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Vol. 33, No. 71. archives The Daily Nebraskan Tuesday, February 24, 1959
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Carkoski Crowned
Activities Queen
1960 Presentation Place Undecided
Game
Results
Page 3
Sue Carkoski was crowned
AUF Activities Queen at the
Colorado-Nebraska game
Monday night.
Sue Carkoski
l ttJr ... - I.
College Debate Meet
To Draw 43 Schools
More than 45 colleges are
expected to attend the annual
University of Nebraska Inter
collegiate Debate and Dis
cussion Conference Fri
day and Saturday.
The Conference program in
cludes debate, discussion, or
iginal oratory, extemporane
ous speaking and interpreta
tive reading.
43 Entrants
"Up till now 43 colleges
have entered and we are ex
pecting more. They represent
seven midwestern states,"
Donald Olson, director of de
bate said.
Olson and Karl Harshbarg
er, instructor in speech, will
direct the conference.
r A sweepstakes award will
be presented to the school
that does the best overall job
in all events. Superior con
testants will be awarded cer
tificates. The sweepstakes trophy
was added in 1957 to "height
en the competition," accord
ing to Olson.
"A school may enter more
than two students in discus
sion but only the record of the
two highest discussants will
be considered for the award,"
Olson said.
NU Ineligible
The University will be de
clared ineligible in compe
tition for the sweepstakes tro
phy, he added.
University faculty members
and representatives from the
schools taking part in the con-
Union Opens
Board Filing
Filings for Union Board
will be open Wednesday. Ap
plications may be picked up
in the Union Activities Office.
Sophomore and juniors with
a 5.7 weighted average are
eligible to apply for the eight
positions on the board.
There is a minimum of 3
persons and a maximum of 5
persons from each of the eli
gible classes.
Interviews for the positions
will be held March 7.
Frisky Mice
Plague Rag
A family of mice has been
causing havoc in the Daily Ne
braskan office.
It's not the destruction they
do that causes all the prob
lems it's the furniture,
waste-baskets, pastepots, etc.,
that get knocked over as staf
fers pursue the creatures.
Sports editor Randall Lam
bert is talking about the one
that got away the other day
and John Hoernei- and Dick
Basoco are claiming a dual
kill for another one.
Vni Co-sponsors
Secretary Meet
The University Extension
Division will co-sponsor a sec
retaries' institute Saturday at
the Union.
The Lincoln chapter of the
National Secretaries Associa
tion is the other sponsor. "The
Secretary and How She
Grows" is the theme of the
institute.
Miss Carkoski, a sopho
more m Teachers, was
crowned and presented roses
by AUF representatives.
Activities
She is a member of the
Coed Counselors Board, an
AUF chairman, a Union
chairman, a Masquers work
er and member of Kappa
Alpha Theta.
Other finalists for the title
were Barb Barker, Skip Har
ris, Kay Hirschbach, Linda
Rohwedder and Mary Lou
Valencia.
The finalists were picked
from candidates nominated
be University activities.
Each activity could enter one
sophomore candidate in the
AUF-sponsored contest.
Last Year's
Rvchie Van Orman, Delta
Delta Delta, was last year's
Activities Queen.
The Queen was formerly
presented at the AUF auction
which was discontinued this
ference will be judges.
The conference begins with
registration at 8 a.m. Friday.
There will be three rounds of
discussion, three rounds of de
bate, oratory and extempor
aneous speaking that day.
On Saturday, rounds four
and five of debate and a par
liamentary session will be
held.
The results will be an
nounced and certificates will
be awarded at 12:30 p.m. in
the auditorium of Love Me
morial Library.
Debate Question
' "Resolved: that the furth
er development of nuclear
weapons should be prohibited
by international agreement,"
is the debate question.
Schools may enter men's,
women's or mixed teams.
Teams and individuals re
ceiving superior ratings in 3
of the 5 rounds will be an
nounced as recipients of "Su
perior" awards.
The discussion topic Is:
"How can we improve our re
lations with Latin America?"
The participants are divid
ed into groups of about eight
contestants for the first three
rounds of discussion and all
participants meet together in
a General Assembly for
round four.
Entry Limits
Schools are limited to one
entry each in original oratory,
extemporaneous speaking and
interpretative reading.
In original oratory, the
participant may speak on
any subject. The general sub
ject for extemporaneous
speaking is current, national,
and international affairs.
Students may read either
poetry or prose or a combina
tion of the two for interpreta
tive reading.
Job Placing Is
By Sondra Whalen
Approximately 17,525 job
opportunities fall to Univer
sity stuUents either by in
terview or letter through
University job placement
sources.
As well as the Central Oc
cupational Placement Of
fice in the Administration
Building, the Business Ad
ministration College, Teach
ers College and the School
of Journalism also place
students in jobs.
43 States
Last year, 17,000 vacan
cies from 43 states and 10
foreign countries were list
ed with Teacher Placement.
Of this number, 77 school
systems from out of state
and 624 Nebraska systems
came to interview.
The largest number of
out of state schools come
from California, Colorado
and Iowa, according
to Teachers' Placement of
ficials. Few schools come
from the East.
Elementary education
teachers are in the greatest
demand while male physic
al education teachers are
the most oversupplied.
year.
"We will continue to spon
sor the Activities Queen con
test, but have not decided
where she will be presented
next year," said Linda Walt,
AUF vice president.
"Depends"
Miss Walt said the place of
the presentation of the queen
depended on two things, the
student reaction to the pres
entation at the game and
whether or not there is a
modified auction next year.
"There's a good possibility
that we will continue to pre
sent the queen at the game
even if there is a modified
auction because primarily
only freshmen attend the auc
tion," she added.
Degree Requests
Due March 1
All students who expect
to receive bachelors de
grees, advanced degrees, or
teaching certificates at the
close of this semester should
apply for them by March 1.
They must make applica
tion at the Registrar's Of
fice, Rm. 208, Administra
tion, from 8:30 a.m. 4:30
p.m., Monday Friday or
from 8:30 a.m. to noon on
Saturday.
Mill Would
Extend Med
Tax Levy
A bill to extend indefinitely
the .25 mill special tax levy
for the University College of
Medicine and hospital build
ing fund will be given public
hearing before the Legisla
ture Revenue -Committee
Wednesday. '
The measure, LB155, is one
of 64 bills to be given public
hearing this week.
Enacted in 1953, the present
law says the levy will expire
when $6 million have been
realized from it. Through
1958 the levy had brought in
nearly $4 million.
LB155 was introduced by
Scottsbluff Senator Terry Car
penter. Navy Chaplain
Will Speak
A Navy Chaplain will ad
dress the University Naval
ROTC unit Tuesday.
Capt. Roy Marken will
speak on "Moral Leadership"
at 3 p.m. in the Love Library
Auditorium. -
Capt. Marken will complete
30 years of Naval Service this
year. During World War II,
he saw extensive duty in the
Asiatic-Pacific Theatre where
he won 13 battle stars.
He has served as a staff
and district chaplain from
1946.
606 Jobs Found
Last year new jobs were
found for 606 teachers iut
of 1,038 who applied. This
number included both graduating-
seniors and people
already in the field.
A $6 fee is required to
register with the bureau.
This fee is good for one
year, or for one placement.
' About 40 of the seniors
have registered this year,
with Teacher Placement of
ficials urging all students
to register. In this way their
references and grades will
be assembled and ready
when the students want lo
teach.
This week school officials
from Omaha Westside, Den
ver, Colo., Anaheim, Calif.,
and two other Nebraska
schools will interview.
Occupational Placement
Approximately 250 com
panies have applied to in
terview students at the Cen
tral Occupational Place
ment office. This is about
20 less than last year, ac
cording to Mrs. M e 1 1 a
Jones, secretary to Dean
Philio Colbert, chairman of
occr lational placement. .
"J Tost of them are look
ing for engineering and sci
B-Day
Memory
Remains
Bush-A-Palooza
Was a Year Ago
B-Day, Feb. 24, 1958.
It started out like any other
Monday, the campus was
quiet, the weather unusually
warm for that time of year.
With A Koar
But the campus came to
life with a roar. Convertibles
rushed up and down 16th. Stu
dents flocked all . over the
streets.
It was quite an occasion
Bush-a-Palooza day, the day
when NU classes were called
off because of Nebraska's
startling win over the Kansas
University basketball team
on the Saturday night before.
Sunday University students
stormed Coach Jerry Bush's
house and went from there to
Chancellor Hardin's.
To Administration
When the crowd of cheering
students found Hardin was
at the Administration Build
ing, they flocked there, ac
cumulating more students as
they went.
A group of several students
and others were picked to talk
to Chancellor Hardin about
the holiday proposed by the
crowd.
After a short conference,
Hardin returned to promise
the crowd the vacation they
wanted in return for the pro
mise that the students
wouldn't ask for any more
no-class days.
Promise Kept
A week later the students
kept their promise when Ne
braska defeated Kansas State.
fHibmkereare fans
swarmed through the mam
streets, in and out of the Hotel
Cornhusker and back to the
campus, stalling traffic but
causing no harm.
The crowd milled in front
of the girl's dorm for about
an hour, blocking the street
and yelling at the girls. Sev
eral apprehensive officials
kept watch for first signs of
a DanVy raid.
But the crowd eventually
drifted off and little mention
was made of another holiday.
Ag Poultry Test
Uses 4000 Eggs
More than 4,000 eggs have
been set at the University
Poultry Husbandry Depart
ment for the 5th sample tur
key test.
Nine states covering an
area from Connecticut to Cali
fornia and Texas to Canada
have sent entries, according
to John Skinner, extension
poultryman at the University.
The Poultry Department
takes periodic weights and
measurements on the birds to
evaluate breeding strains.
Big Business
ence majors, the technical
sciences," she explained.
"All of last year's seniors
who were interested were
placed, but the mid-year re
ports aren't in yet."
Approximately 14 to 20
students interview for each
company, with 3,657 indi
vidual interviews held last
year. More students come
in simply for information,
Mrs. Jones added.
Placement Annual
A College Placement An
nual is available to those
students who wish informa
tion or want to write for
their jobs. The annual pro
vides information on both
companies and government
al agencies.
When a company wishes
to Interview students, a not
ice is sent to the colleges
interested. Then, the inter
views are on a "first come,
first signed up" basis.
Approximately 35 stu
dents have tjeen placed in
jobs this year by the Busi
ness Administration occupa
tional placement service.
75 Companies
"About 75 companies
come oround to interview
and we have about ?25 to
250 students registered with
i.
WORKERS TRY TO REPAIR the damage
done to Mueller Tower by pranksters Sat
urday night. They report that the job of
scrubbing off the paint with sandpaper
Economics Professor Discusses Taxes
'Nebraska Taxpayers
Dollar Cost Before
By Marilyn Coffey ,
"Nebraskans are under
taxed." "They emphasize the dollar
cost and not quality," com
mented Dr. A. Stuart Hall,
chairman of the economics
department.
This is like the husband
who brags about a wife feed
ing him day-old bread, he
said.
"It is a national practice of
demagogues to talk about
taxes, never about quality,"
the professor commented.
Daily Nebraskan Poll
Pledge Initiation Percentage
Will Be Below Last Year's
An estimated 174 pleges out
of a possible 244 will be in
itiated into their respective
sororities this semester ac
cording to a Daily Nebras
kan sorority poll.
Four sororities refused to
estimate the number of their
pledges to be activated.
Less This Year
A comparison with a Daily
Nebraskan poll taken last
year showed that a greater
percentage of pledges were
estimated to have made their
grades last spring.
Out of a possible 309
pledges, an estimated 229
were activated. This 75 per
cent success rate compares
to 68 per cent for this year.
A pledge must make a 5
average to be initiated.
Alpha-Chi
Alpha Chi Omega reported,
an estimated 15 out of 20
Police Report
Prankster Leads
Sgt. John Furrow of the
University Police Department
said no definite information
was yet available concerning
the pranksters who defaced
the Mueller tower.
"We do have a few definite
leads, however," Furrow
said. "We expect to have the
culprits within a few days."
us," Mrs. Louise Barnard,
secretary to committee on
placements, said.
Ten companies will be in-,
tervicwlng this week from
a cross section of the Unit
ed States.
"Most of the companies
are from out of state," she
said. "We have one or two
local, and some companies
with branches in Nebraska,
but they usually just send
a letter."
Many Jobs
Each graduating senior
in journalism could have
had 10 jobs last year, ac
cording to Dr. William Hall,
director of the school of
journalism.
"We have between 190
and 200 job offers, with this
estimate on the conserva
tive side", he said. "This
includes only the jobs that
are on our files, not the
verbal offers we get."
He added that jobs for
June graduates would be
"the largest number in my
three years here."
Most of the offers come
from the Midwest and are
listed on a bulletin board
by the journalism office as
they come in.
will take several days. Because of glass
found near the tower, it Is believed that
poster paint was used.
With increasing demands on
the state for services, a con
tinual tightfisted policy re
sults In lower quality service.
"You have to spend money
to get these services," the
professor continued. "I think
Nebraskans have been over
sold on economy."
A more rigid enforcement
of .tax laws would probably
provide additional revenue.
"Terry Carpenter proposes
to enforce existing tax laws,"
Dr. Hall said, "but enforce
ment would generate such a
pledges making the grade
compared with an estimated
23 out of 26 last year.
Figures for Alpha Omicron
Pi were "not available" this
year. Last year the A O Pi's
militated 22 out of 27.
Fifteen out of 18 was the
estimate for Alpha Phi this
semester. Last year at this
time they estimated that all
19 of their pledges would be
initiated.
Alpha Xi
Alpha Xi Delta guessed 17
out of 20 for their pledge
class. Last year the Alpha
Xi's initiated 20 out of 25.
Chi Omega guessed that
out of 28 pledges 23 would
be initiated. Eighteen out of
20 was the the figures esti
mated for their last year's
pledge class.
Delta Delta Delta reported
that 20 out of 25 pledges had
made their average. Last
year the Tri Delts estimated
25 out of 28 made their
grades.
Delta Gamma
The Delta Gamma esti
mate was 20 out of 22. Last
year the DG's did not state
how many pledges they
planned to initiate.
Gamma Phi Beta declined
to disclose the number of in
itiates they planned on. Last
year they initiated 17 out of
22.
Twenty-five out of 28
pledges was the Kappa Al
pha Theta prediction for this
semester. Last year 15 out
of 19 Theta's made their av
erage.
Kappa Delta
Out of 25 pledges the
Kappa Delta's are planning
to initiate 17. Last year the
KD's initiated 17' out of 20
Nineteen out of 21 was the
prediction at Kappa Kappa
Gamma. Fifteen out of 16
yere initiated by the Kap
pa's last year.
Figures were not available
from Pi Beta Phi because
several pledges had had
their grades sent home
Nineteen out of 23 made it
at the Pi Phi house last year
Sigma Kappa
The Sigma Kappas were
;also unable to estimate the
number of initiates because
Dledees had sent their
grades home. The Sigma
Kappas did not say how
many pledges had made
their average in the poll tak
en last year.
Sigma Delta Tau reported
that all six pledges had made
their averages. Last year fig
ures for Sigma Delta Tau
were not available.
Twenty out of 30 pledges
were successful at the Zeta
Tau Alpha. Ten out of 14
were reported activated by
the Zeta's last year.
Stress
Quality'
roar of protest tnat mere
would have to be a change
(in Nebraska's tax system).
The professor said he didn't
know whether Carpenter
wanted to force such a
change or not. He added that
Carpenter had never an
nounced that he was favor
able to additional taxes.
Absurdities
"A bundle of absurdities"
was Dr. Hall's description of
Nebraska's tax laws.
Dr. Hall would recommend
as ideal a personal income
tax basis for Nebraska's reve
nue. "It is the only rational basis
for taxation," he explained.
"My auto and my house don t
pay my taxes; l ao. Any
other method of taxing is an
indirect method."
Sales Tax
Speaking practically, the
professor suggested the sales
tax as a remedy . for the
state's revenue problem
'I don t think there is a
great injustice in a sales tax.
Injustice is a matter of de
gree," Dr. Hall said.
During depression times, a
sales tax was indeed a burd
en to the poor people. Ameri
cans are no longer poor, he
said. The low income groups,
especially, have profited from
prosperity.
"rm opposed to a sales tax
on principal. I'm a Jefferson-
lan at heart, sorry for the
poor, but wnen tne poor can
afford a TV set and an au
to .... "
Panel to Discuss
Nebraska Poetry
Over KUON-TV
A panel composed of Uni
versity instructors and a stu
dent will read and discuss
works of Nebraskan poets on,
"Poetry of the Centennial"
Friday over KUON-TV.
Poetry printed in Nebraska
newspapers of 1850's and of
Orasmus Dake will be read.
Also included in the presenta
tion are writings of Hartley
Burr Alexander and John u.
Neihardt, plus poetry of con
temporary Nebraska poets,
Karl Shapiro and Weldon
Kees.
'Average9
Grade Hits
5.1U Mark
Average course grade for
the second semester last year
was 5.111.
This figure was released by
the Office of Registration and
Records.
Courses were limited to
those from 001 to 199 and with
70 or more students. Average
rate of failure was listed as
5.057 per cent.
Courses with grade aver
ages above seven were School
Administration 153, (7.776),
Secondary Education 123 (7.
522) and Music 100 (7.081).
Those with averages below
four were Math 018 (3.907),
Mith 116 ( 3.957), Political Sci
ence 010 ( 3.676), Dental sc.
002 (2.58), History 004 (3.992),
and English B (3.523)
Picture Lending
Reopens Today
The picture lending library
will reopen today and Wednes
day in the Union lounge. At
th.:? "me students may check
out the pictures that were xe
I turned late.