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t b if wmm VOL. 51 -No. 19 LINCOLN, NEBRASKA Thursday, October 11, 1951 College Sports Over Chancellor Opens First Convocation "It is apparent that intercol legiate athletics have been over emphasized," said Chancellor R. G. Gustavson at the year's first all-University convocation Wed nesday. Dr. Gustavson proposed a four point program for American uni versities and colleges to follow in "establishing a more rational re lationship between intercollegiate athletics and their academic pro grams." Four suggestions issued by the Chancellor concerning athletics were as follows: "First, I believe that ail off season practices, including spring practice for football, should be eliminated. "Second, freshmen should not be allowed to participate in inter collegiate athletics. The freshman year should be devoted to an ad justment of the student to aca demic life. "Third, all post-season contests, including so-called post-season 'bowl games,' should be eliminated. "Fourth, every student partici pating in intercollegiate athletics must make normal progress to ward graduation. If a boy is mak ing unsatisfactory grades, he should not be taking the time to participate in extracurricular ac tivities ... It is a 'cheat' and a steal' to bring students to the Uni versity and then take so much time away from their academic s wui rv iui auiicutB. The University's building pro- gram, its faculty, student activities, secret societies, sororities and fra- ternities, and military status were also discussed by the Chancellor during his report on the "state of the University.' 1 About 2,500 students and j faculty members were at the Coliseum to hear the first of a series of annual reports by the Chancellor to the students. All classes were dismissed for the hour. Chancellor Gustavson termed his talk as one similar to "the re port of a corporation president to the stockholders." The Chancellor took a firm stand against secret societies. He compared such organizations to the Ku Klux Klan and communist groups and said that "one prob lem of the University is to elimin ate any secret society which can not allow its membership to be known or its purpose brought to light. On this," said Dr. Gustav son, "I take my stand with no qualifications." Congratulating several cam pas organizations for their worthwhile objectives and ac complishments, the Chancellor mentioned the Student Council, the Nebraska University Conrfcil for World Affairs, All Univer sity Fund, The Daily Nebraskan, Union activities committee and Cosmopolitan clnb. To members of fraternities and sororities, the Chancellor said, "Never ask for privileges for yourselves that you are not willing to grant to any other student in the University.' Dr. Gustavson urged indepen dent students to take an active part in the Independent Students association. To all students he said, "We are a part of something much greater than sororities, fra ternities and the ISA, which are onl small parts of campus life.1 Let's stand for the University as a whole." The It-year building pro gram, said the Chancellor, rep resents the Immediate interest of the state in the University. "This program to a tremendous step forward," be said, "and has made great progress in recent years." The importance of a liberal ed ucation was stressed by Dr. Gus tavson throughout bis talk. He expressed the opinion that if University students do not leave the school with 'a more liberal mind than when they came, the (Continued On Page 4) 'Whistling Devis" . . . Marine Air Reserve Recruiting Unit On Camp university men interested in joining the marine air reserve may obtain information or sign up, to- day and Friday from 10 a.m. to 0 p.m. m we union. Capt Roger A. Stewart. Ing officer, and his assistant, figd""" ben they are drafted, Roy Michael, said that many boysj expressed interest, but none of them signed up Wednesday at the! booth. The marine air reserve is lining ap men for a new fighter squadron, "Whistling Devils." The group will meet one week- I end each month and members j will receive four days' pay In iv-i, Mv inr ..i- .,.. their rank for aUcndlng train- ft UiniZriMrZ day th- Yet he gets to 14, with at the Unel Naval Air station, j -d and Teceiv helpful trln,u n I v e r- Both veteran and non-veteran nf! Igjty Tassels male students who are physically j The captain announced that the 'acting as bost fl""w, Ugible for member- marine Corp j, looking for women esss. ship. Veterans of any branch ofiand lhe women's division affords Nation the services will receive their iu members the same rights and al president of previous rank upon joining the privileges as Its brother branch, this organiza nrrine squadron, j Women with four yean college! tfon is Marilyn University students in basic air,. training may apply for commis-l Vingers, presi navy or ROTC programs may join, toons. Tbe wi'.hout the complete dent of Tassels. Non-veterans classified 1-A in thejfour years, may apply as enlist- Cecelia Pinker draft but who have not received men ts in the women's marine, ton is the na- noti ces for physical examinations arc a wo eligible. Organized reserves no longer h V'l tfl L- ii i -; 1 i a ..sz i i DR. R. G. GUSTAVSON As he spoke to about 2,500 Univer sity students and faculty mem bers in the Coliseum Wednes day morning, Chancellor Gus tavson stressed that intercolle giate athletics are over empha sized. He recommended that off-season practices, freshmen participation and. post-season contests be eliminated from in tercollegiate sports. Dr. Gustav son's talk was the first of a students about ftf University " i n t . MM fit im rtfirtf ' wfuuuu By MARLIN BREE Staff Writer Once upon a time there was, as he is referred to in the elite circles of society, a young man who was insane namely, a nut Now this aspiring young lad was just about to graduate from the Asylum so he was to be ex amined by the review board. "Would you like to go out?" the" as'-'Pr3. "Sure," replied the nut "What would you like to do if you'd get out?" "Well, sirs, I'd take a rock and bust out every window in this blank place." Now as this was not the sort of answer expected, the review board retarded this lad for a while. But soon the time was up, and it was again time for him to go before the review board. "What would you do if you could get out," again they asked? The nut paused a moment for effect, and then again he spoke. "Well, sirs, after I'd get out, I'd go and find me a woman." ' The seemed to be all right to the parole board, so he con tinued. "Then VA take her up to my apartment, and kiss her." "Yes," said the parole board. "And then I would place my hand on her knee, and take off her garter." "Go on," urged the parole board. "And then you know what I would do?" asked the nut "What?" said the parole board. "Well, sirs," continued the nut with a crafty gleam in his eyes, "I would lake her garter, get myself a rock, and bust out every window in this blank place." , The weather for today is going to tarn from warm to fair, with the sky be coming cloudy. It will become con s i d e r a b ly cooler by aft ernoon, with the tempera tures in the 60s. j defer men from selective service. Capt Stewart points out that the reserves build ut) time for nay purposes plus receiving monthly pay, nowever. The men have the; recruit-!cxlene'nce and training behind WltH the air training, they nave established themselves in an aviation branch and might have better chances of retting in an air branch if they so de sire. The reserves also build up retirement points which only taxes time and does not call for financial obligations. Look at it this way," said Capt.' iowwaii, a man can w a civilian militerv fr corps. Information may be ob - .tained from Marine air detach- ment, Lincoln naval air station. Sfressed-Gusfcsvson i r.ivi. neuuiiiies i i By CHARLES GOMON Staff News Writer Communist Captured At Laredo LAREDO, Tex. Guss Hall, one of four top U.S. com munists wanted by the F.B.I, for bail-jumping was captured at Laredo, Tex. Hall was one of the eleven reds convicted of advocating and teaching the violent overthrow of the gov ernment. Seven of the reds are serv ing their sentences while the Acheson Admits Urging China Aid Halt WASHINGTON Secretary of State Dean Acheson admit ted he urged the government to discontinue all aid to the Chinese nationalists at a White House conference in February of 1949. Harold Stassen charged that this fact served to weaken further the nationalist regime, and contributed to its defeat at Cairo Rioters Stage Demonstration EGYPT Several thousand Cairo rioters smashed shops and offices, burned two trucks" carrying American brand soft drinks, and pillaged other ve hicles in the second day of demonstrations against western influences in general and Brit ish influence in particular. Meanwhile the British an Eighth Army Deals KOREA Another lightning punch was launched from the eighth army front lines, this one aimed by the second divi sion at killing as many reds as possible in the east central sec tor. The route taken by the troops was an old river bed Japan Expects Green Rainfall Soon OSAKA, Japan Green .rain like his American counterpart, will be falling on Japan some- Why will it be green? He will time this week, A University t um . - t t of Osaka professor is going to " .. J seed a few clouds with dry ice Prove the ram is his. Communist, U.S. Engineers Repair Bridge KOREA The site of the re sumed truce talks will appar ently be near a bridge south east of Kaesong. This site rep resents a compromise between the reds and U.N. demands. The bridge was destroyed earlier in the war, but com Joe Palooka Trains At Estate Belonging To University Alum ! The old quip, "Be seeing you in ithe funny papers," has been Hzed for Donald E. Ahrens, !, This is not meant in a deroga-, tory sense, either. It is one of the (stunts or nam rusner, ioe ra- ilooka's originator. F-m ti tim. thi. rr,mir'fome oown ?r one. OI. ,ine Z... Y. 'V "l' w of some person prominent in the business or social world into his column, 1 Just recently, when Joe went out to a summer estate to train j for his next fight, Ahrens' name ( came ap on the list. It is his estate on which Fisher has placed his character. Ahrens, a 1914 graduate, is now s vice president of General Motors and general manager of the Cadil lac motor car division. While in school, he was a mem- Phi Sigma Ch About 30 delegates from seven jings the various college jtroups Washburn; Jay Janes, Univer different colleges and universities j will exchange ideas and discuss sity of Kansas; Purple Pepsters, are expected to attend the 16th annual convention of Phi Sigma " ... ization. Oct. 12 Vingers jtional I e C r e- Ctmnt Linroln Journal tary. During the three days of meet-, : OXrtcsy Lincoln Journal other three are currently be ing sought by federal author ities. ; It was rumored that Hall actually was caught in Mexico City, and that Mexican author ities quietly brought him to the U.S. border where F.B.I, agents took custody of him. Hall was secretary of the U.S. com munist party. the hands of the jcommunists. Acheson, in defending his ac tion, said the recommendation to stop aid came from the American military advisor in China, Gen. , David Barr, and was concurred by top military and civilian advisers to the president President Truman, however, overruled the recom mendation and continued the aid. nounced plans for supplying thjatJlQ,oafl. troops in the Suez canal area by air-lift Sources in the British Isles said the King's forces will not budge f.om the vicinity until there i as assurance that some provi sion would be made to defend the canal from attack. Lightning Punch which was processed by army engineers to prepare it for the more than fifty tanks which ground northward. Staff offi cers said that the job on the river bed was one of the great est engineering feats of the war. munist and American en gineers cooperated in rebuild ing it Wednesday. The Ameri cans replaced their half with steel girders and bulldozers, while the reds used logs, straw and earth. ber of Viking, an obsolete engi- real-sneering society, the University' Uni-"dramatic club and Delta Upsilon in electrical emzineerine ' Recently, the DU chapter here oi me uwveiMiy uiviu.-u nun along with their other alumni to games, tie Kent tnis answer in rffiirn- v hail vr nr, thonrht in setting aside one of the foot- .- ... , m . can games eacn year lor or 01 . : . . -I an annual gathering of the old- Members of Innocents society ! er members of the fraternity... iwill choose the Nebraska Sweet- "... This year it just so hap-iheart candidates m the faculty pens that I can't be there, but keep me on the invitation list so i that next time arouiid I can stick my feet under your dinner table." i His absence can be clearly un derstood. Playing host to such an athlete as Palooka would keep anyone busy! 1 Convention 'plans for enlarging membership of Phi Sigma Chi Most delegates arc expected to arrive Friday to attend the football rally that evening. Sat urday morning they will break fast in the Union, with the of ficial delegates meeting at 10:00 a.m. The remaining delegates will tour the campus and the dixplay of Taswel projects. In the afternoon they will attend the Penn Ktate-Nebraitka foot ball game. After breakfast Sun day morning new officers for the coming year will be elected. Organizations in Phi Sigma Chi'st-nted, These three chapters werej are: Feathers, university of, Omaha; Ichadellcs, University of'and Nebraska University. Coymcii deceives CDfiss fficeir Plain Student Delegates Approved Student representatives for six joint faculty-student committees were approved Wednesday by the Student. Council. New members are: Student conduct committee, William Bergquist and Don Noble; stu dent affairs committee, George Cobel,- Miriam Willey and George Wilcox; social commit tee, Sharon Fritzler and Jack Cohen; commencement commit tee, Peggy Mulvaney and Aaron Schmidt; semester examination committee, Dee Gade and Don Larsen; calendar committee, Rex Messersmith and Barbara Young. Student representation on these faculty committees is based on a three year probation period. At the conclusion of this period, an examination of the success of thej According to Educational Test plan will be made. Representa-jing service, which prepares and tion of students on these commit- j administers the test for the Selec tees will be considered at this tive Service System, it will be time. Henry Holtzclaw, council ad visor, said the faculty felt that the move would make for bet ter relations with students. He said he felt hat student repre sentation would benefit both students and faculty. Six University Girls Chosen To Assist At Mental Hospital Six University women have ' cialized work. The new assistants been selected to assist the Gray twill begin their work at the hos Ladies at the state mental hos-ipital sometime next month, pital i Miss Bartling is a member of They are Sally Ba ng, Margie the YWCA representative council, DeLamater, Mary Lou Caraby, j Builders WAA and Delta Gamma Pat Vinsant, Phyllis Armstrong I" addition to Red Cross, Miss j t..,i t,-v, t DeLamater works in Builders, Virginia Poppe, chairman of, Gray Ladies for the Red Cross,Delta college umi, coniaciea ana miei- vieweu uuivhmij " making the selections. final appointments were uiauc by Miss Poppe and the Lancaster county Gray Ladies chairman. Miss Poppe stated that it is anj honor to be selected for this spe- Buiiders Mass Meet Planned For Oct. 31 In order that freshmen women n jj?rJs? rrLGet Pictures uigdiiiduuu win nviu w mass meeting of the year Wed nesday, Oct. 31. r-t. - i i u: kn: 3 ,l-?r e Va . man of Builders, announced Tues- day that the meeting : will be : held in Parlors XYZ of the Union at; 7:15 p.m. Although the meeting is mainly for freshmen coeds. Miss Coy stressed that all students inter-. ested are invited to attend. Prospective workers may sign fnr work iinHfr anv t,f the Euild-' ers board members. 'completed," he said, "until these The purpose of Buiiders, ac--pictures are out of the way." cording to Marilyn Coupe, presi-j Pictures will be taken at Col dent, is "to build a greater Uni-vin-Heyn Studios, 222 South 13th versity." street. The price is $2. KK To Select Prince Kosmet and the Nebras - ka Sweetheart will again reignjbers will select Prince Kosmet'Miaos mountain tribe. Now 11 over the Kosmet Klub fail revue, . "v. ..v . "ia j w wuismp, title will be chosen Tuesday, Nov. all organizations concerning de-j The meeting is open to all stu- 8, at 7:30 p.m., at the Union,tails of selecting house candidates.ldents. js.osmei ruuo announced. Candidates must be sophomores eniors, with a A '""-juniors or seniors, average. Th. m,ll .,,,11 Un l-. - popular vote the night of the vue, Friday, Nov. 16, at thej Coliseum I All organizations who have not been contacted by the Cornhusker Office for space in the 1S52 Cornhusker and desire space please contact the Corn husker office before this Fri day at 5 p.m. Starts Friday Kansas State College and the iWheaties of Wichita University. Officers f Phi Sigma Chi are: president, Marilyn Vingers, University of Nebraska; vice tirAslMil rm VA- it TTrvl - versify of Kansas; recording wrrrbn Martha RAarh I nt. versify of Washburn; corre- spending secretary, C ecelia Pin- kerton and treasurer, Mary Svach, University of Nebraska. Initial steps of organizing Phi ! Sigma Chi were taken by the University of Nebraska in 1932, with three chapters being repre-' Kansas Mate. Kansas university Flaherty To Serve On Student Council Mary Lou Flaherty was elected as University publica tions representative to Student Council Wednesday. Miss Flaherty, representing Cornhusker and The Daily Ne braskan, is replacing Kent Ax tell, former publications repre sentative. A junior in Teachers college, Miss Flaherty is a Cornhusker managing editor, Builders board member and affiliated with Alpha Chi Omega. Draft Exam Dates Given Applications . for college quali fications tests are now available. Eligible students who intend to take this test either December 13, 1951 or April 24, 1952 should ap ply at once to the nearest Selec tive Service local board. The student should fill out his application and mail it immedi ately in the envelope provided. Applications for the December 13 test must be postmarked no later than midnight, November 5, 1951. greatly to the student s advantage to file his application at once, re gardless of the testing date he selects. The results of the tests will be reported to the student's Selective Service local board for use in considering his deferment as a student. d fe a member of Alpha Xi .: rarnahv i a member of WAA, the directory sales com- 'mittee for Builders and Kappa Aloha Theta. Coed Counselor, YWCA, Build ers and Kappa Kappa Gamma ac tivities occupy Miss , j VinSant S time. Miss Armstrong is a Coed Counselor, assistant to the speak ers' head of AUF, member of the Union house committee and Kap pa Kappa Gamma. Union evaluation committee, Coed Counselors, Builders, YWCA. and Delta Gamma are; Miss Withe's activities. Vaken-Billig t a -a i , Tf Individual pictures for the Corn-; 'husker must be taken right . away, according to Dick Billig, editor. All independent students or any student who has missed his ap- pointment may sign up in the Cornhusker office. Student Union! "basement between 1 and 5 p.m.l any day. "Plans fnr tho Vwv.k fan nnt Six Finalists UounKe. while Mortar Board mem- candidates in Parlor Z. Puizlinq Project . . . J ' Snake Pit Or Dungeon- Reporter Asks Students. By CONNIE GORDON Staff Reporter A snake pit? Weil, it could be! Men started working on the project before classes began this fall and much progress has been made on the structure. But it will be quite a few months before it is completed. The project in question is lo cated directly east of the Union. Because it is so centrally located on campus, many students pass I by ft daily, secretly wondering to themselves, "???????" However, many or me sin dents have their own ideas as to what the structure is to be when it is completed. So, this reporter has queried a crossed- up section of the University population who know less about the project than she does. They v b'r Pnn what trucurc w.u vnc ut it. One Intelligent representative. of the sophomore class stated that "the structure in question is go- ling to be an underground dungeon fay IVtriuj u.'Ht OM ulv.uMLr slnumilrrtAur artA Alrtn't irnrrcr jnnH llips." He added that study con- jitions would probably be much improved under these "dark, murky conditions." An anthropology student hod. his own ideas on the subject, t He stated firmly, "Well uh Proposal To Boost NU Spirit A plan calling for freshman and sophomore, as well as junior and senior, class officers was pre sented to the Student Council at its Wednesday meeting by Aaron Schmidt, 1950-51 senior class president. The plan is intended to raise mere class spirit and thereby pro mote more spirit in the Univer sity. It includes a council of six members from each of the classes chosen by the Council. Any class project that falls within the jur fsdiction of the Council, must re ceive Council permission before the project may be continued. It was decided to begin the class councils as soon as pos sible and to refer the remainder of the plan to the campus Im provements committee for far ther study. A letter from Tassels askine Council support for dismissing classes the Saturday of Homecom ing was read to the Council by President George Cobel. The let ter stated that in previous years the Homecoming parade has been led by a group of band members who volunteered and were dressed in street clothes. Tassels asked for support of a haif-day holiday to enable the band to parade in its uniforms. The Council supported the pro posal that all classes be dismissed (Nov. 3. The report of the traffic com mittee, which studied the traf fic problem arising during Homecoming was read to the Council. Chairman Don Noble reported that a traffic route for the night of Nov. 3 had been planned by his committee and Police Chief Joseph Carroll. The plan will be completed and published in The Daily Nebraskan Uy patrolmen and two motorcycle DOlicemen wffl be assisted bv Corn Cob workers in policing the cam pus area that night The Council approved the plan with a few minor changes. A ci i j ffoctinn 4s cn oil ff i.i ; jih35v.jwvii v vua amsv. J;n0 Ua tima tho tho rli'cniaire V ) WISH U b VL UWiaj 3 were operating was turned down because many Lincoln viewers might become discouraged. George Wilcox, vice president and election chairman, reported that four applicants have filed for the board of student publi cations. He also reported that there will be polling booths in Ferguson hall and the Ag union for the coming class officer elections. ; Kent Axtell's resignation was read to the council and approved. iMary Lou Flaherty will succeed him as publications representative H -peevv Mulvanov will fill hi jXtgfS rtaKn oTie cam- pus improvements committee. ""L ii Vilin8S8 fWISSIOnQry . i cr 0 OD6QK At I VCP , . , . Ane nev' A- iruax, mission ary from China, will speak at the Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship meeting Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in Room 315, Union. Truax will describe his exper iences in the Chinese mission field, where he first went to 1919. He and his wife have been mis sionaries for 31 years. In China. they worked chieflv with the eroun of these tribesmen meei think now don't quote me thai certain members of the natural science department are trying to find a new route to China saves plane fare, you know but don't quote me." So I didn't The snake pit theory was of fered by a number of those questioned. The reason for this conclusion, stated one of those Queried, was that "when we think well go erazy with stud ies, we can Just jump in the snake pit and sober up." We asked If many students would probably sober up this way, the student replied, "Not If they could get cup of black coffee and walk around the block a conpla times." Other opinions on the structure ranged from "an underground passageway for football players to their Union dining room so then fans wouldn't bother them for autographs'' to a simple honest. "1 don't know.' For those who don't know and guessed, and for those who don't, guess any lancer. The structure in question will someday be the State Historical Society Building. It will include a museum, library. and offices. A snake pit7 Only in the taa- Ilseuml n S ft r- r: A is 'V i t