The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current, April 29, 1959, Image 1

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17 -Election Monday-
BizAdf9 Engin College
Candidates Tell Views
(Editor's note In an effort
to encourage intelligent vot
ing the Nebraskan is running
a series of articles explaining
the background of the Stu
dent Council candidates, their
views on important issues
and election platforms. State
ments of more than 50 words
turned in by candidates have
been condensed with the
meaning retained.)
Business
Administration
Two representatives will be
elected.
Barbara Barker, a sopho
more, is a member of Alpha j
Fhi, Builders Board and the
Cornhusker Staff. She is a
member of Phi Chi Theta
and Gamma Alpha Chi hon
oraries. Cumulative average 6.8.
.Miss Barker said that a
program should be instigat
ed through Student Council to
correct the definite lack of
cooperation existing between
the University administration
and the student body and pro
vide grounds for improved
inter-University cooperation.
Jacqueline Collins, a soph
omore, is a member of Alpha
Omicron Pi, Union Board,
Builders and is a Union com
mittee chairman. She is a
member of Phi Chi Theta
honorary.
Cumulative average 6.2.
Miss Collins said that Stu
dent Council action should re
ceive more publicity before
action is taken. She feels sug
gestions from various Biz Ad
organizations would be help
ful in presenting opinions to
the Council.
Darrell Frenzel, no infor
mation received.
Lowell Hansen, a sopho
more, is a member of Sig
ma Alpha Epsilon and Young
Republicans.
Cumulative average 5.9.
Hansen said, "I firmly bt
lieve the student is on the
short end of a stick being
held by the administration
and IFC interests. Agreed,
these other interests are im
portant, but not to the ex
treme that they are now. This
is why I'm running for Stu
dent Council"
Larry Kil strop, a sopho
more, is a member of Phi
Gamma Delta, Builders
board, Young Republicans
and is IFC outstate rush
chairman. j
Cumulative average 6.2. j
Kilstrup wishes to increase
the freedom of individual
students to conduct their af
fairs with a minimum of ad
ministrative restraints and
increase the responsibility of
student representatives to the
groups they represent
Dick Newman, a sopho
more, is a member of Sigma
Chi, Alpha Kappa Psi, Build'
ers and the Varsity Tennis
team.
Cumulative average 7.6.
To Newman, the Student
council represents a means
of student cooperation with
the administration. This co
operation does not indicate
being a puppet of the admin
istration but cooperation to
solve the problems of both
sides.
Engineering
Three representatives
win
be elected.
William Boggan, a sopho
more, is a member of Sigma
Nu. He previously attended
North Carolina State college.
Cumulative average 5.31
Nebraska; NC State, 7.0.
Jealousy of ether campuses
enjoying mutual friendship
between students, unity
between students and of
ficials, and democratic prin
ciples in representation and
laws has stimulated Bog
gan's desire to obtain the
same for Nebraska.
Roy Cook, a sophomore, is
a member of the Marching
and Symphonic Band, Phal
anx drill squad, American
Institute of Architects and
Gamma Lambda, band fra
ternity. Cumulative average 5.S.
Cook is an architecture stu
dent, but he also takes many
engineering courses. Because
of this dual field of study, he
feels that he could better
represent the whole depart-
Hinshaw to Play
Bach's 'Clavier
Harvey Hinshaw, assistant
professor of piano, wiU per
form in the second of two con
certs on the complete First
Book of Bach's "Well-Tempered
Clavier," Thursday.
The performance will be
held at 7:30 p.m. in Morrill
Hall, Gallery B. The public is
invited and there is no admis
sion charge.
ment than the average engi
neer. Don Gable, a sophomore, is
a member of Delta Sigma
Phi, IFC and AIEE.
Cumulative average 5.4.
Gable favors a program for
the improvement of parking
facilities and the publicizing
of Council activities and is
sues. He stressed the fact that
he is soliciting, the views and
opinions of all those he would
represent and does not intend
to take the responsibility of
a representative lightly.
Dennis Bruce Nelson, n o
information submitted.
Bill Paxton, a sophomore,
is a member of Sigma Chi.
Cumulative average 6.8.
Paxton is running for Coun
cil to help make up for the
lack of interest the Engineer
ing College has shown relat
ing to student affairs in the
past. He feels since Engineer
ing College is one of the larg
est, it should be a well-rec
ognized voice in student af-i
fairs.
Roland Rader, a sopho
more, is a member of Aca
cia and Junior IFC.
Cumulative average 6.34.
Rader believes that it is im
portant that laison between
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UNLUCKY THIRTEEN Looking ahead to the Spring Day
competition, 13 Tri-Delts poured themselves in and
around a convertible in preparation for the stuffed car
competition. The Spring Day Committee has requested
that every organized house on campus enter a car in the
Sandoz' Advice to New Writers
Start Another Before You Finish
"Start something else be
fore you finish one thing,"
Mari Sandoz, noted author,
told aspiring writers at the
poetry and fiction awards pre
sentation Tuesday afternoon.
"Just because you've won a
prize don't stop writing," she
said. "One story has ruined
many a writer!"
Miss Sandoz, and Karl Sha
piro, English professor and
May Pole Dance, Queen
Part of First Ivy Days
Ivy Day, a 61 year old campus tradition, has changed
and expanded since the first spring festivities began.
The present program stems from a Senior Class Day
begun in 1898. In 1901 the festivities were called Ivy Day.
Then seniors marched to the old University Hall and sang
the school song. . ...
A senior dance was held after the senior class president
turned over the ivy trowel to the junior class president.
Tackling of the 13 Innocents was added to the Day two
years later. ' .
That same year, 16 senior women did a May Pole
dance.
The local chapter of Mortar Board, the Order of the
Black Masque, was founded in 1905 and the masking of out
standing junior women made the day a bigger occasion.
Fifty girls carried the first Ivy and Daisy chains
around the campus in 1910. In 1912 the first May Queen was
crowned. ' ,
Ivy from Doughboys was planted in 1918 and a large
flat of 1403 stars was presented to the University in honor
of college men in the armed services.
After the way a Lord of the May was presented, but
the practice was discontinued soon.
Ivy Day in 1S38 combined Farmers' Fair, E-Week and
the grand opening of the new Student Union.
Three years ago Spring Day was added to make the
Ivy Day weekend a busy one.
This Saturday all the innovations of the past combine
into one big program with new Innocents biting the dust,
ihriUed junior women being masqued, and warbling fra
ternities and sororities competing in the Ivy Day Sing.
The traditional ivy, which traditionally never grows,
will be planted by the presidents of Innocents and Mortar
Board.
Numerous trophies for scholarship, activities and
achievement will be presented to campus organized houses. '
A senior woman with the highest average also receives a
trophy.
Over it all will reign the May Queen and her court of
outstanding junior, senior and sophomore women and the
two freshman pages. Ivy and Daisy chain members pre
cede the queen and line the path leading to her throne.
Student Council members and
the student body be in
creased. This, he feels, could
be accomplished by joining
student societies such as
AIRE and ASME.
Dick Valdez, a sophomore,
is a member of Delta Up-
silon, Builders. Corn Cobs, the
Blueprint Staff and Pi Epsi
lon Pi.
Cumulative average 6.2.
Valdez feels that when
issues, especially pertaining
to Engineering ollege, come
before the Council, the mo
tions should be tabled allow
ing representatives the oppor
tunity to consult members of
their college for opinions.
Winston Wade, a sopho
more, is a member of Alpha
Tau Omega, Corn Cobs,
NUCWA and Young Republi
cans. He is advertising man
ager of the Blueprint.
Cumulative average 6.4.
A chance to stand up for
what he thinks right and
what the students want
serves as Wade's basic rea
son for running for Council.
Friday watch for Teach
ers, Law, and Dentistry &
Pharmacy candidates and
their views. i
Pulitzer Prize winning poet,
stroke on what they expected
from fiction and poetry of
the future.
"There's a kind of poetry
bein? written today called
academic.'' Shapiro said, il
lustrating his statement by
reading a poem caiiea xne
Operation."
"This type of poem is a
perfect thing in itself. There's
Vol. 33, No. 102
NU Would
In
By Marilyn Coffey
The University would co
operate with the Legislature
if it chooses to investigate the
methods and practices of hir
i n g professors, Chancellor
Clifford Hardin said yester
day.
Sen. Jack Romans of Ord
has announced that he will
introduce a resolution 4n the
Legislature today calling for
an "investigation of the hiring
of professors at the Law Col
lege at the University of Ne
braska." Comments Responsible
The comments of Merton
Bernstein, associate profes
sor of law. at a recent meet
ing of the Legislature's Labor
Committee prompted the ac
tion, Romans said.
Spring Day parade. Contest rules stipulate that the ve
hicle must be either a standard sedan or convertible and
that the riders stay in or on it during the entire parade
Friday.
no relevance in it; it doesn't
lead into other things."
He said that other type was
not ordinarily written today,
and illustrated this by read
ing a revised poem called
"Hot Afternoons Have Been
in Montana."
"This kind of poem leads
into other things, taking in
all aspects," Shapiro said.
"I'd advise young poets to
take the latter path. It leads
to more places!"
Short Story
Miss Sandoz said that she
thought that "short story
writing has to change."
"There's no place in short
story writing for these agon
izing internal conflicts," she
said. "People don't want to
hear about the adjustments
in the 12th and 13th years."
ine aaaea max me more Lincom's Centennial Cele
important aspect was the fcrati pianning for
pcxsuu b aiuvum
world in which we live, ex
plaining that the change
would be an "unconscious
one."
Stewart,
Cole Win
Cash Prizes
Dennis Stewart was named
winner of the Prairie Schoon
er first place fiction award
while James Cole won first in
the poetry lone Gardner
Noyes Awards yesterday.
Both awards carried 50
prizes.
Stewart's short story was
entitled "Status Quo," and
Cole's was called "What of
the Suns?"
Judy Truell won second
place of $30 in fiction with her
short story, "The cemetery.
Eddie Diamond won second
place and $25 for his poem,
"Return to Dust."
Melvin Eikelberry, Frank
Hemphill and Cole were
named as Honorable Mention
in the poetry division.
The Daily
Law Study
. . . Romans
Bernstein had denied, at the
public hearing of Gov. Ralph
Brook's labor bill, that he was
ever a member of the Ameri
cans for Democratic Action.
Bernstein later informed
the committee that he was
mistaken in his statement and
had been at one time a mem
ber of the group.
Hardin's Statement
A statement by Chancellor
Clifford Hardin, released last
night, said, in part:
"The University of Nebras
ka's historic policy has al
ways been that persons em
ployed by the institution shall
enjoy the full rights of Amer
ican citizenship, including the
right to express themselves on
all subjects according to their
own best judgments.
Centennial
On KUON-TV
"A Salute to the Centennial"
will be seen on May 8 on
KUON-TV.
The program is one of the
"Channel 12 Presents" series.
Stories of "Lincoln the New
Capital City" and of "Prairie
Towns A-Boomin"," will be
shown.
The programs are from the
"Great Plains Trilogy" series
which highlights the political
and social history of Nebraska
and was filmed in cooperation
with the Nebraska State His
torical Society.
Three-Hour Gala Parade
To Open Centennial Week
-jover a year, begins officially
Saturday with a marathon
race from Elkhorn.
Runners, retracing the route
of the covered wagons that
brought the first people to
Lincoln, are expected to reach
Lincoln just before the 3-hour
long parade begins:
Leading Parade
Near the head of the parade
will march the University's
ROTC units. Floats, bands,
civilian and military person
nel, antique cars and street
cars will wind through the
downtown streets while a jet
plane escort thunders over
bead. O St. between 11th and 13th
will be sodded and trees will
"grow" there during the
eight-day celebration.
An Armed Forces Centen
nial Open House at Lincoln
Air Force Base on Friday
will display the latest in air
craft. The giant sodded mall down
O St between 11th and 13th
is expected to draw more
than 100,000 persons.
Lilac Ball
The White Lilac Ball, Sat
urday, will feature Jan Gar-
mmm
Nebraskan
Co-Operate
H
Will Introduce
"Specifically, the By-Laws
and Rules of the University's
Board of Regents provides
that its faculty members shall
"Comment (on Sen. Ro
mans', resolution) would
be premature," Merton
Bernstein told the Dally
Nebraskan.
"The resolution has not
yet been introduced.
"My presentation of t h e
bill to the Labor Commit
tee was in my capacity as
a private citizen."
always be free to exercise the
rights of their citizenship
"without discrimination on ac
count of their being members
of the faculty of the Univer
sity.' "Inherent in this historical
tradition is the fact tat ut
terances by members of the
faculty are expressions sole
ly of the individual concerned
and are neither upheld nor
condemned by the Univer
sity." The school's policy of hir
ing faculty members is simi
lar to other institutions, the
chancellor said.
Recommendations originate
in the department or college
involved, are forwarded by
the dean to the Dean of Fac
ulties, then to the chancellor
and finally to the Board of
Regents.
Bernstein Reviewed
Professor Bernstein was in
terviewed and recommended
by a committee of three fac
ulty members of the College
of Law, including Dean Bel
sheim. The Chancellor noted that
Bernstein was asked specifi
cally by Governor Brooks
to assist in drafting and pre
senting a labor bilL
The statutes provide that
the Board of Regents - shall
have power to elect the pro
fessors of the University, the
chancellor concluded, but if
the Legislature decides to in
vestigate, the University will
cooperate.
Requests Study
Roman's resolution would
ask that five state senators
be appointed to conduct the
investigation, he said.
The move is aimed specifi
cally at the College of Law
and' not at the entire Univer
sity, according to the senator.
"We have nothing to hide,"
commented David Dow, act
ing head of the College of Law
during Dean Belstieim's ill
ness. Bernstein, in his letter to
A WS Gives Later
Hour on Ivy Day
Hours will be extended
until 2 a.m. Saturday, ac
cording to AWS president
Polly Doering.
Women students will not
be able to take overnights
for that evening.
ber's orchestra. A two-h our
stage show, emceed by
George GobeL and including
the famous "Freedom Chor
us" and the comedy team,
"Step Brothers," will be pre
sented. Prominent personalities in
town for the festivities include
Congressman Dr. Walter
Judd, who will speak on Re
ligious Day, May 3; Robert
M. Feemster of Bow Jones,
Industrial and Commerce
Day, May 4; former Atry.
Gen. Herbert Brownell Jr.,
Historical and Recognition
Day, May 7.
Music includes the first
presentation of "Elijah," in
Nebraska, under the direction
of Prof. Oscar "Pop" Bennett
of Wesleyan.
A city-wide chorus and
special convocations in Lin
coln Schools will commemo
rate the founding and devel
opment of Lincoln.
Spectacular
On May 5. a cast of 600
will present the first of five
presentations of me centen
nial Spectacular, "Tower on
the Plains."
Lincolnites, who have
gained national personal rec
ognition and have brought
Wednesday, April 29, 1959
ardin
Investigation
the Labor Committee concern
ing his membership in th
Americans for Democratic
Action, wrote that his boss.
Sen. Wayne Morse of Oregon
is and was an officer of ADA
and that he frequently repre
sented Morse at meetings.
He continued, saying that
the ADA and other groups
mentioned by Romans at tho
hearing are "composed of
loyal Americans. My mem
bership in them was fully
disclosed to the federal gov
ernment and caused no dif
ficulty whatsoever."
How to Catch
An Ivy Pixie
Any University students
interested in catching one of
the members of NU's secret
and Administration-banned
fraternities should keep
all-night vigil from now un
til Ivy Day.
Members of Pi XL sub
r o s a fraternity, usually
leave their publication
"Pixie Press" on campus
doorsteps at some time dur
ing the very late night or
early morning immediately
before Ivy Day.
The Press contains the Pi
Xi's selections for Mortar
Board and Innocents Society
along with various other ob
servations on campus per
sonalities and organizations.
Nebraskans
To Observe
Home Week
More than 33,000 Nebraska
women will observe the 14th
annual National Home Dem
onstration W ek May -1
through 9.
Theme for the Week is "To
day's Home Builds Tomor
row's World."
One of the purposes of tha
Week is to explain the exten
sion service program in home
economics and to emphasize
its contribution to home and
family living.
This year, family living pro
grams include assistance to
families in planning and man
aging their resources, health,
education, human relations,
safety and consumer informa
tion on foods, clothing and
equipment
Hear Them Bells?
You Shouldn't!
Hearing bells?
Don't rush out of class. It
is another civil defense warn
ing, but this one should be
silent
The radio control system
for Lincoln's Civil Defense
sirens will be tested between
8 a.m. today and 5 p.m. Fri
day, but the sirens themselves ,
should not sound, CD Director
Richard Vestecka said.
recognition to their city, will
be honored at a luncheon on
May 7, Historical and Recog
nition Day. A plaque honor
ing the city's community
builders will be dedicated and
a famous "native son," Her
bert Brownell Jr., will speak.
A new history of Lincoln,
written by R. Neaie Connie,
professor of journalism, has
been published and will go en
sale.
Commercial, industrial and
cultural exhibits and exposi
tions, famous entertainers and
actors and other displays -will
take place during the week.
Special Coins
All these events are free,
with the exceptions of the
ball, the spectacular, lunch
eons, youth dance, western
rodeo, square dance festival
and barbeque.
The Lincoln Centennial
Coin, a "4-Cs" piece will be
used as negotiable tender un
til May 15. Centennial officials
ay that 50,000 of the coins
having a value of 59 cents
each have been issued.
The Lincoln Centennial
Corp., a non-profit organiza
tion, is operating under a
budget of $100,000, half of
which has been donated.
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