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The weather Wednesday will continue being
cloudy or partly cloudy with occasional thunder
storms possibly predicted. Highs are expected
In the 70's.
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It Happened at NU
One of the late returnees to school from fftt
famed CU Days celebration last weekend at
Boulder was asked of his opinion of tbt "Pie
Press." He countered rather shakily "Did th
Nebraskan go out of business?"
Vol 29, No. 85
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Rodeo, Barbecue:
Farmer's fair Activities
To G$t Underway Friday
A rodeo, barbvtue, horse show
and the Cottoff aiV. Denim Dance
will highlight Farmer's Fair, Fri
day and Saturday on Ag campus.
A student rodeo will start the
festivities with the first go-round
at 1:30 p.m. Friday.
Rodeo events for the men in
clude saddle bronc riding, bare
back riding, Brahma cow riding,
calf roping and steer wrestling.
- A coed calf catching contest and
the typical cowboy and cowgirl
contest will be other highlights of
the rodeo.
Hungry cowpokes and specta
tors who manage to survive the ro
deo are invited to take part in a
barbecue sponsored by the Home
Economics Club. Serving will be
from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. in the area
west of the College Activities Build
ing, if the weather is favorable.
Tickets are 85 cents and may be
purchased in the Ag and City Un
ions, from representatives in the
organized houses, of from any
member of the Builders Sales
Committee.
The fifth annual Dairy Royal
Show will be the last event on the
program Friday night. The show
will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the
Horse Barn with Dick Terp, presi
'dent of the Varsity Dairy Club,
acting as master of ceremonies.
The showmanship contest will
again be divided into a junior
will be given to the grand champ
ion and reserve champion show
men. Special events on the pro
gram are a profs promenade and
a coed cow milking contest.
The Fair will continue Saturday
friorning with a nationally ap
proved Quarter Horse Show and
the Block and Bridle Showmanship
Contest taking place simultaneous
ly at 9 a.m. Both events will be
held in the rodeo arena on the
Ag campus.
Trophies for the Quarter Horse
show are being donated by the
American Quarter Horse Asso
ciation of Amarillo, Texas, and the
competition will include nine halt
, er classes and one reining class.
Fall:
AFROTC
Selects
Officers
The headquarters of the Univer
sity Air Force ROTC Cadet Wing
has announced staff and command
positions for next fall.
New officers for the headquar
ters. 465th AFROTC Cadet Wing
are Cadet Lieut. Col. William Bed
well, Deputy Wing Commander;
Cadet Lieut. Col. Marvin McNiece,
Deputy Wing Commander; Cadet
Major James Placke, Wing Per
sonnel Officer; Cadet Major John
Morrow, Wing Operations Officer;
Cadet Major Francis Ostdiek,
Wing Material Officer.
Cadet Major Charles Summers,
Wing Inspector; Cadet Captain
Walter Gerlach, Wing Adjutant;
Cadet Captain Doyle Hulme, Wing
Information Services; Cadet 1st
Lieutenant Dennis Brune, Assist
ant Wing Operations; Cadet 1st
Lieutenant James Oehm, Assist
ant Wing Personnel and Cadet 1st
Lieutenant Richard Swanson, As
sistant Wing Adjutant.
Either Bedwell or McNeice will
be selected Wing Commander fol
lowing summer camp.
Cadet Major Marshall Nelson is
the Group Commander of Group
103. Other officers are Cadet Cap
tain Marlow Patton, Group Adjut
ant; Cadet Captain Keith Arndt,
Commander, Squadron "A."
Cadet Captain Walter B 1 o r e,
Commander, Squadron "B"; Ca
det Captain Steven Davis, Com
mander, Squadron "C"; Cadet 1st
Lieut. John Ball, Adjutant, Squad
ron "A"; Cadet 1st Lieut. Dennis
Hruby, Adjutant, Squadron "B";
and Cadet 1st Lieut. Joe Klaas
meyer, Adjutant, Squadron' "C."
New officers of Group 104 are
Cadet Major Ronald Schneider,
Group Commander; Cadet Cap
tain Ronald Hoel, Group Adjutant;
Cadet Captain James Fager, Com
mander, Squadron "D"; Cadet
Captain James McConnell, Com
mander, Squadron "E."
Cadet Captain Neil Miller, Com
mander, Squadron "F"; Cadet 1st
Lieut. Robert Kelley, Adjutant,
Squadron "D" and Cadet 1st Lieut.
Stanley Mickus, Adjutant, Squad
ron "F."
"Group commander of Group 105
Is Cadet Major John Scanlon. Oth
er officers are Cadet Captain Gary
Kelly, Group Adjutant; Cadet Cap
tain Thomas Olson, Commander,
Squadron "G"; Cadet Captain Lee
T h o r i n, Commander, Squadron
"H"; Cadet Captain Emmet Wier,
Jr., Commander, Squadron "I."
Cadet 1st Lieut. Lenny Schropf
er, Adjutant, Squadron "G"; Cadet
1st Lieut. Keith TeSelle, Adjutant,
Squadron "H" and Cadet 1st Lieut.
Ronald Yost, Adjutant, Squadron
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Dwam Trenkler, senior in Ag
College, will act as master of cere
monies for both events.
A series of special events, includ
ing a pie eating contest, games,
relays, and contests between in
dividuals and teams will also take
place Saturday morning following
the horse show and showmanship
contest. These events will be held
in the area north of the Plant In
dustry Building and will be under
the direction of Doyle Hulme, chair
man of the special events commit
tee.
A Chuck Wagon Feed, spoa
sored by the Block and Bridle
Club will be held Saturday noon
in the Meats Lab. Tickets are
$1 each and may be purchased
from members of the Block and
Bridle Club or at the door.
The second go-round of the two
day rodeo will begin the afternoon
festivities at 1:30 p.m. Those at
tending the rodeo will have an op
portunity to vote for the Typical
Cowboy and Cowgirl. Kaye Don
Wiggins, last year's Typical Cow
boy, will be the rodeo announcer,
Bob Discoe, Ron McMillan and
Warren Mitchell will be the
clowns. Tickets for the rodeo are
85 cents for adults and 50 cents
for children.
The presentation of the Goddess
of Agriculture and the Whisker
King will also be a part of the
rodeo program Saturday after
noon.
Climaxing the Farmer's Fair ac
tivities Saturday night will be the
annual Cotton and Denim Dance
featuring the Husker Hoedown
theme. Music for the "hoedown"
will be furnished by Jimmy Phil
lips and his orchestra. The dance
will be held from 8:30 -11:30 p.m
in the College Activities gym. Tick
ets are available from members
of the Ag Builders sales member
ship committee, in organized hous
es, and in the Ag Union. Admis
sion is $1.50 per couple.
Rodeo awards will be presented
during the intermission. Sterling
silver buckles will be given to the
winners in each event, and troph
ies will -be. .givea .iQ-.tha-AH-arauod
Cowboy and Cowgirl. Presentation
of the Typical Cowboy and Cowgirl
will also take place at this time.
The Goddess of Agriculture and
Whisker King and their court will
reign over the dance and will pre
sent the- awards. Allan Trenkle,
manager of the Farmers Fair
Board, will be master of cere
monies. Beutel To Address
CosmopolitanClub
F. K. Beutel, former Dean of the
College of Law, will speak Wednes
day fet 7:30 p.m. in Union Room
315 to a meeting of the Cosmo
politan Club. Beutel will speak, on
the topic "Academic Freedom.",
All interested students are invited.
A short business meeting preced
ing the speech will 'be held. Of
ficers for next year will be nom
inated and plans made for ' the
spring picnic May 20.
Outside World:
Increased Output
By WALT SWITZER
Staff Writer
Charles Wilson, Secretary of Defense, disclosed that the production
schedule for B-52 bombers has been increased to 20 a month. At
present only six are being produced a month.
Last week Gen. Curtis LeMay testified that the Air Force had
received only 78 B-52's and only 46 of these have been accepted due
to minor defects. He also said that the Russian Air Force was out
distancing the U.S. in production of the intercontinental planes.
Wilson contradicted this when he appeared before the Senate Appro
priations Subcommittee. He said "it is not so that Russia is far out
stripping the United States in terms of air power."
Conspiracy Charges
Testifying for the Internal Revenue Service, Ernest M. Flimm told
of his investigation of an income tax evasion case which led to con
spiracy charges against two officials in the Truman administration.
They are charged with conspiring to stall prosecution of Irving
Sachs, a St. Louis shoe manufacturer who was fined $400,000 for income
tax evasion.
Tydings Gains
Ex-senator Millard Tydings won a chance to regain the Senate seat
he lost six years ago. With most of the returns in, Tydings held a
slim margin over George Mahoney for the Democratic nomination in
Maryland.
After 24 years in the senate John Marshall Butler defeated
Tydings in 1950. Butler won overwhelmingly in the Republican primary.
Airman Suspected
In Omaha a 22-year-old airman from Offut Air Base was given a lie
detector test in the continuing investigation into the Carolyn Nevins
murder case. The airman was reported to police for making advances
to a 25-year-old Omaha University coed. Police Captain' Alvin Coin-
chard said the results of the test proved negative. It was the first lie
detector test given in connection with the Nevins case in several weeks.
Bomb Test Delayed
With northwest winds still blowing at all altitudes around Eniwetok
Island experts thought that America's first air-dropped hydrogen bomb
test would be delayed again.
The explosion was tentatively scheduled for about 45 minutes before
dawn Thursday, about noon here.
Flagpole Misses Queen
Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke ;f Edinburgh escaped iniurv
when a heavy flagpole fell into a royal prcession missing their car by
ten feet. L
The pole hit the car directly
not crash through the roof. The car
household.
Top Production:
'Mary Of Scotland'
Called Howell's Best
By ELLIE GUILLIATT
As Elizabeth says in the last scene
of "Mary of Scotland," "it is not
what happened that is true, but
what men believe . . ." and this I
think is keen perception on the
part of the playwright Maxwell An
derson, and on that quotation I
base this criticism.
As for what "happened" last
night, a wonderful thing happened,
a play was (presented as a play
should be presented with sen
sitivity, with artistry, and with a
spirit of theatre which was not a
wraith but a living being from the
opening curtain to the final call!
As for what I believe, I sincerely
believe that this is one of the
finest plays I have ever had the
pleasure of seeing during my uni
versity career, and the best plsy
that has yet been done on Howell
Theatre stage.
It would be an injustice to de
vote this, column to the trifling
weaknesses I saw in the face of the
whole, and I must admit, moving
production of "Mary." So allow
me to rave The most outstand
ing character of the play was Eliz
abeth, played by Bonna T e b o.
Here was the virgin queen, with
Replaces Westbrook:
'Top Flight Singer Lishner
Chosen To Direct NU Singers
Leon Lishner, at present a free
lance singer in New YOrk City,
has been appointed to replace Dr.
Arthur Westbrook as Professor of
Voice and Director of the Univer
sity Singers, according to Dr. Dav
id Foltz, chairman of the School of
Music. The change will become ef
fective Sept. 1, 1956.
Lishner has been recognized as
one of the most important young
singers in the music world, ac
cording to Dr. Foltz. He has en
joyed the unique position of haying
achieved equal : success , in varied
fields of the entertainment world,
Foltz stated.
He has worked in opera, in tele
vision and on Broadway, as well
as in concert, oratorial and op-
peretta.
Lishner did his graduate work
at the Juillard School of Music,
long recognized as the outstand
ing School of Music in the coun
try, and at the Trinity College of
Music at London.
Election:
iedwell Named Mew
Kosmet llluh Head
In their annual spring elections
held last night, Kosmet Klub elect
ed Bill Bedwell, Beta Theta Pi,
behind the Queen's however, it did
carried members of the Queen's
all her brilliance, all her regal,
polished treacherousness, all her
hollow triumph. Miss Tebo com
manded the stage in every one
of her scenes with a marvelous
understanding and portrayal of her
role.
Mary was played beautifully by
Joey Margolin, who gave the au
dience a many faceted, womanly
queen, a queen full of tenderness
and vitality; she jmade us feel
the wretchness of enforced deposi
tion and the final victory of integ
ity. Jack Parris brought us a Both
well "full of sound, and fury," he
filled his scenes with suppressed
violence, and brought to the stage
a character animated with en
ergy, complimentin ; the more gen
tle Mary.
John Knox, th fire-breathing
Scottish prophet, was admirably
portrayed by Gerald Carlson. With
a voice that wailed like bitter high
land winds, he threw his vitupera
tions at Mary, and though he be
gan with intensity, and never once
slackened, I firmly; believed there
was always more energy, always
a slightly higher pitch for him to
reach, if he needed it.
He starred in the last three world
premiers of the works of Gian-Car-
lo Menotti. These include the
Broadway performance and two
European tours in "The Consul,
on Broadway and television in
"The Saint of Bleecker Street" and
on all NBC performances of
"Amahal and the Night Visitors."
He has appeared exte'nsively on
television in many performances
on the NBC TV Opera Theater, on
Omnibus on CBS TV and on the
Steve Allen and the Ed Sullivan
shows.
'Lishner has appeared with the
Havanna, the Pittsburgh, the Mon
treal and the Philadelphia opera
companies and sung with the Bal
timore, the Philadelphia, and the
Minneapolis Symphony Orchestras.
The appointment was a result of
the screening of several hundred
top flight young men in the music
business, Dr. Foltz explained.
These were later eliminated to
forty, then to nineteen and finally
to two.
president; Sam Van Pelt, Phi Del
ta Theta, vice-president; John E.
Nelson, Theta Xi, secretary;
Marshall Nelson, Phi Gamma Delta,
Dusiness man
ager; and Har
ry Din g m a n,
Delta Tau Del
ta, historian.
Bedwell, who
succeeds Von
Innes, Pi Kap
pa Phi, as pres
ident, is also
assistant busi
ness manager
of the Nebras- N,br..k not
kan. He is a Bedwell
junior in Business Administration.
The new vice president, Sam
Van Pelt, is a member of the Stu
dent Council and enrolled in the
College of Arts and Sciences.
John Nelson is the new secretary
of Innocents. H is also president
of Corn Cobs, vice president of
C.C.R:C. and vice president of
Theta Xi.
Newly elected business mana
ger, Marshall Nelson, is also a mem
ber of the Innocents Society. He
is a member of the University
wrestling team, the N Club, the
University band and secretary of
Phi Gamma Delta.
Dingman, the new historian, is
a newly elected member of the
Student Council representing the
College of Engineering and assist
ant circulation manager of Blue
Print. Dingman is also Kosmet
Klub's outstanding worker for the
current year.
Interviews Slated
For Cornhusker
Interviews for positions on the
Cornhusker staff will be held
Thursday.
Any University student who is
carrying 12 Hours or more ana
has maintained the accepted all
University grade average is eligibl
Positions available are editor.
associate editor, layout editor, busi
ness manager, two assiiant Dusi
ness managers and four man
aging editors. Applications may be
made at the Cornhusker Office at
the .Union.
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MARY' LEADS . . .
I could go on naming each mem
ber of the cast, for each in his
own way contributed to the over
all picture of the play, but it is
enough to say that if I had twenty
one roses, I would gladly give one
to each member.
The sets are fine, fine in the
most artistic sense of the term,
the lighting equally beautiful. In
short, here is a play worth see
ing, here is an example of theatre
which rises above "educational"
theatre, here is a production of
such stuff as critics' dreams are
made on.
"We were looking for a proven
fine teacher and a proven fine
singer," Foltz said." We needed
a man who could work in the up
per workshop who would be in
charge of all of the dramatic act
ing there. Lishner is exceptionally
capable in all these respects."
Foltz described Lishner as "a
personable young man and an
absolutely top-flight singer the
best quality professor we could
possibly get."
Lishner was on the University
campus for a few days, Foltz said.
He sang for a faculty committee
and for Dr. Westbrook. Everyone
was most enthusiastic about him,
Foltz added. The faculty was most
cooperative in providing a salary
which would attract him, he said.
Asked why, at the peak of his
singing career, he would want to
give it up to teach in a university,
Lishner told Dr. Foltz that teach
ing had always been his major am
bition. "I want to pass on the things that
I have learned in my work to
young men and women," he said.
"I want to do it while I am at my
peak and can do it well not after
wards, when I have become a has
been." Dr. Foltz said that Lishner would
be off the campus occasionally
each year to appear in major per
formances, so that he would not be
in complete retirement from ac
tive performance.
"I cannot stress enough the val
uable addition to the staff that
Lishner will be. He is presently at
the peak of his career and extra
ordinarily fortunate to interest him
in a teaching position," Foltz said.
Presby:
Fellowship
To Build
NewChapel
The proposed Presbyterian-Congregational
student chapel will
provide a greater opportunity for
meeting the spiritual needs of stud
ents, according to Dr. Rex Know
les, pastor of the Presby student
fellowship.
"Besides providing a sanctuary
for worship services, the new build
ing will be the new center of Presbyterian-Congregational
activities
on campus," he said.
The proposed $100,000 chapel, to
be used by over 1600 Presbyterian
and Congregational students, will
be financed by individual subscrip
tion of the state's Presbyterian
churches.
The Congregationalists, who
own the parsonage used by the
student pastor, will also contribute
$3000 to the operating budget of
the student program and provide
an associate pastor.
The chapel is expected to be
completed and ready for use by
September of 1957, according to
Charles Hoff of Omaha, presi
dent of the Westminster Founda
tion. Ground breaking ceremon
ies will be held early this summer.
In addition to the main chapel
which will seat 250, the proposed
chapel will include social hall, rec
reation room, stage, kitchen and
administrative offices.
The building, to be constructed
adjoining the student house at
333 No. 14th, will also provide i
rooms for small group and com
mittee meetings. ,
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Chancellor Clifford Hardin is
planning a trip to Turkey this sum
mer to help with the International
Cooperation Administration pro
gram
According to
James Pitten- r
ger, Adminis
trative
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leave around ,
July 1. Hardin
had planned to
go this spring
but could not
Work the triprourteav Lincoln Journal
into his sched- Hardin
ule at that time.
Dr. Marvel Baker, a University
animal husbandry professor on
leave of absence, returned here
last year and invited Hardin to
Atuturk University. He is the dean
and chief agriculture administrator
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Professor Comments:
Demotion Of Dr. Mitchell
'One Example' Says Moore
Dr. Donald Moore, whose resignation as professor of physics and
chairman of the department, was accepted by the Board of Regents
Saturday, has issued a press release for The Nebraskan concerning the
question of academic freedom and outside pressures at the University.
Moore's resignation was announced April 18. He said he was
leaving the University because "greater research" and salary oppor
tunities" were available in private industry.
Moore has accepted a job in industrial research for an eastern firm.
Moore said that the demotion of Dr. Clyde Mitchell was "but one
example" of the University's unconcern with the free enterprise of
ideas.
Mitchell, who is in Rome on a Fulbright Lectureship, is expected
to comment soon on his demotion.
Moore's Statement
"Perhaps it is because I am both a native of the state and an
alumnus of the University, but I find myself concerned about the
direction in which our University of Nebraska is moving.
I have reluctantly come to the conclusion that the present ad
ministration of our University is not concerned with the free enter
prise of ideas at either the level of the departmental chairman or
of the individual staff member.
The demotion of Dr. Mitchell is but one example. There is a
clear impression of a conflict between integrity and expediency.
He who doubts that outside pressure influenced the Mitchell de
motion ought to read, side by side, the public statements of Regent
Welsh, the Hall County Farm Bureau, and the series of conflicting
statements which have been issued by the administration of the
University.
The succession of events is such that it will now be next to
impossible for the present administration to build a strong De
partment of Agricultural Economics, and all problems of staff pro
curement are seriously aggravated."
Union Election:
Knotek To Head
Activity Committee
Diane Knotek was elected presi
dent of the Union Activities Com'
mittee by the Union Board Tues
day night. Marilyn
Staska will serve as
vice-president.
Miss Knotek. junior i
in Arts and Sciences !
is a member of Mor-
tar Board and Acti
vities Chairman of Pi
Beta Phi.
As a freshman, she
worked on three
Union committees, .
recreation, gen e r a 1
entertainment and
house and office.
As a sophomore.
she was assistant
chairman of general
Kootek
enter
tainment, chairman of recreation
committee and recipient of the dis
tinguished service award. She is
now on the Union Board of Man
agers and chairman of the awards
banquet.
Miss Staska, junior in Busi
ness Administration is president
of the Business Administration
Council, member of YWCA, Coed
Counselors and activities and pub
licity chairman of Delta Delta
Delta.
In her freshman year, she
worked on the personell and mus
ic committees; as a sophomore
she was the dance committee
chairman and in her junior year
she was secretary of the Union
Board.
Other new student members of
the Board of Managers of the city
Union are:
Kay Christensen, Alpha Om
cron Pi, junior in Teachers College,
Tassels, AWS Board and chairman
of the special activities in Union
this year.
Polly Downs, Alpha Phi, junior
in Business Administration, record
ing secretary Alpha Lambda Del
ta, secretary of the activities com
mittee in the Union and Beta Gam
ma Sigma.
Karen Dryden, Delta Delta Del
ta, sophomore in Arts and Sci
ences, AWS iioard, Cornhusker
chairman, Lincoln project and
chairman of the public relations
committee in Union this year.
Marilyn Heck, Kappa Kappa
oiiege
at Atuturk.
Baker and a group of specialist!
have studied the situation in Tur
key and have set up a campus
plan, faculty requirements and a
building program. The ICA prc
ject is directed by University Mis
sion with funds from the Turkish
government and the ICA commis
sion. Nebraska's contract with ICA
provides that the state land grant
school (the University) provide aid
and assistance, as necessary, to
the Turkish project.
At the present time there are
several Turkish professors here
working under the Project's plan
for faculty instruction.
Under the ICA program the
United States lends Turkey assist
ance in establishing better schools.
The main emphasis of the pro
gram is being put on Agriculture.
It was started in April 1955,
Gamma, sophomore in Arts and
Sciences, Builders board, Corn
husker section head and chairman
Nebraka Pht
Staska
of hospitality committee In Union
this year.
Roy Boyd, sophomore in Engi
neering and chairman of the dance
committee this year.
Tea Honors
Thirty-Five
In Home Ec
Thirty five home economics mi
jors at the University were honored
at a tea sponsored by the Home
Economics Club Thursday.
The honorees who had joined
the American Home Economics
Association and the Nebraska
Home Economics Association were
Mrs. Barbara Beghtol Thompson,
Ruth Ernst, Alice Hamilton.
Joyce Young, Lee Lingnw Lou
Lingren Moir, Joyce Sporn, karta
Trautrimas, Mary Taylor.
Janet Lingquist, Twila Riley,
Carol Beattie, Ruth Ann Lenne
man, Iris Becker, Jo Ann Heil
man, Shirley Gies, Ruth Vollmer,
Margaret Wright, Jeanne Hrabak
Kane.
Bonnie Lindau, Marilyn Ander
son, Shirley Walberg, Carroll De
maree, Judy London, Jacqueline
Hagadorn, Wanda Walbridge, Jan
ice Baker, Margaret Drayton, Bet
ty Eberhart.
Carol Dunker, Shirley Slagle,
Joyce Splittgerber, Virginia Mey
er, and two foreign students, Mrs.
Primitiva Manalo of the Philip
pines and Mrs. Wadia Farag.
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