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A Course of Action
A considerable number
talked to have expressed some
cii s proposea oiuueni voui l,
Some of these have thought that the court plan was
too impractical to operate. Some have the whole idea was
silly. Just how right these students were remains to be seen.
Personally, we think it is a jolly idea. A student court
could conceivably bring many desirable reforms to the
Campus. I
But we can't help but think that the Council is confus- j
in0- itself with a thing of relative unimportance at this time. '
We wish the Council would concern itself more with its ;
constitution, at this stage a highly-confusing and ambiguous
document. We Wisn It WOUia prepare one, iinai coiimuuuuh i
that would stop the interminable squabbling about its va-
lidity and jurisdiction.
We know the Council is making some steps toward the
drafting of a constitution. But we think these steps could
be taken more quickly and effectively. As it now stands,
there is little possibility that the new constitution will not
go into effect before next fall at the earliest.
We can't help but think that if the Council had from
the first concerned itself primarily with a new constitution,
the thing could now be close to ratification.
The only way this end can be accomplished is by the
Council itself taking action now on a constitution, instead oi rights" do not exist under the
bothering itself with so many projects which, while worthy, 1 present handling by the adminis
arp nrt npflrlv ?n imrtnrtant tration a system of which most
are not nearly so important. students approve. Probably this
Cut) Uiem. js necessary, for student discipline
Athletic Ticket Price Scale
STUDENT TICKETS.
Est. Trice Gov't. Tax Total
Football (season) 4.17 .83 5.00
Other sports (seaso-n) 2.50 .50 3.00
FACULTY TICKETS.
Football (season) 5.00 1.00 6.00
Other sports (season) 3.33 .67 4.00
ri'BLIC TICKETS.
Reserved 2.92 .58 3.50
Box 3.33 .67 4.00
Football (season) 14.60 2.90 17.50
Box (season) 16.75 3.25 20.00
OTHER TICKETS.
General admission 1.67 .33 2.00
Kncthole 42 08 .50
Frosh 'Display Promise'
In Exnerimental Recital
' BY PAUL WEICK.
A sixteen member freshmen
acting group showed great prom
ise as future University theatre
performers in their first acting
recital of the year, given Friday
evening in the Temple.
A group of nine skits from well
known plays made up the produc
tion. Outstanding was the first
portrayal of the scene between
Queen Elizabeth and Mary of
Scotland, from the Broadway play
"Mary of Scotland." Marjorie
Line as Elizabeth showed a great
deal of stage presence and moved
comfortably about the stage. The
same is to be said of Diane Worn
ing as Mary. In the second show
ing of this scene, Virginia Koehler
as Elizabeth and Mary Kay Tol
liver as Mary pleased the audience
with convincing portrayals. The
skit itself is well suited to a pro
duction of this sort.
r-eatta Schlueter, in the opening
performance of the "cell scene"
from Maxwell Anderson's "Joan
of Lorraine," succeeded in creat
ing the atmosphere desired and
left the audience pleased. This cut
was followed bv one from the
comedy "The Pirate," in which
Jack Moore handled the part of
the pirate with ease and good
nresence and Verncll Lewis was
convincing as the lady he lost his
heart to. A rapidly moving script
added to the performance.
Thbha&kaiv
roochle Redlcr?
,. Jerry Warren ,
. . Arlrn Beam
. Jeaa Femlrc
.llaak lammen
. . (Keith O'Bannor. j
f'hnrk BiirmelMer
. . .Wendy ;anrcr i
tienr Ber
Randolph, Jark Cobra,
of students whom we have
little wonder about the Coun-
The rendezvous between two
young lovers of the last generation
in "Ah! Wilderness" was played
by Alice Meyer and Wesley Jens-
by, both of whom moved easily
from moments of tenderness to
anger. " Mage JJoor, tne story oi
young hopefuls living together in
a New York rooming house, found
Dorothy Elloit as Terry and Ra
mona Van Wyngarrien as Jean.
They fit themselves well into a
quickly moving and dramatic
scene.
Gertrude Carey as Mrs. Phillips
and Lucy Iiwrcncc as Christine
gave the scene from "The Silver
Cord" in which Mrs. Phillips
meets her daughter-in-law for the
first time, making a last desperate
attempt to tie securely her apron
strings to her son. Petty Stratton
gave a good performance of
Regina and David Sissies as her
husband in a scene from Lillian
Hellman's Broadway success, "The
Little Foxes." Making use of good
lighting effects, Ward Lindley was
convincing in his portrayal of
Death in a scene from "Death
Takes A Holiday."
The stagecraft class of William
Ellis contributed effective lighting
where needed, especially in "Joan
and Lorraine" and the last men
tioned. Make-up was on the whole
very good, adding much to the
ci.oiacterizatinn of Death and
Elizabeth in "Mary of Scotland."
On Proposed Court . . .
Two Students Show
PRO
FOR THE STUDENT COURT
Student courts have been suc
cessful in other schools, such as
Stanford and Michigan. It is felt
that a student court would work
at Nebraska as well. The pro
posal is not a criticism of the
present capable handling of dis
ciplinary matters by the univer
sity administration.
THE NEED.
(1) to put in effect the con
viction that university students
are old enough to handle their
own problems of discipline. Stu
dent discipline is a student mat
ter and should be hanaied by
students.
(2) to emphasize the fact that
accepted student conduct is a con
,the ,acil'tv
cern of students and not merelv
(3) to ease the .feeling that
students are being oppressed by
the faculty. ;
(4) to eliminate the exagger
ated accounts of disciplinary ac-
I tions against students. I
(5) to provide further safe
Eiiards to urotect students bein
disciplined
(6)
as to advisory opinions, the
court would also be available to
students and faculty to hear
- eB?Ktc8u.gT f ui "
consider such problems as the
Kosmet Klub show, senior week,
timing of exams and
vacations,
etc. No organization
is now
equipped to do this.
WILL THE PROPOSED COl'RT
PLAN DO THE JOB?
1. As to "constitutional rishts."
Some criticize the proposed
plan in its provisions for secrecy
of trials, no right of facing one's
accusers, and no jury trial, etc.
To these criticisms the answer is i
threefold: I
(a) These "constitutional
! requires a dnierent type of hand
ling than matters before courts of
law.
j (b) Such provisions are neces
sary to make both a strong court
'and to protect student rights.
Those appearing before the
'court would generally desire se
cret trial as is now done. The
; "no-right-of-confrontat ion'' is
j necessary to encourage students
to report violations. Violations
' probably would not be reported
. if those making the report had
to appear before the court. Again,
this follows the present system,
j A seven-judge court would in
effect constitute a student jury,
in contrast to our present one
man court.
I (c) If these or other provisions
appear to be undesirable, they
can be easily changed.
2. As to other defects.
There are criticisms that 1hc
present plan has defects. It doubt
less does have every new organ
ization has to iron out its flaws
as they appear.
Some say the proposed plan
will make too strong a court
while others say it will make too
weak a court. Who knows? The
present proposal is but a starter.
As it grows in prestige and prac
tice its weaknesses will be worked
out.
3. An to protection of
rifihts.
student
not set
"police
The new court would
up new offenses or a
force."
Students need not fear
. .
t .
court. Students better understand
their own problems, and the court
would be kept in bounds by a
code to be later drawn up. And
there are further safeguards,
which readily appear on leading
the Constitution of the Student
Court.
In addition, there is always the
right of appeal. Students would
get two chances under the new
court, whereas "they now get only
one.
CONCLUSION
The establishment of a student
court rests with the students. It
is not being forced on them.
There is little to lose from
establishment of a student court
and perhaps much to gain. The
court can be put on trial and if
it does not work, it can be
dropped.
Let's at least give it a try.
Respectfully submitted,
The Judiciary Sub-committee
o the Student Council.
?fc
TedrSorenson
(Editor's note: Trd forensen
lete MiMent. appeari-il before
, a law col
the SUnleni
Council recently to piescnt
ol the proposed Court.)
.,.---xi.
liis imprebion
1L1
Fred Chad
fFditnr'8 notV Fred Cfrru-'l I !ifi;rm;m
nf the Student Council jndu iry i-ornmittce,
where the idea ol & Student Omt has
been de e lopi-d
Fomjni
Sludrnls
Honor Gustavson
I A program of an international
, flavor was presented at the an
! nual faculty reception held by the
; Cosmopolitan club Saturday night,
jjan. 7.
The reception, which is held
annually as a semi-formal ban-
' quet. helps acquaint foreign stu
dents attending the University
i wilh faculty and administration.
I The nrotrram included Biorn
! Karlsen sincine. Norwegian: Rob-
ert Webster, piano. South Ainer-
iean; Mohammed Shajoozy, vio
lin, Iran; Luis Stur. accordion,
Hungary; Lawrence Lee, piano.
I China. "
j Chancellor R. G. Gustavson. Dr.
Floyd Hoover and other faculty
members were present.
Gus Rezai, student Jrom Iran,
. was in charge of the banque t.
Plav Cast
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Williams. Milton Hoffman will
understudy the part of Tom, Ced
ric Hartman the part of Jim,
Maxine Elliot the character of
Amanda, and Mary Lou Thomp
son, the part of Laura.
"The play is unquestionably,
according to critics, one of the
most powerful and beautiful
'stories in the history of the
(American theater," according to
Williams.
"The Glass Menagerie," has been
awarded the Pulitzer prize, and
received the Drama Critics Award
for 1945.
Memory Play
Theatre director Dallas Williams
explained lhat the play is a mem
ory play, with Tom as a narrator
as well as a character in the
play. The ;-tion in his recollec
tion of the event. The time is the
early 1930's, and flashback scenes
are used throughout the play.
The play is extremely difficult
from the view of character izatior.
and staging, in the opinion of
Williams. There are actually three
settings on tne stage at the same
time the front of the house, the
living room, and the dining room
and action alternates between
the three sections.
The play has been fn rehearsal
since Christmas vacation, and re
versals will continue with a short
L4 i id
v:
t
X
Opinions
CON (
For the 'past several weeks The
Daily Nebraskan has printed the
proixsed articles of the consti
tution of a Student Court, now
under tentative discussion by the
Council and possibly to be sub
mitted to the student body. Be
fore any action is taken, each
student should examine two is
sues: (1) Is there any reason to have
any student court? Have there
ever been any demands by the
student body for such a student
court? It is fundamental that no
authority can prosecute and try
others except for offenses com
mited against that authority. But
what offenses does a student
commit against the student body?
What right do any students have
to judge the activities of other
students off the University cam
pus? What kind of punishment
can it mete out?
How can anyone support this
court when he does not know
what is the "accepted discipline"
for which he will be liable? And
the only reason given for the
"advisory opinion" function is
that the student council, which
should handle such controversies,
is not doing ft. Why not? If this
is just to be a traflic court, or a
mock court for the enjoyment of
all. that is one thing: but that is
not what has been proposed.
Lacks Basic Rights.
(2) Do we want this kind of
court? Every single basic right,
guaranteed by our federal con
stitution because of the tyranny
which is possible without them,
has been left out of this court. A
student could be indicted without
ever know ing what offense he
committed and without ever be
ing told in. advance that such ac
tion was punishable. He could
be tried in secret without ever
knowing vvhi) his accuser is and
without the right to confront the
witnesses testifying against him,
cross-examine the cnmplaintant,
or insure the presence in court
of witnesses for his defense.
He is not promised the light
to have someone speak lor him
and defend his rights, should he
jleel he is not as well versed in
the "local law" as his judges, who
also happen to be his prosecutors.
He is not even given a trial by
jury just a court established by
the student council with half of
its members picked by the stu
I dent council from the student
j council. His only right of appeal
is to the authority which orig-
inally oecided an offense had been
i committed. In other words, he is
! S'ven
absolutely no rights and
protection such as are necessary
to any court worth establhing.
Little Assurance
It may well bo, as is often.
Diomiscd'. that we need not
worry all ol these things will
j be taken care ot by amendments,
some soi t of future code or by-
laws, or in the ac tual prcx-eed-
ings. But that is very little assur-
ance to the history students who
have read of the Star Chamber,
the political science students who
have studied loyalty purges, or
: literature students acquainted
with Kafka s "The 1 rial." It may
well be that Nebraska students
are not concerned whether these
rights are protected or not. But
before the student council i isks
its prestige upon such a proposal
or any student votes for it. he
should consider whether or not
such a court is necessary and de
sirable. TED SORENSON
NU Bulletin
Hoard
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will meet Tuesday, 5 p.m. in Room
316, Union.
Association of Red Guidon. Field
Artillery Honorary will meet and
initiate Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. in
the motor truck lab on Ag cam
pus. This will be the first initia
tion since '43. Pre-war members
will conduct the initiation.
People who have lost their Stri
dent Directory receipts may call
for their directories on Wednesday
5 to 6 p.m. in the Builder's office,
308 Union.
time out for east members' to take
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