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About The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 19, 1955)
i the . i "3 Tnn7rrnn7mn M ' L HI, I I Vl.lll Officers Discuss Presidents of the three Univer sity professional music sorori ties discuss plans for National Music Sorority Week, now being held on the campus. Highlight of the week will be a concert to be held Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in the Union Ballroom. Left to right are Gail Drahota, Freshman Women: AVJS To Hold Annual Attain 'Accent On Activities' Wednesday First chance for freshmen wom en to sign up for activities will be the AWS Activities Mart at the Unon Ballroom, Wednesday from 2 to 6 p.m. Theme for the Mart 5s "Accent on Activities," according to Sara Hubka, chairman. Representatives from 17 organi sations will tell the freshmen about their activity and help them sign up, she added. Organizations to be represented are Builders, Associated Women Students, All University Fund, Cornhusker, The Nebraskan, Red Cross, Home Ec Club, Tassels, Women's Athletic Association, the Late Date Night Set For Oct. 28 Friday, Oct. 28, has been an nounced by the Mortar Board as Late Date Night for 1955. Closing hours will be set at 1:30 instead of 12:30 by the AWS. For every minute a coed returns home after 12:30 she must pay a fine of one cent. This will be col leted by a Mortar Board represen tative at all organized women's houses. All money collected will be used for the All Foreign Studet Tour to be henld next March. Scandinavia Study Offered By Council An opportunity to spend nine months studying in the Scandinav ian countries is being offered to American students and graduates by the American Scandinavian Council For Adult Education. Students will study at residential colleges or folk schools. They will live for part of the time with typical families and at the folk schools and will meet Scandina vians of various backgrounds and interests. The Outside World: Defies To Discuss Arms By MARY SHELLED Y Copy Editor Russia's supplying arms to the tense Middle East will be an issue at the Big Four foreign ministers' meeting in Geneva next week, Secretary of State John Foster Dulles has announced. Dulles said that he intended to discuss the Middle East with Russian Foreign Minister Molotov. If the other Big Four ministers agree the subject will be placed on the official agenda. Dulles said he thought it more likely the matter would be dis cussed informally in private side talks. Russian bloc countries have been arming both Egypt and Israel, key countries in the conflict in the area. Request McCarthy To Run Sen. Joseph McCarthy has said he has been contacted by a number of Nebraska Republicans to enter the state primary next year. McCarthy did not identify what persons contacted him. The an nouncement came when Nebraska was included among the five states the Wisconsin Republican said had asked him to run in presidential primaries. State party members did not know who had sounded out McCarthy, nor did they know of anyone who might know. Faure Wins Confidence Preliminary reports from the French National Assembly indicated that Premier Edgar Faure won a vote of confidence in his cabinet on his Algerian and Moroccan policies. The margin was reported to be small perhaps 15 votes. Faure has Btaked his government on his conduct of the North African crisis. Church Criticizes Meg Prime Minister Anthony Eden and his cabinet reportedly discussed yesterday in Lindon the romance between Princess Margaret and Peter Townsend. The Church of England, of which the nominal head is Queen Elizabeth II, has publicly criticized Margaret's possible marriage to the 40-year-old divorced commoner. The Cabinet discussion was reported to be centered around a proposal to eliminate the one year wailing period necessary for Mar garet to marry without her sister's permission. Last Field Released Erika Field Walleh, who disappeared behind the Iron Curtain in 1950 while searching for her foster parents, has been released from a Russian labor camp and is waiting for permission to leave the Soviet Union. Mrs. Wallach, 33, is the last of the Field family to be released by the Communists. Her foster-father, Noel Field and his wife Herta, were arrested in Poland in 1949 and charged with spying. Field was at that time suspected of being a Communist spy. The Fields were released in Poland in 1954, then went to Hungary and announced their intention of living there. :;::ST."S;- is- Meet president of Sigma Alpha Iota; Bonnie Young, president of Delta Omicron, and Joan Reist, presi dent of Mu Phi Epsilon. The purpose of national music sororities is to promote music activities in communities and to sponsor women in music nation ally. Union, Ag Young Women's Christ ian Association, City Young Wom en's Christian Association, Ne braska Unveisity Council on World Affairs, Coad Counselors, Barb Ac tivities Board for Women, City Campus Religious Council and the Association for Childhood Educa ton International. This is the first time that ACE1 and CCRC will be participating in Activities Mart. Miss Hubka said that AWS is urging women to visit each booth before they sign up. She also stat ed that the freshmen are encour aged to sign up for no more than three organizations. A new rule will go into effect Dance Lessons Scheduled Dance lessons at the Union will be held Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. in the Ballroom, according to Diane Major, secretary of the Union Dance committee, E. E. Gass, of a local dance studio, is the instructor. The classes will last for five more weeks. Each week a different sorority pledge class will be attending the classes. More advanced classes will be offered next semester. All types of dancing will be taught, includ ing Latin American dances. Flying Club Elects Adams President University Flying Club elected officers at its first meeting of the school year, beld last Wednesday at the Union. Officers elected for the 1955-56 term are: Mel Adams, president; Keith Kretschmer, vice-president; Dave Leighton, secretary; Harris Foley, treasurer; and Joe Steele, public relations. Purchase of a plane to bring the club's number of planes to three was authorized by club members, according to Steele. Students or faculty members wishing to join the club may call Adams, 2-5383, or Steele, 2-2894, Steele said. J Final NU Enrollment Tops '54 Preliminary enrollment figures for the University as f Oct. 1 show a total of 7813. This Is in crease of 16 over the total for the first semester 1954-55. A total of 1033 students are en rolled in the Agriculture College. Freshmen men number 250 with 114 freshmen women listed. Sopho mores enrolled are 160 men and 102 women with 147 junior men and 73 women. The total senior en rollment of 187 breaks down to 125 men and 62 women. Arts and Science College has a total enrollment of 1159. Freshmen enrolled are 268 men and 136 wom en with 178 sophomore men and 87 women. The Junior enrollment total of 287 Is broken down into 200 men and 86 women with senior men numbering' 129 and senior women 203. Students enrolled in Business Ad ministration total 1036. Freshmen number 286 with 47 freshmen enrolled. The sophomore class to- continued on Page 4) this year in regard to AWS, she added. . Only two women from any or ganized house may sign up for AWS, to prevent disappointment when members are selected in the Spring, she said. Members of the AWS House of Representatives will serve as guides and help with the informa tion boths. Therefore, it will not be necessary for upperclass girls to accompany the freshmen, Miss Hubka stated. Migration: QGSOm or Rule Clarified Clarification of the Associated Women Student policy on out-of-town week-ends as it pertains to migration was given by Mrs. Paula Wells, president of AWS, following the meeting Tuesday. "The point of out-of-town week ends was discussed at the AWS meeting due to current campus controversy," Mrs. Wells said. The policy is that women stu dents attending the Iowa game will lose none of her week-ends, in other words, it is a free week end, she explained. If a woman wants to go to Missouri, the whole week-end will be counted as one out-of-town, not two. She explained that an out-of-town week-end is not an overnight as an overnight in Lincoln is con sidered, and does not count as such. This will have no effect on over-nights-in-town after other social functions, she added. The rule states that freshmen are allowed two overnights-out-of town and two in Lincoln. Sopho mores and juniors are allowed three of each and seniors are al lowed six overnights to be dis tributed at the woman's discretion. As to more overnights, Mrs. Wells said: "AWS will grant a girl a regular number of overnights and out-in-towns. In addition to this, if the girl feels she needs more she can request them from the Dean for women if they are needed for a legitimate reason. In reasonable cases this privilege will be granted." She added that the coed would have to see the Dean personally. "This is a guide, not a rigid code, the rules are flexible," Mrs. Wells added. Square Dance Club Plans First Party "Do-Se-Do" and "Allemande Left" will be the theme for the first square dance to be given Friday in the Ag College Activities Build ing gym at 8 p.m. Co-sponsoring the initial All University square dance will be University Square Dance Club and the Ag Union Dance Committee. Admission is 25 cents per per son, announced Walt Schmidt, president of the All-University Square Dance Club. All interested persons are invited to attend. Dancers To Learn Jitterbug, Rumba The Ag Union dance committee invites all University students to attend the second in a series of six free dancing lessons Wednes day evening in the Ag Union at 7:15 p.m. The jitterbug and rumba will be presented at this week's lesson, which will last until 9 p.m. More than 160 students attended the first lesson last week at which the fox trot and waltz steps were introduced. Meeting Postponed AWS House of Representatives meeting which was scheduled for Thursday haB been postponed until next Thursday at 5 p.m., according to Linda Buthman, chairman of the House of Representatives. It will be held at Rosa Bouton Hall. Vol. 56, No. 14 nJ o ! jo PBinimiisirs Phi Garni, DU, Phi Gammp Delta, j Delta Upsi lo., Phi Delta Theta, Theta Xi,i Delta Tau Delta and, Sigma Phi Epsilon were announSed as final ists for the 1955 Kosrdrt Klub Fall Review by a Kosmet; Klub selec tion board Tuesday, The sue finalists were chosen from twelve fraternities whose try outs were judged Monday and Tues day. I Master of ceremonies for the show, to be held in the University Coliseum Friday, Oct. 28 at 8 p.m., will be Marshall KusWr, a 1954 graduate of the UnfVersity, now stationed with the Air Force at Lin coln Air Force Base. Sequence of the skits will be in the following order, Van Innes, Kos met Klub president, said: first, Phi Gamma Delta; seconft, Delta Up silon third, Phi Delta Theta; fourth, Theta Xi; fifth. Delta Tau Delta; sixth, Sigma Phi Epsilon. Skits and skitmasters are as fol lows: "Feet Smellies Booze," Phi Gam ma Delta, John Forsyth and Ed Band To Play At McCook Wednesday The University Band will travel to McCook Wednesday for a band presentation. Western Nebraska bands will assemble there for an afternoon parade and a mass band concert in the evening. The Nebraska Alumni Associa tion and the McCook Chamber of Commerce are sponsoring the event. This plan was suggested because all the bands were not able to attend Band Day, said Don Lentz, director of the band. The Nebraska band will put on a 45 minute program consisting of a precision drill, similar to the one for the Orange Bowl and a Wild Bill Cody Western Show Wednesday evening at 8 p. m. Afterwards the mass band will play several numbers. Faculty, Students Favor Long Exam Time In 1950 Senate Committee Meeting A study of final examination pro cedures made in 1950 by a Faculty Senate committee revealed both faculty members and students in favor of longer examination per iods, according to the tabulated re sults of a student-faculty pool. The committee, set up to investi gate the final exam period, re ceived information by quesionnaire from 299 faculty members and 2650 students. Fifteen questions were posed seven to faculty and students, three to faculty only and five to stud ens only. The rundown on the answers was as follows: I. Faculty and students. Opti mum number of exams. This ques tion on the most desirable number of exams per day showed faculty favoring one and no more than two per day, and students favoring one Question Faculty Students I. -Optimum. No. Exams. 1. I43 2180 per day. 2. 128 388 3. 17 25 4. 4 25 II. Max. No. exams i. 10 '. 512 per day 2. 196 1840 3. 67 165 4. 20 13 III. Minimum hre. 1. 28 105 per exam. ,2. 175 1279 3.'- 87 986 4. 4 90 IV. Max. No. days for . I2 76""" Exams 6. 36 162 7. 22 141 8. 7 38 present 9. 117 1424 10. 37 311 11. 3 22 12. 10 279 . - 13. up 10 V. Reading period. Yes 151 2372 No 137 146 VI. No. days in read- 1. 20 103 ing period, if any 2. 89 1508 3. 25 566 4. up 17 277 VII. All reading before exams 120 1380 One day midway in " 92 U85 LINCOLN, rt rzi Phi Delts, Theta Schmitt, skitmasters. The story of the birth of the blues, here on the Unviersity campus, instead of New Orleans as popularly supposed. "Robin's Hoods," Delta Upsilon, Marv McNiece, skitmaster. Love troubles among Robin Hood's band, since there is only squirrels, no women, in Sherwood Forest. "'King Arthur in Bulganin's Court," Phi Delta Theta, Warren Burt, skitmaster. King Arthur re turns to a modern kingdom to find things run a little differently than in the days of knighthood. i "Tamed by the Shrews," Theta Xi, Wendell Friest, skitmaster. A college professor bemoans the fact that modern college girls care little for knowledge, until he finds him- Economics: Curtis Elliott To Speak To NUCWA Curtis "Doc" Elliott, professor of economics and insurance, will speak at the second meeting of the Nebraska University Council on World Affairs Thursday from 7 to 8 p.m. The topic of his discussion will be "The Economic Situation in America Today." During a brief business meeting, incoming members will be able to sign up for committees, Grace Har vey, vice president in charge of programs, said. The seven committees members can sign up for are: faculty rela tions committee, foreign student relations committee, membership committee, United Nations affairs committee, civic discussion com mittee, publicity and art commit tee and assistants to the office manager. Charles Gomon, NUCWA presi dent, urged all students and fac ulty members interested in world affairs to attend this meeting. per day. n. Faculty and students. Both faculty and students wanted no more than a maximum of two exams per day. III. Faculty and students. Fac ulty and stixdents favored between two and three hours as the mini mum length of final exams. IV. Faculty and students. In 1950, the exam period was nine days in length. This favored by a majority of faculty and students. V. Faculty and students. More than half of the faculty and almost all students favored a reading pe riod before exams. VI. Faculty and students. The length of the reading period, if any, was favored to be at least two days. Vn. Faculty and students. The vote was about split as to whether all reading should be done before exams, or one day midway in ex DATA AND COMMENTS submitted to the University Senate Tuesday, February 14, 1950 STUDY OF FINAL EXAMINATION PROCEDURES NEBRASKA FT3 H n r ifaiiii lzqvb XI, Delts, Sig Eps Named self back in the 17th Century sur rounded by shrews. "Red Riding Hood's Square Granny," Delta Tau Delta, Fred Allen, skitmaster. Red Riding Hood's Granny plays a mean trum pet in the weekly session, until the big, bad wolf comes along. "The Stewed Prince," Sigma Phi Epsilon, John Kyser, skitmas-te-. Rushweek at the old Univer sity of Heidelberg, where the pledging of the Stewed Prince proved a very trying affair. The title of this year's show is "Legendary Lapses," with skits based on events or legends of the past. Andy Smith, director of this year's Fall Review and a member of the judging team, said "the cal iber of the shows is greatly super ior to previous years." He added that the Kosmet ICub appreciates the effort shown Biz Ad College To Hold Annual Honors Dinner University students enrolled in the College of Business Adminis tration will be recognized for scholastic achievements Tuesday evening at the College's annual Honors banquet. The banquet will begin at 6:30 p. m. at the Union ballroom. Hon ored will be last year's top ten freshmen and newly-elected mem bers of Beta Gamma Sigma, hon orary scholastic society in busi ness administration. The top ten freshmen will re ceive William Gold Key awards, to be presented by Nathan, Gold of Lincoln, son of the late Wil liam Gold, who started the awards. Principal speaker will be Ed win Faulkner of Lincoln, president and director of Woodman Acci dent Company, Woodman Central Life Insurance Company and Woodman Central Assurance Com pany. His topic will be: "Future Trends in Business." ams. VIII. Faculty only. The minimum number of days for exams was generally voted to be six, seven or nine days. Nine was the largest minimum offered on the question naire, and was the length then used. IX. Faculty only. The then-present rotation plan was voted satis factory almost unanimously. X. Faculty only. The faculty vot ed 215-80 to abolish the exam per iod on the questionnaire. VIII. Students only. Students said most of their exams were spread over the larger period, instead of being concentrated into a few days. IX. Students only. Most students preferred the exams spread over a period of time. X. 2479 of 2580 students said they used the free reading period. XI. Students only. Most of the students indicated they did not go Question VIII. Minimum No. 1-3. I ' g, days for exams I. 9 5. 33 6. 69 . 7. 60 Is 8. 9 sr. 53 " IX. Present rotation ;S plan satisfactory Yes 232 No 13 J ; X. Abolish exam. Yes 80 period No 215 i'" Students only p ; VIII. Exams. (2nd semes. " last year) spread 1661 S concentrated 94-4- f:. . IX. Prefer: spread 2050 ;i concentrated 4,88 f - X. Reading period used. .; Yes ' 24.79 J 101 J XI. Out of town in Ys 373 .. exsm. -period No-. 2073 f XII. Reason for Work " 66 i- out of town Rest 113 t Study 7 f Parents 93 in s Wednesday, October 19, 1955 Via by all the competing houses. Students attending the fall re view will vote for Nebraska Sweet heart and Prince Kosmet, who are presented at the end of the eve ning. Last year's KK royalty were Mary Gattis and Ron Clark. Skit winners in 1954 were Theta Xi, Delta Tau Delta and Zeta Beta Tau. The Phi Delta Theta choral group presented the curtain acts. Titles of the winning skits were "Blondes Prefer Gentlemen," The ta Xi, "Coal Black and the Seven Giants," Delta Tau Delta; and "Freddie the Freshman," Zeta Beta Tau. Other contestants last year were Beta Theta Pi, Kappa Sigma, and Sigma Phi Epsilon. Displays: HC Ideas, Evaluation Due Friday Deadline for all houses to enter the competition for homecoming displays is 5 p. n, Friday, ac cording to Von Innes, chairman of Corn Cobs Homecoming com mittee. Five houses have submitted ideas to date. They are Kappa Kappa Gamma, Sigma Alpha Ep silon, Chi Omega, Alpha Xi Delta and Pi Beta Phi. This year the men's houses will be divided into two groups ac cording to the number of mem bers, Innes said. The women will be in one group, he added. The displays must be complet ed by 6 p. m., Nov. 11, Innes said. The displays must be evaluated at less than $100 with lumber and other supplies listed at face value, whether new or used, and motors and other special equipment at their rented value, he said. out of town during the exam per iod XII. Students only. The main rea sons for going out of town were rest, study and to see parents. In a comment section, faculty members encouraged shorter finals, less emphasis on finals, simplified exam schedule and to vary the length of exams in terms of credit hours. Students suggested making fin als shorter, too much emphasis on finals, eliminate departmental ex ams (Too cumbersome, noisy), improved conditions as to noise and to excuse seniors. This 1950 data was presented Monday to the Faculty Senate com mittee on calendars by Marvin Breslow, Student Council represen tative on the committee. "This is th- f'-i, factual infor mation of any 6ort brought out on ) final exams," Breslow said. Replies t Faculty 299 Students 2650 r h H ' l- n : K v, I: t V', "