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Coeds to Vote for WCA Officers University YWCA elections will be held early this week on city and ag campuses. Cabinet positions open in both cases are those of president, vice-president, secre tary, treasurer and district repre sentative. ' . I m) ) L - y t. . -V: SHIRLEY SABIN There will be two nominees for president in both elections, the one who receives the highest number of votes to be named president and the other automati cally to become vice-president. The others will be elected separ t ' f I ) V . '-' '' : . t i BARBARA SPEER ately. Shirley Sabin and Barbara Speer are the candidates for city campus president. Miss Sabin has been treasurer of the YWCA, Alum and Faculty Commission chairman and was a delegate to the National Student Assembly in 1947. Miss Speer has been an Assist and Freshman Commission leader, was a member of the May Morn ing Breakfast Committee of 1946, and the Worship Cairman for this year. Secretary. Janet Nutzman and Catherine Worcester are the nominees for the office of secretary. Treasur er candidates are Phyllis Cadwal lader and Jean Eckall, while Ei leen Hepperly and Joe Kellenbar ger are the nominees for district representative. Candidates for ag campus pres ident are Mavis Musgrave and Lois Thorfinnson. Miss Musgrave has been Music chairman, "Mag net" editor. Miss Thorfinnson has been YW treasurer. Acting Pro gram chairman and Worship chairman. Marilyn Lyness and Ruth Swan- son are nominees for secretary. Candidates for treasurer are Amy Mitchell and Helen Oschner, while Laverna Acker and Irene Wellen sick are nominees for the office of district representative. r r' I " Y S A MAVIS MUSGRAVE, All elections will be held Tues day and Wednesday on the first floor of the Home Ec, building. City election will take place be tween 9 a.m .and 6 p.m. Tuesday in Ellen Smith halL . fX LOIS THORFINNSON VoL 48 No. 69 Lincoln 8. Nebraska, Sunday. January 18. 1948 Hull, Architectural Prof, Announces Resignation . . . 4th to Leave The fourth resignation of a fac ulty member in the department of architecture, that of Woodrow Hull, a part time instructor in the department, was made known today. Hull, who has been on the university staff only since fall, sent the request to Dean Roy M. Green of the College of Engineer ing Thursday. The resignation is to take effect at the end of the semester, according to Hull. He declined to comment further on his leaving. Practice in Lincoln. While associated with the Uni versity he continued his practice with a firm of Lincoln architects, teaching only a few classes. Another instructor, Burket Graf, and an associate professor. Benjamin F. Hemphill, made their resignations known the first of the week. Hemphill left the de partment immediately upon re cieving a request to resign Mon day. Graf said his resignation will not become effective until the end of the semester.- ' Skaret Also Resigns. An earlier resignation by Her man Skaret, instructor in archi tecture, also became known this week. He is now practicing in Lincoln but could not be con tacted. University officials remained silent on the matter, refusing any comment until action had been taken by the board of regents. Penny Carnival Booth Plans Due by Jan. 21 Plans for the annual Coed Counselor Penny Carnival must be submitted to Miss Piper's of fice. Ellen Smith Hall, by Jan. 21, Mary Dye, president, announced today. Rules and specifications on the carnival booths have been sent to each organized house. Any group wishing to enter the competition may turn in two plans by Jan. 21. From these plans the Coed Coun selor Board will select one to be presented at the event Chairmen of the Penny Carni val booth from each house will meet with board members Jackie Wightman and Lois Gillett. The carnival will be held Feb. 14 at Grant Memorial from 2:00 to 4:30 p.Ei. 0- 'k: , - ' CARL LEONARD. Carl Leonard Heads Engine Exec Boards Carl Leonard, a Chemical En gineering student who will gradu ate this spring, was elected chair man of the Engineering board at the last meeting of the semester Thursday evening. Leonard is the retiring president of Sigma Tau and has been president of the stu dent branch of the American In stitute of Chemical Engineers. At its meeting the Executive Board also heard Dale Ball discuss the plans for All-University week which has been proposed in co incidence with the annual Engin eer's Week. The tentative plans were approved in outline at the meeting. The past week also saw three other engineering groups elect officers. Sigma Tau. Sigma Tau, the Engineering honorary fraternity, elected offi cers to fill the interim term from now until the Spring election. Or dinarily Sigma Tau officers hold their offices for a period of one year. Those elected were: Homer Leymaster. president; Ralph Fcheidt, vice-president; Herbert Temme, treasurer; Albert Walla, secretary; Richard Green, corres ponding secretary; and William Guiou, historian. Wednesday evening the student branch of the American Institute See "ENGINEERS, pate 4. Publications Board Names Hill, Flagg 'Daily' Heads Memorial Service Memorial rites will be held to day in the Student Union ball room at 3:00 to honor 12 Univer sity staff members who died be tween July, 1945, and December, 1947. Presiding will be Chancellor R. G. Gustavson, Rev. John Douglas Clyde will be chaplain, and the deans of the various col leges will pay tributes. The University Singers and Myron Roberts, organist, will pro vide music for this occasion. memorialized are: Ernest H. Hoppert Edith O. Jones Jimea F. Lawrence Wm. W. Marshall A. A. Reed Clara O. Wilson Those to be Erwln H. Barbour James L. Booth Allan R. ConKdoo Henry H. Foster Newton W. Gaines Vincent C. Hascall Monday Convo To Feature MP On "Empire" The Honorable Beverley"feaxter, member of the British Parliament, will be the featured speaker at an all-university convocation to be held Monday, Jan. 19 at 3:00 p.m. in the Union ballroom. He will discuss "Is Empire De fensible?" Canadian born, Baxter is a member of the Conservative party and is the author of several well-known books. The British parliament member is also acknowledged as one of the f JC JACK HILL m X . : 1 ' BEVERLEY BAXTER leading drama critics in England, whose pungent criticisms appear weekly in Jthe London Evening Standard. To a large number of Americans he is familiar through his articles in the New York Sun day Times. Audiences to whom he has spoken have been universally im pressed with hia wit, his underly ing sincerity and his tolerance, as well as with his vast wisdom on issues of international import. Miller, Kerrigan Get Secondary Posts; New Sports, Society Eds Second-semester editorial staff of The Daily Nebraskan was announced yesterday by the Publications Board after a four-hour interviewing session, with Jack Hill named editor-in-chief, succeed ing Dale Novotny. George Miller and Jeanne Kerrigan were ap pointed managing editors. Hill served the past two semesters as managing editor and pre- I viously news editor. He is a mem ber of Innocents Society. Miller, who was reappointed managing editor for a second semester, is a senior and former sports editor. President of Sigma Delta Chi, professional journal ism fraternity, he is also a mem ber of Innocents. Practice Set Aside. Miller's appointment represents a shift in Pub Board practice of not electing graduating senior to managing editorship. The other managing editor, Jeanne Kerrigan is a member of Student Union board, sponsoring the social activities committee, and is a Coed Counselor Five news editors chosen to serve are Wally Becker, Tottie Fiddock Stewart, and Cub Clem, reappointments; and Bob Coonley and Lee Harris. Becker, a senior, will - serve his third semester as news edi tor, and Clem and Mrs. Stewart, sophomore and- senidr .respect ively, their second. Ag News Editor is Lois McDill, who will replace Keith Fredrick son. She is a sophomore. Sports, Features. Filling the positions of sports editor and special features editor will be Fritz Simpson, replacing Ralph Stewart, and Sam Warren who was reappointed for a third semester. Simpson- is a squad member of the "B" basketball team. Secretary of Corn Cobs, Warren is a judiciary committee man of the Student Council. Pat Nordin who was appointed Society editor, is a member of YWCA and Coed Counselors and a sophomore. The entire business staff was reappointed, with Fig Flagg as business manager ;Bill Wilkins, Irwin" Chesen and Merle Stalder assistant; and Jack Selzer as cir culation manager. Though not a common practice of the Pub Board, the retention of a business staff in totum is not unprecedented. The staff members were chosen from a large groiip of applicants who were interviewed individu ally by the Publications Board, headed by Dr. William F. Swin dler, chairman of the board, and director of the School of Journal ism. Other members of the board are Kenneth Forward, J. R. Alden and student members Henry An derson. Jack Solomon and Clay Kennedy. "Jane Eyre" Serialized Over KFOR Radio adaptations of "Jane Eyre," Charlotte Bronte's famous novel, will be presented by Uni versity radio students on station KFOR at 9:30 p.m. for three con secutive Thursday evenings. The first installment of the show was given last night, and the other two will follow each week. The show is directed by Pat Heyen, and Al Sage is both assis tant director and announcer. The cast includes: Betty Jane Holcomb, Jane Eyre; Bill Wise man, Rochester; Nancy Miller, Adele; Joan Lewis, Mrs. Fairfax; Lydia Nekuda, Grace Poole; Mer cedes James, Blanche; Elinore George, Lady; and Rosemary Mal lory, Maid. "Jane Eyre" tells the story of an unassuming governess, Jane, who arrives to Instruct Adele, the young daughter of Rochester. An intense love grows between Jane and Rochester, and they plan to marry. In the middle of the cere mony, the fact that Rochester is already married, to Insane Blanche, is revealed. A dramatic fire, a desperate search, and glimpses of orphan life are parts of the compelling stuty of Bronte that ends with a great emotional climax.