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by CAROL GOETSCHIUS
Nebraskan Staff Writer
The works of Gadflies, Button
Busters and Barbarians share
the musty shelves of the NU
Archives with Mari Sandoz,
Charles E. Bessey, and General
Pershing.
The Archives, housed in Love
Memorial Library, were
gathered into an organized
program by Joseph G. Svoboda
in 1968 "to preserve the
memory of the University."
Minutes from student
organizations, private cor
respondence and University
publications provide the balk of
the documents.
Svoboda said they have a
great deal of information on
19th century NU students, but
there's a gap from 1920 to the
present. He requested that any
minute records or documents
from student government,
fraternities or other groups
now collecting dust in forgotten
cubicles be donated to the
Archives.
Yellowed pages containing
the minutes of the "Palladium
Literary Society," the oldest
student society on campus, can
be found In the Archives.
In addition to publications of
the University Press, issues of
the Hesperian, forerunner of
the Nebraskan, are housed in
the rooms.
Radicals of 1930 Issued "With
Fire and Sword" much like the
"Informer" of today which ex
posed "corruption" in the Ad
ministration and opposed the
"Daily Nebraskan, Cornhusker,
Athletic Board. Innocents, Stu
dent Council, Kosmet Klub and
the Inter-fraternity Council."
This publication, Sound in the
Archives, was issued by the
Gadflies, a secret organization.
The Archives also contain
issues of the "Weakly Mind."
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of 1961 later called the
"Gadfly" and "Barbarian."
The second issue is dedicated
to "The beatnique" for his
"brave revolt against society."
The Archives carry one copy
of the "Button Buster"
published in 1883 "whenever
the spirit moves" by the NU
faculty. A poem about co-eds,
references to faculty members
and obvious puns on the art of
punning fill its pages.
Among University publica
tions on the shelves are the
"Sombrero," predecessor to
the Cornhusker," and the
"Prairie Schooner," a literary
magazine published by the NU
English Department.
One of Mari Sandoz's earliest
publications, "The Vine,"
written under the name of
Mary Macumber, appears in
the first issue of the
Saigon bars
'long-hairs'
Saigon (CPS) The South
Vietnamese government has
decreed that it will bar all long
haired foreign men from
entering the country, because it
would "be a bad example for
our boys," according to a
government spokesman.
"Those who are already here
will soon receive advice not to
be such an example to our
younger boys," the official
said. He implied that the
government would expel those
who refused to comply.
Quiz howl
Applications are due for the
1970 Quiz Bowl competition
October 30. Four full-time
students and as many as four
alternates may comprise a
team. Entry fee is $5.
For more information contact
Carol Edwards or Rich
Sophia.
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Archives keeper . . . Joseph G. Svoboda keeps track of University documents.
"Schooner" in 1927.
Sandoz donated to NU her
personal library, cor
respondence and research
notes which now lie in the
Archives.
Other material includes tlv.
correspondence of Charles E.
Bessey, NU botany professor
and director of experimen
tation, with scientists Asa
Gray, Edward W. Morley and
Albert A. Michelson, American
physicist and Nobel prize win
ner. The Archives contain ap
plications for the first faculty
members as well as General
John J. Pershing's letter of
application for an NU teaching
position
Shelves contain Board ot
Regents files dating buck to
1869, including student petitions
and requests, along with
department records and a
complete set of Chancellors'
correspondences since 1909.
Materials now being collected
in these four rooms of the
library were formerly kept in a
"disorganized form" in the
basement of the library,
Svoboda said. There was no
attempt, until two years ago, to
index and organize the
documents, he added.
The Archives are usually
open to anyone for research
purposes. Some of the material
is on microfilm and several
audio-visual aids are available,
said Svoboda.
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