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Proposed Union
Draws
(Kdltor'a note: Thla la tit frond In
atrlri of artlrlra dralnnrd to cofiiparr
our Mudvnt I nlon Mtlhj other I nluiia
In the nation. Information for thin ha
brrn obtained by Ihf I nlon Ailvanermeiil
committer, thru bullrtlna and Iclterii.
Alter publication ol all the fartu, a pull,
drulirnrd to ri-ach llw lament nunibrr
of aludrata. will determlnr whether or
not a I nlon addition will be ronnlrurtrd
s part of the pmrnt Inlvrraltj
building program.)
BY KENT AXTELL.
Recently several Ag students
met with Duane Lake, director
of the Unions, and discussed the
possibilities of obtaining a new
Ag Union thru a program simi
lar as that of the proposed city
campus Union expansion.
Discussing the situation with
the group, Duane Lake, director
of the Unions, stated that any
problem oi the two Unions
should be faced with a realistic
attitude and went on to point
out the statuses of both Unions
in relation to present finances
and what could and could not be
done. He also explained the
government of the Unions and
said taht the ultimate decision of
any expansion rests with the
Students.
Lake Presents Figures
In the first meeting with Ag
Rev. Barnds
To Speak
At Vespers
Speaking on the topic, "Need
We Sacrifice to Be Religious?"
Rev. William Barnds will speak
at the vesper service today at
5 p.m. in Love library audi
torium. "Christian students have an
opportunity, through attending
vespers, to show publicly their
interest in Christianity in the
University community," stated
the religious leaner.
REV. BARNDS To address
Vespers today in Love Library
auditorium.
Barnds stated that sometimes
students neglected their religion
for studies but they should re
member that their eternal wel
fare is more important than tem
poral gain. "You are able to do
your studies better if you give
some time to worship," he said.
Rev. Barnds will be assisted
by student leader Kieth Fred
rickson. Sponsored by the Religious
Welfare Council, the Vesper
services will be held on Tues
days until Easter. Joan Fickling
heads the committee which in
cludes Jack Lepke, Sharon Fritz
ler, and Dave eKene.
Music for today's service will
be provided by members of
Delta Omicron music sorority.
Other music groups will provide
music for future services.
Speakers and topics for future
vespers are: Rex Knowles "How
Do You Balance?'' Jean Malone
as student leader, and Charles
H. Patterson, "What's Your Di
rection?" Vladimir Lavko as
student leader.
The Carillon tower will be
used as a call to Vespers with
selections played by Prof. My
ron Roberts of the music department.
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First Annual Pep Convention
To Draw 58 High Schools
Fiftv-eight
Nebraska h i e h
schools will be represented at the
first annual all-state pep conven
tion at the University Thursday
and Friday, March 16 and 17.
Sponsored by the University of
Nebraska Builders, the conven
tion will be held in connection
with the high school basketball
convention to be held in the Uni
versity coliseum this week end.
Along with discussions of
problems and projects of high
school pep groups, other plans
for the convention include a mass
meeting featuring cheerleader
fashions, a welcoming breakfast,
campus tours and a mass rally
led by the yell squad, and a juke
box dance for high schoolers and
University students.
Tassels and Corn Cobs will
lead the discussion group on the
following topics: Finance, consti
tutions and organization; and
skits, yells and rallies. Yell squad
members will also participate in
Jeading the skits, yells and rallies
discussions.
Agenda
A tentative agenda for the two
days includes a welcoming break
fast in the Union ballroom
Thursday morning at 9 a. m., fol
lowed by discussion groups from
10 to 11 a. m. At 11 a. m. films
cf the Nebraska card section and
a style show of prepster cheer
leader outfits.
Friday's events will open with
a mixer in the Union at 9 a. m.
followed by a continuance ot the
discussion groups. The 11 . m.
mass rally will include yells snd
Nebraska songs led by the 1I
squad, a talk by Bill Gassford
and a tak by Frank Piccolo, yeiry
king, and Tom Novak.
Campus Tours
Each afternoon a Builders
Now Discussion
students. Luke pointed out that
"although there are less than
eight times as many students on
the city campus as on Ag. ap
propriations given the Ag Union
amounts to about one-sixth of
the funds." After stating the as
sets and expenses, Lake said he
therefore felt immediate im
provement upon the Ag Union is
impossible as the situation
stands.
Fritz Simpson, speaking for
the expansion committee stated
that the committee is trying to
take the initiative in bringing an
addition which is definitely
needed, and can be made if the
students show they favor such.
Another Meeting Planned
Another meeting is scheduled
with no definite date when Dean
V. V. Lambert and the Ag group
will evaluate and negotiate in
order that a decision may be
reached. Ttie Union board is
representative of both campuses.
Twelve students are on the
board. Four are from Ag.
Reference was made to a let
ter written in 194(1 by a four
man arbitrary committee ap
pointed by the Regents, which
stated the space in the Student
Activities building should be
considered as temporary quar
ters only, for a period not to ex
ceed three years, after which
time an effort should be made to
install permanent Student Union
facilities in a separate building
on the Ag campus.
No Change Specified
However, the letter did not
state officially that a change
would be made after three years.
The comnvttee was not actually
in a position to say what should
and should not be done, but was
merely offering its viewpoints.
An estimated $500,000 has
Radio Section
Broadcasters
Representatives from a dozen
Nebraska radio stations
W1U i
compare ideas and look over
new developments in radio at
the sixth annual University ra
dio conference to be held Fri
day and Saturday, March 17 and
18. . ,
The conference is sponsored
by the University's radio
tion and Alpha Epsilon
sec
Rho, honorary radio society.
Highlight of the conlcrence
will be a Friday evening ban
quet in the Union. John Carson,
entertainer on WOW and WOW -TV,
will emcee the program.
L. P. "Jiggs" Miller, program
manager of KFAB. will address
the banquet. "A Half Century
of Radio," a skit written by stu
dents Frank Jacobs, Dutch Mey
ers and Gaylord Marr will be
presented. Marr is directing the
skit.
Radio Awards
Student radio awards for the
veiir will be announced at the ;
DdnquLi. . ,
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tour lormei unn .
n e TT ..m-.'llu - ! rl 1 O '
students.
Tl. fa." A W K Ofl
Greenwood. KFOR: Chuck John
son, KLMS: and Bill Wiseman, 1
KOLN, will lead a discussion
with students on some of the j
early post graduate problems j
facing the professional radio !
worker.
All of the meetings are open
to the public. Each meeting will
be followed by discussion from
the floor. All meetings will be
held in Room 27, Temple Build
ing. Tickets for the banquet are
$2, including the food, speakers
and entertainment. Tickets may
be obtained from Alpha Epsilon
Rho members, the radio student
office, or reservations may be
obtained by calling University
number 3265. Anyone is wel
come to attend.
Convention Proeram
The complete program:
Friday, March 17
6:30 p. m. Annual Radio Ban
quetWilliam Dempsey. radio
and speech instructor, welcome.
John Alexander, KODY, North
. committee will take interested
students on a tour of the NU
campus.
Tassels who will participate in
the discussion groups are Shirley
Allen, Joel Bailey, Jean Blaha,
Mardelle Buss, Janet Carr, Peggy
Judd, Jane Linn, Jo Lishcr, Mary
Smolik, Marilyn Vingers, Bar
bara Burland and Jayne Wade.
Cob discussion leaders will be
Dick Kuska, Harry Carpenter,
Jerry Warren, A r 1 e n Beam,
Chuck Widmaier, Bob Rogers,
Burton Holthus, Bill Olson. Bob
Parker. Rex Pcttijohn, Bruce
Kennedy and Wendy Gauger.
Schools.
The following is n list of
schools that will send representa
tives to the convention:
Class A schools: Curtis, Falls
City, Hastings, Lincoln High,
Lincoln Northeast, M c C o o k,
North Platte
Class B: Auburn. furnra.
Bcllevue, Central City, College
View, Columbus, St. Bonavcn
ture, David City. Lexington,
Lyons, Kimball, Nebraska City,
Neligh, Ord, Plattsmouth, Teach
er's College high, Tecumseh,
Wilbur.
Class C: Arapahoe, Barneston,
Battle Creek. Benchleman, Cedar
Rapids, Cathedral, Callaway,
Creighton, Dwight Assumption,
Friend, Humboldt City, India
nola, Keya Paha County. Milford,
Oshkosh, Orchard, Scribner, St.
Paul, St. Edward, Weeping
Water, West Point.
Class D: Avoca, Bennet, Brady,
Cortland. Crookston. Davenport,
Elmwood, Elsie, Nebraska School
of Deaf, Hampton, Liberty, Mal
colm, Western.
Addition
been set as the amount that
would have to be spent on
downtown Union expansion.
This means that the present se
mester fee of $3 would have to
be raised.
None of the expense would be
met through the University's ten
year building program, but con
struction would be probably ac
complished through the same
contractors.
Comparison
The tentative amount is rela
tively small compared with those
of other Unions throughout the
nation. Following is an outline
of 21 other major colleges and
universities, all of which have
Union fees higher than Ne
braska's. Included in the list
are notations of the amount, how
often collected and how spent.
Rrnwn. 112 00 annual, operation.
Cornell. J.Vlio quarter, operation-con-
Vniverslty of Southern Idaho, 17.50
quarter, conM ruction.
Iii.tlann. rt.7i itemester, operation-const
ru,M ion,
lllinnm. J.'i.oO aemrater. operation.
Kunsaa U. I.VUO semester, conntruc-
""Kanrai Slate. " on semester, :l.00
summer session, ennat ruction.
Michlpan. J.l 7fi semester, construction.
Minnesota. $3.00 quarter. operation
const rin't Ion.
Montana. 00 quarter, fl.00 aummer
session opera t inn-const ruction.
Montana Mate. t) la quarter, operation-construction.
Ml. Pleasmit iMii'hinan), 6.00 semes
ter const ruction.
Oklahoma. M M eemesler, construc
tion. Oreson. $4 00 quarter, construction.
Ohio State. .'i.llO quarter, construc
tion. I'ur.lue. JS 00 semester, operation-construction.
Southern Methodist. J.Y00 quarter, con
struct it. n-operat ion.
rtuli J2ti no annual, construction.
Western MU'hiKan, ".' Minuter,
const ruction. . ..
Wisconsin. $.r no semester. 2 25 eum
mer sessnn, operation-construction.
Wyomlna. J.1 uu quarter, operation-construction.
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NKHKASKA. S3. Oil "mter. :
Hummer session, OEKKATION-C O N
STRUl'TION, lo Sponsor
Conference
Platte revise L P " Jiggs"
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and. the liranuaie conegu. juim
Carson, WOW, master of cere
monies. Saturday. March 18
0:00 a.m. "Women In Radio,"
panel discussion, Peg Biber,
KGFW, Kearney; Martha Bohl
son, WOW-TV, Omaha: Mimi
Mueller. KFOR. Lincoln: and
Bcttv Craig, KOLN, Lincoln.
10:30 a. m. "Recent Trends In
Television Broadcasting." Lylc
DeMoss, WOW-TV, "The Na
tional and Local Programming
Picture." Soren M u n k h o f f ,
WOW-TV, "Special Events and
Newsreels."
12:00 noon B roadcasters'
All broadcasters present will be
guests of public relations.
1:30 p.m. "Radio Serves the
Public." Panel discussion, Bill
McDonald. KFAB, Lincoln:
Charles Vanda, KWBE, Beatrice;
Tom Sorensen, KLMS, Lincoln;
and Rap Anderson, KFOR, Lin
coln. 3:00 D. m. "Successful Alum-
. !,,,,,.) p,,npl discussion
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n U tJllllU.-". A. I iWe, Vllill"a
Greenwood, KFOR, Lincoln:
Chuck Johnson, KLMS. Lincoln;
and Bill Wiseman, KOLN, Lin-
col n.
7:00 p.m. All radio broad
casters will be able to get com
plimentary tickets to the finals
of the Nebraska High School
Bnskctball Tournament.
Tassels to Sell
Tickets to Film
On Tihct Trip
Beginning Tuesday, March 14,
the Tassels will sell tickets at
$1.20 per person for the motion 0( higher education, with no con
picture lecture by Lowell Thorn- Isideration whatsoever given any
as. ir.. to be Dresented by the
Mortar Boards.
Thomas will present his motion
picture lecture "Out of This
World; A Journey to Lhasa,"
March 22, at St. Paul's Methodist
church.
On his second transcontinental
lecture tour, Thomas will discuss
the journey into the forbidden
land that he and his father, Low
ell Thomas, sr. took.
Adventure Story
This is reported to be one of
the great adventure stories of our
time like n trip to another
planet, a tale showing the life
of the last untouched nation or
earth, and a land that may soon
be overrun by the Reds in then
attempt to gain access to India
and its four hundred million peo
ple. The movie-lecture tells the
story of their struggle throuah
the bamboo rain forest of the
Southern Himalayas and up steep
mountains into altitudes hicher
than anv of those in America
until thev reached the little
known city of Lhasa.
At 2fi. the vnitnger Thomas,
is a veteran of the recent war
and of the atomic homb experi
ments at Bikini atoll.
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and deftly portrayed by
Bill
Lino.
Through the doctor's treat
ment with diucs, he relives his
past, showing the causes ot his
breakdown. In opposition to
Coen, Milt Hoffman enacted the
bigoted Corporal Everett. As the
drama moved through its three
acts, he became more and more
despicable and nearly pitiable, a
tribute to his realistic portrayal.
"Sheer Ability"
As far as sheer ability in de
livering lines was considered,
the acting of Joe Moore, as Ser
geant Mingo, was beyond re
proach. Perfectly cast, Moore's
interpretation of the army Ser
geant, embittered over family
troublp and army life in gen
eral, provided "Home of the
Brave" with diverting wit and
irony.
TH3 DAHfll tTEBRASKAN
Pacific University
Fees Hiked Again
.
Pacific university will increase
tuition fees for the third time in
four years next September when
the university collects an addi
tional $50 per year making a
total tuition and student cost of
$475 per year. Dormitory costs
will also be upped $25 for the
two semesters. The increase will
make tuition costs second highest
in Oregon.
Tri Delta Grant
Open to NU Coed
Wednesday, March 15, is the
deadline for University women
to apply for the Delta Delta
Delta scholarship award.
Applications for the $100
award, open to any University
woman student, may be obtained
at Ellen Smith hall or at the
home economics office at the
Ag campus.
In the past, 16 awards rang
ing from $50 to $200 have been
made on this campus. Last year
the fund was divided into three
awards.
Applicants' grades must be
made available to the scholar
ship committee. Mrs. E. E. Refs
hauge is representing Delta Delta
Delta alummae; Donna Burley.
the active chapter; and Marjorie
Johnston and Gertrude Kine the
faculty.
Final applications should be
mailed to Mrs. Catherine Refs
hauge. Route 8, Lincoln.
The awards will be presented
at the University honors con
vocation in April.
Students to See
Air Force Film
An air force film, "Flight Plan
for the Future," will bo shown
in Room 107 of the Military
Science building at 2 p. m. and
4 p. m. Wednesday.
The film, open to all interested
students, is being shown in con
nection with the visit of the U.S.
air force interview team. The
team will be in the Ag Union
Tuesday and in the city campus
Union Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday.
College Joe
From 'High
By Emily Heine
Attempts to classify the Amer
ican public in culture levels (
have consistently overlooked one
sizeable class of people the col
lege students. j
Articles on the subject have
completely missed the scholars ;
and the play-boys who inhabit
the modern campus. So at the
risk of further toe-stepping and I
at the expense of a somewhat ;
distorted analogy, we compare j
college students with the var
ous cultural classes.
Individuals
Tired ot coming unner one
simple heading, many of today's
"Joe Colleges
have done their
best to become individuals. Their
efforts have been due partly to
the huge enrollments of many
schools, where it was sink or
swim in classes of three to five
hundred, with preference given
to those who could in some way
attract the professor's attention.
This is not to say that culture
levels or at least differences
have not been apparent among
college students for many years.
The levels themselves are per
haps not so well-defined as on
the outside. It should be remem
bered that this comparison is
based on intellectual and cultural
tastes and abilities of students as
they progress through the period
previous
financial status,
back-
round or environment.
There are those who would
place themselves ahead of their
classmates because of their su
perior knowledge of the arts
;ind everything else for that mat
ter. These highbrows, or geniuses.
consider their college term a
stepping - stone to a higher
plane. This will be reached only
after they, through painstaking
graduate work, have earned the
right to attach a string of capital
letters to their name.
As a -rule the highbrow is to
tally uninterested in the grading
mfthods of anv instructor. He
ri(ls down his long nose rather
disgustedly at the classmate wh
asks the prof about "the curve.
Choice of instructors and classes,
however, is of the utmost impor
tance to him. He will gladly ac
cept a Saturday or an evening
class in order to get a teacher
whom he believes to be more
competent.
Mfdiocre
His disdain of mediocre and
pedantic instructors, along with
his indifference to "college spir
it" and the high school antics of
his classmates bring him a great
deal of unjust criticism and the
ignominy of exclusion from var
ious hack-slamier cliques on
campus. His unpopularity, how
ever, is a blessing to him and
annoys only the middle-brows
who secretly envy and respect
him.
The belligerent or crusader
type highbrow can scarcely con
tain himself in classes wncie
less fortunate individuals con
stantly question the instructor or
need seemingly obvious points in
the lecture clarified. The low
brow's mute acceptance fails to
disturb him, but the middlebrow's
questions, prompted by a fleet
ing look at an article in the At
lantic Monthly, never fails to set
the highbrow's teeth on edge.
On the other hand, the placid
or indifferent highbrow remains
completely wrapped up in his
own contemplation of the world
and his own superior ideas, re
mains unhampered and unmoved
by his surroundings. He usually
pursues a highly specialized field
of study, such as literature, the
Jr. Council to Continue
20 -Year
Twenty years ago on the Ne
braska campus, the Junior-Senior
Prom took its place as a
campus tradition. Since that time
it has survived depression, war
and campus controversy to stand
as the annual spring dance which
closses the University formal
season.
The Prom's colorful history
will reach its climax March 24
when, on its twentieth anniver
sary, it will be highlighted by the
presentation of the six 1950
Beauty Queens, another lasting
Nebraska tradition.
Throughout the years, the
two Scarlet and Cream features
have never been combined. The
1950 Prom will see something
new in University dances.
From Queen.
In previous Junior-Senior
proms, the presentation of the
Prom Queen highlighted the last
formal dance of the season. In
1930, the first coed with that
title made her appearance. The
following year, to the music of
Herbie Kay's orchestra and the
songs of his vocalist Dorothy La
mour, the Prom's addition to the
social calendar became an annual
custom.
In 1934, under the supervision
of a Junior-Senior Prom commit
tee, the Prom Queen was re
vealed by Alladdin's lamp. A
giant genie rubbed the lamp, and
in the red firelight the 1934
Queen made her appearance.
Joe Venuti and his "hot" vio
lin played for the '36 Prom. A
student committee set the plans
for the formal that year and
conducted a campus-wide con
test to find the most clever means
of presenting the Prom Queen.
The winning coed made her ap
pearance from the door of a
miniature of her sorority house
as the Governor of Nebraska,
the mayor of Lincoln and 2,000
other guests watched.
Campus Election.
A general campus election
named the Prom Queen in 1938.
She stepped through a giant gold
saxophone to be presented to the
dancers in the Coliseum. As
Griff Williams played, photog
raphers from Life, Collegiate Di-
Cultural Levels Reach
Brows' to 'Low Brows9
sciences or mathematics.
Reminders
His friends continually remind
him of the time, lend him pencils,
return his books to the library,
and do not seem slighted by his
apparent disregard of their pres
ence. Unlike his militant com
panion on the same plane, the
placid highbrow docs not look
on the GI Bill as a horrible deg
radation of higher learning.
The mundane pleasures of rou
tine existence are definitely be
neath the highbrow's level. This
includes dancing Ht any of the
more popular places (how these
people hate the word "popular");
fraternity and sorority parties
few staunch Greeks are equally
staunch highbrows: musical com
edies and run-of-the-mill mov
ies. He likes nothing better than
go to some out-of-the-way place
with people of his own intellec
tual level, where a fire and good
wine adds the right "atmosphere"
to discussions of Freud, Marx,
James. Sartre. Picasso and oth
ers. The highbrow wouldn't be
caught dead in an argument
about the Student Council and
the word "faction" simply isn't
in his vocabulary. He scorns
book clubs, devours the classics
and disagrees completely with at
least one prominent psychologist.
Other End of Scale
At the opposite end of the
scale we find the college low
brows. Lowbrows may be dis
tinguished, not necessarily by
any degree of intelligence, but by
their intention in attending col
lege. This class includes the student
who is wasting his time and his
parents' or the government's
money. He has no set goal in
sight, nor does he especially care
for any. His indifference in class
and avoidance of any controvers
ial discussion which might over
tax his cellophane-wrapped gray
matter, affords him an equilib
rium of C's and D's. sufficient to
keep the allowance coming in
regularly.
The lowbrow also shows con
siderable diligence in the selec
tion of his courses and instruc
tors. As a matter of fact, he may
even turn down a Saturday class
in favor of a more exacting in
structor. (This only happens
when late registration has kept
him from pursuing such courses
as Basket-weaving and Bead
stringing or Early Morning Bird
Calls ) Twelve hours per semes
ter is the normal load, and only
under pressure will he up the
limit.
He has never outgrown the
name-calling stage. A conscien
tious middlebrow who expresses
his admiration of Wordsworth or
Emerson is laughed at and
dubbed a "character" or "teacher
pet" to mention a few ot tne
more acceptable terms.
Lowbrows arc also responsible
for such remarks as "What prac
tical value docs all this history
have?" and "What do I need all
this English enmp. for?"
t'ltcrior Motives
People who attend college for
various ulterior motives other
than the pursuit of cultural and
intellectual development, or the
mental wherewithal to enable
them to make a decent living in
the outside world, comprise a
great part of the lowbrow class.
The fact that such a great per
centage of self-styled "career
women" marry and quit school
in the sophomore or junior year
does not mean to imply that they
didn't have good intentions at
registration. But since chivalry
has long since gone out of vogue,
those coeds following the out-and-out
attack method of the
husband-hunting clan are prom
Prom Tradition
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1949 FROM ROYALTY An applause meter chose the 1949'
Prom Queen Dorothv Borgens, and her king, Harlan Powley. The
Prom king was a new feature of the dance, sponsored by the In
nocents society and the Union. The dance, held in the Coliseum,
';-tured the music of the Tex Benekc orchestra.
gest, College Humor and other
magazines covered the Nebraska
dance. Guests at the Prom in
'38 danced the College Swing in
troduced on the screen by a
dancer named Betty Grable.
Gene Krupa and his drums set
the campus astir in 1939 as the
ninth Prom was held on the Uni
versity campus. In 1940, Joe
Venuti made a return engage
ment for the spring formal. The
political tunc that year hit on
inent lowbrow members.
Middlebrow college students
can be divided into two sec
tions, the lower and the higher
middlebrow. The great majority
of this type may be defined as
the average American college
student, if such a phenomena is
known to exist.
Social activity, a job after
graduation and grades, in that
order, are the primary aims of
the lower middlebrow. This seg
ment of college personnel sets
the almighty sheepskin and grad
uation with reasonably good
grades as his future meal ticket.
"Ologies"
He ho-hums his way through
the "ologies" and takes care not
to entangle himself in ideas and
subjects he considers of no prac
tical use in obtaining post-graduate
sustenance. Cafeterial dis
cussions of philosophy classes
bore him to distraction and he
consistently tries to change the
subject to dances, sports and va
rious other college activities.
His use of the library is re
stricted to preparing cribs or a
hasty bibliography from the in
dex of the Cambridge History.
Between trips to and from the
Union he attends classes: he is
never, however, opposed to pass
ing up a class in favor of coffee
or a good card game.
The lower middlebrow is hell
bent on the rah-rah portion ot
college life. He is the advocater
of drives, seller of slogans, or
ganizer of intramural basketball,
softball and everything pertain
ing to college activities except
education. He considers it his
nersonal duty to sell college as
the great institution it was de
signed to be and can hardly be
blamed for his honest efforts to
tell the rest of the students what
they already know. In this ca
pacity, his zeal sometimes runs
away with him and he loses sight
of the primary objective gradu
ation. Oh, well, he maintains,
after the tenth semester, a cou
ple more months of school won't
make any difference. Might ns
well hang around and see how
the elections come out.
Next come the impresscrs or
the pretenders. The upper mid
dlebrow looks on himself as a
traitor to the cause of higher
education if he is not well versed
in all phases of American life
from golf to psychiatry. In the
presence of highbrows he is cau
philosophies. but with other mid
tious of expounding his personal
dlebrows and lowbrows he ef
fects a slightly "pearls among the
swine" attitude.
Versatility
Versatility is the primary aim
of the upper middlebrow, and
he is never really convinced that
his major is the right choice un
til the second semester of his
junior year. By' this time he has
developed a highly individual
istic taste and philosophy. His
interpretation of the arts and the
classics, though it is often spon
taneous and erroneous, is unique
in that it is essentially his own.
Unlike the lower middlebrow,
the higher is cautious in his ac
ceptance of fads and seldom ac
knowledges trends until they are
proved stable to some degree. He
is a "grain of salt" Emersonian
and heartily approves of scorning
convention mentally. Usually,
however, he lacks the courage to
give his innermost brainchildren
free rein.
As is to be expected, there are
many variations to this classifi
cation and the lines of distinc
tion are somewhat obscure in
many cases.
"What's that you ask? Which
category do I belong to'.' I really
couldn't say. Being a college
student, I'm prejudiced."
Tuesday, March R 1950
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the retrain, "Elect the Prom
committee in an all-student elec
tion and not by the Student
Council." That melody went over
with the majority of University
students.
In '41, Count Basic made head
lines for the Prom. The Inno
cents sponsored the dance that
year for the first time. "Faction
politics' harassed the sponsors by
naming only one candidate for
Prom Queen. The winner stepped
out from behind Scarlet and
Cream banners after an election
at the door. Basic was the first
big name band on the campus
for five years. No corsages were
permitted at the semi-formal af
fair. A coronation similar to those
of the Ak-Sar-Ben ball was useI
in '42. Also presented at the
Prom that year was the first
BDOC, best dressed man on cam
pus, chosen in a camnus-wide
vote. Band hired for the affair
was Jimmy Joy.
War Clouds
As war clouds hovered in
1943. the Prom marked several
big changes in tradition. Held on
the 73rd Charter day of the Uni
versity, the February, the dance
was informal, in keeping with
emergency. The Prom was held
on a Mondiiv evening, with danc
ing from 8:30 to 12:00 p. m.
Highlight attractions of the eve
ning were the presentation of the
traditional Prom Queen and the
tapping of the next year's Inno
cents by the sponsnrs of the
dance. It was the first time that
the senior men's honorary did
not select their new members on
Ivy day.
With most of the college men
in uniform in 1944 and 1945, the
Prom was postponed until peace
time in 1946. The N-club spon
sored the Prom that year and
guests danced to the music of
Sonny Dunham. The post-war
ticket price hike hit rtie Prom
with a charge of $3 per couple
for admission. Over 1,500 per
sons welcomed back the tra
ditional Prom in '4(1.
A mass meeting of all upper
classmen provided the means of
electing the Prom Queen in 1947.
Junior and senior students also
voted to outlaw corsages at the
dance. University students of ev
ery class attended the affair and
danced to the music of Raymond
Scott.
Prom King
In 1948. juniors and seniors
vott'fi to select the Queen to
reign over the traditional spring
formal The Red Cross drive
netted all moposed corsage
money. The dame was held in
February, under the sponsorship!
of the Innocents. In '49, the In
nocents supervised an election of
both :i Junior Prom Queen and
a Senior King to appear at the
dance. Tex Bcneke played to a
record crowd at the Coliseum
anil announced the appearance
of the royal couple.
The twentieth Prom. 1950's, Is
the t list to be .sponsored by the
junior class of the University,
represented by the Junior C'las.s
council. Top attraction of the
dance, to he held March 24 in
the Union ballroom, will be the
first introduction of the six 1950
Beauty Queens. Saluting the Uni
versity's mid-century graduating
class, the class of 1950, the 50
Prom will then take its place as
another colorful chapter in Junior-Senior
Prom history on the
campus.
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Stresses Your II
Featuring editm ials ami stories
concerning the University of Ne
braska as the school for graduat
ing high school students to at
tend next fall, the fourth edition
Scarlet and Cream was put to
press last week.
The Scarlet and Cream is a
monthly paper put out by the
University of Nebraska Builders.
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