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Vol. 47 No. 18 LINCOLN 8, NEBRASKA Thursday, October 1, 1945 JJimimnaDn0 WISE. m& ' r . ft t i I ' 1 I J - "1 i T v V. I fHMWllnJKfc&. lis -r. T irrr-fi rfrrtr0 ww rn-dr One of the world's outstanding pianists, Guiomar Novaes, will ap pear ftft- the third time in the recital series sponsored by the Lincoln Newspapers. The Brazilian will present her concert at tho coliseum at 8:15. Margaret Ice Wins Danfortli Grad Award Miss Murgaret Ice has been revealed as the winner of the Dan forth Graduate Fellowship for this year. The Danforth award is given on the basis of high scholarship, unimpeachable character and an MARGARET ICE interest in human welfare. The winner works with not one, but all religious groups, Miss Mildred Taylor, YW secretary stated, and gains experience in all forms of religious service and worship. One of fifteen young women awarded this fellowship in col leges throughout the country, ! Margaret is a graduate of West Virginia University where she majored in speech. She is now becoming familiar with campus religious groups here Women Veterans Schedule Dinners All former service women are invited to attend a dinner meet , ing to be held in Parlor Y of the Union at 6 p. m. Thursday, according to Iona Sherman, chair man for the dinner arrangements. This is the first in a series of dinner meetings planned for wom en veterans this year. The meet ings are scheduled to enable wom en ' veterans on the campus to f 'i f ' V : r!i. . Faculty Group Offers Musical Recital Sunday Faculty members from the school of fine arts will offer a variety of musical' talent in the first of a series of faculty re citals in the Union ballroom Sun day afternoon at 4 p. m. Two new members of the Fine Arts faculty, Miss Charma Davies and Mr. Robert Stepp, will be in troduced to the audience at Sun day's recital. Miss Davies will play a group of piano solos while Mr. Stepp will offer selections on the French horn. Vocalist. Miss Kalhryn Dean, contralto, who has been featured in previ ous recitals, will sing four vocal nu'r.'ueic. Mr. J. Dayton Smith, t'inor, wiil complete the program with four selections by Gretchan inoff. Miss Dean will be accompanied on the piano by Miss Mary Ser ner of the Fine Arts faculty while Mr. Earnest Harrison will accom pany Mr. Stepp and Mr. Smith See FACULTY, page 8. UN Research Shows Rising State Income The University Bureau of Busi ness Research reported yesterday that the relative prosperity of the state, which led to a record total Nebraska income in 1945, is ap parently continuing in 1946. This estimate, based on "gen eralized information" according to Dr. Edgar Z. Palmer, was included in a report on Nebraska's wartime economy issued yesterday. The total Nebraska income in 1945 was given as $1,347,000,000, the highest in history. The University Bureau reported that 1945 income payments per capita in Nebraska totaled $1,117, which placed Nebraska 21st among all slates. This figure com pared with per capita incomes of $275 in 1933 and $557 in 1929. The income advance however did not keep Nebraskans in the state, the Bureau said. Emigra tion was heavy during the depres sion and drou.h years and con- I I J i .1 1 - M. . mmm 8 j , I, IFaDir IPirexy rWm Brazilian Will Appear For Recital Guiomar Novaes, renowned Brazilian pianist, appeal's in Lin coln Monday for the third recital of the Lincoln Newspapers series. Acknowledged as one of the world's outstanding woman pi anists. Mine. Novaes will present her recital at the coliseum at 8:15. Brazil has recognized Guiomar Novaes' unusual talent since her early childhood. Her achievements as a prodigy led her government to endow her studies in Paris at the famed conservatory there. Fol lowing her studies she startled Europe with her successes in bril liant recitals and as soloist with the major symphony orchestras of the continnent. Young as she was, she first came to the United States as a seasoned concert "artist. She was only 16 when she made her debut in America and the New York Times exclaimed the next morning that "Not every genera tion hears a Guiomar Novaes!" Mme Novaes appeared last in Lin coln in 1918, and since then has toured South America and Europe as well as the stales. Tickets are sold by reserved section at $3.60. $3.00, $2.40, $1.90, $1.20, tax included. There will be a section for students and service people in uniform at 50c each tax included. Thev are available at Walts' Music Store, 1140 O St. Ag Students Plan Formal Friday Nite High-lighting the week's ac- tivties on ag campus will be the Farmer's Formal to be held in Activity Hall Friday night. A formal in name only, the dance will be attended by couples dressed in jeans and calico dresses, adding color to the eve ning's festivities. Smith Warren's orchestra has been contracted to play for the affair, and refresh ments will be served to all couples present. Evenings Climax. Climaxing the dance program will be the presentation of the Farmer's Formal Queen and her six attendants. All senior wom en, the queen and her attendants See AG FORMAL, page 2. Two Sorcnsens Debate Against KU This Week Tom and Ted Sorensen will par ticipate in an exhibition debate against the University of Kansas at the Kansas high school debate institute in Lawrence Friday and Saturday. The two teams will debate the Kansas high school question for this year, "The Federal Govern ment should provide a system of complete medical care available to all students at public expense." Donald Olson, directotof uni versity debate, will be a guest speaker both days. "Background and Analysis of the Question" will be the topic of his talk Fri day evening. On Saturday, he will -' - - - .. The election pUs in the Union basement will be open today for all bona f'de junior stuior.;i to cast tfuh ballots for class president. Any junior who did not registe" ai Jie Union ciesk last week will be permitted to vote if he wil' orin his credit book with him as proof of his junior standing. The purpose of last week's registration was to ascertain how many juniors would be voting in today's election, and to enable the elec tion committee to check the list at the Aegistrar's office to determine whether or not each student registered is of junior standing. At the request of the Ag campus faculty advisor on student elections, the Ag campus juniors will not cast their ballots for a second time. The first election wp.s declared to be valid for the reasons that thr number of votes tallied with the number of voters registered, and ail voters were certified to be of junior standing; the votes v. ill be counted with today's returns on city campus. The polls will be open from 9 until 6, and the election will be supervised by the stundent council election commit tee. The candidates for junior class presidency are Darrel! Devoe, Dake Novotny. According to the letter received Wednesday evening by Bob Coonley, Studet.t Cjuncil head, junior Jr.ckie Tobin has withdrawn from the election. Home Ec Coeds Hear Nutrition Expert Speak Activities of the past week ..n the Home Economics department included an open house lor fac ulty and students cl the depart ment and special lectures by a representative of P- 'ift and Com pany. Students in food and nutrition research, under the' direction of Dr. Ruth Leverton, were hostesses during the open house and coffee hour Wednesday afternoon in the new quarters in the food and nutrition building. Lectures on meat and pastries were given to Home Economics food classes Wednesday and Thursday by Miss Dorothy Peter son, home economist for Swift and Company in the Iowa and Ne braska region. Dr. Conlin Elected lo Fill Unexpired Medical Post Dr. Frank M- Conlin, professor of clinical medicine at the College of Medicine, has been appointt-o. to till the unexpired term of Di Charles A. Best, co-discoverer cf insulin, as a member of the ex ecutive council of the American Diabetic association. Fifteen New Instructors Join College of En gii Fifteen full time members have been added to the faculty oi the College of Engineering this year, according to a statement by Dean Roy M. Green. Enrollment in the engineering college has jumped from a pre war high of 850 to a record of over 1,200 this year, Green re vealed, and added that further expansion to a total of 1,600 en gineers was anticipated. "We're adequately staffed this semester and have services of ef fective teachers in each field," stated Green. Veterans. Eleven new faculty members stepped directly from units of the army and navy to the Nebraska campus. Professor William H. Foxwell did oxygen production research at Paterson Field, New Union Plans Friday Dance Variety Show The weekend schedule at the Union is hoaded by a dance in the mair. ballroom fiom S to 12 Fri day night. Music w.'ll be fur- ri:hH hv .Tnhnnv f'nv ;lnH hie or cnesira. Admission ii iic per per son. The first Soutn American dance class by Flavia Waters Champs will immediately precede the dance in the Untof -ballroom. The dance step of the rhumba, samba and conga wi'l b'i demonstrated during the class from 8 to 9 Fri day evening. The weekly Vari'y Show will offer "Man Hunt," sta rii-.g Walter Pidgeon. in the Union ballroom at 8 p. m., Sunday. Green Will Attend Engineers Meet Dean Roy M. Green and two i students from the College of En igineeiing wil! attend il.e Amer J ican Society of Civil Engineers i convention in Kansas City on Wednesday and Thursday. The students .e James B. Jensen and Charles J. C: -none, president and secretary. r"spe lively, of the so ciety's University rhapter. leering Faculty Egan W. Drenker, instjctor of engineering mechanics, was a member of the army attached to the Manhattan projeci. Associate Professor George C. Ernst, de partment of Civil Engineering, worked in the timber research laboratory at Madison, Wisconsin. The following are new Ti time members of the faculty of the college of engineering holding the rank of instructor: Department of architecture: Burket E. Graf. De partment of civil engineering: Standley L. Howell. Deportment of Electrical Engineering: Ernest J. Ballard, Jr. Department of En gineering Mechanics: David I Cook, Egan W. Drenker, Charles W. Haynes, Bruce D. H.'acjck, Eldon E. Mathauser, E, Bruta Meier, Rayncld J, Sedlak, Ber nard Ungerleidei . Departioert of Mechanical Engineering: Tom H.