It Happened at A professor in a morning lecture mentioned that he had read somewhere that a group of local show girls were being shipped out of town. Two girls in the back of the room, obviously perturbed by the remark, got up as if to leavt the room. v "No hurry, girls," remarked the professor. "The train doesn't leave till atfernoon." Weather 'r Not j I Partly cloudy west and north Friday; cooler outh and central portions; partly ckudy and cooler Friday night; high Friday generally 65-75. vJ U w4 Vol 29, No. 86, LINCOLN, NEBRASKA Friday, May 11, 1956 ii fhm an JW am e d mm I the eon C Bites Qad J4 Pub Board Selects 11 Linda Buthman, junior in Home Economics Journalism, was select ed as the editor of the 1957 Corn husker in interviews held by the Board of Student Publications Thursday night. 'Jeanne D'Arc': Vera lorina, C nt Oil ifltfy For Program "Jeanne D'Arc au Bucher," star ring Vera Zorina, well known ac tress and ballerina, will be pre sented in the Coliseum at 8 p.m. on Sunday. Admission is free and students are urged to attend. "The show will probably be one of the best ever presented in the annual string concert series, which have included such stars as Basil Rathbone," Dr. David Foltz, Chair man of the School of Music, said. "Zorina is one of the outstanding stars of the music world." A special addition to the perform ance this year is 18 boy sopranos from the famous Boys Town Choir who will sing with the chorus. Miss Zorina, who has been called "one of the outstanding stars of our time," has appeared in Jeanne D'Arc with the New York Phil harmonic in 1953 and the Boston Symphony in 1952. The musical version of the show was written by Arthur Honegger; the text by Paul Caudel. Its first American performance was in 1949 by the View York Philharmonic Orchestra. Dr. Foltz, who will direct the performance, said that this will be the first time that any American university has attempted the pro duction. The production will include five soloists, five narrators a chorus of - 500 voices, and a full symphony orchestra, Jeanne D'Arc is the story of the French peasant girl who, in the fifteenth century, led the armies of France against the English and drove them from France, making it possible for the King of France to be crowned at Rheims. Later jealous factions accused Jeanne of being a witch and a heretic. She was tried and found guilty of these charges. Later she was given a chance to redeem herself by ad- , ZORINA mitting that she was under a spell of the devil and was not on a holy mission. She refused to do so and was condemned to burn at the stake. In 1920 she was made a saint. Hep story has inspired countless poets, 'painters and musicians throughout the centuries. Among those who have told the stories in their own medium are Barnard Shaw, Mark Twain, A n a t o 1 e France, Techaikovsky, Verdi and Maxwell Anderson. The two authors of "Jeanne D'Arc" have been outstanding fig' ures in the art world of this cen tury. Paul Caudel, who wrote the text, hai been termed "one of the finest French mystics of our timci' He is also noted as a diplomat, having served as French Ambas sador to the United States. Honegger, a French native, had considerable Influence on French music in the years following World War I. He is noted for aiding in the restoration of clarity and purity to French compositions. , Chairman Named For Round-Up Dr. Ben James, II, has been named assistant chairman of the 1956 Round-Up of the University Alumni Association. Emrnett Junge, Round Up chair man, announced that Dr. James would assist hlin in planning the three-day program to be held June 811. Special class breakfasts, recep tions and reunions have already been scheduled, Junge said. High lighting the reunion will be the an nual Alumni Luncheon, June 9, at the Student Union. If A J f' j ' -V - If- V , ' , M Janet Kuska, Home Ec junior, will serve as assistant editor and Gene Spence will be Business Manager. f our managing editors were chosen including Beverly Buck, Helen Gourlay, Marilyn Heck and Bobbie Holt. Jo Ann Bender will serve as layout editor. Spence, a sophomore in Law College will serve as Business Manager. His assistants will be Sharon Hall and Jim Whitaker. Miss Butnman s activities in clude Mortar Board Publicity chairman, Gamma Alpha Chi, Kappa Tau Alpha, Phi Upsilon Omicron, Omicron Nu, Theta Sigma Phi, AWS Board and she is a form er managing editor of the Corn husker. Miss Buthman Courtesy Lincoln Slar Spence Nebrskan Photo She is a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma. Miss Kuska is a member of Phi Upsilon Oicron and a former man aging editor, and a member of Delta Gamma. , Miss Buck is a member of Kappa Alpha Theta and is a sophomore in Arts and Sciences. Miss Gour lay is a sophomore in Teachers and a member of Delta Gamma. Miss Heck is a sophomore in the college of Arts and Sciences and is a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma. Miss Holt is a member of Chi Omega and a sophomore in Teachers. Miss Bender is a sopho more in Arts and Sciences and is a member of Delta Delta Delta. Buthman succeeds John Gour lay as editor. Pressures Used: By BARB SHARP Copy Editor Students and faculty have aca demic freedom at the University Dr. F. K. Beutel, Law College pro fessor, told the Cosmopolitan Club Wednesday evening. "The fact that you asked me about the Mitchell case, and that I do not hesitate to answer your question fully and frankly I . . fc- present, shows I that there is academic free-Courtesy Lincoln Journal dom on this Beutel campus which allows faculty and students to speak freely what they believe," Beutel said. Professor Mitchell exercised and is still exercising that freedom to its fullest extent, discussing sub' jects upon which he has the right and competence to speak, so do all the faculty and students, includ ing The Nebraskan,'' be added. Beutel went on to say, "T hat, however, is not the end of the mat ter. There are many people in this city and state who take every op portunity to interfere with our ex ercise of academic 'freedom when ever anything is said which they do not like." The offices of the Chancellor and the Deans involved receive many protests and demands that persons making such statements be fired, silenced or disciplined, he ob served. " "These demands, which every- DeWulf To Head AgExecutiveBoard .Bill DeWulf was elected presi dent of the Agriculture Executive Board at a meeting Wednesday. Walt Schmidt is vice president and Mary Sor- Jensen is the other senior hold-over member. DeWulf At f is vie e-pres-ident of Build ers, secretary of Corn Cobs, president of the Ag Un ion, and a, member of the DeVVulf Ag Religious Council, Innocents, Newman Club, Agronomy Club and Farmhouse. . Schmidt is president of the Square Dance Club and a member of Agronomy Club, Ag YM and Farmhouse. , I sVk . liii jt imJi MU Faculty Mas Fi'QQdoi' Kappa Sig Builds The new Kappa Sigma house is located at 515 North 16th St., across the street from the Resi dence Halls for Women. It has been constructed at the cost of $214,000 not including furnishings. Contests: HorseShowToOpen Farmers' Fair Friday The annual Farmer's Fair cele bration will open Friday with many additional events' scheduled to give a full week-end. The fair's activities start at 1:30 p.m. Friday with the Rodeo in the arena behind the beef barn. One of the new attractions this years is the Quarter, Horse show at the rodeo arena at 9 a.m. Saturday morning. Trophies will be awarded to the winners by the American Quarter Horse Associa tion. The show includes nine halter classes and one reining class. During the fair, students will compete for showmanship awards in four sections. Awards will be given to both junior and senior division in dairy, beef, sheep and swine sections. Saturday morning at 11 a.m., stu dents from both Ag and city cam pus will compete in special events. Contests scheduled include pie eating, tug-of-war, boot races and one knows have been powerful and persistent in the Mitchell case, often carry threats to see that the income of .the University is cut if the offender is not silenced or dis ciplined," Beutel stated. "Individual members of the Board of Regents also receive such demands, and sometimes, as in the Mitchell case, they make the mistake of yielding to them," he said. The charges by Beutel in regard to the iMtchell case are in addition to those made by Clayton Libeau, former extension economist and Dr. Don Moore, resigning as head of the physics department, printed in last Wednesday's Nebraskan. Chancellor Clifford Hardin and Dean of Faculties Adam Brecken- ridge refused to comment on Beu tel's statements. Dr. William Lam bert, Dean of Ag College, refused to comment saying he did not want to get involved in the controversy, tieutel pointed out that in the case of administrative officers, professors holding both tenure as professors and such nontenure ad ministrative offices as was the case of Mitchell, the administra tion has the legal and academic right to remove them from, the non tenure offices at will. He added, "What their motives may be are matters of policy. In Mitchell's case, whatever excuses are given, there is no doubt that somebody in authority yielded to the adverse pressures to demote him from his nontenure position as head of his department." "They gave other reasons which may or may not state their dom inating motives," he stated. They have, among other things, ques tioned "his scholarship and admin istrative ability," Beutel added. "I. do not find these reasons persua sive," he said. "There are many persons hold ing similar offices on this campus with no more talent along these lines than Mitchell, but they have not offended the type of citizens, mostly reactionaries, who like to fire football coaches and profes sors," Beutel said. He observed, "The extent to which the administration yielded to such pressures, which were present, is for their own con sciences. The way in which it hap pened Strikes me as bad policy be cause it gives an impression of yielding to outside political pres sures to punish Mitchell for his viewa." ' In Conclusion Beutel stated. "For thosewho hope that Mitchell's de motion will frighten others on the campus from exerting their aca demic freedom, I can only s;y that if that ' was their purpose in urg ing his'; demotion, it has failed." I 1 ! n - -"tsMs ,-),& vat (Nebraiknn Photo.) i The house has ah approximate capacity of 80 mery' The Kappa Sigs wHI move from their present location at 1141 II St. into the new hbiue or June 9th. shoe kicking The announcement of Goddess of Agriculture and the "Whisker King will be made at the Rodeo Satur day afternoon. Finalists for Goddess of Agri culture are Judy London, Dorthy Matzke, Marlene Hutchinson, Betty Eberhart, Sharon Egger and Lora Lee Lingren. , The finalist for whisker king are Jim Dunn, Larry Voss, Ron Bath, Pat Lainbeer, Louie Buller and Cle ment Wilke. Climaxing the end of events is the Cotton and Denim dance Sat urday night. Presentation of typi cal cowboy and cowgirl will made at the dance. . Friday 1:30 p.m. Rodeo, rodeo arena 5:30 p.m. Barbecue, College Activities building 7:30 p.m. Dairy Royal show, Horse barn Saturday 9 a.m. Block and Bridle club student showmanship contest, rodeo arena 9 a.m. Quarter .Horse show, rodeo arena 11 a.m. Special events, Col lege Activities building 11 a.m. Chuck Wagon Feed, Meats Laboratory. 1:30 p.m. Rodeo, rodeo arena (announcement of Goddess of Ag riculture and ,the Whisker King) 8:30 p.m. Cotton and Denim dance, College Activities building (announcement of the typical cow boy and cowgirl) Awards: Inspection Scheduled For ROTC The Army ROTC will hold its an nual parade for Federal Inspection on Tuesday at 3 p.m. Colonel Ce cil Land from the University of Michigan will be the inspecting of ficer. Among those making awards at the parade will be Governor Victor Anderson, Mayor Clark Jeary, Chancellor Clifford Hardin, Dean J. P. Colbert, Major General Guy Henninger, Colonel C. J. Frankfur ter and Dr. James Reinhardt. Winners of ROTC Cadet Minute Man medals at the parade Thurs day: Latham Mortenson, Walter Patterson, and Burton Weichen thai; artillery. Eldon Cole, Gary Frenzel and Robert Smith; engineering. Meyer Cohen, Joseph Jeffrey, Roger Koehn and Bernard Ostra vich; infantry. Larry Baker, Donald Hinkle, William McQuiston, Michael Segal, Richard Shugrue, Military Police. Robert Abernethy, William Ash ley, Charles Arizumi, Malvin Dohr man, Dan Farrington, Carl Jett, and Wayne Sass; ordinance. Biz Ad: Council Members Announced Representatives on the Business Administration executive council for next year were elected Wednes day. Sophomore representatives are James Whitaker .and Frank Morri son. Juniors: Raymond Devries, Mar. lyn Carlson and Betty Branch. Seniors: Jerry Rounsavell, Kyle Jeffrey and Bernard Eaton. The representative of Alpha Kap pa Psi is Alan Rosen; Delta Sigma Pi, Robert Hall, and Phi Chi Theta, JoAnn Sander. Three carry-over members are Jean Johnson, Bob Schuyler and Marilyn Staska. Miss Staska is president. . . . Says By LUCIGRACE SWITZER Copy Editor A former agricultural economics graduate student and former Uni versity staff member Thursday added to the charges that the de motion of C. Clyde Mitchell was prompted by "outside pressures." In a letter to The Nebraskan, Norman Landgren, now agricult ural economics staff member at the University of Arizona, stated: "It is impossible for me to ac cept any other reason or his de motion than the one probably ac cepted by most people familiar with the situation economic views different from those held by rela tively small but extremely power f u 1 and vocal, special-interest groups in the state." As evidence of these pressures, Landgren cited the fact that as a Courtesy Lincoln JoSftial Welsh Lambert staff member he was requested by Dean W. V. Lambert to submit -to the Dean a copy of his Master's thesis. Landgren said he was quite sure that "The request came down through channels from Regent J. LeRoy Welsh of Omaha and the Chancellor." In his letter supporting Mitchell, Landgren stated: "One of the rea sons why I resigned from the Uni versity of Nebraska staff last fall was that I felt that I had branded myself as a non-conformist and that my future there would be uncomfortable. At least I had varied enough from the graduated stereotype apparently desired by certain groups and individuals to cause some members of the Uni versity administration and a mem ber of the Board of Regents to want to review a thesis which I had written for a Master of Arts degree in the agricultural econom ics department." In a direct telephone interview with The Nebraskan, Landgren said that the incident occurred aft er he had already received the degree and was working for the University. The thesis first received com- i - A ' li in - i kti.jam Two Awards Offered: Nominations Now For 'Outstanding Nebraskan' Nominations for "Outstanding Nebraskan" may now be submit ted to The Nebraskan office, Bruce Brugmann, editor, announced Fri day. One senior or graduate student and one faculty member will be selected for the award. Both men and women may be nominated. The deadline for nominations is May 23. Winners will be announced in The Nebraskan May 25. May 21: Schedule, Rules for fall Registration Announced Early registration for the sum mer session and the first semester of 1956-1957 will take place May 21, 22 and 23 at the Military and Naval Science Building. Registration on May 21 will be from 9 a.m. to noon, and from 1 to 5 p.m. On May 22 and 23, registration will be from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. except during the noon hour. Students must consult with their advisers before these dates, ac cording to Mrs. Irma Laase, regis tration and records. All students not in the Junior division will be admitted only if they bring their work sheets. Jun ior Division students will leave two copies of their worksheets with their adviser, who will send them to the Junior Division office for processing. Beginning at 8 a.m., May 22, these Junior Division worksheets will be brought to the Military and Naval Science Building, where they will be given to Junior Di vision students when their number of hours entitles them to register. All worksheets must have the ad viser's signature. Except for Arts and Sciences students with VI to 17 J Dean Requested Thesis ment in October of 1953 when it was being prepared. Landgren said. As a graduate student he was receiving a subsidy from the Farmers Union, a fact which, he said, inadvertently involved him in the Mitchell controversy at that time. According to Landgren, Welsh made a statement to the Board of Regents to the effect that Mitchell was receiving some consideration from the Farmers' Union, a na tional farm organization. Landgren said that this would be a serious charge against a profes sor but that it was apparently "a case of mistaken identity." "Apparently, however, Welsh did not forget my thesis" (even aft er the matter was cleared up), he said, expressing the opinion that the Regent had been behind Lam bert's request. Landgren said that he did give a copy of the thesis to Dean Lam bert and that after that he "never heard a thing about it." The thesis was an analysis of the policies of major farm organ izations: the Farmers Union, the Farm Bureau and the Grange, and Officers: ruce muamann 10 Student Council Bruce Brugmann, junior in Arts and Sciences, was elected presi dent of the Student Council in their meeting Wednesday. Other officers are Don Beck, first vice-president, and Mick Neff, grwmwtr!& second vice president. Marv Breslow and B e v Deepe are the two final hold over members. Brugmann is editor of The N e b r a s kan and is a mem ber of the de Nebraskan PLsto Brugmann bate squad and Alpha Tau Omega. Beck is assistant business man ager of The Nebraskan, vice president of Corn Cobs, member of the Agriculture Dairy Club and Alpha Gamma Rho. Neff's activities include assist ant business manager of The Ne braskan and a member of Delta Tau Delta. Breslow is a member of the City Campus Religious Council, the Board of Publica tions and Sigma Alpha Mu. Miss Any student may nominate a candidate for the honor. Two "Out standing Nebraskans" are chosen each semester by the Nebraskan staff. Rules governing the selection of "Outstanding Nebraskans" will be the same as last semester. To be eligible, a student must have made outstanding contributions to t h e University, and be either a senior or a graduate student. The faculty member nominees must have hours, and Teachers College stu dents carrying from 12 to 18 hours, all students must obtain their dean's signature on their work sheets before coming to register. A tentative schedule has been set up for students to follow in planning the time when they will register. Students may register any time after their number of hours comes up, but not before that time. The schedule of hours will not be advanced, so it will not bene fit students to come, earlier than their hours earned entitles them to come. It is possible that if the number of students coming to reg ister at any one hour is greater than the Assignment Committee can handle, the "hours may not ad vance as fast as planned. Beginning at 9 a.m., Monday, May 21, students with 85 hours or more on record at the beginning of the current semester may reg ister. At 10 a.m., students with 70 hours may register. At 1 p.m., stu dents with 65 hours may register; at 2 p.m., those with 60 or more, and at 3 p.m. those with 55 hours. May 22, registration will begin (Continued m Page 4.) concerned policies affecting low in come agriculture primarily, h said. When questioned about the inci dent, Lambert at first said that h didn't think he remembered mak ing such a request, but said that the paper "might have been sub mitted to him by the student." Later he said that he had "want, ed to see a copy." Earlier in the interview, when asked if such requests were usual, Lambert said, "I don't remember making this request, but if I had done so it would be nothing ir regular." Asked about Landgren, Lambert said he knew of him and recalled the fact that he had received fi nancial support from the Farmer! Union, but said he had forgotten all details of the case. Questioned further about hii re quest and what he might have done with the thesis, the Dean said that he did not remember the de tails and that he "would prefer not to get involved in th controversy." Regent Welsh, who was also im plicated in Landgren's statement declined official comment when contacted. nei resident Deepe is president of YWCA and Theta Sigma Phi, vice-president of NUCWA and a member of Mor tar Board and Alpha XI Delta. In addition to the election f officers, the Counncil also heard a report by Gail Katskee on pro viding additional representation SC Election A run-off election to resolve the tie of Helen Gourlay and Sally Laase for representation on the Student Council from Teachers' College will be held Tuesday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Teachers' Col lege. on the Faculty Committee. She reported that the Council should go ahead in giving representation on the Library Committee, but that the question of the large comittee would have to be post poned. The Council also accepted the constitution of Towne Club and Tassels and heard a report on the Student Council polls taken in the spring elections concerning the tribunal and the honor sys tem. Requested served at least two years as a staff member. Anyone may make nominations. Letters of nomination must be sub mitted in writing and signed by the person making the nomination. Names of persons making nomina tions will be confidential. The letter of nomination becomes the property of The Nebraskan and any or all parts of the nomina tion letter are subject to re print in The Nebraskan. Candidates for the award may not be associated with The Ne braskan in any way, such as staff members, reporters, columnists or members of the Faculty-Student Sub-Committee on Student Publi cations. The winners of the award will be selected by the paid staff mem bers of The Nebraskan. Letters of nomination may be turned in to the Nebraskan office, Room 20 in the Student Union. Winners of the "Outstanding Ne braskan" award last semester were Dr. Arthur Westbrook, pro fessor of music and director of University Singers, and John Gour lay, senior in Arts and Sciences. Dr. Westbrook came to the Uni versity in 1939. He received an Honorary Doctor of Music degree from Albion College, Albion, Mich., in 1926. He is recognized as an out- Pictures All pictures borrowed from the Union picture lending library must be returned to Room 211, Union, by 5 p.m. Wednesday, May 16th. standing musician in the "Who's Who" of musicians and music edu cators. Westbrook is retiring st the end of this spring. Gourlay is Cornhusker editor, past president of Innocents, past vice-president of .Inter-fraternity Countil, past vice-president of Beta Theta Pi, past Student Council treasurer, and a member of Corn Cobs.