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Riot, Suspension Lead List
The April 14 riot-panty raid and
the ensuing suspensions of partici
pating students was chosen by The
Nebraskan staff as the top story
for the spring 01 19o5.
Second choice was the cutting of
exam week and the easing of ac
tivity participation by the Facul
ty Senate.
The dissolution of the All Univer
sity Party after it planned to seek
legality from the Student Council
was The Nebraskan's choice for
third leading story.
Stories were picked for their sig
nificance in campus events and
for the play they received in The
Nebraskan.
Other stories in order are the
resignation of Jack Rogers from
Innocents, limitation of activities
by the Student Council, the secret
ballot limitation for the - Student
Council, the spring event plans,
the increase in the University
budget submitted by the Chancellor
to the legislature, the chance for
a 15th sorority and the resignation
of Jerry Lee,
The riot and the resulting sus
pensions was carried in The Ne
braskan for almost two weeks. Be
ginning with the first report of the
riot "starting with what seemed
to be an innocent water-fight, a full
fledged riot gained momentum and
grew into a leader less mob"
stories were carried through re
porting damage, legislative reac
tion and administrative discipline.
Resulting from the riot, a state
senator introduced a resolution to
the legislature objecting to it, and
another senator resolved to oust
the editor of The Nebraskan for an
editorial she wrote about the riot
and its causes.
The Nebraskan went on in the
following days to report the sus
pension of 19 students, the fining
of some of them in county court,
the reinstatement of one student.
Charles Doleman and his second
suspension, and the reinstatement
of still another student.
The Nebraskan also started a
Riot Relief Fund to help ease the
$3300 damage done to women's res
idences. Action by the Faculty Senate cut
ting exams to one week rated sec
ond in the Nebraskan's top 10 stor
ies. The Senate voted to cut final
exams to one week, putting three
exams of two and one-half hours
in each day.
. Allied with this movement was
the vote by the Senate to ease
eligibility requirements for activi
ties by permitting a student to
gain three hours of the 12 hours
needed for eligibility by taking
extension courses.
Editorials from both sides were
Smets, Hurst, Harvey.
NUCWA Names
Three New Officers
Three board positions for the Ne
braska University Council on World
Affairs and a member of the for
eign student committee have been
announced by Charles Gomon,
NUCWA president.
Karen Smets, Kappa Delta schol
arship chairman, will act as pro
grain chairman for the text two se
mesters. Union Closed
t mhm faculties wf3 ke elated
ever (fee Memorial Day week
ead. QasiziX times are: Eewad
Up Rom. 1 p.m. Saiwrtay; Cr,
1 pjn. Saturday aad UsiM kofld
tag. 18 pjs. Safsrday.
Tie Vw&mm wBl ke cbsed all
day Soaday. It wEl r9m at
12 bm Meaday. The Crib wU
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Mac Serves 16
By LUC1GRACE SWTTZX
Siaff Writer
Tor the past IS years one of the
refalar feaSures of the Union has
been Mac, the head custodian.
Wedsesday at their asnoa! baa
yjet. Union stedent workers ex
fressed a small measure of their
?w5rr2ik fcv presealLig him
with an aU4eaer thermos case
wish two (part thermos bottles and ,
a sandwich tray.
ur- v nl naaa is G. C.
McKeen, began worklss for the :
Unkm a October, 1335. Since then,
ye f n n n SP n fl
dtj0ods Heei'vMSirdlDiin)
HecaDis Irsiy HiipeirSemxses
he has seen several charges ia the, to help with the Janitorial work.
UaicsJ arrangement, has had a va-j For several years durin the
riety of experiences and has work- war, be said, soldiers were housed
ed under all aix dirtcton of the' ia the Library and fed at the Un
tjbmjo. ion. Daring this time Mac picked
Be casne here short? after the up 37 dogs which soldiers had
Vtioa was hciX At that fcme, Mac brocgM into the Union to feed
recounted, Van Sant was the first and then left there,
director. Six then Joyce Ayers.lj Another experience Mac remenv
B3 Marsh. Eo6 Scfeiy. Patricia bers we3 is the first Union Christ
Laser nd Doase Lake have; mas party at which foot-long hot
served as dector. Mac remem-rdogs and bottled cokes wtre
fcers them a5 weSL 'nerved. The tUidtxA, he recaCs,
Ja adcLtioo ke rtamxtbtn bis, lined the cokes co alor.j the aec-
written, including a column by
The Nebraskan sports editor.
The third-ranked story ' dissolu
tion of the All University Party,
or "Faction" began when a fac
ulty subcommittee called for facts
as to the legality and the position
of the AUP on the campus.
The AUP voted to offer their
constitution to the Council for ap
proval, then decided the next week
to dissolve. The Faction dissolved
because they felt they would be
too restricted In carrying on free
democratic assembly if they were
forced to become legal, AUP
representatives said.
The resignation of Jack Rogers
from the Innocents Society was
the fourth story. Rogers said he re
signed because he did not agree
with the traditionally accepted
aims and purposes of Innocents.
He said he did not believe the
Innocents worked to the best in
terests of the University. Rogers
hoped, he said, that his resigna
tion would "shake, just a little
bit," the hallowed position of the
Society.
The fifth top story of 1955 was
the Student Council's restrictions on
activities, and the resulting move
by a group of senior men to fight
the resolution.
The motion passed by the Council
holds that no individual can hold
more than one presidency of a
campus activity, nor belong to
more than two organizations as a
board member. The Council set
minimum of a 5-0 accumulative
average for a board member and
5.7 for a president.
The sixth story was the peti
tion to the Council to prohibit
secret ballots in its meetings. The
petition came as a result of the
Council voting by secret ballot to
give a seat to the Co-op Council
on the Student Council.
Organization of a spring event
committee rated seventh play. The
committee brought Billy May to
the campus, although other activi
ties were thwarted by the spring
riot.
The request for $3,830,000 in
crease in the University budget by
the Chancellor, and the ultimate
approval of a $2,8000,000 increase
by a legislative committee was the
eighth story.
The chance that Zeta Tau Alpha
might be the 15th sorority on the
University campus was the ninth
story.
Tenth on the list was the resig
nation of Track Coach Jerry Lee to
return to Grand Island to coach
football and track. Lee said, "I
find that competition for athletics
has created serious problems in
college coaching.'
Connie Hurst, member of the Uni
versity debate squad, YWCA, Red
Cross and The Nebraskan business
staff, will act as chairman of civic
and discussion events. She will be
in charge of setting up a speak
ers bureau from whkh panelists
and speakers will be sent to Lin
coln and University organiatiora.
Grace Harvey, KUCWA vice
president in charge of program
planning, wQl also be in charge
of the NUCWA Spring Conference
to be held in March.
Marina Wsschnewsky wd be one
of the three foreign students-at-large
represented on the foreign
student committee. The commit
tee wSI be composed of represen
tatives from campus organiatkns
interested in sponsoring and super
vising foreign student activities
anrt of three foreign stodenU-at-large.
The other two foreign students-at-large
w-31 be selected from ap
plicants next falL
Years
acqtiaistancewithtAepasttwosec-ond
retaries of tie Alumni Associa-1 wras mocKing uiero over nyinrow
tion, Ellsworth DoTeaa and 'Fritz kg the hot dogs at them. "Ever
Daly. Ke can also remember the
present secretary, James Pitten
ger, when Pittecger worked in the
Crib kitchen as a itjdent
Mac said some of lis and the,
Union's tmusaal experiences oc-
curred during the war when 12 W)
soldiers were fed there. During
those days, he often worked tip to
IS bows a day. because, due to
the manpower shortage, there was
ccly one student and an old man
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Chemist To Retire In June; Student Represents Nil At White House
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Breslovj Criticizes Pub
Board Before Council
' Marvin Breslow criticized the
Student-Faculty Subcommittee on
Student Publications before, the
Student Council Wednesday, stat
ing that, in some instances, it
seemed petty politics entered into
faculty decisions concerning the
selection of The Nebraskan staff
members.
Breslow, student member of the
publications board, said that he
believed the staff as a whole was
outstanding, but that politics weak
ened the position of The Nebraskan.
Politics in the selection of staff
members was hurting The Nebras
kan, the student body and the Uni
versity, he said.
According to Breslow s report
of committee activities, 10 per cent
commission will be given to as
sistant business managers for lo
cal advertising sales. The new
ruling will apply to both out-going
and new business staff members,
the report said.
The revised constitution of the
Ag YMCA was read and a motion
requesting its approval was passed.
The new constitution excludes pos
sibility of an alliance with city
YMCA. disbanded last fall due to
lack of interest.
New .Student Week orientation
meetings for all organizations were
Andy Hove. The purpose of the
meetings is to explain the restric
tions on the activities for fresh
man women by- AWS and the six-
participate.
Marshall Becker was appointed
chairman of the Parking Board,
with Dick Reiscbe and Sherry Man
gold as members. Marial Wright
and Dick Johnson were appointed
members of the Dean of Women's
Social Affairs Committee.
Sam Van Pelt, Eev Deepe, Kay
Reeves, Charley Trumble, Dorothy
Novotay, Kazys Alminas, Ginny
Hudson, Sherry Mangold, Jane Jef
frey and Lea Schropfer were
asked to take part in the Chancel
lor's Round Table.
Hove announced that the activit
ies limitation policy would be en
forced next faO. He said that a
policy would be worked out with
Frank HaHgren, assistant dean of
floor landing and then took i
since, we have cad coxes m cups,
he added.
Then," Mac remembered.
there was the morning they called
'me up about 2 a.m. and said there
was water all over the Coot of
the Daily Nebraskan office. A pipe
had broken and there was about a
foot of water all over the office
and out into the hail, we IinaUy
g it cleaned trp about 7:30 in the
hnorniisf."
abkrj i&e coanges wiita msc
has seen accomplished since the
Union was built have been the
re-decoraliktg of the Crib and the
cafeteria and the addition of the
accordion doors in the ballroom.
He also pointed cut that the ar
rangement in The Nebraskan and
Cornhusker offices was quite dif
ferent. The old Awgwan magazine
had its offices where the Com
fcusker office is located now. At
that time however, there was no
wall between the two offices, only
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STROMER
student affairs, in the fall.
Members signed lists stating perf
erences of committees, which will
be appointed during the summer.
APO Initiates
Governor,
Chancellor
Gov. Victor Anderson and Chan
cellor Clifford Hardin were initi
ated into the local chapter of Alpha
Phi Omega, national scouting hon
orary, Thursday evening in cere
monies held in the Union.
At the meeting, four new active
members were also initiated. The
new members are Jack Conrad,
Neil RuchsdasheL, Warren Schwa
bauer and Bob Hans. Also at the
dinner meeting were seven mem
bers of the Omaha Alumni Club of
the fraternity.
Speaking at the banquet was
Sidney North of Kansas City, who
is national executive secretary of
Alpha Phi Omega. Dr. Samuel
Rice attended the ceremonies as a
representative of the national pres
ident. The dinner, the last event of the
year for the college scouting group,
was concluded with the installa-
uuu vi m.it tris who were recenuy
elected.
Grad Of '95
Elliott To Address
NU Commencement
A Nebraska alumnus who was! dent emeritus of Purdue Univer-
awarded a bachelor's degree in
chemistry at the University's com
mencement ceremonies in 1295 will
deliver the address at the th an
nual commencement exercises on
June 13 in the Coliseum.
He is Dr. Edward Elliott, presi-
a wooden raiL The Corahusker of-
fke at that time was located
where the card room is cow.
"The thing I like best about my
job is working with the kids. I
like working with them in every
way building lasting friend
ship," Mac said. "Many of the
students that I knew before the
war would come back years later
to see me. I've bad a lot of
friends."
It is m keeping with this that
Mac is sever too busy to help
students with some projects, wheth
er it be constructing a sign board,
helping them with the construc
tion of a booth or simply helping
them to find the various odds and
ends be keeps on band for just
3ucn uses.
And so, no matter what other institutions for the service train
changes may be made. Mac is ex- ing program,
pected to be around for a long Before and after his retirenent
while yet, keeping things in order, as Purdue's president, Dr. Elliott
helping out wherever he can and was chairman of the Board of Trus
Iways with a friendly smile for his tees of the Carnegie Foundation,
favorite people of a!l the stu- He is still a special consultant to
denis. the Ordoance Training Command.
University of Nebraska
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Dr. Cliff S. Hamilton, chair
man of the department of chem
istry and chemical engineering,
and Marvin Stromer, Arts and
Sciences senior, have been named
Outstanding Nebraskans for the
spring semester.
According to his letter of nomina
tion, Dr. Hamilton is a "man of
whom the University, the State and
the Nation can be proud. Under
his guidance, the University of Ne
braska has earned an excellent
reputation for the training of un
dergraduate and graduate chem
ists which far exceeds the size
of its department."
Dr. Hamilton received his Bache-
Stromer Honored
Marv Stromer, newly chosen
"Outstanding Nebraskan," will
be a Presidential delegate to an
international conference of col
legiate affairs which win include
representatives from 50 nations.
Stromer will be accompanied
to the conference, which will be
held in Brussels, Belgium, by At
torney General Herbert BrownelL
Stromer, former Innocents presi
dent, said he was informed of
the international conference at
the meeting of the President's
Committee on Collegiate Problem
held in January. Stromer was
chairman of the five man dele
gation. Informed of the appointment
late Taesday evening by Ber
nard Shan ley, Presidential ap
pointment necretary, Stromer
said that he was told he "would
almost be an ambassador" as the
personal representative of Presi
dent Eisenhower.
Stromer will leave Sept. 19 for
New York and will travel to
Brussels by ship leaving New
York Sept. 19. The conference
is scheduled to last nine days,
he said.
At the January national confer
ence, Stromer had a 30-minnte
interview with President Eisen
hower. The delegates conferred
with Sam oel Browne II U. S.
Commissioner on Edncatiea.
Hemphill, Knudsen Win
Honor In Ad Sorority
Nancy Hemphill. Ag College
senior, and Joan Knudsen, Arts
and Sciences junior, were named
outstanding senior and outstanding
pledge at the annual Gamma Al
pha Chi banquet. Gamma Alpha
I uu is a professional aaverusmg
fraternity for women.
:t7, who received his master's de-
free from the University in 1237.
from).
due University for 23 years. HeH Kosmet Klub Spring Show,
was appointed to tne post in the
spring of 1322 and retired at the
age of 70 on June SI), VMS.
TMrtk la Nebraska
Born in Chicago in 1874. Dr.
Elliott grew up in Nebraska. He re
ceived his early schooling in North
Platte, where he moved with his
family in 128L
After a year of graduate study
in Germany at the University of
Jena, he returned to New York
Cay and in 1904 obtained his doc
torate from Columbia University.
He was chairman of the Univer
sity of Wisconsin's department of
education for 10 years and then
became chancellor of Montana's
four ttate institutions of higher
learning.
LerfslaUve Stodks
Active in educational affairs, Dr,
Elliott conducted special legisla
tive studies from 13WS to 1310 for
During that time, he was on many
educational commissions.
Dr. Elliott became in 1929 a
member of President Hoover's Na
tional Advifory Committee on Ed
ucation. In YjCZ ami YiVh, he vkited
the Philippine Is'ands as advLver
to the Regents of the University
of the Philippines on reorgania
tion. Special Cfissliast
He was chairman of the joint
committee of the Army, Navy and
War Manpower Commission which
handled selection of non-federal
ebiraskainis
Otocta
lor's degree from Monmouth Col-
lege, Illinois, and was awarded a
Doctor's degree from Northwest
ern University. He joined the
University staff in 1923 and has
served the University since that
time except for a two year period
when he taught at Northwestern
and another period when he was
with the Office of Scientific Re
search and Development during
World War IL
Author
Nearly SO students have received
their Doctor's degrees under Dr.
Hamilton's guidance. Many of
his former students are in impor
tant positions in industry. He has
been the author of more than 90
papers in the fields of arsenic med
icinal and heterocyclic chemistry
and holds several chemical pat
ents. Dr. Hamilton will retire this
June.
Stromer, Innocents president for
1954-55, was president of Red Cross
and belongs to Nebraska Masquers
chapter of the National Collegiate
Players, Purple Masque, Kosmet
Klub, Cora Cobs, Provost Corps,
Student Council, Pi Sigma Alpha
and Pi Kappa Phi.
Appointed to President Eisen
hower's committee on collegiate
problems, Stromer was one of five
college students in the nation chos
en to travel to Washington to con
fer on educational problems.
Stromer received two letters of
recommendation, one of which said
he was deserving of nomination
because of "his unfailing interest
in the University during his four
years on campus and because of
'Harvey' To Open
Students Form Hayloft
Summer Theater Group
Single and season tickets for
Hayloft Summer Theater produc
tions are now on sale. Prices are
$1 for single admissions; $11 for
a season ticket to the 13 scheduled
plays.
Hayloft Summer Theater was
purchased by a group of University
students who wish to see summer
stock continued in Lincoln.
"Harvey," written by Mary
Chase, will open the season June
8. The play concerns a gentle al
coholic, Elwood P. Dowd, and his
best friend, a tall white rabbit
L9mi Hanrv
Production of "Harvey" and
the other 12 plays will be handled
completely by the student own
ers. Members of the Hayloft Summer
Theater Corporation are: presi
dent, Kathy OTJonnell; -secretary-treasurer.
Jack Parris; director,
Bill Walton; promotion manager,
rector, C. T. Weather! ord, Barbara
Leigh, James Eoling, and Marian
Ralston are board members.
All members of the corporation
have been active in University
Theater activities. Walton direct-
Ekwmer Girl." and will receive
his Master's Degree in theater in
August.
Stack in the new corporation was
purchased with the students' pri
vate funds, Marv Stromer said
members believed some conscious
effort should be made to keep
summer theater in Lincoln, after
the community has had summer
The Outside World
Russia Charges U.S.
By DICK
Staff Writer
The Soviet Union formally accepted Thursday an invitation to a
top level Big Four conference. At the same time, it charged the
United States was setting up conditions "whkh will doom the confer
ence to failure."
"There is only one explanation," the Soviet note to the United
Slates, Britain and France charged, "namely that the government of
the U.S.A. contrary to its declaration does not desire to settle acuta
international problems. -
Americans' Release Seen
American diplomats are reportedly of the opinion that Red China
will take steps within the next month to release many of the Americans
currently imprisoned behind the Eamboo Curtain.
The belief is based on what appears to be a general easing of
Red China's bciiigerar.t attitude and on the belief that Red China wiU
want to make a favorable impression on world opinion before the
UrJted Nations' 10th anniversary meeting in San Francisco, June 20.
It is believed there are 41 civilians and 15 airmen still held in
Chinese Communist prisons.
Tornadoes Take Lives
Tornadoes have killed at least 100 persons and Injured over 700
others in Kansas and Oklahoma. Hardest hit was Udail, Kansas,
where 56 persons lost their lives. The small town of 750 was described
as virtually leveled.
African Uprisings
Eleven persons have been killed in uprisings in French Korti
Africa. The new surge of violence between the authorities and nation
ahst extremists left the French rulers undecided whether to use a hard
or soft policy in dealing with (he trouble.
Friday, May 27, 1955
his contributions to the betterment
of the University."
To White Houso
The other letter stated, "Marvin,
in representing the University of
Nebraska, carried with him our
school's Scarlet and Cream to th
White House where he conferred
with President Eisenhower. It
was at this hour that Nebraska
was represented and Marvin con
tributed to our State, our Univer
sity and our Country."5
Other nominations for Outstand
ing Nebraskan included Walt
Wright, Junior Knobel, Doug Jen
sen, Jo Knapp, David Gradwohl,
Dick Westcott and Nancy Odum.
Faculty members nominated were
Duane Lake, Orin Stepanek, Robert
Knoll, Jake Geier and Dr. Arthur
Westbrook.
Last semester's outstanding
Nebraskans were Jack Rogers,
Arts and Sciences senior, and
Emanuel Wishnow, professor of
violin and conductor of the Uni
versity Orchestra.
Vollmer Elected
Dorm's Governor
Ruth Vollmer, junior in Agricul
ture, was elected governor of the
Residence Halls for Women in a
recent election.
Other officers are Elbe Elliott,
vice president; Mary Sue Herbek,
secretary; Marian Clark, treasur
er, and Jackie Kilzer and La Vera
Faimon, social chairmen.
Other members of the dorm coun
city, official governing body, will
be appointed in the fall.
stock for five seasons.
Tryouts for cast openings will be
Sunday and June 4. All casting
will be done from the list of 20
people chosen from the tryouts,
Stromer said.
Plays scheduled for production
include "Ramshackle Inn," "Dial
M for Murder," "Lo and Behold,"
"Arsenic and Old Lace" and "Life
with Father." The season will
last until Sept. 4. Performances
of the plays will be given Wed
nesdays through Sundays.
Marv Stromer will play Elwood
P. Dowd, the main character in
"Harvey." Veta, his sister, will
be played by Kathy ODonnelL The
cast also includes Jack Parris,
Skip Weatherford, Barbara Leigh,
Jim Copp, Luanne Raun, Mary
Gattis, Ted Nittler, John Forsythe,
Mary Sigler and Katy Kelley.
Season tickets and tickets for
"Harvey" are now on sale and
may be obtained by calling 5-7659.
Bosley Receives
Physics Handbook
Rex Bosley, sophomore in Arts
and Sciences, received the physics
department's achievement award
for 1954-55.
The prize, a copy of the current
"Handbook of Chemistry and
Physics," is awarded each year
jointly by the physics department
and the publishers to the student
who makes the most outstanding
progress in any beginning physics
course.
RALSTON
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