Friday, December I, 1961
The Daily Nebraskan
Page 3
War Years Only Break
Since Ball Began in 1908
By Stevie Port I
Nine o'clock Dec. 8, 1961,
marks the 49th University of
Nebraska Military Ball, to be
held this years at Pershing
Municipal Auditorium.
An atmosphere "Out of This
World" is promised , and
music will be provided by the
Glenn Miller orchestra, di
rected by Ray McKinley.
The Honorary Commandant
will be presented to those In
attendance and the t h r e e
service queens, Miss A r m y,
Miss Navy and Miss Air
Force will be revealed.
Traditionally, the Military
Scholarship
Interviews
Set Sundav
Three finalists for two full
tuition Interfraternity Coun
cil scholarships will be select
ed Sundav at 2:30 p.m. in the
IFC office by the Council's
scholarship committee.
The University Committee
on General Scholarship
Awards will make final selec
tions next week for the schol
arship, which will provide full
tuition for one semester for
each of two sophomores.
The scholarship was award
ed for the first time last year
to Chip Kuklin, engineering
junior.
The nine semi-finalists, who
were selected from two ap
plicants submitted by each
house on the basis of scholar
ship,; leadership, and partici
pation in University lite, are
as follows:
2:30 p.m Bill Buckley
2:35 Tom Kotouc
2:40 Jim Lemon
2:45 Jack Richard
2:50 Bob Seidell
2:55 Dave Smith
3:00 h Dick Weill
Paths of Life
Continued from Page 2
we admit that "there is
nor health in us" apart
from Him, He can restore
us to spiritual health.
Finally. , we must be
persistent in our redis
covery of prayer. We;
read with fascination how
Madam Curie and her
husband spent year after
year in their experimen-
, t a t i o n and understand
their persistence as part
of the discipline demand
ed by science. Yet many
of ns become discouraged
when our devotional life
seems arid and our pray
ers are seemingly unan
swered. If we would ex
pect great things to hap
pen in our prayers and
we should then we must
allow God to speak to the
hero in our souls. John L.
Casteel reminds us that
"if the life of prayer is to
mean anything to us, our
venture must be a heroic
journey." If our desire
for prayer is based on
v our yearning for God, if
we have a desire to know
Him and live the life for
which He has created us,
then we cannot be con
tent with half-measures.
God demands our best
striving and discipline if
we are to rediscover Him
through prayer. Once we
have made this decision
and stick by it, our lives
will take on new dimen
sions that can only come
from Him.
Films, Things
Continued from Page 2
again to the States where
Connie must choose be
tween slick, wealthy suit
or Bert Convy or poor
stable operator Troy Don
ahue. The choice in this
type of film is obvious,
but not before the baby
puts himself on fire and
Connie declares in front
of everyone that the baby
Is hers. t
Why? Well, producer, di
rector, writer Delmer Da
ves has met earlier suc
cess with the similar "A
Summer Place" and
"Parrish," so why not do
it again. Daves has di
rected some exciting, fine
westerns "Cowbov,"
; "3:10 to Yuma," "The
Hanging Tree" but now
he's seems to be obsessed
with unwed motherhood
and its social problems.
Let's return to the stable
from the cradle, it's
much more comfortable!
However, it IS better
tima . . .
Ball opens the winter formal
season and since 1925 the
dance has been' accepted as
an all-university dance.
Pershing Rifles
The fii'st Military Ball was
held in 1908 when Pershing
Rifles staged the dance. Since
then, the dance has, been held
each winter except during
wartime. Early Military Balls
were strictly for campus mil
itary personnel.
In 1922, the first Honorary
Coed Colonel was crowned at
the ' ball. During 1925-28, it
was the practice to reveal the
Honorary Colonel immediately
after elections. The title, Hon
orary Colonel, was later
changed when three branches
of the. service were combined
into ROTC.
Three hundred couples at
tended the 1926 Military Ball
as compared to 1,500 couples
in attendance in 1930. Five
years later the largest Cadet
Corps in the nation, a crowd
of 5,000 attended the dance.
Louis Panico and hts band
provided music for the ball.
Joe Sanders, known as the
Ole Lefthander' played for
the 1937 ball. Attended the
dance were 6,000 couples.
Red Nichols
A big' name band was pre
sented in 1939 when Red Nich
ols of Five Pennies fame was
contracted., The 1939 ball was
held at the coliseum and a
local radio, station broadcast
the grand march. . j
Military Ball plans on the
"war campus" in 1942 found
things far less elaborate. Co
eds wore "victory corsages"
of red, white and blue. The
common slogan was 'Victory
corsage means nine more .30
caliber bullets.' Corsage
price? Sixty cents!
Tills was the 34th annual
Military Ball which 4,000 stu
dents attended. Captain Glenn
Miller was signed to lead the
NU ROTC Band in several
numbers. To the disappoint
ment of many, Captain Mil
ler was reportedly in an Army
hospital with pneumonia and
missed the Military Ball.
Ticket prices in 1942 were
set at 55 cents for spectators,
$1.10 for ROTC cadets in uni
form and $1.65 for others.
Music
Dancing music was pro-
KNUS to Present
War of Worlds'
j KNUS will present "War of
the Worlds," the Orson Wells
j radio classic, on Dec. 21 at
j 8 p.m.
! Applications are now being
taken for the male lead in the
program. Gary Gue, pubjicity
director, said the part re
quired a strong voice with
dramatic ability. To apply
for the part, leave your name,
address and phone number
at KNUS or call Gue.
Chalk Talk For
Wildlife Program
Chalk talk, lecture and mo
tion pictures will be presented
by wildlife photographer
Charles W. Swartz m a pro
gram "Making Wildlife Mo
tion Pictures," Sunday at Ne
braska Center for Continuing
Education.
This program will be the
first activity of the Midwest
Wildlife Conference to be held
at the Nebraska Center Sun
day through Wednesday.
The conference will, be
made up of 300-600 fish "and
game technicians from 12
midwestern states and three
Canadian provinces. Various
state wildlife control agen
cies of the tLS. governmental
services including forestry,
agriculture and fish and wild
life services will . be repre
sented. The most surprised men in Holly
wood are a couple of middle-aged
cartoonists. Four years ago they
were has-beens. Today they own a
! multimillion-dollar empire. Read
the story of the men behind "The .
Flintstones" in this week's Post
vided by Johnny'Scat" Davis
who was known especially for
his "scatterbrain music,"
The ball was interupted dur
ing the next years by war but
the tradition was resumed in
1946. Chuck Foster and: his
band entertained at the ; 1946
Ball. Ticket prices jumped to
$3.00 per cadet couple and
$4.00 per civilian couple.
In 1953, "The nations most
talked about musical person
ality," Paul Neighbors and
his band played. Five years
previously It had been tradi
tion for the Honorary Com
mandants to be 21 years old,
with brown hair and blue
eyes but tradition was broken
since no 1953 commandant fi
nalist met these specifica
tions. 1957 marked the first year
that the dance was not held
at the coliseum. Pershing Mu
nicipal Auditorium was cho
sen as the new ball site.
Choir
The Naval Aviation Cadet
Choir sang in 1959 but it was
decided to omit such enter
tainment to leave more time
for dancing.
With the theme "From
Muskets to Missiles" chosen;
the 1960 Military Ball was
held at Pershing Auditorium.
"Glitter and Glamor decora
tions were displayed while the
students danced to Richard
Maltly's- music.
A tea was held in 1960 in
order to present the Honor
ary Commandant candidates
to the student body.
Swinging
Weekend
Approaches
Having- recuperated fro m
Thanksgiving vacation, the
campus is beginning to get
back into the social swing
with house parties, formals
and dinners.
Friday
Kappa Alpha Theta-Kappa
Kappa Gamma-Pi Beta Phi
Triad party, 9-12 p.m.
Delta Gamma-Kappa Alpha
Theta pledge slumber party.
Kappa Sigma house party,
9-12 p.m.
Saturday
Alpha Xi Delta tree decor
ating party.
Chi Omega Ski Lodge
house party, 9-12 p.m.
Delta Delta Delta Turna-
bout Dinner, 6:30-8 p.m.
Kappa Delta pledge formal.
Zeta Tau Alpha house
i
party, 9-12 p.m. .
Beta Theta Pi Roaring 20' s
house party, 9-12 p.m.
Sigma Nu Cave house
party, 8-12 p.m.
Theta Xi Date Dinner, 6
7:30 p.m.
Sunday
Alpha Omicron Pi house
decorating party.
Alpha Xi Delta faculty tea.
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Ag Chorus
Will Present
Carol Show
The Agriculture C 0 1 1 e g e
Chorus of the University will
present its Christmas c 0
cert'at 3 p.m. Sundav in the
activities building on Ag Cam-
pus 6 8 ,
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The public is invited and
there is no charge. j
The 87-voice chorus will be;
directed by Gene Dybdahl and ,
assisted by a brass ensemble j
directed by Jack Snider. Cvn-
thia Dybdahl will be accom
panist. The chorus will sing ' Break
Forth, O Beauteous Heavenly
Light" by Bach; "Lo. How
a Rose E'er Blooming" by
PraetorioUs; "Up and Wake
Thee, Peter Lad!" by Cald
well; "The Little Lord Jesus
is Sleeping" by Towley and a
group of arranged carols.
The Ag College Choristers,
a select group of 17 voices,
will sing "Jubilo for Christ
mas" by Shaw, "Patapan,"
"We Wish You a Merry
Christmas" by Krones, "Rise j
Up Early" by Kountz and
"Sleigh Ride" by Anderson. !
The annual Christmas chor-!
us is jointly sponsored by the I
Ag Exec Board and the Ag
Student Union.
Choristers are Cheryl
j Abrahamscn, Carol Sue Craw
ford, Linda Livingston, Bon-
me Groves, Helen Howe, Lin-
da Kohler, Norma Monson.
Bobbe Peterson. David
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aid Meinke, Mike W i 1 k i n s,
Lercy Friesen, Gary McMar-
! gue, Roger Howell and Larry
Stevenson.
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deadline for banquet tickets
to be extended to Saturday.
Representatives of all the
career fields will be present
at the banquet ' and will' be
available for personal inter-
views, Urady points out.
Dr. Peters, Kansas State
director of placements, will
speak at the banquet. Peters
will speak on student-employer
relationships.
Tickets are available in Dr.
Franklin Eldridge's office in
the agriculture Administra-'
tion building.
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; Russian Colors Burn
On Minnesota Cainuns
(Special to the Daily Ne
braskan from John Shaver,
editor of the Minnesota
Daily, University of Minne
sota.) The Russian flag flvine in
front of the Student Union was
burned about 11 a.m. on Nov.
28 by an unidentified man.
University police said one
of their officers had stepped
into the union for a moment
when the flag was set on fire.
As he came out of the union
he saw the flag burning and a
man neeing. - j
The man leaped over (he
balustrade, ran down the
steps and jumped into a wait- ;
Ing car. I
- All that was left of the flag
was a few smouldering rem
nants next to the pole. The
flag marked the entrance to
a Russian medical exhibit be
ing held at the university
campus.
Apology
Dr. Viktor Zhdanov, direc
tor of the Russian exhibit, ac
cepted an official apology
for the incident from Malcolm
Willey. academic vice presi
dent. Later in the afternoon
Willey presented a letter to
the Russian doctor for Presi
dent O. Meredith Wilson who
is at the University of New'
Tl r-.. .. i
nampsinre mr a meeting.
In his letter Wilson said,
"I'm writing to express my
chagrin that the flag of your
country should have been
damaged while you were
guests on the c a m p u s a
chagrin that I am sure the
faculty and the 'students
share.
"I am concerned that this in
dividual act should appear to
represent the temper of our
entire academic community,
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The Ag Student Union!
will hold its annual Christ-!
. ; mas decorating party Dec. i
1 5th at 6:30 p.m. in the Ag!
J Union. ,
j All the Ag Union commit-)
itees are to attend the event. I
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and 1 wish to express our
apology for the vandalism and
discourtesy it represents."
Dr. Zhdanov accepted the
apology and said he too was
sorry the incident haJ oc
curred. He said it was clearly
a case of vandalism . and
likened the guilty person to
"our ancestors in the trees."
Opinions
, "These people cannot
change our opinions of the
city," he continued, "of the
many thousands who have
come to the exhibit, we still
like them. We like to meet
these people, to talk with
them."
He added that an incident
like the flag burning could
never happen in Russia.
Also present during the
apology presentation was John
Greenagel' president of Young
Americans for Freedom
(YAF), a conservative group
on campus. He said that the
YAF protest rally last
Wednesday was not against
the flag's presence but against
the things It represented.
The Russian exhibit is on
the university campus as part
of a , series of cultural ex
changes with the Soviet
Union.
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