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Vol. 49 No. 110 Lincoln 8, Nebraska, Friday, March 18, 1949
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CLARE DENTON as Benjamin Griggs has visions of monetary
granduer as five-thousand dollar checks float before his eyes. The
checks play an important part in George Scaton's "But Not Good
bye," to be shown at the Wesleyan Plainsman auditorium by the
University Theatre, Friday and Saturday nights.
'But Not Goodbye' Opens
Tonight on Wesleyan Stage
riaygoers will greet the Uni
versity Theatre's comedy, "But
Not Goodbye," tonight at 8
o'clock at the Nebraska Wes
ley, in Flainsman theatre.
The George Seaton comedy,
dealing in the realm of ghosts
ami the supernatural, will also
he staged Saturday evening. Di
rector Robert Black has an
nounced that season-ticket hold
ers should present their tickets
at the door. Additional seats
may be purchased at the theatre
starting at 7 p. m. before each
performance.
Mary Siglcr, Clare Denton and
Ed Weisenrecler will portray the
leading roles in "But Not Good
bye." Miss Siglcr will enact the
part of Amy Griggs, devoted wife
and mother of a family faced
with several situations. Wcisen
reder plays Sam Griggs, the
father of the family, who tries
to settle his monetary problems
in post-ghost form. Denton is
the other ghost, Benjamin Griggs,
a spirit knowing all the tricks.
Others in the cast include Ann
Proper as Jennifer, the daugh
ter; Jim Farieta as the son
Jimmie; Ced Hartman as How
ard; Mike Shannahan as Tom
Carter; Bill Klamm as Dr. Wil
son; Dean Wells as Uncle Ralph;
and Dewey Ganzel as Rev. Piit
chard. Director Black has termed the
play "farcial, with a light-hearted
disrespect for the conventional
approach toward ghosts in the
hereafter." The comedy is known
as one of the best examples of
pure light entertainment.
'Hats Off to Grad
After Last Class
Who says it's great to gradu
ate? Certainly not a certain Iowa
State student who, feeling very
mature on his last day in college,
decided to wear his new business
hat. Feeling far above his bare
headed fellows, he managed it
through his last college class.
Then 11 dignity ended.
A well aimed snowball sent his
new felt flying into the diminish
ing snow.
Czech Student
Will Address
Comenius Club
First-hand information on the
problems of foreign exchange
students will be available to stu
dents who attend the open meet
ing of the Comenius club, at 7:30
p. m. Friday, March 18, in the
Union.
Vladimir Lavka. a Czech ex
change student, will be the speak
er. He will stress the urgent need
of these students for adequate
housing facilities while they are
students at the university.
Not only housing, but also
sincere, friendly welcome on the
part of residents of Lincoln and
university students is required to
make the project of providing
homes a success, according to
Lavka. He will offer suggestions
for a satisfactory and workable
solution to the problems.
NU Audio-Visual
Work Recognized
The University of Nebraska has
been awarded an Encyclopedia
Britannica Audio-Visual scholar
ship for the 1949 summer session.
Nebraska is one of 15 institutions
in the country selected to receive
the scholarships, James W. Tay
lor, head of the audio-visual in
struction of the University, announced.
The scholarships are worth
about $30 each and will be
awarded to teachers and admin
istrators responsible for the pro
gram in Nebraska's public schools.
Applications for the scholarships
will be received by Taylor until
May 1.
Encyclopedia Britannica schol
arships were made available to 15
universities having outstanding
audio-visual instruction programs.
They were selected from over 50
schools applying for the scholar
ship funds.
Stratfon, Learning, Borgens
Head Three Organizations
Janet Stratton, Dorothy Borgens and JoAnn Learning
will preside over three of the major women's activities for
the school year of '49-'50.
Stratton will, serve as president of the Associated
Women Students board. Newly elected vice president is Mary
Ellen SchrOeder. Five
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junior wo
men elected to serve as junior
board members are: Jean Eck
vall, Janet Fairchild, Nancy
Glynn, Donna Lu Johnson and
Marcia Tepperman.
JUNIOR AWS board members
will be: Marilyn Campfield, Vir
ginia uumn.
Sally Holmes,
Nancy Jensen
and Peggy
Judd. By vir
ture of having
received the
highest number
of votes among
junior candi
dates, Miss
Holmes will
serve as secretary.
Stratton Sopho more
members will include: Nancy
Button, Barbara Durland, Rox
anne Elias, Marilyn Moomey and
Betty Schupback. Miss Moomey
will take over the duties of treas
urer.
JO ANN LEAMING is the new
president of the Barb Activities
Board lor
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Women. Vice
president of B.
A.B.W. is Nor
ma Jean Peterson.
Jean Stopp-
kotte and Marj-
orie W i 1 b u r n
are the new
senior board
members. Four
soph o m o r e s
elected to jun
ior board mem- Learning:
ber positions are Janet Carr,
Norma Chubbuck, Frances Rog
ers and Annette Stoppkotte. The
four seats on the board reserved
for sophomore members will be
filled by Elaine Fleetwood,
Phyllis Gicsman, Mary Alice
Marshall and Ardath Wilcox.
DOROTHY BORGENS will
wield the gavel over Coed Coun-
selors next
year. Her vice
president is Jan
Cochran.
Mary Helen
M a 1 1 o r y and
Jeanne Malone
were elected to
senior board
positions. Jun
ior board posts
will be taken
by Marilyn
Campfield,
Jean Fenster,
Sue Allen, Janet
Johnson.
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Borfens
Tish Swanson,
Carr and Carol
Forum Airs
Opinions on
Student Gov't
Opportunities for student gov
ernment on campus are what the
students make them, Dean T. J.
Thompson said Thursday night at
the Y.M.C.A. forum on the future
of student government on cam
pus. Speaking as a member of the
panel in the forum, Thompson
said progress toward solution of
the problem of representation on
the Student Council is being
made through the establishment
of a committee of faculty and stu
dent representatives to study the
problem.
THOUGH A NUMBER of sug
gestions were made for improve
ment no agreement was reached
by panel and audience on a pos
sible solution. Referring to the
fact that most of the suggestions
were based on the establishment
of political p.vties, Dale Ball,
Student Council president, said
"A problem arises because of the
lack of any real issues on the
university campus bn which to
base a party. The only possible
basis is the undesirable one of
personality."
Chuck Thoene, Student Coun
cil member, in answer to a charge
that the newly formed All Uni
versity party is discriminatory,
said that any group of twenty
five members may petition the
party council for representation.
"THE CONSTITUTION of the
party was considered by all mens
Organized houses on the campus
and approved by all houses, with
the exception of Phi Psi, of which
Mr. Ball is a member," Thoene
said.
In summary, Miss Mary Mie
lenz, Student Council sponsor,
said, "A campus which can pro
duce something like the recent
UNESCO conference can find a
way to solve the problem of coun
cil representation."
Other members of the forum
were Shirley King, Student Coun
cil member, and Rev. Rex
Knowles.
aindennifs Show m flden$itiG$in Poll
Compiled by Frank Jacobs
University students are a bit
dubious as to the identities of na
tionally and internationally
known men of affairs, a Daily Ne
braska poll shows.
This weeks' feature poll, de
signed to test the campus' kow
lcdge of the men who make the
news, included three questions:
WIki is Secretary of State, Who is
c rotary of Agriculture, and Who
Russia's Foreign Minister?
Of 351 students polled, less than
two-thirds, or 62 named Dean
Acheson as the correct Secretary
of State. Thirty-four percent had
no opinion, while the remaining
4 divided their answers be
tween Cordrll Hull, Fred Vinson,
James Forestall and even Clem
ent Attlee, the British prime min
ister. FOl'R OF THE students polled
named "Johnson" as Secretary of
State. This writer is curious as to
who this "Johnson" might be.
Samuel, Hugh, Eric or Jerry.
Several people who answered
with no opinion had vague ideas
about the Secretary of State. One
student knew the man's name be
gan "with an A." Several knew
he had a mustache, while others
knew that 'it just changed."
When told, there usually could be
heard, "Oh, I knew it all the
time!"
HOWEVER, the Secretary of
Agiiculture situation seemed to
be even more mysterious to the
Results, Daily Nebr&skan
poll for this week:
"Who is Secretary of State?"
2 named Dean Acheson
correctly.
"Who is Secretary of Ag
riculture?" 16 named Charles
Brannan correctly.
"Who is the U.S.S.R.'s For
eign Minister?" 68 named
Andrei Vishinsky correctly.
sampled students. A scant J6
named Charles Brannan as the
correct Agriculture secretary.
Over half of the people polled,
or 56, admtited not knowing,
while 18 labeled former Secre
tary of Agriculture Clinton An
derson as the present officeholder.
The remaining 10 were ut
terly divided, naming a literal
galaxy of men to the Agriculture
post. State Secretary Dean Ache
son received four votes as he
edged out such prominent news
makers as Henry Stimson, former
Attorney General Francis Biddle,
Henry Wallace, Claude Wickard
(also a former Ag secretary), Av-
enu iiarnman, Sam Rayburn,
James Forrestall (again) and
Brigadier General Myei-s. One
woman was named to the post, the
New Deal's Labor secretary,
Francis Perkins, snaring one bal
lot. OF THE THREE questions, NU
students were seemingly more
informed as to the name of Rus
sia's Foreign Minister, than the ,
men who run our own country's
affairs. Sixty-eight percent of the
polled students correctly named
Andrei Vishinsky as the USSR's
Foreign Minister. Twenty-two
percent admitted their lack of
knowledge and had no opinion.
Of the remaining 10, there
was a variety of answers. Five
percent judged Former Minister
Molotov to be the correct office
holder, forgetting that Vishinsky
had just recently been appointed.
The other votes were sratterprf
among tongue-twisters Gromyko,
boxoiovsky and Litvinov. Henry
wauace picked up four ballots.
The feature department thanks
pollsters Poochie Rediger, Ber
nice Bessell, Rick Bosmore, Mary
Gartland. Dick Miller, Kent Ax
tcll, and Dorothy Nordgren.