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Vm DAILY NEBRASKAN
Thursday, April 27, 1950
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EPITOMAI.
Editor Mt Blmoson
Associate Editor 8usle Beed
Managing Editors) Bruce Kennedy, Gene Berg
News Editors....... Norma Chubbuck, Foocnle Redlger,
Jerry Warren, Kent Astell, Joan Krueger
ports Editor ......... Kimon Karabatsos
Ag Editor Jean Fenster
Society Editor p"' ..Wle?,m,&n
Feature Editor Emily Heine
Photographer Hank Lamm era
BUSINESS
Business Manager . li.1-P Bann.on
Assistant Business Managers Ted Randolph, Jaok. Cohen, Churh Burmeister
Circulation Manager Wendy Gauger
Night News Editor Joan Fenster
Chubbuck, Burmeister Win
Summer Nebraskan Posts
Norma Chubbuck and Chuck
Burmeister were named editor
and business manager of the
summer Daily Nebraskan Wed
nesday by the publications board,
Editor and business manager
are the only two paid staff posi
tions on the summer Rag. The
paper is published sixteen times
In the Begu
inning . . .
1 1, .lit..'. Th .ulna- ilnr. At tha hftfflnnlnff Of KnXinprr'S WWK WSA
Btwpared 1ar Die Ially Nrbraskan by Prof. O. J. ruon. who was for yearn
Sran i( uw university's Course of engineering ana ammure,!
Engineer's Week had to begin somewhere, sometime,
and the book of minutes of the old-time Society of Electrical
Engineers indicates the idea originated in the mid-nineties.
To be sure, full organization of the plan was a development
over a term of years, and it wasn't until later that it
became known under its present title. The germ was the
E. E. show a display of new things in electrical phen
omena and nearly all electrical things were new 55 years
ago! .
How much these early events were appreciated is
evidenced bv a letter from Chancellor Geo. E. McLean
transmitting a resolution of thanks from the Board of
Regents (Februray 19, 1898) "tor tne excellent program
that you arranged for Charter Day eve . . . for the excel
lent lectures; also for the exhibit ..."
The lecture mentioned was given by Mr. T. C. Martin
of New York City, speaking on Niagara Power at the
Funks Opera house and was attended by dignitaries '
dress suits. Admission was "... free to the public, I
a certain number of seats will be reserved for those espe
cially interested at a cost of twenty-five cents each . . .
As a "Week." the engineers' celebrations have included
manv features. For several vears a parade was staged on
downtown streets. This proved to be too heavy an under
taking on top of the Grrat Night exhibit of all engineering
departments and was allowed to lapse. Engineers' Night
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took on new significance ana possiDiiiues wun ub com
pletion of the Mechanical Engineering building now
chnstianed Kicnards laooratory. ine inree eany engineer
insf- societies neeotiated a eeneral croup knowns as Uni
versity of Nebraska Engineering Society at the turn of
the century, and tneir joint eiiorts Drougnt out many new
ideas and experiments in entertainment and display.
Finally, and now for a term of years, the program settled
down to Engineers' Night regularly placed on Thursday of
the chosen week and beginning in the afternoon to accomo
date the cowds and visiting out-of-town high school stu
dents; the Friday morning convocation, with a prominent
engineering speaker; Field Day, generally Friday after
noon; a dinner and dance naay or Saturday.
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NORMA CHUBBUCK Ap
pointed editor of the summer
Daily Nebraskan
By Eugene M. Johnson
Last year was the 100th anni
versary of the death of Frederic
Chopin, the Polish-French com
poser and pianist. This rated him,
by my count, seven new or re
issued publications.
The best of the biographies is
Casimir Wierzynski's "Life and
Death of Chopin," which is
based In part on some recently
discovered letters Chopin wrote.
Wierzynski omits the now-a-days
almost standard biographical
procedure of analyzing and evalu
ating the composer's works, and
concentrates wholly in presenting
a convincing picture of Chopin's
character and life.
Stephen P. Mizwa's "Frederic
Chopin, 1810-1849" is an 'offic
ial centennial compilation of
miscellaneous articles and docu-
Prime importance in all of these events is given to! new ana some un"
Herbert Weinstock's "Cho
pin, the Man and His Music"
at present enjoys the greatest
i sale and circulation apparently
i by virtue of being- the first of
the biographies to appear.
Weinstock's book is a good
dicest and retelling of every
thing" previously written about
Chopin. Probably Its greatest
distinction lies in the some
what breery journalistic style.
"Chopin's Musical Style" by
Gerald Abraham is a short but
excellent study of what the title
indicates. In some respett-' par
allel to it is Andre Gide's "Note-:
on Chopin," which has stirrer"
up considerable controversy and
even some antagonism in musical
circles. What Gide says about
Chopin's music reflects the per
sonal feelings of a sympathetic
and intelligent listener, am4
probably could furnish materia1
for some thought for pianists who
like to 'interpret' Chopin.
Last year was no particular
anniversary of Igor Strvinsky.
but he took second place anyway.
Five books by or about Stravin
sky have been published in this
country during the past two
years. There is no doubt tha'
Stravinsky is the most talke
and written about composer
today. However, with all trc
books concerning him, onlv Eric
White's "Stravinsky: A Critica1
Study" sheds much lipht on how
the composer fits into the general ;
musical life of today. j
Poetics of Music," an Eng-
during the summer, and is Issued
two times weekly. It is a tabloid,
live column size paper
Miss Chubbuck has been news
editor of The Daily Nebraskan
for the past two semesters. She
ia also secretary of the Student
Council, and president of Barb
Activities Board for Women. She
is a junior journalism major in
arts and sciences ,and a member
of Towne Club and Theta Sigma
Fhl.
Fall Applications Out
Burmeister is an assistant busi
ness manager
of The Daily
N e b r a s kan,
Corn Cob
m e m b e r, a
m e m, b e r of
Builders
Board, Kosmet
Klub worker.
A sophomore
in B u s i n ess
A d m i nistra-
t i o n, he is
secretary of
Delta Upsilon.
The publications board ap
points all paid staff members on
the three undergraduate publi
cations Daily Nebraskan, Corn-
husker, and Corn Shucks. Ap
plications for the fall semester
staff positions on The Daily Ne
braskans are now open. Blanks
may be obtained from the office
of the publications advisor,
Bruce Nicoll, whose office is in
the Administration annex. Ap
plications for all three publica
tions will be due May 10, ac
cording to Dr. R. V. Shumate,
publications board chairman.
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'Rodeo' Advance
Ticket Sale Starts
AGGIE BEARDS Ag college he-men look each other over in an
ticipation of the Whisker King contest which will be judged Thurs
day at 5 p. m. in the Ag Union. The winner will be announced
at the Cotton and Denim dance Friday night Back row Don
Clement, Gene Robinson, Arthur Shotkoski, Jerome Warner,
Louie Rudman. Front row Harry Kenyon and Jerry Ballen.
Men Will Compete Thursday
For 'Whisker King'Crotvn
Who has the best beard on Ag
camus?
This is the question which will
be settled when all potential
Dan McGrew's" gather at the
Ag Union at 7 p.m., Thursday
to be judged.
The beards, being grown for
the Farmers Fair, will pay off
with the honor of being Whisker,
King. The name of the winning
bearded man will be kept secret
until his presentation along with
the Goddess of Agriculture Fri-
A special 'advance sale of
Farmers Fair rodeo tickets will
be held for city campus students
Thursday and Friday. Booths
will be set up in the Union, ac
cording to Jo Fickling who is
in charge of the downtown ad
vance sales, j
This is the first year that rodeo
tickets have been on sale in ad
vance of the Fair. They sell for
15 cents.
In previous years, lines as long
s a half-mile have formed in
front of the arena grounds en
trance. University students this
year will have a chance through
the advanced sales to avoid wait
ing in line.
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student Dlannine. and particularly is this true of the ex
hibits. Downtown window displays are judged and rated
comparatively by departments. Similiarly, the judging com
mittee rates the evening performances of Engineers' Night.
A student committee computes Field Day scores. All of
these ratings are compounded and at the banquet a plaque
is awarded to the "Winnah!"
And, oh yes! the SLEDGE; Well, of that scurrilous,
sheet, probably the less said the better, but it has been a
"tradition" for a quarter of a century.
And there were the days of the "brown derby" and
the "green derby" the latter still in the dean's office a
peace offering of laws to engineers after a formal debate
over who should possess the former. Some wild scraps have
been staged between laws and engineers over the campus
sign for Engineers' Week, occasionally wrecked. But it
may be related truthfully, to the chagrin of both sides that
laws and the engineers alike were sucked into the worst
scrap in history by a sportive student of another college
(a pretty bit of amateur detective work was involved in
his later identification) who staged carefully timed depre
dations wtih a paint brush and stood on the sidelines the
rest of the week watching the cracking of heads, wrecking
of property, and final subduing of the mob by fire depart
ment hose. Our files still contain the list of names record
ing the "head tax" collection from students of both col-
leses to tav the oiper. And he was paid! l know, lor i
chipped la with the boys!
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MARCOS BACH
Editorial Briefs
By George Wilcox
Defense Boost Approved
WASHINGTON. The house
appropriations committee ap
proved $350,000,000 in extra de
fense funds and thus paved the
way for more airplane expendi
tures. Accord
ing to Secre
tary of De
fense Johnson'
more airplanes
are needed at
this c r i t i cal
period. Future
de 'ense spend
in' is warned
for coming
years.
Of the new
amounts the aircraft procurement
i funds are in contract authority
and the anti-submarine fund is
i in new cash. More money is
allocated to build new tanks.
Peru Killer Cool
Dr. Barney K. Baker, psychol
ogy professor who killed the
president of Peru State Teachers
' college and the head of the edu-
cation department, had made
elaborate plans and left detailed
instructions in preparation for
his suicide.
Apparent cause for the killings
was his apparent dismissal from
the faculty.
Papers dated April 24 the day
before the campus tragedy, in
cluded checks, instructions to the
estate and insurance policies.
Dr. Baker asked that his body
be cremated and the "dust scat
tered on the campus."
Maragon Guilty
John Maragon, who used to
have powerful friends in Wash
ington, was convicted of lying to
senate investigators. It took one
hour and 36 minutes for the fed
eral district court Jury to convict
the former lobbyist
Labor Scene Bnthtef
day night at the Cotton and
Denim dance. In addition to the
honor of the title, the Whisker
King will also have the first
dance with the Goddess of Agri
culture after intermission.
' Only those men who registered
March 17 are eligible for the
competition. Beards will be
judged on length, uniqueness and
thus best all-around growth he
has mustered up since the regis
tration date. Judges will be Mrs.
Angeline Anderson, R. C. Ab
bott and Kenneth CanDon.
Last year's Whisker King was
Max Rogers. Sue Bjorklund is the
Fair board member in charge of
the contest.
Nineteen top Ag seniors, 12 top Ag grad students, two) iuh translation of a series ot
toD AS professors and a top Ag alum have proven their lectures Stravinsky delivered
abmtv bv their election to Gamma Sigma Dcitr, Ag honor, """: !.nlhrv:tr,ir...f
society. Members of the Ag group represent nothing less, hook(5 . it ten. the tory
than the cream of the crop, and these newly-elected men first-hand. Edwin Corie'g "leor
have received a well deserved recognition.
Stravinsky" and Minna Leder-
man'g "Stravinsky In the
Theatre" are both handsome
books containing short compli
mentary essars and skrU-hrs
about the composer by well
wishers and friends.
Most other composers last year
id to be satislied with one or
Arts Students
To Hear Iowa
Theologian
Dr. Marcus Bach, director of
the School of Religion at Iowa
University, will address the an
nual Fine Arts banquet to be
held this evening at 6:30 p.m. in
ihe Union ballroom.
The honors and scholarship
winners in the departments of
arts, speech and music will be
announced at the banquet. Bach
will speak on "People in Flight
A Search for Meaning In Modern
Living."
Miss Eloise Paustian, president
of Delta Sigma Rho, forensic
honorary, will be toastmistress.
Dr. Arthur westbrooK, director ir f CI
of the school of Fine Arts, will j I 1SSUCS V Ilial
scholarships. William C. Demp-.ld ClOtlllllff I ICO
sev. director of University radio O
NUCWA Mass
Meeting on Tap
For Thursday
Members of the Nebraska Uni
versity Council for World Af
fairs will turn their attention to
NUCWA's 1950-'51 program when
they meet Thursday at 7:30 p. m.
in Parlor A of the Union.
Main business at the mass
meeting will include nominations
for next year's officers, a report
on Tuesday's evaluation meeting
and changes in the NUCWA con
stitution. New officers will be elected
from the students nominated at
tonight's meeting at a follow-,
up mass meeting Thursday, May
4. NUCWA officers include a
president, vice-president, secretary-treasurer
and five depart
ment (committee) chairmen
UNESCO, speakers bureau, in
formation and research, interna
tional studies and publicity. The
five committee chairmen, along
with the other officers, form the
executive board of the organ
ization. Officers
Bill Edmondson has acted as
NUCWA president since his elec
tion last spring. Harold Peter
son is the vice-president. Irene
Hunter i. dies the task of secretary-treasurer.
Department chairmen and co
chairmen include: UNESCO, Sue
Allen; speakers bureau, Vladi
mir Lavko and Jo Anne Buller;
information and research, Alita
Zimmerman; international stu
dies, Sara Fulton; publicity.
Susan Reed.
, The evaluation report will
present the suggestions offered
Tuesday evening concerning the
recent mock United Nations as
sembly. NUCWA members will
consider ideas on whit the con
ference accomplished and suer-
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scneauiea sins.es ianea lo mate-
nalize, and so the nation rested j
easier in the critical strike pic
ture.
The strikes would have iis- ;
rupted most of fe P'Ums tele
phone service an '. r cur
tailed rir- -d t - .:- ion in
all seclr v-y.
YM to Show
Russian Film
'Ballerina'
The Russian film, "Russian
Ballerina," a foreign musical,
will be shown Friday and Satur
day in Love Library auditorium.
Starting at 8 p. m., the pic
ture, sponsored by the YM, will
star Maria Redina and Ulanova. .
English titles will accompany th
picture. Included in the film is
the Leningrad Corps de Ballet,
featuring the music of Pushkov
and Tchaikovsky. ;.
Two shorts will be shown with
the feature film; "A Child's
Dream," a Czechoslovaks film;
and "Leningrad Music Hall."
According to a review of
"Russian Ballerina" in News
week magazine, the film con
tains "a surprising lack of ideao-
logical content which makes it as
easy on American eyes ' 'as a
good Hollywood musical." "Aside
from the slight indulgence in
professional self-praise," the
review points out, " 'Ballerina'
attends strictly to business
dancing, singing and boy-comrade-meet-girl-comrade."
Love Story.
The picture centers around a
serious young ballet student,
Maria Redina, who falls, in love
with an equally - serious tenor,
Vladimir Kazanovich. Miss Re
dina performs her innovations of
the traditional Petipa version of
"Sleeping Beauty." Ulanova is
filmed in an actual theatre per
formance of "Swan Lake."
The New York Herald-Tribune
tabs the picture as "a mastery
of the first order ... of value
and of interest to every Amer
ican dance student."
"A Child's Dream," one short,
is a film entirely acted by pup
pets. It is a story of an old rag
doll which sets out to prove to
the little girl who has thrown
it away that it is cleverer and
more fun than her new toys.
The second short presents mu
sic of Russian people. It in
cludes a rendition of Tchaikov
sky's "Waltz of the Flowers" by
the Leningrad Philharmonic or
chestra; "Scottish Drinking
Song;" by Beethoven; Saint-
Saens "The Dying Swan;" folk
songs from Byelorussia; and ex
cerpts from "Rigoletto" by Verdi.
Tickets cost 50 cents.
First, second and third prizes in the Delian-Union short
tory contest means much more to the winners than pod"t
ing the cash awards. Marvin Malone, first prize winner,
Joan Williams, second place, and Ramona Beavers, third,
un fw1 tba- thov hatr Tirrwiiiri pxrvntinnal fshnrt Ktnrifp
the bst in student work They nave shown themselves to
have above average talent in the short story field. iSBt year were Arthur Hutching
I'-Delius' and Roland-Manuel's
The Junior Class council certainly is out to give the
Juniors the best spirit possible, along with a general good poser's complete works. Hutch
time. Under the name of their class, they sponsored the ing's style is a bit stuffy, but
Junior-Senior prom, without a question one of the most! what he says i worth hearing if
successful dances of the year. And now they are planning a
big junior barbecue and dance at Antelope park. A barbecue
is something new for Nebraska, but an all-out junior get-
together is just as unique. Both events have been planned
under the name of the entire junior class, but the two
projects have represented the most earnest efforts of only
a small proportion of the juniors, the council and a few
ethers. The barbecue-dance is not only the project of the
junior class council, but every member of the class. The
council will welcome any support from the rest of the
juniors in their latest venture.
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Engineer's week starts today with all the pomp and
ceremony which has made it one of the outstanding spring
events on the University campus. Our only disappointment
to date concerns the loudspeaker music which is being
riayed Between classes. We have felt that something is
lacking in the music which has done much to command
ttudent attention in past years. We finally came to the
realization that the familiar strains of "Right in the
i u-rers race" have not resounded over the campus this
Tartly this outstanding selection has a definite place
. . . r rr's week rromotion as it has in the nastj
- h, t: e displays and exhibits set up by the
e - tl.irg to see. Our own experience in tour-
- y r ' t . . 1 we know little about any field of
. 1 , 1 n ecf education and enjoyment You,
. ! I r's week well worth your time. i
you are sympathetic to Delius'
music. The Ravel book is trans
lated from the French, and that
is usually a disadvantage to read
ability. However, the translator
i has done a good job, and the book
us especially interesting because
the author U a former pupil of
SaveL
This year is the 200th anniver
sary of the death of Johann Se
bastian Bach, but so far I have
seen no sign of a literary flood
in his honor. It may be that all
there Is to say about Bach has
been said, and now we will have
time to listen to his music.
sey, director of university raaio
work, will introduce Dr. Bach.
Bach is the author of three
books on little known religions
in the United States, Canada and
Haiti. He has dor.e research for
the Library of Congress, takinp
tape recordings and fiVns of tHe
nation's minor religions. He
broadcasts over station WSIU,
university of Iowa radio station.
Tickets for tne banquet go off
sale Thursday morning. A limi
ted number will be sold at the
door.
NU Bulletin
Board
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Booth Erected
For Fair Queries
An information booth for in
quiries concerning Farmers Fair
has been set up in the Ag Un
ion office this week, announced
Don KnebeL Fair manager.
Last year a great many calls
were directed to the Union of
fice concerning the Fair. Due to
the obvious need for such a cen
ter of information, this year's
Fair board will be on hand dur
ing the daytime hours to an
swer any questions students may
have consuming Fair activities.
Thursday
Innocents Society members
will bold tackling practice
Thursday, 7:30 p.m., at trie usual
practice grounds.
Ivy and Daisy chain practice
5 p.m. in parlors X, Y, Union.
Phi Chi TheU meeting, 7:15
p.nv, room 316, Union.
IVCF annual election of offi
cers, 7:30 p.m., room, 315, Union.
Alpha Phi Omega meeting,
7:30 p.m. parlor Z, Union.
Everyone is invited.
Kosmet Klub is looking for
talent for its Spring Revue in
the form of dancers, jugglers, and
vaudeville-type specialty acts.
All fuch talent is asked to meet
in the Kosmet Klub room, 307,
Union, at it p. m. Thursday. All
those interested who can't attend,
phone Merle Stalder at 2-7831.
Friday
Representatives of women's or
ganizations entered in Ivy Sing
competition meet at Ellen Smith
hall at 12:30 p.m. to draw num
bers for order of competition.
Organizations which still
haven't delivered their clothing j
contributions for the YWCA
Clothing for Europe drive,, are :
urged to do so immediately.
Audrey Flood, chairman of the
YW World Relatedness Commis
: ion which has been sponsoring '
the drive, reported that ten large
boxes of clothes have been col- ;
lected. ;
The actual drive ended Mon-
day, April 24; however any late !
donations are encouraged by the !
group. If contributors have no
available transportation, they j
may contact Miss Flood at 2-6095. )
According to Miss Flood, most
of the collection already received;'
is very serviceable and the drive;
as a whole was quite successful j
MAIN KATiRES STAKT
Th Mem on the
Eiffel Tower"
1:09, 3:09. $:!, 7:27, :2S
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"Savage Horde"
1.-29, 4:45. 8:01
The Kid from Cleveland"
2:59, 6:15. 9:31
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"Code of the Silver Saga"
2.26, 5:03, 7:40, 10:17
"Streets of San Francisco"
1:22. 3:59, 6:36, 9:13
Peru College
Quiet Despite
Triple Slaying
Peru State Teachers College
started its course back to the
normal Wednesday by naming
Dean R. A. Quelle as acting
president of the college.
Dr. Barney K.. Baker, psy
chology professoi, was the sen
sation of the nation's papers
Wednesday as a result of his
shooting and killing Dr. William
L. Nicholas, president of the col
lege, and Dr. Paul A. Maxwell,
head of the department of edu
cation and Baker's immediate
superior.
Quelle said that classes would
resume Wednesday, but social
activities will be dropped until
Monday. Students had gathered
around the campus and the in
troverted murder's home, after
they heard of the shootings. Stu
dents said that Dr. Barney Baker
was not very well liked.
The reason given for Baker's
killing was that he was being
dismissed for not holding the
attention of his students in class.
The killer fired five shot Into
the president of Peru college in
his office, walked out unimpeded,
and went into Dr. Maxwell's of
fice to kill him. The psychology
professor returned to his office
and deposited a clip from his gun
on his desk before going home
and shooting himself. His home
was only 250 yards from the
Administration building.
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GfiliPs Presents The
Famous Warther Exhibit
17 hand carved locomotives
Each model actually runs
Aduhs as well as children of all ages will derive
roiiiiderahle pleasure by visiting this famous exhibit.
Mr. Warther's exhibit depicts the evolution of steam
locomotion from the 1600's to modern stream-liners.
Made from ivory, ebony and mother of pearl, the
models never need lubrication because of the use of
uargulo" wood, which is impregnated with a natural
oil. Mr. Warther will be here in person.
Exhibit May 1 through May ,6
GOLD'S
Fourth Floor
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