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LINCOLN 8, NEBRASKA
Friay, March 2, 1951
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NU Poll
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NEW EDITOR-IN-CHIEF AND STAFF On the
board of editors .of the Nebraska Law review
lire (1. to r.) Jponald H. Kelley, comment editor;
Jack Solomon, .comment editor; Lewis E. Pierce,
editor-in-chief; Hussell R. Strom, book review
Pay Settlement
For Strikers
Is Announced
A pay settlement for .one mil
lion striking railroad workers
'Was reached Thursday by
white house.
"te
The pact -will give the union
members an immediate 12 M cents
an hour wage boost and the cost
of living adjustment .every three
months. The pay increase is ret
roactive to Feb. 1 instead of the
increase asked to be made effec
tive last Dec. 1.
The agreement was reached
alter an all night session and is
a compromise. The settlement
lias no bearing on the rail dis
pute involving operating workers.
Before the increase the work
ers had been getting an average
pay oia.o per xiuui.
ot-bvmg adjustment is expected
10 acta xuur oi uve uu..
The carriers .estimated mat xne
pay boost will cost $280,000,0(10
annually. The fifteen .unions had
originally asked lor a 25 cent in-
tcrease per hour.
ITS AKIH AUVA1VW.S
Z AND ONE-HALT MILES ;
tn a renewal of the allied '"kill-j
. nffpnsiup" in central Korea
the 100,000 man UN army ad
vanced .3 miles on the 50 mile
Iront Thursday.
They captured an east-central
village only 31 miles south of the
SBtti parallel and seized strategic
bills surrounding the town of
Yongdu and Hoengsang.
Eight United Nations and South
Korean divisions and a British
.commonwealth brigade hit the
Chinese and North Korean reds
along a front from Yongdu 37
miles east to Seoul,
The Chinese counter-attacked
.on one .hill west of Hoengsong,
but the marines beat them off.
Four American jet fighter
planes damaged three Russian
made planes in a ten-minute dog
fight over Sinuiju Thursday, Maj.
.Gen. Earle E. Partridge said.
"WILSON TO REMAIN
AS DEFENSE DIRECTOR
Despite labor'B walkout, Charles
. Wilson will remain the de
fense mobilization director, Pres
ident Truman said Thursday. The
president said that he had full
confidence in Mr. "Wilson.
Although labor's refusal to
have any further part in the pro
gram imperiled the whole set-up,
Mr Truman indicated thut he felt
jio sense of crisis.
The united labor policy, made
lip of representatives from the
big labor unions, protested what
it called "legalized robbery" in
price control, "unjust" wage ceil
ings and "big business domina
tion" of the defense drive.
The break carried with it an
ominous threat of widespread in
dustrial unrest. The president,
bowever, did not regard it as a
serious situation when questioned.
AUGENTINE PRESIDENT
WARNS OPPOSITION
In an effort to cripple La
Frens, greatest of all South
American newspupers, General
isimo .Juan Peron subtly -warned
any "would-be" presidential op
ponents. Jt is obvious that anyone with
the courage to run uguiiurt him
is taking his own life in his
hands. There were more than 20
attempts on the life of Jose Tum
borini when he opposed Peron
six yeurs ago and things are
worse now.
The loss of more thau a
month's ipublicution is a wurning
to the paper thut it shouldn't
oppose Peron in the next .elec
tion, 11 months away.
The Weather
Wrmr today, howers w
tH-tiflnrsturniH V,at portion Frl-ila-
nierht and (Snturdny; cleuring
and niiUlor West piM'tion Kutur
4luy; liifc'h I'rirtay 45-05. ,
Semiing Testifies for Present
(Legislative System Retention
John P. 'Senning, University
professor of political science,
testified Wednesday against a
proposal of both state political
nartic tn plfrt Ktat.p senators on
party tickets.
i The legislature's government
committee by a five to two vote
; indefinitely postponed the bill.
Professor Senning, who was on
the .committee that drafted the
amendment for a unicameral
legislature in 1934, has made a
special study of the unicameral
since that time. As a result of this
study he .concluded that "we
made certain striking gains as
compared with the oid way."
Results Studied
"Tbe studied results," he said,
"gave a decidedly higher type .of
men in the legislature than was
jr-ad lunder the -old system.- These
were meD of mature judgement
with a greater ingjght into the
probierQs of the people
i "Tnese mea ;Etand Dn their
own .convictions and are more
independent. Thev are not afraid
1 10 .express the opinion of their
district because they are not
fluenced by party pressure." he;
addpd
Another gain he listed is that
the operation of the legislature
runs more smoothly "with this
system. To illustrate this, he -said
that the Indiana legislature took
lour weeks to get organized while
the Nebraska .unicameral was op
erating within a week.
Parties Vote Same Way
"When an important issue is up
for decision, he said, and an
analysis of the votes is made, it
is found many times that republi- l
can and democratic party mem-1
bers voted the same way. In a ,
party responsibility system, he
j gtated, the result would not have
been that way.
"It is largely a myth," he aaid,
"to talk about party responsibility
under our present system."
"Under a non partisan system,"
he continued, "a legislature or
ganizes itself without party con
sideration and places the best I
men in the key positions, regard-
i less of party influence upon the
men.
He illustrated this by saying
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left to right, represent .campus beauty ftnulmts to kit' featured in
the Cornhuskfii.
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editor; John M. Gradwohl, case note editor; and
William F. Fuhr, articles editor. Pierce is the
newly .elected bead of the hoard. The Law Re
view board is .composed .of top honor students
at Law college.
that several times a man has been
elected as speaker even though
he was not affiliated with the
party with a member majority.
More Responsibility
In answer to the argument
that a partisan legislature would
be more responsible and that im
portant issues would be placed
in party platforms, he asked:
"Why are platforms so devoid
of any party issues
The reason, 'he said, was that
the candidate's object was to get
into office.
Under a partisan system, he
.continued, legislation is voted on
according to party principles. Un-
der the present system, pressure
! groups form policies to transfer
into legislation. After detailed
; research is made by these groups,
- i - the issue -is presented "to a legis-
lative committee, he aid. Then
the .committee decides what is
best for the public rather than
what is best for the party, he
concluded.
Sill Postponed
In spite .of Senning's .conclu-
in-Uions and the fact that the hill
has been indefinitely postponed,
Sen. Arthur Carmody of Trenton
said be would ask the legislature
to overrule its government -com
mittee on the decision.
And if Carmody should fail in
this attempt there were indica
tions that it would be taken to
the people. Officials of both the
democratic and republican
parties said they have been con
sidering an initiative petition
drive to put the issue to popular
vote.
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Ht. 15 la ten iamed
Agronomy Assistant
Dr. E. D. Staten, who "has for
four years assisted with the grass
improvement projects at the Uni
versity while doing graduate
work, has been named assistant
professor of agronomy at the Uni
versity of Arkansas. Dr. Staten
received his master's degree in
June, 1940, and his doctor's de
gree in January, 1951. His work
in Arkansas is with forage crop
improvement.
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Curtis Reports
UMT Results
The recent Student Council
letter concerning UMT which was
sent to Congressman Carl T.
Curtis, has brought recent re
action at the V. S. House f Rep
resentatives. Robert Raun, president of the
Student Council, has received by
special imail from Curtis, a copy,
of Raun's letter stating the result
of the UMT poll that was recent
ly taken on this campus.
The letter sent to Curtis and
which was reported in the Con
gressional Record reads as fol
lows: "Dear Mr. Curtis: The Student
Council of the University of
Nebraska recently .conducted an
opinion poll on universal mili
tary training. One thousand five
hundred and sixty-rseven stu
dents, both men and women,
were selected at random during
registration for the second se
mester and asked to complete our
opinion questionnaire.
Stemmed From Big 7.
This project was undertaken
as a result of action taken at
the annual convention of the Big
Seven Association of Student
Government held in Norman.
Okla.
last Dec. and 9. All of i
the schools in the Big Seven are
taking similar polls and the
suits for the entire .conference ;
will be released by the association j
Colorado in the near f uture
The poll is being taken for the
purpose of informing the public
and our Congressmen as to how
students in this region feel about
universal military training. Near
ly all of our students are in the age
group involved in selective serv
ice and any universal military
training program Shat might be
adopted. Many are not old enough
to vote, but we believe that their
feelings should be given serious
.consideration.
No Veteran Prejudice.
"'Only about 20 per .cent of our
.current enrollment is made up
of wterans; therefor" any preju
dice on the part of veterans has
not influenced this poll to any
great extent.
"The results of this poll show
that over three-fourths of the
students polled are in favor want
a training " period of 12 to '21
months after .completion of high
school or upon reaching the age
of 18. The final tabulation of this
poll is given .below. It is hoped
that vou will .consider this care-
fiillv in votine on oroposed imi-
77 nd seiec"
U VCDCJ V1UC jvg,lDiuwwii.
Panel to Debate
War, Christianity
A .current topic of .controversy
will be .discussed Sunday when
a panel attacks the subject, "The
Christian Conscience and Wea
pons of Mass Destruction".
The debate -will be held at the
First Christian .church, and will
begin at :15 p. m. All Univer
sity students are welcome to join
in the discussion.
Members of the panel are: Wil
lard Gaeddert, University instruc
tor in physics: Paul Fenske, Ag
college student; wugo bro, -cieiK
of the Nebraska legislature; and
Bob Rosenquist, Teachers college
Student.
.Gaeddert and Sfenske wiu
i narifiRt Ride While RosenaUlSt
the pacifist side while Rosenquist
and Srb will maintain xne ainrm
ative. The panel meet i6 being spon
sored by the Christian Student
Fellowship. It will follow the
evening snack -which begins at
5:30 p. m.
Cornhysker
To Feature
ew Queens
The Cornhusker has announced
the final selection of -six campus
coeds to reign as beauty queens
for 1951. The honored girl will be
featured in a section of this year's
Cornhusker.
The beauties are: Beth Alden,
Janice Carter, Nancy Dixon, .Julie
Johnson, Jacquelyn Sorensen and
Ramona Van Wyndarden. They
were .chosen from a group of
twelve finalists, chosen by five lo
cal judges. Jimmy Dorsey, band
leader .made the final selection of
the queens in Omaha.
Beth Alden, sophomore in
Teachers college. Is from Kimball.
She is majoring in .commercial
.arts, is a coed councelor, a mem
ber of TW and affiliated with
Alpha Phi sorority.
Home JEc Major
Janice Carter, who hails from
.Omaha, is a Kappa Alpha Theta
junior. She is a home ec major
Ag .campus.
Nancy Dixon is an .elementary
education major in Teachers .ctl-
leae. She is aff ihated with Alpha
Chi Omega and as tfrom Superior.
Nancy, who as a aenior., Is a YW
member, .on the Union activities
committee and was Interfrater-
nity Sweetheart in 1950.
Julie Johnson, a Lincoln girt
majoring in pmiosophy in e
.college of Arts .and Science, as a
member of K.appa iiappa Gamma.
She is 8 sophomore member of
Tassels, a Coed Counselors, a
Continued on f age 4
lit Ilappenened At ML-
n aa appealing in Monday
Lincoln Journal asking: for the
services of a baby sitter had quite
unusual results on the University
campus.
A mistake in the proof resulted
in tbe phone number f the per
son desirinc a baby sitter to be
incorrectly printed. The phone
number printed turned out to be
tbe apartment phone of five Uni
versity men.
During the last few days the
fellows phone has rune often
with offer from various individ
uals to baby-sit
One of the answers given by
the students to a phone call was.
"The youngest person living here
is 20 years old and I don't be
lieve that he needs taking care
of."
Bizad Lectures
To Touch On
Red Threats
'Communism Threat to tbe i
American Economy .'"
This will be the theme of a
series of five lectures to be pre-
' -v t
Ubrary-auditorium, 8 pm.
March 21 and 28, and April 4,
1C , 9,
Tje first
lecturer will be
Maurice C Latta, professor ol
economics. He will discuss '"Com
munism and American Business:
Burden and Prod."
Philip Schug, Unitarian min
ister., will be the second speaker.
He will express his views on
'"C ommuiaism and Christian
Paith."
"Communism as a World
Force" will be the third topic.
Paul Meadows, professor of socio
logy, will speak.
i At the fouith session, Lane
Lancaster., professor .of political
: science, will tell .of the "Policital
! Theory of Communism.""
j Governor Tal Peterson will at
tempt to answer the query, '"Do
We Want Communism?" His talk
will mark tbe fifth in the series.
Following each of these lec
tures, there will be a discus
sion period. Earl S. Fullbrook,
Dean of the College of Business
Administration, will act as mod
erator at these sessions.
These lecture series is under
the auspices of the College
Business Administration.
..of
i AIEE Dedicates
New Chapter Room
The A. I. E. E. dedicated a
chapter room in Ferguson hall at
their meeting Wednesday night.
This room is .exclusively ior elec-'
trical engineering students.
The A. 1. E. E.'s plan to hang :
a group picture of .each year's
members of A. I. E. E. on the.
walls along with individual pic-1
tures of the engineering profes -
sors.
During the business meeting,
the A. I. E. E. members voted to
buy a hectograph and have it in-
staiiea in xxieu- new won duuij
lOf IliC USC IU U LifeU.JIc:ci o.
Mr. Paul Loomba, senior elec.
anninaar 4VrTVi InHlW KnolfP
to the grup Qn jls Educa.
i 4innil Svetarn anrl itc IrvHllKt.rial
I Opportunities." A film on India
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was also shown.
Edith Sampson will speak at
a convocation next Friday,
March S, at 11 ujm., and not
today as previously announced.
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Says Full Representation
Of Viewnoints Is Needed
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Dr. C. EL Rhoad proposed a new plan of student govern
ment on Ag campus that has as its purpose a more complete
representation of the Tarious
religious, honones,) on Ag campus.
Dr. Rhoad suggested the Ag council idea before a joint
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Tickets On Sale
For Ag Show
Ticket sales to the Junior Ak-Sar-Ben
livestock show and bar
becue begin today. Tickets may
be secured from any Block and
Bridle club member. "
The annual livestock exposi-:
tion is scheduled for Saturday,
March 17.. The barbecue, a new
feature this year, win oe mcwy,
lviarcn io .ana jlliuuucs a u-n.
square .dance after the barbecue.
Ticket sales chairman, Phil Ol
son . ai d Junior Ak-Sar-Ben j
tickets are: SO cents, adults; 7.5 1
cents stuoenis; ana .ucuib, .uu.- , g0(je0 an(a Ag Union,
dren under 12 years. i jje wag a6ked bow the prob-
Barbecue tickets sell for one lern iC)f lettmg fj-eshmen into the
dollar and entitle the holder ad- (.UDF hich have minimum ne
mission to the square .dance iixatqUiremens for membership .cci'ld
follows. i be settled. Dr. Rhoad said e
Frank Sibert, baibecue chair- houM try o et freshmen n
man, said the Friday meal fea-. clufe so &ey fieel t at
tures barbecued bam with coun jjgy belong here. This would r':
try fresh salad: RunCh music win !, courage" freshmen from .&roppr,z
be played .during the meaL ; out oi jhoo at the end of their
He emphasized that interested j fj.esninan yfiar. However, fresh
persons should purchase tbeir not be forced into a
barbecue tickets early as jpnly a ' cubi he fiaid
limited number are available. The ; Proportion of Oirls
barbecue tickets will go off sale. According to proposed plan.
Tuesday, March li. would not have reors-
Sibert said the, and , proportioD t0 eir
square dance replace the l enrolrnent percentage of Ag ol
tinna Junior AK-Sar-rSen caii... - - 1
j which was waivea in wvo-
j more appropriate oarDecue uu
I old time danje.
Ag Builders
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officers of the newly-formed
Ag Guilders will be installed on
i Sundav .March 4, with the offi-
, cerg i0j tnejr sister organization
; of city ,campus.
j Tne' program will be held at
i a n m in Union parlors Ait.
t; i, ;n K .initiated
I Jeanne wjcjiv
as trie neaa oi .ca.uipub
! . ..:T1 U ir f.Vi rGP
, .conventions.
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snip WUJ -vc -k,
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irdtiated DubUcity chief. Roger;
Sdv wiu S Charge of sales.
ThP officers wiu oe imuiK,
into the organization, a phase of
the University Builders by their
.chairman, Frank Sibert
points of view (departmentals,
meeting of Ag Exec board and
representatives of other Ag cam
pus groups Wednesday.
With the co-operation of a
committee from Voc Ag club, be
distributed mimeographed copies
of the proposal to persons at
tending tbe meeting.
The most severe changes pro
posed were with regard to the
manner of representation and the
size of the governing body.
Delegates From Clubs
Tbe proposal was to get as
many representatives as possible
by letting any club which meets
once a month bave a delegate.
This would include department
als, honoraries and religious
groups on Ag campus-
Dr. Rhoad said, i-If we were all
better politicians, the Ag college
budget would not be so badly
off"
If a change is made, it prob
ably will be in tbe form of an
amendment to the present Ag
'Exec board constitution, a mem
ber said.
Representation, be said, should
be proportional to club member
ship. It was suggested that an
organization be entitled to one
representative for tbe first 30 or
15 members, with an added rep
resentative for each SO added
members.
Groups Represented
The groups to be represented
and the representatives allowed
according to the proposal are: 14
deDartment clubs,
three nonar-
anes. itftree religious giu
fYMCA. YWCA. Newman clufc".
Country Dancers, 4-H club: and
Fair, Coll Agn-
Cornhusker Country-man,
, hould Drovided with a fair
, proportion
j he Voc Ag representative said
ithe proposed -change is justified
if for no .other reason than better
I oDnortunity for .direct .contact
with the student body. It wouid
i act as a pipeline to .carry ideas
both ways, he said.
More Chance
With more members, he pro
posed, there will be more chance
for leadership to .develop and less
probability for political domina
tion by .one group.
Tbe proposed .change in the
Ag .college governing body was
discussed last semester in Alpha
Zeta, men's honorary. The group
decided to abandon the proposal
i when several members would not
! h nmnraal
Since that time, the proposal
been changed .considerably.
sumed by the "Voc Ag club.
Dr. Pthoad said: -"If a .change
is started, then this plan should
be flexible so that additional
changes can be made -when they
are needed."
There were no .unfavorable
comments among the group ot
! Ag students attending this meet
ing. Further action is expected.
Builders Plan
Anniversary
Installation
Eighty outstanding w . r k i
will be honored .at tbe Builders
tenth anni versary installation ser
vice Sunday at 4 p.. m. in Union
Parlors 3CY2.
"Ten Years F-ghlighti a skit
written iby Jo Jeffers, will show
past works of the Builders .or
ganization. Nora Devore is skit
master of the anniversary stunt
Gene Berg will five the -welcoming
speech. A freshman wis
er. Barbara Bell, will give the
i response explaining what the
Builders .does as an acuvuy.
.Officers lor the 1951-52 term
are to be installed. The officer
be installed and those they will
succeed are: President, Marilyn
Coupe Sot Cene Berg; bigb school
director, Jayne Wade succeeding
Phyllis Campbell; (Campus and
alumni director, Ann Barger .suc
ceeding Nancy Porter; secretary.
Pooclue Kedigex, succeeding Nar
cy Benjamin; treasurer, Pat
Bechara retiring eon Pfeilfer.
Miss Mary Milenr is Jaculty
adviser .assisting in the Installa
tion service. She will pea on
"The Years to Come."
The mew board members are
Louise Kennedy. Pbylbs louden,
Cecelia Pinkerton, Barbara Ad
ams, Jan Steffen, Joan Krueper,
.Beverly Smith. Jack Davis. Shir
ley Coy, Oretchen Being and
Joan Foi'bes.
Former Builders b ard mem
bers have been invited te the a
iiiversarjr celebration.
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