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Greenberg Johnson
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Thompson Welsh
Building
Estimates
Approved
Regents Action
Motivates Plans
Acting Chancellor John K.
Selleck received approval from
the Board of Regents Saturday
to employ architects to prepare
lans for proposed new office-
laboratory buildings for the
Scottsbluff and North Platte ex
periment stations.
PLANS WERE also outlined
for the Poultry Husbandry De
partment. The Poultry Husbandry
Building, believed to be the old-
it Happened at nu
The Board of Regents was
discussing the University of
Nebraska School of Agricul
ture at Curtis.
Regent C. Y. Thompson, of
West Point, remarked that the
Curtis school was the out
standing Institution of Its kind
In the nation.
Regent Dr. Earle Johnson,
of Grand Island, however,
immediately pointed out, "It la
the only one."
est on Ag campus, is to be torn
down. The department's re
search will be expanded and
transferred to the University's
experimental farm at Havelock.
The department itse'f will be
moved to the former ROTC
Field Artillery Building, which
is being replaced by a new Mil
itary Science Building.
REGENTS APPROVED the
construction of a $35,000 build
ing to be located, next to the
new armory. The building will
be used to house ROTC equip
ment that has been kept in the
Field Artillery Building. The
building will be called the Mili
tary Science Material Building.
Vacation
Regulations
Announced
Special Permit
Rules Outlined
Regulations concerning Thanks
giving vacation which are to be
followed by women living in or
ganized houses or in the Wo
men's Residence Halls have been
announced by the Associated Wo
men Students Board.
Thanksgiving vacation will be
gin Wednesday at 8 a.m. and end
Monday at 8 a.m. ,
If coeds plan to return after
8 a.m. Monday, they must also
obtain special permission,
ANYONE WHO returns after
closing hours on Sunday following
Thanksgiving must get special
permission from the housemother
before leaving and must note
the time she will return on the
sign-out sheet.
On a week-endome, girls may
sign out to return on Monday
morning in time for their fist
class. If a girl is visiting a fiiraid
who will return Monday morning,
special permission may be 'ob
tained to return with the fricind.
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Action Apparently
Endorses Mitchell
The University Board of Re
gents Saturday apparently ex
pressed its confidence in Dr. C.
Cylde Mitchell, chairman of the
agricultural economics depart
ment, by adopting a statement
defending freedom of expression
by University instructors.
The statement was submitted
to the Board by Dean W. V. Lam-
Action Suggests
'A New Freedom'
See Editorial, Page 2
bert of the College of Agriculture.
Although the Board announced
no desicion concerning recent
criticism of Mitchell's classroom
conduct, -the statement was in
terpreted as a full endorsement
of Mitchell.
LAMBERT APPEARED before
the Board to defend professional
ability of the Ag economics pro
fessor. He referred to Mitchell
as "a good teacher and admin
istrator." Answering the charges that
Mitchell was "indoctrinating" his
students, Lambert said, "Some
months ago I had some com
plaints (of doctrination). I ques
tioned this, but to be sure, asked
him for a complete set of lecture
notes, Including reading refer
ences for this course. Careful re
view of this by myself and by
three administrative associates,
whose opinions I value, convinces
me there is nothing to such
charges."
Following appeals by Lambert
and Marvel L. Baker, professor
of animal husbandry, the Board
of Regents went into closed ses
sion. Chairman C. Y. Thompson
told the Board, "(J. Leroy) Welsh
has some personal statement to
make."
WELSH. TOGETHER with the
Hall County Farm Bureau, had
led the attack against Mitchell
first for his article on fixed price
supports and then for his sup
posed "indoctrination" of stu
dents. He had charged Mitchell with
advocating the "destruction of
the free enterprise system" and
had stated, "Several times I have
complained about the writings
and speeches of this individual
made over the state and have
brought this to the attention of
the University."
AFTER THE closed meeting,
the regents announced that they
had instructed Acting Chancellor
John K. Selleck to write Dean
Lambert and express the Board's
confidence in his administration
of the College of Agriculture.
Thompson said during the open
meeting, "I don't see anything in
what he's (Mitchell) done that
does not meet my approval, al
though I might differ with him."
He said he had read three of
Mitchell's speeches and added,
"I've seen times in the 30's that
I was a darn sight more radical
than Mitchell."
Regent Robert W. Devoe said
he agreed with Lambert's posi
tion "which, in essence, states the
position of the Board."
LAMBERT DESCRIBED Mitch
ell's classes in this manner: "Stu
dents like his course. He makes 'uted it."
US Industrial Growth
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Unique, Says Beggs
Proper Mental
Climate Essential
The great American industrial
machine and the US education
t ystem ' go hand in hand, Dr.
Walter C. Beggs, professor of
school administration, told the
Nebraska Education - Business
Conference at the University
Friday.
Jchlo
Fears Loss
Of 'Fi4 Inquiry
Herbert iehle, associate pro
fessor of physics, is one of 18
British afld American scientists
who havt signed and published a
statement deploring the "fear of
social disapproval."
The Scientists, members of the
Society for Social Responsibility
in Science, assert that such dis
approval hinders free expression
among scientists.
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THE STATEMENT called on
scientists "t o maintain and
strengthen the spirit of free in
quiry by clear and courageous
public expression of considered
options concerning the relations
of science and society. . . Free
inquiry," it warned, "can disap
pear without any laws existing to
suppress it."
The society lor bocial uespon-
sibility in Science is composed of
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA
them work hard, presents the
'pros' and 'cons' of issues, chal
lenges their imagination and
makes them think for themselves.
I think he is one of our very good
teachers. He has, to be sure, the
courage and forthrightness to ex
press his viewpoints and convic
tions, but he does not try to in
doctrinate. He is one of our good
teachers and his courses are pop
ular because they are dynamic."
Concerning Mitchell's article in
favor of fixed farm price sup
ports, Lambert said he had
"found nothing objectionable in
the article."
HE SAID, "I would expect that
some people might disagree with
certain of the author s viewpoints,
as I myself do, but I fail to see
why they should question his right
to express them, especially in a
field involving issues so complex
and controversial as those of farm
programs."
Lambert told the Board he had
read the manuscripts of speeches
Mitchell delivered at Gordon and
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Five Teachers
Give Opinions
On Statement
Five faculty members have
expressed definite opinions con
cerning the Board of Regents
statement.
C. Clyde Mitchell, Jr., chair
man of the department of agri
cultural economics, said, "I am
delighted that the Board of Re
gents decided so straightfor
wardly on the question of aca
demic freedom.
"Our Board of Regents now
has the task of inducing one of
America's great educators and
administrators too accept the va
cant post of Chancellor. The
type of man Nebraska needs and
wants will be far more likely
to come to Lincoln because of
the action of the Board of Re
gents on Saturday."
"THIS IS one of the finest
statements issued in a univer
sity case in this century," Wil
liam F. Swindler, director of the
School of Journalism said. "It
makes me proud to be on the
University of Nebraska staff. It
deserves to rank with the state
ment made by Sprague of Ore
gon on academic freedom about
10 years ago."
Frederick Beutel, professor of
law, said, "It was an excellent
statement. I hope it stops at
tacks of that (Hall county) kind
on members of the faculty."
"I'M SURE that this fine
statement 'made the faculty feel
mighty good," stated Boyd Car
ter, chairman of the department
of Romance languages. "It will
also made people all over the
state take pride in the Univer
sity Board of Regents."
Dr. Glen Gray, professor of
history, summed up the gen
eral opinion by saying, "The
faculty are pleased with the
statement and are very graterui
and proud that it was our own
Board of Regents who contrib
uted it."
"The vast and rapid strides
taken by Industry in the past
half century could not have oc
curred without the proper men
tal climate on the part of the
nation's people," he said.
"I BELIEVE that business
men can give credit to our edu
cational system which has de
veloped an alert, open-minded,
and self-reliant citizen the type
of person essential for the
growth of this country's indus
trial machine," he said.
Dr. Beggs pointed out that the
"almost unbelievable" industrial
growth of America has not taken
place in Europe or on any other
continent.
Dr. Beggs believes this ab
sence of growth elsewhere caa
be traced to the Jack of a proper
mental climate. In Europe, he
said, education is not on a thor
oughly democratic basis, but
rather, advantages in education
go to those with high economic
and social backgrounds.
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"AS A result, people in Eu
rope are fragmented into , little
special groups which are blind to
the whole. There is a carry over
into business. The European bus
inessman always points to serv
ing the top economic class and
not the overall citizenry. There
is nothing that, industry can
build on,' he said.
Dr. Beggs read examples from
US elementary textbooks show
ing the American child is taught
to appreciate his doctor, his fire
man, policeman, dentist, banker,
etc., and from the secondary
textbooks showing the student
that l-apitalism is the best eco-
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... . . As Defined By Regents
The foundation of America's
strength is diversity. For the
diversity of our physical re
sources under, on and above
our varied lands our gratitude
belongs to the Almighty. For
the diversity of our people and
their ideas, beliefs and
thoughts, our thanks belong to
the founders 'of this nation
who, by the grace of God,
were granted the foresight to
appreciate the potential ad
vances that would come from
free associations, free explora
tion and free expression li
mited only by responsibility
for our general welfare.
UNDER THE philosophy
upon which this nation was
founded, a great educational
system has developed and
flourished. At its apex is the
realm of higher education
where the responsibility for ',
furthering the routes of truth
and knowledge rests more
heavily than in any other area
of ,the educational system. In
the realm of higher education
the American right to ques
tion, to explore, to express, to
examine and re-examine, is of
necessity exercised contin
Gov. Crosby To Discuss
'Morality In Taxation'
Biz Ad Banquet
Gov. Robert Crosby will de
fend his new plan for equalized
taxation Operation Honesty-
at the Biz Ad banquet Dec. 1. He
will also speak on "Morality in
Taxation."
This will be the governor's
first speech in this part of the
state since he announced his new
program Friday. It is also the
first time the governor has
spoken before the student body
of the University.
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"I PLAN to speak from the
student's viewpoint," the Gov
ernor explained. "The tax ques
tion is of vital interest to every
one in Nebraska, especially fu
ture taxpayers."
The banquet, to be held in the
Union Ballroom at 6 p.m., is open
to all University students. It may
be the only time the governor
approaches the tax problem from
the student angle.
"Everyone should try to un
derstand something about this
great problem," Chick Battey,
president of the Biz Ad Student
Council, said Monday. "The only
way is to hear the governor him
self explain it."
TICKETS FOR the banquet
are now being sold by all mem
bers of the Biz Ad Student Coun
cil and the Biz Ad office. Mon
day and Tuesday following va
cation, tickets will be sold in a
Union booth between 11 a.m.
and 5 p.m. Tickets may also be
purchased at the door.
Fuenning Named
Association Head
Dr. S. I. Fuenning, director of
student health and University
health services, was elected
president of the Nebraska Pub
lic Health Association at its
third annual meeting Friday.
Other officers include: Dr.
James P. Tollman, dean of the
College of Medicine, president
elect; Dr. T. D. Fitzgerald of
Alliance, vice president; M. B.
Crabill of Omaha, secretary,
and Mrs. fHortense Lambert of
Fremdnt, treasurer.
Hanging Of The Greens
Set For Dec. 1 By YW
The annual YWCA Hanging
of the Greens will be held Dec.
1 at 7 p.m. in Ellen Smith Hall.
Preceding the Hanging of the
Greens program all YW mem
bers will help decorate Ellen
Smith Hall for Christmas. Re
freshments will be served.
Mary Ellerbrock, general
chairman, announced that all
members or tne yw are invitea
to attend. Tickets are 30 cents.
Tuesday, November 24, 1 953
Courtesy Lincoln Star
CLYDE MITCHELL
Freedom
ually. Were it not so, our di
verse intellectual resources
would become stagnant.
The men and women se
lected by this University, as a
part of the structure of higher
education, are chosen for their
proficiency, their expertness,
in various fields. By virtue of
their training and scholarly
endowments they must be as
sured of and are expected to
understand both the rights and
responsibilities of their posi
tions, including these:
1. The full right to speak
as a citizen.
2. The responsibilities of ci
tizenship. t
3. The right, as a profes
sional person, to freedom in
research and to publication of
the results thereof, limited
only by the precepts of schol
arship and faithful perform
ance of other academic re
sponsibilities. . . . - .
4. The right, as a profes
sional person, to free and
thorough expression in the
classroom.
The right to uphold, to dis
cuss and dissent are the moral
fiber of America's greatness.
They are likewise the strength
of a great University.
Set For Dec. 1
About 200 tickets have been
sold, so far but many are still
available. Tickets are $1.50 each,
the dinner is non-profit.
CHICK BATTEY, president of
the Biz Ad Council, will be
toastmaster for the evening's pro
gram. Nathan Gold will make
Gold Key awards to outstanding
students in the College of Busi
ness Administration, and Dean
Earl Fullbrook, of the college,
will award scholarships.
On the program for entertain
ers are singers Lynn Holland and
Carole Unterseher and Leigh
Cartwright, who will present a
modern dance.
SDX Initiates Two
The University School of Jour
nalism was the scene of a Sig
ma Delta Chi, men's professional
fraternity, initiation for Hugh
McCoy, feature newscaster of
KFAB, Omaha, and Ken Way
man, news director of KFOR
and KFOR-TV, Lincoln.
The Outside World
Two fugitives
land Unarmed
Men Held For Questioning By Army Investigators
By WILLIE DESCH
Staff Writer
By flying an unarmed light
plane into West Germany, two
fugitives from Communist
Czechoslovakia made a dramatic
break to freedom Sunday.
The plane was put down in an
open field in Germany. The un
dercarriage and propellor of the
plane were damaged, but the two
men were not injured. The men
had to fly through airspace
which is usually heavily patrol
led by Communist jet fighters.
The plane was put under
guard and the two men were
held for questioning by Army
investigators.
Trieste Dispute
Italy is prepared to agree to
the permanent settlement of the
Trieste dspute on the basis of an
exchange with Yugoslavia of
Slovic and Italian areas of the
Free Territory.
In addition to other proposals
Italy is prepared to grant Yugo
slavia, as well as Austria, free
facilities in the port of Trieste,
providing Italian soverignty. in
thf n-v is fullv recogfiized.
Italy has conditionally agreed
NU Teams
Four University debaters re
ceived top honors last weekend
when they traveled to Peoria, 111.
to participate in the Bradley Uni
versity Forensic Contest.
Jack Rogers, Paul Laase, Ken
Philbrick and Dave Gradwohl
were the four NU debaters who
compiled this record:
1. Nebraska had two of the
fourteen teams that were unde
feated of the 104 teams entered.
2. Nebraska was the only school
that was undefeated on both sides
of the question.
3. Jack Rogers was the only
participant of 96 to receive su
perior ratings in each of three
rounds of discussion.
4. Paul Laase was one of seven
extemporaneous speakers to re
ceive superior in a contest of
60' participants.
5. Ken Philbrick received su
perior ratings in both after-dinner
speaking and folk-tale-telling.
THERE WERE about 50 schools
entered in the two-day conference
from the Midwest. The question,
"Resolved: The United States
should adopt a policy of free
trade," was the tournament de
bate topic.
Rogers and Laase were invited
to present a convocation debate
before the actual competition be
gan. They debated against a team
from Bradley University before
an audience of about 600 people,
According to debate coach Don
Olson, they were "well received."
There was no decision in this
preliminary debate.
OTHER PARTICIPANTS in in
dividual events, all of which were
coached by Bruce Kendall, asso
ciate professor of speech, were
Dave Gradwohl, who received a
"good" in discussion and Paul
Laase, who received an "excel
lent" in discussion.
Another group of debaters was
IFC Names
2 Delegates
To Convention
Bill DeVries and Bob Hase
broock will attend the national
Inter-Fraternity Council con
vention at the Sheraton-Gibson
Hotel in Cincinnati, Nov. 27 and
28.
Hasebroock, president of the
University IFC, and DeVries,
IFC secretary, are University
delegates to the convention. A
pre-convention informal get-together
will open activities Nov.
26. - "
At the official business meet
ing Nov. 27, the IFC will discuss
how fraternities can improve on
the following three points:
1. Service to community.
2. Service to college or uni
versity and student body.
3. Service to fraternity ideals.
OTHER QUESTIONS slated for
discussion include:
1.
Ways to improve
Fraternity Councils
Inter-
2. The part that these organ
izations should play in
campus affairs.
3 Methods of improving fra
ternity scholarship.
In order to facilitate more
complete participation by all
delegates, the convention will
be divided into panel discussions
10 that they can, according to
Bill DeVries, "Dig into these
matters and improve their over
all program."
Conductor Chosen
As Honorary Cob
Donald Lentz, conductor of
University bands, was awarded
an honorary membership in
Corn Cobs before the Oklahoma
Nebraska game Saturday.
According to Cal Kuska, pres
ident of Corn Cobs, Lentz was
chosen because of the work
that he had done in building up
Cornhusker spirit and in assist
ing the Corn Cobs to present pep
rallies.
Lentz was not available for
comment on the award, which
was presented for the first time
in the history of Corn Cobs.
roni Czechoslovakia
Plane In West Germany
to participate in a conference
with the United States, Britain,
France and Yugoslavia to discuss
the Trieste question.
The proposal made about the
neutral zone is that Italy wants
to establish a continuous line, by
which Yugoslavia would receive
some Slovic-inhabited h i n t e r
land in Zone A. '
In exchange, the coastal strip
of Zone B, in which is situated
a number of predominately Ital
ian towns and villages, would be
returned to Italy.
Twister Destroys Town
The' small com m u n i t y of
Woodville, Fla., was completely
demolished by a twister which
roared through the area Sunday.
The town is about 20 miles west
of Panama City. Twenty-one
persons were injured in the
twister.
Another tornado swept -across
two south Louisiana counties a
few hours earlier, destroying 28
homes and injuring one.
FBI Budget Hearing
When J. Edgar Hoover, FBI
Director, makes his annual ap
pearance before Congressional
Undefeated
scheduled to go to Kearney State
Teachers College Saturday for a
tournament. The trip was can
celled because of bad weather.
NU Wins
Moot Court
Competition
Students Plan
New York Trip
The University College of Law
team, Eleanor Knoll, William
Grant and Ronald Hunter, won
the annual regional Moot Court
competition held Nov. 20 at
Was hington
University in
St. Louis.
The team
defeated
Kansas City
U n iversity
Law School,
University of
T e n n e ssee
Law S h o o 1
and Washing
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School in the
Miss Knoll
second, third and final rounds.
They drew a bye for the first
round.
COMPETITION this year used
the national topic concerning the
right of a university to discharge
a professor on ground of "gross
misconduct''' in evoking the Fifth
Amendment in refusing to an
swer questions concerning mem-
Courtesy Lincoln Star
Hunter
Grant
bership in the Communist, Party
before a congressional commit
tee. Two members debated one
side of the question with Miss
Knoll taking both sides as a
partner to both Hunter and
Grant. The three Nebraskans
won over a 12 team competi
tion. THE UNIVERSITY team, as
winner of the regional competi
tion, will enter the National Inter-Law
School Moot Court .
competition in New York City
in December. The winning
school will receive $500 for its
Moot Court system.
Installation Set
For DO Patrons
The University chapter of
Delta Omicron, professional mu
sic sorority, will install new pa
trons and patronesses Tuesday
evening at the residence of Mrs.
E. H. Polley, 2340 Woodsdale,
Lincoln.
At 7:30 p.m., David Foltz,
chairman of the Department of
Music, will discuss the music
program at the University. At
8 p.m., the installation will be
held. Names of the patrons and
patronesses will be revealed at
that time. '
Herbert Schmidt, pianist, and
Dale Ganz, baritone, patrons of
the chapter, will present a mu
sical program.
National PR Society
Initiates Four NU Men
Four University men were
initiated into National Pershing
Rifles Wednesday.
The four were: James Ress
ner, James Garber, John Gray
and Arthur Nielsen. Following
the initiation, a banquet was
held for the initiates and 15
members.
Col. James Workman was th
guest speaker. Other guests in
cluded Col. Keivet and Lt. Col.
Westrup.
committees in support or nis Bu
reau's budget requests he may
receive a cool reception from
some Democrats.
Hoover is tagged (by tha
Democrats) as the man who
came closest to proving Attorney
General Brownell's charge that
former President" Truman was
"blind" towards the Communist
infiltration when he .promoted
the late Harry Dexter White in
the government in 1946.
However, the Democratic re
sentment against him is not
likely to be reflected in Con
gressional votes for any reduc
tion in FBI funds.
Toscanini Returns
After a seige with the flu for
the past two weeks, Toscanini
returned to direct the NBC
Symphony Sunday night in Car
negie Hall.
Although the maestro Is 86
he put all the enthusiasm into it
for which he is known. The
audience and radio listeners
were enthralled.
One spectator present said it
was as good as an early Thanks
giving, the kind of music the
maestro loves and plays wonder-
fully.
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