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Characters Spice
DEC 7 1959
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Shaw's 'Misalliance9
Characters are the center
of attention , in George Ber
nard Shaw's "Misalliance"
which will be presented at
University Theatre Wednes
day through Saturday.
The modern master of
comedy assembles a group
of "characters" which can be
considered in the real sense,
and the American slang
sense.
Two freshmen, three jun
iors, two seniors and two
graduate students appear in
the cast of the Theatre's sec
ond production of the year.
Wealthy Couple
Dave Meisenholder, gradu
ate student, and Alice Baum
gartner, junior, are cast as
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CROWN PRESENTED-Chancellor Clifford Hardin pre
' sents the crown of the Honorary Commandant to Margaret
Marshall at the Military Ball Friday evening. Miss Mar
shall was crowned and the service queens presented dur
ing intermission ceremonies of the Ball, which opened the
University social season.
Miss Marshall Is
Military Commandant
Nebraska Sweetheart last
year, Honorary Commandant
this year.
That's the' story of Mar
garet "Mugum" Marshall,
crowned Commandant at the
Military Ball Friday night,
edging out thr.ee other coeds
prominent in beauty and
queen contests in recent
years.
Attending Miss Marshall,
chosen Sweetheart at the Kos
mJt Klub Fall Revue last
year, were Priscilla Eckrich,
Miss Navy; Sondra Whalen,
Miss Air Force;, and Yvonne
Young, Miss Army.
All three of the ROTC serv
ice queens were candidates
in the Nebraska contest for
representation for the Miss
U.S.A. title In connection
' with the Miss Universe pa
geant held this summer.
Miss Eckrich won the Ne
braska title and a trip to the
West Coast for tire contest.
She is a senior in Teachers
and corresponding secretary
of Kappa Kappa Gamma.
Former Miss E-Wcok
Miss Whalen is a former
Cornhusker Beauty Queen and
1958 Miss E-Week. She is a
senior in the School of Jour
nalism, news editor of the
Daily Nebraskan and presi
dent of Alpha Omicron Pi.
Miss Young, also a mem
ber of AOPi, was selected as
national Miss REA last year.
Miss Marshall, dually
matriculating in Arts and Sci
ences and Teachers Colleges,
has been a cheerleader for
Pick Your Grades Then
Choose your grades at the
beginning of the course and
then work for them. .
This is the basis for a new
experiment grading sys
tem constructed by Howard
Baumgartel, an associate
professor of human relations
at the University of Kansas.
' Higher Goals
Under the system, a stu
dent selects a grade to work
toward. If he completes the
requirements and passes the
examination for the grade, he
is eligible to work toward the
next highest grade.
Four advantages of the sys:
tem were listed in the Daily
Kansan. These are:
Grades do not interfere
with the relationship between
student and instructor.
The student has the oppor
tunity to sclent the grades he
wishes to work towards.
Prince
Mr. and Mrs. John Tarleton.
The wealthy middle class
couple has friends in the
nobility. Tarleton is owner of,
a great ' country estate in
England.
Success leads him from
humble clerk to president of
a company which makes un
shrinkable underwear.
Mrs. Tarleton is his former
shop-girl and is now richer
and wiser than most any
duchess. -
The Tarleton's son, Johnny,
is a straight-thinking young
Englishman who has taken
charge of his father's busi
ness and takes it quite ser
iously. His father had ignored the
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three years and is vice presi
dent of Gamma Phi Beta.
She was chosen by an all
campus vote.' The service
queens were elected by mem
bers of the ROTC branch
which they represented.
The royalty were presented
with bracelets engraved with
their title and bouquets of
roses at intermission of the
47th annual Ball, held at
Pershing Auditorium.
They also received appoint
ments to the service branches
they represent.
The stage for the presenta
tion was set by precision
drilling by the Cadence Coun
tesses, honorary coed branch
of the Pershing Rifles, and
by the White . Caps, Navy
ROTC drill team.
Last year's Commandant,
Terry Mitchern, and the new
Commandant and service
queens were escorted to the
presentation platform by
Chancellor Clifford Hardin;
Fred Howlett, Midshipman
Battalion Commander; Ross
McGlasson, second in charge
of the Navy; Bob Blair,
Army Cadet Brigade Com
mander; and Don Nelson,
Air Force Cadet Wing Com
mander, respectively.
Miss Marshall was crowned
by Chancellor Hardin and re
ceived the Commandant scep
ter from Miss Mitchem, her
sorority sister. The senior
cadets, midshipmen and their
wives and dates then passed
in review before the military
royalty.
-Kansas Prof's Suggestion
The system always works
in a positive direction.
The student is given a
chance to improve his former
grade. ,
Void Relationship
By letting the student set
the grade he wishes to work
toward, the relationship to
the instructor is largely void,
Prof. Baumgartel said. Oth
erwise, he said, a student ei
ther tries to butter up the in
structor for a better grade or
he becomes resentful because
of . the power that the in
structor holds over him.
"By this system, the more
work a person does, the bet
ter his grade. Examinations
and other written work are
graded on a satisfactory or
unsatisfactory basis. To ob
tain a 'D' grade the student
must satisfactorily pass an
exam over the basis of the
course; to obtain a 'C grade
Kosmet - Nebraska Sweetheart Tickets On Sale
business in favor of socially
improving "ideas," such as
giving money to free libraries.
Eric Prewitt, junior, will
be seen in the role of Johnny.
Sits at Home
Hypatia, a "ripping fine
girl" who restlessly sits at
home waiting for adventure
and romance, is played by
Judy DeVilbiss, senior.
She is the fiancee of Berit
ley, but freely admits that
she doesn't love him. How
ever, she puts it, "A girl has
to marry someone." - She
hopes that some adventurer
will drop out of the sky.
Out of the sky does drop
just what Hypatia is looking
for, a man who is a "splendid
animal" and also a brain.
This is Joey Percival, aviator
played by Zeff Bernstein, a
junior.
Dropping along with the
aviator is the celebrated Lina
Szczepanowska, acrobat and
dare-devil, who sets all the
men's hearts to thumping.
Before the play is com
pleted every male has either
proposed or made love to her.
Diana Peters, senior, plays
this role.
Pint-Sized
A retired colonial governor,
Lord Summerhays, played by
Luther Frost, grad student,
has come to visit the Tarle
tons in order meet his son
Bentley's intended.
Bently, played by Jerry
Mayer, freshman, is pint
sized and impish. This spoiled
but brainy member of the
upper crust has learned how
to get his way.
That he does by falling
down and screaming until
bigger people give in. This
young man, nick-named
"Bunny," does just thati
A mysterious gunman is
played by Walter Seller,
freshman. He comes into the
Tarleton home prepared to
shoot one of the delightful
people but . . . To tell would
spoil the fun, say theatere
producers.
An unusual entrance by the
pilot leads to the plot of the
comedy.
NU Debaters
Score Well
In Contests
University debate squads
took part in two tournaments
during the weekend.
Eileen Warren and Bob
Austin made up the only un
defeated team in the Univer
sity of Iowa Invitational De
bate and Discussion Confer
ence' held Friday and Satur
day. Warren' and Austin and
Ernie Hines and Gary Hill
tied for the second highest
rating in the tournament.
Warren and Hines also re
ceived two of the five indi
vidual superior ratings given
in debate.
Warren and Austin re
ceived two of the three su
perior ratings given in dis
cussion, while Hill won the
highest rating jn extemporan
eous' speaking. Hines won the
third highest rating in inter
pretative reading.
Barbara Langhauser and
Renny Ashleman were unde
feated at the debate and dis
cussion conference held at
Wayne State Teachers Col
lege. Roger Dodson and Lloyd
Goodson won one and lost
three at the same tourna
ment. Get 'Em
he must satisfactorily pass a
more advanced test," he said.
"Thus each is free to
choose how much work he
wishes to undertake. If he is
satisfied with a 'd' grade, he
need take only the first ex
am," he said.
Failure Worries
Baumgartel pointed out
that in any case the system
was always positive in na
ture. Once the student passes
the first exam he never has
to worry about failing the
course. From this point on
the student works in a posi
tive direction toward a high
er grade.
Make-up exams are al
lowed to make the system
function. Baumgartel said
that the system still had some
drawbacks as most experi
mental systems do. One of
these is the additional work
required of the instructor.
Vol. 34, No. 42
Union
B
y Iowa State Director
Colleee unions, like the ad
ministration of growing uni
versities, are becoming big
business .and more and more
complex.' Will they meet the
challenges of the future?
Harold E. Pride,, director
of the Iowa State Memorial
Union feels, "the educational
value of the Unions seems to
have escaped."
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SELECTION AT REVUE Pictured
above are the 10 finalists for the
title of Prince Kosmet. Selection will be
made by voting at the Kosmet Klub Fall
Revue Friday night. Candidates are:
(from left, back row) Bill Tuning, Dick
Schedules
Spring Registration
Begins This Week'-.
Registration for next se
mester will begin this week.
Schedules are available
today on the City campus
at the Registrar's Office, 208
Administration, and on the
Ag campus at 206 Agricul
tural Hall.
Undergraduate stu
dents should make appoint
ments to see their advisers
this week.
Worksheets will be turned
in to the Registrar's office'.
Cards will be pulled by the
office according to the num
ber of hours the student has
earned as of Sept. 14, and
in the order in which the
worksheets are received.
Junior Division students
should leave their worksheets
with their advisers. Ag col
lege and Business Adminis
tration students may leave
their worksheets in their
Dean's office.
Seniors may bring their
Ski Meeting
Set Today
Skiers who are taking the
Student Union sponsored trip
to Winter Park, Colo., should
meet today at 5 p.m. in
340 Union.
Waiver and consent papers,
contracts and insurance infor
mation will be discussed. Ski
ers will be housed in the Win
ter Park Lodge.
The trip is Dec. 29 to Jan.
2. The University cf Iowa
is expected to have a delega
tion of skiers in the area at
the same time.
Second Ski Trip
Being Organized
The Student Union is offer
ing to organize a second ski
trip, to take place during the
semester break, providing
enough persons are interested.
The trip would last five days
and students would ski at
Winter Park, Colorado. Inter
ested students should sign a
Union waiver and turn it in
to Karen Van Amburgh or
Priscilla Eckrich at the Kap
pa Kappa Gamma house, 616
No. 16th.
Deadline for signing up is
Dec. 14. Cost of the trip is
estimated at $55. '
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA
Encroachments Cited
Pride, addressing the 252
delegates from 28 colleges at
the seventh annual and larg
est conference in the history
of Region VIII of the Assn.
of College Unions, cited other
"encroachments on unions."
They are other university
centers where restaurant and
hotel managing students pro
K Candidates Pose
Are Out
worksheets to tne negistrar s
office Jan. 5; juniors, Jan.
6; sophomores, Jan. 7, and
freshman. Jan. 8
Late worksheets will be ac
cepted Jan. 11. Students
whose worksheets have not
been received by this date
will have to wait until Jan.
29 to pull cards and pay fees.
Alternative courses should
be listed on the worksheets
for specific courses as well
as alternative sections in mul
tisection courses in the order
of preference.
Students are reminded to
fill out the bottom as well as
the top of their worksheets
so that the Registrar's office
may use it as a guide in
pulling cards when shifts are
necessary.
Work and intercollegiate
athletics should be indicated
with the employer's name,
address and telephone num
ber. Cards may be claimed and
fees paid at the Men's Physi
cal Education Building as
follows: A to G, Jan. 22; II
to N, Jan. 25; 0 to Z, Jan. 26
' Students who do not pay on
the correct day must wait un
til Feb. 1 and pay a late fee
of $3.
Graduate students and per
sons enrolled in the Teach
ers' Advanced Professional
Program may register Jan.
29 through Feb. 6, or Feb. 8
to 13, with payment of $3 late
fee.
Mock Convention
Planned by YRs
Gary Rodgers has been
elected over-all chairman of
a proposed mock convention
to be sponsored by .Young
Republicans.
The convention has been
suggested for February or
March, and may be held in
conjunction with NUCWA and
the Young Democrats.
Interested persons may at
tend a meeting for the pro
posed convention Wednesday
in the Young Republican of
fice ef the Student Union.
Engineering Seminar
Dr. J. W. Holl will speak
on "Inception of Cavitation"
at the Engineering Seminar
Thursday at 4 p.m. m Rica
ards Hall 206.
in the Union - Admission 90c Per Person
vide dining facilities usually
offered by Unions, snack
bars in dormitories, coed
gymnasiums, and all purpose
buildings combining faculty
offices. N
. He called this a "fragmen
tation of the University Union
program" and said "a close
cooperation with the college
administration should insure
Shipwright, Ivan Grupe, Richard Eber
spacher and Gary McClanahan, (front
row, from left) Roger Wehrbein, Frank
Tomson, Jim Moore and Al Krizelman.
Shown in the inset is Bill Zeplin.
NV Blasts
Academy
See Page 3
Spring Day
Positions
Are Open
Council To Fill
Six Positions
Nominations for positions on
the Spring Day committee are
now open, according to Chuck
Wilson, Student Council nom
inating committee chairman.
Applicants may obtain ap-
lication blanks at the Council
office in the Student Union.
The applications must be filled
out and placed m the ballot
box outside the Council of
fice before noon, Dec. 18, Ap
plicants also must sign for an
interview time.
An interview sheet will be
on the office door and inter
views will be held the morn
ing of Saturday,' Jan. 9.
The interviews will determine
the applicant's past knowledge
of Spring Day and will evalu
ate creative suggestions sub
mitted by the applicants.
Sophomores, juniors and
seniors are eligible to apply.
All applicants must have a
5.7 overall and otherwise com'
ply with the University eligi
bility requirements.
Applicants also must have
leadership ability, a strong in
terest and well developed
ideas for Spring Day activi
ties. The Spring Day committee
will consist of six members,
two of which must be juniors.
One Council member also will
be on the committee. The
Council nominating committee
will select six applicants to
submit to the Council for ap
proval. Selection of the 1 applicants
submitted by the nominating
committee is scheduled for
the Wednesday meeting of the
Council, Jan. 13.
Two or more of the selected
members of the Spring Day
committee will then be nom
inated for the chairmanship.
These nominees will again be
interviewed and the chairman
will be selected by a vote of
the Council.
Monday, December 7, 1959
the union the opportunity to
develop in the directions o
greatest service to the col
lege and meet the shifting
challenges of the institution
it serves."
Pride admitted the future
is not clear. But unions have
contributed to the quality of
higher education, he contend
ed, and aren't likely to dis
appear. He cited contributions that
unions 40 years hence will
make above and below
ground parking lots, hotel ac
commodations, more facili
ties for the increased number
of married students, more
theatre space.
'No Mass Joining'
Pride also noted, "Herd in
stincts seem to be disappear
ing trom college life.- Stu
dents are no longer mass
joiners. Many are seeking
more personal means of in
vesting leisure time." .
Unions should provide more
arts, crafts and music and
facilities for these individual
interests, the Iowa director
said.
A business session and mix
er preceded the Friday ban
quet, which was followed by
an all conference party.
Handy Attends
Students discussed Union
activities Saturday morning
and in the afternoon staff,
members heard a panel con
ducted by Dr. Earl E. Harper
of the Iowa State University.
Bob Handy, former ac
tivities director of the Union
at the University of Kansas
Cuy, was a participant. 1
Diane Knotek Butherus,
past president of the Nebras
ka Union Activities Board,
spoke at the closing banquet
session Saturday night in the
Pan American Suite.
Directories
Delivery Set
For Dec. 15
Distribution of Builders
Student Directories, original
ly slated for Dec. 1 or 2, has
been moved back to Dec. 15.
The change was made be
cause of the difficulty in im
plementing the change to the
prefix dialing system which
slowed up the printer, accord
ing, to Dick Basoco, Builders
president.
"Builders is very sorry for
the delay in distributing the
directories," he said. "The
phone company told us just a
short time ago that we could
not sell our directories until
after the change to the pre
fix system had been effected.
"This was done yesterday
so actually the students will
only have to wait about a
week or so after the earliest
time they could have possi
bly received them."
A booth will be set up in
the Student . Union lobby to
distribute the directories
from at least 10 a.m. to noon
and 3 to 5 p.m. on Dec. 16
and 17, Basoco said.
"The booth will be set up
on the 15th if we can get the
directories in time," he add
ed. Student Directories also
will be on sale for 85 cents
in the Union and in all three
bookstores on campus. ,
AUF Totals
Unavailable
Totals for the 14th annual
All University Fund drive
have not yet been computed
and will be announced as soon
as all areas of the drive are
complete.
Rough estimates are not
available, according to Gret
chen Shellberg, AUF publicity
chairman. Of the sectors of
the drive reporting, all have
equalled or surpassed the to
tal given in last year's drive,
she 'said.
Selleck Quad and the Resi
dence Halls for Women dou
bled the total given to last
year's fund. Some fraternities
and sororities fell below their
previous year's total however.