Vol. 51 No. 54 New Red Offensive Threatens U.S. Marines Cut-off In East Chines reds moved eight di visions toward the east flank of the United Nations defense line Saturday. Heavy losses were in flicted on the reds when the U.S. Fifth air force strafed the on coming forces. The U.S. was pushed back 40 miles along the flank of the U.N. defense position 30 miles north of Pyonyang. American marines and infan trymen, cut-off in the northeast sector, are making slow head way in efforts to break through the red lines by the Changjih reservoir and continue to go fur ther south. RED LOSSES HEAVY SAY U.S. OFFICERS Red losses have been heavy, said several Tenth corps officers. In five iays more than 6,000 of the enemy has been killed. Infiltration is expected near Kaechon, "where air observers spotted 1,000 Chinese changing from uniform to civilian clothes. Little contact was made Fri day along the new defense line Which stretches west through Sunchon, north to Pyongyang, and southeasteward to Songchon. General MacArthur's head quarters have indicated no in tention to use the atom bomb fit present against communist lorces. A sober attitude prevails at General MacArthur's headquar ters in Tokyo. The war is uncertain, hard find pressing on the headquarters staff and much of the optimism of the past is gone. Predictions on the outcome are not being made and speculations are few. Political confusion involved adds even more uncertainty to the picture. MACARTHUR CRITICISM LARGELY UNOFFICIAL Indecision aids the communists In an indirect way, but it is felt that avoiding unnecessary loss of lives should be done at all times. Criticism of MacArthur has emerged for the first time, but it is largely unofficial. However a shadow has fal len on the usually airtight col laboration of the U. S. forces The casual factors will of course not be known for some time, but the realization of a crisis which reaches out of all proportions is spreading. TRUMAN AND ATTLEE TO MEET IN WASHINGTON In London, Prime Minister Clement Attlee announced that he would come to Washington to confer with President Truman next week. He will urge Tru man to avoid war with China at 11 costs. He believes that the only way to avoid war with China is to maintain western unity. Cast of 600 To Present HandeVs Work The University School of Fine Arts will present Handel's ora torio, The Messiah, Sunday Dec. 10, at 3 p.m. It will be presented In the Coliseum. The production will be given by a cast of 600 singers. The Uni versity 65-piece orchestra will accompany them. Four soloists be featured, accompanied by the organ and piano under the direc tion of David Foltz. There will be no admission charge. Soprano Sollst Mrs. Anna Hayden Williams will sing the soprano solo selec tions. Mrs. Williams has presen ted recitals in Lag "Vegas, Nevada; Beloit, Wisconsin; Little Rock, Arkansas, and many other places. For two consecutive years, 1947 and 1948, she won second place in the voices of tomorrow contest sponsored by the World Herald. The alto solos will be sung by Bonita Blanchard, a University senior. Miss Blanchard attended the University of South Dakota and Huron college before coming to Nebraska. She sang contralto solos for the presentation of the Messiah in 1948 by Huron col lege choir and was in the operetta Pirates of Pinzance, while in school there. She is a member of the University Singers and the First Plymouth Congregational church choir. Tenor Soloist The Messiah tenor soloist se lections will be sung by Robert Martell. He Is a graduate student at the University and is major ing in music. Before coming to Nebraska he attended Yankton college, University of Denver, nnd Yale. Martell Is a member of Phi Delta Kappa, honorary edu cation fraternity; Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, professional music fra ternity; University singers and the Madrigals. Lloyd Lotspeich, University senior majoring In music 'will sing the baritone solos. Last spr ing he sang for the Orchesis con cert. Lotspeich ws also the fea tured soloist in Elijah, presented at the St. Paul Methodist church. The Weather A little -warmer todaj. with rlali-i temperature snd piWIally cloudy skies. oenfnes, in Ev Competition in the annual Moot Court began Friday, Dec. 1 at 3 p.m. in the University Law building. The winners were Lewis Pierce and Leonard Hammes, losers William Berquist and Robert Scoville. The facts presented were: The Jones Construction company had erected a building on the corner of First and Main and constructed a wooden platform outside the regular sidewalk. This platform was covered and had a wooden rail between the walking area and construction site. There were several holes at eye level so passers-by could watch the work. Eye Injury Brown was watching the con struction when a small piece of concrete, coming from the opera- Engineering Convo to Hear NU Graduate An honor graduate of the Uni versity, Raymond E. Bailey, will return to Lincoln from Detroit Wednesday, Dec. 6 to address the traditional College of Engineer ing and Architecture convoca tion. The convocation, planned to give students a chance to hear advice from a successful practic ing engineer, will be held at 11 a.m. at the Stuart theater. About 1,000 students will attend. Bailey graduated from College of Engineering in 1939, served with Eastman Kodak as a sales engineer and then became as sistant manager of a Detroit tool company. Since 1948 he has been president of a sales company which specializes in the distribu tion of tools. He will give University stu dents a review of ways in which he has been able to make use of his college training and out line some of the present day problems of industry. He will be introduced by Roy M. Green, dean of the College of Engineer ing and Architecture. The convocation is sponsored annually by members of Sigma Tau, national honorary engineer ing society which was founded at the University. Sunday Talk SaviaC f-lii,fa tt By Art Gallery The director of the University art galleries announced this week that the series of Sunday gal lery talks will be continued. A gallery talk was presented Dec. 3 and was devoted to the current exhibition of photographs, by John Szarkowski. The speaker was Peter Worth, assistant art professor. Worth has been a member of the University's art faculty since 1949. A graduate of the Royal college of art in London, he specialized in design and was later lecturer in art in Newland Park college, Buckinghamshire, England. He has exhibited paintings, drawings and sculp ture in various local exhibitions and at the San Francisco mu seum of art, and the Nelson gal lery at Kansas City. Worth's talk Sunday concerned an analysis of the various points of view affecting creative pho tography today, and was illus trated by examples chosen from the exhibition. The talks are to be continued through Sunday, Dec. 10, in re sponse to favorable and growing public interest. The University art galleries in Morrill hall ere open from 2 un til S p.m. There is no admis sion charge. Varied Campus Represent Student Activities In practically every college of the University today, at least two honorary fraternities or sor orities represent student activi ties. No doubt Phi Beta Kappa is the honorary most familiar to every one, but It is by no means the only one. Such organizations as Mortar Board Hnd Innocents are national honoraries for activity minded students -who work hard. Although each honorary has Its own set of standards for ad mittance, scholastic ability is the most important element con cerned. For instance PBK's are chosen from the upper tenth or sixth of the graduating students in Arts and Science. Other honoraries and their re quirements are: Alpha Omega Alpha fourth year medical students in the up per sixth of the class. Beta Gamma Sigma Biz Ad grads ih the upper ten per cent of the class. Sigma Tuu Junior and senior engineering students in the up per th'rd of the class. Alpha Lambda Del Alpha Lambda Delta Schol astic honorary for freshman girls. Tri K An honorary for agron omy students with an 80 or above average. Listed below are other divis ional honoraries on this campus: Alpha Kappa Psi Business Administration honorary; Delta Sigma Delta and Xi Psi Phi, na KT7I Tncsl 3 F w tion of the steam shovel, flew through one of these holes and struck him in the eye. Brown lost the sight of his eye and sued the Jones Con struction company for $5,000. In an effort to prove they were not negligent, the Jones Con struction company offered as evidence the fact that in the last twenty years, in which an iden tical platform had been used, there was not a single accident such as this. They also attempted to show that their employees and steam shovel operator had always been very careful. Evidence Refused The lower court refused to consider this evidence and al lowed Brown to recover the $5,000. Jones Construction com pany then appealed to the Su preme Court of Allen claiming that the lower court should have considered the evidence which it offered. Hammes and Pierce argued successfully that the case was correctly acted upon in lower courts. The appellants, Scoville and Berquist acted as attorneys for the company. Trial judges were C. E. Bar ney, W. K. Dalton and C. H. Flansburg, Lincoln lawyers. Pierce and Hammes will now compete against Robert Moodie and G. E. Stahl for the finals next spring at the state capitol. Prof. James Lake, director of the event, announced. Competition of upperclassmen law students will begin on Dec. 5 and continue throughout the week. Freshmen pairings are sched uled to begin Dec. 5 and end Dec. 19. Senior law students will judge the men. The Moot Court is under the direction of Prof. Lake and a board of student advisors headed by Robert Moodie, senior law student. Mile. Names NU Coeds To Style Board Ses'en university students have been appointed by Mademoiselle to represent this campus on the magazine's College Board. Joan Peden '52, Jean Fenster '51, Joan Krueger '53, Juanlta : Rediger '52, Mary Lou Kostal '51, lElizabeth Slaughter '51, and Jo Ann Lisher '51 are among the 700 appointees who competed this year with students from col leges all over the country for po sitions on the "Board, according to Mademoiselle. They will report .on campus news, fads, and fashions during the college year. In addition they will complete three magazine as signments in competition for one of . twenty Guest editorships, to be awarded by the magazine next June. The guest editors, who are chosen from the College Board on the basis of these three as signments, will be awarded a lour weeks trip to New York City in June to help write and edit Mademoiselle's 1951 August Col lege issue. They will be paid round-trip transportation plus a regular salary for their work. While in New York City, each guest editor will take part in a full calendar of activities de signed to give her a head start in her work. A battery of voca tional tests to help her crystallize her interests and job goals will be given. She will also interview a cele brity in her chosen field to get advice on the education and training needed and on proce dures for getting a job, besides taking field trips to newspaper offices, fashion workrooms, ra dio stations, stores, advertising agencies and printing plants. Honoraries tional dental honoraries; Delta Theta Phi, national low honor ary; Alpha Epislon Rho, radio broadcasting honorary; Delta Sigma Rho, forensic honorary; Phi Alpha Delta, nationul law honorary. Sigma Xi honorary science fraternity; Alpa Zeta, agricul tural honorary; Block and Bridle, honorary for animal husbandry students; Phi Upsilon Omicron and Omicron Nu, home econom ics honoraries. Delta Omicron Delta Omicron, national sor ority for music majors; Gamma Lambda, honorary for band mem bers; Sigma Alpha Iota, national sorority for music majors; Sin fonia, national fraternity for music majors; Mu Phi Epsilon, music sorority for Juniors and seniors. Eta Kappa Nu, honorary for juniors and seniors in electrical engineering Pi Tau Sigma, na tional honorary for mechanical engineers; Kuppa Alpha Mu, honorary for photography stu dents and enthusiasts; Delta Phi Delta, honorary for art majors. Phi Chi Theta, honorary sor ority for Biz Ad students: Theta Sigma Phi, sorority for Journal ism majors; Sigma Delta Chi, fraternity for journalism majors; Theta Nu, honorary fraternity; Pi Mu Epsilon, honorary for math students who have made special achievement; Pi Lambda Theta, honorary sorority for women in the field of education. LINCOLN 8. NEBRASKA Seating To Follow New Plan Cobs to 'Police' Basketball Game A new system aimed at af fording enforcement of the new Coliseum seating regulations for basketball games will go into effect Monday night when Husk er cagers meet Northwest Mis souri Teachers in the first home game. The plan is a follow-up on the the recent move allotting stu dents nearly the entire east side of the Coliseum bleachers and balcony. "Policing" by members of Corncobs will take place at all games in order to protect stu dent and faculty seating re serving the respective seating sections until 15 minutes before game time. The new set-up has been planned to eliminate any con fusion. Faculty members Will enter the Coliseum through the lone door on the east side of the building. Students will use three specially-designated entr a n c e s on the south side of the build ing. Through Arch Students with passes band members, N club members, and concession' workers will enter the door on the far left on the south side. From there, they will walk through the arch di rectly m front to their seats. The general public and re served public will enter through separate doors. The whole new system will channel the fans to their seats with more orderli ness. The faculty will occupy sec tions F, G and H in the balcony. They will be directed by the "policers" to their correct seats. Students will occupy the re- ! mainmg part of the east bal j cony, as well as the bleachers I No 'Protection' I However, attenders are warned that the sections will be i policed only until 15 minutes J before game time. After that, j students and faculty have no ; ,- .,:jj ting in sections provided. 1 Doors will open at 6 p.m. if a game is scheduled at 7:30 p.m. That means, that policing will be offered between 6 ano 7:15 P-m. . . .... The action to keep all students in a solid block was inaugurated earlier this semester by Student Council, in co-operation with the athletic business department. The main purpose of the plan is to promote more spirit among student fans and provide better sea'ting for students. Formerly, students were often sitting in many separate groups, consequently making it more dif ficult to have a powerful cheer ing section. Modern Dance Clubs to Give Holiday Show V Orchesis and Pre-Orchesis, modern dance clubs of the Uni versity, will present their an nual Christmas program Wed nesday evening, Dec. 13, in Grant Memorial hall. The pro gram begins at 8 p.m. Tickets for the occasion are now on 6ale in Grant Memorial, Walts Music Store, or from any Orchesis or Pre-Orchesis mem ber. The price is 50 cents. The program will include the three dances picked from those presented in dance intramurals. The winners of the competition were Pi Beta Phi. Delta Gamma, and Towne Club. French Story Pre-Orchesis chose as their number "Twelve Days 'Til Christmas." The story is taken from the "Juggler of Notre Dame.", "The peasants dance and make merry for it is again Christmas time. According to an old French folk legend, a wooden statue of the Madonna stands in the Cathedral of Notre Dame. Every year the grey-robed monks lay their most precious gift at her feet. For the most perfect gift she would raise her hand in blessing. A poor juggler creeps to her feet fearfully. What gift has he to offer? Un consciously he begins to juggle and in his excitement doffs his cap, holding it to her for a penny. Realizing the sacrilege, he crumples. He decides that to be forgiven he must do superbly the one thing he can do, juggle. Exhausted, he dies at her feet as the Madonna stretches her arm in blessing." Pioneer Club Thig Is the club's 24th active year on the campus. The Uni versity was one of the pioneers in the field of modern dance for it has been included in the edu cational program for more than 35 years. Orchesis, is sponsored by Helen Troy Martin, and has 16 active members. Shirley Sidles Is the president of the organiza tion. Pre-orchesis is sponsored by Mrs. Lois Weaver. Its president is Shirley Ruff. It has a mem bership of 35. Rtudent basketball ticket sales have been extended to Monday, Dee. 4. The price Is 3. "Grace" days for persons falling: to purchase tickets to day 'will be Dec. 13 and Jan. 2. Eileen Commandant j'.' '"'' HONORARY COMMANDANT Eileen Derieg, College of Agri culture senior, is the 1950-51 Honorary Commandant. She was presented Saturday evening at the traditional Military Ball. Miss Derieg wore a cream-colored military style suit with a scarlet and cream cape. On her overseas cap is the newly-designed in signia representative of the three branches of military service, which was presented to the Honorary Commandant this year for the first time. Girls Ask Men Affair, Mortar Some people think that the Mortar Board Ball is an out- growth of the Sadie Hawkins day, creation of the cartoonist, Al Capp. Actually it is an inven- tion dt our own Mortar Boards. It seems that in the days of yore, before the discovery of the Toni home permanent, girls had the choice of becoming either activity women or going out with men occasionally. So, rather than engender bad feelings they decided to look up some men. It was on the fourth floor of the Union that the Mor tar Board Ball originated. Then came the war and with '51 Directories Out In 3 Weeks Helen Vitek, editor of the Stu dent Directory for the '51 issue, reports that the publication will be released before Christmas. This year's Directory is ex pected to be larger than the pre vious edition and contain more information valuable to students. Members of the staff are: Jayne Wade and Betty Stratten, student lists; Nancy Benjamin, proof reader; Louis Million, or ganization; Jan Lindquist, busi ness manager; Dick Ford, sales; Dory Kennedy, advertising. Information that may be ob tained in the Directory includes: Student and faculty listings, their phone numbers and place of resi dence; various departments in the University, the department heads and their offices on cam pus; business concerns around Lincoln and miscellaneous items. Publication of the Directory is sponsoreu by the University Builders. Cornhusker Needs KU Migration Photos Attention students. The 3951 Cornhusker urgently needs pic tures -of this year's migration to Lawrence. They will pay for any pictures they can use. Bring them in to the Cornhusker office as soon as possible. High Bidders at AUF Auction To Receive Items, Services ,Who -will reign as Queen at the third annual AUF auction, Wednesday, Dec. 6? Only the students themselves will be able to decide. Each per son In attendance may cast one vote for his choice out of the field of six finalists. The finalists who were re cently selected by AUF board members are Julie -Johnson, Dee Irwin, Elizabeth Gass, Marilyn Vingers, Poochie Rediger and Joan Hanson, Tickets to the auction will be sold for 25 cents. Each ticket will serve as a bullot. Special Ceremony A special ceremony Avill honor the new queen. This will serve as the highlight of the evening. The auction will be held at the Union ballroom from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. Dr. Curtis Elliot, pro fessor of economics, will serve as auctioneer. He will vie with some professional auctioneer from Lincoln. Items on sale include many Derieg at Turnabout Board Ball an inadequate supply of eligible I men it "'as decided that a guide ! ff ; tney -managed to corner eight i men so the traditional eight j Eligible Bachelors presentation began. UMOC Added This year, the UMOC has been added. Some male will be able to tell his grandchildren he was the ugliest man on campus in 1950. Many surprises are in store for those going to the Ball. The wearers of the black masque will give no inkling as to which band has been engaged for the eve ning. Even the Crib is following up the "surprise" idea by featuring a special "Mortar Board Surprise sundae" this week. Those of you who haven't had the word yet better race out and get a man and a ticket to the Ball from any Tassel or Mortar i Board. Expensive Proposition The lfctter will be much easier to get for it will cost only $2.40. Getting a date might -cost any where from the price of some sprint shoes to many long and sleepless nights thinking of someone to take to the Ball, Fri day, Dec, 8. Now is the 'time for all smart coeds to come to the aid of their dates. Or in other words this is to advise the ladies of the cam pus to start looking around for a male specimen to take to the Mortar Board Ball which is a Sadie Hawkins affair via Lin coln way. Only Five Shopping: Days Only five more shopping days life to find a date for the ball so if you're one of those slow coeds, you'd better get on the ball if you want to go to the Bull. Consider the days before this turn-about affair as open hunt ing season until you've gotten your limit (one male to every go-getter, please). Tickets for the "Surprise Package" Mortar Board Bull will be on sale from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in both the city and Ag campus Unions. articles and many people who will be asked to perform sundry services for their buyers the highest bidders. Last year, $150 was paid for The Daily Nebraskan. The serv ices of TNE also were purchased. Sorority pledges -were sold to fraternities Hnd 'ne sly student purchased for himself a page spread in Corn Shucks, Blood and Flesh Even baby-sitting services were sold as -well as pints of blood and pounds of flesh from Innocents. Finally the auctioneer was asked to sell his own serv ices as CHr washer, diaper -washer and Santa Glaus. Another type of entertulnment will be provided during a twenty minute Intermission. Four skits will be given at that time. This is the first time that extra en tertainment has been offered at the auction. Kappa Kbppb Gamma actresses will present "On a Sunduy by a Sea," which was given In a Union skit show recently. Monday, December 4, 1950 Named a Reigns At ROTCBall Eileen Derieg stepped from a landing barge on the Coliseum stage at the 38lh annual Military Ball Saturday to be named 1950 51 Honorary Commandant of the University ROTC. Presentation of Miss Derieg, a 20-year-old brown-haired, blue eyed senior, highlighted the ball, which is the opening event of the formal social season on the cam pus. The 1950-51 Commandant is studying hospital dietetics in the College of Agriculture, where she is a member of Phi Upsilon Omicron and Omicron Nu, home economics honorary societies, and the Home Ec club. She belongs to Chi Omega. From Six Finalists Miss Derieg was chosen by the members of the Candidate Offi cers Association from six senior finalists nominated in an all school election. Other finalists were Shirley Allen, Janet Carr, Virginia Koch, Nancy Noble and Susan Reed. The program, witnessed by hundreds of students and towns people, began with a half hour concert by the University ROTC band, directed by Prof, Don Lentz. Then the Pershing Rifles crack squad, composed of out standing underclassmen, put on a special manual of arms drill. A sabre guard entered, fol lowed by the seniors of the Can didate Officers Association and their ladies. The curtains on the Coliseum stage opened to show a landing barge. As the front dropped down, Miss Derieg, wearing a scarlet and cream military-style suit and overseas cap, was spotlighted. On her cap she wore a specially designed com mandant's insignia representative of the three branches of military service. Arch of Sabres She was joined on the stage by Robert Phelps, president of the Candidate Officers Associa- a tion, who presented her with a , bouquet and sorted her through the arch of sabres to the south balcony. Miss Derieg was saluted by Stu dent Captain Richard F. Rock well, Navy; Cadet Colonel George S. McQueen, Air Force; and Ca det Colonel James M. Wroth, Army. Miss Derieg and Phelps then returned to the stage to review the Grand March, in which sen ior cadet officers took part. Fol lowing this was a special waltz for the Honorary Commandant and the president of the CO A and another for the senior offi cers and their ladies. Following the presentation of the Honorary Commandant, stu dents attending the first formal of the winter season danced to the music of the piano stylist Frankie Carle and his orchestra. Guests of honor included; Brig. Gen. Guy N. Henninger, com mander of the Nebraska National Guard; Dean and Mrs. Carl W. Borgmann; Col. and Mrs. James H. Workman, Lt. Col. and Mrs. Alex J. Jamieson; Capt. and Mrs. T. A. Donovun, USN; Capt and Mrs. V. R. Sinclair, USN; Capt and Mrs. A. E. Loomis, USN; Lt. Col. and Mrs. E. V. Finn. Col. and Mrs. C. J. Frankfor ter; Dr. and Mrs. -G. W. Rosen lof; Dr. and Mrs. T. J. Thompson; Miss Marjorie Johnston, dean of women; Mr. and Mrs John K. Selleck; Lt. Col. and Mrs. C W. Ackerson; Lt. Col. and Mrs. W. R. King; Capt. and Mrs. John W. Davis; Capt .and Mrs. -John B. Truell. Bizad Banquet Ticket Sales Remain Open Gold Keys will be presented to the ten 1949-1950 freshmen with the highest scholastic averages at the 26th annual Business Ad ministration banquet, Tuesduy, Dec. 5 In the Union ballroom at 6:30 p.m. The main speaker at the ban quet will be Burnham Yates, Lincoln banker. William Cold Prize keys will be given to the freshmen with the highest scholastic averages by Nuthan Cold, Lincoln merchant, in memory of his father. Three Business Administra tion honoraries, Delta SiEma Pi, Alpha Kuppa Psi and Phi Chi Theta, Hre sponsoring the tan quet. Yutef is a director of the Lin coln Cnumber of Commerce and Lincoln Community cheat. He hus served as chairman of the Lincoln Community -chest. He has served as chairman the Lin coln district committee of the Boy Scouts of America. After graduation from Lincoln high school, the Uncoln bank president , attended Phillips Ex eter academy and the University for one year. He -was graduated from Stanford university In 1B33 and is a World War II veteran. Tickets for tile bunquot ure on sale at booths In the Union and booths on the second and third floors -of Social Science bulldm t Ball iforl.U&. V