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Political Maneuvers Begin
Charles Gomon, president of
Nebraska University Conference
on Vorld Affairs, Bev Deepe
and Dick Johnston scan a chart
for the organization of the mock
non-partisan political convention
to be held at t h e University
March 14 through 17. The con
vention will be sponsored by
thi Student Council and NUCWA,
with the authorization of the
University administration. M is s
Deepe, Gomon and Mick Neff,
make up the convention's execu
tive committee. , Johnston is a
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committee head. J. B. Harrison,
instructor in political science,
will sponsor the project. State
delegations will be made up of
groups from organized houses,
and groups of interested stu
dents from out in Lincoln. (See
The national Presidential nomin
ating convention, in miniature, will
be held on the University campus
March 14 through 17.
The Mock Non-Partisan Conven
tion will be sparked by addresses
from two nationally-known politi
cal leaders, probably one Presiden
tial candidate from both Republi
can and Democratic parties. The
speakers have not yet been named
definitely, but national party head
quarters have been contacted and
have promised to help with con
vention plans.
Each organized house or any
group of at least six students may
form a delegation and submit bids
to represent the state of their
choice.
Convention plans will be official
ly launched with a kick-off meeting
scheduled Wednesday at 7:30 p.m.
in Love Library Auditorium.
All interested students may at
tend, and letters are being sent to
organized houses requesting their
participation. At least one repre
sentative of any proposed state dele
gation is expected to attend the
meeting, at which convention plans
will be explained and committee
heads introduced.
Selection of delegations and allo
cation of states will be made by
the convention committee on state
delegations.
Purpose of the convention is to
acquaint students with operation of
national political conventions and
current issues of politics. The Ne-
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Fraternity pledges will havt their
own kiterfraternity council, accord
Ing to & motion passed in Inter-
fraternity Council meeting Wednes
day.
The motion, presented by Bob
Schuyler, Phi Gamma Delta, calls
for a council of pledge class presi
dents and representitives, set up
in the same manner as the regu
lar IPC, and under the control of
toe senior group.
This group would elect its own
officers and formulate its own
plans and projects. All tasks under
taken by this body would have to
go through the IFC, which will act
as the sponsoring committee.
The plan was originally intro
duced in IFC meeting by Dick
Trupp, Delta Tau Delta, and IFC
treasurer. The idea was first pas
sed in the IFC executive commit
tee. Schuyler was appointed chairman
of a committee to organize the
group.
When Trupp first introduced the
mbtion in IFC meeting, he said it
was a "good idea to orient pledges
and get them together." It would
help the IFC in later years by
giving pledges experience in fra
ternity affairs, he added.
Al Barnett, Sigma Nu president,
said the pledge IFC would help
strengthen the fraternity system,
and would help pledges from var
ious fratermitites get to know each
other.
Bill Campbell, IFC president,
said the plan would "really
strengthen the IFC in future
years."
There was no discussion when
the motion was passed Wednesday.
'Inspector'
'outs Set
For Tuesday
Try outs for "The Inspector Gen
eral" by Gogol, a University Thea
ter Production, will begin Tues
day, Dallas William, director said.
They will be T u es d a y and
Wednesday from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.
and 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. and Thurs
day from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. in
Room 210, Temple.
The cast for the play, a comedy
about a group of scheming Rus
sian bureaucrats, calls for about
17 men in lead parts.
All men regularly enrolled in
the University are invited to try
out, Williams said.
Production dates for the play
are Feb. 13 through 17.
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Vol. 59, No. 42
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA
Friday, January 13, 1956
Former Governor:
FMlekie Will Provides foundation
for Aid Jo University Students
MB To Hold
Scholarship Tea
See Page 4
Students of the University have
been provided for in the will of the
late Gov. Samuel McKelvie.
McKelvie provided for the crea
tion of the "Sam and Martha Ma
Kelvie Foundation" with one-half
of its income to be used to assist
students in the College of Agricul
ture and the other half to be used
for students in political economy.
In 1952, McKelvie offered h i s
By-The-Way ranch to the Univer
sity to be used as a research sta
tion. This was never accepted by
the University and McKelvie sub
sequently sold the ranch.
McKelvie provided two trusts
which both give an income to his
widow. Eventually both of the
trusts are to be paid to the "Sam
and Martha McKelvie Foundation"
for University s&dentsIrsJJ&IcJjen- PTQhsiedLSxaia said
Kelvie will have the option of dis
posing of the property in one of
the trusts by will if she wishes.
The initial management of the
Foundation is done by the ad-
Try
Applications
For Positions
Due Monday
Applications for paid staff posi
tions on The Nebraskan are now
being accepted in The Nebraskan
office, Room 20, Union or the Pub
lic Relations office, 1127 R Street.
All completed forms must be re:
turned before 5 p.m., Jan. 16. Ap
plicants will be interviewed in Un
ion Parlor A, beginning at 4 p.m.
Jan. 19.
Freshman and transfer students
are eligible to apply although they
do not have credit hours at the
University.
Staff positions and salary are as
follows: Editor, $65; news editor,
$45; managing editor, $45; editor
ial page editor, $45; four copy edit
ors, $35; sports editor, $45; agri
cultural editor, $20, business man
ager, $60; assistant business man
agers, $20 plus commision; and
circulation manager, $50.
Legal Fraternity
Elects Officers
Parker Geesen, junior in the Col
lege of Law, is the newly elected
president of Phi Delta Phi, the in
ternational legal fraternity.
Other officers are Jerry Stirtz,
secretary, and Bernie Wishnow,
treasurer.
visory committee during the life
times of the members. Members
named in the will are T. B. Strain,
Continental National Bank board
chairman; Glenn Buck, now pres
ident of McKelvie Publishing Co.;
J. Lee Rankin, former Lincoln at
torney now assistant U.S. attorney
general, and George Burks. These
are also the executors of the estate.
MrXelvie died Jan. 6 at his
ranch home in Mesa, Ariz. He de
scribed himselT as a Lincoln resi
dent in his will which was ack
nowledged July 10, 1953, at Valen
tine. A codicil to the will was
dated July 19, 1955.
Definite plans for the disposi
tion of the money for the Univer
sity will not be made for some
time since the will has not yet
The following is the statement
concerning McKelvie made by the
Board of Regents at their recent
meeting. .
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Courtesy Lincoln Sar
McKELVIE
McfCeWe Lauded
In June of 1951 the University conferred upon
Samuel McKelvie, former governor, agricultural
leader and outstanding citizen, the honorary degree
of Doctor of Agriculture.
By that action, the University expresses its
respect and appreciation for a man whose unfailing
devotion to a firm faith in his native state and its
future has contributed much to Nebraska's heritage.
Mr. McKelvie's interest in higher education and agri
cultural research was a source of encouragement to
the University.
Now, therefore, on this seventh day of January,
1956, the Board of Regents wishes to extend to his
wife, Martha, and to his daughter, Mrs. William
Berks, its sympathy and that of the University, and
to officially note the passing of Samuel McKelvie,
a man whose energy, optimism and services have
stimulated progress in Nebraska.
The Board of Regents unanimously directs that
this statement be made a part of the official records
of the University of Nebraska and that a copy of it
be sent to Mrs. McKelvie and Mrs. Berks.-
The Board of Regents
Skit Tryouts
Set Tuesday
Skit tryouts for Coed Follies
will be held Tuesday night in
the Union Ballroom instead of in
the individual houses as has been
done in previous years, Court
ney Cambell, Coed Follies chair
man, announced.
The schedule of th e times
houses will try out will appear
in Tuesday's Nebraskan.
This AWS Board ctecision, is ex
pected to conserve time and give
more equal and better facilities
to each group trying out, Miss
Campbell said.
The tryouts will be kept com
pletely closed to everyone except
judges and AWS Board members.
braska state primary follows only
two weeks later.
The convention is sponsored by
the Nebraska University Council
on World Affairs and the Student
Council with special authorization
from the University administration.
Executive committee members
are Charles Gomon, NUCWA presi
dent; Bev Deepe and Mick Neff.
Ed Weise will be treasurer for the
convention, and James B. Harri
son, instructor in political science,
will act as advisor.
Chancellor Clifford Hardin said,
"Citizen interest in government is
vital to the enduring health of a
Kick-Off Meeting
The first meeting of all students
interested in participating in the
mock-non-partisan convention will
be Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. in Love
Library Auditorium.
democracy such as ours. Any con
structive stimulus we can provide
here at the University to impress
students with the importance of
their responsibility as citizens is,
of course, desirable.
The plan to present working mod
els of national political conven
tions has encouraging possibilities.
I am especially pleased that stu
dent groups are showing interest
in this project and I h6pe the ef
forts of the Student Council, the
Nebraska University Council on
World Affairs and Pi Sigma Alpha,
the political science honorary, will
generate widespread student par
ticipation. The idea is a good one,
'Actors Holiday':
Four One-Act Plays
Planned For Jan. 18
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Registering Monday
By NANCY COOVEH
Staff Writer
The opening of the new Union
Music room was highlighted by a
new hi-fidelity phonograph, a selec
tion of 500 new records and abstract
murals painted by Corban LePell.
A varied group of people, includ
ing freshmen, graduate students
8nd professors, attended the open
ing, Difane Lake, Union Activi
ties Director, said. They were in
terested, they diSn't just drop in
to look, he added.
A typical comment from a stu
dent was, "It's wonderful; 1 came
in to look and stayed a half hour
listen."
t'y listening to the set. one is
sbk' to hear every true tone pro
duced on the record, Lake said.
"We think we have one of the
finest sound producers made," he
said. There is no longer the muted
sound which is heard on an old
record player, be added.
The room will be open to every
one from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. every
day except Sunday. Students will
be able to choose between the new
hi-fi set and the older phonograph.
The hi-fi set offers -a choice of
200 extended play records.
A set of rules for using the room
have been set up and should be ob
served for the convenience of every
one using the room, Lake said. The
are: v
1. The hi-fi set can be used as
long as is desired.
2. If two people wish to use the
player and can't agree on the rec
ord choice, the first person there is
entitled to make two more selec
tions. 3. After the two selections have
been played, the other person
should be allowed to make at least
two selections.
4. After they have been played,
the first person is again permitted
to make two choices, and so on.
Registration for the second se
mester for all undergraduate stu
dents will begin Monday at the
Military and Naval Science Build
ing, according to Mrs. Irrna Laase,
of the Office of Registration and
Records.
The schedule for registration is
as follows:
Monday at 9 a.m., registration
will begin with students having 100
or more hours on record as of
Sept. 1, 1955. At 10 a.m., students
with 95 hours may register; 1 p.m.,
90 hours; 2 p.m., 80 hours; and 3
p.m., 75 hours.
Tuesday registration will begin
at 8 a.m. with students with 65
hours; 9 a.m., 60 hours; 10 a.m.,
55 hours; 1 p.m., 50 hours; 2 p.m.,
45 hours; 3 p.m., 32 hours.
Wednesday students with 30
hours will begin the registration
at 8 a. m.; 9 a. m., 25 hours; 10
p.m., 15 hours. At 1 p.m. students
with any number of hours on 'rec
ord may register,
At 2 p.m., students with numbers
below 100 may register; at 3 p.m.,
numbers below 500.
Thursday at 8 a.m., students
with numbers below 700; at 9 a.m.,
below 900; at 10 a.m., numbers
below 1100; 1 p.m., below 13'K); 2
p.m., lelow 1500; and at 3 p.m. all
students can register.
All students not in Junior Di
vision must have a copy of thrtr
worksheet, which their advisor j
made out and signed, with them
when they come to register or
they will not be admitted, Mrs.
Laase said.
Junior Division students leave
their worksheets with their advis
ors, who send two copies to the
Junior Division office. The Junior
Division will take the worksheets
to the Military and Navel Science
Building at 1 p.m. Tuesday, she
said.
Any Junior Division student
whose hours come up before Tues
day afternoon should go to the
Junior Division office in Tempor
ary A to get their worksheets.
If the number of students want
ing to register at a given hour
becomes too great to handle, the
assignment committee may
change the schedule, Mrs. Laase
said.
Undergraduate students with last
names beginning with the letters
A to G may begin paying their
fees Jan. 30; with last mimes be
ginning from H to N, Jan. 31; and
from O to Z, Feb. 1.
Students not completing their'
registration next week can do so
with the new students and grad
uate students on Feb. 3. 1
Students in the Graduate Col
lege and those working for an ad
vanced professional degree in
Teachers Collepe will register from
Feb. 4 to 13. Late fees for these j
students begin on Feb. 13.
Eiliott:
SC Names
Hove As
Delegate
The Student Council Wednesday
appointed President Skip Hove as
official Council delegate to greet
recently-appointed football coach
Pete Elliott at the Nebraska-Colorado
basketball game Jan. 21.
In other business, Charles Go
mon, president of Nebraska Univer
sity Council of Worid Affairs, pre
sented a report on the scheduled
mock political convention to be
sponsored by the Council and
NUCWA, with the approval of the
University.
Gail Katskee suggested that the
Council make more of the weekly
roundtable held with the Chancel
lor. Ideas offered in this line included
suggesting topics at each meeting
with the Chancellor, reporting to
the Council after each roundtable,
having persons attending the round
tables meet beforehand and letting
the Chancellor know beforehand
what topics of discussion will be
offered.
Hove asked committee chairmen
to prepare written reports of the
semester's activities to be submit
ted to Council at next week's meeting.
"Actors Holiday," an array of
one-act plays will be presented
in the Union Ballroom Jan. 18 by
a company of professional actors.
There will be four one-act dram
as presented which are Anton Chek
hov's "The Boor," a comedy on bad
manners, August Strindberg's "A
Pound on Demand," a drunken
comedy taking place in an Irish
post office, an anecdote by Sean
O'Casey, 'The Stronger," which
takes place in an old-world cafe
and shows two actresses at their
I off-stage worst, and "Aria da Capo"
by Edna St. Vincent Millay, where
she points, out the foolishness of
wars and the emptiness of sophisti
cation as an answer to life.
The cast includes Mimi Kelly,
Lee Krieger, Frank Hamilton, Lil
lian Little and Stuart Vaughan.
Vaughan is director and narrator
of "Actor's Holiday." He was
trained in England at Old Vic and(
has worked with the new Shakes
peare Festival at Stratford, Conn.
Miss Kelly understudied Mary
Martin in "South Pacific." She was
the star of the Broadway produc
tion and road show company of the
musica, "Finian's Rainbow."
Krieger worked in the national
company of "South Pacific" as a
comedian. Besides doing work in
television and summer theatre, he
has appeared in night clubs.
Miss Little handles the character
roles in three of the four plays.
She has toured with the road com
panies of "Death of a Salesman"
and "Goodbye, My Fancy."
Hamilton has appeared on tele
vision shows such as "The Ed
Sullivan Show," "The Colgate Com
edy Hour" and "The Frank Sin
atra Show." He also appeared in
Broadway performances of "The
Skin of Our Teeth" and "Tonight
in Smarkand."
After the performance, coffee will
be served in Parlor B so that the
audience will be able to meet the
actors and talk to them, Claire
Hiaman, member of the Union
Board, said. Tickets for the per
formance may be picked up at the
Union ticket booth.
Gift Equipment
Aids Research
In Bacteriology
The University department of
bacteriology has received as a gift
two pieces of equipment valued at
nearly $0500 for use in its research
projects, Dr. Carl Georgi, depart
menta chairman, announced.
The research equipment was
purchased by the University Foun
dation from gifts given for that
purpose.
Included is a high-speed refriger
ated centrifuge, which operates at
40,000 revolutions per minute, 140,
000 times gravity. The centrifuge,
which Dr. Georgi calls "absolutely
essential in basic research work
in the biological sciences, particu
larly in microbiology," is valued at
$4,870.
The centrifuge throws down par
ticles suspended in solution and is
used for the isolation of bacterial
plant and animal viruses. Dr.
Georgi explained.
The oilier piece of research equip
ment is a sonic oscillator, valued
at $1450. The oscillator generates
a frequency of KI.OOO cycles per
second. Among its uses is the frag
mentation ijI tissues and cells for
the purpose of studying their ultra
structure end enzyme content.
Ag Officers:
Six Chosen
Fair Board
Members
Six junior Farmers' Fair Board
members were selected by the
senior members of the board at
their meeting, Jan. 11.
The new members are Mary
Soreason, Judith Oeltjen, Margie
Edwards, Leo Damkroger, Doyle
Hulme and Jim Peters.
Allen Trenkle, manager of the
board, said that many new ideas
were discussed at the meeting, as
well as ways of stimulating inter
est and drawing events for the
Farmers Fair.
Applications:
Y Cabinet
Posts Open
This Week
Applications are now open for
YWCA cabinet positions, according
to Sharon Mangold, YWCA presi
dent. Application blanks may be ob
tained at Rosa Bouton Hall, 420
N. 16th St. Applicants may apply
for chairmanships in the fields of
world affairs, personal affairs, re
1 i g i o u s affairs and community
service.
Chairmanships for the following
commission groups are open: com
parative religions; creativity
through the arts; down to earth in
our world; faith, love and mar
riage; noon discussion; student
faculty coffee hour; this I believe,
worship workshop and community
service.
Project groups are publicity, high
school cooperation, weekend serv
ice, toy library, hanging of the
greens, foreign student hospital
ity, mass meetings, Christmas ma
tins, International bazaar and art
committee.
Interviews will be held Jan. 19
and 20 at Rosa Bouton. Applicants
should sign up for an interview
time when obtaining blanks.
Weekly cabinet meetings will be
held each Monday at 4 p.m. and
monthly mass meetings will b
held on Tuesday nights.
but the result will depend on gener
al student interest and support."
"To judge from the enthusias
tic responses of the national party
organizations, this convention ought
to be one of the most interesting
I would almost say exciting events
within the last ten years on cam
pus," Gomon stated.
Neff stated: "The convention
chould be of great interest to every
student on the campus. Many know
what a political convention is, but
very few know of the official pro
cedure that takes place or the great
amount of spirited rivalry that oc
curs during the convention. The
purpose of Nebraska's MocV Po
litical Convention is to provide this
information by having the students
actually participate in what we
hope will be an interesting, educa
tional and entertaining program."
Hove stated for the Council that:
"We hope that through this the Stu
dent Council can bring an activity
to the University which everyone
can participate in, enjoy and learn
a bit about our political frame
work." Harrison, who organized a simi
lar convention in Washington when
he was an instructor there, said.
"Anything which can increase peo
ple's interest in party politics 'is
worth while. I am willing to per
sonally devote all the time neces
sary in the hope that this will cre
ate more politicians and more in
terest in politics."
Several national magazines have
been contacted, and have expressed
interest in covering the convention.
The Outside World:
mux
By BARB SHARP
StafI Writer
After a six year investigation, the FBI has solved the million dollar
Brinks robbrv in Boston, January, 1950.
FEI Director J. Edgar Hoover announced that agents had arrested
six members of the daring gang responsible for the robbery, that two
more of the robbers are now in prison in connection with other offenses,
and that one of the participants is dead.
All of the participants live in the Boston area. Hoover said that
two others are still being sought in the case. The Brinks loot, carried
away by a large group of Halloween masked men, included $1,218,
211.29 in cash and $1,557,183.83 in checks, money orders and other secur
ities. None of the loot was recovered.
In planning for the robbery, the gang practiced their approach to
the building in a truck and their Right over the "get away" route. They
stationed a lookout on the roof of an adjacent building during the
robbery. Keys in their possession enabled them to proceed to the
second floor, where they took five Brinks employees by surprise.
Immediately upon leaving, the gang loaded the loot into a stolen
truck and sped away. The truck was unloaded at the home of one of
the participants in Roxbury that same evening. On the ribl of t'-e
robbery some of the loot was removed from the house for securrir
reasons and the remainder of the loot was later divided among "tL
eleven men. The truck had been cut up with an acetylene torch.
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