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.East Themes J i f"""'1"1 "Tim rirrnrnwi.y Tf"TriinirwwfiMMMnj Delta Sigs Join Phis, Theta Xis In Display Wins Oriental themes took top honors for Theta Xi fraternity and Alpha Phi sorority in the University's Homecoming house display competition. Delta Sigma Phi's "Corn Huskers Den" was first place winner of the men's small house division. "The Big Red Buddha," Theta Xi's display, showed a Missouri tiger bowing before a Buddha. Theta Xi was win ner of the men's large house division and men's grand champion. The Alpha Phi display, "So Solly", featured "Confucius," a 20-foot high animated paper mache Chinese weighing a ti ger and a Cornhusker. Women's Places Kappa Alpha Theta won second place in the women's division. Delta Delta D e 1 a was third. HonoraDie men tions were given to Zeta Tau Alpha and Alpha Xi Delta. Second and third pipe hon ors in the men's large house division went to Sigma Wo and Kappa Sigma, respective ly. Phi Delta Theta and Del ta Unsilon won honorable mentions. Beta Sigma Psi won second nlace in the men's small house division. Third place went to Acacia. Alpha Gam ma Rho received honorable mention. 'Best Overall Displays Campus judges called the displays "the best overall disDlavs ec. held on eammis." Judges of the house displays were Frank Hallgren and Hel en Snvder. associate deans ot student affairs; D u a r d Lag- ing, professor of art; t r a n Clark, head of displays at Ben Simon's: and Norma carpen tr advertising manager at Miller and Paine's. Float winners in the Satur day morning parade were Sig ma AlDha Kpsilon, lowne Club and the Union. "Alums Remember," the Sig Alph float, took first place in the men's division. A ser ies of cars represented the years in which Nebraska naa beaten Missouri in the Home coming game. Ags Takes Second Alpha Gamma Sigma took second place in the men's di vision. Honorable mentions went to Farm House and Phi Gamma Delta. The Towne Club's "Drag'n in the Tiger" took first place in the women's division. Fedde Hall won second place. "Close the Book on Mo," Film to Feature Australian Life Australian wildlife will be the subject of the second pro gram in the 1958-59 Audubon Screen Tours series Friday. In a program called "Kan garoo Continent," Patricia Witherspoon of Denver will present color motion pictures of various animals inhabiting the continent "down under" including: the duck-billed platypus, spiny echidna, koa los, kangaroos and the emu of crossword puzzle fame. The program will be pre sented at 4 and 8 pm. in Love Library Auditorium. Tickets may be obtained from the bureau of audio visual instruction or the Mor rill Hall museum. w.1 tii 9fe'Vt-i' Theta Xi Buddha the Union float, showed a ti ger sitting between the cov ers of a book with "N" on the cover. The float took top hon ors in the campus groups di vision. N Club won second place in the campus groups division. 2 NU Students Nabbed After Display Burnings Sigma Kappa, KKG, Alpha Xi Suffer Pranks Two University students were arrested after an epi demic of fires at Homeconi' ing displays during pre-dawn hours Friday. Eye witnesses said five men were involved in starting the blazes. Names of two men who were turned over to campus auth orities are being withheld pending further arrests, ac cording to Sgt. John Furrow of the campus police dept. Blazes Sometime between 4 and 5 a.m. Friday, guards posted at several fraternities saw blazes start at the Sigma Kappa and Kappa Kappa Gamma displays. The Sigma Kappa damage was estimated at $25, with all work that had been done to that time being totally de stroyed, according to Nancy Hcrse. Ron Seeley suffered burns on his hand and arm as he and five other Sig Alphs Math Colloquium Dr. H. L. Hunzeker, assis tant professor of mathema tics, will be the featured speaker at a mathematics colloquium Thursday. The colloquium will be held at 209 Burnett at 3 p.m. The topic of Dr. Hunzeker's speech is "The Torsion of Upshafts of Variable Cross- Section." XHSPA- Largest Group of Jr. Journalists Expected for Press Assn. Meet The largest group of high school journalists since World War II are expected at the 27th annual conven tion of the Nebraska High School Press Assn. Friday and Saturday. The sessions will be held in the Union, at the school of journalism and other campus buildings. Greater Pre-registration ''More schools pre-regis-tered than at any other year," was the word from James Morrison, executive secretary of the NHSPA and assistant professor of journalism. More than 130 awards will be at stake with the Journal-Star Printing Co. of Lin coln giving a sweepstakes award for the first time to 9 MM Vol. 33, No. 28 Queen worked to put out the blazes at the Sigma Kappa's and Kappa Kappa Gamma's. Raiders' Route The raiders apparently started at the north end of 16th St., then worked their way down the street, finally being chased off after starting a fire on the Alpha Xi Delta display. Guards posted at Sigma Nu and Phi Delta Theta chased the raiders. Doug Keill re ported that he and Gene Tice saw the car the five men were using. Meanwhile Alice Baumgart ner and Lois Johnson were standing the 4-5 a.m. guard shift inside the Alpha Xi Sig Tan to Hear DuPont Employe A University engineering graduate, now employed by the DuPont company will speak Tuesday at the annual Sigma Tau convocation. Cecil Doubt will discuss "Know Your Fundamentals" at the 11 a.m. convocation in the Stuart Theater. Doubt, who has been spec ializing in the process devel opment, received a bachelors degree in chemical engineer ing and mathematics in 1950. He is a member of Pi Mu Epsilon, Sigma Tau end the American Institute of Chem ical Engineers. He is a native of Lincoln. the school earning the most points in the contest. Keynote speaker will be Murray Moler, United Press International district super visor from Omaha. With UPI 20 years, he was one of the first American corre spondents in Hiroshima aft er the atomic bomb was dropped. Colorado Dean To Speak Dr. Gayle Waldrop, dean of the College of Journal ism at the University of Colorado, will speak at the awards luncheon, Saturday. He is vice president of the American Association of Schools and Deoartments of Journalism. Lester Benz, executive secretary of the Quill & Scroll Society, national high school journalism frater nity, wiU speak Friday In Crown omecominff Game Ceremony Delta house. Miss Baumgart- ner said she glanced out the window just in time to see two men in N jackets spray ing something on the back, of their display. Slight Blaze Before she had time to call for help, the men had thrown a match on the display. The blaze didn't catch on well. The raiders had little time to try to start it again, for several pursuers had caught up with them. Thev evident ly had a car parked nearby, Miss Baumgartner said. As they were making their getaway, Tice took down their license number. Hp and Keill then chased the car all over town, Keill said. Police According to Keill, they saw some police and stopped and gave them the license num ber. The police later arrested at least two of the men near the Binet cafe. The city police turned the names of the two men over to t he campus police. No charges will be filed i n Mu nicipal Court, City Prosecutor Tom Gorham said. Frank Hallgren, associate dean of student affairs, told the Nebraskan Sunday he was not at liberty to release any information about the affair yet. However, Hallgren was quoted in the Sunday Journal Star as saying the cases would be referred to the Student Tribunal. morning. He is a staff mem ber at the State University of Iowa. The two-day convention will include sectional meet ings on the problems of high school journalists. Contests will be held in three classi fications based on enroll ment. Bronze Pins Bronze pins contributed by the Fremont Guide and Tribune and the Nebraska City News-Press will be given to first place winners in each class. Trophies will be awarded for outstanding yearbooks and high school newspapers. Two of the University's professional journalistic fraternities, Sigma Delta Chi and Theta Sigma Phi will judge the writing and other contests. udged. The Daily Nebraskan Goes I Miss Hockabout Faculty For 'Self -Study 9 Physical, Academic Areas All Will Come Under Probe Faculty members who will compose the committees en gaged in the University s self'-studv project were an nounced by Dr. Marvel Bak er, coordinator. The study will examine the University's total program both physical and academic to provide for future plan ning. Areas of study will include space utilization, adequacy of staffs, departmental relation ships, student enrollment, adequacy of pay for Univer sity staffs, and an appraisal of goals of higher education. The committees are: Biological Sciences Wil liam Allington, professor of Spanish Ballet Concert Feature The Roberto Iglesias Span ish Ballet will perform at Per shing Memorial Auditorium Tuesday at 8:15 p.m. The first presentation by the Lincoln Community Con cert . features dancers from Spain and South America. Also appearing will be mezzo soprano Maria Fabregas and Pepe Secundo, a flamenco singer. Admission for the perform ance will be by membership only. No single admission seats will be available. Alpha Phi Coifucius to Hockabout mm Picked plant Pathology, chairman; Francis Haskins, professor of agronomy; Robert Koch, as sociate professor of animal husbandry; Benjamin Mc Cashland, associate profes sor of physiology; and Merle Musselman, professor of surg ery. Humanities James Olson, professor of history, chair man; Keith Aldrich, assist ant professor of the classics; Charles Colman, professor of romance languages; Ray Frantz, professor of English; Jack Snider, assistant profes sor of music. Physical Sciences Cecil Vanderzee, professor of chem istry, chairman; Miguel Bas oco, professor of mathemat ics; Emerald Marmo, profes sor of engineering mechanics; Robert Olson, professor of agronomy; James Weber, pro fessor of chemical engineer ing. Social Sciences Jasper Shannon, professor of polit ical science, chairman; Don Clifton, associate professor of history and principles of education and of educational psychology and measure ments ; Henry Grether Jr , professor of law; Stuart Hall, professor of economics; Nor man Thorpe, associate pro fessor of secondary education. The central committee will be composed of the chairmen of the four committees. .Bes Monday, November 3, 1958 Chancellor Presents Neic Royalty Helen Hockabout, junior in Arts and Science and mem ber of Kappa Alpha Theta, was crowned Homecoming Queen to climax the tradition al halftime ceremonies. Miss Hockabout was pre sented during halftime of the Nebraska-Missouri game by Chancellor Clifford Hardin, after Yell King Bill McQuis tan escorted her to the mid dle of the f ield. She was crowned by 1 a s t year's queen Karen Krueger. Miss Hockabout's activities include: scholarship c h a i r man of Kappa Alpha Theta and member of Builders and AUF. She is also a member of Tassels, as were her four jun ior attendants Sondra Wha Icn, Sharon Fangman, Jane Savener and Jolaine Loseke. Miss Hockabout began her duties as queen by reigning over the Homecoming Dance Saturday n i g h t at Pershing A"ditorium. A large crowd danced to the music of the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra. Possessing an 8.111 schol astic average, she is among the top 3 per cent in her class. An English major, she is minoring in French and history. Lutheran Chapel To Open Dedication of the new Luth eran Student Chapel will be 3 p.m. Sunday. Dr. William Larsen, presi dent of United Lutheran Church will speak on the "Mission of the Church on Campus." Dr. Paul Bierstedt, of the division of college work of the National Lutheran Coun cil, will assist Pastor Alvin Petersen with the dedication services. The Rev. Saben Swenson, president of the Ne braska Conference of the Augustana synod, will have charge of the entire service. The chapel, which seats 300, was completed for first services on Oct. 12. Students raised $3,000 of the $60,000 addition. The National Luth eran Council and Nebraska Lutheran Churches have pro vided $30,000. The addition also includes a basement auditorium com plete with a stage and a kitchen. The altar has a 12 foot cross suspended above n. Chancellor Clifford Hardin will greet the guests attend ing. Open house will be held immediately following the , dedication,