William's Names
Vol. 48 No. 117 Lincoln 8. Nebraska. Tuesday. April 13. 1948
Engineering Seniors
To Begin (inspections
BY JERRY ROESLER.
Seniors in the college of En
gineering are making their annual
inspection tours of points of in
terest in Nebraska and neighbor
ing states, April 12 and 13.
Each department of the college
is sponsoring tours of projects
especially important to students
in that department's phase of
engineering.
Visit Shops. Labs.
Yesterday 83 mechanical cngi
reers visited the Goodyear Tire
and Rubber plant, the Burling
ton Railroad shops at Havelock,
and the Tractor Testing laboratory
at Ag college. Today they will
visit the Omaha World Herald
printing shops, the Union. Pacific
shops, and the South Omaha
Steam plant. On their way to
Omaha they will stop at Ashland
to inspect the Lincoln Water plant.
The tour is being supervised by
A. A Luebs, W. F. Weiland. J.
K. Ludwickson, and N. H. Barn
ard, factulty members of the Me
chanical Engineering department
Inspect Power Plants.
The electrical engineers visited
Hughes Brothers, manufacturers
of electrical lined materials in
Seward yesterday morning; in the
afternoon they visRed the Loup
River Public Power district in Co
lumbus, and inspected the Monroe
and Columbus power plants. This
morning they will visit the Cush
man Motor works, and have been
instructed to take time out from
the tour in order to vote in the
primary elections.
During the afternoon they will
inspect the Ash Grove Lime and
Portland Cement company at
Louisville, and the new KAFB
broadcasting station at Papillion.
Sixty-five seniors are making the
tour.
Tour Boys' Town.
On their way to Omaha yes
terday, the civil engineers stopped
at the Water Purification plant
at Ashland, and toured Boys
Town to inspect construction
work there. In Omaha they in
spected the Omaha Steel Works,
and viewed and discussed a movie
on the Pick-Sloan plan. This
morning they will make a tour
of projects along the Missouri
river at Omaha and Council
Bluffs.
In the afternoon they will in
spect river equipment of the U.S.
Army corps of engineers at Flor
ence, and will make a trip from
Florence to Bellevue on a U. S.
Army boat, inspecting river work
on the way. At Bellevue, they will
visit the Nebraska Power com
pany steam power plant under
construction there. Faculty mem
bers Rex E. Edgecomb and Adrian
R. Legault are conducting the
trip.
Engineers See Omaha.
Seniors in the Architectural
Engineering department are tour
ing Omaha, visiting the Gate City
Iron works, the Fontenelle Hous
ing project, the new Greyhound
Bus station, the St. Mary Mar
garet church, and Joslyn Me
morial. Agricultural Engineers visited
the Dekalb Hybrid Seed company
at Humboldt, la, Sunday. Yes
terday they inspected the John
Deere Tractor works at Waterloo,
la., and today they are touring
the Firestone Tire and Rubber
and Woods Brothers corporation
plants in Des Moines.
The chemical engineers are
visiting points of interest in Kan
sas City.
Cast for 'Shrew
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Margaret Huff will portray the leading role of
Kathcrina, the Shrew, in the University theater's
final production of the year, "Taming of the
Shrew," announced director Dallas Williams today.
The Shakespearean comedy will be presented
nightly Wednesday, May 12, through Saturday,
May 15, with a matinee on Saturday. Thirty parts
are included in the cast.
Witty Plot.
Feature of "Taming of the Shrew" is a witty plot
combined with a clever character analogy. The
story concerns a troubled father who has two
daughters, one sweet, the other just opposite.
Complications that arise from the father's wily
attempts to marry off the wild daughter and the
unlucky husband's desperate endeavors to tame
the shrew of a girl, carry the play through to a
rousing finish.
Miss Huff, arts and sciences senior, has had wide
experience in university drama. Her performance
in Pygmalion last season won her the Nebraska
Masquers award for the year's finest performance
by any actress. This year she has appeared in "The
Man Who Came to Dinner." Her role as Katherina
depicts a wily, unruly maiden who is finally
"tamed" by her suiter, Petruchio, played by Jack
Wenslrand.
Wenstrand No Stranger.
Wenstrand also is no stranger to University the
ater audiences. He may be remembered for his
portrayal of Duke Mantee in "The Petrified For
est." Petruchio is a witty, resourceful fellow,
known for his sharp humor.
Dewey Ganzel will enact the part of Hoitensio,
a disheartened lover. Ganzel was also in "The
Petrified Forest."
Other Characters.
Other major characters are Grumio portrayed by
Dale Wisser, and Lucentio, by Jack Maxwell.
Remainder of the cast is as follows:
Christopher Sly, Rex Coslor; hostess and Bion
dello, Bill Reuter; a lord and a pedant, Don Jo
hannes; huntsmen, Norm Leger and Jack Donley;
page, Tom Stimpfig; Tranio, Merle Stalder; Bap
tista, Gay Marr; Vincentio, Darrel Peters; Gremio,
Eddie McCollough; Curtis, Clare Denton; Nathan
iel, Bill Line; Sugarsop, Leonard Pachman; Joseph,
Bob Baum; Bianca, Mary Wenstrand; a widow,
Mildred Hodtwalker; and servants, Herb Spense,
Dean Wells, Jack Asbyll, Dick Toof, and Frank
Jacobs.
Nellor Elected
BTO President
Dick Nellor was elected presi
dent of the BTO Flying ekib at
a meeting of the group last
Wednesday. Other officers in
clude: Paul Keller, vice-president;
Don Maunder, secretary-treasurer;
Claus Ulgaa, flight director.
The organization is open to all
students, faculty and university
staff members who foster an
active interest in aviation. To
create this interest is the objec
tive of the club.
One of the major benefits of
membership in the club is a
special flight rate to all members.
The group plans to attend
the Texas Christian university
Air Meet May 14-15 in Fort
Worth.
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"Get Your . Kicks," Kosmet
Klub's all-male spring show, is
reportedly well on its way toward
a ticket sell out, club secretary
Fig Flagg has announced.
Written by Bill Wiseman and
Ken Greenwood, the review is
a satire on campus life. Bob Baum
and Paul Harrington will corn
line their talents to play the lead.
The show scheduled for 8 p.m.
Thursday, Friday and Saturday
nights, April 15, 16 and 17. Re
served seats may be obtained at
the Temple building between
12:30 and 6 p.m., starting today
through Thursday.
Despite Flagg's repeated asser
tions that tickets are selling like
crazy, rumor has it that there
are still a few available from
Kosmet Klub workers or at the
KK both in the Union.
Entries Due This Week
For Poetry Competition
The University Poetry Contest,
with prizes of $35 and $15, will
close this week. Entries of one or
more poems, the total not to ex
ceed 200 lines, must be left in the
English office, 103 Andrews, by 5
p. m. Thursday, April 15.
Seniors Oust Baccalaureate,
Approve Final Exams Delay
An estimated one-third of the
graduating seniors reached a de
cision on three points concerning
their graduation at a convocation
held Monday night at Love Me
morial Library auditorium. Chan
cellor R. G. Gustavson was in
charge of the meeting.
Seniors decided to dispense with
baccalaureate services, to delay
final examinations, and voted par
tial support to a suggestion that
they act as hosts to alums follow
ing the annual spring alumni and
senior luncheon. Votes were made
by show of hands.
Baccalaureate Discontinued.
The first problem raised by the
Chancellor was whether to con
tinue baccalaureate services for
seniors, in view of the poor at
tendance at such services. Chan
cellor Gustavson related how last
year's baccalaureate speaker had
to address an almost ghostly audi
ence, so slight was the attendance
400 Upperelassmen Awards
Now Available in All Colleges
Four hundred scholarships, including 300 Regents scholarships,
are available for upperclassmcn in any college. Values of these awards
range from $20 to $450.
Apply for Blanks.
Application blanks, obtained from the office of the Dean of Stu
dent Affairs, 104 Administration building, must be returned by April
24.
At the Regents meeting on April 3, scholarships were approved
for 100 juniors for their senior year, 100 sophomores for their junior
year, and 100 freshmen for their sophomore year. Worth $50 per
semester for two semesters, they will be awarded on the basis of
quality of scholarship, score on a comprehensive examination, and
attributes of character.
Covers Wide Range.
Students in the departments geology, English, chemistry, and
civil engineering, as well as veterans, daughters of veterans, and
residents of Seward county are eligible for other scholarships.
More information on these scholarships is available at the office
ol the Dean of Student Affairs.
"I have no desire to continue a
tradition that means nothing," the
Chancellor said, "but if the uni
versity does have it, more seniors
must come."
In answer to the Chancellor's
question, senior class president
Glen Blindc stated that, unless a
very prominent speaker could be
obtained, he had found that sen
iors would just as soon do without
the baccalaureate.
Commencement Earlier.
Chancellor Gustavson pointed
out that the seniors decision
would mean commencement exer
cises will be moved up to Satur
day after this year. Commence
ment will not be until Monday
this year, however, because the
speaker has already been booked
for that day.
The Chancellor, in turning to
his second problem, stated that
although both the seniors and he
had tried to do something about
final examinations for seniors,
"neither of us has had much in
fluence on the faculty.
Obstinate Faculty.
"This Is the first university fac
ulty I've found so sure that final
examinations mean something,"
the Chancellor continued.
Seniors, he said, have four
courses of action concerning fi
nals. The first is no change; the
second is to excuse seniors from
final exams. This last the faculty
has turned down. A third possi
bility is early dismissal of school,
but this can not be done, because
of objections from the Veterans
organization.
The University calendar, which
is published every year, is a con
tract with the Veterans organiza
tion, Chancellor Gustavson said.
Because of this contract, the uni
versity must maintain June 5 as a
closing date of school. Veterans,
he said, get paid for those days
and so must be attending univer
sity.
Vole Exam Delay.
The fourth alternative, which
(See Seniors, Page 4)
Wilhelms Elected Prexy
Of ASCE Conference
Meno Wilhelms, junior in Civil Engineering, was elected presi
dent of the ASCE conference for next year at the mid-continent con
ference of student chapters of the society.
The conference, held at Kansas university April 9-10, was at
tended by two delegates from Nebraska: Wilhelms and Graham Jones.
Chief business was the reacti-
Anderson Ends
Senate Drive
In Broadcast
Albin T. Anderson, democratic
candidate for the United States
Senate and a member of the Uni
versity faculty, wound up his
campaign Monday night with a
radio address over a four-station
Nebraska network.
In his speech, Mr. Anderson
summarized his previous state
ments concerning his stand on the
major issues confronting the
people of Nebraska and of the
nation. He discussed at length the
vital need for Missouri River
Basin development with specific
reference to flood control, irriga
tion, reclamation, and power de
velopment and urged that the
program be speeded up.
The democartic candidate for
the Senate pointed out that ag
riculture and labor are particu
lary dependent upon each other.
He also insisted upon a com
plete review and revision of the
Taft-Hartley Law.
Senator Wherry was attacked
by Anderson because of Wherry's
opposition to the Marshall Plan
and his obstructionist tactics. The
democratic candidate approved of
President Truman's plea for a
temporary restoration of selective
service and of the European Re
covery program as a protection
from Communism which he
termed "the enslavement of free
peoples."
While calling for a strong mili
tary defense force, Anderson said
he did not favor UMT at this
time. "It is a long range plan for
war in a day when we must
make long range plans for peace."
vating of student organizations
started at Missouri university in
1941. The conference includes
Kansas, Kansas State, Washing
ton (of St. Louis), Missouri.,
Missouri School of Mines, Ar
kansas, Nebraska. Oklahoma, and
Oklahoma A. & M.
Other officers elected were vice
president, Jack Bracey of Arkan
sas; secretary treasurer, Gordon
Ramer, Missouri School of Mines.
Next year's conference will be
held in the fall at the Missouri
School of Mines., Rolla, Missouri.
Barb Applications
For Tassels Open
Filings for Barb and Ag-at-large
Tassels will open today.
Any unaffiliated girl who is
carrying 12 hours and does not
live in an organized house is
eligible to apply, according to
Tassels President Lois Gillette. An
average of 5.5 is also required of
all applicants.
Applications may be obtained
at the Unions on city and ag"
campuses until April 24, Miss Gil
lette stated.
Election Notice
All candidates for Senior-at-large
positions on the Student
Council, and for Publications
Board positions should have a
complete statement of their
platforms and policies for elec
tion in to the Managing Edi.
tor's desk by 2 p.m. Tuesday,
April 14, in order that they
may be published in the Elec
tion Issue Wednesday.
A list of your activities and
personal information that
would be helpful to student
voters should also be included.
AGR Takes First Place
At Estes Carnival Contest
Alpha Gamma Rho won first
prize cup at the annual YM-YW
Estes Carnival at Ag college Sat
urday night for the most original
and clever booth. Eleven booths,
sponsored by the various organi
zations and houses on Ag campus,
were entered in the Carnival con
gest. "Try Your Luck to Ring a Duck"
was the name of the winning AGR
booth which featured live ducks in
a tank. The ducks did their best
to evade rope rings that carnival
goers attempted to throw around
their necks.
Cups Awarded.
This is the first year that a cup
has been awarded to the Estes
booth winner. It will be a rotating
cup, going to the winner each year
to keep for a year and having each
winner's name engraved on it.
Second place went to the Farm
House fraternity for their booth
that featured sling shot tries ati
owls in a tree. Other booths in
cluded throwing rings on a fem
inine leg. a personality tester, a
rifle gallery, and a Love Hall for
tune teller.
Dancing Included.
Over 300 people attended the
carnival according to an estima
tion by Lee Foster and Harriet
Mcline, YM-YW members in
charge of the carnival. Dancing to
juke box music and refreshmets
served by the YW continued all
evening. A skit, "Arkansas Trav
eler," was given by Neal Baxter
prior to the presentation of the
awards.
Judges for the booth contest
were Chester H. Linsheid, Ag li
brarian; Mildred Taylor, head of
th'.YW; and Mr. and Mrs. Gordon
Lippitt. The Estes Carnival is an
annual affair sponsored by the
YM-YW groups to raise funds to
send delegates to the summer Es
tes convention.