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Monday, April 2, 19511
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Four University instructors
have been notified that they are
to report to Washington, 'D. C,
April 17, to testify before House
Un-American activities commit
tee. Word was received from the
nation's capital by Prof. Henry
H. Foster, Jr., Dr. Paul Meadows,
Dr. Lane Lancaster, Dr. Maurice
C. Latta and Rev. Philip Schug
and Gov. Val Peterson.
No specific mention was made
in the official summons of the
reasons why the six Nebraska
men were being asked to testify.
However, on the basis of the
activities in which the commit
tees specializes, Chancellor R. G.
Gustavson ventured a guess to
the press as to the motive be
hind the action.
The University head said that
undoubtedly the men will be
charged with taking part in un
American activities with special
Rag Worker
Exposed as
Red Member
A member of The Daily Ne
braskan editorial staff was ex
posed today as an active mem
ber of the communist party.
Doris Carlson, NUCWA chair
man and de
bater, was re
sponsible for
revealing the
University stu
dent as a com
munist leader.
The Univer
sity's policy
will not allow
The Daily Ne
braskan to
print the name
of the party
involved. Who Is It?
The expose is a well-known
campus leader, a staunch sup
porter of the AWS point system
and a University debater. She
is also a member of a social
sorority.
It is impossible to give her
position on The Daily Nebraskan,
for such information would re
veal her true Identity.
Interviews are being held April
3 in Union Room 309 by the pub
lications board to fulfill the po
sition of the now vacant manag
ing editor. Before being inter
viewed, each person must sign
a loyalty oath statement.
Council Jury
The Student Council will try
the guilty student at their regu
lar meeting Wednesday. Bob
Raun, president of the Council,
said that if the charge of being a
communist is true, she will be
exiled in Norfolk, Nebr., must be
come an avid supporter of the
Republican party or will be
forced to drop all activities while
enrolled at the University.
Miss Carlson discovered the in
volved party was a communist
when she sang in her sleep one
night, "The Sickle and Hammer
Forever."
JUNIOR MEN
All Junior men with activity
points are requested to leave
the following information:
name, address and telephone
number in the Innocents' mail
box, basement of the Union,
by Thursday, April 5.
Aggies Told to
Exec Instead of
At an informal gathering in
the new swine research center
on the Ag farm, backers of the
proposed "Ag Council" that al
lows for non-partisanship of the
Aggie legislature, met and set.
According to the "Council"
spokesman, Robb Roy Farnum,
who set closest to the hog wal
lowing pond, this Ag Exec board
needs cleaning up. "But," he cau
tioned, "We should not take the
attitude of the southern mother
when:
"Her boy was running into the
house and says, "Ma . . Ma
Ma. . .brother Jimmy fell into the
hog wallow . . clear up to here."
He pointed.
"Dryly, she returned a, "Ohh,
I'm coming"..." and tha two of
them headed for the hawg pen.
Rag Reporter
By Yrrer Namllef
(Editor' note Thl Is the 173.D3Jth in
k erte of article entltlr4 "M- Mont
I nforclvaMo tttndent." Kaeh article eon
tain fBlne tory told to the reporter
by an liwtraetor en thl campus.)
Gerry Fellman, a reporter for
The Daily Nebraskan, is the most
unforgivable student of Prof. I.
M. Gordiebart of the unsocial sci
ence department here at the
University.
Gordiebart says that he will
never forget the time that Gerry
bit a dog because The Daily Ne
braskan needed an unusual inci
dent to use for a front page fea
ture. Gerry was born in the small
town of Ahamo in the fabulous
kingdom of Nebraskiae by the
marvelous, meddlesome, muddy
Misery river.
Amazing Skill
Even from the very beginning,
Gerry showed amazing physical
and mental skill. At the age of
two, Gerry was already an out
regard to Communist activities.
Alpha Kappa Psi
"Groups such as Alpha Kappa
Psi have obviously overstepped
the slim margin that bounds the
difference between American and
Un-American activities," stated
the Chancellor.
Gustavson was- referring to the
series of lectures sponsored by
the Business Administration hon
orary on Communism.
Dr. Latta spoke on the costs of
communism to the American eco
nomy. Rev. Schug, Unitarian
minister, resented an address on
"Communism and Christian
Faith." Three lectures remain to
be given in the series. .
Full House
The first two lectures given in
Love Library auditorium were
presented to a full house. Gus
tavson stated that attempts are
being made by the House Un
American activities committee to
secure the names of all persons
attending the lectures.
The Chancellor said that this
is being done in an effort to stop
the further propagation of ' in
formation presented by Latta and
Schug. (The Chancellor re
ceived this information in a spe
cial bulletin from Washington
concerning his instructors).
The last three lectures of the
series, to be given by Dr. Lan
caster, Dr. Meadows and Gov.
Peterson have been cancelled. Al
pha Kappa Psi has substituted
another lecture series under the
general topic "Democracy Our
Only Thought."
Against McCarran Act
Dr. Henry Foster, University
instructor in the law college, has
been subpoened by the national
committee in regard, he supposed,
to his numerous speeches against
the McCarran Act.
This act is a national law,
passed into effect over President
Truman's veto by members of
the 80th Congress, which sets up
federal power in regard to Un
American activities within the
United States.
Dr. Foster stated that he is a
likely candidate for the title of
"Famous Last Words." At the
conclusion of one of his recent
speeches on the McCarran Act,
the law professor said that per
haps at this time next year he
would be afraid to stand up anh
speak against this national leg
islation. Reporters from the Daily Ne
braskan, the Lincoln Journal-
Star and" the Daily Worker wilT
be covering and reporting on in
committees investigation con
cerning these men.
Play-by-play accounts of the
American committee on Un-Am
erican activties will be carried in
the Daily Nebraskan.
Jim Tomasek Appointed Political Leader
Of Campus Faction by Faculty Committee
Jim Tomasek, past president of tions and influences of the fac
the University Independent Stu-Uion
dent's association, has been elect- j "SESd that
ed head of the faction, campus Tomasek was elected president,
political organization. not out of dissatisfaction with the
This was revealed in a reDort former faction head, but because
from the Faculty Senate Commit
tee, following their regular busi
ness meeting last night, during
which problems of student beha
vior were taken up.
The action was taken by the
highest faculty committee after
various representatives from cam
pus organizations appeared before
the Senate and testified as to the
undercover and bad political ac-
Clean Up Ag
Ditching It
"Sure enough, there he was,
and up to his ears, a burgling and
spitting slop.
"The missus leaned one arm
against the fence and stuck out
her leg till it was on his head ,jthe meeting place of the political
and slowly pushed the little tike 1 group. No longer will meetings be
down under. Iheld at the corner of 14th and P
Then dryer than before, "I'd St. The new president has called
rather get another than clean you ! all future meetings in the .raft
up..."' i shop in the basement of the
Farnum continued, we must be I
cautious
It isn't entirely necessary to
draft an entirely new constitution
to clean up the Ag Exec board.
"What we need in its entirety,"
he continued, "is a well thought
out set . of amendments to the
present constitution such as it
is."
Then he set.
- Unforgivable
standing baseball player. On
May 22, 1236, the day . of his third
birthday, he was given a tryout
with the New York Yanlkees. It
was reported that he would have
made the team except for the
fact that he could not hit a high
inside curve ball.
Gordiebart stated that his first
notice of Gerry was quite unfor
gettable. But here is a clipping
from an old copy of The Daily
Nebraskan, which in the paper's
own clear words, accurately sum
marizes the whole incident.
"It was at the University of
Nebraskiae that Gerry first came
to Gordiebart's attention. The
latter discovered that the former,
though the former had always
known the latter, had a reputa
tion for hitting old women, tak
ing candy from babies and chas
ing rabbits. Although the former
denied the latter's accusation, the
latter believed and was shocked
at the reported actions of the for
Team Scores Again ...
'50 Football Stars Astound NU
By Professional Performance
For the past twelve years Prof.
Donald Lentz -has been playing
for the football teams. Yesterday
at the ROTC Symphonic band
concert the members of the 1950
football team returned the favor
by some spectacular playing for
the band.
In the opening number, Purple
Carnival by Alford, tackle Char
lie Toogood and end Frank Simon
played in the trumpet section. So
pleased was Mr. Lentz by the
performance that the footballers
did that he has granted both of
the men a musical scholarship at
the School of Music for the next
two years.
In Les Preludes by Liszt, guard
Don Strasheim played a flute
solo. According to the people in
the know when it comes to that
type of music, Donald executed
the piece to perfection. Never be
fore have the halls of the coli
seum rung with such beautiful
sounding flute notes. When ques
tioned as to whether or not he
would continue to play in other
concerts, Strasheim refused to
College Days Revamped
Plans for New Committee
A new College Days committee,
which will function during the in
auguration of College Days this
year, will be appointed.
Gene Berg, president of MCTU,
a temperance organization, made
this announcement when investi
gations of his organization led to
the discovery of several members
of the previous board in a state
of inebiracy.
Berg, president also of the Col
lege Days committee, which will
function during College Days this
year, made the announcement
"with deepest regrets." Berg said
that he had enjoyed working with
the previous board member.thor
oughly and hated to be forced to
choose replacements.
'Activities in Opposition
"But," the temperance head
continued, "I had no idea that
the members of the College Days
committee, which will function
during College Days this year,
carried on activities which are in
direct ' oppillolvtoTne'': i6'alsth6perT.hat 6ther eatnpus leaders
which I hold first and final in
every field of activity."
The president of the College
Days committee, which will func
tion during College Days this
year, emphasized that he did not
i expect average, upstanding Uni
of dissatisfaction with the caliber
of membership of the entire
group.
The spokesman also stated that
the former faction president was a
very capable person, wth much
executive lepdership capacity, but
was just in the right job in the
wrong place. He added that the
past prexy would undoubtedly be
quite a good leader in some other
field of political action other than
on a campus.
Tomasek accepted the position
in an "attitude of greatest
thanks." He stated that his name
had been associated with the
struggles and strivings of another
campus organization and that he
felt he was now in a position to
put into effect long-desired re
forms. One of the first changes that
'Tomasek
has put into effect is
Union.
J. Bristol Turner, head of the
Independent Interim Council, will
assist Tomasek in the capacity as
vice president of the faction.
Turner said that he is a bit
leery of the outcome of his posi
tion, but added that he had high
hopes for a peaceful and pro
gressive union of all campus po
litical groups under the new fac-
mer."
Gordiebart said that he will al
ways remember Gerry's slow but
sure rise to fame in journalistic
activities. After three days of
conscientious reporting, Gerry
was appointed EDITOR of The
Daily Nebraskan.
Gerry's first editorial as editor
was a plan for abolishing The
Daily Nebraskan. Student, fac
ulty and public response was so
favorable that the Student Coun
cil has decided to convert The
Daily Nebraskan office into a bat
sanctuary.
For some reason, unknown
even to this day, The Daily Ne
braskan staff seized Gerry and
tarred and feathered him.
Gordiebart says that he will
always remember the sight of
Gerry, dripping with tar and
feathers, bravely planning new
and better things.
Gerry was certainly unforgiva
ble right, April Fool.
comment other than to say that
he played the music as he felt
that it should be played,
An especially hard clarinet solo
was performed by Fran Nagle in
the score "A Solem Music," by
Thomson. At the time that Nagle
was doing his work, the composer
was listening by telephone. After
Fran had completed his part
Thomson stated that the music
brought tears to his eyes. He only
wished that other great musicians
of the world would put as much
feeling and effort in his music.
Applause that rocked the foun
dation was when Nick Adduci
played a harp solo in the compo
sition "La Rougette" by Ben
nett. So surprised was the audi
ence on the appearance of Adduci
to the stage that when he sat at
the harp, a sudden hush fell over
the auditorium. Nick, was a little
shaky for the first four bars, but
after he gained his poise he
played like the masters of old.
When the score was over the
people at the concert demanded
that he play an encore. Adduci
versity students to conduct them
selves in a manner similar to that
of Carrie Nation.
"However, I cannot conceive of
a College Days committee meet
ing, which will function during
College Days this year, to turn
into such a flagrant abuse of
privileges and responsibilities
vested in college students," he
added.
Appointing CD Committee
Berg said that the basis for ap
pointment on the new College
Days committee, which will func
tion during College Days this
year, will be in regard to church
affiliation, Sunday school attend
ance, background, past social
reputation and future ideals and
goals.
In a letter of approval to Berg,
the faculty Senate said "we ad
mire you for your admirable
stand on the College Days com
mittee, which will be held dur
ing College Days this year, and
will follow the precedent wmcn
you have set in regard to similar
situations. We also wish to com
mend you on your four years of
splendid, religious and inspiring
leadership which you have con
tributed to our campus."
tion leadership.
The faculty Senate will have
the final word on appointmc ts to
membership in the faction. Mem
bership will be determined on the
basis of living quarters, weighted
average and general personality.
Filings for positions on the fac
tion will open April 16. All ap
plications must be turned in to
either Tomasek or Turner before
this date. Letters of recommenda
tion will also be accepted with
the applications.
The Weather
Weather men were unavailable
for comment. In fact, they were
just unavailable period. Further
sleuthing disclosed that they were
so broken up about their failures
in predicting this winter's blizz
ards and so disgusted with the
usual snow that they have de
ported to Florida.
Blue prints have been com
pleted for the construction of the
new $500 Co-Ed dormitories.
Construction of the three ultra
modem ranch style dorms will
begin immediately.
"The architecture for the dorms
is the most exquisite I have ever
seen," said Abbacrumby Nonoth
ing, famous architect. "After
completion of these buildings the
ten most beautiful buildings in
the world will have to be re
named." Blue prints for the Co-Ed dor
mitories were drawn up by Mos
kowitz, Boskowitz, Koskowitzes
and Smith.
Location Rot Gut Gulch
Location for the dorms is ten
tatively planned to overlook the
valley of Rot Gut Gulch. Numer
ous picture windows will be in
each room to allow students full
benefit of the view provided by
the valley.
Among the modern conveni
ences to be included in the Co
Ed dorms are jet powered esca
lators in order that the strength
and energy of the students might
be conserved until weekends.
One student will be accommo
dated in each suite of rooms, con
sisting of a bedroom, bar room,
music room, brawlroom, red
room, blue room and green room.
Each suite will be equipped with
hot and cold running beer. Whis
key will be substituted at request
of the student.
Music rooms will be furnished
with 100 records of the student's
choice.
Pin ball machines will be
placed in each bar room. The
llyi!diiie to Bcin on Co-Ecf Porifis
Band Director
in Concert
stated that he was not prepared
for another piece, but the hol
lowing crowd would not take no
for an answer. So Insistent was
the wild throng, that Nick had to
play the piece over again.
The final show stopper was
when the trumpeters played for a
solid 45 minutes. Members of the
brass group included Toogood
and Simon, plus Pomaeig Bacn,
Bloom Back, Mueller Back,
Brasee Guard, Handshy Tackle
and Boll Tackle. Mr. Lentz stated
that he was sorry that the
trumpeters had to devote so much
of their time for the football
squad. If they had more time to
study music, he could make them
all the hit and rage of the coun
try .
According to Mr. J. William
Wilson, who is a talent scout for
a local TV show, the concert was
a smash hit. He will try to con
tact Mr. Lentz to take the entire
members of the band to New
York for a full two hour show.
When Professor Lentz was in
formed of this he stated that the
trip would be impossible because
some of the band members were
women and the Dean of Women
would not allow it.
Patient TV Set
Awaits Use
Students who are patiently or
otherwise waiting installation of
the new Ag Union television set
received the back of the Univer
sity maintenance department's
hand late Friday afternoon.
A 60-mile-an-hour gale roared
in from Phi Psi gulch and ham
mered Ag college from Love hall
to the Tastee Inn.
The freak winds ripped and
tore at the University workers as
they attempted to install a 25-foot
antenna on the rooftop of the
Ag Union building.
The maintenance department
officials said it will be weeks be
fore his men will again be brave
enough to scale the dreary height
of the topflight.
The northwest wind piled up
the equipment and forced work
ers from their porch.
One worker suffered a frac
tured paricarp. No other
juries were reported. .,leautive session to revoke the cam-
Such artUatton would' iflUfc puS"parkttTg 'permits of all those
cate that very little headway is
being made toward installing the
set that has waited patiently for
at least a month in an Ag Union
storeroom.
MBs to Sponsor
NU scholarship
Nancy Porter, president of
Mortar Boards, a local coed group,
announced today that the gals
are sponsoring a special scholar
ship for the most outstanding
Univresity student.
Those applying must have a 4.
1532 average and cannot be ac
tive in any activities.
Miss Porter said that applicants
will be judged on the following
qualities: (1) Their Greek affili
ation (2) The number of times
their name has appeared in The
Daily Nebraskan (3) Their know
ledge of the whereabouts of Dirty
Earl's, the Crafts room in the
Union and the Chancellor's home.
Redheads will be given pref
erence. SHAFTEES
Tau Pi Sigma will intiate all
shaftees at a special ceremony
tonight. Highlight of the eve
ning will be the presentation
of shaft replicas to each new
member.
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PROPOSED COED DOMITORIES These three
dorms will replace, the outdated housing built in
1797 and declared unsafe by the local Board of
Directors. They will have the latest, most mod
machines are fixed to allow free
games after each shot. To add to
the students' enjoyment in the
bar, color television sets with
three foot screens will be avail
able. Boys and girls will be assigned
to alternating rooms. Room as
signments will be changed each
six weeks to allow greater frater
nizing between the students.
Rest rooms will be located in
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Coeds have been banned from
the 1951 Kosmet Klub spring
musical.
The decision to kick out fe
males was announced by Peon
Leiffer, Kosmet Klub president, at
a joint press conference Monday
with reporters of The Daily Ne-
Local Boy
Continues
NU Probe
By Hugo J. Frump
This morning in the corner of
a crowded broom closet in the
basement of the Union an aging
ex-soldier of fortune rapped his
dust pen twice for silence. This
was the final and most important
session of the Student Council's
Committee for University Investi
gation. Quiet, unpretentious
George Wilcox, a relative new
comer to the world of campus
politics, was winding up one of
the most revealing and publicized
investigations that has ever been
conducted in the Middle West.
Presidential Candidate Emerges
Wilcox in tthe space of a few
short weeks had emerged as the
activities party's strongest candi
date for the soon-to-be-vacant
seat of Student Council President.
His masterful guidance of an in
quiry dealing with such contro
versial questions as Rho Delta in
itiation fees and monopolies in
campus liquor distribution have
made headlines In all the Uni
versity's student dailies.
Although the committee's in
vestigations have not as yet
brought anything to light that
was not already known, Wilcox
has many times demonstrated his
fearlessness by the challenging
questions that have been asked of
the witnesses. The flat refusal of
all witnesses to answer questions
temporarily stymied the investi
gation, but this was corrected
when the Committee voted in ex-
witnesses demonstrating a re
luctance to talk about such va
ried subjects as their names, the
colleges they were enrolled in
and how much they got last year.
Secret Meetings at Derby Club
It is also rumored that the
Committee held several secret
meetings at a local road house
known as the Derby club. The
supposed purpose was to inter
rogate certain witness who were
afraid to have it known that they
were giving testimony. Among
these was the widow of a once
prominent faction leader who is
supposed to have garnered a
fortune in graft from faction beer
busts. Another secret witness was
an ex-employe of the Dean of
Women's office. Inside sources
claim that she revealed a sordid
story of corruption in hierarch of
the women's administration build
ing. . Among , other things, these
sources claim that it has been
established that house party
chaperons, who received bribes
not to talk about certain con
duct, were forced to pay kick
backs through the Dean's office.
If these facts are true, Wilcox
will probably recommended that
the Dean be deported to her na
tive Afghanistan. Gene Berg,
Chairman of the Council Judicia
ary committee is known to have
taken the matter under advise
ment. little white houses to the rear
of
the dormitories.
Grand Opening
In order to prevent a one-sided
life of studying, "South Pacific,"
"Guys and Dolls," "Mr. Roberts,"
"The Respectful , Prostitute" and
"Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" will
be scheduled on week nights.
Ralph Flanagan, Harry James,
Sammy Kaye and Tommy Dorsey
havt been, scheduled for the
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braskan, the New York Times
and the Daily Worker.
According to Leiffer, the ban
stems from a drastic ultimatum
delivered Saturday by Dean Mar
garine Johnston.
Stated Miss Johnston's letter,
"Owing to extensive rumors of
alleged indecency regarding
"Good News," the 1951 spring
musical, the Committee on Stu
dent Affairs has been obliged to
investigate said conditions. We
have learned through careful
evasedropping and numerous spy
techniques that the Klub has
plans for a drama of scandalous
nature. We demand that coeds
be excluded immediately from the
show."
"Imagine Our Shock"
"Imagine our shock when we
discovered just what the coeds
were asked to portray. A revela
tion of what the "good news"
was in the play turned our stom
achs. In addition, we disliked im
mensely the connotations and ac
tions hinted at by the song "The
Best Things in Life Are Free."
We also felt some cigaret com
pany would obtain free advertise
ment in the song "Varsity Drag."
"We do wish to refute the
ignoble heresay when inferred
that Leiffer has solicited coeds
for the show for his own enter
tainment. This is absolutely un
founded. Also, we believe that
it would be better to have over
studies rather than under-studies
for the various parts, since the
play portrays college life, and will
be given during College Days
when many young high-schoolers
will see the show."
Its 'Bad News' Now
When Leiffer was asked if he
had any comment, he snapped
brusquely, "No, except we'll prob
ably have to resort to 'Bad News
now."
General delusion reigned in the
Kosmet Klub camp Monday, fol
lowing the ultimatum. When the
bad news about "Good News"
reached a rehearsal being held at
the Diamond Ear and Grill, Jank
Fracobs slobbered, "In order to
replace the coeds, we may have
to change our former -cast pre
requisites of "singing and danc
ing skills," to just "skill.' He re
fused to mention what- sort of
skill, as he hurriedly passed out.
"Red" Handolph, vice president
of the Klub, huskily ren arked, "It
was bound to happen. When I
couldn't even talk my wife into
taking a part, I realized that
"Good News" was too good for
its own good."
The script it the comedy, deal
ing with a dilema of grid game,
calls for athletic supporters.
Actually that is reminescent of
football in the play are the fami
liar old college jerseys of the
Twenties.
Accident Prompts
Indoor Plumbing
The Board of Regents have re
ported that indoor plumbing will
soon be installed on the Univer
sity campus.
The report came after an i
most fatal accident when one
University student tripped and
hit his head on the outside plumb
ing house door. The student wants
his name withheld.
The plumbing installation will
begin later, this spring.
A student spokesman stated
after hearing the news. "This is
the greatest news since outdoor
plumbing."
ern facilities and will be ranch style. Tentative
plans indicate that the new dorms will be lo
cated in Rot Gut Gulch.
grand opening of the dormitories,
which will last the duration of
the University.
Dumb waiters will be Installed
to serve students' breakfast in
bed. By pushing various bottons,
students may obtain dinner, sup
per and midnight snacki from
the dumb waiter.
As an extra service to stu
dents, all final examinations will
be available ia the files.
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