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rKT V ts Satfo Vol. 48 No. 82 LINCOLN 8, NEBRASKA' - Tuesday, February 17, 1948 Young Demos Support History Prof to Oppose Sen. Wherry OMAHA, Neb. The Lancaster County Young Democrats from the university joined with the Doug las County Young Democrats Sun day evening at a pre-convention caucus of the Democratic pre-pri-mary convention that is to be held on Tuesday in a drive to nominate Albin T. Anderson, 36, a member of the faculty of the university, to the candidacy of U. S. Senator. In a statement issued following conferences with labor and old guard Democratic groups, the two Young Democratic organizations declared, "there is complete unan imity" in the selection of Ander son, a veteran of the Pacific war theater and presently associated with the history faculty of the uni versity. "Youthful Liberal" The statement declared "young democrats of both organizations firmly believe that Albin T. An derson has the capabilities and po tentialities of defeating the present reactionary incumbent Senator Wherry (r., Neb.)" It asserts that the groups are UN Train Drive Ends at $1165 Dean F. C. Harper, director of the division of commercal enter prises, announced yesterday that final university contributions to the Abraham Lincoln Friendship Train total $1,165.65. The faculty gave $895 and single student con tributions total $270.65. All proceeds will be turned over to Chancellor Gustavson, general chairman of the drive. Contributions to the fund have been delivered by Wilson Hall, $10; Beta Sigma Psi, $15; C. J. Ground, $5; W. Hohnstein, $1; G. Roesler, $1; Tau Kappa Ep silon, $10; W. D. Asechbacher, $5; Alpha Phi, $25; Terrace Hall, $10; Bob Grouber, $1; Interna tional House, $12.50: Love Me morial Hall, $15; Rosa Bouton Hall, $10.50; YM-YW Noon Hour, $6.20; Anonymous, $3.50; Kappa Delta, $18; Morrill Hall, $1.64; Alpha Xi Delta, $5; Loomis Hall, $3.31; Kappa Kappa Gamma. $25.75. McDill Awarded Home Ec Honors Louise McDill, sophomore in the Home Economics depart ment, received the highest schol arship in the department last year. The announcement was made at a buffet supper Sunday, held at the home of Miss Margaret Fedde, where Omicron Nu hon ored the ten girls with the high est averages last year. Three ac tives of Omicron Nu informed the guests of the organization's purposes and goals. Miss McDill's name will be placed on the Omicron Nu honor roll in the Home Ec social rooms, a custom that has been followed for over 30 years, previous to the honor roll, Omicron Nu in scribed the honored name on a gold cup which was then in the possession of the girl for that year. Omicron Nu is the Home Economics honorary fraternity. Miss McDill is the present ag editor of The Daily Nebraskan. Barb Dance Set For Saturday In Union Ballroom The USA-BABW annual spring dance in the Union ballroom will be held Feb. 21 from 9 p.m. to 12 p.m. with music by Lee Han cock and his band. An informal affair, the dance is sponsored for unaffiliated univer sity students. Tickets are on sale in the Union and can be obtained from all USA-BABW board mem bers or in unaffiliated organized houses. They are priced at 60 cents each. Dace Bolyan, publicity chair an for the dance, suggested that students wishing to attend the dance may do so after going to the university theatre or the bas ketball game on the same evening. "vitally concerned with the nom ination and election by the people of Nebraska of a youthful liberal to the office of the U. S. Senate." The official statement was signed by John Basarfch, chairman of the Douglas county Young Democrats, and Don Morrow, chairman of the Lancaster county group, who was speaking for the unanimous opin ion of the ten youthful political delegates from the university. Morrow stated that the entire group would fight to the hilt for Anderson who he described as the "most forceful speaker since Wil liam Jennings Bryan." Anderson indicated his willing ness to make the race in a brief statement, in which he said: "It goes without saying that were I nominated to the high office of the United States senate, I would conduct a vigorous and enlighten ed campaign on behalf of the peo ple who have been forced into dire straights as a consequence of reactionary leadership in the U. S. Senate." Served in Navy. Anderson served in the navy from 1943 to early 1946, being separated from the service with the rank "of lieutenant. He parti cipated in the Leyte gulf and Lingayen gulf operations in the Philippines, as communications officer on the Seventh fleet flag ship, was naval liaison officer with Gen. Douglas MacArthur's headquarters, and was assigned to communications planning for the assault of Japan. In 1939 and 1940 he served as field representative of the Amer ican Scandinavian Foundation and has traveled widely in the United States and Europe. He received his master of arts degree from the University of California and went on to get his Ph.D. The Lancaster County group is also supporting another member of' the university staff, John White, for congressman from the First District. An announcement of this support had been previ ously made. Debaters Take Rocky Mount Speech Honors Four Nebraska debaters ranked in the top ten at the Rocky Mountain Speech Conference, in Denver, Colo., from Feb. 12 to 14 with 22 schools compet ing. The debate teams representing Nebraska were Robert Moodie and Leonard Hammes, Rodney Lindwall and Richard Schleusner, Jack Solomon and Ted Sorenson. Debating on the subject, "A Fed eral World Government Should Be Established," these three teams won nine out of twelve contests. Sorenson and Lindwall ranked high, among 106 contestants, in the discussion panel, "How Can We Insure Peace in the World?" Dick Schleusner won eighth place among all debaters, with Lindwall and Sorenson tying for ninth place and Solomon in tenth. Debate teams will again com pete at Nebraska's Inter-Collegiate Debate and Discussion Con ference to be held in Lincoln, Feb. 27 and 28. Large Prizes Offered In Radio Script Contest A radio wrint contest for col lege students in the United States is being sponsored by the Associ ation for Education by Radio. ManusfriDts are due March 30 and must be sent to Sherman P. Lawton, University of Oklahoma, who is chairman of the contest. Miss Bettv Jeanne Holcomb an nounced today that Alpha Epsilon Rho of Nebraska is participating in ih contest. Details of the com petition are posted at the radio studio in the xempie. Pri7M totaling more than $800 urn beini? offered for the script The purpose of the contest is to encourage the aeveiopmeni oi good student radio writing in colleges Sid universities. v: J V - - I . V f 1 V ... '...! Y- 7 V? Vtia , DEAN R. M. GOSS Grad School Dean Tells Of Stipends R. W. Goss, dean of the Grad uate college, announced the avail ability of fellowships and grad uate assistantships totaling about $30,000, three or more undergrad uate scholarships worth $750 each, and a faculty fellowship. -Applications, obtainable at the Graduate office and at the deans' offices, must be returned by March 1. Fellowships range in value from $100 to $1,800 per semester and are open in all colleges. Dean Goss described some which are offered to students in more thr.n one depart ment. The Amanda Heppner fel lowship for $100 is open to all women. Research Pays Off Remission of tuition and $1,000 are offered to graduates in bi ological or physical sciences by the Nathan J. Gold scholarship. Five Knights of Ak-Sar-Ben fel lowships of $500 plus tuition are open to those interested in re search dealing with production or utilization, of Nebraska agricul tural products. Those doing research in botony or agronomy dealing with pasture management in Nebraska are elegible for the $500 offered by Arthur Sampson. Stipends of $750 will be given with each of the four Franklin and Orlinda M. Johnson fellowships. Miller Money All students above the freshman year, including graduates, in any of the schools or colleges in the university are eligible for the Donald W. Miller scholarships and fellowships. Three or more of these, worth $750, are available. The Johnson Faculty fellowship is open to all full-time members of the faculty who hold the rank of instructor or above. This stip end will not exceed $1,500 for one semester or $3,000 for two. Further information on these and other fellowships is obtain able at the Graduate office in the Social Science building. Union Provides Host for Patrons Of Music Room A new policy for the Union's Music Room, effective this week, has been designed to accommo date a larger number of students requests. Music Chairman Rex Pettijohn announced. Between the hours of 4 and 5 p. m., a host will be on duty in the room who will play rec ords requested by he room's patrons. Planned to relieve students of the manual operation "of -the ma chine and to avoid monopolizing of the machine by a few persons, the new policy will be adapted to whatever needs or suggestions arise, Pettijohn said. The host period will be In ef fect between 4 and 5 p. m. only, with other regular room hours as before. The Music Room form erly opened at 4:30 p. m. Hosts for this week, chosen from the Union's music committtee, are: Monday, Joyce Buck; Tuesday, Frank Mize; Wednesday, Sally Sipple; Thursday, Jean Eckwall; Friday, Miriam Hicks. Chancellor Cites Education Role Gustavson Says Understanding Of Social Battle Necessary Education must create an understanding of the struggle within our society to develop a morality to which all nations will suscribe, Chancellor R. G. Gustavson told over 300 Lin coln alumni gathered for the 79th anniversary of Charter uay bunaay nignt. The chancellor pointed out that to be great the university must be a changing institution, so rapidly is world society changing. To society, he said, falls the re sponsibility of helping develop character to handle safely the dy namite placed in its hands by science. Good Citizens Wanted. Commenting on the athletic sit uation, Dr. Gustavson quipped that the next coach to arrive here would be Bernie Bierman of Min nesota. "He will arrive with his team Oct. 2," the chancellor said. The place of athletics was termed "a part of the education system" by the chancellor. He in sisted it should not be an institu tion through which to advertise the university, rather that this is is best done by scholarship. Dr. Gustavson questioned that universities could feel they turn out men of character when they teach them to accept money con trary to the rules of the game. "We are not going to be satisfied with an athletic program which does not produce good citizens," he said. . Allison Speaks. American problems in Japan and Korea were outlined by John N. Allison, chief of the North Asian division of the U.S. foreign service. Allison graduated from the Uni versity in 1927 and has been with the state department 19 years. He returned from the far East last Christmas. Success or failure of our oc cupation in Japan, Allison insist ed, will depend not so much on what we do in Japan as on what the people in this and other coun tries do. "It is up to the university to prepare people to make great de cisions, he said. Four Phases. The four phases of the Japanese Droblem were listed by Allison as military strength, national econo my, education and religions. No solution will be found to the Korean problems until the Russian-American questions are an swered, according to the Asiatic City Architects Criticize Firing Of Professor Contradiction of a recent state ment by the university that prac ticing architects in the com munity approved B. F. Hemp hill's dismissal from the faculty was made by a group of 13 Lin coln architects yesterday. . In a letter sent to Chancellor R. G. Gustavson, Dean Roy Green, and to the- board of re gents, the 13 signces said they "are definitely in disagreement with the action taken by the uni versity in this regard." Group Action. The writing of the letter was a group action and not started by one specific individual among the 13. By denying the university's statement that Hemphill's dis missal was OK'd by Lincoln ar chitects, the 13 drafters of the letter have re-opened an issue which has been temporarily quiet since Hemphill's dismissal. The university committee on academic privilege, headed by Prof. J. M. Reinhardt, is consid ering the architectural situation at the present time. Served 15 Years. Hemphill was dismissed from the faculty several weeks ago after havintf served as a nrofessor of architecture for more than 15 years. At the time, several other architectural faculty members re signed. Hemphill has refused comment on the situation with the exception of his statement that "complications will be forthcoming." Allison Claims Far East Needs More Experts One of the biggest problems facing the United States in the Far East is the lack of trained personnel in the departments of Japan, emphasized John Allison, chief of the north Asian affairs division of the U. S. Foreign Serv ice. "We hope that our American colleges and universities can get this across to their students," he said. Allison informally discussed the economic and political questions of Korea and Japan before a group of students in the library auditorium Monday afternoon. Turning first to the problems in Korea, he explained the differ ences in the governments which Russia and the U. S. have estab lished in their sections of the country. Problem. "I don't know what our gov ernment should do," Allison said, "but the problem depends on what the people in this country want us to do." Rehabilitating the Japanese people to civil life, establishing a democratic government, and re viving their industries constitute the major part of the American problem in Japan, according to Allison. Allison,, a university graduate and former Lincolnite, has lived in the Far East since 1927. He taught school in Japan, took com mercial posts in Japan and China, and joined the Foreign Service in 1930. He also addressed two polit ical science classes Monday morning and was also a speaker at the university's charter day program. Librarian Hankc To Speak Feb. 19 Dr. Lewis Ulysses Hanke, staff member of the Library of Con gress, will speak on "What Amer icans Need to Know About Other Countries" at 11 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 19, in Love library audi torium. Dr. Hanke received his Ph.D. at Harvard in 1936, and has taught at the American Univer sity at Beirut in Syria and at Harvard. He has directed the Hispanic Foundation of the Li brary of Congress since 1939. He was editor of the Handbook of Latin American Studies of the Harvard Press from 1936 to 1940. University Teams Set for National Bridge Tourney Four university bridge teams were selected to enter the na tional intercollegiate tournament at the last of a series of three matches held in the Union Satur day. Competition was close, accord ing to Dale Ball, Union bridge director, who supervised the meet. 'Twelve teams completed the lut match. The number one team, Donald Nichols and Austin Birch, will represent the university at tne Big Seven bridge tournament. Other teams entered in the in tercollegiate tournament are: Mr. and Mrs. William Tyson, Kay Mc Kay and Jack Carey, Chic Lsn2 and Jack Dahlgren, and alternates Bayard Taylor and John Huston. SDT in C6etl Foil let Sigma Delta Tau was inad vertantly omitted from the list of houses who will participate in the Coed Follies March 2. They were among the finalists picked by AWS. J