Vol. 48 No. 51 LINCOLN 8, NEBRASKA
Tuesday,. December 9, 1947
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Late Surge
Too Strong
BY RALPH STEWART.
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For 30 minutes of playing time
Nebraska's 1947 cagers had an
initial court victory in their
clutches, but with less than two
minutes left Purdue's surging
Boilermakers forged ahead to
snatch a 60-56 verdict before 9,
000 howling fans.
Nebraska had a chance to knot
the score in the dying seconds
after Dick Schleiger's tying
basket was nullifed and Neil Mos
ser was awarded two charity
tosses. Mosser missed his first try
so the Huskers elected to take the
ball out of bounds.
Williams Steals Ball.
Howard Williams wiped out all
chances for a Nebraska win as he
broke through to steal the Dan ana
score the final two points as the
gun sounded to ice the win for
the Boilermakers.
Subsitute Forward Williams was
the hero-for the Indiana five. The
speedy ball-hawk poured five
points thru the hoop in the last
90 seconds to clinch the win for
Purdue. He connected for a total
of 19 counters for high scoring
honors for the evening.
Nebraska, led in scoring by
Forward Claude Retherford who
netted 15 tallies, forged into the
lead after eight minutes had
elapsed and held a 30-25 halftime
advantage.
When the big coliseum time
piece showed only nine minutes
of game time remaining, the Husk
ers were sporting a 46-37 lead and
were headed for a certain win.
Purdue Attack.
But the Boilermakers unleashed
a torrid scoring attack with Wil
liams and Forward William Ber-
Korian chnurinir the wav to nar-
See HUSKERS. Pace 3.
Toft to Talk
At Convo
Charles Phelps Taft, brother of
Sen. Robert A. Taft of Ohio, will
speak at a university convocation
Thursday morning, Dec. 11, at
11 a.m. in the Union ballroom.
The subject of his speech is "In
ternational Trade in the Postwar
World."
Taft served as director of the
Office of Wartime Economic Af
fairs and of the Office of Trans
portation and Communications,
both connected with the State De
partment Since 1945, Taft has
been engaged in city politics in
Cincinnati.
The speaker had much to do
with foreign trade policy im
mediately after the war. His of
fice announced the agreement
with the United Kingdom, France,
Belgium, the Netherlands, Nor
way, and Luxenbourg for, the re
habilitation and operation of west
ern Europe's railways, highways
and canals.
As Will Clayton's special as
sistant, he had charge of the pre
sentation to Congress of the Trade
Agreements Act.
Taft recieved his BA degree in
absentia .in 1918 while in the
armed Forces. On his return, he
re-entered Yale and received his
L1.B. in 1921, and was admitted
to the Ohio Bar the following
year. He entered into a law part
nership with his older brother
Robert in Cincinnati.
The attorney in 1941 assumed
the responsibility of war duties
in Washington. In March of that
year he became one of a new
three-man committee, headed by
Joseph E. Davies, the President's
committee on War Relief Agencies,
to handle a co-ordinate organized
drives for both foreign and domes
tic relief funds. Since January
1944, when Secretary of State
Cord ell Hull announced a reor
ganization of the State Depart
ment in accordance with the. co
ordination plan of President
Roosevelt, Taft served as director
of the newly created Office of
Wartime Economic Affairs.
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Will Discuss Policy on Negroes,
Football Coaching Situation
Race' discrimination in the Big Six conference and the
coaching situation at the University of Nebraska are two
subjects that will be on the agenda when the Athletic Board
of Control meets tonight at 5:30.
It is expected that the board will take action to endorse
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Honors Won
By Debaters
In debating the topic, "Re
solved: that a federal world gov
ernment should be established,"
at a midwest debate and discus
sion conference held at the Uni
versity of Iowa, the two Nebras
ka debate teams present won five
out of eight rounds.
The conference, held Dec. 5 and
6, was attended by ten midwest
ern schools and the West Point
Military Academy. 1
The university's negative team,
Rodney Lindwall and Richard
Schleusener, won four straight
rounds, defeating Minnesota,
Iowa, Michigan State and Mis
souri. The affirmative team, Ted Sor
ensen and Jack Solomon, won
from Northwestern, lost its three
other rounds.
In the quality rating scale, Sor
ensen and Schleusener were rated
superior, with Lindwajl getting an
excellent rating.
Out of .four rounds of discus
sion on the subject of "What can
we do to establish peace in the
world?" Schleusener won a su
perior rating. Other three Nebras
ka representatives rated excellent.
In the extemporaneous speak
ing and after-dinner speaking
competition, Ted Sorenson rated
superior in both.
Greek Fellowship
Student to Speak
At Christmas Tea
Miss Maria Constantinides, for
eign fellowship student from
Greece, will describe Christmas in
her home country at the annual
Christmas Tea of the Home Ec
department.
The tea has been announced for
Dec. 11, and will be held in the
Home Ec parlors, according to
Phyllis Ross, publicity director.
This year's tea will be divided
into two sections; one from 4:30
to 5:00 and the other from 5:00
to 5:30. The program will be pre
sented at each period,
l All Home Economics students
and graduate students are invited
to attend the tea. Attendants are
reminded to bring their favorite
recipes for addition to the new
recipe files.
Forum Cancelled
The university YMCA
forum on Russia, originally
scheduled for Tuesday evening
has been changed to sometime
in February, according to word
received from the office of
Gordon Llppett, executive sec
retary of the university YMCA.
(See Letterip on Pace 2.)
Racial Tolerance
Urged by Co-ops
The Central League of Campus
Co-ops, representing campus co
operatives in an eight state region
including all Big Six territory,
went on record last week end urg
ing elimination of racial discrimi
nation from Big Six athletic com
petition, according to Earl Dyer,
president
The action took the form of a
resolution passed unanimously at
a meeting of the organization's
board of directors in Kansas City
Saturday. A. C. St. John, Pioneer
Co-op, and Dyer, Brown Palace,
are Nebraska representatives on
the board.
Text of the resolution: "Where
as the Rochdale principles of co
operation include the principle of
no discrimination based on race,
color, or political or religious be
liefs; and whereas the Central
League of Campus Co-ops repre
sents a majority of the schools in
the Big Six conference: Be it re
solved that the Central League of
Campus Co-ops hereby urges that
such discrimination be eliminated
from athletic competition."
Gl Poll Summary
To Be Released
Summaries of information on
GI budgets at the university will
be given at a meeting of the Uni
Vets, Tuesday, Dec. 9, at 7:30
p.m., in room 27 of the Temple.
The report will include all data
obtained from the recent all-campus
poll taken for the benefit of
UniVet representatives traveling
to Washington.
Nominations for second semes
ter officers for the organization
will also be in order, UniVet of
ficials announced. Possibilities of
Council revisions will be , dis
cussed. They emphasized that the
meeting was for all members and
any students interested in the re
sults of the poll. . .
Messiah'
Presentation
Set Dec. 14
Handel's "Messiah," an annual
university presentation, will be
given at the coliseum at 3 p. m.
Sunday, Dec. 14, by five univer
sity and Lincoln choral groups
combining to form the Choral
Union under the direction of Dr.
Arthur Westbrook. Accompanying
the 600-voice chorus will be the
seventy-piece University orches
tra. The four guest soloists appear
ing this year are: J. Dayton
Smith, tenor; Jean Thompson, so
prano; Mrs. Pauline Smith An
derson, contralto; and Donald El
lis, baritone. Mr. Smith and Mrs.
Anderson were soloists for the
Messiah" last year, and Miss
Thompson appeared as soloist in
1945.
M Smith, director of the Lin
coln men's chorus, is an instructor
in voice at the University's School
of Music, and is a soloist at the
Christian Science church. Mrs.
Anderson graduated from the
University of California, and has
sung solo part in musical pre
sentations in Berkeley and San
Francisco.
A senior in arts and sciences,
Miss Thompson appeared as San
tuzza in "Cavalleria Rusticana,"
in 1946, and is a member of Grace
Lutheran church choir.
Mr. Ellis, a newcomer to the
"Messiah," has had a wide back
ground of musical experience,
having sung with the Heidelberg
Octette, Chicago; Horace Heidt's
orchestra, and the St. Louis and
Chicago opera compaies. A for
mer student at Illinois Wesleyan,
he has been associated with
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Uni
versal pictures.
The University Brass choir di
rected by Robert Stepp will play
a half hour program of carols
preceding the performance. Ear
nest Harrison will be at the piano
and Myron Roberts at the organ.
Miriam Bratt and Jeannette Dole
zal are the student accompanists.
Mielenz to Speak
At First AWS
Career Meeting
A series of career conferences
sponsored by the AWS board and
designed to help upperclassmen
as well as freshmen to determine
their choice of career will open
Tuesday in room 315, Union at
5 p. m.
Miss Mary Mielenz, English
supervisor in teachers college, will
speak Tuesday on the many dif
ferent and specialized fields of
fered in the teaching profession.
Her talk will be followed by
a panel discussion with questions
from the audience. A few of the
questions to be considered will be:
What your employer expects of
you, what the community expects
of you and the training required
of an undergraduate in the teach
ing profession.
The career conference series
will include talks on dating and
marriage, nursing, journalism and
advertising, radio, and personal
work. These topics have been se
lected through a poll which was
taken to determine the fields in
which the girls of this campus are
most interested. Jean Compton,
AWS vice-president, is chairman
of the series.
Registration Procedure
December 9 Students who are
juniors NOW.
lecember 10 Sophomores and
freshmen whose surnames begin
with A, B, C, D, E, F, G, II, pr L
December 11 Sophomores and
freshmen whose surnames begin
with J. K, L, M, N, O, P, or Q.
December 12 Sophomores and
freshmen whose surnames begin
with K, S, T, U, V, W. X, T, or Z.
adopted at the special Big Six
student representative conference
held on the campus Nov. 28, and
to instruct Nebraska's delegate to
the Big Six Athletic conference to
vote for a similar official resolu
tion. Although Chancellor R. G. Gus
tavson was out of town Monday
afternoon, a spokesman close to
the chancellor told a Daily Ne
braskan representative that the
chancellor was "completely be
hind the Student Council's efforts
to eliminate racial discrimination
from Big Six athletic circles."
Drop Oklahoma?
He added that it was quit pos
sible that the Big Six athletic
representatives might vote to
drop Oklahoma from the confer
ence if that school declines to go
along with the expressed opinion
of the other member institutions
in abolishing all rules which bar
Negroes from participation in ath
letic contests.
Two faculty members on the
Nebraska athletic board of con
trol said Monday that they were
in favor of backing the anti-discrimination
resolutions, and in
dicated that the matter might be
driven to a decision at the Big
Six conference to be held in Kan
sas City this weekend.
A resolution stating that any
elegible student of a Big Six
school be allowed to participate
in all competitive athletic events
at any member institution was
adopted at-the special conference
called by Student Council Presi
dent Harold Mozer, Nov. 28, at
which there was student repre
sentation from all the Big Six
schools except Oklahoma, and in
cluding new conference member,
Colorado.
Alumni to Confer.
Dean E. S. Fullbrook, Nebraska's
voting delegate to the Big Six
athletic board, said that a spe
cial committee appointed by the
Alumni Association would confer
with the Athletic board at to
night's meeting. The committee
presumably deals with the foot
ball coaching situation here.
Personnel of the Nebraska
Athletic Board of Control is:
Dean Roy M. Green, chairman;
Dean Earl S. Fullbrook. Prof. W.
E. Militzer, Prof. Walter K.
Beggs; alumni representatives
Willard Witte, Fremont, and
Harry B. Coffee, Omaha; N Club
representative Ed Schwartzkopf;
and three members ex officio,
John K. Selleck, L. F. Seaton and
A. J. Lewandowski.
Dr. Vin White
Speaker at Ag
Yuletide Fete
Dr. C. Vin White, new pastor
at the First Presbyterian hurch,
will be the main speaker at the
Ag College Christmas program, to
be held in the college activities
building Monday Dec. 17.
Sponsored by the Ag Exec
Board, the program is presented
each year shortly before Christ
mas vacation, and features stu
dent talent. This year, the Ag
College Chorus under the direc
tion of Mrs. Tullis will present
solo and choral arrangements of
Christmas music.
Bob Hamilton, secretary of the
board, announced that there will
be no admission charge for the
program which is open to the
public.
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