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Page 2 THE DAILY NEBRASKAN Sunday, October 13, 1946 EDITORIAL COMMENT J Jul (Daih VkJbAa&karL FORTY-FIFTH TEAS Subscription rates are fl.SO per semester. $2.00 per semester mailed, or 12.00 for the college year. $3.00 mailed, single copy &c. ruonsnea aaiiy curing the school year except Mondays and Saturdays, vacations and examination periods, by the students of the University of Nebraska under the supervision of the Publication Board. Entered as Second Class Matter at the Post Office i- i inmin Mhrka imrfrr Act of Conaresa. March 3. 1879. and at special rate of postage provided for In section 1103, act of October 2, 1917, authorized September 30, 19ZZ. Miter Jtianaatiil Ktlltors New Rdilnras Male Nevetay. Iliyllts Mrtltck krrrlKitn. Sports MHor RIHIMH ST A FT. tw.liwm MaaatM AMlMaat HimlnrM Maaaaera ........ Circulation Manaftr KUITORIAL STAFF. ryh) Trararrien fthlrtfT .India. Man Ho ( iwnwl J aril Btll, Mary ImIm Mamrl, Jmumm Orortt Miller . . . Jim Vaa (.aKdlnrfcaai Durxajr Lather. Bvrun Karalrk , KHIn Jones Proof Positive . For the first time in several years the annual Faculty Homecoming dinner, to be held next Monday night, is a com plete sell-out almost a week in advance. So Chancellor Gus tavson has done it again, and with little or no effort on his part. The dinner, to be attended by 500 faculty members, is an annual affair at which time the Chancellor presents his policies and plans for the coming year. The conclusions to be drawn from this near spectacle are tremendous and def initely reassuring. Dr. Gus now holds in his hand the opportunity to form ulate a strong and cooperative faculty for the University of Nebraska, and in turn, an equally forceful and cooperative student body. Those attending the faculty dinner will be there to meet the new chancellor and to hear his ideas. They are asking him what he has to give, and he won't disappoint them. In fact, he will probably surpass all expectations. Seldom has a new chancellor come to a university under such advantageous conditions. The faculty, the student body and the entire state of Nebraska have accepted him as the leader and fellow worker of a strong and loyal institu tion. By so doing, they have told him that he possesses their confidence and abiding faith. You have the green light, Dr. Gus. We of the university stand with you, not only because you come to us highly recommended, but first, last and always, because you are a human being. Personally Speaking yyilUUjrf'A. rUCOULAu, (pDL&SL BY SAM WARREN. Patrice Munsel proved Friday night that coloratura sopranos as young and attractive as she can still win an audience's heart even if they sing '"Ma Curly Headed Baby" and "Ave Maria" hand running! Singing a program con siderably lengthened by generous encores, she displayed a voice of exceptional clearness and tonal brilliance. Miss Munsel also displayed an engaging stage-presence In which every gesture was studied, and planned for a definite effect. It is not understatement to say that the audience loved it! The audi ence equally enjoyed her three cleverest encores, "Bon jour, ma belle," "When I was Seventeen" and "Mother, Dear.' Audience Satisfied. Embodied in Benedict's "The Wren" and Proch's "Variations on a Theme" were all the coloratura embellishments that the concert goers had come to hear, ably han dled by Miss Munsel. But it was in decidedly less flowery selec tions that her most musicianly singing was done. Rimsky-Kor-sakoffs "Nightingale and the Rose" and Rachmaninoff's som bre "Oh Cease Thy Singing" were rendered in lyric beauty. Miss Munsel saved the one number that best combined her technical excellence with musical intelli gence and feeling until last. It was Violetta's first-act aria from "La Traviata." The light and lovely flute ob ligates provided' by Miss Betty Wood did much to enhance five of Miss Munsel's numbers. In "Oh Cease Thy Singing" the flute was particularly effective for here it did not run parallel to the solo line, but sang against it repeating the soprano's themes. Accompanying Patrice Munsel at all times was Stuart Ross, who has coached Miss Munsel and ac companied each of her concerts since her first professional appearance. H Lambda Theta Will Hear Dr. Archer Biirnham Pi Lambda Theta, honorary teachers college sorority, will meet Tuesday at 7:00 p. m. in the Y. M. room of the Temple build ing. Dr. Archer Burnham, secretary of the Nebraska Education As sociation, will sDeak on "Promised School Amendments" which some before Nebraska voters for elec tion in November. All members are requested to be there accord ing to Joy Hill, publicity chairman. Farmers' Ball . . . (Continued from Page 1.) to attend in informal clothing typ ical of the farm." Men usually wear blue jeans or denim overalls, and the girls ap pear In calico dresses. Thus the name, Farmer's "Formal," may be misleading, warns Ned. Queen Presented. Traditional highlight of the Farmer's Formal is the presenta tion of the Queen and her six at tendants. The Queen is elected by popular vote ot the students. Contrary to previous reports, election of Farmer's Formal Queen and her six attendants will be held Tuesday, in Miss Wheeler's office in Ag Hall from 9 a. m. until 5:30 p. m. Eligible Seniors. A list of eligible seniors will be available at the polls. Each voter must vote for three candidates, and the senior girl receiving the highest number of votes will be chosen Queen, with the next in line being chosen her attendants. All men and women students are eligible to vote for the Queen, just as all students are eligible to at tend the dance. Music will be furnished by Smith Warren, popular orchestra that has played at Student Union dances. Tickets will cost $2 per couple, and the ticket entitles the holder to refreshments. Tickets may be obtained from the Ag executive board, and also in the Student Union office, and Ag Hall. Activities Hall will be -lecorat- ed with a surprise theme, ac cording to Raun. , During the next week you'll not -only be confronted with Cobs and Tassels continuing their sale of the 1947 Cornhusker, but also you're going to be asked to con tribute to the AUF fall drive, so to check any groans you might be nurturing we want you to get the straight facts from one who knows. Mary Claire Phillips, di rector of AUF. As to the sale of the 1947 Cornhusker, the pep kids have probably convinced you by now that you can t go wrong by purchasing a Cornhusker (and right away, while they last), but if they haven't, well, we'll pay a visit to ye olde editor, Merrill Shutt Grant, soon ,and pass the good word on to you. . Now to AUF. "What needs to be stressed, of course," began Mary Claire, "is the need for each stu dent to contribute to the drives. The All University Fund, as you know, combines the various cam paigns that raise fund for charit able and worthy purposes into two drives a year, and in the fall, and one in the spring. "The fall drive, with $2200 as our goal, serves two causes. One, the Community Chest and, two, the World Student Service Fund. The total amount of funds raised will be divided equally between these two." Mary, just what all is included in the Community Chest?" "Glad you asked, because here is. I think, our selling point. I'm sure few university students will fail to contribute if they know, specifically, just where their money goes. There are 25 different oragnizations that are aided through the Community Chest. Among them are the Veterans' Service Center and American Le gion Service Bureau which gives relief and rehabilitation aid to all vets, the Salvation Army, the Jewish Welfare Federation, the Catholic Social Service Bureau, the American Social Hygiene As sociation, the St. Thomas' orphan age, the American Legion Junior Baseball league, and the Lincoln YMCA and YWCA. The univer sity YM and YW are also given able assistance by the Community Chest. Others included are the Girl Scouts of America, the Camp Fire Girls, and the Boy Scouts; there are still more. "I know the question of 'why should I contribute?' is going to confront every solicitor at some time or other while he is out on his job, but the reasons for con tributing are just as numerous as are the organizations aided by our drives. First, to spike rumor and to inform skeptics, let's see just what happens to every dollar con tributed to the Community Chest. It's understandable that a small part must go for expenses of the campaign, but you can rest as suredly that no-one is making a "haul" or a "clean-up." Community Chest is a national organization, and their bulletin has printed the facts, thusly: 13.5 cents of every dollar goes for campaign expenses, year round administration, and for conting encies. z.J cents is for coordina tion and social service exchange, and 9.4 cents is ?iven to the U. S. O. and other similar or ganizations. Now to the gerater portions: 37.2 cents takes care of family relief, care of aged, ill. and dependent children. 37.6 cents provides training and development of boys and girls through the pre mentioned organizations. "But remember, half of the funds we raise in this drive is for another notable purpose, that of contributing to the World Stu dent Service Fund. Unfortunately, few students know just how much good this organization does. I wish everyone on campus could have heard Margaret Ice's talk at our Friday meeting. I'm sure her ex planation of the extent of the WSSF program and how much ultimate good it will do if finan cially abetted, would convince every student that one of the most practical things we can do in our struggle to achieve world peace is to back the WSSF which has as its purpose, quote, "to con tribute to peace and security by promoting collaboration among the nations through education, science and culture in order to im urci uiuvci&di irspeiJb xur jus- i One more week at the Univer sity'of Nebraska and I will have seen it all. . Or shall I say take the knife out of my back I'll vote now. If I remember right, it wasn't so very long ago that you and the rest of the so-called leaders on this campus made the very em phatic statement that it would be wonderful if there weren't any Vet s Organization on this campus You and the rest also made it clear that you washed we would keep our thoughts to ourselves and not try to revolutionize the student body. And most of all you led us to understand that we couldn't have our organization if we were going to play around with school politics. All that is past history now, I suppose. Well, now that you have in structed us to vote maybe you would also like to tell us just whom we are to vote for!!! I hear that such tactics as those are still being used on this campus. If I don't vote will I be fined, cam pused, kept out of Mortar Boards or will I be served lemon cokes in the crib when I ask for coffee? Assuming that the thoughts ex presses in your editorial were your own, maybe you would be so kind as to answer a couple of question sfor me. First of all, what does the Junior Class Presi dent do? All I can find out is that he helps plant the Ivy on Ivy Day. What qualifications do the candidates have? Is Novotny a better Ivy planter than Devoe, or will Tobin put in Bind Weed in stead of Ivy on the great day? If you would help clarify this ob stacle in the minds of many of the student body, some of them might be more interested in voting. I am sure that we want the best Ivy Planter to do the honors and I would never live it down if it got out into polite society that someone planted Bind Weed on the Campus instead of Pure Ivy. Just the thought of Bind Weed on the campus scares me. It might help if all the candi dates would make a statement, telling us just why they want the position. Novotny's position is clear but how about Devoe and Tobin lighting the candle of clar ification. Or is there any issue? Also, Madam Editor, maybe you will explain to me just why you are so anxious to have the Veter ans vote now when last year more time was spent keeping us out of politics than was spent put ting out a decent, newsworthy scnooi piiDiicauon? u 'S Matter" . Carton Broderick Jr. MARION MITCHELL. tal freedoms which are affirmed by the peoples of the world, with out distinction of race, sex, lan guages or religion, bu the Char ter of the United Nations ..." A vast number of students throughout the world are in poor health, have contracted tubercu losis, are undernourished, poorly fed, inadequately clothed, badly housed, without funds, and dis couraged and despondent. If these students are to be the leaders of their respective nations in future years, and it is these knowledce- seeking people who will make the best leaders, they must be restored to health, sanity, and self confidence, and be brought again to their long-interrupted studies in the reopened universities, under decent living conditions. "There's a lot more information each s.udent is entitled to know that he can find out from his so licitor. And then, if he's still not sure whether or not he is con tributing to a worthy cause, just send him around to me, and I'll convince him. I sincerely hope that everyone on campus will give this matter serious thought, if in doubt, at least, and by all means make what contribution he can." There's nothnig more we can add, except to sav that wpV he- hind M. C. 100, and horje that! aic, wu. Paramount has named DeForest Kelley as the best bet ofr stardom following his amazing perform ance in "Fear In the Night" for producers Pine and Thomas, Kel ley 'i first film appearance. He tice, for the rule of law and for was signed after being seen in a the human rights and fundamen-1 service training film. While beating up a grade-school Beta legacy at the corner of 14th and O, I heard the following con versation between two deaf mutes using semaphore flags. First foghorn: "What'i wors than a crook?" Second orator: "A crooked crook!" About this time this future girl starting imitating a jet propulsion coward. After the third "I want my mama," I smclled the aroma from "The Pines" so I quit the rat-race. 49 seconds and 14 brews later, underneath the bar I met Joe, an ex-PBK, who is now as sistant janitor in charge of col lections at Ben Simon's, and asked him what kind of animal a crook ed crook was. He focused his left eye and muttered, "A Beta Theta Pi." I was skeptical. Could the tea- drinking, sweater-knitting, vitamin-chewing boys who use ballast to keep themselves on the ground, be crooks? I read somewhei "Founded by Benedict Arnold, Al Capone, and Eleanor Roosevelt from stolen church collections in 1492 at the North Pole. Adam, of "Adam and Eve" fame, was a Beta. Caesar's pal Brutus was a Beta. The guy who borrowed five dollars from his mother on Mothers' Day was a Beta. (Ed. Note: Carton Broderick, jr., was a Beta rushee once, but he was turned down because he had hair on his chest.) The local Betas pulled one last week that made the headlines in the Sing-Sing Kleptomaniac to wit Their historian, Bill Swanson, after being charged to 30 amperes and five halos, sent a letter to the Nebraskan in behalf of his sisters. After translation and com pression, it said: "The Betas hate the faction and we don't want to chew their two-for-a-nickel cigars any more. We want a man "of the people, by the people, and for the people" for class officers. (Ed. Note: "People" means the Betas.) (Ed. Note: This man played the part of an up-and-down pump- handle trying to nominate his fra ternity brothers for junior and senior class president at a fac tion meeting two weeks ago, until his legs gave out.) The faction decided it wanted some men and turned down the sissies. The Beta representative left the meeting downcast after no nominations. He read up the case history on Pearl Harbor aid then saw to it that someone nomi nated a Beta for junior class pres ident. Bill Swanson wrote a let ter to the Rag in behalf of the Betas "saying that they were whiter than a peroxide blonde's tinge. The weather report shows a cold wave hitting the Beta house starting next week. First ice cube will be tossed at Don Kline, Corn Cob president. He will be shocked, tossed into a bushel basket, and sold as grade B hog fodder. No I ain't a faction man, but I like to see a little honor among the local thieves, and I can't stand a bunch of critters that nominate themselves. Medical Notes. Rigor mortis is slowly setting in at the Theta house better look ins? eirls can be found floating in the vats at the morgue. The next" time I go to an hour dance at the Tri-Delts, it will be under the influence of adrenalin. I can't stand the shock there either. Well, dear people, I think I will go out and make merry for to morrow I may be dead. Alan Ladd, who plays the leader of a wheat harvesting combine crew in Paramount's "The Big Haircut," is also a farmer of sorts off screen. He owns a California ranch where he breeds race horses. Philip Reed plays tennis at least four times weekly, winter in cluded. While starring in the "Big Town" series he plays before lunch on courts near Paramount's Pine-Thomas studio.