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Vol. 49 No. 128 LINCOLN 8, NEBRASKA Wednesday, April 13, 1949
Rod Lindwall Elected President
Of Corn Cobs for 1949-1950
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Lindwall.
Rod Lindwall will guide the activities of Corn Cobs for
the year '49-'50. He was elected by the retiring Cob officers.
The election of Lindwall and three other officers was
announced at the Corn Cob meeting Tuesday night by Bob
Hamilton, retiring president.
John Connelly will succeed Norm Leger as vice-president.
Rex Tettijohn will replace r
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Advisor Deadline
All Junior Division students are
requested to make appointments
with 'their advisers immediately
for conferences pertaining to reg
istration for summer school and
the first semester 1949-50, Dean
Nels A. Bengtson of the Univer
sity Junior Division announced.
Junior Division students are to
make out programs with their
advisers during the period April
20-30, and all conferences must
be completed prior to May 1.
Scholarship
Applications
Due April 16
Deadline for applications for
$38,000 worth of scholarships is
noon on Saturday, April 16.
Nearly 400 students will share in
this stipend for the 1949-50 school
year.
Generally an average grade of
7 or above is necessary but awards
may be given to those possessing
a lower average under certain cir
cumstances. OTHER THINGS being equal,
seniors or seniors-to-be will be
given preference and then in or
der, juniors and sophomores. Gen
erally speaking, students must
possess 24 credit hours from the
University to be eligible to apply.
Dr. J. T. Thompson, dean of
student affairs and chairmn of
the general scholarship committee,
says the number of applicants for
these awards the past few semes
ters has pot been as great as the
committee desires and in some in
stances awards have not been
made for lack of qualified candi
dates. SCHOLARSHIPS range in
value from $50 to $200 and range
from those in specific departments
to general scholarships such as the
300 Regents scholarships for up
perclassmen. Application forms may be ob
tained at the offices of the under
graduate college deans, the dean
of women or the chairman of the
awards committee, 104 Adminis
tration building.
Assembly Defies
. . . Delegation Told
The Constitutional Assembly will be held May 3, 4 and
5, according to Bob Wallace, steering committee chairman.
An afternoon and evening session will be held on each
of these ?ates. During these six sessions the delegates will
be able to work out a constitution for the Student Council.
Bob Easter in the secretary's post.
Neal Baxter will handle funds as
treasurer, following Frank Loef
fel. Lindwall has been an active
Corn Cob for the last year. He
served as a
mem ber of
the rally com
mittee com
posed of Cobs,
Tassels and
the S t udent
C o u n c i 1
members. He
is serving on
the constitu
tional assem
b 1 y steering
c o m m it tee.
Hp has done
work in varsity debating for the
past three years and is a member
of Delta Sigma Rho, debate hon
orary. He is also a member of Sig
ma Alpha Epsilon.
CONNELLY was in charge of
the presentation of the Pep
Queen at last years' Homecom
ing game. He is managing editor
of the '49 Cornhusker and took
part in the All University Fund
campaign. He is a member of
Phalanx and Phi Kappa Psi.
Both Connelly and Lindwall
have been active in the formation
of the new freshman pep group.
The new organization will be di
rected by Cobs and will aid the
Husker cheering section next
year.
The group will be composed of
from 100 to 150 freshman. It will
be controlled by a governing
council of five Corn Cobs who
have been active during the past
year and headed by Connelly as
viee-Dresident. The group will
work in conjunction with Tassels,
who are now organizing a similar
pep squad.
PETTIJOHN directed publicity
for the Homecoming dance. He is
chairman of the Union music
committee and a member of Kos
met Klub. He is affiliated with
Sinfonia and Sigma Nu.
Baxter assisted with the fire
works demonstration at the Home
coming rally. He is a member of
the Coll-Agri-Fun board and the
Ag YMCA. He is affiliated with
Farm House fraternity.
Corn Cobs who have been ac
tive during the past year will be
able to remain in the organiza
tion according to a new ruling.
The policy of having the mem
bership include senior activities,
other than the officers, is new.
Seven Soloists,
Trio Plan Recital
Seven soloi.sts and a trombone
trio will present the weekly de
partment of music recital at 4
p. m. Wednesday in Social
Sciences auditorium.
Participants will be Mary Bar
ton, Marjorie Farmer, Marilyn
Voohees, Jeanne Wood, Helen
Anderson, Russell Norman, James
Thompson, Carroll Brown, Em
bree Rains and Al Zimmer.
Accompanists are Mary Barton,
Pal Olson, Ronald Barnes and
Dorothy Schneider.
TITE COMPLETE program is
as follows:
O Lovely Night: Ronald; Marjorie
Farmer, Mary Barton, accompanist.
El Puerto: Albenlz, Helen Anderson.
Lonesome SonK of the Plalna: Gukm,
Vary Barton; Pat Olson, accompanist.
Two Fantastic Dance: Bchostakovltch,
Rursell Norman.
Kin Bchwau: Grieg. Marilyn Voorhees,
Ronald Barnes, accompanist.
G Minor Rhapsody: Brahma, James
Thompson.
O Bleep, Why Dost Thou Leave Me:
Handel, Jeanne Wood; Dorothy Schneider,
accompanist.
Moderate: Cornette, Allecro; Trombona
Trio; Carroll Brown, Emuree Ralna, Al
Zimmer.
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EASTER QUEEN Jo Walters and her attendants, Lois Larsen, left,
and Jan Champine, right, pose for the veterans who chose them
at the Red Cross Easter party at "Vets' hospital Monday night.
The girls were chosen from 22 University coeds who represented
organized women's groups on the campus in a style show of new
spring clothes. The highlight of the party, which consisted of
ten parts put on through the efforts of 150 University students,
was the Easter Parade of the models. Miss Walters is a Gamma
Phi Beta; Miss Larsen, a member of Towpe club; and Miss
Champine, a Delta Gamma.
Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi
Name 100 Nov Members
One-hundred seniors were
elected Tuesday night to the two
top honorary societies at the
University, Phi Beta Kappa and
Sigma Xi.
Forty seniors in the upper
sixth to tenth of their class are
new members of Phi Beta Kappa.
Sixty outstanding scholars were
selected to be associate members
of Sigma Xi, Scientific Research
Society of America. Associate
membership in Sigma Xi is open
to undergradaute students who
have completed three and one half
years of university work and who
have shown marked excellence in
two or more departments of pure
or applied science.
Members were announced at
the annual joint meeting of the
honorary societies.
NEW MEMBERS of Phi Beta
Kappa are:
Alan B. Amsden
William L. Bode
Inex Baker
Forest C. Bell
Jack C. Botts
Lester D. Buller
James H. Carme!
Helen Anne Chase
Granville Corks
Donald W. Crow
Robert Davis
Ludlan 8. Earnest
Harold L. Johnson
Caroline S. Jones
Milton L. Kaiser
Lois J. Kaminska
John Kirsch
Lola Kroehler
Edmund McEachen
Marlon McKlhaney
Harold Matthews
Charles Moyer
Karl 8. Qulsenberry
Frederick Pelton
Mark Allen Guiuan Lester Petri
Lois J. Gobar
Max R. Swanson
Barbara A. Speer
Gerald Toy
Dana C.
Tlsthammer
Charles V. Swan
Herbert K. Weisel
Theodore Sorensen
Phyllis A. Harris
Mildred M.
Hodwalker
Willard Hohensteln
Tames H. Howard
Milrae E. Jensen
Gordon F. Johnson
NEW ASSOCIATE members of
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Lf. en. Eddy Speaks Tonight
At Scabbard and Blade Lecture
Lieutenant General Manton S.
Eddy, commander of the Com
mand and General Staff college at
Ft. Leavenworth, will speak at 8
p.m. today in Love Library audi
torium. Speaking in one of the free lec
ture series sponsored by the Scab
bard and Blade military society,
Eddy will talk on the role of the
army in our national defense.
EDDY HAS received decora
tions from five countries: Great
Britain, France, Russia, Luxem
bourg and the United States. He
has also received an honor from
the French Foreign Legion.
Among the decorations he has re
ceived from the United States are
the Distinguished Service Cross,
Silver Star, Legion of Merit with
Oak Leaf Cluster and six others.
A former commander of the
fifth army, Eddy has served in
both World Wars. In the first war
during the time he commanded a
machine gun company he was
wounded in action on the Vesle
River. He returned to command a
machine gun battalion and after
the war proceeded to Germany to
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serve In the army of occupation.
IN MARCH 1919 he was se
lected to parti?pate in General I Germany,
John J. Pershing's personal escort,
commanding the first battalion.
During the rest of the peace
time interim, he received more
education in the United States and
was selected a member of the In
fantry Board. In June, 1925, he
became Professor of Military
Science and Tactics at Riverside
Military Academy in Gainesville,
Ga.
WHEN THE second war began,
he joined the staff of the Third
Corps Area and became Assistant
Chief of Staff, G-2, in charge of
military intelligence. In this ca
pacity he laid the foundation for
the plan for counter-intelligence
which was directed by the Presi
dent in July 1940.
In June, 1942 he was given
command of the ninth Infantry
Division and as its commander led
that division in the campaigns of
North Africa and Sicily. He was
promoted to Commanding General
of the Twelfth Army Corps in Au
gust 1944, the group which spear
headed most of the operations of
General Patton's Third Army
through France, Luxembourg ahd
With the annexation of 100 sig
natures the constitution may be
Dresented to the student body for
approval at spring elections.
THE ASSEMBLY will do most
of its work in committees which
wil be set up at the first general
meeting. All of the work of the
assembly will be done by 100 of
ficial delegates from a cross sec
tion of campus governing bodies.
The representation will be
chosen by 21 organizations. The
organizations have been alloted
representation in an effort to se
cure an adequate cross-section of
student sentiment. The quotas
listed below will be those used in
the assembly.
ALTHOUGH each group listed
will be allowed the number of rep
resentatives which appear oppo
site its name these representa
tives do not necessarily have to
come from the group. Any organ
ization may choose persons out
side its membership to represent
it at the assembly.
ORGANIZATION MEN WOMEN
Ag Exec Board 8
AWS Board
BABW
Coed Counselors . .
Corn Cobs
Cosmopolitan Club .
ISA
Innocents
Inter-Frat. Council.
Kosmet Klub 1
Mortar Board
N-Club 3
Pan-Hellenic
Red Cross 3
Religious Welfare
Council 4
Student Party : 3
Tassels
University Party . . 3
Vets Organization . . 3
YMCA 5
YWCA
The steering committee has de
vised this method of delegation in
the hope of procuring cross-sectional
representation, a represen
tation that, in convention, will
have student government as its
paramount objective.
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Truman Aide
Will Speak at
Convo Today
A wide background in eco
nomics, law, political science and
business will serve John D. Clark
in a discussion of "The Business
Outlook" in the Union ballroom
at 2 p. m. Wednesday.
A former dean of the College
of Business Administration at the
University and now a member
of the President's Council of Eco
nomic Advisers, Clark is a Ne
braska graduate.
He received his A.B. and LL.D.
degrees at Nebraska and then
got his LL.B. at Columbia and
his Ph.D. at Johns Hopkins. Clark
taught at Nebraska from 1934 to
1937 in the Department of Eco
nomics and also at Denver, Colo.
He headed the Bizad college from
1941 to 1947.
The speaker was also a mem
ber of the Wyoming legislature
in 1941. He served on the Wyom
ing Council of Defense and the
Nebraska State Development
committee. He was a delegate
to the Democratic national con
vention and was later made ad
visor to the U. S. Senate commit
tee on governmental reorganization.
In 1943 he was president of the
American Finance association. He
has also been president of the
Midwest Refining company, di
rector of the Bank of Cheyenne
and director of the Omaha branch
of the Federal Reserve bank.
Farmers Fair Barbeque
Tickets for the Farmer's Fair
barbeque, Saturday, April 30, are
now on sale at Ag Hall. This out
door event is limited to students,
faculty and alumni of the Ag
college. Tickets may also be pur
chased from any Farmer! Fair
Board member.