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Semester Reviewed The events of the passing first se mester, in story and pictures, are rec orded in this issue of The Nebraskan, from the waiting lines of New Student Week through the football season, Homecoming and winter activities. ... See Page 4 Weather 'R Not Near-zero temperatures are expected through Wednesday night, -with a high during the day near 12. Cloudy skies, light to moderate north erly winds and a chance of more snow are predicted. 1 VI Vol. 59, No. 43 LINCOLN, NEBRASKA Wednesday, January 18, 1956 Overnights Curtailed: First Semester: 1 AWS P 2L A. M.' Smile AWS board has passed the pend ing rule affecting the overnights of University women at their meet ing Tuesday afternoon. The rule, which will go into ef fect next semester, states that a 2 a.m. closing will be granted on the nights of certain big events and no overnights in Lincoln will be allowed on these occasions. The referendum vote to the wom en students resumed in a 250 vote margin approving the measure. 540 women students .favored the plan and 285 opposed it. Stronger resistance was dis played in the sorority vote. 261 so rority women opposed the measure and 24 independents registered ne gative votes. The nights affected by this rule are Homecoming, Military Ball, the All-University Spring event, (should one be scheduled) and a house or dorm formal. "Pressure has been put on Dean Johnston and AWS by the adminis tration and the Lincoln mothers for the passage of this ruling," said Paula Broady Wells, AWS president. According to Mrs. Wells, it is hoped that the 2 a.m. hours will eliminate the problem of having great numbers of coeds migrate to Lincoln homes on the night of a big event. If only two overnights are al lowed, AWS feels that students will use discretion in planning to take overnights, she said. House formals will not be 2 a.m. Freshmen Restrictions: BreckemMge Suggests Use Of Parking M By NANCY COOVER Staff Writer Parking meters or restrictions on cars among freshmen have been suggested as possible solutions to the crowded parking conditions now and in later years, Dr. Adam B r e.c ken ridge, Dean of Faculties has said. Enrollmen t is expected to increase b y an estimated average of 500 year until 1960. This will mean that more stu dents will be bringing more Courtny Lincoln Star Breckenridge cars to the campus. The additional buildings which will be needed to house these stu dents will also take up some of the' space now used for parking, Breckenridge said Lyman' Hall, which will be built west of Bancroft School, and the new addition to the - Union, on which work is expected to begin next summer, will also displace parking space. We have the maximum amount of available parking space right now, Breckenridge said. We have more space than we have ever had or probably will have in the future. We have no solution for future problems, but we know the situation will be acute, he added. Suggestions for solutions were discussed at Cornhusker Round Table by representatives from Stu dent Council and Breckenridge. Parking meters, one of the sug gestions, would probably be placed in areas where students only need to park a short time, such as around the library, Breckenridge said. This is only a suggestion, not a recommendation, he stressed, but it has been done on other cam puses short of parking space. The suggestion for allowing no freshmen to have cars was also based on precedents set on other campuses. The University of Mis souri does not allow freshmen, I :, -i ' i " r ' t fltl Somber Reminder This late-model convertible fig- the semester. Dead were LowllCal ured in the deaths of two of the laway, Dale Stewart and Glen Raj three University students who ewich, who were killed over the died over one weekend, the Ne- weekend of October 21-23. Callaway braskan's eighth-ranked story for and Stewart, with two other per nights unless the group desires, Mrs. Wells said. However, no Lin coln overnights will be granted on that night, she said. Lincoln overnights are the only normal privilege not granted to students on the night of 2 a.m. closing hours, Mrs. Wells said. She added that AWS does not encour age taking out-of -towns on the nights named as 2 a.m. nights. Specific provisions of the ruling are: If a house has two house for mals, providing they do not fall within the same semester, both may be 2 a.m. nights. If both for mals fall within the same semester, one must conform to the regular closing hours, with no overnights being granted. House parties are not considered as formals and do not call for extension of hours. If girls from other houses Attend a house formal, they will not be granted a similar extension of hours, unless their own house has been granted a 2 a.m. permission. Each girl, freshmen included, will have 2 overnights in Lincoln and three out-of-towns per semes ter. Any overnights in Lincoln on nights scheduled as 2 a.m. nights must have special authorization from Miss Johnston. Scheduling of a 2 a.m. night does not necessarily cause the clos ing hours on the following night to be earlier. In the case of all Uni versity 2 a.m. nights, the AWS Board will announce the closing hours for the entire weekend. eiers sophomores and juniors to keep cars on campus. The University of Colorado does not allow freshmen to have cars, and may restrict upperclassmen if their parking problem is not solved, Breckenridge said. Stu dents who have to commute to campus would of course be al lowed to park their cars, he added. It would be primarily a matter for the administration to decide if these suggestions were to be come definite proposals, Breck enridge said. Chancellor Clifford Hardin, Breckenridge and Comptroller John Selleck, general business man ager, would compose the adminis tration making the proposals and decisions, he said. The parking situation is acute now only on Mordays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, between 9 a.m. and 11:15 a.m. The administration in vites any other suggestions for the problem, he said. The University has some unused space on 17th Street which has been leased from the Burlington Railroad and will be used for parking by a small number of stu dents with permits. The lot accom modates from 400 to 500 cars. By next fall, after the Union ad dition has been built, some students who now walk a block to class will have to walk from 17th Street, Breckenridge said. Interviews Board of Student Publications interviews for the Nebraskan staff for the spring semester will begin at 4 p.m. Thursday in Parlor A of the Union, Ken Keller, assistant director of public relations, an nounced. The Board will first hear recom mendations from the present busi ness manager and editor, Keller said. The first persons to be in terviewed will be candidates for Editor, he said. The business staff applications will probably be interviewed after dinner, he added. P; ' t Am. ' msmm"V- ' ' V.. i i vr I irf W - -II- -II II Post Office? Mimi Kelly and Lee Krieger make impatient post office cus tomers, Robert Geiringer, Frank Hamilton and Lillian Little, wait a while in the presentation of "A Pound on Demand," one of the four one-act plays in "Act- Actor's Holiday' 'pens Wednesday Opening "Actors Holiday" Wed nesday at 8 p.m. in the Union Ballroom will be a series of one act plays directed and narrated by Stuart Vaughan. Tickets for the production are on sale now at the Union ticket booth. The plays to be presented are "The Boor" by Anton Chek hov, "The Stronger" by Augus Strindberg, "A Pound on Demand" by Sean O'Casey, and "Aria Da Capo" by Edna St. Vincent Millay. Coffee will be served in Parlor B after the performance to give the audience an opportunity to talk with cast members Mimi Kelley, Lee Krieger, Frank Hamilton, and Lillian Little, Clare Hinman, mem ber of Union Board of Managers, said. Anton Chekhov's "The Boor" is a comedy about a retired army officer, who hates women and a widow in mourning who dispises men. The play depicts the humor involved when "man meets wom an. Two actresses discover surpris ing things about each other in Strindberg's "The Stronger." An attempt of two Irishmen to collect from the Irish Postal Sav ings Plan what is rightfuHy-theirs leads to their arrest for inebria tion in O'Casey's comedy. "Aria Da Capo" by Edna St. Vincent Millay points out simple Thursday, Friday: Theater To Present Five Gne Act Plays The University Theater labora tory plays will be presented this Thursday and Friday in the Tem ple building, according to an an nouncement by Mrs. Kenney, busi ness manager of the University Theater. Two plays will be presented each evening in the arena theater and three plays will be presented each evening in the laboratory theaterl room 201. The two plays which will be pre sented in the arena theater are "The Importance of Being Earn est" by Oscar Wilde, and "Anti gone" a cutting by Milton Hoffman of Jean Anoulith's modernization of the Greek tragedy by Sophocles. The three plays which will be presented in the laboratory theater are "Lord Byron's Love Letter" by Tennessee Williams, "Ondine" by Jean Anoulith, and "Madam Butterfly" by David Belasco from a short story by John Luther Long. "Lord Byron's Love Letter' is directed by Ron Green and the pro duction manager is Karen Peter- sons, died when their car rolled into a gravel pit. Rajewich was killed when he missed a turn driv ing toward Hastings, west of Lincoln. I ft Is JJebrskan Photo ors Holiday," to be given in the Union Ballroom on Wednesday by a company of professional actors. "A Pound on Demand," by August Strindberg, is a drunk en comedy which takes place in an Irish post office. ideas about the foolishness of wars and sophistication as an an swer to life. This parallel on modern life is filled with both clear and hidden meanings. Miss Kelly, the star of "Finian's Rainbow," understudied Mary Martin in "South Pacific." Besides working in television, summer theater and night clubs, Krieger appeared as a comedian in the national company of "South Pacific." Miss Little handles character roles in three of the four plays. She has accompanied the road companies of ."Death of a Sales man" and "Goodby, My Fancy." ' Hamilton has worked in Broad way performances of "The Skin of Our Teeth" and "Tonight in Smarkand." He has appeared on "The Ed Sullivan Show," "The Colgate Comedy Hour" and "The Frank Sinatra Show." Stuart Vaughan, director and narrator of this event, was trained in England at the Old Vic and Stratford-on-the-Avon theaters, and has done considerable work with the new Shakespeare Festival Company at Stratford, Conneticut. "Actor's Holiday", which stars a cast of television and stage per formers, was created and produc ed by Jonathan Anderson. The road company does the modern classics of the stage, rather than the present run shows. son. The cast is Spinster, Steph aney Sherdeman; Old women, Lin da Beal; Matron, Phillis Chard; Husband, Noel Schoenrock. The play takes place in New Orleans during the Mardi Gras and the story is about two old women who make their living by displaying a letter written by Lord Byron. "Ondine" is directed by Ted Nit tler and the production manager is Bernerd Skalka. The cast is On dine, Joyce Fangman; Hans, Rex Kellough; Eugene, Dolly An n Rejda and Augustie, Len Schrop fer. This is a fable concerning the love of a sea nymph for a mortal knight. Ondine, the sea nymph, has no knowledge of right or wrong or the rules of conformity in the world of man, thus causing a de lightful situation of misunderstand ing. - ! - ! 1r i-2' K r i Future Club She The International House, now a women's residence Hall main- ly occupied by foreign women p Teen Sf irSes Bill Glassford's resignation asposal for a one-week sxam per- football coach, the defeat of the one-week exam period in the Fac ulty Senate and the banning of the Kosmet Klub Spring Show were selected as the three top news stories of the first semester by the Nebraskan staff. Other stories picked in the top ten stories of the semester are: 4. The signing of Pete Elliott as the new coach. 5. The voting down of the ac tivities limitation ruling by the Stu dent Council, and the retention of a 5.7 minimum accumulative av erage to hold an office. 6. The pledge spiking issue in volving Sigma Alpha Mu and Zeta Beta Tau fraternities, and the re sultant action taken by the Inter fraternity Council. 7. The Nuclear Energy Institute at the University. 8. The deaths of three Univer sity students in highway accidents over one weekend. 9. The organization of a Fac ulty Club in what is know known as the International House. 10. The voting down of a sug gestion for legalized spiking by the Interfraternity Council. Glassford's resignation as head football coach at the University was unanimously selected as the top story of the semester. Not only did it effect the University, but received wide-spread attention in national sports coverage. Glassford resigned because, as he said it, for a prsonal reason. He had been the center of a sea of controversy in a player revolt in 1953, after fielding a nationally ranked team in 1950 which in cluded All-American Bobby Rey nolds. - In 1954 Nebraska's Huskers com piled a 6-4 season's record, and lost to Duke in the Orange Bowl. The coach had reportedly been harrassed by unanimous phone calls after lossing seasons, which sometimes caused embarrasment to his wife and son Six months after passing, a pro- Friday: Press Club Jo Pteseu Certificates The last Press. Club luncheon of this semester will honor the two outstanding Nebraskans an nounced in Friday morning's pa per. Tthe luncheon will be held Friday, in parlor Y of the Union at 12 noon. This semester's winner will be given a certificate. Since this is the first year certificates will be given out, former winners will be present to receive theirs. Frank Hallgren, Associate Dean for Men; Mary Mielenz, Assoc iate Professor of Secondary Ed ucation and Supervisor of English; Bob Reynolds - and Tom Novak, former All-American football play ers at Nebraska; will be there to receive their certificates. "Student and faculty members of the Board of Publications, re porters, columnists, staff mem bers and everyone connected with the paper this semester are in vited to attend," stated Fellman. The new staff for next semester will be selected Thursday evening and announced in Friday's paper. The luncheon will be the last for this semester's retiring staff mem bers. - f ' r- JX7' u? - Y V 'i 1 f I V.';-4 t i k 4 h Couneay Sunday Journal intf Star students, will Faculty Club future. be tur.icd into a sometime in the iod, the Faculty Senate reversed itself in the second top news story of the semester. A Student Council-sponsored poll showed student opinion definitely in favor of the regular two-week period. The Senate voted 125-87 to send the calendar Containing the short period back to committee, and pro vided for two-week exams for the school year of 1956-57. Two week exams were already in effect for the present year. The Faculty Committee on Stu dent Affairs banned the Kosmet Klub Fall Show because of bad taste on the part of the master of ceremonies, Marshall Kushner. Kushner said, "the faculty is making a terrible mistake in blam ing the Kosmet Klub for some thing I did." The Kosmet Klub based much of its plea on the fact that the fall show carries the bill for the spring show. The fourth-ranked story was the hiring of Pete Elliott as the new football coach at the University. Elliott had been backfield coach at Oklahoma before coming to Ne braska. Elliott first recieved a bid from athletic director Bill Orwig Dec. 4, but declined to commit him self until after the Sooners played in the Orange Bowl. The Council voted down a limit on activities, but kept a 5.7 mini Saturday: Student b Welcome Elliott John Gourlay, president of In nocents, and Gail Katskee, presi dent of Mortar Board, will present a gift to Pete Elliott, Nebraska's new football coach, in a welcome ceremony during half time of the Nebraska - Colorado game here Saturday night. The welcome is being sponsored by the Nebraskan, Innocents, Mor tar Board, and the Student Council. Skip Hove, president of the Coun cil; jias been elected by the Council to represent the student body. Knoll: Union Book Review Set Wednesday William Faulkner's novel "The Unvanquished" will be reviewed by Dr. Robert Knoll, assistant pro fessor of English, Wednesday at 4 p.m. in Union Parlors A and B. One of Faulkner's lesser known books, "The Unvanquished" takes place in the period immediately following the Civil War and deals with a young man's coming of age. The novel is actually a series of connected short stories. "The Unvanquished" is a good book for a student to begin the reading of Faulkner, according to Knoll. "Although it is neither one of the author's best nor worst books, it contains some very outstanding passages as well as some very ordinary ones," he said. Dr. Knoll recently edited the textbook, "Contrasts," which is used by the English 3 classes. The review is open to the public. Coffee will be served. - Courtesy Sunday Journal and Star Resignation Story Tops The resignation of Eill Glass ford as head football couch at the University rated the Nebras kan's choice us the top news story of the fall semester. Glass ford quit his post after seven stormy years at Nebraska, which included a ninth-rated team na tionally in 1950 und an Orange Bowl squad in 1954. This year the Huskers finished second in the Big Seven. mum average to hold an office in an organization for The Ne braskan's fifth story. This rote reversed a decision rendered last spring. In the sixth story, Sigma Alpha Mu admitted to spiking charges filed with the IFC by Zeta Beta Tau fraternity. The IFC scheduled meetings between the two houses to settle the difference, and ap pointed its own committee to in vestigate fraternity Rush Week. In seventh place was the ap pearance of the Nuclear Energy Institute at the University. The in stitute was held to investigate com mercial use of the atom in busi ness. Eighth story was the deaths of three University students Lowell Callaway, Dale Stewart and Glen Rajewich cat the highways over one weekend. The ninth story concerned the plans for the formation of a Fac ulty Club in the International House, currently a women's resi dence hall housing mostly foreign students. The women now living in the International House objected to the plan to move them. Tenth was the defeat in the IFC of a proposal to legalize spiking. The proposal was made by the special IFC committee organized to investigate Rush Week. The committee felt that legalizing spik ing would make it useless. (See Pictures at botton of Page) Ceremony Bill Orwig, director of athletics, will introduce Hove, who will ex tend the student body's welcome to Elliott. Gene Chrislensen, Yell King, said on behalf of the Yell Squad, "We hope that the student body will all be on hand at the Colorado game to show our support for our new University football coach and also to cheer the basketball team on to another important conference victory." Before the welcoming ceremony, Orwig will present letters to ath letes who earned them in baseball and track last spring and to the football players who earned letters this fall Elliott will bring experience to the University which is based on training in both playing and coach ing, Orwig said. He attended fhe University of Michigan where he quarterbacked Michigan's 1948 football team to a 49-0 victory over Southern Cali fornia in the Rose Bowl. After graduating from Michigan in the spring of 1949, he became end coach at Oregon State. In 1952 he was hired by Oklahoma as back field coach. Nebraska will be playing its sec ond home conference game this Saturday against Colorado. The team defeated Missouri 83 to 77 in its first conference game. Colorado is last year's Big Seven conference champion, and Nebras ka was the only team in the con- Ag College: Sno-Ball Dance Set For Feb. 11 Tickets for the eighth annual Sno-Ball Dance will go on sale Jan. 27 in the Ag Union. They will also be available in the organized houses on Ag Campus. The price is $1.50 per couple. The dance will be held Feb. 11, from 8:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. in the College Activities Building, with Tommy Tomlin and lis orch tra furnishing the music. Theme of the event, which is the first Ag College dance of the sec ond semester, will be "Eskimo Scene." Presentation of the cutest baby and the winner of the identification contest will take place during in termission, according to Bill Spil ker, chairman of the sponsoring Ag Union Dance Committee. Movie time has been set ahead a half hour from 7:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. so as not to conflict with the dance. Korean Veterans Korean veterans may sign tfieir January pay vouchers daring fhe week of Jan. 23-23, Ruth Srsnsan, supervisor of veterans' and selec tive service, affrirs, announced Tuesday. This will apply to this month only. February vouchers will be pinn ed during the jjeriod March 14.