Vacation Dates
Eight a.m. Wednesday.
Nov. 26 to Monday, Deo. 1, 8
a.m. Is the official date of
Thanksgiving vacation accord
ing to the office of Dr. Hoover.
Homecoming
An editorial discussing the
successful Homecoming week
end and additional suggestions
for improvement appears on
Page 2.
Voice of g Grat Midwgltn Vnirmltf
VOL. 52 No. 46
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA
Tuesday, November 18, 1952
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Prince Kosmet, Sweetheart
Election To Use Ticket Plan
Prince Kosmet and the
elected by ticket balloting at
Klub Review.
This method was decided
Don Devries, KK president, had
CONVO SPEAKER
5 Britisher
To Interview
NU Students
Colin Jackson, noted British
writer, broadcaster, and lecturer
scheduled to speak at a Univer
sity convocation at 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday in Love Library, has ex
pressed the desire to meet several
University students.
He is interested in American
activities, he said, and would
like to talk to students active
on
the campus. To accomplish
this he will hold individual con
ferences Wednesday afternoon.
Students interested in inter-
Viewing Jackson may call CarliSH!!?;,.!
Schneider, assistant professor of
political science, to arrange a
meeting.
Jackson also plans to informally
address a political science class
and an education class.
Jackson is in the United
States gathering material for a
book comparing the aims, meth
ods, and achievements of Amer
ican and British universities. In
previous years he has toured 'Student Council, who attended the I1" e Promoted, by the Univer
America in connection with his meeting suggested that a group of;81,1 Boar? f Regents as a result
research on universities in the
English speaking world, and he
plans to extend this year's tour
until January, 1953.
He is lecturing on "British So
cial History" at the University of
Kansas City. Last winter he lee
tured on international relations at
Oxford and Cambrige universities.
Be has traveled widely in the
Middle East, India, Pakistan, Cey
lon, and Malaya investigating so
cial and political situations,
Jackson is a broadcaster on
British Commonwealth and Amer-
lean affairs for the British Bread-
casting Corporation.
AT LAST!
Rain Comes
Of Drought
By PAT PECK
Feature Editor
Perfect timing.
That's the way the rain fell as
far as the University was con
cerned. The downpour held off
long enough to let the Huskers
lose to the Gophers in the sun
shine and to let students attend
the Homecoming' dance without
benefit of raincoats. Sunday
morning the skies were cloudy,
but students still escaped rain on
0JJSM.
Bf OLA WAKEK
Staff Writer
, He: Girlie, when I walk up to
piano, they don't laugh.
She: I know, you're a
musical
genius.
M: Wrong again, I'm the install
tneut collector.
There was a little girl and she
bad a little enrl.
Right in the middle of ber
forehead.
And when she was good, she
was good, she was very, very
good.
And when she wu bad, she
was popular.
P r e d Ictions
are that it will
be fair and very
cold tomorrow
with tempera
tures around 30
in the morning.
It will warm up
b y afternoon,
however.
At the United
Nations con
ference, VI-
shinsky told
story that still has
Cool
diplomats
laurhlng:
The neighbor ef an Arab
sbelk asked for the loan of a
repe. 1 cannot lend it replied
the sheik, 'for I need It to tie
tip my milk.'
" 'But surely said the (her,
'you ds not tie VP your milk
with rope
"Brother said the sheik,
wbn ya don't want to do
something, ens reason is as good
as another"
Did you ever hear about the
girl who refused to go to school
because they wanted her to study
improper fractions?
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Nebraska
the Thursday night Kosmet
upon in a special meeting of
suggested a new plan for the se
lection ol
the Sweetheart and
Prince by a committee made ira
01 Mortar Boards and Innocents.
Three plans were submitted
during the KK meeting. The
first was the suggestion made
by Devries, the second, an All
University election, and third,
the old ticket balloting system.
The All-University election plan
was not voted upon when Devries
reminded the KK members that
plans for the election had not
Behind The Scenes
An editorial explaining the
underlying factors of this news
story appears on Page 2.
been turned into the Dean of Stu
dent Affairs office within the two
week period necessary to hold an
All-University election.
A Vote of thi KK mmlvn was
then held to determine whether'
to use the Mortar Board-Inno-I
cents committee or the ticket stub
"Yr01"" "
would again be used for the re
view this year.
When contacted later by The
Nebraskan Devries said that he
had made an error in stating
that a two week time limit ruled
out the possibilities of an All
University election. He said,
"Dean Halgren vetoed the plans
fnr an All TTnlvie!f ltf avi 1
n0, t r;f
: Student Council members be in
eluded on the committee to su
pervise the voting and ballot
counting.
His plan was to have tables
set up for the balloting, and
have "at least 10 perhaps more,'
Student Council members pres
ent at the counting to be held
immediately after the balloting
at the door.
Linscott's suggestions were ten
tatively accepted pending prepa-
ration of the lists of Student
Council members who will be
available for service the night of
ithe show.
To End Spell
In Nebraska
the way to church.
The last rain fell In Lincoln
on Sept. 20, 57 days ago. A good
many students seemed to be
taking the drought or threat of.
drought seriously. When the
Tint few drops of rain fell Sun
day night a general thrill of
excitement seemed to run
through the balls in at least one
campus house. With a chorus of
"at last", the residents ran to
open windows and breathe the
clean damp air.
It is hoped that some of the ills,
both of disposition and body, that
have been blamed on the unusu
ally dry weather, will now dis
appear. On second thought, how
ever, what will you use for an ex
cuse for abusing your roommate?
Tea rain may help to cut down
the number of lawn sprinklers
that have been necessary to keep
the lawns around University
buildings alive.
The 10:20 pm advent of the
shmiw An Kuniav niffht nrodured
jan instantaneous effect on the
"goodnight crowds" that clustered
on front porches. A cavalcade of
motorcycle cops couldn't have
been more effective in clearing up
the double-parked cars' along ,
fraternity row.
Students who were so un
fortunate as to have S o'clocks
on Monday morning were
forced t start an extra five
minutes early and "go the long
way around." The cot across
from 16th to Ills Street was too
muddy for white bucks.
The residents of the Girls Dorm
trusted the dry spell a little too
far. No one remembered to take
down the "Welcome Alums" ban
ner left over from Homecoming.
The banner, constructed of red
and white crepe paper squares,
began to fade when the first drop
of water fell. Before long the of
fending sign had drenched the
front steps and walk in a sus
picious-looking red liquid.
Governor sanara vaiey ana
a corps of psjama-clad as
sistants crawled out en the
third floor balcony and cut the
banner loose, letting it fall to
the front walk. They attempted
to lift the banner ever the hedge
onto the lawn. The rest of the
evening was spent picking
ereps piper out of the hedge
and a rood time was had by all!
Due to the fading qualities of
crepe paper, the girls retreated
from the field leaving Jt looking
like the scenee of the Boston mas
sacre, only to discover that the
red color doesn't wash off hands
it has io wear off.
Clear skies reigned again Mon
day but not for another 87 days
we hope.
Red Cross Caution
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Sunday Journal & Star.
CONSTANT ViGIL . . . Spectators at University football games
are in little danger of fainting away without being soon discovered
and revived because of a contingent of Red Cross College Unit
workers that watches over the crowd all during the games. Fart
of the emergency first aid team are (left to right) Darrell Pols,
Jan White and Jack Lintz.
Regents Pledge Support
To Med College Program
A proposed six-milliondollar
building program for the Univer
,sity Medical College in Omaha
of a unanimous vote Saturday,
A proposal that the building
program be financed by a spe
cial state property tax will be
made to the 1953 Legislature by
the Regents. This tax would be
slightly more than one-third of
a mill (33 cents for each thou
sand dollars of assessed prop
erty val nation) based on current
assessments, Bruce Nicoll, ad
ministrative assistant to Chan
cellor R. G. Gustavson, said.
The tax is estimated to run five
years and raise $1,200,000 a year.
The regents learned from Med
ical College spokesmen that if the
college is to keep its accredited
rating, the building program is a
must. It would also be a major
step toward making the Omaha
campus a true medical center, they
said.
The program would include
$5,200,000 for a "big unit 5" in
back of the present Medical
School-University Hospital
building. An estimated $615,000
would go for an addition to the
nurses' home. Another $185,000
would be used for general cam
pus improvements, Including
new walks, drives and parking
lots.
The building program would
provide an additional 220 beds for
the University Hospital and fa
cilities for training four hundred
medical students and 250 student1
Ag Union Belter Living Series Panel
To Discuss Corsage
A panel discussion on the sub
Ject of "Corsage and Gift Eti
quette," will be held in the lounge
at the Ag Union, Tuesday and
Wednesday at 5 p.m.
Mrs. Dorothy Blend or ff of
RoseweU Floral Company. Connie
Clark and Bob Young, will com
pose the panel.
Questions to be discussed by
the panel include: What kind of
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HALF TIME CELEBRATION . . . With the card
section spelling out ber flrt name the 195
Homecoming Queen, Barbara Hewhberger, Is pre
sented Saturday at the center of the football field
nurses, medical spokesmen told
the Regents, The present student
enrollment is about 345.
Administrators
Will Discuss
Requirements
Chancellor R. G. Gustavson will
take part in a panel that will dis
cuss entrance requirement changes
for the University in a meeting
of the Nebraska Association of
School Administrators to be held
imJJJncoI.n Fridav' . ,
ine emrance requiremems con -
wuveiajr wu urn uegun laai year
and after much debate no definite
plans or requirement changes
were made.
The controversy centers about
the requirements for certain
amounts of credit tn different
fields such as English and
mathematics, for entrance into
the University.
The College of Arts and Sciences
head, Dr. Walter Militzer, said the'
high school associations' proposal
to abolish required hours in cer
tain fields would be "perilous to
sound education."
Dean Militzer will take part in
the panel discussion with Chancel
lor Gustavson. Another Univer-
(Continued on Page 2)
And Gift Etiquette
corsage shall I buy my date for
the, Military Ball? What can I
give my boy friend ior his birth
day? This is the second in the Better
Living Series sponsored by the Ag
Union. It is the project of the
Union House Committee headed
by Marilyn Larson and sponsored
by Bill Waldo.
For The Queen
Petition For Council Consideration
Twenty-Four Coed Groups Sign
Panhellenic Council's Suggestion '
Becomes Code For Future Contests
A mass movement to rid the campus of all types of ticket balloting elections proved
victorious in 24 organized groups for women Monday night.
The proposal was suggested during Fanheuenic weeK at tne activity cnairmen meet
ing. This committee drew up the proposal and submitted to all. women's organizations.
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Organized Women's Proposal
We of: have
agreed by and with the consent
of the members to present the
following recommendations to
be approved by the Student
Council:
We of the above organized
groups for women object to the
method of being required to
purchase tickets to be eligible
to vote for finalists. Falling un
der this category are: AUFs
Activity Queen, Builder's Cal
endar Girl, Coed Counselor's
Penny Carnival, Junior-Senior
Prom King and Queen, Kosmet
Klub's Nebraska Sweetheart
and Prince Kosmet, and the
Student Union's Miss Snow
flake. These types of elections are
advantageous in the sense that
the organization sponsoring the
election is almost guaranteed a
successful amount of ticket
sales. However, houses may
easily "buy" a title and there
fore result in lessening the sig
nificance of the title.
We recommend that elections
involving titles be placed 'under
the supervision of the Student
Council Election Committee re
quiring only Student Identifica
tion Cards for voting, such as
done in the case of Hello Girl
and Homecoming Queen and
abolish any type of a ticket
prequisite for voting. If this
method does not prove possible
30 ID's, Football Tickets
Confiscated Saturday
Thirty student football tickets
JAT .u,AltZl
i TMolrai im or tna ctlinont L79TA Tlnnr
to the game with Minnesota Sat-
!urday Don Noble, president of
Innocents, reoorted.
The reason for confiscation
was that tickets were presented
by someone other than their
CC Schedule
Fashion Show
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A style show for Coed Coun
selor big and little sisters will be
at the Cadwallader Fur Company,
129 So. 12th St.. Wednesday at
7 p.m. '
Six Coed Counselors who will
model are Mary Ida Barnes,
Kathy Shank, Buth Randolph,
Ellen Svoboda, Nancee Peter
son and Marilyn Tyson,
More than 30 furs from rabbit
to mink in coats, capes, stoles,
scarves and jackets will be mod
eled.
Lee Davis, sales manager of
Cadwalladers, will talk to the
coeds about the things to look
for when purchasing a fur, how
different furs are priced and the
details of new government reg
ulations on labeling furs. He
will also recommend the furs
best for college women.
Inside a giant band formation. Caps of the bands
men form the large "N" across the field. (U of N
Photo).
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for the type of election, the se
lection could be done by judges
such as is done in the case of
Typical Nebraska Coed and
Beauty Queen or on an organ
izational basis such as Honorary
Commandant and the Inter
Fraternity Queen.
In essence we object to the
method of selection of the titles
and to the method of raising
money by balloting by ticket.
While organizations will ob
ject saying that this is their
greatest method to obtain
money, they should depend on
other methods in which to raise
money and to draw audiences
for then projects. The perform
ance or event should be good
enough to draw audiences on
its own success rather than that
of an election.
This may be shown by the
traditional events such as the
Military and Mortar Board
Balls, Kosmet Klub Spring
Show and AWS's Coed Follies.
If this proposal is not ap
proved by the Student Council
in the very near future, we will
refuse to submit candidates
which will be elected by ticket
balloting. Our entire proposal
will go into effect by the un
dersigned on Jan. 1, 1953.
We ask immediate Student
Council action upon this pro
posal for the benefit of those
organizations so affected.
purchaser. Noble called atten
tion to the warning included on
all student tickets which reads,
"Not transferable. This ticket
is subject to confiscation by the
Nebraska Athletic Department
or its representatives if used by
any person other than the orig
inal purchaser."
Persons who borrowed or pur
chased tickets from students
whose seats were in the card
section caused confusion during
flashes. Tickets and identification
cards were picked up to prevent
reoccurance at the Homecoming
game and they will be sent to
the office of the Dean of Student
Affairs, Noble said.
J. P. Colbert, Dean of Student
Affairs, said that each ticket case
would be handled Individually and
that there would be no "blanket"
ruling on the confiscation. He
added that there had been such
cases in the past and that each
ticket sent to his office was ac
companied by a statement which
explained the conditions under
which the ticket was confiscated,
P.M. Headlines
By 8ALLT ADAMS
Staff Writer
H-Bomb Blast Not Admitted
WASHINGTON The. Atomic Energy Commission disclosed that
hydrogen bomb "research" was included in a test of nuclear weapons
at Fniuflfnk Afnii. tt retmwA in admit such a bomb had been ex
ploded. The commission said those who wrote letters home describing
what they termed the world's first H-bomb blast may be prosecuted.
TV MamM p. iTiw. Nnhel nrlze-winnlnff scientist, said he be
lieved the announcement meant
exploded its first H-bo.nb."
Letters from crew members ana otners auacnea u mo
A EC-military task force prompted a barrage of questions to A EC
Chairman Gordon Dean. Dean said:
1. Information would be limited to that in the formal announce
ment "because any amplification might give aid to potential enemies.
2. The commission is "concerned" over the letters.
3. "Investigations are under way leading to possible disciplinary
action or prosecution for violation of task force regulations or the
law" in connection with the letters.
Dry Spell Ends
LINCOLN One of the longest dry spells in Nebraska history
ended with rain Sunday night and Monday morning. Rain and snow
which covered the state ranged from 1.55 inches of rain in Lincoln to
five Inches of snow at Sidney.
The Federal Division of Agricultural Statistics said the rain In
Lincoln came in time to prevent some winter killing of wheat be
cause it packed the soil around the plants. If warm weather follows
the crop will have a better chance to "take held" and withstand the
winter. The critical area, a division spokesman said, was the central
part of the state where an inch and a half is needed.
The rain ended a record drought in the western third of the
state and the driest spell in the remainder of the state since 1933.
Lincoln bad gone 57 days without rain.
Truce In Korea?
UNITED NATIONS, N. Y. United Nations observers wonder If
the American hydrogen-bomb announcement would help convince the
Communists they should agree to a Korean truce. India was expected
to introduce a compromise to resolve Western and Russian proposals
on the Korean conflict
Observers believe the American H-bomb development mliht
impel the Kremlin to help end the Korean war and lessen the danger
of a third world war.
Reds Bombard ROK Troops
SEOUL, KOREA Communist big guns bombarded Allied troop
on the Central Front as American Sabrejets shot down five M1G-15
over Northwest Korea. The Red barrage ended a 24-hour lull in the
battle for Sniper Ridge. More than 8,000 rounds were poured inta
ROK positions on Pinpoint Hill and Finger Ridjje. American observ
ers said that movement of Chinese troops on "The Yoke," Commun
ist positions on northern Sniper Ridge, indicated possible renewed
Communist attempts to drive the ROKs from their strategic positions.
Snow and sleet halted major actions elsewhere along the 155
mfle bsttlofront.
i in essence muse sponsoring me
proposal, which will be submitted
to student council Wednesday,
"object to the method of selec
tion of titles and to the method
of raisi-ig money by the method
of balloting by ticket. '
The proposal asks Student
Council to outlaw paid elections
and to put elections on a student
identifications basis or upon
elections by Judges or organiza
tions. The 24 organizations sponsoring
the proposal have asked for im
mediate Council action upon their
recommendations, saying that "if
this proposal is not approved by
the Student Council in the very
near future we will refuse to sub
mit candidates which will be
elected by ticket balloting."
The entire proposal will go into
effect by the following groups
Jan. 1, 1953:
Alpha Phi, Alpha Xi Delta,
Gamma Phi Beta, Kappa Kappa
Gamma, Delta Delta Delta, Kappa
Delta, Alpha Chi Omega, Delta
Gamma, Sigma Kappa, Sigma
Delta Tau, Kappa Alpha Theta,
Alpha Omicron Pi, Chi Omega, Pi
Beta Phi, Terrace Hall, Loomis
Hall, Wilson Hall, International
House, BABW, Terrace HalL Pen
nies, Towne Club, Howard Hall,
and Residence Halls For Women.
Phi Gam's Sell
500 'Goiurters'
For Polio Fund
Going along with the "Gobble
the Gopher" homecoming theme
of Phi Gamma Delta, 4'gofurters,,,
actually hot dogs, were sold Fri
day night with the proceeds from
the sales going to the Polio Fund.
The fraternity sold 500 "go
furters" for a profit of $52.20.
Unfortunately the supply ran
low and numerous trips had to
be made for more "gofurters.
The stand in the Phi Gam
driveway attracted motorists as
well as pedestrians and the "go
furters" were sold out by 9:30 p.m.
Applications Due Nov. 24
For Navy Scholarships
College students who have four
years of college left and high
school senior boys must apply be
fore Nov. 24 if they are inter
ested in competing for the 2,000
U.S. Navy college scholarships of
fered each year.
The winners of the scholar
ships, worth approximately $6,000
each, win Become regular stu
dents under the Navy ROTC pro
gram. Interested students may
obtain information from the de-
partment of naval science, Navy
recruiting stations, or high school
principals.
the United States "has successfully
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