Semester
Summed Up
By Council
During the period from May 13
1953, to Feb. 1, 1954, the Student
Council has met to hear commit
tee reports, make recommenda'
tions and approve committee ac
tions.
A summary by the Council of
the past semester's work activi
ties follows. General meetings of
the Council are open to all stu
dents.
The constitutions of eight or
ganizations were approved. An
ineligible Council member was
remaced. Atr campus was in
sured a polling place for special
elections. A handbook was
planned to cover the procedures
on conduction of elections. A new
plan was formulated for deter
mination of class standing ior
eligibility in the general election,
The Council conducted the se
lection of new members to the
Board of Publication. It sent del
egates to the Big Seven Student
Government Conference for fres
idents. It formulated and super
vised Missouri migration plans,
including the half-time presenta
tion of the Victory Bell to Mi&
couri.
The Council was instrumental
in securing a refresher day be
fore and a holiday after the finals
period. A student poll conducted
by the Council favored a two-day
refresher period. However,' the
Council compromised in conjunc
tion with faculty wishes.
The student activities commit
tee for the first time began a pro
gram to co-ordinate international
student projects. Arrangements
were made for foreign students
to visit American homes during
the Thanksgiving and ChristmasJ
nonaays. jods auring unristmas
vacation were obtained for some
foreign students. The commit
tee helped co-ordinate and publi
cize tours to Kansas City and
Omaha. Students were taken to
an American wedding and to the
Union Christmas Open House.
A plan to handle parking viola
tions was adopted and co-ordinated
with an administration
plan. The Council promoted the
completion of the Union parking
lot and the cleaning up of the
10th Street parking lot. A Stu
dent Parking Appeal Board was
established to investigate griev
ances and take positive action to
correct errors.
Coop Council
Pldns First
Valentine Ball
A St. Valentine's Ball, spon
sored by the Inter-Cooperative
Council, will be held Feb. 12 in
the Ag Union.
The event will be the first
inter-cooperative dance held at
the University. According to
Louis Schoen, Inter-Cooperative
Council chairman, the ball will
become an annual affair if it is
successful.
Part of the festivities will be
the nomination and election of
Miss Valentine of 1954. She must
be a University coed and not
affiliated with a national frater
nal organization.
EACH OF the six men's co
operative houses are eligible to
nominate a Miss Valentine can
didate. Houses selecting candi
dates will be: Brown . Palace,
Pioneer House, Cornhusker Co
op, Nebraska Coop, Ag Men's
Club and Norris House.
The six nominees will be
judged immediately before and
during the St. Valentine's Ball.
Miss Valentine, who will be
chosen by two faculty members,
will be presented ' during the
dance intermission.
The ball will feature the mu
sic of Eddie Garner and his or
chestra and vocalist Marilyn
Lehr Kennedy. Tickets for the
dance will be distributed to
members of the cooperative
houses.
The Outside World
Tax Program Defended
By WILLIE DESCH
Staff Writer
WASHINGTON Secretary of the Treasury Humphrey fired
back at those persons who have attacked the administrations tax
program as benefitting business rather than individual taxpayers.
Each will share equally in tax gains, the Secretary stated.
Authorities have just completed a financial accounting of the
new program. They reported that relief provisions for individuals
will be almost 600 million dollars. Humphrey said that if the
President's tax revision program is adopted the government will
lose IV billion dollars in revenue.
West Holds Comment
BERLIN Foreign ministers from the Western Big Three held
off their comments until the expected plan for all-German elec
tions is proposed by Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov.
The Westerners said the Russian proposal for a German
Plebiscite contributed nothing to the unity of Germany. The plan
would bring German troops into a six-nation Army under the EDC.
The West is hopeful that Molotov will still present a plan for
elections
Ike Stresses Confidence
WASHINGTON President Eisenhower declared that it is
necessary for the American people to have faith in the economy
of this country, He said that to change from a wartime to a peace
time economy could be done without serious interruption in our
growth as a nation or in the improvement of the living standards
of our people.
The president added that government policy now is geared to
"decreasing the difficulties incident to , this transition and to
strengthening the weapons necessary to this task."
Kansas-Nebraska On Display
W ASHINGTON The Library of Congress is now observing
week-long anniversary of the formation of the Kansas and Ne
braska territory through the exhibits of priceless documents re
lating to their formation. ' . '
In 1854 the Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed by Congress,
creating the two territories. Kansas was admitted as a state in
1861 and Nebraska in 1867. - ,.,
The admission of these two states presented a problem to
Abraham LinccMn during his presidency. The problem, as stated
by Lincoln, was whether the United States could remain a nation
"half slave and half free."
Takes PDScrimraiimailTOim
Racial, Religious Clauses Denied Future Honoraries, Professionals
A statement of policy concern
ing racial and religious clauses
in honorary and professional or
ganizations was .unanimously ap
proved by the Student Council at
a meeting Wednesday, Feb. 3.
The statement was presented as
a result of a study by the ju
diciary committee.
The judiciary committee will
follow this policy in the future in
examining constitutions submitted
to it-for approval. Of the five
groups who had such clauses in
their constitutions, only two re
main. These two are taking steps
to have the clauses removed.
This statement is not retro
active to groups whose constitu
tions have been approved in .the
past.
Volume 24, No. 49
M Schedules Try outs
For 'finian's
Scripts -For Show
Tryouts for "Finian's Rain
bow," the Kosmet Klub spring
show, will be held March 2, 3, 4
and 5 in the Union.
On March 2, 3 and 5, tryouts
will be held in the Union ball
room. On March 3, they will be
in Parlors XYZ. There are 16
speaking parts and a dancing
chorus.
"The dancing carries a terrific
force in 'Finian's Rainbow', and
the choreography demands in
tense desire on the part of the
dancers to add sparkle to a cute
fantasy," Marv Stromer, assist
ant to the director,, said.
"Finian's Rainbow" opened on
Broadway in 1947 and went on
national tour in 1948. The
FilihgsOpeh
For 3 Coed
Activities
Applications
Due Next Week
Filings for board positions are
being accepted this week by three
women's organizations.
DEADLINE FOR AWS posi
tion applications is S p.m. Mon
day. Applicants must meet the
University eligibility regulations
for extracurricular participation.
must be a bona fide member of
the class she represents, and
must have a 5.7 weighted aver
age.
Applications for BABW must be
submitted at Ellen Smith Hall or
the Home Economics Building by
5 p.m. Tuesday. Candidates must
have a 5.5 weighted average, be
unaffiliated, interested in activi
ties and classified as a second
semester freshman or above.
COED COUSELOR aspirants
must carry a minimum of 13
credit hours and have a 5.7
weighted average. Deadline for
filing is Feb. 12 in Ellen Smith
Hall or the Ag Union.
The AWS Board includes seven
sophomores, seven juniors a n cW
five seniors; BABW; four sopho
mores, four juniors and two sen
iors, and Coed Counselor!, six
sophomores, eight juniors and
two seniors.
Reporters' Meeting
An organizational meeting for
second semester reporters on The
Nebraskan will be held in The
Nebraskan office in the Union
Friday at 3 p.m.
All Nebraskan reporters and
students interested in reporting
may attend.
BOB PETERSON, Elections
Committee chairman, reported
that filings for the Student Coun
cil position formerly held by Bert
Lirin will open Monday and clpse
Feb. 13. Filings must .be re
opened because there were no
other male candidates from
Teacher's College in last spring's
election. Election of the new
member will be held Feb. 17 dur
ing Council meeting.
Applicants may obtain a form
from Dean Hallgren's office, 209
Administration Hall. In order for
a student to qualify, he must be
a bona fide student in Teacher's
College, have a minimum cumu
lative average of 5, be a sopho
more or junior, and be a male.
Rainbo
Now Available
songs from the show include
"How Are Things in Glocca
Morra," "Old Devil Moon," "If
This Isn't Love" and "Look to
The Rainbow."
Some of the leading parts are
Finian, a 60 year old Irishman
with certain ideas about Amer
ica; his daughter Sharon, the ro
mantic lead, who is a typical
msn "sweet young thing;" Og,
a lepricnaun who becomes a
man; Woody, a baritone, who is
a strongman, backwoods type
Susan is a sweet dancer who
talks only through her dances,
while benator Rawkms, a South
era senator, proclaims, "I know
all there is to know about Amer
ica."
Students who wish to check
out a script for "Finian's Rain
bow" should contact Al Ander
son at the Phi Delta Theta
house any noon. A deposit of $1
will be required until the script
is returned.
In addition to the 16 speaking
parts, there will be 32 in the
singing chorus and 12 dancers,
six male and six female. There
is a need for three male Negro
singers. Those interested should
contact John Tolch, director of
the show, at his office in the
Temple building.
Booths will be put up in the
Union lobby so that appointment
times for tryouts may be ar
ranged. The plot involves the pre
sumption that everyone in the
world knows that all Americans
are millionaires. (Everyone, that
is, except Americans.) But only
Finian knows why. It is the sou
of Fort Knox that makes this so.
Finian travels to the United
States to bury a bit of gold near
Fort Knox in order to become a
millionaire. ,
The leprichauns aid Finian.
"And if you don't believe in
Leprichauns well, considering
the state of the world, it must
be just that leprichauns find it
hard to believe in people."
The play embodies a combina
tion of Americana, fantasy and
folklore from across the sea.
. ,
Annual Profs
Pot Luck Set
For Sunday
The fourth Pot Luck Supper
with the Profs will be held Sun
day at 5:30 p.m. in the Ag Union
Lounge.
Pot Luck with the Profs I s
sponsored by the student faculty
committee with Ken Pinkerton
as chairman. Assisting him are
Althea Blunn, hosts and host
esses; Margie Antes, publicity
and Ardie Young, posters.
FACULTY MEMBERS will
provide the entertainment. The
group includes Mr. and Mrs.
Warren Sahs, chairman; D. H.
Fitchett, C. E. Hill, Joe Gans
horn, Delno Knudsen, Evan Hart
man, Shigemi Honma, Kristjan
Kristjanson, Francis Yung, Don
ald Hanway, Robert Thomas and
Elaine Skucius.
Interested Ag Students are
asked by Pinkerton to sign up in
the Ag Union before 5 p.m.. Fri
day. Kappa Phi Holds
Initiation For 23
Twenty-three coeds were ini
tiated into Zeta chapter of Kappa
Phi, Methodist women's organi
sation, at St. Paul Methodist
Church. A tea was held following
the services. s
Initiates are: -Carol Anderson,
Connie Casper, Barbara Eno,
Sharlene Furman, Phyllis Harms,
Gloria Harris, Joan Hathaway,
Shirley Irwin, Delores Lorey,
Sonya McGinnis, Millicent Mc
Pheron, Merle Miles, Carol Miller,
Delores Mills, Kathleen Naka
gawa, Carol Palme, Marilyn Pe
terson, Darlene Ridgeley, Char
lotte Sears, Vona Stueck, Eliza
beth Tubridy, Genevieve Vossler
and Sheryl Whitmus. !
Ag Board Selects
Annual Fair Theme
"Huskers' Hay Day" has been
selected as the theme for Farm
ers Fair from 50 suggestions sub
mitted by Ag organizations, ac
cording to Don Novotny, publicity
chairman.
THE ELECTIONS committee
presented the criteria for eligi
bility to vote in official campus
elections. According to the re
port, no person should be eligible
to file or vote until he has com
pleted at least one semester.
Freshmen shall be considered as
possessing none or one semester;
sophomores, two or three; juniors,
four or five; and seniors, six or
seven.
To file for a Student Council
position, a student must be in his
second, third, fourth, or fifth se
mester at the time of filing. To
file andor vote for a junior class
office, the candidate or voter
must have completed at least
three semesters and be in his
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA
SAM DONAHUE
IFC Ball
Scheduled
For Tonight
May Band Led
By Sam Donahue
The Billy ftlay Orchestra will
be at the Turnpike Friday from
8 to 12 p.m.
Sam Donahue is leading the
band. Donahue is leading the
group on its present nation-wide
tour since May has remained
in Hollywood.
Donahue, who has been ac
claimed as one of most exciting
tenor saxophonists in the -country,
has played with the bands of
Gene Krupa, Harry James, Tom
my Dorsey and Benny Goodman.
He has also conducted his own
orchestra.
The band will continue to fea
ture the "slurping saxes," em
phasizing the "fresh approach"
that has become May s tradi
tional style.
Tickets will be sold to alumni
and students at the door. Price
is $3.20 a couple.
The dance will be semi-formal. 1
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Graduate Fellowship Open
To Alpha Lambda Delta's
The Alice Crocker Lloyd Fel
lowship of $750 will be awarded
this spring to a member of
Alpha Lambda Delta for grad
uate work during the year 1954-
55.
Any member who is a senior
or who graduated in 1951-52 is
eligible.
Requests ior application
blanks for this F ell o w s h l p
should be sent to Miss Helen
Schleman, vice president of Al
pha Lambda Delta, Purdue Uni
versity, Lafayette, Indiana, be
fore April 15, 1954.
NEWLY INITIATED members
of Alpha Lambda Delta, fresh
man women's scholastic honor
ary are:
Marilyn Anderson, Dor o t h y
Bacon, Diann Benedict, J a n e
Gordon, Marianne Hansen, Mar-
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Cornhusker Beauties
Waiting for their interviews
with the Cornhusker Beauty
Queen judges and wondering
who the 12 finalists will be are
four of the candidates. Stand-
ing (1. to r.) are Marilyn
Stand;
fourth or fifth at filing or voting
time. For a senior class office, the
candidate or voter must have
completed at least five semesters
and be in his sixth or seventh at
the time.
It was moved and seconded
that this recommendation be
adopted as Article IV, Section 4
of the By-Laws. The amendment
will be voted upon at the next
meeting.
DON SAMSON, new Law Col
lege representative, was installed
and appointed to the parking
board and social affairs commit
tee. The constitution of Alpha Phi
chapter of Gamma Theta Upsilon,
national professional geography
ecfs Officers -
Stromer Named
Katt, Knudson Gain Supporting Posts
Marv Stromer was elected pres
ident of the Red Cross College
Unit Thursday. Other officers
are: Fran Locke, vice president;
Natalie Katt, secretary, and Joan
Knudson, treasurer.
Stromer, a junior, is a mem
ber of Student Council, Corn
Cobs, Kosmet Klub, YMCA,
NUCWA, Nebraska Masquers,
University Theater and Pi Kap-
Da Phi. Formerly treasurer of
RCCU, he replaces Joyce John
son as president.
MISS LOCKE, a junior, is a
member of AUF. secretary of
the house of representatives and
secretary of Sigma Delta Tau.
She was formerly veteran's hos
pital chairman and replaces
Connie Gordon.
Miss Katt, a junior, is a mem
ber of Coed Counselors, YWCA,
Tassels, secretary of Gamma
Alpha Chi, Builders assistant,
former society editor of The Ne
braskan and historian of Towne
Club. She was formerly Red
Cross publicity chairman and
replaces Shirley Murphy Maly
as secretary.
Miss Knudson, sophomore, is
a member of the WAA Board,
Coed Counselors, Cornhusker
section head and Alpha Chi
Omega. Formerly handicrafts
chairman, she replaces Marv
Stromer. (
FILLINGS FOR Red Cross
board open today. Application
blanks can be picked up in the
Red Cross office, Union Room
306. Applications should be re
turned to the Red Cross box in
the Union by 6:30 p.m. Thurs
day. Interviews will be held
Thursday evening.
Old and new executive com
mittee members will conduct the
interviews. Chairmanship posi
tions open are, gray ladies, wa
jeanne Jensen, Gloria Kollmor
gen. Gail Katskee, Joan Kucaba.
Lois Long, Glenna Mong, Pat
ricia Moran, Martha Morrison,
Marilee Nyquist and Virginia
Reeves.
CHAPTER ADVISORS are:
Susie Reinhardt, student ad
visor; Mary Ann Hansen, faculty
advisor; and Marjorie Johnston,
dean of women.
Officers are: Shirley Dewey,
president; Phyllis Cast, vice
president; Mary Domingo, sec
retary; Cathy Olds, treasurer,
and Janet Yost, historian.
Membership requirements are:
freshman women must achieve a
7.5 average first semester or a
weighted 7.5 average for the
first two semesters.
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Courtesy Lincoln Journal
Lingo, Betty Hrabik and Diane
Knotek. Seated is Claudette
Holm. The interviews were
held Tuesday. Finalists will be
presented at Coed Follies,
March 2.'
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fraternity, was approved.
Jan Steffan, student activities
chairman, reported that her com
mittee was responsible ,for the
foreign students' trip to Omaha
during finals week. The group
visited Swift and Co., Gate City
Steel and Storz brewery.
Verlyn Claussen, honors con
vocation committee member, re
ported that the student-faculty
committee is searching for a
convocation speaker. Two sug
gested speakers are Henry Cabot
Lodge and Margaret Chase Smith,
but nothing definite has been
decided.
Copies of the first semester re
port on work accomplished by the
Council were handed out to mem
bers.
Friday, February 5, 1954
iross yoi
President; Locke,
ter safety, blood, publicity (art
and newspaper), handicrafts,
veterans hospital, orthopedic,
orphanage, children's activities,
special activities and peniten
tiary. The new board will be in
charge of Red Cross Week,
March 7-14.
Island Theme Planned
For YW Rendezvous
Registration To Begin For Next
Year's Project, Commission Groups
The annual YWCA Rendezvous,
beginning at 3 p.m. Friday at
Ellen Smith Hall, will dwell on a
Y's Isle theme with an appropri
ate Hawaiian atmosphere.
With this setting the various
project and commission group
leaders will explain purposes of
each group and assist coeds in
registering for the commission
and project groups.
Cabinet chairman and their po
sitions are; conference co-op,
Phyllis Sherman and Margie
Hooks, assistant; paper supplies,
Peggy Larsen; membership,
Carol Thompson; finance, Marlys
Johnson; personnel, Gretchen De
Vries; religious welfare council.
Barbara Padley and Helene Sher
man; assistant treasurer, Helene
Sherman; publicity, Jane Spen
cer and Mari Anne Hansen;
mass meetings, Pat Graham; and
projects council, Mary Ellerboek.
Commissions and cabinet mem
ber include: comparative reli-
RC Cancels
Bloodmobile
Campus Trip
Red Cross Bloodmobile will
not come to the University cam
pus this year as was originally
planned. The mobile blood unit
was supposed to be on the cam
pus for two days during Feb
ruary. Mike Greenberg, chairman of
the blood recruitment commit
tee, said that Lincoln will no
longer be used as a collection
center therefore it will be im
possible for the RCCU to con
duct its proposed campaign.
LINCOLN OFFICIALS ex
plained that the armed forces
have recently dropped their de
mands for blood for defense.
This decrease in the demand has
forced the closing of many blood
collection points in smaller com
munities over the country.
The regional center in Omaha
will still serve as a collecting
point. The permanent center in
Omaha will be used, as will
other large centers throughout
the country.
GREENBERG SAID that he
wished to thank all the organiza
tions that had pledged support
for ,the two day drive.
The blood recruitment com
mittee is now being disbanded
until such time as Lincoln is re
instated as a blood center. Un
til such a time, all Lincoln resi
dents, including University stu
dents, may give blood in Omaha
at the regional center.
Union Dance
The Candlelight Room in the
Union will be open for dancing
and snacking Saturday from
8:30 to 12 p.m.
There is no cover charge.
Philosophy Club
Meeting Planned
Philosophy Club will hold its
regular meeting Tuesday from
3:30 to 5 p.m. in the Union Fac
ulty Lounge.
Marv Friedman, president, said
a constitution is being prepared
for submission to the Student
Council.
Mary Gattis, newly-elected
treasurer, will present a short
paper prior to a discussion of
"Poetics."
Membership in the club is open
to any University student upon
payment of $1 dues. The dues
cover refreshment expenses.
Year
Statement
Of Policy
Announced
This is the Official statement
of policy approved unanimously
by the Student Council concern
ing racial and religious discrim
ination: "Discrimination means pri
marily to make a difference in
treatment or favor of one as com
pared to others.
"Here at the University, The
Student Council is concerned with
an area in which the power of
choice is exercised; the criteria
for membership in honorary and
professional fraternities.
"If an honorary fraternity is
established for the purpose of
recognizing and encouraging
scholastic achievement, accomp
lishment, interest andor service
in a particular field, then no per
son shall be barred from mem
bership on racial or religious
grounds, a criterion unrelated to
the purposes of the recognition.
"In like manner, if a profes
sional fraternity is established for
the purpose of developing and
encouraging scholastic achieve
ment, accomplishment, interest
andor service in a particular
field, then no person shall be
barred from membership on
racial or religious grounds, a cri
terion unrelated to the purposes
of the professional advancement.
"Another area in which tha
power of choice is exercised is in
choosing one's friends. The Stu
dent Council neither can nor
wishes to limit the power of
choice in choosing one's friends,
for friendship is something that
one gives voluntarily and is not
a product of force or legislation.
However, it is our belief that it
is unwise for an individual or
group to limit its area of choict
by the pre-set standard of auto
matic rejection of a person on
racial or religious grounds."
gions, Nancy Hegstrom; is mar
riage Your Career?, Marge De
Lamatre; fine arts, Jane Spen
cer; noon discussion, Shirley
Langhus and Marty Morrison;
What's New at N. U.?, Sally Jo
Speicher; camp counceling, Jane
Laase; morning coffee hour,
Nancy Hawkins; affairs are fun,
Sherry Mangold; community
tours, Joey Dingman; worship
workshop, Glenna Berry; and
community service, Jan Quinn.
Projects and the chairman are:
YW-YM Banquet, Corliss Kruse;
national YWCA week, Janice
Yost; may morning breakfast,
Shirley Dewey; lenten service,
Nancy Timmons; world student
day of prayer, Roma Jean Miller;
maybaskets, Martha Glock; Y's
Cracks and bulletin board, Vivian
Lemmer; week-end service proj
ect, Polly Gould; toy library,
Janet Gordon; Nebraska collegi
ate, Alice Craig; parent letter,
Marbara Padley; alum letter,
Marty Hill; and international
students, Dottie Sears.
May Queen
Candidates
May File
On Monday
tilings for 1954 May Queen
will open Monday and extend
through Feb. 13.
Senior women who have a 5.5
weighted average are eligible to
apply. Applications, which need
not be filed by the coed applying,
must be submitted at the office
of Frank M. Hallgren, associate
dean of student affairs, in Room
209 of Administration Building.
Junior and senior women will
select the May Queen, who will
preside over Ivy Day ceremonies.
Voting for May Queen will be
held during spring elections,
March 11. The runnerup will be
maid of honor.
Gray Lady
Applications
Now Available
Assistantship positions for Red
Cross Gray Ladies Commission
are now open.
Applications are available in
the Bed Cross box, in the Union
basement, and are due Monday
at 5 p. m.
The assistants will work one
afternoon a week from 1 p.m. to
5 p.m. at the State Hospital.
They will do various kinds of
therapy work, such as art, music,
recreation, typing, speech and
sewing.
A program for the training of
the assistants will be held Feb.
13, 2 to 4:30 p.m. Two State
Hospital attendants will direct
the training.
Joyce Laase, chairman of the
committee, said that interest, but
not experience, was necessary to
qualify for the positions.
Cosmopolitan Club
To Sponsor Party
The annual Cosmopolitan
Club Valentine party will be
held Saturday at 8 p,m. in Par
lors XYZ of the Union.
The party will center around
an international theme of danc
ing and singing. Refreshments
and music for dancing will also
be provided.
There is no admission charge.
The party is open to the public.