UMT debate
Edgar Z. Palmer and Maj.
James R. Stockman, University
professors, will present their
opposing views on Universal
Military Training at a Union
coffee hour at 5 p.m. today.
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LINCOLN, NEBRASKA
Tuesday, March 11, 1952
Py S
cJOSliuD
cafoGis
Students who wish to apply for grants-in-aid or schol
arships must file before noon Saturday in 104 Administra
tion building, Dean T. J. Thompson has announced.
An average grade of seven or above is usually neces
sary before an applicant is considered for a scholarship
snip, urant-in-aia, wnicn
are
awarded on basis of need as well
as scholastic record, may be given
under certain circumstances even
though the applicant's standing is
below seven. Grades other than
passing must be satisfactorily ex
plained. Awards are not available until
at least 24 credit hours have been
earned at the University. Other
things being equal, senior or sen
ior-to-be applicants will be given
preference, and then in oraer,
juniors and sophomores.
Award recipients must carry
twelve hours or more during the
term for which the award Is
made.' An acceptable University
of record must always be
presented.
. An individual may hold only
one award from the General
Awards committee at any one
time. Awards granted by other
University agencies will always be
taken into consideration by tne
General Awards committee In
making grants. Other University
- awards, however, may be,given in
subsequent years.
Applicants for a specific award
will be considered for other
awards for which they may be
eligible if the first one is not
granted. An individual qualifying
for two awards will receive the
more financially advantageous
one. It is the usual practice to pay
one-half of all awards at the be
ginning of each semester.
AH applicants for awards
Must take the general compre
hensive examination before their
applcations will be considered.
This examination will be given
March 29. 8:30 a.m. to noon.
Announcements of awards will
be made prior to Aug. 1, 1952.
The scholarship awards com
mittee members are M. A. Alexan
der, Josephine Brooks, Elvena
Christiansen, Lucille Cypreansen,
F. W. Hoover, Marjorie Johnston,
C. O. Heidt, Otis Wade, C. C.
Wiggans, and Thompson, com
mittee chairman.
The awards that are available
Include:
John E. Almy, $75-100, physics
majors recommended by physics
department.
Jefferson H. Broady, $50-100,
students worthy of financial as
sistance.
J. A. Cobbey, $1000, preferably
junior or senior male student.
William Hyte, $50-100, students
worthy of financial assistance.
Johnson, $300-500, juniors and
seniors of outstanding scholastic
ability.
Jones National bank, $100, stu
dents from Seward county.
James G. & Mrs. Ada B. Kunz,
$50-100, students worthy of finan
cial ability.
Miller & Paine, $100, soph
omores, preference to holders of
ireshman Regents scholarshis,
Nebraska American Legion
Auxiliary, $ 1 5 0, sophomore
woman, daughter of veteran of the
armed forces.
Gus Prestegaard. $50-100. stu
dents worthy of financial assist
ance.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred W. Putnev.
$50-100, students worthy of finan
cial assistance.
Regents (300 to be awarded),
lors oi outstanding scholastic abil
ity. $100, sophomores, juniors and sen-
braska residents above freshman
level.
Scottish Rite, $100-200, Ne-
William E. Sharp, $50-100, non
agricultural college students.
Edward Lang .True, $50-100,
students worthy of financial as
sistance. War Scholarships. $50. veterans
who attended the University be-
lore entering the armed forces.
George Boorman. $100-. chemis
try students.
it happened at nu...
Activities au?l school work
work seem to have exerted un
due influence on one Nebraska
coed. A journalism major, she
had spent an hour r so discus
sing tricks of the trade Includ
ing the quality of copy. .
(To those outside the field,
copy is any newspaper story be
fore it is printed.)
The discussion ended, the
coed decided it was time for a
break. So she said to her col
league, "Are you going to make,
copy tonight?"
"The 'coffee' will be ready In
a minute," she gently was told.
No, studying never affects
one's mentality.
UMT Talks
To Highlight
Coffee Hour
Universal Military Training
will be discussed at a Union cof
fee hour Tuesday at 5 p.m. in the
Union faculty lounge.
Edzar Palmer, chairman of
the department of business re
search, and Maj. James Stock
man, assistant professor of
Naval Science will head the
discussion. Both men have
currently presented conflicting
views on UMT.
Palmer takes the stand against
UMT and gives the following rea
sons. 1) It. is thoroughly un
American, 2) It would endanger
our security 3) It would substi
tute olind discipline for the
American spirit of initiative.
Major Stockman says that UMT
would be a good thing for the
United States.
"It is generally agreed the
world is threatened with a third
world war The Russians never
will respect us as a nation, but
they will respect our capability
for force, actual and potential.
declares Stockman.
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CONTROVERSIAL PASTOR . . . Dr. Martin Niemoeller speaks to
University students and other interested persons at a coffee hour
Monday afternoon prior to his address in the Coliseum. (Daily
Nebraskan Photo.)
Lois Ohm Greets Pastor
nthralled1 AudienceHears
Symphony Concert Sunday
(PjOAAoL
By DAVID COHEN
Staff Reviewer
Under the direction of Emanuel
Wishnow, the University sym
phony orchestra presented its
annual spring concert to an en
thralled audience at the Union
Sunday.
Conductor Wishnow presented
a well-arranged program, leading
off with Beethoven's "Overture to
This overture Is one of the
best known concert overtures.
The opening movement was
somewhat ragged but the or
chestra played the second move
ment with a professional feel
ing. The "trumpet call to free
dom" opened the finish In a
brilliant style. Except for a dif
ficult passage in which the vio
lins failed to follow the con
cert master, the overture was a
success and was well-acclaimed
by the audience.
The second number on the pro
gram was "Ballet Suite from Ce
phale et Procris" by Gretry-
MottL It consisted of three sec
tions, "Tambourin," "Menuetto"
and "Gigue." The number is
but wisnnow
church, and it is filled with
strong and moving music. The
orchestra did more than justice
to the difficult overture. Solo
cadenzas in the "Russian
Easter" were performed by Earl
Schuman, violin; Miriam Willey,
flute; Aaron Schmidt, clarinet;
Janice Liljedahl, cello, and Bon
nie wradel, harp.
Mrs. Martin Niemoeller was
very nappy to note tnat iois
Olsen, University junior, hadn't
forgotten how to speak German
as Miss Olsen greeted Dr. and
Mrs. Niemoeller at Lincoln Mu
nicipal airport Monday afternoon.
Miss Olsen met the Niemoeller's
through her father, who worked
in Berlin as chief of German
religious affairs after World War
II. A mutual friend or Dr. JbranK
Court and Miss Olsen made pos
sible Lois's trip to the airport to
meet the Niemoellers.
Miss Olsen lived in Berlin
from 1946 to 1948. Dr. and Mrs.
Niemoeller often visited the
home of C. Arilt Olsen and his
family to discuss religious work
with German ministers in re
habilitating their various
churches.
Lois remembered the "fascinat
ing stories" that Dr. Niemoeller
told her family about his days in
a Nazi concentration camp. She
ah J Her brother, Irik, now a stu
dent at Wooster college, Wooster,
Ohio, spent several times listen
ing to Dr. Niemoeller's experi
ences of the Nazi regime.
When questioned about her in-
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The Russian Christian church is not a propaganda ma
chine functioning for Joseph Stalin, Dr. Martin Niemoeller
told an audience of nearly 3,000 persons in the Coliseum
Monday night.
On the contrary, he said, it is "based upon the true prin-
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Although its membership is nottionj Niemoeller reported. Al-
large in number, Niemoeller de-; though this is small compared
clared, it is sincerely interested in
furthering the cause of world
peace.
Niemoeller, sponsored jointly
by the Search Week committee
and Lincoln ministers, is now on
tour in the United States. Within
two weeks he will return to Ger
many, where he is the head of
the Evangelical Lutheran church.
The Russian people, he said,
"shrink from the idea of a third
world war" but fear that the
western church is a propaganda
machine for western politics.
"Christianity does not end
where the Iron Curtain begins,"
Niemoeller declared. "We have a
Christian responsibility to those
people behind the Iron Curtain."
Despite his expectations when
SSKLta.?5- ?r hS RusslTeari; in j"anu-
"rtZ X Z"Zt' -i Jary, Niemoeller reported that Rus- He alsn told the Russian minis.
Germany 1 she was a h gh schoo . sians are "locking to the ter, he said, that he would report
student and "didn't put interest
in that too much."
Miss Olsen said "it was so
good to see them again. They're
just marvelous people." She
added that since Dr. Niemoel
ler's eighth year concentration
experience, during which he
was separated from his wife,
Mrs. Niemoeller has accom
panied him on his travels.
Lois is a sociology major at the
University and lives in Omaha.
Her parents live in New York
City where Mr. Olsen is asso
ciated with the National Council
of Churches.
churches." Week-day services areto the American people that he
"well attended," he said, while had not "met a single person in
the churches are "crammed" on Moscow who doesn't shrink from
Sundays. "Many had to go home tne idea of a third world war."
SESi (&JI iU? Niemoeller declared that it is
sia)," he said, because there was difficuU to . buid world
when the very basis confidence
no room for them,
On Jan. 6, Niemoeller visited
five churches. He could not enter
is so "very weak and frail." He
said he hoped that his mission to
rag ralston Parrot tracks
By DICK RALSTON
Staff Writer
4ifi iweaklv arranged.
utu&i, ciuudi razzing muuicm; , -. , .
Coed. ,-WelL at the beach last 'conducted it superbly and utilized
tummer, I came up out of the u resources to turn out one
water and I looked down and e performed numbers
a ii.. i ii nn the Drocram.
wm .. .- !.. "The Plow That Broke the
a a ui tin,. aa Plains" bv an American com
you do'" , poser, Virgil Thompson, was the
Coed: " Why, I did what any . third number on the program. It
eu-respeciing iaay wouia ao. i - ..r iU
rnvproH mv fap with mv hands tary mm concernea
and ran for the bath house."
Rising temperatures and
cloudy skies. That is the offi-
with the
droueht and dust bowl of the
middle west in the early 1930's.
The first and last sections of the
selection are based on an Ameri-
cial prediction of the weather 'can cowboy tune. The interven
ing tunes ranged from Diues to
speculation and devastation
themes.
The final selection on the aft
ernoon program was the "Rus
sian Easter Overture" composed
by Rlmsky-Korsakov. This bril
liant overture represents the
music of the Greek Orthodox
bureau of The Daily Nebras
Van. One coed reported that
her corns had
stopped ach
ing and that's
a good indi
cation that
the rain and
snow are
over. And
when a re
porter phon
ed in and
said he could
n't work be
cause of a
high temper- Warmer
atitre the weather bureau n?
turally deduced that tempera
ture would rise. When the
psychic reporter stated bis tem
perature was four degrees above
normal, it wss further deduced
(by calculus) that the high to
day would be near 40.
Phi Sigma lota, Language
Honorary, Pledges Four
Pour University iuniors. Eileen
J. Oelrich, Barbara Young, Doris
Bratt and Hester Morrison nave
received invitations to Join rm
Sigma Iota, romance language
honorary.
. Initiation for the four pledges
will be March 13 at the Union
faculty lounge. Nancy Koehler
will deliver a paper on the phi
losophies of Oretgay Gasset.
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STUDENTS FOR PETERSON . . . Dolly McQuistan, Governor Val
Teterson. Jackie Sorenson and Don McArthur meet to discuss plans
for students aiding the governor's senatorial campaign. Other
members of the student committee are Jean Saha, Janice Llnd
quist, Don Noble, Gene Johnson and Jerry Matzke. (Daily Ne
braskan Photo.)
P.M. Headlines
By CHARLES GOMON
Staff News Writer
Batista Seizes Power In Cuba
HAVANA, Cuba A former
Cuban "strong man," Fulgen
cia Batista, swept himself into
power again in Cuba by lead
ing an army-supported revolt
against President Carlos Prio.
In a next-to-bloodless coup
Batista men seized control of
Cuba's largest military camp
and key buildings in Havana.
President Prio was reported to
have fled the presidential pal
ace in the company of two
army officers when Batista's
troops appeared nearby. It
was rumored that Prio was
under arrest.
Two palace guards were
killed by the tank supported
rebel forces.
In commenting on his seiz
ure of power, Batista said that
he was forced to "make a rev
olution" three months ahead of
Cuban general elections be
cause he heard that President
Prio was planning to stage a
phoney revolt on April 15 to
perpetuate himself in power.
Phalanx Meeting
Phalanx, national honorary
and professional military fra
ternity, will hold a smoker
Thursday evening, March 13, at
7:30 p.m. in the Armory lounge.
All junior advanced Army and
ROTC cadets and sophomore
and junior NROTC midshipmen
are invited to attend.
any of them, he said, because they RUSSia and his reoorts to the west
were so crowded. Persons were,ern world would add "a grain of
even standing in the snow and iceisand to the foundation needed to
outside the churches, he said, 'build confidence the structure of
waiting for another service to be
gin.
Two churches exist in Russia
at the present, Niemoeller said.
They are the Russian Ortho
dox the former state church
an an evangelical church called
Baptist (not connected with
Baptists in England and the
United States).
peace in our times."
While in Russia Niemoeller re
ported that he was invited to
preach a sermon in the Baptist
church on Christmas Eve. Al
though he declined to do so, he
found the congregation so under
standing that, after the second
sentence of his greeting, he could
not stop until he had spoken 45
The Baptist alone, he said, now, minutes.
has 3,200,000 members 200 thou- At the end of the sermon, he
sand more members than the Bol-said, the people stood on their
shevist party. j feet and displayed their Christian
In Moscow there are 60 churches love for him by waving their
three times as many as existed handkerchiefs at him.
Eight Railroads Affected By Strike
BUFFALO, New York The if the unions didn't order their
strike of three railroad labor
unions which began in Buf
falo threatened to take on na
tional proportions. At latest
count eight roads were af
fected, tying up rail traffic as
far west as St. Louis.
The army, technical boss of'
the railroads since their seiz
ure in 1950, said that "appro
priate action" would be taken
workers back to their jobs.
The dispute involves wages
and changes in the rules in the
workers' contracts. It has been
hanging in the air for a year
and a half pending the con
clusion of government spon
sored negotiations.
Just what the army consid
ered "appropriate action" un
der the circumstances was not
made definite.
Libby Tires Of Communist Tripe'
PANMUNJOM, Korea
Rear Adm. Ruthven E. Libby,
UN truce negotiator, told re
porters he was tired of listen
ing to the "tripe" which the
communists have been dis
tributing in the truce tent.
While assuring newsmen
that he would not break off
the talks, Admiral Libby's
statement nevertheless indi
cated that the UN delegates
were not happy with what
they described as the reds'
stalling tactics.
From Tokyo, where he has
been conferring with Supreme
Allied Commander Mathew
Ridgway. the chief of UN ne
gotiators in Korea said the
only language the communists
seemed able to understand
was that of force. Vice Adm.
C. Turner Joy said "we will
walk out" if the reds do not
decide to get down to a seri
.ous consideration of a truce
plan.
None Injured In Air Transport Crash
OFFUT Air Force Base, Ne- day night just after take-off.
braska A military trans- A11 12 persons aboard' the
SSajrlHShtfsK Plane escaped without Injury.
Police Search for Schuster Murderer
NEW "YORK. New York Sutton ever to the police
More than 19,000 New York
police turned out to comb the
eity of the murderer of Arnold
Schuster. Schuster is the man
who recognized gangster Willy
Sutton recently and turned
Sat
urday night Schuster was
bruta.ly shot to death.
Officers were reportedly
looking for an old crony of
Sutton who was recently re
ported In the vicinity.
West Germans Favor Rearmament
commissioner in Germany, re
cently issued a report on po
litical conditions in Germany.
The leport said an alarming
number of Germans favored
a Nozl-type government.
According to a poll which
McCloy'c office took, only
about ?0 per cent of the
German population would ac
tively oppose such a govern
ment. The remaining 80 per
cent would either support it or
at least not oppose It.
Communists Strike In Indo-China
INDO-CIIINA Communslt Aboul 80 persons were re
guernlas struck again In a ported killed in the wreck
French-held section of Indo- whlch occurred 120 miles
cnjna, mis ume derailing a
train.
WEST GERMANY Four
West German states held elec
tions on the issue of rearm
i n g Germany. Chancellor
Konrai Adenauer's govern
ment, which favors rearma
ment, won hands down. I
This news would tend to
off-set recent reports that
Adenauer's arming - to - fight
communism program could
not claim the support of the
German people.
John J McCloy, U.S. high
north of Saigon.
DEVILS IN BAGGY PANTS
Dr. Carter To Meet Subjects
Of His Brother's Army Book
Dr. Boyd Carter, editor of his
brother's book, "Those Devils m
Baggy Pants," will have an op
portnuity this summer to get ac
quainted with many of the men
whose adventures it relates.
Dr. Carter, associate professor
of romance language, has accepted
an invitation to visit Fort Bragg,
N.C., as the guest of his brother
Ross' company in the 82nd air
born division, and plans also to
visit many former company men
in various parts of the nation.
The Carter book is a por
trayal of the life of Company
C of the 504 parachute infantry.
82nd -airborne division. Ross
Carter, member of this group,
was one of three out of 40 men
who survived hand-to-hand
combat at the Battle of the
Bulge In World War II.
Ross Carter took the title for
his book from a dairy found on
a German soldier who told how
the Germans feared paratroopers,
whom they called "Devils in
Baggy Pants."
Alter the campaigns oi worm
Africa, Sicily, Salerno, Voltuno,
Casino, Anzio, Holland, trance,
and finally the Battle of the
Bulge, Ross Carter was discharged
in June, 1945, ana inen Degan me
manuscript. He re-enlisted the
following November ana aiea oi
cancer April 18, 1947.
His brother, Dr. Carter, spent
the summer of 1950 editing the
manuscript, which came off the
press Sept. 20, 1951.
Dr. Carter said he has received
congratulatory letters about the
book from Gen. Matthew B. Ridg
wav. head of the United Nations
forces in Korea and former com
mander of the 504th paratroop
division and Gen. Mark ClarK,
commander in Italy in woria war
issues of the Reader's Digest,
The book has drawn hundreds
of other letters including some
II. The book has been printed
in condensed form in the Amer
ican, Australian, Canadian, Span
ish, Danish, Swedish and French
from Brazil, France, Australia
and England.
An early edited chapter of the
manuscript called "How Tranquil
the Desert" appeared in the
"Prairie Schooner" in 1948.
Blumberg Praises War Book
Commenting on "Those Devils radeship," he said, "which no other
in Baggy Pants," Dr. Nathan B. war novel I have read has equaled,
SS2SS. BZlftJtTl ings home the fact that war
of the least over-dramatic and is nt a massive thing like
most true descriptions of what black lines moving on a map, but
war in Europe was like." is a series of very personal and
"It creates a feeling of com- private skirmishes and battles."
YM Board Votes
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with the seven or eight hundred
churches in the city before the
revolution of 1918, the church "is
slowly coming back to life and
growing again," he said.
Congregations, ministers and
priests are "optimistic about the
future," he said, despite "derisive
looks" and criticisms from many
Russians and the government.
Any minute, he declared, perse
cutions could be renewed again.
When asked by the Russian
ministers of religion why
Americans continue their ag
gression and armaments race, he
reported that he answered that
"there is not a single million
aire in the United States who
would not part with his last
cent if you assured him that,
by doing so, he would save the
world and humanity from an
other world war."
YMCA SDonsored foreign films
were voted out of existence Mon
day by the YMCA board oi man-
oopmont.
"Reasons lor tnis action are,
said Sam Gibson, executive
YMCA secretary, "too few stu
dents attended the movies." Stu
dents made a minority of less than
half at the showings.
"The YMCA has not been aoie
to cet films of a high enough cul- ..mMi'MM.'
tural quality in line of promoting DR. BOID CARTER . . , Editor of his brother's book, "Those
international understanding," he Devils in Baggy rants," looks over a review. The first chapter Br.
continued. 1 Carter edited appeared In the "Prairie Schooner."
The YMCA ws also losing, This summer he will see some of the men characterized in t!se
money on the films," he added. I book.
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