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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.
