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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.
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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.
