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WITH ALL DIGNITY befitting the occasion, Gene Jensen proudly
accepts the crown as "Queen" of Junior Ak-Sar-Ben. "King" Jack
McDill, left, watches as MC Bob Scheve deftly completes the
crowning ceremony.
MeDill, Jensen Honored
At 'Corii-ation9 Ball
Amidst all the pomp and cere
mony befitting the occasion, the
entire court of Junior Ak-Sar-Ben
was presented in a hilarious, if
somewhat farcial, ritual at the
"Corn-ation" dance Friday night.
One hundred and forty couples
danced to the music of Bobby
Mills and his orchestra at the Ag
Union and watched with antici
pation as the previously pro
claimed 'unusual of all unusal'
presentations got under way.
IN COMPETITION with a real
lamb floor decoration, Bob Scheve,
efficient coronation MC, got the
intermission entertainment going
by awarding a few tickets to the
Saturday night Junior Ak-Sar-Ben
show. First to be presented
of the blue-blood party was the
august body of royal guards, com
plete with cob-end pitchforks un
der the sharp generalship of
Ktiobby Tieman.
Next followed the entry of the
Counts and Countesses. In genu
ine royal attire, although some
what sparse and- immodestly kept,
the Countesses turned out to be,
if carefully scanned, some of the
larger and more raw-boned Ag
college male students. The four
couples of Counts and 'Countesses'
included: Bob Eggert and Bob
Gibson of the House of Guernsey;
Gervase Francke and Willie Stow
ell, alums of Charoclatia; Keith
Frederickson and Neil Fouts,
walking cheek to thigh; and Jack
Sautter and Ernie Rousek of the
Sanctuary of Equus Caballus.
THE PROCEDURE climaxed
with fitting fanfare and playing
of spotlights. Attired in all the
regal finery Omaha could offer.
the King and Queen, Jack McDill
nd Eugene Jensen, emerged
from the far end of the audi
torium to strut majestically
toward the baled-hay throne on
the auditorium stage.
Amidst a stage setting of saddles
and harness, the court of Junior
Ak-Sar-Ben waited as the royal
couple, attended by Court Jester
Arlen Beam, proceeded under the
archway of the royal gurd pitch
forks onto the throne, there to
be finally crowned King and
Queen of the 15th Annual Junior
Ak-Sar-Ben.
GENERAL ARANGEMENTS for
the "Corn-ation" dance were un
der the direction of Jack DeWulf,
dance chairman, and Wally Long,
Block and Bridle special features
chairman.
Tiller Named
New President
Of Sigma Tau
Kent Tiller was elected pres
ident of Sigma Tau, all engin
eering honorary fraternity, at a
regular business meeting Thurs
day evening.
Other offi
cers named for
1949-50 were:
Lauren Morin,
vice president;
Daniel Jones,
recording sec
retary; Donald
G a llagher,
treasu r e r;
Charles V e y s,
c o r r esponding
secretary; Da
vid Olive, his
torian. i
Kent Tiller.
Tiller also belongs to the stu
dent branch of the American
Institute of Electrical Engineers,
is a charter member of the Ne
braska chapter of Eta Kappa
Nu, and works on Engineering
Exec Board. He is a member of
the varsity band and president
of Gamma Lambda, national
band honorary fraternity.
Retiring officers of Sigma Tau
are: Cecil Doubt, president; Les
lie Joe hens, vice president;
Charles Kellogg, recording sec
retary; Wayne Swift, treasurer;
Warren Koenig, corresponding
secretary; George Olive, historian.
I orcign Seminar
Applications upon
Any students interested in the
International Service seminars
may secure information on them
in the office of Dr. G. W. Rosen
lof, 103 Administration. Ten semi
nars will be conducted at various
localities throughout the United
States.
These seminars are intended for
both foreign and American stu
dents. Each seminar will enroll
about 35 students, 6 to 8 of whom
may be Americans,
Students wishing to make ap
plication or to secure information
may write directly to the Inter
national Service seminars, Ameri
can Friends Service committee,
918 Locust street, Des Moines, la.
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Radio to Interview
Divight KirseJi
The radio section of the speech
department's "Meet the Professor"
program will feature a special in
terview with Dwight Kirsch, di
rector of the University Art gal
leries, today at 4:15 p. m. over
station KOLN.
Director Kirsch, who is now
celebrating his 25th year at the
university, will be interviewed by
radio student Bob Lee. A ban
quet honoring Mr. Kirsch for his
work in the art department was
held last weekend.
NU Builders
To Re-Register
For Committee
University of Nebraska Builders
willhold re-regtstration of mem
bers Monday, Tuesday and Wed
nesday afternoons this week.
The former Student Foundation
organization will enlist old and
new members of the studentUni
versity promotion group.
The Builders office, Room 308,
Union, will be open from 1-6 p.m.
all three days so that interested
workers can sign up for service
on a special interest committee.
BUILDERS BOARD MEMBERS
will assist present members and
all students interested in member
ship in signing up for such groups
as: publications S c a r 1 e t and
Cream, Bulletin, Calendar, Direc
tory business, Directory editorial,
and office work.
The general board of Builders
offers work on such groups as:
mass meetings and membership,
parties and conventions, campus
tours, art and publicity, new pro
jects and office work.
All who sign up for Builders
membership will be put on trial
for several weeks. If their work
should prove unsatisfactory, mem
bership will be denied.
Omaha Lutherans
Visit NU Campus
Twenty-five Lutheran students
from Omaha university were the
guests of the University Lutheran
Student association Sunday. They
visited the joint Ag and City cam
pus meeting at the First Lutheran
church at 5 p. m.
The Rev. Alvin Petersen intro
duced the discussion topic, and
the group then divided into four
groups for discussion. The winner
of Friday night's talent show was
presented at the meeting.
Admiral Jones Will Give
3rd Talk in ROTC Series
The U. S. Navy's place in the
age of atomic warfare will be dis
cussed by Rear Admiral J. Cary
Jones, commandant of the Ninth
Naval District, Wednesday night
on the University campus.
He will give the third in a se
ries of public lectures by out
standing authorities on the ques
tion, "Are We Prepared?," being
sponsored by the University chap
ter of Scabbard and Blade, hon
orary military society for ad
vanced ROTC students. The lec
tures, are held at 8 p.m. in the
Union ballroom.
ADMIRAL JONES, during 36
years in the service, has a varied
career of combat and administra
tive service. In combat he served
in World War I on the U.S.S.
Oklahoma in the British Grand
Fleet; and in World War II served
as deputy commander. Southwest
Pacific Force; commander of de
stroyers, Atlantic Fleet; and com
mander of Cruiser Division 17,
which took part in fast carrier
task force strikes against the Jap
anese homeland.
Between ' the wars- Admiral
Jones was commanding officer of
the Naval Ordnance laboratory
and later was head of the experi
mental section of the Bureau of;
Ordnance cf the Navy Depart
ment. Since World War II he has
Pub, Ag Boards, Ivy Orator,
28 Council Posts at Stake
Election filings open today.
Starting today for one week, applications for spots on
the spring elections ballot will take place.
At stake this year will be 28 Student Council posts,
three Publication board openings, Ivy Day Orator, six Farm
Beck, Krister
Awarded Top
Show Honors
Bob Beck, Ag sophomore, was
named the Grand Champion
Showman at the 15th Annual Ak-Sar-Ben
show Saturday night.
Bob Hamilton, show manager,
presented Beck with Grand
Champion trophy for his out
standing showmanship in the hog
showing and fitting class.
Leland Keistcr, Ag freshman,
copped second place honors as
Reserve Grand Champion of the
show. Keister showed a one year
old colt in the horse showing
and" fitting contest.
OVER 2000 SPECT A T O R S
witnessed the Block and Bridle
sponsored show. Winner of the
co-ed riding contest was Joan
Fickling. Jim Monahan placed
first in the cow cutting exhibi
tion. Merle Stalder, Salem, was
master of ceremonies, assisted by
Jack King, Lincoln.
WINNERS IN THE horse com
petition were Keister, first; Dick
Counce, second; Ronald Preston,
third; Beverly Shuman, fourth;
and Ted Jeary, fifth.
Placing first in the sheep show
ing contest was Glenn Moritz with
his prize Shropshire. Other plac
ings were Wilbur Pauley, second;
Dean Eberspacher, third; Norman
Tooker, fourth; and Delbert Kopf,
fifth.
Claiming a record attentiveness,
the hog showing and fitting class
ended with Beck reciving first
place. Ralph Hild placed second;
LaVern Popken, third; Edward
Rousek, fourth; and Tom Lambert,
fifth.
IN THE DAIRY compeition,
Jack Saudcr placed first; Joe
Havelka, second; Charles Fairlcy,
third; Wm. Moore, fourth; and
Bob Beck, fifth.
Phil Skinner placed first in the
beef showing and fitting exhibi
tion. Dick Gowen placed sec
ond; Clayton Yeutter, third; Rex
Messcrsmith, fourth; and Dean
Eberspacher, fifth.
. . . 6 Are We Prepared?'
served on the Inter-American De
fense Board, the Permanent Joint
Board on Defense for Canada and
the U. S. and the joint U. S.-Mex-ico
defense commission. He has
headed the Ninth Naval District
since July, 1947.
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er's Fair board positions, three
Coll-Agri Fun board memberships
and six Ag Exec board posts.
STUDENT COUNCIL posts are
based on the population figures
of each University college or
school and the number of each
sex enrolled. The number of posi
tions varies from year to year.
The 28 memberships do not in
clude the eight hold-over mem
bers elected by the Council from
its membership. .
Council openings this year in
clude: i'olleirp Men Women
Acrirullure 2 1
Arts and Srlencrs 3 1
HuslnoHs A dniftilst ration :t 0
llpntnl I II
KneliiM-rlng
(iraduntc 2 0
Law 1 l
.loiirnalUm 1 n
I'harnmary 1 0
Teachers 1 2
Srhnol of 1'lne Art 1 I
Senlor-at-l ari;e 1 t
Requirements for Council mem
bers representing colleges and
schools state that students must
be junior the following year, ex
cept in law, Graduate and Den
tal colleges, in which case the
number of hours is not import
ant, though they must be regis
tered in these respective colleges.
Juniors must have from 53 to
88 hours except Engineers who
must have from between 60 and
100 hours. They must have a 4.5
average.
Seniors-at-Large must have 89
hours or more and be eligible for
graduation within a year. En
gineers must have over 100 hours.
THE THREE MEMBERS of the
Publications board must be sen
ior, junior and sophomore stu
dents next year.
Ivy Day Orator must be a sen
ior or eligible for graduation with
class of that year.
The Farmer's Fair board calls
for three male and three female
juniors. Coll-Agri Fun board re
quires two sophomore men and
one sophomore woman. Ag Exec,
board has openings for two of
each sex in the freshman, sopho
more and junior classes.
IN FILING FOR any of the
three Ag boards, students will be
considered on the basis of their
present class. In other words,
present freshman file for fresh
man posts, sophomores for sopho
more openings, etc. This proce
dure is different from Council,
Pub board and Orator filings.
Filings for spring elections can
be made in Dean Harper's office,
201 Administration, or Miss
Wheeler's office, 203 Ag Hall.
Filings must be made personally
before next Monday, April 4.
Spring election filings call for
the student's full name, sex, pres
ent class, college or school,, and
the full title of the position being
filed for. The application also
calls for a statement of party
affiliation, and, if none, Inde
pendent. See page four for sample ballot.
RCCU Will Aid
Crippled Children
A new two-month project is be
ing undertaken by the college Red
Cross motor corps unit. The proj
ect will involve taking five handi
capped children to school each
morning and home each after
noon. The children attend a special
course held at Park elementary
school which is designed to help
correct their handicaps. Accord
ing to Lois Rodin, motor corp
chairman, four trips will be made
daily, two in the morning and two
in the afternoon. Two university
students will go on each trip, one
to drive the Red Cross station
wagon, and another to help with
the children.-
The project is to be handled
completely by University students
who are members of the Red
Cross motor corps.