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Masquers Name
Davis President
Walter Davis, Arts and Sciences junior, was elected president of
the Nebraska Masquers, university
University stage manager this
year, Davis has been active in
backstage work for theater pro
ductions for the past two years
He appeared in "Angel Street" as
a London bobby and is a varsity
band drum major.
Other officers elected by the
Masquers are: Clarence Denton,
vice president; D. Ann Richard
son, executive secretary; Gladys
WALTER DAVIS
Jackson, recording secretary; Jack
Asbyll, treasurer; and Norm Le
ger, reporter. Shirley Sabin was
named historian, and Merle Stal
der and Margaret Huff were
elected to the Board of Governors.
Masquer pledges made active
at the meeting include: Jack
Asbyll, Mary Cottingham, Walter
Davis, Clarence Denton, Homer
Hauptman, Mrs. Betty Laird,
Norm Leger, and Eddie McCul
lough. New pledges named were: Mil
dred Hodtwalker, Frank Jacobs,
t'at .rung, I'riscilla Knudsen,
Helen Prince, and Marv Lou
Thompson.
Ivy Day Poems Due
At Union by April 21
All entries in the Ivy Day
Poem Contest must be turned in
to the Union office by Wednesday,
April 21 at 5:00.
Three manuscripts must be
submitted of each poem and none
of the manuscripts may have the
name on them. The authors name
must be placed in a sealed en
velope and turned in with the
manuscripts.
The only specification for the
poem is that it shall pertain to
Ivy Day traditions.
Judges will be Dr. Frantz. Dr.
Wimborly and Dr. Slote, all of the
English department.
Phi Beta Kappa to Announce
New Membership Wednesday
i ni ueia is.appa and bigma Xi
discuss "Science and International
nesday.
New members selected for the two top academic honoraries will
be announced at the dinner. The informal dinner will be served buffet
style in the Union ballroom at 6:15 p. m. Wednesday.
Reservations Must be Made
Reservations should be made by mail before April 5. Plates are
$1 each. Non-members may attend.
Dr. Ridenour is Dean of the graduate college and a professor of
physics at the University of Illinois. He has done extensive work in
the field of cosmic rays, nuclear physics, and electronics.
During the war he was assistant director of the radiation labora
tories at M.I.T. He also was a special civilian consultant to General
"Toocy" Spaatz in the European theater.
Members Ticked From Senior Class
Members for Phi Beta Kappa are selected from one-eighth to
one-tenth of the graduating class.
In recent years, the scholastic average of those picked has not
dropped below 81 percent.
Students in all colleges are eligible for Phi Beta Kappa if they
have met the group requirements of the ai ts and sciences college.
Nebraska. Sunday. April 4. 1948
dramatic honorary, last Thursday.
Aussie Minister
To Speak at
Forum Today
Alfred Stirling, Australian Min
ister to the Australian Embassy in
Washington, D. C, will speak at
the Forum sponsored by the Pres
byterian Student House at 5:00
p. m. Sunday, April 4.
The Forum will be held in the
Union ballroom.
Stirling, who has served as a
member of the Australian delega
tions to the Imperial Conference,
the League of Nations Assemblies,
the UNRRA Conference in At
lantic City and the Paris Peace
Conference, will speak on "Aus
tralia's Place in the International
Scene."
He will include in his talk the
political, economic and social
aspects of Australian life today.
Stirling was born in Melbourne,
Australia and received his edu
cation in Scotch college, Mel
bourne University and the Uni
versity College, Oxford, England.
Stirling is the second repre
sentative from foreign embassies
who has spoken on the campus,
being preceeded by Gordon Hous
ton, from the English Counsul in
Washington, D. C.
Delta Omicroii
Opens Book Drive
Delta Omicron, national profes
sional music sorority, is sponsor
ing a nationwide UNESCO proj
ect to collect books, which will be
used to restock two European li
braries destroyed during World
war II in Belgium and Czecho
slovakia. Books are guaranteed to reach
their destination by the Commit
tee of International Educational
Rehabilitation and the American
Book Center.
Boxes will be placed in Love
Library, the Student Union and
the School of Music. Students
contributing books may leave
them at these collection stations
any time before 6 p. m. Wednes
day. Books needed and acceptable
are all kinds of textbooks, Sci
ence and technology books are es
pecially needed and children's
books that are classics and have
been printed latter than 1937.
will hear Dr. Louis N. Ridenour
Affairs," at a joint meeting Wed
Med School Diplomas
Science Film
To Be Shown
Twice Today
Photomicrography shows Crea
tion. It takes a delicate camera
and microscope to capture the
inside secrets of a puff of smoke,
or a leaf, or a drop of water as
revealed in the religious-scientific
film, "The God of Crea
tion." Vivid full-color scenes from
astronomy and natural science are
featured in "The God of Crea
tion," sound motion picture to be
shown at 5 p.m. today at the First
Lutheran church, 17th and A St.,
according to the Rev. Alvin M.
Peterson, pastor. The film will be
shown to Ag students at 6:30 p.m.
at 1200 No. 37 St.
Large Showing
"The God of Creation," pro
duced by Dr. Irwin A. Moon in
the Los Angeles laboratories of
Moody Institute of Science, al
ready has been shown to more
than two million people in this
country and was recently intro
duced in Europe.
In the opening section of "The
God of Creation," the audience
travels to the stars to view the
complexities of our own solar
system. The astronomical photo
graphs were taken thru the giant
100-inch telescope of Mount Wil
son Observatory in southern Cal
ifornia. Photosynthesis Shown
Lapse-time photography is util
ized to demonstrate the beauties
of natural science, as flower buds
appear to develop into full-blown
blossoms in a few seconds.
Pictures of photosynthesis, the
mysterious f o o d-manufacturing
process resulting from the action
of sunlight on leaves, will be
shown.
Eleetion Poster
Rules Declared
Poster rules for the coming all
university spring elections, April
15, have been announced by Jack
Selzer, chairman of the election
publicity committee of the Stu
dent Council.
All publicity posters must be
turned in to the Student Union
office before 6 p. m., April 12,
so that they can be checked by
a Council committee. The Coun
cil will take care of the distribu
tion of the posters. They will
be posted as soon as possible after
being turned in.
The maximum size for each
poster will be 14 by 22 inches.
Four handmade posters are al
lowed to each candidate and six
to each party. These are the bnly
printed materials which may be
used.
The four posters will be placed
in tne union, Love Library, Ag
Union, and one more in any cam
pus building. If no fourth choice
is indicated, the last one will be
put in Social Sciences building.
it iewer than four posters are
turned in, it should be stated
which of the four places they be
posted.
Further election rules can be
found in a box in Tuesday's Daily
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College Awards UN Grad
Honorary D. Sc. Degree
Ninety graduates, members of the university of medicine's hist
accelerated. wartime class, received their diplomas April 3.
Dr. Alfred W. Adson and Miss Josephine Chamberlin received
honorary degrees for outstanding work in the medical profession. Dr.
Adson, associated with the Mayo Clinic and Foundation for more than
30 years, completed his undergraduate work and received his Mas
ter's degree from the University of Nebraska in 1918. He is lamous
Aggie Meeting
Will Preview
Farmer's Fair
A preview of the 1948 Farmer's
Fair will be held on Ag campus
Tuesday, April 6, at a 4 p.m. con
vocation. Rick Wahlstrom, Farm
ers J; air a o a r d manager, an
nounced the preview and said that
Ag students can be dismissed from
classes to attend the event with
the permission of their instruct
ors. The convocation, to be held in
the Dairy Industry building, will
give a picture of the Fair, past
and future. Colored movie ac
counts of previous Fairs will be
shown by Prof. F. D. Keim, pro
fessor of agronomy.
The members of the 1948 Far
mers rair Board will outline the
activities for this year's celebra
tion. They will discuss the many
phases of the annual event. Mrs.
Eleanor McFadden, a member of
the Board in 1937, will report on
the traditional Ag campus Fair of
that year.
Lake to Advise
Area Unions
Duane Lake, University of Ne
braska Student Director, has been
appointed Regional Advisor for
the National Association of Col
lege Student Unions. The region
under Mr. Lake's jurisdiction in
cludes all schools in Kansas and
Nebraska.
Approximately eight new un
ions are under consideration in
this area, with one of the largest
to be at Kansas State, Manhat
tan, Kas. The duties of the posi
tion call for advisory service with
building plans and programs.
Mr. Lake has -been chosen as
one of the twenty-two Regional
Advisors in the United States and
Canada, among them are past
presidents and officers of the As
sociation, and Deans of Students
at various colleges.
UN Sociology Professor
Authors Essay in 'Annals'
Dr. J. O. Hertzler, professor ot
sociology, is the author of an es
say in the March issue of the
"Annais" of the American Aca
demy of Political and Social
Science.
Dr. Hertzler's article, "Religious
Institutions," opens the volume
on "Organized Religion in the
United .States."
Recently Dr. Hertzler has had
reviews of "Can Science Save
Us," by Lundberg, and "Under
standing Society," by Odum, in
the journal. Social Forces, and of
"Essays on Anti-Semitism," by
Pinson, in the Public Opinion
Quarterly.
16 Frosh, 3 Junior Teams
Advanee in Moot Court Trials
Law college's Moot Court com
petition ended just before spring
vacation, with 16 frosh and three
juniors emerging as victors.
The competition to determine
this year's final winning senior
team will be held later in the
spring.
Thirty-two freshmen teams
participated in the proceedings
along with six junior teams. The
16 frosh teams will enter the jun
ior competition next fall, while
the three junior winners will
continue into the senior bracket
next fall.
The fund for the Moot Court
was donated by Thomas S. Allen,
a member of the first graduating
class of the university Law school.
Winners of the freshmen and
I for the development ol now oper-
ations and techniques that made
possible the removal of tumors
from the spinal cord and brain.
He received an honorary Doctor
of Science degree.
Honorary Degree
Miss Chamberlin received an
honorary Master of Nursing de
gree. A graduate of Blair high
school, she received her certificate
in. nursing at Chicago in 1922.
During World War I she served
overseas with the University of
Nebraska Base Hospital No." 49,
and was superintendent of the
college dispensary from 1919 until
her retirement in 1945.
Dr. Edward L. Bortz of Phila
delphia, president of the Ameri
can Medical Association, the main
speaker, told the graduates that
socialization of medicine would
force the medical profession into
chains by placing it under govern
ment control. He asserted that in
every nation where political con
trol has been forced upon an un
willing medical profession, the
standards of medical service have
deteriorated, and the public has
received a lower quality of medi
cal care. He pointed out that in
the past 100 years medical science
has increased life expectancy
from 41 to 67 years.
Administers Oath
Dean Harold C. Lueth admin
istered the Oath of Hippocrates,
awarded the certificates to tech
nologists, and degrees to Bache
lors of Science and Doctors of
Medicine. Degrees in Medical
Technology were presented by
Dr. J. Perry Tollman, and those
in Nursing by Irma M. Kyle,
director of the School.
The charge to the graduating
class was given by Dr. R. G. Gus
tavson, and Capt. Mitchell D.
Matthews administered the oath
of office to appointees to the U.S.
Naval Reserve.
Mu Phi Epsilon
Presents Concert
Mu Phi Epsilon, national music
sorority, will present the first in
a series of concerts to be given
by three music sororities Sunday,
April 14, at 4 p. m. in the Tem
ple theater.
The program for Sunday will
feature an octet singing three
numbers, "Dearest Lord Jesus"
and "Bouree," by Bach, plus
"A Bird Flew" by Clokey. Solo
ists presented in the concert will
be Florence Nerenberg and Eli
nor Hanson, piano, and Patricia
Line, Mary Ann Campbell and
Kathleen Donovan, vocal. Miss
Nerenberg and Miss Hanson will
present a piano duet "Sonata in
D." Several vocal duets wil be
sung by Miss Campbell and Miss
Donovan.
Sigma Alpha Iota will be sec
ond in the concert series with
their recital Thursday, followed
by Delta Omicron on Sundav,
April 21.
junior rounds, plus the senior
finalists:
Senior Finalists
R. C. Ouenzel anil K. n. Wilson vs.
R. I). Nelson and V . T. Scliwertz.
Junior Winners
P. C. Krat? and R. A. Shenff
W. A. Rundli, Jr., and J. M. Strong
H. f. HaKfiort and J. 11. Binning
Freshman Winners
J. Rrullner and J. Pahlcren
. Peters and O. Burr
J. Lyle and D. Meyer
K. Kratz and R. Calkins
J. Hunter, Jr., and M. Johnpon
i J. Davis and E. Comerford
D. KIIh and R. Luedtke
P. Itnyd and K. Zimmerman
O. Ktebls and J. Kdstrom
J. B rower and C. Erlckson
1). Van Winkle and P. A. Wilson
R. Berkheimer and K. Damon
W. Mtinson and F. Fucate
R. Wilson and R. Coyne
J. Nlelson and T. Sorensen
R. Simmons and C. Abbott
