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Vol. 32, No. 7
Lincoln, Nebraska
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Honorary Producer Cups
The trophies that will be
awarded to the houses winning
the University Theater's Hono
rary Producer Campaign are
NU Theater Names
Ticket Deadline
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University
Theater Sets
Open House
Friday night's edition of the an
nual University Theater open house
should be one of the best in years,
according to Bonna Tebo, chair
man of the event.
According to Miss Tebo, "The
purpose of the open house is to
acquaint incoming freshmen with
our sei-up at Howell Theater, but
also to enable audience members
from other years to take a step
behind the scenes."
The open house will begin at
7:00 p.m., Friday evening. A re
view featuring many types of en
tertainment which are presented
from the stage will be the feature
of the evening.
The local chapter of Masquers,
national dramatics honorary, will
present two skits: A satirical pre
sentation of "Death to a Sales-
man - wan joe hui, nijuis cnaraiare bging given an opportunity to:
Blankry, Len Schropfer and Skip help themseives and a worthy j
Weatherford; and a cutting from j c us activity
"Life With Father" presented by . TT . t , , . . , , '
Bill Gnu.se, Bonna Tebo, a n d els . state,d hh J
Steve Schu tz. In addition the re-. selling should be consider-
view will display a pair of inter ab'y fsier for the houses this s
pretative dances by Sally Wengert ! 'ea,r because e hav,e P,anned
and Noel Schoenrock and two songs 1 PerhaPs the most popular season j
by Betty Lester j we have ever had- ;
Master of ceremonies will be1 Productions this year will include ;
Charles "Skip" Weatherford who:" Every Woman Knows
will interweave his patter with "Ondine," "The Teahouse of the.
magic tricks and mind reading. ! August Moon, The Lark and ;
Dave Meisenholder will . aecorr.p-j an opera "The Old Maid and the!
any with organ music. Thief." j
In addition to the review the Weatherford added that the bar-1
open house will feature a tour of
the two-year-old Howell Memorial
Theater, one of the most modern
theater plants in the Mid-west. Dur
ing this tour, pictures of past pro
ductions will be on display in the
Howell Theater lobby.
Following the tour and the re
view, coffee will be served in the
lower lobby of the theater.
i story
emic Told
By GEORGE MOVER
Copy Editor
About two months ago, the U.S.
Health Service, after carefully ob
serving outbreaks of a new variety
of influenza, issued a warning to
health services around the nation
to be on the alert for an epidemic
outbreak of the disease this fall.
Thus began one of the most un
usual healtn projects ever under
taken in the history of man.
The campaign is a milestone.
For the first time, man has warn
ing of an impending epidemic. A
vaccine has been developed and it
is in production before the di
sease begins to attack.
The report from the American
Hospital Association reads, "An
extensive outbreak of so-called
'Asian' influenza is probable in
this country in the fall and winter
of 57 and 58." Cases have already
been reported in many states and
there have been outbreaks where
there were crowded living condi
tions. Influenza has been known for
centuries under a variety of names
but, except for the great epidemic
of 1918, the illness is regarded
ijgnuy. itecenuy a new iype n
virus has dveeloped in' Asia. The
population of the United States
has not been recently exposed to
the virus and therefore, has al
most no immunity to it.
To date the disease, in Asian
countries where it has occurred,
has been of high incidence, rapid
shown above. The title of Hono
rary Producer enjoys a ten year
tradition on the Nebraska cam
pus. Last year's winners were
Wednesday is the last day for
organized houses to enter Univer
sity Theater's Honorary Producer
campaign, according to Joe Hill,
who is chairman of the theater's
campus ticket campaign.
Invitations to enter the contest
were sent to all organized houses
last week. The entrance cards en
closed with those invitations must
be mailed today, Hill said.
The Honorary Producer cam
paign is a ten-year tradition on
campus. Each year houses have
been asked to nominate a member
as their candidate and to support
that candidate by selling Univer
sity Theater season tickets. The
two houses selling the most tickets
in proportion to membership are
declared winners.
Last year the winning houses
were Alpha Xi Delta and Theta
Xi.
The two Honorary Producers re
ceive trophies for their houses, and
their pictures appeared in each
University Theater program.
Charles "S k i p" Weatherford,
president of Masquers, was quoted ;
Mondav as savine. "The houses !
earn price oi season ticKeis snouia
also make them attractive to po- j
iciiuai iuwmcn.
dividual tickets will be $1.50. But
by buying a season ticKet, tne pur
chaser gets five seats for five dol
lars a saving of $2.50. More than
that, if a group buys ten or more
tickets, they get them for four
dollars apiece."
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sDread. short duration, mild ill
ness and almost no mortality or
complications. However, the fear
is that complications could be
come more serious or that resist
ance could be lowered so that the
various respiratory illnesses of the
winter months could set in.
A vaccine has been prepared
and will soon be available in
quantity. Two weeks are necessary
to establish immunity after vac
cination. The vaccine is prepared
by growing cultures of the flu on
eggs. Its one drawback is that it
may cause reaction when admini
stered to those who are egg sensi
tive. One of the most serious aspects
of the flu is that hospital staffs,
because of the high communica
bility, may become ill at the time
their services are most needed. A
system of priority vaccination,
however, appears to be negatipg
this possibility.
Briefly, this plan allocates the
state's vaccine to those necessary
to keep up community activity
doctors, hospital staffs, and mu
nicipal employees. Also on this
list would be other persons with
heart conditions and severe phys
ical conditions..
The national firms manufactur
ing the vaccine are taking the
biggest gamble of anyone for if
the expected epidemic does not
materialize, they will have large
quantities of unneeded serum on
their hands.
Alpha Xi Delta and Theta Xi.
Today is the last day houses will
have to enter the Producer cam
paign, according to Joe Hill.
Convocation
Chancellor Hardin will address
all University students on the
state of the University at a con
vocation Thursday morning at
11.
The convocation, which at one
time was traditional, was rein
stated last year after a lapse of
severl years. All classes will be
dismissed for the all-University
program which will be held at
the Coliseum.
Fair Temps,
Mild Breezes
To Continue
NU students while trudging to
on of their morning classes will
continue to enjoy the autumn
breezes, the Weather Bureau
said Tuesday.
High tem
peratures to
day will range
in t h e 70's
with an ex
pected high of
73 and a low
tonight of 57.
Today and
Thursday will
bring fair and
cooler weath
er to the
campus.
High temperature Tuesday was
78 and the low was 45. No pre
cipitation is expected.
Coffee Hour
Set Thursday
By YWCA
The annual YWCA rendezvous
wil be held rcm 3 t0 -
; and irom 7 p.m. to 3 p.m. on Thurs-
day at Rosa Bouton hall.
All upperclass women who are
interested in YWCA are invited to
this informal coffee hour.
The upperclass women accord
ing to Phyl Bonner, publicity chair
man, will have an opportunity to
meet the officers, cabinet, a.n d
members of the group. At this time
they also may sign up for any of
the following groups: Campus Af
fairs, Public Afiairs, Student Fac
ulty Coffee Hour, Faith, Love and
Marriage, Noon Discussion, Pub
lic T?plntinns rhristrrac Rfl7aar
Service Project, and Comparative
AIEE-IRE
Picnic Slated
For October 2
All students interested in elec
t r i c a 1 Engineering, especially
freshmen, sophomores and trans
fer students may attend a wel
come picnic, sponsored by the
American Institute of Electrical
Engineering, and the Institute of
Radio Engineers, October 2 at 5
p.m., according to Robert Terry,
AIEE Secre'ary.
The program will begin with a
lour of Ferguson Hall and end
with the picnic at Pioneer Park.
Tickets are now available in
Ferguson Hall.
Health Meeting
The IFC Student Health Coun
cil will meet today at 6:45 in the
Union, according to Tom Cilll
land, Chairman. The meeting is
to discuss a plan for taking care
of Asian flu victims, and all
fraternity health chairmen and
presidents are asked to be pres
ent. Dr. Samuel Fuenning, Uni
versity Health Director will be
present.
Favors Stud
The Faculty Sub-Committee on
Student Publications Tuesday dis
cussed the problem of returning
the right of student vote on faculty
committees, according to Ken Kel
ler, advisor.
The sub-committee decided to
request that the Faculty Senate
reinaugurate the student vote.
A ruling of the Faculty Senate
on Dec. 13, 1955, banned the vote,
through what J. P. Colbert, dean
of student affairs, called "an over
sight on my part," the ruling was
not enforced until the Jan. 18,
1957 Pub Board, interviews for the
Nebraskan staff.
On May 15 the .Faculty Senate
refused by one vote to give con
sideration to a motion by Colbert
to return the vote to students.
The defeat of the motion was
due to "a technicality," according
to Robert Knoll, chairman of the
Board of Publications.
Though the Pub Board has no
authority in the matter, it is the
feeling of its members that the
student vote is desirable, Keller
said.
"It is now the opinion of Mr.
Round, director of the department,
and of our staff members that cir
cumstances no longer require the
placement of advisory responsibil
ity in the department."
Keller added that the experience
as advisor had been both "grati
fying and pleasant", but that the
service was "foreign" to the public
Rhodes Scholarship
Applications Due
Applications are now being ac
cepted for Rhodes Scholarship
candidates, according to Walter
Wright, Assistant Dean of the Col
lege of Arts and Sciences and
Rhodes Scholarships Institutional
Representative.
Winners will enter Oxford Uni
versity in Oct. 1958.
To be eligible for a scholarship,
a candidate must: ,
1. Be a male citizen of the
United States, with at least five
years residence.
2. Be between the ages of 19
and 25 on Oct. 1, 1958. (A candi
date who would otherwise be
over the age limit but who had
had at least 90 days of active
service in the Armed Forces of
the U. S. since June 27, 1950,
may deduct the period of his
service from his actual age if
by so doing he will qualify under
the regulations.)
3. By the time of application
have at least junior standing at
some recognized degree-granting
college or university in the
United States.
4. Receive official endorsement
of his college or university.
Cecil Rhodes, benefactor of the
scholarships, specified in his will
that the qualities forming the bas
is of selection are: (1) literary and
scholastic ability and attainments;
(2) qualities of manhood, truthful
ness, courage, devotion to duty,
sympathy, kindliness, unselfish
ness and felloship; (3) exhibition of
moral force of character and of in
stincts to lead and to take an in
terest in his fellows, (4) physical
vigor, as shown by fondness for
and success in sports.
The most important requirement
for Rhodes Scholarship, and it is
upon this that the selection com-
mittees will insist, is some definite
quality of distinction, whether in
intellect or character.
Each scholarship is worth $1,680
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Rally Future
With IFC
The question of future rallies and
house rally signs came up before
the Corn Cob meeting Tuesday.
It was decided to leave all pun
ishment up to the IFC if future
demonstrations by the Frats con
tinue, said Gordie Warner, presi
dent. "I'm bringing up the question at
the next IFC meeting and from
then on, it's up to them, Warner
stated.
It was also decided at the meet
ing to inform the campus as much
as possible that signs are pre
ferred. .If the house has to have its
name on the sign, it's requested
that they be in small letters in one
of the corners.
"If the fighting continues, signs
may again be outlawed," said
Warner.
Alpha Epsilon Rho
A meeting of Alpha Epsilon Rho,
national television and radio hon
orary, will be held Wednesday noon
in studio B, basement of Temple
building, according to Lee Rock
well, president of the organization.
relations department and that it
"is not now being best attended to
as a result of the press of other
work."
The name of Robert Cranford,
op Teaching
till NU Goal
Five hundred members of the
staff of the University heard Chan
cellor Hardin tell them Tuesday
night that 'first-rate teaching is
the basic characteristic of an out
standing university and mainte
nance of it will remain the prime
objective of the institution's admin
istration. The occasion for the chancellor's
address was the University's fac
ulty homecoming dinner at the
Union.
"While the appropriation increase
approved by the 1957 legislature
failed to match either our hopes or
our requirements, it was suffi
cient to assure newcomers to our
faculties that they have joined a
university whose needs have not
been forgotten by the people it
serves," the chancellor reported.
Current increases in research
funds given to the University by
agencies, firms, and foundations
were cited as further evidence
per year. Scholars who qualify
under the G. I. Bill of Rights or
other military educational funds
may expect the same benefits, at
Oxford as at an American univer
sity. Recipients of the scholarship are
entitled to its benefits for two
years with a possible third year if
the Scholar's record at Oxford and
plan of study warrant such an
award. No restriction is placed
upon a Rhodes Scholar's choice of
study.
Candidates may apply in either
his home state or in the state
where he may receive at least two
years of his college education.
Applications must be received by
the secretary of the state commit
tee not later than Nov. 6, 1957.
Names and adresses of secretaries
of state committees of selection
can be found in the Memorandum
of Regulations.
The Memorandum of Regulations
(which includes an application
blank) and other information may
be obtained, before Oct. 4, from
Dean Wright, whose office is lo
cated in 204 Burnett.
Candidates who are for any
reason having difiiculty in obtain
ing application blanks or other
needed information should write
to President Courtney Smith,
American Secretary of the Rhodes
Scholarships, Swarthmore College,
Swarthmore, Pa.
Elections to Rhodes Scholarships
will be held in all states in Dec,
1957.
More Cars, Less Space:
Parking Problem Plagues
By BOB IRELAND
Chief Copy Editor
Ed. Note: This is the first in
a series of articles concerning
the parking problem at the Uni
versity. Others will follow con
cerning the sororities and other
organized houses, plus the cam
puses in ganeral.
Fraternities at the University to
day are being hard hit by the
growing parking problem which is
plaguing the whole campus.
The Daily Nebraskan conducted
interviews Tuesday of eighteen
houses and almost all had the
same story to relate: inadequate
facilities to cope with the ever
increasing number of cars.
Increase in Cars
All but two of the fraternities
contacted stated that there has
been a definite increase in the
number of car owners among their
house enrollment.
Almost two-thirds of the frater
nity men interviewed suggested
the prohibition of freshmen cars
as a possible solution to the dif
ficulty. Only two houses Sigma Nu and
Sigma Alpha Mu reported that they
had adequate facilities to park all
of their members' cars.
Bill Kendall, member of Beta
Theta Pi Fraternity, said that their
parking lot took care of around
70-75 per cent of the members'
cars. Although the Betas have no
appreciable increase in the num
ber of car owners, they still don't
have room for all of their cars,
Kendall commented.
No Room
Delta Tau Delta Fraternity, ac
cording to Bill Danek, has "a lot
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new member of the School of
Journalism staff, was mentioned
in connection with the naming of
the new advisor, but the matter
was not discussed .according to
that the quality of the Institution's
work is recognized and that confi
dence in it is growing.
The chancellor said he is now
more confident of the University's
future than at any time since com
ing to Nebraska three years ago.
"Fear of failure,-' he said, "al
ways frightens away an untold
number of successes. The univer
sity that aspires to greatness can
not afford to be afraid of trial and
error."
Hardin concluded that the Uni
versity must continue a bold pro
gram of teaching and research to
insure progress.
Besides the chancellor's address,
other highlights of the evening in
cluded the presentation of new staff
members and the recognition of
two 25-year staff members.
These two long-time faculty
members, Dr. Donald Dysinger,
profressor and chairman of the
psychology department and James
Adams, superintendent of the
received certificates of apprecia
tion for 25 years of service to the
institution.
North Platte Experiment Station,
Forms Due
For Grant
Requests
Faculty research fellowship ap
plications for the summer of 1958
should be submitted in triplicate
not later than Oct. 15 to the Office
of the Graduate College, Social
Sciences, Room III.
The staff members who are
interested in lecturing or research
abroad during the academic year
1958-59 are asked to file their ap
plications by Oct. 1, 1957.
Fulbright information may be ob
tained in the Graduate Office, So
cial Science Room III or forms
may be obtained by writing di
rectly to the Conference Board cf
Associated Research Councils,
Committee on International Ex
change of Persons, 2101 Constitu
tion Ave., Washington 25, D. C.
Fellowships are granted on a
competitive basis, judged by the
merits of the proposed research
and the qualifications of the staff
members.
Fellowships are not granted for
work to be used as theses for ad
vanced degrees and staff members
who have served one or more years
on the faculty will be given pre
ference. Fifteen fellowships will be avail
able with stipends of $1000 each.
hi the past, these fellowships
have been tax exempt.
of difficulty with parking space I
even though pledges are prohibited
from parking in our lot." The Delt,
lot, which holds approximately 2
cars, takes care of around two
thirds of the total vehicles, Danek
added. "The new Student Health
building cut our lot down to half
its original size," Danek reported.
According to George Moyer, the
Kappa Sigs don't have nearly
"enough space to park our cars."
"Almost half of our pledge class
this year have cars," Moyer
stated, "and this adds to our prob
lem considerably." "Our parking
lot only holds five vehicles," Moyer
commented.
Bill Tomson, president of Phi
Delta Theta, said that his house's
parking lot was "full 100 per cent
of the time because of so many
Lincoln men." The Phi Delt lot,
which holds around 25 vehicles
only takes care of 50 per cent
of the cars, Tomson stated.
Phi Kappa Psi "doesn't have any
space of its own to park cars,"
according to C- G. Wallace. Com
petition for parking stalls with oth
er fraternities and sororities in the
vicinity causes more trouble, Wal
lace said.
Rents Space
One of the few houses contacted
which has no problem whatsoever
was Sigma Nu. Jack Pollock, Sig
ma Nu commander, stated that
his fraternity has both parking lots
in the back of the house and a
lot rented on 16th street between
the Sigma Kappa and Alpha Chi
Omega houses. "We plan to rent
space to surrounding houses pro
vided they guarantee at least ten
cars oa the lot," Pollock com
Keller.
In further action the Board
authorized the expenditure of $1,200
over and above the present con
tractual obligation, to include full
color plates in the 1958 Corn
husker .according to Keller.
The money would provide for
about three full-color pages, Bev
Buck, editor, said.
The authorization is only for one
year, Keller stressed. Miss Buck
remarked that the addition of full
color pages would "certainly im
prove the quality of the year
book."
The Board also approved the
authorization of $190 apiece for the
editor and business manager of
the Nebraskan and the Cornhusker
to attend the annual Associate Col
legiate Press convention Nov. 7, 8
and 9 in New York City.
"The interchanging of ideas at
such a conference provides much
more valuable data for improve
ments on student publication than
conferences, if any, on the regional
or state-wide level," Jack Pollock,
Nebraskan editor, said.
Union Library
To Lend Eight
New Paintings
The Union's picture lending li
brary will be open Monday, ac
cording to Polly Doering, chair
man of the Arts and Exhibits com
mittee. This free service allows the stu
dents to borrow a picture for as
long as an entire semester. Stu
dents with their ID's may check
News Meeting
AH reporters and staff mem
bers on the Daily Nebraskan will
meet with Robert Cranford in
Room 20 (Union basement) on
Saturday from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Robert Cranford is the Daly Ne
braska adviser. Different as
pects of newspaper work will be
discussed at this meeting.
out pictures from 10 a.m. to 12
p.m. and from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. in
the main lounge.
Eight new pictures, valued at
$100, have been added to the col
lection making a total of 80 pic
tures. The new pictures are:
"The Dancer," by Paul Klee;
"Imaginary Landscape," by Ty
rus Wong; "La Mandoline," by
Georges Braqut; "Springtime,''
by Robert Wood; and others by
Marc and William Spinner.
Switzer, Deepe
Leave For Study
Lucigrace Switzer and Beverly
Deepe, 1957 graduates of the Uni
versity, who won the Seacrest
Award for graduate study in jour
nalism, have left to begin their
studies.
Miss Switzer is studying at the
University of Iowa where she has
a research assistantship to Dr.
Walter Steigleman at the school of
journalism.
Miss Deepe is studying at Co
lumbia University, New York City.
fraternities
mented.
Jack McLane of Sigma Alpha
Epsilon Fraternity reported that
his house was experiencing some
difficulty in finding adequate park
ing facilities. "Some of our boys
get parking tickets for parking
near the sidewalk area," McLane
stated. McLane suggested that the
University designate portions of
the student parking lots on campus
for fraternity parking only.
Sigma Chi Fraternity, according
to Gene Nicholas, is having "ex
treme trouble" in finding parking
space. "We have space for twenty
four cars, but we need facilities
for at least 20 more Nicholas said.
"Fifteen of our pledges have cars,"
he added.
Maynard Small, member of Zeta
Beta Tau, recommended the con
struction of a 500 car parking ga
rage by the University. Small
stated that the building should be
financed through yearly rental fees
to be paid by the students. The
ZBTs, according to Small, are be
ing plagued by the newly added
two hour parking limit rules ef
fecting 14th Street.
Both Alpha Gamma Rho and
Farm House Fraternities com
plained about the increase of cars
on Ag campus especially during
the day. Bob Smidt, member of
Farm House, stated that some men
living in the dorms on Ag, park
their cars in available street stalls
for many days at a time without
moving them.
Phi Stark, member of Alpha
Gamma Rho, 4 also commented on
the day time problem and added
that his fraternity had adequate
facilities for night parking.
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