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Military Sickness
- -ROTG Leaders Discount
Military Manpower Scandal
By GARY RODGERS
Copy Editor
University ROTC heads
Col. Vernon Rawie of the
Army, Col. Carter Duncan of
the Air Force and Command
er J. P. Edwards of the Navy
said Tuesday that the
"green dollar" was the ma
jor cause of drop-outs in the
leadership ranks of our na
tion's defense forces.
The military personnel said
because officers in the mili
tary services are paid only
low wages, a lot of the best
leaders are pursuing other
endeavors.
The solution to this prob-
Military
Scandal
Revealed
"Many of our best military
leaders are quittingleaving
missiles unmanned, ships un
der strength and SAC planes
grounded," is the consensus
of Look Magazine (March 13,
1958).
Loot continues, "The serv
ices are taking a nervous
new look at the ROTC pro
gram which is now an im
portant source of active-duty
officers. The Army has as
siped a civilian team to de
termine why the ROTC is not
attracting higher-quality stu
dents. The Navy, likewise, is wor
ried about its failure to get
enough officers through its
vaunted "Holloway Plan."
Air Force Officials are con
sidering drastically reducing
or even eliminating their
ROTC units. Their alternative
is to give selected college
graduates a four-month OCS
course followed by flying
training.
The fact was cited that only
one-half of the cadets enrolled
in West Point pursue a mili
tary career. Considering this,
Look asked if it were not
wiser to drop the undergradu
ate academies and put the
same money into an effort to
attract some of the best of the
nation's college graduates
and the best of the enlisted
men. S
Williams Reveals
'Lark' Personnel
Mongomery, Sonbier, Miller Star
In Next University Production
Cast members have been i and the first courtier,
announced for the next Uni-j others in the cast include
versity production April !6-iBiIl Baker, second soldier
19, according to Dallas Wil
liams, director.
The play, "The Lark" fea
tures Don Montgomery as
Warwick. Cliff Soubier as
Cauchon and Jacque Aiuier
as Joan. j
The theater production was i
written by a new playwright, j
Anolulle. It's the latest Joan
of Arc story -
Contempory Sets
TLe set will be contempory
and will have a series of
levels, steps which give the
set a neutral back, Williams
said. The atmosphere is im
portant and this setting will
create it, Williams added.
"The Lark" is a very good
dramatization.
Other roles will be taken by
Roy Willey, the promoter;
Henry Blanke, inquisitor and
Adrien Peyroux. Brad Bige
low will play Joan's father,
Beverly Giltner, Joan's moth
er; John Schepman, Joan's
brother.
Other Roles
John Hall plays Brother
Ladvenu, Bill Gnuse, Robert
rw Beaudricourt; Diane Pe
ters, Agnes Sorel; Phyllis!
Blanke, Queen Yolonde; Phil i
Nelson, Monsieur de La Tre -
morulli; Bill Duffy. Arch-j
r Pimc and Jim
Codd Captain La Hire. !
B i 1 1 Larson plays the
scribe Stan Ri'-e the first
bishop Eernard Skalka, the
second bishop- Jim Arm-1
strong, the first priest; Lyle j
WadiM- the second priest,
Al Kitzelman, the first monk; i
Jack Ely the first soldier
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Movie Goers
Hours Extended
Due to the Foreign
Film
tonight.
University co-eds!
who will be attending i n e
film will be permitted 15
minutes after the ending of;
the film to return to their
nouses, according to S a r a j
Hubka.' AWS president,
Iem, lies, they said, in the
individual.
Since, as Col. Rawie point
ea out, "none of us are in
the service to get wealthy,"
there must be some alterna
tive incentive.
Extra Burden
"Military service must be
looked upon as a privilege
rather than a burden." Dun
can said. This basic feeling
is lacking they said, because
the idea of "safeness" is
prevalent in the American
people.
Most people, Duncan said,
do not have any interpreta
tion of the danger they face.
He said that the student who
looks at ROTC as an extra
burden is 180 degrees off.
ROTC should be looked upon
as an opportunity to serve
the country, Duncan said.
Most of the resentment of
the ROTC program comes!
from these students who feel
that it is an "extra burden."!
Many feel that this form of;
"compulsory" training is
not consistant with demo
cratic principles.
Comments were made that
when the student builds up
a resentment to the program
it may be doing more harm
than good.
Poor Officers
FHu-arris said thai thr is
nothing to the claim that the !
officers are not of high-eal-
iber. If they were poor of
ficers, industry wouldn't be
taking them away from us.
Col. Rawie said that the
advanced ROTC was grad
ually becoming more select
Last year, only 60 per cent
of those applying were ad
mitted. The present stand
ards are set at 5.0 University
average or lower when the
individual possesses leader
ship qualities.
Civilian Inspection
The current civilian inspec
tion into the military man
Women Elect
Officers Today
The a n n u a I All Womens
Elections will be held from 8
a.m. to 6 p.m. in City Union
and from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in
the Ag Union.
Officers and board mem
bers will be selected for
AWS, BABW, WAA and Coed
Counselors.
and second courtier; Steve
Shultz, third soldier and third
courtier; Zett Bernstein,
fourth soldier and fourth
courtier; Gary Miller, fifth
soldier and fifth courtier.
Sherry Johnson will play the
fst village woman and the
first lady of the court; Sally
Wengert, the second village
woman and the second lady
of the court Marijane Craig.
third village woman and!
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Skits Bom In Talk
No Formula for Concoction
An article in Time maga- j "Nautical Neurosis."
zine, an act once seen in a! A Kappa Alpha Thela coed
Northwestern Univer-! taw a tkit at Northwestern
sity show or a lot of talking I that was the germ of "Oomph
this is how Coed Follies ! Appeal,"
skits begin.
'A Veil Tale," Alpha Phi's
, skit for the March 10 follies,
had its beginning in the Nov.
11 issue of Time with an ar
ticle on how Moslem "iomen
are shedding their veils.
Skits for "Skits O'Frantic"
rarelv begin as a single, well
wongM out wea, accora ng
to the gals who are working
on the acts and traveler acts
for this year's show.
we used the "group dy-jnot trace any distinct idea
namics approach," comment- j as the germ for their skit,
ed Richie Van Ornam of the "Tamale and the Bandit,"
Delta Delta Delta skit, Hark, j was Chi Omega, i a n d i
Hark, the Ark. Laaker commented that this
Gw , 1 is a sort of satire on the fre-
Someone gets an idea, fiveiquent South American revo-
or six people toss it around, j
a ic amuie iuea tome oui
the session, then several
more persons add their
1 thoughts this is the birth of
' a skit.
"Trial and error," is the
way Judy Lingren described
me uamma rm oeia meinoa j
of finding skit material.
Everyone submited ideas, j
and everyone added some-;
thing to the plot, until the fin- j
ished product emerged as 1
power scandal was said to
be just "routine" by the mil
itary officers.
Col. Rawie said the mili
tary is constantly reviewing
its defensive programs and
that the current investigation
of the caliber of officers from
ROTC is only constant with
these policies.
This inspection will bring
to the attention of the public
the tremendous rotation of
leadership in the services and
the problems it creates,
Rawie said.
Duncan said he was not
sure there -'as a loss of con
tidence in the kuic pro
gram, but that he was aware
that it certainly could be im
proved. Low-Caliher
Men Sought
Officer Cites
Rank Dissent
Many students in ROTC,
when quizzed by the D a i 1 y
Nebraskan for comments
about the ROTC program re
fused to comment, or asked
that their name be withheld.
0ne of the hin cadct offic"
ers in the Air ROTC said that
he thought the change from
the three to five year require
ment for flight service will
"draw a lower caliber" of of
ficers, since those with a lot
of leadership capability will
not go into the program now
It will, he said, a p p e a
more to the lower caliber of
men who are willing to adopt
the service as a career.
This is, however, exactly
what they (the military)
want, he said. Those who go
into the program will have
a greater desire to fly and to
remain in the service.
Mildly unfavorable com
ments came from Paul Hueb
ner, who declared. "ROTC is
a lot of work for very little
credit," He added that it does
not turn out the quality of
officers that it should.
"It's all right if you're
planning to have a military
career," stated AI Geunther.
"However, it is a bother to
those who are studying for
other things."
Gary Wiechman, who be
lieves that ROTC isn't need
ed, was seconded by a num
ber of other students.
Morgan Holmes disagreed
with the views of these stu
dents. He said, "It would be
a big mistake to abolish
ROTC." He added that he had
derived a lot of good out of
all of the courses that he has
taken in that department.
Roger Rankin added,
"ROTC is good training for
young men. It's a good way
of getting a commission, get
ting military training and get
ting leadership experience.
Rod Wolf declared, "It is a
terrible idea to disband ROTC i
on campuses. I feel ROTC
was a deciding factor tor
some students to go to a
larger school instead of a !
smaller, private one. Every. 1
one in ROTC learns many!1? w,un mdi"r "'F"U VV
things wluch will carry over
and benefit later life."
The second Theta traveler
act is an outgrowth of a trio
that sang last year. This year
the trio expanded into a quar
tet, said Prudie Morrow.
"Blues Medley," the Quar
tet's offering, had no compli
cated beginnings.
Liked Blues
"We just liked blues,"
laughed Miss Morrow.
Another house that could
lutions
Several years ago Alpha
Omicron had a traveler
act in which the girls dresed
as tigrrs. This is the basis
of their "More fun than a
. . .", said Pat Boyd.
The Towne Club traveler
aci is an expauueu version oi
a skit they gave at a house
meeting,
The life of a skit historian
is not an easy one. Skits
rarely have birth certificates.
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Courtesy Sunday Journal and Star
NOT SO CORNY Tragedy
struck Cornhusker land
Monday night when the
"Mr. Corncob" head was
stolen after the K State
game. Three Huskers, left
to guard the head, turned
theirs and the culprit made
off with the goods.
But as the Daily Nebrask
an "went to press' last night,
word came through that the
favorite cob was back in
safe hands.
! Sunday
Concert
Scheduled
Three Pianos
Meet Premier
Bach's Concerto for Three
Pianos will be performed for
the first time in the Midwest
at the Sunday concert of the
University's Symphony Or
chestra. The 60-member orchestra,
directed by Professor Eman
uel Wishnow, will give the
concert at 4 p.m. in the Union
Ballroom.
Featured will be the
department of music's three
assistant professors of piano
who have had wide concert
Cwnefty Sunday Journal aod Star
Hinshaw Wishnow
experience. Thev are Audun
Ravnan, Harvey Hinshaw
and Jack Crossan.
Ravnan
Ravnan, a native
Nor-
f8,a"- &asbeen guest soio-
lutrauaa lit iuc cai au uuu-
west. Last year he returned
to Norway as piano soloist
with the Bergen Symphony.
This is his first year on the
University campus.
This is also the first year
at the University for H i n-
uhaw. He has been ac-
CtmrUna Uncota Mar
Crossan
Ravnan
companist for Igor Gorin,
Lotte Lehmann and John
Charles Thomas.
Crossman also was ac
companist for Gorin
and Thomas, in addition to
Dorothy Warenskjold and
Frances Bible.
Program Numbers
Other numbers on the pro
gram include:
Suite from the Music for
the Koyal Fireworks by Han
del and Harty, which was es
pecially written for a f i r e
works display; Overture and
Suite. Couperin-Milhaud;
Danse Slave, Chabrier; Over
the Hills and Far Away,
Delius; and Slavonic Dance
No. 15, Dvorak, which was
arranged by George Szeii,
conductor of the Cleveland
orchestra.
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Lincoln, Nebraska
Promise Honored,
Hardin Happy
Victory Heralded, Spirit Peaks
"I want all Cornhusker students to know that I am very proud of your performance
Monday night. r
"You kept the promise you made when we approved the holiday after the K.U
game. You refused to let a justified celebration deteriorate into violence and destruction
At the Coliseum you helped your team win a basketball game. Afterward, you woo
respect when it might easily have been lost.
"Please accept my sincere thanks on behalf of the University."
lor Hardin was a result of
the behavior of the NU stu
dents after the basketball
team's triumph over Kansas
State Monday night.
A mob of students immedi
a t e 1 y after the game
swarmed through the down
town streets full of excite
ment and spirit. Later they
formed outside the girl's
dorm on 16th street shouting
at the girls. Nothing hap
pened and the group of boys
broke up about an hour aft
erwards. School spirit had flowed
over after the win over Kan
sas University last week.
More than 3,000 students had
participated in a mass rally
in front of the Administration
building and waited for the
announcement of "No school
tomorrow" from Chancellor
Hardin. When he gave his an
nouncement to the jubilant
students of the holiday, they
promised not to ask for any
more days off this year.
Speculation as to whether
the student body would keep
its word or not arose as the
Bushmen obtained a wider
and wider margin over K
State. Throughout the col
iseum students were whisper
ing "no school tomorrow."
But after a little jubilation,
the delighted crowd returned
to their homes to rest up for
their next day's classes.
The students had kept their
word-
Linguist
To Lecture
Whitehall Links
Poetry, Language
Professor Harold W7 h i t e-1
hall, linguist and lexicogra
pher, will speak in Love Me
morial Library, Monday at 11
a.m. according to Dr. James
Miller, chairman of the Eng
lish department.
Lingo To Poetry
"From Linguistics to Poet
ry" is the title of the lecture.
Educated at the Uni
versities of Nottingham and
London in England and at the
State University of Iowa,
Whitehall is now chairman of
the department of linguistics
at Indiana University.
Whitehall served as past
assistant editor of the Middle
English Dictionary and as
supervising editor for the
World Publishing Company.
He was etymological and lin
quistics editor for the recently
published "Webster's New
World Dictionary of the
American Language."
"Most Distinguished"
Author of many mono
graphs dealing with the his
tory and structure of the Eng
lish language Whitehall
was described by Miller as
one of the most distinguished
students of the English lan
guage in America."
"All of us are interested
in what he has to say about
the relationship of structural
linguistics to poetry. I think
he has some theories about
the one discipline, linguistics,
illuminating the other,
poetry," commented Miller.
Robert Knoll, associate pro
fessor of English, expressed
his pleasure at having White
hall lecture at the University.
"We are very fortunate to
have him," Knoll said.
'Barefoot Contessa'
la Sunday 3Iovie
The "Barefoot Contessa" is
the Sunday Nile movie offer
ing this week.
Ava Gardner and Hum
phrey Bogart star in this
story of the girl who was dis
covered as an impoverished
night club singer and who
later became the wife of an
Italian count.
The Sunday Nite movie will
be held in the Union ball
room at 7:30 p.m.
IFC Meeting
The Interfraternity Council!
will hold its regular meeting
tonight at 7 in Union 313, ac -
cording to John Glynn, sec -
retary.
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Administrators Say
Comments from the Uni
versity students and admin
istration Tuesday were all
praising the fine teamwork.
ball handling and coaching
oi me team.
"I thought it was a won
derful ball game and a tre
mendous '.earn effort,"
James Pittenger, assistant to
the Chancellor, declared.
"Generally speaking, I was
particularly pleased with the
overall responsibilities shown
by the student body."
Union activities director
Bob H a i; d y immediately
grinned 'ipon questioning and
said "The game was tremen
dous! It was the best exhibit
of coaching and ball handling
I ever saw." Union director
Duane Lake added that the
game was a great combina
tion of team effort and coach
ing. "It certainly will be a
big boost for Nebraska
spirit."
What can I say?
Talking to Jerry Bush over
the phone, his first remark
was, "After a game like that
against the top team in the
nation, what can I say?" He
added "It was quite a feat.
I've been around ball games
a long time, and I had never
heard so much noise, spirit
and pep."
Bill Orwig, University ath
letic director, came to the
phone and added "we were
very pleased with the vic
tory. Coach Bush had a won
derful plan and it was ex
ecuted perfectly. Both the
boys and Bush should be con
gratulated!" Sergeant John Furrow of
the Campus Police had this
to say. "The basketball game
itself was one of the most
wonderful games I have ever
seen. The way it turned out
everyone was well-behaved
in the Coliseum. After the
game, the gang of boys
were very well-behaved.
There was no destruction of
property or any malicious
damage."
Mrs. Oliva Hansen, Resi
dence Halls for Women di
rector, shared the same
views. She said she thought
the spirit of the game was
overwhelming. "The group
of boys we-e very spirited.
It didn't take on any sem
bience of a panty raid. The
boys were all on the street.
It could have turned into
smething drastic, but it
didn't.
Surrey
Infant Spring Day
Grows To Tradition
Spring day, a two-year old
infant, has become a full
grown tradition on the NU
campus. At least that's the
opinion of everyone contacted
by the Daily Nebraskan.
One hundred per cent of
the students interviewed
wanted to continue the tra
dition of having a Spring Day
this year.
Practically all of them said
that they went to the event
last year.
Push 'n Tug
Push ball seems to be the
favorite contest of the ma
jority of boys. Girls enjoy the
tug-of-war the most.
Ron Kohlmeier and John
Eastin commented that they
enjoyed witching the girls
tug-of-war the best. Most of
the girls thought that the
boys' push ball was "rough"
and therefore rather disturb
ing to watch.
Don Heuermann said he
enjoyed the rodeo last year.
"What else would you expect
from a member of Farm
house?" he asked. He men
tioned that the past basket
ball demonstrations have
brought out more spii't from
the students than past Spring!
Days.
Many students cited the
spirit of the affair as being!
ithe most worthwhile result of
J Spring Day.
J Ted Newburn commented,
Wednesday, March 5, 1958
Students Comment
"It was the greatest dis
play of teamwork I have
ever seen," commented Stan
Widman, University corn-cob
man. "If a team wants some
thing bad enough, it can get
it."
Dick Gray, sipping a coke,
looked up and added, "It was
a big upset and the game was
terrific. Jerry Bush will have
to get another suit after his
plunge in the pool."
Fred Hovsepian wished
that the team had tried as
hard to win all year as they
did Monday night so that
Nebraska could have been
the Big Eight champions in
stead of K-State.
"I'm just elated!" was all
Juanita Aguirre could say
when asked about the game.
Wonderful Riot
A dorm girl, Barbara Wil
son added that she didn't at
tend the game but "the riot
afterwards was wonderful!"
Chuck Thompson, Corn
husker enthusiast, said "It
was a great game and the
spirit was great." "WTe won!"
interrupted Bob Hornady.
One student mentioned that
the game was unbelievable
and that it was never expect
ed that a Big Eight team de
feat the Number One team
in the nation.
Another student added that
"to celebrate the game, all
graduate students should
have the day off Wednes
day!" School Spirit
"It was fabulous, ex
claimed Georgi Masters
I wonder what this victory
will do to the school spirit
next year?"
Helen Gourlay, Student
Council president, said she
thought Nebraska showed the
best team work and ball
handling she had ever seen.
"I hope the team wi'l do as
well against Colorado."
Scripts Available
For KK Show
Anyone interested in try
ing out for "Annie Get Your
Gun," Kosmet Klub spring
show, can check out scripts
Wednesday through Friday
in the Union front hall, ac
cording to Jerry Brown
field, chairman.
There will be a dollar de
posit on each script checked
out, he said.
(that "it gives the students a
chance to let off steam." He
added that letting off steam
is necessary in the spring.
JoAnn Haas mentioned
that Spring Day was good
for relaxation and for getting
the students together.
Anxious Frosh
Mary Jo Christensen said
she had heard so much about
Spring Day that she was an
xious for it to come. Many
other freshmen expressed the
same feelings.
Dee Dillman thought the
day "very worthwhile" be
cause everyone had a chance
to get together. Linda Fahr
lander and Kay Marie Swarts
agreed.
Roy Mierhenry and Gary
Berke said it was nice for
the houses to get together
and have various competi
tions. "They have an oppor
tunity to show off their
skills," Berke commented.
Dick Hagemier added that
"good, clean competition
against one another" is val
uable for 2ood campus rela
tions. Although most of the peo
ple interviewed cited the
games as being their reason
for liking Spring Day, Sharon
Fangman admitted that it
was nice to have a day off.
She added, however, that she
had enjoyed the events very
much laLt j ear.
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