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LINCOLN 8. NEBRASKA Sunday, May 1, 1949
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tiAi ic TtttTci? vp ruMcc Af AfTrirultiire- and Max Rocers,
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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-
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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,
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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.
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The Assembly will be caUed to order at ( :jv p. m. in tne
Union Dauroom Dy dou nuwi
Summer Rag
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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
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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
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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.
