PfFl Vol. 51 No. fe 50 T Secpin Red Push Ends U.N. Offensive North Korean Line Collapses Ceneral MacArthur's "end the war and bring the boys home for Christmas" offensive failed when the allied North Korean line col lapsed under a fierce communist counter-offensive of 20,000 men. The attacking Chinese com munists advanced 12 to 20 miles In the 22-mile section between Tokchon and Oechang where the Eighth army was ordered to hold at "all costs." Chinese Reds Appear at U.N. Meanwhile the Chinese com munist representatives met at Lake Success for the first time before an United Nations body. A decision is expected soon on whether the reds or the nation alists will represent China in the United Nations assembly. Rent, Statehood Congress Topics Congressmen, talking with re porters, said they did not expect much to be accomplished at the short "lame duck" session which began Monday. President Tru man will try to have rent con trols extended and wants state hood for Alaska and Hawaii. Statehood for Alaska will be the first business the senate will take up. The senate democratic leader, Scott W. Lucas, expressed hope that the assembly would vote for a temporary extension of the short session. Peterson to Adjust .. Highway Taxes Gov. Val Peterson said Mon day that he will declare the highway revenue measures de feated in the past election void and it will be effective Friday. The tax will be 5 cents a gal lon and registration fees will drop $3. Glassford, Wife Honored by Club University Coach Bill Glass ford and his wife were presented with a choice of air or train tickets to any point in the United States Monday at a meeting of the Quarterback club. George Cook, president, made the presentation. Glassford was initiated into the club by Clarence Swanson in the absence of Chancellor R. G. Gustavson. "We have a fine group of boys this season and they have all worked hard," Glassford said. Civil Service Positions Open To Graduates The United States Civil Serv ice commission has announced examinations to fill several engi neer positions and also jobs in the Departments of Agriculture and Interior in Washington, D.C., and throughout the United States. Some positions in other agencies in Washington and vicinity may 4 also be filled. Engineer Posts The engineer posts are located at the Wright-Patterson Air Force base and the 862nd AF Specialized depot, Dayton, O. Salaries are $4,600 and $5,400 a year and requirements include a four year college engineering course or four years of technical engineering experience, or a four year combination of both, plus two years of professional experience. In some cases, grad uate study may be substituted for the required experience. Positions in Washington, D. C, include the following: Agricul tural marketing specialist, dairy and poultry products inspector and grader, fresh fruits and vegetables inspector, agricultural commodity market reporter, and fishery marketing specialists. Salaries range from $3,825 to $8,800 a year. Applicants must have had from four to six years of responsible and successful ex perience in appropriate market ing specialties and activities. No Written Tests No written tests will be given for any of the positions. Full in formation and application forms may be secured at most first and second-class post offices, from civil services regional offices, or from the United States Civil Service commission, Washington, D. C. Applications "for the engineer ing jobs must be filed with the Executive Secretary, Board of United States Civil Service Ex aminers, Wright-Patterson Air Force base, Dayton, O. Market ing positions may be applied for by sending applications to the Commission's office in Washing ton, D. C. The Weather Clear with a few scattered clouds. High temperature be tween 4.) and 50 degrees. is'Sroion 12 Registration tickets and sched ules will be distributed from 8 a.m. to 4:30 pirn. Dec. 12 through 15 on the second floor of the Military and Naval Science building. Tickets will be distributed as follows: Dec. 12, seniors (89 or more hours on record); Dec. 13, juniors (53 to 88 semester 'hours on record); Dec. 14, sophomores (27 to 52 credit hours); Dec. 15, junior division students (0 to 26 hours on record.) .It's a case of first come, first served. Registration tickets are a unique feature of the University. The ticket which the student re ceives is billfold size and has a number in the upper left hand, corner. A student can register when this number appears on the blackboard in front of the Military and Naval Science building. This system avoids standing in line. Your registra tion ticket stands in line for you. Second semester registration will start Jan. 4. All registering is expected to be completed in five or six days according to Dr. Floyd Hoover, assistant registrar. To avoid delay in registering, all students should plan to meet with their advisors before Dec. 12 to work out their schedules. Each student is responsible for making his own appointment with his advisor, and no classes will be excused for these con ferences. Students who registered in the Junior Division last semester are still in that division unless they have been notified otherwise by the University. Registration fees can be paid Jan. 22, 23, and 24. NU Friendship Meal Planned For Thursday The Third annual International Friendship dinner will be held Thursday, Nov. 30 at 6:30 p.m. in the Union ballroom. The dinner is sponsored by the Religious Welfare Council in co operation with NUCWA and Cos mopolitan club. The first International Friend ship dinner was held on the campus in 1948 as an out-growth to promote better relationship between foreign and American students. Pon Chinn and Don Dunlap, co-chairman for the dinner, state that they hope this year's din ner will be as successful as the the ones held previously. Over three-hundred students the expected to attend the din ner. Foreign Guests Foreign students will be the guests of American students or faculty members. Dr. George Rosenlof will be toastmaster for the evening. The program is in charge of Cosmo politan club members and is as follows: Illar Sirks from Latvia will sing a Latvian song. Tap dance will be done by William Saad from Palestine. Ukrainian Dance Toby Nahora from Formosa will do a musical number. Maria Kaidamka and Joseph Klischuk will do a native Ukrainian dance. M. Solhjoo, F. Haghiri and Tom Rafat will sing, "Persian Music and Song." Ruth Jackman will Conclude with a pantomime. Reza Solhjoo is program chair man. Tickets for the dinner must be purchased before 5 p.m. to day. They may be obtained from the YMCA Temple lounge of from the Baptist student house. Any foreign student who has not been asked to the dinner should contact Pon Chinn at the Baptist student house. Fulbright Award Winners Named Zelda Jeanne Ryan of Kear ney and William Whaley of Omaha have been chosen as Ne braska's Fulbright scholars, State Superintendent Otto G. Ruff an nounced Tuesday. Willard Smith and Donald Bushnell, University students, were named as alternates. Fulbright scholarships provide for study abroad. Recipients were selected by a state com mittee headed by Ruff. Miss Ryan, Kearney State Teachers college student, named England as her preference for graduate study in English. Whaley, Creighton university student, plans to study modern European history in ' France. Smith requested a study in po litical science in Austria and Bushnell selected a study of mathematics in The Netherlands. Applications of Robert P. Kel liger, Auburn; Douglas H. White and Nancy Lindberg, Omaha; and Donald Briggs, Broken Bow, will be forwarded to the Insti tute of International Education in New York to compete for ad ditional opportunities to study abroad. Seven NU Students Attend Conclave Seven members of the Ne braska chapter of Sigma Theta Epsilon, Methodist fraternity, at tended the group's national con clave at the University of In diana last week. They are Wilborn Whitehead, Richard Saterfield, Dick Crom, Stan Meyers, Bill Croft, Jim Rodders and Reed Smith. Rev. Richard Nutt accompanied the group. WKSSBm' ill LA a Courtey Lincoln Journal . DR. FLOYD HOOVER Assist ant registrar today announced plans for registration for the second semester. NUCWA Plans State World Affairs Meet Delegations from 15 Nebraska colleges and universities will con vene Saturday, Dec. 9, for a statewide college world affairs meeting. The delegates will attempt to answer four questions: 1. Is a state college world affairs organization desirable? 2. What would be the purposes and principles of such an organ ization? 3. How would it be organized? 4. How could such an organ ization be financed? Working in coordination with the student meetings will be a special conference for faculty ad visers to international clubs. S. J. House, NUCWA faculty adviser, will conduct adviser sessions. Planning the conference are Jerry Matzke, committee chair man, Jackie Sorenson, Harold Peterson, Con Woolwine, Dr. Frank Sorenson and House. Planning committee members are working closely with world affairs leaders on Wesleyan, York and Midland campuses. NUCWA will serve as the host international relations club. The one-day meeting includes both a morning and afternoon general session, committee meetings and a luncheon. Psychiatric Unit Plans Campus Visit One of the latest innovations in the field of psychiatry a travel ing phychiatric team will give a demonstration before the Stu dents Association of the Graduate School of Social Work at a meet ing Tuesday. Nov. 28, in Room 116. Union. The team will demonstrate how each member of the group par ticipates in the rehabilitation of patients in psychiatric wards in hospitals. The team, headed by Dr. Cecil Wittson. is a part of the University hospital at Omaha. The psychiatric team is a new development in the field of treat ing emotionally disturbed pa tients. The team which will speak at the University is one of the first in Nebraska. Members of the team are Dr. Wittson, president of the Ne braska Psychiatric unit; Don C. Fitzgerald, director of psycho logical services; Robert J. Elling son, director Of the Electroen cephalographic laboratory; Dr. Edward E. Houfek, resident physician at Omaha; Avis Purdy Scholder, psychiatric nurse train ing superinendent; Dorothy Hub bard, psychiatric social work supervisor; Feme M. Box, psy chiatric social worker and Ela- may Jeffrey, occupational ther apist. Chairman of the program com mittee for the association is Herman Kurth. Historic Saga of Military Ball; Outstanding Event Since 1893 BY JANE RANDALL Tradition breaking that's what has made the Military Ball chalk up successful formal sea son openers every year. It all started back in 1893, when the school paper, "The Hesperian," proposed the idea of a military dance which to quote an old Rag "would furnish a landmark for the cadets to re member their military work." The idea was well received. In 1895 the first Military Ball was inaugurated ontd the social scene. At that time, it was sponsored by Company B, then considered the "crack outfit" of the corps. During the early 1900's and even the 'teens, the dance was strictly a military department affair. There were no surprises, few outsiders, no presentations, and as a result, very little campus interest. Grand March In only one respect were the Military Balls then like the ones now the grand march. However, it was the regiment colonel and his best girl, not the Honorary Colonel, who led the march. The officers were tired of watching the colonel's lady monopolize the grand march, thus the idea of presenting a coed as Honorary Colonel originated in 1922. LINCOLN 8, NEBRASKA PBK Names 14 Members At Banquet The University chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, honorary scholastic society, announced selection of 14 new members at a dinner meeting Tuesday evening pt the Union. Dr. Paul Meadows, associate professor of sociology, was the principal speaker. The new members are: William B. Edmondson, Au drey R. Flood, Albert E. Her man, Dorothy A. Kurth, Mary lou J. Luther, Richard T. Mc Donald, John W. Mills, Charles H. Newell, Jr., John R. O'Neal, Peter M. Peterson, Fritz P. Pic ard, Nancy M. Porter, Susan Reed and Dan L. Richmond. Edmondson and Herman com pleted their college work at the conclusion of the summer ses sion. All new members have a grade average of at least 90 per cent and have completed the group course requirements of the College of Arts and Science for graduation. Dr. Clifford Hicks, chapter secretary, explained that another group of PBK members will be selected next April from seniors who will then have completed the arts and science group re quirements. Speaking on "Technology World Ferment," Dr. Meadows told PBK members that young men and women today face a lifetime amid a world of unrest caused by two world revolutions. One of these, he said, is the world-wide spread of industrial ism: the other, and more recent, is the conflict between Russia and the western democracies. "Primitive and peasant peo ples around the world," Dr. Meadows said, "are destined to experience a terrific upheaval of their ways of lire tnrougn me Introduction of modern technol ogy. Both the United States and Russia are, through the encour agement of industrialization, un derwriting world revolution." "The world-wide spread of industrialism," Dr. Meadows continued, "runs at least three maior risks. One is the explosive fear, suspicion and hostility of the ex-colonials who already have had a most brutal exposure to the industrialism of the west. A second is the primitives and peasants may be caught in a se ries of international civil wars (such as Korea) precioitated by the global conflicts of Russia and the west. And a third is that native social reform and emerg ing nationalism around the world may be crushed or be perverted by the crusading industrial na tions." Dr. Meadows said it is under standable that the pre-industrial peoples of the world should want foreign technology without foreign ideology. He concluded, however, that the two go to gether and the prospect for the pre-industrial peoples is one of "a nightmare from which there is, for them apparently, no es cape." Orange Bowl Bid Goes to Clemson There'll be no orange blossoms for Nebraska's Cornhuskers this year. Hopes of Nebraskans were shattered when the Orange Bowl selection committee announced Monday night that the two con testants in the annual New Year's day classic will be Clem son and Miami of Florida. Other teams which were considered besides Nebraska, Clemson and Miami were Wyoming and Ala bama. Officials representing the Ga tor Bowl of Jacksonville, Fla., were still reported to be con sidering the Huskers as one of the teams to play in their bowl on New Year's day. The Nebraska team had voted Monday that they were willing to compete in a major post-season game, University officials willing. The athletic board and the chancellor also have to ap prove the action. Pearl Lucille Swanson was the first to have the title of Honorary Colonel bestowed upon her. Thereafter, the Honorary Col onel was chosen at a fall election and her identity was kept a secret until the night of the ball. This process has been continued for the exception of a three year period '25 to '28, at which time the winning candidate was re vealed immediately following the election. First Name Band The ball was not held in the Coliseum until 1926 and then only 150 couples were present. In 1930 the Military department for the first time engaged a big name band for the occasion. Many engenious methods have been used in the presentation of the Honorary Colonel. In 1939, simulated machine gun fire cut away the door of the stage revealing the Honorary Colonel. A sign then fell from the ceiling bearing her name. In 1946 the Honorary Colonel slowly descended from above in a golden parachute to the amaze ment of 5,500 spectators. Another year a ramp was sil houted against a lighted Inset and the honored lady appeared through the doorway of a mini ture castle which represented the engineers corps. IB Sill By M :S0- Courtesy Lincoln Journal DON COOK University sen ior was killed instantly early Wednesday morning when the car in which he was riding skidded on an icy road and crashed. Don Cook Dies In Car Mishap Over Holidays Don Cook, University senior, was killed almost instantly in an automobile accident Wednesday morning when he and his father and grandmother crashed near Rock Rapids, la., his home town. The car in which they were riding skidded on an icy strip, overturned and Don was crushed beneath it. At the time of the tragedy, Dr. Stuart H. Cook, the Univer sity senior's father, was driving. However, he was not seriously injured, just badly bruised and shaken as was the elder Cook's mother, Mrs. A. E. Cook of Ran dolph. Cook had gone to Randolph to meet his father and go on from there to Rock Rapids, where they were to spend Thanksgiv ing. . He was attending the Univer sity under the naval ROTC pro gram and was a senior in the college of business administra tion. He was a member of Alpha Tau Omega fraternity. Plans Revealed For Annual YW Ceremony The annual ceremony for the hanging of the greens will be held in Ellen Smith hall at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 29. This tra dition is conducted each year by the YWCA and opens the campus Christmas festivities. Officers of the women's or ganizations on campus, the ad visory board, presidents of or ganized houses, Ag and City YW CA cabinets, deans of women and their assistants are invited to at tend the ceremonies. Refreshments will be served immediately after the guests ar rive. The entertainment for the evening will include a vocal solo by Susan Koehler, a Christmas reading by Betty Lester, and a violin solo by Sheila Brown. Following the program every one present will help with the hanging of the greens and deco rate the Christmas tree. Chairman for hanging of the greens is Delores Lovegrove Sarah Devoe is program chair man, Shirley Coy is in charge of hosptality, arrangements chair man in Sue Porter, and Janice Fullerton is decoration chairman. In 1949, with the unification of the army, navy and air forces, the Honorary Colonel became the Honorary Commandant. She reigns at the Ball as usual, but she sponsors not only the ROTC but also NROTC and AROTC, for the rest of the year. Tradition This year, another tradition is being broken. Instead of the first Friday in December-routine, the day has been switched to the first Saturday. Then too, the theme this year is the NROTC's responsibility. Each department will take a turn on the decora tions, coinciding with the yearly rotation of the department com manders. One of the finalists for Hon orary Commandant; Susan Reed, Virginia Koch, Eileen Derieg, Shirley Allen, Nancy Noble or Janet Carr will be presented in a spectacular way in accordance with the navy theme. Truly, the military department has done a commendable job through the years of transform ing the Military Ball from a small military get-together into a significant all-campus affair. If any more traditions can be broken to promote the improve ment of this great social event of the year, full speed ahead, army, navy and air force! Plans rrr oirar iooaras Black Masques Won't Tell Details Until Night of Dance "S" is for the secrecy that will remain from now until the Mortar Board ball Friday, Dec. 8. Dec. 8 at 9 p.m. in the Coliseum is the date, time and place in which three big campus secrets will be answered. The biggest surprise is for the affair The Mortar Boards may have engaged the University band, Frank's Filthy Five or one of the most famous bands in the country for the Mortar Board ball. To Remain Silent Nancy Porter, president of the black masque wearers states: "This is one time that 16 sen ior women will be successful in not revealing any secrets of the Ball to anyone. The only way students can firitl out just what are the surprises, is to attend the Mortar Board ball. The eight Eligible Bachelors, chosen by an all women's cam pus election, will be presented at the ball. The male that will be tabbed from this date on as the Ugliest Man on Campus will be announced. The surprise package will be opened and all its secrets reveal ed to those attending the ball. 'Surprise' Theme The theme for the 1950 Mor tar Board ball is "Surprise!" The various committees for the dance will not be announced in an attempt to keep students from finding out from commit tee members the name of the band. Tickets for the surprise Mortar Board ball may be purchased to day tor $2.40 in both the city and Ag campus Unions from 9 to 5 p.m. Tassels will be selling tickets from now until the ball. Annual Auction For AUF Drive Slated Dee. 6 A repeat performance of last year's spectacle o n 1 y on a grander scale is" planned by the All-University Fund. The third annual auction, scheduled for Wednesday, Dec. 6, will offer students and or ganizations a chance to do some high bidding and consequently help out the AUF drive. Many of the "items" to be sold by the auctioneer this year will include several "articles" and the services of groups and individ uals. Among the items expected to draw the highest bids are: a page of The Daily Nebraskan, services of the Mortar Boards, of the Innocents, members of the offen sive platoon of the Husker grid team, the eligible bachelors, Ugliest Man on Campus candi dates, and others "too numerous to mention." Also, it is expected that sev eral Beauty Queens of 1950 may be destined for the auction block. Dr. Curtis Elliott, will be back at his familiar role of auctioneer. Last year, he was responsible for selling $430 of items. Many features have been added to this year's auction, in cluding the presentation of an Activities Queen. A new "attraction" of the Auction, the Queen will be se lected from a field of candidates submitted by the following ac tivity organizations: Builders, TasMs, Corncobs, WAA, The Daily Nebraskan, Cornhusker, Corn Shucks, YWCA, the Union, BABW, Red Cross, Coed Coun selors, AWS, and Kosmet Klub. Judging of the candidates by a committee comprised of mem bers of the advisory and divisions boards of AUF will take place before the auction. Six finalists will be selected by this committee. Bach Cantatas To Highlight 'CaroV Concert Two Bach cantatas, especially written for the holiday season, will highlight the annual Uni versity Singers Christmas Carol concert, Sunday, Dec. 3. The program, which includes eight traditional carols, will be given at 3 p.m. and again .at 4:30 p.m. in the Union ballroom. Dr. Arthur E. Westbrook, di rector of the School of Fine Arts, will conduct the 115-voice chorus. "To Us a Child is Given," cantata 142, will open the con cert. Soloists will be Jack Ander son and Helmut Sienknecht and Nancy Button. Bach's birthday cantata, "Flocks in Pastures Green Abid ing," will be presented with the assistance of Marjorie Murphy, soprano; Virgina Nordstrom and William Wurtz, flutists; and Kathleen Burt, pianist. The carols are representative of England, Germany, Sicily, Brazil, France, Scotland and Kentucky. Gwen McCormack and Milford Myhre will be organists. Admission to the concert is by ticket only. Tickets are free and may be obtained at the Tnion ofiice. Tuesday, November 28, 3950 Hushed the band that has been booked 'World'Topic Of Friday Conference World affairs will get a thorough airing for three days beginning Friday, Dec. 1, when Lincoln holds its second annual conference on world affairs. All meetings of the conference will be held in Love Library. Both the auditorium and the fourth floor seminar rooms will be available. Dr. Carl Bracy, chancellor of Nebraska Wesleyan; Harlan Mil ler, Des Moines Register col umnist; "William R. Mathews, editor and publisher of the Ari zona Daily Star; and Kenneth Boulding, economics professor at the University of Michigan, and Walter K. Schwinn of the state department will speak. 24 Sponsors This year's conference is be ing sponsored by 24 groups in cluding the Nebraska University Council for World Affairs. NUCWA Is represented on the conference's executive commit tee by Harold Peterson, who will also lead discussion after Math ews' talk Saturday. Lincoln religious, educational and social service groups are sponsoring the conference in co operation with the American Friends Service committee. Co-chairmen for the meetings are two University faculty mem bers, Dr. Frank Sorenson and Dr. K. O. Broady. Mrs. A. K. Donovan of the League of Women Voters is secretary. The conference is aimed to find a better concept in inter national problems. Though the conference is not University sponsored, students are urged to attend. All sessions are open to the public. Bracy Talk Friday at 7:30 p.m., Bracy will open the meetings with his talk: "Strengthening Democracy in the World Community." Mathews has received honor able mention for his newspaper work on his Tucson, Ariz., daily. He is one of two survivors of the 15 American correspondents who toured Indonesia in June, 1949. He was an accredited cor respondent with the Dulles com mission in Korea only three days prior to the start of the present Korean war. Miller is the writer of the reg ular "Man Next Door" page in Better Homes and Gardens mag azine and "There's a Man in the House" for the Ladies Home Journal. Magazine Writer He has conducted his present column for the Register, "Over the Coffee Cup," for fifteen years. In addition he is a con tributor to such magazines as Reader's Digest, American Mer cury and the New York Times Sunday section. During World War I he was a member of the Hoover com mission. He was a lieutenant colonel in World War II. Accompanying Miller to the Lincoln conference will be Rev. Charles W. Phillips of Des Moines, a former naval chap lain. Boulding is a native of Eng land, and an author of econom ics books. He received the award as outstanding economist in the United States last year. NU Art Gallery Adds to Collection The Lincoln Artists Guild's collection of more than 30 paint ings, prints and drawings by Ne braska artists has been loaned permanently to the University art galleries, Duard Laging, act ing director of the galleries, an nounced recently. The collection will be housed and maintained by the University galleries and will become a part of the display here. The pictures probably will be available for use throughout the 6tate, Laging said. The Guild recently purchased four works from its 14th annual All-Nebraska show, currently on display in the University art galleries. They are: "Quarry," watercolor by Gail Butt; "Vancouver Island," ' watercolor by Shirley Cane; "Trail Ridge," brush drawing by Freda Spaulding; and "Serenade, engraving by Rudy O. Pozzatti. All the artists are residents of Lincoln. The pictures will be added to the permanent collec tion. Any student who has not had his picture taken for the Cornhusker may have tt taken at Warner-Medlin studio Tues day through Thursday. No ap pointments are necessary. The final deadline is Thursday, Nov. 30. I I !: u k I 1 - Kv pin