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Only Daily Publication for 9000 University of Nebraska Stiutenti rT J U Li LI U Vol. 50 No. n LINCOLN 8, NEBRASKA Thursday, September 29, 1949 At Faculty Dinner . Anderson Says German Universities Are Failing Universities in Germany are failing utterly to give the Ger man people the kind of political and moral leadership needed to make democracy work, Dr. Eu gene Anderson, professor of his tory at the University of Ne braska, said Tuesday night. He addressed the University's annual Faculty Homecoming dinner attended by 450 in the Union ballroom. Live in Ivory Towers. 'Professors of the social scien ces and the humanities in Ger man universities," Dr. Anderson said, "are living in super ivory towers. They lack to an extra ordinary degree any social imag ination. They scorn practical ap plication of such things as soci ology, political science, history and philosophy to the solving of problems in the world in which they live." Dr. Anderson returned recent ly from three months in Ger many where he made a study sponsored by the U. S. Depart ment of Defense and the Council of Learned societies. His study looked toward the re-establish-.nent of an exchange of person nel, research and teaching data. between American and German universities in the field of the humanities. Eighteen Honored. Eighteen members of the f.u Ti'Jy who retired this year were honored at the dinner. Ten who were able to attend were pre sented Certificates of Apprecia tion by K. W. Dcvoe, Lincoln, member of the Board of Regents. The ten were: Dr R. J. Poole. Dr. Harry Bradford. Prof. P. E. Slaymaker. Prof. C. J. Fergu son. Dr. N. Burr. Miss Ger trude Beers. Miss Clara Craig. Dr. Walter B. Johns, Dr. W. G. Caba and Dr. John M. Matzon. Retired faculty members pre sented certificates of appreciation in absence were: Dr H. C. Filley, Dr. N. A. Bengtson, Axel L. Elm quist. Dr. Emma Anderson. Dr. E. E. Lackey and Miss Edna Noble. The Certificate of Appre ciation for J. V. Srb, who died re cently, was presented in' mcm oriam. Concerns America. "The kind of training German universities provide for the fu ture leaders of that country," Di. Anderson said, "is of direct con cern of Nebraskans, and the rest of the American people. The evidence may be seen in our in volvement in two world wars with that country, and in our own manifest concern to hold ISA Election Will Fill Two Student Posts A special election will be held Thursday in the Union by the Independent Students associa tion. Two posts, those of recording secretary and Student Council representative, will be voted on in the election. Ballots may be catt at a booth in the Union from 11 a. m. to 1 p. m. and 3 to 5 p. m. Only members of the ISA who have paid their dues for this school year are eligible to vote in this election. For unaffiliated students who have not yet paid this years dues, ISA council members are selling member ships. The regular membership drive will begin Monday 0;t. 3, and continue until Oct. 15. Candidates for the secretarial position are: Kenneth D. Lind quist and Louise Metzger. Running for ISA representa tive to the Council are: Paul Reiter, Dorothy Kurth and Ben Wall. Germany within the orbit of our western civilization." Dr. Anderson pointed out that the excellence of german teach ing and research in the natural sciences, such as physics, chem istry and biology Is in sharp con trast to the teaching and re search in the social sciences. Inherited Traits from '30s "The professors of the social sciences have inherited the traits of their predecessors in the 1930s who were so divorced from real life that neither they nor their students were able to acquire the standards of practicality needed to check the value of a fantastic idea like Nazism. One fears that with their present divorce be tween education and actual life, they will not train persons able to see through the communist propaganda." Dr. Anderson said the U.S. has a vital stake in helping reform German universities along mod ern lines of social responsibility.' "Here we have a rare oppor tunity to exert influence as a key point in favor of democracy," Dr Anderson said. "We shall be involved in German affairs for mrny years. It is to be hoped that we shall aid German universities to help us in turn to develop a western sorietv of fi oedom." Red Cross Unit! Will 'Roundup' New Workers Sign up at the round up, is the watchword of the Red Cross col lege unit. The round up, a mass meeting for all students interested in Red Cross, will be held in Parlor A of the Union at 7 o'clock tonight. Audrey Rosenbaum, unit presi dent, will welcome guests and in troduce board members who will explain the functions of their groups. Students will be able to sign up for a variety of projects which in clude: institutional services at Veterans hospital, children's homes, orthopedic hospital and the state mental hospital; first aid. motor corps, water safety and life saving. The explanation of the work of Red Cross will be followed by cokes served by the board. The round-up welcomes fresh man as well as upperclassmen, ac cording to Gloria Larsen and Anne Figge, round-up co-chairman. Al though freshman will not be able to participate during the first six weeks, they may get acquainted with the organization. Freshman who wish to leave their names will be contacted when the first six weeks period has expired. Former Red Cross workers are also welcome at the round-up. Two new Red Cross board mem bers will be presented at the round-up. They are Pat Wied man, swimming; and M. J. Melick, publicity. Miss Wiedman worked with the swimming project last semester and Miss Melick was one of the founders of the college unit. Grimm E: 'For Activ Misunderstanding of the Union committee 'activity pool' prompted clarification by the Union activi ties office today. "Everyone won't be assigned to a Union committee," Gene Grimm, activities' director, said. All com mittees will be small and will con sist in the large part of those who have worked before." Those students who are not on specific committees will be placed in an "activities pool." These stu- ID! Poll Shows Lack Of Dancing Coeds Wanted: More women! A conspicuous lack of women was noted by 92 members of the stag line at the Frosh Hop, ac cording to a poll taken of 135 who attended. Undaunted enthusiasm on the part of the stags to gain their objectives met with the criti cism, "They should keep the stag line back." Only five suggested the remedy of more chairs. As answers to the poll ques tion, "Why did you come to the dance tonight?" some 38 replied, "To get acquainted," 11 came to have fun, 19 liked to dance, and 16 had no other place to go. Lisher Issues Initial Call for AUF Workers Time plus a generous mixture of enthusiasm. Those are the in gredients that Jo Lisher, AUF , head solicitor, is looking for in solicitors for the All University , Fund drive this year. I Miss Lisher announced today 1 that persons answering that -description are urged to sign up for AUF work next week. , A booth will be open from 9-5 ' Monday through Friday in the Union, to facilitate solicitor regis- , ; tration. Students signing up to assist in the drive, to be held this year from Nov. 7-14, will cooperate in collecting funds from campus in dividuals and groups. They will aid the following chairman during AUF week: or ganizations, fraternities, sororities, independent students, faculty, em ployees, organized houses, Ag campus, honoraries and others. Miss Lisher also announced sev eral appointments to heads of drive divisions. Betty Green will chairman honorary solicitations; Mendell Archer will head inde pendent student collections; and Fritz Ware will supervise the drive on the Omaha mod school campus. New Union Dance Committee Named Union dancers are going to get more support than ever with the new dance committee organized. At their first meeting for the year, committee chairman Ralph Taylor announced the new mem bers of the committee. They are Secretary, Sara Devoe; Entertain ment, John Moore; Clean Up, Ja nelle Mohr; Decorations, Norma Gamerl; Music, Shirley Sidles; Publicity, Bruce Kennedy and Knox Jones; Stage and Lighting, Bob Phelps. Other members are Hostesses, Betty Roessler; Tickets, Carol De Witt; and Seating, Doug Hanson. aires Plan dents will be classified according to the interests that they desig nated on their cards. "Students should not wait until they are called," Miss Grimm stressed, "but should watch the Union calendar or call at the Activities office. There are plenty of jobs for everyone." If workers show interest in their committee work there is a good chance that they may be placed on a specific committee either this year or next. itv Pool u rf Snapped Unless many more University Theatre tickets are pur chased than have now been sold, the theatre will not be able to continue with its schedule of plays, in the opinion of Dallas Williams, theatre director. "Though the season ticket prices for this year have been lowered to $3.60 for students and faculty, ticket sales are not going nearly as well, as expected," Williams said Wednesday. Administration's Position. Rumors that the University ad- ! ministration is not supporting the ' theatre are definitely false, said ; A fix Dallas Williams Williams. The University will pay $350 a day for rental of the Ne braska theatre this year, in addi tion to paying the regular theatre staff. "Within the limited funds that the administration has at its dis posal, it is doing as much as for any other department on the campus," according to Williams. "The problem of the theatre is to sell enough tickets to maintain production cost of the plays to be presented this season. Cost of Materials. "Present high cost of material takes a tremendous amount of money to maintain the production of each play. Box office receipts of the thea tre must pay cost of all materials used in stage settings, costumes, and salaries for busines manager and the student assistants. According to Williams, the Theatre could select plays which are less expensive to produce. However, the "primary interest of the theatre is to have as many students on campus see as many plays as possible," he said. 'Top Dramatic Literature' "If the University Theatre is to continue the policy of presenting top dramatic literature and pro ducing these plays in the way they should be presented, we must have money," said Williams. Speaking of "Faust", the first play of the season, scheduled to be presented Oct. 31, Nov. 1 and 2, the theater director said, "I know that if an individual comes to "Faust," he will enjoy it as much as any movie he has ever seen. If he doesn't, the theater will be glad to refund the ticket price." Faust is being presented in con nection with the University cele bration of the Bicentennial of Goethe's birth. The University T h e a t e r's schedule includes, in addition to "Faust," Tennessee Williams' "The Glass Menagerie," Sheri dan's "School for Scandal," Mar tin Vale's "The Two Mrs. Car rolls," and Kaufman and Hart's "Once in a Lifetime." Membership i Drive of A; YWCA Begins The membership drive of the Ag College YWCA is now under way and will continue through Tuesday, Oct. 4. Membership during this drive applies only to upperclassmen as there will be a freshman enroll ment later. A new system is being tried this year in enlistment of members. Nine girls, under the ieadership of Annette Stoppkotte, membership chairman, will contact personally each girl on the Ag College cam pus. Any girl npt contacted who wishes to join the YWCA is ad vised to get in touch with An nette, or with one of the follow ing girls: Donna Pearson, Jean Stoppkotte, Marilyn Elseman, Lu cille Snyder, Barbara Glock, Ar dis Westerholf, Margaret Tefft and Doris Ebcrhart. The University YWCA pays a fee of $7.00 for each of its mem bers of which the Community Chest pays a little over half. A considerably large amount per member is then left to be raised in another way. To prevent the necessity of raising the membership fee to meet these demands, the YWCA is requesting contributions or pledges in addition to the stand ard fee of $1.00. Pre-Meds Must Apply By Oct. o Pre-med students expecting to apply for entrance into any ac credited School of Medicine in September, 1950 must apply be fore October 8 for permission to take the required Medical College Admissions Test. The test, which is another form of aptitute test, is given two times during the school year on this campus. The first test will be given October 22, E. F. Powell, pre-med advisor at the University, announced Wednesday. Since many medical colleges wish to make an early choice of students, prospective applicants are urged to take this test early. Application forms are available at the office of Pre-medical Ad visor, 306 Bessey Hall. Radio Students Begin Try outs Students selected for the Uni versity radio programs in the try outs this week wil appear on pro grams over all four Lincoln radio stations, KFOR, KOLN, KLMS, and KFAB, it was announced today. All students interested should report to the radio studios in the Temple building either 1 to i p. m., 8 to 9:30 p. m. Thursday, or 3 to 4 p. bl Friday.