The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current, April 04, 1951, Image 1
1 if t A 1 JlfLFL Vol. 51 No. 112 LINCOLN 8,. NEBRASKA Wednesday, April 4, 1951 IbwMMi kmuul nriiiiiiri-TffiYMCTi fcniiiinuMMxiiiii i wmmm mtr Miami mmmm Vnruintiin' 1 Vinson Boosts UMT Bill A combination draft-universal Military training law was pre sented before the House Tuesday by carl Vinson, chairman of the house armed services committee. Vinson urged the house to en act the combination draft-universal military training law to give the U. S. "the steel" he said Russia will respect. Abolishment of UMT, Vinson stated, would "force on the backs of the Ameri can people the necessity for main taining for an infinite period a large standing force which will eventually jeopardize and post sibly ruin the economic stability of this nation." The Georgian emphasized the necessity for retaining the UMT provisions along with the ex tended draft bill and lowering the induction age from 19 to 184. "The Soviet Union listens only to a nation whose voice is backed by steel," Vinson said. The changing needs of the day would make putting a ceiling on military strength "Short sighted and unrealistic," he said. A bill which would permit drafting 18-year-olds for up to 26 months service and establish ment of machinery for a long range universal military train ing program has already been ap proved by the senate. V. S. MEETS CHALLENGE OF RED COUNTER-OFFENSIVE U. S. forces met the defiant challenge of more than a half million reds assing for a spring counter-offensive as they surged across the 38th parallel. The bridgehead of the South Korean Capital division on the east coast was extended into com- munist territory more than 15 miles at the same time. Three Russian built MIG-15 jet planes were shot down and three more damaged by American Sabre jets in a 25 minute battle in the area of the northwest Korean- Manuchurian border. BELGIUM SEEKS REPAYMENT OF 25-YEAR OLD DEBT A raid on Marshall plan funds to settle a 25-year-old debt owed by Greece is being attempted by Belgium. The state department has been silent on the struggle in which Belgium is attempting to seize Marshall aid money allocated for improvement of Greek railroads. The act has halted building plans on the main railroad line. Trade has also been halted between Greece and Belgium as a result of the Belgian attempt to confiscate American funds. Y's to Sponsor Church Convo Group seminars, personal coun seling and demoinatkmal meet ings are some of the events n the program of the Church Voca tions conference. This conference, to be held April 14 and 15, is to help stu dents find opportunities in church work at home and abroad, in formation on the technical and spiritual qualifications of differ ent church vocations and specific guidance to find their likely place in the work of the King dom. The conference meetings will held Friday, April 6 and Satur day, April 7 at the Episcopal church, Church workers will lead these meetings and tell the chal lenge and rewards of their jobs. Students from several colleges and universities in the area will attend to take part in the wor ship, study and recreation planned. This conference will be spon sored by the University student bouses and the University YMCA and YWCA. Conferees to Discuss Community Recreation The Nebraska community rec reation conference will be held at the University April 6. Registra tion is at 8:30 a.m. The conference will deal with methods r r organizing, planning and financing a community recre ation program. The meeting grew cut of reports compiled by home extension club members for the recent White House conference n Children and Youth. The re ports showed a need for recrea tion programs. NU, AKP Praised by Truman For Communist The University and Alpha Kap pa Psi, professional business fra ternity, have received special rec ognition from President Truman for sponsoring the current lecture series on "'Communism Threat to the American Economy." In a letter to Lester Wescott, program chairman lor the series, the President requested that his interest In the series be conveyed to the University and to the fra ternity. Program Sent to President A copy of the complete program for the series of "Town Meeting" , lectures with a letter of explana tion was sent the President sev eral weeks ago. The complete text of bis letter follows: THE WHITE HOUSE Washington March 26, 1951 My dear Mr. Wescott: The President has received your letter of March seventeenth, with Martial Music ... Album of Band Music Includes 6 Husker Sonus Those who love the exciting beat of martial music will be able to hear the Cornhusker march favorites in the new ROTC band album to go on sale the last of May. The album contains two ten inch RCA Victor records featur ing six Cornhsker marches: "Hail Varsity," "Hail Nebraska" "Corn husker," "March of the Corn huskers," "The Chant," and "Dear Old Nebraska U." Price of the album will be. $3 and wilt be distributed through out Nebraska through local mu sic stores. Distribution agency will be the University extension division who will send upon mail order request the ROTC band album at $3 plus a 40 cents mail ing charge. The cover, including a color Housing Survey Conducted By Council at Huskerville Fifty-seven percent of Husk erville residents are not interest ed in buying homes according to the housing survey submitted to the Lincoln city council Monday by personnel director Ray Ram say. The questionnaires, however, were filled out before it be came reasonably certain that lowcost two-bedroom homes will be available in Lincoln. Mayor Victor Anderson said that avail ability of FHA homes with World Court Case Planned Bv Lawyers Two teams of University inter national law students will argue a mock case in the "World Court" proceedings at 7:30 p.m. Thurs day, April 5, in the Union. The associate justices, F. B. Baylor, J. Lee Rankin, Daniel Stubbs and W. B. Cowles, with Chief Judge C Petrus Peterson presiding, will hear the case. The problem involves the im aginary nations, Katavia and Ionia; The information is based on the Carter Lake region be tween Nebraska and Iowa. The laws used in the decision will be Nebraska laws. Katavia vs. Ionia Jack Wendstrand, Dean L. Donohoe and Donald E. Morrow will represent the Katavian gov ernment. The Ionian counsel is Robert C. Bosley, Wm. Fuhr and Jack Solomon. The court is a model of the International Court of Justice presented in conjunction with NUCWA week. The Ionian repre sentatives request the Katavian men to agree to settlement by the United Nations court. Smelting: Plant The trouble between the coun tries arises over a melting plant located in a region between two cities of the nations. The Kata vian city is closer to the plant and is annoyed and hampered by constant sulphur fumes destroy ing property of their citizens. Peaceful appeal to the lonians, whose nationalists own a con trolling interest in the plant, has not brought results. Bad feelings were caused between the coun tries. A Katavian man foolishly ad mitted connection with a sabotage plot against the lonians and was convicted by them. This culmi nates the issue. The case is then presented to the court. CTKeefe to Head Dental Honorary William J. O'Keefe was elected president of Xi Psi Phi, a pro fessional dental fraternity. Other officers selected to serve for the coming year are: vice president, Eugene R. McCleery; secretary, Duane M. Hunt; treas urer, Lester D. Buller. O'Keefe replaces Paul Holmes, past president. Tom Drangsholt, was vice president. Ralph Hansen is the out going secretary While James Griggs is retiring treasurer. Lecture Series, the enclosure, which you sent him at Key West, and he has noted with a lot of interest the program you and your associates are plan ning to be of assistance in the battle for the defense of demo cratic liberties. You need no as surance that your cooperation and support in these troubled times are highly appreciated, and the President asks me to thank you for your thoughtf ulness in writing to him. Very sincerely yours, WILLIAM D. HASSETT Secretary to the President Next Lecture Today 'The next lecture in the series will be Wednesday, April 4, when Dr. Paul Meadows, associate pro fessor of sociology, will speak on "Communism us a World Force.1 The lectures are all held in Love Memorial Library auditorium at 8:00 p.m. Dr. Maurice C Latta acts as moderator at these meetings. picture of the full ROTC march. mg band will be in the tradition al Husker colors, scarlet and cream. Pictures of the ROTC band in half-time formation at the football games and on Band day, showing 61 Nebraska high school bands performing on the field, will be featured on the in side cover. A brief resume of the history, growth, development, system and projects of the band will be in cluded on the front inside cover. Gamma Lambda, band honor ary fraternity and sponsor of the album, planned the cover and preparing for its printing. Records of the Cornhusker marches will be cut this month. A professional sound engineer will take charge of acoustical ad justments. amendments permitting rental as well as sale will undoubtedly make a difference. Tt was estimated that possibly one-third of the students will leave at the end of the school year. Also a majority of students at Huskerville do not plan on liv ing here in the future. Low -Cost Homes Local builders are now erect ing "specimen" low-cost homes, one builder Saving at least two such houses completed in the next three weeks. Interviews with University students living at Huskerville in dicate the difference in home building plans. Dean L. Erick son, law student, and his wife have bought a home in Lincoln. Mrs. Stacy L, McCoy said that they do not know what they will do, but probably will leave Lin coln. They definitely will not buy a home. Survey Facts The survey indicated these facts about families living at Huskerville: Earning less than $3,000, 78 per cent. Earning less than $2,000, 31 per cent. Not interested in buying homes, 57 per cent. Can handle payment plans, 24 per cent. - Cannot handle any suggested plans now, 76 per cent. Do not need outside help in lo cating quarters, 7 per cent. Veteran population, 89 per cent. Students, 217 or 33 per cent UN Agenda Wednesday 3-5:30 p.m. Subcommitte meetings: Korean committee, Parlor Y, Union; admission of new members, Parlor X, Union. 7:30-9 p.m. Sub com mittee meetings, same roms. Thursday 2:30-5:30 p.m. Political committee meeting, ballroom. Union. 7:30-10 p.m. World court, Parlors ABC, Union. Friday 3-5:34 p.m. Closing ses sion of the political com mittee. Parlors, ABC. Duke Ellington, Artists to Perform April 11 Duke Ellington and his band, prominent jazz artists, will pre sent a concert at the Coliseum April 11. The Union is sponsoring the show, which will begin at p.m. Admission to the two and one half hour concert will be 85 cents for students and faculty and $1.20 for the general public A new and improved Coliseum seating arrangement will be used for the Ellington concert. Some of the disadvantages of the pre vious methods of seating will be overcome in order to provide better seats for all persons. Intended to Study Art Ellington, who originally in tended to study art, won a scholarship to Pratt Institute in Brooklyn after his high school work. He had learned to play the piano by ear as a youngster, how ever, and when he learned to read music he gave up art and organized a five-piece band, which he took to New York. The band, gradually increasing in size, played odd jobs until it opened at the Kentucky club in Harlem, where it played for five years. Ellington and his band then performed at other clubs and played vaudeville dates until they; were hired by Flo Ziegf eld to take part in one of his last shows, "Show Girl." Becomes Established Figure By that time Ellington was es tablished as a major figure in popular music and had written several songs, including "Mood Indigo," "It Don't Mean Thing If YYou Ain't Got That Swing" ; and "Sophisticated Lady." I In 1933 the Ellington band toured Europe, then returned to the Cotton club in New York for the show featuring "Stormy Weather." Ellington wrote "Solitude" in 1835 and won the ASCAP annual award for the most important song cf the yean In 1938 be took the prize for ''Caravan" and again in 1939 f or I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart." Ellington returned to Europe PDSIBD Biceps Warned The University and Wesleyan have been named by selective service officials as exam centers for students taking draft exemp tion aptitude tests. One thousand centers were named throughout the nation where the exams could be taken May 26, June 16 and June 30. There was, however, no an nouncement of the passing grades required for deferment. Given to Dra Registrants The test will be given to draft registrants who have begun and i plan to continue their college careers. This includes graduate and undergraduate work. The selective service annouce- ment said: "The test presupposes no schooling beyond the ordinary high school preparation for col lege. "Scores on the test will not in themselves determine the eligi bility for deferment. "Scores on the - test together with scholastic achievement in college will be used by the local boards in considering the eligi bility of registrants for occupa tional deferment as students. Apply Immediately The announcement urged all eligible registrants to apply im mediately. A post card applica tion can be obtained from any draftboard. The application will be already addressed. All the applicant has to do is fill it in and mail it. The post cards go to the selec tive service examining section of the educational testing service. The educational testing service, Princeton, N. J which is admin istering the test will assign each man to the testing center of his choice or send him to the closest alternative center. They will also give him the date for the exam ination. High school graduates and others who are candidates for ad mission to their first year of col lege will not be eligible to take the test until they have entered college. 'Good News' Production Needs Technical Crew With the opening night of the Kosmet Klubs 1951 musical comedy, "Good News," less than a month off, regularly scheduled rehearsals have begun in earn est. Three hour practices will be held each evening until the pro duction of the show, April 25, 26 and 27 at the Nebraska theater. Rehearsal Schedule All principle actors and chorus members may refer to a list of scheduled rehearsals outside Room 153 Temple According to Dallas Williams, director of the comedy, rehearsal work is progressing rapidly and all participants "have shown a great deal of enthusiasm." There is still a need for back stage help, including crew work ers, scenery construction, seen- Other Jazz in 1939 ior a tour in wnicn ne did a series of 31 concerts in 31 cities. These included a date in Paris, where he performed in a bombproof shelter. Played at Carnegie Ball In 1943 Ellington played his series of concerts at Carnegie HalL He continues these annual appearances at Carnegie as well as at concert halls of cities throughout the United States and Canada. The Lincoln concert will fea ture jazz artists Max Roach, clar inetist, and Jimmy Hamilton, drummer, as well as Ellington's piano and mandolin music NU Theater Lab Starts New Play Jim Tomasek and Wes Jensby combine talents to bring to the University theatre laboratory stage a drama of the World War II post-war era. The story is well -contained in its title, "For Each Man Kills," and is augmented by Oscar Wilde's words, "for each man kills the things he loves." The plot of the play evolves from the obsessed love of two sis ters for the same man, who can return this love to only one. To masek stated that this play gives limitless opportunity for emotion al character development. All interested students are en couraged to try out Wednesday, April 4 on the Temple stage, 3-5 p.m. The play will be given two showings Tuesday and Wednes day, April 24th and 25th, in the laboratory theatre. The Weather Nebraska fair Wednesday and Thursday. Warmer Wednesday. Cooler north central portion Thursday. Hitfh Wednesday, 60'$ east; 34-78 went. Junior Men AH 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. Meadows To Continue AKP Series Dr. Paul Meadows, associate professor of sociology, will con tinue the Alpha Kappa Psi lec ture series tonight at 8:00 p.m. in Love Memorial library when he speaks on "Communism as a World Force." This will be the third in a series of five lectures sponsored by Al pha Kappa Psi on the general topic: "Communism' Threat to the American Economy." The lec tures are open to the public and there is no admission charge. The preceding two lectures were de livered to capacity crowds. Dr. Meadows will present a so ciological interpretation of com munism as a world force, draw ing focus on the conflict of two revolutionary ideas, Liberalism and Communism. Dr. Meadows received his A.B. at McKendree College, M.A. at Washington University at Ph.D. at Northwestern University. Prior to coming to the University of Nebraska, he taught at Western Michigan College, Northwestern University, and Montana State University. He is a member of Phi Beta Kappa and the American Socio logical Society. He has had articles published in over a dozen tech nical and general journals, in ad dition to being author of several books in the field of sociology. Dr. Maurice C. Latta, assistant professor of economics, who deliv ered the introductory lecture in the series two weeks ago will again serve as moderator for the "town meeting" lectures, intro ducing the speaker and entertain ing questions from the floor fol lowing the speech. ary painting, and designing, and properties, costumes and light ing. Approximately fifty persons are needed to fill these jobs. Anyone interested in participat ing in the technical production may contact William Ellis, Temple buildings, or leave his or her name in the University Theater business office. All Kosmet Klub workers will aid in the backstage work. Age of the Flapper The play will portray the ad ventures of the coeducational life in a college during the "Age of the Flapper" the Twenties. The show will include for the first time since 1941, coed ac tresses and choristers. Lead roles will be played by Hal Sienknecht and Suzanne Koehler. Tickets have not gone on sale yet, according to Business Man ager Ted Randolph, but are sched uled to start soon. Ducats will be sold by Kosmet Klub workers and will be available at a down town music store. Announcement of the opening sales will be made soon. Organizations should notify Alice Joy Heiss by Wednes day, April 4, whether or not they are sponsoring foreign students for the "Friendship Tea" April S. Post cards may be placed in the Religious Welfare box in the Union basement Miss Heiss msy be called at 2-1107. Individuals planning to sponsor a student most also notify ber. Engineers Plan As part of Engineering Week, which will be held during College Days this year, the chemical en gineering department is sponsor ing a special display in Avery lab. All the equipment, old and new, J will be included in a color dyn amics scheme. The distinctive parts of the equipment will be made to stand out with a bright color against the green back ground of supporting framework and non-essential accessories. Manual controls used to oper ate the equipment shall be of a different color for contrast af fects. This will enable the stu dent to see immediately what controls are important and which are not The visitor to Avery lab dur ing E Week will be able to see an organized array of equipment in stead of a mass of dull, gray and nondescript pipes and framework. Atomic energy and heavy hy drogen displays will head the list in special displays. These displays will bring out many facts about the atomic bomb and atomic energy as a whole. Other displays will include electroplating of keys and metal parts, mirror silvering, synthetic and natural rubber and water softening. Movies will aim be shown. i mrapo(Q llovvGnees M For CSf Take it from the guys who are "in," Uncle Sam won't waste your long-pursued college degree. Major Thomas M. Nial, Associated Press writer, lines up army procedure for handling the guy with special train ing this way. The Army gives the inductee the General Classifica tion tests (G.C.T.) plus an interview. If he gets a high Draft Exam Applications Due After Apr. 16-Drath University students are urged by state headquarters of the selective service not to ex pect draft examination appli cation cards from their local draft boards before April 16. Colenel Francis Drath, chief of manpower division of Ne braska service said Tuesday that the information released from Washington indicated that students could call for their application cards at their draft boards before April 16. Colonel Drath said, "This information is premature. Ne braska local draft boards will not have the cards at least un til April 16." He added that students would be wasting their time by contacting the draft board before that date. Junior, Senior Classes Plan Contest Day Permission has been granted the junior and senior classes to hold their class competition at Pioneer Park, April 13 at 2:30. The executive faculty commit tee on student affairs granted ap proval for the day with attend- ATv ? ZZ from ZI ular scheduled class work or re quired examinations. The competition will include Softball games between senior Mortar Boards and junior women and senior Innocents and junior men. The upperclassmen will com pete in mixed contests of egg throwing, sack racing and three legged running. At the end of the day, the score of the juniors will be com pared with the score of the sen iors on the basis of the day's competition. A team will get five points for a first place, four for a second and so on down the line. The winner of the competition will be announced at the junior senior prom that evening. On Ivy Day the losing class will present a trophy to the winner. This action is hoped to become a tradition, according to Henry Cech co-chairman, along with Jess Sell, of the event , Filings Now Open For Union Posts The Union announces that stu dents may file for Union board positions, committee members and committee chairmen. Applications for the above posi tions may be secured at the activ ities office in the Union. Interviews for board applicants will be Sunday, April 8, from 2-4 pjn. at the activities office. All applications must be turned in by the following dates: Board members due Saturday, April 7, at 12:00; committee chairmen due Saturday, April 14, 12:00; committee memberships will be open indefinitely. Three factors upon which the Union board of managers will judge new board members are: 1. applications; 2, interviews; and 3, evaluations of past work as done by budgets, and orientation com mittee. The Union stresses the fact that only those persons who apply for positions will be considered. Display for E t . i ASCE CO-CUA1KMEN Norman Case, right, and Stanton Vierk, left, inspect a Dorr Thickener which has been installed in the wing of Avery Lab. The Chemical Engineering department co chairmen have arranged a display of all equipment in Avery Lab for E Week which will be held during College Day this year. Norman Case and Stanton (Chemical Engineering department Vierk are the co-chairmen of the I 4 )GDS oew score on the G.C.T. he map apply fr Officer Candidate School (O.C.S.). This means 14 weeks' basic training, eight weeks' lead ership class and six months' O.C.S. Offered in 3 Fields O. C. S. is offered only in th three combat arms Infantry, Artillery and Armor. Officers for other branches are chosen from various sources and as signed on the basis of skill and experience. Or else, on the basis of hi aptitude, training and experience and the army's needs, he will be assigned to a Military Occupa tion specialty. Men with college degrees fn one of these special j fields will probably be assigned to the technical detachment t ; Fort Myer, Va. I The fields are accounting or business administration, biology or allied sciences (excluding for estry), chemistry, engineering, geography, math or statistics. personnel management, physics, psychology, dentistry, medicine, optometry, pharmacy and vet erinary psychology, dentistry, medicine, optometry, pharmacy and veterinary medicine. Former Student Robert E. Shillington, former student at the University, is as signed to the technical detach ment at Fort Myer, Va. His "letter home" to Dean Roy M, Green of the College of Engi neering has the following tips for prospective draftees with college training. Special Regulation SR615- 205-1 provides for the assignment of specially trained men to the technical detachment for classi fication and reassignment in a field where their knowledge is utilized. Find out about this special regulation during the first inter view, Shillington urges. Men as signed to Fort Myer are assigned to a company giving only six weeks' basic training. At Fort Myer, qualifications are reviewed and sent to Army headquarters in the Pentagon for final review. If the Army needs a man with those qualifications, he is interviewed at the Penta gon and if approved, assigned to the job. College Graduates Shillington is working in the VT Fuse detachment m the Ord nance Development Division of the National Bureau of Stand ards in Washington, D. C. The detachment, made up of college graduates in engineering, math or chemistry, conducts a program of research and development on proximity fuses for the Army. The Bureau deals with non rotating missiles, rockets, mor tar and bombs. John Hopkins Allied physical laboratories conducts a similar program for the Navy dealing with rotating artillery and mis siles. It seems, Shillington writes, that Uncle Sam has come to re alize that it is advantageous to place a technically trained man where he can use his skill than to place him in an infantry unit N Club to Hold Dance Saturday The annual N Club dinner dance will be held Saturday, April 7. The affair will be held from 7:15-12:00 at the Union ballroom. A pantomine of John and Mar cia by Henry Cech and Patsy button will be presented. Other entertainers are Nick Adduci and Robert Mullen. Music will be provided by Al bert Sorenson's orchestra. Week 1 N- for Week. i X r f ; i' ft t 5. v I1- i 4