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The 1960 Thanksgiving traffjcc15reboard stood at
Killed, 110 Injured and 195 Afieiftents.
"All of the fataV SCcidents were avoidable," said
Thomas P. jRyanTsupervisor of the Nebraska Accident
Record Bureau.
"They involved six traffic violations, numerous in
fractions of safe driving practices, a lack of considera
tion) for the other driver, irresponsibility and the inabilty
to adapt themselves to driving conditons," sad Ryan.
"Yet this year's five and one-half day Thanksgiving
holiday will be more hazardous than the four and one-half '
days in 1960 due to poor weather and road surface con
ditions," Ryan said.
Youth
Of 292 Nebraska traffic 'deaths last year some 104
of those killed were of either high school or college age
youth, according to the Accident Record Bureau.
Of 11,382 Nebraska traffic injuries last year, 5,138 of
the individuals maimed, broken or injured were under 25
years of .age. ,
Over the past five years, Ryan said that in Nebraska
there is one accident every twenty minutes, one person
injured every hour, one person killed every 27 hours and
a $135,000 economic loss every day.
Capt. O. H. Witt, Chief, safety education and train
ing, State Safety Patrol, put the blame for the majority
of college-age deaths and accidents on four violations:
Speed
"Speed," he said, "is a major killer, with a great
number of rear-end collisions figuring in the totals. An
auto coming up too fast on slow-moving traffic is unable
to stop in time.
. "A second is overloading of cars with luggage, cloth
ing and students making clear vision to the rear impos
sible. Passing, Alcohol
"The other two are improper passing and alcohol,"
Witt added.
"But al .id is not the killer," said Ryan. "Cer
tainly akhol plays a major roll in our accident ex
perience, but it is the irresponsible driver who consumes
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A Nebraska Wesleyan student, two Mid
land College students and a high-school
youth were fatally crushed in this head
on collision with a semi-traflor track last
February. The driver passed out behind
the wheel and swerved to the wrong side
of the highway into an oncoming semi.
The truck driver said that before the col
lision, he observed that "every one of the
students were asleep."
the 'Alky' who is the killer. He cannot no matter how
much he attempts to ever salve his conscience by claim
ing otherwise."
Looking out over the heavy snowfall, Capt. Witt said,
"Last week's days of driving rain and snow remind me
of an accident that involved a college student and two
high-school youth last March near Wahoo.
It was a Sunday night and the roads were slippery
and visibility limited. Suddenly the car carrying the
students skidded to the other side of the road and the
driver lost control. It plowed into an oncoming semi,
pushing both off the road. When the screams and grat
ing of metal against steel and flesh had ceased, the semi
lay on top of the car in the ditch."
Rules
Ryan stated seven commandments of safety guaran
teed to bring the college student back to classes "alive"
next Monday.
(1) Don't drive when sleepy.
(2) Drink, if you wish, but if you do, don't drive.
(3) Don't daydream. Concentrate on your job at hand,
namely arriving at your destinations safely.
(4) Start your trip early to avoid rushing.
(5) Remember that the stated speed limit is not al
ways the safe speed limit. The safe speed limit is con
trolled by existing conditions.
(6) Thanksgiving Day is a day for joy, not sorrow; a
day for giving thanks, not remorse.
(7) The choice is yours to make. You can display
proof of the maturity and responsibility you claimed
for yourself on the day you acquired the privilege of
driving.
Ryan added, 'The 'lights on campaign will again be
employed over the Thanksgiving holidays. When yom
drive, day, dusk, or night, switch on your lights."
"There are three components of traffic accidents:
the vehicle, the road surface, and the driver," Ryan con
cluded. "The first two are responsible for a negligaWe num
ber of accidents, so it follows that nearly all accidents are
caused by the driver."
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The Nebraskan
Monday, Nov. 20, 1961
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JVEW, LONG LOOK
The finalists for Honorary Commandant
have decided to "go formal" with long
dresses for the Military Ball this year.
Some of the finalists are on hand to give
their opinions as Jeanne Garner, center,
tries on one of the new "creations." Vot
ing for the Commandant finalists is today.
Ball 4Out of World' Treasure Hunt
Leads to All Expense Paid Evening
An expense paid trip "Out
of This World" is the prize
for the campus male who
finds the treasure hidden by
the Military Ball Committee.
The trip of course, is a free
ticket to the Military Ball. In
addition, the winner will re
ceive flowers for his date and
himself, dinner for two the
night of the Ball, free rent or
a tuxedo and $5.00 expense
RAM Votes
Approval
Of Board
RAM Council has voted
unanimously to set up a Dis
cipline Board which will hear
discipline cases within the
Quadrangle and make recom
mendations to the Division of
Student Affairs.
The Discipline Board Com
mittee will be one of t h e
standing committees in t h e
RAM main cabinet.
Earlier, the proposal had
been submitted to the resi
dents of the Quadrangle and
had received unanimous ap
proval from all the houses.
In other business RAM
Council voted to investigate
the possibility of setting up
library, reference and study
facilities in the Quadrangel.
George Peterson, who made
the motion, noted that Frank
Lundy, director of University
libraries, has reported that
campus library facilities are
being crowded by people who
want to use the library as a
study hall rather than just
for reference work.
money. In other words, the
free evening at the Univer
sity's social season opener. If
the winner has already pur
chased a ticket for the dance
his money will be refunded.
The details of the treasure
hunt will be announced im
mediately following Thanks
giving vacation. Each day a
new clue will appear in the
paper regarding the h i d I n g
place of the treasure.
Tickets are on sale for the
Ball and may be obtained at
the Military Science building
or in men's organized houses
and dormitories. Tickets will
also be on sale at Pershing
Auditorium on the night of
Ball, Friday, Dec. 8. The
price of tickets is $3.75 per
couple or $1.00 for spectator
tickets. The music for the
dance will be provided by the
Glen Miller orchestra under
the direction of Ray McKin
ley. The Ball committee says
the pageantry and quality of
this year's Ball mill surpass
in former Military Ball and
will live up to the theme,
"Out of This World."
One of the highlights of the
evening will include the pre
sentation of the 1361 Honor
ary Commandant and the pre
sentation of the three service
queens. The Commandant is
chosen by an all campus vote
which will be held today.
Service queen are selected
by a vote of the individual
ROTC service branches. Each
service, Army, Air Force and
Navy, will choose their queen
from the three Honorary Com
mandant finalists selected to
represent their service branch
in the Commandant competi
tion. Commandant finalists and
the service they represent
are: Cori Cabella, Army;
Kathy Madsen, Army; Vicky
Cullen, Army; Marty Elliott,
Navy; Jeanne Garner, Navy;
Sherry Foster, Navy; Pat
Johnson, Air Force; J u d i
Zadina, Air Force; and Ruth
anne Read, Air Force.
IWA Worker Coffee
All workers for the Inde
pendent Women's Associa
tion have been invited to
attend a board meeting and
coffee today at 8 p.m. at
the Lutheran Student
House.
Law Team
Nears Top
In Contest
The three members of the
University moot court team
are eligible to enter national
competition, and "well do
everything we can to get them
there," said David Dow, dean
of the College of Law.
Richard A. Peterson, Rich
ard E. Shngrue and Robert
WeigeL seniors in the College
of Law, and their advisor,
Professor John M. Gradwohl,
will travel to New York City
during the first half of De
cember for the three-day na
tional elimination tournament.
The competition will be
sponsored by the Bar Associ
ation of the City of New York.
The Nebraska team defeated
Washington University f St.
Louis in the regional meet
court competition finals in St.
Louis last week.
Both Nebraska and Wash
ington advance to the national
competition.
Each of the 12 participat
ing districts in the c o u a t r y
may send two finalists to New
York.
The arguments in the re
gional finals were on the ques
tion of jurisdiction of the
United States citizens' prop
erty by a foreign country.
Liebers, Kuslxi
Receive Award
Former State Sen. Otto
Liebers and Val Kuska will be
honored for their outstanding
contributions to Nebraska ag
riculture at the Agriculture
Achievement banquet, tonight
at the Nebraska Center for
Continuing Education.
Liebers and Kuska were
both chosen for the award by
the Nebraska Hall of Agri
culture on the basis of their
agricultural efforts thiwjgh
the years.
Chancellor Clifford Hardin
and head of the University
Extension E. W. Janike will
deliver the honoring speeches.
University Pays Tribute
To 'Lew' Lewandowski;
Stadium Flag Lowered
By Mike MacLean
The flag over Memorial
Stadium flew at half-mast
Saturday in tribute to A. J.
Lewandowski, athletic b u s i
ness manager at the Univer
sity, who died early Saturday
morning of an apparent heart
attack.
Lewandowski was born in
Chicago and was graduated
from the University in 1930.
As an undergraduate he let
tered in football, basketball
University Receives
Willa Gather Letters
Ten private letters written
by Nebraska authoress Willa
Cather have been given to the
University as a gift.
The letters, some of which
are typewritten and others in
Miss Cather's own handwrit
ing, were given to the Uni
versity at the suggestion of
Dr. James Miller, chairman
of the English department.
Dr. Miller is a personal friend
of Norman Foerster who
granted the letters to the Uni
versity. Foerster, an author and
critic of American literary
figures, was a student of Miss
Cather during his freshman
year in high school. He re
ceived the letters between the
years 1910 and 1939.
Dr. Miller said the letters
will provide future scholars
of Miss Cather's life further
significant insight into the
authoress whose great liter
ary art is reflected in the life
and times of the American
Immigrant of the prairies and
high plains of the United
States.
A special manuscript file
will be made to protect the
gift according to Bernard
Kreissman, assistant director
of the libraries for Hnmani
ties. He explained that due to
Drivers. Riders Matched by Union
"Need a Ride? Want a Rider?"
The Union personnel committee is spon
soring a project to help students answer
those questions in regard to Thanksgiving
vacation. '
The committee has a bulletin board set
up in the Union with maps of nine states
and instructions on how to get the desired
information.
The states mapped are Illinois, Colo
rado, Nebraska, South Dakota, Iowa,
Kansas, Missouri, Minnesota, and Wyo
ming. For locations not mapped out on the
bulletin board, the students may indicate
on the cards where their destination is.
Students who want a ride put plain pins
oh the map at the location of their destina
tion. They fin out a rider card and leave
It at the program office or the main desk.
The driver will contact the rider or the
rider may check the card file in the Pro
gram office for potential drivers he may
contact.
The Student who wants riders can put
a car pin on the map at the location of his
dertination. He then fills out a driver's
card and leaves at the Main desk or Pro
gram office. He will' contact the riders or
may check the file in the Program office
for a list of riders he may contact.
The personnel committee said that they
are not liable for the travel arrangements
which are made as a result of this service
or for any accident or injury incurred on
the trip.
They also advised the drivers to check
the liability clauses of the auto insurance
policies to be sure that riders are ade
quately covered.
This is the first year this "Need a Ride?,
Want a Rider?" plan has been in effect.
, The map will be kept up to see if the stu
dents use them for weekends. It will be up
for Christmas vacation.
restrictions of Miss Cather's
will textual publication of the
letters has been forbidden but
they can be read by qualified
scholars after approval by a
special library board.
The contents of the letters
are of a serious and reflec
tive nature and deal with
Miss Cather's own feelings
abobt her own life's work,
the work and personalities of
other authors and critics of
American literature.
Commandant Election
Voting for the 1961 Hon
orary Commandant to be
presented at the a n n a a I
social season opener, the
Military Ball, Dec. 8 will
take place today.
Polling places will be lo
cated in the Ag and City
Student Unions, and wiU be
open from 9 a.m. to S p.m.
University
Blood Bank
Walks Again
The University. Walking
Blood Bank will operate again
this year under the joint spon
sorship of the Red Cross Col
lege unit, the Student Heallh
service and the University dis
aster committee.
The blood bank project
which was in operation for the
first time last year, is set up
on a voluntary basis. Students
who are interested in belong
ing are classified according to
blood type. This classification
is kept on file at the health
center and when a need arises
for a certain type of blood the
file is consulted and the vol
unteer is called.
Students interested in be
longing to the Walking Blood
Bank project may sign up in
the Student Union on Nov. 28
and 29 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Donors between the age of I8
60 will be accepted but all
those under the age of 21
must have written permission
from their parents or legal
guardian.
and tennis for basketball. He
coached at Montana before
returning to the University in
1936.
During the war be carried
most of the load of the ath
letic department on his shoal
ders. He was athletic direc
tor, business manager, foot
ban, basketban and baseball
coach and physical education
instructor all at one time
from 194344.
He also served as Athletic
Director on three different oc
casions. Chancellor Clifford Hardin
made this statement:
"'Mr.' Lewandowski has been
a devoted member of the Uni
versity staff for nearly a quar
ter of a century. '
'His interest in intercollegi
ate athletics has been lifelong.
He has served the state and
the University weU. Students,
faculty, alumni and friends f
the University an join in ex
pressing their sympathy to nil
family."
fLew" had many interests.
He served two years as presi
dent of the Collegiate Ath
letics Business Managers As
sociation, was tournament di
rector for the annual College
Baseball World Series in
Omaha and was assistant
coach of the United States
baseball entry in Pan-American
Games in Mexico is 19S5.
He was honored by tht
Rockne Club of Kansas City
for his many contributions to
sports.
His death leaves Nebraska
without an athletic director or
business athletic manager.
Funeral services will be at
2 p.m. Tuesday at First
Presbyterian Church.
Ag Dairy Offers
Christmas Cheese
What's Christmas without
cheese?
Not much, in the thinking
of the University's dairy hus
bandry department as they
once again offer their holiday
cheese boxes as Christmas
gifts.
The choice includes four and
two pound boxes at $3.75 and
$2.15. Cheeses include aged
and mild Cheddars, husker
and blue cheeses. The depart
ment offers four different box
selections.
The deadline date for mail
ing is Dec. 19th and the last
day which boxes may be
picked up at the dairy sales
room on Ag campus is Dec.
22.
