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. t-1 1 1 -V-tH 1 Tl- Council . The main part of the con troversial student council proposal dealing with rep resentation by living dis tricts was defeated yester day by the Council. The original plan pre sented to the Council by the representation committee Included three parts. Part I dealt with council repre sentation according to cam pus living districts; Part II dealt with the election of holdover members and the council president; part III was a series of four ques tions which would appear on the spring ballot to soli cit campus opinion concern ing representation and vot ing. A motion from the Coun cil floor divided the report according to the respective parts for discussion and voting. Deliberation and debate on part I resulted in four amendments to the pro posed representation plan so that in final form it 1. The Student Council shall be composed of rep resentatives elected from seven student living dis tricts., . The living districts shall be: social fraternities, Social srorities, men's city 4orms, women's city dorms, tnen's co-op houses and pro fessional fraternities main -Election Problems IFC Levies Fine On Non-Voters By Dave Wohlfarth Matters dealing with the upcoming Student Council elec tion were discussed at the Interfraternity Council (IFC) meeting Wednesday night. A motion by Jerry Gale to assess a $1 fine on any frater nity man not voting in the election was passed after consid erable discussion. Mike Milroy, the IFC Stu dent Council representative, earlier had reported that Council member Don Witt had introduced a proposed by-law which would "stop co ercive methods to get mem bers to vote." Milroy commented "The IFC will not be touched by the proposed by-law." Another, election problem was brought up by IFC po litical chairman Chip Kuklin who reported that several Greeks who were not on the IFC slate have signed up to run for Student Council. A motion to penalize any house whose members (not on IFC slate) had signed up for Student Council was defeated 20-1. The motion called for a continuance of past years if any non-slated man runs, his house is sub ject to removal on the IFC slate the next year. In other business rush chairman Jim Huge an nounced that the rush film will be shown this weekend in Holdrege and North Platte and in Beatrice in two weeks. The film will also be shown on Saturday morning of the State High School Track Meet (May 18 and 19), he added. IFC Pesident Don Gergu son announced that two fu ture IFC- meetings will be special meetings. On May 19 a scholarship seminar, under the direction of the IFC af fairs committee (chairman Roger Myers), will be held. A meeting of all rush chair men will be held on May 17 at T p.m. in the Student Union too, Ferguson said. k . - f v A - 1 ' 1 BEST PLEDGE CLASS Dwight Mierhenry, next president of Phi Delta Theta fraternity, receives the Alpha Tau Omega Help Week tro phy from ATO Steve George. The traveling trophy was presented to the Phi Delts for having the best pledge class of 1960-81. Alpha Phi Omega Elects Tempero Alpha Phi Omega, service honorary has installed Steve Tempero as the new presi dent. Other officers installed were Richard Woods, first vice Defeats 'Living-district9 Representative Plans taining houses, women's co op houses and Ag dorms and University students not living in organized houses. . 3. Each district shall be represented by at least one representative with addi tional representatives allot ed according to the num ber of students in each dis trict. These allotments shall be established so as to make the total number of of holdover members, ap proximately 30. . 4. Affiliated students shall vote within their true liv ing districts. 5. Graduate students shall be eligible to vote. 6. There shall be no ac tivity representation. 7. All students elected to the Council shall live in the living district from which they were elected during the year they serve as Coun cil members. Main objections to the plan were: representation by living districts would not meet the problem of com munication between Coun cil members and the stu dents they represent any more effectively than the present system and less ef fectively in cases such as the students living in unor ganized housing throughout the city; approximately half the Council members would be elected from the non- Phi Delt . Pledges Get Trophy - Phi Delta - Theta was awarded the Alpha Tau Omega Help Week traveling trophy for having the best pledge class this year, after the IFC meeting Wednesday night. The trophy, presented by ATO Steve George to Phi Delt president Dwight Mier- henry, was awarded on the basis of four things, accord ing to George. 1 Seventy per cent of the' Phi Delt pledges made their averages. 2 The pledge class av erage was above the All University and All-Fraternity averages. 3 The Phi Delt pledges were active in campus activi ties, including Jr. IFC, IFC committees, Daily Nebras kan, intramurals and repre sentatives of freshmen sports. 4 For their Help Week project. The Phi Delt pledges did some painting and clean ing at the YMCA and at the Whitehall Home for Children. The trophy, which was initi ated last year by the ATOs, is sponsored in conjunction with their national Help Week idea. Last year's winner was Sigma Alpha Mu. if" i president; Larry Porter, sec ond vice president; Dennis Tillman, secretary; Allan Musbach, treasurer; Maurice Hawthorne, historian; and Phil Brugger, sergeant-at-arms. 1 LUTIIEU & "THE NIGHT RAIDERS-TONIGHT-FREE STREET DANCE 14th AND S 7:30-12:00 campus resident group as that area has a popula tion equal to that of the other six areas combined; in several cases, the stu dent would be voting for a Council representative who would not be representing him the next year (for ex ample a sorority pledge liv ing in the dorm would vote in the dorm but would live in the sorority living dis trict the next fall.); the proportion of Greeks to in dependent Council repre sentatives would be out of dealing with ftiKlon of AKCHWI Vol. 74, No. 100 1 v our VII w r iia m vf w w gmsUm a a ' Hi n nr inr i --iniimi irniniiniw m mm ril mt ' ilmiiiiiiiiimyniw The Student Union is sponsoring the appearance of the Four Preps and the Coercive By-Law Called Out of Order in Council A by-law dealing with the prohibition of any house, or ganization or group of students from coercing any student or group of students to exercise his right to vote, was presented to the Student Council for consideration yesterday by council member Don Witt. However, the by-law got no farther than the floor as Council president Ken Tempero called the consideration of such a by-law out of order as the Council had no jurisdiction over the organizations which would be effected by it. Council member George Moyer immediately moved to appeal the decision of the chair but the motion was de feated by a narrow margin of 14-13. The proposed by-law stated: No house, student organiza tion or group of students shall coerce any student or group of students to exercise his or their right to vote in any Stu dent Council sponsored elec tion. 1 A. This by-law shall include the following methods as be ing coercive: 1. No student or student group shall be affected through financial gain or loss for ex ercising his or their right to vote; 2. No student or group of students shall forfeit any priv ileges or be granted any spe cial privileges for exercising his or their right to vote. B. The methods enumerated under Section A shall not be construed as . being the only methods prohibited by this by-law. The elections committee shall have the authority to prohibit any other method which it deems to be coercive. C. Any house, student organ ization or group of students found to be engaging in co ercive activities as defined above shall be ineligible to be members of the Student Council for the following academic year. Jazz, Java Calypso Jazz V Java will feature Calypso guitar trio this afternoon from 4-5 p.m. in the Crib. The trio is composed of Wade Cox, Clark Metcalf and Stephen Ross. "Rincon Flamlnco", a Spanish gyp sy number, which may be translated "Corner of the Room" will be on the program. the Council president and holdover members was ac cepted, as amended . to state: 1. The Student Council, sitting as a nominating com mittee, shall nominate two of its members for presi dent. This office shall be voted upon by the student body. (The clause "with the losing candidate becoming vice-president", was deleted by amendment.) 2. The Student Council shall elect two additional holdover members plus two vice-presidents. An amendment wnicn proposed " that the council ITh A r reps FOUR PREFS Spring Day Draws NigK In addition to the usual games, two mystery events will create added excitement at the all-University Spring Day on Ag Campus Friday afternoon. In the P and B mystery event one girl from each or ganized house entered choos es a male partner. They must decide among themselves upon a sounding device which will be used in the course of the game. The second mystery event, also for couples, will be an nounced during the afternoon and any couple may enter. The couples who enter this event should be aquainted. Twenty-one women's organ izations have entered in this year's Spring Day games. The winners trophy will be awarded at The Spring Day dance at Pershing Audito rium Friday evening. Briton Contrasts School Systems By Eleanor Billings Similarities and differences between the educational systems in the United States and Britain stem from three differences in the two countries' heritages, accord ing to Tobias R. Weaver, under-secretary and Head of Schools Branch of the Brit ish Ministry of Education. The United States and Britain have had different national needs which they have had to meet. 'The way in which we have met these needs has made a pattern which has resulted in' different systems," he said. The two countries also have basically different social philosophies which create a difference in the conception of what con stitutes an educational system. The Uni ted States has emphasized "all those things about men that are common to humanity," Weaver said. Britain had a form-loving traditional nation to begin nominate two members for president and two members for vice president to be elected by the student body with the losing nominees automatically becoming holdover members alone with a fifth holdover mem ber selected by the Council was defeated. Council opinion concern ing the election of the pres ident of the Council by the student body was varied. Supporters of the plan pointed out election in this manner would help elimin ate the possibility of poli tics and make the Council president responsible not wmm liJ The Nebraskan App Ramseyj Lewis Trio. The show is sched uled for1 May 19. Foreign Student Tea The Executive Board of the Lincoln United Church Women will hold a tea for all foreign students Sunday, at 2:30 p.m. at the Gover nor's Mansion. A tour of the Capitol and Mansion will follow. Theta Sig's Feature Lady Journalist Miss Helen Wells, Chicago Sun-Times woman's editor, will speak tomorrow, 6:30 p.m., at the Theta Sigma Phi's annual Matrix banquet. "Changing Opp or tunities for Women in will be described by Miss Wells. Miss Wells, holder of the Phi Beta Kappa key and w e 11- Miss Wells known journalist, began her career in Marshall Field's ad vertising department and has made several reporting trips to Europe. Nebraska newspaperwomen will be honored at the ban quet and honors in column writing, spot news, features and woman's page news will be announced. I v Vi 7 i - A i only to the Council but to the entire student body. Other opinion was that the students were not qualified to elect a Council president and the election might tend to become a popular ity contest. The third part of the plan,' the questions established as a poll for student opinion, was also accepted in amended form by the Coun cil. . i. The amended questions which will appear as a sup plementary ballot in the May 8 election read: ' 1. Do you favor student living district representa ear May 19 Another big name, the Four Preps, will appear on the campus during the month of May as one of the highlighted features of the Student Union's last big fling of the year, the "Fadeout". The Preps will share billing with the Ramsey Lewis Trio, widely acclaimed jazz group of Argo records, on May 19. The Preps will present twoi floor shows in the Union ball room at 8:30 and 11 p.m. dur ing intermissions of Bill Al bers dance band. The Trio will be located in the Pan Whirrrr! CD. Drill Today 3:10 In cooperation with the na tional civil defense drill to be held Friday, students and faculty will be asked to take shelter in the basement or lowest level in all University buildings at 3:10 p.m. Friday. The University has been asked to cooperate with the Lincoln-Lancaster Civil De fense Office in this drill, ac cording , to . Roy V. Loudon, Personnel Director and Civil Defense Director for the Uni versity. The University's 'aim dur ing the drill will be to deter mine three things: (1) wheth er those on campus can hear the siren when it goes off, (2) if they can tell that it is a wavering siren, which indi cates "duck and cover," and (3) the time it takes to eva cuate to1 the basements of University buildings. The University is urging sororities and fraternities to participate in this nation-wide drill, according to Loudon. Tribunal Names Student Judges New judges for the Stu dent ' Tribunal for the 1961 1962 school year were con firmed by Student Council Wednesday. The representative from Law College will be Dick Tempero. Senior judges will be Bill Connell, Richard Schmeling, Ann Walker and Bill Holland. Junior judges on the Tribu nal will be Steve Tempero and Harold Dehart. Poli Sci Honorary Selects Bob Stiue Bob Stine has been elected president of Pi Sigma Alpha, political science honorary fraternity. Other newly-elected officers are: vice-president, Dick Schmeling; and secretary treasurer, Mrs. Anne Burk-holder.. with and her need was not to emphasize cohesion, but to create a "leader group" in British society. Another difference cited by Weaver was that education is a national repsonsibility in Britain. A minister of education is ap pointed and must be responsible for the education of the British population. Plans are made ahead of time to accommodate an increase in the number of school chil dren or make a needed change in the way the system operates. Britain has thus been able to accommo date an additional two million children since the war. In addition one out of three children are being taught in schools built since the war. Another basic difference in the system is that in Britain the law demands that nondenominational religion be taught in the public schools. The law stipulates that each school day must begin with an act of worship. tion only over the present system of partial college representation and partial activity representation? 2. Do you favor college representation only over the present system of college representation and activity representation? 3. Do you favor graduate student voting? 4. Do you favor the elim ination of activity represen tation? 5. Do you favor the changes in officer and hold over election procedure? 6. In what respective liv ing district do you now live? Friday, April 28 1961 American Room from 8 p.m. to midnight. The Four. Preps featuring Ed Cobb, Glenn Larson, Mar vin Inabnett and Bruce Bel land are the youngest vocal group with a major recording label. The Capital recorders are known for their million seller records, "26 Miles," "Big Man," and their most recent hit, "Down by the Station." All three of these top sell ing records were written by two of the Preps, Larson and Belland. Besides recording the Preps have made many TV appear ances including appearances with Lawrence Welk, Dick Clark, Ed Sullivan and Ten nessee Ernie Ford. Club appearances of t h e group include the Cocoanut Grove, Los Angeles; the Hol lywood Bowl All Star, Pro gram for three seasons; nine engagements in Miami Beach, Florida and many others. In addition the Preps have ap peared at high schools, and colleges throughout the coun try. The Preps are also motion picture artists co-starring in "Gidget" for which Larson and Belland also wrote the tune, Cinderella. The Preps met and origi nated as a quartet at Holly wood High School in Los An geles. They also competed to gether on the school's athletic teams, winning several city and state-wide honors among them. In 1958 they were brought to the attention of their pres ent manager, Melvill Shauer, and soon afterwards signed a long-term contract with Capi tol Records. In 1958 they were chosen by the Cash Box Disk Jockey Poll as "The Year's Most Promising Vocal Group." Tickets for the 'Fadeout" will go on sale May 1 and may be obtained in the Union program office or from mem bers of the special activities committee. Law Day Observation On Monday The University College of Law will observe the first Law Day May 1 as enacted by Congress and signed by Presi dent John F. Kennedy , on April 7. Highlighting the University Law Day Monday will be the convocation at 10 a.m. when Juvenile Court Judge W. W. Nuernberger will speak on "The Lawyer and the Juve nile Court." The Judge will speak to stu dents in Law College and other interested persons in Room 101 of the Law Build ing. Judge- Nuernberger re ceived his bachelor's degrea from Doane and graduated from the University Law Col lege in 1952. He was with the law firm of Perry and Perry and Nuernberger until his ap pointment as Juvenile Judge in December of 1960. In addition there will be a pictoral display of early Ne braska law offices and court houses in the Law Library. There will also be a display in the Student Union.
