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By Gretchea Sides
The most Important
question in the Middle East
today ij under whose aus
pices the coming inevita
ble change it going to take
place, Prof. Yahya Arma
jani, a native of Iran, told
several University classes
Friday.
"Change Is the byword.
The people of the Middle
fast believe anything
would be better than to
day," the professor from
Mc&lester College in St.
Paul said.
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OUTSTANDING THETA SIG of the year, Sharon McDonald, receives a certificate from
Dr. William Hall, director of the University School of Journalism. At right is Mrs. Lois
WOle of the Chicago Daily News, guest speaker at the annual Matrix Banquet held Sat
urday, Cornhusher Editor Is Chosen
Again, Top Theta Sigma Phi
Spring Day
Chair
men
Needed
Rules Talked Over
At Chairmen Meet
Each organization desiring
to participate in the 1959
, Spring Day celebration must
appoint a house Spring Day
chairman.
These chairmen will meet
for the first time on April 13
to discuss the rules and parti
cipating c o n d i tions of the
competition. At these meet
ings, all awards will be ex
plaiaed along with several
changes in t h i s year's pro
gram.
Spring Day Is scheduled for
, May 1, beginning at 1 p.m.
The administration has dis
missed afternoon classes for
the occasion.
Present plans can lor a
Spring Day barbeque after
the games.
The winners of each compe
tition will be announced at
soon as they are known as
usual, said Bob Paine, com
petition chairman of Spring
Day. However, Paine said,
this year all trophies win be
awarded at the intermission
f the Union-sponsored street
dance to be held in the even
ing. Last year several trophies
were stolen during the excite
ment of the Spring Day
events.
Japan Subject
Of Econ Talk
Dr. George Kleiner, Uni
versity of Illinois professor of
Economics, will speak at a
seminar 3 p.m. today in 212
Social Sciences.
Kleiner, who has Just re
turned from a year's teaching
at the Imperial University, in
Tokyo, will diect'ss "Japan's
Economic Growth and Her
Balance of International Pay
ments." Kleiner Is an eminent au
thority on international trade
and finance. He was formerly
an economist for the federau
Reserve Banks of the Unit
ed States.
Officers Installed
By
Townc Club
New Towne Club officers
have been installed.
Joan Schultz is president.
Other new officers are:
Mary Stastny, vice presi
dent; Colleen Woulf, secre
tary; Arlene Cook, treasurer;
Pat CDelL social chairman;
Rosalie Jacobs activities
chairman; and Linda Mueck,
historian.
thing Would Be Better In
This is why, Armajanl
said, some experts on the
Middle East say the peo
ple will follow anyone who
is sincere, that they will
follow anyone who is
leader.
This could explain some
of Nasser's appeal since
Nasser is a strong leader,
Armajani added.
"Every Arab and Turk
has four problems what to
keep and what to reject of
the past and what to keep
and what to reject of the
Western civilization."
For the second consecutive
year, an editor of the Corn-
husker has been named out
standing member of Theta
Sigma Phi.
Sharon McDonald, senior in
Teachers, was announced
Saturday as the Outstanding
Theta Sig at the group s an
nual Matrix Banquet Last
year's winner was Beverly
Buck Pollock, who edited the
1957-58 Cornhusker.
Speaker at the banquet,
which drew a sell-out crowd of
150 Nebraska newspapermen
and students, was Lou Wille
of the Chicago News.
Presentations were made to
winners of a yearly contest to
pick the Woman Journalist of
the Year in both the daily
and weekly fields.
Nancy Benjamin Ray of the
Lincoln Star was awarded a
plaque as the Woman Journal
ist of the Year in the DaUy
Division. Mrs. Lilas Thomas
of the Keith County News took
the honors in the weekly field.
Miss McDonald, Outstand
ing Theta Sig of the Year, is
vice president of that organ
ization. She is member of Mor
tar Board, Pi Lambda Theta
and Kappa Kappa Gamma.
In making the presentation
of a plaque to Miss McDonald,
Dr. William Hall, director of
the school of journalism,
praised women students of the
school.
Parade Miss
Is Possible
Navy Cadet
Need Capacity
NROTC students who must
participate in an "official ca
pacity' in the Ivy Day cele
bration will be excused from
marching with the Navy unit
in the Centennial parade May
2.
Capt. J. R. Hansen, head of
the Nebraska unit, said, "We
will decide each case on an
individual basis. We are not
going to interfere in any part
of the Ivy Day program.
Several students raised the
question of conflicting sched
ules requiring them to partici
pate in Ivy day and the par
ade at the same time.
According to MaJ. F. T.
Bockoven of the Army ROTC
unit, the army men are par
ticipating on a volunteer basis
and thus there is no problem
of schedules.
The NROTC Batallion was
informed earlier that all mid
shipmen "would march" in
the parade.
Vo-Ag Judging
Begins Thursday
The forty-first annual Vo
Ag Judging Contest will be
held at the Ag Campus start
ing Thursday.
Future Farmers of Ameri
ca students from 141 Nebras
ka high 'schools will partici
pate in the event.
Faculty members in vari
ous departments will conduct
the contests.
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This confusion and great
desire for change are part
of the nationalism of the
Middle East, he said.
Another Ingredient of
their nationalism is ex
treme pride in their past
"The weight of history is
upon the shoulders of the
people of the Middle East"
And it is not so much
that they are proud of the
past but that they want to
forget the present It is ex
tremely frustrating to
them, Armajani said.
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'Checker9 Gone;
So Is Prof s Tie
"You'll have to forgive
me for coming to class half
dressed." Robert SakaL associate
professor of history, stood
before his 8 o'clock class,
his white shirt neatly but
toned at the collar, a neck,
tie conspicuously missing.
Tve heard of this hap
pening to people," be con
tinued. "Yon see, my wife b est
of town this week, and there
was nobody to check me as
I left,"
Red Cross Asks
Liaison Help
The Red Cross College Unit
has asked all living units end
organized houses on campus
to elect a person to serve as
a liaison between the group
and the Red Cross Board.
Each person would be re
sponsible for keeping a list
including house talent, per
sons with First Aid and Water
Safety Instructors certificates
and persons owning cars who
would volunteer to drive for
Red Cross.
Prep Debate Tournament
'Colleagues' Scan Files,
Judges Scrawl Criticism
By John Hoerner
Four-bit words like "dema
goguery" and "pedagogy"
were mingled with technical
jargon as aeDaiers irom a
high schools met in ui an
nual State Tournament this
week end.
Attentive judges scrawled
comments concerning "clash"
and tie "trap" as the ora
torical high schoolers dis
cussed: "Resolved: that we should
adopt. the essential features
of the British system of edu
cation."
Various rounds filled 25
rooms of Social Science Fri
day afternoon as the week
end meet got underway ..Each
team had the chance to de
bate both the affirmative and
negative sides of the question
during the preliminary
rounds.
Colleagues '
In a regulation debate round
the teams consist ' of two
members each who refer to
each other tenderly as "my
colleague."
One team takes the affirma
tive and the other the nega
tive. The first affirmative
talks for 10 minutes and then
the first negative takes np
the challenge. The second af
"They have a great to
feriority complex," Whea
three or four Arabs of Per
sians are togethery they
complain of how bad the
situation in their country is
but they are haughty and
belligerent to foreigners la
order to cover up this feel
ing, he explained.
The Middle East Is like a
house with four wings, Tur
key, Saudi Arabia, Iran
and Egypt The other coun
tries form the central pat
io, Armajani said.
Vol. 33, No. 88
Adminy tvr Pull All
B
ack
Campaign Forecast: Hot
Council Opens
Filings Today
Filings for Student Council
college representatives
open today, thus preparing
the way for what promises to
be a more heated campaign
than the campus has seen re
cently.
Actioa by the Council March
18 lifted some of the restric
tions from campaigns, allow
ing more publicity by candi
dates. Requirements
Requirements for applicant:
are as follows:
Candidate must have com
pleted at least one semester
at the University and be in
his second, third, fourth or
fifth semester at the time of
filing.
He nasi In a boas file
member of the college lie
wishes to represent.
He shall have a minimum
Williams May Bo
Alumni Head
Alan H. Williams, a 1928
graduate from ScottsMuff , has
been nominated for the Uni
versity Alumni Association
presidency, according to
Ralph Kiplinger, chairman of
the nominating committee.
Other candidates for Asso
ciation offices are:
Robert Dobson, a 1931
graduate from Lincoln for
first vice president; Mrs. Gale
Davis, a 1331 graduate for
second vice president; and
Milton Ebers, a 1934 grad
uate from Fremont, for mem-ber-at-large
of the executive
committee.
Odd-numbered legislative
districts will elect directors
for a two year term.
firmative and then the .sec
ond negative follow.
Following this contest each
team member is given five
minutes in which to refute the
arguments of the opposing
team.
Sometimes the presentation
of evidence pro and con is
fired so thick and fast that
one migjt think it was a
mass card reading contest
The debater's card which
reside in his precious file box
give ready information to sup
port or deny whatever is ap
propriate at the time. Maga
zines both popular and schol
arly seem to be the main
source of material.
The affirmative debaters
brought out -many startling
statistics about "frill" courses
in fishing, etc One school,
it was reported, gave a full
credit course in "just plain
living."
One survey pointed cut by
the affirmative s'jowed that
18 per cent of the students in
one high school' didn't know
the number of months in a
year. (
U.S. Leading?
The negatives fired back
with evidence that the U.S.
was leading the world. Edu
cation is not for tha sciaotisU
Each wing has an en
trance to the central patio
but Turkey and Iran have
doors to other resources,
he added. But in Saudi
Arabia and in Egypt both
countries have always ex
panded to the north.
"And it is almost an ax-,
iom, that any power which
has had control of the cen
ter part has conquered
Saudi Arabia and Egupt
"Nasser knows enough of
history to realize this. And
he feels that if anybody is
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The Daily
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Door Hustling Out
cumulative average of 3.0.
(For Law College candidates,
only pre-law grades shall be
considered.)
Rales
Regular University rules
shall govern in determining
a candidate's eligibility.
Applications may be picked
np at the office of the Dean
of Student Affairs at the Ad
ministration Building.
The filing will continue
throughout the week, ending
Saturday noon.
Apportionments
The apportionments of rep
resentatives from the eight
colleges are the same as last
year with the exception of
Arts and Science College and
Law College.
This year, Law College has
one representative; last year
it was not represented. Arts
amd Sciences added one more
representative this year,
bringing the total to three
persons. s
Teachers College may have
three (at least one man and
one woman); Business Admin
istration and Architecture,
three; Agriculture, two (one
man and one woman); Phar
macy College, one. Of the
three representatives from
Arts and Sciences, at least
one must be a woman and
one a man.
Games Workers
Spring Day workers are
needed to assist with Spring
Day games, according to Bob
Paine, competition chairman.
Application blanks may be
picked up this week in the
Union lobby..
and the mathematicians, they
maintained.
We need a well balanced
populace, not a bunch of "sci
entific supermen," they said.
Also attacked by the nega
tive was the British system
of testing students at the age
of 11 and then placing them
into three classes for educa
tion. "Sheep, goats and dogs,
one debater called it
The judges. University de
baters, listened carefully to
the arguments before writ
ing decisions and ratings of
the team members.
Judges Pencil
Judges penciled notes rang
ing from casual correction to
caustic criticism as remarks
such as "read the qualifica
tions for the quote first" and
"you pace like a hungry lion"
were seen.
The winning team, Lincoln
Southeast received a trophy
from the Nebraska High
School Activities Association,
sponsors of the tourney.
A chance to attend the na
tional debate tournament in
Miami also went to the win
ners. Prof. Donald Olson, Uni
versity debate director, was
in charge of the tournament
arr&ngexae&ls.
Middle Eas
going to rule it should be
him," Prof. Armajani said.
Referring to Israel,
which he said was not a
problem to the Turks or to
Iran, Armajani said that
the rest of the middle east
ern people feel that Europe
made the Arabs pay for
what Europe did to the
Jews.
"Nearly one million Ar
abs are homeless," he said.
The refugees have the
right to go back to their
land or to be compensated
Nebraskan
This spring the familiar
early morning lines waiting
outside the M and N building
and the eager students hustl
ing in through the back door
will be missing.
No one except the adminis
tration will pull cards.
The revised registration
system which provides that
the registrar's office will
pull cards for all students
on the basis of class priority
will go into effect for the
first time this spring.
Order
Cards will be pulled accord
ing to hours earned as of Feb,
2, 1959, and the order in which
worksheets are received.
The new plan was worked
out by the Student Council
registration committee and
the registrar's office.
Students will see their ad
visors, as usual between May
4 and May 15 After this, the
change begins.
Cards Pulled
Following advisor appoint
ments, students will take their
worksheets to the Registrar's
office, room 208 Administra
tion, where the cards will be
pulled for them.
Junior Division worksheets
win be sent by the advisor to
the college counselor, then to
Scrip Entries
Due Today
Manuscripts are now being
accepted for the May issue
of "Scrip," according to ed
itor Steve Schultz.
Undergraduates wishing to
submit manuscripts may
leave them in the envelope
outside office 205, Andrews,
or at tlia Phi Kappa Psi
house in care of Schultz.
They should be received by
today. '
"As ttsual we are Inter
ested In any kind of student
writing," Schultz said.
"We would particularly like
to see something of a type
we have never published be
fore, such as play scripts or
art criticism," he said.
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TOM COOPER, Lincoln Southeast debater, expresses him
self on pros and cons of U.S. and British educational sys
tems at the Nebraska High School Debate Tournament
held at the University Friday. Cooper and teammate Suzy
Moffitt won first place in the contest for their high schooL
The trophy was the third straight championship for South
east and the right to compete in the national champion
ships at Miami went with it Cooper and Moffitt won seven
out of eight; rounds.
for it but Israel doesnl ac
cept this, Armajani said.
Armajani, who is direct
or of the Middle East Area
Studies program for four
Minnesota colleges, spoke
on KUON-TV.
He served as a liason of
ficer between the Ameri
can army and the Persian
government during World
War II.
Recently Dr. Armajani
traveled in Ira- for a
year's study and last sum
mer he traveled in Russia.
Monday, April 6, 1959
Cards,
the Junior Division Office
which will process the work
sheets and send them to the
Registrar's office.
Seniors and juniors should
turn their worksheets in to tfla
registrar's between the hours
of 8 a.m. and 5 p.m., May 18;
sophomores. May 19; fresh
man, May 20. Late worksheets
will be accepted May 2L
Late
After May 21 students must
wait until June 8 to register
for the summer sessions, and
September 9 for the fall se
mester. Alternative courses should
be listed according to pref
erence (except for seniors
with no alternatives) so that
the registrar's office can pull
those cards if necessary.
Students who know their
work schedule should so indi
cate on the worksheet, giving
name, address, and telephone
of employer so that considera
tion may be given and the
employer consulted.
Similarly, inter collegiate
athletes should indicate time
involved. This will be checked
with the athletic office.
Top Regent
Is Fined
Swanson Admits
Drunk Driving
Clarence E. Swanson, presi-
dent of the Board of Regents,
Saturday was fined $100 and
had his driving privileges
suspended for six months
after pleading guilty to a
charge of drunk driving.
Swanson, 61, of 2633 So.
24th, appeared in Lincoln
Municipal Court on a charge
arising from a Wednesday
night incident m wmcn his
car was involved in a collision
with a taxi.
Swanson, who also is presU
dent o f Hovland-Swanson,
earlier had been booked,on an
open charge.