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About The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 18, 1953)
pin oil Me H H 17 fl pr if OCRS LvJSVCtdQilU uii sLewVQF Regent Welsh's Press Views The Executive Committee I the Lincoln Council of Human Relations backed Dr. C. Clyde Mitchell, chairman of the de partment of agricultural econom ics, Monday in connection with the right of a professor to x press personal views. ' ! In an open letter to the Uni versity Regents, the committee stated: i 'May we express our alarm at the views attributed in the press to Regent J. Leroy Welsh of v. Activity Queen Finalists One of these sophomore coeds will be presented as the 1953 Activity Queen at the annual AUF Auction "Wednesday AUF Auction Tonight To Sell Pledge Classes Queens, Busboys, Team On Sale The list of articles to be auc tioned at the annual AUF Auc tion to be held Wednesday at 7 p.m. in the Union Ballroom has been announced. Fraternity and sorority pledge classes will be put on the auc tion block along with the 3952 Beauty Queens, Innocents So ciety, Mortar Boards, UMOC, Prince Kosmet, the first team of the football squad and a page in The Nebraskan. Busboy services of Dr. Charles S. Miller, professor of business organization and management, and Rex Knowles, pastor of the Congregatioinal - Pres byterian student house, will be auctioned. The opportunity to throw a pie at Rocky Yapp will be auctioned and, following her presentation, the 1953 Activity Queen will be auctioned. ACTIVITY QUEEN candidates and their activities are: Sharon Mangold, NUCWA, YWCA, Coed Councelor Board, AUF assistant, Alpha Lambda Delta and Gamma Phi Beta. Janet Lindquist, Ag YWCA,' Home Ec Club, Lutheran Stu rient Association, Professional Home Ec Association. Ag Reli-' gious Council and Alpha Lambda Delta. Carol Thompson, Coed Coun selor Board. YWCA, Builders worker and Alpha Chi Omega. Susie Good, AWS, AUF Board, Red Cross, French Club, Alpha Lambda Delta and Kappa Kappa Gamma. Diabetes Exams Given This Week Dr. S. I. Fuenning, director cf Student Health Center has urged all students to take ad vantage of the free diabetes examinations this week. The examination consists of the urinalysis of sugar. Dr. Fuenning said that just as pre ventative measures have been developed lor such diseases as tuberculosis and cancer, at tempts are also being "made to discover diabetes in its early stages and prevent the illness. Examinations will be held at the Center between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. this week and from 8 a jn. to 12 noon on Saturday. Violinist Rosand To With NU fmnm Hmtrtnv :imirn:tl tntl Btar AARON KOKAND Meadows To Speak To Cosmopolitans Dr. Puul Meadows, University professor of sociology, will be the guest speuker at a Cosmo politan Club meeting on V, ednes day. Dr. Meadows will speak on "'Cross: Cultural Undemanding" In Room 313 of the Union at 7:30 p.m. The meeting, which Is upon to the public, will stress intcrnutioiiul relationships. wiawi,ii nmr -mm, , ., i,. Omaha and a chapter of the American Farm Bureau Federa tion, with regard to the contin ued tenure of Agricultural Eco nomics Chairman C Clyde Mitchell,.," THE COMMITTEE was ap pointed in 1952 by the Lincoln mayor to promote -amicable re lations among racial and cultural groups and to study and make recommendations lor dealing with conditions which strain I, S iP'.. night,. They are: '(left to right) Janet Lindquist, Sharon Man gold, Carol Thompson, Susie Good and Cathy Olds. Cathy Olds, Builders, AUF, Al pha Lambda Delta and Delta Gamma. BOB BACHMAN will be auc tioneer. Admission of 25 cents will be charged. The auction is the final ac tivity in coordination with the AUF annual drive. Last year auction proceeds were $800. The highest price was received for the Kappa Kappa Gamma pledge class, which sold for $60. Law Team Enters Regional Tourney Three law students, Ronald Hunter, William Grant and Eleanor Knoll will enter com petition in the regional National Inter-law School Moot Court to open "Wednesday at St. Louis. The University team will com pete against 12 other schools for the right to advance to the na tional competition to be held in New York City early in Decem ber. The winning school in the national event will receive $500 for furtherance of its own Moot Court program, law books by various legal publishing com panies and a cup. Knowles Views As Adventurous '"There are average activities and those that are potentially a d v e n t u r o u s," Rev. Rex Knowles, student pastor of Presby t e r 1 a n - Congregational House, told Coed Councilors at a mass meeting held Tuesday evening in the Union. "Pep and size characterize av erage activities while power and significance are qualities of the a d v e n t u rous organization," Knowles went on to say, "and the average girl will go through college taking part in average activities. She will participate in campus social life, study to a moderate degree, show school spirit and work in a lew cam pus organizations." "The adventurous girl the Orchestra Fall Symphony To Feature Classics Aaron Rosand. violin soloist will appear with the University symphony at its annual fall con cert Sunday at 8 p.m. in the Un ion Ballroom. Because of space limitations students will be admitted by tick et only. Ticliets may be obtained free -of charge from the omain of fice of the Union. THE CONCERT, under the di rection of Emanuel Wishnow, will begin with "Overture to R uy Bias" by Mendelsshon, written in 1839 as incidental music to the play "Ruy Bias." Second on the program will be "Symphony No. 38 in D Major" by Mozart. The symphony, called "Prague" was written when Mo zart was 30 years of age -and his three movements, Adagio-Allegro, Andante, and Presto. The University orchestra will play "A Somerset Rhapsody" by Hoist. The Rhapsody is one of the compositions from Hoist's "Ballet Suite" which was com posed in 1900. AARON EOS AND will be solo it in the fourth number, "Con certo in D Muior for Violin and Orvhestra" -by Tschaikowslcy. The coiis; erto is in two parts. Allegro- Create Alarm these relations. Members include representa tives of the University faculty and administration, Richard iS. Johnson, administrative assistant of the Student Health Service; James M, Reinhardt, chairman of, the department of sociology, and Frank Z. Click, director of the Graduate School of Social Work. AN ARTICLE written by'Dr, Mitchell, advocating fixed price supports for farmers rather than flexible supports, drew unfavor able comment from the Hall County Farm Bureau after it ap peared in '"Cappers Farmer,"" A members of the Board of Regents, J.. Leroy Welsh of Omaha, criticized Dr. Mitchell; for his ''writings and speeches j made over the state.1" i The Farm Bureau requested that the University Regents "take; action against Mitchell." The Re-i gents, however, decided Satur-i day to wait until this week's meeting before taking any defi-l nite stand. i ie jt IN THE letter, the comittee said, "'Our point of view is that of the American Association of University Professors, which, speaking for its 42,000 members in its 39th Annual meeting at Chicago, March 27-28 of this year, declared: Experience has abundantly1 demonstrated that neither the organizational affiliations of a teacher, if lawful, nor his social, economic, political or religious opinions, however difficult fori others to understand and how-! ever distasteful they may be, are sufficient evidence of disquali-j fioation for work in the academic1 profession. j "The tests of the fitness of a college teacher .should be his in tegrity and his professional com-, petence, as demonstrated in in-1 struction and research.' " i "'THE AMERICAN university' exists to serve the enlightened, felt needs of the local, national and world community and not the exclusive purposes of any; special interest group. Within this frame work, there must al ways be room for every 'kind of honest, informed opinion.'" j The officers of the Executive Committee are: President Wil-; liam Brown, of the Famfly Serv-: ice Association; Vice-President Sidney H. Alexander Jr exec utive secretary of the Urban League; Secretary Mrs. William Byron Davis, .member of the Ur-; ban League and past officer of the Council of Church Women, and Treasurer Mrs. Ada McGin nis, an accountant-clerk at the City Hall. OTHER MEMBERS are Miss Grace Bennett, evecutive secre tary of the Lincoln YWCA; Her bert W. Burton, head of the boys' department at Wells and Frost; Rev. Isaiah .-Donaas, minister the Unitarian Church; Mrs. Louis Borne, chairman of the Women's Guild; Fenner King, insurance salesman; Robert T. Malone, di rector of Unemployment Insur ance in Lincoln; Mrs. Grace McCnslin, of the Nebraska State Employment Agency; Rev. Vin White, minister of the First Presbyterian Church, and Mrs. Urania Wedgewood, member of the Lincoln Business and Profes sional Women's Club. NU Coeds Or Average student pastor said, "'will achieve much in the realm of ideas as well as studies. She will become acquainted with people and above all she will share." Knowles emphasized that some girls are "eternally lonely" and never realize a full college life. These girls, he believed, think other peope are trying to wrong them in some manner. '"Our opinion of others is re flected within ourselves and our opinion of the University and people is reflected in the way we act, Knowles said. He concluded by saying that "what you think other people are doing to you is often responsible lor your opinion of ethers and then opinion sol you;" Appea Sunday Moderate ana Conzonetta-Finaie. It w a s written in 1878 after Tschaikowaky achieved world fame. Rosand will perform the Leopold Auer edition. The last number of the concert will be ""Prelude to Act Hi-Lohengrin" toy Wagner. The opera '"Lohengrin" was the last of Wagner's operas in the conven tional style of the 19th century. ; r : : " ' -:'-:; -:- ;::;x":";,- ; ' Wi" williiriiirtft 1 1 ' at'"niiT" --r-t-"--- -"i fll- -..----...T-.-T .-111tr l1t .-..r.n-.ni1f. - m- v uweJ Sigma Tau Takes 19 Nineteen University students have been named new mem bers of Sigma Tau, honorary engineering society. lisquir ments for membership include ranking in the upper tliird scholastically nf tiie College of Liigineei'ing and Architecture. Volume 54, No. 29 Reduced Prices For Students Student tickets are available until Thursday noon for ""The Caine Mutiny Courtmartiar to be presented Thursday at & p.m. in the Coliseum. Tickets are being sold at the union booth. The special student price is $125. j Dick Powell is the director of the stage production of the; courtroom scene from Herman; Wouk's recent movel "The Cains j Mutiny.'- The best-seller derives its name from the mon-existant mine-sweeper Caine, i IN THE Union-sponsored pro-: duction Henry Fonda is cast as! the shrewd lawyer Lt. Green-i wald who defends Lt. Maryk, John Hodiak, accused of mutiny! by Capt. 'Queeg, Lloyd Nolan. Lt. Maryk pleads not guilty to, Queeg's charge by declaring Queeg insane and claiming he; had to be irelieved of his 'com-' mand in the interest of ship and crew. Maryk had taken com mand of the Caine during a violent tropical storm. The production, slated for Broadway in January, presents the courtroom scene during the trial and shows the battle -of, Greenwald's wits against over whelming evidence. THE THREE raised student sections will be on the main floor between public seating areas costing $3 anil $4 pcr; ticket. Balcony seats are $2 and above. A special extended stage for the production is in construc tion. It will be touilt by the Ne braska Masquers working in co ordination with the Union. The extended stage has been designed to increase visibility and improve acoustics which should increase the feeling of the audience that they are actually taking part in the action. Phi Sigma lota Pledges Sixteen At an annual banquet Phi Siem--Seta,- foKttince totiguagr national honorary, added 16 new members to its chapter. Those initiated were: Honorary: Valeria Bonnell, Lincoln high school; Helen Dun lap, Northeast high school, and Elizabeth Grone, Lincoln high school. Faculty: Sue Ellen Lane, de partment of classics. Undergraduates: Jeanne Beck, Beatrice Beutel, Joan Bitzes, Kay Burcum, Thelma Cox, Virginia Mann, Anne Sidner, Larae Wat son and Bridget Watson. Graduates: Andrew Bod or, Lehman Faber and 'George Klin. The banquet was held in the Union. Alumni Pledge Support Of Coach, Staff, Team 'Confidence in Husker coach Bill Glassford and his staff were expressed Friday night in a reso lution passed by tne .tsoara oi ojj rectors of the University Alumni Association. At an annual Homecoming meetine. the Board said, "T!ve pledge our support to the coach ing staff and the team in the in terest of maintaining the long standing tradition of competitive spirited Cornhusker football and the prestige of the Scarlet and Cream. Since this was the iirst Board meeting during the football sea son, James Pittinger, secretary of the Nebraska Alumni Associa tion, said that "we just wanted the boys to know that we wished them well lor the rest of the sea son." Eoodmob7e To locate At Scottish Rite Temple The Ked Cross Blnodmobile will be ut the Scottish Bite Tem ple, 15th and L Streets, between noon and (I p.m., Nov. .30. The registration booth in the Union to enlist prospective don ors will close Monday. BegiHtrB ition cards may also be obtained from all committee workers on the Bed Cross blood recruitment committee. It was incorrectly reported to Monday's Nebraskan that the Bloodmobile would ibe on cam pus. The new menibers, to he init ated Dec. 10, are: (from left, front row) Donald Miller, Or lin "Watley, Guiy Kobrstem, Ken Piiilbrick, Norma Shyken, Williuni Rusdal, (sttcond row) Fdwin Cunihurland, Rciheri Iluupt, Jack Stiuhl, Dudley r3 LI NCOLN, M cr"3 fl LLOYD NOLAN JMJi ""Wlj1 " I ' '' iiiim i. .Jiw. ii "a "sr-71 v.;." Mutiny Ticket Sales Slow-Lake Production Attracts Capacity Crowds On Route Here Union Director Duane Lake reported Tuesday that ticket sales for "'The Caine Mutiny Courtmartial" production are about six days behind the usual sales on Union presentations. He added he was surprised at the poor -student response, and said the more expensive general public tickets are selling rap idly. Lake went on to say reduced-price tickets for students are made available because the Union productions are primarily Citizenship Project Research Completed Circulation. Set For Near Future "'Citizenship Education far' Secondary School,'" a published; research project financed by thei Nebraska American Legion and1 directed by the Nebraska Citi zenship Education Project ati Teachers College, will toe Teady' for circulation in about two weeks. 5Dr. iRoyee JCnmpp, professor Tf secondary education who is di rector of the project, made this announcement Thursday, LAST MARCH, the American Legion made a resolution com mending Nebraska public schools for their work an pro moting good citizenship in stu dents. At this same time, they established a fund of $1,000 to pay for the research, writing and printing of this pamphlet concerning civic education in secondary schools. A master's thesis by Ralph E. Kellogg, social studies teacher at Pueblo, Colo., concerning background studies of recent developments in citizenship 'ed ucation is a source iof informa tion in the pamphlet. DE. KNAIT did the general editing and writing of legisla tive and administrative require ments for ciic education in Nebraska. Other -authors of the B5-page publication are Lauren Scwicow, social studies teacher Indo-Chinese Strife Compared To Korean Clauser Reviews War Situation The Indo-Chiaene war is no loncer colonistic: it can now be compared to the Koreun war in' importance and possible conse quences. This was the opinion of JDr. Hubert Clauser, bio-chemist from the University of Paris, in his speech Tuesday morning mn the situation in French ilndo China. Dr. Clauser, addressing history classes, .added that if French forces are deltmied, the Commu nists will have a relatively fret path in taking over Siuna and Coffee Hour Friday Instructors and graduate as sistants may attend a coffee hour Friday from 4 to $ p.m. in the Union Faculty Lounge. Miss 'Sue E. Lune, instructor in the Classics Department, will ibe poetess. Cnunesy Ltnudln 3numal SaviUe, Keith Graham, Su Mtidra Fatel ((back rows) Ilcib turt Loch, David Alire, Jtilin Beiiker,, Lelimd Dcibler,, Chai'les Eutouph and Wayne Roeta. liicharfl llekieutjrund is mtrt pictured. NEBRASKA Wednesday, November 1 8, 1 953 Stage Slhidv vypODDflfllCjj WMW,,y.,...Wi),.JW,ir,u..iiil.li iii i... i im... . mm vm JOHN HODIAK given as student entertainment. THE PRODUCTION includes top-notch performers and has played to capacity crowds dur ing its tour. Under the direction of Dick Powell, members of the cast include John Hodiak, Lloyd Nolan, Henry Fonda, Russell Hicks, Stephen Chase, Charles Nolte, Ainslie PryoT, Robert Gist, and Eddie Firestone, Lake said that in choosing presentations, the Union selects at Scottsbluff who selected and edited visual aids; -and Willis B. More-land, instructor in icitiBen ship and education at Syracuse University, Syracuse, N. Y. who was in charge of pamphlet lit erature, Paul M. Allen, research as sistant in the Nebraska Coop erative School Study Council wrote and edited material on administration of the citizen ship program. "History was made in Ne braska when the American Le gion underwrote this project,'" Dr, Knapp said, "'and this is the first time that such a group sponsored such a project on ed ucation." Monday Ticket Deadline Set For Biz Ad Dinner Deadline for purchasing tickets' to the Biz Ad banquet, is Mon day. Tickets will be on sale this week in the Biz Ad -office. Boom 210 Social Science Building. They will also be sold toy Biz Ad Coun cil members and at a Union booth Monday. The banquet, to be held at p.m. on Dec. 1 an the Union Ball room, will feature Governor Rob ert Crosby .as guest speaker. He win speak on "'Morality in Tax- ation. Burma and threatening India. FRANCE'S riLESENT miUtary expenditures are equal to the country's total non-military spendings, Clauser said. This ex plains in part he added, the ap parent slowness at France's re habilitation and reconstruction progrum. Clauser also pointed out that ' the American share of financing the war is increasing. In 11)52 the XL S. supplied 82 per cent at the cost. Tius wiD increase to 7D-B0 per cent in 0B54. Tins MONET AET aid wIO help relieve the -economic prob lems of France, Clauser said, tout will not relieve the acute mun-i power situation. France has lost almost as many men as the U. S. lost in Korea and has only 'one-i fourth the American population! to xlraw from. As many lofficers; are killed ur wounded each year as are graduated from St. CyrJ the Fi-ench West Point. j 'The French are continuing tius costly fight, ClauBer concluded,1 because of the hcjpe that grant ing independence to lndo-China and the build-tup (bf Indo-Chinese fighting forces, will .enable the natives to take rover the deiense f their own country. ' THE VERSATILE bio-chemiKl. will speak three times Wednes day: at J) .a.m history and polit ical science classes. Political! Parties .of Modern france,, Room 507. Burnett Hall: 10 ajn., inter national relations class, French lndo-China situation, Room 302 A, Social Science Building; 4 p.m. economies seminar, Economic Recovery Problem -at France; Room 12,, Social Science HalL All .clatwes are open to visitors. Dr. iCluusei"s appearance on the University campus is spon sored by the CorTvoc:atinnB Com mittee and the Netwaska section tif tlie Aniericuu Cheniicul Scv cifty. HEXTtT FONDA shows for cultural values as weH as enseramrnera. The snow Caine Mutiny Coutroatial, ranks at the top of the twa cri terion because of an excellent cast, production and (direction, he noted. THE OOfON lost money a the First !Qrama Quartet, Lake said, and that shew went an its become one of ithe top Broad way productions of the year. He added that he thought the same thing imght happen with "'The Caine Mutiny Courtmartial" pro- cnuctian TPe lose money tm m. show that becomes famonsJ" However, Lake said, 1th Un ion did show a net profit cm itt productions last year. The won derful response lby students D Fred Waring and Ms Pennsyl vanians and "The Biggest Show of 395?" made mp for losses cm the productions (that did not seem to appeal to University students. The Outside World Hoover Letter About White Made Public A Better warnine fhal Karrv Dexter White and others, includ ing a White House aide. wer leaking information which reached Soviet spies, was made public- by Attorney General Brownell. The letter was from FBI Chief Edgar Hoover. Charges made against Truman said that he had been unwilling to face the facts about Commu nists in 'government. Information coining from con fidential sources indicated that a number of persons employed by the government af the United States have been furnishing data and information to persons out side the federal government. Thi information as, toy this means, reaching Soviet agents. Repatriation All anti-Commuhist prisoners of war held by the Neutral Na tions" Repatriation Commission in Korea Should be given their freedom and civilian status on Jan. 22, Secretary ci State Dulles said. According to the provisions mf the Korean .armistice agreement, all prisoners must be given their freedom in 120 days after being turned .over to the repatriation commission. A recent suggestion made by Indian Prime Minister Nehra was that the question of release of fiie POWs should be considered anew toy tooth sides in the Korean controversy if the roDoaed tm. litical conference did not taks place. Radin Named YM Assistant Program Head Bob JRadin, a 3.S51 rraduat of the College .of Agriculture, nuh ipeen appointed .assistant program .director of the Univer sity TMCA. Charles Harris, president of tlie T's Board of Management, made the aainouDcement ait meeting Thursday moon at the downtown YMCA. Hanria, ma Ag College junior, is s!bd presi dent of the Ag YMCA. Between 346 and ima, Radin served an the Marine Corps. After completing boot camp at Paris Island, S. C he was sta tioned .at toe Jacksonville, Fla, Haval Air Station. - WTTILE AT Ag College. Radio was a momber of Altiha Zeta, Ag men's Ijonorary, Block and Bridle, JS-Ouh, and Farmhouse fraternity. Badin as now wraOdng toward A.B. degree at itfehrKiika WeiJej'an, witb muior Ja pry choltgy'ta sninorB in jitOoa phy and rtdigina. . Be as attiv there ia the TMCA and llapp ChL an orcanisatioB 2or itcwe with religious iiJira-Ula.