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It Happened At NU An English professor was quoting Hamlet's soliloquy to his class the other day. " 'To die, to sleep ... perchance to dream. Aye, there's the " rub.' Now what's the next line?" he asked a dozing student. "Unnh ... 'Is that a dagger I see before me?' " the dreamer plucked from "MacBeth.." 1M1 Weather 'R Not Considerably cloudy and colder today with possible showers and northerly winds. High ex pected in the 60's, turning much colder by night. Vol. 59, No. 23 LINCOLN, NEBRASKA Wednesday, November 9, 1955 k er Calendar- opjwpf AIM (O) uj 7 J of s m - i 'i ! X';. 4 - tf v Honorary Commandant Finalists Finalists for Honorary Com mandant for the 1955 Military Ball are, left to right, Peggy Baldwin, Janice Carman, Phyllis Sherman and Gail Drahota. ROTC students in all three branches QjEnsiveirsi'fy Heflinistefe Suspended SfdodjeBDfrs identity Of Re-admission of six of the 18 students suspended from the Uni versity after last Spring's riot was revealed Tuesday following an edi torial in The Nebraskan which re ported the "fact that some oi the suspended students were back in school. J. P. Colbert, Dean of Student Affairs reportedly said that the Rally: Cobs Sponsor Cofiipefifion or Houses A pre-Homecomlng rally is sched uled for Wednesday at 6:45 p.m. in front of the Carillon Tower, Norm Creutz, Corn Cobs president, announced Tuesday. Competition between women's and men's organized houses for the most attractive banner is sched uled, Creutz said. Trophies will be given to the best banner in both women's and men's divislbns, he aid. Banners will be Judged on orig inality and cleverness, he said. Winners will be announced Friday night at the Homecoming rally, he aid. The Homecoming rally Friday night will feature a bonfire on the practice field. The rally will begin at the Union and progress to the practice field, Creutz said. The evaluation team to deter mine the estimated worth of ma terial used in homecoming house displays will consist of Paul Hy land, Landy-Clark Lumber Co., and H. H. Acre, United Rent-All, Von Innes, chairman of the Inno cents Homecoming committee, said. Judges for Homecoming displays will be Harry Weaver, Innocents advisor; Norma Carpenter, adver tising manager for Miller and Paine; John Weaver, instructor in architecture: Col. C. J .Frank furter, past Innocent's adviser; and Max Worley, Lincoln business man. Entries are divided into three groups, Scarlet, Cream and wom en's division. Competition in men's divisions was divided Into two groups because of the large num ber of entries last year, Innes said. Entries in the Scarlet division ere Zeta Beta Tau, Acacia, Tau Kappa Epsilon, Pi Kappa Phi, Theta Chi, Delta, Sigma Phi, Alpha Gamma Rho and Beta Sig ma Psl. Entries in the Cream division are Sigma Nu, Phi Kappa Psi, Sigma Alpha Mu, Sigma Alpha Ep silon, Theta Xi, Beta Theta Pi, Phi Delta Theta and Phi Gamma Delta. Additional entrants in the Cream division include Delta Upsilon, Sig ma Phi Epsilon, Sigma Chi, Delta Tau Delta, Alpha Tau Omega and Selleck Quad. Trophies for first, second and third places in' all three divisions will be awarded at the Homecom ing Dance Saturday, Lines said. ft IN will vote Nov. 17 to select the winner who will be presented at the 43rd annual Military Ball, which will be held at the Coli seum, Dec. 2. The other finalists will be presented as Miss Army, Miss Navy and Miss Air Force. Students Not Released students were admitted on a proba tionary status effective September, 1955. When contacted by a Nebraskan staff member at b:15 p.m. Tuesday, Colbert declined to comment fur ther because it was after office hours. He said, however, that he was willing "to discusss the mat ter tomorrow at my convenience." Names of the students have not been revealed. However Dick Glas ford and Terry Cochran are known to be among those re-admitted. Colbert had reported earlier that one student's application for re-admission had been denied "for the present." Colbert had also said the cases of the six were reviewed in accord ance with the resolution passed by the Board of Regents May" 10, 1955, which stated: "Resolved, that the action taken by the Dean of Student Affairs in connection with the suspension of students involved in the riot of April 14, 1955, on the University campus in Lincoln be in all re spects affirmed, provided the Dean of Student Affairs at his discretion may upon showing satisfactory to Union: Survey To Expansion A survey will be conducted in all 9 a.m. classes Wednesday by the Union to find the urgent needs of the city campus students to guide in the planned expansion, Duane Lake, Union director, said. The survey, which was recom mended by the expansion planning consultants, is designed to find the immediate needs of the students and the degree of necessity. It will also be used as a basis for future planning, Lake said. The cost of expansion will be re stricted to the amount that can be paid off in, a revenue bond issue. The Increase of fees to $90 per semester will give the Union $5 for every student enrolled In the University. Future enrollment has been taken into consideration also in planning for paying off the cost, Lake said. The estimated cost for the new addition to the present building Is one and a quarter million dollars. The addition will double the pres ent square foot area and will cover about 74,000 square feet, he added. Lake 'said that one of the first ideas for the addition was to ex pand the ballroom to three times its present size. However, it is believed that the present need is to provide better facilities for the smaller activities and the individ ual students. While there are 'not a great many auditorium and ballroom fa cilities on the campus at present, there will be many here and in the Immediate area in the near future, he said. The Coliseum is planning an ex pansion tt accommodate more peo ple in the ballroom and to have a better auditorium provision. The City Auditorium and the new Fair v -x " Courtesy Lincoln Journal The presentation of the Com mandant and the representatives of the three branches will follow a welcome to the guests and the grand march, consisting of se nior ROTC cadets and their dates. 2 him and approved by the Chancel lor re-instate any student so sus pended upon a probationary status under such conditions as he shall determine advisable but not prior to Sept. 1, 1955." - - Before the hearings, Board Presi dent J. Leroy Welsh read a state ment saying that If suspended stu dents wished to transfer to another school credits will not be withheld and that along with the credit transfer would go a statement that the student "did not leave the Uni versity in good standing." Following the Spring riot Colbert had stated: "Befce any of the sus pended students may return to the University or before any of their credits will be transferred to an other school they must pay a pro portionate share of personal los ses." There was no Indication from the Office of Student Affairs of-wheth er or not this had been done in the case of the six students. University authorities had also stated that all those suspended were to leave school "immediately and will not be considered for re- admission until June, 1956." Help Plan Prccjram Grounds auditorium will also be opening presently, Ag campus is considering the possibility of build ing a study hall with an auditor ium. It is possible that there would be an additional small ballroom which would accommodate from 200 to 150 students. The results depend on the views expressed In the sur vey, Lake added. He felt that what ever Is built, there are still many social activities that students don't want to go to campus for. A definite part of the plans is a new Crib with a capacity three times as large as the present one. There is a poslbillty that it will be in a continental style with a new type of table arrangement, he said. There will also be several small er dining rooms and a place for students to dance, he added. Judges To . Select Activities Queen AUF Activities queen will be chosen Wed. night at 7:30 p.m. In Room 315 at the Union. The Queen will be presented at the AUF Auc tion. Candidates for queen are Bever ly Buck, representing Builders; Barbara Sharp, Nebraskan; Sara Hubka, Cornhusker; Marilyn Heck, Union; and Nancy Salter, YWCA. Judges of the contest will be Dr. Woodrow Reed, guidance consul tant; Dr. Wesley Poe, Director of Junior Division and AUF advisor; Andy Hove, Student Council pres ident; Jan Linquist, BABW presi dent; Paula Broady Wells, AWS president and Rev. Rex Knowles, pastor of Congregational-Presbyterian student house and AUF ad (For Tvio-Week Exam IPeriod Review lime, Student Opinion, Faculty Hardship Stressed By MARY SHELLED Y Copy Editor After six months embitter Wrang ling involving stujkftts, faculty and1 the administration, the Faculty Senate votedVedneslay to provide for two-week examirJation periods for the 1956-57 year. ' The 125-87 vote toend the ten tative short-pr riod calendar back to committee reversed the direc tive adopted May 11. The Senate action last May provoked howls of protest from the students, inter-and intra-college breaches, Nebraskan editorial campaigns, Student Coun cil resolutions and poll of the student body and caustic Comment from both or all sides. Harold Wise, assistant dean of the Graduate Colleg, introduced the tentative 1956-57 calendar, com menting that it followed the Senate policy. Wise then read the1 minority re port of the Calendar; Committee's student representatives. Argument against Ithe proposed calendar culminated in a motion by Donald Moore, associate pro fessor of physics, to Isend the cal endar back to comiftittee, direct ing it to lengthen the examination period, and to direct! the calendar committee to prepare subsequent calendars (for 1957-58 and after) after consultation with the admin istration, the office of Registration and Records and the students' wishes. T h o m a 8 Raysor, professor of English, proposed ah amendment asking that the committee submit specific arguments from the ma jority and minority for any calen dar. Raysor's amendment was defeat ed. j Wise stated that ithe calendar pnmmlt.f.Mt nlon nrAnnmH an - . - -' alternative calendar providing two weeks for examinations, and that 1956-57 catalogues must go to the printer Dec. 1 and should include Symphony: NU Concert To Feature Violinist The Annual University Sym phony Orchestra Concert will be held on Nov. 20 at 8 p.m. in the Union Ballroom. The Orchestra will be under the direction of Emanuel Wishnow. Featured soloist will be Carroll Glenn, young American violinist and winner of all four major music awards offered in open competi tion in the United States. She will play "Concerto In D. minor for Violin It Orchestra," by Sibelius. The concerto represents a very characteristic and unconventional treatment of the form, though it has been long in gaining popular ity, Darrina Turner, chairman of the music committee said. Other numbers by the Orchestra Include "Overture to Anacreon," by Cherubini, "Nocturnes," by De bussy; "Baba Jag, opus 56," by Liadow which shows the ideas of symbolism that were found In the French school of composition dur ing 1878; and "Polovetlan Danc es from 'Prince Igor'," by Borodin which is characterized by orches tration and strong rhythms. Tickets can be obtained in the Union main office beginning Wed nesday at 5 p.m. Each student and faculty member is entitled to two free tickets. The tickets will re serve a seat for the perform' ance until 7:45 p.m. Union Plons HC Eve Party For Friday The third annual Homecoming Eve Dance will be held from 8:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. Friday In the Candlelite Room of the Union, Ron Boyd, chairman of the Union dance committee, announced. The dance marks the official opening of the Candlelite Room this year, and students are invited to drop In after viewing the Hone coming displays, he said. Bill Alber's combo has been en gaged to play for the opening, Boyd said. The room will be ar ranged especially for dancing, with tables along the sides of the room and the remaining area left for dancing, he said. There w i 1 1 be no admission charge for the dance; chili and coffee costing 25 cents will be served, he said. The dance has al ways been well attended in the past, and this year promises to be no exception, Boyd said.. the calendar. A call to the previous question closed the 40-minute debate. Im mediately after the Senate voted 125-87 to return the tentative cal endar to committee, Robert Knoll, associate professor of English, moved to accept the alternative (two-week) calendar. The motion passed by voice vote and a show of hands. The meeting was adjourned im mediately. Argument in favor of the one week exam period was presented by Franklin Eldridge, professor of dairy husbandry. The short period, he said, would prevent cramming and lessen emphasis on finals. "Other colleges seem to manage with a shorter period," he said. Argument favoring the two-week period centered around 1) the hard ship imposed on the faculty by a shorter period, 2) the need of stu Student Opinion Seen As factor In Action Following the Faculty Senate ac tion Tuesday, the Nebraskan inter viewed several faculty members, concerning individual reactions to the hotly debated reversal of the one-week examination directive of last May. The issue, which has been the subject of considerable controver sy, was resolved by a sound ma jority favoring the two-week ex amination period. "It's very desirable for the Uni versity to take into consideration the attitude of the students, which was done in the Senate meeting," Thomas Raysor, professor of Eng lish, said in reference to the stu dent poll circulated Oct. 29. The logic of the situation and the opinion of the students Influenced many faculty members at the Sen ate meeting, Stanley Ross, assist ant prdfessor of history, said. The reversal was a healthy sign, he added. "The matter was extremely im portant to both students and fac ulty," Boyd Carter, chairman of the romance language department, said. The Senate action can only result in the ultimate good for all concerned, he said. Democracy prevailed at the meeting, Adam Breckenridge, administrative assistant to the Chancellor and former chairman of the political science department, said. The meeting was evidence of the American political system at work, he added. "I said all I wanted to say at the meeting," Robert Knoll, assist a n t professor of English, said. Knoll spoke supporting the two week proposal. Chancellor Clifford Hardin left for'an out-of-town speaking engage ment immediately after the meet ing and was unavailable for com ment. "This is temporarily a fortunate solution which takes into account the various interests of various col leges," William Pfeiler, chairman of the department of Germanic languages, said. Banquet: Education Honorary To Initiate Pi Lambda Theta, national wom en's education honorary, will initi ate 49 new members at their ini tiation banquet Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. The new initiates are: Helen Alberdlng, Patricia Al vord, Carol Anderson, Doris Ander son, Marilyn Beideck, Caroline Boswell, JoAnn Chalupa, Prudence Cooper, Imogene Davis, Shirley Dewey, Jeanne Elliot, D e 1 o r e s Fangmeier, Fanell Gutzmann, Nan cy Hamer, Emily Hemphill. Catherine Hodder, Billie Howalt, Virginia Hudson, Jean Hueftle, Rita Jellnek, Sharon Jensen, Lois Ratt ier, Joan Kucaba Inman, Carol Link, Phyllis Malony, Joan Mar shall Reist, Shirley McPeck, Vir ginia McPeck, Pat Moran, Carol Newell. Phyllis Ormesher, Margaret Os beck, Mary Alice Pont, Barbara Rystrorn, Phyllis Sherman, Karen Smets, Judith Snell, Beverly Soder berg, Sandra Speicher, Pat Staf ford, Cerayne Swanson, Shirley Swansen, Gretchen Teal, Mary Jean Thompson. Curole Unterseher, Eleanor Von Bargen, Rosemary Weeks, Patricia Wyatt and Janice Yosl. j dents to review and put together subject matter, and S) student wishes. Knoll said, "I am quite in favor of having two weeks, independent ly of the minority report. It is pedagogically wise to allow stu dents time to review. The Univer sity should be set up to the ad vantage of the good students, who do use the time study." Second, Knoll said, the one-week period seems to place the burden on the teacher, not the students. A long examination period places the responsibility on the students, while using the extra time for more classes places the responsibility on the teacher. If students are able to get along without studying for finals, Knoll concluded, then per haps, tht tests are too easy and standards should be higher. Boyd Carter, chairman of the department of romance languages, The examination period is now ten days and the student point of view on the question was ably pre sented at the meeting, he said. Pfeiler suggested that there should not be one common denom inator for the entire University in the examination situation, due to inter-colleee differences Hp coiri that his suggestion was to be con sidered and studied for possible ap plication in the future. S-R Awards 25 Students Scholarships Twenty-five University students who are recipients of the Sears Roebuck Scholarship this year will be honored at a recognition ban quet Wednesday at the Cornhusker Hotel. Certificates will be presented to the scholarship winners by the Sears-Roebuck Foundation, and a general get-acquainted session will also be held at the luncheon. This year's scholarship winners are: Doris Eby, Rose Joyce, Patsy Kaufman, Janice Montgomery, Janice Reeder, Patricia Tatroe, Janice Tower, Warren Babcock, Larry Brown, Boyd Burhoop, Ray mond DeBower. Patrick Dnnlnn r.avv rimb j Robert Folts, Gerald Garner, Vir gil Gellerman, Phil Hansen, Wil liam Jameson, Norval McCaslin. Ralph Middleton, Duane Stock brand, Merrill Walkup, Burton Weichenthal, Arlen Zaruba, all freshmen, and Robert Weimer, sophomore winner this year. The Outside World: Unification Rejecte By BARB SHARP Staff Writer Western proposals for the unification of East and West Germany were flatly rejected by Soviet Foreign Minister V. M. Molotov There was no guarantee, however, that he does not intend to submit some new approach to the deadlocked German reunification issue. French Foreign Minister Pinay told Molotov that Germany should be free to decide after she reunites whether to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization or the Warsaw Eastern European. Pinay was supported. by British Foreign Secretary Harold Macmillan. Ike To Leave Denver President Eisenhower will leave Denver for Washington Fridfly after a short television and radio talk to the nation from Lowry Air Field. In addition to speaking at Denver, the President is expected to speak briefly at the terminal in Washington. Eisenhower will spend the week-end resting up in the White House after arrival in the capital, then journey by automobile Monday to his farm at -Gettysburg, Pa. Syrian-Egyptian Pact Discussed A military mismon to set up a joint Syrian-Egyptian military defense pact was the object of a meeting between Syrian Premier Said El Ghazzi Bnd Defense Minister Rashad Barmada. El Ghazzi announced that Syria had obtained 41 10 million dollar loan from Saudi Arabia to help Syria meet its current economic diffi culties and to help finance the military pact with Egypt. Benson Opposes Price Support Secretary of Agriculture Ezra T. "Benson declared that the pro tective umbrella thrown over the world's farmers by the American price support program may be withdrawn. He made the statement before the biennial meeting of the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organisation. Discussing the U.S. price support system, he said that one aim of tliis system is to make Import controls "less and less necessary" to the United States can be genuinely competitive in world markets. Gary Presents Farm Program The Governor of Oklahoma. Ravmonrf a ' on the Senate Agriculture Dmimlttee Bmwon to halt the decline in farm Gary presented his own farm program which features supports at 100 per cent of the. "fair income" narltv 1pv1 modifies. emphasized the burden placed on the faculty by a lack of time, A high per cent of those here today," he said, "are from the graduate college. If I may use a personal example, last May 1 read 12-1500 pages of theses." To try to do th same amount of work in half the time would be an impossibility, ht said. "In my concept of examina tions," Carter said, the students are to gain knowledge; we tr not checking up on them. Good stu dents will take advantage of their time. The important thing is the number who do, not those who do not." The University, he added, is great and complex one. The need within various areas varies. "'I cannot conceive of wanting to place burdens on other depart ments," be concluded. Raymond Dein, professor of ac counting, said his objection to the tentative calendar was not because of the controversy over one week or two. "This is what I would call a tight schedule," he said. "It leaves very little time for end-of-the-se-mester housekeeping, crowding us even more than now. When could senior grades be reported? I notice that second-semester registration starts on Jan. 25, with one-sixth of the exams going on while we've got registration of new students on our hands." The directives passed last May, Dein said, seemed to have been passed because of "barometric readings you took out-state. Mr. Chancellor. The parents' couldnt understand why it was so long aft er classes ended that their children came home." "That was not the Teal reason, but go on," Hardin interposed jok ingly. D. A. Worcester, chairman of the department of educational psychol ogy, presented the results of the survey of faculty opinion. Out of the 374 forms returned, 152 voted for the two-week period and 198 voted for one week. Of those hav ing votes in the Faculty Senate, 123 preferred two weeks and 166 preferred one week. Some of the forms listed no choice, Worcester said, "but those people seemed not to know their college or rank." Raysor stated that the lonirer riod was put into effect some 25 years ago because of student pro test. "The students complained then because two or three exams in one day were very difficult to prepare for. Wouldn't it be wise to consider student wishes now?" William Pfeiler, chairman of the department of Germanic lan guages, stated he was onnosed tn the short period for "reform, not spiie. in Arts and Sciences, one week is simply an imnossihiHrv It would actually cramp our style. we wouia comply of course, but we have real reasons for fmnrwinir this calendar. It would present ser ious problems." J I " -v . u , u iil H to "forr-p" Afrrirnttnmi c-nr income. r 1