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MU F fjf $ Volume 54, No. 37 LINCOLN, NEBRASKA Friday, December 11, 1953 Pis) munie iah' C racer J. . Courtesy Lincoln Journal DR. A. E. WESTBROOK Christmas Cosmo Club Card Sales Advancing Carillon Tower Motif Featured Campus Chrstmas cards using the Mueller Carillon Tower as a motif are being sold by mem bers of the Cosmopolitan Club ana tne speech and hearing lab oratories. Profits from the sale of the cards .will go to the Nebraska Crippled Children's Society, which subsidizes in part the Speech Clinic and the Cosmo politan Club. CARDS ARE available at Room 102, Temple Building and Peden's Book Store. They are priced at eight for $1, or 12 for $1.50. The Nebraska Crippled Child ren's Society has contributed funds to the Speech and Hearing Laboratories which have made it possible for them to continue their work with handicapped children. Sale of the cards will enable he laboratories to partially re imburse the Society for its help, THE SHARE of the profits go ing to Cosmopolitan Club will be used to cover expenses of, ac tivities planned to further friendly relationships between foreign and American students, Lucille Cypreansen, Cosmo politan Club sponsor and super visor of the speech and hearing laboratories, reported that over 600 cards have been sold in three days; an additional 500 have been ordered. Temperley Series To Begin Jan. 5 "Underwater Explosions" will be the topic of professor H. N. V. Temperley's second series of lec tures. Temperly is with the Brace Laboratory of Physics. Temperley's former lecture se ries dealt with a specilized set of lectures on the theory of liquids while the talks on "Underwater Explosions" will be entirely from the laymans point of view and a knowledge of physics will not be necessary to understand the lec tures. The new talks will be in a se ries of 3, the first to be held at 4 p.m. on Tuesday Jan. 5, 1954. They wiU be in Room 114 of Fer guson Hall. ; 600-Voice Choir To Give Fifty-Second Presentation Fifty-second annual presenta- lin. Ireland, and has since been tion of Handel's "Messiah" will regarded by many prominent mu- De neia bunaay at 3 p.m. m the sicians as an unbelievable mu Coliseum. sical feat," because Handel wrote "lhe Messiah" will be sung by it m 23 days. tne eoo-voice Choral Union, under the direction of Dr. Arthur West- brook, professor of music. Dr. Westbrook first directed "The Messiah" in 1939. Soloists are Harriet Swanson of Pierre, S. D., soprano; Mrs. Maruee Logan Amundson of Om aha, alto; Waldo Wilson of Om aha, tenor, and Conan Castle of Crete, baritone. Annual Coed Follies Set March 1, 2 Associated Women Students' annual Co-ed Follies will be held THE CHORAL Union will be March 1 and 2 in the Nebraska composed of the Ag College chor- Theater. us, University chorus I, Univer- Eileen Mullarky, AWS member sity chorus II, University Singers in charge of the Follies, an and University School of Nursing nounced that all scripts must be chorus. turned in to the AWS office by University orchestra, under the Monday. direction of Emanuel Wishnow, A list of participants should be will assist in the performance, included. Marilyn Schultz, instructor in pi- , T v ano. will be ortranist and Janice THIS YEAR S theme is cen- Fullerton. graduate assistant, will tered . around a newspaper, al- be pianist. though the exact title has not "The Messiah" was first given J"1. reieasea. - may De at the University in 1901 under centered around makeup, head- the direction of Carrie Belle Ray- unes- stores or anything else mond. Since the arrival of David ormeced . PaPer. Miss Foltz, professor of voice, FoHz M"Uarky stated "and we hope and Westbrook have alternated every organized house. wiU par- directing "The Messiah." ucipaie c-y turning in scripts " 41 I juaat j-cai & tucme was nil "THE MESSIAH" was written the Road." Delta Gamma took in 1742. It was first sung in Dub- top honors with their produc tion or "Hannah and the King of Siam." Connie Clark was last year's Typical Nebraska Co-ed. Rocky Yapp, Bill Adams, Dave Noble, Jim Cederdahl, Bob Wag ner and Jerry Minnick reigned as Eligibale Bachelors. V'- ' ' - - t v. ir, y ' 1 Courtesy Linclon Star WAYNE JOHNSON 4 Courtesy Linclon Star VUNALD BRUCKNER Johnson Named State Candidate For Rhodes Creighton Senior Also Chosen Candlelight Tea To Follow Concert The annual candlelight tea, fol lowing the presentation of "The Messiah," will be held at 4:30 p.m. in the main lounge of the Union. The tea is sponsored annually by the hospitality committee of 4 V T T I n . :i t: j i rhairmnn nf h. m,m;tto bo,h Five University Army JROTC that all . students, attending '"The ?J: Wayne D. Johnson, University senior in Arts and Sciences Col lege, has been announced as one of the two Nebraska candidates for the four regional Rhodes Scholarships. The other Nebraska candidate is Donald Bruckner of Omaha, Creighton University senior. The regional selection will take place on Saturday in Des Moines, la. THE TWO Nebraska candidates will be competing with two rep resentatives from Kansas, Min nesota, Missouri, South Dakota and Iowa for scholarships of two years each. A third year scholar ship extension may be obtained for outstanding work. Members of the state commit tee who made the selection in clude Edmund O. Belsheim, Dean of the College of Law, and Nathan B. Blumberg, assistant professor of journalism, who are former Rhodes scholars. Saturday's selection will be made on consideration of the can didate's scholarship record, his character and personality and his outside activities, including participation in sports. The other University candidate for selection was Kenneth Ry-strom. at Lack Of Scholarship Motivation Cited By Seminar As Responsible By SAM JENSEN Staff Writer "Variance in preparatory schools" and lack of "motiva tion for scholarship in state high subjects necessary for college entrance," Holmes stated. F. Eloise Pool, math instructor. I in the extension division, told of a high school teacher who took schools, reasons for the poor matn 11 elementary algebra academic standing of entering course, with the expectation of freshmen classes was the con census of a recent Union semi nar. "What's the Trouble With Our seminaT held" in" Veracity Sfuf ..preparation received ia r tirj j ii math 11.' teaching the subject in his high school , after completing the ex tension course. He barely passed the course and according to Miss Pool, "He taught the subject with DEAN COLBERT suggested a plan of sending the position of each student in his class to high school principals in an effort to awaken them as to the rank tu- their schools had Lounge Wednesday afternoon in which faculty members partici pated in a panel discussion. Panel members were: Col. C. H. Frankforter, assistant profes sor of chemistry; Dr. C. B. Schultz, professor of geology, dents from and Dr. J. Clifford Holmes of the achieved. Junior .Division. The formal pre- He also explained the lowering sentation was short, however, of scholastic aptitude by stating and the discussion was opened that more students were coming to students ana racuity members to college ana since the Univer- present during this time. sity is required by law to accept all Nebraska high school gradu- DR. J. P. Colbert, dean of stu- ates mre students of an inferior dent affairs. Dr. J. M. Reinhardt. nature were entering school. "The weeding out has to be done Five Outstanding Cadets Announced By Army ROTC Messiah" as well as the partici pants in It are invited to the tea. Serving for the tea will be El len Pickett, Fran Gotschall, Shan- guished Military Students in brief ceremony Thursday. Colonel James H. Workman, professor of military science and The Outside World non Masters. Anne Thompson and tactics presented red, white and Lucette Makepeace. S T fa xfes - ; Major Guy V. Ferry, Cadet Lt, Col. JobivVrrost,. Cadet (Jap tain Jerry L Jenson and Cadet Captain Donald A. Wenz. THE DMS badges were awarded to the five for achieve ment in leadership, aptitude and scholarship in military and other academic subjects. Their selec tion qualifies them for potential eligibility as Regular Army com missioned officers, Blomstrand is commander of the Infantry Battalion and vet eran of the 11th Airborne Divl sion. He holds the Army Com Atomic Pool Plan Rejected By Russians By WILLIE DESCII Staff Writer The plan set forth by Presi dent Eisenhower for an interna tional atomic energy pool for peaceful purposes was harshly ji n;uu r iX vr-, rejected by Moscow and the Presidential Unit Citations of the SOVlet Officials. TTnito1 Rtatoc onH Ronnhlin nt ine soviet radio accusea we v, v, N9;nns President of "threatening atomic serv5c; ribbon- He is a member u .fn' ne SCvej " of Phalanx military fraternity iwie me uiuicu imuuiia j. ucsuajr. i anA SlBTTla Nu i ne leading soviet raaio pro- paganda commentator, Boris FERRT IS executive officer of Leontyev, said, "Eisenhower the Engineer Battalion and threatened atomic war and made member of Newman Club. an eulogy of this policy of force." Frost is executive officer of However, the Communists the Army ROTC Cadet Regi Party newspaper Pravda gave an ment, and student in the Corps BOO-wora summary of what of Engineers Eisenhower said with a single Adjutant of the Artillery Bat- comment at the end saying, "However, the President in his 'Mnl& Animal' Sold Out speecn aia not express nis atu- , , - tude to the question of outlawing For Friday Performance atomic weapons." n0 additional reservations for . . . the Friday performance of "The Uem seniors ATTena Male Animal" will be taken, Max r Whittaker, assistant professor of wwufiiy jwfciciy 7icciiny speech and dramatics, announced "Table clinic" talks were given j Thursday. by senior students of the Univer- A few seats are still available sity Dental College before the for the Saturday night perform Lancaster County Dental Society ance. he said. The final perform Monday evening at the Cornhus- ance of the University Theater ker Hotel. I production is Saturday. M Veterans' Social Organization Considers Motional Affiliation $love Alpha Delta Pi Contacted By Former NU Fraternities ill. Alpha Pi, newly tamed , national fraternities. Pi Kappa Pi is becoming re-estaljlished I Delta veteran's social organization, is ronsiderintr affiliation with a na tional fraternity. Jack Clark, resident, said Thursday, In case of affiliation, the pres ent organization would be re organized in accordance with the national fraternity charter and Delta Alpha Pi will be .contin ued as a separate veterans' club. Because the University influx of vets is expected to decline, the present criterion of previous ac tive duty in some branch of the armed services would prevent the group from being self-perpetual. Through affiliation, the veterans would be able to con tinue as a national fraternity or ganization. REPRESENTATIVES of two Cosmopolitan Club Party Scheduled On Saturday The Cosmopolitan Club's an nual Christmas party will be held in Parlors XYZ of the Union at 7:30 p.m. Saturday. "Meet the World in Christmas Spirit" is the theme of the party. Shri John Methuselah, prpphet from India, will tell fortunes. Students attending the party are asked to take a 25 cent gift for exchange. AlDha and Alpha Sigma mi, have already contacted the or ganization, Clark said. Both fra ternities were formerly on cam pus, but were dissolved because of the depression and World War II. The only objection to affilia tion is the discriminatory clause found in the majority of national fraternity charters. The Delta Alpha Pi constitution prohibits discrimination because of race, color or creed. The constitution, which was being considered for recognition by the Student Council, has been withdrawn pending a decision in this matter. If the group should affiliate, certain clauses of the constitution would have to be Aangad. THE VETERANS expect to reach a definite decision within the next semester. If affiliation is approved, they plan to have a house near campus by Septem ber. Active in the past, Delta Alpha Pi had been non-existent for some time until reincarnated by University vets. Sevaral similar groups are now being formed on other campuses and Delta Alpha as a national veterans' organization. Purpose of the social group is to close the gap between returning veterans and younger University students. With an original active chap ter of 18 members, DAPi has for mally pledged 10 new members. The organization includes eleven air force, one marine, four army and twelve Navy vets. Meetings are held every Mon day night at 7 p.m. in the Un ion. DELTA ALPHA Pi officers are: Jack M. Clark, president; R. Wayne Schaffer, vice president; Ronald Scheerer, secretary, and Ardell Sieck, treasurer. New pledges are: Roger Bell, Robert Brum, Holmps Downey, Harvey Engel, Dale Jacobson, Ronald Jones, Seth Shiba, Rich ard Stuben, K. C. Wilson and Herman Wolfe. Actives are: Donald Carson, Bill Daily, Robert Engleton, Rob ert Galena, Donald Goosic, Mar vin Henning, Charles Herpol shiemer, Jim Moore, William Odjendyk, Kenneth Schlichte- meier, Don Smejkal, William Van Burgh, Donald Wall and Dwight Williams, i I talion, Jenson is a member of Pershing Rifles, Gamma Club and Red Guidon Society. Wenz is company commander in the Ordnance Battalion, mem ber of Pershing Rifles and Pi Mu, honorary mathematics fra ternity. Friday Filing Deadline Set For AUF PosiiohV Rocky Yapp announced that filings for 18 All University Fund positions will close Friday. Applications, which may be obtained at the AUF office, Un ion Room 306, should be turned in to Yapp. Any student who has been an AUF worker, has a 5 or above average and is in good standing with the Univer sity may apply. Mid-Semester Graduation Date Named Mid-semester commencement exercises will be held Jan. 30, 1954 at 10 p.m. in the Nebraska Theatre. This announcement was made at a Wednesday Student Coun cil meeting. Speaker for the ex ercises will be Virgil Hansher, president of the University of Iowa. Chaplain will be the Rev, Vance Rogers. JAN STEFFEN, chairman of the student activities committee, reported that space on the bul letin board in Love Library will be provided for notices concern ing international students. Her committee is also investigating employment possibilities during the holidays, a trip to Kansas City for foreign students and plans are being laid for a visit to the State Capitol and Gover nor Crosby. A P.E.O. tea is also being planned. The parking board heard two appeals which were not granted. The Love and Marriage lecture topic for Wednesday has been changed to "The Mechanics of Reproduction." SC Group To Help Foreign Students In Finding Work International student section of the Student Council student ac tivities committee is undertaking a project to help foreign students with part-time employment. The committee urges that the foreign students continue looking for employment on their own, however, job possibilities are being investigated by this committee. ANY FOREIGN student inter ested in being employed should contact one of the following peo ple by 9 a.m. Saturday. Joyce Benington, r2-1926 or 2-7341; Jeanne Bek, 6-4684; Gail Kat skee, 3-5640; Hans Steffen, Drofessor of sociolotrv. Wilbert G. Gaffney. assistant professor arter Pe freshmen are here. of English. Miss K a t h e r i n e "a vjioen saia. Parks, head resident of Women's Residence Halls, and others entered into the discussions. Maxmillian Elias, of the conser vation and survey department, was the moderator of the dis cussion and Lola Monia, Union worKer, was chairman ol the event. Reinhardt expressed alarm over the lack of "motivation for scholarship." He gave the ex ample of high schools during weeks preceding the state bas ketball tournament when "school boards, principals, teachers and students" abandon all "pretense" of scholarship. The only motiva- Attitudes Of Panel Dissimilar Frosh Deplored By Frankforter "More freshmen don't seem to rarA than MrA lufAM " .aJ tion concerned, he believed, was rni r tj p !.-' ,. to "win the basketball tourna- h',c,..m. ment." Reinhardt also cited the w With rm irvcKmm9.' v.ii examples of trips students make Wednesday in the Union Faculty to local businesses m the locality Lounge -"v and questioned the scholarship 0f 218 freshmen who started value of these excursions. his chemistrv a .ir nw win f wvau ux.) V AAJ tlVV StlU remained. Frankforter Kairl. GAFNEY CITED the examples "I'm glad those who drnnnod or he encountered in his English not there any more, because al classes of "extreme variance in most without exception they preparatory schools" of knowl- would have failed the course " eage oi xne suDjeci. ne poimea ne aaaea. nut. rprtain hih schools that snt. I prepared students with an ade- HE DEPLORED the frequency quate knowledge of English to 01 answers that are completely 11 TT ' J 1 1 1 .11 1- PM7v" in AvamAiv.niAH uie university wniie ouier mgn " J " ouuuauuu impels, schools consistently produced 'What hits me hardest." Frank. poor students in this phase of rter said, "is the attitude of this the curriculum. year's freshman class. I have Th. lack- nt m,aiii tpanh- "teraiiy begged students who ers in the small high schools" was the explanation Holmes gave for the variance. He also urged a rise in the standards set for teaching cer tificates in state high schools. don't understand the lectures, the text or tne course to come m and see me, but few have come in since down slips were sent out." DR. J. Clifford Holmes. Junior Division guidance consultant took Nurserymen To Request Ag Research Senate Approves 1-Day Refresher Voting to continue the present arrangement of one day refresher before and after semester exams for the 1954-55 school year, the Faculty Senate followed the rec ommendation by Student Council president Rocky Yapp. At the previous Senate meet ing, the Council president had explained the situation and rec ommended that this system be adopted, stated Dr. James L. Sellers, Senate member. The change was necessitated by the initiation of a mid-term graduation ceremony. A student opinion poll con ducted by the Student Council had indicated that a majority of the students polled favored the abolished system of a two-day breather" period preceding exams. 5-2500; Jan Osborn, 2-7631; Ja net Steffen, 2-3587 or 5-3397; Marv Friedman, 5-8737; Lichu Chen, 2-1174, and Dottie Sears, 5-6887 or 2-1174. LICHU CHEN and Rose Marie Hill are acting as the clearing committee for this project. Miss Chen said, "Our commit tee is set up with the aim of promoting greater understanding between international students and other students on campus, and to help international stu dents have a better acquaintance with all angles of University life. We are starting with many ideas and plans; we are hopeful to bring out a project of interest." "Many schools have two or three a more favorable view of the cur- teachers trying to teach all the rent freshman crop. He believed tnat mere were many factors we should consider before we can compare" this year's fresh-" man class. Since there is "more value being placed on education, more people are coming to col lege because of a cultural pat tern," he added. Since more students arte com- The College of Agriculture will comLTt." &e s" be asked by the Nebraska Asso- "and naturally more would ex ciation of Nurserymen for a re- perience scholastic difficulty." search program designed to in- Ke told of the many favorable crease the number and varieties cermng conduct of mcom. of trees and shrubbery adaptable ing freshmen during New Student to growth in Nebraska. Week. The group's research commit- ln me ey.!? many people," tee will meet with W. V. Lambert, Sto7kta7 tab dean of the College of Agricul- ter than any we have had for ture, to discuss the need for such several years." research, according to president -,, Duard Cronn of North Platte. j?' panel was ur. d. ocnuuz, proiessor t MAsONr... .1 n .' J - 111 J PLANS WERE made during the ."V.4"." business session Monday to se- way up and w are getUng cure greater research on a cc- away from previous G.I. at- KTatYa Federatidn of Garden Clubs in a ular:r '" 1 i . l I x oilmen nun UCOUC AXIUL w i C" meeting last month. . snonsihiiitv ." . ACJ Union VlOVS freshman was mature enough to "Thunder on the Hill," star- cope with the responsibilities he ring Claudette Colbert and Ann faced. He felt that more college Blythe, will be shown in the Ag students would have to "mature Union Lounge Saturday night. in high school if they were to be- The movie will begin at 7:30 come mature college students." p.m. No admission will be tie concluded, "on tne wnoie i charged. am quite optimistic. Pershing Armory Dedication Exercises Scheduled Sun day Son Of World War I General To Attend Ceremony Dedication exercises for the General John J, Pershing Arm ory, Ag campus, located on 33rd Street three blocks north of Hol drege Street, will be held at 2 p. m. Sunday. The recently completed armory is intended primarily for use by the US Army Reserve units in Lincoln, but will be shared by the Army ROTC in conjunction with a separate ROTC structure now being planned for the Ag I campus. GENERAL OF the Armies John I K. Selleck and representative J. Pershing, in whose honor the new armory is named, was a second lieutenant at the head of the military department at the University for four years begin ning in September 1891. Warren Pershing, son of the World War I AEF commander, will be a distinguished guest at the dedicatory ceremonies, Other honored guests will be members of the Board of Re gents, Acting Chancellor John 'V. If, ' I . . i ' ' j ft j ' Dedica ion Planned Courtciy Lincoln Jouraul General John J. Pershing Ar- day at 2 p.m. The recently com- Reserve units in Lincoln, but mory on Agricultural campus pleted armory is intended pri- will be shared with the Univer wiU be forinally dedicated Sun- marily for use by the US Army sity Army ROTC unit. of the Governor and the Com manding General of the Fifth Army. Members of the University Company of Pershing Rifles will act as guard of honor for the visiting dignitaries, with cadets of the Artillery honorary society, Red Guidon, acting as ushers. Music will be furnished by th University ROTC band. Major Clifford L. Young, head of the Army Reserve office in Lincoln, is in charge of the program. HAROLD D. Lemar, of Omaha, reserve Colonel and Nebraska committeeman to the National Reserve Officers' Association, will present the dedicatory ad dress. Chaplain Martin Yauk, USAR, of Seward, will deliver the Invocation and benediction. Following the ceremonies the armory will be open until S p. m. for inspection. Facilities include a large assembly hall, range. classrooms, supply rooms and administrative offices for the reserve units training in Lincoln. Artillery ROTC cadet will begin making use of the armory next week for drill. lid- j, v Band Tryouti University band tryouls v 'I be held next week in room : j, of the Music Building, iwior 1 he supervision of band ciroeior Don LenU. ...