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Vol. 50 No. 3b
LINCOLN 8. NEBRASKA
Thursday, November 3, 1949
DP Students to
$500 From AUF
All Workers
Will Meet
Tonight
All students connected in any
way with the All University Fund
will unite in a mass meeting to
night at 7 p. m. in the Union par
lors, A, B and C.
Ted Gunderson, AUF director,
announced the final get-together
for solii itors and workers in all
fund drive division.
Dr. Edwin Sin-ung Kwoh.
traveling speaker for the World
Student Service fund, will be the
cuet speaker at the mass meet
ins Dr. Kwoh has recently come
to ihe United States from his na
tive country, China.
Will Tell Drive Mans.
Gunderson will act as chairman
of the meeting, outlining the drive
pk iis to all members. He will
explain the AUF set-up 'or Par
celling contributions to WSbt .
Community Chest and the Dis
placed Persons on campus.
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Fart of tne lunus win
to the University of Sind, Kar- j
achi, Pakistan, to build a student i
hostel Approximately $3,000 will ,
he earmarked for the special
proiect
All AUF members working on
such divisions as unorganized
students, honoraries, activities,
fraternities and sororities, organ
ized houses, faculty, HuskervilUs.
special projects and publicity
are reminded to attend the meet
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Dr Kwoh received his B. A.
degree in 1938 from Hangchow
university; his B. Th. from the
Princeton Theological seminary in
1944, and his Ed. D. in personnel
administration and guidance from
Columbia University in 1947.
Hangchow Student .
In Hangchow he was president
of the Christian association: in
Columbia he was elected to Kap
pa Delta Pi and Phi Delta Kap-
PJFor two years. 1938 to 1940, Dr.
Kwoh served as assistant dean of
See WORKERS, Page 2
Violin Soloist
To Appear at
Concert Nov. 20
Students will be able to obtain,
without charge, tickets for the
performance of Dorotha Powers,
violinist, who will appear with
the University Symphony orches
tra, Sunday. Nov. 20, at the Un
ion ballroom.
According to Mrs. Gencne
Grimm, director of Union Activ
ity nnv student or faculty mem
ber may procure tickets at the
Union Activities office by show
ing his ID card.
Miss Powers will provide sev
eral solo renditions accompanied
by the orchestra, under the dire-
tion of Emanuel Wishnow, con
ductor. Miss Powers' instrument, a
Stra Jivarius, bearing the date
1711, is acclaimed by many ex
perts as one of the three finest
in the world.
Learning to play at the age of
three, under the supervision of
her mother, a former piano teach
er, and her father, a director of
a college music department, Miss
Powers learned the fundamentals
at an early date.
Gaining an artistic expression
in violin at the age of six, she
wound up an intensive music edu
cation with four years of study
under the famous instructor, Leo
pold Auer.
Her career up to date has in
cluded more than 500 appearances
throughout the United States,
with CO of them at universities
and college.
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GUNDERSON.
Youth Leader
Will Address
YW,Panhell
Janet Cozens, British Girl Guide
training expert, will speak at a
joint meeting of the YW and Pan-
hellenic Monday at 5 p. m. at Mien
Smith hall on "Woman's Eye View
from Lincoln to London."
Miss Cozens, who arrived in
Lincoln Wednesday for a week
stay, is visiting the United States
under the auspices of the national
Girl Scout organization.
Since coming to this country
during the summer. Miss Cozens
has been assisting with training
courses for adults and observing
Gii 1 Scout troops in action in va
rious sections of the country.
Experienced Leader
A teacher by profession, the
British woman has had long ex
perience in Girl Guiding. She has
taught courses at the British na
tional training school of the Girl
Guide association of Foxlease.
This summer she was an instruc
tor at the international conference
at Edith Macy. the Girl Scout na
tional training school for adults
near Pleasantville, N. Y.
Miss Cozens visit in America
was asrranged through the Scout
interrhanee of personnel plan
which has been in operation for
several years. A number of United
States Girl Scouts workers have
y
Friday night may be the com
mand performance, but Thursday
night pre-rally promises to top
the bill in the show of Home
coming spirit.
Opening the week-end festivi
ties, the pre-rally celebration will
take place in front of the Union
at 7:15 p.m., with Yell King Frank
Piccolo and his siuad rousing
btudents throughout campus.
Hanging of the Jayhawk.
The traditional hanging of the
symbol of the Homecoming game
opponent, this year the KU Jay
hawk, will highlight the rally.
The Jayhawk will be hung, with
proper ceremonies, in front of the
Union, as a climax to the rally.
The big show will continue Fri
day night with the unveiling of
house decorations at 6 p.m.
Again house display chairmen are
reminded that lights must be
turned off between 6:30 and 7:45
p.m. during the Carillon tower
dedication ceremonies or thejr
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Totals
Fund Slice
To Remain
On Campus
DP students on this campus
will share in contributions to the
AUF Week drive, Nov. 7-14.
Approximately $500 will be ear
marked from fund drive totals
for the displaced persons brought
to Nebraska this fall.
The money will be kept on the
campus to provide accessible cash
to the DP students for laundry,
food, clothing and books. Tuition
Ls provided by the University and
student houses and groups pledged
housing last spring.
The DP drive began on the
campus last year under the spon
sorship of the Student Council,
YM and YW CA and the Religious
Welfare council. It won the
whole-hearted approval of the
University administration and
was successfully carried through
by enthusiastic student response.
The allocation of AUF funds for
use by the displaced persons has
been supported by Chancellor
Gustavson and the administrative
officials of the University.
The portion of contributions for
DPs was announced today by Ted
Gunderson, AUF director. Funds
will also be given to the World
Student Service fund for use in
building a student hostel in Ka
rachi, Pakistan, and to the Com
munity Chest.
$3000 will go to the Pakistan
hostel ,a special project through
WSSF. Approximately $2000 will
go to the Chest, which returns
$8,000 or four times that amount,
to the University YM and YWCA
programs for students.
No specific goal has been set
for the drive. AUF officers con
sider the drive a direct appeal to
students to sacrifice as much as
they can to charity agencies in
this one campus charity drive of
the year.
also visited in foreign countries.
The plan is made possible by the
Juliette Lowe World Friendship
Fund c: the Girl Scouts of the
United States.
Scout Convention
Following the national Scout
convention in Milwaukee in late
November where she will be a
speaker, Miss Cozens will return
to her home in Buckinghampshire,
England.
Miss Cozens is a graduate of the
London University Institute of Education.
Will krme
will be disqualified from compe
tition. Displays may then be operated
the remainder of the evening so
that judging may take place.
Paul Weltchek, Homecoming
celebration chairman, asks that
all organized houses turn in their
display expense list to him at 1345
R by Thursday. Expenses should
not have exceeded the limit of
$50.
Friday Rally Begins at 8 p.m.
The Friday night rally will be
gin at 8 p.m. in front of the
Union, rather than at 7:30 p.m.
as previously announced Students
attending the tower dedication
are asked to report to the Union
where the Yell squad, Tassels and
Corn Cobs will begin the parade.
Along with the 108-piece Uni
versity band in full dress uni
form, ralliers will parade down
R to 16th and on down soroity
and fraternity row to Vine and
over to the bell tower site.
A large platform and backdrop
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RAG EATS WORDS Daily Nebraskan Editor Cub Clem solemnly
goes about the duties of getting the Mueller Carillon tower ready
for its dedication ceremony Friday night. After a summer of poking
fun at the "Singing Silo," The Daily Nebraskan dramatically re
versed itself this fall and now lauds the beautiful landmark and
thanks the benefactor who made it possible.
Council Committee Heads
Report 011 Work, Projects
Committees of the Student
Council gave their reports in coun
cil meeting Wednesday afternoon
to bring the council's business up-to-date.
Shirley Allen, corresponding
secretary, said that the projected
all-Big 7 convetion of Student
Councils met with approval from
some of the Universities contact
ed. The council voted to set a
date for the convention, to be
held on the Nebraska campus
next spring.
The elections committee, headed
by Louise McDill, brought up the
matter of Junior-Senior class elec
tions, which are to be held Nov.
19. Several plans were suggested
for the election, among them one
to set a minimum number of otes
cast. If the minimum was not
reached, the election would be
void. Another plan was to have
an election based upon a percent
age of the class.
A third plan was the possibility
of University symbols will pro
vide space for the yell squad to
lead cheers on the soutli side of
the tower.
Band members and a block of
Tassels and Corn Cobs will stand
directly in front of the platform
with the rally crowd behind
them.
Every member of the varsity
football squad will be introduced
to the crowd, and short speeches
will bo delivered by Coach Bill
Glassford and other officials.
Five Pep Queen candidates will
be presented to students as a
climax to the rally. These five
girls were nominated by mem
bers of Tassels and candidates
identity will not be disclosed un
til their presentation at the rally.
The all-campus election will be
held in the Union lobby and
Coliseum Immediately following
the rally until 10 p.m. Students
must present their ID cards to
cast ballot.
See PRE-RALLY, Page 4
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of having a mass meeting of the
junior class and of the senior class,
and then have the elections there.
The matter was referred to the
committee on elections for further
consideration.
Gene Berg reported that the
faculty had approved the price
limit of $1,500 for a dance band
for a University function. Bert
also said that the committee would
welcome any suggestions from stu
dents regarding the policy of big
name uanas for school dances.
Business Houses Contribute
The DP's are being well cared
for, thanks to Lincoln business
houses, according to Phyllis Cad
wallader, who said that the eight
DP students have received schol
arships from the board of Regents,
some of the local department
stores have promised to clothe
them while the bookstores are sup
plying them with study needs.
The matter of the National Stu
dents' Association was tabled in
definitely. Although it was re
ported that some other schools
were very much in favor of the
organization, the council declined
to take any definite action.
A constitution of the University
of Nebraska Skiers was brought
up to be reviewed and voted upon.
It was referred to the judiciary
committee, who will confer with
the faculty sponsors and report to
the council.
Also discussed was a suggestion
of the merits of a quarter system
in opposition to the semester sys
tem, and the possibility of a stu
dent rating of courses and in
structors. IVCF lo Discuss
Gospel Thursday
A student participation program
centered around the theme, "Great
Words of the Gospel," will be
sponsored by the Inter-Varsity
Christian Fellowship Thursday
evening. Those taking part will be
Gordon Lucht, Helen Nelson and
John Peterson.
The meeting will be held in the
Union, Room 315 at 7:30.
Special music will include a
vocal quartet number by Bryan
Johnson, Harold Kranz, Norman
Holmberg and Warren Berggren.