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Vol. 77, No. 39
The Daily Nebraskan
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WEEK
IN
REVIEW
CAMPUS
CHAIN LETTERS SPREAD
across the University campus
for about a week and a half
in an effort by students to
get needed cash for Christ
mas presents or the trip to
the Orange Bowl. As students
realized they were beginning
to get near the end of the
chain, the letter began dying
of its own weight.
QUIZ BOWL BEGINS at
Nebraska when the Innocents
and Mortar Boards met in
a model contest of wit and
reaction. Each campus or
ganization is now selecting
four member teams to com
pete in the first official Uni
versity Quiz Bowl
STUDENT COUNCIL
PLANS study of the prob
lems, if any, of student drink
ing and will develop a resolu
tion that will lend itself to
student support. The public
issues committee under the
leadership of Tom Kort and
the student opinion commit
tee led by Mike Barton will
head the study of the problem.
CITY
CITY COUNCIL CONSID
ERS doubling the city's wheel
tax in an ordinance sched
uled for public hearing. The
motion , and amendment
would provide for an increase
for passenger cars to $8 .Dur
ing tne meeting, it was
pointed out that the city was
hitting a shortage of street
improvement funds and this
would be one solution to the
problem.
ATTORNEY TELLS
SCHOOL BOARD members
that they cannot bar students
from outside the Lincoln dis
trict, except under very spe
rifle circumstances. The
opinion came after a plea
lor barring non-resident stu
dents was received in order
to aid school reorganization
plans within the county.
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Friday, December 13, 1963
Winter's For Hens, Too
CAMPUS CHICKEN a familiar sight to students on
their way to Nebraska Hall, ponders the evidence of win
ter's first blast as she searches for her girl's physical
education friends.
Forty Per Cent
Of Undergrctds
Get Down Slips
Lewis F. Fowles, assistant
dean of student affairs, said
yesterday that approximately
40 per cent of the under
graduates of the University
received down slips this
semester.
Although this figure repre
sents a five per cent rise over
the second semester of last
year, Fowles explained that
second semester figures are
always lower as new students
become adjusted to ti- rou
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In a closer breakdo, 37
per cent of the students en
rolled in colleges and per
cent of those in the Jtmior
Division received down slips.
Fowles indicated that rec
ords dealing with number of
hours and wide breakdowns
are of little use and are con
sequently not kept.
"I'd like to make one ob
servation, however," he said.
"Roughly 45 per cent of these
receiving down received six
hours or less, 'representing
one or two classes.
Chess Club Schedules
Lincoln Team Match
The Student Union Chess
Club wil meet the Lincoln
Citv Chess Club in a team
match Sunday at 2:30 p.m.
in the south games room of
the Student Union.
The number of boards being
played will depend on the
number of players each club
can get.
Student Union players will
be assigned according to their
standing on the club rating
list. Unrated players may al
so play if there are opponents
availabr
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The Student Council Student
Opinion committee yesterday
drew up the poll concerning
the drinking problem on the
University campus. The poll
will be distributed the Mon
day students return from
Christmas vacation.
The poll is as follows:
Student Council is in the
process of evaluating the
drinking situation at the Uni
versity of Nebraska. It is ex
tremely important that we
collect the opinions of as
many students as possible, so
as to act on some basis.
Please answer these questions
honestly, objectively, and you
will have done your part.
Student government depends
on the interest of students.
1. Do you drink alcoholic adults: $500 fine and 19 days
STATE
OMAHA CITY COUNCIL
voted to ask the Omaha Dis
trict Court judges to call a
grand jury inquiry into their
city government. It also re
quested the city legal depart
ment to study possible action
on perjury charges against
several witnesses who testi
fied on revocation of a liquor
license.
COZAD SCHOOL PRESI
ifeir quits after she re
ceived the second of two let
ters threatening her life and
also threatening to harm her
son. Mrs. Robert Mat7,
worked on the consideration
of a school redistricting pro
gram for Cozad and 15 rurual
districts.
MEAT PRICES HEARING
will be held within a few
days on the matter of de
clining feed cattle prices and
the fact the decline is not
reflected in retail meat
prices said State Agricultural
Director Pearle Finigan. He
said that both imports and
retail prices are hurting the
livestock market. Without
lower retail prices there is
no incentive to buy or eat
more meat, he added.
NATION
CONGRESS APPROVES
FEDERAL FUNDS for aid
In construction at public and
private four-year and junior
colleges. All 2,100 of the na
tion's colleges and universi
ties are clcgible for the grant
and loan funds 'which total
S1.2 billion.
DEFENSE DEPARTMENT
TRIMS 35 military installa
tions in the United States in
volving 75,000 civilian jobs
from its roster. In cases
where the other Installations
have closed, the Department
tries to help civilian employes
find employment in other
government agencies, at
other mttitary sites, or in
private Industry.
Tassels' Scroll Gives
Cornhuskers Support
Tassels is sponsoring a 100
foot long scroll which reads:
"We the students of the Uni
versity of Nebraska are sup
porting our football team
which is on its way to win
ning the Orange Bowl game."
Tassels is asking all stu
dents to place their signa
tures at the top of this pledge.
Students can sign up until
Thursday, and the scroll will
be presented to Coach De
vaney and the team at a Pep
Rally planned for Thursday
night.
The scroll is on the bulletin
board on the north side of the
Crib and one hundred people
have already signed it.
Steering Committee To Hold
Freshman Camp Interview
Interviews for positions on the Freshman Camp Steer
ing Committee will be held Wednesday and Thursday in
335B Student Union.
Upperclassmen may apply for the positions, which in
clude overall chairman and chairmen for counselors, camp
arrangements, speakers, finance and registration, public
ity and free time.
The first annual Freshman Camp was held last Sep
tember at Camp Kitaki to help new freshmen formulate
thoughts and ideas. Outstanding members of the Univer
sity faculty spoke about campus and academic life and
presented challenging and controversial ideas for discus
sion. Nine campus leaders, the counselors, lead discussion
groups on the relation between activities and scholarship,
moral and social standards acceptable to self and society
and individual versus group pressures.
Forty freshmen attended the camp.
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Q-JBowl
By AI Brandt
Stfsff Reporter
In a trial run Quiz Bowl the Mortar
Boards defeated the Innocents Society
Wednesday night. After jumping to an
early lead the Mortar Boards fell behind
at the intermission but finished strong to
win 230-190.
Representing the Mortar Boards were
Maureen Frollk, Linda Johnson, Linda
Larson and Carla Tortora. BUI Buckley,
Dennis Christie, Tom Kotouc and Gary
Pokorny represented the -Innocents Soci
ety. Dr. D. O. Olson, of the speech dept.,
was moderator.
Bill Buckley said, "I enjoyed myself
very much, but I'm sorry we only had two
ten minute periods. I think we would have
beaten the Mortar Boards if we had an
other period." Buckley also suld he was
disappointed in the turn out but he felt
that the crowds will improve once the
word gets out.
The Innocents Society congratulated
the Quiz Bowl Committee and Dr. Olson
for a fine job. They also extended their
congratulation to the victorious Mortar
Boards but asked for a return match with
them.
Linda Johnson, Mortar Board repre
sentative, said she felt that the Quiz Bowl
is one of the best programs on campus
because it is fun for both the participants
and for the audience.
Miss Johnson said that it would be nice
to have a Nebraska team on the GE Col
lege Bowl soon.
The Mortar Boards joined the Inno
cent Society in congratulating the Quiz
Bowl.
They also congratulated the Innocents
Society for a fine battle. When asked to
comment on a return match with the In
nocents Society a Mortar Board spokes
man said, "I'm sure we could pull through
again."
The audience was heard answering
questions just as fast and sometimes faster
than the participants. One person was
heard saying, "Once you come you won't
want to miss another Quiz Bowl.
Much of the audience felt that ques
tions were not too hard and the average
student would be able to answer most of
the questions.
Dan Wherry, Chairman of Quiz Bowl,
said the purpose of Quiz Bowl is to lead to
a winning team on GE College Bowl.
Anyone can enter a team in the Quiz
Bowl. Applications for a team are due in
the Student Council office by Wednesday.
A team consists of four regulars and two
alternates. The team doesn't have to rep
resent a living unit although it may. Ac
cording to moderator Dr. Olson, all you
need is a "wastebasket mind."
After the final round the winning team
will be presented a trophy and an all-star
team will be picked on the basis of total
Individual points. The all-star team will
go to the Big Eight Quiz Bowl and from
there to the GE College Bowl.
Barb Pandzik, chairman of the ques
tion committee, said she wanted to em
phasize that the questions are not too hard
for the average student.
The questions cover the following
fields; history, literature, physical and
natural science, fine arts (music-art-drama)
and current events.
Questions range from comic strips to
sports to classics. The questions are made
up by a committee of students and the
committees faculty advisor, Dr. G. B.
Hardy, Assistant Dean of the College of
Arts and Sciences, validates them. The
questions come from reference books, cur
rent publications and possibly from the
GE College Bowl.
The Quiz Bowl committee felt that
everything went well Wednesday night.
They hoped to iron out the few faults by
the next Quiz Bowl. Concerning the possi
bility of another match between the Mortar
Board and Innocents Chairman Wherry
said, "We hadn't planned on It but, it is
possible that a rematch could take place
at a general meeting for all teams in Quiz
Bowl."
Maureen Frolik and Gary Pokorny tied
as top point-getters Wednesday night.
Today's Myths
May Have Begun
At Christ's Death
Today is Friday, today is
also Friday the 13th. This
combination of day and date
has been affecting human
psyche since the time, of
Christ.
This is apparently the time
when the belief that Friday
the 13th was a day of bad
luck, originated. Christ died
on a Friday and ever since
that day Friday has been con
sidered an unlucky day. This
superstition was perpetuated
by Middle Ages astrologers
who said that the good days
were Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday, while the bad
days were Thursday, Friday
and Saturday. They advised
not to go to sea, marry or
start any important work on
Friday. They also advised
doing as little work as possi
ble. The number 13 is also asso
ciated with Christ, for there
were 13 at the Last Supper
when Jesus said that one
would betray him. Hence the
superstition of never having
13 to dinner, or the promi
nent superstition that if 13
people are gathered in a
room one of them will die be
fore the year is out. The num
ber 13 was hated by the Eng
lish because the hangman on
Tyburn was paid 13 pence
for each execution
When the English came to
America they orougni wun
them the belief that Friday
was an ill-omened day and
also the superstition aooui me
number 13. Over tne years
these two superstitions mer
ged into one and Friday the
13th came into being.
Allen Moot Court
Enters 2nd Round
At Law College
The junior class of the Uni
versity College of Law will
enter their second round of
the Allen Moot Court com
petition Monday. '
Lasting all next week, the
arguments will be heard by
Lincoln attorneys who will
again serve as judges. Win
ners of this round will move
into the senior round to be
held during the 1964-65 school
vear.-
All arguments are neia hi
the College of Law and public
is invited.
Times and pairings are as
follows:
Monday at 7 p.m., Richard
Schmeiing and David Shep
herd v. Carl Alexis and Dean
Hansen.
Tuesday at 7 p.m., David
Crawford and Ralph Ander
son v. Vincent Dowdlng and
Jerome Hoffman. Wednesday
at 7 p.m., John Mussclman
nnd Lloyd Hoppner v. Joseph
Badami and William Wilson.
Thursday at 7 p.m., Greg
ory Brady and Thomas Hen
Icy v. Hugh Atkins and Ncale
Shaner. Friday at 2 p.m., Jef
frey Jacobsen and Larry Long
v. Byron Falleson and Ken
neth Keene.
Larry Carstenson and C. Ar
len Beam drew a bye into the
senior round next year.
beverages in any form? (You
may explain this as regards
how often and how much.)
"2. Present state law reads:
'Warning to minors: You
are subject to a fine up to
$250 fine, 60 days in jail, or
both; if a minor and you
purchase or attempt to pur
chase, or have in your pos
session alcoholic liquor. Im
prisonment for not less than
three days nor more than
five days and a fine of not
less than $100 and not more
than $250 will be enforced if
a minor using false or altered
identification. Warning to
European Trip Survey
Now Being Conducted
A survey of student-faculty
interest in charter-flight rates
to Europe next summer is be
ing conducted to determine
the feasibility of organizing
such a flight.
Those interested are urged
to contact Perry Weddle, tele
phone 477-8711, extension 2428,
to determine the number of in
terested people and for more
information.
YR's Cancel Activities
Until After Christmas
University Young Republi
cans have announced that all
organized activities In their
group will be canceled until
after Christmas vacation in
respect ior 4ha- late President
Kennedy.
in jau it over zi and you
purchase alcoholic liquor for
a minor.'
"Do you think this law is
too severe; why or why not?
"3. Do you think the prob
lem of student drinking if
great enough on this campus
that Student Council should in
vestigate a solution and tak
action?
"4. What solution and or ac
tion would you suggest to
solve the student drinking
problem, if this problem ex
ists?" Future decisions on the
drinking issue will be based oa
the results of this poll, ac
cording to Mike Barton,
chairman. "It is extremely
important that we get student
feelings," he said. "If stu
dents don't feel there is a
problem, we will drop the
subject there."
The questionaires will ba
distributed to the living units.
Barton asks that unit presi
dents put the forms in their
mailboxes so that Council As
sociates may collect them on
the following day. A booth will
be open all day in the Union.
An official form will be run
in the DAILY NEBRASKAN
on the day they are distrib
uted. Students may cut these
forms from the paper and
take them to the Council of
fice in the Union.
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QUEEN CANDIDATES Royalty for the 1963 Czech
Spectacular are back row, left, Bob Tomes, Joe Vculek,
Gordon Caha, Fred Glasson, escorts. Queen finalists are
front row, left to right: Mary Tomes, Betty Walker, So
phie Fedorchik, Gloria Glasson.
Czech Club Picks Finalists
Four University coeds have
been announced as candi
dates for 1963 Czech Club
Queen and the winner will
be announced at the 1963
Czech Spectacular, which will
be held in the Union ball
room Sunday.
The finalists are:
Sophie Fedorchik, a senior
majoring in Spanish in teach
ers college. Her escort will be
Gordon Caha.
Gloria Glasson, a sopho
more in Arts and Sciences.
She will be escorted by Fred
Glasson.
Mary Louise Tomes, a jun
ior majoring in elementary
education. Bob Tomes will be
her escort.
Betty Walker, a senior
majoring in philosophy in
Arts and Sciences Her escort
will be Joe Vculek.
The program for the spec
tacular will feature a com
plete Czech dinner prepared
by Josef Libor's Bohcmlam
Cafe, Omaha, including
Czech soup, pork, dumplings
with sweet sour cabbage and
an assortment of Czech
pastry.
Entertainment will include
a Czech costume Btyle show,
display of Czech articles and
folk singing and dancing.
Czech handicraft will be on
sale.
The spectacular is spon
sored by the Comenlus Club,
tan organization devoted to
providing Czech students and
their friends an opportunity
to gather and perpetuate the
language, customs and edu
cational desires of the Czech
people. The club was founded
in 1870, just one year after
the founding of the Univer
sity.
Honored guests Include
Gov. and Mrs. Frank Mor
rison, Sen. Roman Hruska,
State senators Joe Vosoba
and Harold Stryher, Lt. Gov.
Dwight Burncy, Chancellor
and Mrs. Clifford Hardin and
others.
Advance tickets can be
purchased from James
Janousek, 1335 South 7th,
432-3487, or from many of the
Queen candidates or her es
cort. Profits from the 19G3
Czech Spectacular will be
used to establish-a Slavilc
language department and a
scholarship at the University.
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THEY'VE SHOPPED
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MORE PAYS LEFT.
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