UNIVERSITY OF NESft.
LIBRARY
Vol. 34, No. 84
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA
Tuesday, March 22, 1960
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EIGIIT CROICES-Finalists for the title f
Miss E-Week are, back rw, left to right,
Pris Eckrich, Marg Schwentker, Lom Ann
Eight Finalists
For 1960 Miss
The eight finalists for Miss
E-Week have been selected
hy the members of the Engi
neers1 Executive Board Com
mittee. The candidates were select
ed after an interview where
they were judged on beauty
of face and figure, grace and
poise, personality a nd re
sponse to interview.
The candidates are Lou
Ann DeWaD. PrisciHa Eck
rich, Hjordis Fangmeyer,
Margaret Schwentker, Rhoda
Skiff, Xancy Tederman, Kay
Uehling and Claire Vrba.
Miss DeWaH is a junior in
Teachers College from'Wa
tertown, South Dakota. She
is a member of UXSEA,
YWCA, Builders, and has
been pledge trainer for Alpha
Xi Delta sorority.
Miss Eckrich is a senior in
Teachers College from
Aberdeen, South Dakota. She
is a member of Xewman
Club and has served as mar
shal at Kappa Kappa Gamma
Sorority. She also was select
ed as Miss Xavy and as a
candidate for Miss Universe.
Miss Fangmeyer is a jun
ior in Teachers College from
Beatrice. She has been active
in the Student Union Foreign
Film Program and has been
scholarship chairman for
Many Attend
SC Activities
Orientation
Some 225 organization of
ficers attended the Student
Council annual activities ori
entation session in the Student
Union Sundav.
The Council also passed out
copies of the first student ac
tivities handbook, outlining
Tules and regulations govern
ing organizations.
Workshops for officers of
campus groups were conduct
ed by Council members, other
students and the administra
tion. Jack Nielsen and Bob
Krohn, president and vice
president of the Council, con
ducted the workshop for
presidents and vice presi
dents. Kitzi Lee and Don Epp,
council secretaries, directed
the secretaries workshop.
The treasurers workshop
was led by W. . Harper,
treasurer of the student ac
tivities fund.
Dave Godbey and Karen
Peterson, presidents of Inno
cents and Mortar Board, con
ducted a workshop for activ
ity chairmen of houses and
dorms.
Forms Available
For Education 23
Elementary education ma
jors who plan to register for
Ed 23, student teaching, for
the first semester next year
must make application for
this course not later than
April 1.
Delta Delta Delta sorority.
Miss Schwentker is a sen
ior in Teachers College from
Ogallala. She is active in
Lincoln Project and is a
member of Chi Omega sor
ority. Miss Skiff is a freshman in
Teachers College from Grand
Island. She is a member of
XHRKF, Lincoln Project,
Student Union, Builders, Red
Cross and Gamma Phi Beta
sorority.
- Miss Tederman is a sopho
more in Teachers College
from Holdrege, .She is a
member of AWS Board, Tas
sels, and is scholarship chair
man for Alpha Chi Omega.
Free Tickets Offered
For Nixon Speech
Free tickets will be made
available to students for Vice
President Richard Nixon's ad
dress next Monday evening
in the University Coliseum. .
Parker Shipley, chairman
of the Nixon address ticket
committee, said students will
sit in the balcony of the coli
seum and will be admitted af
ter S p.m.
Booth Distribution
Tickets will be distributed
by house represennatives of
Young Republicans and at
booths in the Student Union,
Ag Student Union and the Ad
Building at Nebraska Wesley
an University.
A special committee was
appointed ty the Founders"
Day Committee and the State
Young Republican Federation
to insure that as many stu
dents as possible, regardless
of political affiliation would
be able to see and hear the
Vice-President, Jack Sdiueti,
Founders' Day Secretary,
said.
Shipley will be assisted
by Rod EDerbusch, KU Young
Republican president and Tom
GiUiland, University enior.
K K Spring Slioir :
Dances Are
Kosmet Klub's Spring
Show "Pajama Game" will
feature "wild dances" and
colorful choreography by a
few University coeds
March 25 and 26 at Persh
ing Auditorium.
Man)' Hours
The choreographer for the
show, Sally Wengert Hove,
and the dancers, X a t e n
Costin, Sally Hove, -Glenda
Luff, Judy Grazier and Ann
Sowles have spent an esti
mated 150 liours of work
on the show.
This time was speu in
varipus ways, among which
was 70 hours spent practic
ing the dance steps. The
i remainder of the time was
DeWaO; middle, Iljordis Fangmeyer, Kay
Uehling, Xancy Tederman; front row
Rhoda Skiff and Claire Vrba.
Are Selected
E-Week Title
Miss Uehling is a junior in
Medical Technology from
Oakland. She is a member
of NUMEDS and Alpha Phi
sorority. She was a candi
date for Miss Lincoln.
Miss Vrba is a sophomore
in Home Economics from
Schuyler. She is a member of
Tassels, Ag Union, Student
Council Home Ec Club, Al
pha Lambda Delta sorority,
Ag Exec. Board, and on the
Standards Board for Love
Memorial Hall.
The final selection of Miss
E-Week will be announced at
a later date, and the coron
ation will occur at the Engi
neers' Week banquet.
Shipley said about 2,500 tic
kets -will be made available
to NU, NWU, Union College
students and Lincoln high
school students.
Control Purposes
Tickets are bein? used.
Shipley explained, for control
purposes. He said be expected
that more students will be
interested in bearing the
Vice-President than there are
seats available.
Terry Moshier has been ap
pointed ticket distribution
chairman in the Residence
Halls for Men and Bill Mey
ers is chairman of organized
house distribution. Bob Aus
tin is in charge of Nebraska
Wesleyan tickets.
Tickets win be available at
GOP headquarters from
&.m. to S p.m. Wednesday
through Friday and next Mon
day upon the presentation of
student identification.
The booths at the Student
Union wfll be set up Thurs
day through Saturday and
Monday.
'I nope thai many college
and Mgh school students will
take advantage of this op
portunity to see and listen to
the Vice-President.
;Wild' in PJ Game
used to block out scenes
and songs and to improve
techniques af the choreog
raphy. Chorus Member
The dance during tie
"Once a Year Day" scene
was labeled as one of the
"wildest" in the show by
one of the dancers. This
dance involves six dancers
plus all the members of
the chorus.
There are two other
fiances in addition to the
"Once a Year Day" dance.
Four fiancers participate in
the dance "Steam Heat"
and wear short skirts and
jag shirts for cotumes.
Five dancers are re
NUCWA Planning Political
Education Program Tonight
The AFL-CIO-supported
Committee on Political Edu
cation will present a program
on campus tonight sponsored
by the Nebraska University
Council on World Affairs.
Walter Gray, five-state
area director of COPE from
Billings, Mont., will discuss
how politics affects the indi
vidual at 7:30 p.m. in the
Pan American Room of the
Student Union.
Organized locally three
years ago, COPE programs
exist on national state and
local levels, lis purpose is to
get voters registered for elec
tions and inform them of the
issues involved.
COPE is labeled non-par
tisan but generally supports
Democratic candidates, tne
state committee consists of
25 men who make political
recommendations on national
and state candidates and is
sues but leave opinions on
county and city candidates
open" to area COPE commit
tees. .
The ctoud is supported by
voluntary contributions from
laboring people.
Area groups are confined to
cities where there are cen
tral labor unions. In Nebras
ka, this includes Omaha. Lin
coln. Beatrice. Hastings.
Grand Island, Norfolk, Fre
mont and Norta Platte.
In the 1958 elections, COPE
Ag Studeiits,
Profs Plan
'Pot Luck'
The spring 'Tot Luck with
the Profs" is scheduled for
Sunday evening at in Ag
Union.
Hosts and hostess for the
final student-faculty dinner
will be faculty and staff mem
bers and their wives. Those
to be hosts Sunday mill be
Duane Foote, James Hassler,
Don Hanway, William Lutes,
Robert HilL Clarence Miller,
George Petersen, Howard
Wiegers, R, Burt Maxey and
Wayne Ceilings.
Entertainment will be 'pro
vided by the Ag Union.
The Sunday evening meal
prepared and furnished by the
faculty is free to all Ag stu
dents. Lislmer Concert
Is On Thursday
Leon Lishner's' faculty
concert is Thursday and not
tonight as reported in the
Daily Nebraskan Monday.
The vocal concert by the
associate professor of tnnsic
will begin at 3:30 p.m. in
the Ballroom of the Student
Union.
Television Exec
Speaks for ATO
Merle S. Jones, president of
CBS Television Stations, was
guest speaker at the Alpha
Tan Omega Founders Day
banquet Sunday.
Jones was president of ATO
at Nebraska. He was also
president of Kosmet Klub and
Innocents Society. He was
graduated from the College of
Law in 1930.
Friday evening, Jones was
the featured speaker at the
midwestern convention of the
Advertising Federa tkra of
America.
quired for the dance scene
in "Hernando's HJdaway.,,,
These -"Spanish misses
will dance in costumes of
taffeta with the ruffles,
fringes and roses common
to Spanish daur;s.
The dancers in the show
nave been working since
Feb. 16. These many tiours
of worl. were accumulated
during their "working
liours" 7:3D-1D:30 p.m.
very night, including Fri
day and from 2-5 pjn. on
Saturdays.
With the 5how drawing
near, the dancers and oth
er members in the cast
have included Sim days Id
their work schedule.
was successful in registering
6,000 Omahans and is present
ly working on registration in
Lincoln and Omaha.
Candidates supported by
COPE in 1958 inclueded Dem
ocrats Frank B. Morrison for
the Senate; Clair Callan for
first district congressman;
Larry Brock for third district
congressman; and Republi
can Glenn Cunningham of
Omaha for second district
congressman.
Morrison and Callan were
defeated, while the other
three candidates were suc
cessful. At the statewide meeting of
COPE earlier in the year, at
College
Number
More than 60 University
students have signed up to
compete for a top position on
the University's General
Electric College Bowl team,
according to Dean Waller
Wright.
Dean Wright, one of the j
team coaches and assistant!
dean of the College of Arts ;
and Sciences, said that tests
will be given to these appli-;
cants Wednesday to discern
their skills and knowledge.
Fact Recollection
Questions similar to those
used on the College Bowl,
of fact recollection, were
submitted by various faculty
members and will be used,
on this test.
Dean Wright also pointed
out that applicants are still
welcome to apply and stu
dents with broad knowledge
or a knowledge in some spec
ialized subject are urged to
file their applications and at
tempt to earn one of the po
sitions on the team which will
represent the University dur
ing May College Bowl com
petition. The actual competition on
the General Electric College
Bowl wiQ use questions and
answers which have been re
searched tnoronghly by the
G-E College Bowl Editorial
'Board.
I These questions are closely
'guarded and resemble the
"warm-up" questions during
I the pre-broadcast rehearsals
oniy in nroaa sumecx mauer
covered, and form or type of
questions to be asked.
Question Game
The G-E College Bowl is a
question and answer game in
which points are given for
I correct answers. There are
two kinds of questions: il)
toss-up questions, worth ten
points each and (2) bonus
questions worth a sutea num-
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CHECK BEFORE CROSSING "Bow deep is this chnck
boler" s'inflars wA Muriel Lelcbook. "I t short girls
have to be careful." Many car driver wonder fee fcarae
thing at tbry jouncr ver tbfw ruts in front of the Union.
Thi one proved In be three inches top fey loo big 1
jump.
which time its registration
and information campaign be
gan, Gray was the main
speaker.
He lambasted Sen. Carl
Curtis who is up for reelec
tion in November.
Gray said, "If the record
of Sen. Curtis is spread
throughout Nebraska the
state will have a liberal sena
tor to represent it next year.
He noted that- during the
last session of Congress, Cur
tis voted on the side of labor
three times, and intimated
that if Curtis wasn't facing
reelection he wouldn't have
backed labor at all.
"In Nebraska," Gray said
Bowl Applicants
More Than Sixty
ber of points (20-40 ).
In order to qualify for a
bonus question, team mem
bers must first answer cor
rectly a toss-up question. In
dividual team members com
pete for the toss-np. Teams
compete forthe bonus.
Actual time of competitive
play is approximately 20 min
utes. The game is divided into
two halves and the half time
is spent interviewing team
members. It begins with a
toss-up question open Jo both
teams.
Only One
Only one person may an
swer the toss-up. If mare than
pe person speaks during the
Toss-Up question the entire
question is discarded.
The other team will get a
chance to answer if the first
team misses the toss-up.
A correct answer to the
toss-np counts 19 points and
makes it possible for the
member's team to try for a
bonus question of stated value.
If a member interrupts as
a toss-up is being asked and
gives an incorrect answer the
team is penalized 5 points.
Arbitrary Decision
The value of a bonus ques
tion is an arbitrary decision
of the research team. It is
essentially based on the com
plexity tf the subject covered
Bonus questions may contain
a number of parts and all
members may participate,
discuss and answer the ques
tions within the team limita
tion. When the final whistle blows
the game is over. If il blows
while a question is being
asked, the question is disre
garded, the game stops and
the final score is computed.
If the whistle blows while a
member is answering the
member may complete the
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at that time, "We'll have to
work with our natural ally
the farmer."
He voiced the opinion that
if unionists in the state work
hard during the present
election year, "they can com
plete the job they so admirab
ly began in 1958."
Following the talk by Gray,
the floor will be open to dis
cussion. The COPE program is one
of a series of contemporary
issue programs sponsored by
NUCWA. Previously, the
"population explosion" and
labor unions in general have
been the subjects thus far
presented.
answer to the question.
The team with the most
number of points at the end
of the game is declared win
ner. In the event of a tie,
there is a three question play
off. Each question is worth
10 points and the rules still
apply.
The team with the highest
score at the end of the three
questions is the winner. If
there is a tie at the end of
the three questions, the score
after the next correctly an
swered single question will de
termine the final winner.
Final Aribiter
The College Bowl judge,
present at all broadcasts, is
the final arbiter of any con
troversy surrounding ques
tions and answers used oa
the program.
General Electric scholar
ship grants will be awarded
to the schools of the partici
pating team, "the winning
team will receive a grant of
and the other team will
receive a grant of $500.
A limit of five victories is
imposed on College Bowl
players. If a team reaches
the maximum of five games,
tVy earn the title of "Re
:. -d Undefeated Champions"
a.H an additional $1,590 grant
to the school
Community,
Concert
Sales Begin
Season tickets are on sale
todav for the 190961 Commu
nity Concert series of four out
standing attractions plus a
bonus admission to the Na
tional Ballet of Canada.
The membership campaign'
will last one week, ending
next Monday. Student price
for the tickets is $4 for the
season. The general public
must pay f7. 50.
Students wishing to sell the
memberships may pick w
sales packets from the Student
Union Activities nice, ror
every IB memberships sold,
one free membership will be
awarded to the salesman.
Inclu ded in next y ear's sea
son are the Ballet EspaaoL
Oct. 26; Fred Waring Steree
Festival, Dec 2; Vienna Choir
Boys, March 6; aod the Dal
las Symphony Orchestra wita
Leon'Blesiber, pianist, Marca
28.
Earth Honorary
Opens House
Sigma C a m m a Epsitoa
earth science honorary wiU
hold a public open bemse
Thursday at & p.m. ia Morrill
Hall Auditorium-
Dr. Warren Colawell of the
Lincoln divisiqn of the Smith
sonian Institute and a part
time anthropology instrnctoT
at the University win speak
on the Smithsonian Institute.
Hillbillies Take
Jubilee Honors
Ban EaB's TUZbZlj Sand
look first place honors at the
Aggie Jubilee talent shew
Sunday.
The group represerror
Gooding House of Burr
presented polka number! .
The second place trsptj
was won by Love Ha3 -wiii
their toavfeters act -"1Sl&nr
tVmro.""
Caylean flls placed Itird
with a modem dance.