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nkdSMT) 0 cs n lL ns Intramural Columnist Selects All-Star Team In Fraternity A Basketball See Sports Page 3 Contracts For Accommodations In New Mrm's Dorm Accepted; Facilities Described See Page 4 Volume 54, No. 71 Tuesday, March 30, 1954 y tsw iLycjy (uyLt iuwj Lincoln, Nebraska . : f ' tilt tils" , i 'r .... t: te:!;ss jmmtk " jfc p' - , Mermaids In Net Fish net swim suits, modeled by (1. to r.) Barb Grow and Kathy Kerr, are an example of the costuming which will be an important sidelight of the Aqua- Cothdy To on., vuea University Theater To Present 'The Man Who Came To Dinner' "The Man Who Came to Din ner" will open Wednesday at 8 p.m. in the Arena Theater, Temple Building. The play is the fourth and final University Theater produc tion of the 1953-54 season and the last major production in the Arena Theater. Play director Dallas Williams commented that the play was written purely for amusement and entertainment. "George Kaufmann, the author, is a mas ter at inventing humorous and farcical situations in a play," he said. "The play relies on the ec centricity of the characters.. There is just one continuous wise-crack after another." WILLIAMS EXPLAINED that "the plot is pure fabrication de signed entirely for the purpose of giving Whiteside an occasion to flaunt his eccentric personal ity in the face of a group of artifical characters." Hank Gibson will portray Sheridan Whiteside. Other cast members include: Mrs. Stanley, Trudy Scriven; Miss Preen, Bar bara Leigh; Richard Stanley, Larry Hanson; John, James Copp; June Stanley, Marilyn Breitfelder; Sarah, Mary Lou Pittack; Mr. Stanley, Bill Wal ton; Maggie Cutler, Marjorie Miller; Dr. Bradley, Fred Ash ley. HARRIET STANLEY, Valerie Hompes; Bert Jefferson, Douglas York; Professor Metz, Bill Smith; three convicts, Jerry Minnick, Jon McWilliams, Rod Holmes; expressman, Dick Marrs; Sandy, Charles Peterson; Lorraine Shel don, Luanne Raun; Beverly Carlton, Ernest Enke; Westrott, Tassels Group Plans Banquet For Initiates A Tassel banquet honoring new initiates will be held Tues day at 6 p.m. 1n the Union. The recently retired officers, Susan Reinhardt, president; Norma Lothrop, vice president, and Connie Karges, treasurer, will be honored guests. , PLEDGES WHO have earned the required number of points for membership will be initi ated. The outstanding Tassel ac tive and pledge will be an nounced. The evening's program will in clude a skit by Tassel pledges. Miss Mary Augustine and Mrs. Kenneth McCaw are the Tassel sponsors. All Tassel alumnae are in vited to attend the banquet. Tickets for the dinner will be $1.33. The Outside Worjd By WILLIE DESCII Staff Writer McCarthy Slates Fremont Speech KEARNEY Sen. Joseph McCarthy will be the guest spliker at the Nebraska Republican pre-primary convention in Fretiont May 24, it was announced by State Chairman David T. MartinFThe senator will speak to an evening meeting In the Fremont City Auditorium, ' ' ' McCarthy will open the convention meetings. This convention will mark the beginning of an aggressive campaign In Nebraska in which the goal is to retain Nebraska 100 per cent in the Republican column, said Martin. Lonogshoremen Picket White House WASHINGTON The White House was picketed Monday by approximately 1,000 longshoremen in an effort to speed up settle ment of the New York dock strike. However their marching ended around noon. The group carrying flags and banners were quiet as they marched through the streets and piled on buses and cars to return to their homes. The group sent a request to President Eisenhower asking for an audience with him, however the Presi dent's time was filled with other meetings and he was unable to meet with them. The National Labor Relations Board plans to act as promptly as possible to settle a dispute over union representation said Chairman Guy Former. The board has a hearing scheduled Tuesday. courtesy Sunday journal and Star quettes Recital. The costumes, by club members, carry out the theme, which is centered around the music of George Gershwin. flH snesoicuy Bill Doleman and Banjo, Gene Densmore. Reservations for the play may be made at the University Thea ter box office in the Temple Building from 1 to 5 p.m. daily, phone 2-7631, extension 3263. Students are urged to make res ervations for the Wednesday and Thursday performances. The play will be presented through Saturday and April 7 through 10. t Newscaster Convocation Edward Morgan Courtny Sunday Journal and Star EDWARD MORGAN Edward P. Morgan, CBS radio newscaster and editor-commentator of "The World Today," will deliver a public lecture Thursday at 4 p.m., in Love Library Audi torium. His address will be in connec tion with the awarding of a plaque to CBS radio and televi sion by the School of Journalism for "high professional type of re porting in the radio-television news industry." THIS IS one of several awards to be made this year by the School in commemoration of its 60th anniversary. Dr. Wflllam F. Swindler, direc tor of the School of Journalism, will present the plaque. Morgan will discuss "Ethical Problems of Reporting News Ac curately Over the Air." For illus tration, he will play a tape re cording of a half-hour program Publication Notice A special edition of The Ne braskan, "The Pink Rat," will be published Thursday. For this reason, there will be no edition of The Nebraskan Wednesday. n 11 .. :' nnum water liailet 'Rapsody 'N' "Rhapsody N' Ragtime" will feature the music and life of George Gershwin d e p i c ted through unusual lighting and cos tumes, water ballet and syn chronized swimming. The Aquaquette arinual swim ming show will be presented Thursday and Friday at 7:45 p.m. in the University Coliseum pool. 'THE WATER show will be per formed in tempos ranging from South American music to jazz. One of the featured numbers is Cuban Overture, which will be illuminated by black lights. Wisps of fog on the costumes and dry ice for an all-over fog effect will highlight "Foggy Day." Costumes for "I Got Plenty of Nuthin" will include raggedy shirts, cut-off levis and hobo sticks. "Bess, You Is My Woman" will be presented by Kathy Kerr and Barbara Grow, wearing silver mesh costumes. Ann Kokjer is costume chair man and Jan Healy is in charge of scenery. OTHER SONGS include "Strike Up The Band," "Someone to Watch Over Me," "Lady Be Good," "American in Paris," "Fascinatin' Rhythm," "The Man I Love" and "Rhapsody in Blue." Members of the cast are Joan Holden, Aqua'quettes president; Judy Flansburg, vice president; Libby Russell, secretary; Ann Kokjer, treasurer; Kathy Kerr, Barbara Grow, Sandra Reimers, Jan Healy, Carol Anderson, Nan Engler, Louise Owens, Mary clare Dodson. Mary Gattis, Jan Zikmund, Sara Carveth, Lu Makepeace, Sylvia Smith, Joyce Carl, Cis Lons brough, Doris Frank, Polly Sou- To Address Thursday To Accept Plaque which he produced recently con cerning the Peress case. MORGAN CO-PRODUCED with Edward R. Morrow, the program "This I Believe," until 1953. He covered the 1952 political conven tions and Stevenson and Eisen hower ' campaigns. He reported on the test atomic explosion in Nevada, and the Bermuda confer ence in December. He has worked as a foreign correspondent and a free-lance writer. His articles have appeared in the Saturday Evening Post, New York Times Magazine, Coro net, True, The . Reporter, Ameri can Mercury, Esquire and the At lantic Monthly. NU Vo-Ag Judging Contest Set For Thursday, Friday 2228 Representatives From 125 Schools To Vie Representatives from 125 schools will attend the 37th an nual Vo-Ag Judging Contests Thursday and Friday at Ag Cam pus. School from distancesas far as Ainsworth, Basset, Har r i s o n, Scottsbluff, McCook, Randolph, Crelghton, Blair, Auburn,. Ne braska City, Hastings, Ansley North Platte have entered con testants. FOURTEEN SEPARATE con tests have been planned. They are: Crop judging and identifica tion, dairy cattle selection, dairy management, poultry judging, meats judging and identification, animal husbandry, tractor main tenance, farm carpentry, metals, farm machinery, soil conserva tion, dairy products, crops and soils management and farm man agement. Each contest department has a V- : X '0 Moot Court Finalists Winners in the Moot Court com- vcrsity College of Law. The two petition hold Thursday were coeds competed against Rich Eleanor Knoll and Janice Llnd- nrd Hansen and Kenneth Lcgg quist (left) students in the Uni- fright). Supreme Court Justices Ragtime' To Open Thursday ser, Sondra Smithl Mary E. Tay lor, Margie Hooks,' Barbara Pape and Arlina Harte. Miss Barbara Drinkwater, in structor in physical education, Two Debate Teams Win V Highest Quality Ratings NU Places In Missouri Valley Tourney Teams of Wayne Johnson and Dale Johnson, and Jack Rogers and Paul Laase won the highest quality ratings of all teams in their respective team divisions in the Missouri Valley Debate Tournament. University teams tied with the University of Kansas for second place by winning eight out of twelve debates. The University of Texas, with a 10-win, 12-loss record, took first place at the Lab Theater Tryouts To Begin Thursday Directors Named For Productions Tryouts for three new labora tory theater productions will be held Thursday and Friday from 3 to 5 p.m. in Temple Building. "Trifles," a drama by Susan Glaspell, will be directed by Morrel Clute. Charles Klasek is the production manager. The cast calls for three men and two women. Tryouts will be held in Room 210. BARBARA LEIGH will direct "The Wonder Hat," a harlequin ade in one act by Kenneth Saw yer Goodman and Ben Hecht. The- production manager is Morse Weisgurt. The cast will contain three men and two wo men. Tryouts will be held in Room 312. "The Eldest," a drama by Ed na Ferber, will be directed by Neala O'Dell. Three men and three women are needed for the cast. Donna FOlmer Pflasterer is the production manager. Tryouts will be held in Room 201. All University students may try out for the plays. The plays will be presented April 29 and 30. division chairman and a Vo-Ag chairman, Department contest chairmen for the contests are: I. L. Williams and Larry Heikes poultry judging, Chase Allred and Kenneth Schuette, crop judging and identification; M. A. Alex ander and James Dahlke, animal husbandry; Charles Adams and Kenneth Walker, meats judging; U. E, Wcndorff and Rollan Stuck enholz, metals; C. A. Penton and Willard Holz, farm carpentry; Paul Schleusener and Merwyn Davidson, soil conservation. C. W. SMITH and Marvin Moore tractor maintenance; Dnniel Kitchen and Richard Mills, farm machinery; A. W. Epp and Leon Kreiner, farm 'management; R. G. Fossland and Lynn Herrick, dairy cattle selection; H. P. Davis and Dale Wolf, dairy man agement; P. A. Downs and Don ald Frerichs, dairy products; Chase Allred and Neal Pohlman, crops and soil management. will direct the student mermaids. The entire show is produced by Aquaquettes members, who also designed costumes and decided on the natography. tournament which was held at Louisiana State College, Baton Rouge, La. JOHNSON AND Johnson re ceived the highest quality rating by earning 29 out of a possible 30 points. They tied with two other teams for the top record of winning five out of six af firmative debates. Rogers and Laase achieved the highest quality rating in nega tive debating. They won three out of six negative debates. Waye Johnson and Laase won first and second places respec tively in extemporaneous speak ing in a field of 14 participants. IN ORIGINAL oratory Dale Johnson received fourth place out of the seven participants in this category. "On the basis of this year's record,'' Donald Olson, debate coach, said, "the team is en titled to participate in the re gionals preceding the national debate tournament at the West Point Military Academy. "WE HAVE never attempted to participate in the regional or final tournament before," Olson added, "because it takes too large a proportion of the budget for only two people and it re quires the absence from manj classes." Other teams participating in the Missouri Valley Tournament were: University of South Da kota, University of Oklahoma, University of Kansas, Wichita University, University of Texas, Kansas State College and Louisi ana State College Ag Homemaker's Day Scheduled For Friday Architect To Discuss Farm Housing Homemaker's Day for home makers from all parts of the state will be held at Ag campus Friday. Registration will begin at 9:15 a.m. in the Ag Union. A song fest led by Altinus Tullis, director of the Ag College Chorus, will M. G. McCreight, acting chair man of the department of voca tlonal education, said that Vo-Ag students are required to assist with at least two or three contests as they serve as a training aid in preparing them as high school teachers. THE ANNUAL contests give high school students an opportun ity to see the facilities of Ag campus and also compete with other students in vocational agri culture FFA convention will be held on the Wesleyan campus because of the lack of facilities on Ag cam pus. Public speaking, creed speaking and parliamentary pro cedure contests will be held. Contest results will be an nounced during the convention. State farmer promotions will be held in the Union Thursday. Annual FFA bnnquet to be held in the Union Ballroom Friday will climax the convention and judg ing contests. Courtny Lincoln Journal Paul E. Boslaugh and Fred W. Messmore and District Judge Harry R, Ankeny judged the competition. I 1 . I I . . . i 4 ' H h i ' ' ' - VV t-' 1. m 1 Synchronized Form Aquaquette members demon- day. The swimmers are (1. to strate the swimming form r.) Kathy Kerr, Judy Flans which will be featured in the burg and Barbara Grow. The spring show, "Rhapsody 'N' show will be held in the Coil Ragtime," Thursday and Fri- seum pool- Hon ors o tniear NU To Recognize li ifliiiiii i iri" '""tVttUf -f -i' DR. JAMES McCA follow. W. V. Lambert, dean of Ag College, will welcome the group to the campus. MURLIN R. Hodgell, architect from the University of Illinois, will speak on the latest develop ments in "Today's House." Hodg ell will describe the dilemma in farm housing and will discuss specific solutions for these prob lems. A Filipino student, Alfre'da Gar cas, will give homemakers a glimpse of life in the Philippines. Miss Garcas is a graduate stu dent in nutrition. Florence Atwood, state home extension leader, will close the morning session with a greet ing from the extension depart ment, Homemakers will hear the lat est news on home economics at the University from Dr. Doretta Schlaphoff, chairman of the home economics department. Members of clothing and tex tile classes in home economics will present a style show at the close of the formal program. The style show will be under the di rection of Mary Hall, Mary Ellen Michaud and Helen Rocke, mem bers of the clothing department staff. TOURS HAVE been planned to acquaint the women with Ag Campus. Included in the tours will be visits to the . nutritional research laboratories, home eco nomics design laboratory, meats laboratory, child development la boratory and Agronomy Building. A film on family relations will be shown after the tour. The second annual Homemak er's Day is sponsored jointly by the Home Economics and Home Extension staff of the University and the Home Economics Asso ciation of Homemakers. n ii y AUF To Hold Mass Meeting; Committee Workers Needed A mass meeting for students interested in AUF work will be held in Union Parlors X and Y at 7 p.m. Wednesday. "We need workers," Phyllis Colbert. AUF president, said, "and those who are willing and enthusiastic to be workers will find interesting fields to partici pate ini" ' WORKERS ARE needed for publicity and solicitations. AUF solicitation work will begin next fall, but promotional and publi city work is going on at the pres ent time. Those interested in working this spring will be assigned to one of the following committees: Newspaper; Sam Jensen, chair man; publicity in newspapers and other periodicals. Mass meetings, Neil Miller, chairman, general meetings and education of workers. Booths, Neil Miller, chairman: Courtesy Sunday Journal and Star K A mcain Top 10 Per Cent Dr. James A. McCain, presi dent of Kansas State College, will give the principal address at the 26th annual University Honors Convocation Tuesday, April 6, at 10:15 a.m. in the Coliseum. The University will recognize: the top 10 per cent of each class of each college or school during the two preceding semesters; senior students in the upper three per cent of their respective col leges; student organizations, and recipients of prizes and awards. IN ADDITION, the recipient of the $1,000 outstanding teacher award will be announced. The yearly award was established for the first time this year by the University Foundation. W. W. Putney, vice president of the Foundation, will present the award. Acting Chancellor John K. Sel leck will preside at the convo cation. Rev. I. J. Domas, pastor of Unitarian Church, will deliver the invocation. Dr. Paul Mea dows, chairman of the Convoca tion Committee, will present can didates for certificates of su perior scholarship. THE UNIVERSITY Symphony orchestra, directed by Professor Emanuel Wishnow, will play. McCain succeeded Milton Eis enhower in 1950 as president of Kansas State College. Prior to this, he was president of the Uni versity of Montana. He was on the staff of Colorado A &' M College for 13 years, first as a teacher of journalism and director of publications, and later as assistant to the presi dent, and dean of the summer session. IN 1948, McCain served as con sultant to the State of New York on the administrative organiza tion of the new state university. He holds a Bachelor of Arts and an LL.D from' Wof ford Col lege, Spartanburg, S. C, a Mas ter's degree from Duke, and his doctorate degree from Stanford University. He is author of articles which have appeared in numerous pro fessional publications and co author of two books, one on vo cational education and the other, "Education in the Armed Serv ices." Seminar To Air Refugee Problem The refugee problem will be discussed at the next Union Sem inar at 4 p.m., Wednesday In the Faculty Lounge. The Rev. Thomas C. Dick, pastor of the First Plymouth Con gregational Church will discuss as his topic "What Is The United States' Responsibility Toward the Refugee Problem?" Dick spent last summer In Europe and the Middle East. building and manning booths used during the campaign. Speakers, Suzy Good, chair man: speakers for various edu cational programs. Radio and television, Natalie Nelson, chairman: programs and broadcasts. Special events, Barbara Flana gan, chairman: UMOC, AUF auc tion and other events. Art, Sue Muelhaupt, chairman: posters and other illustrations to be used for AUF publicity. Four Students Initiated By Journalism Honorary Four University students were initiated into Kappa Tau Alpha, national scholastic honorary in journalism, Wednesday after noon. They are Nancy Odum, Shirley Murphy Maly, Lyle Dcnniston and Beth Rohwer Dcnniston.