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gNlVERSlTY Q NfcBR. LIBRARY By Tom Kotouc Academic courses will re place major portions of the basic two-year air science and army ROTC curriculum next fall, Cols. V. R. Rawie, professor of military sci ence, and Richard L. Ham ilton, professor of air sci ence announced Thursday. Freshmen in army ROTC will substitute academic courses for one-half the regular military science cir riculum during both se mesters, attending one hour of classroom and lab each week. Sophomores will at tend class and lab regu larly. Air Force ROTC fresh men will substitute aca demic courses for the air science curriculum during Student Council Representation Plan Causes Controversy By Norm Beatty A reorganization of Studen Council representation plan was subect to harsh consideration by some to 20 stu dents last night. The open meeting was the final of three held to gather Hardin Named Trustee Chancellor Clifford M. Har din has been named a trustee of The Rockefeller Founda tion, according to an an nouncement by John D. Rock efeller III, chairman of the board. Prominent national and world leaders are selected as members of the board of trus tees. Secretary of State Dean Rusk was president of the Foundation prior to his ap pointment to President John Kennedy's cabinet this year. Other newly appointed trus tees for a three-year term are: Sir Oliver S. Franks, chairman of the Lloyd's Bank Limited of London; Father Theodore XL Hesbnrgh, presi dent of Notre Dame Univer sity; Frank Stanton, president of Colombia Broadcasting System; and George D. Woods, chairman of First Boston Corporation of New York City. Hardin, a nationa 1 1 y known educa tor, is the i m m ediate past-p resi dent of t h e American As sociation of Land Grant Colleges and U n i v e r s i ties and is Hardin currently chairman of that organization's executive com mittee. He is a member of the board of the Omaha Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City and past chairman of the American Council on Education's Com mittee in Institutional Pro jects Abroad. During the summer of 1960, Dr. Hardin, as a member of the Council's African Liaison Committee, assisted with a first hand appraisal of educa tional programs in East Af rica and in a number of Eur opean communities. ; The Rockefeller Foundation, chartered in New York in 1913 by John D. Rockefeller, aims to "promote the well-being of mankind throughout the world." It covers many ma jor fields such as agriculture, biological and medical re search, medical education, public health, social sciences and the humanities. Indian Students Present Culture University students from India will present a cultural orogram on Sunday at 8 p.m. in the Student Union ballroom depicting glimpses of culture from India. Celebrating the Baisakhi festival, marking the end of the harvest season, and the Basant, marking the dawn of spring, the students will per form Yoga exercises, a Tabla recital (an instrument xof two drums), folk dances from the states of Punjab and Gujerat, a dress parade, Qawali group singing and devotional and folk songs. The two festivals are among the most colorful and rejoice ful of all the festivals of In dia, and remind every Indian of the time of festivity. Indian students have Invited all those interested to attend this celebration of their na tional festivals. Admission is Xree. Army ROTC Announce Course Revisions their first semester. Sopho mores will substitute during the second semester of their sophomore year. One-hour drill Iabratory will be re quired weekly during, the two-year program. The reg ular Air Science curriculum will be taught for second semester freshmen and first-semester sophomores. The Air Force program, Colonel Hamilton points out, "will lessen the work load of an entering fresh man at the time when he is making a major and dif ficult adjustment to college life. Sophomores who decide not to go into the advanced course would be able to con centrate on required aca demic studies in the fourth student views before the new reorganization plan is pre sented to the Council for ap proval. Part I, sections 1 and 2 which establishes Student Council representatives elect ed from eight student living districts was passed 11-6 on a straw vote. Part I, section three which reads: "Each district shall be represented by at least one representative with additional representatives alloted ac cording to the number of votes cast in the individual district in the preceding general elec tion. This allotment shall be established so as to make the total number of representa tives, exclusive of noldover representatives, approximate ly 30," had seven students vot ing for its approval and nine against. The question whether the present system of College rep resentation or the proposed student living districts repre sentation is the best method of selecting membership provid ed the debate for the evening. The possibility of creating student factions thereby cre ating more student interest in the Council (an element in na tional politics which brings rise to candidate platforms) is an additional advantage of the new system, according to the committee headed by Bill ConnelL Students in attendance ques tioned the advantages of the Dlan over the present system of representation. Some felt the political faction would only further the situation ot a few students "running the whole university." Voting power for the gradu ate students and the doing away of activity representa tion were both given approval by the attending students. The selection of hold-over mem bers and the president and vice president of the council was given the nod of assen tion with a minor revision. Cornhusker Staff Interviews Set Interviews for the Corn husker vearbook section edi tors will be held April 18, according to Mary Lu Rein, editor of the Cornhusker. Ap plication blanks for the posi tions can be picked up in the Cornhusker office, in the basement of the Student Un ion. Also, application blanks for the Senior Staff positions on the Cornhusker are due in the School of Journalism office before 5 p.m. today, according to Miss Keill. The paid staff interviews will be next Tuesday afternoon. Dr. William E. Hall, chair man of the Student Publica tions Board explained the reasons for holding the inter views were, "in order to let the various business contracts for the book earner, and to give the -ew staff more op portunity for organization be fore the year is out." Legacy Weekend Kills Social Life Legacy weekend seems to have limited social functions to be held on campus this weekend to four. Friday Terrace Hall-Cornhusk-er Co-op hour dance, 7-8 p.m. Delta Sigma Phi house par ty, 7:30-11:30 p.m. Saturday Alpha Gamma Rho Pink Rose founders day dance, 6 12 p.m. Theta Xi formal, 6-12 p.m. semester when the student has no interest in ROTC." Substitution Air Science freshmen m4y substitute courses in the following areas: mathe matics, chemistry, English, engineering, engineering mechanics, biology, botany, earth science, geology, zoo logy, Latin, Greek, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Russian, Spanish, business organization, geog raphy, physiology, public health and education. In the sophomore year, Vol. 74, No. 88 PBK's, Sigma Xis Chosen The University chapters of Phi Beta Kappa and Sigma Xi, top scholastic honorary societies, announced their new undergraduate members at a joint dinner meeting Thursday evening. Pledge Training Violations Debated IFC Moves to Closed Session; Panty Raid Scare The Interfraternity Council (IFC) moved into closed ex ecutive session Wednesday night following officer and committee reports. According to the Executive Council, the reason for the executive session was to con sider several important mat ters and to review situations in a formulative discussion effort. President Don Ferguson first read a letter from E. C. Dewey, president of the IFC Board of Control. The letter stated in part, "It has come to my attention that rumors are going about the campus relative to a spring 'Panty raid.' This sort of activity is definitely undesirable and is generally fomented and spearheaded by the more ir responsible and juvenile stu dents ... the several frater nity houses on the campus (should be warned) about the danger of any of their members participating in such an activity." The 1955 "panty raid" was mentioned and it was indi cated that the fraternity sys tem received favorable light at that time because it 'was not overly involved as were Lincoln high schools, Lincoln Air Force Base personnel and the dorms. Proposed Plans The several proposed Stu dent Council reorganization plans were discussed, and two members of the IFC voiced disapproval of one such plan which appeared in the Daily Nebraskan Wednesday, April 5, as it 'would tend to lower Greek representation and leader ship available through the same." Rod Ellerbusch, Sigma Nu representee, in commenting on the ideas connected with representation of the Student Council, stated, "The main purpose of the new propos als is to obtain better repre Tugging, By Dave Wohlfarth Highlighting Greek Week this year will be the Greek Games, which will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, April 22 and will be the official end of Greek Week, according to Phil Tracy, public relations chairman of the Inter fraternity Council (IFC). The games, jointly sponsored by the Junior IFC and Panhellenic, will for the first time include both sorority and fraternity participation. The events will be held on the practice field, south of the stadium. The featured events of the 1961 all-Greek day will in clude a tag-of-war and a pyramid race for the men, while the sororities will compete in an egg race and a tricycle marathon. The events will be climaxed by the traditional chariot race, held on the north practice field, according to Sue Moffitt and Bob Siedel, Greek Week co chairmen. ' All of the events will be scored on a 5-3-1 scale with a trophy, donated by Senior Panhellenic and. IFC, being awarded to the sorority and fraternity accumulating the highest number of points. 1 I Donate Plaques In addition, Junior Panhellenic and IFC have donated plaques to be awarded the first place winner in each event. The sequence of events will be as follows: 2:00-2:45 Tug-of-war for men and egg race for women 2:45-3:45 Pyramid race for men 3:45-4:45 Tricycle marathon for women 4:45-5:30 Chariot races The tug-of-war will consist of ten men from each house. To win, a team must pull a member of the oppos ing team into the pit. The six-man pyramid race will be a 50 yard race. the Air Force cadet may substitute any sophomore course in mathematics, physical or natural s c i ences, foreign languages, the humanities or social sci ences. The Army program allows substitution of any freshman course during his first year. The revisions will affect about 900 basic cadets in air science and about 1000 in military science. Concentrated Study The substitution program mm Phi Beta Kappa, national honorary society for Arts and Sciences, elected 21 students, and 42 were chosen as new members of Sigma Xi, na tional honorary science soci ety. sentation on the council and to receive better opinion from closer contact with stu dents. The college represen tation plan does not offer the contact with students which can obtain effective student opinion. "We've got to raise the idea to a higher plane than Greek exploitation," contin tinued Ellerbusch. "It is of ten recognized that the coun cil is relatively ineffective. And it's five-sixths Greek so in effect, this criticism points to Greek ineffective ness. There is no need to be selfish. The Greek system can survive a lower ratio of representation on the Stu dent Council. What's impor tant is to look for an im proved council." Ferguson urged the IFC to attend the final reorganiza tion committee meeting Thursday night. He an nounced that the Executive Council had decided to sup port the college representa tion plan with an elimination of activity representation. Statement Ferguson then read and and elaborated on a state ment dealing with the criter ia which the IFC Executive Council will follow in deal ing with violations of the IFC rules, regulations, and by laws. The statment read: "1. The Executive commit tee shall receive any written or verbal complaint against any fraternity for infractions of the constitution, by-laws or rules. "2. The Executive commit tee will then take the follow ing steps: , a. Investigate and review the facts of the case with the fraternity involved and other sources as may be necessary. b. After examining the is sues, the committee will take such action as it may seem necessary and in accordance Egg Race at Greek Games also will mean a more con centrated study in the Army and Air Science subjects, Colonels Rawie and Hamil ton pointed out. Military history will be shifted from the first to the second year in the Army program. The first year program will in clude instruction in organi zation of Army and ROTC, individual weapon and marksmanship, U.S. Army and national security, and leadership laboratory. The second year will involve, in addition to military history, TJ llV The Nebraskan Irving Dilliard, former edi tor of the editorial page of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, was the speaker for the meet ing. As an authority on the U.S. Supreme Court, he spoke on "Are We Undermining Our Noted with the Constitution of the IFC. c. All actions shall be re ported immediately to the In terfraternity Council as a whole. d. Appeals shall be in ac cord with the Constitution of the IFC." Two reported violations of the pledge training code were announced by Fergu son. The action of the IFC in each instance was a severe warning to each house in volved. The first violation con cernd a violation of the rule confining pre-initiation activ ities to the chapter house. The fraternity involved re portedly sent their pledge class to a sorority house in an effort to obtain the "measurements" of the young ladies on the house roll. Stopping Cars The second violation, in volved the same rule, stemmed from an incident in which the pledge class of the fraternity concerned n as stopping cars on a public road. As the action was found to be a part of the ritual of the national fraternity, Ferguson asked for all houses to check their existing ritual and by laws against IFC regulations, so that waivers can be granted for conflicting legis lation. In closing Ferguson com mented on six main areas which the IFC has concen trated action during the past two months. He listed the revamped committee system, an "ac tivated" Greek Week, im proved public relations, im proved relations between houses, the IFC office ex expansion, and next summer and fall's rush program as areas in which considerable progress and improvement have been shown. MM There will be three heats and the finals will consist of the top pyramid in each heat. No Support Three men will carry two seated secondary men on their shoulders and the last man will sit on the shoulders . of the secondary men, wiih no support other than hands allowed throughout the pyramid construction. The traditional chariot race will consist of four fra ternity men pulling, while the sorority girl of their choice will compete in the finals. The women's egg race will be run over a 150 yard course and requires three runners from each sorority. Eggs will be placed in the first runners mouth and in each elbow with the arms crossed. She must transfer the eggs to the second runner, who, likewise, transfers the , eggs to the third. A team will be eliminated for running off the track, breaking another runner's eggs or breaking all of their own eggs. One contestant from each house will participate in the .women's tricycle marathon, riding a tricycle forward 50 yards and then backwards 25 yards. Participants Miss Moffitt said, "It is the hope of the Greek Week Committee that each house will include as many different participants as possible in these events and contribute to the support and spirit needed to supply a climax to the Greek Week activities. We want the houses to keep in mind that although the games provide a basis for com petition, this must not undermine the basic purpose of Greek Week enjoyment accomplished through the cooper ation of all Greeks." Last year's Greek Games champion was Delta Tau Delta. The Dclts, who have copped three straight chariot titles, won all but one event. map and aerial photo read ing, and introduction to op erations and basic tactics. Under the revised air sci ence program, the second semester of the freshman year will involve subjects such as elements and po tentials of air power, air vehicles and principles of flight, national security and professional opportunities in the Air Force. The first semester of the sophomore year will deal with fundamentals of aero space weapon systems. This Bill of Rights?" Eight students were named to both societies. They are: Sonia Anderson, Kenneth Barjenbruch, Douglas Bereu ter, William Fish, Douglas Kent, Mary Schmelzer, David Sell, and William White. Prof. Emanuel Wishnow, chairman of the music de partment, was elected an hon orary member of Phi Beta Kappa. Other members of Phi Beta Kappa, all of whom have a high scholastic average and have completed requirements of the College of Arts and Sciences, are: John Anderson, Elizabeth Blore, John Else, Grover Kautz, Richard Krause, Merlin Montgomery, Richard Newman, Jr., Pat Porter, Glenn Reed, Sylvia Rodehorst, Linda Rohwedder, Gail Simon and Carol Ver maas Smith. Newly elected undergradu ate members of Sigma Xi, who have shown excellence in two or more departments of pure or applied science and have shown evidence of an aptitude in scientific research, are: David Armstrong, Henry Berns, Donald Elliott, Rich ard Enrich, Stanley Farlin, TODAY ON CAMPUS Friday: Psychology Symposium. 1:30 am. and 2 p.m. Small Auditorium. Student Union. University Symphonic Band concert, t P.m. State Vocational Agriculture Judging Contest, all day. Activities Building. Ag Campus. Baseball, Nebraska vs. Oklahoma. 1:30 p.m., two games, university diamond. Tennis, Nebraska vs. Air Force Acad emy, 1 p.m.. University tennis courts. Coif, Nebraska vs. Air Force Academy, 1 p.m. Lincoln Country Club. Saturday : "Astrology Fact or Fiction,' 2: p.m., Ralph Mueller Planetarium, Morrill Hall. Ceres, transparent woman, 10:30 a.m. and 3 p.m.. Health Galleries, basement, Vnrrill Hall. State Future Farmers of America Con vention, all day. Activities Building, Ag. Campus. Baseball. Nebraska vs. Oklahoma State, 1:30 p.m.. University diamond. Track, varsity vs. freshmen, 2 p.m., Mnwiri! fttariium. Jazz Concert, Don Rice Workshop band. I 30 p.m.. Student union oauroom. gaaday: Spring Concert: University Singers. 4 p.m.. First Plymouth Congregational Church, 20th and D Streets. Food Manager To Attend Meet Allen F. Krause, food serv ice manager of the Nebraska Union, will represent the Uni versity April 16-19 at the 38th annual Association of College Unions' international confer ence at Colorado Springs. This year's conference theme, in accordance with the purpose of college unions everywhere, is "Higher Edu cation and the National Pur pose". It will be studied throughout four days of 31 program sessions. will include an introduction of aerospace missiles and aircraft aerospace defense, modern targeting and elec tronic warfare, high explos ive, nuclear, chemical and biological warheads. The Navy ROTC program is continuing to review their program but does not ex pect it to be changed next year. This past year, the Navy has allowed the sub stitution of Psychology 70, taught by University per sonnel, for an advanced Navy-taught subject. Friday, April 7, 1961 David Far low, Richard Frahm, Bernard Frakes, Gary Gil bert, Gary Hergenrader, Max Houser, Paul Kamrath, Don Kaufman, Philip Kester, Fer nando Lagos, Sara Lazlo, Dave McCon anay, Ron McKeever, Rich ard Miller, Dennis Nelson, Sheryl Oberg, Heinz Otte, Keith Saxton, Ron Schafer, Roger Schindler, George Schurr, Andris Stak lis, David Swartz, Richard Truble, Richard Waldo, David Whitney, Arnold Wiebold and Larry Williams. Dilliard Speaks ToSDX Irving Dilliard, retired edi torial page editor of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, will dis c u s s "Public Information: How Public How Informed?" this evening at the annual spring banquet of Sigma Del ta Chi. Dilliard is a former na tional president of the profes s i o n a 1 journalism honorary and a fellow of the society. Also to be present at the 6:30 p.m. banquet will be E. W. Scripps II, vice president of Scripps-Howard Newspap ers and national president of Sigma Delta Chi, and Warren Agee, executive officer of the society. Scripps and Agee will also be present at the Saturday business meeting of the un dergraduate and professional chapters. The meeting will conclude with a luncheon at the Student Union. The banquet is open to the public, and reservations may be made through the Univer sity School of Journalism, 309 Burnett Hall. Thursday Dilliard spoke to the joint meeting of Phi Beta Kappa and Sigma XI frater nities on the topic, "Are We Undermining Our Bill of Rights?" , He is presently writing a book on the United States Su preme Court and in 1959 was cited by the American Bar Association for outstanding contributions to public under standing of the judicial sys tem. Spring Concert Sunday The annual spring concert of the 93-voice University Singers will be presented Sunday nnder the direction of Professor Earl Jenkins. The program, open to the public, will be held at 4 p.m. at the First Plymouth Congregational Church, 20th and D streets. Book Nets Medal For Dr. Eiseley The John Burroughs Medal for 1961, the highest honor granted for a popular book in the field of science, was awarded to Dr. Loren C. Eise ley, a University graduate, at the American Museum of Natural History In New York City, this week. Dr. Eiseley, an internation ally known anthropologic, author and provost of the Uni versity of Pennsylvania, re ceived the award in recogni tion of his latest book, "The Firmament of Time." The award is based on orig inality of observation and con clusion, and is presented an nually for literature which combines excellence of writ ing with accuracy. Dr. Eiseley completed his graduate studies at the Uni versity of Pennsylvania. He recently delivered a few- of Montgomery Lectures on the University campus.
