ft happened at nu
Three fraternity men were boasting of their
kome towns. The first one said, "Why, I'm tha
Tac" in Tacoma.
The second one came up with, "I'm the "San"
In San Francisco. . . .Where are ycu from, Sam?"
Sam answered, "I'm from Astoria."
Engagements,
Pinnings,
Social Side
(See Page 4.)
Tuesday, October 16, 1956
VST
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Vol. 30, No. 12
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA'
Pan-hellenic Workshop:
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tFeafisredl Talker
The Pan-hellenic workshop which
began Sunday will feature Dr.
Glen T. Nygreen, dean of men at
Kent State University, as guest
Courtesy Sunday Journal ud Star
DR. NYGREEN
speaker at tonight's dinner being
keld in the Union at 5:45.
"Campus relations" is the theme
ef Dr. Nygreen 's talk.
Dr. Nygreen, who is also Na
tional Scholarship commissioner of
Sigma Alpha Epsilon, received his
Doctor of Philosophy from th e
University of Washington in 1953.
He is a member of the Ameri
ean Sociological Society; Pacific
Sociological Society; National As
sociation of Student Personnel Ad
ministrators; American College
Personnel Association and College
Fraternity Scholarship Officers
Association.
"Toward Positive Public Rela
tions" is the theme of this year's
workshop.
Hello Girl:
Brier Chosen
Typical AFH
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M
Deanna Brier is the University's
1956 Hello Girl. She was selected
at the annual Hello Girl dance Oct.
13 as most representative of the
typical independent woman stu
dent. Miss Brier is a sophomore in the
College of Agriculture. She is a
member of the Home Economics
Gub Council, Coed Counselors, Ag
YWCA, Tassels, Inter-denominational
Church Organization and
Alpha Lambda Delta, scholastio
honorary.
Her attendants were the other fi
nalists for the title. They were
Ruth Roubal, Barbara Harris,
Marilyn Waechter and Myrna
Hunter.
The Hello Girl dance and title
competition are sponsored by the
Barb Activities Board for Women.
Radio-TV Honorary
Announces Pledges
Names of new pledges and new
members of Alpha Epsilon Rho,
national radio and television honor
ary society at the University have
been announced by Leroy Rock
well of Brinard, president.
New pledges are: Bill Raetke,
Jim Coldwell and Tom Gensler.
New members are: Beverly
Lampert, Val Wilson. Stephen
Greenberg. Gladys Evans, Don
Dick, Sandra Reimers and Kent
Briggs.
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NU Theater:
lt Desperate Hours"
Scheduled Tonight
The Desperate Hours," the first
University Theater play of the sea
son, opens Tuesday night in the
Howell Memorial Theater.
The play, which was a Broadway
hit !ast year, concerns the bouse
arrest by a group of criminals of
an average American family which
is called upon to give the ap
pearance of normal life to those
looking in while it is anything but
that.
The Honorary Producers awards
will be presented at opening night
ceremonies. The winners are rep
resentatives of those houses which
purchased the most season tickets
to the theater.
A few season passes are still
available, according to Dallas S.
Williams, director of the theater.
They can be obtained at the box
Home Ec Club
The Kome Ec Club will hold
l'.s trzi :'-iotrul pinnn meeting
Ti urixLy in t'je A", Union Lounge
t 4 15 p.m. All Home Economics
atodents tr invited t attend.
An exchange dinner for presi
dents of active chapters and pledge
classes will highlight Wednesday's
activities for the workshop. A meet
ing will be held by the Pan-hellen
ic groups following the dinner.
Sorority presidents will meet at
the Delta Delta Delta house un
der the chairmanship of Betty
Branch, Pi Beta Phi. Mrs. Rob
ert Martens will represent the
Alumna.
Pledge Trainers will meet at the
Sigma Kappa House. Janet Tooley
of Alpha Chi Omega will be the
group chairman and Mrs. Sue
Smith will represent the Aluman
Scholarship Chairman will gath
er at the Delta Gamma House,
The Group Chairman is Bobbie
Holt, Chi Omega, and Mrs. Don
ald Bloom is representing the
Alumna.
Social Chairmen will meet at the
Alpha Omicron Pi House. Holly
Hawke of Kappa Kappa Gamma
will be the group chairman and
Mrs. L. D. Arnot, Jr. will repre
sent the Alumna.
Activities Chairman will gather
at the Kappa Alpha Theta House.
Bobbie Ely of Alpha Xi Delta will
be the Group Chairman and Mrs.
Dorothy Lessenhop will be the
Alumna representative.
The Standards Committee will
meet at the Gamma Phi Beta
House. Group chairman will be
Joyce Magidson, Sigma Delta Tau,
and Mrs. Charles Weaver will rep
resent the Alumna.
Rush Chairmen will meet at the
Alph Phi House. Mary Sorensen
of Kappa Delta will be the Group
Chairman and Mrs. Fred Eiche. will
be the Alumna representative.
Cnurtefy Lincoln Journal
MISS ELLIOTT
Saddle Club:
Elliott To Vie
For Horse
Show Title
Jeanne Elliott, a candidate for the
Queen of the American Royal
Horse Show, the largest show of
its kind, will leave the University
for Kansas City, Wednesday, as a
representative from western Ne
braska. There are only two cities in Ne
braska that are eligible to send
candidates to the American Royal.
These are McCook and Scottsbluff.
Miss Elliott is represent?-"' h Ne
braska Panhandle Sadd'e i.'. J, ci
which she is queen.
In Kansas City, she will compete
with fifty other candidates repre
senting Kansas, Missouri, Okla
bome and Texas.
The candidates will be judged on !
poise, personalit". character, edu
cation, and bor trnanship.
office for $5. "Individual tickets
for any of the performances can
also be purchased for $1.50, Wil
liams added.
Curtain time for the play, which
runs through Saturday, is 8 p.m.
Cosmopolitan
Newly elected officers of the
Cosmnp-)i;tan Club shown plan
ning for the year's activities sre
from left): Sidney Jackson,
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Sorority Heads
Officers of three professional
music sororities, which will pre
sent their annual concert Oct. 18,
in the Union, have been working
Freshman Women:
Activities
VHednesoy
Freshmen women will have their
first opportunity to begin working
in activities on Wednesday from 2
to 5:30 p.m. in the Union ballroom
at the Activities Mart sponsored by
the Associated Women Students
Board.
Eighteen organizations will be
represented" TTr th l-freshnrf Ac
tivities Mart. "Aim for Action" is
the theme selected by AWS for the
Campus Visitor:
WUS Secretary Slates
Talks To NU Groups
Peyton Short, World University
Service regional secretary, will ar
rive at the University Tuesday for
a two-day stay during which he will
speak to several campus groups.
Short recently returned from a
woild tour in which he has traveled
approximately 40,000 miles and
visited 13 countries.
Using information and experi
ences gathered during his travel,
Short has prepared three lectures,
which he will give during his visit.
Short will speak to an AUF
Board luncheon Tuesday noon at
Presby House. He will talk on
"Fantastic Asia As Seen Through
the Eyes of WUS."
At a meeting Tuesday at 4 p.m.
at Cotner Student House, Short
will discusi vocational guidance for
missionary end service work on
foreign soil. The meeting is open to
ctueni?.
CommissionerTells
Registration Data
Unregistered Lincoln voters
may register as late as 9 p.m.
through Friday for the Nov. 6
general election, according to
Harold Gillett, election commis
sioner. Students not residents of Lin
coln must write the county
clerk of their own district and
ask for an absentee ballot, he
said.
The clerk will send an absen
tee baDot and a certificate to be
filled out and sent back with
the ballot. If a student lives in
a town tinder seven thousand
they are not required to register.
All students who are eligible to
vote are urged to register before
the dead line so they may vote
Nov. 6.
4?t
Club Plans
treasurer, of Jamaica; Gayl
Harms, recording secretary;
Valida Jansons, president, for
merly of Latvia but now an
Confer
with Dr. David Foltz, chairman
of the department of music on
arrangements for the program.
The sorority presidents are
Mart Scheduled
m Union
Mart, Nancy Copeland, Activities
Mart Chairman announced. .
Those organizations to be repre
sented in the Mart are Builders,
Associated Women Students, All
Univesity Fund, Cornhusker, the
Nebraskan, Red Cross, Home Ec
Club, Tassels, Women's Athletic
Association, the Union, Ag Young
Women's Christian Association, Ne-
i braska University Council on
Two YWCA commission groups
will hear Short's lecture on "Sum
mer Student Travel" at 4 p.m.
Wednesday in Rosa Bouton Hail.
He will discuss student travel and
service opportunities for summer
vacation in both Europe and Asia.
Plans have also been made for
Short to speak at the Presby House
vespers Wednesday night and to
confer with AUF officers on plans
for a regional Campus Chest Con
vention which AUF plans to spon
sor at the University next spring.
Short will return to Lincoln next
week to be the speaker at the AUF
Kick-Off dinner Tuesday night.
World University Service is one
of five charities which will be sup
ported by the AUF fall drive.
Temperature
Drop Seen
For Nebraska
Cool Pacific air will drive Ne
braska temperatures down in the
state late Tuesday, according to
the Weather
Bureau.
Tempera
tures for the
next five days
will average
three to five
degrees above
the normal 60
degree highs in
the eastern
portions of the i
state and six to 1
eight degrees
above the average in the West.
No rainfall of consequence was
The high Tuesday will be in the
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Caurtr Lincoln Sur
American citizen living in Lin
coln: Karen Peterson, corres
ponding secretary and Amir
Magfcan, vice president, of Iran.
Couru-sy Sunday Journal and Star
from left) Gerry Swanson of
Mu Phi, Phyllis Maloney of
Sigma Alpha Iota and Beverly
Carskadon of Delta Omicron.
(See story at right.)
World Affairs, Coed Counselors,
Barb Activities Board for Women,
City Campus Religious Council, the
Association for Childhood Educa
tion International and the Rodeo
Club.
Members of each group will dec;
orate and sponsor a booth which
will be used to explain the purpose
of the organization. Decorating
may begin at 10 a.m. Wednesday,
Miss Coneland said.
Each girl is encouraged to sign!
m for three organizations. The or-
trnrnTntinn will in turn rn-ntarfr
those interested.
Only two women from any or
ganized house may sign up for
AWS workers in order to prevent
any disappointment in the spring,
but any number of independent
women may sign up.
Members of the AWS Board will
serve as guides and help with the
information booths. Therefore, it
will not be necessary for upper
class girls to accompany the fresh
men. Alpha Lambda Delta
The Nebraska Chapter of Alpha
Lambda Delta, freshman women's
honorary, will meet in Union Room
216 at 5 p.m. Tuesday. This will be
a very important meeting concern
ing the initiation of a new program
for Alpha Lambda Delta.
By MMS
Traced To High School:
English
Problem
Too many college freshmen are
tAr-nr in English, accordine to
two University English professors,
Dr. James Miller, department
chairman, and Dr. Dudley Baily,
director of the
1 jp
i nstitution's
remedial Eng
1 i i h pro
gram. But,
Dr. M i 1 1 e r
added, this is
not the fault
of their high
school teach
ers. D r . Miller
says the high
English defi-
s
Courtesy Lincoln Star
Dr. Miller
I rat am0" c?f
t is more a reflection on their back-
i ground and society in general, in- i we had more good, soua pre-coi-i
rinding communication in our! lege analytical reading and corn-
homes, than on high school etach -
ers specifically.
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as the direction of school plays,
the school yearbook and journal
ism projects, and with Etudent ad
vising and counseling that they
don't have enough time left to give
concentrated attention to the teach
ing of English," Dr. Miller said.
Dr. Baily estimated that between
25 and 30 per cent of the Univer
sities entering freshmen are so
weak in English that they must
be placed in "English A", a non
credit course dealing with pre-col-lege
level grammar, composition,
rt idirg and spelling.
About 50 per cent, be reported,
are asityied to "English E" a col-
lege credit course. Twecty to 25
Free Admission:
MysQC Groy
101
Members of three national pro
fessional music sororities at the
University will present their an
nual concert Thursday at 7:30 p.m.
in the Union Ballroom.
The public is invited and there
is no admission cnarge.
Participating in the concert
held in conjunction with National
Music Sorority Week will be Del
ta Omicron, Mu Phi Episolon, and
Sigma Alpha Iota.
Numbers by the combined
groups will include: "O Bo n e
Jesu" by Palestrina and "Prepare
the Hymn, Prepare the Song" by
Handel, both directed by Norma
Bossard.
"Far and Wide" by Brahms and
"We Praise Thee, O God", by Sat
een, conducted by Beverly Cars
kadon. "The Blessed Damosel", by De
bussy, conducted by
Carol New-
ell. A mest soloist. Mrs. Walter
Stephenson of Lincoln, will sing
the part of "The Damosel',, and
Phyllis. Maloney will sing the role
of The Narrator.
Other numbers will be: "Con
certo in D Minor for Two Violins",
by Bach, performed by Rosemary
Weeks and Merwinna Kampman,
violinists, and Susanne Evans, pi
anists: and "Piano Duo" by Pe
trouchka, pteyed by Jean Hueftle
and Gloria King.
Also participating will be a wood
wind quintet composed of Willis
Rosenthal, flute; Joy Schmidt,
oboe; Shirley Sacks, clarinet; Myr
na Mills, bassoon; and Janet Shu
man, French Horn.
Col. Diestel:
ROTC
Names
Top Men
Twenty University senior stu
dents have been designated Dis
tinguished Military Students in the
Armv Reserve Officers Training
Corps, Chester Diestel professor
of military science and tactics, an-
. riOUIlC6d.
These students were selected for
their demonstration of qualities of
military leadership, high aptitude
for military service, academic ac
complishments and leadership is
recognized campus activities, Dies
tel said.
Students selected include:
Herman Anderson, Ben Belmont,
Don Bucy, Leo Damkroger, Jon
Dawson, Sam Ellis, Al Ford, Don
Freeman, Bob Jacobsen, Sam Jen
sen, Larry Jones, Bill Kampfe, Roy
Keenan, Jere McGaffey, Jim Mur
phy, Ronnie Noel. Russel Nielson,
Jerry Stirtz, Charles Trumble and
Robert Tyler.
This concert contains the best
women musicians on campus and
it also shows complete cooperation night preceding Martin's perform
among the three music sororities ance at the University Coliseum,
because the three give the per-1 Alpha Chi Omega, Delta Delta
form ance as one group, accoramg
etiaency
discussed
' per cent qualify for
a course reserved for
English 3"
better than
j average English students.
The University's pre-e n t r a n c e
English tests have been made larg -
er in order to cover a wider field
of the students abilities in effec-
tive communication as well as his
knowledge of such fundamentals as
grammar, sentence structure and ;
spelling.
Both Dr. Baily and Dr. Miller
were present at discussion on the
English situation at the University j
Sunday on the Nebraska radio net
works' program, "Your Universi
ty Speaks". Both said they believe
some progress is being made to-
i ward reducing the deficiency rate
jbut Dr. Miller added:
I "I think it would be helpful if
' position courses, but 1 don't think
there is much chance of getting
them until high school English
.teachers are freed from some
of
! the chores they now have which
have little or anything to do with
the teaching of English".
Pub Board
Applicants for the Publications
Board will be interviewed Tuesday
between 12.30 noon and 5.30 p.m.
in the Student Council office. Stu
dents not free at these hours may
contact Nick Neff, chairman of the
Council Publications Board Com
mittee. Applicants selected by this
committee will be interviewed by
jthe Student Council Wednesday at
4 p.m.
iHscoirii
Accompaniests will be: Mary
Louise Gunlicks and Pat Alvord,
according to Dr. David Foltz,
chairman of the music department.
Included in the National Sorority
Music Week will be a chili feed
Wednesday at 5 p.m. in the Uni
versity Lutheran Student House
Home Ec Day:
Dr. Leverton
To Address
Homemaher
Dr. Ruth Leverton, University
graduate and former facultv mem-
j ber, will be the main speaker at
the annual Home Economics Day
for Homemakers, Wednesday at
the College of
Agriculture.
Dr. Leverton
will speak on
"Food Values
for the Atomic
Age."
She is now
the assistant
director of the
A g r i cultural
Exepr iment
Courtesy Lincoln Star t a t i 0 n ia
Dr. Leverton charge of home
economics research and assistant
dean of home economics at Okla
homa A&M College in Stillwater.
Dr. Leverton joined the Univer
sity staff in 1937 to initiate and
develop a program in food and
nutrition. She spent one year on
the staff of the Bureau of Home
Economics, U.S. Department of
Agriculture. In 1953 she was
awarded the Borden Award by the
American Home Economics Asso
ciation for outstanding research
in applied nutrition and was co
recipient of the award in 1942.
Her efforts in nutrition have not
been confined to the United States
1 alone. One year she was a Ful-
bright professor in nutrition for thg
Philippines. She was also a U.S.
delegate to the meeting of the Nu
trition Committee for south and
east Asia, and to the International
Rice Commission in Burma. She
has lectured in Cairo, Alexandria,
and Istanbul under the auspices of
UNESCO.
Tony Martin:
AXOs Lead
Union Show
Ticket Sales
Five campus organizations
played host to members of the
' Tony Martin Show last Friday
i Delta, Delta Upsilon, Sigma Delta
Tau and Love Memorial Hall, win
ners in a campus competition to
sell the most tickets for the Martia
Show, were the honored houses.
The first place bouse, the Alpha
Chis, were visited by Martin, who
signed dozens of autographs, had
his picture taken and sang with
the girls at dinner.
Tex Eeneke, leader cf the Glenn
Miller Eand and a recording ar
tist in his own right, was enter-
i tained by the Tri Delts, runnerups
j in the ticket contest. Eeneke, an
! amateur magician, did tricks in the
j xri Delt kitchen and sang for th
gjris.
.
Poe Receives
Alum Award
FromWesleyan
Dr. Wesley Poe, director of the
University Junior Division and
Counseling Service received tha
Wesieyan University Alumni as
sociation's young alumnus medal.
This award is ' ?
given annually -
to an alumnus ' , '
under 35 for a - -
combination of
j 1 o y a 1 1 y nd
achievement.
Dr. Poe com
pleted his un
d e r g raduate
work at Wes
ieyan in 1947.
He was a
All - American Dr. poe
tackle on the Wesieyan football
team and an outstanding student
and campus leader.
He earned his Ph.D from tha
University of Nebraska in 1354
and became a counseling psy
chologist and assistant professor
of eduf-ation. He assumed his pres
ent position as dirpctor of Junior
Division a j-ear &x
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