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Vol. 50 No. 56
LINCOLN 8. NEBRASKA
Sunday, December 4, 1949
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NU Student
Killed In Car
Accident
Two persons, one a University
freshman, were killed in the car
truck collision near Waverly on
Highway No. 6 around 2:05 a. m
Saturday morning. A third victim
is in St. Elizabeth's Hospital in
critical condition. The three per
sons were returning to their
homes in Omaha after attending
the Military Ball.
LeMoine E. Menshik, 18, 1022
South 46th street, Omaah, was
identified as one of the killed.
Menshik was a student at the
University.
Also killed was Mardele John
son, 1922 South 37th street,
Omaha.
In Critical Condition
Marv Lou Hanson, who lives
on Pratt Street in Omaha, is in
St. Elizabeth's Hospital with a
severe gash on the head. Hos
pital authorities said her condi
tion is "poor."
Occupants of the truck were
Mr. and Mrs. Patrick M. Mc
Cullough, Dennison, la., enroute
to Marysville, Kas. McCulIough,
manager of a garbage disposal
plant in Dennison, was only
shaken up. His wife was kept
under observation at St. Eliza
beth's hospital.
No Evidence of Drinking
According to County Attorney
Frederick H. Wagener, there was
no evidence of drinking on the
part of either driver or occupants
of the vehicles involved, and
neither was exceeding the speed
limit.
Apparently the car driven by
Menshik developed trouble of
some kind, either a flat tire or
steering mechanism difficulties
prior to the accident.
The car crossed the center line
of the highway twice before
swerving into the truck. McCul
Iough said he pulled over to the
shoulder but was unable to pre
vent the accident. No inquest
will be held.
klal
aze Drills
Residents of the men's dorm at
Oklahoma University were routed
from their rooms by a flash fire
Saturday which roared through
the dorm in the early morning.
The fire, which demolished the
wooden dormitory within dO min
utes, killed at least three men, and
injured 18 more, two of them
critically.
The fire started at about 2:30
Saturday morning, flashed through
the $700,000 wooden structure and
within 30 minutes the building
was completely ablaze. The build
ing was a five winged structure,
built in 1941 to house navy men
on campus.
Reports from the scene said
that many students who had no
time to put on clothes jumped
from windows in shorts, clutching
only newly arrived government
subsi stance checks.
Survivors rushed to phones to
contact their parents, and a four
hour delay in Jong distance calls
developed soon after the fire sub
sided. Many of the survivors were
hysterical, suffering from shock.
Most of the students were taken
into other dorms and fraternity
houses on the Norman campus.
University officials said it was
not known exactly how many men
were in the dorm at the time of
the fire. Survivors were asked to
call into check points so that a
chck of survivors could b made. I
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THE SEASON STARTS Centers Milton "Bus" Whitehead and Dave
Aaberg, declare the opening of the 1949-50 basketball season official
as they jump for the tip-off. Joe Malacek and Don Bartlett .await
the ball.
Pat Berge Reigns as '49
Commandant at Military Ball
With all the ceremony and
tradition of a University Military
Ball, Miss Pat Berge was disclosed
as the 1949 Honorary Comman
dant of the University Military
department Friday night.
Revealed before a backdrop of
a huge replica of the Army, Navy
and Air Force shield on the stage
of the coliseum, Miss Berge s
presentation highlighted the open
ing of the 1949 formal season.
The 1949-50 commandant is a
senior in teachers college at the
University. The 21-year-old coed
from Norfolk, blond haired and
blue-eyed, also holds the honor
of 1948-49 Cornhusker beauty
queen. She is a member of Gamma
Phi Beta sorority.
Military Style Suit
The commandant wore a cream
military style suit with the tra
ditional scarlet and cream mili
tary cape and overseas cap. The
suit was especially designed for
the occasion.
The University ROTC band
opened the chain of events leading
to the presentation with a half
hour concert. This was followed
by a crack manual of arms drill
demonstrated by a special squad
of outstanding underclassmen of
Pershing Rifles members.
Then a sabre guard of 30 junior
class officers entered the floor of
the coliseum followed by Univer
sity military officers and their
dates.
Sabre Guards
They formed a huge triangle,
the apex being a column of the
sabre guard which extended from
the center of the floor to the stage.
The base of the triangle extended
to a special platform in the south
balcony on which were seated the
honored guests.
As the curtains on the coliseum
stage parted, revealing Miss "Berge,
she was presented with a bouquet
of red roses by Cadet Col. William
Mook of Lincoln, president of the
Candidate Officers Association,
who escorted her through the
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49 HONORARY COMMANDANT PAT BERGE Following her pre
sentation at the Military Ball Friday night, Miss Berge is shown
after her introduction to Miss May Pershing (left), sister of the late
General John J. Pershing. Cadet Col. William Mook (right), presi
dent of the Candidate Officers Association, presented Miss Berge
at the ceremonies.
arch of sabres of the junior of
ficers to the south balcony.
Salutes Officers
There she saluted the three
cadet officers of the University
Military department:
Cadet Col. Sidney McVickers,
army; Cadet Col. William Kinsey,
air force; and Student Capt. Rich
ard Finstrom, navy.
Honorary Commandant Berge
and Cadet Col. Mook then stood
in review of the grand march,
which was executed by the of
ficers of the departments and their
dates.
Miss Berge was elected from a
group of five candidates chosen
at an all University election. The
Candidate Officers Association
made the final selection.
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BY JERRY WARREN.
The University of Nebraska
cagers won their initial game of
the 1949-50 season in an unim
pressive manner Saturday night
by beating a badly outmanned
South Dakota State team, 61-32.
Behind only once in the game,
when the Jackrabbits led 16-14
with six minutes left in the first
half, the Huskers coasted to an
easy victory.
Coach Harry Good cleared the
bench in the last six minutes.
While the reserves were in the
game, the Jackrabbits only scored
one point while the Scarlet and
Cream increased their total from
44 to 61 points.
Bus Whitehead, 6-9 center from
Scottsbluff, dominated the action
in the typical first game play as
he scored 12 points and controlled
the play under the boards.
A scrappy trio of South Dakota
State players, Dave Aaberg, Herb
Bartling, and Don Bartlett, gave
Bus and Bob Pierce plenty of
trouble on rebounds but the
height advantage made the dif
ference. Whitehead and Pierce were
aided considerably by Joe Mala
cek, Dick Srb and Tony Lawry,
acting game captain.
Individual standout for the
Jackrabbits' was the six foot four
inch Aaberg. The tall center
poured in 16 points and was the
Foreign Students
Plan Lincoln Talks
NUCWA speakers bureau will
sponsor three foreign student
talks in Lincoln Tuesday. The
speakers will include students
from Hawaii, Mexico and Ger
many. Bob Endo, from Hawaii, will
speak at College View high school
at 8:45 a. m.
At 12:15 p. m. Manuel Esca
lante will speak to the College
View students on American rela
tions with his country, Mexico.
Juergen Herbst will address an
audience at the Elm Park Meth
odist church at 6:30 p. m. His
topic will be "Christmas in Germany.
main threat for the boys from
South Dakota.
Joe Brown, after a year's ab
sence from the Nebraska maples,
teamed with Bob Cerv and the
powerful Husker guard crew to
make up a flashy back court com
bination. Second high scorer for the home
team was Joe Malacek with nine
points. Malacek had a cold first
half but came back strong after
intermission to rack up four
quick field goals.
The brief performance of Soph
See HUSKERS, rase 3.
Fifteen Vie
For Class
Presidencies
Fifteen candidates for the senior
and junior class presidencies will
be on the ballot tomorrow for the
first regular University election
in more than a year.
The Student Council today re
leased the names of the presiden
tial aspirants, six women and
nine men.
Candidates
In the race for the chief execu
tive post of the graduating class
are: Edgar L. Coleman, engineer
ing; Cecil J. Doubt, engineering;
Ronald R. McWilliams, engineer
ing; M. J. Melick, arts and sci
ences; Bill Mundell, arts and sci
ences; Willis W. Sclk, engineer
ing; Wilbur Lee Spradley, engi
neering; and Peggy L. Walter,
arts and sciences.
Junior class president candi
dates are: Francis Biskup, engi
neering; Mardelle Buss, arts and
sciences; Phyllis Campbell, arts
and sciences; Robert H. Holder,
engineering; Janice Lindquist,
arts and sciences; Jane Linn,
teachers; and Ralph R. Ruhter,
engineering.
Four officer hopefuls were dis
qualified for failure to meet the
5.5 average or the hours require
ment for senior or junior class
standing, set up by the student
faculty committee.
The election will be held Tues
day in Student Council-manned
booths in both the city campus
Union and Ag Union.
Voting will take place from
9-5. Only regularly qualified jun
iors and seniors in their Univer
sity colleges are eligible to vote.
To mark a ballot, students must
present their ID cards and sign
the voters registration list at the
booth.
Three Student Council mem
bers, a graduate student and a
faculty advisor will be present at
all times at the election booth on
city campus. Ag Exec Board
members will assist the Council
membership on Ag campus.
To Punch IDs
Ballots will be validated by
Student Council members. ID
cards will be punched.
"The results of this election,"
commented Council President
Roswell Howard today, "will be
carefully watched, both in meth
od and participation. Student in
terest, as seen in the number of
voters, may well determine if we
will continue to have student
elections on the campus."
Howard also pointed out Coun
cil rules on' election procedure:
"The polls shall be in charge of
the Student Council. Each candi
date may have a representative
at the polls during the election.
Each voter shall check the names
of the candidate or candidates foi'
whom he wishes to vote on a bal
lot furnished him by the election
officials which ballot shall be a
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