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-i I 4 i - i , i t ; t ) ' " Page 4 University Student; kster Degree Candidate Studies 'Lack By DICK SHUGRUE Editorial Page Editor Jack Smith knows, after four years of teaching in the Minnesota public ' schools, that there a lot All Women Elections' (Cont. From Page 1 ' Teachers, is a member of Tassels, BABW board and Towne Club. Junior Board members include Doris Eby, sophomcre in Home Economics, is Home Economics club treasurer, Ag Union commit tee, Coed Counselor, Alpha Lamb da Delta, BABW Board treasurer and Towne Club; Phyllis Hansen, sophomore in Home Economics, is member of, Tassals, Home Ec onomics club council, 4-H club, Ag YWCA and Love Memorial Hall. Marilyn Jensen, sophomore in Home Economics, is a member of Home Economics club council, 4-H club, Ag YWCA and Love Memorial Hal; . Patsy Kaufman, sophomore in Home Economics, is a member of Tassals, Ag Union, Newman Club, Home Economics club and Loomis Hall. Donna Miller, sophomore in Teachers, is a member of Tas sels, BABW Board and Towne Club and Roberta Switzer, sopho more in Home Economics, is a member of Tassals, Home Econ omics club. Union committee, Ag YWCA cabinet. Gamma Delta and Colonial Terrace. Sophomore Board members in clude: Pat Everett, Dorothy Glade, Rosalie Jacobs, Diana Max well, Sharon Sterner, Sylvia Stein r. Coed Counselor Board ' Senior Board members include: Mary Dee DeMars is a member of Student Council, Panbellenic Council, Farmer's Fair Board, Home Economics Club, Newman Club, president of Gamma Alpha Chi and Rush Chairman for Sig ma Kappa; Jan Davidson, mem ber of Tassels, CCRC and Chi Omega. Junior Board members include: Sandra Kully, 2nd vice-president of Sigma Delta Tau; Marijane ralg, YWCA Cabinet, Hungarian Student Committee, Presby House Cabinet and Alpha Xi Delta; Judy Combs, an Outstanding Coed Coun selor, member of YWCA, NUCWA Board and Alpha O micron Pi; Carolyn Williams, Cornhusker sec tion and historian of Deta Delta Delta; Sandra Foell, assistant treasurer of YWCA, BABW Board and Towne Club. Jan Iichtenberger, NUCWA Board, District Representative of YWCA, vice president of Presby House and member of Delta Delta Delta; Dorothy Beechner, Union, Red Cross and Alpha Chi Omega and Reba Kinne, Red Cross, YWCA, Band, SAI and Chi Ome- Sophomore Board members are: Mary Verba, Dorothy Glade, Becky Colwell, Kay Swarts, and Karen Schuster. WAA Board Newly-elected vice president is Sonia Sievers, sophomore in Busi ness Administration, is a member of Red Cross, YWCA Finance chairman, Hungarian Student Proj ect treasurer and Kappa Delta. New secretary is Karen Krueg er, sophomore in Teachers, is a member of Coed Counselor Board, Newman club, cheerleader, and Alpha Omicron Pi, and new treas urer is Billie Prest, sophomore in Teachers, is a member of Tas sals, Cornhusker Section head and Kappa Kappa Gamma. Rush Book Info Duo All copy and pictures for the In terfraternity Rush Book are due Friday in Room 20 of the Union, according to Conrad Good, editor. - ; iN I '! :IIH i!' ,!i. I 1 1 'nrar f ' i - 1 m$pice j Lmim ... ..,.. mmmmmmnmimmm0mmm CROOM TQWIC i nmml HAIR GflO Tonic of Hearing1 of people who never seem to hear what is being said. , And the candidate for the mas ter's degree from the University is well aware that many studies have been made to determine why young and old alike cant hear or miss many sounds which are about them in the .world. Smith, who graduated from St. Cloud, Minn., is ; working for his master's degree in the Department of Speech and Dramatic Art in the Speech and Hearing Labora tory. The topic he is writing his thesis on is "super-acute hearing," which means hearing above the average level. He explained that many people believe they can hear better than their neighbors. "Like the young lady who wanted her desk changed in a classroom for she said the bugs crawling undr the glass of the window next to her distracted her," he said. "But that type of hearing could come under a different category. Right at the present I am inter ested in those people who can hear things which go unnoticed by peo pl with 'average ears'. Smith said such things as the borizonal bars of television sets, whispers across the room, "un breathy" soft voices and other sti uli are some indications of super acute hearing. "Now the problenvH to find those people who cowx-ud they have above average hearing and test them on our new equipment in the speech and hearing labor atories," Smith added. Specialized occupations or hob bies might appeal to some people with super acute hearing, he noted. "Those people who can tell when the "whoofer" or the "tweeter" of their hi-fi sets are "off" prob ably have super acute hearing," he said. The student, he added, who can hear certain mannerisms in a pro fessor's voice which stem to be missed by his conversation-mates, might have super-acute hearing. Such occupations as musicians, television and even speech cor rectionists probably have "extra good ears." "That's because these people are always listening for very subtle changes in sound," he said. Smith stated that he believes two major questions will be answered at the end of the study: Do people j with super acute hearing have su- j perior auditory discrimination? and Do people with s.a.h. have a lower tolerance level to loud sound than people with normal or nor mally acute hearing? j "Now all I need is volunteers," Smith said. "And it really could turn out to be fun for anyone who's interested besides the fact that sci ence would be helped by these studies." Smith plans to have finished the survey and receive his Master's degree from the University by next August. "And I'm counting on "super-hearers" to help me reach that goal." Advertising Group Invites NU Senior Wally Wiig, a University senior, has been selected to participate in a week-long advertising orien tation session in New York as guest of the Association of Ad vertising Men and Women. The Inside Advertising Week will be held March 31-April S. Wiig was named by the advertising section of the College of Business Administration to represent the University. Each year, an outstanding Uni versity student is invited to at tend, along with representatives of other universities. on nl s V --- f j j. V; Speaking Contest Winners Sigma Alpha Mu won perma ent possession of the Delta Sig ma Rho Extemporaneous speak ing contest trophy Tuesday night by winning the trophy for the third year in a row. The contest is an annual affair sponsored by Music Conference: AN Profs Combine Talents To Create Musical Number The University Department of Music will premier a new and un usual musical work for the Music Educators National Conference, North Central Division, at the Cen tral High School Auditorium in Omaha, Friday. The composition is "Elegy for a Dead Soldier," the lyric for which is the Pulitzer prize-winning poem of Karl Shapiro, University Eng glish professor. Music for the selection has just been completed by a University music staff member, Robert Bea dell, instructor of theory and com position. The solo role will be sung by Leon Lishner, bass, an opera and Broadway artist, who is now as sociate professor of voice at the University. The new composition will be performed by the Univer sity Singers and the University Orchestra with Professor David Foltz, chairman of the Department of Music, conducting. "Elegy for a Dead Soldier," will be the final number of a concert the Singers and Orchestra are pre senting for the Music Educators from ten states, representing the largest number of public school and college music groups in the na tion. The Singers, conducted by Dr. Foltz, will present Brittea's "Hymn to St. Cecilia," and the VOT BE DATELESS, DOVT BE BLLE, COME AND VIEW THE "NEW YOU" March 17, 2:00 PJI. STUDENT UNION UNBREAKABLE PLASTIC!' Grooms your hair while it treats your scalp. Control loot dandruff. 1.00 e!m la SHUITON NwVrk I.tutt 'Jf; ' ' ' , The Daily Nebraskon it f A NebraskM Photo the national forensic honorary, Delta Sigma Rho. Winners of the ndividual speaking contests were Ernest Hines, Beta Theta Pi (seated), Larry Schwartz and Howard Kenyon (standing), both members of Sigma Alpha Mu. Orchestra, conducted by Jack Sni der, will play "Symphony No. 2 U Romantic," by Nebraska - born composer Howard Hanson. Another University musical group, the men students' profes sional music fraternity, Alpha-Sin-fonia, will present a concert in con nection with the convention pro gram at 6 p.m., Sunday, at the Omaha Y.M.C.A.. The Sinfonia Chorus under -the direc tion of William Bush of Valen tine, will include another of Mr. Beadell's compositions, "Lilacs," in its program. Also on Sunday evening the Uni versity Madrigal Singers will per form with the Nebraska-Iowa In tercolegiate chorus, and on Mon day, March 18, two music depart ment staff members, Wesley Reist and Marius Fossenkemper, will di rect a woodwind demonstration. No Rag Luncheon There will be no Daily Nebras- kan luncheon Friday, The luncheons will be continued next week, ac cording to Fred Daly, editor. ,,,..' ' NEW RJMOP BOX Firm to kwp nmttvtbm from crushinf. Wv UibMiw ia , jrour peckH. Vp to data. f . f V II r YSS Pull '' JE5 j! j' , m3 Hi Mar fapro Dr. Robert Hardt; Pharmacy Association To Honor NU Graduate Dr. Robert Hardt, a native Ne braskan and University graduate who has achieved international prominence in the pharmaceutical field, will be honored at the dia mond jubilee meeting of the Ne braska Pharmaceutical Associa tion Sunday evening at the Corn husker hotel. At a banquet session sponsored jointly by the Creighton University and University of Nebraska chap ters of Rho Chi, honorary phar maceutical society, Di. Hardt will be initiated as an honorary mem ber in recognition of contributions to the profession. Dr. Hardt is president of the Na tional Pharmaceutical Council, a former president of the American Association of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers, and chairman of the organization committee arrang ing for the Fourth Pan-American Congress of Pharmacy and Bio chemistry which will be held in Washington next November. Dr Hardt was graduated from the Nebraska College of Pharmacy in 1922 .and entered the practice of pharmacy with his father, the late David Hardt, at Hastings. In 1925 Graduating Seniors In Civil Engineering WORK JN CALIFORNIA with Stole Dept. of Woter Resources or State Division of Highways California offers unlimited engineering oppor tunities in two major activities. Division of Highways' huge freeway building program offers wide choice oi work locations and rotating engineering assignments. Department of Water Resources handles State's unprecedented water development program. Work includes design and con struction of big dams, power plants and state wide aqueduct system; water quality and flood control. ( $436 TO START EARLY RAISE Interview on Your Campus March 25 Get illustrated booklets and sign up for interview at your Campus Placement Office. 1 Here's old-fashioned flavor in the new way to Biruoke. The man-size taste of honest tobacco comes full through. The smooth-drawing filter feels right in your mouth. Works fine but doesn't get in the way. The Flip-Top Box keeps every cigarette firm and fresh until you smoke it. - (MADI M RICHMOND, VU.WUK HOI A HtW MAJOSOIO UOfQ he was appointed to the Nebraska Board of Pharmacy Examiners, the youngest man ever appointed to board membership. Dr Hardt left Nebraska in 1926 to begin a 20-year association with the E. R. Squibb and Sons Co., which he served as vice president and director. In 1946 he joned an other pharmaceutical manufactur ing organization, Hoffman-La-Roche, Inc., Nutley, N.J., where he also served as vice president and a member of the executive committee. For his continuing efforts at strengthening the standards and prestige of pharmacy, Dr. Hardt has received numerous recogni tions including an honorary degree from Rutgers University in 1956 and the' achievement medal of Al pha Zeta Omega, national parma cy organization. Coffee Hour A faculty-graduate coffee hour will be held today, from 4 to 7 p.m. in the Union Faculty lounge. This event occurs each week- and all faculty members and graduate students may attend. ll Friday, March 15, 1957 Harold's Barber Shop 223 No. 14th ALL HAIRCUTS $1.25 lVl Blocks So. Student Union FASHION . . As I See It by JudT Ranter Your NU Representative to GOLD'S Advisory Board ' Little touches of- crisp, "white pique accent the bright plaid in this Johna than Logan dress. Perfect for date time or class time, the crisp, shag bark cotton dress drips dry in a jiffy. It needs little or no ironing! . Soft, horizontal gathers on the bodice give the effect of a cummerbund. The slightly dipped neck line is comfortable and flattering. We have this and many more Johnathan Logan styles. This one is just 14.95. Come to the Cam pus Shop, Second Floor of Gold's. mm " 17 1 i$ 5 r Jf3 .1 i Hi I-:--Ml ' . ' .'"5