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the It Happened At NU Glancing over an envelope sent from China, a NU coed looked at the Chinese postmark with Interest. Surprised by her find, she commented, 'I thought all postmarks were written in En glish." Weather 'R Not l; "Fair and warmer" is the good word from the Weather Bureau for Tuesday. High tempera ture for the day will be 40 degrees. Vol. 59, No. 32 LINCOLN, NEBRASKA Tuesday, December 6, 1955 sr " f Concert: o J1.P1. I. mmmmmmmc i -Tw-hrw"'in iiriwiiiiinw.iii-niiiiMMiiijiiiiBniiii-)ijii! BiniHiiniiu.iijiimmiMjLiwMir-:; f Two IK r f i I I i 4. Ssf For Sueicfey Approximately 600 Uriiversity students will blend voices in the, annual Christmas season presenta tion of Handel's "Messiah" on Sun day. The concert, sponsored by the Department of Music, will be at 3 p.m. at the University Coliseum. Soloists will be Barbara Blair, soprano; Carol Asbury, alto; Amer Lincoln, tenor, and John Poutre, baritone. Miss Blair, a graduate of Texas Wesleyan College, Forth Worth, Courtesy Sunday Journal and Star Miss Asbury Miss Blair taught for two years in Forsan, Tex., before coming to the Univer sity this fall. She was a soloist in presentations of the "Messiah," "Israel in Egypt," the college choir and the orchestra at Texas Wes leyan. She is a member of Sigma Alpha Iota, women's music frater nity. Miss Asbury is contralto soloist ft First Baptist Church in Lincoln. Mother in Menotti's "The Consul" last season and is a member of University Singers, the University Symphony Orchestra and Sigma Alpha Iota. Lincoln played the part of the Devil in the University opera, "The Devil and Daniel Webster," in the summer of 1934 and was under study for the Magician in "The Consul." He is a soloist at St. Paul Methodist Church in Lincoln and i a member of the University Mad rigal Singers and Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, professions music frater- jrty. Poutre played the male lead in The Cocsul" and wiS have a lead ing role in this year's opera, "La Boheme." He also played the part cf Jabe Stone in "The Devil and Daniel Webster." He is president of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia and a n-ember of the Madrigal Singers. "The Messiah," presented by the University choral union, will tow- Caaata Swdar Jonnul and Star Pontre Lutcola be conducted by Dr. Arthur West brook. Croups composing the Union are the Agricultural College Chorus, Al tmas Tullis, conductor; University Singers I, Dr. David Foltz, con ductor; University Singers II, Dr. Westbrook, conductor; University Chorus I, Earl Jenkins, conductor; University Chorus H, Dr. Foltz, conductor; and the School of Nurs ing Chorus front Omaha, Richard Duncan, conductor. Also taking part will be the Uni versity orchestra conducted by Emanuel Wishnow. Marilyn Miller mill be pianist, and Dr. Myron Rob erts, associate professor of organ, onanist. Don Mail will present a program of traditional carols from the Ralph Mueller Carillon before and after the "Messiah" concert. i , f - in I 1 f f 1 'n1 The Outside World: mm By BARB SHARP Staff Writer . The newly combined AFL and the CIO have great opportunity to exhibit "democratic processes" to all the world and to help liberate hundreds of millions from slavery abroad, according to President Eisenhower. The President addressed the initial convention of the new organ ization the world's largest by telephone from his farm at Gettys burg, Pa. Eisenhower urged the new union organization to protect the poli tical and ottter rights of minorities within their ranks and to make certain that the views of such groups are "accurately reflected." The President of the id AFL, George Meany, was elected AFL CIO president. , Mendes-France Attacks Faure French Premier Edgar Faure was attacked by former premier Mendes-France of imposing an "unscrupulous censorship" on French radio and televion networks to aid his re-election campaign. Mendes-France combined with other leftist political leaders to attack Faure in the newspaper L 'Express. Eden, Ike To Confer British Prime Minister Sir Anthony Eden will arrive in Washington Jan. 30 for talks with President Eisenhower, the White House announced. Accordjjjg to diplomatic sources, strategy for ccping with the new cold war situation resulting Irom the failure of the Geneva Big Four foreign ministers conference. These sources believe mat the most important reason for the talks is the fcharp change that has come over East-West relations since the July ummii meeting. Commandant, Gail Drahota, newly presented "Honorary Commandant, and Ca det Lt. Col. James Hewitt, Mili tary Ball Chairman, are shown dancing the first dance following the presentation of Miss Drahota at the Military Ball. The Honor Union Party: AWS IHIouf Eiifnsion Closing hours for freshman wom en have been extended to 10:30 p.m. on Wednesday, in order that they might attend the all-University Union Christmas party, AWS president Paula Broady Wells an nounced Thursday. The "Christmas Eve on campus" party, the Union's annual gift to the students, will be held from 7:30 p m. to, 10:30 p.m. in the Un ion. The theme of this year's party is ."Christmas The World Around." Santa Claus, carols, dancing, re freshments, movies, bingo and dec orations will be included at the party, according to Polly Downs, chairman of the Union special ac tivities committee. Jimmy Phillip's orchestra will play for dancing in the Ballroom, which will be decorated using Christmas customs of different countries, she said. Intermission en tertainment will be given by acro batic dancers and a singer, Jack Lindsay. John Parmelee as Santa Claus will greet the guests at the en trance and hand out favors, Miss Downs announced. Free refreshments will be served in the Roundup Room, where the Trend Four combo will be having a jam session. The room will be decorated like a night club. Two movies, "The Littlest An gel" and "Christmas Through the Ages" will be shown during the evening in the Faculty Lounge. Bingo will be played for prizes in Parlors ABC. Roger Wischmeier wflT play the organ for group singing in the main lounge. Christmas songs will also be played over the loudspeak- Miliar To Review Willa Cather Book Dr. James Miller will review "My Antonia" by Willa Cather Wednesday at 4 p.m. at the Book Nook, Kay Williams, chairman of the 'Union Forum committee, an nounced. i..erne the talks will deal with Western- Courtesy Lincoln Journal Chairman Dance ary Commandant and the other finalists and their escorts tradi tionally dance the first dance alone. Finalists were Peggy Bal dwin, Miss Army; Jancy Car man, Miss Navy; and Phyl Sher man, Miss Air Force. See story at bottom of page. er outside the Union during the day of the party. The special activities commit tee plans to sends invitations to the party to all organized houses and activities. "Since all enter tainment and refreshments will be free, there will be no expense for the student," Miss Downs said. The Union hopes that all stu dents will take this opportunity to officially open the Christmas sea son, she said. Mortar Board: Coeds To achelors The all-women's Election of the Most Eligible Bachelors will take place Tuesday. Only those women who present their identification cards will be able to vote. The polls will be open in the Ag Union from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. and in the City Union from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Carole Unterseher, Mortar Board publicity chairman announced. There will be pictures of the candidates at the polls for the con venience of the voters, she said. There is to be no publicity the day of the election, and all post ers must be taken down, houses are subject to disqualification .if this rule is not followed, Miss Un terseher said. The Eligible Bachelors, will be presented Friday at the Mortar-Board-Student Union Turnabout Dance. Candidates for the Most Eligible Bachelor are: Hank Baum, Erown Palace sen ior in Teachers College; Bob Brown, Alpha Tau Omego senior in Busi ness Administration; Don Bucy, Phi Kappa Psi, junior in Engineer Gary Burchfield, Alpha Gamma Rho junior in Agriculture. Don Deterding, Delta Upsilon ju nior in Business Administration; Rex Ekwall, Canfseld House-Men's Dormitory, junior in Business Ad ministration; Larry Epstein, Sig ma Alpha Mu sophomore in Arts and Sciences; Don Erway, Delta Tau Delta junior in Business Ad ministration. Wendell Fash, Ag Men's Club sophomore in Agriculture; Rex Fjscher, Phi Gam&a Delta senior IFC To Hold First Party For Orphans Interfraternity Council will hold a Christmas Party for the children from three Lincoln orphanages Dec. 14 at 7 p.m. in the Union Ballroom, John Olson, chairman, said. The orphanages are White Hall, St. Thomas, and Cedars. Mortar Boards will help the 86 children sing. Last year was the first time the entire Interfraternity Council gave a party. Formerly each individual fraternity planned a party to en tertain the orphans. A child feed was given last year. G Fonts As reported exclusively in Fri day's Nebraskan, Pete Elliott, 29 y car-old backfield coach at the University of Oklahoma, will be the new Cornhusker football coach. However, no formal announce ment will be made until after the Orange Bowl Game, January 2, in Miami. A press conference called Mon day morning by Athletic Director Bill Orwig and attended by Elli ott confirmed this. Orwig told the press: "Pete Elliott is my Number one choice for the job. I have en couraged him to come to Nebras ka. I am fully aware of the cir oimstances and I respect them." The circumstances were simply Legal Holiday: acuity Senate To Vote On Extra Vacation Bay The Faculty Senate will vote Dec. 13 on resuming classes after Christmas on Jan. 3, 1936, instead of Jan. 2, a legal holiday. The voting will be on a request of the Calendar Committee to re sume classes on Jan. 3, a Tuesday, instead of Monday. Jan. 2 is a le gal holiday because Jan. 1 falls on a Sunday. H. E. Wise, Assistant Dean of the Graduate College and chair man of the Calendar Committee, said the vote will be taken as a remedy, since the Calendar Com ni'ttee overlooked the legal holiday when they made up this year's calendar. One of the main objections to having school reconvene on Mon day, the legal holiday, came from the clerical and library staff of t"e University, Wise said. The only reason the matter was not taken up at the last meeting cf the Senate was that the agenda Elect Six At Polls Tuesday in Arts and Sciences; Emil Gade ken. Beta Sigma Psi sophomore in Engineering; Charlie Garst, Theta Chi sophomore in Engineering; Lee Harris, Sigma Chi senior in Busi ness Administration. John Heeckt, Norris House soph omore in Arts and Sciences; Jack Karris, Sigma Chi senior in Busi r.ce& Administration: Jack Lindsay, S.sraa Kappa Phi junior in Busi ness Administration. John Nelson, Theta Xi junior in Arts and Sciences. Dick Reische, Beta Theta Pi junior in Business Administration; Lin Schropfer, Grand Marchers Open 1955 Ball Leaders of the Grand March are shown above after they finished their part in officially opening the 1955 Military Ball Friday night. Officers of ROTC and their dates led the tradi tional opening march. Eddie Carman, Baldwin, ail Drahota Selected unners-UD iienresi Gail Drahota, senior in Teach ers' College, was introduced Fri day night as the new Honorary Commandant of the ROTC units at the University. Presentation of the Honorary Commandant and her three attend ants highlighted festivities at the annual Military Ball. Her attendants, runners-up for the honor, represented each of the No Formal Acceptance Made Yet that Elliott wished to complete his coaching obligations for O k 1 a homa, which, of course, is the Orange Bowl Game. "I hope you can understand my position. I don't want to do any thing that might hurt Oklahoma's chances in the bowl," the blond haired coach explained. Orwig said, "I have every good reason to believe that he will give :ne the answer I am seeking on the date we have mentioned." Orwig will be in Miami at the time as the Big Seven representa tive on the Orange Bowl commit tee. Thus, until the second of Jan uary, the situation remains: Elli ott is Orwig's choice; Elliott has W9s too crowded with other busi ness, he said. Other business to be taken up in the Dec. 13 meeting will be the report and recommendation of the Committee on Committees on stu dent representation on certain Sen ate Committees, The Calendar Committee will also give a recommendation re garding the dates for the 1956 Post Summer Session. Fair Board Voting Set For Tuesday Six senior Farmers Fair Board members will be elected Tuesday in an all Ag College election to be held in the Ag Union from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Any student enrolled in the Ag College is eligible to vote. I.D. cards must be presented by all voters. Eligible RAM Men's Dormitory junior in Teachers College; Roger Scow, Sigma Alpha Epsilon sen:or in Business Administration; Ed Snyder, Acacia sophomore in Teachers College; Jim Sounders, Selleck Quadrangle junior in Engin eering. Jack Talsma, Phi Delta Theta junior in Arts and Sciences; Char lie Trumble, Farm House junior in Agriculture; Jim Vanek, Kappa Sigma senior in Business Adminis tration, and Lonnie Wrasse, Alpha Gamma Sigma senior in Agricul tare. t I 7 "i : 4 j va ' j-- i - Howard and his orchestra played for the dance which was being sponsored this year by the Air Force ROTC. Besides the Grand March, the other main feature of the evening was the introduction of Honorary Commandant, Gail Sherman: services. They are: Miss Air Force, Phyllif Sherman; Miss Navy, Janice Carman; and Miss Army, Peggy Baldwin. Miss Drahota is president of Sigma Alpha Iota, women's pro fessional music vfraternity, laiies' sponsor of the University Band and a member of University Sing ers. She also is a member of Orch- MM if I (SGHDOII shown himself definitely interested in the University of Nebraska's bead coaching job. The trim young assistant men tioned he had been first officially contacted by Orwig Tuesday. The Athletic Director added later that he had contacted Bud Wilkinson, Oklahoma head football coach and athletic director, during the Sooner stay in Lincoln before the Nov. 21 game and asked him for permission to talk to his as distant. "This is the standard protocol in collegiate circles," he explained. Elliott was the only candidate for the job that he had contacted, "When I approach a man," he said, "I want him to know that he is my No. 1 candidate." Elliott and his wife flew into Lin coin for a huddle with Orwig and Chancellor Hardin. Also present at a meeting in the Chancellor's home Sunday evening were John Bentley, Athletic Publicity Direc tor, and Adam C. Breckenridge, Administrative Assistant to the Chancellor. Orwig and Elliott said they had discussed salary, working condi tions, assistants and terms of con tract. It looks, from all appearances, that Nebraska has found a new football coach. Thursday: Chamber Concert Slated The first of the Chamber Music Concerts by the Fine Arts Ensem ble will be presented Thursday at 8 p.m. in the Union. These concerts, presented by the Friends of Chamber Music in Lin coln, are now in their eighth con secutive season. The grpup, which has' played together for the last 9 years, in cludes Emanuel Wishnow, profes sor of violin at the University and musical director of the ensemble; Gladys May, pianist who appears regularly with the Omaha Sym phony Orchestra; Rosemary Madi son, cello instructor at Duchesne College and also a member of the Omaha Symphony Orchestra; Max Gilbert, viola, and Truman Mors man, second violin, both members of the Omaha Symphony Orches tra. The program for the first concert is: String Quartet in D major, Alle gretto, Andante, Allegretto and Allegrtto (Slenuetto), all works of Mozart. Season tickets for all three con certs which can be used inter changeably, are $3.60; students sea son tickets, $1.80; single admis sions, $1.50; and single student admissions, 75 cents. 4 Ivtl r-""-r i- i - 1 Drahota. Her escort was Lt. Col. James Hewitt, chairman of the Military Ball committee. Other finalists, representing each of the other services were Phyllis Sherman, Miss Air Force; Janice Carmen, Miss Navy, Peggy mmmmr I finm?annm ffC3 tf0 eis, modern dance, group; Pi Lambda Theta, honorary and pro fessional organization for women in education, and Delta Gamma. As a sophomore, she was a Corn husker Beauty Queen and Sweet heart of Sigma Chi. - The Honorary Commandant was escorted and presented by Air Force Cadet Lt. Col. James Hewitt, chairman of the Military Ball Committee. i Q) v v I ' Courtesy Lincoln Stat Elliott Monday: iff Selects Six Seniors, Two Others Six University seniors and two summer session graduates have been selected for membership in Phi Beta Kappa national honorary scholastic society. They were introduced at a Phi Beta Kappa dinner meeting Mon day night. The seniors are: Eleanor Elliott, Janet Gordon, Gail Katskee, Cathryn Olds, Shir ley Rosenberg Rochman, and Ann Yeakley. The new members, who were graduated last August, are: How ard Copas, now attending the Uni versity College of Medicine in Om aha, and Marvin Friedman, now doing graduate work at the Uni versity. Phi Beta Kappa membership re quirements for first semester sen iors are a scholastic average above 7.5, registration in the Col lege of Arts and Science, and completion of the group require ments for graduation. Requirements for summer ses sion graduates are the same as for the group which is selected in the spring: a scholastic average of ap proximately 7.2 and fulfillment of group requirements in the College of Arts and Sciences. Dr. A. C. Land, professor of his tory, was featured speaker at the meeting. He told the group that as schol ars they are specialists and it is up to them to find their relation ship to other members of society. "We are not engaged in the en terprise of perpetuating ourselves," he said. "We are trying to do some thing for society by contributing to progress." ' if j ConrtCTr Lincoln Star Baldwin, Miss Army. Their es corts were Air Force Cadet CoL Earl Bamett, Army Cadet Col. Charles Goman and Navy Cadet Cant. Richard Hill. . lifffO Escoring the attendants were Air Force Cadet Col. Earl F. Bur nett of Holdrege, Army Cadet Col. Charles Gomon of Norfolk and Navy Cadet Capt. Richard T. Kill of Hastings. 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