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PAGE 4 THE DAILY NEBRASKAN Thursday, October 11, 1951 rovrf Of 0500 Invades Coliseum hike o Establish Record for High Attendance By MARILYN MANGOLD Staff Reporter The largest building on the campus is the Coliseum. As proof of this statement the size of the entire building is 29t( feet Jong and 160 feei wide. Its value as it is now equipped is $475,000. The Coliseum was erected in 1925 and its construction was fi nanced largely by the department of intercollegiate athletics, uhey Since its completion in 1925 the Coliseum has been used throughout the years for ath letic events. University and student activities. The state basketball tournament, which attracts state-wide attention an nually, is held in this building on campus. One year, setting an all time attendance record, 8500 people attended a tourna ment game. A full basement is underneath Sixteenth Century Art ra'sed the fund from gate receipts the main floor, which is 116 feet and ticket sales. 'long, and houses intramural Applications Due Friday . . . Publication Board Protects University The Publications Board "pro- plications for board positions for tects the interests of the students I this year will be open until Fri- and the University," Dr. Roger V. Shumate, board chairman, said. Supervision of all student pub lications is the chief duty of the board. It serves as the final au thority for publication policy matters. Paid staff positions on the Cornhusker and The Daily Ne braskan are determined by the board. The board hears recom mendations of the outgoing staff and interviews all applicants. Supervision of contracts is another responsibilty of the hoard. They get contracts for the photography and printing of the Cornhusker and The Daily Nebraskan. The board is responsible for all financial matters connected with student publications. It fixes sal aries and spends the allotted funds. The board is faced with the problem of making the publica tions solvent For example, the price for Cornhuskers is set to cover the cost of publishing and not with profit in mind. Seeing that typewriters are repaired and office quarters dec orated are other problems that face the Publications Board. They must also approve the trip made by the Cornhusker and Daily Ne braskan editors to the national student editors convention. Four faculty members and three students comprise the board. Fac ulty members are appointed from the committee on student affairs under the direction of Dean T. J. Thompson, chairman.. They are Dr. Roger V. Shu mate, political science profes sor, chairman; W. C. Harper, di rector of student affairs and commercial activities, secre tary; William J. Arnold, associ ate professor of psychology; and Mary Guthrie, assistant exten sion home economist Student Council appoints one tophomore, one junior and one lenior to serve on the board. Ap- day, Oct. 12. Applications should contain the ' student s name, year m school, previous experience in publica tions, whether he is now in pub lication work, and reasons for applying. Suggestions for improvement should also be submitted. To be eligible, applicants must have a 4.5 weighted scholastic average. Applications should be ad dressed to George Wilcox and left m the Student Council box in the Union basement. Interviews will be held Nov. 17 at the Student Council meet ing. Until that time, last year's sophomore and junior members Gerald Matzke and Norman Rasmussen will remain on the board. Board meetings are held once a month unless special problems arise which require immediate action. Ken Keller, assistant director! of publications for the University, serves as adviser to the board and to the student publications. The board felt that an experienced newspaper man was needed to help solve publication problems. Keller took this .iob July 1 re placing Bruce Nicoll, who had equipment worth several thou sand dollars. As well as the class rooms, there is a hand ball court, horseshoe and tennis courts, golf driving net wrestling mats, var sity training rooms and shower rooms and lockers for 2,000 men. A huge check room with sDace ior zduu people is also in the basement. One of the largest and best equipped pools in the midwest is located beneath the main stage. Built at a cost of $35,000, the swimming pool fs 35 feet wide and 75 feet long. At one end it is 10 feet deep. A crowd of over 1,000 can be accomodated on the side bleach ers for a swimming exhibition. Crowds of this size have watched water polo games, the annual spring Water Pageant, and other pool events. At the northern end of the i Coliseum is a stage which is 51 feet wide and 116 feet long. A large basketball court on the stage Is used for practice during the basketball season. Directly in front of the stage is a 80 foot wide orchestra pit An 85 piece orchestra may be accomodated in the pit The height from the main floor to the top of the arch is approxi mately three stories. Some of the events held annu ally in the Coliseum are the Mili tary Ball and Mortar Board Ball! A 1500 date line and a name in December, the basketball tour-1 resembling that of a sixteenth naments in the spring, the Uni-century Italian artist inscribed on versity basketball games in. the the back of a 5 by 7 painting at- winter, the graduation ceremonies tracted the attention of personnel each June, and the many Univer- m the University art gallery. sity activities throughout the! . .. . year ! The painting, m the process of Last year the Sadler's Wells ei"g . cleaned by Mrs. Ingred Heia, is a portrait of a man seated scum. The First Drama Quartette f chair dressed m the garb of was presented this year. Three itnat century- years ago the first UNESCO con- B. W. InHnr Mr f ti ference was held there. ; Pt rimu-f.., ,.; w i w I -h I I n 1 I if World Affairs United Nations Interest Promoted By NUCWA "NUCWA is one of the most constructive organizations on camnus." said Chancellor R. G. Gustafson at the first convocation Wednesday. NUCWA during the year are fac ulty panel discussions, debates, and talks by foreign speakers. Several military men just re turned from Korea spoke last year Courtesy Lincoln Star MRS. INGRED HELD . . . The official restorer for the New York Historical society, Mrs. Held examines a painting in the Uni versity art gallery. The painting is believed to be that of a six teenth century Italian artist University May Possess Valuable Italian Painting According to Mrs. Held the painting originated at the "Ba logna" school. The only inscrip tion on the face is the date and the initials "I," "Tin," and "Lius," the last used frequently by German painters in the 19th century. NUCWA stands for Nebraska to a NUCWA meeting. University Council on World Af fairs. The purpose of the organ-' ization is to promote interest in! and understanding of the United! Nations and world affairs. During the year NUCWA sponsors many activities. Each fall a model United Nations week is planned which in the past has aroused much interest The international friendship dinner is sponsored and planned by the NUCWA committees as is the foreign students tea. NUCWA has imported many nationally known speakers for various events on campus. This year's activities will in clude the observation of United Nations week, Oct 21 to 27 and a spring conference. In addition the speakers bureau is being ex panded to include many new divisions. The department plans to send out speakers from NUCWA to speak to local clubs, church (roups and high schools throughout the state. These speakers are to inform the groups on the UN and to tell them what they, as citizens, can do to promote world under standing, cooperation and peace. "Many workers are needed to In the sDrinc of each vear NUCWA has staged a model further the activity of UNCWA in United Nations conference. The: Nebraska and the University. We first year the conference, then (would like to get as much repre called UNESCO, was held in the sentation as possible in all the coliseum. houses and independent groups," In the spring of 1950 a model said MiSs Carlson. United Nations general assembly This year for the first time a was held. Last year a model con- membership secretary is included ference of the United Nations po- in the offices of the organization, litical committee was one of the Susie Reinhart fills this position, biggest events sponsored by She has announced that her cam NUCWA. paign will start next week, Oct. 15. the students have represented the countries involved. "One of the highlights last year was the Security Council model meeting," said Doris Carlson., president. i Other activities planned by I When the Chicago Civic Opera company was here , a capacity crowd of 8500 was seated. At many of the varsity parties there have been 1500 couples in attendance. The indoor ten nis meets have attracted 2000 spectators annually. Upstairs in the building is lo- though be thought the picture was old it must be treated like an ordinary fake until it can be X-rayed and definitely authenticated. Mrs. Held is the official re storer for the New York Historical society. She is at the University reworking paintings from the Uni versity collection. Dr. Hail Addresses Nebraska Grange Any one with an interest In world affairs is eligible to come to the NUCWA meetings; one does not need to be a member. The meetinrs are held every other Thursday evening at 7 in the Union. The next meeting will be Oct 18. New members can work in any of the various departments. There are six different depart ments which work in cooper ation with the officers f the organization. The speaker's bureau, headed I history of Nebraska's athletic 'events m the N Club rooms. The Coliseum has figured prom- find an almost complete pictoral 1 sity. v oo cuvci iw uic atx. iwu catea me JN 1UD Oltices. One w iWlv v it' ; r NU BULLETIN BOARD Stale Bread-Very Unpopular With Public; Food Value Remains The Same, Say Chemists By JANE RANDALL Feature Editor This happens every morning. In fact, it happens every day. Upon rising with the birds, most students are not quite coherent. They get their words fouled up. And, nine times out of 10, their eyes are such slits that the first turn the world from upside down to right side up, nothing will. The next thing that's heard is the clatter of coffee cups and that combination eggy-toast odor. Food! But wait don't tret so eacer Here's something to make the worm turn upside down again. and primary thought, upon getting ! That bread being used for toast up, is, "Got to put one foot ahead 'is stale. of the other." Do people eat it? Sure they do A brisk shower is usually a good Whether they know it or not, all wcmci-ujjjjci. cut, u sume siu-.me Dread xney eat is stale, dents are like all the rest of the Of course, the percentae-e f "The real test of leadership is !the ability of a leader to sell him- For 18 years Mrs. Held, a native self and his ability to other by Pat Allen, obtains speakers for of Sweden, has been restoring art. people," said University professor j NUCWA meetings and other meet She has studied in her home coun- Dr. William E. Hall Tuesday in;mgS on campus. The publicity try, Germany and Italy. addressing a meeting of the Ne- COmmittee under the direction of H . . . . , jbraska State Grange: Marilyn Mangold, advertises NU- rini. J Tn rnTJ 0mtmly of i Dr. Hall, professor of educa-CWA activities through radio, wfJ l TlhrreT, on psychology, declared that newspapers and art work. Sth P d T leadership is a part of the ability Mass meetings are scheduled bv touch old canvasses. Cleaning it- f nersnn A cood leader c ii un j y self is a tedious nroross hut w,rP P1 ve.ry. Prson; Sa leader, Sany Hali and her comrnittee. meticulous is restoring the paint'? saia-1,eaas cnly " lonS.a? ls They zs0 Pn monthly meetings. on H naintir ixnorougniy conversanx wnn ms, :nri n a rnn f or An nt will K i leader to replace him. He spoke at the 41st annua three-day session of the Grange Thursday Skeptics Corner meet at Ellen Smith at S pjn. YW leadership training group will meet at 3 p.m. in Ellen Smith. Religion-In-Life Week program committee meet at 7:30 p.m., base ment of University Episcopal chapel, 13 and R streets. Society of American Military Engineers meet in the Military building at 7:30 p.m. Alpha Zeta meeting at 7 p.m. in Crops laboratory. education fiends, they just don't have time. A shot of cold water helps. So does brushing the teeth or comb ing the hair. It gets the circu lation started. Then another idea begins to penetrate into the minds of these people breakfast If that doesn't staling process that takes place before the dim-eyed student gets hold of it, varies. But, the catch is that within 12 hours after it's been baked, bread is 30 per cent stale. At the end of a week it's 100 per cent stale. That's when no one not even the sleepiest of people will have 700 High School Journalists To Attend Press Convention Gov. Val Peterson, Chancellor) The Grand Island Independent R. G. Gustavson and World will award a trnnhv tn th srhnni Yell squad meet in Jake Geier's i HFald columnist Mrs. Free Clark with the outstanding yearbook. office at 12:30 p.m. No excuses 'W1. f ? high school pur- Entries f judging are now accepted. ! nalists at the annual high school being acc ted gtn School 0 f Aquaquette practice in Coliseum iPess convention at the Univer-1 journalism. at7:30p.m. Health permits neces- BJl-v i,uv- alu JU- ine convenxion, sponsored dv anything to do with the stuff supposedly. Do they still eat it? Yes dis guised in some pudding or other dish. If this isn't the case, it ends up in File No. ZILCH 1, the gar bage can. That's the trouble. People just don't like stale bread too well. Yet, the food value in it hasn't changed a bit. The whole deal is that people like their bread soft. Bakers now vcvauj uuMiuces xo xneiri Mrs. Heid's husband is an in- proQucxs wnicn are designed to structor in art history at Colum- pievenx siaung. And, true, these bia university in New York. nave naa some success in keeping i On some highly valuable pieces she must restore the pic ture, stroke for stroke and tone for tone. Matching the colors is an extremely accurate process requiring real "know how." It is not unusual for her to be required to authenticate paint ings she restores like the one found at the University. Close examinations with the naked eye are not enough. X-rays must be taken or else ultra vio let ray lamps may be used be fore discoveries can be officially classed. in the The spring conference will be under the direction of Charles Goman. United Nations week, which is scheduled for next week, will be planned by Hester Morrison. Allen Garf inkle is chairman of the special projects department This department has charge of the scrapbook. Activities Mart, and the many flags. Officers of NUCWA are Doris Carlson, president, Virginia Koeh- sary for all coeds except fresh men and transfers. Red Cross handicraft meeting, Union craft shop, 7 p.m. Craft class in Ag Union at 7 p.m. Cornhusker pictures AUF board, 12:30 p.m.; Panhellenic council, 12:45 p.m.; Alpha Lambda Delta, 5 p.m.; Interfraternity council, 5:15 p.m. Worship Work workshop, 5 p.m. in Ellen Smith. YW noon discussion group meet, 12 noon in Ellen Smith. Student-Faculty coffee hour in the Union faculty lounge at 4:30 p.m. Religion-in-Life Week program committee will meet at 7:30 p.m., in the basement of the University Episcopal Chapel, 13th and R Streets. the School of Journalism, will in clude journalism contests and newspaper experience, according j to W. H. Hice, convention direc tor, i Siprma Delta Chi, journalism professional fraternity, and; Theta Sigma Phi, women's pro- j fessional journalism honorary, I will sponsor 11 contests for the high school students. The con- i tests will include news writing, j feature writing, headline writ ing, photography, current events and advertisement writing. The Omaha World Herald will present three plaques to high school papers at the convenxion. One will be awarded to an out standing mimeographed paper. Ihe other two will go to printed the Union school papers. buildings. The convention will begin at 8 a.m. Friday, Nov. 9, and end Saturday afternoon. Gov. Pet erson will address the first con vocation Friday morning. Chan cellor Gustavson will speak at the Friday evening banquet, while Mrs. Clark, the Mary Lane columnist for the World Herald, will address the high school journalists at the Satur day luncheon. Lad Duryea, president of Sigma Delta Chi, and Marjery Van Pelt, ineia bigma Flu president, are assisting Hice in the program planning. Barbara Bell, of Uni versity Builders, will aid the journalism committee in planning the luncheons. The convention will be held in and other campus American Soldiers Receive Aid the bread softer longer, Most tests show, however, that fhey camouflage the staling pro cess more than preventing it The next project is to under stand the exact process which takes place when bread stales. Development of a better anti staling agent follows. This project has been claimed by R. M. Sandstedt, B. D. Hites and R. L. Gates, assistant chemists at the University experiment sta tion. They are currently engaged in a research project, established by the- U.S. Army Quartermaster Corps. Objective to learn whv bread goes stale and how to pre--vent it. Maybe, when they complete their studies, University students will be able to go to class in the mornings with their world sunny side up instead of slant-wise halfway between upside down and right side up. Gustavson . . . (Continued From Page 1) A one-time painter, she said it was now difficult to show any ibe charged for the meal. At pres originality after going over so ert the plan is to offer two se many other paintings. I lections. Roundup To Remain Open Sunday Nights Beginning Sunday students will be able to eat evening meals the new Roundup room Union. A plan for keeping the cafeteria ler, vice president, Nita Helmstad- open i being tned for the bene- ter, secretary, and Jerry MatzKe, fit of who may not eat at treasurer. their nized houses Sunday nights. An added attraction is Bob La Shelle at the electric organ. La Shelle will play from 6 until 7:30 p.m. A flat charge of 85 cents will Maflotve 'en (arcli Sm4 a trimt nuy car AIM Hkllmrr'n Pwtv Snpplim Goldenrod Stationery Store 21 5 North 14th Street TO. UIJ..I.I,.UWMW. uii.uij,, , i....n.iy. jgu .' .-if nriiliflflll.t I "'ao ill University has not done its job well. "Educated adults," stated the Chancellor, "must be able to look at a problem with different points of view. "This administration," Dr. Gustavson continued, "as long as I have a part in it, will not throw a shackles on the mind of any student or faculty mem ber. "The object of education." the Chancellor concluded, "is to send out students whose conduct is Buch jiuiui, uic wunu "win De ot'uer ie- cBuseiney are a part ol it." A Fashionable Favorite .... POM , IU."'"Oi. ENm TOMOHT t Knmrp Hit fti-fur. Dinitb flhorr TIbiib Andmwii UP IN ARMS' in Toflhnicolor plnn HOB HOPE Dorothy JUunour They Cot Me Covered' "nun BILL SHAINHOLTZ W. E. Oct. 14 I.ZT.XT.S AS PEOTirnON rOlt WOUNDED COKPSMAN . . . Protected by the armor of a tank, a co e mt Ainerican aatOers and a war correspondent bandage the woundi of an injured 431, a tank orp. ma with the seventh Clvklon In Korea. The oorpaman was wounded by small arms fire when the tank p&i: ".jI prutyrft the territory lur enemy bankers and hill positions. The first aid group are, left to right, 14. i Z- Cvol, tank commander of Agua Duloe, Texas, and war correspondent Don Dixon. Mao at right Is ti.;,'.Jei::;ioa. The wounded man was loaded on another tank and run through enemy fire to safety. .7VNS TOMfrflT Barbara Stanwyck Ava Gardner Van Heflin "East Side, West 'Side" iilim David Bryan Arlene Dahl I J will 'nlnr CrtiHin IOROTHY ELLIOT E. Oct, 34 ,;Nt' : n From a large collection! Deep-piled v ool with ruddly, furry moftnn Swp inlo fall in RoKcvin's lldly-buttond, Lip pui-keted nr oh1 ith the ew lrfze- fofying liin-tab collar. So Fil't 1o touch ... no x arm and smart to wear. Sizes Sl 18. ::::f::;:pto;;: t, .: i Use Your GOLD'S CKARGA-PLATE . f.. it, n. Pinle Haturul JVfarmboH Blue firmy Purple Gold GOLD'S Fashions Second Floor