THE NEBRASKAN
Wednesday, May 2, 1945
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M. aldiiiars I.eslia Jean Clat'cltr. Betty Laa Huston
News Eaidtors Phyllis Tetfarden, Shirley Jenkias, Mary Alice Cawood, Bill Keberts
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Society Edita BeUy Kiaf
RDSIMKSS STAFF
Business Maaaret .Mildred Knrstrasa
Assistant Bosiness Manager Larralne Abramsaa. Shirley Stakea
Cirrolatian Maaarer Janet Hatcaiasea
LETTERIP
Success . . .
. The campus dandelion drive was a success.
It is true that the drive did not completely rid the cam
pus of dandelions many of the little yellow flowers stil
dot the greensward. But it did do much to beautify the
campus and, more important, it gave students a chance to
work together in a co-operative effort for the betterment
cf the University.
Such drives, with the majority of the student body
participatine. have a value far above the actual materia
accomplishments. They do much to promote school spirit,
school loyalty, qualities which have been undergoing a re
vival on the UN campus this year.
This school year, indeed, has seen several such co
ooerative student projects which .have .promoted long
dormant school spirit. The mock politicial rally held last
fall, the drive to organize new campus political parties, the
experimental peace conference all have promoted school
spirit made campus life more vital and more interesting.. .
School spirit becomes more important as the campus
slowly but steadily swings back toward normalcy, as reg
ular campus activities are resumed. A university without
school loyalty, without a co-operative spirit among the stu
dents, lacks a vital element, fails to give students a max
imum benefit from their university life. Thus it is encour
aging that school spirit here at Nebraska is undergoing a
definite revival, that students during tnis scnooi year nave
worked together in many drives to better the University.
And thus it is that the dandelion drive was a success.
The appearance of the campus has been materially im
proved, and school spirit has received another neiprui snot
in the arm.
Unaffiliated Coeds
Practice for Ivy
And Daisy Chain
All unaffiliated senior coeds
who would like to be in the ivy
chain and unaffiliated coeds in
other classes who would like to
be in the daisy chain on Ivy day
are asked to come to the first
practice tonight at 4 p. m. in the
Union according to Anne Wellen
siek, publicity chairman. A sec
end practice will be held Thurs
day at 4 p. m. in the coliseum.
Seniors who are in the ivy chain
wear white dresses and those in
the daisy chain wear pastel
dresses, stated Miss Wellensiek.
Rprjresentatives from organized
houses are reminded of the two
practices also, added Miss Wellensiek.
Union Activities
Include Dances,
May Breakfast
The activities in the union this
week start on Wednesday with the
usual 4-6 matinee dance. Friday
will feature two juke box dances,
from 4-6 and from 9-11:30.
Saturday afternoon the AWS is
sponsoring a dance in the ball
room following the Ivy day pro
gram. Jimmy Phillip's band will
furnish music for the dance from
9-11:30.
The annual May morning break
fast will be sponsored by the
YWCA Sunday morning and will
be open to all university women,
according to Suzanne Page.
Dandelions . . .
(Continued from Page 1).
lions. A progress chart was main
tained in front of the union and
pounds were tallied as they were
brought in. A weighing scale was
on hand to correctly weieh the
weeds and a city truck hauled
them away.
The. houses in their order of
pounds were:
Women, who collected 50,913
pounds in all:
Love Hall, 13,130; Gamma Phi.
8 827; Theta, 5.006; Alpha Chi,
4.854; Alpha Xi, 3,768; Kappa,
S.0C9; Alpha Phi, 2,272; " Delta
Camma. 1,839; Raymond, 1,446;
Chi Omega, 963; Tri Delta, 885;
International House, 766; Loomis
711; Alpha O, 694; Wilson
Hall, 603; Sigma Kappa, 568;
Posa Bouton. 533; Howard Hall,
265; Sigma Delta Tau. 255; Pi
Phi, 169; Towne Club, 180; Ray
mond Annex, 110.
Men: Collected 22,373 pounds in
ail.
Sig Alph, 9,993; Sig Chi, 8.754;
Browrf Palace, 1,062; ATO, 976:
Ag Social club, 910; Theta Xi. 512;
331 Club, 400; Beta. 221; ZBT,
197, Beta Sig, 158; Phi Gam, 90.
"On The Beam" Meeting
There will be a meeting of
all "Or The Beam" members
Thursday at 5 p. m. in room
315 of the Student Union. All
members must be present, ac
cording to Marilyn Adler.
Orchesis
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dents of the physical education
department and members of WAA
have been given an opportunity
to express their originality in
dance interpretation, colorful
lighting and costumes thru Or
chesis. Originally dancers wore only
leotards, which might be de
scribed as something between a
modified bathing suit and a set
of grandfather's long woolen un
derwear. The name "Leotard" is
derived from the original wearer
of this garment, a great French
acrobat, Jules LeoLtrd. On his
tour of this country, American
modern dancers saw his costume
and adopted ik for themselves.
Those taking part in the re
cital will be the members of Or-
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To the Editors of The Nebraskan:
It is time something was said or done about
the Student Council and its attitude towards cam
pus elections. This student council of ours seems
to have gotten the idea somewhere that the way
the students vote doesn't mean anything. As a
student who is not affiliated 'with any campus
political party, I would like to speak out in
strong protest against this unfair attitude held
by certain influential members of the Council.
Since I entered the University two years ago,
there has been something "fishy" . . . some "ir
regularities". . .about practically every election.
Back then, the two political parties now existing
in the campus had not been organized as such.
I am not interested in whether one party wins
or another party wins. I am interested in fair
elections that reflect the will of the student body.
In 43-'44 Les Glotfelty (now a Progressive) com
plained that the elections were put-up affairs,
arranged in advance by the "leaders." Houses
were virtually dictated to on how to vote. The
result, by those in the know, was a forgone con
clusion. An anonymous pamphlet, called the
SPECTATOR brought this situation out clearly.
To make a long story short, the stench from
the elections was so bad that the Council set up
the present two party system. Last fall, class
officer elections were held. Both parties cast
about the same number of votes. But the Prog
ressive candidate for president of the Senior
Class was defeated by one or two votes by the
Student Party candidate. The Student Council
which manages the elections and handles all
election procedure claimed there were irregular
ities (which there were caused by Student
Council inefficiency) and demanded a new elec
tion. Curiously enough, the President of the
Student Council is also the one who was the
defeated candidate for Senior Class President.
A new election, however, failed to change the
results. This year, the Student Council (which
has complete governmental powers) set the date
for the spring council elections. The Student
party held a caucus and nominated its slate of
candidates. The Progressive party procrastinated
so long in naming their candidate, however, that
the Student Council (a majority of whom are
now Progressives) postponed the election. What
a laugh! "postponing" elections. It sounds like
favoritism to one party, if not something out of
Germany. But finally the election was held, and
lo, the Student Party wins 12 out of 15 contests.
It didn't take the Progessives long to act. Harold
Andersen, president of the Student Council (a
Progressive and curiously enough the candidate
who was defeated in the fall election for the
Senior Class presidency) interviewed himself in The
Nebraskan, of which he is, helpfully enough, -editor,
apd declares that HE believes that the elec
tion is null and void, and therefore we AGAIN
must hold a new election. And on the editorial
page, he further states lour reasons, under the
title "Serious Irregularities. . .", as why the elec
tion should be voided.
He hastily assures us that there was no "dirty,
politics or shady dealings in the election." He
says, "the irregularities were unintentional duo
entirely to ignorance of correct election proce
dures." O. K. this is true. The carefully writ
ten out rules were changed in the "early part
of the balloting." Jo Martz and Roberta Collins,
members of the Student Council who were in
charge of the early balloting and who are sup
posed to know election procedure (both, curious
ly enough, are Progressives) made procedural
errors on which The Nebraskan editor and Stu
dent Council president declares there, should be
a new election. Nobody denies that the students
voted for the candidates they wanted elected.
This matter of "irregularities" in every Stu
dent Council election has gone a bit too far.
Let the Nebraskan editor and others consider
these peritnent proposals:
1. Hhe election results, arrived at in an honest
fashion, should be allowed to stand. This is
the sportsmanlike thing to do. If there is a re
quest for a new election, it should come from a
leader of the Student Party, and not from leaders
of the defeated party, when the latter's own
members were responsible for the irregularities.
2. The power to declare elections void should
be taken from the Student Council. They should
not be permitted to judge themselves!
3. Future elections should be managed, not by
the Council which has proved consistently guilty
of "irregularities" but by an impartial election
commission composed of equal representation be
tween the parties involved, with possible neutral
representation from the faculty (like David Fell
man or Karl Arndt, etc.)
4. The Nebraskan should not become an organ
for any one political taction or group particular
ly the Student Council!
These proposals are bein, made in an honest,
constructive attempt to better campus conditions.
They are being made by an interested student
who hopes that they will Ie fairly aired.
TOM SORENSEN
P. S. Where was the faculty member from
Teachers college who is S-udent Council sponsor
and supposedly watching :he conduct of the elec
tion when these "irregularities" were committed?
chesis: Anna Aasen, Nancy Bay
lor, Janice Becher, Gloria Bremer,
Jacqueline Brown, Virginia Cam-
pen, Irma Lou Fisher, Bernette
Hadan, Myra Lee Hadan, Mary
Ann Knox, Jan Little, Peggy
Maly, Carolyn Motter, Lois Neu
meyer, Virginia Pettit, Maidelle
Platner, Fay Shimerda, Billie
Steelman and Eunice Way, and
members of pre-Orchesis who
are: Elaine Asmussen, Claire
Dudley, Margaret Iwata, Barbara
Kelly, Elizabeth Lamb, Elizabeth
Laslo, Peggy Leach, Fay McCly
monds. Rhoda Roeser. Shirley
Stuben, Pat Toof, Beverly Uhlir,
and Adrienne Waggoner.
Direction of Orchesis( is under
Dr. Aileene Lockhart and is spon
sored jointly by the department
of physical education and the
WAA Accompanist for the group
is Anne Bird sail, and Mary Ann
Knox is the student president of
the group. Admission is 40c and
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tickets may be purchased from
WAA cabinet and representatives,
sport heads, at the physical edu
cation office, at the Student Union
office or at the door. The doors
will open at 7:15 p. m.
Ivy Day . . .
(Continued from Page 1).
Dreams," Martyne Akerson.
Sigma Delta Tan, This, Our
Theme," Ethelyn Lashinsky.
Sirma Kappa. "My Sigma
Girl," Doreen KiUian.
Towne Clnb, "Beminiseenee,"
Barbara GrswolA.
A May Pole dance rponsored
by AWS will be held in the Union
ballroom between- 2 and 4 fol
lowing Ivy Day ceremonies. A
juke box will furnish music and
free cokes will be served with
every ticket.
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Sunday, May 13 tit
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