Sigma Nu:
UxUogssemof Sues' (Fee Kef ires
By SARA JONES
Nebragkan Staff Writer
Mrs. O. J. Fee, Sigma Nu house
mother for the past twenty-two
years, has announced her retire
ment effective at the end of this
semester.
Mrs. Fee expects to make a
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Housemother Retires
Pictured above is Mrs. 0. J.
Fee, housemother for Sigma Nu
fraternity for twenty-two years,
who has announced her retire
ment. The Sigma Nu's are giv
ing a party for Mrs. Fee next
Sunday, from 3 to 5 p.m. at the
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Smith
The names of three more stu
dents and one professor have been
submitted to the Nebraskan as
nominees for the "Outstanding Ne
braskan" award.
The students are Gail Katskee,
Andy Smith and Marx Peterson.
The faculty member is Dr. Paul
Meadows, professor of sociology.
Miss Katskee was nominated as
a person respected by students
and faculty alike for her many
outstanding qualities as a fine stu
dent and leader." The letter also
said, "she has brought new pres
tige to every group that she has
been a part of."
Miss Katskee is a Phi Beta Kap
pa, past president of Mortar Board,
a member of Student Council for
three years, active in YWCA and
an outstanding worker in radio and
television.
Smith was cited as a person
whose "service to the university
has had a direct bearing on the
success of many organizations and
projects."
The nominating letter went on
to say that along wi'h his activi
ties, Smith "has shown outstand
ing abilities in scholastic endeavor
as is exemplified in his recent ad
mittance to Phi Beta Kappa, na
tional scholastic honorary."
Smith, a senior in Arts and Sci
ences, is a member of Innocents,
past president of AUF, past treas
urer of Builders, a former Student
Council member, past president of
Beta Theta Pi, and past histor
ian of Kosmct Klub.
In his nominating letter, Peter
son was declared to have "shown
a definite interest in people and
has been a definite asset to his
fraternity and the University."
"eterson was called "a man of
high moral and religious ideals,
who is honest with himself and with
others."
Thacker Wins
Blue Print
Article Prize
Winners of the Blue Print article
contest, announced Saturday, are
Jerry Thacker, sophomore, Bill
Daily, sophomore, and Sanford
WcConnell, freshman in Arts and
Sciences.
Thacker won first prize with his
article on Gate City Steel of Oma
ha, , entitled, "Putting Steel To
Use." Thacker is majoring in me
ehanical engineering and has been
employed by Gate City Steel.
Daily discussed a revolutionary
Tnthod of cutting extra-hard me
tals by electric spark machining.
McCormdl's third place article
was entitled "Halting the Jet,"
tnd detailed several approaches
Industry is attempting to solve the
problem of slowing down jet air
craft for landing,
Roy Green, Dean of the College j
of Engineering and Architecture,
presented the awards to the three
winners. Green commended the
prize recipients on the "excellent
writing tbejr displayed."
tour of the British Isles this sum
mer. In the summer of 1954 she
made a trip around the world and
last summer she was a student
at the University of Mexico.
In a specially arranged inter
view with The Nebraskan, Mrs.
Fee explained that her decision to
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Sigma Nu house. All members
and alumni of the fraternity are
invited as well as parents,
friends, and members of the Uni
versity, Charlie Gomon, house
president, said.
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Meadows Miss Katskee
"His fine leadership in student
activities sets an example for all
who know him," the nomination
stated. The letter lauded Peterson
as "hot only a good leader, but
an excellent follower."
A senior in Agricultural College,
Peterson is a member of Inno
cents, past secretary of Corn
Cobs, past president of the Ag
Union Activities Board, former
member of Student Council, for
mer president of the Lutheran Stu
dent Association, and a member
of several honorary agricultural
fraternities.
Dr. Meadows was said to con
duct "lively and stimulating lec
tures." Professionally, the nom
inating letter said, "he is keenly
aware of human interpersonal re
lationships and has readily volun
teered his time and services to the
communities of Nebraska."
The letter continued that Dr
Meadows has held and now
holds many executive posts in var
ious national sociological organi
zations and is a thoughtful and
prolific writer." Dr. Meadows pub
lications includes sue books and
many articles.
Others nominated for the award
Include, Carole Unterseher, Dick
Fellman, Ray Morgan, professor
of photo-journalism, Dr. C. Bert
rand Schultz, Dr. Edgar Johnson,
Mike Shugrue, Janet Gordon, Dr.
Lane Lancaster, and Dr. Carl
Georgi.
Concert
To Premier
NU Music
Original compositions by Robert
Beadell, instructor in composition
and theory, and Jack McKie, a
graduate student, will be featured
in the annual spring concert Thurs
day of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia,
national professional music frater
nity.
The Glee Club and Sinfonette
will perform BeadelPs song, "Li
lacs," which was written especial
ly for the concert, to be held at
8 p.m. in the Union ballroom.
Beadell has received national
recognition for his instrumental
and choral works.
McKie 's number, "Carnival
Suite," will be performed "by the
society's brass quartet.
The Glee Club will sing, "Un
known Warrior Speaks," by Ken
nan, with William Bush as direc
tor; "Holiday Song," by Schuman,
with Wendell Friest director;
"Norse Lullaby," by Sowerby;
"Pianola d'Amore," by Fine; and
"Simon Legree," by Moore, with
Rod Walker, baritone, and Rog
er Schroeder, tenor as soloists.
The Glee Club and Brass Choir
will play "Carnival Song," by Pis
tnn. Also on the program is
"String Quartet No. 1 in D
Min
or." by Thompson.
The concert will be directed by
Wesley Reist, instructor in music.
There is no admission charge
and the public is invited.
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retire was impulsive. "After twenty-two
years as a housemother I
simply was tired", she said.
In the summer of 1954 Mrs. Fee
flew, from Omaha to Malaya to
visit her son who is in charge of
Far Eastern operations of a large
rubber company. She told of driv
ing through the rubber plantations
while bands of Communist guerillas
were in the hills. She explained
that the Communists had wrecked
the railroad tracks and the armies
were attempting to repair them
as she and her son drove through.
"I wasn't particularly nervous",
she said calmly, "but my son
seemed very relieved when we
were out of the area."
That same day, Mrs. Fee said,
they dined at the rubber planta
tion while shooting went on around
them. That evening as they sat
in the living room they heard the
sounds of fighting all around.
"That night," Mrs. Fee related,
"my son and one of the men who
was also one of my fraternity boys
stood guard outside so that I could
sleep in peace. In the morning
they showed the bullet marks on
the porch."
Last summer Mrs. Fee w?s a
students at the University of Mexi
co. This summer she will motor
through the British Isles with
friends. She will leave the last part
of July and be gone about two
months.
Mrs. Fee said that she expected
to settle down in Lincoln upon her
return to the States. But it doesn't
seem that she will stay settled
lJng. She is expecting to make an
other trip to visit her son soon
where she might stay as long as
a year. Or she may go to New
York to see her grandchildren who
have spent most of their lives in
schools abroad.
Mrs. Fee stated that she has
enjoyed her position as housemoth
er immensely and that she will
certainly miss it. "After twenty
two years as a housemother one
couldn't help but miss it."
But it doesn't seem that life will
be dull for this woman!
Government:
New Course
Scheduled
Next Fall
A new course in modern govern
ment, Political Science 10, will be
open to students registering next
fall, according to Robert Morgan,
associate professor of political sci
ence. The new course is not open to
any student with credit in Politi
cal Science , 1, 2, 4 or equivalent
credits transferred from another
college.
Political Science 30, foreign gov
ernments, will also be offered with
same prerequisites as the present
Political Science 2, according to
Morgan.
Any student who is a sophomore
or above- by the first 1956-57 se
mester may take 100 level courses,
Morgan said.
Sfuients who have had 12 hours
of Political Science or the equivi
lent in related fields may take Po
litical Science 199 and 200 level
courses, Morgan stated.
Applications Due
For Scholarships
Students who wish to be consider
ed for La Verne Noyes scholarships
for the fall term should make ap
plication promptly to Lee Chat
field, assistant to the dean of stu
dent affairs.
Only blood descendants of World
War I veterans are eligible for
the Noyes scholarships which are
worth $75 a semester.
Chatfield emphasized that stud
dents who are attending the Uni
versity with benefit of a Noyes
scholarship must re-apply if they
wish to be considered for another
Noyes award. Reapplications should
be submitted by June 1, and all
applications are due prior to July
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Building Plans:
udents
By SARA JONES
Nebraskan Staff Writer
Displays of the various plans pro
posed for the new Union building
will be set up in the Main Lounge
of the Union Friday, according to
Duane Lake, Manager of the Un
ion. Students are urged to observe
the displays and comment upon
them so that the Union will know
which plans met with greatest
student approval. Lake said.
The Union has been working with
several plans in mind and now wish
es an expression of student opin-
Union Board Plans
Annual Banquet
The tinnual Union Board dinner
will be held Tuesday at 6:30 p.m.
In Parlors XYZ of the Union.
Marilyn Beideck will act as mis
tress of ceremonies for the ban
quet which will feature the pre
sentation o' the Distinguished Serv
ice Award.
The new members of the Union
board and the officers will be in
troduced and the year's activities
will be reviewed.
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BURR
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W. Burr
W. W. Burr, dean emeritus of
the College of Agriculture, was
honored at a banquet Friday night
by the Nebraska Hall of Agricul
tural Achievement as an "out
standing researcher, teacher, and
administrator."
Dean Burr came to Nebraska
from Indiana graduating from the
College of Agriculture in 1906. At
that time he accepted a cooper
ative position with the University
and the U. S. Department of Ag
riculture as an agronomist at the
North Platte Agricultural Experi
ment Station.
His work at the station led him
in 1913 to be assistant agronomist
in the Office of Dry Land Agri
culture in Washington, D. C. He
came back to Nebraska in 1916
as head of the agronomy depart
ment and was later appointed as
sistant director of the Agricultural
Experiment Station. He became
dean of the College of Agricultural
Experiment Station in 1928; a post
he held until his retirement in
1948. v
"We called upon Burr and col
leagues to assess the past, to con
template the present, and to chart
a course for the future at a time
when agriculture was undergoing
a profound revolution," Senator O.
H. Liebers,Lincoln, told those at
tending the banquet. "And, as we
can all testify, our society does
not always provide men like Burr
with all of the tools required to ac
complish the mission."
"Yet, I believe it is a marvelous
thing that men such as Burr per
severed. Our agricultural prog
ress would be much less than it
is today had they not persevered.
This calls for something more
much more than technical com
petence, as important as that at
tribute is," Liebers continued.
"It also requires a warm heart,
an understanding spirit, sound
judgment, courage, responsibility,
insight, and humility. These are ;
the qualities that not only helped
Burr understand and appreciate
the dynamics of agriculture, but
the men and women who earn
their livelihood from it" Liebers
stated. "We have come a long
way in Nebraska agriculture and
a generous share of credit for this
achievement belongs to Burr."
Other speakers on the program
who told of Burr's accomplish
ments were L. L. Zook, retired
superintendent of the North Platte
Experiment Station and W. H.
Brokaw, retired director of exten
sion at the University.
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ion on which plan should be final.
Questionaires will be provided near
the exhibits so the students may
express their reactions, accord
ing to Lake.
Tentataive plans include a million
and a half dollar addition to be
extended over the present parking
area.
According to present plans, the
new addition will turn the Union
so that the main entrance is on
"S" street. Bricked terraces, glassed-in
rooms and sunken gardens
are prposed parts of the addition.
The most interesting proposal
from the point of view of the stud
ent, according to Lake, is the fountain-lounge
area.
"The union has decided that the
present system of separating the
fountain and the lounge area Is
unsatisfactory, Lake said. The new
addition will combine the two so
that the expanded Crib will pro
vide different types 'of. seating
around low circular tables.
Another provision of the addi
tion is three Ballrooms, the main
room, the junior ballroom and
party room. The party roon will
open onto the terrace arid will be
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LINCOLN,
To
Succeed
Dr. William Aeschbacher, asso
ciate professor of history at Ken
tucky State College, Murray, Ken
tucky, has been named Director
of the State Historical Society to
succeed Dr. James Olson, who will
become chairman of the depart
ment of history at the University.
Dr. Aeschbacher attended the
University and received his bach
elor's degree in 1940, a Master's
degree in 1946 and a Ph.D. in
history in 1948.
Prior to beginning his graduate
work, Dr. Aeschbacher taught one
year at Madrid in Perkins county.
During World War n he served in
the Army in the Pacific, he enlist
ed as a private and was dis
charged as a first lieutenant.
Dr. Aeschbacher's doctoral dis
sertation was a history of the cat
tle industry in the Sandhills. He
has published two articles on the
subject in "Nebraska History," the
quarterly journal of the State His
torical Society.
He is a member of the Ameri
can Historical Association, the Mis
sissippi Valley Historical Associa
tion, and the Nebraska State His
torical Society. During the past
year he has been membership
chairman for Kentucky of the Mis
sissippi Valley Historical Associa
tion. Arthur Carmody of Trenton,
president of the State Historical
Society's executive board, said
that the board felt very fortunate
in being able to secure a man of
Dr. Aeschbacher 's profes-;
sional preparation and standing
who at the same time is intimate
ly acquainted with Nebraska.
"We feel that with Dr. Aesch
bacher we can continue to develop
all aspects of the Society's work,
Theater Awards:
Masquers
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Outstanding Actors
Josephine Margolin and Bonna
Tebo tied for the best actress oscar
award given by the University
Masquers chapter of National Col
legiate Players.
Jack Parris was presented the
oscar for the best actor, at the
12th annual Masquers award din
ner Saturday.
The three top actors all received
awards for their performances in
the University Theater production
of "Mary of Scotland." It was the
second year that Miss Margolin re
ceived the award.
Miss Margolin portrayed Mary
Stuart. Last year she won the
award for her performance as
Countess Aurelia in the "Madwom
an of Chaillot."
Miss Tebo portrayed Queen
Elizabeth and Parris did Bothwell.
Presented oscars for supporting
roles were Miss Trudy Scriven and
Jerry Carlson. Miss Scriven played
Edith in "Blithe Spirit" and Carl
son was John Knox in "Mary of
Scotland."
Winners of the Purple Mask,
highest honor bestowed by the Uni
versity Theater, were James To
masek, a graduate student; Jim
Copp, junior; and Norman Leger,
a 1949 graduate and director of the
Lincoln Community Playhouse.
Named as honorary members of
Masquers for their contributions
to the organization and to Univer
sity Theater were Mrs. Delia Ken-
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rossnsnf
available to organized houses for
dinner dances and the like. The
three rooms can be combined for
large dances such as the Military
Ball, Lake said.
Provision is being made for a
game area which will include 10
bowling lanes, 12 billiard tables,
10 ping pong tables and a card
and chess room.
There will be three music rooms,
craft shop, an expanded book
nook and photo dark rooms. Other
features include an art gallery,
small auditorium and small
meditation room.
"Tha total concept of the new
Union is that of an open, .unrestrict
ed area," Lake stated. "Students
will be able to move freely from
one area to another as unrestrict
ed as possible by corridors and
walls.
During a formal Jance, for in
stance, we might be able to have
three or four bands in various parts
of the Union and students could
move freely from ine to another."
; Drawings and perspectives of
the areas described above will
be part of Friday's display. Lake
urges -all students to see the dis
pny and turn in their comments.
NEBRASKA
their Irstemni
Dr. Olson At Museum
expanding it services to the peo -
its position as one of the nation's
leading historical societies," he
said.
Key Winners
Recipients of the "Nebraska
Glee Club Testimonial Keys"
named Thursday night include,
left to right, seated, Ernest Eng-
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ny, theater business manager; Jer
ry Bass, technical director and
Earl Jenkins, assistant professor of
music who served as musical di
rector of "La Boheme."
Named as new associate mem
bers of Nebraska Masquers were;
Doris Growcock, Don Dick, Gene
Hare and Don Auld. .
New student members are, Tom
Adams, Linda Beal, Phyllis Chard,
Karen Peterson, Dolly Rejda, Scri
ven, Sondra Sherman, Stephaney
Sherdeman, Charles Weatherford,
Miss Tebo and Bernard Skalka.
Joe Hill and John Madden were
presented the Masquers Award to
Outstanding Freshmen.
Jacquie Miller and Weatherford
received the Laboratory Theater
Acting Award.
Other awards include; Parris
and Copp, Masquers Service
Award; Miss Scriven, University
Theater Technical Award and
Copp, Laboratory Theater Direct
ing Award.
University
Composers
Given Awards
Four awards for outstanding
original compositions by Univer
sity music students were given
Thursday evening by two national
professional music societies.
Receiving the Phi Mu Epsilon
Sinfonia awards were: William
Bush for his composition for a
piano, "Fugue in G Major" and
Wendell Friest, for his song com
posed for en oboe.
Winners of the Pi Kappa Lamb
da awards were: Jack McKie for
his fantasy for a woodwind quin
tet, "Mr. Magoo" and Charles
Palmer for Tiis string-quartet com
position, "Allegro Moderato."
The awards were presented at
the University's annual concert of
original composition.
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1 Dr. Aeschbacher will assunw his
will teach during the summer ses
sion in the department of history
at the University.
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lish, Bruce Martin, Ronald "Bath;
left to right, standing, Burton
Johnson and Harry Grasmick.
0l6 Club
Members
Honored
The University Varsity Men's
Glee Club recognized five pi its
members Thursday evening for
outstanding contributions to the
success of the newly organized
musical group. ,
At the Glee Club's first annual
banquet, Dale Ganz, director and
assistant professor of voice, pre
sented the "Nebraska Glee Club
Testimonial "Keys" to:
Burton . Johnson, assistant stu
dent director and a junior in the
College of Engineering and Archi
tecture. Harry Grasmick, accompanist
and a sophomore in the College of
Arts and Sciences.
Ronald Bath, a junior in Col
lege of Agriculture.
Bruce Martin, a senior in the
College of Business Administra
tion. Ernest English, freshman in Jun
ior Division.
The recipients were selected by
members of the Glee Club, who
based their voting on musical con
tributions, cooperation and inter
est.
Ganz told the group that the
Glee Club performed before 18
000 people during the past school
year, the group's first complete
year of concerts. The organization
sang before groups at David City,
Newman Grove, Stanton, Omaha,
Plattsmouth and Malcolm.
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The Panhellentic Council voted
to continue the seventh
party during Rush Week next year,
according to Mary Lou Pittack,
president.
The seventh party, which was in
stigated last year in order to give
the rushees a chance to see more
houses, has "been the subject of
much controversy. Many sorori
ties maintained that seven parties,
were too many.
A poll was taken in all of the
houses as to desirability of con
tinuing the seventh party. It was
almost unanimously in favor of
its continuation.
The Panhellentic Council also an
nounced a Rush School for alumni
and active rush chairmen to be
held May 16 at 7:30 p.m.
Also suggested at the meCmg
was an all-pledge party to be Beld
next fall for the pledge claJWts of
all fraternity and sororities. This
would probably be in the form of a
dance, with a name band, accord
ing to Miss Pittack, who said Vuut
this had been tried with great suc
cess at Iowa State University.
A Panhellenic teievision kIidw
was also proposed. The various so
rorities would alternate in putting
on the show which would be bntb
a talent show and a documentary.
Colleen Oshlund was appointed
chairman of the handbook commit-
Itee, which is sent to all niir.
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