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J Tickets m k n n n f& For Volume 74, No. 79 yiliiiiiiWiWM-iiliM'iiiii noaJMMMaifMiiii iniWr $rMM '"hmliii.ii-niiiii iiim-.ii.mi .iim n imi wti.ii. mil NU Honors Eight Acting Chancellor John Sel leck (1) congratulates eight University employees who were honored Wednesday for having completed 25 years with the school. They are (from 1. to r.) Harry Wolfe, night patrolman; ineaineers w eeic sa?uraav Exhibits To Feature Model Tractors, Window displays in downtown store windows will open Engi neer's Week Saturday. An Open House will be held Starting at 2 p.m. Thursday. Bob Peterson and John Tombarge are overall co-chairman for the an nual event put on by students of the College of Engineering and Architecture. BOB LOCH, window display chairman, was in charge of se curing " positions for downtown displays. At the Continental National Bank the Engineering Mechanics Department will have a display of models .illustrating various types of motion used in industry today and mechanisms which ac cuate these motions. CHEMICAL ENGINEERS, un der the direction of Lloyd Keller and John Frost, will have their display in the window of Miller and Paine. The display will il lustrate the E-Week theme, "En gineeringIts All Around You." SINCE EVERY model of gaso line burning tractor which is sold in Nebraska must, by state law, be tested and approved by the University Tractor Testing lab, the Ag Engineers plan to use model tractors to illustrate the various types of tests a tractor must pass before it can be sold in Nebraska. The display, on the east side of Gold's, will show an actual test in operation. Co-chairmen are Wayne Wolf and Gordon Kruse. WITH ALL the emphasis today on the atom and hydrogen bombs, the Civil Engineers, under the di rection of Lyle Tanderup and Daryl Wood, will show just how the city of Lincoln would be af fected by such an attack. Using for their example an 8X bomb eight times as powerful as the one dropped on Hiroshima) the CE'i plan to show, by means of a huge map, just how every home and office building in Lin coln would be affected. The "ground zero" of the bomb blast will be 27th and O Streets. They plan to show scale models of types of structures any home craftsman can construct which will protect its occupants within 300 yards of the bomb's exploding point. This display will be in the window of the J. C. Penny Com pany. .... THE MECHANICAL Engineer!, although they stoutly maintain perpetual motion is impossible, will have a flywheel turning in the Gas Company window, with no apparent means of propulsion. ME's chairmen are Dick Burt and Carl Kittle. .Architects and architectural en gineers will show contemporary building design and construction. Chairmen are Tom Hunter and Harold Brockmt n. The Outside World By WILLIE DESC H Staff Writer McCarthy Methods 'Unusual' WASHINGTON "Unusual" in an attempt to get a commission for G. David Schine, aide to the senator, testified Malor Gener Miles Rcber today. Reber was called to testify in the McCarthy - Army row. The General aid that in 10 years as Army liasion officer with Congress he recalled no case where he was "put under greater pressure" than he was in demands for the commission for Schine. However Reber added that he was never "intimidated" by the senator. Airlift Detour Demanded WIESBADEN, Germany Prime Minister Nehru announced that the American airlift of French troops enroute to Indo-China would not be permitted to pass over his country. The airlift must detour around India. ..,,., The new route for the planes has not been divulged. However U.S. Air Force spokesman said that the "problem has been very well solved." The route over India was a key link on the normal air route to the Far East. Murder Plans Upset BONN, Germany A Russian attempt to have a man murdered has backfired. Three Soviet agents who were sent to West Germany on a murder mission gave themselves lip to u. b. authorities and disclosed the plot to American counter-espionage agents. Besides giving details of the plot, the three men also revealed details of operations of the Soviet secret service. The Intended victim, a man named Okelovlch, was a it ember o the NTS executive committee. NTS Is an anti-Communist Russian group in Frankfurt. Draft Revision Pending WASHINGTON A drastic "revision of the present draft and reserve training laws may be brought to the "Mention of Congress in the near future. The new program will lude. 1) A require ment that youths in the 18-26 age bracket take e mly six months of active duty and then be required to attend drills and training in reserve units. 2) A requirement that men completing two years or more active service continue to attend regular National t- j i a uft nt limits on the size oi Dotn r.a..i.r maA). few of all joint chiefs of staff. LINCOLN, Ruby Watters, cashier: Venon Nootz, fireman at Ag campus; Carl Krejci, yardman at Ag campus; Jake Hemple Jr., cus todian foreman at Ag campus; John Mohr, operator at power plant, and Henry Reider, pre- ays In Wells and Frost the EE's will be running a complete set of electric trains. The unusual thing about these trains is that the observer, standing outside the window, can completely con trol every move the train makes Block And Bridle Show Set For Saturday Night More Than 60 Ag Students Enter Seven horse events and threeequipment. Judging for this class showmanship classes will be fea tured in the 20th annual Block and Bridle Livestock, and Horse Show Saturday at 7:30 p.m. in the Coliseum at the State Fair Grounds. The show is sponsored by the Block and Bridle Club, the ani mal husbandry departmental club for Ag College students. Special horse event of the 1954 show will be Jonny Rivers and his Golden Palamino "Tucson," with trick riding and roping acts. N. S. Nielsen will also perform with his clown burro act and bucking pony. MORE THAN 35 horses are en tered in the show. They will be competing for trophies and rib bons in a Palamino Pleasure class, three-gaited class, five gaited class, jumper class, parade class and a fine harness class. The parade class will feature horse and rider in expensive YDs To Hold Installation, Dinner Friday Young Democrats Installation Banquet will be held Friday at 6:30 p.m. in manors ai oi ine Union. Speaker for the dinner will be Frank Morrison, candidate for the first district congressional post. State Democratic leaders have invited to attend the ban quet. THE FOLLOWING new officers will be installed for the coming vear: jonn uison, sopnomore in dent: Bea Beutel. Arts and Sci ence junior, vice president; Janet Gordon, Arts and Science soph- omre. secretary; Marianne Han sen, sophomore in Arts and Sci ence, treasurer and Charles Beal, sophomore in Arts and Science, historian. The charter will be formally presented by Don Knutson, state chairman of Young Democrats. Tickets for the banquet may be purchased from Marshall Kush- ner or Ed DeMar. The price is $1.25. methods were used by McCarthy services, to be determined by tho NEBRASKA CourtcsyT.lncol'; Str parator at the University State Museum. Not pictured is George Schnegelberger, custo dian. Selleck presented certifi cates of appreciation to the non - instructional staff mem bers after a dinner at the Union. o Electric Trains by merely waving his hand in the proper sequence. The chairmen, Ried Samuelson and John Warren, have an nounced that a full set of oper ating instructions will be in the window for train fanciers. will be on equipment, conforma tion of horse and performance of horse. A NEW addition to the Block and Bridle Show will be the Pal amino Pleasure open class. The class includes mares, stallions and geldings. Judging for this class will be 25 color of the horse, 25 conformation and 50 performance University coeds will compete in a western style horseback riding contest. MORE THAN 60 Ag College studentswiU.Xflnipete: for honors in each of the three showman ship classes; swine, beef and sheep. These classes will be judged by the fitting and train ing given the animal, and the students' ability to display and show the animal. Students have spent several weeks grooming and training their animals for the show. A grand champion and reserve champion showman will be chosen from winners of each class. MISS DALLAS Anne Hunt will make the flag presentation at the beginning of the show. Co-chairmen of the show are Dale Van Vleck, president of Block and Bridle Club, and Tom Leis. Master of ceremonies is Wayne Moody, Admission for the show will be 90 cents for adults and 65 cents for students. olenriv Open fSClfFF Famed Roman's By LUCIGRACE SWITZER Staff Writer Ptolemy as a mathematician, astronomer and geographer was discussed by Dr. George Sarton, emeritus professor of the history of science at Harvard, in a lec ture Wednesday. The lecture, entitled "Ptolemy (second century A.D.)" was the second in the Montgomery Lec tureship series on ancient science and contemporary civilization. The University Press will pub lish a work on this subject bjj Dr. Sarton later this year. Filling in historical background, Dr. Sarton stated that Ptolemy lived in Alexandria during the second century A.D. when it was the center of Hellenistic culture. The political background of the country was Roman out ine cul ture was Greek. Dr. barton pointed out that it was necessary to know this in order to under stand why Ptolemy, living in a period when Roman power was at a peaK, wroie, as am me other literary men of his day, in Greek. PTOLEMY DID not discover or round astronomy, accoruinu to Sarton, because a tremendous amount of work in the field had alrendy been done. Hipparchus, in 3 B.C., had made studies from which he could borrow freely for ideas. "Ptolemy's value," said Sarton. "was not only that he was capable of great discoveries, but that he was a great teacher." "Ptolemy wrote not Just one, but two and possibly three great books." Sarton said. He went on to explain each of these, their subiect matter and the methods by which Ptolemy made his de ductions. The first of these was "the Al magest," a treatise on tistronomy which had as Hi basis the idea that the universe was geo-centric centered around the earth. An earlier astronomer "had had the audacity to put the sun at the center of the universe," Dr. Sar ton said Jocularly, but Ptolemy discorded this idea because there Friday, April 23, 1954 Tassel Tea to Honor Candidates Group To Pick New Members Seventy-three University co tea eds will attend the Tassel Sunday frdm 3:10 5 p.m. at the Alpha Xi Delta house. One out of two delegates will be chosen for each vacancy at organized houses. Four coeds representing Ag-at Large and 10 coeds representing Barb-at-Large will be cnosen from the unaffiliated applicants Girls attending the tea will be: Carole Link, Judy Snell, Janet McClung and Carole Unterseher, Delta Gamma. CHARLOTTE BENSON, Judy Erickson. Annette Glandt and Sharon Kobersteiii, Sigma Kap pa: Shirley Jesse, Phyllis Ornv esher, Shirley McPeck and Kay Christenson, Alpha Omicron Pi; Mary Alice Andeirson and Pat Purcell, Gamma Phi Beta, Phyllis Kaplan and Renee Rohter, Sigma Delta Tau; Mar ilyn Staska and Joyce Stratton, Delta Delta Delta; Margaret Edwards and Emily Hemphill, Chi Omega; Susan Good, Patty Wvatt. Jeannie Elliott andJanie Jeffrey, Kappa Kappa Gamma. Sue Simmons and Mary Soren- son. Kappa ueita: jaronne Johnson and Sandra Saylor, Kappa Alpha Theta; Marga ret Swanson and Jackie Stanton, Pi Beta Phi; Courtney Campbell and Melva Fahrenbruck, Alpha Phi. JOYCE BENGE and Ellen Jacobson, Love Hall: Patra Nel son and Hanna Rosenberg, Towne Club; Marjorie Chab and Gladys Schumaker, Internation al House. Patsy Woodman, Katherine Skinner, Marion Janda, Shirley Richards, Dons Fischer, Ber nice Burger, Marlene Hutch inson, Ellen Jacobscn, Marion Sullivan, Iris A. Becker, Joyce Benge, Marion Sokol and Corene Griffiths, Ag-at-Large. LAVERA FAIMON, Millicent McPheron, Rosa Wendt, Luci- grace Switzer, Helen Ruyon, Doris Hinds. Mary Sue Herbek Jo Ann 'Kelly, ffoyce Knerl, Sarah Gaughan, Zoe Anderson, Beverly Beckman, Helen Hofler, Barbara Kay Schmoker.. Marian Clark, Margery Polz- kill, Patra Nelson, Pat Alvord, Barbara Pape. Merna Petereit, Sonya McGinnis, Donna Han kins, Gloria Byers, Sharlyn Cress, and Marilyn Miller, Barb- at-Large. Sally Hall Receives Journalism Award Sally Hall, journalism senior editor of the Nebraskan and member of Kappa Kappa Gamma, received the Outstand ing Woman Graduate award Fri day from the Nebraska Press Women. Although the $25 award was established last year, this is the first year it has been given. s ISGIESSQ Background, Works, Theories Explained By Lecturer were too few facts to prove it. The reason for this, according to the speaker, was that the, Greeks were primarily interested in ex plaining the natural phenomena, and did not particularly Deueve many of their theories. IN "THE Almagest," Ptolemy worked out a system of spherical-trigonometry with formulas much more complicated than present ones. He did not use conies or ellipses in accounting for the movement of the planets, but explained everything in terms of spheres. It was possible to account for the movements of the planets in this way because there was no limit to the number of circles you could use, Sarton explained. At the time of Aristotle, he said, 43 spheres were used to account for the movement of the planets. Although he had wrong con clusions, Ptolemy's work showed his genius, Sarton explained In addition to his formulas, he worked out tables of chords much more complicated than any used today. OTHER PROBLEMS with which Ptolemy had to deal were the position of the equinoxes and methods of projection. Concern ing the latter, Sarton said, "One could not have found a better met'iod for the purpose than his stcreographlc projection." Ptolemy's second great work was a mathematical geography in which he attempted to give the location of approximately 8,000 places by giving their lati tudes and longitudes. "The method was excellent but he could not apply It," Sarton said, "because he had no means of measuring longitudes." At present, he explained, we measure them through the use of time differences and accurate watches. "This requires a great deal of knowledge which Ptolemy did not have, not to mention the watches," Dr. Sar ton added. ANOTHER ERROR which the geographer made, according to 'Finian's Rainbow' To Open Tickets are now on sale for 'Finian's Rainbow," the Kosmet Klub spring show, which will open Thursday and continue through May 1. Reserve seats are $1.80; regu lar seats are $1.50, and seats for the upper balcony are $1.10.1 hey may be purchased from any R.os- met Klub. member, booth work ers in the Union, Walts Music Store, or tne University telephone number, 2-7631 may be called night or day to take names and addresses for those wanting tickets. COMPLETE WITH lepre chauns, a magical pot of gold and a geological theory on the occurrence of gold in the soil in Rainbow Valley, Missitucky, (yet unapproved by University profes sors of geology) the musical will be a great show," said Nick Amos, the male lead. The show concerns Fiman Mc- Lonergan of Glocca Morra, Ire land, who knows why all Ameri cans are millionaires. (Everyone Bronze Star To Vet Robert Wallace ROTC Awards Go To Freshmen At a formal retreat parade of 1,700 University Army and Air Force ROTC cadets Wednesday, Robert E. Wallace received the Bronze Star medal for meritori ous service in tne Korean cam paign. The medal was presented to the Teachers College senior by Col. James H. Workman, profes sor of military science and tac tics. Wallace was cited lor his voluntary activities with combat patrols in enemy-controlled ter ritory while acting as artillery forward observer in 1953. i MINUTE MEN awards, for high character, citizenship and Morgan Receives KAM Post National Group Elects Officers Ray F. Morgan, assistant pro fessor of journalism, was elected to the National Advisory Board of Kappa Alpha Mu, honorary photo-journalism fraternity, dur ing their national convention Saturday. OFFICERS ELECTED at the convention will serve for three years. West Stadium photo-lab, the film library, and the student photo-lab in the School of Jour nalism were established by Mor gan. He retired from active com petition in photo salons in 1940. The convention also revised the national constitution so that Kappa Alpha Mu could become a student affiliate of the Na tional Press Photographers As sociation. Bob Pinkerton, president of the local chapter, Del Harding, Ray Magorian, Peterson and John Terrill attended the con vention. the lecturer, was fixing the Can ary Islands as his prime merid ian because he thought they marked the entent of the world. "Of course," he commented, "this made it much easier for Colum bus when he wanted to sail to China because it was a much shorter distance in his mind." The third, and disputed book of Ptolemy is the "Quadripartitum," the first known treatise on astro logy. "Many people believe that he did not actually write it," Sarton said, but he added, "I do not believe that. I think he wrote it because it was dedicated to the same man as his other books and written in the same style," It is not so difficult to believe and understand that Ptolemy could have written this work if it it is remembered that the reli gion at that time was an astro religion. The people believed that the stars represented the divine world, he explained, rney Knew that the world under the heavens was temporary and changing, ine stars, although they seemed to move around always returned and their presence had been recorded for centuries. So, he said, the Greeks believed that each star contained one of the gods. 'IT IS this that 1 cannot quite understand." Sarton stated. "It is true that the presence of a clockworks suggests existence of a clockmaker, and I will agree that the presence of the stars suggests that there is a God. But these astrologers put the gods in the stars no one puts the ciocfc maker in the luck." The only alternative to astro- religion, he explained, was .Greek mythology or some of the Ori ental religions, including Christ ianity "For this reason." he said, "I can forgive Ptolemy for writing it, but I cannot forgive tne people who today believe in astrology." Commenting on the great quantity of books, magazines and charts which are devoted to this sub ject, he added, "Although the United States is leading the world in the world thinks so; everyone except Americans, that is). By a process of mathematics, logic and moonbeams he devises the McLonergan theory which re veals the answer: It is the magical soil of Fort Knox that gives to gold phenom enal qualities hitherto unsus pected even by the gold itself. IN ORDER to come to Amer ica, Finian "borrows" a pot of gold that provides the power to make wishes for the mortals of Ireland from gnomes and elves and leprechauns. This is the start of the fun. Finian arrives in Rainbow Valley with his daughter, Sharon, and plants a pot of gold. The lep rechaun comes in pursuit, utter ing dire warnings of misery and destruction. Wishes are made on the pot of gold, and history veers crazily from its path. The news gets out that gold has been discovered on McLon erean's property and credit, cal ico gowns and tractors pour into Presented patriotism, were presented to the following first-year kuiu ca dets: Infantry Robert C. Knapple, John R. Noble, Mervyn Schlei- fert, Richard M. Fellman, Gary Greene and Charles D. Heffel' bower. Engineers Douglas J. Gibson, Rove D. Lindsay. Roy V. Keenan Marvin Gilman, Ted Moore, and Allan H. Starr. Military Police Soren S. Jen sen, Stanley Swarts, Gene V, Christensen, Jere D. McGaffey, Gary C. Dougherty, and Philip H. Robinson. ORDNANCE ROBERT P Long, Joe A. Houfek, Richard McMullins. Lary Jones, Donald S. Dandy and Ronald P. Meister, Artillery Larry L. Abbott, J Glenn Sperry, Lewis D. Stuken- holtz, Don P. Rejda, Bruce V, Jacobs and James E. Turner. Air Force Charlie M. Lund strom, Ronald L. Freeman, Mar vin G. McNeice, William C. Shaver, J. David Jones, Thomas D. Calder, Daniel O. Brand, Pat rick L. Hoyt, Robert Christiansen Jack Leikam, William F. Mar shall, Ronald D. Johnson, Mere dith D. Brox, Thomas H. Olson Robert L. Ford, Jerry Nissen, Marion N. Meade, Monty Thomp son, Jimmie L. Haberlan, Ron ald D. Schneider, Thomas V. Hoffman, Thomas W. Hebard, Alfred L. Koenig, Robert Discoe, Rodney Swanson, Larry L. Warnke and Charles N. Baker. Ag Cotton, Denim Week To Begin Monday At NU Farmers Fair To Conclude Event Cotton and Denim Week which will begin Monday is a pre view to the two-day Farmer's Fair which will be held April 30 and May 1 at the Ag College. Ag Students and faculty will wear cotton and denim the en tire week. The theme for this year's fair is "Husker Heydays." Teac in astronomy, we must not for get that we are also leading the world in astrology." HE CONCLUDED his lecture with a history of the translation of "The Almagest" which was translated through Arabic from which the name is derived. After explaining that the mistakes made by Ptolemy in his astromony were corrected much later by Coperricus and later astrono mers, he concluded that from the point of view of learning any thing about astronomy as a science, these new discoveries had made "The Almagest" ob solete. Friday Sarton will speak on "The End of Greek Science (Fifth Century A. D.)." Talks Planned At University By Glaciologist Dr. S. Valter Schytt, glaciolo- fist with the Snow, Ice and ermafrost Research Establish ment, an Army agency at North western University, will give a series of lectures at the Univer sity Monday and Tuesday. Schytt will speak on "Two Years on the Antarctic Ice Cap" Monday at 7:30 p.m. in Love Li brary Auditorium. Tuesday at 11 a.m. he will discuss "Scientific Results of the Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedi tion." TUESDAY at 7:30 p.m. his topic will be "The Glaciers of Scandinavia as Yardsticks of Climate and Climatic Change." The lectures will be held in Love Library Auditorium. Dr. Schytt, a native of Sweden, was senior glaciologist and second In command of the Norweeian-British-Swedish Ant arctic Expedition In 1949-52. Members of the expedition lived for two years on a floating ice shelf. her, 'foil On Thursday the valley. Sharon is aoout to get the rainbow her father nai always promised her a boy for her heart and pennies for her purse when the leprechaun'! doleful predictions materialize. THE CAST for the musical comedy includes Nick Amos as Woody and Jan Harrison at Sharon. Hank Gibson will por tray Og, the leprechaun, ana Elaine Hess, Susan Mahoney, the dancing lead. Other members of tne cast are Dick Marrs, Jim Boling, rea Coats, Charlie Waymire and Sue Ramey. John Tolch, technical director of the University Theater, is tht director 'of the show. Frank Bock, instructor in speech ana dramatic art, is technical direc tor. TEN -COMMITTEES oversee the details of the production. Marv Stromer heads the produc tion committee and Tom Miller, the business. Bill Devries is m charge of publicity and Marv Steinberg, presentation. Bill Campbell is program chairman and Ben ZinnecKer, orcneswa- tion. Mac Bailey is in charge or workers and Bill Cannon in. charge of rooms. Walt Wrignt is chairman of the technical assist ant's committee and Dick Charle ston has delegated Kosmet Klub actives to usher. MANY OF the songs from "Finian's Rainbow" have gone on to become national hit tunes. Just a few of the top songs in clude "How are Things in Glocca Morra?," "Look to the Rainbow," "Old Devil Moon," "If This Isn't Love" and "Something Sort of Grandish." "Finian's Rainbow" is a two act musical play which had a long and successful run on the Broadway stage. Music for the show was written by Burton Lane, while the book was written by E. Y. Harburg and Fred Saidy. , NU Registration To Begin May 17 Early registration for the sum mer and fall sessions of 1954 University classes will be held May 17, 18 and 19. Students are advised to make appointments with their advisors for periods during the first two weeks of May, according to Mrs. Irma Laase of the Admissions Office. It is necessary for students who register at that time to have their schedules completed and approved by their respective colleges. Registration will be held in the. Military and Naval Science Building. Students will register according to the number of credit hours they have earned as of Febr. 1, 1954. Events to be presented dur ing the festivities include a pa rade, midway, barbeque, pie eating contest, Cotton and Den im Dance and a rodeo. A typical cowboy and cow girl will be selected from rep resentatives from organized houses. Barbeque tickets are 85 cents and will be on sale in the Ai Union until Monday. The bar beque will be held April 30 from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at tne Ag union. Reienine over the Cotton and Denim dance will be the Goddess of Agriculture and the Whisker King. The goddess is cnosen by an all Ag College election. The Whisker King is selected by four Mortar Boards and two local barbers. Beards will be judged in the Ag Union Thurs day at 7:30 p.m. on the basis of texture, length and unique ness. Last years reigning- couple were Peter Aliabads and Jo Meyer. THE DANCE will climax the rodeo on May 1 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $1.50 per couple for dancing to music of Bill Albers and his orchestra. Bearded Ag College men will be admitted free to the dance. , Ag students will ride, race and run in the two-day rodeo. The rodeo will begin at 2 p.m. on Friday and Saturday. General admission tickets are 85 cents and reserved seats are $1 per person. SADDLE BRONE riding, steer riding, bare back riding, coed calf catching, calf roping, bull dogging and a barrel race are events which have been planned. Gus Obermeier will furnish the stock for the rodeo. The program for Saturday will include a parade through downtown Lincoln and a pie eating contest. The midway will also be open when the rodeo is in session. YVVCA Schedules Afternoon Coffee National YWCA Week will be highlighted by a coffee hour for faculty women Friday at 3:30 p.m. in Ellen Smith Hall. Uni versity YWCA members, with the assistance of the advisory board, headed by Mrs. Rex Knowles, will serve. Sunday, April 25, has been designated as "YWCA Sunday In The Churches." Local pastors will give recognition to the as sociation that day. The University YWCA has several commission groups that function during the school term. Each meets once a week to par ticipate in discussions. Leaders of these groups are: Jane Spen cer, Nancy Hegstrom, Sharon Mangold and Jane Laase, 1 . . 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