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Wednesday, March 33, 1963
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MRS. HAZEL SMITH . . . Mississippi Editor
Careers Conference
Features Dr. Krush
The University will hold
high school students interested in human science and jour
nalism, on Friday and Saturday of this week.
The conference will begin tomorrow evening with
a banquet, whose principal speaker will be Dr. Thaddeus
Krush, clinical director of the Community Services Division
of the Nebraska Psychiatric
Dr. Krush will speak on
well." Two panels of experts
opportunities in science and
Friday, the students will
Institute located on the College of Medicine s campus in
Omaha. Here the students will meet with professionals en
gaged in treatment, training, research and community
activities.
The Community Services Division of the Nebraska
Psychiatric Institute and the State Department of Health
are the co-sponsors of the conference.
'Public
CU Paper Says
Politics Prompted
Provost's Quitting
Boulder, Colorado. (CPS)
University of Colorado Pro
vost Oswald Tippo resigned
his position last week, effec
tive June 30. The Colorado
Student Senate said in a resO'
lution that the resignation
was due to the "complete ig
norance" of certain segments
of the state s public
The resolution also said it
was due to the "attitudes and
actions" of Regent Charles
Bromley, who was elected in
November to the school's gov
erning body.
The Student Senate resolu
tion said that "the people of
Colorado have accepted medi
ocrity as their goal." Colo
rado has recently gone
Big 8 Directors
To Share Idea
The counseling directors
and staff of the Big Eight
universities in the Plains
and Midwest, will assemble
at the University tomorrow
and Friday.
The conference, at the Ne
braska Center, is held each
year to exchange information
on mutual problems. It will
begin at 9 a.m.
Clayton d'A Gerken, direc
tor of counseling at the Uni
versity, said North Dakota
will also join the discussions
this year.
The conference, informal
and without speakers, will
deal this year with methods
of shaping research and pool
ing information which will
help counselors better the
students they serve.
In addition to professionals,
graduate students in psychol
ogy and counseling from the
Big-Eight Universities will at
tend. Dr. Gerken said Center
officials expect an attend
ance of about 40.
a 2-day careers conference for
Institute.
"It takes people to get people
will acquaint the students with
in communication arts.
tour the Nebraska Psychiatric
Ignorant'
(through an unprecedented
period ef turmoil, beginning
with the firing of the editor of
the student newspaper last
fall.
The turmoil continued with
a conservative Republican
victory in the regent election
and the subsequent resigna
tion of the president of the
University, Quigg Newton.
Bromley campaigned for
the regency on a promise to
get rid of Newton and end
liberal domination of the uni
versity. Tippo, who became provost
In I960, let it be known that
he had accepted an adminis
trative post at an Eastern
university.
Introducing the Student Sen
ate resolution, Honors Union
Council, president Dave Brene
man said that Tippo's resig
nation was the culmination
of what's been going on since
the election of the regents in
November." He added that
many other high administra
tors are going to resign be
fore the end of the semester."
Tom Casten, student body
president candidate, said that
the professors estimate that
at least ten will leave this
spring.
The Student Senate resolu
tion passed seven to three
with two abstentions after
Breneman refused to permit
amendments to the state
ment. Ardis Galther, student
body president, backed the
resolution.
In an editorial, the Colorado
Daily, student newspaper,
said that Tippo's resignation
''provides a painful example
of what can happen when a
University lets itself become
the bone of contention in po
litical dogfights. j
IB an que
Promoting equal rights for
all citizens, fighting slot ma
chine operators, liquor
racketeers, gamblers and
corrupt public officials have
filled 25 years of journalism
for Mrs. Hazel Brannon
Smith, speaker at the annual
Theta Sigma Phi Matrix ban
quet Saturday.
Mrs. Smith is the crusdad
ing editor and publisher of
four weekly newspapers in
Mississippi.
Through the years, Mrs.
Smith has made good her
promise to let citizens know
what is going on, to crusade
for law and order and to
speak for the rights of all
citizens.
In 1954, when the Holmes
County sheriff shot a Negro
who had not violated any
law, Mrs. Smith printed the
story and in a front-page edi
torial she wrote: "The laws
of America are for everyone
rich and poor, strong and
weak, black and white. Byrd
(the sheriff) has violated ev
ery concept of justice, de
cency and right. He is not
fit to occupy office."
The sheriff filed a libel
suit for actual and punitive
damages in the amount of
$57,500. The trial jury
awarded him $10,000 and the
grand jury did not indict
anyone In the shooting of the
Negro.
The Mississippi Supreme
Court reversed this ruling
and dismissed the sheriff.
She has been called "an
American whose actions
have made an unusual con
tribution to advancing the
principles of freedom and
justice and the Bill of
Rights."
Mrs. Smith has twice re
c e i v e d the top editorial
award of the National Asso
ciation of Press Women.
Among her other honors are
a certificate of merit for
oustanding service to Missis
sippi in the field of human
relations from the National
Association of Teachers in
Colored Schools and a cita
tion from the Fund for the
Republic.
She received a bachelor of
journalism degree from the
University of Alabama in
1936, and was initiated as a
professional member of
Theta Sigma Phi in 1956 at
the University of Mississip
pi.
She will speak at Theta
Sigma Phi, honorary journa
lism fraternity for women,
which honors outstanding
newspaperwomen in Nebras
ka. One "Woman Journalist of
the Year" will be named in
the weekly newspaper field,
and one for dailies. T he y
will be selected on the basis
of quality of work and serv
ice to the community and to
journalism.
Individual winners will be
recognized in the categories
of general news and fea
tures, women's page news
and features, columns and
women's page general excel
lence, j
The dinner, open to the
public, will be 6:30 p.m. in
the Pan American Room,
Student Union. Tickets are
$2.50 and may be obtained
from the School of Journa
lism. Spencer To Address
Journalism Honorary
The times and trials of a
wire service newsman will be
discussed Friday by Frank
Spencer, head of the Chicago
bureau of United Press Inter
national.
Spencer will address a
meeting of Sigma Delta Chi,
Professional Journalism Soci
ety. He was a member of the
United Press International
bureau in Lincoln from 1946
to 1948 and has been head of
the Chicago bureau since
July 1961.
His speech will follow a
6:30 p.m. dinner at the Lin
coln Hotel.
Swim Club
Production
Is On Tap
Through The Ages'
To Be Main Theme
Thirty-eight members of
Aquaquettes girls' swimming
club will present their annual
spring show March 21 and 22,
at 7:45 p.m. In the colise
um pool.
The theme, "Through the
Ages", will portray the plan
ets without life, cavemen and
stages in cultural develop
ment through the present
Sp3ce age
The officers' number will
open the show with the use
of special lights. The title is
"Age of Stars and Planets",
Linda Larson will solo in
"The Age of Jazz". Duet
numbers will include Gayle
Luff, Carole Nootz, Enid
Reeder, and Sue Elliott.
Other numbers are "Age of
Egypt," "Classical Age," and
Medieval Age." the finale is
the "Space Age."
Choreography, costumes and
lighting were created by
members of the group.
Aquaquette officers are:
Sue Elliott, president; Mary
Crabill, vice-president; Linda
Larson, secretary; and Enid
Reeder, treasurer.
Tickets will be on sale at
50 cents per person.
New Six-State
Aviation Meet
Will Be Held
More than 200 general and
business aviation pilots will
attend a six-state regional
aviation seminar at the Uni
versity this Saturday.
This assembly is the first
of its kind in the upper mid
west and is being held for
the genera upgrading of pro
fessional flight personnel, a
review of state and federal
aviation regulations, and the
discussion of advancements in
aviation medicine.
Dr. C. Craig Wright of
Pittsburgh, an authority on
preventive medicine, will ad
dress the pilots at 9 a.m.
on "Tails for Males and Old
Wives Tales."
Dr. W r i g h t is nationally
known for his humorous but
pointed approach in explain
ing common sense programs
to insure physical fitness
among pilots.
Eid Stapowich, chief wea
ther forecaster of the Omaha
Weather Bureau, will speak
on Weather or Not to Fly."
Mr. Stapowich describes his
lecture as a "do it yourself"
weather analysis and weather
forecasting session, a refresh
er course on a new approach
to understanding weather.
Gene Utz, director of safety
and public relations for the
National Insurance Under
writers, will speak at 1 p.m.
Utz is known among pilots as
the "granddaddy of modern
aviation educators." He will
discuss ways of broadening
the margin of error in which
pilots sometimes find them
selves in flying.
Roosevelt Memorial Designer
ISU Kocimski Teaches Architects
In Week-Long Exchange
By SUSAN SMITIIBERGER
Nebraskan Staff Writer
A past Olympic skier, designer of a Franklin Roose
velt memorial, Karol Kocimski has taken on the task of
teaching in the Nebraska Architectural School for one
week.
Kocimski, professor at the State University of Iowa,
is here as part of a professor-exchange iprogram. Homer
Puderbaugh, assistant professor of architecture at "Ne
braska, is now in Howa teaching Kocimski's classes.
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"Architecture students become the creation of their
professor," said Kocimski. "This is an effort to get them
acquainted with the ideas of other professors;"
Kocimski is working mainly with senior students, al
though "yesterday he gave a talk to the whole architec
tural school. He is lecturing to the senior class and has
assigned them a problem which will take two weeks to
complete. Each student is to design a greenhouse with
concrete masonry.
Puderbaugh has assigned a problem that can be fin
ished In one week relating to church construction.
"This is probably the predecessor to a large pro
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Women's Hours, Finals
Command Main Attention
Student Council members
met informally with G. Rob
ert Ross, dean of the Divi
sion of Student Affairs, and
Frank Hallgren, dean of men,
last week in the second Coun
cil Roundtable.
The question of women's
hours on the University cam
pus was the first topic of dis
cussion. Dean Ross said that hours
for first semester freshmen
women might be more severe
than at other universities, hut
that he had found in talking
to women students that they
feel the hours are reasona
ble. The correct procedure for
changing women's hours on
the Nebraska campus would
be to go through AWS, then
direct the matter to Helen
Snyder, dean of women, said
Dean Ross.
He added that he still be
lieves it is a good idea to let
others know where you're go
ing and when you're expect
ed back, regardless of hours.
Dean Hallgren said that lit
tle change had taken place
in women's hours in the last
10-12 years except extension
of weekend hours from 12:30 j
to 1 a.m.
'Impossible'
Now Needs
A 20-year-old University stu-
dent, Nelsie Larsen, always
seems ready to tackle the
impossible.
Last summer she tried to
divert the Elkhorn River by
means of dynamiting.
Now she's attempting to
raise $6,500
so that she
and her 24
march ing
friends, the
C a d en c e
C o u n tesses,
can represent
Nebraska in
the Cherry
Blossom Fes
next month
in Washing
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Miss Larsen
ton, D.C.
"We've been working many
months for this invitation to
Washington. They want us to
appear in both the parade and
the drill competition," Miss
Larsen explained
The Cadence Countesses,
commanded by Mary Jo Lo
gan, just returned this past
week end with third place
from the national drill meet
at the University of Illinois.
The girls have also per
formed throughout Nebraska
and at many of the Univer
sity's athletic events.
Miss Larsen realizes that
fim eairas
Concerning the question of
final exams for graduating
seniors, Dean Ross said that
there is a stated policy that
professors should give final
examinations. It is up to
them to determine what con
stitutes a final, he said.
Don Burt, Student Council
president, said that while he,
too, disliked final exams, he
feels that seniors finishing
their last courses in their ma
jor fields are taking some of
their most important courses
and that finals might be ben
eficial. Dean Ross told the Council
that the three students sus
pended for sub rosa activity
last semester were notified
in January that they could
return to the University this
semester.
He said that the cases of
sub rosa membership were
not referred to Student Tri
bunal because he had under
stood when he came to the
University that there was
one area of the institution
where previous tradition gov
erned discipline.
It, was in the area of sub
rosa activity that this was
followed, Dean Ross said.
Dean Hallgren indicated he
Tackier
$6,500
finding a person or an or-
ganization to put up $6,500
is not going to be an easy
task. But it won t be any
more difficult than her plan
last summer to dynamite the
Elkhorn River to protect the
cabins and land threatened
by the water.
To do the task, she checked
out "The Blaster's Handbook"
from the library and experi
mented with 50 pounds of dy
namite. But a threatened law
suit from a cabin owner
caused her to forget her idea
for the time being.
Applications Due
For Med Exams
Students who wish to ap
ply for admission to medical
schools in the fall of 1964
must take the Medical Col
lege Admission Test either on
May 4 or Oct. 19 of this year,
according to Thomas Thorson,
chairman of the premedical
advisory committee.
Those who wish to take the
exam May 4 must have their
application forms turned in
before April 20. Forms may
be obtained from the pre
medical advisers or from
Thorson, 204 Bessey Hall.
gram," said Kocimski. "We are trading within this re
gion now, but I hope we will be able to exchange with
schools in other regions, especially from the East."
Kocimski received his academic education in Poland,
his homeland, but also felt some influence from Austria.
He worked in France, Italy, England and Germany to
get his advanced degrees.
The native Pole found himself in London, England
during the war; he spent 12 years there. He designed
two major shopping centers worth five million dollars
each for the London area.
Kocimski decided to come to the United States, spon
sored by Frank Lloyd Wright. He became an architect
with Perkins and Will in Chicago. While working there
he designed the Franklin "D. Roosevelt Memorial which
won him national honors. lie also designed m $20 million
shopping center for Milwaukee.
It was at this .time that he was offered a professor
ship in Illinois. Six years ago he decided he would rather
teach at Iowa State.
"It is a smaller school where I can work more di
rectly with the Btudents," said the architect.
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DEAN ROSS , , Views On
Honrs'.
saw certain parallels In the
handling of cases of academ
ic dishonesty and sub rosa
activity.
Dean Ross added that stud
ying the Student Tribunal and
its role, one can see that
modification of decisions is
extremely rare.
"I have teen charged spe
cifically with events In this
field (sub Tosas) and I am
responsible to the Boards of
Regents. It is hard to dele
gate the responsibility to
someone els e," explained
Dean Ross.
Dean Ross explained that
the Tecords of the three stu
dents suspended from school
because of sub Tosa acitivty
will include the eason for
their suspension because it is
normal procedure for sus
pended students. The reason
the student is suspended is
always included on the rec
ord whether it be academic
or sub rosa.
Dean Ross was also asked
if students appearing before
both the legal courts of Lin
coln and the University did
not involve double jeopardy.
Dean Ross explained that
the University is concerned
that certain standards of be
havior abide by state laws.
If they do not, the University
takes action. "The legal ac
tion is not -connected with
us," he said, "and our ac
tions are not perceived by
us as legal action."
"This is the atmosphere we
hope to create in our office,"
Dean Ross declared, "a n d
when we deal with the stu-
dent we don't think it should
correspond with laws."
He also said that the Uni
versity takes action on events
such as minors in possession
that occur during summer
vacation.
Carl Donaldson, business
manager, is investigating the
possibility of bus transporta
tion between Ag and city
campuses. "There are no def
inite arrangements yet, but
there is a great deal of inter
est." Dean Ross said.
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