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rmiiiinnniniimiiiMiinmmimiiiiDi?a n Dos He I i i 1 REVIEW I i 1 CAMPUS NINE MASTERS, Universi- ty aiums, visited the campus mis week, talked with stu dents and spoke at living units. E-WEEK started yesterday with the opening of displays io tne puwic. Suzanne Young, 1964 Miss E-Week, will reign over tne event. OVER 700 students were honored for scholarship at the honors convocation Tuesday. Dr. Ruth Leverton, one of the Masters, addressed the group. SENIOR GIRLS, living in dormitories, will be allowed to live off campus next year if they have their parents per mission and are over 21. The ruling was made as a result of cramped quarters in Uni versity housing. STUDENT COUNCIL went on record as opposing City Council's recent definition of ''family" and recommending mat tne uttice of Student Af fairs protest the exclusion of groups of students from living in family housing areas. By Mick Rood Senior Staff Writer Expansion of the student discount card program next year is planned due to a "very successful" initiation this year, according to Bob Ker rey, chairman of the Student Council welfare committee. "We hope to open the dis count card program in the men's and women's cloth! stores next year, but we hav had some opposition." Ker. rey said. Kerrey said some of the "larger stores" had given two reasons for opposing the dis count idea. They didn't want the cards last year, said Ker rey, because they had heard similar programs had failed in other communities. Also, many felt Lincoln businesses were already doing much for the University community and that the discount idea wouldn't really improve that relation ship. "I would have to disagree with these arguments," said Kerrey, I think the discount is enough to draw a lot of students to Lincoln business es, especially clothing stores, that couldn't afford it other wise." The twelve businesses now participating in the Student Council program form a near majority backing the "suc cess" of the discount cards. Only J. II. Polick of Mo Cleaners expressed doubt about the first year program. He told of a "good run" at the start of the year, but said "not so many are using them now." Not so at the Gateway Mont gomery Wards. Credit Manag er R. L. Wells reported "good results" and eagerness to con tinue the idea next year. Wells said some students apparently hadn't gotten their cards and were trying to get the dis count without them. He and Kerrey agreed then to have some on hand at the Gate way store. Kerrey noted that 7,000 cards have been Dassed nut at registration time and at a booth in the Union. Discount cards can be picked up now in I the Student Council office in the Union. Other businesses expressing enthusiastic approval of the cards were General Tire Serv ice and Speedway Motors. Gene Rice at General Tire said he was "very pleased" with the relationship and praised Kerrey and his asso ciates for the successful re lationship. "We think the idea is good for us and good for the stu dent," Rice said. Bill Smith, manager at Speedway, reflected the same good student response. He said if students would remem ber to use them more often they could benefit more. Most of the participating businesses are nnw nfforin? a ten per cent discount on pres entation of the card. DX Serv ice stations take off two cents per gallon of gas and 23 cents off every grease job. General Tires offers 5 to 25 per cent discounts on speci fied tires and ud to 40 net cent on brand trades. V'- 77' Na 97 The D"y Nebmskan Friday, Mgy 1 1964 ' :uf ihtj 12 :iff''. 0 f3iT;io CITY ATTORNEYS for six public power organizations met with the Nebraska Power Review Board Wednesday to clear the way for a hearing on an ap plication to construct a 230 kilowatt transmission line from Fort Randall, S.D. to Grand Island. 1,000 PERSONS demonstrat ed for civil rights at the State Capitol Tuesday. Governor Morrison and several minis ters spoke to the group. AN OPTION has been taken by St. Elizabeth's Hospital on a second tract of land, 40 acres southeast from 84th and Vine, as a possible location for its proposed new hospital. THE CITY COUNCIL Mon day killed a proposed ordi nance that would have prohib ited off-sale beer and package liquor licensees from selling food, dairy and drug items. However, the Council request ed that beer-liquor and city representatives attempt to work out a compromise list of permissible items for further consideration. Student Role Is Issue, Says Dean Rogers Miss Spivey Six Quiz Finalists Selected Team Scholars To Oklahoma Watzke Rogowski flai M Rosenberg Chcrny STATE THE PRESIDENT of the American Medical Association Tuesday expressed confidence that the tobacco industry will be able to produce a safe cig aret some day. Dr. Edward Annis defended the AMA s refusal to endorse a proposal to label all cigarets and cig- aret advertising with a health- hazard stamp. LINCOLN BUSINESSMAN and civic leader Nathan Gold Wednesday was appointed by Gov. Frank Morrison as his special counsel for Nebraska economic development. NEBRASKA f a i 1 e d in in c r e a s e its U.S. personal in come in 1963, according to a Commerce Department re' port. Americans earned a rec ord average of $2,443 for ev ery man, woman and child. This was an increase of 3 over the previous year. NATION THE NATION'S CIGARET makers Monday knocked sex appeal, athletic prowess, so cial distinction and success out of their advertising with a new code that forbids making a sales pitch to young persons The Tobacco Institute, which represents the manufacturers, said an independent adminis trator will enforce the code and fine violators up to $100, 000 for infractions. THE GREEK CYPRIOT command ordered a cease-fire Wednesday in t h e mountain fighting for St. Hilarion Cas tle. U.N. Secretary-General U Thant followed up with an ur gent appeal to both Greek and Turkish Cypriots to renounce force in the Cyprus conflict. HENRY CABOT LODGE re ceived an overwhelming in dorsement from Republicans in his h o m e state of Massa chusetts Tuesday and grabbed an unexpectedly large share of the write-in total in Penn-1 sylvania's presidential pri mary. Gov. William Scranton led the way in Pennsylvania and set a record write-in to tal. A SUGGESTION that all im ports of food products be la beled with the country of ori gin was made Tuesday at a Republican Party forum on farm problems. Out of the 29 Quiz Bowl individual finalists, six have been chosen to represent the University at the Big Eight Quiz Bowl competition at Ok lahoma on May 9. They are Lawrence Rogers from Delta Sigma Phi, Bob Cherny and Ron Rogowski representing Outcasts of Campus Flat, Norm Rosenberg from Sigma Alpha Mu, Garry Watzke from IF's, and Joan Spivey of Heppner Hall. The two alternates will be picked from this group after the team practices together. They will be picked by their reaction time for questions, alertness, and versatility in various fields of questioning. The Big Eight Quiz Bowl is being held at the Univer sity of Oklahoma in Norman. The order of the five final teams will be announced la ter. These five teams are Delta Sigma Phi, FarmHouse, Outcasts of Campus Flat, Beta Theta Pi, and Kappa Alpha Theta. Three of t h e University's Big Eight team are from these five teams. (LUITDCO o voews Yesio Mart Aim, on Reaction To Masters nthiasth, Apathetic Council Elections Monday Polls will be open Monday in both the Student Union and the Ag Union from 7:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. for the Student Council spring election. Students must present a University identification to vote. They will select their college representatives as well as registering their approval or disapproval to the proposed constitutional amendments. The amendments are: STUDENT COUNCIL CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS General Election 1964 Amendment Number 1: Article 5, Sec tion 4 to be amended to strike "The noils shall b open Irom 7:30 a.m. to 7:00 p.m." Amendment Number 2: Article 4. Sec tion 1, Subsection B, Part 1, Letter I to be amended to chance "Nebraska union Hoard of Managers" to "Nebraska Union Program Council." Amendment Number 3: Article 4, lec tion 1, Subsection B. Part 1 to be amended to add "Cather Hall" as an organization or croup entitled to one representative. White Law Day Speaker Presidential Aide Talks At Luncheon Lee White, assistant spe cial counsel to the President, Washington, D.C.. will ad dress a Law Day Luncheon today at the Student Union. The luncheon is being co sponsored by the Lancaster Bar Association and the Uni versity's College of Law, ac cording to Sam Van Pelt, Lincoln attorney and Richard Harnsberger, University pro fessor of law. White, a native of Omaha, obtained an electrical engi neering degree and a law de gree from the University. He joined the staff of the late President John F. Kennedy in 1961 and served as legislative assistant when Kennedy was in the Senate. The luncheon is being held in connection with Law Day U.S.A. It marks the first lo cal observance designed to further understanding of our national heritage of freedom under law. Some 200 persons are ex pected to attend the luncheon including 100 University law students, members of the Lancaster County Bar Asso ciation and other interested persons. Reaction to the Masters Program runs in two opposite couibes: one, inai 01 mose connected with the program, was expressed at Tuesday night's evaluation session : the other had to be ferreted out from the masses of students wno were not interested or had never heard of the program i iic niuuu ai ine evaluation session was one of enthusias tic acceptance and complete approval of the program. The Masters themselves praised the organization of the pub licity and schedules and of fered several suggestions for future improvements. The major problem con nected with the Masters pro gram, as indicated by the session, is that many stu dents do not have the oppor tunity to participate in the program in any way. Jeannie Thorough, one of the Masters guides, suggested that the news conference which op ened the Masters' visit should be opened to the public. The conference, she ex plained, was one of the few times that all of the Masters were together, giving s t u dents a chance to meet the entire group. Other suggestions came from guides Gary Pokorny and Jane Tenhulzen. Pokorny asked whether a convocation could be included in the Mas ters Program, instead of in conjunction with it, as was the Honors Convocation. Miss Tenhulzen suggested that the Masters sit in the Student Union and let stu dents come over and talk to them. Master Val Peterson thought the Masters' sched ules should include more meetings and visits. "I didn't have enough to do. I think the Masters could be Greeks Zoo Canvass Bears Belated Fruits As the result of the Inter- quarts of milk or loaves Fraternity and Panhellenic 01 bread to them," wrote Theater To Present Two Weekend Plays "Augustus Does His Bit," a comical farce in one act, will be presented tomorrow and Sunday, 201 Temple Building. The laboratory theater pro duction, directed by Raymond Stanek starts at 8:45 p.m. A second laboratory play, "Hope is a Thing With Feath ers," will begin at 8 p.m. to morrow and Sunday in the Arena, 303 Temple. This play, portraying the tragic side of life in the story of a bum in New York City, will be di rected by Connie Hoy. C o u n c i l's house - to - house canvass on April 11th, a $1,000 donation was contri buted to the Children's Zoo by a Lincolnite. A letter from Arnott Fol som, president of the board of directors for the Chil ren's Zoo, said that a man who had given a five dol lar check during the dona tion drive called him and asked for a tour of the Zoo. The day after the tour he sent a check for $1,000 to the Children's Zoo. The day after the drive he met a young low-income class couple walking around the zoo. He invited them in and while talking to them they told him that since they lived so far out, the drive didn't reach them. They then handed him a half dol lar, their donation to the Zoo. "This was a mighty generous gift because it represented two or three Folsom. Several days later, he visited a lady who had donated $25 during the drive and found out she was 84 years old without any rela tives or dependents. He in vited her to take a tour of the zoo with him and after the tour she told him she would like to do something else for the zoo sometime. A few days ago a friend of his expressed regret for being out of town on the 11th and told Folsom that he was sending a $250 check as a donation. Folsom ended his letter of appreciation and thanks by saying, "you (Interfra ternity and Panhellenic Councils and all their mem bers) have planted many seeds that will keep on sprouting and bearing fruit in the time to come. And, this letter is to again say a most appreciative "Thank You," to all of you for a job well done." stretched a lot farther to meet more people," he said. . Answering a question by John Lydick, chairman of the Mas ters committee, as to whether the free time should be cut from the schedule, eight of tne nine distinguished alumni concurred that the free time gave them a chance to visit old friends and explore the changed campus. Merle Jones, however, asked, "VVhat tree time?" Jones went on to say that the program probably should not be expanded to include three or more days. "Two days is about all I could af ford to be away," he said. He complimented the Masters committee on their choice of Monday and Tuesday on which to hold the program, because it allowed a week end for travel. Samuel Waugh stressed the importance of keeping the meetings with student groups informal. "We found that we could be more informal with larger groups," he said, and added if they got as much out of it as we did, it was very worth while. Several students who did not hear any of the Masters commented that they did not understand the purpose of the program and were unin formed about it. It was sug gested that announcements be made in classrooms and all dormitories, as all students do not read the publicity in the DAILY NEBRASKAN. Those who had an oppor tunity to hear the Masters speak felt that informal dis cussions were the best way of meeting with the men. John Roehl commented that he would like to see only one sorority and one fraternity hear one Master in the eve ning, because he found the room very crowded. Linda Baird believed the program was better organ ized than last year, and the publicity was better. "The house knew what the program was about this year, and the girls were prepared to ask question," she said. She said she would have been inter ested in the press conference, but she did not know where it would be. Miss Baird also suggested that more than one Master visit a house at one time. Louise Erickson felt it "would be good if we had a chance to talk to them in dividually." She found John Cozier "typical of someone who has a lot of drive." Elaine Banks called Dr. Leverton's speech at the hon or's convocation "inspiring." In presenting his final re port before Student Council Wednesday, Lydick called the Masters Program "the most important thing that Council does for the students." The main problem concerning student government at the University is not "how students will be represented, but to what they will be represented," J. Winston Martin, associate dean of Student Affairs, told a Student Council Round Table last night. Martin and Arnie Garson, managing editor of the DAILY NEBRASKAN, visited the round table, the last of the year, to discuss the effectiveness of this year's Council and the problems which will be encountered next year. During the discussion the group talked about the ROTC and drinkng polls, the Student Tribunal and the role of student government at the University. "Student Council is presently In a vacuum, trying to find something to do," Martin said. "The real issue here is the role of the student. Other schools have solved this problem, but there is no answer at the University." Council President Dennis Christie answered that the Council's work is hampered by lack of student interest That is the key to the whole problem," he said. Mike Barton suggested that, because the Council draws little support from the student body, "maybe we should become a service organization without trying to speak for anyone or reflect anyone's views." Garson and Martin agreed that a primary base for any activity at the University is to supplement the education of the individual students who take advantage of them. The fact that Council's most effective work this year has been done in educational areas, such as Quiz Bowl and the Masters Program, would indicate that Student Council also serves this purpose. Garson criticized the ROTC poll taken by the student welfare committee because the final report did not reflect the views expressed by the students who took the poll. "This causes poor relations between the Council and the student body," he said. Concerning the Council's action on the drinking sur vey, Garson said "To take a poll and then sit on it is the same situation as the ROTC action. Students don't want forums and speeches. Personally, I thought they were a good thing and I enjoyed them, but they weren't the an swer io me proDiem. Garson indicated that he did not think that the Coun cil should have taken on the drinking poll. "However the Council members did learn something from the whole fi asco. You have to study a new area carefully before you go into it." The Student Tribunal, Martin said, should help, rath er than punishing students. "It gives us a way of develop-, ing a relationship; an opportunity for a different kind of hearing, from which we can make a judgement." The Tribunal should not be attacked on the grounds of double jeopardy, Martin said, merely because some of the offenders first appear before a civil court. "We are not judging points of law," he said. "We are making a judgement on what effect the offense will have on the stu dent's relationship with other groups." Student Tribunal became a topic of discussion during a broader consideration of student and faculty commit tees. Martin told the round table the "most wasteful over lap we have is faculty review of student committee de cisions." He suggested that more joint student-faculty com mittees could eliminate the overlap and at the same time give the students the experience of working directly with iacuny memDers. Garson echoed his words, giving his experience as a member of the Faculty Senate Subcommittee on Student Publications (Pub Board) as an example. He explained that, although there are more faculty members than stu dents on Pub Board, the group worked well together and the students were given an equal chance to air their views. Martin and Garson also discussed Wednesday's Coun cil protest over the exclusion of "families" of students from living in family residential districts. "A properly or ganized movement of this type would cast a favorable light on the Student Council," Garson said. "This is not an unusual law for a city of this size," Martin said. "It is not aimed at the University, and the students should not feel that they are being picked on, al though it does affect them more than any other group." He said that, based on information from the University housing office, the ruling would touch only three to five per cent of the single off-campus students. Ann Wahl .asked whether the ruling would create more problems with increasing enrollment. Martin answered that many cities have apartment complexes for students only, which are approved by the local universities. "This will probably be the answer here," he said. "Should the Council do anything about it?" Garson asked. "That is their own decision," Martin said. "I don't think it is a critical issue because so few students are involved."