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Assembly Significance . . .
Model assembly delegates today enter into the final
round of the conference. Today's meeting begins the series
of plenary sessions culminating the entire project, and the
next three days promise to live up to all expectations.
House representatives have been putting their whole
hearted efforts into the committee work which has been
progressing since the first plenary session. Their prepara
tion will come to the fore as they begin debate on the issues
which held their attention in committee.
Once again we urge students and faculty members to
realize the significance of the conference. As an authority
on UNESCO, Dr. Sorenson's address this afternon deserves
our utmost attention. When the United Nations praises
international relations work at Nebraska, much of the
credit goes to Dr. Sorenson for his UN summer session pro
grams, his UNESCO work and his activities in connection
with the UN department of public information.
All efforts have been directed toward making the mock
assembly an acurate a replica of the real assembly as pos
sible. Any student or faculty member who even looks on at
the mock conference meetings can consider himself the
recipient of something in the way of an educational side
light. The mock assembly presents what might be called
international education, a lesson in international thinking.
Our part in promoting world cooperation and peace de
mands this education.
Another phase of the conference program is listed on
the agenda for Thursday night. The model World Court
will give us an insight into another ramification of the
United .Nations. It iff part ot a project designed to neip us :
see the problems and obstacles to world government, to give
us a better understanding of the great undertaking of the:
United Nations and to enable us to contribute toward sue-!
cesstul international cooperation.
The Two-Hour Gripe . . .
Two-hour credit courses have caused many a headache
for faculty and students alike. For the student it means
just as much work as three-hour courses for less credit;
for the faculty it means teaching students who are taking
the course merely to fill in their schedules and not for the
course itself.
The arguments against these two-hour courses begin
with the work involved for obtaining credit. The student
is faced with work and study time comparable with higher
credit courses. Term papers, outside readings and book re
ports in these courses represent work that should award
more credit hours. If a student does as much work as
higher credit courses, then he should be entitled to that
much credit.
The faculty is faced with much the same difficulties.
Too- many times two-hour courses are used merely as
"registration filler." If schedules are lacking a few hours,
the student scans for the credit hour columns to find
some two-hour course, no matter if it is wood work or
basketweaving, to fill the rest of his schedule.
We object to the reasoning behind the two-hour courses
if the majority of them require as much work as the three
hour courses. We object to courses th.-t are used for "regis
tration filler" and not for the benefit of learning. Instruc
tors could require class attendance twice a week and
make up for the third hour of credit with outside assign
ments time. Or classes could be held during the third hour.
Whatever is done, we would like to see next semester's
registration on strictly a three-hour credit course (or
higher) basis.
Editorial Briefs
No one likes to speak to someone and have his audi
ence ignore him completely, yet the students who are con
tinualy chip, chip, chipping in all their classes seem to
forget that their actions amount to gross disrespect for
their instructors. They can be sitting in front row, right
under the professor's nose, but they still insist on babbling.
It couldn't be too much of a strain for them to have to
hold off until after class. j
The Red Cross college unit has spread out its field of i
service to include a program at the state hospital. Talent
is what the Red Cross is seeking. The project soon will be
extended to other kinds of work with the patients. The
growth of the college unit represents one of the most am-,
bitious enterprises on the campus and deserves any support
which a student can offer. Students interested in service!
work will find the Red Cross eager to take on their par
ticipation. The reason the University is so full of knowledge is
that the freshmen bring so much of it in and the seniors
take so little out.
As part of a transcontinental lecture tour, Lowell
Thomas, jr., will appear tonight at St. Paul's Methodist
church. We all have come to the University for the purpose
of tossing a few extra items of knowledge into our heads,
yet we so often allow ourselves to miss the 'extras." As a
radio commenator, Thomas' lecture should be well-told.
His rich experiences in the mysterious land of Tibet pro
vided him with the background for a most interesting tale.
Students will find his motion picture lecture a fascinating
experience.
A report from Cobs and Tassels shows that Junior
Senior Prom ticket sales are practically nil. The situation
may be a natural one. That is, students might be waiting
until the last minute to buy their tickets. However, we urge
everyone who plans to attend to buy their tickets as early
as possible. And we urge those who have not given the
Prom much thought to make plans to attend the function.
This is the first major project of the junior class in at
tempting to promote class unity and spirit Members of
the junior class have personally underwritten the Prom to
take care of any possible loss. If these students are will
ing to underwrite the Prom, other students should be will
ing to support it by their attendance. This year's Prom
will feature the presentation of the Cornhusker beauty
queens. That in itself is enough to merit a good turnout.
So, Lrfk the junior class and treat yourself to a good time
by 'attending the Junior-Senior Prom. t
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of tha Board that purtiteatloiia, under
Bruce Kennedy, C.ene Bern
Norma Chuhbuck. Poochie
Raicr. Jerrv Wnrren. Kent Axtell
Klmon KarahateiMC
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BY DUTCH MEYERS
The trend In muMc, so far
popularity is concerned, seem.s to
back to the old on beat solid
drive type of thine. Most people
seem to be digging back into
their old records for the popular
swing days.
When you go into a record
store looking for records prob
ably the most popular records
will be labeled by the big com
panies. And, likewise the big
artists will be
under the big
names. But
sometimes if
you do a little
extra carous
ing you can
come up with
some fine
discs.
I ran across
a Coronet
disc, several
in fact, by the
Dave Brubcck
Trio. Strictly.
Meyers
oldies, but
the
good. Arrangements of such
songs as Laura, and Blue Moon.
A brand new 78 platter is Ella
Mae Morse's "Basin Street
Blues."
I tossed this song The Third
Man Thi-iiie around I cnulrtn't
quite see it. Recently I ran
across Ray McKinley's ar
rangement of it. and now it's
a different story. McKlnley
makes it strictly an instru
mental. Favorites In the Crib: The
Crib came through again this
week with a fine selection of
records for the coke daters.
First choice. Doctor Stanley
Kenton's "Willow Weep For
Me." Second choice: Brown's
Tenderly." Third Choice: "Lu
nette" for the Music Out of the
Moon Album.
On the Air: Studio B will do
a sequel to "O' Bleary 's Canary"
at 9:15 p. m. Wednesday over
KOLN.
"Authors of the Ages" will
present "Occurrance at Owl
Creek." KFOR, Thursday night
at 9:30 ,). m.
Goodnight, Giovanni.
Senior Law Students Apply
Practice in Legal Aid Bureau
University students are al
ways welcome at the Legal Aid
Bureau at the college ot law,
according to Mrs. Betta Axcl
rori, assistant librarian.
Many students do come in, she
said, to inquire about problems
of taxes, installment buying and
troubles with business establish
ments. University students can
not always be accepted as legal
aid clients, according to Mrs.
Axelrod, but an attempt is al
ways made to give them advice
about what to do or who to see.
The Legal Aid Bureau is a
laboratory for senior law stu
dents. They receive no grades
for the work and there is no ex-
By Dick Walsh
Everyone awake yesterday saw
the season of spring initiated in
anything but a springy manner.
And they saw the weather-man
spread upon the earth a cover
that was wet,
cold and
white.
hid the robin's
food, to wreck
h i prnu'inp
springisn y
mood. And V s
whitened a 1 1 t
the wasted X
rather
charming
place. Walsh
Some men we've never seen
before with camera, bag. tri
pod, n' more, are out on Ag
and takm' shots of all oureVuild
ings, barns, n' hits, cause, now it
all is covered white; the trash
and dung is out of sight. "We're
takin' spring shots," is what
they say: but we know that's a
lot of hay.
(ause these pictures are for
uptown folks, who like to make
a lot of jokes a bout our campus
dirt and smell, that nourish up
town crass up swell last fall
vhiTi nothing uptown itrew
when blurifrass blades were
miehty few.
We figure snow "spring shots"
r' nothing new. They've always
showed things it so blue; the
pin-oak. blue-grass, hog lot,
three, are all so snow-white
white to see, for us folk who
spend a lot of time just thinkin'
spring came in right fine.
(A poor thing, but 'tis mine
own).
In his talk before students at
the Ag Union convention Thurs
day afternoon, Gladwin Young
said that the fight for conserva
tion in the Missouri basin is
one of developing soil-saving
conservation methods on each
and every farm.
The field Representative, of
fice of Secretary of I'nited States
Department of Agriculture, fur
ther explained the complexity of
the supporting programs that
must work together to assure the
scheduled installation of land
and water improvements. Our
problem now is largely one of
providing programs of education
and research, he said.
Like many other really big
jobs, the Missouri Basin develop
ment is one that is not going to
be completed by this generatior
He stated that only through el
forts in leadership by we who
have a college background ran
the plan be put into operation
at all. '
Nebraska high school senior
girls will be on Ag campus far
a Hospitality day, March 31. Miss
Margaret Fedde. chairman of the
home economics department.
A cover that I - s..," J
jForcign Film
r
Dona Barliara'ife.Trf affrM?
!To Show Here
"Dona Barbara." a movie based
on a famous Venezuelan novel,
will be presented Thursday.
March 24 at 3 p.m. in Morrill
Hall auditorium. The film is
sponsored by the modern lan-
i guage department
The movie is based on a novel
of the same name by Romulo
Gallcgos, ex-president of Vene
zuela. The novel, published in
1929, has been hailed as one ot
the greatest pieces of contempo
ra.y Spanish-language literature.
The story concerns Dona Bar
bara, a strong-willed woman who
takes delight in ruining men so
that she can take over their prop
erty. Maria Felix, the "Hedy Lu
marr of Latin America." plays
this role. Dona Barbara lives out
side the law and is considered
by many to be a symbol of the
l.tte Dictator Gomez of Venezu
ela. As a young woman, Dona Bar
bara was raped by a group of
men who also killed the man she
loved. She thereafter devoted her
life to ruining men with her
beauty and charm.
Law Forces
Julian Solcr portrays Luzardo,
a young man who loves Dona
Barbaras daughter. He repre
sents the forces of decency, law
and order. He and Dona Bar
bara quarrel over the daughter,
but Luzardo finally marries her.
Gallegos is one of the most fa
mous South American authors.
He is a liberal, favoring a demo
cratic government for his coun
try. He served as minister of
education for Venezuela, presi
dent of Venezuelan writers, and
served on several newspapers.
He was elected president of j
Venezuela iif 1946. but was over
thrown by a military junta in
1948. He is now living in exile in
the United States.
All of his many books reflect
Gallcgos' liberalism and demo
cratic aims.
Tickets are 25 cents, and arc
available through the modern
language department.
I ammation. n is almost an on a
I volunteer basis. The students
are under the guidance of cxpe-
rienced lawyers.
Interviewed
' The applicant who is found to
be entitled to legal aid is inter
', viewed by a law student to get
I the general outline of the prob
lem involved. A lawyer is then
selected lrom the bureau's panel
of 36 attorneys and the attor
ney, student and client see the
case through to iinal disposi
tion. The bureau handles many dif
ferent types of cases. Foreign
students" often come in with
problems about immigration bu
reaus. From tunc to. time, pris
oners at the state penitentiary
ask for aid. Most of them are
anxious to be released, but re
cently one of the prisoners con
tacted the bureau because he
wanted to adopt a child of his
wife's.
Social Work
The bureau works with social
agencies in that it occasionally
: sends people to them and the
agencies do likewise when they
! are contacted by people who
! need legal advice.
The bureau is jointly spon
sored by the Lincoln liar Asso
ciation, the Lincoln Barristers'
club and the College of Law. Its
governing committee is com
posed of Gus C. Chambers, rep
resenting the association;
Thomas Ft. Pausing for the bar
risters, and Dean Edmund O.
Belsheim of the Law College.
Dean Belsheim has said that
the bureau is one of the most
important programs in develop
ing students for the legal pro
fession. Builders Give
Campus Tours
NU Builders are making prep
arations for the spring rush of
high school students.
The organization's committee
for campus tours has readied
plnns to inform high schools
throughout the state that then
students visiting the university
are welc ome anytime to ask the
help of the committee.
Recently published by the
committee, a small bulletin, edit
ed by Sally Anne Holmes as
sisted bv Marv Hubka, was sent
to all high schools in Nebraska.
The campus tours committee
encourages campus visits by
playing host to interested prep
sters. This includes drives
around the campus and special
accommodations for any high
school "sneak days" students.
said the day is designed to ac
quaint potential college girls
with the opportunities in home
econom!-1 . She added that
mothers of the girls, superinten
dents and principals of high
schools, also have been invited.
Some 65-70 Aggies attended
the freshly started dance lessons
last Wednesday evening. Reports
from the guys and gals were
that all picked up at least a few
ideas from the instructor. The
only trouble was that there
weren't enough gals to match the
fellows. So this Wednesday more
girls will be rounded up to help
show the fellows how to dance
the ever-common waltz. Sounds
right instructional to say the
least. . .
"It reads just like you're talk
in'. Oh, I don't mean that it's
disorganized," says Mary Wagner
about this "Hayseed." We know
you're just being sociable, and
also that organization is a week
ly pain in the neck we have to
bear. . .Just happened onto
these newspapers are so unpre
dictable. One side of our editorial
"we" doesn't knojr what the
other half of the editorial "we"
is saying.
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By George Wilcox
National
WASHINGTON A deficit
boosting government spending
bill amounting to $29,045,O.''O,
lfi4 representing a $200 outlay
for every man, woman and child
in the nation was approved
Tuesday by the house appro
priations committee. Grim re
minder of the cost of war, more
than half of its total is composed
of items lor national defense in
cluding charges growing out of
World War II.
No deep cuts were made in
any major programs, the aver
age reduction under President
Truman's request being 5 per
cent.
WASHINGTON The senate
foreign f elations committee
Tuesdav unanimously approved
the full $3,100,000,000 third-year
Marshall plan spending author
ization requested by President
Truman.
The figure includes $2,950.
000,000 in funds appropriated
last year, but which Truman
would be authorized to spend in
fiscal 1951.
State and Local
LINCOLN Sen. Kenneth S.
Wherry renewed his attack on
Secretary of State Dean Acheson
Tuesday, calling him a "bad se
curity risk . . . idol of the left
wing and appcase-Russia agita
tors." Wherry's remarks were
contained in a speech prepared
for delivery at the men's lunch
eon of Founders day, annual Ne
braska republican rally, at the j
Cornhusker.
Wherry charged that not only
is Acheson responsible for a
bungled state department policy, ;
but through influence he wields I
on other branches of government !
is "undermining our national j
cennomv."
LINCOLN Nebraska holds
the championship for low cost
government. Gov. Val Peterson
told a republican Founders day ,
audience Tuesday. In the next
breath, the governor announced ,
that Wednesday he will file for ;
his third term. I
About the same time Peterson j
was speaking to the party work- ,
ers. Lt. Gov. Charles Warner j
was at the statehouse filing for
reelection.
LINCOLN An attempt to
procure consolidated billings for
eight Nebraska municipalities
from the Nebraska Power Sys
tem highlighted a Tuesday con
ference between power repre
sentatives and spokesmen
for
municipalities. The
Nebraska
Power System is
Consumers Public
ei.j veil oy
Powe. dis-
trict.
'Car' Fever
Hits Campus
Each Spring
It is an old tradition in spring
to drag out all sorts of cars, some
hidden since the previous year.
One ol the oddest cars on cam
pus is owned by Paul Gaiter and
his partner, Forrest Mozcr. The
1927 Pontiac "used to be an old
black wreck, but since we've
painted it, it has become an old
faded blue wreck," declares Gal-
,e' lt's run twice since we bought
it." the partners brag. "Both
times we went to get gas and it
evaporated on the way back."
They are quick, however, to as
sure anv potential purchasers
that the car is in "perfec t condi
tion." "Just make an oiler," they
sav, "Any oiler."
They bought the services of
economics professor Curtis Elliott
at the last AUK auction to get a
tree wash tor the car. Although
he has not completed the bargain
yet the two have great hopes for
rejiivination. "He better wash it
soon before it tails apart," Gaiter
comments.
Knglish Ford
One of the few foreign made
cars seen Irequently on sixteenth
street is owned by Pat Laisen.
She is the owner of a small but
mighty English-made Kurd. "It is
the only car we know of that can
be shifted into low when you are
going thirtv miles an hour," de
clare friends Jan Lindquist and
Jean Caha.
As for traveling over rough
roads, "you really have to have
a sturdy constitution to ride in
the back seat."
Pat counter comments that the
diminutive car has many advan
tages. "Best of all is the ease in
parking. Other "advantages"
that her friends tell about inc lude
iU cute habit of stopping all the
time especially at intersections,
and the feeling it gives of turning
over everytime it goes around a
corner.
One of the oldest cars, accord
ing to University police is "one
of the highwheeled jobs parked
over by Bessey hall." The old
automobile, complete with
wooden spokes, is "probably a
Mitchell."
fire Truck
Until recently the Sigma Chi's
owned a 1927 International fire
truck. The former owners, the
Waterloo fire department, were
sorry to part with the relic, but it
was finally replaced.
Being owners of a fire truck,
the men used to attend every
fire in the vicinity. When the
truck, loaded with 30 or 40 men,
arrived it created much comment
even from the serious firemen.
One of the watchers thought that
"those people on the truck might
be the arsonists who started the
fire."
Because the oil gauge is one of
the old tvpe that is on top of the
hood, and gets dirty, the oil went
dry one day and the rods burned
out in the original motor.
The old motor was replaced
with an almost new Pierce-Anow
12 cylinder engine. Although
firemen still have trouble read
ing the gauge, they have solved
the situation. "We just toss in a
couple of cans of oil before we go
anywhere to make sure."
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NFE I'DGAR BERGEN Jack Lang, University student, quizzes
his dummv "Chester" during the Red Cross College Unit show at
the State Mental hospital Monday night. Lang's entertainment as
a ventriloquist was only a portion of the program put on at the
hospital by RCCU. The shows at the hospital, state penitentiary
and other institutions in Lincoln are put on monthly by the Insti
tutions entertainment committee. Talent is enlisted from the list of
students who participated in the Red Cross Taleit show last fall,
Sharon Fritzler and Miriam Willcy are co-chairmen of the com
mittee. YM-YW Tour of East
Open to NU Students
A visit to the White House
seeing Congress, the Supreme
court and the United Nations
General assembly in session
meeting world famous personali
ties and much more, are all fea
tures of the YW-YM Easter tour.
The 11-day trip, sponsored by
the University of Iowa YMCA, is
open to students from this Uni
versity also, according to Sue
Allen, YW president. The group
will leave lrom Iowa Union Fri
day, March 31, and return Tues
day. April 11. University students
here would miss four days of
classes. Arrangements would have
to be made for the absences. Miss
Allen stressed.
The trip includes two major
stops Washington, D. C, and
New York City. Highlights of the
Washington trip include a visit
to the White House, Lincoln me
morial. Washington monument,
the Pentagon, Arlington, Mt.
Vernon. Opportunities will be
given to see Congress and the
Supicme Court in session.
Additional Plans
Other features of this stop in
clude a visit to the Embassy of
India, congressional committee
meetings and the Library ol
Congress. Members of the Iowa
group have already arranged a
breakfast with Iowa senators
and representatives. According
to Miss Allen, if enough from
Nebraska take the trip a similar
Date Dresses
Or Formals
'OIC ior Prom
Knrmals or date dresses tux
or suit all are in order for the
I Junior - Senior Prom Friday
I night, when one of the biggest
presentations of the year will
take place
Setting a new pace lor the JUtn
Prom in the history of the Uni
versity, six 1950 Cornhusker
Beauty Queens will be presented
at intermission. A "unique pre
sentation has been planned by
the Junior Class council," said
Herb Reese, Junior class presi
dent. Each Queen will step
through large ears of corn as the
master of ceremonies "husks" the
corn.
Contest Winner
Following the presentation, the
winner of The Daily Nebraskan
Beauty Queen contest will be an
nounced. The contest, still open,
is open to male students who are
apt at picking six out of the 24
candidates for the title much
like the ones Henry Fonda has
chosen. "The biggest part of the
contest." said Reese, "is that only
one person on campus knows the
list of Queens This person. Tish
Swanson. has not even revealed
the secret to the editor of the
Cornhusker. John Connelly."
When the six Queens step
through the ears of corn, tho
will be interviewed by the mas
ter of ceremonies.
iUg Contest
The Rag contest. Uie ballot of
which is printed on page 4. will
close Friday at 4 p.m The win
ning contestant will receive a
$10 first prize. He must be pres
ent . t the Prom to receive the
award.
"Another unprecedented at
traction to the Prom this year,"
said Reese, "is that it will be a
semi-formal dance, held in the
Union ballroom." In explaining
the meaning of semi-formal, he
said that couples may come in
formal attire or date dresses and
suits. All previous Proms have
been known as the last all-university
formal of the year.
Along with the prom being un
precedented in informal attire
and the presentation of the
Beauty Queens, this is the first
lime an all University function
has been under the jurisdiction
of the Junior class, and the first
time the Junior class has organ
ized in the past several years.
Exam Syslt'in . . .
Continued from Page 1
field of courses which will co
ordinate his thinking on them,
he continued.
A teacher in the audience
suggested that .ome students
cheat because their parents push
them into a field in which they
are not interested. The student
who fears failure in a course
will resort to cheating to pass.
Chancellor Gustavson declared
"It is discouraging to find o
little interest in this problem as
displayed by the attendance."
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e n S; , .
event will be planned with Ne
braska congressmen.
When the group stops at Lake
Success, it will visit the United
Nations General assembly in
session nt Flushing Meadows and
the UN Secretarial headquarters.
This visit seem.s quite timely,
points out Miss Allen, especially
since the University's model con
ference is now in session.
Attempts are also being made
to arrange talks to the group by
Eleanor Roosevelt and members
of the secretariat. If the Security
council is in open session, the
group will visit it, and also the
Trusteeship council.
New York Stops
In New' York plans include
seeing Times Square, Green
wich Village, The Statue of Lib
erty, Germantown, Rockefeller
Center, Empire State building,
Central Park and other points.
Two Broadway plays and a tele
vision show are also scheduled.
While in Washington the
group will be guests of Howard
university; in New York ar
rangements have been made for
the group at the Hotel Chester
field. Traveling will be in a YMCA
bus equipped with reclining
seats, and a travel truck,
equipped with bunks that allow
students to sleep while travel
ing. Total cost of the trip is $85
which includes all expenses
travel, food, housing, recreation
and subway fares. Sue Allen re
minds students that the regular
cost of merely a coach fare to
Washington is almost $70.
Friday Deadline
Deadline for registering for
the trip is Friday. Students
should sign at the YW office in
Ellen Smith hall, where addi
tional information may also be
obtained. A $10 deposit must ac
company each, reservation.
Miss Allen explains that, if
enough interest is shown in the
tour this year, an attempt to or
ganize a Nebraska tour will be
made next year.
Purpose of the tour is to help
students gain an understanding
of the federal government and
of the United Nations. The trip
is co-educational, open only to
students and faculty, and inter
racial.
Ralph Schloming, general sec
retary of the University of Iowa
YMCA, is the leader of the tour.
. It is sponsored bv the National
; YM and YW. The Rev. Tom
j Keehn handles Washington ar
! rangements, and the national of
fice, the New York phase,
j
Contest Offers
$6000 in Prizes
To Writers
' Over $6,000 in prizes will be
awarded to winners of the Mid
west writers conference contest
: this summer.
I A group of prominent authors,
publishers and editors will meet
in Chicago the week of July 10
I to award prizes in various fields
j ol writing.
The types of writing and
prizes are as follows:
1. 500 words on "the book I
should like to write" (23 prizes
totaling $400).
j 2. The short story ($300 first
I prize; $100 second prize; $50
third prize and 20 honorable
mentions).
I 3. The non-fiction article from
! 2,500 to 3.500 words ($250 first
prize; $150 second prize; $50
third prize: $25 fourth prize and
I 10 honorable mentions).
I 4. A book length manuscript
of junior fiction ($100 first
; prize; $35 second prize).
5. A book of verse ($100 first
i piize; $50 second prize).
" A book of light verse ($50).
7. A book of verse for chil
dren ($25 first prize; $10 second
prize).
R. A three-act play ($75).
8. A one-act play ($50).
10. A play for children ($25).
Advance royalties of two
$1,000 prizes will be given for
the best novel and book of non
fiction if found up to the pub
lishing standards of Rinehart
and Co. Regardless of the pub
lisher's decision, the conference
will award two sets of prizes of
$300 for first, $200 for second
and $50 third p-; tut the best
novel and book . . non-fiction.
For further information, inter
ested persons should send l
stamped addressed envelope to
Midwestern Writers' Conference,
: Suite 540 Z. 410 S. Michigan
Ave, Chicago 5.
