Fricfav. March 25, 1949
THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
PAGE 6
Home Ec Dep't.
Plans Celebration
An open house on Ag campus is
scheduled for visitors Saturday,
April 9, in connection with the
Home Economics department's
50th anniversary celebration.
The open house will be part of
a two-day celebration scheduled
for Friday and Saturday, April
8-9. Plans call for a banquet to
be held on Friday night.
Fifty years ago this spring,
eleven young women completed
their first year of training in what
was then known as the "new
School of Domestic Science at the
University." The name was later
changed to the Home Economics
department.
Miss Margaret Fedde has been
rhairmnn of the department since
1919. More than 1,700 women
have graduated from me aepatt
mpnt nnH are now located In
practically every state and in
many foreign countries.
March Issue
Of Corn Shucks
Hits Stands
The March issue of Corn
Shucks hits the stands today.
Behind a cover of punch lines
lies short stories, jokes and car
toons. This month's short story is "The
Shadow Cast Before." It was
written by Wayne Panter.
Features include a full picture
page on the Alpha Phi formal. A
two-page feature cartoon on the
spring picnics was drawn by Jer
ry Johnston, Cornhusker editor.
A third feature reveals two
pages of pictures on Coed Fol
lies. ,
Another feature sports a half
page photo of "Biff Glassford.
The Shucks introduces "Biff
with a pat on the back entitled
"Glassford Takes Grid Reins."
Phi Upsilon Omicron's aCndle
ball also rates a picture page.
NU Grail Heads
Home Magazine
Miss Ruthanna Russel has been
appointed editor-in-chief of "Prac
tical Home Economics" magazine.
The daughter of Prof, and Mrs.
J. C. Russel, Miss Russel is a
graduate of Nebraska university
where she was a Mortar Board
and a member of Phi Upsilon
Omicron, home economics honor
The Shucks photographer snapped
shots of dancers at the Ag col
lege affair.
Jack McDonald, Bernice Bes
sel and Pat Lee get in a few
laughs with "Am Writing an Eng
lish Theme" and "Buster Blows
Again."
"Man of distinction" Chuck
Hemmingson, appears surrounded
by milk bottles, cigars and a der-
The humor magazine is edited
by Jack Schirmcr. It's Business
manncpr Al Ahramson. These
men and their staffs produce the
book six times a year.
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By
The proposed constitutional as
sembly which met with a luKe
warm, if not evasive, response
from the Student Council has been
arousing comment from otner
quarters.
Many stuacms, even
Council members, nave asuea
what purpose such an assembly
would accomplish. We feel that
the question was pretty wen
answered by The Daily Nebraskan
editor in a meeting: with the
Council when he said that If the
assembly did no more than to give
students an opportunity to choose
their own form of student gvern
ment It would have achieved a
laudable end.
We whole-heartedly applied tins
tatement but we do feel that such
would not be the only acnieve-
ment of an assembly.
We would like to add to tne
fnreroine statement that li tne
assemhlv could succeed iii inter
esting students in government it
i.'miitl li.i vp surmounted one of
the most pressing student proD-lcms.
But if we must be more con
crete we would like to advance a
Agri-View
BY KEITH FREDERICKSON
Promptly at 8 p. m. Saturday
night in the 4-H building on the
State Fairgrounds, the 16th Jun
ior Ak-Sar-Ben will take the
stage and, if all indications are
correct, it wil be a show packing
the maximum of color and action
into a one night stand. Over the
last few years, the annual Block
and Bridle extravaganza has grad
uated from the student showman
ship contest it used to be into a
worthwhile evening for all ani
mal enthusiasts.
The show represent Nebraska's
idea of the "LitUe International
sponsored at many ag schools
throughout the country, and It is
a counterpart of the big show held
in Omaha every year.
Behind a show like the Junior
Ak-Sar-Ben, there is a lot of
planning and work mostly done
by students. There is also a neces
sity for a coordinator to help put
on the show with the most ef
ficiency. That man is Prof. M. A.
Alexander of the Animal Husban.'
dry department.
"Alex" as he is referred to by
most associates and friends, came
here in 1932 from the University
ot Wyoming.
iwisygoing m nature, never
known to get mad, his psychology
is to smile when something goes
wrong, and then set out to repair
it. mis secretary credits him with
being an "easy man to work for."
He has coached judging teams at
Nebraska since his arrival, and his
teams are always right up in the
running at the big shows held at
Denver, Fort Worth, Chicago and
Kansas city, a particular coach
he insists that his men adopt ri-
few suggestions on what might
Come out of such an assembly.
There must be a host of sug
gestions for different types of
representation floating about the
campus. Several have been voiced
and more could be aired in the
assembly.
One Plan would base council
representation on campus organi
zations rather than colleges. Thia
would not only include the usually
referred to campus groups. I.e.
Student Foundation, Coed Coun
selors, etc., but it would include
religious groups, clubs, honoraries
and every other type of student
organization Imaginable. Through
this plan club members would
elect their own Council represen
tatives. This would eliminate mul
ti-polling places an dthc creation
of that oft used phrase "student
interest."
Obviously if students were to
elect Council members from their
own organizations they would not
n!v be interested in tne selection
but would know the person chos
en and his capabilities.
This too would provide repre
sentation from groups which In
clude both Barbs and Greeks.
The assembly might see fit to
nstitute a system of caucus within
the present college representation
system. Through this system mem
ber of the various colleges wouia
nominate and elect their own
Council representatives. Tins
would eliminate the problem ot
reaching all of the students with
conveniently spaced polling places
a problem which the Council
seems to consider insurmountable.
A host of other plans would
probably be brought forward.
From these plans a worKaoie so
lution to one of the parts of the
student government problem could
be discovered.
This is only one small part of
the work that could be accom
plished by a constitutional assembly.
Perhaps its end could not De
achieved in a few days or weeks.
Perhaps it would require stand
ing committees and months of
work. But such a program would
achieve the ideal situation stu
dents working together to solve
the problem of student government.
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gorous training habits which rival
those of football players. One of
his doctrines is to drink plenty of
orange juice just before contest
time to eliminate the danger of
colds and flu. On judging trips,
men seldom get out of his sight
until after the contests.
If he has a favorite animal
category, it would be sheep, and
he is always careful to point out
the faults and fine points of these
animals whenever he gets the
chance. Two years ago, he em
barassed the "sheep conscious"
schools out west by taking a team
of boys out to Denver who
walked off with the first place
honors in wool judging.
A tribute to his executive abil
ity was his election as national
president of the Block and liriuie
club last year. Proof of his coach
ing is evident in the fact that Ne
braska men were recognized as
the outstanding indviduals in
Block and Bridle work for two
successive years. Willard Visek
won in 1947 and Ned Raun re
peated his effort in the 1948 com
petition. People who atend the show at
the fairgrounds Saturday night
will get a chance to view his pro
motion ability and a chance to
recognize his outstanding talent.
MB's Tell Ivy
Chain Openings
Unaffiliated girls interested in
being a part of the Ivy Chain or
Daisy Chain on Ivy Day, May
7, are asked to put their names
in a nenvelope and leave them in
the Mortar Board box in the
Union basement before March
30. - .