The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current, January 15, 1960, Image 1
QaW Names Spring Day Committee; Hears By Mike Miiroy Archie Clegg was selected as chairman of the I960 Spring Day Committee at the Wednesday meeting of Stu dent Council. Clegg, a junior in Agricul ture and a member of Farm House, held the post of game co-chairman on the 1959 com mittee. Five Members Also selected as members of the Committee were: Roy Arnold, FarmHouse; D c k Newman, Sigma Chi; Sukey Tinan, Kappa Kappa Gam ma;. Diane Tinan, Kappa Kappa Gamma; and Lois Muhle, Delta Gamma. In other business before the Council, the Constitutional amendments of AWS and Co ed Counselors were approved. The constitution of the Cad ence Countesses also was ap proved. Dave Godbey, activities committee c h a i r m a n, an nounced that the booklet be ing made up by his commit tee is nearing completion. A rough draft of the booklet is ready and awaiting approval by William Harper, treasur er of the student activities fund. The booklet, which is, to be paid for by t he University, 'More and More Engineers General Electric Eyes Space Travel Experts By Jacque Janecek General Electric will hire "more and more" engineers in 1960 and will need those who will specialize in space travel design, its comptroller told the Daily Nebraskan Wednesday. In an afternoon press con ference, a University of Ne braska graduate, Gerald L, Phillippe, predicted the com pany" would have a special need for engineers with ad vanced degrees. Quality Improves He also noted that GE stud ies show curricula changes in universities m the past five years have helped ' to improve the quality of engi neering graduates. Phillippe, who has been comptroller for GE since 1953 and also serves as general manager of the company's ac counting services division, is touring major Midwestern cit ies this week. His purpose is "to make better communication with employers and customers." Fourteen other executive of ficers of the company . are making similar trips, he said. The '32 graduate of the Uni versity, who also received his masters degree here in 1933, also discussed the outlook for 1960, the effects of the steel strike on prices and wages, and the process of automa tion. Phillippe predicted a "very good" 1960, in spite of effects of the steel strike. Three Problems But, three problems worry him the upward pressure on prices, higher government spending and the lack of con trol over it, and control over union activities. Asked what Americans could do about the problems, Phillippe urged them to in form Congressmen about their disapproval of continued spending and to insist upon more labor legislation. "Recent labor legislation is a step in the right direc tion," he noted, but com plained," It provides for crim inal offenses and distribu tion of union funds only. We need to have more control over unions." Automation and increased productivity are also major problems worrying work ers and employers alike, the comptroller noted. The question is, Phillipe said," Who should get . the profit resulting from the re duction of production costs and the increased output?" He thinks wages and salar ies in industry should be more in response to supply and de mand, not on productivity in crease. Educate Workers Phillippe also discussed the effect of increased automa tion on employment figures. He said his company attempts to educate workers to work in other areas, but admitted that in some cases "ultimately the work force would be cut." However, he thinks the ef fects wili be so gradual that workers will be absorbed in other industry. He pointed out the increase in production of 1 e i s u r e-time goods and added," When cars were in vented, people moaned about what would happen to the whole economy as a result.' will be distributed to presi dents of organized houses and organizations. - Attempt Fails Ken Tempero, chairman of the social committee, told the Council that attempts to change the punishment con nected with University con duct probation failed. He aft nounced that further sugges- tions for the improvement of the- present probation policy are welcome. Rob Steinheider, represen tative of Alpha Phi Ome ga, appeared before the Coun cil and acquainted them with the work of the group's book pool. , Steinheider told the Coun cil the pool would take in books Jan. 22, 23, 25 and 26 and would sell the books Feb. 1-6. Final examinations again were prominent in Council discussion. Don Gable, chair man of the finals committee, explained that the final exam schedule had finals for morn ing classes on consecutive days due to a long range program of the University. The program is one which is attempting to achieve an equilibrium level of morning and afternoon classes. This "We've doubled production in 10 years and will probably do so again. I really can't conceive twice as much pro duction without having more employees than we have now," the comptroller said. What about smaller busi nesses? Can they hope to com pete with better mechanized big industry? Phillippe thinks so. "Smaller businesses will have smaller computers, for example," he said. "Automa tion will move to them too." Although GE isn't consider ing starting any smaller plants at present, Phillippe said they have not aban doned the i d e a. "We're concentrating on cost reduc tion now," he added. BEST DRESSED Jeanne Garner, Delta Gamma sopho more in Teachers, models the costume that helped her to win the Daily Nebraskan sponsored Best Dressed Girl contest Jeanne Garner Wins Best Dressed? Title Jeanne Garner has been selected "Best-Dressed Girl" in tne contest Deing spon sored by the Daily Nebras kan. She will be entered in the Glamour magazine sponsored national contest. The 10 win ners of the- national contest will be flown to New York May 30th where they will stay at the Biltmore Hotel until June 10th. Magazine Feature Fashion shows, television appearances, dinners and luncheons are among the plans for the two-week stay. The 10 coeds also are fea tured in the August issue of the magazine. Miss Garner, a sophomore in leaoiiers college, is a member of AWS' Board, Ne braska Foundation, Delta Reports is hoped to be achieved in a period of 10 years. Complex Operation Gable pointed out that the University couldn't make up new schedules for every fr nals period since it was such a complex operation. He also mentioned the desirability of mis plan among faculty members since they can plan to attend out-state confer ences by checking and calcu lating when they will be done with finals in future years. He told the Council that Registrar Floyd Hoover sug gested the Council draw up a final exam schedule and submit it to the Faculty Sen- ate committee on final exam inations along with the sched ule which is, submitted from his office. It was then moved and sec onded that the Council final exam committee draw up an exam schedule for the fall semester of 1960. Chuck Wilson told the Coun cil tnat exam schedules are very complex and that a fea sible schedule would be dif ficult to devise by students without any assistance. He proposed a motion which would have the Council and those who make the finals schedule in Administration Hall work in conjunction to try to avoid holding morning class finals on consecutive days. New Business In new business before the Council, Bob K r o h n moved that ' the Council elections committee be instructed to investigate the possibilities of combining all elections, other than special honors elections, on the same day. The motion would necessi tate the election of officers and organizations members on the same day in a com bined election. Organizations involved in the incorporation would toe those which require Council election sponsorship. Special honors elections, which Include the Homecom ing Queen election and other similar elections, would be excluded. Don Epp suggested to the Council that the manager of the Regents Bookstore speak to the Council concerning the store's work in holding, down book prices. Gamma sorority and has par She was selected by a panel of judges consisting of Mrs. Naomi Schleis, buyer of Hov-land-Swanson; Mrs. G i n n y Hollcnbaugh, fashion coordi nator at Ben Simon and Sons; Miss Mary Louise Babst, fashion coordinator at Miller and Paine; Jack Neil sen, president of Student Council; and Stan Kainian, business manager sf the Daily Nebraskan. Glamour Editors The 10 national winners will be selected by a panel of Glamour editors in March from three photographs sub mitted of each of the candi-. dates. The pictures will be taken in an on-campus outfit, a day time off-campus outfit and a party dress. - i P. I Vol. 34, No. 56 Outstanding Husker Awards Go to Prof. Shapiro, Basoco Outstanding Nebras kan awards for this semes ter have gone to P r o f. Karl Shapiro of the English de partment and Dick Basoco, senior in Arts and Sciences. The awards, which are pre sented at the end of each semester by the Daily Ne braskan to a faculty mem ber and a student, are made on the grounds of outstand ing contributions to the Uni versity. This semester's outstanding faculty member, Karl Sha piro, is a writer, teacher, V ''7 . j ' ' Lawn tr---- MMjMAAlMgaMli i.MiKin.n.jdimwfrrnilwwA AWARD WINNERS Karl Shapiro, Pu-. litzer prize winning poet and professor of English, and Dick Basoco, tireless student 'Hitn Msses 9 Has Skits From Yaks to Queens Six sororities emerged vic torious from the try-outs for Coed Follies Tuesday night in the Student Union ballroom. Chosen were Alpha Chi Omega, Kappa Alpha Theta, Kappa Kappa Gamma, Delta Gamma, Pi Beta Phi and Al pha Phi. Kappa Alpha Theta tells the "historical event" of the fall of Humpty Dumpty through the presentation of the television program, "You Were There". The scene is Dumptyville. Skitmaster is Barbara Anderson and assist ant skitmaster is Susie Mat thews. "A Yaktale" is the Alpha Phi's Follies skit. Based on the fact that Tibet's chief ex ports are the tails of an ani mal called a yak, the skit tells of the confundment of the Ti beian women who pack these yaktails for exportation. The termination of the skit reveals that the yaktails are used as Santa Clans beards in Europe and the United States. Joan Bailey is skit master. A jab at the numerousness of campus queens makes up the plot of the Alpha Chi Omega's skit, "Title Wave." Three Houses Three types of sorority houses are represented: sweet, sophisticate and all round campus girls. Each of the houses has nominated a girl for "Miss Sixteenth Street" and in the course of the judging, it turns out that the wives of the judges are all sorority alums of the so phisticate sorority whose representative wins, s k i t masters are Sherry Turner and Shari West. "Mooniversity" is the title of Delta Gamma's skit, di rected by Sharon Quinn. The moon girls can't coordinate themselves due to the ce::ter of, gravity so they are forced to take body mechanics. Some of the moon charac ters are Hannah, the moon- monster, and a physical edu cation teacher. The Kappa Kappa Gamma skit, "Madame President," directed by Mary Jane Koch, is the story of the short-lived term of a woman president. No Agreement As the president begins to direct affairs of state she dis covers the female cabinet members and male congress cannot agree. In discouragement, the la LINCOLN, critic and a Pulitzer Prize winner. He has written seven vol umes of poetry and three critiques including his most recent work, "Poems of a Jew," published last year. Shapiro recently was asked to write an article for the New York Times expressing his views on contemporary poetry and criticism. The request was a result of the reaction to his review of a volumn of Marianne Moore's poetry. In addition to the Pulitzer dy president resigns and goes home to her husband and children. "Killer Back in Town," Pi Beta Phi's skit, is a take-off on television cowboy west erns set to melodramatic po etry. Everyone Killed The plot centers around the barroom floozy, Fanny, who Anti-Semitism No Fad Says Professor Koehl Swastika PaintersNazi Tools Splashing swastikas on Jew ish homes, synagogues, fra ternity and sorority houses should bring severe punish ment, a University history professor and expert on Ger many thinks. "Sharp penalties at the very beginning of the problem will stop anti-Semitism. But heavy publicity and shifting the blame will do little good," says Dr. Richard Koehl. He suggests expulsion for any college student involved in any demonstrations. 'Laughing View' "If people believe it isn't approved to be anti-Semitic, they'll keep it down. But if they think society doesn't deal with the problem seriously, they'll take a laughing view of it," he added. The history professor who served as an interrogator of German prisoners for Mili tary Intelligence during World War II, is in sharp disagree ment with many international church leaders, government officials and social workers who think the outbursts are a uu. American demonstrations are "an excuse for people who have always been anti-Semitic and now want publicity," he says. He doesn't think the Ameri can movements are part of an international movement, and he doesn't think German dem onstrations are Communist-inspired to discredit Chancellor Konrad Adenauer's govern ment. Nazism Alive? "Nazi organizations still ex ist, and this is their way of showing Naziism is still alive," Dr. Koehl says. The reason the outbreaks came at this particular time, NEBRASKA Prize that Shapiro received in 1944, he has been awarded the Jeannette S. Davis prize, the Levinson and Contempo rary Poetry prizes, American Academy of Arts and Letters Grant and the Shelley Me morial prize. He also was appointed a Fellow in Amer ican Letters, Library of Con gress. Shapiro's letter of nomina tion acclaimed him as a na tional figure but more impor tant, as a figure of stature on the University campus. The letter referred to Sha- leader, are this semester's Outstanding Nebraskan choices. Basoco is enrolled in one of Shapiro's classes this semester. is trying to find someone to iove. The' gunmen and killer, Palladin, Mat Basterson, Marshall Mellon and Baver ick fight for her affections and are all killed. But 7-Up revives them and Fanny is happier than be fore because she can start choosing a man once again. Mary Knoll is skitmaster. he thinks, is that it has been 15 years since Hitler's Nazi forces were defeated. And it was exactly 15 years after the German defeat in World War I that he came to power. "The incidents are too well co-ordinated to belive they are accidental," says Dr. Koehl. He says the youths who started the Christmas-t i m e outbursts in Cologne are "tools" of the older order, probably men in their 50's. 'Crackdown Needed' Koehl thinks it is essential for the West-Germany gov ernment to "crack down and not pass the buck to Commu nism." If the West German govern ment fails to crack down, the next step will be personal at tacks on Jews, Dr. Koehl says. Again urging severe penal ties for American offenders, Dr. Koehl seemed worried that the anti-Semitism inci dents will evolve much the same as juvenile delinquency in this country. "As long as it's amusing and if it is used for enter tainment such as juvenile de linquent movies, then it cant be dealt with seriously," he warns. He also charged the press with "a responsibility to re port more than the bare facts about the incidents," which he says can incite many more. "Youngsters will love to go painting swastikas like they do stealing hub caps, and it could go further and further, unless they're punished," he added. Asked whether the younger generation was as anti-Semitic as their elders, the Har vard graduate replied, "There seems to be plenty of anti-Semitism around." Friday, January 15, I960 piro's improvement of the Prairie Schooner, University literary publication. His orig inal purpose in coming to the University was to tajce of the editorship of the magazine. 'Popular Classes' "His classes are among the most popular on cam pus," the letter stated. "Sha piro adds to the intellectual development of t h e student body by his very nature." Basoco, chosen for the Out standing Nebraskan student award, has been active in campus affairs since entering the University. He has served as publicity chairman for the 1959 Mili tary Ball, publicity chairman for the Builders Kellogg Cen ter drive, secretary of Theta More Stories, Pictures Pages 4, 5 Xi fraternity, president of Builders and a Daily Ne braskan columnist. At present he is vice presi dent of Sigma Delta Chi pro fessional journalistic frater nity, a member of the Young Democrats executive board and associate editor of the Cornhusker. No Cold List The letter of nomination stated, "No cold list of Basoco's activities can show the tremendous enthusoasm and drive that Dick puts into anything he enters. "Basoco, an outstanding student, citizen and per son, has attained all his goals without thought of personal gain or achievement, "the letter concluded. Others nominated for the awards included faculty ' members Chancellor Clifford . Hardin, Prof. Paul Schach of the German department, Misg Mary Jane Mulvaney of the physical education depart ment, Mrs. Betty Carpentef of the philosophy department and students Dean Jenkins, Polly Doering, Karen Peter son, John Coates, Bob Blair, Harry Tolly, Norman Rohlf ing, Gary Rodgers and Larry, Romjue. Previous Winners In previous years the award has been presented to faculty members Dallas Wil liams, University Theatre di rector; Dr. George Rosenlof, dean of admissions; the Rev. Rex Knowles, pastor of Pres by House; .Mary Mielenz, pro fessor of secondary educa tion; Frank Hallgren, assist- ant dean of men. Ferris Norris, chairman of the electrical engineering de partment; Duane Lake, man ager of the Student Union;' Dr. O. K. Bouwsma, profes sor of philosophy; Dr. Carl Georgi, chairman of the bac teriology department; Eman uel Wishnow, chairman of the music department. Donald Olson, assistant pro fessor of speech; W.V. Lam bert, dean of the College of Agriculture; and Bob Handy, activities director of the Un ion. Students who have received the award Include Steve S c h u 1 1 z, Sandra Reimers, Diane Knotek Butherus, Gall Katske Wishnow, John Gour lay, Tom Novak, Bob Novak, Marv Stromer, Jack Rodgers, Eldon Park, Don Noble, Rob ert Raun, Mrs. Ernest Herbti and Phyllis Bonner. The new Outstanding Ne braskans will be honored at a luncheon this noon in th Student Union. May Queen Filings Open Next Month Filings for May Queen will open Feb. 1 and extend through 5 p.m. Feb. 12. Any senior woman with a 5.5 overall average who is not a member of Mortar Board is eligible to file. ' Applications may be p i c k e d up and re turned to 207 Administration Building. Three pictures should be in cluded with the applications. Primary election for May Queen will be Feb. 24 with the final election being held on March 2. All junior and senior women may vote for May Queen. The runner-up will b the Maid of Honor. i "IT