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UNIveT'nr OF NE3R. .'ARY AnothcJiraS-iiity? "Ml "lambda Chi's m Show Interest IDA Will another national fra ternity move onto the Univer sity campus? Frank Hallgren, associate dean of men, announced in a letter read to the members of the IFC Wednesday eve ning that Lambda Chi Alpha has contacted the University, stating their interest in rein stating their chapter on cam . pus. Former Chapter The Lambda Chi's had an active chapter on campus from 1919 until the school year of 1939-1940. Hallgren's letter suggested that the Nebraska delegates to the National Intcrfratef nity Council contact Cyril F. Flad, executive director o f Lambda Chi. Two Groups Will Bid For Book Representatives from two Journalism professionals will present their ideas concerning the IFC Rush Book next Wednesday to the Interfra larnity Council. Vice President Bob Blair announced that delegations from Sigma Delta Chi, men's journalism professional and Theta Sigma Phi, women's professional, met with the Executive Committee last Wednesday evening. After the ideas will be ore- tented, the Council will vote for a group to handle the book, Blair said. Sigma Delta Chi has been in charge of the book for the past four years. Blair said the Rush Book will be finished and ready for mailing by June 1, I960. Workshop Features Humphrey Sen. Hubert Humphrey of Minnesota will speak at the trict Democratic workshop Saturday. The meeting will be held at the Sheraton-Fontenelle Hotel in Omaha. Registration begins at 9 a.m. Humphrey will speak at the dinner at 7 p.m. and Gov. Ralph G. Brooks will speak at the luncheon. The workshop is designed to teach new organization techniques at the pre cinct and county level, re cruitment of workers and candidates, fund raising, and election day activities. Dinner tickets are $5.00 each, $4.00 for students, and $2.50 each for luncheon tick ets. Anyone interested in attend ing the meeting should con tact either Don Geis at the Beta Theta Pi house or Ross Greathouse at the Kappa Sig ma house. One Extra Hour; Sixty Cents, Please Women's hours at 1:30 a.m. tonight for coeds whose dates have 60 cents to spare. Mortar Boards will col lect a penny from girls' dates for every minute the coeds are out after regular 12:30 closing hours. Rag Flubbed; Registration Jan. 5-8 Registration worksheets are due the week of Jan. 5 through Jan. 8, not before Christmai as an article in Wednesday's Daily Nebras kan reported. Business Administra tion and Agricultural College students are to leave their worksheets with their deans. Students in Junior Division may leave their worksheets with their advisors. All other worksheets are to be turned in to the Regis trar's office, 208 Administra tion. Cards will be pulled by the office according to the number of hours the student has earned as of Sept. 14, and in the order in which the worksheets are received. Seniors may bring their worksheets to the Registrar's office Jan. 5; juniors, Jan. 6; sophomores, Jan. 7, and freshmen, Jan. 8. Late worksheets will be ac cepted Jan. 11. Students whose worksheets have not been received by this date will have to wait until Jan. 29 to pull cards and pay fees. IFC Vice President Bob Blair reported that he , had talked with Flad at the meet ing which was held during the Thanksgiving vacation. Blair reported that Flad showed interest in bringing Lambda Chi back to NU, but "they are in no hurry." Recommendation Wished Lambda Chi wants to wait for a recommendation from the IFC concerning .the prop er time for them to come on campus,, Blair said. Blair pointed out that above all the Lambda Chi's don't want to create any hard feelings with other fraterni ties. The IFC decided to contact Flad and hold off any action until the statistics of next fall's Rush Week can be studied. Blair said that he would invite a member of Lambda Chi to visit the campus dur ing Rush Week next fall. Distribution Of Booklet On NIC Soon A complete report of the activities of the National In terfraternity Council Conven tion is being printed for dis tribution to all fraternities, IFC vice president Bob Blair announced Wednesday. The, 10-page booklet will give reports on various panel and clinic discussions which were heard at the convention in New York during Thanks giving vacation. "The convention brought out many problems in the fra ternity system throughout the United States and I think each fraternity will benefit by studying these problems," Blair said. The reports will be deliv ered to the houses before Christmas vacation, Blair said. 'Dear Aim' To Address Convocation Advice Writer Speaks Monday Ann Landers, advice col umn writer, will speak at a University School of Journal ism convocation at 1 p.m. Monday in the Indian Suite of the Student Union, Dr. Wil liam E. ,Hall, director of the School of Journalism, an nounced. The convocation will be open to all students, Dr. Hall said. Journal Sponsors Her appearance in Lincoln is sponsored by . the Lincoln Journal. Immediately preceding the convocation, all journalism 7 " ' V1' Miss Landers seniors and faculty members will be euests of the Lincoln Journal at a luncheon in Miss Landers' honor, Dr. Hall said. While in Lincoln, she will appear before two assemblies at Lincoln high schools, ur. Hall added. Miss Landers, who in real life is Mrs. Jules Lederer of Chicago, was born in Siou Citv. Ia.. and attended Morn- ingside College at Sioux City where she majored in psycho logy and journalism - 20.000 Letters Nationally distributed by the Chicago Sun Times Syndi cate, the Ann Landers column receives more than 20,000 let ters a month. 'Miss Landers is the sister of another advice columnist Abigail Van Buren, author of "Dear Abby." Prior to Nikita K h r u s h chev's visit to America, she toured the Soviet Union and wrote a series entitled "I Saw What Communism Is Do ing to the Russian People." 1)?wxwmti9u' .v v,mmimmmmtm If l Vol. 34, No. 45 Union Brings By Herb Probasco A relatively minor incident involving bid-letting by the Student Union for background music in the Union has mushroomed into criticism of the purchasing procedures of the University. Herbert Burton, general manager of radio station KFMQ, objected to the ac tions of the University follow ing the University's accept ance of a competing firm's bid. So Noel I y 1 "A W " V 'V - ; I jC: ) ' ' . v,iy f tV i - if '(h y J . 'f ' it P - 4 1 I wMte(&xrt&&m , - , n inn, rm , 1 1, mmmm h M -, , , THEATRE TREE Alice Baumgartner takes time be tween acts of University Theatre's "Misalliance" to help trim the Howell "Christmas tree." Called a "puce tree" by the Theatre crew because of its greenish color, all the ornaments on it have a symbolic value. The lit tle card hanging from the (trees adds an explanation to "Misalliance," which opened Wednesday night at Howell continues at 8 p.m. tonight and Saturday evening. Union Groups Agree: Actions Misunderstood Chairmen of the Union Advisory Board and ActivK ties committee agreed Thurs day both had "misunder stood" the other's actions dealing with a suggested in vestigation of selection meth ods for students on the Stu dent Union Activities com mittee and committee chair manships. In response to an article in the Friday Daily Nebraskan announcing the investigation, the Student Union Activities Committee sent a letter to Advisory members on Wednesday slating: Disband? "The Executive Committee of the Student Union Board of Managers will meet with the Advisory cabinet to clar ify and define the cabinet's constitution and function as an organization." The letter further stated that the Advisory members would be notified about the Wednesday meeting and said, "Until such a meeting has taken place, the Advisory Cabinet shall not conduct any official business." Chairman of the Advisory Board, Sam Jensen, told Karen Peterson, chairman of the Activities committee, he thought the letter prohibited the board from meeting and asked what perrogative her committee had to take such action. Miss Peterson explained her committee did not intend to disband the board and add ed," There has been a mis understanding of the Board's intent and I would be willing to call a meeting for further clarification of the Activities Committee's intent in our ac tion." ' She continued," The story .n the Nebraskan was the first we heard about the Board's investigation and we u Background Music Bidding Criticism of NU Purchasing Burton said he may Invoke a law entitling citizens to have access to public records to find out why he didn't get the contract for his firm, Q-Sonics, operated in conjunc tion with KFMQ. "I can't understand why everyone ,in authority is so secretive "about.it," he com mented. "When the contract was awarded to another com pany," Burton pointed out, "I asked why and was given reasons ranging from the fact Already' felt we should have been in formed." She added that the letter was meant to express the Continued on Page 4 Video Varieties'' Worth 500 Labor Hours "Video Varitetiesi" the Kos met Klub Fall Revue show will be presented tonight at 8 p.m. at Pershing Auditori um. The show, which consists of five skits and three traveler acts, is the result of more than 500 hours of work by both active KK members and workers. 7V 'Take-Off's The skits, presented by Sigma Phi Epsilon, Theta Xi, Phi Kappa Psi, Kappa Sigma and Beta Theta Pi, are "take offs" on TV shows. Themes range from the "Mickey Mouse Club" to "Arthur Mur ray Dance Paty". Voting for Nebraska Sweet heart and Prince Kosmet will take place during the in termission and before the show. Presentation of the winners will occur directly after the end of the show. Student identification and a ticket will be required to vote. In preparation for the pre sentation of the Revue, plans were started last spring. The contract with Pershing was signed during the latter pdrt of the spring semester. Ap proximately 18 workers for Kosmet Klub sold more than $700 in advertising for finan cial backing of the show. Final Presentation The workers also built the "sets of the five entrants in the show, which approached the 300-man hour mark in la bor. Workers and active members ' worked approxi mately 380 man-h ours LINCOLN, NEBRASKA that I don't provide rock 'n roll music to the myth that only one channel can be obtained through my serv ice." Bennett Defends' Allen Bennett, managing director of the Union, defend ed against the charges, and Carl Donaldson, business manager of the University and Purchasing Agent Eugene Ingram backed Ben nett. Bennett said, "It is unfortu nate that the person who was not afforded the contract can not see fit to accept the de cision as it stands. The man agement feels it acted in good faith on behalf of the Nebraska Union and that it has displayed necessary at tention to moral integrity and high business standards nec essary in operating as com plex a business as the Ne braska Union." He pointed out, "Last sum mer, in the months of June Library Hours Extended, Maybe By Mike Milroy Hours at Love Library may be extended in the very near future. The Student Council re ceived this report from the library committee at its Wednesday meeting. Fran Spoeneman, chairman of the committee, told the Council her committee has compiled a report which will be direct ed to the University Adminis tration. Several Reports This report concerning the extension of hours will in clude a report of student opinion collected by Council members, a report received from Frank A. Lundy, Uni v e r s i t y Libraries Direc tor, and a recommendation from the council that "Love Library hours be extended from 9:20 to 11 p.m. Monday through Thursday, and from 6 to 11 p.m. on Sunday." Council accepted the report. An excerpt from Lundy's report stated "if funds can be found for the purpose we should be pleased to put the plan into effect for the spring semester of 19G0 at a cost of $1,890 on the library budget, plus police and custodial costs, and for the month of January in preparation for the first semester student ex aminations at an additional library cost of $472." The report stated further Kosmet Wednesday and Thursday night in preparation for the final presentation. Printing the programs for the show required approxi mately 25 hours. This total r & : ,tl 1 . i- W f. " .V4v U I I Vh It- - ' , - it Km.- r' w k '! ; i'f ::m-- I x 1 I I uil ii'v ;'m 'V-. m i V ' j imti Mtr-nl iniii-iin.miJ t - - ' ' "ft uiimwumh h i mmu m 'm ' ninrimrmi nnmiiitr" Tr-- PILLOW FIGHT AT THE PERSHING Members of Theta Xi seem to have a slight disagreement on who will get the pillow during practice of their Kosmet Klub Fall Revue skit, "Faith Hopes Char and July, the Union was in a position to want to negoti ate with providers of back ground music to secure their services. Eight-Year Contract ' "We have had for eight years or better, a standing contract with Program Serv ice to provide "Muzak" and have had their product in use in our various food serv ice areas and in the ball room. "Initial negotiations were, as is very normal in a busi ness dealing, of verbal nature. It came to our attention (the management of the Union) that another supplier of mu sic was in the city, who con tacted Duane Lake (manag ing director of the Union who resigned last summer) and subsequently, myself, to let me know that he had a serv ice available. "It was deemed advisable by the management of the Union at this time to ask the that "it is the opinion of those who are responsible for library administration that the students have a valid point in criticizing the eve ning closing hour. 'Thoughtful Attention' "Under Associate Director Farley's guidance the heads of the public service divisions have given this proposal thoughtful attention with re gard to desirability, feasibil ity and cost. All are in agree ment with the students as to desirabil ty. "The Library's Public Service Committee would propose to divide the evening schedule at 9 p.m. with re spect to type of service of fered. Professional service would be available until 9 p.m. From 9 until 11 p.m. selected students would be in charge." Documents, social studies, education and reserve would remain open on the third floor and humanities, science loan and the stairway control desk would remain open on second floor. Borrowing priv ileges would continue to be available at the loan desk, re serve desk and the control desk. The proposed extension of 13 hours would cost an esti mated $104 a week, or $1,768 for a semester. Additional costs listed were shelving books, custodial care and campus police patrol. Klub includes time used for layout work. , Clark Nelson, chairman in charge of the Fall Revue, has worked an estimated 65 80 hours in the planning and Friday, December 11, 1959 representative of this second service (Q-Sonics) to formal ize his offerings in the form of a letter directed to me," he explained, "upon which I could carry these negotiations further through the normal purchasing channels of the University." Bennett noted, "The install er of the speaker system had to know what type of music service would be installed so that he could proceed with tne contract. "To the best of my knowl edge the Union management, the Purchasing Dept. and the administration of the Univer sity have followed good busi ness procedure. 1 "It is my personal opinion that we have made a choice of the most suitable product, based on price and quality of the service," he added. Ingram had "no comment" other than that he said he would support Bennett. Donaldson also refused to comment further than, "I will go by what Bennett said. Asked for Files Burton said he had asked to see files concerning the matter, including copies of the contract and bid pro posals. He stated that he was re ferred to Board of Regents President Clarence E. Swan son. Swanson said the Regents were given a full report re garding the procedure of the Purchasing Dept. and the Union officials. "The Board felt," Swanson explained, "that the Pur chasing Dept. had the right to make a decision based on the needs of the Union." After the meeting, he said, he called Burton to his office and "reviewed with him the entire mater." Burton did "not at that time" ask to see the lecords, Swanson stated., Confer With Attorney "He did call me on the phone Tuesday," Swanson continued, "and I said I would find out if there were records and if these records were available." Swanson explained that he was going to confer with the Board's attorney to see if the records were available since they involved Student Union funds and not tax money. "I feel the Purchasing Dept. acted within its au thority," he said. The matter is scheduled to be reviewed by the Regents at a meeting next Thursday, he noted. Burton told the Daily Ne braskan Thursday night, "I am concerned with the ethics involved and I feel that an injustice has been done." organization of the show and the selection of the skits. Bona Tebo Hayes was hired by the Klub to act as a pro fessional director for the skit! as an added expense. ity," or "Dirty Dan Dalrymple Done Her Dirt or "The Return of Strongheart" The skit, along with four othrs, will be pre sented at 8 p.m. tonight at Pershing Auditorium.