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Wednesday, February 15, 1 950
Vol. 50 No. 85
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CALENDAR OIRI.S Nine of the
twelve Calendar Girls who will represent me monms m u
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in a Builders-sponsored revue Saturday, fob. 1H, in an aiier-uie-u,.si.-.. - .,
hove. Thoy are: (.eft to right, Marjone Jensen. C o Ann K,u nu ' "nne Kuih Jei!
(hi.ee. Mary Chase, u aoys hvr. a i-us h , , 1; r' Girls, an audicnec vote
Pat Uadais ana worouiy rauoi. nmn .m: i.-iw .......... ....
will determine the "Girl of the car.
Builders Gtlciular Shows KiKT
Twelve Munllis of Beauty
Nebraska's own Calendar Girl
were revealed today by U (if N
Builders, sponsors of the forth
coming Calendar Gu! revue.
The twelve girls will brine the
months of the year to lile Sat
urday, Feb. 18. in an after-the-basketball-game
show in con
junction with a Union dame.
The twelve Calendar Girls, se
lected by laciilty and alumni
judges, are: "Miss January." Clo
Ann Kaul; "Miss February,
Mary Pitterman: "Miss March.'
Marv Chase; "Miss Apiil," I'at
O'Brien: "Miss May," Dorothy
Elliot; "Miss June," Joan Chace:
"Miss July." Adele Coryell; "Miss
August," Mnriorie Jensen; "Miss
September," Ruth Jewett; "Miss
October," Lois Forsyth; 'Miss
November." Gladys Byg and,
mid "Miss December I at uad
dis. Girl of the Year
From the twelve finalists, all
of whom will take part in t'lo
revue, a "Girl of the tear will
kcnlon Article
Comments on
Musical Tastes
Stan Kenton, who will pro rot
hi, "Innovations in Mnn
Music for 1930- at the Un.yeisity
Coliseum Wednesday, re
has recently released an . h ,
commenting on the M''.
nations schools to oiler couiscs
in "Jazz."
The article says that he fee s
j.i.n-tnwMi .! oi me
X,runives are
a crave mistake m not ohciing
a Sin-Ss in creative music (gen
erally referred to as jazz).
Kenton, who is on his naW
mide concert tour stated, T .he
attitude of the heads of so ma y
of our college and Lni crsty
music departments toward mod
ern music completely amaze
I am greatly concerned by tlusc
instructors' shortsightedness and
apparent disregard of their stu
dents' desire to study this tpe
of music."
Kenton added that the coun
try's educational institutions
(with few exceptions) are treat
ing jazz with riisdain-dism.ssinc
its value as nn art form This
disdain, this disregard, is due to
a "lagging behind" on their pan
the bandleader said.
"Jazz is the sole art form that
can be referred to as truly Amer
ican, and yet our music instruc
tors treat it with disrespect,
Kenton concluded. "It's truly a
pathetic situation and something
should be done about it im
mediately." Few Students
At NU in 1870's
"There is no place like Ne
braska," as loyal Cornhuskers
i fonnpntlv attest, and
-judging from the early h.stoiy
of the school there never has
been cither.
Back in the good old days of
the 1870's, there were never mmc
than 67 students enrolled in tic
University itself, although the
number in the Latin school once
went as high as 198.
Three years of locust rain's
were one of the iinlorcsccn dilli
culties which interfered with at
tendance. The four-block city campus
differed little in appearance from
the surrounding prairie, for citi
zens tethered their family cows
on it, and children picked buftaio
beans there
Three-stoi v U hall, already
troubled with the leaky root
which persisted until the end in
1948, was the only building, stu
dents tended the 25 or 30 hard
coal base burners which fur
nished heat. Ash-heaps accumu
lated in the angle west of the
north wing and pioneer children
have vivid recollections of clirnb
inq these heaps to sec the skele
tons in the fi,.st Uoor museum.
be chosen by vote of the audi
ence. The winning coed will be
revealed in a lull-pun spread
in Corn Shucks, campus humor
magazine.
The twelve Calendar Girls
weie chosen on the basis of per
sonality and appearance in an
informal session Saturday, Feb.
11. Judges were Dr. Floyd Hoo
ver, assistant registrar; Dr. H. L.
Weaver, botany professor: and
Allan Cozier. University alumni,
now in legai practice in Wash
ington, D. C.
The twelve coeds will wear
costumes typical of the montns
they represent in the revue. A .
background of music for each ;
month will be provided by the
combo hired for the Union danec.
Masters of ceremonies for the
show will be Bill Dugan, George
Wilcox and Harris Carnaby. Cos
tunics are being planned by Jan
Lindquist; sets will be construct
ed under the direction of M. J.
Melick. Nancy Porter is genera
chairman of the Calendar Girl
show.
Selected from 25
The finalists were selected
from nominees named by men s
and women's organizations. From
l the twelve coeds in the revue,
n written audience ballot at the
; c lose of the show will name the
"Girl of the Year."
I Tickets for the Union dance
iwilt sell for fiO cents per poison
1 or 85 cents per couple. They can
.be purchased at the door prior
. to the dance, or during the week
1 at the Union activities nltice.
Sponsors of the twelve Calen
1 rijir Girls were: Miss Kaul, I i
! Kappa Phi; Miss Jewett, Sigma
i Alpha Fpsilon: Miss Chase. Al
pha Gamma Rho: Miss O incn
Kappa Sigma; Miss p. '"'
.. I Alnha I'hi: Miss
Chace and Miss Bygland Alpha
Omicron Pi: Miss coiye,, ...
Miss Forsvth, Kappa Kappa
Gamma: Miss Gaddis. Kappa
Alpha Theta; and Miss Pitter
man, Gamma Phi Beta.
Admits m-"io
A national Jewish social tra
teruity has voted to admit Negro
I membei
pi.i Sinm:i Delta delegates at
then' annual convention ap
pmvod the action of the Uni
versity of Wisconsin chapter in
pledging a Negro senior, Weather
SiUes.
The fraternity, which has
nearly G. 0(10 members in '24 col
lege chapters, adopted a reso
lution that "race, color or creed"
should not be the basis for de
termining membership. Only two
chapters opposed the resolution.
A resolution banning liirther
pledging of Negroes was re
jected bv the group. Although
the iii'tion of the Wis
consin chapter, the delegates
criticized the chapter for not
contacting the national organiza
tion. The fraternity is not repre-
sen ted on the Nebraska campus.
Frosh Courses
! Limited in '70's
I Back in the 1870's the eager
young freshman could pursue one
of three courses of study. They
were the classical, the scicntilic
and the selected.
i First year subjects included
geometrv, Latin, Greek, Greek
history, English and botany. A
! sophomore might select survey
ing and navigation, chemistry or
history, while continuing Greek,
I Latin and English,
i in the junior year Latin, phys
i ics, Greek tragedy and hlera
' ture Human literature and as
Itron'omv were among the re
: quirements. Electives included
1 cilculus French, German and
I I'nnlkh literature.
Seniors struggled
lectual philosophy,
rnnr:) 1 nhilosophy.
philosophy, history
non
with intel-
geology,
history of
nf eiviliza-
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constitutional law, political
economy and logic, li me.v n. u
any time left over they might
choose to take more Latin and
Greek. French, German, zoology,
physical science or aesthetics.
European Architect to Speak
Vt Student Convocation
Alfred Roth, noted European
architect, will appear at the
University in a convocation es
pecially for art and architecture
students Thursday. Feb. 16 He
will speak at 1 1 a. m. in Love
liiir .rv auditorium.
Roth will lecture on sculpture
.minting and architecture and
will also criticize the work of
Nebraska students in these fields.
He will use slides to illustrate
architecture in general, and also
his own work.
After a series of lectures, Roth
Lincohiites Host
To Cosmopolitans
Some Lincoln citizens have
ump to entertain
opened men , .
foreign students as a part of the
dtv-wide courtesy emphasis o
"couitesy". the Lincoln Journal
reported Tuesday.
"e University and Nebraska
Wcsleyan have a com""
of about 200 forc.gn enl.
To encourage , better under
standing nnd interpret then
count ies, some foreign students
counu li -, before Lin-
S Gips wishing to
pet fo.en --
Vladimir v. - hes
who wisnes w (,
Students in their homes can Cah
Rev. John LepKe, um"v
tension 32bB.
'Daily' Calls for ,
f 7it.iroi' v
Repo.ters to the rag officer, j
The call for talent is out. All
Rodents interested m rePtmg
tp urged to come to The uauy
Sn office between and
5 n m. Monday through Fnday.
Because of the increased size
of the paper more reporters are
needed.
will go to Washington University
in St. Louis to be on the faculty
there. Roth has written and lec
tured on functionalism in art and
architecture and has studied un
der authorities in those fields.
Before coming to tnis couimj,
he maintained offices in Zurich,
Switzerland.
Open to Public.
The convocation, open to the
public, is sponsored jointly by
the art ana arcnueciuic ....... i
ments of the University. Head of
the architecture department is
Linus Burr Smith, and Duard
Laging. head of the an aepan
ment. Students helping with ar
rangements are Marshall Boker,
president of the architecture stu
dent group, and William Farmer,
president of Delta Phi Delta, art
honorary. .
Boker said that Roth is one of
the greatest men ever to speak
on the University campus.
Classes may be dismissed with
f thp ricDartment
Smith said, if the instructor feels
i that the lecture would be oi
j benefit to his students.
i Early NU Life
Simple, Cheap
i.Mu- introduction to student
i;r 3 pft'ected at Mrs. Swish
er's boarding house just north of
the campus, where i Doys were
well cared for at $3.50 and $4.00
a week."
So wrote Will uwen Jones, a
University student during the
1880's, who was later etiuor oi
The Nebraska State Journal. .
According to Jones, after a
student had provided tor his
basic living, scraped together a
few books and paid his matricu
lation fee of $5, he did not feel
uncomfortable if he had nothing
left. Life in the University was
so simple and poveity so com
mon that it seemed a perfectly
normal condition.
Ilousrnifv's Ode
Oulralos 'Master
ii hnmipnivl ;.t the univers
A rni'in l.v mi unidentified Chi
cago housewife was voted bi tter
than a song by bhakespcarc.
Tl.n vtiulrnts in Miss Marv
Mielcnzs high school literature
class were given five poems to
rate. Authors' names were not
included. Nine of the people
agreed that the housewife's
poem was best in every way.
Nine were equally mm in pin
ting Shakespeare's effort at the
bottom of the list.
A unpin bv nn obscure 14th
century Chinese was judged sec
ond best, while Carl Sandburg
was placed next to the bottom.
According to Miss Mielenz,
who was the only person not
surprised by the results, this
shows how often people accepi
the idea that a poem is great,
simply because the author is
well known.
Union Plans
Jack Hank
Performance
NU Alum Hilled
For "Solo" Show
When Jack Rank appears on
the Union ballroom stage Feb.
23, he will present Shakespeare's
greatest farce comedy, "The
Taming of the Shrew," all by
himself.
l'oitiaying 10 different char
acters, Hank, who was graduated
Horn the University in 1U117, will
change costumes 35 times.
Fifteen years ago, Rank was a
professor ol speech at his alma
mater and had no idea whatso
ever of presenting a one-man
stage show, and especially of a
Shakespearean play.
Attributes Career
R;ink attributes his stumbling
miiii his oresenl career to one
night when he was scheduled to
appear in a small town near Lin
coln. "When 1 arrived." recalls
the actor, "armed with only 'The
Merchant of Venice.' I was met
bv a troubled hall manager and
committee who were worried be
cause my trunks hadn't arrived."
They were under the impres
sion that Ran' was to give a
program complete with scenery
and costumes.
The actor gave only 1he read
ing that night, but continued to
think about how it would be
possible for one person to pres
ent a play, take in all parts and
make ail necessary costume
changes.
Somehow he overcame the dif
ficulties for his sudden changes
which today never take longer
than a minute. While doing Mac
Beth, in distinctive costume, in
cluding long hose and armored
doublet, he leaves and re-enters
bv another door as Lady Mae
Beth, in flowing gown and
wimple.
Steady Dialectic
Between each exit and en
trance he keeps a steady follow
t riinlnLnio during the time he
is olf-stagc. and there is no
break in the entire play except
between acts.
Along with his adept ability
at portrayals, Rank also has de
i signed all costumes and scenery
used in his snow.
A review of his work tells that
with stage settings and lighting
effects, beautiful costumes, he
lciv.-s the stage, speaking lines
of the current character, almost
i..!.ieili-ii.'ly re-entering by an
other door.
Rank's performance will be
gin at 8 p. m. and is sponsored
by the Union special activities
committee. He appeared at the
University during the 1949 sum
mer session
dTodavMarksNU's
Chi- a
1st Anniversary
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University
Established
In 1869
BV IIKTTY DKK WKAVKR
The University celebrates its
Hist birthday today. F.iglity-onti
years ago on Feb. 15, IHliD, defi
nite legislation was passed by
the ;tatc legislature for the es
tablishment of a state university.
The University has become a
major institution in a compara
tively small state and in a com
paratively s in a 1 I metropolitan
area. It has achieved a position
of eminence despite financial
hanilicaps and has brought pres
tige to the state.
F.ighty-oiie years have made
many changes in faculty and ad
ministration, but old alums can
still remember the days when the
Daily Ncbraskan was the Hes
perian, when Kllen Smith was
registrar and when in 1925 Ne
braska was on the winning end
of a 17-0 score in the Notre
Danie football game.
University hall was the first
building constructed for the new
University. On June 5, 18(i9, the
sale of lots began and the first
day 105 lots were sold for about
$30,000. The next day the Lincoln
newspaper remarked that "now
the completion of the State Uni
versity and Agricultural college
is assured." The same paper con
tained an editorial description ol
the plans for the new building,
classing the style as Franco-Italian.
Opposition to II Hall
There was opposition to the I
construction of U hall, but the
Regents felt that it was a better
policy to begin the erection of a
buiUiinc of sufficient size and
well suited to its uses, even if it
were necessary to have an addi
tional appropriation, than to have
a building that would soon be
torn down because it was unable
to meet the needs of the future.
University hall met the needs of
the future until one year ago.
The University knew t h e
imuiT nf rumor, when in 1870,
prevalent talk marked the newly
lonstructed U hall as insecure
even before a student had en
tered its doors. In June, 1871,
three professional architects were
employed to examine the build
i,,rr i hum. i nh 1 v Their renort was
made and they pronounced the
building safe for the present and
probably for years to come. The
probability, they thought, could
be made a certainty by a few re
pairs that would not be very
expensive. These repairs were
made and on Sept. 6 the Univer
m,r,nr,H it Honrs with an en-
rollmer.t of about 90 students the
I first week.
I University Alumni club cele
brated Charter Day last week
during Ogdcn Nash's visit to the
campus. The club's annual char-
I ter day dinner was held at the
; Union with Nash, Chancellor R.
G. Gustavson and Bill Glassford
' as speakers.
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Homo Er Group
Honors Founders
Phi Upsilon Omicron, home
economics honorary, will observe
Founder Day at a luncheon on
Saturday, Feb. 18.
The luncheon will be held in
the Foods and Nutrition building
on Ag campus at 12:15 p. m.
According to Sally Hartz,
chairman of the luncheon com
mittee, alumni members are in
viten to attend. All members
and alumni planning to attend
Tickets for this -"One Man i should contact ner Dcioie inuis-
Show" are 60 cents a person and I day at 4-3113.
are sold in the Union Activities Cost of the luncheon is 80
office. I l'onts.
1 nr. ui.u ui I a Lincoln lookca line mis wnen me university
Nebraska opened its doors to 20 collegians and 110 Latin school
students. University hall (upper left) was located in raw prairia.
At this time Lincoln was a community of about 2,000 inhabitant.
Pop Rally Greets
Hash e wallers
A throng of University en
thusiasts greeted the basketball
squad Tuesday night on their
return from Oklahoma with a
rally at the station.
Led by Yell King Frank Pic
colo and his cheerleading crew,
the team was met by the ralliers
as they stepped off the train.
The rally, suggested by "Potsy"
Clark, was headed by the Corn
Cobs and Tassels.
The Pep Band played at the
greeting.
Lincoln Council
Discusses City
Housing Issue
The Lincoln city council heard
thre major housing moves at its
meeting Tuesday.
1. Petitions containing 3.029
signatures urging the council to
reconsider its action declining to
sign a co-operative agreement
with the federal housing author
ity were presented by Mrs. Rob
ert C. Sorensen, temporary chair
man of the Americans for Demo
cratic Action
2. Members of the Lincoln
housing authority met with the
council to discuss ways of meet
ing the situation.
3. The resolution was pre
sented that the housing
question be submitted to a
vote of the people at the August
general primary election. This
was done with the parking meter
issue ten years ago.
Mrs. Sorensen made four points
in her presentation:
Tha proponents of the project
ban mostly been assured that it
would pass the council, and now
find that the lawmakers have
fliscarded the work of two years.
That Lincoln merchants lose
when a disportionate part of the
family income is taken by exces
sive rentals.
That no evidence has been giv
en that private housing firms
could invest in the low renting
housing, and that all pay taxes
in consideration of the results,
would be low.
The I5i Scoop
Ag Club to Hear
Crop Lectures
Two University faculty mem
bers will speak at the Thursday
meeting of the Farmers' club.
They are J. E. Livingston, as
sociate plant pathologist, and
T. H. Goodding, professor of
agronomy.
Livingston's subject will be
"Chemical Seed Treatment," and
Goodding will speak on "Crop
Rotation."
The dinner meeting will be
held at the YWCA at 6:30 p.m.
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Study Open
In European
Universities
American university itudenti
can study abroad using an ex
tensive program offered at fouf
centers of European education:
Basel and Zurich, Switzerland;
Paris, France, and Munich, Ger
many. The foreign study is ap
proved by the VA.
The University of Basel and
University of Zurich are open to
junior year students with the
following prerequisites: two
years of college German, com
pletion of sophomore year and
recommendations from the dean,
language instructor and the ma
jor professor.
The studies, sponsored by the
American Council on College
Study in Switzerland, include bi
ology, chemistry, physics, Ger
man languages and literature,
art, history and music in Basel,
Switzerland's oldest university.
The University of Zurich offers
courses in history, government,
economics, German language and
literature, art music.
Expenses
The average expense for a
vear of foreign study is $1,900.
This til:il includes $550 for
school fees, $900 for board and
room and $450 for round trip
transportation. Other expenses
for two field trips to Rome and
Florence, books, parties, concerts,
operas, theater and dinners are
extra.
Transportation is provided for
a group sailing on the Queen
Elizabeth from New York on
Sept. 7, 1950. Costs cover train
fare from Cherbourg to Paris to
Switzerland.
No scholarships or part-time
jobs are available in this pro
gram. Students can write for more
information from the American
Council on College Study in
Switzerland, 1123 N. EutaW
street, Baltimore 1, Md.
Maryland Program
The University of Maryland is
sponsoring graduate foreign
study in Paris, Munich, Basel and
Zurich. Major and minors in ge
ography, history, language and
linguistics, literature and po
litical science are provided and
minors in all courses but sci
ence are offered.
The applicant is required to
hold a bachelor's degree and
have two years of undergradu
ate work in the language spoken
at the respective university.
A Master of Foreign Study is
awarded for 24 semester hours,
plus six for a thesis in a major
field and a final examination. A
certificate is given for comple
tion of an approved program of
thirty semester hours.
Students may obtain additional
information by writing the
Foreign Study office, University
of Maryland, College Park, Md.
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Morrill Exhibit Will Display
Work of Nations lop Artists
TO THE RESCUE University students were saved the effort of
pltr-in" throii-h foot-deep snow by this modern snowplow. Snow
removal on campus walks and drives begun early Monday morn
infi, but several students "roughed" it to 8 o'cloeks before the
mechanized army moved in. The surprise snowfall ruined all
hopes of student picnics that were begun in the balmy weather
of last week. (Rag photo by Henry P. Lammcrs.)
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There will be no lack of well
known paintings, sculpture and
drawings at Morrill hall next
month.
Starting ' March 5, the 60th
Annual Exhibition of Contempo
rary Arts will be held on second
floor corridors and galleries in
Morrill hall. The display of work
by top artists in the country will
continue through April 2.
Sponsored by the Nebraska
Art association with the eooper-
Devilniciit Reigns
In Early U Hall
In the early days of the school.
University hall was so vast that
only the first, and a portion of
the second floors were needed
for classrooms; the rest of the
building was rented for dormi
tory purposes.
flnn nf tho firyt stodenfs re
called experiences at that time:
"What fun they had among the
rafters on the fourth floor cut
ting holes through the plastering
and pouring some foul-smelling
compound down into the rooms
below and on the beds of the
sleeping inmates.
"Then how sweet the fumes
of burning asafetida as they
ascended from the balcony to
the chapel!"
atirtn nf thp University of Ne
braska, the exhibit will include
some 200 pieces.
Work of outstanding artists
in the country will be shown. In
addition, exhibits by University
staff members who have shown
their works outside of state
shows. Present stipulations re
quire that the artist must have
shown his work in two shows
outside Nebraska, but because of
the large number of contributors,
tlie requirements may nave 10 ow
made higher, claims the exhibi
tion committee.
Primarily American.
The show is primarily of
American work, but some French
pieces will be displayed. Histor
ical exhibits will also be in
cluded. During the show, both the
University and the Association
purchase some of the displayed
material for their permanent
collections. Last year the Univer
sity acquired 12 of the pieces and
the Association bought one dis
play. A number of private art
collectors also purchase pieces
shown at the exhibit.
The show is considered to be
the largest of its kind in this
area.
A number of the exhibits have
already been received by the
University, but the majority still
remain to arrive.
The exhibition committee is
headed by Dwight Kirch, direc
tor of the Art Galleries at Mor
rill Hall.