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Vol. 50 No. 55
LINCOLN 8. NEBRASKA
Friday, December 2, 1949
Formal Season ' Opens Tonight
Walter White
To Address
Convo Today
Walter White, noted crusader
for the advancement of colored
students today at 11 a.m. in the
Union ballroom at a convocation.
White, who is secretary of the
National Association for the Ad
vancement of Colored People, is
the author of a variety of books
and has had articles and columns
published in leading newspapers
and magazines in this country.
Since his appointment to the
office of NAACP secretary, White
has traveled over 2 million miles
in the United States, Europe, Asia
and the Pacific in connection with
his work toward "full citizenship"
for the colored population and as
a spokesman for his people.
One of the first questions asked
him in any country he traveled.
White says was: How can Amer
ica call itself a democracy as long
as lynchings, segregation and dis
crimination continue unchecked?"
Communist Propaganda
Communist propaganda of the
Moscow newspapers is one of the
lecturer's chief concerns. He
points out that the Kremlin
capitalizes on every bit of
with colored people, and that
this country must take steps to
counteract this if we are to avert
world leadership.
Besides his activities in be
half of his race, White has played
a prominent role in politics. In
1931 he was appointed a dele
gate to the Second Pan-African
Congress held in England, Bel
gium and France. During the
war he acted as a war corres
pondent traveling more then
75.000 miles to visit army camps
and confer with olficcrs and en
listed men.
White, who holds honorary de
grees from Howard University
and New London Junior college,
war awarded the Order of Honor
and Merit in 1949 by the Repub
lic of Haiti.
Sweden U. S.
Honor Work
Of Gust arson
Two honors came to Chancellor
R. G. Gustavson of the Univer
sity this week.
He has been notified by the
Swedish government of his elec
tion to membership in the Royal
Swedish Academy of Engineering
Sc iences. Tv. o other Americans
were honored at the same time:
Dr. GImn T. Se.'.l.oig, well known
chemist and atomic scientist, and
Guiiiur Nicholson, New York City
industi alist.
The Chancellor also has been
named a member of the board of
trustees of the Carnegie founda
tion for Advancement of Teach
ing. The foundation is one of
seeial within the Carnegie or
ganization. As one of 25 board members,
Dr. Gustavson will have a voice
in deciding which projects for the
promotion of better teaching will
be financed by the Foundation.
Members of the board are all dis
tinguished American educators.
This Be Treason . . .
We understand the Student Council has asked its mem
bers to solicit suggestions from their organizations as to
how its constitution might be improved.
We have one.
Article IV of Section IV (election rules) states:
"No vote shall be solicited at the polls or in the build
ing which the election is being held during election day.
No money shall be spent on behalf of any candidate. No
printed, mimeographed, typed or otherwise published ma
terial in behalf of any candidate shall be permitted except
impartial announcements of the candidates appearing in the
press. Any candidate violating these rules either in person
or through his supporters shall thereby become ineligible."
This article was later defined by the council.
" 'Impartial announcements' shall mean," said the
Council, "a list with pictures when provided of all candi
dates for all offices to be filled by the election, in which
list the candidates' names must all appear correctly spelled,
in the same kind of type, in the same color and shade of
ink, and with no extra markings of any sort beneath, over,
around, or beside any particular name which marking does
not appear in the same way by all the names in the list.
Such lists may contain the political affiliations and campus
activities of all candidates but no other information about
them. This list may appear either in the press (The Daily
Nebraska) or on posters as authorized by the Student
Council."
Here is an article we would certainly like cleared up.
We hope the Council does not expect us to live up to it: we
are sure the student body does not want us to live up to it.
We conceive it to be one of our most important duties
to the students and to the University to speak our mind to
say exactly what we believe. Under such prohibitive laws,
we do not see how we can.
And so we state here and now that The Daily fV
braskan has no intention of obeying that law. If any candi
date good enough or bad enough comes up for a position
or honor important enough, The Daily Nebraskan will be
the first to present its views on who should be elected. If
we were to do anything but this, we would be betraying
those people who appointed us, and the University and stu
dents we serve.
tAt ic
Tickets for Carol
Concert Available
Admission to the Christmas
Carols concert to be presented by
the University Singers Sunday
afternoon will be by ticket only,
it was announced by the Union
activities committee.
Tickets may be procured free of
charge at the Dictz Music House,
Miller and Paine service desk and
at the Union Activities office.
The concert will be presented in
the Union ballroom Sunday at 3
p. m. and again at 4:30 p. m.
under the direction of Dr. Arthur
Westbrook.
It will include several songs by
the 112-member University Sing
ers group and a few selections by
the string ensemble.
The concert is presented an
nually and is open to the public.
The Music committee of the
Union is sponsoring the concert
this year. Rod Riggs is chairman
and Marcia Pratt is sponsor.
Ball Ceremonies
To
tart at
8:30
The 38th annual Military Ball will inaugurate the 1949
formal season on campus tonight at 8 p. in. in the Coliseum.
Thus, a tradition that began at Nebraska in 1907 and
was held annually, except for a four-year interruption dur
ing the war, continues.
A sabre guard, in which junior cadets from all three
arms of the military department will participate, will be a
, ball feature introduced
second term
Registration
Starts Monday
Senior students whose last
names begin with ' letters A
through L will begin registration
procedure for the second semester
on Monday, Dec. 5 when they
pick up assignment numbers in
Temporary B.
Mondav through Friday next
week will be used by the assign
ment committee for issuing as
signment cards.
No classes will be dismissed for
the counseling. Actual registra
tion will begin Dec. 12. The pro
cedure will be the same as last
year, with low numbers being
called by the assignment commit
tee first.
Dec. 5 benior (89 or more
hours) whose last names begin
with letters A to L.
Dec. 6 Seniors whose last
names begin with letters with M
to Z.
Dec. 7 Juniors (53 to 88
hours).
Dec. 8 Sophomores (27 to 52
hours).
Dec. 9 Junior Division students.
THE TWO MRS. CARROLL'S
Suspense will be the keynote
in the University Theatre pro
duction of "The Two Mrs.
Carroll's," as shown by the
tense expression of Elaine
Elliott, the "first Mrs. Carroll."
The play starts a three day
run Monday at 8 p. m. at the
Nebraska theater.
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tonight
during the grand march.
The appearance of all three
uniforms of the ground forces,
air forces and naval units will
be in keeping with the theme
of the 1949 ball, "Unification!"
Highlight of the evenfng will be
the introduction of the "Honor
ary Commandant," the co-ed
counterpart of "Honorary Col
onel." Change in rank of the
honored military sponsor was a
result of the national unification
of the armed forces and the joint
sponsorship of this year's ball.
Presentation.
Candidate Officers Associa
tion spokesmen said presentation
of the "Commandant." who will
be either Pat Berge, Sue Bjork
lund, Jean Eckvall, Janet Fair
(hild or Louise McDill, will take
place at 8:30 p.m.
Scheduled to begin with a half
hour concert by the University
ROTC Band, tonight's ball will
also feature a performance by the
Pershing Rifle crack squad. Miss
Mae Pershing, sister of the late
General John J. Pershing, is ex
pected to be present for the event
again this year as honored guest.
According to executive com
mittee officials, a large number
of visiting dignitaries are ex
pected to attend. In addition to
Miss Pershing, invitations have
been sent to Gov. Val Peterson,
Gen. Mark Clark and Mrs. Clark
Guy M. Henninger, Colonel
Frankfurter, Chancellor R. G.
Gustavson, and a number of
others.
Dancing Starts at 7 p. m.
Dancing will take place from
9 p.m. until 12 midnight. Fur
nishing the music will be the or
chestra of Tony Pastor. The
"Honorary Commandant' will
dance the first number of the
evening with Bill Mook, presi
dent of the Candidate Officers
association.
Other military officers who will
be introduced during the eve
ning include Dwight Mcvickers,
ground forces cadet colonel; Wil
liam C. Kinsey, air forces cadet
colonel; and Don Finstrom, mid
shipman captain.
Spectator Seats Reserved
According to Jim Peterson,
executive council member, a spe
cial section in the Coliseum balc
onies will be reserved for spec
tators, a sipall portion of which
will be used for seating house
mothers of the various organized
houses on campus.
Spectator tickets will be on
sale at the door tonight in addi
tion to last-minute sales of tick
ets to the ball, which will also
be sold at the Union during the
day.