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Vol. 48 No. 74
Student Council Sets Election
Date to Decide Fate of NSA
An all campus election to
determine the fate of NSA at
the university was authorized for
the week of March 1-5 ,-by
the Student Council, meeting
Wednesday in the Union.
Te election was part of a seven
point report recommending action
on NSA brought in by the com
mittee studying university affili
ation with that organization.
President Harold Mozer notified
the committee after the measure
was passed that funds were
available in the council budget
for the election.
Bob Wenke, junior law college
member from Lincoln, asked
that the committee determine a
standard by which to decide the
validity of the election. He asser
ted an election of only a few
hundred students could not be
construed as representative.
Sam Warren, Lincoln senior at
large, on the council insisted
that this was not so.
Two recommendations asking
that the council decide how to
finance membership in NSA
should the university join, were
stricken from Dick Schluesner's
original report. Discussion by
council members indicated they
considered this decision part of
the special committee s duties.
Informational meetings were
called for Feb. 19 and 26 by the
report. The first would distribute
material on NSA to all campus
organizations and houses. The
second meeting was outlined as
an open forum to get student
reaction to the association.
Budget committee' chairman,
Arliss Swanson Patterson, repor-
Leger, Limlwall
Will Head NSA
Norm Leger arts and sciences
junior from Sterling, and Rod
Lindwall, engineering sophomore
from Omaha, were elected co-
chairmen of the student council
NSA committee Tuesday, accord
ing to Marj Anthony, the retir
ing chairman.
Miss Anthony, teachers college
junior from Sidney who headed
the committee since its formation
by the council in October, re
leased the proposal which the
group adopted at the council
meeting Wednesday. The com
mittee plan asked council spon
sorship of two campus wide
metings during February and a
special student election on NSA
the week of March 1.
UN Dominates
Meat Judging
Nebraska .students placed first
in meat judging and fifth in live
stock judging in the recent inter
collegiate livestock judging con
test held at Fort Worth, Tex.,
from Jan. 30 to Feb. 8. Sixteen
schools competed, in the livestock
section and five' participated in
the meats contest.
NU Retains Trophy.
Since Nebraska has won the
meats trophy twice before the
judging team retains the trophy
this year. The team also brought
home plaques for placing first in
the beef pork contests.
Berl Damkroger of DeWitt
placed second in the meats con
test, receiving the first medal in
lambs, second in beef, third in
pork and a tie for fifth in car
cass grading. Robert Hamilton,
Petersburg, placed third in the
contest and Robert Meade, Te
cumseh, placed fifth.
Hamilton, Meade Tops.
Meade was second high rank
ing individual in the livestock
contest, having placed second in
judging sheep, fifth on cattle and
sixth on .horses. Damkroger took
sixth place in all livestock events.
Hamilton was named top cattle
judge and Meade was second
high in sheep judging.
Members of the judging team
expect to return today. The fol
lowing members of the team
made the trip:
Damkroger, Meade, Hamilton,
Phillip Grabouski, Beatrice, and
Albert Clawson, Curtiss. Prof J.
V. Dunlap coached the livestock
team and Prof Charles Adams
was in charge of the meats judg
ing members.
LINCOLN 8, NEBRASKA Thursday. February 5, 1948
ted that the $50. appropriation
for the Men's Point Board was
rejected by university officials,
She quoted a letter from Dean
Harper, the student activities
agent, that council funds should
not be available to independent,
' though council instigated, organi
zations. The Persians, a previously
rejected political group, was
approved by the council upon
advice from Bob Wenke, chair
man of the constitutions com
mittee. Wenke said the Persians
had made all constitution revis
ions requested by the council.
Ben Wall, Arcadia Arts and
Sciences freshman and president
of the Persians, said that his
group now has 22 members, but
that no affiliated persons have
asked to join.
LatinAmerican
Lawyer Speaks
In Union Today
America's position in future
western hemisphere affairs wijl
be analyzed by Ezequiel Padilla
noted Mexicon statesman speak
ing in the Union ballroom today
at 11 a. m., Karl Arndt, convoca
tions chairman, announced.
Padilla, a proponent of demo
cratic thinking, held four impor
tant positions in the Mexican gov
ernment. He has been attorney
general, secretary of education
7 is, -
foreign minister and ambassador
to Italy. "Free Men of America"
is one of his several publications.
Padilla holds an honorary degree
from Columbia university and
has spent a great deal of time in
the United States.
A graduate of the University
of Mexico law school, Padilla
studied at the Sorbonne in Paris,
and Columbia. He headed the
Mexican delegation to the Rio
de Janeiro meeting of the third
consulation of foreign ministers,
Padilla expressed confidence in
democratic forms of government,
in speeches at the San Francisco
and Chapultepec conferences.
He is keenly interested in art,
music, literature and sports. His
books, as "Los Nuevos Ideale de
Tamaulipas" and "En La Tribuna
da la Revolucion," are dedicated
to proving that democratic ideals
may form the strongest govern
ment.
UN Takes Fifth
In Texas Cattle
Judging Contest
The University of Nebraska
placed fifth in the recent inter
collegiate livestock judging con
test held at Fort Worth, Tex., with
Kansas State winning the event
from 16 participating schools.
Robert Mead of Tecumseh was
the second high ranking individual
in the entire contest, and placed
second in judging sheep, fifth on
cattle and sixth on horses.
Robert Hamilton of Wilsonville
was named top cattle judge. Berl
Damkroger of DeWitt was the
sixth individual judge In all
events. He placed sixth on sheep,
eighth on cattle. The team was
coached by Prof. J. V. Dunlap.
FLIRTING AND CHATTING Is the way Spanish girls greet the
bullfighter when he comes to town. The scene is taken from the
rehearsal of "Carmen," opera to open tonight in the Temple Theater
at 8 p. m. Standing on each side of Morrie Hayes, Escamillo, are
Margaret Amend (left), as Carmen and Janet Dalrymple (right),
as Frasquita. Annette Jacobs (left) and Jacqueline King, seated,
play the role of Micaela on alternate nights.
AUF Reports First Semester
Totals Top Previous Drives
The semester financial report
of the All University Fund re
leased by A U F Treasurer Peggy
Laurie and Chairman Beth Noer-
enberg showed that $6,128.19, the
largest amount in the history of
the university, was collected in
the annual drive for funds for the
Community Chest and the World
Student Service Fund.
This year's collection is nearly
triple that of last year, although
it fell short cf the ideal $13,200
goal originally hoped for.
Blood Donors Give.
Approximately $175 of the to
tal collected was "blood money,"
donated by students who were
called during November to give
their blood at local hospitals, for
which they received $25. Of the
final amount received, $1,259.24
was rroportioned the Community
Chest, with the remaining $4,
743.85 going to World Student
Service Fund, an organization
working in the international stu
dent field, supplying books, food,
and medical aid to the needy
students anywhere in the world.
'Daily'AsksAid
For Friendship
Train Offering
The Daily Nebraskan. in con
nection with the Abraham Lin
coln Friendship Train drive, is
soliciting contributions from all
students toward - a Friendship
Train fund. Contributions may be
turned in any weekday afternoon
or Saturday morning to Editor
Jack Hill.
The drive will boost the amount
already contributed by the uni
versity faculty, $859, as the UN
contribution.
Organized houses on the cam
pus are urged to conduct cam
paigns of their own to raise the
fund. They should have a mem
ber bring their contribution to
the Nebraska office as soon as
possible.
All money received will be
turned over to Dr. Rosenlof, who
will in turn give it to the Friend
ship Train committee. Chancellor
Gustavson is general chairman of
this committee.
The drive is being put on be
cause of popular student agitation
to contribute to th friendship
fund, Hill said.
'Carmen'
UN Run
Y - V"
The proportion of the allocations
between the two organizations
was the same as established un
der the original goal.
Break downs of the figures
show that the Omaha campus,
under the chairmanship of Irvin
Braverman, student council presi
dent, turned in $244.20, earmarked
for WSSF. The faculty contrib
uted $198.95 to the drive.
Love Memorial Highest.
Of the $2,157.83 solicited from
organized women's groups, the
largest amount, a total of $152.50,
was collected from Love Me
morial Hall by LaVerna Acker,
house representative. This rep
resents the largest contribution
from any single organization
Gamma Phi Beta and Kappa Al
pha Theta, represented by Mary
Shopbell and Marilie Peterson re
spectively, tied for second and
third highest contributers from
among the women's houses with
$142.
Pub Board Donates.
Beta Sigma Psi topped the
men's houses with a contribution
of $136.50, solicited by R. B
Miller. Farm House followed
close behind with $128, and Zeta
Beta Tau was third highest with
its contribution of $100.
Organizational c o n t r i b utions
were swelled by a Pub Board
donation of $100 and $72 solicited
by Ben Ali from the YMCA. Mor
tar Board led the list of honarary
organizations with a contribution
of $100. The campus denominational-groups
contributed a total
of $297.15.
'Treasure Night'
Slated For Union
Under the story-book title of
"Treasure Nite," the Union will
hold its winter open house Fri
day evening from 8 to 11:30 p. m.,
and, will feature dancing and
bingo, Donna Alfrey, Union
Board chairman has announced.
The Smith-Warren orchestra
will play for the dance in the
ballroom. A ping-pong tourna
ment in the basement and a
bridge contest in the second floor
game room also will be on the
program. Open housa guests may
join the contest of their prefer
ence in the main floor lobby as
they enter the Union.
During the intermission, prizes
will be given to the winers of the
contests and a truth and conse
quences game will b held in the
ballroom.
Begins
Tonight
200 Students
Produce Opera
"Carmen," Bizet's f o u r-act
opera, will be presented by the
School of Fine Arts, Ainder the
direction of Dr. Arthur E. West
brook tonight at 8 p.m. in the
Temple Theater for the first per
formance of a three-night run.
The opera features a double
cast of 13 principals, and is the
product of Comhined efforts of 200
students from the music, speech,
and art departments. Publicity
posters and stage sets were paint
ed by art students, while students
of the speech department assist
ed in dramatic coaching, make-up
and technical production. The Uni
versity Singers forms the chorus,
with 27 musicians from the 75
piece University Symphony Orch
estra providing the instrumental
accompaniment.
"Carmen" was last presented by
the university in a concert version
at the Coliseum in the spring of
1944, and is the longest opera to
be staged in the Temple, two-act
operas having been the selections
of former years. The production
will be sung in English, with Dor
othy Slemmons and Margaret
Amend cast as Carmen and Rich
ard Koiipal and Robert Rouch in
the role of Don Jose.
Action in Seville
The plot, which has been adopt
ed from. Prosper Merimee's nov
el, takes place in Seville, Spain
about 1820. It is the story of the
fickle, seductive Spanish cigarette
factory worker who catches at will
the affections of the soldier, Don
Jose, and the bull-fighter Esca
millo. After persuading Jose to
desert the army and join her
band of smugglers, Carmen spurns
him in favor of the popular tore
ador. Her defiant manner toward
her former lover leads him to
kill her rather than a surrender
her to his rival. ,
The double cast, including four
graduate students and eight sen
iors among the 13 principals, has
had considerable experience in
past productions. Mrs. Slemmons,
a former student at Julliard
School of Music, has sung "Car
men" professionally with the
Kansas City Civic opera company.
Miss Amend, who will sing the
role Thursday night, directs two
children's choirs at Westminster
See "CARMEN, pag;e 4.
Drop-Add Registry
Order Determined
Drop and add numbers will
be distributed today and Friday
in the west reading room of the
library along with instructions
for dropping courses and regis
tering for additional ones.
Numbers will be posted at the
entrance to the library, according
to Dr. G. W. Rosenlof, registrar,
and students are to appear only
when their numbers are called.
Changes in registration cannot
be made unless the student brings
the green copy of his registration
form to make adjustments in the
payment of fees.
IF Council Plans
Annual Formal
Featuring the music of Warren
Durrett's orchestra, the annual
Interfraternity Ball will be held
Saturday, Feb. 14, from 9:00 to
12:00 p. m. at the Coliseum.
The Interfraternity Council is
sponsoring the formal dance with
Richard Svoboda serving as ad
vertising and publicity director.
The Coliseum will be decorated
with fraternity initials.
Tickets are now being sold at
all fraternity houses for $2.40 a
couple.
Husker Student
Total Near 10,000
Second semester registration
will total between 9,800 and 10,
000 students, according to Dr.
George W. Rosenlof, director of
admissions.
This figure represents a "nor
mal decrease" from the first se
mester total of 10,153, and com
pares with the number enrolled
for the second semester last year.
By Tuesday, the enrollment had
risen to 9,340 including 600 new
students. An additional 600 art
expected to register in the gradiu
ate college. i