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Soani(dl A DUO K ITfTDnT) u u ULlUU Vol. 49 No. 137 LINCOLN 8. NEBRASKA Sunday, May 1, 1949 ft v v , - " - IT ' V-' "' : .; f - " ; , . I - : - , 4 "' .V :, t . t X ' I ' ' . ( . Law Expert per.s tiAi ic TtttTci? vp ruMcc Af AfTrirultiire- and Max Rocers, iur T iitvuvjiiwm mi o 1 - - Whiskers King, reign over the 1949 Fanners Fair festivities. Alter being presented at the Cotton-Denim ball Friday, the royalty head ed the parade down O street and observed the midway, open house and rodeo "Saturday. Musgrave, Rogers Reign At Farmers Fair Dance Mavis Musgrave was crowned 1949 Goddess of Agriculture at the Cotton and Denim dance Fri day night along with Max Rogers, 1949 Khisker King. Te Goddess reigned over FarmersHair activ ities Friday night and Saturday. Presented informally through a "booth at the midway," the theme of the dance, she was attended by Betty Beckner, Marj Reynolds, Vi Vosika, Phyllis Ross and Lillian Lock. Dick Kuska was master of ceremonies. Adding to the spirit of the af fair, a pen of Hampshire pigs con tributed a few notes to the music of Jack Swanson and his orches tra. About 250 couples attended the dance and participated in the lighting of the barbecue pits at the rally following the dance. SATURDAY'S activities began with the "Progress of Agriculture" parade, which passed down O street, to 16th and out to Ag. The day's activities were highlighted by the rodeo in the afternoon in 6pite of the dust and occasional showers that daunted onlookers. Seven events took place, events uhrt conned first and second places in them are: Calf roping, Jim Curtis, Vaughn John son; bareback riding, Buzz Steb Kinc Mark Pittman: bull riding. Roger Eagon, Jack Wilson; saddle broncs, Al Closson, Richard Counce; wild cow milking, Bruce Macirn nnH Prank Kent. Jim Cur- tiss and Ernie Guetschall; and cow cutting, Jim Monohan, Jim Cur tiss. Corrine Lundin and Louise 7.nrnuski were the winners of the oned calf catch in e contest. Run- ners-un were Mary Ryons and Nanrv Savre. Official announcer for the rodeo was Jack King, professional rodeo moderator irom i.incoin. cm Wakefield and Dale Markensun were official judges. Timekeepers were Peggy King ana ueuy waice field. RF.FOB.E 'and after the rodeo visitors inspected the open house exhibits prepared by each depart ment. Two nri7.es were awarded to the displays. Winning for the second year in succession was the women's vocational educational . denartment In the men's depart ment the agronomy department took top honors. Receiving honor nKle mention were the desicn dis nlav and the meats lab exhibit. .Turipcs fnr the disolavs were Rich ard M. Bourne, Mrs. neay iew- mann, and Mr. Robert ooppei. They judged the exhibits on their eve aDDeaL oreanization ana lnte- crrsfinn renresentation of activi- r. ties of the department ana snow of scientific advancement. Brineine the 1949 Farmers l air to a close was the. barbecue and square dance Saturday evening. About 700 students, faculty and alums of Ap eolleee attended. Parmprs Fair is sDonsored by an elected Fair Board headed by Don Smith manflper Other members of the board are Phyllis Ross, Don Knebel, Harriet Monne, &ue Bjorklund, Keith Arteburn, Bob F.crctM-t CnnniA Crosby. Donna Rudisil, Jack Baird, Charles Athey and Eunice Jensen. ' Law Students Win Honors at Annual Dinner Hnsker colfers Dicked up their fhird siraieht victory Friday aft ernoon as they defeated Wichita University 12 to 6 on the liiucrest Country club course. Two men, Del Ryder of Nebraska and Al Little ton of Wichita, tied for scoring honors as each came home with a one-under-par 71 total. Wichita picked up their points on two single matches, as Little ton and Joe Minpares both won their matches. Summary: Littleton, WtclMa, defeated Don Spomer, Nebraska, 8-0. Vera Strauch, Nrtrska, defeated Vlrcll Parker. Wichita, 3-0. Spomer-Straueh defeated Littleton-Parker, 2 to V4. - Del Rvder, Nebraska, defeated Jacn Douplas. Wichita, S-O. Joe Mlnjarea, Wichita, defeated Don Slroh. Nebraska. 24 to vt. Ryder-Storh defeated Douglas-Minjares. 3-0. KK to Sponsor Interfraternity Ivy Day Sing TCnsmet Klub will sponsor the Interfraternity sing on Ivy Day, according to Norbert Tiemann, president. The rules which will govern men's participation in the sing are: All man's organized groups, ex cept honoraries, may participate in the sing. Each group may have no more than 30 members, and not less than 15. No medley of songs may be used, and the same song may not be used two consecutive years. Alumni may not take part in the singing but they may assist in the preparation with the pro vision that they have not been connected professionally with music. No other assistance may be had. The director must be active in the group and must be regularily enrolled in the University. All members of the group must be carrying 12 hours this present semester. All groups remain after participation for recall if neces sary. The winning organization will be presented the traditional cup by the Kosmet Klub. Each group will be assessed a fee of one dollar to cover the cost of judging. The fee, the name of the song, and the name of the director must be submitted to Bob Hildebrand, 1701 E Street, on or before Wednesday, May 4. Three-Bay Meeting Hugo Srb, clerk of the Nebraska state legislature, will be the keynote speaker at the opening session of the Con stitutional Assembly May 3. He has served as a legislative clerk and parliamentarian since the conception of the unicameral legislature. Srb is considered an authority on legislative procedure and form. Ha is a permanent officer of the state law-making body. - - . pw - i1 The Assembly will be caUed to order at ( :jv p. m. in tne Union Dauroom Dy dou nuwi Summer Rag ' Staff Chosen ByPubBoard M. J. Melick was named editor and Keith O'Bannon business manager of the summer edition of The Daily Nebraskan by the Pub lications Board Saturday. Editor and business manager are the, only positions acted upon - ! nt U I 1 Melick O'Bannon by the Pub Board. The summer session edition is a bi-weekly publication. Miss Melick nas served as a news editor ot ine uauy hrad-an for the Dast two semes ters. She is editor of Scarlet and Cream, University of Nebraska Builders newspaper, and a mcm rwr of Chi Omeca. fYRannon has been assistant business manager of The Daily Npbraskan for the past year. He is a member of Delta Upsilon. All staff positions lor stuaeni TvnKti rations are aDDointed by the Publications Board headed by Dr. w r Swindler, head of the School of Journalism. To ,000) Visit E IVeeh -Time C-Uigti E Week '49 is now history. An all-time record erod of 15,000 attended. This figure is based on actual count taken with an electrical eye in one of the buildings housing the EE displays. The week enaea wun a Danquei at which awards were presented. The plaque awarded to the de partment winning the contest which included window aispiays, open house displays ana xickci sales was given to the electrical rn pincers. The EE exhibits under the theme of Progress in Electri cal Engineering was judged iirst place in Open House. Melvin R. Poeschl, senior in me chanical engineering, was given th O. J. Fee award, highest honor of the College of Engineering and Architecture. Poeschl has been in the upper 10 percent of his class for four years, and is a member of four scholastic honorary societies Sigma Tau, Sigma Xi, Pi Mu Epsilon ,and Pi Tau Sigma. Dean Roy M. Green presented this award. Ralph R. Ruhter, sophomore in rollcce of engineering, re ceived the Sigma Tau freshman scholarship key. Tins meaai is eiven each year bv Sigma Tau to the engineering student who re ceived the highest scholastic aver ag in his freshman year. Bluenrint kev awards to engi neering students who made out- standine contributions to the Rluenrint. monthlv macazine of the eolleee of engineering were presented to: Fred Chael, Norman Rosenweig, Howard Duncan, uon nal Carlberg, Reginald Finlay, Eu- nene Jarecki and kdwin oorai- ski. Associated General Contractors award to architecture students submitting best designed solutions to a practical construction prob 1pm was nresented to William L Larson. This award is a check for Winners of the Field Day events were announced at the banquet. The chemical encineers team was winner in SDorts. W. E. Min ford of the electrical engineering department faculty was declared winner nf a "tall storv" contest. Miss Maud M. Melick, secretary to the dean, was presented a bou quet of roses during the banquet In recognition of outstanding serv , ice to the college, YWCA Chooses Flood Treasurer For Coming Year Audrey Flood was chosen treas urer of the Y. W. C. A. at its Wednesday night meeting. She will replace Pat Larsen, who re signed recently. Miss Flood's anDointment was made by balloting of cabinet members. She will take over the office immediately. Kho is editor of the Student Directory, published by Univer sity of Nebraska Builders, and a member of Religious wenare council. She has served the Y. W. C. A. as a member of the cabinet and worked on district expansion. She is affiliated with Alpha Lambda Delta and Aipna Xi Delta. Other Y. W. C. A. officers were elected in January- chairman of the steering com mittee. The first duty of the As cemWv will he to recognize and seat 100 delegates, representing major campus organizations. Permanent officers for the three-day meeting will be se lected Tuesday night. The con vention will then divide into committees where the actual work of the sessions will be done. Five committees have been set up. Each will have a membership of approximately twenty. The faculty-student relationship commit tee will survey problems which have arisen between the faculty and tthe present Council and at tempt to devise a system where by the two groups will be better co-ordinated. The committee on students' rights will attempt to draw up a bill of rights to be incorporated m the new constitution. Elections and political parties will use ma terial gathered from other mid west universities in writing work able election laws. The commit tee on Council powers and pro cedure will try to determine the amount of control over student life to which the Council is entitled. The fifth committee will deal with the problem of representa tion on the Council or a similar body which may be set up to take its place. These committees will begin their work by holding student hearings on Tuesday night. At this time interested students may appear before each of the groups to present their ideas. Each committee will choose a chairman who will become a member of the permanent steer ing committee and a secretary who will become a member of the permanent drafting committee. When the committee work has been completed the action will be incorporated into a single bill to be acted upon by the entire assembly. Japanese Dentist First Contributor To Dental Fund rr nenrre K. Makacawa. a former penniless Japanese boy, is the first major contriDuior to the University Dental College Fund. Now operating a highly suc cessful dental practice in Hono lulu, he contributed $1,000 to the fund, according to Mr. Merritt C. Pedersen, Lincoln, fund chairman. As a youth, Makagawa left Hawaii and reached Lincoln prac tically penniless. With the help of Lincolnites, he enrolled in the University Dental college and graduated in 1924. The fund will be used for loans for needy dental students and for the purchase of equipment and library purchases. The University of Nebraska Foun dation is the fund trustee. DV Chorus Sings Over Radio Show The Delta UDsilon chorus, win ners of the Ivy Day Interfratern ity Sing last year, broadcast over KFOR Monday morning. The chorus appearance over the air, this year marks the sec ond annual DU broadcast, in ad dition to their show last year ever KFOR, the DU's also sang over the Nebraska network on. the pro gram, "Your University Speaks." The thirty-voice group aiso gave a performance at the Vet erans' hospital with the Alpha Phi's, winners of the inter- sorority sing in 1948. Another con cert was given at the Vets' hos nit.al this vpst in rnoneration with t ' - . the entertainment division of the University Red Cross at its Easter party. The numbers presented over KFOR included last year's win ning Ivy Day song, "Meadow lands," "Down Among the Dead Men," "The Night is Young" and "The Cossack Song." The chorus is under the direction of Gordon Johnson. Arizona Appoints Former AT17 Dean Former dean of the College of Pharmacy, Dr. R. A. Lyman, has been appointed dean of the Col lege of Pharmacy at the Univer sity of Arizona. Dr. Lyman re tired from Nebraska in 1946. Under the guidance of Dean Lyman the Pharmacy College at Arizona has been expanded and developed to a point where it will be accredited as a college next spring. Dr. Lyman founded the College of Pharmacy at Nebraska in 1915 and was its first dean, a post he held until his retirement in May of 1946. The 74 year old dean is nationally recognized as a leader in pharmaceutical education.