Aba The cu.rtain ges ap Sat-
wVE?y msnt at 8 p.m. in
. Pershing Auditorium on
'Anniversary Antics," the
50th anniversary Kosmet
Klub production.-
The show will include
four fraternity skits, four
traveler acts and the pre
sentation of Prince Kosmet
and Nebraska Sweetheart.
Phi Delta Theta fraternity
will present "The Fruit of
Chaos," a skit concerned
with doing away with all an
niversaries. The suggested
substitute is, of course,
Kosmet Hub.
In the Delta Upsilon skit,
"The Golden Touch," Goose
Mother and several other
nursery rhyme characters
are involved in love affairs.
King Midas is befuddled be
cause everything he touches
turns to "gold. Naturally,
the DlTs have come up with
a solution and all ends well. -Revolution
"The Hollywood Revolu
tion" is the name of the
Beta Theta Pi production.
The theme of the skit is
Puerto Rican Visits Campus .
Educator Benitez
To Discuss Cuba
Jaime Benitez, chancellor of the University of Puerto
Rico, will speak in the Student Union ballroom Tuesday, at
ii a.m.
Chancellor Benitez will
World Today."
Benitez was the U.S. dele
gate to the Conference of Uni
versities held in Utrecht, Hol
land in 1948. Benitez has been
both president and vice presi
dent of the National Associa
tion of State Universities.
Well known in the literary
world, Benitz has written:
"The Concept of the Family
in Roman and Common Law
Jurisprudence ; " "Political
and Philosophical Theories of
Jose Ortegay Gasset," and
many other works.
Benitez has LL.B. and
LL.M. degrees from George
town University, an A.M. de
gree from the University of
Chicago and an LL.D. (Hon
oris Causa) from the Poly
technic Institute of Puerto
Rico.
Benitez is sponsored by the
Union talks and topic committee.
Moffitt, Ataisik Sworn In
As Council Members
Susie Moffitt and Gunel
Ataisik have been sworn in
as members of the Student
Council by President Steve
Gage and law college repres
entative John Wightman was
removed from the Council
Wednesday.
Moffitt and Ataisik, who
were elected by the Council
last week to represent Teach
er's College and the Nebras
ka International Association,
respectively, now have full
voting and discussion rights
on the student body.
Nightman's removal was
based npon the Council re
quirement which makes it
compulsory for the president
o "remove any member from
the Stndent Council upon
three nnexcused absences."
"Wightman, who is a full
time student in law school,
did not respond," Gage said,
"when informed of his ab
sences and penalty for
same."
Jeanle Morrison and Miss
Moffitt were appointed co
chairmen of the student pub
lications committee with mem
bers Mary Kokes and Dave
Scholz. The chairman of the
Builders first glance commit
tee was also invited to serve
on the committee through
Nov. 1 when the preliminary
report on the feasibility of
combining the information
contained in many of the Uni
versity's annual publications
in a single manual is due.
Council Names 3
To Pub Board
The Student Council has
selected Maureen Frolik,
sophomore; Arnie Garson,
junior; and Al Plummer, sen
ior to serve on the Publica
tions Board for the 1961-62
year.
In interviews, the Council
particularly weighed the abil
ity of each candidate to an
alyze new student movements
on campus and to determine
Pub Board policy which will
help student publications in
dealing with them.
Soyalty,
the making of the first
"talkie" movie. It involves
a rather beautiful but inept
movie actress and a pro
ducer that eventually loses
his mind. N
The. Delta Sigma Phi
skit, "Censored," deals
with the constant Kosmet
Klub problem of adminis
tration censorship. The ad
ministration allegedly has
grave doubts about the 1961
Kosmet Klub show being
too "sick," but their con
sent to have the show is
finally given.
The four travelers acts
will be presented intermit
tently with the Kosmet Klub
skits. Bill Bowers and John
Weaver, Phi Delta Theta,
will present "A Couple of
Phi's." They wHl sing folk
songs accompanied by a
guitar.
"That Last of the Red
Hot Mamma's" will be pre
sented by Sigma Phi Epsi
long. Sam Balak, Norm
Beatty, Dick Creighton, Ken
Grebnick, and Lloyd Wade
will provide the background
for John Lawritson who will
pantomime a night club
speak on "Cuba's Role in the
BENITEZ
In other Council business,
the student organization com
mittee of Jim Samples and
Al Plummer will meet with
the Faculty Senate subcom
mittee on student organiza
tions to review the constitu
tions of campus organizations
in the near future.
The executive council made
the following changes in com
mittee assignments: Jeanie
Morrison replaced Al Plum
mer on the judiciary commit
tee; the nominations commit
tee was dissolved and mem
bers Perry Dudden, Steve
Cass, Judy Polenz and Jane
Fauquet were added to the
elections committee; Gunel
Ataisik was appointed to the
Public Issues committee.
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'Ready On Right, Left; Load, Lock, Commence Firing9
By Bob Nye
The University Varsity Rifle Team is
starting their 22nd year as a varsity sport.
An Army ROTC rifle team was started
at the University in 1896,, but not until
1939, under the direction of Col. L. M.
(Biff) Jones, did riflery became a varsity
sport.
Athletic Director
Col. Jones was also athletic . director
and football coach at the time.
The first firing range was located in the
local police department. -Later, it w a s
moved to the basement of Andrews Hall.
With the building of the new Military and
Naval Science hall in 1949 the range was
transferred to its present home.
Postal, Shoulder
The rifle team will participate in var
ious postal and shoulder to shoulder
matches from coast to coast this year and
will travel to New Orleans. ' ,
The top ten members of the team will
be issued Winchester 52 single shot .22
rifles which cost $150 each. Shooting jack
ets, gloves, and other items are furnished
by the Army.
Team Sponsors , "
The sponsors of the team are the 5th
Army, 7th Corps, University of Nebraska
ROTC division and the University Athletic
Dept. Capt. G. E. Gerkey is the faculty
advisor and Sgt. C. R. VerMer is the
coach.
Members are: Howard McNiff, Tom
Traveler Acts All Part of TiK " Fall Show
singer of the "Roar
ing 20s."
Satire
Delta Tau Delta will do
"An Introduction" with
Steve Baker and Dick Stu
key. It is a satire on the
office of dean of student
affairs.
Gordy Meldrum, Beta
Theta Pi, will be busy
singing, playing a guitar
and harmonica.
The 1961 Prince Kosmet
and Nebraska Sweetheart
will be presented at the end
of the production. The fi
nalists for Nebraska Sweet
heart include: Linda Jen-,
sen, Kappa Kappa Gamma;
Maggie McCracken, Delta
Gamma, Susie Lovett, Kap
pa Kappa Gamma; Linda
Lou Sawvell, Delta Delta
Delta; Nancy Foreman, Chi
Omega; Rhoda Skiff, Gam
ma Phi Beta; Judy Graz
Vol. 75, No. 16
Innocents Name 39 Proteges
By Tom Kotouc
Thirty-nine senior men will
be matched with thirty-nine
Lincoln businessmen this
week as the second year of
the Cornhusker Protege Pro
Midwest Young Adults Institute
Offers 'Short Course9 at Center
One unique phase of the
Nebraska Center's "Contin
uing Education" plan will
begin in three weeks when
the Midwest Institute for
Young Adults (MIYA) con
venes Oct. 30, in the Hall
of Youth.
MIYA is an eight-week
educational experience for
young men and women
whose present plans do not
include college attendance,
but who desire further train
ing for self-improvement.
Courses are offered in
such fields as merchandis
ing, office work and agri
culture. These are c a 1 1 e d
"learn-to-earn" courses and
three-fourths of the . stu
dent's 20 hours of class time
will be spent in them.
The remainder of the stu
dent's time will be devoted
to "learn-to-live" courses
designed to enhance the
student's social and cultural
understanding.
Non Credit
MIYA courses, although
they are non-credit, will be
instructed for the most part
by University faculty mem
bers. A certificate will be
awarded after completion of
the course.
The objectives of the new
experiment in this educa
tional program were set up
by Dr. Otto G. Hoiberg, di
rector of the MIYA pro
gram and the Hall of Youth,
as:
1. Provision for post-high
ier, Alpha Chi Omega;
Judy Zadina, Alpha Omi
cron Pi; Jeannine Fenton,
Gamma Phi Beta; and Ann
Hanna, Kappa Alpha Theta.
Candidates for Prince
Kosmet are: Jerry Over
gaard, Phi Kappa Psi;
Dave Sunberg, Sigma Al
pha Epsilon; Don Purcell,
Phi Delta Theta; Bob Web
er, Farm House; Jim Good
ell, Beta Theta Pi; Ray Bui
in, Delta Sigma Pi; Bill
Connell, Sigma 'Phi Epsi
lon; Gary Koopman, Kappa
Sigma; Ivan Grupe, Sigma
Phi Epsilon and Jack Wat
kins, Beta Sigma Psi.
Prince Kosmet and Ne
braska Sweetheart will be
selected by the popular vote
of all those attending the
show.
Marsh Kuhr Is the Kos
met Klub Fall Show chair
man, and Sally Hove is the
y u&
gram is launched, Innocent's
Society Protege Program
chairman Jim Huge an
nounced today.
The seniors were selected by
a vote of the Innocents.
school residential training in
such job related fields as
business, office work and
agriculture for young men
and women whose formal
education has ended with
high school graduation;
2. The development of
leadership potentiails;
3. Increasing understand
ing of opportunities and re
sponsibilities . for effective
citizenship in our democra
cy: - . .
4. The stimulation of
greater interest in cultural
and community values;
5. Personal counseling as
sistance for young adults
concerning selection of a
life work;
6. Provision for experi
ence in group living."
The emphasis on g r o u p
living and the "learn-to-live"
courses gives the Ne
braska Hall of Youth pro
gram a unique quality dif
ferent from plans tried by
other universities.
Fonr Courses
The fall term, Oct. 30 to
Dec. 22, is the first of four
distinct courses which will
be offered under the MIYA
plan.
The second term will be
gin Feb. 5 and will last to
March 30.
Dr. Hoiberg expects 40
students to enroll in t h e
first program. Twenty-two
have registered and over
100 inquired about the pro
gram. n -
READY . . . AIM . . .
. Varsity Rifle Team Coach SFC Calvin Ver Meer and team member
demonstrate the standing off-hand shooting position with a .22 caliber rifle.
theatrical advisor. John
Powell will be master of
ceremonies.
Tradition
Kosmet Klub was founded
in 1911 when six upperclass
men staged the first origi
nal musical, "The Diplo
mat" in the Spring of 1922.
The Klub's cast were tradi
tionally male until 1941
when tradition was cast
aside and coeds were in
cluded in the spring musi
cal comedy.
Another highlight of the
Klub's history was the in
troduction of Nebraska
Sweetheart in 1929, followed
later by Prince Kosmet.
This year in conjunction
with their 50th anniversary
show, Kosmet Club is hold
ing a special banquet re
union for alums of the
Klub.
Kosmet Club alum chair
EiMrl
The Nebraskan
The unique protege program
was initiated last spring by
the Innocents Society to team
27 senior men with 27 profes-
sional and business leaders to
acquaint the student with pro-
The "learn-to-earn"
course for the fall term
introduction t o business,
merchandising, business
correspondence, office ma
chines, advanced typing,
job opportunities, efficient
use of farm power and ma
chinery, welding, beef man
agement, wildlife manage
ment, animal diseases.
The "learn-to-live" course
will include: marriage and
the family, world affairs,
the modern community,
handicrafts.
Date Her Later
A Mortar Board late-date
night with 2:00 a.m. closing
hours has been announced
by the AFS for Saturday
night in conjunction with
the Kosmet Klub Show.
Although closing hours
are legally 2:00 a.m., each
minute past 1:00 a.m. costs
a girl's date one penny. The
proceeds from "penny
night" are used by the Mor
tar Board for projects.
Any girl who is planning
to go home over the week
end must have permission
from her housemother, and
no overnights, except for
home, are allowed. Any
late-minutes on Saturday
night mean an automatic
campus for the following
Saturday night.
tr-,
.
man, Larry Berger, said,
"We are expecting approxi
mately 100-150 Kosmet Klub
alums and their wives for
the 50th Annivesary Kosmet
Klub FaU Show.
The alum lists include
Herbert Brownell,' Jr., past
attorney general of the
U.S.; Percy Spense, chair
man of the Board of Di
rectors of Sinclair Oil Cor
poration; William Mc
Cleery, associate editor of
Ladies Home Journal; and
Joe W. Seacrest, Thurston
Phelps, Jack Thompson, E.
J. Faulkner and Joyce
Ayres, all prominent Lin
coln businessmen.
Founders
Also included are Morton
Steinhart of Nebraska City
and Searle F. Holmes, an
executive with Burban In
surance Company of Boston
both founders of Kosmet
fessional and civic responsi
bility. Huge said he will meet with
Jack Goodwin and Byron
Dunn of the National Bank of
Commerce and John Horner,
last year's chairman, this
week to match up the students
and to set the date for the
kick-off banquet.
"As the businessman ac
quaints his 'protege with the
physical plant of his business
and orients him in his profes
sional activities," Huge said,
"it is expected that a close
relationship will develop be'
tween them, allowing the stu
dent to receive advice from
the businessman on many
matters."
The Individual Cornhusker
Proteges for 1961-2 include the
members of the Innocents So
ciety plus 26 other senior men
Those selected include Roy
Arnold, Agriculture; Bill Con
nell, Business Administration;
Ron Gould, Arts and Sciences:
Steve Gage, Engineering and
Architecture; Jim Huge,
Teachers; Deon Stuthman,
Agriculture; Al Plummer,
Arts and Sciences; Jim Sam
ples, Arts and Sciences; Bill
Holland, Engineering and
Architecture; Marsh Kuhr,
Agriculture; Don Witt, Arts
and Sciences; Neil Ferguson,
Engineering and Architecture;
and Pat Clare, Arts and Sci
ences.
Jerry Gale, Business Admin
istration; Chuck Sherfey, Arts
and Sciences; Dan Wehrbein,
Agriculture; Jim Greer, Agri
culture; Dick Stuckey, Arts
and Sciences; Ladd Hubka,
Business Administration; Don
Ferguson, journalism; Norm
Beatty, journalism; John
Schroeder, Arts and Sciences;
Ivan Grupe, Arts and Sci
ences. Joel Meier, Teachers; Dave
Sundberg, Arts and Sciences;
Chuck Wahl, Engineering; Pat
Salerno, Teachers; Tom Rus
sell, Agriculture; Mark Sor
ensen, pre-med; Fred Rickers,
Arts and Sciences; Tom Mer
Berry, Dave Smith, Bill Holland, Marvin
Cox, Lowell Eck, Herb Grossman, Jim Ry
an, Roger Williams, Roger Walker, Mar
vin Tomsiek and Greg Busacker.
$3 Fee
Any freshman is eligible for the team.
He must first join the Varsity Rifle Club
and pay three dollars for use of the range
and his ammunition during the year. A
member also receives a subscription to
the American Rifleman.
To be considered for the team a man
must shoot and maintain a 260 average
out of a possible 300 points.
Letter Sweater
A man receives a letter for making the
team his freshman year, a sweater after
the second year.a letter jacket his junior
year and a plaque and additional letter
the fourth year.
Medals may also be earned during a
match on the basis of sets of targets
scored individually.
Team Awards
The rifle team has won 12 Randolph
Hearst trophies. The team was third in
B i g 8 Conference college competition,
placed first in the NRA Sectional and in
National ROTC competition last year,
Jim Brown, Busacker, Eck, Smith and
Paul Winkler, all frosh last year, received
medals for their accomplishments.
The first match of this year is Saturday
at Manhattan, Kan. The following week
end Manhattan comes to the University
for a match.
Lowell Eck
Klub; George H. Turner,
clerk of Nebraska Supreme
Court, and Dr. Ralph Ire
land, dean of the Univer
sity Dental College.
The oldest alum expected
is 83-year-old Professor R.
D. Scott, a past professor
,of dramatics at the Univer
sity and author of Kosmet
Klub's first show, "The
Diplomat."
"We have received reser
vations from as far as both
coasts," said Berger. "Re
union festivities will con
sist of a banquet before the
show Saturday night," he
added. The alums and their
wives will be seated in a
special section and will be
recognized by the master
of ceremonies, John Powell.
All the alums are Uni
versity graduates as Kos
met Klub is a local organization.
Friday, October 13, 1961
rick, Arts and Sciences; Den
nis Mulligan, Business Admin
istration. Dick Daniel, Business Ad
ministration; Jim Killinger,
dentistry; Mike Milroy, Arts
and Sciences; Dave Bliss, En
gineering; Ron Meade, Teach
ers; Dick Glover, Engineer
ing; Tom Laging, architec
ture. Honorary
Elects Five
New Officers
Officers of Phi Eta Sigma,
men's scholastic honorary,
were elected for the 1961-62
year at the first meeting
Wednesday evening.
The new officers are Tom
Kotouc, president; Bill Buck
ley, vice-president; Rod Mar
shall, secretary; Bill Wright,
treasurer and Bob Patterson,
correspondent.
Kotouc appointed the fol
lowing members to explore
the feasibility of speaking to
high school groups on scholar
ship and campus life at the
University: Dennis Cristie,
chairman; Bill Tiemann,
Randy Dennison, Chip Kuklin
and Mark Teply.
A smoker is planned for
early November for those
freshmen showing high
scholarship in their high
scnooi years.
Phi Eta Sigma was char
tered at the University in 1960
to promote and reward high
scholarship" on campus. Last
May. 42 fresmen and sopho
mores were initiated.
To be eligible for member
ship, a student must earn a
7.5 grade point average the
first semester of his freshman
year or a 7.5 accumulative av
erage in both semesters of his
freshman year.
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