The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current, March 11, 1958, Image 1

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    Not 21? Vote Anyway
In Mock Primary
fc.ven though some of them
may not nae reacnea zi,
students will have the oppor -
tunity to vote in a primary
election May 12.
It will be a mock primary
sponsored by the Young Re
publicans, said Del Rasmus
sen, chairman of the election.
Right To Choose
"Many students feel as if
they should have the right to
choose the persons who make
their decisions in the govern
ment for them but cannot be
cause they are not yet 21,"
said Rasmussen. "This will
give these young adults the
privilege with which they
should rightfully tx en
dowed." The election will be held
Just as a state primary and
will exemplify the students'
Mushroom
Lore Sprouts
In Love
Mushrooms have taken
the. spotlight at Love Li
brary this week.
A display has been set up
by Eugene Muench, assist
ant librarian, to celebrate
the acquisition of "Mush
rooms. Russia and History,"
two volumes of mushroom
lore by Valentina Pavlovna
and R. Gordon Wasson.
Expensive
Models of mushrooms, lit-
erary reviews and illustra
tions surround the glass-encased
books hi,'h cost
125.
"Since the library could
not afford such an ex
pense," stated Muench, "I
went to each department to
raise the money." Agricul
ture and anthropology de
partments contributed as
did the science, social stu
dies and humanities divi
sions of the library.
Only 512 copies of the set
have been published, ac
cording to Muench. Three
hundred and fifty copies are
all that are released to the
public.
Mushrooms and Folks
"Mushrooms. Russia and
History" is a study of
mushrooms and their effect
on people, their cultures and
their feelings. People are
types and mycophilla
types. The former have w
divided into mycophobia
olent fear of mushrooms,
while the latter love them.
Wasson. a vice president
of J. P. Morgan & Co.,
and his wife, a Russian-born
physician, made a com
plete survey of the effects
that mushrooms have on
mycophobic and mycophil
11c societies all oer the
world. The book is the re
sult of this research.
Such diverse magazines
as life. The New Yorker.
The French Academy of
Sciences and The American
Anthropologist have re
viewed the book in addition
to the scientific journals in
which such a review would
be Lkely to appear.
Band On Tour
The 85-p i e c e University j
Symphony Band left Monday I
for a three-day tour of seven
towns in southeastern Ne
braska. The band, under the direc
tion of Professor Donald
Lent, will visit Geneva, Su
perior, Franklin, Fairbury,
Pawnee City, Tecum seh and
Falls City.
As Buildings Vanish, Cars Appear
Razing Makes Way For Grass, Parking
By Margaret Wertman
Staff Writer
Enlargement of the pres
ent central campus parking
area will result from raz
ing of temporary University
buildings now underway.
When the eight buildings
are completely razed ap
proximately 115 parking
stalls in the center of cam
pus will be made available.
3,500 Now
There ace now 3,500 park
ing stalls available on cam
pus plus five to six hun
dred available in street
areas. A? campus has
about 846 stalls.
Areas which will he va
cated by two other build
ings are to be converted to
landscaping and grassy ar
eas. To be razed are: Tempor
ary A, Itegents Book Store,
Student Health, Greenhouse,
Temporary t Pharmacy
liuildlng untl Ullen Smith
J!;.!!.
Also an area north of the
ne Student Health build
j choice for each office.
me last primary which
iwas held by the Young Re -
publicans was under the di-
rection oi jviarv stromer in
1952.
Out-State
That election, since it was
a presidential election year,
Mock Election
Fulfills Tradition
At a previous mock pri
mary election held on the Uni
versity campus in the spring
of 1952, Sen. Estes Kefauver
and then & general, Dwight
D. Eisenhower were resound
ing victors.
More than 1,000 students
had marched to three cam
pus polling places and marked
429 unofficial ballots for Ei
senhower and 318 for Kefa
ver. Kefauver, who made sever
al personal appearances on
the c a m p u s. was pleased
when informed of early un
official results which showed
his majority.
The mock election that
year was held four days ear
lier than the state contest and
used a ballot similar to the
official ballot, but containing
only the national and top
state offices.
Election boards similar to
those in use in the state were
used to figure the results.
Cobs, Tassels Too
Corn Cobs and Tassels car
ried on a campaign to get
out the vote.
Write-in votes were urged
by Marv Stromer co-chairman
of the event. Stromer
had conferred with State
Attorney General Clarence
Beck on legality of holding
the mock ballot.
In the fall of 1952, nearly
2,000 Univeihy students
turned out at the polls in the
mock election in which Cros
by edged past Raeche and Ei
son. Republican Views
The total of 1,953 students
voiced predominantly Repub
lican sentiments in the bal
loting. in the gubernatorial race,
Robert Crosby, the Republi
can candidate, beat Demo
crat Walter Raeche by only
111 votes 1.022 to 911.
In the Presidential contest,
Eisenhower and Nixon took
Stevenson and Sparkman 1,
385 to 563.
A straw voU had earlier
WIVII Idllt II W, lilt f a I I
Nebraskan which showed!
almost identical trends. j
Regular election boards j
were named to handle the bal-
loting and counting.
'
cards were required
cation
and absentee voting was also ;
permitted.
No registration Mas held be
cause the University was con
sidered a city under 7,000 pop
ulation at that time.
ASME To CIioom
Ferguson Nominee
Nominations for the O. J.
Ferguson Award for the out-
; standing senior engineer will
be made Wednesday at a
meeting of ASME.
Each engineering
societv
nominates seniors for
the '
award, which is made dur-iLnitea nations represent
ing E-Week. I the present to speak on the
"Weapon Reliability" will
be discussed at the meeting
by Clyde Myles of the Mc
Donnell Aircraft Corporation.
The meeting is scheduled
for 7:30 p.m. in 206 Richards.
ing will be converted to
parking space.
The greenhouse, the
pharmacy building and El
len Smith Hall areas will
be used for landscaping.
Tlie area covered at pres
ent by Temporary A would
provide approximately 40
stalls; the bookstore about
30. Student Health 30 and
the area north of the new
Student Health 15.
Small Cost
Costs for the razing of
the buildings is not ex
pected to amount to much,
according to Charles Fowl
er of the buildings and
ground department.. This is
because most of the mater
ials from the temporary
buildings can be. salvaged.
Much of the cost to the
University will come when
the areas are improved for
parking lots, he commented.
Completion of all the
buildings is expected during
the first of Orlol er.
Temporary A will be com
pleted shortly and will be
gave rise to a great deal
I outstate interest, especially
to those candidates whose
names appeared on the bal-
i lots. Rasmussen said.
It also displayed to the cit-1
izens of Nebraska the tre-!
mendous interest shown by
the students in political af
fairs. Aiding Del Rasmussen will
be Bev Bright as co-chairman.
The ballot committee which
will supervise the construc
tion and issuing of ballots in
the voting will be headed by
Sarah Smaha.
Workers for the ballot
committee will be Georgiana
Stober, Murt McPherron,
Janet Walsh and Jana
Hruska.
Ardis Levine will head the
programming committee.
Workers for this committee
will be Gretchen Sides, Murt
Mossing, Janet Rhoda, Sue
Stock, Jane Axtell and Prud-
ie Morrow.
Chuck Patrick will head
the publicity committee. His
job will be to relate to the
voters the facts and the can
didates in the primary. He
will be aided in his job by
Anne Witthoff, Eileen War
ren, and members of Young
Republicans student organi
zational representatives com
mittee. Rasmussen expressed hope
that every student on the
campus would participate in
this event to reflect the young
adult's capabilities in run
ning our nation.
"No one else is better qual
ified to select officials in our
government than is the stu
dent who Is at present learn
ing the organisms of our gov
ernmental s y s t e m," he
added.
Sangu Views
Cyprus Tonite
MUWA Will Set
Model US Topic
Dr. Sabr Sangu, professor
of mechanical engineering,
will speak on Cyprus at 7:30
tonight at the NUCWA meet
ing in the Union.
This is the first of the meet
ings of the model United Na-
t i o n s General Assembly,
i sponsored by the Nebraska!
University Council of World
Affaire
Discussion Topics
Discussion topics for the
final two meetings will be 1)
Disarmament and 2t the
, j . i T'
Changing of the UN Charter
0lhr toP1L'i ma brought
"V UU1
Anv group of four persons
tion up to four students to
" ' . m4,mw.nat!nn f
the United Nations ' during
; the sessions. Efforts should
j be made by the students to
! represent accurately . the
! views of the nation which
j they choose, according to
Wy'nn Smithberger, confer
f ence chairman.
! Each nation will receive
one vote. The cost or regis
tration will be 52 per voting
delegate and fifty cents for
each alternate.
As a climax to the confer-
ente- tentative arrangements
ae oeen maae 10 nave a
' i , k Ct,ir1',ii Anril 11
"Everyone who will be par
ticipating in the model UN
session is urged to attend to
night's meeting," Biff Keyes,
president, said.
available for parking as
soon as it can be marked.
The Bookstore area is
expected to be available
during early summer. The
razing of this building will
be done by contract ap
proved by the Regents.
By late summer Student
Health will be ready to
move into its new location
and a contracted firm will
begin to demolish the build
ing. This area will be used
entirely for parking.
Make Way Bessie
Razing of the greenhouse
won't be completed until
after the 1958-59 school year
bevi is. In order to destroy
the building, space must be
provided for the physiology
department in Bessie Hall,
and Bessie won't be
remodeled until the bacteri
ology department moves in
to Lyman Hall, probably in
June.
Temporary C 'nearby
Brace Laboratory) will be
restored to grass. ,
Vol. 32, No. 79
Frantic Follies Spotlight
Victorious Alpha Phis
Beauties, Bachelors Abound
At AWS Coed Production
Potential Beauty Queens
and Eligible Bachelors
abounded at the Annual Coed
Follies Monday.
Twelve campus beauties
were revealed as finalists for
Cornhusker Beauty Queens
and 12 men were presented
as most eligible of unattached
males at the University.
From these finalists, s i x
winners in each contest will
be revealed in May upon pub
lication of the 1958 Corn
husker. This year for the first
time, the Bachelors will rate
a section comparable to that
of the Queens in the year
book, according to Editor Bev
Buck.
Beauties
Beauty Queen finalists are:
Ann Bedwell, junior in
Teachers and a member of
Kappa Kappa Gamma:
Nadine Calvin, junior in
Agriculture and a member of
Love Memorial Hall;
Joyce Evans, Agriculture
junior and a member of
Alpha Xi Delta;
Pat Gorman, junior in
Teachers and a member of
Alpha Xi Delta;
Lori Hildreth, junior Divi
sion sophomore of Residence
Halls for Women;
Breanna Johnson, sopho
more in Agriculture and a
member of Alpha Xi Delta;
Judy Lang, Arts and sci
ences freshman and a mem
ber of Alpha Phi;
Karen Parsons, senior in
Teachers and a member of
Alpha Phi;
Margaret Schwentker,
Teachers sophomore a n d a
member of Chi Omega;
M'eieai inompson, iresn-
i man ui m aim oca-ica
ia memuer oi Aipua iiu,
awry vrna, sopnomore in
! Agriculture ana a memoer oi
Love Memorial Hall
Sandra Whalen, sophomore
in Arts and Sciences and a
member of Alpha Omicron
Pi.
From these 12. stage and
screen actor Virion Brando
will select the ix who will
appear in the Cornhusker.
Bachelors
The 12 men chosen as Most
UI Will Hear
Game Warden
Roy Owen, Game Warden
at Crete, will be the featured
speaker at the University 4-H
Club meeting, Wednesday in
the Ag Union TV room at
7:30 p.m.
Owen has been a game com
missioner at Crete for 26
years, is an accomplished
marksman, and has won over
60 trophies for both shooting
and tall tale telling.
Members that wish to be
eligible for scholarship
awards are asked to pay their
dues.
A square dance, with music
provided bv Owen and his
wife, will follow the meeting.
Everyone interested is in
vited to attend.
AIEE Will Give
Student Papers
The American Institute of
Electrical Engineers student
paper presentation will be
held Wednesday at 7 p.m.
Presenting papers will be
Richard Strayer, Phil Ber
nard, Bob Gallawa, Carroll
Novicki and Bill Keeney.
The winner of the branch
competition, which consists of
both oral and written presen
tations, will be awarded an
expense paid trip to Boulder,
Colo., where he will compete
with his presentation before
the District 6 Convention of
the AIEE.
In addition, handbooks will
be given for first, second and
third place in the local com
petition. Tribunal Review
If the Faculty Senate ap
proves the Student Tribunal
today, it will go to the Board
of Regents for final approval,
according to J. P. Colbert,
Dean of Student Affairs.
A printed history of the
Tribunal plans and a copy of
the charter has been distrib
uted to each member of the
Senate, Dean Colbert said.
if Ntmms
Lincoln,
Eligible Bachelor finalists by
the Mortar Boards, are:
Harry Brace, Business Ad
ministration junior and a
member of Phi Delta Theta;
Don Burgess, junior in
Arts and Sciences and a
member of Selleck Quad
rangle; Don Geisler, junior in Ag
riculture and a member of
Farmhouse;
Lyle Hansen, senior in Bus
iness Administration and a
member of Selleck Quad
rangle; Rady Johnson, Arts and
Sciences junior in Alpha Tau
Omega;
Dyke Newcomer, senior in
Business Administration and
member of Phi Kappa Psi;
Lowell Niebaum, junior in
Arts and Sciences and mem
ber of Kappa Sigma;
Ron Renfer, junior in Busi
ness Administration and
member of Sigma Chi;
Don Smidt, senior in Den
tistry and member of Delta
Upsilon;
Bill Spilker, senior in Ag
riculture, and member of
Farmhouse;
Michael Tooley, senior in
Business Administration and
member of Delta Tau Delta.
Burt Weichenthal, Agricul
ture junior and a member of
Farmhouse.
From these 12 men, Rex
Knowles, director of the Presbyterian-Congregational
Reli
gious House, Jann Wilker,
1957 Queen of Ak-Sar-Ben and
Doris Clements, representa
tive of Gold and Co., will se
lect the six. Eligible Bache
lors. Selleck Fire
isiiuui
Intercoms
Fire that flared up in an
incinerator at Selleck Quad
rangle early Monday morn
ing caused damage esti
mated at $500 to intercom
munication systems leading
to three buildings, accord
ing to Albert Calvert, resi
dent advisor.
Calvert said. "We think
it (the cause of the fire)
was probably someone's
cigarette butts."
According to Calvert,
there are chutes on each
floor which lead to a garb
age room where paper is
collected.
"However," he continued,
"we don't feel that any ma
liciousness was involved."
The fire raised a 12:02
a.m. alarm Monday, with
only smoke and a bad odor
reported at the time.
Koiva Will Free
Pfeiffer Soon
A United States Air Force
pilot to be freed shortly after
being shot down Thursday in
North Korea is a former In
nocent at the University.
Captain Leon Pfeiffer, 27,
formerly of Scribner, Nebra
ska, parachuted from his
Sabre jet plane after he had
"apparently violated the de
militarized zone between
North and South Korea" and
was shot down, according to
a United Nations Command
statement.
Pfeiffer now resides in Ken
oska, Wis. His parents, who
live in Scribner. received tele
grams from the Air Force
saying that their son's plane
crashed on a training flight
from Osan, Korea, and his
parachute was seen floating
down a few yards inside the
North Korean border.
The ex-Nebraskan was also
president of Kosmet Klub and
is a member of Kappa Sigma.
Ag College Joins
To Improve Pasture
All departments of the Col
lege of Agriculture have
joined in a project to develop
a pasture improvement pro
gram in Nebraska, according
to Dean W. V. Lambert.
A steering committee com
posed of college of Agriculture
faculty members and special
ists will co-ordinate further
efforts relating to establish
ment, practices and utiliza
tion, Dean Lambert said.
Nebraska
Alpha Phi sorority won the first place skit trophy at the
sixth annual presentation of Coed Follies Monday evening.
An approximated two thousand filled the Pershing Muni
cipal Auditorium to watch the two-hour show.
"A Veil Tale", the Alpha
Phi skit, was directed by
Joan Riha.
The second place skit tro
phy went to the Alpha Xi
Miss Chapman
Chapman
Dubbed
TSU Ideal
Judy Chapman was named
last night as the Ideal Ne
braska Coed for 1958 at the
annual Coed Follies.
Miss Chapman began her
string of honors last year
when she was selected a
sophomore attendant to the
May Queen on Ivy Day.
Selection of the Ideal Ne
braska Coed was made by a
committee of students and
faculty members on the basis
of scholarship, appearance,
personality and participation
in campus activities.
Representatives of Miss
Chapman's activities are
her posts as secretary of
Student Council, treasurer of
Nebraska Builders, past noti
fications chairman of Tassels
and her membership in Pi
Lambda Theta, women's ed
ucational honorary and Alpha
Phi.
Other finalists for the Ideal
title were Jan Liehtenberger,
Dorothy Beechner, Georgann
Humphrey and Sharon Mc
Donald. Summer Course
Open To Writers
Opportunities in creative
writing are being offered
through scholarships to the
25th annual Writers' Confer
ence in the Rocky Mountains,
July 21-Aug. 8, at the Uni
versity of Colorado.
Miss Margaret Robb, direc
tor of this year's Writers'
Conference, said any under
graduate or graduate student
under 30 years of age at the
University showing promise
as a writer and a desire to
improve technique is elig-ble.
The limited number of
scholarships avai'able pro
vide for free tuition for any
or all workshops, plus $15 in
manuscript-reading fees.
Eight leaders in literature
will be on hand during the
conference to discuss and
analyze the writing field. The
leaders include Andrew
Lylle, novel workshop lead
er, author of "The Velvet
Horn"; Margaret L. Coit,
non-fiction workshop leader
and Pulitzer Prize winning
author of the 1951 work,
"John C. Calhoun: American
Portrait"; and Harry Mu
heim, leader of the television
drama workshop, scripter for
W 11 A M C-TV, Washington,
D.C.
Application letters must be
received by Miss Robb at the
University of Colorado be-
i fore May 24.
Seacre&t To Speak
At .Kadio-TV Lab
Joe W. Seacrest, co-pub-
lisher of the Lincoln Journal,
will be the guest speaker at
the all-Radio-TV lab March
17 at 3 p.m. in Temple 103,
according to Don Russel,
head of the lab.
Seacrest is also president
of KFAB radio, Department
Chairman of the Federal Re
serve Bank in Kansas City,
and is in charge of class
agents of the Nebraska Foun
dation. He has attended Dartmouth
and the University.
I 1 tr sears,
KM
Tuesday, March 11, 1958
Delta act, "Jumbledivy."
Shelia Scott was skitmaster.
"Panic at the Plaza," the
Delta Gamma skit with
Ruth Adams as skitmaster
received the third place
trophy.
Traveler Acts
Towne Club was awarded
the first place trophy for their
travelers act, "Raggedy Ann
and Andy." Second place
went to Edythe Morrow and
Prudie Morrow for their
song and dance traveler act,
"Oomph Appeal".
Final judges for the awards
were Esther Meacham, Dor
othy Maxwell, Earl Jenkins,
Robert Hough and John
Wiley.
Coed Follies was sponsored
by AWS. Nancy Copeland was
Coed Follies chairman and
Mistress of Ceremonies. As
sisting her were Linda Walt,
skitmaster; Barbara Bacon,
stage manager and Jan
Dwarak, sound and lights.
Skit Themes
"The Veil Tale" had as its
main theme the unveiling of
Moslem women. Three report
ers from the United Stages
encourage this action. Al
though the women say that
they can not remove their
veils, they are convinced that
something must be done to
get the sultan to notice them
and forget about spending all
of his time with the boys.
Joan Riha. skitmaster, is fea
tured as the leading dancer.
"Raggedy Ann and Andy,"
the winning travelers act,
was a song with motions
about Raggedy Ann and her
pinmate who had been un
true. With accordian accom
paniment, fifteen girls plot to
get Andy back. The surprise
conclusion finds that Andy
has been behind Raggedy Ann
all the time. Pat Beckman
was skitmaster.
The second place skit,
"Jumbledivy," was a glance
at a future Ivy Day. Because
of the emphasis on science,
Ivy Day had been shortened
to 10 minutes. The Ivy Day
Queen, pages, Mortar Boards
and ivy Day Sing chorus all
had to do their parts in dou
ble time to make the day and
"Jumbledivy" a success.
"Panic at the Plaza", the
Delta Gamma third place
skit dealt with Eloise and how
she got a Triple A rating for
the New York Plaza Hotel.
When Huncan Dines comes to
rate the Plaza, everyone
fears that Eloise will spoil
their efforts, but she man
ages to convince Huncan
Dines that the Plaza is the
best hotel.
Prudie and Edie Morrow's
second place travelers act
consisted of a song and dance
routine about two girls who
didn't have any oomph ap
peal, They bemoan the fact
that they don't get to go to
parties and have dates. Their
sack dress outfits make the
reason for their lack of pop
ularity evident.
Other Skits
Other skits in the show in
cluded "Nautical Neurosis",
the Gamma Phi Beta skit
about a girl who couldn't
stand fishing until she begins
to enjoy it through several
songs and dances. Nancy
Belschner was skitmaster.
"Hark, Hark, the Ark or
Forty Damp Days" was the
contribution of the Delta
Delta Delta sorority. Their
act, directed by G lend a
Klein, concerned Noah and
the animals. It differed from
the Biblical tale in that Mrs.
Noah had to bring her bridge
club 'along for company.
The Chi Omega skit, direct
ed by Blanche Miskovsky,
was entitled "Tamale and the
Bandito." Punchy P a n c h o,
the presidente, is captured by
the police after they learn of
a revolution which took away
his title. Another revolution,
however, saves the day.
More Travelers
The other traveler acts
were the Alpha Omicron Pi
skit, "More fun than a. . .",
which was directed by Mar
gee Rohwer. Monkeys kept
coming from a barrel during
the entire act.
"Blues Medley", the Kappa
Alpha Theta travelers act
with Helen Hockabout, Dolly
Swift, Prudie Morrow and
Gayle Peddie, featured a
medley of three songs, "Blue
, Mnnn."
Blue Skies and
j "Great Day."
V