U) 0) TO r I u LTL nv1 U15 Vol. 45, No. 59 LINCOLN 8, NEBRASKA Tuesday, February 26, 1946 eteirams to Press out A constitution and charter will be presented for consideration of all veterans at their meeting at 7 p. m. tonite in the Union ball room. The steering committee, who drafted the documents at a meet ing Monday nite, urge all vet erans to attend this conference. Dean T. J. Thompson, in charge of student affairs, has indicated that the club will not be allowed to function unless it is representa tive of veterans. At least one third of the veterans enrolled should belong, according to Dean Thompson. Identification Cards Necessary Veterans must present their stu dent identification cards to gain admittance to the meeting. The steering committee is com posed of the following men: Rich ard Sinsel, Nelson Parrish, Lester Reutter, Edward Mueller, Joe Coeds Express Labor Beliefs Evidence that UN coeds have definite opinions on current labor p'roblems was shown by the varied answers given to the ques tion, "Is labor justified in its recent demands?" which was asked in a poll Monday. Those who favored higher wages and a shorter working week, such as Ruth Swanson, Ruth Goldberg and Shirley Di mond, felt that laborers are not paid enough . to meet the high cost of living and that industry should not benefit entirely but should share profits with work ers. Sylva Lasher and Marcia Civin, both pro-labor, cited ex amples in which they felt labor ers were drastically underpaid and industry was making a huge profit. Virginia Demel, who is op posed to labor's demands, stated, "Higher wages lead to higher prices. Higher prices lead to higher wages. It's a circle to in flation." Lynne Willie, Shirley Campbell and Ann Reinhard believed that the workers would not benefit from higher wages because prices would rise also. They felt that the white collar worker would really be the loser since his wages would remain stationary and prices would go up. Barbara Hockenberger called striking mass hysteria and said that the worker did not realize the impossibility of obtaining such high demands. Maryann Meyer and Tootsie Campen were convinced that labor really did need higher wages and shorter hours but that they should be willing to com promise for a lower rate. Ruth Bricknell considered labor in need of better conditions but said "instead of higher wages, labor should work for lower prices." Sinfonia Holds Second of New Harmony Hours Second in a renewed series of Sinfonia harmony hours this aft ernoon at 4 o'clock in the Union music room will feature music by Mendelssohn, Schubert and Schu mann. Included will be Fingal's Cave Overture and War March of the Priests from Athalic, by Mendels-sohn-Bartholdy, as well as The Two Grenadiers by Schumann and Symphony No. 8 in B Minor (un finished) by Schubert. Next week's program will in clude music of Liszt and Berlioz. Coed Follies Ticket Sales Ticket for Coed Follies will be on sale during the doom hour on Tuesday and Wednesday in the Union, according to Eleanor KnolL Bolker, Don Kimmel and Chick Mitchell. The possibilities of a new cam pus power being developed as a result of this meeting is a prom inent topic of discussion among university students. The number of veterans enrolled total 2,400, which is over one-third of the entire student body. Wilcox, Trade Head, Speaks At Next Convo Clair Wilcox, director of the office of International Trade Pol icy in the department of state, will speak on "The Proposed Loan to Britain" in an all-university convocation Monday, March 4, in the Union ballroom at 2 p. m. Wilcox, who is on leave of ab sence from Swarthmore college where he is professor of eco nomics, will conduct a question and answer period following his talk. Received Two Degrees. Professor Wilcox received two degrees, B. S. and M. A., from the University of Pennsylvania and an M. A. degree from Ohio State college. He is a Phi Beta Kappa and is affiliated with the conference on Price Research and the American Association of Uni versity Professors. Judges Give High Sating To Speakers Thirteen university students won excellent ratings in the sixth annual speech conference" held here Feb. 22 and 23. Gladys Grothe and Mary Dye were rated excellent in both dis cussion and debate. Genene Mitchell and John Basarich were the other recipients in discussion. Debaters receiving excellent rat ings included Don Kline, Ted Sor ensen, Gene Haugse, Dean Wiley, Betty Jeanne Holcomb, Jackie Wightman, Ardith Smith and Col leen Kahoa. Four of these stu dents needed but a fraction of a point to gain entrance into the superior bracket. The debate team will travel to Austin, Tex., on March 28, for the Missouri Valley meet and their final competition of the year. Tasssls SeBecS: J)y Worairaoa EDeme! fa" ffffice Joy Hill, this year's Tassell secretary, Monday was elected president of the club with Virginia Demel as vice president. They succeed Gerry McKinsey," president, and Victoria Chilquist, vice president. Other new officers selected included Mary Cox, secre tary; Harriet Quinn, treasurer; Lorraine Zahn, publicity chairman; and Marian Campen, notifications chairman. Miss Hill this year held three secretaryships, in Tassels, Coed Counselors and Student Foundation. Miss Demel is treasurer of her sorority, social chairman of the Y.W.C.A., Cornhusker staff member, and AWS Board Lists Point Evaluation With spring elections for most major organizations planned in the near future, student women are reminded of the curricular activities point system "adminis tered by the A.W.S. board, Made line Holtzscherer, president, said Monday. Activities are pointed on a scale of A, B and C, according to the responsibilities involved in spe cific positions. One may carry any of the following combinations of activities: (a) One A and one B and one C; (b) two Bs and two Cs; (c) three Bs: (d) one B and three Cs; or (e) four Cs. Membership. In any combination, a lesser activity may be substituted for a greater activity, but a greater ac tivity may not be substituted for a lesser activity. In case a woman has a position in an organization listed in this system, membership in that or ganization will not be counted separately. Membership in one or ganization by virtue of a respon sibility in a second organization included in the system shall not be counted separately (i. e., presi dents' council). "A" activities include: President of Ag Y.W.C.A., B.A.B.W., A.W.S., Coed Counselors, Home Ec club, Mortar Board, Student Council, Student Foundation, Tassels, W.A.A., and Y.W.C.A., Director of A.U.F., editor or business man ager of Cornhusker or Nebraskan, governor of residence halls, and business manager of University Theater. B Activities. "B" activities include: President of ag executive board, Panhel lenic, or organized house, ag or city Y.W.CA. cabinet member, A. U.F. treasurer, board member of B. A.B.W., Coed Counselors, or A.W.S. ; Coed Counselor charm school or book review chairman, Cornhusker managing editor or as sistant business manager, Home Ec club board member, Nebraskan managing editor, sports editor, news editor, assistant business manager, organized house pledge trainer, member student council (See POINTS, pate 2.) Masquers Hold Play Contest Scripts for the original one-act play contest sponsored by Ne braska Masquers, theater honor ary, must be turned in to room 153, Temple, by March 6, student-writers were reminded today by Blanche Duckworth, Masquer president. The two best plays, in the opin ion of the judges, will be pre sented at the first annual all-state speech festival here April 5. Au thors will receive $25 awards, and retain full rights. Correct Form. Plays must be submitted in cor rect, double-spaced, typewritten manuscript form, no longer than 40 minutes in length, the name of the author not appearing on the manuscript. The author will submit his name and address in a sealed envelope attached to the script. Any student enrolled in the university may participate in the contest, which is planned to be an annual affair. Paging Miss Lee Guan Way-Letter At YWCA Office Does anyone know Miss Lee Guan Way or her sisters? Addressed to Miss Lee Guan Way, Sisters, University of Ne braska, Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S.A., a letter from Shanghai was re ceived at the Registrar's office. It was sent to Miss Taylor's office at Ellen Smith hall, and is being held for her there. If Miss Way does not claim it, the letter will have to be returned to China. So if you "know her, tell her. Surplus Po"gi3irty Act Revision f!! fiM Dean Roy M. Green of the Col lege of Engineering announced Saturday that a chance for the university to purchase surplus war equipment for instructional use was offered last week when Rep. Carl T. Curtis of Nebraska introduced an amendment to the Surplus Property act. The amendment would enable educational institutions to pur chase surplus war property at minimum cost and would particu larly benefit the engineering, chemistry, and physics depart ments of the university. Dean Roy M. Green of the College of En gineering has been seeking the amendment in co-operation with the Educational Buyers Associa tion and the Society for the Pro motion of Engineering Education. Present Law. Under the present law all sur plus war property at Nebraska bomber and ordnance plants, and at abandoned airfields, will re vert to the Reconstruction Finance Corporation on March 15 where it will be placed on sale. Educa tional institutions will be able to purchase the property for "mar- - - Front Tb Lincoln Journal. DEAN GREEN. ket value less 40 percent dis count. After March 15 the university and other educational institutions will be unable to purchase much needed equipment because the market values will be "tremend ously inllated" under the RFC setup. University to Benefit. Dean Green said at prewar prices, with the usual university discount, it would cost $615,000 to "replace worn out materials and give us enough equipment to ade quately instruct the large number of veterans" in the Engineering college alone. He said Mechanical Engineering college needed $200, 000 worth of equipment, physics $30,000, chemistry $25,000, en gineering mechanics $100,000, chemical engineering $70,000, and civil engineering $40,000. ' "We know where we can ob tain at an abandoned war plant, laboratory tables sufficient to equip the testing laboratory of the chemical engineering build ing. They would cost the univer sity normally about $20,000. If the Surplus Property Act amend ment is passed speedily we will be able to obtain this excellent sec ond hand equipment. It we have to operate througt the RFC setup, however, the cost will just simply be prohibitive," Dean Green stressed. served this year as publicity chair man of Tassels. New officers of the honorary pep organization, which is the local chapter of Sigma Chi Phi, will take office at installation services next Monday. Tassels act as the " University's service organization, selling year books and tickets, ushering, spon soring Homecoming and pep rallies in conjunction with the Corncobs. Applications Due March 1 For Awards March 1 is the final date for applications for the Donald W. Miller scholarships and the Frank lin E. and Orinda M. Johnson faculty fellowships, which have been offered to students and faculty for the next academic year. A student must be above the freshman year in any of the schools or colleges of the uni versity in order to qualify for the Donald W. Miller award. Can didates are recommended on the basis of exceptional scholastic ability as well as financial need, and must be registered in the university during the present semester. Three Scholarships. There will be three or more scholarships of $750 available for the next academic year, and these awards do not carry remission of tuition. Students may obtain applica tions at the office of the dean of their college, and these appli cations should be accompanied by a letter from the student includ ing a detailed statement concern ing educational and professional objectives. The scholarship com mittee also requests several per sonal letters from one or two staff members in support of the applications, the letters to be sent under separate cover. Each dean or director may rec ommend two candidates to the Donald W. Miller scholarship committee. The final date for nominations from deans is March. 15. Faculty Fellowships. The Franklin E. and Orinda M. Johnson faculty fellowship pro vides faculty members with an opportunity for full-time scholarly and research pursuits. Members of the faculty who hold the rank of instructor or aboe are eligible for the fellowship, which will not be granted for the purpose of pur suing work for advanced degrees. The University Research coun cil, in Sosh 102, will provide an application form, and the fellow ship will be awarded on the recommendation of the same or ganization. All applications must be received at the graduate office before March 1, and the award will b"e granted on or before April 1. Statement of Results. Each recipient must submit to the council for record a brief (See AWARDS, page 3.) Nebraskan Reporters There will be a reporters meeting In the Daily Nebras kan office, Union basement, Wednesday at 1 p.m., accord -inr to Betty Lou Huston, We brasku editor. t i, J- I.; l; 1 4 ! ; y t i ? 1 l- l X. i r t h t , f : f r