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the Huskers Vanquished Page 3 Frat Wars Mar Rally Page 4 Vol. 32, No. 5 Lincoln, Nebraska Monday, September 23, 1937 raom ft m j i tB MM Bt t& M 2 U tl Li xl 1 - ! if r rlf i I 'vi S" 1 1 I? m ;-t - n.ni ' i l h v s Hr" i .4 . , f -' - - I , iii j:4. t I ? 'i . -v j IMiiiiiniiiiiMiiiiiMiiMmmiiMnimniiimnn mi i "' ' mi iiwiii'i "" I if ' mi i tii r"riirniiiiiii iim m u iimn in m i ) i innmii inmiinriuM Cop Commodity Collapses: Beanie Tradition Fading Fast On Nebraska Campus An -old college tradition is appar ently waning on the University ampu. The scarlet beanie with white graduation numeral which has been the identifying mark of University freshmen for many years is fad ing fast from the campus scene. In the all of 19"0, well over 1,200 freshman beanies were sold by Coed Counselors and Innocents dur ing New Student Week activities. Sales this year are behind last year's total of 575 after a week Mortar Board To Instigate Bachelor Plan The 'Mortar Boards are instigat ing a new plan for the nomination and selection of the annual campus Eligible Bachelors according to Shari Hall, treasurer of the group. In order that the six traditional bachelors might be presented to the campus tnrougn uie luiiuiu- er, the contest will be held a se- mester earlier this year, Miss Hall reported. j Miss Hall explained that in order for an organized house to nominate eligible bachelors it must have at least one Corn Cob worker. Starting ten days before Thanks- Innocents, senior men's honorary giving the only sales of year books for Homecoming and Ivy Day ex will be through these workers, ; penses. Miss Hall stated. For each 25 books an organized house sells, according to Miss Hall, It may nominate one candi date for eligible bachelor. The members of Mortar Board will interview the contestants on Tuesday December 11 in the "Union and seiect 12 from the group. Six eligible bachelors will then be selected by four local oeleb reties, Miss Hall said. Bev Buck, editor of the Corn busker which is co-sponsoring the contest, stated that the twelve nominees to be picked by the Mor- j tar Board, will tentatively be an- j iiomiced at the Coed Follies. Miss Buck stated she hoped that the University students would show j as much enthusiam for the bach- j elors as the normal interest In the annual campus beauty queens. Last year's eligible bachelors were Bill Hatcher, Gary Dough erty, Larry Epstein, Jim Kubaki, ( Ron Nathan, and Bill Thomson. Others nominated were Claude Borrenkman, Charles Tsnukalas, Billie Joe Reed, James walker, Jim Souders and Ned Nadiri. Square Dancers To Meet Friday A free dance will be sponsored by the University Square Dancers on Friday at 8 p.m. in the Ag Col lege Activities Building. "This dunce will be held to ac quaint students with the activities of University Dancers," Mary Seberger, publicity chairman, said. Professional cullers will be hired, however anyone who has done previous caliing may attend. 4-H Club Meeting Slated Wednesday The University 4-H Club will hold a free watermelon feed nt the Col lege Activities Building on Wednes day at 7 p.m. A sock-hnp will follow the feed. .Purpose of the water melon feed is to Introduce freshmen who ure intnrested in -H.Tnrmnr members are also Invited, Mtss Seberger aaid. TOIXOCK , . , whs -ri At, 1th bennies? of school, according to Jack Pol lock, beanie-drive ohairman for the Innocents. What has weakened the tradition is uncertain. Beginning in 1950 when 1,2BS were sold, each year has shown a slight decrease to a to tal of l,0f,5 in 1955. The big d.rop came m 1936 when only 575 were sold. Approximately 550 have been sold on oampus thus far this year. In the year's past both the Coed j Counselors and Innocents sold the ' red and white helmets but, due to j iacK oi jiaies, Mea ixwnseiors dropped their beanie-selling pro gram this year. In the "'good old" days, before the time of Ivy League slouch hats, it was unheard of not to wear a freshman beanie Wintil the first snowfall it was mandatory. Nearly every fraternity on the campus required freshman pledges j to display their beanies proudly as part of each group's pledge-training i . program. ! , ! j The frosh had only one alternative I winning a tug-of-war from sopho-, mores at the Homecoming football game, provided snow had not al- '"uj uvc.cu uic k.uuuu. This year only six of the 24 frat- .entities are requiring their fresh - reay ooverea tne grouna. man pledges to wear beanies. I or ; most of the remainder, it is op- tional Pollock said beanie sales provide a major source of income for the Honorary Producer Contest Announced ""All the organized houses on campus are being given an op portunity to help both themselves and a worthy campus activity," Charles Weatherford said today as he announced that invitations to NU Theater To Sponsor Open House University Theater takes time out from rehearsals Friday night to sponsor Its annual open house. The Howell Theater doors will swing open at seven o'clock for all interested students and faculty members. The 'Open house is sponsored by Masquers, the dramatics honorary. According to Charles "Skip" Weath erford, Masquers' president, the program will be in three parts: (1) An introductory half hmir during which visitors will be tak en on a tour oi tne fioweu Theater facilities, often called the most up-to-date theater plant this side of the Mississippi. Dur ing this time slides of past pro ductions will be on display. (2) A series of acts illustrat ing the various phases of the entertainment arts. Weatherford said that this segment would emphasize not only drama but all tlie forms of entertainment thut might he seen on a stage. (3) A brief sociul period following. Coffee and doughnuts will be served, and, as Weather ford stated, any Masquer will be happy to answer questions relat ing to University Theater. Liivda Beal, MasquerB social Chairman, emphasized that the open house will end eurly, permit ting those who have mude other plans for the evening to keep those plana. Fulbright Deadline Set For Study Abroad Students interested in graduate study abroad during the Academ ic year 3958-59 have until Oct, SI, to file .applications or Ful bright Fellowships. Application forms and Addition al information may be secured in the Graduate College office, Social Science in. Applicants roust be citizens -of the I'Tilted Slates, preferably un der 35 years of age, and must -h"1 " fcwhelors degree fcy S-p- tember 1958. In addition ach applicant must have a Icnowlcdge of the country in 'which be x pects to work. mm p OTeCOSteTS Predict Warm Temperatures The weather bureaa predicts temperatures in the 70s for Lin co'hlar'a Monday. A prevailing al mlIlfe t"a : ... J prevail oyer m 0 g t 0r te wp(1jc ' . . i)h ., h , jnoT'therly j w i n d s were : ajsr; predicted Dy the local ! forecasters. Weekend pie- nic weather was marred only in j scattered areas around the state 1 including Valentine. North Platte and Scottsbluff which reported light rains. """" i,,cuc ary Producer .campaign have been . '. . j The invitations ask that each. house nominate a candidate for Honorary Producer and sell Uni versity Theatre season tickets to support that candidate. The two houses selling the most tickets in proportion to membership will be winners. These houses will each receive a trophy and the picture of the two producers will be printed in eacn tneatre program. Weatherford, president of Mas quers, said that selling tickets should be easier this year than ever before. "We have planned perhaps the most popular season we have ever had," he said. University Theatre will produce "What Every Woman Knows," "Ondine," "The Teahouse of the August Moon, The Lark," and "The Old Maid and the Thief," an opera. Weatheriord noiea that three of these shows were top suc cesses on Broadway, that another is an bid favorite which has been going strong lor many years and thut the opera is by one of the most exciting of young composers, Cinn-Curlo Menotti, whose musical play '"The OonBul" was a bigh point of the University Theatre season three yours ago. He also stated that the bargain price of season tickets should make the selling job easy. "The cost of individual tickets will be $1.50. But by buying a season tick et, tht purchaser gets five seats for five dollars a saving of $2.5(1. More than that, if a group buys ten or more tickets, they get them for Jour dollars apiece." Re-stating the advantages of par ticipation in the campaign, "Weath erford said that the publicity con nected with the campaign and with the holding of the Honorary Pro ducer post should be of value to any house and individual An accelerated research pro gram is reflected in the more than a half-million dollars in grants ac cepted Saturday morning by the University's Board of Regents. Received since June L the 48 grants total $556,9, which com- , pares with sw.tjuu received iasx year at this time and $24n,ooo m 1955. Dean John Weaver, research ad ministrator, said: "I would certainly be willing to predict, on the basis f the total grants so far received, that our outside support for research will exceed one million dollars this year for the first time." Last year s 12-monUi total was $.138,415. Dean Weaver also reported that of the grants received in the past umi ..i.. , - v - inn wn tn the Cnllepe of Medi- cine; 19 per cent to the College of Arts and Sciences; 11 per cent to i versity Boara of Regents. The ap the College of Agriculture; five pointments include five associate per cent to the Graduate College : professors, a personnel director, and -one per cent to the College of ! and a staff physician. Dentistry. He noted that the unusually high percentage of grants to the Medi cal College was the result of the U.S. Public Health Service being Two Profs To Receive Citations Two University staff members will receive 'Certificates -of Appre- -since 3949. He received his medical chief of the clinical psychology ciatinn for 25 years of serivce to degree in 1545 from University of training unit at the Veterans Ad the institution at the .annual Facul-' Pennsylvania. ministration Hospital at Downey, ty Homecoming Dinner Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. in the Union Ballroom. The recipients will be: Dr. Donald Dysinger,, professor and ohairman of the department of psychology. He joined the facul ty in 1931! as an assistant ;jnstrnc tor. In 1947, be ras named chair man of the department and in 194B elevated to the rank of professor.. I James Adams, superintendent 'Of I the North Platte Experiment Sta tion. Mr. Adams joined the staff as county extentaon agent :m ttvq Isnvinff in H45 Tn Mnrrh 394fii he was named superintendent of the experiment station. ChanceDor Clifford Hardin wiH speak at the dinner. Other events on the program include: recogni tion of staff members who hare retired during the past year; in troduction of new staff members and musical selections by ;new members of the music department "Book Nook To Feature New Mags Forty current magazines a r i now available in the Union Book Nook, according to Dorothy Beech-1 ! ner, Union Board member. Some j of the nine new subscriptions are j C a t o n e 4, National Geographic, ! Saturday Review of Literature, -lldnals and i;.S. News and World ; Repra. . . In addition to the magazines, the -Rnnfa- KJnnk hnnstR a larpe librarv of books and daily copies of many state papers. Forty n ew books were also added this year, The Book "Nook is located in the northeast corner of the mam floor of the Union. The Union Activities (Committee welcomes any University student to read in the Book Nook during the 'hours ! that the mkm & ,ope,n. Dr. Dukelow To Address PE Meeting Donald Dukelow, MH, consul tant in health and fitness for the American Medical Association, will speak at a physical education convocation at HI a.m., Mondlay, in Boom 320, Burnett Hall. Dr. Dukelow will speak on "Health and Fitness" and all stu dent and faculty members are in vited to attend according :to C 1. Wear of the men's physical -edu cation department. Dr. Dukelow, who is in town to sneak at the "Nebrwika Public Health Association banquet, is a member of the Committee on Heulth Problems in Education of the National Education Association and the American Medical Asso ciation. Delta Phi Delta Delta Phi Delta, national art honorary, announced its new in itiates Friday. They, are: James Ernst, Gwen Knutzman, Dick Moses, Irene Nielsen, Mary Peck and Micheal Smith. The announcement was made by Freda Spaulding, faculty advisor to the 'Organization. one of the first major Federal agencies to complete agreements with educational institutions this fiscal year. Dean Weaver said that last year about 42 per cent of the total grants were for Medical College projects and he felt that the per- j and an "area mental health team," The largest grant was $74,429 centage would move toward this j the program hopes to provide psy-; from the Public Health Service to proportion for the present year chiatric services to a rural area Dr. C L Wittson, director of th when the records are complete. : comparable to those found in j Nebraska Psychiatric Institute, Among the new grants cctpti j more highly org-aniaed urban cen-' for graduate training in psychia were these from the Public Health I ters. il try. This is a continuation grant. Mew Staff Members Gets Board Approval appointments approved Saturday, by the Uni- ... . , The new personnel director is . i Roy Loudon, Jr, who has sen-ed as insurance and retirement 'of ficer at the University since 3955. Mr. Loudon replaces Clarence Mol- ; er, who resigned to eroter prirate 1 business. He received both his unfl Ptrrw . .... business administration from the j Unn'ersity. . The new staff physician, con- nected with the Student Health Sert-ices, is Dr. Lome Brown, who has been superintendent and chief :Of medical services at Southern Baptist Hospital, Ajloun, Jordon, The new associate professors are:: Regents Accept Grant For Psychiatric Building Nebraska's mental tealth pro- S took antbei- stride forward !'Of Regents accepted a $2(10,0(10 I grant from the U.S. Department or weaicn, aucaiion ana weirare institute now has a -'going . 1 c y'"1' for a two-story research pavilion research program.'" : tor -using aa lexperimental teaclung at the Nebraska Psychiatric In-. ' . . . program in the instructing of in stitute in Omaha. :. 'Howler, we find ourselves surance courses. The total construction and equip- ,.. r . , - x , , , , .... M . tion and blocked from further de ment expense of the addition will , - , r , . n -i fl nrtmtk ftt,rvi t-riuii S25.0O0 .each from the University and Board of Control, joint oper- ators 'Of the Institute; and $150,000 from an anonymous donor. The addition will be used for T.!,rr.h in mflntui hnKifn or.fl lated areas. The structure will lit Thompson To Dhcuss WAC Program lit. Martha Thompson of the WAC officer branch of Headquar- , ter Fifth Amy .m visit ,campus j Thursday to discuss with students the onnortunities of the women's officer program. To meet a continuing need for j WAC officers, the Army is offering I qualified women college graduates direct reserve commissions as lieu - tenants, according to !Lt. Thornp - ; son and the opportunity to start ; their career in the Army as junior : executives." A career as a 'WAC officer is i really marry careers in one," Lt. KuCWA, the Nebraska Umver-; The mass meeting is lor iui idu Thompson reported." She works ; sity Council on "World Affairs has ; tversity students, and those inter side by side with male officers I changed the location of their j sted 'in world affairs .are especial cm staff and administrative assign- j Tuesday night mass meeting, ac- ly encouraged to attend, according ments which contribute to the de- curding to Gary Eodgers, Vice to Eon Warholoski, rice-president fense strength of our country." president in charge of programs, j in charge of publicity. WAC offk rs receive the same salarv, starting at 270 a month, Lt. Thompson, stated. YMCA Schedules Wednesday Meet City Campus TMCA will bold an .organizational meeting at t p.m. Wednesday an the Union, ac cording to George Mayer., presi dent. All Hast year's T members plus anyone interested in campus serv- . ice and christ'.an ieEowship are asked to attend. NU Rodeo Club To Meet Wednesday The first meeting of the Univer sity Eodeo Club will be held Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. in the TV Lounge of the Ag Union. Keith Ttedinbaugh, president of the club, suid purpoHe of the meet ing lis ito acquaint all University students 'with the club's actrvities. Other club officers include: War ren Mitchell, vice-president ; Mickey Hellburg, Itreusurer; and Ray Beerline, secretary. A pub licity chairman will be appointed at the meeting, Eeduibaugh said. Service to the Nebraska Psychia-. trie Institute: j $50,058 for a comprehensive psy-1 chiatric service to 11 Panhandle ; counties, directed by Dr. Thaddeus : Krush and Dr. Joe Martin. By using a conventional clinic team i Dr. X. M. Shahani of the dairy ; iners in Professional Psychology, husbandry department, a research Cnher action by the Board in associate since 1953 at Ohio State eluded; University's department of dairy 1 Named Dr. Marvel L. Baker, technology. m-bo recently returned as chief of Dr. Mildred Jean Davis of home Nebraska mission in Turkey. 1 1 tPsr.iT1r nd hnusinfr weareh She : o -O has heeQ research sastant at Cornell University for the past three years. Boletha Frojen of vocational ed- cucation department, a member of j!be nniversitxr f HsTrflS facultv " - Ior TOur vears. rf department (0f psychology, clinical psychologist t the Veterans Administration Hospital at Lyons, N..Y. since 1953. Dr. Sol L. Garfield of medical psychology department and chief psychologist for the Nebraska Psy- chiatric Institute.. He h"s been HI, since 3951. He is a diplomate of the American Board of Exam ' have over-all dimensions of 43 feet . by lfiO feet and a floor space of umc jcw w coljj mi two floors. the j j. Wlttscin, .director, said i space to accommodate personnel pposa Z Sfiarch VBvdim prcn':fle j spaoe- I "Connected to the existing psy- chiatric institute .and .adjacent to ' other clinical facilities on the Col- lege af Medicine icampus, it wiH greatly Kpand our opportunity to contribute to 'basic and applied re search in mental and neurological diseases." Dr. Wittson said it would pro vide an area in which specialists from several disciplines could work togfcu.ier. ""It would permit the use of new investigative methods pres- 1 ently impossible for us, such as j isotopes. He added that it would allow iar more medical students to re- :.nanw mmiB "! -na wr mm had applications from 20 medical students iour times as many as ; We were able to accommodate." j j : ry II Wnflfi Itfmr L-QUnCII w mw w w m m m Picks New Meeting Site : This change was necessitated ny j : the large expected attendance, : The meeting is now noheduled for room S15 uf the Union at 7:30 : p.m. Tuesday. j Dr. A. C. Breckenridge, dean of i f acuities, will be the featured speaker. Dean Breckenridge will give a hnrt t.Rlk Htmirt. XLtacurk University to ;be followed by question and anrwer period. Dr.. Breckenridge recently re turned from a ao-day inspection tour of Ataturk UM the Univer- sity's sister institution located in Berauerum in Eastern Turkey. The Univeisity IX:J&. Internation al Co-operation Administration has a contract with the Turkish govarnment to Jurnish technical assistance to the present Unive sity of Ankara and to ihelp stab lish a new University iof Ataturk. The University .of Ataturk is ru., ftr ftrrwrir-nnlBTifl rrant schools, a type not common in M 1 'be otm the .agenda Jar Ibe Europe, .and the University is "help-! ening, as will be fi mtroduo ing to work out a curriculum and i tiona of the club's new ffjoer and is .doing much rf the administra-1 board members, tive and organizational wtB'k. The ISew members are encouraged University iias 37 staff members . to attend this meeting t be a in Turkey under Ihis program at j signed to committees Jar the com tlie present time, iing year. $37,537 for training the graewl practitioner in the treatment of oobolics and the use of local faciV ties as clinics in when to treat these patents. The program be directed by Drs. Jackson Smith and La Vera Strough. a UCOU tjl 4U,1A.U,I.U,S r ,rf..- llJU LJl ilj t.Vi Vl UWUW MUaUAJUiJ Dr. Baker will assist the animal sciences departments and the Tur- kish University program. Appointed Mrs. Olga N. Sheldon fincfi..-fc,!ite r. . . . , lor me Frances sjieiaaa irusi m order to transfer assets, estimated at $1J xniHioiL, to the University for use in building a mew art gal lery. She succeeds her husband, A. B. Sheldon, who died recently, as trustee. Signed a petition asking the City ujuuj a uju icu omu street xrom aoiarege m Aaami street In effect, the petition does not financially obligate the Uni versity. The street borders the east edge of the College of Agri culture campus. Accepted an agreement with th Governmental Research Institute, Inc., which would make possible the appointment of a political sci ence professor as director of the non-profit educational organization. The Institute collects, analyzes, and reports facts essential far eon- " J" f policy, me new appointee wouia succeed Dr. J. G, W. Lewis, who is approaching retirement age. ' Atft?!1 0M rmt i Accepted fi : which about a resignations, of third were from ff inraberfc toduded E.. Hugh Dickinson, associate pro fessor of neurology and psychiatry who accepted the directorship of Pinel Foundation in Seattle, Wash. Debate Squad Members Sought Any students interested in joining the University debtate team wh9 were unable to attend the Thurs day night meeting should contact Don Olson, debate coach, at Boom 201 Temple. About thirty prospective debaters : turned out for the first meeting. ftbou en more are needed, Olson 1 ebmL. j The oollege debate 'question this -ie saniMl fhat iwmtai ' ship in a labor organization, as a 'condition of mploj-ment should be iilkgaL'" w - The club's activities fur the past year will be reviewed and a Abort talk will be given by Biff Keyes, XTJCWA president, CTplainmg SU CWA's actrvities and purpoBes. A report -on activities, canfer- ; ences and meetings planned lor 'the corning year will be jrven. ; KUCWA wili noid inre coscer- b 1 nces this 3ear a conferenof for 'high school students interesteS an world affairs, a aonferenoe rf c al lege students an 'world affairs tr canizations ihrougbout Kebraska and a modal Unites Sataons Will ne aui-wa'a sprmg icanierenee aar University students. The modal United JJations will be operated much like the snoM Unicameral Legislature teld last spring and the model political con tention lield a year ago. A report -on She 5TUCWA spnn- ored Fall Fareign Studsni Picnic