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Tvr r ? -yvw v " - - ...,.,, - . ... , r , ,.,. i r1"-' V'tT r ffnitnaiiMtM n . ' -. - - -- - - , mr 'a Vol. 33, No. 93 Science Academy To Meet Speech to Cover Polar Trips The 69th annual meeting of Nebraska Academy of Sci ences will convene on the campus Friday and Saturday. Featured speaker will be Dr. Paul Siple who has spent more time in the South Polar regions than any other per son. Six Expeditions Dr. Siple has been in six expeditions to the Antarctica and has spent more than four years in these regions. He is now scientific adviser to the office of the chief of research and development of the U.S. Army. He will speak in Love Li brary auditorium at 11 a.m. Friday on the International Geophysical Program in An tartica, which he directed. Papers Read He will ?l.so speak Thurs day on ' Science at the South Pole" in room 211 Brace lab oratory. The talk is open to the public. Academy sessions Will open at 9 a.m. with sectional meet ings. The Lincoln section of Junior Academy will hold sessions Saturday beginning at 8:30 a.m. in University High School. Those people from the Uni versity who will read papers are: Anthropology, 2 p.m., Fri day, Burnett: John Champe, Thomas Witty and Wendell Frantz. Biology and Medical S c i ences, 2 p.m., Friday and 9 a.m., Saturday, Bessey Hall auditorium : Eddie Hill, Charles Young Jr., Robert Lommasson, Thomas Thor son, Douglas Lund, L. E. Stone, Stewart Ensign, Joseph Murphy, R. E. Henzlik, C. Herschel Graber, Marvin Bichel, Charles Homolka and Howard Wiegers. Earth Science, 9 a.m. and 1:30 p.m., Friday, Morrill Hall: Jerry Docekal, M. P. Calrson, R. R. Burchett, V. H. Dreezen, H. M. DeGrau, James Johnston, E. C. Reed, J. A. Howe, L. G. Tanner, J. A. Fagerstrom, J. F. Rol lins, S. B. Treves and Barron Mcintosh. Engineering, 2 p.m., Fri day, Richards Hall: R. E. Gilbert, T u r g u t Sarpkaya, Clyde Hyde, Luh Tao, M. Kent Parson, Raymond Real and Donald Pierce. 'Hospitality May Draw Thousand Hospitality Days may draw approximately 1,000 Nebraska high school girls to Ag cam pus today and tomorrow. The purpose of the event is to acquaint the high school girls with Nebraska's home economics department. Speeches, tours, a noon luncheon and a style show will be the highlights of the event. The speakers for the pro gram will be Chancellor Clif ford Hardin; Dr. A. C. Breck enridge, dean of faculties; Dr. W. V. Lambert, dean of the College of Agriculture; Dr. Florence McKinney, chair man of the home economics department; Margaret Can nell, home economics admin istrative assistant and Rose Marie Tondl, general chair man of Hospitality Days. University talent will pro vide entertainment in the aft ernoon programs. Engineer Group Selects Olson University Extension agri cultural engineer E. A. Olson has been elected chairman of the Mid-Central Section of the American Society of Agricul tural Engineers. The Mid-Central section in cludes Nebraska, Iowa, Kan sas and Missouri. Named to the group's nom inating committee was G. W. Steinbrugge, professor of ag ricultural engineering at Ag College. An Ag College senior, Dean Rowe, placed second in a tech nical papers contest. His pap er was titled "Methods of De termining the Location of the Center of Gravity of a Tractor." The Daily K 'Wn-v. "ft :::.: i ,,y . .. Engineers Prepare Displays TWO CIVIL ENGINEERING students, Ronald Hazard and Richard Bischol, practice op erating their cars in preparation for their E-Week display for the annual Open House. This year's E-Week activities will be open April 23 and 24. Study Abroad: Fellowships Offered By Foreign Nations Two hundred fellowships for graduate study in 15 for eign countries will be offered by foreign governments and universities for the academic year 1960-61. The fellowships are offered through the Institute of In ternational" Education. Appli cations will be available on May 1 and will be accepted Cheering Practice Is Today The final cheerleading prac tice before the tryouts will be held in the Colesium at 4:30 p.m. today. Tryouts will be held Wednes day, 7 p.m. at the Colesium. to be eligible, candidates must have at least a 4.5 av erage, be a freshman, and, .if possible, have attended at least two practices, accord ing to Bill McQuistan, Squad leader. Positions are open for two freshmen girls and three freshmen boys. Candidates will be judged by a panel consisting of the president of Corn Cobs, the Tassels president, a member of Innocents, a member of Mortar Board, the head cheer leader, the assistant yell king; Jake Geier, head gymnastics coach; Bill Orwig, director of athletics; Donald Lentz, director of University Bands, and a member of Student Council. Government Job Tests To Close The last Federal Service Entrance Examinations for the current school year will be given May 9. Applications to compete for an entrance-level position in the Federal Government will be accepted until April 23. Opportunities for adminis trative, technical and profes sional employment are avail able at Government agencies located throughout the nation. Government agencies may start persons with a bache lor's degree at the higher salary. To qualify, it is nec essary to make a good score on the written exam and have an average of "B" or better or rank in the upper 25 per cent of your college class. Sandoz Readies TV Programs Mari Sandoz, noted Nebras ka author, will present the third program in a series of TV shows centering on cre ative writing on KUON-TV to night. Last week Miss Sandoz dis cussed gathering material. At 7 tonight she will discuss put ting the material into man ageable size, shape and form. On a Wednesday night TV series featured at 8:30 Miss Sandoz turns to the Old . it a setting for stories and .,. cific comments. Nebraskan until Nov. 1, 1959. Tuition Covered The scholarships cover tu ition and varying amounts of maintenance in universities in the following countries: Austria, Denmark, France, Germany, Iran, Israel, Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, Canada, Brazil and Mexico. Students applying for Itali an university awards or Aus trian, Danish, French, Ger man or Netherlands govern ment awards may apply for a Fullbright travel grant to supplement their scholarship. Additional Awards Two additional awards, of fered by an American founda tion, are Tor any country in the Far East, South .or South east Asia and Africa. United States citizenship, a Bachelor's degree or its equiv alent before departure, . lan guage ability sufficient to carry on the proposed study, and good health are -general eligibility requirements. Also necessary are a good academic record and demon strated capacity for independ ent study. Married students are eligi ble for most of the awards. Information and application forms may be obtained from the Information and Counsel ing Division, Institute of In ternational Education, 1 East 67 Street, New York 21, N.Y. 'A New Ttvitht To Old Thchemtf A novel method to get a new typewriter was sug gested by the Colorado State University Collegian. "Dear Dad, The "s" (written with pen) doetfcn't work on my typewriter, tho I'll thubthi tute "th" for it inthead. Thudieth are really com ing along, and I'm thudying at leath thix hourth a day. . . . Thay, I'm thorry to hear that you buthted your new jlpe, and I hope thith will thimulate you into buy ing one of thothe new "Thu-per-Dooper" oneth with the new filter. . . . Take care of yourthelf .and mother altho. I'll thee you in thix weekth or tho. Your thudiouth thon, Throckmorage" OU Red Cross Visits Uni Unit The Red Cross College Unit from Omaha University at tended the University's Red Cross Board meeting last week. Guests included Mrs. Otto Denker, director of Junior Red Cross for Douglas Coun ty, and her assistant, Mrs. Richard Hegarty. College Unit members were Reed Mencke, president; Gerry Rice, vice president; Serena Dwoski, secretary-treasurer, and committee c h a i rmen Katy Kiser and Ann Lund quist. The Omaha Unit also visit ed several institutions with the University group. Sigma Delta Chi Sigma Delta Chi, profession al journalistic fraternity, will , meet tonight in Burnett 306, Tuesday, April 14, 1959 Non Greeks Set Council Interviews A panel of independent stu dents will interview candi dates for Student Council Thursday. Chairman of the panel, Dor othy Glade, said the inter viewing board represents ma jor unaffiliated campus or ganizations and will back council candidates either Greek or Independent. "We will back one person from each college," Miss Glade, Independent Women's Association, said. "We plan to support either Greeks or independents be cause we want the best pos sible people on Council," she said. Interviews will be held Thursday in Rm. 211, Umon from 7-9 p.m. Persons may sign up outside Rm. 309 for interview times, Miss Glade said. Tie interviewing panel will consist of two representatives from RAM, two from IWA, one from Delta Sigma Pi and one from the Co-op Council. Anyone not able to appear at the interviews who would be interested in unaffiliated student backing may contact Miss Glade at 7-4312. Soloists Selected For Orchestra Five soloists will be fea tured with the University Symphony Orchestra at a con cert April 19 at 4 p.m. in the Union Ballroom. The five senior soloists selected by their classmates from the School of Music are: Terry Boyes, saxophone; Glenda Klein, piano; Myrna Walker, soprano; Bettie Mc Kie, trombone; and Rod Walker, baritone. The concert is sponsored by the department of music and hte Union music committee. Emmanuel Wishnow will con duct the orchestra. Sorenson To Participate In Air Education Forum Seven Nebraskans will be in the major parucipp.nis First World Forum of Aero space Education. Dr. Frank sorenson, cnair- man of tne university s ue- partment of educational serv ices, will be chairman oi me committee planning the entire Forum, which will be held Tuesday through Saturday in Las Vegas. The Forum is in association with the World Congress of Flight. Chairman of the Deans oi Teachers College Forum will be Dr. Walter Beggs, dean of the University's Teachers col lege. This Forum will discuss "The Aerospace uaucauon Movement: Implications for Deans of Teachers Colleges.' Gov. Ralph Brooks will de liver a major address Thurs day on "Education's Air Com mand." Dr. Donald Kline, execu tive secretary of the Nebras ka State Education Associa tion, is in charge of informa tional services for the Forum. He is also a consultant to the planning committee. Other Nebraskans partici pating in the Forum include Freeman Decker, state com-j missioner of education; Dr. : Steven Watkins, Lincoln su-j .perintendent of schools, and I Advisory Board Selections Made New Council Includes Representatives From Ten Campus Groups Ten students have been named members of the first Union Advisory Board. The new members, repre senting ten campus groups, are: Terry Moshier, Bob Grimit, Nola Obermire, Di ana Maxwell, George Uhlig, La Verne Nickolson, Sam Jensen, Kandiah Satkunam, Rules Explained For Spring Day Spring Day plans and com petition rules were revealed Monday afternoon at a meet ing of representatives from all participating houses. The house chairmen learned that present Spring Day plans include a parade, the tradi tional competition games, a Union sponsored barbecue) and the Union's 21st birthday party dance, all to be held on May 1. Barbecue Barbecue plans include closing off R St. and having the barbecue pits directly in front of the Union. Tickets will cost $1 for the complete dinner. The Union needs a guar antee of 1,000 tickets sold be- Chairmen For Games Selected House chairmen have been announced by the Spring Day Central Committee. These chairmen are respon sible for their houses' partici pation in Spring Day. They met for the first time Monday to discuss particiaption rules and plans for the day's activ ities. Houses not represented at the meeting were Gamma Phi Beta, Alpha Tau Omega, Sig ma Phi Epsilon and Phi Delta Theta. Houses not represented at this meeting are ineligible to participate in the competition, according to the Spring Day committee. Women's Houses and their chairmen are : . Ilpha Chi Omega. Jane Luehsinser; Alpha Omieron Pi, Dee Donnell; Alpha Phi, Diane Erickson; Alpha Xi Delta, Jan Anderson; Chi Omega, Sue Schmed er; Delta Delta Delta, Sherry Schuett; Delta Gamma, Gail Parker. Kappa Alpha Theta, Gale 6chlaht; Kipa Delta, Roberta Rock; Kappa Kappa Gamma, Connie Cole: Pi Beta Phi, Anne Witthoff: SiRma Delta Tau, Muriel Lelchook; SiRma Kappa. Barb Snavely: Zeta Tau Alpha, Joan Graf. Terrace Hall. Barbara Goodwin: Love Memorial Hall. Dotti Shallenberser; ivhho Hall. .lanet Peterson; Piper Hall, Darlene Standley; Raymond Hall, Betty Stading; and Love Hail, Mary Ann Kirstein. , . Mens Houses ana cnairmen are: Acacia, Dean Cunningham: Alpha Gamma Rho. Maurice Vitosh: Alpha Gamma Sisam. Charles Williams; Heta Sigma Psi. Kenny Myers; Beta Theta Fi. enarne uisen; uciui oik" Ken Flickinger. Delta Sigma PI, Paul Kaufman; Delta Tau Delta, Mike Loeue; Delta Upsilon, Doug Youngdahi; Farm House. Ed Gates; Kappa Sigma, Dave Anstme; Phi Gamma Delta, John Gutschlag; Pi Kappa Phi, Carl Friedrich. Phi Kappa Psi, Neil Ferguson; Sigma Alpha Epsilon. Jim Brown: SiRma Al pha MU, jerry nosen; aigoid v-ii,, ."- ris Christensen; Sigma Nu, Charles Sea- fen- . . . ... V; Theta cnt, cnaries jonnson, A, Fred Howlet; Zeta Beta Tau. Arnie Ban; Cornh'isker Co-op, Gary Northouse; Bou cher House. Robert Lord. Bessey, Larrv Dornhoff; Benton, Fred Rlckers; Pioneer, Bob Johnson; Mac Lean. Jim Linderholm: and Gooding House. Stanley Longmore. T" State Sen. Harold Stryker, Rising City school board mem bre. As well as providing edu cators from the U.S. and abroad with an opportunity to familiarize themselves with various phases of aviation, the Forum will discuss the aspects of aviation education in all levels of schools. The Space Education Foun dation and the Air Force As sociation sponsors the World Congress of Flight. Sorenson Roy Neil and Sharon Fang man. Independent Men Moshier, representing in dependent men, is a gradu ate student in chemistry. Grimit is a junior in Arts and Sciences, president of the Residence Halls for men and a member of Pi Sigma Al- fore the barbecue equipment can be rented, according to Marty Kohlligian, Union food service director. Bob Kaff, Spring Day pa rade chairman, described the parade which will originate More Spring Day Page 4 at the tower, head up Vine, down 16th, down R and across campus to tne scene or tne games on the practice field south of the stadium. Slogans Asked Kaff asked houses to build flags or banners with slogans and letters for the parade. Ag groups will start the parade, according to Kaff, and each campus house will join the parade as it passes their house. Bob Paine, Spring Day com petition chairman, explained rules for the events. Paine emphasized the importance of having rosters of partici pants into the Spring Day committee by noon, April 24. There will be a ballot box provided outside the Student Council office, Union 305, for this, he said. Men's and women's events include a tug-of-war, egg catching, and a couples' three legged race. 3-Leg Race Each men's house will sub mit one entry and each wom en's house two entry's for the three-legged race. The com petitors will be paired by the Spring D.ay committee and the pairings announced prior to Spring Day. Women's events include a shot-put throw, a sack race and a balancing race. In the latter race a cup of liquid will be placed on the head of each contestant. The one with the most liquid left at the end of the race will be the winner. The Spring Day committee did not announce the liquid to be used in this race. Men can try their skill at push ball, catching greased pigs or pushups. Greased Pig This year, catching the pig will not be enough. The con testant must afterwards put him in a gunny sack and then cross the finish line. Included in this year's com petition is a mystery event in which everyone is eligible to participate. Paine stated only that it would be men and women partners and that the woman should be strong. A trophy will be awarded the house which has the greatest number of partici pants. The trophies will be presented at the Union dance following Spring Day. Other awards will be given to event winners. Individual awards this year will be 8x10 inch printed cer tificates stating the contest ant's name, house, event and place won. Jackie Collins explained the Union Birthday Party dance. R St. will be entirely roped off and there will be a good band tor dancing, she said, costume :or tne dance is western or just casual. Sweat shirts and levis would be ap propriate, she said. Independent Tassels Needed Independent women who wish to become Tassel's should sign up in the Union booth Wednesday through Friday. The Tassel Tea will be held Sunday at 3 p.m. Interested independent women are in vited. . ! Requirements are school spirit and a minimum 5.5 average. pha. He Is representing th Residence Halls for Men. Miss Obermire. a lunior In Ag College, is the represent ative of independent women. ane is an Ag Union chair man, a member of Newman Club, the Centennial Commit tee and Love Memorial Hall, Women Residence Halls Miss Maxwell is the repre sentative from the Residenca Halls for Women. She is a junior in Arts and Sciences, managing editor of the Daily Nebraskan and vice presi dent of Theta Sigma PhL Uhlig, representing com muter students, is a grad student in education. Nickolson is a erad student in finance. He represents the married students. Jensen, a former Daily Nebraskan editor and former member of Innocents, repre sents grad students. He is a grad student in Law. International Students Kandish Satkunam from Malaya is the member rep resenting the international students. He is a sophomore in Arts and Sciences and a columnist for the Daily Ne braskan. Neil, representing Greek men, is a sophomore in Teachers and a member of Delta Tau Delta. Miss Fangman represents Greek women. She is a junior in Teachers and a Union chairman, member of Tas sels, Newman Club and Kap pa Delta. Old Advises New The Advisory Board will meet with the present Union Activities Committee and will advise the committee on matters concerning budget and programming. A new constitution provid ing for the advisory cabinet was drawn up last semester. Terry Mitchem, former Un ion board member and chair man of the committee which drew up the plans for the cab inet, explained the Union Board felt all students should have something to say about what kind of projects the Union sponsors. Portion of Tuition The Union receives a small amount of money from each student's tuition with which they sponsor programs and various events. Cabinet members are inter viewed and selected by the city campus Union Activities Committee. The constitution stipulates that members of both the Ac tivities Committee and the Advisory Board shall have equal voting privileges on matters pertaining to Union programming and program budgeting. The two groups will jointly plan and adopt the annual City Campus Union activities program. A members of the Advisory Cabinet may at any time submit program sugges tions. Cabinet members will serve one-year terms and may not apply for a second term. Awards Set By Union New Chairmen To Be Revealed Committee chairmen and board members will be re vealed at the Annual Union Awards Dessert Thursday. The theme of the banquet this year is "Rope 'em, Spur 'em, Brand 'em, U." In addi tion to announcing the chair men and assistant chairmen of Union committees, out standing workers will be named. The members of the new Union Advisory Board will also be announced. Students are to wear west ern clothes such as levis, cowboy hats and boots, ac cording to Eileen Hansen, chairman of the event. The banquet will be held in Parlors A, B, and C at 7 p.m. Earth Honorary Initiates Ten Sigma Gamma Epsilon, na tional earth science honorary, initiated 10 new active and two new associate members. Russell Church, Michael Derieg, Bob Eisele, Wayne Gunderson, J. P. Hereford, George Jaway, M. Aslam Khan, Larry Luebke, Ed Schuett and Merlon Weed are the new active members. The new associate mem bers are Harold Biggerstaff and S. B. Treves of the Geol ogy Department