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Janet Hansen, junior In
Home Economics, . was
elected as the president of
the YWCA at their Tuesday
election.
An esti
mated 150
200 YWCA
memb e r s
p a r t i e i
pated in the
election
w h i c h
named the
officers for
the second
Miss Hansen m school
term. The officers were
elected ,at this early time in
order to serve as" a "base
cabinet."
Miss Hansen now serves as
the YWCA representative to
the Student Council and is
the AWS Coed Follies chair
man. She has been active in
the University YWCA since
her entrance as a freshman.
Elected as vice-president
of the group was Karen
Long, a junior Education ma
jor. She is a Daily Nebras
kan staff writer and is a
YWCA cabinet member.
Carol Vermaas, a junior
English major, was elected
to the, post of secretary. She
is a present member of the
YWCA cabinet and is a mem
ber of TassJes. She is on the
AWS board and serves as
social chairman of Alpha
Phi sorority.
Sharon Baughman, junior
Home Economics major,
topped the voting for the posi
tion of treasurer. She is a
veteran cabinet member of
the YWCA and is also a
member of the Coed Coun
selors board. She serves as
secretary of Kappa Delta
sorority.
Elected as
district
repres e n t
ative was
G 1 n n y
Hansen, a
junior Edu
cation ma
jor. She is a
member of
the Red
Cross, ACE
and is pre
Miss Long
sently a YWCA group chair
man. Voting for the next .YWCA
officers was held in the Stu
dent Union Tuesday from 1-6
p.m. New officers will take
over their respective duties
at the beginning of the sec
ond semester.
Union Workers
To Have Paily
Christmas spirit will be in
the air tonight when 10 Christ
mas trees are put up and
decorated in the Student Un
ion. Union workers will meet at
7 p.m. to decorate nine areas
including the main lounge,
Crib, games area, cafeteria,
south halL main entrance',
Pan American Room, music
room and the Book Nook.
The ballroom will be trans
formed into a blue, gray and
silver scheme with Noel
across the stage.
Kay Hirschbach is general
chairman of the decorating
party.
Foreign Student Observes
'Democracy9 for Herself
After hearing about "demo-!, And thirdly, Miss Estolas
cratic-principles" from other has "a feeling of belonging"
American eaucaiea r lupmo
students, Josefina Estolas Is
observing these principles for
herself at the University.
The graduate student in
home economics said she no
ticed a change in Filipino stu
dents after they had studied
in the United States in their
dealings and in that their
conversations do not revolve
around themselves.
Miss Estolas was particular
ly impressed with three
things about the University.
First, the equipment at the
University is far more exten
sive than that found in Philip
pine colleges.
Secondly, Miss Estolas said
chemistry lab work is more
individual here while in the
Philippines labs involve more
group work.
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Elected To YWCA
Term Presidency
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YW BAZAAR Admiring a pottery plate from Turkey, on
display at the YWCA Christmas bazaar, are Miss Mar
garet Fedde (right) and Loy Lyn Wright. Miss Fedde
gathered numerous Christmas items from various coun
tries. The collections are loaned by individuals. The plate
was loaned by Dr. and Mrs. Robert Fox. All items are
on display along with others which are on sale in 234
Student Union.
Bridle Club
Wins Honors
At Convention
The Block and Bridle Club
received word today that the
University chapter won three
honors at the National Block
and Bridle Convention in Chi
cago. The club won the national
first place plaque for its an
nual report, third on activi
ties and honorable mention
on the Merit Trophy Award
in competition with 32 clubs
in the nation.
The annual report submit
ted by Tom Kraeger, histori
an of the Nebraska chapter,
was based on activities, origi
nality and presentation. The
report included club activities
and pictures of the members,
officers and judging teams.
The Chapter Activities
Award in which Nebraska
ranked third was based on
the number of activities and
their value.
Ron Kohlmeier received
honorable mention on the
Merit Trophy Award, which
is based on scholarship and
activities of the previous
year.
Charlie ' Adams, graduate
student in agriculture, is the
national secretary of the
Block and Bridle Club.
Cornhuskers
Cop Opener
From Airmen
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in her classes and feels that
some of her teachers are her
"sisters." In contrast, in the
Philippines there is a keener
distinction between teacher
and pupil.
This distinction, according
to Miss Estolas, is a carry
over from the days of subjec
tion of the Filipinos by Die
Spanish.
Miss Estolas is specializing
in institutional administration
and would like to return to the
Philippines to teach home eco
nomics in a university.
She received a degree in
elementary education from
Philippine Normal College in
Manila and received her B.S.
in home economics from Far
Eastern Uninversity, also in
i Manila.
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First Step
Remodeling
For Elgin
The Elgin building w ill get
a new electrical distribution
system.
An apparent low base bid of
$69,990 by Commonwealth
Electric Co. of Lincoln was
submitted. Oilier bids of $65,
847 and $67,790 were also re
ceived. The opening of the bids rep
resented the first phase of the
remodeling work on the six
story building which was pur
chased by the University last
year.
Verner Meyers, director of
the. Division of Planning and
Construction, said that th
work would consist of con
structing a transformer room
on the northwest corner of the
first floor, the placement of
the transformer and the ty-ing-in
of the building's elec
trical system with heavy lines
along No. 16th St.
Work is expected to begin
immediately after the accept
ance of bids by the University
Board of Regents.
The next step in the pro
posed $2-3 million remodeling
project will be the develop
ment af the basement and
first floors, such as corridors
and partitions..
Lincoln Firm
Bids Lowest
The apparent low bid of
$37,200 for general construc
tion work on remodeling of
the Ag Chemistry Building
was submitted by the Hirsch
Construction Co. of Lincoln.
Other apparent low bids
were mechanical $22,450 and
electrical $3,345.
The building will be the
new home of the department
of ag information which is
now housed in the 63-year-old
Poultry Building and in the
Ag Extension Annex.
The annex will be razed to
provide space for the Kellogg
Center now under construc
tion. Demos T IJej.i
Kennedy Aide
Helen Abdouch, key figure
in the "Nebraskans for Ken
nedy Campaign," will speak
at the Young Democrats
meeting tonight at 8 in 332
Student Union.
Miss Abdouch, who has
been active in the Demo
cratic Party as woman's
chairman of the "Dollars for
Democrats" drive, will dis
cuss the "Woman's Hole in
Politics."
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LES ELGART and THE NAVCAD CHOIR
TICKETS ON SALE IN THE UNION $3.50 per rouple-Sl.OO per spectator
Vol. 34, No. 40
Elimination of Hazing Urged
At National IFC Convention
By Gary Rodgers j tablished campus tradition
College fraternity leaders j pledge hazing,
throughout the nation are try-1 Three University fraternity
ing to eliminate that well-es-1 men represented the NU IFC
Regional Conference:
Campus Union Reps
Will Convene Here
Nearly 250 students and
staff members representing
23 colleges and universities
will be on campus this week
end, to attend the Region
Eight Conference of the as
sociation of College Unions.
The students, coming from
Missouri, Kansas, Iowa and
Nebraska, will be housed in
sorority and fraternity
houses? Lists of those attend
ing the conference will . be
posted in the Student Union
for Nebraska students who
wish to contact acquaintances
from the other colleges.
Registration
Registration will be held
in the Party Rooms of the
Union from 1 to 4:15 p.m.
Friday, and the opening ses
sion will be at 4:30.
Karen Peterson, president
of the campus Union and
vice president of the region
will extend greetings.
In the Pan American Room
at 7 p.m., Union Manager
Allen Bennett will preside at
the dinner meeting and Colo
nel Harold E. Pride, Iowa
State Union director fit Ames,
will speak on the future of
College Unions. Rex Knowles,
pastor of the Presbyterian
Student House, will give the
invocation. Vocal solos will
be presented by Diane Smith,
and Jane Cumming will give
a humerous reading.
Following the meeting there
will be a region party. Ac
tivities will include movies
in the ballroom, a dance in
the party rooms, bowling,
billiards, table tennis, and
bridge.
Discussion Groups
Discussion groups are
slated -to cover nearly every
phase of union work.. The
first morning discussion
groups will cover philosophy
of union, secretaries of local
union boards, motivation of
committee members and fi
nancial operation of the Un
ion. The staff session will
concentrate on "The Role of
Unions in the Changing
World."
The second session will be
directed to selection of per
Sigma Tau :
TSU Home
The University was the
founding place of Sigms Tau,
one of the nation's becX known
honorary engineering frater
nities. Sigma Tau was founded on
Feb. 22, 1904, when a group
of upperclassmen of NU's En
gineering College held a ban
quet and announced the or
ganization of a new honor
society in engineering.
Not Real Start
This' formal introduction,
however, was not the real
beginning. It represented the
culmination of preparations
extending over a period of
more than a year.
During this preliminary pe
riod, charter members had
been meeting frequently, dis
enssing objectives, outlining
principles and ideals and per
fecting the mechanism of the
organization.
The founders worked to
wards the formation of Sig
ma Tau with a desire to be
of service to engineering edu
cation at NU. The initial
workers were civil engineer
ing students.
Ideas Presented
After several meetings in
the fall of 1903, they decided
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sonnel, publicity, evaluation
of the union programs, ori
entation, and for the staff,
"I've got a Problem."
At the noon luncheon Terry
Moshier- will provide organ
music.
Saturday afternoon s e s
sions will concern dances and
parties, exhibits, concern and
music, movies and film ac
tivities; and for the staff,
"New Union Comes to Your
Campus" and "Getting Out
siders In."
Diane Knotek Butherus,
past president of the campus
Union, will speak at the Sat
urday evening banquet. The
Rev. Benton White, Methodist
Student Center pastor, will
deliver the invocation.
General sessions will be
held in the Little Auditorium.
NU Dames
In 25th Year
On Campus
"There is nothing like a
dame," according to the song
from South Pacific and a
group of young ladies on cam
pus. "Dames" also is the names
of this group, whose members
are the wives of University
students. A national organiza
tion, the Nebraska chapter
was started m 1934.
There are about 1,200 mar
ried males at NU and about
one-tenth of their wives be
long to the organization.
Dues are one dollar and
meetings are held every
month. In addition, small in
terest groups bowling,
Christmas decoration class,
tailoring, bridge, mothers'
coffees, etc. meet regularly.
Program for meetings
range from tips in modern
dance to hair styling.
After a woman's husband
has graduated she is then
eligible to become an associ
ate member for her lifetime.
She is eligible for all the
benefits of the club but is
not allowed to vote or hold
office.
of Engin Honorary
to present their ideas to the
other engineers at the Univer
sity. They also invited certain
members of the faculty to
advise.
The original group of 14
men then started weekly
meetings in which details c'
organization were worked
out.
Sigma Tau adopted as its
symbol a pyramid pierced by
a rail. A large replica of the
symbol stands in front of
Stout Hali on Engineering
College campus as a tribute
to the founding.
National Magazine
A provision was made at
the 1914 National Conclave in
Lincoln for the establishment
of the ','Pyramid," the frater
nity's national publication.
Each of the chapters has a
correspondent for the maga
zine. Membership for Sigma Tau
is selected from men who
rank in the upper one-third
of the junior and senior
classes of a recognized col
lege of engineering.
Selection of members from
those who qualify scholasti
cally is made on a further
basis of practicality and so
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at the 50th National Interf ra
ternity Conference which
urged fraternities to abolish
hazing practices "as soon as
is practically possible."
Attending the Thanksgiving
vacation confab in New York
City from the University were
Bob Blair, IFC vice presi
dent; Jack Muck, IFC treas
urer; and Marty Sophir, IFC
secretarh.
About 300 undergraduates
and 900 alumni, mostly na
tional fraternity officers, at
tended the conference, repre
senting 59 fraternities with
about 150,000 undergraduate
members.
"Most Impressive"
Blair termed the confer
ence "most impressive." He
said he learned a great deal
more about fraternities.
Sophir stated the meeting
was said to be the most suc
cessful ever held. He said
the problems NU is facing are
not unsimilar to the prob
lems fraternities across the
nation face. Fraternities at
NU are probably stronger
than the fraternity systems on
most campuses, he said.
Reform of hazing was cit
ed as a major concern for
fraternities by Roland Maz
well, a Phi Kappa Tau from
California and newly-elected
president of the conference.
NU Commended
The resolution passed at the
convention said undergradu
ate leaders "believe hazing to
be detrimental to the best
interests of the pledges and
inconsistent with the unself
ish ideals of fraternities."
NU was commended by
many national officers for its
recent legislation reforming
pledge training rules.
In October, the University
IFC unanimously outlawed
"detrimental or degrading"
pledge training practices. .
Sophir said that everyone at
the conference seemed to be
in favor of eliminating haz
ing but they were concerned
about what they were going
to replace it with to build un
ity in the pledge class and
fraternity.
Suggestions brought forth at
the conference included work
ing together on community
service, house projects, house
parties and floats.
Strong feelings were ex
pressed at the conference
that fraternities in general
had been hurt by two- fatal
hazing accidents in recent
years, one at Massachusetts
Institute of Technology and
ciability. The approval of at
teast three members of the
engineering faculty is re
q;ured. Honor Societies
In 1925, as a result of en
deavors to clarify the situa
tion regarding honor socie
ties, the Association of Col
lege Honor Societies was
formed.
The original members were
Phi Beta Kappa, Tau Beta Pi,
Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi,
Alpha Omega Alpha and the
Order of the Coif.
The association, after an
extensive survey, extended
an invitation to Sigma Tau to
become a member. On March
3, 1930, the fraternity was. ad
mitted to full membership as
the first, honor society so
recognized after the forma
tion of the association.
Sigma Tau has initiated
more than 24,000 members.
A partial list of the alumni
who have advanced tq posi
tions of responsibility have
included the presidents of
such firms as U.S. Steel Co.,
Western Electric Co., Link
Aviation Corp., the Ford
Foundation, and the New York
Central R. R.
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another at the University ol
Southern California.
President Mazwell said fra
ternities were keenly con
scious of the stigma caused
by initiation accidents, rare
as they are.
The alumni group, meeting
separately, condemned haz
ing activities "calculated to
bring embarrassment or
physical or mental strain in
connection with pledge train
ing, initiation or pre-initiatlon
procedures."
Sophir said It was empha
sized at the conference that
fraternities should not lose
sight of their ideals, for ex
ample, many houses through '
out the nation were forgetting
scholarship.
"They impressed . upon us
that fraternities must try
even harder to uphold the
ideals they are, built upon,"
Blair said.
"They gave us the idea that
fraternities must change as
times change. We need to ree
valuate our programs, and
that is just what we intend
to do, and have been doing at
Nebraska," he added.
Panel Discussions
Panel discussions were held
on pledge training, rushing,
hazing and general inter-fraternity
affairs. The delegates
were divided into discussion
groups on the basis of the
number of fraternities on
their campuses and dis
cussed the same topics.
Blair met with all Big Eight
IFC delegates at the confer
ence. They plan to hold a
conference on April 10. All
the deans of men will be in
vited to attend in order that
a better understanding of fra
ternities and administrations
may be gained, he said.
Dr. Herman Wells, former
president of the University of
Indiana and U.S. delegate to
the United Nations, conclud
ed the conference with the
statement: "The pri
mary purpose of a college
student and definitely a fra
ternity man is to learn."
Poetry,
Jazz Form
Seminar
Readings Set
With Music
A jazz poetry seminar,
called the newest thing in the
entertainment field, will be .
presented in the Student
Union Dec. 10. t
The seminar features poetry
read to the background ac
companiment of modern jazz.
The Union program will be
one of the first public appear
ances of such a group.
Music for the seminar will
bep rovided by the John Mar
shall Sextet. The reading wOI
be done by Bona Tebo Hayes,
Ernie nines and John Mar
shall. The seven poetry selections
were chosen from the works
of Hopkins, Yeats, Skelton,
Sandburg and Shapiro.
They include Sandburg's
'Tales" read by Hines;
Yeat's "When You Are Old,
read by Mrs. Hayes; and
Shapiro's "Nostalga," read by
Mrs. Hayes.
The sextet wOI present nine
jazz selections in addition te
the poetry-jazz readings.
The seminar will be pre
sented in the Pan American
Room at 4:15 p.m. Tickets will
be available at the main desk
of the Union beginning Mon
day. There is no charge for
the tickets but seating is lim
ited. Reporters Meeting
There will be a meeting of
all present and prospective
Daily Nebraskan reporters
at 10:30 a.m. Saturday in the '
Daily Nebraskan office.
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