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
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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
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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
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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.
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