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Editorial Comment
Message From the Chancellor . . .
Fellow Cornhuskers:
"COLLEGE DAYS" are here. This year they
promise to be better than ever. Let's make every
effort to see the whole program. Let's make it an
ALL UNIVERSITY AFFAIR by going from the
City Campus to the campus at the
Agricultural College and ' from the
Campus of the College of Agriculture to the
City Campus. Let's make the high school students
feel that they are welcome and make them want
to come to the University and become CORN
HUSKERS. Let's make the oldsters who come feel
the throb of being in a great university. My con
gratulations to all who have worked so hard to
make these days a fine success. I'll be seeing you.
R. G. GUSTAVSQN
This Neiv Milestone . .
Nebraska Cornhuskers are establishing another
ttyilestone this weekend.
The milestone Is College Days a student
planned, student directed and student organized
celebration which will, from all indications, mold
its place among pages of Nebraska traditions. ,
To establish the tradition, students themselves,
ere assuming roles of salesmen. Their product is
the University and they are determined to sell it
to high school students, alumni, Nebraskans and
themselves.
Although College Days officially was born in
1931 when the faculty senate set aside one weekend
for a combination of spring activities, the idea
never crystallzed until 20 years later in 1951. Dur
ing the decade, several futile attempts were made
to activate College Days. It took a lot of courage
for College Days planners. They had no precedent
to follow and no assurance of success.
Many people deserve recognition in fact, the
project expanded on such a scale it would be im
possible to name all who played a role in the Col
lege Days drama. Every department, school, col
lege, that cooperated to present programs; every
organized house and organization that enters floats
In the "Husker Holiday" parade Saturday; and
every other participating organization well de
serves praise. There are onions too, Persons and
grbups that refused to cooperate should feel deep
shame in the simple fact that their lack of par
ticipation lessened the overall College Days pro
gram representing their University.
Engineers Week and the Farmers Fair board
filled with traditions and prestige that form two
major parts of College Days lend it a degree of
their prestige which otherwise could not be expe
rienced the first year any such task was tried.
Difficulties at first appeared insurmountable. It
6eemed impossible to ever coordinate activities into
one weekend. All three groups had to give and
take plenty. Those tiresome two hour sessions
each Friday since October weren't rosy by any
measure and too often were discouraging.
They had another angle to combat. Each depart
ment that even showed interest in participating
in College Days wanted to wait until the next de
partment had their plans drawn. Space was a prob
lem. Committees had to face last minute cancella
tions or revisions. Traffic problems had to be
ironed out. Transportation between Ag and city
campuses offered difficulties until the city bus
lines decided to provide extra buses. These form
a few pages in the volume of conflicts, problems
and difficulties that had confronted College Days.
Without doubt many mistakes have been made.
But each year College Days will gain in efficiency,
planning and presentation. The open, house chair
man will know how to contact every corner of the
University; the faculty and administration will
have some idea what students mean when they
say College Days; the booklet editor will have pic
tures from previous years; and the general chair
man won't have to rely entirely upon ingenuity
without experience for the success of future Col
lege Days.
We have yet to see what attendance at 1951
College Days will be. It's new this year. As the
reputation of College Days grows so will attend
ance. Other universities have established well
known celebrations Iowa State's Veishea and the
University of Colorado's CU Days and this Uni
versity can accomplish the same.
As students we've got to prove to ourselves and
the administration that we want College Days and
in doing that we will affirm pride and spirit for
Nebraska. This means participation in its events,
all the way from open houses to the parade and
the Cotton and Denim dance. We've got to be
super salesmen for we have a lot of people watch
ing us.
The motto written at the bottom of College Days
stationery reads: "The University serves the state."
And we've got to serve the University. In the final,
grass root analysis, we, the students are vanguards
of the University's prestige. j.k.
'High Frequency'
NU Speech, Drama Groups
Prepare College Days Plans
By Art Epstien
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One act plays, demonstrations,
readings, and conducted tours will all be part of
the plans of speech and drama departments in the
Temple building for the University's first College
Days. Activities will start at 1 p.m. Thursday with
the presentation of the one act
play "Over The Teacups" by
Percival Wilde, in the Arena
theater, Temple, Room 205. At
2 p.m., in the Arena, the one
act play "Le Marriage De Fig
aro," by Beaumarchais will be
presented. This story is in
opera form. Added zest will
be included in this perform
ance when the players sing
their parts in French.
Three one act plays will also be presented In
the Laboratory theater. Temple, Room 201. At 1
p.m., "For Each Man Kills, by Gerty Agoston will
be given. This is the story of the eternal triangle.
Two women after one man. The setting is in Ger
many after World War II.
"Sunday Costs Five Pesos" will be portrayed at
1:30 p.m. Written by Josephine Niggli, this is a
comedy with a Mexican seting. Final production
in the Laboratory will be a play by Alice Gers
tenberg. .
"Overtones" is a story of a character portraying
another character on the New York stage. The
time setting is just after the first World War.
All of the plays that will be presented are done
by the students of the University. This includes
not only the casts but also the set directors, cos
tumes, directions of the plays, and all of the other
necessities that go to make a play successful.
In Tenfple 201, at 2:30 p.m., there will be a
The question is Resolved: That prospec
tive college students should be deferred on the
basis of achievement scores on standardized de
ferment tests.
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For the remainder of the day, the Temple will
be open in order that people may look around, and
see what the Speech department has to offer.
Starting at 9 a.m. Friday, a conducted tour of
the Temple Room 201 will be offered. The tour
will include demonstrations of scenery construc
tions, theater make-up, stage costumes, theater
photography, lighting effects, and sound equip
ment. This tour will last for a half hour. Inter
pretative readings will be held in Room 201 at
9:30 a.m. A verse-speaking choir will give "Man
hattan Tower."
Visitors from Nebraska' high schools will be
given a chance to obtain speech and hearing tests
from 10 to 11 a.m. They will also be given the
opportunity to see clinicians working with speech
defects.
KNUS will fall into the lime light from 11 a.m
to 12 noon when the students will be given a
conducted tour through the radio section.. They
will be given an accurate description on how the
station functions.
On Friday afternoon, the Thursday afternoon
schedule will be repeated.
The university radio will broadcast for eight
hours Friday, beginning at 9 a.m. Throughout the
day at KNUS, guests will have the chance to be
interviewed by one of the many disc jockeys at
the station. So if you desire, you can be your
own disc iockev over KNUS. Spot "promos" will
tell the campus of the day's activities.
Faithful E Week Salesmen
Hound Students With Ribbons
Herdotus, a philosopher of
yesterday, once prosaicly stated
that "neither snow, nor rain, nor
sleet, nor gloom of night stays
these couriers from the swift
completion of- their appointed
rounds. "
This little literary gem has
been used to symbolize these
courageous mail carriers who
defy the elements in order to
bring us our daily correspond
ence. But, this term has never
been applied to those gallant
E Week representatives on cam
pus who are making the rounds
selling E Week ribbons.
No matter what the weather,
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Pointing Problems
The Associated Womens Stu
dent Board has had one meeting
since elections. At this meeting
the point system was discussed.
The board felt that a definite re
vision of the system is necessary;
such a revision, however, is go
ing to require more time than
one or two weeks. The board
wants to confer with many stu
dents and to study the possibili
ties for change so that in the end
we will have a point system that
will best meet the needs of the
majority of students, and above
all be permanent. We realize the
confusion that is caused by a sys
tem that is constantly changing
its evaluations. With a permanent
system a girl will know before
she applies for a position how
many points she has, and how
many she wui have 11 sne is
elected to the position. For this
very reason the board published
the revised point system in The
Daily Nebraskan before the last
elections. AWS board dislikes
asking students to resign from an
office after being elected to it
it is an awkward situation for
AWS and for the organization.
If the point system is unfair,
it is partly because the organiza
tion heads, who should know best
the amount of time and responsi
bility their group demands, have
failed in their evaluations. Before
the last system was revised, let
ters were sent to heads of every
organization. Presidents were
asked to evaluate their office and
other positions in their organiza
tions as to the number of points
they felt they should carry. This
information was used in making
out the present point system.
The point system has other
purposes besides that of keeping
girls from overloading themselves
with activities. AWS represents
the interests of all the women on
the campus and has always been
anxious to have a larce number
of students taking part in activi
ties, mere are many more cap
able girls among the nearly 2,000
enrolled in the University than
there are offices. A point system.
by preventing duplications, allows
more girls a chance for Office or
board positions.
"This system is founded on the
theory that all Nebraska, women
students have talents and skills
which they can develop if they
are given an opportunity. When
one student accepts too many of
fices, she is (1) stealing too much
time from her academic work;
(2) depriving Other students of
the opportunity to develop lead
ership and good citizenship; (3)
skimping the organization which
elected her of the service and
time it expects of her."
"The University campus is noted
for its point system among the
women at least. Evidently the
men nave reacnea a mature
enough age to measure their own
capacity." The writer of this ar
ticle implied that the women are
mature enough to know how
much work and activities they
can participate in, but they are
not given the opportunity. Per
sons ought to be mature enough
to have learned that moderation
in driving pays: yet, the number
of accidents on the highways from
driving at high speeds can only
show that existing laws snouia
be more strictly enforced. There
are always people who do not
need rules to keep them in line
but, unfortunately, there are those
who do.
Nancy Button
President,
Associated Women Students
NU Souvenir
Book On Sale
Step right up! Buy your sou
venir oooKiet nere; wujr vwo
bits!
The 32-page College Days
booklet is now on sale at seven
booths on the campus. Booths
are located at the Union, girls'
dorm, Uni Drug, on the mall,
north of Love library, between
Burnett and Andrews halls and
between Grant memorial and
Social Science buildings.
The booklet contains a com
plete schedule of all College
Days activities and pictures of
campus scenes, Farmers' Fair,
E-Week and athletics.
Booths will remain open until
5 p.m. Saturday or until all book
lets have been sold.
Social 3ti$&
By Donna Prescott
Tuesday morning, bright and
early, the students of the zoology
108 (anatomy) class rose from
slumberland and set out for Pio
neer park. This was the site of
the traditional class picnic. Drs.
Otis Wade, Hoyt Yowell and
Hank Cech were the cooks. One
of the highlights of the picnic
was to see who could eat. the
most fried eggs. Dr. Wade held
all honors by eating eight, but
he still didn't break the record
of 15 set several years ago by
one of the students.
Serenades were on the agenda
Monday night. The Kappa Sigs
and Phi Delts were out singing to
the girls on R street and 16th
street.
A new kind of entertainment
for Sunday afternoons was ren
dered by Tony "Poncho" Eistead
ter and Leo Geier and dates, Jo
Norsworthy and Jane Linn when
they went to Crete for pop sickles.
The "Cotton and Denim dance"
is big news, this coming week
end. Some people going are: Rex
Messersmlth and Claire Pritch
ard, Charles Stuber and Jean
Holmes, . Clayton Yeutter and
Jeanne Vlerk, Rollie Reynolds
and Luella Cooney, Max Schmidt
and Dianne DeWolf, and Dean
Eebrspachfr and Marilyn Heusel.
Joe McGill was honored at a
going-away party in Omaha Sat
urday. Joe will enter the service
shortly. Jack Loudon and Shirley
Coy, Bob Flcke and Shirley
Ransdel, Tom Beal and Jo Doeek,
were there.
The Chi Omega formal was
Friday evening at the Cornhusker
hotel. The Chi O dates received
miniature beer mugs with the
sorority crest on them as gifts.
Dates were: Jan Glock and Knox
Jones, Rosemary Castner and
Glenn Nelson, Mary Ann Pasek
and Dean Oldfather, Barb Ake
son and Chuck Beam.
Bouton Hall held a spring
party Saturday night carrying out
the gypsy theme by making the
living room into a gypsy camp,
ates were: Rachel Seaquist and
Howard Vasina, Jean Bauer and
John Hiltner, Vanita Blanchard
and Jack Hughes, Kay Forbes and
Melvin Foltz, and Betty Jane
Breck and John Thorin.
New steady couples on campus:
Rusty Parmenter and Dixie Reyn
olds, Ciclle Voyl and Janice
Brown, Irv Peterson and Bev
Mann.
Engagements over the week
end: Mel Meyers and Jan Hep-
perly, Ivan Allen and Pat Con
way, Charles Todd and Trudy
Roesler, and Frank Burnham and
Annebell Callen, John Sherwood
and Dot Ely, Joe Morrisy and Lou
Supple, Bill Stout and Rita Hurl
burt. Marriages: Kelly Cuthbertson
and Rod Benson, Jo Neal and
Katherine Dodson. and Harry
Hayward and Alice Prang.
East Hills was a popular place
for dancing Saturday night. These
couples were seen there: Rod
Harvey and Lois Srb, Dick Lan
der and Dody Elliott, Herb Sax
ton and Donna Ruddock.
Party-line for the week end:
Friday
Engineers Week dinner dance,
Union ballroom.
Towne club formal, Cornhusker
hotel.
Barbecue and Square Dance, Ag
Union.
Saturday
Cotton and Denim dance, Coli
seum. Beta Theta Pi formal, Cotner
Terrace.
Terrace hall picnic, Pioneer
park.
Telephone Etiquette Needs
Revising; Helpful Hints Given
By Phyllis Long
Because much of the business
of modern living is done via the
telephone it would be worth while
to brush up on the technique of
phone etiquette,
Frantic Fanny cannot get her
call through fast enough. The re
ceiver hook goes up and down liKe
drumsticks and the operators
light is flashing so fast she could
n't possibly hear the complaints
if she tried. A polite pause til the
operator gets there and. then a
simple explanation of what you
want will get better and faster
results
Muffled Maude insists on talk
ing while chewing on a pencil or
some other chewable article. The
party on the other end of the line
finds it impossible to understand
the theme of the conversation. If
Maude is to give a message in
case of a call for someone else
just forget the conversation and
Guffaws Greet
Beard King
Contestants
Beards beards beards there
haven't been so many beards on
csmpus since the beginning of
the twentieth century.
Why so many hirsute faces? It
all stems from the Whisker King
contest being sponsored by the
Farmer's Fair board as an adver
tising stunt to promote the 1951
Fair.
A few of the bearded "won
ders" were questioned about the
reactions received as they walk
down a street.
One bewhiskered gent stated
that whenever he visited the city
campus the coeds would pass by
with a straight face but would
emit all kinds of snickers and
"guffaws" after they walked past.
Another man who was vieing
for "King" honors said that about
twenty different people asked
him about his growth as he
walked down the street.
All of the fellows questioned
did not regret that they had en
tered the contest and even if they
didn't win it was worth it all for
the good of the Farmer's Fair.
Most of them said that when they
were wearing the scarfs with
"Farmer's Fair '51" on them the
general public seemed to realize
immediately what the whole af
fair was about and no snickers
were heard and no questions
asked.
These scarfs were prepared by
the Amikitas, independent worn
en's social organisation on Ag
campus. They buy the material,
paint them and take care of the
selling details.
try later because this little talk is
of no avail.
Big Wheel
Big Deal Delbert isn't satisfied
with answtring one phone at a
time and completing the transac
tion before closing the wire. He
answers every phone within reach
and often neglects to take mess
ages or call any other party to the
phone. You might hang on the
line for several minutes before
you obtain any reply.
Chatty Patty can't decide
whether to talk to the caller on
the phone or to another girl friend
who is standing near the phone.
Many a . person has been left
dangling while Patty is engaged
in snatches of conversation. The
best solution to this is a locked
phone booth or a second exten
sion to accomodate the third
party.
Hot Air
Jovial Joy is one who is gifted
with lots of hot air and a large
vocabulary. Joe spends ten min
utes identifying his purpose in
calling and another twenty-five
in beating around the bush about
something that was discussed in
person not two hours before.
Many times these conversations
are entertaining, but not when
someone is waiting impatiently
to use the phone
These are a few of the sugges
tions for better technique that
are recommended by the tele
phone company
Hints From Phone Company
If possible answer your tele
phone promptly, then greet the
caller pleasantly, particularly if
it is a busines call. Identify your
self or your place of residence
when answering. If you must
leave the telephone to obtain in
formation, tell your caller how
long you'll be gone and offer to
call back if he wishes. Ask ques
tions tactfully when you ta'ce
messages for others and write the
information down immediately.
Leave word where you are go
ing, how long you will be gone,
where you can be reached with
the person who answers your
phone in your absence. Look up
numbers of which you are doubt
ful. Should you get a wrong num
ber, be courteous about it. Allow
enough time for the other person
to answer when you place a call.
Speak in a normal tone over the
phone, talk distictly and pleas
antly to make yourself understood
clearly. Be courteous, say "thank
you" and "you're welcome." Lis
ten carfully to the other perron
so nothing will have to be re
peated. It's good business to use
the name of the caller as much as
possible, it's flattering to the call
er. Let the person who called term
inate the conversation, hang-up
gently when you are thru speak
ing refraining from slamming the
receiver down.
FARMERS FAIR SCHEDULE
Friday
2 to S p.m. Open Houses.
5 to 7 p.m. Barbeque.
' 8:30 to 11:30 p.m. Square
dance.
Saturday
10:00 s.rri. Parade.
12 to 12:30 p.m. Pie-eating
contest.
2 to 5 p.m Rodeo .
9 to 12 p.m Cotton and
Denim dance.
be it rain or shine, these blue
ribbon white-ribbon salesmen
make sure that each student on
campus is bothe (Ed. note is
contacted) about the purchase of
one of these ribbons.
It is getting so bad that a per
son can't pass one corner of our
fair campus without being
hounded (Ed. note graciously
asked) to purchase one of these
conduct medals (Ed note what
kind of conduct, we're not say
ing). Can't Escape
Many students have tried to
slip unobtrusively by these cour
riers as they try to complete
their appointed rounds of the
campus, but said to say, most of
the time they are caught in the
act of escaping and only if they
do not have the ribbon purchase
price of the ribbon, can they
ever hope to keep from buying
one of these ribbon advertise
ments. But, pay no attention to what
I have said; I'm just predudiced
because the E Week committee
didn't ask me to sell any ribbons.
lSf?2 Ced Organist
Wins Contest
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Miss Gwen E. McCormick,
Editar ' em warren Teachers college senior, was re
Maaaclaa Editors mn Rrneaer. Tom Rlsrhr cently named winner Of an Or-
Kesra Bdltart, 1st a Raymond, Kent Astell, Sae Oertcn, Den Plrper and Jeanne Lamar pan-playing contest Sponsored by
aWt tditar ' .. iii Mnndeii! the Lincom chapter of the Am-
Ats't Sports Editor Bop Banks lcm Gujld of Organists.- .
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"rtou ator inn. Prearntt gional contest at Denver in May.
Tbotaaraphrr i... "oh Hhenmod ' , The local contest, held at First
"., rL( . . ., . , , . , oiiivrM I Presbyterian church, was judged
wmra 'iai .'. led jtanrfoinn by tb-f T 'n'oln organists. Each
' im-o. Managers i'-n. dfi'irfc n-.rrteMrr Hob p. Irhcnb-'rh entrant Was required tO play tWO
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