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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.
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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.
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president; Larry Porter, sec
ond vice president; Dennis
Tillman, secretary; Allan
Musbach, treasurer; Maurice
Hawthorne, historian; and
Phil Brugger, sergeant-at-arms.
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
