The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current, April 27, 1954, Image 1
""'''''''''''''fc''' Theater To Fhree La Plafs Leigh, O'Dell, C Productions Thursday; Friday The Laboratory Theater will present three one-act plays Thursday and Friday at 7:30 p.m. in Room 201 of Temple Buliding. "The Wonder Hat" by Kenneth Sawyer Goodman and Ben Hecht, will be directed by Barbara Leigh, with Morse Weisgurt as production manager. Directing "The Eldest" will be Neala O'Dell. The play is by Edna Ferbcr. "Trifles" by Susan Claspell will be directed by Mor rell Clute with Charles Klasek as production manager. "THE WONDER HAT" is a farce centering around love and confusion caused by a "wonder bat" and a magic dipper. It is written entirely for entertain ment. The cast will include Jim Bol ing as Harlequin; Amer Lincoln, Pierrot; Jim Copp, Punchinello; Jean Carol DeLong, Columbine, and Marilyn Breitfelder as Mar got. A PLAY which raises the prob lem of the sacrifice required by one member of the family when the mother of the family be comes an invalid is "The Eldest." Included in the cast are Rose, Luanne Raun; neighbor, Claire Hinman; Pa, Rod Holmes; Al, Ted Nittler; Floss, Ann Corcoran, and Henry Selz, Charles Klasek. "Trifles" concerns the fact that man is found murdered in his bed. His wife is the major sus pect The play is concerned with the question, "Did she murder her husband?" IN THE cast Jean Weddle will e seen as Mrs. Hale; Valerie Hompes, Mrs. Peters; Jack Par ris, Mr. Hale; Don Bartlett, sher iff, and Bill Doleman, county at torney. The public is invited to the plays. There will be no admis sion charge. Pub Board Schedules Interviews Filings To Open , For Nebraskan Students wishing to apply for positions on the Nebraskan staff ;nay pick up application forms Vuesday at the public relations iff ice, 1125 R street The Committee on Student Publications will begin inter- iewing Nebraskan applicants at 1 p.m. Thursday, May 13, in the Student Union faculty lounge. Completed application forms .should be returned to the public relations office no later than 5 p.m, Monday, May 10. APPLICANTS" FOR the 1955 Cornhusker yearbook staff will be interviewed by the Commit tee at 5 p.m. Tuesday in the faculty lounge. Dr. William J. Arnold, chair man of the Committee, said he hopes competition for Nebraskan staff positions will be much stronger than that shown in Cornhusker applications. A few hours before deadline Monday only 14 ' had applied for 10 Cornhusker staff positions. FIFTEEN STAFF positions ill be filled on the Nebraska Itaff. They are: editor, $65 a month; news, managing, editor ial page editors, $45 each a month; four copy editors, $35; sports editor, $45; ag editor, $20; business manager, $60; three assistant business managers, $20 each, plus commissions and cir culation manager, $50. Cliff Dudley To Play For Pink Elephant Party Cliff Dudley, FM recording artist, and his orchestra will play for the Pink Elephant Party sponsored by the Union dance committee. The dance will be held Fri day from 9 p.m. to 12 p.m. in the Union Ballroom. SC Pictures All candidates for Student Council representatives who did pot have their pictures taken for the 1954 Cornhusker should con tact Muriel Pickett at 2-7875. Si. " i- : BABW Recognition Pictured above are independ ent women honored for leader ship in activities at the BABW Recognition Tea Friday. The BABW Achievement plaque awarded to Love Me morial Hall was received by president Geneva Bems (front lute To Direct 4 X- ifiri 4 PR Commander Dean Ekberg, retiring com mander of the National Society of Pershing Rifles, congratu lates Brig. Gen. Virgil Holt grewe (left), new commander. Pershing Rifle Post Goes To Ag College Junior Holtgrew Elected To National Office Virgil Holtgrewe, junior in Ag College, was named new national commander of Pershing Rifles at the busine meeting of the Little National Assembly of Pershing Rifles Saturday. Holtgrewe succeeds Dean Ek berg, Business Administration senior, as the head of the organ ization which has a membership of over 5,000 men. Since the na tional headquarters of Pershing Rifles is located in Lincoln, the national commander must be chosen from the membership of the local company. HOLTGREWE WILL assume his new rank this fall when con firmation of the appointment is expected. His duties will include Bridge Tourney Winners Named Martha Lee Miller, Lois Srb, Barry Thompson and J. Benedict, seniors, have been named the 1954 University Contract Bridge champions. Titles were conferred by Louis D. Day, Jr., chairman of the National Intercollegiate Bridge Tournament Committee. The University Bridge Tourna ment was held on Feb. 6, 13 and was concluded on Feb. 20. More than 5,000 students from 173 colleges and universities throughout the United States par ticipated in the tournament A total oi m university siuaenis took part in the tournament which was directed by James Porter. i Students from Purdue Univer sity and Dartmouth College won the 1954 national championship. The University of Wisconsin and Marietta College of Ohio received second place honors in the fete. Third place in the national con test was captured by Duke Uni versity and the University ot Tulsa. A plaque bearing the names of the University winners will be placed in the Activities Office of the Union. French Club To Present Play At Tuesday Meet A French Club meeting will be held Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. in Union Room 316. University students and pro fessors will present a play en titled, "Le Francais Tel Qu'On Le Parle." The play was pre sented at the Alliance Francaise last month. There is no admission charge; however, 25c will be charged for refreshments. Farmers Fair Rally The 1954 Farmers Fair Rally will start in front of Ag Hall at 5 p.m. Tuesday. The parade will advertise the 1954 Farmers Fair. All students have been requested to attend and to bring cars if possible. 1 1 row, noicung piaquej. honored were: (front row. L to r.) Barbara Spilker, Kay Skinner, Del ores Synovec, Miss Berns, PhylliS Kort Madeline Watson, Charlotte Sears (sec ond row, L to r.) Shirley Kee ney, Jan Lindquiit, Betty Hra v Wk Volume 74, No. 80 I'HII.'lllflli f p i i Courtcv Sunday Journal and Star Portrait of the founder of the ROTC honorary at the Uni versity, Gen. John J. Pershing, is pictured in the background co-ordination of activities in 127 military units in 42 states. Holt grewe is an advanced ROTC ca det in Engineers Corps The two-day meeting at the University and at the Hotel capital was held for the pur pose of planning next year s na tional assembly to be held in Chicago next fall and to select the new national commander Col. James H. Workman, profes sor of military science and tac tics, spoke to the group at a ban quet held Friday evening AWS Schedules Workshop; Miss Helen Snyder To Speak The second annual Associated Women Students workshop will be held Wednesday at 7 p.m. in the Union Ballroom. Miss Helen Snyder, assistant dean of women, will be the main speaker. The workshop was instituted by Shirley Murphy Maly and Janet Steffen, former vice president and president repectively, after at tending the AWS National Conven tion at Ohio State University in 1952. Three group discussions will be- Courses Begin On Water Safety A water-safety course, spon sored by the American Red Cross, will be given in the Coli seum Swimming Pool starting Tuesday. George "Rusty" Gates, American Red Cross field repre sentative for this district will be in charge of the course. Classes will be held from 7 to 10 p.m. Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday and May 4, 6 and 8. University students interested in taking the course are asked to be present at the pool Tuesday at 7 p.m. jenly-Eight SUMS Love Memorial Hall Recognized For Highest Scholastic Average Twenty -eight independent with the highest scholastic aver- women were Honored at ineiage lor me past semester, was BABW recognition tea in Ellen Smith Hall Friday. The awards were presented to the coeds for leadership in activities on the basis of recom mendations from presidents of campus activities and ministers of University religious groups. The BABW achievement plaque, which is presented each year to the independent house I bik. Virginia Reeves, Delore Carag, Jeanette Selk, (third ' row L to r.) Martha Heuer mer.n, M a r 1 e n e Hutchison, Marilyn Lingo, Doris Mach, Natalie Katt Darlene Good ing, Stephanie Allen and Joan Reuing. cic sTcini Block And Bridge Reserve Award Don Beck was grand cham pion showman at th 20th an nual Block and Bridle Livestock Show held last Saturday night at the State Fair Coliseum. Ed Janike, acting director of the State Extension Service, was judge of the grand champion showmanship event. Tom Riley was selected as the reserve champion showman. The grand champion snowman received a trophy and his name engraved on a traveling plaque. Reserve champion showman re ceived a medal given by the Block and Bridle Club. Winners of the hog showman ship contest were: Don Beck, first place; Richard Johnson, second place; James Dunn, third placer Gerald Langemeier, fourth place; Delbert Merritt, fifth place. Wayne Spilker was superintendent and Bob Meade was the judge. Sheep showmanship contest with Kenneth Stone, superin tendent, and John Matsushima, judge, had the following win ners: Rodney Swanson, first place; Buzz Hargleroad, second place; Bill Franken, third place; Charles Mumma, fourth place; Stan Schelkopf, fifth place. TWf showmanship winners were: Tom Riley, first place; Allen Trenkle. second place; Harvey Jorgensen, third place; E. H. Piatt fourth place; James Svoboda. fifth place. Beverly Putman was the win ner in the coed riding contest Co-chairmen of the event were Don Ayers and Kaye Wigging. Fred Larsen was judge. Other winners were Pat Ham mond, second place; Zoe Ander son, third place; Marilyn Rice, fifth place. Special events of the show in- gin at 7 p.m. A general discus sion will follow the group discus sions. CHAIRMAN OF the Activities Mart group is Courtney Camp bell. Carol Link will act as secre tary and Miss Mary Jean Mul vaney, instructor in physical edu cation for women, is faculty ad visor. AWS board members who will sit in on this group are Linda Buthman, Beth Keenan and Kay Nosky. Clare Hinman is chairman of the Rules and Regulations group discussion. Kathleen O'Donnell is secretary of this group. Miss Elsie Jevons, assistant professor of commercial arts, is the faculty advisors. AWS board members who will attend this session are Nancy Hamphill. Charlotte Ben son, Marial Wright Eileen Mul larky and Mary House. ACTING AS chairman of the Coed Follies group discussion will be Paula Broady. Secretary to this group will be Betty Hrabik. The faculty advisor is Miss Je vons. AWS Board members scheduled for this group are Joyce Benning ton, Kay Skinner and Ann Skold. Receive t BMW Tea awarded to Love Memorial HalL WOMEN RECEIVING the awards were: Freshmen: Marilyn Lingo. Charlotte Sears and Kay Skin ner. Sophomores: Marlene Hutch inson, sniriey Keeney, Janet Lindquist, Doris Mach, Ginny Reeves, Joyce Sputtgerber and Del ores Synovec. Juniors: Delores Carag, 14 chu Chen, Martha Heuermann, Betty Hrabik, Natalie Katt, Jeanette Selk, Winnie Moiz and Madeline Watson. Seniors: Stephanie Allen, Sandra Daley, Marilyn Erwin, Marge Foley, Darlene Godding, Phyllis Kort, Joan Reiling, Bar bara Spilker, Marion Urbach and Helen Jean Utterback. Washburn To Talk On Child Growth Dr. Alfred H, Washburn, di rector of the Child Research Council of ' the University of Colorado School of Medicine, will deliver a series of seminars and a lecture at the University Tuesday and Wednesday. His schedule includes: Tuesday "Early Emotional Development in Children," 1:30 p.m, Faculty Lounge, Union; and "Why Study Growth and Development?' 8 p.m-, Ferguson Hall auditorium. Wednesday "Educational Implications of the Study of Growth and Development," 10 a.m.; and "Individual Variations and their Significance, 1:30 p.m. both in Faculty Lounge, Union. The Department of Education al Psychology and Measurements and the Universal Research Council are sponsoring Dr. Wiihburn'i visit. LINCOLN, NEBRASKA HTIc!H Winners Named; Presented To Riley eluded a show class of parade horses, a class of jumper horses, a class of three gaited or five gaited society horses and a pal omino western pleasure class. Last year's winners were Bob Reinmiller, grand champion showman, and Pat Hamomnd, winner of the coed riding con test. Ag Contest Winners Announced Cattle Breeder Honored By Club AlbeFt Hultine, polled shorthorn breeder, was guest of honor at a Block and Bridle banquet held Friday in the Union. Highlight of the evening was the unveiling of a picture of Hul tine that will be hung on the walls of the Animal Husbandry Building on Ag campus. The pic ture, along with those of past honorees, is considered a part of Nebraska's "Hall of Fame" for men connected with the livestock industry. WINNERS OF the 1954 student livestock judging contest were also announced at the annual awards banquet. Orval Weyers earned top honors in the senior division of the event Other winners were: Valdean Markussen, second; Don Nov- otny, third; Charles Watson, fourth, and Delbert Merritt, fifth, Junior division winners were: Stan Eberspacher, first place; Douglas Tryon, second; Tom Ri ley, third; Bob Aue, fourth, and Leslie McHargue and Gerald Scheirmeyer, fifth, The C. W. Winkler Award, pre sented for the first time this year to the organized group of stu dents with members on the high ranking team in the junior divi sion of the contest went to Alpha Gamma Sigma fraternity, MEMBERS OF the Alpha Gamma Sigma team were: Stan Eberspacher, Gerald S c h e i r- meyer, Wayne Potthoff, Merwyn Schleifert and James Svoboda. Alpha Gamma Rho and Ag Men placed second and third respec tively in the junior division teams. Senior division class winners were: Orval Weyers, cattle and hogs; Don Novotny, sheep. Junior division class winners were: Charles Reppert, cattle; Stan Eberspacher, hogs, and Bob Aue, sheep. Journalism Day Lunch Scheduled For Saturday High School Writers To Win Keys High school journalists and pro fessionals from newspapers throughout Nebraska will be hon ored at the annual awards lunch eon on Journalism Day Saturday. Guest speaker at the luncheon will be Vermont Royster, senior editorial associate of the Wall Street Journal and winner of the 1953 Pulitzer Prize for editorial writing. FEATURED DURING the luncheon will be the annual pres entation of silver key journalist awards to high school news writ ers for outstanding work during the past academic year. Keys, bearing the seal of the School of Journalism, are given by the Lincoln Journal and the Lincoln Star to winners of ton tests in news writing, features, j sports, editorials and columns. All schools in the competitions are divided into three groups ac cording to enrollment figures. The luncheon is open to high school and college students, fac ulty members and newspaper people from Nebraska and the surrounding area. RUNNERS-IT IN the contest will receive certificates bearing the title of "Silver Key Journa list." High school winners, their advisors and parents are invited to attend the presentation. Among other presentations to be made at the luncheon will be the Sigma Delta Chi award for professional news writing. It is Eiven by University and state professional chapters of the news men s fraternity. Theta Sigma Phi, women's counterpart of SDX, will present its new honorary member, a woman selected for her contri- Speakers' Bureau To Hold Meeting The All University Fund speakers' bureau will meet Wed nesday in Union Parlor X at S p.m. - Suzy Good, XUF speakers chairman, urges all Interested students to attend the meeting which will be utilized to inform ing speakers as to the organi zation and purpose of AUF. speakers will lecture next fall at fraternities, sororities, organized houses, special groups and for soecial events. Two group meetings are sche duled for uu spring. J ss? Rodeo Queen Lila Drybread (center) will reign over the rodeo at the Farmers Fair Saturday. Her attendants will be Pat Hay thorne (left) and Mickey New Tassels Members Selected At Annual Tea 33 Coeds Pledge At Picnic Monday Thirty-three new members of Tassels were chosen at an an nual spring tea held at the Alpha Xi Delta house Sunday. New Coeds were pledged at a picnic Monday. If the pledges attend and participate in all re quired activities and earn a spe cified number of points, they will be initiated into Tassels a year from now. Tassels activi ties include selling Cornhuskers' selling school novelties on foot ball game days, working on Homecoming, attending games and rallies and ushering at Uni versity events. PLEDGES ARE: Courtney Campbell, Alpha Phi; Emily Hemphill, Chi Omega; Joyce Stratton, Delta Delta Delta; Mary Alice Anderson, Gamma Phi Beta; Sandra Saylor, Kappa Al pha Theta; Sue Simmons, Kappa Delta; Jackie Stanton, Pi Beta Phi; Phylis Kaplan, Sigma Delta Tau. Shirley McPeck and Kay Christenson, Alpha Omicron Pi; Carole Link and Carole Unterse her. Delta Gamma; Susan Good and Jane Jeffrey, Kappa Kappa Gamma; Judy Erickson and Sha ron Koberstein, Sigma Kappa; Foreign Students A meejting of all foreign stu dents who went on the Mortar Board Tour during spring vaca tion will be held Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. in Parlor Z of the Student Union. butions to the profession in Ne braska. THE "WOMAN of the Year" award will be given by Gamma Alphi Chi, women's national ad vertising group. Kappa Alpha Mu, photo-journalism fraternity for men and women, has inaugurated a new award, recognizing the student in the jMsic photography course who has achieved the highest schol astic record in class. A regional conference of edi torial writers, currently being sponsored by the School of Jour nalism as part of its sixtieth an niversary observances, will con clude the luncheon. Dr. Anderson To Speak To Student Architects E. N. Anderson, professor of history, will address the student chapter of the American Institute of Architects Tuesday at 7:15 D.m. in Union Room 315 The topic oi Anderson topic is "Barlach and Impressionist Art." All interested students are invited to attend. The Outside World By WILLIE DESCH gUff Writer Bidault Appeals For Truce GENEVA, SWITZERLAND In the opening session of the Geneva Far Eastern peace conference, French Foreign Minister Georges Bidault appealed for a truce to enable evacuation of 1,000 French wounded in besieged Dien Bien Phu in Indo-China. In a dramatic appeal, Bidault exclaimed that it would be inconceivable that a conference meeting in Geneva should not open with a gesture to save from the hazards of combat the men who no longer can take part in it because they already have shed their blood. A last-minute compromise of Russia's demands that Red China be seated as an equal to the Big Four powers, was made In a private meeting between British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden and Soviet Foreign Minister V. M. Molotov. Stevens Denies Charge WASHINGTON Secretary of the Army Stevens, under ques tions from Special Counsel Ray Jenkins at the Senate Inquiry, hurled what he called "an unequivocal lie" at this portion of the official charge made by McCarthy. He. branded as the lie the allegation that he sought to divert an Investigation of the Army by urging Sen. McCarthy to go after the Air Force and the Navy. Stevens also denied that Pvt. G. David Schine is in effect held as "a hostage" in efforts to block investigation of the Army by Sen. Also Stevens denied that he removed Maj. Gen. R. C. Part ridge as assistant chief of staff after telling members of the McCarthy subcommittee staff that Partridge knew nothing about intelligence. Tuesday, April 27, 1954 . V f Courtesy Sunday Journal and Stat Moore. The queen and her at tendants were presented at th Block and Bridle show Satur day night. Joyce Benge, Love Hall; Hanna Rosenberg, Towne Club, and Marjone C h a b, international House. Barb-at-large members are: La Vera 'Faimon, Mary Sue Herbek, Jo Ann Kelly, Sarah Gaughan, Helen Hofler, Marion Clark, Patra Nelson, Barbara Pape, Sonya McLiinnis and sner lyn Cress. Ag-at-large members are: Katherine Skinner, Marion Janda, Doris Fisher and Corene Griffiths. CCRC Names 18 Students As Delegates Official delegates of the City Campus Religious Council hav been announced by Marv Fried-" man, president. Representatives to the City Campus Religious Council from the student religious associations are: John Nelson. JJon ixeriacn, Albright - Otterbein Fellowship; Fran Houchen, Dick Duckworth, Cotner House; Shirley Rosenberg, Norman Krivosha, Hillel Founda tion. Bob Mortvedt, Martha Payne, Lutheran Student Association; Sharlene Furman, Don Bartlett, Methodist Student Association; Sue Muelhaupt, Bob Salle, New man Club; Sandra Gadd, Kay Bur cum. Presby House; Bob Higgs, Charles Anderson, YMCA, and Helene Sherman, Glenna Berry, YWCA. Dr. Charles Patterson, profes sor of philosophy, and Dr. Her bert Jehle, associate professor of, physics, will serve as faculty ad visors. Advisors from Religious Workers Association are: Jan Osburn, director of YWCA and Pastor Alvin M. Peterson of the Lutheran Student Association. Glaciologist Plans Lecture For Today quet was John Cramer of Lin ologist with the Snow, Ice and Permafrost Research Establish ment at Northwestern Univer sity, will speak on "The Glaciers of Scandinavia as Yard sticks of Climate and Climatic Change Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. in Lov Library Auditorium He spoke Monday on "Two Years on the Antarctic Ice Cap" and Tuesday morning on "Sci entific Results of the Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Ex pedition," The first scientific result of the expedition will be published this year as a special series of publications from the Norwegian Polar Institute in Oslo. Dr. Schytt's visit to the cam pus is under the sponsorship of the University Research Coun cil and the department of geography.