Fraternities
OJjv "J mine itiaisvenu
Kosmet Klub,-l5ldt tryouts
for the Fail show "Anniver-
saryAiuics" were held Sun-
afternoon and the -win
ners revealed, according to
Neil Ferguson, president
The four successful frater
nities, their skits and skit
chairmen are: Phi Delta
Theta, "The Fruit of Chaos",
Larry Myers; Delta Upsilon,
"The Golden Touch", Tom
Hutson; Beta Theta Pi,
unnamed as yet, John Abra
hamzon; and Delta Sigma
Pi, "Censored", Phil Boroff.
Marsh Ruhr is the Fall
Show Chairman for Kosmet
Klub. Johnny "Sammy Davis
Jr." Powell will be Master of
Ceremonies and Sally Hove
is the theatrical director of
the show.
Theme of "The Fruit of
Chaos" is with doing away
with anniversaries. The Anni
versary Abolition Society, a
drinking fraternity, attempts
to prove to a rushee that an-
Val Peterson a Regent?
Former Governor
Silent on Possibility
By Nancy Whitford
Former Governor Val Peterson, in an exclusive phone
interview with the Daily Nebraskan, declined to deny or
confirm a report in a Lincoln newspaper that he will file
for ths post of University regent from the fifth district.
The fifth district post is represented by Frank Foote of
Axtell. Foote said he will decide whether or not to file for
re-election "when the time comes."
No-.? a resident of Hastings,
Petersen is v'ce chairman at
the board of J. "I. McDonald
Co. ard vice president and ad
ministrator of te J. M. Mc
Donald Fo'-ndaticn. The fil
ing would remove him as a
possible contender for gov
ernor on the Republican
ticket.
Regents are elected on nnn
political tickets for six-year
terms. They make up the gov
erning body of the University
and receive no pay except
expenses of attending meet
ings
The fifth district includes
18 counties: Perkins, Chase,
Dundy, Hayes, Hitchcock,
Frontier, Red Willow, Gosper,
Furnas, Phelps, Harlau, Kear
ney, Franklin, Hall, Adams
Webster, Clay and Nuckolls
Peterson. 58. obtained 1
Bachelor of Arts degree from
Wayne State Teachers Col
lege and a Master's degree
in political science from the
University. He has taught 13
years in Nebraska schools,
including two years at the
University.
Peterson returned in pril
this year after serving as im
bassador to Denmark.
Foote is serving his firt
term as regent. He was elect
ed in 1956 and is also an em
ployee of the State Game
Commission.
Pub Board
Schedules
Interviews
Sophomores, juniors, or sen
iors 'interested in serving on
ihe Publications Board for
the coming year should apply
;mmeciiately, according to Al
Plummer, nominating chair
man of Student Council.
The Publications Board se
infiK individuals for naid posi
tions on the Daily Nebraskan
ami Cornhus'ier and oversees
the financial status of these
organizations.
The deadline for " applica
tions is Friday at 5 p.m.
The application form may be
obtained at the Student Coun
cil office from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Monday through Friday.
Individuals should sign up
for an interview time for Sat
urday while at the Council
office, the interviews to begin
at 9 a.m. Saturday morning.
At this time two members
from each of the sophomore,
junior and senior classes will
be selected.
The Student Council will
finally select one member
from each of the three classes
on Oct. 11, at 4 p.m., to fill
the available positions.
It is recommended that ap
plicants have a S.5 overall
average or better.
Even Duchess
Wants To Help
The Cornhusker football
team had a twelfth player on
the field momentarily Satur
day as Duchess, Phi Kappa
Psi mascot, decided to try her
foot at the game.
Obviously enjoying her de
but before 35,000 football fans,
she refused to leave the field
until photographers had
snapped her picture. Then to
the shouts and yells of the
crowd, Duchess nonchalently
walked off the field with the
help of her photographer
friend, officials and Phi Psis. i
niversaries are superfluous
and pointless. The rushee and
his cohorts, Mother Fnckett,
Father Time, and Baby New
Year put up a good argument,
but the society is successful.
It , discredits The Fourth of
July, Christmas, and even
"Be Kind To Animals Week".
The rushee is convinced and
joins the society. As a result
of the rushee s influence, the
society starts the Kosmet
Klub as a substitute for an
niversaries.
Goose Mother
In the DU skit, Goose
Mother (no error) takes two
children back in time to Nurs
ery Rhyme Land. Little Boy
Blue is having an affair with
Little Bo Peep. They want
to get out of Nursery Rhyme
Land and get married. It is
discovered that Little Miss
Muffet, The Old Lady In The
Shoe and several others are
also dissatisfied.
The nursery rhyme char
acters are confronted with a
Council
To Name
Liasons
Associate Members
To Fill Council Gap
The Student Council is seek
ing workers who would help
with committee work and fill
a liason gap between the
Council and the various
campus living units.
"These associate members
would serve on an appointive
rather than elective basis to
make the Council a more ef
ficient and effective group,'
said Don Witt, second "vice
president.
Anyone who is interested in
the work has been invited to
attend a meeting Oct. 10 at
7 p.m. in the Student Union
party room. Witt said it would
be "ideal" if two students
from each living unit would
become associate members of
the Council.
At the meeting the purpose
of Student Council will be ex
plained and the students may
specify which areas of work
they are interested in.
Witt said workers will be
especially needed in the newly
formed committees on public
issues and public relations.
Other areas are available
though, such as helping with
elections, office work, faculty
evaluation and Student Tri
bunal committee.
The associate member plan
was put into limited use last
year when the Council studied
campus voting representation.
"The plan appeared suc
cessful last year and other
colleges have also reported
good results with the idea,"
Witt said.
Noon Deadline
Applications to fill the
student council vacancy of
a Teacher's College repre
sentative must be turned in
to Al Plummer at the Phi
Delta Theta house by noon
today.
Interviews win be held
Wednesday at the Student
Council meeting, with the
finalists to be interviewed
at the Oct. 11 meeting of
the CounclL
Students Invited
To Show Talent
All students are invited to
audition for the All University
Talent Review to be held Nov.
12 after the AUF Pancake
Feed.
Auditions will be held in
the Student Union small aud
itorium on Oct. 12 from 7-10
p.m., Oct. 15 from 2-5 p.m.,
and Oct. 17 from 7-10 p.m.
All who audition, even If
they don't make the show,
will be included in the NU
talent file to be kept at the
Union program office. Many
calls requesting entertainers
are received by the office and
the names included in the file
will be used to fill requests.
The auditions and show are
sponsored by the Union spe
cial events committee. This
committee should be contact
ed for further information.
Present Winning Kosmet Klub Skits
gift problem for King Midas'
50th birthday. This is indeed
a problem since everything
he touches turns to gold.
Goose Mother presents him
with a wish and he gives up
his golden touch and lets
everyone out of the land for a
year.
The Betas, who are tem
Vol. 75, No. 9
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ROTC: A Draftee's Views
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Training Corps 4 ROTO aroarams as seea
frara several aaeles. Today's story comes
Irani the eaJlere graduate srhe did net
enraU la the ROTC arecram. His thoughts
are writtea ta first aersni as a drafted
mil. I
By Tom Kotouc
It is Christmas eve 1961.
The wind has been howling
between the barracks since
early afternoon. Just three
more months and my basic
training outfit will be shoving
off for jungle warfare instruc
tion and then off for Burma
The new Nebraska card section pre
sented, for the second time last Satur
day, "moving flashes". The effect, to
those seated in the west stadium, was
Student Union Business Booming;
Increase Shown In Food Service
By Janet Sack
Business is booming in the
Student Union, especially on
football Saturdays, according
to Allen Bennett, Union man
ager.
On football Saturdays the
entire staff is deployed to do
different jobs, all vital to the
smooth operation of the gigan
tic undertaking.
Food For All
Saturday for Band Day the
Union sent 8,100 sandwiches
to the Coliseum to feed the
high school band students,
served 110 in the Touchdown
buffet over 600 in the cafe
teria, around 3,000 in the crib,
300 cheerleaders in the Ball
room, 110 band directors, 42
for the chancellor's party, 60
Arizona alumni and sent 80
to 150 box lunches to the men
in the press box. All this was
done in the span of one and
a half hours from 11 a.m. to
12:30 p.m.
Sending sandwiches to the
men in the press box is al
ways assigned to two boys
and is referred to as the Al
pine Route. Bennett works
alongside the staff members
and drew the assignment of
driving the 8,100 sandwiches
to the Coliseum.
In addition, the Union
served over 500 at the coffee
hour after the game Saturday.
"Some day we're afraid that
the whole stadium might take
up our invitation and come
over after the game," he said.
"This year business has
been very good and we're
very much appreciative," he
said.
, Food and Games
Biggest upturns have oc
curred in the food service and
games departments. Other
operations such as the barber
shop, main desk and physical
education class enrollment
have also shown increases,
but of a minor nature.
According to Bennett, the
major increases in the games
area has come from the in
creased enrollment in the
physical education classes
and is the billiards area.
He attributed most of the
porarily stumped for a name
for their production, portray
their version of the making of
the first talking movie.
Horace Vanderhoff, the in
ventor of the sound machine
and producer of the movie,
hires beautiful Mildred Mar
tin for his star. Mildred
possesses everything except a
if
or someplace else in South
east Asia.
Funny, but it seems just
yesterday that I began the
first week of October in my
senior year at the University.
I remember hearing on the
radio that week that a Soviet
fighter had shot down an
American transport en route
to West Berlin. The next day
President Kennedy called up
all Guard and Reserve units
on active or stand-by.
As limited conflicts broke
out in Eastern Europe, the
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increase in business to the
general increase in the num
ber of students.
Advertising Helps
Business in the barber shop
is up a very minor amount
over last year, Bennett said,
and is holding, quite steady.
Advertising is expected to in
crease the volume of busi
ness. In food service the Crib is
running 15 percent ahead of
last year to this date. A level
ing off period is expected
soon, he said, but seems to
be coming later than a year
ago.
In the cafeteria sales are
running very close to last
year and is one of the more
Center Attracts
10,000 Visitors
More than 10,000 people vis
ited the Nebraska Center for
Continuing Education during
open house Saturday, accord
ing to Merle Reiling, assistant
manager of the operations.
Official dedication of the
$3 million building was Friday
night
Reiling said the estimate
was based on the number of
brochures distributed by the
volunteer guides. He said the
restaurant, with a capacity
of 147, was filled and refilled
three times during the eve
ning meal rush.
Bidding Opens
For Rush Book
Any group wishing to sub
mit IFC Rush Book bids are
asked to bring their plans to
the IFC office by noon Mon
day. The bids should be in sealed
envelopes addressed to the
Executive Council, 330 Stu
dent Union.
The group receiving the bid
will receive 1300 on comple
tion of the work. A date will
be set and groups notified
concerning the formal presen
tation of its plans to the IFC.
decent voice. After many
voice coaches and several
trips to the psychiatrist, Van
derhoff cracks and the movie
flops. The skit is highlighted
by a chorus line of eight fe
male snake charmers.
"Censored"
The fall show is ' rounded
out by the Delta Sig's version
vJ
The Nebraskan
Middle East and Asia, it
seemed so remote. I was in
college and they were fight
ing the war. Somehow, I
thought I was exempt from
the draft because I was get
ting an education. Then, two
weeks later, I got my notice
to report for physical, and the
next month I was on my way
to boot camp here in Texas.
It's not that I object to
fighting for my country, but
it's the way I'm doing it. With
my "two years of college edu
cation I'm being trained on
that of words being written on paper.
Here the section displays one of its regu
lar flashes while the visiting bands play
the national anthem.
stable places in the food serv
ice department. Catering has
increased a minor amount,
but seems to be running close
to last year.
Meal Tickets New
A new feature at the Union
this year is the sale of meal
tickets. The tickets have a
value of $5.50 and can be pur
chased for $5 cash and used
in the cafeteria. The tickets
were put on sale Sept. 20 and
to date around 141 have been
sold.
"They seem to be catching
on with off campus housed
students 2nd are comparable
to a dorm feeding contract.
We'd like to see the sale of
these pick up and we know
they are being used daily,"
Bennett said.
At the A? Union Dell the
new service is expected to in
crease the total income.
Attractive Dell
At the open house Friday
evening much favorable com
ment was heard. The Dell.
which was opened last Wednes
day, has a new rope ceiling
which adds to the atmosphere.
"Very few people realize
that the Union is a 'half-mil
lion dollar operation," Ben
nett said.
Two NU Students
Gain Fellowships
University students Marlin
Bolar and Donald McArthur
have received direct National
Science Foundation Fellow
ships (NSF).
Bolar, who is studying bot
any, received a 12-month
tenure of $2,200 plus $500 for
each dependent. McArthur re
ceived a $2,000 yearly allow
ance and $500 for each de
pendent for his studies in
physics.
The NSF is an agency of the
Federal government which
awards graduate fellowships
in science, mathematics and
engineering as direct support
to especially able individuals
for the improvement of per
sonal competence in these
areas.
of "Censored." This satire on
University life traces the de
velopment of Kosmet Klub
from 1911 to 1961.
It seems that the Kosmet
Klub is constantly bothered
by administration censorship.
During the man shortage in
1941, Kosmet Klub admitted
girls into the cast of t h e
the same level with fellows
with only an eighth grade edu
cation. You see, I know that
I could that I should be
giving more.
Officer Duty
I should be serving as an
officer, which we're so short
of right now. I should be lead
ing fellows with less educa
tion and experience than I,
instead of having them lead
me.
It's lucky I didn't get mar
ried, 'cause I don't think my
wife could live very well on
the pay I'm getting here.
But most of all, I blame my
self for not taking the time to
think about these things while
I was at the University. It's
not that I would have gone
into ROTC or signed up with
a reserve unit, but I let fel
low students, who were as in
different toward the military
obligation and the idea of giv
ing something to their coun
try as I was talk me into even
opposing the programs.
I once heard that the Uni
versity Board of Regents had
set up a military program be
cause as a land grant school
the Merrill Act of 1862 re
quired it But I didn't under
stand how compulsory ROTC
in my freshman and sopho
more years "served the na
tional purpose under the ex
isting ROTC program," the
reason given by the Regents
for making it compulsory. All
I ever did was call it a bunch
of mickey mouse and then do
my best to ignore whatever
my instructors or cadet offi
cers were trying to accom
plish. It was as if I thought
that what ROTC was trying
to do was unimportant.
Principal Source
Like CoL Elmer Powell,
professor of Military Science
of the Army at the Univer
sity, told a group of entering
freshmen: "The ROTC today
is the principal source of lead
ers and officers for the Army.
In 1957 the Army ROTC pro
gram turned out 13,500 men,
while West Point graduated
400 and Officer Candidate
School 600."
"But almost as important"
he said, "is the chance ROTC
gives a man to acquire mili
tary leadership and some
skills at the same time he is
getting a University educa
tion. Thus, he can not only
protect his nation more com
petently, but also provide a
closer link between the Armed
Forces and the people.
For if the people da not see
the military as vital in pro
tecting national values and in
carrying out national goals,
then the military cannot fight
effectively."
And I remember too what
CoL Frank E. Sullivan, pro
fessor of Air Science at the
University had said to a
friend of mine: Prior to World
War II, ROTC provided a
large ready reserve to man
our weapon systems in time
of war or crisis. Today, with
vast surges in science and
technology used in war, oc
curing daily, it makes no
sense to recall the reserve for
immediate action. They would
have to be retrained with to
day's weapons before they
could fight
Draws 60-percent
"The Air Force," he said,
"today draws upon ROTC for
over 60 of its new replace
ment officers for active duty
in the Air Force. The caliber
of an ROTC graduate com
pares excellently with a grad
uate of the Air Academy."
Capt William G. Weber,
professor of Naval Science,
once said that limits on exist
ing programs and the physi
cal limitations on the Naval
Academy for expansion had
prompted the Navy to go to
the colleges to mold and gen
erate a source of regular com
missioned officers.
"The regular program is
designed to attract profes
sional military personnel and
the contract program to pro
vide a steady influx of officers
into the Naval Reserve to
keep it strong with young
blood," Capt. weber pointed
spring show for the first
time. This is almost too
much for the administration
to take.
This problem persists with
the administration being wor
ried about the 1961 show being
too "sick". They finally give
their consent, and the 1961
fall show successfully goes on.
Monday, October 2, 1961
out. "Thirty per cent of the
regular midshipmen make
the Navy or Marine Corps
their career."
Finally he said, "A student
should recognize that he has
an obligation to his country
to utilize his ability to the
greatest extent. Thus, if you
have the ability to be an offi
cer, then serve in that capac
ity." And I've been kicking my
self every day even more for
not taking these words to
heart and finding out what the
respective programs offered.
Basic ROTC
Last night I was talking to
a student from the University
of Iowa who had taken basic
Army ROTC during his first
two years. Their program for
basic is pretty much like
ours with one hour of lab or
drill each week for the fresh
man year and one hour of lab
and two of class each semes
ter for the sophomore year.
In the spring of his sopho
more year, this fellow had
had the chance to apply for
the advanced program by tak
ing the RQ-6 officer qualify
ing test getting his physical
and asking the dean of stu
dent affairs and the dean of
his college to recommend
him. Whether the professor of
Military Science had selected
him under the quota or not
at least he would have had
the satisfaction of knowing that
he might have been accepted
after be had thoroughly stud
ied the program.
In the advanced program,
he would be paid 90 cents a
day. He would attend six
weeks of summer camp for
additional training and be
paid $83.20.
Army Commission
After graduation from col
lege, he would have been
commissioned in the Army
reserve as a 2nd lieutenant
for a period of six months to
two years, according to the
needs of the Army. He would
begin at $424 a month in un
married status without quar
ters provided.
After his term of active
duty, he would have served
six years in the active re
serve and from three to four
and one-half years in the
ready reserve.
If he had been designated a
Distinguished Military Grad
uate on the basis of his mili
tary and academic records at
graduation or if be had asked
to have his reserve term ex
tended or to be commissioned
in the regular Army, he could
have made the military his
career.
As you know, I took two
vears of basic Air Force
ROTC. This year they began
a new oroeram allowing tne
basic to substitute certain
courses for his Air Force
classes his first and fourth
semesters and attend class
only his second and third se
mesters for two hours a week.
Leadership, laboratory or
drill was held for one nour
each week for all four semes
ters. Qualifying Test
I could have taken the Air
Force officer Qualifying Test
in October, December, and
again in March, passed my
DhvsicaL asked for a recom
mendation from the Dean of
Student Affairs, and faced the
Air Force examination board
before I would have bound
mvKclf to successfully com
plete the advanced program.
For my two years or aa
vanced I would have been
paid 90 cents a day and I
would have attended summer
camp for 28 days for $78 of
basic airman pay plus travel
allowance.
ITnnn rraduanon. I would
have beta commissioned as a
2nd Lieutenant in the Air
Force reserve at $338 a month
fnlus Jioo.00 a month for fir
ing pay if I qualified) as a
single man with quarters al
lowance.
If I had been in the non-
flvin? cateeorv. I would have
served four years on active
duty and two in the inactive
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