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Vol. 49 No. 139
UNCOLN 8, NEBRASKA
Wednesday, May 4, 1949
Assembly Elects Sorensen
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SPIKE JONES' Musical Depreciation revue includes the above
entertainers. They are (left to right) Gloria Gardner, Bettyjo
Huston, the great man himself, Helen Grayce and Gladis Gardner.
Spike and his City Slickers will play at the Coliseum on Wednes
day, May 4, under the sponsorship of Mortar Board.
Piccolo Named Head
Of
NU
Yell King for 1949-50 will be Frank Piccolo.
A member of the present cheerleading squad, Piccolo
was chosen from a list of King candidates by the Innocents
society. His election was announced today by Irv Chesen,
chairman of the Yell King selection committee.
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FRANK PICCOLO
. . . New Yell King:
Commissioner
Explains Error
In State Budget
State Tax Commissioner Phillip
Johnson's statement on his esti
mate of the university's tuition
revenue for the next two years
explains how he made a $1,200,000
error, but it does not correct it,
John K. Selleck, university busi
ness manager, said Tuesday..
"Mr. Johnson's statement in no
way changes the university's po
sition," Selleck said. "The uni
versity's tuition collections will
run about $3,400,000 not $4,600,
000 as the governor and Mr. John
son estimate."
Selleck said Johnson's basic
mistake "is that he attempts to
use the fiscal year of 1947 as a
typical tuition year when it was
actually the biggest "bumper
crop" tuition year in university
history, due to an over-load of
G. I. students."
'SELLECK SAID the continuing
drop in tuition results, not from a
sharp decline in the total number
of students, but from a major drop
in the number of students enrolled
under the G.I. bill.
"I would like to point out,"
Selleck said, "that the university,
in complete good faith, submitted
its estimates of tuition receipts to
both Mr. Johnson and to the gov
ernor before the governor made
his budget recommendations to
the legislature. We have conferred
with Mr. Johnson and have re
peatedly offered to help in any
Cheer Squad
Choice of the new head cneer
man was based on his University
cheerleading experience and two
years of high school yell squad
work, said Chesen.
Piccolo is a sophomore in Bizad
college, a .pre-law student, and
a member of Alpha Tau Omega.
He succeeds Bill Mickle, elected
this year by the Innocents so
ciety after being temporarily ap
pointed by the Student Council.
The Yell King will organize
next year's cheerleading squad
for appearances at campus ath
letic events. Cheerleaders are
present at all football and bas
ketball games as well as rallies.
As Yell King, Piccolo will be
a member of the Rally committee
which plans and executes all
spirit rallies on the campus. He
will help plan, organize and ac
company University students on
the traditional annual student
migration.
The Innocents returned this
year to their customary pre-war
practice of naming the Yell King
and the cheerleading squad. They
were given the power last fall
from the Student Council who up
to that time had jurisdiction over
selection of the yell s'quad.
Scabbard, Blade Names
Leon Novak 'Outstanding'
Leon Novak was awarded the
medal for the outstanding basic
ROTC student by Scabbard and
Blade on Monday, May 2.
Cadet Captain Roswell Howard
announced the next contest will
be held on Thursday at 4 p. m. It
is open to all basic ROTC stu
dents. way we can. Despite this, our es
timate has been disregarded and
Mr. Johnson's erroneous figure
appears in the budget."
Active Individual Responsibility Means
Successful Government, Says Hugo Sib
It is with the third right guar
anteed by our constitution that
we are most vitally concerned in
today's democracy, Hugo Srb told
delegates to the Constitutional As
sembly Tuesday night.
Srb, clerk of the Nebraska leg
islature .opened the three-day ses
sion on student government with
an analogy between the national
scene and democracy on the. cam
pus. THE CONSTITUTIONAL right
with which Srb was concerned
was the pursuit of happiness. We
are loosing sight of its full mean-
Spike & Boys
Here Tonight
Wednesday is the big night for
corn on the University of Ne
braska campus when Spike Jones
and his "Musical Depreciation
Concert" descend upon Lincoln at
8 p. m. in the coliseum under the
auspices of Mortar Board.
Tickets for the concert are now
on sale at Schmoller and Mueller
music store in Lincoln. The price
range is $1.20, $1.80, $2.40, $3.00
and $3.50, tax included. Joan Fa
rar, president of Motar Board has
reported that there are a few good
seats remaining. Tickets will also
be sold at the door.
The two and a half hour pro
gram will contain such favorite
novelties as "Der Fuehrer's
Face " "Chloe," "Ah, Sweet Mys
tery of Life," and "Cocktails for
Two." Spike's entire company of
40 will be on hand for the show.
The proceeds gained by the
Mortar Boards from the show will
be used to finance Ivy Day, an
nual May Day ceremonies to be
held Saturday, May 7.
NU Prepares
For Saturday's
Ivy Celebration
Black-masked women and red
robed men will stalk the campus
Saturday while nervous juniors
squirm and happy students cele
brate. There'll be a queen, singing,
speeches and other traditions,
some of which date back to the
first Ivy Day in 1901. Saturday's
festivities wil start at 9 a. m.
when the members of the ivy and
daisy chains will meet. The sus
pense will not be over until after
the masking of the Mortar Board
and tapping of the Innocents at 3
p. m.
The program is as follows:
9:00 Chains meet at Grant Memorial
and prepare to start procession.-
9:30-9:40 Band concert.
9:45 Mortar Boards and Innocents en
terr. followed by the Ivy and Daisy chains.
9:55 Procession and Crowning of the
May Queen, Paues, attendants, maid of
honor, crown bearer, flower girls. May
queen.
1010 Poet. Orator and Junior and sen
ior class presidents enter.
1030 Planting of Ivy.
10:40 Recessional.
10:45 Sorority sing.
11:45 Court recessional.
12:00 Noon recess.
1:15 Band concert.
1 :30 Court processional.
1:40 Fraternity sing.
2:40 Presentation of winners In fra
ternity and sorority sings.
2:55 Recessional of court.
3:00 Masking of Mortar Boards. .
Tapping of Innocents.
ZBT's Elect Kantor
Ed Kantor will head Zeta Beta
Tau for the coming year as a
result of elections held Monday
evening. Other offices include
Lamar Garon, vice president;
Harold Lcvinger, secretary; Rich
ard Kohan, treasurer; and Ever
ett Evnen, historian.
ing, Srb said. The constitution
guarantees the right to pursue
happiness but it cannot assume
the result, Srb added.
"We in America take our
democracy too much for granted,"
Srb said, "And by so doing we
are in grave danger of loosing
it."
"The responsibility for govern
ment is the price of living in a
democracy but the responsibility
is ours more than it is that of
the government," he said.
QUOTING GENERAL Omar
Bradley's article ia recent is
Lindquist, Wallace Chosen
Secretary, Parliamentarian
From behind five long tables, 91 sweat streaked dele
gates sounded a hopeful note for student government when
they answered the roll call at the first session of the Con
stitutional Assembly.
Temporary chairman, Bob Wallace, doffed his coat to
rap the assembly to order at 7:30 a.m. Tuesday in the
Union ballroom. Secretary, Jan Lindquist, stepped to the
Exam Period.
Allows Two
Days Study
Students will have two days
in which to study for finals, one
day before exams and another
free day during the exam period.
Finals will begin Tuesday, May
24, leaving the preceding Mon
day open for study. No exams will
be given on the following Mon
day, May 30, which is Memorial
day.
The examination period will
end Friday, June 3. The new
schedule arrangement will give
students a break before the sum
mer session and will give instruc
tors time to correct papers.
Several members of the faculty
have asked that procedures be
set up whereby exams may be
prepared and stored safely until
the exam is given. The commit
tee on final examinations has sug
gested that the matter be han
dled by the individual depart
ments. Some students have complained
that they do not have access to
files of exam questions as do those
who live in organized houses. The
exam committee has suggested
that more careful attention be
given to the re-casting of ques
tions andthus avoid the re-use
of examinations taken from files.
Break fast Ticket
Prices Reduced
May Morning Breakfast tickets
have been lowered to 75 cents, ac
cording to Thyllis Cadwallader,
chairman for the breakfast. The
price was 85 cents.
Miss Cadwallader asked that all
itickct sellers bring their tickets to
the YW office in Ellen Smith hall
to be stamped with the new price.
Those who have already bought
tickets may exchange them for 75
cent tickets at the YW office or
may exchange them the day of the
breakfast.
The May Morning breakfast is
sponsored annually on the week
end of Ivy day by the YW. A
worship service will be held at
8:30 a. m. Sunday, May 8, precedi
ing the breakfast.
sue of Colliers Sib said, "If the
United States makes a crutch of
government it will loose democ
racy." In order to avoid loosing democ
racy or giving it up to any other
form of government we must
make democracy a personal con
cern of every individual, Srb
stressed.
"Government is not far away
but a very close and stark reality.
By your presence at this assembly
you show that you are beginning
to realize that government really
comes from the people who are
governed," Srb told the delegates.
platform to read the roll call of
major campus organizations whose
delegates will tangle with five of
the most pressing problems of
student government in the ensuing
sessions.
The booming answers from the
largest delegation, the Ag Exec
Board, End the equally strong res
ponse from the one-man Corn Cob
delegation awoke echos in the vast
expanse of sultry, midsummer air
which filled the ballroom. A cool
breeze crept from behind the
greenvelvet drapes over the open
windows to set in motion the tall
placards which announced the
sights of future committee work.
IMPATIENCE to begin the gi
gantic three-day task seemed to
radiate from the chairman to in
fect the entire Assembly. The
chairman's call for nomination of
a permanent speaker to preside
over the conference brought to
their feet represntativs from ISA,
University party and YWCA to
announce their choices.
For a moment the hush which
had held the ballroom broke into
a low hum as chairman polled
their delegations.
Miss Lindquist rose to read the
list of organizations which were
to elect Ted Sorenson as perma
nent speaker.
Veteran parliamentarian and
See ASSEMBLY, P. 2
TC Honorary
Elects Lidolph
New President
Pi Lambda Theta, teachers'
honorary, held election of officers
at their spring initiation banquet
Wednesday. The following girls
were elected to serve for next
year:
Dorothy Lidolph, president;
Ruth Troxell, vice president;
Mary Webber, corresponding sec
retary, and Elizabeth Schneider,
recording secretary.
MARION MELIIANEY, retir
ing president, presided at the ini
tiation ceremonies. The following
were initiated:
Undergraduates: Helen Ander
son, Dorothy Borgens, Lorna
Bornholdt, Patricia Boyd, Eliza
beth Buchfinck, Louise Carter,
Dawn Dagett, Louise Dalby,
Kathleen Dodson, Jeanette Hause,
Gretchcn Hemminger, Carolyn
Hinderacher, Avis Ann Jedlicks
and Wilhelmina Johnston.
Carol Joyce, Danna Kiechel, Pa
tricia Larson, Jean Leisy, Dorothy
Lidolph, Phyllis Mattison, Anne
Miles, Marilyn Ann Miller, Phyl
lis Miller, Helen Murray, Ruth
Padgett, Phyllis Parsons and
Eloise Paustwin.
DONNA TRAIT, Darlene Rit
ter, Eugenie Sampson, Elizabeth
Schneider, Anna Scmenee, Shir
ley Seright, Norma Shalla, Aleta
Sncll, Sherry Swanson, Erma
marie Trefz, Ruth Troxell, Patri
cia Warrick, Dorothy Whitmore,
Catherine Worcester, Dorothy
Worden, Mary Webber, Jeanne
Wood, Betsy Yoder and Wanda
Young.
Graduates: Hazel Anthony, Ros
alie Farley, Mrs. Susan Hall and
Beverly Jackson.
Faculty: Elvera Christianson,
Blanche Farrar and Jeanne Lock
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