The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current, May 18, 1962, Image 1

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    MSflgP Says State Must
By ANDA ANDERSON
"Nebraska must pay the
-Piper, or put up with the
rats," saidDrTJames E, Mil-,
ler Jr., director of the Eng
lish department.
Dr. Miller made the state
ment Tuesday speaking as a
panel member for a sympo
sium, "The Future Shape of
the University," sponsored by
the local chapter of the
American Association of Uni
v e r s i t y Professors. Also
speaking was Dr. Ray G. Hol
ly, dean of the Graduate Col
lege and University research
administrator.
Dr. Miller paralleled Rob
ert Burns' poem about the
Pied Piper to Nebraska.
"I like to think of the Piper
as the teachers, the music as
education, and the rats as ig
norance and illiteracy."
Poses Question
The question he posed from
this comparison is whether
IFC Committee
Says No Hazing
"Times change and cultures
change, and a fraternity
pledge training program must
change, too," said Bill Buck
ley, Interfratermty Council
(IFC) secretary, Wednesday
in a special report by the IFC
pledge training committee.
Speaking to some 90 frater
nity presidents, pledge train
ers and other officers, Buck
ley said, "A man comes to
college to get an education;
anything that interferes with
that education has to go."
Quoting from the nation?!
president of Sigma Nu frater
nity, Buckley noted that the
fraternity will live on. "If
they (fraternities) die, how
ever, they will die at then
own hands suicide."
Calling for purpose and
goals in fraternity life, Buck
ley emphasized that the day
is gone when hazing or other
pledge activities can be jus
tified "because it (hazing)
was done to me, and to my
brother before me and to his
brother before him."
Such a pledge training pro
gram must recognize the dif
ference between today's high-!
ly independent youth and
those of thirty years ago,!
while retaining the ideals of
gracious living, character de
velopment and scholastic
achievement
Suggesting a cohesive and
organized pledge training pro
gram. John Zeilinger, mem
ber of the pledge training
committee, suggested innova
tions in the program:
"Make greater use of New
Student Week in making the
transition from high school to
college life less severe, ex
tensively interviewing the
pledge and explaining to him
fraternity roles and life.
"Elect the pledge trainer on
the basis of his leadership,
scholarship and maturity, not
his popularity.
"But most important of all,
develop a pre-planned pro
gram over the summer
months," concluded Zeilinger,
"giving the pledge training
committee jurisdiction over
the active chapter."
In a special report on fra
ternity scholarship, chairman
Dennis Christie said that "all
the facts and charts point to
one thing: the fraternity sys
tem must pledge the major
ity of their men from the up
per one-fourth of their grad
uating class."
Eighty-six per cent of the
men graduating from the
third quarter of fjeir high
school classes wUl not earn a
SJ average or better, pointed
out Christie.
And 94 per cent of the men
graduating in the lowest quar
ter of their high school
classes will not earn a 50 or
better.
"However," Christie said,
quoting University statistics
of a 1958-59 study, "69 per
cent of the men in the upper
quarter of their graduating
Cairo University Teacher
Will Discuss Archaeology
The archaelogical treasures
of ancient Egypt will be dis
cussed on the University
campus today by Dr. Ah
med Fakhry of the Univer
sity of Cairo.
To accompany the exhibi-
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ures," now on display at the
Joslyn Art Museum in Oma
ha, Dr. Fakhry will speak at
11 a.m. on "Abu-SimbeL The
Pearl of Nubian Temples,"
and at 8 p.m. on "The Impor
tant Archaeological Discov
eries during the Last Ten
Years."
Both lectures will be held
In the Love Library auditori
um and are open t the pub
lic. Dr. Fakhry, professor of
histoiy of the ancient Egypt
od the East, said that from
Nebraska will lose its chil
dren rather than pay the
price to keep them here.
. "The University of the fu-
ture will not prepare students
to fill jobs but will rather
have them participate crea
tively in tne wnoie society.
He predicted that high-time
commercialized athletics will
decline as professional teams
develop. "University athletics
will concentrate on develop
ing the individual in partici
pation rather than spectator
sports.
Federal Aid
Discussing federal aid, Dr,
Miller pointed out that at
present, federal support is 80
per cent of the budget of
many great private univer
sities such as Chicago Uni
versity.
The question, he said, is
how is federal support now
shaping education policy by
classes will make a 5.0 or
better."
In other business, the Inter-
fraternity Council vote to as
sess each fraternity man 51.25
to cover the expenses of the
IFC s summer rush program.
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Dairyman
Gets Award
From VSDA
C. W. Nibler, University
Extension dairyman, is to
receive the Superior Service
Award given by the U.S. De-
partment of Agriculture,
(USDA) in ceremonies this
afternoon in Washington.
Secretary of Agriculture
Orville Freeman cited Nibler
"for his dynamic leadership,
spirit of cooperation and or
ganizational ability, which
contributed greatly to the sus
tained growth of the dairy in
dustry and improved relation
ships among dairy interests.
Nibler joined the Univer
sity's staff in 1929 as an in
structor in dairy husbandry.
Later, he served as a county
extension agent in Kimball
and Scotts Bluff counties.
While serving in the above
posts, he organized the first
4-H Sugar Beet Club in the
state, the first board of di
rectors for conducting a Jun
ior Fair and the first Weed
Eradication and Control dis
trict. He also played a major
role in developing the District
Dairy Shows in Nebraska. He
helped plan and organize the
Nebraska Inter-breed Dairy
Council and has served as
secretary since its beginning.
YWCA Breakfast
The YWCA special proj
ects committee is sponsor
ing a May Morning break
fast Sunday at S a.m. at the
Lutheran Student House. AH
YWCA members and their
mothers are invited.
1951 to 1961 many impor
tant archaelogical discoveries
were made which have added
much knowledge to Egyptian
history, art, and civilization
in generaL
His evening lecture will
giv; a federal account of the
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of Khtops, the Unfinished
Pyramid of Sakkara and the
Pyramids of Snefni at Dah
shur. The morning lecture win
concern the important tem
ples of Nubia, and the tem
ples of Abu-SimbeL which
are threatened to be sub
merged forever by the wa
ters of the High Dam in
Egypt-
The lectures are jointly
sponsored by the University
State Museum and Univer
sity Art Galleries.
Nibler
determining areas of re
search? He said National De
fense Education Fellowships
are drying up the sources of
supply for graduate students
to teach freshmen English
"This situation might force
as to abolish freshmen Eng
lish." This, he added, would
probably be possible as Eng
lish education is improved in
the elementary and secon
dary schools.
"Federal aid can be a mon
ster or it can be our salva
tion," he said.
In 1982 : 30,000
Predicting 12-14 thousand
students at the University by
Vol. 75, No. Ill
AUF Wants
Permission
For Auction
All University Fund (AUF)
in conjunction with its fall
drive, has proposed to the
faculty committee on Student
Affairs that thev be allowed
to have an auction and car
nival. The event would help
publicize the AUF drive, raise
money for the AUF charities
and take the place of the
Pancake Feed.
The approved sections com
mittee will allow the organi
zation to hold a special event
in conjunction with the drive.
The event would include a
Mortar Board and Innocent
skit and a Mr. AUFul UGLY
contest. It would be held in
the Student Union ballroom,
the M&N building. Grant Me
morial or the Men's PE.
The main objections of the
committee to allowing AUF to
reorganize such an event
were essentially the same as
those which caused the
event to be abandoned. They
were (1) freshmen would be
too burdened, since the event
is at the same time as Home
coming, (2) the auction would
be a financial burden if or
ganized like it used to be
some groups spent as much
as $250 to bnv one pledge
class to do some little task,
(3) the carnival would be a
financial burden if the vari
ous houses made the booths
and outfitted the participants
with costumes and (4) inade
quate room to handle students
if the attendance would be as
large as it had been.
Limitations that were sug
gested to help eliminate these
problems were (1) have only
individual bidding which
would dispose of a few bid
ding for a group, (2) no auc
tion of social groups which
would dispense with social
group competition, (3) no con
test as to who has the best
booth, (4) AUF workers would
do the work instead of fresh
men pledge classes and (5)
place a limit on how much a
house can spend on the event.
Roger Meyer, president of
AUF, stated that the Pancake
Feed made only $35 and that
the whole AUF program col
lected $5,000. In 1955-56, AUF
collected $11,000. He said that
the organization would be sat
isfied if it made $400 from
the carnival-auction. He indi
cated that the events would
surely bring AUF before the
people.
Change May
Alter Effect
Of Tribunal
A proposal to allow the Stu
dent Tribunal to have final
decision in all Student Tri
bunal cases except suspen
sion and expulsion, was dis
cussed by the faculty com
mittee on Student Affairs
yesterday.
Frank M. Hallgren, asso
ciate dean of Student Affairs
explained that the student
would still have the right to
appeal bis case to the dean
of Student Affairs.
J. P. Colbert, dean of Stu
dent Affairs, indicated that
there was no . provision for
the dean to appeal in case he
Currently, the Tribunal can
only recommend a decision
to the dean of Student Affairs
and-or the proper agencies of
the Faculty Senate.
The dean has the option of
which cases he turns over to
the Tribunal, but stated that
he turns all cases over to
them except those involving
moral charges.
However, the new proposal,
if adopted, might cut down
the number .of cases the
dean would give to the Tri-bunaL
Pay Piper or Suffer With Rats
1972, and 20, or possibly 30
thousand by 1982, Dr. Miller
added that the size of the
teaching staff must grow with
the student body.
"Universities are in the po
sition the high schools were
in around 1912," he contin
ued. "At that time about one
third of the eighth-grade
graduates went on to high
school. Today, about that
large a percentage is going
on to college."
He feels the quality of the
student body will improve in
the future. "They will not be
better because of higher IQ's,
but because they will be get
Outstanding
Jim Huge and Mary Knolle
are today's nominees for the
Outstanding Nebraskan recog-
nition, with Prof. Robert
Forster receiving a second
letter of nomination.
Huge, elected this week as
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Packard
Packard to Discuss
Changing American
Speaking of "The Changing
Character of the American
People," Vance Packard will
be at the University Thurs
day, at 11 a.m. in the Stu
dent Union Ballroom.
Author of "The Hidden
Persuaders," "The Status
Seekers" and "The Waste
Makers," Packard is the only
author in recent years to
have three non-fiction best
sellers in a row.
A native of Pennsylvania,
Packard received his mat
ter's degree from the Coluia
vs. f " ' - C..1- t f fr
nalism.
He spent five years as a
newspaperman in Boston and
New York after which he be
gan writing magazine articles
and books. He was a stall
writer for the American Mag
azine and Collier's.
Mapping Plans
Currently, Packard is map
ping plans for more studies
of American society and writ
ing for magazines. His arti
cles have appeared in The
Atlantic Monthly, Look, Read
er's Digest, Ladies' Homej
ting better education in ele
mentary and high schools."
The master of arts degree
is rapidly becoming the
teaching degree for the un
dergraduate level, since the
holder of the doctor of phi
losophy degree is becoming
scarcer and scarcer."
Now Degrees
He felt that new degrees,
which will fall between the
masters and the Ph.D. will
need to be made available.
"The doctorate of arts in
literature might be a thing
of the future."
Dean Holly felt that the fu
ture of the University will, in
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i president of N-Club, will play
', his third season next fall as
varsity end, says the letter
of nomination.
"His efforts in soliciting
J funds over the state for the
i Extra Point Club have been
Journal and the New York
Times Magazine.
An excerpt from his book
The Hidden Persuaders" is
included in freshman English
texts at the University.
An alert to the American
public of the techniques em
ployed in "persuasion in
depth" advertising, the "Hid
den persuaders" was pub
lished in 1957 and is now
translated into nine langu
ages. In his subsequent book,
"The Status Seekers," he
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rigid class system in a sup
posedly classless America.
He points out the differences
in the behavior and attitudes
of the different American
"classes."
Vance Packard will be
available for a question and
answer period at 2 p.m.
Thursday. Both this and his
speech in the morning are
opened to the public free of
charge.
He is sponsored by the Ne
braska Union talks and top
ics committee.
Is
part, depend on the future of
the Graduate College.
He pointed out that a rea
sonable solution to the prob
lem of residency require
ments for an advanced de
gree must be sought.
He explained that there are
mounting pressures, particu
larly by business and indus
try, for the University to
make available graduate pro
grams for their employees.
"This is a community prob
lem created by the popula
tion and industrial growth of
Lincoln, Omaha and some of
the larger surrounding
cities."
Today
highly successful," stated the
letter, pointing out that Huge
was selected as Outstanding
Phi Psi Athlete in Region 5
(the Big Eight plus Texas).
"As president and treasurer
of Young Democrats, Huge
was active in introducing the
Peace Corps program into
campus thought through
speakers and discussion," the
letter stated.
Innocents Officer
Sergeant of Arms of this
year's Innocents society.
Huge expanded the number
of participants in this year's
Cornhusker Protege program,
an effort which has convinced
90 per cent of its participants
that Nebraska was the most
logical choice for their home.
Huge's other accomplish
ments in campus life include
Outstanding Collegiate Man
1961, Most Eligible Bachelor
finalist, rush chairman of
the Interfraternity Council,
varsity guard of the basket
ball squad, assistant pledge
trainer of Phi Kappa Psi and
Outstanding Junior and Senior
Man of Phi Kappa PsL
In scholarship. Huge was
elected for two terms to the
All Big Eight Scholastic team
and once to the Pop Warner
Scholastic Team and the En
cyclopedia Americana A 1 1
American Scholastic Team.
In Dr. Forster's second
letter of nomination, the his
tory professor was cited for
"stimulating tremendous in
terest among his students in
not only the affairs of his
toric and contemporary
France, but also in the world
of human beings of which
France is a part."
The nominating letter was
signed by twelve students.
Music Honorary
Mary Knolle, French major
and music minor, is the sec
ond coed to be nominated this
semester for Outstanding Ne
braskan.
Receiving the 1961-2 Out
standing Leader Award of
Tennis Shoes, Hats,
Lunchpails Available
Al NU Lost, Found
By TOM SCHWENKE
"Finders keepers, losers
weepers" is an old adage
which definitely does not ap
ply to the University cam
pus due to the work of ths
University lost and found
department.
Some of the more unusual
things to be found in the de
partment are: dogtags, over
coat linings, a picture puzzle,
a girl's gym suit and a Boy
Scout suit.
The lost and found depart
ment is located in 101 Old
Administration building
next to the campus mail
department. It has been in
existence for over 35 years,
serving the campus by find
ing and returning various
lost articles. This depart
ment collects and categorizes
articles lost on the campus
which are turned in to them
by janitors and instructors.
Objects left unclaimed are
Lept for one complete school
year and then are given to
various Lincoln charity or
ganizations, such as Salva
tion Army and Cedars Home,
according to John Dzerk, di
rector of the department.
Glenn Husted, assistant mail j
room clerk and the depart-1
He said that proponents of
the proposal to eliminate res
idence requirements feel that
a large number of capable
individuals are denied the
privilege of graduate educa
tion who otherwise could as
pire to technical and academ
ic excellence and help to
eliminate the deficiency be
tween master's and Ph.D.'s
required in this country and
the number currently being
produced.
"Presently we are produc
ing about 10,000 annually. The
need for the next decade or
so will be about 25,000 an
nually," he said.
Friday, May 18, 1962
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Sigma Alpha Iota, Miss
Knolle has served as the mu
sic honorary's president,
pledge trainer and Music
Inter-Sorority Council treas
urer. A member of Pi Lambda
Theta, Alpha Lambda Delta
and Phi Sigma Iota, she was
a finalist for Honorary Com
mandant and Ideal Nebraska
Coed.
Vice-president of Student
Union, Mary has served as
hospitality chairman, mem
ber of Union Program Coun
cil and Board of Managers.
National UNSEA Officer
National secretary of
UNSEA and Associated Wom
en Students (AWS) Board
member, Miss Knolle has also
worked in All University Fund
(AUF) and Young Republi
cans. As a member of Pi Beta
Phi sorority, she served as
scholarship chairman, coed
follies skit master and stand
ards chairman, recently be
ing nominated for the high
est national honor Pi Phi be
stows the Amy B. Onken
award.
The first coed in 15 years
to be tapped for Mortar
Board from the Ivy Day
court, Mary has served the
group this past year as sec
retary. Citing "Knolley" for her
willing and enthusiastic con
tributions to the University,
the letter of nomination con
cluded, "No matter bow busy
she is, Mary always takes a
personal interest in those
about her."
Other students who have
been nominated for the award
are: Roy Arnold, Al Plum
mer, Sukey Tinan, Jim Sam
ples, Nancy Tederman, Jim
Huge and Mary Knolle.
Faculty members nomi
nated in addition to Forster
are Miss Mary Jean Mul-
vaney and Dr. William E.
Hall in educational psychol
ogy. iment manager, reported that
one of the most valuable ob
jects ever returned to a stu
dent was a fifty dollar
beige suede coat. The girl re
ported the article to the de
partment and within three
days it was returned to her.
Some of the articles col
lected by them this year in
clude: lunchpails, shaving
kits, hats, scarves, blankets,
jewelry, gloves, combs, hair
brushes, glasses and cases,
fraternity and sorority sweat
shirts, raincoats, umbrellas,
earmuffs, billfolds, keys,
pens and pencils and pairs
of "dirty tennies."
Hundreds and hundreds of
books are left unclaimed in
the !cst ssd fsand depart
ment. Found among these
books are everything from
Builders Calendars to history
and language books. Hun
dreds of notebooks, binders
and clipboards are also turned
in during the school year.
It is the policy of the de
partment to call or notify
persons whose names ap
pear in lost articles. Dzerk
also stated that only about
15 per cent of all objects col
lected by the department are
ever claimed.