Vol. 48 No. 14
Voters May
Re-Register
On Campus
For the convenience of staff
members and students who are
qualified voters and residents of
Lancaster county, voting re-registration
facilities will be provided
from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on the
city campus from Monday, Oct. 6,
through Wednesday, Oct. 8 and
on the ag college campus Thurs
day, Oct. 9.
City campus facilities will be
located in the lobby of the nprth
entrance of Love Memorial li
brary, and Ag college re-registration
will be on the second floor
of Agricultural hall.
University students who are
living in Huskcrville and are
qualified voters, are not required
to register under the new law,
since Huskerville is not included
in the metropolitan voting district.
No re-registration anywhere is
necessary for Huskerville citizens
to vote.
Qualified voters may register up
until ten days before the primary
election. Lancaster county voters
must be citizens of the United
States, over 21 years of age, and
be residents of .the state six
months, of the county 40 days and
of their voting district ten days
before voting.
Union Dancing
Classes Draw
220 Beginners
The shortage of men is a thing
of the past. It's the men who is
sue the SOS now!
Proving ground was the Union
ballroom last Tuesday night
when men outnumbered the girls
two to one in a group of 220 at
the first of the weekly beginning
dance classes.
Professional instructor Donna
McCandless urges more girls to
take advantage of the free les
sons, which will begin with the
basic fundamentals of dancing.
The second class will be held
Tuesday, Oct. 7, the girls meet
ing at 7:30 and the men at 8:15
After a few individual lessons
the groups will be combined to
complete the series of seven les
sons. At the completion of the
course a party will be given, Miss
McCandless said.
Cox Announces Graduate
Record Exams lo Open
Registration for graduate record
exams will open at noon Thurs
day Oct. 9, Henry M. Cox, director
of the bureau of instructional re
search announced Tuesday. Ap
plication should be made at his
office in the administration build
ing annex.
The exams, open to seniors and
graduate students, will be given
Oct. 27 and 28. A fee of five dol
lars is required before taking the
exams.
Ag Union lo Have
Weekly Dances
Alice Mathauser, new Ag
Union director, has announced a
weekly juke box dance every
Tuesday afternoon from 5 to 6
p. m. The dances, will be held in
the Ag Union.
Miss Mathauser also announced
plans for square and social dance
lessons, as soon as an instructor
can be obtained. These lessons
will be a counterpart of the city
campus Union's dance lessons in
augurated this month by Union
Director Duane Lake.
Jackson, Renter, Cloirit,
Elected Masquers Officers
Vacancies in Nebraska Mas
quers' offices were filled at the
last meeting, with Gladys Jack
son elected as recording secre
tary, Bill Reuter, Board of Gov
ernors, and Gertrude Cloidt, re
porter. At the same meeting a "get
acquainted" open house was
planned for early November.
LINCOLN 8, NEBRASKA
No Change
In Vacation Date
Campun rumor to the con
trary, Thanksgiving vacation
will bo observed Thursday,
Nor. 27 at 8 a. m. to Monday,
Dec. 1 at 8 a. m., as scheduled
in the official university calen
dar. Reports that the annual fall
holiday would be cut to one day
are "false," according to a
statement by Dean Thompson
on Monday.
Schedule Ag
YM Freshman
Supper Tonite
A watermelon feed tonite will
take the place of the annual YM
freshman supper on Ag campus.
George Wagner, freshman com
missions chairman, has asked all
new men students to meet on the
steps of Ag Hall at 7:30 if they
wish to attend.
The group will then proceed
to the Warren Community house
for the evening program. All old
members who wish to attend
may do so, if they notify Phil
Skinner, membership chairman,
before Tuesday noon.
The affair is designed to give
all new men a chance to get ac
quainted with each other and
with the YM program on Ag
campus. Duane Neilsen, Presi
dent of Ag 'Y' will give the wel
come and Gordon Lippitt, Exec
utive secretary will tell the
group about activities of the or
ganization. Special entertainment
will be provided.
First Party
Of Uni Dames
Set Thursday
Returning members of the
University chapter of National
Dames will welcome prospective
members at a "get acquainted"
party in Ellen Smith Hall Thurs
day, Oct. 9 at 8 p. m.
AH wives of university stu
dents have been invited to attend
this opening meeting. Officers
and factulty sponsors of the Ne
braska chapter will be introduced
and the program for the year
will be explained. Chairmen of
various interest groups will dis
cuss their activities and plans.
Games and refreshments will
complete the evening.
Last year's council of officers
will serve as hostesses for the
chapter's party-meeting. They
include: Mrs. Gordon Lippitt,
Mrs. Russell Vlaanderen, Mrs.
Lester McKenzie, Mrs. Harold
Eby, Mrs. John Stephens, Mrs.
Dale Griffing, Mrs. Chajles Con
nors, Mrs. James Crouch and
Mrs. John Voight.
Faculty sponsors of the Ne
braska chapter of National Dames
this year include: Mrs. C. S.
Hamilton, Mrs. R. W. Goss, Mrs.
Roy Green, Mrs. F. K. Beutel,
Mrs B L. Hooper, Mrs I. L. Wil
liams and Mrs. R. G. Gustavson.
Chapter officers are: Mrs. John
Burleigh, president; Mrs. Robert
Wear, vice president; Mrs. J. O.
Douglas, corresponding secretary;
Mrs. Gordon Best, recording sec
retary; and Mrs. Harold Dalke,
treasurer.
Nu-Mcds lo Hear
Dean Lucth Talk
Nu-Meds, an organization com
posed of pre-medical, pre-dental,
and pre-technical students, will
hear Dean Harold C. Lucth,
dean of the College of. Medicine,
at their first meeting of the year
Wednesday, Oct. 8, in Union 31.
Dean Lueth, professor of medi
cine and superintendent of the
University, hospital in Omaha,
will address the group on the
topic, "Advice to Pre-Medical
Students."
A regular business meeting
will be held following Dean
Lueth's address. At that time
memberships for Nu-Meds will
be available, .
Tuesday, October 7, 1947
250 Attend
Dedication
Of Librai
v
After four years of service to
the army and to the university,
the Love Memorial library was
finarty dedicated Sunday in a
short ceremony attended by ap
proximately 250 persons.
A feature of the dedication
was guided tours through the
building, covering all four floors
and revealing the wealth of
books, now about five hundred
thousand.
Presiding at the ceremonies was
Dr. G. W. Rosenlof, Registrar and
Director of Admissions.. Short
speeches wore given by Chancel
lor R. G. Gustavson, Dean C. H.
Oldfathcr of the College of Arts
and Sciences, and Frank A.
Lundy, director of university
braries.
"Citadel of Democracy"
li-
"To me the library is the very
citadel of democracy," the chan
cellor said. It was no accident,
he declared, that Hitler's first
move when he came into power
was to destroy books. By destroy
ing books, he said, Hitler was
separating the Germans from
their past and thus depriving
them of any access to past knowl
edge in forming opinions. Direc
tor Lundy traced the development
of the library from the time it
was just an idea being worked
out by a group of faculty mem
bers in 1932 and paid tribute to
the foresight of the planning com
mittee. He added, "The gauge of
a university of the first rank is
its library."
Necessary to Civilization ,
Dean Oldfathcr pointed out that
all civilizations have had libraries,
and th;t libraries are a necessary
part of the culture of any nation.
"The library preserves those
standards of excellence which
mankind has achieved," he said.
Others seated on the speaker's
platform were: C. Y. Thompson,
West Point, member of the Board
of Regents; J. L. Welch, Omaha,
also a member of the Board of
Regents; Clyde Dempster, Beat
lice, president of the Alumni As
sociation; Howard Wilson, presi
dent of the university foundation;
Orwin Reish, Chicago, executive
secretary of the Association of
College and Research Libraries;
and Morton Steinhart, Nebraska
City, president of the university
Advancement Commission.
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PERSHING RIFLES Pictured left to right are Cadet L. A. Mehr
hoff. Captain Sullivan, advisor, and Cadet Tom Brownlee, officers
of Fei-shing Rifles, precision drill squad, which met for the first
time Monday, Oct. 6.
Council Panel
Begins Work
City Committee to Consider
Installation of Traffic Light
L campus improvements committee, formed by the
Student Council last spring has begun work on several
projects intended to establish closer working relations be
tween the university administration and the student body,
according to chairman Dale Ball.
Purpose of the committee is to ;
take care of all constructive work
of the council having to do with
the general condition of the cam
pus, Ball said. General projects
being planned have to do with
campus hunting, parking, traffic
and relations between students
and faculty.
Consider Light Installation
One specific project under con
sideration now is the installation
of a traffic light at 10th and H
streets. This proposal is before a
City Council committee at the
present time.
Thf rnmmittPA has rlrnu-n nr n
complete map of the campus resi-
dential area which analyzes exist-
ing lighting facilities and makes
improvement suggestions. The
map along with the suggestions
will be presented to City Mayor
Clarence Miles and the council
soon.
Survey Polls Student Opinion
At present, committee members
are drawing up a survey to be dis
tributed to the student body. The
survey will ask student opinion
on several proposed projects and
will ask for new campus im
provement ideas. Committee mem
bers besides Ball are Joan Fank-
houscr, Stan Johnson. Dick j
Schleusener, Bill Schenk, and i
John Soennichsen.
Chairman Ball explained that
the committee is trying to set up j
a long range plan for programs
that will be carried through to
comDlction and that will aid cam
pus activity. I
Poll Shows Students Oppose
Immigration Quoin Increase
"American standards of living Jack McCullen said. "As it is,
would be very much lowered it we're supporting foreign coun
unlimited immigration were al- ( tries."
lowed. I believe we should stick i Dallas Bottchcr contended that
by the present quotas." This was , increased immigration would
the answer Mary Wherry gave crowd the American people out of
to this week's question by the in
quiring reporter: "What do you
think of allowing unlimited immi
gration into the United States?"
The general consensus revealed
most UN students to be in oppo
sition to the plan.
The comments of some of the
students were:
"We have enough racial discri
mination. More foreigners would
merely increase it," said Rolland
Bruntz.
"VTIl 4 I
Foreign Film
F rid;
cries
For the second year the univer
sity YMCA will sponsor a series
of foreign films. Dean Graunke,
committee chairman of the series,
announces that the first of the
year's four films is "Crime and
! l'Ilisl1imcrii'
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to be shown Friday,
8 p. m. in Temple
1 lie. I ll-l .
Produced in France by Pierre
Chenal, the film is based on the
Russian novel of Fcodor Dostuy
evsky. It is enacted against the
19th century background of St.
Petersburg.
At the end of last year's four
showings of French and Russian
motion pictures, the YM issued a
general request for film sugges
tions. The response was numer
ous, accoraing to Graunke, and
I this year's films have been booked
with an eye to the public taste.
The full schedule will be an
nounced at a later date.
Tickets, selling for SO cents,
may be obtained at the YM lounge
in Temple, Union office, Ellen
Smith Hall. Daily Nebraskan of
fice, from Y members or at the
box office Friday evening.
the country.
The present housing shortage
was Dick Byerly's argument
against the plan.
"Foreigners immigrating to this
country tend to settle in nation
ality groups which certainly
doesn't help unify the US," said
Betsy Bohenski.
Charles House expressed the
opinion of the majority in advn-
eating some type of control. He
added that the present controls are
too strict.
"A gradual influx," was Max
Choens advice, as "the US could
not absorb the vast hordes of peo
ple that would set sail if such a
plan were adopted."
Lawrence Russell agreed with
Marilyn Parks' opinion that some
type of screening should be used.
'Ray Crancer, '41 graduate, gave
the only affirmative answer. Ho
based his opinion on "democratic
principles," stating, "I can see no
rational reason against the plan."
Prc-law Students
Will Meet Beutel
Pre-law students will have an
opportunity to meet Dean F. K.
Beutel of the Law school at the
first fall meeting of the Pre-Law
Association of Nebraska, accord
ing to William J. Berquist, secretary-treasurer
of the associa
tion. An invitation has been ex
tended to all pie-law students to
hear Dean Butel address the
meeting in Room 101. Law build
ing, at 7:30 p. m. Wednesday.
Purpose of the Pre-Law associa
tion is to enable future law stu
dents to become better acquainted
with the Nebraska Law School.
Mechanical Engineering
Honorary Revival Urg:el
Prof. Niles H. Barnard urged
revival of the Nebraska chapter
of Pi Tau Sigma, national me
chanical engineering honorary, at
the initial meeting of th Ameri
can Society of Mechanical Engi
neers Wednesday.