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Sunday, February 11, 1940 The DAILY NEBRASKA! (SuE0Eafl no vn(3 S sfitsa3im(!: &3y Governing group rockets to top place on interest parade A group of band picked lead ers sitting in a student senate leg islating for the student body in a colorful, fiery manner that con vinces you that something is be ing done. A senate which might well be compared to any legislative body which guides the destinies of peo ple over the country, for they too have thir minority and majority leaders, their committees on af fairs, and in a political sense, their conservatives, liberals and perhaps radicals. A senate where occasional blasts Dy student legislators denouncing fellow members as being "dirty politicians" and "political plum pickers" is ample proof that the group is not made up of yesmen. A senate, which like all legis lative groups, is colored by politi cal interests. A senate which finds its cause for existence in one factor; im proved student government and better developed student life. The Student Council, composed of 35 members, who thru their activities during the past semes ter have leaped from comparative obscurity into the campus spot light. Heated arguments, politi cal strife, and important legisla tion pack each session of the Council with "interested parties" who anticipate fiery controversies and await the outcome of impor tant legislation. Guiding the Council and its ac tivities are five seniors. Marian Kidd, Kappa Alpha Theta, as president; Jean Morgan, Alpha Phi, as vice president; Janet Lau, Delta Gamma; Arthur Hill, Sigma ADVISOR LANTZ. Alpha Mu, as treasurer, and Mer ril Englund, Kappa Sigma, as chairman of the judiciary com mittee. Election methods Each spring, the students of the various colleges go to poles and elect representatives from their respective colleges as members of the Council. The candidates for membership are selected secretly by party caucases or "inner circle factions," perhaps a week or ten days before the filings for those positions close. The chosen can didates are notified that they have been chosen as official can didates of Iheir respective parties as candidates from what ever col lege they may be in. Once the candidate has been chosen and eligibility checked, his name and party affiliation is added to the ballot which will be voted in election. Two candidates are nominated by each faction for the position of seniors at large on the council. They are' voted into of fice by all jdents in the Univer sity. On election day, those men and women whose names are the best known and who have the best party backing are elected into of fice to make up the council for the coming year. Important election The spring election is considered the most important during the year for it is then . that the parties show their comparative strength. The biggest political prize that a faction can receive during the year is a majority of the newly elected members for it assures them domi nation of the Council during the whole of the following year. After the new Council has been elected, the standing committees and their chairmen are selected. Most important committee on the J,jl""IIUm .1.111 Council i3 the judiciary. Headed by Englund, Progressive, this com mittee might be compared to the supreme court for it interprets the Council constitution and passes decision upon those events which come before the Council for re view. Other committees such as the rally committee are made up and the chairmen appointed. During the year, as the need arises, the president appoints new committees which conduct investigations and carry on the component works of the Council. Two advisors Acting as "governors" on the Council are Prof. E. W. Lantz and Miss Leonore K. Alway. In the capacity of faculty ad visors, they sit by, saying nothing until they feel that there should be an intervention or when asked for an opinion. In short, they keep the business and functions of the Council flowing the right direction. The majority floor leader in the Council is Bob Flory, Kappa Sigma and Progressive. It is under his guidance that the destinies of the Progressive faction in the Council are held. A typical example of the power of the majority party in this year's Council can be found in the election of the Junior Prom com mittee. Enter Otto Woerner Selections of the members of the prom committee had been made by the "inner circle faction" a week before the Council meet ing. Flory, as majority party lead er made the nominations as set forth by the faction, and pushed a full slate of Progressive candi dates and inclinates to victory. It was at this time that Otto Woerner, barb representative, made Council history with his stinging speeches that decried the political set-up within the Coun cil. The barbs had aligned them selves with the Liberals under the direction of John Mason, ATO and minority party leader, in hope that they might place some of their candidates on the committee. However, the Progressive major ity was so large that finally, that faction's candidates were given scats on the committee as soon as they were nominated. 'I hate your system!' In a heated speech after the all Progressive sweep, Woerner de cried the whole system of student 7 PRESIDENT KIDD. sclf-povernment as "despicable" and characterized the membtrs as "heels." "I love you all, but I hate your system," Woerner shouted as he offered his resignation and stalked out. The reason for Woerner's atti tude can be attributed to tl.e fact that before the committee was selected the Liberal-barb combina tion had tried to pass a law call- from each party on the committee. The members of the Council who were affiliated Progressively im mediately killed the proposed measure by a large majority. But it was not until the Progressive victory that Woerner spoke his piece. ' Bunch of heels "J3o you have to vote as you're told?" he shouted. "Haven't you any minds of your own? This elec tion Is a clear-cut case of one fac tion riding rough-shod over the will of the majority of the stu dents! This faction represents 15 of the campus. All you want to Your representation without taxation 4 '.AW. t do is fill your pockets with money, your stomachs with political plums. The men and women on this campus are ruled by the dic tates of one faction or one party!" He then characterized the Council members as a bunch of "heels." Jim Minnick, Acacia and Lib eral, jumped to his feet, followed by John Mason. "We don't have to take this," Minnick shouted. "I move we adjourn," Mason inter rupted. "We can't adjourn; we haven't elected the co-chairman," yelled Merrill Englund. Anna Ma rie Schutloffel, Sigma Kappa, marched out of the meeting and slammed the door. All ends well "What's the matter? Can't you take it?" Woerner asked. Then he offered his resignation which Englund moved the Council accept immediately. His motion was fol lowed by a dozen seconds. Presi dent Kidd called for a vote. It was lost and a committee was ap pointed to consider the resigna tion. Today, Woerner is still on the Council and the incident is consid ered closed, following suggestions to the same by advisor Lantz. However, the number of visitors at each of the meetings since that time, are a reminder that if any more such action takes place, stu dents don't want to miss the show. The Ineligibility bugaboo too has hit at the Council and its mem bers. Marian Kidd automatically received the post of president when Robert Waugh, SAE Pro- i 1 i t K .1 y. i 1 t4 Journal and Star. VICE PREXY MORGAN. gressive, was forced to resign from the post because of ineligi bility. Ineligibility will get vaf To fill the vacated position, Jean Morgan was unanimously elected as vice president. Waugh was forced to relinquish the post because of an incomplete which he incurred in the last semester of last year. Miss Kidd, whose po sition was also endangered due to academic requirements, crammed the night before the meeting and was able to clear her record a few hours before the meeting was called. What's been achieved? Perhaps the most outstanding thing accomplished by the Council in the last semester was the com- i plete revision of the political rally plan. After much research, the council drew up a revised rally plan in full detail. They are not waiting for a ' rally committee from the Interfraternity Council to work with them on the idea. Listed among other accomplish ments are 1. The cleanest election in twenty years; 2. Research toward the establishment of a stu dent loan fund; 3. The laying out Journal and Star. Jttnt I-AU. Mrrrill Enxliind.. and planning of the student mi gration to Manhattan, Kas.; 4. The review and granting of con stitutions to newly established groups on the campus. Yet to come During the current semester, the Council will, 1. Conduct a survey of the Student Health Service; 2. Investigate the possi bilities of establishing a central booking agency on this campus to bring better bands to NU; 3. Ask TREASURER HILL. the University senate for a so called "reading period" between classes and semester examina tions; 4. Investigate the possibill ties of a student radio program direct from the campus; 5. Inves tigate men's housing conditions on the campus and make recommen dations according to their finds i 6. Evolve methods by which a more intimate relationship can be established between the faculty and the students, and 7. Do all in their power towards the open ing of the library on Sundays. The Council and the work that they are doing was best described by President Kidd when she said, "There are a great many things to be accomplished but it takes time. Our work can be compared to that of a woodsman who is chopping down a tree with a hatchet. He cr.n only do so much at a time but if he stays with it long enough, that tree is going to come down." 1 - jsrd f : (' . V t y ' : ?i Vi : - o 5 1 V DAILY itaM phota. 4"H members get $100 scholarships Union Pacific railroad makes awards to 33 for ag college education Thirty-three Nebraska 4-H club members were each awarded a $100 scholarship Feb. 8 to help them get a college education. The scholarships were presented by the Union Pacific railroad in rec ognition of outstanding records in 4-H club work. Since the plan was first begun, the Union Pacific has made 575 such scholarships available, ac cording to L. I. Frisbie. state 4-H club leader at ag college. The awards were originally named after the railroad, but last year the name was changed to honor the late Carl Raymond Gray, who was president of the Union Pa cific for many years and waa keenly interested in 4-H work. For any branch. The scholarships can be used for study in any branch of the Ne braska college of agriculture, in cluding short courses or the Cur tis high school. Each scholarship is good for 5100 toward an ag or home ec education, with $50 available the first semester, and $25 each of the two succeeding semesters when used for regular college work. Among the 33 named were Don Pel key, Brokea Bow; Richard Karre, Greeley; and Eleanor Leland, Lincoln, named as an alternate, who are now en rolled in ag college. Many of the winners have brothers or sisters now attending the university. Six ag teachers on 'tater special' Returning from a tour of the major potato producing areas in Nebraska, the Union Pacific "tater special" train, including six staff members at the University college of agriculture, is scheduled to stop In Lincoln on Sunday afternoon for exhibition. Heading the delegation was Dr. H. O. Werner, the "potato man" at the college. Others on the trip were Walter Fitts, E. H. Hoppert, James Dutt, R. O. Tierce and Don Whelan. Earle Reed of the Union Pacific has had general charge of the train. Exhibitions on the train will be open to the public from 2 to 4 p. m. at the Burlington station. Larg numbers of agriculture stu dents are expected to go through the ten-car special. Void article appears in Penn law review Prof. Lawrence Void of the col lege of law is author of an article entitled "Defamatory Interpola tions in Radio Broadcasts," which appeared in the January issue of the University of Pennsylvania Law Review. He Is also author of a book review of Ballantine and Lattln's "Cases on Corporations" which appeared in the January number of the Columbia Law Re ,view.