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Only Daily Publication for 9000 University of Nebratka Student Vol. 50 No. 62 EMeEx Srlb Abodes ft V Aw NU Senior Tops Candidates From Six Midwest States A Rhodes scholarship was awarded to Dick Srb, Arts and Science senior, at the final com petition for candidates from six midwestern states which was held in Des Moines Saturday. Dick is a history major and is playing his fourth year of varsity basketball. He is secretary of the N Club and a former member of the Student Council. A vet eran, he served in the Navy as an enlisted man for 13 months and enrolled in the University following his discharge. Study in Oxford. The lished scholarships were estab- in the will of the late Rhodes, British empire Cecil statesman and large mine owner in South Africa. They provide for the maintenance of selected scholars for terms of two to three years each at Oxford university in England. Thirty-four scholars from the British Empire and 32 from the United States are se lected each year. The other candidate from Ne braska was William Edmondson, also a University of Nebraska student. The two men were se lected to represent the Univer sity by a faculty committee and both were selected by the Rhodes committee to go to Des Moines for the final competition. Rhodes Committee. The Rhodes committee is made up of Dr. R. G. Gustavson, and three former Rhodes scholars: H. A. Gunderson, Paul F. Good, and Dean E. O. Belsheim. Other nominees from Nebraska were Wayland Gardner, Doane; William Whalcy, Creighton; H. T. Boland, now in the service; Robert Ilardwig, Midland, and John R. Krueger, a Nebraskan attending George Washington university in Washington, D. C. Ag-Exec Board Plans Program For Tonight Mrs. Frances Telton, Farm house fraternity housemother, will give a reading entitled, "A Christmas Message" as a feature of the Ag College Christmas pro gram, Tuesday, Dec. 13, at 8 p.m. Mrs. Pelton, who has been Farmhouse housemother for 16 ye;irs, is well known by many Ag college students and faculty. The program, sponsored by the Ag-Exec board, will also feature singing by the'Ag college chorus under the direction of Mrs. Al tinas Tullis. The auditorium of the College Activities building will be decorated to the Christmas theme including lighted candles signifying each year of the life of Christ. Program The program is as follows: or gan prelude by Elinor Hansen, organist and ijecompanist; light ing of the canct!e: invocation by Rev. Thomas Barton, pastor of the second Presbyterian church. This will be followed by "The Little Road To Bethlehem," sung by the girls chorus. The audience and chorus will sing Christmas carols and Mrs. Pelton will give her reading. The entire chorus will then sing excerpts from' "The Messiah," and Rev. Virgil Anderson, pastor of Warren Methodist church will give the benediction. "This will be the only all Ag college Christmas program that the students will have a chance to attend," stressed Neal Baxter of he program committee. "All stu tnts and faculty are cordially invited to attend," he said. Wins 'cord Richard Srb Tctc-a-Tetc At U. of Iowa Ends in Death A goldcn-huired University of Iowa co-ed was found strangled early Sunday in a men's rooming house on the university campus. The dead girl is Margaret Ann (Gee-Gee) Jackson, 20, of Bur lington, la., a campus beauty and member of Kappa Alpha Theta sorority. Her escort, a fellow-student who had taken her to a private lobster dinner and a fraternity dance, was accused of slaying her. He is Robert Bednasck, 24, a sen ior from Cedar Rapids, la., and a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity. Died from Strangulation Dr. George D. Callahan, John son County coroner, said the girl's death was "murder caused by strangulation," and that the mo tive probably was jealousy. Miss Jackson, formerly "pinned" to Bednasck, had invit ed another date to her sorority dance Friday night. Her body was found at 2 a.m. in the rooming house still clad in the white strapless formal gown she had worn to the dance. "She was completely in love with me, and I with her," Bed nasck. told reporters Sunday night in his jail cell. "I did not murder her: I have never been capable of murdcr,'A he continued. But he See IOWA V DEATH Page 4 : r -V -OS? l Harvard Professor to Address Convocation in Union Today One of the nation's foremost geologists, Dr. Kirtlcy Mather of Harvard University, will address a University convocation at 11 a. m. Tuesday in the Union ball room. He will speak on "The Earth's Resources and Man's Needs." Chancellor R. G. Gustavson says Mather s "an authority on world resources. He is one of the finest speakers I've ever heard. Mather is an exceptional scientist with the ability to tell about his work so that others can follow him." "I know that what he has to say will be well worth the while of every University student to hear today." Dr. E. F. Schramm, professor of geology at Nebraska, " calls Mather "one of the outstanding geologists in the c o u n t r y." Schramm terms the speaker "a geologist's geologist," adding, "He is an exceptionally good speaker." LINCOLN 8. NEBRASKA Carillon to Play Yuletide Carols Christmas carols will be heard daily from the Mueller Carillon tower this week. Prof. Myron Roberts of the University music department will play a 10 minute concert, Mon days thru Saturdays until Christ mas. On Christmas Eve, Professor Roberts will play a half-hour con cert of carols and hymns. Union to Open '49 Christmas Party at 7:30 Expected to be one of the big gest Union events this year, the Christmas Open House will begin at the Union Tuesday evening at 7:30 p.m. Festivities will be open to all students and faculty members alike with no charge. This was the information of the Special Ac tivities committee, Bob Russel in charge. Specially planned entertainment will be provided simultaneously in all parts of the Union building with such features as Jerry May burn and his band; Gene Gloye, magic artist; and vaudeville shows. Dancing will be in the ball room, while vaudeville will be given in parlors A, B, and C. In addition, continuous fun will be found in Santa's "laugh room" in parlors X, Y, and Z. To Sing Carols In keeping with the season, Christmas carols will be sung. Refreshments will be served in the main lounge as organ music is provided. The program is as follows: 7:30, Dancing to Jerry Mayburn. 8:00-9:20, Vaudeville shows. 8:40, Gene Gloye, magician. 9:00, Refreshments. 10:00, Christmas caroling. Kiddies' Party Children will have their chance to celebrate at the Union Kid dies' party which will be given in the afternoon from 4-5 p. m. Parents who are students or faculty members are invited to bring their children. There is no charge. Besides a specially planned en tertainment program, Santa Claus will be on hand to distribute pres ents at the gift exchange. Re freshments will also be served. Parents are reminded that transportation will be free of charge at Huskerville. Busses will leave the rental office at 3:30 p. m. and will leave the Union at 5 p. m. Harvard Professor Mather has been professor of geology at Harvard since 1927 and a geologist with the U. S. Geol ogical survey since 1919. In 1919 and 1920 he took part in explora tions in eastern Bolivia. He is the author of several books, including "Old Mother Earth," "Science in Seach of God," "Sons of the Earth," "Enough to Spare" and "Source book in Geology." A native of Chicago, Dr. Mather holds degrees from Deni son University, the University of Chicago, Colby college, Union college (New York) and Bates college. Active In YMCA Dr. Mather has been active in adult education studies, national YMCA, the Newton Community forum, in addition to his profes sorial duties at many American colleges and universities. lil3rge Advisory Council Seeks Suggestions Concerning Proposed Plan mi ... mm "I Si ' ; . J . r J- M "' - V - -J Ray Simmons Bids Open for New Insectary On Ag Campus Blueprints have been completed and bids are .due for the con stf ucti6n ' of a $50,000 insectary on the Ag campus of the Univer sity, according to Charles Fowler, director of building and grounds. The building, to be constructed east of. the present agronomy greenhouses on Ag, will provide research facilities for the Ento mology department. They will study insect damage, the major source of economic loss in Nebras ka it runs into the millions of dollars annually to crops, other vegetation and animals. The U-shaped building includes a brick "head house"" 60 feet long and 25 feet wide. It will house two laboratories and three offices. In the basement will be insect production space, a constant tem perature room, and a cold storage vault. One of the wings will be a six- section greenhouse 88-feet long and 25-feet wide where plants ana insects may be grown and studied on a year-around basis. The other wing, 61-feet long and 21-feet wide, will be a screen house, for summer research work, and a machine shop. The construction firm which will build the insectary will be announced sometime after Thurs day. He is chairman of the editorial board for the Scientific Book Club, Inc., president of the Insti tute for Propaganda Analysis and a trustee of the Children's Mu seum of Boston. The convocation speaker is a member of the Geological Society of America; American Academy of Arts and Sciences of which he has been secretary of geology and geography and vice presi dent; the Royal Geographical so city; American Geographical so ciety; the American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engi neers; the American Association of Petroleum Geologists; the American Geophysical Union; the American Association of Univer sity Professors; the Harvard Teachers association of which he was president during 1934-36; and the Society of American Paleon tological Workers; and several other groups. Tuesday, December 13, 1949 Changes are still being made in the proposed Student Council Constitution in compliance with student suggestions and a new article concerning advisory opin ions of the Court has been drawn up by members of the Judiciary sub-committee. The Student Council reminds students that it is still eager to get suggestions for the proposed Student Court concerning their opinions and ideas on the Con stitution. Ray Simmons, member of the sub-committee who had charge of drawing up the first draft of the Constitution, explains: Advisory Opinions "The Court could give advisory opinions on the many complaints that students raise but have no outlet for. Examples let the Stu dent Court investigate student viewpoint as to setting time for exams, having senior week in the spring, and rules regarding faculty-made rules as to social func tions. "The immediate answer raised by students "might be that there is already a Student Council, Inter-fraternity Council and other organizations that should handle these controversies. The answer to this is that these organizations have not been handling such mat ters. Nor are they set up to handle them. Such, matters would re quire careful investigation, and there is no committee set up in the Student Council to handle them. And even if thde was such a committee, it would not have the required prestige necessary to give opinions." With this in mind, Don Stern, Fred Chael and Simmons have enlarged the article concerning the powers of the Court as to ad visory opinions. The Judiciary sub-committee also emphasises that it desires that students do not condemn the plan as a whole merely because they dislike some part of it. Rather, the sub-committee would See STUDENT COUNCIL Page Z Union Names Winners of Bridge Meet Winners of the first Union bridge tournament held Saturday were Neal Atkinson and Steven Flansburg, and Pat Black and Suzie Pecha. Atkinson and Flansburg scored 17 match points to lead the East West teams and Black and Pecha counted 18 points to win the North-South laurels. Runners-up in the tournament were Bcnnet and Reitor in the East-West teams, and Hofmann and Legg for the North-South teams. All entries in the three meets must participate in two of the contests. A play-off will be fea tured between the winners to de termine the first place team or this campus. Membors of winning teams n each contest of the series will be awarded a new deck of cards by the Union activities committee, sponsor of the tournaments. Bill Tyson is the instructor. Other participants and their scores Saturday are as follows. North-South teams: McKay and Allen, H'fe; Katzman and Co'.un, 8; Armstrong and Bristle, 15; and Christenson and Campbell, 12. East-West teams. Gotschnll and Diebler, 14; Lcsher and Rennc n.ann, 14; Slusher and Rogers, 13 Vz and Holmes and Holder, 11M:. Three tournaments are sched uled after the Christmas holidays to determine Nebraska's represen tatives to the Big Seven and na tional Intercollegiate tournament.