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Vol. -51 No. 107
LINCOLN 8, NEBRASKA
Thursday, March 22, 1951
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A tentative cast of characters
for the Kosmet Klub spring mu
sical comedy, "Good News," has
been announced as a result of the
tryout competition held last Sun
day and Tuesday evenings.
This list includes 25 coeds and
17 men. Generally, several per
sons are eligible for each of the
UN Forces
Take Over
Chunchon
Allied forces took communist
abandoned-Chunchon Wednesday
without a shot fired. Allied tank
forces fdund the' city the most
completely wrecked on the cen
tral front.
About a dozen Chinese and
North Korean troops who were
left behind after the communist
withdrawal surrendered to UN
troops. They were well-clothed
and were not unhappy at being
taken prisoners.
Previously Chunchon, the big
gest city in that part of Korea,
was the assembly area for the
Chinese communists on the cen
tral front. It was one of the main
targets of allied attacks and was
literally blasted off the map. Not
one building remained standing
and only a few walls were left
standing.
Meanwhile, in Washington,
Secretary of State Dean Ache
son said that Gen. Douglas Mac
Arthur has the authority to cross
the 38th , parallel.
Costello Continues
No Comment Stand
For the fourth time since Un
derworld Boss Frank Costello has
appeared at the senate crime in
vestigation hearings, he refused
to comment on his net worth.
Costello said that the commit
tee had no right to ask that ques
tion and that he refused to an
swer. The gambler, named by the
committee as head of a national
crime syndicate, pictured himself
as the promoter of a purely legiti
mate business.
However, he admitted that he
had no idea as to their opera
tion and the business hadn't
taken up much of his time so
far.
The committee issued a second
Invitation to New York Gov.
Thomas R. Dewey to appear to
testify about gambling at Saratoga-Springs,.
Nr-Y, Dewey re
fused the invitation and suggest
ed that committee men come to
Albany.
Bert Stand, former secretary oi
Tammy Hall, the New York
democratic organization, testified
before Costello said that Mayor
William O'Dwyers meeting with
Costello in 1942 was "at a cock
tail party with drinks and hors
d'oeuvres."
Stand said that he had been
present throughout the party and
had heard no mention of army
matters between the former
mayor and Costello.
Dr. Sheets, Probable
Health Director
Dr. Charles Sheets of Cozad
was reported by reliable re
sources to be the candidate to
succeed Dr. Frank Ryder as state
health director. Dr. Ryder's resig
nation was announced Tuesday
jy Gov. Val Peterson.
Gov. Val Peterson admitted
that Dr. Sheet's name was under
consideration and a state sena
tor said that Dr. Sheets was the
"nominee" of the State Medical
association which felt oblifed to
help fill the post after urging
Dr. Ryder's resignation.
Nebraska Electric
Supply Interrupted
Electric service was interrupted
Wednesday in Lincoln and other
eastern Nebraska cities when the
Nebraska Public Power system
failed near Omaha.
Lincoln, Columbus, Norfolk and
Omaha were the largest towns
affected. The N.P.P.S. supplies
power to consumers from the hy
dro electric districts and from
the Nebraska Public Power dis
tricts at Ninth and K. Partial
power was supplied . when Con
sumers switched over to the
steam generated power here.
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ertM of article entitle "Mr Moot Va
foriettebte Student." Eeh article ena
talm a true tory told to the leporier by
a Inetraetor aa this eamnae.l
By Gerry Fellman
Some people are shy and pre
fer to remain quiet and unnoticed.
Others are just the opposite and
do their best to stay in the spot-r
light.
Roland Melvin Miller was a
student whose job depended on
his position In the second group.
Roland is the most unforgettable
student of Forrect C. Blood, pro
fessor of advertising snd sales
management here at the Univer
sity. Noted For Crazy Stunts
Roan, as Blood called him, was
lways cooking up one kind of
crazy stunt or another. During
his junior and senior years, Roan
worked as press agent for several
downtown Lincoln theaters. His
job was to get NU students to at
tend shows as often as possible.
Blood said "Roan always
Tho Weather
Thursday the weather will be
fair and warmer In the eastern
part of the state. The temperature (
is expected to reach between 45
ud SO degrees. I
evs" TeBiiv Cost Lis'S'e
parts. Final tryouts to determine
definitely who will take the. lead
roles and the understudy posi
tions, as well as other major prin
ciple character parts, will be held
at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 27 at
the Union ballroom. Everyone in
cluded in the list is assured an
active or understudy part in the
play.
To Contact Williams
Leon Pfeiffer, Kosmet Klub
president, stressed that those per
sons, included in the tentative cast
listed below, must contact Dallas
Williams, director, before they go
home for vacation. Williams will
provide them with scripts and
music in order that they might be
prepared to present their partic
ular part at the Tuesday tryouts.
Williams stated that interest in
the tryouts has been good.
The results of the casting (in
definite until after next Tuesday)
have been announced by Williams
as follows:
Tom Marlowe (male lead role)
Robert C. Rupert ,
"Bwl" Maunder
Richard Lee Marrs
Bobby Randall
Jack Chedeeter, Ned Conger, Jack Mo
ran, Jack Moor
BUI Johnnon
John Sinclair
"Pooch" Kearney
James Wame'iy
Charlei. Kenyon
Laurel Staler, Jack Wenstrand
Patricia Bin it ham
Patricia Loder, Janla Crllly
Conittance Lane (female lead role)
Anne Jane Hall, Susie Koehler, Jo
Hinda, Marian McCullough,. Prlscllla Jonea
Babe O'Pay
Patsy Dutton, Lois Nelson, Katy Coad,
Christine Phillips
Sylvester
Robert Swain, Joe Feeney
Windy
Jim Terry
Slats
Helmut Slenknecht
Millie
Mary Mackle, Barbara Young
Flo
Betty Ann Lester, Jody L' Heureux
Jim
Calvin C. Solem
Girls' Chrous Only
Kathryn Radaker, Beverly Oeoree,
Jackie Orr, Jan Schweser, Ruth Milllsan,
Anne Lear, Janeiie Mont, owen wiesner,
Emmarle Shramek .
Men's Chorus Only
Randy McEwen Vaughn Jaenlke
Those listed will be required to
attend the final tryouts Tuesday
night. David Foltz, of the music
department, will be present to
judge singing and to offer con
structive criticism.
Pfeiffer emphasized that the
list of cast members is by no
means definite and that Kosmet
Klub and Director Williams re
reserve the right to shift those
persons whomight be better fitted
to portray another part.
Deemed Eligible
Those persons on the tentative
cast list were deemed by Williams
as "eligible for the respective
parts." However, u, alter tne
final trvouts. Tuesday, it is seen
that a student would better fit
be transplaced
There is still a need for more
participants in the men's chorus,
according to Williams. I nose men
interested in trying out may take
part in the Tuesday night try
outs. Out of this group, will be
selected the other singers and un
derstudies who will participate
with the two already on the play
roster.
Those coeds still interested in
singing parts in the chorus con
tact Leon Pfeiffer.
Dance Tryouts Later
Tryouts for all dance routines
will be held after the final casting
of parts listed above.
"Good News," a comedy in two
acts and nine scenes, will be
presented April 25 through 27
and will inaugurate the College
Days festivities on the campus.
Recognized by many noted
drama. critics as lively humorous
satire on the Roaring Twenties
Betty Ann Lester, Jody L'Heureux
graduate life and a football
game.
Everyone in "Good News" is
athletic. Everyone wears the fa
miliar old college jerseys of the
Twenties. The plot revolving
about the dilemma of a grid game
is supplemented by the furious
dancing and catchy tunes that
captures a bit of the "Flapper
Age."
Hasty Professor
A professor, hated by everyone,
for his hasty insistence upon rules
and regulations, turns out to be
tender hearted after all. He fi
nally passes the captain of the
football team on the eve of the
big game.
This spring's Kosmet Klub mu
sical will be the first to include
coeds since 1941.
wanted to be a press agent, and
I believe God must have given
him the gift to be tremendously
successful in his publicity seek
ing." Roan captured publicity for the
theaters through carefully plan
ned strategy. His pet theory was:
first get the students to know
that Roland Miller was a press
agent: and second put across
movie advertising.
Blood remembers that Roan
wore a brown derby hat to classes
every day. This was during- the
twenties; and Al Smith, the popu
lar governor of New York at the
t me, was Bringing ine oerpy
tne PUD11C eye. ul, even u, rvuuii
was probably the only man on the
camous who wore ft hat of that
kind. -
Roan was a master of finding
the best possible moment to gain
attention. He would always time
his entrance into classes and walk
in late, deliberately passing in
front of his instructor and going
to his seat which was usually In
the back end of the room.
Because of his self-centered uc
tions. other student were always
mad at him which was precisely
what he wanted. The students
would bust his brown derby hat.
He would buy another one which
Roun kcpt buylng derbies (which
infiidentally the theaters were
paying for) the students kept
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MUSICAL TRYOUTS "Good News" tryouts Tuesday night gave
many University students a chance to display their acting and
singing talents. Helmut Sienknect and Kathryn Radaker were
two of the persons trying out for the parts of Tom and Connie.
NUCWA Plans Korean Panel
A panel discussion will high
light the NUCWA meeting March
29. Dr. Maurice C. Latta, A. T.
Anderson and Clyde Mitchell will
: present five minute speeches on
"Is the U. N. Accomplishing Any
thing by Its Actions in Korea?"
Following the three speeches,
members of the panel will ask
and discuss questions. There will
be an open discussion from the
floor. S. J. House will serve as
mediator,
tinue through April 6. Students
from the University, Nebraska
Duke Ellington Will Present Distinctive
Stvlings in Jazz at Coliseum April 11
Duke Ellington and his band
will give a concert at the Coli
seum April 11 under the auspices
of the JJnion.
The Ellington concert will be
gin at 8 p.m. and will cost 85
cents to students and faculty and
$1.20 to the general public.
Duke's piano and mandilin
music are the feature attractions
of the band. Claronetist Max
Roach and drummer Jimmy
Hamilton are also features of the
jazz organization.
Ellington's rendition of "Soli
tude" has won him the the title
of "king of the keyboard."
One of the last record releases
by the Ellington crew is "On the
Sunny Side" and "Good Woman
Blues."
Jack Greer is the student
chairman of the concert.
The sales committee chairman
is Margaret McCoy. Sue Holmes
is in charge of student sales and
Harlan Wiederspan will handle
mail orders. Marlene Stroh and
Virginia Poppe are in charge of
the high school sales and Ag
sales are under the direction of
Rockford G. Yapp.
Elise Platner is in charge of
the box committee. She will be
helped by Cathy McMullen and
Mary Ellen Slagle.
Publicity will be handled by
Al Ross. Charlotte Veta and
Peggy Wood are in charge of
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busting the derbies, and the the
aters continued having large at
tendance. Good Advertiser
After he had attracted the at
tention of the class, he would pass
out cards with crazy little ads on
them. The cards advertised vari
ous movies. For example, he once
gave away cards on which were
printed the words Russian
strawberry beans. The "beans"
tied in with a movie, and as us
ual, the publicity was very ef
fective. Almost nothing stopped Roan
nrf!inHnfe forbiddlne adver-
trptfi nn thf. i,nrnl,
tising by trucks on the Lincoln
streets. So Roan obtained a cheap,
old truck and plastered it with
movie ads. After a short ride he
was stopped by a policeman and
was given a ticket.
But he was not through yet. He
sold the truck and bought an old
rattle-trap fot almost nothing.
Then he painted and plastered
signs all over the jalopy and
drove it through Lincoln. Since
the law forbidded advertising by
truck, Bnd not by car, the police
could not touch him. In order to
get more attention, first making
sure he had a large student audi
ence, he parked his traveling
movie ad on the wrong side of the
street. The result? another fine
and more publicity.
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Wesleyan, Cotner and Union
colleges will offer their plans for
settlement of Korean political
problems.
This year, students from the
four schools will stage a three
day simualted session of the
United Nations General Assem
bly's political committee.
University students planning
the general conference include:
Sue Allen, Joan Krueger, Eugene
Wohlner, Don Knutzen, Jean
Jones," Ruth Sorensen and Sue
Neuenswander. S. J. House, Uni
versity political science instruc
tor, is serving as faculty adviser.
newspaper publicity. Posters are
the job of Robert Fayman. Mary
Mackie, Tom Larson and Mary
Ann Pasek are to handle radio
and Joan Legge and Phyllis
Heaton are to publicize the event
on campus.
Pershing Rifles to Form Alum
Group; Graduates Are Eligible
Alumni members of Pershing
Rifles now have an opportunity
to become members of the new
Pershing Rifle Alumni associa
tion, it was announced today by
the University Society of Persh
ing Rifles.
The Alumni association will be
under the direction of the com
manding general of the National
Society of Pershing Rifles until
the association gains a large
enough membership to have its
own head appointed.
Almni members of Pershing
Rifles, whether they were in Gen
eral Pershing's original unit or
whether they were graduated
from college last year, are urged
to contact their old unit and be
come members of the new or
ganization. Membership ices have been
tentatively set at two dollars per
evv
At football games, Roan rivaled
the football players as far as get
ting attention was concerned. In
the first place, he was probably
better known than any star ath
lete. And In the second place he
made a spectacle of himself at
every game.
tfust before the kick off, at the
minute when every eye in the
stadium would be centered on the
huddling players, he would walk
across the center of the field. The
crowd would see him and give
him a terrific raspberry. Of course
this was exactly what he wanted.
Now In California
He is now doing publicity work
for the motion picture industry
in California. Before this, after
he graduated from the University
he moved to Columbus, Neb., and
bought a theater there. After the
first week, he was drawing huge
crowds. One time when Blood
visited his in Columbus, Roun
drove him to the theater in an old
fashioned car with balloon tires.
Roan making a typical appear
ance drove up to the theater and
over the curb.
i As far as personnel appearance
is concerned, Roan's clothes were
nothing out of the ordinary. But
the combination of conservative
suits and brown derby hats was
what mode him effective.
Roun was a magnificent nhow
c'f. . . .and certulrily unforget
ttable right, Gordie and Bart?
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It Happened At NU
One dreary winter day not so
very long ago, one of the instruc
tors in the math department
'innocently assigned her students
nine problems ofr their next class
meeting. j
After slaving for several hours j
over the problems, one of these j
students, thinking the assignment
was pretty ridiculous because of
the difficulty he was having with
them, decided to quit beating his
brains out.
At the beginning of the next
class period, this student raised
his hand and asked the instructor
to work one of the problems she
had assigned.
It took the teacher 50 minutes,
the whole class period, to figure
out the puzzle.
Note: In the math department,
it is more or less a standing rule
that if an instructor can work
the problem that constitute a
final exam in 30 minutes, it
should take the student three
hours to complete the test,
If this is true, what ever be 1 administration iraternity, is ae
this world a-coming to? I signed for a study of communism
January Grads Affected First,,,
Air Force Will Call 8100
ROTC June Graduates
The active duty second lieuten
ant ranks will be swollen some
8100 with the call to active duty
of the entire 1951 air force ROTC
graduating class.
Among those called are 23 Uni
versity senior air force ROTC stu
dents. January graduates will be
effected first by the mass call.
Orders to report will be re-
ceived in about
90 days. June
graduates will receive orders
shortly after graduations and ap
pointment. Three-Year Active Duty
1951 grads will be given the
opportunity for flight training or
a one-year graduate study in me
terology. ROTC officers selected
for either program must serve on
active duty for three years after
completion of such training.
Officers not qualified or inter
ested in flight or meteorology will
be assigned where most needed.
The students will be placed in
accordance with academic and
military training backgrounds.
The announcement by the air
force disclosed that the ROTC
summer Camps have been
dls.
continued uptil Jan. 1, 1952. Un
der this arrangement many of the
8100 new officers will be com
Jim Tracy and Jack Fuller
will help Ralph Taylor with the
Coliseum arrangements.
Mail orders are to be sent to:
Student Union, Box 1, 14 and R
streets, University, Lincoln.
year. This iee is to cover mem
bership and a year's subscription
to both of the Society's publica
tions, the "Pershing Rifleman,"
and the monthly newspaper, "Pa
rade." The National Society of Persh
ing Rifles is now among the larg
est military societies in the United
States and it has been in ex
istence since 1892 when General
John J. Pershing formed it at
the University.
Group Meets
To Name 21
NROTC Men
Nebraska's Naval ROTC selec
tion committee met Wednesday
at the University to pick 21 Ne
braska high school seniors and
college undergrauates for future
naval officers who will receive
four years of college at naval ex
pense. The committe members, Wil
liam C. Fraser, Omaha attorney;
Captain T. A. Donovan, USN,
professor of naval science at the
University; and Dr. George W.
Rosenlof, University director of
admissions, reviewed 40 final ap
plications from a field of 320 Ne
braska applicants.
Public announcement of the 21
Nebraska winners will be made
April 28. They will be included in
the list of those selected from
33,000 applicants from all parts of
the U. S.
Preliminary steps in the selec
tion were started in Nebraska
last December when men inter
ested in naval careers took basic
examinations. These were given
in Alliance, North Platte, Nor
folk, McCook, Hastings, Lincoln
and Omaha.
Next came physical examina
tions for those found acceptable
in the basic written examinations.
The case of the highest 40 quali
fiers were then reviewed by the
selection committee to fill Ne
braska's quota of 21.
The 21 winners will be enrolled
at the University next fall and
their training will include the
same course material as offered
by the Naval Academy at Annap
olis. The navy will pay all their
academic expenses plus $50 per
month. Upon successful comple
tion of their work, the students
will receive navy commissions.
PeinnKDciraicy
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Professor Begins Series
Of Communist Lectures
America's best defense against communism is whole
hearted practice of democracy and capitalism.
This was the conclusion reached by Dr. Maurice C.
Latta, University professor of economics, in the first of a
series of five public lectures which opened Wednesday
evening at Love library auditorium.
The series, sponsored by Alpha
Kappa Psi, professional business
missioned without that portion of
training.
Present Units Will Increase
Sixty-two new air force ROTC
units will be announced about
April 20, according to an air force
official. In addition to the new
sites, some of the present 125
units will be enlarged.
Reserve officers who graduated
from the program prior to this
year are being called in size-
able numbers.
Influx of the 8100 new second
lieutenants is not likely to hurt
the overall temporary officer pro
motion, according to the air force
announcement.
Leonard Bush
To Edit Frosh
Handbook
Leonard Bush will serve as
editor of the revised 1951-52
freshman handbook.
He was elected by the Student
Council at their meeting Wed-
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permit tne rest oi me siaii kj
k ohco frnm h trWS in-
terviewed. The other positions
include managing editor, photo
graph editor and copy editor.
These posts will be filled at the
next regular meeting, Wednes
day, March 28.
In the meantime, if other stu
dents desire interviews and
haven't already filed for the
staff, they may submit applica
tion and be interviewed at the
next Council meeting.
As director of this new Uni
versity publication, Bush will be
come a member of the New Stu
dents Week committee, composed
of various student organizations
and faculty members.
This group is in charge of the
revamped University fall orienta
tion program which will be
geared to provide a clear-cut.ex-panded
and official freshman
! irientation week in addition to
authorizing a new frosh hand
book. Other activities of Bush include
membership in Corn Cobs, Inter
fraternity council, Arnold Air so
ciety and the YMCA cabinet and
president of the Sigma Alpha Mu
fraternity.
He has served as business
manager of the 1949-50 "N" Book
and editor of the 1950-51 "N"
Book and is a junior in the Col
lege of Business Administration.
The new handbook will replace
"You 'N Your University" (Ad
ministration), "N" Book (YMCA
and YWCA(, "You 'N Yow"
(AWS and Coed Counselors) and
several Union publications.
Delta Pi's Hear Business
Manager for
Carl Pusey, business manager
of the Lincoln A's was guest
speaker at the anniversary din
ner meeting of Delta Sigma Pi,
international business fraternity,
Monday evening.
Pusey briefly reviewed the
history of baseball. He said that
this year is the 75th anniversary
of the National league, and the
CARL PUSEY - The history
of basebaU was reviewed by
the Lincoln A's business man
ager recently to Delta Sigma Pi
members.
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as a threat to the American econ
omy. Reviewing the U.S. production
record of the cold-war years, Dr.
Latta pointed out that it has con
tinued to mount, not only in de
fense goods, but also in consumer
items.
Communists Stir Economy
If the communist prodding of
American economy has had any
effect at all, Dr. Latta said, it has
simply stirred the U. S. produc
tion machinery to operate at a
higher level.
"Had that gang of irresponsi
ble bureaucrats hived up in the
Kremlin possessed the cunning
with which they are credited," he
said, "would not a safe course for
them have been the making of
an apparent peace with the
United States so that we might
fall over our own feet again as
we did in the 1930s?"
Dr. Latta said, however, that
the U.S. is vulnerable to commu
nist infiltration, especially in the
field of labor. An effective infil
tration program, he said, can
cause American industry to func
tion poorly and place the nation
in critical danger.
"The issue," he said, "is really
an issue of faith and morals. The
man who has faith in the future
of the American order and who
will not so surrender himself to
fear, hatred, and suspicion as to
take the short course of violence
rather than the long painstaking
road of bargaining a capitalist
practice and persuasion, is the
man who will not become a com
munist." Dr. Latta indicated that the
gratestra -of danger for the VS.
was thp ripDression vears
i ;v m.. v... twi
of the 1930s. The New Deal, he
said, failed to effect an economic
recovery but the advent of World
War II did bring it.
Lost Nerve in Depression
"The great depression was a
period when we lost our nerve,"
he recalled. "Men in high places
held that America was 'mature,'
had reached the limit of her de
velopment; business men believed
and stopped investing; millions
stood idle. But we have gotten
back our nerve now if the invest
ment figures are any indication."
The next lecture in the series
will be held at 8 p.m. Wednesday,
March 28 in Love Library audi
torium when the Rev. Philip
Schug, pastor of Lincoln's Unita
rian church, will discuss, "Com
munism and Christian Faith."
NU Extension Service
Offers Ammonia Pamphlet
The University Agricultural
Extension Service has prepared a
circulad on anhydrous ammonia
which now is available at the
offices of county agents.
Authors W. D. Weldon and Wil
bur Ringler, extension soils spe
cialists, say that anhydrous am
monia is a good nitrogen fertilizer
if used properly for boosting the
production of corps. They outline
ways in which the fertilizer may
be used and the results of experi
ments with it in Nebraska.
They also list recommendations
for using the liquid fertilizer on
corn, bromegrass and wheat.
Lincoln A's
50th anniversary of the Amer
ican league.
"One of the main jobs of the
business manager," Pusey said,
"is to keep the public happy."
He added that he intends to stim
ulate interest in the Lincoln A's
this year by such things as beau
ty contests, ladies' nights, and
free baseball pencils.
First Game With Omaha
Pusey announced that the Lin
coln A's will begin spring train
ing March 26 in Savannah, Ga.,
and will open the season with
Omaha, April 18.
The business manager refused
to make any predictions as to the
outcome of the current season.
He did mention, however, that
he was having trouble getting
some of the men to sign contracts
and said that "the position of the
Lincoln A's depended a lot on
how hard they were hit by th
draft."
Pusey also said that the slo
gan for this years' team ls "No
substitute for a hustling team."
Baseball Prospects
John Grevlch, master of cere
monies, introduced the guests,
and Tony Sharpe, University
baseball coach gave a short
speech on University bascbt.Il
prospects. He said that due to
the fact that he had lost ell but
four of last year's lettermen, a
complete rebuilding job would be
necessary. He said that he would
be better able to make a pre
diction after the Hunkers' first
game with Drake, April 6.
