Trophies Await Winners
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Vol. 34, No. '5
Tuesday, September 22, 1959
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LINCOLN, NEBRASKA
PRODUCER CUPS Above are the Honor- and women's houses. Presently the cups
ary Producer cups which will be presented are held by Kappa Sigma and Alpha Xi
to the two top salesmen of University Delta.
Theatre season tickets in campus men's
Producer Candidates Soon
To Offer Theatre Bargains
It's the top bargain of the
theater world.
What is? Why, five per
formances for four bucks.
That's the line that Honor
ary Producer hopefuls will be
talking soon. The perform
ances they are talking about
are of the University's own
theater group. The prize for
the male and distaff house
selling the most tickets is a
large traveling trophy.
Competition opens Sept. 29
and lasts until Oct. 15. The
trophies will be presented to
the winners the opening night
Cadet Bob Blair Dons
Commander's Stars
... Divinell is Colonel
Cadet Robert C. Blair was
recently announced as army
ROTC Brigade Commander
with the rank of Cadet Briga
dier General.
Blair also ""'
noias i n e
post of vice
president of
the IFC.and
president of
the Big Eight
1FC. He is a
member of
Innocents So
lety and is a
of the Student Blair
Council and past President of
Sigma Alpha Epsilon.
Cadet Richard E. Dwinell
was designated Deputy Bri
gade Commander with the
rank of Cadet Colonel.
Other staff designations in
cluded: Frank D. Thomson,
Brigade Executive Officer
with rank of Cadet Colonel,
and Gary G. Burger, Adjutant
Sliulman
Column In
Rag Again
The Daily Nebraskan will be
one of more than 200 college
newspapers to carry "On
Campus" with Max Shulman,
as the column begins its sixth
year this fall.
The first column is now en
route from sponsor Philip
Morris, Inc.
Besides the college col
umns, Shulman is "currently
engaged in his first television
venture, "The Many Loves of
Dobie Gillis." The program
makes its debut Sept. 29.
A new Shulman book, "I
Was a Teen-Age D w a r f,"
came out last month. His
writing career began in his
senior year in college when
University of Minnesota
alumni gave him a start.
. He and Robert Paul Smith
wrote the Broadway hit, "The
Tender Trap."
Regents Appoint
VocEd Instructor
Dr. James T. Horner has
been appointed by the Board
of Regents as assistant pro
fessor of vocational educa
tion. Formerly associated wilh
the department of a.ericul
tural education at North
Carolina Statp Colle"e, his
new duties will be directing
research and teaching both
graduate and undergraduate
courses in the Denartment of
Vocational Edii'-albn.
Horner received his doc
tor's decree from the Uni
versity of Missouri and has
taught in Missouri and served
as supervising teacher for
Iowa State University.
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the season, "Henry IV, Part
"One," Oct. 28.
Last year the trophies went
to Alice Baumgartner and the
Alpha Xi Deltas, and Carroll
Kraus and the Kappa Sigmas.
Since the Alpha Xi's have
won the girl's trophy three
years in a row, they will keep
it permanently and a brand
new trophy offered this year.
The Kappa S i g s have won
two years and this year must
win to keep a trophy perma
nently. Letters
The Masquers, honorary
theater organirstion, have
with the rank of Cadet Major.
Larry B. Novicki is Plans
and Training Officer with
rank of Cadet Lieutenant Colo
nel; Stanley L. Fonken of Be
atrice is Assistant Plans and
Training Officer with rank of
Cadet Major; and James I.
Moore was named Supply
Officer with rank of Cadet
Major.
Donald G. Kleiber of Hast
ings was selected as Public
Information Officer with the
rank of Cadet Major. James
C. Seacrest is the assistant
PIO head, with the rank of
Cadet Second Lieutenant,
and Gerald A. Radek of Oma
ha is Brigade Sergeant Major
with rank of Cadet Master
Sergeant.
In addition to staff assign
ments, announcement was
made of the designation of
Gene R. Kobza, Jack L. Muck,
Roy A. Meierhenry and Rich
ard F. Rouse as Battle Group
Commanders with rank of
Cadet Colonel.
Eight members of the staff
and the battle group com
manders are senior students
who were members of the
University's Fort Riley sum
mer camp contingent, which
received the Camp Command
er's trophy as the outstanding
cadet contingent from a large
university. '
Residence Halls
Site of Tea
The annual Dean's Tea for
women students will be- held
in ilie Women's Residence
Halls Thursday from 3 to 5
p.m.
Representatives from cam
pus organizations will be
hostesses.
Phone Reflexes
. . . By Unknown Caller
"This
braskan
is the Daily Ne
calling, Thank
you."
Every weekday afternoon
loyal sorority pledges plod
faithfully to their respective
houses for a one hour shift
of what is commonly termed
"phone duty."
In order to relieve those
in the privileged active stat
us of answering the phones,
and to be ready to take
messages, these honey
voiced lovelies are always
on the job.
Out of sheer curiosity
about the quickness of these
telephone operators, mem
bers of the Daily Nebras
kan staff called all sorori
ties noting the number of
rings.
The Tri Delts topped the
list with a quick answer on
the first ring. Nine sororities
tied for second place, with
8; A.
sent letters to all the organ
ized houses, asking them to
pick their campaign manager
by Sept. 28, according to Sally
Hove, president.
The "Producers" selected
by the houses that win will
receive season passes to the
theater. In addition, their pic
tures as well as their affilia
tion will be printed iti the the
ater programs for each show.
The Masquers will contact
all the house on Sept. 28 to
publicize the contest.
High Hopes
"We have high hopes for
this year," Mrs. Hove said,
"We hope we can get more of
the organized houses, al
though we were real happy
with the results last year."
The season ticket includes
four plays and an opera for
the 1959-60 season.
Shakespeare's "Henry IV'
will be one of the season's
two most extensive produc
tions, employing o n e of the
largest casts ever used in
University theatre. The play
runs three days, Oct. 28 to 31.
The other outstanding pro
duction will be the opera "Die
Fledermaus," by J o h a n n
Strauss, opening Feb. 3.
Scheduled between "Henry
IV" and the opera is a light
comedy entitled "Misal
liance" by the celebrated
George Bernard Shaw.
Hit in 1953
Written in 1910, it didn't be
come a Broadway hit until
1953. Tne University produc
tion will run four days start
ing Dec. 9.
"Three men on a Horse," a
farce about the horseplaying
set will open March 30.
The season concludes with
the now famous, "The Diary
of Anne Frank," the story of
a teen-age Jewish girl living
under Nazi oppression. The
play is based on her diary
kept during her last days.
All productions will begin
at 8 p.m. in Howell Memo
rial Theatre, 12th and R
Streets.
Music for Young
Due on KUON
"Music For The Young"
will make its debut on KUON
TV Oct. 2.
The new film series will in
troduce youngsters to instru
ments and seek to stimulate
interest and uncover hidden
talent.
. Children in the studio audi
ence will ask questions and
musicians then will be able
to give demonstrations.
David Randolph, music
commentator, is the show
host.
by far the most common
number, two rings.
Alphi Chi, Alphi XI, Gam
ma Phi, Theta, KD, Kap
pa, Pi Phi, Sigma Kappa,
and Zeta were in this class.
Alpha Phi took three
rings and APOI and DG
took four.
The Chi Omegas bl..zed
through with a 14 to set the
sorority record for the aft
ernoon. Fraternities com
pared favorably with sorori
ties in speed of answering
although most do not have
regular phone boys on duty
during afternoon hours.
ATO, Phi Psi, and Sigma
Alpha Mu all made an ex
cellent showing with one
ring.
The Phi Delts ' squeezed
into second place with one
and a half rings.
Two was again the most
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ONCE INDUSTRY The Elgin Building once was the
center of one of Lincoln's largest industries, but now
stands vacant at its 16th St. location. But indications are
that it may soon be a center of activity once again, not
of manufacture, but of classes.
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VACANT NOW The Inside
vacant for the most part,
boon in helping relieve crowded entering and leaving
of classes. It has not been decided what classes for which
the building will be used.
Police Empty
Parking Lot
Meters Today
The parking meters east of
the Student Union which have
caused so much comment
since their introduction will
be emptied today.
The money taken from the
so called "two-headed glut
tons" will be used to pay off
the initial investment and
eventually foot the mainte
nance costs of the lot, accord
ing to University Police head,
Capt. Eugene Masters.
Masters observed that not
too many students were over
ly anxious to use the lot at
first, but now there are
"more every day and the lot
seems to be full most of the
time."
The problem of personnel to
ticket cars in violation seems
to be one of the major ones
connected with the parking
lot since there are only two
officers to attend the 1 o t.
"There is a two to four hour
leeways on the meters but it
still spreads us pretty thin,"
commented Masters.
"The twelve-minute meters
are
another problem."
Tested
common number with . Aca
cia, AGS, Beta Sigma Psi,
Beta, Delta Sig, Kappa Sig,
Phi Gam, SAE and Sig Chi
answering this quickly.
DU and Sigma Nu with
three rings slipped in after
the Theta Chi's who grabbed
the receiver after two and
one half jingles of the bell.
Farmhouse and Pi Kap
came in with four and the
Sig Eps took five. Six rings
brought a pledge at AGR.
Theta Xi, Delta Tau Del
ta, and Zeta Beta Tau com
piled a unique record. Our
reporter quit after 25 rings
at these houses due to an
arm cramp.
In all fairness it should
be pointed out that when
these houses were tried
later, or on another number,
the Xis took three rings,
and Delts two, and the ZBTs
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of the Elgin Building is now
but the wide halls may be a
Coffee Scheduled
A coffee hour for students
interested in reporting for
the Daily Nebraskan will be
held 1:30-3 p.m. Friday in
the Daily Nebraskan office
in the Student Union.
No previous journalistic
experience is necessary for
work on the paper.
New International Student Adviser
Seeks To Better Relationships
By Jacque Janecek
An energetic addition to the
University staff, small in size
but dynamic, has gigantic
plans.
Mrs. Olga Steele, new in
ternational student adviser,
succeeding Dr. George Rosen
lof, says she hopes to encour
age the expected enrollment
of 320 students from foreign
countries to enter into organi
zations and become more ac
tive on their own.
Last Year 230
She noted last year's enroll
ment of foreign students was
only 250.
Already campus organiza
tions and campus religious
groups have begun more ex
tensive programs to include
the international students.
"Efforts used to be haphaz
ard, but I really believe or
ganizations and students
themselves are beginning to
show a gratifying amount of
interest," the adviser and for
mer instructor in the Univer
sity Extension division stated.
Mrs. Steele says she also
has plans to promote the re
lationship between interna
tional students and the local
community. Several civic
groups have asked students to
speak at their meetings.
Individual Conferences
Students appreciate this link
with American life, Mrs.
Steele says.
These are busy weeks for
Mrs. Steele. She has sched
uled individual conferences
with each of the new students
to help them compile informa
tion for immigration authori
ties in Omaha.
The authorities want to
know where the students are
living and also require them
to carry a full course in their I
First Contract Letting
Due Within 45 Days
By Mike Milroy
Flexibility is the keynote of
the designing for the Elgin
Building, which is to be put
into service on a partial basis
in the near future.
The first contract will be
for electrical wiring in the
building and will be let in the
next 30-45 days. This will pro
vide the building with the
electrical service and partial
electrical distribution which
is needed to continue
with major renovation plans
according to Verner M. Mey
ers, director of University
Planning and Construction.
Partition Contracts
Shortly after the electrical
bids are let, contracts for
partitions in the first part of
the building will be made,
he said. Partitions wilj be the
major construction in the
building since there are no
walls to speak of with the ex
ception of the four initial
walls. Rooms will be made
from the huge open area of
each floor, Meyers said.
The Elgin Building consists
of six floors, each containing
enough floor space to com
fortably accommodate two
full-size basketball floors with
some extra space left. The
only restrictions on the space
in Elgin are the large circu
lar cement supporting pillars
on each floor.
University heating lines are
now installed in the building
and heating can be readily
supplied to the building ac
cording to Meyers. The inte
rior design will have the ac
cent on the flexibility of uses
from the installations in the
building. These flexible areas
will be used for large classes,
small classes or converted in
to office and administrative
space with very little trouble,
he said,
Bottom To Top
Work will progress from the
basement up to the top floor
so that it will be possible to
utilize part of the building
for classes although all of the
construction will not be en
tirely completed, Meyer said.
Contrary to rumor, class
content of the Elgin building
has not yet been determined,
Meyer said, There were once
rumors that all freshman
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department in 6rder to qual
ify for the student visas, re
newed yearly.
Language Problem
In some cases, where the
student has a language prob
lem, he can carry only 12
hours instead of the required
15 hour load and still qualify
for the visa, Mrs. Steele says.
The new adviser, whose of
fice is open all day Monday
Tuesday and Friday morn
ings, notes the biggest prob
lem most new international
students are having nowadays
is "homesickness."
She also noted that even
though University students
are improving their attitudes
toward the international stu
dents, many could take more
time to think about "sharing
even a simple thing like
taking them with you to . the
new Student Union."
Live Together
She said one coed, who had
lived in the International
House abandoned several
years ago and now used by
the Faculty Club, said to her
the other day, "When living
at the House, I had my close
friends, but last year no one
ever asked me to go and have
a coke."
This year foreign and Amer
ican graduate students are
living together at 464 North
16th, the former Sigma Delta
Tau House, Mrs. Steele noted.
Wife of Ag Prof
She also pointed out that
one student had told her inter
national students were treat
ed differently in universities
in his country. There every
one fnade an effort to be
friendly, and everyone in the
classes spoke to the visiting
student.
"Here he said he's ' had
Elgin
classes would be conduct
ed in Elgin or that it would
be converted to house
one particular college. But he
said the building will accom
modate as many classes as
possible as well as house var
ious University Service areas.
New floors, walls and ceil
ings will constitute most of
the construction in the build
ing with minor supplemental
construction. New ducts for
air conditioning purposes
have to be built to direct air
into the future classrooms.
Air conditioning equipment is
already installed and was left
by the retirement of the Elgin
Watch Company from Ine
building, Meyers added.
Traffic Is Problem
Traffic movement in the
building poses one of the ma
jor problems after the corn-
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pletion of construction, he
said. The building is large
enough to ideally handle 900
students on each of the six
floors if all the room were
utilized for classrooms, Mey
ers said.
The building currently has
two elevators, one capable of
holding 40 persons and a
freight elevator, and two
staircases which are not ex
ceptionally wide, he said. Es
calators have been consid
ered to help relieve the pos
sible traffic problem that
might exist there in the fu
ture, the planning head said.
Time between classes is an
other problem. The building
is so far removed from the .
root nf tho famniic hnilrtinffe
that would be hard-pressed
to scamper from Burnett to
Elgin in the regularly allotted
10-minute interval between
classes Meyers noted.
Specializing floors for sci-enc-
or other uses also has
been considered along with
the estimate of growth in var
ious colleges. Classes may
possibly be started at the be
ginning of the spring semes
ter if construction and earlier
estimates become coordinat
ed. classes where nobody ever
spoke to him," Mrs. Steele
said. "I'm sure his point was
well-taken."
Although Mrs. Steele has
never had a similar appoint
ment, she feels she has had
ample experience to help her
in ber new position. She is the
wife of Ag College Prof. John
Steele.
After receiving her B. S.
degree in education and Mas
ter's in education, she lived
on a farm in western Nebras
ka until her husband decided
to return to the University to
teach in 1947.
School Principal
She taught geography in the
Extension division until
March 1956, when she and
Professor Steele went to An
kara, Turkey, where he was
professor of irrigation and
drainage until June 1958 in
Nebraska's Turkish Univer
sity program.
While in Turkey, Mrs. Steele
was principal of a school for
750 kindergarten through high
school children of American
families. The second year
there she did research on the
history of Christianity In Tur
key, Last year she worked in the
department of information at
the Ag College.
Open House
Mrs. Steele, who says she
takes her job very seriously,
but enjoys every minute of it,
says the next event on sched
ule after all the student visas
are assured is a reception in
her home.
She and Professor Steele
will entertain the internation
al students Oct. 2, from 3 un
til 5 and 7 until 10 p.m. at
1220 North 44th.
She's anxious they all at-
I tend.