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Vol. 47 No. 97
All University
Attend Junior-Senior
All university students may at
tend this year's Junior-Senior
Prom which will feature the mu
sic of Raymond Scott and his or
chestra on March 22 in the Coli
seum. Tickets for this semi-formal
affair went on sale today at $3
per couple and may be purchased
from Masquers or at a booth in
the Union.
From Girl.
One highlight of the evening's
entertainment will be the pre
sentation of the 1947 Prom girl.
Announcement of candidates will
be made as sdon as filings are
completed today, according to
chairman Joan Ackerman. Other
members of the committee are
Dake 'Novotny, Bill Swanson,
Jean Compton, Fred Teller, Bill
Thornburg, Dina Buckingham,
Dan-ell Devoe, Mary Dye and Pat
Kaum.
Those who are not acquainted
with band-leader Scott's music
may wish to deposit five cents
Three Atom
Entry Wins
Announced
Malcolm Torgerson, David In
nis and Miss Frances Cathcart
were announced as first, second
and third place winners, respec
tively, of the "Beginning or the
End" contest, Monday.
Papers submitted were judged
by a professor of the university's
physics department, and decision
was based upon "understanding of
the nature of the secret" and a
realization that our hope is in in
ternational control of some
kind.
Only four of the 13 students
who entered the contest felt that
the United States should not re
veal the secret of the atomic bomb
to the rest of the world.
Torgerson won $25, -Innis $15
and Miss Cathcart $10.
Foundation to
Appoint New
Staff Writers
Students interested In Student
Foundation work may file appli
cations in the Foundation office,
room 303, Union, today and to
morrow only.
Application blanks deal with
either bulletin or newstip writ
ing. Those appointed to the news
tip writing staff will send items
of university news to the coun
ties in Nebraska. Each writer
will be assigned one county to
which he will submit stories once
a week.
The Bulletin is a manazine tell
ing about the university campus
activities. It is put out each spring
to all high schools in Nebraska.
The Student Foundation office is
open from 1 to 6 every afternoon.
YW Schedules
Frosh Meeting
Girls who . entered the univer
sity as freshmen second semester
are invited to attend a rendezvous
at Ellen Smith Hall Thursday. It
'will be from 3:30 to 5:30, Marcia
Mockett, chairman of the fresh
man program, announced.
The purpose of the rendezvous
is for freshmen girls to get ac
quainted with the YWCA's work
on campus. The freshman com
mission group to be held this
semester will be explained to the
girls.
Students May
Prom
in the Crib jukebox and hear one
of his two recordings that are
now on the machine.
Pseudonym.
The maestro, who was born
Harry Warnow, chose the Scott
pseudonym from a Manhattan
telephone directory to avoid con
fusing his name with that of his
brother, ' Mark Warnow of Hit
Parade fame.
A 1946 Broadway season high
light was the score of the Mary
Martin musical comedy hit, "Lute
Song," composed by Scott.
A few of Scott's more famous
compositions are "The Toy Trum
pet," "Twilight in Turkey," "In
an Eighteenth Century Drawing
Room," "Enchanted Forest," "Si
berian Sleigh Ride," and "Bird
seed Special."
The Prom, which is the final
university function of the year,
will close the winter formal sea
son. Debaters Win
Top Positions
In Competition
Don Kline and Ted Sorensen re
turned undefeated from the Wis
consin University Delta Sigma
Rho sponsored week end debate
conference.
In three debates, Kline and
Sorensen defeated the University
of Wisconsin, Wayne University
of Detroit and Whitewater State
Teacher's college. "That Labor
Should Have a Direct Share in
the Management of Industry" was
the debate topic.
Discussion Wins.
Jack Solomon and Richard
Schleusener defeated Ripon Col
lege and Notre Dame, but lost to
Purdue.
In three rounds of discussions,
Sorensen ranked second. All four
delegates were in the top ten in
discussion. Topic for discussion
was "What Should be Our Na
tional Health Policy?" Mr. Don
ald Olson, director of debate, ac
companied the debate teams to
Wisconsin.
Sorensen and Kline debated the
labor question before an audience
at the University of Omaha Mon
day morning.
Young-Demos
To Meet Tonite
The university Young-Democrats
will hold a brief meeting to
night at 7 p. m., parlor C of the
Union, according to Donald Mor
row, chairman of the organiza
tion. Tickets for the Jackson's Day
dinner will be distributed to the
membership.
All regular members and any
other persons Interested in join
ing the group may attend the
meeting, Morrow said.
NOTICE TO VETERANS.
Any v e t e ra n who has
chanced his Lincoln address
in the past month, and who
has not yet received his sub
sistence check, is advised to
make inquiry at the general
delivery window of the main
post office. Government
checks, which cannot be for
warded because of postal reg
ulations, are usually held for a
short time at the main office
before being returned to Kan
sas City.
VETERANS CONSFLTA-
TION BOARD.
J. P. Colbert, Director.
LINCOLN 8, NEBRASKA
ThyiTBiican Arnold -to Talk
Aft ocuvoeiMooi Moiidcov
AVC Budget
Information
Results Due
Poll to Illustrate
Allotment Needs
All participating veterans in the
American Veterans committee ex
penditure poll have been asked to
turn in budget information by
Saturday, March 15, Peter Beelak,
AVC publicity chairman an
nounced today.
The expenditure poll is being
taken in connection with a na
tional campaign being made by
the veterans committee to deter
mine the necessity of an increase
in veteran allotments. Results of
the poll on this campus and on
other campuses will be forwarded
to Congresswoman Edith Nourse
Rogers (r., Mass.) who has intro
duced a bill in the house aimed
at raising GI subsistence allot
ments. Similar Polls.
Beelak said that similar polls at
other colleges and universities
showed the average cost for a sin
gle vet at the University of Cali
fornia was $97 per month, average
at Minnesota was a reported
$89.75 while Columbia university
veterans in New York faced costs
of $131.58 if single and $184.64
when married.
UN Lutheran
Alumni Hold
Annual Meet
Lutheran students and alumni of
the university will revive their
annual banquet at 6:30 p.m. Sat
urday, March 15, at the Student
Union. All Lutheran students and
Lutheran alumni have been in
vited to attend.
Herman Siefkes- will apt as
toastmaster. Rev. R. W. Hahn,
Chicago executive secretary of
the student service commission for
the Missouri synod, will address
the gathering.
Reports will be given by vari
ous Lutheran organizations on the
campus. They .will include:
Gamma Delta, mixed group, na
tional Lutheran organization, by
Paul Schleusener, president.
John Bauerneister will report
on Beta Sigma Psi, Lutheran
fraternity.
Rev. H. Erck, student pastor,
will report on other Lutheran
student activities on the campus
during the past year.
Th alumni orMni7atirtn will
have a meeting after the banquet
to elect new officers.
Leonard Proxy
Of Sigma Tau
Sigma Tau, honorary engineer
ing fraternity, held an installa
tion of officers in the Union
March 6. Dr. O. J. Ferguson pre
sided. President for the current year
is Carl Leonard. Other officers
are Irwin C. Cone, vice-president;
Lewis Kremcr, treasurer; Keith
Newhouse, recording secretary;
Arthur A. Stutheit, correspond
ence secretary; and James K. Jen
sen, histoiian. Prof. James K.
Ludwickson was Installed as
chapter advisee.
Topic, Post-War
Economic Organization
Thurman Arnold, nationally famed trust-buster and for
mer assistant attorney general of the United . States, will
speak at a university convocation Monday, March 17, at 3
p. m., in the Union ballroom.
Arnold's, subject will be, "The Economic Organization of
Name Pesek
New Yell
Squad Head
Student Council chose Martin
Pesek to succeed Art Beindorff as
Yell King at its last meeting,
council president Helen Lairi has
announced.
Beindorff resigned recently so
that a new Yell Kins could take
rover this spring instead of having
to wait until fall when practice
time is short.
Serving this season as cheer
leader, Pesek is also a member,
of Corn Cobs, Student Foundation
worker, Student Council member,
former photography editor of
The Awgwan, past-president of
Sigma Chi, and a member of Sin
fonia. Cheer-leader tryouts are usually
held by a council-appointed com
mittee in the fall, but the new
plan of choosing Yell King and
cheer leaders may achieve a
better-co-ordinated squad.
Air. Guard Plans
Public Exhibition
At Lincoln Base
Open house will be held at the
Lincoln Army Air Field, Hangar
1, for the first time Sunday when
members of the Nebraska Air
Guard Units act as hosts for the
public exhibition.
Latest in conventional aircraft
and in motorized and technical
equipment necessary to maintain
a defense unit will be on dis
play. Simulated combat flying of P
51s, AT-6s and C-47s will be fea
tured during the day, and air
force movies are to be shown
continuously throughout the af
ternoon. Aircraft at the air field includes
23 P-51s of the allotted 25, one
C-47 transport, two C-47s, two
AT-6s and two L-5s. Four A-26s
have also been authorized for delivery.
NSA Members Set Month
For Wisconsin Convention
Eighteen delegates and seven
teen observers representing thir
teen schools in the North Dakota,
South Dakota, Nebraska region
of the National Student Associa
tion, met in Omaha last week
end to discuss the proposed organ
ization to be formed and the con
stitution drawn up in Chicago the
week-end of March 1-3 by the
National Continuations Commit
tee.
The nronosed NSA was explain
ed, and the constitution was read.
A general discussion on the con
stitution followed the reading. A
constitutional convention will be
held at the University of Wiscon
sin in September, and at this time
the final constitution for the NSA
will be draw up.
Discussion
Discussion of the Regional
Committees in the NCC followed,
with special attention being given
to this region on such things as
co-operation, finance, publicity,
Tuesday, March 11, 1947
World
the Post-War World."
Top Political Scientist.
Onetime professor , of law at
Yale university, Arnold's appear
ance at Nebraska has been hailed
as highly important since he is
recognized as one of the top men
in the field of political science and
analysis today.
Author, politician and judicial
expert, Arnold's participation in
political affairs began as a pro
fessor of law and political sci
ence in Wyoming. He coupled
his knowledge of law and political
science upon active entrance into
the political field when he was
elected mayor of Laramie, Wyo.,.
and later as a member of the
Wyoming house of representatives.
Service with Government..
Arnold gained national fame
when he was named assistant at
torney general in 1938 and em
barked on a career of anti-trust
suits. Before his appointment as
assistant attorney, Arnold had
served on special government
agencies in connection with the
agricultural adjustment act, the
James Costigan sugar act, the
Securities and Exchange Commis
sion and the national commission
for law observance and enforce
ment. "
A graduate of Princeton with
an LLB from Harvard and an MA
from Yale, Arnold is also known
for books such as " The Symbols
of Government," "The Folklore
of Capitalism" and "The Bottle
necks of Business."
Math Group to
Hear Jackon
Mr. Lloyd Jackson will speak
on "The Simplest Problems in the
Calculus of Variation" at this
week's meeting of Pi Mu Epsilon,
national mathematics honorary
fraternity which will meet Thurs
day, March 13, at 7 p.m. in room
308, Mechanic Arts Building. Any
university student who is inter
ested is invited to attend.
The newly elected officers
who will preside are. Martha
Clark, president; R. N. Scheidt,
vice president; Maurice Lamoree,
secretary; Harold B. Frost, trea
surer. newspaper work, etc. Election of
regional officers was held.
Officers
Eugene Berman was elected
regional chairman of the NSA;
Bill Long, Kearney State Teachers
College, vice-chairman; Don Niel
sen, University of Omaha, secre
tary; Bob Nitkerson, Creighton
University, treasurer; and Wesley
Sandvig, Augusta na College
(Sioux Falls, S. D.), publicity
chairman.
The schools represented at th
conference were; Creighton Uni
versity, Omaha; Dana College,
Blair; Concordia Teachers College,
Seward; University of Omaha,
University of Nebraska: Midland
College, Fremont; Luther College,
Wahoo; Nebraska State Teachers
College at Kearney; McCook Jun
ior College; Augustana College,
Sioux Falls, South Dakota; Duch
esne College, Omaha; Nebraska
Wesleyan University, Lincoln; and
College of Saint Mary, Omaha.
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