Vol. 48 No. 68 LINCOLN 8, NEBRASKA
U.S. Must Occupy Germany
For Many Years Friedrich
Decision of the Big Three
powers to restore western Ger
many's crippled industrial sys
tem to its former might, means
that the United States will have
to keep occupation forces there
"for many years," Dr. Carl
Friedrich said in the second
Montgomery Lecture Wednesday.
Dr. Friedrich, Harvard univer
sity authority on European af
fairs, said that there had been a
revolutionary change in the pol
icy originally determined at Pots
dam. There the Big Three agreed
to reduce the German industrial
machine to war-making impot
ency. It is now apparent, Fried
rich said, that allied policy seeks
to restore western Germany's in
dustrial plant so that it will fit
into the fabric of the Marshall
plan. The Marshall plan calls for
a self-supporting European econ
omy. Many Years of Occupation.
"This about-face in policy on
our part means that occupation
of Germany must be maintained
for many years because we want
to make sure that this industry
will not be used in a war against
ourselves."
The lecturer said .that such a
war might conceivably be waged
Met Opera Audition Includes
Two Nebraska Contestants
When the Metropolitan "Opera
Auditions of the Air" is broad
cast Sunday, Jan. 18 at 3:30 p.m.,
two sopranos from Nebraska will
be the contestants. They are Eliza
beth Farquhar, former university
student from Omaha, and Jane
Hobson, a mezzo-soprano from
Murray. Station KFOR will carry
the show.
A former women's page editor
of the Lincoln Journal, Miss Far
quhar began her music studies at
Sullins College, Bristol, Va. In
1943, while working for the Jour
nal, Miss Farquhar studied music
and art at the University. Entering
the Mademoisell-sponsored con
test in 1945, she won a scholarship
to the New York Traphagen School
of Fashion.
After an informal audition
with Opera Star Helen Jepson,
who encouraged her t make voice
her career, she began coaching
with Paul Althouse, former Metro-
Ag YM Holds
Yearly Election
Members of the Ag Campus
YMCA will go to the polls this
week to elect the officers for the
coming year. Chairman of the
nominations committee, Ralph
Johnson, announced the results
of his committee's action at the
meeting this week.
Candidates for president of the
organization include: Duane Niel
sen, present holder of the office,
Dale Stauffer, now treasurer, and
Virgil Ganzel, who is the present
secretary.
In other departments, Gordon
Bachenberg and Robert Epp will
vie for the office of secretary,
and Bob Briedenbaugh will run
against George Wagner for the
treasurer's position. Also slated
for selection at this time is the
district representative. Gordon
Maricle and Dick Steffan have
been nominated for this office.
Nielsen explained ballots will be
mailed to the members, and that
the votes are to be deposited in
ballot boxes placed in the YM
room of the ag union. Ballots
must be turned in by 7:30 p. m.
next Tuesday.
Election results will be an
nounced at the joint meeting to
be held next Tuesday night.
Oother members of the nomina
tions committee were Phil Skin
ner and Rueben Epp.
by a revived fascist or Comma
nistic German government.
' The western democracies are
doing a good job of destroying
the German military machine and
the nazi party, Friedrich asserted,
Coupled with the revival or uer
many's industrial economy, these
developments are giving the de
mocratic and anti-militaristic peo'
pie of Germany a "genuine oppor
tunity to establish democracy.
German Army is Kaputt.
"Demilitarization," he contin
ued, "is in an advanced stage in
Germany. The army is gone, the
ammunition has been destroyed,
the armament factories have been
dismantled, and the general staff
ceases to exist."
Concerning denazification, de
clared Friedrich, that the purg
ing of pro-nazi elements has been
less satisfactory. Most nazis have
been eliminated from positions of
influence, and most of them are
now in a position to make trou
ble. It is hard to tell who had
been nazis for protective reasons
and who were nazis for progres
sive, anti-democratic motives.
Nazism can never be com
pletely erased," he concluded.
"But the work is being carried on
continuously, particularly by the
Germans themselves.
PQlitan tenor. Miss Farquhar held
leading roles in- university opera
productions of DeKoven's "Robin
Hood," Mascagini's "Cavalleria
Rusticana ' and Mendelssohn s or
atroio "Elijah." Last summer she
appeared as a guest soloist on the
Sigmund Romberg radio show
over the NBC network.
Concert Pianist.
Before the war, Miss Hobson
was preparing for a concert pian
ist career under the well known
pianist, Robert Cassadesus, in
Paris. She returned to this coun
try to the Cincinnati Conservatory
of Music and sang in a choral
group, where her teacher urged
her to make singing her vocation,
In 1942, she won a four year fel
lowship to the Julliard School of
Music and four years later won
the Naumburg Award which en
titled her to perfor at Town Hall
in New York.
A pianist and a singer, she is
also an actress, having played the
leads in a series of summer thea
ter plays in Maine last year.
Third Contestants.
Miss Hobson and Miss Farquhar
will be the third set of contest
ants heard on the auditions, spon
sored by the Farnsworth television
and radio corporation. At the end
of the season, winning contestants
will receive $1,000 and a Metro
politan Opera contract.
On the Sunday broadcast. Miss
Farquhar will sing the aria "II
est doux, II est bon" from "Hero
diade" by Massenet, and "Three
Loves" from Grieg's "Song of Nor
way." Miss Hobson will sing the
"Air de Lia" from the cantata
"L'Enfant Prodigue" by DeBussy
and "Will You Remember" from
Herbert's "Sweehearts." Both con
testants will join in the last se
lection, "E un Anatema," a duet
from Ponchielli's "La Gionconda."
Masquers Pledge
Sixteen Students
Nebraska Masquers chapter of
the National Collegiate Players
pledged 16 students Jan. 14.
In a ceremony held at 7 p. m.
in the Studio Theater, the follow
ing were pledged: Homer Haupt-
mann, Eddie McCullough, Norm
Leger, Polly Ann Rickley, Mar
garet Ann Huff, Don Clifton,
Mary Cottingham, June McCuaig,
Clare ' Denton, Elmer Johnson,
Jack Asbyll, Elaine Hensel, Ro
zella Widows, Shirley . Wallace,
Walt Davis, uad Pat Boyd.
Friday, January 16, 1948
Council Will
Investigate
Credit Value
Investigation of the credit eval
uation system was ordered by the
Student Council at its meeting
Wednesday.
Hank Schleuter and Joan Farrar
will check with the registrar in an
attempt to make official credit
evaluations easier for students to
obtain. Several council members
told of difficulties experienced in
trying to check their requirements
officially before second semester
registration. The administration
offices are now evaluating only
mid-year graduates.
Publishing semester reports cov
ering council activity and limita
tions was added to the duties of
the publicity committee by a mo
tion of Schleuter s.
President Harold Mozer ap
pointed three members to the Uni
versity honors convocation com
mittee. Appointed were Marjorie
Reynolds, Alex Cochrane and Bill
Koehn.
Suggested revisions' to the Per
sians constitution were submitted
to that organization Wednesday
afternoon according to a report by
Bob Wenke, chairman of the con
stitutions committee.
The resignation , of Stanley
Malachock from the council was
accepted. He stated in a letter that
he will not be in school next
semester.
Oldtime Barn
Dance Holds
Sway Tonight
All join hands and circle left!
From there on it will be an eve
ning of solid enjoyment for any
one who takes the trouble to pull
on an old pair of ginghams or
jeans and shag on over to the
college activities building for the
oldtime barn dance tonight.
Dress to fit the occasion if
you're out for a good time. Dave
Sanders will be calling the Vir
ginia reels and music will be furn
ished befitting square dance tra
dition. The dance is an outgrowth of
the square dancing class which
has been offered by the ag union
this semester, but experience is not
a prerequisite for attendance. Ivan
Liljegren, chairman of the spon
soring general entertainment com
mittee, stressed that squares will
be explained and demonstrations
given.
It's all free and there's little
formality, so grab a partner and
hurry on over to college activities.
Firing will commence at 8 p.m.
and things will pop until 11:30.
Petrillo Affects
Union Activity
Because of a ruling of the local
association of the American Fed
eration of Musicians, the Variety
Matinee programs, scheduled for
alternate Fridays in the Union,
have been canceled.
The ruling stated that A. F. of
M. union members could not par
ticipate in the bi-weekly program
unless they were paid regular
union wages, which the Union ac
tivities committee does not feel
are a justified expenditure for
free student entertainment, ac
cording to Duane Lake, Student
Union director.
Also in accordance with the
ruling, non-union members can
not be employed as entertainers.
The Variety Matinees were orig
inated as a means of using stu
dent talent in the entertainment
field. It had been planned to put
the program on the air this year.
This was a project of the Union
general entertainment committee
under the direction of Donna
Alfrey and Bob Easter.
Architects Quit University
Suddenly; Officials Silent
Two departments of architecture faculty members an
nounced that their resignations were admitted to the Dean
of the College of Engineering this week for presentation to
the Board of Regents.
Benjamin P. Hemphill, associate professor of architec
CREDIT BOOKS
Keep your credit book and
keep each grade report which
you will receive at the end of
each semester. The Registrar's
Offic will no longer issue credit
books It is the responsibility of
each student to keep a com
plete file of his grade reports.
C. E. Mickey
Dies; Retired
Engineer Prof
Clark E. Mickey, retired pro
fessor of civil engineering, died
Wednesday at 3 a.m.-at a local
hospital. His death was attributed
to "severe" stomach hemorrhages
he suffered in the past week...
Born March 9, 1883, in Pennsyl
vania, Mickey came to Nebraska
in 1897. He was graduated from
the University in 1908, earning a
Bachelor of Science degree in both
Mechanical and Civil Engineering.
He started as an instructor in
1908 in the department of Applied
Mechanics, and remained there
until 1920. At that time, he was
named a professor in .Civil En
gineering, which he taught until
his retirement at the close of the
academic year 1946-47. for "ill
health."
Mickey, who was 64, was a
teacher for 39 years.' He was active
in the state as a consulting engin
err in fields of paving and water
resources. From 1919-1928 he was
the consulting and testing engin
eer of the State Highway Depart
ment. His affiliations included mem
bership in Sigma Tau; Sigma Xi;
ASTM, the American Society for
Testing Materials; SPEE, the So
ciety for the Promotion of Engin
eering Education; and the Ameri
can Society of Civil Engineers.
Prof. Mickey was disturbed by a
stomach hemorrhage last Thurs
day, and taken to the hospital.
where repeated hemorrhages oc
curred. A call for his blood type
was sent out Tuesday, and was
answered by a fellow professor, a
present student, and a former
student.
Roy M. Green, dean of the Col
lege of Engineering, said of Prof.
See MICKEY, Page 4.
YM Announces
Election Slate
Nominations of officers for the
coming YMCA election have been
announced by Neils Wodder, nom
inating committee chairman. Can
didates for president are Ben Ali,
Don Crowe and Bill Reuter. Ben
Ali, foreign student, is vice-presi
dent of the Cosmopolitan Club and
W.S.S.F. campus representative.
The second candidate, Don
Crowe, is president of the Religi
ous Welfare Council, formerly
president of Alpha Phi Omega,
and is, at present, vice-president
of the city campus YMCA. Bill
Reuter is a member of the Uni
versity Theatre, Masquers, and
social chairman on' the YMCA
Cabinet.
District Representative candi
dates are Kerl Qusinberry and
Bill Winkler. Both men are mem
bership chairmen and co-editors
of the Tiny-Y. Bill Broaden and
George Slenker are the nominees
for the office of secretary with
Bob Gruber and Dick Sabas the
candidates for treasurer.
Election ballots will be mailed
to all members and may be turned
in at the YMCA office in the
Temple building before Wednes
day evening at 6 p.m. Results of
the election will be announced at
an election supper Wednesday,
according to Ted Sorensen, pres
ent head of YMCA.
Members of the nominating
committee were Neils Wodder,
Phil Frandson, Elmer Sprague,
Dale Mesner, Robert Borin, Mer-
vyn Cadwallader and Ted Sorensen.
ture, requested his resignation be
effective Monday, Jan. 12, the day
of its submission. Hemphill at
tended the annual convention of
the American Institute of Archi
tects in April, 1947, as the repre
sentative of the Nebraska chapter
and the Nebraska Architects As
sociation. Burket E. Graf, instructor of
architecture, announced his resig
nation Wednesday, requesting that .
it become effective at the end of
the current semester. When in
terviewed he expressed regret at
having to take the step.
Graf joined the university
faculty 'in April 1946 upon re
turning from the navy. At the
time of his resignation he was
faculty advisor to the Student
Architectural society.
Neither resignation has been
acted upon by the board of
regents.
Both men plan private archi
tecture practices in Lincoln.
Earlier in the semester another
architecture instructor, Herman
Skaret, left the department. He
was out of town and could not be
reached.
University officials, except for
the Chancellor who was out of
town Thursday, refused to com
ment on the resignations.
Bates Explains
Study Course
For Cliem E
Dr. Bates, assistant professor
of chemical engineering, ex
plained the new curriculum for
chemical engineers at the student
chapter meeting of the American
Institute of Chemical Engineers
Wednesday evening.
Dr. Batees explained that the
new curriculum, which will be
come effective the first semester
of the 1948-1949 school year, ex
presses a general trend in engi
neering education toward a more
cultural background for the en
gineer. Alsor with the added fa
cilities of the annex to Avery lab
aratory the number of courses of
fered in chemical engineering has
been, increased.
The curriculum wil require 140
semester credit hours for gradu
ation as compared with 136 credit
hours in the other engineering
departments.
Students now enrolled in the
University may graduate under
either course of study, the new
or the old.
Student speakers for the meet
ing were Calvin King, who dis
cussed "The Interviewer," and
Neil Shields, who described the
chemical engineering references
available to students.
Research Scientists
Will Investigate
Enzyme Behavior
University research scientists
plan to investigate the strange be
havior of tiny bodies found in
certain bacteria.
Some of these bodies, called en
zymes, exist at temperatures as
high as 180 degrees, but others
break down quickly when exposed
to much heat. The behavior of
the enzymes controls the life of
the bacteria.
The project will be financed by
a $1,000 gift from the Agriculture
Research Foundation, Inc., of
Omaha, to the University of Ne
braska Foundation. The investi
gation will be-made by Dr. Walter
Militzer, biochemist, and Dr. Carl
Georgi, bacteriologist.
CC's to Meet Sunday
A meeting of the Co-ed Coun
selors will be held Sunday, Jan.
18, from 2 to 3 p. m., in Ellen
Smith Hall to discuss plans for
next semester, Jackie Wightman,
publicity chairman of the board,
has announced. Plans for the pen
ny carnival will be started and
"little sisters" will be assigned
to the members.
