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Proceedings Start
James Harrison, (seated right)
conation adviser, tabulates del
egation votes in the midst of the
colorful Mock Political Conven
tion at the coliseum. Standing
re Ray Simmons, (left) Repub-
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As trslouniDinioes
Senator Richard Russell (D-Ala),
Senator Estes Kefauver (D-Tenn),
Governor Frank Lausche, Demo
crat of Ohio and President Dwight
Eisenhower have been placed in
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nomination for the presidency at
the M q c k Political Convention
Thursday night.
The nominating process had
not been completed when the ses
sion was forced to adjourn to con
form to Coliseum closing hours.
Several more Democrats are ex
pected to be placed in nomina
tion, among them Adlai Steven
son, Governor of Illinois, but it
does not look as if the GOP will
nominate further, according to re
liable sources on the floor.
Rep. Ed Edmondson (D-,Okla),
keynote speaker Thursday vigor
ously attacked the Republican ad
ministration, which he called "the
only crusade in history without a
conscience."
Edmondson also predicted that
Democratic nominees would win
a convincing victory in 1956 "no
matter who may be selected as the
GOP nominees."
A sentence lauding the Supreme
Court civil rights action of 1954 was
stricken from the platform. A bi-
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i us Personalities:
Union Style Show To Feature
Queens, Innocents, Fashions
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Final plans have been complet
ed for the Union Spring Re
vue and Fashion Show to be
held Sunday evening at 7:30 p.m.
in the Ballroom.
The Ballroom will be decorated
to give the effect of a fashion
chow on board a Caribbean liner.
The audience will be seated at
tables grouped around a large
ramp where the models for the
Dormitories:
Wilson Construct
Submits Lowest Bid
Wilson Construction Co. of Lin
coln has submitted the low base
bid of $585,375 for the general con
struction contract for two dormi
tories at Ag College.
Low bidder on the mechanical
contract was Ray Martin Co. of
Lincoln with a bid of $96,000. Com
monwealth Electric Co. of Lincoln
submitted a low bid of $53,700 for
the electrical contract.
Next Thursday the University
will receive bids for the . construc
tion of an addition to the Women's
Residence Halls, estimated at
about $500,000, on the city campus.
Ctxirtety Lincoln Star
lican Keynote speaker and Dick
Johnson, (right) Republican First
District candidate for Congress.
Grace Harvey, chairman of ar
rangements) is seated at Harri
son's left.
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partisan committee from each
state to investigate the matter was
approved by delegates.
The remaining planks of the
platform were approved in toto,
including the remainder of the civil
rights plank ana communism in
the United States, which advo
cates extra-legal political party
status for the Communist party.
The convention will reconvene
Friday at 3 p.m. in the Coliseum
to finish nominating and begin bal
loting. Members of the executive
committee refused to estimate a
probable termination time for the
convention activities.
Convention:
Costumes, Posters
Spark Convention
By LINDA BUTHMAN
Nebraskan Reporter
The mock political convention
got off to a loud and colorful
start Wednesday night as dele
gates arrived at the Coliseum in
cowboy outfits, straw hats and
leis, waving painted ballons and
gaily decorated posters. Carry
ing small Confedreate flags, the
Alabama delegation entered behind
a brass band playing "Dixie".
"Civil rights is our main is
sue," Jackie Gunn, chairman of
the Alabama delegation, stated.
"Of course everyone knows that
we continue to be for segrega
tion." Although many of the southern
states have given their approval
of the platform planks, the Ala
bama delegation said that they
hoped to delete it in its entirity.
"We are going to run Russell
for President and Sparkman for
vice-President," Miss Gunn said.
I'm not sure that we'd swing to
another Democratic candidate.
We'll just have, to wait and see
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evening will show their garments
Tuffy Epstein and his Combo
will provide the background music
for Sandra Stevens in her white
waltz-length wedding dress and
Mary Keys in her bridal dress of
spring pastel.
Following the bridal ensemble
will be Lu Makepeace in a dressy
cotton with turquoise accent and
Von Innes in a palm beach suit.
Those bids with the ones received
Wednesday will be submitted to the
Univef sity Regents for action on
March 24.
Chancellor Clifford Hardin said
the projects were planned to help
meet expected enrollment in
creases and are being financed by
revenue bonds to be retired from
student rentals.
One of the dormitories on the
Agricultural College campus will
house 70 women; the other 236
men. The addition to the Women's
Residence Halls will accommodate
160 women.
...Besides To Extend Scholarship PoKey
By LUCIGBACE SWITZER
Copy Editor
Student Council Judiciary Com
mittee in a meeting Thursday noon
ruled that the Council scholarship
policy would be interpreted to cov
er Interfraternity Council, Panhel
lenic Council and Union Board.
The ruling was the result of an
examination of the Council Con
stitution and the authority of the
Faculty Senate Committee on Stu
dent Affairs, which recently ruled
that the three organizations were
to be excepted from the Council
policy requiring a 5.0 average for
board members and a 5.7 fev offi
cers. The Faculty Senate Committee
had decided that the Council did
not have the authority to review
the constitution of the IFC.
The Judiciary Committee consid
ered the matter following a motion
passed in Council meeting Wednes
day. Bernie Wishnow, senior hold
over member, moved that the Ju
diciary Committee examine the
ruline that the IFC. Union and
how it goes."
On the other side of the politi
cal fence, the small delegation
from Vermont was strongly sup
porting the Republican party.
"I am a banner waving Re
publican and will support the
principles of the party," Janet
Kuska, co-chairman of the Vermont
delegation, said.
Miss Kuska arrived at the con
vention wearing a large elephant's
head mask. The three delegates
were carrying a picture of Eisen
hower which they said was a rep
lica of a larger one placed in
front of their house. All were
wearing Republican elephants and
"We Like Ike" buttons. ,
"Because of his outstanding
record, I personally would like to
see Senator Dirksen teamed with
Ike. I think he would increase
the unity between the liberal and
conservative Republicans," Miss
Kuska said. No comment was made
about the Vermont delegation
nominating Dirkson at the conven
tion.
Ntbnulua PhotoCouitenr Lincoln Journal
Anderson Hove
Charlie Trumble and Joan Riha
will be wearing matched sports
outfits.
In casual quilted skirt and blouse
Arlene Hrbek will appear with Don
Erway in the latest Ivy League
look. Ann Wade in a sophisticated
shantung cocktail dress and Jack
Lindsay in a Herringbone tweed
single-breasted suit will be fol
lowed by a couple of beachcomb
ers, Doris Anderson and Don De
fending in spring swim wear.
Carol Link will model a brown
and white skirt and blouse duo
and Rex Fischer, charcoal brown
trousers with a white stripped
shirt. Beige linen, highlighted with
orange, will be worn by Shari
Lewis and red, white and blue
cotton knit over white duck pants
will be modeled by Jancy Carmen.
Carol Beattie, in white lace over
horizon blue taffeta, and Andy
Hove in a summer suit of lightest
weight wool will be followed by
Mary Ann Daly in a Periwinkle
biue suit and Ron Bath in a brown
sport coat and trousers.
At intervals throughout the
show talent will be presented. The
Sigma Alpha Iota Trio, featuring
Jan Boetcher, Pi.yllis Maloney and
Lois Ripa, Barbara Coonrad at the
piano, Ron Bath with a vocal
solo and Penny Coats and her pi
ano interpretation will furnish the
entertainment. ,
Free cokes will be served dur
ing the performance.
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Panhellenic constitutions are ans
werable only to the Board of Re
gents. The resolution as passed by the
Judiciary Committee follows: "In
enforcing the Student Council
scholarship policy requiring a 5.0
average for board members and a
5.7 for officers, the Judiciary Com-
Scholarship Requirements:
IFC, Panhell, Union Said
Mot Under SC Control
The three organizations that are
not under the jurisdiction of the
Student Council at the present time
are the Union Board, Interfrater
nity Council and Panhellenic.
According to Duane Lake, man
rging director "of the Union, "The
Union is a chartered entity. It
operates as an association under
a charter granted by the Board
of Regents. The Union is answer
able to the Chancellor and the
Board of Regents."
The Union is the sole judge of
the eligibility of its own menbers
although, according to Lake, "we
have always tried to go along with
the Council in this respect."
The union itself is governed by
a board composed of six faculty
members, three alums and 12 stu
dents. "Panhellenic 4ias no set scholar
ship average, but it has never run
into any difficulty with girls be
low a 5.7 average, Cynthia Hender
son, Panhellenic president, said.
"However, we are considering a
scholarship limit," she said. Pan
hellenic is subject to the Faculty
Committee on Student Affairs and
the Board of Regents. She added
Amendments:
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A slate of candidates for execu
tive officers next year was intro
duced and two constitutional amend
ments were passed at the Inter
fraternity Council meeting Wednes
day.
Candidates for president are
Sam Ellis, Bob Cook and Dick
Reische. Jim Feather and Jim
Boling are candidates for vice
president.
Other candidates are:
Secretary, Bill Tomsen and Bob
Schuyler; treasurer, Ben Belmont
and Ben "Mick" Neff.
Cook is a Nebraskan City editor
and president of Delta Tau Delta.
Reische is a member of Student
Council and recording secretary
of Beta Theta Pi. Ellis is former
treasurer of AUF and a member
of Phi Delta Theta.
Feather is former ag editor of
the Nebraskan and a member of
Farmhouse. Boling is a member of
Kosmet Klub, University Theater
and Pi Kappa Phi.
Tomsen is a section head on
Geneticist
Crow Tells
By-Products
Of Studies
By-products of the irradiation
studies conducted in Hiroshima
and Nagasaki have been of defi
nite scientific value, while the
studies themselves were non-conclusive,
according to Dr. James
Crow. ,
Dr. Crow, professor of genetics
at the University of Wisconsin, ex
plained that one of these by-products
was the study of the effects
of marriage among cousins. The
wide-scale research conducted in
Japan, he said, resulted in scien
tists having for the first time
eougn data to evaluate effects of
these marriages.
He said studies showed that ear
ly childhood death increased by a
small but definite percentage in
the instances where the parents
were cousins. This included both
the radiated and non-radiated par
ents. Dr Crow is delivering three lec
tures at the University this week
under the sponsorship of the Gene
tics Institute through a grant by
the University Research Council.
Another of his fields of interest is
he genetics of insecticide resist
ance. I ,
mittee of the Council, acting in ac
cordance with a resolution passed
in Council on Wednesday and pur
suant to its authority "to interpret
the Council constitution and by
laws," Article VII, Section 2(A),
hereby rules that Interfraternity
Council, Panhellenic Council and
Student Union Board are subject to
that the IFC is governed in the
camr manner as Panhellenic.
In regard to the controversial
Student Council ruling, members
were interviewed by The Nebras
kan. Ginny Hudson said if the IFC
is to be considered a student or
ganisation they should go along
with the Student Council ruling. It
would add to their prestige to do
so, she added.
"I think it is too bad IFC doesn't
consider high scholarship important
for officers, Bev Deepe said.
It's a shame IFC can't have
the same minimum scholastic
standards as any other campus or
ganization," Marvin Breslow said.
John Fagan said "the Council
doesn't have the power right now
to haul in the IFC's constitution.
This applies to the Union and Pan
hellenic as well."
Frank Hallgren, associate dean
for men, said that he felt the Coun
cil did not have power to determine
IFC's scholastic requirements. He
"said that IFC was answerable to
the faculty student affairs commit
tee, the Board of Regents and the
national IFC organization.
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the Cornhusker and a member of
Phi Deta Theta. Schuyler is a
member of AUF Board and Phi
Gamma Delta.
Neff is a member of Student
Council, assistant business man
ager, and a member of Delta Tau
Delta. Belmont is secretary of
AUF and a member of Kosmet
Klub and Zeta Beta Tau.
A constitutional amendment re
quiring all active officers to have
a 5 accumulative average was
passed. This maintains consisten
cy with required initiation aver
ages and the required average for
house presidents.
Initiates must not be on con
duct probation at the time of their
initiation, according to an IFC
ruling also passed Wednesday. This
is an additional initiation require
ment along with 5 accumulative av
erage, IFC officials said.
The Outside World:
'Afo Safe Plan'-
BY ARLENE HRBEK
Nebraskan Staff Writer
Secretary of Defense Wilson says no safe atomiV nlCflrmonanf inn.
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MU1 viai1 ia Ul mimeaiaie prospect,
iacory metnoa ior tne detection of
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program unaenaKen in tne interm
nuclear weapons which would preclude risks to security interests of
the United States," Wilson said addressing a Senate subcommittee which
is hunting for a disarmament formula.
Wilson was the first witness before the subcommittee hendpd hv
Sen. Humphrey (D-Minn). Wilson's
tion of Eisenhower's latest disarmament suggestion, made in a March
1 letter to Soviet Premier Bulganin.
Dual Parity Approved
Nebraska Republican Senators Curtis and Hruska voted on opposite
sides Thursday as the Senate approved by a 45-44 vote use of a dual
parity system in computing crop price supports. The Senate defeated an
amedment to take it out. Curtis voted against the amendment and
Hruska in favor of it.
Parity is a theoretical price at which a farm product has a fair
purchasing power in terms of costs of things farmers must buy. The
new formula for computing parity became effective this year, raising
the level for some crops and lowering it for others among them corn
and wheat.
( It could mean more than' 10 cents a bushel on the wheat crop of
nearly a billion bushels and a fraction less per bushel on the corn crop
which has sometimes exceeded three billion bushels.
Malenkov Visits Britain
Heading a group of Soviet electrical experts for a three-week tour
of Britain, ex-premier Georgi Malenkov arrived in the Western world
for the first time in his life. Malenkov said Thursday he had come
seeking knowledge.
"We've arrived to acquire knowledge knowledge of the system of
public power supply and of "the operation of public power stations,"
Malenkov continued.
Asked if he spoke English, Malenkov turned to Soviet Ambassador
Jacob Malik for an interpretation. "Unfortunately not," replied Malen
kov, but Malik chimed in with "maybe when he leaves he will speak
English."
this policy, as are all other cam
pus organizations which were en
compassed in the enactment there
of. "This ruling is 'final pursuant
to Article IV, Section 3 of the
Council constitution. Anyone wish
ing to appeal this ruling may 'ap
peal to the proper University Sen
ate Committee Article IV, Sec
tion 3.
In regard to the provision for ap
peal, Sharon Mangold, chairman of
the judiciary Committee, said that
she did not know which Senate
Committee would have the author
ity over the matter, and that part
of the reason for the ruling was to
determine where this authority
lies. .
Wishnow pointed out that the
basis for his motion to the Council
was a desire to clear up this mat
ter of authority (over IFC, Pan
hellenic and Union Board).
The Judiciary will hold its regu
lar meeting Tuesday at 10 a.m.
Miss Mangold conceded that it
was possible that the matter might
Spring Day:
Senate Votes
To Dismiss
PM. Classes
Undergraduate classes after 12
p.m. will be cancelled May 4
to allow all students to participate
in Spring Days, according to J. P.
Colbert, dean of the division of
Student Affairs.
Colbert, upon the request of the
Spring events committee,- put a
motion permitting a free afternoon
during Spring Days, before the
Faculty Senate Tuesday. It was
passed by a unanamous vote.
"I was quite pleased because
many of the students are interested
in Spring Days and I think a large
number of students don't want a
recurrence of what happened last
year. I believe that Spring Days
is the students' way of answering
this and I am in favor of it," Col
bert commented.
Frank Hallgren, Associate Dean
for Men, said he felt that it was a
very fine idea and was pleased
that the faculty had agreed to dis
miss classes.
"I think that Spring Days is
worthwhile and I have confidence
that it will have the wholesome sup
port of those entered in it as well
as the faculty," Adam Brecken
ridge, Dean of Faculties, said.
During the afternoon, a barbe
que, contests and a possible variety
show will be available to the stu
dents. "This half day is not only going
to be an addition to Spring Day
but it will also be a big boon to
the students to see the faculty be
hind it. It should help to keep
Spring Days going for years to
come," Don Beck chairman of the
spring events committee, said.
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Other members of the Judiciary
besides Miss Mangold and Wish
now are Gall KaV-e, Don Beck
and Bruce Brugmann.
Council:
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Constitution
Permission to examine the Stu
dent Council judiciary committee
ruling that constitutions of the In
terfraternity Council, Panhelleni
Council and Student Union Botrd
are answerable only to the Board
of Regents was granted the com
mittee in Council meeting Wednes
day. The motion was introduced by
Bernie Wishnow, senior holdover
member.
Since the Council has control over
all other student activities, Wish
now said, it should be determined
if they have the right to maintain
jurisdiction over these three.
A motion by John Fagan to con
sider Wishnow's proposal for a
week before voting on it was de
feated.
Marvin Breslow explained that
the motion would only entitle an
examination of the ruling by the
judiciary committee and would not
indicate any positive action to be
taken.
In other business, a motion by
Breslow that the Council request
the Faculty Committee on Student
Affairs to refuse to hear the Mor
tar Board petition to take full con
trol of Ivy Day was passed.
Breslow said that the Mortar
Boards should have referred their
petition to the Council, since the
Council last year voted to give the
Mortar Boards and the Innocents
joint control over Ivy Day.
Sharon Mangold, Council vice
president and Mortar Board mem
ber, said that an agreement be
tween the Mortar Boards and the
Innocents as to the control of Ivy
Day was being planned.
The authority to act on Breslow'a
motion was delegated to the Coun
cil executive committee and three
members appointed by the presi
dent. Breslow was given an extension
for his report to the judiciary com
mittee regarding the reprinting of
the Council Constitution. His report
will be due the first meeting after
spring vacation.
Outstanding:
Thompson
Named Top
Law Senior
Charles Thompson was named
outstanding member of the senior
class in the College of Law by the
Lincoln chapter of Phi Delta Phi,
international legal fraternity.
As Graduate,
of the Year,
Thompson will
compete with
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nomiree from
moi .than 80
clKpttis of the
fraternity for
the title of
Phi Delta Phi
Grad u a t e of
the Year for
1956.
Maintaining a
Courtesy Lincoln Journal
Thompson
high scholastic average in law,
Thompson was also editor in chief
of the Nebraska Law Review for
the 1955-56 school year. He was
also comment editor and business
manager for the Review. , , ,
He was president of 'Lincoln Inn
of Phi Delta Phi, vice president
of his . class in 1954-55 and has
been active in legal aid work. As
an undergraduate, Thompson waa
president of Beta Theta . Pi fra
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YD Officers
Officers of the Lancaster County
Young Democrats - were elected
Wednesday -night. Th'ey are James
Rose, president; Mrs. Tom Hen
derson, vice-president; Lane
Birkel, secretary, and Wayne
Thompson, Jr., treasurer.
.Lucigrace Switzer was named
membership chairman. All stu
dents interested in the organiza
tion should contact Miss Switzer
fit 4-7G32.
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