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Innocents Select Six Finalists
For Nebraska Sweetheart Crown
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Sharon Quinn
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Stanford
To
App
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'News Panel Boasts
Senator Douglas
Neal Stanford and John
Metcalf are two of the news
men to appear on the "Break
the News" panel for the first
A 1 1 - University Convocation
Monday.
Beginning at 11 a. m., the
convocation will be open to
the public and classes will be
dismissed.
Senator Paul Douglas of
Illinois will be questioned by
the newsmen on current na
ational and world affairs. Fol
lowing this the panel will be
open to questions from the au
dience. Stanford
Mr. Stanford is a Washing
ton diplomatic correspondent
for the Christian Science Mon
itor. He served for four years
ps assistant editor of the
American news department
for the Monitor. He is a con
tributor to various publica
tions in the United States and
Europe, including the London
Sunday Times, Indian States
man and Nation and Ameri
can Mercury. (
Mr. Metcalf. panel modera
tor, is the editor of "Back
ground," Washington newslat
ter on world and national af
fairs. A prize-winning journal
ist, he has gained a wide rep
utation as an intemreter of
American foreign policv.
Traveled Extensively
He has traveled extensive
ly in the United States, Eu
rope and Latin America cov
ering international conference
for leading publications. His
ar i I c 1 e s from Washington,
New York, Europe and Latin
America have been syndicat
ed throughout the world.
Also appearing on the panel
is Kenneth Crawford, News
week bureau chief and senior
editor for National Affairs.
Senator Douelas will be on
hand at 2:30 Monday in the
Unin ballroom for an infor
mal question period. Mr.
Stanford will speak to jour
nalism classes in the after
noon. ASME to Pick
E-Week Heads
Election of the mechanical
engineering department's E
Week co-chairmen will take
place at the meeting of the
American Society of Mechan
ical Engineers at 7 p.m. in
Room 206 of Richards Hall,
today.
A film on the construction
of a 10,000 mile, 30 inch trans
Arabian pipeline system will
also be presented.
hives' e Daily Nebraskan
Merca Dee Bonde
The six finalists for Nebraska Sweetheart were chosen
Monday by the Innocents Society.
Finalists are Merca Dee Bonr?e, Phyllis Bonner, Judy
Decker, Carol Kucera, Margaret Marshall and Sharon
Quinn.
These girls were selected from 23 girls representing
each sorority house and women's residence hall. They were
chosen on the basis of activities, appearance, personality
and poise.
The Nebraska Sweetheart will be elected by vote of all
students attending the Kosmet Klub Review, Nov. 21.
A senior in Agriculture, Miss Bonde is a resident of
Love Memorial Hall from Callaway. She is a member of
the Vocational Homemaking Education Association, Home
Ec Club and the Farmer's Fair board. She is also on the
Presbyterian Chapel cabinet.
Miss Bonner is an Alpha Omicron Pi senior in Arts
and Sciences from Imperial. Secretary of her sorority
house, she is also secretary of YWCA and an AWS senior
board member. She is secretary of Theta Sigma Phi, jour
nalism honorary, and of Gamma Alpha Iota, romance
language honorary, and Kappa Tau Alpha, journalism
honorary, and is president of the Nebraska Collegiate
Broadcasters Association.
Vice president of Delta Delta Delta, Miss Decker is a
senior in Teachers from Lincoln. She is a Mortar Board,
vice president of AWS and on the Student Union Board.
A University cheerleader, Miss Marshall is a Gamma
Phi Beta junior in Arts and Sciences from Lincoln. She is
secretary of AWS, magazine chairman of her sorority and
the president of Magee's College Board. She was chosen
Sweetheart of Alpha Tau Omega.
Miss Quinn is a Delta Gamma junior from Lincoln.
She has a double major in English and speech. She is rush
chairman for her sorority, publicity chairman of Orchesis
and on the AUF board.
Miss State Fair for 1958, Miss Kucera was also state
runner-up for the Dairy Princess title. She is a sophomore
in Teachers from Clarkson. This year she was a Hello Girl
finalist. She is on Coed Counselors Board, the Womens
Residence Halls Council, and writes continuity for KUON.
So
One Peanut Could Wreck Entire Diet Study
By Minitte Taylor
She takes off her shoes
and steps on the scales.
She moves the weights
back and forth. "Oh, No!"
she groans. "I've lost
weight!"
No, she's not a silly girl.
She's one of eight human
"guinea pigs" on an amino
acid study. The loss in
weight means more fo ',
since subjects must stay
about the same weight they
were when they started the
study.
No Pizza
More food doesn't mean
more pizza, steak, or pop
corn. In fact, Dr. Links
wiler, head of the a m i n o
acid study, said that even
a peanut can wreck a whole
study.
Food itself means a doily
lined tray with a large
glass of amino acids, a con
tainer of sugar, a custard
cup of butter, mineral waf
ers, extra wafers for some
people, plastic packages of
jelly (such as those often
Lincoln Alum
Wins Frat Title
Edward Frerichs, of Lin
coln, was presented the
"Master Builders Award" by
national Farm House Frater
nity.
The award is presented to
alumni for outstanding serv
ice to the fraternity. Frerichs
is the second member of the
Nebraska chapter to receive
the award. Chauncey Smith
received it in 1954.
Frerichs is vice-president
and agency director of Secur
ity Mutual Life Insurance
Company. He served on the
b6ard of directors of the Ne
braska Farm House alumni
association for 12 years and
was treasurer for 10 years.
Cosmopolitan Club
Cosmopolitan Club will
meet tonight at 7:30 p.m. in
Parlor C of the Union to dis
cuss the smorgasbord.
Carol Kucera
Snacks,
seen in restaurants), a
beaker of cornmeal mush,
7-Up and fruit.
These foods are required
and all carefully measured.
For anyone who never liked
to exercise table manners,
this is the perfect excuse.
Every last crumb of food
must be eaten. Amino acids
glasses are rinsed with a
washbottle three fees be
fore guinea pigs return
them to the kitchen.
Sour Amino
How do amino acids
taste? They're sour. They're
also the main complaint of
subjects for the first few
days. Subjects wonder at
the remark that amino
acids aren't bad at all are
much better that wafers
toward the end of Ihe study.
Toward the end of the study,
they begin to agree.
The wafers look like
cookies. They taste like
them too. However, the waf
ers are a bit more dry and
rather flat.
The sugar in the diet is
carefully measured. The
large quantities of butter
are pure butter not mar
garine or anything of t h e
sort. However, the butter
doesn't taste like butter.
It's had the protein taken
out.
Some is Genuine
The jelly, cornmeal mush,
7-up and fruit, of course,
are real. Jelly and 7-Up are
given to add calories. Corn
meal mush isn't always a
part of the meal. Along the
fruit line, subjects are given
orange juice for breakfast,
applesauce for dinner, and
either peaches or pears for
supper.
Besides the required
foods, "guinea pigs" may
eat a small and carefully
measured amount of dill
pickles and drink instant
coffee.
The dill pickles are some
thing new: Subject Everett
Crocker asked for s o m e
thing sharp (such as mus
tard or pickles) to kill the
sweet taste left by the diet
Wednesday, November 5, 1958
Phyll Bonner
Martz
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Just Amino
when no cornmeal is served.
The pickles were carefully
analyzed, and something
new was added to "may
have." Best Fed
If the diet sounds unbal
anced, it isn't. Guinea pigs
have been told they're prob
ably the best-fed girls in
town nutrition-wise. Calci
um pills and so forth supple
ment the food. Amino acids
form plenty of protein.
Why have the diet any
way? It's to find if
threonine, an amino acid
found in corn, can be used
to help form complete pro
tein as the synthetic
threonine can.
Why go on he diet? Mon
ey and interest in the study
seem to be principle rea
sons. Foods major Dorothy
Christensen, for instance,
has been on about three
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"GUINEA PIG" Doralyn Stcincr scrapes a beaker of
cornmeal mush. Miss Stciner is on an amino acids study
and subjects on the study must eat every bit u their food.
Candidates Named,
Procedures Changed
. . .Honorary Commandant Choices
A revision of the Honorary
Commandant election and
thirty-eight candidates for the
title have been announced by
the ROTC department.
Candidates will be inter
viewed Sunday in Room 303 of
the Union. Nine finalists will
be chosen from the thirty
eight, based on beauty, poise
and personality.
Halftime Announcement
The finalists will be re
vealed at halftime of the Ne
braska - Pittsburgh football
game Nov. 15. From these
nine, the Honorary Comman
dant will be picked by an all
campus election Nov. 20.
The nine are divided into
three groups; three candi
dates for Miss Army, three
for Miss Air Force and three
for Miss Navy. These three
girls will be selected by vote
of their respective services
Nov. 24 and 25.
In past years, the Honorary
Commandant has been elect
ed from Miss Army, Miss Air
Force and Miss Navy rath
er than from the nine final
ists. Presented Dec. 5
She and her three attend
ees will be presented at the
Military Ball Dec. 5 in Persh
ing Auditorium.
Each organized women's
house was allowed to submit
two candidates.
The candidates and their
affiliations are Pat Gorman,
Joyce Evans, Alpha Xi Delta;
Beth Toomey, Mary Mc
Knight, Delta Gamma; Ruth
Gilbert, Alice Knudson, Aipna
Chi Omega; Heather Will
helm, Patty Ostdiek, Terrace
Hall: Artha Lee Pacha, Mary
Jo Reihart, Fedde Hall; Jane
Savener. Marv Vrba, Love
Hall: Nan Carlson. Sandra
Kellogg, Kappa Kappa Gam'
ma.
Monica Ross, Mary Ann
Harris, Pi Beta Phi: Mar
garet Schwentker, Judie Wil
Physics Colloquium
Garnett Gray, a graduate
student, will discuss "Basic
Techniques in Nuclear Emu
sion Research ' Thursday at a
Physics Colloquim, beginning
at 4:15 p.m. in Rm. 211, Brace
Laboratory.
Tea will be served at 3:45
p.m.
such studies. Others include
a student from India, a
graduate student who is
now working with swine nu
trition, two math students,
a medical technology stu
dent, a clothing major, and
a home economics-journalism
major.
Years of Study
The amino acid study be
ing conducted this fall is a
part of years of research
concerning amino acids.
There is usually about one
such study at the Univer
sity each year. Notices are
usually posted on bulletin
boards on Ag Campus. If
students (whether Ag Col
lege or not) are interested
in the study, they apply.
The study is explained to
them before they go on it.
Dr. Linkswiler explains the
study. A test meal and a
medical exam are given.
liams, Chi Omega; Mary Pat
rick, Elaine Eggen, Alpha
Phi; Marilyn Arvidson, Ann
Meyer, Zeta Tau Alpha; Bren
da Naber, Mary Lou Valen
cia, Womens Residence Hall;
Ann Nordquist, Marily Sue
Thurman, Kappa Delta; Phyl
lis Bonner, Sandra Reimer,
Alpha Omicoii Pi.
Only One Student
Charged for Fires
Case Goes to Student Tribunal,
Others Involved Being Sought
Only one of the two men
arrested in connection with
fires in several Homecoming
displays early Friday was a
University student.
Previous reports that both
men are students are false,
according to J. P. Colbert,
dean of Student Affairs.
To Tribunal
The case of the student has
been referred to the Student
Tribunal and will probably
come up for trial next week,
Colbert said. Tribunal rules
stipulate that a defendant be
given at least five days notice
before his trial.
Fires were lighted some
time between 4 and 5 a.m.
Kick-off Dinner
2nd Part
Of AW
Stressed
"To know, to care, to
share".
Thus Rev. Rex Knowles im
parted what he termed a sec
ond, most important part of
AUF at the annual kick-off
dinner Tuesday night.
AUF is not just quotas and
m o n e y-making events, he
said. In this crisis year, we
have the opportunity to tell
every student on this cam
pus what this second part is.
Referring to the AUF drive,
Dr. Knowles commented, "I
hope you can find some very
able assistence from the very
fine people on the campus."
He stressed the educational
value of the sudden change
of plans concerning the auc
tion and independent drive.
"All of you know that AUF
must change its ways. In this
crisis year we have an oppor
tunity to change", he point
ed out.
An unexpected guest at the
banquet was Mrs. Ruth
Hanes Purkaple, program di
rector of the Committee on
Friendly Relations among
Foreign Students.
Mrs. Purkaple stressed tne
importance of the World Uni
versity Service.
'If we are to prove what
American students can do
about making their own stand
in a world community, what
better way than to give to
this kind of fund," she stated.
She compared the attitudes
of some Soviet students to
that of American students in
regard to "voluntary work in
building up the country."
The Soviet students seemed
to be more active, according
to Mrs. Purkaple.
Dr. Dudley Ashton, AUF
advisor, noted that in the pat
terns of living that are now
being formed, AUF enters the
pattern of sharing with oth
ers. John Glynn, AUF presi
dent, presided at the banquet.
Friendship
Dinner
Tomorrow
The International Friend
ship Dinner will be tomorrow
at 6:30 p.m. in tne union
Ballroom.
Between 250 and 300 Ameri
cans and tneir toreign stu
dent guests are expected to
attend. Tickets are $1.75.
The program will show how
historical events in the United
States have produced certain
musical forms.
Ralph Bennet will present
Aboriginal songs while Terry
Young and Merlyn Montgom
ery will sing Negro spirituals.
The Sinfonia quartet will sing
several Stephan Foster songs
and Leonard Ki'Hhe will sing
Western numbers.
The Uni v e r s i t y Square
Dance Club will also dance.
The theme of the dinner is
Highlights of American
Music."
Rosalie Jocobs, Jacque Hig
bee, Towne Club; Rychie Van
Ornam, Kolleen Kerr, Delta
Delta Delta; Deannie Died
richs, Nancy Fowler, Sigma
Kappa ; E d y t h e Morrow,
Mary Lynn Stafford, Kappa
Alpha Theta; Terry Mitchem,
Margaret Marshall, Gamma
Phi Beta.
Friday on the Sigma Kappa,
Kappa Kappa Gamma and
Alpha Xi Delta displays. Lin
coln police arrested two men
in connection with the fires
later that day.
"Allegedly three of the men
involved were students and
two were not," Colbert said.
He said he could give no def
inite information on this be
cause he had no firsthand in
formation on it.
Five Involved
Several eyewitnesses to the
fires stated definitely that at
least five men were involved
in setting the blazes.
Lincoln police have indi
cated they will not press
charges in the case.
"Regardless of what the
city or county does with it
Student Affairs is referring
the case to the Tribunal for
alleged conduct detrimental
to the University," Colbert
said.
Several students who were
witnesses to the fires will be
requested to appear before
the Tribunal to testify, he
added.
Information Sought
"We would certainly en
courage anyone who could
come in and give information
to this office (Student Affairs)
for transmittal to the Tribunal
to do so," the dean said.
Information is especially de
sired on the other persons in
volved in setting the blazes,
Colbert said.
Names of the persons al
ready arrested have been
withheld pending further ar
rests. Farmer's Formal
Ommission
Necessitates
New Vote
Elections for Farmers For
mal Queen will again be held
in the Ag Union Wednesday
from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Because some names of eli
gible candidates were omitted
from the former ballot, the
vote last week was cancelled.
Candidates are senior wom
en in the College of Agricul
ture with at least a 5.5 aver
age. All Ag College students
are urged to vote for six of
the candidates, said Joyce
Evans, chairman.
The queen will be presented
at the Farmers Formal on
Friday, November 14.
KK Tryouts
Scheduled
Thurs. Eve
Skit try-outs for the Kosmet
Klub Fall Review will be held
in ten fraternity houses
Thursday.
Each group is expected to
be ready to perform at the
appointed time. Judges are
Miss Mary Jane Mulvaney,
Dwaine Rogge, Van Westover
and Linda Walt.
The houses entered, their
skits and scheduled times
are Sigma vm, -reaness
Fallgren's Folly, 7 p.m.; Del
ta Upsilon, "Invention of the
Wheel," 7:25 p.m.; Delta Tau
Delta, "Little Babner Goes to
College, 7:50 p.m.; Sigma
Phi Epsilon, "Witches for the
Prosecution." 8:15 p.m.
Phi Kappa Psi, "November
December Remember," 8:40
p.m.; Phi Delta Theta, "TV
in the Ozarks," 9:05; Theta
Xi, "Butt Really," 9:30 p.m.;
Beta Theta Pi, "Our History
Beginneth," 9.55 p.m.; Alpha
Tau Omega, "Mutiny Over
the Bounty," 10:20 p.m.; and
Zeta Beta Tau, 10:45 p.m.
Civil Engineers Meet
The American Society of
Civil Engineers will meet in
Room 217 Ferguson Hall for
Cornhusker pictures at 6:45
p.m. Wednesday.
A business meeting in Stout
Hall win follow.
