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Horn"' Jhe Nebraskan Asks Today: 'Can We Support AUF?' Sports Editor Looks At Huskers And Tries Not To Complain See Page Three For Column 5ee Pag Two or Editorial : . V , t i Vol. 53, No. 10 LINCOLN, NEBRASKA Tuesday, October 6, 1953 Hz Ad College lets EBewemi Three Business Honoraries Select Delegates To Reorganized Council From sixteen applicants, the is to "represent the student body Mowing students were elected in promoting functions of the to membership on the recently. College, in relationships with the organized Student Council of the faculty, and to promote general College of Business Administra- welfare of students and College." tion; Tne Council was reorganized Sophomores John Chappell, after an absence from the cam- Minden; Andrew nove, ivunuen, yua ui eieven years Md Norman Veitzer, Lincoln. juniors Rita Dorn. Lincoln; mr,rtha Hill. Lincoln; Jerry Jen- n Cozad, and Phil Shade, Franklin. coninrs Robert Bartizal, Lin .in- Charles Battey. Lincoln; inaii Holden, Grand Island, and Verlin Rasmussen, St. Paul. STUDENTS IN the College voted for the members of their class. The three honorary societies of the College appointed tne xouow ing students to represent them on the Council: Delta Sigma Pi. Delphin Som merhalder, Lincoln; Alpha Kap pa Psi, Homer Kenison, Flan dreu, S. Dak., and Phi Chi Theta, Wilma Larson, Broken Bow. Dean Earl Fullbrook, an ex officio member, and another fac ulty member to be selected at the Council's first meeting Tues day will comprise the faculty representation. THE PURPOSE of the Council Chancellor's Reception Set Friday Faculty, Wives To Be Received Acting Chancellor and Mrs. John K. Selleck will be hosts to University staff members and their wives and husbands at the traditional Chancellor's Recep tion Friday from 8 to 10 p.m. at Raymond Hall. Invited guests include mem bers of the Board of Regents and their wives: Mr. and Mrs. C. Y. Thompson of West Point, Mr. Robert Devoe of Lincoln, Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Welsh of dmzhi. Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Elliott of ScoUihlufX, Dr. and Mrs. Earle Johnson of Grand Island wid Dr. B. N. Greenberg of York. FACULTY MEMBERS who lave new assignments as de partmental chairmen and their vives will be in the receiving lines, and include: Capt. and Mrs. W. O. Gallery, Col. and Mrs. J. A. Stenglein. Dr. and Mrs. Herbert P. Jacobi of Omaha, Dr. and Mrs. Cecil L. Wittson of Omaha, Dr. and Mrs. i.H'.Pii,1erson' Dr- and Mrs. hn L. Champe, Dr. and Mrs. ? M-ntc-r, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Worth, Dr. and Mrs. Varro t- Tykr, Jr., Dr. and Mrs. Harold 0. Hokk, and Dr. A. C. tireekennrige. .Dean and Mrs. J. p. Colbert MU greet guests from the head a tne receiving line. Horseshoe Field Nears Completion Ccmrtructiun of a horseshoe ,',vm'n lhe Coliseum and J Military and Naval Science -adding te cornpiett.d f0me thi.v wwk. iiv-arks.ow'T' dirtclr t the a ?n ot buWings and grounds id that work had been held up cu w the proper kind of clay uld not be found. nrmrmr!JC'tJOn WS last prmg aiUr the horseshoe field requeued by Charles Mil ."l?ltlg thairn of physical tion and intramural ath- Nebraskan Wins First Class Title ACP Favors Editorial Page First Class rating has been awarded to last year's second semester Daily Nebraskan. The rating, given by the Asso ciated Collegiate Press, is deter mined by scoring newspapers as to excellence in writing, typog raphy and news coverage. The total score of all the newspapers i individual judging divisions in dicates into which class the pa per falls. Numerical scores determine ratings of All-American, super ior, First Class, excellent; Sec ond Class. good: Third Cass. fair, and Fourth Class, no hon ors. TIIE DAILY Nebraskan was criticized for lack of front page feature material, typographical errors, copyreading and makeup discrepancies. The APC wrote favorable criticism of the Daily Nebraskan's editorial page con tent, sports coverage and head line writing. Including daily, weekly, hi- weekly, and monthly newspa pers, 289 papers entered the annual ACP A!l-American Criti cal Service. According to thp honor ratine and score ranpe chart, seven papers received All Amgrican ratings; 10 received First Class ratings and five re ceived Second Class ratings. No ratings were given in Classes Three and Four. Last semester's Daily Nebras kan was edited by Don Pieper, University alumnus, now report ing for a Norfolk newspaper. Orchesis Practice Held Shirley Ledingham (left) and Jerry Ramsdell, practice for the coming Orchesis tryouts to be held Oct. 14. Orchesis projects for the coming year include the annual Spring Re cital in April and several pro grams for Lincoln organiza tions during the Christmas season. Orchesis Tryouts Date Announced Tryouts for Orchesis, modern dance organization, will be held Oct. 14 at 7 p.m. in Grant Me morial Gym. To be eligible for tryouts, co eds must attend at least one practice session. The last prac tice will be Wednesday at 7 p.m. More than 50 girls attended the first session, held last Wednes day. A special practice for men in terested in Orchesis will be held Tuesday at 7 p.m. Proposed Orchesis activities include the annual recital April 2 and 3 and a Christmas program for the women's division of the Lincoln Chamber of Commerce. Students who are not selected for Orchesis will be placed in Pre-orchesis. The Outside World New Chief Justice Warren Takes Over Duties Monday By WILLIE DESCII Staff Writer In the presence of the eight associate justices. President Eisenhower. Mrs. Warren, and a large audience, Earl Warren was sworn in Monday as the 14th Chief Justice of the United States. More Fighting According to the French com mand in Indo-China the land ing of French paratroops on a big Vietminh supply base on the Chinese border has resulted in bitter fighting. This is the second of such attacks in the last 10 weeks on a major link in the Communist-held Viet- momoney To Speah In Lincoln Warren raised his right hand rnih's supply line from Red and took an oath to give justice Cnina- mpartially to the poor and to lUTkey Ufl LOUMCff the rich, before the court clerk, Harold Wiliey. After a conference with At torney General Brownell and other governmental officials. President Eisenhower directed the Justice Department to apply for a Taft-Hartley law injunc tion to end the East Coast long shoremen's strike. Following the eighth ballot in the United Nations Security Council, Turkey, backed by the United States, won over Russian-supported Poland for a seat on the Council. Two other council vacancies were filled by Brazil and New Zealand, who were elected without much opposition. Young Demos Plan Meeting Sen. Mike Monroney (D-Okla) will be the featured speaker at the biennial convention of the Nebraska Young Democrats Clubs in Lincoln Oct. 23 and 24. Monroney will speak at the banquet Saturday night, Oct. 24, according to Dick Hansen, Lan caster County Young Democrats publicity chairman and Univer sity law student. ' HANSEN ALSO revealed plans for a banquet and dance Satur day night and for a discussion of the proposed bi-cameral leg islature at a public resolutions committee meeting Friday night. Reservations for banquet and dance may be secured from the convention chairman, Don Knut- zen, University graduate and in structor in the geography de partment, at Apt. B-7, 227 No. 11th St. Sen. Monroney, a native Ok lahoman, graduate of Oklahoma University, and former newspa per man and businessman, has been a member of Congress for 13 years, serving in the House from 1940 until his election to the Senate in 1950. i-resiaem tisennower re- y f'Ior ceived a report from a special farmers IO WfifeS inquiry board stating that a peaceful settlement could not be expected at an early date. because of several complicated issues connected with the strike. Because of the drought con ditions throughout Nebraska many farmers have been forced to seek city employment. There is more demana ior employ The injunction may not provide ment for farmers than at any complete peace. The strike has time since before World War paralyzed shipping on the East II, announced the Nebraska Coast State Employment Service. m-ka Cflllpno i lillfA 4" lH JVC UiiUIUUiUS finalists To Be Chosen Tuesday From Senior Women; Winner Will Reiqn Friday At Farmers Formal Dance leclion Jo Determine or 1953 Dance Queen rs n f TTn.'rm in rariie must be tire- Barnes, oienaaaine tn, ueneva SUff Writ,. RaniM Elizabeth Bredthauer Eg- . ,Jve candidate, for Oueen of To be eligible as a queen can- gert, Joan Carlson, Connie Clark lJ Farmers Formal will didate. women ; must be Ag Co , - KWJXX cnosen Tiims. ; , lege seniors wiui a ci6.u ..- W L J erae of 5 5 or hiher' acCOrd" n JT ectJon- Fron Cve ing to Dale Reynolds, chairman uSfr1' queen will be of the presentation committee. nd by couples who attend Ei,ch Pte i l'g- CANDIDATES FOE Farmers w st one vote. Formal Queen are: Voting booths will be open Barbara Akeson, Stephanie Al- 18 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Ag len, Terry Barnes. V i r ginla olifornia Professor To Show Film Wednesday On African Expedition Dr Edwin M. Lotb. University hi, a tribe previously unstudied California professor, will bj anthropologists. It includes 7 50-minute film on his tw o principal ceremonies, one in mesa Expedition at 8 pm honor of tribal males, the other 'Mnesday in the Love Library marriage ceremony, 'planum. On Thursday, Dr. Loeb will The expedition was sponsored conduct two open seminars in f Unjvcrs:ty of California the Laboratory of Anthropology J. 1547-1948. Dr. Loeb and his in the east basement of Burnett accompanied him on HalL , t , African trip, will be avail- The first seminar will be held uf 5f question at the meet- at 10 jm. and will be devoted to it'.. Tht, i no admission a discussion of making motion pictures in the field. , The second seminar will be , T,,E MCTUIE shows the general in nature. Although the ;IJrt division of labor between time has not been definitely set, - na females U the Ovam- it wili he held in tbe sdUiimoa. Marilyn Erwin, Shu-ley Flana gan, Naomi George, Carolyn Gierhan. Ruth Green, Ruth Greer Bell. Clara ' Gregersen, Wanda Ham, Lura Harden, Virginia Holloway, Lois Kieckhafer, Beth Kinnier, -Marilyn Larson, Con nie Lindley, and Earlene Luff. ESTELLA LUTES, Mary Ma ronde, Mary Jean Niehaus. Lovis Nyquist, Marjorie Pape, Maxine Peterson, Melinda Pfister. Lois Pierce, Barbara Raun, Sharon Reed, Joan Reifschneider Jones, and Elizabeth Rohwer. Caroline Ross, Marilyn Seh nert, Mary Ellen Slagle. Ardyth Smith. Barbara Spilker, Rose Ann Stiffler, and Marlene Tiller. The Farmers Formal will be held Friday, with Bill Albers and his orchestra furnishing music. Dancing will be from 8:30 p.m. to 11:30 pm. in the College Activi ties building. Tickets will be on sale the rest of the week for $1.25. They may be purchased at the door the night of the dance or from any Ag Exec, member. Proper attire for the dance is cotton and Dancing, Craft Lessons Begin Dancing lessons are offered for students starting Tuesday. They will be held every Tues day through November at 7:30 p.m. in the Union ballroom. Donna McCandless, profes sional instructor, will teach basic steps, then proceed the Charles ton, tango, jitterbug, rhumba and shag ; The Union craft shop will be open beginning this week for those interested in hand craft every Thursday at 7 p.m. in the Union basement, Room 14. Mrs. Ruth Coleman will give instruc tion in tooling of leather and soft metals and in the use of textile paints. Pomnmer Laojro NU Solicitors Will Canvass Independents T h AUlF fficoalDy 'More Than Lip Service' Fellow Cornhuskers: This week marks the opening of the tenth Annual All Univer sity Fund campaign. Of all activities sponsored directly by students, I believe AUF is the most outstanding. It is the kind of activity which proves The annual All University TTiin V wb-nf F flinnpr will officially launch their drive that University students do more than give lip service to projects Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. in Parlors in support of the general welfare. XYZ of the Union. Many people, you know, smile a little when University people SeUeck iS" bT honorJeahngue in favor of any project which involves a show of idealism, and speaker at the dinner. The All University Fund campaign gives the entire University Peyton "Tim" Short, regional community an opportunity to do more than just speak in favor of secretary of the World Univer- . worthy endeavors as World University Service, the American Heart Association, the fight against cancer, and the charitable and public service agencies affiliated with the Community Chest. It is my hope that all of us, students and faculty alike, will utilize this opportunity fully. John K. Selleck Acting Chancellor sity Service, will also speak. Executive, publicity and so licitation boards will be intro duced. The program will fea ture Robie Ryder, Phyllis Lou don, Ruth Wiebe, Mickey Walt and Carole Unterseher in their interpretation of "Egyptian Ella." MASS. SOLICITATION will begin immediately after the dinner when 250 solicitors will gather for a kick-off meeting at Love Library at 6:30 p.m. They will then begin the canvassing of independent students. The so licitors should report back by 10:10 p.m. Lincoln has been divided into 11 districts, with approximately 2,400 people to be contacted. Solicitors will meet Wednes day at 5 p.m. in the Union to start the second day of . inde pendent solicitation. They will return by 7 p.m. Persons not contacted either Tuesday or Wednesday eve ning will be reached during the week-end. LAST YEAR over $750 was collected from independent so licitations. "We hope to go way over this amount and our hope is that every student contacted will give what he is able," Sue Brownlee, chairman of inde pendent solicitation, said. Contributions from the 1953 AUF drive will be given to the American Heart Association, the American Cancer Society, the Lincoln Community Chest and the World University Service. Enrollment Fails To Reach Anticipated 7,000 Mark The enrollment for the fall se- mately a six per cent increase mester has failed to reach" the over Tasl "year's enrollment of IP31!,!!!,' freshmen, however, the total Xioovcr, uiicvuui w. .fj"" and records. The total enroll ment up to Oct. 2 was 6752. The figures showed approxi- Cross Reported Burned In Front Of ZBT House 'Probably Prankster Police Say By CHICK TAYLOR shooting 10 or 12 feet into the Staff Writer air. Upon investigation, he saw A fiery cross was reported to the burning cross, have been placed in front of the He immediately called police. Zeta Beta Tau fraternity house Adams reported he had found early Sunday morning. no clues which might lead to An eye-witness reported to those responsible for the burn- The Nebraskan that the flam- ing. ing cross, about four feet high, xvur-sr niTrsTrnvrn appeared to have been soaked in TUTESTI2N,P . ajout easoline or oil before being the incident, J. P. Colbert, dean ?Lced in ?he ground m front udent affairs said, "This i. of the Jewish fraternity. first I've heard about it. The University has received no offi- THE CROSS - BURNING ap- cial notification of any such thing peared to have occurred within taking place on the campus." a few hours of the painting of Adams said, "In my opinion it "By, by, Glassford" at the north was a campus affair. Probably entrance of the Social Sciences the work of pranksters. A young Building. The red letters were man about 22 years of age was first noticed Sunday morning, seen running away from the No evidence, however, linked the scene by a resident of the house, two events. There was no apparent damage, A residence of the house, ac- but the flames could have caused cording to investigating officer, a serious fire." ex-Husker Dale Adams, stated miciA IrTisnwrn - that he was awakened about 4 m?LSI!AL7LR HH a. m. Sunday by a bright flame ZBT, said, There iicvd Pur v vii an j vju4ii v. a like that on the campus. It came out of a clear blue sky." Sheldon Green, president of the fraternity, had no comment. Lincoln police chief, Joe Car rol, stated that tie had received no official report of the inci dent and expressed hi belief that it was the work of prac tical jokers. Union Talent Show Tryout Date Named Tryouts for the Union Talent Show will be held at 7 p.m. on Oct. 7 and 8 in the Union Ball room. Every act that auditions will be placed in the Union talent file. From this file, acts will be chosen for paid performances before numerous Lincoln groups. FROM THOSE trying out, 12 acts will be selected to appear in the talent show Nov. 8. An nouncement of the acts surviv ing the tryouts will be made in the Tuesday. Oct. 13 issue of The Nebraskan. Three prizes of $10, $7 and $3 will be awarded to winners of the talent show, as selected by the judges. Those who wish to compete in the tryouis may sign up m the Union Activities Office or contact Billie Croft, entertain ment director of Union activities. number of students remained about the same as last year. HOOVER SAID his reasons for expecting 7000 were because more applications were sent in up to Aug. 30 than in the last three years, the June graduating class was not abnormally large and more GI's were discharged than anticipated. Hoover stated that 7000 did not seem like an unreasonable number to expect, The hot weather and lack of rain, which caused many crops to fail, may be a reason for part of the enrollment drop, Hoover said. . x ''' T TV? f I r t i ' ' ' - 1 4 ' , ' 1 1 I f i ' ' r v . 1 r) 1 ' v- ! ' V" '; r I ' " ... . ' ' f - ' I--.'' i 1 - ' , k Steps Pose Problem Larry H. Westphalen, only full-time wheel-chair student at the University, said his biggest trouble in attending classes is negotiating steps to enter buildings. Westphalen, native of Scriboer, adsd ber one in his high school class in science and third in overall grades. He is shown leaving Andrews Hall after a regular day of classes. (See story on page 4) Sue Holmes Named Head Of TC Group Sue Holmes has been elected chairman of the Advisory Com mittee to the dean of Teachers College. Marilyn Brewster will serve as secretary and public relations chairman and Mary Mielenz, as sistant professor of secondary education, is the committee ad visor. New committee members, elected by last year's committee, include: Mimi Mamer, Student Council representative; Marlys Johnson, commercial arts; Eileen Mularky, elementary education; Cliff Dale, physical education; Marilyn Brewster, speech; and Muriel Pickett, music. HOLD-OVER MEMBERS are: Sue Holmes, elementary educa tion; Georgia Hulac, physical education, and Donna Folmer, secondary education. The purposes of the committee are to provide a greater oppor tunity for the development of a common understanding of ideals and goals of the college, to pro mote better relationships between the students, faculty members, and the dean of Teachers College and to aid in developing and promoting public relations activities. Among the accomplishments of last year' committee is the change from four to five credit hours, credit now being given for practice teaching. Driving Trainers Win Certificates Twenty-three trainer of com mercial drivers rectived certifi cate upon completion of a week long instructional conference at the University Friday. Dr. K. O. Broady, director of the University Extension Divis ion, presented the certificate. Charles Ray, vice-president of Market Service, Inc., Richmond, Va., delivered a speech at the graduation dinner. The conference stressed safety and operational efficiency in the &iom U Ccivac training, Dr. Hitchcock Named Head Of New Group Dr. Arthur H. Hitchcock, di rector of the Junior Division, will be the first president of the newly organized Nebraska State College Personnel Association to preside at a fall conference. The personnel association will conduct a one-day convention Thursday at Nebraska State Teachers College at Kearney. The group, organized last April, is composed of educators work ing in college personnel service. THE PROGRAM will include several aspects of college per sonnel work. Participating in the day's discussions will be: Dr. J. Clifford Holmes, guidance consultant and assistant profes sor of educational psychology; Lee W. Chatfield, assistant dean of student affairs; Dr. Floyd Hoover, director of administra tion; Dr. Charle O. Neidt, pro fessor of educational psychology; and Helen Snyder, assistant dean of women. All the Nebraska colleges are expected to be represented at the conference, which will feature a speech by Dr. Daniel D. Feder, dean of students at the Univer sity of Denver. Englishman To Conduct Physics Study H. N. V. Temperley, a visiting professor of physic from Cam bridge University in Cambridge, England, will conduct the first of a weekly series of colloquia on statistical mechanics at 4 p.m. Tuesday in Room 114, Ferguson Hall. Prof. Temperley will speak on "The Theories of Liquid He lium." He will be on the staff of the physics department for one year and will teach several courses in statistical mechanic during that time. Succeeding colloquia, or dis cussion meetings, will deal with either subjects related to the field of statistical mechanics, among them "Ferro-Magnetics," "Theories of the Liquid State," "Theories of Fusion and Evapor ation," "Attempts at a Theory of Super-Conductivity," "Relation ships of statistical Mechanic to Number Theory" and Theory of Underwater Explosion." From $50 To $100 The Innocent Society roted Monday night to raise tae maximum value of Homecom ing displays from $50 to $100. Detail concerning this and other change in the 1S53 dis play contest will be published in IVednecdajr' JVebraskan, i .1 'j .I i . f'i I I '-:v I ! ! I si !