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Wednesday, March 22, 1961
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The Nebraskan
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Students Label Law Professor
Tearless Freddy, Tough Prof9
By Mary Lou Reese
Prof. Frederick K. Ben
tel may be known best lo
cally as one of the university
of Nebraska's most "contro
versial characters."
Nationally, the former dean
of the University's College of
Law is probably known best
as an authority on commer
cial law and the science of
jurisprudence.
In academic circles, he Is
recognized as the man who
reopened the Law School and
reorganized It to fit modern
concepts of legal practice aft
er World War II.
To students, who some
times know from experience
that he is as fearless in his
own classroom as outside it,
be is known as "Fearless
Freddy."
, Student Respect
But as a "tough" professor
he is backed by the respect
of his students. When State
Sen. Jack Romans attacked
Beutel's political views in
1939, his students were
among the first to defend
him.
But the students and Beutel
insisted any 1 i b e r a 1 state
ments of his were intended
to stimulate thinking. And
Beutel explains that he is a
"tough" professor for the
same reason.
Leaning back in his swivel
chair and smoothing his
fringe of hair with one hand,
he said, "Law is the most
competitive field there is. If
a student can't get through
the difficult law school, he'll
never get anywhere in prac
tke."
One corner of his mouth
turned up slightly as he elab
orated. "Ninety-five per cent of a
doctor's patients, will get bet
ter no matter what he does
to them. The other five per
cent he'll bury. A lawyer has
to lose half his cases, and his
clients will be walking around
talking about it.
Victorious Lawyer
He rocked forward again
and explained earnestly, "If
a man believes in his case
enough to go to court with it,
he'll expect his lawyer to win
it." i
Beutel began helping Ne
braska graduates to win their
cases in 1945 when he took on
the job of reopening and re
organizing the College of
Law.
Before it closed in 1943, the
law school emphasized the
KNUS Programs
Sports Review
Sports Review, a new cam
pus sports program featuring
Don Isherwood, is the latest
addition to the KNUS radio
program.
The program features In
terviews with campus person
alities from 9 to 9:15 p.m.
Monday through Friday. Ish
erwood will present listeners
with free record albums each
week.
. Along with regular news
and weather broadcasts,
KNUS will continue to honor
all musical requests called in
to extensions 3265 or 3268.
KNUS is found at 880 on aU
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common law, based primari
ly on court decisions. But the
massive legislation of the war
years shifted the practical
emphasis from common law
to statutes.
In 1946, the new dean said,
Legislation had replaced the
common law as the basis of
the legal rules in society to
a degree scarcely recognized
by the practitioners them
selves. More Lab Work
Today he is even more em
phatic. The courts, he con
tends, are trying to make
law. Only the legislatures and
Congress can do that, he in
sists. Students today need
even more laboratory work
and study of statutes than
when he reorganized the law
school.
To meet that dual task Beu
tel drew upon his experience
as dean of the College of Law
at Louisiana State University
and as a faculty 'member of
the law schools of the Col
lege of William and Mary,
Northwestern University and
the University of Pennsylvan
ia. Even more important, he
had spent the war years in
Washington, working where
the new legislation was born.
He came to Nebraska from
his post as associate solicitor
for the Department of the In
terior. The "new" college of Law
opened in 1946. By 1948 it was
recognized as one of the na
tion's leading schools. New
York's Russell Sage Founda
tion commended the school
"for its recognition of the im
portant role of lawyers in
public life" and said it was
well ahead of any other law
school."
Public law had received a
new emphasis and a greater
share of the students' class
time. Students under the new
program also had laboratory
practice in court procedures,
studying cases in progress
and dissecting pleadings.
No graduate of the reor
ganized school was to be the
butt of the old joke that a
new lawyer's first job is to
find the courthouse.
Four-Year Program
The "new" school offered a
program leading to the non
professional degree Bachelor
of Science in Law after two
years, then the professional
Bachelor of Law degree.
A special program for vet
erans offered the degree of
Bachelor of Law after three
years of undergraduate study
and three years of law school.
A holdover of this accelerat
ed program allows students
with a Bachelor of Arts de
gree or its equivalent to fin
ish law school in three years.
In 1949 Beutel resigned as
dean to return to teaching.
"Administration is a pain in
the neck," he grinned.
Teaching also lets him work
more closely with students.
"I work closely with those
who want to work with me,"
he said seriously.
Student Problems
As a professor he is quick
to recognize the problems of
students. He has had a few
problems of his own, one of
which led to his decision to
teach.
From 1925 to 1927 he prac
Pair Breaks Tradition
Ring, Pin-Then Band
This was a big week for one
engaged couple on campus.
The couple, Jim King and
Peggy Beggs, decided to
break with tradition and were
engaged earlier in the year,
announced their pinning last
Monday night following Jim's
initiation on Friday,, and will
be married next Saturday.
Pinnings
Jim Kinp, Delta Tau Delta
sophomore in Business Ad
ministration from Lincoln, to
Peggy Beggs, Chi Omega
freshman in Teachers from
Lincoln.
Ruth Hentzen, junior in
Arts and Sciences from Sew
ard, to Roy Neil, Delta Tau
Delta senior in Arts and
Sciences from Lexington.
Lyneile M c M a n a m a n,
Towne Club junior in teach
ers from Lincoln, to Ernest
Chaput, Delta Sigma Phi sen
ior, in Business Administration
from Omaha.
Eileen Poder, sophomore in
Teachers, from Kansas City,
to Mike Ernan, Sigma Alpha
Mam Feature Clock
Varsity: "Cry for Happy,"
1:00, 3:05, 5:10, 7:15, 9:20. .
State: "Sword of Sherwood
Forest," 1:00, 4:06, 6:56, 10:02.
"Hell In a City," 2:30, 5:26, 8:26.
Nebraska: "I Want to Live,"
1:15. "Man Without a Star,"
3:25.
Lincoln: "Ben-Hur," 1:45,
7:15.
Stuart; Lincoln Symphony.
8:30.
ticed law in Pittsburgh. When
he wasn't practicing or help
ing to break the Mellen politi
cal machine, he was a visit
ing professor at the Univer
sity of Pennsylvania. ,
"I was teaching because
had to make enough money
to pay my debts for going
through law school. I worked
my way through," he said,
Torn between politics and
teaching, he settled on teach'
ing because A poor man
couldn t go into politics. A
fellowship to study for his
doctorate at Harvard was the
final weight in favor of teach'
ing.
Disastrous
But he can only help those
students who tell him they
have problems. Students who
don't tell him when real prob
lems interfere with studying
for his classes may find it
disastrous.
His students tell the story
of a law .student whose wife
and children were sick. Day
after day, with no explana
tion, he showed up in class
without adequate preparation.
Finally Beutel interrupted
the student while he was
stumbling through an answer.
"Get out of here," he roared
"You'll never make a law
yer."
The student picked up his
books and started toward the
door. At Beutel's desk he hes
itated, then blurted out the
words he could expect to cut
off any chance he had of get
ting back into the class
"You'd flunk Clarence Dar
row himself if you had the
c h a n c e, he yelled and
marched out the door.
After All'
Before the door had swung
shut behind him, Beutel
"Get back in here, Son. You
might make a lawyer after
all."
But he expects hard work
from his students. The man
who first selected University
law students on the basis of
ability and aptitude stands
firmly behind its program of
extra experience for the bet
ter students. He heartily ap
proves of such programs as
the Legal Aid Bureau, the
Law Review board and moot
court.
His own quick mind has not
satisfied itself with teaching.
The former dean is the au
thor of seven law books, as
well as numerous articles
published in law reviews.
According to one student,
"You find Beutel's name in
footnotes all over the place"
in commercial law texts and
reports.
Beutel insists, however, he
is best known for his book
"Experimental Juris
prudence."
Bad. Checks Law
He has also helped to draft
state legislation, including the
present bad checks law.
But locally he is probably
still known best as a contro
versial figure,
In 1953 he came under fire
as a former member of the
Lawyers' Guild when Attorney
General Herbert Brownell in
cluded that group in a list of
"subversive" organizations.
Beutel explained he had
dropped his membership
"two or three years" earlier,
Mu alum from Omaha.
Engagements
Judy Wilson, junior, in Art
from Lincoln, to Larry Rod
erick, Theta Xi graduate stu
dent in Speech from Battle
Creek, Mich.
Nancy Jane Ristau, junior
in Teachers from Lincoln, to
C. Richard Morris, Sigma Chi
senior in music from Phila
delphia, Pa.
Jane Foster, a member of
Phi Beta Phi, and a sopho
more in Arts and Sciences,
was . selected Kappa Sigma
Sweetheart, Saturday evening
at the annual Kappa Sigma
Stardust Formal.
Cadets Complete
Safety Training
Twelve cadets of the Mili
tary Police Platoon, Pershing
Rifles completed the standard
course of instruction in first
aid on March 7th.
- Conducted at the home of
Sgt. 1st Class Calvin VerMeer,
the course included proper
treatment of wounds, shock,
poisoning and fractures, and
the proper aplication of band
ages.. Cadets of Company A-2
participating were Wilber Ja
cox, Marshall Jones, Tom
Kaspar, Steve Knee, Peter
Mazureak, William McCarthy,
Gene McCreight, Marvin Roz
marin, James Sackett, Ron
Smith, and Kenneth Yeager.,
when he found himself "out
of contact" with the group's
work.
The next year he was in the
middle of a controversy over
academic freedom. "It is the
duty of the administrators to
protect" the teacher whose
freedom is threatened, he
maintained.
"Boy Scoutish"
In the midst of this, Beutel
protested against required
loyalty oaths for professors.
"If you don't believe" what
it stands for "you are guilty
of perjury, and if you do, r
don t believe you are compe
tent to teach," he stated in
his denouncement of what he
termed a "Boy Scoutish"
oath. ,
When Sen'. Romans at
tacked Beutel and another
law professor, C. M e r t o n
Bernstein, in 1959, Beutel
countered charges of his
mebership in "organizations
of a dubious character" with
membership in the American
Legion. Americans for- Dem
ocratic Action, Lawyers
build and the American Law
Institute.
He might also have claimed
membership in the Bar Asso-
c i a t i 0 n s of Pennsylvania,
Washington and Nebraska;
the Federal Bar Association;
and the American Association
of University Professors, of
which he is past president for
Nebraska.
Law Building
The details of his busy life
include the building housing
the law school of Louisiana
State University, which he
planned 30 years ago and will
see for the first time in April.
And through the years he
has been a family man. The
Beutels' two daughters, Flora
and Beatrice, are both grad
uate students at the Univer
sity. For them he will even
brave the "modern insanity"
of modern art galleries and
modern plays.
Speaking proudly of his
daughters, Beutel leaned
back in his swivel chair with
a contented smile and began
to reminisce, letting his mind
skip from his family to his
books to such memories as
that of Huey Long, a "bril
liant, amoral man he knew
briefly during his year in
Louisiana.
'But that's another story,"
he said, "and one I may
write myself. An autobiog
raphy? "Well, I've written
seven books already, he said
with a thoughtful upturn of
his mouth. i
Faculty Drive
Ends Friday
The All Universty Fund fa
culty drive contributions are
only $372 short of the goal as
the second week begins. As of
Monday, contributions
reached $528.
According to Jean Carlson,
chairman of the drive, the
goal for Friday is $900.
Although the drive ends Fri
day, donations may be sent to
the All University Fund office
in the Union any time after
that.
As soon as all the money
is received, it will be divided
and sent to the five charities
chosen through a University
student and faculty poll. The
five charities are the Nebras
ka Division of the American
Cancer Society, Orthopedic
Hospital, Lancaster Associa
tion for Retarded Children,
Tom Dooley and World Uni
versity Service.
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doesn't need this deodorant
He could use a woman's roll-on with impunity. MennerrSpray was
made for the man who wants a deodorant he knows will get through
to the skin . . . where perspiration starts.
Mennen Spray Deodorant does just that. It gets through to the
skin. And it works. All day. More men use Mennen Spray than any
other deodorant. Have you tried it yet? 64 and $1.00 plus tax
Complete lack of body hair, including that of the scalp, leg$, armpits, fact, ate.
Lost, Found
Has It If
You Lost It
The University Lost and
t ound Department has an ac
cumulation of many articles
which have been either mis
placed or lost and which can
be claimed In 101 (old) Ad
ministration Building.
John Dezrk of the Depart
ment asks that any student
missing any article of any
kind come to the department
and search through debris for
whatever It may be.
The Department is particu
larly interested in returning
many of the items before Eas
tcr vacation.
Included in the numerous
items , are: one man's gray
suit, one tambourine, two or
three dozen pairs of eye
glasses, one small decorative
pocket size ash tray, numer
ous slide rules, one woman's
green yarn hat with sequins,
one Pi Beta Phi white wool
jacket with green blouse and
skirt, one pair of men's
slacks.
One pair of blue jeans, nu
merous coats, jackets, gloves,
scarvees, high school rings.
one fancy key chain, pipes,
socks, hats, women's gym
shorts, one pair of women's
black flats size 8V2AAA, two
women's dresses (shocking
pink and light green), blank
ets, umbrellas. -
One life preserver cushion,
numerous fraternity sweat
shirts and jackets, books and
any other items imaginable.
Dezrk also requests that
those students wishing to claim
items have some kind of Ident
ification as to ownershipThis
helps the Department in find
ing the rightful owner of the
lost article.
Documentary
Film Reviews
Peace Time
"Power Among Men," a
documentary iilm backed by
the United Nations, will be
shown in Love Library audi
torium this Thursday at 4:30
and 7 p.m.
The film is a feature length
exploration of four major
problems of America s post
war era: the problem of re
building after the war; rais
ing standards of living; pro
viding power for industrial
expansion and adapting the
atom to peaceful purposes.
The movie, produced by
British film maker Throld
Dickinson, relates four stor
ies set in Italy, Haiti, Britain
and Norway that deal with
these problems.
The first episode of the film
is set in an Italian hill town
reduced to rubble by the war.
The next sequence occurs
in Haiti where a F r e n c fa
speaking U.N. official works
with the natives on a com
munity project to improve ag
ricultural methods.
The scene then shifts to
British Columbia and the
problems involved with the
construction of the h y d r 0
electric project at Kitimat.
Norway is the setting for
the final scene. A bee keeper
who has lost his bees de
mands an explanation from a
nearby nuclear energy re-
energy research laboratory.
The explanation given in
volves an explanation of the
dangers of radioactive fall
out as well as an insight into
the possibilities of peaceful
use of the atom.
"Power of Men" underlines
the precarious balance be
tween men's constructive and
destructive instincts.
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University Educators
Highlight Convention
By Karen Long
University educators will
take leading roles along with
internationally famous per
sonalities at the Association
for Childhood Education In
ternational conference in
Omaha April 2-7.
Students from Nebraska
will have a unique opportuni
ty since the location of the
.conference enables teachers
college classes to participate
This is the first time the in
ternational, conference has
been held in this area.
Listed as featured speakers
are Leland Jacobs, professor
of education at Columbia Uni
versity; Frank Graham, rep
resentative to India and Pak
istan from the United States;
Gill Robb Wilson, editor-publisher
of Flying Magazine;
Ruth Sawyer Durand, well
known storyteller; and
Joe Zafforoni, University
professor of Elementary Ed
ucation and television science
director for Lincoln schools.
Other University professors
participating in the program
areas will be Dr. Milton Plog
hoft, associate professor of
elementary education; Dr.
Frank Sorenson, professor of
School Administration and Di
rector of Summer Sessions;
Dean Walter Beggs, Dean of
Teachers College, Miss Ruth
Moiine, instructor in school
administration; Dr. Robert
Stepp, head of the Bureau of
Audio-Visual Aids; L e r 0 y
Neal, instructor of Elemen
tary education; and De Wayne
Tnplett, instructor in Ele
mentary Education.
"Today's Child"
Several thousand p r i n c I-
ples, teachers, students and
staff members are expected
to participate in the confer
ence titled "Today's Child m
Tomorrow's World." Sessions
and displays will be held in
the Omaha Civic Auditorium
and Sheraton Fontenelle Ho
tel.
Students who . have regis
tered for the conference will
be entitled to attend the gen
eral session, study groups,
functional displays, work
shops, forums, visits to Chil
dren's centers and the Omaha
night pageant.
Late registration fees of
15.50 can be paid before vaca
tion in Miss Sue Arbuthnot's
office in Teachers College.
The university ACE chap
ter will host the student ban
quet Wednesday evening for
branches throughout the Unit
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FEBRUARY
WINNERS!
1st Place: Mary Ann Gode, Zero Tau Alpha
2nd Plote: Jackie Collins, Alpha Omicron Pi
3rd Piece: Linda Saunders, Phi Mu (Wesleyan)
Miller's Campus Representatives are competing
for a six-day, all expense po!d trip to New York
. . . plus a $150 Celanese Arnel wardrobe of her
own chosing.
If your "dote mate", "pin mate", "classmate"
or "room mote" is a Miller & Paine Campus
Rep, give her name to the salesperson
every time you make a
Millers. Help her win!
CONTEST
CLOSES .
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!ily f :JO t 1:30, Thurtdoyi 10 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.
ed States. Gloria Erickson is
in charge. Tickets may be
purchased in the Elementary
Education Office before
spring vacation or at the door
the night of the dinner.
Acltlvity Workshops
Special activity workshops
during the noon hour will fea
ture audio-visual aids, arts
and crafts, choral reading,
drama, rhythms, storytelling
and talk-over sessions.
Opening Sunday April 2
with an Easter Musicale the
conference will have it's first
full day program on April 3.
Leland Jacobs will address
the group at 9:30 a.m. on
"Building with Children a Bet
ter Tomorrow." Buses will
leave from the Student Un
ion that morning at 8 a.m.
Those wishing to make travel
arrangements must sign in
Miss Arbuthnot's office.
The afternoon will feature
forums and regional recep
tions. Ruth Sawyer Durand
will relate "The Way of the
Storyteller," . at the general
evening sessions. Buses will
leave Omaha after the ses
sion. Tuesday will consist of
study groups and the Omaha
pageant presented by Omaha
school students.
Buses will be providing
transportation for the Student
dinner Wednesday. They will
leave the Student Union at 2
p.m. Following the dinner
Gill Robb Wilson will address
the group on "Our Aero
space World.'.'
Opportunity
"This will be an excellent
opportunity to meet and talk
with students and faculty as
well as staff members from
leading school systems in the
United states," saia wancy
Miller, president of the local
ACE branch.
Dr. Joe Zafforoni will speak
on Thursday concerning "Im
proving Elementary Sci
ence." That evening Dr.
Frank Graham will relate the
role- of "The United Nations
in the Atomic Age."
Dr- Graham was recently
appointed by the Security
Council as the new United
Nations Representative for
India and Pakistan, succeed
ing Sir Owen Dixon of Aus
tralia. He was nominated
jointly by the United King
dom and the U.S.
Special tours to Lincoln as
well as some in the Omaha
vicinity are being offered to
outstaters on Friday.
On-the-Go, Miller's
Trip To
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