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enate Fasses Student Trih 1 Charter mia By Marilyn Coffey Staff Writer The proposed Student Tribunal was approved with one minor amendment Tues day by the Faculty Senate. J. P. Colbert, dean of stu dent affairs, presenting the Tribunal to the Senate, said, "This tribunal Is, we think, a step forward in student self-government." Chancellor Clifford Hardin, after the Tribunal had been approved, commented, "The mood of the Faculty Senate seems to be that this is a move initiated by students expressing a willingness to accept further responsibility and the Senate is willing to accept such a move." Colbert Colbert said, "I think it Is a very forward step in stu dent government, in the gen eral, welfare of the Univer sity as an adult institution of higher education and in the spirit of co-operation between the students and the instruc tional staff." The Tribunal Charter will be returned to the Student Council and the student body for a second time for ap proval or disapproval of the amendment by the Senate. The amendment added "Acting with the consent of the Faculty Senate" to Ar ticle VII, Section 2 of the Charter which read, "Thli Charter can be amended only by the Board of Regents up on recommendation of t h e University Faculty Senate Committee on Student Af fairs." During the discussion, the provision for faculty judges was brought to the attention of the Senate by Raymond Dein, professor of account ing. The Charter stated that the proposed Tribunal should have "two faculty judges who are members of the Faculty Senate." Faculty Voting Dein questioned accepting a policy of faculty members voting with students. He said, "It seems to me highly un wise to get into the position of voting for or against stu dents." Since recommendations by the proposed Tribunal would be subject to the final deci sion of the dean of student affairs, it is possible that the dean might reverse the de cision of the faculty judges. Any embarrassment result ing from such a reversal CGu'.d be avoided, indicated Colbert, by the acceptance of objective attitudes by the Judges, A move by James Miller Jr., chairman of the English department, that the Faculty Senat' strike the phrase Fac ulty Judges whenever it ap pears in the charter and sub stitute Faculty Advisors was defeated. Colbert cited as the types of cases that might conceiv ably come before the Tribun al as those involving liquor, plagiarism, cribbing and gen eral student conduct. I! .'. H j4 ft ... - r 1 ? 1 Mi i i ' r f - J Colbert Hardin Graduation Beckons Tribunal N. U. Tribunal, University senior at large, took another step down the graduation aisle yesterday afternoon. Tri bunal passed its semester exam with flying colors. After four long years at the University, Tribunal is indeed a senior. But will he graduate? The final exam still remains the approval of his degree by the Board of Regents. Tribunal has been a good student and the University administration has respected him for this fact and also for his character and personality. As an underclassman, Tri bunal, like anyone here at the University underwent a lot of study. Many of his en emys considered him a cheat he copied from many of his comrades at other institu tions. One of his best friends is going to Stanford University. This buddy, S.U. Tribunal, is on the national honor roll according to many. N.U. has always looked upon the more educated S. U, (now in his 18th year at college) as an idol, and has tried to follow his ways. Tribunal scholarship is nothing to scoff at either. In a test at the end of the fall semester it got 1,428 ' ques tions right out of 1,845 plac ing it well above University average. Tribunal's friends are look ing forward to his quick graduation. Nurses Plan Workshop The University School of Nursing will hold its fourth annual Workshop on Dynam ics of Teaching March 24-28. Pre-registration indicates that 60-70 nurses will parti cipate in the workshop to be held at the Nebraska Psychi atric Institute in Omaha Guest lecturers at the workshop are from Masschu setts, Pennsylvania, Illinois and New York. They are: Eleanor Bowen, former senior nurse educator in Formosa; Marion Chace, educational director in psy chiatric nursing. Dr. William Hunt, chairman of the De partment of Psychology, Northwestern University and Dr. Esther Lloyd-Jones, Head of the Department of Guid ance and Student Personnel Administration at Teachers College, Columbia University. One of the aims of the course will be demonstration of several types of learning situations by actually involv ing the participants in them. Bizad Schedules Career Session Eldon Thompson, president of the First Trust Co. of Lin coln will be speaker at the Career Session today at 3 p.m. in 303 Social Science. Opportunities for a career in the field of investment will be discussed, according to Raymond DeVries, president of Bizad Council, sponsoring organization. The program has been de signed both for seniors and underclassmen who are as yet uncertain as to what field they will enter, DeVries said. The two previous sessions, both on opportunities in in surance, met with good re sponse, DeVries added. Rag Positions Open Applications are available for news editor and copy ed itor on the Daily Nebraskan staff. They may be picked up in the office of Dr. Robert Cranford, 309 Burnett. Vol. 32, No. 80 Personal - -r ( - iww.s...,...,.. 5 I rr s4 ' " '"' - I ' ' nvm! Y i AUF solicitors Karen Schuster, seated, chairman of the faculty drive and Gretchen Sides, one of her assistants explain the drive to Dr. Robert Sakai, Assistant Professor of History. The faculty drive, which started Monday and ends March 22, has incorporated this year the use of per sonal contacts of all the faculty members in Arts and Sciences. Slip Stick Sessions Scheduled It has been said that an engineer has two brains one in his head, and one that he straps to his belt his slide rule. Several years ago, the En gineering Mechanics depart ment discontinued teaching the use of the slide rule in beginning drawing classes, thus leaving young engineers to learn the secrets of the slip-stick elsewhere. Sigma Tau To remedy this, Sigma Tau, engineering honorary, decid ed to give lessons in t h e slide rule. Circulars were sent around, and 198 persons indicated interest, according to John Ficke, committee member. The classes will last about 6 weeks, with a one hour ses sion each week, Ficke sail. Six sections are scheduled. Registration is still open for these classes. The sec tions are not restricted to en gineering students. "If someone in Teachers College wants to attend, for example, they are welcome," Ficke commented. No Slide Rule He added that persons who attend the classes do not have to own a slide rule. Sig ma Tau will try to arrange for those who do not have slip-sticks to borrow one, he said. No fees are charged for these classes, and no credit is given for them, he added. One hour sessions are scheduled at 4, 5 and 7 p.m. on Mondays, at 4 and 7 p.m. on Tuesdays and at 5 p.m. on Thursdays. Classes will be held in 202 Stout, . Corn Producers Gather Friday The secretary-manager of the Nebraska Crop Improve ment Association, Clare Por ter, will speak at the Nebras ka Hybrid Corn Producers meeting Friday on Ag cam pus. His topic is "Will the Farm er-Seed Corn Producer Sur vive?" Other speakers at the all day meeting will be John Lon- quist, Warren Sahs, E 1 v i n Frohk, Charles Gardner, Neal Shafer, Orrin Webster and August Dreier. These men will discuss various advances in agriculture with particular emphasis on the field of agronomy. must flllSra Approach Dues Of 7,000 Handled Here An assistant professor at the University will handle the funds for a national organiza tion consisting of 7,000 per sons. Mrs. Dorothy Hazel, of the Commercial arts department, is treasurer - elect of the United Business Education Association. The organization, a depart ment of the National Educa tion Association, is designed to aid business teachers, Mrs. Hazel said. Mrs. Hazel will combine her third year as national mem bership chairman with the du ties of UBEA treasurer. NROTC Ups Midshipmen David Crane, Malvern Sea gren, Charles Thompson and John- Landers have been named to new positions in the midshipman battalion of the University Naval ROTC Unit. The University students were named to positions in the new organization by Cap tain T. A. Donovan, USN, Commanding Officer of t h e NROTC Unit and professor of naval science. The four officers and their new ranks: Crane, battalion command er, with rank of midshipman captain. Seagren, battalion execu tive officer, with rank, of mid shipman lieutenant comman der. Thompson and Landers, company commanders, with rank of midshipman lieuten ant. The Naval ROTC academic year is divided into three equal periods for midshipmen student officers. The four named will serve until the end of the spring semester. Dur ing this period they will com mand and lead other midship men in the battalion at all drill formations and other midshipmen activities. Orient Tour Ahead For Nursing Junior Rowenna Richards, a jun ior at the University School of Nursing will travel to the Orient as national vice-president-elect of the Disciples Student Fellowship, young people's organization of the Christian Church. During her year's leave from the school, Miss Rich ards will spend five months of "leadership training" in the Orient. ' Lincoln, Nebraska Higbee, Rogge Lead Grade Race With 9.0 Averages One Hundred Four Follow With First Semester Averages Of 8.0 Or Above One hundred four full-time University students earned grade averages of 8.0 or above for the first .semester of the 1957-58 academic year, Registrar Floyd Hoover an nounced today. Holding the top scholastic averages for the first semes ter are Jacqueline Higbee f Lincoln and D w a i n e W. Rogge of Auburn. Both stu dents had 9.0 averages. Miss Higbee is enrolled in the Col lege of Arts and Sciences and Rogge, the College of Engi neering and Architecture. Undergraduate stu dents with averages of 90-94 per cent and their colleges: Charles Ahrens, Sonia An derson, Keith Anspach, Pa tricia Arnold, Paul Baldwin, Janice Bartling, M u r 1 i n d Beckman, Patricia Bingham, Frederick Bliss, Beverly Buck. Walter Carlson, Lynn Car penter, James Chnstensen; Lab To Give Bagnold Play 'Chalk Garden' Set Thursday, Friday "The Chalk Garden," a play by Enid Bagnold, will be pre sented in the Arena Theatre, Room 303, Temple Building Thursday and Friday at 8 p.m. according to Betty Les ter, director. Miss Lester is directing the play as a thesis production. There will be no admission charge. The story of the play is as follows: An old and over-powering ex-hostess of London society needs a governess to look after her grandaughter. Un wittingly she hires a woman who has only recently be re prieved from a life sentence for murder. The grandmother gardens feverishly and ignorantly as an escape from old age. The grandaughter leads her grandmother by the nose. Over the premises, unseen and chained by a stroke up stairs, there broods the evil influence and faded grandeur of the butler who has known all the magnificence of his employer's life in London. The judge who sentenced the governess comes to lunch and the climax of the play is reached. Nuclear Experts To Debate Tests Nuclear bomb testing will be d e b a t e d by two Nobel Prize winning scientists on KUON-TV, Channel 12, at 7 p.m. today. Dr. Edward Teller, one of the world's foremost" nuclear scientists, will speak for con tinuation of the testing. Dr. Linus Pauling, promin ent physical chemist will pre sent the view that testing should be stopped. Pauling presented a peti tion to the United Nations signed by 9,000 scientists urg ing an immediate halt to the nuclear bomb tests. Teller, along with Dr. Al bert Latter, wrote the article "The Compelling Need for Nuclear Test s," which ap pears in the February 10 is sue of Life magazine. Warren Clary, Marilyn Cof fey, Nancy Coover, Carole Crate, George Eagleton, Thomas Eason, Doris E b y, David Ewert, Larry Ewing. James Foley, John Fristoe, Wilbur Hass, Jerold Heelan, Gary Hergenrader, Shirlie Hutcherson, Robert Ireland, Joanne Ivanoff. Leroy Jack, Jerry Jackson, John Kane, Don Kaufman, Eleanor Kessler, W i 1 1 a r d Kirghorn, Raymond Kjar, Paul Koenig, Elaine Krantz, Karen Krueger. Lois LaRue, M a r c i a Laging, Ronald Lantz, Nor man Larson, Ned Lindsay, Mercedes Lowe, James E. Loyd, Marvin Luebbert, Law rence Luehr, Judith Lundt. David McConahay, John McCourt, Sharon McDonald, William McKie, Robert Marks, William Marten, Vir gil Meedel Robert Meier, Barbara Millnitz, Mary Mol denhauer,. LeRoy Morrissey. John Nelson, Victoria Nuss, Gretchen Paul, Vernon Pers son, Alexander Peters, Pa tricia Porter, Forrest Poska, James Purcell, James Quick, Russell Rasmussen. JoAnn Sander, Harriet Sa ville, Dorothy Schidler, Mary Schmelzer, Michael Smith, Marvin Sporaer, Denis Stack, Dennis Steward, Kar- Econ Cluh Slates Ex NU Professor A former University profes sor will address the Agricul tural Economics Club Thurs day, at 7:30 at Dairy Industry Building. The speaker, Dr. Kristjan Kristjanson, head of Northern Affairs and National Re sources, Dominion of Canada, will talk on water resources and problems. Dr. Kristjanson received his Ph.D. from the University of Wis. He taught at the Univer sity until 1956 at which time he accepted his present position. Underground Groups Remain Extra Legal Activities Include Pi Xi, Red Dots, TNE's By GARY RODGERS Copy Editor Anyone for sub rosas? A sub rosa, in the dictionary of the University of Nebras ka administrators, is t h e term applied to various se cret campus societies. They include the Pi Xis, TNEs (Theta Nu Epsilon) and Red Dots. These organizations have prevailed on the NU cam pus for many years, though the University administra tion has tried their darn est to abolish therm. The undercover organiza tions are banned by a board of regents because of their "secrecy." Dismissal of any student found to be a mem ber is mandatory, accord ing to the regulations. The TNEs were "disband ed" in 1951 when four mem bers were caught in acts of vandalism. At this time the society agreed, in sworn statements, to dissolve per manently in return for the re-admittance of the f o u r suspended brothers. Skull, Crossbones The old TNE skull and corssbones which so long frequented the porches and steps of Greek houses on campus was thus destined Wednesday, March 12, 1958 en Sukovaty, Fred Swaim, Margaret Tatroe, Harry Tol ly, Leo Tyrrell. Gerald Ullrich, Alan Ven nis, Carol Vermaas, Gordon Warner, Gene Watson, Mari Watts, Arthur Weaver, Nor man Weed, Victoria Weeks, Joan Weerts, James Wees, Patricia Weston, Donald Whitney. Richard Wischmeier, Al fred Witte, James Woestman, Richard Woolley, Marion Wright. NU Cow Cops Bovine Quality Bout A registered Holstein cow owned by the University was named "Cornhusker Cow of the Year" Tuesday night at the Nebraska State Dairy man's A s - sociation an- t nual meet- , , ing. The cow, U Found Tris tan Isis 318- Tristan Isis 2282, was selected for her outstanding production and type as well as for her ability to reproduce off spring with these same quali ties. The award is given an nually by the Nebraska Inter-Breed Dairy Council as part of a program to recog nize great cows. She is the daughter of the "Cornhusker Cow of the Year" in 1957. Tristan Isis has completed five lactations which average 588.8 pounds of butterfat. Her daughters average 632, 580, and 625 pounds of butterfat. Two sons have been sold for breeding purposes but are not, as yet, proven. Two University cows also placed first and third respec t i v e 1 y in the "Cornhusker Dams of Production Contest". to disappear. Though occa sionally campus leaders get letters of congratulations marked with the familiar symbol on their election or appointment to some cam pus office, this organization has, it seems, faded away. In its place has sprung the Pi Xis. Started in 1954, the Pi Xis have for their symbol a gold snake with a red dot in the middle of its head, all mounted on a shield of blue enamel. In 1956 two students were exposed as alleged mem bers of Pi Xi and were ex pelled for their underground activities. They were caught early one morning painting on sidewalks on fraternity row. The Pi Xis now meet weekly on Wednesday nights in hotel and motel rooms. Throughout the year they are generally quite peace ful; that is, until just be fore the homecoming cele bration and before either Engineers' day or Ivy Day. Special Police Special men are employed by the University police force each year on these occasions to cope with these organizations. But when Ivy Day rolls around, the Pi Xis inevitably come out to ft t " Ncpalese Concert Sunday Lentz Incorporates East With West A piece based on Nepalesa folk tunes heard by Dr. Don ald Lentz on his trip to the Orient last spring in search of primitive Hindu, Thai, and Indonesia music will be among the numbers featured Sunday afternoon at the an nual Symphonic Band con cert. The program will begin at 3 p.m. in the Student Union ballroom. The public is in vited to attend, and there is no admission charge. Western Adaptation Orlan Thomas, a Lincoln graduate student, will play the Nepalese melodies adapt ed by Conductor Lentz to Western notation and tonality on the English Horn, accom panied by a woodwind en semble. Also featured in the concert as a soloist will be Wesley Reist of Lincoln, instructor of music, who will play Con certo in E Flat for Clarinet, by von Weber. , Professor Lentz said he heard one of the Nepalese melodies early one morning sung by a street singer; the other, he said, was chanted by an old man sitting in the doorway of his home high in the Himalayas to a small child sitting at his feet. First Performance This is the first perform ance of his attempt to inte grate into American music the rhythms and scale sys tem of Oriental music. Other numbers on the pro gram include: Manzoni Requiem, by Verdi; Zanoni, by Creston; Second Hungari an Rhapsody, by Liszt; Hammersmith, by Hoist; and Little Suite from the Opera, Comedy on the Bridge, by Martinu. ASME To Meet "Weapon Reliability" will be the topic discussed tonight at a meeting of ASME at 7:15 in 206 Richards. Speaker is Clyde Myles of the McDonnel Aircraft Cor poration. Nominations will be made for the O. J. Ferguson award. smear their name and sym bol on the sidewalks, porches, wall, benches and doors of nearly every fra ternity and sorority house on the campus. The pranks cost the Uni versity about $150 annually. During 1947 and 1948, how ever, the damage ran to $500. At that time some of the paint ate so deeply into the University memorial columns that it could never be removed. During the year, the Pi Xis settle down to such placid activities as print ing their Pixie Press a document which "discloses" the weaknesses of many University administrators and campus organizations and peaceful little drinking parties with their friends the Red Dots. The Red Dots, under ground women's group, join in the paintig expeditions and leave little "red dots" in the same places the Pi Xis leave their letters and symbols. Many prominent Lincoln and state citizens are re putedly alumni of these "no torious" societies to which undegrariuate members are reportedly selected for their ''leadership" ability.