Friday, May 23, 1958
The Doily Nebraskan
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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the qualities of an outstanding Nebraskan Leadership
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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
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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.
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