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the Lake (c saves S)SITDS TMI amid To" 3 IFir W yfe LIV! Orchestras Hit Failure to organize quickly and.tion to contract a name hand fnr hesitation to risk more than a mod- erate amount of money were two direct reasons why the COA failed to bring a well-known band to the 1954 Military Ball, Duane Lake, managing director of the Union, said in a Nebraskan interview Tuesday. These reasons, along with the difficulty for any school organiza- Student Opinion Study Chancellor-Council Discussions Planned A special committee to discuss student problems with the Chan cellor was formed and the Young Republicans Club declared defunct at the regular Student Council meeting Wednesday. The organization of the Student Activities committee was outlined, and reports were given by the Pub lications board. Marvin Breslow, member of the University Faculty Senate Sub tions, said that the Publications group has returned to AUF the page in the Nebraskan sold at the AUF acuction. In Union Annual Tea To Foffoiv The traditional Candlelight Tea will be held Sunday in the Union Lounge, immediately following 'The Messiah." Eggnog and cookies will be served to guests, according to Lu Makepeace, chairman of the Union hospitalty committee. The only lighting will be candles, a Christ mas tree and the fireplace, Miss Makepeace said. Dr. David Foltz will direct the 600-voice Choral Union of the Uni versity in a performance of "The Messiah" Sunday at 3 p.m. in the Coliseum. Soloists will be Mrs. Shirley Alpuerto, graduate student, so prano; Mrs. Ina Probasco, student-at-large, alto; Helmut Sienknecht, graduate student, tenor; and Marshall Christensen, senior, bari tone. The Choral Union is composed of: Agriculture College Chorus, Altinus Tallis, conductor; Univer sity Singers I, Dr. Foltz; Univer sity Singers II, Dr. Arthur West brook; University Chorus I, Earl Jenkins; University Chorus II, Dr. Foltz, and School of Nursing Chorus, Richard Duncan. Admission to the concert is free. Traditional Christmas carols will be played from the Mueller Caril lon Tower preceding and following the performance. Carilloneur will be Donald Kitchen. Robert Amick Elected Head Of Air Group Robert Amck was elected com mander of the Joyce - Johnson chapter of Arnold Air Society Wed nesday night. Don Tadken was former commander of the organi zation. Other officers elected were Jerry Flaherty, adjutant recorder; Don Hilkemeier, executive and public information offcer; Ronald Ren mueller, treasurer, and C. J. Ste wart, operatons officer. . Twelve new members were initi ated at the Wednesday nght meet ing. These men are: Jerry Flah erty, Raymond Hruby, Don Hilke meier and Julio Machuca, seniors; Verone Gibb, C. J. Stewart, Charles Stuart III, Ronald Rein mueller, Rodney Link and Delain Earl Barnette, juniors. Admission To UN? Messiah Two Professors, Debaters Communist China The fourth" in the American Film Forum series opened with a film "Should Red China be Admitted to the United Nations?" featuring Hon. Richard Crossman, member of the British House of Commons; Dr. Chih-Mai Chen, of the Na tionalist Chinese Embassy, and News Columnist Marquis Childs, moderator. "Every nation should be includ ed in the UN," Crossman believed, "and Communist China shoud be admitted especially since she is no longer in an act of aggression. Talk of excluding a nation is mak ing the UN a club of the. majority against the minority." According to Chen; the admis sion of Red China would not com ply to UN principles of making qualifications for membership. A panel consisting of two mem bers of the University debate squad and two University professors dis cussed the quttion following the believed the United States, the free world and the UN would benefit by admission of Red China by Snag On Dates, a specific date and the fact that the University is in a bad area j for name bands to travel through, caused the COA to contract a band other than one they had selected previously. In One Of Worst Areas "We are in one of the worst areas of the country as far as picking up these bands is con- Breslow stated that the buyer had misrepresented himself to Lin coln business firms as a member of The Nebraskan staff in order to sell advertising for that page. The page was not to be used for advertising purposes, Breslow pointed out. Chancellor Discussions Jack Rogers, Council president, said the Chancellor has expressed to him the desire to hold informal meetings with students in order to advise him on student problems and opinions. Acting on a suggestion by J. P. Colbert, dean of student affairs, that the group be formed of Coun cil members, the Council voted to set up a program for discussions with the Chancellor. The program provides for small groups to meet with the Chancellor on a rotation basis. Council members also voted to declare the Young Republicans Club defunct. Action was taken after Art Raun, chairman of the Judiciary Committee, told that the Young Republicans had not been active this year and had appar ently elected no new officers or held any meetings. The Council voted to declare the now inactive Architectural Soci ety, the Christian-Student Fellow ship and the Pan-American Club defunct, and reapproved a list of other organizations. , Activities Committee Muriel Pickett, chairman of the newly-formed Committee on Stu dent Activities, reported that her committee has been divided into small groups in order to complete a survey of public opinion on stu dent activities. The groups are: Agricultural Campus, Ivan Althouse, Sis Matz kee and Marlene Hutchinson; Stu dent Leaders, Carole Unterseher, Sam Ellis, Fred Stauffacher and Joan Knudson; Administration, Gail Katskee and Gary Lucore; Facultv. Sherry Mangold. Norm Veitzer, Bill Engelkemier and Bar bara Clark, and Statistics ana files, Norm Creutz, Mary House and Margie Antes. Extended Vacation Rogers told that Dean Colbert is planning to ask the Faculty Sen ate for permission to allow excused absences the first few days after Christmas vacation, for the bene fit of those students who wish to go to the Orange Bowl. The Elections Committee report ed that studies are being made of the YW-YMCA representative election rules, of the selection ot a Dental College Student Council renresentative and of the possi bility of a centralized' authority for punching identification cards at elections. Math Group Holds Initiation Banquet Nebraska Alpha Chapter of Pi Mu Epsilon, national honorary mathematics society, held an initi ation banquet in the Union Tuesday night. New initiates are: Wallis Cram ond, Roger Hanson, Robert L. Johnson, David McCammon, Glenn R. Norris, Kenneth Philbrick, Wayne B. Roelle, Darrell Schind ler, John Skinner, Fred Van Vleck, Gerald Weinburg, Charles R. B. Wright, Dale Wurst and Ann Yeak ley. An award was presented to Alan Heeger, outstanding freshman mathematics student. "securing a convenience, not con fering a compliment." Allen Overcash said such ad mission would contradict the UN charter and principles by hav ing as a member a nation which violates its rules and even ignores the existence of the international body. Red China's membership in the UN would not only enhance the prestige of the Communist government, but would also lower the prestige of the United States by necessitating non-support of Nationalist China.. Dr. Norman Hill, profeasor of political science, said that refusal to admit Red China because it has committee aggressive acts is invalid. The term, "peace-loving nations" is used in the UN Charter to apply to states coming Into the UN. China is already a member of the organization, he pointed out, and therefore this qualification to membership does not apply. NU Locale cerned." Lake said. Lake acts as 'a contact between student organ izations wishing to hire a band and agencies contracting the bands. At the present there are only three major agencies that are handling 85 per cent of the well known good bands in the country, he said. It is hard for these age cies to fit the itineries of these bands into the one or two specific dates a college will set for their major social functions. Underwriting Difficult It is also. difficult for a student organization to underwrite the cost of a big name band. "It costs from $3,500 to $4,000 for a student group to finance a big function," Lake said. Students have to un derwrite the cost of the Coliseum, job-pool labor, sound equipment and the like, he added. The COA had to pass up possible chances at bands such as Billy May and Ray Anthony which were offered tentatively by the Gener al Artists agency, he said. These bands were on a list sent by the agency as possibilities for the date set for the Military Bal!. Since the COA does not begin to organize until school starts, they could not act on these offers. It is always the policy of the Corn Cobs to begin organization for the Home coming Dance in the spring. Cobs Offered Three The Cobs faced a different situ ation. Billy May was offered by an agency for the Nov. 13 date as early as Aug. 23. The Uni versity confirmed the choice. On Aug. 31 the agency said May would not be available, but offered Jerry Gray. Gray was accepted by the Uni versity, but the agency notified the Com Cobs again on Sept. 30 and said that Gray had been carried over at the Palladian and could not deliver. Finally, contracts were sent to the Commanders as an optional choice. The contracts were re ceived from the Commanders Oct. 21, putting them in as the 1954 Homecoming Dance band. The main trouble with getting bands here, Lake said, lies with Nebraska's location off the main lines of travel for good dance bands. Bands dislike a series of one-night stands, and union rules forbid them to travel more tha 250 miles between dates. Advance Schedule Student organizations can seldom "pick up" a good band on one of its cross-country tours because the date of a college function is set well in advance, while a band's schedule is never set far in ad vance while on a tour. Another reason is the fact that there are no good dance towns near Lincoln, he said. "If Omaha were a good dance town, we would do better," he said. (Cont. on Page 4) AWS Informs Coeds-Of Hall Closing Hours Rules for coeds conc'erning Christmas vacation have been an nounced by the Associated Women Students Board. All organized houses and resi dence halls will be closed by 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 18, and will open at 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 2. Special permission must be ob tained from the housemother if a coed wishes to leave before Dec. 17. Special permission is also needed if a resident plans to return later than the regular closing hour on Jan. 2 or earlier than 2 p.m. Crew Calls Crew calls are out for "T h e Consul," by Gian Carlo Menotti. "The Consul" is the next Howell Theater production. Any student interested should see Mr. John C. Tolch, Room 8 in the Temple Building, Friday from 1 to 5 p.m. "The Consul" will be presented Febr. 15. 3 t - Ji rm7-U f" I- if y ' I . mi '''iir -r ii -i n - m,w I ,.... iii mimi . i.wamiaa Music Activities Mu Phi Epsilon, music sorority, members sample some of their own goodies before the bake sale they held Wednesday. Coeds are left to right. Jeanne Broady, Joan Marshall, Carolyn Roxberg, Carol Newell and Billie Croft. Two new patrons of the sorority Vol. 55, No. 34 Uower i n l r ' -? ?) Spangles And Sparkle Plastic foam balls are trans formed by Builders workers into gay Christmas decorations for the Builders banquet Wednes day. Busy dipping the balls Builders Board To Hold First Christmas Dinner Tickets are now on sale for the Builders Christmas Dinner Wednes day at 6 p.m. in Union Parlors XY. Tickets may be purchased for $1.50 in a Union booth Friday and Saturday and from Board mem bers and representatives in organ ized houses. Because of the desire for more Gradwohl Has Rhodes Nomination David M. Gradwohl, 20, of Lin coln, has been chosen as one of two state candidates to appear be fore the district Rhodes Scholar ship Committee at Des Moines, la., Saturday. Gradwohl is a senior in the Col lege of Arts and Sciences. He is a member of Phi Beta Kappa, a two-year letter-man on the swim ming team and a three-year member of the debate team. At the district meeting Satur day, Gradwohl will be one of 12 candidates from a six-state area area including Nebraska, Minne sota, South Dakota, Iowa, Missouri and Kansas. From these 12 can didates, four will be selected as Rhodes scholars. The four selected at the Des Moines meeting will join 28 others throughout the country in receiv ing 600 English pounds (about $1, 684) for two years study at Oxford University, England. The two Nebraska candidates were chosen from six students from Nebraska colleges at an in terview in Lincoln last Wednes day. Also included in these six students was Jack B. Rogers, also a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences. Walter E. Militzer, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, was chairman of the committee which interviewed the six Nebraska can didates Wednesday, Also on the se lection committee was Dr. Nathan B. Blumberg, asst. professor of journalism. were recently installed. They are Robert Beadell, instructor of theory and instrument, , and Thtyuas Wckstrom, assistant pro fessor of music education. Dora lee Wood, a sophomore in Toch ers College was initiated into the active chapter. Lincoln, sifry ISyaud Olds 1955 I into paint and sparkle are Mary Hall, Polly Downs, Mel Fahrn- bruch, Linda Nelson, Chris Mastos, Cathy Olds, Judy Joyce,and Sara Kirkman. integration and 'unity among the various Builders committees, the usual Board party was extended to include workers and assistants, said Cathy Olds, co-chairman of the event. Miss Olds explained that if the dinner is a success, it will become a Builders tradition. Judy Joyce is also co-chairman. Andy Smith will give a short talk about Builders, and the Lin coln High Boys Octet will sing. Acting as Santa Claus, Bill De Wulf will direct the gift exchange following the dinner. Each per son attending may bring a 25 cent grab bag gift. The dinner and party will be over in time for members to attend other Wednesday evening events, Miss Olds said. NUCWA Christmas European Youth Leader To Tell Plans, Projects A candy-filled pinata, Yuletide legends and an address by a direc tor of the European Youth Cam paign will be included in the NU CWA Christmas party Tuesday night. Georges Rencki, director of po litical activities for the European Youth Campaign, will be the guest speaker at the festivities to be held at 7 p.m. in Union Room 315. The pinata, a paper-mache ani mal or fruit, will be broken by a blindfolded person. The candies it holds will be distributed among the observers. "Adios Lucretta," a Central American dancing game, will be played following the address. For eign students will tell the origin of legends about Santa Claus and religious variations of the Christ mas story. Rencki plans and organizes a varip'y of activities throughout the fourteen countries in which the Campaign operates. One such pro ject is to debate the leading Euro pean issues and work out a com mon program for the major youth organizations. v Rencki, who lives in Paris, was born in Warsaw in 1926. During Requirement Check Offered For Seniors The Office of Registration and Records is continuing to offer re quirement checking to all students having junior standing. Mrs. Hazel Miller, registration staff member, urged all first se mester seniors to have their sched ules checked -to make sure they are meeting all graduation require ments. Students wishing this service should make out applications for checking at B9, Administration Building, and they will receive an appointment yme. The staff will make out an analysis and give the student the program he must j take in order to graduate. The staff requests that students apply in person, raher than by phone. The staff includes: Miss Shirley Thomsen, Arts and Sciences and Business Administration, Mrs. Geulah Read, Ag, Engineering, Law and Pharmacy, and Miss Evelyn Nelson and Mrs. Miller, Teachers College. Class schedules for the second semester of 1954-55 are now avail able at the Office of Registration and Records at B7, Administration Building. Nebraska ers PiresSdleini'S" Mitchell, Swerre, DeWulf, Gordon, Smith Form Council Cathy Olds was elected Builders president at a Board meeting Wednesday evening. Assisting her next year will be : Marilyn Mitchell, vice president in charge of high schools; Ingrid Swerre, vice president in charge of City campus and alumni; Bill De Wulf, vice president in charge of Ag campus; Janet Gor don, secretary, and Andy bmith, treasurer. January Installation The new Executive Council will be installed in January. Miss Olds, a junior in Arts and Sciences, headed the Builders Scarlet and u uream. ne is r vice president $ of AUF, mem- ber of i Alpha Lambda Delta and Delta Gamma activ ities chair man. Editor o f B u ilders First Glance, Miss Mitchell Olds Courtesy Lincoln Star is a junior in Arts and Sciences, Nebraskan copy editor, secretary of Theta Sigma Phi, member of Gamma Alpha Chi and Pi Sigma Alpha and Pi Beta Phi correspond ing secretary. Miss Swerre is Builders art chair man. She is a junior in Arts and Sciences, Alpha Epsilon Rho pres ident, member of Tassels and Kap pa Alpha Theta activities chair man. Currently Ag Builders public re lations chairman, DeWulf is an Ag College sophomore. He is a Corn Cobs worker, Ag Union dance committee chairman and a mem ber of Ag Religious Council, New man Club and Farm House. A junior in Arts and Sciences, Miss Gordon edited the Builders Special Edition of The Nebraskan. She is Cornhusker managing ed itor, vice president of Young Dem ocrats, member of Alpha Lambda Delta and Sigma Delta Tau press editor. Andy Smith, business manager of Student Directory, is a junior in Arts and Sciences. He is AUF president, member of Student Council and Kosmet Klub and Beta Theta Pi alumni chairman. Party the war he was active in the free Polish resistance, participating in sabotage operations and editing an underground youth paper. He fought in the famous Warsaw re volt in 1944 and was decorated for bravery. Upon the fall of Warsaw he was captured by the Germans and spent a year in the Murnau prison camp. He joined Polish forces in Italy at the end of the war and made his way to Italy. i The Outside World By FRED DALY Staff Writer Russia Accuses U.S. Of Aggression Russia accused the United States of aggression against Red China and called upon the UN for a vote of condemnation. The new Soviet charge came as the UN debated a demand by the United States and her Korean War allies for the release of 11 American airmen held as spies by the Peiping regime. Peiping, in a belligerent broadcast heard in Tokyo, made it clear it had no intention of releasing the 11 airmen under discussion, but the United States hoped for a vote. UN Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., chief U.S. delegate, said the Communist case had collapsed with an admission by Russia's Jacob A. Malik that the 11 airmen were captured in full military uniform. His view was supported by other Western delegates. Bates To Study Penitentiary Problem Stanford Bates, internationally recognized prison expert, has been engaged by the Nebraska State Board of Control to make a study of the Nebraska State Penitentiary. Bates said he will probably survey the Penitentiary the week after Christmas. Bates, a resident of Trenton, N.J., is a former federal prison director and has held responsible penological petite in New Jersey and New York. He is retired as commissioner of New Jersey J restitutions, but is still available for counseling. Board of Control Chairman William Diers said. "We havent been dilly-dallying as some say. If they want an investigation, let them have it." Asked for comment, Gov. Crosby said, "Another investigation certainly can do no harm." Mundt Tried To Dissuade McCarthy One of Senator McCarthy's closest friends. Sen. Mundt (R-SD), disclosed Thursday that he tried vainly to dissuade the Wisconsin Republican from making his statement blasting President Eisenhower. He said he told McCarthy that "Everyone knows Ike is not for the Communists." But, he said, McCarthy replied: "They're shooting at me down there and I've got to say something." By "down there," he apparently was reierring to the White House, Mundt said. He added that he thought Eisenhower's praise last Saturday of Sen. W'atkins (R-Utah) "triggered" McCarthy's blast. Watkins was chairman of a special committee which recommended censuring McCarthy for his conduct. The Senate rebuked McCarthy last week by a vote of 67-22T The White House quoted the President as having told Watkins he had done "a very splendid job" as chairman of t!he committee. Massilndictment In Phenix City An unannounced number of persons has been indicted by the grand jury in Phenix City, Ala., in the June 18 murder of vice crusader A. L. Patterson. The number of indictments and names of defendants were withheld until arrests could be made. The vice cleanup in Phenix City which resulted from Patterson's death ended Wednesday when special state prosecutors cleaned the court docket of all pending cases. Friday, December 10, 1954 n am Filings Open For Positions Until Dec. 17 Builders Board applications are due Dec. 17 in the Builders office. Union Room 308. All underclass men may apply. Two new positions are assistant treasurers, one in charge of adver tising and the other sales. Scarlet and Cream and the membership committee have been eliminated. Other positions include: First Glance, Special Edition, New Stud ent Handbook, Calendar, Student Directory, tours and conventions, high school relations, art, office manager and publicity. Ag campus positions are Ag tours and activities, public rela tions, membership and publicity. Interviews will be Jan. 8. Saturday Seats Left To Comedy Students with season tickets for University Theater productions should make reservations for "The Madwoman of Chaillot" immedi ately if they wish to see the pro duction, said Max Whittaker, play director. Friday night's performance is a sell-out; only Saturday night seats are still available. Students wish ing to make reservations may call the Temple Building box office. Josephine Margolin is featured as the Madwoman in Jean Gira doux's comedy fantasy. Marv Stromer plays the Ragpicker. The rest of the cast includes: Joyce Fangman, Madame Con stance; Marilyn Breitf elder, Ma dame Gabrieth; Luanne Raun, Madame Josephine; Ron Green, waiter; George Hunker, waiter; Eugene Peynoux, prospector. C. T. Weatherford, president; John Forsyth, Inron; Carol Jones, Therese; Len Schrofer, street cleaner; Beve. 1 e Engelbrecht, flower-girl; Mary Lou Pittack, Paulette; Jim Copp, deaf-mute. Katy Kelley, Irma; Carl Gerle, shoelace peddler; Ted Nittler, broker; Illar Sirk, Dr. Jadin; Jim Boling, doorman; Wallace Reed, policeman; Bill Wagner, Pierre; Larry Hanson, sergeant, and Louis Cohen, sewer man. 01