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    Friday, March 9, 1951
PAGE 4
THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
McCarran Communistic Act
Not Needed Says Foster
"The same type of mentality
that advocated changing the name
of the Japanese current during
the last war is responsible for
the McCarran act."
Thus, Henry Foster, of the Uni
versity law college, expressed his
views on the controversial legis
lation to campus coeds at a
YWCA All-Membership meeting
Wednesday evening.
Foster emphasized that he
could not present an objective
view of the bill, because of his
personal beliefs, but would at
tempt to inform his audience of
the aspects and results of the new
act
The law professor said that ad
vocates of the McCarran act are
representing an authoritarian type
of government as opposed to a
democratic type.
The difference between the
two forms of government, he
said,' was that the former type
of person can't tolerate dissen-
the government or hold a defense
job who is a communist or has
anything to do with the activi
ties of a communist-front organ
ization. 5. Denial of passports to 'com
munists or members of any communist-front
organizations. The
bill also makes it a crime for a
communist to apply for a re
newal of a passport.
6. Denial of tax reductions or
exemptions to communists or
members of a communist-front
organization.
7. All printed material in the
U.S. mails must be marked on
the outside of the envelope that
it is mailed by a communist or
from a communist-front organ
ization. (This also includes radio
broadcasts.)
Foster emphasized that he is
in favor of required registration
for all propaganda groups, of
prosecution for anyone divulging
secret information and of legal
Theater Polishes Meiy Play
Williams to Direct . . .
sion within the country, enforces j prosecution possible within 10
laws to suppress such dissension j years after the crime is com
and finally resorts to force to up- i mitted.
hold his decrees. j jn summing up his attitude
Reason for Bill toward the McCarran act, Foster
Foster presented six reasons said:
Personal Attitude
don't need this legisla
te
tion."
"Such legislation presents as
great a danger from an unthink
ing reaction to it as the danger
from our fear of communism."
"Domestic communist can't, by
our govern-
that McCarran sympathizers give
for the act. These are: (1) The
U.S. is facing a peril of Commu
nist conspiracy; any and all means
must be used to suppress this; (2)
only Communists or sympathizers
oppose such legislation; (3) All
un-American activities must be
stamped out because they arejtseif overthrow
subversive; Foster added that the ; ment."
loyalty oath is an indirect ap-j -We must have a strong for-
proach to the difficulty of con-ejgn poiiCy and be in a state of
victing a person of subversive j preparedness."
acts. Through the powers of thej using force to fight an idea
oath the person taking it may bejwont succeed."
tried on perjury charges. (4) j "Communism is being driven
Communists don't deserve any i underground by this legislation."
sympathy. Foster said that advo- j "Such legislation leads to more
cates of such legislation feel that ! infringement on the liberties of
anyone in this country that still ) innocent people."
belongs to the party is definitely! roster brought out that, since
guilty or a fooL j the passage of the act over Presi-
The McCarran act dissenter ; dent Truman's veto, not one per
By Ann Gilligan
"Okay, let's go!"
These three short words are the
only prompters needed to start
each evening's rehearsal of "Cae
sar and Cleopatra," George Ber
nard Shaw's comedy portrait of
two immortal charatcers which
will be presented March 13, 14
and 15 by the University theater.
In these three effective words,
uttered by the play's director,
Dallas Williams, is shown the re
markable authority but cool per
serverence a director must have
to put out a good play. And "Cae
sar and Cleopatra" is an unusual
ly good play, resulting from ex
ceptionally good directing.
Remarkable Punch Lines
Jack Wenstrand brings forth
some remarkable punch lines in
his portrayal of a jaunty, quick
witted Caesar, who is kind and
good-hearted, but with a core of
steel that makes no compromise
for convenience.
In one scene, Caesar tries to
collect taxes from the Egyptians.
When the king's counselor's re
port that the treasury is low, the
"hero worshipped" Caesar comes
out with, "Yes. I noticed there
was but one chair in here."
In another scene, the disarming
Cleopatra charms Caesar with her
"little girl" mannerisms and tells
him she will kill all her other
lovers, but will always love him.
Caesar's side comment of "Oh, my
wrinkles and my child's heart," is
said with the right amount of
voice inflection to give the audi
ence a gleam of the wit that
winks in and out of the entire
play.
True Actress
Sharon Fritzler shows talent
and training in her role of "Cleo
patra." She proves herself a true
actress not so much in her
speeches, but in her excellent fa
cial expressions. Even when she
is not in the limelight, she acts
every spoken word.
George Bernard Shaw does not
create Cleopatra as the historically-known
seducer, but as a dis
arming little girl who learns
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'51 Marks 20th Year
OfAWS Organization
The A. W. S. board is celebrat
ing its 20th anniversary this year
on the University campus.
This board, a branch of the
Inter-Collegiate Associated
Women Students organization,
was set up in 1931, with the idea
of giving coeds the responsibility
of governing women students.
Board Functions
Since that time, the functions
of the board have grown in size
and number, but its primary pur-
IS THIS WORK? Caesar, Jack Wenstrand, and Cleopatra, Shar
on Fritzler, combine work with fun in George Bernard Shaw's
production of ''Caesar and Cleopatra," directed by Dallas Wil
liams, which will be presented March 1,3, 14 and 15 in the
Temple building.
gave a brief background of leg- gon had registered with the state ! about leadership from a paternal
islation regarding subversive acts department as a communist. j Caesar. Her power as queen fin
in this country. He added that perhaps at this ally overwhelms her so much
Such acts concern the registra- ; time next year he might be afraid that she compells her servant to
tion of foreign agents, advocation j t0 spg publicly against the bilL murder the leader of the oppos
of government overthrow, spy- J .
Cornhuspers Score Again;
What Have They Done?
ing and punishment for conspir
acy to overthrow the government.
Actions Governed by Bill
Foster summarized the legal
aspects of the bill. Some of the
actions wnicn u governs are; i
n . . . i . r :
I. Keeistranon ana recuru oi , ,- thi. mnu-n, ku
all activities of Communists and i with n i mvrct nd pninci
Communist organizations. j
2. Attorney general is given inej Don't know how they dood it,! men?
power to apprehend anyone , but they did, j
wougni ro pe engageu m Yes, the people of the Corn-! Is it the good old Nebraska
mumstic activities. What have they done now? weather? Everyone admits that it
3. Jhmentfor conSpu-mg to have htey done now? can't be beat-the African jungle
contribute substantially to the s - Si t thjs-one seems to live j and the North Pole all rolled into
tabushment of a totalitarian gov- jn Nebraska than in any ! tate that bolongg
eminent. - ! -f th Mhai Al ctatoe nf thp nn- I rrnhnclrftrr
The sages say worry and loss
writua mately 70? Why do the Nebras-
1851.1 umi women nave U) noia on a
little longer, thus outliving the
Is It Weather?
ing army. In the end, she becomes
true to her reputation by using
Caesar's benevolent guile against
him.
For approximately three weeks,
hours have been spent each eve
ning, including every week-end
night, in rehearsals. Lighting and
costuming have been used consis
tently throughout rehearsal to get
the players in the mood for the
play. Recognition should be given
to the sound and stage crew who
are constantly alert to their re
sponsibilities. The scenery, constructed by the
scenery crew of Mary Gaile Sig
ler, under the direction of Wil
liam W. Ellis, shows detail and
gives a remarkably real effect.
Mildred Goodman portrays
Ftatateeta, Cleopatra's chief
nurse, Pat Loder and Marion Uhe
are handmaids of Cleopatra,
Charles Peterson plays Ptolemy,
the Egyptian boy king and brother 1
of Cleopatra, and Jim Tomasek
Disabled Vets
Advised by VA
Disabled veterans will not
come under the July 25, 1951
starting deadline for veterans who
intend to initiate or resume
training under the G. I. bill.
Ashley Westmoreland, Lincoln
VA regional office manager, ex
plained this today. He said his
office was receiving a number
of inquiries from disabled veter
ans who thought they had to be
gin training by the deadline,
which applies only to GI bill
trainees.
The only factor distabled veter
ans need to bear in mind, West
moreland said, is that they must
begin training in time to com
plete training bv July 25, 1956,
when both the GI bill and Pub
lic Law 16 (for disabled veter
ans) terminate.
Ac Staff to Cite
is Ptolemy, a stateman who litter- p j Methods
ally "bosses" the Egyptian boy
king in governmental affairs.
Another Egyptian statesman,
Achillas, is played by Don Lewis.
The cast also includes Kenneth
Clements, Wes ' Jensby, Louis
Meyers, Dick Freck, Charles Ros
cow, Jerry Young, and Dick Car
son. "Caesar and Cleopatra" is a
human play about ordinary peo
ple with moral vanities and a
mortal illusions. Its charming and
plausible characters show an
earnestness behind their jaunti
ness especially in government
affairs, where knowledge is
shown of the political value of
clemency and the political blun
der of violence. .
Fruit tree fanciers in the Lin
coln area will have an opportun
ity to witness a pruning demon
stration Saturday, March 17.
The demonstration will be held
at the University orchard at 47th
and Holdrege at 2 p.m. Univer
sity horticulture department staff
members will demonstrate the
pruning of raspberry bushes,
grape vines and fruit trees and
answer questions.
pose, to set up rules and regula
tions concerning the lives of the
coeds, has remained the same.
The A. W. S. board sets up the
coeds' "hours," imposes punish
ment on those who infringe upon
these rules, directs the activity
point system for women, spon
sors the introductory Campus
Know How program for fresh
men each fall and sponsors the
annual Coed Follies show and
the inter-sorority Ivy Day sings.
Group Works with Dean
This group of 17 coeds works
directly with the dean of women,
Miss Marjorie Johnston and the
other two faculty advisers, Miss
Gertrude Knie and Miss Martha
Guthrie. The board is composed
of five sophomore, five junior
and seven senior women who
are elected each spring at the
all-women election.
One of the former major proj
ects, the spring "big sister" pro
gram, has now grown into a
campus activity in itself the
Coed Counselors.
Point System
The point system worked out
by the board, limits the number
of activities a coed may work in,
A certain number of points is as
signed to each activity. When
a grand total of 21 points in va
rious activities is reached, a co
ed may not join others.
Board members for the 1950
51 year are: Seniors: Sally
Holmes, president; Virginia Gu
hin, vice president; Pat Siebold,
Alice Jo Smith, Lola Banghart
and Peggy Judd. Juniors are
Marilyn Clarke, Nancy Button,
Marilyn Moomey, Mary Jane
Barnell, and Sharon Fritzler;
and sophomores include Sally
Kjelson, Elizabeth Gass, Joyce
Kuehl, Jean Loudon, treasurer,
and Marilyn Bamesberger.
St. Patrick Cards
Have fun! Send a friend c
Humoroug St. Patrick Card
Goldenrod Stationery Store
215 North 14th Street
i
isopenNkt
J " ' ion.
Election of May
Queen Slated
For March 19
This fact came as a result of
the findings of Mortimer Spiegel
man of the Society of Actuaries.
They were published in a recent
circular from the American En
terprise Association of New York.
So far, nobody has figured out
the exact formula for this longev
ity. Now please don't say, "it
University coeds will elect thej -y seerns tongT
1951 May Queen Monday, March ; age male in Nebraska from giving
19. Officers and board members ' up the ghost until he's approxi-
of AWS, Coed Counselors, BABW j- -
and WAA will also be elected at; f if JHQJ (rlflS
this time.
The eletdon slate will be an- 'T I Vliif7l
nounced in The Daily Nebraskan 1 X tTWCil' X
March 10. ww s- C
The voting on city campus will JfJ OIV tO iDWHTt
take place at Ellen Smith hall; Hive yQU a human motor
Ag coeds will vote in the Ag Un-; boat?" If not, venture down to the
ion. ' swimming pool in the Coliseum
Only junior and senior women me Saturday morning where
are eligible to select the May i daughters of faculty members are
Queen. They will be able to vote taking swimming lessons.
.anHiHat th Maw i "Psychology is behind these
Queen slate. The runner-up for,01" boats. Instead of asking
May Queen will serve the queen ! P"!"1 tos f?"t.ter kick they are
as maid-of-honor. I asked to imi motor bo ts" ac-
as maid-of-honor.
Attending the queen in the Ivy
Day court will be four seniors,
four juniors, four sophomores and
two freshmen attendants. Also
there will be two freshmen pages.
The court will be selected by
Mortar Bo?rds on the basis of the
coeds' activities and
average
cording to Miss Eunice way,
supervisor of the program.
"They're like ducks," Miss
Way said when asked if the girls
were afraid of the water.
With two exceptions, all of the
swimmers got in the water the
first dav. The two shv ones eath-
scholastic erei up their courage last Satur
day and got in for the first time,
Also on Ivy Day, May 5 will be he added
the daisy and ivy chain. The daisy ; Classes started Feb. 3. About
chain will consist of freshmen, ' 50 girls participate. The classes
The ivy chain will be carried by 1 are conducted by junior girls
seniors. i who are majoring in physical
A questionnaire will be filled education, the supervisor added.
There are two classes, one with
girls from four to nine years old
and the second with girls from
nine to 13. Each of these groups
is divided into smaller groups of
five. Miss Way stated. Each
group has two teachers who alter
nate teaching every other Satur
day.
In addition to "motor boats'
these girls are often "porpoises'
or "sharks. Miss Way added.
In the way of actual swimming,
the younger girls are learning to
float and are beginning work on
the Australian crawl. Some of the
other girls are diving and are
working on more advanced
strokes, such as the breast
stroke snd the side stroke, she
said.
NU Prof Speaks
To Sheep Men
Sixty iurmer attended a sheep
mwting Monday at the Leonard
Nelson farm, two miles north of
Ceresco, in Saunders county .
W. W. Derrick, extension ani
mal husbandmnn at the Univer
sity, conducted a docking and
castrating demonstration. A dis
cussion was h'-ld on wool, and
the management of the farm
flock.
The meeting was sponsored by
the University extension service
and the Midwest wool marketing
co-operative of Kansas City. E.
Glenn Thacker represented the
co-op.
This meeting was the first of a
practical experience In the duties series to be held over the state,
of cook, hostess, housekeeper and j A similar session was scheduled
aid. Tbcy take their turns at 1 for Madison county Tuesday.
Us washing and cleaning up the Other meetings to be held this
kitchen, plus all the other laskR week are In Dixon county on
ennected with running a house-, Wednesday and Platte county on
held. J Friday.
out by juniors during the election
to aid Mortar Boards in their se
lection for next year.
Betty Green is in charge of the
coed election.
Love Hall Has
Thrifty Budget
The thrifty cooks at Love Me
morial hall breeze through on
only $15 a month for individual
board bills, while mothers fret
and sweat to make the family
food budgets meet the rising costs
of food.
These thrifty cooks are home
eronomics majors who have mas
tered food finance problems.
. Love Memorial hall is a co
operative resident for home ec
Ta ')or. The students prepare and
serve their own meals, working
in family units of six to eight.
7ne girls use less expensive
cut of meat, skim milk, fruits
and vegetables canned by the
girls themselves, various foods in
season and foods bought in quan
tity at a discount. They prepare
meals which meet the daily nu
trition requirements for college
girls at prices which would make
ven the most thrifty cook en
vious. AU the girls in each group
work at the tasks connected with
the food preparation snd running
the house under the two week
rotation system. Each girl gets
of sleep bring a sooner end to the
pleasures of life. No luck here!
Nebraskans are as guilty of these
failings ts anyone else.
Then too, with suicides, acci
dental death and auto mishaps,
this plot of ground in the center
of the United States is no ex
ception. Granted, however, that
Lincoln has gone some 80 odd
days without a traffic fatality.
Omaha has the same kind of a
program. Yet, that doesn't keep
people who drive cars from col
liding with each other or run
ning polio, cancer and heart di-i
scase. They conduct fund drives
along with the best of them.
Could It Be Food
The people in the state eat the
same kind of food as everyone
eke. anyplace else. They suffer
from food poisoning and ptomaine
just as often. The farm products
that are sold in the state are no
different from those that are
snipped to other places,
Cathedral Choir
Cancels Plans
The Lincoln Cathedral Choir's
plans for this season have been
canceled.
The man who was to direct the
choir this season has been given
an assignment away from his
position in Minnesota. He has
been put in charge of festivals
sponsored by the Norwegian
Lutheran Church. Consequently
he has had to cancel his plans
to come to Lincoln.
This not not affect the future
program of the choir.
The members of the Lincoln
Cathedral choir are students
from the University and other
: Lincoln colleges, as well as citi
zens of the state. The choir, in
the last 30 years, under the di
rection of John R. Rosborough,
has been a prominent organiza
tion on the University campus.
There are few choirs in
America so definitely concen
trated on a high standard of
production. This choir is devoted
The threat of the flame is the ! safred music- Particular,y that
same whatever be the place. Peo- 1 """UUi woriq catnearais.
pie are burned to death in fires; .
reasonably a. often here as else- ! Ag SllhstatiWs
What is the solution to the puz-' Cnl llo Pwf Jtn
zle? South Dakota, Minnesota j 3lUC 1 rOIIlaDIC
and iowa. who rank second, third
and fourth respectively, are prob
ably having the same kind of
trouble figuring it out.
Maybe Kansas has the solution
Ever since she went wet. she's ;Provement
aone Dctier. Her ranking is fifth.
Why is it that the South and
Southwest are cheated out of ten
years of good living? Could it be
the snakes and scorpions and
The University's 'Scotts Bluff
Substation has a highly profit
able dairy herd, according to
t figures supplied by the North
j Platte Valley Dairv Herd Im-
assotiation for the
past year. The herd was the
highest in production in the asoc
iation. The average ieed cost per cow
$171 but the returns above feed
things they have to put up with? ) per cow was $394 at the station.
Or is it just the hot weather that's
bothering them?
What's the matter, kiddies?
Haven't you figured out the an
swer yet?
That's right! After all's said
and done, it has to be conceded
there is no place like Nebraska!
The average cow in the assoc
iation produced 9,007 pounds of
milk and 365 pounds of butterfat
Average feed cost was $54 for
roughage and $76 for grain, or a
total of $130 for each cow. The
value of an average cow's pro
duct was $316.
- Coed Actress Has Hair Dyed
Black, Loses Many Friends
"My. Petic, how you've
changed!"
Wait a minute! Is history re
peating itself? In a way, but it
seems as though Marian Uhe's
friends didn't know it.
"Pete," she is known most!
commonly, recently had her hair
dyed black at one of the down
town beauty parlors. By nature,
being a brownette, her friends
thought it was a big joke. They
thought she was trying to keep
up with the fads.
Actually, "Pete" is very seri-
calling stunts that have been
pulled on her.
"Well, if it isn't the green
haired kid!" one fellow spouted
when he spotted her.
Although "Pete" was satisfied
with her original hair color, evi
dently one of her classmates
wasn't when he popped up with,
"Nature made me wrong, but Tin
sir made me right!"
The black highlights that crown
l.er head will remain theie all
next week, according to "Pete."
Performances start in Lincoln
ous about the whole thing. &he March 13 and will continue
is playing the part of Iris, a through the March 16. After that,
chamber maid, in Bernard Shaw's! the troupe will go on the road.
Anthony and Cleopatra." It was
done for dress rehearsal pur
poses. "Itll wash out," she said re
assuringly. Ever since "Pete" had this
done, people have failed to recog
nize her when she passes them on
1 the street.
Fail to Recognize
"They'll speak to me if I speak
to them first," she said, "but they ing,
always give me kind of a startled I the
Ler Makeup
In addition to the dye, "Pete"
has to acquire a auntan for the
part too. How? Leg makeup from
top to toe does the trick. It won't
rub off and, according to "Pete,"
work much better than grease
paint.
Tinting the tresses Is not the
only way the group of players
are disguising their true color-
aharon Fritzler, who plays
female Jad. Cleopatra, is
look." wearinz a tet hlar-k wi. The men
"Pete" also let herself in for j enacting ro)? as soldiers will use
an attack a barrage of unsual ; helmet as their excuse,
and original nicknames. "Blackie", "My part is only a small one."
and "BorUm BJatkie" are among "Pete" aid modestly, "but it sure
the most common of the name-1 Is fun."
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