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Vol. 77, No. 65
The Daily Nebraskan
Thursday, February 27, 1964
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WOODSIE WEATHER CLOSE BEHIND It snowed Tuesday, but by yesterday the
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By Mike Keedy
Junior Staff Writer
If you want to shed your
smoker's hack, hop over to
the Nebraska Center Sunday
night.
A Five-Day Plan to quit
smoking will be presented at
the Nebraska Center begin
ning next week.
The program, to get under
way Sunday, will run its com
plete course by March 5.
Each meeting is at 7:30 p.m.
Admission is free.
Films, lectures, and demon
strations, all showing people
how to stop smoking, will
highlight the events.
Owing to a centering of nation-wide
interest upon cigarette-smoking,
the Union Col
lege Health Department and
the Lincoln Seventh-Day Ad
ventist churches, sponsors,
are urging this educational
program to alert U.S. citizens
to the effects of smoking on
the human body.
Five consecutive group ther
apy sessions, lasting for about
an hour each evening, include
lectures on the physioiogial
as well as psychological as
pects of the smoking prob
lem. This phase will be con
ducted by a physician-clergyman
team.
Exchanges of experiences
by participants in the Five
Day Plan will supplement
films and demonstrations.
In addition, a special book
let, entitled "Your Five-Day
Plan", gives tips on how to
relax, when and how to exer
cise, what to eat and drink,
and what to think about dur
ing crucial moments.
Elman J. Folkenberg and
Alfred O. Mazat, M.D., will
direct the program.
Mr. Folkenberg, co-author
of "Five-Day Plan to Stop
Smoking," specializes in the
psychological aspects of
breaking the smoking habit.
He declares the plan to be "A
comprehensive sensible way
of breaking the habit in five
days."
Dr. Mazat, staff member of
the Porter Sanitarium and
Hospital in Denver, says,
Smoking is a complex neuro
muscular habit which can be
far more easily broken if cer
tain physical laws are under
stood." The Plan, now in its fourth
year, has been able to reveal
through statistics that, of
those who complete the pro
gram, 40-0 have attained
permanent success.
In addition, those participa
ting in the program can look
forward to a 50 chance that
after the third day they will
have lost their craving for to
bacco. At the end of the fifth
session, 70-75 of all partici
pants have been found to have
go lost such desires.
The innovation was held last
at Hunters College, where 1600
smokers were involved in the
program. It is expected that
approximately 1700 will be in
attendance here.
A DAILY NEBRASKAN re
porter will cover the program,
and give his daily reactions in
the paper as to how he is af
fected by the plan.
According to Dr. S. I. Fuen
ning, Student Health medical
director the program is
"basically an educational pro
gram; at the same time . . .
provides group support for
people to change their habits,
and has been of help to a good
number of people."
Past reactions from people
dreaming of once again hav
ing mighty chests and long
wind have been interesting.
"Yesterday I thought I had
been scalped," claimed one
participant. "The whole top of
my head seemed to be coming
off."
"Today my nerves went to
peices," revealed a woman
weed-consumer of 20 years.
This arthntic-stncken partici
pant continued, "I'm a Hohen
zollern, and I've got their
temper."
Another woman, with an in
credible admission of 45
years' addiction, the last 21 as
a chain smoker up to four
packs a day, was assured of
success, despite a minor back
slide. "I had a terrific headache
. . ." she said, "with tears in
her eyes. I took one cigarette,
and had half a pack before I
knew it. Today the headache
was gone, but I felt drowsy.
I had a cup of coffee, and iit
a cigarette, then another. But
I quit halfway through the
second one. It didn't taste
good."
Apparently headaches, nerv
ousness, loss of appetite, mus
cle cramps, exhaustion, and
a craving to smoke accom
pany the grueling, five-day
course.
Some of the rules for the
first day:
The night before, take a
Three Attend Council
Three University students
were among the more than 120
delegates who attended the
18th National Conclave of Chi
Epsilon, the National Civil
Engineering Honor Fraternity
at the Missouri School of
Mines and Metallurgy in Rol
la, Missouri this week.
Ronald Listen, Galen Ander
son and Richard Van Sickle
representated Nebraska at the
Conclave.
short walk and a Yarm show
er before retiring. Repeat the
magic phrase a few times as
you doze off.
In the morning, allow time
for a relaxing bath and drink
two glasses of warm water.
Nothing but fruit and fruit
juices are allowed for the first
24 hours. No coffee consump
tion is permitted.
At work, avoid friends who
indulge in this weedy form of
oral gratification, and have
three more glasses of water
before noon.
Keep drinking during the
afternoon, and call a "buddy"
(the buddy system is em
ployed, like the AA uses) and
talk things over.
In the evening, return to the
Center for a refurbishing of
that dogmatic character of
yours you're remolding.
University of Nebraska stu
dents will travel to one of six
project sites as a part of the
National Student Young
Women's Christian Associa
tion (YWCA) voter registra
tion project during spring va
cation, March 29 to April 4.
The University's student
YMCA group will sponsor a
team or live students ana
possibly two teams if enough
interest Is shown.
According to the national
group, "non-violent techniques
will be used to encourage
voter registration and educa
tion in the communities." In
terest has been growing na
tionally with 48 schools apply
ing for the project thus far.
University students will
probably travel to St. Louis.
An attempt will be made to
have teams from both north
ern and southern schools, with
an interracial membership
working together at each of the
other sites including: Atlanta,
Georgia; Berkeley, Califor
nia; Greensboro and Raleigh,
North Carolina; and Rich
mond, Virgina.
Application forms will be
available at 332b Student
Union today at noon. Applica
tions must be turned in by
Friday at 6 p.m.
Although
students are
all University
eligible, prefer-
IFC Committee Chairmen
Elected; Delegates Named
Stan Miller, Beta Sigma
Psi, John Luckasen, Phi Delta
Theta, and Bill Mowbray,
Sigma Nu, were elected
chairmen of the affairs, pub
lic relations, and rush com
mittees respectively of the In
terfraternity Council (IFC)
last night.
In other business, the IFC
passed a motion proposing the
adoption ot the same tan
rushweek schedule as was
used last year.
Charles Oldfather, alum of
Phi Kappa Psi, was an
nounced as new president of
the IFC board of control. He
succeeds
of Beta
Paul Hyland,
Theta Pi.
alum
Delegates appointed to at
tend the Big 8 IFC confer
ence were Tom Brewster,
Bob Weaver, and Buzz Mad
son. According to Tom Brewster,
president of the IFC 8nter
views for positions on the
IFC's committees will be
held Sunday.
Application forms may be
obtained in the IFC office for
the Affairs, fraternity man
agement association, rush,
public relations, pledge ed
ucation, scholarship, and ex
pansion committees.
ence will be given to Student
YWCA members. Selections
for the first team will be
made by Wednesday of next
week and a second team of
five members may be formed
if enough interest is shown.
Students making the trip
are expected to pay for their
own transportation, food and
lodging. Housing will be pro
vided by local Student
YWCA's, homes of U n i t e d
Church Women or with other
families in the Negro and
whkwy communities. Housing
and food will cost from $3
to $5 a day.
Each project will be staffed
with a non-student adviser.
Students under twenty-o n e
will have to gain parental
permission to participate.
Mrs. Joan Wadlow, a politi
cal science instructor at ine
University, will prepare the
team for its project trip. She
and Betty Gabehart, Execu
tive Director of the Universi
ty Student YWCA group will
select participants.
Mrs. Wadlow will conduct
at least three orientation ses
sions before the team or
teams' departure a month
later. The preparatory study
will include the project intent
and goals, how to meet com
munity pressures, project mo
tivation and to prepare for
possible local voter registra
tion with project site experi
ence. The National Student YWCA
defines its purpose further
saying, "It is so difficult to
overcome traditional apathy
and despair in the face of
repeated rebuffs."
Although the registration
project is directed toward
minority group voters, the
national publication points at
Negroes saying, " . . .if only
Negroes make the effort to
surmount the formidable bar
ricrs to voting will thler
views be heard in statehouses
and the national capitol."
Projects are primarily held
in Southern states were re
gistration for the fall election
is possible and where in
creased vote can make a difr
ference, according to the na
tional publication.
Further information can lbs
obtained by calling Carol
Williams at the Kappa Delta
house phone 432-4120.
Council Action Streamlines
Student Election Regulations
Student Council yesterday
streamlined its election by
laws, passing a motion by
Susie Pierce, second vice
president, which eliminated
obsolete passages and clari
fied ambiguous voting rules.
President Dennis Christie
reminded the Council that
only nine meetings remain,
and that the remainder of the
year will determine the suc
cess of the Council's work. He
called for work and sacrifice
from the Council members
and outlined some of the
projects that merit strong at
tention during the next nine
weeks.
Significant in the election
law changes was the alterna
tion in the section which de
prives a college from all
representation in a Student
Council election if it fails to
produce the maximum num
ber of candidates allowed to
it under the present repre
sentation rules.
The law was changed to
allow unopposed candidates
to take office, but causes the
college to lose its right to
further representation during
the year in question.
"No other elective body
in existance is set up so that
it loses representation for not
having the maximum number
of candidates," said Miss
Pierce,
Added to the by-laws was
a measure allowing for the
election committee to define
"campaigning." A preceding
law states that there must be
no campaigning on election
day. Miss Pierce said that
campaigning outside of the
Union, where voting takes
place, is important in many
students' campaigns, and that
the law should be clarified.
Student Council Organiza
tional representatives must
be elected before March 27
and the filing date for the
general election is Apr. 6.
Christie, in his list of goals
for the remainder of the
year, cited representation, the
Big Eight charter flight, the
ticket problem and grade re
ports as areas in which the
Council will prove itself.
Representation, he indi
cated, is a crucial area. "We
need a change, some way,
somehow, in our present sys
tem," he said. '
He continued that mora
work is planned with James
Pittenger, athletic ticket
manager, for the purpose oi
resolving the shortage felt by
many students during the 1963
football season.
The Big Eight charter flight
to Europe, Christie said, is a
tremendous opportunity fo?
University students who want
to go to Europe and save
money. He said that the stu
dent body must be contacted
and acquainted with the ad
vantages of the chartered
flight
Upperclass Regents
Deadline 1$ March 1
Applications for the Upper
class Regents Scholarship test
must be submitted by Marcb
1 in the scholarship and fl
nancial aid office, 211 Admin
istration. Any student with 6.0 over
all average and who is a full
time student is eligible for the
tests to be held March 7 and
14. Students will be given the)
time and place of the tests
when they apply.
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By Frank Partsch
Senior Staff Writer
The twenty-first presentation of the Associated Women
Students (AWS) Coed Follies this week promises to be
an impressive display of college talent, but it will lack a
great deal of color which was given it in the past when
men were not allowed to attend.
Until 1953 the Follies were for coeds only. The pro
gram was seldom held without interruption, for, accord
ing to rumor, an unofficial contest was staged among
the fraternities to see which one could smuggle the most
men into the theatre.
With the aid of bobby socks, make-up and sweaters,
the men disguised themselves, and, according to past is
sues of the DAILY NEBRASKAN, some of them were very
deceptive.
In the early fifties the men became more rowdy, and
the police occasionally were forced to evict a male whose
identity was discovered.
Other men, not so ingenious but more daring, would
hide beneath the seats in the threatre, aided by their girl
friends, and a report of the 1952 Follies tells of one young
man who emerged, red faced and puffing, halfway
through the program, and walked out. "It's too hot; I
can't stand it in there," was his only explanation.
Student Council passed a motion recommending that
men be admitted to the Follies after a 1952 riot in which
police battled 500 males desiring to enter the inner sanc
tum. The motion passed and was referred to AWS, and
the next year saw the first legalized entry of males into
the Follies.
During the 1930's and 40's a feature event of the show
was a style show, and a "Best Dressed Girl" was elected.
This honor evolved into "Typical Nebraska Coed" (TNC)
in the 50's and is the forerunner of today's "Ideal Ne
braska Coed."
During World War II the Follies, in keeping with the
wartime spirit, limited expenses on skits to $15. The rules
for judging the "Best Dressed Girl" included a provision
that she must show an interest in wartime activities.
The skits were built around a theme of war, empha
sizing both the serious and funny parts of war.
The presentation of the "Best Dressed Girl" was often
surrounded with pomp and ceremony, as well as closely
guarded secrecy. The Account of the 1943 presentation from
the DAILY NEBRASKAN files says "Directly following
the style show in which 19 girls modeled, the stage re
volved to reveal a good looking male (pasteboard, howev
er) with an enormous drum beside him.
"The drum broke and TNC Helen (Johnsen) stepped
forth. She wore a white sports dress with a black chester
field collar."
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A BILLBOARD? That's what those girls are, folks, or
at least are pretending to be. They are the billboards
painted by the dedicated Herkimer Finkniggle (the
spelling is questionable.) These coeds are practicing the
Gamma Phi Beta skit, "Baubles, Bangles and Bill
boards," to be presented at the AWS Coed Follies Friday.
On the right, playing the billboard part, are, left to right,
Jodeen Mueller, Linda Booth, JoAnn Armstrong, Diane
Michael and Janet Rahn. The fanatic billboard painter
on the right is Mary Thorpe.
