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Nebraskan Rates Top Candidates
In Mortar Board, Innocents Race
See Annual Racing Form Page 4
Primary Laws Are Not 'Eye Wash'
But Defects Need Correcting,
Student Points Out See Page 2
Wednesday, May 5, 1954
Volume 740No. 84
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Ivy Day Festivities To Beam
With Carillon,
Traditional Ivy Day festivities
U1 be held Saturday at the Uni
versity beginning at 9:15 a.m. just
north of the Administration Build
ing at 12th and R Sts.
The Ivy Day schedule of events
is as follows:
Two Named
Army Rifle
'Experts'
Horning, Keenan
Lead Freshmen
Walter Horning and Roy Kee
nan were top scorers in rifle
marksmanship and qualified as
experts out of 74 first year Army
ROTC cadets.
Eighteen qualified as sharp
shooters with 54 men earning the
marksman award. Twenty per
cent of the first year cadets shot
with the degree of skill and train
ing required to meet the high
standards for the proficiency cer
tificates. ALL FIRST year cadets took
part in the rifle marksmanship
firing exercises held at the Mili
tary and Naval Science Building
Range as a part of an 18-hour
course on weapons and marks
manship. Others who received awards
are:
Sharpshooters: Francis Brak
hage, Ronald Dawson, Merlin
Echtenkamp, Richard Hedges.
Tom Houchen, Robert A. Jensen,
Richard Lynch, James Mansfield
Jr., Ray Monnette, Kenneth
Moorhead, Brian Morris, John
'Parmelee, Don Rejda, John
Ryan, Floyd Urbach, Arvel
Wine, John Worthman, Samuel
Zelen.
Marksmen: Larry Abbott, Her
man Anderson. Kaye Arrasmith.
Roman Badura, John Burba nk,
Michael Calder, John Carlson,
Marvin Carlson, Robert Cook.
Jerry Cox, James Cutler, Mau
rice DeBoer, Herbert Eilers,
Keither Engquist, Dale Farmer.
Richard Garden, Daryl Haake,
Lee Hayne, Alfred HeckeL
Charles Heffelbower, David Her
vey, David Johnston, Larry
Jones, Wniiam Kampfe, Dan
Kir kpa trick. William Klas, Wil
S:'
liam Krueger, Donald Kuhl,
am ixng, Kicnara aiangeisen,
John Mayberry. Arthur . Mc
Keown, Alan Meyer, Ronald
Nathan, Donald Pohlman, Elwin
Ranney, Charles Reece, Phillip
Robinson, William Robe, Walter
Ross, Joseph Shrader. John
Smith, Michael Sorrell, Jerry
Stirtz, Larry Strashein. Herman
Studier, Jack Talsma, Russell
Thompson, Charles Truroble,
Robert Vogeler. Earl Whittfield
and Robert Woodward.
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Union Workers'
Picnic Scheduled
A picnic for Union workers
and members will be held Tues
day at 5 pjn. at Ag Union and
picnic grounds.
Members are to meet at City
and Ag Unions. Rides will leave
from City Union between 5 and
6:15 p.m.
Cards have been sent to all
workers, chairmen and secretar
ies. These cards should be re
turned by Friday.
Awards will be presented at
this time to one outstanding
freshman and an upperclassman
who was not on the old board.
Also new chairmen and secre
taries will be announced.
The, Outside World
By WILLI A M ETTE DESCH
SUff Writer'
Dickenson Convicted
WASHINGTON CpL Edward Dickenson was convicted Tues-
of mnaboratm with the Chinese Communists and with
day
Informing on his buddies while a prisoner of war in Korea.
A board of eight high-ranking Army officers returned the
verdict after deliberating for 3 0 rk hours, a time regarded by court
officials as the longest taken in military history. The maximum
sentence under such a charge is life imprisonment
Support, Then Troops
WASHINGTON The United States will undertake no military
operations to In do-China unless it has the support of the people
of that region. President Eisenhower was quoted saying by Sen.
Flanders 'R-Vt) Flanders is a member of the Senate Armed
Services Committee. He released this statement following a visit
with the President concerning the Indo-China crisis.
The visit followed close on the heels of word from Senate
Republican leader Knowland of California that be would give his
"fullest support"' if Eisenhower should ask Congress to approve
sending U.S. troops to the Southeast Asia trouble spot.
Korean Compromise Near
G ENE VA Among the top developments concerning the trou
bled Asiatic questions are that the U.N. allies were--reported
readying a compromise proposal for unification of the war-torn
Korean peninsula. Also French sources said Communist-Western
talks on Indo-China will probably get under way on F?J-
Reaction by the Communists to the Alhed propol would
determine whether there is any real chances unjfymg the divided
country and holding free election, there. J1
the Far Eastern conference has come to a standstill because eacn
country has its own plan for unification
MtCarthy-Army Continue
VP A ctTTvrrrw m., ,,44mn4 In flit fihort
Army hearings backfired and instead new barges were brought to
ht The Senate investigation turned towards a charge Iron tte
McCarthy camp that the Army allowed "friends and socute
tom spy Julius Rosenberg to work ma secret radar laboratory
t The accusation was made by Roy Conn. genera to
n. McCarthy. He aked Secretary of the Army Stevens if he
M not know Rosenberg associates were ePnh X"r
uth, NJ, until the Senator's investigations "occasioned ihur
dimiiiiBal- months alter Stevens took office.
ay
Band Concerts
9:15 Carillon Towpr
9:20 Concert, University Sym
phony Band. f
9:30 Members of Mortar Board
and Innocents enter.
j.-,won rarK, president of
Innocents, will introduce Acting
Chancellor John K. Selleck, who
Kve a snort welcome.
1VV llav hictnmr yoJ v..
Dr. Curtis M. Elliott, professor of
economics, who will act as master
oi ceremonies.
,5.oo processional of Ivy and
Daisy chains and the Ivy Day
court. Presentation of the May
Mumi. nanung oi me ivy.
10:50 New members of Theta
bigma Phi, women's honorary and
piuiessxonai journalism fraternity
announced.
10:55 Women's sing contest.
11:50 Court recessional.
12:55 Carillion Tower rings.
1:00 Concert, University Sym
phony Band.
1:10 Court processional.
1:20 Men's sing contest.
2:20 Class presidents present
scholarship cups to high senior
man and woman.
2:25 Announcement of women's
sing winners.
2:35 Presentation of Mortar
Board and Innocent Scholarship
Activity Cups.
2:45 Men's sing winners an
nounced. 3:00 Masking of new Mortar
Board members and tackling of
new Innocent members.
Cow Milking,
Ag Dairy Royal
Winners Told
Winners of the third annual
Dairy Royal held Friday have
been announced.
Senior division winners are:
Don Beck, first' place; Kenneth
Baumfalk, second place; Leslie
McHargue, third place.
Junior division showmanship
winners: Deon Christensen, first
place; Charles Trumble, second
place; Jim Turner, third place.
Don Beck received the Grand
Champion trophy. Gayle Hatton
and Robert Fredrick were of
ficial judges.
Ann Luchsinger, was winner
of the Coed Cow Milking Con
test The Professor's Ice Cream Eat
ing Contest was won by Vincent
H. Arthaun.
Foreign Students Jo Enter
Tree World' Essay Contest
Any foreign student wno is
studying in an American college
or university may enter an essay
contest on the subject of "How
to Strengthen Democracy in the
Free World."
A ten-day, all-expense trip to
Washington, D. C. as the guest
of Encyclopaedia Britannica will
be awarded to the winner.
Essays must not be more than
1,000 words in length, and should
be entirely the writer's own
opinions. Contest entries should
be addressed to: International
Forum Contest, Encyclopaedia
Switrer Wins 3rd Place
In ICES Essay Contest
Lucigrace Switzer, freshman in
the School of Journalism, won
third prize in the International
Christian Endeavor Christian Cit
izenship contest.
The International Christian En
deavor Society made the an
nouncement of her award this
week.
Miss Switzer won many jour
nalism honors in high school and
is a member of Alpha Lambda
Delta.
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Daisy Chain Preparation
Mortar Board members pre
pare the Daisy Chain for the
University's Ivy Day festivi
ties Saturday. (From left to
right) Sue Gorton La'wler,
publicity chairman,- Janet
Steffen, president; Barbara
Sharon Mangold Heads
NUCWA Interim Group
New Officers Plan Reorganization
Sharon Mangold, a sophomore
in Teachers College, has been
selected as intermediary presi
dent of the Nebraska University
Council on World Affairs.
Paul Scheele, a junior in Arts
and Science, has been named
vice president in charge of pro
grams. Anne Thompson, a sophomore
in Teachers College, has been
named secretary and Don Rosen
berg, a sophomore in the College
of Business Adminitration, treas
urer. .THE PRESIDENT, secretary
and treasurer will assume regu
lar duties. The vice president in
charge of programs will super-
Freshmen To Attend
Corn Cobs Meeting
A Corn Cob workers' mass
meeting .will be held Tuesday at
7:30 p.m. in Union Room 315.
All freshman men interested in
working in Corn Cobs next year
should attend, Phil Shade, secre
tary, said. Requirements are
sophmore standing next year and
4.5 average.
Britannica, 425 North Michigan
Avenue, Chicago U, Illinois.
THE COMPETITION is the
climaxing event of the year
long "International Forum" pre
sented Fridays on the Kate
Smith Hour over National
Broadcasting Company television
network " Ted Collins, producer
of the Kate Smith show, origi
nated the "International Forum"
to give students from abroad an
opportunity to tell Americans
their impressions.
On the Friday programs, stud
ents from many foreign nations
have appeared with Ted Collins
and Kate Smith to explain the
background of events in their
own nations and to discuss ways
to strengthen freedom.
Announcement of the winner
will be made on the Kate Smith
program in June. "
Phi Sigma lota To Hold
Final Meeting Thursday
The final meeting of Phi Sigma
Iota will be held Thursday at
7:30 p.m. in the Union.
Dr. Margarete Moon, part-time 1
instructor in romance languages
will present a paper entitled:
Paul Claudel: a poet 'malgre
luiV
Judy Pollock, senior in Teach
ers College, will give a paper on
"Love as a Dramatic Motive in
Selected Plays of Jacinto Bena
vente." Officers will be elected.
Any
i
Watch Out Mac!
Eldon Parks, Innocents presi
dent, tackles Mac Bailey as
Coach Glassford stands by to
give pointers. Innocents have
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA
Courtesy Lincoln Str
Bell, vice president and chair
man of Ivy Day; Neala O'Dell,
secretary; and Barbara Adams,
bara Adams, script writer for
Ivy Day.
vise ine united jNauons weex
in the laiL tne international
Friendship Dinner and bi
monthly meetings.
Members of the appointment
committee were: Dr. Frank E,
.Sorenson, director oi summer
sessions; Dr. Norman Hill, pro
fessor of political science; Dr,
Stanley R. Ross, assistant profes
sor of history; James Collins,
retiring president of NUCWA;
Neala ODell anl Nita Helm
stadter.
THE XEWLY-SELECTED of
ficers, the present board mem
bers and the members of the
appointment committee w il 1
meet next week to initiate next
year's program.
New officers and the appoint
ment committee will also select
the new board positions before
the end of the school year.
-
OFFICERS WERE .appointed
after the following resolution
was passed by the NUCWA
board:.
"Be - it resolved that
the Nebraska University Coun
cil on World Affairs be declared
in a state of reorganization and
intermediary officers be appoint
ed by NUCWA's Faculty Spon
sors and senior Board members.
Intermediary officers shall serve
until election shall be held under
a new constitution. The inter
mediary officers shall have the
responsibility of executing the
reorganization with the advice of
faculty sponsors and old board
members."
Junior Jitters Virus Strikes;
Epidemic Continues To Crow
Vicims Easily Noticed-Nervous, Tired, Hushed Tones
By MARILYN MITCHELL
SUff Writer
Junior Jitters, that seasonal
virus, has once again invaded the
campus.
What is it?
Always nearing its crisis some
time during April, Junior Jitters
lasts until early May. Medical
authorities predict that this year
all cases will be cured, or will
wear themselves out, by the late
afternoon of Ivy D2y, May 8.
This virus onlv affects iunior
students, although some of its
early symptoms may easily be ob-
served in ambitious, energetic
freshmen and sophomores. Those !
having the disease are well aware
of it. This only tends to aggra
vate the nervous disorder.
Its symptoms? Everybody recog
nizes them. The victims, always
active and scholarly students, have
dark, tired eyes and nervous
been practicing tackling in
preparation for Ivy Day, when
each member pounces on his
successor ia the societjr. Others
it happened at nu
An English instructor spent part
of the period reading an essay to
the class. He then called upon
one member of the class to criti
cize it.
The puzzled student, instead, con
fronted the professor with, "But
you always call on me." The in
structor replied, "I do, because
you have such an intelligent face."
With that, another student im
mediately popped up his hand and
exclaimed, "You've NEVER called
on me: '
AUF Begins
NU Faculty
Fund Drive
New Situation
Policy Explained
All University Fund faculty so
licitations are being held now,
Je an Steffen, AUF vice-president
in charge of solicitations, an
nounced. "Faculty solicitations are being
held this spring," Miss Steffen
said, "so that the fall drive of
AUF will not compete with the
Lincoln Community Chest solici
tations. Faculty contributions to
AUF are not given to Commu
nity Chest, but are divided among
the other three AUF charities,
Cancer, World University Serv
ice and the National Mental
Health Association," she ex
plained. A special committee composed
of assistant dean Walter Wright,
assistant dean Lee W. Chatfield,
Theodore T. Aakhus, representa
tives of the Community Chest and
the AUF Executive Board studied
the plan and gave their approval.
Pub Board To Hold Nebraskan,
Cornhusker Staff Interviews
Interviews for positions on
The Nebraskan staff will hold
May 13 at 4 p.m. in the Union
Faculty Lounge.
Students wishing to apply for
positions may pick up applica
tion forms at the public rela
tions office, 1125 R St. Com
pleted forms should be returned
to this office no later than 5
p.m., Monday. The Committee
on Student Publications will
conduct the interviews.
Fifteen positions will be fiUed
on The Nebraskan staff. They
Ivy Day Sing
A meeting of all song directors
f organized houses entered in the
women's division of Ivy Day Sing
will be held Thursday at S p.m.
ia I'nioa Room 313.
Young Republicans
Young Republicans will hold
their last meeting of the current
school year Thursday in the Un
ion at 7:30 p.m.
giggles. They have hushed con
versations among themselves,
carry important-appearing note
books, and flash bright, toothy
grins at senior wheels. As the
name implies, all these symp
toms are accompanied by ner
vous jitters.
A study of a recent case history
includes this revealing conversa
tion between tjo junior women:
Coed 1: I have to get asked to
that fraternity picnic. I've never
missed their Ivy Day picnic yet.
Coed 2: But you'll be busy else
where. Ord I: Busy elsewhere? Nerv-
ous laughter What do you mean?
: You know .
' i: don't know what you're
talking about. (More nervous
., . r.
At this moment, a smart sopho
more, recognizing the symptoms
of Junior Jitters, interrupted and
of the Terrible Twelve await
their turn to demonstrate their
techniques.
Joliuisra
Visiting Historian,
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On Around woria wnn oTevenaon
Dr. Walter Johnson, chairman of
the department of history at the
University of Chicago, will speak
at a convocation at 11 p.m. Thurs
day in the Union Ballroom.
He will discuss "Around the
World with Adlai Stevenson. Dr.
Johnson was co-chairman of Stev
enson's presidential campaign and
accompanied him on his world tour
last year.
Johnson is the author of several
books, including "William Allen
White's America," "The Battle
Against Isolationism" and a re
port of the Yalta Conference en
titled "Roosevelt and Russia." He
is also co-author of a college
text entitled "The United States'
Experiment in Democracy."
TWO YEARS ago. Dr. Johnson
traveled around the world to in
vestigate the operation of the Ful
bright scholarship progam. His lec
tures are being sponsored by the
University convocation committee
and the department of history.
In addition to his convocation
speech, he will give two informal
lectures. At 4 p.m. Thursday he
will address an informal meeting
of graduate students and history
majors on "Some Problems of His
tory y At 2 p.m. Friday in Burnett
108, he will speak to undergrad
uates interested in history on "The
Fascination and Importance of
History."
M. H. ABRAMS, professor of
English at Cornell University, will
speak on "The Poet as Creator"
at 7:30 p.m., Thursday in Love
Library Auditorium. He will also
present special lectures for ad-
are: editor, $65 a month; news,
managing, editorial page editors,
$45 each a month; four copy
editors, $35; sports editor. S45;
editor, $20; business manager,
$60; three assistant business man
agers, $20 each, plus commis
sions, and circulation manager,
$50.
Fillings for 1955 Cornhusker
positions will open Wednesday
and close May 12. Application
blanks may be obtained in the
Cornhusker office, Union base-
ment.
Appncanis snouia sign up iur
interviews wnen iney pick up
the blanks. Interviews wul be
held May 13.
Positions open are: assistant
layout editor, panel editor, as
sistant panel editor, sec'ion
heads in charge of ag activities
and organization, administra
tion, men's athletics, women's
athletics, colleges, classes, fra
ternities, student scene, houses
and halls, intramurals, military,
organizations, religion and arts,
sororities, student government
and art editor.
told the coeds not to be so coy.
History shows that the virus
began with the founding of two
senior honorary organizations. It
has become a tradition for these
organizations to select their suc
cessors from the junior class.
This not only causes the Jitters,
but also serves as its only true
cure one which takes an entire
day. When the crisis is past, all
former sufferers celebrate with the
"doctors" Ivy Day evening.
Even though there is only one
cure for the ailment, there are
several sure preventatives. One. an
unfortunate one. is a sickness
called Scholarship Slip-Up. Other
preventative diseases are Univer
sity Disinterest and Cronic Ac
tivity Boredom.
All juniors are invited to a Jun
ior Jitters Picnic Friday night.
The where-abouts of this annual
affair and all will be announced
in Friday's Nebraskan. All infor
mation may be obtained from the
Nebraskan Office, headquarters
for the Picnic.
Faction Captures
8 Council Posts
The All University Party the
faction swept eight of their ten
proposed candidates in'o office
during Monday's Student Council
elections.
Of the two defeated candidates
one came out third in the ballot
ing but was replaced by the re
quired girl representative. The
ocner candidate was defeated by
two votes.
In last year's class officer elec
tions faction candidates captured
all fifteen places, but in the Student
Council race were edged out 8 to
7 by non-faction candidates.
Four Graduates Named
To Head '24 Committee
Col. Hobb Turner, Hugo Srb,
John Whitten and William Al-
stadt were selected to head the
honor class of 1924 program
committee.
The class of '24 will be hon
ored at the annual University
Alumni Association Round-Up,
June 5. A soecial tble will be
class A Sunday breakfast has
"been scheduled.
To Te
oriel Top
Author To Speak
I t fil. fi
vanced undergraduate and gradu-
ate students in Englisn ana pnu
nennhv rieDartments.
Fritz G. Arndt wul oiscuss ine
Development of the Synthetic Re
action of Diazoalkanes" at 4 p.m.
Wednesday in Avery Laboratory!
Room 208. Arndt, professor of gen
eral chemistry at the University
of Istanbul, Turkey, is a native
of Germany.
He has taught at Kiel Univer
sity, Ottman University of Con
stantinople, University of Bres
lau and Oxford University. In
1934 he took over the chair in
general chemistry at the Univer
sity of Istanbul, the position
which he holds at present
Philbrick
Awarded
Scholarship
Junior Engineer
To Receive $500
Kenneth W. Philbrick, a junior
in the College of Engineering and
Architecture, has received a $500
General Electric Engineering
scholarship for the school year
1954-55.
Scholarships are given to "de
serving engineering students to as
sist them in their senior yeaV."
Two such scholarships were given
for a three-state area, which in
cludes Kansas, Nebraska and South
Dakota.
JAMES W. Ludwickson, Univer
sity representative on the selection
board, said requirements for the '
scholarship stipulate that the re
cipient must be in the upper quar
ter of his class, have outstanding
technical and administrative po
tential, good character, financial
need and participate in extra-curricular
activities.
Philbrick, who is majoring in
electrical engineering, is president
of Sigma Tau, national honorary
scholastic society in engineering
member of Eta Kappa Nu, profes
sional elecrtical engineering fra
ternity; American Institute of
Electrical Eneineerine: vice Dresi-
At of Delta Si em a Rho. Drofes-
icional speech society, and a menv
ber of the University debate team.
SC Rejects
ROTC Group
Constitution
Sudent Council rejected a mo
tion made last week to approve
the constitution of the Nebraska
Military Association, a Univer
sity ROTC organization.
The constitution was rejected
because of one provision which
re quired a mandatory $1.00 to be
paid at the time of registration
by all military science students.
The money collected was ,to be
used in helping finance the Mili
tary Ball.
Several Council members
voiced the opinion that many
students undoubtedly would not
want to pay the $1.00 because
they did not plan to attend the
ball. According to Eldon Park,
the constitution may be revised
by the association and then be
submitted for another hearing
before the Council.
NU Registration
To Begin May 17
Registration for the 1954 Uni
versity summer and fall sessions
will begin May 17 and close May
19..
Mrs. Irma Laase of the Ad
missions Office advised that stu
dents make appointments with
their advisors during the first
two weeks of May. Students
must have their schedules com
pleted and approved by their re
spective colleges to be eligible
for registration.
Students will register accord
ing to the number of credit hours
they have earned as of Feb. 1.
Registration' will be held in the
Military and Naval Science
Building.
Rath bone Script
Basil Ratfibonr'f persona! trans
lation of "King David" which was
lost following tbe performance
Sunday evening still has not bees
located.
Tbe script is of utmost import
ance i Rathbone since ke bas
been asked by Eagene Ornandy
tm lake the role in the Philadelphia
Symphony Orchestra's pr-senta-Uon
of tbe cantata. The narrator
bad noted all bis cues, inflections
and various reminders M this
script.
Any information leading m its
recevery would be appreciated.
Dr. Feitz, University director of
"King David," said that it might
have been taken by some souvenir
banter who did not realize tbe per
sonal value of the script.
Variety Show Planned
For Palladian Meeting
Palladian Literary Society will
present a Variety Show Friday
at 8 p.m. in Temple Room J.
The program will consist of both
classical and popular music, skits
and vaudeville acts. Following
the program square dancing,
games, ping pong and cards is
planned.
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