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.
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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
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BARBARA SPEER
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
