1 y VOL 51 No. 27 LINCOLN, NEBRASKA Tuesday, October 23, 1951 1 Students To Select COA Finalists Today Six finalists will be chosen from a field of 34 candidates for Hon orary Commandant at an all-University election today. Ballot boxes have been placed in the Union, the Military and Naval Science building and Ag Union. Voting is open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Students must present their ID cards to vote. One of the six finalists elected by the student body will be chosen Honorary Commandant by the Candidate Officers As sociation at a tea Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in the Union lounge. The Honorary Commandant will be presented at the Military Ball, Dec. 7. This year's selection will tri umph over four more contestants than lnc vpnr'o Hnnnrarv Com mandant, Eileen Derieg, chosen fmm n crrnnn nf an randidates. tvio 5i wnw iiiiiun winer for the 1951-52 title of Honorary Commandant are: Marilyn Bergh, Kappa Alpha Theta, Teachers col lege; Nancy Button, Alpha Chi Omega, music major, president of AWS, Mortar Board; Patricia Clapp, Delta Delta Delta, Teachers college; Marilyn Clark, Delta Delta Delta, Teachers college, sen ior AWS member; Nanette Cowles, Delta Delta Delta,. Teachers col lege; Cathleen Cox, president of Alpha Omicron Pi, Teachers col lege; Beverly Deal, Alpha Omicron Pi, Teachers college; Sara Devoe, Delta Gamma, Teachers college, member of Union board; Carole DeWitt, Kappa Delta, Teachers college, 1951 junior senior Prom queen. Delores Esterman, Loomis Hall, art major; Sarah Fulton, Kappa Kappa Gamma, Teach ers college, president of AUF, Mortar Board; Phyllis Firestone, Chi Omega, Teachers college; Marilyn GoU. Delta Delta Delta, Arts and Sciences; Mary Ann Othello Tickets Remain On Sale Until Oct. 30 Tickets to "Othello," University Theatre presentation, are now on sale at the box office in the Temple from 12:30 to 5 p.m. daily. The play will be presented Oct. SO and SI at the Nebraska theater. Tickets, costing $1.50, will be available until Oct 30. Season ticket price is $3.60 in cluding tax. Pat Loder as Desdemona and Jack Wenstrand as Othello will play the leading roles. Miss Loder is a sophomore majoring in speech and Wenstrand is a graduate stu dent. Ron Gibson, a transfer stu dent from the College of William and Mary, will play Iago, the vil lian. On Oct. 30, the first night of the show. Honorary Producers, students selling the most tickets, will be presented. The University Theater, after a year of inactivity, will present three stage plays this year. "Idiot's Delight" by Robert Sherwood will be presented in December. The third play will be Elmer Rice's Pulitzer prize winner, "Street Scene." Primary UMOC Voting To End Today At 5 P.M. Primary voting for Ugliest Man on Campus ends today at 5 p. m. Five-cent ballots will be col lected from the Crib, University drug, Hermies, Campus Inn and Ag Union Tuesday evening. The six receiving the most votes will be announced as fin alists in Wednesday's Daily Ne braskan. Voting for finalists will be conducted at the AUF Char ity ball Friday from 8:30 to 9:30 p. m. aeh Charity ball ticket enables the bearer to vote for one of the six UMOC finalists. Tickets may be purchased in the Union booth from 9 a. m. to 5 p. m. throughout the week. Tickets are $2 a couple. The AUF Charity ball will cli max the current drive. Eddie Haddad and his orchestra will play for the-informal dance from 8:30 to ii:30 p. m. UMOC candidates are: Mel vin Brydl, Acacia; E. James 'President's Gvm' Marine Corps Band To Give Concert At Coliseum friday "From the Halls of Montezuma" to the University Coliseum will flow the martial music of the United States Marine band Fri day. The band, "the President's Own," will present two concerts In Lincoln, at 3 and 8:15 p.m. In connection with the band's appearance, Friday will be Ma rine Corps Day in Lincoln. Ma rines from OUnaha, Lincoln and Hastings will participate, ac cording to Ray Bowmaster, com mandant of the Nebraska de partment of the Marine Corps league. The band, the world's oldest symphonic band, will appear in Lincoln as part of a brief, presi dential - approved nationwide tour. The tour is designed to per mit Americans to hear and ob serve the official presidential band which ordinarily plays only for oc casions of state and for presi dential functions in Washington Fot mora than a century the Grundman, president of Fi Beta Phi, art major; Ruth Ann Hinds, Alpha Phi, Teachers college, Rec Cross Board; Marily Holmquiut, Kappa Kappa Gamma, art major; Jacquelyn Hoss, presi dent of Kappa Alpha Theta, Arts and Sciences, Mortar Board; Joan Hoyt, Chi Omega, Teach ers college; Louise Kennedy, ' Alpha Xi Delta, Arts and Sci ences, Student Directory editor. Marie Lindgren; Delores Love- grove, Alpha Xi Delta, Teachers college, president of YWCA; Marilyn McKie, Alpha Chi Omega, phys ed major; Marilyn Moomey, Pi Beta Phi, Arts and Sciences, treasurer of Mortar Board, vice president of AWS; Margaret Mul vaney Alpha Chi Omega, Teach ers college, vice president of Coed Counselors, Mortar Board; i Dorothy Raapke; Joan Raun, Chi Omega, home ec major. Mortar Board; Juanita Rediger, president of Gamma Phi Beta, Arts and Sciences, AWS senior member, publications board, Mortar Board. Mary Jane Rooney, Alpha Omicron Pi, Teachers college; Shirley Sidles, Delta Gamma, Teachers college, president of Orchesis; Jackie Sorensen, Kappa Kappa Gamma, Arts and Sciences, associate editor of Cornhusker, Mortar Board; Anita SpradleyJ Alpha Xi Delta, Teachers college; Jeanne Stockstill, president of Delta Delta Delta, Teachers col lege; Marilyn Vingers, Delta Gamma, Arts and Sciences, presi dent of Tassels, Mortar Board; Jayne' Wade, Alpha Xi Delta, Teachers college, secretary of Tassels, vice president of Builders, Mortar Board. Art Department To Hold First Gallery Talk Today "Contemporary Art as Contem porary History" will be the sub ject of a special gallery talk in Morrill Hall tonight at 7:30 p.m. Prof. Eugene N. Anderson, of the history department will dis cuss trends in art and their effects on the course of history, present and future. This is the first of several gal lery talks scheduled for this semester by the art department. Admission is free. Rabbi Stamfer To Speak To Ag YM-YW Tonight Rabbi Joshua Stampfer of the Tifereth Israel synagogue will speak tonight at a joint meeting of Ag YM and YWCA. He will explain Jewish religion and holidays, with emphasis on the origin, meaning and means of observance of their holidays. The meeting starts at 7:30 p.m. in the Home Ec parlors. Bible study is held at 7 p.m. on the first floor of the Home Ec building. Parking permits will be sold in the Student Council office; Room 305, Union, between 3 and 4 p.m. Tuesday and Wed nesday. The committee in charge urges all persons to ob tain permits this week. Bring car registration, ID card and Z5 cents to get a permit. Haggart, Alpha Gamma Rho; Dick Claussen, Alpha Tau Omega; Darwin McAfee, Beta Sigma Psi; Bill Pomeroy, Beta Theta Pi; Bob Hallock, Delta Sigma Phi; George Paynich, Delta Tan Delta; Jack Asch wege, Farm House; George Wil cox, Kappa Sigma; Don Leffer, Phi Delta Theta; Ron Raitt, Phi Gamma Delta: Edward Gass, Phi Kappa Psi. Jerry Reinhard, Pi Kappa Phi; Bud Ward, Sigma Alpha Epsilon; Leonard Bush, Sigma Alpha Mu; Don Bohmont, Sigma Chi; Don Rauh, Sigma Nu, Hod Myers, Sigma Phi Epsilon, Ronnie Sterkel, Tau Kappa Epsilon; Charles Rosso xr, Theta Xi; Arnie Stern, Zeta Beta Tau; Wayne Foster, Ag Men's Club; John Vonnes, Brown Palace; Don "Monk" Dutcher, Pioneer House; Jim Rose, Delta Upsilon. band's summer concerts on the Capital Plaza have been high lights in Washington's musical life. Concerts have been inaugurated recently at Jefferson memorial. The Marine band was one of the pioneer broadcasting organi sations in radio and the first concert band to telecast a series of concerts. During its 153 years, only 18 leaders have conducted the band. John Phillip Sousa and the present conductor, Major William F. Santelmann, are probably the most familiar to the public. The band has supplied music for every White House wedding, including those of Nellie Grant, Alice Roosevelt and President Grover Cleveland. It has played for the funeral of Presidents Lin coln and F. D. Roosevelt. It reg ularly greets royalty and foreign dignitaries and supplies music at Arlington National cemetery dur- ling the services for th nation's Agri-Fun Skit Winner MIMIWiMlUl.M MUM Jm ililifililMI f ..'.'V jllilSllllllillfc t jmp BLUE MONDAY . . Wayne White, manager of Coll-Agri-Fun board, presents the first place Coll-Agri-Fun plaque to Mildred Athey, president of Love Hall. Love Hall's skit, "Blue Monday," took first place honors in the annual presentation of the Ag fun night. Its skit was dec?.- ,-t of six entries. (Courtesy of the Lincoln Star). Love Hall Wins Fun Night With 'Blue Monday' Skit Love Hall regained the Coll- Agri-Fun plaque Saturday night with its skit "Blue Monday." The skit was chosen the best out of six entries in the annual pre sentation of Coll-Agri-Fun at the College of Agriculture. The skit, with 48 members of Love Hall participating, was a parody of a house meeting, point ing up the confusion that takes place at such meetings. The prize winning plaque was presented by Wayne White, man ager of the Coll-Agri-Fun board, to Mildred Athey, president of Love Hall. The winning curtain act, which won a $10 prize, was presented by the Home Eco nomics club and was entitled "Cutie Coeds on NU Campus." . YWCA was awarded second place in the skit competition with "Cowlege Days." Second place in the curtain acts went to Loomis Hall. Its curtain act was "The Trying Hour." There were six skits and five curtain acts presented. The skits were: "Fashion Show" by Ag Men's club; "Small Fry Professor" by Loomis Hall; "Blue Monday" by Love Hall; "Football Fools" by the Amikitas: "Cow boy's Dream" by Alpha Gamma Rho and "The Lone Stranger Rides Again" by Farm House. Aggies Hold Poultry Day Several hundred poultry rais-' ers and hatcherymen are expected! fo attend the annual poultry field day at the College of Agriculture today. The program begins at 10 a.m. in the College Activities building on Ag campus. Several men will tell of their experiences in the poultry bus iness, une of the nighiignts wiu be a talk by Dave Martin of Elk horn, who supervises the Ocoma Foods company's broiler plant. He will tell how the firm produces 80 thousand broiler chickens on 10 acres and has them average more than three pounds at 11 weeks. Dr. Roland Bethke of St. Louis will tell about the Purina Mills feeding job with chickens. Other speakers include Dr. Clif ford Carpenter, president of the Institute of American Poultry In dustries at Chicago, on "Quality in Volume"; J. R. Redditt of Omaha, on "How Do They Do It?" and Dean W. V. Lambert of the College of Agriculture on "Prog ress on the Program." Prof. F. E. Mussehls, head of the Lriversity's poultry depart ment, will present an illustrated talk on time savers in feeding poultry. Extension Poultryman Waldo F. Aubol of the University will conduct a tour of the poultry plant. Visitors will see a re modeled building made into a poultry breeding house. A chicken barbecue is sched uled for 5 p.m. heroes. Since its establishment in 1798, the Marine Band has played for 32 presidents and continues today as the official White House Band. Reserved seat tickets for the Coliseum concerts are now on sale at the Dietze Music house. Mail orders should be addressed to Ma rine Band, co American Legion Drum corps, Box 491, Lincoln. A self-addressed, stamped envelope should be enclosed. Tickets will go on sale at the Coliseum at 1 p.m. Friday. Matinee tickets cost $1, while the evening performance seats sell for $1, $1.50 and $2. The program will vary from Morton Gould's rhapsodic compo sition, "Jericho" to a Cole Porter medley and Merle Isaac's novelty arrangement of "Old McDonald Had a Farm." The matinee program will con sist of numbers chosen for a stu dent audieucs. Curtain acts were: "The Try ing Hour" by Loomis Hall; "Dan ferous Dan McGrew" by Love Hall; "Cowlege Days" by YWCA and "Cutie Coeds of NU Campus' by the Home Economics club. Love Hall has won the Coll-Agri-Fun plaque three times out of the last four years. Last year they were defeated by Farm House. Any organization win ning the plaque three times in a row is entitled to keep it. Judges for the event were Milo Arms, R. P. Matelski and Altinas Tullis, all of the College of Agriculture faculty. Rollie Reynolds was master of ceremonies for the event. Members of the Coll-Agri-Fun board are Wayne White, manager; Joyce Shaner, assistant manager; Joan Knotts, secretary; Dean Lin scott, treasurer; Janet Ross and Jerry Johnson. Cornhusker Wins NSPA '51 All-American Rating The 1951 Cornhusker was awarded the All-American honor rating by the National Scholastic Press Association, at -the Univer sity of Minnesota in Minneapolis. This was the first time the year book received the top rating since 1947 although it has been listed with the first class yearbooks sev eral times in the intervening years. Ten books in the 5000 to 9999 enrollment classification were awarded the All-American rating. This is the second highest classi fication marie on the enrollment basis, The yearbooks are judged on a point system. For the top rating 3200 points are needed. The Corn- husker compiled 3350 points. Ex tra points were awarded for the end sheets, captions, athletic sec tion, index, and use of pictorial advertising. The purpose was well fulfilled, according to the judge. The pictures of the outstanding graduates from the various col leges was noted and complimented by the judge. Current Cornhusker editor, Dick Billig, first learned of the selec- P.M. Headlines By CHARLES GOMON Staff News Writer 'Bab Atomic Blast Set Off FRENCHMAN'S FLAT, Nev. the first atomic explosion in a new series set off near the Frenchman Flat proving ground was so small that it went unnoticed, in Las Vegas, 65 miles south of the site. The Atomic Energy Com mission announced that the slight rumbling heard by watchers 30 miles from the scene was indeed a "baby" atomic blast. The mildness of the explosion touched off spec Reinforcements Pour Into Canal Zone EGYPT British reinforce ments continued to pour into the Suez canal zone while Egyptian troops were careful to keep out of range of those already dug in along the length of the canal. Latest reports indicated that the British island of Cyprus had been stripped of its gar rison, including the first bat talion of the famous Cheshire regiment, arrived in Port Said. Russians 'Needle' BERLIN The Russians seized a 3-mile square area of the American sector of Berlin in what is apparently the lat est development in their "needle-the-west" campaign. The area was an island in the Russian zone of the city simi lar to the several Russian is lands inside the western sec- Protestants Protest WASHINGTON "Waves of protest" are descending On the White House from protestant sources concerning the ap pointment by President Tru man of Gen. Mark Clark as ambassador to the Vatican, ac cording to one network news analyst. Little criticism of the general is reported, but a number of senators have stat ed that the appointment vio lates the American tradition of separation of church and state by recognizing the papacy as a state. Cardinal Spellman of New Md on fry Mo BTTuGCOGTfulSTi Parade Route Planned All organizations which have not as yet been contacted as to entering homecoming floats, are urged' to send in their letters im mediately to Jo O'Brien, 116 South 16th Street, or contact Jerry Stone, Cob co-chairman. Formation of the floats in the parade will be in the order letters are received. All Tassels and Cobs are urged to participate in the parade as a group. For fur ther information, organizations may phone 2-5886. Traffic during homecoming will enter the campus at 17th and R streets. Then the traffic will pro ceed down R street, turn north on 14th street and continue until it turns east on Vine street. Then, turning south from Vine onto 16th street it will merge with the main traffic at 16th and R. All traffic will be one way with one exception. Because 14th street is a state highway, 'a sin gle lane of south bound traffic will be allowed there. No park ing will be permitted on the pro posed route, except one lane on the west side of 14th street. The following streets will be blocked off entirely so that they may be opened in case of emer gency: 15th street, from Vine to S street; U street, from 14th to 16th streets; S street, from 14th to 16th streets; and 15th street from Q to R streets. Parking will be available in University parking lots and in the Elgin National Watch company lot. tion Thursday in Pittsburgh at the Associated Collegiate Press convention where the book . was displayed along with the other winners. More than 500 college newspapermen, yearbook editors and business managers attended the convention. Seventy-f i v e yearbooks were represented by 160 convention delegates. The winning Cornhusker was the work of Richard Kuska, edi tor, and Jack Barnhart, business manager. Jackie Hoss, Dick Billig and Jackie Sorensen were man aging editors and Betty Green was associate editor. Gene Johnson and Hod Meyers were assistant business managers. Ag YM Membership Drive Slated To Begin Today Ag YWCA membership drive starts today, according to Jo Knotts, publicity chairman. Ag College girls wishing to join may sign up in the Home Eco nomics building. Ag YWCA meets jointly with YMCA every Tuesday in the Home Ec parlors. Alice Anderson ulation both that the test was a fizzle and that an atomic weapon the size of a , hand grenade had been tested. In sharp contrast to tests held earlier in the year which broke windows in Las Vegas and rolled shock and light waves for 500 miles, the terse 20-word communique from the AEC stating that one test blast had actually been set off, was the first most citizens knew of it. The royal navy dispatched the cruiser Gambia and at least, six destroyers to the scene, placing units at both ends of the canal. The war ministry an nounced plans to fly still an other brigade out from Brit ain, and the Egyptians threat ened to take the dispute to the United Nations as a threat to the peace. American Sector tors, The American commandant in Berlin has officially pro tested, and threatens to retali ate by taking over Radio Ber lin and the Berlin rail com muter service building, both of which are run by the reds and are in the western sectors of the city. Clark Appointment York praised the move and unofficial Vatican reactions expressed "delight." In the appointment message, the president pointed out that some 36 nations have diplo matic missions to the Vatican. Many congressmen were dis pleased that the appointment was announced just as con gress was adjourning, pre venting confirmation in quiries, and allowing the gen eral to assume his duties in Rome before the elgislators have a chance to investigate the matter in the next session. re Courtesy Lincoln Star HAL McINTYRE Class Officers . Election Still 'Wide Open' Although filings for junior and senior class omcers close Wed nesday, the race is still "wide I open, according xo ueorge wu Icox. Student Council elections chairman. . Through Monday afternoon only two of the eight offices to be filled had more than one candi date. The two are senior class president and vice-president. The other five positions had only one applicant. At least two must file for each position in order to conduct the election, Wilcox announced. Names of candidates will not.be released by the Council until the filings have closed officially. Ac cording to Wilcox, this will avert pressure from any campus group. To be eligible for election, a candidate for any of the offices must be regularly enrolled in the University, carry at least twel hours and have a 5.5 weight average. Applications should be sent to Frank Hallgren, assistant dean of student affairs, Administra tion building. The Council will handle all campaign publicity to insure fairness in the election scheduled for Nov. 1. Offices to be filled are sen ior class president, vice-president, secretary and treasurer and junior class president, vice president, secretary and treas urer. Senior class officers last year were Aaron Schmidt, president; Bob Waters, vice-president; Bob Pierce, secretary; and Arlen Beam, treasurer. Junior class officers were Chuck Burmeister, president; Jer ry Matzke, vice-president; Jack Cohen, secretary; and Gene John son, treasurer. Med Lectures On Sigma Xi Meet Agenda Three lecturers will address members of Sigma Xi, scientific research society, Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. The speakers, Dr. H. B Hunt, Dr. H. J. Zimmerman and Thomas Kyle are all staff mem bers of the College of Medicine. Hunt, who is chairman of the department of radiology and phys ical medicine, will speak on "Ra dioactive Iodine in the Evalua tion and Treatment of Goiter." Zimmerman's topic will be "Ap. proaches to the Inhibition of An terior Pituitary Function." Zim merman is connected with the de partment of internal medicine. Thomas Kye of the department of pathology and bacteriology will discuss "Isolation of Newcastle Disease Virus from Poultry and Man and Its Implications." These lectures which follow a dinner, are the Sigma Xi's first meeting of the season. Both events will be in the Union. International Friendship j t X; V j ,4 , ' - k! Dinner, Model Meeting To Highlight UN Week The Friendship Dinner held to night at 6:30 p.m. in the Union ballroom will emphasize United Nations week, Oct. 21-27, accord ing to Hester Morrison, NUCWA chairman of UN week. "Friendship Through Under standing" is tho theme for he event honoring foreign students. The dinner is sponsored by the Religious Welfare Council and the Cosmopolitan club. Co-chairmen of the event are Hank Hoist, Lutheran Student association, and Onuzulike Okon kwo, Cosmopolitan Club. Dr. George Rosenlof will be master of ceremonies. A model security council meet ing will be held Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in Love library. Represent ing their countries in the discus sion will be Ti Tien, China; Jeanne reck, France; N. L. Ahuja, India; Jeanette Burema, Nether one Pep Queen To Highlight Intermission Hal Mclntyre and his orchestra will furnish the music for the Homecoming dance in the Coli seum, Nov. 3. A saxophonist, Mclntyre has been a favorite for college en gagements since he left Glenn Miller to start his own band, ac cording to the Homecoming dance committee. Tickets for the dance may be bought from any Corn Cob or Tassel for $3 a couple. They will be sold at a booth in the Union all next week. During intermission winners of the house decorations com petition will be announced. First place winners in the so rority and fraternity divisions receive permanent plaques. They will also take possession of the traveling trophies won last year by Chi Omega and Beta Theta Pi. Five Pep Queen candidates will take part in the intermission. Jayne Wade, 1950 Pep Queen, will reign during the Homecom ing festivities until her successor is presented at the dance. Nebraska's opponents are the University of Kansas Jayhawks. Last year the Cornhuskers de feated Missouri 40-34 for their first Homecoming win in four years. Fraternities and honorarles are entering floats in the parade Saturday morning. Winning floats will be announced at half time of the game. Sigma Alpha Epsilon took first place last year. Two rallies are planned for next week. Wednesday, Oct. 31, will feature the burning of KITs symbol, the Jayhawk. Members of the football team and coaches will be introduced at Friday's rally. Pep queen candidates will also be announced. VLTL aimcwat By MARLIN BREE "Where's your frat pin?" "Haven't got it" "Lost it?" "Nope." "Broken?" "No, but you might say that it is busted." . For years the two sexes have been racing for supremacy. Now they've settled down to neck and neck. It will be fair to partly cloudy Tuesday, with temper ature rising to a high of near 58. The low will be 30, with light southerly wind. The young man was busy on the phone trying to get a date with his girl. "Let's make a date for Satur day," he cooed. "I have a date for Saturday." "Then let's make it Sunday." "I'm going out of town Sun day." "Well, then, how about Mon day?" "Oh, damn it, I'll go Satur day." "Daddy, what's a bachelor?" "A bachelor, son, is a boy who didn't have a car when he went to college." Ag Builders Membership Campaign Closes Today Today is the last chance for students to sigh up for Ag Builders. Five committees are so liciting for new members in the Ag Union. This year's board members in clude: publicity and publications, Terry Barnes; sales, Dale Rey nolds; campus tours, Jean Vierk; membership, Artie Westcott; and parties and conventions, Barbara Raun. Directing the drive is Frank Sl bert. lands; David Refat, Iran,' and Esref Aydem, Turkey. Representing countries without student membership at the Uni versity will be Jo Ann Jones, Ecuador; Doris Carlson, United Kingdom; Joan Kruege, Yugo slavia; Ruth Sorenson, Brazil; Jerry , Ma czke, Russia; Virginia Koehler, United States and Charles Gomon, Britain. UN displays will be featured in the Union lobby and the social studies reading room at Love li brary all week. The carillon tower will ring Wednesday in ob servance of United Nations day. A photographer from the United States State department will photograph the campus ac tivities during the week. The photographs will appear in a booklet to be sent around the world advertising the United States' attitude toward the United Nations. K p. i' f: I. t I I- H V r' A " - t ft- No !