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Volume 24, No. 50 Tassels Leader Qs llenniocpfon Johnson, Brewster, Barrett, Brpady, Dewey Joyce Bennington, Teachers College Junior, was elected Tas- lel president Monday. Other ne,w omcers are: jo Ann Johnson, vice president; Marilyn Brewster, sec retary; Paula Broady, treasurer: Jean Barrett, publicity chairman and Shirley Dewey, notification chairman. Miss Bennington is secretary of Air ROTC Instructor Appointed Capt. Hagood Returns To NU For the second time in his Air Force career, Capt. John E. Hagood has become a member of the University Air ROTC staff. Capt. Ha good, who re c e n 1 1 y re turned from assignment in Japan, has been appoint ed assistant professor . of' air science and tactics. Formerly he served as a member of the Univer Capt. Hagood Courtesy Linclon Star sity staff from 1946 to 1950. Capt. Hagood said that al though Japan is a fine place to see the new and interesting he vas happy to be back at the University. He found the gen eral campus picture unchanged except for some details of the Air ROTC program. HIS SPECIFIC duties as a part of the University Air ROTC detachment will be that of ad ministrative officer, replacing Major John TruelL Tri DeTt Scholarship Competition Announced The annual Delta Delta Delta general scholarship competition opened Friday. Deadline for sub mitting applications is Feb. 20. Any University woman student who shows promise of being a valuable citizen in her future community is eligible to enter. The successful candidate will be notified by May 1. The schol arship will be sent at the begin ning of the term for which the award is granted. Applicants will be judged by the national Delta Delta Delta committee on awards. 1954 May Queen Filings Now Open Filings for 1954 May Queen opened Monday and will extend through Saturday. Senior women who have a 5.5 average and who have contri buted time to University activ ities are eligible to apply. Ap plications 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 (elect the May Queen, who will preside over Ivy Day ceremonies. Voting for May Queen will be held during spring elections, March 11. The runner-up will be maid of honor. The Outside World By WILLIE DESCH Staff Writer Communism Under Fire WASHINGTON The possibility of prosecuting some of the alleged Communist spies uncovered in FBI reports is being inves tigated by the Justice Department. Attorney General Brownell Jr. said that the 1945 and 1946 reports were pushed aside during the Truman administration and-were never studied. He said that many names were uncovered in these reports and that his depart ment is considering prosecution in some cases. Brownell said that some cases were "extremely important' and ranked alongside the White case. Leonard Hall, National GOP Chairman, said the Republicans definitely plan to make Communism during Democratic adminis trations an issue in the November congressional elections. Big Four Headaches WASHINGTON The problem of relieving tension in the Far East is the next question for the Big Four foreign ministers con ference. A secret session was scheduled, the first held at the 15-day-old conference, to discuss three major unsettled issues Red China's place in world politics, international disarmament and an Austrian peace treaty. ...... It was decided to ask Molotov to use his "influence With Red China in an attempt to reopen stalled Korean peace negotia tions. Pope's Health Improved ROME Pope Pius was able to get out of his sick bed for the first time since Jan. 25. He was also able to eat solid food without any trouble. The pontiff's private physician and the 'Vatican press office announced that his health is improving. Traffic Toll On The Increase LINCOLN Nebraska's 1954 traffic fatalities, which amount to 34, have more than doubled over the total number last year at the same time. Last year the total number was ,13 for the Etate. The past week-end, three Nebraskans were killed in traffic accidents. Two of the victims were from Omaha and the third was from Hubbard. LINCOLN, Named Officers AWS, Student Council member and member of Alpha Chi Omega. ALSO A junior in Teachers Col lege, Miss Johnson is a member of Coed Counselor board, past treasurer of Tassels, and a mem ber of Alpha Xi Delta. Miss Brewster is a member of Alpha Phi and a junior in Teach ers College. She was past pub licity chairman of Tassels, AWS notifications chairman, and secre tary of the Dean's Advisory board in Teachers College. Miss Broady, Engineering sophomore, is assistant editor of Blue Print, publicity co-chairman of E-week and member of Ameri can Institute of 'Architects. MISS BARRETT, a member of Alpha Lambda Delta, is social chairman of the dormitory and serves on AWS house of repre sentatives. She is a sophomore in Teachers College. A member of Y.W.C.A. and Builders, Miss Dewey is a sopho more in Teachers College. She is affiliated with Chi Omega. NU Drop And Add Closing Date Set Final date for dropping or add ing classes is Feb. 20. This date has been set by the Office of Registration and Records for both undergraduate and graduate classes. Undergraduate students were to have finished registration by Jan. 29. For graduate students the final registration date is Feb. 13. Undergraduates can drop and add from Feb. 1 to 20. Students in graduate classes can complete this process Feb. 15 to 20. Two NU Teams US Free Trade Two University debate teams will travel to Denver Wednes day to compete in one of the major tournaments of the sea son sponsored by the Univer sity of Denver. The debate will be held Thursday, Friday and Saturday on the subject. Resolved: The United States should adopt a policy of free trade. Debaters making the trip will be Wayne Johnson, Dale John son, Jere McGaffey and Dick Fellman. Donald Olson, assist ant professor of speech, will ac company the teams as coach. DALE JOHNSON will enter Klasek, Alexander Make Semi-Finals Charles Klasek and Norman Alexander, participating in a der bate tournament in Pittsburgh, Kan., were one of two teams to remain undefeated during the en tire preliminary rounds. Participating in the speecn con test at Kansas State Teachers College, Klasek and Alexander advanced from the preliminary rounds to the semi-finals, where they were eliminated. Jerry Igou and Russel Outting, another team of University de baters, won three and lost two debates. THE THIRD team to attend the weekend tourney was Paul Scheele and Jim Placke, who won two and lost three debates. The speech conference, held Friday and Saturday, had a full series of individual events. Kla sek. entered in poetry reading, won first place. Accompanying the team were Bruce Kendall, assistant profes sor of SDeech and dramatic art, and Wilmer Lindkugel, graduate assistant. NEBRASKA Moorehead Special Student Prices Announced For 'Fabulous Redhead Feb. 23 Tickets went on sale Monday for Agnes Moorehead's personal appearance at the Nebraska The ater Feb. 23. Student prices for the 7 p.m. performance are $1 for the gen eral admission main floor. The main floor will be saved for stu dents. Other seats, reserved by price sections, are loge and back balcony, either for $2 apiece. RESERVED PRICES for the 9 p.m. performance are: orchestra, $2.50; main floor, $2.50; loge, $2.50, and back balcony, $1.50. "That Fabulous Redhead" is a Six NU Faculty Members To Participate In Recital Six faculty members of the University m u si c department will participate in a recital BABW Board Applications Due Tuesday Unaffiliated women who wish to file for BABW positions must do so before 5 p.m. Tuesday. Those who wish to file can do so at Ellen Smith Hall arid the Ag Union. ( Candidates for BABW must be unaffiliated and must have a 5.5 weighted average or better. There are positions open for 2 senior members, 4 juniors, and 4 sophomores. BABW activities include spon soring the annual Hello Girl Dance in the fall, co-sponsoring the Shennanigans Dance with the Union during the state basketball tournament and pre senting awards to outstanding independent women at a spring recognition tea. To Debate This Week oratory, Dick Fellman and Wayne Johnson will e nter ex temporaneous speaking and Jere McGaffey will compete in po etry reading. All four of the debaters will take part in a Student Congress Saturday morning. The Con gress will be a mock session of a legislative assembly, featuring debate and discussion of pro posed bills as they are carried on in a regular Congress. Filings For Vacant SC Post To Close Filings for a vacant Student Council position began Monday and will continue through Friday. Interested persons may obtain an application form from the office of Frank M. Hallgren, associate dean of student affairs, Room 209 Administration Hall. Requirements for the position are: the candidate must be a sophomore or junior male in Teachers with a 5.0 weighted av erage. Selection of the new member will be made by the Council at their Feb. 17 meeting. The posi tion was formerly Held by Bert Linn. Buckingham Lists Main Aims Of Greek Week Innovation Events Planned By SAM JENSEN . Staff Writer "To build stronger fraternity relations, raise fraternity stand ards and promote good public relations," were listed by Dean Buckingham, IFC chairman of Greek Week, as the main objec tives in innovating fraternity Greek Week which opened Mon day and will continue through Saturday. "Never before has the Inter Fraernity Council done any thing besides , supervise rush week and plan the IFC Ball. This is the first time the IFC had attempted to have all fra ternities work together as a group in solving common prob lems," Buckingham said. HELP WEEK, rushing, cam pus activities, pledge training, discriminatory clause and dor- National Advertising Art Exhibit Featured At Gamma Alpha Chi Tea A tea sponsored by Gamma Alpha Chi, national honorary advertising sorority, was held Sunday in the third floor art gal lery of Morrill Hall. The tea was given by Gamma Phi Sigma lota To Hold Meeting On Thursday Phi Sigma Iota, national ro mance language honorary, will hold its monthly meeting Thurs day at 7:30 in the Union Faculty Lounge. Shirley Hamilton will read a paper on "Maxmillian and Car fotta In Mexico " Kathy McMul len will read a paper entitled "Existentialism in the Works of Albert Camus." Tuesday, February 9, 1954 Paul Gregory production co starring Robert Gist, currently on its initial tour. DESIGNED TO demonstrate Miss Moorehead's ability to change her voice almost beyond recognition, the program will in clude seleotions from James Thurber, Ring Lardner, Guy de Maupassant, Shakespeare and' the Bible. Climaxing the two hour pro gram will be her interpretation of "Sorry, Wrong Number." Box office sales will continue through this week at the Union and at Walt's Music Store. Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in the Union Ballroom. Faculty members and their selections ' include Mary Jane Waggoner, piano instructor, playing English suite No. 4, pre lude, allemande, courant, sara bande, minuite 1 and 2, and gigue, by Bach and "Toccata" by Harris. Donald Lentz, professor of woodwind instruments will per f o r m "Andante Pastoral et Scherzettino,"' by Taffanel and "Concertino," by Chaminade, on the flute. PROFESSOR EMANUEL Wishnow, violinist, will play "Symphonie Espagn o 1 e", an dante and allegro non troppo, by Lalo. Tenor Earl Jenkins, instructor, will sing "Be Thou Faithful Unto Death" by Mendelssohn; "Chanson Triste'V by Dupare; "O Nature, pleine de grace" by Massenet; and "A Dream" by Greig. Earnest Harrison, associate professor, and Mary Green, in structor, will be the accompan ists. Lentz, Wishnow and Harrison will, play "Madrigal Sonata," poco allegro and moderato, by Martinu. Coed Follies Skit Tryouts Begin Tonight Tryouts for Coed Follies skits will be held Tuesday and Wed nesday evenings. Freshmen who will have to stay out after 9 p.m. are required to get special permission slips from their housemothers. Skits will be judged mainly on originality and audience ap peal by half the Associated Women Students Board and two faculty members. THE SCHEDULE for Tuesday is: Towne Club, 7 p.m.; Interna tional House, 7:15 p.m.; Gamma Phi Beta, 7:30 p.m.; Kappa Alpha Theta, 7:45 p.m.; Alpha Omi cron Pi, 8 p.m. Alpha Phi, 8:15 p.m.; Resi dence Halls, 8:30 p.m.; Pi Beta Phi, 8:45 p.m.; Kappa Delta, 9 p.m.; Delta Gamma, 9:15 p.m.; Alpha Xi Delta, 9:30 p.m., and Delta Delta Delta, 9:45 p.m. WEDNESDAY SCHEDULE is: Alpha Chi Omega, 7:15 p.m.; Sigma Kappa, 7:30 p.m; Kappa Kappa Gamma, 7:45 p.m.; Chi Omega, 8 p.m., and Sigma Delta Tau, 7:15 p.m. Include Group Discussions, Banquet mitory problem will be among the 20 topics discussed at meet- ings which will De neia in au fraternity houses Wednesday at 7 p.m. The discussion groups will be preceded by exchange dinners. Intramurals will be discussed and Buckingham said he hopes that some reward for the fra ternity with the best overall sports program, such as the for mer Jack Best trophy, will be decided upon. "Proposals to the IFC for action are definitely in order at these meetings," Buck ingham announced. HARRY L. WEAVER, IFC advisor, will lead Thursday night's discussion of fraternity university relations in Union Room 313. Ken Keller, assistant director of public relations, is in charge of the discussion on Alpha Chi actives and alumni in connection with the opening of the National Advertising Art Ex hibit. Entries in the Missouri Val ley Advertising Contest, spon sored by Gamma Alpha Chi, were on special display, Nancy Hemphill was in charge of the tea. Assistants were Bev erlee Engelbrecht, Madeline Watson, Cynthia Henderson, Marilyn ' Erwin and Barbara Clark. Junior Men Junior men who have partici pated in eytra-curricular activ ities should leave their names and addresses in the Innocents mail box in the Union Basement by Feb. 23. ' 1 (";: "''-ill IplliulS . 'fT' t A it mm M I : ip - liSlllf Tvw'Jt- Y .. illllllilj sj "-sl p M:Mm&M&MBM&L. , . 'WVL:;., Home Ec Scholars Honored Omicron Nu, home economics honorary, honored 11 sopho more coeds for top scholarship averages during their fresh man years. Coeds are (stand it happened at nu A University professor was surprised to see a student who had attended only the first three lectures of his course show up for the final examina tion. He was even more surprised to find that the student scored 97 in the test. The professor called the stu dent in to ask him how he managed to get the high grade without attending lectures. The student replied, "I'm sorry about that I could have gotten a 100 in the exam. But you see I attended three of your lectures and that con fused me a Httle!" Local Concert To Feature Young Pianist Leon Fleisher, 26-year-old concert pianist, will be the guest artist with the Lincoln Sym phony Orchestra in the fourth of a series of concerts which will be held in the Stuart Theater Tues day at 8:30 p.m. Fleisher, who began piano les sons at the age of 4, is the win ner of the International Musi cal Competition sponsored by Queen Elizabeth of Belgium. He was the first American to win the prize which is given to the best young concert pianist. Par ticipants in the contest repre sented 27 countries. Tickets for the concert may be obtained at the box oftfice or in Room 436 of the Stuart Build ing. General admission tickets are $1.50. Reserved seats are $2, $2.50 and $3. RC Board Positions Open;. Applications Due Thursday Filings for Red Cross Board are now open. Applications may be obtained in the Red Cross of fice, Union Room 306, and should be returned to the Red Cross box in the Union Basement by 6:30 p.m. Thursday. Interviews will be held Thurs day by old and new executive committee members. Require ments for a board position are a 5 average and good standing in the University. Applicants may file for chair manship positions of gray ladies, water safety, publicity (art and newspaper), handicrafts, veter ans' hospital, orthopedic, or phanage, children's activities, special activities, and peniten tiary committees. GRAY LADIES This com mittee works with the patients at the State Hospital helping with classes and doing therapy work. The group also gives spe- public relations in Room 315, while ideas concerning religion and the fraternity will be the topic in Room 316. All meetings will begin at 7 p.m. Further discussion on scholar ship, rush week and help week will be held Friday at 3 p.m. in the Union. v A PLEDGE exchange lunch eon will open Saturday's Greek Week activities as pledges rom two or three houses will jour ney to other fraternities at 11:30 a.m. Pledges will remain at the houses until. 1 p.m. when they will all attend a mass meeting in Love Library Auditorium. Col. C. J. Frankforter will be the speaker. Active members of fraternities may attend meetings concerned with pledge training, intramurals and alumni relations in the Union .at 1 p.m. Following the general discussions, topics con cerned with the jobs of presi dent, treasurer, socal chairman pledge officers will be discussed. Other men besides the officers mentioned are urged to attend these meetings. , FRATERNITY GREEK Week banquet will be held at 6 p.m. in the Union Ballroom. John O. Mosley, eminent supreme re porter of Sigma Alpha Epsilon and "founder" of Greek Week, will be the main speaker. Those not attending the banquet may hear Mosley speak at 7 p.m. Marv Friedman, banquet chair man, expects "over 500 fra ternity men to attend the ban quet." Working on the plannirig com mittee with Buckingham and Friedman are Charles Anderson, Jim Cederdahl, Bill Devries and Gary Jones. ing, 1. to r.) Janet Lindquist, Virginia Reeves, Martha Glock, Patricia Pauley, I m o g e n e Barry, Vivian Boland, Betty Tickets Now On Sqle For Ag Sno-Ball Dance Contest To Decide 'Cutest Baby' The annual Sno-Ball Dance, sponsored by the Ag Union dance committee, will be held Satur day, Feb. 20, in the Ag College Activities Building. The traditional Ag dance will feature the mi sic of Bill Albers Orchestra from 8:30 until 11:30 pVn. Tickets are now on sale at $1.50 a couple. They may be purchased at the booth in the Ag Union or from any member of the Ag Union dance committee. THE BABY Photo Contest opens Monday, Feb. 15. Snap shots of Ag College students will be mounted on the bulletin board in the Ag Union. Any Ag student may guess the identities of the pictured in fants. A prize will be presented at the dance to the student identifying the greatest number of baby pic tures. In case of a tie, winning contestants ,will draw for the prize. VOTING FOR ""The Cutest Baby" will be held during the dance. The contestant whose baby picture receives the most votes will be crowned "Cutest Baby". If that person is not at the dance, the title will be awarded to the runner up. Arrangements for serving re freshments have been made in co-operation with the Dell. COMMITTEES FOR the dance are: Baby Photo contest, Bill DeWulf, Ruth Ernest and Ed McReynolds; orchestra, Marx cial parties for the patients. Joyce Laase is the former chair man of the committee. Water ' Safety Applicants for chairman of this committee must have life-saving certificates. The group teaches swimming to han dicapped children, primarily po lio victims. Arlina Harte was formerly chairman. VETERANS' HOSPITAL This group entertains patients at the Veterans' Hospital. Groups of students play cards with the men, present talent shows, and conduct radio programs at the hospital. Fran Locke is the retir ing chairman of the committee. Orthopedic Hospital Mem bers of the committee entertain the young patients at the Ortho pedic Hospital by reading and playing games with them. Spe cial parties are given to the chil dren during each holiday. Carol Gillet is the former chairman of this group. ORPHANAGES This com mittee works with the children in Lincoln's orphanages. Groups of girls go out to the orphan ages weekly to teach games, handicrafts, and group singing to the children. Holiday parties are alos given. Marilyn Biedek is the former chairman. Children's Activities This committee works with Brownie and Girl Scout groups in Lin coln. Two girls are assignea as advisors and plan the activities of each Girl Scout and Brownie group. SPECIAL ACTIVITIES All special events are handled by this committee. Members plan (Continued on Page 4) Music Major Wins Instrumental Audition Parker To Play Rachmaninoff With Lincoln Symphony March 9 Paul Parker, a senior in music school from Auburn, has won the instrumental audition with the Lincoln Symphony orchestra. Parker won over six other pianists and a violinist. Although Parker is majoring in clarinet, he won the audition on the piano. He transferred at the beginning of the year from Peru State Teachers College. He has studied with Beth Miller for two years and teaches piano in her studio. For the past two summers he has attended the Rocky Ridge sem inar for piano which she con ducts. "I would like to play in sym phony work some day," Parker said. He has also taken other woodwinds beside clarinet at the University. He will play the Third Move ment of Rachmaninoff's piano concerto No. 2 in C Minor with the Lincoln Symphony. The con- l .'11 1 I 1 J -mir 1 a v 1 I lci t win Lie neiu mctixii a hi uie Stuart Theater at 8:30 p.m. Courtesy Sunday Journal and Star Eberhart and Twila Riley. Seated are (1. to r.) Dorothy Hartwig and Joyce Splittgerber. Not pictured is Nancy Hall. Petersen; publicity, Sharon Eg ger, Max Clegg and Milton Fricke, Jr.; decorations, Joyce Taylor, Ardath Young and Le Lingren; ticket sales, Marx Pet ersen and Shirley Geis; refresh ments, Yvonne Fowler, Don Rey nolds and Ella Matzke. Chancellor Interview Announced Candidate Plans Wednesday Visit Acting Chancellor John K. Selleck announced that a can didate for the chancellorship will be brought to the Univer sity campus for a Wednesday interview. The name of the candidate has not been announced but it is understood that he is an edu cator in another state. SELLECK SAID the Board of Regents also will discuss the Athletic Board recommendation for a liberalized program of ath letic scholarships, or grants-in-aid, at the meeting called for 10 a.m. Wednesday. THE REGENTS have agreed to visit out-of-state campuses to interview prospective appoint ees, but Selleck said that so far no visits have been made. In regard to the athletic pro gram, Selleck said there would be no discussion regarding a new athletic director. AgYM, YW To Participate In Discussions The first discussion groups of a new program sponsored by the Ag YMCA and YWCA will be held Tuesday at 7:15 p.m. in the Home Ec. Building. Discussions will be held on alternating Tuesdays and are di vided into four sections, accord ing to Dale Toops, Ag YM-YW publicity chairman. Groups are "Comparative Re ligions," "Public Affairs," "Jobs and the Future" and "Beliefs on Trial." Group leaders are Mary Ellen Maronde, Keith Erlewine, JoAnn Heilman, Charles Harris, Ardath Young, Dale Toops, Joyce Taylor and Merwyn Davidson. Following discussions the four groups will meet together for re freshments served by the social committee. Sigma Xi Symposium Planned For Tuesday A symposium on "Recent De velopment in Experimental Methods of Stress and Strain Analysis" will be presented by Sigma Xi, honorary society of science, Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. in Bancroft Hall Auditorium. Speakers will be Professor C. E. Ernst, chairman, department of engineering and G. L. Downey and D. C. Haack, assistant pro fessors of engineering mechanics. v CnttrtrsT Lincloo Star VAITI. PAKKA.& WX' . -Ill - 4