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Only Daily Publication for 9000 University of Nebraska Students jsmSUMW fill LINCOLN 8' NEBRASKA Thursday, December 1, 1949 Vol. 50 No. 54 s iV .... Ml R E3 SV- 0 Offers refl 4 VOCALIST Adele Castle holds the featured spot with the Tony r.,f- HiinH hprlulivt to nlav at the Military Ball Friday night. She was chosen from over one hundred applicants for the vocalist job after singing with Ray Eberle's orchestra. She has been heard on all major radio networks and at leading theatres and ball rooms. Before entering band work, she sang at suburban night clubs and theatres. Miss Castle has been a singer since she was 12, when she was featured on New Jersey radio stations and at civic benefits. She can be heard on Columbia records with the 1 astor orchestra. Mili tary Ball to Open '49 Formal Season Opening the formal season on 'at 8:30 p.m. in the. Coliseum The ,lmr,c thk Kridav will be the last notes from the Pastor band Mihtarv Ball, for "nearly half a ; century a part oi tne university social calendar. Tony Pastor and his orcnestra will play lor the all-University ! function sponsored annually uy the Military depai tment. This year the Candidate Officers asso ciation, combining air, ground and naval forces, are planning the ball. Dancing at the affair will start Coeds to Select 8 Bachelors al Election Today Eight NU men will be tabbed "Eligible" by campus women in an election in Ellen Smith hall and the Ag Union to be held from 9 a.m. i'i C p.m. today. The occa.-ion is the election of Eligible Bachelors who will be prcsi-nlc'l at trie win ui .n-i ball, Dec. 9. All women on cam- pus may vote in the election oy urescrit in 2 their idenuiicuion cards at the polling places. Highlights Ball. Piesentation of the Bachelors , is one nignngni oi tne cuiuuui "Turnabout" ball sponsored by the campus senior women's honorary. Girls assume the roles of fellows for one night and pay the bills, call for their dates, provide crazy corsages and carry "equipment" ranging from golf clubs to electric razors for the men. The 20 candidates for the titles this year are: Bob Allen, Art Bauer, Don Bloom, Bill Brinkman, Chris Buethe, Tom Donohoc, Don Dutton, Bertrand Ehrmann, Ajon Farber. Paul Gaiter, Rex " Hoff meister, John Mills, David Myer, Keith O'Bannon, Bob Pierce, Frank Piccolo, Dick Regier, Eu gene Robinson. Bob Rogers, Len nie Seaton, Bob Shively, Bob Sim, Frank Simon, Burneli Swan son, Bus Whitehead and Chuck Widmaier. ! I - 3 if 4 are expected about 12 midnight I'anil Concert Preceding the dancing will be a band concert by the University band, directed by Donald Lcntz. Beginning at 8 p.m., the band will present a half-hour conceit. The highlight of the ball will be the presentation of the 1949 Honorary Commandant. In a se cret presentation ceremony, the royal sponsor will be revealed. She was selected recently in a secret vole of all candidate of-fi-ers from five finalists named in an all-Univei sity election. Commandant Finalists Finalists from whom the Com mandant will be selected arc Pat See MILITARY BALL. Pase 2 vaitei White, author, lecturer anfj secrctary of the National As sociation for the Advancement of Colored People, will address University students in a convo- catjon Friday at 11 a .m. in the Union ballroom. Because of his work toward "full citizenship" for the colored population, his brilliant accom plishments as an author, sociolo gist and educator. White has be come an outstanding siwkesman for his people. High respect in both America and abroad has been shown for his books, his articles and col umns in leading newspapers and magazines, and his political and legislative activities. For his tireless efforts to se cure Federal anti-lynching legis lation and for his work in in vestigations of lynchings and race riots, he was awarded the Spingarn medal by Gov. Frank Murphy of Michigan in 1937. Honorary degrees have been Poss B HI Class Officer Filings Will Close Friday Upperclassinen Vote Tuesday Final deadline for any junior or senior to file for class presi dency is Friday at 4 p.m. at the Student Activities offices in the Adminstration building. The final election will be held Tuesday. Elections of the class officers has been postponed by the Stu dent Council because of faculty action last spring which called off all campus elections. Author ization of the election came last week following a meeting of the sub-committee, of which Dr. Cur tis Elliott is chairman, and the holdover members of the Student Council. Class Standing. All students applying for the otfices must be either juniors or seniors in their respective col leges, and must have an all-school sveragc of S.5. In addition to this, they must be carrying at least 12 hours in good standing this semester. The principal duty of the junior and senior class presidents is the traditional planting of the ivy on Ivy Day in the spring. Fritz Heg wood was senior class president and Bill Mueller, junior class president last year. F.Iection Tuesday. Final choice of the two officers will be made at the Tuesday elec tion. Only regularly enrolled jun iors and seniors are eligible to vote. College requirements for junior standing are as follows: engineer ing, 64-108 hours inclusive; civil engineering, 64-10.8 hours inclus ive; Ag men, 53-92 hours inclus ive. All other colleges require 53 88 hours inclusive. Senior standing is defined as any number of hours over junior standing, if the student has not yet received a degree from the University. Information which must be on all applications includes lull name of student, college and number of hours now being carried. Grade averages will be checked by elec- Ition officials wave awarded to him from Howard University, Atlanta University and New London Junior college. The Republic of Haiti conferred the Order of Honor and Merit on the speaker in 1949. Opening White's activities in behalf of his race occurred in 1918 when he became assistant secretary of the NAACP. After receiving the office of secretary in 1930, he has traveled over 2,000,000 miles in the United States, Europe, Asia and the Pa cific. He is at present on leave from his duties in order to tour the country, A Big: Question During his traveling with the Round the World Town Meting, White says that the first question asked them, wherever they went was: "How can America call it self a democracy as long as lynchings, segregation, and dis crimination continue unchecked? American ambassadors we met say this is the $64 question with Soys 1 vies Cites fcSeed Mental EHlea "The field of psychiatry is the greatest opening in the medical field," Dr. Morris Fishbein. editor of the Journal of American Medical association, told a convocation in the Union ballroom Wednesday morning. Pointing out the lack of qualified psychiatrists and the vast number of mentally ill i in the country, Fishbein declared that this field offers "opportunity for greater human action" than was available for young people of his day, 35 years ago. Some 50 of all cases coming to doc tors are primarily mental cases. One name Sigmund Freud, made psychology and psychiatry "dynamic, living," he continued. Freud took the field away from simple mechanical study of the mind to make it a functional study of the nervous system. The history of psychology is traced back 100 years, with psychiatry and psycho-analysis the outcome of this earlier study. More Need for Workers Stressing the need of more qualified workers in this field, he revealed that of some 25,000 peo ple working as counselors for mentally ill, only 3,000 are ac tually sufficiently trained. About 14,000 more are needed. A college education with a BA, a degree from a medical college, three years residentship, and about fivt years actual practice in psychiatry are needed for a qualified recommen dation some 15 years all told. Discussing the exceeding large number 8,500,000 of mentally disturbed people in the country. he pointed to the divorce rate and adult and juvenile delinquency as leading factors to be considered. The divorce rate has increased from 1 out of 16 marriages to 1 out of 3. Problems Not Met "Problems arise in the forma tive period that are not met by present methods," he stated, after pointing out that the 15-19 age group, along with laborers, has the highest percentage of psycho nuerotic cases. There are 250,000 cases of juvenile delinquency each year, but only 1 in 10 receive at tention from special juvenile au thorities. Dr. Fishbein listed unnecessary accidents, burglary, alcoholism, drug addicts, and strikes as evi dent of mental unrest needing specific attention. He attributed the high percentage of neurotics among workers to boredom, in Sec FISIIBF.1N. Face 4. E3V06CBV!! which they are constartly faced." In order to avert communism and display moral leadership in the world, White says we must counteract the communist propa ganda of the Moscow radios which capitalize on all American racial troubles. Political activities of White be gan when he was appointed a delegate to the Second Pan African Congress held in Eng land, Belgium and Fiance in 1931. During the war he served as a war correspondent and traveled more than 75,000 miles visiting army camps and con conferring with officers and enlisted men. Born in 1893 in Atlanta, Ga., he received his BA from Atlanta University in 1916 and his LLD from Howard in 1939. He is married and has three children. White will hold an open dis cussion period with students and faculty at 2 p. m. in the faculty lounge of the Union. Fishbein more hinU Kosmet Klub Bids for Seat On Council An appeal for representation on the Student Council by the Kos- met Klub, campus men's dramtic honorary, was made by the club president, Bob Sim, at Wednes day's meeting of the Council. This action is in conjunction with recent action in electing three new organizations to the Council by a joint student-faculty committee. They are Asso ciated Women Students, Women's Athletic association and Candidate Officers association. Sim's appearance before the Council can warrant no definite action by the group, but the ap peal was made so that the Coun cil should know that this club wants representation. The question of non -representation of the Kosmet Klub on the present Council was brought up in the discussion, following Sim's appeal. Therefore it was brought to the Council's attention that the Kosmet Klub is at the present, on permanent p-obation, as it has been for the past two years, and that perhaps it cannot receive rep resentation while holding that status. No authorative action was taken by the Council on the matter, but they did vote in favor of sup porting the idea of Kosmet Klub representation, if they can get the matter of probation cleared up. Herb Reese was added to the Council roll as representative of the "N" club, which was elected to the Council last spring during the formation -of the new consti- tution. Committee Appointments Much discussion also took place over the newly formed faculty advisors-student liaison commit- tee. Council members appointed to work on the committee with facultv advisors, Dr. Curtis Elliott and Miss Mary Mielcn. arc Fred Chad, Phvllis Cadwallder, Louise McDill, Roz Howard, Ben Wall, and Hay Simmons. Council Presi dent Roz Howard made the ap pointments. MJCWA to Med In Union Tonight Students attending the third mass meeting of NUCWA tonight will see slides of an automobile trip through Mexico as well as participating in the regular busi ness meeting. NUCWA members and house representatives will meet at 7:30 p. m. in Parlor Z of the Union. Ray Simmons will show the slides taken on a recent trip through Mexico and will explain them. Included in the scries will be pictures of such cities as Laredo, Tex., Mexico City and Vera Cruz. Slides of a bull fight will also be shown. The business meeting will bo conducted after the half-hour program of slides. The meeting is open to students interested in world afairs as well as active NUCWA members. A short meeting of the NUCWA executive board will b held at 7 p. m. in Parlor Z.