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Vol. 32, No. 115
AS Profs
To Study
Change
Proposal Grows
Into Full Probe
A proposal that geography
be made one of the substi
tues in the social studies
group requirement Tuesday
grew into a full scale study
of all group requirements in
the College of Arts and Sci
ences. Walter Militzer, dean of
Arts and Sciences, said that
at a meeting Tuesday the col
lege faculty agreed to set up
a committee to study group
requirements for all degrees.
A motion was introduced by
the geography department but
was not voted on because of
a . substitute motion made
by Robert Chasson, chairman
of the physics department, to
broaden the scope of the
study.
No Affect
Any change in the require
ments would not affect stu
dents already enrolled in the
University. The first group
that could be affected by a
requirement revision would
' be students entering in the
fall of 1959, Dean Miltzer said.
The committee to study
group requirements has not
yet been nair;d.
This study will be "chief
Item of business next fall,"
according to Dean Militzer,
Several months ago the pro
posal was first made to make
geography be classified in the
social studies group.
General Study
"This should not be taken
as a turning down of geog
raphy but rather as a step
toward a more general
study," Militzer added.
The Arts and Sciences fac
ulty, he said, considered this
an appropriate time to con
sider the entire curriculum
rather than only one portion
of it.
Dr. Leslie Hewes, chair
man of the geography depart
ment said his department or
iginally submitted a proposal
to make geography one of
the categories under the so
cial studies requirement be
cause most research in ge
ography is a social study.
Most colleges and Universi
ties, he said, classify geogra
phy in this manner.
Masquers
Plan Contest
One-Act Plays
Will Vie For $25
First prize of $25 will be
awarded the winner of t h e
all-University one-act play-
wnting contest which will be
sponsored by Nebraska
Masquers during the next
academic year, according to
Steve Schultz, president.
Complete rules of the con
test, announced today, are as
follows:
1. The contest is open to
any student, faculty member
or employee of the University
of Nebraska.
2. AH plays must be in one
act and must be original, not
translations or adaptations.
If the play has been previous
ly produced, a statement giv
ing the time and place of
presentation should accom
pany the script.
3. Manuscripts must be
typewritten on one side of the
page and securely bound. The
author's name must not ap
pear on the manuscript, but
an entry blank giving name
and address must be placed
in a sealed envelope attached
to the manuscript. Neither
Masquers nor the judges will
assume liability for the loss
o' manuscripts, but every
precaution will be taken to
return them.
4. Any number of plays
may be submitted by an
author.
5. Entries must be mailed
or personally delivered to the
office of University Theatre,
108 Temple, by 5:00 p.m., No-j
vember 14, 1958.
6. Nebraska Masquers re
serve the right to produce,
royalty free, any of the en
tries during ' the academic
year of 1958-59.
Schultz said that judges will
be announced at a later date.
According to the Masquers'
presidsnt, three prhes will be
awarded with a $25 prize for
first place. I
Lincoln,
NJJ Facelifting May
Temporaries To Go; Crass To Grow
When the student returns to the Univer
sity next fall, what changes in the face of
the campus can he expect to see?
Carl A. Donaldson, business manager of
the University, forecasts the following.
Landscape
The green area in front of the admini
stration building will be landscaped to
blend with the area in front of the library.
Temporary A should be missing and the
old student health building gone. In their
place will be temporary parking facilities
plus a strip in the middle of the mall,
landscaped to blend with the area run
ning from the library to the carillon tower.
The old pharmacy building located south
of the' girls P. E. building is due to come
down this fall.
"The old green monster" as Donaldson
described the temporary building north of
Outstanding Nebraskan:
Sew Nominations Boost
Nine Students, Teachers
Nomination of two faculty
members and seven students
has brought the final tally of
Outstanding Nebraskan nomi
nees to five faculty members
and ten students.
I The award is presented
each semester to a faculty
member and a student who
have made. outstanding con
tributions to the University.
New Nominations
Letters of nominations were
Degrees With Distinction
Differ in Each College
Standard Requirements Nonexistent;
Deans Offer SeverrI Explanations
Requirements for seniors to
graduate with honors (distinc
tion or high distinction) vary
widely from college to col
lege.
Dr. Walter Militzer, dean of
the College of Arts and Sci
ences, said that he wasn t too
sure why the requirements
had never been standardized
At one time the requirements
for a student to graduate with
honors included personality
traits, service and interest
with less emphasis on schol
arship, Militzer commented.
Shifting Emphasis
"But the emphasis' has
gradually shifted to rest al
most entirely on scholarship,"
he said.
Some colleges have made
this shift to a great degree,
others to a lesser degree.
This could be one reason why
the standards among colleges
vary, he explained.
Dr. Frank Henzlik, dean of
Teachers College, said that he
believed the reason require
ments had never been stand
ardized was that the differ
ence in qualifications for a
senior to deserve graduating
with honors varied widely
from college to college.
"In our college we require
that a student have high
grades at least an 8 in
practice teaching and that the
student show professional
promise," he stated.
This would not be appli
cable to other colleges, Henz
lik commented.
All colleges require that a
senior have "high scholar'
ship" but what this standard
consists of differs from col
lege to college.
In the college of medicine,
the student must usually
stand in the upper ten per
cent of his class". He must
have performed some original
research and be recommend
ed by the department in
which the original work was
done.
A senior in Pharmacy must
have earned at least 60 hours
of credit in residence. He
must prepare a paper on a
topic in one field of pharma
ceutical science which must
be approved by the' Commit
tee on Degrees with Distinc
tion in order to graduate with
high distinction.
Advisers Recommend
Teachers College requires
that a student have the rec-
Cosmo Elections
Cosmopolitan Club will
have elections for executive
officers for first semester of
1958-59 today at 7:30 p.m. in
Union Parlor A, according to
Ken Ackbareli, president.
Nebraska
received Tuesday for faculty
members Lane Lancaster,
professor of political science
and Robert Knoll, associate
professor of English and stu
dents Keith Gardner, Nancy
toover, Helen uourlay, Ar
thur Weaver, Nancy Cope'
land, Gary Reimers and Glen
Anderson.
Previously nominated were
faculty members Ferris Nor
ris, chairman of the electrical
ommendation of his major ad
viser and of the Committee
on Degrees with Distinction
i n i s recommendation is
based upon the candidate's
high scholarship, culture, pro-
lessional promise and person
ality traits.
Both the College of Busi
ness Administration and the
College of Agriculture require
that a student have at least
60 hours of credit in residence
and that he stand in the upper
six per cent of his class.
A student in Arts and Sci
ences who has a grade av
erage of at least 6.5 at the
middle of his junior year and
has completed at least two
semesters in residence may
register for the honors course
(199) in his senior year.
If two members of his ma
jor department recommend
for distinction his thesis and
if he passes a comprehensive
examination in his major
subject, the Committee on De
grees with Distinction will
consider the. thesis, the ex
amination and his academic
record as a basis for can
didacy with distinction.
The Committee may also
recommend candidates for
distinction on the basis of
over-all excellence in their
course work. On this basis,
no more than five per cent
of the graduating class may
receive degrees with distinction.
Mandel, Shapiro Plays Ready
Philosophy, Giance Feature Experinient9'
Theatre-goers attending
Howell Memorial Theatre
this weekend wijl view pro
ductions by the experiment
al theatre, written by two
University professors, which
have never before been
staged.
Karl Shapiro's "A Tele
scope for the Emperor
and Dr. Oscar Mandel's
"The Molecules" will be
presented Thursday and
Friday at 8 p.m.. .
Admission will be 50 cents.
No seats will be reserved.
Philosophy
"A philosophical thriller,"
was the description given
by Dr. Mandel of his play.
"Almost like a who-done-it,"'
Mandel said. The
play concerns the murder
of an American major be
hind enemy lines in Italy
during World War II."
The play snows that you
can get killed whether you
are on the winning or the
losing side.
"Life of an individual is
a matter of chance whereas
history is a matter of cause
Wednesday, May 21, 1958
Surprise
Architectural Hall is to meet the fate of
Ellen Smith.
"Student health should be in full opera
tion and pharmacy ready to roll," the bus
iness manager said.
The average student will have quite a
surprise, he commented, at the progress
on the Union. The "exterior skin", should
be finished before cold weather.
Ag Views
. On Ag campus, a landscaped and grassy
area around the dorms should make the
view more attractive. l)
The new biochemistry building is hoped
to be in full operation.
The element of doubt that lingers with
forecasts was expressed by Donaldson
when he said, "Bring back those predic
tions next fall and let me check the
score." ?
engineering department; Ray
Frantz, professor of English;
Frank Sevigne, track coach;
and James Reinhardt, profes
sor of criminology; and stu
dents Dave Keene, Dick An
drews, and Jack Pollock.
The letter nominating Lane
Lancaster states he is "a rec
ognized authority in the field
of local government" who
"has a grand manner in
class.
Retiring chairman of the
political science department
and first recipient of the Dis
tinguished Teaching award,
Lancaster "encourages stu
dents to teach themselves and
to think-issues out."
Dr. Robert Knoll, associate
professor of English,
was nominated because "he
is interested in student af
fairs." The letter states "he is easy
to go to for counseling and
understanding" and "by serv
ing on such various campus
activities as Pub Board and
student council, he has shown
the students that he takes a
sincere interest in their ac
tivities." World Champion
Track ace Keith Gardner
received nomination because,
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Last Call Issued
To Applicants
For Rag Posts
Applications for positions
on the paid staff of the
Daily Nebraskan should be
turned in to 310 Burnett by
5 p.m. Thursday, according
to Robert Cranford, adviser.
Interviews for the fall
staff will begin at 9 a.m.
Saturday.
Positions open and the
monthly salaries of each
are: editor, $85; managing
editor, $65; senior staff writ
er, $65; sports editor, $45;
three staff writers, $35; four
copy editors, $35; business
manager, $60 and three as
sistant business managers,
$20 plus commissions.
Interviews will be held in
the Union Faculty Lounge.
and effect," he said. "Des
tiny is completely erratic."
Explaining the choice of
the title for the play, the
English professor said,
"The individual himself is
a molecule; the way he
goes is determined by
chance."
Second Play
The play is the second of
Dr. Mandel's to be present
ed at the University. His
"Garden of Asclepius"
played at University theatre
last year.
"A Telescope for the Em
peror" is the first play writ
ten by Karl Shapiro.
Two historical incidents
forming one of the para
doxes of history is the
play's basis.
The detention camps for
Japanese Americans which
were set up in the United
States during the period aft
er 1941 is the scene for one
part of the play.
Admiral Perry's expe
ditions to Japan in, 1853
form the second part of the
play.
SC Committee Issues
Social Clarification
Husker Handbook Will Publish Rules;
Freed Hopes for Separate Printing
A thre.epage compilation of social conduct rules for students will be presented to the
Student Council today.
The report was requested earlier this year when council member Ken Freed introduced
a motion to codify and clarify the rules governing social conduct.
The findings of the Council social committee, consisting of Freed, Dwaine Rogge and
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Conduct Code
The Board of Regents hit established
the following bsic policy on student
conduct;
"Student! are expected to obey the
laws of ihe State anU Nation, to conduct
themselves in accordant with th rulea
of morality and decency which obtain
in well-ordered communities, and to
refrain from any conduct injurious to
the guod name of the University."
Student who conduct themselves ac
cording to the slandarJs which reflect
the ethical and mora! concepts of their
family and their relisrinn rarely find
that they hive violated the code of the
University.
Some of the areas of conduct with
which you ar expected to be familiar
are:
Honesty in course work. Dishonesty or
cheating ia regarded as a serious viola
tion of the University code.
Destruction of property. The destruction
or defacement of property including
equipment and library bonks Is a viola
tion of law as well as the University
code.
Rioting or brawling. Rioting or brawl
ing is a violation of law and lha Uni.
versily code.
Jcohouc beverages. The purchase pos
session, or consumption of alcoholic
beverages by minors, or the possession
of alchotic beverages on Slate property
is a vioiauon ot law nd me university
code. The possession ur constimotion of
alcoholic beverages in student residences
and at all scial functions of University
organizations or groups is a violation of
the University code.
Library regulations. Failure to ob
serve library regulations or to pay fines
a violation ot lite university code.
Parking regulations. Failure to observe
parking and traffic regulations and to
pay fines it violation of the Univer
sity code.
penalties
Disciplinary action includes expulsion.
suspension, conduct probation, and con
duct probation, and conduct warning.
An expelled student is not permitted
to re-enter the University. A suspended
student may be readmitted according
to the terms of the suspension.
A student may forfeit other ramouR
privileges, such as the use of parking
areas, use of the library, and possession
of a student ticket to athletic events,
depending upon the nature of the case.
All violations of civil law may result
in the University taking additional dis
ciplinary action if the student's conduct
Gamma Sigma Delta:
Burt Nabs Senior Award;
Ag Society Picks Initiates
Oscar Burt will receive the
Senior Scholarship Certificate
for posting the highest grade
average among Ag College
seniors.
Burt's average is 8.222.
He will be recognized by
Gamma Sigma Delta, agricul
tural honor society, Thursday
at its initiation ceremonies.
Scholarship Winner
He is a member of Alpha
Zeta, agricultural undergrad
uate scholastic fraternity and
a major in agricultural eco
nomics. He held the Farmers
National scholarship last year
and the Stewart Memorial
scholarship this year.
Also to be honored at the
banquet are Dr. Frank Du
ley, professor of agronomy,
and Dr. Robert Goss, dean
emeritus of the Graduate Col
lege. Both will receive awards
of merit in recognition of out
standing service to agricul
ture. Dr. Adam Breckenridge,
dean of faculties, will be the
principal speaker at the ban
quet and program to be held
at the City Union Thursday
at 6 p.m.
New Initiates
The following seniors, who
ranked in the upper 15 per
cent of their class scholasti
cally, will be initiated into the
society:
Burt, Warren Clary, Ken
neth Eng, Eldon Ervin, Wil
liam Howard, Andris Klein
hofs, Newell Kollath, Delbert
Kuhlman, John Lawless,
Clemens Otten, Otto Shippo
reit, Dennis Sedlak, Don Sil-
The style of the play was
influenced by the Japanese
noh, called by Shapiro "one
of the supreme Creations of
dramatic art."-
Directing "The Mole
cules" will be Dr. Charles
Raymond Lown, assist
ant professor of speech and
dramatic art.
Casts
Members of the cast in
clude Charles Weatherford;
Clifford S o u b i e r ; John
Wendstrand, University
graduate; James Copp;
William Aksamit; James
Armstrong; Al Hotaling,
producer-director of in
' school television for KUON
TV; and Leo Fehlhafer.
Len Schopfer, graduate stu
dent in speech, will direct
"A Telescope for the Em
peror". University students who
are members of the cast
are Schropfer, John Hall,
Gary Miller, Steve .Schulz,
Bonna Tebo, William Lar
son, Phillip Nelson, Judy
DeVilbiss and Beth Harrison.
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does not live up to the University's
vuue w cunwci.
Eligibility
By action of the University Senate
student on conduct probation has his
privileges restricted. This automatically
includes forfeiture of his eligibility for
participation in extra-curricular activ
ities. The classification of these activities
is:
1. Intercollegiate teams, such as
a. Athletic teams
b. Departmental teams, such as
d.iiry, etc.
c. Debate
2. Public presentations, such aa
a. (1) Departmental sponst red events
other than those which are re
quired fur credit In the course.
(2) Those events in which stu
dents are singled out for spe
cial recognition as the result
of competition.
b. Stuncnt sponsored events such as
contests for the selection of an
outstanding student. Kings.
Uueeh. etc.
J. All-University activities, such as
a. Senior Societies
b. Publications personnel
c. Pep Clubs
d. Student Council
e. A.W.S.
f. Class officers
4. Individual ( olleco Activities, such as
a. Aer. Executive Board
b. Coil..gri-Fun
v. Engineers Committee
d. Farmers Fair Board
e. Law Review Personnel
5. Other activities as specified by the
Committee on Student Affairs.
The eligibility requirements do not ap
ply to participation that is declared by
a departmental chairman to be an in
tegral part of the curricular activities
involved in course.
Procedures
The dlscipling of the students Is the
responsibility of the Division of Student
AJfpirs. This department refers some of
its disciplinary problems to the Student
Tribunal, which is a student court com
posed of seven students and two faculty
judges. Then the Tribunal recommends
to the Division of Student Affairs what
disciplinary action should be taken.
The Division of Student Affairs is very
eager to assist students in 'inderstanding
the University conduct code and its op
eration. If you have any questions, you
one of the members of the staff of the
snouia teel tree to discuss litem with
Division.
hacek, Robert Weimer, Leland
Wittier, Paul Yeutter, Joseph
Proskovec, Arthur Zech and
Jerry Medley.
Graduate students who will
oe initiated into the group
are: Roland -Anderson, Fred
erick Cox, Melvin McKnight,
Paul Rosenberry, Donald San
der and Himansu Copal Sen.
Faculty members who will
be initiated are:
Clifford Ashburn, Leon Ax
thelm, Duane Loewenstein,
Walter Spilker and Phillip
Sutton, all from the Agricul
tural Extension Service; Nor
man Underdahl, staff mem
ber; George Young, chairman
of the department of animal
pathology; Ellen Moorhead,
plant pathology and John Ad
ams, poultry husbandry de
partment chairman.
Dean Lancaster, assist
ant manager of the Nebraska
Crop Improvement Asso
ciation, will be initiated as an
alumnus of the University.
Music Society
Will Initiate 8
Eight initiates of Pi Kappa
Lambda, national music so
ciety, will be named today at
4 p.m. in Social Sciences au
ditorium. They are: Carol Asbury,
Duane Booth, Walter Carlson,
Gloria King, Shirley Munson,
Yvonne Ross, Frank Shaugh
nessy and Elaine Unterseher.
The program will feature
"Etude, Opus 25, No. 12" by
Chopin, Miss Unterseher, pi
ano; "Prepare Thyself Zion"
by Bach, Miss Asbury, con
tralto and Miss Ross, piano;
"Sonata for Piano and Vio
lin" by Franck, Miss King,
piano, Mr. Carlson, violin.
Burr Hall Elects
Jon Peterson
Jon Peterson, sophomore in
Agriculture, has been select
ed president of Burr Hall,
! men's dorimtory on Ag Cam
pus.
Other new officers of Burr
Hall for the 1958-59 school
year are Gary Hergenrader,
vice-president, Roy Smith,
secretary, Eugene Eubanks,
athletic chairman, Gary Aten,
scholastic chairman, Ernest
Thompson, social chairman!
and Harold Rosenkotter, ac
tivity chairman.
French Government
To Honor 7 Students
Seven University students
will be honored Friday by the
French government for their
outstanding achievements in
the study of the French lan
guage. Dean Walter Militzer of Arts
and Sciences will present the
awards at a 4 p.m. tea in 321
Burnett.
I - The original resolution to
modify the rules, presented
to the Council Feb. 26, read
in part:
"Whereas the only declar
ation of policy is contained in
the Rules of the Board of Re
gents, chapter three, section
seven stating students are to
conduct themselves in accord
ance with the rules of moral
ity and decency which obtain
in well-ordered communities,
and to refrain from any con
duct injurious to the good
name of the University.
"Therefore, be it resolved,
"That the University of Ne-
Courtesy Journal-Star Printing Ce,
Rogge Chapman
braska's Division of Student
Affairs clarify and codify the
rules of social conduct per
taining to the students of the
University."
'Whim or What'
Freed, who on March 19
was quoted as saying students
don't know whether its "whim
or what" that determines the
administration of social and
conduct probation, said Tues
day he is satisfied with the
codification "for the time
being.
"Eventually I hope to see
something like other univer
sities have. Pamphlets are
put out at many schools that
outline social rules," he said,
said.
This would be his idea of
the next logical step here,
he indicated.
A separate listing of the
conduct rules will be printed
as well as appearing in the
handbook, according to Gary
Frenzel, council vice-p r e s i
dent. The council social commit
tee met with Dean Phillip
Colbert, Dean Helen Snyder
and Dean Frank Hallgren in
working out the list.
The codification is "just an
interpretation of the state
ment by the Board of Re
gents," Colbert said. It will
not require passage by any
faculty group since it is solely
a way of explaining the rules
to students, he said.
The codification Is "just an
ment by the Board of Re
gents," Colbert said. It will
not require passage by any
faculty group since it is soley
a way of explaining the rules
to students, he said.
'Improvement'
"It is an improvement, cer
tainly," Miss Snyder said.
She agreed that it would be
beneficial to students to have
the information on rules gov
erning their behavior more
available to students.
It would be better to distri
bute the Husker Handbook
more widely rather than have
a separate printing," M i 1 1
Snyder said.
"I do feel that you can't get
too detailed in a thing like
that (the codification). Each
law has different interpreta
tions," she added.
She pointed out that in civil
and criminal law, most of
the laws are sufficiently
broad to allow a large group
of cases to fall under it. The
same, she said, is true with
the rules governing student
behavior.
Ileuermann Nabs
Home Ec Post
Alma Heuermann, Love
Hall sophomore, has been se
lected new president of the
Nebraska State Home Eco
nomics Association, College
Club Division.
Miss Heuermann will take
over her duties next year
from the presiding president,
Marilyn Jensen, Love Hall
junior. The state meeting of
the association will be held
in Lincoln next year, Nina
Herndon, publicity chairman
said.
A hat making demonstra
tion and lesson will feature
the final Home Economics
Club meeting Thursday at 4
p.m. in the Ag Union Lounge.
Doris Cunningham will be the
demonstrator.
Miss Herndon urged all
Home Ec Club members to
attend.
