VWSITV OF NEBfU
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.DEC ' 2
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By Marilyn 'Coffey
The holocaust in a Chica
go parochial grade school
Monday killed 90 out of
1,300 students. The fire
swept through the building,
trapping many pupils at
their desks.
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Three-Day Visit-
Vol.
Russian College
Rectors Visit
NU Thursday
Five rectors from five Rus- The tour, financed anfl re
sian universities will arrive in ! quested by the U.S. State De
Lincoln Thursday afternoon ' partmcnt, is an exchange vis-
for a three-day tour of the
University and Lincoln gov
ernmental and educational fa
cilities. Tassels
Appoint
Committee
'To Investigate
Queen Election
Tassels has aDDointed
committee to investigate pro- In the afternoon, they will vis
cedure in the Homecoming it- a farm- near Ashland.
Queen election. Leave Sunday
The committee will meet! Thev will leave earlv Sun
th.s week to discuss and rec- d for San Francisco
oramcnu possime ciidiigefc in,
the election. Any decisions or
recommendations will then be
reported at the Tassel meet
ing next Monday.
The committee will use the
post cards sent by Tassels to
organized houses as a basis
for the investigation. From
approximately 60 postcards
that were sent out, 29 have
been returned with com
ments. A week ago. Tassels voted
to do nothing about the Stu
dent Council proposal that
Tassels give up two of their
representatives on the inter
viewing board which
selects
queen candidates.
Chairman of the investigat-
ing committee is Sondra inc ioiueei
Whalen. Committee members: A meeting of the American
are Helen Hockabout, Jane; Society of Mechanical Engi -
A x t e 1 1, Jane McLaughlin, j neers will begin tonight at 7
Shari Turner and Kay Stute. ip.m. in Room 2f)ti, Richards
"This should give the cam-j Hall.
pus groups who have been, A "brainstorming session" on
complaining about the Queen j E-Week will be led by Dr.
election a chance to present ! Howard Deems, chairman of
... . . -
some constructive criticism,"
Miss Whalen commented.
Love Hall
Resembles
By John Hoerner I
Neither sorority nor dorm, !
Love .Memorial Hall occupies,
a unique position on the Ne-
urasKa campus.
The Hall, which resembles; of
an extra-large family of 'of
gins, was tops in scnoiarsnip
last semester
Good Balance
At the same time it man
aged to win the Mortar Board
Scholarship-Activities trophy
for the best balance between
scholarship and activities.
Love Hall's answer to the
activities program problem
Is surprisingly simple but
baffling they have no pro
gram. !
"The girls evidently profit I
wnll hv tho pvamnlo set hv '
upperclassmen is the only
way I can explain it," said
Mary Vrba, Love Hall junior.
Mary is a Student Council
member. Honorary Com
mandant finalist, member of
Coed Counselor Board and
AWS Board.
Equally notable is the ab
sence of a scholarship pro
gram. There are no specified!
quiet hours, no hall proctors.
According to Mary, "There
Just isn't noise during study
time; everyone is studying."
As evidence of the success
of this procedure, four-week
reports khoucd a total of only
Ihf hours of (lowim for the
4S mt-mhers of the Hall.
'o 'v..' ol these were to fresh-;
lll.M
The girls conk their own
meals and keep house for
58 Chicago Blaze Repeat Possible at NU?
retention Important Function Here
It could never happen
here. Or could it?
Potential Prevalent
"You have the potential
around an institution this
large," said Carl Donald
son, business manager for
the University. "However,
The Doily
it to the United Stales. Earli
er a group of American edu
cators toured Russian facili-
' ties.
' To Visit Hardin
' The Russians will visit
Chancellor Hardin and Love
; Library Thursday. Friday
; morning the group will tour
the State Capitol, including
the state department of edu
i cation.
i In the afternoon, they will!
I visit the city and agriculture I
: campuses.
! Saturday the five educators
i will tour state museums and
visit the Extension Division, s
Tht! ?llsslanc hav
ly visited colleges in the
east including Harvard, Mas
nchnsctts Institute of Tech
'ogy, Columbia and I'rince
i. On the westward swing
they will go to the Univer
sity of California and Stan
ford. The educators, all natural
scientists, are: Gagik Davt
van of Erevan State Univer-i
ARCHIVES
sity; Fedor Klement of Tartu j Collegiate Crops Judging con
State University: Sergey Le-'tCiit.
bedev of Odessa State Uni- x. , , .
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Roman Mertslin. Sa
ratov Stale University; and
iViHtor .Roov' Irkutsk State
, unit ci auj .
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the Vocational Education De-
I partment.
Activities, Scholarship High
Has Unique Position
Large Family of Girls
themselves. Jobs are divided
evenly. The total housebill i
per month is only $32.
Seven Units
There are seven units, three
eight girls each and four;
six girls each. Each living I
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MARY VltRA, member of Ixtve Memorial Hall, Coed
Counselors, and an Honorary Comrn;iiidanl fi alist. hold
the l!)57-rH Mortar Board Scholarship-Activities trophy
awarded to Love Hall.
the average college student
responds well to fire pre
vention instruction.
Better fire prevention
knowledge was cited by
Donaldson as one of the fac
tors that lias kept fires on
the campus at a minimum.
Nebroskan
Singers
Star
Of Week
Page 3
iU Crop Team
Places Third
The University crops judg
ing and identification team
placed third in a field of 10
teams at the International
me AeorasKa team is com
.posea
m iNuniidii ivumung,
r n..ui(:- !
Marvin Kyes, Moyn Keim and
Fred Gordon. Team coach is
:Dr. John OnnrtdinrJ assistant,
' ; ,1 , r - , ,
LL. H,AJ 1 E'
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ond in crops identification in a
i field of 30 individuals.
unit has its own complete ,
kitchen. The girls buy their!
Sown food with a check given !
! to them each week by the I
house treasurer.
Meals are planned and pre
pared by the unit cook.
'professor of agronomy at theline winner 01 ine uver-jpny- will also be discussed
' College of Agriculture. ! AH Excellence division of the; by John McMaster, manager
j A Texas Tech team took 1 publications competition. 0f the Graphic Reproduction
first and Kansas State College j New This Year i Sales Division of Eastman Ko-
'edged out Nebraska by 3; The competition, new this ak.
j points for second spot in the 'year, is open to all publica-l r. Hall will speak on "In-
contest. The Nebraska team ! tions edited by association dustrial Editing Vocation or
j took first place in commercial ! members. 1 Profession?" at the lunch-
; grading, and Kyes placed sec-! Dr. William Hall, director !
i
The last major fire at the
University was at a barn on
Ag campus some 20 years
ago, the business manager
said.
Nebraska Hall Blaze
City campus's last major
fire was 33 years ago when
Wednesday, December 3, 1958
Carpi in
State Publication
Editors' Meet Set
J-School, Extension Division
Among Workshop Sponsors
The best publications lay
out, article and photograph
will be recognized at the sec
ond annual Cornhusker Edi
tors As?ociatica .... Workshop
Saturday at the University.
The Cornhusker Editors As
sociation is composed of the
editors of publications in Ne
braska. ' The citations will be given
ibv the School of Journalism.
Thp Kpst magazine in the
field will be presented with j
the Nebraska B'armer donat
mg.
a plaque to be awarded
, ,
winner ot the Over
of the school of journalism.'
the school of journalism,;
Mill make the presentations
In addition to the cook,
there is a second cook, a
housekeeper, first and second i
maids and a hostess for each :
unit. These duties are traded , Smith, editor of Public Serv
on a two-week rotation basis, j ivc of Central Electric and
Girls put in two hours of: Gas Company, will make the
work per day, and are not f call to order,
supposed to have outside Judging in the competition
work. ; will be done by members of
The girls sleep and study .the faculty of the school of
hi two main rooms similar to' journalism,
those in a sorority or dorm, j
House council Convention Set
House government consists .
of a house council made up ITir Ife Vil Pin
of the president, secretary, 1 ,jU 1 ",
treasurer and a representa- Waync IIouse UnJvcrsit
tive from each unit. Regular professor of Business Educa
Monday night house meetings; will lake part in lhe 61st
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Every resident is required
to maintain a 5.5 average.
Freshman girls are eligible
to live in Uvc Hall. They areinian 0f the Bookkeeping and
accepted on the basis of ' Accounting Round Table. Tho
scholarship, financial need topic of discussion will be
and character references per- j Tne Relationship of Book-
tinent to co-operative living,
according to Helen Snyder,
associate dean of women,
whose office handles the ap
plications. Each year there are from
15 to 20 vacancies in the
Hall. Approximately 50 to 60
. applications are received, j
Freshman girls have no :
Knecial duties commonly as-!
soclated with being a pledge, j sional organization composed ! tied physically.
They are treated on an equal' of teachers, of business sub-;., ,". r
basis with upperclassmen. jeets in secondary schools. ' M.oncert
The Hall, n gii'l of Don colleges, uniwrsil'es and hn.i-' A Fine Arts Ensemble Con
, Love, maintains itself linan- ness colleges throughout the cert will be held Thursday at
1 cially.
one of the upper stories of
Nebraska Hall burned. The
third floor of the hall was
removed as a result of the
fire which started in the film
storage room, Donaldson,
said.
To prevent fire, several
night watchmen at the Uni
versity inspect the buildings
regularly. A schedule is
worked out so that the halls
are inspected several times
each night.
Clocks located in separate
ends of the buildings and on
different floors must be
punched by the watchman
when he makes his inspec
tion. By checking these
clocks, said Donaldson, one
Yuletide Season
i i in nwiiiiiBi;,v.--.';..inwiiiiinMiiitiMiia ,
at the workshop luncheon
Saturday.
Photography, employes r e
lations and layout will be fea
tured topics of the workshop.
The Cornhusker Editors As
sociation, school of journalism
and Extension Division are
co-sponsors of the event.
Morning Session
The morning session f e a
tures a talk on "Communica
tions and Human Relations"
hv William Tnrrenri rfpttart-
ment of business organization
and management of the Uni-
versity. "Magazine Photogra
phy" will also be discussed
In the afternoon session,
E'arl Larson, managing edi
tor of Successful Farming
Magazine, will discuss "Mag
azine Layout."-James Morri
son of the school of journal
ism and Dr. Hall will also
discuss "Typography."
Open House
After the program open
house will be held at the Uni
versity Club.
President of the association
is Sally Adams, editor of the
Nebraska Alumnus. She will
welcome the members. Bob
(IliliilC Wll V VUWUII VI UIW AIM
ljona, Business Teachers As
sociation.
He will serve as vice-chair-
keeping and Account in g
Theory to Bookkeeping Ma
chines, Punched-Card Sys
tems, and Computers.
The convention is being held i
at the Palmer House in Chi'
cara on Dec. 30 through Jan.
I. The theme is "Personal De-
velopment through Business
Education."
The association is a nrofev
I United States.
can see when the night
watchman checks the build
ing. Regular Inspections Made
Regular fire inspection of
University b u i 1 d i n g s is
made both by a University
safety committee and by
the state fire marshal.
"It is good to have some
one from the outside
check," said Donaldson,
"because they often see
things that we have grown
used to seeing."
"Older buildings are less
fire resistant than the new,"
the business manager com
mented. Wooden roofs on some of
the older buildings are a
Annual Concert
Features Four
Student Soloists
University Singers will pre
sent their annual Christmas
Carol Concert Sunday at 3
and 4:30 p.m. in the Union
Ballroom.
Tickets are free and may
be obtained at the Union main
office. Admission is by ticket
only.
The concert features lesser
known carols of foreign lands.
"Fantasia on Christmas Car
ols," written by the late
Ralph Vaughn Williams, a
contemporary English com
poser, will liighlight the pro
gram. Other carols to be sung In
clude "Gloria In Excelsis,"
Adoramus te " "O Filii et
Filiae," "Lo, How a Rose
re Blooming," "Patapan,"
The Enunciation Carol,"
"The Angels and Shepherds,"
"Jesu! Thou Dear Babe Di
vine," "Noel, Novelet" and
"What Strangers Are These?"
Student soloists are Gale
Miller, Susan Rhodes, Nor
man Riggins and Rodney
Walker.
Directed by Professor Earl
Jenkins, University Singers is
composed of 102 members.
Professor Myron Roberts of
the Department of Music is
the organist Glenda Klein
will play the piano.
Dec. 9-
Danisli Gyiw
Group Plans
Campus Visit
Twenty - eight Danish gym
nasts will present a two and
a half hour program in the
University Coliseum Dec. 9 at
7:30 p.m.
The gymnasts are the third
group of this type to visit the
United States and Canada.
Members of the group are
from folk high schools and
gymnastic organizations from
all parts of Denmark.
The object of the team is to
present the ultimate in Dan
ish physical education to the
people of America, according
to their sponsor Paul Clausen.
It is a non-profit venture,
made possible by the director
and the savings of the people
in the group.
The program will include
primary fundamental and ad
vanced gymnastics, work in
the wall-bars, folk dances, ap
paratus and tumbling and
courtesy dances.
Teens n Twenties
Members of the team are
in their late teens or early
twenties. This will be their
second appearance in Lincoln.
The event is sponsored by
the Union, Phi Epsilon Kappa,
the gymnastics team, Wom
en's Athletic Association and
the Women's Physical Educa
tion Club.
Three Cadets
Complete Solos
Morris Ochsner, Guy Sapp
and Pat McGarraugh were
the first three cadets to make
solo flights in the Army ROTC
flight training program, at Ar
row Airport Tuesday.
The 12 cadets taking part in
the program will receive 36
hours of ground school and 36
hours flight training. After
completing the course and
successfully passing the Civil
Aeronautics test, the cadets
will receive private licenses
and will be qualified for furth
er training in light aircraft
helicopters in the Army.
This is the second year the
training has been offered. The
12 cadets began their training
in October after passing an
examination and being quail-
8 p m. in the Union.
fire hazard, he said.
Temporaries Troublesome
The temporary buildings
were cited by Donaldson as
presenting problems in fire
prevention, as was Nebras
ka Hall. Nebraska Hall is
scheduled to be torn down
within the next year. Five
of the original temporary
buildings have been torn
down and one is no longer
in use.
The barn-type buildings
on Ag campus are "always
a danger," said Donaldson,
as are things like chemicals
in a building.
The Temple Building had
a wooden floor and steps
leading to the fire escape.
Two additional fire escapes
were added to the building
this year, said the business
manager, by request of the
fire marshal.
Orders Followed
"Where ever we bar
been told to put on fire ex
tinguishers we put them
on," Donaldson commented.
A regular University fir
inspection crew checks the
extinguishers periodically
and records the time of in
spection on a card attached
to the extinguisher. Some
extinguishers are tested by
using them and then refill
ing them, he said.
"If a student ever has oc
casion to use a fire extin
guisher," Donaldson cau
tioned, "he should tall the
department of buildings and
grounds and tell them."
"Never hang a used fir
extinguisher back in place,"
he warned.
Tax-Built
Buildings
Uninsured
Legislation Needed
To Replace
If University buildings
should be damaged by fire,
provisions have been made to
replace them, said Carl Don
aldson, University business
manager.
The University, as a state
institution, does not carry
ffireinsnrance on those build
ings that were built with state
tax money.
Special Session
Should a building be de
stroyed by fire, the state legis
lature would probably meet in
special session to allocate
funds to replace the hall, Don
aldson said.
This is in keeping with the
practice of the state, he added.
None of state property is cov
ered with fire insurance.
Campus buildings that wer
financed by a bond issue are
covered by fire insurance, the
business managed said. Insur
ance ewers both the buildings
and their contents.
Union Included
The Men's and Women's
Residence Halls, the Student
Union, the Field House and
the Colliseum are among the
buildings that fall in this cate
gory. "You. can replace buildings
but you can't replace people,"
Donaldson said, speaking of
the responsibility of the Uni
versity. Even if no persons am hurt
by the fire, a lot of changes
must be made when one oc
curs, he said.
For Instance, classes must
be rescheduled in temporary
quarters. Many hours ef in
struction are often lost, ho
added.
TV Show
To Concern
Constitution
A special program on th
constitution, entitled "Deci
sion," will be presented Fri
day at 7:30 p.m. on Channel
12.
To be studied on the pro
gram is the question, "If
membership on the U.S. Su
preme Court Is determined by
other branches of the govern
ment, how can the tribunal
exercise the ultimate power
to void laws enacted by Con
gress and signed by the Pres
ident?" The half-hour program, nar
rated by radio commentator
Robert Trout, draws on his
toric film from the National
Archives and other sources to
illustrate the conflict among
the various components of the
Constitution.
Presented by the Educa
tional Television and Radio
Center, this program is one
of six in the "Decision" se
ries. Others will be broadcast
by the educational network
early in 1959.
