The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current, March 19, 1951, Image 1
House Investigates Low Convocation Attendance Do you attend University con vocations? You don't need to answer be cause if you're like about 80 per cent of everybody else, you don't. What Chancellor R. G. Gus tavson has been trying to decide for several weeks is: Why? Friday, Dr. Gustavson got part of the answer in the form of a letter from S. J. House, instruc tor in political science and fac ulty adviser for the Nebraska University Council on World Af fairs. House, who, like the Chancel lor, has been concerned about the lack of student attendance at convocations and extra-curricular lectures, went to the trouble to query 226 students in arts and science and agriculture. House's Findings His findings, boiled down, amount to; 1. In the minds of some stu dents, the really "socially smart" students do not attend convoca tions. Vol. 51-No. 105 ilf crtsoEi OHionip Bob Watson was named Grand Champion Showman at the annual Junior Ak-Sar-Ben show Saturday night. He was chosen from five class champion showmen by Ed Janike, state 4-H club leader. Watson placed first in the beef showing and fitting class which qualified him for grand champion showman ship contest. His beef, "Bright a Lady 2nd," won him the top honor given in the show. Watson's name will be en graved on a trophy presented by the Nebraska Live Stock Breeder's and Feeder's association. Russell Schelkopf was honored as Reserve Champion Showman, having won first place in the sheep showing and fitting class. He showed a sheep named 'L. X.'s Flashy Perfection." Other Grand Champions Other class winners and com petitors for the Grand Champion Showman honor were Marvin Hanson in hog showing and fit tins and Charles Fredericks in dairy showing and fitting. Second place winners in each class were Glen Nelson, sheep; Rex Meyer, dairy; Bill Johnson, beef; Ray Quackenbush, hogs, and Bill Johnson, beef showing and fitting. Winners in the coed riding con test were Virginia Baskin, first; Gayle Gutherless, second. This class wasn't judged in show manship but entirely upon the riding ability of the girls.. Clayton Yeutter was master of -ceremonies for the show and managed to keep the mike hot. While everyone else was bothered by the freezing weather in the drafty old fairgrounds arena. Show in Record Time Show managers were Bob Raun and Bob Radin. Between the two of them, they managed to bring the show forth in record time. A jumping horse exhibit was highlighted by the performance of "Big Mo," ridden and owned by Clyde Henson of Lincoln. Because of icy road conditions, many of the scheduled perform ers in the American Saddle Horse "classes as well as other events could not get to Lincoln to per form. "Pepper's Stepper," owned and ridden by Patrice Hammond of Lincoln, won the three-gaited saddle horse class which was judged 85 points on the rider and 15 points on the Jiorse. Taking the spotlight in the spe cialty acts were the trick and dancing acts of Red Ace and Tucson. Red Ace, owned and ridden by H. L. Oldfield of Elmwood, Nebr., performed his specialty, dancing to "My Wild Irish Rose," a kick ing conga and "Show Me the Way to Go Home." Tucson performed trustingly for Johnny Rivers of Omaha, who did several acts including trick rop ing and the performance of his high schooled pony. Tucson is a double registered, Palomino Quarter Horse stallion. Specialty Acts Another of the specialty acts was Milt Freel of Rosalie, Nebr. Milt is a renowned rodeo clown and bull fighter who performed with his craft mule, Jerry, Some of the items on Jerry . end Milt's repertoire were count- Ing, walking on his hind feet, pumping water from Jerry's tail and a drunken act Cornshucks Issue Gives 1951 Cornhusker Preview Sneak preview today! tion. So you were disappointed. That's right a first glance at So the Shucks staff had a the 1951 Cornhusker t w o months in advance. It's in the Shucks today. ' :. After many hours of delibera tion and discussion, the Corn Shucks staff finally figured way to throw a little light on th contents of the new annual with out stealing any of its thunder. How did they do it? Disappointed? . It's like this. Granted, there have no doubt been many times. that you have been all keyed up for a sneak preview a two or three months in advance affair that turns out to be a ten or twenty years in the past rendi- The Weather Monday will brine' to this vi cinity a little warmer weather, possibly 30 degrees or higher. The day will be partly cloudy. Final Week of Special Rate on 2. Many students consider con vocations a part of the classroom grind a part which can be missed without penalty. 3. A great number of students have decided that the faculty in general has little Interest in con vocations so why should the students? Chancellor Gustavson has a definite opinion about the oppor tunity that convocations offer. Important Education "To me," he said, "good lec tures and good convocations are a very important part of a uni versity. We have had some good lectures and some good convo cations on this campus. The fact that there is little, interest in them makes me wonder a little about how interested our stu dents are in getting an educa tion." He recalled the recent appear ance on the campus of 'Or. How ard Hanson. "Without question," the Chan cellor said, "Dr. Hanson is one of Ag Union Will Television Next Next week when you hear stu dents saying: "Let's go over and have a coke while' we watch tele vision" they are headed for the Ag Union. A television set and a coke and coffee vending machine are the two new services scheduled as additions to the Ag Union in the very near future. The 21"x28" screen (a com mercial size) remotely controlled television set will greet students from the west end of the Union lounge. The vending machine will be parked by the Dell to allow stu dents quicker service and a cut in the Dell's labor expenses. Last year, to. alleviate deficit spending necessary to maintain the Ag Union "Dell," the food service was discontinued during the evening hours. Students raised to arms. And according to Duane Lake, Union director, students had a justifi able complaint, but Ag just can't support the extended service, he! said. The way it stands now, Ag coffee sippers will have the same service but in a different form. The installation of the self service vending machine and its use during these slack periods of the day is designed to cut labor costs, and by so doing remove the red ink from the Ag Union ac count book. The coffee and coke venders already have worked satisfactor ily in five buildings on the city campus. If the Ag Union operated on the same principles as the shops down the street, he said, it would close. But the Union is more than just a commercial enterprise, he The Kwik Kafe machine serves 600 cups of coca-cola and 450 cups of coffee at one setting. It is completely automatic, with push button selection of black coffee, cream or sugar, or both. In the Kwik Kafe type ma chine, the coffee is made in stantly from a frozen concentra tion. According, instant cof fee ! Student Pastors In Program for j An all campus candle light service of meditation and cont munion, sponsored by the Uni versity YW-YM, will be held in the Campus Chapel March 21, at 7:30 p.m. i problem. However, by using pic- tures begged, borrowed and sto lenbut not from the Corn husker they have converted this fifth issue' from one what sneak previews- are to what they should be. Aside from a peep at the booi; that doesn't come out until May, this humoc magazine is at it 1 again portraying life ' on the , typical campus scene. Combinations Care for unusual combina tions? Raincoats, umbrellas and bathing suits, maybe? Ah yes it's an April shower in March when Mary Mackie makes her appearance as pin-up girl for the month. Shucks will be on sale in the Union for 25 cents from noon today on. It will be distributed to houses and dorms during the afternoon. the outstanding composers of our, time. For his first lecture, the library auditorium was about half filled." Next Convo Speaker He added that Dr. Paul Weiss, authority in the field of growth and development, from the Uni versity of Chi cago, will be a guest on this campus, March 20 and 21. "Dr. Weiss," me uuanceuui , sam, is one oi the most imag inative men I have ever met It will be in teresting to see how many sci ence students C. C. House appear to hear him speak. Dr. Weiss will lecture at 8 p.m. Tuesday in Bessey hall auditori um, and again at 8 p.m. Wednes day in the same auditorium. At. Chicago he is professor of zool-' o)ro)frTi LINCOLN 8. NEBRASKA UN Delegates Delegates to the model United Nations political committee in April named four student chair men and vice chairmen at their neeting Thursday. Jim Tomasek, from the Philip pine delegation, was elected chair man of the sub committee which will take up the Korean prob lem. Charles Gomon, head dele gate from Great Britain, will serve as vice chairman. Sigma Nu will represent Great Britain. The vice chairman will replace the chairmen in the latter's ab sence. Elected chairman of the sub committee on admission of new Install Week guarantees freshness. Sanitation Plus The machine is reported to be completely sanitary with ultra violet rays protecting the serving tubes. A sliding plastic door cov ers the cup-well. The television set of a commer cial nature has a 21" x 28" screen remotely controlled. It is designed to utilize minium floor space for maximum picture size, The viewing screen S JOT mtion. It will at a proper height mum viewing distribution rsrriSUSart.Will Present Two Lectures higlucontrast type viewing scren According to the information sheet sent out by the North American Philips Company, who is supplying the machine, it is equipped with high definition picture with a wide contrast ra tio, great luminosity, affording satisfactory viewing at distances up to 100 feet and more. Hershey Introduces Plan For Educational Deferments Selective service director Lewis B. Hershey disclosed a plan Fri day for deferring high school and university students who are able to pass test of their knowledge. Officials said that the num ber of educational deferments may increase if the plan is put into effect. First, second and third year college men passing the tests with a 70 or better would be deferred to go ahead with another year of school. College freshmen in the upper half of their class would be al lowed to continue in school. Second-year college students would have to be in the upper two-thirds of their class to con tinue. Juniors in the upper three fourths of their class could finish the last year. Graduate and professional stu- dents of medicine, dentistry, vet- to Participate Holy Week The Communion service will conclude the Religious Welfare Council's program for Holy Week. The service was initiated two years ago by the Y Mand YW in response to the desire of the stuudents to worship together without stressing denominational differences. Student pastors participating in the candle light service are Rex Knowles, Presby House; Dick Nutt, Methodist Student House; C. B. Howells, Baptist Student House; O. L. Turner, Christian Student Group. In cluded in the program is a prayer by Romain Rasmussen, scripture read by Ned Conger, a solo by Harriet Swanson and a reading, "Disciples in Clay," given by Audrey Flood and Neil Trabert. "Disciples in Clay" is a sermon given by Peter Marshall to his : Washington congregation and in- eluded in his book "Mister Jones, Meet the Master." It has been altered and rewritten in part to fit the college situation by Bob Shuler. It is a discussion of the way in which the 12 apos tles were chosen, with implica tions for present day disciples. Students not wishing to par- take of the Communion may still a jj. frta lla tn Ctoff to operate and has complete In participate in the service. Aaas Joan iewis io oiaii structions for operation on it. It is The Campus Chapel at which Joan Lewis, former student of even hard to keep the radio in the Candle light service will be the University, has been added operation because many of the held is located at 15th and Ulto the continuity staff of televi-lpush buttons are pulled out. streets, (The Emmanule Church). I sion station KMTV in Omaha. I This type of vandalism, Lake ogy and director of the divisional biology sequence. Five Queries Presented In attempting to solve the an swer to why students are not in terested in lectures and convo cations, Mr. House asked five general questions. The questions and the results obtained from 226 students are as follows: 1. Why don't you attend con vocations? Answers:' No inter est, 120 students; too much class work, too busy, 47; neglect, too lazy, 23. 2. Would you prefer two con vocations per "semester if this would result in better speakers? Answers: 226 yes. i 3. Do convocations receive enough publicity? Answers: More is needed, 183; Daily Nebraskan publiciity sufficient, 43. 4. Would faculty encourage ment help your attendance? Of the 226 who answered, 171 thought it would. 5. Should classes be dismissed for convocations? Of the 226 Co? frTi nil Elect Student Chairmen members was Harold Peterson, NUCWA president, and a mem ber of the Indian delegation. In dia is being represented by Delta Sigma Phi. Joan Ktfueger, from the United States delegation will serve as vice chairman. Gamma Phi Beta is -epresenting the United States at the conference. Foreign Students Speak In addition to the election, NUCWA members and spring conference delegates heard talks by two foreign students, Ti Tien from China and Suk-Soon Suh from Korea. Suh presented background in formation on Korea and pointed out various ways . be believed world peace was possible. One would be establishing a world empire, he said, which of course is not good. Another way, he continued, was by establishing a balance of power. The talks Thursday evening were a part oi ine pre-conier- ence preparation to acquaint dele- gates with the Korean situation and the circumstances surround ing the admission of new mem bers. Conference Schedule The conference will open Tues day evening, April 3 at 7:30 p.m., Biology Expert n J L Dr. Paul A. Weiss outstanding authority in the field of biology, will give a series of lectures on the University's Omaha and Lin coln campuses this week. On Monday Dr. Weiss will give of Medicine in Omaha. He will speak on the Lincoln several lectures at the College erinary medicine, osteopathy and optrometry would be deferred without taking any tests, provided they are taking a scholastic re quire ments leading to a degree. High school graduates of draft age passing the test with a 70 or better would be deferred to enter college. It is still to be decided whether the proposed policies would be binding on the local draft boards or optional. General Hershey in dicated that he wants it to be binding. AUF Installs New Board The new AUF board members were installed at a special serv ice Thursday evening in the AUF office. Jo Lisher, former AUF presi-j dent, installaled the new mem bers beginning with the publicity board. Each member was intro duced individually and Miss Lishes gave them their duties and obligations to AUF. The solication board was in troduced as a group and pre - sented their duties and obliga- tions. The executive board was then installed by Miss Lisher. The in stallation service concluded with the new president, Sarah Fulton congratulating the retiring presi dent on her excellent job in heading the most successful drive in AUF history. The new board members in stalled were: Solications; Virginia Koehler, Martin Lewis, Sue Brownlee, Tom Larson, Lois Gerelich, Jane Calhoun, Barbara Bell,. Joan Fike and Rockford Yapp. Publicity: Sue Gorton, Mil-, books were taKen rrom ine book dred Yeakley, Joan Holden, Jan 'Nook. Steffen, Mary Ann Kellogg, and; Not only has there been thiev-, Harriett Menke. jery, but much damage has been Executive board; Sarah Fulton, done. president; Ann Barger, vice-; Furniture is in constant needi nrMiHanf in rhartfp of nnhliritv : .u fiu Adele Coryell, vice-president in charge of solications: Joan Han son, secretary, Eugene Johnson, treasurer. Stuart Reynolds will serve as Johnson's assistant. - o V KMTV Television Station Prairie Schooner $1.50. See a Corn Coh. queried, 121 said they probably would go to convocations if classes were dismissed. Typical Replies In questioning freshmen about their failures to attend convoca tions Mr. House got these an swers which he described as "typical": "Went once and didn't like it." "I never heard of them." "I, have no time I'm an ath lete." "I have never heard of any faculty member encouraging at tendance to a convocation." Mr. House said that after he prepared his summary on the 226 answers, he contacted ano'J'. ;r 40 students. These later interviews, he said, confirmed his suspicion that many social groups give their new memberse the impres sion that only creeps go to lec tures and convocations. "I'll admit," said Mr. House, "that's a very silly notion, but it's a real factor." Monday, March 19,1951 in the Union ballroom with a political committee meeting. The following day, Wednesday, dele gates will adjourn to the two sub committee meetings for an after noon and evening session. Law college will present model world court Thursday evening in the Union. Winding up the con ference will be a political com mittee meeting as a whole Fri day afternoon. Moderator Jack Solomon will preside at all political commit tee meeings. The newly elected chairmen and vice chairmen will be in charge of the subcommittee meetings. Chairman Doris Carlson an nounced that mimeographed copies of thhe schedule of the conference will be available and distributed at the next meeting, Thursday, March 29. Committee Workers j Needed by Union All Union workers and com- mittee members who are inter ested in working on the commit tee for the Duke Ellington con cert April 11, should come to a meeting in the Union, 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 20. to Visit NU; ' campuses Tuesday. His lectures are sponsored by the University Research council. Two free public lectures will be given by Dr. Weiss. He will speak both Tuesday and Wed nesday evenings 8 p.m , in Bes sey hall auditorium. His lecture Tuesday evening is entitled "Problems of Growth and Differentiation." Wednesday evening he will speak on "The Central Versus Peripheral Factors in the Devel opment of Nervous Coordina tion." This lecture will be illus trated with movies. Dr. Weiss, a native of Austria, came to the United States in 1931. He has been a member of the University of Chicago since 1933. He is now professor of zoology ! and director of the Divisional Bi ology Sequence. He is especially well known for his investigations in the field of erowth and development. Dr. Weiss is a member of the Society to Study Developmen and Growth. He served as presi dent in 1941. He also belongs to the International Institute of Embryology of which he is vice president. V cmdiais Vandalism has struck the Union University students are be- lieved to be the culprits guilty of defacing and damaging their l f U " TUn few nibnths. Three fire axes, according to Duane Lake, Student Union di rector, have been stolen. This theft is a federal offense and is liable to federal law. Forty records, some of which cannot be replaced, have been taken from the Carnegie library by "souvenir hunters." Furniture has been taken from the women's lounge. One of the! items named is an end table. Even some of the sand urns in . the halls have been "borrowed.". !And last year. $174 worth of I . Ul lCUdU. Ul tliC W1U JURC boxes are out of order because students kave willfully broken them. The record machine in the mu- sic room is out of order three- fourths of the time, according to Lake. It is a very simplified type l "U"IC. i."1: is the students' own, he continues, li',fen ntlCCd in th paSnd they have to pay for it. Lecfure Oil A series of five public lectures on "Communism Threat to the American Economy" will begin Wednesday when Dr. Maurice C. Latta, professor of economics at the University, speaks on the costs of communism to the American economy. The series being sponsored by Alpha Kappa Psi, pro fessional business fraternity, will include five lectures by the following speakers: Rev. Philip Schug, Dr. Paul Mea dows, Dr. Lane Lancaster and Gov. Val Peterson. Former taters' To Meet Former Boys' and Girls' Staters will meet Saturday, March 31 for their second annual reunion. Dancing, skits and a program are on the agenda for the re union which will begin at 8 p.m. in the Union ballroom. During the program former governors of both Boys' and Girls' State will be introduced. Refreshments will be served dur ing the dance. . Pat Patterson, '48 Girls' Stater, is in charge of the Girls' State skit which will represent some phase of the week spent in Lin coln. Others working on the skit are Janet Steffen, Marilyn Man gold, Ruth Gibson and Sally Kjelson. Eldon Shafer is directing the Boys' State skit, Names of the participants and his committee will be announced later. . Reunion Chairman Chairman of the reunion is Pon Chinn, governor of 1948 Boys' State, who also served as chair man last year. He is being as sisted by Bill Adams, Bud Bitner and Shafer. Girl Staters helping with the reunion are Pat Patter son, Joan Krueger, Doris Carlson and Ruth Gibson. Sponsored by the American Le gion and the American Legion auxiliary, the first reunion was held last spring under direction of 1948 Boys' and Girls' Staters, attending the University. Mem bers of the committee were Pon China, Bill Adams, Bud Bitner, Jim Justice and Dave Sjogren. Coeds planning the reunion in cluded Willa Hill, Sally Kjelson, Janet Glock, Joan Krueger and Doris Carlson. More than 200 were present for the dance and program. Five past governors of the Cornhusker states weore present: 1946, Gib Eggen; 1947, Eleanor Erickson; 1948, Pon Chinn and Ann Fred erick Boyce; and 1949, Jim Lan caster. Letters to High Schools - Letters have been sent to va rious Nebraska high schools in viting the 1950 Staters to the re union. In addition invitations have been sent to Girls' and Boys' State officials who will be introduced at the reunion. The reunion last year was the first of its kind in the United States. Although all 48 states now hold both Boys' and Girls' State, Nebraska was the first state to organize a joint reunion of both groups. University students will also be featured on the program. A tenta tive schedule will be announced later this week. Cornhusker Boys' and Girls' State are held in separate ses sions each June on the Univer sity city and Ag campuses. The week session is aimed at teaching high school junior, by practical experience, how the state gov ernment operates. The partici pants elect their governor and other state officials similar to the vay actual elections are carried i in Nebraska Besides the joint reunion, the only other combined session the two groups hold is a Boys'-Girls' State dance in June while both are meeting in Lincoln. Tolt s vr i says, is "not smart." He believes, nowever, mat u is nui -wuum ironrla cm hlit that it 1C flnnP i' on impulse. ctllH.nt hv .ffprB' ThP Union ; Last summer, Lake reports, $2,300 was spent on reupholster- ; ;v I K: if. I , i f Fire A UNION VANDALISM Jack Fisher points to one of the three places where axes have been stolen from the Union. These miss ing items, which are a federal offense liable to federal law, are one of the many missing items from the Union. Series OEHEHyn)iSED Dr. Latta will speak Wednes- day, March 21, at 8 p.m., in Love Library auditorium. His topic is "Communism and Ameriran Business: Burden and Proof." A native of Iowa, Dr. Latta received his bachelor of arts de gree from Simpson college,, his mast' of arts at the University of Iowa, and his Ph.D. at Ohio State college. Now in his fifth year at the University, Dr. Latta has previously taught at Morn inngside and Doane colleges. An ordained minister, Dr. Latta has had articles published in Book Reviews, Church His tory, Education and Mississippi Valley Historical Review. Moderators Moderator for the first lec ture will be Dr. Earl S. Full brook, dean of the College of Business Administration. Dr. Latta will serve as moderator for the remainder of the series. The second speaker in the se ries is Rev. Schug of the Uni tarian church in Lincoln who will discuss "Communism and Chrfstian Faith." Before coming to Lincoln in 1947, he was an instructor in the speech depart ment at North Central college, chaplain at Elgin State hospital, Elgin, 111., and pastor at the Uni tarian church, Urbana, 111. Dr. Meadows, the third speak er will consider the topic: "Com munism as a World Force." A Phi Beta Kappa, Dr. Meadows is also a member of the American Sociological society, and has had articles published in more than a dozen technical and general jour nals. He is author of "The Cul ture of Industrial Man," co-author of "Social Problems and So cial Policy" and author of "John Wesley Powell: Frontiersman of Science." Political Theory Delving into the political theory of communism in the fourth of the series will be Dr. Lancaster, who will speak on the topic: "Communist Political Theory and the Democratic Tradition." Concluding the series will be Governor Peterson who will an swer the question "Do We Want Communism?" Governor Peter son is an honorary member of Alpha Kappa Psi. Following each lecture a ques tion period will be held. Dates for Law Tests Named Students who expect to enter the College of Law next fall should make arrangements now to take their law aptitude ex aminations. Application for the examina tions may be made now at the of fice of Dean E. O. Belsheim, Room 208, in the College of Law. The examinations will be given at 1:30 p.m. Friday, March 30. The examinations will require a total of about seven hours and will be given two periods in Room 202 of college. The first half will occupy Friday after noon on March 30; the second half will be given Saturday morning, March 31. Dean Belsheim explained that all students who enter the col lege next fall will be required to take the examinations. Even students who are uncertain as to whether they will be on the campus next fall should take the examinations this spring, he sug gested. The minimum require ment for admission to the col lege is completion of 63 hours of undergraduate work. HQS. i ing and refinishing the furnish mgs. "If money must be used for re placements and repairs," he warns, "new additions cannot be afforded." If such acts continue, he con cludes, "we can't possibly go ahead with Union expansion ac cording to plan." j ," f i ; , -I r 'f-f