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'S"S f . c f ! Si Page 4 THE DAILY NEBRASKAN Friday, December 5, 1952, N LINCOiN Courtly Superintendents Propose Four New Educational Resolutions A resolution that the first reg-jbe provided for each area certificate for all elementary teachers In Nebraska will be based on a two-year teacher training course in a teacher's college has been passed by the Nebraska action by the county redisricting has more than doubled, from $212 mk. Imilllnn fn 4)t millinn'' -. isembly of the States in Chicago. Thnt n more rinfln te nroi.'ranv "Practically all or tne simes for all handicapped children be have continued to increase their UctnKUclinH nnnrnnr atlons for support 01 That the old redisricting law be schools," he said. "In four yeara, !amfnriH in mneo it mni-P work- between 1946 and 1950. the Income County Superintendent Assoeia- able and to provide for definite of institutions 01 nigner 'earning tion. The resolution was one of four, committee, that were passed by the associa7l tion during business sessions of Pefe.'SOn GlVes their annual convention at me Cornhusker Hotel. Th Stats Department of Edu- vnnuii jitivj tdinv. ii'vi """ some nut'omsjiisiimems iiimic ., . Nebraska was the only state in the towards good education in address'tinCOfl cdUCCfNOn union mat issues ceiuncme iu t0 tnc itn biennial uenerai as high school normal training stu-; rrr.- - .- .-- dents qualifying them to teach. 11 f I Other resolutions passed by the nlT JUST ICO association -were: That an elementary supervisor Three Problems Governor Val Peterson reviewed mcnts. some accompusnments maae Peterson continued that prob lems still to be faced, ere over crowded schools, too low standards for teachers, and rising enroll- CHRISTMAS QUOTA Blood Drive Applications Due Dec. 12 Students wishing to donate blood Dec. 23 must have their pledge cards in by Dec. 12, ac cording to Shirley Murphy, chair man of the Hed Cross College Unit blood committee. Fledge cards are on bulletin boards in the Union, As Union and Military and Naval Science Building. Will Address Bizad Banquet Requires Inkwells It looks as if the old-fashioned, ink well as an aid to teaching of I handwriting is here to stay in the elementary schools. Although new, desks arrive without the space for the inkwell, the maintenance crews of Assistant Superintendent1 R. H. Park cut a place for the well. I Art Group Selects New Card Designs Three original designs will be featured by Delta Phi Delta, art honorary, on their hand made Christmas cards. The three designs were chosen from sketches that were presented by members of the honorary. De signs this year are ink line draw ings, with splashes of bright col ors. They include delicate draw ings of 'Christmas ornaments, a group of pine trees, and a branch with two ornaments. The cards are 10 cents each and can be secured from Delta Phi Delta members or from the art department office on second floor Of Morrill Hall. . 'THE CIRCLE' PHI LAMBDA THETA 43 NU Women Students Selected For Teaching Honorary Membership lab Theatre Tryouts Chief Justice Robert G. Sim mons of the Nebraska Supreme court win relate nis experiences in tne rar Jast nt tne annual ban-, , r . i. i. quet of the College of Business 5et rOT MlSS JUlie Administration. The banquet will be i" the ties- Union ballroom at 6:30 p.m. day. In addition to the announce nient of scholarship recipients, William Gold prize keys will be presented by Nathan Cold, Lin coln business man, to outstand ing students In Bizad. The new members of Beta Gamma Sigma, business honorary will also be presented. iicKets are on sale until Friday inrise nJ U 1 J ' Shocking! That's the way "Miss Julie," forthcoming Laboratory theater play, is described by Al Hazel wood, Speech Department grad uate assistant. Tryouts for the play will be held Friday from 3 to 5 p.m. in Room 201, Temple Building. Only three actors will com- the cast for the Jan. .15-16 A special plea has been made " hfn' 'mA,"lplay-two women and one man. to Lincoln students to donate:-.,,,, pi rhi rv tw i Hazelwood describes the author will no , .rr . I ...... n, ,1 Danquec sponsors. ot tne play, August isirinaoerg, Earl Fullbrook, Dean of (he Col- as a famous woman hater," and lege oi misiness Aaminisrraiion, since the bloodmobile will be here during Christmas vacation. Students will be called Dec. 22 M. Elliott, nrotessor ot insiir ance and economics. R. G. Whit- weaknesses, "sexually and men ney, associate professor of eco- tally," of women. Strindberg is nomics and O. J. Anderson, as- a eonlemporary of Ibsen and led sistant in business organization, the Swedish theater back to a and management, are the faculty i "naturalistic ' movement, nceora members in charge of the banquet, 'ing to Hazelwood. a . . a i e it ." . xo remina mem ol men niipunu-iQ mem, "The greatest gift of all" Is the theme the National Red Cross is using for the month of December. The Christmas gift is , a pint of blood for a serviceman. Five organized houses: Kappa ., i I I -.... Delta, chi omega, Aioha Phi,;University And Lincoln Choral Groups Delta Tau Delta and Phi Gamma' . .. . . . . Delta; are participating in De-T0 Give Annual Messiah Presentation cember's campaign. Skits will bel , , , , . , . ,,,.. presented by the recruitmentl The annual presentation of the Four guest soloists include, so- board at each house that is do-, messuin win ue nem ouinw.iprano, Daina Kamey; alto, Harriet and Play To Be Presented Eight Nights "The Circle," the second Uni versity Theatre production of the year will be presented to the pub lic Wed., Dec. 10 through Sa., Dee. 13 and Wed., Dec. 17 through Sat., Dec. 20 in the Arena Theatre David Hayes, instructor In speeoh and dmmatin rtrt. Is di rector of the play. He "said "The Circle" is a British comedy of manners. The plot revolves around the themes of a young respectable married woman who Is In love with a poor tennis player. The young lady Is hav ing a mental struggle trylnr to decide what to do: whether to run away with her lover or re tain respectability. The circle idea stems from the fact thnt the young lady's mother -in-law underwent the same ex perience in her youth. This con- Forty-three University women who are preparing to be school teachers have won recognition for high scholarship and outstanding personal qualities. Fhi Lambda Theta, national honorary and professional fra ternity for women, are holdlnr initiation of these students In the Union Saturday at 11:15 a.m. followed by a banquet at 13:15 p.m. A University faculty member, Miss Maxine Trauernicht, has also been named a member of the organization. New student members are: Pa tricia Adams, Lois Anderson, Sue Ann Brownlee. Idonna Jean Burk- hardt, Jane Calhoun, Sharon Cook, Nancy Ann Dark, Barbara Dillman, Bonnalyn Kilers, Mar jorie Ann Ericksen, Pat Felger. Mary Ellen Gerhart, Mary Louise Ginn, Eileen Gorman, Mar guerite Haugen, Marilyn Ham mond, Kathryn Haskell, Diane Hinman, Georgia Hulac, Beverly Ann Jackson, Mary Elizabeth Klnslnger, Anita Lawson, Mary Margaret Loomls, Beverly Mann, Char lotte Mason. Mrs. Alice Mat- son, Alice Meyers, Shirley Murphy, Judith Paimateer. Janet Peterson, Judith Pollock, Marilyn Preusse, Mary Frances Robinson, Mrs. Poan Savage, Mil licent Savery, Jeanice Schott, Elaine Smithberger, Jan Steffen, Nancy Stimson, Lila Wanek, Shir ley Wear, Nancy Whitmore, and Barbara Young. Weather Officer Openings Announced By U.S. Air Force HONORARY II.. ! i U 4U I'viivi.ii; III HVI 5.iys inc piay is h - fiict HaviJs saifJ nt time takes on a soap-opera quality. John Tolch, technical director of the University Theatre and in ratine. uec Other houses will be given the opportunity to give during the remainder of the year. Quotas for houses are ten men or five women. The total University quota is 35 pints. 14, at 3 p.m. in the Coliseum. David Foltz, professor of voice and choral director, will conduct the program which will feature four guest soloists and choral groups from the Univer sity and Lincoln. Moore; tenor, Heratd Stark; baritone, Dale Ganz. Mary Robinson, Sally Buchen dorf. and Charlotte Hervert are to serve as accompanists for the;nKcr program. niversiff Research Council Grants faculty Travel fund By ROGER WAIT Staff Writer An organization little known to students is the University Re search Council. This is a central agency established in 1939 for the purposes of assisting and encour aging faculty research, integrat ing information on research proj ects, and administering funds allocated to it for these purposes. The members of the Research Council are appointed in a rather complicated manner. First, the University Faculty Senate appoints a committee on committees, which in turn rec ommends members to the Chancellor. The Chancellor, after receiving their recommen dation, appoints the members of the Research Council. techniques which enhance their effective service to the Univer sity in research and teaching. , Among those given a travel grant was Dr. R. II. Moore, professor of botany, to attend Isotopes Training Course at Oak Ridge, Tenn. (Daily Ne braskan, Oct. 6.) Another important part of the Council's work is grpnting leaves of absence with pay to faculty members for specific research projects. Presently on leave is Dr. E. V. Telle, professor of Ro mance languages. He is studying the life and DeBerquin. Earth," and "The Origin of Life." The Research Council super vises the Instrumentation lab oratory which was established to house items of equipment usable by many departments but too expensive to be dupli cated. The first such item was the electron microscope bought with funds supplied by the University Foundation. The microscope Is located In Fergu- structor in speech and dramatic art, is the stage director of the play. The cast includes M a r v Stromer as Lord rortenus. Di ane Downing as Lady Kitty, .Lick Lan?e as Cllve Champion Cheney, Morrell Clute as Ar nold, Jein 'Carol DeLong as Elizabeth, Tony Melia as Ted die, Kay Barton as Anna, and Fred Longaere as the butler and the footman. Kay Barton Is production man- Under her direction are the various crews. The crews are as follows: sound, Bill Walton, man ager, and Jean Sandstedt; cos tume. Kathleen Kelley, manager. and Peggy Larson; hnnri-props, Margaret Rickel, manager, and Jean Weddle; stage props, Alice Meyers, manager, and Patric'a Hahn and June Dorsett; make-up, Lynn Morgan, manager, and Jack Babcock and Eleanor Guilliatt; and light, Kathleen O'Donnell, manager, and Ruth Ann Rich mond and Al Hazelwood. The play has been in rehear sal since Nov. 10 and every day of the week thereafter for four to six hours each day. Since the announcement of the cast in an earlier issue of The Daily Nebraskan, Jack Lange has replaced D. K. Smith in the role of Clive Champion-Cheney be- Sigma Tau To Initiate 18 Pledges Eighteen students will be ini tiated into Sigma Tau, National Honorary Engineering Fraternity, at a ceremony and banquet Dec. 11, at 7 p. m. at the Lincoln Ho tel, The new members are: W.I liam Bailey, John Blazek. Ed ward Bronp, Will'am Doole, Willard Dudgeon, James Gor don, Arthur Gross, Joel Jouve nat, Louis Keester, Ernest Kruse. Donald L'ndberg, R'ch ard MeCumber, Robert Peter? son, John Rasmuson, Reld Samuelson, Robert Starnes, Bill Stout, and John Tombarge. Verne Hedges, only remaining living founder of Sigma Tau in this community, will present the Sigma Tau key to the new mem bers. The Alpha chapter of Sigma Tau, founded on the campus in 1904, was the first chapter. A $50 award will be given to a senior member who is in the top ten per cent scholastically In engineering and In need of the money, Rex Wiese, publicity chairman, explained. College graduates or seniors in terested In Air Force weather offi cer appointments may now apply at the University AFROTC of fice. Those quallfing will receive, upon graduation, commissions as second lieutenants in the Air Force Reserve and will receive weather officer training, at gov ernment expense, at one of eight nationally-known colleges. Candidates must possess a bac calaureate degree with credits for one year of college physics and mathematics through integral cal culus. Training for college grad uates will begin in June, 1953. Training for June graduates will commence in September, 1953. Schools which will give the meteorology training are Massa chusetts Institute of Technology, New York University, linlver slty of Chicago, Pennsylvania State College, University of California at Los Angeles, Flor ida State University, University of Washington and St. Louis Unlversltw. lnterestea . senior students or son Hall, The Research Council also cause of the lattet's lack of time sponsors contract research proj-'to rehearse. And Kay Barton hds ects from outside sources and replaced Eleanor Guilliatt as pre works o( Chevalier 'service or training urograms fi-'duction manager due to the lat Inanced from outside sources. Iter's illness. Teacher Placement To Meet Applicants All students aspiring for teach ing positions will meet with staff members in charge of the teacher placement division Thursday. The meeting is important to all interested in teaching next year, Dr. W. H. Morton, chairman of teacher placement division, said. Ihe new teacher candidates for the second semester of this year or for next year will meet in Love Library Auditorium at .4 p.m. If it Membership in the fraternity is, is at all possible, Morton said, based on socialbility. practicality, students who have classes at this and scholarship. (hour should arrange with instruc "He must be a junior or senioritors to permit attendance. in the upper third of engineering clashes, Wiese said. While a pledge, each man is required to make a paddle out of one piece of wood. After the paddle Is completed the pl?dge must have the active members, 40 alums, and the pledges sign the paddle. In the spring the freshman with the highest average receives award. Present Sigma Tau officers are: John Whitlock, president; John Warren, vice president; Bob Haight, recording secretary; Dean Buckingham, historian; Herb Sax ton, corresponding secretary; and Don Nelson, treasurer. Builders To Hold Christmas Party Builders will hold its annual Christmas Party Dec. 18 at 7 p.m. in Union Parlors X and Y. Dean G. W Rosenlof will give a pep talk, encouraging University an 'students to contact high school students interested in enrolling in the University next year, during Christmas vacation. Committees will present skits and serve refreshments. All Builders, board members, and committee workers are invited to attend. i graduates, either men or women, may obtain full details by writing to the Commanding General, Air Weather Service, Washington 25, D.C. NU Singers To Present 2 Programs String Quartet, Solos To Highlight Caroling Two complete Christmas Carol programs will be presented by the 120-voice University Singers Sun day at 3 and 4:30 p.m. in the Union Ballroom. Featuring a string quartet, the concert is under the direction of Prof. Arthur E. Westbrook. The quartet, composed of Earl Schu man, Roma Johnson, Arthur Mur phy and Carol Puckett, is ac companied by Charlotte Hervert, pianist and Milford Myhre, or ganist. They will play "the First Noel," "A Carol" and Adeste Fi- deles." Free tickets may be obtained at Miller and Paine, Dietz Muslo store, the Union and the School of Music building. Persons with out tickets will be admitted 15 minutes before each concert. The program will include the songs: "Adoramus," "The Shep herds Story," "The Virgins Cradle Hymn," "The Sleep of the Child J e s u s," "Cherry Tree Carol," "Patapan," "Still Grows the Eve ning," "Jesus Thou Dear Babe Divine" and "What Strangers Are inese. ' In addition, a special number, "A Fantasia on Christmas Car ols." will be presented by the Singers. Anothe added feature of this year's concert will be seven solo voices: Joe Feeney, Jack Wells, Harriet Swanson. Ellen Svoboda, John Moran. MarJorie Danlv unH Janice Wagner. Quality Cards Send a friend a quality Christmas Card Goldenrod Stationery Store 215 North 14th Street The Council also awards a lim ited number of fellowships to fac ulty members for research proj ects during the summer. One IreeiDiont was Mvron .1. Roberts. Present members are: J. R. Al-'associate professor of organ and den, professor of history; J. L.! theory, for composition of organ Champe, associate professor of 'music. anthropology; Julius Cohen, pro fessor of law; J. F. Davidson, as sistant professor of botany and curator of the Herbarium; G. C. Ernst, professor of civil engineer ing and chairman of that depart ment; D. D. Miller, associate pro fessor of zoology: H. A. Paeel. professor of chemistry; W. F. Wright, professor of English; and Each year the Council brings lecturers to the campus. Be sides giving lectures, the visit ing lecturers participate in seminars, discussion groups, and conferences with staff members and graduate stu dents. Nominations for the Montgom ery Lectureship on Contempo- cnairman R. W. Goss. Drofessor'rarv Civilization are handled hv of plant pathology and Dean of the Research Council. Thr rp- the Graduate College. One important phase of the Council's work is its travel grants to faculty members. Travel grants are outright grants of money to faculty members for traveling to cen ters of learning outside the state. At these centers, they , acquire skills, knowledge, and cipients of the lectureship are men who are well-known nation wide. Last year's recipient was Dr. Harold C. Urey, professor of chemistry in the Institute of Nu clear Physics at the University of Chicago. He gave three public lectures on "The Origin of the Solar System," "The Chemical and Climatic History of the "An introduction . to learning" tays J. HILLIS MILLER Preiident, Univrity ot Florida "The Reader's Digest is an introduction to learning. Its variety, brevity, intellec tual stimulation, selective mental diet, and good humor whet. the appetite for more of the same. It leads to larger fields for browsing and deeper cerebration." McNaughton . (Continued from Page 1.) "get off the receiving end of in- - ternational pressure and start - dishing it out." 2. Henry Cabot Lodge He is a man who "can be rough and mean enough to meet the Russians on their own level" and who can infuriate them to the point of fu tility." He is more valuable to the nation as head of the Amer ican delegation to the UN than he would have been in the Senate. 3. Charles E. Wilson "Wilson , is Just what the doctor ordered" for the head of the Department of Defense. This is one of the greatest appointments Eisen , fedwer has made. If anyone can "yank the kinks out" of the de partment, Wilson can do It. 4. Harold Stassen The new head of Mutual Security is able and interested in the foreign aid program. But probably better men could have been appointed. McNaughton said that Sen. Taft "blew a fuse" when Eisen hower appointed Martin P. Dtir kln Secretary of Labor, but that Taft will get over It Basicly, be f aid, Taft and Ike are not tar apart on domestic issues and un doubtedly can reach a work able agreement on foreign policy. He also looked for the coopera tion of Senator McCarthy but not that of Senator Morse. The Oregc:i senator, he said, has a "negrtive attitude on everything" and does a disservice to himself and whatever i-.ifluence he may have by not be in serious rnough. governor Dewey, McNaughton said, will "swing plenty of weight" in the new administration, may come into. the cabinet after com pleting his term as governor. The Time reporter said that Eisenhower knows that h his election to no one group, that ne ran wen ahead of his party and other candidates and that he will be "his own President nn hp- half of the people." Ike will be strong In advocat ing his program on Congress, he said, but he will, be a constitu tional President that Is, he ex plained, he will not act to fill a legislative vacuum but will wait for Congressional action. In the first siv monfhc nt tho new administration, McITaughton said, Eisenhower would like to establish a pattern of clean gov ernment. Ho wants tr rhorlr nn administrative departments and has appointed Gov. Sherman Adams to head a White House sec retariat to facilitate this. McNaughton said he looks for a $10 billion cut In the budget mostly from deductions in na tional defense appropriations. McNaughton carefull exp'ained, however, that this would not seriously affect the program of defense. McNaughton said that Timi magazine, while not usin? editor ials, does not hedge in asserting its stand on Issues and candidates. It does this, he said, by running con- vi-.ions alongside tne news. The maffazinp's lettprs pnlumn Jo not conducted to balance sides of a question, he said, but is designed to present the best and most forceful letters. S . Mm:: Y;l al . . I,.-&Ji&!&,fJm To busy students and educators, The Reader's Digest brings each month a sweep of information which otherwise could be obtained only through days and weeks of painstaking research. Selecting and condensing the most significant material from hundreds of periodicals, The Reader's Digest provides the widest collection of facts with the greatest economy of effort. In December Reader! Digest, youll be interested in A Bible for the 20th Century story of the new Revised Standard Version of the Bible; What You Should Know About Your Eyet a report on eye care and the commoner eye diseases; England Prepares to Crown a Queen the $300,000,000 preparations for the coro nation of Queen "jj" B TI- ... .. . jurol rehearsal a. "AT THE CROi7ion. "" " CONFERENCE IN 'THE CLOUDS Among the undergraduates on any college campus, you'll find the talk reaching up to the clouds. And once in a while in a class room, around a study table, or even in a bull session a really big idea is born. Big ideas come, too, from the men and women in laboratories, business offices, shops. Dut often these professionals are exploring a path first glimpsed in college. How do we know? Because of the many college people who have come into the Bell System, where big ideas and a lot of dreams have taken their place in progress. The human voice, carried along a wire, first across a town, then a state, a nation, and now the world. Music and pictures and things happening delivered into cities and hamlets all across the land by radio and television networks. We're always looking for the men and women who get big ideas -whether they're about people, or machines, or ways of doing things. Your Placement Officer can give you details about oppor tunities for employment in the Bell System. BELL TELEPHONE SYSTFM V t