Only Daily Publication for 9000 University of Nebraska Students
Vol. 50 No. 57
To the Polls . .
Today the student body will vote for senior and junior
class presidents. The Student Council, in setting up this elec
tion, is running the first regular election since a similar one
a year ago.
We will not attempt to tell the students that this is an
important election at least as far as the positions involved
are concerned. But the election will be significant as far as
the interest shown by the student body is concerned.
The Student Council evidently needs some assurance
that the students have enough interest in politics to deserve
regular elections.
And the only way for students to prove this is to get
out the vote.
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Fine Arts 'Messiah'
Presentation Sunday
One of the chief musical events
of the holiday season will be the
traditional presentation of Han
del's "The Messiah," by the Uni
versity School of Fine Arts at 3
p.m., Sunday, Dec. 11, at the
Coliseum.
Production of the famous ora
torio by a chorus of 600 voices,
the 65-piece University orchestra
and four soloists accompanied by
piano and organ, will be under
the direction of Dr. Arthur West
brook. There will be no admission
charge.
The alto solo selections will be
sung by a University senior, Mary
Lou Sommer. Miss Sommer sang
the contralto in the "Messiah"
last year at Tecumseh and at
Maryville, Mo.
A University staff member,
Holmes Ambrose, will sing the
tenor solos. In addition to in
structing in voice at the Univer
sity. Ambrose is choir director at
the 'Trinity Methodist church. He
has appeared in light opera in
Washington, Baltimore, Rich
mond, and Norfolk, Va., and
served as soloist at the noted
Foundry Methodist church, Wash
ington, D. C, and at the National
cathedral, Washington. In 1943 he
directed the Air Force male
chorus for national radio broad
casts. Choral work will be done by
the Univer.-ity Choral Union,
composed of the Ag College
chorus. Altinr.s Tullis. director;
the University Sinners, Dr. West
brock, director: the University
chorus I, David Foltz, director,
the University chorus II, Dale
Gar.z, director; the Grieg Mule
chorus. Holmes Ambrose, direc
tor, and the Lincoln Men's chorus,
John C. Whalcy. director.
Traditional c arols will be heard
from the Ralph Mueller carillon
before and nftei the "Messiah"
concert.
Nu will Host
AIChE Meet
December, 9, 10
The University of Nebraska
will be host to a Regional meet
ing of the student chapters of
the American Institute of Chem
ical Engineers, Friday and Sat
urday, Dee. 9 and 10.
Eight other schools in the
plains area indicated that they
would send a total of more than
120 delegates to the convention.
Schools participating are: Iowa
State college, Kansas State col
lege, Missouri School of Mines
and Metallurgy. University of
Denver, University of Iowa, Uni
versity of Kansas, University of
Oklahoma, Oklahoma A. & M.
L-ollege and the host school.
Activities will include a ban
quet for the delegates, presenta
tion of student papers, inspection
'A the University's new chemical
engineering facilities, an open
forum on student chapter activi
ties. The main speaker will be
announced later.
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Union Offers
Gift Solutions
Bothered with Christmas shop
ping worries?
According to Wendy Gauger of
the Union hobby committee, a so
lution may be found by attending
the craft shop sessions, one or
two nights during the week, in
room 12.
Causer announced that students
may have the opportunity of pro
fessional instruction by Mrs. Cole
man who specializes in leather
work, dresden painting, block
printing, cork work, carving and
textile painting.
Hours for inspection are every
Tuesdays and Wednesday even
ings from 7-9 p.m. Work hours
are every Monday and Thursday
afternoons from 2-5 p.m.
In urging all students to partake
of the free instruction, Gauger
stated that leather work and
dresden painting seem to be the
best items up to date.
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"American in the Far East,"
will be the topic of the first
Samuel Avery lecture, to be held
Thursday, Dec. 8, in the Love Li
brary auditorium. Judge Charles
S. L o b i n g i e r, of Washington,
D. C. will be the speaker.
The Avery lectures are en
dowed by the Palladian Literary
society of the University, the pio
neer student organization, dating
back to 1871 when the University
first opened its doors. The lec
tures are named in honor of
Samuel Avery, long time chan
cellor of the University.
Judge Lobingier, an 1888 grad
uate of the University, was a
member of Phi Beta Kappa and
was also a Palladian. He holds
numerous degrees from the Ne
braska and other institutions.
The judge, who has also writ
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Emblem Contest
Remains Open
Only seven days remain in the
Coed Counselor emblem contest!
The contest, which has been
open to members of that organ
ization for two months, will close
Dec. 12. It is being held in order
to create an official emblem for
Coed Counselors. No emblem is
being used at the present.
Rules for emblem entrants in
clude that the designs should ap
rly to the work of Coed Coun
selors on the campus, should be
done in pen and ink or water
color, legible and clear.
Entrances may be turned into
Miss Piper at her office in Ellen
Smith hall.
Seniors Obtain
Registration
Cards Today
Seniors whose last names begin
with letters M to Z may obtain
assignment cards today at Tempo
rary Building B for second se
mester registration.
Remaining University students
will be issued assignment cards
Wednesday through Friday.
Low numbers will be called by
the committee first, the procedure
being the same as last year.
Appointments with advisors,
filling out work sheets and final
registration for classes must also
be made by both the city campus
and Ag campus students.
Junior division students will
begin their registration process by
making an appointment with their
adviser. Students on city campus
should sign the appointment
schedule on their adviser's door
office. Ag students will be given
appointments.
During this conference a pro
gram of work will -be drawn up
and the work sheet left with the
adviser for the necessary signa
ture. City campus students may ob
tain their work sheets at Tempo
rary building A. and then go to
building B to complete registra
tion. Ag students are to pick up their
work sheets in Room 116, Dairy
Industry building.
The remaining schedule for as
signment cards is as follows:
Dec. b seniors (89 or more
hours) whose names begin with
letters M to Z.
Dec. 7 Juniors (5.3 to 83
hours).
Dec. 8 Sophomores (27 to 52
hours).
Dec. 9 Junior Division students.
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ten extensively for legal publica
tions, was recently appointed
honorary consultant in modern
civil law. at the Library of Con
gress, and is now Professor of
Roman Law at the American uni
versity. The lawyer has a background
of 22 years of official residence
in the Orient. He served as one
of the judges of the Court of First
Instance in the Philippines, and
later the president of the United
States appointed him judge of the
United States court for Chin3.
This court had jurisdiction over
all cases in China, civil and crim
inal, where citizens of the United
States were defendants, and held
its sessions in various principal
cities in China. At the close of his
term, ending 20 years of judicial
service in the Orient, the Chinese '
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Polls Open Today From 9-5
For First Election in Year
Six women and nine men will vie for junior and senior
class presidencies as polls open Tuesday in a long-awaited
regular University election.
On the senior ballot for the chief exer.11t.ivp nnst ara-
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-tJ6al voiciiidii cougar
is
a senior in engineering.
Cecil J. Doubt Cecil is a senior
in engineering.
Ronald R. McWilliams Ronald
is a senior in engineering.
M. J. Melick M. J. is a senior
in arts and sciences.
Bill Mundell Bill is a senior in
arts and sciences.
Willis W. Selk Willis is a sen
ior in engineering.
Wilbur Lee Spradley Wilbur is
a senior in engineering.
Peggy L. Walter Peggy is a
senior in arts and sciences.
Junior office hopefuls are:
Francis Biskup Francis is a
junior in engineering.
Mardelle Buss Mardelle is a
junior in arts and sciences.
Robert H. Holder Robert is a
junior in engineering.
Janice Lindquist Janice is a
junior in arts and sciences.
Jane Linn Jane is a junior in
teachers.
Ralph R. Ruhter Ralph is a
iunior in engineering.
Four Disqualified.
Four other students who ap
plied were disqualified because of
failure to meet the 5.5 average or
the required number of hours set
up by a joint student-faculty com
mittee. Voting procedure as outlined by
the committee will begin at 9 a.m.
and continue until 5 p.m. Only
regularly qualified juniors and
seniors will be eligible to vote.
Ballots will be validated at the
polls and ID cards will be
punched. ID cards must be pre
sented in order to vote.
To Supervise Polls
Three Student Council mem
bers, one faculty advisor and one
graduate student will supervise
the city campus election at all
times. Ag Exec Board members
will aid in the election on the Ag
campus.
Commenting on the importance
of this election. Council President
Roswell Howard explained that
the faculty approval or disappro
val for future elections depends
on the method of and the partici
pation in this election. The results
of this election, he added, will be
the measnnnf? sfirk for enmin?
elections. Not enough emphasis
can be put upon its dependence on
the students, he said.
Year Since Election.
The student body has waited
for over a year for a regular
sanctioned University election.
The Faculty Committee on Stu
dent Affairs placed a ban on all
elections last spring. Junior and
Senior officer elections Nov. 16.
1943 was the last regular election.
Participaton in Ivy Day cere
monies and the Junior-Senior.-prom
have been the principle du
ties of the upperclass officers in
the past.
Last year's officers were Bill
Mueller, junior class and Fritz
Hegwood, senior class. They were
chosen from four and three candi
dates respectively.
Indicates that the list of can
didates are in alphabetical order
so as not to have a show of par
tiality on the part of The Daily
Nebraskan.
government awarded him the or
der and decoration of Chiao Ho.
In 1946 Judge Lobingier was
sent by the government to Korea,
where he served until the close
of 1948 as chief advisor in codifi
cation and as a member of the
Property Claims commission of
the Military government.
The Palladian Literary society
is having its homecoming Dec. 8
and 9 and Judge Lobingier will
also be the principal speaker at
the banquet in the Union ballroom
on Friday, Dec. 9.
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Tuesday, December 6, 1949
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Sigma Tau
Picks Grad
For Convo
University engineering students
of Sigma Tau, honorary engineer
ing society, have chosen Gerald
F. Briggs, University graduate, to
address their annual public con
vocation at 11 a.m. Wednesday at
the Stuart theater.
He will speak on. "Science and
Mathematics Plus."
Briggs. now associated with
Edward E. Johnson, Inc., St. Paul,
formerly worked with the Ne
braska department of roads and
irrigation where he won a wide
reputation as an expert in the
field of stabilized soil base for
black-top roads.
In 1939, three years after re
ceiving a civil engineering degree
with distinction, Briggs was
granted a leave of absence from
the state highway department to
aid the governments of Argentina,
and later, Brazil, with construc
tion of low-cost highways.
Returning to the U. S.'in 1941,
Briggs was commissioned as a
captain in the Corps of Engineers
and served for four years He
received the Legion of Merit for
his work in reconstruction of
bombed-out bridges in France
and Belgian and' was relieved
from active duty in 1346 with
the rank of colonel.
In his present position, Briggs
is concerned with the develop
ment of ground water supplies for
both industrial and municipal
use.
While a student at the Univer
sity Brings received the O. J. Fee
award as the outstanding engi
neering student. He also served
as editor of the Nebraska Blue
Print and is a member of Sigma
Tau, Sigma Xi, and an associate
member of the American Society
of Civil Engineers.
Debaters Win
High Ratings
At Iowa State
Winning four out of five de
bates at the Intercollegiate De
bate and Discussion conference
at Iowa State, Dec. 2-3, Rodney
Lindwall and Jack Solomon, in
dividually and as a team, rated
superior and quality ratings.
Keith Fitch and Warren Wise,
a negative team, won two and
lost two. Lindwall and Solomon,
Nebraska's affirmative repre
sentatives, defeated Minnesota,
Iowa, Indiana, Michigan State,
and were defeated by Wisconsin.
Fitch and Wise had wins over
the University of Indiana and
Missouri while losing to Notre
Dame and University of South
Dakota.
In four rounds of discussion
activity Jack Solomon was
awarded a superior rating. Wise
and Lindwall were rated excel
lent. Attending the conference were
19 universities which debated the
question: "Resolved: We should
nationalize all basic non-agricultural
industries." The discussion
problem was: "What should be
the foreign policy of United
States toward countries ia the
Orient.