Weather 'r Not
The weatherman predicted that Monday's
balmy temperatures would be replaced with
partly cloudy skies and cooler readings Tues
day. Some snow is also possible during the day.
Highs are expected to be in the 85 to 60 range
with lows somewhere in the 30's.
Vol. 29, No. 66
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA
Tuesday, April 3, 1956
Six Positions:
TV
It Happened At NU
One new initiate's description of his pre
Initiation week clothes included pockets stuffed
with straw.
When questioned about it he explained, "That
was my own idea; our pledge trainer has hay
fever."
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B ryouts
Fof Yell
Tryouts for the University yell
squad will be held April 11 in the
Coliseum, Gene Christensen, Yell
King, announced.
Two practice sessions are sched
uled Wednesday and Thursday at
4:30 p.m. in the Coliseum, he said.
The sessions are designed to help
Interested students learn yells and
the accompanying movements,
Christensen said.
Only freshmen with a minimum
average of 4.5 will be eligible to
try out, he said. Students trying
out uast also be in good standing
with he University, he said.
There will be openings for three
women and three men, Christen
sen said.
The large number of vacancies
Is due to the seniority of the pres
ent yell squad members, he said.
Estimate:
Student
Increase
Expected
Enrollment for the fall school
semester is expected to in
crease 7-9 per cent, according
to G. W. Rosenlof, Dean of Ad
missions and Inter-institutional
Relationships.
The enrollment would jump
from 7800 to 8300 if the esti
mate is correct.
The University uses three
types of promotion, Rosenlof
said. A College Days program,
individual conferences and lit
erature are used to activate
interest in high school students.
Arrangements are made with
high schools for University
students in the various colleges
to speak at assemblies. The
speakers give the audience a
generalized look at college
studies and arrange individual
conferences with students in
terested in specific col
lege fields.
The literature the University
distributes includes First
Glance, a special edition of
The Nebraskan and publications
by Junior Division. These spe
cial magazines are keyed to
stimulate the reader's interest
in college.
The estimated visible in
crease does not include out-of-state
students. Out-of-state stu
dents make up 10 per cent of
the enrollment and no notice
able increase is expected.
Eleven Teams
Of Freshmen
Win In Court
Eleven freshman Moot Court
teams in the University College of
Law have been announced as win
ners of the recent practice rounds.
They are Larry Shafer and
Jerry Snyder, Charles Jensen and
Haryy Stevens Jr., Dale Cullen,
Joe Noble, Donald Mart and Dwaine
Jones, Duane Nelson and Earl Has
call, Joe Baldwin and Robert
Bachler, Kennneth Hatcliff and
Charles Luellman, Johnn Cummins
Jr. and William Dill, Phillip
Robinson, Jr. annd Robert Hill,
and John Nelson, David Keene
and David Lindquist.
Law College seniors served as
judges of the practice rounds. The
first elimination rounds will be
held for sophomores next fall.
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Yell Squad
Pictured 'above are members of
the present yell squad. Standing,
left to right are Phil Hockenber
per, Marg Copley, Jim Switzer,
Pt'; AnHTson and Larry Ep-
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Squat
No gymnastic ability will be re
quired, Christensen added.
Members of next year's yell
squad will be selected by an Ad
visory Board consisting of the pres
idents of Innocents, Mortar Board,
Student Council, Cobs, Tassels, Di
rector of Athletics Bill Orwig,
Band director Donald Lentz and
several others.
The yell squad consists of nine
members, five men and four wom
en. Two regular positions for both
men and women and two alternate
positions are available, Christensen
said.
The
Inside
World
Ivy Day
Deadline for Inter-Sorority and
Women's organized houses to turn
in their lists of song directors and
participants for the Ivy Day is
Friday. Send the $3 entry fee and
list to Linda Buthman, 616 No.
16. Checks are to be payable to
the Associated Women Students
and lists should be in alphabetical
order.
History Lecture
Dr. John Hicks, former Univer
sity history professor, will be
guest speaker at the 44th annuel
meeting of the Nebraska History
and Social Studies Teachers As
sociation Friday and Saturday.
Dr. Hicks, now on the faculty of
the University of California, will
discuss "The Political Tradition of
the Middle West" at the annual
dinner Friday night. It will be held
in Parlor C of the Union at 6:30
p.m.
He will also speak Saturday at
the 12:15 p.m. luncheon at the
University Club. His topic will be
"The American History Professor
Today."
Red Cross
A Red Cross mass meeting will
be held Tuesday, in the Union,
Room 315 at 7:15 p.m.
Carolyn Novotny, board member,
said that all Red Cross workers
are required to attend.
Convention 0
Dr. Leslie Hewes, chairman of
the department of geography at
the University, is attending the na
tional convenion of the Associa
tion of American Geographers to
be held in Montreal, Can. through
Friday. He is a member of the
association's governing board.
ROTC
A practice parade for all cadet
officers in the Army ROTC will
be held at noon Tuesday.
Geology Speech
Dr. John Curtis of the Geology
and Geochemistry Division of Gulf
Research and Development Co. will
be a guest speaker at the Univer
sity Thursday.
He will discuss "The Origin and
Development of Graben Structures
Associaetd with Salt Domes" at
8:30 p.m. in Room 20, Morrill Hall.
Dance
BABW and ICC are sponsoring
a spring fling dance, Saturday,
from 9-12 p.m. in the Union Ball
room. The Bel Aires will furnish the
music. Tickets are now on sale
for $1.50 per couple.
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stein. Sitting are Ann Wade, Don
Beck, Yell King Gene Christensen
and Joan Pollard. Shown with
the group is a young Jersey calf
used as a mascot at some of the
Editorial:
Triple Tragedy
It has been customary for The Nebraskan to
publish a "Pink Rag" shortly after April Fool's Day.
Today was to have been the day this year.
However, three University students lost their lives
over Easter vacation.
Bryce Whitla and Donald Rhode, Nebraska Law
School students, were killed In a plane accident; Jim
Anderson, freshman in Agriculture, died in an auto
mobile crash Friday.
The Nc;raskan feels that little can be said about
these three deaths; they represent a tragic loss of
life, which, coupled with the four previous University
fatalities, brings the death total to seven.
But, even though little can be said, The Nebras
kan feels that it would be Inappropriate to publish
"The Pink Rag," traditionally a slapstick edition,
after the tragedies of the past Easter vacation.
For this reason, as a silent memoriam to the
three students killed over the holidays, The Nebras
kan has published a regular edition and postponed
the "Pink Rag" until a later date in the semester.
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Students Tour
Foreign students prepare to
board the chartered bus that took
them sight-seeing across Ne
braska. The two-day excursion
Contest:
Petsche
Wins First
For Poem
Jerry Petsche, Law College fresh
man, has won first place honors in
the third annual Gardner Noyes
Memorial Awards poetry contest.
Petsche received a $50 prize for
his poem, "I Remember the Day."
The $25 second prize was award
ed to Thomas Fairclough, a sen
ior majoring in journalism and
English in the College of Arts and
Sciences, for "Spring Poem."
Fairclough received honorable
mention last year.
The awards are given by Laur
ence Noyes of Waterloo and Mrs.
Harold Meier of Omaha in honor
of the late Mrs. lone Gardner
Noyes, a member of the University
class of 1924 and a Nebraska poet.
Honorable mention this year was
given to:
Glenna Berry for "Static Ar
tist." She is a senior in the Col
lege of Arts and Sciences major
ing in English and Spanish.
Larry Hanson for "Grapes and
Raisins and Life and Maybe
Wine." He is a pre-med junior in
the College of Arts and Sciences.
John Dawson, for "Reflections."
He is a junior in Teachers Col
lege majoring in English.
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games. Tryouts for next year's
squad have been announced by
Christen'j-n. See story at upper
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took 47 University students, all
experienced travelers, to Kear
ney, Holdrege, Minden, Hastings
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Spring Vacation:
Mortar Board Sponsors
Foreign Students Tours
Foreign students who attend the
University had the privilege of see
ing parts of Nebraska other than
the Lincoln locality March 26 and
27 under the sponsorship of Mor
tar Board.
The students, 47 in number, visit
ed Kearney, Holdrege, Minden,
Hastings and Grand Island. They
traveled in two chartered buses
and stayed in private homes.
The main purpose of the trip is
to acquaint the foreign students
Outside World:
Supreme Court Rules
Monday the Supreme Court ruled that a person can't be punished
for advocating the violent overthrow of the federal government.
The decision applied to the Pennsylvania sedition law directly and
indirectly to 42 other states who have similar laws. The laws made it
illegal to teach the overthrow of the
ernments, by force or violence.
Ike Confident
President Eisenhower at his annual egg roll greeted the youngsters
by telling them he would see them
confidence of the coming election. Both Ike and Mrs. Eisenhower at
tended.
Plane Crashes
A luxury air-liner crashed and
three and leaving two missing. The
sons survived. The Northwest Orient
New York, developed engine trouble after take-off and crashed trying
to return to base.
Shooting Mars Peace
New strife cast darkening shadows over the Holy Land this Easter
as fresh shooting incidents marred the peace around Jerusalem, where
Protestant pilgrims from many lands crowded the quiet garden out
side the the old city's walls.
Fear of a major Arab-Israeli outbreak together with raw weather
resulted in a relatively small attendance at this year's Jerusalem
services.
Pope Gives Warning
In Vatican City, white-robed Pope Pius XII warned that mankind
is racing forward on the road to suicide and extinction from atomic
bombs and guided missiles.
Addressing some 350,000 persons in St. Peter's square below his
balcony, the 80-year-old pontiff spoke of how the atom's vast energy
might be put to peaceful use.
Grant Postponed
President Eisenhower has decided against granting at this time
Israel's request for 64 million dollars worth of arms,, administration
officials reported.
The top level decision was said to have been made last Wednesday.
Informants odid 'he administration has not ruled out the possibility
of some later action on Israel's request for speedy jet fighters and
other defensive arms. But this kind ol equipment for the forseeable
future will be supplied by Britain, France, and perhaps other Allied
countries.
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Three
Dim Vaeafr noon Academes
. . . Two Law Students, Ag Student Killed
Three University students were
killed in accidents during Easter
vacation.
Bryce Whitla, 22, and Donald
Rhode, 29, both law students, were
Courtesy Lincoln S.ar
and Grand Island. group
toured industries and agriculture
projects in the cities they visited.
with Nebraska industry, agricul
ture, home and private life, Carole
Unterseher, Mortar Board publici
ty chairman said.
Students representing 20 coun
tries comprised the delegation. An
interesting sidelight is the fact that
a Russian art major made sketch
es of all the students and gave
each a picture.
This annual event was financed
by the Late Date Night held in
the fall.
federal, as well as the state gov
next year, possibly displaying his
sank in Puget Sound Monday killing
Coast Guard reported that 32 per
Airlines Stratocruiser, headed for
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WHITLA
Slhydeoil's
killed in a light plane crash
Wednesday near O'Neill.
R!ode, a senior, had campaigned
extensively for the legislature in
1954 for the 28th district and had
filed as a candidate for the dis
trict again this year.
He used the plane for campaign
ing and for commuting between
Lincoln and his home district.
Rhode would have been graduated
in two months.
The two students took off from
Union Airport about 6 a.m. Wednes
day. Local Civil Aeronautics Ad
ministration officials said no flight
plan had been filed but that was
not required for light planes.
The wreckage of the plane was
discovered shortly before noon
Wendesday by a farmer near the
scene, about 15 miles southeast of
Record:
Debaters Win 75 Percent
Of Debates During Season
University debaters have posted
an enviable record this year win
ning 75 per cent of the decision de-
bates in which they participated.
Donald Olson, director of debate
reporcea mat tne squad had won
151 decision debates and lost 50
in addition tney participated in
about 10 audience debates.
Leading the 11 teams participat
ing in inter-collegiate debate were
Sara Jones and Nancy Copeland
They lost only three of the 36 de
bates in which they participated
However, much of their competi
No Chapel:
Lake Tells
Union Plans
for Addition
The addition to the Union, with
an estimated cost of close to one
and a half million dollars., has
grown into a complex structure of
efficiency on architectural draw
ing paper.
With plans nearing completion
students are asking when the build
ing wiil begin. "We're aiming at
this fall, but the time for build
ing is in the hands of the archi
tects," Duane Lake, Union Direc
tor said.
Lake served as national presi
dent of the Association of College
Unions and he has toured the ma
jority of campus student unions
in the United States. Lake recent
ly returned from a surveillance
of the Kansas State, Oklahoma
University and Oklahoma A&M
student unions.
He plans to travel East this
week-end and observe the operation
of the Purdue center, as well
as those at Illinois, Indiana and
Iowa.
The purpose of the trips is to
orient the architects with the many
functional services that a Union
must perform. The trips make it
possible for the planners to . re
confirm with the architects the
fine points in technical aspects
of the student area.
The addition will not include a
chapel proper, but "We are con
sidering a meditation room,"
Lake said. "Strange laws, pertain
ing to no religious instruction and
such, bar us from having a chap
el," he continued.
The student survey conducted
last fall gave the planners an in
dication of what the students need
ed and wanted. Before the plans
are completed the students will
have another chance to voice their
opinions. "We want the students
to evaluate the preliminary draw
ing before we make any major
modifications," Lake said.
With the realization of student
needs and the coordination of archi
tects and planners the addition is
becoming a reality.
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RHODE
O'Neill near the Junction of U.S.
Highways 20 and 275. The men's
watches had stopped at 9:25 a.m.
Rhode was a veteran of World
War II and the Korean War and
he lived in Lincoln with his wife
and two children. Whitla, a nativt
of Butte, had lived in Lincoln about
10 years.
Jim Anderson, 17, was killed
when the car in .which he was rid
ing skidded into a ditch during a
wind and snowstorm near Ran
dolph. Anderson was hurled through tht
windshield. A companion riding
with him suffered minor injuries.
The car is believed to have hit
a slippery spot in the road.
He was a freshman in the Col
lege of Agriculture and lived in
Canfield House at Selleck Quad.
tion was in the junior divisions.
The team with the best overall
record in meeting competition, Ol
son said, were Jere McGaffey and
Allen Overcash.
Among the highlights of the sea
son: Miss Copeland and Miss Jonei
were the only undefeated beginning
team at the Hastings College tour
nament. Overcash and McGaffey had the
best quality rating in the Univer
sity of Iowa conference.
At Winfield, Kan., Overcash and
McGaffey won eight straight de
bates for top honors in the men's
division. Miss Copeland and Miss
Jones and Sharon Mangold and
Sandra Reimers of Lincoln were
eliminated in the semi-finals.
At Kearney, Miss Jones and Miss
Copeland had four wins and no
losses.
Overcash and McGaffey ranked
second in the upper division at
Midland College. Miss Jones and
Miss Copeland were the only m
defeated team in the junior divi
sion. Miss Reimers and Miss Man
gold won the women's division at
Denver.
Miss Jones and Miss Copeland
won the women's division at the
St. Thomas tournament at St. Paul,
Minn.
Russell Gutting and Bruce Brug
mann and Miss Copeland and Miss
Jones were undefeated at the Uni
versity of Nebraska conference.
Miss Reimers also won honors
in oratory and discussion. She won
a superior in discussion at the
University of South Dakota, third
in oratory at Midland, and sec
ond in oratory at Denver.
Other individual ratings an
nounced by Bruce Kendall, di
rector of forensics, were McGaffey,
first in extemporaneous speaking
at Midland, and Overcash at tht
University of Texas.
At the University of Nebraska
conference, Jerry Igou, McGaffey,
Overcash, Miss Reimers and Miss
Jones received superior debate rat
ings. Igou won a superior in dis
cussion and Miss Reimers, a su
perior in oratory.
Law Aptitude Tests
Scheduled April 17
Aptitude tests for students who
intend to enter the University Col
lege of Law next fall will be held
beginning April 17, Dean E. O.
Belsheim announced.
The examination will be given
in two sections. The first half will
be given April 17, at 1:30 p.m., and
the second half, April 19, at 1:30
p.m. Both sessions will be In Room
201 of the Law College.
All prospective law students
must take the examination, Dean
Belsheim said. Registration should
be made at the Dean's office.
Room 208, College of Law build
ing. Minimum requirements for ad
mission to the college is 63 under-
eraduate hcnira.
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