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9 i . A 1 ' - - ii i ' ! Page 4 Building 'Block Of no ij uoce,. By JUDY BOST Staff Writer A mannequin's leg, loudspeakers and assistance from the local gen darmerie were gimmicks used by four fraternities and sororities to aid the March of Dimes during exam week. The Alpha Tau Omegas, Alpha uu Omegas, Gamma Phi Betas and Sigma Nus collected over $400 for a proposed block of dimes in weather which made it seem to them like a "little Siberia." Several obstacles got in the way solicitors. Gusts of free ring wind refused, like typical Nebras ka weather, to co-operate and blew the money off the tape for the of dimes, wuich was stretched along tne sidewalk. it was a losing situation any way, because the money wouldn't suck to the tape. One enterprising young scholar appeared in a red flannel night shirt. It attracted contributions, and proved to be a good idea after- alL Some ATO's arrived wish the leg of a mannequin, attired in a ny lon stocking and a garter bearing the Greek letters. Alpha Tau Om ega. This gimmick was the most successful. Bills and a $10 chedk Brockman Named Newman Leader Harold Brockman was elected presioeiM w aewman uuo at a recent meeting. Marge PolzMU was chosen vice president and ex officio membership chairman. Brockman is a junior in Archi tecture and Miss Pol:I3 is a junior in business administration. They will be installed at a breakfast Feb. 27. Other officers selected were Mary Alice Ostdiek, treasurer; Torn Betwiler, recording secretary, and Pat O "Grady, corresponding secretary. Committee chairmen are Joyce Fangexaaa and Bill Mannkin. 'so cial; Doris Mack, religious; Harry Wray, educational; Ken Staack. publicity, and Bob Arensdorf, sports. Dr. and Mrs. Charles S. Miller and CoL and Mrs. C J. Diestd will be faculty advisers for the coming 3ar . Union Pictures Available Today Pictures tram the Union Picture Lending Library may be checked out Wednesday and Thursday from 2 to S o.m. in the second Door Union Activities Office. Students balding pictures from last semester should return them to fi Union, Mary ASce KeEer, chairman of the committee, sail. The Union makes pictures avail able free of charge to students. Carter, Ltonetti To Speak Thursday Phi Sjgma Iota, romance laa gaage honorary, wH bold a meet ing Thursday at 7:39 p.m. ia the Union Faculty Lounge. Dr. Boyd G. Carter, professor and chairman of the romance lan guage department, w53 speak on In Che Country of the Popo! Van," and Harold Lionets, instruc tor in romance languages, woJl speak era "One Aspect of Piraa iSeHo's Drama," 9 Board Of Regents Seventeen Changes In Staff Approved Sevcs&eea faculty changes were raaae fcy tbe Board of Regents at Shear negtilar maa&uj meeting S&t- TSae faculty appoiatmers were: Dr. IL Roger Washburn to suc ceed Dr. CrT S. KaauTfaa as dhair Eiata of She department t chemis try and chemical engmeerjog; John 3JL Roberts, to succeed EL Matt Paris as curator of axtihropology la he University State Museum; Twi& C Baier. ArJea EL Lutz, Holaad E. Stoker and George A. SandrsEs, agricultural extension aassistsrsts, to associate county ex tearisa cgeots; Dr. James 14. leckhardt, professor of socMogy, ta professor of crisindbgy- Harris L Eringer, special in trartcr ia cavil engineering; Mary IvScLasgLIin.. visiting prof essor of lisdsry; Grge J. Ly&ar, instruc tor xa wsr;.Dry and psychiatry; Theiaia Su'ai chM occrp&irrisl tterapM; BasM A. Etcihea, as sisted professor of sgrjosltural erigiaeering; Henry D. Shilock, in structor In euocatiC2Dl psychology nd Ttremscrrsersts. Cyr ;a TsrKiarap, Teachers CcB-le-j-e 211 School instructor; .Alan ntrtz, itMffcraetsr st leehrar.Va t.l :a of jrioJiare, Curtis; Mrs. 1 1 : Hitstx, Snstractar at Ke- t-uia of ArricEltare, Cur- t.s; Haiszii F. Grotelascben, agri c t":v:iu'.y treat; Alvin A I; i t.-..i Dontld 2tL Mciel, as t ' - -1 t. :y extensa-aa tfenti.. 1' s r. "!:.$ i.ls3 accepted J-S.-f ' 3 ii r" 's, iiu-,IadLg a rraat of r r. 3 irz-z. ve IZS. Public r.fLh r-'pf-rt-etif ia rr. Carl CIr-jq, Zt Dimes' MaoioieKuiDinis eeroirs were stuck under the garter when the solicitation ended. Students walked up to cars wait ing for the lights to change and solicited from the drivers. Lincoln police were a little mystifiedat the invasion but odayed the solici tation. A group of Alpha Chis solicited one of Lincoln's more popular res taurants on N Street. No one seemed to know how r iccessful this solicitation had been. Shopping carts were used to hold the money, and all four groups said the results were good con sidering the freezing weather. "It was freezing cold, but we had a lot of fun doing it for such a worthy cause," Barbara Kelley, president of tLe Gamma Phi pledge class, said. Campus Joksfe rs Voodoo, Shinto Beliefs Maintain MU By LUCIGRACE SWITZER SUff Writer Voodooism, Shintoisra and Com- .J. K.r . ZTZ strongholds and have appeared on the University campus, at least ac cording to some personal record cards submitted during registra tion last week. Voodooism, once thought to be confined to certain remote areas cf the Pacific or darkest Africa, apparently has some followers here. Likewise, although Shintoisra has been outlawed in its native Japan, some University students who still havent heard about this confess to subscribe to its basic tenets. The "ism's'' which make per sonal record cards the "plaint of a registrar," Dr. Floyd Hoover, Dean of Registration and Records, said, are not the only difficulty. One student, for example, wrote that his parents were in heaven. Hoover was obliged to write and ask if the student could give him National Essay Contest Open For NUCWA A national essay contest is now open for NUCWA members, Sherry Mangold, president, said. The topic of the essay is The Role cf Morality in US. Foreign Policy." Maximum length is 2900 words. The first priie winner will re ceive a European tour next sum mer with all expenses paid from the port of embarkation. Second prize is $390, and third prize is an award of $200. Essays w21 be judged on mas tery of the subject, originality, or ganization of material and the style and general use of language. AS essays wil become She prop erty of the Association of Interna tional Relations Chios, sponsors of the contest. The entries must be postmarked os or before midnight, March 5, and should be addressed to The Association of Internalaonal Rela tions Cubs, 345 E. 45 Street, New York 17. N. Y. Also, $3539 from the American Cancer Society and $5yWKS from the Veterans of Foreign Wars Auidl iary was aocepted for Dr. H. B. Hunt, College of Medicine, far can cer service, teaching and investa gEtkm tad rotational Roeatgen therapy. EecJc, Rathjen Named Dairy Royal Chairmen Don Beck and Boh Bathjea have been made co-chairmen eff the Dairy Royal to be held ia con jundaan wifh the Farmers' Fair lUj 13 and 14. SENIOR WOMEN i A representative from Hallmark Cards will be a H ff the campus February lp to interview young fH ff women for positions ia Kansas City. . ff TrdrJrg ia Business Administration, SeCTetarial l;l subjects. Art, Retailing; and Marketing, Account- H ir, Matbematics, English, Personnel jlanagemcrt 3 1-1 or Journalism may qualify you for an interesting; H 1 position. Hf' Please arrange for an interview with fH Dean W. F. Wright's Office II 204 Burnett Hall HALOIARK CARDS 1 I f KANSAS CITY, mSSOOU The groups solicited in two-hour shifts from 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., under the auspices of the American Legion. Only the ATOs and Gamma Phis participated in the March of Dimes drive last year and in three hours collected over $400. The propor tionate reduction in collections was due to the cold an icy day, said Doug Dunn, A TO. Benevolent Legionnaires, like the proverbial St. Bernard, provided hot coffee for the students, who had turned either bright red or pale blue at the end of their two-hour shifts. Ben, Olive, Sigmana Ju; Suzy Enyerart, Alpha Chi; Jackie Switz- er. Gamma Phi, and Doug Dunn, A TO were in charge of the event Supporters a more exact address, consider ing the reputed size of this area. He was also interested in knowing office tries to confine its correspondence to the three-cent variety. "I never did find out how to reach them, he admitted. Some of the answers might back fire on the student, however. Hoov er warned. "They may find that the blanks were really loaded cartridges." The students who as- Pf1 th&t wer Communist might be interested in knowing. Hoover added, that almost every day an investigator from some government agency or the FBI checks through the back files seek ing information about students, both present and past Thus the facetious student may find that be is really hurting himself. "If students who filled out such answers want to come in, we will take their cards out of the files and change them," Hoover said. Obviously, it isnt that there are so many vcodoaists. Shictoists or Communists, but there are quite a few would-be humorists. Fall Report Cm(' fren Page 1 which will represent a positive at titude toward this annual recurr ence of spring fever. The commit tee will make its report to the Council March IS. To help the Chancellor know student opinion and reaction to Ad ministration policies, the Council set up a ComhuRker Roundrable. On a rotating basis, the Council members each take their turn at visiting with the Chancellor at the meetings which are held about every two weeks. Ivy Day A special committee has been appointed to investigate Ivy Day. Rogers said the purpose of the committee is to discover certain facts: Who has the authority to asminister Ivy Day? Eow is the event financed? No one knows where lies author ity for the day's ceremonies, Rog ers told, earplaraaing the difficul ties which could arise from such disorganization. The Judiciary Committee takes care of the many routine Council functions. As a legal body, it ap proves and rejects constitutions of the various campus organizations tions. la addition, Rogers said, the Committee has helped organiza tions ia its advisory capacity. H distributed an informal sheet con cerning constitutions! form, ap proval of constitutions and cjualifi cations of organization advisers. The Council president explained that by indicating its plans for routine investigations, the Com mittee has promoted organization al reform before Council interven tion became necessary. At present the Judiciary Com mittee is inrestigating the legality of a petition, signed by 590 stu dents, against secret balk ia Council The vewSf - formed Foreign Sta dent Committee has done much to campus life, Rogers said. The committee planned foreign University of Nebraska Cupid Also Busy During Exam Week By ALICE TODD Society Editor Besides exams, bridge games, frequent movies, and sleeping late, exam-time was highlighted by six pinnings and thirteen engagements. Perhaps some young gentlemen are waiting to attach their pins and rings in a Valentine box of candy for their sweethearts. Marriages The marriage of Darlene Luse, freshman, to Jim Rogers, Pi Kappa Phi junior, was announced. Ray We'fert, Denver, Colo., former University student, and mem ber of Sigma Phi Epsilon, was married January 28 to Caroline Kendall also of Denver. Engagements Flowers and candy announced the engagement of Beverly Soder burg. Kappa Alpha Thet sophomore, to Dick Mason, Midland College graduate. Velda Thomas, Pawnee City, to Harry Knust, Pi Kappa Phi sophomore. Bob Turner, Engineering junior, to Sarah Oeltgen. At a candy passing at the Sigma Kappa house, Pat Hurley, teachers sophomore, announced her City. Dorothy Frank, junior, Residence Hall for Women, to Duane High, sophomore, Men's Dorm. Jan Skiff, Alpha Xi Delta, to Gene Wells, Sigma Chi senior. Nancy Mueller, Delta Gamma, to Bob Pecha, Alpha .Tau Omega alum. Donna Beckenhauser, senior Sigma Nu senior. Betty Swanson, Chi Omega Epsilon senior. Patricia McDougall, sophomore, at Wesleyan. Lillian Seding, junior at Wayne French, senior in the College of Margary Chab, junior in Teachers College, to Norman Cizek, senior in music. Dorrene Kruger, sophomore from freshman from Columbus. Pinnings A candy passing at the Kappa Alpha Theta bouse announced the pinning of senior Sue Muelhaupt to graduate. Joan Marshall, Alpha Chi Omega sophomore, announced her pin ning to Wes Reist, graduate student. Joan is in Teachers College. Sigma Kappa senior Terry Fitch, to Dick Faes, Sigma Phi Epsilon senior in business administration. Cigars were passed at the Phi Gamma Delta house to announce the pinning of Duane Hess, junior in pharmacy, to Mary Nelson, Millard. The pinning of Don Peters, Sigma Phi Epsilon junior in Engineer ing, to Carolyn Graff, sophomore at MontkeUo College, was announced. Kay Schmoker. Teachers Collece junior, to Delane Welsch. Aloha Gamma Sigma ahim. Social Calendar Friday Sigma Kappa Formal Dinner Dance Kappa Sigma Star Dust Formal Ag Union Sno-BaH Dance Palladian and Delian Union Valentine Party Saturday Acacia Valentine Dance-house party Beta Theta Pi Date Dinner SeHeck Quadrangle Informal Dance Pledge Sweetheart Tea Sunday Chi Omega Date Dinner Kappa Delta Date Dinner student tours and arranged for sev eral students to spend time with Lincoln families during the Christ mas and Thanksgiving holidays. Future plans include a foreign stu dents party in cooperation with Towue Cub. Stadyiag Library Bars Rogers expressed relief that the class officer issue is finally closed. A special committee recommend ed in December that there be no class officers because there is no function for them to EZL Two Council members are study ing the library hours problem with Frank Lundy, director of Univer sity libraries, in the hope that Love Library hours can be ex tended to Sunday. The Council has many other specific and general routine func tions, in addition to many reform measures of the past semester. It selects the Committee on Stu dent Publications, studies parking problems, sajpervises the Honor Convocations and approves Uni versity calendars of events. This year the Council has com municated with 12 colleges and universities about student affairs. Much work has been done in co operation wi& faculty and ad ministration. OrieaiaUM At the beginning of the school year, an orientaiioa meeting was organized by the Council for stu dent leaders. The purpose was to instruct students so that they could better understand their own dut ies and the relationship of their respective organizations to the Council Get Them cf the GGLDHIRQD STATIONERY STORE 215 Norfc H i St. engagement to Don Stading, Pone a from Terrace Hall, to Bill Lindgren, alum, to Gary Jones, Tau Kappa to Robert Jones, Phi Kappa Tau State Teachers College, to Tom Engineering. Howard Hall, to Jack Kunneman, Joe Gifford, Sigma Alpha Epsilon Noyes NU Poetry Competition Announced Entries in the lone Gardner Noyes Memorial Poetry Prize con- test may be submitted to the de- partment of English until March 4 at S pjn. Any undergraduate student may enter. Poems submitted must be original and unpublished, and any student may enter as many as three poems in the contest. There are no restrictions on length, form or subject. Additional information may be obtained ia the English office. The first place winner will re ceive an award of $59, and the second place winner wSl receive an award of $25. The manning poems wi2 be considered for pub lication in the "Prairie Schooner." Formal presentation of awards will be April 1. Last year's first place winner was Roland Derby, now a gradu ate student, and the second place winner was Baiters NoDeadorfs, also a graduate student now. Directory Meeting There will be a Builders student directory sales committee meet ing Monday, at 5 p.m. in Union Room SIS. 11 iJ Junior Division Counseling Service Offers Study Aids Reading Improvement and study courses will be offered second se mester by the Junior Division and Counseling Service for students who are interested in improving their reading speed and compre hension and study methods The reading i mprovement course will begin Monday, Feb. 14 and will last 10 weeks. During the first three weeks, students will at- each week. The remaining ween r reserved for individual labor- Rate Accelerators and for Individ ual conferences. Section I of this course will be held Monday and Wednesday from 3 to 4 p.m.; Section II will be held Monday and Wednesay from 4 to 5 p.m.; Section HI on Tuesday and Thursday from 11 t 19 n m and Section IV on Tuesday and Thursday from 4 to p.m. The studv improvement courses lact three weeks. Methods of planning time, studying assign ments, note-taking and preparation far examinations will be included. The first session .will begin on Feb. 14. Section I of the study improve ment course will be held Monday and Wednesday from 3 to 4 p.m. Section II will be held Monday and Wednesday from 4 to 5 p.m. Other sessions of this course will be held during the weeks of March 14 and May 2. The hours have 'been arranged so students who .wish to take both of these courses may do so in Campus Hosts Environmental Health Course A two-w e e k Environmental Health Short Course, the first of its kind in the nation, is being con ducted this week on the University campus. In attendance are public health sanitarians from Nebraska, Kan sas and South Dakota who are dis cussing such topics as water and water supply, sewage disposal, milk and food, insect and rodent control, sanitation adnunistration and housing. University participants include: J. 0. Burnett, assistant professor of accounting; Dr. S. L Fuenning, director of University Health Serv ices; Merk Hobson, associated pro fessor of engineering; Miss M. J. Meredith, assistant professof Eng lish, and Dr. Carl Pothoff, profes sor of preventative medicine. Tom S. Gable, public health en gineer, said .emphasis is on the public bealih significance of the various phases of environmental health, with little attention to spe cific inspectional activities to spe cific inspectional activities of local public health agencies. The short couse is sponsored by the University, the VS. Public Health Service and State Depart ment of Health. Ag Committees To Attend Party A theme party for all Ag Union committee members wifl be keld Tuesday from 5:39 to 7:30 p.m. at the Ag Activities Building. According to GeneSe Jensen, chairman, the their, e of the party will center around famous couples of history, radio and TV, comksl and nursery rhymes. Besides Miss Jensen, other Ag Union commsttee secretaries spon soring the event are AHhea Blunn, Leo Damkroger, Sharon Egger, Yvonne Fowler and Carol Palme. I Enjoy the Best ia ! v r"" 5; mi CIGASETTES K FILTER TIP TAREYTON with the Activated Charcoal Filter Wednesday, February 9, 1955 succeeding session at the same period. Those wishing to enroll may do so by seeing a representa tive of the Junior Division and Counseling Service staff in Tem porary Building A during the week of Feb. 7-12. These are ion-credit, non-tuition courses. ' For additional information, stu dents should call Mr. Kdmision, Division and Counseling Service, Extension 31SS. UnionToSell Tickets For Film Society Tickets for the annual Film So ciety movies are now on sale in the Union. Society membership is $3.60 for local patrons, $3 for faculty and $2.50 for students. The first film shown will be "The Strange Ones," a French movie, at 7:30 p.m., Feb. 23. All movies will be shown at the Capitol Theater. "Kind Hearts and Coronets" will be shown at the Capital Theater, stars Alec Guiness In eight roles. "Eroica," a German movie tell ing of Beethoven's life, will be shown March 16. An American movie, "The Louis iana Story," will be shown March 30. "Leonardo De Vinci," an art movie, will be featured April 13. "The Fifty -first Dragon," a color cartoon telling the story of Hay wood Broun, will also be shown. A French movie, "Symphonie Pastorale," will be shown oa April 27. This movie is based on the Pulitzer Prize winning novel by Andre Gide. May 4 will be the date of the last movie of the series, "Hello Ele phant" An Italian movie, it is the story of a baby elephant who creates a crisis for a schoolteacher and his four children. NU Law Professor To Address AIA A law professor will address the American Institute of Architects Wednesday at 3:30 p.m. on law yers and their association with ar chitecture. H. M. Grether, assistant profes i of law, will speak at the AIA l. ng which will be held in Fer gwn Hall Later Wednesday, the Blue Print staff will meet at 5 p.m., and the American Society of Civil Engi neers will see a film on construc tion at 7:30 p.m. in Stout Hall Listed on the engineering bul letin for later in the month are the E Week Commeting, meeting Mon day in Stout Hall, and the Ameri can Society of Agricultural Engi neers metting Feb. 23 at 7:30 p.m. in Ag Engineering Building. Marshall To Address Ag Club Joint Meeting The Ag Economics and Block and Bridie Cubs, in cooperation with the Agronomy and Varsity Dairy Clubs are sponsoring a joint rneeV ing Thursday at 7:30 p.m. Charles Marshall, president of the Nebraska State Farm Bureau Federation, will be the guest speaker of the meeting which will be in Room 244, Agronomy Build ing. ' PREVTEVG Lactam BeoU . . gravis nnmm to. V.2 North mk. Fk. VZ3S7 Filtered Smoking! t