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UNIVERSITY OF NEBR. IIBRARY i i nf fnfl 7i i -- L 1 AND IRISH LI CK TOO! Aye, the boys wi'a little bit o Ireland iif their hearts at Jhe Fiji House put o' little sign we DA Vol. 34. No. 82 LawCurriculum To Be Changed; Effective in Fall A change in requirements for admission to the three year curriculum of the Uni versity of Nebraska's College of Law was announced today by Dean E. 0. Belsheim. Effective next fall , Uni versity students who have completed three years of re quired academic work in the College of Arts and Sciences and the College of Business Administration may enter the three-year law curriculum. Under the existing pro gram, only students with Bachelor's degrees are ad mitted to the three-year course. Combined Program Dean Belsheim said that as a result of the change, six y e a r combined programs with the Colleges of Arts and Sciences and Business Admin istration will permit a student to earn both his Bachelor's degree and LL.B degree in six years instead of seven. Dean Belsheim said stu dents who are not attending the University may be admit ted to the three-year course if they have completed at least three-fourths of the work acceptable for a Bach elor's degree. However, he said, they must be eligible to receive a Bach elor's degree from the insti tution attended upon the satis factory completion of the first year of law school at. the University. Transfer Plan Also, University students who are not enrolled in Col- 'Miss' Joins Male Ranks With All 9's The quartet of males at taining straight nine averages must open their ranks for a Miss, Judith Du Jardin. Miss Jardin, a senior in Arts and Sciences also had a straight nine average last se mester. The University ac- Miss Dn Jardin cldentally overlooked Miss Du Jardin when they were com piling the student averages according to numerical rank. Miss Du Jardin's nine av erage raises the number at taining this perfect grade score 1o five. S'S J f i,3S $ v i u I . i ' V ' f I ft " ' I '"'(' T7" -ft ft "I I leges of Arts and Sciences! and Business Administration! may transfer to the three-! year College of Law program if their scholastic average is a "B", supported by results of the law aptitude test. He added that students now enrolled in the college may not be able to adjust their courses of study to fulfill the new requirements. "Where this is the situation, a student will be admitted if he has; substantially completed the requirements and the circum stances warrant his admis sion." Dean Belsheim explained that the College's four-year curriculum will remain un changed. Under this program, an entering student must have completed at least one half of the work acceptable for a Bachelor's degree'. Law .aptitude tests for stu dents entering the College of Law next fall will be given the afternoons of March 29 and 31 at College of Law: building, 10th and R streets. Botany Greenhouse By Nancy Whitford Tropical flowers blooming in snowbound Ne braska? Many varieties can be found right here on campus in the botany greenhouse. They include such oddi ties as the Amorphophallus, Bird of Paradise, Callian dra, Monstera fern, Anth ericum, Venus fly-trap and Stag Horn fern. Amorphophallus The Amorphopallus Is a slender shaft-like plant which blooms dry from the bulb. Once the blossom pe riod has ended, the shaft is replanted in the soil. Bold blue and orange blooms on the Bird of Par adise plant represents a bird in flight while the fluffy red Calliandra flow ers resemble tropical pow der puffs. The largest plant in the collection is the Monstera fern which reaches up to touch the greenhouse cell ing with its huge floppy leaves. These tough, leath ery leaves, which average two feet by foW feet in size, are perforated with dozens of holes. According to greenhouse foreman, Glen Drohman, these boles permit the rain to fall through instead of weight ing down the leaf. In contrast, the smallest plants grown there are only fractions of an inch in height. These are the blue-green algae which are used for experimental pur poses. Perhaps the most strik ing flowers are the heart shaped blooms of the trop ical Anthericum. True to the valentine tradition, these blossoms are bright red in color. - The common house plant, Philodendrun takes on gi gantic proportions under pampered greenhouse con in the snoo. Other wearers quaffing green beer at local TMI LINCOLN, NEBRASKA IFC Ball Rates 2 O'clock Hours University women will have 2 a.m. hours Friday. The Interfraternity Coun cil got, the extension ap proved through the Division of Student Affairs for the IFC Ball, according to George Porter, IFC presi dent. The 1960 IFC Ball will be from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. at T)Ali!n TIT uniiinAI A iiHl. , Voodv Herman and ms band win"play. Aquaquettes Plan Pacific Pool Theme Blowing palm trees, blue waves breaking on a beach and cannibals chasing sailors around an island .... these things will be brought out in the Aquaquettes 1960 show, "Pacific Cruise." Jill Weyand, president of the swim group, announced that "Pacific Cruise" will be presented March 24 and 25 in the Coliseum pool at 7:45 p.m. Twelve numbers will be given, including one solo, "The Flight -of the Fancy Free," by Mary Erickson. Tickets are 50 cents. Venus Fly-Trap, Bird of ditions. "It would cover the whole roof," Drohman said, "if I didn't cut it back." A second house plant, the Gloxinia, is also found in the tropical ro?m. "This plant originally came from Bra zil and was introduced to England in 1815," Droh man said." "These first flowers were small and drab, but since then, he continued, "they have become large and viv id through cross-breeding," Fly-Trap ' Two plants named for characteristics of their leaves are the Venus fly trap and Staghorn fern. WTien a fly walks across the former the leaves snap shut and trap him while the leaves of the latter are shaped like the prongs of a deer. Many of the greenhouse plants are also used for ex perimental purposes Droh man said. "This is done," he noted, "by growing sev eral different cultures each of clover, soybeans, corn, lettuce and sage. The seeds are placed in sand and li quid minerals are added from reagent bottles. In each case a specific chem ical is then ommitted." Minerals ommitted in clude such elements as Ni trogen, Magnesium, Man ganese, Calcium-and Phos phorus. "By growing these plants themselves," Droh mah said, "the students in plant physiology 220 are able to see the graphic re sults of such mineral defi ciencies." Many ornamental plants, other than the tropical va riety, are also kept to pro vide a representative dis play for students to study and view. Several of these are the liverwort, cacti and geraniums. Thermostat Controlled conditions are Rushees May Stay In Quad, Visit Every Fraternity of the green celebrated by taverns. Council Looks At Changes In Representation Plan By Mike Milroy Representation on the 1960 61 Student Council may be changed. Bob Krohn, Council vice president and chairman of the Judiciary committee, pre sented a list of proposed con stitution changes to the Coun cil at its Wednesday meet ing. Motion Tabled The motion that the Coun cil accept the proposed amendments was tabled. Krohn briefly explained each of the changes to the Coun cil members and clarified questions about various changes. The chief change proposed would reduce the number of organization and group repre sentatives from twelve to eleven. Under the provision for change. Cosmopolitan Club, Coed Counselors Board and YWA-YMCA would no longer have a representative on the Student Council. AWS, Corn Cobs, IFC, Pan hellenic, Tassels and Build ers will continue to have their rights to representation. The new constitutional changes replaces the obsolete BARB with the IWA. Other changes would re Paradise, Amorphophallus Blooms in Winter maintained in the green house by use of an automat ic thermostate. This is kept at a temperature of 75 degrees for tropical and ex perimental plants. All other plants are kept at a tem perature of 65 degrees. In addition, humidity is regulated by a nozzle which sprays a fine mist of wa ter into the air. "Because of this control we have very few cases of. plant disease," said Drohman. "The only insect t-gt?.-Ji '.: i 1'' ... j j vX J I V ViV'i- j TOO MUCH HEAT Short sleeves are the order of the day for this Nebraskan. Glenn Drohman, greenhouse fore man, makes like Africa among the many tropical plants, including the large Monstera fern (one leaf behind him). By Jerry Lamberson Next year's fraternity rushees may be required to stay in the Selleck Quad rangle during Rush Week. This proposal and others were approved by the IFC at the Wednesday night meeting and are subject to the ap proval of the Tnter-fraternity Board of Control and the Di vision of Student Affairs. Mionite Hours The 1960 Rush Week will be gin on September 5 and end on the 7th. During this time the rushees will have hours in the dorm said Bob Blair vice president of the IFC. They must be at Selleck by 12 p.m. on the 4th to be Friday, March 18, 1960 place the representative from Men's Co-op and Resi dence Hall with a representa tive from RAM and a repre sentative from the Inter Co op Council. The University Council on Religion would re place the original Religious Council. YWCA-YMCA are representated on this Coun cil on Religion. Differing Reasons Cosmopolitan Club and Co ed Counselors were removed from ' representation for dif fering reasons. Krohn told the Council that the Cosmopoli tan Club was no longer func tioning. He also pointed out Union To Show Soccer Movie A film of the world's cham pionship soccer match will be shown tonight at 6:30 p.m. in room 332 of the Stu dent Union. Anyone interested is urged to attend the free movie, which w ill last approximate ly 75 minutes, according to Albert Arrigunaga, member of the University Soccer Team. which reallv bothers us is the red spider and we spray twice a week to eliminate him." A special device found in the greenhouse for speeding up plant growth is the pho toperiod cabinet. Plants are placed in it during the night in order to let additional light shine on them. According to Drohman the greenhouse is open to the students, and those who wish to see the plants may do so between 8-12 and 1-5, Monday through Friday. able to go through Rush Week. This includes Lincoln rushees too, Blair said. The rushees will have 12 o'clock hours during Rush Week. Blair said that it is the hope of the IFC that living in Selleck during Rush Week will help to eliminate illegal rush ing and will also give the pa rents of the rushee more sec urity of what their son is do ing and where he is. The rushee will have a small fee to pay for staying in the dorm and for his meals, all of which will be eaten there, Blair said. All Houses Another proposal of next year's Rush Week is that each rushee visit each of the 21 houses during the first day. This will require that he spend a half-hour session at each of the houses. Blair said that this change was made because many of the rushees were not getting a look at all of the fraterni ties and the fraternities were not getting a look at all of the rushees. . Blair said that the Sunday sessions would begin in the that Coed Counselors was dropped from representation because they did not fulfill the role of an organization with "University-wide gener al interest." Newcomer to te Council representation scheme is the Student Union Board of Man agers. When questioned about the reason for adding the Board of Managers, Krohn said that the Union was of University wide interest to the students and consequent ly, should be represented on the Council. Krohn told the Council that all those who have been de prived of their original repre sentation had a chance for a hearing to defend their po sition of representation. These hearings were attended by members of the Judiciary Committee and subsequent decisions were made by this committee. Representation for the for eign students remained a question with the Council since Cosmopolitan Club is not now functioning. Krohn told the Council that there was one of three possibilities for con tinued representation of for eign students. These were listed as: (1 Foreign students should elect a representative from their ranks; 2 Student Conncil would choose the best repre sentative group of foreign stu dents each year and a repre senative would be chosen by this group or 3) Cosmopolitan Club would again become functional and continue as the group representing the foreign students. The Student Union will al so join the Interfraternity Council and the Panhellenic Council as organizations ex empt from the powers of the Student Council if these pro posed changes are passed. Selleck Group Petitions For. All-Resident Vote A special all dorm petition is being circulated to get a HELP (House Experiment in Long-range Planning) project referendum put to a vote by the Selleck residents, ac cording to Donald Johnson of Fairfield house. "We 'a group of 10) feel that the students concerned with the HELP project con troversy should have a chance to express their opin ion," said Johnson. I's and i's The group that Johnson represents includes both sup porters of the I's and of the i's. The petition, which will be put to the students at the same time that the RAM election of officers is held, needs a total of 270-300 names. "It is felt that there will be no trouble in accumulat ing the n umber of names iince this referendum neith er supports nor opposes eith er group," commented John son. "It will just give the people a right to vote on HELP project." The petition says that the undersigned request that "a written referendum of the House Experiment Long range Planning organization iHELPJi be submitted to the afternoon and consist of visits to four houses he has cards for. The time that he will at tend each of the houses will be scheduled by the IFC, Blair said. Three Monday Then on Monday the rushee will attend three of the four houses and he may state his preference as to the date be will visit that house. The IFC made a proposal not 10 allow any rushee to pledge unless the rushee had a card signed by the house or that the house had his name on their list of bid slips. Blair said that the rushee must pledge by 5 p.m. Tues day or wait 30 days before pledging. The Jewish Rush Week will begin Sunday evening and the rushees will stay in Selleck with the other rushees. It will end Monday night. The IFC officers will stay in Selleck at all times to be sure the rules are enforced, Blair said . Union Names Ag and Qty Managers Eight city campus students were elected to the Student Union Board of Managers Wednesday at the board's regular meeting. Juniors selected to serve on the board as senior members are Pat Porter, Sue CarkoskL Sylvia Bathe, Paul Johns and Sherry Turner. Sophomores who will serve as junior members are John Schroeder, Dick Nelson and Ginny Hubka. Archie Clegg and Gil Grady were named Ag Union senior board members and Sara Rhodes and Deon Sthuthman are ag junior members. At a meeting next Tuesday, the eight city representa tives who comprise the ac tivities board will elect a president, vice president and secretary-treasurer from the eight. The other five members will be directors of five areas of activity. This is a new pol icy going into effect this year. Included in these areas are recreational, cultural, public relations, social and educa tional committees. Committe chairmen will also be picked at Tuesday's meeting. Miss Porter and Miss Carko ski were junior members of the board this year, and Clegg was a junior member on ag campus. Medical Tests Will Be May 7 The national Medical Col lege Admission test will be given at the University May 7. This test must be taken by all students who apply for admission to any accredited college of medicine in the United States. Applcations to take the test are now available at 306 Bessey Hall. They must be oa file at the Educational Test ing Service, Princeton, New Jersey, before April 23. residents of Selleck Quadran gle for approval or rejection by popular vote of the resi dents." Referendum The petition goes on to say, "This is not a condem nation or recommendation of the organization, it is only a request for a referendum." The controversy of whether Selleck should be left as just a place to eat, sleep and study or whether it should be social ized and have activities simi lar to those which the fra ternities offer is the cause of the petition movement The debate on the issue has been raging for nearly s month with little being ac complished except the aliena tion of certain residents of Selleck, according to John son. It is hoped that this refer endum and the chance to ex press an opinion will settle the question, he said. Organization Plans An additional requirement of the referendum will be to include a clarification of how HELP will be organized, membership requirements, and future organization plans. "The advocates of the Help, project, the I's. will write and submit the referendum to a vote if the petition is successful," stated Johnson.