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Vol. 56, No. 4
Sandy Spcicher:
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"One of the most enjoyable ex
periences I've ever had," is the
way Sandy Speicher, Miss Ne
braska of 1955, describes her trip
to Atlantic City to take part in
Miss America competition.
Each of the contestants gained
more poise and learned how to
meet people graciously, she said
of her August trip.
Particularly gratifying was the
Interest shown by people in At
lantic City toward the Miss Amer
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Beauty And The Beasts
Welcoming back Sandy Spei
cher, Miss Nebraska in the Miss
America competition, is the male
half of the Nebraskan editorial
staffc-MJsK-Speicher is shown de
scribing the parade which was a
Hello Girl:
To Select
Finalists
Candidates for the title of 1955
Hello Girl will be interviewed
Wednesday at the Union from 7 to
8 p.m., according to Marian
Clark, BABW publicity chairman.
Independent women selected
from the independent organizations
are Hanna Rosenberg and Nadyne
Snyder, Towne Club; Elaine Sa'ch
schewsky and Marion Sokol, Love
Hall; Barbara Cause and Barbara
Jones, International House; Mar
ilyn Zuhlke, Adelphi; Evonne Eis
espahr and Alyce Ann Sides, Loom
is Hall; Lorene Mader and Mau
reen Newhouse, Wilson Hall; Ar
lene Bouwens and Esther Penka
va, Howard Hall, and Mary Louise
Gunlicks and Demoris Johnson,
Terrace Hall.
Five finalists will be selected
from these candidates by a panel
of judges. Judges will be Carol An
derson, president of BABW; Mar
ian J a n d a, vice-president of
BABW; Ruth Vollmer, governor of
the Residence Halls for Women;
Doug Jensen, governor of the Res
idence Halls for Men; Vic Golletz,
president of the Coop Council, Ed
Kimball, Men's Dorm social chair
man, and Dick Fellman, editor of
the Nebraskaa.
Tickets for the dance will go on
Bale Friday and will be sold in a
iTnion booth Oct. 6, 7 and 8. The
I .ice is 50 cents.
. Outside World:
BABW
Ike's Condition 'Gobi
By BARBARA SHARP
Staff Writer
President Dwight Eisenhower, recuperating in Denver from a
heart attack, was said to have probably felt '"good enough to play
golf Monday." His doctor. Dr. Paul Dudley White, added that there was
no reason why Ike could not take up golf again in the event of the
hoped-for recovery.
Dr. White said that the usual time for a complete recovery and
the resumption of normal life after an attack no more serious than
Ike's was about twc months. The reason that Eisenhower's heart con
dition was not noticed during his last check-up was that it was not
diagnosable,' according to White. He added that the President's morale
is good and 'that he is a "wonderful" patient.
Stock Market Lowers
Accompanying the news of President Eisenhower's heart attack
was a decided break in the stock market. . Industries were off only
seven points less than in 1929 during the stock market crash.
U.S. government securities had higher prices while corporate bond
prices wre depressed sharply. Prices in London were down for both
dollar anql pound sterling stocks. Losses of $1 to $ 7 were common on
the New I York Stock Exchange. One stock, U.S. Gypsum, was off
$45.75, to '$270 before it began a recovery from its low. Trading was
at its highest level in 18 years at an estimated seven million shares.
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA
ica Pageant and the contestants. I
"There is nothing left to chance '
in the pageant," Miss Speicher
said. "It was a complete produc
tion and we rehearsed for hours
each day with a director and pro
ducer." All of the contestants had pleas
ti.i personalities and were "ter
rific girls," she said.
"We were always accompanied
by an official hostess and our chap
erones and were not allowed to
speak to men," Miss Speicher said.
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feature of the pageant festivi
ties. Her intent audience in
cludes, left to right, Bob Cook,
sports editor; Sam Jensen, man
aging editor; Dick Fellman, edi-
tor; and Fred Daly, news edi-
Ticket Campaign:
honorary
Competition Opens
T w e ii t y-six organized houses
have signed up for competition for
the selection of two Honorary Pro
ducers of the University Theater.
Two houses, one men's house and
one women's house selling the
most tickets in proportion to the
number of active members in the
house will choose the Honorary
Producers.
A traveling trophy will be pre
sented to the winning houses with
the name of the house and the year
ingraved on it. The trophies will
be kept by the winning house dur
ing the 1955-56 school year and the
1956 Rush Week. Kappa Sigma and
Alpha Xi Delta won the trophies
last year with Ron Becker and
Doris Billerbeck as Honorary Pro
ducers. The winners will be pre
sented at the first production of
Stalag 17, Oct. 25.
Tickets will be passed out by
Tuesday and the campaign will
run through Oct. 7. Tickets must
be turned in by 5 p. m. of that day.
Student-faculty tickets will be
$4.50 this year as compared to $6
last year.
Women's houses entered are: Al
pha Omicron Pi, Alpha Xi Delta,
Alpha Phi, Gamma Phi Delta, Del
ta Delta Delta, Delta Gamma, Kap
pa Alpha Theta. Kappa Delta, Kap
pa Kappa Gamma, Chi Omega, Pi
Beta Phi, Sigma Alpha Tau, Adel
p h i , International,. House, Resi
dence Halls for women and Towne
Club.
"Men's houses which have been
Oft
Contestants were not allowed to
go out without official badges and
always rode in official cars, she
said. Occasionally, the girls had
police escorts, she said.
"I was really thrilled at meeting
the celebrities connected with the
pageant," she said. Miss Speicher
met John Daly, CBS newscaster
and moderator of a famous panel
show, Eddie Fisher, Bert Parks,
master of ceremonies for the pa
geant, and Bess Myerson, a former
Miss America now on television.
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Kebraskaa Phot
tor. Miss Speicher is a junior in
Teachers College and a member
of Kappa Kappa Gamma. She
was named Miss Nebraska in
June at the state contest in Kear-
ney.
Producer
entered are Alpha Tau Omega,
Delta Sigma Phi, Theta Xi, Kappa
Sigma, Pi Kappa Phi, Sigma Nu
and Sigma Chi, the Ag Men's club,
the Pioneer House and Avery
House.
This is the second year in a row
thai this contest has been held
since the new theater was com
pleted. The Honorary Producer tra
dition was started in 1948.
Army:
U ROTC
Appoints
inefeen
Nineteen University students
received second lieutenant com
missions in the Army Reserve Of
ficers' Training Corps Friday up
on completion of the summer
school session or summer camp.
One student, David Lynch of
Lincoln, received a commission in
the regular U. S. Army.
Commissioned in informal cere
monies at the University were
Daniel Brown, Jack Chedester,
Marvin Friedeman, Lawrence
Goll, James Hofstetter, James
Norsworthy, and Marvin Stromer.
Commissioned at the completion
of summer camp were Charles
Anderson, William . Cambridge,
David Chapman, ' Merwyn David
son, Lyle Denniston, James Done
Ian, Joe Huckfeldt, Raymond
Hughes, Ronald Lahners, Carl
Mammel, Stanley Matzke and Rus
sel Young.
Ninety-five University cadets at
tended summer camps this year
at Fort Sill, Okla., Fort Leonard
Wood, Mo., Aberdeen Proving
Grounds, Md., and Fort Carson,
Colo.
Premed Students
Must Take Test
Premedicai students who apply
for entrance, September, 1956, to
any accredited medical college
must have taken the national
Medical College Admission Test,
according to Eugene Powell, pre
medicai advisor. '
The last such test of this yei.r
will be given Oct. 31, l'J55. Appli
cations to take the test must b .
on file at the Educational Testing
Servic?, Princeton, N. J., Oct. 17,
1955. implication forms are avail
able at Powell's office, 300 Bessey
Hall. ,
Tuesday, September 27, 1 955
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The day of the pageant parade
was hot and humid, she said. All
of the girls were nearly soaked at
the end of the parade because of a
light drizzle, she said.
Miss Speicher said I-enore
Slaughter, director of the pageant,
was a charming woman, who has
worked for years to build the Miss
America competition into s o m e
thing other than a beauty contest.
After the pageant a ball was held
for contestants and their chape
rones and parents. "It was really
beautiful; all the girls had on
white dresses from the pageant
and the rooms were beautifully
decorated," she said.
Scholarships were awarded to
every girl and gifts from the com
panies sponsoring the pageant, she
said. Several girls brought gifts
from their states to the other con
testants. Most of the contestants received
offers of movie contracts and tele
vision appearances. Miss Speicher
turned down ail contracts to finish
her education.
"I was very happy to see a fel
low Nebraskan win the title," Miss
Speicher said. Sharon Kay Ritchie
of Grand Island was named Miss
America. She represented the state
of Colorado as a student of Colo
rado Women's College in Denver.
"Sharon seemed to me to be a
lovely, talented girl," she said.
After the pageant, Miss Speicher
and her mother, Mrs. J. F. Speich
er of Omaha, went to New York
City for a short visit. While they
were thert, they say Broadway
productions of 'Tanny," "Silk
Stockings," "Cat on a Hot Tin
Roof," and Daphne and Chloe,"
performed by Sadler Wells Ballet
in the selection's American debut.
"The best part of the trip was
the people I met and the friends I
made," she said. Miss Hawaii
taught Miss Nebraska the hula, a
rare thing in Nebraska, Miss
Speicher said.
Miss Speicher is a member of
Alpha Lambda Delta, freshman
scholastic honorary, AUF Board, a
former Cornhusker section head,
Kappa Kappa Gamma and was a
Beauty Queen finalist her fresh
man year.
Her sister, Sally Speicher Berg
stron, was a Beauty Queen and
Miss Nebraska in me Lions' Clubs
competition several years ago.
Miss Speicher isa junior in
Teachers' College, specializing in
work with handicapped children.
Retreat:
Students
Receive
Wzes
Approximately 60 American and
foreign students attended the
Foreign Student Retreat Saturday
in Antelope Park Pavilon.
Beginning the program, Dr. G.
W. Rosenlof, Dean of Admissions,
explained the availability of Uni
versity scholarships and grant-in-aids
for international students.
Rev. Rex Knowles, director of
the Presbyterian-Congregational
Student House, urged the inter
national students to become ac
quainted with as much of the
American culure as possible. This
is valuable not only to learn of the
American way of life, he said, but
also is an important way for
American students to learn about
other cultures.
Square dancing, part of the rec
reational program, was directed
by Mrs. Ruth Levinson, a faculty
chaperon and a Student Council
advisor. The Women's Athletic As
sociation provided the rest of the
recreation.
Miss Lucille Cypreanson, as
sistant professor of speech and
sponsor of Cosmopolitan Club, ex
plained the importance and the
ways of acquiring a well-balanced
social program for international
students. Marvin Coffey, president
of the Ag YMCA, showed a film
strip telling the meaning and the
origin of Arbor Day.
Saroj Khanna of India was given
a prize for being the student to
have traveled the farthest. She
had traveled 20,000 miles by plane
a trip lasting four days and four
nights.
Iraj Daston was presented with
a prize for being the tallest stud
ent, and Aurora Fabella of the
Philippines, was named shortest
student. Adolfe Peniche, a 16 year-
old student from Mexico, was re
warded for being the youngest par
ticipant. Shirley Jesse, chairman of the
Union board, explained Union fa
cilities and activities to the stud
ents and distributed tickets to Sun
day evening movies. Sue Simmons,
representing the Ag YWCA, point
ed out places and programs of in
terest in Lincoln and on cam
pus. Rev. Carroll Lemon, execu
tive . secretary of the Nebraska
Council of Churches, discussed the
various programs of Lincoln
churches.
Orchestra
Ralph Marterie and his orches
tra will play two concerts Oct. 5
in the Union ballroom. The 20-piece
band sponsored by the Union will
play at 5 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Tick
ets are now on sale at the Union
ticket booth for $1 for the matinee
and for the evening $1.25 back and
$1.50 front.
Marterie's band won top place
as the most popular dance band
in America's colleges in a poll
conducted by "Downbeat" maga
zine. The voting was done by cam
pus leaders and dance committees.
Some of the recordings that Mar
terie made famous are "Caravan,"
"Crazy, Man, Crazy," "Skokiaan,'
and "Pretend." All sold over a
half million copies.
The latest award for Marterie
and his band was his selection by
the juke box operators of America
as the number one orchestra in
the country in a recent Cash Box
magazine poll for 1954. Marterie
was presented with a trophy by the
editors of Cash Box signifying his
honor as the number one band.
Marterie began playing the trum
pet professionally at the age of 14
when Danny Russo hired Marterie
for his Oriole Orchestra. During
his youth he worked in Chicago
radio studios taking part in such
radio orchestras as those of Paul
Whiteman, Frank Black, Percy
Faith, Nathaniel Shilkret and Roy
Shields.
When in the Navy in World War
II, Marterie was asked to organize
and lead a service band that would
play at Navy installations and ci
vilian bond rallies. Marterie then
traveled around the United States
with his Navy Band helping ' sell
war bonds.
Marterie's record career began
in 1949 when he was leader of the
featured ABC network orchestra.
Then Mercury Records was seek
ing a band with a fresh slant. After
Art Talmadge, vice - president of
Mercury, heard some recordings
that Marterie had cut with the
studio crew, he signed him up.
Penny Carnival:
Organizations To Submit Pirns,
Sketches For Booths Wednesday
Initial plans and sketches for
Penny Carnival booths of organized
women's houses are due Wednes
day according to Carol Anderson,
Penny Carnival chairman.
Sixteen boothes will be chosen to
compete at the Penny Carnival,
sponsored annually by Coed Coun
selors. Penny Carnival will be held
Friday, Oct. 14, in the Union Ball
room. According to Miss Anderson,
plans should include:
1) A detailed idea for developing
a carnival theme, including
sketches.
2) A first and second choice. Sec
ond choices may be selected in
case of duplication.
3) Names of persons, both active
and pledge in charge of the booth.
4) Indication of electrical equip
ment needed.
The booths will be judged on the
basis of their suitability to the car-
Duperier To Head
Physics Meeting
Discussion on the relationships
between cosmic-ray intensity va
riations and meteorological condi
tion will be held at a Physics Col
loquium Tuesday at 4:15 p.m. in
Room 210, Brace Laboratory.
Professor Arturo Duperier of the
Universities of London and Madrid
will head the discussion. Tea will
be served at 3:45 p.m. in the sec
ond floor hallway of Brace Labora
tory.
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Tea Welcomes
Freshman women and new
women students were greeted by
this reception line at the tra
ditional tea for University wom
en students held Friday after
noon in the Union . In the re
ceiving line were Mrs. Phillip
Vogel, assistant to the associate
dean for women; Miss Helen
Snyder, assistant dean; . Mrs.
To Give Two Performances
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Featured Leader
Ralph Marterie and his band
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voted number one favorite in the
nation's colleges according to a
poll by Down Beat magazine will
However, it was late 1952 and early
1953 before the band "broke wide
open."
Marterie was the featured dance
iband on "Star Night," a music
I show of 1953 and 1954, playing Chi-
cago's Soldier Field, Detroit's
:Briggs Stadium, and Cleveland's
I municipal stadium. Co-starring in
i productions were Patti Page, Perry
Como, Julius LaRosa, Nat "King"
Cole and Sarah Vaughan.
nival theme, originality, attractive
ness, and audience appeal. In ad
dition to this, all booths are to be
evaluated as to all equip
ment and decorations which are to
be used according to a standard
rate. A maximum of $15 is set for
use by each booth for equipment.
Houses whose booths are esti
mated above this amount are au
tomatically disqualified from competing.
Friday Evening:
Ag Union Fall Roundup
To Feature Free Dance
"Your Union through the year"
is the theme for the annual Fall
R-oundup to be held in the Ag Un
ion on Friday from 8 to 11 p.m.'
Johnny Jay and his orchestra
will play for the free dance to be
held in the auditorium. Lill Spilker,
dance chairman, has announced
that special entertainment during
intermission- will be piano solos
played by Donna Miller. Drawings
for the door prizes will also take
place at that time.
Leo Damkroeger, publicity chair
man, has arranged for poster
and booth dislpays publicizing the
roundup to be shown by all Ag
Campus organizations.
Sharon Egger, Marx Peterson,
Arley Waldo, and Bill DeWulf, I
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in- .
.Co Ads
Clifford R, -din, wife of the chan
cellor; MisS Marjorie Johnston,
associate dean and Mrs. Paula
Broady Wells Jr., president of
the Associated Women Students.
Hostesses for the tea were
members of Mortar Board and
presidents of women's houses
and organizations. Guests were
greeted by Gail Katskee, Mortar
Board president, and were intro-
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aPPar tor w concerts Oct. 5 in
the Union ballroom. Tickets are
nQw on sae at the Union t5cket
yo0ih for the matinee and evening
performance.
In order to get the sound he
wanted, Marterie took his band to
the natural amphitheater at Red
Rock, Col. to record the "National
: Emblem March." Also while re
'cording "Trumpeter's Lulla
by" Marterie first played the first
; trumpet part with full orchestra,
j The, playing back the recording,
: he dubbed in the second part, then
third, and fourth until the entire
quartet was played by him.
Houses will be notified Thursday
as to the results of the elimination
contest. Locations of booths will
also be assigned.
Member of the elimination com
mittee are Carol Thompson, presi
dent of Coed Counselors, P h y 1
Cast, vice president, Carol Ander
son, junior board member and
chairman of Penny Carnival; other
members of this commitfee are to
be named.
members of the Union Board of
Managers, will act as hosts.
Heading the reception line will
be the Dean of the College of Ag
riculture, W. V. Lambert and his
wife. Many department chairmen
and their wives will also be pres
ent, along with the Ag College
members of Innocents and Mortar
Board.
A new feature of the Roundup
this year is table games.
"This is one of our biggest ac
tivities at the Ag Union," an
nounced Mrs. Kathryn Peters, ac
tivities director. "Attendance at the
Fall Roundup has increased each
year, and we are looking forward
to a full house again this year,
she said.
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Courtesy Littcato tax
duced to Dean Johnston by lira.
Wells.
Mrs. J. P. Colbert, Mrs. Lee
Chatfield, Mrs. George Rosenlof,
Mrs. Floyd Hoover, Mrs. Wes
ley Poe and Mrs. Woodrow Reed
presided at the tea talles.
Organ music was furnished ) y
Mrs. Alice; Mumm and Bonnie
Young, students in the Univer
sity Schoo of Music.
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