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Vol. 34, No., 3
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA
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UNION AT NIGHT Glowing lights set off the modern con
struction of the new Student Union addition. The $1.3 million
structure began to rise in the spring of 1958, after a blanket
bond issue including the addition was passed in 1955. Sur
Football Fever Will Invade
Huskerland This Weekend
By Doug McCartney
Every fall, a slumbering
monster shakes itself awake
from months of hibernation,
and goes forth to spread
over the land.
The monster is football
fever and it awakens in
Huskerland Saturday. Early
that morning will find peo-
pie from all over the state
trudging sleepily to their
'cars for the annual migra
tion to Memorial Stadium.
f Cobs, Tassels Up
As the light of day breaks
over the campus, it finds
nd and white clad Tassels
and Corncobs on their way
downtown to sell N-Mums,
penrnts and bright crepe
paper shakers on every
street corner.
As the sun moves toward
its zenith, the crowds be
come intense and such a
thing as a parking place be
comes mythical.
Campus houses are bee
hives of activity as pledges
struggle to restore order to
cluttered houses and clean
them for after-name visitors
and alumni. Social chair
men make hurried last min
ute checks on the day's
functions.
It is a very noisy and
bustling city by noon, Down
Ball Season
Will Begin
With Rally
A pep rally for the opening
football game will be held to
night on the north steps of
the Student Union.
A band will lead the tradi
tional pre-rally march. Lead
ing the Carillon Tower at 6:45,
the ralliers will go dow,n Vine
St. to lGth, down 16th to S,
then assemble before the steps
to the new Union.
Coach Bill Jennings will in
troduce the Husker football
team at the rally.
"This is the rally where we
really want to show the team
the entire student body Is be
hind them.," head cheerleader
Brent Chambers said.
The eight members of the
cheer-teim, who will lead the
yells at tne rally and the
game are Chambers, Al Kriz
leman, Margaret Marshall,
Kay Hirschbach, Sandie John
son and Sharon Anderson.
A new tradition will be
started at Saturday's game,
according to Chambers. Right
after ine "Mar ?pangica rsan-j
ner", a new inovat'on c?lted j
"The Chant" will be led by
the cheerleaders. "The Chant'
Is divided into two parts, the
first a slow musical chanting,
the second breaking out into
a yell. ,
Chambers said he was look
ing forward to another suc
cessful season for the team,
and he hoped "to contini the
fine tradition of student sup
port as in the fast.
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town streets are jammed
with hungry visitors, most
of them wearing mums or
carrying the bright red
and white shakers. Slowly
the center of movement
turns toward the large,
gray, imposing structure of
the Stadium.
Kick-off minus one hour
finds well-g roomed and
scrubbed groups of young
men walking happily to
meet equally scrubbed and
gay groups of girls.
At the same time two
groups of men are waiting.
They wait in anxiety and
impatience. For in a very
short time they become the
most important people in
the state. And, they become
each o t h e r's mortal ene
mies. They wait . . . and
hope.
Now the great gray sta
dium itself, so long so emp
Standing Committees
Announced by Council
First order of business at
the opening meeting of the
1959-60 Student Council was
the announcement of standing
committee membership by
Council president Jack Niel
sen. The assignment of Council
members to the committees
was made by Nielsen with
the approval of the Council
Executive Council.
Two Under Constitution
Out of the present standing
committees the judiciary com
mittee and the elections com
mittee are the only two set
up by the Council constitu
tion. The judiciary committee is
automatically chaired by the
first vice president of the
Council. The two holdover
members not elected to serve
as officers, two newly-elected
council members and the two
faculty advisers who serve
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without vote complete the
committee.
Included in the duties of
the judiciary committee are
the interpretation of the Coun
cil constitution, ruling on the
validity of Council elections,
removal ot council members
for due cause after a hear
ing, and review and making
of recommendations for ac
tion on all new constitutions
and amendments of constitu
tions of student organizations.
The elections committee,
which is automatically headed
by the second vice president,
consists of four newly-elected
council members.
The election committee su
pervises all publicity for fil
ing and arranges for places
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rounding the brick-faced, "Me
patio, which will be used for
activities.
ty, throws wide its many
doors to accept the great
hordes of people.
Program-Sellers
N-Club members hawk on
the side-walks, selling pro
grams, and on the steps in
side the stadium, with food
and pop. The gay milling
throng fills the structure
from the bottom and the
middle out.
And then the young
knights of the day are on
the ficid, the yells are in
the air, and the entire focus
of the sports-minded of the
state is on those 22 men.
To a quiet and thoughtful
crowd the strains of the na
tional anthem drifts in the
air.
Now, time for one last
yell, and then ... the kick
is up, its taken hi the 10
and . . it's football time
again!
and supervises the balloting
in all council and other elec
tions of University interest.
Committee Setup
The following committees
have been set up by the
Council from year to year to
perform certain functions of
Council activity:
The nominating committee
fc'hich this year is chaired by
ja holdover member recom
! mends students to the Coun-
cil for positions on the Spring
Day Committee, the Student
, Tribunal, Pub Board and
other positions chosen by the
Council.
The activities committee
will this year be concerned
mainly with helping Student
Activities set up proper book
keeping and record keeping
procedures.
The social committee meets j
with the Faculty Senate Sub
committee on Student Social
Affairs and Activities as a'
representative of student opin
! ion on social Policies of the
administration.
The final exams committee1
recommends changes or im
provements in the final exams
schedule. Last year this com
mittee, secured for students
an extra day of study prior
to finals.
The honors convocation and
commencement committees
set up the programs as their
titles indicate.
The parking board meets
I once a week to hear, appeals
from , students in regard to
parking tickets issued them
for violations of University
parking regulations. This com
! mittee recommends appeals
,be granted or denied by the
administration.
The calendar committee
works with the administration
in setting up a scheduling
for future years.
Glow
glass window building is a
outdoor dancing and other
Doors To Close
The Union will be closed
at 2 p.m. today to prepare
facilities for the 4:30 dedi
cation ceremony and formal
opening.
Immediately following the
ceremony, a reception for
all students will be held in
the main lobby.
All Facts
Not In 1
Says SDX
In a statement issued joint
ly, Carroll Kraus, president
of Sigma Delta Chi, and
George Moyer, editor of the
IFC Rush Book, said that Bob
Blair has not "paused to de
termine all the facts."
"Mr. Blair has asserted
that the Rush Book was late
because of negligence on the
part of Sigma Delta Chi. He
has further linked this with
the decline in the number of
boys going through Rush
Week,'" the statement read.
"He was overlooking the
fact that copy for the book
was turned in only one day
later than last year this
after the contract between
SDX and the IFC was signed
nearly a month later than
previously.
"He further overlooked the
possibility that other factors
entered Into the decline in the
number of boys going through
rush.
"Until Mr. Blair can come
up with some documented in
formation backing his allega
tions, we must view his state
ments as unsupported asser
tions in no way placing re
sponsibility on Sigma Delta
Chi,"' the statement conclud
ed. JVU Football
Ticket Sales
Up for 1959
Ticket sales for the . 1959
Cornhuskcr football season
are ' booming, according to
A. J. Lewandowski, athletic
business manager.
More than 5,000 student
tickets have been sold along
with -some 3,000 faculty tick-4
ets. Students may purchase
the season tickets for $7 and
faculty tickets are on sale for
$8.
Lewandowski said that this
year's sales are much better
than last, and added that he
o::pecls just under 3,000 fans
on hr.nd for the opener Sat
urday. Adult tickets are still on
sale at $1 per ,ame and the
north and south bleacher seats
are being sold for $2.50. Tick
ets will go on sale with the
opening of the stadium doors
at 12:30 Saturday afternoon.
Lewandowski pointed out
that the entrance doors to the
East Stadium are marked and
urged students and faculty to
use the correctly marked entrances.
Games, Entertainment
Free Friday, Saturday
Facilities which have long
been dreams have material
ized, as the new Student Un
ion officially opens its doors
to students, faculty, em
ployees and the general pub
lic at 4:30 this afternoon.
Big name entertainment,
dancing, movies and games
are in store for the gala grand
opening Friday and Saturday.
And it's all free.
Following the formal dedi
cation and ribbon cutting, a
reception will be held in the
main lounge. Tours will be
conducted from there by
members of the Union activi
ties committee, beginning at
5 and lasting till 8. Tours are
also scheduled from 10 a.m.
to 2 p.m. and 4:30 to 8 p.m.
on Saturday and from 2 to 5
p.m. on Sunday.
Ribbons To Snap
At Official Opening
When the ribbons are cut at
the 4:30 p.m. dedication serv
ice today, the Union will be
officially opened to students,
IFC Hits
Rush Rook
Production
Sigma Delta Chi, journalism
fraternity, was criticized se
verely for its execution of tha
IFC rush book at a meeting
of the IFC this week.
Bob Blair, IFC vice-president
in charge of rushing said
the book was delivered one
and a half months late and
that this "hurt us" in rush
ing. Blair also told the group
that for the $300 paid to SDX
for publishing the book the
group might be able ,to get
someone else to do the job.
Blair did not criticize the
book itself, but complained
about the IFC's dealings with
SDX. Several times IFC re
presentatives were told by
SDX members that the book
was much nearer completion
than it was, he said.
In other business before the
first fall meeting of the IFC
Blair reported that rush week
had been a success.
Blair pointed out that while
there were 387 rushees going
through rush week as com
pared to 401 in 1958 that this
fall 364 of these pledged, a
higher percentage than last
year.
' Blair commented that the
new rush week schedule had
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Four Aces To Perform Here
Quartet Rates at Top of Musical Ladder .
A quartet which has been!
at the top oi me musical
ladder since 1951 will be in
the Student Union Ballroom
Friday and Saturday nights.
The Four Aces, said by
some to be the world's' lead
ing quartet, will present
shows at 9 and 10:30 each
evening.
Members are Fred Diodate,
lead; Dave Mahoney, tenor;
Sol Vaccaro, baritone; and
Lou Silvestri, bass. All are
married.
Successful Career
They credit their successful
career to three things: a
million-in-one chance, a sound
and a truly remarkable liking
for each other. Television ap
pearances number four on the
Milton Berle Show, five on the
Perry Corno Show, six on the
Jackie Gleason Show and five
on the Ed Sullivan Show.
Outstanding public appear
ances have included the Fon
taineblcau Hotel in Miami
Beach, Coconut Grove, Am
bassador Hotel in L o s An
geles, New Frontier in Las
Vegas, the Palladium Theatre
In London, the Paramount
Theatre in New York City and
the Chicago Theatre in Chi
cago. In 1951, songwriters George
Hoven and C h e s t e r Schull
brought them a new ballad
"It's No Sin." It became Num
ber. One oa the Hit' Parade
Special bowling and billiard
exhibitions will be held in
what Games Director Merle
Reiling calls the "most mod
ern, up to date game area
in the mid-west."
Stan Gifford, former Ameri
can Bowling Congress team
and doubles co-champion and
a Brunswick star bowler, will
roll exhibition games at 5 and
8 p.m. Friday, as well as of
fering special free instruction.
Gifford's top sanctioned se
ries. is 752 and he has a tele
vision match 300 game worth
$5,000 to his credit.
Professional billiard player,
Ken Carr, also representing
Brunswick, will present an ex
hibition at 5 p.m. Friday.
Exhibition Game
City and ag campus table
tennis champs will put on an
alumni, faculty, parents and
friends.
The ceremony on the north
patio will have as mistress of
ceremonies, Karen Peterson,
president of the Unjon Activi
ties Committee. She will in
troduce architect Leo Daly,
Omaha, and George Cook,
Lincoln, contractors, who will
present the building to the
Board of Regents represented
by C. E. Swanson,. president.
Swanson to Hardin
Swanson will accept on be
half of the University and
thereupon present it and the
facilities to Chancellor Clif
ford Hardin. In turn he will
turn it over to the manage
ment represented by Miss
Mary Jean Mulvaney, presi
dent of the Nebraska Union
Board of Managers.
Miss Mulvaney will intro
duce Allen H. Bennett, Union
director, who will give a
pledge of service from the
staff.
Ribbons will be cut by rep
resentatives of the three
groups who receive service
from the Union students,
faculty and alumni. Repre
sentatives will be Jack Niel
sen, president of t h e Student
Council, Alan H. Williams,
Scottsbluff, president of the
Alumni Association, and Lyle
Young, secretary of the Fac
ulty Senate.
Management Pleased
Bennett said the Union man
agement was "delighted" with
the student acceptance of the
new facilities.
He said, "We hope this will
be the place we continue to
see people and the place they
will want to be seen. Our pur
pose is to make the Union the
center it was intended to be."
where it stayed for six weeks.
After "It's No Sin," five
other Decca recordings dur
ing the next five years also
sold over one million. They
include "Tell Me Why," in
FOUR ACES The appearance of this group will be one of
the features during the weekend of festivities planned for
the opening of the Student Union. The famed vocal group,
which attributes its success to a million-in-one chance a
sound and a l'k'c for each other, will perform tonight and
Saturday night at 9 and 10:30.
exhibition match also at I
p.m. Friday.
A special ceramic show by
Mrs. Willard Beck and Lin
coln Air Force Base personnel
is scheduled from 5 to 11 p.m.
Friday, and Saturday from 9
a.m. to 11 p.m. in the Union
craft shop.
Mrs. Beck instructs ceramic
work at the Base and in tha
basement of her home in Lin
coln. At 5 p.m. the cafeteria
opens.
University cheer leaders
will lead the first pep rally
which begins at 6:45 p.m. at
the Carillon Tower and winds
through campus to the steps
of the Union. Head Football
Coach Bill Jennings will be
the featured speaker.
Cy Touff and his Dixieland
Sextet appear in the Pan
American Room both Friday
and Saturday evenings from
8 to 12 p.m. Touff has been
a familiar figure on the Chi
cago jazz scene for 10 years.
Among his most popular re
c6rdings are "Basin Street
Blues" and "When The Saints
Go Marching In."
In the party rooms the John
Marshall Duo will play at the
same hours on both evenings.
Marshall, a base player, and
Mary Ann Davidson, pianist,
who have played together for
two years have been popular
for fraternity and sorority
dances.
Professional Duo
Marshall has worked with
the Nelson Eddy Band and
has played professionally in
18 states. Although Miss
Davidson has been blind
since she was a young girl,
she has played professionally
for many years.
In the ballroom, Bad Holfo.
way- and Orchestra will ba
playing for dancing from 8 to
12 except at 9 and 10:30
when the Fabulous Four Aces
will present shows.
Friday and Saturday nights
at 8 p.m. the movie "An
American in Paris" w i 1 1 ba
shown in the Auditorium. Sun
day night the cinemascope
production of "The King and
I" will be shown in the ball,
room at 7:30 p.m.
Home Game Feature
A new feature, the ''Touch
down Buffet," will be held in
the Pan American Suite Sat
urday from 11 to 1. This will
be a regular feature before
all home games. The price is
$1.60 for adults and 75 cents
for children.
Following the Nebraska
Texas game, a free coffee
hour will be held in the main
lounge. This also will be a
regular feature.
New opening time for Sun
days is 2 p.m. The Pizza Spe
cial will be the Crib's feature
at 5 p.m.
The weekend of activities is
financed by the Union fund.
1952, "Stranger In Paradise,"
in 1953; "Three Coins in the
Fountain," in 1954; "Love Is
A Many Splendored Thing,"
in 1955; and "Written on the
Wind," in 1956.
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