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VOL. 51 NO. 13
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA
Thursday, October 4, 1951
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Council Discusses
Election, Workshop
Elections, filings, appointments
and an activity workshop were
the main items of business at the
Student Council meeting Wednes
day.
The Council discussed clans for
the junior senior class elections
which will be held Nov. 1, the in
terviews for new members on the
board of student publications to
be held at Council meeting, Oct.
17, and an activities co-ordinating
workshop scheduled for Nov. 10.
The filings for the class elec
tions will start Oct. 17 and close
Oct. 24. All publicity for the
elections will be handled by the
Council.
It was mentioned at the meet
ing that it might be a good idea
to have officers for the fresh
man and sophomore classes too.
The general feeling among the
CD Board
Appoints
Chairmen
Four members of the College
Days board were announced to
day by Bob Reichenbach, execu
tive committee chairman.
Those selected are Jack Greer,
Gene Johnson, Claire Raish and
Cal Kuska. Greer will serve as
dance chairman and Johnson as
parade chairman. Miss Raish will
be in charge of high school visitors
and Kuska will direct opening
ceremonies.
Letters have been sent to pro
fessional and honorary organi
zations asking them to send rep
resentatives to be interviewed
for membership on the board.
One representative will be se
lected from each college.
Interviews for the board will be
held in Room 316, Union, from 1
to 5 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 11. The
executive committee will inter
view the applicants.
Johnson is treasurer of Inno
cents and Corn Cobs, business
manager of the Cornhusker and a
member of Beta Theta Pi.
Greer is a member of the
Union board, varsity swim team
, and Beta Theta Pi. Miss Raish
is a member of Aquaquettes and
Alpha Chi Omega.
Kuska is-a section leader on the
Cornhusker Corn Cob worker,
Builders worker and correspond
ing secretary of Phi Kappa Psi.
Committee members who make
the selections are: Reichenbach;
Joan Krueger, assistant chairman:
Julie Johnson, open houses; Doris
Carlson, business; Don Noble, pub
licity; Mary Ann Kellogg, special
events; and Jayne Wade, secre
tary. RWC3c7ns
Meeting At
YM Tonight
Religious Welfare council will
hold its first meeting of the year
tonight at the city Y.M.C.A., an
nounced President Pon Chinn.
The dinner meeting will begin at
5:45, when members of the coun
cil will eat at the Y.M.C.A. cafe
teria. Plans will be made for fall ac
tivities of the group, which are to
include an all-University sing. The
group will i'scuss the annual In
ternational Student Friendship
dinner, which will be sponsored
by the council later in October.
Preliminary plans for Religion-Jn-iife
Week, which is to be held
early in the second semester, will
also be dir.ussed
Advisors for the council are
Father J. D. B. Sweigart and Ruth
Shinn. Officers include Chinn,
president; Kathleen Dill, vice
president; Shirley Schonberg, re
cording secretary, and Lois Law
rence, corresponding secretary.
The Rev. Alvin Peterson is chair
man of the student pastors group.
American University Students' Freedom
Of Study Is Limited Say German Teachers
American university students
freedom of study is limited com
pared to that enjoyed by Ger
many's collegians.
This was the comment of 16
German instructors studying ed
ucational methods in Nebraska,
after their first visit to the Uni
versity campus.
In German colleges, the instruc
tors said, only "hints" are offered
to students when they are select
ing courses. Then it becomeii their
individual responsibility to gain
the knowledge. There are no pe
riodic tests just a final examina
tion at graduation time.
This, Dr. Pius Wolter pointed
out, introduces a certain risk.
Many students fail, but do not
discover it until they have taken
the examination."
The student resident houses im-
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cause German students ao not uve
on the campus.
Dr. Wolter, an instructor of
French and English in a Bavarian
secondary school, was favoraDiy
impressed by the "developing
social qualities." He added.
of I
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Council members seemed to be
that the officers elected for
those classes would not be true
representatives of the classes
because the students could not
be well enough acquainted.
c,v.v, Te u -7 ""a-
sion as to the necessity of havina
officers for the senior and junior
classes. It was felt, though, that
these officers added some spirit!
and co-ordination to their classes.
George Wilcox, chairman of the
elections nnmmitt cc
the Council that another voting
oootn be used in the comine elec -
tions. According to Wilcox, "a
booth in either Andrews or,
Burnett hall would
more convenient.
make voting
But, since the adding of a new
booth would need administra
tion approval, it was decided by
the Council to defer action on
the suggestion until the spring
elections.
Filings for the publications
board are scheduled to begin
Oct. 8 and close, Oct. 12. Appli
cations should be made to Wil
cox by letter.
The letter should include the
applicant's name, year in school.
college and overall scholastic
average. There are three student
members on the board, one from
the sophomore, junior and senior
classes. A 4.5 scholastic average
is needed for membership.
The letter should also include
previous journalistic experience
ana tne reason tne applicant is
interested in being on the board.
The activities Workshop is set
up to look into overlapping and
completion of organizations, the
place of politics in student activi
ties and the general apathy among
the student body in relation to
the activity problem.
The conference, which will be
attended by the presidents, vice
presidents and treasurers of
certain campus groups, will con
sist of small discussion groups,
speakers and a luncheon.
Organizations that will be in
vited to attend are. Builders,
Coed Counselors, YWCA, YMCA,
AWS board. Red Cross, AUF,
Publication board, Kosmet Klub,
Tassels, Corn Cobs, NUCWA,
ISA, Religious Welfare board,
Engineer Exec board, WAA, In
nocents. Mortar Board. BABW,
Cosmopolitan club, Ag Exec
board and all members of the
Student Council.
a rt tv, ,i,cv, u;to the public at $2.50 a ticket,
be sent to each Big Seven school.
The council discussed a report
by Rex Messersmith, chairman injDer? OI lne company ueiuie
permits.
date. 1.538 student Darkine ner-
mits and over 500 faculty permits
have been sold. This is approxi
mately 350 fewer permits than
were sold last year.
Wilcox, who is also Council
vice-president, read a letter
from Chief of Police Joseph
Carrolt asking for a solution to
the traffic problem during
Homecoming. A committee was
set up to meet with a traffic
expert from the police depart
ment to discuss the problem.
George Cobel, Council presi-
dent, reported that the Union andi,japer in tne United States adver-
Student Health parking lots will
be resurfaced.
A motion that the fence between
Andrews and Morrill Hall be re
moved was referred to the cam
pus improvements committee.
Summer activities coordina
tor Barbara Bredthauer re
ported on the activities during
the summer session. It was de
cided that the whole summer
advance and more attention
focuscH n snmrn-r .tiviti.
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Jack Cohen, migration chair-
man, reported that 490 trainiTll(lsrtav. his a,.Peviance of the
tickets have been sold. The train cnancellorshi of New York Uni
will be made up of 11 cars which!, ,.:(
will include a snack car and
baggage car.
Today is the last day to get
University parking permits.
Bring your ID card, car regis
tration and 25 cents to the Stu
dent Council offics, Room 305
of the Union. The office is open
from 9 to 12 a.m. and 1 to 4:30
p.m., Thursday, Oct. 4.
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EUORFEAN INSTRUCTORS These German teachers will study Nebraska educational meth
od for six-months. They are (row I. I. to r.) Inex Everling, Vera von Lechner, Ruth Blank,
Clara Buehre, Christa Gerstberger and Willi Ilorchel. (row II) Achlm von Dombois, Johnne
Schum, Flus Wolfer and Rolf Donnenberger. (row III) Dr. Frank Sorenson, John Gunter, and Her
bert SpettnageL
would like to see it in German! the emphasis placed on "self-re-schools."
liance" at the elementary and sec-
Dannenbcrgcr, a university eco-
nomics professor, was attracted by I
it happened atnu...
I The ping pong room in the base
iment of the Union is usually
1 quite well populated with stu
dents. With good lighting, sev
eral ping pong tables and ventila-
ular campus hang-out.
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, lne same people may usually
bn? seen at the tables each day.
rheu ame seems to quite a habit
wlth some PePle.
Tuesday evemng provided a.
piping - pong demonstration that li
'ustrates vividly the enthusiasm
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I During the Union blackout, half
an hour, when the power failed,
two faithful champions of the
game Kept ngnt on pounding the
ball back and forth across the
table.
Wonder if they kept score!
'Ma Kettle'
Schedules
Lincoln Visit
Marjorie Main, the famous "Ma
Kettle," and possibly actress
singer Doris Day will begin the
state celebration on motion pic-
tlirA'fi ffnlHot, inViiloa TVTrmHav nnnn
a
Cornhusker hotel,
Several Hollywood personalities,
including Actor Regis Toomey, a
screen director and a motion pic
ture writer, will also be guests of
the Governor, Bob Livingston, co
chairman of the state jubilee com
mittee, announced Wednesday.
The jubilee will include a
five-day tour of the state, with
actor John Derek joining the
caravan on Tuesday. Miss Day
will be with the group one day
during the week although the
day is not known.
The luncheon and tour are parts
of "Movietime, U. S. A.," the in
dustry's golden jubilee celebra
tion. Similar programs will be
conducted simultaneously
throughout every state with 192
screen personalities, directors and
writers participating.
The Lincoln luncheon will be
attended especially by theater
owners and managers throughout
the state, but the dinner is open
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Immediately after the lunch
eon the caravan will begin the
statewide tour, making its first
stop at Wahoo. The group will
spend the first night in Omaha,
where a torchlight parade is
scheduled.
The purpose of the jubilee, in
addition to celebrating movies'
fifty years, Livingston said, is to
bring screen celebrities to the
"grass roots level" of theater
goers. i-ublicity for the jubilee began
two weeks ago with a nationwide
radio program. Every daily news-
,tised the celebration Monday, ac-
:ording to Livingston.
Former Local
Resident New
NYU Head
. A forme.r tL'n cln l6"1.
been appointed chancellor of the
largest university in the world.
Dr Henrv T. Hcald. announced
versitv.
a Dr. Heald will head a group of
more than 45,000 students and
4,000 faculty members. The 46
year old educator will assume his
duties some time after Jan. 1,
1952.
The new chancellor has served
as president of the Illinois In
stitute of Technology since 1938.
He has been associated with the
Chicago school for more than 24
years.
ondary school levels.
During iheir six-month slay in
Dismissal
For University Convocation Wednesday
Chancellor R. G. Gustavson will
speak about the status of the Uni
versity ;.t the first student convo
cation Wednesday, Oct. 10, at 10
a.m. in the Coliseum.
His talk, entitled "Here We
Stand," will be the first of a series
of annual reports by the chancel
lor to the students.
All U o'clock classes will be
dismissed for the program, accord
ing to Prof. Carl J. Schneider,
chairman of the University con
vocation committee.
The Chancellor's report will
include "straight from the
shoulder" information about the
"status of secret societies, sorori
P.M. Headlines
By CHARLES GOMON
Staff News Writer
Soviets Hold A-Bomb Tests
WASHINGTON Presi
dent Truman announced Wed
nesday that the Russians have
completed more atomic tests,
presumably behind the Ural
mountains deep in the interior
of the Soviet Union. News
men were told that there have
been two A-bomb tests, and
that one was a fizzle.
Allies Advance
KOREA Allied columns
swept North again along most
of the Korean battle front un
der cover of one of the heav
iest allied artillery barrages of
the war. The volume of fire
did not seem to discourage the
communists, however, as they
mounted fierce counter-attacks
against allied troops,.
A partial news blackout
covered the front which in
the past has been indicative
Indo-Chinese Reds Launch Drive
INDO-CHINA Communist
Viet Minh forces have
launched a new offensive
against French positions
around Hanoi and Haiphong.
A similar drive failed last
spring, but the reds are trying
again with about twelve bat
talions of guerrilas.
French General De Lattre,
who spent several days in the
Jessup Denies McCarthy's Charges
WASHINGTON Ambassa-dor-at-Large
Philip Jessup
denied that charges made
against him by Sen. Joseph
McCarthy of Wisconsin are
true. The well-known diplo
mat and international lawyer
told the senate foreign rela
tions committee that the
CIO Aircraft
LONG BEACH, Calif. CIO
workers are out on strike at
the Douglas aircraft plant in
Long Beach, Calif. The union
is asking a wage increase be-
NATO Troops Begin Maneuvers
EUROPE --American, Brit
ish, and French forces are be
ginning the largest ground
maneuvers since World War II
to determine the ability of
Gen. Eisenhower's command
to resist a possible Russian in
vasion. With air exercises just com
pleted, the command is turn
ing its attention to the per
fecting of allied ground tac
tics. According to latest informa
tion, a new battle plan has
Kappas, Phis, Sigma Kappas
Contribute 100 To AUF Drive
Three sorority houses have
reached 100 per cent of their AUF
goal.
Kappa Kappa Gamma turned in
$161.50 Tuesday. This was 26 per
cent over their set goal.
the state, the 16 teachers will
study school systems in Lincoln
and other cities, at all grade
levels.
Of All Classes Announced
ties and fraternities and ath
letics," according to Lynn Kun
kel, chairman of the Union
convocation committee.
Miss Kunkel said that Chancel
lor Gustavson will report on the
building program, budget problems
and military status of male stu
dents. He will also discuss the
world situation and how it af
fects the University.
Another portion of the Chan
cellor's talk will be devoted to the
Independent Students association,
said Miss Kunkel.
Chancellor Gustavson plans to
point out a number of student ac
tivities which have made "great
contributions to the University."
The fact that our govern
ment can detect both success
ful atomic explosions and
duds leads us back to the as
sumption that the U. S. has
ways of getting information
on even the most secret of
Russia's projects. This idea
was voiced in 1949 at the time
the White House announced
the first Russian A-bomb test.
Under Heavy Fire
of an offensive on either side.
Gen. "R o s i e" O'Donnell,
bomber commander in the far
east under General MacAr
thur, has been ordered to the
theater again for undisclosed
purpose. This air-power advo
cate commanded B-29's which
wrecked North Korean indus
try in the first few weeks of
war, and has favored retaliat-'
ing against communist air
bases in Manchuria.
U. S. recently securing prom
ises of additional American
aid to his forces, is the com
mander responsible for stop
ping the previous attack. The
U. S. government has said that
most of the billion dollars in
military aid going to the Far
East this year will go to Indo
China. charges are completely and
entirely false.
Senator McCarthy has
charged that Jessup "has an
unusual affinity for commu
nist causes," and that he was
a member of a number of sub
versive organizations.
Workers Strike
cause of the rise in the cost
of living. They do not have
the benefit of a wage scale
tied to the cost of living as do
many auto industry workers.
been adopted by Eisenhower
to make use of the allies' su
perior firepower and mobility
Instead of trying to erect a
wall of men, the allies will
use their numerically inferior
troops in a series of rapid
movements to harass the
flanks and rear of the attack
ing troops.
At present the Russians are
alleged to have upwards of
100 divisions or 750,000 men
in Europe to the allies' 160,
000 men.
Last year, Kappa Kappa Gam
ma also gave over 100 per cent.
Phyllis Armstrong is their AUF
house representative.
Alpha Phi and Sigma Kappa
reached their 100 per cent goal
Wednesday. The $126 turned in
by the Alpha Phis was 45 per
cent above their house total last
year. Sigma Kappas gave $100,
63 per cent over their contri
butions last year.
Jo Ann, Hinds is the Alpha Phi
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Next Leap Year
If World Calendar Adopted
By JAN PICKARD
Staff Reporter
Have you ever wondered why
Easter Sunday arrives in March(
one year and in April the next,
or why your birthday never ar
rives on the same weekday more
than twice in succession?
The cause is our use of the
Gregorian calendar, devised by
Pope Gregory XIII in 1582.
Some of the other Inconven
iences of our present calander
are: each year begins on differ
ent weekday, the year ts di
vided into unequal Quarters of
90 (in leap year 91), 91. 92 and
93 days, months are irregular
In length and businesa days per
month vary from 24 to 27.
To eliminate these difficulties,
the World Calendar association
has proposed a new calendar,
known as the World Calendar. If
this were adopted, every year
would begin on Sunday, Easter
would arrive on the same date
every year, quarters would have
an equal SI days each witn an
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Beginning his fifth year as
Chancellor, Dr. Gustavson is
well-known as a scientist and is
considered one of the outstand
ing educational administrators in
the country.
In 1948, Chancellor Gustavson
was decorated by the Swedish
government for his work in the
fields of science and education.
For the fifth consecutive year, he
is chairman of the Nebraska
March of Dimes campaign.
Chancellor Gustavson is active
on the National Committee of Ac
creditation and serves on the Na
tional Board of the Society for
Crippled Children. He is a mem
ber of the education research
committee of the National Council
of the National Foundation for
Infantile Paralysis.
The Chancellor's convocation
will be the first of four official
all -University convocations to be
held during the year. Dates of
the other three will be an
nounced at a later time.
Classes will be dismissed for
only the four convocations sanc
tioned by the University convo
cation committee, which reports
to the Faculty Senate.
Members of the Union convo-
Colleges Aim At Fitting
Expenditures To Budget
(This is the second of a series
of articles explaining the budget
system of the University.)
Before the state legislature can
make an appropriation, the Uni
versity must submit an estimate
of their financial needs for two
years.
The estimate is received and
considered by the legislature.
Needs are discussed and cuts
from the proposed sum may be
made or funds added to the
estimated amount. When the
legislature is satisfied with the
University appropriation it is
entered as part of the compre
hensive state budget that goes
to the governor.
When the budget is signed, the
designated amount is put in the
j University treasury along with the
j other incomes listed in yesterday's
: article.
I When the budget has been fixed,
the spending may begin. The
Chancellor and the Board of Re
gents are in charge of the funds.
To apportion the budget, esti
mates are submitted from each
department and branch of the
University. In addition to the col
leges and departments in Lincoln,
the University extends to the Col
lege of Medicine in Omaha; the
School of Agriculture at Curtis;
beef cattle research stations at
North Platte, Scottsbluff and Val
entine; experimental fruit iarm
at Union; an experimental farm at
Alliance, and a foundation seed
farm at Genoa.
To simplify the explanation
let us single out a department
and watch how it gets its spend
ing allowance.
Suppose the English depart
ment consisted of 10 instructors
receiving $3,000 a year. Ten
professors are paid $5,000 a
year and a department head is
granted a salary of $6,000.
(These figures are not actual.)
The department head would
then request $86,000 for salaries.
In addition he may enter an
amount of $100 for materials,
probably only red pencils in this
case.
Any other article? used by the
department and bought especially
for that department would be en
tered in the budget and sent to
the dean of the Arts and Science
college.
The dean assembles an of the
estimates from the departments in
his college, adds the needs of his
own offices and submits the col
lege estimate to the Chancellor.
When the estimates from all
colleges and branches of the
University are received by the
Chancellor, he and the board
of regents examine the figures
and total the estimates. If the
estimates total no more than
the amount designated by the
board as the budget that year,
the colleges and the depart
ments will get the "go" signal
and may begin spending.
If the estimates exceed the
Is June W-
even 13 weeks, each month would
have 26 business days, and months
would run in a regular pattern of
31, 30 and 30 days throughout the
year.
The switch from the Gregorian
to the World Calendar would be
easy, as only seven changes from
the present calendar would be
necessary.
First, two days would be
added to February; then March
SI would be given to April;
May and August 31 would be
added to supply the extra two
days of February; and Decem
ber SI would become the new
'Year End Day" or December
W.
If the World Calendar were
put into use, we would find every
year the same, every quarter
equal, and an annual international
holiday, "Year End Day." Every
leap year another international
holiday would be celebrated fol
lowing June 30. This date would
be known as "Leap Year Day" or
June W,
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GUSTAVSON
cation committee are Miss KunkeL
chairman; Bob LaShelle, sponsor;
Beezy Smith, Jean Davis, Charles
Swingle, Joan Reifschneider and
Ruth Sorenson
amount allotted for the year, some
revising will have to be done and
the estimates go back to be
trimmed if at all possible. More
cutting may be done by one de
partment than other. In the case
sighted above little could be re
duced since the estimate was
primarily teachers salaries.
Teachers cannot be fired
merely because the enrollment
fees are down two thousand
dollars and state appropriations
are a little less liberal. Some
departments, being limited only
by what they can spend, most
simply reduce their budgets.
That is, a science department
may postpone an expensive re
search plan but otherwise in
struction on essentials can pro
ceed on a limited budget.
When succeeding estimates are
complete and the budget finally
fits the estimates, departments
may begin operating.
In the next issue we will sea
how spending is effected freely
without exceeding the budget.
370 Migrators
Kansas Bound
On Saturday
The student migration train to
K-State is scheduled to leave the
Burlington depot at 6:15 a.m.,
Saturday, Oct. 6.
The special train will arrive in
Manhattan at 11:30 a.m., and is
expected to start the return trip
about 8 p.m., arriving in Lincoln,
at I a.m.
This time arrangement will al
low migrators a few free hours in
the Wildcat city.
A block of 415 "good" seats are
assured by K-State officials.
Rooters may purchase sand
wiches, coffee, soft drinks, fruit,
cigarettes and candy in a snack
car.
Corn Cobs, Tassels, the ROTC
band, the migration committee,
and student and faculty chaperons
will constitute part of the migra
tors. The Migration committee is
composed of Jack Cohen, Gene
Johnson, Barbara Hershberger,
Aaron Schmidt and Don Pieper.
The final 85 migration tickets
were sold between 9 and 11 a.m.,
Wednesday morning. This makes
a total of 370 game and train
tickets purchased by University
students since the sales opened
Sept. 27.
7LU almanac
Bv MARLIN BREE
Staff Writer
"You in the back of the room,
what was the date of the signing
of the Magna Carta?" asked the
irate professor. .
. "I dunno."
"Yon don't eh? WelL lefa try
something else. Who was bonny
Price Charley?"
"I dunno."
"Well, then, can you tell me
what the Tennis Court Oath
was?"
"I dunno."
"You don't! I assigned this
stuff last Friday. What were
you doing last night?"
"I was out drinking beer with
a few of the boys."
The professor was rather
taken aback. Finally he regained
his composure. '
"Yon were! How can you ex
pect to pass the course? How
can yon stand there and tell me
s thing like that?"
"Well, I don't know. You see,
I just came in to fix the
radiator."
The temperatures for today
will run slightly cooler than the
hot weather we have been used
to. The high for today will be
near 68 with cooler weather con
tinuing Friday,
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"You dance wonderfully well."
"I wish I could say the same
about you."
"You could, if you could lie as
I do."
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