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Concert music will fill the
ballroom of the Student Union
at 7:30 p.m. Thursday when
au members of the three mu
sic sororities present a con
cert to climax I-S Week.
Forty members of Phi Mu
Epsilon, Sigma Alpha Iota
and Delta Omicron will parti
cipate in the vocal and instru
mental program.
The program opens with
"A Ceremony of Carol" by
Benjamin Britten, directed by
Sharon Smith. Included will
be "Procession," "There Is
No Rose," "Spring Carol,"
"As Dew in Aprille," and Deo
Gracias." Sue Stehl and Ann
Blomqulst will be soloists for
"Spring Carol."
For the instrumental num
' bers a woodwind quartet com
posed of Gretohen Blum,
Carol Crandell, Shacon Smith
and Marion Miller will play
"Quartet;' by Prof. Donald
Lentz.
The flute quartet composed
of Sonia Copenhaver, Annie
Olson, Gretchen Blum and
Eunice McCosh will play
"Quatuor de Flutes," "Pom
peux," and "Avec Entrain
Mais sans Precipitation."
The second choral group,
"Messe Basse," will be di
rected by Terrie Smith. Lucy
Robertson will be the soloist
for "Kyrie." Other numbers
will be "Sanctus," "Benedic
tus" and "Agnus Del." 1
A duo-piano team of Cyn
thia Hansen and Mary Ra
mage will play "Themi with
Variations for two Pianos"
and "Ma Mere L'Oye "
Joyce Johnson will direct
the concluding choral suite,
"Rosemary." Titles include and "To Rosemary on the
"Chemical Analysis," A Sad Methods by Which She Might
Song," "A Nonsense Song" Become an Angel."
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Vol. 34, No. 21
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA
Wednesday, October 21, 1959
Girls' Dorm
Will Elect
4 Officers
Joyce Turnbull and Ericka
Starck will contend today for
presidency of the Women's
Residence Halls.
Candidates for vice presi
dent are Bette Bjorkland and
Deanne Dietrich. Nominees
for the secretarial position in
clude Brenda Kaufman, Syl
via Rodehorst and Anne
Christy. Kathy Alma, Shirley
Simmons and Kathy Paulman
are the candidates for treasurer.
Election rules state that the
position of president is open
only to junior and senior girls.
Secretary and treasurer posi
tions are open to freshman,
sophomores and upperclass
women. All candidates must
meet the regular voting quali
fications. All residents of the Wom
en's Residence Halls are eligi
ble to vote. Voting will be held
in the main hall of the dorm.
MUSIC INTERSOROR1TY CONCERT -Thursday night
will climax I-S Week when a mass concert will be given
by the 40.members of three music sororities. Presidents
(from left) Sharon Smith. Delta Omicron; Marcia Weich
el, Sigma Alpha Iota; Cynthia Hansen, Mu Phi Epsilon,
and Emanuel Wtshnow, chairman of the music depart
ment, arc in charge of the event.
Nineteen
Get Honors
At Dinner
i
Outstanding Un
versity home economics stu
dents were recently honored
at the annual Ellen H. Rich
ards dinner in the Student
Union.
Pins or engraved spoons
were presented to 19 girls
for their participation in var
ious activities of the Home
Economics Club at Ag Col
lege. ,
Mary Walters received a
$300 scholarship award from
the Borden Co. Foundation;
The award is given annually
to the senior home economics
student who has maintained
the highest grade averrre in
her class for her first three
years in college.
Those recognized for out
standing club work were:
Gladys Rolfsmeyer, Janet
Umland, Clare Vrba, Caryl
Craven, Marilyn Clark, Vera
Egger, Joan Nissen, Nina
Hundon, Madge H a u m o n t.
Sharon Ramage.
Rosemary Kuhl, Mary
Anne Weber, Mrs. i Max
(Tryka) Waldo, Virginia Sor
tai, Alma Heuermann, Mrs.
Gerald (Venna Lou) Bishop,
Val Jean Bednar and Ro
Jean Stich.
Mass Builders
Meeting Tonight
Builders will hold a mass
meeting tonight at 7:30 in
the Student Union. All those
who signed up for Builders
at Activity Mart should at
tend, according to Dick Bas
oco, president.
Workers should check the
Union Bulletin board for the
room, Basco said.
Refresh ments will be
served.
Committee chairmen and
assistants will hold their regu
lar meeting tonight at 7 in 349
Student Union.
Dr. Adam Breckenridge,
dean of faculties, will speak.
Official Or Not:
Many Cornhuskers
Will Be Migrating
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. By Jacque Janecek
Missouri, here we come!
Official or not, many Nebraska students plan an out
ing this weekend in Columbia.
Even the 100-member University marching band plans
to watch Missouri-Nebraska football, and Chancellor Clif
ford Hardin has tentative plans to attend.
But classes will not be dismissed.
'Against Policy'
According to Dean of Student Affairs J. P. Colbert,
"The general policy of the University is against excusing
classes for this type of thing."
He said, hours at the Women's Residence Halls and or
ganized houses would remain the same as for usual week
ends and that students would be "on their own" during the
unofficial migration.
Colbert pointed out that migrations used to be arranged
with the University and a local railroad when a train car
was chartered to make the trips.
These were usually one-day migrations, leaving the
day of the game.
"Better highway travel cut down the number of stu
dents going by train and eventually eliminated the char
tered car," Colbert said.
Tuesday totals from the office of A. J.' Lewandowski,
athletic business manager, show 700 Cornhusker students
have purchased ?4 tickets for Missouri's homecoming, game.
Says Lewandowski, "We have 300 more tickets and will
sell until they're gone.
Buy at Missouri
"If students don't get them here they can buy them at
the Missouri stadium," he added. His office is in the Coli
seum. The business manager also reminded that Missouri
game time is 1:30 p.m., instead of the usual 2 p.m.
"The Missouri Safety Patrol requested the change to
give more post-game driving time before dark," Lewan
dowski said.
According to Jack Snider, assistant professor of music,
the Nebraska band will leave Lincoln by train at 11:55 p.m.
Friday and will stop in Kansas City Saturday morning.
They'll present a pre-game show as well as a six-minute
number at half-time.
Short Show
"We'll enter with the Missouri band to play the nation
al anthem, but our half-time show will be short since it
will be their Homecoming show," he added. Nebraska's
numbers, precision presentations, will include "March
Grandioso" and "March National Emblem."
Snider said the band would spend Saturday night in
Kansas City and return to Lincoln by train, arriving about
8 a.m., Sunday.
In addition to Donald Lentz, band director, and Snider,
instructors who will accompany the band will be Wesley
Reist and John Moran.
Another Nebraskan making the. trip wil be Ed Hirsch,
assistant public relations director.
Lab Productions:
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Love, Sex aijd Hobos
Furnish Play Topics
Three unusual presenta
tions will be given Nov. 12
13 by the Laboratory Theatre.
The one-act plays include
two written by noted play
writers and one by a Univer
sity graduate student. They
will be presented by students
enrolled in the advanced act
ing and directing classes.
, ilello There'
"Hello, Out There", is the
brief .saga of a young man
jailed for a crime he didn't
commit. Eric Prewitt plays
the man jailed on rape
charge". He meets and falls
in love with a young girl
(Pat Burney) who cooks for
the jail prisoners.
But as they plan escape
and flight together, the hus
band (Jim McDonald), whose
wife (Julie Williams) claimed
the assault, kills the prison
er. The girl returns to find
her love dying.
' The play was written
by William Saroyan, who re
ceived a Pulizer Prize for his
play "The Time of- Your
Life".
Others In Play
Also appearing in "Hel
lo" is Gary Kramer. The play
is directed by Leanne Jensen
with Luther Frost as produc
tion manager.
, The second of the series is
Anton Chekhov's "The Boor",
It provides a marked con
trast from "Hello" in that
"Boor" is a funny farce. Di
rector John Wilson' said the
theme was "the eternal bat-
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Queen Voting Sets Record
With 1,680 Ballots Cast
By Karen Long
The largest election ever
for Homecoming Queen Mon
day saw 1,680 ballots cast dur
ing the all-day election, ac
cording to Gil Grady of the
Student Council elections
committee.
The total was well above
last year's vote of 950.
However, about five per
cent of the ballots were in
validated for reasons of num
bering first, second and third
choice, or for voting for enher
one, two ,or four candidates
instead of the specified three,
Grady said.
. 'Tremendous Intersr
Jack Nielsen, Student Coun
'cil president, said, "Interest
was tremendous this year to
what it was at last year's
election. It is unfortunate that
it had to be marred by an in
eligibility mixup when it
could have so easily been
avoided if simple rules had
been followed," he added.
Nielsen said that he hoped
the election would give , the
honor and prestige that a
Homecoming Queen should
have.
Kathy Roach, Council sec
ond vice president in charge
of elections said, "The setup
is a great improvement over
former years," and added
that she , was confident any
difficulties not cleared up this
year could be eliminated in
future years.
"It was certainly bigger
land better than last year,"
Miss Roach added.
Three candidates will be
called from the pep rally au
dience at the Thursday eve
ning coronation in front of
the Student Union. Last
year's queen, Helen Hock
about, will then crown the
new queen.
No one will know the re
sults until the minute they
are announced except for the
counting committee composed
of Grady; Jane Savener, Tas
sels president, and Miss Ros
alie Giffhorn, faculty adviser.
The change to a .Thursday
night presentation is a result
of the request of the houses
last year. They felt that the
NU Students Say Hovey
Statements Don 't Apply
The following U th wrond anil last
part ol aff article concerning statement
made by a Western Maryland College
professor, Richard B. Hovey.
Hovev rharKed "abominable slopniness,
student goldbricking, low literacy at the
master's level and pressure on teachers"
all as threats to national educational
Yesterday's story gave background and
faculty views. Today's story contains
student Comment.
By Dick Stuckey
Freshman consistently re
marked that ttteir English
classes espocia'ly Freshman
English composition) in
volved, the most study
and concentration. One sur
prised young coed remarked
that she saw no chance for
"abominable sloppiness" in
English as proven by the re
turn of her first two themes.
When asked if he . thought
there was a chance to slip
by in courses by discovering
some minimum of work and
study which would suffice for
a passing grade, a Lincoln
freshman answered convic
ingly. "Not when a theme a week
makes your English 3 grade,
and when my Poli Set in
structor gives 75 of the
class downs!"
Tom Eason, junior math
and economics major, said,"
I don't think he could sup
port the statement. It may
be true in places, but I really
think he is all wet. It de
pends on the individual.
The number who try to get
by this way is small. I don't
think Dr. Hovey can gener
alize like this,"
"Some courses can be
passed without much effort,"
said Sharon Quirm, senior
English major. "It depends
on the course and the indi
vidual. On the whole, all
courses take some work and
in English, no course can be
passed without a good deal
of study."
Freshman Ken Fouts dis
agreed with Hovey's opinion.
Fouts stated "English is the
hardest, but all subjects re
quire studying and a lot of
it."
Mac Olmslead, freshman,
thought v"this sluffing off de
pends on the individual. . If a
person developed good study
habits in high school he pos
sibly could get by in some
courses.
"Persons with average in
telligence could "get through"
if they have developed good
study habits. English is prob
ably the most difficult subject
I have to study like heck on
English, but still it depends
on the individual."
'Not Improbable
"It's 'not improbable that
a few people can slip by in
many courses," said John
Nolan, Arts and Sciences
freshman.
"However, I thoroughly dis
agree with Hovey's state
ment: The average Ameri
can college student knows he
will get by unless unforgive
ably negligent. From what
I've seen, I'm sure it's not
possible especially at Nebraska."
Dr. Dudley Bailey, associ
ate professor of English, said
that the "likelihood of stu
dents slipping through fresh
man English is very improb
able. Courses are tougher
now at the University we
have "beefed them up" be
cause of a general feeling of
people teaching in colleges
that we haven't been as tough
als we should have been."
'Right Treatment'
Dr. Curtis M. Elliott, pro
fessor of economies' and in
surance, said he "would horri
bly disagree with the guy.
Most students come to learn
something, and if treated
right, will learn something."
Elliott added "I think it
could be that Hovey drew
conclusions without facts at
all. He's like a good many
people in college today;
they are always talking about
the scientific method and
then ignoring the facts."
In reply to the question
"Can a freshman slip by?",
George Tutt, first year engi
neering student from Al
liance, said:
"It would be easier to an
swer that at the end of the
semester. My last chem test
looks like I'm trying it."
Tutt added, "Seriously,
you can t get by in any
course if you don t put out.
And, anyone guilty of Hov
ey's charges is wasting their
time and money in college
anyway."
Allinglon .Tops in ECMA Competition
Award Goes to 'Stomach' Article
First place honors for the
best technical, article pub
lished in an engineering" col
lege magazine last year have
been awarded to a University
student.
Bob AHington, Lincoln grad
student in electrical engineer
ing, received the award dur
ing the National Engineering
College Magazine Assn. con
vention held Oct. 8-10 at Penn
State.
Allington's article, "What's
the Stomach Pressure?"
which was published in the
May issue of the "Nebraska
Blueprint," also received first
place when presented as a
technical paper in both local
and district AIEE competi
tions. 1
The author discussed an
electronic instrument, de
signed and built by himself,
which enables the stomach
pressure of an animal to be
continuously observed and re
corded without 'the awareness
of the animal.
Attached Apparatus
According to AHington, "An
animal will tend to try to es
cape from any apparatus that
is attached to it, and if the
animal is disturbed, the di
gestive processes will be dis
turbed. "The problem is solved by
inserting -a small radio trans
mitter into the stomach of the
animal and transmitting pres
sure data to a remotely lo
cated recorder."
Honorable mention f o r the
best single magazine cover
went to Chuck Burda, art di
rector of the Blueprint and
a member of ASME and Kapi
pa Sigma. The cover, which j
appeared on the April issue
of "Nebraska Blueprint," fea-,
tured a mobile designed to
direct attention to E-Week.
Third place awards for the
best art-work covers all year
went to Gary Frenzel, Jeff
Vandeberg and Bob Hanna
who each-did one apiece and
Chuck Burda who did five.
Evaluate Issues
At the end of each school
year, editors of the 56 mem
ber magazines of ECMA eval
uate their issues and select
the entries to be submitted in
the national competition.
Awards are presented to the
participating magazine rath
er than directly to the con
tributors. According to Carroll No
vicki, editor of the "Blue
print," students may pur
chase subscriptions to the
magazine Oct. 26-30 from
members of the engineering
societies for $1.50.
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ARTICLE AWARDS Carroll Novicki (left), editor of the
Nebraska Blueprint, is shown with Bob AHington (center)
and Chuck Burda who received awards during a recent
Engineering College Magazines Assn. convention.
Queen should have more pub
licity. Election Time
Also a big change was the
election time. Previously,
votes were cast after the can
didates were announced at a
Friday night rally preceding
the Saturday game.
Tassels felt the voting after
the announcement would cut
down campaigning and poli
ticking. However, the long
lines discouraged people from
voting.
In 1956 Tassels and Student
Council debated election pro
cedures from September to
January whjn it was decided
that any University .woman
should be eligible to be a can
didate. Previously candidates
were limited to Tassel mem
bers and in some years can
didates were selected only by
them.
No Clause
The Council checked the
Tassels' constitution in 1956
and found that there was no
clause that mentioned Home
coming or the Queen's elec
tions. That year the legal
clause was added.
Tassels felt that when the
contest was limited to Tassel
members she was being re
warded for work that had
been done in promoting school
spirit.
The Queen, of this year will
have a longer, less hectic
reign than most have had.
Each of the five candidates in
1956 had responsibilities
which included window dis
plays, posters, dance invita
tions, ticket sales, decorating
the Coliseum, the morning
parade and practicing with
the band, besides graciously
presiding at the ceremonies.
In 1942 only sorority women
could file for "Pep Queen"
who was elected at the Satur
day evening dance. The Daily
Nebraskan that vear stated
that the battle in previous
years was between affiliated
and unaffiliated women.
For many years the Queen
was not presented until the
dance while the Queen from
the previous year presided at
the game.
Sales Good
On Tickets
For Dance
Not everyone is planning to
spend all their money in Mis
souri this weekend. Corn Cobs
say that Hi-Lo tickets are
moving remarkably fast.
The Homecoming weekend
concludes with the quartet
show at the Homecoming
dance Saturday evening.
Similar to NU
The Hi-Lo's in appearance
may compare to students
found at NU after they realize
that all downs are out and
they've missed the list. As in
dividuals they are said to be
boyish, eager and sunny.
And if it is the coed who b
attracted to neat dressers,
they are said to affect the Ivy
League type without really
understanding it.
Gene Puerling, leader and
arranger, shrewdly twinkles
his eyes and humorously pulls
out many old briars, it is said.
Straight Singer
Bob" Morse, the straight
singer of the bunch, who in
his spare time is given to
deadpan antics, guarantees to -bring
a smile to the dourest
face. He also is known for his
outlandish costumes.
Clark Burroughs, the per
sonality boy, leads the com-.,
plicated musical phrases.
Bob Strasen rounds out the
personnel and is known to be
"just Strass."
The four will fly in on
Homecoming afternoon and
will be entertained by seyeral
campus groups during their
stay. Tickets are available "
from Cobs and Tassels for $3.
Ticket Selling
Begins Thursday
Foreign film tickets go on
sale Thursday.
in the Student Union or
through house representa
tives. Prices will be $4 for
students, $5 for faculty and $6
for patrons in town.
This year's series will fea
ture 12 films. They are pre
sented on Wednesday even
ings at the Nebraska Theater