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TP, ribunal Readies Itself MkllVWS 1 P NEBR To Hear Student Cases The Student Tribunal met Friday to elect officers and set a regular meeting date. Dick Kelley, senior in busi ness administration, was named chairman. Wednesday Hearings Weekly hearings will be held Wednesday's at 4 p.m. in 419 Administration Build ing. The new Tribunal has de cided to modify existing poli cies, but members would not elaborate. Jazz Man If! rS ,: 'ri,v tit or, . liv ' - " 'I AW"9 - , ' " . If ? 1 "v - JAZZ MAN Dixieland jazz band leader Cy Touff receives a certificate nominating him to the 1960 Playboy jazz poll In ceremonies Saturday evening at the Student Union. Touff and his Dixieland Sextet played in the new Union's Pan American Room Friday and Saturday night. Sue Carkoski, junior in Teachers College and a member of the Union board of managers, presents the nomination. Touf Ps Name Added To Plavbov A certificate nominating dixieland jazz band leader Cy Touff to a spot on the ballot of the 1960 Playboy jazz poll was presented to Touff Satur day night in the Student Un ion Pan American Ballroom The certificate was signed by Hugh Hefner, editor of Playboy, and was presented by Sue Carkoski, member of the Union board of managers. A letter from Tom Mallow of the Music Corporation of America accompanied the certificate. Mallow pointed out that Touff's name would appear on the ballot in the October issue of P 1 a y b o y, which will be on the news stands Tuesday. Mallow said in his letter, Audubon Series Planned Hawaii Film Showing Friday Opening the 1959-60 season of Audubon Screen Tours, Ha waii will be featured Fri day. A color film tour of our new est state will be narrated in person by Fran Hall of Min nesota, a leading naturalist. The film will emphasize na tural history, people and sce nic beauty of the state. Five Films Planned Five films will be shown In this year's series, each pre sented at 4 and 8 p.m. in the Love Library auditorium. Sponsored by the University State Museum, the films are shown in conjunction with the University's Extension Divi sion and the National Audu bon Society. "Designs for Survival", the second program, will be held October 30, and portrays how animals are equipped to cope with their enviroments. January 18's film is "Land of Early Autumn", dealing with the high country of the Western U.S. and Alaska. It will narrated by Cleveland Grant, lecturer-photographer from Wisconsin. 'Ozark Anthology' A story of mountain people, wildlife, forests and wildflow ers will be told in the film, "An Ozark -Anthology", March 4. "Ranch of the Purple Flow ers" concludes the series Ap ril 4. Venezuelan wildlife, in cluding birds, the tree-climbing anteater, deer and red howler monkeys, will be fea tured. Also elected were third i a a n year law student Larry Fraz- ier, vice-chairman, and In grid Leder, Junior in Arts and Sciences, secretary. Other members selected last spring by the Student Council are seniors Don Hall, Judy Truell and Bob Paine and junior Rod Ellcrbusch. Faculty Judges Faculty judges appointed by Chancellor Hardin, are Ed mund Belsheim, dean of the Law College, and Theodore Boosted Jazz List "A vote for Cy Touff would be welcomed and appreci ated." The winners of the poll re ceive a silver medallion, con siderable publicity in Playboy and on radio and TV and will be featured in Playboy's jazz album, he added. Charities Put in Bid Fo AUF. r Drive Begins In November Selection of five charities for the annual All University Fund Drive will be today through Wednesday between the hours of 10 a.m. and noon, and 2 and 5 p.m. Students may vote for their favorites in a booth in the Union. Polling will be held in organized houses during the three days as well. The AUF Drive, which will be held November 9-21 is the only charity solicitation per mitted on campus. Five char ities will be picked from a list of seven national, two inter national, two state and two local organizations. Charities listed in the poll are the American Hearing Society, Common Cold Foun dation. American Foundation for Blind, National Multiple Sclerosis Society, American National Red Cross, Child Welfare League of American and United Negro College Fund. Others are the Near East Foundation, World University Service, Nebraska Heart As sociation, Nebraska Division of the American Cancer So ciety, Lincoln's United Cam paign and Lancaster Asso ciation for Retarded Children. McKinnon Says Crack 'Accident9 One casualty was reported for the Student Union week end. Glass was cracked in one of the doors at the north front entrance to the build ing. Union Activities Director William McKinnen speculated that the glass had been broken when the door handle hit the brace from the window after someone had gone out too fast. "The weight of the door then probably just caused the glass to b r e a k," he explained. "We're sure that it was an I accident." I Aakus, professor of engineer ing drawing. The Tribunal charter was first approved by the Board of Regents April 1 of last year and later by the student body in an election during registration last September. Last year the judges heard cases on trespassing, drink ing, illegal possession of al cohol and pilfering, plus the case of a student who set fire to several Homecoming displays. No Hearings Slated Chairman Kelley said no hearings were slated for Wednesday as of yet. Students summoned to ap pear before the Tribunal may have an open hearing pro- Tribunal Charter See Page 2 vlded they present a written request to the Dean of Stu dent Affairs two days before. According to the charter, they may be represented by coun sel if desired. The Tribunal does not take disciplinary action itself, but submits the recommendations to the Dean of Student Af fairs, according to its char ter. Tribunai Recommendations Recommendations are ex pulsion, suspension, conduct probation, conduct warning or dismissal of the case. Dean of Student Affairs J. P. Colbert said appeals on conduct warning are tub- mitted to a five-member sub committee of the office of st dent affairs, the social af fairs and activity committee. For suspension, which means the student could be removed from school for the balance of the semester or an indefinite period of time, a student appeals to the Fac ulty Senate committee on su spension. No Appeal for Expulsion There is no appeal for ex pulsion, usually an action taken by the Board of Re gents. Commenting on the first year success of the Tribunal, Dean Colbert called the plan a "wonderful step forward in student self government." "Succeeding Tribunals may change some procedures, ac cording to experience, but considering last year's Tribu nal started from scratch, I think they did a fine job," Colbert added. Appear Before Peers "A student finding himself in difficulty now has a right to appear before a body of his peers and this is good," the Dean, continued. Before, the Dean of Student Affairs made rulings without recommendations from a stu dent group. Students still had the right to appeal. Open Meeting For Debaters Planned Tuesday All students interested in participating in intercollegiate debate should attend the first debate meeting Tuesday at 4 p.m. in Temple 210. Students who cannot attend the meeting but would like to participate may contact Don Olson or Bruce Kendall of the speech department. Previous exoerience is unnecessary. The national debate ques tion this year is "Resolved: That Congress should be given power to reverse derisions of thf Supreme Court." The national discussion question is "What should be the roll of government in regulating organized labor?" Opening Theatre Play Has Falstaf f on Tap Students interested in act- ng can kuu reaq xor roies mspeaking roles and three the University Theatre s pro- f , , . duction of Shakespeare's ' staSe "armies" of England, "Henry IV, Part I," acting J Scotland and Wales make up theatre director Dr. Joseph one of the largest cast rost Baldin said. i ers ever' attempted in a Uni- Actors can try out tonight and Wednesday nights from 7 to 10 in Howell Theatre, he said, adding "I wish to re peat that all University stu dents are eligible and many i good roles are still ooen." j great number and variety of "Henry IV, Part I" mixes acting opportunities. Every history and comedy and role is a good one." brings to the stage such fa- Almost every type of char mous figures as "Prince acter is needed, he continued, Hal." who is later Henry V; pointing out that all sorts and "Falstaff ," the knight who conditions of people of the was usually found tilting a times appear in the play, nine-cask; "Mistress Quick- lords and ladies, archbishops ly,'r merry hostess of the; and thieves, generals and Boar's Head Tavern; "Hot- i spur," the picture of the noble knight; and "Lady Pearcy," Hotspur's wile, w h o was weary of being leit Vnnvc in the castle with the 4-F set. ill ly'MIlUI BUILIUWMSW'UWMIIU Vol. 34, No. 4 archives tudents Should Be To Name Union, Says Foote By Jacque Janecek The University student body might have had a chance to vote on the new name, Nebraska Union, for the Stu dent Union if one Regent had had his way Friday night. Frank Foote of Axtell spoke out strongly against a pro posal by the Union Board to change the name, arguing, "The building is paid for by all the students. Let them de cide the name." Greenburg Comments When Dr. B. N. Greenburg of York commented that the seven-member board was rep resentative of the entire en rollment and its proposal should be approved, Foote balked. "Union Board members are not electe J, they're appointed by' the Activities Board on the basis of their previous Union Spirit Undampened Opening Ceremony Held in Rain Happy smiles and gay spirits belied the gray weather and soggy skies as the Nebraska Union was of fically opened 4:30 p.m. Fri day. From the north patio, short speeches were given by repre sentatives of the various bod ies that brought the Union addition into being. Representing the Board of Managers was Milton Ander son, who was on the original fund raising board for the Un ion 21 years ago. He des cribed the three stages of Un ion development. First, the original building in 1938, next the "grand day" when the debt was paid and the mort gage burned, and finally the 1 Union Opening Draws Estimated 15 Thousand An estimated 15 thousand people toured the Student Un ion during its weekend open ing Friday and Saturday. Union Director Allen Ben nett said that between five and six thousand people vis ited Friday, and Saturday's crowdi was between eight and 10 thousand. "We were more than pleased, both with reactions to the activity of the building and response to the appear ance of it," Bennett said. A good alumni turnout was seen Saturday, Bennett add ed. "The Four Aces said that they had never played to such a responsive audience," he said, explaining that all of the entertainers enjoyed themselves and left with a Builders Order More Calendars Additional Builders calen dars will be on sale by Oct. 1, according to Dick Basoco, Builders board president. "The five hundred calendars would be here sooner, but wire spiral binding has to be ship ped in from outstate," Basoco said They will be on sale at the Union and the bookstores. These, plus 30 additional! versity Theatre play, The play's director, Dr. Wil liam R. Morgan, assistant nrofessor of speech and dra matic art, said "This play was chosen because of the draftees,. rich merchants and bartenders, statesmen and magicians, sheriff's men and j stable-boys. I Production dates for "Hen-j ry IV, Part I" are Oct. 28-31. ! LINCOLN, NEBRASKA work," he said. Other Regents, however, ap proved the Union Board's pro posal, pointing out that many student centers assume the name of the state, not the students. Student Opinion Foote, who said 11 students had approached him person ally to disagree with the name change, said in rebuttal that other unions named were fi nanced through memorials and contributions, not by stu dents as Nebraska's. After the vote another Re gent said, "Students will still call it the 'Student Union' anyway." The Union Board had sub mitted the proposal changing the name in conjunction with the opening of the new $1.3 million addition Friday. Foote was again the only dedication of the present building. Socrates W. W. Keenen, representing the architects who designed the building, Leo A. Daly Co., quoted Socrates. "If I could get to the high est place of Athens, I would lift up my voice and say 'what mean ye fellow citizens that ye turn every stone to scrape wealth (together and children to whom you must one day relinquish all.' " Keenen concluded, "I think if Socrates were here he would have been very proud and very happy of the Regents of the University of Nebraska who have made this place available to their children." good feeling about the stu- dents and the school. "In fact, we've almost in duced them to take on college show dates again," he said. The quartet plays largely to nightclub audiences. Bennett said that crowds at both the Four Aces and Cy Touff performances were standing room only. "Friday's crowd at the Touff performance was good, but Saturday's was packed," he said. "But most important, I think everyone had a good time!" -New Union Varied Jobs Accent Bennett's Background Can you imagine a man be hind a soda counter, or one wearing a chef's hat, or even a weight lifter, now hav ing a "plush" office in the new Muaent Union? Allen H. managing di rector, once did t e s e things before e s t a Wish ing himself as a figure in Midwest ern Univer- Bennett sity activities. Serves in Navy The first two years after graduation from Muskateen, Iowa, high school, Bennett served in the Navy in the School of Electrical Training. Then with the idea and hope of being a physical education major he entered the Univer sity of Iowa and for three se mesters was a gymnist and weight lifter. But previous soda jerk ex perience left an urge for food so after finding the coaching field not his interest, he en tered the School of Hotel and Restaurant Manage ment. Then came positions as cook in the Cosmopoliton Ho tel in Denver and the Univer sity of Denver cafeteria. The work on a campus gave a feeling of satisfaction and he moved on to be Assistant Director of Food Service for three years at the University of Wyoming. dissenter in later action which approved loosening competition requirements for Regents scholarships. In the past, the test was taken by only the top quarter of high school senior classes. But now it will be open to the upper third. An estimated 1,000 addi tional students will be af fected by the action. Defeat Purpose Foote called it a "backward step" and said he thought the Regents were defeating their purpose of raising standards. Majority opinion, however, was that many students, ac tive in organizations or who had high potential but low grades, were prevented from taking the tests. Regents also voted to allo cate $8,526 to the National Defense Sudent Loan Fund, Board of Regents President Clarence Swanson congratu lated the student body for having made "such a wonder ful contribution," and stated that the Union is "really your own no taxpayer money involved. This is your own monument." He then turned the building over the Chancellor. Hardin accepted on behalf of the faculty and the stu dents and presented the build ing to Miss Mary Jane Mul vaney, President of the Un ions Board of Managers. - "I am pleased now to go through the motion of hand ing the keys to you, knowing that this is a significant ad dition to the wholesome rec reation facilities on this campus and culural cener," Hardin finished. Miss Mulvaney then intro duced the new Manager of the Union, Allen Bennett. Pledge Speaking for the staff of the union, Bennett replied, "I would like to make to you, the users and owners of this building, a pledge of service, stating to you we will dili gently discharge our duties and responsibilities to you to the very best of our abilities." The ribbon across the doors was then cut by Jack Niel sen, president of the Student Council; Lyle Young, secre tary of the Faculty Senate; and Allan Williams of Scotts bluff, national president of the University Alumni Associa tion. Directoi Only for a six-month per iod has he been in private business since entering the university field. For that time he managed a drive-in res taurant. The job as Assistant Di rector of the Union in Ne braska since 1954 has not been one of short hours. Ben nett spent the first 40 days here without a day off and hours ranged from 70 to 80 a week. This has been somewhat re lieved with additional trained and professional staff people. Likes Student Work He says that he'll never consider another field than that of student work. The Un ion, he says, provides anoth er education unit to the 120 130 students that are m ployed part time during each semester. "It is gratifying to see many develop from rela tively insecure feshmen to competent seniors," he said. Bennett said the job also offers good times like that of the Union opening when he and his staff grabbed mops, vacuums and window spray to assist the janitors in doing a day's cleaning job in two hours. "The managing staff is es pecially grateful to the de partments which helped push things along to make the the opening ' date possible, namely Purchasing, Union Stores, Building and Grounds, Job Pool and the Business Manager and Comptroller," he added. Monday, September 21, 1959 Able $7,975 from the Carl Herman Larson bequest and $550.52 from the Campbell Soup Com pany grant. Members noted the import ance of the two unrestricted funds, saying they were very vital to the program of the institution. Under terms of the original National Defense Education agreement, the University is required to match contribu tions with at least one-ninth of the federal funds. So far a total of $136,032 has been received since March and an other $37,948 will anive in January. The University has paid matching funds totalling $15,115. Make Approvals Regents also approved 51 resignations and 57 full time appointments, including that of Emory P. Burnett in the College of Law, who replaces Associate Professor Merton Bernstein. Bernstein resigned July 3 after a hassle between the Law School and the legisla ture last spring. Burnett, who also teaches law in the College of Busi ness Administration, handled the Roman Review Committee for the legislature and is a former assistant bill drafter. The appointments of two as sistants to the dean of Teach ers College were also ap proved. Long-time members of the college, Dr. Norman F, Thorpe and Dr. Wesley C. Meierhenry, are assuming their duties immediately. Dr. Thorpe, associate pro fessor of secondary education and principal of University High School, will be in charge of admissions and certifica tion and the director of teacher training. He has been with the University since 1951. Dr. Meierhenry, professor of school administration and history as well as coordinator of Teacher Placement, will manage the advanced profes sional division. He has been on the staff since 1943. Regents also formally ap pointed Allen Bennett direc tor of the Student Union, re placing Duane Lake, who re signed. Bennett had served as assistant director for four years. Research grants totalling $18,919 were approved by the Regents. Training grants came to $30,200 and fellow ship grants approved at tile first Regents meeting since early July were $3,380. KJJOMV To Have Recorder Tape Records Picture, Sound University Board of Re gents action Friday will re sult in a $50,000 videotape re corder for use by KUON-TV. The recorder, plus $10,000 in videotape, is being offered to member stations in the National Educational Televi Ford Foundation grant has made this possible. Regents Will Apply The recorder will be sent to the University upon appli cation by the Board of Re gents, chancellor Clifford M. Hardin said. KUON-TV director Jack McBride described the re corder as an electronic ma chine which uses magnetic tape to record complete tele vision programs both pic ture and sound. With this equipment, Im mediate play back of pro grams is possible giving an advantage over the lengthy photographic develop ment process required for films and kinescopes, he ex plained. 2 One in State Only one commercial tele vision station in Nebraska has this recording equipment at the present time. McBride said, however, that when re corders are purchased by Ne braska stations, KUON-TV will be able to supply educa tional television programs to these stations. The use of this tape allows for unlimited editing of both program, picture and audio material simultaneously. It can be erased and reused sev eral times with no deteriora tion in quality, McBride said.