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ARMS FULL AND SMILING . . . Vicki Dowllng and
Buzz Madson were revealed as Ideal Nebraska Coed and
Outstanding Collegiate Man at Coed Follies.
Chi Omega Takes Top;
Retires Follies Trophy
. . . Dowling, Madson Named
A crowd of nearly 3.000 was on hand Friday night for
the annual AWS presentation of Coed Follies.
The theme for the production was "Cherchez la Fem
me" or look for the woman. One didn't have to look far,
though, for over 400 girls took part in the 12 different
acts. '
Chi Omega swept the awards bracket as a council of
27 judges named them number one in both the skit and
travelers act competition. This is the third year in a row
that Chi Omega has won in the skit division, and the fourth
win in five years. Traditionally, a trophy taken three
years in succession becomes permanent property of the
winner and is retired from rotation.
The Chi Omega skit was entitled "High Sea-ciety" and
told the story of a young debutante who goes to sea. It was
given under the leadership of skitmaster Anita Maxwell.
"Naturally Native" presented by Delta Gamma was
awarded second place in the skit division. Jeanne Edwards
was their skitmaster.
Third place was given to the Kappa Alpha Theta pre
sentation "Don't Pity The Pearl" under the leadership of
Karen Fejfar.
A Prnnn nf fivA Chi Omepns unn flip frovplerc art divi
sion with an effective satire on the problems of young
ballet dancers. "Ballerinas' Debut" was the title of their
act.
Linda Landreth and Gayle Bozarth from Zeta Tau Al
pha sorority, won second place with a Charleston routine
entitled "Ain't She Sweet."
Vicki Dowling was named Ideal Nebraska Coed. Miss
Dowling is majoring in English. She is a Regent's scholar,
a member of the Student Tribunal, and member of Gam
ma Phi Beta sorority.
Everett "Buzz" Madson Jr. was named Outstanding
Collegiate Man. Madson is majoring in philosophy and
zoology. He is a member of Phi Delta Theta fraternity,
president of the Interfraternity Council, and member of
Phi Eta Sigma honorary.
Conclave To Feature
First Lady Of Space
America's "First Lady of
Space," Miss Shirley Thomas
of Hollywood, Calif., will
speak at the Arnold Air So-
ciety-Angel Flight Area Con
clave Saturday noon (March
6) at the University Center.
More than 85 students and
their advisers from Nebras
ka, Iowa and Wisconsin will
attend the conclave Friday
and Saturday which will in
clude talks by Miss Thomas
and Dr. Frank Sorenson,
chairman of the department
of educational services at the
University.
The conclave is one of sev
eral Air Force activities at
the University March 2-6. Ar
nold Air Society is an organi
zation for Air Force ROTC
cadets and Angel Flight is
the women's auxiliary.
Miss Thomas served as
chairman of the First Wom
en's Space Symposium in the
U.S. and is the author of a
series of books entitled "Men
of Space." The series will ul
timately total 12 books.
She is one of a few women
to be included in the "Mach
Busters," those who have
flown faster than the speed
of sound. She has toured 17
Junior IFC Queen
To Be Chosen At Boll
Finalists for the Junior IFC
Queen have been selected.
They are: Pam Wood, Delta
Gamma, sponsored by the
Kappa Sigma pledge class;
Jackie Freeman, Kappa Kap
pa Gamma, sponsored by the
Beta Theta Pi pledge class;
Lynn Beckman, Alpha Xi
Lelta, sponsored by Farm
house.
Sue Dowe, sponsored by the
Phi Kappa Psi pledge class;
Sherry Adams, Pi Beta Phi,
sponsored by the Alpha Gam
ma Rho Pledge class; Helene
Weinberg, Sigma Delta Tau,
sponsored by the Sigma Alpha
Mu pledge class.
The queen will be chosen by
those attending the Ball.
Snider, Lentz Play
In Recital Tomorrow
Two University band direc
tors, Donald Lentz and Jack
Snider, will perform in a fac
ulty recital, open to the pub
lic, at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow at
Sheldon Auditorium,
countries including Russia.
Miss Thomas is concerned
with efforts to strengthen the
link between scientist and ci
vilian and to depict the tech
nological developments of the
Space Age in terms which are
readily understood by lay
persons.
Other Air Force activities
at the University this week
will include: workshop for
soon-to-be commissioned ca
dets, wives, fiancess, tomor
row and Wednesday; Annual
Air Force Ball, at Lincoln Air
Force Base, Friday evening;
and Air Force Documentary
Art Exhibit opening Saturday
at the Student Union. The art
exhibit will include 43 paint
ings selected from over 2,500
works, both historical and
contemporary, in the Air
Force Documentary Art Col
lege. Broadcast Majors
Organize Society
A professional broadcasting
society, Tau Rho, has been
organized for undergraduate
broadcast majors at the Uni
versity School of Journalism.
Named as professional ad
viser was Howard Stalnaker,
vice president and general
manager of Meredith WOW,
Inc., Omaha.
The founding Nebraska
chapter is named after John
J. Gillin, Jr., one of the na
tion's most distinguished
broadcasters and former part
owner and longtime manager
of WOW, Omaha. Any future
Tau Rho chapters to be or
ganized on other campuses
will be named in honor of pio
neer broadcasters.
The purpose of Tau Rho,
which stands for Television
Radio, is to heighten student
interest in the field of broad
casting. Officers of the newly
formed society are president,
Doug Herman; vice president,
Di Kosman; secretary, Janet
Wirth; and treasurer, Eric
Brown.
Faculty adviser is Robert
Spearman, assistant profes
sor of broadcasting at the
University.
Tau Rho win be open for
membership to those working
in broadcasting p r o f e s
sionally.
r
fflGH SEA-CIETY SHOUTS
Vol. 80, No. 91
(tgvqous Pecisio
By Rich Meier
Junior Staff Writer
The Constitutional Conven
tion again changed the eligi
bility requirements to hold
office yesterday.
nequiremenis were re
versed to a 5.0 average for
otiice eligibility instead of the
4.0 proposal previously passed
Dy me convention.
Terry Schaaf presented an
amendment to delete the
changes made previously,
and replace them with the
requirements as original'
ly submitted.
The President and V i c e -
President would have to
"meet all University regula
tions for participaiton in ex
tra-curricular activities," and
have completed twenty-sev
en (27) University approved
credit hours and the previous
semester in residence."
Gale Muller asked, "Should
we do this? Since the conven
tion has already voted one
way, I don't think we should
reverse ourselves."
Schaaf replied, "When this
motion was passed I was not
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During Spring Vacation
A team of University stu
dents will travel to one of
five cities to participate in a
voter registration project.
sponsored by the National
Young Women's Christian
Association (YWCA) during
spring vacation, Apr. 13-23.
Four of the cities are south
ern, the other northern. The
University group will proba
bly go to Pinebluff, Arkan
sas, pending approval of the
site by the national group.
Other possible sites include
Rochester, New York, Lynch
berg, Virginia, Petersburg,
Virginia and Columbia, South
Carolina.
Teams from various schools
will be assigned in such a
way as to get an integrated
cross section in each location,
according to Peggy King,
YWCA president.
The project is "designed to
give students experience in
voter registration and educa
tion so they can return to
their own communities and
practice it," she said.
The teams win be working
with a local group already
working in the area of regis
tration and education.
Application forms for inter
ested students will be avail
able in the YWCA office in
the Student Union. All Univer
sity students are eligible to
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. . .as Chi Omegas hear the
present, and the vote was, if
you recall, 8 to 6, and I cer
tainly would have voted the
other way. I know of a few
others that have changed
their minds, and I do not
think this motion is out of or
der at this time."
John Klein said, "This was
originaUy (Dick) Stuckey's
proposal, and if you remem
ber, his arguments were from
the position of democratic
principles. I cannot repeat his
elegant arguments, but now
that we have lowered the re
quirements I think we should
leave it that way.
"As for the matter of some
popular jock with a 4.0 aver
age destroying student gov.
ernment, the constitution is
amendable, and we can deal
with this if and when it
should come up."
Judy Johnson felt the lower
ing of the requirements was
an idealistic rather than rea
listic proposal. "I think we
naturally tend to vote for the
person we hear about the
most."
Joe Carrol said, "I have
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participate, although prefer
ence will be given to YWCA
members.
Students under 21 years of
age will need written permis
sion from their parents.
Participating students will
be expected to pay for their
own transportation, food and
lodging, although the YWCA
may be able to help with part
oi tbe expenses to keep
costs at a minimum.
Housing will be provided
by local student YWCA's,
homes of United Church
Women or with other families
in the communities. Housing
and food will cost from $3 to
$5 each day.
Each project will be staffed
with a non-student adviser.
Tbe team will be prepared
for the trip through a series
of orientation sessions. The
study will include the project
intent and goals, bow to meet
community pressures, project
motivation and preparation
for possible local voter regis
tration with project site ex
perience. "Non-violent techniques will
be used to encourage voter
registration and education in
the communities," according
to the national YWCA group.
For further information,
students may call Miss King
at 406-7522.
first place award presented to
The Daily Nebraskan
thought a lot about the pro
posal (to raise the require
ments back up). I know a lot
of people whom I would con
sider capable of a 6.5 or 7
average. But I feel they just
slide along, content to pass.
I also feel that these people
are willing to sacrifice their
average just to get elected.
Instead of studying, they
might be out canvassing
votes, so they might make a
2.5 for that semester. Having
an average below a 5 already,
it is conceivable that this
would flunk them out of
school."
"How would it look to have
the President of the student
Wichita State
Sweeps Meet
The annual University In
tercollegiate Debate Confer
ence was held here last week
end.
The sweepstakes award.
which is given to the school
that does the best overall job
in all events, was taken by
Wichita State University.
The University of Minneso
ta at Minneapolis was award-
dd first place in the senior
debate division while second
place went to the University
of Missouri at Kansas City.
The Universiev of Kansas
won the junior debate division.
Saint Olaf's College placed
second in the junior debate.
University students receiv
ing awards in the individual
divisions include: Jeri Adams
who received a superior rat
ing in oratory and Kathy
Pohlman who received a su
perior in interpretive reading.
Council To Heat
Proposed Change
In Grading Scale
A proposal to change the
ninewint grading system at
the University will be ex
plained by Dean Walter Milit
zer of the Arts and Sciences
college during the Student
Council meeting Wednesday.
The proposal, which origi
nated with Militzer, will be
brought before the Faculty
Senate during March.
Militzer was invited to
speak before the Council by
the Counseling Service Com
mittee of the Council.
Advantages and disadvan
tages of the proposed change
will be discussed at the meet
ing, and aU students and fac
ulty members, interested are
urged to attend and ask any
questions.
Militzer s discussion
should inform students of the !
reasons behind the proposed
them at Coed Follies, 'Cherchez La Femme' Friday night.
On
body flunk out?"
Gale Frenzen added. "First
of ail, I don't care what any
body says, student govern
ment is an extra-curricular
activity. Secondly, I don't
think that anyone who cannot
or will not take the time to
pull at least a 5.0 should be
allowed to participate in stu
dent government."
Dave Kittams stated. "AH
of these arguments have been
presented before. This con
vention has made a very fine
stand. Let's not wreck that
stand by reversing ourselves
now. I do not think that
grades are all that important.
"The Convention itself is
out of order by bringing up
the proposal at this time."
"Joe, your example is out
of place, and to use a phrase
of yours, let's get back to
real life. No student is going
to flunk out of school be
cause of his participation in
student government. This
whole proposal is that ridicu
lous." Frenzen rejoined. "The rea
son we lowered the require
ments is because the argu
ment was presented for an
intelligent electorate. That is
a nice question. I don't want
to take the chance that some
smooth talker with a 4.0 is
going to be elected to student
body President.
Vicki Dowling warned
"Let's not look at the future
possibilities (of the eligibility
requirement), but rather
what this implies, now. We
must remember this is an
educational instituiton and
student government is sec
ondary to the pursuit of edu
cation. I do not think we
should allow a person to risk
his chances of graduation. I
change," according to Kent
Neumelster, Counseling Serv
ice Committee chairman.
"We think students should be
very concerned about this
subject because it primarily
involves thern."
"But our committee also
hopes that Militzer's discus
sion will begin to create ques
tions in students' minds about
the relationship of their
grades to their learning and
education."
Neumeister said that the
committee "hopes that
through this discussion stu
dents will begin to ask them
selves whether their real mo
tivation for studying is 'grade
grubbing' no matter what
the system or a real concern
for their education, for
growth of their perspective
and imagination."
Monday, March 1, 1965
verses
think we should have these
added restrictions for partici
pation in student government.
"Also. I attempted to have
a guarantee that the elector
ate would at least know the
average of the person seek
ing office by requiring t h e
Rag to publish his average.
By passing i Schaaf s amend
ment) the electorate would at
least know he has an aver
age." The question Mas called,
and the amendment passed
by a vote of 10 to 6, with one
abstainer.
Luckasen then proposed to
have the senate follow suit.
The eligibility requirements
for a senator would be
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Dormitory
Financing
Uncertain
The constitutionality of a
law allowing the Nebraska
educational boards to issue
revenue bonds financing the
construction of dormitories
and related student service
facilities has never been es
tablished. The State Department of
Justice has never issued an
opinion on this matter, con
cerning the University Board
of Regents, the State Normal
Board and The State Board
of Education.
Vice Chancellor Joseph
Soshnik said there may have
been some misinterpretation
of his remarks to a Lincoln
Chamber of Commerce func
tion last week.
Soshnik said that the attor
ney general has always ap
proved either the technical
form or compliance with
statute legality of all past
revenue bond resolutions
by the Board of Regents.
According to the attorney
general's office, that informa
tion is correct. Such resolu
tion approvals, however, do
not require the attorney gen
eral to render an opinion on
the constitutionality of the
law under which the revenue
bonds are being floated.
The question of the legality
of any state governmental
agency revenue bond issue in
light of Nebraska's constitu
tional prohibition against state
debt was raised in a letter
from attorney General Clar
ence Meyer to Gov. Frank
Morrison.
The present revenue bond
authority law and an enabling
biU presented by the Regents
to the 1965 legislature is pre
sumed constitutional until the
Nebraska Supreme Court
rules on it.
Soshnik told the Chamber
that he hopes the constitu
tional question could be solved
quickly.