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LINCOLN, NEBRASKA Wednesday, December 12, 1956
Nebraskan: .
'Opening'
Class Schedule:
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By Editor
A letter to the Student Council
from Sam Jensen, editor of The
Nebraskan, has asked for support
In the paper's effort to "impress
the administration of the serious
ness of the need for open meet
ings" of the Committee on Stu
dent Affairs.
"The manner in .which we are
seeking support . . . could be
labeled a crusade," the letter
stated.. -
"It has been the policy the very
purpose of existence of the Ne
braskan to attempl to get all news
which affects any element of
campus life," it continued.
"The Nebraskan has been kept
from the meetings of the Commit
tee on Student Affairs since it is
that' group's policy to operate in
closed sessions," the letter said.
"On the other hand we believe
that since the students of this Uni
versity, are so vitally tied up with
the works, the decisions the com
mittee makes, the students have a
right to know what those decisions
re."
The letter asked the co-operation
of all student organizations in the
matter and particularly from the
Student Council.
Jensen has written to the Com
mittee on Student Affairs and 'ap
peared before the Board on Pub
lications asking support in his ef
fort, i
Sunday:
Four 'Messiah' Leads
Picked For NU Show
Shirley Halligan, Phyllis Malony,
Richard Voth, and Robert Vitols
will perform as student soloists in
the University's traditional per
formance of Handel's "The Mes
siah", to be presented at 3 p.m.
Sunday in the Coliseum.
Miss 'Halligan, a soprano, has
been a 'member of University
Singers for four years, and has
sung in "The Consul," "Elijah,"
'La Boheme," and "H.M.S." Pin-
afore, one was seiecucu uj oigun i
Alpha Iota, professional music Z
sorority, as the outstanding senior1!!
of 1956-57.
Miss Malony, an alto, is presi
dent of Sigma Alpha Iota, and a
member of Pi Lambda Theta, na-
tiona honorary educational society
She is also a member of Univer
sity Singers and has performed in
!La Boheme," and "The Mighty
Casey."
Voth, a tenor, has traveled on
extended tours to the East coast
with the "Grace Chorale" and to
Canada with the "Gospeltones"
male quartet in a gospel team.
Before entering the University, he
attended Grace Bible Institute in
Omaha for two years. He is a
member of University Singers,
Madrigals, Orchestra, and Phi Mu
Alpha Sinfonia, national profes
sional music fraternity. Mr. Voth
also participated in "La Boheme."
A native of Latvia, Robert Vi
tols, bass, is a senior majoring in
voice. Vitols, who came to the
United States in 1951, had the
male lead in the 1956 summer
opera, "Let's Make an Opera." He
Col. Duncan
Attends Air
Conference
Col. Carter Duncan, Professor
f Air Science at the University,
attended the Air University's Joint
Conference of Professors of Air
Science and USAF Representa
tives Nov. 26, at Maxwell Air
Force Base, Ala.
The conference included Profes
sors of Air Science from 186 civil
ian colleges and universities that
have AFROTC.
The primary i purposes of the
conference were to enable the Pro
fessors of Air Science to hear di
rectly the problems, present sta
tus of the future of AFROTC, and
to refresh their understanding of
the missions of the major com
mands, according to Colonel Dun
can. Some of the outstanding Air
Force leaders who spoke at the
conference were: General Nathan
Twining, USAF Chief of Staff;
General Curtis LeMay, SAC Com
mander; General O. P. Weyland,
TAC Commander; and Major Gen
eral J. W. Sessums, Air Research
and Development Commander, .
Farmers Fair Board
All Ag College students with
fifty-three hours or more are eli
gible to sign up in Room 201 Ag
Hall until 5 p.m. Thursday for jun
ior positions on the Farmer's Fair
Board.
Interviews will be held Thurs
day at 7 p.m. by the Senior Board
members. Three men and thr
women will be chosen.
The possibility of 7:30 a.m. class
es next year was presented at
the Faculty Senate meeting Tues
day. There will be inadequate
classroom space to handle antici
pated enrollment , for the 1957-58
fall term under present conditions,
according to Floyd Hoovei, Regis
trar.
Chancellor Hardin pointed out
that the University of Missouri
has been on the half hour class
schedule system for the past year
and has found it satisfactory.
Under this sytem classes would
begin at 7:30 a.m. and continue
until 4:30 p.m. Classes would be
held over the noon hour from 11:30
to 12:30 to 1:30. A gain of two
class hours per day over the pres-
AWS Late Date
Night Friday
A.W.S. hoars have been ex
tended from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.
Friday, for the annual Mortar
Board-sponsored Late Date
Night according to Carol Link,
AWS president.
There will be a fine of one
cent for each late minute, Miss
Link said. This money will go to
the Foreign -Student Tour of
Nebraska cities which Mortar
Board sponsors and conducts in
the spring.
Courtetr Sunday Journal and Star
Voth Vitols
has been a member of University
Singers for four years.
The 600-voice Choral Union and
the University Orchestra, wMch
will present "The Messiah," is
under the direction of Dr. David
Foltz, chairman of the music de
partment.
There is no admission charge to
"The Messiah".
Dow Explains
Mitchell Case
Hearing Delay
The faculty committee on aca
demic privilege and tenure has
received no further word from Dr.
Clyde Mitchell in regard to his ap
peal made last May, according to
Dr. David Dow, committee chair
man. Mitchell, who was relieved of
duties as the chairman of the de
partment of agricultural econom
ics last March, is currently af
filiated with the United Nations
Food and Agricultural Association
in Mexico.
Commenting on Mitchell's appeal
before the committee, Dow stated
that "we asked him to send us
the information that he tells he
has sent. He's a busy man and
he's probably not been able to
get to it," Dow added.
Dow said that his committee is
"seeking other information" con
cerning the case on the Univer
sity campus.
"No plans will be made for a
hearing until we bear from Dr.
Mitchell," Dow stated. ,
Luncheon Features
Bush, Players j
Star-of-the-Week certificates will
h riven to Jim Kubacki. Don
Smidt, and Rex Ekwall at the
weekly rag press luncheon Friday
in Parlor X of the Union.
Jerry Bush, University basket
ball coach, will also be present at
the luncheon. Bush will discuss
the current season and the future
prospects of the team.
All those wishing to attend
should" contact Bob Ireland by 4
p.m. Wednesday, at the Nebraskan
office.
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ent system would be possible.
There will be few if any new
classrooms available to the Univer
sity until at least the fall of 1960.
Classrooms now are too full and
some new system of scheduling
classes for the fall semester must
be wrked out if present facilities
can adequately handle student en
rollment, Hardin said.
This system would enable the
University to make full use of
present classroom space and
would be in line with economy
Christmas Party:
Ag College
Program
Dec. 19
The traditional College of Agri-
culture Christmas program, which
is open to the public, will be Dec.
19 this year. - , .
The program will begin at 7:30
p.m. in the Student Activities build
ing on the College of Agriculture
campus.
Christmas music will be fur
nished by the College chorus under
the direction of Mrs. Altinas Tullis,
music instructor. The chorus will
present excerpts from the Messiah,
and will lead the audience in sing
ing traditional Christmas carols.
A Christmas address will be
given by the Rev. Rex Knowles,
University Presbyterian and Con
gregational pastor. The invocation
and benediction will be given bv
the Rev. Ralph Lewis of St. Paul's
Metnodist Church.
Two trios will be featured in the
musical section of the program.
Mary Fntts, Janice Montgomery
and Jacquelyn Shaffer sing in one
trio. The other is composed of
Lavae Anderson, Kay Blomquist
and Norma Pugsley.
Snow, Cold
Push Back
Into State
It just couldn't last. And so the
Weather Man has said that De
cember will return in full force
Wednesday with snow and tem
peratures up to 20 degrees colder
than Tuesday.
Nebr a s k a
woke up ca
war m-for
Dec ember
weather Mon
day and felt
like keeping it
for a couple of
days. But of
ficial fore
casts say that
snow, which
started in
western portions of the state late
Tuesday, would cover most of the
state Wednesday.
Northwestern Nebraska will
have the warmest readings
Wednesday with predicted highs
in the mid 30s.
Eastern Cornhuskers can expect
temperatures in the teens the next
few days. Snow fall will be light
in this area but warnings are out
to watch for slippery streets, if
you're driving.
NACU Meeting:
Salary Rise
Force Sound
Charles Nelson, senior associate
of a New York management con
sulting firm, spoke to the annual
meeting of the Nebraska Asso
ciation of Colleges and Universi
ties, held at the University Sat
urday. He told the 50 Nebraska college
presidents and administrators at
tending the all-day session: "Per
haps the most compelling argu
ment for sound management is
the need for sharp increases in
faculty salaries."
Nelson said the predicted en
rollment increases "will require
the long-range planning of prob
lems by the college administra
tion to assure that standards will
be maintained and that faculty,
funds, and facilities will be ade
quate." Dr. Floyd Hoover, University
registrar, said in an enrollment
report to the association that the
colleges and universities are now
standing about where the high
schools stood in 1900 when only
about a third of elementary-school
pupils entered high school.
"Stunning technological advan
ces and pressures of a cold war
are placing an increasingly higher
premium upon education", com
mented Hoover.
"So, we can count on increasing
measures advocated by the gover
nor. -
Dean Colbert announced that
WUS and the International Relief
Organization are sponsoring ap
proximately 150 Hungarian Col
lege students who they hope to
place in universities throughout
the country.
It was pointed out that few of
these Hungarian students have
enough command of English to
enable them to immediately enter
American universities.
Chancellor Hardin explained the
stand that the University has taken
on the proposed budget increase.
Support from all parts of the
state is being generated. Twenty
three thousand letters explaining
the proposal have been sent to
graduates of the university.
Support in the form of letters
to the governor, editorials, and
news releases is evident through
out the state since the chancellor
presented his recommendation of
a $5,500,000 increase in the Uni
versity budget.
The reports of the Committee
cn Committees and the Committee
on Publications were received and
accepted. The Publications Com
mittee spent $66,378 last year
which was an increase of $24,843
over the previous year. The com
mittee received a grant of $10,000
which enabled it to publish sev
eral additional volumes.
Duplication of courses caused a
deletion of 22 courses from those
being offered in this year's cata
log. Modification of present
courses caused an addition of 19
new courses in the catalog. Nine
new courses were added last year.
Conference:
Boyd Gets
Regional
Union .Job
Roy Boyd. Junior in architecture.
was named treasurer of the Re
gion Eight Student Union Conven
tion, held Friday and Saturday, at
Kansas State University in Man
hattan. Roy, a member of the
University Umon Board, received
one of the two offices for the
1956-57 year.
Two hundred student and staff
representatives from Iowa, Ne
braska, Missouri, and Kansas at
tended the convention. Those rep
resenting the University were Du-
ane Lake, Managing Director, Al
Bennett. Assistant. Managing Di
rector. Bob Handy. Activities Di
rector, Diane Knotek, Karen Dry-
den, Boyd, Kay Christensen,
Polly Downs. Marilyn Staska. Wil-
la Waldo, Bill Spiker and Arley
Waldo.
The theme of the convention was
"The Role of Student Union In In-
creased Enrollments" and the Ne
braska delegation presented a pan
el on group dynamics.
The convention, held each year,
gives all regional universities with
student unions an opportunity to
become better acquainted with one
another and to exchange valuable
information, according to Diane
Knotek, Union Board Chairman.
The regional convention was a
forerunner to the National Union
Convention to be held in Salt Lake
City in the spring.
Needs
Operation
enrollments beyond what projec
tion of statistics now show," he
concluded.
The Association accepted the re
port given by Dr. Donald Typ
er, president of Doane College,
that the Association cooperate in
the establishing of a permanent
"Committee on Secondary School
College Cooperation."
Others who addressed the group
were: Chancellor Clifford Hardin,
Dr. John Jamrich, dean of Doane
College, Dr. Paul Zimmerman,
president of Concordia College.
Ralph Brooks, president of Mc
Cook College, presided.
Home Ec Group
Initiates Fifteen'
Fifteen girls were initiated into
Phi Upsilon Omicron, profession
al home economics honorary,
Sunday, according to Dorothy No
votny, president.
The following girls were initiat
ed: Jean Bennett, Joanne Dudley,
Judy Erickson, Mary Fritts, Jan
et Johnston, Janice Larson, Vivian
Long, -Jane Michaud, Phyllis Nel
son, Anne Olson, Donna Riley;
Nancy Salter, Alyce Sides, Wills
Waldo, and Norma Wolf.
Skits Rehearse
Ken Pollard, abas "Pick-a-Dilly-Pete"
(left), holds up Mar
vin MacNeice, ' alias "Kind Hon
orable Jekle," in the Delta Up
silon Kosmet Klub skit "All Our
Kosmet Klub:
Fall H
hi Frafemify
Friday night the annual Kosmet
Klub Fall Review will open featur
ing six skits performed by six
chosen fraternities.
Master of Ceremonies for the
night of the show will be Morgan
Holmes, Junior in Business Ad
ministration. "All Our Hides," by Delta Up
silon, is a story of four "Mr.
Hydes" who cavort around an old
time apothecary shop and end up
catching a criminal in the end.
Their skit master is Marv Mc-
Niece.
Jack Phinnev is the skitmaster
of "Ulysses," a production by Phi
Gamma Delta. The central figure
in this skit is Ulysses who is fol
lowed on his travels across the
globe, stopping off in various plac
es to watch the native customs
that he sees.
Phi Kappa Psi and their skit
master Steven Schultz have pro
duced a skit entitled "Faust,"
which portrays four devils who
will offer Faust anything for his
soul in exchange. His wish is to
visit a college campus in 1957,
where he was very much sur
prised as to what he saw there.
Jack Lindsey, as skitmaster, pre
sents Sigma Phi Epsilon in their
production of "New (NU) Okla
homa." In this skit Nebraska and
Pete Elliott beat the Sooners from
Oklahoma in a football game, and
after the game Oklahoma offers to
join up with Nebraska.
Theta Xi, with their skitmaster,
Wendel Friest, present "USS Mis
ery," which portrays a college mu
sician who is assigned aboard a
ship and saves the Admiral's ire
by starting the first Navy band.
"My Fair Laddy," is the title
of the skit that Zeta Beta Tau,
under the direction of Neil Mil
ler, is producing. The story is
about a group of gramatically re
tarded English A students who
are coached in their endeavor to
pass English A by a group of
English B students.
Colorado Ski
Trip Planned
Over Holidays
Plans for a University approved
ski trip have been made by the
Union Recreation Committee ac
cording to Dorothy Beechner, com
mittee chairman. The proposed
trip to Timberhouse Lodge, in
Winterpark, Colorado, would be
held January 2-7.
A mass meeting will be held in
Room 315, Union, at 7:00 p.m.
Wednesday for everyone who is
interested in the trip Miss Beech
ner stated. Films of the ski lodge
will be shown. This trip will be
possible only if enough students
are interested, Miss Beechner said.
Anyone who is unable to attend
the mass meeting may contact
Dorothy Beechner, 2-1926, Bob
Krumme, 2-7931, or the Union ac
tivities office. All reservations
must be confirmed on December
16.
The maximum cost of the trip,
$50.00 includes transportation,
room and board, instruction, in
surance and ski lift.
Chicago YW
Plans Foreign
Student Tour
The World Affairs Center of the
Chicago YWCA is having an annual
program for foreign students who
will be in Chicago dunng the
Christmas holidays.
A Christmas day in an American
home and- a New Year's Eve
Dance are Included in the plans,
along with tours and other enter
tainment.
The program is scheduled from
Dec. 20 through Dec. 31.
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Hides.' The skit will be pre
sented at the Klub's annual Fall
Revue in the Coliseum at 8 p.m.
Friday. Rehearsals for the Fall
Revue began Tuesday night in
the Coliseum according to Bill
tevievi To PeffltMire
Shifts
Beta Theta Pi has been added
as a replacement curtain act to
fill in the space vacated by Phi
Delta Theta.
Presentation of the Nebraska
Sweetheart and the Prince Kosmet
will be made as a highlight of the
evening during the intermission.
Finalists for Nebraska Sweet
heart are: Jane Jeffrey, Kappa
Kappa Gamma; Charlene Fergu
son, Alpha Chi Omega; Mary Hous
Open House:
Christmas Party
Tonight In Union
A carnival of activities, both
charitable and recreational, have
been slated for the Union Christ
mas party an dopen house Wednes
day evening.
AWS has extended closing hours
for freshmen women until 10:30 so
they may attend.
Tuffy Epstein will provide danc
ing music in the ballroom; Dave
Meisenholder will play the organ
IFC:
Orphans'
Christmas
Party Set
The Inter-fraternity Council will
hold its traditional Christmas
Party for the orphans from White
Hall, St. Thomas's Orphanage,
Cedars Home for Children, and
Tabitha Home Thursday, in the
Union ballroom.
Chartered buses will take the
children to and from the party.
Christmas carols will be sung
after dinner and Santa Claus will
present gifts to all the orphans.
The Tau Kappa Epsilion combo
will play for the occasion.
IFC advisors. Bill Orwig, Dr.
Bertrand Schultz, and Dr. William
Gilliland will be present along
with any of the other faculty
members who wish to attend. One
hundred-fifty .fraternity members
will be present including all the
fraternity presidents.
Square Dancing
Scheduled Friday
The All University Square Dance
Club will hold their regular dance
and meeting Friday from 8 to 11:30
p.m. All University students in
terested in square dancing are wel
come.
Dancing to the club's new rec
ord player and P. A. systetm will
be the feature attraction for the
evening.
Admission is 25 cents for mem
bers and 35 cents for non-members.
Mary Seberger. club treas
urer, announced that students pay
ing dues of 50 cents will dance
free on Friday evening.
Biz Ad Junior Set
For "World" Meet
Amir Maghen, junior student in
business administration, from Iran
ha been given a $50 scholar
ship to attend the Christmas Ad
venture in World Understanding
sponsored by Michigan State Uni
versity in East Lansing from Dec.
20 to Dec. 30.
Ten American students will act
as hosts to the group of 12S for
eign students. Their program in
cludes visits to Detroit industrial
firms, a trip through an automo
bile plant, discussions with busi
ness and labor leaders overnight
visit to a farm, Christmas Eve
with a Lansing family. They will
also meet public officials at the
state capitoL
Kebraakaa Fhate
Bedwell, president. AH skits will
be thoroughly rehearsed before
presentation, Bedwell said.
Morgan Holmes, junior member
of Kosmet Klub, has been named
master of ceremonies.
ton, Kappa Alpha Theta; Sara
Hubka, Delta Gamma; Arlene
Hrbek, Delta Delta Delta; Marion
Janda, Love Memorial HalL
Finalists for Prince Kosmet aret
Al Daggett, Phi Gamma Delta;
Dyke Newcommer, Phi Kappa
Psi; Lowell Neibaum, Kappa Sig
ma; Jim Murphy, Delta Tau Del
ta; Gordon Englert, Sigma Alpha
Epsilon; Don Smidt, Delta Upsi
lon. in the Round-up room; the Sigma
Alpha Iota trio will sing carols in
the Crib and Roger Wischmeier
will play the organ in the Main
Lounge. Other Main Lounge en
tertainment includes a brass en
semble and singing by Sinfonia.
University students are asked to
contribute canned food, which will
be distributed to 10 needy families
in Lincoln before Christmas 1 ;
Santa Claus is scheduled to
pass out fre favors to students,
according to Union Activities
Director Bob Handy. Bingo;, "will
be played in Parlors A and B. with
free prizes for the winners, and the
the Arts and Exhibits committee
will have a display of gift-wrapped
packages in Parlor C.
The films "Christmas Rhap
sody," "The Night Before Christ
mas' 'and "The Littlest Angel" will
be shown continuously throughout
the evening in the Faculty Lounge.
YWCA Sale:
Bazaar Gifts
Go On Sale
Wednesday
YWCA Christmas Bazaar has a
solution for blank Christmas lists.
YWCA is holding its annual Christ
mas Bazaar at Rosa Bouton Hall,
Wednesday through Saturday.
The majority of the- ST
varied and novel items on sale at
the bazaar have been made by
the YWCA commission groups.
Gift items include grab bag nov
elties such as fancy match boxes
and washcloth dogs. . Also on sale
are a wide range of gifts for peo
ple with limited funds and long
lists, said Sally Laase, chairman
of the project.
Hand-made copper jewelry, study
pillows, terry cloth slippers and
books from the ranks of the best
sellers, are a few of the gifts avail
able. To promote the Christmas stom
osphere the Bazaar features Christ
mas cards, Christmas candles,
Christmas socks, and Mistletoe
Kissing Rings.
Hot coffee, homemade candy,
cake, and cookies are also on sale.
The Bazaar will be open from
8 a.m. until 6 p.m. on weekdays
and from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on
Saturday.
Whitman, Thomas
Poems In Gallery
The, poetry of Walt Whitman and
Dylan' Thomas will be the topics
for the final "Gallery of Poets"
series Tuesday evening, Dec. 11,
at the University.
Taking part in the discussion
will be Dr. James Miller, Jr.,
chariman of the Department of
English; Bernice Slote, assistant
professor of English, and Robert
Hough, instructor in English.
The meeting will be at 8:30 p m.
In Gallery B of the Morrill ilall
Art Galleries.
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