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rxn (Story on Sports Page) Vol. 49 No. 107 LINCOLN 8, NEBRASKA New 'Daily' Post Created To Cover Honorary Field A new post on the staff of The Daily Nebraskan, as an nounced by the editor, has been created to assure all honorary and professional societies ade quate news coverage. A conference among represent atives from the honorary and professional groups, members of Pub Board and staff members of The Daily Nebraskan was held to discuss the news coverage of these organizations. THE SOLUTION upon which the conference agreed was the creation of a staff position for the purpose of covering honorary and professional groups. Miss Ruth Ann Sandstcdt, sophomore in the college of Arts and Sciences, has been named to the position. In addition to her duties of handling news of the honoraries and professionals, she will be in charge of all bul letins which are run under a standing head of N.U. Bulletin Board. THE POSITION of Assistant Feature editor, left vacant by Miss Sandstedfs new appoint ment, will be filled by Norma Chubbuck, sophomore journalism major in the Arts and Sciences college. These appointments were not made by the Publications Board sir'e all appointments to unpaid iaff positions are made by the editor. RCCU Plans St. Pat's Party For Orphans Shamrocks and wearing of the green will be the order of the day at St. Thomas Orphanage when the Red Cross College unit holds a St. Patrick's day party there Thursday at 4 p. m. Representatives from organized houses will take part in the pro gram which will be built around a theme of St. Patrick's day. The program will be mostly musical, with songs, piano numbers and a harmonica solo included. Approximately 40 orphans will be given favors in the Irish theme. Gloria Larson is chairman of the house institutional projects com mittee planning the party. Other committee members are Shirley Matthews, Rod Riggs, Gordon Pederson, Mary Ann Ped erson and Barbara Yeager. Campus Politics Forum Planned The future of student organiza tions on the University campus, especially the Student Council, will be discussed at a YMCA Forum at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in the YMCA lounge. The Town Meeting type discus sion will review possible plans for better council representation. According to Harold Nebelsick, in charge of plans, the purpose of the program is to encourage con structive thought on the problem of council representation. The round table speakers will include Dean T. J. Thompson, dean of student activities; Miss Mary Mielenz, assistant professor of English; Dale Ball, Student Council president; Chuck Thoene and Shirley King, Student Coun cil members; and the Rev. Rex Knowles, Presbyterian student pastor. j The YM discussion is usually, held on Wednesday, but is being held on Thursday to make this program possible. Ruth Sandstedt ASME Boasts Largest Chapter Twenty-five new members of the University student chapter of the American Society of Mechan ical Engineers have boosted the chapter's membership to 260. This is the largest chapter on the basis of eligible students of any en gineering college in the United States. The new members are: Earl H. Bartels, Julius W. Lul't, Paul L. O'Connor, Myron M. Sees, Ted A. Cheuvront, Robert B. Van Bus kirk, Walter F. Weiland, Richard R. Taylor, Oscar E. Froid, Charles L. Thomsen, Franklyn L. Roberts, Charles D. Cade, Jr., Emilio A. Pantillo. Lloyd J. Henke, Harry B. Lind strom, Keith R. Cosseirt, Ralph Patterson, Clifford F. Magnuson, Donald A. Sinclair, Frank L. Tedesco, Roger S. Norall, Frank C. Vitiello, Richard K. Clough, Walter W. Dorothy and Leopold A. Steinert. Bizads to Hear Gov. Peterson Honor students in the College of Business Administration will be recognized at a banquet April 7. Gov. Val Peterson will be the guest speaker and Prof. Karl Arndt will serve as master of ceremonies. Plans for the annual affair were made by representa tives of Delta Sigma Pi, Alpha Tuesday, March 15, 1949 Lights Go Out; Exam Goes On The lights went out in Morrill hall basement during a Pol. Sci. exam but the loss did not daunt one student. The earnest worker whipped out a cigarette lighter and con tinued writing much to the amusement of his less eager neighbors. Budget Will Lessen Load Of Teachers The proposed 20 per cent in crease in the University's operat ing budget will be used in part to lessen the "teaching load." The "teaching load" is a phrase meaning the number of students and classes a professor teaches. Before the war the ratio at the University of one to 16.5, a ratio slightly above the accepted fig ure of one to 12. Today the average instructor at Nebraska is teaching over 25 stu dents. This means that he is not permitted to give all the personal attention to students he would like to. THE ABNORMAL ratio also curtails the instructor's other in terests and duties, such as re search. The accepted percentage of time used by instructors in teaching is 50 per cent. The pre war figure at Nebraska stood at 75 per cent, and today the average instructor spends 85 per cent of his work week in teaching. The accepted percentage of time used by instructors in research is 33 per cent. At the University the average instructor spent 15 per cent of his work week before the war in research; now he spends only 10 per cent of his time in research. The accepted percentage of time devoted by the instructor to other duties such as University govern ment, public lectures, etc., is 17 per cent. University instructors before the war spent 10 per cent of their work week in these other duties; today they can devote only 5 per cent of their time to them Kappa Psi, business administra tion fraternities, and Phi Chi Theta, business administration sorrority. The meeting is scheduled for 6:30 p .m. in the Union ballroom. Tickets, at $1.25 per person, can be purchased from any member of the three organizations beginning March 17. U 1 1 DIRECTOR ROBERT BLACK points out a new idea in the realm of ghost-lore as the cast of "But Not Goodbye" prepares for their Friday evening opening. The University Theater comedy, farcial in content, pokes fun at the supernatural. Pictured in the usual order are Ced Hartman as Howard; Mary Sigler as Amy Griggs, beloved and patient mother of the family; Ed Weisenreder as Sam Griggs-, one of a pair of hustling ghosts; Jim Fafeita as the son, Jimmie; and Director Black. According to Black, the farce has "a light hearted disrespect for the conventional approach toward ghosts in the hereafter." The play will be staged at the Nebraska Wesleyan Plainsman theater. Foundation Board Members Named Vice-Presidents Appoint , 14 to Reorganized Staff Positions on the Student Foundation board for the com ing year have been announced by the two newly-elected vice presidents, Mary Ellen Schroeder and Eugene Berg. Of the 14 new board members, seven will work with Miss Schroeder on the general cabinet. The remaining half will assist Berg on Foundation publi- ; Schroeder. cations. Appointees to the board in clude: Phyllis Campbell, mass meetings and membership; Nan cy Benjamin, parties and con ventions; Jo Frederick son, ! ? art and public- V ; ity; Sally Ann Johnson, camp us tours; Jim Williams, new projects; and Ginny Soltow, general office manager. Members of the publi ca t i o n s cabinet are: Audrey Flood, Student Director, editor; Bob Mosher, Student Directory business manager; M. J. Mclick, Scarlet and Cream editor; Nancy Porter, Calendar editor and schol arships; Ginny Koch, Bulletin edi tor; Leon Pfeiffer, business man ager of Scarlet and Cream and Bulletin; and Helen Vitek, publi cations office manager. "For special Foundation ser vice," Jeannie Sampson, pres- , ident announc- I ed that Dick X K u s k a and I Chuck Bur meister will be named alter nate board members to fill vacancies as they occur. The board members were Berg. chosen from r.pplicants by the senior board members of the Foundation and the new execu tive officers. Senior members were Genene Mitchell, Greg Kal los, Peggy Lawrie and Margo Nootz. New Foundation officers are Jeannie Sampson, president; Miss Schroeder and Berg, vice presidents; Sally Holmes, secre tary; and Bub Gerhart, treasurer. Miss Mary Mielenz ;js faculty sponsor of the campus service group. The Student Foundation, in making its new appointments, is a still un-named campus organi zation. Results of the new name contest have, not yet been revealed. Nite Club to Star Moyer's Band One of the campus parties of the coming week-end will be the Dri-Nite club, Friday, March 8, from 9 p. m. until midnight in the Union ballroom. The ballroom will be outlined with candlelighted tables and waiter service will be provided throughout the evening. Music by Jean Moyer and his orchestra and a floor show featuring Marian Crook and her blues songs will provide the entertainment. The Union Dance committee, sponsored by By Hooper, has cho sen a Dri-Nite committee. Tickets will be on sale in the Union lobby, Monday through Friday, for $1.50 per couple. Pollsters Please Calling all pollsters! The Daily Nebraskan Feature department needs many, many campus men and women to help the Rag sur vey the campus in their weekly poll Wednesday. This w e e k's question is one of an especially interesting and unique nature. If only for an hour, all available pollsters can and will be used. See Frank Jacobs from 12:30 to 5 p. m. Wednesday afternoon in the Rag office. Civil Service Positions Open For Seniors Several vacancies will be filled by college students passing U. S. civil service examinations this spring. A special exam for seniors with an academic background in busi ness administration or law will be conducted following the closing date for receipt of applications on April 5. Three years of experi ence is required but students may substitute the equivalent of six semester hours in business sub jects. APPLICATIONS may be ob tained at any first or second class postoffice and should be sent to the Eighth Region, U. S. Civil Service Commission, Post Office and Customhouse, Saint Pau! 1, Minn. Background in range improve ment, agronomy or other agricul tural sciences, should be included in the background of college stu dents who wish to compete in the examinations being conducted by the Department of Agriculture civil service commission in Lin coln. DUTIES WOULD include both on-the-job training during sum mer months with a federal agency; and scholastic training during the regular sessions at a college desig nated by the federal agency. Elig ble positions pay up to $2724 per year for college seniors. Applications should be mailed to Board of U. S. Civil Service Examiners, U. S. Department of Agriculture, 301 Rudge and Guen zel Bldg., Lincoln, Neb. Applica tion deadline is March 17. Command Officer To Lecture Here Possibilities of the Strategic Air Force as America's first line of defense will be discussed bv Col. Stuart P. Wright Wednesday night at the Love Library audi torium. Colonel Wright is chief of elec tronics of the Strategic Air Com mand at Offutt Air base, Omaha. He will give the second in a se ries of five free public lectures on the armed forces sponsored by the University chapter of Scab bard and Blade, honorary army ROTC society for cadet officers. The lectures are at 8 p. m. The speaker attended Dart mouth College and the Univer sity of Texas and has held a regu lar army commission since 1930. During World War II he com manded the 497th Bomb Group of the 73rd Wing on Saipan. Ag Square Dance Scheduled Friday An old time square dance, sec ond in a series being sponsored by the entertainment committee, is scheduled for Friday evening from 8:30-11:30 p. m. in the Ag Union. Dave Sanders will again be on hand to do the calling while the music will be furnished by a combo. Intermission entertain ment will consist of a few short cartoons. Admission will be twenty-five cents. Sue Bjorklund is sponsor of the committee. Other members are: Tom Chilvers, chairman; ; William Gibson, Warren Monson Marilyn Nuss, Maurus Eiberger and La Verne Fisher.