The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current, February 11, 1957, Image 1

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Advancement Rule:
Colbert To Request
Jr. Division Changes
3. P. Colbert, Dean of Student
t Affairs, will submit a proposal
r?arding advancement irom
Juuor Division, to the University
Senate at its meeting Tuesday at
4 p.m. In Love Library Auditorium
If the Senate approves this pro
posal, the advancement rule wm
be changed from the required four
emesters to three semester for
all freshmen students.
The 1949 rule passed by e
Senate states: "For students in
Groups B and E, college defi
eiencies shall be removed an(
choice of college shall be made as
raDidlv as Dossible. Only in rare
and unusual cases, shall a student
who enters the University as a
beginning freshman be permitted
to remain in the Division of Coun
seling and Guidance past the fourth
lemester".
Since then It is believed that a
etudent should demonstrate his
readiness to do satisfactory col
lege work by the time he has com
pleted his first year at the Uni
versity. Present rules regarding
advancement from the Junior Di
vision need to be modified If they
are to conform to this policy.
The new proposal to the pre
sented states: "It is to the best
interest of the student that he
qualify for admission to a college
of his choice as quickly as possible.
Ordinarily this should require no
more than one year after first en-
Cutest Baby:
Kaufman
Winne
Patsy Kaufman, sophomore in
the College of Agriculture, was
elected the "Cutest Baby" in a
baby photography contest at the
University Sno-Ball Dance held
last Friday on Ag campus.
Winner of the Baby photography
identification contest was Jay Cook,
19, also a sophomore in the College
of Agriculture.
The dance, using a winter carni
val theme with an eight foot snow
man, was sponsored by the Univer
sity Ag Student Union.
Reserve Plan
Offers Vets
Pay, Training
Advantages available to veter
ans of any service who join
'the Marine Air Reserve include
pay, promotion, retirement, and
comradeship.
A member earns the equivalent
of four days pay for each week
end, drill participated in, accord
ing to rank. Promotion, is pat
terned after the regular Marine
Corps promotion system, avail
able to all who fulfill the pre
scribed requirements.
Two weeks active duty summer
training is offered to members of
the Marine Air Reserve with full
pay, training, recreation, and good
liberty. A member can earn points
toward retirement. His active duty
counts as well as his organized
reserve time.
For information concerning the
Marine Air Reserve, contact: The
Marine Air Reserve Training De
tachment, Lincoln, Nebraska,
phone, 5-4383-Extension 29.
Jones Wins
Tournament
Oratory Event
Sara Jones, sophomore in Arts
and Sciences, won first place in the
Women's Oratorical Contest of the
Rocky Mountain Debate Tourna
ment, held in Denver, Colo., last
week.
Connie Hurst, junior in Business
junior in Teachers College, won
Administration, and Joan Carroll,
third and fourth place in their re
spective discussion groups.
Dick Shugrue, sophomore in Arts
and Sciences, entered in interpre
tive reading.
In debate activity, Shugrue and
Miss Jones won four out of six
debates in the senior men's mixed
division and Miss Hurst and Miss
Carroll won four out of six in the
women's division.
The debate topic was "Resolved:
that the United Stat should dis
continue direct economic aid to
foreign nations."
Square Dance. Elections
' The All University Square
Dance Club will hold their regular
dance and meeting Frfday at 8
p.:a. in the Ag Ifnion Gym. Elec
tron of officers will be the main
Urn' of business.
Inrerested square dancers as
well as members are encouraged
to come, according t' Don Her
man, Social Chairman. Admission
is 35 cents. for non-members and
25 cents for members.
Vol. 31 , No. 47
tering the University. Only in a
rare and unusual case should a
student be permitted to remain in
the Junior Division past the fourth
semester".
Parking:
Fact-Finding
Committee
Scheduled
In a letter to Chancellor Clifford
Hardin last week, Dean of Student
Affairs, J. P. Colbert and David
Keene, Chairman of the Parking
Appeal Board, recommended that
James Pittinger, Assistant to the
Chancellor, make a preliminary
study on the feasibility of organ
izing a committee to study Uni
versity parking problems.
This committee would be com
posed of representatives from six
areas of the University.
Colbert suggested that the repre
sentatives be from the office of
Administration, office of Student
Affairs, office of Buildings and
Grounds, a faculty member to be
appointed by the Chancellor, the
sergeant in charge of the Uni
versity Police and the chairman
of the Parking Appeal Board of the
Student Council.
"Although Keene has sueeested
that this committee would be
largely a fact-finding group, I feel
that it should go farther than that
and the committee could well be a
policy making group," Colbert
said.
Lab Director
Given Leave
Of Absence
Mrs. Angeline Anderson, a Uni
versity staff member for the Dast
26 and one-half years, is taking
a year's leave of absence as direc
tor of the Child Development Lab
oratory on the College of Agricul
ture Campus.
She is moving to Grand Island.
with her husband, Evar, who is be
ing transferred to the district of
fice of International Harvester
Company.
Her dear's leave, effective im
mediately, was approved Feb. 2
Board of Regents.
Mrs. Anderson began her work
in the Child Development Labora
tory as a graduate assistant in
1929. After receiving her Master's
degree in 1930, she became a
member of the faculty of the Home
Economics Department and Assist
ant Director of the Laboratory.
Successor to Mrs. Anderson's po
sition is Gertrude E. Chittenden,
Assistant Director of Merrill Palm
er School in Detroit. She is a grad
uate of the University and received
her Doctor of Philosophy degree
from the State University of Iowa.
Utilities Meet
Scheduled
At University
The 10th annual Utilities Con
ference will be held at the Uni
versity Tuesday and Wednesday.
The conference is designed for
both supervisors and operators of
utility systems throughout the
state. Practical men in several
fields will present information
adapted to current problems and
designed to aid in improving per
formance and trimming costs.
Registration will open at 8:45
a.m. Tuesday in Room 315, Stu
dent Union. The Wednesday ses
sion will open at 9 a.m. Noon
luncheons are scheduled at the
Union Parlors Y and Z.
James S. Pittinger, assistant to
the chancellor, will be guest speak
er at the Tuesday ight banquet.
He will discues "It's In Your
Hands." The dinner will be held
at 6:15 p.m. in Parlors XYZ.
The conference is being spon
sored by the University College
of Engineering and Architecture
and the Extension Division in co
operation with the Utilities Sec
tion, League of Nebraska Muni
cipalities and Nebraska Section,
American Water Works Associa
tion. , .
Union Committee
Meetings Slated
The schedule for Union commit
tee meetings has been announced
by Dorothy Beechner, public rela
tions committee chairman.
Hospitality committee, Monday
at 4 p.m.; general entertainment
committee, Tuesday . at 4 p.m.;
film, recreation, and art exhibits
committees, Wednesday at 5 p.m.;
forum committee, Thursday at 4
p.m.; and public relations, Thurs
day at 5 p.m.
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First Hungarian
Sara Laszlo, Hungarian refugee
student, attends her first class at
the University. Here with other
foreign-born students she will study
English speech. The University's
second Hungarian refugee student,
Karoly (Charles) Nemeth, will ar
rive in Lincoln Tuesday night at
6:40 p.m. at the Burlington Depot.
He will be met by members of the
Competition:
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Fiction And Poetry
Contests Mow Open
Two annual contests, the lone
Gardner Noyes Memorial Awards
for poetry, and the Prairie Schoon
er Fiction Awards, are being held
now until March 1.
Entries to the two contests can
be left with the secretary of the
English Department, room 221,
Andrews Hall, before 5:00 p.m.
March 1.
The winners of the poetry con
test will be chosen by a board of
judges, who will rate the entries
on the basis of individual poems.
Formal presentation of the awards
will be made in early April. The
winning entries will . be consid
ered for publication in the Prairie
Schooner.
The awards for the poetry con
test are $50 for first place and
f25 for second place. The unpub
lished poems may be submitted
by regularly enrolled undergradu
ates of the University and each
contestant may enter no more
than three poems. Each poem
must be typed, double-spaced in
triplicate, without the name of the
author on the manuscript. The
poems may be any length, in any
form and on any subject.
The eiftries must be accom
panied by a sealed envelope which
Temperatures
To Hit Fifty,
Skies Clear
The Official U.S. Weather Bu
reau Forecast calls for the per
fect converti-
b 1 e weather
enjoyed by
University stu
dents the past
few days, to
be continued.
The skies
over Lincoln
will be gener
ally fair and
little c h a nge
in temperature is expected. Highs
will be in the upper 50 's with lows
reaching into te 30's.
issing University Student Located In Los Angeles
No
The search for missing Univer
sity student Jerome Hoffman came
to an end Saturday when his par
ents reported they had received
a letter sent by their son from
Los Angeles, Calif.
Hoffman, a 21-year-old sopho
more in Teach- ,
ers c o 1 1 e ge, i ' j
had been miss- -
i n g since he
from his
apartment a t
fsth and M St.
Monday, J a n.
28.
The letter ar
rived at his
parents home
in Pawnee City
r
Courtesy Lincoln Star
Hoffman
Saturday evening. Police Captain
Paul Beave said the letter was
sent Feb. 6th. The parents came
to Lincoln and reported to Beave
that their sonhad contacted them.
Vernon Hoffman, the boy's father
said in . Lincoln- Sunday night
"Jerome mentioned no word of any
job, but stated he was well and
fine."
"If 'ha is well he can take care
of himself," the father said. "We
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA'
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Nebrakn Photo
Student
University Hungarian Student Proj
ect comimttee, which has raised
funds to bring him here to study.
Miss Laszlo's new American
friends helped her to move into
International House, a women's
residence for both American and
foreign students. There she found
she could converse in German with
several of the residents.
contains an official entry blank
filled out by the contestant and
which bears the name of the con
test and the title or titles of the
manuscript entered on the outside.
Awards of $50 and $20 will be
given to the first three places in
the fiction contest. The contest
rules are the same as the poetry
awards except that only two short
stories may be . entered by the
same person, each one being ap
proximately 3000 to 7000 words.
There is no restriction as to
theme or style.
Putney Named
New President
Of Foundation
Mr. W. W. Putney was named
president of the University Foun
dation executive committee at the
annual board of trustees meeting
Thursday.
He will complete the presiden
tial term of the late Arthur Dob
son, Lincoln contractor.who died
last December. Putney, who is
president of Midwest Life Insur
ance Company, will serve until the
next regular Foundation election
is held in February, 1958.
The executive committee also
named John K. Selleck, Univer
sity comptroller, to succeed Put
ney as vice president. Selleck has
been treasurer of the Foundation
for many years. '
Howard . Hadley, Lincoln banker,
was appointed treasurer. He is a
member of the Foundation's in
vestment committee and board of
trustees.
Perry Bf anch, " director-secretary,
reported that total new funds
for the Foundation were down
slightly last year, but 1956 still
was the second best year in its
history.
"The teaching and research
phase of the University has been
strengthened considerably by the
Foundation,' Chancellor Clifford
Hardin said. "The University is
deeply indebted."
A
Explanation Given For Disappearance Two Weeks Ago
are definitely, not going to Cali
fornia." Hoffman said he has no relatives
in Los Angeles but has some rela
tives in San Francisco. However,
they have not been contacted by his
son, he said.
"We do not know why he went,"
Hoffman said. "In his own time he
will probabl ytell us why he left."
He offered no explanation for
leaving the University, his parents
said.
Police said Hoffman wrote that
he would contact them again and
gave them information where they
could reach him if urgent.
His father immediately called a
Los Angeles hotel where the boy
said he could be reached but the
hotel management said Hoffman
was not registered there, police
said.
Hoffman, a member of Farm
house, was described by a fra
ternity brother, Tom Hoffman (no
relation to the missing man) as
being very trustworthy and con
scientious. "He had worked up
to a responsible position at a local
theater (where Hoffman was as
sistant manager) and he was na
tional officer for Pershing Rifles,"
May 24-25:
IP V
"South Pacific", the Broadway
hit by Rodgers and Hammerstein,
has been chosen by Kosmet Klub
for their Spring Show, to be pre
sented May 24 and 25 in Lincoln's
new Pershing
Memorial Au
ditorium, ac
cording to Bill
Bedwell, Klub
President.
"This is the
first musical
p r o d u c
tion that will
be held in the
new auditori
um , s a 1 dcourtcny Lincoln Journal
Bedwell. "The Bedwell
enjoyment and intensity of the
show will be greatly heightened
Monday's Schedule:
RE Week Kkk-Off
Features 8 Speakers
Religious Emphasis Week activi
ties began Sunday afternoon with
a kick-off retreat for all committee
heads and organization presidents
held at the Alpha XI Delta house.
On Sunday evening, all student
houses on campus held special pro
grams featuring the eight guest
speakers.
Each denomination represented
on campus and participating in
Religious Emphasis Week is ftp
resented by one of these speakers.
They include Rev. L. P. Cowley,
the Rev. Mr. Marvin DeLapp,
Rabbi Ben Groner, Dr. Doris
Havice, the Rev. Mr. D. F. Hetz
ler, Dr. G. 0. Thompson and Miss
Harriet Willingham.
Religious Emphasis Week is
sponsored by the University Coun
cil on Religion for the purpose of
promoting religious growth and
analysis of religious beliefs.
Monday's schedule of events in
clude: 6:00, Mass, Newman Catholic
Student House, Father Cowley;
6:30, Mass, Newman Catholic Stu
dent House, Father Cowley; 7:00,
Mass, Newman Catholic Student
house, Father Cowley; 9:00, Coffee
Hour at Presby House, All speak
ers; 10:00, Worship and Meditation
at all student houses; 11:00, Fam
ily Law Class at The Law College,
Rabbi Groner and 12:00 Lunch
Zeta Beta Tau, Rabbi Groner;
Theta Chi, The Rev. Weber;
Presby House, The Rev. DeLapp.
12:30, Worship Service, Cotner,
Dr. Thompson; 2:00, Meditation,
Newman Catholic Student House,
Father Cowley; 4:00, YWCA, Dr.
Mrs. Havice; Coke Hour, Cotner,
Miss Willingham; 5:00, Tassels,
The Rev. DeLapp; Panhellenic,
Miss Willingham; 6:00, Dinner,
Selleck Quad, Dr. Zabel; Kappa
Kappa Gamma, Dr. Mrs. Havice;
Love Hall, Dr. Thompson; Alpha
Xi Delta, Father Cowley; Tau
Kappa Epsilon, The Rev. Weber;
Acacia, The Rev. Peterson; Delta
Delta Delta, Miss Willingham; Pi
Kappa Phi, The Rev. Bliss; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon, The Rev. DeLapp;
Sigma Chi, Dr. Knowles; Corn
husker Co-op, The Rev. Noiden;
Colonial Terrace, Father Arm
strong; Lutheran Student House,
The Rev. Hetzler; 7:00, Zeta Tau
Alpha, Father Schuster; 7:30, Pal
ladian, The Rev. Weber; Love Li
brary Auditorium, Father Cowley;
8:00, Second Presbyterian Church
Open House, The Rev. DeLapp;
Tom said.
David Hoffman, the missing
niah's brother, was living with
him in the apartment. However,
David had a break in his exam
schedule and had taken Jerome's
car to visit the boys' parents in
Pawnee City.
Aquatic Classes
Set By Red Cross
The American National Red
Cross' will conduct aquatic and
small-craft schools for the 36th
season at camp sites throughout
the country.
The schools are open to compe
tent swimmers who are 18 years
of age or older and are approved
as being physically fit by their
doctors.
Tuition ranges from $45 to $50
and includes board, lodging, texts
and materials for the 10 day ses
sion. Further information and appli
cations may be obtained from local
Red Cross chapters or the Ameri
can Red Cross Area office in St.
Louis, Mo.
Monday, February 11, 1957
p
acoffk
because of the quality of the fa
cilities and the acoustics."
Last year's KK Show "Kiss Me
Kate" was held at the Nebraska
Theatre.
Hit tunes such as "Some En
chanted Evening",- "A Wonderful
Guy", "There is Nothing Like a
Dame", "Younger than Spring
time" and a number of others
were, popularized during the many
months that "South Pacific" ran
on Broadway.
"South Pacific" Is based on two
stories from James A. Michener's
Pulitzer Prize winning book, Tales
of the South Pacific.
. The show, "South Pacific", op
ened In 1949 on Broadway amid
cries of "Rodgers and Hammer
stein have done it again", and
8:15, BABW, Dr. Zabel; 9:30, RAM
Council, The Rev. Hetzler; 10:00,
Girls Dorm, Dr. Mrs. Havice and
Dr. Zabel; 10:30, Terrace Hall,
The Rev. Hetzler; International
House, Miss Willingham; Gamma
Phi Beta, The Rev. DeLapp; Wil
son Hall, Dr. Thompson; Howard
Hall, The Rev. Weber.
Meeting:
Cosmo
Show
Slated
Plans for the tenth annual
spring dance and floor show will
take place at the Cosmopolitan
Club's first meeting of the second
semester, Wednesday at 7:30 p.m.
in Room 316 at the Union.1; -
Amir Maghen, vice president,
will preside until a new president
is elected; Valida Jansons, presi
dent of the Club, graduated at
midyear. Sydney Jackson, treas
urer, will present a financial re
port at the meeting.
All foreign students and Ameri
can members of the club are
asked to be present to make com
mittee reports and receive new
committee appointments.
The spring dance and show sur
passes even the smorgasboard in
work done by the individual for
eign students and the various com
mittees. The ballroom is to be decorated
in an oriental theme. A combo
orchestra, folk dance and song
acts prepared by students from
fifteen different countries will pro
vide the entertainment.
The foreign students from each
country work together with an ap
pointed chairman in screening and
preparing their talent skits.
Dress rehearsal is set for Feb.
27 at 7:30 in the Union. Only the
best acts will be retained for an
hour's presentation at the floor
show.
Graduate Fees
Graduate students may pay
fees Monday through Friday ac
cording to the Registrar's of
fice. Friday is the last day for
all student fees.
Jerome worked at the theater
from one to eight p.m. Sunday;
then returned to the apartment.
At 10:30 he called his employer
about a minor detail at the theater.
It was the last time he was heard
from.
He was first missed when he
failed to appear at work the next
day. Phone calls to the apart
ment received no answer. The po
lice were called into the case when
further inquiries among Hoffman's
friends failed to reveal his where
abouts. The police made an investiga
tion to the apartment and found
the doors unlocked and the lights
on. Keys and small change were
left on the bedroom dresser. There
was butter, breakfast food and
a half full glass of milk on the
kitchen table.
Nothing was missing from the
apartment , except a typewriter.
Jerome had mentioned to friends
that he was going to sell the type
writer, but police investigations
of pawn shops and typewriter
shops failed to uncover the ma
chine. Hoffman had about $100 on Ms
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how
statements such as "One of the
greatest musical play in the his
tory of the American theatre".
The plot is formed of two ro
mantic themes. The first, the love
affair of Ensign Nellie Forbush, a
charming and high-spiritied young
nurse from Littel Rock, Arkan
sas, and the gallant middle-aged
French planter, Emile de Beque.
The secondary romantic theme
is that of the likable American
marine, Lt. Joseph Cable and the
Lovely Tonkinese girl, Liat. Sur
rounding them are such fascin
ating characters as Bloody Mary,
Liat's shrewd anu avaricious
mother; Luther Billie, a knowing
and earthy Seabee who plays a
wonderfully omic role in the
amateur entertainment provided
by the temporary residents of the
island.
"Anyone wishing to tryout for
the cast of "South Pacific" is in
vited to do so", said Bedwell.
"The show has many good parts
that call for a great variety of
talent."
Psychology
Symposium
Scheduled
The fifth annual symposium on
"Current Theory and Research in
Motivation" will be held Thursday
and Friday at the University.
Papers will be presented by Dr.
Clifford Morgan of Johns Hopkins
University, Dr. Donald Lindsley of
the University of California at
Los Angeles and Dr. Eliot Rod
nick and Dr. Norman Garmezy,
both of Duke University.
Dr. Morgan will discuss "Basic
Motivational Mechanisms" at 9:30
a.m. Thursday. Dr. Lindsley will
discuss "Psycho-Physiological As
pects of Motivation" at 1:30 p.m.
Thursday.
Dr. Eliot and Dr. Garmezy will
present their paper on "An Ex
perimental Approach to the In
vestigation of Motivation in Schizo
phrenia" at 9:30 a.m. Friday.
The 2 p.m. session Friday will
be devoted to general discussion
of the papers. All sessions will be
held in Room 201, Social Sciences
Building.
The symposium is sponsored by
the University Department of Psy
chology in cooperation with the
U.S. Public Health Service. The
second of this year's symposia will
be held March 14 and 15.
Tickets Ready
For Dunninger
Performance
Tickets will go on sale today in
the Union and at Gold's for the
Dunninger show which will appear
at the University Coliseum Feb.
22, according to Marilyn Neek,
Union activities coordinator.
Dunninger, famed telepathist,
will appear on the Coliseum stage
doing his" famed mind-reading act
for which he has gained world-wide
recognition.
Prices for the tickets are; main
floor, $1.50; lounge, $1.50 and $1.25;
balcony, $1.25 and $1.00; main floor
raised, $1.00 (for students only).
Mail orders will be accepted by
addressing the Student Union, Uni
versity of Nebraska, Lincoln, Neb.
Enclose a stamped self-addressed
envelope. Make all checks payable
to the University of Nebraska Stu
dent Union.
person. He had just been paid
by the theater and also had his
monthly ROTC check.
Hoffman had a University aver
age of nearly 90 and had com
pleted all but two final exams
when he suddenly disappeared. He
apparently had no scholastic diffi
culties. Army Cadets
Activated
By Phalanx
Phalanx, Professional Military
Fraternity, activated the following
Junior Army ROTC cadets st their
last bi-monthly meeting: Allen Ro
sen, Keith Turner, Marvin Volf,
James Hastert, Dean Stryker, Van
Clarke, Eldon Beavers and Larry
Heesaker.
A smoker for second semester
pledging will be held at the Union
on Feb. 28 at 7:30 p.m. All Junior,
and Sophomore cadets of all
ROTC branches are invited to at
tend. Additional information will be
posted on the bulletin boards.