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Vol. 49 No. 153
LINCOLN 8. NEBRASKA
Tuesday, June 7, 1949
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GleIbirsEx ABuiuiis
William L. Dav erf Lincoln.
member of the '21 graduating
class, is the new president of the
University Alumni Association.
His election was announced at the
annual Round
1 " , sx Up Luncheon
for alumni and
f a c u 1 ty held
Saturday in the
Union b all-room.
Two other
alumni elected
are Mrs. Bar
low Nye of
Kearney, vice
pres ident and
M a y n ard M.
Nve G r o s shans of
York, who will serve a three-year
team on the Executive Commit
tee. Mrs. Nye, formerly Jeanette
Cook, was in the '23 graduating
class. Grosshans, a former mem
ber of the board of directors of
the Association, graduated in '32.
OVER 450 ALUMNI and faculty
were present at the Round up
Luncheon, which recognized the
members of the honor classes of
'89. '99, '09, 19, "29 and '39.. Win-
field El men
acted as master
of ceremonies.
One of the
h i g hlights of
the 1 u n cheon
was a display
of a miniature
replica of old
University hall.
This reproduc
tion of the first
building on the
pus is a gift of Grosshans
the members of the class of 97."
Reports were given by Chan
cellor Gustavson and the retir
ing president of the Alumni As
sociation, Morton Steinhart.
Willi Dawn Comes
Summer School
Seven a. m.
Early sounding, isn't it?
Yet that's the time for the 1949
summer school session to begin
on the campus tomorrow morn
ing. Some 3,700 students will
trudge "back to school" tomor
row but of course not all at 7
a. m.
Approximately 210 faculty
members will be on hand for the
summer session, which will in
clude a variety of courses from
Agriculture to zoology.
So set the alarm! Seven a. m.,
wasn't it?
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William Day
AI.I. PHOTOS
COURTESY LINCOLN JOURNAL
Ag College Site
Of Boys' State
Three hundred hieh school boys
from 86 Nebraska counties met
Saturday at the College of Agri
culture to begin the American Le
gion's annual summer project,
Rnvs' State.
The boys are housed in the Ag
activities and Ag engineering
building. Their counselors and
directors are members of the Uni
versity athletics staff.
BOYS' STATE opened Saturday
night with a greeting from Dean
Lambert of the College of Agri
culture, followed by messages
from R. F. McNamara of the Le
gion and Lincoln's Mayor Miles,
Sunday the boys were arbi
trarily assigned to two political
parties. Working within the party
system, the high school juniors
will set up model county and state
governments. Last night they bal
loted for officers of their mock
state and today the real work
begins.
WITH LEGISLATIVE and u
dicial sessions and an amateur
night, the Boys' State week will
be full. The young citizens will
aLo hear from Potsy Clark inU
Bill Glassford of the University
Athletic department.
Boys' State activities will con
elude with a luncheon June 11
in the Union.
The Boys' State participants are
third year students selected as
outstanding in their respective
high schools. The project, spon
sored by the American Legion, is
designed to acquaint young Amer
icans with the functioning of gov
ernment.
University Gives 1410 Degrees
To Largest Graduating Class
Peace PlanTold
By Eisenhower
A proposal to split the world
into "zones of influence" between
the great powers as a calculated
risk to avoid catastrophic war was
presented Monday by President
Milton S. Eisenhower of Kansas
State College.
He addressed a record class 01
1.410 seniors at the University's
seventy-eighth annual commence
ment exercises held in tne con-.
seum.
"THOSE WHO favor going to
war to defeat nations or peoples
who oppose the values of a free
society forget that those values
would not survive atomic war,"
Eisenhower said. "Anotner war
would create such misery, poverty
anH desolation that democracy
most likely would disappear and
the very totalitarianism we aonor
and fear would sweep around me
earth
"Surely it must be clear to
those who think at all that war
rnt the wav to rjreserve or
evtenH the blessings of a social
system which recognizes human
dignity, justice ana tolerance as
supreme values. Such a system
must be nurtured in the minds
and hearts of men through educa
tion and experience, not through
fear and compulsion."
WHILE favoring the strength
ening of the United Nations, Eis
enhower said that in the mean
time "we must take the calcu
lated risk and resort to the only
course open to us: We must quick
ly have the great powers agree
the creation and "mainten
ance of clearly defined zones of
Influence In earn of nossible
three zones one nation would be
primarily responsible for eniorc
"This annroach would be a
purely temporary expedient, for
eventually tne world musx one
not only physically but intellectu
ally and, at least to a limited
extent politically."
Library Cards
Student's who wish to obtain
library cards may do so by
presenting their identification
cards at the main desk on the
second floor of Love Memorial
library. Those who were en
rolled in the regular session,
which closed Friday, must
have their cards re-issued.
This can be done by taking
summer session ident cards to
the main desk.
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Milton Eisenhower
254 Enroll
In Girls' State
Outstanding high school jun
iors from all over Nebraska ar
rived in Lincoln Monday,June 6
for a week s training in govern
ment at Cornhusker Girls' State
The 254 young women will take
part in the annual American Le
gion Auxiliary program. They
win set nn their own model gov
ernment on the national, state and
local levels.
REPRESENTATIVES OF Ne
braska towns, the girls will visit
the state capitol for legislative
and judicial sessions and Gov
ernor's mansion for tea wtih Mrs
Val Peterson, besides participat
ing in educational and recrea
tional activities on the cammis.
Rooms in Law college, Social
Sciences building and Love li
brary are being used by the prep
misses for their Girls' btate ses
cions.
Housing for the girls is being
furnished m the uamma jrm
Beta house, and the Women's
Rseidence halls.
THE YOUNG WOMEN will
learn their lessons in government
from such state leaders as Judge
Robert Simmons of the supreme
court, Gov. Val Peterson nad
Mrs. Charles Bosley, auxiliary de
nartment nresident.
They will play as well as
study. Extensive recreation plans
include a square dance, tennis
ramsp. and enmnetitive snorts.
The girls will all take a test on
See "GIRLS' STATE" page 4.
Confers Five
HonoraryTitles
At Ceremonies
An all time record was set yes-
terrfaw when the lareest class in
the history of the University,
1,410 students, was graduated in
the annual commencement ex-
ercisGS.
Of the graduating number,
1,072 are men and 338 women.
Yesterday's graduation brings
the total number of degrees
granted during the past year to
2,433.
FOUR PERSONS received hon
orary degrees from the Univers
ity in the graduation ceremonies.
Mr. Milton Eisenhower, Presi
dent of Kansas state college who
gave the commencement address,
was given a Doctor of Humane
Letters degree for a distingu
ished career of public service.
Other recipients: Dr. George W.
Beadle, authority on genetics
from the California Institute of
Technology, Doctor of Science;
Dr. Randolph T. Major, vice
president of scientific director oi
Merck and Co., Rahway, N. J.,
Doctor of Science; and James P.
Growdon, Chief Hydraulic En
gineer of the Aluminum Co., of
America, Doctor of Engineering.
All but Mr. Eisenhower are
former University students.
Eight seniors were graduated
with high distinction. They are:
Bachelor of Science in Agricul
ture, John Flora and Robert
Meade; Bachelor of Science in
Home Economics, Lois T. Mickle;
Bachelors of Science, William
Bade and Frederick Ware; Bach
elor of Science in Electrical En
gineering, Rolland Ritter; and
Bachelors of Science in Pharmacy
Carl Glenn, Jr. and Varro Tyler,
Jr.
SENIORS WHO graduated
with distinction from the Ag col
lege are Donald Erwin, Clay
Kennedy, Donald Lehr, John
Skinner and Velora Erwin.
Students receiving Bachelor of
Arts degrees with distinction are
Miriam Bratt, James Howard,
Clay Jackson, John Kirsh, Jerold
Steinhour and Charles Swan.
Bachelors of Science: Granville
Coggs, Mary Anne Graft and
Mark Guinan.
Eighteen seniors received
Bachelor of Science in Business
Administration degrees with dis
tinction. They include Leo
Adams, Melvin Andelt, Virgil
Dissmeyer, John Eilers, Rita Fitz
See "Graduation" Tate 4
M
nam mm MeminiiJE
Evil mm i?
Five University alumni were
presented distinguished service
awards by the Alumni Association
and the University at the Alumni
Association's annual Round Up
luncheon Sat
urday, June 4,
and Com
mence ment,
Monday, June j
6.
The awards,
which are the
Alumni Asso
ciation's high
est, were pre
sented for
service of dis
tinction to the
University and
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Clark
inin professional and public life.
Honored were Dr. John D.
Clark, '05, Wnshii ton, D. C; Wil
lard J. Turnbull, 25. Vicksburg,
Miss.; Max Meyer, '06, Lincoln;
Mrs. Ruth Bryan Rohde, '05, Os
sining, N. Y., and Miss Maud Wil
son. '13, Corvallis, Ore.
The recipients came from both
coasts and the South to receive
the awards from Morton Stein-
jhart, '13, Nebraska City, retiring
president of the Association, at
the Round Up
luncheon. Cita
tions, upon
which the
awards were
based, were
read by Guy C.
Chambers, '16,
Lincoln.
The Uni
versity further
honored the
five Nebras
kans at Com-
m e n c e m ent Turnbull
when Chancellor R. G. Gustavson
gave them the distinguished serv
ice award medallions.
Former dean of the College of
Business Administration at Ne
braska, Dr. Clark, is now a mem
ber of President Truman's eco
nomic advisory council- He has
served as vice-president of the
Staklard Oil Company and was
once a member of an advisory
committee of five experts on gov
ermental re-organization to assist
a senatorial economy committee
in a study of duplicating federal
agencies.
Turnbull is recognized as one of
the nation's leading soil engineers.
He was recipient of the War De
partment's highest civilian award
in June 1946, "for exceptional
civilian service
and outstand
ing accomplish
ments in de
velopment of
flexible land
ing mats used
in the South
Pacific during
World War II."
Meyer, a for
mer president
of the Alumni
Association "is
one of the Uni-
Meyer
versity's most active and devoted
alumni." He has served as a
member and for several years was
chairman of the Association's fi
nance committee. He was also
chairman of the 50th reunion of
the class of 1906. A life member
of the Alumni Association. Meyer
is recipient of th International
Credit Bureau achievement
award. His citation called him "a
distinguished citizen of his Uni
versity, his community and his
state."
Mrs. Rohde was the first wo
man to be appointed minister in
the Diplomatic Service when she
was oppointed minister to Den
mark. She is a former member of
Congress. She
is "a distin- , " " ' ,
guished and : ' ?
noted alumna ' 1
of the Uni
versity of Ne
braska," her ci
tation 8 1 a t e d
and is the re
cipient of a
scroll for an
"outstan ding
contribution to
good citizen
s h i p, human
welfare, and the
tage of freedom."
Miss Wilson is regarded as one
of the University's most outstand
ing home economics graduates.
She formerly served on the staff
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Rohde
American
herl-
of the department
ally noted for
research in
housing for
rural families.
In 1947, she
was asKea Dy
the Bureau of
Human Nutri
tion and Home
Economics t o
set up a na
tional research
project for
family housing,
the results of
and is nation-
Wilson
which are being used in all parts
of the country.
The 1949 awards raised to a
total of 46 the number that have
been presented since they were
inaugurated in 1940. Two were
joint awards, to husband and wife.
Recipients are recommended to
the Board of Regents by the
Alumni Association executive
committee- They are selected
each year from nominations sub
mitted to the Association; the
Board of Regents makes the final
decision.