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"The number of concrete
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can e'stablish on this cam
pus are few if the student
government fails to take the
initiative In setting up the
programs which we pre
sent," said Ed Garvey,
president of the National
Student Association (NSA)
Monday. .
"When the NSA fails on
a campus, it is a sign that
the student government has
failed to carry out the pro
grams which we present,"
he added.
Speakiing to about 150
students at Monday's All
university Convoca
tion, Garvey spoke at
length on the role of the
NSA and the university stu
dent in international rela
tions and politics.
"The NSA endeavors to
get students to come out
of their shells and commit
themselves to something
more important than the
parking issue," Garvey said.
Communist Students
Eleven of the Latin
American national unions of
Garvey Says
NSA Congresses
Favor Disputes
By WENDY ROGERS
The annual Congresses of the National
Student Association (NSA) do tend to place
controversial issues first on their priority list,
said national president of NSA Ed Garvey in
an interview here, which cuts down the actual
number of resolutions passed in the plenary
session.
But he would prefer to see the "prioriz
ing" of non-controversial issues first so that
fewer proposed resolutions would pass to the
National Executive Committee (NEC) for
action.
He noted, however, that the
annual student Congress does
not have to refer left-over pro
posals to the NEC they may
simply kill them.
One criticism of the NSA
structure has been the power
of the NEC to act m resolu
tions which are then included
in NSA's -annually published
codification of policies.
NEC
The National Executive
Committee consists of the na
tional officers, without vote,
the chairman of NEC and the
regional representatives.
Another change Garvey
said he intends to work for
is the inclusion of 20 per cent
minority opinions in the an
nual codification f policy.
Another criticism often lev
eled at NSA Is Its pro
cedure during the annual Stu
dent Congress including
'too little' time spent con
sidering resolutions, "one-sided"
materials provided for
reference, "one-sided" speak
ers and "unfair" presiding of
ficers. "L have been to three Con
gresses, and have never seen
a situation where a chairman
refused to recognize those he
disagreed with," said Garvey.
Sub-Committees
He pointed out that sub-committees
first work on propos
als, then these go to the com
mittee composed of 250-400
members. Each of the five
committees draws up its own
priority list of issues, then
elected representatives of the
committees plus the commit
tee chairmen meet to "prior
tize" the over-all list of pro
posals. "After (priortization) the res
olutions are completely in
the hands of the delegates
there," said Garvey. "If they
choose to change the order in
which resolutions are consid
ered, they may."
"Most of the really contro
versial issues are taken up
in the Congress session," he
added.
Speakers for the session
have been chosen by the offi
cers primarily because of
their position, not their politi
cal views, said Garvey, com
menting that they had not ex
pected the governor of Wis
consin originally invited to
Phi Beta Kappa Receives
Twenty New
University chaDter of Phi
Beta Kappa, ranking national
scholastic honorary society
has announced 20 new mem
bers and an honorary mem
bership. Miss Bernice Slote, asso
ciate professor of English and
a scholar in poetry, was the
recipient of the honorary
membership.
Phi Beta Kappa awards its
memberships on the basis of
outstanding scholarship to stu
dints who meet the require
ments of the College of Arts
and Sciences.
Stresses Council Participation in
students re controlled by
theComWnists, Garvey
"The International Stu
dent Conference (ISC)
works with the Christian
Democrat (an anti-communist
movement) in Latin
America to . . . train stu
dent leaders to fight Com
munism," Garvey said.
"And were it not for the
NSA mediating role, the
ISC would have broken up
four years ago . . . from
disagreement among the
Latin American, African
and Western European
unions of students," he add
ed. Speaking on the value of
People -to -People (PTP),
Garvey said, "It is very
gratifying, to see that stu
dents are excited about re
lations with international
students.
"However, we still need
the NSA to support the ISC
and the Christian Demo
cratic movement in South
America."
Segregation is a national
problem, not a Southern
problem, emphasized Gar-
welcome the representatives
to the Congress to pre
sent his political views.
' Disputing Statement
Disputing the statement
that NSA is solely a very lib
eral organization, Garvey said
that some members of the
NEC are extremely conserv
ative." He also labeled as ridicu
lous the charge that NSA is
Communistic "In the first
place, many of our national
officers have gone on to hold
important government posi
tions under both Republican
and Democratic administra
tions." "We are the only student
organization sitting on the
American Council of Educa
tion," noted Garvey, and
"NSA also participates in
panel discussions at the na
tional conference of the Amer
ican Higher Education Associ
ation. NSA also works with the na
tional commission for
UNESCO.
For the practical benefit of
the individual member
schools, NSA offers its Stu
dent Government Information
Service and ETI (Educational
Travel Inc.) travel program,
noted Garvey. Under the In
formation Service, a full-time
employee works to help mem
ber student governments set
up new programs and solve
many problems. The travel
program is recognized as one
of the best available, he said.
"Clearly," said the NSA
president, "the opposition of
the National Panhellenic
Council to NSA has been
based on misunderstanding.
Resolution Passed
Citing a resolution passed
by the post-congress NEC
which calls for local chapters
to have complete autonomy
over membership determina
tion, as the basis for the Na
tional Panhellenic Council's
stand, Garvey said that Na
tional Panhell has steadfast
ly refused to even confer with
NSA representatives or an
swer any written communica
tion. "They should continue to
fight for what they believe
in," he said. "If someone is
right, it's usually proven that
he'll win."
Members
( The new members are Kicn-
ard Altrock, Karen Boesiger,
Leah Cheuvront, Larry Dorn
hoff, Thomas Eason, David
Gustavson, Donald Hagrman,
Donald McGurk, Angela Long
and Sutanne Maxwell.
Ann Rosina Muehlbeier, El
mer Nemec, Alan Peterson,
Karyl Rosenberger, Timothy
Rutz, Linda Schclbitzki, Ste
phen Sommer and Mark Sor
ensen. Cathryn Stenten, Barbara
Tanner, Michael Voorhies,
Ann Walker, Celesta Weise,
and Hoger Williams.
vey. At the direction of the
National Student Con
gressses, the NSA has sup
ported since 1950 "sit-in
movements, and the collec
tion of money for scholar
ships which are given to
Negro students dismissed
from college for their
stands in civil rights," Gar
vey added.
Turning to the Univer
sity, he said, "In no way
does the National Student
Association force the Uni
versity to accept a resolu
tion passed at a National
Student Congress."
Pass Resolution
"The University can at
any time pass a resolution
contradicting the Congress
resolution."
Garvey added that it is
"foolish for a school to pull
out of the NSA because it
does not agree with its poli
cies." Garvey answered a ques
tion in this way as to why
a local campus organization
could not break down stu
Vol. 75, No. 99
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To Accept Educational Obligations
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Regents
Elliot Defends NU Tax
Says Program Doesn t show Bias
The Board of Regents went
on record Tuesday as favor
ing the University's tax work
shop. In the eariy morning meet
ing J. G. Elliot, president of
the Board, made the follow
ing statement in support of
the controversial workshops:
"We discussed the tax work
shops informally and felt that
they reflected the philosophy
of Universities and especially
land-grant colleges to provide
education to the people of the
state. The workshops were
carried on as a part of the
regular program of the Agri
cultural Extension Service.
"The workshops were con
ducted in an objective man
ner and we could find no evi
dence of bias. The facts were
presented and the decision for
any action is up to the citi
zens of the State. The Board
believes that objective-education
will stimulate thinking
and is highly Jesirable."
In other Board business, the
Regents rejected the low bid
of $349,517 submitted for con
struction of a 12-building
poultry complex on the Col
lege of Agriculture campus.
The low bid was $100,020
over the estimate. It was sub
mitted by the Cook Construc
tion Co. of Lincoln.
University Business Manag
er Carl Donaldson recom
mended that the poultry-husbandry
project be restudied.
Mead Ordinance
In connection with the new
ly acquired Mead Ordinance
Newhaken Gets
Stockman Award
The University Block and
Briddle Club selected Nehaw
ka Rancher Parr Young as
Outstanding Stockman of the
year during the 50th annual
Feeders Day on Ag campus.
. Young will be honored at a
special banquet at 6 p.m. in
the Student Union ballroom.
The club also will sponsor
a noon barbeque in the Ag
College horsebarn.
dent apathy toward interna
tional issues as well as NSA
could:
"Certainly a campus or
ganization could raise the
pertinent questions on in
ternational issues as well
as NSA.
"But the campus group
will reach a point where
mere commitment to a
stand of discussion of the
issues will not suffice! They
will want results.
"The NSA can do some
thing about the stands that
students take on issues,"
Garvey explained.
NSA Action
As for the action that the
NSA can take, Garvey re
ferred to the scholarships
which the NSA had grant
ed to 40 Algerian student
leaders to study in the.
United States.
"Were it not for, the NSA, j
their students would be'
studying now in the Soviet
Union," Garvey said, "since
the State Department is un
able to grant aid for fear
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land, the Regents appointed
Francis Hastert operations
manager of the University's
Agricultural Field Laboratory
at Mead.
A former assistant chief en
gineer for a hydro-electric
project for the Argentine gov
ernment, Hastert will work
with College of Agriculture
staff members in planning
and developing facilities at
Mead for the research, teach
ing and extension programs.
Anne Savidge
Over E-Week
Anne Savidge, sophomore,
will reign as the 1962 Miss
E-Week.
This year marks the 50th
anniversary of Engineering
Week "as we know it to
day," said Charles Wahl,
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of angering its NATO ally
France."
The State Department
has formally expressed its
thanks to the NSA for its
work vitii Algerian stu
dents, Garvey said, noting
that the NSA is the only
national organization which
has relations with Algerian
students.
In response to a question
as to the stand of the NSA
on fraternity and sorority
membership restric
tions, Garvey said, "NSA
believes the local chapter
should be able to decide
for itself who it wants to
be a member."
Slapping at Panhellenic
for its opposition to the
NSA, he said, "I fail to un
derstand why National
Panhellenic Council circu
lates statements (accusing
NSA of Communist influ
ence) made by J. B. Mat
thews, a man who was
fired by Sen. Joseph
McCarthy for making radi
cal statements."
Nebroskan
ill
Urges
Ross Approval
Workshops;
Dr. Dudley Bailey, associ
ate professor of English, and
Robert Beadell, associate pro
fessor of music, were each
given a year's leave of ab
sence as University recipients
of the Woods Faculty Fellow
ships. The Board of Regents ap
proved granting Prof. Bailey
and Prof. Beadell full pay to
conduct research in their re
spective fields, effective next
school year.
to Reign
Activities
overall co-chairman.
As a combination guest-of-honor
and hostess for E
Wcek activities, Miss Savidge
will be officially presented at
the Engineers banquet and
dance May 4, at the Nebras
ka Center for Continuing Ed
ucation. At Open House May 3, she
will visit all the displays of
the seven departments in the
College of Engineering, es
corted by Wahl and his co
chairman Harold German.
1894 Beginning
While 1894 marked the
first one-night display of en
gineering exhibitions, the
first E-Week as it is today
was held in 1912..
University coeds have
reigned as Miss E-Week since
1958.
Miss Savidge, a member
of Delta Gamma sorority, is
an English major in the Col
lege of Arts and Sciences,
and "would like to attend
law school." '
The title of "Miss E-Week"
is not the first of such hon
ors for the 5-foot, four-inch
brunette. Last fall she was
named Princess of the Amer
ican Royal in Kansas City
and was a Cornhusker Beau
ty Queen in 1961.
Rose Queen
She is also the 1962 "Rose
Queen" of Delta Sigma Pi,
businessmen's fraternity.
A former Cornhusker sec
tion editor, Miss Savidge has
been a member of Builders
and Aquaquettes.
"President Kennedy has
said that the Communist
party internally is fin
ished," noted Garvey, "Our
threat is external, not in
ternal." Answering questions of
Young Republican repres
entatives on the opposition
of the NSA to the disclaim
er affadavit and loyalty
oath, Garvey said: "Presi
dent Kennedy and Secre
tary of Healtn, Education
and Welfare Ribicoff both
oppose the disclaimer affa
davit (which is a statement
from an individual that he
has no affiliation with, has
not known a member of, or
has not received infor
mation from one of some
nine hundred organizations
listed with the Attorney
General) .
"The FBI is the only or
ganization capable of inves
tigating communist affilia
tion," said Garvey.
"A dedicated communist
will sign a disclaimer affa
davit anyway."
Wednesday, April 18, 1962
rip
lop
The Board of Regents gave
unanimous approval to Dr.
Robert Ross, dean of student
affairs at Ball State Teachers
College, Muncie, Ind., as new
Dean of Student Affairs.
Ross was recommended to
the Board by Chancellr Clif
ford Hardin and a five man
advisory committee headed
by Dean of Faculties Adam
Breckenridge.
The Board also gave unani
mous approval to a recom
mendation by the Chancellor
that present Dean of Student
Affairs, J. P. Colbert, resume
his teaching duties as profes
sor of engineering mechanics
as of Sept. 1.
According to University
spokesmen, Ross will not visit
campus again (his last visit
was March 30 for an inter
view) until he relieves present
Dean J. P. Colbert of his
duties as Dean of Student Af
fairs July 1.
The 34-year-old Ross is a
native of Texas, earning his
bachelor of science and mas
ters in sociology from Texas
A and M.
He received his doctorate
degree in psychology in 1955
from the University of Den
ver. Colbert has served as Dean
of the Division of Student Af
fairs since it was organized in
1952.
'Spring' Blanks
All Spring Day entry
blanks must be turned in
today to Vicky Cullcn, for
girls' games, and Bob
Weber, for boys' games.
Ag Engineering
Building Burns
An attempt to improve the
appearance of the Ag Engi
neering building turned tragic
yesterday afternoon when the
building caught fire.
Painters were burning off
old paint from the window
casements of the brick build
ing with a blow torch before
new painting could be done.
At 3 30 p.m. smouldering
wood was noticed and immedi
ately reported.
Ironically, the University's
fire safety committee was
holding a melting on Ag
Campus at 4 p.m.
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Superintendent of Washing'
ton, D.C., public schools, Dr.
Carl Hansen, spoke at the 34th
annual honors convocation
urging all honor students to
face up to educational re
sponsibility. Dr. Hansen pin-pointed the
neglect of education to the
irresponsibility in the leader
ship of people such as those
680 honored at the convoca
tion. "The informed, articu
late and intellectually gifted
citizens have failed to sup
ply the quality of leadership
in education that is expected
of . them and needed."
Two of the curses of pub
lic education, according to
Dr. Hansen, are lack of ade
quate financial support and
fuzzy thinking among some
segments of our educational
leadership.
Dr. Hansen criticized
strongly the educational as
sociation leadership which he
says "perpetuates the lines
of thought that the main pur
pose of the schools is to serve
as an incubator for the un
inhibited growth of the child's
natural interests and untu
tored instincts."
Another high-light of t h e
convocation was the presen
tation of the University of
Nebraska Foundation's dis
tinguished teaching awards
to two NU faculty members.
These went to Dr. Ramond
Steinacher in the field of sci
ence and technology, and to
Dr. Glenn Gray in the field
of social sciences and human
ities. Dr. Steinacher is a faculty
member of the College of
Denistry where he is chair
man of the department of
prosthodontics. Known to be
a "friend as well as teacher
of students," Dr. Steinacher
is noted for his ability to
stimulate students with his
carefully prepared lectures.
Prof. Gray, a Univer
sity staff member since
1926, was cited especially
for the quality of his
scholarship, his active
support in strengthening the
historical library program,
and his service to graduate
students. A professor of his
tory, Dr. Gray is the recipi
ent of several post-doctoral
fellowships.
Eighty Seniors
Receive Highest
Scholars' Honors
Eighty University seniors
were honored for superior
scholarship and another 600
for high scholarship at the
34th annual convocation Tues
day morning.
The winners of the C. W.
Boucher Memorial awards
were:
Larry L. Dornhoff, who is
the senior with the highest
four-year accumulative
grade average 8.889 (nine
is perfect).
Patrick Salerno Is the sen
ior athletic letterman In a
major sport with the highest
four-year accumulative grade
average (7.333).
Harvey L. Hartman is the
senior ROTC condidate with
the highest four-year accumu
lative grade average (8.026).
