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    Only Doily Publication
For Students At Th
Vnirertity of Nebraska
The Weather
Mostly cloudy and colder
occasional light snow Friday,
high 20-25.
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Vol. 50 No. 102
Still Unsolved ...
No Action Taken
On Ag Problem
After over an hour of ques
tions and answers at the meet
ing Thursday afternoon on the
problem of the Ag Union, it was
unanimously voted to hold an
other meeting as soon as defi
nite figures on finances could
be presented to the student body.
It was generally agreed that
definite information would be
more helpful than the "benefit
of a doubt" figures presented by
Duane Lake, as they were
termed by, a member of the
audience.
Summarizing the discussion
Dean Lambert stated: "What Ag
students want to know is the
future of the Ag Union here
compared to the downtown
Union. The hard figures pro
duced show no possibilities of
change. Ag students want a clear
presentation of facts upon which
to base a solution.
"The problem is a joint Uni
versity job and until everybody
has had a chance to look at facts
and say his say, the job isn't
right."
Lake Gives Figures
Lake, director of the Unions,
presented financial figures to the
group and explained the gov-
Delian Union
Story Contest
Ends March 31
Unaffiliated student writers at
the University are eligible to
enter the Del ran Union short
story contest: It is sponsored an
nually by the active and alumni
members of the Delian Union
Literary society.
First prize in the contest will
be $30, with $20 and $10 for sec
ond and third prices, respectively.
The standard short story rules
will be used in judging each
story.
Rules Told
Any story which has never
before been published in any
form may be entered in the con
test. Stories written for class
room projects, or for the Corn
shucks contest will be accepted
and any number of manuscripts
may be entered by one student.
The stories should be between
1.500 and 3,500 words. They
should be typewritten and double
spaced on S'xll manuscript
paper. A detachable page with
the name and address of the con
testant must accompany each
manuscript along with a state
ment that the story conforms
to the rules of the contest.
Winner Will Be Published
Miss Louise Pound, professor
emeritus of the University Eng
lish department and nationally
known writer, will ba chairman
at the judging committee. Pro
fessor Oliver Evans of the Eng
lish department, and Professor
Horace G. Deming, of the chem
istry department are other
judges.
The Delian Union will attempt
to have the winning stories pub
lished. All manuscripts should
be in the mail before midnight,
March 31, 1950. They should
be sent to Clark Gustin, 2233 D
street, Lincoln.
The Delian Union Active
Alumni short story banquet will
be held April 20.
'Home of the Brave9 Offers
Tolerance Theme. March 13
Monday night March 13th at
8 p. m., at the Nebraska Theatre,
the University Theatre, in co
operation with UNESCO, Na
tional Brotherhood Week, the
American National Theatre
Academy and the University
Administration, is presenting the
play "Home of the Brave" by
Arthur Laurents.
Thorgh the play is being given
to help promote the spirit of
brotherhood, it is still primarily
entertainment. And as entertain
ment it fulfills its function as a
good evening in theatre. The
play when it was presented on
Broadway ran for a meritorious
150 performances and at the end
of the 1946 Broadway season it
was awarded the highly coveted
Critics' Circle Award.
The play is drama, dealing
with five G.I.'s embroiled within
a special war situation during
the recent war. The core of the
drama revolves about one Pfc.
Peter Coen, a Jew, and his diffi
culties in adjusting himself to
the war situation.
Mental Relapse
Under the strain of the war
situation and the Jew-baiting
tactics of one of his fellow sol
diers, "Coney" breaks. And it is
the attempts of the Army psy
chiatric, aided by the layman
wisdom of an army sergeant that
makes up the resolution of the
problem.
The present production was
presented in Experimental Thea
tre several months ago and was
most enthusiastically received by
a limited audience. The present
production can accomodate some
1300 people.
The production technically will
depend on realistic costuming
and the realistic use of weapons
and other army equipment. The
setting will be impressionistic
highliglited by effective lighting
and musical undertone.
Featured in the production are:
Bill Line as the doctor. Joe
Moore as Sgt. Mingo, Michael
Shaaahaa a Major Robinson,
erning of the two Unions Start
ing the discussion, Don Haml
brought up the question of Ag
fees being paid to support the
downtown Union since 1937.
In answering, Lake pointed
out that these were fees given
to the Ag students minus ex
penses incurred including the
construction ol the present Ag
Union at $38,000, in 1946, the
amount left would not exceed
$5,000.
In determining the amount of
Union fees paid by Ag students
currently, Allen Beam present
ed exact enrollments: 999 stu
dents are enrolled in Ag college
290 women and 709 men.
Joining the heated discussion,
Dean Lambert announced: "I
have definite written agreement
in my office that the Ag Union
was to be temporary for three
years, at which time other ar
rangements were to be made."
Poor Handling
"The problem of expansion
was poorly handled In the be
ginning and thus resulted in the
present opposition. The planning
committee only has plans for
one campus," he added.
Lake agreed that the expan
sion was approached poorly, but
that it was now important to
cope with the situation as it is.
He said the committee knew
there would be opposition.
Fritz Simpson, member of the
expansion committee, stated that
the Ag situation has to be ironed
out before any expansion plans
can be made now.
"So far, the expansion plans
are basic. They include an in
crease in Student Union fees and
ideas on a downtown wing. The
committee knew nothing about
the Ag Union promise until we
found it filed with the Admin
istration," Simpson said.
The proposal for another
meeting was presented by Dr.
Goodding, chairman of the
meeting. He suggested that the
problem be worked out in a
more democratic procedure.
Upon his suggestion, Sonnie
Sawyer put the idea in the form
of a motion which was met with
full approval by the group. No
date was set for the meeting.
Graham Show
Needs 3 Helpers
Three volunteers are needed to
be stage boys at Martha Gra
ham's performance at Irving
Junior high school Tuesday,
March 21.
Interested students should con
tact Miss Helen Martin at Grant
Memorial hall immediately.
According to Miss Martin,
dance instructor at the Univer
sity physical education depart
ment, three students have al
ready volunteered. Six stage boys
were originally needed.
"The hours will be long, from
4 to 12 p.m.," says Miss Martin,
"But the volunteers will also be
paid."
Work consists of moving
equipment on and off stage, and
helping during the show. The
three students who have already
volunteered are members of the
speech department.
Martha Graham has been
called the most famous name in
the dance world. Her perfor
mance in Lincoln is sponsored
by Orchesis.
Milt Holfman as Cpl. T. J. Evcr
ritt, Dick Freeh as Pvt. Finch
and Abe Katz as Pfc. Peter Coen.
Tickets Now On Sale
The play is under the direction
of Abe Katz.
Tickets for the production may
be obtained either at the Temple
Theatre building box office from
1-5 p. m. on Friday, from 10 to
12 neon on Saturday, and at the
Union from 10 a. m. to 5 p. m. on
Friday and from 10 to 12 noon
Saturday. Tickets will be on sale
at the Nebraska Theatre box of
fice all day Monday, March 13th.
the day of production.
The price of admission is 50
cents, lower than the price of a
movie.
Koch, Mangold to Vie or
The guiding hands of the !
I v omen s ninieiic hssochiwuii win
be chosen in the WAA election
next Tuesday. Virginia Koch and
Marie Mangold will vie for the
presidential position.
Secretarial candidates are
Peggy Mulvaney and Norma
Jean Myers. Macy Hoffmeister
and Marilyn Crooper are candi
dates for the position of treasurer
of the organization.
Virginia Koch has served on
the WAA sports board, and is at
present intramurals cooordinator
and member of the WAA council.
She is treasurer of AUF, a mem
ber of the Builders Board, editor
of First Glance and a Panhellenic
representative from Kappa Alpha
Theta.
Mangold Activities
Marie Mangold has served on
the WAA sports board and is
at present correspondent and rep
resentative to the National Ath
letic Federation of College
Women, and a member of the
waa rnnnril She is a member
j of the YWCA and a Coed Coun
i selor.
1 Present secretary of the WAA,
AUF Appointees
Omitted by Rag
New AUF board members in
advertently left out of yester
day's Daily Nebraskan story on
appointments are Gene Johnson.
All University Fund treasurer:
Sandra Walt, sorority solicita
tions; and Jack Savage, frater
nity solicitations.
Johnson is a member of the
new divisions board made up of
junior members of the one char
ity organization on campus. Miss
Walt and Savage, who will be
sophomores next year, will serve
on the solicitations board.
The three members were nam
ed by the retiring AUF advisory
board to serve for the coming
year.
Orchestra
Concert Set
For Sunday J
Classics, Humor
Vary Program
"It's the most varied and pre
tentious program we've done,"
conductor Emanuel Wishnow
said about the concert which the
University Symphony orchestra
will play at 4 p. m. Sunday in
the Union ballroom.
Music which will be per
formed, he explained, is repre
sentative of the very precise
works of Mozart, the humorous
writing of Saint-Saens, the im
passionate style of Wagner and
the brilliant compositions of
Berlioz.
"Jupiter" Symphony
One of Mozart's last three
great symphonies, No. 41 (Ju
piter) will be the orchestra's
opening selection. The four
movements are Allegro vivace,
Andante cantabile, Allegretto
(Menuetto) and Molto allegro.
A featured part of the pro
gram will be Saint-Saens sa
tirical collection of short pieces,
"The Carnival of the Animals."
Saint-Saens was a great lover
of animals and used the novel
idea of writing musical carica
tures of them. As an additional
touch of humor, he inrluded a
selection called "Pianists." The
satire of the music teacher and
his pupil is complete even to
wrong notes.
Titles Listed
The 14 imitations composing
the group are entitled "Intro
duction and Royal March of the
Lion," "Hens and Roosters,"
"Wild Asiatic Donkevs," "Tur
tles," "The Elephant," "Kanga
roos," "The Aquarium," "Those
With Long Ears," "The Cuckoo
in the Depth of the Forest,"
"Birds," "Pianists," "Fossils,"
"The Swan" and "Conclusion."
Earnest Harrison and John
Blyth, both school of music fac
ulty members, will play the solo
piano . passages.
Harmonica Needed '
Besides requiring two pianos,
Saint-Saens' score calls for a ;
harmonica. This is not the com
mon mouth organ, but an obso
lete instrument invented by
Benjamin Franklin. It consisted
of a series of glasses in gradu
ated sizes arranged on a spindle,
half submerged in water. The
player touched the wet rims to
produce the sound.
In Sunday's concert Catherine
Elliott will play the harmonica
passages on regular orchestra
bells, using hard rubber ham
mers to make ringing sounds.
Familiar Themes
"The Swan" is undoubtedly
the most familiar of the selec
tions; it is frequently played as
a piano solo. Other well-known
themes occur, however. In "Fos
sils" Saint-Saens uses the bones
motif from "Danse Macabre."
And "Turtles" are represented
by a slow version of the theme
from "Orpheus."
The "Vorspiel and Isoldens
Liebcstod" from "Tristan and
Isolde" is an important orches
tral excerpt. Final selection is
"Roman Carnival Overture" by
Berlioz.
Juniors Needed
All Juniors interested in work
ing on the Junior-Senior Prom
committees, be sure and contact
Betty Green in the Cornhusker
office by Friday afternoon.
I March 10th.
J
Mangold
Peggy Mulvaney has served as
Badmiton club president, sports
board member, and a WAA coun
cil member. A Coed counselor,
she is also a member of the
LINCOLN 8, NEBRASKA
Benjamin Cohen
For Mock United
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MOCK ASSEMBLY SPEAKERS Three men, all active in various
fields of the United Nations, will address model UN assembly dele
gates when they take part in the conference March 17-24. Benja
min A. Cohen (above) is assistant secretary general of the United
Nations department of public information. Experienced with
UNESCO and the atomic energy program, Chancellor R. G. Gus
tavson (lower left) will address delegates with a report of the
atomic energy commissions. Frank E. Sorenson, (lower right) sum
mer session director and chairman of the department of education
services, will present his talk in the form of a progress report of
UNESCO. The mock conference, patterned after last year's model
UNESCO . meeting, is sponsored by the Nebraska University
Council for World Affairs.
Europe's Childern Benefit
From U.S. Aid, Says Expert
Grace Bok Holmes, liaison of
ficer to non-governmental or
ganizations for the United Na
tions International Children's
Emergency Fund, said in a
Thursday press conference that
due to the help of the fund and
to the help of European countries
themselves, European children
who have been receiving aid arc
looking much better than they
were two and one half years ago.
Recently returned from a trip
through nine European countries,
four of which were "eastern"
countries, Mrs. Holmes is also a
member of the UN secretariat.
During her European trip, she
observed feeding operations of
fund.
As liaison officer! Mrs. Holmes
informs non-governmental or
ganizations such as the Associa
tion of University Women, and
business and professional worn
ens clubs, of the work of the
fund. She is to speak Thursday
noon on "The United Nations
Children's Fund, its Program and
Promise." Her hostess is Mrs. Ar- !
thur L. Smith.
Assists l.'.N.
She works with UN representa
tives at various coleges and uni
versities. Frank E. Sorenson, pro
fessor of secondary education, is
the representative here. Mrs.
Holmes has completed visits to
the Universities of Kansas. Okla
homa, Arizona, California, Ne
vada, Oregon, Washington and
YWCA cabinet.
Norma Jean Myers is now
WAA representative to the Stu
dent Council, a member of the
WAA counril and YWCA and has
served on the sports board.
An Ag college Junior, Mary
Hoffmeister is president of the
Badminton club, member of the
sports board and WAA council.
She is also serving on the Home
Ec club council and the Farm
ers Fair board.
A candidate for treasurer,
Marilyn Cropper is a member
of the WAA sports board, treas
urer of the Women's Physicial
Education club, and a member
of the YWCA and Ochesis.
WAA club elections will also
be held on Tuesday. The follow
ing will elect ofluers: Aqua
quettes, r.ailniiiitnn club, Orches
is, Rifle club, and Duckpin club.
Aquaqurttrs Candidates
Margaret Chamberlain and
Ruth Ann Sandstedt are candi
dates for the position of presi
dent of Aquaqyettes. Carol
Calder and Penny Parsons will
vie for the position of secretary.
Candidates for treasurer are Jo j
North Dakota. She will return to
New York from there.
On Thursday afternoon she
will meet with a group of stu
dent leaders who will participate
in the Model UN conference.
Mrs. Holmes emphasized that
people everywhere were inter
ested in children's welfare and
said that the staff of the Fund
can always move freely from
place to place. She said that there
is still a fund representative in
Bulgaria who is a woman from
the United States.
6 Million Fed
She said that approximately 6
million children have been fed
since the origin of the fund. This
has been done in conjunction
with the countries. About fifty
United Nations countries have
contributed to the fund, which
matches appropriations with na
tions needing help.
Mrs. Holmes said the Fund
works with the ministry of
health and maintains a staff of
non-nationals in each country re-
ceiving aid. It does not feed in
either England or Russia.
While on her trip, she said, she
observed that the worst spot in
Europe was in southern Italy.
Mrs. Holmes thinks the faulty
feeding of children there is due
to an internal condition rather
than to the non-matching oi
funds by Ity. There is great
poverty in that section, she said.
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O'Brien and Pat Wiedman. Pat
Loudon and Gladys Robertson
are the candidates for publicity
chairman.
Badminton club will elect one
Heads
Nations Assembly
Gustavson, Dr. Sorenson
Also to Address Delegates
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Three speakers will be in the limelight when the model
United Nations general assembly convenes.
They are Benjamin A. Cohen, assistant secretary gen
eral of the UN department of public information; Chan
cellor R. G. Gustavson and Frank E. Sorenson, director of
the summer session and chair
man of the department of educa
tion services.
The three men, all familiar
with the United Nations, will ad
dress assembly delegates at vari
ous meetings during the confer
ence. Cohen will speak at the
first plenary session on Friday,
March 13, at 3:30 p. m. His talk
will be the report of the secretary-general.
The chancellor's address, re
port of the atomic energy com
mission, is scheduled for Mon
day, March 20, at 3 p. m. The
final speech, Dr. Sorenson's, will
come on Wednesday, March 22,
at 3 p. m. His address, progress
report of UNESCO, will take
place as delegates return from
committee meetings for the final
three days of debate and voting.
Former Newspaperman
Born in Sonsepcion, Chile,
Cohen served for 11 years as re
porter, city editor and associate
chief editor on several dailies in
Chile. He entered upon a diplo
matic career as press attache to
the special Chilean embassy to
the First Centennial of Brazil
ian Independence (1922).
From 1923-27 he was secretary
1o the Chlean embassy in Wash
ington. In 1934 he was charge
d'affaires ad interim in the
United Stales and on special mis
sions to Paraguay and Bolivia.
Appointed director of the diplo
matic department of the Chilean
foreign office in 1936, he held
that post for three years. Cohen
has been Chilean delegate to
numerous pan-American confer
ences and was appointed ambas
sador extraordinary and plenipo
tentiary to Bolivia (l:ib-45) and I
ambassador to Venezuela in 1945. i
Varied Jobs J
Besides the conferences, com- '
missions and arbitrations in j
which he participated as a Chil- '
an diplomatic officer, Cohen !
has taken part as secretary, in
terpreter and delegate in some j
twenty international conferences.
He has been a member of the
I faculty of the school of foreign
service of Georgetown university.
' In 1945, Cohen was loaned by
! the Chilean government to the
: international secretariat of the
I United Nations for the executive
committee and' the preparatory
commissions. During the first
general assembly in London he
was the chief of the information
planning section. Early in March
of 1946, he was appointed as
sistant secretary-general of the
United Nations in charge of the
department of public information.
He is a member of numerous so
cieties and has been awarded 15
decorations by various govern
ments. Gustavson to Speak
The second conference speaker,
Chancellor Gustavson, also has
had much experience tn United
Nations work. Interested in in
ternational affairs. Dr. Gustavson
is a member of the United States
national commission of UNESCO
and was a member of the U. S.
delegation to the UNESCO con
ference at Mexico City fn 1947.
While at the University of Chi
cago, Dr. Gustavson served as
liason man between the univer
sity and the war department dur
ing the development of the atomic
experiment conducted under Chi
cago's stadium. This experiment
cleared the way for making the
A-bomb.
Later the chancellor served as
a member of the board of gover
nors of the Argonne laboratories,
the Chicago atomic energy ex
perimental ground. He is a mem
ber of the atomic energy com
mission's committee on research
fellowships in the biological and
agricultural sciences.
Dr. Gustavson is known inter
nationally for research in bio
See Speakers, Pace 2
I of these girls to be their presi-
dent, Kay Christoffel, Joan Diers
j and Marilyn Ogden.
I Sue Kimball and Shirley Sid
: les are the candidates for presi-
dent of Orchesis, modern dance
group. Candidates for secretary
treasurer are Wanda Bott and
Colleen Rankin.
Molly Brittenham and Imogene
Uehling are the cnadidates for
Rifle club president.
Duckpins club presidential
candidates are Jo O'Brien, Bev
erly Mann and Mary Ann Kel
logg. Fran Robinson and Ann
Farrow will run for the secre
tarial postion of the club.
Eligible voters in the election
will be any girls who have par
ticipated in 75 per cent of at
least three inter-mural sports,
members of one of the WAA
clubs, members of the represent
ative board, and members of the
WAA council.
Eligibility lists were given to
house representatives at a meet
ing last night.
Voting will take place in the
WAA offices in Grant Memorial
all day Tuesday, March 14.
Friday, March 10, 1950
Speakers
jStage Crew
Begins Work
Changes Require
Special Settings
When the University Theatre
presents "Once In A Lifetime.''
at the Nebraska Theatre, March
27, 28 and 29, special stage set
ting will be combined with the
efforts of 36 cast members to
produce a comedy-satire on Hol
lywood. According to Director Max
Whittaker, all efforts of both
technical and cast committees
will be directed toward produc
ing "an imitation of the haywire
era of Hollywood talkie movies."
Stage work on the Kaufman
and Hart burlesque is already
well underway and has required
I much planning since such an un
usual atmosphere must be emu
lated.
Equipment Lends Humor
William Ellis, technical direc
tor, stated that stage equipment,
especially the sets, hand proper
ties, and costumes will be used
to lend humor to the show.
Five different sets will be de
signed to facilitate seven fast
changes during the show's pro
gress. Rather unique are the var
ious stage props including a
homemade cactus plant and a
fish pool. Even the cattails and
reeds "growing out of the pool"
are manufactured by the stage
crew.
Wedding Gowns
If you're planning a June wed
ding, then you would be inter
ested in the costume department.
There will actually be a bride's
wedding gown and five brides
maids dresses worn in the play.
"Rapid progress is being made
in rehearsals," stated Whittaker.
"Although I have difficulty
sometimes in remembering every
cast member s name, it is cer
tainly exy interesting working
' with a larfie Rroup sut:h as ours
he added. There remains only 15
rshearsals until the initial per
formance. The play concerns itself witlj
three vaudeville actors played by
Abe Katz, Lois Nelson and Mike
Shanahan, who are out of work
because of the talking pictures.
Action begins after they hit upon
the idea of going to Hollywood
end opening a school of speech.
The three end up respectively as
George, the technician, May, the
silly teacher, and Jerry, the busi
ness manager
Topsy-Turvy Studio
Troubles begin in the studio,
where everything is topsy-turvey
and nobody knows where anyone
;n- anything is. Actors wander
around the place waiting to be
cast, writers chewing pencils,
waiting for assignments.
May tails to teach the two
stars assigned to her and she is
fired. George gets angry and
taunts Glogauer, the owner, tell
ing him he doesn't know how to
run his business, consequently
the admiring Glogauer thinks he
must be a great businessman and
See Stage Crew, Page
ISA to Present
'50 Sweetheart
At Semi-Formal
The ISA Sweetheart will be
chosen Friday night at the annual
Independent Students Association
Sweetheart dance.
The sweetheart will be chosen
by a vote of the students in at
tendance at the final ISA formal
of the school year. Students will
dance from 9 to 12 p. m. to the
music of Riley Smith and his
combo.
The semi-finalists will be an
nounced at the intermission after
which students will vote for the
sweetheart. Candidates and the
houses sponsoring them are:
Norma Bargen, Women's dorm;
Ramona Beavers, Delian Union;
Phyllis Heckte, Loomis hall;
Phyllis Geisman, Wilson hall;
Ann Johnson, International
house; Phyllis Johnson, Adelphi;
JoAnne Quick, Terrace hall;
Mary Middelton, Women's dorm;
and Lois Larson, Towne club.
The sweetheart will be en
tered in the national ISA sweet
heart competition. Don Flesher,
ISA president, said. The contest
requires measurements and
other dita as well as a picture.
Tickets are on sale in the Un
ion office or in the ISA office.
The advance price is 70 rents per
couple. Door price will be 85
cents or 60 cents for singles.
Flesher said that any singles
would be welcome to attend the
Hanrp Girls mav wpar fnrmals
if they wish, although they ar.
' uoi required.