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Tomahawk
An independent activities honor
try society will soon activate a
chapter on the University campus,
according to S. Jay Cohen, nation
al president of Tomahawk. Cohen
attends Iowa State College.
Tomahawk is a national organi
sation whose purpose is to recog
nize "those Independent students
who have been outstanding in their
contributions to t h e University
through their service, loyalty and
cooperation,'' according to the pro
posed constitution for the new chap
ter. The specific purposes of Toma
hawk include: 1) to give recogni
tion to sophomores for outstanding
work in activities and organiza
tions, 2) to stimulate interest in
student organizations and activi
ties among freshmen, 3 to pro
vide leadership training opportuni
ties for the individual members,
4) to cooperate with all other
campus organizations, 5) to serve
as coordinating body for activities
Mitchell:
Progress has been "good" on
the petition in circulation asking
for a "complete and honest ex
planation" of the demotion of C.
Clyde Mitchell, according to stu
dents behind the petition.
Originators of the petition, which
asks for an explanation or Re
gents' disapproval of the demotion
of Mitchell from his post as chair
man of the Department of Agri
culture Economics, plan to pre
sent the petition to the Board of
Regents at their meeting Satur
day. Petitions are circulating on both
ag and city campuses, and the goal
of the petitioners is 3000 names.
The deadline for the petitions is
Wednesday night. All petitions are
to be turned in to Bruce Brugmann
at the ATO house, 1433 R Street.
Interested students on both city!
and ag campus created the peti
tion as a "barometer" of student!
opinion concerning the Mitchell de-1
Saturday:
Journalists
To Receive
Silver Keys
Silver keys will be presented to
IS outstanding high school journ
alists at Journalism Day Saturday
In Parlors A and B of the Union.
In addition, about 30 honorable
mention certificates will be award
ed to second and third place win
ners in five major divisions of
high school journalism.
The keys are given by the Lin
coln Journal and Star.
Theta Sigma Phi, women's journ
alism honorary will introduce
its new associate member, Doris
Minney, Iree lance writer.
Sigma Delta Chi, men's journal
ism honorary will give an award
to a professional newspaperman
in Nebraska, and Gamma Alpha
Chi, women's advertising honor
ary, will name the advertising wo
man of the year.
Photography honorary, Kappa
Alpha Mu, will present an award
at tbt Journalism Day banquet, to
the student who has the best rec
rd in the basic course in photo
graphy at the University.
Approximately 150 persons are
expected to attend the Journalism
Day banquet.
Six Finalists:
Ag Students
Goddess Of
Elections for Goddess of Agricul
ture will be held Wednesday from
12 to S p.m. in the Ag Union, ac
cording to Al Trenkle, manager of
the Farmers Fair Board. Any
undergraduate student in the Col
lege of Agriculture is eligible to
vote. '
The six finalists for the title
asre Dorothy Matzke, Marlene
Hutchinson, Betty Eberhart, Shar
on Egger, Judy London and Lara
Lee Lingren.
The Goddess of Agriculure will
he presented at the annual Cotton
nd Denim Dance on May 12.
The Farmers Fair will 'have a
new look when it gets under way
May 11-12 on the Ag College cam
pus. Trenkle said.
The show has been revised to
provide a continuous chain o f
events over the two-day period,
and people coming out to the Fair
will never have to wait for some
thing to happen, he said.
New features of the Fair this
jfr include a Block and Bridle
Both Compsi
rf1 u v t
LINCOLN,
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National To Recognize Independents
of interest to the Independent stu
dents of the University.
A 1 tli ough
the T o m a-
hawk c h a pter
will be a cam
pus - wide or
ganization i t
has been ini
tially organ
ized as a part
of the Res i
dence Associa
tion for Men
accord in e
Vestal
vice-president of RAM. "This is
simply an expedient method of
getting the chapter into operation
rapidly," he said. He explained
that local chapters must be ap
proved by the Tomahawk nation
al convention which meets each
spring. Because of the time ne
cessary for an organization to gain
recognition from the Student Coun
cil it was thought best to set the
Ssa c
efif ion?
motion. Students behind the peti
tion said it was designed primarily
to clear up the secrecy and confu
sion surrounding the demotion of
Mitchell. .
Students contacted Tuesday had
no comment on the petition as of
yet.
Petition
Violates
No Law
University students
circulating
the petition asking a "complete
and honest explanation" of the de
motion of C. Clyde Mitchell are
not violating any tenet of Univer
sity policy.
Students are guaranteed "the
right of respectful petition" in
Chapter III, section Two of the
Regents' By-Laws.
This right, according to the pro
vision, "shall be neither abridged
or denied by the Board of Regents,
faculties or other University author
ities." The right of petition and meet
ing as provided for specifically
in the Regents By-Laws is abridged
only in the case of the meeting
provision.
Students wishing to call a meet
ing of' an extraordinary nature
must have a written or published
notice or call stating clearly the
business of any such meeting,
according to the By-Laws.
These notices or calls must be
signed by at least three students
and be posted on University bulle
tin boards at least 24 hours prior
to the holding of such meeting, ac
cording to these provisions. j
Phi Delts Contribute
Time to Aid Center
Members of Phi Delta Theta fra
ternity painted five rooms at the
Southwest Community Center
Saturday, in conjunction with the
national Phi Delta Tbeta Cum
munity Service Day.
The Nebraska chapter is com
peting for a national fraternity tro
phy for the best service project.
Bill Tomson, chairman of the serv
ice committee said. There are 119
chapters in the United States and
Canada participating in toe com
munity service project.
To Select
Agriculture
Showmanship contest, a Quarter
Horse show, and a "Kiddies" con
test. Large numbers of entries from
Nebraska and surrounding terri
tory have already been received
for the Quarter Horse show and
more are expected, Trenkle stated.
The two day rodeo will feature
saddle bronc riding, bareback
bronc riding, calf riding and steer
wrestling in the men's division.
Barrel racing, pole bending, and
a goat tying contest will highlight
the women's division. Special
events in the rodeo will be a typi
cal cowboy and cowgirl contest,
and a co-ed calf catching contest.
The Dairy Royal show will be
held in connection with the Fair.
It will include two divisions of
fitting and showing dairy cattle by
University student, a co-ed cow
milking contest, and a promenade
hv Air College professors.
nthr events of the Fair will beyi
a Chuck Wagon fed, a pie eating
contest, and a barbecue.
NEBRASKA
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chapter up under the RAM until
its constitution is approved by the
Council.
A section of the proposed constitu
tion says "the membership of the
University of Nebraska chapter of
Tomahawk shall submit this con
stitution to the Student Council for
recognition as a campus organiza
tion and that the membership shall
insure mat sucn recognition is
granted before January 1, 1957.
Membership .is invitational and
decided by former members. Ac
tivities, gradepoint, classification
and attitude shall.be governing
factors' in the selection of mem-,
bers. the tentative constitution says.
"The decision to establish a
chapter of Tomahawk resulted
from a desire to recognize active
Indepent students," Vestal said.
"At first a society within the RAM
was considered but after more than
a year of correspondence vith the
national president of Tomahawk it
was decided that a campus-wide
group would better serve the pur
pose, be said.
Douglas Jensen, president of the
RAM, said the chapter will serve
as a fitting reward for the efforts
of active Independents. "Until this
time there has been no form of
recognition for these persons and
this fact has been the cause of
apathy and disinterest among
some Independent students," Jen
sen pointed out.
"Because of the limited recogni
tion the chapter has under the RAM
the initial membership will have to
be chosen from the ranks of that
organization," Vestal said, "but
as soon as full recognition is grant
ed the Tomahawk chapter will ask
all activity organizations, clubs,
religious student houses and other
groups for nominations of especial
ly active Independent sophomores.
These nominees will then be con
sidered by the active membership
for selection to Tomahawk mem
bership," he said.
Vestal pointed out that all de
tails will be left to the charter
members and that neither he nor
other UDDDerclass RAM offers
! 'ill take an active part in the
Tomahawk chapter.
'"We-simpty wahno-gerthe "chap"
Fellowships:
NU Agronomy Students
Receive Four Awards
Fellowships totaling $3200 have
been awarded to four University
agronomy students.
Russell Lang has been awarded
the $1000 Stuart Memorial Fellow
ship. Fazollah Haghiri, of Teheran,
Iran, has been given a $1100
Knights of Ak-Sar-Ben Fellowship.
Robert Sorensen, and Alan Moore,
of Mile End, South Australia, each
have received $550 Knights of Ak-
Sar-Ben Fellowships for the fall se
mester.
Lang will receive his Bachelor
of Science in Agriculture degree
in June. He is majoring in agron
omy and minoring in botany. Aft
er receiving his master's degree.
he hopes to work as an agricul
tural missionary.
He has served as vice president
of the campus YMCA and co-chairman
of Religious Emphasis Week.
He is a member of the Ag-Relig-ious
Council, 4-H Club, Agronomy
Club and Alpha Zeta, national hon
orary agricultural fraternity.
Haghiri received his Bachelor of
Science in Agriculture degree from
the University an February 1955.
Policy:
AWS Holds
Workshop
Discussion
Scholarship, the point system
and overnights were the topics dis
cussed at the 1956 Associated Wom
an Students workshop Tuesday eve
ning. Emily Hemphill, AWS vice-president,
lead the scholarship discus
sion emphasizing the importance of
encouraging good scholarship.
AWS will be working with the
scholarship chairman within the
organized houses to bring about
the most effective plan.
The point system, which limits
women's activities was discussed
by Janice Kraus, point system chair
man. Alter oeing under tne juris
diction of Student Council for a
year, the point system is again in
the hands of AWS. The girls gave
suggestions for the revised point
system.
After a review of past overnight
plans, Carol Link, AWS preisdent,
presented the overnight plan which
is in effect now. This plan provides
for two overnights in Lincoln, and
three out-of-town overnights. In ad
dition, each organized house may
choose one night' when hours will
be extended until 2 a.m. On 2 a.m.
J night no overnights may be taken.
Wednesday, April 25, 1956
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ter established and then give the
reins to the members. The proposed
constitution can he changed as the
membership sees fit; the document
is modeled closely after the consti
tion of the Iowa State College
chapter which was the first chap
ter of Tomahawk established," lie
said.
Spring Pay:
Early entrants ki the faculty di
vision of Spring Day contests were
announced by Sandra Kadlecek,
chairman of faculty participation.
Miss Kadlacek also stated that,
"it's been difficult getting a full
slate of contestants because of
conflicting activities."
Entrants in the Baby Bottle Con
test are: Clifford Hardin, Adam
Breckenridge, Lee Chatfield, Phill
ip Colbert, Marjorie Johnston,
James Pittenger and Helen Sny
der. There are no entrants at this
time in the pie eating contest for
deans of colleges.
There will be four contests in
which teachers will show their
skills. Softball throwing, egg catch
ing, three legged racing and pea
nut pushing contests will be held
for them.
Individual trophies will be
awarded to each of the event win
ners and a large trophy will go to
the college with the most points.
Teachers entered so far are:
Dudley Ashton, Beverly Becker,
Elvera Break, Dorothy Maxwell,
Mary Jean Mulvaney, Clara
Rausch, Urban Wendorff and Dor
othy Han peter.
Other activities during Spring ;
Day will include, student contests,
a barbecue, a carnival a n d a
dance.
He now is working toward bis mas
ter's degree with special study in
the field of soil chemistry. He
hopes to continue until he receives
his Ph.D.
Sorensen also is studying for
his master's degree. He received
a Bachelor of Science in Agricul
ture degree from the University
last June and is a member of
Alpha Zeta.
Moore received his master's de
gree from the University in J u 1 y
154 and now is working toward
his Ph.D. A graduate of the Uni
versity of Adelaide, he served as
a soil conservation officer for the
Australian Department of Agri
culture before coming to Nebras
ka. Be is majoring in agronomy
with special emphasis on soil fer
tility and minoring in botany. He
plans to return to Australia to
teach and do research. He also
held a 1955-56 Ak-Sar-Ben Fellow
ship. Outside World:
Mmkal
By WALT
Nebraska
It was reported Tuesday by reliable sources that a Soviet cruiser
was sunk by a Soviet minefield in the Baltic Harbor of Kalingrad.
The sinking led to the firing of Adm. Nikolai Kuznetsov from his
position as commander-in-chief of the Soviet navy, according to the
informant. Kuznetsov was replaced by Adm. S. G. Gorshkov, who was
the wartime commander of the Soviet Black Sea fleet.
The Cruiser was blown up in a forgotten mined area and the
informant said that many of the crew members were killed because
the captain refused to let the crew leave the ship until too late.
Kuznetsov, who was already in trouble with Russian leaders because
of his support of the Stalin-originated program of building up cruiser
strength, became involved in the dispute which followed the accident.
He reportedly tried to defend his captain for delaying the order to
abandon ship.
Chines
Chinese Communist' gunboats and Nationalist naval patrol vessels
engaged in a SO minute gun battle west of Matsu Island, according to
Nationalist sources.
It was reported that the Communists were supported by shore
artillery which fired more than 208 rounds in support of the Red ships
which sailed from the mouth of the Min River.
There was no account of the damage or causalties incurred in the
battle. However, 51 civilians on nearby Quemoy Island have been killed
since Sept. 1954 in other artillery exchanges between the Nationalists
and the Communists.
Truman
Former President Harry Truman announced that he isn't planning
any further political speeches until the Fourth of July. He has been
taking a neutral stand in the fight for the Democratic nomination be
tween Adlai Stevenson and Estes Kefsuvtr.
Truman is leaving in May to receive a degree at Oxford and to
visit Europe. Before going he will attend a dinner honoring Gov.
Averell Karriman, an "inactive" candidate for the nomination.
Clarification Sought For Policy
On the agenda for the Faculty
Student Affairs Committee this
afternoon are two problems of
special student interest.
The Committee will attempt to
clarify the Council's jurisdiction in
regard to its scholarship policy
and give a decision on student
representation on faculty commit
tees. Also on the agenda are
general matters of financing stu
dent organizations, J. P. Colbert,
dean of the division of student
affairs, said.
"We hope there will be a final
clarification and ruling on the
scholarship policy at the meeting,
both in regard to Student Council
jurisdiction and the Judiciary
Committee ruling," Sharon Man
gold, chairman of the Council
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Spring Day Schedule
A tentative schedule of afternoon events for Spring Days has
been set up by the N-Club, Don Beck, chairman of the Spring Day
Committee, announced.
A Bar-B-Q, held after 12 o'clock classes on Friday, will immed
iately precede the afternoon's activities.
First will be the faculty events which will feature two or three
faculty representatives from each college, Beck said. Then indi
vidual and team events are scheduled.
The tentative schedule follows:
I. Men's Division:
A. Team Events Chariot Race, Tug of War. Punch Ball.
B. Individual Events Wheelbarrow Race, Three Legged Race,
Baseball Throw, Football Throw, Tandem Bike, 100 yd. Dash
backward, Pushup Contest.
II. Women's Division:
A. Team Events Relay Race, Tug-of-War.
B. Individual Events Peanut Picking, Three Legged Race, Base
ball Throw, Egg Catching, Tandem Bike, Greased Pig.
Immediately following the student events will be a special
event which will feature four or five prominent members of the
administration in a baby bottle contest. Beck said.
A Union dance will follow the day's activities.
Council:
Delegates
For Three
Unless more sutdents file for
Council positions from the Col
leges of Law, Dentistry and Phar
macy, these colleges will not be
represented next year, according
to Glenna Berry, second vice-president
of the Council.
The Council constitution states
that in order to be represented,
there must be twice as many
people file from the college as
there are vacancies to fill. Each
of these colleges have one vacancy
and so two people must file from
each. Only one person has filed
from each of these colleges.
Miss Berry also announced the
pre-election campaigning rules. A
photograph of each candidate will
be taken at University expense.
These will be displayed on at least
two places on campus and at the
polls on election day.
The candidates may do as much
individual campaigning as they
wish, provided that all campaign
literature be given the approval
of the election committee. News
paper publicity is limited to the
Nebraskan.
The Election Committee will pre
sent a non-partisan report on all
candidates to the Rag early next
week.
"This school has been lax in its
campaigning compared to many
other campus's", Miss Berry
stated." Since we allow almost
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Staff Writer
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Judiciary Committee said.
The Judiciary Committed ruled
March 15, that the Council scholar
ship policy would be interpreted
to cover Interfraternity Council,
Panhellenic Council and Union
Board. The Council's policy re
quires a 5.0 average for board
members and a 5.7 average for
officers.
The Interfraternity Council dis
puted the student Council ruling,
saying the scholarship policy would
have no definite bearings on their
elections.
The other proposal before the
Student Affairs Committee deals
with student representation on fac
ulty committees.
"We hope the Student Affairs
Committee will approve the Coun-
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Needed
Colleges
unlimited freedom in the amount
and t3'pe of campaigning, we hope
that the candidates will show
greater interest and initiative this
year."
No campaigning k allowed on
election day. All posters and sim
ilar materials must be taken down.
Those who do not comply with this
regulation will be disqualified,
Miss Berry said.
In order to vote a student must
have completed at least one se
mester at the University.
An added feature this year will
be an additional voting place in the
Union. Voters whose last name
begin with letters from A through
K will vote in the City or Ag Stu
dent Union, from K-Z in Love
Library. Booths will be open from
7:30 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Two students will be elected from
the College of Agriculture; one
man and one woman. Three will be
elected from the college of Arts
and Science, at least one man and
women. The Colleges of Business
Administration and of Engineering
will have two representatives each
and Teachers college will have
three, at least one man and one
woman.
Election:
Panhell
Officers
Selected
New officers of the Panhellenic
Association have been announced.
They are president, Mary Lou Pit
tack, junior in Arts and Sciences,
Kappa Alpha Theta; vice-president,
Helen Gourlay, sophomore in
Arts and Sciences, Delta Gamma
Delta; secretary - treasurer. Joyle
Wiederspan, sophomore in Teach
ers College, Alpha Chi Omega.
The Panhellenic Association has
decided to abolish summer rush
letters, according to Miss Pittack,
president. However, a printed open
letter may be included in each rush
booklet.
"The letters were abolished be
cause uiey were a corner and a
nuisance and were too time-c o n
suming," she said.
The expense limit for the rush
booklets has been raised to $200,
according to Miss Pittack.
A controversy as to whether to
have six or seven parties during
Rush Week has been referred to
the sororities for a vote.
"An extra party was included
last year because the girls fell, it
would give the ruishees a better
chance to see the houses and meet
the actives. But it is now felt that
seven parties are too many and
too exhausting." Mis Pittack stated.
cil's recommendation for it Is felt
that student representation on
these committees is necessary,'
Gail Katskee, chairman of t h
Council's Student Activities com
mittee, said.
On April 11 the Council passed
a motion recommending student
representation of the Faculty Sen
ate Committee on Student Affaira
and the Faculty Senate Commit
tee on University Libraries.
The recommendation reasoned
that student representation on th
Student Affairs Committee w a a
need since the committee deals
directly with students, their ac
tivities, organizations and individ
ual interests and the Council felt
it only appropriate that the stu
dent voice be heard.
The other faculty committee that
the Council feels needs studrot
representation is the University
Libraries committee. One reason
the Council feels student represen
tation is necessary is that such
an arrangement would give under
graduate viewpoints as to library
needs.
Members of the Student Affairs
committee include; J. P. Colbert,
Robert Knoll, Helen SnydVr, Mar
jorie Johnston, H. L. Weaver, El
sie Jevons, Mrs. Angline Ander
son, A. P. Bates, A. B. Ward,
Irwin Hathoway, Mrs. Ruth Levin
son, Miss Mabel Strong, L. E.
Young and W. C. Harper.
Production:
Technical
Directors
Selected
Trudy Scriven has been chosen
as the production manager for
"Mary of Scotland," according to
an announcement by Max Whit
tacher, director of the play.
Chosen as assistant to the direc
tor was Stephany Sherdeman. Peg
gy Baldwin designed the women's
costumes.
On the lighting crew are Mary
Thompson, manager, Don Auld,
Dick Gustafson and Sue Woolard.
Members of the sound depart
ment are Doris Anne Growcock,
manager, Linda Beal, John Mad
den and Gerald Carlson.
Phyllis Chard is manager of th
costume department and" Jackie
Miller. Alberta Kasparek and Min
ette Taylor are under her.
The scenery department has Ber
nard Skalka as manager with Lar
ry Carstenson, Tony Meba, Noel
Schoenrock and Mari Anne Ray
nolds helping.
On the stage property crew are
Anna Meyer, manager, Joe Hill,
Joan Marie Kluge and Gloria
Temple.
Sondra Sherman heads the hand
property crew with Kathleen
Schmutte and Sandra Dennis as
helpers.
The make-up department has
Jeanne Quate as manager with
Len Schropfen giving her a hand.
"Mary of Scotland" is to be
given at Howell Memorial Theater
in the Temple Building May 8 to
the 12. Reservations are avail
able at the business office in the
Temple Building.
The
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I Election of executive officers
; will take place at the regular roeet-
ing of the Nebraska University
; Council on World Affairs Thursday
; 7: 15 p.m. in Union Room 315.
Positions to which individuals
will be elected are president, vice-
president in charge of program
' ming, vice-president in charge of
publicity, secretary and treasurer.
Officers
The annual election of officers
was held at Brown Palace co
operative house in a regular meet
ing Monday evening. The new offi
cers are Robert Johnson, president;
Eld on Shuey, vice-president; Larry
McCormick, treasurer, and Glen
Underhill, secretary.
Theta Sig
There will be a Theta Sigma Phi
required workshop session 9 a
Wednesday, from 1 to 5 p.m. and
7:30 to 10 p.m. All members must
come for at least two hours or be
fined SI, according to Beverly
Deepe, president.
Madrigals
The University Madrigal Sing
ers, with David Foltt conducting,
will present "An Hour's Recrea
tion in Music" at 8 p.m. Thursday
in the Union ballroom.
Cosmo Club
Cosmopolitan Club will meet
Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. in Union
Parlor B.
The .program will consist f
films of Canada and New England.
Sing Meeting
Ivy Day later-sorority ;,j di
rectors will meet in the Ur -n at
5 p.m. Thursday in Room 513 ta
go over rules and draw for sing
positions. Linda Buthman. ivy Day
Sing chairman announced.
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