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Twenty voices compose the Male Chorus vhich will give a con
cert Feb. 17 at 8:30 p.m. at Irving Junior High School. Originally
started as a military group, the chorus toured the South Pacific
during the war. Their repertoire includes familiar folk songs as
well as selections from light opera.
World Affairs
Scheduled for
"How Can America best pro
mote world peace?"
That topic will be the theme
of a three-day session of the Lin
coln Conference on World Af
fairs to be held at Love Me
morial library on the University
campus beginning Fridav, Feb.
10.
Conference Speakers.
Principal speakers at the con
ference will be:
Dr. R. G. Gustavson, Univer
sity Chancellor, who is an expert
on biochemistrry, a member of
the United States National Com- !
mission of UNESCO, and a mem- "clP the people living in those
ber of the board of Governors of j areas to help themselves. The
the Atomic Research project at students establish playgrounds,
Chicago. j nclP repair houses, and do other
Elmore Jackson. liason rcpre- i work that they 'consider would
Tentative for the American help the people in these areas.
Friends Service committee at the The Service committee is at
United Nations. As a Quaker, he , present managing the relief or
is said to be the only American ganization for refugees in the
with whom a Russian' dares to be , newly created state of Israel,
friendly. He has also serx'ed as The Quakers held conferences
secretary of a study group which I at various universities, and the
put out a booklet on Quaker pro- coming Nebraska conference is
uosa s for Deaoe. :
Edwin M. Martin, director 01
the Office of European Regional
Affairs in the state department.
He has also served as Acting
Director of the Office of Eco
nomic Security Policy as a
Deputy Director of International
Trade Policy, and as Director of
the Office of European Regional
Affairs.
Dr. C. Clyde Mitchell. Univer
sity chairman of the Department
of ' Agricultural Economics. He
is an expert on Korea and the
Far East. He has recently re
turned from Korea, where he
was administrative head of the
industrial and agricultural redis
tribution project, better known
as New Korea company, limited.
Dr. Albert H. Rosenthal, Di
rector of the Denver University
school of Public Administration.
He is an authority on UNESCO
and has served as a member of
the U. S. delegations to the In
ternational conferences in Paris
end Mexico City.
Quakers Sponsor
The conlercncc is sponsored
by the American Friends Serv
ice Committee, Nebraska Univer
sity, Nebraska Wcslcyan Univer
sity and a number of other or
ganizations and individuals.
The American Friends Service
Committee was founded during
the first World war to aid those
Union Names
Mardi Gras
Candidates
Sixteen coeds have been en
tered in the Union Mardi Gras
Queen contest by various men's
organizations on campus.
The contest, being held in
connection with the University
of Kansas Sweetheart Ball, will
send the winning coed to that
event.
In past years, the Union has
sponsored one of the Cornhuskor
Beauty Queens as Nebraska's
representative at the Ball. This
new plan of choosing a Mardi
Gras Queen was initiated for the
first time this year.
Announcement of the Queen
will be made at the Union Mardi
Gras to be held in the Union
ballroom Saturday night, Feb. 10.
f ive FinalistH.
Five finalists were selected
from the sixteen candidates Sun
day afternoon ry a group cf
three judges. They are Lieut.
Ferguson, Public Relations offi
cer at the Naval Air Station;
Robert "Bob" Johnson, program
director, radio station KFOR,
and Fritz Daly, secretary of the
University Alumni Association.
An informal coffee hour for
the judres and candidates was
held following the judging.
Candidates and their sjvnsors
Include Betty Anderson, Kappa
Sigma; Tat Bcr?e, Sigma Nu;
Lois Brown, Tau Kappa Epsilon;
Jan Champine, Sigma Alpha Ep
silon; Nanry Dixon, Acacia; Sue
Eastergaard, Delta Tau Delta; Pat
Caddis, Theta Xi; Cheryl Ilaram.
Sigma Chi; Julie Johnson. N
club; Louise MrDill, Phi Gamma
Delta; Nancy Miller, Sigma Phi
Epsilon; Demaris Riddell, Phi
Kappa Psi; Cecile Rottman, Zeta
Beta Tau; Sally Savage, Beta
Theta Pi; Virginia Taylor. Delta
Sigma Pi and Margaiet Thomp
son. Alpha Tau Omens.
The contest is being sponsored
by the Union Special Activities
committee with Ann Barger in
charge.
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Conference
Feb. 10-12
injured by the war. Herbert Hoo
ver worked through this organ
ization in distributing food to
starving children after the war.
The committee has continued to
function since that time and has
been especially active in the
post-World war world.
The Friends committee has
adopted the slogan, "Bind up the
wounds after the war, but pre
vent a war in the first place." in
their program of "peace educa
tion." To this end they have set
up student inter-racial work
camps to go into slum areas and
"'- in wis series
Peace Award
The Service committee re
ceived the Nobel Peace Prize in
1948. They used part of the $25,
000 they received to send an
anti-tuberculosis serum to Mos
cow hospitals.
Dr. G. W. Rosenlof, Univer
sity registrar, will serve as chair
man of the conference. No ad
mission is to be charged and all
are invited.
The conference schedule:
Friday, Feb. 108 p.m. "The
United States and the Soviet
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Union Receives
To Picture Lending Service
1 A recent donation to the Union Joan LaShelle is committee mem
picture lending library has raised , ber in charge the library,
the number of pictures available ! Lack of Fundi
, for circulation among students
i to 49.
A sum of $25 has been given to
j the Library lund for the pur-
pose of framing 16 prints pur
chased by the library last spring.
' The donation was made through
the efforts of Mrs. E. J. Faukner,
president of the Association.
Tictures on File
This Union service, very DOPU-
keeps cultural pictures on file to
be loaned to students and organ
izations during each semester.
Students use them in their rooms
for decoration.
The Lending Library, origin
ated in 1948 when the Kosmct
LM..U l.r.'.f,.H mnnnv t.fl the
Union house and hospitality com-
mittee. under the direction of
Shirley Scheldt, chairman, has
charge of lending procedures.
Sijrina Delia Chi
Holds Smoker
Sigma Delta Chi, prolessional
journalistic fraternity, enter
tained 15 pledges at a smoker
Thursday night in the Union.
Joe Seaerest, co-publisher of
the Lincoln Journal, conducted
a discussion on opportunities for
college graduate in the field of
journalism.
Rod Fletcher, newly-elected j
president, announced that l
journalism school men will be
initiated into Sigma Delta Chi in
the near future.
Exam Cheating Draws More Comment
Three faculty members added
their comments on cheating and
final exams to those of five col
eagucs Monday, and again came
up with some difference of
opinion on the campus problem.
Interviewed by the Daily Ne
braskan, the three faculty mem
bers had this to nay:
"If there are professors who
condone cheating in any way,
they are as guilty as the stu
dents who cheat," according to
Dr. H. L. Weaver, associate pro
fessor of botany. "The majority
of the faculty does not encourage
cheating, I know.
Dr. Weaver said "Open-book
exams are perfectly all right, but
the instructor must not use a
combination of the open-book
and the regular exam. It has to
be one way or the other."
Th botany professor said if
offending students would use the
time and trouble spent in get
Male Chorus
To Appear
In Concert
Irving Jr. High
Site of Recital
A typical group of Americans,
20 in number, make up the
American male chorus which
will give a concert on Feb. 17.
at 8:30 p. m. at Irving Junior
high school.
Originally organized in Manila
as the International Male chorus.
! the group has made trips by
! land, air and sea to such spots
as Okinawa, Leyte and Samar.
and made extended concert tours
in Japan ana norea as wen as
thruout the Philippines.
The group, which has often
been icf erred to by musical au
thorities as America's counter
part of the famous Don Cossack
chorus, is a four-part male en
semble of 20 voices. The chorus
sings most of its songs without
accompaniment.
Wide Repertoire.
Their repertoire will include
familiar folk songs and numbers
from light opera, as well as best
known choral compositions from
the pens of such masters of the
classics as Bach. Handel and Pal
estrina The Lord's Prayer, in
a special arrangement has a pro
minent place on the program and
is a universal favorite.
Now a civilian unit, the gioup
is in its third year of touring
the United States.
The only ensemble of its kind
in the world, the group is com
posed of former soldiers, sailors
and marines. However, the
chorus is open to any young
American who can meet the re
quirements. The 20 members claim various
religions and represent many ra
cial backgrounds. Their musical
backgrounds vary. A few had
professional experience prior to
singing in the chorus.
Organizer.
Lewis Eullock, who organized
the chorus and is the present di
rector, has had much training
and experience as a voice teacher
and choral director. He person
ally trains the members of the
chorus.
The chorus has performed on
many significant and historical
occasions. Notable was its par
ticipation in the Independence
Day ceremonies of the new Phil
ippine Republic, its appearance
with the Manila Symphony or
chestra, the making of a Japa
nese documentary newsreel at
the Ernie Pyle theatre in Tokyo,
and the unique experience of
having Gen. Dwight D. Eisen
hower lead them in "Deep in the
Heart of Texas" when the choru.;
sang for him during his tour of
Munila
Donations
Lack of funds have hindered
the framing of the 16 prints
given to the library last spring,
but the recent donations will
make this possible.
Work, including finishing the
wooden frames marline and fin-
I ishing the framing is being done
by students in the Union Craft
! shop. They also repair pictures
. now in circulation.
Pictures loaned include "Sun
set" by John Marin; "Stone City"
, by Grant Wood; "Bridge at Aries"
! by Vincent Van Gogh; "Woman
in White" by Pablo Picasso.
28 Fellowships
QpCI, Q GraillialCS
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The University Graduate col'
lege has opened 28 fellowships
and graduate ussiskintships to
students of the graduate school.
Seven of the awards are limited
to students in residence at the
University.
Awards range from $250 to
: $1800 plus tuition for both non
I resident and resident students,
i The amount of the award de
' pends upon the quantity and
i kind of work required.
Application lorms may be ob
tained from the office of the
dean of the Graduate college,
University of Nebraska, Lincoln,
Neb. All applications should be
returned as directed on the forms
together with an official trans
cript, not later than March 1,
1900.
ting exams on their courses, they
would have no trouble in pas
sing. "If students want a sporting
risk, have them bet on horses
or something." he quipped.
'A Student Issue'
William J. Arnold, a&sistant
professor of psychology, doubts
if the instructor "has much to
do with encouraging or dis
couraging cheating." He called
the problem "a student issue,"
saying "I'd like to see the stu
dents themselves take over the
matter and draw some conclu
sions." Arnold deplored "the situation
where instructors have to act as
policemen." Yet. he believes in
"cracking down" on cheating
students. Cheating, he said, is
done by students who just "don't
want to work."
Pre-med adviser and assistant
professor of zoology and gna
tony, Eugene F. Powell said, "A
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SWEETHEART Nancy Dixon, who was presented to fraternity
men as Interfraternity Sweetheart at the annual Interfraternity
Ball Saturday night. Nancy is a junior in Teachers College.
Increasing
Engineers
"The engineering lield is con
tinually changing. Engineers find
that after their graduation they
must adapt themselves to
changes in the field and tackle
the new jobs which arise," stated
Dean Roy M. Green, head of the
University College of Engineer
ing. To illustrate this point. Green
pointed out that genuine aero
nautical engineers did not de
velop the airplane and advance
it to its present stage. "Con
verted" engineers from other
fields did the job.
"For this reason, the majority
of courses offered in the engi
neering college are fundamental
subjects. Engineering students
are not trained for specific occu
pations which may become obso
hte in a few years. The only
fields oi study in which a student
may specialize are in the special
applications fields of the general
engineering fundamentals," com
mented the Dean.
Jobs Await Graduates.
As a result of this over-all
training, engineers : in great
demand for jobs as i ocutives in
firms and businesses. Every year,
personnel managers representing
all types of private businesses
ask lor University engineering
graduates to fill places in the
commercial ranks.
"The field of engineering has
I wrongly called overcn
wd-
eri. Business olticials and econ
omists have predicted an increas
ing need for engineers which iar
exceeds the amount of men now
entering engineering codecs
over the ration." stated the ior
mer highway ctineer.
To back this up. the Dean
points to last June's prompt
placing of graduating seniors in
civil engineering. Every senior
had been placed at commence
ment time.
Part of the cnJit for this
prompt job-finding
given to Green, who
must be
along with
Miss Marian Melick. his secre
tary, has made a special effort
to place engineering graduates.
"Must Continue Study."
"A person's ability to succeed
in engineering fields, comes, not
primarily from what he has
learned in college, but from what
he learns alter he leaves college.
He must continue his studying
on his own, keeping up with
major developments, and learn
ing lrom experience and person
al research," noted Green.
The college head points with
pride to the new wing to Avery
lalxiratory which houses the rap
idly developing chemical engin
eering lab. Someday he hopes
to see a new civil engineering
man has to have a good
medical
code of ethics. He must develop
it before he enters training or
he will never have it."
Ruin Med Chances
Dr. Powell commented
"Cheaters are very likely to ruin
their chances of getting into
med schools, for a doctor must
have honor and honesty." lie
cited the doctor's "Hypotratical
Oath" as evidence of that re
quirement. "In pre-medicine, some em
phasis is put on grades, of course,
for selection to med schooli:. But
there are five points of selection
some of which are not concerned
with .marks," said Dr. PowelL
"No student needs to be told
not to cheat." said Powell. "There
is no need lor an announcement
on regulations, for every stu
dent knows cheating is wrong.
The offender must just accept the
consequences."
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building constructed where more
extensive research in water
problems, hydraulics, and soils
and mechanics can be carried on.
Special Senior Course.
Dean Green personally tenches
a special one nour lecture course
lor 375 engineering seniors. The
course is designed to uiscuss im
portant questions of a more per
sonal value to the student which
he will encounter after he leaves
school.
Union to Hold Coffee Hour
For Convo Speaker Nash
Owners of a book by Ogden
Nash can get the author's auto
graph on it during a "enfiee
hour" Tuesday at 4 p. m. in the
Union Lounge.
Following the convocation at
Eleven Coeds
Take Major in;
Engine College
Engineering is a mai.'s college
and a man's profession.
Don't believe it!
Eleven coeds are students in
the "engine" college this semes
ter, and women graduates are
continually filling openings in the
engineering lield.
Five of the eleven are seniors,
two are juniors, and four are
freshmen. Most of the girls are
ma.mnng in architecture or archi
tectural engineering.
Undoubtedly there are ome
"anti-feminists" who believe that
eleven girls are eleven too many.
i However, most males in the col
1 lege like girls and more than
; passively accept them in their
classes. A man who thinks he
1 can get away from women by
i transferring to engineering is in
' for a big disappointment.
I All over the country women
engineers are competently filling
such jobs as architects, chemical
! engineers mechanical engineers,
; and technicians and teachers.
' Women are aoeouately and ef
i fcctively invading vocational
fields formerly occupied exclu
sively by men.
I Here is evidence that the "fair
jer" sex can hold its own: one of
'the chief hvdraulir engineers
with the United Slates Army
Engineers is none other than a
woman graduate of the Univer-
sity Engineering college.
! However the majority of these
women are married oil Deiore
thev eet a chance to make a
! career of their college major,
! Perhaps this is male strategy de
signed to keep the engineering
field free from the women in
vaders. Who knows?
N.Y. Prof Advises
To Overlearn'
"Overle-irTiing" rather than
last minute cramming is the best
way to study, according to Pro-
I lessor Louis W. Max, chairman
of the Physiology department of
the New York University College
of Dentistry.
"Students." he says, "find it
very tempting to stop work
when they have once gone over
the material before thern and feel
they have understood it."
Professor Max's advice to the
student is "Go over the work
quickly once more drive it in
and clinch it.
(Fraternities Crown
Nancy Dixon Queen
Greeks Dance
To Al Hudson
Graciously receiving the ap
plause of her subjects and the
admiration of her court, Nancy
I Dixon was crowned Interfra-
ternity Sweetheart Saturday
night at the annual Interfrat
Ball.
To enhance the beauty of the
scene Interfraternity Council
President Leo Geier presented
the new sweetheart with a huge
bouquet of roses, a token of her
title. Miss Dixon also was given
a gift from the IFC, representing
all the male Greeks on the cam
pus. Miss Dixon is a junior in
Teachers college, active in YW,
Nebraska Builders and the Union
activities committee. She is a
member of Alpha Chi Omega.
"Vptown" Party.
Thp 195(1 Sweetheart was
chosen at a meeting of the Coun-
i cil Thursday night from six
l finalists. The finalists were:
Nancy Dixon, Joanne Noble,
i Poochie Rediger, M. J. Rooney,
j Sue Samuelson and Dorothy
Sen f ton.
For the first time in IFC his
: tory the traditional Greek party
! was held in an "uptown atmos-
phere.
The semi-formal affair was
held at Cotner Terrace and din
ner was served before the danc
ing started. Between dinner and
dancing, the nearly 400 students
attending were entertained by
two fraternity vocal groups.
The Farm House quartet, made
up of Neal Baxter. Tom and
Stan Lambert and Wayne White
sang a few numbers followed by
the Kappa Sig trio of Jack
Bruce, Bob Diers and Bob Wal
lace. Exchange Luncheons.
Eruce also acted as master of
ceremonies at the presentation.
While dancing to the music of
Al Uudson, his trumpet and his
orchestra, the fraternity men
were surrounded by the crests of
each of Nebraska's Greek houses.
In conjunction with the so
called "Greek weekend," ex
change luncheons were held Sat
urday noon. Each fraternity en
tertained nine men from other
houses. Each group sent three
men to three other fraternities.
Marilyn Weber reigned as
queen of last year's ball which
was held at the Union ballroom.
3 p. m. when Nash will address
students and faculty on "Midway
Thru' Nash," an informal dis
cussion period is being sponsored
by the Union House Rules and
Hospitality committee.
Questions on English will also
be answered by the writer of
light verse at this time. Free
offee will be served.
Wednesday Luncheon.
A luncheon will be held Wed
nesday at 12 noon in the Union
parlors for the speaker by faculty
members of the Department of
English. Roy W. Frantz is chair
man of the department. No for
mal speech is scheduled by Nash,
but he will answer any questions
of faculty at this tune.
After spending one year at
Harvard in the early '20 s, Nash
tried his luck at teaching and
selling bonds.
Nash claims that he hit upon
the idea of deliberately writing
bad verse while doodling witn
words on an office memo pad.
8,643 Verses.
At last count he had written
some 8,643 verses, along with
some prose. His latest book,
"Versus" elaborates on his fa
vorite likes and dislikes.
A native of New York, Nash
says that
most of his
relatives
are from the South. He insists
that 10.000 of the people living
in S.TJth Carolina are his cousins.
Another highlight of his family
he points out, is that Nashville.
Tenn. was named alter one oi
his ancestors.
Nash will also speak at the an
nual dinner of the Lincoln
Alumni club at the Union Wed
nesday and at (j.'.iO p. m.
GOVERNOR'S SONS Two names lamiliar to many Nehraskans
were on the imd-year commencement lists of the University.
Dwight Gnswold, jr., left, and Roy Cochran, jr., right, ions of two
successive Nebraska governors, received degrees in January. Above
they Qcuss the joys of graduation.
Sunday, February 5, 1950
South Africa
Issue Aired
At Assemhly
Uelejjates
Elect
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Over 100 house delegates to
the model general assembly met
Thursday night to hear two for
eign students, Fritz Kieschka
from Berlin and Lasisi Akin
fenwa from Nigeria, discuss ths
question of trusteeship for South
West Africa.
The delegates also elected
chairmen and vice chairmen to
head each of the four commit-
j ecs
which will work on tha
issues to be presented at tha
mock NUCWA conference.
Kieschke gave his opinions
concerning the problems which
the committee dealing with tha
South West African issue will
face. He declared that South
Airica wants annexation of
South West Africa to prevent
other nations from interfering in
the territory's government.
South Africa has a virtual
monopoly on the production of
diamonds, according to Kieschke,
and hence wouldn't want to lose
South West Africa's natural re
sources of diamonds.
Kieschke also claimed that
South Africa has no legal basis
for annexation and would be
harming the trusteeship idea by
defying the peaceful recom
mendations of the United Na
tions. Lasisi Akinfenwa. Nebraska
student from Nigeria, stressed
the ability of South West Africa
to become an independent state
if the natives can be taught how
to develop their country's re
sources. He feels that annexation
to South Africa would be a seri
ous mistake. South Africa, ha
stated, wants to annex South
West Africa because of imperial
istic ideas.
Elected to head the trusteeship
committee which will deal with
this problem were Chuck Berg
offen as chairman and Jim
Thomasek as vice chairman. The
political and security committea
will be directed by Jerry Matzke,
chairman, and Jo Puller, vice
chairman. George Wilcox will
lead the social, humanitarian,
and cultural committee, and will
be assisted by Miriam Willey.
Lois Nelson and Bill Dugan ara
chairman and vice chairman, re-
spectively, for the economic and
j financial committee.
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jEIeets Yeutter
President
University 4-H Club members
' chose Clayton Yeutter, Eustis. to
to succeed Marilyn Boettger,
Omaha, as president, at the Feb.
j 2 meeting.
! Other officers elected: vice
, president. Eugene Robinson, Osh
kosh: secretary, Joan Skucius,
Chester and treasurer, Margaret
; Teflt, Cass county.
Chairmen elected were: song
J leader. Lois Wild. Fremont; pro
gram director, Bob Watson. Wot
, Point, and publicity chairman,
, Joan Meyer, Phillips.
I Pictures of Finland, taken by
' Duane Sellin, wire shown fol
lowing the election. Sellin spent
five months abroad last year,
i mostly in Finland as an Inter
national Farm Youth Exchange
; student. Members plan to show
, these same pictures at an Ag
. convocation.
Two new projects were under
taken last year during the statu
'fair by 4-H club. Members of
the club operated a food booth
j to help finance their club work.
The club annually awards med
al upon graduation. The Fnbie
Scholarship also is awarded to
the outstanding Fre-1, man.
Outstate 4-H members will be
euests of the University 4-H Club
during Club Ween. May 31 to
June 3. A picnic will be held at
Antelope Park follov ed by con
vocations and discussions for 4-H
leaders.
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