Daily Ne
braskan on March 7.
Contrary to past sales practices,
this year's tickets will be limited
in number to insure udequat
seating. Ticket sales will be an
taounced at a later date.