First Of Two Editorials Outlines
Goals, Constitution For Proposed
All-Class CouncilSee Page 2
Ag Columnist Discusses 4-H Club
Petition To Obtain More Members
On Executive Board See Page 2
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Debate Tournament
Students attending the two-day
debate and discussion confer
ence at the University are
(from 1. to r.) Chris Hauge of
Northern State Teachers Col
lege, Jack Rogers of the Uni
versity of Nebraska, Ray Hill
of North Texas State Teachers
College, and Robert Starritt of
Courtop Lincoln Journal
the University of Iowa. Stu
dents from 46 universities and
colleges attended the confer
ence.
Twelvh Finalists Chosen For Comhusker Beauty Queen
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imu ueoarers win
Superior Ratings
Discussion Conference Attracts
, Representatives From 44 Schools
The University played host to
44 colleges and universities at
a two-day debate and discus
sion conference Friday and Sat
urday. - Twenty-three individual de
baters received superior ratings.
Of the University participants,
Jack Rogers, Paul Laase, Wayne
Johnson, Dale Johnson and Ken
neth Philbrick received su
periors. Four Nebraska Wesleyan
U n i v ersity debaters received
honors. They are Melvin
Schwenk, Norman, Schwenk,
Gary Lemmon and William Koe
nig. Four debaters from Univer
sity of Colorado, University of
Denver, Doane college, oustavus
Adolphus (of Minn.), Hutchinson
Junior College, (Kan.) and State
University of Iowa.
. .
TEN DEBATE teams received
superior ratings. The teams of
Jack Rogen and Paul Laase,
Wayne Johnson and Dale John
son and Charles luriin ana rven
neth Philbrick received honors.
ffwo teams from Nebraska Wes'
levan University. - Melvin
Schwenk and Gary Lemmon and
Norman Schwenk and William
Koenig, and two teams from the
University of Kansas were
awarded superior ratings.
In three rounds of discussion
on the question: How can pres
ent procedures and practices of
Congressional investigation be
NU Symphony
Plans Concert
For Sunday
The University Symphony
Orchestra will present its an
nual Spring Concert Sunday at
4 p.m. in the Union Ballroom.
Conducted by Emanuel Wish
now, professor of violin, the 63
nember organization will pre
sent its second concert of the
season. The concert will include:
SUITE FROM the music for
the Royal Fireworks overture,
siciliana and menuetto by Han-del-Harty.
Symphony in B minor, allegro,
tcherzo and finale by Borodine.
Toccata by Frescobaldi-Kind-ler.
Siegfried Idyll by Wagner.
Overture to Benvenuto Cellini
by Verlioz.
improved, two participants were
awarded three straight superiors.
iney were Bill Kenworthy of the
University of Denver and James
Weber of the University of Iowa
TWENTY PARTICIPANTS in
discussion received two out of
three superiors. Those from the
University doing so were Jere
Mcuarrey, Sharon Mangold,
unaries lumn ana mie Johnson,
Those having a record of two
out of three superior ratings in
discussion or better met Friday
night. They, according to their
own viewpoints, acted on a com
mittee to draft a majority reso'
lution or minority resolution. At
this meeting James Weber, Uni
versity of Iowa was elected
speaker; Barbara Brown, Doane
College was elected clerk of the
house; Charles Masten. Emporia
State Teachers College, parlia
mentarian.
AT THE luncheon held Satur
day the majority and minority
resolutions were submitted to
the entire assembly. Neither of
these resolutions, however, were
passed by the assembly.
Paul Scheele, of the Univer
sity, was one of the nine orators
receiving superior ratings. Paul
Laase and Wayne Johnson re
ceived superior ratings in ex
temporaneous speaking.
Dave Chapman of the Univer
sity was one of six receiving
superior rating in radio news-casting.
it happened at nu
. .A University logician pondered
the definition of the word
"cause."
"If V always preceeds b and
b' never occurs without 'a', then
'a' is the cause of 'b.' Yet there
are some faults in this logic," he
added.
"Let's look for an example,"
he began, "and consider the
rooster. Everyday the rooster
crows and the sun comes up. Yet,
is the rooster the cause for the
sun's rising? Well, must be
some chick, uh?" the professor
said as he slyly chuckled to himself.
Muriel Pickett. Pi Beta Phi
was named the Typical Nebraska
Coed and twelve , Comhusker
beauty finalists , were presented
at the opening performance of
the Coed Follies Monday eve
ning, j.
Miss Pickett, a junior in Teach
ers College, is a Madrigal Singer
layout editor of the Comhusker
and President of Builders. One
of twenty candidates, she was
presented with her ; flower bou
quet by Janet Steffen, President
of AWS and Eileen Mullarky, Co
ed f ollies Chairman.
THE TWELVE University
Beauty Queen Finalists, six of
whom will be presented in the
beauty section of the Comhusker
are
Gretchen Winkler, 'Pi Beta Phi
and a freshman in Agriculture
Barbara Hof, a senior in Teach
er s College and a member of
n Beta Phi: Beverly Jacobs
Gamma Phi freshman in Junior
Uivision: Sandra Srjeicher.
Kappa Kappa Gamma freshman
in leachers College
Allison Faulkner, a junior Kap
pa rvappa uamma In Teacher's
college; Rita-Al Goding, an Alpha
ra in Arts ana sciences; : ary
Baud Bedford, a member of Delta
Gamma and a senior in Teach
er's College: Daphne Young.
junior Kappa Kappa Gamma and
a leacners College student.
Diann Benedict, a sophomore in
Arts and Sciences College and a
Annual Lenten Services
Planned By Two Groups
Catholics Set
Daily Worship
The Lenten season will be ob
served for Catholic students at
St. Thomas Aquinas Chapel and
Student Center, 1602 Q St.
On Ash Wednesday, March 3.
and on all weekdays, the Masses
will be at 6:45 and 7:15 a.m.
Ashes will be blessed before the
6:45 a.m. Mass and distributed
before both Mass . and. . It .7:30
p.m.
LENTEN DEVOTIONS, consist
ing of a sermon and Benediction,
will be held at 7:30 p.m. Wed
nesday and 4:30 p.m. Sunday.
The Stations of the Cross will
be recited at 4 and 7:du p.m., on
Fridays. First Friday services,
Exposition and Benediction, will
be held at 7:30 p.m.
The Rosary is said daily at
5:00 p.m. Sunday Masses are
at 7, 8, 9, 10,' 11 and 12 a.m.
Filings Due March 20
For Scholarships, Grants
Examinations Slated For April 3
Application deadline for 1954-
55 scholarships or grants-in-aid
is Saturday noon, March 20 in
Room 104 Administration Hall,
The General Comprehensive
Examination which is required
of all applicants who have not
taken It in previous years wiu be
given Saturday, April 3, 8:30 to
12 a.m.
Procedure for testing has been
changed this year. Students do
not have to take the examination
if they have taken it before. Pre
viously all scholarship applicants
were required to take it.
Regents' scholarships totalling
The Outside World
By WILLIE DESCH
Staff Writer
Five Congressmen Wounded
WASHINGTON Five members of Congress were shot and
wounded Monday by a group of men and a woman who 6houted
"Free Puerto Rico" and fired pistols from the House gallery.
Those injured were: George Fallon (D-Md.), Alvln Bentley (R
Mich),, Clifford Davis (D-Tenn), Ben Jensen (R-Iowa) and Ken
neth Roberts (D-Ala). . .
The two men and the woman were seized as they attempted
to reload their guns. Three more suspects in the shooting were
seized by police at the Greyhound bus terminal in downtown
Washington. They were identified by a police official as members
of the same gang that tried to assassinate former President Tru
man in 1950. All appeared to be Puerto Ricans.
The 243 members of the House present immediately recessed.
Warren Nomination Official
WASHINGTON Nomination of Earl Warren as Chief Justice
has been confirmed by voice vote. The Senate approved the nomi
nation with virtually no debate.
President Eisenhower named Warren to succeed the late
Chief Justice Fred Vinson last October. Warren has been serving
under a recess appointment. Formal nomination was sent to the
Senate early in January by the President.
Atomic Device Developed
WASHINGTON An atomic device has been detonated at its
proving ground in the Marshall Islands the Atomic Energy Com
mission said Monday. The detonation is the first in a series of
tests, said Chairman Lewis Strauss. ' '
In the AEC's announcement, which confirmed the start of a
series of tests expected to include detonation of an H-bomb, ntue
information was given about the type of atomic device or when
testing would occur. . - , . ,
It was believed that some time during the series an actual
combat-designed hydrogen weapon would be given a trial..
; Stevens, McCarthy Plan Showdown
WASHINGTON The issue of Communism in the Army will
be finally discussed when Secretary of the Army Stevens and
Sen. McCarthy (R-Wis) have their face to face meeting. McCarthy
announced that Stevens will appear before the Senate Investiga
tions Subcommittee either next Thursday or the following Monday.
McCarthy has been feuding over the question of whether
Army officers have been abused. Considered at the meeting
will be various ways the Army has handled cases of persons
accused of Communist connections. ,"
The meeting will be held behind closed doors unless Stevens
prefers otherwise, McCarthy said. No television or radio broadcasts
are planned as yet
$30,000 will be awarded to sopho
mores and above on the basis
of scholarship as indicated by
their grade records and results
of the tests.
General scholarships which are
available to worthy students in
need- of financial assistance in
clude William Hyte, $50 to $100;
J. G. and Ada Kunz, $50 to $200;
Minerva DePue Meissner, $50 to
$100; Stell Kirker Meissner, $50
to $100, Gus Prestegaars, $50 to
$200; Fred Putney, $50 to $200;
Scottish Rite, $100 to $200.
OUTSTANDING ABILITY or
achievement is required for the
F. E. and Orinda Johnson award
of $300 to $500 for juniors or sen
iors, and for the Regents' award
of $100 to sophomores or above.
Students in certain departments
are selected for the following
scholarships: John Almy, $75 to
$200 for physics majors; George
Borrowman, $60 for students in
the chemistry or geology depart
ment; Katherine Melick, $75 to
$200 to a junior woman majoring
in English; Ida L. Robbins, $50
to $200 with preference given to
history majors, and Frederick
Stuff, $50 to $200 to a junior ma
joring in English. .
OTHER SPECIAL requirement
scholarships are: Jones National
Bank, $100 to a sophomore or jun
ior from Seward County; Miller
and Paine, $100 with preference
to holders of Nebraska Freshman
scholarships; Nebraska American
Legion Auxiliary, $150 to the soph
omore daughter of a veteran of
the Armed Forcer; William
Sharp, $50 to $200 to non-agricul
ture sophomores or above, and
war scholarships, $50 to $200 to
veterans who attended the Uni
versity before serving in the
Armed Forces.
General rules applying to most
of the scholarships include an av
erage grade of 6.5 or above, 24
earned hours of credit, and a
schedule of at least 12 hours for
the semester for which the
award is granted.
APPUCATION FORMS may be
obtained at the Office of the Col
lege Deans, the Associate Dean
of Women, or the Chairman of
the Scholarship Awards Commit
tee, Room 104, Administration
Building. .
In addition to the general schol
arships, many awards are made
for specific colleges or depart
ments. Information for these
scholarships may be obtained
from the head of the department
or dean of the college involved.
Methodists
Set Devotion
The Annual Wesley Founda
tion Lenten Services for 1954
will begin with the Ash Wed
nesday service on March 3, 7:15
a.m. at Wesley House, 1417 R St
Preceding the services a caf
eteria breakfast will be served
from 6:30 to 7:10.
. university faculty, members
will be guest speakers at each
of the services and student lead
ers will be in charge.
THE SPEAKERS will be Niles
H. Barnard, mechanical engineer
ing department, March 3; Miss
Marjorie Johnston. Dean of
Women, March 10; Tyre A. New
ton, mathmatics department,
March 24; Thomas H. Goodding,
agronomy department, March 31,
and Mrs. Angeline Anderson,
home economics department,
April 7.
Student leaders in charge of
the services will be David Hef
felbower, Shirley Kinsel, Orvis
Wall, Roma Jean Miller, Gordon
Magnuson and Connie Lindly. I
member of Alpha Xi Delta; Sue I Drahota, a sophomore Delta Gam
iwueinaupt, a nappa Alpha Theta ma in Teacher's College, and
junior in xeacner s college; uayle Leigh Cartwright, a Kappa Alpha
Girls, Girls, Girls Infest
Gay Coed Follies Of '54
Unterseher-Croft Win Travelers
Award With Piano-Drum Duet
By BRUCE BRUGGMAN
Staff Writer
Girls geisha girls, Mardi Gras
gins, dancing girls, just plain
girls bounced on and off the
stage in a delightful two-hour
pageantry of international news,
local news and even ads in the
Monday evening Coed Follies
presentation.
The full - scale production,
some observers sav "the best
ever," threw off a case of hard
ly noticeable first night jitters
except for a few jerks and
starts, judged from audience re
action and the variety and color
of the acts themselves, promises
to be something of a Drofes-
sional performance Tuesday evening.
Scarcely had the curtain been
opened before a crew of Gamma
Phi's in toreador pants, flared
skirts, sequins and a rainbow of
color flooded the stage and a
group of "maleless" girls began
palying Emma with their "di
lemma." The problem solved
and the girls soothed, the Alpha
Phis transformed the stage into
a courtyard and against a black
light backdrop the orange and
purples of their costumes cre
ated a pattern of precision dancing.
From the old storybook fa
vorite, came "Alice in News-
paperland," depicted by the
members of Sigma Delta Tau,
Alice, the little devil, had some
how gotten into newspaperland
without her press card a most
dastardly thing for, any little
girl to do.
THEN, OUT OF the midst of
a gaily bedecked group of rev
elers, comes an orange-attired
bevy of dancing girls straight
from the French Quarter in New
Orleans. Amid a shower of con
fetti and streamers no one can
doubt that they are witnessing
the Mardi Gras celebration, as
the Kappa Alpha Thetas appear
in "Gad, What An Ad."
Hannah, the old Delta Gam
ma stand-by, made her annual
appearance. This year she "hits
Savannah," and in a story with
somewhat of a moral, Hannah is
transformed from a sophisticat
ed girl of the world to her old,
fun-loving, leg-throwing self
due in part to the prodding of
Carole Unterseher and other
figures from Joel Chandler
Harris.
I he Chi omegas and their
field representatives in Japan,
the geisha girls, danced and
whirled about in a salute to the
"queen" of them all Madame
Flutterby. Exceptionally made
up as the real thing, the rem
nants of an old Chinese dynasty
were entertaining.
"Celestial Tribunal," should
have been worded "For Heaven's
Sake," but the Kappas with filmy
angelic garments, Gabriel's horn
and Pat Loder as the devil,
showed the final court of appeals
upholding the newspapers as por
trayed by a group of dancers.'
Concluding the evening's enter
tainment were the Gamma Phi
Betas enlivening a courtroom.
scene in "Emancipation Rocks
The Nation." A poor bloke by
the name of "Rocky" had broken
regulations and in a lively debate
between fraternity and sorority
the unanimous verdict was longer
hours in the evenings.
A series of excellent traveller
acts punctuated the skits and cur
tain acts. In a bit of lively tat
tooing, Carole Unterseher on the
piano keys and Billee Croft on
the drums, the unusual duet took
first in the first evening's trav
elers skit competition.
Also appearing in between-act
capacity were Mary Lou Beer
man, Kathleen Wilson, Carolyn
Koxberg and Andy Chronopolus
in "Beauty Shoppe Quartet:"
Shirley McPeck in some delight
ful marimba solos, Marilyn An
derson racing through "Has Any
body Seen My Gal," and "Dizzy
Fingers," Nancy Kiely perform
ing a tapdance soliloquy to her
horse (who takes it in good
stride), and a group of southern
folk recreating "Uncle Tom's
Cabin" in song form.
Eileen Mullarky, chairman of
the Coed Follies, kept the show
moving as mistress of cere
monies. Aside from her difficulty
in recalling funny stories and
maneuvering through the cur
tains, the audience's failure sev
eral times to hiss at the devil,
and a few rather loudly voiced
comments from the admiring
male segments of the audience
the show may be said to have
been a success.
Theta junior in Arts and Sci
ences. The panel of judges who select
ed the finalists from among 4$
contestants are:
MRS. MARY Hall, assistant
professor of home economics; Bea
Myers, of Ben Your Hair Dresser;
Mr. Richard Blomgren of Edholm
Blomgren studios; James Pitten
ger of the Alumni Association;
Mr. John Wiley of Hovland Swan
son, and Mrs. Robert Crosby.
Judges for the TNC were: Rob
ert Knoll, assistant professor ot
English; Dr. William Swindler,
professor of journalism; Dr. Da
vid Foltz, director of th School
of Music, and one half of the
AWS Board.
First Tryouts
For KK Show
Begin Tonight
Tryouts for Drlncinal sreakin
and singing parts in "Finian's
Rainbow.". Kosmet Klub'a SDrin
Show will be held Tuesday,
Thursday and Friday in Union
Ballroom from 7 to 10 p.m. Try
outs will be held Wednesday in
Parlors XYZ.
A booth will be set un in the
Union Lobby during the week for
any student interested in simintf
for the tryouts.
Some of the leading parts are
Finian, a 60-year-old Irishman
with certain ideas about America
his daughter Sharon, the roman
tic lead; Og, a leprichaun who
becomes a man, and Woody, a
baritone, who is a strongman,
backwoods type.
IN ADDITION to the 16 speak
ing parts, there will be 32 in the
singing chorus and 12 dancers, 6
male and 6 female. Three male
Negro singers are needed.
Applications for crew work
may be made to Frank Bock
in Room 108 Temple.
Tri Delt Offers
Two Scholarships
Kappa chapter of Delta Delta
Delta is offering two $100
scholarships to University coeds.
Applications will be received
until March 15. Any coed may
apply and scholarships will be
granted on the basis of scholar
ship and financial need.
Application blanks may be ob
tained at the dean of women's
office in Ellen Smith Hall. Re
cipient last year was Gloria
Kollmorgan.
French Club Meet
French Club will meet Tues
day at 7:30 p.m. in Room 316,
Union. Refreshments will be
served and entertainment is
planned.
eflFS OOF 3CIW . JSSSIOff S
Charges Made By Kemper Include Unjustified Novocain Administration
Gene Kemper, publisher and
editor of Alliance Times-Herald,
discussed the "star chamber ses
sions" of the Board of Regents,
the "great crime" of the action
taken against the 44 signers of
the petition against Coach Bill
Glassfprd and the administration
of novocain to players so they
couid "get back in the game.
In a speech originally intended
lor tne ears of the regents.
Kemper told members of Sigma
Delta Chi, professional journalism
fraternity Saturday, that the Re
gents should stop their "star
chamber sessions." He said that
the public had a right to know
who the Board of Regents was
considering for the position of
chancellor.
BY MAKING use of "secret
sessions," he pointed out that the
news leak," which always has a
tendency to occur, gives the pub
lic an impartial account of the
story. He said that "news by
leak" is worse than that by "sup
pression or control of newspaper."
Kemper used the example of
the "hit and run" policy against
the 44 football players who signed
the petition against Coach Bill
Glassford. He said that the
Omaha World-Herald accused the
players of not giving the team
their best efforts and then, when
public opinion switched, hid be
hind a "blackout of no news,"
refusing to print public letters
even if signed.
An official transcript of the
speech, was made on a tape-recorder
and copies of the letters
Kemper read were to be given
to regents: Acting Chancellor
Selleck was present for a portion
of Kemper's speech in which
Kemper further charged' that
novocain had been administered
to certain football players for the
purpose of "getting them back in
the game."
KEMPER READ letters from
former University athletes, in
cluding Don Vogt, Bill Giles and
Glenn Beerline. testifying that
they had been given shots of
novocain. Giles wrote that he
was injected with novocain in
1951 by a "representative of the
University medical staff so that
I could, and did, engage in a
practice scrimmage session with
an injured shoulder. Reynolds,"
he wrote, "was administered no
vocain so that he could compete
in several games that year with
an injured shoulder." He added
that Quarterback John Bordogna
was given novocain on four dif
ferent occasions so he could play
on an injured ankle..
Giles' letter said that Dr. Fuen
ning and Paul Schneider were
correct when they stated that the
use of novocain on Giles was not
on the official record. However,
he said, "I would like to state
again that I was shot with novo-1
cain twice in 1951, each time be
fore a practice session so I
would not have to miss scrim
mage."
BEERLINE WROTE that when
he had a superficial stone bruise.
he did "receive (a) novocain shot
in Feb., '52. A doctor advised
me that there was no chance of
further injury to tissue if novo
cain was used to relieve pain,
Don Vogt, now in Rochester,
Minn., awaiting surgery for in
ternal bleeding, wrote Giles that
he was shot with nococain the
Monday following the Texas
Christian University game in
early Sept., 1952. "Blaine Ride
out gave me the shots," he wrote,
Kemper Speaks
Alliance publisher Gene Kem
per discusses his charges
against the University Athletic
Department in the use of nov
ucaine on University athletes
Courtety Sunday Journal and Star
before members of Sigma
Delta Chi Saturday night.
Kemper criticized the Univer
sity Regents for their "locked
door" policy.
"but I can't remember under
whose orders. Dr. Fuenning and
Glassford were both there. I re
ceived the shpts because I had
torn a rib cartilege from the
sternum and it was painful to
practice."
Vogt wrote that he had scrim
maged two weeks after an ap
pendectomy. Doctors might have
given their permission to play,
he said, but "if Glassford had
had a son in the same position
I doubt whether he would have
been playing."
BLAINE RIDEOUT, former
trainer of the University, said
that he had administered novo
cain to Vogt, but that it was
authorized by the team physician.
Rideout said that he could not
recall why Giles should ever
have had any reason for having
novocain "as he had a large
Charley horse in one leg and I
never injected any medication
with needle unless it was pre
scribed by the above-mentioned
doctors" (Dr. Stone and Dr.
Fuenning).
Rideout said, "John Bordogna
was given novocain with a
spreading agent by Dr. Stone
so that he couM at least run, if
not take part in, physical con
tact work during the last fall I
was trainer at NU." He re-stated,
I never miected anyone with
out the orders of team physicians."
.
AT A Feb. 10 meeting of the
regents, Dr. Samuel Fuenning,
director of University Health
Service, supplied a statement
saying novocain was used in cer
tain circumstances but its use
was never authorized to get an
athlete back in the game after
an acute injury. He added that
novocain was never used for any
other purpose "than dictated by
our best judgment and ethics as
physicians."
Prior to Kemper's speech, eight
University undergraduates were
initiated into Sigma Delta Chi.
New members are Burton
Mann, Don Walton, Marshall
Kushner, Louis Schoen, Al Rem
menga, Don Hilkemeier, Charles
Beal and Glenn Nelson.