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Six Undergraduates elected to Phi Beta Kappa this year are seated from left to right,
Marion Wright, Terry Mitchem, Barbara Michelmann. Standing from left to right are
Bob Ireland, Wilbur Hass and James Harpstreith.
Six Students, One Grad
Elected to Phi Beta Kappa
Graduate Work
Looms High
In Groups Plans
Six undergraduate men and
-women and a 1958 graduate
were elected this week to
Phi Beta Kappa, top scholas
tic honorary society for Arts
and Sciences students.
Revealed Thursday at the
group's dinner meeting, the
new members are Wilbur
Hass, Marion Wright, Robert
Ireland, James Harpstreith,
Teresa Mitchem, Barbara
Michelmann and Larry Ruth,
who graduated in the summer
of 1958.
Other Honors
Most of the new members
a j past recipients of schol
arships, including many Re
gents awards, and most are
already members of honorary
societies in their fields of spe
cialization. They also ranked
at the top or near the top of
their respective high school
classes.
Mr. Hass' average of 88.50
is the highest of the group.
He plans to work toward a
rh.D. in psychology.
Two of the new members
are children of University
deans. Ireland's father is
dean of the College of Dent
istry and Miss Wright's, as
sistant dean of the College of
Aits and Sciences.
Family Tradition
Miss Wright's election to
Phi Beta Kappa marked the
continuance of a family tra
dition. Her father, her broth
er, Charles Wright and his
wife, the former Marie Duerr,
were also members.
Miss Wright will seek a
master's degree in French.
She is also a member of Al
pha Lambda Delta, fresh
man women's scholastic hon
orary, and Phi Sigma Iota,
romance languages.
Ireland plans to attend
law school. He is a member
of Phi Alpha Theta, history,
and Sigma Delta Chi Pro
fessional journalism fraternity-
Harpstreith, who is plan
ning to enroll in medical
school in the fall, is a mem
ber of Theta Nu, a society of
premedical students.
Miss Mitchem's election to
the society is her second
campus honor within a week.
She was named Honorary
Commandant of the Military
Ball last Friday. Also a mem
ber of Phi Sigma Iota, site
will pursue graduate work in
Spanish literature.
Miss Michelmann, who
will take graduate work in
English, is a member of
Alpha Lambda Delta.
Ruth is at present en
rolled in John Hopkins Med
ical school.
Election to Phi Beta Kap
pa in the fall requires grade
average of at least 7.5 also,
College of Arts and Sciences
group requirements must
have been met by the end of
the junior year.
Lincoln Architect Burket
Graf spoke at the Thursday
meeting on the topic "Archi
tecture as an Art" j
Square Dance
The Kalico Klickers Square
Dance Club will have a dance,
Friday 8 p.m, on the second
floor of 130 S 11th St.
to
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Bus Ad Students Feted
With Scholarships Keys
Outstanding students in
the University College of
Bus i n e s s Administration
were honored Wednesday at
the annual Honors Program.
Ten students with the
highest standing during the
freshman year were pre
sented Gold Keys by Nathan
Gold of Lincoln. They are
Glen Burbridge, Katliryn
Burcham, Rodson Efler
busch, John Hoerner, Ro
bert Johnson, Roger Mor
phew, Richard Newman,
Dewey Pleake, Norman
WTeed and Bernard Wieman.
Phi Chi Theta
The Phi Chi Theta Key
was awarded to Dorothy
Schindler by Dr. R. M
Bourne, associate professor
of business organization and
management.
The key is given annually
by the national professional
commerce sorority to the
woman student having the
the top average above the
all-University average in
this college.
Other scholarships and
awards were presented to
students by Dean 0. S. Mil
ler. The R. B. Strain Me
morial Scholarships of the
Cooper Foundation ($250)
went to Lewis Hiatt, Nor
man Weed, Don Iburg and
Dorothy Schindler.
Cozier, Taylor Awards
Harold Kaiman and Rob
ert Blair received . the J.
Kenneth Cozier award of
$250, and the W. G. Lang
worthy Taylor $250 award
went to Karen Smith-
Champlin Oil and Refin
Drop Deadline
Saturday Is the last day
to file first semester drops
in the Registrar's Office.
Students may receive an X
in a registered course only
If they -file a drop in Regis
trar's Office, and are in
good standing at time of
drop. Courses not officially
dropped automatically be
come failures.
'Kissing Disease?9
Call Me Smiley
Bob Lynd Jr 21-year-old
senior and a general busi
ness major of Fort Worth is
known around the Texas
AAM campus as "Smiley."
Reason? It seems Lynd
received a telegram from
one his aMmirers of the fair
er sex reading "I'd climb
a mountain or walk a mile
just to see your cute little
smile."
- He spent several weeks In
bed last summer with Mon
onucleosis, commonly
known as the "kissing
disease."
Classified Ad in the Uni
versity of Kansas Daily
Kansas:
LOST
Do you have a skelton in
your closet? If it once be
longed to the Anatomy De
partment, I win pick it up
and return it for you. "No
questions asked." NO risk.
We really miss it
4. Tl
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ing Co. $500 awards were
given to Lawrence Knhl and
Larry Rotert and the Stoops
and Wilson $350 award to
Alan Peterson.
A -200 award, the Edward
R. Wells Memorial, was
given to Kathryn Burcham,
and Jack Meyer received
$200 from Maytag. The Ne
braska ssociation of Insur
ance Agents gave a $250
award to Larry Jones.
$1,000 Awards
Awards of $1000 were pre
sented to John Fristoe and
Mohammed Nadiri, These
were John E. Miller Gradu
ate Fellowships of the Coop
er Foundation. -
Other presentations In
cluded: O. N. Magee Me
morial ($100) to Frances
Spoeneman, presented by
Elmer Magee of Lincoln;
Lincoln Association of Fire
and Casualty Agents ($250)
to SaUy Wiesneth, presented
by Gay Blanc of Lincoln;
Haskins and Sells Founda
t i Accounting Award
($500) to Gerald Korinek,
presented by J. H. Imig of
Omaha.
Nebraska Society of Cer
tified Public Accountants
$100 grant was awarded to
Sonia Sievers, by E. Ross
Martin of Lincoln lid a
Peat, Marwick, Mitchell &
Co- $260 grant to Eldon Und
er as presented by E. Ross
Martin of Lincoln.
Nathan Gold spoke on
"Careers in Business" at
the awards program. John
Stuart, Lincoln, president of
the Student Executive Coun
cil, presided.
Govt. Job
Exams Set
For Seniors
Application for government
employment through the Fed
eral Service Entrance Exam
ination are being accepted
until Dec 24.
The examination will be
given Jan. 20.
Seniors and graduate stu
dents with any major can
compete for a career in gov
ernment service- Opportuni
ties are available in govern
ment agencies throughout the
Midwest and in Washington,
DC.
New starting salaries for
college graduates range from
$4,040 to $5,985 per year. Pro
motions are possible ' within
six months to one year.
Sunday Movie
To Begin Early
This week's Sunday night
movie, M-G-M's "Quo Vadis,"
will begin at 7 p.m., earlier
than usual due to the length
of the feature.
The technicolor film depict
ing Rome in 1 A.D. stars Rob
ert Taylor, Deborah Kerr, Leo
Genn and Peter Ustinov as
Nero. More than 250 speaking
parts were involved in the
production of the movie.
Admission to the union ball
room will be free with Univer
sity identificaton.
IV
The Doily Nebroskon
Registration
Debated in Council
By John Hoerner
"An utterly unperson
si completely cold automa
ton is the way many students
picture me," Dr. Floyd Hoov-
Student
Five Organizations
Contribute $2,600
Five campus organizations . the University drive this week
have voted to contribute a by members of the Cornhusk
total of $2,600 to the Univer- er Kennel Club,
sity Builders' drive to collect
funds for the Kellogg Center.
The organizations and their
pledges are Builders, $1,000;
AWS, $1,000; Tassels, $400; Pi
Lambda Theta, $100 and Pan
hellenic, $100.
Tabulations Tonight
More results cannot be re-
ulation will not be taken untU
tonight, publicity chairman
DneBSrJrive endsl
Wednesday. Those students!;" !
who would not otherwise be
contacted through an organ
ized residence may pledge
their simnort at a booth in
the Union lobby at noon Fri-ie campus approximately
day and at noon and fromj''o months starting in mid-S-5
n -m Mnndav through February.
Wednesday, Basoco said.
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that their pledges can be met
over a 4-year period, Basoco
added
Approximately $800,000 has
been collected from all sources
and nearly $400,000 must be
raised by Dec. 31 if the goal
of more than $1.1 is to be met
The cost of the Kellogg Cen -
ter will be about $2.6 million.
$1.5 of which will be granted
by the Kellogg Foundation if
the remainder is collected by
the December deadline.
Some $100 was pledge
to
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Students should be remindediminar on poetry and pre-
'Lystrata' Lacks 'Slashing Satire';
Modern Version Fails to Impress
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THE PRESIDENT of the Senate Andy Backer can't even keep his trousers in this
scene from "Lysistrata". The University Theatre production win run through Satur
day night Watching the undignified exit are (left to right) Sandi Heffelfinger, Penny
Sandriter, Linda Willard, pat Burney, Ju. DeVflbiss, Lorris Lovejoy, Ina Margolin
and Richard Mars.
By Ernie Hines
"Lysistrata," a Greek
comedy which might be
subtitled "Kittens on Hot
Mount Acropolis," bounced
on and on as it opened
Wednesday evening at How
ell Theatre, dragging about
the theme of what could
happen if women said "no."
The audience, after a few
minutes required to adjust
to the nature of modified
Greek comedy, gave the
plcy a fairly warm recep
tion. How the play won this
reception is another ques
tion. No "Slashing Satire"
The adaptation of Aris
tophanes failed to deliver the
"slashing satire" which the
program boasted was Mr.
Aristophanes' forte. The
comedy, instead, provided
an unending chain of lines
overloaded with double en
tendrewhich is apparently
what the Greek audiences
also got Seldes's effort to
make the play seem of
striking significance even
in this day and age, how
ever, seemed unnecessary
er. University registrar, told
the Student Council Wednes
day.
Dr. Hoover spoke to the
council in an open session dis-
Fund Drivt
T- Cl,, Mjrk
Is Elliston
Lecturer
Professor Karl Shapiro of
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Professor Shaniro. ninth
guest lecturer in the poetry
lectureshiD series, will be on
A Pulitzer Prize winning;
rrtT nun rn n fnnnTi ri sa
; sent a series of nine public
lectures on modern poetry
and criticism.
! The Elliston Foundation was
j established by the bequest of
j the late Miss George Elliston,
' Cincinnati newspaperwoman
! and poet. Previous poets who
; nave been Lliiston leclur?
were: Robert Frost, Robert P.
Tristram Cafnn, John Bern'-
man, Stephen Spender, Robert
! Lowell, Peter Viereck. John
Bet jeman
and Randall
i Jarrell.
and unconvincing. Likewise,
the modern dress didn't add
to the play's impact
The biggest disappoint
ment though, was not the
script but the frequent fail
lire of the cast Lysistrata,
as played by Linda WUlard,
was a character lacking
subtlety or force who pa
raded about the stage with
stiff hands-pinned - to-her-sides'
gestures.
The best acting was
turned in by Judy DeVilbiss
as Kalonika, Sandi Heffel
finger as Myhrenie and
John West as Kinesias. This
trio presented the most con
vincing and amusing char
acterizations. Sue Carkoski
as Lampito, strutting about
as leader of the powerful
Spartan women, made her
first appearance with a
gruff spew of words that
reached row M in a jumble.
Then, after a long period of
off-balance strutting to im
press the audience that she
really was as powerful as
she was billed, she mysteri
ously became a new charac
ter as she donned a dress.
Pros, Cons
cussing the new alphabetical
registration system.
Indulgence Asked
Hoover asked the Council's
indulgence at the beginning
of the discussion while he
gave a little background
on registration at the Univer
sity, He asked the council to
look up pictures in the Lin
coln Journal and the Lincoln
Star of the registration lines
10, 12, or 14 years ago.
The lines at this time
reached from Grant Memor
ial Hall where the registra
tion was done, down to R
street, west past the admin
istration building, and almost
down to the law college. The
four stude-wide lines start
ed forming very early in the
morning.
Hoover recalled one picture
showing a line, about 8 stu-
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er now stands.
Present System
Dr. Hoover told the coun
cil the ' present registration
svstem came into effect about
, 1" yea" f r a contro-
! versy caused by a group who
i felt that freshmen should be
Tassels Granted
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Tassels has until final ex
ams to present something def
inite to us concerning the
homecoming queen election,
Gary Ftenzel told the council
Wednesday. j
Franzel, chairman of the j
council judiciary committee,
explained that Tassels had a
committee working on the
I problem at the present time
and that the judiciary corn-
mittee planned to work with
the Tassel's committee on
: this and other changes in the
Tassels constitutions.
Lysistrata's husband
Lykon (Douglas McCart
ney) seemed to be too wor
ried about remembering
when it was time for his
lines to be able to appear
capable of leading the
Athenian army.
But there is little need to
go on. The play is of the
sort which warmly attracts
or coldly repels the individ
nal watcher. I was not at
tracted. The major accomplish
ment of the cast seemed to
be a good understanding of
judo, including how to tum
ble down a flight of stairs
and survive. The set proved
its durability, enduring each
tumble as well as a horde
of actors and actresses ex
celling the 20 mark as the
action neared its climax.
Lighting and music were
adequate.
The play is worth seeing,
but does not seemed des
tined to rank as one of Uni
versity Theatre's top pro
ductions of recent years.
Summing Up If you like
sex and .vaudeville, don't
miss it
Friday, December 12, 1953
eet
allowed to register first
curred.
Hoover expressed regret
that somehow students had
gotten the impression that his
office and the Universi
ty would benefit under tht
new alphabetical system.
"Only the students will ben
efit," Hoover said.
Hoover said that under th
old system it sometimes took
a student two hours or more
to register.
"I consider the time of the
student to be worth some
thing," Hoover said.
Council Objections
Council members o 1 c e d
the following objections in tht
discussion that followed:
1. The accepted principle of
seniority was being; violated
in letting underclassmen reg
ister for courses before an
upperclassmen who might
want the course.
(Hoover explained that a
senior would never be denied
the opportunity to take a
course which he needed for
graduation and that special
provision had been made for
such cases)
2. The students were not
consulted in any way before
the new system was inaug
urated. (Hoover reminded the
Council of the system which
they were considering while
back which would make reg
istration during the three
days which are bow semester
vacation. The council turned
this suggestion down flatly
and it was dropped by the
Registrar's office because of
this. As far as the present
er said frankly that he hadn't
thought of asking the council
because be didn't feel it would
make that much difference.)
3. Under the old system
students with more hours got
their choice as far as was
possible of both class hours
and intructors. Under the
new system students at the
beginning of the alphabet get
this preference.
(Hoover explained that this
disadvantage would be offset
by the speed in registration
which the new system would
offer. He mentioned also that '
if the system were continued,
the alphabet would be rotat
ed.) Every Council member who
spoke was against the new
system but no joint action of
the Council stating their feel
ing was ttaken.
Motion Made
However, Bob Blair moved
that Council president
Dwaine Rogge appoint com
mittee of Student Council
members to work with the
registrar during the concur
rent registration period and
that a report mcluding rec
ommendations be made by
March 1st
Arts & Sciences representa
tive Chuck Wilson told the
council later that be felt that
the council had "let down the
students" who came to mera
protesting the new system.
Wilson asked the council to
take definite action protesting
alphabetical registration.
Wilson said, "Whether or
not the University listens to
us, let's just say 'No, w don't
want this' ".
Gary Frenzel in response to
this request reminded the
council of the success they
had so far on the proposed
final exam schedule change.
Work With Administration
"This success was obtained
by working with, not against
the administration" Frenzel
said. "Dr. Hoover has indi
cated a willingness to coop
erate with us to the utmost
in trying this new system and
evaluating its effect Let's
work with the administration
and get something done like
we did on final exams.
Hoover requested that at
least three council members
be present at all times dur
ing registration tnis Janu
ary. He said bis office would
be most willing to cooperata
and discuss the suggestions of
the council after they faac
seen the new system la a
tion and had the opportunitj
to sample student opinion or
the new system.
Rodeo Club
Rodeo Club will meet to
night at 7:30 p.m. in the Ani
mal Husbandry Building on
Ag Campus.
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