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VOL. 51 No. 78 COED TALENT PRESENTATION 3ud Coed talent will be displayed Wednesday and. Thursday eve- nings when 1G women's organized houses try out for the annual Coed Follies to be presented at the Nebraska theater Tuesday,! Feb. 26. Approximately 10 skits and curtain acts will be chosen by Associated Women Students board members, sponsors of the show; Miss Helen T. Martin, in structor of physical education for women; and Jack Wen strand, business manager of University Theatre. Skits, limited to eight minutes, Try-Out Times 7:15 p.m. Deltabelta Delta 7:30 p.m. Alpha XI Delta 7:43 p.m. Delta Gamma 8:00 p.m. ifappa Delta 8:15 p.m. Pi Beta Phi 8:30 p.m. Gamma Phi Beta 8:45 p.m. Kappa Alpha Theta 9:00 p.m. Alpha Omicron Pi 9:15 p.m. Alpha Phi 9:45 p.m. Love memorial hall. Thursday 7:10 p.m. Towne club (at Union). 7:30 p.m. Sigma Delta Tan 7:15 p.m. Chi Omega 8:00 p.m. Kappa Kappa Gamma 8:15 p.m. Sigma Kappa 8:30 p.m. Alpha Chi Omega 71U Olmcutac By STAFF WRITER He: "Does John Jones, a stu dent, live here?" Landlady: "Well, Mr. Jones lives here, but I thought he was a eight watchman." Stolen from the Nebraska Blueprint: She doesn't drink, She doesn't pet. She doesn't go to College yet. He (to girl in formal): "Do you like wearing evening gowns?" She: "I ieel that nothing is more Decoming to me." He: "I have no doubt of that; dui wouiani that be going a trifle too far?" r A variation of the "fair and warmer" routine was given out by the weather author ities about Thurs day's condi tion. The day will be fair, but only Mild slightly warmer. Almanac Definitions After-Dinner Speaking An oc cupation monopolized by men women can't wait that long. Bore One who insists upon talking about himself when you want to talk about yourself. Chorus Girl One who never worries about getting ahead be cause she doesn't need one. Obesity A surplus gone to waist es if3 Inmate, His Teachers Discuss Rehabilitation Today on Page 4 The Daily Nebraskan is presenting an exclusive story about an inmate from the Nebraska State Reformatory for Men who is attending classes at the University. This man's participation in class activities on campus is part of a new rehabilitation program being instituted at the Reformatory by George L. Morris, superintendent. SINFONIA PLEDGES 'N Day' Svmis, Errands Are forgotten There are few traits which ! raise man above the status of an ape; one of these is the ability - to bend his thumb to meet his fin gers; another is the ability to co operate with his fellow man. The Nebraska chapter of Sin fonia, national professional mu sic group, has shown a new type of cooperation this semester. Its pledges decided instead of the usual informal initiation of fool ish errands, swats or face-paintings, they would like to do some thing constructive, prodding the active chapter approved. Their idea was to set up a day of house cleaning in the University's mu sic building. Upon presenting this idea to the active chapter, the pledges found that the chapter ap proved whole-heartedly. Twenty-three pledges met Sat urday morning all ready to give the building & real scrubbing wash walls, wood-work and win dows. Dr. Arthur Westbrook, direc tor of the School of Fine Arts and chairman of the music depart ment arranged with Henry Wos wer,' foreman of University cus todians to have buckets, hops prf all other usable material ready for them as they entered the door. "The idea," reports Denny r. . 1 u 1 1 u . if v,aJ croven verv successful Aftpr all paddlin is kind of stuoid. and sign-swiping a little jerky if you 1 X T II "lca"- une 01 tne peiages taking pan ra o and curtain acts, which must not; Holland; Kappa Delta, "Cornfield exceed five minutes, will be Follies," Amy Palmer, 'judged on originality, , costumes, ' Pi Beta Phi, blood bank scene, audience appeal and length. (Betty Lester; Gamma Phi Beta, Of thf ants rhncon in olr. "Sonhistieated Circus." Jo Rerrv jn tho sh nnn u,ir,r.ir, w each group will be selected, by the following judges: Miss Mary Mielenz, associate professor of secondary education; Earl Jenkins, instructor in voice; Dallas Williams, director of Uni versity Theatre; Mrs. Lois Weaver, instructor of physical education for women; Miss Maxine Trauer nicht, instructor in speech and dramatic art. - Houses competing in the pre liminary tryouts this week and their themes and skitmasters are as follows: Delta Delta Delta. "Crisis in Candyland," Pat Clapp; Alpha Xi Delta, Irish musical, Louise Ken nedy; Delta Gamma, "Hannah in Havana," Sara Devoe and Lynn RARE CHINESE ARTICLES Drs. Tucker Donate Museum Collection A valuable collection of rare Chinese articles has been given X tV 7 7, 71 museum director, & . - .-.-.I'm"., The collection is the gift of two University alumni, Drs. Francis F. and Emma B. Tucker, The Drs. Tuckers who graduated from the University in 1894 and 1896 respectively, were Congregational medical missionaries in northern China for more than 30 years. In 1941 they retired and returned to the United States. The Tuckers were awarded a Joint Dis tinguished Service Award from the University Alumni Associa-' tion in 1947. The collection of 250 pieces, which also includes Mongolian and Tibetan articles, was collected by the Drs. Tucker during their long stay in the interior of China. The unusual and authentic Chinese articles date back to the dynastis which ruled China; many centuries before Christ. Included In the collection are brass and bronze ware, pottery and porcelain, clothing, silk and other fabric tapestries, and paper and felt items. Other articles many of them rare and Rosenlof To Speak To Cosmopolitans Dr. G. W. Rosenlof, Dean of Admissions, will be the guest speaker at a Cosmopolitan club meeting Wednesday night at 7:30 p.m. in Room 315, Union. Rosenlof is especially interested in foreign students. The topic of his talk is "Why a Cosmopolitan." The meeting is open to the pub lic. INITIATION . . . Slnfonla pledges tion Into the national professional ilinmiwiii umumiii . t ymmiiainniw I nil u - . , m l) i 1 1- ft,. ill , ; ., i? , L Ed Kln 3ob Patterson and Kieth Eck. (Daily Ne- braskan Photo.) quoted: "It was a type of Help Day instead 01 Hen uay and we f,and Lvrm Lnlnff! Karma Alnha Theta, winter wonderland theme, Marilyn Bergh and Lesley Gram ger; Alpha Omicron Pi, "Prosper lty Jones," Darlene Stephenson Alpha Phi, "Rumplestiltskin,",duciioiu drin. im. mc,t. " jo Meiien; Love Memorial hall, choice between farm and city life, Clarice Fiala, Joan Meyer and Eleanor Erickson; Towne club, Jams Trabert Sigma Delta Tau. "Up and Atom," Rosanna Locke; Chi Ome ga, Indian fable, Phyllis Firestone; Kappa Kappa Gamma, "Invitation to Immigration," Phoebe Demp ster and Jan Schmittman; Sigma Kappa, Santa's toyland scene, Norma Erickson and Betty Hearn; Alpha Chi Omega, under-the-sea scene, Marilyn Pederson and Snooky Coryell. highly valuable are of jade, pewter, wood and bamboo. Miss Marjorie Shanafelt and.versity Theatre always interest iNatnan Mnh er nf the museum staff have prepared a cross sec tion of the collection for visitors, under the supervision of Prof. Mott David, curator of anthropo logy. Part of the display has been designed to show the evolution of utensils and tapestries. DELIAN UNION NU Authors To Compete In Contest Trie Delian Union literary so ciety has opened its annual short story contest for unaffiliated stu- dents enrolled in the University. tix cash prizes will be awarded first place, $20; second, $15; third, $10, and three honorable mentions at $5 each. Dr. Louise Pound heads the judging committee which will consider the short stories on the basis of originality, aptness of thought, style, and adherence to conventional short story form. This form consists of a story with few characters, a limited setting, one central theme, an intensive rising development to ward the climax, and compact ness. All manuscripts should be post marked not later than midnight, I March 31, 1952, and addressed to Mr. C'ark Gustin, alumni sponsor of Delian Union, at 2233 D Street. Lincoln. Stories must be between 1,500 and 4,000 words in length, type written and double-spaced on standard 8V2XII white, unruled paper. Contestants may submit any number of stories, but all must be original and never before published in any form. They may be stories written as classroom projects. The name and address of the contestant, a statement that the story conforms to the contest rules and the title of the story must be typewritten on a de tachable page which accom panies each manuscript. doing helpful work for initla- music Yroup at the University really had fun doing something wortnwniie. '. 4im hi ii 1 r . Jl LINCOLN, NEBRASKA it happened at nu...MEMBER5HIP CAMPAIGNS yen, that's a snap course," a student told his consultant. "You don't have to go to class or anything. I didn't take a note all year. No quizzes or daily papers." V "Gee, what did you get out of It?" "Oh, I got a three . . . 'Innocents' Receives Highi Praise (lidllor'i Note: Dick Miller, llalversity len ior in the Collem of Am and Hciences, will write rrifinitM nf Th..iu . y LUUK. MILLER Staff Reviewer From Henry James' classic short-story, "The Turn of the tcrew, William Archibald has fashioned a faithful and at mospheric play, "The Innocents." In a production last Wednesday and Thursday, the play came to life with near-professional skill and polish. Under the direction of Marjorie Miller, a senior in Arts and Sciences, the production re vealed a fine feeling for mood and suspense suspense which built continuously from the beginning to the final, dramatic endmg. Marian Uhe, as Flora, conquered her most difficult role with polish and a sureness of timing which made her part both convincing and memorable. It is never easy for a college student to play a ten-year-old girl, but all difficul ties were forgotten in Miss Uhe's tender and wistful characteriza tion. In the part of Miss Giddens. Betty Lester showed the compe tence and feeling which have made her performances in Uni- ing and rewarding. Apart from a slight uncertainty in movement and gesture, Miss Lester's per formance was 1 strong and subtle; her realization of the horrors around her grew with the horror of the audience, to a surer and controlled climax. Charles Petersen, playing convincing performance in Uni versity Theatre. Although he was excellent in the early scenes of the play, his character seemed to become more convincing and take on greater significance as the play progressed. His character was subtly and finely drawn and cre ated throughout. As Mrs. Grose, Marjorie Miller performed with her usual compe tence and skilly Her acting created a "Character oi strength and sensi tivity a perfect foil for the mys terious occurrences of the play. However, it was as a director that she showed the highest degree of theatrical talent in "The Inno- 'their revelation of horror is the basis of the play, and both were superbly brought out in the pro duction. There remains only to compli ment the technical workers on the production for their fine and im pressionistic work. KFOR Combo To Play At Newman Club Dance Newman club will hold a dance Friday evening from 8 to 11 p.m. in the Union ballroom. Music will be furnished by the KFOR combo and refreshments will be served. The dance is open; to the public. P.M. Headlines By CHARLES GOMON Staff News Writer Truman Stays In Primary WASHINGTON President March 11 ballot Truman decided to leave his name on the ballot in the New Hampshire primary. In a surprise move the president agreed, in effect, to a popu larity contest with Sen. Estes Kefauver whose name was also previously entered on the Five Counterfeiters Seized CHICAGO Five men have been seized by secret service agents for their part in a multi-million dollar counter feit 1 irrency racket. The racket is described as "one of the biggest in the nation's history." Agents raided the gang's Air Force Pleads WASHINGTON Secret and confidential weapons and equipment will be unveiled before a senate committee for the first time as the air force pleads , its case for the 1953 budget. The classified equip- One Of Every Seven. Is US Employee CHICAG O Alex Dreier of forty in 1932. Niiu .news commentator, re leased some eye-opening fig ures on the extent of the fed eral bureaucracy. Obtaining his figures from the govern ment itself. Dreier reported that there are now about 12 million people on the federal payroll, or about one out of every seven of U.S. citizens. This is compared with one out Gray Assigned KOREA After being shot down four times by commu nist anti-aircraft fire over Korea, Cmdr. Paul M. Gray was ordered to a desk job aboard the carrier Essex. Vice Adm. Peary, commanding task force 77 off ,the Korean coast, decided that the balding, 35-year-old CO. of fighter squad ron 54 had risked his neck often enough for his country.' Twice Gray was forced down into the icy seas only to be picked up by patrolling allied naval craft. Twice he made forced landings, his plane a sieve from red ground fire. Lay onclhes Prive A 12-man University YMCA ship meeting, at which nominees Christianity and personal rei. committee has launched a two and for city campus offices will be'tions, noon luncheon-discussio a half -week membership drive de-' announced. Officers will be elec-! groups, Bible study and fireside signed to contact personally 400 ted March 4. I chats. In the last group a choice prospective YM members. Each male student contacted in of meeting places includes profes- Contact with individual Univer - sity students will be made through campus fraternities, coops and the independent Student association. The drive, begun Feb. 1, will continue through Feb. 19, ac cording to Phil Messner, acting president of the City Campus YMCA. Dale Babcock, Jr., is chairman of the membership committee. Climaxing the drive, a week later, will be the YM all-member- FINALISTS 20 TNC Candidates Selected For Finals Twenty finalists for Typical Nebraska Coed were chosen Tues day night by Associated Women Students board members and four faculty judges. The 20 will take part in a AWS Board Filings Open On Tuesday Coeds who will be sophomores, i : 1 ; x aiu,,uoj d"u heu.l"ri inS" year lay dents board Tuesday. positions starting Candidates will be inter viewed at a later date by sen ior board members to deter mine the nominees to appear on the slate for spring elections. Positions will be open for five seniors, four juniors and four sophomores to serve on the AWS board for the 1952-53 school year. Candidates must meet the fol lowing requirements: 1. She must be a bona fide member of the class which she wishes to represent. That is, she must be carrying a sufficient number of hours to meet the class requirements by the end of this 5f (89 hours tor senior 53 hours for junior s: z' ,i standing and 27 hours for sopho more standing.) 2. She must have a weighted average of 5.7. 3. At the time of nomination she must have no scholastic delin quencies (no downs, failures or incompletes). Filings will be open at Ellen Smith hall from Tuesday, Feb. 12 throueh Tuesday. Feb. 19. Th AWS board serves as the 'governing body for all University women. It makes rules concerning 'scholarship, closing hours and ac- tivitv Doints. In addition, the board sponsors Coed Follies and the women's Ivy Day sing. Mr. Truman still insists that the use of his name in N.H. is not to be taken as an indica tion that he will be in the race for the democratic nom ination by the time the con ventions meet next summer. printing plant from which has come about $2,500,000 in bogus funds in the past five years. Phoney $10 and $20 bills from this source have shown up all over the world. The remainder of the participants in the coun terfeiters ring are being sought Budget Case ment is now reposing under sheets in a corner of the com mittee hearing chamber. The air force hopes to persuade the senators not to cut defense ap propriations in the proposed $52 billion budget The Truman administration has spent one-third of all the money ever spent by the fed eral government. At present there are 34 sepa rate governmental agencies which acquire land, 44 deal with agriculture, 65 gather statistics, and 93 others lend xuuciaA lux uiuuey. w To Desk Job Last month Grey flew 100 mis sions. The admiral's order failed to reach Gray before he took off on his usually early morning interdiction mission, however, and you guessed it, he was shot down again. This time' the plucky St. Johns, Kansas aviator was fished out of Wonsan harbor under the noses of red shore batteries. When he finally got back to the Essex, the admiral had only one statement, n addi tion to the belated orders. "From now its paperwork." the current membership drive willjsor's home, dormitory, fraternity : be asked to list his preferences for participation in the Y's discussion- action groups, workshops, activi ties and committees. A mimeo graphed sheet, containing avail able program features, will allow interested students to check their choices. Six discussion-action groups have been planned for the sec ond semester. These include reli gious beliefs, practical politics, style show during AWS' annual presentation of Coed Follies, Tuesday, Feb. 26. A Typical Ne braska Coed, chosen from the finalists, will be presented the night of the show. Finalists are Connie Clark, Al pha Chi Omega; Nancy Whitmore, Mpha Omicron Pi; Mary Ann Kellogg, Alpha Xi Delta; Mary Jean Niehaus and Lura Ann Har den, Chi Omega. Tina Woster, Delta Delta Delta; Jane Calhoun and Susan Rein hardt, Delta Gamma; Joan Hol den and Joan Hanson, Gamma Phi Beta; Neala CDell, Kappa Delta; Sue Gorton, Kappa Kappa Gamma. Elizabeth Gass and Harriet Wenke, ilappa Alpha Theta; Terry Barnes, Pi Beta Phi; Syvia Krasne, Sigma Delta Tau; Marilyn Cook, Love Memorial hall; ueorgia MiHJESS - Loomis hall. Final interviews will be held at the Union Tuesday evening, Feb. 12. Candidates are to wear casual clothes. . Faculty judges at Tuesday's interviews were Woodrow W. Reed, Junior Division instruc tor; Nathan B. Biumberg, asso ciate professor of journalism; lledy S. Neumann, Instructor of architecture; Mrs. Virginia Trotter, assistant professor of home economics. AWS board members who judged were Sharon Fritzler, Marilyn Clark, Mary Jane Bar- nell, Nancy Button, Marilyn Moo- mey, Pat Wiedman, Gertrude Carey, Hester Morrison and Jean Loudon. W Coeds' Plans Progress for Annual Penny Carnival A spirit of gayety and carnival atmosphere will prevail in the Union ballroom Saturday, Feb. 9. The occasion will be the annual Penny Carnival, held from 2 to 4 p.m. A combination of faculty judg ing and student voting will deter mine this year's winner of the traveling trophy for the best and most original booth. The winner i will be announced at 4:30 n.m with voting closing at 4. i ?e ,the feature of this booth. The m. 1fl ,. . lucky number 13 will win a prize. fw nJLM&fr5 UPS and Alpha XI Delta-A girl dressed their carnival ideas are: M a glass of pink leIonade will Sigma Delta Tau Dart Your , represent the Pink Lemonade Dwelling. The booth will contain theme of the Alpha Xi's. replicas of organizerhouses on Alpha Phi Police, deputies and campus. A prize will be given to sheriffs will bring people to the those hitting their particular phi jail to be bailed out by fri house with a dart. ends. Sigma Kappa Chinese SKingo. Towne Club Black seals with When a roulette wheel is spun, a balloons on their noses will be the girl will present the spinner with 'object of this dart throwing booth, free candy from one of the holes Delta Gaama A slot machine numbered from one to nine. jwith sorority names in the place Pi Beta Phi The Pi Phi Pound of the usual lemons, etc., will give Parlor. A weighing scale will be'a jackpot of three Delta Gamma's, the central theme of this booth. L Residence Halls for Women Kappa Kappa Gamma-Chez! Wl11 be thrown at a large satin and velvet decorated salon. I bSdancer, Kappa Delta Mad Hatters. chi Omega A horseshoe pitch Girls sitting in large hats willWiu take place to represent the give a small replica of their hat "Omega." to whoever can toss a ball inside Alpha Chi Omega The Alpha the hat. Chi's will be targets for marsh- Kappa Alpha Theta The pre-1 mellows at a shooting gallery. CARNIVAL TIME . . . Kappa Delta pledges are busy working on their theme for Penny Carnival. Sitting on the fioor are (1.) Jean Schott and (r.) Jo Ann' Crosswell. At the table are (1.) Ra mona Laun and (r.) Satty Matteson. (Daily Nebraskan rhoto.) Wednesday, February 6, 1952 house, Y lounge or other sugges tion. Listed on the mimeographed are a weekly radio program, Chaplain's workshop and week end workcamp. YM activities include singing .. . T J 1 V ""V'l".- " . I ;uui uitiaiiiuiai oui uuj a vvuin. and overnight and weekend re treats. Nine committees will function for city-campus YM this semester. Choices allowed on the sheet are foreign movies, sports, worship, social, freshman work, publicity, overnights and retreats, fireside chats and all-University forum. Space is also provided on the perference sheet for prospective members to check their musical, journalistic or cooking abilities. In connection with the mem- bership drive, copies of "Y's News" are being mailed to a number of University students. The list, however, does not in clude nearly all city-campus men, according to Sam Gibson, YM executive secretary. Those not receiving the "News" may obtain copies at the YM campus headquarters in the Temple, Gibson said. The membership drive commit tee includes Chairman Dale Bab cock, Jr., Gary Wirsig, Bob Crownover, John Methusaleh, Phil Messner, Lynn Brady, Don Reeves, Steve Eberhart, Rex Messersmith, John Woodin, Gene Wohlner and DuWayne Furman. Woodin. president of Norris House, will contact campus coops. Messersmith and Wohlner will take charge of reaching fraternity members. lHusker Handbook Interviews Today Interviews for positions on the Husker Handbook staff will be the major item on the agenda at Wednesday's Student Council meeting. Candidates will be in terviewed by Council members and the student members of the Publications board Juanita Redi ger, Glenn Rosenquist and Charlcj Kiffin. Editor, assistant editor, busi ness manager and photographer will be appointed. Council members also will con tinue discussion of the proposed election by-laws. The meeting will be held at 4 p.m. in Union Room 315. It is open to all students. sentation of the Thetas will be string-pulling, with a penny prize for all but one string. One grand prize will be awarded to the lucky person who pulls the correct string. Alpha Omicron Pi Peg-An-A-O-Leg. Spectators will try to ring AOPi legs with hoops. Gamma Phi Beta A roulette wneei w.ltn tne montns 01 ine year and a 6lrl to represent each, will s if , l: I' 1 4 K