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Only Daily Publication for 9000 University of Nebraska Students rTV" L U1AJ Vol, 50 No. 26 LINCOLN 8. NEBRASKA Thursday, October 20, 1949 ODOIKSDll 1 . ''-V4'- SOONER CO-CAPTAIN Jim Owens, star left end will lead the defending Big Seven champions against Nebraska Saturday. Owens is one of Oklahoma's best pass receivers. American, Foreign Students To Hold Friendship Dinner Truly international will be the atmosphere of the International Friendship dinner Thursday at 6 p.m. in the Union ballroom, with food, entertainment, decorations and guests from many nations. The menu will be really cosmo politan. The main dish will be pre pared by Codul Ayazi of Afganis- tan. He began preparing the rice jish early Wednesday afternoon. Claude Hannezo, France, will toss the French salad for the dinner. Oriental tea and an international Union to Hold Free'FootBalV Friday Night Something new is promised for the Union dance Friday night. According to the Union Dance committee, students are invited to attend the free "Foot Ball" in the Union ballroom, from 9 p. m. to 12 following the rally and street dance. A complete entertainment pro gram has been provided with participants including Bob Voll mer, pianist; H. E. Pederson, ac cordionist; and the Pi Phi Trio, composed of Marilyn Legge, Ernamarie Trefz and Bev Larsen. The Ball is an informal juke box dance and all students are urged by the committee to come in rally clothes. Candle-lighted tables will be arranged around the ballroom floor and refreshments including popcorn and cokes will be avail able. This will be the third in a series of dances planned by the danr committee, Ralph Taylor in charge. Meat Judges Place in Contest Nebraska's meats judging team won Ilth place in a contest held in connection with the American Royal Livestock show at Kansas City, Mo., it was announced yesterday. The team was fourth in pork judging. Individual placings in cluded: Merwyn G. French, fifth in pork judging; and Grant Cornelius, sixth in the entire contest and fifth in pork. Other University students making the trip were Neal Bax ter and Loren C. Schmidt. Prof. Charles H. Adams is team coach. desert, ice cream, will also be served. International Entertainment The international flavor will carry over into the entertainment. The program includes: Charlene Dudley, International house, piano solo; Gsarwar Hahme, Af ghanistan, vocal solo: Eleanor Wi berg, International house, piano j solo; Gieta von Knuenberg, pro- fessor of modern languages, flute I solo, and Lee Linberg, Gordon Magnussen and Lee Stauffer, Lutheran Student house, Negro j spirituals. I Decorations, planned by the Bharat Dixit, from India, will j carry out the international theme. They will feature a king-size map of the world. Fosters International Relations The annual International Friendship dinner, sponsored by the Religious Welfare council with the cooperation of NUCWA, Cos mopolitan club and International house, is held for the purpose of fostering better international re lations. According to Ruth Shinn. exec utive secretary of the YWCA, if any overseas student has not yet been invited, it is because his host has not been able to contact him. All have been invited and, if not contacted by hosts, should meet them at the dinner. Each foreign student will at tend the dinner as the guest of an American student. "We feel that it is a real chance for American students to become better ac quainted with the foreign students on this campus on a social level," Miss Shinn said. Wdl Foreigm Students at Vladmir Lavko, Edward Saad and Walter Willi, University stu dents, launched the World Stu dent Service Fund drive at Ne braska Wesleyan Thursday by speaking at a convocation at 10 a.m. "The Road to Recovery" was the general topic of the convoca tion. Lavko, from Czechoslovakia, spoke on the values and beliefs; Willi, from Switzerland, educa tion; and Saad, from the Arabian zone of Jerusalem, technical prob lems. All Wesleyan classes were dismissed for the convocation. Lavko, Cosmopolitan club rep resentative on the Student Coun cil, is working on his masters de gree in geography, having re ceived his B. A. from the Uni versity last year. He has been in the United States for two years Ijr Union to Show Football Movies Nebraska football movies will be shown every Thursday noon in the Ag Union lounge, accord ing to John Killeen, Union di rector. The movie,"Scudda Hoo-Scudda Hay," will be shown Sunday, Oct. 23 in the lounge. A coffee hour will follow. Also on the schedule for Ag Union activities are the Wednes day -afternoon hour dances from 5 to 6 p.m. in Ag Activities auditorium. jConvo Speaker Will Discuss Children's Art "The Importance of Creative Art for Children" will be the subject discussed by Miss Nora McCullough, secretary of the Saskatchewan Arts board, at the convocation in Love library au ditorium Tuesday, Oct. 25, at 2 p. m. Miss McCullough, who was as sociated with Dr. Arthur Lismer, artist and educationalist, studied at the Ontario College of Art in Toronto. While with Dr. Lismer, she worked at the Art Gallery of Toronto. After this she went to South Africa, where she organized children's art classes in Pretoria. Miss McCullough then did the same type of work for the Cape Province Education department. In 1946 she returned to Canada and did extension work for the National gallery. She then took up her present duties in western Canada. Howard Names Final Deadline On Pub Filings Filings for publications board will close Friday, according to Council President Ros Howard. All applications for positions on the board must be left in the Stu dent Council box in the basement of the Union before that date. Applications must include name, college and year of candidate. Applicants are also requested to state experience with publications work and qualities which fit them for board positions, Howard said. Selection of pub board mem bers will be made by the Council at their next meeting, Oct. 26. The Council will choose one sophomore, one junior and one senior to serve on the board. Can didates may not be staff mem bers of publicai tois. TJes8eyan and plans to stay here, not wish ing to go back to Czechoslovakia while the Communists are in power. This is Saad's second year at the University, also. He is study ing architectural engineering. He is at the University because there are no schools of architecture in his native country. He had been told that he could get along better with mid-westerners than easterners. He is president of Men's Dorm B. Waiter Willi Walter Willi is a graduate stu dent in economics. When he re ceives his masters degree, he plans to return to Europe for his Ph. D. The three students were sent by the speakers bureau of NUCWA, headed by Pat Stoural and Claude Hannezo. CD !)) 9 UmK' Fixei m.1 r.n slI if 4 . . To Cut Ticket Costs The Student Council lowered the boom on exorbitant dance ticket prices last night. With the acceptance of a proposal by the "Big Name Band" committee to limit the amounts which organizations may pay for bands, the Council took a definite step towards slash in g the ticket prices for prices major campus dances. The committee, headed by Gene Berg, presented a four-part recommendation which was un animously accepted bv the Coun cil. Berg's report suggested that the council (1) place a $1500 limit on the amount organizations may pay for a band; (2) hire R. H. Pauley, manager of the Turn pike ballroom, as a semi-official agent to schedule bands for uni versity functions; (3) establish a j ballroom, Sunday, Oct. 23. regular dance subcommittee in Presented by the University the Council: (4) recommend re- School of Fine Arts, the soloists vamping of the Coliseum with a 1 ,.. . false ceiling, colored lights and;,10" Kathr'n Dean- contralto; a P. A. stystem. Limit On Major Dances. The $1,500 limit will apply to all major campus dances with over a $500 budget. No group will be permitted to employ a band for more than this figure. The University will be asked to send an official statement to booking agencies informing them of this limit, according to the report. Pauley will be available for any student group wishing his services. He will supervise the dances at which he books bands. "Mr. Pauley has been able to schedule bands for as much as 50 percent less than student or ganizations," Berg said. "Thru the contacts which he makes in his own business, Pauley will make a vast amount of expe rience and know-how available to the campus." As agent for the organizations, Pauley will receive a 10 percent commission, based on the figure paid each band. Wants 'Good Will.' When asked why the Turnpike manager wants to take on these extra duties, Berg explained that Pauley is desirous of student good will. He added that this will prevent conflict between big name bands at the Pike the same night bands are scheduled at the University. To supervise the project, the Council will set up a dance sub committee under the student ac tivities committee, also headed by Berg. This sub-group will ap prove all plans and budgets for major student dances. The committee will supervise dates of dances, costs and ticket prices. Each dance must be ap proved four months ahead of its scheduled dates. The Coliseum project is al ready underway, administration officials assured the council com mittee. "The purpose of the entire project is to give students good entertainment at a reasonable rate," Berg concluded. The Council also set-up a working system for the year when President Ros Howard ap pointed seven committees: Finance Rob Raun. Publicity Bruce Kennedy. Student-Faculty Louise Mc Dill and Ros Howard. Judiciary Fred Chael (chair man), Phyllis Cadwallader, Ray Simmons, Don Stern, Rod Lind wall and Dr. Curtiss Elliot. Election s L o u ise McDill (chairman), Bob Parker, Harry Kenyon, Betty Green and Ray Simmons. Student Activities Gene Berg (chairman), Ben Wall, Alice J. Smith, Janice Cochrane and Janet Carr. Campus Improvements Phyllis See COUNCIL, Page 4. r rs wh ts Faculty Recital Scheduled at Union Sunday A faculty recital, first in the series for this season, will be presented at 4 p. m. in the Union tiiarma uavies, pianist; ana Dale B. Ganz, baritone. Each will pre sent four separate renditions. Sponsor Marcia Pratt and chair man Rod Riggs of the committee extended an invitation for every one to attend. All students and faculty mem bers are also urged to attend the weekly Coffee Hour, directly fol lowing the recital, and held in the Union lounge. Faculty wives Mrs. David Foltz and Mrs. Dale Ganz will pour. Coffee and tea cakes will be served as music is provided by a performer at the Hammond organ. In charge of arrangements is the Union House and Hospitality committee, Gene W i e d m a i e r, chairman. Filings Open For Position on ISA Magazine Filings for the position of Ne braska associate editor on the na tional Independent magazine, "Smoke Signal," open today and will remain open until Oct. 21. Independent journalists who are interested in the position may file applications in the ISA maii box in the Union basement. Applica tions should include the student's average and experience in journ alism. Applicants will be interviewed at the ISA council meeting next Monday. A journalism professor will be on the electing committee. The "Smoke Signal" is the of ficial magazine of the Independent Students association. Original work of any kind may be sub mitted. The magazine is published at the University of Oklahoma. Each university with an ISA chapter has an associate editor who submits work from his school to the magazine. IVCF Will IltJar Mission Worker "Missionary Outlook in Africa" will be the subject Thursday evening when Betty Zumhingst, arts and science senior, speaks to the Inter-Varsity Christian fel lowship. The meeting will be at 7:30 p.m., in Room 315 of the Union. Mjss Zumhingst, a graduate of St. Paul Bible institute. St. Paul, Minn., is studying at this uni versity in preparation for mis sionary work in Africa. Music, besides group singing, will include a solo by Paul Andreas.