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Joan Ackerman, Arts and
" Stlence Junior, will bo the editor
of th 1948 Cornhusker, it was
announced yesterday after the
publications Board met to select
the editorial and business staffs
ol the yearbook. Dclphine Ayers,
also a junior in Arts and
Science, is the new business man
ager. The new managing editors are
Nadine Anderson, Jane McArthur
and Harold Smith. Assistant bus
iness managers are Ray Biemond
and Cherie Viele. Dave B. Rass
musscn will serve as art editor.
Activities.
Miss Ackerman has served as
managing editor of the '47 Corn
husker. Vice president of Mortar
Board, she is secretary of the stu
dent council, a past member of
Tassels, and a member of Kappa
Alpha Theta social sorority. Miss
Ackerman succeeds Merrell Grant
Shutt.
Miss Ayers has been an as-
Vol. 47 No. 134
World's Only Tractor Testing Lab
Resumes Operations on Ag Campus
University tractor laboratory,
located on ag campus, is once
more in operation. At the labora
tory, only one of its kind in the
world, tests completed last week
resumed activity which was halted
during the war.
Resumption of tractor manufac
turing has brought tractor testing
back. The chief reason is that any
stock model r any type of tractor
sold in Nebraska must have first
passed the rigorous test at the ag
campus laboratory before it can
be sold in the state.
Most tractor manufacturers
have their own testing and prov-
ing grounds but the laboratory is
recognized as standard by tractor
manufacturers and its recommen
dations are recognized in many
countries. All the equipment used
in testing has been designed by
university engineers with the ex
ception of a dynamometer used to
determine belt horsepower, which
is manufactured by General Elec
tric. World Recognition.
Recently, two members of a
Norwegian farm equipment im
porting concern, in the United
States to study the latest develop
ments in tractors and farm equip-
ment, visited the laboratory to in
vestigate the work being done.
The "Farmers Weekly," a London
publication, has used several fea
ture articles to explain the work
of the laboratory to English farm
ers. ' . L. E. Larson, engineer in charge
of the testing, says that the prob
lem of selecting a new tractor is
for many farmers a very real one.
See TESTING LAB, Pare 4.
Ag Exec Board
Elects Officers,
Set Party Dates
Duane Munter, ag junior, has
been elected president of Ag Exec
Board. Other officers are: Lillian
Locke, vice president; Frank Loef
fel, secretary; Bob Hamilton, treas
urer. Ag Exec Board, student govern
ing body on Ag Campus, will
sponsor Farmer's Formal and the
Christmas party next year. The
board combines jointly with Ifbme
,Ec club to sponsor the Ag Spring
Party.
Farmer's Formal will be held
Oct. 3, 1947 and the date for the
Christmas party has been set for
Dec. 17. The board will also re
vive the honors convocation which
haS not been held since 1942. The
annual function, honoring high
scholarship, has been set for
Dec. 16.
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Joan Ackerman
sistant business manager during
the past year. A member of Ne
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L. E. Larson, engineer in charge, at the dynamometer which is used
to measure belt horsepower at the tractor testing laboratory.
Harrington, Gamma Phis,
Win IM Speech Trophies
Paul Harrington, Don Farber
and Catherine Ham took first,
second and third place honors, re
spectively, in the Delta Sigma
Rho Intramural speech contest fi
nals. Saturday morning. The house
trophy went to Gamma Phi Beta,
and Alpha Tau Omega, with only
one point less, was given second
rating.
Rating Basis.
All ratings were based on ac
cumulative quality. This means
that points were carried over from
the first and second rounds and
added to the total number. Fin
ishing scores were decided in the
finals.
Harrington, a member of Sigma
Alpha Epsilon, won the trophy
with his speech on "Should the
Sales Tax Be Used as a Method
of Raising Revenue for Nebraska
Schools?" Farber spoke on
"Should the U.S. Government
Outlaw Strikes Against Public
Utilities?" and Miss Ham's topic
was "Should Hawaii and Alaska
Be Admitted to Statehood?"
Farber is a member of Sigma
Alpha Mu and Miss Ham is a
Gamma Phi Beta.
House Entries.
Gamma Phi Beta house entries
were Rosalie Wetherfield and Miss
braska Masquers and tho univer
sity band and orchestra, she was
a junior attendant in the Ivy day
May Queen ceremonies. She is a
member of Kappa Alpha Theta.
Miss Ayers is successor to Dean
Skokan.
Managing Editors.
Miss Anderson had charge of
the section on honorary organi
zations for this year's book. A
member of Theta Sigma Phi,
journalism honorary, she serves
on the YWCA cabinet and is af
filiated with Alpha Thi sorority.
Miss McArthur was In charge
of the organized houses section.
A member of the AWS board and
student council, she was chairman
of the Ivy day sorority sing. She
is a member of Delta Delta Delta
sorority.
Smith.
Harold Smith, newly appointed
managing editor, was head of the
military section for the '47 Corn-
Sunday, May 11, 1947
Ham. Miss Wetherfield spoke on
"Should the President's Terr of
Office Be Limited to Eight
Years?"
John Wenstrand and Dick Berk
heimer, Alpha Tau Omega , en
tries, took second place in house
competition with "Should Political
Parties on the University of Ne
braska Campus Be Abolished?"
and "Should the U. S. Grant Mili
tary Aid to Greece?" respectively.
Judges.
The contest opened Tuesday
night with 44 entries, which nar
rowed in the semi-finals Thurs
day night to 21. Nine students
competed in the finals, and were
judged by Clarence Flick, speech
instructor; Donald Olson, contest
director; Helen Plasters, Ted Sor
ensen, and Gordon Lippitt, YMCA
director.
Delta Sigma Rho prexy Betty
Jean Holcomb presented the
trophies to the winners.
The contest was open to both
men and women students carry
ing 12 hours or more of work with
passing grades during the current
semester, and who were not mem
bers of Delta Sigma Rho or of the
debate squad.
Dclphine Ayers
husker. He is a member of Sigma
Nu fraternity.
Dorms For Men
To Open In Fall
Sophomores, Juniors, Seniors
Eligible To Apply For Rooms
University students who will have sophomore, junior
or senior standing during the 1947-48 school year may ap
ply May 14 to May 21, inclusive, for admission to the new
Residence Halls for Men which will open next fall.
Applications should be made to the office of the Dean
of Student Affairs in the Administration building. The or
der in which applications for residence are received will
have no bearing on students accepted. All applications will
be pooled and a drawing will be held May 23.
FroshHonorary
Holds Initiation
Twelve second semester pledges
were initiated in Alpha Lambda
Delta, freshmen women's honor
ary, at an evening ceremony
Thursday in Ellen Smith hall.
Officers for next year who were
elected are Wanda Young, presi
dent; Ruth Nelson, vice president;
Virginia Malicky secretary and
Margaret Steteman, treasurer. Dr.
Winina Perry was re-elected fac
ulty advisor and Beth Norenberg
was chosen senior advisor.
National certificates of award
for maintaining eligibility average
thruout seven semesters were
granted senior Alpha Lambda
Deltas Betty Jean Latta Catllett,
Kathleen Hayes, Betty Rose
Hubka, Eleanor Knoll, Doris Mar
tens, Hedy Schultz, Margaret
Shelley and Helen Wulf. Barbara
Jane Smiley earned the national
award for the highest average.
Honorary Members
Elizabeth M. Tierney, professor
of theory and history of Music,
and Dean of Women Marjorie W.
Johnston were made honorary
members.
New initiates are: Patricia Ray
Brown, Marilyn Ethel Church,
Marilyn Jane Eidam, Margie Ar
lene Gentry, Ardis June Lostroh,
Virginia Ruth Malicky, Ruth Elea
nor Nelson, Eloise Linda Paustian,
Carmen Inez Shepard, Margaret
Agnes Stegeman, Mary Dolene
Webber and Wanda Arlene Young.
Alpha Kappa Psi
Pledges Thirteen
Alpha Kappa Psi, professional
business fraternity, has announced
pledging of thirteen new members.
Pledges are: Glen Blinde, Wil
liam Fechan, Tom Hyland, Jos
eph Kase, Jack Kent, Robert Koe
nig, Jean Lang, Orville Muen
chaw, Richard McDaniel, Tom
Quinn, Edwin Scott, Lloyd Whit
ney and Walter Wolfert.
After pledging ceremonies, Rich
ard M. Bourne of the university
Economics department discussed
labor legislation pending in Con
gress and pointed out differences
among the measures.
Staff
The retiring managing 'iitms
arc Joan Fankhauscr and Minis
Wreth.
Rassmussen, sophomore Ait ma
jor in the college of Arts and
Science, served on tho ait Malf.
He is a member of Sigma Alpha
F.psilon fraternity. Ho Mi.tU
Jerry Johnston.
Business Staff.
Biemond, now nM.stynt busi
ness manager, served on the bus
iness staff during the past year.
A member of the checi loading
squad, he is affiliated with Sigma
Phi Epsilon fraternity. Miss Vicle
is a member of Tassels and Chi
Omego sorority. The two assist
ant business managers for the
past year were Miss Ayers and
Priscilla i'lagg.
Any students who want to work
on the 1948 Cornhusker should
contact Miss Ackerman, and sign
their names on the worksheet on
the Cornhusker office bulletin
board.
"Daily" To List.
On May 24, students whose
names were drawn will be listed
in the Daily Nebraskan, and noti
fied later by mail by the Dean
of Student Affairs. Those se
lected will have until June 7 to
sign contracts for space at the
Dean of Student Affairs' office.
Rooms will "be allotted to 180
students, approximately 60 each
for the sophomore, junior, and
senior classes. The remaining
space for 88 students will be al
lotted to new students matriculat
ing as freshmen next fall.
Rent: $50.
Two types of accommodations
are available: In Unit A there
will be four men assigned to a
room. These rooms are equipped
with chairs, desks and clothes
cabinets for each man. At either
end of each floor are dormitory
style sleeping rooms, each with
twelve double-deck single beds.
Rent for space in Unit A per se
mester is $50.
In Units B and C there will
be two men assigned to a room.
Each room is equipped with
chairs, desks, clothes cabinets
and double-deck beds.The rent
for space in Units B and C is
$65 per semester, and $70 per
semester for corner rooms.
No Installments.
A security deposit of $10, in
addition to the semester rental, is
required at the time a person
contracts for space. The full se
mester rental is' payable in ad
vance before occupancy. Pay
ment in full of the first'semester
rental charge must be made at
the Comptroller's office in the
Ad building on or before Sept.
15, 1947. Installment payments
or delinquent accounts will not
be permitted.
Residents in all units will fur
nish their own towels, linens and
bedding. Each student must ar
range and pay for his own laun
dry service.
Each unit will be supervised
by a Resident Counselor, and
maid service will be provided
to care for housekeeping. The
See MEN'S DORM, page 4.
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