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Voio of a Craol Midwestern Unfveriiif
dents were initiated into Kappa Tau Alpha, national honorary
society honoring high scholarship in Journalism. Pictured (from
left) are Marjorle Moran, Barbara Adams, Janet Yos and Dick
Reid. Kenneth Rystrom, also initiated, is not shown. Juniors
and seniors rank ng in the upper 10 per cent of their class in the
School of Journalism are eligible for membership in the society
AG COLLEGE PLAYS HOST
Voc Ag Contests
Start Th
urs
day
Several hundred vocational
Nebraska high schools ate attending the 36th Annual State
vocational Agriculture uontest which begins Thursday and
will continue through Friday at the College of Agriculture.
Nearly 700 teams from 120 schools will take part in
j""s"K fuumj, uan v came, dairy
management, croi s and soils
management, annual husbandry,
crops judging and identification,
dairy products, farm mechanics
and farm mangmeent.
All contests show a large in
crease over the 1952 event when
576 teams participated. Animal
husbandry judging has the larg
est number of entries with 106
teams competing.
A total of 97 teams are entered
in dairy cattle judging, 85 teams
in crops judging, 90 teams in
April 29 Set
For Home Ec
Hospitality Day
ine annual Hospitality day for
high school junior and senior
women will be held April 29 at
the College of Agriculture. The
day is being sponsored by the
University's home economics de
partment. The purpose of the hos
pitality day is to acquaint high
M.-I1UU1 women with the opportuni
uca in me neias 01 nome eco
nomics. Last year 500 Nebraska
high school women attended.
btudent general chairman for
ine event Is Marilyn Sehnert. The
racuity general chairman is Vir
ginia Trotter.
Other student chairmen are:
personnel, Marilyn Larson; pro
gram, Connie Clark; noontime en
tertainment, Barbara Crowe;
tours, Lois Kieckhafer; stops-on-tours,
Elaine Millen; publicity,
Mary Ellen Maronde; favors, Mar
tha Huerman; food, Margaret Har
mon and registration, Sharon
Reed.
The faculty co-chairmen are:
prdgram, Mrs. Trotter and Mrs.
Mary Hall; noontime entertain
ment, Dr. Doretta Schlaphoff; and
stop-on-tours, Mrs. Fern Brown;
favors, Miss Loraine Wilson; food!
Dr. Josephine Brooks and regis
tration, Mrs. Ruth Ganshorn.
The day's program will include
a style show, panel discussion,
lunch in the College Activities
building and tours of the home
economics department.
crops and soils judging, 79 in farm
mechanics judging and 67 in farm
management judging.
Travelling the greatest distance
to the contest is the Harrison
High School team. Other teams
which had to travel a great dist
ance are Scottsbluff, Kimball,
Bayard and Crawford.
Registration for one or more
teams includes representation
from the following towns: Ains
worth, Allen, Alliance, Ansley,
Arapahoe, Ashland, Atkinson
Auburn Aurora. Barneston, Bas
sett, Bayard, Beatrice. Beaver
City, Benkelman, Big Springs and
Blair,
Cambridge, Campbell. Central
City, Chadron, Chappell, Colum-
ous, uozad, Crawford, David City,
Eagle, Elkhorn, Fairbury, Filley,
Franklin, Fremont, Fullerton, Gen
eva, Genoa, Gibbon, Gothenburg,
Grant, Harrison, Hastings and He
bron.
Other entries are: Holbrook,
Holdrege, Holmesville, Hooper,
Howells Humboldt, Imperial,
Kearney, Kimball, Lewiston, Lin
coin, Litchfield. Loup City, Lyons,
Mead, Milford, Minatare, Minden,
Nebraska City Nehawka, Neligh.
Nelson and Newman Grove.
Norfolk, North Platte, Oak.
land, Ogallala, O'Neill, Ord, Osce
ola, Oshkosh, , Oxford, Papillion,
Pawnee . City, Pender, Pierce,
Plainview. Randolph, Ravenna,
Red Cloud Rushville, St. Paul,
Sargent, Schuyler, Scotia, Scotts.
bluff and Scribner.
ReDresentatives are also here
from Seward, Shelby, Shelton,
Sidney, Springview, S t a n t o,n
Stromsburg Superior, Sutherland,
Sutton, Table Rock, Talmage,
Taylor, Tecumseh, Tekemah, Val-
Ipv, Verdigre. Wakefield, Wauneta
Waverly, Wayne, West Point, Wil
ber, Wilcox, Wisner and York.
VOL. 52 No. 109
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA
ThursdayApril 9, 1953
NU COLISEUM
Monday Set
orLomhanlo
Band Concert
Guy Lombaro, orchestra leader,
will bring the Royal Canadians
to present the program the
"Sweetest Music This Side of
Heaven" to the Coliseum Monday
at 8:30 p.m. for a concert per
formance.
Tickets for the concert are on
sale at Schmoller and Mueller
Piano Co., 1212 'O' St., until Mon
day. Reserved tickets are 3.00,
$2.50, and $2.00. General admis
sion is $1.25.
Tickets will be on sale at the
Coliseum box office Monday even
ing. Acts travelling with the Royal
Canadians include: Carmen, Le
bert and Victor, Lombardo's three
brothers; Kenny Gardner, soloist;
Bill Flannigan, guitar player and
soloist; Lombardo Twin Pianos,
played by two brothers of Lom
bardo.
Death Overshadows Drivers
During Leisurely Weekends
By CYNTHIA HENDERSON
Staff Writer
A recent study by insurance
companies in the days of the
occurance of traffic accidents
illustrates one of the ironies of
life in America.
Most of us think of weekends
as a time for rest and pleasure.
We go for a drive in the coun
try, play a game of tennis or
golf, visit with our friends, re
lax at the swimming club and
in the evening perhaps there
will be a dance or a movie. But
it is also a time of climactic
violence on our roads. More
than 15,000 persons were killed
and nearly 750,000 hurt in
weekend accidents last year.
Forty per cent of the death and
36 per cent of the injuries were
recorded on Saturdays and Sun
days in 1952.
The ' most dangerous day of
the week was Saturday, partly
because more cars are in use
- Saturday than on any week day.
Saturday night for too many
people is a time when drinking
and driving get together. No
one knows exactly how many
traffic accidents are caused by
drinking drivers, but everyone
knows it is a major problem.
Every one needs to know that
even one drink before a drive is
too many.
.Sunday ranked second highest
in the number killed with 19.1
per cent. Following were: Fri
day, 14.6 per cent; Thursday,
12.3 per cent; Monday, 12.2 per
cent; Wednesday, 10.5 per cent;
and the "safest" day was Tues
day; 10.4 per cent.
Coed Counselor Filings
Open For Big Sisters
Six Seniors
To Appear
In Concert
Officer Filings
Open Monday
For NUCWA
Filings for NUCWA president,
vice-president, secretary and
treasurer will onen Monday and
continue through Tuesday.
Each person filing must be a
voting member (membership fee
paid by January 31) and must
have attended four meeting prior
to April 1.
Two candidates will be nomi
nated for each office. Application
blanks are in the NUCWA box
in the basement of the Union.
Those applying will fill out the
replication blank and leave it in
the NULw'A box.
The new vice-president will be
in enarcc or me spring onier-
Six University seniors will tip
pear as soloists with the Univer
sity Symphony Orchestra in a
concert Sunday at 4 p.m. in the
Union ballroom.
The soloists arc: Milford Myhrc.'pnre next year.
",?Tlli ,w,0Slcy "Clsl la"n,crl Candidate interviews
n.f Hum iviurun, icnor; rm
Mohr, soprano; nnd Charlotte
Hervert, pianist. The students,
chosen by their classmates in the
music department, were desig
nated as outsanding in their re
spective musical fields. Rohert
Chab, tuba, player, and Earliternlty Intercuts," chattin
Mitchell, percussion, were alsowlth the "fraternity Interest"
selected for recognition, but will housemother on the night of the
not appear in Sunday's concert. fraternity formal.
The concert, directed by Eman- in,e 0rorltv housemother quer
uel Wishnow, will be divided into ipd wj,0 take to
will be
held prior to the election on April
23.
it happened at nu
A local housemother, aiding the
musR of one of her rlrls "fra-
mx parts, featuring each or the
student 6oloists. The program in
cludes: Concerto in F Major,
Larghctto, Allegro, Alia Sieili
anna, and Presto by Milford
Myhrc; Concerto in A Major and
Allegro Moderato by Wesley Rcist;
Lc reve from Manon by John
the formal tonUht?" The reply,
slightly Inaudible was, "he's a
law student and went out with
Moot court tonight."
"Oh, is that Dr. Court's daugh
ter?" asked the sorority house
mother. A period of silence from
Moran; Concerto in D Major and the other end of the iie was
Allegro by Pat Felger Schmidt; broken by a ch ,uckle when the
Pace, pace, mio Dio from La housemother real lied she hd
Forza del destlno by Janclle Mohr; been m sunderstood. No my
and Concerto No 5, Opus 73 and dear, that's not Dr. Court u
nausiiicr. i . nan icicbujik v
Kenny Martin and Cliff Grass
are the featured members of the
orchestra.
Two additional acts travelling
with the troupe are, Johnny
O Brien, the "Harmonica Humor
ist," and The Four Evans, fre
quently referred to as "Two Gen
erations of the Dance."
Lombardo is playing in Des
Moines, Iowa this week and will
appear in McCook on Sunday.
Following his concert at the Col
iseum, Lombardo will travel to
St. Joseph, Mo.
Lombardo and company, spon
sored locally by Schmoller and
Music Co., are touring the country
as part of the Witt Presentations
of St. Joseph, Missouri.
Doors open at 6:45 p. m.
Filings for the Coed Counselor
"Big Sisters" will open Monday,
Freshmen, sophomore and junior
I coeds may file from Monday to
Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in
liilen bmith.
Filings will be accepted on the
Ag Campus in the Home Econom
ics building from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
from Monday to Friday.
"We have established a new
system this year whereby fewer
Coed Counselors will be selected.
We plan to chose a more select
group in the hopes of a successful
year next year," said Marilyn Er
win, president.
For the first time, interviews
will be held for applicants. The
interviews will be held Saturday,
April 18, starting at 9:30 a.m.
and also Monday, April 20, and
Tuesday, April 21 at 5:00 p.m.
Coed Counselors must have a
5.0 average. They will also be
required to attend weekly meet
ings with their board member, as
sist in Penny Carnival and Friend
ship Dinner, be present at New
Student Week, write letters dur
ing the summer to their "little
sisters," and attend all of the
Campus Know-how sessions and
the mass meetings.
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Three Fraternities Hit
In Vacation Robberies
Cash and valuable totaling
nearly $500 were stolen from three
fraternities during the Easter va
cation period.
Don Dunbar, treasurer of Sigma
Chi fraternity, said that his locked
steel desk had been pried open
and approximately $40 in cash
taken. He noted that a camera
(belonging to Stan Shumway,)
valued at over $200 and several
lenses had also been taken from
the unlocked room.
Members of Beta Sigma Psi re
ported that $200 in cash had been
stolen from a locked file cabinet
in treasurer Dick Heubner's room.
Rex Meyer, of Farmhouse fra
ternity said that $10 to $15 had
been taken from a locked desk in
the fraternity house.
Dunbar explained that the theft,
probably occurring Saturday eve
ning, was discovered and reported
to the Lincoln police Sunday eve
ning. He said that several instru
ments, a hammer, a kitchen skillet
and a lamy had been used to pry
open his locked desk drawer.
After the desk was open, he
Grant, Green Win
Moot Court Finals
William H. Grant, Columbus, i was defeated in a case involving
and Robert W. Green, Danbury.ltwo gas companies.
Allecro bv Charlotte Hervert,
The concert, open to the public,
will be free of charge.
Moot court case that's entertain
lne tonight."
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AN EDITORIAL
Our Campaign For Safety
By DON PIEPER
Editor
There have been a lot of folks with a lot of bad words for your
Daily Nebraskan's safety campaign. I haven't heard anyone say
that safety shouldn't be emphasized the problem seems to be the
form of emphasis.
Our campaign has five main forms:
1. A safety pledge we run the pledge every day and ask that
it be signed and returned to our offices in the basement of the
Union. ...... - . , ... .
2. Traffic violations each day we run the names of every stu
dent or faculty member found guilty of a traffic violation in the
Lincoln municipal court.
3. Accident pictures every so often we run a picture of a bad
accident hoping that the reader may better grasp the significance
of safety by seeing what has happened to others.
4. Articles when we find a good source, we publish interviews
with important men in accident prevention work.
5. Banner headlines every day we run a safety slogan as a
banner headline across the bottom of the paper.
We're not kidding ourselves about this campaign we don't
expect miracles. We don't even expect to be able to point to any
tangible results at the end of the campaign. But that doesn't mear.
that there will be no results.
The result we want is safety-consciousness.
We do not run the pledges or any of the other ideas in the
campaign because we think that they are an end in themselves
We are not so naive that we promise protection from accidents to
those who sign our pledge. The only purpose is to get individuals
to think about safety because the only way to increase Safety is
through Individual thought.
Every person who signs the pledge is thinking about safety
even if only for that little while. Every person who refuses to sign
is thinking about safety. Every joke that is made about the pledge,
the campaign or The Nebraskan because we are running the pledge
and sponsoring the campaign is helping make this campus safety-
conscious.
We don't think that the pledge is a waste of space if it is
signed. But if the student body is going to ignore the pledge, and
statistics certainly seem to indicate that it is being ignored, then we
are making a mistake by running it. There are no trick phrases ir
the pledge. We are not trying to get you to promise anything that
you wouldn't do normally without a pledge. We are merely asking
that you think in terms of safety during 1953.
There are plenty of pledges available. One is printed In every
issue of the paper and we have pads down at the office.
Every organization on the campus ought to get behind this drive
and emphasize safety. With modern transportation facilities, it jusl
isn't any Joke. I would like to set Builders, AUF, Red Cross, Tas
sels, Corn Cobs, Coed Counselors, AWS, IFC, Pan-Hel, N Club,
BABW, the professional societies, the honoraries, every organiza
tion on campus get back of this drive and push safety.
A letterip last week called the drive trite. If it's trite to try to
save lives, tnen were guilty. Ana, lurmermore, we want every
group on this campus to be guilty too.
There is no reason why students, who form one of the most
dangerous groups of drivers, should laugh at safety.
What can you do?
It shouldn't be too child-like to invite a Stale Safety Patrolman,
a Lincoln police officer, a Judge or any other qualified person tc
talk to your group on the mechanics of safety. The Nebraskan
safety pledge could be distributed in meetings. Posters could be
painted and distributed. But, most important, you could discuss
the subject and think of your own projects.
And while you're thinking, work on some ideas for The Daily
Nebraskan. As I said, the main objections seem to be with the
forms The Nebraskan uses to emphasize safety. Think up some
new ones. We are willing to consider any new ideas. What we
want Is a safety-conscious campus, if our methods aren't doing the
job we want to know the methods which will.
We don't mind criticism, but what we really want is construc
tive criticism.
The campaign was started because one of our fellow students
was killed and another seriously injured in a highway accident
During the campaign, a student accidentally struck a 75-year-oid
man seriously injuring him. We are not fighting with windmills,
our enemy Is the chance-taking driver and pedestrian.
climaxed the "Battle of Wits"
Wednesday night by winning the
finals of the Moot Court competi
tion.
The team of John E. Dier and
Warren R. Wise, both of Lincoln,
Pi Lambda Theta
Schedules Meeting
Pi Lambda Theta, Teachers Col
lege honorary for women, will
meet Thursday at 7 p.m. in Union
parlor Y.
Included in the evening s pro
gram will be a discussion on "be
ginning years in the teaching pro
gram," by a panel of University
Teachers College graduates who
have taught one or two years.
Jo Ann Hinds, special education
teacher in Lincoln and Pat Black,
physical education teachers in
Everett Junior High School will
be featured members of the panel
Election of next year's officers
will be conducted also.
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By BILL DEVRIES
Staff Writer
Well. I heard a few new
nies over the vacation, so perhaps
you will get a giggle or two from
this column in the weeks to come.
A lot of college students spent
spring vacation in many different
ways. Most people went home, if
it was possible, but I heard of one
guy who stayed here in Lincoln
and had a wonderful week-end
Accompanied by a luscious gal,
this college student entered a lo
cal fur emporium on Friday after
noon. "Show us your best mink
coats and ermine stoles," he com
manded. Quickly models paraded
expensive fur garments. His
beautiful companion chose two of
each.
"Ahhh. fine. I'll buv 'em. Put
her initials into the linings, wrap
'em up, and deliver them to my
suite at the Cornhusker Hotel.
How much do I owe you alto
gether? Twenty-eight thousand
dollars? OK. Here's my check.
You can clear it over the week
end."
Tuesday morning the collece
student voluntarily walked into
the "fur salon.
Your check bounced!" the
Credit Manager angrily accosted
him.
"Naturally." placated the stu
dent. "Knew it would. And I
thank you people for a wonderful
week-end."
The weather man says that If
you plan a picnic on Friday, It
had hetter be an indoor one.
The forecast Is for a windy,
cold, cloudy day.
Sweet young thine fdisizust-
edly): My boy friend has cold feet.
Fond auntie: Shame on you.
young lady. In my day we didn't
find out such things until we were
married.
A college student went into a
fine restaurant and ordered baked
ham. When his dinner came, he
took one bite out of the ham and
got a nauseated look on his face.
"Waiter," he cried, "arc you sure
this ham was cured?"
"Why, yes, sir," was the reply.
"Yeah?) Well, it's had a relapse."
Dier and Wise represented a
gas company which appealed a
lower court decision that it
should pay damages to a second
company for gas which this com
pany had stored in exhausted gas
fields and which the first com
pany had unknowingly recovered,
The victors, Grant and Green, de
fended the second company.
The two teams were winners in
elimination competition carr i e d
on among law students over a
period of six semesters.
The winners names are placed
on a plaque in the foyer of the
Law College.
The competition Vas estab
lished as a memorial to Thomas
S. Allen, the first graduate of the
College of Law.
noted, the thief or thieves broke
open a cash box in which the
money was kept.
Sam Bell, fraternity member,
said the thief gained entrance to
the house by breaking a window
in the rear door. He noted that
the house had been locked for the
vacation time and no members
were staying there Saturday.
Ken Meisinger, Beta Sig, said
the theft was discovered when
treasurer Dick Huebner returned
from his vacation. The money had
been kept in a locked filing cab
inet which was found open by
Huebner.
Meisinger noted that several
members had been living in the
fraternity house during the va
cation period, but they had not
been there constantly. "How
ever," he said, "when they were
not in the house, it was locked."
"Some of the fellows noted a
suspicious car parked near the
house, "Meisinger said, "and they
took down its license number."
Meisinger noted that he thought
police were checking on the num
ber to determine to whom the car
belonged.
Several members of the fra
ternity were living in the house
during the vacation time, he said,
but not constantly. He explained
that the house was usually locked
when the members were absent.
Sergeant John C. Furrow, head
of the University police, said that
no report of the thefts had been
given his office. He said that dur
ing the vacation period, two Uni
versity policemen patrolled the
campus on foot to check on fra
ternity and sorority houses that
had been left open.
A check with other sorority or
fraternity houses showed that no
further thefts of money had not
been discovered. , However, Jack
Nelson of Delta Tau Delta said
that "Sfluabbie" the paper mache
dog had been removed from the
house roof.
Vandals painted a large sign on
the white walls of the Kappa
Kappa Gamma sorority.
Lincoln police reported late
Wednesday afternoon that they
have taken fingerprints at the
scenes of the Sigma Chi and Beta
Sigma Psi thefts.
'Judy Garland7 Selected
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Garland" a high school dancing horse owned and ridden by Allan
Walker has been selected as the featured event In this annual Ag
campus show set for April 18.
So far
crr
University Students
have signed
The Nebraskan
Safety Pfedgo
Featured event at the 19th an
nual Block and Bridle Spring
Livestock Show will be the high
school dancing horse, "Judy Gar
land."
"Judy Garland" will be shown
by her owner Allan Walker and
his daughter, Ruth Walker Howe.
The first part of the dancing
horse's act will be to exhibit the
five gaits; walk, trot, slowgait,
rack, canter, piaffer (trot in
place) and the passage (Spanish
high trot). This will be done with
a four reined bridle, double bits
and an English saddle.
Next "Judy Garland" will dis
play the pivot with right foot
raised, pivot with left foot raised,
pivot or wind, camel stretch, sit
down and "lay down."
The final part of the high school
dancing horse exhibition will be
to have all the equipment but a
track halter removed from the
horse. Then the high school danc
ing horse will go through the same
five gaits at the command of the "
master of ceremonies, Nela Har
lan. Walker says: " 'Judy Garland' is
the only five gaited horse that
shows five distinct gaits and high
schooled work without a saddle
or bridle."
Other events of the livestock
show are the beef, sheep, and
swine showmanship contests and
the coed horse riding contest.
Traffic Violations
As a part of The Dally Nebraskan's safety campaign, your
student newspaper Is publishing: the names of all students and
faculty members convicted of traffic violations In Lincoln Munici
pal Court. All names will be run. The Nebraskan Is not trying
to embarrass Individuals but Impress everyone for the need for
safety.
Al'ltll, t, 1H53
Homnyon J. Aniarl, 2402 Cnlurm-t. Junior In Arti and Science, ploaded (1)111 to
failure to ylM rlirht of wy, fined 110 mnd co,t.
Jrnme K. ftarton, 17ni E, unphomnrt in BiultiMi Administration, plac!d guilty to
vIolntinK ft up MRR, f irirrl yi and rnli.
DolnnM L. Bnndt, 4Mo So. t2, freahman undeclared, pleaded guilty to Violating a
mnp lgn, fined 12 and eoma.
Virgil i. Onttch. 14. IP 8, junior In Bunlnen Admlnlitratlon, pleaded guilty to violating
a "top ii:n, lined Si and mat.
KelRh W. Klnaomeyer, 3841 Dudley. Junior In Enjtneerlng Collet;, pleaded guilty t
vlntntlng a "top ln, fined f 1 and conn.
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Clnmie K. Herreokman, 14111 R, aorthomora In Bualnee Administration, pleadad gulltf
to negligent driving, fined fti and onuU.
Everelt L. KiKhar, 4640 Bancroft, atudent at large, pleaded guilty to peeding. flnadl
(13 and emit.
Wuyne ,'. Heevee, 2217 Worthlnglnn, freehman In Bualneea Administration. Pleaded
guilty to apeeding, fined (B and ooeU.
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