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Friday, May 23, 1958 The Doily Nebraskan Page 3 i 4s 4.. J i- i. 5-'N: ' ' 'if, '.I - .. p-ii m 1 f 1 it. l 4 f i iw , . , . Cm il- t. W hummmii im.mrnHM mm mil PBK and Sigma Xi Weaver i i- ,u-r-tT-f t . 4l Snider Named President Of Union Managers Board Jack Snider, s 'distant profes sor of music, was named as President of the Student Un ion Board of Managers at the Union banquet last night. Other new officers are: Burt Weichenthal, first vice president; Mrs. Richard Smith, second vice-president; Arnold Magnuson, secretary (re-elected). New Members Charles Miller, Norman . Geske, Robert Slater and Esther Meacham, other new board members, were also presented at the banquet. The new members were appoint ed by the Chancellor. Terry Mitchem, Union ac tivities board vice-president, presented gifts to the retiring Board of Managers members 0. J. Anderson, Wcs Meierhenry, U. E. Wen dorff and Dean Charles Mil ler. Dr. David Foltz, chairman of the department of music was given the Union . Board of Managers Key for distin guished service as a past board member Lake Honored A special gift was presented to Duane Lake, Union Man aging Director, in appre ciation of his service and loyalty to the campus and Uniot.. Activities director, Bob Handy, gave recognition to the 13 students who served MAY Outstanding Nebraskans discuss summer plans Photo by Lyman Cass, KAM pauses between classes on the 1957 Board of Mana gers. The new Union Activities board and John West, distin guished service award win ner pf 1957-58, were recog n i z e d by Dorothy Beech ner, new president of the Ac tivities Board. Bob Herman, 1958-59 presi dent of the Ag Activities Board, presented the Ag dis tinguished service award win ner of 1957-58 Roger Wehr bein and the new Ag Activi ties Board. Fr. Schuster Leaves NU Msgr. George Schuster, Newman Club chaplain at the University, has been trans ferred to St. Michael s Parish in Hastings. He will be succeeded by Msgr. Charles Keenan, pres ent pastor of St. Michael's. Msgr. Schuster has been chaplain of the University Newman Club for 19 years. While at the University, he supervised the conversion of the property at 1602 Q Street into a chapel, club headquar ters and chaplain's residence. Msgr. Keenan was assistant at Blessed Sacrament Parish in Lincoln and St. Celilia's in Hastings. He has been pastor of St. Michael's Parish since 1945. ECOSMS CCL 01 KhKm UnUn 23 & 24 Photo by Lyman Cut, KAM Top Huskers Picked 'Fair Prof, PBK Athlete Get Nod A nationally known professor with an open door policy for his students and an athlete with an 8.1 average these are the men picked for Outstanding Nebraskans. Prof. Ferris Norris, chairman of the electrical engineer ing department and Art Weaver, senior in pre-med both exemplify the quality of versatility necessary for the Out standing Nebraskan title. Ferris Norris . "A professor must always be willing to encourage his students. He should always teach in such a way to instill desire to go ahead. It doesn't matter so much in what sub ject just that they go ahead independently." That's how Prof. Norris pic tured his conception of how an instructor should act. The letter nominating Prof. Norris said this of him: "I have never met a stu dent who has had a class un der Mr. Norris who has not had praise and respect for him, both as an individual and as a teacher. His inter est and enthusiasm for his su ject are infectious. His lec tures are always well pre pared and show the amount of time and thought he puts into tnem. Fair and Honest He has the ability to clarify dithcult subjects. He is fair, honest and patient with all. He always has time to help a student with any problem he may have. As a result, no student can come in contact with him without wanting to do tneir very best for him." Prof. Norris is a University man all the way. After his graduation from here in 1916. he left Lincoln for only four years to work for G e n e r a 1 Electric. He returned in 1920 and has spent the next 38 years as a faculty member here. During his undergraduate days here, he became a menv ber of Sigma Tau, engineering honorary and Sigma Xi, scl ence honorary. Besides his chairmanship of the largest department in the College of Engineering and Architecture, Prof. Norris is adviser to some 136 students. Leader Prof. Norris has been a leader in several profession al societies. He was a nation al vice president of the In stitute of Radio Engineers, chairman of the Nebraska section of the American In stitute of Electrical Engineers president of the Lincoln En gineering Club and member of the American Society for Engineering Education, and president of the University chapter of Sigma Xi. The "most troublesome" part of his job is finding fac ulty members, says the medi um-sized man with the steely grey hair. His department, like most others, has difficul ty finding enough qualified staff members, he said. Pharmacists Pick Lambert Editor Ted Lambert, sophomore in Pharmacy, has been named editor of "The Scru ple," College of Pharmacy magazine, at the final meet ing of the University student branch of the American Phar maceutical Association. Other members of the staff are: assistant editors, Joseph Langan and John Dirksen; business manager, Eugene Vejraska; news editors, James Liska, Robert Lund, Lester Reemts, Gerald Horn back, James Dryden and Robert Hays. UI P 8:30 P.M. TICKETS $1.80, Weaver Seeks MD Weaver, who has been suc cessful in all phases of Uni versity undergraduate life, looks like the typical All American. The tall tennis player this spring walked up the aisle during the Honor's Convoca tion to accept the Boucher award for the senior athlete having the highest scholastic award. A member of both Phi Beta Kappa and Sigma XI, he also wore the hood of an In nocent this year. Weaver, who followed his brother Walt, a 1952 Univer sity graduate into member ship in Phi Beta Kappa, cre dits his brother with fostering his interest in tennis. Weaver was a three-year letter man in the sport. After his four years at Northwestern College of Medi cine. Weaver will apain mm his brother in tacking an m. D. alter his name. Didn't Expect It "It's an honor I didn't ex pect. I think there are others more deserving," was Weav er's reaction to being named "Outstanding Nebraskan." He is similarly modest ahnnt his powerful average. I think anyone can main- tain an average like thnt it they just keep up," he said. During his four years at the University, the tall senior has participated in an impressive list ot activities. He was pres ident of AUF. a member of N Club, Arts and Sciences representative to the Student Council, member nf Thpta Nu pre-med honorary, Alpha Kappa Delta sociology hon orary, and Phi Delta Theta. Zoology Major He has maiored in zooIopv and minored in chemistry and economics. The letter nominating Wea ver states: In summarv. Art has achieved success in almost every aspect of campus life. His example will serve as an ideal to those Nebraskans who follow him. He is. without a doubt, the most 'Outstanding Nebraskan'. He deserves this award and would wear it with the greatest credit to our Uni versity. NU Entry Places In Essay Contest MercaDee Bonde, junior in agriculture, has been named as a winner of the Reed & Barton "Scholarship Competition."- Her essay was selected as the best entry from the Uni versity by Reed & Barton's Scholarship Advisory Board, composed of the deans of 16 leading universities and col leges. Her prize consists of a "starter set" of Silver Sculp ture sterling, Franciscan chi na and Fostoria crystal, val ued at about $50. Miss Bonde was one of 105 essay writers out of over 8,500 entries from throughout the U: S. selected for the award. Prof. Norris simplifies this electrical maze I: , . . Art Weaver demonstrates In relations with his ...... . ...;:':V:. ..via. .(:iSSKi.: i I . J f i . - J"" - - - i I SnS , t ?' ifNiW8ft.-& w , t mmm.mimm4 Gratis Caps', Goivns, Tell Story NU Follows Rules OK'd By 700 Schools The caps and gowns worn in formal academic affairs at Nebraska University to day are the direct desend ants of the everyday cos tumes worn in the universi ties of medieval England. Each school had its pe culiar dress so that an Ox ford man could be distin guished from a Cambridge man, or a divinity student from a layman. Because of the tre mendous growth of Ameri can colleges and the confu sion that would result if each were to adopt a dis tinct costume, the "Inter collegiate Bureau of Aca demic Costume" was or ganized. The Bureau has ex tablished a uniform code which over 700 institutions have adopted. Harvard, practically alone, still clings to its own traditional cos tume. The distinctions of the Code are simple. There are three types of gowns and three types of hoods for S1.50, S1.20 tsmf ' hiiii aw n-" mm " 1 o V.-1flllMliiH8ili:-. . ..... Photo by Lyman Caaa, KAM the qualities of an outstanding Nebraskan Leadership i students, Prof. Norris has been doctors respectively. The bachelor's gown has a long pointed sleeve; whereas the master's gown has a long sleeve, square at the end with an arc of a circle just above the bottom. The doctor's gown is char acterized by a voluminous bell shaped sleeve on which appear three velvet bars. The hood, it seems, is the most important and distinc tive feature of the Code. The hoods for all degrees are lined with silk in the official academic color or colors. The edging is vel vet; the color of edging de pends on the course or fac ulty to which the degree per tains. The lining is exposed when the hood is worn. For example, a doctor of philosophy of the University of Nebraska will wear a hood whose lining is scar let above the cream-white, indicating Nebraska, and trimmed with a blue vel vet for philosophy. The doc tor's hood has wide panels wwmn Him Available at Auditorium Box Office or from Kosmet Klub Fhoto Ly Lymu Can, KAM i' ' Phot by Lyman Can. KAM especially noteworthy. at the side and is easily recognized since, of th three types of hoods, it has the widest velvet edging, greatest length, and fullest exposure of the lining. The black mortarboard cap with tassel is worn with each type of gown. Those holding a doctor's degree are privileged to wear a gold tassel. Masters and bachelors wear tassels that are either black or the color of the appropriate course in which they are being graduated. The com mencement Marshals at Ne braska wear cardinal tas sels. Some of the colors which may be observed at the spring commencement and which symbolize various courses or faculties are: Arts and letters, white; Dentistry, lilac; Education, light blue; Engineering, or ange; Science, golden yel low; Humanities, scarlet; Law, purple; Music, pink; Philosophy, blue. Workers.