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Poll: Nixon Picked by Most to Wi
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By Jerry Lamberson
Kennedy, collected only 24
votes. Adlai Stevenson and
Sen. Hubert Humphrey
each received one vote as
nine questionnaires were
marked undecided.
The following questions
were asked:
With what political party
do you associate yourself?
Which candidate for
President from this party
are you supporting?
Whom do you think will
be the Republican Presi
dential candidate?
If the general election
were held tomorrow, which
of these two candidates do
you think would win?
Whom do you think .will
be elected president in No
vember? To the question of whom
would be elected if the elec
tion were held tomorrow,
60 per cent responded with
Nixon. Kennedy was named
by 25, Humphrey by two,
and Gov. Nelson Rockefel
ler, Stevenson and Gov.
Ralph Brooks were named
by one.
Ten Non-Partisan
Fifty percent of those
questioned stated that they
' were associated with t h e
Republican Party while 40
per cent were associated
with the Democratic Party.
The other ten per cent
claimed non-partisanship.
As to the question of
whom they thought would
be the Republican Presi
dential candidate, 92 per
cent responded with Nixon.
State Sen. Terry Carpen
ter and Rockefeller each re
ceived one per cent.
Sixty eight per cent
thought that the Democrat
ic candidate would be Ken
nedy. His closest opponent
was Humphrey who was
named by seven per cent.
Others named were Stuart
Symington five, Sevenson
five and Lyndon Johnson
one.
Party Breakdown
A breakdown of the par
ties showed that tho Repub
licans felt that Kennedy
would be their major oppon
net. Of the 50 Republicans
34 thought that Kennedy
would be the Democratic
nominee.
Only three of the Repub
licans thought that Kennedy
would be elected President
in November, and only one
' thought that he could win if
the election were tomorrow.
Thirty-six of the 40 Demo
crats stated that Nixon
would be their chief com
petitor. However, only nine of
them thought that Nixon
would win the election in
November.
University students
strongly predict that Vice
President Richard M. Nix
on will win the Presidential
election in November.
This was the finding of a
Daily Nebraskan poll taken
recently of a cross-section
of 100 students.
Nixon Gets 65
Nixon compiled 65 per
cent of 100 votes while his
chief opponent Sen. John
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Vol. 34, No. 60
Problems? Tell
Mortar Boards
Raymond
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By Herb Probasco '
Ann Landers has . nothing
on eight senior women who
recently moved into the Wom
en's Residence Halls.
The girls are members of
Mortar Board, senior wom
en's honorary, who are inau
gurating a unique program of
personal counseling for fresh
men women.
Semester Break
The eight counselors moved
into the dorm during semes
ter break. They are Karen
Peterson, Dorothy Glade, Di
ana Maxwell, Sue Schnabel,
.Gretchen Sides, Polly Doer
ing, Jane Savener and Grtt
chen Saeger.
"You might call us guinea
pigs," noted publicity chair
man Miss Sides, who ex
plained that after this se
mester the program will
have nothing to do with Mor
tar Boards.
As far as the selection of
couriers and the establish
ment of a program in future
semesters, "it is out of our
hands," Miss Sides ' said.
Concrete Proposals
However, it is hoped that
concrete proposals for a
permanent program will
come out of this semester's
experiment, she added.
Raymond Hall (the center
building) was the section of
the dorm selected for the
program, and 18 girls have
been assigned to each Mortar
Board.
The counselors will spend
time with each of their coun
selees, aiding them in sched
uling their study time, advis
ing them on how to take an
active part i n campus and
dorm activities, advising them
regarding social life and try
ing to improve communica
tion between the dorm staff
and the counselees.
Possible Experimentation
"Raymond was chosen be
cause we thought we could
sell that hall as a possible
place of experimentation for
the University," Miss Sides
said.
"There was no discrimina
tion in the selection," 's h e
noted, although there was no
housemother or graduate
counselor in Raymond at the
time.
A housemother will take
over her duties in that hall
Sunday, she said. After that
the counselors will have lobby
duty, which requires at least
one girl to be in the lobby
at all times to assist fresh
men in all halls.
Miss Sides stressed the fact
Miller and Paine
To Host Annual
Faculty Exhibit
The annual faculty art ex
hibit will be held in the Miller
and Paine , auditorium this
week.
The exhibition of paintings,
sculpture and prints is part
of a continuous program of
personal creative work and
exhibitions, explained Peter
Worth, art department chair
man. David Seyler, associate pro
fessor of art and an exhibitor
in the show, recently returned
from a year in Florence, Italy
on a Woods fellowship.
Gail Butt, also a Woods
fellowship recipient, will
study in Japan during the
coming" academic year.
Miss Butt is represented in
the exihibition by abstract oils
and watercolors.
Other exhibitors included
are instructors Tom Schmitt
and Jeanne Richards; Thom
as Sheffield, and Richard
Trickey and Fred Spaulding,
associate professor of art.
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that the counselors are not
"policemen."
Obey Rules
"We obey all rules just like
everyone else," she said. This
includes observing quiet hours
and time limitations.
However, the Mortar
Boards can issue campuses
to the freshmen and slips to
instructors to explain a girl's
absence if she missed class
because of illness or any valid
reason, Miss Sides explained.
The biggest problem en
countered by the counselors
so far, she said, is that of
meeting each of their 18 coun
selees. At a general meeting of
the freshmen, the Mortar
Boards were formally intro
duced, but since the semes
ter started class conflicts and
other engagements have
slowed the getting acquainted
process, Miss Sides pointed
out.
However, most of the coun
selees have met their coun
selors, she added, and the
rest are planning to get to
gether as soon as possible.
Good Vehicle
"We have discovered that
food, such as the smell of
popcorn coming from a room,
provides a good vehicle for
meeting the girls," she com
mented. Miss Sides noted that the
counselees are "quite
friendly, well poised and per
fectly normal."
To three of the counselors
the experience of living in a
dorm is their first. Miss Pet
ersen, Miss Glade and Miss
Schnabel are all Lincoln stu
dents. "Being confined to so small
an area," was the main thing
Miss Schnabel said she ' had
to adjust to after living at
home for three and a half
years.
.Signing Out
Signing in and out is also
causing a certain amount of
confusion for the Lincoln
girls, who find themselves
running back to the sign out
sheet after they've already
left.
"I could never find a wash
ing machine at first," Miss
Schnabel noted.
The freshmen find that the
program is definitely benefit
ing them.
One of the counselees, Kim
Pohlman, said, "I think it's
working out fine. I really like
it, because they (the Mortar
Boards) can help us with
problems about activities and
studying," she added.
PA JAMA GAME Some 50-60 University
students tried out Saturday for parts in the
Kosmet Klub spring show, "The Pajama
Game," which will be presented March 25
, and 26 at Pershing Municipal Auditorium.
Looking over parts are, from left to right,
Sharon Anderson, Gary Kahler, Norm Rig
ors. Marian JJrajlon,, Gary Kramer and
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA
NEW DEAL Talking with Mortar Board
counselors Gretchen Sides and Gretchen
Saeger are freshmen Marlene Plautz,
Margie Feese, Judy Larsen and Shirley
Keszler. Eight members of the senior
RAM Spring Dance
Might Be Cancelled
. . . Eason Presents Activity Plan
RAM Council president
Tom Eason, last week said
he was seriously considering
recommending to RAM social
director John Nasi, that the
RAM annual Spring Dance be
cancelled.
Eason said, "The activity
council has been the only
council which has worked
well this year, due largely to
John Flory's personal drive.
"I realize, he said, "that
the social council had its
Museum Director
To Be Speaker
At Science Meet
Dr. C. Bertrand Schultz will
be the featured speaker at
the meeting of Sigma Xi, na
tional honorary science soc
iety, in Bessey Hall Auditoium
at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday.
Dr. Schultz, director of the
State Museum, will speak on
"Fossil Hunting Today and
Yesterday."
Dr. Schultz, who has been
associated with the Museum
since 1927, was made direc
tor in 1941 and has been a Re
search Associate in the Frick
Laboratory, American Mu
seum of Natural History since
1932.
Actively engaged in a wide
range of research in geology
and vertebrate paleontology,
Dr. Schultz has lectured wide
ly on both popular and profes
sional topics.
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problems, in particular the
resignation in mid-term of
the elected social director,
Gordon Mankin.
"If Nasi is not adequately
supported in his position, I
am seriously considering rec
ommending to him that the
Spring Dance be canncelled'"
Eason added.
In other action at Selleck
Quadrangle, Robb Steinheid
er was named new RAM vice
president and treasurer.
At the last main RAM cab
inet meeting, Eason present
ed a proposed plan for in
crasing house activity.
Called HELP, which stands
for House Experimental
Long-range Program, it has
been referred to a cabinet
committee which intends to
present its findings at the
RAM meeting Feb. 15.
Faculty Subjects:
Science, Morality
"Science and Morality" is
the subject for discussion at
the Faculty Round Table
meeting tonight in the Stu
dent Union.
The cafeteria dinner will
be at 6 p.m. and the meeting
will begin at 7 p.m. in 332
and 334.
Professors Saul Epstein,
physics, and Norman Crom
well, chemistry, and the Rev.
Peter Raible will lead the dis
cussion directed to the ques
tion, "What can science con
tribute to morality?"
in the foreground, Mrs. Bonna Tebo Hayes,
dramatics director. Mrs. Hayes, musical
director Bill Hatcher and dance director
Mrs. Sally ilove, termed the talent "out
standing." The cast will be announced as
soon as eligibility checks can be made, ac
cording to Don Epp, Kosmet Klub public
ity chairman.
Monday, February 8,
women's honorary have moved into the
Residence Halls for Women and are in
augurating the counseling program. (Story
at left)
Zasu Pitts
To Address
GOP Women
Zasu Pitts, stage, screen
and television star will be
the featured women's speaker
for 1960 Republican Founders'
Day activities Mar. 28.
Miss Pitts, one of the first
ladies of the screen, will
speak at a luncheon for GOP
women in the University Coli
seum. Mrs. W. H. Hase-
broock, Founders' Day senior
vice-president, announced.
"Miss Pitts is vitally inter
ested in the Republican cause
and good government in the
United States," Mrs. Hase
broock said.
Vice-President Richard M.
Nixon will be the main speak
er at the Founders' Day din
ner that evening in the Coli
seum. KK Directors Issue
Show Cost Recall
Kosmet Klub directors is
sued a call back late Sun
day night for those students
who tried out Saturday for
the parts of "S 1 d" and
"Babe" in "The Pajama
Game."
Those students asked to
return tonight at 7:30 p.m.
in the Student Union are
Beverly Lucke , Paula
Knepper, Sandra Johnson,
Lou Lawson, Gary Kahler
and Wayne Robertson.
Rifle Team Adds
Ten Men to Ranks
Ten men have been selected
members of the Army ROTC
rifle team.
The new members are Mar
vin Cox, Conley Cleveland,
Frederick Evans, Michael
Flannigan, John Henkle, Ir
vin Halsch, William Holland,
James Moore, Charles Sou
kup and Andris Staklis.
Coed Counselor Filings
Begin Today, End Friday
Application forms for po
sitions on Coed Counselors
Board are available begin
ning today in 345 Student
Union and the Ag Union.
Filings must be made by
5 .m. Friday and interviews
will be held Saturday.
In order to be eligible for
a position an applicant must
be a junior or senior woman
with experience as a Coed
Counselor Big Sister, have
a 5.7 cumulative average
and meet the eligibility re
quirements for participation
in activities as stated in Uni
versity regulations.
The Coed Counselor Board
consists of 10 members plus
the president and vice presi
dent. Each board member
serves as a group leader with
Contest Winner
To Help Direct
. . . . Masquers' Choose Vliet
R. G. Vliet, winner of the
University Masquers' nation
al playwrighting contest, is
presently at the University to
help in the direction of "Kock-
Spring" which will be pre
sented March 3-5.
Vliet, author, poet and play
wright, submitted the winning
three-act play script in the
recent Masquers' contest
which drew entries from 48
states.
One of Many
The winning entry every
year is presented by the Uni
versity Theatre. This year's
play, which is named after a
small town in Texas, is just
one of the many literary ac
complishments of Vliet.
lie has also had story pub
lished in the "Western Re
view" and some of his poems
have been published in "Sat
urday Review," "Accent,"
"Southwest Review," "Beloit
Poetry Journal" and the
"Shenandoah Magazine."
Vliet, who hails from Mead
ville, Pa., received his B.A.
and his M.A. from Southwest
Texas State College and
taught for a year in Rock
Springs, Tex.
Heard Auditions
Vliet wrote the play for en
try in the contest and, after
winning, came to the Univer
sity to hear the part audi
tions and the reading of the
play.
After the reading, he re
turned to his home and made
some changes in the script.
He had changes in mind be
fore the reading, and the
reading of his play confirmed
these.
He rewrote the entire last
scene because he thought it
to be "static." He rewrote
the scene to say basically the
same thing, but more dra
matically. In the last scene,
he also realigned the hero
Theta Sigs
Will Honor
Journalists
Outstanding women jour
nalists in the newspaper field
will be honored by Theta
Sigma Phi, national women's
professional journalism fra
ternity, at the society's
awards banquet April 2.
The Matrix banquet will be
held at 6:30 p.m. in the Pan
American Room of the Stu
dent Union, announced
Jacque Janecek, president of
the organization.
Women from all of the
newspapers in the state have
been contacted to submit en
tries to the School of Journal
ism in divisions of features,
news stories and women's
page before the March 12
deadline, according to Miss
Janacek.
The two outstanding women
will be named from the win
ners of these divisions. The
outstanding senior member of
Theta Sigma Phi will also be
honored at the banquet.
A workshop for women in
journalism will be conducted
by members of the jour
nalism faculty the afternoon
of April2.
seven to ten "big sisters,
in addition to having charge
of some phase of the Coed
Counselor program.
The program includes of
fices as secretary and trea
surer, and chairmanships for
new student week, publicity,
filings,1 foreign student pro
gram, orientations, and so
cial functions.
The group is experiment
ing with a new plan for in
dividual counseling ot new
students during the second
semester.
A small number of "big
sisters" were selected to
work with the new students
who were enrolled in the
same college. If the system
is more successful than the
previous program, it will be
carried on next fall.
character by gaining
sympathy for her.
Cold War
The play is somewhat of a
picture of the cold war,
wherein a man copes with
the hardships and evils of lifa
and tries to overcome them.
Vliet writes plays from a lyr
ic source and employs the
use of accent verse. During
the intense motion of the play
it moves into verse and when
the motion is not so intense,
regular dialogue is employed.
Dr. Joseph Baldwin.associ
ate professor of speech and
dramatic art, will direct the
play.
All Uni. Fund
May Support
Scholarships
A suggestion for possible fi
nancial aid to foreign stu
dents was forwarded at a
meeting of the All University
Fund Thursday.
Mrs. Olga Steele, Univer
sity adviser to foreign stu
dents, appeared before AUP
with a proposal that its mem-'
bers consider using a sec
tion of their future goals to
underwrite one or more tui
tions for foreign students at
tending the University.
Mrs. Steele explained the
difficulties foreign students
have in transfering funds
from their respective coun
tries to the . United States.
She also suggested the pos
sibility that AUF work with
other campus organiations to
aid these students. At pres
ent, there are no scholar
ships available from the Uni
versity for first year foreign
students.
AUF also announced that
the annual faculty sector of
the AUF Drive will begin
March 21 and will continue un
til April 2. Nancy Raun is
chairman of the Faculty
Drive committee. Jean Carl
son and Mary Weatherspoon
are committee assistants.
Travel, Study
Programs Aided
By USA Funds
Interviews for students in
terested in securing jobs are
being conducted in the Occu
pational Placement Bureau In
109 Administration.
The following firms will be
at the bureau this week: John
son Service Co. and the Union
Carbide Chemicals Co. on
Monday. The Torrington Co.,
Allied Chemical & Dye Corp.
and International Harvester
Co. on Tuesday.
The Bell Telephone System
will be here on Wednesday
and Thursday while the firms
present on Friday will be
Standard Oil of California.
The Tame Co. and the Minneapolis-Honeywell
Regulator
Co.
Job Interviews
For Week Told
Two student programs to
study and travel abroad will
be offered by the National
Student Association.
These programs will com
bine study with family living ,
and extended travel in France
South America.
During the visit the students
in the French program will
have seven weeks with the op
portunity to see much of
France and Italy. The tour
price for a summer of study
and travel is $795. The costs
represent a partial scholar
ship which is subsidized by
the NSA. ,
The South. America pror
gram includes a three week
visit in Brazil, two weelas in
Argentina and two weeks in
Uruguay. The cost of this tour
will be the same as the
French program.
For further, information
contact Stanford Glass, USDA
Educational Travel, Inc., 20
West 38th Street, New York
18, N.Y.
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