a Tn m n--i r- -iiiiMiiiiini I'-iirmnriir ijni-n.mil-ftiiitliM--,r-f- - ........ "raw minrr""" T ii pi jam' w rimiir tit mrr ir wi j, r i -r mm-iri Hi rjr"bt"'"' 1TTI" " 1111 "" """1 itimsmmmmwBammmmmimmimmea ' f . . rr-r.'. ',,... , ' it .J , 0) 3) JOlrL uinj Vol. 51 No. 90 LINCOLN 8, NEBRASKA Monday, February 26, 1951 ger, it rue warciG NU Students Win Honors Joan Krueger is one of the sev en students awarded superior rat ings in all three rounds of dis cussion at the University's elev enth annual inter-collegiate de bate and discussion conference. Students from the University who received superior ratings in two rounds are Charles Rossow and James Wamsley. Debaters considered the ques tion, "Resolved: That the non communist nations should form a new international organization." Bob Askey was the only stu dent from the University to re ceive a superior in radio news casting. Directors The conference was under the direction of Donald Olson, direc tor of debate, and Bruce Kendall, associate director of debate at the University. Participants includ ed 97 debate teams, 219 students in discussion, 32 in original ora tory, 43 in extempore speaking and 32 in radio newscasting. Colleges and universities which were represented include: Nebraska: Doane, Hastings, Midland, Kearney state, Peru state and Wayne state colleges, Creighton, Omaha and Nebraska Wesleyan universities and the University of Nebraska. Iowa: Buena Vista, Central, Coe, Cornell, Grinnell, Morning side, Westmar and Iowa state teachers colleges; and the Uni versity of Iowa. Kansas: Bethal, Bethany, Mc pherson, Emporia state teachers, Pittsburg state teachers and Kan sas state colleges; Baker, Ottawa, Washburn, Kansas Wesleyan and Wichita universities and the Uni versity of Kansas. Other Schools Colorado: Codorado A & M, Greeley state, Loretto Heights and Western state colleges; and the University of Colorado. Minnesota: Gustavus Adolphus and St. Olaf colleges. South Dakota: Northern state teachers, Sioux Falls, South Da kota state and Southern state teachers colleges; and the Univer sity of South Dakota. Illinois: Knox college and Illi nois state normal university. Oklahoma: University of Okla homa. New Mexico: Universinty of New Mexico. Complete cooperation made our eleventh annual intercollegiate debate and discussion conference a success, according to speech di rector, Donald Olson. "I appre ciate the cooperation of the 250 University students who have helped us time the various de bates during the contest," Olson said, "and especially want to thank the Builder's organization for their assistance." Communist Ad Is 'Merely Silly Joke9 Says Gustavson Chancellor R. G. Gustavson stated that the recent ad appear ing in The Daily Nebraskan ask ing for information of persons in terested in communism was mere ly a silly student joke. He declared that he had no Inkling whatsoever of any com- Union Asks Student View Of Services nun tn renent restrictions im posed on building programs, the Union is not able to build any new additions to the Union as previously planned. The Union is therefore plan ning a program to utilize present facilities. In order to serve the students better in the future und to make a complete evaluation of exist ing facilities, the Union is ask ing students to give their opinion concerning the facilities. Every facility will be evaluated on the basis of its contribution to the overall program of service to the students and the Univer sity community. As a result, some facilities anc services will be dis continued anil others expanded. This ntwvam is now under way; however, the Unitro Hoes not plan Improving the facilities until this summer. Herb Reese and Betty Iloessler to. iu evaluation committee for the Union. The Union was formully dedi cated May 1, 1938 after a vigor ous campaign by students und alumni eneouraped th tm- Regents to odd this new building to the University cutvipu. j student body voted to assess a student fee to retire the building bond, and finance a well rounded activity program for the student body. This fee was raised this spring, again by student vote, to finance an addition to the build ing and expand the program. The Weather Mostly cloudy, Monday with lo"aI thunder showers. Ll"ht rain lis a Iho expected In the eastern part m ut uuts. ssow, Winsfevay Queen Daily Northwesterns Stolen; Similar to NU Paper Steal By Marlene Wyatt. The University was shocked to read in the fall of 1948 of the stealing of the 'Rag.' One fall day at a very early hour (5:30), a group of college girls were driving madly to the Lincoln Journal. Their goal: to take all of the copies of the 'Rag' before they were distributed. These girls secured the copies they then raced at a high speed to a bridge near Lone Oak where university similar headlines tell they dumped the copies. ing about the stealing of their At 10 a. m. to the surprise of campus paper, the Daily North- this group the Journal published the Rag for the second time that day. Perfect Crime It seemed to be "a perfect crime," the criminals were sought but without success. However, several weeks later a "brave girl" told who the guilty persons were. Of course every one expected to see the "brave girl" dumped at Lone Oak with the copies of 'Rag.' This group of girls were sever ly punished; it made them realize thst crime does not pay. They were campused one night every week end for seven weeks; they were also fined $99. Each girl had to have an individual conference with the Dean of Women; where she told them about "good" conduct. She also 'Campus Conscious' Campaign Begins At Ag; Shortcuts to Become Unpopular Cutting corners and walking across the wide bluegrass malls rather than taking a little longer and going around on the side walk is going to become an un popular habit on Ag campus to day. Monday, February 26, marks the beginning of a campaign to become "Campus Conscious." It will involve keeping the campus free of litter and eliminating the unsightly paths which are being made. The ruling agreed upon by all Ag campus departmentals, hon oraries, social groups, Ag Exec board, and supported by Dean W. V. Lambert will be enforced if necessary the rest of this semester. The decision, announced in all Ag classes Monday, will appear on some 30 signs distributed throughout the campus that urge complete student and faculty co operation. Jerry Johnson, president, and Eugene Robinson, chairman of campus improvements commit tee of the Ag Exec board said most students know where to walk, but there are a few stu munistic infiltration on the cam pus. However, the Student Council and The Daily Nebraskan have been receiving communist litera ture! Yes, questionable propaganda has been constantly piling into University student organizations which is only an example of what is happening throughout the country. Disguised Material Some of the material, disguised as perfectly innocent advertise ment, tells of a winter camp open to university students all over the world, with the purpose of "striv ing for unity." Even the place from where it was sent signifies its true source. The material came from the head of the International Union of Students in Prague, Czechoslo vakia a territory which has been held by the commies for some time. The literature tells of .the camp's winter games which dem onstrate the "fraternal solidarity which links them to the demo cratic students throughout the world." "Student sportsmen who treas ure the joys of life and the tran quility of years in a peaceful world over which will hang no more the threat of the atomic weapon and the calamities of a new war, answer the call of the International Union of Students!" The meeting place of this camp Is Poiana, Stalin. Inviting pic tures are included of the Carpa thian mountains and the various sports. Joint Statement Other literature includes a joint statement of the executive com mittee of the International Union of Students and representatives of student organizations of Brus sels, Burma, France, Scotland, Syria and South Africa. This material is supposed to be "echoing the profound aspiration of all studentK who believe it necessary to overcome differ ences, to unite and to cooperate in friendship for the achievement of our common goals: peace and the maintenance of a creative life in the service of our peoples." "Any opposition to uniting stu dents in this world-wide organi zation can only be recognized as 1 a step towards a new world eon- iXUt't," it AidiU'fcfc enor H$beio$ J made them write several papers concerning "good" conduct To Save a Good Name The reason given for this con duct was to save a girl's name. It seems as though the society column was going to print some information that would have caused the girl a great deal of embarrassment. This winter at Northwestern 1 western, were read Detectives Robert Labbe and Al Brietbman have not been able to find the guilty persons who stole 5,500 copies Friday, Feb. 16 at about 8 a.m. Northwestern Steal The newspaper were recovered that same day at 4:45 p.m. at the rear of an apartment building at 418 Fifth st. in Wilmette 111., after an anonymous phone call to Larry Williford, chairman of the senior class gift committee. Senior Suspected. Seniors were concerned be cause Friday was kick-off day for the class gift fund-raising campaign and the seniors were suspected. Thus, the senior class might be asked to pay for the missing papers. dents and some of the faculty i who seem to ignore using the j blUe WcUK.5. Dean W. V. Lambert who writes in the editorial column of this newspaper today, said Ag campus has become a cow pas ture only in the last few years. Before the last war, students did not step off the walks. They had respect for the beauty of the campus, he said, in fact, some' would walk many blocks rather than to harm the noted blue grass. Expense of repairing the dam-agu-'that cowpaths can do to the lawn is quite noticeable. Mr. Billings of the buildings and grounds department re ported that it costs $35 to re pair a path two feet wide and one hundred feet long. The dis tance along the path from the Dairy Industry to the Plant In dustry building is about 420 feet. So, it would cost $147 just to repair that one strip. To prove that the time saved by walking across the lawns, rather than on the walks is so small that it is negligible, the Cornhusker Countryman did re search to determine the amount of time that is saved. The example used was the Home Ec Issues Prep Invitations The Home Economics depart ment of the University will play host to junior and senior girls from Nebraska high schools at Hospitality Day on March 16. The program of the day will include talks and skits by home! economics students and tours of the buildings and campus. A box lunch and musical en tertainment will be provided for; the visitors during the noon hourj in the College Activties build- j ing. j Invitations have been issued to i all Nebraska high schools. Plans are being made for 500 students, teachers and parents. Red Cross Unit Gives Program Friday evening a group of Uni versity students, under the direc tion of the Red Cross college ac tivities went to Veterans Hospital to give an auditorium show. ! The program was planned by ; Gladys Novotny, board member j for the Veterans Hospital enter- 1 tainments. Marge Danly sang two songs, "Stars in My Eyes" and "Al-1 ways." Wayne Bath plnyed the j "Original Boogie." Ruth Ann La vine played two violin selections. ! Mary Mackie recited a reading.' The Kappa Sigma quartette sang several selections in barber-shop f harmony. Members of the quar tette are Jack Davis,' Tex Gard- , ner, Chuck Deuser and Jack Gardner. Lighting and stage facilities were under the direction of Norma Erickson. Don Dunbar drove the Red ' Cross station wagon. Thursday evening fi'e girls went to Vets to play cards with the patients. Bridge and pinochle were the games of the evening. Edy Kutelick, Marlene Wyatt, Peggy Jensen, Lois Jean Olson and Elizabeth Olson were driven out to Veterans Hospital by Don Dunbar. Board members in charge or the Veterans programs are Gladys Novotny, Marlene Meke, and Jo iiwun, i aPP ucatlons Due Feb. 28 "Sweeter than the month of May" will be the May queen who will reign over the Ivy Day court. Applications for May queen, a senior woman, are now available at Ellen Smith hall and the Ag Union office. Filings close Wed nesday, Feb. 28 at 5 p. m. Blanks should be placed in the boxes pro vided by the Mortar Boards. Mortar Boards are in charge of the Ivy day court. A new sys tem of May queen selection in stigated last year, will be used again this year. Qualifications include a 5.7 average, senior standing, enrollment tor at least 12 hours and active participation in campus organizations. Candidates for queen will be announced in The Daily Nebras kan at the same time as the AWS, BABW and Coed Counselor slates are released. Election results will remain secret until the May queen appears to begin the Ivy Day ceremonies. University coed elections are to be March 20 when all the 1951-52 officers and the 1951 May queen will be chosen. The candidate with the highest number of votes will be the Queen. Second highest candi date will appear in the court as maid of honor. Last year, Jan Nutzman reigned as May queen with Mary Helen Mallory as maid of honor. The remainder of the Ivy Day court includes two seniors, four juniors, two sophomores, two freshmen and two pages. well worn path between Dairy industry and Plant Industry buildings. First, the distance across the lawn was measured by walking across the grass. It was measured by determining the distance along the walks and using the Pythagorian theorem of trigonometry to calculate the distance along the diagonal di - secting the lawn. It was found that the time saved by walking across the lawn was only thirty-three sec onds. That is not very much. Many year; ago, a tank of -water was kept on the campus. And when anyone was caught cutting corners, he was promptly dunked. Punishment such as this will probably not be used. Students have planned the "Campus conscious campaign to work in the following way. If you see any person cutting across the grass or throwing refuse on the grounds or in the buildings, write his or her name on a slip of paper and place the slip in one of the boxes which will be provided in Ag Hall and Ag Union. Violators who repeat often will be called to the Dean's office for a personal interview. Sen. Aiken Anticipates Draft Slow-up; Points Out Tremendous Reserve Growth The drait law will be slowed up in congress and probably al tered to allow young men more time for school and other train ing, according to Sen. George Aiken, as he visited informally with a group of Ag students ati FarmHouse fraternity after his , convocation speech Friday after noon, i "The war hysteria, so evident . j in congress last fall, has pretty j well died away," he said. With j the recent decision that no more , national guard units will be called ! pending further emergency, he, stated, congressmen also have de cided to slow down the draft ma chinery. Tremendous Reserves We have tremendous reserves, he said. In national guard alone, there are an estimated 24 divi sions not yet called to active duty. And the air force is packed to the hilt since the splurge of en listments in January. We will try to give young men adequate training in the military while they still stay in school, if that can be done, he said. Throughout the hour or so ol laughing and talking, there wan some question as to whether the senator was entertaining or whether he was being enter tained, At one point during the discus sion, Lt. Gov. Charley Warner, who accompanied the senator along with his secretary, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Krueger of Ft. Cal houn and their daughter, Alice, after laughing heartily at one of the senator's endless basket of quips, remarked that there is no such thing as a bad story. "Oh," replied the senator, "it depends on how it's told." Tells Story "That reminds me of a story 1 was going to UHe tonight," he con tinued, "The story of confusion. The setting is down in Kentucky, an' there's an old man a ploddin' up the road dragging' a rope in the dust. And he's terrible de pressed, just more'n weavin' fore and aft. And so I stops him. I asks him his trouble. He says: 'Man, I's confused . '. . I's so It Happened at NU A certain campus coed carried on an all-day long satire on the various identifying pins of Uni versity organizations. It has become a common sight to see any young ladies' blouse decorated with at least one or ganizational pin. Quite often the girl's boy friend's emblem may be seen or an honorary identifier. This campus lady was display ing the pins of several honoraries and fraternities. Many shocked looks greeted the girl who had obviously decided to poke fun at University hardware. Delian Union Announces i MOIT tOnteSt1 J The Delian Union Literary So- ciety has announced its annual I short story contest. This contest! is open to au unauuiaieu m-uucmu. regularly enrolled at the Univer sity. Manuscripts are now being ac cepted for the competition. Stories will be considered on the basis of originality, aptness of thought, style, and adherence to conven tional short story form. Short Story i The conventional short story usually has few characters, a lim ited setting and an intensive ris ing development toward the cli max. It is compact and has only one central idea or theme. The prizes are: First prize, $30.00; second, $20.00; third, $10.00. The following are the rules which govern the contest: 1. Stories should be between 1,500 and 4,000 words in length. 2. Manuscripts must be type- uintton nnrf rinuhle-sonced OS unruled paper. 3. All stories must be original and never before published in any form, although they may be stories written as classroom proj ects. 4. Contestants may submit any number of manuscripts. 5. A detachable page must ac company each manuscript with the name and address of the con testant, a statement that the story conforms to the rules of the con tests, and the title of the sory. 6. Manuscripts must De posv ; marked not later than midnight March 31, 1951. Students entering the contest should address manuscripts to Clark Gustin, alumni sponsor of Delian Union, 2233 D street, Lin coln I.tib. Judging Manuscripts will be judged by a committee headed by Dr. Louise Pound. Last year's winners were: Mar vin Malone, first prize; Jo Ann Williams, second prize; Ramona Beavers, third prize. KNU MONDAY 3:00 Music from Everywhere 3:15 Sweet and Lowdown 3:00 Authors of the Ages 4:00 Music of the Masters 4:30 Campus Spotlight 4:45 Blues and Boogie 5:00 Sign off whother I lost a mule or found a rope.' " The senator then made some associated remarks about the present administration. At another instance, while the conversation was centered around eVrmont agriculture, the senator said, he has a farm. "There just isn't the satisfaction if you have to hire your farming done," he said. "I never went to college," he said. "I started hauling root crops at 18. I now have a 500 acre farm that is 300 acres of wood land, some orchard and only about 100 acres of tillable soil." ii. 1. 1 1 ii im I . t " , -.-x mnf ix-X , err ; "? V A ' , 'V fVI V T ' M - ? i V7 ( I h i ' ! , fu SENATOR PRAISES CO-OPS Senator George D. Aiken (right), republican from Vermont, spoke at Cotner Terrace Friday night, was heard by more than 1,000 farmers and businessmen. Senator Aiken lauded co-operatives. Shown Spring Musical Plans Launched Coeds to Participate In Kosmet Klub Show Part two of the Kosmet Klub's long-range program to give more and better entertainment to the University will begin this week. Plans for the new Kosmet Klub spring musical which will inaugurate the April College Days activities have begun, according to Leon Pfeiffer, Klub president. TOe wiU run April 25-27 Announcement of the production s title will be re- leased in a few days when the Klub launches ticket sales, Dallas Williams, University Theater head, will direct this years' show. Part nf thp Kh Droeram began last fall in an endeavor to have coed participation in the spring show. Final approval for the inclusion of coeds was given recently by the Faculty Senate after campus student groups had stamped approval on the Klub's plans. t ct niv m a i ac hP i. K"- J " ' . " l - taken part in the Kosmet uud spring shows. The last time a mixed cast presented a spring musical was in 1941. That was the same year that females also participated in annual Fall Revue Six sororities presented skits along with those of four fraterni ties. I "True Student Talent The primary purpose of this spring's show, said Pfeiffer, "is to present for the students' en joyment a type of program which illustrates true student talent." The presentation the modified spring show would do away with the much-criticized slap-stick and make room for real musical comedy entertainment "which could be presented only if a mixed cast participates." The following principles will direct the rules for the musical. Written scripts, full deletion of questionable material, definite t rules for the show, faculty su pervision of rehearsals; and other action of similar nature which has been instigated and promoted by members in an attempt to pro duce a show of the type pleasing to all students. No More Half-Acting It was felt that a shw with coeds would give students a uc ter opportunity for dramatic and musical development than medi ocre half-acting. Last fall's move to modify the musical became apparent after a campaign to enlist the support of the students and faculty began. The entire situation was dis cussed with faculty committees. Also meetings are held with co educational groups to familiarize them with Klub aims and pur poses. The entire program grew out of the Klub's grave concern about performances in past springs, and members announced their inten tions for a revitalization The Kosmet Klub's request for coed participation later won en- similar to Kosmet Klub spon thusiastic support from 57 stu-' sored coeducational productions. "Feedig cattle just doesn't work profitably in my territory of Put ney, Vt" he said. "But those that try it seem to have better luck with Black Angus than with Herefords. "The Angus," he said, "will be ready for market at least a year earlier than the Here fords." Some 75 per cent of our income in the New England area comes from milk. We have a surplus of milk there just like your surplus oi wheat and corn in Nebraska. Our over production goes for powdered milk and cheese. The i cheese market is good, he said. dent organizations representing general student opinion. Klub Wins Endorsement In an Oct. 27 edition of The Daily Nebraskan, the groups en dorsed the Klub's move to pro mote a production "integrating i the best in campus entertainment , Olo " "We have weighed both sides of the question. We understand the difficulties of an all-male cast, how men trying to act as women can only make a bur lesque of a Broadway type of comedy that otherwise would be of a sophisticated nature con taining clean, subtle humor." Continued the letterip, "We would like to see an all-student musical comedy in the spring a production written, composed, directed, produced, and enacted by members of the student body. We believe the students at the University of Nebraska can com bine to produce a smooth, intel ligent, professional type of legit imate musical comedy. To Kos met Klub, we pledge our ap proval and support." Prompt Approval Voted All. coed groups voted their prompt approval of the plan. Panhellenic council lended affir mative support as a culmination of the concentrated drive to win student backing. Both independ ent and Greek coeducational so cial and activity organizations were included in the list of sup porting groups. A Student Council sanction of lh plan added the endorsement of the following groups. Ag Exec board, Corn Cobs, Builders, WAA, military department, publications, ISA, Engineers Exec borrri, YMCA, Interfraternity council Cosmopolitan club, Religious Wel fare council, Tassels, YWCA. and N-club. Before any of the organizations were asked for support, a care ful study was made by a Klub initiated survey. It concerned the entertainment programs at other colleges with similar enrollments, traditions and administrational set-ups. It was revealed that most of these schools with groups i "We do not have surpluses in J this country at all," the senator continued, "Since the national emergency, we have reserves not surpluses." The senator's private secretary said she likes Nebraskans. They play a good game of cards. "Sen. Hugh Butler (rep., Neb.) takes the cake for playing pitch," she said. The senatorial party comment ed favorably on Nebraska's uni cameral system of state legisla ture. They did not know why Vermont changed in the 1800's from that system to the two house legislature. president of the Nebraska Farm bureau; Stanley A. Matzke, Journal Farm editor and member of the Goehner Granga committee which sponsored the event; Harold Requartte, Lincoln insurance company president; fernesl Temple, Seward county tanner, and Senator Aiken. (Journal i