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By Jim Forrest fcRCrtWjL HaU 0 youth suited to
Complete facilities for any their needs,
type of youth, conference, are Numerous course offer
available in"heNeferasfea-'Higs-and thepducational
Center for Continuing Edu- experiences, all of special in-
cation's Hall of Youth, ac
cording to Dr. Otto Hoiberg,
program director for the
Hall.
In addition to the Midwest
Institute for Youth, the Hall
will initiate a program
which will emphasize short
training activities for youth
oriented groups when the
Center opens in June.
While the core of the con
tinuing education program
at the HaU of Youth includes
several eight week (non de
gree) sequences of study,
said Dr. Hoiberg, special
courses ' and programs will
also be arranged to serve
such groups as the Future
Farmers and Homemakers
of America, 4:H groups and
other appropriate youth or
ganizations which may find
Faculty Senate
Council Considers
Function Question
By Ann Moyer
The basic outline of what might constitute a social func
tion has been endorsed1 as Student Affairs policy by the Stu
dent Council.
. After lengthy discussion the Council voted Wednesday to
recoenize as the Dolicv of Student Affairs an outline of a cam
pus social function which was presented to them by the Facul
ty Senate committee on student affairs. ' ""
Function
Is Officially
Described
A social event as described
in the University handbook
"On the Social Side" is
formal dance, an off-campus
party, a house party, a date-
dinner, a picnic or wmc
lar function held for the pur
rca nf creatine a social in
terchange and sponsored by
some legally constituted or
ganization on the campus.
These must be registered and
must follow tne reguiau
tnH in the social
hnnrihook.
heen raised on
rcsmns as to "what
many Thp
constitutes a function? The
point behind this question
may be interpreted as a ques-
tion of tne uxmg -
S th oartv sponsor-
'rumors have
often said four members make
a function or five or su .This
has no basis m fact. An or
Ration's responsibility for
a oartv may be determined
a pariy .. - ovn ,iat-
onlv as me reauu, .
Sa the facts in the case. It
Snot be reduced to a num
w ht must be a judgement
situation. .
-Koino restrictive
S0me of the guide lines of
thinking would be:
1 Is the gathering a recog
nizable portion of the group
membership? (Example - a
majority of the total, the of
ficers, the pledge class, the
seniors, an official commiv
tee or some other represent
tive segment.)
2 Has the party been
planned at an official meet
ing or by an authorized group
of the organization?
3 Have any of the officers
assisted in planning or mak
ing arrangements or is it done
with their knowledge?
, 4. Has the house communi
cations system been used to
publicize the party? (bulletin
board, dinner announcement,
public address system, floor
announcement, appointed
messengers)
5. Has the financial burden
for the event been supported
by the treasury, by special
assessment, or some other
means that makes it an or
ganizational matter?
6. Has some outside agency
or individual planned and
sponsored the party for a par
ticular organization or the
students of a particular de
partment.
7. Is it understood by non
members to be a party of a
particular group and referred
to as a Student Council party
or a "Tassel" party or an
Alpha Alpha Alpha party?
If the answer to any of
these questions is "yes' then
t might reasonably be called
i group function. Notice, that
it does not ' need to be all of
ftem. Alio there might con
ceivably be other criteria that
could be applied in a particu
lar situation.
A conscientious effort to
comply with the regulations
should result in a happy situ
ation for everyone concerned.
If after considering he above
criteria there is reasonable
doubt about some activity,
you are invited to confer with
the Division of Student Af
fairs or with members of the
Sub-Committee on Social Af
fairs and Activities.
terest to youth and young
adults, will be available.
Evaluation
"Students are assisted in
evaluating and developing
their own potentials and
their vocational possibil
ties," said Dr. Hoiberg, who
also heads the University's
department of community
services.
In this short training pro
gram, groups will come into
the Center and .the Hall of
Youth for periods ranging
from a day to a week.
"Most of the groups that
will come to the Hall of
Youth will have their own
training program planned
and their own leaders," said
Dr. Hoiberg. "It will be up
to the Hall to open its facil
ities to accomodate the
Recommends y
The Faculty senate com
mittee compiled the outline
(see story at left) at the re
quest of the Council and
asked for Council'approval of
the "definition." However, the
Council members agreed only
to endorse the proposal as
student affairs policy because
the majority of Council mem
bers felt the outline was too
broad and lacked concrete-
ness.
The motion, made by John
Hoerner, was passed regard
ing the outline stated: "I
move the Student Council en
dorse this 'definition' of a so
cial function as being a more
definite definition of a social
function than has been pre
sented before and urge its
publication as the policy of
the Division of Student Af
fairs." A 'division of the house'
vote tallied 18 members for
the acceptance of the motion
and 11 against.
A great deal of the contro
versy (among) 'Council mem
bers dealt with question sev
en. The concensus of opinion
was that this question was
out of line with the other six
questions and should not be
included in the list.
Al Plummer moved that
the Council recommend to the
Faculty Senate that itenrsev-1
en be stricken from the list
of items. The motion was
passed and referred to t h e
Council social committee.
Another main point of con
troversy was the wording of
the last paragraph which
states "if the answer to any
of these questions". Council
members contended the term
any" was too broad and
suggested that a yes answer
to any one' of the seven
questions might be sufficient
to evoke social probation rul
ings, i
All. Work, No Flay Yields
All work and no play made
the late Dr. Walter Kiener a
dedicated Nebraska scientist
and a recluse who spent the
last five years of his life in
a three room frame nouse at
1242 Pawnee St. in Lincoln,
studying lichens.
-The botanist, who never
married, told his few friends
that he wanted to devote his
remaining years studying
lichens a complex plant com
posed of algae and fungi
thriving together.
Now, some 15 months after
his death caused by cancer,
h i s collection, containing
some 25,000 classified speci
mens of the plant, is being
turned over to the University
herbarium, together w i t h an
unusually valuable library on
lichens. . "
University botanists say the
intrinsic 'value of the library
cannot be measured in dol
lars and cents and that many
of the books, which are clas
sics in their field, are out of
print: ' . , .
Outstanding
One University dean feels
that on the basis of the lichen
collection, Dr. Kiener, a Ne
braska graduate, , is" probably
one of the "10 outstanding sci
entists , produced by the Uni
versity! . ' '
After collecting the plants
during the last 20 years of
his life as a hobby, the
Switzerland born b o t o n i s t
abruptly announced his retire-
to Initiate Training Activities
groups during the training
period."
With the two floors of the
Hall of Youth, the Center
will be able co accomodate
280 young sdults, 140 on
each floor. . '
Ten Rooms "
Each floor "has 10 rooms
with facilities for sleeping
and keeping the belongings
of 14 students, according to
Dr. Hoiberg.
"Movable partitions will,
be used to divide a single
room into two areas when
the ratio of boys and girls is
unequal," explained the pro
gram director.
Permanent resident coun
selors will be assigned to
the young men and women
on each floor to guide them
in their social and -study ac-
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Ralph Marterie and his Marlboro Men have been con
tracted to play at the interfratgrnity Council Ball March 4.
Kuklin, Myers
To Head IFC
Chip Kuklin and Roger My
ers were elected as the new
chairmen of the Interfratern
ity Council's political and af
fairs committees, respective
ly, at the IFC meeting
Wednesday night.
Kuklin, a member of Sig
ma Alpha Mu fraternity, de
feated Neil Ferguson of Phi
Kappa Psi for the chairman
ship of the political commit
tee.
Myers, Beta Theta Pi, de
feated the other candidate on
the IFC slate, Jack Lausterer
of Sigma Nu, and Ferguson,
who was nominated from the
floor.
Kuklin, a sophomore, stated
his program as one which will
"include both boys and girls
on a unified IFC slate."
He pointed out that only 70
out of 1700 votes in this year's
Homecoming Queen election
were fraternity men's votes
and he" hopes to remedy this
situation in the future.
Kuklin had earlier been ap
pointed chairman of the polit
ical committee but submitted
a letter of resignation and ex
DR. KIENER
ment- in 1955 as chief biologist
of the Nebraska Game and
Fish Commission at the age
of 55. " ,
He turned completely to his
lichen collection, shut himself
in his home-converted labora
tory, and devoted all his at
tention to the plant, naming
Dr. Samuel I. Pfenning, di
rector of the Student Health
Center and one of h 1 s few
close friends, as administra
tor of his estate.
With the sale of Dr. Kien
er's home, Dr. F u e n n i n g
plans to establish a memorial
fund through the University
Foundation whicji will be
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tlvities and to maintain ade
quate and competent super
vision. .
, Food service will be avail
able in the Hall of Youth's
cafeteria where food is
brought in from a central
kitchen in the Nebraska
Center, according to Dr.
Hoiberg. 1
Discussions I
The youth in the Hall will
live and study in an en
vironment enhanced by
group discussions, convoca
tion lectures, audio-visual
materials, personal consul
tation and group activities
such as field trips and club
programs. i
"The educational . pro
grams of the Hall of Youth,"
said Dr. Hoiberg, "are
wherever possible arranged
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Elected
Committees
pressed his desire "to re-apply
at the appropriate time."
Myers, an Arts and Science
sophomore, will be delegated
authority over the scholar
ship, social and health com
mittees, now all combined un
der the affairs committee.
Rush Chairman Jim Huge
stated that two shootings for
the IFC film had been missed
because of "lack of fi
nances due to the shift in
IFC administration," but that
shootings will begin this Sat
urday and he is hopeful that
they will end next Monday.
Dr. C. Bertrand Schultz,
IFC advisor, said that due to
the resignation of Bill Orwig,
a vacancy is left for the third
IFC advisor. He asked each
fraternity to turn in names of
alums who are faculty mem
bers. Marty Sophir requested that
Sigma Alpha Mu be omitted
from the IFC Ball assessment
due to a date conflict with the
Sigma Alpha Mu Tri-Regional
Convention in Champaign, 111.
IFC President Don Ferguson
stated this decision will be left
to the executive council.
used to further research in
lichens.
Despite the fact that few
people ever saw him after
his retirement, he expressed
many times- the need for
friendship and for compas
sion, i
A few weeks before his
death he wrote his former
secretary in appreciation of
a blood transfusion: "The
blood that has been given
me and which may be saving
my .life was donated earlier
by persons who volunteered
the giving. To my everlasting
shame I never volunteered to
donate b 1 o o d to a blood
bank.'"
As a child in Switzerland,
he was forced to leave school
at 15 and learn his father's
trade, sausage making.
Escape in Alps
After a disagreement with
his father, he sailed to Amer
ica, where he plied his trade
in New York City. ;
"' Mountain Accident
After a climbing accident
in the Rockies in which he
lost most of his toes and fin
gers, he was given an ap
pointment as fireguard on the
summit of Twin Peaks. It
was here that he talked to
scientists and collectors and
became attracted to speci
mens of rocks and flowers.
With the encouragement of
the visiting men of science,
Dr. Kiener enrolled at the
age of 31 as an adult special
and directed toward satisfy
ing the broad needs of the
young, people of Nebraska
and the Midwest.
"C 1 a 8 s and conference
rooms are available to ac
comodate small or large
groups attending the Hall of
Youth. The new auditorium
of the Nebraska Center will
comfortably seat 600 young
people and even large
groups can be accomodated
in the banquet area," said
Dr. Hoiberg.
The recreational program
includes club activities,
square dancing, ping pong,
movies, music, swimming
and bowling; in short, all
the social activities now en
joyed by the regular stu
dents at the University.
"Included within the phys
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The Nebraskan
Ralph Marterie Selected
To Play For IFC Ball
March 4 at Pershing
By Dave Wohlfarth
Ralph Marterie and his
Marlboro Men .will play for
this year's Interfraternity
Council Ball on March 4 in
Pershing Auditorium, accord
ing to IFC social chairman
Gary McClanahan.
McClanahan said that an
assessment will be charged
each fraternity man, t as
passed earlier in the yedr by
the IFC.
The dance, originally sched
uled for the Tdrnpike, will
last from 9 p.m. till 1 a.m.
Marterie, a top-rated band
leader, has been on the best
seller lists for his Mercury
recording of "Wampum" and
"Cleopatra's pream.V Among
Marterie's many LP album
hits are "One Night Stand,"
"Trumpeter's L u 1 1 a b y,"
"Marterie's Mood," "Danc
ing On The Downbeat," and
"Marvelous Marterie."
Gold Label Records
Marterie's "gold label" mil
lion record sellers include
"Crazy Man Crazy," "Slush
Kabob," "Skokiaan," "Com
pulsion," "Pretend," "Blue
Mirage," and "Caravan."
The Marlboro Men have
been described as being
"more constantly on tour than
any other big-name orchestra
in the business." Established
as the nation's number one
college favorite and as the
number one ballroom favorite
in polls conducted by Down
beat and Cash Box maga
zines, respectively, Marterie's
music has earned the de
scription "fluid phrasing and
solid beat."
'Marterie recalls the youth
and college crowds early, in
his coast to coast touring as
"kids who danced only to
slow tunes.
"When we'd play a jump
number they'd crowd around
Botanist
student at the University.
During his attendance in 1929,
he became a citizen of the
United States. In 1930 he re
ceived his Bachelor of S c i
ence, followed by his Mas
ter's in 1931.',
During the next years, he
worked toward his Doctor of
Philosophy degree, selecting
a phase of alpine vegetation
on Long's Peak for investiga
tion. This work stimulated
Dr. Kiener to study and col
lect lichens extensively out
side of the alpine zone.
After receiving his Ph.D. in
1940, he became an ecologist
for the University's Conserva
tory and Survey Division,
and in 1943 founded the Game
Commission's Fisheries Re
search department:
Dr. Kiener's interest in and
extensive work with lichens
will perpetuate his name in
the world ot science. When
properly incorporated in the
University herbarium, the
collection will attract visiting
researchers. . . '
His thesis on alpine vege
tation, written some 20 years
ago, will be published this
year in response to interest
in the artic plant generated
by the military.
Looking back on his visits
with the scientist, Dr. Fuen
ning gained the impression
that Dr. Kiener had discov
ered the sum r it of the moun
tain that always eluded him.
ical plant of the building is
a well equipped recreation
al area and lounge," said
Dr. Hoiberg. "Arrange
ment will be made with the
city and Ag Union to make
their games areas available
to the Hall of Youth stu
dent. "Many evening and week
end recreational facilities in
Lincoln will be made avail
able to the young people, in
cluding golf courses and
swimming pools in the sum
mer," he continued.
The University planetari
um, art gallary, museum,
programs of the University
Theater, the Community
Playhouse and other thea
ters, as well as Pershing
Municipal Auditorium, can
be attended throughout the
the stand and go wild just
listening. Now, however, they
stay out on the floor when we
pick up the tempo.
Mixed Tunes
"At first our job with ball
room crowds was to get them
to come out, and back to the
dance floors again. When we
had to, we dragged out all
the pretty melodies that folks
could just walk around to. But
now we can mix them up. It
means we sound better, and,
more important, the dancers
are having more fun."
Prior to organizing his own
band almost ten years ago,
Marterie gained his early
experience over the NBC net
work where - he played the
trumpet until he was called
into the Navy during World
War II.
During the War he got his
first chance to lead an or
chestra, "Ralph Marterie and
His Great Lakes Band." Aft
er the Wrar, Billboard maga
zine tabbed his group, "The
most promising orchestra to
come along in years."
In 1949, Art Talmadge; vice
president of Mercury Rec
ords, picked Marterie as the
musician "who could build a
band after the tradition set in
the '30s by Glenn Miller, Ben
ny Goodman and Artie Shaw."
Good Will 'Men
The band obtained its cur
rent name, Marterie and His
Marlboro Men, in 1958 when
Marlboro cigarettes picked
Marterie to be their traveling
"ambassador of good will."
Alpha Zeta Meets
Alpha Zeta, honorary agri
culture fraternity, will hold
a special meeting Monday
in 306 Keim Hall at 5 p.m.
to meet Ronald Paige, na
tional field secretary of Al
pha Zeta.
Paige will address the
fraternity later in the eve
ning. IFC Execs
Talk Policy
The Interfraternity Council
(IFC) moved into executive
session Wednesday night for
an informal policy discussion.
Rush Week considerations
included a large house-small
house discussion and sugges
tions for the strengthening of
the latter through improve
ments in Rush Week.
The rush committee recom
raended "no expansion of
school year-high : school open
rush dates at this time." And
the IFC indicated a general
feeling of acceptance.
Discussion then dealt with
the possibility of vesting a
certain amount of judicial
power in the executive com
mittee in an effort to "clpan
up our own (the fraternity,
system's) backyard." .
Points considered included
the elimination of exaggerat
ed negative publicity; commu
nications between the admin
istration and the fraternity
system; and the "danger" of
vesting judicial power in the
hands of a few men.
The IFC was of g e n e r a 1
feeling t h a t the administra
tion "sincerely favored" let
ting fraternities manage
their own affairs, provided
the manner of management
showed constructive effort.
in June
year," Dr. Hoiberg said, f
Dr. Hoiberg reported thdt,
so far, a number of youth
organizations have all ready
made reservations begin
ning with 4-H Club Week
June 13.
These groups include
Boy's State, Junior Red
Cross, Nebraska High
School Press Association
Conference, Woman's Ath
letic Association and the
Junior Nebraska Academy
of Science.
"This phase of the Hall of
Youth's program, along with
the Midwest Institute for
Young Adults, is an integ
ral part in the University'
plans for continuing the edu
cation of the young persons
of the state and region," Dr.
Hoiberg said.
Friday, Feb. 17, 1961
McClanahan reported that
Ball invitations will be sent
to Chancellor Clifford Hardin,
Dean-Frank Hallgren, Dean
James Pittinger, Dean J. P.
Colbert, Dean Helen Synder,
Mrs. Jane Eller, Dean Lee
W. Chatfield and Assistant
Dean Van Westover.,
Also included in the invi
tation list will be Dean Adam
Breckenridge, Governor
Ffank Morrison and Presi
dent John Kennedy.
West Faces
Problem
In Algeria
Self Determination
To be French Policy
"The Algerian question is
one of the biggest problems
the free western world must
face today," said Claude Ba
tault, Consul General for
France.
Speaking Thursday to a
crowded Student Union Ball
room audience, the highest
ranking French consulate
member in the United States
said his country's policy in Al
geria will be that of self de
termination. The goal of France, Batault
said, is to make an Algerian
Algeria.
Earlier at a press confer
ence, Batault noted that there
are three main forces in Al
geria today; the two national
ist parties and the Algerian
communist party.
Direct Hand
Batault said that the Com
munists have now taken a di
rect hand in the Algerian civil
war.
Negotiations will begin
shortly between France's Gen.
Charles De Gaulle and Fer
hat Abbas, premier of the Al
gerian Provisional Govern
ment, lie indicated.
Batault said that it was the
hope of his country to hold
free elections in Algeria: The
date for the elections will be
one of the topics of the nego
tiations, he said.
Two problems must be
solved before these elections
can take place, Batault said. .
, . Cease Fire
The French believe that a
general cease fire must take
place in. Algeria before the
elections can take place, he
said. ' '
Secondly, the French believe
that the nationalist govern
ment headed by Abbas must
give up its "official govern-'
ment of Algeria" title before
the election, according to the
Consul General.
Following the" speech. Ba
tault was the guest of aonor
at a Union luncheon. Later In
the afternoon he attended a
tea in hii honoi.
Before leaving Lincoln, Ba-.
tault presented the top scholar
awards in the French depart
ment Thursday afternoon.
He presented Maureen Frol
ik, first year, Lorna Hein, sec
ond year; Nancy Carroll, third
year and Leah C h e v r o n,t,
fourth year, with books and
medals from the romance lan
guage department of the Uni
versity. '. . ; , " '