UNIVERSITY OF NEBR.
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Vol. 81, No. 17
The Daily Nebrqskan
Wednesday, October 13, 1965
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Vhlan Vance ... Narrates show
ViVwn Vonce Atorrafes
Cmrfy Fashion Show
By Julie Morris
Junior Staff Writer
Vivian Vance, perhaps more
widely known as Ethel Mertz
of the "I Love Lucy" televi
sion series, has been criss
crossing Lincoln and the
campus this week.
Miss Vance came to Lincoln
to narrate a fashion show
sponsored by the Lincoln Gen
eral Hospital Auxiliary on
Tuesday and to visit her sis
ter, Lou Hall and her niece
Sharon Hall, an Alpha Chi
Omega pledge.
Her schedule has also in
cluded a question-answer ses
sion with University speech
and drama students and an
interview for the KUON-TV
program "Way Off Broad
way." She said this is the first
time in 14 years that she
has not played opposite Lu
cille Ball in a comedy series.
She quit her role as Viv Bag
ley in "The Lucy Shcr" be
cause, "I wanted to be home
with my husband." "Home"
for Miss Vance, a Kansas
native, is Stanford, Conn.
She discussed her associa
tion with Miss Ball relating
that their first series began
in the pioneer days of televi
sion when studios were only
makeshift affairs.
In a forceful, throaty voice
Miss Vance laughingly re
called, "Fourteen years ago
when we started out, Lucy
brought a can of Bon Ami to
the studio, and we scrubbed
the ladies room."
Now a free lance television
performer, Miss Vance said
that playing the same role of
Ethel Mertz year after year
gave her "a terrible feeling of
loss of identity.
She gave up an $8,000 a
week salary when she quit
her three-year-old role on
"The Lucy Show,' but she
maintains, "1 gained so much
by being home -with my
husband."
Miss Vance said 6he is now
appearing on "all the p a n e 1
Innocents Revise
Protege Program
Several revisions have
taken place for this year in
the Innocent Society's Pro
tege Program it was an
nounced today.
The program, which is de
signed to form professional
contacts between outstanding
seniors and community lead
ers, links 50 senior men each
year with Lincoln business
men in ilieir respective fields,
In the hope that they will
meet periodically to discuss
career possibilities and busi
ness practices.
Candidates for this year's
program will be submitted
by living units rather than
by college deans as in the
past.
Frank Partsch, Protege
Program co-chairman, said
application blanks would be
shows and having a wonder
ful time; it's so much fun to
be yourself after you've been
someone else for so long."
In addition to her work in
show business, which includes
a part in an upcoming Broad
way musical, Miss Vance
said she devotes a great deal
pf time to volunteer work for
mental hospitals.
She refuses to call her work
in this field charity because
of the enjoyment she derives
from it. Miss Vance said she
became interested in working
with mental patients five or
six years ago and now works
for six different mental hos
pitals in Connecticut
'It's wonderful to work
w ith the patients because they
all know me from television,"
she said. "We have little ses
sions and trade symptoms."
Miss Vance's Lincoln plans
include a probable visit to
the Nebraska State Hospital.
She said that in the future
she and Lucy hope to do
some special television shows
together. She explained she
would take another acting role
if she could find one about a
happily married woman and
one "that I wouldn't have to
stay in too long."
600 Seniors Served
By Teacher Placement
Over 600 graduating seniors
will register with the Teacher
Placement Division during the
school year, according to Dr.
Wesley Meierhenry, coordina
tor of teacher placement.
Meetings on Oct. 27 and
Nov. 2 at 4 p.m. in Love Li
brary auditorium have been
set to accommodate the in
creased number of regis
trants. The purpose of the meetings
is to explain the registration
procedure and to distribute
necessary forms for registra
tion. The .division prepares a set
of credentials for each Teach
ers College graduate to assist
in securing desired positions-
sent to all house presidents
within the next few days and
must be returned to the In
nocents Society, Nebraska
Union, by Oct. 25.
The program will begin im
mediately after Christmas
vacation instead of late
spring. "This will allow a
longer period of time during
which the businessmen can
help their proteges," Partscb
said.
Selections will not be
weighed heavily toward pro
fessions such as medicine and
law as was done previously.
Majors of aU subjects are
urged to apply, Partsch said.
Off-campus seniors may
pick tip applications for the
Protege Program in the
Placement Office, 304 Ne
braska Union.
f o Begin
Forums
Bv Jan Itkin
Junior Staff Writer
Student government, con
servative politics, civil rights
and religion are tentative
subjects for discussion at the
first session of the "H y d e
Park" forum today at 3:30
p.m. in the Union lounge.
Liz Aitkin, chairman of the
Union Talks and Topics com
mittee, said that tentative
speakers have expressed an
interest in these topics and
others including the Viet Nam
teach-in, Latin American poli
tics, the position of the off
campus independent, mon
archy vs. anarchy and the
John Birch Society.
"We are not trying to start
any student riots," Miss Ait
kin said. "We simply want to
stimulate students and make
them think."
Any student or faculty mem
ber who wants to speak on
any subject may mount the
forum and do so.
"The forum will continue
until people finish speaking,
but there will be a 20-minute
limit on each person s
I speech," Miss Aitkin ex
; plained.
j Other ground rules include:
i
The order of the speakers
will be determined by signing
a sheet f paper which will
be in the lounge at 3:30 p.m.
A speaker may yield the
floor to someone else during
his 20 minutes but the tim e
limit will still hold.
"This way,"" Miss Aitkin ex
plained, "we hope to avoid
big fights over w ho speaks
next."
She added that the speaker
would have a microphone and
stand on a raised platform
and that people in the audi
ence are encouraged to ask
questions or dispute points.
Miss Aitkin stressed. "We
want students to have ideas
about important issues and to
be able to defend their ideas,
and here is a place where they
are welcome to do so." ;
Applications Still Open
For Missouri Tickets
Today is the last day for
students to apply for Missou
ri tickets. Applications require
a student identification card,
and a student may apply for
one ticket only.
Applications may be made
at the coliseum until 4:00
p.m., at which time the ap
plication period will be closed.
Governor's Office,
Closer Understandi
A group of campus leaders
were called to the governor'6
office Tuesday to begin lay
ing the framework for future
student - faculty - Statehouse
talks on problems at the Uni
versity. Dave Evans, one of the gov
ernor's administrative assis
tants, said a program of this
type could include talks be
tween government officials
and occupational leaders with
students about Nebraska, its
problems and opportunities.
He said talks could also be
held between the University
administration, the faculty,
the students and the Nebras
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Staff ioto by John rwerk
DAVE EVANS discusses plans for future fac-
ulty-studeut-capilul talks with Kiger Elm, right, and
Cathie Shattiufc
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By Bruce Giles
Junior Staff Writer
Effective September, 1966,
each University student's
Social Security number will
serve as his student identi
fication number.
Registrar Floyd Hoover,
in explaining the change
from the University-devised
identification numbers to the
Social Security identification
numbers, noted that Social
Security numbers are "be
coming more widely used"
Haynie Explains Purpose
Of Nebraska Foundation
Bv Wayne Kreuscher
Senior Staff Writer
The difference between ade
quacy and excellence this
is the role of the Nebraska
Foundation.
Henry Haynie, president of
the Nebraska Foundation, ex
plained at a recent foundation
orientation meeting for stu
dent leaders on campus, that
the state legislature provides
the University with its ade
quate needs, but the University's-
friends provide the
excellence.
He said that the foundation
turned over $700,000 to the
University for specific pur
poses last year from gifts and
contributions collected from
alumni and friends.
In all the foundation re
i ceived $2.5 million in total
funds in 1964. as compared
I with $1.3 million in 1963. This
brings the total assets of the
foundation to slightly over $7
million.
Haynie said that the differ
ence between the money col
lected and that immediately
contributed was kept in perm
anent endowment funds which
were kept for long range
projects. .
lie explained that since the
foundation started on an ir
regular basis in 1936. it has
increased from 2.0IMI donors to
67.000 donors.
But he said. "This still rep
resents only 13 per cent of the
University alumni."
"Our system of higher edu
cation in the United States."
hp said, ""will double in its
capacity in the next few
years. We will have to try
and -do again in the next dec
ade what our predecessors
have done over the past three
centuries."
He explained tnat if "we
are to fulfill our responsibili
ties, we will have to go to
ka government to iron out
campus problems.
"Although the state capitol
is only a few blocks away
from campus,"' Evans said,
"there is a wide split in un
derstanding between the two."
No Partisan Politics
He stressed that the talks
would have nothing to do with
partisan politics and that
they would really try to ac
complish something w ith
them. He agreed that talk was ,
no good unless action follow
ed. Evans pointed out that one j
of the capitol's biggest ques-'
III ! j
uNyinnioeir
in all aspects of Identifica
tion. Admission applications
and transcripts for in-coming
freshmen are provided
with a special space, con
sisting of a three digit
space, followed by a two di
git space and four digit
spacethe form for Social
Security numbers.
Big Ten Idea
The College Entrance Ex
amination Board is current
work and increase the pro-!
gran' of solicitations and edu
cation." For example, he said, as
the student enrollment goes
up, sutdent assistance w i 1 1 i
also have to climb.
"We have a great football
team." he stressed, "but in
the Big Light, as far as
alumni support goes, we are
only at the half point"
He explained that if the
foundation were to continue
upholding the school's excel
leice, the first effort would
be to solicit the help of stu
dents. Haynie said that many stu
dents didn't even realize the
foundation existed, yet alone
how important it is to the
school and the students them
selves. Examples of some of the
things the foundation has ac
complished in the past start
with the foundation's $13,750
program of professorships and
chairs for distinguished teach
ing. The foundation .upports
eleven such chairs, held by
Professors Henry Kauinagar
ten, Norman Cromwell Cur
tis Elliott, Carl Georgi, Ptoyce
Knapp, John Lonnquist, How
ard Ottoson, Trugut S a r p -kaya,
Karl Shapiro. James
Weber and Waiter Wright.
The foundation gives these
men. chosen by the Board of
Regents, substantial bonuses
in addition to their regular
salaries.
Other faculty benefits, sup
ported by the foundation, in
clude sabbatical leaves, such
as the four to six which are
supported each year in hu
manities. In the area of student as
sistance, Haynie said more
than 750 students are being
assisted this semester with
scholarships, grants-in-aid and
loans from the foundation.
University Seek
ng Through Talks
tions is if there really are
problems on the campus and
if the Nebraska government
could help in any way to iron
them out
He said the governor's of
fice felt there prossibly were
problems, or lack of commu
nications, but that they need
ed to talk to the students
themselves to find out exact
ly what these problems were
and how serious they might
be.
Student discussjon at t he
meeting indicated there were
problems and that better com-
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between the students, tl,e fac
ulty and administration and
the Nebraska government
would be beneficial.
Apathetic Administration
Students pointed out that the
problems included an apathet
ic administration and faculty
who did not encourage student
thinking about the issues of
today, too little stress on the
humanities and undefined or
unrealistic liquor laws.
It was broii glil up at the
meeting that (here vcrc real
ly no formal channels at the
present time through which
t
ly using the Social Security
numbers of students for iden
tification as are some of the
Big Ten Conference schools.
John Aronson, director of
admissions, said that the
American College Testing
Program and other colleges
and universities across the
country are also consider
ing requiring Social Secur
ity numbers for identifica
tion. Aronson said that the So-
"Although the foundation
givt s scholarships to only five
per cent of the undergradu
ates, there is one of these
foundation-supported students
for very four in the top per
cent scholastically of the stu
dent body. And many of these1
students would not be here un
less they had this financial
'ncouragement." he said.
He explained that besides)
student and faculty aid. vol-j
untary support has played an j
important role in producing!
physical facilities for the Uni- j
versity.
He listed the following ex
amples: "on Love .Memorial Li-:
b-arv, erected in 1942 for
$900,000; Ralph Mueller Caril
lon "ower. built in 1949 for
$83,000; hc .Mueller Planetar
ium constructed in 1957 for !
Si70.00fl; the Sheldon Art Cal
if ry, a $3 million gift.
The Nebraska Center tor
Continuing Education, a $3
million structure, of which $1.1
million was raised by the
foundation, along with a $1.5
million grant from the Kellog
Foundation.
Behlen Building, an addition
to Brace Lab tor Physics: and j
the Nelle Cochrane Woods!
Art Building, built in 1963. j
Every piece of art in Shel- j
don Art Gallery and the ex-1
hibitions in Morrill Hall.
"These are the principal j
buildings which are a vital ;
part of the academic program j
and all constructed through !
voluntary support." Haynie
said.
He explained that in the fu-!
ture, a Centennial Theater lor j
Performing Arts is being j
sought from gifts. He said i
they hoped it could be fin- j
ished bv the University's Cen-1
tennial Year of 1909. !
the ordinary student could
meet with the administration
and discuss school problems.
Evans said that another
meeting would be held in the
next few weeks of more stu
dent leaders. .faculty memb
ers and the administration to
make further plans for these
talk.
He said that the governor's
office itself probably wouldn't
sponsor the talks, but that it
would be a combination of the
Nebraska government, the As
sociation of Students of 1 h e
University of Nebraska, the
University adminis'ration and
the faculty.
Activities Mart Opens
On City Campus Only
T h e freshman activities
mart will be held only on the
i city campus this year, ascord
! ing to Carol Strand. AWS ac
! tivities mart chairman.
In past ye; rs. the mart had
, been held on both city and
East comnuwe Miss Strand
said that lack of par'icipation
uti the East campus was the
reason for the chance.
Freshman may sipn up for
i-jvificK I rem 2 to 5 p.m.
today in the Nebraska Union
I ballroom.
cial Security Identification
would mean fewer numbers
from the student to remem
ber and that it would "great
ly simplify things."
The Social Security num
ber would be more perma
nent and would be included
on a student's records from
high school through college.
More Accuracy
Hoover pointed out that re
quests for transcripts could
be handled with more ac
curacy. He said a person
might call in and ask for a
transcript of his grades.
However, there might be four
or five people with that
same name. With the per
manent Social Security iden
tification number, this could
be eliminated.
"It's ultimate use." said
Hoover," is that with com
patible computer systems,
universities could transfer
information on students by
just sending them punched
cards."
"It is anticipated the
change-over for current Uni
versity students from their
present student ID number
to the Social Security ID
number would take place be
fore next fall.
Hoover noted that Social
Security offices were reluc
tant to assign Social Secur
ity numbers to foreign stu
dents, who would be in the
United States for only sev
eral years.
However, he said that in
such cases, the University
would assign their own num
bers, "but within the Social
Security framework."
'Panhel Night'
Features Talk,
Top Scholars
Cher 1.200 sorority women
attended '"Panhellenic Night",
the kick-off meeting for Pan
hellenic Week. Monday.
"Maturity is a slow process
of growth and experience."
said Mrs. Graeme Reid.
grand jjresident of Gamma
Phi Beta and guest speaker.
Mrs. Reid stressed that an
emphasis on scholarship must
be deeper than a required
grade point average it must
create a "love of learning."
''e will survive." she said,
"if we are useful, flourish if
we are purposeful and will
continue if we are alert. We
must establish true fraternity
as our foremost goal."
The Gamma Phi Beta
Pledge Scholarship Award,
presented to the pledge class
which attained the highest
average last semester, was
given to Kappa Alpha Theta.
i new awara. ranneiienic
j Scholars, w as presented 1
the girl who attained the bigb
lest average in each bouse.
The Panhellenic Scholarship
Award, presewed to the house
with the highest average, was
! given to Kappa Alpha Theta
! for a 6.534 averaee. Chi
lOmega and Gamma Phi Beta
tied for second place,
j The Panhellenic Scholarship
Achievement Award was pre-
r.ened to Kappa Delta with a
grade averags improvement
of .446. Delta Delta Delta won
honorable mention with an
improvement of .3R1.
Sophomore Musicians
To Give Recital Today
The University Department
of Music will hold a sopho
more "ecital a. the Sheldon
Gallery Auditorium today at
3:30 p.m.
InsTuroentalists and vocal
;sts in the reci'al are Jerome
Kohl, clarinet: Lynn Moller,
baritone horn- Roger Hen
richsop. en or: Maria Wiebe,
; piano: v-ury .meon. sopra
ino: and Doug Hill. Jrench
I horn.
