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See Page & See Page 3 For More On Prouf Vol. 76, hfo. 85 The Daily Nebraskan Thursday, March 21, 1963 Prominent Leaders To Express Views At Space Assembly Sixty prominent leaders in business, industry, education, labor and communications from seven Midwestern states will express their views on the revolution in outer space at the Great Plains Assembly on Outer Space next Thurs day through Sunday at the Nebraska Center. For three days the partici pants will meet in small dis cussion groups to exchange ideas and opinions on such is sues as peaceful uses of outer space, the impact on the American economy, the task for government, international cooperation in space science, arms and arms control in out er space, prospects for law and order, and the shaping of a public policy for the space age. On the final day the entire group will meet in plenary session to prepare and ap prove a report of findings and recommendations, which will; be printed and circulated na tionally. The Great Plains Assembly is being sponsored jointly by the University and The Amer ican Assembly of New York founded by Dwight Eisenhow er in 1950 when he was presi dent of Columbia University. To assist the laymen in their discussions, authorities on various aspects of space will address the group at the dinner meetings, and lead stimulating discussion on the following days. Among the speakers are: DeMarquis Wyatt of Wash ington, D.C., director of pro grams for the National Aero nautics and Space Administra tion, who will speak at 8:30 p.m. Thursday. Richard Gardner, who as deputy assistant secretary for international organization af fairs is one of the principal state department officers re sponsible for the development of U.S. policy in the United Nations and its family of agencies. He is also deputy U.S. representative to the Hutchinson The Rev. Duane Hutchin son has been appointed direc tor of the Methodist Wesley Foundation, according to Bish op Kenneth Copeland, Bish op of Nebraska Conference of Methodist Churches. The appointment was made by a unanimous decision of the Board of Directors of the Wesley Foundation, effective April 1, 1963. Dick Morris was reappoint ed to his position of Lay Lead er of the Wesley Foundation, said the Bishop. "We work as a team," said Hutchinson. "We are looking for a third man to act as Assistant Minister and Direc tor and hope to have him soon." "His (Hutchinson's) appoint ment is well-backed by the ffjffIf PJJoot The Senior Round of the law school Moot Court com petition is currently draw ing to a close. The semi final arguments will be held in the moot court room of the Law College tomor row, Monday, and Tuesday. The final round will be heard in the Supreme Court Chambers on Thursday, March 28th. An begin at 7:30 p.m. and are open to the public. Moot Court is a descrip tive term used in describ ing a mock r made up ar gument. However, this does not mean that the issues ' are not real. For instance, in this year's Senior Moot Court competition the ques tion directly involved the University stndent body. Al though couched in a hypo thetical setting the real question is: should the gov erning bodies of public uni versities be selected on the same constitutional basis as legislators? The auestion gains in im U.N. committee on the peace ful uses of outer space. He will speak at 8:30 p.m. Fri- aay. . Brig. Gen. David Jones, deputy chief for systems man agement of the Air Force Aer onautical Systems Division, who is an authority on outer space arms. He was In charge of the project "Skybolt," an air-launched ballistic missile. He will speak at 8:30 p.m. Saturday. The discussion leaders for the three groups will be: Val Peterson, University Regent from Hastings, and former federal Civil Defense director, and U.S. Ambassa dor to Denmark. Everett Welmers of Los Angeles, director of Satellite Systems Study Projects of Aero-Space Corporation, who has been a member of sever si special study groups for the Department of Defense. Maj. Gen. Cecil Combs, commandant of the Air Force Institute of Technology at Wright-Patterson Field, Day ton, Ohio. The Great Plains Assembly will open with a 1 p.m. lunch eon on Thursday with an or ientation address by Paul Ei sele, executive director of the American Assembly. Group discussions will be held each morning and afternoon. Saturday afternoon, the par ticipants will visit Atlas Mis sile Silos in the vicinity. The Assembly, a national non-partisan education institu tion, was founded by Presi dent Eisenhower to stimulate and make known laymen's opinions on various issues of national importance. It was the official administrator of the President's Commission on National Goals, which report ed to President Eisenhower late in 1960. The states represented will be Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas Missouri, Wisconsin, North Dakota, and Colorado. To Direct Foundation students," said Al Olson, pres ident of Wesley Foundation. "He is well-liked and is the students' number one choice." Hutchinson's appointment will fill a vacancy created when Dr. William Gould left in January to take a position as director of the Department of Student Work on the Meth odist Board of Missions. Gould had been director at the Foun dation since June 1959. Hutch inson has been acting director since Gould left for New York. Hutchinson was just select ed as one of 36 Methodist del egates from the United States to attend a World Student Christian Federation confer ence in Montreal, Canada, this summer. He is a member at large of College and University Minis portance when one consid ers that commonly almost all other branches of gov ernment including judges and other administrative bodies are selected by some method other than that of democratic representation in most of the states of the Union. For instance, in Nebras ka judges of the Supreme Court have been selected out of the same districts as the regents of the state. In the future most judge se lections win be made un der the merit plan, which is even further removed from popular representa tion. The following facts are set out In the moot court argiimtst: Under the Constitution of the State of Lancaster the Regents of the University of Lancaster are elected one member from each of llllllllll!l!!l!!lllllllllllllllllllllllllllll!1!llllllllllHg I Pigs I 1 Biting 3 Pigs! Some Nebraska pigs ; seem to have a social ! problem that has noth- ing to do with the So I ciety for Indecency to ! Naked Animals. The incidence of tail biting or cannibalism i among swine has in j creased markedly in Ne I braska during the past j ! few years, a University i specialist says. "Nearly 100 per cent ; I of these cases have oc- j j curred in confinement nnits where the amount j j of space per pig is lim- j i ited," according to Dr. i i Leo Lucas, Extension an- j : imal husbandman at the j University. Although the exact rea- i son why tail biting oc- I curs is not clear, it ap- i pears to be a social prob- j I lem due to close confine- j : ment, Lucas said. "The lack of some j I item or material for the j j pig to dig in or chew on j ! may encourage him to j bite other hogs in t h e i pen," he said. Some suggested man- j agement ideas which j have helped producers j overcome this problem I are as follows: 1. When tail biting oc- j curs in a pen, it is likely I that only one or two hogs j are actually biting. I Farmers may observe j 1 which pigs should be I culled from the pen. j I (Hint look for pigs with i tail intact). I 2. Observation on farms j I has indicated that where j I pea dividers are made of 1 wood, the bogs chew on j the wood and apparent- i 1 ly relieve some of their j desire to bite other hogs. ! 1 3. Some producers j I throw in pliable objects I I such as tires, cloth j sacks, etc., which are I I not injurious to pigs but j 1 which may help reduce j tail biting. I ?iimiii!iiiiim.ii:fl!miiiiiiiimiiiiiiiimintimii ters and is Dean of the Great Plains Regional Training Con f e r e n c e involving seven states. A consultant at a Con ference on Ministry to Stu dents at Southern University in February, Hutchinson is also a member of Quadrennial Planning Commission of Meth odist Student Movement, in volving 40 countries. Morris attended St. Peter's Choir School in Philadelphia. He received his B.M.F. de gree in 1961 and his M.M. in 1962 both from the University of Nebraska. He has been Lay Associate for a year and a half and has maintained the position full time since last June. He is currently prepar ing a tour of Nebraska with the Wesley Foundation choir over Easter vacation. The choir will also appear on two TV shows. six districts. These districts are to be approximately equ'l in population and in fact when formed in 1920 these districts were approx imately equal with no other factor being taken into ac count as to area, geogra phy, historical basis, num ber of counties, or any oth er reason other than con tiguity being used in adopt ing these districts. The pop ulation of the districts ac cording to the 1920 census were as follows: 1. 173,458 2. 226,074 3. 233,604 4. 132,172 5. 182,202 6. 243,679 VI Since 1920, there has been a considerable shift in pop ulation and because of this fact the districts are com pletely disproportionate in population and invidiously discriminate against plain tiffs. Using 1360 census fig Court Comp o) eiemt States IPyroos ggffrf CHANCELLOR HARDIN A y 1 r 1 1 1 I I a . j w ij. 4 I Hi ;: Vj: I Council Supports Veto Of Paper Investigation Student Council yesterday unamimously passed a mo tion introduced by Steve Christensen to endorse the ac tion of the Board of Regents in rejecting the proposed in vestigation of the Daily Ne braskan. The motion resolved that "the Student Council of the University of Nebraska go on record as heartily endorsing the action of the Board of Regents on a proposed inves tigation of the Daily Nebras kan and as applauding said Board's reaffirmation of faith in the ideals of a student newspaper. "Further that the Council commend Hyde Sweet for his fine letter to Dr. Wall ex emplifying the good sense and faith in freedom possessed by responsible Xe braskans." Sweet recently wrote a let ter to Dr. William Hall, di rector of the School of Jour nalism, refusing to act on the committee if Val Peterson's proposed investigation should take place. Steve Honey, chairman of the elections committee, said that students wishing to file for Student Council general election may pick up appli cations from Dean Frank Hall gren's secretary in the Stu dent Affairs office. These applications mast be returned between April 1 and April 5 (by 5 p.m.). They must be accompanied by 25 signatures of bonafied s t n dents of the respective col lege. The proposed amendment Applications Available For Advanced ROTC The University's Army ROTC detachment has an nounced that applications for its advanced urogram are now available. They may be picked up in 110 Military and Naval Science building, ac cording to Maj. Archie Pat terson. efitioii ures the districts now have the following populations: 1. 224,235 2. 386,874 3. 217,418 4. 140,334 5. 161,044 6. 194,456 ' vn Such disparity in the pop ulation of these districts invidiously disc riminates against and dilutes the right of representation of the plaintiffs in violation of the equal protection clause of Amendment 14 of the Con stitution of the United States of Allen in that their votes have less than one-half the value of a vote in District 4. Insofar as such discrim ination is attempted to be justified by the language in Article Seven Section 10 of the Constitution of the State of Lancaster as being based on historical fact, geograph ic interest, area, or num ber of counties, such dis crimination is further irra tional, arbitrary, capricious, J REGENT PETERSON to the Constitution which would allow organization rep resentatives to be sophomores and juniors (the present re quirement is junior standing) was defeated. Council passed the proposed amendment that would make the terms of the organization al representatives parallel to the terms of college repre sentatives. It will now go on the Spring election ballots. Don Burt, president, ex plained that the amendment was not a change in policy, but a clarification. New Week Is Given For Hush In yesterday's Interfraterni ty Council IFC) meeting, Jim Hix, rush chairman, re vealed that an additional rush week will be held during the second semester of next year, thus giving the Greeks a rush week for each semester. The double rush week is de signed for two purposes. First, it will enable those boys to pledge a fraternity who were not in the upper one-half of their graduating class, but who have earned a 5.0 grade average at the University dur ing the first semester. Sec ond, it will stimulate the fra ternities, and eliminate any lag in second semester pledg ing. The Fraternity Management Association (FMA) is in the process of evaluating its pro gram, according to Grant Gregory, chairman of t h e committee. In other business, John No Ion introduced a motion that the IFC go on record as sup porting the Innoeent's safety belt campaign, part of which will be conducted during Greek Week. Tom Brewster, Jim Hix and John Lonnquist were named as the IFC's representatives to the Big 8 Conclave at the University of Oklahoma, Nor man, Okla., this week end. Urot's and is in violation of Amendment 14 of the Unit ed States of Allen. Exhibit A Constitution of the State of Lancaster Article Seven Section 10 University of Lancaster: Board of Regents Election The general government of the University of Nebras ka shall, under the direc tion of the Legislature, be vested in a board of six re gents to be styled The Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska, who shall be elected from and by districts as herein provided. Their terms of of fice shall be for Six years each. Their duties and pow ers shall be prescribed by law; and they shaU receive no compensation, but may be reimbursed their actual expenses incurred in t h e discharge of their duties. The 'Legislature shall di vide the state, along county lines, into six compact re gent districts of approxi By JOHN LONNQUIST Nebraskan Staff Writer One hundred and eight "Friends of the University,, met at the Lincoln Hotel yesterday noon to discuss the future of the University. The noon banquet was attended by outstanding in dividuals invited from each of the six Regent's districts. "We hope yon'll see the problem in the same way as' we do," said Regent Val Peterson to those attending, "and that we'll. take some effective action before we leave here today," The problem referred to by Peterson is the University's need for money. "We are in terested in the present Legis lative session, but I think the die is cast," commented for mer governor Peterson. "I think the Governor put the ceiling on the budget, when he cut it. My guess is that the Legislature cuts be low the Governor. Governors and legislatures are very careful in this sort of thing. They want to be re-elected," he said. Peterson said that the pur pose of the group attending the noon banquet will be to start an organization called "Friends of the University" which will be continuous and forever. . "We need to explain the University to the people of the state. It needs to be ex plained long in advance of the election of the state legis lators. Minds are made up when trie legislative session starts," observed Peterson. According to Peterson, those men in the legislature have varying degrees of know ledge about educational insti tutions and what they can do. Some of them are in favor, some are apathetic and others are positively against them. The University has never been able to do what it is supposed to. "This is no criti cism of Chancellor Hardin," said Peterson. "We should form a long range program with all facts on the table; with people prop erly informed we can get the University the support it needs. All we want is an un derstanding," he said. "The legislators are not masters of the state," said Peterson. "The people are." The organization is to consist of people in the state who are interested in their state and its growth, regardless of whether or not they attended the University. The newly formed organiza tion will be taken completely out of the University. The of fices will be downtown and the staff will be paid by the funds of the organization. That way there will be no reason for any investigations by the Legislature, according to Peterson. "It's going to cost us a little money" he said. "We hope not too much." The new group will function with two members from each of the six districts forming '.the executive council, and a OSS mately equal population, which shall be numbered from one to six, consecu tive numbers to be given adjacent districts. Such dis tricts shaft correspond, as nearly as may be practica ble, in location and num bers with the present six Congressional Districts of the State. Such districts shaU not be changed except upon the concurrence of two-thirds of the Legislature, nor shall any such change vacate the office of any regent. Until such districts are estab lished, the six Congression al Districts of the State as now constituted and num bered shall be the districts provided for by this sec tion. In making such redistrict ing the Legislature may Weigh historical fact Tid basis, geographic Interest, area, in such proportion as shall be deemed proper by it, but in no case shall a district contain more than 35 counties as presently constituted. F CI committee of ten members within each district Those named to the execu tive council were: Mrs. Mor ris Hughes, Humboldt; Otto Liebers, Lincoln, Cecil John son, Omaha; Bruce Thomas, Omaha; Emil Reutzele, Nor folk; Dale BaU, Fremont; Henry Klosterman, David Ci ty; Maurice Hevelone, Beat rice; Carson Russell, McOook; Mrs. Harold Prince, Grand Island; Mrs. Essie Davis; and George Dene, North Platte. According to Chancellor Clif ford Hardin, the University is not an end in itself. "It was created to serve a purpose for the people of the state, and has been expanded, when necessary, to further that purpose." This year the University's Regents have asked for an increase of nine million dol lars in its budget to further this purpose. "There is no padding in the budget as far as we know," said Regent Peterson. If we want to save money, let's cut up part of the University. But I dont think anyone wants that. We have the means to support a good University," he added. Chancellor Hardin explained to the group some of the rea sons for the increase in the budget presented to the state legislature by the Board of Regents. "A university is j a s t as good as its people," he said. "It can be no better. We are in a period when people are in demand. Is addition to eth er universities, business and industrial firms are wanting the same type of people. We're not turning oat enough teachers and so the price of teachers wifl probably contin ue to go up." Hardin said that in order to keep our loss ratio near normal we must appropriate enough money to pay compet itive salaries. Four years ago, our salaries for fuU pro fessors were $1917 lower than comparative schools, and our faculty losses were great. Last year, this margin was reduced to $923 and Nebras ka's loss ratio was average. This year, we are offering $1,382 less to professors on an average for comparative size schools. - In regard to Increasing en rollment, Hardin said that the question is not when wfQ we hit an enrollment of 20,000. It doesn't matter whether it is in 1971 or 1974. The ques tion is win we be ready for It. "Will we be ready with faculty? Will we be ready with facilities?" be asked. "We are at a point where the existing faculty and facil ities wffl not do the job. We must expand. We must be ready for those enrollments in 1965 through 1969." Hardin said. ' Copy For Scrip Due On March 25 The deadline for contribu tions to Scrip's short story and poetry contest is March 25, according to Sue Stanley, Scrip business manager. Scrip, the University's un dergraduate magazine, offers two awards of $25 each to the winning poetry and short story writer. The contest is limited to undergraduates carrying 12 or more hours, but part-time or graduate students work may also be published in Scrip's forthcoming issue. Contributions should be taken to the English depart ment office, 221 Andrews Hall, by 5:00 p.m., March 25th.