Only Daily Publication for 9000 University of Nebraska Student
Vol. 50 No. 44
UNCOLN 8. NEBRASKA
Tuesday, November 15, 1949
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Nash Cites Students' Needs
In Religious Week Keynote
Basically we need a "central
core in which order and unity
may be found because we live in
the midst of a world that is un
usually optimistic, and pessimistic
at the same time, and it does not
know how to come to a final de
cision." This was the basis of the mes
sage that Dr. Arnold Nash de
livered at the convocation open
ing Religion-in-Life week speechs
at the Union ballroom Monday
morning.
Nash, professor of the history
of religion at the University of
North Carolina, will deliver an
other address at a convocation in
the Union ballroom Tuesday
morning at 10 a.m.
"Population Need Basic Core"
Speaking on the subject "Are
We Spiritually Sane?" the topic
of this week's program, Nash
stressed the fact that the popu
lation of the world, as a whole,
needs some basic core if it is
to grasp the basic element of the
"plight in which we are in; the
plight of demands."
"The malady of modern culture
as I see it is that one half of each
individual believes in certain val
ues and tries to live up to them
and the other half doesn't want to
believe in them," he said. "It is a
kind of schizophrenia of the soul."
"Lift! must have an unchanging
center and life must therefore be
related to that - central purpose
. . . that basic fundamental is the
content of our faith."
Polytheism is Apparent
Nash summed up our present
beliefs and ways of life by say
ing that we have a sort of poly
theism, a belief in a plurality of
gods, like "truth for truths sake"
and "art for arts' sake" and
"business is business."
"We even have a devil, we call
it politics.
"It is to the credit of both Fa
scism and Communism that each
of them has correctly diagnosed
the sickness of our culture but in
each case a correct diagnosis is
wedded to a prescription that is
far worse than the disease it seeks
to remedy."
A discussion period, open to all
University students, was held in
the YM room in the Temple build
ing at 4:30 p.m. Monday as a
follow-up to the morning's speech.
Nash was principle speaker at
the Religion-in-Life week send
off dinner held in the Union Sun
day night.
State Speech
Teachers Seek
New Standards
More than 75 members of the
Nebraska State Speech Teachers
association recommended Satur
day that the state raise its re
quirements for speech training.
The recommendation was ap
proved at a business luncheon
held at the Union on this campus
in connection with the organiza
tion's annual session.
The speech teachers also agreed
to ask the Nebraska High School
Activities association to brin
rules for district speech contests
up to date to cover events in
poetry reading and radio news
casting. Walter Murrish, associate pro
fessor of speech at Nebraska Wes
leyan university and president of
the association, explained that
Nebraska's certification standards
for speech teachers is far below
those of other states. If the as
sociation's recommendation is put
into effect, the Nebraska stand
ards would still be below those
of many states, Murrish said.
A highlight of the group's meet
ing was a demonstration in stage
makeup by Richard Corson of
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ISA BANQUET-Dr. T. J. Thompson addressed students from four
states who attended the Independent Students Association Western
Region conference held in the Union Nov. 11 and 12. Thompson
spoke at the banquet held Friday night. The convention was cli
maxed Saturday night with a dance for delegates and for indepen
dent Nebraska students.
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University spirit was at its best
Saturday when approximately
2,000 Nebraska fans sat through
a drizzling rain to watch the Corn
huskers come through with a vic
tory over Iowa State.
Nebraska rallies, a royal recep
tion by Iowa State students and
the winning football game made
i this year's nigration one of the
best in recent years.
The Iowa State campus was
temporarily converted into . a
small size University of Nebraska
campus when the migration train
arrived at noon with some 230
students.
They were met at the train by
the delegation of Nebraska stu
dents who had driven to Ames
in cars, and a short rally was
held at the campus.
Altho Nebraskans were thoroly
soaked by the slow drizzle, cheer
leaders led the crowd in the "best
display of student spirit this
year," said Frank Piccolo, yell
king.
During half-time entertain
ment, the Iowa State band pre
dicted the Nebraska band going
through the funeral march at the
end of the game. To their sur
prise, Prof. Donald Lentz led his
Charm School
To Open Tonight
The Coed Counselors will spon
sor the first charm school for this
year tonight at 7:30 p.m. in Ellen
Smith hall.
Mrs. Joseph Seacrest will be
the guest speaker, her topic will
be "The Charm of a Coed."
Charm school is held every
Tuesday, alternating with the
I book review series.
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band members to the football
field at the end of the victory,
and where them in the strains
of the funeral march, which
swung into a spirited "There is
No Place Like Nebraska." The
band led the Nebraskans through
the campus in the victory parade
which ended up at the Student
Union building.
This was the last out-state
game for the year, and undoubt
ly the finest migration Nebraska
students have seen for many
years. ,
Variety Promised Patrons
At Kosmet Klub Fall Revue
All the way from "Gay Paree"
to 16th street in Lincoln, Ne
braska this is only an ink
ling of the range of material to
be covered by the eight skits in
Kosmet Klub's Fall Revue, to be
presented at the Coliseum Friday
night, Nov. 18.
It is Jerry Solomon's Phi Gam
ma Delta act that takes us abroad
with their "There's Something
About Paree." Sigma Alpha Ep
silon will bring us back with a
typical (sic) account of University
life with "Chaos on 16th Street,"
written by Harris Carnaby.
Rumors of an intellectual ele
ment is indicated by Jack Solo
mon's "History of Music" for Sig
ma Alpha Mu and Zeta Beta Tau's
"How Music Came To The Uni
versity of Nebraska" by By Kras
ne. More variety will be supplied by
Sigma Phi Epsilon's "Stork Raving
Mad" (the stork always gets in
The finalists for the Kosmet Klub Fall Revues' Prince
Kosmet and Nebraska Sweetheart were announced today by
Merle Stalder and Marcia Tepperman Kushner, presidents of
Innocents and Mortar Boards, respectively.
Mrs. Kushner revealed the slate of six prince Kosmet
candidates to be Don Bloom, Phi ;
Gamma Delta; Jerry Ewing, Tau
Kappa Epsilon; Randy Ewing,
Kappa Sigma; Wendy Gauger,
Phi Kappa Psi; Don Stern, Sigma
Sigma Phi Epsilon; Brick Paulson,
Alpha Mu.
Stalder announced that the fol
lowing girls will vie for Nebraska
Sweetheart honors: Jan Cochran,
Towne club; Roxanna Elias, Al
pha Phi; Sally Holmes, Kappa Al
pha Theta; Torchie Rediger, Gam
ma Phi Beta; M. J. Rooney, Al
pha Omicron Pi; and Jean Stock
still, Delta Delta Delta.
The finalists will be voted upon
the night of the Kosmet Klub
Fall Revue, Friday, Nov. 18 at
8 p.m. The winners will be pre
sented following the eight fra
ternity skits.
According to the presidents of
the senior honoraries, the finalists
were chosen according to appear
ance, personality, and poise. Last
year's Kosmet Klub royality was
See KOSMET KLUB page 2
Senior Slain
By Frat Pledge
At Ohio State
Fatal shooting of a senior by a
fraternity pledge was the result of
a boistrous homecoming celebra
tion at Ohio State university last
Saturday.
The victim, Jack T. McKeown,
a member of Delta Tau Delta fra
ternity and managing editor of the
daily student publication, was shot
in the abdomen while attempting
to take a .45-caliber automatic
from the grasp of James D. Heer,
of Euclid, Ohio,
The scuffle occurred at a cock
tail party at the Delt house fol
lowing a formal dance given by
the fraternity. The police reported
there had been considerable cut
ting up at the party.
Heer had "several" drinks and
danced with a number of girls. He
reportedly was criticized by other
members of the fraternity, but
there was no argument until he
appeared with a gun. When ap
proached by McKeown he warned:
"I'm going to shoot." The pledge
fled from the scene after the
shooting but surrendered to po
lice a short time later.
the act), with script by Johnny
Anderson and Ed Wells. More of
the same may well come from
"Bow and Arrow Wedding" or
"She Didn't Need a MOTOR To
Have INJUN Trouble," the Tau
Kappa Epsilon skit by Art Par
chen. If enough of the carnival hasn't
been supplied, patrons .of this
sport should be reconciled . by
Alpha Tau Omega's "Tau Carni
val" by Van Duling. A reminder
of our puritanical heritage will
be furnished by the Delta Upsilon
skit, "In The Days When It Was
Frowned Upon," the combined
work of Howard Dennis and Harry.
Keep.
The eight skits were chosen by
a committee of judges who judged
the skits of a number of organized
houses. The Kosmet Klub presents
a spring program during the sec
ond semester. Admission to the
Fall Revue is 70c. The program
will start at 8 p.m.
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Student Body
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FinalistsToday
Students will elect the six fi
nalists for Honorary Colonel to
day in an all-University election.
Polls will be open from 9 a. m.
to 5 p. m. in the Union and Ag
Union.
By presenting his ID card at
a polling booth, any student may
cast a ballot for the six finalists.
Each voter must vote for six can
didates to make his ballot valid.
The six finalists will be con
tacted Tuesday evening after a
tabulation of the votes by the
Candidate Officers association and
the Student Council,' which will
supervise the polls. They will be
entertained at a tea Wednesday
afternoon at 5 p. m. at which
time the 1949 Honorary Colonel
will be chosen from the six senior
coeds by a secret ballot of the
officers association.
Candidates to be voted upon to
day include: Marjorie Arendt,
Marian Battey, Pat Berge, Jean
Blaha, Sue Bjorklund, Dorothy
Borgens, Jean Eckvall, Janet Fair
child, Myra Hauge, Margaret
Knapple, Jane MacCuaig, Louise
McDill, Margaret McGeachin,
Grace Nielsen, Joanne Noble,
Gloria Pinney, Eugenie Sampson,
Janet Stratton and Catherine
Worcester.
Prep Students
StudyElectoral
College System
Nebraska high school students
about 180 of them from 25 schools
took a critical look Saturday at
the U. S. method of selecting pres
idents. The students were on the Uni
versity campus for the annual in
stitute, which gives speech and
social studies students a chance to
make an intensive analysis of some
phase of American social or polit
ical life.
During the morning, the stu
dents heard Dr. James C. Olson,
superintendent of the Nebraska
State Historical society, review the
historical background of the U. S.
electoral college system, and Dr.
Roger V. Shumate, of the Uni
versity's department of political
science, point out the strengths
and weaknesses of the system.
They also received pointers on dis
cussion participation from Dr.
Halbert N. Galley, director of for
ensics, University of Illinois.
The afternoon session was given
over to a round of discussion per
iods conducted by the students
themselves, and to hearing Uni
versity of Nebraska and Univer
sity of Illinois debaters consider
the question, "Resolved, That the
president of the United States
should be elected by a direct vote
of the people."
Students from these schools
were in attendance: Kimball
County high school; Omaha Tech,
Central. North, and Benson: Kear
ney, Weston; Lincoln Central,
Northeast, and Teachers College
high schools; Grand Island; Nor
folk; Nebraska City; Loomis; Wil
ber; Stanton; Shelton; Madison; St,
Bonaventure; Columbus; McCook;
Tekamah; Beatrice; Franklin;
Bruning; Ong; and Sacred Heart,
iUoifolk.