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Missouri Supports latin DMintHkan Vol. 48 No. 44 LINCOLN 8, NEBRASKA Tuesday, November 25, 1947 MB Ball Will Feature Sam Donahue Music Tickets on Sale Now To Annual Turnabout Dance December 12 With a sax-playing leader who has had extensive experience as an arranger, the Sam Donahue band will furnish dance music for the Mortar Board Ball in the Col iseum, December 12. Currently popular are his re cordings of "The Whistler" and "Put That Kiss Back Where You ' SAM DONAHUE. Found It." His arrangement of "The Whistler" was the sixth most played record on the air last week, according to Billboard, entertain ment magazine, and is rated fifth by the disc jockeys in their record pickings. Both of these records have been popular playings on the Union Corn Crib jukebox during the past month. Leaving his own Michigan band to gain experience with some of the nation's big bands, Donahue signed up with Gene Krupa in 1938 and arranged for him until 1940 when he accepted an offer from Harry James. Later on, he became the outstanding tenor-man with the Benny Goodman band. In 1941 he started on his own and continued up to date, with the only break coming while he served in the U.S. Navy leading a band. Tickets for the Mortar Board Ball will go on sale today. Mem bers of Mortar Board and Tassels will sell them. Dean Borgiuaini Corrects Mistake On Wage Increase To correct a misunderstanding about wage increases for non academic employes of the Univer sity, the administration wishes to point out that the increase does not apply to all non-academic em ployes. This pertains particularly to secretarial employes, some of whom will not receive increases since they are now earning maxi mum compensation allowed under UN Professor's Book To Be Used in Germany Dr. Leslie L. Chisholf of the University of Nebraska Teachers college, author of "Guiding Youth in the Secondary School," learned last week that his book is to be reprinted by German and Austrian publishers for use in their educa tional systems. In a statment made last week, Dr. Chisholm stated that public school education in parts of Ger many and Austria has apparently shifted rapidly from totalitarian to democratic ideas. In his book. Dr. Chisholm con tinually emphasizes the value of democracy, repeatedly stressing the role of the individual. He maintains that "The political phil osophy of the totalitarian state as sumes that the individual has no worth except as he contributes to the aims of the political state as as those aims are conceived by the individuals in power. The way of life we call democracy reverses the process by assuming that the state has value only so far as it Rag Refutes Journal Story On the first page of the sports section of the Sunday Lincoln Journal is an article stating that "fifty-eight percent of the Uni versity of Nebraska students par ticipating in a poll have backged the Student Council protests against what the Council termed 'racial prejudice in Big Six con ference athletics." The statement fails to tell ac curately the trend of university thought. According to the poll which was conducted jointly by the Student Council and The Daily Nebraskan, 90 per cent of 1,100 students polled favor the proposal to let negroes play in all Big Six contests, regardless of which state the game is played. The second question, advocating withdrawal from the conference in the event that Missouri and Oklahoma do not allow Negroes to play, was approved by 58 per cent of the students. The third question, on forming a new con ference exclusive of the dissent ing schools, was approved by 60 percent of the students polled. Cornshucks Takes Bow "CENSORED!" in bold, black letters is the first word of copy to greet buyers of the November issue of "Cornshucks," campus magazine which bears the pro mulgation," "For and about stu dents at Nebraska U." "Censored and the picture beneath are strictly for laughs. Featured in this month's edition are a sports write-up satire by Al and Don Amsden, "Jurkovitch, Go in at third oboe!" a Party Page, pictures of the "most lus cious legs ... on the Nebraska campus" and laugh-inducing car toons by Haugseth, Wolcott and Hayes. CoDies of "Cornshucks" will be on sale today in the Union from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and from 3 to 6 p.m. Subscribers not living in organized houses may pick up thpir conies at the Union stand. Editor Jo Fankhauser urges all subscribers to submit ballots in the "Cornshucks" leg contest. Printed ballots will be found in the Nov. issue and should be turn ed in to the "Cornshucks" office in the Union. the job classification rating sys tem recently established. This is substantially the infor mation given at a meeting of sec retarial employes by Dean C. W. Borgmann. The misunderstanding arose from a misinterpretation of articles appearing in a previous issue of the Faculty Bulletin Board, and the Daily Nebraskan. administers to the needs of the individuals w'.io constitute the state." The book staled that "Guidance is based on the assumption that the world has a place for every body, at least that our democratic America has. . .Guidance seeks to help the individual discover his own talents. . .opportunities. . .and prepare himself for a well bal anced life and to contribute to the welfare of his fellow man." "Guiding Youth in the Second ary School," when reviewed by a J-committee representing the Amer ican Library association and the National Education association, was adjudged one of the "sixty best books" of 1945. Published two years ago, the book is at pres ent being used as a basic text in teacher training in many univer sities and colleges, including the Universities of Pennsylvania. Mi chigan, Nebraska. Kansas, Missis sippi, Texas, California, Washing ton and Northwestern University. Registry S e c o n d-semester registration will open Dec. 15 and close Jan. 21, G. W. Rosenlof, registrar, an nounced Monday. Appointment cards with the as signment committee will be dis tributed during the week of Dec. 8, at Love Memorial library, in this order: Dec. 8: Seniors. Dec. 9: Juniors. Dec. 10: Sophomores and fresh men whose names begin with A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, or I, Dec. 11: Sophomores and fresh men whse names begin with J, K, L, M, N, O. P, or Q. Dec. 12: Sophomore and fresh men whose names begin with R, S, T, U, V W, X. Y, or Z. In order to give an even break to sophomores and freshmen who are scheduled to obtain their reg istration tickets on Dec. 11 and 12, tickets will be dealt out one at a time into three piles. The first pile will be set aside for Dec. 10, the second for Dec. 11, and the third for Dec. 12. See Advisers. Students are to make appoint ments with their advisers as soon after Dec. 8 as possible, Rosenlof emphasized. Failure to do so will "almost certainly mean that the student will have difficulty in getting his program worked out," he said. Students may confer with their advisers far in advance of the time they meet with the assign ment committee, he added. After a student's program has been worked out and approved by his adviser and dean, he will re port to the assignment committee at the time indicated on his reg istration ticket. The Daily Ne braskan will print the times for assignment committee appoint ments as they come up. An nouncements will also be posted in Love library by the assignment committee. Procedure of registration with the assignment committee will be similar to that of last spring, Kos enlof said. Anthropologists Meet Here Friday Over forty prominent anthro pologists will attend the fifth Plains conference for archeology to be held in the university's lab oratory of anthropology Friday and Saturday, Nov. 28 ana z. Discussion of four general topics concerning the history of man in the centeral great plains will take place during the two day meeting. Dr. John L. Champe, laboratory head and chairman of the confer ence, state. They are: Recent ex plorations of historic and prehis toric peoples in the great plains area; the problem of classifying the early inhabitants of great plains through the kind of pottery and other everyday articles which they made; the place of great plains Indian culture in relations to North America as a whole; and latest evidence of paleo-Indians in the central plains, including the recent discovery near Cambridge, Nebraska. Film Encourages Exchanging Ideas "Does It Matter What You Think?" a provocative film on the freedom-of-expression theme, will be shown during the Tuesday meeting of the university AVC chapter, according to Chairman Paul Rogers. The film shows why people should meet, consider issues and implement their citizenship through political parties, unions, discussion forums and other com munity groups. University veterans have been invited by AVC to attend the meeting which will begin at 7:15 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 25, in room X of the Union. Action Expected to Supersede Long-Standing Big Six Policy Barring Negroes From Sports The University of Missouri's Student Government Association has adopted a resolution ending any discriminatory practices in connection with athletics at Columbia, Missouri, Harold Mozer, council president announced to day. The resolution reads, "Any stu dent in good standing of a college or university which is a member of the Missouri Valley Intercol legiate Athletic Association shall be allowed to participate in com petitive athletic events at the University of Missouri." It is believed that this resolu tion may help to supercede the "gentleman's agreement" adopted at a faculty meeting of Big Six representatives and end, at least in the case of the University of Missouri, any discriminatory prac tices there. In a letter to Mozer, the govern- Peterson States Two UN Goals The modern university must keep two broad goals of teaching and research constantly before it, Gov. Val Peterson said in the Union ballroom Monday night. He addressed a meeting of the University of Nebraska chapter of the American Association of University Professors at the Stu dent Union. "Clearly the first duty of a university is that of teaching, or transmitting the accumulated knowledge of the past to each succeeding generation, in order to perpetuate this knowledge," Gov. Peterson said. Pointing out that there is "am ple room for both the classical scholar and the practical man of affairs," within a university Gov ernor Peterson said university scholars should be free "to think, to teach, and to write without fear of dismissal or reprisal." "But the very freedom which the professor rightly demands imposes upon him an obligation to use sound judgment in his pronouncements and to respect the views of others," Governor Peterson said. "The badge of scholarship may be worn with pride in a democracy such as ours, it does not entitle the wearer to any special privileges and immunities." "There are 24 colleges and universities in Nebraska, but more than one-half of all regular full time college students in the state are. attending the Univer sity of Nebraska, and they in clude an overwhelming majority of all students enrolled in pro fessional and postgraduate courses," the governor said. "It is the only institution in the state adequately equipped to offer cer tain graduaet instruction and to confer many of the advanced de grees. It is the only one offering even the Bachelor's degree in agriculture. engineering and business administration, and there is only one other institution in the state which grants degrees in medicine, law, pharmacy and dentistry. It is obvious, therefore, that the future of higher educa tion in Nebraska lies quite largely with the university, and that this is especially true with respect to professional and postgraduate work. "I am a believer in education. It will always be my policy, therefore, to further the Interests of the university in every way possible, but as governor. I can never forget that the university is, after all, only one of the apencies which the state must support; that it. like all others, will usually request more money than those who pay the taxes be lieve that they can afford; and that the governor is, in equal mea sure, the representative of both those who receive the services and those who pay the taxes." Girls!!!! 18 more shopping days tiff the Mortar Board Ball ing body also informed him that it would be unable to send a dele gation to attend the conference in Lincoln during the Thanksgiving holidays. However, Mozer said that the letter empowered the conference delegates to use the Missouri resolution as a vote and as an indicator of student opinion at Columbia. Outstate alumni opinion on the highly inflammatory question of racial discrimination was shown in copies of two letters sent to Chancellor R. G. Gustavson. One alumni summed up his position on the subject by asking, "Would it not be much better to abandon our ties with the Big Six than to uphold discrimination of our colored brother?" The letter, to the chancellor continued, "May I urge you to use your influence to bring about the needed reforms in policy of the Big Six." Another letter to the Chancellor said. "This form of discrimination has long been a big blotch on the Big Six record." The university student council president told The Daily Nebras kan that he has received letters of commendation from widely scattered points. Joseph Ballou of Tucson, Arizona paraphmsed the Big Six problem with that of the Border Conference and said," The withdrawal of Missouri and Okla homa from the Big Six would be a real loss, but elimination of racial discrimination would be a bigger gain." Omaha Urban League also added a voice of approval with the statement that the council ac tion was "a positive attempt to make democracy work which re fuses to be satisfied with lip serv ice." Mozer annonuced that final wires had been sent to all confer ence schools and that the confer ence would begin at 9:30 a.m., Saturday, Nov. 30. KK Rules Out EX, Phi Delts Two fraternities. Phi Delta Theta and Sigma Chi, have been declared ineligible to compete in the 1948 Kosmet Klub Fall Re view because of rules infractions in the 1947 Review, Kosmet Klub announced Monday. Spokesmen for the club stated that the skits were changed fol lowing dress rehearsal after they had been approved by active members and by the group's ad visor, Professor E. S. Schramm. The changes in routines surpassed the "bounds of common decency" according to one Kosmet Kluz member and could not be consid ered in good taste. An annual affair, the Kosmet Klub's Fall Review has always tried to maintain the highest moral standards, KK president Dick Lahr stated to The Daily Nebraskan. Notification of this dis-qualifi-cation has been sent to the two fraternities, their alumni advisory boards and to the faculty senate, Lahr said. W. II. Werkmeisler Speaks at Denver Speaking on the subject, "The Status Past. Present and Future of Philosophy at the University of Nebraska," Dr. William IL Werkmeisler, chairman of tna de partment of philosophy, addressed a meeting of philosophers of the mountain and plains area held in Denver, Colo., Saturday, Nov. 22. The gathering was called to or ganize a division of the American Philosophical association, to be known probably as the mountain plains division, extending from Utah on the west to Missouri on the east. Other news of Dr. Werkmeister concerns his literary work. Re cently, he received notice from his publishers. Harper and Bros., that two books on philosophy he has written will be published in Janu ary. They are, "Basis and Struc ture of Knowledge," a volume of 500 pages, and "Critical Think ing," a volume of 730 pages. The publishers also announced that Dr. Werkmeister's "Philosophy of Sci ence" will be reprinted.