The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current, November 30, 1962, Image 1
Jit Student By SUSAN SMITHBERGER Nebraskan Staff Writer Test your student intelli gence by answering the fol lowing questions; if you are able to answer them all correctly, you are a geni us, or better yet, a well informed student. If you can't answer any, well . . . Q 1. Here's the big one: How are they going to get the crane off the top of the Twin Towers when they reach the top? , . A. 1. It's really quite simple. According to the construction superintendent the vertical section will be divided into 10-foot sections and let down by hoist and cable through the hole through which they were put up. The hole will then be covered on each floor. The horizontal section, known as the gib, will be divided into 18 foot sections and let down by the same hoist over the side of the building. What about the hoist now stuck on top? Well, it will let itself down - Three Fraternities Involved Iowa State Faces Action on EDITOR'S NOTE: The following story in a report Iowa State Univernlty which Is another of the Midwestern schools now Involved in disputes over discriminatory clauses in. fraternity constitutions. Another campus and three of its fraternities are feeling the administrative squeeze to remove d i s c r i m i n a tory clauses from their constitu tions. Millard Kratochvil, director of Student Affairs at Iowa State University (ISU) at Ames, announced the admin istrative action at a . recent joint meeting of the Interfra ternity and Panhellenic Coun cils. Three ISU fraternities Alpha Tau Omega, Phi Delta Theta, and Sigma Nu have restrictive clauses in their national constitutions. According to Kratchvil, two of the three fraternities will be able to get waivers from their national chapters for the clauses. Phi Delta Theta, also, passed a resolution at their national convention to provide for local restrictive waivers. Phi Delt Proposal The Phi Delts have to pass the proposal again at their 1964 convention before it will go into effect. Kratochvil said that the Flood States Change Near According to Dr. Merrill M. Flood, in the future intelli gent machines will out-perform man at most tasks now requiring human intelligence. Dr. Flood spoke here last evening as the University's annual Avery lecturer. A na tive Nebraskan, he is now professor of mathematical bi ology at the University of Michigan. Some tasks in which he be lieved new machines would out perform man were trans-1 lating natural languages, searching patent files, searching a large library to answer a specific question, and composing music, discov ering and proving mathe matical theorems. Relieved of many of its de manding tasks he predicted the human race will finally have "time and incentive to learn how to live well togeth er." He added that at the management level of indus trial firms, there is evidence that this has begun to happen. Nebraska Finally Has By JIM MOORE Nebraskan Staff Writer We finally have one! Although Colorado has "The Sink" and "Tulagi's" and Missouri has "The Den" and "Romano's," Nebraska now has its own college "joint" "The Purple Piano." For years, University students on migration to either of the above mentioned schools "lived it up" in Colum bia or Boulder. But, now we can "live it up" right here in Lincoln! The Purple Piano has all the requisites for a "swing ing place." Black ceilings, smoke clouds that would defy even fog horn blasts, combos, tables so small the menu hides them, exotic glasses ancTTnodern art. For those of you who can't live without a daily "passion potion", your saviour is here! Football fans can order "big reds" and worried coeds can drown their sorrows in a ginger beer. Zombici For Rushers Next year during rush week, Greeks will have no problem's in soothing their nerves. The call will go out, "All aboard for Zombies at th Piano," and thousands will flock to meditate their rushees over the blue liquid. The proprietor has even Joined in with the sub-rosas controversy. Evidently aiming for the trade of scared members, "blue ghosts" are being served nightly. Quiz M over the side. Now bow ef ficient can you get! Q 2. Why is the architec ture building such an archi tectural freak? A 2. Architects, especial ly, will be happy to know that the building was con structed in 1894 as the first University library. This al so helps explain the tall narrow windows in the front of the building whic' originally let light into the "stacks." Q 3. What is the oldest building on campus and for what was it originally used? A 3. Grant Memorial Hall, now used for wom en's physical education, is the oldest building, and it was built in 1887. At that time it was used much as the Coliseum ' is used to day; Homecoming dances and other festivites were held there, as well as bas ketball games and convoca tions. Q 4. W h a t is the story told by male students con Clauses University committee on fra ternities and sororities re viewed the progress made on removing restrictive clauses at last summer's Greek conventions. After finding that one fraternity had removed its "white male" clause, Kratochvil said that the committee adopted the following policy: "The committee goes on record as opposing in prin ciple restrictive clauses or ritualistic devices which deny to 1 o c a 1 chapters the privi ledge of selecting members without regard to race, color, religion or national origin." "We don't consider frater nities which are of a parti cular religious faith in this category. Existence Threatened "Those fraternities on the Iowa State campus which still have clauses will be ad vised that their continued ex istence is threatened. "Those fraternities and so rorities having waiver provi sions should grant permission for their Iowa State chapters to be included within such provisions until the national restrictive clauses are re moved. "The committee designates September 1964 as a time when progress in removing such clauses from national constitutions . . . will be re viewed and more stringent action, If necessary, will be taken. Kratochvil said that the above policies and actions are not intended to abridge the fraternities' privilege of selecting individual members as such, and not to impair the priviledge of those groups to live together. National Conventions The national conventions of all three chapters involved defeated motions to remove restrictive clauses from their constitutions, although Iowa State delegates voted and worked for the motions. At the meeting Kratochvil explained the University's new stand on restrictive clauses saying that "any or ganization which is attached to the University must be in keeping with its educational purposes." He said that clauses which perpetuate prejudice are con trary to the purpose of the school. He pointed out that certain things will be expected of fraternities if they are to con tinue at ISU. -Minus the Beer ensures Campus cerning the Columns? Where did the Columns or iginate? A 4. Many a freshman girl has been lured to the great pillars when her more experienced soph omore date tells her she cannot become a coed un til she has been kissed un der the Columns. The 24 ominous struc tures originally were a part of the Burlington Railroad Station in Omaha. Quarried in 1898, the pillars were brought to the campus when the station was torn down in 1930. The Univer sity architects were unable to foresee any use for them in the buildings to be built on campus. However, after lieing around for several years, the Columns were erected in their present lo cation by the stadium. The gate in front of the pillars was originally the entrance to the campus when it was bounded by a great iron fence. In 1926 the fence was torn down City Campus Extensions To Change All University extension numbers on city campus will be changed at 12:01 a.m. to morrow. Extension numbers on Ag. Campus will remain the same. An entirely new switch board service for the Univer sity will be located in Ne braska Hall. The old switch board is located in the for mer Administration building. John Dzerk, operations manager for the University stated that the new switch board has a much larger call capacity than the old one al though it will be operated by the same number of people. While the old system only has a capacity for nine out side calls to the University and nine outside calls from the University, the new sys stem has a capacity for 40 calls at one time. According to Dzerk the new system is designed to meet the growth of the Univesity for 15 to 25 years. The new switchboard will make the work of the operators easier even though they are hand ling more calls. Another feature which will go into effect with the new switchboard is Wide Area Telephone Service (WATS). Through WATS the University can make any number of calls in the state and will be charged a fixed rate per month. Dzerk pointed out that the University might save as much as $500 per month this way. He added that the tele phone company can offer this rate because they can save money by not having to bill each University call. Tribunal Tries Conduct Cases Student Tribunal, in yes terday's closed session, tired four student conduct cases referred to them by the Division of Student Af fairs. According to one tribunal judge, these four bring the total number of referred cases for the year to nine. At this time last year, 22 cases had been tired by the student court. It! A Purple Piano As usual, the Mortar Boards and Innocents are not overlooked. A special "green squeeze" has been con cocted for the mystics. Besides the combos and singing groups which appear at the Purple Piano, the most unique act is performed by the waitresses. Have you ever watched one person carry two blue ghosts, a green squeeze, five passion po tions and a ginger beer to that back table? Piano Pointers Going to the Piano is quite an experience. First allow about an extra half hour to find a place to park. Second, wear tennies if you even hope to climb around all the tables and stools. Third, don't go if you don't smoke. The only way to fight the smoke is to fight fire with fire, er . . . smoke, rather. Once you've found a table, the nearest waitress will bound over to take your orders. While waiting for the "drinks" it's interesting to watch some of the patrons. On the left is a student wearing a Beethoven sweatshirt and a French beret. Obviously, a psych major. Philosophy majors are especially clever with sweat shirts. One seen at the Piano said "This is a sweatshirt relativ ly speaking." Taken together, all this adds up to mixed-up, but enjoyable, "joint". But in the words of a visiting Colorado student, "Whatever happened to the beer?" I guess It's just not as popular as a green squeeze. -. . and the gates saved for posterity. The iron fence now encircles Wyuka Ceme tary. 5. Who cleans tip the stadium after the student body throws peanut shells, popcorn, and programs all over at football games? A 5. The University has a janitor's pool which cleans wp after the games. The janitors from the vari ous buildings on campus compose the pool. Q 6. Is the University really trying to heat the outdoors with the hot air emitters obstructing the sidewalks? A 6. Although the Univer sity provides many serv ices, this is not one of them. Nor are these boxes meant to provide more classroom space. Construc tion companies are merely cooling the bodies of their sub-terranean workers. Each of the Wooden Vol. 76, No. 41 Sanford Are Set Attitudes toward drinking alcoholic beverages are set at about the age of 16, usu ally in the home, and definite ly before they reach college, University students were told yesterday. Dr. Nevitt Sanford, director of the Institute for Human Problems, speaking at a pan el convocation, said if young people in their homes view drinking with an attitude of responsibility as well as priv ilege, they seldom become al coholics. "We should study other peo ples attitudes and try to adopt some of them' he said. "Look at the Italians, Military Ball Tomorrow At Coliseum Phillips Orchestra W ill Be Featured Final preparations for the Fiftieth Annual Military Ball, which will be held tomorrow from 9 p.m.-l a.m. in the Coliseum, are being carried out. According to general chair man Lee Bentz, the decora tions committee and its army of workers will take over the University Coliseum today to transform it into the tradi tional ballroom atmosphere by tomorrow night. The Golden Anniversary Ball features dancing to the music of Teddy Phillips and his orchestra. During the first intermission of the Ball, the Cadence Countesses will per form. The second intermission will see the crowning of Miss Army, Miss Navy, and Miss Air Force. The Honorary Commandant will be crowned by Chancellor C 1 i f f or d M. Hardin. Senior ROTC students and their ladies will also be presented during the second intermission. Tickets for the Ball are still on sale at the Military and Naval Science Building and in the Union for $2.50 per couple. structures actually houses a powerful fan installed to suck out hot air from the utility tunnels beneath the campus where many con struction workers are pres ently busy "building the University." The tempera ture in these tunnels reaches 140 degrees. Q 7. Are there really bells in the Ralph Mueller Tower? Does somebody play them? A 7. Yes, there are bells and someone does play them part of the time. The tunes played each day to herald the beginning and end of classes are auto matic. They are on tapes. On Sundays a concert is given at 4 p.m. by Michael Veaks, a junior in music. Professor Myron Roberts, professor of organ and the ory, plays the bells for spe cial events, such as com mencement. Q 8. W h a t mysterious The Daily Says Drinking Attitudes At 16, Before College I they do drink, but have few alcoholics. Dr. Sanford explained that the really sophisticated per son, weli-travelled and edu cated, likens our drinking hab its to a pre-literate people who have just discovered beer. Dr. Marvin Block, a clini- Doctor Adds Suggestion California p h y s ician Dr. David S. Rubsamen, former official of the Alcoholic Re habilitation Clinic at San Francisco, indicated yester day that alcoholics may be best treated in one-or-two-man offices. Rubsamen's suggestion was made at an intensive, three day symposium on the alco holic problem being held at the University. The workshop is seeking to establish a basic program for the City of Lin coln. He termed the counseling of the non-alcoholic members of an alcoholic's family as "highly desirable." As another reason for de centralized treatment he pointed out, "When this coun seling can take place in small offices which ... are free of stigma of a larger 'alcoholic clinic,' the non-alcoholic fam ily members are much more likely to seek help." AUF Drive Has Ended; Goal Lagging The All University Fund drive, officially ended yester day, has only reached the half-way mark toward its goal of over $6,000. According to Grant Greg ory, financial director of AUF. "Contributions are slow coming in, especially in the case of sorority donations." Continuing, he pointed out, "As a general rule, contribu tions practically stop by Christmas vacation. We hope that the present lack of stu dent interest will reverse It self and the goal be reached in the next three weeks.".. "It is important that every student gives," he remarked. "AUF cannot rely only on the big contributions," Gregory explained. Although the drive has offi cially ended, contributions are still being accepted. "We were encouraged with the success of AUFul Ugly night, but it now Important that students wishing to give, do so by Christmas vaca tion," Gregory concluded. To date, $3,308.26 has been given. Of this amount, $441.99 has been given by fraterni ties, $759.09 by sororities and $423.47 by the organized houses on city campus. . Other returns include $671.81 from the Lincoln drive, $220.20 from organizations, $204.21 from Ag campus in dependents, $569.99 from AUFul night and $17.50 from the organized houses on Ag campus. Knowledge thing is on the roof of Ly man Hall? A 8. A green house graces this roof. No, it Isn't due to pharmacy student obcessed with his" green thumb. Actually much less dramatic, the green house is used to grow plants used for experimenting and ro sea r c h by the pharmacy students; . Q 9. W h a t is that b i g rock over on the oldest sec tion of the campus that ev erybody stumbles into on after-dark excursions to the law library, and who put his initials on it? A 9. That giant-sized peb ble is really a glacial boulder of red granite, weighing over four tons; ask any anthropologist and he'll tell you those "in itials" are a form of an cient writing that has nev er been deciphered. Prof. Samuel Aughe dis covered the boulder in Ce dar County near Hartington Nebraskan cal professor of medicine at the University of Buffalo, said that self-confident people do not become alcoholics. Both panel members point ed out that there are "puri tan" and "he-man" traditions in our society about drinking. "The youngster takes his first drink in our society with the feelings of guilt and then takes another hoping the guilt will pass " Dr. Sanford said. Dr. Roy Holly, vice-chancellor of the University, said, Alcoholism By Groups The lay population and pro fessional groups, such as physicians, social workers, and nurses must share the blame for the failure of most American communities to deal effectively with the al coholism problems, Dr. Da lid J. Pittman said yester day. Pittman, sociologist at Washington University in St. Louis, told the opening-d a y s e s s i o n of the Alcoholism Symposium that the resist ance is the result of "histor ical moralistic orientations as well as based on indifference and misinformation." He said the public health approach to alcoholism has received resistance from vest ed interest groups. Dr. Pittman cited individu als such as the prohibition ists, who are still hesitant to lay aside their fervent dedi cation. Also, he added, the beverage industry's resistance has prevented the creation of effective programs to d e a 1 with alcoholism because of lack of funds on the state or local level. "Thus, the alcohol industry in many areas has reinforced the prohibitionistic philosophy that the alcoholic is respon sible for his condition, for the rational individual will drink in moderation accord ing to the industry's propa ganda." i More Children Learn by TV Westerns Lose Ground To Educational Shows Over 12 percent, or 35,000, of the school Children in Ne braska are viewing education al telecasts, stated the Ne braska Council for Education al Television recently. The students, ranging in age from kindergarten through eighth grade, view weekly programs in the fields of science, social studies, arithmetic, French I and II and children's literature. In addition to the children's classes, in-service programs for teachers are offered for each of the areas. A course in sophomore English is also broadcast for the Lincoln High Schools. Thirty-four school systems of a total of 414 in Nebraska, or 8.1 percent cf the total system in the State, are mem bers of the program. Schools added this year are Aurora, In 1896, and In 1892, the University's senior class brought the rock to campus ' as a "senior prank." Since, many have tried to explain the meaining of the strange characters and the human foot inscribed in the stone, but none have suc ceeded. Studies reveal that the inscriptions resemble ancient Hebrew, Runo and Mexican symbols, but iheir meaning is unknown. Could it be another Rosetta Stone? You see, the campus Isn't truly such a mysteri ous place. There are an swers to nearly every ques tion the student may have, either in or outside of the classroom. Next time you see a 25 foot crevice across 14th Street, don't be content to just walk around it and loy ally accept the fact that you're expected to do so climb right in and ask what's going on! (We did!) Friday, November 30, 1962 "I will say that the problem is not a flagrant one here, thanks to good student lead ers. "The student leader can show by personal demonstra tion, that it is not necessary to drink to become an im portant part of the social make-up of the University," he said. Other members of the Col lege Health Day convocation panel were Pam Hirschback and Roger Meyers. Furthered Pittman "The simple fact that peo ple are not eager to disturb the status quo also obstructs the implementation of new ideas," he added. The conflict between the "wet" and 'dry" in a com munity makes the conflict to create and maintain effective state programs for alcoholism doubly complex, he pointed out. The attempt to teach the intelligent use of alcohol in moderate amounts would vi olate the cultural norms and values of abstinent groups, while advocating total abstin ence would evoke a negative reaction from the "wets" for the same reason, he ex plained. Dr. Pittman also pointed out that there has been a slow recognition by profes sional health and social wel fare personnel that alcohol ism is a disease requiring their special knowledge and skills. "Some psychiatric person nel consider alcoholism to he symptomatic of an underlying psychic disorder, and hence, place no emphasis on the manifest drinking problem." "Others consider the debil itating effects of alcoholism and the accompanying social maladjustment as the main obstacles to recovery and therefore focus on arresting the pattern of inebriety." Bertrand, Broken Bow, David City, Doniphan, Kearney State Teachers College, OgaBala and Valparaiso. The schools receive the pro grams broadcasted by the University's TV station KUON-TV through low-p o w ered translators. Besides the d a y t i m e in structional programs, evening telecasts of cultural and in formational programs for adults are offered. Five television stations are being Teserved for education al use, but as yet are not broadcasting. These -channel will provide educational TV to 95 percent of Nebraska. They will function as soon as funds are received irom eith er the State legislature or the federal government, accord ing to C. Edward Cavcrt, di rector of the instructional pro gram at KUON. DtC 3 ARGHlVtS