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Vol. 51-No. 120
, .. LINCOLN 8, NEBRASKA
Monday, April 16, 1951
The Queen . .
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JUNIOR-SENIOR PROM Selected queen by vote of those at
tending the Prom, was Carol DeWitt. Miss DeWitt was presented
special recognition plaque and crown by senior class president,
Aaron Schmidt.
DeWitt Is Prom Queen;
Three Coeds Attendants
Carol DeWitt was revealed as
the queen of the Junior-Senior
prom Friday night in the Union
ballroom.
Miss DeWitt was chosen by
popular vote at the dance. She
is a junior in the College of Arts
and Science, a member of Kap
pa Delta and a "representative of
the YWCA council. She was pre
sented with a plaque with her
name, affiliation and the date.
Joey Walters, Jody-Loder and
Bev Deal, runners-up for the
title, were named princesses in
the court. They were each given
plaques jOso. . , .
Miss Walters is a junior in the
School of Music, a member of
Geier Speaks
On Watersheds
"The price of one large flood
could easily pay for the forma
tion of a watershed association
and the completion of a conser
vation project."
This was the view expressed
ay ueo oeier, executive secre-
tary of the Salt-Wahoo water -
shed association, when he sooke
to the Tri-K club, an agronomy
group, Thursday night.
The formation of watershed
associations in Nebraska, Geier The medical school has sent let
said, would accomplish fourers announcing the change of
things. .dates to those students affected
There would be on-the-land
water conservation, with the
controlling of run-off water,
v,t,!"h causes floods, he said. The
moisture would remain in the
feiouno wiiore it can be used in
dry periods.
The second accomplishment
of watershed associations would
be errosion control. This would
protect valuable topsoil and pre
vent dams and reservoirs from
silting full.
Thirdly the construction of
small, temporary and perman
ent storage and retaining struc
tures. These would hold water
from heavy and prolonged rains,
he said.
Recreational and wildlife de
velopment would also be help
ed by the associations. Fishing,
hunting and other outdoor (a
cllities would, Geier said, be plans to go to Omaha for the in
greatly improved. i terviews, suid Mr. Powell.
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(Editor' iwlo-Thin hi mtthnr In a
Hn of aMIriMi mtHIM "My Mont Vn.
forgettable Htatfral." tfMfh artlrlr hi a
Irw atory tl1 t the rrputtmr l an Ht
tmrlor na thht rammm.)
"Professor, you ain't right!"
On the second day ot the som
stcr, with those words, Robert
Welnstein introduced himself to
his new law instructor.
Bob is the most unforgettable
ntudont of that instructor, Fred
crick K. Beutel, professor of law.
On the first duy in class, Beutel
hud quoted a case from a law
text. The next day, Bob came to
class and proved the text wrong.
Bob was the son of an immi
grant family thut settled In New
Orleans, La. Living in one oi the
poorer sections of town, Bob re
ceived a mediocre education. He
was poorly equipped to tuke on
law school work.
When he first entered Tulane
university, he could not even
write well. In his first year he
had quite a bit of difficulty with
hi work but managed to rate in
about the middle of his class. In
The-Weather
Monday Is expected to bring
tifu and fliirn 'n the Lincoln
vicinity. There will bis strontr
Winds in the southeast section
of the state.
.
i Sigma Alpha lota and Gamma
Phi Beta
Miss Loder is a senior in
Teachers college, is a member
of Kappa Kappa Gamma.
Miss Deal, a junior in Teach
ers college, is a member of Or
chesis, YWCA and Alpha Omi
cron Pi.
At 10:45 p.m. the ten finalists
and the junior and senior class
officers were introduced by Jer
ry Matzke, master of ceremon
ies. "April Showers" was the
theme of the court presentation.
First, the princesses were intro
duced from behind their um
brellas by Chuck Burmeister.
president qf the junior class
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the senior class,
Following the presentation the
queen and her court danced the
first dance with the various
class officers.
Dave Haun and his orchestra
played for the event.
Med Students
Will Begin
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ViC55:? ill M. CI II
Freshmen medical students at
the University will begin classes
in September, instead of June n
"A recent change in schedul
ing will make it possible to have
the freshman class entering the
College of Medicine in 1951 be
gin early in September, instead of
June 11. as previously an
nounced," states the letter
Previously the deans of the
medical school had considered
having a school year of "prac
tically 12 months."
Applications for the class en-
i tering in 1952 will have to be
completed by May 1. Eugene F.
Powell, pre-medical adviser, de
clared that applicants will have
to take the medical college ad
mission test on May 12.
Because the deans at the medi
cal school have been unable to
come down to Lincoln to inter
view those students seeking ad
mission to the 1951 freshmen
class, the students should make
his second and third years, he ad
vanced rapidly. And In his senior
year he was top man In law
school. He carried off almost all
possible honors.
Beutel suid thut he hus never
known a harder worked than Bob.
Bob would lot nothing stop him
In currying out his work. As far
as his classmates were concerned,
they all huted him. That is, all
but one. It was not until his sen
ior year thut he became at all
popular with the rest of the stu
dents. Bob hated anything that would
force him to waste time. In his
senior year, he needed credit In
a course in orgunic chemistry to
receive his A.B. degree. ,
After attending a few lectures,
he discovered thut everything the
chemistry instructor stated wbs
tuken directly from a few books
In the library. So Bob went to
Beutel and told him thut it would
be a waste of time to go to the
lectures, i Beutel tried to talk Bob
Into attending the chemistry
clBsses. But Bob had already
made his decision.
Discovers "Easy" Method
Bob also made a similar dis
covery concerning lub. He found
that by reading a rortuln text
book, he could write up lub prob
Ganz, Smith to Sing Leads
In Choral Union's 4Aida'
The opera "Aida" will be pre
sented by the University Choral
Union at the annual spring con
cert Sunday, May 6 at 3 p.m., in
the Coliseum. Admission is free.
The University production in
cludes a cast of 500 sings, com
posed of the Ag college chorus
under the direction of Altinas
Tullis, the University Singers di
rected by Arthur Westbrook, the
University Chorus I directed by
David Foltz and the University
Chorus II directed by Dale Ganz.
The musical score will be pro
vided Dy the
70 piece Uni
versity orches
tra under the
direction of
Emanel Wish
now. J. Dayton
Smith, instruc
tor of voice at r'
Via T T-" ? tmyf; 4-' 1
is cast in the I !
leading tenor h-""1
role of Rar- J. D. Smith
darnes. Dale B. Ganz will take
the leading baritone role of
Aida's father, Amonasro.
smith received his master of
music decree ivnm the TTni
in 1949. After leaving Nebraska,
ne accepted a graduate assistant
ship at Florida State linivprsitv
to study toward a Doctor's de
gree in music education.
At Florida State he was a
member of the facultv mmrtpt
assistant conductor of the Uni
versity Singers, and conductor of
the Collegians the men's glee
club. Smith's vocal performances
include "The Messiah" in both
Florida and Georgia, the Bach
"Christmas Oratorio," the Bach
"St. Matthew Passion," the Haydn
"Seven Last Words," and Men-
Travelling Art !
Exhibit to Show!
At Morrill Hall
An exhibition designed and as
sembled by a Minneapolis art
center which has been touring
the country will be shown at the
University art galleries at Morrill
hall, beginning Wednesday, April
The exhibition, entitled "A
New Direction in Intaglia," is
due largely to the genius and
teacning oi wiauncio oi lowa City,
la. The former Argentine artist
came, to the -em a
Guggenheim fellowship. After his
study, he was appointed a visit
ing lecturer at the University of
Iowa where he has remained
since as a professor of art and
head of an extensive graphics
workshop.
Mr. Lasensky's importance is
not based only on his artistic
ability but on those unusual qual
ities of his teaching. Since he
started teaching at Iowa, students
from all over the country have
come to study under him. Many
of his former students are now
art instructors and are promot
ing his graphic techniques.
The exhibition demonstrates the
effectiveness of his teaching. It
consists of a large number of
prints and the copper plates from
which they were made. Of the 84
items which will be shown, 54
are by students, Lasensky him
self being represented by nineteen
prints.
The show will continue through
May 6 and will provide the sub
ject for the regular ISunaSv 'gaT1
lery talks on April 22 and May
6. The first of these talks will be
given by Rudolph Pozatti of the
University art department and he
will demonstrate and discuss the
importance of print-making tools,
the metal plates and inks.
Language Honorary Hears
Prado at Final Meeting
Phi Sigma lota, language hon
orary, held their final meeting of
year.
The program was "Bartslome
de las Casos: Defender of the In
dians" by Edward Prado.
Officers for 1951-52 are: presi
dent, Donald Innis; vice pres
ident, Patricia Wicdman; secretary-treasurer,
Doris McMurray;
and corresponding secretary,
Boyd G. Carter.
lems successfully without ever
working an experiment.
When the time for the first
chemistry exam drew near, the
chemistry Instructor had a talk
with Beutel. He told Beutel, "One
of your law boys is going to
flunk orgunic chemistry." He
added thut Bob had not been at
tending lectures and that abso
lutly no one would be able to
pass one of his examinations with
out attending his lectures. But
Beutel knew Bob and bet the
Instructor a chicken dinner, or
something of the sort, that Bob
would puss the exam.
The next duy, a slightly dum
founded chemistry professor in
formed Beutel thut Bob hud earn
ed a 95 on the exum. But he-assured
Beutel thut Bob could not
possibly pass the lub exam with
out actually working the weekly
experiments. Beutel bet the
chemistry instructor another din
ner. Bob passed the lab exam with
a sensutlonul 90. And he luter
pnssed the flnHl exam in flying
colors.
C'hcm Prof Still Anutsed
The chemistry Instructor re
mained amused and Infuriated. He
suid that orgunic chemistry wus
a lub course and thut Bob would
have to do some actuul lub work
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de'ssohn's "Hymn of Praise."
Smith recently accepted an ap
pointment of registrar of the
Summer Music camp which is
conducted annually on the Flor
ida State university campus for
high school students in the southwest.
Ganz,
struct or
voice at
University,
ceived
in-
in
his
master of mu
sic degree in
1948. He has
been soloist in
four Univer
sity 'Messiah"
(ora-
torio), the
toriotwo Brahms
Dale Gam
Requiem and
the Smith "Verdi Requiem."
Ganz also appeared in produc
tions of Elijah in Nebraska in
1937, '40 and "49 and was soloist
with the University Men's Glee
club, 1937-40. He has been cast
in the leading roles of "Pagliacci"
and "Carmen."
SAMUEL .X. STEVENS
Dr. Stevens
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"Dr. Samuel N. Stevens, resi
fiaUot Gfihliell Cla) college,
will address the annual joint
meeting of Phi Beta Kappa, na
tional honorary scholastic society,
and Sigma Xi, national honorary
scientific society, at the Univer
sity Monday . ;ening.
Newly elected members of the
two organizations will be pre
sented at the neeting.
T" ' Grinnell President
Dr. Stevens has "been president
of Grinnell since 1940. Before that
he served as professor of applied
psychology and later as Dean of
the University College of North
western University. His work as
an arbitrator in industrial dis
putes has won him wide recogni
tion .-
Recently Dr. Stevens was ap
pointed by President Truman to
the Board of Governors of the
United States Military Academy.
Prior to his appointment, he
was adviser to the Chicago Crime
Commission and chairman of the
city-wide Commission on Indus-'
trial Relations. Since 1934, he has:
been a partner in the Personnel!
Institute, one of the largest or-j
ganizations in the field of per-j
sonnel consultation to business
and industry.
Honorary Degrees
His work in education has been
recognized through honorary
'sional . organizations and through
memberships in leading profea
an honorary LL.D., conferred on
him by Carleton College, North-
field, Minnesota.
Dr. Stevens received his bache
lor's degree from Wesleyan Uni
versity at Middletown, Connecti
cut, and did graduate work at
Johns Hopkins in Baltimore. He
studied theology at Garret Bibli
cal Institute and Theologicul
Seminary of the Methodist
Church and received his Doctor
of Philosophy dewee at North
western University,
In order to receive credit for that
course. With a week left in the
semester, the instructor assigned
Bob an experiment which could
not possioly be finished In less
than 36 hours of work in the lub.
Since the lub was open for only
a limited time each day, the
chemistry instructor figured that
Bob could not possibly work the
experiment and would therefore
be forced to take the course over
again but in the conventional
manner.
This, however, did not faze
Bob. He borrowed the key to the
lub from a janitor and worked
36 hours straight and finished the
experiment three days before the
deadline. So the instructor was
forced to give him credit in the
course. Beutel, though, said he
does suggest anyone to follow
Bob's unusuul methods.
The night watchman at the law
library used to put Bob out at
2 a.m. nearly every morning of
the week. After a while, Bob
made a big issue out of the af
fuirs. Later, because oi Bob, the
school authorities passed a rule
thut the llbrury wub to be left
open to luw students at all times.
A Terrific Worker
Beutel said that even though
Bob wus the top mun In law
school, he wus not the brightest
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Ellen Smith !
Schedules
Open House
Open house will be held at
Ellen Smith hall during the three
days of College Days, April 26 to
28. Miss Marjorie Johnston, Dean
of Women, and Miss Mary Aug
ustine, assistant Dean of Women,
will be in charge.
Ten-minute tours will be con
ducted through Ellen Smith and
visitors will be shown the parlor,
the YWCA office, the drawing
room, the kitchen and the offices.
College Days visitors will also
be told the history of Ellen Smith
by the guides. They will meet
the officials who have offices
there and the duties of each will
be explained.
Each guide will explain to the
visitors that Ellen Smith is the
place for freshman women to go
to have their problems solved.
Any high school visitor who is
certain that she will attend the
University next year will regis
ter for housing during the tour.
Any girl who is interested in
coming to the University next
fall will be given a booklet about
Residence Halls for Women and
their rules. The booklet will also
explain how to get a room at the
University.
A table in the hallway of the
building will contain samples of
all literature which may be ob
tained by persons interested in
the University. These booklets
will include discussions of "What
to Wear" and "How to Choose a
Career."
Tours of Ellen Smith will he
held between 9 a.m. and 12 noon
and 2 and 5 p.m. Thursday, April
26, and between 9 a.m. and 12
noon Friday. Tours may also be
scheduled for Thursday evening
and Saturday.
Pre-Meds Name
College Day Plans
PreJi!&ioai.- school actrw
during College Days will consist
of a visit to the campus by junior
and senior pre-medical students
on April 28.
A tour of the building will take
place at 9:30 a.m. At 11 aim! a
convocation will be held in the
north amphitheater. Viggo Olso,
president of the student council,,
will be chairman. Ernest A. Yeck,
jr. will talk on "Research Pre
sentation of ACTH in Acute Ex
perimental Glomerulonephrities
in Rates." Dr. William C-raham
will talk on "Case Presentation."
At noon luncheon will be served
by the medical fraternities.
Junior or senior pre-medical
students who are interested
should sign their name on the
sheet of paper outside Room 306,
Bessey hall. Students attending
will furnish their own trans'
porta tion.
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E Week to Display Mechanical
Project, Smoke Tunnel, during
One of the exhibits that
itors will be able to see during
College Days is a mechanical en
gineering project for E Week.
A smoke tunnel was built by
Keith Cossart and John Nixon
during the past two years. Cossart
will give a demonstration of the
project in the mechanical en
gineering building.
A smoke tunnel is used to
study the principles of fluid
flow. It if widely used in hy
draulics, aeronautics and air con
ditioning. Tunnel Redesigned
By experimentation and trial
and error the tunnel has been
completely redesigned from the
original conception. . The major
one "but a terrific worker with
a prodigious ability to keep work
ing." Bob mude the law review in
his second year in law school. He
wus easily the most outstanding
mun on the review and he wrote
more for it than anyone else.
As for the present, he is prac
ticing law in New Orleans. Sev
eral years before this, he served
as an assistant to the federal dis
trict attorney in that -city.
Beutel said that he will never
forget Bob's hard work or his
ublllty for accomplishing the
nearly impossible. Just as an
added -note: The dean of the Tu
lane law school once proposed
a problem which he thought
would be neurly Impossible for
any student to solve. The prob
lem concerned a fallacy in a very
obscure luw case.
In order to find the solution,
a student would have to read the
case and all of the other cbscf
cited in the case And in addition
read all of the cases sighted in
those secondury cuscs.
The studonts were given three
weeks to come as nmir as thry
could to the solution. No one but
Bob succeeded. And he handed in
the correct answer In less than a
week.
Bob is certainly unforgettable.
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For the first time in history,
the University has an official stu
dent radio station in operation
on the campus.
KNUS are the official call let
ters for the station which will be
gin broadcasts, Monday, April 16
from 3 to 5 p.m. The campus
station can be heard in almost
every campus home by dialing
710 on the radio.
Paul A. Bogen, director of ra
dio, and Erling Jorgensen, assist
ant director, are the instigators
of the student radio expansion.
Jess Crump is the engineer for
KNUS. He built the transmitter
and ironed out technical difficul
ties connected with establishing
the radio station.
'Wired Wireless'
KNUS is considered a ""wired
Sciences
Tell Schedule
Of
Displays
When College Day crowds visit '
the physics exhibit in Room 211 1 who want advertisement
aTr,JrbZB,7they 7iUe KNUS will broadcast from 8
ily o f ts coils 8 lt0 5 p-m- during College Days-
piay ot tsia coils. April 26 and 27 department
The math and astronomy de-1 is the basement of the Temple
partment will have exhibits in j building will conduct tours for
Room 116 Ferguson explaining anyone interested in visiting
astronomy. Prof. Oliver C. Col-j them from 11 to 12 a.m.
S PvhkS6 w?c IZtJ? aTP?iTl ' New Preram eas are invited
I Em l ndPl assistant t0 tryou KNUS strives brjng
If the weather is clear Thurs University Programming to Uni
rt" liLTJn Jhl a versity students with a balance
SatV eM and entertain-
fered to let the group see the sky ' '
throueh the denartment's reflert-' Participation Invited
ling telescope. j All students are invited to
i The physics exhibit will be su- participate on KNUS and suggest
Ipervised by Prof. Theodore Jor-' or criticize the station. KNUS
j genson. His student helper will be I how specializes in music, from
! Arthur Meyerott . I hot to sweet to classical, and
The physics display will he! sports news on both a camrus
i open: i and national basis. The staUon ,
i H Thursday; D a.m. t 12 noon and also features dramatic and com
1 2 to 5 p.m. j edy shows. KNUS welcomes stu-
Friday: 9 a.m. to 12 noon. i dent talent, ideas and services
' The schedule for the astronomy i and the students needn't be radio
' exhibit has not yet been released. students to participate.
Heiss New Prexy
Of .Yoc-Ag Group
Darrell Heiss was elected presi
dent of the Voc-Ag association
recently at their regular monthly
meeting.
The club primarily for future
agricultural teachers named Mar-
vin Hanson as vice president; Art
Becker second vice president;
G en Nelson, secretary; Norval
Utemark, treasurer; EveretteWil -
kins, reporter; O. L. Lindell, sen- i ved Christensen is sport's di
tinel; Kenneth Lux, program ector. Jan Criilv is music li-
chairman; and Dick Hitchins, ;
I athletic chairman. 1
vis-jchunge has been in the method
of smoke generation,
The smoke is now created by
vaporizing kerosene in a totally
enclosed unit.
The tunnel was built from sur
plus parts at a cost of approxi
mately $50, compared to a cost
of $500 for commercially built
smoke tunnels.
A treatise will c-e given on the
subject at the Nebraska Academy
of Sciences meeting in Lincoln
this week. A treatise wus also
given at the regional ASME con
vention in Kansas City on the
smoke tunnel.
Henry Kaduvy and Jerry Itob
erts will co-ordinate the wents
with E Week and College Days.
Worked With Atomic Energy
During his enlistment in the
army Kudavy worked with the
Atomic Energy commission. He is
a member of ASME, Sigma Tau
and Pi Tau Sigma.
Roberts served in the lavy as
a V-l 2 student, aerial gunner and
aviation cadet. He is also a mem
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ASME CO-CHAIKMAN Henry Kudavy. left and Jerry Hoberts,
right ure running the E Week show for the mechanical engineers.
They are pictured with a Trune -climate chunger recently in
stalled in the mechunical engineering power laboratory.
fOCaGV
wireless." It is a low power sta
tion with a high antennae. The
Federal Communications commis
sion permits a station like this if
it doesn't interfere with other sta
tions in the region.
Wires run from the transmit
ter in the Union to the stea'm sys
tem of the Men's and Women's
dormitories through the steam
tunnels. The radiators in the
buildings act as antennae for the
station. All students living within
approximately 250 feet of the
Union, Men's or Women's dorms
may obtain the station on the ra
dio. This area includes approxi
mately fourteenth through six
teenth streets and R through
Vine streets.
Offers More Incentive
The purpose of the station's ex
pansion is to give the students
participating on the programs
more incentive because the sta
tion will have more thorough
campus coverage. Radio students
are also given practical experi
ence in radio work.- The station
is operated by University students
and the programs are designed to
interest persons on the campus.
The commercials announce cam
pus activities and affairs. KNUS
offers its
The station is completely run
by University personnel. Gaylord
Marr acts as station manager.
Bob Askey is chief announcer
with Dick Carson assisting. Eve
lyn Anderson is in charge of
women's shows.
Jean Fenster is news director
with Leonard Kehl as assistant.
Don lhackeray and Nancy Por
ter work in the promotion de-
I Lois Nels)n and Wayne Wells is
j her assistant
j Jim Riordan is ,ontinujty di
j rector Continuit assistar) are
iClair. Eviin. d . v
rarian. Jack Lange and Ken
Walters are her assistants.
Engineering
College Days
ber of ASME.
A Trane climate changer unit
will also be on display in the
mechanical engineering building.
This unit is used to duplicate
the problems and conditions
found in commercial air condi
tioning. The unit is capable of
humidifying, dehumidifying cool
ing and heating.
Heating Unit
When used as a heating unit
the air is heated by a steam coil.
In cooling air a freon refrigera
tion unit is used.
Much of the initial -equipment
has been revised by mechanical
engineering students to enuule
more accuurate testing. A motor
ized psyehrometer is now being
constructed which will enable
more extensive testing of humid
ity conditions in the vuriouf
compurtments of the unit.
This unit, plus many other
mechunical engineering -displays,
will be exhibited during E Ween
which will be held during -College
Days, April 26 to 28.
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