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The Weather Partly cloudy and warmer Wednesday with scattered showers west portion Wednes day afternoon or night. Thurs day cloudy west, cooler with occasional rain or snow cen tral and east portions. High Wednesday: 50 west to 40 east. Only Dully Publication For Slmlenl At The Vnirertity of Nebraska JllmJ Vol. 50 No. 110 LINCOLN 8, NEBRASKA Wednesday, March 22, 1950 f ' .-v. tv kf'h r. ; ' II .. ! i .; t . . u y V"" - 4 ,, i COSMO 1 KhMt.W Lois McGlashan gives a preview of the enter tainment which will be presented as part of the annual Cosmo Carnival, April 1. The carnival is sponsored each year by the Cos mopolitan club, whose members are overseas and American stu dents. Tickets for the carnival will co on sale this week, and mnv be obtained from any Cosmopolitan club member. The program ' wiu inciuue samples 01 native talent presented by the foreign students. ISA Council Okays Constitution Change Every independent on the cam pus will be a member of the ISA. Any group of independents ' will be able to elect a represent ative to the council. An intramural sports director will be added to the list of ISA officers. These are some of the major changes in the constitution of the Independent Students As sociation council, as approved by tne council. toe constitution must now be approved by the University Student Council be fore it becomes effective. Under the new plans, every student who is not a member of a Greek social fraternity would lie considered a member of the organization. Any independent N would be eligible to participate in any ISA activity. There would he no compulsion to participate m these activities. Representatives Every group of independents, whether in an organized house or group, would be entitled to send at least one representative to the council meetings. Any group having twenty members, or major fraction thereof, would be able to elect a representative. Larger groups would be al lowed one representative for each additional 30 members. Groups which include botn Greek and Barb members would lie allowed representation only on the basis ol their independent members. Membership cards would be eliminated under the new const i tution. The executive committee ol the counc il, with the advice ot the council, would set up and execute the activity plans for ISA. Committees. Members ot committees for various social and athletic func tions would be chosen by the council from members of ISA who have expressed interest in lVlrus lYleixMi To Speak at Aji C. Petrus Peterson, local hiw vei, will explain at an Ag Union convocation Thursday how the Missouri Basin development ef fects our "democratic wav ol h!e." The second in a sei ics of week ly convocations piescnted by the Af. Union convocations committee aimed at enlarging the students knowledge of the "Mo" develop ment will be at 12:45 p.m. in the Ag Union lounge. Jack Wilson, convocations com mittee chairman, said ( lasses will not lie dismissed for the talk. Peterson, partner in law with H W. Devoe. University Iieueut. will speak on the topic. "Area Home Hule." In so doing, he will list live points of defect in the proposed corporate entity pro gram. This program sets up all peo ple in the United States as stock holders, the congress of United States as its board of directors and the President of the United States as presidei t of the corpo ration. As Peterson sees it. the big question in the Missouri Devel decide whether to turn it over to a to.- porate entity plan as described above or to leave it to the exist- ing federal agencies. Medieval Period Humanities Topic Medieval history, art. music , and literature will be discussed at the third humanities meeting, Thnrsrh.v M.-.reh 23 at 7:30 p.r.i. I in Morrill hall art gallery. Panel leaders will be Walter Meigs, art; E. N. Johnson, his tory; Arthur Murphy, music; and Walter Wright, literature. serving. An intramural sports director is a new member of the executive committee under the plan. He has charge of all athletic events among independents. He would be chairman of an athletic com mittee which would schedule and supervise sports events. Officers. The oflicers of ISA under the new set-up would be: president, i j president, secretary, treas- i urer, publicity director, corre sponding secretary, social chair ; man and intramural sports di- ; rector. ' "This constitution will give ' ISA more flexibility." Jim Tom asek, chairman of the Constitu tional committee, said. "It is not a cure-all and does not insure success. It of lers a means through which a program can be pre sented. Such a program would depend on student interest dis played. The constitution, we be lieve, would not allow abuses by any one group." U.N. Committee Chairmen Feel Work Suceessful The United Nations General Assembly committees ended two davs of discussion yesterday. It was geiici.illy felt by the com mittee chairmen that much had been accomplished. The political and security com mittee, headed by Jerry MaUke, discussed the possibilities of a central police power among the member nations. They discussed the following points: purpose and employment of an armed loicc, degree of readiness and command of force, overall .. ii. in.-.tinn rfimnfiii- sucii),ui ; n nf ' tion and support, conti ibution ot , armed force bv member nations and the finance of the proposed j lorce. I Malke stated. "Although a number ol compromises on the nail ol Russia and the United , . hi,. te-i . Slates were ie,K,.-.., continual stnie neiwreu r. ...... West " A block of small na- tlOli! felt that they were not , , , un: civeii cnoiign io rni.-O ion OI noil, e i The report composer! ny mis committee contained tniity ar mies v.hi.h were adopted by a maioritv of the members. Dining the discussion difficul ties a row because of the tech nical nature of the problem. There was difficulty in reaching agreements because of this. Committee Success "Much of the success of the committee was due to the assist ance of Jo Buller. Doris Carlson and Lois Iris, said Matzke. The problem of South West Africa was discussed in a com r ittee headed bv Charles Bergof fen and Jim Tomasek. South West Africa was a mandated ter ntorv under the League of Na tions and the Union of South West Africa now wishes to annex it The General Assembly has urged it to be placed under trus teeship. The motion allowing this was defeated in the committee, which condemned the Union of South for discnminaiinK ai;.iini nnnlll..,ion and also m ' ' lciiding toward for the ' t' ued tne to piiire South West Africa under trusteeship. However, a legal sub-committee reported that the Union of South West Africa was not legally i..,H to make this trusteeship. ...., trrti.na tllP There is a mow, ... ; r.psenetat,ves to an ";r ter to make this a legal require mcnt. iiih eiHe.s nresentea meir views ably. The South African delegate should be commended r.... uiinmnts to bring the ma- I jority'to his point of view," stated Hizad Fralernily Pledges Twenty Alpha Kappa Psi, a business and professional fraternity, j pledged twenty members after a noon luncheon in the Capital hotel Wednesday. The following men were pledged: Roger Noble, Max Fozza, Roger Sleeves, Alfred Ostedick, Russell Griffin, Wilborn Whitehead, Jack Bergstrom. Earl Pierce, Howard Sorenson, Pat Allen and George Green. Richard Clunk, Wayne Kinyon, Robert Reichenbach, Douglass Wittstruck, Edward Wills, Willard Gelwick, Lyle Alt niitn. Jack Wirth and Clifford Honjum. Goveriiinent 'Inefficient' Says Crosby "There is loolish, absurd waste within our federal government." This was broimht out in an explanation of the "gross inef- ficiency" and its dangers within our national administration by Robert B. Crosby, chairman of the Nebraska committee for the Hoover report, Tuesday. "We are going to loose our freedom," the former Nebraska senator and lieutenant governor 1 stressed, "if we allow ourselves to be suffocated by an over whelming bureaucracy." In explaining the Hoover re port, Crosby pointed out it is a commission to stuc'y and rec ommend issues, but not policies, to make a more efficient and economical government. Headed by former President Herbert Hoover, the national committee j includes 12 men, six Democrats and six Republicans. Reports Reports, taking about two i years to complete, included two and one-half billion words. These were compiled and pre sented to Congress. "If adopted," Crosby predicted, "there will be an annual savings of over four billion dollar. We need this economy and the effi ciency that goes with it to re tain our treeriom." Crosby, native of North Platte where he is practicing law, spoke at the special convocation spon- M.. uv ...- v,., i i... r ....... , lor me noover report, ne iuok , his undergraduate work at the , University of Minnesota and re- , ceived his law degree at Har- ; vard. Bergolfen. I'neseo A third committee, social, hu manitarian and cultural, met to review the work of the Uneseo I organization. They discussed the l following topics: What is the f legitimate area of work for work of Uneseo? Is there now a need for the organization? How could the organization function more effectiently and success fully? Review of original pur- poses and needs for an educa ! tional, scientific, and cultural organization, ';,.,.Hin According to George Wilcox, chairman, the Ukrain and Rus sian delegates felt that science, cultural and education should remain pergotative of each in dividual country and that Uneseo was a propaganda device of America. The United States viewpoint was that there is a future for Uneseo and every nation should uiiim.i riiiu cvui t iinuoii nnouui :(jn ijr(iliise if there is to be a chance for peace, it will be reached through a meeting of the J minds on a common ground. Political and security The fourth committee, political and security, headed by Lois Nelson and Bill Dugan, discussed a resolution for the improvement of backward countries. It ended in a deadlock between smaller nations and the larger nations. Two proposals will be presented at the next session of the as sembly. The proposal of the smaller na tions is that an international fund be set up for improving backward areas. The proposal of the larger nations, mainly, the Soviet block and the United States, is concerned with an in ternational agency to administer investments from existing sources. Mock Assembly Agenda Wednesday, March 22: 3 p. m. Opening of third plenary sessions, Union ball room. 3:10-4 p. m. Progress re port of UNESCO, Frank E. Sorenson, chairman of the de partment of education services and director of the summer session. 4-5 p. m. Committee re ports and debate. 7:30-9:30 p. m. Fourth plenary session. Union ball room, committee reports and debate. 25 Students, Faculty Tola I Audience est Exam Probe A small number of listeners heard the student-faculty panel discussion in the Union Tuesday evening, March 21, on the faults of the present examination system at the University. A crowd of 32, four faculty panel speakers, three stu dent panel speakers, and an audience of 16 students and NU Foundation's Income Raised The University Foundation's annual report, as shown in the March issue of The Nebraska Alumnus, revealed that the or ganization turned over to the University in benefits a total of $lG4,5f!9 durin" 1!I4!). an increase of $45,954 over 1948. The funds were for research projects, scholarships, campus beautification, fellowships, as sistance, lectureships, livestock for breeding research, reading materials, library furniture, awards, department help and for the construction of the Ralph Mueller Carillon Tower. Growth of the Foundation in recent years was revealed by the summary of benefits made avail able to the University. In 1944 they totaled $3,7()fl; in 1945, $25 000; in 1946, $68,525; and in 1947. $79,111 The report showed the Foun- dation income during 1949 was $208,153 and total assets of $723,- Thomas Tibet Movie Tonight i CJ. 1 J 1 VI Ol, I cl 111 S The journey "to the roof of the world" will be described by Lowell Thomas, Jr., when he ap pears at St. Paul's Methodist church Wednesday at 8:15 p.m. He will bring with him a col ored film on life in Tibet, "Out of This World: A Journey to Lhasa." Sponsored by Mortar Board, Thomas, known to many as a radio commentator, will take his audience on a "remarkable mo tion picture lecture on a caravan trek into Central Asia, the mys terious land of the Dalai Lama." Until last year only six Ameri cans had penetrated this myste- nous m()lintain kingdom to reach . n, ,,JU, Tnomas wi te how hp anf) nis fathpr SOUf,,n pci.missjon fn)m , f .., tn m..i.0 the tour to the land. Royal Invitation A royal invitation was re ceived from the Dalai Lama, the ruler, which Thomas thought perhaps indicated a desire for American friendship. The land has been made famous by Hil ton's "Lost Horizon." Thomas will relate how, after a ireacnerous tourney Dy pacK caravan, the two were received in Potala itself, fabled golden- roofed palace of the Dalai Lama. What the Lowell Thomases did, what they saw in this storied region, roof cf the world, will be reported with the motion pic tures. The entire journey to Lhasa took a month, and the road through the bamboo forests of the southern Himalayas was passable only on foot, by mule or by yak. Almost all the trip was made at altitudes higher than the highest peaks in the United States. At the age of 2fi, young Thomas is already a veteran of some six expeditions. He was a pilot during World War 2 and was with the Air Force at Bikini for the atom bomb tests. Tassels are selling tickets which cost $1.20 per person. . Mock UN UNESCO The third plenary session of the model United Nations gen eral assembly will open Wednes day with a progress report of UNESCO by Frank E. Sorenson. Delegates will assemble in the Union ballroom at 3 p. m. Dr. Sorenson, chairman of the department of education services and director of the summer ses sion, is the third conference speaker. His report will be fol lowed at 4 p. m. by committee reports and debate. Delegates also will reconvene at 7:30 p. m. in the ballroom for the fourth plenary session. For the past three summers Dr. Sorenson has been in charge of special United Nations clinics. These clinics are aimed at giving University students the oppor tunity to learn about the United Nations and UNESCO and the problems confronting these or ganizations. Summer Clinics This coming summer the clinics will be concerned with three is sues: "Can Science Save Us?," "Is the United Nations Failing?" and "Why Feed the Multitudes?" Each clinic will bj developed around a world leader, and two o fthese leaders will come di rectly from the United Nations. Their appearance at Nebraska will enable students to get ac quainted wjh the ideas and pro nine teachers gathered in the al most vacant Union ballroom. "The way to change the att itude of students toward cheat ing is by establishing an honor system," Robert Raun declared. Raun said that although it is a big problem to establish, the honor system will yield favorable results. "When a high school student comes to the university, he would know that the honor sys tem is a part of University tra dition," Raun said. Roz Howard stated that the honor system, if established, would place proper attitude in the mind of the student. Chancellor Gustavson said that the honor system places the re sponsibility directly on the stu dent. The discussion was on an in formal basis and members of . i .... mi: ciuuieuee weie asKeu 10 statu j tneir views. In reply to a statement by one of the student panel speakers that one of his professors had ' RllnL' out of t,le class room during me nnai exam wan a remark that cheating could be done, Dean Oldfathcr said: "I am quite shocked when I hear that teachers walk out on exams with that attitude." The faculty panel members, Prof. Ephriam Hixson, Prof. J. i. Sellers and Dean of Stu dent Affairs T. J. Thompson and student nanel speakers Roz Howard, Robert Raun and Rob ert Parker, held their discussion under the supervision of. Chan cellor Gustavson. Thompson said, "Cheating hasn't been any worse lately. It isn't as bad now as it was in the twenties. There is always a dip in honesty after a war." The Dean of Student Affairs state "I am in favor of final ex aminations. It is a very great help. I can t conceive of a learn ing process that does not include a linal examination. "Cribbing isn't new," Hixson declared. "Students who cheat haven't learned what a univer sity is created for," he said. "Final examinations occupy 10 percent of the net teaching time " T4tY;nn ciH "Fvamina. tions are not that important," he stated. ; -if students would realize that ' they can help their less fortu nate fellowmen, their attitude about cheating in college would change," he continued. The Chancellor said that the University is "a co-operative j venture, a comradeship between the older and younger genera ! tion." He said that a system of 1 discussing the course in class is more beneficial than reading i,.,t fc.,..- i, I a ct,,w .hnnlH nnt ho nn fed" his material but should study to learn, he said. Robert Parker said that tests given every three weeks would prepare a student for the final examination. He said that one big obstacle without previous training could be disastrous to the student. Roz Howard declared that both the students and the fac- l ulty are to blame for the present situation. An honor system may solve the problem, he said, but the system must be introduced gradually to work. A comprehensive examination over ft major field of study, if adopted bv the university, can alleviate the situation, he said. A student is tested on a whole See Exams, Taee 2 Delegates Progress grams with which they are working. Dr. Sorenson has represented the University at UNESCO con ferences in Denver and Cleve land and at a number of UNESCO projects in the state. He also rep resents the United Nations de partment of public information in Nebraska. In charge of volun tary speakers for the UN in the state, Dr. Sorenson serves as a laison man between the United Nations and the University. The committee reports which will be heard by all conference delegates after Dr. Sorcnson's report and Wednesday night are the result of three days of com mittee study. The four confer ence committees met Saturday, Monday and Tuesday to discuss the issues brought up at the first plenary session. The next three days, Wednes day afternon and evening and Thursday and Friday afternoons, will be devoted to debate and voting on these reports. The con ference will draw to a close Friday afternoon. Police Power The political and security coni Mittee has been considering the question of police power. Jerry Matzke is chairman of the com mittee, and Joanne Buller is vice chairman. Economic aid to undcrdevel- j X . 4 V curtesy Lincoln Journal. STAVSON Moderator for student-faculty exam forum. 500 Subjects Available in Summer Term Students desiring more than nine months of studying can overcome this by attending the 1950 summer session. Five hundred subjects are available for students who wish to brave the heat to gain more knowledge. Summer classes will begin June 6 and terminate July 14 and I July 28 respectively. Six hours can be received for the six weeks course or for two weeks longer it is possible to get nine. A movement is underway to air-condition the buildings that will be used this summer to fa cilitate studying conditions. Workshop seminars have been i especially planned for teachers, duininisuaiors ann oiner leaaers. Clinics featuring specialists from the United Nations, U. S. Atomii Energy Commission, Department of State and the U. S. Office of Education will be open to stu dents. Some of the nation's finest art ists will be brought together for a scries of art studies. The summer program offers excellent University experience in Fine Arts for high school stu dents. Registration for summer class es will take place May 8. Religions Council Plans Breakfast The Ag Religious Council has announced Sunday, April 2, as the date for the annual pre-Easter breakfast. It will be held at 7:30 a. m. Dr. Douglas Clyde, minister of the Westminster church, will be the main speaker this year. Tickets for the breakfast can be purchased from any Ag Religious Council member for 50 cents. The breakfast is a traditional affair sponsored by the Ag Re ligious council with the co-operation of the various religious or ganizations on Ag campus. All University students are invited. Committee members for the breakfast are: program, Ruth Craft and Bob Johnson; decora tions, Elaine Lauor and Steve Eberhart; food Irene Mariclc; tickets, Doris Eberhart and Duane Sellin; and publicity, Vergil Gan zcl and Dick Walsh. to Hear Report oped areas has been the topic under discussion in the economic and financial committee, headed by Lois Nelson and Hill Dugan. The social, humanitarian and cultural committee has dealt with the future of UNESCO. It is under the direction of George Wilcox and Miriam Willey. The fourth committee, trustee ship, is headed by Charles Bcr goffen and James Tomasek. It has been studying the status of South West Africa. The final conference plenary session culminate the week-long project sponsored by the Ne braska University Council for World Affairs. Bill Edmondson is president of NUCWA, and Sue Allen heads the NUCWA, UNESCO committee, which is directly in charge of the confer ence. Miss Allen also is chair man ol the conference steering committee. Other steering committee mem bers are Janet Kepner, Ruth Sorenson. Walter Willi, Irene Hunter, Jerry Young and Susan Reed. Ted Sorenson has acted as as sembly president during the con ference. Hugo Srb, clerk of the state legislature, has worked with the conference in ihe capacity of parliamentarian. 2nd Montgomery Lecture Tonight Walter T. Stace, Princeton philosophy professor, will deliver the second lecture in the Mont gomery series Wednesday at 8 p. m. in Love Library audi torium. "Democratic Values" will be the subject of Stace's lecture. Ht spoke Monday night on "Values in General" and will deliver his final lecture Friday, March 24, on "Why Do We Fail?" Stace, professor of Philosophy at Princeton for the past 13 years, is widely known as a lec turer, scholar and author. World Court Moot Session Plans Told What happens when a group of militant citizens of one coun try build a dam near their border which is so undesirable to a stata of the neighboring country that the governor sends a plane to bomb the dam? Call the first country "Mexas" and the second "The United Con federation." In a case like this, da the two countries go to war? Or is there a way to settle the prob lem? If there is a way to settle it, where does the responsibility lie? Is Mexas responsible for damage resulting prior and incident to the construction of the dam? Or is the United Confederation re sponsible for the damage and loss of life incident to the bombing? Questions Answered All ot these questions, and oth ers, will be answered during the proceedings of the model World court, which will convene at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 23, at the Union. A Nebraska attorney, C.' Petrus Peterson of Lincoln, will preside as chief justice. Other members of the court will be two practicing Lincoln attorneys, B. i. Baylor and Clar- j ence A. Davis; James E. Law rence, attorney-editor of the Lin coln Star, and Willard B. Cowles, College of Law staff member who spent last summer at the Hague, the Netherlands, seat of the In ternational Court of Justice. Arguments strictly in keeping with international law procedures will be presented by students who have been preparing for the demonstration since lst Septem ber. Circumstances Matched Incidents involved in the case have been set up to match cir cumstances which might arise in the Rio Grande country, but the fundamental points of law at is sue are the same f.s those which almost brought Canada and the United States to the brink of con flict about 100 years ago. Also in volved in this case, however, are the uses of water for irrigation and cattle, control of hoof and mouth disease, and the question of se'f defense. Additional trouble arises when a member of the crew of the United Confederation bombing plane gets drunk in a Mexas town and is captured and con victed of murder by Mexas au thorities. Thus the question is also introduced as to whether Mexas has violated a law by carrying out the arrest of the crew member. Junior-Senior Prom Ticket Sales Benin Tickets for the 20lh Junior Senior Prom will go on sale in the Union today at the noon and evening hours. Cobs, Tassels, ISA and Kosmet Klub members will also sell tickets. Sponsored by the Junior class for the first time in University history ,the dance will be held in the Union ballroom Friday night. Top attraction will be the presentation of the six 1950 Cornhusker Beauty Queens. Herb Reese, junior class presi dent siad that a "unique pre sentation has been planned." He added that "no announcement of the names of the queens wil be made before the prom." Semi-Formal A semi-formal event, the prom promises to be an outstanding social event of the spring sea son. The following will also sell tickets to the affair: Jack Wil son, Adrian Kleena, Rudy Nel son, Jack Heckenlively, Sam Huston, Dick Martin, Warren Jensen, Russell Kugler, John Addison, Ben Wall, John Foley, Dick Hungerford, Lowell Neil son, Louise Metzger. Betty Car roll, Marlene Larsen, Helen Vi tek, Betty Clifford, Bonnie Mc Coy, Barbara Malm, Marie Mangold and Pat Seibold. Nolan Jones has charge of ISA ticket sales. Tickets will be on sale today noon and evening, and all day Wednesday, Thursday and Fri day in a booth in the Union. Sales will close at 5 o'clock Fri day. They are f 1.50 per couple. a-