THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
Saturday, May 8, 1948
TEARS, LAUGHTER
AS MOB CA VOR TS
Page 4
By Earl Katz
It was tears and laughter
at the main event of the day,
Friday, when students gath
ered in protest to mob tow
trucks attempting to remove
their double-parked cars on
12 and R streets.
Tears were provided by
police who threw tear gas
bombs to add to a holiday
atmosphere of the warm
spring day.
"This beats going to Sosh
class", happily sobbed one of
the tear-gassed girls.
Brandishes Gun
One student, bearing a
camera, took pictures of the
festivities and got an espec
ially good picture of a police
man brandishing a shotgun.
"Hey, copper," he yelled. The
cop turned around and the
cameraman was able to re
cord a surprised-looking po
liceman carrying an un
weildy shotgun.
As the happy crowd went
up the steps of the impressive
state capitol they went under
an ironic sign inscribed on
the gates that read: "The sal
vation of the state is in the
watchfulness of the citizen."
"It could be done, it should
be done, it must be done,"
said Lynwood Parker, one of
the students. "They certainly
must have adequate parking
Students Rebel
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Howard Pavelsek, Jim Nast, Frank Gorton, Rob
ert Horne, and Mick Putney.
The Governor reiterated that the state has
no primary authority in such cases, but that he
was interestend in the cause of the students and
hat he was sure the Chancellor and other Uni
versity officials would work out a solution.
He told the group that it would be their pre
rogative to taVe the problem to the Board of
Regents if no solution was presented by the Chan
cellor. Lincoln Police Chief, Joe Carroll, was called
into the discussion in the Governor's office and he
stated that no students were being held. Carroll
told the group that the vehicles affected were
under the authority of the University and not the
Lincoln police force.
According to Carroll, the Lincoln police force
was called into the situation at the request of the
campus police. He said that the campus police are
a zeparate part of the police force, and that it was
under their authority that the cars had been im
pounded. Out of Thompson's Hands.
The group proceeded to the office of Dean T.
J. Thompson, Dean of Student Affairs, at the re
quest of the Governor. Dean Thompson told him
that no immediate action would be forthcoming.
He said that it was not in his power to release the
cars, or to pass judgment on the actions taken by
either the police or the students.
"The Lincoln police and the campus police
have treated the students fairly, always" said
Thompson," as he told the students that an inves
tigation will follow.
Investigation Due.
Thompson expressed the opinion that any stu
dent who expected to drive a car to school would
have to park it five or six blocks from his destina
tion. Parking space is available on the tenth street
side of the campus. This space many times is un
used according to reliable sources reporting to
Dean Thompson.
Further action will come from Dean Borgmann
who is in charge of investigating the parking prob
lem on the campus.
space somewhere in the city."
Motorcycle Buzzes
An old battered type of
motorcycle was merrily buzz
ing through the crowd as it
progressed to the city hall.
Many cars were over-loaded
with students.
"No parking in the drive
way" was one sign victor
iously displayed by enthusias
tic students.
"You know what they'll
say in Omaha. Our commun
ist leaders are at it again,"
commented Lee Best.
Some students took pleas
ure in singing the little
known Italian revolution
song. "Viva la libertad" was
the only distinguisnaDie
phrase.
Students were looking at
each other in mutual sympa
thy Friday morning. They
all had one thing in common
tears.
Sat Enmasse.
At the state capitol gay
students were in a picnic
mood and so the crowd sat
enmasse; very dignifiedly on
the cool floors. There Cap
tain Sanders of the Lincoln
City Police attempted ap
peasement: "Listen, gang, he
said. There are ten of you
now seeing the governor. I
know you're all having a lot
of fun, and I know the gov
ernor will go along with you
on this deal as much as he
. . .
STUDENTS SURROUND TWO TRUCKS removing double parked cars east of Social
Sciences building in the demonstration Friday morning. Nearly 3,000 students joined
in the protest over the police action. Part of the throng is shown in the early stages
of the demonstration.
Courtesy Lincoln Journal.
Ag College
Improved
A castor bean picker, cap
able of 95 percent efficiency,
has been developed and built
under the supervision of Milo
F. Arms, University Agricul
ture college research engi
neer.
Its successful construction
knocks down one of the main
can. iou are disrupting a
lot of offices so we're de
pending on you folks."
At about a quarter to
twelve food became a major
issue with many tired and
hungry students. So with a
sense of righteous duty wen
done, students happily
emerged from the capitol
into the bright noon sun and
went to eat.
All in all, no harm was
done except a few torn up
city traffic signs. Students
were able to let off steam and
sav that thev had their
first whiff of tear gas. Every
body had a fairly good time
and the Daily Nebraskan was
provided with plenty of copy
for new3.
ROTC Takes
Bowling Title
Among Faculty
The University of Nebraska
faculty interdepartmental bowling
leagues completed their year's
play this week. Play rx,;an last
October and the faculty groups
have enjoyed a long season of
handicap bowling with the ROTC
faculty walking away with the
championship. Second was Busi
ness Administration, and third,
Agronomy.
Twelve colleges and depart
ments on the campus competed.
Almost the entire ROTC faculty
group of officers participated, and
in spite of handicap, were able to
stand off the other teams and
emerge the winner.
Standings:
won lout pet.
1. ROTC 38 22 . 633
2. Hu.lneim Administration .. 37 23 .617
3. Navy ROTC 36 24 600
4. AKronomy 35 25 .583
5. Htr.uol of Muilc 34 26 .57
. Ivory Towera 31 28 .525
7. PhynlcM Ed Journallam 29 31 .483
8. Colleue of Pharmacy .... 30 33 .478
S. Teacher College Proxlca 13 17 .433
10. General Ak Colic 19 41 .316
11. Alt Kninneerlna. IB 41 .316
12. Marble Domea 4 23 .148
The championship Army ROTC
team was composed of: H. P.
Benniager, R. B. Brust, O. W.
Bryant, C. L. Deeter, J. P. How-
Research
Castor Bean
barriers which has blocked
significant commercial pro
duction of castor beans in
Nebraska and the U. S.
American farmers at pres
ent harvest the crop by hand
or with grain combines. Com
bine efficiency, howeVer, has
proved only about 75 percent
and the machines must be
cleaned carefully for use on
grain because the beans are
poisonous.
Oil from castor beans is
used extensively in dyeing
cotton, finishing fabrics and
leather, in making nylon,
plastics, paints and varnishes.
The U. S. gets most of its
beans from Brazil.
Arms, who came to the
University two years ago fol
lowing army service, said the
toughest problems in building
the machine involved a mech
anism to surround the plants
gently, conveyors that do not
bruise the pods, and a device
to separate the pods from
broken branches.
Work on a picker has been
Twelfth Street
Disclaimed by
By Sue Golden.
Twelfth street between R and S
seems to be the st.reet nobody
wants to claim today.
Students who asked Chief of
Detectives E. H. Masters where
the blame for the parking situa
tion in that area lay, were told
that the city police had no author
ity there.
Both Dean of Student Affairs
T. J. Thompson and J. S. Black
man, director of buildings and
grounds, maintain that 12th street
is city property and that city po
lice have the right to keep order
there.
State Owned
Masters said that the property
from 10th to 14th streets and from
R street north is state owned, and
under the jurisdiction of the Uni
versity. He said that if students
want something done about park
ing on campus they should see the
director of student activities, W.
C. Harper.
Masters suggested students refer
the problem to the Student Coun
cil, and have the Council presi
dent discuss it with Harper, or
any other appropriate person.
However, despite Masters' pro-
ard, J. B. Kelley, A. R. Roberts,
M. J. Senn, L. S. Sorrell, J. A.
Wolf. J. N. Refregier of Navy
ROTC rolled a score of 220, fol
lowed by R. M. Goff of Navy with
209, and John Bentley of Physical
Ed-Journalism with 207.
Develops
Picker
underway at the college for
several years. Arms esti
mated that the project cost
about $6,000 during the two
years he worked on it. A
substantial part of the cost
was defrayed by grants from
Nathan Gold of Lincoln, and
the Baker Castor Oil com
pany, a national concern in
terested in putting models in
the field.
Meanwhile, the University
Chemurgy department is con
tinuing its research to com
plete development of castor
seeds suitable for commercial
growth in Nebraska.
Carl E. Classen, chemurgy
agronomist, said it is likely
that a variety adequate for
limited commercial use will
be available for release to
farmers in 1949. Tests made
on college plots last year have
produced yields of more than
a half-ton per acre which is
above the U. S. average. The
beans bring upwards of 8
cents a pound.
Jurisdiction
City, University
tests that the city has no author
ity over -12th street, where the
trouble started, city police were
called to quell the students' dem
onstration. (Riot story appears
elsewhere in the Daily Nebras
kan.) Students accused City Detective
Frank Robbins of throwing tear
gas bombs in an attempt to force
students away from the street.
Masters asserted that the bomb
was knocked from Robbins' hand,
but observers stated that he threw
it deliberately. The University's
public relations office has con
firmed this view.
Students protested that some
warning should have been given
them before the cars were re
moved. They demanded to know
who had given the original re
moval orders. The only answer
they received, however, was Mas
ters' repeated statement that the
parking problem was the Univer
sity's and not the Lincoln police
department's.
Leopold Stokowski, who con
ducts kis Symphony Orchestra in
a provocative performance of mu
sic from Tchaikovsky's ballet,
"The Sleeping Beauty," a May
Red Seal release, directed the con
cluding program of the 1947-48
New York Philharmonic Sym
phony Young People's Concert
series and proved himself as elo
quent a speaker as he is a con
ductor. While he spun his tales
and explained the music the chil-