IDC Constitution
Termed 'Unfair'
By Julie Morris
Senior Staff Writer
Two dormitory residents in
formally representing a group
of ddrm students Thursday at
tacked the proposed Inter
dorm Council (IDC) constitu
tion as "poorly written" and
unfair in its provisions for
dorms that may reject it.
Dave Snyder, a resident of
Burr Hall, and Tom Brlggs,
a Cather Hall resident, pre
sented six reasons for their
objections to the document
and its handling.
The students said other
dissatisfied dorm residents in
clude "a lot of people on East
Campus and a large segment
of Cather," plus others.
The constitution, which was
formulated largely last se
mester by an elected commit
tee representing all the camp
us dormitories, will be voted
on by dorm residents Mon
day. Snyder and Briggs said they
object to the proposed con
stitution because it provides
that dorms which do not ap
prove the constitution by a
majority vote of its residents
will be represented on the
council by a non-voting mem
ber. TL council, Synder said,
would still be able to legislate
for the dissenting dorms while
the dorm would not be able
to vote on the issues.
The spokesmen also said
they object to the proposed
provisions that the Interdorm
Council could amend its own
constitution without consult
ing the students represented.
The council in taking this
type of action would, in ef
fect, be representing itself and
not the dorm residents, Briggs
said.
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Briggs said the students al
so object to the proposed con
sititution because the title of
the organization is actually
"a misnomer."
He said the term "inter
dorm council" refers to an
executive body and does not
include the student body at
large. Snyder said the organ
izations would be more cor
rectly named "Association of
Residence Hall Students,"
with "Interdorm Council" re
served for designation of the
actual governing body. He
gave as an example the title
Senate which is applied to the
governing body of ASUN.
Briggs said the dissatisfied
residents also feel they should
be able to vote on the issues
of whether there should be an
IDC and on the present pro
posed constitution separately,
and not in one question as is
the present case.
No Discussion
Snyder said there has not
been much public discussion
on the constitution and IDC.
Briggs said he hadn't seen a
copy of the constitution until
Thursday and added that the
final copies have only recent
ly been distributed.
"I don't think the students
are ready to vote on it," Sny
der said. ,
Snyder and Briggs both said
they are "definitely in favor
of an interdorm council" and
are merely objecting to points
in the present proposed con
stitution. Both students said they
have talked to members of
the constitution committee,
particularly to committee
chairman Jim Ludwig and had
no success in convincing Lud
wig to intitiate changes.
Snyder also said he had
gone before the council three
weeks ago with proposed
amendments that would
change some of the points ie
objected to, bat that the
amendments were "defeated
for do logical reason."
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Snyder said he does not
specifically represent East
campus dormitories.
The two said they talked
earlier Thursday with Hous
ing Director M. Edward
Byran, who told them he felt
their "concerns were legiti
mate." "Mr. Bryan feels, as we do,
that if IDC is to be effective
it must include all dorm resi
dents with a full voice," Sny
der said.
Bryan was quoted in Thurs
day's Daily Nebraskan as say
ing "I don't see any trouble
some areas in t h e constitu
tion." After he had talked with
Snyder and Briggs, Bryan
said he now has "some res
ervations" concerning the
proposed constitution. He said
they had "pointed out some
problems to me that I didn't
see."
He said that if dormitories
who voted against' the p r o
posed constitution were to be
represented on the IDC as
non-voting members, these
dorms would be in "generally
a pretty weak position."
Briggs and Snyder said
that Bryan had been furnished
with a copy of the constitu
tion that was not the docu
ment's final form, and that he
had based his former judg
ments on this document.
Bryan said this charge was
"apparently so."
"I don't have any vested
interest" in the formation of
an IDC or the organization's
constitution, Bryan said, but
he added he "would like to
see a good amount of public
ity on the constitution before
the vote."
"For me, Bryan said, "an
interdorm council is going to
be a representative group,"
regardless of how the council
operates and what the title of
the organisation is.
ASUN Advisory Bill May
Change Existing Boards
By Randy Irey
Senior Staff Writer
Last Wednesday, the Stu
dent Senate adopted a bill
which would define the pur
poses and position of the stu
dent advisory boards within
the various colleges.
The effects that this bill
will have upon the existing
boards varies from college to
college.
Concerning Dean's Advis
sory board of the Teacher's
College, its chairman, Lynn
Rathjen, said that the bill
could force a change in t h e
manner in which the board
would be chosen.
"Presently we are a self
perpetuating board. The
board members from one
year pick the members to
serve the following year.
"It is the feeling of the pres
ent board that our way of
electing board members is
the more efficient manner,"
Rathjen continued.
He said that this was be
cause the Advisory Board's
bill says that the board must
be representative of the vari
ous divisions within the col
lege. "It is the consensus of
the board that we couldn't
get enough people for the
board so that it could be rep
resentative, as called for in
the bill."
The problem of getting rep
resentation from all areas
within Teacher's College is
presently solved, according
to Rathjen; by having the
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Kennedy Legacy . . .
'Gift Of Hope
By Mick Lowe
Junior Staff Writer
John Kennedy will be re
membered for the gift of hope
he gave the people of Ameri
ca according to Theodore Sor
ensen, a former Presidential
aide and University of Ne
braska graduate.
Speaking before 300 stu
dents in the Union Ballroom
Thursday, Sorensen said that
John F. Kennedy left the
United States "a legacy far
greater than any memorial."
Sorenson divided the Ken
nedy legacy in to five parts.
The first change that Ken
nedy effected was in political
life. "We had never had as
intense a presidential cam
paign as we saw in 1960,"
said Sorenson.
Kennedy's use of advance
men, public opinion polls, and
electronic devices was unpar
alleled in the history of cam
paigning, according to Soren
sen. "The people Kennedy
brought into public life, who
would otherwise never have
been there, and the thousands
who entered politics because
Kennedy made politics come
alive," is another contribution
Sorensen pointed out.
"Kennedy shattered the re
ligion barrier in front of the
White House. He felt that the
real test wasn't the cam
paign, but his actions in the
various division heads rec
ommend students to the
board. The board then re
views the students 'and
chooses among them.
"I feel that the bill passed
by the senate is progressive,
but that some parts will not
work well, for the boards
could have trouble finding
representatives from all divi
sions in the college," he con
cluded. The advisory board in t h e
College of Arts and Sciences,
according to Dean Walter
Militzer, is presently con
posed entirely of Student Sen
ators. "If we have to form a new
board, I think we would make
a mistake not to maintain an
active communication be
tween the board and the sen
ate." he explained.
"However, the board has
only been in operation one
year and no formal rules
have been set. The change to
election of board members
from the college will not ef
fect ns," Militzer stated.
The present advisory board
from the College of Home
Economics and Agriculture
is the Ag Exec Board, which
is not considered an advisory
board as called for in the
Senate bill.
Dave Snyder, president of
the Ag Exec Board, said that
the board is composed of
elected representatives from
all the organizations concern
ing the college.
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White House. As a result, the
discrimination issue is dead,"
said Sorensen.
The second part of the Ken
nedy legacy is the contribu
tion he made to the Execu
tive office.
"He simply had too much
vitality," said Sorensen, "to
sit back and believe that prob
lems should be worked out on
the lower levels."
"He sttengthened the Presi
dency -lot by over-institutionalizing
it, but by persona
lizing the office. He talked to
the American people as few
Presidents had talked to
Americans before," said Sor
ensen. The third great Kennedy
contribution to the American
governing system, Sorensen
said, was in the area of eco
nomics. "The new economic
theory was not new to eco
nomists, but it was new for a
President to apply the theo
ry." "Kennedy used the budget
to shape and stimulate the
United States economy," ex
plained Sorensen.
The fourth part of the Ken
nedy legacy was "his contri
bution to the American ideal.
John Kennedy recognized the
fact that there was a racial
revolution taking place in the
United States," said Soren
sen. The accusation that Ken
"We feel that this is a good
advisory board because each
department in each area is
represented. When it comes
to changes in the curriculum,
these changes could be de
veloped through the present
board," Snyder stressed.
He said that members of
the board have talked with
E. Eldridge of the college of
Agriculture and they decided
that the present Ag Exec
board is the most efficient
possible.
John W. Goebel, faculty ad
visor to the Business Admin
istration Board, said that he
could not say specifically
what changes would come
about as a result of the sen
ate bill.
The board presently func
tioning in the College of En
gineering and Architecture
was also determined in t h e
senate bill not to be an advis
ory board.
Dean John R. Davis said
that this decision of the Sen
ate was probably due to t h e
need of the Engineering Exec
board to serve in a more ad
visory capacity.
"We, in the Dean's Office,
have been using the exec
board more and more in an
advisory capacity," Davis
stated. "In addition, we feel
that the board could continue
to fulfill its Job, once it was
made to comply with the rules
set down by ASUN."
"We have been planning
the establishment of closer
contact with the students and
have been considering the
use of the exec board as such
an advisory board," Davis
concluded.
'Rejoice' Service Trend . . .
Wesley To Celebrate Folk
To the tune of four guitars, a banjo and a gut bucket,
the congregation will sing the Lord's Prayer at a special
Folk Mass at the Wesley Foundation Sunday.
This experimental Holy Communion service is Indica
tive of a growing trend to modernize worship services
across the nation. Experimentation in this field is not
confined to any specific denomination or religion, and
the musical form varies from folk, to jazz, to rock and
roll.
The Methodist chapel's Folk Mass Sunday is the sec
ond experimental worship service on campus.
Last Sunday, the Newman Center at St. Thomas
Aquinas participated in a similar folk mass which met
with favor from the congregation, according to Father
Imming.
"Rejoice" is the title of this Sunday's communion
service at the Wesley Foundation. The program is taken
from a communion service developed at General Theolog
ical Seminary in New York.
"We are trying to bring joy back into the celebra
tion of the sacrament," said associate minister J i m
Reed.
Reed explained that the feeling of joy has always
The Daily Nebraskan
Given
nedy could not get along with
Congress "is simply not
true," according to Sorensen.
"As Theodore White put it
in his book last year the Ken
nedy years were the most pro
ductive years since the early
30's," he continued.
The fifth and most impor
tant part of the Kennedy le
gacy, said Sorensen, is its ef
fect on foreign policy. Sor
ensen termed Kennedy's Al
liance for Progress, "the
most concern that this coun
try has shown to our neigh
bors in the South in a genera
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'Congress-Like Structure''
Is Too Complex For AWS
AWS Board members have
expressed agreement with
some of the proposals sub
mitted by the Ad Hoc Com
mitteee for the reform of
AWS but, have found other
suggestions impractical.
Establishing an AWS struc
ture comparable to the United
States Congress seems im
practical, Pam Hedgecock,
AWS president said, because
"our organization is not so
complex to warrant such a
system."
Most of the board agrees
with the Ad Hoc Committee's
stand that AWS representa
tives should have voting pow
er, Candy May, constitution
chairman said.
Candy Sasso, AWS senior
board member, added that
many changes which have
been effected were initiated
in the House of Representa
tives. The representatives
have more power this year
than in previous years, she
said.
The representatives hold
weekly meetings to discuss
the living units' problems and
present proposals which go be
fore the judicial board, Miss
Sasso explained.
The recent proposal to elim
nate sign-out sheets was
started by the representa
tives. The representatives of
fered reasons w hy they should
be and the AWS Board worked
on the technical problems
such as a bed check method
To Americans
The Food for Peace pro
gram, the Peace Corps and
the Trade Expansion Act of
1962 were vital points in Ken
nedy foreign policy.
But by far the most impor
tant facet of Kennedy's world
policy, according to Sorensen,
was the way he handled the
Cuban missile crisis.
"With just the right diplo
macy," said Sorensen, "Ken
nedy made the Cuban missile
crisis the turning point of the
cold war."
It was the missile crisis,
according to Sorensen, that
led to the sale of United
chats with students following
and uniform hours, Miss Sas
so said.
Board members disagreed
most strongly with the Ad
Hoe's suggestion that first
semester freshmen women
hold seats on AWS Board.
"A fall election of freshmen
board members would not be
feasible," Miss Hedgecock
said, "because the freshmen
would not know each other or
the operations of the board."
"The best possible method
for incorporating freshmen
women into AWS is through
the freshmen workers coun
cil." Miss Hedgecock noted.
Following the AWS general
elections in early March,
freshmen women have posi
tions on the Board for over
one-half a semester, Miss
Hedgecock stated. Elections
which were held any earlier
would not allow freshmen
women to become completely
educated about AWS pro
grams and structures, she
added.
Miss Hedgecock disagreed
with the Ad Hoe's proposal
that representation on t h e
AWS Board be apportionated
according to class member
ship rather than having a set
number of members from
each class.
"I would hate to see a pre
dominance of underclassmen
on the board," Miss Hedge
cock said, "because the wis
dom and experience needed
in making policies can be best
been inherent in Communion, but that it has become a
sad event because of slow hymns. The Folk Mass will
give communion an American 20th century setting, said
Reed.
The standard wording of the liturgy will be used
Sunday, but the tunes will be speeded up and played by
a student combo in a Peter, Paul and Mary style with
a hint of an American jazz beat.
According to Reed, this type of experimentation is
necessary in order to "come to grips with what worship
means today." He said it is necessary for the churches
to ask themselves if new methods are necessary to make
worship more meaningful.
Reed explained that the older hymns also have mean
ing, but that "worship is drama, where you symbolize
what is happening in the God-Man relationship."
The congregation will have to rehearse the service,
which necessitates changing the early service to 9:30
a.m. The rehearsal is at 9 a.m. for this early service.
The rehearsal for the next service is at 10:30 a.m.,
and the actual service is at 11 a.m. at the chapel.
Reed noted that if this mass is favorable to students,
there is a chance that it may continue. A jazz mass is
tentatively planned for spring.
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States wheat to the Soviet
Union, the hot line and the
overall East-West detente
that Americans now take for
granted.
The result of the Kennedy
legacy is the gift of hope.
Kennedy gave the world
"hope for freedom from the
terrors of nuclear war," said
Sorensen.
It is this obligation that we
as Americans have to carry
on, according to Sorensen. It
is this legacy, said Sorensen,
that posterity will look at
and say, "This is where the
tide was turned."
his speech in the Union.
afforded by senior board
members."
She added that she did not
advocate an increase in the
number of senior members
but rather maintain the bal
ance between the classes
which now exists.
Miss Sasso added she be
lieved the AWS Board is more
representative of the different
areas of the campus this year
than the Board has been in
previous years.
The committee's complaint
against the present AWS elec
tion procedures are valid,
Miss Hedgecock said, and
many University women feel
the same way.
Miss Sasso said research
committees are being organ
ized to study other universi
ties' AWS structures and
plans are being made for
major revisions in the AWS
organization.
If a convention is called to
rewrite the constitution, it
will create such problems of
how to select delegates and
when and where the conven
tion would be held, Miss Sasso
said.
The board members agreed
the majority of University
University women realize
changes in the AWS structure
must be made but are eon
tent to allow these changes
to be made within the AWS
Board and Houe of Represen
tatives. Mass