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Vol. 34, No. 89
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA
Wednesday, March 30, 1960
3 MEN ON A BUS The three standing
gentlemen and one lady are making like
a bus. That's so Erwin can dope out a few
borses to put them all in the dough. As
Erwln (Kent Broadhurst) says, "I can't
figure them out just sitting here. I've al
Joe Knoll Is
KK President
...Twelve Members Elected
Joe Knoll was elected pres
ident of Kosmet Klub Tues
day, succeeding Vern Feye.
Newly elected vice presi
dent is Archie Clegg, who
succeeds Dave Godbey.
Gary Hill replaces Larry
Romjue as business manager
and Jim Cadwallader suc
ceeds Bob Theede as secre
tary. Milt Schmeeckle was
named chairman of the Fall
Revue for 1960, and Dick
Masters was picked to chair
an the 1961 spring show.
Twelve new members were
also elected into the Klub.
They were picked from the
sophomore workers.
New members are Neil
Ferguson, Steve Gage, Mar
shal Kuhr, Al Plummer, Jim
Samples, Dick Sherfey, Jerry
Gale, Deon Stuthman, Bob
Geisler, Dick Nelson, John
Schroeder and Mike Milroy.
The new officers are all
members of the junior class.
Knoll is in the College of
Business Administration, a
member of Phi Kappa Psi
and is slated for vice presi
dent of the Interfraternity
Council.
Clegg is in the College of
Agriculture, a member 'of
FarmHouse, vice president of
the Ag Union activities board
and chairman of Spring Day.
Hill is in the College of
Terrace Ranked
Top Grade-Wise
Terrace Hall stopped Love
Memorial Hall's attempt to
regain the scholastic honors
by receiving the highest
scholastic average for or
ganized houses for first se
mester. Terrace Hall's average was
Union Post
Applications
Soon Due
Applications for Student Un
ion advisory board positions
are due Friday in the Union
activities office.
Interviews for the 10 areas
which are included in the
program will be Saturday be
ginning at 9 a.m. in the Stu
dent Union. The interviewing
board will consist of four
members of the Student Coun
cil nominating committee, six
members of the Student Un
ion activities board and two
holdover members of this
year's Advisory Board.
The 10 selected will repre
independent women, indepen
dent men, Women's Residence
Halls, Men's Residence Halls,
students, commuter students
and foreign students.
Crosby To Talk
At Nixon-Seaton
Meet Thursday
Lincoln attorney and for
mer governor Robert B.
-Crosby will adre6s the Thurs
day meeting of the ,Unver
sity Nixon-Seaton club.
The meeting will begin at
7 p.m. and will be held in
the Student Union.
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ways done them on a bus." So Zeff Bern
stein, Jim Trester, Don Soliolik, and Kathy
Anderson play bus in "Three Men On a
Horse" opening tonight at 8 p.m. in Howell
Theatre. ,
Business Administration and
a member of Sigma Alpha
Mu.
Cadwallader is in the Col
lege of Arts and Sciences and
a member of Phi Delta The
ta. Schmeeckle is in the Col
lege of Engineering and Ar
chitecture and is vice presi
dent of Theta Xi.
Masters is in the College
of Arts and Sciences, a man
aging editor of the Cornhusk
er, executive vice president
of NUCWA and a master of
ritual of Kappa Sigma.
Spring Sing Planned
By University Singers
The University Singers, un
der the direction of Earl Jen
kins, will present their an
nual Spring Concert on Sun
day in the First Plymouth
Congregational Church at 4
p.m.
The group of 99 voices, rep
resented by all colleges at
the University, will be ac
companied by pianist Kay
Roberts on a large pipe or
gan. The program will include
6.533, according to figures re
leased by the Office of Stu
dent Affairs. Terrace Hall's
average was just a .104 of an
honor point above Love Mem
orial Hall's average of 6.429.
While not receiving the
laurals for the top organized
house, Love Memorial did
take the top average for
women's Co-ops. The top
men's Co-op was Ag Men's
Club with a 5.624 average.
Kappa Alpha Theta with
an average just .001 of a point
below Love Memorial Hall
took the honors for being the
house with the highest aver
age among the sororities. The
Theta's average was 6.428.
The house with the highest
average among the fraterni
ties was Farm House with a
6.159, which topped their win
ning average of first semes
ter last year by only .027 of
an honor point.
YDs To Gather
Thursday Night
Young Democrats will hold
a meeting Thursday at 7 p.m.
in the Small Auditorium in
the Student Union.
Charles Bates, candidate
for governor, will speak to
the group. This is' a return
appearance for Bates by re
quest o f Young Democrat
members.
Bates is a national sales
representative and a Marine
Corps Veteran of World War
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All young Democrats and
other interested persons have
been invited to attend Rob
ert Conrad's birthday party
to be held at the Cornhusker
Hotel Thursday ft 8 p.m.
Conrad is a Democratic
candidate for governor.
Grady Is
Ag Union
President
Gil Grady was elected pres
ident of the Ag Union activ
ities board, last week.
Other officers are Archie
Rhodes, secretary; and Deon
Stuthman, treasurer.
Grady and Clegg are jun
iors in Agriculture and both
members of Farm House fra
ternity. Miss Rhodes is a sophomore
in Home Economics and mem
ber of Chi Omega sorority.
Stuthman is a sophomore in
Agriculture and a member of
Farm House.
Committee chairmen and
assistant chairmen will be an
nounced at an awards ban
quet April 19,
both traditional and modern
music.
Six voices will be featured
in "Serenade to Music" by
R. Vaughn Williams, which
includes works from Shake
speares "Merchant of Ven
ice." The soloists are William
Hatcher, Paula- Knepper,
Amer Lincoln, Kenneth Scef
fel, Roger Schmidt and Jo
celyn Weidner. ,
Another soloist, Louis Law
son, will sing "Anne Laurie"
by Purcell Mansfield.
Other selections are "Four
Slovak Folk Songs" by Mar
tok including unusual har
mony with interesting inter
vals, and "Missa BreviS,"
and original numbers by Rob
ert Beadell, who is assistant
professor of Theory and Com
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Stromer Address
Planned By YRs
Marvin Stromer, candidate
for the legislature from the
19th District, will speak to
Young Republicans Thursday
at 7:30 p.m.
He is former natiorial chair
man of the college YR's and
in 1958 served on the personal
staff of Fred Seaton in the
Department of Interior.
Before graduating from the
University, Stromer served as;
president of Innocents Society'
and was named Outstanding
Nebraskan.
SWING FOR SPRING The temperature
never . rises above the overcoat mark
without a tennis racket appearing. Three
hardy souls braved considerable
hardship that would have stymied lesser
fans. It seems custodians weren't quite as
Big Eight IFC, Panhellenic
Plan Weekend Meet Here
The Big Eight Interfratern
ity Council will hold its third
annual conference on the Uni
versity campus Friday and
Saturday.
Busy Schedule Announced
For Young Demo Session'
Keynote speakers con
gressmen Don McGinley
(Mo.), plus several promin
ent Young Democrat execu
tives from Missouri will be
among those attending the
Young Democrat statewide
workshop, Saturday.
Opening Session
McGinley will speak at the
opening session of the Work
shop Saturday morning at the
Lincoln Hotel.
McGinley served four
years in the Nebraska Legis
lature prior to his election to
the House of Representatives
in 1958. Before entering state
politics he was a lawyer in
Ogallaln and County Attor
ney of Arthur County.
Brown will speak at the
evening banquet to be held
Saturday evening in the Stu
dent Union.
Brown was elected to the
House of Representatives in
1956. He was the first Demo
crat to serve his district in
Brown is a key figure in the
Symington for President cam
paign Coffee Reception
A coffee reception is
planned for Brown and Mc
Ginley at 4 p.m. in the Gar
den Room of the Lincoln
Hotel.
The Young Democrat exec
utives from Missouri include
Willoughby O'Connell, di
rector of the Midwest Confer
ence of Young Democrats;
Jim Maylan, president of the
Counselors
Positions
Available
Filing for Coed Counselor
positions will open today in
the Student Union and Ag
Union, according to Alice
Baumgartner, vice-president
of Coed Counselors.
She said that 80 to 100 girls
are needed and selection will
be made on the basis of appli
cations and interviews.
No previous experience In
counseling is required for be
ing a Coed Counselor. Appli
cants must have a 5.0 accu
mulated average and meet
the general University re
quirements for participation
in activities.
The Counselors hold care
fully planned sessions to offer
help in schedule planning,
study hints, activities and
general orientation to iresh
men women in the fall.
The Counselors also assist
"with registration during New
Student Week and sponsor, in
conjunction with Gold's, a fall
style show following the Ag
barbeque.
Application blanks are
available in 348 Student Un
ion and in the Ag Union start
ing today. Interviews are
scheduled for April 6 from
4-6 p.m. and on April 7 from
3-6 p.m. and 7-9 p.m.
In addition, Panhellenic or
ganizations from the Big
Eight schools will hold a sim
ilar conference at the same
time as the IFC. It is the first
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McGinley
Missouri University Young
Democrats; and Larry Glynn,
key figure on the Committee
On Political Education. They
wUl participate on panel dis
cussions and speak at the
Young Democrat meeting
Saturday afternoon.
The workshop w i 1 1 get un-
Talks, Topics Use
Gimmicks for Cousins
When one has a good prod
uct to sell, probably the most
effective method of selling it
is through advertising.
And that is exactly the way
the Student Union has gone
about informing the campus
of Norman Cousin's appear
ance at the All-University
Convocation in the Coliseum
Friday morning at 11 a.m.
With Cousin's rating as the
number two audience attrac
tion in our nation, his position
as editor of the Saturday
Review and the initials C C
(Counsin's Convocation), the
Talks and Topics committee
set out to broadcast to the
Cousins
Will Speak
Friday at 11
Norman Cousins,, editor of
the Saturday Review, will
speak at an All-University
convocation Friday at 11 a.m.
All classes will be dismissed
for the event. .
"Education and our Foreign
Policy," will be the title of
Cousins address.
In audience interest rank
ings he is rated as America's
number two drawer of
crowds. Only Bennet Cerf
ranks above according to
audience favor.
He has spoken in nearly
every area of America and in
1959 spoke before the Presid
ium of the Soviet Peace Com
mittee in the Soviet Union.
on the ball and gates to the tennis court
were locked. To get In, they crawled over'
the fence. Then, the nets weren't up. Most
of the courts were still damp (2-3 inches of
water) and the onlv dry court had a snow
bank at the north nd. Anyone for hockey?
time that the eight Panhels
have held such a conference.
Representatives
All IFC representatives are
expected, according to Bob
der way early Saturday morn
ing with an opening session
followed by panel discussions
concerning Fund Raising and
Finance, Recruitment of
Workers and Candidates and
Democratic Clubs.
The noon luncheon will be
held at the Lincoln Hotel and
will feature-three to five min
utes speeches by candidates
for governor, the Unit
ed States Senate and the
House of Representatives.
Saturday afternoon activity
will include panels dealing
with Campaign Activity,
Women in Politics, Getting
out the Vote and Fun in Poli
tics for "Victory in '60."
The Workshop banquet will
be held in the Student Union
Saturday night. Brown will
be the main speaker.
The schedule for the day
includes:
8;3Q-2 p.m. Registration
1:15-10:15 a.m. Opening session. Con
gressman McGinley
10:30-11:30 a.m. Panels
12 noon Luncheon State candidates speak
2-3 p.m. Panels
3:15-4 p.m. State YD meeting
4-5 p.m. Reception for Brown. McGinley
fi p.m. Transportation to Student Union.
6:30 p.m. Workshop Banquet. Congress
man Brown.
campus, the city of Lincoln,
the state of Nebraska and
even surrounding states that
Cousins would visit our cam
pus on April Fools Day.
The result has been 300 tent
cards, 30 posters, 300 window
cards, 300 flyers, 1,000 bill
fold cards, two large bill
boards in the Student Union,
a poster display in the library
and Student Union, letters to
schools throughout the state
and organizations in Lincoln,
newspaper publicity through
campus, city, state and sur
rounding state newspapers
and advertising through local
radio stations.
Original ideas for the bill
fold cards and the brilliant
orange stake posters came
from committee members. In
fact, the committee members
are responsible for most of
the publicity "gimmicks"
used.
If the campus doesn't know
that Norman Cousin's will be
featured'at a convocation Fri
day morning it doesn't mean
the Talks and Topics commit
tee didn't advertise the
fact.
See you there!
Tassels Pledge 39 Girls
For 1960 Pepster Squad
Thirty-nine girls were chos
en for Tassels membership at
the Tassels' Tea last Satur
day. They were pledged at
the Tassels' Picnic Monday
evening at Presby House.
New Independent members
include Kay Anderson, Anita
Dunker, Phyllis Jane Fau
quet, Katharine Flynn. Bev
erly Gray, Sola J. Griess,
Mary Ann Kirstein, Shcryll
Legler, Alida Melch, Marilyn
Miller.
Katharine Ollenburg, Judy
Palenz, Carol Pressly, Sara
Sue Springer, Sharon Swan
son, Cleo Lerry, Marilyn Win
ter, toy Lynn Wright, I ma
Gene Beers, Karen Edeal,
Peggy Polk and Grace Reil-
iy.
Sorority members include
Alpha Chi Omega, June
Struve; Alpha Omicron Pi,
Marilyn Waybright and Joyce
Story; Alpha Phi, Linda
Joyce; Alpha Xi Delta, Kar
ne Diedrichs.
Chi Omega, Bel Price; Del
ta Delta Delta, Jeri Johnson;
Delta Gamma, Ann Williams;
Square Dances
University Square Dances
will be held during April at
the Ag Campus Union.
The first is scheduled for
7:30 p.m. Friday and the sec
ond for April 22.
Blair, president, while at
least seven Panhel represent
atives are anticipated.
Main speaker at the two
conferences will be Darrel K.
Troxel, assistant dean of mea
at Oklahoma State Univer
sity, who will address the
combined conferences at a
banquet Saturday evening.
Blair expalined that Deaa
Troxel was selected, 'be
cause Oklahoma State has the
finest Greek system of the
Big Eight schools."
The main phase of the con
ference, Blair said, "is a prac
tical workship for the pur
pose of giving IFC leaders
and representatives an oppor
tunity to interchange exper
iences, ideas and general in
formation with their contem-.
poraries.
"The conference is aimed,"
he continued, "toward mak
ing the local IFC a most
capable instrument in helping
fraternities make the desired
advancement."
Registration for the meet
ing begins at 10 a.m. Friday
and lasts until 2:45 p.m. in
the Student Union.
Chancellor Clifford M.
Hardin will welcome the dele
gates at a general assemly
Friday at 3 p.m. Representa
tives will eat at individual
houses.
Roll call for the members
will begin at 8:30 Saturday
morning. Panels on "various
aspects of the fraternity sys
tem will begin at 9 a.m.
The panels will be led by
the officers of the University
IFC who will be elected to
night, and the present offi
cers of the Big Eight IFC.
Jim Behrends of Oklahoma
State is vice president and
Dave Belote of the University
of Colorado is secretary.
Among the subjects to be
discussed by the panels are
the "IFC Basic Concepts and
Operation," beginning at 9
a.m. and lasting until 10:15;
the "IFC's Role in Rushing,
from 10:30 to 11:45; the
"IFC's Role in Pledge Train
ing," 1:30 to 3 p.m.; and
"Scholarship, How and Why,"
3:15 to 4:30 p.m.
Officers for the coming
year will be elected at the
closing assembly from 4:35 to
5:30 p.m. The new president
will host the conference next
year at his school.
Panhellenic is p 1 a n n i n g
panels on the "Panhellenic
Council and Activities" from
9 to 10:15 a.m.; "Rushing
Activities," 10:30 to 11:15
a.m.; "Pledge Training and
Junior Panhellenic," 1:30 to
2:30 p.m.; and "Scholarship,"
2:45 to 3:45 p.m.
An evaluative and planning
session for next year's con
ference will be held from 4
to 5:30 p.m.
Gamma Phi Beta, Carol
Hodges; Kappa Alpha Theta,
Pipi Campbell and Maribell
Elliot.
Kappa Delta, Nancy Soren
son; Kappa Kappa Gamma,
Barb Ray; Pi Beta Phi, Sal
ley Lancaster; Sigma Kappa.,
Rosann Rost and Zeta Tau
Alpha, Laurie Abernathy and
Judy Wilhite.
Poet Cardi
Discussion
Is Thursday
Joseph Ciardi, distinguished
and controversial poet, critic
and lecturer will discuss
"How Does a Poem Mean,"
Thursday at 8 p.m. in Love
Library auditorium.
On Friday at 3 p.m. he will
also be available to talk with
interested students in 225 An
drews Hall.
Ciardi is poetry editor and
critic for the Satuday Re
view, has authored eight
books and recently had an
article appear in the Satur
day Evening Post.
, He has also won six im
portant literary prizes, the
latest of which was Prix de
Rome in 1956. At present his
is professor of English at
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