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What About Tension?
Vol. 77, No. 59
The Daily Nebraskan
Monday, February 17, 1964
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By MICK ROOD
Senior Staff Writer
Traditional "hell week,"
with its physical hazing and
constant late hours for
pledges, has been virtually
abandoned at the University
of Nebraska according to
fraternity pledge trainers and
officers.
The apparent trend, backed
by the administration and
national fraternity chapters,
Is toward a constructive pe
riod before pledge initiation
The label "hell week" has
been dropped by most fra
ternities. Delta Tau Dalta pledge
trainer Jim Ebers says his
fraternity has what it c a 1 1 8
"help week."
"This year especially, there
Meller Drammer Features
Music Student As Pianist
Playing honky tonk piano in
an old fashioned melodrama
theatre is how one University
student plans to spend his
summer.
Jarvis Green, University
junior, has been contracted
for the second consecutive
season as accompanist for the
Meller Drammer Summer
Stock Theatre in Rockerville,
S.D.
Rockerville, a reconstruct
ed 19th century town, is
known foremost nationally by
the Gay 90 "blood and thun
der melodramas" which are
produced in one of America's
top rated old fashioned the
atre operations.
Melodrama is considered to
be one of the most difficult
forms of theatrical art. It is,
characterized by overempha-
IWA Will Hold
Fashion Review
The Independent Women's
Association and Miller and
Paine will present a style
show, "Fashions on the Go"
tonight at 7 p.m. in the Stu
dent Union Ballroom.
Models for the show will
represent the dormitories,
sororities, and the Lincoln stu
dents. The models are: Alpha Chi
Omega, Barb Shuman; Alpha
Delta Pi, Anne Pierce; Alpha
Omicron Pi, Lori Moris; Al
pha Phi, Jane Thomason; Al
pha Xi Delta, Ann Webster;
Chi Omega, Pam Matya, Del
ta Gamma, Di Kosman; Gam
ma Phi Beta, Carol Jennings;
Kappa Alpha Theta, Sarah
Rankin; Kappa Delta, Suzi
Trammell.
Kappa Kappa Gamma,
Susie Rogers; Pi Beta Phi,
Gwen Vinordi; Sigma Kapa;,
Lin Holmquist; Zeta Tau Al
pha, Susan Sommers; Burr
Hall, Pat Harrison; Fedde
Hall, Cheryl Uden; Love Me
morial Hall, Ardythe Dey;
Towne Club, Jan Johnson;
Women's Residence Hall, Di
anne Paglia and Marcia Ma
gee; Unicorn Club, Linda Wal
lin; Pound Hall, Bette Garber,
Merlyna Sailors, Susan
Evans, Marilyn Callen, Con
nie Wall, Judy Christensen
Gloria Houser, Barbara Real,
Roseanne Carlson, Antoniv
Pavlos.
Air Society Picks
Officers For Year
New officers were elected
by the Joyce-Johnson Squad
ron of the Arnold Air Society
last week to serve for the next
two semesters.
Elected were Glenn Schaum
burg, commander; Loyson
Scheider, executive officer;
Orley Cookson, administra
tion officer; Donovan Walters,
operation officer; Noren Cla
tanoff, comptroller; Robert
Buckland, information officer;
John Hallgren, laison officer;
Larry Ross, special services
officer; Steven Purinton, ma
terial officer.
Union Interviews Set
For Saturday Morning
Interviews for chairmen and
assistant chairmen of the Ne
braska Union will be held Sat
urday morning.
Interested students should
pick up applications in the
Union office and sign for an
appointment time.
will be a pretty good change
at our house," said Ebers.
"The idea will be to develop
the individual without also
having sour attitudes because
of the traditional hazings con
nected with the old hell week"
said Ebers.
The Delt house this year
will have Dean J. Winston
Martin, Delt alumni and
perhaps a national officer
speak in an attempt to make
the program constructive. A
community pledge project is
to be adopted. Emphasis will
be on neatness also, pledges
will wear suits to class and
clean the house completely.
But, the hazing will be gone.
Sigma Phi Epsilon has al
GREEN
Summer.
sis of stage action and exag
gerated manners of deliver
ing lines.
. . . New Kind of
Miss Nebraska To Return
With Fred Waring Group
Donna Marie Black, a for
mer student at the University
of Nebraska, will appear with
Fred Waring and His Pennsyl-
vanians when they present
"The Magic of Music" Febru
ary 29 at Pershing Municipal
Auditorium.
The show will feature a va
riety of music ranging from
show tunes to the classics,
from jazz to folk songs, from
stately anthems to the latest
nonsense tune of Tin Pan
Alley.
Miss Black, Miss Nebraska
of 1963, was recommended to
Fred Waring by a former
member of the Pennsylvan
ians' Glee Club, Jacqueline
Mayer, Miss America of 1963.
On her way home from At
lantic City and the Miss
America Pagenat, Miss Black
detoured to Shawnee-on-Dela-ware,
Pa., to audition for
Fred Waring.
She chose opera selections
fcr her audition material,
among them an aria from the
"Barber of Seville." She was
immediately offered a job
touring with the Pennsylvan
ians as a member of the glee
club.
Miss Black is a 1961 grad
uate of Broken Bow High
School. Besides signing in
musical productions, she
played flute, was drum ma
jorette, and a cheerleader.
She first became excited
about musical shows during
high school, when she played
a leading role in the produc
tion of "Oklahoma!"
How do her parents feel
about her going into show
business? "Fred Waring is
known to have a wholesome
group It's like traveling
with a family," Miss Black
explains.
"My parents feel that it
Army Plans Testing
The department of Military
Science announced yesterday
that qualifying exam for Ad
vanced Army ROTC are up
coming. The tests will be giv
en during scheduled classes
of Febr. 24 and 25.
Students not now taking
ROTC, as well as those who
are, are eligible for the ex
amination, i
ready had their help week.
According to President Blenn
Korff, the Sig Ep program
was "mild" and "the pledges
fixed the house up."
"Everyone was allowed
their sleep and attended all
their classes," said Korff.
Kappa Sigma pledge train
er Dave James calls it "op
eration brotherhood wee k."
Pledges will have discussions
and orientation sessions plus
a community porject prior to
initiation.
Sigma Alpha Epsilon
pledges will participate in
"pre-initiation week" accord
ing to Bob Wilburn, pledge
trainer.
Musical accompaniment is
the backbone of melodrama
and Jim Buterbaugh,1 theatre
producer, commented that
summer audiences last sea
son often gave Green stand
ing ovations to express their
enthusiasm for his talent.
A sociology major with a
minor in music, Green has
studied music for thirteen
years. He is a member of the
University Marching Band,
pianist for Quad Quire, mem
ber of the University clarinet
choir, and a member of Gam
ma Lambda, the band fra
ternity. He appeared in the
Kosmet Klub Fall Revue,
sang in the Christmas pre
sentation of the "The Messi
ah", and appeared with the
band at the Orange Bowl. '
will be an education for me.
They want me to be happy,
and are happy that I have
this opportunity."
Tickets for "The Magic of
Music" are on sale at Persh
ing Auditorium's box office or
mail orders will be accepted
anytime.
Student
Kissing,
By Judi Peterson
So you think you have
problems . . .
At least kissing is allowed
here. At Indiana University
the women's residence unit
staff has banned kissing in
the lounge of the dormitory.
No romancing beyond
"holding hands and convers
ing verbally" is permitted.
Members of the dormitory
student council . were not
asked to vote on the new
rule. It was just announced
to all the residents.
Students protested vigor
ously. In a letter to the cam
pus newspaper, the INDI
ANA DAILY STUDENT, a
student writer termed the
rule "An attempt to deny
young people one of their
greatest joys." Another
called it "An inane exam
ple of misguided power."
The director of counseling
and activities, Dr. Elizabeth
Greenleaf, said that ban
ning kisses might be inef
fective and unreasonable,
but something had to be
done.
At the University of Cali
fornia in Berkely coeds are
deserting dormitories to
take up apartment life. Ac
cording to an article in THE
DAILY CALIFORNIAN, this
is the first time in the Uni
versity's history that there
are more rooms available
in the residence halls than
applicants.
Some of the girls' reasons
for their moves were "lack
of privacy," "regimented
meal s," "lockout after
hours," and "social regimentation."
"We believe that this period
should set the stage for initia
tion and it will be construe'
tive and instructive in na
ture," said Wilburn.
Theta Xi's Wayne Howlett
says his fraternity takes a
similar view and believes the
change will be great com.
pared with the past. A relig
ious service and perhaps a
religious speaker will be in
corporated in the Theta Xi
program.
Phi Kappa Psi President
Doug Gaeth expressed doubt
that a complete change could
be accomplished so quickly,
Ignoring all the traditions sur
rouding "hell week." ''
The attitude has changed
in the last three years and
resulting changes are con
structive in nature," said
Gaeth.
"There will be no hell
week, as such" at the Sigma
Nu house this year accord
ing to Bill Buckley, president.
"We will be putting the em
phasis on pledge initiative to
aid house unity. Pledges will
take part in community pro
jects and improve house ap
pearance," said Buckley.
Beta Theta Pi pledge train
er Dave Smith said he could
make no comment on the
matter until after the house
meeting tonight. 1
MB's Plan;
Late Dates'
For Follies
The night of Coed FolL'es,
Feb. 28, will be a Late Date
Night for all women students.
The Associated Women Stu
dents board announced today.
Girls will have 2 a.m. hours
but their date must pay a pen
ny for every minute they stay
out-after 1a.m. The. usual
rules for a 2:00 night will be
in effect: no overnights or
out-of-towns and special per
mission is needed to go home
on Friday night. One late min
ute constitutes an automatic
weekend campus.
This is an extra 2:00 night,
allowed in addition to the
regular 2:00 nights granted by
AWS rules. It is a Mortar
Board money-making prjecf
and the money collected is
used to support projects such
as the foreign student emer
gency fund, graduate seminar,
and scholarship luncheon.
ON OTHER CAMPUStS-
Problems Include
Fires, Bicyclists
The situation has caused
an investigation by the
Dean of Students' office.
Spokesmen for the office
say that they do not know
the reasons for such vacan
cies. A different reaction to
dormitory life was seen last
week at Columbia College,
in Columbia, South Carol
ina. Crying coeds were
evacuated safely from their
burning dormitory before it
collapsed to the ground.
None of the 350 girls were
injured.
Traffic on 16th Street and
14th Street may cause an
guish for University stu
dents, but at least they
don't have to worry about
being knocked down by happy-go-lucky
bicycle riders.
Such is the case at the
University of Minnesota.
Pedestrians as well as cy
clists are running into all
sorts of injuries. Conditions
are getting so. bad that the
Minnesota Student Associa
tion is conducting an educa
tional campaign to mako
students more safety con
scious. According to a report by
the Health Service's Divi
slon of Environmental
Health and Safety, 60 stu
dents had been involved
with traffic injuries over a
six day period.
A proposal concerning dis
cipline reform is being de
bated by the Student Senate
at the University of Illinois.
This proposal, made by the
senate legislative vice-president,
defines and restricts
areas in which the Univer
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WASHINGTON (CPS) -
The National Institute of
Health (NIH) last week shat
tered the college student's al
ibi that a hard-drinking, hard-
loving campus life is needed
to escape the pressures oi
studies.
If you're worth your salt,
sity can have disciplinary
jurisdiction.
It was asked that the Uni
versity of Illinois discipline
students only for "damage,
destruction, or theft of Uni
versity documents; cheat
ing; violations of housing,
motor vehicle, building, of
organizational regulations;
and participation in unauth
orized student demonstra
tions." This proposal also makes
provision for compulsory
counseling In cases of "fre
quest andor flagrant viola
tions of the commonly ac
cepted code of sexual be
havior." The proposal is supposed
to be an Improvement over
the present disciplinary sys
tem in which the University
can take action against stu
dents with conduct "preju
clal to the best interests of
the University."
Students at the University
of Colorado were asked last
month by the Student Sen
ate to refrain from attend
ing classes February 5, to
protest Governor John
Love's proposed tuition hike
for Colorado colleges.
The demonstration in
cluded addresses by admin
istration, faculty, and stu
dent representatives. A pe
tition was given to the gov
governor during the first
week of classes. It urged
Love to reconsider his pro
posal and asked the state
legislature to provide sup
port for state institutions.
The proposed tuition raise
was from $208 per year to
$286 for Colorado students
and from $832 to $1,032 for
out-of-state students,
lied Rat
you'll wallow happily in aca
demic crises and burden
yourself with as many chal
lenging situations as are
available.
At least that Is what the
NIH's national institute of
mental health reports.
The findings are all part of
an NIH-sponsored study of
how humans deal with stress.
Mental health investigators
carefully screened through
exhaustive interviews of 14
volunteer students making the
transition from high school to
college life.
Researchers said the volun
teers were "competent," with
good academic backgrounds
before starting their four
year stint on the college cam
pus. "Competent college stu
dents seek out the
tion of challanging
stimula -
and po -
tentiallv stressful situations
and, in coping with them,
actively explore the resources
in their environment," the
report said.
"Findings refute the pre
vailing belief that students
strive merely for relief of
tension," the report added.
To the students questioned,
the report said, campus life
was far from an ivy-walled
rat race.
"The students all had suc
cessful academic records,
close and meaningful inter
personal relationships and
clear self-images as achiev
ers," the investigators report
ed. Part of the self-satisfaction
came from home where
their middle-class families
placed high value on Junior's
college life.
the researchers
While
didn't call
it oarental rath,
thev did say "the social mil
ieu was found to provide and
reinforce techniques for the
student's problems."
The report said, "most of
the students developed new
skills; they learned to size up
a situation, budget their
time wisely, and, strive for
attainable goals."
But the joy of the raccoon
coat life was not completely
left behind, the report said.
"Alternative means of grati
fication came through extra
curricular activities."
The successful students
were given a big help from
"friendships and heterosexu
al relationships."
The report said, "the abil
ity to make and maintain
friendships appeared related
to the ability to solve prob
lems in other spheres.
"Friends assured the stu
dent of his self-worth, and
acted as models of behavior,
sounding boards and sources
of support. The students' in
creasing confidence enabled
them to overcome anxiety in
meeting stiffer academic re
quirements of college."
One of the key reasons for
the study was to help investi
gators find why some stu-
! dents can't cope with college
; life. The failures will be put
under the microscope during
the latter part of the contin
uing study.
When they compile the rea
sons for both success and
failure, scientists hope to
equate the ideal campus for
all.
"Once the factors influenc
ing the ability to cope are
identified," the report said,
"the environment can be
modified so as to be most
supportive to successful cop
ing." Making the report were
Dr. George Coelho, adult psy
chiatry branch at the NIH;
Dr. David Hamburg, psychi
atry department at the Stan
ford Medical Center; and
Elizabeth Murphey, of the
Walter Reed Medical Center
in Washington.
AWS Will Hold
A Second Mart
The Associated Women Stu
dents will sponsor a second
semester Activities Mart on
Wednesday, Feb. 19 in the
Conference room of the Stu
dent Union from 2-5 p.m.
Tables will be provided for
each participating activity,
and a representative of that
activity will be on hand to
answer any questions concern
ing the activity.
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