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Comedy, Wrestling, Prizes:
Univefsify
For the first time an All Uni-
yersity Stag will be held on Cam
pus, March 27 at 7 p.m. in the
Union Ballroom.
Magic acts, a pistol shooting ex
hibition, a wrestling match, a
comedian and a smorgasbord
form the program for the evening.
This show will be emceed by
Bill Morton, noted Lincoln magi
cian throughout the show.
During the program. Dave Meis
enholder will be at the organ.
Al Mart, national pistol shoot
ing champion, will put on an ex
hibition in the art of pistol shoot
ing. Mart is a Lincoln resident.
The special attraction for the
evening will be a twc-out-of-three
fall professional wrestling match
between "Terrible" Mike Dibiase
and Joe Dusek. Both are alumni of
the University and Dibiase is now
Texas Wrestling Champion.
Tom Novak, former All-Ameri
can Center at the University, will
attempt to referee this grudge
match between two former teanv
mates of his on the University's
football squad.
Men attending the Stag will also
have an opportunity to look at the
latest Spring Ivy Day Fishions for
Men.
Ivy League clothes to be given
away as part of the door prizes
Include: a man's suit, shirt, tie,
shoes, hat and socks.
Other door prizes will be an
nounced later: '
To finish out the evening, a
cold smorgasbord of assorted
meats, cheeses, salads and rel
ishes will be served.
The price for ticket is 75 cents.
A limited number of tickets will
go on sale Tuesday and can be
purchased from house represent
atives or at the Union.
Tickets will be distributed to
House representatives Monday, at
4 p.m. in Room 315 of the Union.
Architects'
Conference
Startsioday
A prestressed concrete seminar
will be held weekly for four weeks
beginning in Omaha, Monday and
in Lincoln Tuesday.
The purpose of the seminar will
be to introduce briefly current ap
plication, architectural considera
tions and basic theory, followed
by panel discussion led by those
having actual experience in var
ious phases of prestressed con
crete application in Nebraska.
The seminar will be held Mon
day evenings from 7:30 to 10
p.m. at the University College
of Medicine in Omaha. Tuesday
evening meetings will be held at
Ferguson Hall on the Lincoln cam
pus. Moderator of the seminar will
be Prof. George Ernst, director
cf the University Engineering Ex
periment Station.
Sneakers at the various sessions
will be Ro. Kasten, Driector of
research and assistant chief engi
neer of the Union Wire Rope Cor
poration of Kansas City, Mo.; Prof.
Linus Smith, chairman of the
department of architecture at the
University; Paul Sonderegger and
Vavden Anderson, both of Lincoln,
and Wayne Wilson of Omaha.
Several men representing Oma
ha architectural firms will parti
cipate in panel discussion. They
are: Russell Peterson .Vernon
Hill, W. C. Alsmeyer, Ted Balder
son, R. D. Reeves and Carl Nuss
rallah. The seminar will be sponsored
by the University College of Engi
neering and Architecture and the
Extension Division in cooperation
with the Portland Cement Association.
Anthropology:
fry To Comkci Study
On Human Composition
Edward Fry, instructor in An
thropology, is conducting a study
to determine the . composition of
the human body.
The study will attempt to dis
cover the amount of bone, muscle
and subcutaneous tissue in the
human body. Subcutaneous tissue
Is fat.
"One of the more pressing prob
lems in recent years in the fields
of medicine and physical anthro
pology is the determination of hu
man body composition," accord
ing to Fry.
, Many of the problems of
such an investigation cannot be
readily solved at present but the
determination of the total amount
cf subcutaneous tissue is fortu
nately fairly easy to solve," Fry
continued.
"We are trying to find out bow
much a person would weigh if fat
wasn't present," Fry said. "We
tit trying to find the norm for
an0. 27
House representatives will be
briefed on further details then.
The program for the evening
is as follows: 6:45, Dave Meisen
holder on the organ; 7:00, master
of ceremonies, Bill Norton; 7:15,
an exhibition by the judo team
from the Air Force Base; 7:40,
pistol shootinf exhibition by
Al Mart; 7:55, Bill Morton per
forming magic tricks; 8:00, wres
tling match between Mike Dibiase
and Joe Dusek, refereed by Tom
Novak; 8:30, Ivy League Style
Show and presentation of Door
Prizes; 9:00 Smorgasbord.
Jouralism:
Columnist
To Speak
At Banquet
A noted International News Serv
ice columnist will be principal
speaker at the Theta Sigma Phi'
banquet honoring women journal
ists in Nebraska April 6 at the
Union.
Phyllis Battelle, whose column
"Assignment America" is a daily
INS feature, has accepted the in
vitation to speak before the wom
en's professional journalism fra
ternity at the University.
Highlights of Miss Battelle's ca
reer include interviewing Gen.
Douglas MacArthur in Hawaii upon
his recall home, meeting Ingrid
Bergman in Rome, dining with the
King and Queen of Qreece in
Athens and following the Queen of
England on her Canadian tour.
She joined INS in New York as
a feature and fashions writer in
1947. She became INS woman's edi
tor several years later and in
January, 1955, took over her pres
ent column assignment.
In 1951, Miss Battelle was pre
sented the distinguished writing
award in the field of domestic news
by the New York Newspaper Wom
en's Club.
Main feature of this year's Theta
Sigma Phi banquet will be the
presentation of two "Women Jour
nalist of the Year" plaques and six
certificates to outstanding Nebras
ka newswomen.
Miss Beverly Deepe is chapter
president.
Snow Seen
In Nebraska
This Week
Heavy snow which would spread
over north and central Nebraska
was predicted
for the state
Monday.
N o r t h e rly
winds will be
responsible for
the b 1 o w i n g
and drifting
snow which
may accumu
late to as deep
as four inches,
the Weather
Bureau re
ported. Southeastern Nebraska was shed
uled to receive much colder tem
peratures today following much
needed showers Sunday afternoon.
High today is expected to reach
35 in some parts of the state.
All Kosmet Klub Spring Show
personnel are to gather in Par
lor "V" of the Union at S p.m.
today for a special meeting, ac
cording to Al Holberi, musical
director of the show.
balance between height and weight.
The present tables are set up from
1912 data of insurance compan
ies." The test to determine the amount
of fat tissue on the body is simple,
Fry stated. It consists of weigh
ing the subject and then measur
ing his shoulders, hips, waist,
arms, knees and height. A pair
of accurate calibrated spring
operated calipers are then used
to measure folds of skin that are
picked up at various places on the
body. The results form a stand
ard of comparison with similar
body composition studies now be
and research centers in Ohio,
Massachusetts, Minnesota and Eng
land. University students of both sex
es are needed to participate in
this study, according to Fry. Inter
ested students should call Exten
sion 4126 or come to Burnett Hall,
B-13 for an appointment.
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Spring Day Officials
Members of this year's Spring
Day committee (left to right)
Ken Wenrman, Sandy Kadle
chek, Dick Hagemeier (chair
man), Georganne Humphrey,
$1.5 Million Structure:
Trust fond To Provide
Mew MU krt
A new art museum will be con
structed on the University campus
with money made available through
a trust fund totalling more than
$1,500,000.
Miss Frances Sheldon of Lincoln,
a former University student and
patron of the art galleries, left six
farms in Central Nebraska to the
University for construction of an
art museum to replace the Morrill
Hall galleries. Miss Sheldon died
several years ago.
The money will be made avail
able to the University in the future
by A. B. Sheldon of Lexington,
Miss Sheldon's brother, who is
trustee for the estate. Sheldon,
who also attended the University,
said that the value of the property
should increase considerably by
the time the estate is closed.
Sheldon is making improvements
on the farms and adding to the
value of the estate left by his
sister. -
No decision has been reached
as to the location of the art mu
seum John Selleck, University
Business Manager, said, that deci
sion will probably be, made when
the money actually becomes avail
able to the University, he said.
Several locations are available
or will be available in the future,
he said. These sites include the
TU Zoologist
To Lecture
On Genetics
Dr. Robert Wagner, Department
of Zoology, University of Texas,
will be a guest lecturer Wednes
day, Thursday and Friday on the
F. E. Eldridge, Associate Direc
tor of Resident Instruction.
Dr. Wagner has written numer
ous scientific papers dealing with
genetics, Neurospora and Dro
sophila. He is also the senior au
thor of the book "Genetics and
Metabolism."
Three lectures have been sched
uled and Dr. Wagner will be avail
able at other times during his
stay, for consultations.
On Wednesday, at 4 p.m. in Keim
Hall Auditorium Dr. Wagner
vill speak on Autocatalysis and
Heterocatalysis. This talk will be
a general introduction outlining the
scope of physiological genetics and
will include the current concepts
of gene cuplication and communi
cation between nucleus and cyto
plasm. A talk on gene action will be
given Thursday at 4 p.m. in Mor
rill Hall Auditorium. This lecture
will deal mainly with Dt. Wagner's
own work on threonine, isoleuclne
and valine mutants. Also covered
in this leture will be material on
gene-enzyme relationships.
Dr. Wagner will again speak in
Keim Hall Auditorium on Friday
at 4 p.m. on gene interaction. This
lecture will be an interpretation
primarily at the biocbemial lev
er, of complementary genes, spi
stasis, suppressors and other top
ics. His visit is being sponsored by
the University's Genetics Institute
and Research Council.
Block and Bridle Club
The Block and Bridle Club will
hold an initiation March 28 at 7:30
p.m. in the Meats lab, according to
Harvey Jorgensen, club president.
Anyone wishing to join should fill
out an application blank before
Thursday noon. Blanks are avail
able in the Animal Husbandry
Building or through Roy Cada,
phone 6-2712.
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA
Dorothy Beechner and Jo Bend
er look over the campus for
possible areas to hold events.
This year's Spring Day will in
clude the Farmer's Fair, Union
Museum
land now occupied by University
buildings which will soon be torn
down, Pharmacy Hall and Ne
braska Hall; an area on the north
side of Vine St., between 16th and
17th; and an area east of the Ne
braska State Historical Society
Building.
Lincoln High Senior:
Ex-Native Of Latvia
Civen $2,000 Award
A boy who spent five of his
first 10 years in a German refugee
camp and came to the United
States less than eight years ago
with only a stumbling knowledge
of English was announced Friday
as the winner of a $2,000 scholar
ship in chemistry at the Univer
sity. He is Andris Staklis, 18, a na
tive of Latvia and one of the
high ranking students who will
graduate from Lincoln high school
this spring. "
Dr. E. Roger Washburn, chair
man, of the University depart
ment of chemistry and chemical
engineering, said the scholarship
is worth $500 a year aad is re
newable for four years provided
Andris' academic work is satisfac
tory and his interest in chemistry
prevails.
The scholarship is provided by
the National Starch CXO., Inc., of
New York City. Andris was se
lected from a field of more than
100 top-flight Nebraska chemistry
students on the basis of an ex
amination, his school record, and
recommendations from science
teachers.
When he enters the University
next fall, Andris will be one of
two students attending with help
from the scholarship. Two stu
dents are currently using it: Rus
sell Nielsen, one of the top senior
chemistry students at the Univer
sity, and a sophomore Lloyd
Luckenbach. The award is made
every other year.
Andris has only one regret about
the scholarship. His mother, Mrs.
Robert Staklis, died last Decem
ber without knowing that his way
to the University was assurred.
At 18, Andris has a story-book
record. At five he fled with his
lamiiy irom tne Russians in a
covered wagon. The Staklises were
Latvian farmers and Mr. Staklis,
the father, held a college degree
in agriculture.
After five years in a refugee
camp in Germany during World
War II,- the Staklis family the
parents, a daughter and two sons
gained passage to the U.S. They
spent six months in South Caro
lina, another six on a farm near
York and then came to Lincoln.
Andris had one year of English
iu a third-grade school in Ger
many but had little trouble mak
ing his way in American schools.
He attended Capitol school, Ever
ett Junior High, and Lincoln High
and chalked up, excellent grades
all along. His high school average
is about 92 per cent.
About four years ago, Andris be
came interested in chess. With 18
months' experience at the game
he entered the U.S, national Jun
ior tournament held in Lincoln and
tied for fourth place. He held a
table tennis championship at Lin
coln High, is a member of the
tennis team, and sings with a
school choir. Last year he was
St I
Nebraskan Photo
Eirthday Party and a host of
events. Tuesday, the Faculty
Senate granted one full day for
the 1957 Spring Day.
Whisker Contest
Applications Open
The annual Ag Whisker King
Contest will be held in conjunction
with Spring Day this year, ac
cording to Otto Schipporite, Farm
er's Fair Events Chairman
er's Fair Events Chairman.
The contest will begin Tuesday,
March 19. AH wishing 'to partici
pate may register Tuesday between
9 a.m. and 4 p.m. at either the
Ag or City Union. Contestants must
be clean shaven when they register.
Judging of the beards will be
during the week prior to Spring
Day, to be held May 3.
cice president of his school's sci
ence club.
Andris' interest in science was
spurred by a chess-playing friend
and his high school chemistry
teacher, LeRoy Colson. The chess
player gave Andris some element
ary instruction in astronomy. To
learn more, Andris read a book
on atomic physics and in the pro
cess he became intensely interest
ed in chemistry.
Andris works after school and
on Saturdays for a grocery com
pany. He expects to receive his
U.S. citizenship inMay. His broth
er, John, received an electrical
engineering degree from the Uni
versity a year ago and is now in
the Navy. His sister, Biruta, who
also attended the University, is
now Mrs. Donald Loy, the wife of
a University graduate student.
CouHeay Lincoln Star
STAKLIS
Foster Parent Plan:
'ororily Financially Adopts Greek
Kappa Kappa Gamma has fi
nancially "adopted" Yannoula Biti,
a 16-year-old Greek girl, through
Foster Parents' Plan.
The program has rehabilitated
more than 78,000 children on a per
sonal basis since its founding in
1937.
"Adoption through the Plan is fi
nancial, not legal. Each foster
parent contributes $15 monthly for
one year. To encourage a personal
relationship between the parent
and child, the parent receives the
history of the child, a photograph
and letters from the child,
Yannoula has light brown hair,
worn in braids, sparkling black
eyes and a friendly smile. She is
truthful, friendly, cooperative,
polite and likeable. In school her
teacher reports "Yannoula is a
very good pupil, alert, intelligent
and diligent."
Through this plan, Yannoula re
ceives monthly parcels of food and
clothing, medical care and attends
NUCWA Chooses
Session Candidates
Five candidates have been chos
en for governor, lieutenant gover
nor and secretary of state of the
NUCWA Mock Legislative Session
to be held March 27, 28, and. 29,
Biff Keyes, president, announced
Saturday.
An all-campus election Tuesday,
March 26 will select the governor,
lieutenant governor and secretary
of state, according to Keyes. The
candidates chosen are: Jack Pol
lock, Managing Editor of the Daily
Nebraskan, University Young Re
publicans Club, Sigma Delta Chi
pledge, member of Sigma Nu and
a junior in Business Administra
tion; John Nelson, Innocents, pres
ident of Corn Cobs, Secretary of
Kosmet Klub, CCRC, and a senior
in Arts and Sciences.
Sara Alexander, Home Ec Club,
YWCA cabinet, member of Pi Beta
Phi and a junior in Agriculture;
Janice Larsen, Phi Upsilon Omi
cron, President of Zeta Tau Alpha,
Pan Hellenic council delegate and
a junior in Agriculture; and Dave
Mossman, AUF Board, Student
Council, Kosmet Klub, a member
of Phi Delta Theta and a junior
in Teachers College.
The candidates for lieutenant
governor: Bob Ireland, News Edi
tor of the Daily Nebraskan, pub
licity chairman of the IFC, pub
licity chairman of Spring Day,
Kosmet Klub vrorker, member of
Sigma Chi and a sophomore in
Arts and Sciences; George Moyer,
Copy Editor of the Daily Nebras
kan, member of the debate team,
NUCWA, YMCA, member of Kap
pa Sigma and a sophomore in Arts
and Sciences.
Sara Jone, News Editor of the
Daily Nebraskan, member of the
debate team, YWCA, member of
Alpha Xi Delta and a sophomore
in Arts and Sciences; Bob Swan
son, president of Selleck House,
RAM Council, and a senior in
Business Administration; and Tom
Nevotti, Builders, Kernels, Union,
a member of Delta Tau Delta and
a freshman in Arts and Sciences.
The candidates for secretary of
state are: Hal Hoff, Red Cross,
YMCA, NUCWA, a member of
Kappa Sigma and a freshman in
engineering; Betty Parks, trea
surer of CCRC, NUCWA Board,
YWCA, a member of Kappa Delta
and a junior in home economics;
Kathryn McCrory, Red Cross
Board, Union, a member of Pi
Beta Phi and a sophomore in
Teacher's College.
Mary McXnight, vice-president
of junior Pan Hellenic Council,
secretary of the Young Republican
Club, AUF, Builders, a member of
Delta Gamma and a sophomore
in Arts and Sciences; and Jane
Lumbard, Young Republicans,
member of Alpha Chi Omega and
a senior in Teachers College.
Originally only three candidates
were to be chosen for each office
but the number was expanded to
five in order to allow greater
representation of cambus organiza
tions, Keyes said.
Keyes also announced the organ
izations which have been awarded
legislative districts. Nine districts
still have not been claimed. Organ
izations and their districts are:
district 1, Pi Beta Phi; district 2,
Alpha Tau Omega; district 3, Sig
Dr. Glen Richards
To Talk Next Week
Graduate students in physiology
and related fields at the Univer
sity next week have the opportu
nity of hearing Dr. Glen Rich
ards, one of the nation's authori
ties in microscopy.
Dr. Richards, professor on en
tomology and economic zoology at
the University of Minnesota's In
stitute of Agriculture, will present
three lectures: the first at noon
Monday, Room 104 Plant Industry
building; the second at 1 p.m.
Tuesday, Room 213 Beswy Hall,
and the third at noon, again in the
Plant Industry building.
His appearance on the campus
is sponsored by the Nebraska In
stitute for Cellular Research and
the Department of Physiology
with funds provided by the Coop
er and University Foundation.
school which is not free in Greece.
Also her mother receives a small
cash grant each month to help
toward Yannoula's home needs.
The Foster Parents Plan has just
launched its 20th Anniversary
Drive to find foster parents for the
thousands of still needy youngsters
NU Faculty Drive
Extended 2 Weeks
The All University Faculty Drive
which was scheduled to end Friday
has been extended (wo weeks
that all faculty members will
have an opportunity to contrib
ute, according to Nan Carlson, fac
ulty solicitations charlman.
Letters have been mailed to the
faculty members reminding them
of the drive and iniitrurllni; them
as to where to send their con
tribution she said
Monday, March 18, 1957
ma Alpha Mu; district 4, Bessey
House; district 5, Avery House;
district 6, Sigma NU I; district
7, Independent VII; district 8,
Delta Upsilon I; district 9, Delta
Upsilon II; district 10, Theta Xi;
district 11, Seaton n; district 12,
Gamma Phi Beta; district 14,
Boucher House; district 15, Inde
pendent I; district 16, Independent
II; district 17, Independents VI;
district 18, Sigma Chi; district 19,
Selleck Hcise; district 20, Inde
pendent IV; district 21, Political
Science Independents; district 22,
Alpha Xi Delta; district 23, Acacia;
district 24, Independent III; dis
trict 27, Alpha Chi Omega; district
29, Zeta Tau Alpha; district 30,
Sigma NU II, district 31, Delta
Tau Delta; district 39, Independent
V; district 41, Kappa Delta; dis
trict 42, Manatt House; and dis
trict 43, Delta Delta Delta.
Sunday:
Coneer
I O Kfl'
Travel
The University Symphonic Band
will visit four Nebraska towns
Thursday and Friday, completing
its annual Spring tour with a con
cert at the Union next Sunday at
3 p.m.
Directed by Wesley Reist, in
structor of woodwinds, the band
will present the following concerts:
Thursday Bellevue High School
auditorium, 2:30 p.m.; and Louis
ville High School auditorium, 8
p.m.
Friday Stanton High School
auditorium, 1 p.m.; and Albion
High School auditorium, 8 p.m.
Soloists for the Nebraska tour
and Lincoln concert will be Jack
McKie, trumpet, who will play
Haydn's "Concerto for Trumpet";
and Wendell Friest, trombone, who
will play Rimsky-Korsakov's "Con
certo for Trombone and Band."
Other pieces on the program
are:
Overture to La Forza del Des
tino, Verdi; Les Preludes, Liszt;
Suite for Concert Band, Kechley;
An Original Suite for Military
Band, Jacob; Peachtree Promen
ade, Gillis; Kentucky-1800, Grund
man; and Beguine for Band, Os-
ser.
The University Symphonic Band
consists of 80 members, who are
selected after tryouts from some
200 applicants.
Radio Students
Complete State
'Name' Series
A group of University radio stu
dents working in cooperation with
the Nebraska State Historical So
ciety have completed a series of
eleven radio programs dramatiz
ing the origin of Nebraska plact
names.
The series is being aired by
five Nebraska stations, WJAG,
Norfolk; KCOW, Alliance; KODY,
North Platte; KOLT, Scottsbluff,
and KRVN, Lexington. The Nor
folk statiion is using the program
for in-school broadcast instruc
tion. Preparation and . production of
the series were supervised by Dr.
Clarence Flick, director of the
Speech Department's radio-television
division; Norman Francis,
graduate assistant; and Mrs. Phyl
lis Winkelman, Historical Society
consultant.
Students participating in the
project include Gladys Evans;
Charles Patrick; Leroy Rockwell;
Bill Raecke; George Raymer; Ter
ry Cochran; Bill Cooper; Keith
Williams; Ken Kopta; Lewis Beck;
and Bob Martel.
overseas and make 1957 the best
year they have ever known.
"We are indeed grateful to
Kappa Kappa Gamma for giving
Yannoula this wonderful gift of
hope and help," declared Miss
Gloria Matthews, Director of the
Plan in the U.S. and Canada.
"We earnestly hope that every
one who reads this story will ex
tend a helping hand to a destitute
child somewhere. We shall be
happy to send full Information on
how to help a child in Europe,
Korea, or Viet Nam If a group
writes to Foster Parent's Plan,
352 Fourth Avenue, New York
city," Miss Matthews added.
Foster Parent's Plan Is a non
profit, non-propaganda, non-sectarian,
independent, government-approved
relief organization which
provides children who are or
phaned, distressed or otberwk
made destitute with the care, edu
cation, and moral support the
ficcd,
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