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dot UODGDOS Jack Rogers, senior in Arts and Sciences, resigned from the Inno cents Society Thursday with the following letter to Marv Stromer, president of Innocents. "Because I do not agree with the traditionally accepted aims and purposes of the Innocents Society and because I do not believe that its existence works to the best interest of the University of Ne braska, I hereby withdraw my membership from the Society." 1 In a Nebraskan interview, Rogers said he did not believe the Inno cents Society is doing the service to the University that it should. Although he did agree with what Annual Style Stwvj Set or Sunday Home Economics Club in co-operation with the fashion merchan dising class will present the an nual Home Ec style show Sunday at 3 p.m. in the Union Ballroom. Shirley Richards, general chair man, said that the dresser, to be modeled have been made by the coeds either in classes or at home. She said many of the dresses in this year's show, "Weather Vane Points to Fashion," are original designs. Sportswear, casual dresses, skirts and blouses, formals, tail ored dresses, suits and coats will be modeled. ' Committee chairmen are Bonnie Lindau, models; Marilyn Ander son, music; Joyce Taylor, decora tion; Lee Lingren, ushers; Marion Sokol, dressing room; Dorothy No votny, program, and Rogene Lees, publicity. Phyllis Colbert is chair man from the fashion merchandis ing class. Models are Carolyn Conkling, Corene Griffieths, Marilyn Lingo, Eleanor Chapman, Joyce Splitt gerber, Janice Baker, Betty Eber hardt, Jeanne Hrabak, .Joyce Benge, Sharon Egger, Betty Ber anek, Nancy Hemphill, Madeline Watson, Twila Riley, Cloryce Ode, Janet Lindquist, Edna Cleveland, Elaine Sachschwesky, Jane Mill sap, Adeline Dubas, Margaret Kroeger. JoAnn Heilman, Mary Lou Kim Bey, Lou Lingren, Lee Lingren, Dorothy Novotny, Donita Thomp son, Nancy Draper, Margaret Jane Drayton, Beverly Bunch, Imogene Berry, Marge Antes, Carroll Dem- aree, Judy Anderson, Donna Scar let, Judy Koester, Ann Kokjer, Joyce Maurey, Margaret Edwards, Phyllis. Colbert, Vivian BolaadJ. Ruth Ann Clarke, Martha Clock, Bonnie Lindau, Carol Beanie. Shirley Bies, Carolyn Goetz, Helen Lorn ax, Iris Becker, Bar bara Hamilton, Joyce Taylor, Val erie Christensen, Verna Searl, Connie Von Essen, Sue Colbert, Margaret Kroeger, Betty Hrabik, Colleen Baker, Janet Kuska, Jack ie Hanson, Rogene Lees, Lorajane Baskin. Janis Meerkatz, Doris Fisher, Judy Erickson, Dorothy Matzke, Carolyn Mock, Karen Bon ing, Martha Huermann and Carol Dunker. Final Bridge Play Slated Saturday The final preliminary bridge tournament to choose the Univer sity's 16 participants in the Na tional Intercollegiate Bridge Tour nament will be Saturday at 2 p.m. in Union Room 313, announced Diane Knotek. Union recreation chairman. Everyone, from beginner to ad vanced, may enter, either as a single or with a partner. The win ners will be posted outside the Union Activities Office shortly after the tournament Saturday. To Repi face COA m A motion before the Student Council to make open voting a standing rule of order was declared out of order, and the constitution of the Military Ball Committee, a replacement to Candidate Officers' Association, was approved at Wednesday's Council meeting. In the future the Military Ball will be organized by the cadet staff of the sponsoring service and one senior officer. Transfer of COA funds to the Military Ball Committee was also approved. Expense for the Ball will be un derwritten in the same manner it has been in the past.. Approval of the committee constitution makes the COA a defunct organiza tion. According to Roberts Rules of Order, such a ruling is . not prop erly a standing rule of order, but a by-law, Jack Rogers, president, caid. Standing rules are usually set up in a group to cover temporary situ ations and can be suspended by a majority vote, Rogers said. "The whole controversy is out of proportion," Rogers commented. If the motion were re-stated as a by-law, it would be in accordance with Roberts Rules of Order, but still could be suspended by a two thirds vote, he said. The present rule of open vot the Society is on paper, he said, he did not agree with the tradition al concept of the Society. Traditional Concept The Innocents Society is a specially-privileged group above and outside the law, according to the traditional concept of the group in most person's minds, Rogers said. He added that he did not agree with this concept, and that the So ciety receives too much respect for what it does. No one would ever think about saying anything against the Innocents, he said. In explaining why he thought the Innocents are not acting as much in a' position of a service group . i1Ic1dMAAIJ Vol. 55, No. 56 University of Nebraska Friday, March 4, 1955 Moimte CairD Cdoronasel PBa'iminiedl IFw Saturday International Talent Included The Monte Carlo Carrousel," an nual Cosmopolitan Club dance and floor show, will be held Saturday in the Union Ballroom from 8 to 12 p.m. The floor show program will in clude musical numbers and folk dances from all over the world, Gunnar Green, Cosmopolitan club member, said. The name of the event was changed this year from the "Cos mopolitan Club Carnival" because the word carnival has a different connotation in America than it does in Europe, Green said. The annual Cosmopolitan Club dance is not a carnival in the American interpre tation of the word, he said. German folksongs, Lithuanian folk dances, a French-American can-can, a Green love scene, In dian rhythms and moods will he featured selections. Hans Steffen and Renate Kahl will do a cutting from a German musical comedy; Toshiro Isa, Ne braska Wesleyan student from Ja pan, will play the harmonica; Leen-J -drt Xetsten, Holland, wm give a history of the Netherlands; and Al minas Kazys, Lithuania, will lead Lithuanian folk dances and songs. Master of ceremonies for the floor show will be Dr. Clarence Flick, director of the radio division of the speech department. Selec tions from the show were pre sented on "Cornhusker Camera," Ken Keller's KUON-TV show Sat urday. In charge of decorations for the event are Marina Wischnewsky, Germany; Nancy Tritsch, United States; Jeanne Beck, France; Nake Kamrany, Afganistan, and Ruth Jsotsons, Latvia. Publicity workers include Valida Jansons, Latvia; Uve Kapsi, Es tonia; Gunnar Green, Norway; Film Ticket Policy Explained By Lake Single tickets of admission to Film Society movies will not be sold this season, Duane Lake, man aging director of the Union, said Thursday, despite requests for single admissions. Lake pointed out that the Union is still selling season tickets in the Union Box Oifice. He said the Union has no authority to sell single movie tickets and would have to have a license to do so. ing would not be changed by the inclusion of a standing rule of order because it can still be suspended, be said. Rogers said the use of secret ballot should be left to the discre- New Committee To Postpone Plans Until The newly-formed Military Ball Committee was organized because the Candidate Officers' Associa tion had ceased to carry out the functions stated in its constitution, according to Lt. CoL Donald J. Kievit, associate professor of mili tary science and tactics. The committee will not begin plans for next year's Eall until fall and will not function except for the organization of the Ball, Col. Kievit said. ' The invalidation of this year's Honorary Commandant election by the Student Council only served to point out that the COA was a dead organization, he said. Whether the Commandant elec tion will be an all-University vote or a vote of ROTC students will not be determied until the com mittee meets next fall, he contin ued. Such rulings will be set up as they should, Rogers said he had made several proposals to the So ciety which he felt would point the group in the direction of a service organization. These proposals, were voted down. Rogers said he would not be in disfavor of the Innocents if they were only an honorary, such as Phi Beta Kappa, with no intentions of being a service organization. He also would not have resigned if the Society was only a service organization, he said. His objec tion, he said, was to an organiza tion which was an honorary "pre tending to be a service organization." Jack Frandsen sen, U.S. Nelson Chuang,' China; Suheil Za charia, Jordan; Mara Jotsons, Latvia, and Don Pelton, U.S., are in charge of ticket sales. The program committee consists of Grasina Narkevicius, Lithuania; Giancarlo Malnati, Italy; Gunnar Green, Norway; Hans Steffen, Ger many; Jack Frandsen, Karen Pet erson and Carrie Lynne West, U.S. Tickets for the dance may be purchased for one dollar in a Un ion booth, the speech clinic in Tem ple building or from canvassers who will visit organized house. ' "The price is less than last year and the program better, so we hope there will be as many people there as possible," John Zacharia, Cos mopolitan Club president, said. Any foreign student, who is not a member of Cosmopolitan Club an wishes to participate in the floor show may contact Dr. Lucille Cyp reansen in the Temple Building. Al Holbert's band will provide music for the danc and Joan Knud-P S "3 HI H nUt Dr. Arthur Com pton Atomic Authority To Deliver 1955 Montgomery Dr. Arthur Compton pf Wash ington University, St. Louis, Mo., who initiated and directed devel opment ei' the first atomic chain reaction at Chicago Dec. 2, 1942, will deliver the 1955 Montgomery Lectures next week at the Univer sity. Topic for the lectureship is "Conditions for Survival of Mod ern Man." Dr. Compton's sched ule is: Monday, "Science and Man's View of Himself"; Wednes day, "Goals for an Evolving So ciety," and Friday, "How Can Freedom Win?" Each lecture will be in Love Library Auditorium at 8 p.m. Former chancellor of Washing ton University, Dr. Compton now has the title of distinguished serv ice professor of natural philoso phy. From 1929 to 1945 he was chairman of the department of physics and dean of physical sci ences at the University of Chi cago. Cosmic Ray Authority A cosmic-ray authority, Dr. Compton was awarded the Nobel tion of the Council in order to pro annual election of officers. Andy Hove gave the motion which would make all Council vot ing open with the exception of the annual election of officers. FallKievit in the committee's by-laws. Certain economic factors have made organization of the Ball dif ficult, according to Col. Kievit.- Increasing expenses, particularly the cost of renting the Coliseum and amounts paid to the University Job Pool, and inadequate attend ance this year will put the new committee at a disadvantage, he added. The constitution of the new or ganization states that the responsi bility for the Ball will be with the cadet staff c the sponsoring group and one senior officer. Funds of the COA were debited with the Student Activities Fund and will be transfered to the Ball committee., The Student Council approved the iransfer Wednesday. The Air Force will be responsible for the next year's BalL If it is a service organization, he said, it should do some concrete good to the University. "Hallowed Position" Rogers said he did not resign primarily for hope of a concrete gain. He said he hoped he could "just shake, a little bit, this hal lowed position" that the Society has gained in popular opinion. He added that he objected to the "strange .mixup of service and honorary" which the organization has obtained. There are "two much trappings and too much respect" for what it does, he said. His recognition was not meant to reflect on the other members, Rog- Latvian National Dance A feature of Friday evening's Monte Carlo Carousel sponsored by Cosmopolitan Club will be a characteristic native folk-dancs of Latvia put on by native Lat vian students in. their national costumes. Prize in Physics in 1927 for his work on X-rays. He is the recipi ent of many awards, including the Freedoms Foundation Award of 1952. He invented the sodium vapor lamp and established variation of cosmic rays with latitude and alti tude. From 1931-34, Dr. Compton was director of the World Survey of Cosmic Rays, and from 1942-45, he was director of the U.S. Govern ment's Plutoniun Research Proj ect. He was civilian aide to the Sec retary of the Army from 19E2-53 and vice-chairman of the U.S. Na tional Commission for UNESCO from 1946-50. At present Dr. Comp ton is a member of the Permanent Commission on Interchurch Rela tions of the Presbyterian Church. International Science Congresses He has attended many interna tional science congresses including Brussels, 1927; Rome, 1931; Lon don, 1934; Rio de Janeiro, 1941; Geneva, 1952, and Hamburg, 1953. He organized the Chicago interna- The motion was tabled for a week to check on the necessary vote re quirements to pass standing rules of order. The vote on the motion was 14 for, 10 against and one ab stention. A petition concerning the use of the secret ballot will be reviewed by the faculty sub-committee Fri day at 2 p.m. The petition, which has approximately 00 signatures, is sponsored by the All University Party. Rogers seid he believed the AUP was not a political party analogous to the Republican or Democratic parties. AUP is not willing to ac cept the responsibilities of a politi cal party, he continued. BABW If AUP were oat in the open, it would be a different matter, Rog ers said. The Council also passed a re vision of the BABW constitution, which adds two sophomores and two juniors to the board. Letters from six organizations un able to comply with University reg ulations regarding requirements for advisers were read and approved. Dan Rasdal, chairman of the elections committee, announced that his committee is working on a plan to speed the selection of Pub lications Board members, which will be submitted in a few weeks. ers said. He added that it was possible that others in the group might disagree with practices of the Society. He stated that many people, pos sibly including some of the mem bers of the Society, have differ ent ideas of the purpose of the group other than those set down in the constitution. Some Good Thins Roeers had almost planned to withdraw his application to the Innocents Society last year before Ivy Day, he said, because he did not believe the group was working for the best interests of the Uni versity. Included in the picture are Elga Admins. Osvalds Bumanis, Zigrid Bumanis, Ullis Nollen dorfs, Aivirs Ronis, Valda Lipins, Arns Lipins and Astrida Jansons. Lectures tional congresses on cosmic rays in 1938 and 1939. Dr. Compton will be introduced Monday evening by Chancellor Clifford Hardin; Wednesday eve ning by Dr. Roscoe Hill, chairman of the entomology department, and Friday evening by Dr. Robert Goss, dean of Graduate College. The Montgomery Lectureship was established in 1946 from the income of the James Henry Mont gomery Memorial, an endowment provided in 1941 by the Ora Clair Montgomery Estate. Purpose Of Lectures Under the direction of the Uni versity Research Council, the lec tureship brings to the campus em iment authorities who discuss top ics of current interest. The pur pose of the lectures is to generate constructive tfiought on contempo rary problems. Two seminars will be conducted in connection with the lectureship. The first will be Tuesday at 8 p.m. in Ellen Smith Hall. The topic will be "How Can One De velop Cooperation in a Free So ciety," sponsored by the depart ments of education, psychology and sociology. The second seminar, sponsored by the department of physics, will be "Enrico Fermi and the Release of Nuclear Energy," Thursday at 4:15 p.m. in Brace Lab 211. Tea will be served beforehand at 3:45 p.m. Coedi Scholarship Announced By AAUW The American Association of University Women is offering a $100 scholarship for undergraduate women Application blanks may be se cured from the Dean of Women in Ellen Smith Eall or at the Home Economics Building" on Ag campus. Women who apply are asked to give the Registrar's Office written permission to send their grades to the Scholarship Committee. Any woman with a high scho lastic average, who expects to graduate in June or August of 1956, 1957 or 1958 and who can show evidence of financial need is eligible to apply. Two letters cf recommendation, one from a faculty member, a no the application must be submitted by March 12 to Miss Esther Mont gomery. Apt. 202. 501 So. 13th St He said that this year's Society has done some good things, but nothing significantly good. It is be cause of this lack of doing any- ISO ' Xi fv"-:! : ' ISSlisV M :'Ji!iMiM iiilllp; I . ? llllrf i 'iiplllill f ' V :P L Courtesy Lincoln Star ROGERS Research University To Start Ag Project A research team from the Unl versity soon will begin a scientific examination of agricultural prac tices in Nebraska, the Dakotas and Kansas. The research will be under the direction of Dr. Philip Henderson, associate agricultural economist and manager of the University's development farms, and Dr. Howard W. Ottoson, associate pro fessor of agricultural economics. Finance of the research has been made possible by a $113,500 grant from Resources for The Future, Inc., a non-profit corporation head quartered in Washington, D. C Dr. R. G. Gustavson, former Univer sity chancellor, is president of the corporation. Sigma Delta Chi To Hear Mtult Talk ". Robert McNutt, Lincoln attorney and former state senator, will be guest speaker at a meeting Sigma Delta Chi, professional jour nalism fraternity, on Saturday, an nounced Del Snodgrass, president. McNutt will speakk at the Union at 6:30 p.m., following the initia tion of new members into the fra ternity at 5 p.m. Both undergradu ates and Nebraska professional newspaper men will be initiated. Elected to the Legislature in 1950 and again in 1952, McNutt served as chairman of the Legis lature's judiciary committee in 1953. He is past president of the Junior Bar Section of the State Bar Association and past vice president of the Nebraska State Bar Association. Follow'ing service in World War II, McNutt was graduated from the University. He was president of the Junior Class and a mem ber of N Club, Innocents Society and the 1940 Rose Bowl football team. The Outside World U.S. Warns By DICK Staff Writer Secretary of State Dulles warned Communist China that the United States may regard an attack against Quemoy end Matsu Islands as aggression against Formosa, and in such a case the US. would attempt to defend the islands. Speaking at the opening of a four-hour conference with Chiang Kai-shek, Dulles said President Eisenhower would have to make the decision on what to do if the Communists attacked the two main Nationalist outpost islands. Authoritative sources said Dulles and Chiang discussed the possi bility of a cease-fire and that Chiang looked upon it with disfavor. Stock Boom Sound Funston The head of the New York Stock Exchange expressed optimism over the future of stock market activities. G. Keith Funston told the Senate Banking Committee that the 18-month boom in stock prices is sound and does not foreshadow any 1929-type crash. Funston was the first witness to testify before the committee, which is beginning an investigation of, the causes of the rise in stock prices to record highs. Chairman Fulbright, who applied the terra "friendly" to the investigation, has stated the committee wants to Pnd out if changing government and business policies "have influenced the stock market for good or ill." Pay Raise Bill Signed A bill increasing Congresisonal pay by 50 per cent has been signed by President Eisenhower, giving Congressmen $22,500 a year. The measure also provides for pay raises of $7,530 to $10,000 for approximately 400 federal judges, a $5,000 boost for the Vice-President and Speaker of the House, and increases for United States attorneys, their assistants and several top Justice Department officials. Egypt Warns Israeli The Egyptian Army has been ordered to "retaliate by farce against any future Israeli attacks, Egyptian Premier Gamel Abdel Nassar told cheering students at the Egyptian Military College. The warning to Israel came after 36 Egyptian soldiers and two civilians were killed fighting with Israeli forces on the outskirts of Gsza. Refugee-packed Gaza is the chief town of the small Egyptian-held strip of Palestine. The city was reported quiet after two days of Arab rioting and attacks on United Nations property which followed the clash with the Israelis. No Surpluses To Russia According to a Justice Department ruling", the United SUtes.is prohibited by law from selling or bartering surplus farm commodities with Russia or her satellites. The opinion apparently ends speculation' on proposals to offer surplus butter and grain to Russia as a psycho logical weapon. thing definitely for the University that h HnM not believe that it it working for the best interests of th University. There was no inaepenaent-uree controversy affecting his decision tn rpfiiOTi. Rosrers stated. Becaus he had n6 tie-ups with any organi zation, it was easier iot nun v leave, he said. Because of the reasons he statea shnv Ropers said he could not. with good conscience, tackle any one on Ivy Day. First One To Quit Recalled Clarence J. Frankforter, former faculty advisor to the Innocent Society for 20 years, said Thursday that he did not remember any member resigning from the So ciety in the last 20 years.' There may have been one 30 or 35 years ago, be added. Frankforter, associate professor of chemistry emeritus, pointed out that nothing in the Innocents' con stitution deals with the subject of resignation. This has to be decided among the Innocents themselves, he said. Officers of the Innocents Society are Marv Stromer, president; Junior Knobei, vice president; Leonard Barker, secretary and Walt Wright, treasurer. Other members of the Society are Bill DeVries, Brock Dutton, Marv Friedman, Doran Jacobs, Don Novotny, Dan Rasdal, Art Raun and Tom Woodward. Thirteen members are tackled for membership during the course of traditional Ivy Day activities. The basis for membership in th society is service to the University, scholarship and activity participa tion. The scholarship requirement was boosted this year from 5.5 to a 6 average. Scholastic- require ments for membership may be changed each year. Innocents came into being fifty two years ago when faculty-student relationships were on a low plane. It was felt that if a group of stu dents were chesen to help improve relationships, then the reputation of the University as a whole would improve. The group has been cut down ta less than 13 members in past years, but not because of voluntary resignation on the part of a mem ber. Innocents were reduced to 11 men last year when one member was forced to drop out due to causes outside his or the Society's control. Annual Navy Day Banquet To Be Friday The annual NROTC Navy Day banquet will be at 7:30 prm. Fri day at the Lincoln Hotel Ballroom. Captain W. O. Gallery, professor of Naval Science, andhis wife, accompanied by his staff and their wives, will attend the banquet. The Navy dress for the occasion will be dress blue and white cap cover and bow tie. Following the banquet there will be dancing to the music of the Jimmy Phillips Orchestra. Lt. and Mrs. Englehart and Lt. and Mrs. H. W. Ottoson will be chaperones. Charles Slaby is in charge of arrangements. Red China RALSTON
