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Eighty-eight years ago today
the Nebraska legislature charted
C e University of Nebraska for the
purpose of "affording to the in
habitants of the state the means
of acquiring a thorough knowledge
of, the various branches of litera
ture, science and the arts."
Lincoln, a raw prairie town with
no sidewalks and with well water
the source of supply, was desig
nated as the site.
A check of the past Nebraskans
reveal somt of the life of the
students in the early days of the
University.
It cost $5 to matriculate in the
University in 1889. The University
catalogue announced that some
students could get through school
on less than $175 a year, although
an extravagant youth might spend
twice that much. '
Rooms could be rented ' for 50
cents to $1.50 and student clubs
Alumni Associations
Honor Charter Day
The University will quietly ob
serve its 88th birthday today, with
so formal celebration planned.
But across the nation 37 Alumni
Association Clubs will hold Char
ter Day programs during Febr
uary and March.
The charter establishing the in
stitution was signed Feb. 15, 1369.
But on the University's first birth
day the campus was empty of
students as the first class did not
begin until the fall of 1871, .Then
20 students were enrolled.
During its 85 years of operation,
the University has conferred more
than 53,000 degrees and instructed
more than 80,000 regularly en
rolled students.
At the charter-day programs,
Arnold Magbuson, Alumni execu
tive secretary, said that a great
majority of the organizations have
been furnished speakers.
A message from Chancellor
Sunday:
Universal
Prayer Day
Scheduled
A Universal Day of Prayer for
Students has been designated for
Sunday.
It will be held att he Lutheran
Student House and will begin -t
7:15 p.m., according to Betty
Parks, chairman.
The main speaker for the eve
ning will be Dr. Edgar Carlson,
president of Gustavus Adolphus
College, St. Peter, Minn. Dr. Carl
son is listed , in "Who's Who in
America" as an outstanding cler
gyman and educator. He is also
a member of the planning com
mission for the World Council of
Churches General Assembly, a
representative to the Lutheran
World Federation in Europe in
1951, a member of the American
Church History Society, a mem
ber of Pi Gamma Mu, National
Social Science Honorary Snd be
longs to Rotary International.
The Sunday service is sponsored
by the religious groups belonging
to the Student Christian Move
ment. Students taking pa:-t in the serv
ice are: John Nelson, Bill Bush,
Jan Lichenberger, Frank Lind
strom, John Campbell, Dick Tem
pero, Rod Clifton, Dick Weaver,
Steve Everett, Donna Anderson
and Mai Seagren.
Rain Expected;
Warm Trend
To Continue
Rain coats may be deeded as
sprinkles are likely to dampen the
weekend, according to the Weather
Bureau. Considerable cloudiness is
likely to accompany the sprinkles
and will bring
hope of future
moisture.
NU students
will have a
change in tem
perature from
yesterday's low
of 24 degrees.
The predicted
hjgh for today
is from 55 to 60
degrees and the
veather will
continue to be warmer this week
end. The state high Thursday was
in Chadron with a 55 degree read
ing and Norfolk had the low with
a breezy 19 degrees. Lincoln's
mercury toppled to" a high of 44
degrees.
Edwards Named
VHEA President
Carolyn Edwards was elected
president of the Vocational Home
making Education Association Mon
day. Other officers elected are: vice
president, Nancy Jo Woodling; sec
retary, Barbara Barkmeier; treas
urer, Lorajane Baskin; progam
chairman, Pat'Stalder; and public
ity chairman, Jean Bennett.
Class representatives are senior,
Carol Palme; junior, Barbara Bea
dle and sophomore, Patsy Kaufman.
offered board for as little as $2
weekly.
The only available means of
transportation to students, accord
ing to former students, were hired
hacks or streetcars. But hired hacks
were considered "snobbish" and
streetcars seldom went where
students wished to go and so most
students walked.
Social functions consisted of
all-campus dances held in the top
story of the old library. Attend
ance at the dances were said to
be "very good", the only bad
part of jt being that all the girls
had to be in by 11 p.m. with no
"late minutes" allowed.
The first students included five
freshmen, two sophomores and one
junior. In addition there were 12
"irregulars" and 110 students in
th Latin school.
But the second year, enrollment
shrank to 123 and in the third
Clifford Hardin 'has been taped
and sent to clubs whose location
makes it impossible to obtain a
speaker he said.
Head Football Coach Bill Jen
nings and Magnuson spoke at the
Denver Alumni Club banquet Feb.
8, and will speak at Wichita, Kan.,
Feb. 20. Chancellor Hardin will
address two Nebraska clubs, Mc
Cook on Feb. 25 and Holdrege on
Feb. 26.
LB 410 Debate:
Carpenter
Says Bill
For Interest'
State Senator Terry Carpenter
told over 100 students Thursday
evening he submitted LB 410 "to
create interest," not because he
wants tuition doubled at the Uni
versity. Speaking before the University
Young Republicans, Carpenter said,
"I'm in favor of any plan to raise
money for the state. I am only try
ing to raise tuition to help meet
the difference between the Gover
nor's recommendation and what
Chancellor Hardin says he needs."
Carpenter and University law stu
dent Frank Barrett debated pros
and cons of LB 410, which would
doubl-tuition at the-University,
beginning with the 1957-58 term.
Barrett said deserving students
should not be denied an education
because of economic status and
recommended a graduated income
tax. He said LB 410 was not the
solution to the problem.
Following the meeting, the Uni
versity Republicans went on record
aganst LB 410 and in favor of the
increased budget, as proposed by
Chancellor Hardin. The group fav
ored "increased funds for the Uni
versity through a broadened tax
base," according to Lou Schultz,
NU GOP president.
$1,000 Goal:
Work Day
Slated
Saturday
An All-Lincoln, All-University
Work Day sponsored by the Hun
garian Student Project committee
will be held Saturday.
Approximately 500 students are
expected to offer their services
for odd jobs in the community.
They will charge no set rate, allow
ing employers to evaluate the
worth of the job. Student organiza
tions, sororities, fraternities and
independent houses have been
asked to recruit workers.
The goal for Work Day is $1,000,
according to Marijane Craig, Work
Day chairman. All profits will go
into the Hungarian Student Project
fund which now stands at approxi
mately $1,600.
Persons wishing to employ stu
dents may call 2-4328 at any hour
or 2-2097 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Campus Dance
Salutes All
Organizations
Bobby Graham and his Bel
Aires will be featured at the
second annual All Campus Dance
at 9 p.m. Saturday evening in
the Union Ballroom. The Union
Dance Committee is sponsoring the
dance.
Tickets will be on sale at the
door, admission is 50 cents, ac
cording to Kay Nielsou, entertain
ment chairman.
Prudence Morrow, Dolly Swift,
Helen Hock about, Sally Wengert,
Gordon Mtldrum, and Cal Johnson
will perform during the intermis
sion. Officers from the following cam
pus organizations will speak on the
purpose of their organizations:
BABW, AUF, The Daily Nebras
kan, Builders, Corn Cobs, "N"
Club, Tassels, Red Cross, Union,
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year to 100. The faculty engaged
in strenuous efforts to boost en
rollment.
Legend has it that one astonished
applicant for the Latin school was
asked by his examiner "can you
read?" Upon proof that he could,
it didn't happen at NU
Originally, the University was
not located in Lincoln.
A charter was granted by the
Territorial Legislature In 1855 for
a University at Fontenelle.
, Thres years later the University
opened under the sponsorship of
the Congressional Association. It
was the first school in the state
to offer training past the high
school level.
However iu 1865 the building was
destroyed by fire and was never
rebuilt.
The present University was cre
ated by the state legislature in
its first session, citing Lincoln as
the new location.
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Second Hungarian Arrives
Hungarian refugee, Karoly
Nemeth, who arrived in Lincoln
Tuesday night, is greeted by
Sara Laszlo, also a Hungarian
refugee, just after he stepped off
the train in Lincoln. Both Nemeth
Special Elections:
Coover, Kinnier
Named To Council
In two special Student Council
elections Wednesday, Pat Coover
was named as the new junior
student member on the publica
tions board and John Kinnier was
selected as the new Council trea
surer. Miss Coover, a junior in Arts
and Sciences, is past president of
Zeta Tau Alpha, a member of
Theta Sigma Phi and Gamma
Alpha Chi journalism honoraries.
A junior in Engineering, John
Kinnier is past president of Corn
husker Co-op, a member of the
Inter-coop Council and Civil En
gineering Society.
Council president Bruce Brug
mann ruled that only those stu
dents who had been nominated at
the regular publications board
elections would be considered for
the vacancy which occur ed in Jan
uary. '
The pub board position runs until
elections next fall and the treas
urer will serve until executive
elections in May.
Both elections were closed to the
public.
In other Council business Dave
Keene, who represented the Coun
cil at a public hearing of the
Legislature's educational commit
tee on tuition bills LB 409 and 410,
IU Student
Throws Acid
At Coed
Enraged because a girl turned
him down for a date, a University
of Indiana student is charged with
throwing acid in her face so "She
would have scars and marks to
remember me by."
Authorities said James Sprouse,
23, has signed a statement admit
ting the acid attack against a girl
who refused him the date.
Sprouse said he got the idea from
"the case where Victor Riesel lost
his eyes the same way."
Doctors at St. John's Hospital
said the victim, Carol Clark, 13,
was in fair condition with severe
burns about the face, arms and
legs. However, her glasses kept
her from being blinded, they said.
The attack occured in a down
town cafeteria where they both
worked. Three other persons were
splashed by the acid and suffered
lesser burns.
Sprouse, an aeronautical student,
said Carol had turned him down
for a date last September and he
had brooded about it ever since.
the student was admitted.
The course of study for the
early students included mathemat
ics, bookkeeping, French and Lat
in, logic, astronomy and the Con
stitution of the United States.
Extra-curricular activities cent-
ered around the debating and liter
ary societies. Whenever promin -
ent people visited the campus, they
spoke at the Palladian Society
in University Hall.
But all was not dry and dull
of f Via TTni T.7Qcir-.- in fa onrln
days, as can be seen from an
excerpt irom a report given by
Allen Benton, chancellor' from
1871 to 1876.
He said, "Hauling a cannon from
the state capital to the campus,
oiling the well, painting the roof
of U Hall, rattling the skeletons
in the museum, enticing donkeys to
the third floor of the library and
the common practice of sliding
down the bannister" were among
the pranks pulled in the "quiet"
days of the University.
Courtesy Lincoln Journal
and Miss Laszlo will study at
the University. Nemeth is the
second Hungarian refugee stu
dent to arrive at the University
for study under sponsorship of
the student committee.
revealed some incomplete results
of the student tuition pell.
The poll, which was taken of
some 4,236 students during second
semester registration' in January
indicated that 2,827 of those ques
tioned work to finance part and or
all of their college education, ac
cording to Keene.
Keene stated that of these 2,827,
840 students stated that they fi
nanced their entire university ed
ucation.
The poll did not include profes
sional and graduate students, a
group which includes a "higher
percentage of working and married
persons," Keene added.
Summer Program:
NU Request
Approved
By Board
A request from the University
to use Eastridge Elementary
School for a summer school pro
gram was approved by the school
board, according to Dr. Madison
Brewer, chairman of the Elemen
tary Education Department.
Brewer said in a letter to the
board that the summer program
would provide "an enriched pro
gram for youngsters in the kin
dergarten through sixth grade".
The University would employ
Inez Baker to serve as principal
and director and would staff the
school with experienced teachers
who need student teaching experi
ence, Brewer stated.
The school district will furnish
text materials and other instruc
tion aides as well as the facilities
for the program.
Dr. Brewer said the program
would he an "opportunity for us
to develop a very desirable sum
mer experience for a number of
youngsters as 'well as to help in
providing professional experience
for present and future teachers.
'Nebraskon' Jobs
Open For Reporters
All students interested in re
porting for the Daily Nebraskan
should contact Sara Jones or Bob
Ireland, news editors, In Room 20
of the Union.
No previous experience in
journalism Is required, though
journalism majors are especially
urged to apply. -
Reporters may work any time
during Monday, Tuesday, Thurs
day and Friday afternoons, Satur
day morning or, the early part of
Sunday afternoon.
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Early Days In
This is the way Lincoln looked
when the University opened its
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA
IFC Results:
ir q inn!
Dick Reische, senior in Business
Administration and president of
Beta Theta Pi, was elected inter
im president of the Interfraternity
Council Thursday night.
Other officers chosen to fill the
four IFC executive vacancies,
three of which occured by resigna
tion and one because of University
probation, were Chariie Ficke,
vice president; Don Beck, secre
tary and Bill Dahl, treasurer.
The election of officers, who will
serve until regular IFC elections
are held in March was regarded
by many as a compromise be
tween the two factions of the Coun
cil. Fike, interim vice-president, is
a senior in Arts and Sciences and
past president of Phi Kappa Psi.
The new secretary, Don Beck,
is president of Alpha Gamma
Rho, a ice-president of the Student
Council, vice-president . of , Corn
Cobs and Yell King.
Dahl, interim treasurer, is presi
dent of Acacia and a junior in
Business Administration.
In a special election to fill a
vacancy which occured in Jan.,
Paul Walter was named as the
IFC representative to Student Coun
cil. Walters, a junior v in Arts and
Sciences, is past president of Kap
pa Sigma aiid a member of NU
Meds. A motion introduced by Sam
Jensen, vice president of Beta
Theta Pi, that the "IFC secretary
Glee Club, Band:
Concert
Slated
Sunday
The University Collegiate Band
and the Varsity Men's Glee Club
will present a concert Sunday at
4 p.m. in the Union ballroom.
The 80-piece band will be under
the direction of Dean Killion, in
structor in music. Dale Ganz, as
sistant professor of voice, directs
the 56 member Glee Club.
A trombone octet, playing Trom
bone Troubadours by Bennett will
be featured in the program. Band
numbers include: "My Hero" by
Straus-Alfor; "Symphony No. 1 in
E-Flat," by Saint Saens, "Fan
dango", by Perkins; "Tannhauser
March", by Wagner; "Zueignung",
by Strauss; "Caribbean Fantasy",
by Morrissey, and "March of the
Steel Men", by Beisterling.
The Glee Club program consists
of "Lift Thine Eyes", by Logan;
"The Constant Cannibal Maiden",
by Donnato, and "Soon-Ah Will
Re Done", by Dawson. Harry
Grasnick is Glee Club accom
panist.
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Said 'Lewd, Vulgar, Slanderous7: ,
Chicago University Gag
The Chicago University Maroon,
student newspaper, each year pub
lishes a "Gag Issue," somewhat
like the Daily Nebraskan's Pink
Rag.
This- Feb. 12, the Maroon came
out with huge black headlines say
ing: SEIZE MAROON GAG IS
SUE ! . University police confiscate,
destroy entire issue press run."
The entirb paper was dedicated
to stories on how the issue was de
stroyed. The Dean of Students was
quoted as saying the issue was
"lewd, vulgar and slanderous to
the University."
'The Maroon editor, Ronald Gross
man termed the confiscation "Ges-tapd-like
tactics on the part of the
administration.'
The University was also charged
that University police had "abso
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Lincoln
doors to 20 collegians and 110
Latin School students. University
write a letter to Dean of Men,
Frank Hallgren, telling him that
he is persona grata in Interfrater
nity Council meetings," was passed
unanimously.
In a Jan. 16 meeting of the
IFC, a motion was passed asking
Hallgren to leave the meeting.
In other business the IFC
passed a resolution authorizing
the executive council "to meet
with the office of student af
fairs on the possibilities of having
an IFC Ball."
Bill Krommenhoek, president of
Delta Upsilon, stated the such a
dance "would have good benefits."
Jensen, who introduced the res
olution, said that the administra
tion should know that the "IFC
wants to cooperate."
The Council also passed a mo
tion calling for the executive com
mittee "to report on the status
and advisability of retaining the
Junior Interfraternity Council for
future years:"
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Board Says Alcohol
Policy Not Involved
In a special Inter-fraternity
Council meeting Thursday night,
Dr. William Gilliland, IFC faculty
advisor, read an official state
ment from the Interfraternity
Board of Control concerning its
review of the Jan. 16 executive
council resignations.
The Board of Control's action
followed a Wednesday night re
port of a special fraternity Alum
ni advisors committee which was
formed to investigate the resigna
tions of three IFC executives Jan.
16.
The following is the Board of
Control statement:
The Interfraternity Board of
Control has completed its in
quiry concerning the recent ac
tions of the undergraduate In
' terfraternity Council. Results of.
this inquiry indicate the follow
ing. 1. The use of alcoholic bever
ages on jtbe University of Ne
braska campus has no part in
this controversy. This fact is
contrary to many published re
ports. State law and the Uni
versity's policy of enforcement
is clear to all and has no basis
for association with the present
incident.
2. Willingness of all fraternity
leaders and their alumni ad
visors to adjust on basic differ
ences is most encouraging for
it reaffirms the Interfraternity,
Board of Control's sincere be
lief that fraternities have an in
tegral part in University life.
3. The Interfraternity Board
lutely no authority" to destroy the
paper. The editor was quoted in
saying he would consicer launching
legal action against the University,
possibly a civil suit for recovery of
the value of the papers, estimated
at approximately $500.
An editorial charged the Uni
versity of Chicago administration
with falling prey "to the pressures
It Happened At NU
An innocent young freshman Air
ROTC student was walking along
to class one day when he spied a
bus driv e r approaching. Some what
doubtful as to what he should do,
the freshman saluted the surprised
bus driver. The Air ROTC officer
who was immediately behind the
young student reciprocated the sa
lute with five demerits.
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Hall (in background) was located
in raw prairie grounds.
Friday, February 15, 1957
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DICK REISCHE
of Control feels that it was un
w i s e for the Interfraternity
Council to remove tkca leaders
in the manner in which' it was
done; and that the constitution
of the Interfraternity Council
has made it extremely difficult,
and in some cases impossible,
for the fraternity leaders and
the faculty advisors to adminis
ter their offices with any de
gree of continuity.
4. The Interfraternity Board
of Control resognizes that fair
competition between fraternities
is basically sound and should
be encouraged. Each fraternity
has a fundamental responsibility
and challenge to conduct its af
fairs with dignity and fairness.
Unity of purpose and adherence
to fair and workable roles of a
revised constitution will in the
Interfraternity Board of C o n
trol's opinion eliminate the basic
grievances.
Interfraternity Board of Control
Thurston Phelps, President
On Jan. 16 Sam Ellis, Bob
Schuyler, and Ben 'Belmont sub
mitted their resignations as pres
ident, secretary, and treasurer re
spectively of fne IFC after a ma
jority of the Council members re
quested they do so.
Neither Ellis, Schuyler, or Bel
mont could be reached for com
ment on the Board of Control's
statements
Dean of Men, Frank Hallgren,
stated that he had no comment on
the Board of Control statement.
Issue 'Seized'
of an 'age of conformity'." "By its
action, the University has im
pugned the integrity of itself and
its students," the editorial added.
All in all, the issue of the Maroon
was full of such news and outraged
comment.
However, in the masthead of the
paper, where usually little more
than publishing information and
staff rules are related, the percep
tive reader found the following
statement:
"Issued every Friday throughout
the school year and intermittently
during the summer quarter by ute
publisher, the Chicago Maroon,
which takes pleasure in announcing
that you are reading its annual r
Issue. No issue appeared yesterday,
no papers were confiscated, and
this issue hasn't one word of truth,
in it (except for the ads).
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