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NiVERSITY OF American Student Explains (Expulsion From oct 17 ma . -H)ya . , JL x x A student who was promK nent in international news-circles because of his expulsion from the Soviet Union told this story this weekend to Uni versity and Area' YM-YW of ficials. Jim Shultz, National Stu dent Chairman of the YMCA was one of 24 from the United States on a student exchange in the Soviet this summer. A similar group from the Soviet was origi nally scheduled to be on the University campus this week. On August 13, Shultz was In a Leningrad ' hospital where he had been taken be cause of a case of flu. Two days later a man arrived with the guide and interpreter and Jean Wbittet, the delegation .leader. The- man told Shultz, through the interpreter, that he had given poor response to Soviet hospitality. Then he presented him with an article in Komsomolskaya Pravda printed August 12 which said that he was being expelled. The article concerned one other person who had also been expelled. That referring to Shultz said: Article "The editors of Komsomols kaya Pravda know of other Cases of crude misuse of the hospitality of the Soviet people. The doors are wide open in the Soviet Union and will remain open for all who wish to acquaint themselves with the Soviet country, its life, culture, customs, who actually -wish to enrich their knowledge, widen their horizon. But what in common : Cobs Make Final Decision Traditional Parade 'Definitely Dropped' There will be no Home coming parade this year, ac cording to Paul Moessner, Corn Cob member and chair man in charge of Homecom ing activities. The early morning parade CUNEL ATAISIK IWA Candidate For Homecoming Gunel Ataisik, exchange student from Turkey, is the Homecoming Queen candi date representing the Inde pendent Women's Association. She is a junior enrolled in the College of Agriculture. Her activities include Delian Union, Phi Upsilon Omicron, Home Economics Club, For eign Student Orientation and YWCA. Miss Ataisik's picture was not available for last Fri day's Daily Nebraskan.- Hello, Kosmet Klub Royalty Reign -'' ' f - . V - - 4 X. '' '; : 1 ?.. - - I J ' J HELLO GIRL, ESCORT Gladys Rolfsmeyer and Maurice Wiese dance across the Ballroom floor after being crowned at the annual fall Hello Dance for Independents Saturday night which opened the social season. v NEBE with this is found in the mis sion, say of James Shultz, a student. ; "He recently came to the Soviet Ujiion, through the Bureatrtn International Youth Tourism, as a member of the eroup of thirteen American students. Incidentally, ' their young tourists are members of the student council of the association of young chrls tians in the U.S.A. "In Kiev, Shultz found a good-for-nothing who was ready to sell his honor and cbnscience for some rags with foreign markings, and under took to persist along this line. The American demanded that this fellow, should seek out some others like him, should . carry on . anti-Soviet agitation, and distribute pro vocative rumors. "The idea of this 'tourist' Shultz was that such rene gades should, by distorting truth, prepare "material" for an anti-Soviet book. The Amer ican 'tourist,' right then and there gave an advance three copies of the Bible, an American book of provoca tive contents and a magazine of the same kind. "Such activity by Shultz, under the mask of tourism, icalled forth the displeasure of honest people. They are expelling Shultz from our country." On August 15, Shultz left for Helsinki. At the border all written material was ex amined, Originally, Shultz had planned to leave by way of Rumania but the Soviets provided for the shortest way out. He still has the unused tickets for the trip across which Usually starts on cam pus at Mueller tower and runs toward downtown Lin coln was dropped definitely Saturday night, according to Moessner. ' He said the reason for the dropping of the parade was mainly due to the lack of float "entries. Only 13 organ izations of the 55 contacted by the Corn Cobs agreed to make entries. "I suppose the lack of en tries is due to a combination of things," Moessner 6aid, "and the fact that most people probably would rather devote their time to house .displays than to an organization, are some reasons." Moessner 'said he felt a pa rade that would be a flop would be worse than none at all. The Corn Cobs will still assist in the Homecoming queen coronation Thursday night before Homecoming and the "big rally Friday night," Moessner said. 'Union Caucus9 Is Tuesday "Union Caucus," legislating interested workers to join Ag Union, will be the theme of the Ag Union mass meeting Tuesday night. The caucus will begin at 5:30 p.m. in the Ag Union and will feature a smorgasbord. Also speaking will be Dr. A. W. Epp, Ag Union advisor, and U. E. Wendorff, member of the building committee. Russia. He does not know if the money for them will be returned. Not Aware He was not aware at the moment of the incidents which might have - brought his expulsion about, but after considering the previous, weeks experiences he came up with the following con clusions. On July 19, Shultz and an other member of the delega tion were in a Kiev, depart ment store where they met and began talking with a boy and girl who were also shopping. The four of them then went to walk along the Vol. 74, No. 18 Thi- charter of Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity has been suspended by the Board of Regents in accordance with the recommendation of J. Philip Colbert, Dean of Stu dent Affairs. According to Colbert's rec ommendation, their chapter house may be used as an annex to the Selleck Quad rangle if approved by the Sig Ep House Corporation. Stiff Action Don Casey, president of the Sig Eps, stated that he felt their action was "pretty stiff, g o Inside the Nebraskan Mule Skinners Nebraska's football team ended non-conference action for the year with 'a 14-9 victory over Army Saturday. The: win gives the Huskers a 2-1 non-conference record . . . .Page 3 Inside View Phil Boroff reviews he Kosmet Klub Fall Revue '. . . . Editorial Page New Ag Union? There is a possibility of a new student union on the Ag cam pus, according to discussion held during the Ag. Exec. Council meeting .... Page 4. Kappas Winners In Spirit Contest The Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority won first place in the spirit contest again Saturday for the second straight week, according to Al Krizelman, yll king. The Kappas wore white hats, displayed a sign reading "All the way to Boulder," rang, cowbells and had "lots of enthusiasm," according to Krizelman. Honorable mention goes to Zeta Tau Alpha, Delta Delta Delta, Phi Kappa Psi and Pi Beta Phi, the yell king said. Krizelman reminded all houses that there are still two games left for all houses to compete for the trophy. So far in three games the , Kappa's lead with two wins with the other win going to the Tri Delts. . "Every week the competi tion gets better for the trophy with more houses participat ing," Kirzelman said. ' Phi Kappa Psi fraternity- walked off with its second straight trophy in the Kosmet Klub Fall Revue Friday night. The Phi Psis defended their title in the skit contest with a skit entitled "The Spirit's The Thing." 'The skitmasters were Ken Broadhurst and Larry Long. ' The Traveler Act trophy went to Jim Peterson of Phi Delta Theta with his banjo solo. . Beta Theta Pi won second place in the skit competition -.with "Time Machine Blues." Ned Nolte was the Beta skit master. . , Approximately 2,400 people attended the show, held at Pershing Auditorium. The presentation of Prince Kosmet Don Fricke and Ne braska Sweetheart Kay Hirschbach highlighted the show. The KK show, "Historical Hysteria," was directed by James W. Baker. Milt Schmeeckle served as the show chairman, Jim Cadwallader was in charge of music and Jim Samples was master of ceremonies. The Phi Psi victory was especially notable in that the same two skitmasters, Broadhurst and Long, united Hheir efforts a year ago for their winning entry, "The Arthur Murray Dancing Party." The next effort of the year for the Kosmet Klub will be their spring show "Damm Yankee's." Hello Girl, Escort Chosen . A fall setting of colored leaves and crepe paper was the background for crowning of Hello Dance Royalty, Gladys Rqlfsn.eyer and Maurice Wiese; Saturday at the Student Union. Rolfsmeyer, who was named Hello Girl, was crowned by last year's queen, Kay Stute, and given a bouquet of roses during the half-time ceremonies. Wiese was named Hello Girl Escort. Both were chosen by voting at the dance which was attended by more than 600 persons. The event is sponsored annually by IWA and RAM to open the Independent social season and welcome students back to school. Dnelper River and sang both Russian and American sorigs and talked of University life. (The students were anxious to hear all American songs, especially patriotic). The mood of the afternoon was pleasure not international po litical tension. The boy repeatedly re quested clothes, reading ma terial and perfume. The next day they went to the circus together and af terward, Shultz gave him a sport jacket, and a small bot tle of perfume. As they were walking back to the hotel area, the boy again asked for read ing material so Shultz went .Era Loee but we are happy we'll be allowed to live in the house." Casey, said that most mem bers of the fraternity would apply to live in the house un der the auspices of the dorm. He pointed out that the con ditions were still in a fairly rough outline and that the members till did not know the details and mechanics of the plan. "On the surface it looks OK," he stated. "The Sig Ep house is now filled beyond capacity, and if no one has to move out we will still have a TODAY ON CAMPUS Chancellor's luncheon, room 241 Student Union, 12 noon. I n t e r-Varsity meeting, room 349 Student Union, 12:30 p.m. Student Affairs Scholar ship Tea Party, Pan Ameri can room, Student Union, 4 p.m. Union Special Activities meeting, west cafeteria Stu dent Union, 4 p.m. Tassels meeting, room 235 Student Union, 5 p.m. Panhellenic dinner, room 241 Student Union, 5:30 p.m. Towne lub dinner, Ogal lala room Student Union 6 p.m. Sigma .Delta Tau dinner, west cafeteria Student Union 6 p.m. American Society of Me chanical Engineers, Paw nee room Student Union, 6:30 p.m. J'anhellcnic convocation, ballroom Student Union, 7 p.m. Panhellenic coffee hour, rooms 232-234-235 Student Union, 9 p.m. to get some while the boy waited. He gave him a back copy of "Amerika," a pamphlet "Window to America," which was factual knowledge of the U.S. and its customs and three 1 paper-bound copies of Matthew, Mark and Luke, (not three Bibles as the ar ticle stated). Also, there had been no sales but a reimbursement from the Soviet student for the circus tickets. This is the account which Shultz has issued as an ex planation. He said that part of the purpose of the ex change was to be in gifts and Lincoln, Nebraska i semblance of organization, although not as a fraternity," he added "There is bound to be some belligerent attitude toward the Board of Regent's deci sion, but we hope to squelch it. The future is now mostly in the hands of the individu als. Scholarship "We have a promise of help from the National Or ganization in keeping up indi vidual scholarship and gen eral attitudes to the Greek system. The national scholar Colbert Recommendation Editor's note: The following; fs a text of the recommendation pre sented to the Board of Rejentn by I. P. Colbert, dean of men at the University.) At a meeting of the Senate Committee on Student Af fairs on Oct. 6, 1960, a motion was made and duly passed that "the Committee recommends that the proper authori ties close the Sigma Phi Epsilon house immediately." The reason for this recommendation is that Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity has broken its probationary status as has already been explained in a report to the members of the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska from the Dean of the Division of Student Affairs and dated October 5, 1960. This latter report was mailed to the in dividual members of the Board. As chairman of the Sen ate Committee on Student Affairs I hereby submit the above recommendation. As Dean of the Division of Student Affairs I concur with the recommendation of the Committee and recom mend further that the Charter of Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity be suspended uptil September 1, 1961, which date is the terminal date of the ban placed on that fraternity by the Board of Regents prohibiting . rushing, pledging and initiating. This means that Sigma Phi Ep silon will cease immediately to operate officially as a fraternity at the University of Nebraska during the period of the ban. in making the above recommendation it is recognized that the University of Nebraska has a responsibility for the well being of its students and should consider the ability of the individual members of Sigma Phi Epsilon to find adequate housing and thus continue their educa tion. Because adequate housing in proximity to the cam pus is relatively unavailable 1 recommend that the Uni versity offer to work out an agreement with the Sigma Phi Epsilon House Corporation whereby the University will lease and operate the fraternity house as an adjunct to the University dormitory system during the period of suspension uhder the following conditions: 1. Financial arrangements are to be made that are satisfactory to both parties. 2. The fraternity house will be operated as an annex to Selleck Quadrangle, with full control as to oc cupancy and management being . vested in the Uni versity. 3. The present occupants of the house as well as other upperclass male students may apply for residency in the house. 4. A University employed counselor shall be placed (Continued on Page 4) Campus f PRINCE KOSMET, SWEETHEART Don Fricke and Kay Hirschbach are shown with 4heir gifts after their presentation as Prince liosmet and Ne braska Sweetheart at the Kosmet Klub's Fall Show Friday night. that he had not given any more, or even as much, as many other students br tour ists had. Shultz expressed his disap pointment that the exchange schedule for this campus was cancelled last week. How ever, he pointed out there is much we can do on our own door step. "It costs a great amount to send students to other countries. With the money that it costs to send one stu dent, a campus group could do a lot for. all foreign stu dents on campus," he encour aged. The National chairman Charter ship chairman will be here next week with more ideas," Casey continued. Judge Adolph E. Wenke of the Nebraska Supreme Court and treasurer of the Sig Ep Alumni Association presented an alternative rec ommendation to the Board. Under this system, the Sig Eps would continue as a fra ternity, but all power of op erating the chapter would be vested in the alumni and a proctor who would live in the house. Wenke pointed out that Weekend t.r Russia gave the Area Board of the YMCA meeting in Lincoln Saturday an illustrated talk on the youth of tht Soviet. His impressions were that the Soviet youth do want peace and that they are dedi cated and sincere. The exchange program in cluded a three week stay at a Soviet Youth camp. The remainder of the program was spent touring and talk ing with students. Only a few days was lost because of his expulsion since the action came at the end of the sum mer. Shultz will he in Lincoln again in November. m Monday, Oct. 17, 1960 with this amount of control, there would be supervision at every moment and thus a bet ter chance to correct the fra ternity's faults. Casey stated that he felt Judge Wenke's suggestions would have been a better solution. He felt that recent trouble might have been avoided had a proctor been installed in the house im mediately after the action taken by the Board last spring. Progress The two other fraternities, Sigma Nu and Sigma Alpha Epsilon, deprived of rushing and initiating powers in May were reported by Colbert to be makng such good prog ress that if the progress con tinues, the Board would re view their case at the end of this semester. Judge Wenke said, "We will go along with Dean Col r rt's recommendations for leasing the house if it is le gally possible and feasible under1 our corporate setup." This will be determined by a meeting of the Sigma Phi Epsilon House Corporation tonight. "We certainly will cooper ate fully with the University in carrying out the program adopted in finding a solution to the problem," added Tad Ward, presdent of the alum ni association. The Board of Regents ad journed their meeting Friday to receive the recommenda tion of the Interfraternity Board of Control, as provid ed by the bylaws of the Board ofRegents. IFC Board The IFC Board, headed by president Ernest Duey, stat ed they fully concurred with (Continued on Page 4) Kelly Grant 'To Improve' NU Teaching' Dr. Fredd J. Kelly, a 1902 graduate of the University, has bequeathed an estimated $180,000 to the University. "The money shall be used at the discretion of the Board of Regents to foster research looking to the improvement of teaching in the Univer sity," Kelly's will stated. The sum is one-half of his estate. The net income from the University's 6hare will go to Dr. Kelly's widow during her life, as stipulated in the will, explained Chancellor Clifford M. Hardin. Dr. Kelly died in Washing ton, D.C. July 31, 1959. Originally from Wymore, Dr. Kelly served as princi pal of Syracuse high school after graduating from the University. He -earned his Ph. D. degree from Columbia University. As an educator, he served as dean of the school of edu cation and dean of adminis tration at University of Kan-. sas, dean of administration at University of Minnesota, chancellor of the University of Idaho, and professor of higher education at Univer sity of Chicago. Dr. Kelly retired , as direc- tor of the division of Higher education in the U.S. Office of Education, Washington, D.C. in 1946. New Appointments At their meeting Friday af ternoon, the Board of Re gents also approved the ap pointments of six new full time staff positions and 32 These appointments are ne cessitated by the great in crease in enrollment this year.