The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current, September 27, 1962, Image 1
Council Will Consider Reapportionment Issue By JIM MOORE Nebraskan Staff Writer A motion urging equitable reapportionment for the Ne braska State Legislature was introduced by Steve Christ" ensen, Law College represent ative, at yesterday's Student Council meeting. Chip Kuklin, chairman of the public issues committee, moved that the . motion be postponed until next week's meeting in order, "to permit the Council members to in form themselves about the iskii&rVERSITY OF NEBR. The motion jiwksya compro mise of a previous consider ation to urge that population ffSf&GSt' baS'S Commenting on the motion, Dave Scholz, vice president ot tne Council, quiped, "Al most everybody could agree Reapportionment Resolution Whereas, the Issue of the reapportion ment of the state of Nebarska's legis lative districts is a matter ot concern to all Nebraskans; and Whereas the students of the Univer sity, as Nebraskans have an over whelming; Interest in the state's edu cational system and its rovernment. especially as It may affect them as students; Therefore Be It Resolved That the Student Council of the Uni versity of Nebraska to on record as endorsing; more equitable apportion ment of the state of Nebraska and as urging and encouraging the students of the University of Nebraska to study the issue of reapportionment especially the proposed amendment of the Ne braska State Constitution which would give 20-30 weight to area la re apportioning legislative districts. maAg Union First Highwaymen Lead Premiere Schedule "Ag Premiere" Friday! This was the main item of business at Tuesday night's meeting of the Ag Un ion board. The array of events for the occasion includes open house, a free movie beginning at 7:30 p.m., a program featur ing the "Highwaymen," at 8 p.m. and a free dance starting at 9 p.m. with music by the "Quidons." More than 30 student work ers have been involved in planning the premiere. The planning began before class es resumed. With the help of the unpaid labor, the Un ion hopes to make on the project, or, at least, remain solvent. In other business the Board approved the idea of show ing movies from 12 noon to 1 p.m. weekdays in the Ag union .TV room. When enough workers with free lunch hours are found to set up chairs and a projec tor, the plan will be tried. The board agreed to pre sent a slide show to Ag freshmen. The slides would concern the Ag campus and Ag Union activities. Also discussed was the Oct. 30 "Get to Know U" picnic at Antelope Park Pavilion. that equitable reapportion ment is desirable." Well-worded Motion Dick Weill observed, "The motion is well-worded, and is worthy of serious considera tion by the Council" In other business, Susie Moffitt announced that the Student Council associates committee is considering a new program for the coming year. She explained that the associates would be picked according to their respective living units. The new pro gram would complete a bal anced representation for stu dents on the campus. Council Treasurer, Dick Weill, reported that the Coun cil, for the first time in its history, has organized a fi nance committee to direct its financial affairs. The committee has set up four long-range goals for the coming years, Weill said. The goals are: "To analyze, the Student Councils financial structure in the past; to analyze the financial strue ture of student councils of other schools of a compar able size; to assess the Coun cil's needs for the future; and to assess ways of meet ing these needs." Committees Assigned The committees for the coming year have also "been formed. Steve Cass will chair the Academic and Faculty committee, assisted by Patty Knapp and Li.ida Lueking; Calendar, James King; Li brary, Susan Pierce; Regis tration, James King and Su san Pierce; Social, Don Burt and Dave Scholz; Commence ment, Dave Scholz and Chip Kuklin; Student Organiza tions, Linda Lueking and Sue Christenson; Finaf Exams, Sue Christensen; Honors Con vocation, Patty Knapp. Dave Scholz, first vice president of the Council, will chair the Judiciary Commit tee, assisted by Chip Kuklin, Susie Moffitt, Roger Stork, and Jim Hansen. The activities committee will be presided over by Steve Honey. Members in clude Patty Knapp, Bill Kunklau, Ann Wahl, and Bill Wahl. On the elections commit tee, Sue Christensen, Steve Christensen, and Dale Red man will assist chairman Steve Cass. Dale Redman will also serve as chairman of the parking .committee. Bill Dunklau, Mike Barton, and Thomas Lewis will partici pate in the work of the com mittee. Chairman of the Associates program will be Susie Mof fitt, with Cindy Tinan, Thom as Lewis, Bob Seidell, and Sandra McDowell as members. Chairman of the Public Relations area is Bill Gun licks. Publicity will be chaired by Bill Wright, as sisted by Dave Smith, and Sandra McDowell The Public Issues commit tee is headed by Chip Kuk lin, with Tom Kotouc, Dick Weill, Dennie Christe, Sally Larson, and Bob Seidell as members. Students wishing to d e a 1 with Council should first contact the chairman of the committee to which his con cern is directed. Vol. 76, No. 8 The Daily Nebraskan Thursday, September 27, 1962 'Michael' Singers Here The Highwaymen, a team of five college folk singers claiming fame for the song "Michael" will begin a two day engagement at the Uni versity Friday. Saturday, the group will perform two programs in the Student Union Ballroom at 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. Tickets for the program are on sale in the lobby of the Student Union. General ad mission seats are $1.25, re served seats $1.50, and stand ing room $1. The Highwaymen are work ing their way through col lege as professional entertain ers. Their majors run the gamut from history and ro mance languages to govern ment and Ph.D candidacy in musicology. Hurlbut Back From Paris Lloyd W. Hurlbut, chair man of the University's Ag ricultural Engineering De partment, has just returned from a congress in Paris sponsortd by the organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. The topic of the conference was the establishment of an international technical vocab ulary. Seventeen countries from Western Europe and North America were represented at the congress. In addition to the delegations from each country of the European Ec onomic Community and the U.S., Canada and Yugoslavia, the following countries were also present: Denmark, Nor way, Sweden, Iceland, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland and Turkty. The group under the direc tion of Hurlbut is working on the standardization of measurements and machinery parts. Film Tickets Still on Sale Some 300 tickets for the Film Society are still avail able to students at $7 at the "S" St. entrance of the Stu dent Union. They will be sold until Wednesday. Because of a change in lo cation which permits a seat ing of 1,100 and double show ings there are many more tickets available this year than in previous years. The Film Society presents 12 shows annually. This year there are films from Spain, Russia, Germany, France, Poland, Canada, Sweden, Italy and the USA. Films to be shown this year are: Oct. 11 Two Women; Oct. 31 Shadows; Nov. 7 Last Year at Marienbad; Nov. 28 The Devil's Eye; Dec. 11 The Finest in Shorts; Jan. 17 Eve Wants to Sleep; Feb. 5 A Summer to Remember; Feb. 14 The Bridge; March 5 The Kitchen; March 20 Viridinia; April 4 Jules and Jim; April 23 Through a Glass Darkly. Physics Department Gets $55,000 Grant A $55,000 grant has been awarded to the University physics department by the National Science Foundation. The money will be used for a two-year study of nuclear physics. The project will be divided into two parts. Re search in structure of the nucleus of the atom will be directed by Dr. Paul A. Gold hammmer, associate profes sor of physics, while study of particle reactions within the nucleus will be directed by Dr. Paul A. Valk. 1 F ' v. 1 r ''1- ' '' ' ' J -V. -as. sk I'' ' vS'Vi ' V'" COULD BE A POOL TABLE "Well-l-I-1, it's not quite what I had in mind," says Marilyn Fox while evaluating art pieces during the Student art lending library project. About half of the pictures included in the city campus collection were loaned out early yesterday afternoon, leaving only a limited selection for those who will be bor rowing pictures today. According to Karlyn Kuper, mem ber of the art lending library committee, there are no plans for further extension of the library this year, but this year's profits will be used to buy new pictures for next year. Larry Hammond, chairman of the lending library program at the Ag Union, reported that nine of the 39 pictures available in their project had been rented by early afternoon yesterday. Both the city and Ag picture lending libraries will be open until 5 p.m. today. IFC Appoints 3 New Groups Committees Will Study Problems; SAM Gets Rush Book Sanction PTP Orientation Saturday Tom Wright, chairman of the People to People commit tee at the University, has an nounced an orientation ses sion for all foreign students Saturday from 1-5 p.m. Included in the program will be speeches by represen tatives of the Chancellor, Lin coln merchants, local banks, and host families. Tours of the Student Union and the Student Health Cen ter are also planned. All foreign students, es pecially those new to the cam pus this year, are urged to attend. Laic Students Compete Moot Court Team Plans For Regional Contests A SPORTY BUNCH The University not only has a turnover in coaches this year, but enrolled coaches' daughters as fresh men. Girls are (front row) Connie Sharpe, Penny Dye and Karen Bush; (back row) Pat Devaney and Sharon Robs. (Photo by Pixie Small wood.) Coaches' Daughters Are Proud of Dads j By SUE HOVIK Nebraskan Staff Writer What do coaches Bob De vaney, Tony Sharpe, Jim Ross, and Jerry Bush and athletic director Tippy Dye all have in common? University daughters. These five girls are all in their first year at the Uni versity. Thinking alike on almost every subject introduced, these five girls radiated the loyalty which they all have towards each other and the University. Penny Dye, Pi Beta Phi freshman, summed it up well when she s a i d, "We stick together through everything." Once these girls started talking, they were willing to comment on everything from school spirit to praising the friendliness of Nebraskans. Pat Devaney, Alpha Orni cron Pi pledge, expressed the feelings of all when she ex claimed that the people are exceptionally friendly and they really welcome you. Connie Sharpe, Alpha Omi crpn Pi pledge, spoke for them all when she vigorously explained that she watches all sports more closely, but particularly the sport which her father coaches. Sharon Ross, Kappa Delta junior transfer, repeated a question familiar to all the girls: "What does your fath er think about Saturday's game?" Advantages of having a coach for your father are many. Karen Bush, Delta Gamma pledge, stressed the meeting of new and interest ing people. A life that is filled with tension, fun, excitement and people can only be described by three words "We love It!" Morrissey Speaks Father Thomas P. Mor r 1 s e y, a Redemptorist Priest, speaks in the Union ballroom at 11 a.m. today. First and second place moot court teams from regional contests will appear in New York for the National Moot Court Competition in Novem ber. Nebraska's entry in t h i s highly competitive parley will be members of the college of Law, selected on the basis of academic and oratorical pro ficiency. Clayton Yeutter, senior in Law School, and a member of the Nebraska team dis closed plans for the coming matches. According to Yeutter, the National Moot Court competi tion is a country-wide series of engagements between law schools. Designed to test ability in preparing briefs and develop ing and presenting arguments before courts of law, the for knowledge acquired in the classroom. Competing with Yeutter will be Bill Hemmer and Fred Kauffman juniors in law sehftol. The advisor for the team is Professor Wallace Rudolph. Nebraska's team plans to attend the regional competi tion in St. Louis this fall. They will be competing with thirteen other mid-western schools for top honors and the trip to the nationals. Yeutter disclosed that the Moot Court team will present arguments on due process and topics concerning federal appointment of judges. Talent for the national en try is developed locally in the New Allen Moot Court Competition, which is de signed to give law students local practice in court room Moot Court stands as a test i tactics and techniques. By GARY LACEY Nebraskan Staff Writer Three new temporary com mittees which "will study problems vital to the fratern ity system at Nebraska" were appointed last night at the Interfraternity Council (IFC) meeting by President John Nolon. The new committees and chairmen are: Intramurals, Grant Strong; Rush Evalua tion, Bob Geisler, Homecom ing, Jay Graff. Nolon said that these areas are now sore spots in the system and the commit tees are to begin investiga tion as soon as possible. The committee chairmen may re port at their own disgression to the IFC. To the home-coming com mittee chairman, Nolon pointed out that since the Greeks at Nebraska perform what he termed, "a service" in the building of homecom ing displays, the instructors should be more cognizant in the scheduling of quizzes and hour examinations at this time. Under new business, the IFC passed a motion permit- ting Sigma Alpha Mu to print a rush booklet to be sent out to prospective rushees dur ing the spring. Sigma Alpha Mu repre sentative, Chip Kuklin said, "Since our fraternity is Jew ish, we don't have the prob lem of rushing against other houses, but getting the men to come to Nebraska. We want to convince them that the University is a good school." By IFC rule no other fra ternity is permitted to print summer mshbooks. According to Dave Smith, IFC rush chairman, his com mittee is aiding in the re organization of Theta Chi fraternity, and in the estab lishment of Chi Phi fraternity at the University. The Sigma Chi representa tive told council members that their annual "Derby Day" is coming up and asked the cooperation of all houses in not injuring any girls while painting their jeans. GOP Exec Will Speak The University Young Re publicans' first meeting of the school year is slated for 7:30 p.m. tonight in the Stu dent Union's Pan American Room. Butler Shaffer, state GOP executive secretary, will speak on the subject of this fall's campaign prospects and what the student's role can be. Young GOP President Steve Stastny said Shaffer will also discuss and contrast conser vatism and liberalism. At the kick-off session, Stastny added, YR member ship cards will be issued and campaign materials will be handed out. In addition, the YR research committee is set to give its report, utilizing in part an article on fraternities which appeared in "The New Guard, "a magazine put out by Young Americans for Free dom, a national organization of conservative 6tudents. Fall Smoker Tonight Delta Sigma Pi, profes sional business fraternity, will hold their annual fall smoker at the fraternity house at 7:30 p.m. tonight. The house is located at 1141 H St. All interested male students majoring in busi ness administration are in vited to attend. llIIIIJJJWilWIIIilli!liTiil,tav)Mty I i - l i , y 4'- i " 1 1 ;":jff h "f)A , . ..J A ESSENTIALLY, IT'S THIS WAY National Moot Court members Clayon Yeutter, Fredric Kauffman and Bill Hemmer discuss cases in the Law Library in preparation for a coast-wide series of engagements between law schools. (Photo by Pixie Small wood) GOV. MORRISON Young Demos Will Feature Gov. Morrison Gov. Frank B. Morrison will be guest speaker for Univer sity Young Democrats at 7:30 tonight in 232 and 234 Student Union, according to President Gary Thompson. The governor announced in tentions of "discussing the Young Democrats stake in this year's gubernatorial elec tion." "I hope to outline some of the problems and opportuni ties that we face in Nebraska and what can be done in the areas of education, highway development, recreational de velopment, agricultural econ omics and industrial expan sion." Morrison said. "Above all, I'd like to stress the importance of differing be tween politics on the basis of issues and politics as a game for the purpose of political power." Thompson commented, "We are proud that the governor will take time to speak with us. The fact that he has ac cepted demonstrates his over riding concern with the young people of this state." Morrision will also remain after the meeting for a coffee hour with guests and members.