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LINCOLN, NEBRASKA
Friday, March 15, 1957
Student Representation:
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Mhs Lincoln Finalists
Twelve of ttie fifteen finalists
in the Miss Lincoln s Beauty
Pageant are University coeds.
The 1957 winner will succeed
NU Organizations:.
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Officers of four women's or
ganizations were selected in the
All-Women's Spring Elections held
Wednesday in the Union.
Presidents and the organizations
ttiey represent incude: Associated
Women Students, Sara Hubka;
Barb Activities Board for Wom
en, Sue Hinkle; Coed Counselors,
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Courtesy Lincoln Journal
Bender
Courtesy Sunday
Journal and Star
Hinkle
May Queen
Elected For
Ten finalists for May Queen were
selected from 34 women candidates
Wednesday in the Union as part of
the All-Women's Spring Elections.
The ten finaksts are:
Betty Branch, senior in Business
Administration, president of Pi
Beta Phi and a member of Busi
r.ess Administration council; Emily
Hemphill, senior in Teachers,
member of Coed Counselor Board,
AWS vice president and Pi Lambda
Theta vice president.
Mary James, senior In Home
Economics, Omtcron Nu president
and a member of Delta Delta Del
ta; Rita Jelinek, senior in Teach
ers, is a member of AWS Board
and Pi Beta Phi.
Beth Keenan, senior in Teachers,
is a member of Kappa Alpha
Theta; Mary Keyes, senior in
Home Economics, is a member of
Theta Sigma Phi, Phi Upsilon
Omega, Gamma Alpha Chi and
Gamma Phi Beta,
Janet Kuska, senior in Home
'Pot Luck' Fete
With The Profs
Set Sunday
The Ag Union and Student
Faculty Committee will sponsor
the fourth and final "Pot Luck
with the Profs" at 5:30 p.m.Sun
day in the Ag Union
"Members of he' faculty and
tuaent body have an excellent
Dportunity . to become better
acquainted with this type of func
tion, which have been well attend
ed in the past", according to Burt
Weicbenthal.
Mr. and Mrs. William Kehr
have released the following names
of members of the faculty com
mittee hosts. Mr. and Mrs. Clar
ence Miller, Mr. and Mrs. Ray
mond Arthaud, Mr. and Mrs. Milo
Cox, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Reed,
Mr. and Mrs, LeRoy Peters, Mr.
and Mrs. John Matsushima, Mr.
and Mrs. E. Olson, 'Misses Shirley
Keso, Esther Meachem and Mr.
and Mrs. W. Antes.
Weichenthal, Larry" Wulf, Marilyn
Jensen, Mary Case, Allen Trumbte
and Jerry Svoboda.
All Ag College students may
sign up for their free tickets in the
As Union Activities Office.
Miss Diane Knotek. The Miss
Lincoln winner will enter the
Miss Nebraska Pageant to be
held June first at the new Per-
inniGfli's
and Women's Athletic Association,
Joan Huesner.
Miss Hubka, junior in Teachers,
is a member of Builders Board
and vice president of Delta Gam
ma. Miss Hinkle, junior in Teachers,
is ABW secretary, Student Coun
cil member, Pi Lambda Theta
Courtesy Sunday
Journal and Star
Hubka
Nebraska! Fboto
Huesner
Finalists
Ivy Day
Economics, is Cornhusker Associ
ate Editor and a member of Delta
Gamma; Barbara Rystrom, senior
in Teachers, is Pi Lambda Theta
president, a member of Coed Coun
selors, YWCA and Kappa Kappa
Gamma.
Kay Skinner, senior in Home
Economics, is a member of Gam
ma Alpha Chi, Home Economics
club and Alpha Chi Omega, and
Gail Wailing, senior in Arts and
Sciences, is Builders secretary, a
member of AUF Board and Delta
Gamma.
BureauPredicts
Fair Weather,
Warmer Temps
The old saying, "If you don't
like Nebraska weather, wait a few
minutes," has come true in the
past few days for University stu
dents. Thursday's high temperature
of 25 degrees is
contrasted with
W e d n esday's
high of 73.
Icy winter
winds will con
tinue to whip
University stu
dents. The
weather bureau
is p r edicting
I generally fair
with somewhat warmer tempera
tures in the west. Highs today will
range from 30 to 35 degrees.
The state Safety Patrol reported
dangerous conditions in southern
Nebraska, and ice and snow-covered
highways around Norfolk.
Roads throughout the state are
snow-packed.
At Grand island, the patrol said
tn snow was running from four
tc six inches, with blowing. Visi
bility in the Grand Island and
North Platte areas is poor.
Square Dance Club
The Square Dance Club win hold
a dance Friday at 8 p.m. in the
College Activities, according to
Don Herman, club president.
Admission is 35' cents for non
club members and 25 cents for
club members.
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.University finalists included (left
to right) Jan Shrader, Marcia
Elliot, Joyce Evans, Martha
project chairman, Sigma Eta Chi
chaplain, Outstanding Coed Coun
selor and Women's Residence
Halls.
Miss Bender, junior in Arts and
Sciences, is on the Calendar and
Final Exams committee of the
Student Council, Layout editor of
the Cornhusker, Panhelenic Coun
cil, a member of Alpha Lambda
Delta, Delta Phi Delta and Delta
Delta Delta.
Miss Huesner, junior in Teach
ers, is a member of Red Cross
Board, Pi Lambda Theta, ACE,
AFCW president, Ideal Nebraska
Coed and treasurer of Xappa Al
pha Theta.
AWS Board
Other elected members of AWS
Board are:
Karen Dryden, junior in Arts
and Sciences, is a member of
Union board and is pledge trainer
of Delta Delta Delta. She is the
newly-elected vice president.
Senior members of the Board
include:
Jo Ann Devereaux, junior in
Home Economics, is WAA house
"representative, Gamma Alpha Chi,
Aquaquettes and president of Pi
Beta Phi; Sue Hinkle, junior in
Teachers, is secretary of BABW,
Sigma Eta Chi Chaplain, Student
Council and Coed Counselors.
Mary Huston, junior in Arts and
Sciences, is AUF secretary; Stu
dent Council secretary and a mem
ber of Kappa Alpha Theta; Carol
Smith, junior in Home Econmoics,
is on Ag Executive Board, YWCAt
Home Economics Club, Aquaqu
ettes, Phi Upsilon Omicron and
Alpha Phi and Pat Stalder, junior
in Home Economics is a member
of YWCA and Chi Omega.
Junior Board members include:
Pat Boyd, sophomore in Teach
ers, is a member of Red Cross
Board, Union Personnel, Union
representative and Alpha Omicron
Pi; Nan Carlson, sophomore in
Teachers, is a member of AUF
board, Union Assistant and Kappa
Kappa Gamma.
Nadine Calvin, sophomore in
Home Economics, is a member
of BABW, Home Economics club,
4-H club, Love Hall council and
Alpha Lambda Delta; Nancy Cope
land, sophomore in Teachers, is
a member of Builders Board, De
bate Squad and Delta Gamma.
Judy Decker, sophomore in
Teachers, is Union chairman, Coed
Counselors and Delta Delta DeKa;
Janet D w o r a k, sophomore in
Teachers, is a member of Orche
sis publicity chairman, WAA
board, Physical Education Club
and Alpha Phi.
Jacqueline Miller, sophomore in
Teachers, is a member of Univer
sity Theater, Red Cross and Kap
pa Apha Theta.
Sophomore Board members in
clude: Barbara Bacon, Polly Doeh
ring, Susan McGrath, K a t h y
Roach, Mary Vrba, Linda Walt,
and Marilyn Pickett.
BABW Board
Newly-elected vice president is
Marie Gerdes, '(unior in Home
Economics, BABW historian,
Home Economics club secretary,
4-H club, VHEA and Love Me
morial Hall.
' Senior Board numbers include:
Margot Frankc, junior in Home
Economics, is a member of Home
Economics club, Farmers Fair
board and Love Memorial Hall and
Mary Jane Phelps, junior in
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Kay Nielson, Pdt Prouty and
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Final Performance.
Set For 'King Lear'
The final performances of the
University production, "King
Lear", will be presented tonight
and Saturday at Howell Memor
ial Theater.
The Shakespearean tragedy
will begin at 8 p.m.
Tickets will be on sale at the
box office of the Howell Memor
ial Theater from 8 a.m. to 5
p.m.
Saturday:
NUCWA
To Quiz
Hopefuls
The NUCWA Executive Council
will interview candidates for gov
ernor, beutenant governor and sec
retary of state Saturday morning
from 9 to 12 in Room 309 of the
Union, according to "Biff" Keyes,
president-.
Houses who have not yet nomi
nated candidates may still do so
by placing nominee names on the
interview sheet, Keyes continued.
There will be a list of times at
which candidates can appear for
interviews posted on the door of
Room 309. Candidates are asked
to sign the list between now and
Saturday morning at times con
venient for them.
Keyes also stated that the Stu
dent Council had approved of the
NUCWA plan for holding a Mock
Session of the Legislature and has
agreed to support it.
IFC Votes
Constitution
Amendment
The Interfratemity Council voted
Wednesday to accept revisions to
six articles of its Constitution.
The approved amendments,
which were first presented to the
IFC on March 7 by a special com
mittee appointed to review the Con
stitution, include:
A revision of Section six of Ar
ticle ni: "Voting membership shall
consist of one accredited member
per fraternity, but the presiding of
ficer of the IFC shall vote in case
of a tie." In the past there had
been some question as to whether
officers could vote.
Section four, of Article IV was
amended to read; "No fraternity
shall have an officer of the IFC
for more than two consecutive
years."
Revisions to Section six, Part D,
of Article IV require the treasurer
tc "submit a monthly f nancial
statement to the IFC, which state
ment shall include an itemized list
ol expenditures and income."
An accepted change in section
one, Part H, of Article X states;
"The Executive Committee may
consider with power to act on eli
gibility questions not covered by
this constitution." m-
An amendment to Section two,
Articie IV which called for all of
ficers of the IFC to have a 5.5
cumulative average was deleted
from the proposed revisions.
Some of the tentative changes in
this fall's rush week include, four
compulsary rush dates instead of
last year's three; retention of the
45 minute "meditation period" be
fore official pledging, and eight
open house periods instead of the
former six.
Action on the question of initia
tion averages was postponed.
In
' TVmnTH nvsiner. Tirofessor of
psychology and chairman of the
faculty Senate Committee on Com
mittees, has requested the Student
Council to "formulate a suitable
procedure for nominations" of stu
dent representatives on faculty
committees.
In a letter to the Student Coun
cil, Dysinger, stated" that there
was some sentiment among the
members of the committee that
students serving as voting members
of the Senate committees should
represent the entire student body."
Present Council procedure, ac
cording to Bruce Brugmann, presi
dent, calls for the chairman to ap
point subject to Council approval
all student members of faculty
committees with the exception of
the pubUcations board.
Student members of the Publica
tions Board are interviewed by a
special committee and then elected
by the student Council en toto,
Brugmann said.
Brugmann said this procedure is
in accordance f with the Council
Constitution, originally formulated
by a special committee appointed
by the Faculty Senate, and vir
tually all representative bodies.
"I have yet to hear of a critical
report from any University faculty
member or administrator regard
ing student participation on faculty
committees," he added. "Quite the
contrary, I have received many re
ports, both publicly and privately,
in appreciation of services ren
dered by Student Council appoin
tees." This has been particularly true in
regard to the work of a special
Council committee, which has
worked closely with the adminis
tration on the University budget
request, the Council president con
tinued. Brugmann, in ft special state
ment to the Daily Nebraskan, stat
ed: Action suggesting the election
of student representatives to the
University's student-faculty com
mittees in an all-campus elec
tion appears to be but the lat
est of a series of moves to strip
the Student Council of its legi
timate responsibilities.
Authority for the Council to
appoint its members (a well de
fined crossection of University
students) to the student-faculty
committees has been established
by many years of precedent and
Vogel Asks Tuition
Increase ,Budgef Cut
Chancellor Clifford Hardin pre
sented the proposed University
budget to a tough-minded budget
committee on Wednesday and the
results obtained were almost
identical to those of the appear
ance before Governor Anderson.
Senator Kar Vogel, chairman of
the Budget Committee, told the
Chancellor to "Go over and have
your men make substantial cuts.
If you don't, we'll have to." Sen.
Vogel added, "If the time was
right, we'd give you everything
you asked for, and maybe more."
Senator Vogel said he thinks the
Budget Committee perhaps should
"set the tax budget low enough so
the University wil have to in
crease tuition."
The budget that Hardin present
ed to the legisative committee
was the same one he had pre
sented to the Governor earlier. It
called for a salary increase to
the present staff of $2,484,292 and
$833,031 for the hiring of additional
teachers.
There was also an increase pro
vided for the Medical Hospital in
Omaha. Dr. J. P. Tollman, dean
of the medical college, stated that
"two wards in the hospital had
been vacated to save on funds."
Of the $879,783 proposed increase
in the University Hospital budget,
Hardin stated that $130,000 would
go toward putting hospital em
ployes on a 40 hour work week,
which would stabilize the Univer
sity Hospital with other Omaha
hospitals in this respect.
"The hospital is the only one in
Omaha, the Chancellor said, work
ing more than 40 hours a week."
The rest of the 5.5 milion dol
lar increase would go for fixed
charges, $433,494; Ag Extension
Service, $189,879; Experimental
Stations, $381,268; Extension Serv
ice, $42,230; 40-hour week in Lin
coln, $100,000; and Maintenance,
$219,098.
Hardin said he was not "pro
posing anything to keep up with
Big 10 schools." In answer to com
mittee questions, Hardin said "the
University now is considering add
ing two hours to the' class day.
This is in line with anticipated
student enrollment increases of 600
to 700 during the next year."
Hardin, in answer to questions,
said there was no provision in the
budget for tuition increases. "This
has been given consideration,
though," he said.
There was no date set for the
the Council Constitution, ap
proved only a few years ago by
the entire student body, the Fac
ulty Senate, and the Board of
Regents. Article 2 to the Consti
tution postulates that the Coun
cil is to "serve as an agency
through which faculty-student re
lationships may be maintained."
I hope that recent statements
implying that students should be
denied the right to vote on these
committees, and that they be
chosen In all-student elections is
due to misinformation, and not
a concerted attempt to divest the
Student Council of its constitu
tionally prescribed responsibili
ties. Bruce Brugmann
President, Student Council
Dysinger stated that he didn't
care to comment on Brugmann's
statement. "I think the letter is
clear to anyone who wishes to read
it," he added.
Theodore Aakhus, professor of
engineering drawing and a mem-
SC Studies Change
In Use Of $10 Fee
A special Student Council sub
committee is investigating the pos
sibility of temporarily using part
of last year's $10 raise in student
fees for educational purposes.
In Wednesday's Council meeting,
Connie Hurst stated that she is
heading a committee to determine
whether such a question should be
presented to the entire student
body on the Spring ballot.
Presently the $10 raise in fees
is being used to finance the new
addition to the Union, which is
scheduled to begin in July.
Council To Investigate
Eight-Day Examinations
The Student Council unanimous
ly passed a motion Wednesday
calling for the council committee on
calendar and final examinations
to investigate the recent proposal
of a Faculty Senate committee
calling for an eight-day final exam
period.
second appearance of the Univer
sity before the committee. Chair
man Vogel told University offi
cias, though, that the committee
hoped to have its work completed
by March 27th.
Lois Wolfe Elected
Adelphi President
Adelphi, independent women's
organization, elected the following
officers at their regular meeting
Tuesday night. Officers elected
were:
President, Lois Jean Wolfe,
sophomore in home economics;
vice-president, Alberta Strickland,
sophomore in Teachers College;
secretary, Cheryl Stereleck, fresh
man in home economics; treasurer,
Joan Neslacek, sophomore in home
economics; pledge trainer, Bev
Walenta, sophomore in Business
Administration; and historian,
Nancy Schacht, Sophomore in
Teachers College.
New Approach:
Conference Will Study
Structural Design Friday
A completely new approach to
the structural design of buildings
which could save from five to 35
per cent in 6teel will be the sub
ject of a day-long conference at
the University Friday.
Speakers include Dr. Lynn
Beedle of Lehigh University, Ed
ward Estes and Theodore Higgins,
both of the American Institute of
Steel Construction.
The program will open at 9 a.m.
in the Union, Boom 315.
Sponsors of the event are the
University's College of Engineer
ing and Architecture and the Ex
tension Division in cooperation with
the American Institute of Steel
Construction.
The Institute has launched re
cently a nation-wide program to
explain the new theory to struc
tural designers.
The new theory called plastic de
sign in steel will be presented to
the practicing engineers and archi
tects of Nebraska.
On paper, a perfectly designed
building from the plastic designer's
ber of the senate committee on
committees, stated "that there was
some question on the committee
as to just how student representa
tives on Faculty Committees art
selected."
"Somebody on our committee
asked just how representative the
Student Council is of the student
body."
According to Aakhus the commit
tee on committees is discussing
the membership of every faculty
committee separately,
Edwin Halfar, assistant profes
sor on mathematics and a mem
ber of the senate committee, stated
that the present student Council
procedure "was open to criticism."
"We are not putting any blame
on the Student Council," Halfar
added.
Dean of Student Affairs, J. P.
Colbert, who is also a member of
the committee, expressed no com
ment on Dysinger's letter. ,
Other members of the commit
tee's committee could not be
reached for comment.
In a formal letter to faculty
committees with student represen
tation dated Jan. 17 pointed out
that a Senate resolution of Dec.
13, 1955, removed the right for stu
dents to vote on faculty commit
tees. The Student Council, on Feb. 6,
sent a resolution to Dean Colbert
"respectfully requesting the Facul
ty Senate to allow the student rep
resentatives on the Senate Com
mittees the right to vote at tha
discretion of the individual com
mittees." Colbert said in an interview last
January that he thought support
could be found on the Faculty Sen
ate to return voting privileges to
student representatives.
The motion specifies that the
Council committee should deter
mine whether the recommenda
tions of the Faculty Senate com
mittee on final exams is "conson
ant with the views of the Council
and the Nov. 1955 action' of the
Faculty Senate."
In May of 1955 the Faculty Sen
ate voted 135-65 to llimit final
exams to one week.
A Student Council poll of Octo
ber, 1955, indicated that students
favored a two week final exam
schedule, 4 to 1.
On Tuesday, Nov. 8, 1955, th
Faculty Senate voted 125-87 to send
the tentative short period (six
days) calndar back to the commit
tee. In other Council business, Ber
Deepe's motion that the student
activities committee be responsible
for recommendinding whether or
not Student Council be affiliated
with NSA was passed.
The NUCWA mock legislature,
which will be held March 26-30,
was unanimously endorsed by the
Council. Biff Keyes, NUCWA vice
president, spoke to the Council
concerning the mock event and
urged its cooperation.
Dave Keene, chairman of the
special legilature committee, re
ported that he had addressed the
Wednesday legislative bearing of
the University Budget.
A Chancellor's Roundtable will
be held on March 27 according to
I Bev Deepe.
point of view would be one that
was near the point of collapse.
But in practice, it wouldn't col
lapse. The same load safety fac
tors would be applied to the plastic
designed building as to a conven
tionally designed one.
Prof. George Ernst, director of
the University's Engineering Ex
periment Station, said plastic de
sign engineers feel that the time
tested methods of designing steel
structures are frequently over-cautious
and wasteful of steel.
In the plastic theory the design
ers use the excess material by a
redistribution of stresses, without
varying the size. In the event of
an overload, there is a transfer of
some of the load to less stressed
portions, Professor Ernst ex
plained. In effect, an overloaded struc
ture can readjust itself to carry the
load more efficiently.
The principal research for this
theory as applied to steel has brra
carried by Lehigh University, tha
U.S. Navy and the American In
stitute of Steel CoastTuctiwS.
