The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current, October 31, 1956, Image 1

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Committee Statement:
Mitchell Case Investigation
Set 'As Soon As Possible'
Investigation will begin "as soon
as possible" into the charge of
Dr. C. Clyde Mitchell, that bis
academic freedom has been vio
lated, David Dow, professor of law
and chairman of the investigat
ing group announced Tuesday.
Whether the meeting will neces
sitate Mitchell's appearance be
fore the group is not yet known,
according to Dow. Mitchell was
relieved of duties as chairman of
the department of agricultural eco
nomics last spring.
"He may or may now want to
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CHANCELLOR Clifford Hardin rf affirmed his last spring's state
nent of academic freedom at the University in a Nebraskan interview.
Academic Privilege:
Hordin Reaffirms Stand
By DICK SHUGRUE
Copy Editor
Chancellor Clifford Hardin reaf
firmed his statement of last May
14, Tuesday that the University
faculty has a perfect right to ex
change divergent opinions.
The Chancellor's statement came
following the Eev. Mr. Peter
Raible's of the Lincoln Unitarian
Church charge in a sermon Sun
day that the University faculty is
"discor-aged, sick at heart and
fearful."
The Rev. Mr. Raible's charges
Indicated that academic freedom
at the University is being subju
gated by "insidious infiltration".
He added that what cannot be ac
complished "through public attack
caa often be achieved through the
back door." '
The May statement of the Chan
cellor came following "reports in
the Nebraskan which either state
or imply that academic freedom
is being violated at the University."
At that time Dr. Hardin said that
the free exchange of ideas is es
sential to tbs good health of this
or any other university.
"Never in my opinion are the
best interests of a university served
by the violation of academic free
dom," the May statement noted.
If there is any place in our society
where conflicting ideas and opin
ions must be expressed, it is on
cur university campuses.
"The only limitations if limi
tations they be are those al
ready expressed in our University
policy: the responsibilities of citi
zenship' and 'the precepts of schol
arship and faithful performance
of other academic responsibili
ties'." Tuesday, the Chancellor stated
that no additional statement was
necessary. He said that the insti
tution has stuck by the declara
tion. "If there is any charge that aca
demic freedom is being violated,
may that faculty member approach
the special committee set up to re
view these charges. I know of no
such accusations."
The Lincoln Star and the Lincoln
Outsido World:
(lehdl Demands f.lc
The one-party system has been officially abolished in Hungary and
Kovernment officials have assured revolutionists that free elections
W,Upren3edr'lmre Nagy told the Hungarian people that be has ordered
the immediate withdrawal of all Russian troops from revolutionary-torn
EUdS?y's orders were accompanied by a threat from the Hungarian
Air Force stating that they would attack Russian troops if they did
not evacuate.
Farm Prices Decline
According to official reports from the Agriculture Department farm
product prices declined nearly one percent between mid-September and
mid-October.
Although October prices were 2.15 per cent above those or a year
ago, they were approximately 27 per cent below the record high reached
in February, 1351.
Storm Hits Kearney
The State School For Training Boys at Kearney was the victim of
tm of the storms which occurred Monday.
The damage was estimated at about $0000.
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Bates ' Hicks
be here, or we may call him up,
but I doubt if he'll be present at
the opening of the investigation,"
Dow said Tuesday.
Dow heads the University com
mittee on academic privilege and
tenure elected by the Faculty Sen
ate to investigate the case.
A faculty committee was asked
by Dr. Mitchell to conduct the
hearings on his removal as depart
ment chairman. He resigned from
the University last month to join
the Food and Agricultural Asso
ciation of the United Nations. He
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Evening Journal commented edi
torially on the charges of the Rev.
Mr. Raible Tuesday.
"We have no knowledge of any
attempt to censure or to interfere
with reasonable expression of
views by members of the faculty
of the university," the Star stated.
An editorial column in the Lin
coln Journal, said Tuesday evening
"The Unitarian clergyman is a
relative newcomer to Lincoln. Had
he been here longer, he might
have hesitated stilll longer before
slapping Chancellor Hardin from
thepulpit. If there is a 'continual
carping' criucism . of the univer
sity administration this newspaper
has not he?rd of it ... My own
observ; a is that there is less
critic? in or the University under
Dr. Harris's administration, from
either Lh!i or without the facul
ty, than at almost any time for at
least a decade or more."
Colin Jackson
To Address
Convocation
Colin Jackson, a former visiting
professor of political science at
the University, will return to the
Lincoln Thursday. .
He will speak at a general con
vocation at 11 a.m. Thursday in
Love Library Auditorium. His top
ic will be "The Challenge of Asia
to the West."
Jackson is a member of the
British Bar Association and works
for the British Broadcasting Cor
poration. His work with the educational
service to the British Armed Forc
es as a lecturer and as a corres
pondent for various American
newspapers has taken him around
the world.
Jackson taught international re
lations in the spring of 1955 at the
University. He is a graduate of
Oxford University.
The convocation is open to everyone.
Courtesy Lincoln Star
Pfeiler ScbulU
is now working with the FAO in
Mexico City.
In his statement Tuesday, Dow
said, "The newly constituted Sen
ate Committee on Academic Priv
ilege and Tenure has met and
determined to proceed immediate
ly with an investigation of charg
es made by Mr. C. Clyde Mitchell
that his academic freedom was
violated by various administra
tive officers of the University."
"Dates for hearings will be set
as soon as all of the people in
volved can be advised of the Com
mittee's determination and con
venient times agreed upon."
"The Committee is acutely aware
of the importance of the Univer
sity of a speedy decision of the
problems raised by Mr. Mitchell's
charges and intends to proceed as
quickly as possible."
Other committee members are
Herbert Bates, associate profes
sor of chemical engineering; Clif
ford Hicks, professor of business
organization and management;
Ralph L. Ireland, professor of ped
odontics; William F. Pfeiler, pro
fessor of Germanic languages and
C. Bertrand Schultz, director of
the University museum.
Traffic Plan:
HC Display
Car Route
Announced
The traffic route for the home
coming display Friday, November
2, has been announced by Doyle
Hulme, parade chairman.
The traffic will follow a route
west on R Street to 14th Street,
north on 14th to S Street, east on S
to 16h Street and north on 16th to
Vine Street.
At approximately 6:30 p.m. the
plan, consisting of road blocks and
police directing traffic, will go into
effect and will continue until traffic
flow ceases.- -
There will be no parking on 14th,
16th and S Streets and on the south
side of R Street between 16th and
14th and the north side between
16th and 17th after Friday noon.
Any car without a driven in the
no parking zones after 1 p.m. will
be towed away.
This new plan should permit
much faster traffic flow and less
congestion throughout the entire
route since it is a continuous flow
without any cross traffic as there
was last year, Hulme said. He
urged that all organized bouses
cooperate with this plan.
Y To Sponsor
UN Seminar
In New York
The national YW-YMCA is spon
soring a United Nations Seminar
in New York City Nov. 23 to 25,
according to Bev Deepe, City
Campus YWCA president.
About two thousand students
from all over the United States
are expected to attend, she said.
The theme of the conference will
be "The Role of the East in the
Family of Nations".
Highlights of the trip will in
clude a general Assembly session
in the United Nations Building, spe
cial speakers at conference ban
quets and sponsored tours of the
city.
In addition to the specially ar
ranged tours, there will be plen
ty of spare time for students to
explore the city on their own time,
according to Bette Wilson, YWCA
director.
The estimated cost of the trip is
$100.
Temperatures
To Continue
Warm Today
The weather bureau predicts
highs for today to range around
65-75. Today's weather will con
tinue fair and wanner through to
night. Y e s te r-
day's high was
59, while the
low tempera
ture recorded
w a s 48. The
airport re
ported a high
of 59 also, with
a low of 43.
S c o t t s
bluff and Oma
ha registered
the state high with temperatures
of 61. Chadrcn recorded the state
low with a reading of 27.
Lincoln land received .64 of an
inch in rainfall yesterday. The air
port received .96 inches.
Creightoo jot the heaviest rain
of the state. 2.06 inches fell in that
area.
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Quartet::
Hoppers
Scheduled
for Dance'
The Hilltoppers," nation ally
known vocal quartet, and Charlie
Spivak and his orchestra will be
featured at the Homecoming
Dance to be held Saturday at the
Coliseum from 8 to 12 p.m.
The winners of the house dis
plays, and float compeition will be
announced and the Homecoming
Queen will be presented at inter
mission. The Hilltoppers, who will per
form before and after intermission,
have appeared on the Ed Sullivan,
Perry Como, and Sammy Kaye
shows.
"Itying" was their biggest hit
and was listed among the top
ten records of the nation. "P.S. I
Love You," "Love Walked In,"
and "Til Then," are some of the
records they have recorded for the
Dot Recording Company.
Spivak has made motion pictures
for both 20th Century-Fox and Uni
versal. He played with Glenn
Mjller for a number of years and
then started his own band. Ann
Lorrane, song stylist, and Paul
O'Connor will be featured with his
orchestra.
Tickets are $2.75 a couple and
can be obtained from a Corn Cob
or Tassel, or at the door.
uilding
Ground breaking ceremonies for
the new Alpha Gamma Rho frater
nity house at 1430 Idylwild will be
held at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, accord
ing to chapter president Don Beck.
Featured speakers include Chan
cellor Clifford Hardin, AGR alum
nus from Purdue; Walter Roberts
of Wahoo, the Nebraska "chap
ter's first president; W. V. Lam
bert, Dean of Ag College and Rev.
Rex Knowles, University pastor.
The U-shaped, two-story brick
structure is expected to be ready
for occupancy by next fall. Beck
said.
It will house 43 men in two,
three and four men rooms. Bunks
and beds will be in the rooms,
instead of dorms, to meet, new
University health requirements.
Construction on the new bouse
started in 1955. At that time AGR
members moved from their old
house at 1430 Idylwild to 3234
Starr, where they have been boused
since. The chapter has been ac
tive at NU since 1917.
Prior to the ground breaking cere
monies a dinner at Cotner Terrace
will be held for alumni, AGR board
of directors, and building commit
tee members.
Noted Author
To Present
Own Reading
Katherine Anne Porter will give
a reading of her own works "Pale
Horse, Pale Rider," "Noon Wine,"
and "No Safe Harbor" Nov. 5
at 11 a. m. in the Union Ballroom.
In the late 1920's her short stories
in the more distinguished literary
magazines began to attract at
tention. When a few of them were
printed in a limited edition in
1930 under the title of "Flowering
Judas," the book became a col
lector's item.
Miss Porter was awarded a Gug
genheim Fello'ship in that year.
"Pale Horse, Pale Rider," a col
lection of three short novels, was
issued in 1939 and her reputation
as one of America's most outsand
ing writers was firmly estab
lished. Sunday Night Movie
"O'Henry's Full House" will be
presented Sunday night at 7:30
p.m. in the Union Ballroom. The
cast includes Marilyn Monroe,
Fred Allen, Anne Baxter, Farley
Granger, Jeanne Crain Charles
Laughton Jean IViers, David
Wayne Richard Widmark and Os
car Levant.
LINCOLN,
Political Groups 'Reviewed':
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By JACK POLLOCK
Copy Editor
The University Young Republi
cans were censured at a meeting
of the Judiciary Committee of the
Student Council Tuesday evening
for "operating and soliciting funds
without proper University aproval
and supervision."
Presidents of both Democratic
and NU GOP organizations ap
peared before a regular meeting of
the Judiciary Committee to review
their activities.
Both were questioned on organ
izational structure, constitution,
finances, fund raising, connection
with state organizations, future
plans, and records on membership.
Following a review of activities
of both political groups the commit
tee ruled that it "does not recognize
the right of the University Repub
licans to further operate or raise
money until it has organized to
comply with the rules of the Uni
versity of Nebraska governing stu
dent organization."
Committee member Marvin Bres
low said, "This action does not deny
the group the right to meet to or
ganize, but they cannot carry on
other activities such as fund
raising until properly organized.
The Democrats received a green
light from the committee.
"We have no control over the
Democrats as they are not an Uni
versity organization, they do not de
sire to become such, and are organ
ized only as Lancaster County
Young Democrats," Don Beck,
committee chairman, said.
County Demo leader Wayne
Thompson said the group's only
connection wth the University was
their meeting place, usually at
the Union.
Lou Schultz, president of the NU
Young Republicans said he plans
a meeting of the group's executive
board with a judiciary committee
member to iron out details for
Univrsity sanction.
According to Beck, the group
must clarify its finances and re
ceive University approval of its
constitution, which must make
provisions for finances, advisors,
organization and structure.
Approval of any campus organi
zation must go through the Uni
versity, then to the Student Coun
cil and finally going to the Faculty
Subcommittee on Student Organi
zations. Schultz said the Young Republi
cans do have a Constitution, but
through an oversight, it had not
been submitted to the University.
Campus groups are also required
to have their finances under super
vision of W. C. Harper, assistant
Fraternities
Set Top Mark
As AUF Goal
The fraternities have set $2000
as their goal for the AUF Drive,
more than any other single con
tribution, Bob Schuyler, chairman
of the fraternity drive, said.
Schuyler has received more than
a quarter of the goal though only
five houses have turned in their
money. Some houses have contrib
uted more than $100 apiece.
Schuyler expects to complete his
section of the drive by Friday.
Students with questions may con
tact Schuyler, be said.
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Spirits Haunt Campus
Halloween spirit ran rampant
across the campus as four co-eds
attired in special garb played
trick or treat. Sixteenth Street
traffic stopped at the sight of
Anne Wade (left), Vera Ry
strom, Martie Martison, and
Julie Dowell demanding good
NEBRASKA
dean for student activities.
The GOP group was primarily
cited for three reasons:
1. "The NU Young Republicans
were declared defunct the first
semester of the year 1954-55,"
meaning they now would need offi
cial reorganization and University
approval.
2. "They had not properly sub
mitted themselves for approval."
3. "They have been operating
Friday Night:
Houses Reveal
Display Themes
Homecoming themes for twenty
men's organized houses and fif
teen sororities have been an
nounced. Judging of the displays
will begin at 7:30 p.m. instead of
the previously announced 8 p.m.
Men's organized bouse titles are:
"You ain't nothing but a Hound
dog," Acacia; "Testing the Tiger,"
Alpha Tau Omega; "Skin those Ti
gers," Beta Sigma Psi; "You
Can't Keep Those Husker Spirits
Down," Beta Theta Pi; "With
Luck I'll be Dead By Noon," Del
ta Sigma Phi; "Tiger Hunt," Del
ta Tau Delta; "Beep! Beep!" Kap
pa Sigma.
"Penny Arcade," Phi Delta
Theta; "Testing NTTs Strength,"
Phi Gamma Delta; "Green door,
what's that secret you're keepin'?"
Phi Kappa Psi; "Mow 'M' Down!"
Pi Kappa Phi; "The Huskers go
Tier Hunting," Sigma Alpha Ep
silon; "Flush the toy Tiger down
the Drain," Sigma Alpha Mu; "Ne
braska Railroads Missouri," Sig
ma Chi.
"Show them the Way, Pete,"
Sigma Nu; "Tiger crev? dams
Husker court," Sigmr Phi Epsi
lon; "Husk that Tiger," Tau Kap
pa Epsikm; "Put the Screws to
Mizzou," Theta Chi; "Huskers
Have Control," Theta Xi; "Roast
the Tigers," Zeta Beta Tau, and
"Snow . 'em under with spirit,"
Selleck Quad.
The title of . the sorority dis
plays are: "Safari we see, the
tigers will flee," Alpha Chi Ome
ga; "The Might Missouri," Alpha
Omicron Pi; "Toast the Tigers,"
Alpha Phi; "We will Revlon to
Victory," Alpha Xi Delta; "Pete's
got the Picture," Chi Omega;
"Cool Mizzou," Delta Delta Delta.
"From Tiger to Lilly," Delta
Gamma; "Seeing things at Night,"
Wolf To Receive
Home Ec Award
Norma Wolf, Junior Extension
major, has been chosen to receive
a sen olarship
from the State
Council of
Home Exten
sion Clubs. The
award is pre
sented to a girl
interested in
becoming a
home agent.
Miss Florence
Atwood, State
Home Exten
Conrtecr Lincoln Star
Miss Wolf
sion leader, an-
nounced that this the the first time
an award of this type has been pre
to $103.
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ies from Nancy George and Mary
Scholl at Rosa Bouton Hall.
Ghouls and ghosts peeping from
dark corners and hanging from
low branches are only one ex
ample of the type of spirit that
has attacked NU students. Black
cats are playing havoc and have
Wednesday, October 31, 1956
without legal recognition and have
been soliciting money without prop
er University supervision. (The NU
GOP have been soliciting funds
through a membership drive.)
Beck said the action of the com
mittee was not designed to hinder
the workings of the organization
but merely to bring attention to
the fact they were operating with
out going through regular Uni
versity channels.
Gamma Phi Beta; "Discovery and
Conquest," Kappa Alpha Tbeta;
"Joust a Tiger," Kappa Delta;
"And Mizzou came tumbling
down," Kappa Kappa Gamma;
"Poor little Tiger, walking to Mis
souri," Pi Beta Phi; "Bewitch Mis
souri," Sigma Delta Tau; "Ding
done dell. TVer' in the wriL
Sigma Kappa.
Homecoming:
To SfoQ
Elallys
Two football rallys will be held
this week, according to Dick Hend
ricks, Corn Cob Rally co-chairman.
The Wednesday night rally will
begin at 6:45 p.m. at the Caril
lon Tower. The ralliers will march
to the steps of the Union where
they will hear a guest speaker
and signs by sororities and frater
nities will be judged. The win
ners of this 'judging will be an
nouncedvat the Friday night rally.
Also at the Wednesday night rally
will be skits by the Tassels and
the Corn Cobs. A small tiger effigy
will also be burned.
Friday night's rally starting at
6:45 p.m. will feature the burning
of the Missouri Tiger in effigy.
A parade will start in front of the
Union Friday night after the ral
ly. The parade will travel on
'R' Street to 16th, down 16th to
Vine, and from Vine the rally will
go to the Men's Dorm parking lot
at 17th and Vine where a bonfire
vail climax the activities.
Homecoming
Dance Tickets
Still On Sale
Tickets for the annual Home
coming Dance are presently being
sold by members of Tassels and
Corn Cobs for $2.75.
The dance, which . begins at 8
p. m Saturday at the Coliseum,
will feature Charlie Spivak, his
band, and the Hilltopper quartet.
Tickets may be obtained from
the booth in the Union or from any
Cob of Tassel worker, according
to Charlie Trumble, chairman of
Homecoming ticket sales.
been the main cause cf tardi
ness this week. Sales on pump
kins have risen so sharply tfi&i
prices have jumped according
ly as a scarcity is feared. GhosU
lurking in the shadows cf the
freshman dorm are not as alarm
ing as the witches sweeping down
the mall. Tonight is Halloween.
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