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Friday, March .1, 1963 The Daily Nebraskan Page 3 Researchers Seek Solution To Potato Biight Problem A cure for a new headache afflicting Nebraska's farmers is being sought by University researchers. The farmer's problem is late blight of potato. It was this blight which caused the Irish potato famine in 1845 and resulted in thousands starving and other thousands fleeing to other countries. The blight has been a chronic problem in many areas of the world and the United States. Nebraska potato farmers, however, had never been bothered until a sudden epidemic in 1951. The blight hit again In 1953, 1954, 1957 and 1958. Nebraskans had felt safe from the disease because they thought the area too dry, accord ing to an article in the winter edition of the Nebraska Experiment Station Quar terly, published by the University Col lege of Agriculture. The article by J. L. Weining and R. B. O'Keefe, Extension plant pathologist and instructor in horticulture, respective ly, describes how Experiment Station scientists determined the cause of the sudden outbreak and helped set up a sys tem for keeping the blight under control. The scientists discovered that the blight epidemic was sparked by the in troduction of new varieties of potatoes in to an area where a single variety had always been rown. New varieties kept the area in the blight-prone class. Studies determined the susceptibility to the blight fungus of various varieties of Nebraska potatoes. A late blight fore casting system was set up to warn growers when temperature and humidity conditions are right for the blight. Thus warned, the growers can spray their crops against the fungus. The potato varieties have been classi fied according to whether they have a high, moderate or low blight potential. Growers of the high rated varieties must have a regular spray program regard less of the warning system, beause once the blight starts in these varieties spray ing will not save them. Those who grow moderate rated var ieties can wait until conditions are right for the development of blight and then spray. Growers of low rated varieties need not spray until the blight fungus actually appears. Organizations Slate Coeds For All Women's Election The All Women's Election will be held on Wednesday, March 13th. The event, spon sored by Mcrtar Boards, combines several elections in order to facilitate voting by the women students. The following women have been slated by their respec tive organizations for offices: Slat for Asseeiatre: Vn Staeents Baar Caadidatrs for Presides (The fir with the highest number of votes will be presv dent, the other vice president) Sally Larson Jane Tenhulxen Sealer Board Candidates (Five will be THane Armour Patty Edmiston Barbara Frilchie Pat Geil Linda Larson Susie Linn than Moody Nadine Newton Cindy Tin an Caria Tortora Jcafer Board Candidates (Seven will be rhosen) Elaine Anderson Susie Ayres Travis Baird Pat Beckmann J a nee Benda Carol Biec Nancy Molmouist Dorothy Kahn Bonnie Knurtson Jean Landgree Joan Ptupps Ann Shuman Joanie Skinner J o Ann Strateman Sophomore Board Candidates (Seven win be chosen) Nancy A Wen Mary Margaret Baillie Judith Bock (in Vicki Demons Bev Fenstermacher Elaine Hanthorn .!ran Hoffmaster Lynne Irish Di Kosman Pat Manner Janell Quarinc Tranda Schulu PalU Tee) Jan Whitney Klale lor iDdrnendeat jomra's Association Candidates for President Mary Ann Kirkpairick Carol Lea Klein f nhsmsrr Board Candidates Sandra Anderson Jayne Bineaar Paula Bower Virtu Cline Sandra Crispin Valerie Goddard NEBRASKAN WANT ADS FOUND Two male students to share tarnished home with two S year old modems. 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Doris nisnn Judith Schroeter Janet Severin Gloria Smith Janet Sprinter June Steel Junior Board Candidates: Pamela Boesiger Jeanette Hake Kathleen Hobbs Cherie Hoon Joan Phipps Phyllis Proskovec tan-aine Sampson Beth Snoberaer Margaret Ann Sooders Nancy Sterner Sandra Strove Glenda Wallen Senior Board Candidates: Sandra Ahlman Jo Baugher Janice Binegar Margaret Bohi Joyce Dvorak Barbara Pritchie Karen Haveknst Bernice Meyer Doris Mueller Roxane Norris Women Athletic association Slate President: J a nee Benda Virginia Wheaton Secretary: Barbara Bosse Sherrill Geistlinger Treasurer: Jean Tilman Kaye Wagner Slate for VWCA President: Mama Howe Lineah Taylor Vice president: Judy Keys Jean Schaler Secretary: Marilyn Keyes Jean Brooks Soe Hovik Treasurer: Penny Purcell Breads Blankenbeckler Joyce Ronin District Re present tire: Carol Phelps Cheryl Young Essay Contest Is On Vivekananda The Vedanta Society of St. Louis will award one hundred dollars to the writer of the best essay on the life and teaching of Swami Viveka nanda. Swami Vivekananda repre sented Hindu philosophy and laid the foundation of the Ve danta movement in America. Vedanta is the culmination of the religion and philosophy of the Vedas, the source of Hin duism. Love Library has been pre sented with a volume on Swa mi Vivekananda's works. The contest is open to all accredited college students in the United States. The essay must be three or four thou sand words in length and must be submitted by Sept. 15, 1963. The essay should be sent to: Mrs. Virginia Ward, secretary, The Viveka nanda Birth Centenary Com mittee, 205 South Skinner Blvd. St. Louis 5, Mo. Campu an TODAY INDEPENDENT SPRING BALL, 9 p.m., Student Union Ballroom. COKETAIL Hour, 4:30 p.m., Ag Union Lounge. PALLADIAN, 8 p.m., 345 Student Union. PTP party, Student Union party room, 7:30 p.m. FILM, "Please Don't Eat the Daisies," 7 and 9 p.ny Union. JAZZ AND JAVA, 4 p.m., Student Union Crib. TOMORROW PTP, 4 p.m., north entrance Student Union. YWCA-Leadership confer ence, 9 a.m., Student Union. SUNDAY SKY SHOW, 2:30 and 3:45 p.m., Ralph Mueller Planetarium. CERES, 2:30, 3:30 and 4:30 p.m., Morrill Hall. PTP Social Hour Has Films, Games People to People (PTP) esterday initiated its weekly social hour for foreign stu dents. ' In addition to documentary films from various countries, party games, chess, karem, and informal discussions made up the agenda of the program. Square dancing may be added if enough interest in the social hour is shown, ac cording to a PTP report. Weekend Of March Winds Stirs Campus Social Spirits FOSSILS displays, 2-5 p.m., Morrill Hall. Hail to thee o March of fair winds and sunny after noons and beer blasts... hail to thee o weekend of four house parties, one picnic, one spring ball, three date dinners, one dinner dance, one pizza party, one dessert and one fund raising cam paign. TODAY KAPPA KAPPA GAMMA Phi Kappa Psi Pledge Pic nic, 5 to 6 p.m. ALPHA GAMMA SIGMA house party, 8 to 11:30 p.m. FARMHOUSEhouse party, 8:30 to midnight. IWA Independent Spring Ball, 9 to midnight. TOMORROW BETA SIGMA PSI date din ner, 6:30 to 9 p.m. DELTA TAU DELTA house party, 9 to midnight. SIGMA ALPHA MU Prison house party, 9 to midnight. KAPPA KAPPA GAMMA, Sigma Nu, Pi Beta Phi, Kap pa Sigma fund raising cam paign for charities, 10 a.m. to noon. PERSHING RIFLES din ner dance, 6:30 to midnight SUNDAY DELTA GAMMA, Kappa St. Paul Methodist Church 12 & ". . . DWELT AMONG US" 1 THE EARLY YEARS Dr. Forsberg Preaching 9:30 ond 11:00 o.m. Kappa Gamma bridge des sert, 3 to 5 p.m. GAMMA PHI B2TA date dinner, 6 to 8 p.m. PI BETA PHI, Triangle pizza party, 5 to 7 p.m. PHI DELTA THTETA date dinner, 6 to 8 p.m. TESHPTATIOn JO A 1000 AND ONE WOMEN! AMD THE JSfiXiUMjaUCdC I" WORLD COLORSCOPE Read iS'ebraskan Want Ads TkLhaAkcuv ClppdaudA. New officers of the Ag Economics Club : Doyle Kauk, president; Lee Grove, vice president; Terry Francl, secretary; and John Skavdhal, Ag Exec board representa' stive. 1 ( XxV I MARVIN L GREEN Suite 707 Lincoln Building 432-3289 Connecticut Mutual Life INSURANCE C0MPAN7 DOORS OPEN 12:45 STARTS TODAY A'- -'My; HtwASHurotmnu.... , BUT HE USED THE fi J WOMEN OF TWO f k f5lF,lf CONTINENTS If I i 'tiff-' ,, f WEDNESDAY ONLY AT THE STUART The 5th in our 2nd series ef WORLD FAMOUS OPERETTAS Doors Open 12:45 cnnHnnosts eerfenaeaces Adults (.100 Cihldrsn m4 Golden Aeerf SOc f TK5 I? Vr)miS0n EDDY MSI STlViiU. fSH PARKINS far Sreert and Nebraska ftar t njn. of: Stats Swnritiss Salt Pork, UM N Car Park 6araa, lira ft M Auto Park, Wrk A Q and Km park, 12rk & Ps SWtff ff V0UK PAftm 9SWM TO 1 1 -if fuffin3 I f JC! IN KJSSUi TV LAWMAM DOORS OPEN 12:45 NOW PLUS IT'S A HARVEST of and KIURITYI COUNTY FAIR i i , m i.r-,.11.1...-. mm The Church ... For A Fuller Life ... For You CALENDAR OF CHURCH SERVICES UNITED CAMPUS CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP (Prrsbytcrion, United Church ot Christ, fvnnaelicol United B rath ran 1 Disciples of Christ) Alan J. Pickering, Ralph Hays, Dennis W. Patterson, Pastors 9:30 a.m. Crossroads Seminar 10:45 o.m. Corporate Worship 5:30 p.m. Fellowship Forum . t 6:30 p.m. Forum Discussion ST. MARKS ON-THE-CAMPUS (EPISCOPAL) lltk and R Sts. Geornt H. Peek, Vicar 8:30 a.m. Myol Communion 10:30 a.m. Holy Communion 10:30 a.m. Nursery & Church School SUN.-FRI. 5:00 p.m. EVENING PLAYER 8:00 o.m. Tues. Holy Communion 10:00 a.m. Thurs. ' 7:00 p.m. Thurs. " UNIVERSITY LUTHERAN CHAPEL (The Lutheran Church Missouri Synod) 15th f. Q Sts. A. J. Harden, Pastor A. P. Vosconcellos, Vkar . 9:30 o.m. Worship 11:00 o.m. Worship 5:30 p.m. Gamma Delta ST. THOMAS AQUINAS CHURCH (Catholic Student Center) 16th A "Q" Sts. Robert F. Sheeky, i. Rowley Meyers, Thomas M. Puclik, Chapioins Masses: 8:00 a.m., 9:30 p m., 4 11:00 a m., 12:15 p.m. Saturday Confessions: 4:30-5:30 p.m. 7:30-o:30 p.m. ADVENTIST FELLOWSHIP Or. (Wnrhsr Panlian, Advisor W.H. Elder, Pastor Meets at Noon First Monday, Monthly Friday 7:30 p.m. Youth Meeting Saturday: 9:30 Sobbath School Saturday: 11:00 Worshio Collroa View Church, 4015 S. 49th St. Piedmont Park Church, 401 A St. North Side Chnrch, 7321 Lexington BAPTIST STUDENT FELLOWSHIP Arthur L. Slaikeu, Pastor H. M. Burner, Director ot Student Work 9:30 a.m. Bible Study 10:45 o.m. Morning Worship 6:00 p.m. Fellowship Hour 7:00 pm. Evening Worship 8:00 p.m. After-Church Fellowship Groups Meeting First Baptist Church 14th & K Sts. WESLEY FOUNDATION (Methodist) 640 No. 1th St. Duane Hutchaison, Minister C. Richard Morris, Lay Associate 9:00 a.m. Holy Communion 10:00 a.m. Morning Worship, followed by discussion 11:00 o.m. Morrjing Worship 5:00 pm. Fellowship Supper 5:45 P.M. General Forum 7:00 P.M. Vespers & Students Groups 8:00 p.m. Seminors LUTHERAN STUDENT FOUND ATION (National Lutheran Council) S35 No. 16th Ahrin Petersen, Pastor Gwen Jacobsen, Assistant. 10:30 o.m. Worship 11:30 a.m. Discussion 5:30 p.m. Lutheran Student Association MIDWEEK WED., 7:00 p.m. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE ORGANIZATION THOMAS FAIRCLOUGH Tuesdays at 12:15 Chapel of Cottier College of Religion 1237 R Street fy,tff lii I j J - Itoaai lr.- ts-ri A 1 4 m Jt la- I Hainan.: ALII r 1Z) mi 7, ,1 I, 11 Jf! - '' 1 WiuaJL "V.ar'v ''4 ! " t ,ti iv'h 1 u Vlz- ' -J. :.... r ' r 4f wnat's Inside? '4 , THi CHURCH FOR ALL... All FOR THE CHURCH Ilia Church is the frsa last fac tor on earth for the building of character and food eitiunship. It is a storehouse of spiritusl val ues. Without trout Church, neither democracy nor civiliza tion eao survive. There are four sound reasons why every person should attend sarvieas mfularrf and support the Church. They are: (1) For bin awn sake. (2) Fat bin children's sake. (3) Far the sake of his community and nstioa. (4) For the sake of the Church itself, which needs bis moral and material support. Plan to f o to church rsfularlr and read your Bible daily. 1 WHAT MAGIC INGREDIENTS DO THESE BOTTLES CONTAIN? Do they hold harmful, in jurious poisons? Or are they filled with healing medicines and vitamins? Will they inflict pain, or will they cure disease? i But what does it matter? If the contents are bad, we can pour them out. But the minds of children is an entirely dif ferent matter. A small human being can be filled with selfishness and hate, or he can be filled with sincerity and love. Unfortunately, evil is more qaickly dispelled from a glass bollle than from the soul of a child. For in the human mind bad thought can grow, and as time goes on, it is more difficult to replace them with truth and love. That is why it is so important to instill within our children a sense of right and wrong at an early age. Of course, by example, "you" can be a tre mendous influence. But you need the help of your church the wisdom of Christ's teachings. With them, you can fill your heart with the essential in gredients for a happy and fruitful life. Copyriht 1963. Keaitar Advartiin Service, Inc., Strsslxjis;, Vs. Sunday Jeremiah 17:5-W Monday Matthew 15:1-9 Tuesday Matthew 15:10-20 Wednesday Thursday Friday Romans Ephesians James 8:11-18 6:1-4 8:6-12 Saturday James 3:13-: day I les I ROMANO'S PIZZA 226 No. 10 DELIVERED FREE AND HOT TO All HOUSES AND DORM ON CAMPUS SUBMARINE SANDWICHES HE 2-5967 Patronize Daily Nebraskan Advertisers THE EVANS LAUNDERERS CLEANERS 333 No. 12 Selleck Quad. Swedes Coffee Shop lunches Snacks "Where Campus Friendt Meet" NEXT TO NEBR. BOOKSTORE PATROHIZE DAILY NEBRASKA?! ADVERTISERS EDKOLM AND BLOMGREN Portraits Flacement Fhotos HE 2-6636 318 South 12th