"L el. LJLa-j-x - l3LfL. 3LJ LI Ll L ,Vol. 51 No. 79 LINCOLN 8,, NEBRASKA Friday, February 9, 1951 Allies See New Red Convoys Three new convoys of Chinese communist reinforcements were sighted Thursday by U.N. air men. The troops were going south into Korea from Manchu ria in an effort to combat the 15-day old drive by U.N. forces. Despite the fresh counter-offensive, attacking American and Puerto Rican infantrymen drove on toward their objective, Seoul. Their advance' was on the ground that was abandoned by the Chinese Wednesday and rep resents a three mile gain. The communist high command brought in two new units to de lend Seoul from the allied ad vance through west of the city. The North Korean divisions "were identified as the 47th and Eighth. The navy, marine and army air forces collaborated to re peatedly bombard the front-line red troops Bank Robber Caught in Omaha An escaped bank robber from Iowa was caught while sleeping in his tourist cabin Thursday by FBI agents in Omaha. Kenneth Kitts, wanted on five bank robberies in Iowa, did not put up any struggle, according to James Dalton, agent in charge f the Omaha FBI office. Kitts escaped Jan. 22 from the Linns county jail in Cedar Rapids, la. i . Investigations Start On Train Wreck Investigations were under way Thursday to determine the cause f the "worst train wreck in 33 years." Seven groups are investigating the tragedy which may bring $75,000,000 in claims filed against the Pennsylvania rail road. They arc seeking to learn if the wreck was due to excessive speed or the absence of warn ing signals. Engineer Joseph H. Fitzsim mons admitted to authorties that he was traveling 50 mph. in a 25 mph. zone. IT. N. Will Delay China Sanctions There will be a delay of at j least a week by the United Na tions to consider evoking sanc tions against communist China. The committee to study penal izing the Peiping government was to begin its work this week but a strong bloc within the committee demands that the cease-fire committee start func tioning first. Lutheran Training Conference Scheduled by LSA for Feb. 9-11 Members of Lutheran Student associations at both the Ag and city campus will be hosts for the midwinter training conference in Lincoln Feb. 9, 10 and 11. LSA'ers from 12 Kansas and Ne braska colleges will take part in the session, which begins at 7 p.m., Friday and continues until 10:15 a.m., Sunday. The purpose of the conference is to acquaint Lutheran students from various campuses with problems of their fellow Luther ans and to arrive at solutions for these problems. All Lutheran students are invited to attend any of the meetings, most of which will be held at the First Lutheran church at 17th and A 'Streets The theme of the entire pro gram is "Preparing for Service, end the speakers include several Nebraska pastors. Pastor. Theo dore Johnson of Sinai Lutheran church of Fremont will speak at 9 p.m. Friday after the all-conference mixer, which begins at 8 p.m. His talk will concern "Preparing for Service Through Dedication of Self." Saturday Program The Saturday program will be gin at 9 a.m., with 'a speech on "Preparing for Service m the Church" by Pastor C. Hall of the First Lutheran church in Lin coln. Pastor Paul Bierstedt, Na tional adviser, will lead a Bible study session, ana a siewarusu film will be shown. Saturday afternoon's activities Include talks by Pastor Bierstedt and Kent Knutson, National LSA president, and workships led by students from the 12 colleges. . Leaders of the workshops ire the following: .,,,. , Phil Hain and Vicki Norstog, University of Nebraska; Eunice Burke, University of Kansas Nell Westerberg, Kansas- State college; Don Olsen, Dana colle-e, Robert Lindstrom, Bethany col lege at Lindsburgh, Kan. 8 Banquet Planned An informal banquet will be beld at 5 p.m. Saturday at the Sen Union. Kent Knutson 5? speak on "Ws'tudent Service Through the Student World," and group singing ana devotions at the Lutheran stu dent house at 1440 Q I will con clude Saturdays acuviw. At 8:30 a.m., Sunday, a com- The Weat Partly cloiu'y Friday, ex cept occasional sr.cw fl.irrics S.E. portion in forenoon. Part ly clti '" "" and warm s'. ; hish v " ec-.- 13 KoitlfRS to 4-3 extreme west portion. Report on Funds ... Donations to Foundation Show Increase in 1950 The University Foundation re ceived $245,088.19 in new contri butions or additions to existing funds in 1950, Perry W. Branch, director-secretary, told the Foun dation's Board of Trustees Thurs day noon. In a report to the annual meet ing of the trustees, Mr. Branch said the contributions in 1950 compared with $208,153.01 in 1949. Assets of the Foundation amounted to $832,222.10 as of Dec. 31, 1950, an all-time high. Mr. Branch said. This is an increase of $108,547.58 over a year ago. Fund Allotments Funds turned over by the Foundation to the University of Nebraska during 1950 were di vided as follows; Research, $58, 858.91. which includes a $9,700 gift for purchase of cattle for Fort Robinson; scholarships, $27, 787.71; fellowships and assistant ships, $10,042.50; lectureships. $1,- 6Big Sister' Board Filings Open Monday Filings for positions on the 1951-52 Coed Counselors board will open Monday, Feb. 12 at Ellen Smith hall. According to . Marilyn Camp field, president, the filings will remain open until Friday, Feb. 16. There will be four senior, six,T 1 . T . junior and six sophomore posts on the board. Half the mem bers from each class will be af filiated, and half unaffiliated. All affiliated and unaffiliated coeds are encouraged to apply for a position regardless of whether or not they have served previously as Coed Counselors. Duties of the board members will be to hold board meetings and group meetings.' Each mem ber of the board will probably have about ten Counselors work ing for her. In order to be eligible for can didacy, the aspirants must pos sess a cumulative average of at least 5.5. Interviews will be held Satur day by the senior board. Positions are available on the editorial staff of Corn Shucks.. Any - student Inter ested In writing for the maga zine has an opportunity of applying for these positions. Anyone interested may report to Room 20 in the basement of the Union between 1 and 4 p.m. Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of this week. munion service will be conducted by Pastor Arvin Peterson, Lu theran student counselor. The sermon, "Strengthened for Serv ice," will be given by Pastor Baughman. The conference will officially end at 10:15 a.m., Sunday after four Bible sessions led by Lu theran students. Leaders tor these group meetings, which be gin at 9:30 a.m., will be the fol lowing: Russel Cramm, University of Kansas;; Marie Lindgren and Art Becker, University of Ne braska; Erna Thorwald, Luther college. Committee Members Committees for the meet and Nebraska students who serve on them are as follows: Registration, Art Becker, Bon nie Tank, Barbara Wahlstrom, Harriet Mortensen, Glenn Lun dahl; Social and Hospitality, Joyce Kuehl, Warren Munson, Stanley Vierk, Darwin McAfee, Bob Peters, Vivian Johnson, Aria Solfermoser, Lucille Anderson; Foods, Romona Laun, Imogene Uehling, Frieda Andreason; Housing, Jean Vierk, Warren Munson, Ruth Sorenson, Walt Wieland. Radioactive Cloud From Nevada Blast Flies Over Nebraska, Reports Physicist A huge "cloud" of radioactive particles passed over Nebraska early Saturday morning, Feb. 3, Dr. Theodore Jorgensen, Jr., head of the University physics department, reported Wednes day. Dr. Jorgensen said the par ticles originated with the Atomic Energy commission's test blasts conducted near Las Vegas, Nev., early the morning of Friday, Feb. 2. The radioactive particles from such blasts ordinarily are pro pelled upward into the strato sphere, and are carried off by air currents which circulate far above the earth's surface. , -, No 111 Effects Nebraskans, Dr. Jorgensen was quick to point out, suffered no ill effects as they slept through the "cloud" visitation, however. He explained it this way: The earth is constantly ! beinf? bombarded with cosmic U-ay "particles. The higher the U'o i the cosmic rays. The "cloud", which passed over Ncbnska, Dr. Jorgensen paid, had aoout thq same inten sity as a human would experi 093.45; books, magazines and sup plies $695.76; keys trophies and prizes $102; furnishings for Love Memorial Library $589.08; and miscellaneous items $1,256.47. In the past three years the Foundation has turned over to the University more than a third of a million dollars for these gen eral purposes," Mr. Branch said. "Most Americans are pleased to note that our national policy makers do not intend to put our colleges and universities in moth balls for the duration of the pres ent national emergency," R. E. Campbell of Lincoln, Foundation president ,said. Hope Alums Remember It is the hope of the officer of the Foundation that friends and alumni of the University of Ne braska will not forget that the University and its students need the extra funds the Foundation can provide in time of war or in peace," Campbell added. The Foundation officers besides Mr. Campbell, all elected for two year terms at the 1950 meeting, are: Joe W. Seacrest, Lincoln, vice-president, John K. Selleck, University Business Manager, Treasurer and Mr. Branch, Director-Secretary. Members of the Board of Re gents and other University offi cials were guests of the Founda tion at the luncheon meeting. Ag Union Plans Y aiClliJjlC JT ill IV "I bid 10 cents." "I raise you five." "I have 15, who'll give me 20?" calls the auctioneer. That being auctioned off is a dessert lunch box. .e .. dders Ag stu dents. Ag Un.jn is completing plans for a Valentine party with en tertainment of the likes you've never seen and sweets for that sweet tooth, too, Albert. Everyone is aware that Val entine's day is Wednesday, Feb. 14, but what you want to be doubly aware of is that Ag Un ion's valentine party is from 7:30 to 9 p. m. on Valentine's day. There will be dancing, and games and an auction and cupid. I Fred - Hosterman, chairman of the committee in charge instructs coeds to bring an -economical ! dessert lunch box and men stu i dents at least 50 cents. There will be a limit, Hosterman said, to the price that can be paid for the most fancily decorated box. He said proceeds from the auction will go to some worthy cause such as the Heart's Foun dation, or a similar organization of charity. The party planning is under the joint sponsorship of the Ag Union general entertainment and dance committees. Crib Loses 'Souvenirs9 "Please Give Me Something to Remember You By" seems to be the theme song of many of the students who eat at the Union Crib and then take mementos of the occasion to keep among their souvenirs. It is getting so bad, that a waiter doesn't dare turn his face away from the table for fear that even it won't be there when he turns back again. The most popular item of these I "mementos maniacs" is the little green spoons, usually served with coffee. It seems that these poor little spoens have a "helpless look" (as one coed stated it). Anyway, the students always ra tionalize, "Who'll miss 'em!" Menus and Corn Cob glasses have also been placed in the "missing in action" category. In fact, so many of the Corn Cob glasses were "lost" that they have been retired from active duty. Who knows, maybe menus will be the next item to be given an honorable discharge. That is, if students haven't taken them all. ence from cosmic rays while standing on a 10,000-foot high Colorado mountain. The atomic blast particles were registered on the Univer sity's Geiger counter which is equipped with an electronic counting device and which is left operating during the night. Sometime between 1 a. m. and 8 a. m. Saturday, Feb. 3, the normal "cosmic ray count" of about 20 per minute which the Geiger counter ordinarily regis ters was stepped up by 50 per cent which was due to the ra dioactive "cloud." To verify the findings of the electronic recorder, Dr. Jorgen sen, and Donald Temme, a graduate student in, physics, skimmed off a quart of surface snow deposited on the campus from a storm earlier in the week. This was melted and boiled until only a dry residue, or scum, was left. The scum was placed in the Geiger coun ter and immediately showed considerable radioactivity. Previous Tests Previous tests had shown that the freshly-fallen snow earlier iu the week possessed barely v y i iL LEITH SAMUEL Briton to Open Lecture Series On Religion Leith SamueL British religious leader, will open a week-long series of lectures at an Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship meet ing Monday, Feb: 12, at 7:30 p.m. in the Union ballroom. He will be introduced by Dr. Sam Fuenning. His topic will be "Is Faith in God a Delusion?" After Samuel was graduated from Liverpool university in 1936 receiving a master's degree with a victor ludorum in athletics, he entered Queens college where he studied for the Anglican minis try graduating with an L.Th. He passed his ordination exams but was not ordained. Well -Known Lecturer Since 1938 Samuel has con ducted lecture series in universi ties in Great Britain and has been recognized by British educators for his work in furthering the spiritual welfare of students. He has lectured recently in western Canada, at McGill, Toronto and Northwestern universities. The topics for Samuel's three lecture talks are: Tuesday, "In security The Vicious Circle;" Wednesday, "Truth on the Scaf fold" and Friday, "The Fifth Freedom." Meeting will be held Monday and Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. in the Union ballroom and Wed nesday and Friday at 7:30 p.m. in the Campus Chapel, 15th and U streets. Each meeting will be followed by a question period at which Samuel will welcome the most controversial questions and theo logical problems that interest students, including atheism. Cof fee and cokes will be served fol lowing the sessions. IVCF Staff Members Also present o the campus to work with Samuel will be United States and Canadian IVCF staff members; Paul Little from the Il linois area, Cathie Nicoll from Canada, Gene Thomas from Kan sas, John Hermanson from Min nesota and Ann Mary Williams from South Dakota. These staff members will head discussion groups and be dinner guests of sororities and fraterni ties throughout the week. Staff members as well as Samuel will be available for personal confer ences during the day. Group Founded in England Inter-Varsity Christian Fellow ship is world-wide in scope, hav ing its beginning in England in 1870 and spreading from there to the United States, Canada, and the Orient. There are approximately 500 organized chapters in the United States and Canada and active groups in 21 foreign countries. The IVCF is an interdenomina tional organization and welcomes all students to its meeting and activities. Bryan Johnson is president of the University chapter. He is the head of the planning committee for tne current lecture series, Duane Nelson Becomes KRVN Farm Director Duane I.' NeLjn, assistant ex tension editor of the University for the past year and a half, has resigned to become farm serv ice director of Radio Station KRVN at Lexington. Mr. Nelson is stationed in Lincoln. A branch studio of the station is located in the NBI building at 13th and L. Two broadcasts daily emanate from the Lincoln studio, 12:15 p. m. and 5:30 p. m. observable amounts of radioac' tivity. The "cloud" of radioactive particles moved eastward from Nevada in much the same man ner as upper air currents car ried dust from Oklahoma north ward into Nebraska during the drouth of the 1930's leaving a coating of red dust to mark its path. The atom's first particles left a trail of radioactivity across the United States. The radioactive particles which dropped from the skies over Nebraska Feb. 3 have a "half-life" of nine hours, ac cording to Dr. Jorgensen. This means that at the end of nine hours, half of its radioactivity disappears. At the end of 18 hours, half of the remaining half, or one fourth of its radio activity, remains. The process continues until little radioactiv ity is present in the particles. Dr. Jorgensen said the record ing of particles from the atomic blasts in Nevada was an "ex cellent demonstration" of why Jt is almost impossible to ex plode .an atomic weapon any where on the face of the earth without it being detected. DR. All Entries For An Show Due Feb. 10 Students wishing to enter the showman and fitting contest which is the main feature of the Ag Junior Ak-Sar-Ben are re minded that Saturday, Feb. 10 is the deadline date for entering the swine, beef and sheep div isions of the contest. The dairy heifer division closed Saturday, Feb. 3. The coed riding contest is open until Feb. 19. Any University student may enter the contest. Application forms may be secured in Charlie Adam's office, Room 205, Ani mal Husbandry hall. Sponsored by the Block and Bridle club and more than a little similar to the Omaha show by the same name, this year's livestock showman and fitting contest will feature special horse acts and will be held at the fair ground coliseum on March 17. The arena has a capacity of 3,000 persons. Plaques To Winners Winner of each division of the showmanship contest will be awarded a plaque with name en graved which is his permanent possession. Donors of the plaques are swine, Nebraska Farmer; beef, Gooch Mill; sheep, Agricul ture division of the Lincoln Chamber of Commerce; dairy, Skyline Farms; women's riding contest, National Bank of Com merce. Division superintendents are: Swine, Gayle Hattan; beef, Dick Gowen; sheep, Jerome Warner; and dairy, Jim Haggert. There will be no horse shov manship contest this year, ac cording to Bob Raun, Block and Bridle president and co-rin chairman with Bob Radin. Barbeque Highlight According to Raun and Radin, there will be a barbecue to high light the pre-show activities. This takes the place of the dance. There will be no dance this year. Two privately owned horse acts are being contracted to add more special attraction and a wider interest in the shoy than was the case with last year's show which became so long that audience members became restless. NU Theater Play to Display Intrigue of Ancient World By Mildred Goodman All the intrigue in the Near East of the ancient world as in terpreted by George Bernard Shaw is displayed in "Caesar and Cleopatra." The play is the University Theater's spring production which will be given in the Uni versity experimental theater. The tentative production dates are March 13, 14, 15 and 16. Two theater veterans, Sharon Fritzler and Jack Wendstrand have been selected to play the leading characters. The Plot "Old gentlemen: this!! to "Julius Caesar!" These words of rebuttal are spoken to the pe tite and naive queen, Cleopatra by the balding, middle-aged Caesar. The setting is romantic enough for it is near the statue of a Sphinx in the Egyptian desert, but Cleoparta is not in a romantic mood. Caesar is old enough to be her father. Her primary concern is to be a good queen in spite of her rivals, which are her brother and his advisers. Cle o p a t r a meets Caesar .it "to""' near the Sphinx. She is vf unaware t h a t 4 he is the fa- t m 0 u s Roman ruler. He be- & friends her, and tries to 'X- Fritzler teach her the ways of a good queen. " When he finally reveals his identity, Cleopatra is greatly relieved, for she was afraid that the Romans would "eat her." Caesar promises her that she shall reign jointly with her brother, Ptolemy (Charles Pe terson). Ptolemy's adviser, Po thinus (Jim Tomasek) dislikes this arrangement, thus present ing a barrier in Cleopatra's plans. Cleopatra secretly wish es to have Pothinus done away with, so that she alone will rule Egypt. She has her personal maid, Ftatateeta (Mildred Good man) murder Pothinus. Rebellion The followers of Pothinus re bel against Caesar and Cleopa tra, but Caesar, with the help of his Roman Legions, puts down the rebellion. Caesar's hench man, Rufio (Dutch Myers) dis covers the villany of Ftatateeta and slays her, only after he has also learned that Cleopatra or dered the maid to kill Pothinus. He brings this news to Caesar, who is not horrified or even sur prised. He realized that Cleo patra only wants to be a good queen. Caesar wearily sails for Rome, IVGfl ill CteeGElY Majority Would Support Revision of Organization Results of the poll taken during fee payment concern ing the future of the Independent Students Association on the campus have been released by the Student Council. Of 1,219 Independent students polled, 65 are in favor of supporting an Independent organization, composed of Senior Women To Be Honored At Tea Sunday One hundred thirty-six senior women who are high in scholar ship will be honored at the an nual Scholarship Tea sponsored by Mortar Board. It will be held Sunday, Feb. 11, at Ellen Smith hall from 3 to 5 p. m. Sophomores and juniors with high scholarship will also be in vited to attend the tea, making a total of 390 guests. Past national president of Mortar Board, Mrs. F. D. Coles man, of Lincoln, will also be an honored guest at the tea. Mem bers of the receiving line will be Mrs. R. G. Gustafson, Dean Marjorie Johnston, Miss Helen Snyder, Nancy Porter and Mar ilyn Campfield. Miss Porter is president and . liss Campfield is vice president of Mortar Board. Kathryn Swanson is in charge of arrangements for the affair. Members of Alpha Lambda Delta, freshman girls' scholas tic honorary, will serve coffee and cookies. Those pouring will be Miss Kate Field, Miss Mary Guthrie, Mrs. Lois Schwab and Mrs. C. E. Rosenquist from 3 to 4 p. m. and Miss Mary Mielenz, Mabel Lee, Mrs. Roy Green and Mrs. Genene Grimm from 4 to 5 p. m. NU Horticulturist To Visit 9 Counties Extension Horticulturist Wayne C. Whitney of the University will conduct meetings in nine counties through the state this month. His schedule includes: Colfax county, Feb. 12, Boone counties throughout the state this Feb. 14, Howard county Feb. 15, Adams county Feb. 16, Cass county, Feb. 19, Douglas county Feb. 20 .Dodge county Feb. 21 and Greeiey county Feb. 27 and 28. promising Cleopatra that he will send her a young man that she can love Mark Anthony. The rest is history. Other female parts in addition to Cleopatra and Ftatateeta are: first woman who also dou bles as Char main, Patricia woman, who also aoumes as Iras, Mary Mackie. Male Roles Other male roles in addi tion to Caesar, Ptolemy, Rufio Wenstrand and Pothi n u s are Kenneth Clements, Nubian slave who also doubles as the first porter and first slave; Wes Jensby, Theodotus, who also doubles as Major Domo; Dick Cerson, Achilas, who also dou bles as Apollodorus; Garth Till, Britannus; Charles Rossow, Lu cius Septimius, who doubles as Centurion; David Sisler, Roman sentinel, who doubles as harp player and priest; Jerry Young, second porter, who also doubles as second slave. "Caesar and Cleopatra" is the first in a series of University productions which will be given at various dramatic clinics throughout the state. The first clinic will be held at Tecumseh, March 17, followed by a trip to Norfolk, April 28, and Grand Island, May 5. wfSfe'i'lin If-. I iiir fm$' 1 AUF BOARD MEMBERS Shown above ure members of the AJ1 University Fund executive committee during a meeting held lor the purpose of discussing the proposed constitutional amend m;r . '"he new revision would permit a change in the struc tural setup of the executive board. The members above are 1. to r.) Tish Swanson, Sarah Fulton, Dick Billig, President Jo Lisher and Bill Dugan. Poll men and women, to provide scrv- ices (such as student housing and counselling), athletics, social functions and a guide for inde pendent action on campus issues. Nine per cent would support an organization whose purposes are similar to those just stated, but whose membership would be restricted to men. This organi zation would work In cooperation with the Barb Activities Board for Women. 25 Would Give No Support Twenty-five per cent of the polled independents are not in favor of supporting any kind of Independents organization. The poll blanks which were handed out and filled in during fee payment in Grant Memorial, asked each person to designate whether he is a male or female and place of residence (on or off campus). Student council members de cided to conduct the poll after the resignation of Don Flesher, ISA president at the first of the year. Jim Tomasek took over Flesh er's office. Tomasek found many difficulties within the organiza tion. It was at this time that the Council decided to analyze the situation and attempt to make recommendations to the organi zation for its improvement. Recommendations for ISA Betty Green, head of the Coun cil student activitfes committee, recommended, on behalf of her committee, that the ISA expand its present functions and respon sibilities. The Council has taken no im mediate action on the problem. Considerations under way that bear on the problem consist of possible re-election of officers for the organization. The university student legisla tive body has the power to refuse to recognize an organization on campus by turning down ap proval of the group's constitu tion. The Council might call for the proposed re-election of ISA oi ffcers. However, this action is tentative and subject to changes in the situation. Tomasek said, "I feel that th results of the poll indicate the interest of the Independent stu dents in their organization but do not represent the actual and financial interest of the Inde pendent students. Of the 302 women polled, 172 live on campus. Of this group 72 are in favor of the first suggestion, 8 in favor of the second proposal and 19 are not in favor of supporting any kind of independent organiza tion. Of 130 women living off cam pus, 75 favored the first reso lution, 7 were in favor of the second and 18 would not sup port any such group. The final results of all "off campus and on-campus" -women indicated that 73 favored the first proposal, 7 the second and 19 would not support any in dependent group. Off and On Campus Of 184 males polled that do not live on campus, 62 favored the first suggested organization, 15 favored the second proposal and 22 were not in favor of supporting any such organization. Independent men living off campus, of 733 questioned, 61 favored the first group, 9 were in favor of the second proposal and 29 answered that they would not support any independ ent group. Possibilities for the present ISA in relation to the Council poll will be checked and pre sented to the Council next week. Newman Club Breakfast To Honor Founder's Day The Cornhusker hotel will be host to Newman club members and their friends for the an nual Newman club communion breakfast, Sunday, Feb. 11, at 10 a. m. e 5 r i t t r &,-'.. V V. ' -S