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r ft) liKMIA! Big Seven Meet Winner See Page Three Suggestions To Student Council See Page Two uw I Vol. 32, No. 96 Answers Questions: Kennedy Career In In the first student-sponsored con toe ation in the history of the Uni versity, Senator John Kennedy of Massachusetts, before an overflow crowd in the Union ballroom, spoke on a career in politics for the col lege graduates. "Politics doesn't seem to be the most popular of the vocations that the college graduates seek as their career", he stated. "In a famous Gallup Pole taken recently, 72 per cent of the moth ers questioned still wanted their Courtesr Lincoln SUr KENNEDY sons to be President, but very few of them wanted their sons to par ticipate in politics beforehand." "Politics is one of the most chal lenging carters in the entire cur riculum of careers", he said. "The world and internal problems which face our country which need solv ing will be tackled by men who make politics their livelihood." "It is regretable that the words politics and politician' have the Undesirable connotation that they dot for much of the good that is done in the field of government is done through the efforts of those men which our country still deems necessary to call 'politicians.' After his short talk on politics, Senator Kennedy conducted c ques tion and answer period. He was questioned on such subjects as the United States position in the Middle East and the situation in the Teamsters Union whose president Is Dave Beck. He was asked three questions concerning the Middle East situ ated by members of the audience. The questions were concerning the Eisenhower Doctrine, the Suez Ca nal and the Arab refugees most of whom are in the Gaza strip. He said that he voted, in favor of the Eisenhower Doctrine be cause he believed that it would have done irreparable harm to the prestige of the President if the motion would have failed to pass the Senate. As regards the situation between Israel and Egypt, the Senator said Schipporeit Named Alpha Zeta Head Otto Schipporeit was elected chancellor of Alpha Zeta, national honorary society of agricultural, at a meeting Thursday evening. Other officers elected include: Paul Yeutter, Censor; Ron Kohl meier, Scribe; Burt Weichenthal, Chronicler; Clem Otten, Theasurer, and Marvin Kyes, Ag Exec. Board representative. . Ralph Read, a research forester, was named the new faculty advisor. : A RIWH0$BtlV fK f 4k MflMttfflfatsmflfssi ' ''' Phi Mu Alpha: Annual Spring Concert To Feature U.S. Music A program of American music will feature the annual spring con cert of the Phi Mu Alpha-Sinfonia fraternity, national men's music ociety, at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at the Union ballroom. The University chapter will pre sent original compositions by two of its members, Orlan Thomas, a aenior, and Jack McKie, a grad uate student. Thomas' composition, for male voices, is the preamble to the U.S. Constitution, and McKie's piece, is "March for the Jackalopes," for brass ensembles, percussion, and celesta. Cornhuskers Sale A limited number of extra Cornhuskers will be on sale Mon day, according to Sharon Hall, business manager of the Cor n busker. Those who had not ordered their Cornhuskers In ad vance may purchase Cornhus kers Monday afternoon till the nd of the semester. All Cornhuskers must be picked up before vacation and none will be sent out, because of the early date of issuance, according to Miss Hall. Lauds Polities that the only solution that could he could see would be to have Egypt offer some concrete pro posal for the redistribution of the Arab refugees in Gaza. This ticklish point is one of the main causes of the controversy, he said. If Egypt and Israel could effect a solution of the refugees between them, then the settlement of the dispute over the use of the Suez Canal would follow. He responded to the question on Dave Beck by saying that anyone who could respect a man that had done the things that Dave Beck has done hasn't read the record. He commented that there is a need for federal legislation in this field; for there is no regulation by law of the use of Union funds by the officers. The abuses that this could lead to are aptly shown by the conduct of Mr. Beck. Senator Kennedy was introduced by Dick Shugrue, Editorial Editor of the Nebraska and Helen Gour lay, president of the Student Coun cil. University student groups sup porting the Senator's appearance in cooperation with the Union are: Daily Nebraskan, Nebraska Uni- versity Council on World Affairs, Inter Fraternity Council, Innocents, Mortar Board Society, Red Cross, Theta Sigma Phi and Sigma Delta Chi, professional Journalism soci eties, Residence Association for Men, Coed Club and Inter-Coop Council. Delta Sigma Pi Delta Sigma Pi, professional business fraternity, hes initiated sixteen new members. The new initiates are: Ilmars Bergmanis, Dee Brinogar, Bob Dwehus, Dick Hanzel, David Ko var, Bob Lindell, Larry Lepp streu, La Verne I'mroe, Pat Mur phy, Gerry Quigley, Don Reed, Bill Skokan, Bob Steinman, Dal las Stoltenberg, Fred Vondra and Lee West. Atomic Fallout: Red Cross Unit Explains Civil Defense Procedures By SONDRA WHALEN Staff Writer A plane passes over Lincoln, all of a sudden everything seerr.s to explode. Sirens wail in every direction people are running from buildings, and the entire campus is in flames. No, this hasn't really happened. But it could; and to avoid this panic, all students should know what to do In case of at tack. Your chances of surviving an atomic attack are better than you may have thought, in the first place. If you are close to the ex plosion, your chances are only one out of ten, but beyond a half a mile, your chances are increase rapidly. From one to one and a half miles out, the odds that you will be killed are only 15 in 100. At points from one and a half to two miles away, death drops down to only two or three out of each 100, and beyond two miles, the explosion will cause practically no deaths at all. One of the least understood parts of an' atomic explosion by ordinary citizens is fall-out. Fall out is noth- William Bush is overall program director. Other numbers on the program are: "Salve Regina," by Paul Creston, a motet for male voices and organ, with Roger Wischmeier, organist, and Wendell Friest. soloist. "A Stopwatch and an Ordnance Map," by Samuel Barber, for male voices and three kettledrums, with Phil Coffman as tympanism "Trio for Violin, Clarinet, and Piano," by Charles Ives, with Walter Carlson, violinist, William Brennen as clarinetist and William Hatcher, pianist. "Variations, on a Pavrne for Krummhorns," by Kraehenbuehl Schein, for clarinet quartet, com posed of Brannen, Richard Davis of Chris Sawyer, and Arnold Epstein. "The Way You Look Tonight," by Jerome Kern, conducted by Herbert Meininger. "Summer Time," by George Gershwin, conducted by Roger Schroeder. "It Ain't Necessarily So," by George Gershwin, with Rodney Walker a soloist. "Last Words of David" and "Tarantella." both by Randall Thompson and for and orchestra. men"s voices 4 v. Ml ! f " Happy s tin "You- like?" sings - Barbara Coonrad (Standing-Bloody Mary) to Jack Lindsay (left "Lt. Joe Cable") and Jane Odell (right "Liat") in her famous number, Happy Talk" from Rodgers and Hammerstein's "South Pacific." CarpenterGranted Legal Permission State Senator Terry Carpen ter announced Thursday that he had asked the Legislative Coun cil to get detailed Information on proposed University salary In creases. Carpenter stated that the at torney general's office assured him that as a legislator he is en titled to the information. He said that he intends to re lease the figures. lng more than particles of matter In the air, made radioactive by nudear or thermonuclear explo sions. When an atomic bomb is dropped close to the ground, thou sands of tons of atomized earth, building materials, rocks and gas es are sucked upward, sometimes to a height of 80,000 feet, These particles help to form the mush room cloud which is always con nected with one of these explosions. Some of these particles will drop immediately in the area of the ex plosion, but others may be carried by the winds for many miles, but sooner or later, they, too, must fall to earth. This is called fallout. Normal amounts of radioactivi ty are not dangerous. Only when it is presented in highly concen trated amounts, such as those cre ated by atomic and hydrogen bomb explosions, that it becomes danger ous. . If an alien plane should be spot ted coming towards Lincoln, Civil Defense might order a general evacuation of the area to get away from the bomb or its effects, be fore it hits. But if there is no time, seek the best available shelter. An ordinary frame house will cut radiation danger by about one-half. Get on the floor, away from doors and windows, or preferably go to a location with additional walls at the center of the building. In a basement shelter, the radiation daneer is only one-tenth as bad. An underground shelter with three feet of earth above it, and equipped with a door ?nd air filter, will give you almost complete pro tection. Despite the talk about radioac tivity and fall out you are more likely to be hurt by blast and heat than radiation, expecially close to the bomb. At Hiroshima and Nagasaki slightly over one- half of all deaths and injuries were caused by the blast, and near ly one-third of the csualties were from the heat flash. If you were caught upstairs or the open at the time of a bomb ing, you are more likely to soak up a serious dose of radioactivity. However, the indications that you had been pierced by the rays wouldn't show up for a few hours The first sign would include a sick feeling and vomiting. For a few days then, you might continue feel ing below par, and about two weeks later your hair would begin falling out. But even if you lost all your hair, and became very sick, your chances of regaining your health and your hair, are still very good (These articles are to be con tinued for two more issues of the j Daily Nebraskan by ti Red Cross College Uiut.) LINCOLN, NEBRASKA rr i' Jl lt -t . . Nrbraakaa Phola All three will appear in the Broadway show which will be presented by Kosmet Klub at Pershing Memorial Auditorium, , starting at 8 p.m., Friday and Saturday, $115,050: NU Offered TV Grant For Courses A $115,050 grant to finance the teaching of mathematics and En glish courses by television in 25 to 50 Nebraska high schools next fall has been awarded jointly to the University and Nebraska State De partment of Education. The Fund for the Advancement of Education, New York City, an nounced the awarding of the grant Sunday evening. The grant is part of a total expenditure by The Fund of $986,000 for a National Program in the Use of Television in the Public Schools. The Nebraska program will be the development of a joint Um-versity-State Education Department experimental plan now in progress. A beginning algebra course is be irg taught this year in six high schools Springfield, Beaver Crossing, Friend, Waverly, Eagle, and Louisville. The University's acceptance of the grant is subject to the approval cf the Board of Regents. Dr. K.O. Broady, chairman of the special-project committee and director of the University's Ex tension Division, said: "In addition to beginning alge bra taught this year, plane geoms- ti, physics, senior English, and probably art will be included in next fall's program." He said the smaller schools will be especially helped. New GOP Officers New apointive officers of the Nebraska Young Republican Club have been named by state chair man Ray Simmons. They are organizational direc tor, Peter Smith, Dana College stu dent, farm director, Loran Schmidt; editor of the Young Re publican News, Monroe Usher, Uni versity student; college director, Louie Schultz, University student, and first voter campaign, M?rilyn Legge. Beauty- Queens The 1956-57 Comhusker Beauty Queens at the University of Ne braska are (from left) Mary Hepperlen; Elaine Eggen Rita 'South Pacific': Kosmef TockeH" 'Progressiog Hapidliyf About 700 tickets have already been sold to "South Pacific," scheduled to be presented by the Kosmet Klub Friday and Satur day, at 8 p.m. in the Pershing Municipal Auditorium, according to Bob Schuyler, ticket chairman. The ticket sales do not include the general admission tickets sold by Kosmet Klub workers, Schuy ler said. Schuyler said the $1.80 ly and that students should pur chase their tickets within the next few days in order to be assured good seats. The Broadway Musical by Rodg ers and Hammerstein will be the first full-stage musical production to be presented at Lincoln's new auditorium. Drama director is Norman Leg er, who this past season directed th Lincoln Community Theater plays, and music director is Al Holbert, a graduate of the Univer sity's department of music. Among the musical score are these songs: "Some Enchanted Evening," A Wonderful Guy," "There is Nothing Like a Dame," and "Younger Than Springtime." "South Pacific," is based on two stories from .'ames Michener's Pu litzer Prize winning book, "Tales of the South Pacific." Two romantic themes form the plot. The first, the love affair of Ensign Nellie Forbush, a high-spirited nurse from Little Rock, Ark., played by Cynthia Barber and a middle-aged French planter, Fmile De Beque, played by Norman Rig gins. The secondary theme is that of an American Marine, Lt. Joseph Cable, played by Jack Lindsey and the Tonkinese girl, Liat, played by Jane Odell. The role of Enile DeBeque, played by Norman Riggins, was the role Ezio Pinza made famous on Broadway. Riggins, a senior in the College of Music, was a mem ber of last year's Kosmet Klub spring show cast and he has sung in the Messiah. Cynthia Barber's part as Nellie Forbush was played by Mary Mar tin in the original production. Surrounding them are these characters: Bloody Mary, Liat's mother, a comedy character part, played by Barb Coonrad; and Lu ther Billis, a seabee, played by Joe Hill. Others in the cast and the roles they will play are: Vern Feye-Ab-ner, Morgan Holmes-Lt. Adams, Dave Meisenholder Capt. Brack ets Bill Raecke Jerome, Bob Robson Stewpot, Charles Rich ards Lt. Harbison, Noel Schoen rock Henry, and Steve Schultz Professor. Others in the cast include: Gwen Chab, Wynn Smithberger, May Pokony, Larry Romjue, Larry Kossack, Gary Aksamit, Bill Drap er, ohn Parmelee, Harlan Noodle, Fred Holbert, Janet Handler, Don ald Geisler, Sandra Niehus, Mary Lou Lucke, Judy Ramey, Sharon Frangman, Bob Ireland, JJave Leighton, Ruthe Rosenquist, Sally Berg and Mary Sandra Rice. Members of the ,:South Pacific" chorus are: Bob Benton, Darrell F.hprsnarher. Bill Harvey, Bob Hinman, John Holmes, John Mad den and Jerry Marples. Jack McCormick, Monte Mead, Weslev Pearce. Keith Smith, Mon roe Usher, Bill Wieland, Linda Rpnl Gloria Denton. Mary Hus ton, Jodie Kuhous and Judy Lind sren. Jan Perrenoud, Anne Pickett, Sharon Rain. Kathy Roach, Carole Triplett, Alice Virtman, Rose Wig gins, Ruth Blank, Sharon Fang man, Alyce Fritchman, Virginia James and Sandra Johns. Jackie Kaepplin, Jane McLaugh lin, Edith Morrow, Sandra Niehus, Jelinek Meyer, Jody Carlson, Reba Kinne, and Frances Van. Houten. They were selected frnm 12 finalists by Mrs., Ramon a Kay Nielsen, Sharon Quinn, udy Sopher, Sandra Whalen and Cynthia Zschau. Prices for the tickets will be: reserved seats $1.80 and $1.50; gen eral admission $1.20. Tickets may be purchased from Kosmet Klub workers; at booths which are set up in the Union; or at Pershing Mitchell Case Revue; Faculty To Hear Committee Report By RON WARHOLOSKI Copy Editor Dr. David Dow, chairman of the committee on Academic Privilege and Tenure, announced at the Fac ulty Senate Meeting Tuesday that a report on the case of C. Clyde Mitchell f o r mer chairman of the Depart ment of Agri cultural Econ omics, would be made at a special meet ing of the Fac ulty Senate to be held some time before the end of the Courtesy Lincoln SUr final exam pe Mitchell riod. Dow stated, that the Faculty Sen ate should have an opportunity to consider the reDort before it re ceived wide-spread publicity. The Committee on Academic Privilege and Tenure has been nonduetine an investigation into reports that Mitchell's academic freedom had been abridged in his demotion from his post as chair nan of the department. Mitchell's demotion from his post was first announced in the April 13, 1956 issue of The Nebras kan. Mitchell was reported demoted because of what sources within the Ag Economics Department re- IFC Ball: Frat Queen Crown Won By Gardner Jean Gardner was crowned que, n of Greek Weekend and pre sented a troohv at the Interfratern- ity Council Ball which was held at Turnpike Ballroom Saturday night. Miss Gardner rode in the win ning chariot of the chariot races held on Saturday afternoon and sponsored by the Junior IFC. She is a junior at the University and a member of Kappa Alpha Theta sorority. Alpha Tau Omega was the win ner of the chariot races with Alpha Gamma Rho, second; Delta Sigma Phi, third; Sigma Chi, fourth; and Delta Tau placing fifth. The ATO's were also presented with a trophy at the IFC Ball Saturday night. Their name will be engraved cm it and it will be gven each year from now on to the winner of the chariot race. Jay McShann and his comoo provided the music for a jam ses sion which was held on the steps of the Union Saturday afternoon as well as playing for the Ball. Over 1500 people attended the IFC dance. Nebratku -That Deitemeyer, 1955 Mrs. America, and Ellsworth Moser, 1957 King of Ak-Sar-Ben. VrrVv - 5. Mondoy, Moy 20, 1957 Saves Auditorium. "South Pacific" which ia tht third longest running play on broadway opened in 1949 amid cries of "Rodgeri and Hammer stein have done it again" and state ments such as "One of the greatest musical plays in the history of tht American Theatre." ferred to as "outside pressures" n interviews with the Daily Ne braskan. A controversy concerning the matter of academic freedom and administrative prerogative f o 1 lowed the announcmnt of Mitch ell's removal as department chair man. The Nebraskan, then under the editorship of Bruce Bruggman, in an editorial of April 18, 1956, dis cussed four facts which "stood out in the recent demotion of Clyde Mitchell". The editorial stated: "1. No member of the depart ment denied (and the Nebraskan contacted all but one professor in the department) that the implica tion of 'outside pressures' was brought out in the special meeting before Easter vacation as influen tial in the administrative decision to relieve Mitchell of his chair manshp duties. "2. Several professors in the Ag Ec department have old The Ne braskan in specially arranged In terviews that they were 'certain in their own minds' that 'special in terests outside the University have influenced Mitchell's demo- . t'on. "3. Mitchell has been subjected to the severe opposition in the past, notably attacks from the Kail County Farm Bureau and Re gent J. Leroy Welsh of Omaha. "4. Many powerful political or ganizations and farm groups have been displeased with Mitchell's policies which he has presented in his mmy speaking tours and per sonal trips throughout the mid west." A controversy ensued, with The Nebrasxan receiving letters both pro and con of its views from prominent faculty members. Letters from faculty members and other interested persons were also received by The Nebraskan. In a letter of May 16, an agricul tural economist from South Da kota, Dr. Raleigh Barlowe com mented, "I have considerable con fidence in Chancellor Hardin's good judgment; and 1 recognize the right of the administration to change department heads when ever it so desires." A letter backing the administra tion's viewpoint was received by The Nebraskan on May 18, 1956, from W. K. Pfeiler, chairman of the Department of Germanic lan guages. In the letter Dr. Pfeiler stated: "You cannot be oblivious to the truth that there are usually two if not more, sides to every ques tion. But with unbelievable thought lessness, you have accepted each critic's views and opinion as a sterling fact, never suggesting that men have an inborn tendency to rationalize their actions and ex periences in terms of maximum, self-justification. Hearsay, rumor, vague generalizations and subjec tive impressions are the basis for your charges which you voice with such intriguing eloquence and ring ing pathos." Pfeiler pointed out that The Ne braskan had a virtual monopoly as far as campus public opinion is concerned. He also said that the paper had been frank but not fair in its charges, "insofar as you failed to consider the complexity of the administration's problems and insofar as you gave editorial emphasis to statements solicited according to an apparently hand picked list." The letter also asked The Ne braskan to back up all its state ments made during the semester. Pfeiler also pointed to several specific instances in which he felt that The Nebraskan had been un fair in its presentation of the news. "For the first time I have seen the term 'demoted' used in con nection with the replacement of chairman. It was cleverly chosen because of its deprecatory over tones. A 'chairman is never 'pro moted' to his position, but ap pointed; he is never demoted, but 'relieved,' " Pfeiler stated in bis letter. In conclusion he said: "The ma jority of the faculty is alert and not unaware of the dangers that selfish groups constitute; lt wel comes vigorous support from the students in the cause of academic freedom, but views it with sadness when this grand cause of academ ic freedom is used to vent an ir responsible animus, perhaps If Continued o page tome I W.1