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ONIVERS OCT Skirting Other Campuses . . . Kcmsf faces Jo7 Term Fi? Burning M0" Jniversity of Iowa student Steve Smith burned what he said was his draft card at an emotional debate of U.S. pol icy in Viet Nam, according to the Daily Iowan. "I feel," Smith said, "that now is the time, because of my own sense of dignity, my own sense of morality, to burn my draft card.'' As the result of his action, Smith faces the possibility of five years in prison and a $10,000 fine. Recommend Beer Sale The sale of beer in the stu dent unions at Iowa's three state schools was recom mended at the State Board of Regents meeting by Regent Jonathan Richards, the Iowa State Daily of Iowa State University reported. The Daily Iowan reported that a straw poll indicated a majority of State University of Iowa students favored serving beer in the Union. A recent policy change of the Associated Women Stu dents at Kansas State Uni versity makes it possible for a girl with late minutes in ex cess of 15 or after three oc currences to not automatically be sent to the Judicial Board, according to the Kansas State Collegian. The girl will appear before her living group which will review the case and report it to the Judicial Board. Suspend Miami Freshmen Three male freshmen, caught drinking liquor in the dorms, were suspended from the University of Miami at Coral Gables, Fla., and three more cases are pending de cision by the Men's Discipline Committee, the Miami Hur ricane reported. The three students already suspended were found drink ing in the men's dormitory area some two hours after they had finished registering for the first semester. Hold "Gripe Week" Gripe Week was held ad Oklahoma State University last week. Daily O'Collegian said the event, sponsored by the Student Senate, was in tended to give students a chance to voice their opinion's on student government and serves as a poll of student opinion. Gripe boxes were lo cated in the Student Union for the collection of opinions. Dante Fete May Begin Tradition By Steve Jordon Junior Staff Writer The Dante Conference which ended Tuesday afternoon might have been the first of a series of such conferences, according to Dr. Roberto Es-quenazi-Mayo, co-chairman of the conference. "We hope to establish a tradition of conferences here like this one, either on a fig ure or a topic," Esquenazi, chairman of the University ro mance language department, said. Nine leading Dante scholars from American universities at tended the two-day confer ence, lecturing on Dnnte, his literary works and his Influ ence on political, social and religious thought in medieval Europe. "There has been excellent attendance," Esquenazi said. "I feel that there has been a great response and reaction from the students and from the faculty. We have had many members of the com munity here, also."' More than 200 people attend ed the 2:30 p.m. session Tues day to hear lecturers from Cornell and Harpur, N.Y., uni versity. Monday's session featured presentations on "Dante In France", "Dante and 1i I s Modernity", "Breaking of the Medieval Frame" and "Dan te florentlno." Tuesday featured three morning speakers and two in the final afternoon session. A display of Dante books from the Fiske Dante Library failed to arrive at Sheldon Art Gallery soon enough to be displayed, according to Nor man Geske, director of Shel don. No definite plan have been made for future sessions, but the success of the Initial con ference Jibs "Induced students to become more familiar with great figure," Esquenazi said. Plans for the Dante session began nine months ago, he said. Draft Card The Daily O'Collegian also reported newly painted signs urging O.S.U. students not to hinder traffic in t h e over crowded buildings. A course and instructor evaluation procedure was es tablished by the Student Sen ate of Iowa State University, according to the Iowa State Daily. Tne sheets will be dis t r i b u t e d , the Wednesday, Thursday and Friday before dead-week, and the evaluation returns will be tabulated and published in booklet form for public purchase. Open Coffee-House According to The Game cock, University of South Carolina paper, a new gather ing place for coffee-drinking and folk song-singing students opened this year in the base ment of the Wesley Founda tion. "The Crumbling Wall", as the establishment is called, was opened to give students a place to go where they can hear folk music, demonstrate their own talents, hear speak ers, get to know other stu dents and teachers and ex change ideas over a cup of dents and teachers and ex-coffee. Accreditation Team To Visit J-School By Diane Lindquist Junior Staff Writer An accreditation inspection team will be on campus Wed nesday afternoon through Fri day afternoon to inspect and evaluate the quality of the School of Journalism news editorial program. The inspection team will prepare a report and make re commendations to the Amer ican Council on Education for Journalism, which will decide whether the school meets the standards of accreditation. Explaining the advantages of accreditation, Dr. William Hall, Director of the School of Journalism, said that most major employers of journal ism work only with accredit ed schools. "Informational and research reports prepared by national communications organizations are distributed only to accred ited schools," he said. Hall also pointed out that, only accredited schools can enter the Hearst competition. "Being accredited," he said, "makes us develop a record that makes us noticed." The criteria for choosing an accredited school is your guar antee you're getting a first class education," explained Hall. Ross Denies New Drinking Policy By Wayne Kreuscher Senior Staff Writer G. Robert Ross, vice chan cellor and dean of student af fairs, denied Tuesday that the University has a new policy of strictly cracking down on University minors drinking al coholic beverages. "To my knowledge there has been no recent change in the University's policy toward minors' drinking," Ross said. He explained that the Uni versity has always supported the state laws against minors drinking and that the posses sion or consumption of alco holic beverages In student residences and at all social functions of University organ izations or groups Is a viola tion of the University code. But the a d m 1 n i s t r a tion doesn't particularly go out looking for violations are this code unless violations are brought to our notice by "spe cific Incidents," he pointed out. Ross said that several "spe cific things" had recently hap pened between the Interfra ternity Council (IFC) and ad ministration that might have given the impression of a new and stricter enforcement, but that there was no new policy. Ross said that IPC's recent discussion and motions con cerning student drinking In the fraternity houses was "completely IPC's own action In trying to assume more re sponsibility for what goes on in Its framework." He explained that IFC had invited him as a guest to Its Vol. 81 No. 25 i .r f I? il M-1 If f !f I J M , ' ill 'v 1 , 1 H Mi 1 11 1 u ? f I vT T .-r iHnilr : i r hi I f 1 1 ?f f J i ! I if ft f:" I ' NEBRASKA , Xv LT. GOV. PHIL SORENSEN . . . Speaks to the Young Democrats Tuesday night. "There is a continuing ef fort on a national basis," he said, "to eliminate those pro grams which cannot meet professional standards." Professional accreditation was established immediately after World War II to elevate the standards of journalism education in the United States. Currently there are only 47 accredited journalism schools in the United States and the number is holding about the same, according to Hall. The School of Journalism ; here was first accredited in 1956 and has been accredited ' twice since then. Accreditation, which must be made every five years, is j judged on the objective of the : school's program and how well the pchool meets those objectives, the professors and the academic qualifications of the faculty, the adequacy of the operating budget, faculty salaries and library funds, in-: structional and research facil- i ities and student satisfaction with the program. The inspection team will attend class sessions, visit j with a group of students each ' day they are here, with pro fessors on the journalism staff and with the deans and the chancellor. i meeting last Wednesday night and that he had not re quested or advised IFC con cerning its proposed amend ment on fraternity drinking before the meeting. IFC will vote on a three point amendment to its by laws tonight which, if passed, will outlaw drinking or pos ession of alcoholic beverages in all fraternity houses and the use of fraternity funds or organization in connection with alcoholic beverages. Bo wen To Speak ! At YR Meeting Sen. Kenneth Bowen of Red Cloud will speak at a meeting of University Young Republi cans Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in the Nebraska Union. Bowen served as Speaker of the 1965 session of the Ne braska Unicameral. He intro duced a state income tax bill in the 1963 session and, in 1965, was a strong supporter of LB797, the state income tax bill passed by the Legislature. He has been widely re garded as a likely candidate lor a state office In 1966. Most of the speculation has been around Bowen's making a bid for either Lieutenant Gover nor or State Treasurer. Bowen's daughter, Marilyr Is National Commltteewoman for the University YR's. A son, Phil, Is a freshman at the University and assistant YR publicity chairman. Phil will introduce his father to the Thursday night meeting. Faculty To Play In Recital Four members of the Uni versity department of music will perform in a faculty reci tal at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in the Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery auditorium. The featured performers are Vernon Forbes, assistant professor of brass instru ments, on trombone and Ar nold Schatz, assistant profes sor of string instruments, on violin. Harvey Hinshaw and Audun Ravnan, associate pro fessors will accompany For bes and Schatz. Each year the University's department of music, under the direction of its chairman, Emnual Wishnow, presents a number of public recitals fea turing faculty members. The performances are free to the public, and seating is on a first-come, first-served basis. The Thursday evening pro gram: "Sonata," bv Giffels, played by Prof. Forbes. "So nata in G minor, Op. 1. No. 10," by Tartini, played by Prof. Schatz. "Concerto No. 2 in D mi nor," by Bruch, played by Prof. Schatz. "Concerto," by Jacob, played by Prof. Forbes. Ag Major Wins New Scholarship Dennis Sievers has been awarded the first Lloyd VV. 1 H u r 1 b u t Memorial Scholar-' ship, a $150 cash award. Sievers, a junior majoring i n agricultural engineering, has a 6.379 accumulative ave-: rage. He transferred to the j University from Midland Col-1 lege last year. Meiharit Jo Speak Thursday Nebraska's poet laureute, John Neihardt, will speak at a convocation In the Nebras ka Union at 10:30 a.m. Thurs day. Neihardt will discuss Mid western poetry and read some of his poems. The convocation in the Nebraska Union ball room will be open to students and public. The 84-year-old poet is the only person ever to gain the distinction of poet laureate of Nebraska, an honor bestowed by the Nebraska Legislature In 1921. He has published some 25 volumes including a col lection of five epic poems on "A Cycle of the West." A native of Illinois, Nei hardt's family moved to a sod house in Kansas when he was six years old. The family later moved to Nebraska and set tled In Wayne. A graduate of the former Nebraska Normal School at Wayne, Neihardt was a mem ber of the University staff from 1923 to 1926 when he Joined the University of Mis souri faculty. He Is now pro fessor of English ut the Uni versity of Missouri. The Daily Nebroskon Candidate For Governor? Sofmsoiu Reveal's AJo Definite Lt. Gov. Phil Sorensen did not announce his plans for the state election in 1966 Tuesday night at the Young Democrats meeting in the Nebraska Union. It was speculated before the meeting that he might, as Re publicans Val Peterson and Xobert Tieman did several weeks earlier at a Young Re publicans meeting, announce his plans to run for governor. He has been spoken of as a likely candidate for governor on the Democratic ticket de pending on what Gov. Mor rison does. Sorensen in referring to State Legislator Terry Car penter, who recently changed from the Republican tc the Democratic party and is ex pected to possibly seek the governorship, said Carpenter "will probably oppose me" in the next election and then added that Carpenter would oppose him on principle. He said he thought the Young Democrats played the most important role in t h e Teachers To New By Jan Itkin Junior Staff Writer Either way 9-8-7-6 or A-B-C-D grades are grades, and it makes no difference accord ing to University faculty. Most faculty members in terviewed said they were ei ther in favor of the new A-B-C grading system, changed this year from the previous nine-point number system, or that the scale made little dif ference to them. Mrs. C. A. Young, instruc tor of journalism, said she was "adapting to the new system very nicely, but then I attended an undergraduate school . that used it and am used to it. I think It will be to the advantage of the stu dents and that they may find their grade points raised. "In my labs, however, I am using an 11-polnt system to show the student his progress. Then I will convert it to the A-B-C system for final grades," she added. Subjective Thing Dr. Edwin Halfar, chairman of the mathematics depart ment, commented. "Generally giving grades is a subjective thing and personally I 1 i k e the A-B-C system. I can't make a distinction in my own mind between a five and six or an eight and nine." Dr. C. A. Evans, assistant professor of philosophy, said, "USing the one to nine system in humanistic studies is im possible. The very idea of breaking up work into nine degrees of quality is absurd." "It's no real (inference," replied Robert Gelwick, grad uate assistant in history, "it's all the same grade. We grade JOHN G. NI'IHARDT . . will appear ut the University 1 Iff 'A . ! Democratic party by working the hardest and, contributing many new and good ideas. Clair Callan and I probably would never have won the last election if not for the Young Democrat's work, he said. Other comments from Sor ensen covered the income tax bill (LB 797) and Gov. Morri son's position on the tax bill, civil liberties and his brother Ted Sorensen, who was a top aide to President Kennedy. Sorensen explained that he was highly in favor of an in come tax in Nebraska be cause it taxes all men ac cording to their ability to pay. The property tax puts a hard burden on a small group of people and the sales tax is not an equitable tax because all people have to spend mon ey no matter how much they have, he said. He pointed out that in Ne braska with the property tax the farmers have 19 per cent of the inr'ome. but pay fifty per cent of the tax. Adapt Grading by percentages until the final grade anyway. Most schools are on the four point and the University has simply fallen into line. "It will be a lot easier for students to get A's than it was to get nines," he added. "And changing transcripts between the University and other schools will be simpler." Dr. Steven Ross, assistant professor of history, d i s a -greed. "The nine-point sys tem is a bit clumsier but it allows greater flexibility for use. I'm using pluses and mi nuses for my own records." Pass-Fail System "I'd be most happy with a pass-fail system myself," Dr. Robert Narveson commented, "although to be realistic, it probably won't be done. Teachers are easily adapta ble, however, and can use any system." Dr. Royal Sloan, assistant professor of political science, said. "It doesn't make much difference as I haven't used it (the four-point scale) much yet. The only difference is that the difference between B and C is a lot while there isn't such a large gap be tween five and six." Dr. Leroy Laase, chairman of speech and dramatic arts, foresaw "no problem from the point of personal use. I have used both systems and there's no problem. The nine point scale allows finer discrimina tion If that is desired. "The four-point scale," he added, "provides for grosser measurements and pluses may be added to furthur dis crimination." 1 . Pool liiurente r Nebraska, u ThurNiluy. Wednesday, October 27, 1965 P Banns Gov. Morrison has always been consistent in saying he was against any broadened tax, Sorensen noted. He said Gov. Morrison had promised in his last campaign not to favor a broadened tax, but to leave it up to the legislature. Sorensen, who is a member of the American Civil Liber ties Union, said he was in favor of any lawful group such as Students for a Demo cratic Society organizing on the University campus. He said that he might not agree with such a group's ideas, but that it still has a place on campus. He also pointed out that he felt anyone should be able to pass about any pamph let on city streets that he so chooses as long as it doesn't interfere with someone else's rights. As for his famous brother Ted, he noted that people constantly ask him if he is re lated to the Washington Sor ensen. He said he resented people saying that his broth er's writings exploited the Kennedy name to make money. The Young Democrats, be fore Sorensen spoke, passed a motion backing President Johnson's policy in Viet Nam. Mark Plattner, who in troduced the motion, pointed out that as Democrats they should back the President. In other business at the meeting. Tom Booth, presi dent of theYoung Democnits, questioned the Daily Nebras kan's impartiality in news coverage of the Young Demo crats and the Young Republi cans. Booth said that it seemed as if the Daily Nebraskan was partial to the Y'oung Republi cans and he criticized its cov erage of the Young Demo crats' meetings. Plattner said he thought all editors of the Daily Nebraskan for several years had been pro-Republican and that t h e Young Democratis would have to do something about getting equal coverage. urses To Seek Offices University School of Nursing students will back two of their own candidates for state of ficers at the Nebraska State Student Nurses' Association convention in S c o t t s -bluff Friday. Louise Erickson, a junior from Central City, running for the group's p r e s i - " dency, and Vcvely Lee, a senior from Miss Erickson Weeping Water, is running lor Nebraska State Student Nurse of the Year. . Miss Erickson spent t w o years on the Lincoln Univer sity campus before going to the School of Nursing in Oma ha. A member of Chi Omega, she was secretary of the sophomore nursing class, vice president of the junior class, and a member of the Student Professional Committee. She was the nursing school's can didate for "Ideal Nebraska Coed" in 1965. Miss Lee is a member of Alpha Lambda Delta, presi dent of the Student Council of the Nursing School and sec ond vice president of the Ne braska State Student Nurses' Association. ! She was also uresident of the sophomore class and a member of the Student Coun cil us a sophomore and junior. To finance the trip to Scotts bluff. the University Nursing School held a spaghetti sup per in the school lounge. f, I.