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Folmer Wins Honor
Debaters Win Honors
At Iowa Conference
University debate teams par
ticipated in two major tourna
ments last weekend as they
traveled north to the Wayne
statf Teachers College Invita
tional Tournament and east to
the annual University oi lowa
debate conference.
Journeying to the Iowa City
tampus, uave wauwum "u
Kenneth PhilbricK won mree oi
their four debates, defeating the
NU Choirs
To Present
'Messiah'
Soloists Named
For Performance
The traditional Christmas
performance of Handel's ora
torio, "The Messiah," by the
University Choral Union will be
held Sunday in the Coliseum
beginning at 3 p.m.
The 600-voice Choral Union
vill be directed by Dr. Arthur
Westbrook, professor of music.
The four soloists whose abil
ities are well-known in the Mid
dle West will be: Harriet Swan
son of Pierre, S. D., soprano;
Mrs. Marilee Logan Amundson
of Omaha, alto; Waldo Wilson
of Omaha, tenor; and Conan
Castle of Crete, baritone.
MISS SWANSON, who teaches
music in Pierre grade schools,
received her Bachelor of Music
degree from the University,
where she studied four years
tinder Dr. Westbrook. During
the past summer she studied
voice in New York with Lucius
Metz at the Union Theological
Seminary.
Mrs. Amundson has appeared
i soloist in Messiah perform
snces at Omaha, Fremont,
Shenandoah, Crete, Blair and
Wahoo.
Wilson has been tenor
soloist in several of the larger
churches in Omaha and at pres
ent is the tenor soloist at the
First Congregational Church in
Omaha. He also was soloist at
the Temple Israel Jewish Syna
gogue in Omaha. At present he
i a soloist with the Choraliers
choral group, which travels out
of Omaha singing oratorios, can
tatas, secular and religious music.
CASTLE, DIRECTOR, of cho
ral organizations at Doane Col
lege, received his Bachelor and
Master of Music degrees from
Northwestern University. H e
has been oratorio soloist in Chi
cago, Evanston, Waukegan and
Streator, 111., and Crete and
North Platte. '
The Choral Union will be
omposed of Agricultural Col
lege Chorus, Altinas Tullis, con
ductor; University Chorus I,
Earl Jenkins, conductor; Unlver
ity Chorus II, David Foltz, con
ductor; University Singers, Dr.
Westbrook, conductor; and Uni
versity School of Nursing Cho
fus, Nancy Dickerson, conduc
tor. ASSISTING in the perform
ance will be the University Or
chestra, under the direction of
Prof. Emanuel Wishnow. Mari
lyn Schultz, instructor in piano,
11 be organist, and Janice Ful
lerton, graduate assistant, will
w Pianist.
Student accompanists will be
Mary Robinson, Sherrill Clover
nd Marilyn Paul.
Donald Kitchen will play tra
ditional carols from the Carillon
ower before and after the
1 he Messiah" concert.
Korean Veterans
Koreans veterans must sign
etr November pay voucher! in
om 100, Temporary L, imme
l fWy if they deslre t0 bc paid
j '-we. 20, according to H. u
"""on, actine riirrrtnr of veter
ans selective service affairs at
university.
Courtesy Lincoln Journal
Donna Folmer, pictured above ditionally opens the formal
with Mac Bailey", COA presi- season at the University and
; Kanoath tho nrrVi has teen regularly held since
dent, passes beneath the arch 18g5 Misg a senior Jn
of sabers formed by the saber Teachers College, is a former
guard after she was presented Coed-Counselor, former mem-
as the Honorary Commandant ber of the Student Council, at
at the annual Military Ball, present a member of Teachers
The Ball, sponsored this year College Student Advisory
by the Naval ROTC unit, tra- Board.
Three Teams Lead In Wayne Meet
Universities of Missouri, Indi
ana and Illinois, while losing
only to Wayne University of
Detroit.
THE SECOND University
team in. the Iowa contest was
composed of Jack Rogers and
Paul Laase, who won two and
lost two. They were victorious
over the host school, the Uni
versity of Iowa and the Univer
sity of South Dakota, while los
ing to the University of Texas
and DePauw University.
Participating in individual
events, Laase and Philbrick
both received superior ratings in
discussion, while Rogers and
Gradwohl received excellent rat
ings. Rogerse also received an
excellent rating in public speak
ing. Venturing north to the Wayne
campus, the University placed
all its teams in the honors
groups, while it led the 33 teams
participating from eleven dif
ferent schools.
ONLY THREE teams were
undefeated in the entire tourna
mentall from the University.
The teams with the perfect rec
ord were composed of Wayne
Johnson and Dale Johnson; Ho
mer Kenison and Alan Over
cash; and Paul Schelle and
James Placker.
. Of the remaining teams, only
two lost one debate, one of those
teams being Norman Alexander
and Charles Klasek of the Uni
versity. Five superior ratings were
awarded in discussion, four of
them going to the University's
Johnson, Johnson, Kenison and
Overcash. Wayne Johnson re
ceived first place in extempo
raneous speaking.
Nu-Med Meeting Set,
Dr. H. Nagaty To Speak
Mh.TvTpH will meet wednesaay
at 7:30 p.m. in Room 217, Fer
guson Hall.
Dr. H. meaty, visum
orcr frnm Cairo. Egypt, on a
Fulbright scholarship, will speak
on Insect victors oi wjcojc,
Ellen Smith Not In Danger Of Razing
Until New TC Construction Completed
New Building
nion Smith Hall will not nec
essarily be torn down until after
the construction of the new ad
dition to the Teachers College
Building, Acting Chancellor
John Selleck said Monday.
He pointed out that the pro
posed building will end about
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Hall.
However, he said that the
.iwinw is nlanned to resemble
the Social Science Building, so
that the arrangement of build
ings in that biocK woum
symmetrical.
Part of the plans include land
scaping like that in front of the
Social Science Building. After
the new building is completed,
he said, it will be evident that
Ellen Smith Hall will distract
from the symmetrical arrange
ment. ,
CHANCELLOR SELLECK
said students and faculty mem
bers would naturally dislike see
ing the building torn down, be
cause of sentimental value at
tached to old buildings which
have been the center of campus
activity. He pointed out a similar
but more heated discussion arose
when the University Hall was
torn down.
However, he said that Ellen
Smith Hall has been imprac
tical from the standpoint of of
fice facilities. Although the
building could be moved, he
said, it. would be uneconomical
to do so.
Administrative offices now
housed in Ellen Smith, the Ad
ministrative Annex, Temporary
A end B and several offices in
Volume 54, No. 35
Ml! Debaters
Jo Discuss
Trade Policy
Dr. Fullbrook
To Moderate
A debate on free trade will be
held Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. in
Love Library Auditorium.
The subject will be, Resolved:
that the United States should
adopt a policy of free trade.
Members of the Nebraska de
bate team, Jack Rogers and Paul
Laase, will debate the negative
side of the proposition and David
Gradwohl and Kennt.'i Phil
brick will debate the affirma
tive. ROGERS, JUNIOR from Lin
coln, is a speech major. Laase,
new Phi Beta Kappa member,
is from Lincoln and majoring in
history, speech and political sci
ence. Rogers and Laase have won six
out of eight debates this year
and defeated the University of
South Dakota and the University
of Iowa at a conference last
week.
Gradwohl, an anthropology
major, is a junior from Lincoln.
Philbrick, a junior from Grand
Island, is an electrical engineer
major.
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GRADWOHL AND Philbrick
have won seven out of eight in
tercollegiate debates this year
through participation in tourna
ments at both Bradley Univer
sity and the University of Iowa.
Dr. E. S. Fullbrook, Dean of
Business Administration College,
will be moderator.
The debate, open to all Uni
versity students, is sponsored by
Alpha Kappa Psi, professional
business fraternity. Donald Jen
sen is program chairman for the
group.
NU Red Cross
To Sponsor
Carol Party
The annual "O Come All Ye
Faithful" caroling party, spon
sored by the Red Cross College
Unit will begin at 7 p.m. on
the steps of the Union.
The all - University caroling
group will then proceed to the
Veteran's and State Hospitals.
Transportation in chartered
buses will be provided.
The traditional party is under
the direction of Donna Elliot,
special activities chairman, and
Lillian Kitzleman.
Extra Show Set
For 'Male Animal'
An unscheduled production by
the University Theater of "The
Male Animal," will be presented
Tuesday night at 8 p.m. an
nounced Frank G. Bock, dra
matics instructor.
The extra Derformance will be
held in order to compensate for
the play date scheduled for last
Friday night, or ine iviuuary
Ball. "Since the majority of stu
dents and faculty do not know
about this performance," Bock
said, "there are plenty of seats
available, however, the rest of
the week is pretty well filled
i.n"
Tickets for the Tuesday pro
duction may be purchased at the
University Theater box office in
the Temple Building. .
To House Student Administrative Offices
the Administrative Building will
be moved to the new ounaing.
The third floor will be used
for additional classrooms for
Teachers College.
THE SECOND floor will house
Junior Division, Commercial En
terprises office, and the depart
ment of publications. The Re
gents Books Store will be lo
cated in the basement.
The division of student affairs
and offices of the dean of men,
the dean of women and their
assistants will be located on the
first floor of the new building.
Marjorie Johnston, dean of
women, said that Ellen Smith
Hall has served as the center
of coed life and has fulfilled
the needs of students. She
pointed out that the building
has an atmosphere which lends
itself to the type of work which
is carried on there.
The building itself has an in
teresting history, a great deal
of charm and a beautiful inter
ior, she said.
"OUT IN the Midwest, be
cause it is a newer part of the
country," Dean Johnston said,
"we have been too concerned
with the present and have not
seen the need of retaining things
of the past for future genera-
tion8-" . u
However, she said that the
new building would have ad
ventages, since all the admin
istrative offices working with
students would be located to
gether. This would enable the
office to keep a central filing
system.
1954 Class Schedules
Available To Students
Class schedules for second
semester are available in four
distributing centers with ac
tual registration to begin Jan.
11, 1954.
Places where students may
obtain a copy of the schedules
are: Dean Fullbrook' s office,
Room 210 Social Sciences
Building; Dr. Hixson's office,
Room 206 Agricultural Hall;
Room B-7 Administration
Building and Dean Rosenlof's
office, Room 103 Administra
tion Building.
DR. FLOYD HOOKER, di
rector of registration and rec
ords for the University, said
Union To Open Season
With Christmas Fest
Dance, Movies,
The Union's annual holiday
open-house will be held Wed
nesday, from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m.
Called the "Festival of Christ
mas," the tree event is spon
sored and planned by the special
activities committee of the Un
ion. AWS HAS granted special per
mission to freshman women to
stay out until 10:30 p.m. in or
der to attend the event.
Three types of entertainment
will be held concurrently in dif
ferent rooms of the Union. Jim
my Phillips' combo will provide
music for dancing in the tfaii
room; movies on winter sports
and Christmas will be shown in
Room 315, and Dick Cavett, pro
fessional magician, will present
three shows during the evening
in Parlors ABC.
Union Talent Show winners,
Nick Amos and Marilyn Lehr
Kennedy, will present a medley
of sones from "Kiss Me Kate-
during intermission. Talent show
runner-up, a trio in Santa Claus
costumes, Jan Boettcher, Phyllis
Malony and Dorothy Osborn, will
present a medley oi L,nristmas
songs, also during intermission.
"THE PURPOSE of this type
of program is to provide some
thing to interest everyone wno
cares to attend," Carl Mammel,
chairman of the committee, said.
Eggnog and cookies will be
served to guests in the Round
Up, and free gifts will be passed
out.
The Union has been decorated,
each room having a special name
and a Christmas motif which
carries out the theme of the
room. Organ music will be played
in the halls during the evening.
ANOTHER CHRISTMAS event
is planned for Saturday night at
the Union. "Frozen Fantasy" is
the theme for the third Union
Teaching Certificate
Candidates To Meet
A meeting for students who
will receive teaching certificates
at the end of the first or second
semester or the summer session
will be held at 4 p.m. Thursday
in Love Library Auditorium.
The purpose of the meeting is
to explain the Teacher Place
ment Division to prospective
teachers and to distribute the
necessary forms for enrollment
in the division.
According to W. C. Meierhenry,
associate professor of school adr
ministration and coordinator, all
students receiving certificates,
regardless of whether or not
they expect to teach next year,
should attend the meeting.
Besides administrative offices,
Ellen Smith Hall contains rooms
which are used by such organ
izations as Coed Counselors, the
Associated Women Students
Board and the YWCA. These
groups often use the kitchen to
prepare light meals for various
meetings.
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Razing Questioned
Ellen Smith Hall, pictured
above, has received consider
able attention after several
students and alumni voiced
their disapproval of its razing.
The buildinff. one of the oldeut
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the schedules were being dis
tributed at this time to give
students and their advisers an
opportunity to consider possi
ble class schedules now.
He added Junior Division
students will meet with their
advisers before the Christmas
holidays, but other students'
meetings with advisers will be
scheduled by the individual
colleges.
Students will register ac
cording to the number of se
mester hours they have com
pleted, with those having the
highest number registering
first.
Magic Planned
event of the year, sponsored by
the dance committee. Bill Albers'
combo will provide music for
dancing from 8:30 to 12 p.m. in
the Union Ballroom.
Decorations for the dance will
include small Christmas trees on
tables, and snow flakes hanging
from the ceiling. Other large
trees are to be placed behind the
bandstand.
Tickets for the event are 60
cents and may be purchased in
the Main Lobby of the Union.
Students Plan
Class Survey
OI Problems
Three hundred students have
been asked to participate in a
survey by the Sociology 261
class on the topic, "What sort of
general problems confront stu
dents and what do they do about
them?"
A letter has been sent to stu
dents by members of the class
students experience in social re
search." The purpose of the
survey is two-fold: to give the
students experience in social re
search methods and to give
meaningful information to those
who work with students in or
der to help solve problems.
STUDENTS WILL be in
terviewed in Room 107, Love
Library. Richard Videbeck, as
sistant professor of sociology, is
in charge of the survey.
Students participating . are Ar
ley Bondarin, Kay Burcum, Do
lores Donarico, Barbara Dunn,
Anita Frankel, Merlin Frantz,
Sandra Gadd, Sally Graham, Jane
Hansen, Elaine Hess and Glenn
Kinzie.
Others are Phyllis Kort, An
nete Kowalski, Carol Patterson,
Lillian Rogers, Marlene Stroh,
Bill Torrence, Mary Ann Zim
merman, Don Anderson and Al
fred Dumbrowski.
Air Force ROTC
Outstanding Senior Cadets
Ten University seniors in the
Air Force ROTC Wing have
been named Distinguished Air
Students by the AFROTC De
partment. The students were selected on
the basis of their overall grades
in the AFROTC program, their
weighted scholarship average
The office of the Panhellenic
Association is located in Ellen
Smith, and the building is used
during rush week. Groups such
as the University Dames and the
Lincoln chapter of the Ameri
can Association of University
Women hold meetings there.
Courtny Bundiy Journal and Star
on the University campus, has
been "championed" by several
sources following announce
ments that it would be torn
down after a scheduled addi
tion to the present Teachers
C.(ea Buildins m ccnileted.
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Patterson Questions Positions
' Taken By Optimists, Pessimists
Twentv new members of Phi
Beta Kappa, national Arts and
Sciences scholastic honorary,
were revealed at a chapter meet
ing Monday evening in the Un
ion. The new members, seniors with
scholastic averages of 90 per
cent or better in the College of
Arts and Sciences, are:
RANDALL P. Ayer, chem
istry major; Joan G. Bitzes, his
tory and political science major;
James Christensen, now attend
ing College of Medicine; Barbara
Colwell, Spanish major; Sharon
Bess Cook, history major; Don
ald P. Geesdmen, physics major.
Arlene D. Gray, psychology
major; Wayne D. Johnson, po
litical science and history major;
Vivita Krievs, attending College
of Medicine; Paul L. Laase, his
tory, political science and speech
major; Marjorie M. Moran,
iournalism major; Roland R.
Morgan, College of Medicine;
Charlotte L. Mason, art major;
Lyle W. Nilson, College of Medi
cine. Richard C. Reid, journalism
major; Susan Reinhardt, English
major; Kenneth F. Rystrom, Jr.,
journalism major; Monte M.
Scott, College of Medicine; John
J. Thomas, history major; Wil
liam E. Wageman, physics major.
DURING THE meeting, Dr.
Charles H. Patterson, chairman
of the Philosophy Department,
discussed "Christian Ideals and
World History."
He asked, "Are we going to
have an era in which there will
be 'peace on earth and good-will
toward men?' " In answer, he
presented his arguments showing
why he believes the positions
taken by both optimists and
pessimists are ill-founded and
why the Christian interpretation
of history furnishes the world
with a third alternative which
gives a ray of hope.
"But," he said, "at the same
time the third alternative car
ries with it conditions and con
sequences which stand in sharp
contrast with the whole temper
of the modern world and which
are contrary to most of our con
temporary ways of thinking."
CHRISTIANITY. DR. Patter
son continued, sees "peace and
good-will toward men" as a pos
sible goal. "There is nothing
concerning the nature of man
that will necessarily prevent its
being achieved. But this is not to
assert that we will have a new
world tomorrow in which all des
olate places will give way to joy
nor even that we will be able to
avert another world catastrophe,"
he added.
"Anyone who surveys the situ
ation fairly must admit that the
outlook is far from bright. Man
must first put away his pride
before he can acknowledge his
own faults.
"Can this ever be done? We
have seen it happen in rare
Selects
and military and campus acti
vities.
COLONEL JOSEPH Steng-
lein, professor of air science and
tactics, presented tne lias
medals to the ten outstanding
cadets. They are:
Captain Ernie Bebb; member
of the Innocents Society, Corn
Cobs, Student Union Board and
Commander of the Arnold Air
Society. Cadet Bebb is a mem
ber of AlDha Tau Omega.
Lieutenant Jack Fitzgerald;
President of AICE, member of
Kosmet Klub, Sigma Tau and
Phi Kappa Psi.
LT. COL. Bill Doole; member
of Arnold Air Society, Eta Kap
pa Nu, Sigma Tau, Pi Mu Ep
silon, University ROTC Band
and Theta Xi.
Captain Reid Samuelson;
member of Sigma Tau and Eta
Kappa Nu.
Captain Herbert Stelzer; sen
ior in Business Administration.
Captain Wayne Moody; mem
ber of Block and Bridle, Chan
cellor of Alpha Zeta and Presi
dent of Farm House.
Captain Frank Wells, Presi
dent of Gamma Lambda, mem
ber of Arnold Air Society, Alpha
Kappa Psi, Alpha Phi Omega,
University ROTC Band and
Sigma Chi.
LT. COL. Simon Delis!, mem
ber of Newman Club, AIEE,
Sigma Tau.
Captain Vincent Robinson,
President of Sigma Gamma Ep
silon and member of Delta Up
silon. Lt. Col. Charles Kiffin, mem
ber of the University debate
team, Pi Sigma Alpha and Kap
pa Sigma.
NUCWA To Heat
McCarthy Debate
Dr. Nathan P.. Blumberg, as
sistant professor of journalism,
and Richard Stuben, a fresh
man in the College of Arts and
Sciences, will discuss the disad
vantages of I.ltCarthyism at a
NUCWA meeting Tuesday eve
ning at 7:30 in Room 315 of the
Union.
A. discussion will follow the
presentation of these two views
and questions from the audi
ence will be answered.
Stueben is the author or a
Letterip published in The Ne
braskan on the subject.
Tuesday, December 8, 1953
Seniors
To PBUt
instances among Individuals but
never in the case of large groupi
such as nations," he said.
Committee
To Select
Candidates
Group To Name
Rhodes Choices
The State Committee which
will choose the Nebraskan can
didates for the Rhodes Scholar
ships will meet Wednesday to in
terview the applicants from Ne
braska. Ken Rystrom and Wayne John
son were choosen by the faculty
committee of the University to
be the two candidates from tht
University.
AMONG THE members of the
state committee are Edmund O.
Belsheim, Dean of the College
of Law and Nathan B. Blumberg,
assistant professor of journalism.
Both Dean Belsheim and Dr.
Blumberg are former Rhodes
Scholars as are the remainder
of the state committee, with the
exception of the chairman.
The state committee will send
two candidates to district com
mittee interviews in Des Moines
held in mid-December. Six states
compose the district. From the
twelve delegates interviewed,
four will receive the Rhode
award.
THE BASIS for choosing the
recipient in each of the progres
sive interviews is the same. First
consideration is given to the can
didate's record of scholarship.
The character and personality of
the candidate and outside activ
ities, including participation in
sports, will be considered.
The Outside World
Ike Declares
Tornado Area
Emergency
The tornado stricken area of
Vicksburg, Miss., was declared
an emergency major disaster
area, by President Eisenhower
Sunday night. He expressed his
deepest sympathy for the peo
ple of the area. In the twister
that hit Vicksburg Saturday night
28 were killed, 230 were in
jured and the damage was ex
timated at 25 million dollars.
UN To Hear Ike
Following the third meeting
of the Big Three Burmuda con
ference the United States dele
gation announced that President
Eisenhower will fly to New York
Tuesday to make a speech to
the United Nations General As
sembly on "The perils which con
front the world in this atomic
age."
The three powers finally
agreed Sunday to accept the pro
posal for a four-power foreign
ministers conference with the
Russians. The Western reply will
suggest that the meeting be in
Berlin early in January. The
Western note will be sent to
Bonn for West German Chancel
lor Konrad Adenauer to examine
before it is dispatched to Moscow.
The President received a
naMoei invitation from United
Nations Secretary General, Dag
Hammarskjold, to make the
atomic energy speech. The ques
tion of whether to accept this
invitation was discussed with
Sec. of State Dulles and the
RHtish-French conferees. Since
that time the President, Churchill
and Bidault and several aids have
put in several hours preparing
what is expected to be one of
the most important speeches the
President has ever made.
Farm Supports
During the coming session or
Congress which begins next
month, the present high, rigid
supports for basic agricultural
crops are likely to be continued.
That was the opinion of three
Nebraska congressmen who met
with the state Republican Farm
Council in Lincoln. The trio
agreed that efforts must be made
for improving the present pro
gram, particularly in the direc
tion of disposing of surpluses in
some commodities.
There seems to be complete
acceptance by Congress and by
the public of Sec. Benson's re
organization of the agriculture
department, said Harrison and
Hruska.
An important issue for Con
gress will be legislation to handle
the farm program after 1954.
'Rights' Battle
Chief Justice Earl Warren is
faced with his first great chal
lenge as a jurist as the long legal
battle over racial segregation in
public schools comes to dramatic
climax at a Supreme Court hear
ing. .
The oral arguments on one of
the most bitterly disputed con
stitutional issues of our time
drew a large crowd of attorneys,
reporters, and spectators to the
chamber court.
The question before the high
tribunal was whether the 14th
Amendment, guaranteeing "equal
right" to Negroes, forbids states
to segregate Negro and white;
rhilrirn in Dublic schools.
