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Pest? (p) Vol, 59, No. 28 V ( V 4 Finalists, Officers Chat Honorary Commandant final ists Janice Carman and Phyllis Sherman chat with senior ROTC cadets Bill Campbell of the AFROTC and Charles Gomon of the Army ROTC at the Com mandant elections held recently. Hardin Predicts -Chancellor Clifford Hardin in formed the Board of Regents that he expects the University to have more than 12,000 students in 1956. In an informal report of a two day meeting of Land Grant Col Apprenticeship: 12,00 NU Music Majors Serve As Church Organists ; Seven students, all majoring in music, are serving as organists or assistant organists for Lincoln churches. Donald Moul, a junior, is caril lonneur as well as assistant or ganist at First-Plymouth Congre gational Church. He plays the bells between church services and pre sents a concert each Sunday eve ning. Another of these musicians is Mrs. Alice Mumme, a graduate student. She is the organist at Warren Methodist Church and also directs the adult, men's, junior high girls and children's choirs for the church. Karen Beghtol, a senior, is serv ing her third year as assistant or ganist at Westminster Presbyter ian Church. Also with a three-year record is Roger Wischmeier, jun ior, organist at First Christian Church. Bonnie Young, senior, is organ ist at University Episcopal Chapel. Serving in a similar capacity at The Outside World: Iraqi Plan Mi By BARB SHARP Staff Writer The first meeting of the five-nation Baghdad defense pact opened Monday with an Iraqi pledge to aid any Arab state threatened by Israel. The purpose of the meeting originally was to plan mutual defense against Communist aggression. "Iraq," said Premier Nuri Said, "will not hesitate to use its resources for the assistance of any Arab state subjected to Israeli aggression in accordance with its obligation under the treaty of collective defense and economic co-opei ation between the states of the Arab League." The United States last week announced its "military and political liaison" with the pact. Ten Die In Wreck The worst highway accident in the state's history occurred Sunday ten miles from Waterbury on Highway 20. Ten persons were killed in the head-on collision. ' Six young men, returning to their farm homes in the Pone a area from a church social, were killed when their front tire blew out and their car rammed into a car carrying four members of Jimmie Palmer's dance band, who were also killed. The dance band had played for a dance at Iowa State College in Ames and was going Jo play an engagement in Norfolk. Palmer said it was agreed to go ahead with the engagement in Norfolk minus one trombone, one saxophone and two trumpet players. He added that another carload of band members passed the crash scene but did not recognize the musicians' car. - , Dixon County Sheriff Sam Curry said both car were reduced to twisted steel. The car carrying the musicians burst into flames after the accident. India Affirms Neutrality India "is in no camp and no military alliance," declared Prime Minister Nehru, addressing the leaders of the Soviet Union Sunday. Russian Premier Bulganin followed by saying that the Soviet Union "has not lost hopes" as a result of the Big Four foreign min isters' conference at Geneva which ended in a deadlock. He added that Russia is certain that in the end the four powers win succeed In solving the problems which face them. Bulganin and Soviet party boss Nikita Khrushchev are heading Russian delegation on a state visit to India, Burma and Afghanistan. Nehru, affirming that .there is a deep . friendship between India and Russia, said, "We are convinced it is not by military pacts and alliances and by piling up armaments that world peace and security can be attained." He added that the camp of peace and good will should include as many countries as possible and should exclude none. LINCOLN, NEBRASKA V. - mm Cadets in all three services voted for their choice for the 1955 Hon orary Commandant from four finalists. The winner will be pre sented at the annual Military Ball Dec. 2, with the other three to be presented as Miss Army, Growth: I - 1r ' . V,' ' Enrollmenf In Ten Yq3S"s lege administrators at East Lan sing, Michigan, Hardin said that most colleges are facing problems of rising enrollment and availa bility of staff. The chancellor, in his report, Grace Methodist Church is Pa tricia Alvord, Lincoln junior. The youngest of the group is Robert Graham, sophomore, who is assistant organist at St, Matthew's Episcopal Church. This is an apprenticeship type of thing, Myron Roberts, associate professor of organ and theory, ex plained. Most of these students, he said, will continue to have con tact with church work even though they plan to teacb public school music. Miss Beghtol and Moul plan to do graduate study in church mu sic. Three of the group are not majoring in organ music. Miss Young, Miss Alvord and Graham are all piano majors. Roberts explained that the churches wanting organists usually contact him and he (hen finds in terested students to fill the posi tions. Both the churches and the students, he said, benefit from this work. And all of the students enjoy it, he said. "V Courtesy Minoay journal ana Mar Miss Navy and Miss Air Force. Miss Carman is a former Ne braskan copy editor, a member of Theta Sigma Phi and vice president of Kappa Kappa Gam ma. Miss Sherman is a member of AWS Board, Sigma Alpha Iota and Chi Omega. To Mi said present enrollment at the Uni versity is 7852 and is increasing at a rate of about nine per cent a year. The increase in enrollment at Nebraska is comparable to other colleges in the Big Seven Confer ence, Hardin said. The chancellor said projected plans will allow the University to care for the 15,000 students expec ted in 1970. These plans are based on an extension of the present 1.1 mil institutional building levy, which expires in 1957, he said. , Big Ten schools are further adv anced in their plans for meeting the enrollment problem because it hit the larger schools sooner than it did here, Hardin said. At present, about 11 per cent of the University enrollment is from outside the state, and about the same percentage of Nebraskans are going to schools outside Ne braska, Hardin reported. Education: Stoddard Addresses Conference Dr. Alexander Stoddard, who retired as superintendent of Los Angeles schools last year, Friday morning called for the upgrading of school instruction to "match these times." A, native Nebraskan, Stoddard spoke at the morning session of a joint conference of the Uni versity department of school ad ministration and Nebraska As sociation of School Administrators at Love Memorial Library audi torium. He said schools are doing the best job they have ever done, "but it is still not goodenough." Stoddard called for a better job in instruction in these six areas: 1. Equipping the students with facts and skills for the living to gether. "We must make sure that more people are skilled in reading, writing, arithmetic, science, and all the other courses. In the field of science, the ordinary man, in order to read the newspaper, must know as much science as the teacher knew 50 years ago." 2. Teaching the students to take advantage of our cultural inherit ance. "This means more, emphasis on art,, music, drama, and the like." 3. Developing deeper and more abiding patriotism. "We must teach the students to know their country better and to understand our inheritance the price paid for this country." 4. Basic religion philosophy. "The students must become aware of the deep underlying fundamen tals of religion. They must become concerned about the deep questions of life." 5. Mastering this "gadgetized world." "Me must learn to master the gadget that kills 36,000 persons a year. Driver training is vitally important for every youth in our nation." 6. "Develop realization that all worthwhile things have a price. We must learn to pay the price of freedom and I have a feeling that we are letting our children be come soft." Stoddard, who received his Bach elor of Arts from the University, served as superintendent of schools at Beatrice from 1917-22. Tuesday, November 22, 1955 fir The University community has much to be proud of, much to be ashamed of and much for which we should be thankful as we enter the Thanksgiving holidays. There are many things which we have left undone things that should be done and yet never will be done. There are errors that should be recti fied and mistakes that we should be cognizant of and not commit again. There are lessons and as signments which are due next week and there is a date for the Military Ball. The importance of these things which are yet undone can be found in that there is yet oppor tunity to undertake and complete them. There is opportunity to do these things next week, if we all return .... Several University students have lost their lives in a car accidents this year.. These deaths needless and wasteful are the result of careless ness and thoughtlessness they are the mainfesta tions of speed and foolishness. As we approach a time of thanksgiving, let us be thankful for the chance given us to finish uncompleted tasks. Let us be grateful for our wonderful existence and let us do our best to preserve do it." It has been said before, but the truth is no less great, The life you save may be your own. S. J. Concert: Ml! Singers Plan Carols r For Dec. 4 The annual Christmas Carol Con cert will be presented by the Uni versity Singers Dec. 4 in Union Ball room, according to Darrina Turner, chairman of the Union music com mittee. Per formances will be at 3 and 4:30 p.m. The concert will be dedi cated to Dr. Arthur West- brook, who is serving his last year as airecior or. me n. m Singers. JVestbrook Tv . . ' Courtesy Sunday n e pro- Journal and Star gram will include Christmas Ora toria by Saint-Saens; In Dulci Ju bilo, a 14th century carol; This Endris Night, a 15th century Eng lish caro; The First Noel, ar ranged by Pochen, Gloria in Excel sis Deb by Bach; O Domine Jesu Criste by Pales trina; and Jesu! Thou Dear Babe Divine by Hay tian. Also on the program will be Touro-Louro-Louro by Provencal; Sleep of the Child Jesus, a French carol; and What Strangers are These, a Scottish carol. A string quartet will also play The First Noel. Tickets for the concert are free. They may be obtained from the Union main office beginning Mon day, at 9 a.m. Times For Practices OfGrandMarchSet Practices for the Grand March of the 43rd annual Military Ball will be held Nov. 29 and Nov. 30, at 7 p.m. In the Coliseum. Attendance at both practices Is required in order to take part in the Grand March. Building Program: ? r: f ' - I? V 'it i m mmm i - 4 U Officials Ask Tax Levy The University has asked for a continuation of the state institution al building program at a ' meeting held in the Capitol Building with a sub-committee of the Legislative Council. University officials said that due to an expected increase in enroll ment there will be a much greater demand for additional classroom and laboratory space. According to the present rate of growth Nebraska will have an en rollment of approximately 12,000 in 1965, they saidTIn addition offi cials said that research space and some service areas need additional floor space if the University is to maintain its present effectiveness in these areas. The University estimated that its additional building requirements, plus major remodeling and repair ing and deferred maintenance would total $13,520,000 during the 1956-67 period. The current building levy will ex pire in 1957 and the University ex pects to have received $11,590,470 from its share of this levy by then. Of the $13,520,000, approximately $1,070,000 will go for remodeling and major repair, such as remodel ing of speech classroom and lab oratory space in the Temple build ing, $200,000; remodeling Brace lab oratory for general engineering and architecture classrooms, $170, 000; remodeling Music building for Dance To Feature Eligible Bachelors Six Eligible Bachelors will be presented by the Mortar Board at ilefurn Press Convention Speaker: Schulman Cudgels Booh-Wriiim Trade By JOHN GOURLAY AND MIKE SHUGRUE Guest Writer "So 'You Want To Be a Writer, You Fool You" was the topic of a talk by Max Schulman, noted columnist and humorist, at the As sociated Collegiate Press conven tion in Detroit last week. He browbeat the writing profes sion with a cudgel-ful of laughs. Eight hundred young men and women couldn't help clmckling as the creator of Sigafoos dashed any hope they might have of earning a living by writing. He waded into magazine writing, book publishing and the writing of plays. He told the group how to drink their way to success with a friendly editor at the cost of your liver and a few gall stones. One almost felt that Max didn't want competition by the way he discouraged budding young writ ers. To say he nipped them in the pen would be an understatement. "'When it finally appears in print the only thing you recognize is your own name," is the way Schulman described the fate of stories written for popular maga zines. "The story has to fit the il lustrations that the editor bought months ago.'" Schulman advocated writing a story flexible enough to allow changes in plot, character and set ting at a moment's notice. "The only consolation an editor gives is money," Max commented. Writing a book is an even more discouraging business. Schulman pointed out that an author has to decipher the changes that his pub lisher wants and then take part in the crucifixion of his own work. Small difficulties in the book busi ness can usually be solved by a few drinks, according to Max. He men tioned that after a few brews, even the worst troubles seem unimpor tant. "So they printed your name upside down. So you still get paid." Schulman actually shuddered when he began to talk about getting a play produced. His first recom- Extension use by division of conservation and survey, $100,000; remodeling book stacks in Love Library, $250,000; general remodeling of classroom and laboratory space in Home Ec onomics building, $100,000; remod eling Experiment Station Hall for use as general office for the ex tension service, $150,000; and re modeling general classroom build ings on the Curtis campus, $100, 000. Deferred maintenance will take $300,000, which will be used to fix up he City, Omaha and Curtis campuses, and also outstate agri cultural experiment stations. The major portion of this mon ey shall be used to put up new buildings. Bids are already being let on the first new building, the biochemistry building which will cost $750,00. Other buildings to follow soon are the physics building, $1,500,000; music building, $1,000,000; physical education building for women, $900,000; power plant addition, $1, 200,000; general classroom and laboratory building, $2,500,000; en gineering classrooms and labora tory building, $1,300,000. Library on Ag campus, $850,000; power plant addition on Ag Cam pus, $650,000; additional green houses, $150,000; animal science building, $1,000,000; animal path ology laboratory addition, $500,000; and a shop laboratory on the Cur tis campus, $20,000. ECNAD, their annual Turnabout Dance on Dec. 9, according to Barbara Clark, chairman. Each organized house may nomi nate one candidate who meets the following requirements, be at least a sophomore with a 4.5 over all average and not going steady, pinned or engaged. Candidates may file a Dean Hall gren's office in Ellen Smith by Tuesday. Each .candidate will need two 8x10 pictures to be used at the polls for the all campus election on Dec. 6, at both Ag and City Un ions. Campaigning may begin Nov. 28, and run through Dec. 5. Each organized house is asked to take care of the publicity of its can didate. The dance is entitled ECNAD, which is dance spelled backward. It is qn opportunity for girls to "turnabout" and entertain the boys who took them to the Mili tary Ball, Miss Clark said. Tickets will go on sale at the Union Tuesday, at $2 per couple. Only 300 couples may be accom modated in the Union Ballroom, so tickets will be sold on a first come, first serve basis, Miss Clark said. mendation is that you find a pro ducer who isn't likely to be in jail while he holds your option. "You can expect to spend at least $300, 000 on a musical comedy," he said. He went on to mention that little of the 300 grand goes to pay the author. If changes had bothered the writer before, former troubles ere forgotten in the face of play changes. Every day brings new worries. When casting, the director de cides he want a lovely old lady with a soprano voice for the part of lulu. "But Lulu is only 17 years old." "Rewrite!" So you go home and rewrite until the next day when the next change occurs. Nerves develop to their full po tential while working on a play. Max points out that it takes tact to point out to the choreographer that perhaps the forty-five minute ballet at the end of the second act is just a little too long. And what do you do when the choreographer tells the costumer that the costumes for the chorus look like rags? Do what they do. Scratch. After panning the business in general, Max remarked that he didn't want to discourage young writers from trying. He just want ed them to try selling insurance first. He closed by mentioning that he supposed we wondered why he kept on writing of the profession was so full of pitfalls. There is an answer '"It's better than working." Coloradans Suspected: Idaho Students. Admit Flag Stunt Students at Idaho State College have admitted they have an eight foot Nebraska flag taken at the Nebraska-Colorado football game a few weeks ago. The University officials knew the Hag was missing, but suspected the Colorado students instead. Athletic business manager A. J. Lewandowski said he'd be grateful if the Idaho State students would return the banner since it cost $49. One of the students, Noel Duer- den, who is euitor of the ISC mag azine, said he and several other students attended the game and decided to lower the Nebraska flag "for a stunt" in full view of the specators. After lowering it to half masts unnoticed, they took it all the way down folded it and walked off the field. Duerden says it is in storage at Pocatello, Idaho. A Nebraska fan, Kay Peters, ac- tivities director at the Ag Union, said she walked out of the stadium and wondered why the janitor was removing the American flag from its pole so soon. Thinking nothing of the absence ikuklinjgou o Head Honorary New officers were chosen Wed nesday by Beta Gamma Sigma, national scholastic society in busi ness administration. The-new officers are Arlen Kuk lin, president; Gerald Igou, vice president, and Judson Burnett, secretary-treasurer. Eight new members were also initiated Wednesday night. The new members are Arlen Kuklin, David McCammon, Gerald Mene fee and Fred Saathoff. Requirements for membership in Beta Gamma Sigma include a ranking in the upper 10 per cent of .the senior class. Bud Hollcway's orchestra will furnish the music. Last year's Eligible Bachelors were Jack Skalla, Herb Meissner, Andy Smith, Bob McDonald, Tom Olson and Joe Poynter. AWS: The closing hour for the night of the Military Ball has been extend ed to 2 a.m. according to an an nouncement by Paula Broady Wells, AWS president. There will be no overnights in Lincoln grant ed to Umver- a sity women, she said. AWS reach ed this decision after consider ing a vote that w a i taken in all the wom en's organized houses recent ly showing that 60 per cent of Mrs- Pua Wells the women SJr were in favor of such a plan, Mrs, Wells said. This plan of extending fh bouffl is an experiment and the future of such a plan will depend upon this year's outcome, she said. ' Below is a copy of the letter be ing sent to all the presidents of or ganized women's houses: "In order to alleviate hardships worked on Lincoln parents, to ease the concern of housemothers, and to serve as a potential convenience for University women, an experi mental proposal for 2 a.m. closing hours has been under considera tion for the past several weeks. As you know, a vote concerning this plan was taken last Monday night in all organized women's houses. The results showed that 60 per cent of the women were in fa vor of 2 a.m. closing hours on the night of the 1955 Military Ball. AWS, in consideration of this vote, has decided that no Lincoln -overnights will be granted to Uni versity women on this night and closing hours will be extended to 2 am. (As in the preceding years, closing hours on Saturday night will be 12:30 a.m.) The board wishes to stress that this is purely an experiment and that they are vitally intersted in its outcome. A second vote win be taken In all organized women's houses immed iately following this event in order that future decisions concerning this proposal can be based on the actual reactions of University women. of the Nebraska flag, she deducted that the custodian wanted to get home early that afternoon. The custodian was probably the only one who knew the banner wasn't supposed to be removed un til later and when he saw one flag missing he decided the other flags would not have the same fate. It is thought that the Idaho Stat ers came to the game after their team lost to Omaha University the evening before at Omaha. Price Increased: Directory To Appear Monday The 1955-1956 Builders Student Directory will go on sale Monday, Ben Belmont, Builders Board mem ber announced. This year the cost will be eighty cents. The directories will be sold in four areas. Organized houses, inde pendent organized houses, Union booth and in the book stores. They will also be sold by member of Builders Sales eommittee. The directory will be divided in to four sections: faculty, organized houses, independent organizations and students. The student section will include the students name, col lege, class, home address, Lincoln address, and Lincoln phone num ber. The faculty section will Include instructors names, department, of fice room number, office phone number, Lincoln address and Lin coln phone number. Organization of this dierctory is far above that of last years since Builders did all of the layout them selves. This enables the directory U, be more error free. .v . t V I I I 9 it