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n nhsn 5)0D Or y Vol. 55, No. 47 Petition Submitted Lii moil's EFir Recommendations to limit the number of a student's activities and to raise grade requirements for activities were adopted by the Stvdent Council Wednesday. The Council Judiciary Commit tee also reported it had given to a faculty committee a student pe tition seeking to abolish Student Council secret balloting. Special Activities Commit tee chairman, Muriel Pickett, present ed for Council approval the com mittee's recommendations on Uni versity activities. The report called Follies Skitmasters Coed Follies Skitmasters will meet Satarday at 9 a.m. at the Nebraska Theater. for a 5.7 minimum grade average for officers of major campus ac tivities, and a 5 minimum average for board members or for bers of organizations of the nature of Kosroet Klub or Tassels. There would be no restrictions on workers. Activity Limit The second recommendation sug gested all students except fresh- men be limited to two major ac tivities and no person be president of more than one activity at any time. These suggestions were made be cause the committee believed stu dents should concentrate first on scholarship, and that much student potential was not being tapped be cause of monopolization of offices by certain students. The Council approved the Spec ial Activities Committee's recom mendations by a 23 to two vote and will now consider means of implementing these policies. Art Raun, Judiciary Committee chairman, reported that bis com mittee had been presented a pe- ition requesting the Council to amend its constitution so that "secret ballots will not be allowed except at the annual election of officers." The petition also stated that if this amendment is not passed by the Council, It is to be put on the ballot' in the general election this spring SM Kgbatares Tbe petition had "well over 500 signatures, Raun said. His com mittee will check tbe signatures Ag Dance Tonight 'Cutest Baby1 Presentation To Highlight A Winter wd move inside Friday evening at tbe seventh annual Soo Ba3 dance. The dance will begin at 8:30 p.m. in the Ag CoEege Activities Build ing. Music till 11:39 p.m. will be furnished by Bobby Mills and bis orchestra. Tickets may be obtained in Use Ag Union ticket booth and will also be sold at the door. Tbe price is fl.58 a couple. The informal Soo-BaH is spon sored by the Ag Union Dance Committee with BO! DeWulf as chairman. Highlight of the -dance will be the presentation of tbe winner in the baby photo contest. Tbe kJenti fkatkm contest was held this week in tbe Ag Union. Tbe idea cf tbe contest was to Identify as many baby pictures as possible. Tbe pictures were of Ag campus students, 19 men and 11 coeds. Tbe person whose baby picture is voted the "cutest" will be pre- SC Receives Initial Spring Event Ideas Sag sections for a spring activity turned ia to Tbe Nebraskan office before 3 p.m. Friday will be con sidered when Use sprirg event committee begins planning ses sions Friday. Suggestions already received in clude an aH-Uairersiiy carnival, wfUi outdoor dance, kissing booths ai picnic. "Though we are encouraging new ideas aid will certainly con sider them carefully, I think our major task wi3 be one of organ izing what fcJormsiioa we have now. There nave been severe! un successful attempts at a ruccess ful "letoff-steam" cormg event; wf can learn a lot from their failure," Tom Woodward, chair &&a cf the committee, said. University of rlebraska for validity and then submit the petition to the Faculty committee on Student Affairs. This commit tee will then decide whether to put the question on the ballot. The Judiciary Committee recom mended to the faculty group that the petition be rejected because the matter should be in the Council by-laws rather than an amend ment to the constitution, and com pulsory voice vote conflicts with Robert's Rules of Order, which govern Council procedure. The petition was not voted on by the Council although Jack Rog ers, Council president, said he of fered the petitioners a chance to discuss it before the Council. Rog ers said, "We all know more about this than we are saying. This (the petition presentation) is not being handled in a very proper manner. But we will bend over backwards to see it gets a fair chance." The Judiciary Committee also Faction Dissatisfied With Council Action Representatives of the AD Uni versity Party expressed general dissatisfaction with the Student Council Judiciary Committee's, de cision regarding the proposal to eliminate the use of the secret ballot in Council meetings. "The Faction is 100 per cent be hind the amendment," Bob Ander son, AUP representative, said. "I instigated the petition and brought it to tbe Faction. I asked for and received a unanimous vote of con fidence. " Anderson said he thought it would be proper for him to sub mit his views "as a sort of minor ity report" to the Faculty-Senate committee. Faction representatives said they considered themselves an "extra-legal political party." "We elected representatives and we are entitled to know bow they vote," Anderson said. "We have reunite and separate interests concerning Council legislation, and nnua sented at the dance, and both tbe guessing contest winner and "cut est baby" wCl receive prizes. A winter scene of a skating pond with snowman and skaters will decorate ene part of tbe floor 'Heart Of The By BEVERLY DEEPE Staff Writer "The Heart of the Y" wi3 be ex tended to all University coeds Moo day, St. Valentine's Day, from 3 to 5:30 p-m. Ia an atmosphere of hearts and colorful costumes, coeds may register for memberships in the various YWCA commission groups and projects. Tbe YW program is designed to appeal to many interests. Slogan of the Monday rendezvous is "Tbe heart of tbe Y has a place for bleeding be arts, heavy hearts, cold hearts, lonely hearts and happy hearts." Commission and project leaders, in costume, will describe the purpose of their groups. Disguised as a long-tailed droopy eared dog will b Joan Chalupa, chairman of the rendezvous. She represents the Membership Hound. In a raccoon coat and NU banner, suggestive of the "collegiate, col legiate" air, will be Joyce Lasse, depicting the atmosphere of ber "Campusology" committee. The airing of views on stadent concerns yearbook Starts final Yeek Of Student Sates Sales ca resign for the 1555 Cornhusker is swinging into its final week, accord ir.g to Dick Odum, assistant business man ager. Comhuskeri may be purchased until Feb. 13. Books are being sold by Corn Cobs and Tassels and in booths in city and Ag Unions. No books win be sold after this date. To) u ActDvoies voted, 3 to l,x to seat the new Council member from the Student Co-operative Association as soon as he is selected by the Co-ops, The Ivy Day Committee chair man, Dan Rasdal, reported the findings of his committee. It rec ommended that the Council recog nize that "existing authorities for the Ivy Day celebration are the In nocents and Mortar Board." It suggested that these groups as sume complete responsibility and authority for all details of Ivy Day. The committee was opposed to "limiting competition in Ivy Day events to either independent stu dents or affiliated students since Ivy Day is an all-University holi day. Tbe Council adopted this re port by a vote of 24 for, none against. Rasdal said that this in dicates that it is not within the pow ei of Student Cou.icil to decide who has authority over Ivy Day. (Continued On Page 4) through organization we might be able 'to get our minority views heard." Faction representatives main tained that the secret ballot was designed especially for the use of secret societies. The Council, they said, is a legislative group. Rob ert's Rules of Order, which the Judiciary Committee referred to, does not have a set of rules on leg islative or representative bodies, Anderson quoted Sturgis, an other authority on parliamentary procedure, saying "a secret bal lot should not be taken when vot ers are acting in a representative capacity, since those they repre sent are entitled to know how their delegates vote." "We want to make sure that those we elect will stick with ourd interests," Anderson concluded. "We realize an open ballot could go against us, but we feel all vot ing should be aboveboard." ! with cotton snowballs around the doorway. Sno-Ball Chairman of the Sno-BaH com- met Klub, NUCWA, Builders, Pan mittee is Marx Peterfon. Marion helleak (officers only), Red Cross, Sullivan is in charge of the photo contest. Y' is tbe purpose of this committee. Caroline Rhodes, dressed in a white grease-monkey suit and car--ring paint brushes, will be ready vj do ber job of Community Ser vice. In a playfully conceited manner, Barbara Rystrom and Nancy Tun mom will depict "Religion on Cam pus" by an angelic costume com plete with shining halos and nw- i- ft Monday Rendezvous Shown standing (left to right) are Jan Aunspaugh and Bev Feepe and sitting, Joyce Laase and Glenna Berry. The girls Friday, February 1, 1955 Student Poll Shows favor i ToLimiiaiion Murt Pickett, chairman of the Student Activities Committee of the Student Council, said about 93 of the 170 students questioned by her committee felt there should be some kind of limitation of campus activities. Most of the students, she said. felt a minimum grade average was the most important limitation to be established. Most opinion on this varied between 5.5 and 6.0 for of ficers, so 5.7, the all-University average, was selected by the com mittee as the minimum for officers. Most of the people questioned were in activities, although faculty and administration people were also questioned. No freshmen wore questioned. The Student Council committee then weighed survey re sults with their own judgments. Miss Pickett said she felt that there seems to be a trend toward scholarship at tbe University. Sen iors especially, she said, feel that more of their time should have been spent on themselves, on study ing, or becoming cultured, and they feel too much time was spent on activities. A lot of people interviewed felt there was an overemphasis on In nocents and Mortar Boards. Miss Pickett said that some people "rise above" this urge to become Inno cents and Mortar Boards, but some others are influenced and pres sured greatly by it. The reform had to start some where, she said. "Nebraska is one of the most highly organized activ ity campuses. "Naturally there will be some re sentment, but perhaps there wont be as big a blow-up as I expected," she said. Miss Pickett felt her committee's decision would develop more lead ership, and will enable exceptional leaders to concentrate their abili ties on fewer activities. The Student Council committee felt that it shouldn't limit partici pation in professional groups or honoraries, so the activities limited are Ag. Exec. Board, Ag Religious Council, Ag YM and YW, AUF, XWS, BABW, Coed Counselors. Corn Cobs, Cornhusker, Ne braskan, IFC (officers only), Kos- CRC, Student Council, Union, Tas- sels, YMCA and YWCA. able (or removable) wings. Tbe commission of "Faith, Love and Marriage," beaded by Virginia Sitorius, discusses Christian faith in love and marriage. Having a group to themselves, the seniors under Jan Quiun will discuss new adventures that lie after gradua tion. A Hindu woman at the Rendez vous will imply only one of the f 1 Kckmfcja MmM represent commissions of tbe YW for which coeds can register at the forthcoming Rendezvous Monday in Ellen Smith HaJL jw Y Ciroiyps Fifty Delegates To Attend NUCWA Spring Conference A three-day session of the United Nations General Assembly will be enacted in miniature by approxi mately 50 delegates at the NUCWA Spring Conference Feb. 17 through 19. The delegates, representing 22 countries, will study "United Na tions Charter Revisions." In conjunction with the topic, Dr. William Jordan, an officer of the UN since its founding, will discuss 'The Political Role of the United Nations in Relation to the Question of Charter Revision" at the Thurs day banquet in the Union Ball room at 6 p.m. Tickets for the banquet will be on sale for $1.50 Monday in Union booths. Bora la London Dr. Jordan is chief of a section in the Department of Political Security Council Affairs. He is the author of a book written in 1943 about the German problem and its consequences to Great Britain and France. Born in London, Dr. Jordan re ceived his B.A. with honors from the University of London in 1929, his M.A. in modern economic his tory in 1931 and his Ph.D. in inter national politics in 1940. He has Monday Election Riley, Becker Seek NHEA Presidency Iris Becker and Twila Riley have been nominated tor presi dent of the Vocational Education Association. Elections will be held Riley Monday at 4 p.m. in the Vocation al Educational Department. Miss Becker is a member of Ro deo Club, Home Ec Club, 4-H, and is a WAA representative. ' Miss Riley is on the Ag Execu tive Board and VHEA executive council She is a member of Tas sels, Rodeo Club, Phi Upsilon Omicron, All University Square Dance, Ag YWCA District Repre sentative and Secretary of Love Hall. Candidates for secretary are Aurelia Way and Marilyn Zuhlke. Miss Way serves on the YWCA cabinet, AWS, and Home Ec Club. She is a member of Gamma Phi Beta. Miss Zuhlke is' in Adelphi and VHEA. Ann Luchsinger has been nomi nated for treasurer. Her activities include Ag YWCA cabinet, Home Ec Club council, Coed Counselors, and Alpha Lambda Delta. She is a member of Alpha Chi Omega. An additional treasurer candi date will be nominated from the floor. Publicity chairman candidates are Ellen Jacobson and Dorothy Novotny. Miss Jacobson is in Tas sels, BABW, Ag Union and 4-H Club secretary. Other activities include Ag YWCA cabinet and the Home Ec Club council. Miss Novotny's activities include major world religions to be dis cussed by the "Comparative Re ligions" commission groups, beaded by Shirley Holcomb. Ob viously indicating the opposite of "What a Christian Believes . . .," Rosemary Weeks will be dressed as tbe devil. All phases of local, national and international affairs will be dis cussed by the "Effective Citizen ship" group headed by Mary Bur die. Joining the Student Faculty Coffee Hour group beaded by Jo Knapp, will give those who join a chance to discuss University affairs with faculty members. The commission of Creative Arts under Joyce Walla will do actual creative painting and will make greeting cards. For the conven ience of those -'unable to join at another time, a "Noon Discussion" will be directed by Mary Thomp son. Marilyn Beideck beads the "Mass Meeting" project which integrates YW activity. Direction of the -May Morning Breakfast held the morn ing after Ivy Day is under Hannah Rosenberg. The Week-end Service project un der Carol Timme acts as a service group to Lincoln and Omaha wel fare agencies. The publicity and publication projects have places for those who have a yen to write. Taking skits and speakers to high school Y-Teen groups is one of the principle duties of the "High School Cooperation" project under Mary Keyes. Complete with an artists head dress and frock and painting uten sils, Jan Aunspaugh will suggest the work of the art committee. I J -v-) ' I - tmrntmrwrnmim Ntfensfcaa PhaM Becker been tutor and lecturer in British universities, has served on num erous UN committees and is a member of the Royal Historical Socity. The opening session of the Con ference from 2 to 4 p.m. Thurs day will hear Dr. Ruth Seabury, religious representative to Middle Eastern countries, speak on "The Modern Student and His World." Secretary-General Appropriate United Nations pro cedure will be used by Conference delegates Friday afternoon from 2 to 5 p.m. when they begin their discussions of the advantages and disadvantages of "United Nations Charter Revisions" in the Union ballroom. Students wishing to become del egates to the Conference may con tact Sue Ramey, phone 6-2634. Six applications have been re ceived for the position of the Secretary-General who will preside ov er the General Assembly sessions. Applications are due before Mon day to Sue Ramey. Interviews for the position will be from 12:30 to 1 p.m. and from 2 to 3 p.m. Mon day in Union Room 309. Those applying for the position Coed Counselor Board, Builders Board, Home Ec Club, and New man Club. She is a member of Gamma Phi Beta. Nominees for program chairman are Sharon Johnson and Shirley Slogle. Miss Johnson is a mem ber of Sigma Eta Chi and Alpha Chi Omega. ' Miss Slogle is active on the Farmers Fair Board, College Ag riculture Fair Board . 4-H Club and the Ag Union Board Officers will be installed imme diately following the election. Clo Ode, president, will preside at both the election and the installa tion. VHEA is an organization for all vocational homemaking majors who have a sophormore standing or above. All University Fund Support Withdrawn From UMOC Election The All University Fund will no longer sponsor the Ugliest Man On Campus competition. This decision was reached at Thursday evening's AUF Board meeting. The Board voted unani mously to cease sponsorship of the annual event and pass it on to any organization that desires to spon sor it. Andy Smith, AUF president, said, "We of AUF feel that UMOC has outljved its usefulness as to AUF's ultimate objectives. We cannot reconcile the purposes of the UMOC election and the purposes of our organization." "We hope that UMOC which has become a University tradition will be sponsored by another campus organization. Smith said. "This move was made partially in ac cordance with criticism which has been leveled at AUF, but also be cause the AUF Board believes that our purpose of service to our Uni versity community and other peo ples can best be achieved without the use of UMOC." UMOC elections began approxi The Outside World' Red China Warned By DICK RALSTON Staff Writer The Senate again told Red China in effect to keep its bands off Formosa in approving a mutual defense treaty with Nationalist China. The voting, 64-6, reflected tbe near unanimous approval of President Eisenhower's request for permission to defend Formosa less than two weeks ago. Tbe six who voted against the treaty were able to delay approval only six hours, claiming that ii "increased the danger of World War in," and that it "ties our hands" in trying to obtain United Nations action for a cease-fire. The treaty pledges United States aid, in accordance, with constitutional procedures, to defend Formosa, the Pescadores and "such other territories as may be determined bf mutual agreement." Defense Vorks Razed Chinese Nationalist forces have blasted and burned a maze of underground defense works' on tbe Tachen Islands, as the evacuation is moving into its final phase. Civilians have already been removed and most of them have been relocated on Formosa. Nationalist sources say that evacuation has been completed oa three outlying islands, the Yu Shan group and Pishan. A garrison will be maintained on Nachisan, 80 miles south of the Tachens, although all civilians will be removed. Congressman Seeks Job A member of the house of Representatives is out job bunting, Victor Wickersham, Democrat from Oklahoma, is seeking part time work to help pay his way through Congress. , Wickersham explained that be and a lot of other congressmen cannot get by on their 15-thousand-dollar salaries. He claims thst bis; expenses have outstripped his income by 39 thousand dollars in the" 12 years he has been in Congress. Bulganin Backs Red China Russian Premier Nikolai Bulganin has pledged "full support" cf Communist China's calim to Formosa and warned the United States against pursuing a "dangerous road" there. Tbe warning came in Eulganin's first speech as Premier to a joint session of the Russian parliament. The session approved the appointment ol lormer premier Georgi Malenkov to the post of Deputy Premier in charge of Power Ctalions. include Glenna Berry,. Marial Wright, Roger Wait, Grace Har vey, Stanley Burstein and Charles Gomon. The closing session of the Con ference -will be held in Love U brary Auditorium from 9 to 11 a.m. Resolutions based on discussions Enrollment Up A 8,700-student enrollment for second semester was Predicted Wednesday by Dr. Floyd Hoov er, director of registrations and records. Last year's second-semester enrollment was fi,4S0. Dr. Hoover said 6,461 students have enrolled. Approximately 250 more are expected to eater the University by Feb. 19, the last day of registration. held Friday afternoon will be pro posed, discussed and either adopt ed, amended or rejected. An incomplete listing of delegates include: Norman Franzen and El liot Lentz, members of Beta Sig ma Psi representing Holland; Syl via Barton and Marilyn Christen son, Alpha Omicron Pi, Spain; Mary Burdic and Kay Williams, Delta Delta Delta, Canada. Jim Wengert, Kappa Sigma, In dia; Karen Parsons, Alpha Phi, Denmark; Judy Whittaker, Alpha Phi, Australia; Roy Boyd, Selleck Quadrangle, Brazil; Hugh Hunt, Selleck Quadrangle, Norway. Virginia Sitorious, Mary Taylor ard Mary Sorenson, Kappa Delta, Hungary; Bob Crosby and Will Else, Delta . Upsilon, Belgium; Mary Knorr and Jean Aitken, Kappa Kappa Gamma, France; John C. Chappell, Newell Kollath and Eldon Beavers, Acacia, Brit ain. Claus-Dieter von Schuman and Robert Cotton, Sigma Phi Epsil on, Russia; Shirley Rosenberg, Jan et Gordon, Sondra Sherman and Rosalie Goldstein, Sigma Delta Tau, Burma; Stanley Burnstein, Sigma Alpha Mu, Argentina. Polly Gould, Bev Deepe, Marge Kreuger and Jody Chalupa, Alpha Ki Delta, Germany; Allan Over cash and Homer Kenison, debate squad, United States. Glenna Berry, Connie Berry and Mickey McLaughlin, Pi Beta Phi, Mexico; Nancy Pitzer, Kapp Al pha Theta, Costa Rica; Cindy Noble, Kappa Alpha Theta, Swed en, and Carrie West, Chile. mately seven years ago when petty donations were included with votes in a special AUF election. This year's campaign involved the ma jority of fraternities and several independent groups, each sponsor ing candidates. In the past, in order that a house might have a UMOC candidate, it was necessary that the organiza tion contribute one-hundred per cent to AUF based on two dollars per member. "AUF is looking forward to a successful year in 1955 and we bope that we can depend on those organ izations whose advice we have sought concerning the matter Smith said. AUF is the only charity organi zation permitted to solicit funds on" tbe campus and annually holds a two and a half week campaign in the fall. This year the organiza tion raised over $9,500 which they bave contributed to four major charities. World University Service, Cancer Society, Heart Association and the Lincoln Community Chest. i 5 i r a 7 1 V; a:- -3