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Vol. 81, No. 59 The Daily Nebraskan Monday, Feb. 7, 1966 Morrison Names Peace Corps Month At ASUN Suggestion By Jan Itkin Senior Staff Writer February has been p r o claimed Peace Corps month for Nebraska by Gov. Frank Morrison. Prior to the proclamation Morrison met with members of the ASUN Peace Corps committee who explained Peace Corps Week (Febr. 13 18) at the University, and urged Morrison to make the proclamation, according to Edd Weiner, ASUN Peace Corps chairman. The proclamation states: "Whereas Congress estab lished the Peace Corps on Sept. 22, 1961. Objectives de fined by the Act for the Peace Corps are to promotoe worTd peace and friendship by mak ing American facilities and personnel available; and asters See Need For Department Of Religion "The University has nothing to fear from studying reli gion," the Rev. Duane Hutch inson says in a sermon he has sent throughout the state sup porting the establishment of a University Department of Re ligion. Rev. Hutchinson, of the Wesley Foundation, feels there is an obvious gap in the University's curriculum due to the section of the Nebras ka Constitution which states that no state agency may aid a sectarian cause. An article in the Summer 'Bogey' Addicts Unite! If the reactions of students who attended the Bogart film festival this weekend are any indicator, there may be a strong Humphrey Bogart "fan" club springing up on the University campus. About 130 students watched the Bogart movies sponsored by the Union Film committee Saturday and Sunday. During the past two years there has been a revival of Bogart popularity and Bogart film festivals have been held on many college campuses across the country. "If he (Bogart) is not per fect, his philosophy is per fect," enthused one student. Kent Neumeister, a Bogart fan for many years, attributed his popularity to his honesty and cynicism. He described Bogart as a tough guy who is soft underneath. "Bogart acts with a great deal of honesty. You can tell by looking at his face that he's been around a lot. He shows complete honesty of character, he is no phony," Neumeister said. The combination of the hero image and the professionalism of the films themselves im pressed Bob Samuelson. "Bogart seems to be the part, not just acting it. It is easy to identify him with his part. He has a snappy dialogue full of cliches," Sam uelson commented. Some students described Bogart as an ideal of what every man and woman would like to be. Larry Anderson said Bogart was representa tive of what the college stu dent aspires to. "He is a tough but senti mental man. Direct, to t h e point acting Is characteristic of Bogart. He doesn't mess around much." Many thought the quality of the films was excellent, with , good actors, directors, and script. Bogart's co-stars in the movies included Edward G. Robinson, Lauren Bacall, Lio nel Barrymore and Walter Erennan. Whereas it is important to promote a better understand ing of the American people on the part of the peoples served; and "Whereas Americans can also gain a better knowledge and understanding about peo ple in other parts of the world; and "Whereas the major objec tive of the Peace Corps is to assist by doing instead of only advising, in the countries where they are invited; "Now, Therefore, I Frank B. Morrison, Governor of the State of Nebraska, do hereby proclaim February 1966 as Peace Corps Month in Nebras ka and believe that the Peace Corps provides new opportun ities for men and women in government, industry, labor and education, and returning Nebraskan revealed that all six campus pastors are in fa vor of such a department. Since that time a great deal has been done to promote in terest in all parts of the state. In addition to the sermon, Rev. Hutchinson participated in a half -hour television pro gram on KUON-TV last week with State Sen. John E. Knight of Lincoln, UCCF Pas tor Alan Pickering and Fa ther Raymond Haine of t h e Catholic Student Center. All expressed the need for courses in religion as a regular part iiiiijiiiiijiiiiiiiiiii iiiiif riiiiitiiii iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiijirtiiirf if i iitiiiiririiiiiif iiaiifiaiirfiiiii(fiiiiiiitiiiiittj Civic Leaders Guide Business Proteges Fifty senior men and many Lincoln professional and busi ness leaders met together Sunday evening at a banquet which marked the beginning of the Innocents Protege pro gram for this year. Frank Partsch, one of the co-chairmen of the project, explained that these senior men each would be sponsored by one of the Lincoln leaders so as "to give them some contact with the outside world of reality." He noted that the program was expecially p o p u 1 a r in professional fields such as medicine and law. The sponsors, who include such men as Gov. Frank Morrison, Lincoln Mayor Dean Peterson, Secretary of State Frank Marsh, Star Ex ecutive Editor Earl Dyer and attorneys Robert Guenzel, John Mason and Charles Thome, will meet their pro teges informally at different times of the year. Partsch pointed out that 1!his year the proteges were chosen by recommendations from dorm counselors and fraternity presidents. He noted that in past years they were chosen by the deans of the colleges, but this year they wanted not only top students but also above average students WhO would benefit from the pro gram. Special University guests at the banquet Sunday night in cluded Frank Hallgren, di rector of the Placement Di vision; Dr. Clayton Gerkin, director of the counselling service; Dr. William Tor rence, associate professor of business organization and management, and James Pit tenger, athletic ticket man ager. Bill Haug is the other chair man of the program. University proteges and their sponsors respectively are: Harry Andresen, Ken Clark; Edward Kodet, George Unthank; Larry Youth, W. D. SchJaebitz; James Maxwell, Dr. Henry Holtzelaw; Doug volunteers will know the lan guage, culture, traditions and people of a particular area of the world." Urging Morrison to sign the proclamation was one of t h e first steps the ASUN commit tee took in promoting interest in the Peace Corps, Weiner said. "We are not trying to re cruit people for the P e a c e Corps," he stressed. "That isn't our job. All we want to do is promote a general inter est in both University and the city communities so that indi viduals will want to take their own initiative and do some thing to help the Corps." He explained that people would be coming to the Uni versity from Washington to educate people about the work of the Peace Corps and "we're of the University curriculum. They feel a separate depart ment would be the best an swer, but admit that even courses within other depart ments are desirable. They stressed that the opportunity to study in this area should be available to students in every university whether tax-supported or not. Presently, the only way a student may take courses in religion is by enrolling in the Cotner School of Religion lo cated at 1237 R. las Eveleth, Dr. Harry Web er; Jerry Delzell, Gene Ed wards; Shelly Krizelman, W. R. Brungard. John Baldwin, Craig O'Brien; Vir Gene Adams, Larry Smith; John Luckasen, Dr. K. T. MeGinnis; Buzz Madson, Dr. Dwight Cherry; Bob Wilburn, Dr. Samuel Fuenning; Meredith Surh, Dr. Niles Barnard; Taylor With row, John Olsson; Arnie Peterson, Dr. Paul Goetow ski. Gaylord Nordine, Dr. Fred Webster; John Caleca, John Comstock; Larry Herderson, Dale Renner; Dave Fairchild, Roger Ghormley; J. Morton Nicholson, Jerry Stroble; Max Nail, John Hossack; Bill Haug, John Berkheimer; Ron Bellamy, Del Whiteley; Vern on Leibbrandt; Larry Ander son, Robert Guenzel; James Don at, Charles Wright; Bob Tate, John Mason. Jack Shafer, Frank Marsh; Kent Neumeister, Charles Oldfather; Kile Johnson, Sam Van Pelt; Larry Casey, R. N. Thompson; Brice Rueter, Charles Thone; Robert Jett, Mr. Rogge; Bill Harding, Dean Peterson; Bruce Wright, Bob Nelson; Robert Samuelson, Miss Clara John son; Jim Korshoj, Max Hard ing; Frank Partsch, Earl Dyer; Bill Marshall, John Tate. First IFC A special Interfraternity Council (IFC) conference, featuring discussions on var ious aspects of the fraternity system, will be held at Ne braska Center, this weekend. Participants will include University fraternity rep resentatives and several fac ulty members and Lincoln in dividuals who will lead dis cussions. Gary Larsen, the new IFC president, said that be hoped every fraternity house would send at least two delegates, possibly the new president and one or two members who might be house leaden in the just a committee to publicize them and try to help them out." Included in plans to "publi cize and help out" will be booths containing brochures on the Peace Corps, Volun teers in Service to America (VISTA), Operation Head Start and the Job Corps. Films taken at Peace Corps locations will be shown daily in the small auditorium of the Nebraska Union and a Peace Corps testing center will also be set up in the Union. "In addition," Weiner con tinued, "speakers will be available to various living units and organizations who want to hear about the Peace Corps from people who have participated. At last count, approximately 45 living units want speakers." Up to 12 hours of elective credit may be transferred from the School to the Univer sity record, but a student can not earn a degree in religion. Raleigh Peterson. Jr., dean of the School, noted that only about one-fourth of the stu dents taking courses intend to go into a seminary later. Rev. Hutchinson reports several precedents of tax-supported institutions with de partments of r e 1 i g i o n. At Iowa University, the School of Religion is one of the largest JIFC V V if ;f - V v f i , f v I i : I i: y U NYLA SOKUP ... the JUNIOR IFC queen is escorted by Jeff McCoy, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, after being crowned at Friday night's JIFC Ball. Miss Sokup, an Alpha Phi pledge, was representing the pledge class of Sigma Alpha Epsilon. Over five hundred Greek pledges attended the dance. Meeting To Challenge Greeks' next few years. The registra tion fee for the two-day meek lng is $5. Clarence, president presi dent of the Board of Regents, will speak at the opening ses sion Saturday. Other guest speakers and tapics will include: Dr. Wil liam D. Torrence, associate professor of business organi zation, who will spe'ak on per sonnel management and Dr. Royce H. Rnapp, professor of history and principles of education, whose topic will be fraternities and higher educa tion. The Lancaster County Dem K1lllllItIIITlllIlIlIflIllIdllItIllIIIIIllllIIIililJliIIIlllItlllIIIIIIitlIlfllllIIIIII1lllllllll1lllllltltlllllllllIlllllllitllllllllllttlilliIlltfllllilltll1IliIIIIUf IJtlliilf IlllllIIIIMitllillf I Peace Corps Month mlkt f in n vlXfl'1- l,:, iZr Iff II i'a V ' 1 - - f . " . ill A ' PROCLAMATION SIGNED Corps month in Nebraska. signing. schools in the University, and he cites ten other state uni versities which have estab lished similar departments. In Nebraska, some religion courses are being taught at Kearney State, Wayne State and Omaha University. There is opposition however, and according to one adminis trator Rev. Hutchinson talked to, the people of Nebraska would rather have an ade quate department of forestry. Rev. Pickering says that when it is a question of financing Queen ocratic chairman, Norman Krivosha, will speak on civil rights in the fraternity sys tem, and Dr. Clay Gerken, director of the University- counseling service, will speak on ideas for thought. The relationships of student affairs and fraternities will be outlined by Vice Chancellor G. Robert Ross and bis assis tants Russell Brown and Rich ard Scott There will also be an IFC discussion on "Rush Scholar shipPresidents" and a house treasurer's report. "This conference is designed to provide an opportunity for ... by Governor Morrison, designates February as Peace Edd Weiner and his ASUN committee were present at the one of two projects, corn bor er research will always be given priority over a depart ment of religion. Knight said that he is n o t attempting to change the State Constitution by introduc ing an amendment. The Uni versity itself can legally add a Department of Religion as far as he knows. While these men speak throughout the state to g a i n public interest, Rev. A 1 v i n Petersen of the Lutheran Stu dent Center prefers to t a k e Sorority To Honor Scholars Three $157 scholarships are being offered by Delta Delta Delta sorority to undergrad uate University women. "The qualifications which we are looking for are a good academic record, valuable contributions to campus activities, and the display of promise of valuable service in her chosen field," explained Susan Powell, chairman of the tee. After the local chapter has reviewed the applications and has chosen the winners, their applications will be forwarded to a national committee who will then select winners for a one-thousand dollar national scholarship. "Two of the scholarships are given by the collegiate chapter and one by the Lin coln alumni chapter. We raised our money by partici pating in Fall Capital City Days sponsored by the Cham ber of Commerce, and by sponsoring a card party-fashion show in November," stated Miss Powell. "The na tional committee then matches one-fourth of the money we raise." Applications may be obtained at the Tri-Delt house, 1601 R St., at the Director of Financial Aids, or at Dr. Sue Arbuthnot's office, Room 213, Teacher's College. The dead line for filing applications is Mar. 5. evaluating the fraternity sys tem, identifying new areas of activity, strengthening the program and giving newly elected fraternity officers an overview of the lnterfraterj nity Council," Larsen said. He said he didn't think the speakers would just tell about their subjects to the fraternity representatives, but rather he expects the speakers "to real ly challenge the Greeks and make them think." The conference will be the first one of this type at the University and sponsors have expressed a hope that it will become an annual event. the problem to the members of his own congregation. He believes that by alerting them to the problem, the students themselves will spread the word to parents and demand what is lacking for a complete curriculum. However the problem is to be solved, the campus reli gious directors agree that a change in thinking on the sub ject and subsequent results are inevitable once Nebras kans become aware of t h i s deficiency. Council To Vote On 14th St. Final action on the closing of 14th St. in the city campus area is to come through a vote by the Lincoln City Council, according to Douglas Erog den, city planning director. A Daily Nebraskan story which quoted Brogden about the eventual possible closing failed to make clear the neces sity of a formal City Council vote on City Planning Com mission proposals for closing of the street. The story also misquoted Brogden as saying that 14th would be closed when a "Hol drege Street viaduct" is com pleted. Brogden said a by pass, not a viaduct, is pro posed. The bypass would be a complete new street that would extend Holdrege St. straight toward 9th and 10th, parallel to the railroad tracks on the north edge of the cam pus. Traffic traveling on Hol drege then would completely bypass the campus area, Brogden said. The Daily Nebraskan also misquoted Brogden as saying that the University requested that 14th, 16th and 17th Sts. be closed in 1956, 1961 and 1965. The City Planning Com mission actually made these proposals. The University merely indicated they w-ere in favor of the proposals. Robert Obering, acting di rector of public works, said the street should be closed in about two years. "Other than a formal vote, the plans have come pretty far along," Brogden said of the closing. National Director Speaks Monday The national director of the University Program of People-to-People, Steve Corker, will speak Monday at 4 p.m. at the People-To-People meeting. Corker will give an informal talk and then answer ques tions from the audience. The meeting will be in the small auditorium of the Ne braska Union. hi I