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Vol. 49 No. 86 Lincoln 8, Nebraska, Sunday, Feb. 13, 1949
Stakman
Charter Day Convo
Three prominent Americans
will help Nebraskans celebrate the
eightieth anniversary of the char
tering of the University this
week.
Dr. E. C. Staknan, president
of the American association for
the Advancement of Science; Eu
gene Robb, assistant manager of
the Hearst newspapers and Arch
ibald MacLeish, author and for
mer assistant secretary of the
Department of State will address
University groups.
DR. STAKMAN will speak at
a public Charter Day convoca
tion at 11 a.m. Tuesday in the
Coliseum. His topic will be
"Science and Its Sphere of Influ
ence." Dr. Stakman is president of aa
organization representing over
40,000 American scientists and is
head of the Division of Plant
Pathology and Agricultural Bot
any at the University of Min
nesota. Robb"s address will be made be
fore the annual Charter Day din
ner of the Lincoln club of the
University's Alumni association at
6:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Union
ballroom. An honor graduate ol
the University, Robb is Washing
ton editor of Forbes Magazine.
MR. MacLEISII will address a
public convocation at 3 p.m. Wed
nesday in the Coliseum. His topic
will be, "UNESCO An Ex
periment in Peace." A noted dip
lomat, MacLeish was a member
of the U.S. delegation to the U.
N. London conference in 1945
which established UNESCO. His
convocation begins a three-day
UNESCO "model conference" be
ing staged by students as an ed
ucational project in observance of
the University's 80th anniversary.
Amikitas Elect
WinnieDoiiglas
At Annual Ball
Winifred Douglas, Ag college
junior from Pa' nyra, reigned as
Amikita Sweetheart at the tradi
tional Amikita Sweetheart ball
Friday night.
Attendants were Jane Barker,
Jean Howe, Eunice Jensen, Elaine
Lauer and Donna Runty.
Music was furnished by Bobby
Mills and his orchestra for the
dance held in the College Activi
ties building. In the receiving line
were Amikita president, Betty
Beckner; the sponsors. Miss Mary
Cram and Miss Mary Hosier and
the ehaperones, Mr. and Mrs.
HoLstein and Mr. and Mrs. William
Smith.
Lamhert Urges!
Missouri Basm
A Research
Speakir.g before the Reclama
tion association Friday morning.
Dean W. V. Lambert of Ag college
said that development of the Mis
souri basin is going to require
much additional agricultural re
search. Citing specific instances. Dean
Lambert said more research was
especially reeded in these fields:
erosion control and keeping water
on land; so;I.s and how to use fer
tilizers; farming systems and
wider use of pasture artd forage;
woodlot management; irrigation
and drainage; prevention of salt
deposits; prevention of overgraz
ing of grass lands.
Dean Lambert said the Univer
sity has always played a big pari
fn reclamation activities. He par
ticularly noted the work of Bes
ey, Condra. Pool, Burnett, Burr
and Weaver.
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Alpha Chi Wins
PeiinyCarnival
Booth Award
"The Keener the Throw, the
Better the Show" won top hon
ors for Alpha Chi Omega at the
Penny Carnival Saturday after
noon in Grant Memorial gym.
The carnival is an annual affair
sponsored by Coed Counselors.
Alpha Omicron Pi's "Showboat"
was a second place winner. Kappa
Kappa Gamma took third with
"Spring Parade."
Four honorable mentions were
also given. These went to Kappa
Alpha Theta, International House,
Towne Club and Gamma Phi Beta.
Winning booths were selected by
a panel of three judges and a
comparison with ticket votes.
Carnival goers were seen leav
ing the "biggest sell-out in Coed
! Counselor history" with every
type of adornment from roses to
diapers.
Chorus girls in fur coats and
bathing suits filled the gym and
a "hot" band blared forth all
afternoon.
Coed Counselors sold hot dogs,
cokes and ice cream to the crowd.
A panel of three faculty judges
chose the winning booths. Win
ners were announced by Jackie
Wight man. Coed Counselor pres
ident. Jr. Aksarhcn
Date Revealed
By Hamilton
The dates of the annual Junior
Aksarben Livestock show and ball
sponsored by the Block and Bridle
club has been announced by Bob
Hamilton, president. The ball will
be held March 25 at the Ag col
lege and the show March 26 at
the state fairgrounds.
The show is open to any stu
dcr.t enrolled at the Unneisjiy,
Hamilton said.
Anyone interested in showing in
the beef catt:e, sheep, hogs or
horse division of the show must
register at Animal Husbandry hr,U
within the r.ext week. Dairy cattle
showmen should register at the
Dairy bui'ding sometime this week
also.
Thi.s contest, stated Hamilton,
is concerned with the training and
grooming of the animal and is not
based on its natural character
istics. All students interested are
urged to register and start train
ing their animals immediately.
Bobby J.lills' band will furnish
muic for the ball which will be
staged in the College Activities
building.
Mortar Boards
Offer Women
Scholarships
Applications may be made now
for Mortar Board scholarship
awards to be presented at the an
nual scholarship tea March 16.
All applications must be filed in
the office of the dean of women
by March 5, according to Joan
Farrar, president of Mortar Board.
Only women students who will
have sophomore standing or above
by next September are eligible
for the sholarships which will be
awarded to deserving women stu
dents on the basis of scholarship,
initiative and definiteness of pur
pose.
The scholarship was first
granted in 1937 for the purpose
of aiding graduate students. This
continued until 1940 when there
was a greater need for undergrad
uate scholarships. The awards are
$75 each and will be presented to
six students.
Also to be honored at the
scholarship tea will be outstand
ing senior women. All university
women with high scholastic aver
ages will be invited to the tea.
Yearbookies Buy
'Daily' for a Day
A yearbook llavor will run
through Tuesday's edition of The
Daily Nebraskan. Due to the re
sults of the AUF auction, the
Corn'nusker staff will move into
The Daily Nebraskan office for
one day. The Daily Nebraskan
staff takes no responsibility for
what may happen. For all com
plaints, see Jerry Johnston, Daily
Nebraskan "Queen for a Day."
K Klub Musical
Tryouts Begin
First of March
Tryouts for the Kosmet Klub
Spring Musical Comedy to be held
April 26 at the Nebraska theater
will begin the first week in
March, Kosmet Klub President
Norbert Tiemann has announced.
Exact dates will be named later.
OFFICIAL rules for script
writing are:
1. Contestants must be current
ly enrolled in the University.
2. All scripts must be sent to
the Kosmet Klub by March 1,
1949.
3. More than one person may
collaborate in writing the script.
Prize money ($100) will be di
vided accordingly.
4. Kosmet Klub reserves the
right to produce the winning script
according to their methods and
procedures.
5. The script is to be written
for a musical comedy with an all
male cast.
Lamhert. Exec
Board Discuss
Rodeo Plans
Dean W. V. Lambert met with
the Ag Exec board Thursday night
for a dinner and general meeting
at the Food and Nutrition build
ing guest dining room. The gen
eral purpose of the meeting was
to acquaint the new dean with
the purposes aid functions of the
Exec board, according to Presi
dent John Os.k-r.
The problem of having a rodeo
with this years Farmers Fair
was presented by Jack Baird,
Farmers Fair board representative
on the exec group. The opinion of
the Farmers Fair board was that
a rodeo would not be absolutely
necessary if some suitable substi
tute could be found.
Dean Lambert pointed out the
problem of setting up a permanent
arena for annual rodeos and the
objection of departments at Ag
college having to care for rodeo
animals during rodeo times. No '
formal action was taken.
The ISA was given the approval j
of the board to use the activities
building for their Bum's bail
March 8, providing the date car I ;
be cleared in the citaa'j tfi.ee. I
Bidders Scramble as Arndt
Sells Beauties, Bachelors
Going, going, gone to the student body, $241 worth of
faculty services for the benefit of AUF.
Dr. Karl Arndt, Biz Ad Prof, auctioned off faculty
members, Beauty Queens and Eligible Bachelors Friday
afternoon in the Union balroom.
Marilyn Weher
'49 Sweetheart
Of Fraternities
The 1949 Interfraternity Sweet
heart, revealed at the Interfra
ternity ball Saturday night, is
Marilyn Weber.
The Gamma Phi Beta sopho
more was chosen by door vote
of ticket buyers at the dance.
She was selected from six final
ists announced Friday by the
Interfraternity Council.
. MISS WEBER WAS introduced
at the ball by Walt Dorothy,
council president. She was pre
sented with a bouquet of roses
by Dorothy.
The six finalists were chosen
Wednesday evening by the ex
ecutive council of the Interfra
ternity Council. They were
chosen on a basis of appearance,
personality, poise and beauty.
THE FINALISTS WERE, in
addition to Miss Weber, Donna
Leuber, Alpha Omicron Pi;
Mary Sue Holland, Delta
Gamma; Olive Gettman, Alpha
Chi Omega; Amy Jo Bergh,
Kappa Alpha Theta; and Nancy
Sayre, Kappa Kappa Gamma.
The ball was a semi-formal
affair with music by Eddie
Haddad. Refreshments were
served in the parlors of the
Union, where the dance was
held.
Decorations for the ball were
the emblems of all campus fra
ternities. They were placed about
the ballroom for the lighting
effect.
'Meet thfe Prof 5
To Interview
Dean Beimtson
Dean Bengtson, head of the
Junior Division and former head
of the Geography department, will
be the featured visitor on the
"Meet the Professor" program
aired every Monday at 4:30 p.m.
on KOLN.
Known to many students be
cause of his great interest and
work in regard to students and
their problems. Dean Bengtson
will tell of many changes that
have taken place on the campus
since he ' was an undergraduate.
Names of great Nebraska educat
ors will also be heard as the Jun
ior Division director speaks of
Burnett, Avery, Barbour and Con
dra, telling of their contributions
to the University.
Sigma Tan Holds
Dinner Meeting
Sigma Tau, national engineer
ing honorary fraternity, he-Id a
dinner meeting in the Union
Thursday to initiate Fred
Klietsch into the organization as
an alumni member. Mr. Klietsch,
state highway engineer, has dis
tinguished himself as an outstand
ing member of the. profession.
In the business mee-ting plans
were formulated lor a dinner
dance to be held at Cotner Ter
race March 11. Committee as
signments for the present semester
were also announced. Approxi
mately 75 members were present
at the meeting.
ALT
The Al'F drive will be con
tinued until Feb. IS to give
solicitor time to contact all the
person on their lists, Fectie
Lawrie, director, announced
today.
THE FIRST commodity on the
block was a luncheon with Miss
Mary Meilenz, Teachers college.
Arndt added a steak dinner with
beer and sold it to Chuck Dugan
for $2.
Journalism instructor Neal Cop
pie offered a personally cooked
Spanish meal complete with "sen
sen and ulcers," according to
Arndt. Another journalism prof,
William Hice, sold his services
"completely unspecified" to Pi
Beta Phi. Pi Phi also carried off
Dr. Curtis Elliot and Instructor
Joe Harmon for "one full day of
work."
INNOCENTS society, whose
services were offered in a group,
will make some 1300 beds in the
women's dorm. Mortar Board was
purchased by Farm House.
The Daily Nebraskan was sold
for $35, the highest price paid at
the auction, after heated bidding
by the editors of Cornhusker and
Cornshucks. Cornhusker made the
purchase. Cornhusker then of
fered a free copy of the 1949 year
book which was sold to Jerry
Johnston, editor, for $6.25. Corn
shucks folowcd suit, with the of
fer of a full-page spread for the
highest bidder.
BEAUTY QUEEN finalists Bev
Diel, Nancy Sayre, Laverna Acker,
Jody Truhlsen, Pat Berge, Cherie
Viele and Jo Noble offered "one
reasonable, standard style date"
with themselves. The auctioneer
stepped off the block to bid and
get the date with Miss Turhlsen.
Eligible Bachelors Rex Petti
john, Ted "with orchids" Gunder
son, Bob Ackerman, Ed Donegan,
Bill Mueller, Bob Axtell and Jack
De Wulf offered dates with "ro
mance, passion."
The last victim of the block
was Dr. Arndt who volunteered
his services for one day of "easy,
pleasant, relaxing work." Chi
Omega won with auctioneer.
Flymi Elected
Varsity Dairy
Club President
W. Eugene Flynn was elected
president of the Varsity Dairy club
at their election Thursday night,
according to William Tripp, pub
licity chairman.
The election, under the super
vision of retiring president Glenn
Claybaugh, was held following the
combined meeting of the animal
science clubs.
Other new officers were Lloyd
Fortna, vice-president; Bill Stem
kruger, secretary-treasurer and
William Tripp, publicity chairman.
The Dairy club also initiated
two new men Thursday night. The
new members are Charles Brough
ton and Hans Little. Dr. L. K.
Crow is faculty advisor of the
club.
New State 4-H
Head Honored
E. W. Janike, new state 4-H
club leader succeeding the late
L. I. Frisbic, was honored
Thursday night at a testimonial
dinner in Omaha. The dinner,
sponsored by the Omaha Live
stock exchange of which Janike
was formerly sc-crc-tary, was at
tended by 250 of his friends and
co-workers on the Omaha mar
ket. A. D. Majors of the exchange
termed Janike a "great teacher
and leader" of boys and girls. He
spoke highly of his services to
the livestock industry and said
Janike would be missed on the
Omaha exchange,
j Janike has been working at Ag
: college the past week and after
winning up some business in
Washington, D. C, this week, will
report back on Feb. 21. His fam-
j ily will move to Lincoln when
he finds suitable housing.