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Vol. 49 No. 82 LINCOLN 8, NEBRASKA Tuesday, February 8, 1949
Dr. Rosenlof Will Address
YM-YW Banquet Tonight
Dr. G. W. Rosenlof will speak
at the annual YM-YW banquet at
6:15 p.m. Tuesday in the Green
Room of the city YM. Dr. Rosen
lof, director of admissions and
registrar, has served two terms on
the YMCA board of directors.
The Farm
- Conrlesv Journal
Dr. Rosenlof
House quar
tette, composed
of Tom Ch il
vers, Stan
Lambert, Neal
Baxter and Bob
Chilvcrs, will
sing. Helen
Ochsner will
render a vocal
solo, and Thil
Gustafson will
give a piano
number.
The welcome to an anticipated
crowd of 200 will be given by
Prof. A. W. Epp, chairman of the
university YMCA board of man
agement, and Mrs. C. W. Smith,
chairman of the university YWCA
board. City and Ag YW presi
dents, Jan Nutzman and Laverna
Acker, and city and Ag YM presi
dents, Bill Reuter and Stan Lam
bert, will introduce new officers
and cabinets.
Honored guests will be Louis
Home, chairman of the commu-
Three Bridge
Teams Qualify
For Tourney
Three teams of university stu
dents have been named eligible
to play in the National Intercol
legiate Bridge tournament to be
held in the Union Thursday eve
ning, Feb. 24. These teams are
Neil Atkinson and Bud McDer
mott, Fitch and Fitch and Pat
Black and Suzanne Pecha.
Four other teams tied, and a
playoff will be held today or to
morrow to determine which will
fill the fourth place vacancy in
the tournament. They are Charlie
Smith and Ernie Gotchell, Corey
'and Gaiter, Nicholas and Hood
and Gaiter and Speilberg.
Dale Ball has been manager
of this campus tournament under
the sponsorship of the Union
Competitive Games committee.
Others who participated in the
tournament may check on their
final ratings at the Union office.
nitv chest: James Kintz. associate
chairman; Ned Cadwallader, pres
ident of the Lincoln YMCA board
of directors: Rev. John Wichelt
and John Walker, regional co
chairman of the Rocky Mountain
Student Christian association.
Following the banquet there
will be social dancing in the Green
Room.
Selzer Defines
Eligibility for
Prom Royalty
Junior women filing for Prom
Queen must have 53 to 88 hours,
not including hours earned first
semester this year, announced
Jack Selzer, Innocent in charge
of presentation of the royalty at
the Junior-Senior prom March 4.
Men with over 80 hours which
do not include credits earned this
last semester are eligible to file
for Prom King. Due to confusion
over eligibility this distinction
was necessary.
All applicants must have a 4.5
weighted average. Filings opened
Feb. 4 and will close Feb. 11. Ap
plications may be made at Room
201, Administration building.
From the applicants, finalists
will be chosen for each honor
who will be presented at the
prom. The winners will be chosen
in a unique fashion which will be
announced later.
Boettger Elected
4-H President
Marilyn Boettgcr "was elected
president of the university 4-H
club at their Monday meeting.
She succeeds Glenn Claybaugh,
Ag senior.
Other officers elected include
Muriel Nelson, vice-president; Pat
Hanlon, secretary; Eugene Robin
son, treasurer; Ralph Hilk, publi
city chairman; Clayton Yeutter,
program chairman; and Jo Ann
Skucius, song leader.
Miss Boettger is also vice-president
of Home Ec club and special
service chairman of the Ag
YWCA. She is a junior majoring
in textiles.
The university 4-H club has
over 100 members. Approximately
52 percent of the Ag college stu
dents have been 4-H club mem
bers at one time, Miss Boettger
said.
NU Red Cross
To Distribute
Cards to Vets
College Red Cross workers will
initiate the new semester by dis
tributing Valentine cards at the
Veteran's hospital, Tuesday, Feb.
8. Similar to the Christmas card
distribution, girls will visit the
wards giving patients a choice of
over 100 cards donated by the
Norcross Card company.
A carnival, sponsored by va
rious city welfare groups, will be
the institutional group's second
project in which it will partici
pate next week. The carnival is
scheduled for Thursday evening,
Feb. 10, in the Veteran's hospital
lounge. Workers will decorate
every afternoon next week and
will have two fortune telling
booths, a stunt photographer and
several parts in the skit program.
Any university student is wel
come to work on either of these
projects. Arrangements should
be made with either Frank Jacobs,
3-8474 or Jean Fenster, 2-6413.
Pi Tau Sigma
Elects Officers
Pi Tau Sigma, mechanical en
gineering honorary fraternity, re
cently installed Robert Brandt
president of their organization for
the coming semester. Melvin
Poeschl is the retiring president.
Other officers installed at the
fraternity dinner include Darrell
Frederick, vice-president; Stanley
Watt, treasurer; William Kuser,
recording secretary; George Ervin,
corresponding secretary; and Dan
Jones, historian.
Honored guests at the installa
tion were F. J. Boucher, P. L.
Milroy and H. D. Sanborn, all
representing the General Electric
company. Prof. N. H. Barnard
spoke briefly to the group and
Prof. W. Foxwell, faculty adviser,
was in charge of the installation.
'Daily'' Delivery
Because of printing difficul
ties at the Lincoln Journal
where The Daily Nebrask?n is
published, the "Rag:" has been
distributed later in the day for
the past month.
Copies of The Daily Nebras
kan were usually delivered
early in the morning:, but the
printing: difficulties have neces
sitated noon distribution. Sun
day issues have not been deliv
ered until Monday noon. This
condition is expected to con
tinue until March.
Bolitho Impressed by Lincoln
On Tour With C3ag Reporter
A tour of the city with the
British author and lecturer, Hec
tor Bolitho, yesterday brought
new thoughts on the Lincoln scene
and America in general to the
mind of a Daily Nebraskan writer.
The Englishman spoke on
"Queen Victoria and the Mon
archy" at an all-University con
vocation Monday morning. His
sincere interest in all typically
American things was as refresh
ing as it was amazing.
THE NEBRASKA STORM . . .
the gatelcss gateposts marking the
entrance to the Piedmont section
of Lincoln . . . the name "Pleez-U"
for a cleaning establishment . . .
and "Cornhusker" for a midwest
ern hotel. All these things brought
forth apt comments from Bolitho.
Several sights he pronounced "in
credible" particularly that of
several people busily eating chili
con carne at 2 a.m.
On this, his first visit to Ne
braska, although he has been in
44 of the states, Bolitho was tre
mendously impressed by the
thoughtfulness and friendliness of
Lincoln citizens. Inhabitants of the
Atlantic seaboard, he feels, have
a tendency, in the midst of their
own sophistication, to underesti
mate their fellow Americans in
the west.
Bolitho. reading a ship's news
paper on his way to this country,
was surprised to discover in it
two items with a Lincoln date
line. One, about the animal bones
frequently uncovered in Nebraska,
caused him to include a visit to
Morrill Hall in his plans for the
trip. The sight of the skeleton of
the "largest elephant on record"
provoked a typical emphatic com
ment. "My conscience! Think of
that having arthritis!"
.
NEBRASKA'S CAPITOL build
ing was another place Bolitho was
particularly anxious to visit. He
expressed interest in seeing the
room in whicn the legislature
meets and in going to the 14th
floor for a view of the city.
The New Zealand born writer
and lecturer has spent much time
in historical research. In his ad
dress he showed that he places
considerable faith in the "faint
glow of history" which can help
us act wisely in our time. In his
earlier books, the author traced
the beginnings of monarchy; his
latest, titled "The Reign of Vic
toria," deals with government
during that time.
A quotation from Ruskin seemed
to him a good description of Queen
Victoria. "When skill and love
meet, they produce a master
piece," and that, as he sees it,
is what happened to the girl
brought up with one grim pur
pose that she have adequate
training lor her inevitable place
as Queen of England.
HE GIVES CONSIDERABLE
credit for Victoria's success to her
husband, Albert. Bolitho pointed
out the important part Albeit had
in averting war between England
and the United States by the care
ful rewording of a dispatch from
the foreign office. In England,
then, Bolitho said, the monarch
is the guardian of the spirit be
hind the law. He is "not the
power, but the example."
In closing Bolitho repeated an
earlier statement that he disagrees
with Americans who claim that
young people are cynical. He told
students that he believed in them
as a generation and further stated
that the younger generation, in
becoming the greatest power, will
make the country the greatest example.
Snowed-lln Airecas
University students are among those who have been en
gaged in the all-out fight against the elements, Operation
Snowbound headquarters announced Friday.
As members of the National Guard, about 35 Nebraska
students have been on duty throughout the state since Jan.
29. Stationed all over the state.
Fraternities
To Present
Queen at Ball
Presentation of the Interfratern
ity Queen, by Walt Dorothy, coun
cil president, will highlight the
Interfraternity ball, Feb. 12. The
dance will be held in the Union
ballroom from 9-12 p.m.
Each organ
ized women s
group may
enter a candi
date for queen.
S i x finalists
will be selected
by the execu
tive committee
of the council.
The queen will
be chosen by a
vote of those
attending the
This year's ball will be formal.
It will feature the music of Eddie
Haddad's orchestra.
"The ballroom will be decorated
with the Greek letters and crests
of all campus fraternities," said
Chuck Thoene, Phi Gamma Delta
representative in charge of ar
rangements. Other arrangement
committee members are: Paul
Weltcheck, Zeta Beta Tau; Frank
Loeffel, Farm House; Doug Peters,
Beta Theta Pi and Bill Norton,
Sigma Alpha Epsilon.
Tickets are $1.20 and may be
purchased from any Interfratern
ity council member.
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Dorothy
Home Ec Club
Elects Cabinet
Gwen Monson, Marilyn Boett
ger, Mary Chace, Vivian Frazier
and Janet Ross were installed as
new officers of the Home Eco
nomics club at a general meeting
held Thursday, Feb. 3, at 5 p. m.
At the same meeting, 19 girls
were elected to fill positions of
chairmen and assistants of the ten
committees comprising the Home
Ec club cabinet.
New cabinet members include
Connie Crosbie, Jo Ann Skucius,
Donna Pearson, Sue Bjorklund,
Annette Carnahan, Annette Stop
kotte, Jeanne Wielage, Ruth
Fischer, Pat Hanlon, Joan Raun,
Mary Travis, Virginia West, Mar
eia Adams, Evelyn Young, Elea
nor Erickson, Twylia Burgess,
Jean Stopkotte, Virginia Baskin,
Joanne Engelkemier and Norma
Long.
Members eligible for pins are
urged to give their orders and
money to Gwen Monson or Vivian
Frazier at the earliest possible
date. Pins are awarded on the
basis of points earned through
service in club activities.
A Valentine party is to be held
on Thursday, Feb. 10, at 5 p. m.
in the Home Economics parlors,
according to Gwen Monson, presi
dent of the club. All members
are encouraged to attend.
Starvation Meal
Opens AUF Drive
A Starvation banquet, held in
the Union ballroom Sunday night
launched the '49 AUF campaign.
Diners ate a scanty meal and
heard Miss Gretta Ridell, travel
ing secietary for World Student
Service Fund, speak on the pur
poses of WSSF. Charles Dugdale,
KFOR announcer, acted as mas
ter of ceremonies. The program
included music by Beverly Larson
and the Farm House quartette
composed of Stan and Tom Lamb
er, Neal Baxter and Tom Chilvers.
The AUF drive, which opened
Feb. 7, will continue through
Feb. 11. Approximately 300 stu
dents will solicit funds. A radio
will be given to the solicitor who
collects the most money.
Proceeds from the drive go to
WSSF, United Negro College fund
and the Community Chest
their job is to relieve the distress
of the people in the disaster areas.
CALLED OUT of school as Op
eration Snowbound got under way
last week, most of the students
have not been to their second se
mester classes. Chancellor Gustav
son, however, said that since the
students have been doing a neces
sary job in the snowbound areas,
everything will be taken care of
by the University.
Although the students are
anxious to get back to school, Lt.
Newman, commanding officer of
the ordnance personnel, said that
they feel what they are doing is
necessary and should be com
pleted as soon as possible.
.
DUTIES OF the personnel in
clude hauling fuel for equipment,
hay and food to outlying farms
and towns that are snowbound
Another job is the hauling of
weasels, light carriers that are
able to transport food and fuel ov
er the snow. The men are work
ing approximately 15 hours a day.
Equipment used by the Guard
includes heavy army clothing, ra
tions and general equipment.
There are about 14 teams of eight
men each in the field. Each team
has two 2-j-ton trucks and one
jeep.
THEY WORK out of county
seats, living and eating wherever
they can hotels, private homes or
regular army quarters. Local
people have cooperated with
housing and the eating problem
wherever the army has gone
University students who are
working in Operation Snowbound
are:
John Newman Robert Rcinerke,
Verne laliia Keith Walthera
Pale Borttrhrr Iavid Kize. Jr.
Allan Docker Tom Rrnwer
Kenneth Johnson 1 -eland A mot
Hick (.'human ( harlen I'hilhrirk
Inron llnrni Cillhert BanermeMer
Richard Met lain Roy Melka
lnald Knebel Tommy lleelnn
Mam Zimmerman James MrVleker
Kdward Gallagher Inane 1'eterion
Kdward Wells Albert Amu, Jr.
Itavid liinio Jark BurrU
Norman Itawsoa William Henkle
Jack Voiht Arnold Krante
tarl I.lndwall Milton 1-ehr
Mauley l.unduren
General Phys Ed
Classes Slill Open
The department of Physical Ed
ucation for men announced Mon
day that even though they have
received the heaviest enrollment
in the history of the university
there are a few sections of activ
ity classes that might interest stu
dents from any college.
These classes can be added se
lected for one hour credit but en
rollment must be completed at
once with an add slip which can
be obtained at 102 P.E. Bldg.
Sections which have a few more
openings are:
P E 21 XVIII Bait and Fly CastinKS
and Hy Handicraft, 1 p. m., MWF, Mr.
Patterson.
P E 21 XXd Bodv ConditioninR and
Weight Training. 3 p. m., TTh, and
p. m. Saturday, Mr. HiKBins.
P. E. 22 X llli General Recreation
(Squash, Badminton. Volleyball, Mass
Games, Softball), 11 a. m. -12:20 p. m.,
TTh.
P.E. 21 IVb Basketball. 3-4:30 p.m.,
TTh, Mr. Means.
P. E. 102 Social Recreational Leader
ship for men and women at Ag College
(2 hours credit), 4 p. m., TTh.
P. E. 22 I Gymnastics, 2 p. m., MWF,
Mr. Partington.
P. E. 21 XI Corrective and Remedial
r.vmnastics and Recreation. 4 p. m., TTn,
Mr. Mi.ler.
P. E. 23 vn Advanced Pwlmmlnp. i()
a. m., TTh. and 1 p. m. W Mr. Emery.
P.E 21 V WresiliiiR. 3 p.m.. Jlut,
Mr Patterson .
P. E. 21 VII BoxinK. 3 p. m., TTIi,
Mr. Patterson.
Delians Elect
Sieffert Prexy
The following members of the
Dclian Union Literary society
were elected to office lor the
spring term.
Royal Sieffert was named pres
ident by the group. Other officers
include: Lourene Keugler, vice
president; Jan Sielaff, recording
secretary; W. S". Stocking, treas
urer; Andy Zeek, corresponding
secretary; Marvin Malone, pub
licity chairman; John Ellis and
Don Metcalf, historians; Dave
Moore, program chairman; How
ard Yoshina, sergeant-at-arm.;;
and Harold Johns, room commit
tee chairman.