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Vol. 77, No. 38
The Daily Nebraskan
Thursday, December 12, 1963
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By Susan Smithberger
Senior Staff Writer
The Student Council yester
day passed a motion 274 to
organize through its pub
lic issues and student opin
ion committees a study of the
problems, if any, of student
drinking and to develop a so
lution that will lend itself to
student support.
An amendment to the mo
tion stated that Student Coun
cil recommends that the stu
dent body abide by the pres
ent University and state laws
until such a solution is
reached.
Jeff Pokorny introduced the
motion after Mike Barton
yielded the floor to him. He
said, "This motion stems back
to the fall when dancing and
drinking became an issue.
Since the Oklahoma game the
issue has blown over and will
die until spring. We need to
work on a solution now."
Tom Kort, chairman of pub
lic issues, said "The students
can be assured that the pub
lic issues committee is ap
proaching this in an unbiased
manner and will look into all
phases."
A public opinion poll will be
distributed after Christmas
vacation, according to Mike
Barton, student opinion chair
man. "We would like to get
it out sooner, but with the
complications presented by
the approaching holidays, I
feel that we can get a truer
picture after vacation," said
Barton.
The student opinion com
mittee will meet Thursday at
3:30 p.m. in the Student Coun
cil office. The public issues
committee wiU meet Monday
at 2:30 p.m. in the same place.
Dennis Christie, president,
pointed out that committee
meetings are always open and
anyone may attend.
Opposition to the motion
consisted partly of the evident
lack of student interest. Few
students were present to pre
sent their views. Dick Weill
pointed out that those that
were present were split about
Financial Assistance In future
For University From Federal Hid?
POKORNY ... It is a universal problem.
Placement Office Has Jobs-
ffice if on
WW
"The University Placement'
Service is a career planning;
center available to all grad-i
uating seniors, women as well
as men. We place women in
all kinds of occupations, ex-:
cept teaching, which is han-i
died by the teacher placement
division of Teachers College."
said Frank Hallgren, director
of placement, University
Placement Service. i
"There is an increasing num
ber of corporations as well as
agencies of both the federal
and local government which
are eager to employ women
in a large variety of careers"
said Mr. Hallgren. "About the
only occupational areas that
are now not open to women
are those jobs that entail un
usual hardship or circum
stances." be said.
To illustrate bis p o i n t be
read placement flyers from a
huge stack of letter that the
office receives from various
companies around the nation.
Some of the jobs that were
pen to women were: statisti
cian, editorial work, tax ac
countant, business administra
tion, work in all kinds of en
gineering, writing English, re
tail selling, merchandizing,
government intelligence work,
many opportunities for people
with degrees in physics, chem
istry, biology, and other re
lated sciences to do research,
computer programming, and
data processing.
For example, the Hallmark
company wants women for
AUFul Night Set
Tor Jaruary 10
The All University Fund's
TAUF t AUFul night dance has
been rescheduled for Friday,
Jan. 10.
Tickets sold for the dance,
originally scheduled for Nov.
22, will be honored.
jobs in merchandizing, busi
ness administration and retail
ing. North American Aviation
has positions for women in all
phases of research, develop
ment and engineering. The IS
Air Force wants women to fill
a variety of jobs from admin
istration and proenrment to
nuclear research and intelli
gence work. These are only a
Sign-up For Ski Trip
Reopening In Union
A re-opening of general
sign-up for the Student Union
sla tnp, to be held from Feb.
5-9, will begin today in the
main office of the Union.
Sponsored by the trips and
tours committee, the sign-up
fee for the trip to Winter
Park, Colo., is $35. Total cost
is $75. ,
sample of the many job open
ings for women.
y
"Too many women are not
aware of the opportunities of
post graduate careers and
consequently do not take ad
vantage of them", he said.
"The primary responsibility of
the University Placement
Service is in career planning.
We are eager to assist both
senior men and women in
p o s t -graduate planning." he
said.
Some of the services that
the Placement Office perform
are: the arrangment of iEter
views with interested compan
ies, making available informa
tion on companies that do not
conduct interviews on the
campus, and assist seniors in
selecting a program of grad
uate study.
By Frank Partsch
Senior Staff Writer
Dr. Joseph Soshnik, Univer
sity comptroller, said Wednes
day that the University will
investigate the possibility of
receiving federal construction
and expansion aid through the
$1.2 billion dollar aid-to-education
bill passed by Congress
and sent to the desk of Presi
dent Johnson Tuesday.
"It is our hope!," said Dr.
Soshnik, "that, through this
legislation, the University's
limited resources for develop
ing our physical facilities will
be supplemented to a signifi
cant degree."
Preference will be given to
colleges requiring the aid to
expand their enrollment. Dr.
Soshnik said that primary con
sideration at the University
will be given to areas which
can not meet the increasing
number of students without ex
panding the physical plant.
The bill was approved in the
Senate Tuesday by a 54-27 roll
call vote and makes the aid
available to 2100 of the na
tion's colleges and universities
for construction of class
rooms, libraries and labora
tories to meet the anticipated
vast increase in college en
rollment in the next decade.
Authorized by the bill are:
$180 million in grants for
four-year colleges, private
junior colleges and technical
institotei to be used for wild
ings used for the instruction
or research in natural or phy
cal s c i e n c e s, engineering,
mathematics and modern for
eign languages, and for li
braries. $120 million in loans for con
struction of all types of class
rooms at four year colleges,
private junior colleges, and
technical institutes, specifying
that one fourth of the cost of
a project would come from
non federal sources. Loans
could run up to 50 years and
would carry an interest rate
of about 3 percent.
$50 million in grants to pub
lic community junior colleges
for the same types of buildings
as in the grants to four year
schools. The federal- share
would be limited to 40 per
cent.
$25 million for the first year
and $60 in each of the next
two years for grants for grad
uate schools and graduate cen
ters. The federal share would
be limited to one third.
Congressional leaders expect
the bill to be followed shortly
ate conferees. This bill would
provide $1.56 billion for voca
tional education and college
student loans and extends the
impacted areas program,
which aids school districts
overcrowded with the children
of government workers.
The ever-increasing num
bers" of college entrants,
caused by the much discussed
post war baby boom, are ex
pected to reach 7 million by
1970 as opposed to 3.6 million
in 1960. To handle 7 million
students, all present colleges
would have to double their ca
pacity and 1,000 additional in
stitutiohs capable of handling
bv another significant aid-to-1 2,500 students must be pro
education bill, w h i c h was vided, says Sen. Wayne Morse,
agreed on by House and Sen-D-Ore., who sponsored the bill
Coeds Offered Prizes
In Magazine Contest
Five-hundred dollar c a s h, i that have appeared in under
prizes are being offered to
four women students by
MADEMOISELLE'S Art Con
test and College Fiction Con
test The two College Fiction
Contest winner, besides re
ceiving the cash prize will
have their stories published
in MADEMOISELLE. The
two winners of the Art Contest
will each illustrate one of
these stories for publication.
MADEMOISELLE'S A r t
Contest is open to women stu
dents between eighteen and
twenty-six. At least five
pieces of the artist's work
must be submitted for the
judging, and entries can con
sist of slides or photographs
of the originals. Samples of
the fine arts in any medium
will be accepted.
Any student enrolled in
a college or junior college
may enter MADEMOI
SELLE'S College Fiction Con
test. To enter the competition,
students must submit one or
more stories of any length
and must have fictitious char
acters and situations. Stories
graduate or alumni publica
tions will be accepted. Pro
vided they have not been pub
lished elsewhere, and need not
be retyped.
Entries are to be sent to
either the College Fiction Con
test or the Art Contest, MAD
EMOISELLE, 420 Lexington
Avenue, New York, New
York, 10017. Additional infor
mation and rules can be ob
tained from the same address.
For both contests, entries
must be postmarked by
March 1, 1964.
Tickets Still Available
Tickets are still available
for the Louis Armstrong con
cert tonight in the Student
Union Ballroom. Tickets will
also be sold at the door.
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in the middle in their opinions.
Mike Barton replied by
pointing out that there are at
least 84 men in his house who
are definitely interested but
don't speak out because it's
like trying to fight City Hall.
We have an obligation to find
out student opinion gauge
possible solutions and present
our ideas, said Barton.
Discussion of a petition that
circulated calling for a change
of state laws to provide for
3.2 beer was brought up by
Mary Morrow, Union repre
sentative. Jim Morre clari
fied the petition by saying
that such a petition did circu
late for a time but that those
behind it felt that to present
such a plan to Student Council
before a study had been made
would be the wrong approach
"There were over 600 signa
tures before we stopped cir
culating it," said Moore.
Murray Shaeffer, said, "I
don't think there was an issue
until it was raised in the Daily
Nebraskan by Mr. Moore. If
there is an issue, the students
should write to their legisla
tors individually."
"If there is a problem and
Student Council recognizes it,
enforcement may become
more rigid and we will be
hurting ourselves," said Susie
Segrist, Arts and Sciences rep
resentative. "I see no hppe for
changing the state laws."
Tom Brewster, Arts and
Sciences representative, said,
"I think finding out student
opinion is fine, but I can't see
forming a biased committee
to do so. We have a student
opinion poll set up within the
Council," he continued. "I
think we can best find out how
opinion runs through it." The
original motion called for the
creation of a special commit
tee which could have been
composed of non-Council
members to study the situa
tion. It was later amended to
give the responsibility of the
study to the Student Opionion
and public issues committees.
Those voting against the
resolution were Dick WeilL
Susie Pierce, Jean Probasco
and JoAnn Stratemann.
The Council also passed a
resolution calling for support
of the University Sing at 7
p.m. Wednesday in the Student
Union and urging the entire
student body to attend the
event.
There will be an Associates
meeting Tuesday at 7 p.m.
Associates are to give an
evaluation of the committees
on which they are serving and
evaluation of the committees
to state any desires to change
cording to G 1 e n n Koriff,
associates chairman.
Festival In Second Day
HoiraykEcalh) AAoirks Free
djOBlTD
By Becky McSpadden
Reporter .
Every December, Jewish people observe the festival
of Hanukkah which commemorates the Erst great victory
for religious freedom won by the Jews 2,000 years ago.
In those days the Jews were dominated by the rule of
Antiochus IV, a Syrian-Greek emperor who demanded
that everyone follow his ways of worship. He seized the
Jewish temple in Jeruselam, filled it with idols, and or
dered the Jews to abandon their faith on pain of death.
The Jewish people refused to give op their faith in
ne God. Jndaa Maccabee of Palestine led a revolt which
lasted three ears. One of their maneuvers was so in
genions that George Washington nsed it in fighting the
British, after be red of it in the Book of 'iaccabecs.
Despite the overwhelming size of the enemy force, the
Jews defeated the Syrian-Greeks.
The Jews restored their temple and lit an eternal
light Judah Maccabee proclaimed an eight-day holiday to
celebrate the rededicatkra of the Temple. Thus the festi
val received its name, for Hanukkah means "dedication."
It Is generally agreed by scholars that if Judaism bad
been defeated, the religious foundation on which Chris
tianity was later established would have been lost.
Today this holiday is celebrated for eight days by the
giving of small gifts. A game called "dreydel" is played.
The dreydel is a four-sided wooden or metal top with the
Hebrew tetters which begin the words "Nes gadol haya
sham" (a great miracle happened there) inscribed on the
four sides.
A kind of potato pancake called "La ties" is served at
Hanukkah parties. But the big event of the parties is the
candle-lighting ceremony commemorating the ancient
lighting of the eternal light Every night the candles are
placed in a special candelabrum called the "Menorah.
One candle is lit the first night, two the second night and
so on until all eight are lit
The blessing recited during the casdle-lightliig cere
mony reads: ' Blessed art Tbou, O Lord, our God, Ruler of
the universe, who Sias sanctified ns by Thy commandments
and commanded as to kindle the UghU ef HaEulkah."
With the centuries, the Hanukkah candles have taken
on a deep meaning for the Jews.Tbey symbolize the light
of religious freedom that Judah Maccabee and bis follow
ers kept alive.
Approval Of Faculty Senate
To Course, Title Changes
At the Faculty Senate meet
ing Monday Professor Wen
all C. Robinson, assistant pro
fessor of electrical engineer
ing, reported that twenty
courses have been dropped
from the curricula, eight new
courses have been added, and
about 53 have had changes in
titles or in pre-requisites.
In other actions, the Com
mittee on Committees recom
mended that the committee
on calendar and examinations
shall consist of five instead of
nine members plus the regi
strar and the director of sum
mer sessions.
They also recommended
Interviews Set Today
For Writer Vacancies
Reporters and students in
terested in going through in
terviews for the positions of
junior staff writer for the
DAILY NEBRASKAN should
come to the Publication
Board meeting at 3:30 p.m.
looay.
Room number for the inter
views will be posted in the
and on the Union programs
of events schedule. DAILY
NEBRASKAN office. Junior
staff writers are paid $17.50
per month,
that the term of office should
be five years instead of three,
and that one person should be
appointed annually. The Stu
dent Council is to be invited
to designate annually two
non-voting representatives to
serve on the committee. This
proposal was accepted by the
Feculty Senate.
The Senate also received
nomination of a yet unidenti
fied person for an honorary
degree to be awarded, if ap
proved by Board of Regents,
at the February Commencement.
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