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Onh Ditih Puhlicntion
For Sluili'nlM At The
Univerlly of IS'ehraxka
LAJltu
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Vol. 50 No. 99
LINCOLN 8, NEBRASKA
Tuesday, March 7, 1950
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BIG SEVEN COUNCILS More than 30 delegates from the Big
Seven schools met at the University last weekend to discuss the
problems which student government faces today. Delegates con
sidered such problems as student-faculty relations, inter-school
relations, and structure of student government. The two day meet
ing ended" Saturday with a bancjuet at the Union, and attending
the Oklahoma-Nebraska basketball game.
MB's to Sponsor
Lecture on Tibet
Lowell Thomas, jr., will present his motion picture
lecture "Out of This World: A Journey to Lhasa," in Lin
coln March 22 under sponsorship of Mortar Board.
On his second transcontinental lecture tour, Thomas
will speak on his recent expedition which took him "in
side forbidden
Tibet." Along
with the lecture, colored motion
pictures of the caravan trek into
Central Asia and to the land of
the Dalai Lama will be shown
by the lecturer.
The lecture will be held in
St. Paul's Methodist church
Wednesday night, March 22. Ad
mission will be $1.20 per person.
Two Thomases
. This recent journey of the two
r-rLovie Thomases, father and
son radio commentators, to the
Forbidden City of Lhasa, was
about the most widely publi
cized expedition in recent years.
It was due in part to the ac
cident that easily might have
f"ct the life of the elder of the
two.
Tibet, known as the never,
never land, long has been an
elusive goal of adventurers and
explorers. Until 1949, only six
Americans had penetrated this
mountain kingdom to reach the
sacred capital of Lhasa.
Story
The story of how the Thom
ases received permission to visit
the land of Tibet will be told
by the youngest of the two com
mentators. What the Lowell
Thomases did, what they saw,
in this storied region, roof of
the world, will be reported in
n.itural color motion pictures
accompanied by the fast-moving
commentary of Lowell Thomas,
jr., in person.
Although Lowell Thomas, jr.,
Is only 26, he is already a vet
eran of some six expeditions. He
was a pilot in the recent war,
and was with the Air Force at
Bikini for the atom bomb tests.
The opening of ticket sales
will be announced soon.
Auto Collision
Kills Former
NU Student
A former University student
dii'd Sunday morning of head in
juries following a collision Sat
urday night in which his car hit
police cruiser at 33rd and D.
A phvsinan said Warren G.
r.cil. 21, of Selby, S. D.. died
about 9:30 a. m. Sunday and did
not regain consciousness after
being taken to the hospital just
before midnidht Saturday,
Police reports say the cruiser
v.'iin going south on 33rd and
Hi ll w;ir driving east on D when professor put it, "It is. after all. ! up his comment. Professor Cros
the accident happened. The col- no small thing to be permitted in ; , n su'igested two guides for
mL lision threw both vehicles to the
Hiutheast corner of the intersec
tion where the cruiser jumped
the curb and struck a tree. Bed's
t.'i hit a telephone pole.
Badly Damaged
The Beil car struck the police
rar on the right front fender,
and both vehicles were too badly
damaged to be driven away from
the scene oi the mishap.
According to witnesses, the
force of the impact threw Bell's
head against the windshield of
his car. Officer Robb, who was
driving the cruiser, was hurled
fiom his car.
Police blamed the accident In
directly on pranksters who turn
ed in a fake disturbance csll at
45th and Calvert. Officer Robb
was on his way to investigate the
call.
Boil, formerly a freshman at
the University, withdrew from
school Monday. His Lincoln ad
dress had been 1045 So. 34th.
His death was the first traffic
fatality of the year for Lincoln
and ofr Lancaster county.
Ellio7t7Alien Plan
Vespers Talks
Special lenten vesper services
v. ill be held Tuesday at 5 p. m.
In Ixive Memorial library.
Sjx-akers will be Ur. Curtis Fl
li"tt and Sue Allen who will
peak on "Why Be Religious."
Sigma Alpha Iota, music sor
r "rity, will provide music for the
!ervices; Barbara Gilmore will
be organist. Sharon Kritzler and
loan r ickling arc in charge ol
Iha service.
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ISA to Name
Sweetheart
Friday Night
The ISA's traditional Sweet
heart will be revealed Friday,
March 10, at the independent
student's annual spring Sweet
heart dance.
The girl will reign over the
evening's festivities after being
named in a vote during inter
mission. All candidates will be
representatives of independent
girls' houses.
The Sweetheart dance will be
co-sponsored by the ISA and the
Union. Hugh Follmer, Union
dance chairman, will emcee the
presentation of the barb queen.
Don Flesher, ISA president, is
co-chairman of the event with
Follmer.
Nominations Due
All nominations for Sweetheart
are due in the ISA office in the
Union by Tuesday, March 7. Five
M,-r;n..i;,.t Ha
selected
from the' list presented by the
houses to be revealed at the in-
termission of the dance.
The Sweetheart will be entered
in the national ISA Sweetheart
contest, to be judged by Al Capp.
originator of the Li'l Abner
comic strip. Measurements, pho-
. u. ' j j,ta An ih.
Nebraska queen will be sent to
the national headquarters.
Tickets for the Friday night
dance can be obtained at the
Union office of ISA officials. Ad
vance price is 70c per couples.
Door price will be 80c per cou
ple and 60c per person
New Trend Seen
In Music Field
"You can lead a horse to water
but you can't make him drink"
also applies to students and mu
sic, according to William L. Cros
ten, head of Stanford University's
Professor Crosten interred mis ; oi we rai!'. .
white discussing the newest Frank Piccolo yell king,
trends in music courses. He I asked about the delegation of au
oointed out that music is now ac- thority under the proposed sys
ccpted as a desirable part of the ; tern. It was explained to him
undergraduate course, and has ! that appropriations for migra-cea-ed
to be considered a mere ; tions and rallies could be cleared
luxury. This has caused a cer- ! through the Student, Council.
tain a'mount of jubilation among , :
ih. mimical fraternity, for as the . nf ceneral education. In summing
the parlor after waiting so long
on the doorstep."
Nevertheless, he Ftill believes
that music mav better serve as
an elective rainer wih'i a it-
quired subject within the scope
'Rag' Poll Shows...
if audi
Two hundred ninety-four out
of 300 students believe that they
can rate their instructors ob-
iectivcly. with the attitude that
it i a serious matter.
This was the result of a poll
taken by The Daily Nebraskan
Thursday, Friday and Saturday
of last week.
Thc 300 students were asked
the following questions:
1. If a teacher rating system
were established at Nebraska,
would you rate instructors ob
jectively disregarding personal
prejudices and feelings toward
the instructors?
2. Do you think teacher rat
ings should be carried out ac
cording to a definite scale or on
the basis of general criticisms in
the student's own words?
3. Do you think instructors
would consider ratings valid crit-
icisma and as a result, uttempt to
improve their teaching methods
in accordance with student sug-
gestion?
98 Percent .Say 'Yes' I
Ninety-eight percent of the
students answcied "c" to thc 1
Council
Explains
New Plan
Campus Groups
Express Favor
By Herb Armbrust
Although not all organizations
mentioned in the re-organization
plan of the Student Council were
represented at the Monday meet
ing, those present agreed that
the plan, theoretically, at least,
was a good one.
There was some disagreement
as to procedure. Council presi
dent Roz Howard said, however,
that the procedural difficulties
are always present in any new
plan. He is confident that they
can be ironed out in time.
The plan calls for the nomin
ation of five council members
from organizations to represent
all phases of student life. The
other 23 members would still be
elected as they are at present.
International Committee
The international committee
might help with mock UNESCO
conferences, further interna
tional understanding among stu
dents, and concern themselves
with overseas trip opportunities.
The inter-student committee
could be concerned with the
barb-greek relationship and ful
fill some discipline roles which
would be suggested for the stu
d e n t court
over wnicn
the council has
jurisdiction. It
is also sug
gested that
this committee
might help
with com
m e n c e -ment
plans,
campus devel
opment and
orientation of
I A Mm ma
new students.
Howard
Religious weeks, plans for re
ligious speakers on campus, and
possibly vespers might be in the
realm of the religious commit
tee.
Student Spirit
The student spirit committee
would, according to the plan,
work on seating arrangements at
games, on homecoming plans, and
on migrations.
The scholarship committee
might be concerned with exam
inations, teacher ratings, schol
arship polls, and scholastic eleg
ibility. Harold Petersen, representing
NUCWA at the meeting, did not
I believe that the plan would take
away any of the effectiveness of
his erouD. although it is now
composed of a small group of
interested students. "Anything
that would get more interest
would be good," he said.
A representative of ISA, Jim
Thomasik. questioned the idea
of having appointed members of
the council take the same rank
! as elected members. Louise R.c-
Dill, council vice-president, ex
plained that the appointed mem
bers would constitute only a
small part of the council, yet
would be large enough to be ef
fective. Religious Groups
Cliff Ferggren and Rick Pond,
members of religious groups,
were in favor of the plan. Beig
gren, however, questioned the
matter of having the representa
tives from the Religious Welfare
council on the committee be
cause, he said, these people are
representatives of other groups
general college music: first that
, students enrolled in the course
i have some taste for music: and
( second, that the purpose oi tne
course re 10 nciu muiiciha in
, crease their enjoyment of the art.
null's FavQF
j first question, 64 percent favored
a definite scale on the second
question, and 62 percent believed
that University instructors would
carry through their part in thc
system.
Of the 300 students inter
viewed, 294 said they would rate
their teachers objectively, ac
cording to their teaching abilities
only.
On the second question, 193
students approved of rating their
teachers on a definite scale.
Nearly all of these felt that the
Purdue rating scale for instruc
tors published in the Tuesday,
Feb. 23 Issue of The Daily Ne
braskan was satisfactory.
On the same question, 94 stu
dents would rather criticize
teachers in ttieir owns words.
Thirteen people felt that a com
bination of the two methods
should be used,
Little Attention
Mofit tcai.heri would p(ty liule
or no attention to the ratings, bc-
lieved 114 students. They were
in the minority, however, as 186
felt that the teachers would con
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SHIRLEY ALLEN Miss Al
len steps up from her job of
Tassel treasurer to assume
leadership of the organization
as president.
UN Delegates
To Discuss
Police Power
An international police force
will be the issue up for discussion
at Tuesday's meeting of model
UN assembly house delegates.
Conference representatives will
meet at 7:30 p. m. in Parlor Y
of the Union.
The question of police power
implementation of Articles 42
and 43 of the UN charter is one
of the topics which will be con
sidered when the assembly con
venes March 17-24. After it is
brought up in the first plenary
session, it will be turned over
to th'j political and security com
mittee. Committee members will
debate this problem and form a
resolution, which will go back
to the assembly floor for voting.
Committee Heads
Jerry Matzke is chairman of
the political and security com
mittee, and Joanne Buller assists
him as vice chairman.
Copies of the conference
agenda will be ready for distribu
tion at tonight's meeting. Time
also will be devoted to an ex
planation of the assembly seating
arrangement. All plenary sessions
will take place in the Union
ballroom.
The police power question in
volves such matters as size and
equipment of the force, its de
partments, membership in the
force and the duties of the force.
Other Committees
Pesides the political and se
curity committee, three other
committees will be working at
the time of the mock conference.
The economic and financial com
mittee, headed by Lois Nelson
and till Dugan, will consider the
question of aid to underdevel
oped areas. The social, humani
tarian and cultural committee
will handle the issue of the fu
ture of UNESCO. George Wilcox
is chairman of the committee,
and Miriam Willcy is vice chair
man. The fourth committee, trustee
ship, will debate the status of
South West Africa. Charles Ber
goflen is chairman of the trustee
ship committee, and James
Toinasik assists him as vice
chairman.
Every house and organization
participating in the conference
will have one representative on
each of the four committees.
Round Addresses
Sloek Breeders
George Round, director of pub
lic relations at the University,
told more than 6.00 people at the
York county livestock breeders
and feeders banquet last week
that the University is interested
in aiding the livestock group in
any way possible.
The banquet climaxed a day
devoted to the livestock indus
try. A tour of livestock feedlous
was held in the afternoon.
The breeders and feeders as
sociation plans on promoting the
industry through meetings, tours
and other methods.
sider the ratings valid criticisms
and would attempt to improve
their teaching methods as a re
sult. The Purdue system is used by
many colleges and Universities
throughout the country. One
student interviewed has seen the
system at work. According to
him, Dana college in Blair uses
the ratings and they have proved
satisfactory to both student body
und faculty.
Many students believed that
the Purdue system would be suc
ce.':ful, but that the part on per
sonal appearance should be dis
carded. These students felt that
the way an instructor dressed
and appeared had nothing to do
with whether or not he was a
good tei her.
Compulsory Ratings
Others felt that thc ratings
should not be compulsory for
teachers. Said one, "Those who
did not want to give the tests
would probably be thc ones who
would pay no attention to the
results if they were forced to
give them."
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JANET CARR Former noti
fications chairman, Miss Carr
takes over the position of Tas
sel vice president and the job
of Tassels' work in the direc
tion of the new pep section.
Milk-Hungry
British Bach
On Liquid Diets
Milk is off the British ration
list and now they are looking
for ways of increasing their sup
ply of meat, A. H. Maunder of
the Ag extension service at the
University reported back from
Paris, France, last week.
He is in Europe on a year's
leave-of-absence on a special
agricultural mission.
Maunder has recently returned
to Paris from England, Scotland
and Wales after completing the
first lap of a survey of Extension
Services in Marshall Plan coun
tries. The survey is a part of a
drive to increase agricultural
! production by improving meth
ods of providing farmers with
up-to-date information and ad
vice on farm techniques.
Output Rises
The Nebraskan reported that
the British farm output has risen
to 37 percent above pre-war
levels and that the output is
expected to rise another 10 per
cent by 1952. Maunder said the
British have recently oroppen
..lilk rationing and that fluid
milk is now available at reason
! able prices for all who need it.
j Now the British farmers are
i increasing their efforts to add to
I the meat supply, Maunder said,
i The limiting factor in livestock
; production is the shortase of
1 feed grains and high protein
: feeds. This problem the farm
ers are meeting by sharply in
! creasing the use ot grass silage
: and dried gra: -.
' "It's our old Nebraska PFL
program on a national scale with
1 nearly every farmer participat
I ing," said Maunder.
GustavsonBack
From Chicago
i Chancellor R. G. Gustavson
: has recently returned from a
meeting of tne National Commis
sion ol Accrediting in Chicago.
III.
The Commission, of which the
' chancellor is president, is made
i up of representatives of the As-
sociation of the American Col
I leges, the Association of Amer
ican Universities, the Associa
; tion of Land-grant Colleges, the
Association of Urban Universi
i ties and the National Association
' of State Universities.
I The Chancellor said the com-
mission is planning a thorough
i studv of all accrediting organ
! izations. They will try to as
i certain the effects of the vari
I ous accreditees on the freedom
' of institutions of higher learn-
ing, effects on the budgets of
the Universities and the effects
I on administration.
One student who approved thc
Purdue ratings, praised it because
its answers can be evaluated. "If
an instructor has 30 pupils in his
class who all mark him down on
some trait, he can be almost cer
tain that thc criticism is valid,"
he said.
Another believed that the
teachers would undoubtedly
study the results of the ratings,
but would not do anything about
them. Many of the students polled
cited ctrUiin of their instructors
who would not.
"The older ones wouldn't, the
younger ones would," said one.
"The older ones are too set in
their ways," he added.
Systems Tried
Several departments of the
University have already Initialed
teacher rating systems. Engineer
ing college students rated their
teachers two years ago, and the
speech department did so last
spring. The military science de
partment also used a rating sys
tem. The Purdue rating contain a
section in which the student
Janet Carr
Vice-President Job
Shirley Allen took over the reins of the Tassel
organization last night as her fellow pep promoter
elected her their president for the coming year.
Janet Carr will assist her as vice president, and Joel
Bailey will take over the job of secretary. Marilyn Vingers
1
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JOEL BAILEY Correspond
ence, minutes and roll call will
occupy the time of Miss Bailey
in her new task of secretary.
YM Stresses
j'Y' Movement
j Participation
A west central YMCA Area
council session Saturday pre
! scnted an opportunity for stu-
dent 'Y's' to take part in the 'Y'
; movement.
Stan Lambert and Harold
' Nebelsick, from the ag and city
campuses respectively, Lee Gar
: trell from Nebraska Wesleyan,
j and Don Nunnaly from Midland
i College appeared on a panel of
! students considering closer co
I ordination between student
YMCA's and the general YMCA
i movement. It was the first time
! in the history of the council , tsaney, was largely responsible
I .u . .. ,.., aii,j ih. ! for the Tassels' share in the pep
.that students ere allowed tne j section venture. A member of the
chance to present their programs. , AUF executive council, Miss
i Dr. Charles Patterson, professor 1 Bailey succeeds Janet Fairchild.
i of philosophy was chairman of She is panel editor for the 1950
! the panel. : Cornhusker, a Coed Counselor
j In another part of the ses- and pledge trainer of Pi Beta
sion, J. L. Zwingle of Park Col- 1 Phi.
j lege, Mo., told Y leaders that j Taking over the bookwork In
! they must find "new purposes volved in ,he treasurer's duties,
for this new age. Marilyn Vingers has been active
He sugqested "an exchange of : m Tassels or a vear. Sne is a
opinion among the people who Cornhusker section head, a Coed
have a common concern about counselor, a member of Delta
an ethical and Christian solu- ; Gamma and a YW worker. She
tion to jhe present threatening i takes ovt.r thc posilion left vacant
co"(ll;'t- by the election of Miss Allen to
Philip H. Mayer, North Kan- l tne presidency
sas City, Mo., was elected presi- ' .. .
dent of the west central area publicity
chapter of the organization. Stan Another Cornhusker section
Roberts, Grand Island, was head, Beverly Larsen will handle
named first vice president; Dan
iel P. Tyler, Topeka, Kans.. sec
ond vice president: and Mervin
H. Rector, Lincoln, secretary
treasurer. IJultcr Institulo
Head Ke-EIecled
Frank L. Griffith of Omaha
was re-elected president of the
Nebraska Butter Institute
t the
close of their annual meeting at
Ag campus last week.
Joe McGee of Crete was elect
ed vice president and Dr. P. A.
Downs of the University's dairy
department was renamed secretary-treasurer.
Oncratnrs ot more than 100
cream buvinB stations in
Ne-
braska were also presented cer
tificates of merit by the organ
ization and the State Depart
ment of Agriculture.
Pro
I judges his instructor as compared
I to the other campus teachers. He
I is thus put in one of the five
I categories: thc highest fifth, next
to highest fifth, thc middle fifth,
the next to the lowest fifth, and
thc lowest fifth.
Quite a few students favored
leaving off this portion of the
scale as being of little value. The
majority made no comment, how
ever. Influencing Factors
One pupil believed that stu
dents, especially freshmen and
sophomores, were not in a posi
tion to criticize their teachers be
cau.se they would be influenced
! by such factors as the instruc
I tor's personality, and in many
! cases the grades he gives,
j "A teacher who grades easy,
i pays little attention to atten
dance, and has an agreeable per
sonality will always get the best
rating," he said.
A questionnaire is being pre
pared for University instructors
to obtain their views on thc sub
ject. The poll of thc teachers will
take place this week.
Assumes
will handle the organization's
financial affairs. Keeping tha
name of Tassels in the limelight
will be the duty of the new pub
licity chairman, Beverly Larsen.
Joan Raun was elected notifica
tions chairman of the girls' pep
organization.
Miss Allen steps into the boots
of outgoing President Kathryn
Rapp Clem. Corresponding sec
retary of the Student Council,
Miss Allen will preside at Tassel
meetings and assume leadership
of the group. She is a Coed
Counselor, a YW member and
vice president of Alpha CM
Omega. Miss Allen has acted as
Tassel treasurer since the resig
nation of Sue Allen earlier in
the semester.
TNC
Janet Carr's most recent honor
was that of Typical Nebraska
Coed. She won her title at this
year's Coed Follies, counterpart
of the all-male Kosmet Klub
show. Towne club secretary, Miss
Carr is a member of the Coed
Counselor board and Student
Council. She is a member of th
Teachers college advisory com
mittee. Taking over the job held for
the past year by Marcia Tepper
man Kushner, Miss Carr will
represent her organization in
Tassel-Corn Cob direction of the
new pep section. Plans are being
made to increase the size of the
section which was initiated only
last fall. Among Miss Carr's
other duties will be that of keep
ing track of points earned by
Tassels notifications chairman for
Tassel members. She has been
Tassel notifications chairman
the past year.
Secretary's Job
The new Tassel secretary, Joel
ill 'tassel publicity, in particular,
Homecoming publicity. She as
sumes the position held for the
last year by Susan Reed. A mem
ber of YW, Miss Larsen is also
active in Coed Counselors and
AUF.
Thc task of notifying members
of meeting, rallies and other
events falls into the hands of
another sophomore Tassel, Joan
Raun. Her new job was held
i during the past year by Janet
Carr. Miss Raun is treasurer of
the Home Ec club and is a YW
member. She also fills a post on
the Ag Exec board.
Service Group
Tassels is primarily a pep or
ganization, but its activities ex
tend tn inrlnrip fell thf ftinrtinn
I nf a prvir nrnani'atinn Tuctnl
members sell Cornhusker and
Cornshucks, and they also work
with sales of tickets for various
campus events. One of their Jobs
is ushering at University pro
grams throughout the year.
Cooperating with Corn Cobs,
men's pep group, Tassels attempt
to bolster school spirit at all ral
lies, football games and basket
ball games. The new pep section
was born in the minds of Tassels
and Cobs, and this experiment
saw the center section of the
East Stadiur filled with pepsters
last fall. Tassels make pom poms
for thc games and help with the
work of the card section.
One of the biggest Jobs for
Cobs and Tassels is Homecoming.
They plan the prc-game rally and
the da.ice and present the Pep
queen.
Phi Rho Initiates
34 Med Students
Phi Rho Sigma, medical fra
ternity of the University College
of Medicine at Omaha Initiated
one of the largest pledge classes
in its history at a ceremony at
the chapter house on Feb. 25.
Fourteen of the 34 initiates re
ceived their pre-med training at
the University. The men are:
Eugene Alkire. George Breon,
Dick Capck. Don Heins, Gordon
Johnson, Ralph Malott, Don
Matthews, Thomas Murray, Dick
Nelson, Fred Paustian, Edward
Srhaumberg, Don Taylor, i'riU
Ware, and Howard Yost.