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VOL. 51 No. 24
12 Groups To Enter
Coll-Aari-Fun Show
Seven skits and five curtain
acts will highlight the annual
Coll-Agri-Fun skit night Satur
day. The performance will start at
8 p.m. in the College
Activities
building.
A $10 prize is being offered to
the winning curtain act. The skit
winner will receive a traveling
plaque. Any organization win
ning the plaque three years in a
row is entitled to keep it
The skits are "Football Fools"
by Amikita; "Small Fry Profes
sors" by Loomis Hall; "Blue Mon
day" by Love Hall; "The Fashion Farm House with "Good Knight
Show" by Ag Men; "The Cow-, irene," YMCA was the winner in
boy's Dream" by Alpha Gamma1 the curtain acts with "Play With
Rho; "The Lone Stranger Rides out Words."
Again" by Farm House and "Thei R0iie Reynolds will be emcee
Bad Brahma Bull" by the Rodeo 0f the event,
association. Members of the Coll-Agri-Fun
The curtain acts are "The Try- board are Wayne White, manager;
!ng Hour" by Loomis Hall; "Dan-'joyce Shaner, assistant manager;
gcrous Dan McGrew" by Love Jo Knotts, secretary; Dean Lin
Hall; "Cutie Coeds of NU Cam-'scott, treasurer and Jan Ross and
pus" by home economics club; I Jerry Johnson.
'Roundup' . . .
Freshman Coeds To Register
For YWCA Activity Group
Freshman coeds will have thei in two general programs. The
opportunity to enroll in YWCA! general programs include one for
activities at the freshman "round-! the YWCA and one for a Lincoln
up" this afternoon from 3 to 5:30
in Ellen Smith hall
At the "roundup," coeds may
register for one of the ten YWCA
freshmen groups.
Virginia Koehler, leader of
the freshman cabinet, said that
every freshman woman is wel
come whether or not she is, or
intends to be, a member of the
YWCA.
Three types of activities will be
Offered to the freshmen. These
are discussions, planning their
own programs and participation
Sixteen
Donate
Blood
Only 16 blood donors volun
teered to fill the September quota
of 25 pints according to reports
issued by the University Red
Cross chapter.
Sixteen Coed
Cou n s e 1 o r s
have volun
teered to help
fill the October
quota of 25
pints of blood
net by the Lin
coln Red Cross.
The deadline
for this month
is Oct. 30 and
the campus unit
expects enough
volunteers for the requirement.
The September donors are: Mrs.
Marvin Grimm, Fred W. Ander
son, Lois D. Johnson, D. Temple
meyer, Charles Bell, L. Downing,
Erna Frissen. R. Milnar, Mrs. Lu
cille Stone, Marcia Duey, Roger
Hanson, Peggy Neville, Juanita
Rediger. Joyce Johnson", Nancy
Button and Ruth Raymond.
Coed Counselors who have vot-
unteered for the October donations
are: Marjorie Danly, Hattie Miller,
Sue Gorton, Dee Gode, Jan Hep
perly, Grace Dunn, Darlene Good
ding, Donna Murphy, Mary Hub
ka, Peggy Mulvaney, Susie Rein
hart, Nancy DeBord, Terry Barnes,
Elizabeth uass, Joan toumer, ana
Jeanie Loudon.
First Union Man Meet
To Feature Skit, Jour
The first Union activities mass
meeting will feature an explana
tion of the Union system by Chuck
Widmeier.
The meeting, to be held Thurs
day In Parlors B and C, will also
have a skit and a tour of the
Union
Model Security Council To Highlight
Celebration Of United Nations Week
United Nations Week begins
Oct. 21.
The highlight of the week will
be the model Security Council
meeting planned for Thursday at
7:30 p.m. at Love library audi
torium Doris Carlson, NUCWA pres
ident, Charles Gomon, and Dr.
Frank Sorenson will participate
In the Security Council discus
sion of the Iranian oil dispute.
University foreign students will
present the point of view rep
resented by their own countries.
United Nations Day all over
. the nation will be observed on
Wednesday. To remind the
campus of this event music will
be played from the Carillon
tower Wednesday.
Another event scheduled for
the week is the International
Friendship dinner. It will be held
Sunday evening. Foreign stu
dents on this campus will be
guests of University students.
The university faculty will also
bring foreign guests.
In the social studies reading
room of Love library, will be a
special exhibit of information on
the United Nations. A booth will
"Cowlege Days" by YW; "Release
My Hands, Sir" by YM
The Ag Country Dancers will
give a square dancing exhibition,
but they are not entered in the
competition.
Men skit will be allowed a
maximum time of 10 minutes,
while curtain acts will be allowed
five minutes each.
The judges for the perform
ance are Milo Arms, R. P. Ma
teiski and Autinas Tullis. Skits
will be judged on quality of per- I
formance, time required, inter
est of action and originality.
Last year's skit winner was
service organization.
Topics for group discussions
will be: "Why Are We in Col
lege?" "Problems of Campus Liv
ing," "Religion on the Campus,"
'Christian Heritage," "Political
Effectiveness," and "Social Ser
vice Tour."
The freshmen discussion
groups, Miss Koehler said, are
patterned after the groups to
which upperclassmen belong.
The freshmen program is de
signed to acquaint them with
all the areas of YWCA activity.
Weekly programs are planned
by the freshman cabinet. The
cabinet is comprised of the lead
ers of the freshman discussion
groups.
YWCA freshman commission
group leaders are:
Monday
4 p.m. Elaine Kagawa.
5 p.m. Donna Folmer.
Tuesday
3 p.m. Pat Patterson.
4 p.m. Norma Lothrop.
5 p.m. Phyllis Chubbuck.
Wednesday
4 p.m. Jackie Ullstrom
5 p.m. Marilyn Housel.
Thursday
3 p.m. Jean Davis.
4 p.m. Rosemary Castner.
5 p.m. Carol Cherny.
Students Sign Up . . .
Mass Meet
Set Tonight
By NUCWA
Students who are interested in
promoting the understanding of
world affairs may still sign up for
NUCWA committee work after
the muss meeting tonight at 7 p.m.
in Union Parlors X and Y.
New members will be wel
comed according to Sally Hall,
chairman of mass meetings, who
announced the program for to
night's meeting.
Dale Johnson, defending the af
firmative, and Paul Laase, de
fending the negative, will debate
on the proposition: "All Ameri
can citizens should be subject to
conscription for essential services
in time of war."
A discussion in which the audi
ence may participate will follow
the debate.
Hester Morrison will outline the
plans of United Nations week
which will be observed from Oct.
21 to 27. Miss Morrison is chair
man of United Nations Week. She
says more workers will help make
the observance a success.
be set up and United Nations,
publications and literature wm dc
available for reference there.
A booth will be open in the
lobby of the Union every after-
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PRIDE OF THE CAMPUS . . . Beaming up at
their fans are the various organized house can
didates for the honor of Ugliest Man on Campus.
Back row, 1. to r., are Don Bohmont, Sigma Chi;
Bud Ward, Sigma Alpha Ep'silon; Don Rauch,
Sigma Nu; Ron Raitt, Phi Gamma Delta; Dick
Claussen, Alpha Tau Omega; Bob Hallock, Delta
Sigma Phi; John Vonnes, Brown Palace; middle
row, L to r.: Wayne Foster, Ag Men's Club; Jim
Haggar, Alpha Gamma Rho; Don Dutcher, Pio
neer House; Len Bush, Sigma Alpha Mu; Arnold
Voting For UMOC To Begin
Today At Five Polling Places
Voting for the Ugliest Man on
Campus starts today.
Each vote must be wrapped
around a nickle and dropped in
one of the voting jars. A student
may vote as many times as he
contributes live cems to au.
Voting jars are located in the
Crib, University drug store,
Campus Inn, Hermie's and Ag
Union.
The contest will close Tues
day, Oct. 23. Six finalists will
be announced the following day.
The UMOC will be presented
at the Charity Ball, Oct. 26 at
Kings.
Candidates for UMOC are:
Melvin Brydl. Acacia; Jim Hag-
eart. AlDha Gamma Rho: Dick
Damrkce Sigma pS Application blanks for mem-
KmZy; "b! e,ThSeU Pif Robt.Vr' in Tri-K are n0W avaiU
Paynich, Delta Tau Delta; Jack au a0ronnmv dpnart.
Aschwege, Farm House
Charles Rossow, Theta xi; Kon
Raitt, Phi Gamma Delta; George
Wilcox, Kappa Sigma; Arnold
Stern, Zeta Beta Tau; Ed Gass,
Phi Kappa Psi; Jerry Reinhard,
Pi Kappa Phi; Bud Ward, Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Hod Myers, Sigma
Phi Epsilon; Ron Sterkel, Tau
Kappa Epsilon; Don Dutcher,
Pioneer House; Wayne Foster, Ag
Men's Club.
Tickets for the Charity Ball
Advanced ROTC's Invited
To Scabbard, Blade Meet
Juniors and seniors in advanced
army, navy and air ROTC are in
vited to attend a Scabbard and
Blade meeting Thursday.
The meeting will be at 7:30 p.m.
in the Military building lounge.
Farm Home Days . . .
Last Day Program Features
Grassland Farm Discussions
Today is the final day of the
1951 Farm and Home Days at the
College of Agriculture.
Durinu the first two days the
annual event drew hundreds of
farmers and their wives to the
campus, ine purpose ox wie
three-day program is to acquaint
them with the latest research in
agriculture and home economics.
The theme for today's pro
gram is "Grassland Farming."
The main speaker is Prof. A. J.
Dyer of the University of Mis
souri. A panel moderated by
noon. United Nations literature
will be on display as well as
United Nations flags and publica
tions.
United States state depart
ment is sending out a repre
sentative to photograph the
events of United Nations Week
through Nebraska. He will be
in Lincoln for many of the main
events during the week. Pic
tures he takes will be compiled
Into a booklet o be sent over
seas to promote international
understanding.
This Sunday Doris Carlson and
Charles Gomon will be guests of
"Your University Speaks," the
radio program designed to publi
cize the University. They will
outline United Nations week on
campus and teil the public about
the University activities of
NUCWA.
The student body and faculty
may attend the Security Council
model meeting and help observe
United Nations week on campus.
Hester Morrison, NUCWA com
mittee chairman, is in charge of
the week's events which will end
lOct. 37.
Vote; For The Ugliest
Hallock, Delta Sigma Phi George
will go on sale today at a booth
in the Union. The cost is $2.
Ballots for the final voting are
included on the ticket. This
ballot must be presented at the
dance.
This is the first charity dance
sponsored by AUF. It is also the
first University dance to be held
off the campus.
Agronomy Club
Applications
Mow Available
mental club for male students in
terested and associated with agron
omy.
Students may obtain application
blanks on any bulletin board in Ag
college class buildings. The appli
cations are to be filled out and
mailed through campus mail or re
turned to 106 Crops Laboratory;
Applicants for membership in
Tri-K must: be male students en
rolled in the College ot Agricul-
tture; have completed at least six
hours of Agronomy; accumulated
an average of 4.5 or above; and
have declared his primary inter
est to be in the field of agronomy.
The officers of the Tri-K club
are Robert Sand, president; Tom
Hruza, vice president; Eugene
Robinson, secretary and Oren
Rawlings, treasurer. Dave Sandler
is the club's advisor.
Dr. Philip Henderson, manager
of the University development
farms, will discuss how to get
the most out of grass.
The afternoon program includes
a joint session of all agricultural
departments in the Ag Engineer
ing building. Under the direc
tion of soil conservationist Fred
B, Hamilton, the group will dis
cuss phases of soil and water
conservation.
Florence Atwood, state home
extension leader, will preside
over the home economics after
noon program. Loa Davis, ex
tension economist from Wash
ington, D. C, will speak on dif
ferences In products which the
consumer buys. Problems of
teen-agers will be discussed by
a group of family relations spe
cialists. Farm and Home Days opened
Tuesday with an address by Dr.
George D. Scarseth, director of
research of the American Farm
Research association, Lafayette,
Ind. Dr. Scarseth illustrated his
lecture on "Soil, Civilization and
Our Health" with 50 colored
slides.
- The late Edward Provost (Ned)
Brown, farmer near Lincoln, a
lawyer and member of the Uni
versity of Nebraska Board of Re
gents, was honored during the
Nebraska Hall of Agricultural
Achievement program as a part
of Tuesday's session. Dean. Emeri
tus W. W. Burr of the College of
Agriculture read the tribute to
Brown.
One of the highlights of the
Tuesday program was a barbe
cue. More than 2,000 former
alumni were invited. Music for
the program was furnished by
the Lancaster conuty home ex
tension chorus.
"Open house" discussions were
held in the agricultural economics
department. Fanners gathered to
talk about lease arrangements,
farm costs, farm tax problems and
marketing problems.
Thursday, October 18, 1951
Stern, Zeta Beta Tau; front row, 1. to r.: Jerry
Reinhard, Pi Kappa Phi; Don Leffler, Phi Delta
Theta; Charles Rossow, Theta Xi; Darwin Mc
Afee, Beta Sigma Psi; Ron Sterkel, Tau Kappa
Epsilon; Jack Aschwege, Farm House. Candidates
not pictured are: Bill Pomeroy, Beta Theta Phi;
George Paynich, Delta Tau Delta; George Wilcox,
Kappa Sigma; Ed Gass, Phi Kappa Psi; Hod
Myers, Sigma Phi Epsilon; and Melvin Brdyl,
Acacia.
P.M. Headlines
By CHARLES GOMON
Staff News Writer
Suez Canal Zone Riot Continues
EGYPT The Suez canal
continued to head the list of
world trouble spots as both
British and Egyptian troops
were rushed to the scene of re
cent riots and demonstrations.
The city of Ismailia, British
headquarters in the canal
zone, was an armed camp
bristling with machine-guns
and tanks, and the 3,500 men
of the 16th parachute brigade
left Cyprus to reinforce the
British garrison in Efeypt.
New Pakistan Premier Closes Frontier
KARACHI, Pakistan The
first premier of Pakistan was
buried Wednesday in Karachi
following his assassination at
a Moslem league meeting near
the border of Pakistan and the
disputed territory of Kashmir.
Liaquat AH Khan was suc
ceeded by a British-educated
moderate, Khwaja Nazimud
din, who in turn ordered the
frontier between India and
Pakistan closed. He also or
dered all Indians out of Pak-
Allied Drive Advances Slowly
KOREA The allied drive
still ground slowly ahead on
all fronts, but resistance was
bitter in many sectors. The
first cavalry division found
the Reds in its area particular
ly obtuse and had to scratch
them out of caves and bunk
ers with grenades and flame
throwers. On the central front the
24th division captured a stra
tegic eight and sealed off the
remnants of five Chinese bat
talions in the area. These
800 men were all that re-
Reds Stall At
TOKYO Gen. Matthew
Ridway announced that the
Reds at the preliminary truce
talks in Korea were up to
their old stalling tricks. He
added that over a period of
several days "considerable
progress" had been made in
trying to determine where and
when the full-dress talks will
be resumed, but that the com
munists were definitely try
ing to delay the proceedings.
Headquarters also revealed
that during a recent engage-
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CONVENTION BOUND . . . Dick Billig. editor of thef Cornhusker:
Gene Johnson, Cornhusker business manager; Tom Rische, Daily
Nebraskan editor; Jack Cohen, Daily Nebraskan business manager,
(I. to r.) prepare to leave for the Associated Collegiate Press An
nual Convention. It is being
through Saturday, October 18 to
The Student Council Wednesday
afternoon appointed three new
members to represent the Btudent
it happened at nu...
...The orientation programs ior
freshman coeds slipped up
somewhere or the eoeds con
cerned slipped up on attending
the meeting in question.
The meeting in question was
the one which explains the sym
bol of the black Mortar Board
suits which are owned by 20
seniors.
At the Activities Mart yester
day, one freshman said to her
companion as an MB whizzed
by, "Look at that black, I'd love
to have one like it."
Her companion replied, "Oh,
that suit. I wouldn't. Yesterday
I saw suits like that on six dif
ferent girls.
Also at the Activities Mart, a
sophomore who should by this
time know one activity from the
other displayed her Ignorance.
Volunteering to sit in one
booth for an hour, she sat in the
wrong booth during the assigned
period.
Activities do get a little con
fusing. .
Syrian Missionary
To Speak At IVCF
Dr. James B. Brown, D.u., f n.u.,
will speak on "Prayer Habits" at
the reeular meeting of the Inter-
Varsity Christian Fellowship
Thursday at 7:30 p.m., in Room
315 of the Union.
Dr. Brown is a graduate of
Princeton Theological Seminary,
class of 1906.
Dr. Brown, now of Hastings,
was eraduated from Princeton
Theological seminary in 1906. He
served for several years as a mis
sionary to Syria and taught at the
Syrian university at jayroui.
The meeting is open to all per
sons interested.
A leader of the anti-British
party in the Sudan urged all
Sudanese to begin a campaign
of disobedience against their
British overlords in an effort
to force the colonial govern
ment to collapse and get out.
In contrast to their inaction
in Iran, the British have so
far shown every indication of
intending to stick it out in the
Suez canal zone, even at the
cost of armed conflict.
istan immediately.
Strangely enough, the assas
sin was not an Indian but an
Afghan who thought that
Liequat's government was too
slow about getting his north
western province its indepen
dence from Pakistan. How
ever, demands for a holy war
with India were on the in
crease in Pakistan, and In
dian troops rattled their arms
on the borders.
mained of the 5,000 Chinese
detailed to hold the important
city of Kumsong at all costs.
The attack on Kumsong was
the culmination of a gigantic
allied flanking movement exe
cuted against several divisions
of communists.
On the east coast the U.S.
battleship New Jersey used
her 16-inch guns to help the
South Korean capital division
storm to within two miles of
the city of Kosong, 45 miles
north of the 38th parallel.
Truce Talks
ment a first cavalry division
outpost in Korea was ap
proached by about 30 Reds
under a white flag. When
they got within range they
opened fire on- allied positions.
The Americans replied and
advanced to hand-to-hand
combat, whereupon hidden Red
mortars began to lob shells
into the battle. ' Both sides
scurried to cover, to avoid the
communist barrage, an inter
esting commentary on the
value of human life in China.
held at Pittsburgh, fa., Thursday
29.
body on the committee of student
publications.
The new
members are
Juanita Redi
ger, senior;
Glen Rosen-
q i s t , junior;
and Charles
Kiffin, sopho
more. The three
new members
were chosen by
the council
from a field of
REDIGER
14 appli C a n t S Couttuy Lincoln Journal
and selected upon the basis of
their suggestions for improvement
and experience, personality and
time.
Miss Rediger Is a member of
the Mortar Board, AWS . senior .
board members, secretary of Theta
Sigma Phi, vice-president of
Gamma Alpha Chi and president
of Gamma Phi Beta.
Rosenquist Is treasurer of the
Interfraternity Council and secre
tary of Phi Gamma Delta.,
Kiffin is a Kosmet Klub worker
and solicitor for AUF.
The publication bo,d consists
of four faculty members as well
as the three student members.
Faculty members, student af
fairs committeemen, are. Dr.
Roger V. Shumate, chairman; W.
C. Harper, director of student af
fairs and commercial activities,
secretary; William J. Arnold, as
sociate professor of psychology;
and Mary Guthrie, assistant ex
tension home economist.
Advisor to the board is Ken
Keller, assistant director of pub
lic relations.
The committee supervises all
student publications and serves as
final authority for publication
policy matters. They also select
the Cornhusker and The Daily
Nebraskan staffs and handle all
financial matters.
Student members last year were
Norman Rasmussen, sophomore;
Jerry Matzke, Junior; and Leon
Pfeifer, senior. .
NAA To Sell
Paintings
On Exhibit
Art pieces are being offered for
sale to anyone who would like to
buy pictures from the Nebraska
Art Association's autumn show
now open in Morrill hall. . ,
The exhibit is composea oi
originals by contemporary art
ists in America. .The NAA sel
ected the pieces with emphasis
on price, size and suitability for
the home. Oil, watercolors,
etchings, lithographs and silk
screen prints are all displayed
and priced within the private
purchase budget.
All pieces on display are for
sale, although no prices are quoted
beneath the pictures. Prospectivs
buyers should inquire at the ex
hibit office where the artworks
are catalogued with their prices.
Approximately 100 pieces are in
cluded in the exhibit.
Almost every classification of
art work is on display, from the
deepest abstraction to the realistic
Victorian school.
A large part of the show is
devoted to wood cuts. Colored
prints and black and white
types are shown.
Through the autumn show the
NAA is amplifying the functions
of its annual spring show.
Admission to the exhibit is free
for University students. A charge
of 25 cents is made to the public.
The show is scheduled through
Nov. 9.
College Day Board
Interviews Today
College Days board will inter
view members of honoraries and
professional organizations today
for board positions.
Applicants will be selected on
the basis of interest, experience
and willingness to work.
-- Students -belonging lo"profeSi
sional or honorary organizations,
interested in helping with College
Days, should apply to their re
spective presidents to represent
their organization during College
Days, Bob Reichenbach, president
said. . ,
Interviews will be in the Union,
Room 316, from 3 td 5 p.m. No
application blanks are necessary.
7L1L CUmanM
By MARLIN BREE
Staff Writer
A map was perched atop one
of Atlanta's buildings, very seri
ously contemplating suicide. A
policeman made his way up to
the roof to try to persuade him
not to jump.
"Think of your mother and
father " he pleaded.
"I haven't any.
"Think of your sweetheart,
then."
"I hate women."
"All right then, think of
Robert E. Lee."
"Who's he?"
"Jump you Yankee, jump."
"Are you free
tonight?"
"No. but I'm
inexpensive. "
It will be gen
irall v c 1 u d Y
. A J r mill,
V M J rr .... .
an occasional 1
thunder- V
showers likely.
Low last night
was 38, with a
high of near 48
tdai Thundershowers
. . Sports-minded, cocl to htr
date. "I'm Just wild about tporti."
I can't think of anything I'd
rather do than go out for a nice
dinner and then to a game cf
some sort and then to a xAsht
spot afterward.1.