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Thursday, October 27, 1949
50 No. 31
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AWS Mc-nrS1 peons
AWS will officially open activities to freshmen women
this afternoon in the Union ballroom when it presents the
annual Activity Mart.
The mart marks the end of the six-weeks' ban on par
hv fmsh women. It will be held from
4 to 6 p. m. and is designed to
to learn aDOUi me many acuvium
.on campus.
Seventeen organizations will
have infom.dlior booths to ex
plain their functions and to in
form students as to when their
work is carried out. Explana
tions of each booth will be given
over the loudspeaker during the
two-hour period.
Organizations
Organizations which will be
represented at the Mart are: As
sociated Women Students, All
University Fund, Barb Activities
Board for Women, Coed Counsel
ors, Cornhusker, Daily Nebraskan,
Home Economics club, Indepen
dent Students association, Ne
braska Builders, Student Union
Board, Tassels, Women's Athletic
Presbyterian Student
house, Red Cross college unit,
.YWCA, Cornshucks, and Univer
sity 4-H club.
AWS members will also be on
hand to answer questions.
In order to make the Activity
Mart more helpful to students
than in the past, AWS will con
tact in the near future all girls
who sign up for activities to
make sure that they have par
ticipated in those activities.
AWS Advise
Although the Mart is primarily
set up to acquaint freshmen with
activities, the AWS advises stu
dents to have' a fairly definite
"idea of what activities they are
interested in. They are also ad
r,f in fiicrn un for more
activities than they can actively
participate in.
Along with the Activity Mart,
AWS sponsors Coed Follies and
Ivy Day Sing. It also enforces
house rules and carries out tasks
assigned by the dean of women.
Counselors
Urge Emblem
Contest Entries
The Coed Counselor emblem
contest is still open to all mem
bers of that organization, accord
ing to board members.
Several emblem entries have
been entered in the contest al
ready Requirements for entries
include a neatly composed idea,
iiv-pca-and ink or color, which
should be turned in at Ellen Smith
hall in Miss Elsie Ford Pipers
office. .
The contest will close Dec. 5.
Members of the Coed Counselor
board and Miss Piper will act as
judges. A prize, which will be an
nounced later, will be given to the
winning entry.
The emblem to be chosen will
be the first symbol ever to be used
v,.. th fnoA fnunselor oreaniza-
tion. It should symbolize the work
done by the memoers in men
"hit cictpr" endeavors, and the
general work of the organization.
Only Coed Counselor members
are eligible for competition.
Independent students who
have not signed up for their
Cornhusker pictures, may do so
by calling or coming to the
Cornhusker office anytime
from 12:45 to 5 p.m. daily.
give freshmen an opportunity
T. J. Thompson
To Welcome
R C Delegates
T. J. Thompson, dean of student
affairs, will extend an official
greeting to Red Cross delegates
from six states at the midwest re
gional conference to be held on
campus Oct. 29.
Thompson will headline the
convention at 10 a.m. Saturday in
the Union ballroom. He will be
introduced by Aubrey Rosenbaum,
Red Cross president who will of
ficially open the convention.
Surrounding Slates
Delegates from Kansas. Ne
braska, Iowa, Colorado, Wyoming
and Missouri will assemble to dis
cuss Red Cross collegiate volun
teers and the national blood tiro-
gram. Some 80 students and fac
ulty sponsors from more than 20
schools are expected, according to
Marilvn Stark. Red Cross vice-
president. Miss Stark is in charge
of registration for the converence.
Miss Stark, who also heads the
housing Drocram. plans to use the
facilities of organized groups for
students who will be staying over
night in Lincoln.
To Explain Blood Program
Saturday morning the delegates
will hear two Red Cross officials
Mary Sue Burham and Ruth Fred
erick explain the blood program
in Kansas and' Nebraska. They
will also hear from Elizabeth Hun
ter, college activities specialist in
the wid-west area.
The afternoon session is a dis-
cussicn of "Recruiting College
Volunteers." Gene Berg, Red Cross
student advisor and lormer unit
president, will lead the discussion.
Luncheon will be served in the
Union ballroom at noon and a coke
hour is planned for late afternoon.
National Oificer to bpeak.
Howard Wilson, a member of
the national Red Cross Board of
Governors will speak at the lunch
eon. He will discuss national fund
raising policies. Wilson is a resi
dent of Lincoln.
Another Lincoln man, Harold
Hill, manager of the Lancaster
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A0USi3L0GilSedl
Rules, judges, and the general
outline of the Homecoming pa
rade were revealed Tuesday by
the joint Tassel and Corn Cob pa
rade committee.
An annual event during the
Homecoming week end at the
TTmVersitv. the narade will follow
approximately the same proced
ure as past parades.
50 to 60 Floats Expected
A probable entry list of fifty or
s xty floats are expected to com
prise the parade. Also present
will be some of the University
band, and possibly some of the
Lincoln high schools' bands. The
University will not excuse the en
tire Nebraska band because of the
conflicts with Saturday morning
classes. However, some I the
Station Rally
To Send Off
NU Team
Parade lo Start
From Coliseum
"Down by the station" at 9:45
this evening Husker ralliers will
cheer the football team as it
leaves for Columbia to meet the
Missouri Tigers Saturday.
Starting at the Coliseum at 9:15
p. m. the rally will go down 16th
street, past the Union and on 'to
the Burlington station. As the
cheerleaders go down sorority and
fraternity row, they will issue a
call to all members of organized
houses to join the rally.
Glassford to Speak
Af the station. Coach Bill Glass-
ford and several football players
are expected to speak brietiy. An
other feature of the rally will be
fireworks, according to me com
mi 1 1
On the basis of the successful
early morning rally held before
the Penn State game, the rally
committee hones that this rally
Muill ho even bigger because of
the more convenient hour.
To Boost Morale
Several team members said
after the Penn State rally that the
expression of backing was very
encouraging. Students will have
a chance to boost the morale of
the team by attending the rally
unA rheerine for an UDset win
Saturday.
All Corn Cobs. Tassels and pep-
sters will be present at the rally
to add color and pep.
This will be the first station
rallv since the Husker fans met
the team on its return from the
Notre Dame came last fall. The
station rally was one of the oesi
nt the season last year.
Members of the planning com
mittee for the rally are Frank
Piccolo, chairman; Wes Kolhtz,
Linn. Jo Lisher. and Bob
Parker.
County chapter, will be on hand
to act as co-host of the convention
Hill has taken an active part in
planning and organizing the con-
fprpnrp
Other Red Cross officials who
will attend the sessions are: Mrs,
Betsv Northruc director of volun
tr services: Vern Zimmerman,
state Red Cross representative;
Tom Hawk, assistant director pub
licity; and Jean Fitzsimmons, Xield
director at the local V A hospital
members who do not have classc-
are expected to lead the parade.
Beginning at the Coliseum at
10:30 a. m., the various floats,
decorated cars, and bands will
move down O street and. continue
back to the starting point. Lin
coln police will aid in directing
traffic.
Welcome Grads Theme
The entries will be judged on
originality, color, and how the
float stresses the Homecoming and
Cornhusker theme. The organi
zations entering are urged to em
phasize "Welcome Grads." The
slogan for Homecoming is "Jam
the Jayhawks."
Parade entries are divided into
two divisions men's and wom
en's. Organizations composed id
by (Pep Sowufps
Melielx.
At fha erA -f o-miflinr
the Student Council announced
ications board.
Thev are M. J. Melick, senior; Leon Fleiiier, junior; ana
Jerry Matzke, sophomore.
Miss Melick, a tormer uany ienrasKan euitur, is a mcm-
hpr of Builders board. YWCA
Three Student
Leaders Baek
AUF Drive
Three Nebraska students, lead
ers in international affairs on this
campus, today added their en
dorsements to the coming AUF
drive.
Bill Edmondson, NUCWA pres
ident and candidate for a Rhodes
scholarship, commented on the
drive, "AUF is extremely valuable
in supporting and furthering the
projects and drives internationally
and domestically. It is a combina
tion of many beneficial groups all
deserving your most generous sup
port." .
Susan Reed, NUCWA publicity
director, told a Nebraskan report
er, "Contribution to the WSSF
is only one of the fields of AUF.
But it is a good example of AUF's
effort to meet the needs ot people
who are on a common ground
with students here at Nebraska.
The WSSF campaigns in Ameri
can colleges lor funds to aid uni
versities ahrnad and is the onlv
agency organized for this purpose.
"The international organization
for aid to university groups in
war-devastated nations serves in
Eurcpe and Asia without discrim
ination to race, nolitics or religion
Aid falls into five maior categor
ies: food, clothing, housing, books
and medical aid.
"From the Nebraska student to
ATTFfrnm AUF to WSSF from
WSSF to other university students
the group marked for the same
role in their countries' future as
we are in ours.
Sue Allen, chairman of the pro
posed model general assembly on
ramniis next March, commented
"The WSSF, which receives aia
from AUF, helps to support edu
cational reconstruction through
UNESCO."
All three students concurred in
the opinion that University stu
dents should "SACRIFICE FOR
AUF."
indicate which division they wish
j pJ'O-
hi oiled o. or.u.s, lrom entering
the parade.
Traveling plaques will be
awarded to winners in both divi
sions. Last year's winners were
Phi Gamma Delta in the men's di
vision, and Kernals, in the wom
en's division.
Judges
Judges for the Homecoming
event will be: Harry Good, head
basketball coach; Arnold E. Bar
agar, Ag faculty member, and
James G. Porter, instructor in ar
chitecture at the University.
Tassels and Corn Cobs who are
on the parade committee are: Sue
Biorklund, Joyce Chaner, Harold
Gloystein, and Bruce Kenendy.
rs m r ft
veiwer
twn and one-half hour session
the '49-'50 members of Publ
,
cabinet, Red Cross publicity di
rector and a member of Chi
Omega.
Pfeiffer, business manager for
the Builder' summer edition of
the Rag, is secretary of Kosmet
Klub, treasurer of Builders and
a member of Kappa Sigma.
Matzke, a former Rag reporter,
is a member of Phi liamma
Delta.
The three members were se
lected from a slate of 21. The
members were chosen by secret
ballot. Each candidate was inter
viewed for approximately live
minutes.
Each was Questioned by Coun
cil president Ros Howard and
vice-president Louise McDill. The
officers asked for reasons of ap
plication and what each candidate
would do if he were elected.
During the interviews the back
row of the Student Council room
was lined with the editors and the
business managers of Daily Ne
braskan, Cornhusker and Corn
shucks. According to Jack Shirm
er, Cornshucks editor, the inter
views were recorded and the new
pub board members will be held
responsible for fulfilling their
campaign promises, by all three
groups.
The duties of the publications
board include selection of staff
members for Rag. Cornshucks,
Cornhusker and Cornhusker Coun
tryman. It is also repsonsible for
signing contracts for the publica
tion. The Pub board is headed by
Prof. Roger Shumate of the Po
litical Science department. He is
also chairman of the University
publications board. Four other fac
ulty members make-up the board.
It is the policy of the publica
tions board to meet monthly with
the editors and business managers
of the various publications.
38 Nations
Represented
At Nebraska-
The U. N. Cosmopolitan an
nounced in its October issue that
out of 125 foreign students en
rolled at the University, 38 na
tions are represented.
Highest on the list of nations
supplying the students is China,
boasting a total of 21. Canada,
India, Turkey and Iran follow
closely in their quota of repre
sentatives. Countries with students at the
N. U. are:
fKhanlatan
Argentina
Itrili vitt
British West Indies
Oa nitda
China
Columbia
Cyprus Island
CzechoHluvakm
Fcypt
KnKland
Kutoruu
Frunze
Oermany
(Vroetx
I ml m
Iran
Iruq
Korea
Latvia
Lithuania.
Mexloo
Netherlands
Newfoundland
Nigeria
Norway
Palestine
Pa nil ma
Philippine
Poland
Komaniu
Kussta
SlilTl
Sweden
PwlUeiliind
ttniKuay
Venezuela
Turkrv
The KOTC rifle team is now
practicing on the ranee from 1
to 5 p. m., Monday, Tuesday
and Wednesday. AH students
who signed up for rifle prac
tice should attend one of these
practice sessions.