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Vol. 50 No. 64
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Council Decides...
Final Vote on Court
Will Be Held Jan. 10
The fate of the proposed Stu
dent Court will lie in the hands
of the Student Council Jan. 10
when it will take a final vote on
the court, based on student re
action. This was the decision following
a heated two-hour debate by
Council members at Wednesday's
meeting. '
Pros and cons concerning the
Court were heard by Council
members from interested students
appearing before the meeting and
from organization representatives
of the Council.
Only three visiting students
presented their views, which were
all against the proposal, pointing
out that there is no need for the
Court and the subject of "griev
ances" outlined in the Con
stitution. Arguments.
The main point of argument
seemed to center around the fact
that as the Court is set up now
it will run on the same powers
that are already delegated to the
Student Council in its constitu
tion. In answer, Don Sterns, mem-
ber of Judiciary sub-committee,
said, "This special body is de
signed to handle problems aris
ing every day not an investigat
ing body. The two functions
would be disciplinary authority
and advisory opinions."
Another argumentative point
was the problem of "secrecy" as
set up in the Constitution, which
Ted Sorenson, appearing before
the Council, pointed out as being
undemocratic.
"This," said Stern, "is for pro
tection of the student, not for
protection of the Court. When a
student is charged, publication
would do more harm than what is
now set up."
The decision to vote on whether
the Court should continue or be
killed in its present form on Jan.
10 was brought about when Ben
Wall, ISA representative, pre-
18 Outstanding
Coeds Named
By Counselors
Eighteen Coed Counselors were
named as outstanding "Big Sis
ters" at the annual Christmas tea
in Ellen Smith hall Tuesday.
Outstanding in their work as
Coed Counselors, the coeds have
kept in touch with their little sis
ters thruout the school year, have
attended regular meetings and
moithly charm schools and book
reviews.
Those presented by Dorothy
Borgens, Coed Counselor presi
dent, were Eleanor Bancroft, Ann
P.arger, Erma Jean Bickel, Jan
Champine, Nanette Cowles, Mari
lyn Cropper, Sara Devoe, Ardelle
Hengen, Mary Hubka, Jan Huf
ford, Joan Jeffers, Delores Love
grove, Hattie Mae Mann. Peggy
Mulvaney, Charlene Rajewich,
Shirley Sidles, Peggy Judd and
Miriam Willey.
Named as receiving honorable
mention were Nancy Benjamin,
Nancy Button, Phyl Campbell,
Marilyn Meyers, Elizabeth Moadie
and Mary Sidner.
Topple Tough Panthers,
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sented a motion to table discus
sion on the Court indefinitely.
Decide to Vote.
The motion, which did not re
ceive a second the first time it
was presented, brought the dis
cussion to a head with the final
decision coining in the form of a
motion by Gene Berg, Builders
representative.
It states that the final vote will
be taken Jan. 10 if publicity out
lined by Berg would be carried
out by that date.
This publicity would include
Letteri ps versing pro and con
opinion and an informal student
poll by The Daily Nebraskan, all
being published by Jan. 10.
The publicity is being made
available to students in order that
they may hear both sides of the
controversy and form a more
clarified opinion of the plan.
Three new members of the
council were added to the rolls.
They are Norma Myers, WAA
representative; Virginia Guhin,
AWS representative, and Al Pot
ter, Candidate Officers Associ
ation representative.
JYV to Sponsor
J MCHUe OCrVlCC
Christmas services, sponsored
jointly by the YW and YM will
be held Thursday at 7:30 p. m.
at Love Library auditorium.
Nanci Harrison will give the
story of "The Other Wise Man,"
by Van Dyke. Special music
"Jesu Bambino," will be pre
sented by Anita Spradley with
Barbara Gilmore as the organist.
Group carol singing and a short
devotional period will be followed
by caroling at the Orthopedic
hospital.
Refreshments will be served at
the Temple building alter the
caroling.
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MADRIGAL ENTERTAINS New and old-fashioned Christmas
carols filled the Nebraska Men's Reformatory chapel as the Uni
versity Madrigal Singers presented a yuletide program for the
300 inmates Monday evening. Shown here are eight of the eighteen
singers. Left to right are: Robert Parks, Robert D. Martell, Ed
ward E. Wells, Jean Leisey, Fctricla Larsen, Peggy" Bayer, Mar
lene M. Hill and Virginia Taylor. The Madrigals, a group of
hand-picked students who sing for fun, are under the direction
of. David Foltz, associate professor of voice at the University. Their
carolling tour also included a stop at the Lincoln State hospital.
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LINCOLN 8. NEBRASKA
'No Place9 Song
Reported Dead
Is school spirit dead at Ne
braska? Do we have a school
song?
Those questions were raised
this week in a letter received
by the Student Council from a
West Coast school. The letter said
a member of a school committee
had been searching lor a song to
be used as the school's theme
and had found a copy of a song
used at NU something called
"There is No Place Like Ne
braska." The committee members
had written a parody, which
would fit his school.
The letter said "We have heard
that the song is no longer used
at NU, and we would like to have
your permission to use it."
What is Nebraska's school song?
Uni Singers
Plan Caroling
Tonr Tonight
The University Singers, for the
first time in recent years, will
present a Christmas carol sere
nade for the Lincoln hospitals
and the University campus to
night. Waiving its usual formalities,
the Singers will tour in an in
formal manner, singing at the
Vet's hospital, Lincoln General
St. Elizabeth, Bryant's Memorial,
Orthopedic and the campus on R
street and 16th street.
. The carolling will start at 7
p.m. and end on the campus at
11 p.m.
Conducting the 120-voice group
will be Robert Parks, a senior
in the School of Fine Arts.
ine university lingers are
rarely heard by a majority of
University students. With this in
mind, students who are rela
tively free between the hours
of 10:15 and 11 p.m. are urged to
listen to and join the Singers
in the serenade on campus.
Nebraska Students
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DR. SHUMATE
Students to Vie
For Over 100
Scholarships
University students will have
an opportunity to apply for
scholarships totaling $5,000.
The faculty General Scholarship
Awards committee is giving away
that amount in January. The
money will go to students apply
ing for over 100 available scholar
ships carrying a value of $50 to
$100 each.
Scholarships available include
Regents. Miller and Paine, Putney,
Scottish Rite, and Prestegaard
awards. None are available to
freshman students.
Seven Average
Generally, according to Dr. T.
J. Thompson, chairman of the
General Scholarship Awards com
mittee, an average of seven is nec
essary to qualify, but awards may
be given to those having a lower
average under certain circumstan
ces. Exceptions are those who
make outstanding scores in the
comprehensive examination which
all applicants are required to take.
Applicants must have completed
24 hours credit hours at the Uni
versity. The comprehensive examina
tion will be held on Saturday, Jan.
7, at 8:30 a.m. in a room to be
announced later. Application
forms may be obtained at the
Office of the Dean of Student
Affairs, 104 Administration build
ing, and should be filed in that
office on or before noon, Wednes
day. Jan. 4.
DU Also Suffers
Book Store Woes
Nebraska is by no means alone
in its "book situation." A report
from the University of Denver
states that the Interschool coun
cil has recommended that campus
book stores be allowed to nive
book return privileges f.ir the
winter quarter.
The plan, which was submit
ted to the Deans council, would
be put on a trial basis. Students
at DU complained that professors
were assigning books not abso
lutely necessary and these could
not be returned.
Book store officials gave the
same answer as those al Nebraska
have given, namely that book
companies would allow a return
of only a certain percentage. Of
ficials said stores were caught
with a surplus because many
professors were ordering more
than were needed.
At present, Denver U professors
estimate the number of books
they need six weeks ahead of
time, so they will be on hand
when students are ready to buy
them.
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Thursday, December 15, 1949
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Board Plans
To Revitalize
Publications
Filings for the 19 Daily Ne
braskan paid staff positions and
the six Corn Shucks positions
will open Thursday, Dec. 15 and
will continue through Jan. 6', Dr.
Roger Shumate, chairman of the
Committee on Student Publica
tions, announced.
Application blanks for staff
positions on these two publica
tions may be obtained from ad
viser to Student Publications
Bruce Nicholl. His office is in
Room 1, Administration Annex
(1125 R Street upstairs.) They
should be returned, when filled
out, to the same office, Dr. Shu
mate added.
Applications must possess a 4
average.
Positions Open.
The following positions will be
filled on The Daily Nebraskan:
the editor, two managing editors,
five news editors, a feature edi
tor, a sports editor, a society edi
tor, a business manager and three
assistant business managers.
The following staff positions
will be filled on the Corn Shucks:
the editor, two managing editors,
the business manager, and two
assistant business managers.
Applicants will be asked to file
for one position only, but may
indicate on their application a
willingness to accept a position
subordinate to the one applied
for.
The Committee has held one
meeting to make a preliminary
examination of the work of pres
ent staff members of both the
Daily Nebraskan and the Corn
Shucks. Three other meetings
have been scheduled exclusively
for selection of the second se
mester staffs: January 6, Janu
ary 13, and January 14. More
will be scheduled if necessary,
but the Committee hopes to have
completed selection of the stafts
before first semester examin
ations start. This, the committee
hopes, will permit the new staffs
to make plans for second semes
ter. Started New Program.
In addition to this program of
staff selection, the Committee on
Student Publications has started
a comprehensive, forward-looking
program designed to revitalize
publications published by Uni
versity students, Dr. Roger Shu
mate, Committee Chairman, an
nounces. The Committee's first object
ive, Dr. Shumate said, is to assist
student staffs of The Daily Ne
braskan and the Corn Shucks to
broaden the content of these pub
lications and make them more in
formative to the entire University
student body and faculty.
This will be done in two ways,
he said. First, the Committee has
set up a system for a continual
screening of paid staff members
and reporters on both publica
tions; and second, it will assist
the student staffs with problems
of advertising and circulation in
come, and mechanical produc
tion to permit larger publications.
"The committee strongly de
sires that The Daily Nebraskan
be representative of the interests
of the entire student body," Dr.
Shumate said "The recent par;e
of news devoted to the activities
of the Independent Student As
sociation which appeared in The
Daily Nebraskan is indicative of
our thinking in this respect.
"We also wish to emphasize
that The Daily Nebraskan's staff
positions and reportorial assign
ments are available to all quali
fied students who wish to seek
See PUBLICATIONS, Pate 2.