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Vol. 31, No. 68
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA
Wednesday, March 20, 1957
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May Queen Ceremonies
The 1956 Ivy Day Court in
session, with Ingrid Sverre,
last year's May Queen, reign
'South Pacific':
Chorus Members Named
For llosmef illub Show
Chorus members for the 1957 Leighton, John .Madden, and Jerry
TTntmot TflnVi SVimu "Smith Pofi. I Mornk.
fic," were announced Tuesday, by
Jerry Brownfield, publicity chair
man. ,
The chorus, which will sing tn
the Kosmet Club Show slated for
May 24 arf(t"25 ttt" "the Pershing
Memorial Auditorium, consists of
53 University students, Brownfield
said.
Members of the "South Pacific"
chorus are: Gary Aksamit, Bob
Benton, Bill Draper, Darrell Eber
spacher, Bill Harvey, Bob Binman,
Fred Holbert, John Holmes, Dave
IFC Meeting
The scholarship committees of
the IFC and the Fraternity Ad
visors will present a joint report
Wednesday at the regular sched
uled Council Meeting on the fea
sibility of lowering the present
fraternity 5.0 average initiation
requirement to 4.5, according to
Dick Rcische, president.
Reishce stated that the mat
ter ''will be discussed and prob
ably voted on" at the Wednes
day meeting.
Four Selected:
NU Students To Attend
Home Economics School
Four University home economics
students have been selected to at
tend the Merrill-Palmer School in
Detroit, Michigan, during the 1957
58 academic year, according to
Dr. Florence McKinney, Chairman
of the home economics depart
ment. Patricia Mitchell and Betty
Parks will attend the first se
mester, and Kay Reeves and Jan
is Davidson the second semester.
They will carry, on studies in
family life and child development.
Merrill-Palmer is a special pri
vate school enrolling 50 to 60
graduate and undergraduate stu
dents each semester.
Credits from the school will be
transferred to the University
where the girls will return for
their bachelors degrees in home
economics in June 1958.
"Nebraska has sent students to
Merrill-Palmer for many years,"
Dr. McKinney stated. "The in
formality of the campus and class
room is one outstanding character
istic of the school."
"The girls were selected upon
their scholastic achievements and
Vacation Plan
Announced
The Institute df Internation Edu
cation and Professor Bentley Gil
bert, Foreign Student Advisor of
Colorado College, have announced
a foreign student Summer Cross
roads program for 1957.
The purpose of the program is
to enable a number of foreign
tudents to have a week's holi
day in one of the unique vaca
tion areas of the country as a guest
in an American home. In addition
there will be planned recreational
events and a number of workshop
meetings at Colorado College.
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Croft was the maid of honor.
The elections for the May
Marples
Jack McCormick, Monte Mead,
John Parmalee, Wesley Pearce,
Larry Romjue, Keith Smith, Mon
roe Usher, Bill Wieland, Harlan
Noddle, and Jack Rhoden.
Linda Beal, Gloria Denton,' Janet
Handler, Mary Huston, Jodie Kux
hous, Judy Lindgren, Mary Lou
Lucke, Jan Perrenoud, Anne Pick
ett, Sharon Rain, Judy Ramey,
Mary Sandra Rice, and Kathy
Roach.
Ruth Rosenqusit, Wynn Smith
berger, Carole Triplett, Alice Virt
man, Rose Wiggins, Ruth Blank,
Sharon Fangman, Alyce Fritch
man, Virginia James, Sandra Jo
hns, Jackie Kaepplin, Jane Mc
Laughlin, Edith Morrow, Sandra
Niehus, Kay Nielsen, Sharon Quinn,
Judy Sopher, Sandra Whalen, and
Cythia Zschau.
Brownfield stated that "many of
the chorus will fill minor speak
ing and singing roles and will
dance in the show as well as being
in the chorus."
"This list may not be complete,"
RrnwnfiplrT nrMprl" hprnnsp wp
have had some difficulty in com-f
piling a inclusive schedule."
for their interest in doing further
work in child development. They
will live in small family units on
the campus with other home econ
omics majors from all over the
United States and abroad,
Mail Ballot:
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Nominees
Two Omaha businessmen have
been nominated for president of
the University Alumni Association,
Maurice Hevelone of Beatrice,
nominating committee chairman,
announced today in the March is
sue of the Nebraska Alumnus.
They are Ralph Kiplinger, '12,
president of Guarantee Mutual
Life Company, and Fred Thomas,
'98, chairman of the board of the
First National Bank of Omaha.
Kiplinger is a member of the
University of Omaha Board of
Regents; board of directors of the
Salvation Army and United Com
munity Service; trustee of Chil
dren's Memorial Hospital, Ne
braska Methodist Hospital and Ne
braska Heart Association; and di
rector of the United States Na
tional Bank.
Thomas is on the executive com
mittee of the University Founda
tion. He has been a regent of the
University, trustee of Doane Col
lege, president of the Omaha Li
brary Board, ard dist- f -.
man of the War Finance Corpora
tion and Reconstruction t invoice
Corporation. -
The 1957-58 officers will be
elected by mail ballot of the As
sociation membf -
receipt of ballots is May I. The
V.'. si
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Queen of 1957 will be held
today in the Union. She will
reign over this year's Ivy Day
Four-H Initiation
Initiation of officers will be held
at the 4-H meeting Wednesday at
7:30 in the Agromony Building,
according to Doyle Hulme, past
president.
Balmy Breezes
Return Spring
To NU Campus
' "An additional two to four inches
of snow has fallen in northern and
cantral Nebraska, bringing the to
tal in some areas to ten and 12
Valentine, North Platte and Bur
well recorded an additional four
inches, with
Norfolk receiv
ing another
two inches, ac.
cording to the
W e a ther Bu.
reau.
H o w e v e r,
warm airmov.
ing into the
state on the
trail of the
heaviest rains
oi tne year
is expected to push the mercury
into the low 50's Wednesday, the
Bu.r,eau ,sai?
Already in western Nebraska
clouds are beginning to lift and
move eastward out of the state.
Some "radiational" cooling is
expected to bring temperatures
down into the mid-twenties Tues
day night, but readings in the high
50's are predicted for Wednesday.
In Lincoln where a total of .70
inches fell, Asst. County Agent
Allen Boucher said it was an
"ideal" kind of soaking tain, but
the area would have to have the
same kind of rain every day for
three weeks to really take care
of the present soil needs.
ssotiotion
aeveaiees
new officers will be introduced at
the annual Round-Up luncheon,
June 8.
The vice presidential candidates
are Mrs. Thomas Hord (Aurel
Foreman '49 (cq).) of Alliance and
Mrs. Isiah Lukens (Alice Kim
berly ('45) of Tekamah.
Candidates for the three-year
term as member-at-large on the
executive committee are Richard
Chapin, '47, "and William Edge
comb, '48 both of Lincoln. Chapin
is general manager of Radio Sta
tion KFOR. Edgecomb is assistant
vice president of Continental Na
tional Bank.
Nebraska nominees for two-year
terms on the Board of Directors
are:
Wirst District: Robert Finn, '31,
Tecumseh, and Dr. Allen Souders,
'40, Nebraska City.
Second District: John Anderson,
'24, and Hugh McKenna, '47, both
of Omaha.
Third District: Ralph Kryger,
'13, Neligh, and Lumir Otradovsky,
'29, Schuyler.
Fourth District: James Beltzer,
'39, Grand Islnad, and John New
man. Jr., '50, Aurora.
Fifth District: Horace Crosby,
'37, North Platte, and Alan H.
Williams, '28, Scottsbluff.
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festivities, which are scheduled
.for May 4. (See story at right.)
College Young
Republicans
Meet -'At NU
Approximately 25 college young
Republicans gathered at the Union
Monday for a two-hour workship
session with Senator Roman Hrus
ka. Students from Creigton Univer
sity, Dana College, Grinnell Col
lege in Iowa, and University were
at the meeting.
Presiding over the conference
was Bob Barr, chairman of the
Midwest Federation of College
Young Republicans, an organiza
tion which includes 14 states. Barr
is from Grinnell College.
In addition to the workship ses
sion, plans were made for a group
conference to be held at the Mid
west College Young Republicans
Convention in Madison, Wis., April
5-6.
Lou Schultz, president of the
University Young Republicans, was1
named Nebraska college's repre
sentative of the Resolutions Com
mittee at the April conference.
Ceylon, India
Named Topic
For Travelog
The Talks and Topics Committee
of the Union will present a trave
log, "Highlights of Three Years
in Ceylon and India," on Thursday
at 4 p.m. in room 316 of the Union
according to Bob Handy, Union
Activities Director.
Mrs. Martha Ivaldy. a graduate
of the University, will show films
which she took in Ceylon and will
also speak about her adventures
there.
Mrs. Ivaldy went to Ceylon in
1953 as a documentary nhotoe-
rapher, working for several Euro
pean countries. Her assignments
took ner many interesting place
where she had an opportunity to
take pictures of many phases of
Ceylonese life. Many of the things
she saw and photographed had nev
er before been shwn to an out
sider. Mrs. Ivaldy took lessons in Sin
halese, the most widespread Cey
lonese language, and says that her
acquaintances with ' the village
headmen, priests, traders and
working women as a result of
knowing this language were some
of the things she enjoyed most
about her job. Her pictures show
the acquaintanceship with the lives
of the various kinds of people in
what she calls the "Asian Para
dise." ATO's To Present
Stone Booke Baiie
The bi-annual Storie Booke Balle
will be presented by Gamma
Theta Chapter of Alpha Tau
Omega on Saturday night in the
Cornhusker Ballroom.
The Balle is the biggest social
event on campus and a great deal
of work, time and money go into
its production.
Everyone at the Balle will wear
costumes depicting a story bopk
character.
Elections for the 1957 May
Queen will be held today in the
Union.
Junior and Senior women are
eligible to vote for the M a y
Queen.
The May Queen, one of the an
nual royalty of the University,
will reign over Ivy Day which is
scheduled for May 4
Ten finalists for May Queen
v ere selected from n field of 34
candidates at the All Womens
Spring Elections which were held
Wed. March 13 at the Union.
The ten finalists are:
Betty Branch, senior in Business
Administration, is president of Pi
Beta Phi and a member of Busi
ness Administration council.
Emily Hemphill, senior in Teach.
ers, is a member of Coed Coun
selor Board, AWS vice-president
and Pi Lambda Theta rice presi
dent.
Mary James, senior in Home
Economics, is president of Omi-
cron Nu and a member of Delta
Delta Delta sorority
Rita Jelinck Meyer, senior in
teachers, is a member of AWS
Board and a member of Pi Beta
Phi sorority.
Beth Keenan, senior in Arts and
Sciences, is past vice president of
AUF, AWS, Board, Lincoln Proj
ect 1956 Ivy Day Court and past
president of Kappa Alpha Theta.
Mary Keyes, senior in Home
Economics, is a member of Theta
Sigma Phi, Phi Ups;lon Omega,
Gamma Alpha Chi and a member
of Gamma Phi Beta sorority.
Janet Kuska, senior in Home
Economics, is Comhusker Asso
ciate editor and a member of Del
ta Gamma.
Barbara Rystrom, senior in
Teachers, is president of Pi Lamb
da Theta, a member of Coed Coun
selors, YWCA and affiliated with
Kappa Kappa Gamma.
Kay Skinner, senior in Home
Economics, is a member of Gam
ma Alpha Chi, Home Economics
club and affiliated with Alpha Chi
Omega.
Gail Walling, senior in Arts and
Sciences, is Builders secretary, a
member of AUF Board and Delta
Gamma sorority.
Last year's Ivy Day Court was
reigned over by Ingrid Swerre,
New Members
Of Councilors
Board Named
Jo Anne Bender, president of
Coed Councilors, Tuesday an
nounced new members of the Coed
Councilors Board. New members
are: publicity chairman, Dorothy
Glade; secretary, Sandy Foell;
treasurer, Dorothy Beechner; his
torian, Elizabeth Smith.
Printing chairman, Becky Col
well; initiation chairman, Dee De
Mars; Penny Carnival chairman,
Sandy Kelly; Friendship Desert
chairman, Carolyn Williams; New
Student Week chairman, Jan Da
vidson. Maryanne Craig and Mary Vrba
were put in charge of filings for
Eig Sister. Filings can be made
from April 1 to 6 in Rosa Bou
ton Hall.
Awards Given
Outstanding
Military Men
Commendations for the outstand
ing freshman and outstanding jun
ior officer were awarded March
9 by Captain Roye Lindsay, Com
manding Officer of Company A-2
of the National Society of Pershing
Rifles.
Richard Dwinell, freshman in
Engineering, was accorded the out
standing award for an active mem
ber. As a freshman active, Capt.
Linsay said, "Dwinell displayed
fine potential leadership traits,
has contributed in an outstanding
manner to the spirit of the unit
and has in all conducted himself
in a manner befitting of a future
officer."
Andris Kleinhofs, junior in the
College of Agriculture, received the
outstanding junior officer award.
As a first-year advanced cadet
of the Nebraska ROTC, Kleinhofs
was credited with being a "major
contributing factor in the success
of the unit" in addition to main
taining an exceptionally high aca
demic rating, according to Capt.
Lindsay.
Union Movie
This Sunday's Student Union
movie is Alfred Hitchcock's "Sa
boteur," starring Robert Cum.
mings.
The picture features one of the
most thrilling climaxes ever filmed
as Cummings battles a spy on
the outside cf the top of the
Statue of Liberty,
May" Queen- of 1956. Billie Croft
was the maid of honor.
The May Queen court was made
of: Jan Iichtenberger Karen Dry
den, Nancy Salter, Marilyn Heck,
Emily Hemphill, i Rosemary
Weeks, Ann Lucksinger, Sharlyn
Cress, Sharon Egger, Roger
Grant, Pauline Bluemer, Carol
Deeter, Mrs. Stanley Matzke, Luci
grace Switzer, Beth Keenan, Bar
bara Rystrom, Joyce Stratton
Grundel, Marilyn MacHargue, Syl
via Geese, Nancy Copeland and
Nan Carlson. i
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Mary James
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Beth Keenan
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Kay Skinner Gail Walling
Economic Aid:
Sixty-Three Per Cent Win
Posted By Debate Team
After a full year of arguing the
relative merits of the question
"Resolved that the United States
should discontinue direct econom
ic aid to . foreign nations," most
University debaters will tell you
that it shouldn't.
The negative side of this na
tional debate question won a far
greater percentage of the time,
according to Don Olson, director
of Debate.
k The debate team wound up its
regular season of debating with
a total of 213 debates, of which it
won 135 and lost 78, according to
Olson.
The team of Sara Jones and
Nancy Copeland had the best rec
ord ontne squad, with a total of
2H won and eleven lost.
Highlighting the season was the
winning of the sweepstakes trophy
at Southwestern University and the
winning of the women's division at
the same tournament by Miss Cope
land and. Miss Jones.
0.ther highlights of the season:
Barbara Bacon and Marial
Wright were undefeated at the
Hastings Beginning Tournament.
Miss Bacon and Sandra Reim-
ers were the only undefeated team
at the South Dakota tournament.
At the Northwestern tournament,
Miss Jones and Miss Copeland
qualified for the quarter finals.
Miss Jones and Miss Copeland
were the only undefeated team at
Southwestern the tournament
which they won.
The University accumulated the
highest number of sweepstakes
points at their own tournament,
although they had been declared
trophy, won by Northwestern Col
lege. At the St. Thomas tournament,
Miss Jones and Miss Copeland,
and Miss Bacon and Miss Reimers
were defeated in the semi-final
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Courtesy Lincoln Journal
Rifle Champ Al Mart
(See Story at Right)
Zoology Speaker
Dr. Robert Wagner, professor of
Zoology at the University of Texas,
University Genetics Institute Visit
ing Lecturer, will speak Wednes
day at 4 p.m. in the Keim Hall
auditorium on "Autocatalysis and
Heterocatalysis," Thursday at 4
p.m. in Moril! Hall auditorium on
"Gene Action," end Friday at 4
p.m. in Keim Hall auditorium on
Gene Interaction."
Nrbraskaa Phot
Emily Hemphill
Nebraska! PhM
Betty Branch
Nebraskan Phot Nebraskan Phot
Mary Keyes Janet Kuska
Nebraskan Phot Nebraska Phot
Rita Jelinek Meyer Barbara Rystrom
rounds of the women's division.
In individual competition, spon
stred by Bruce Kendall, assist
ant professor of speech, the fol
lowing important vects were won:
At the University of South Da
kota, Don Montgomery took" su
perior honors in. extemporaneous
speaking. Miss Reimers rated su
perior in oratory and Ken Snider
rated superior in discussion.
At the Southwestern tournament,
Dick Andrews won extemporane
ousjspeaking and Jere McGaffy
took third. Miss Copeland and Dick
Shugrue progressed to the finals
ir interpretative reading.
At the Midland Tournament,
Miss Jones took third in oratory
and she won oratory at the Den
ver competition.
At the Nebraska Tournament,
the University won a superior rat
ing in every event. "
Ernie Hines rated in discussion.
Miss Copeland in interpretive read
ing, Miss Jones in oratory and
Miss McGaffy in debate and ex
temporaneous speaking.
One more tournament remains
on the schedule of events, accord
ing to Olson. The Missouri Valley
Conference, which debates on a
different question than the regu
lar season, will be held next week
fit Kansas University.
Pistol Champion:
Featured
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The U.S. National Pistol Shoot
ing Champ, Al Mart, will be fea
tured at the first All University
Stag which will be held , in the
Union Ballroom on March 27 at 7
p.m.
Mart will stag an exhibition of
15 minutes in length demonstrat
ing to the men present the skill
which won for him the title of
Nat'l. Pistol Shooting Champ. He
will also ask for volunteers from
the audience and shoot a cigarette
out of their mouth.
The special attraction of the
evening will be a two-out-of-three
faH professional wrestHng match
between "Terrible" Mike Dibiase
and Joe Dusek. Both are alumni
of the University and Dibiase is
now Texas Wrestling Champion.
Former AIl-American Center at
the University, Tom Novak, will
attempt to referee this grudge
match between two former team
mates of his on the University's
football squad. .
Men attending the Stag will alst)
have an opportunity to look at the'
latest Spring Ivy Day Fashions
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A man's shirt, suit, tie, shoes,
hat and socks will be given away
as door prizes.
To finish out the evening a cold
smorgasbord of assorted meats,
cheeses, salads and rekshes will
be prved.
Tickets for the Stag are on sale
from Horse representatives and at
the Union.
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