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n Hi cm ir u p Student Council Stand On Discrimination In Constitutions Rated Second By Staff The Board of Regents' search for a new University Chancellor was selected the top Nebraskan news story of the semester. The Nebraskan staff chose the top story on the basis of signifi cance to the University and ?cn eral news value. Reports of the progress of the search included , accounts of interviews with candidates, the failure of Lincoln newspapers to comply with the 'regents' request for secrecy and the "final choice of Dr. Clifford Hardin as new Chancellor. THK REMAINING top ten stories of the semester, in order of their importance, are: 2. The Student Council stand gainst discrimination. 3. The appointment of A. J. Lewandowski as temporary ath letic director and the later ap pointment of Bill Orwlg as per manent director. 4. The spring riot. 5. The Kosmet Klub split with University Theater. 6. Basil Rathbone narration of "King David." 7. The abolishment of class officers. 8. Lancaster chosen Outstand ing Teacher. 9. NUCWA reorganized and pring conference cancelled. 10. Gier's no-hit, no-run base ball game. THE. STUDENT Council's gtand against discrimination was considered the second top story because of its possible affect on campus organizations. The Coun cil will not approve the constitu tion of any campus organization tinder its jurisdiction if that con stitution contains a discrimina tory clause. The temporary appointment of Lewandowski as athletic director and the permanent choice of Orwlg filled the post vacated by "Potsy" Clark last semester. NU Students To Attend ROTC Summer Camps Seven Army Sessions Scheduled One hundred fourteen Univer sity Army ROTC cadets will at tend six weeks of summer camp at seven Regular Army posts be ginning June 19. Most of the cadets will be sen iors next fall, but a few re graduates who will receive their commissions after completing the camp training. Cadets and assigned camps are: MILITARY POUCE Corps, Camp Gordon, Florida: Charles Anderson, Ronald Brandt, Dan iel Brown, William Cambridge, Jack Davis, Gordon Fitzekam, Robert Grant, Francis Harman, Richard Hill, William Miller, Clark Nichols, Richard Pickett, Kenneth Reiners, John Rice, Dirkes Rolston, Sidney Sweet, Paul Scheele, John Schizas, Del bert Snodgrass, Lee Stalnaker, Donald Noble and Marvin Fried man. Infantry, Fort Lewis, Wash ington: Valjean Anderson, Don Biehm, Charles Bryant, Bernard Burns, Marshall Christensen, Al bert Curtis, Brien Hendrickson, Richard Hlidek, Doran Jacobs, David Johnson, Gerald Krantz. Frederick Longacre, George Medley, Herbert Meissner. James Norsworthy. Jean Smith, Charles Trombla, Howard Vann and Ri chard Welsh. Engineers Corps, Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri: Robert Eecker, Paul Cook, John Denny, James Egenberger, Virgil Holtgrewe, William Hurst, Donald Keerans, James Kessner, Vernon MagilL Norman Mann, Gary - Martin, Mark McCoy, Robert Oberlin, Don Peters, Rodney Rippe, F r a n k 1 itn Sazama, Robert Schwantje, Robert Taylor, Dan iel Werkmeister and Aloysius Artillery, Fort Sill, Oklahoma: Stiehl Receives Scholarship, ROTC Award Jack Stiehl, junior in chemical engineering, has received two awards this week, both of which named him outstanding. He was awarded a $500 Dow Chemical Company scholarship for undergraduates, Dr. Cliff S. Hamilton, chairman of the chem ical engineering department, an nounced. Stiehl also received an award from the Society of American Military Engineers for being one of ten outstanding Junior Air Force ROTC cadets in the US. According to Joseph A. Steng lein, professor of air science, the ten recipients were selected from 186 Air Force ROTC detach ments. . Paul Lease Given Fulbright Award Paul Laase, senior majoring in ni-h history and political sci ence, has been awarded a Ful hricht scholarshio for study at thp University of Oslo. Robert W Goss, dean of the Graduate Col lege announced. The scholarship is one of 22 awarded for studv next year in Norway. Laase plans to study international relations. He is a member of Phi Beta Kappa and Theta Xi and plans to receive hie bachelor's aegree in June. Commencement Seniors who have, extra tick ets to the Commencement exer cises are asked to turn them in bt the Student Council officfc June 2 and 3 from 2 to 4 p.m , so that students who need more tickets can obtain them. Orwig's first job as new director was to appoint a basketball coach, Jerry Bush, to replace Harry Good. The stony of the spring riot was rated in fourth place iot because of its significance to the University but because of the timeliness, the thorough job of reporting done by the staff and student interest in the account. The riot happened Moniay night, when The Nebraskan was already in the process of being put to press. Through 'the co operation of reporters and staff members, the front page was re written and details of the riot included in the Tuesday morn ing edition. v FROM THE beginning of 1he riot about 7 p.m. until the crowd dispersed at 11 p.m., reporters Lowell Vestal, Lucigrace Switzer and John Terrill and staff mem bers Tom Woodward and Kay Nosky phoned a running account of events as they developed. Sam Jensen and Dick Fellman wrote the story from reports phoned in, and editor Sally Hall and man aging editor Jan Harrison helped night news editor Marianne Hansen rearrange the makeup of the front page to include the last-minute story. A news story so recent that-its significance to the University is still indefinite was given fifth place because it affects two large campus groups and a large num ber of University students. The decision of Kosmet Klub and University Theater not to collab orate on next year's production of the Kosmet Klub Spring Show was reported in Tuesday's Ne braskan. The' account of Basil Rith bone's visit to the University was rated sixth.. Rathbone came to the campus three days before he was scheduled to narrate the symphonic psalm "King David" and visited informally with stu dents, in addition to addressing Robert Atchison, Norman An ders, Leonard Barker, Demas Griess, Gary Hild, James Hof- stetter, Edward Ibsen, Jerry Jen sen, Dwight Jundt, Ralph Kno bel, Calvin Lemmon, Alan Lof- tis, Patrick Madden, Valdean Markussen,' Delbert Merntt, Phillip Miller, Lee Nielsen, Maurice Norton, Neal Pohlman, Robert Sorenson, Rollan Stuken- hoitz, Folia Swanson and Wayne Wolf. ORDNANCE CORPS, Aber deen . Proving Grounds.. Mary t. land: Frederick Arndt, Loren Betz, Robert Boesiger, Edgar Garrison, Lawrence Goll. Carl Graber, Delbert Grim, Paul Jor dan, Billy Larson, Roger Lervig, Don Mead, William Moates Rob ert Ostdiek, Charles Raitt, Jerry Roe, Peter Schmitt, Milton Schreiner, Robert Short, James Sire, Leon Wanek and Orval Weyers. Intelligence, Fort Riley, Kan sas- Duane AcKUe, James oar ber, Ronald Hunter, Wiliam Neef, Louis Schoen and Marvin Stro- mer. - Medical Service Corps, Brooks Army Hospital, Fort Sam Hous ton, Texas: Richard Charleston, Donald Sorby and Paul wray. Lab Theater To Give Last Plays Tonight The last Laboratory Theater plays will be presented Friday night at 8 p.m. Room 201 Temple Building will be the scene of "Majinata." a fantasy, "Interim," a psychologi cal thriller and "A Dollar," a comedy ' with a moral. All per formances are free and open to the public. The cast of "Matinata" in cludes: Bill Wagner, Pierrot; Marilyn Breitfelder, Columbine, and Ron Green, Harlequin. Anita Daniels is director and Do:is Billerbeck is production man ager. CHARLES K LASER will direct the psychological thriller, "In terim." Morrel Clute is produc tion manager. , Bill Walton, Ted Nittle, Harry Parratt, George Hunker, Charles Peterson and Ron Green are cast in double roles. Others in the cast are Peg Lar son and Jane Laase. girls; Rod Hlems, priest, and Tom Brozek, warden. "A DOLLAR," will be directed by Joyce Fangman; production manager is Dick Marrs. The cast includes: Jack Parris, villain; Bill Walton, comedian; Bill Is rael, old man; Len Schropfer, tragedian; Joey Dingman, inge nue, Beverlee Engiebrecht, hero ine; Joyce Stratton, old lady, and Morrel Clute, stranger. Fair, Coll-Agri-Fun Boards Elected Ag students efected Wednesday to serve as Junior members on the Coll-Agri-Fun Board are Al Schmid, Ruth Ernst and Shirky Slagle. New Senior Farmers Fair Board members are Nancy Hemphill, Madeline Watson, Ro ger Rippe. Charles Watson, Kenneth Pinkerton and Don No votny. Ardath Young was elected Ag KxeC Board representative from Ph. Epsilon Omicron, home eco nomics honorary. several groups. After the ;:er formance, Rathbone's personal marked script was . misplaced, but after notices of the loss in The Nebraskan and Lincoln papers, the script was returned and mailed back to him. i BECAUSE of- the failure of Student Council to approve the class officer constitution, there will be no class officers next year. Discontinuance of the group was favored because of lack of purpose. The creation of a new award by the Board of Regents was eighth of the ton ten stories. The Award for Distinguished Teach ing was presented to Lane Lan caster, professor of political science." He was selected by a committee from nominations submitted from each college. - The ninth story was the reor ganization of NUCWA and the decision to discontinue the an nual spring conference due to lack of interest. The last of the top ten stories was taken from the sports page. For" the first time at the Uni versity, a no-hit, no-run baseball game was pitched. Dick Gier, sophomore southpaw, pitched the record game against the Kansas Jay Hawks. EPoliard To Address Graduates June 17- NU Speaker Has Varied Career As Priest, . Executive, Instructor Dr. William G. Pollard, an Episcopal priest and executive director of the Oak Ridge In stitute of Nuclear Studies, will deliver the commencement ad- Courtnr Lincoln Star "--"-WILLIAM POLLARD dress June 7 on "Science and Technology in a Dangerous World." ' Dr. Pollard received his Ph.D. from Rice Institute in 1935 and holds several honorary degrees. For nearly ten years he taught physics at the University of Tennessee. He has served as a consultant for several manufacturing firms. HE WAS formerly a member of the board of directors and acting executive director of the Oak Ridge Institute of Nuclear Studies. In 1947 he became executive director. Since 1942 he has been a fel low of the American Physical Society, serving as vice chair man and then as chairman of the southeastern section. In 1950 Dr. Pollard was awarded the Distinguished Service Award of Southern Association of Science and Industry BEGSNNING in 1948 as a Ves Si " . , I mmonci Latvian Free Press To Present Tribute To Ulmanis A plaque will be dedicated at the College of Agriculture Satur day in memory of Karlis August Ulmanis, former president of the Republic of Latvia and a gradu ate of the University. The fate of Ulmanis has been a mystery since 1940. Friends fear the man who served as pre mier and first president of Latvia is dead or in a Russian forced labor camp. The memorial plaque is a trib ute from the Latvian Free Press of America, with donations from Ulmanis' friends over the na tion. The, dedication ceremony will begin, at 2 p.m. Saturday on campus in the Dairy Plant In dustry Building. . ULMANIS , FSCAPEtf from Czarist rule and enrolled in the University School of Agriculture in 1908. As a graduate of the mony will close with the playing of the national anthem of Latvia. University of Leipzig in Ger many, he was able to graduate with a B.S. in agriculture from NU Graduate Receives Army Scholastic Honor Second Lieut." Tad Tucker, , a 1953 graduate of the UAiversity, ranked in the upper four per cent of those taking the Basic Officers Course at Army Engin eer SchooL Ft. Belvoir, Va. A graduate of the University's Army ROTC program, Tucker will be an instructor at the En gineer ROTC Summer Camp, which opens June 19 at Ft. Leon ard Wood, Mo. . , t Summer Nebraskan Any student who is attending school during the summer ses sions, and are interested in work ing on the Summer Nebraskan, is asked to contact Kay Nosky, either at The Nebraskan office or at 2-3587. Volume 74, No. 88 II derm s yfsH'aimdiinig) .NebiraskaDTis . Men Chosen On Basis Of University Service Donald O. 01sor$, assistant professor of speech and coach of the University debate sqad, and Eldon Park, president of Inno cents and Builders, J have been selected as the Outstanding Ne braskans for the second semester of 1953-54. . "Olson has but one ambition while in his office (always filled with debaters profoundly argu ing recent debates)-to produce tryman and Lay Reader for St. Stephan's Church in jOak Ridge, he became postulant for Holy Orders for the Diocese of Ten nessee and candidate for the Holy Orders. In 1952 he was ordained a . deacon and in 1954, a priest. He is a member of the Guild of Scholars of the Epis copal Church and a member of the editorial board for the Christian Scholar. Dr. Pollard nas written nu merous articles for scientific publications on nuclear physics and related subjects. He is the author of several religious articles. Commencement will begin at 10 p.m. June 7 in the Coliseum with the ROTC band under the direction of Donald Lentz, con ductor of University bands. PROGRAM WILL INCLUDE: processional, national anthem, invocation by Reverend Edward W. Stimson, pastor of Dundee Presbyterian Church of Omaha, and introduction of the speaker by Ted James, senior class presi dent. ' Following the address by Dr. Pollard," degrees will be con ferred on approximately 900 senior and graduate students. Special awards will be pre sented. The program will close with "America the Beautiful," bene diction by Rev. Stimson and the recessional. Ostdiek Awarded Wall Street Medal Linus Ostdiek, senior in the Col lege of Business Administration, has been awarded the Wall Street Journal St.pdent Achievement Award. Ostdiek was chosen by instruc tors in finance for the award, a specially-designed silver medal. Ostdiek is a member of Beta Gamma Sigma, national honorary scholastic fraternity in business administration. Alpha Kappa Psi, professional fraternity in com- - merce, and Newman Club the College of Agriculture in Feb-1 ruary, 1909. . In 1914, he returned to Latvia, and was made premier when Lat via was established in Novem ber, 1918. In 1934 he became president of the Independent Latvian Republic. John Meirkalms, recently of Latvia, is chairman of the com mittee on local arrangements for the plaque dedication Satur day. He has announced that W. V. Lambert, dean of the College of Agriculture, will preside at the ceremony. THE INVOCATION will be 1 ft f 1 I Plaque IHI Memorial Plaque Standing before a memorial plaque honoring Karlis Ulmanis, University graduate and first premier of Latvia., are John LINCOLN, a true' Ayysoin! debaters who have in the past and will in the future continue to bring honor to the Univer sity," said his letter of nomina tion. "The result has been that the University has become re spected in debate and scholastic circles. "HE HAS spent more time than could be expected of him with debate members in discussions of current deba'te questions, giv ing them the advice and practice they need, helping them con struct cases and find evidence. "He has spent many of his weekends transporting members of the debate squad to tourna ments; he has sponsored prac tice sessions with less important colleges for inexperienced de baters; he sponsors high school and intercollegiate debate tour naments," the letter concluded. IN LISTING the outstanding qualities of Park, the letter of nomination cited his work as In nocents' president, Builders' president, Student Council vice president, and membership in Beta Gamma Sigma and Delta Tau Delta. "He was a freshman gold key winner in the College of Business Administration, awarded a gold watch for graduating at the head of his class in NROTC, . . . and was awarded a gold key for be ing the most outstanding gradu ating senior in the College of Business Administration. Initial NU. Senior Day To Include Rides, Dance Similar California Event Studied Tickets for Senior Day will be passed out to seniors at gradua tion rehearsal Saturday, June 5. Plans for the event include a price reduction to all seniors on rides at Capitol Beach, free swimming and a dance at Kings. From 6 to 8 p.m. there will be a free period for picnics. Marv Stromer, speaking for the planning committee, said they had urged the houses to get to gether and provide box lunches for this period. He also said seniors have permission to take dates who are not seniors to the informal Chancellor's dance. It will be held at Kings from 8 to 12 p.m. Four University faculty couples will serve as chaperones. The University is paying for a dance band and "the rental of - Kings for the event. The committee is composed of class officers; Mortar Board rep resentative Nancy Odum; Marv Stromer. Innocents president, Jo Knapp and Sally Hall. The pro gram is entirely student-governed. The idea for Senior Day be- OilOEfS given in Latvian by the Rev. K. Bumanis of the Latvian Lutheran St. John Parish, Lincoln. 0. Liepins, president of the Latvian Press group, and Profes sor P. Lezins, president of the Latvian Society in America, will be among the guests. Lieut. Gov ernor Warner will unveil the plaque. Chancellor John K. Sel leck will receive the plaque on behalf of the University. The Rev. H. Jesefers of the Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church of Lincoln will give the benediction in English. The cere- Courtra y Lincoln filar Meirkalms 1 1 ) recently of Lat- via, and Dr. Phillip L. Keliey, chairman of the University dairy department. ) NEBRASKA "ON CRUISE this past summer he ranked fourth in aptitude out of some 3200 NROTC and An napolis midshipmen. This is the highest that anyone from Ne braska has ever ranked," the let ter said. Other faculty members who Courtesy Lincoln JouTDAl Olson Park were nominated are Orin Step anek, associate professor of Eng lish; Dr. Leroy Laase, chairman of the department of speech; Miss Helen Snyder, assistant dean of women; Mrs. Dorothea Holstein, assistant state 4-H Club leader; arid Chancellor John K. Selleck. STUDENTS NOMINATED in clude Barbara Adams, Corn husker editor and member of Phi Beta Kappa, Mortar Board and Pi Beta Phi; Ken Rystrom, editor of The Nebraskan last semester, member of Innocents and president of Kappa Sigma; gan when Ted James, senior class president, took the sugges tion to Chancellor John K. Sel leck, who had previously ex pressed interest in it. James Pettenger, secretary of the Alumni Association, was sent to the University of Califor nia at Los Angeles to study their Senior Day program. The University hopes to continue Senior Day and hopes to enlarge and improve the program, Jim Collins, senior class vice presi dent, said. Photography Contest Won , By Johnson Keith Johnson was the grand prize winner of the Union All University Photography Contest sponsored by the special activi ties committee. Johnson an amateur, will re ceive an engraved trophy for his picture titled "Dry Reservoir." Other winners and their entries were: v Robert Pinkerton, "Steps and Stones," "Look This Way, Please," and "Summer Session," Duane McCutchan, "Shampoo," and Jim Thorton, "Campus Lonesome." Pinkerton is a professional while the others are amateurs. Each will receive three dollars and a rec ognition key. Leonard Barker" was chairman of the contest. Judgeb were Claude S. Brommage, manager of the in terior decorating department at Miller and Paine, and Ralph W. Howland of the audio-visual cen ter in the Lincoln Public Schools. The winning photo is on display in a glass case near the Union Activities Office. All entrants may pick up their photos in the activ ities office. ( A . lamia Win-Loss Record Set By University Debaters Kiffen Wins Nineteen Contests University debaters this year speaking, two in oratory, thirty in have compiled the highest per-1 debate, one in poetry reading and centage record of the last ten one in folktale narration this year. years, winning 18b or oe- bates. -; ' Twenty-six students participated in debate throughout the year, losing 52 matches and totaling 78 percentage of wins. Nineteen con tests were no decision and audi debates. Charles Kiffin compiled the highest record, winning nine teen debates and losing two. Of the twenty-four students par ticipating durng - the sea&nd se mester twenty-two were' classed in the upper 15 per cent of their re spective classes. The five seniors, Dale and Wayne Johnson, Charles Kiffin, Charles Klasek and Paul Laase, collectively acquired two Phi Beta Kappa keys, two Full bright scholarships, a Woodrow Wilson scholarship, and a nomi nation for a Rhodes scholarship. The debate group is well repre sented in campus activities, in cluding two Innocents,, Student Council president end NUCWA president. THE SQUAD earned sevnten supervisors in discmussion, eight superiors in, extemporaneous Friday, May 21, 1954' Norma Lothrop, 1954 May Queen and Homecoming Queen, vic president of Tassels and member of Alpha Phi. Marshall Kushner, secretary of Kosmet Klub, senior student member of the Board of Student Publications and member of Zeta Beta Tau, and Janet Steffen, president of Mortar Board and AWS, and a member of Phi Beta Kappa and Gamma Phi Beta. ommime To Consider Snart Case SC Discusses Irregularities Reported irregularities in tha election of Professor Snarf spon sored by Alpha Phi Omega, Boy Scout fraternity, were discussed by the Student Council at a meeting Wednesday. According to a report by Jack Rogers, Council president, the election was improperly admin istered. Wade Dorland, represen tative of Alpha Phi Omega, ex plained the purpose of the elec tion to the Council. A motion was made to invali date the election but a second motion referred the case to the judiciary committee for official invalidation. THE REVISED AWS constitu tion was accepted with recom mendations. The Naval Reserv Officer Training Corps Battalic Recreation Council constitution was rejected for revision. Other action consisted of a welcome of the new Council by Robert Knoll, advisor and instal lation of Joan Knudson as Coed Council representative. Valerie Hompes was announced as the Cosmopolitan Club representa tive. Nine Present Original Music Compositions Original compositions by nine University music students were presented at a concert Thursday evening in the Union Ballroom. Composers are Kent Phillips, senior in Teachers College; Jea nine Schliefert, sophomore in Arts and Sciences: Charles Palmer, Teachers College junior: Louis Pisciotta, University graduate; Jack Lund, sophomore in Teach ers College: Martin CrandelL graduate; William Krause, grad uate; Elizabeth Templeton, sopho more in Teachers College, and Janice Fullerton, graduate. CHOSEN FOR musicality, origi nality, form and structure, the works are the result of class guid ance and were selected from sophomore, junior, senior and graduate levels. The musicians are students from the classes of Elizabeth Tierney, professor of theory; Donald Lentz, professor of woodwinds; Arthur Murphy, instructor in theory ' and instruments, and Jack Snider, in structor in brass instruments and thpnrv. ' Pisciotta, Crandefl, Miss Fuller ton, and Lund Will receive en graved plaques from Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, music fraternity, and Pi Kappa Lambda, music honorary, for their compositions. students participating in debate this vear wpre: Norman Alexander. Dick Tell' man, Dave Gradwohl, Russell Gut ting, Jerry Igou, Dale. Johnson," Wayne Johnson, Homer Kenison, Charles Kiffin, Charles Klasek, Paul Laase, Marilyn Mangold, Jere McGaffey, Allen Overcash, Ken Philbrick, Jim Placke, ; Sandra Reimers, Jack Rogers, Paul Scheie. Shirley .McKelleps, and Marv Friedman, Harte To Attend Aquatic Conclave Arlina Harte, sophomore" in physical education, has been se lected to attend the National Aquatic Convention in Wisconsin this summer. Miss Harte was chosen to at tend the two-week session on the basis of her outstanding work as a water safety and swimming in structor. Miss Harte is chairman of the Red Cross water safety fcdmmittee.