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Vol. 34, No. .109 LINCOLN, NEBRASKA Monday, May. 16, 1960
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Instructor
Appointed
Counsel
Grether Will Study
Federal Judiciary
A University law professor,
Henry M. Grether, Jr., has
been appointed for the sum
mer months minority counsel
for the Senate judiciary sub
committee on improvement
of federal judiciary.
The delay in getting cases
decided in "federal courts and
means to speed up the con
gested federal dockets will
be studied by the subcommit
tee. Appointed by Nebras
ka Senator Roman Hruska's
office, Grether will be head-
quartered in Washington'
D.C. and will won. witn uie
Senate and with U.S. Su
preme Court justices. He will
also observe federal court
procedures in the various
states.
Prof. Grether said that
civil-criminal filings have ex
ceeded 90,000 cases annually
for the last six years, with
the exception of the fiscal
year 1959 when total filings
dropped to 86,529. He said
that at no time since 1954 has
it been possible to reduce the
case load below 70,000 cases.
As a result of the backlog,
nearly 50 per cent of all the
civil cases in U.S. district
courts are subject to delay
from one to four years be
tween the dates of filing and
trial
Judy Howard
Is Chosen
Miss Lincoln
Judy Howard, 18 year old
University freshman walked
off with the title of Miss Lin
coln at the beauty pageant
held at the Cornhusker Hotel
last night.
The four finalists Who were
runners-up to Miss Howard
were Judy Tenhulzen, Sandra
Kay Johnson, Joell Anna Hen
derson and Kollen Kerr.
Eleanor Billings was named
as Miss Congeniality. AH of
the girls are University stu
dents. Miss Howard a 5'6" brown
ette and member of Kappa
Alpha Theta sorority gave a
dance rendition in the talent
contest of the pageant.
She will represent Lincoln
in the Miss Nebraska contest
in July
Shw Tryouts
Are This Week
University students are
Invited to try out for roles
and the chorus in the all
community production of
"Oklahoma" to be held in
Pioneer Park during July.
Trjouts will be held
Thursday and Friday of ihis
week at" 3:30 p.m. at the
Chamber of Commerce
building, 2118 North 11. Stu
dents may bring any msic
thfy wish to sing, including
numbers from "Oklahoma."
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Pyramid, Greek men competed
Cadet Command Change
Performed, Medals Given
The annual change of com
mand from senior cadet offi
cers to junior cadet officers
in Air Force ROTC recently
took place with more than
800 cadets participating.
Awards were also pre
sented to the - cadets in the
Wing who have distinguished
themselves by their manner
of performance.
Receives Command
The Junior Cadet Wing
Commander, Cadet LA. Col.
Robert Stine, received the
command of the Wing from
Cadet Col. Donald Nelson-.
Six advanced and five basic
cadets received awards. Ca
det Col. Donald Nelson was
awarded the Air Force As
sociation Award for demon
strated leadership qualities,
high academic achievement
and outstanding ability.
Cadet Lt. Col. Dennis
Blecha and Cadet Lt. CoL
James McDonald were
awarded the Chicago Tribune
Silver Award . for meritori
ous leadership qualities and
military achievement by CoL
Willard ArweU, professor of
air science.
Cadet Major Roland Mc
Knight was awarded the
iArmed Forces Communica
tion and Electronics Associa
tion Gold Medal Honor
Navy ROTC
Midshipmen
Honored
Outstanding students in
Navy ROTC were honored
yesterday at the annual Navy
Awards program held at the
University.
The senior midshipman
award for outstanding schol
arship for the four-year Na
val Science course went to
George Porter.
Fred Howlett was recog
nized as the senior class
midshipman who has dis
played outstanding officer
qualities for the four year Na
val Science course. He was
presented with a navy dress
sword.
Senior Charles Taylor re
ceived a Marine Corps
Dress sword as recognition
for the most outstanding of
ficer qualities for the four
year Marine Corps Science
course.
Clifford Oberiander"
received a $50 award as the
midshipman contributing the
m-st to orale and Esprit de
Corps of the NROTC uniL
John Williams was recog-'
nized as the midshipman of
the junior or sophomore class
who has displayed outstand
ing aptitude jor tne Javai
Service.
The freshman class m i d
shiproan honored for display
ing outstanding aptitude for
the Naval Servite was
Charles Spocner.
The program also included
an address by Dr. W. E.
Militzer, dean of the College
of Arts and Sciences.
TSWafiaaU 1-,. --.,
in a variety of events including
elta Tau Delta's skill totaled them enough-points to win the
onsors of the annual event.
Award for outstanding quali
ties of military leadership
and high academic achieve
ment in the field of electrical
engineering.
Meritorious Leadership
Cadet Lt. Col. Robert Stine
and Cadet First Lt. John
Flory were awarded the Chi
cago Tribune Gold Award for
meritorii - leadership quali
ties. Cadet .hnical Sergeant
Phillip Case was awarded the
Convair Cadet Award for out
standing qualities of military
leadership, high moral char
acter and definite aptitude
for military service.
Cadet Staff Sergeant Rich
ard Altrock was awarded the
Military Order of World
Wars Award for outstanding
qualities of military leader
ship and high scholastic
achievement in military and
academic subjects.
Cadet Staff Sergeant W i 1
liam Muckendorf and Cadet
A-2c Donald Witt were
awarded the Reserve Officers
Association Award for lead
ership qualities and high
scholastic achievements.
Cadet A-3c Thomas Paska
was awarded the Edgar Bos
chult memorial scholarship
for high moral character and
academic achievement.
Cadet Lt. Col. James Sandin
was awarded the Honor Ban
ner for commandinjg thf win
ning group m the May 5
Joint Parade.
Reading Improvement
VU Students Make Progress
By Nancy Whitford
Some 30 students have made substantial
gains in reading skill during the past five
weeks according to figures tabulated to
day by the University counseling service.
These students, participants in the Uni
versity's general reading improvement
course, increased reading speed and com
prehension from an average of 282 words
per minute to an average of 374 words per
minute. Top speed was 665 words per min
ute. National Average
"In comparison with the national aver
age, these students who originally ranked
in the 48 percentile, now rank in the 90
percentile," said Ronald Ritchey, gradu
ate instructor.
In addition to speed and comprehension,
reading flexibility and vocabulary im
provement skills were stressed in the
course.
"Flexibility is the ability to vary read
ing rate and method according to the ma
terial being covered and the purpose it be
achieved," Ritchey explained. The five
reading methods taught in this course to
increase flexibility are scanning, general
content, main Idea, SQ3R and analyzing.
Scanning includes reading only head
ings, introductions and conclusions while
main idea, general content and analyza
tion indicate successively increasing de
grees of thoroughness. SQ3R, called the
"scientific method of study" includes sur
vey of material, . questions, reading, re
citing and reviewing.
Five Jletbods
Vocabulary is improved "by five methods
also, but many students are unaware of
the first foL'r and rely solely on the fifth
method," Ritchey noted.
The five steps are (1) stopping to be-
this Pyramid race at Greek
Sammies
Hold Best
Help Week
Pledge Projects
Win ATO Trophy
Sigma Aloha Mu has been
named the winner of the Al- j
pha Tau Omega "Help Week'' j
trophy. j
The trophy was given by
ATO alums to encourage fra
ternities to emphasize "Help
Weeks" instead of "Hell
Weeks". The winners were'
judged on the basis of their
emphasis of Help Week;
pledge class scholarship and
activities and the percentage
of pledges that made their
average.
The Sammies main project
during "Help Week" was a
general clean-up at the State
Mental Hospital. They cleaned
up several rooms, moved fur
niture and talked to some of
the patients.
They also invited juvenile
delinquents to the house where
they were able to make
friends, provide recreation
and converse over some of
the juvenile problems.
The over-all pledge aver
age of the Sammy pledge
class was .1 and 80 per cent
of the pledges made their av
erage. .The trophy is a traveling
trophy and will be given to
the best Help Week project
again next year.
Four 'Nebraskans'
Receive Nomination
For Outstanding Title
Only one more day remains
for nominations to be re
ceived for "Outstanding Ne
braskan." Fred Howlett, Karen Peter
son, Robert Anderson and
Mrs. Irma Laase are the lat
est nominees. Carroll Novicki
and Diana Maxwell were
nominated earlier.
The deadline for letters
nominating students, staff or
faculty because of outstand
ing service to the University,
has been set for 5 p.m. Tues
day by the Daily Nebraskan,
sponsor of the award.
Friday Noon
The honored student and
staff or faculty member will
be presented at a special
luncheon Friday noon.
Howlett was recognized in
the letter of recommendation
as "establishing a record of
excellent in every area of col
leee life course work, intra'
murals, ROTC, activities, and
fraternity because he has
earned and kept the respect,
admiration and friendship of
his associates."
Howlett is a senior in En
gineering and member of Eta
Kappa and Pi Mu Epsilon
scholastic honoraries and
president of Sigma Tau, engi
neering honorary. He is af
filiated with Theta Xi fratero
ity.
For scholastic achievement
he has held Regents, Bos
choult Memorial and Navy
Scholarships.
Outstanding Cadet
He has been commander of
the ROTC unit, chairman of
the 1959 Military Ball and
was selected as the outstand
ing NROTC cadet at Nebras
ka each of the past three
years.
For two years he has been
on the E-Week board and has
been a member of Student
Tribunal.
Within Theta Xi fraternity
he has served as two-term
president of the house, select
ed as outstanding active of
the year and is pledge trainer
for next vear. He has also
served as rush chairman and
intramural chairman.
Besides carrying 17-18
credit hours each semester,
he has worked 15-20 hours
each week.
The letter of nomination
said "He has been recogiuzed
both because of what he has
done and because of what he
is as a person."
Many Awards
Karen Peterson, a senior in
Teachers, who has been
named to many positions and
recipient of many awards, is
the second nominee.
The letter stated that it has
been during her senior year
that Miss Peterson's many
talents have been most se
verely tested.
She has been president of
Mortar Board and helped to
initiate the new program of
counseling introduced this
year in the Women's Resi
dence Halls. As Student Union
president she has had re
sponsibilities concerned with
come familiar with unknown words in
various contexts, (2)' becoming familiar
with Latin and Greek roots, 3) studying
vocabulary lists for general reading know
ledge, '4) reading widely and 5) con
sulting the dictionary.
Poor reading habits w hich the course at
tempts to eliminate are regression, pro
nunciation of words and the reading of
only one word or syllable at a time.
"Regression is not always bad and may
even be necessary on difficult material.
However, students should recognize this
characteristics of skipping back tt reread
material and try to elminiate it when it
becomes habitual," said Ritchey. .
Eliminates Regression
One mechanical device used in the
classes does help to eliminate regression
and increase reading speed, Ritchey
pointed out This machine, called a read
ing accelera1r, covers-up reading ma
terial at a fixed rate of speed and forces
the student to read ahead.
The course also demonstrates how read
ing efficiency varies with conditions. Stu
dents learn they read faster when under
pressure and slower when tired or dis
tracted. "No studies have been made to deter
mine just bow much this course helps stu
dents with ther classwork but we have
had some very favorable reports from the
students themselves. Neither do we know
how lon.g the students retain their new
skifl, but like music r anything else, read
ing take? practice. The more a person
reads, the better reader be w ill become,"
Ritchey concluded.
The general reading improvement course
is open to any student enrolled at the Uni
versity. Offered once each semester, the
non-credit classes meet 3 times a week
for five weeks.
the opening of the new Union,
a regional conference, and a
change in Union personnel.
She was recently awarded
the Union -Board of managers
key and special recognition
for outstanding work.
Last fall she was one of
the first to ern the Phi Beta
Kappa Key.
Her other activities during
the four years have been a
writer for the Daily Nebras
kan, Red Cross worker,
Builders assistant chairman,
Alpha Lambda Delta, Ne
braska Human Research and
Resources Foundation, Coed
Counselors, Pi Lambda Theta
teachers honorary, director of
Youth Employment Serivce,
Ideal Nebraska Coed, senior
Rag Editor Is
Herb Prohasco
Stan Kaimaii Will Continue
Business Manager Duties
Staff positions for the 19
61 . fall semester Daily Ne
braskan were announced Sat
urday by the Board of Pub
lications. Herb Probasco, junior in
the College of Arts and Sci
ences, and this semester's
news editor, .., ....
th
paper. He is
also pres
ident of Sig
ma Delta
Chi, profes
sional jour
nalistic fra
ternity and a
member of
of Theta XL
M a n a e-
Probasco
ing editor will be Dave Cal
houn, junior in Arts and Sci
ences, and this semester's
sports editor. Calhoun is vice
president of Sigma Delta Chi,
a member of the varsity ten
nis team and a member of
Phi Delta Theta.
Karen Long, junior in
Teachers, will handle the du
ties of news editor. Miss Long
is presently ag editor of the
Rag. She is also vice presi
dent of YWCA. secretary of
Theta Sigma Phi, women's
journalism fraternity and ac
tivities chairman of Alpha Xi
Delta.
Editing the sports page
will be Hal Brown, junior in
Arts and Sciences. Brown
was sports editor during the
fall semester this year.
Madrigal
Show To Be
Thursday
Three Groups
To Sponsor Event
The Madrigal Singers and
Brass Ensemble program will
be presented Thursday at
7:30 p.m. in the Student
Union Ballroom.
The program will be spon
sored by the Department of
Music, School of Fine Arts
and Student Union Music
Committee.
John P. Moran will direct
the Madrigals which will be
accompanied by Carolyn
Coffman.
Singers personnel include:
Sopranos J a n e t Viergutz,
Claire Rae Roehrkasse, Der
rolynn McCardle, Joan Stan
ley, Jane Lea Schwartz,
Kathie Madsen, Gwynne
Greving. Linda Joyce and
Katy Griffith.
Altos Mary Kay Kapustka,
Mary Knolle, Nancy Soren
son, Kathy Walters, Joyce
Story, Sharon Binfield, Pat
Mullen. Judy Tenhulzen and
Sandra Heffelfinger.
Tenors Donald L. Flood,
Amer A. Lincoln, Ken Schef
fel, Steve Hansen, George
Mechling and David Stenzel.
Basses Norman Riggins,
Ray Wojtasek, William
Hatcher, Jack Watkins, Rog
er Quadhammer and Roland
Stock.
The Brass Ensemble per
sonnel include: trumpets
Joyce Johnson, Roland
Stock, Norval Nichols and
Robert Person.
Trombone Rod Schmidt,
Larry Hoepfinger and James
Herbert.
French Horn Peter Salter,
John Jorgensen, Gail Gallo
way and Walter Ross.
Baritone E 1 m e r
Nemic
and Richard Glover
Tuba Duane
Torn Peck.
Stehlik and
board member of AWS,
pledge trainer and activities
chairman of Pi Beta Phi
sorority.
Besides these activities she
has maintained a 7.6 overall
average.
AAUW Award
On Ivy Day she was named
outstanding senior woman by
the American Association of
University Women. In the
province of Pi Beta Phi she
has been named as the out
standing woman in eight
chapters. She is also eligible
for the Pi Beta Phi of the
year award.
The letter stated "She has
done this with no .thought of
self reward, but simply to be
Continued on Page 4
Ag editor is Jerry Lamber
son, junior in Agriculture,
and a staff writer this semes
ter. He is a member of Alpha
Gamma Rho and the IFC
public relations committee.
Copy editors include Pat
Dean, Ann M o y e r and
Gretchen Shellberg, all soph
omores in Arts and Sciences.
Miss Dean is -presently a
copy editor. She is publicity
chairman of Alpha Omicron
Pi, a member of Theta Sig
ma Phi and was named out
standing Builders' worker.
Miss Mover is a staff writ
er this semester. She was
named outstanding Student
Union worker, is Union pub
licity committee chairman
and treasurer of Kappa Alpha
Theta.
Miss Shellberg is now serv
ing as a copy editor and is
editor of Builders special edi
tion and is publicity chairman
of ALT; She was recently
named first recipient of the
Harry T. Dobbins scholar
ship awarded to the sopho
more showing the most pro
ise in journalism. She is also
activities chairman of Delta
Gamma.
Staffwriters are Norm
Beatty and Dave Wholfarth.
B e a 1 1 y, a sophomore in
Teachers, served as a mem
ber of the sports staff this
year. He is a member of
Young Democrats and public
ity chairman of Sigma Phi
Epsilon.
A junior staff writer this
semester, Wohlfarth served
on the sports staff. He is a
freshman in Arts and Sci
ences, member of the fresh-
man tennis squad and Delta
Tau Delta.
Junior staff writers will be
Jim Forrest, Chip Wood,
Nancy Whitford and Nancy
Brown, all freshmen in Arts
and Sciences.
Business manager for the
coming semester will be Stan
Kaiman, who has served in
that capacity this year. He is
a senior in Engineering and
Architecutre and a member
of Sigma Alpha Mu.
Assistant business manag
ers are Don Ferguson, Chip
Kuklin and John Schroeder.
Ferguson was an assistant
first semester of this year.
He is a sophomore in Busi
ness Administration, presi
dent of Young Democrats and
a member of Phi Gamma
Delta.
Kuklin is a freshman in
Engineering and Arch
itecture, a member of Stu
dent Council and Sigma Al
pha Mu.
Schroeder is a sophomora
in Arts and Sciences, a mem
ber of Student Union board
of managers. Kosmet Klub
and Kappa Sigma.
Bob Kaff was appointed
circulation manager. He is a
junior in Arts and Sciences, a
member of Student Tribunal
and Delta Upsilon.
Eta Kappa Nu
Elects Officers
Kenneth W. Kauf.Tian win
head the Eta Kappa Nu, elec
trical engineering honorary
for the coming semester.
Kaufman was elected in last
week's elections. Other offi
cers wiH be Duane B. Eick
hoff, vice president; Jerry
Harris, corresponding secre
tary; Leroy Mahrt, bridge
correspondent; Johp A. By.
ram, recording secretary;
and Phillip Idone, treasurer.
! Proffessor Robert Combs
will remain
visor.
the faculty ad-