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Executive officers of All Uni
versity Fund discuss plans for
the annual drive which will be
gin Tuesday with a Kick-off
Banquet. Officers are (left to
right) Ben Belmont, secretary;
Applications:
NATO To
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holarship Study
For the second year the North
Atlantic Treaty Organization will
sponsor a scholarship program to
further the study of the common
traditions, historical experience
and present needs of the North
Atlantic community.
Competition in the United States
cpened Aug. 1 and closes Nov. 1,
1956. Candidates who have ap
plied for United States Govern
ment foreign study grants under
.the Fulbright Act may also enter
the NATO competition.
r. Awards for the 1957-58 academic
year will be announced April 4,
1957, the 8th anniversary of the
Scholarship
Committee
Nominates
' Marvin Breslow senior in Arts
and Sciences has been recom-
mended for a Rhodes Scholarship
by the University of Nebraska com
" mittee.
He will appear before the state
Rhodes Scholarship Committee in
November or early December.
This group will recommend two
students to the six-state district
committee which will name four
Rhodes scholars.
Breslow is vice-president of Sig
ma Alpha Mu, senior member of
Student Council and member of the
Interfraternity Council.
Wayne Johnson, a 1954 Univer
sity graduate, nas been recom
mended as a Rhodes candidate
from Iowa this year. He formerly
was recommended to the Nebras
ka state committee. He is now a
graduate student at the University
of Iowa.
Each year 32 Rhodes Scholar
ships are granted to young men in
the United States for graduate
study at the University of Oxford,
England. Each of the eight dis
trict committees names four re
cipients. Marines Tell
Of Officer
Commission
Captain M. W. Snow, In charge
f Marine Corps Officer Procure
ment for tins ?.rea, wiu Be on
the campus Friday, from 9 a.m
to 4:30 p.m. Captain Snow may
be contacted at a booth set up in
the Union.
Accompanied by two Marine ser
geants and a Navy Chief Hospital-
man, the Captain will be available
to discuss several Marine officer
training programs available to col
lege students.
The Marine Corps will commis
sion a college student after he has
attended two six-week summer
training periods in Quantico, Vir
ginia and has received a bacca
laureate degree.
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losMe rorld
;Nebroskan Reporters
All students interested in work
ing on The Nebraskan, and par
ticularly those who signed up at
the Activities Mart should attend
a reporters meeting Monday at 4
p.m. in the Nebraska office in
the basement of the Union. Pro
cedures and schedules will be dis
cussed. Those unable to attend
may contact Luci Switzer at the
Nebraskans office.
Union Social Hour
Punch and cookies will be served
at a Union social hour following the
Indiana game Saturday. It will be
for both parents and students, and
wiH be held in the Union Main
Lounge, according to Jan Chatfield,
chairman.
Ihtta Sigma Phi
Theta Sigma Phi will meH Frl
iJr.y at 4 p.m. in Room 306 of
Burnett, Plans for the reception
fr;r Col. Barney Oldfield will be
' V aC this time.
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Nebraskaa Phot
Drive
Sam Jensen, vice president in
charge of publicity; Art Weaver,
secretary; Jeanne Elliot, presi
dent, and Beth Keenan, vice
president for solicitations.
Sponsor
signing of the North Atlantic
Treaty.
Applicants for the NATO schol
arships must be United States citi
zens in good health. Preference
will be given to candidates with
some graduate training.
Language proficiency will be
essential for placement in non-
English-speaking countries. Schol
ars will be selected on the basis
of their scholastic record, the in
stitutions at which the propose
to pursue their studies, and their
subject of study. Grants will be
500,000 Frencn francs lor one
academic year of study plus travel
expenses.
NATO will sponsor a series of
exchanges among the NATO
countries in two categories: schol
arships and research fellowships.
All-American candidates will be
chosen by the Board of Foreign
Scholarships, ten leading educa
tors and educational administra
tors appointed by the President
of the United States. These candi
dates will be submitted by the
Department of State to NATO's
international selection committee
which will make the final awards
from among applicants from all
NATO countries.
Candidates for the limited num
ber of NATO scholarships should
apply to the Institute of Interna
tional Education, 1 East 67th
Street, New York City.
Farmer's Formal:
Ag Dance
Scheduled
Saturday
The Farmer's Formal will be
held Saturday from 9 to 12 p.m. at
the Ag Union. The music of the
Collegian's Orchestra will be fea
tured. Tickets are available to all Uni
versity students at $1.50 per couple
and are on sale at both the City
and Ag Unions.
A Farmer's Formal Queen will be
chosen from among six finalists,
who were selected by popular vote
at ag campus last week. The six
Queen finalists are Margaret Ed
wards, Marion Janda, Ellen Ann
Jacobsen, Shirley Richards, Kay
Skinner, and Marian Sokol.
Voting will be held from 9 to
10 p.m. and anyone presenting an
ID card may vote.
The Queen will be presented in
a special ceremony at 10:30. Bill
DeWolf, president of the Ag Exe
cutive Board, will crown the
Queen.
Committee chairmen for the
event include Bob Lannert, Publi
city; Carol Smith and Bob Weim
er. Decorations; Carolyn Edwards,
Queen Presentation; and Dick
Hagemeier, Ticket sales. Mary
Sorensen will serve as general
chairman.
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Unicameral:
Legislature Marks
Twentieth Birthday
By
C. G.
Staff
WALLACE
Writer
This year marks the twentieth
anniversary of the Nebraska uni
cameral legislature. During the
1935 session of the legislature, then
bicameral, several men, support
ing the u n l
cameral issue,
started p e t i
tioning the
state in an at
tempt to p u t
the amend-
lent on that
year's ballot.
United
States S e n
a t or George
forris, D r .
Courtesy Sunday
Journal an J bla'
Srb
John Senning
J. N. Norton, former congressman,
and James Lawrence, editor of the
Lincoln Star, were the main sup
porters in the unicameral issue.
In the election that year the is
sue was put on the ballot and the
people of the state amended the
constitution with one hundred thou
sand vote majority.
The unicameral is no longer an
experiment but an excellent legis
lative set up and more efficiency
and economy can be wrought from
the unicameral than from the bi
camera!. Hugo Srb, Clerk of the
Legislature, said that although Ne
braska is the only state with this
kind of legislative set up there are
many countries in the world that
have adopted the unicameral sys
tem for their government.
Included in these countries are
Denmark, Lybia, Formosa (Tai
wan), and the Virgin Islands. Nine
out of the ten Canadian provinces
have instituted the unicameral sys
tem of government. The main rea
son other states have not been
able to change their systems is
because their constitutions do not
permit the use of the initiative or
he referendum. Even if the
amendment were presented in one
of the houses and passed, the oth
er house would vote it down be
cause the amendment would mean
the abolition of one of the houses
There are many improvements
in the unicameral that were not
present in the bicameral. The leg
islative districts were set up ac
cording to population, the most
democratic system of representa
tion. The districts average about
31,000 people to a representative.
By having only one representative,
the people are able to concentrate
their interests in the government
on one person instead of spreading
it over four or five people,
Under the unicameral system a
bill can't be passed in less than
five days. This provision is made
in the constitution. In many states
a bill can be rushed through in one
day.
A notice of the committee hear
ing is given five days in advance
of the committee meeting. Any
one is free to go to the commit
tee hearings on bills and does not
have to be a member of any cer
tain organization.
The cost of operating the legisla
ture was cut almost in half under
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tne unicameral and still is con
siderably lower than the bicam
eral operating cost. A one-hundred
-day session in the old legislature
cost $173,025.00, compared to the
$121,300.00 cost in the unicamer
al.
More bills were introduced in
the bicameral but very few were
passed in proportion to ttie unicam
eral. In 1935, 1056 bills were in
troduced and only 192 bills were
passed. In the last session 559 bills
were introduced and 354 were
passed. This is good evidence that
the unicameral legislature far ex
ceeds the bicameral in efficiency,
and economy.
The Committee on Legislative
Processes and Procedures of the
Council of State Governors which
met in Chicago in 1950, ma d e
twelve recommendations to the
48 state legislatures on how to up
the efficiency of their operations.
Out of these twelve recommenda
tions, the Nebraska legislature was
only deficient in one. That defi
ciency was in the salary paid to
the legislators.
In an editorial in the Kansas
City Star, Richard Childs, chair
man of the executive committee
of the National Municipal league,
stated, "Improvements in other
governmental areas are leaving the
lef?.latures as the most backward
incompetent and machine ruled of
our institutions. They are filled
with small fry, ranging from the
nice young lawyers supplementing
their incomes to party hacks who
do the bidding of their masters,
with a few devoted senior habitues
who know the business and make
a small, ill-paid profession of the
service."
Childs urged other states to study
the Nebraska unicameral system.
He said members are fewer and
their policies and legislative atti
tudes are easier for the voters to
follow because the Nebraska leg
islature is elected by a non-parti
san vote. "The combination of far
more power and dignity per mem
ber with the intrinsic debatability
of their highly interesting tasks
can lift the members into visibility
and reduce the scatteration of
power , he explained.
A book, "American State", com
piled by twelve members of the
American Legislative Committee,
priased the Nebraska unicameral
legislature as one of the most dem
ocratic and efficient legislatures
in effect.
AFROTC Parade
The University AFROTC held
the first Wing parade on Friday
at 5 p.m.
The parade was reviewed by
Col. Carten Duncan, acting pro
fessor of Air Science and Tactics.
Cadet officer of the day was 1st
It. Robert Killey.
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Democracy:
Breckinridge
Emphasizes
Leadership
American democracy needs bold
leadership, Dr. A. C. Breckinridge,
Dean of Faculties, told members
of Phi Beta Kappa, honorary scho
lastic society, Wednesday.
He said the -
people of the
United States
put more em-s
phasis on the
spirit and phi
losophy of de
mocracy and
less on t h e
mechanics.
D r. A. C.
B r eckenridge
s p o k e on
"Making De
Courtesy Lincoln Sta
Breckenridge
mocracy Responsible",
The totality of imagination, the
force and power of our ideas, the
products of our creative endeavor,
all should be mobilized if we are
to realize the dream of harmony,
peace, and a good life.
He added:
"Our great task always will be
to reconcile diverse interests, and
when there are no diverse inter
ests it will be a signal that de
mocracy is waning or has gone
down the drain."
Dr. Breckenridge said this cir
cumstance has always disturbed
the politician, the administrator,
and also the individual member of
the society.
But he asked: "If it seems ag
gravating to us now, what tur
moil and confusion may we ex
pect in 20 or 50 years as our
society becomes even more com
plex?
"Even today we are fraught with
attempts through majority rule to
reconcile and integrate social in
terests long and continuously in
conflict."
Dr. Beckenridge said that to sug
gest status quo is "to deny the
force of man's greatest power, his
power to think, to create, and to
search into the unknown."
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CLEANER, FRESHER, SMOOTHE
Ag Policy:
University Couple
Compiles Nan dbook
With the exception of agricultur
al economists, a University or Ne
braska student and his wife may
be the best informed persons in
the state on the farm problem.
Jere and Ruth McGaffey have
read in the last year nearly 1,000
articles on the subject in maga
zines, books, and government pub
lications.
This prodigious amount of work
was not strictly for pleasure or
enlightenment, however. It was
for profit since they contracted to
prepare "A Complete Handbook on
Agricultural Policy" for the Na
tional Debate Research Company.
The handbook is being used by
high school students whose nation
al debate and discussion topics
this year deal with the farm prob
lem. The factor of distance in addi
tion to the necessity for detailed
research complicated ttie couple's
task in preparing the handbook.
Although most engaged couples
carry on a lengthy correspondence
when separated by a few hundred
miles, last year Ruth and Jere
were as concerned with their re
search as they were with plans
for their late summer wedding.
Jere was then a junior at the
University majoring in economics.
In addition to carrying more than
20 credit hours and maintaining
a superior scholastic record, he
was an outstanding memDer oi
the debate team.
He met Ruth Michelsen in 1954
when she was working toward her
Migration:
Colorado
Schedule
Announced
Plans for the Colorado Home
coming, Oct. 26 and 27, when Ne
braska will migrate there, have
been announced by Dale Tooley,
Colorado University Student Body
President.
The theme of Colorado's Home
coming is "Leave It to Luck."
They are featuring Varsity Nights
show and a homecoming dance
with Louis Armstrong. The show
begins at 7:30 p.m. and the dance
at 9 p.m. on both Friday and Sat
urday. Tickets for these eventc may be
ordered by mail. The dance is $3
per couple and the reserved show
tickets are $1 each. To order send
a check or cash, along with the list
of tickets wanted to: Bob Yates,
Homecoming Business Manager,
University Memorial Center, Uni
versity of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado.
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swers. Both words must have the same number of yU.
bles. (No drawings, please!) Well shell out $25 'br all
we use and for hundreds that never see print. So send
stacks of 'em with your name, address, college and class
to Happy-Joe-Lucky, Box 67A, Mount Vernon, N. Y.
MtllCA'S LCADINO M AM VF ACT
master's degree in speech at the
University. Last year she was
teaching at Concordia College in
Moorehead, Minn.
During Thanksgiving vacation
the couple prepared a preliminary
outline of probable arguments on
both the three debate and the three
discussion questions.
Throughout the rest of the year
they each did research compiling
a bibliography on the farm ques
tion from Readers Guides for the
last five years and from lists of
government publications. They
read most of these articles and
prepared more than 800 summar
ies or quotations.
As soon as school ended in June,
Ruth and Jere started compiling
the information. They prepared
both an affirmative and a nega
tive brief for each of the three de
bate questions. Then the 800 "bits
of evidence" were numbered and
noted at the proper places in the
briefs. They also drew up a sug
gested outline for each of the three
discussion questions.
Their handbook contains two oth
er important sections. The first of
these is devoted to background
material. It explains terms and
concepts such as "parity prices"
and "production payments" used
in discussing farm programs. It
also summarizes recent agricul
tural acts and proposals. The last
section is a "who's who."
The mountainous research task
done, Jere and Ruth were married
in August. Ruth now is teaching at
Southeast High School in Lincoln
and Jere is completing work to
ward his bachelor's degree at the
University.
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