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IS IT Superman or Batman or birds alighting
on the window sills of Abel Hall? No, it is just
the boys taking advantage of the nice "fall"
weather to wash their windows. Windexmen
are sophomores Ron Olds and Don Riebe.
Evans: Baha'i Faith
Stresses 'Oneness'
By Diane Theisen
Higher education's failure
to teach students spiritual as
pects of life adds to the in
creasing number of confused
young people, according to
Winston Evans.
Evans spoke Friday at a
meeting of the Baha'i Faith,
sponsored by the local Baha'i
group. He has been active in
the National and International
Baha'i Faith movement. The
Baha'i Faith is newly organ
ized on this campus.
Evans emphasized the role
of the Baha'i Faith is helping
the young people of today face
the basic issues of life. He
stated that the Baha'is,
through the law of Baha'u'llah,
can help young people find
assurance in the world tur
moil and help them get back
on the path to God.
The Baha'i Faith, an inde
pendent world religion found
ed by an Iranian Baha'u'llah
in the 1860's, first came to the
United States in 1894. The Na
tional Baha'i Headquarters
estimates that there are about
355 local groups of the Baha'i
Faith throughout the country.
Evans explained that the
three basic principles of the
Baha'i Faith are essentially
the oneness of God, the one
ne,ss of religion, and the one
ness of mankind. He stated
that the Baha'is "cry to be
understood" in the world
today.
The Baha'is believe in one
God who they feel "in essence
is unknowable." They believe
that God has revealed "His
Word" to man throughout
time, Evans explained, through
various prophets or special
messengers such as Moses,
Buddha, Christ, Mohammad
and Baha'u'llah. They regard
religion as an evolutionary
process and feel that each
age has its prophet or mes
senger from God.
Baha'u'llah, which In Arabic
means "Glory of God", is
the prophet of this age.
The Baha'is condemn any
form of prejudice and regard
service to their fellow man
as a kind of worship.
To achieve the goal of one
ness of the human race the
Baha'is believe in the adop
tion of a universal auxiliary
language, the establishment
of an overall world peace and
the abolition of extremes of
wealth and poverty.
The Baha'i Faith requires
the highest moral and ethical
behavior from its members.
Although divorce is discour
aged, states the National
Foundation, it is permitted
after a waiting period of one
year.
The use of alcohol and
drugs except for medicinal
purposes is prohibited. The
Baha'is emphasize strongly
the. obligation of adults to edu
cate children.
The reality of man, Baha'is
believe, is in the soul cf man,
which is eternal. They regard
heaven and hell, not as places
but as conditions of the soul.
The Baha'is feel that their
faith is the key to the under
standing of our complex mod
ern society. They regard it as
the next step in the evolu
tionary chain of religion.
. There is no clergy in the
Baha'i Faith. Administration
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is done through democratical
ly elected assemblies, ex
plained the National Head
quarters. These elected bodies
are on the local, national and
international levels.
The Houses of Worship of
the Baha'i Faith are nine
sided temples surmounted by
a dome.
At the present time, there
are four of these Houses lo
cated in Germany, Australia,
Africa and Wilmette, 111.
These Temples are places of
prayer and meditation and
are open to people of all
faiths.
SHOW DIRECTOR . . . Lucy Comstock confers with show
chairman Tom Holyoke during Kosmet Klub rehearsals.
Lucy Comstock Begins
First Year As Director
While this Is Mrs. Lucy
Comstock's first year of di
recting the Kosmet Klub Fall
Show, she has had a wide
background in such shows and
dramatics at the University.
Mrs. Comstock coordinates
the skits, and helps the skit
masters In blocking and cho
reography as well as just di
recting the show. She is a sen
ior with an English major and
speech and dramatics minor.
She said that she applied
last year with Steve Brad
ford, planning to work as a
team on the show. Mrs. Com
stock said that Bradford was
drafted, leaving her the re
sponsibility in her first job of
directing.
Mrs. Comstock has worked
in Coed Follies with Delta
Gamma, and was in Kosmet
Klub Spring Shows both her
freshmen year and in last
year's "How To Scucceed in
Business Without Really Try
ing." Mrs. Comstock said that the
technical planning for the
show is complete, blocking
and choreography is done,
and the costumes are nearly
completed.
Rehearsals move into Per
shing Auditorium Monday,
with full dress rehearsals on
Wednesday and Thursday.
Mrs. Comstock began work
ing on the show a month ago,
meeting with skit masters be
fore the tryouts.
She said that she had been
especially working on choreo
graphy for the show, since she
has taken dancing for 12 years
and has been a member of
Orchesis, the University mod
Ludwig: Opposition To IDC Constitution
Represented By Very 'Small Minority'
By John Fryar
Junior Staff Writer
Recent attacks on the In
terdorm Council constitution
are "not well-founded", ac
cording to Jim Ludwig, chair
man of the Interdorm Coor
dinating Committee.
Ludwig explained the phi
losophy behind the constitu
tion, pointing out that the
approved document carried
over from last year had been
passed unanimously by t h e
committee, article by article.
He said that the final consti
tution also had received nnan
imous approval of all articles
In their final form.
Ludwig said constitution op
ponents Tom Briggs of Cather
Hall and Dave Snyder of Burr
Hall directly represent only a
"very small minority."
' He also said that he h a d
found no Cather students be
sides Briggs who directly op
pose the constitution. Ludwig
is president of Cather Hall.
Non-Voting Membership
According to Ludwig, when
the first sessions of the com
mittee began in March 1966,
many dorms expressed the
feeling that they did not want
to be drawn into the IDC with
out their own approval.
Monday, November 7,
Evaluation Book Includes 119 . . .
Profs Willing To View Selves Objectively
The Faculty Evaluation
Book's distribution "repre
sents something that has nev
er been done at the Univer
sity before," according to
ern dance society.
Mrs. Comstock's husband
Bill was a football player at
the University and now com
mutes to Omaha to play with
the Mustangs. She said that
she and her husband agree
that each should pursue out
side Interests, hers right now
being "Fuddled Fables".
The Comstocks have two
children, Billy, 4, and Nanny,
2.
Mrs. Comstock said that
she hopes to work on future
shows for Kosmet Klub, but
that her work could best be
commented on by the skit di
rectors. ' According to Beta Theta Pi
skitmaster Jody Parker, Mrs.
Comstock is "lots of fun and
real easy to work with" and
the show is ahead of the
stages it was at this time last
year.
Mrs. Comstock said that at
times she had had to be the
disciplinarian in getting
things going, but for the most
part the skit masters have
been "great".
Skits, for the show range
from a takeoff on the "Tor
toise and the Hare" fable to
Gulliver's attempts to reform
California. Fraternities in the
show include Beta Theta Pi,
Delta Upsilon, Kappa Sigma,
Phi Delta Theta, Phi Kappa
Psi and Sigma Nu.
Tickets are on sale for $1.50
in a Nebraska Union booth or
from Kosmet Klub workers.
Ticket's are also available at
East Union or the Pershing
Auditorium box office.
Tickets at the box office
the night of the show will cost
$1.75.
Consequently, Ludwig said,
the non-voting membership of
dorms who had not approved
the constitution was inserted.
Membership is retained be
cause the IDC will propose to
be a representative body, but
to function in new areas, the
IDC may require the relin
quishing of certain powers by
the separate member dormi
tories. Thus, the dorms have a
choice through the residents
of whether to relinquish some
of their sovereignty by be
coming voting members or to
refuse and still have a voice
in the discussion.
This protects the sovereign
ty of the dorms by not auto
matically drawing opponents
into the organization whhout
their approval, Ludwig said.
Ludwig stressed that the
IDC still cannot go into any
dorm and wield power, since
the constitution states that
"the Council may not legis
late on any issue that is only
of internal concern to a mem
ber dormitory, without the
permission of the dormitory
involved," and also says that
the IDC shall only have power
to "legislate on matters of
general interest to the mem
ber dormitories."
1966
Ladd Lonnquist, chairman of
the ASUN faculty evaluation
committee.
The book went on sale Mon
day at the Nebraska Union
and University-area b o o k
stores and sells for 25 cents.
ASUN is losing money on
the book, Lonnquist said, but
"this year., we want to get it
out to the students."
"We feel that the more stu
dents who see it the better
we will be able to determine
the success of the book," he
added.
Lonnquist explained that of
the 119 instructors evaluated
in the book, "most of them
were the more outstanding
professors at the University."
AWS Change Has
Approval Of Deans
By Cheryl Tritt
Junior Staff Writer
The major structural
changes being considered by
AWS have the approval of G.
Robert Ross, dean of student
affairs, and Miss Helen Sny
der, dean of women students.
Miss Snyder said the AWS
structure needs revamping
"to meet the needs of the or
ganization's expanded pro
gram and the growing num
ber of University women in
the living units."
Government is only a part
of AWS's function, Miss Sny
der stressed, and the organ
ization has continually ex
panded in areas of scholar
ship and culture.
Referring to the Ad Hoc
Committee, headed by Diane
Hicks, Miss Snyder stated that
Miss Hicks has "shifted her
position considerably" and
has now offered more con
structive proposals,
also the program area may
be completely revamped.
A constitutional convention
could be in session for an en
tire year, Miss Hedgecock
said, because this much time
was required for the student
Dorms To Ballot
On IDC Proposal
Residents of the University
dormitories will vote for or
against the proposed Inter
dorm Council constitution
Monday, Tuesday and Wednes
day. Abel and Sandoz Halls'
elections will be Monday, 8
a.m. to 6 p.m. Burr East and
West, and Fedde Halls will
vote Tuesday, 5 p.m. to 10
p.m.
Cather Hall elections will be
Tuesday, 2 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Pound Hall will hold its elec
tion 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tues
day. Selleck residents will vote
Wednesday, 8:30 a.m. to 6
p.m.
Ludwig said that Snyder's
proposed amendments had not
been "defeated for no logical
reason," but Instead, had died
for lack of a second after in
troduction. He said these
amendments had been thor
oughly discussed during an
IDCC meeting.
Ludwig stressed that the
IDCC had been in existence
since last March with "prob
ably more publicity than any
new organization since I've
been on campus."
He said that there had nev
er been block voting on any
resolution, such as big dorms
versus small or city versus
East campus. He said that
during the course of this
time, "all of the dissenting
ideas have been thoroughly
discussed."
"I've never had anyone tell
me that they thought the com
mittee left out anything in the
constitutional measure s,"
Ludwig said.
He said that the individual
residence hall students are
represented on the c o u n c i 1
through their respective dorm
governments and that this is
important, because "they are
actually the source of n e w
programs."
Ludwig pointed out that the
The Daily' Nebraskan
"The instructors who d i d
participate," he noted, "were
those who were confident in
their abilities and methods
and were willing to take an
objective look at their class
rooms." Two major reasons that oth
er professors did not partici
pate, he said were that some
were "hesitant that their time
would be wasted as they didn't
think the book would come
out."
"Others were simply wor
ried about what the evalua
tion would say," he continued.
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ed book is dedicated to Kent
Neumeister and Larry Frolik,
Conservatism and liberal
Ism are not the primary fac
tors to be considered when
meeting changing issues, Miss
Snyder said.
"It is important that
changes not be the result of
pressure but rather the re
suit of careful consideration
and planning," Miss Snyder
added. The present AWS
Board has been accomplish
ing changes in a "mature and
intelligent" manner, she said.
Ross stated that AWS has
always made revisions as the
need has arisen, but he as
sumed there is usually some
disagreement as how to make
the changes.
It is important that women
who do not like the existing
AWS structure have the op
portunity to make their posi
tions understood, Ross said.
Miss Snyder and Mrs. Jean
Register, "Focus on Coeds"
adviser, will meet with sev
eral AWS Board members
Nov. 11 to "decide how to re
organize AWS," Pam Hedge
cock, AWS president said..
"As I see it, an entirely new
constitution will have to be
drafted," Miss Hedgecock
said. The constitution will
probably be drawn up by a
constitutional convention, she,
added.
Electing delegates to a con
vention will be one of the is
sues discussed at the Nov. 11
meeting. The procedure for
calling a convention is anoth
er problem to be solved, Miss
Hedgecock explained.
Study committees to re
search the problems of re
structuring the different
branches of AWS may be in
corporated. Miss Hedgecock
added that not only the leg
islative branch of AWS but
council reorganization in 1964. 1
"During the convention the
AWS Board will continue to
function as before to carry
out the duties of the organiza
tion," Miss Hedgecock noted.
IDCC previously had planned
to use the name "Association
of Residence Hall Students"
to designate the body as a
group. Snyder raised objec
tions that this would reflect on
all students and not just those
approving the constitution.
According to Ludwig, the
name was subsequently
changed to an overall Inter
dorm Council, getting back to
the original philosophy of the
IDC as a council between
member dorms, and not neces
sarily all dorms.
Reviewed Constitutions
In forming the constitution,
Ludwig said, the IDCC had
last year gone over dormitory
government constitu
tions from more than 40 cam
puses. He added that none of
these had an overall organ
ization between men and
women.
He said that constitutions of
specific dorms and related or
ganizations at the University
had also been reviewed.
Despite objections, the coun
cil may amend the constitu
tion within its own representa
tive body, Ludwig said. He
pointed out that the U.S. Con
stitution has a similar meth
od of amendment in the rep
past ASUN president and vice
president, who were two of
the originaters and major ad
vocates of the book last year.
Lonnquist noted that he
was personally "quite satis
fied" that the book was fin
ally completed after "all the
opposition and obstacles that
arose last year."
The obstacles and opposi
tion he referred to included
the question of liability in case
of possible libel suits, t h e
necessity to revise the ques
tionnaire and problems en
countered in distributing and
collecting the questinnaires.-
"Also there were some pro
fessors who did agree to let
us in their classrooms to dis
tribute the questionnaires, but
the questionnaires were not
delivered," he said.
Lonnquist added that in
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Voters across Nebraska and the United States will cast
their ballots for national, state and local officers tomorrow.
Nationally, Congressional and Senate races will show
whether the Democrats .can retain their majority strength in
both houses of Congress, or whether the Republicans can
recapture seats lost in the 1964 elections.
In Nebraska candidates are contesting for state, county
and local offices as well as one senatorial and three Congres
sionail seats.
Regular ballots will be cast throughout Tuesday at local
precincts and absentee ballots must be postmarked before
midnight Monday.
resentative bodies of the peo
ple, and that the IFC has such
a clause.
Ludwig added that the non
voting dorms are still legal in
their representation on t h
council and have full privi
leges without voting power. He
said that these members can
sit in all standing committees
,and introduct legislation at
any time, including amend
ments. 1
He also said that full mem
bers could be deprived of
their vote for disciplinary
measures, that this was no
more illegal or unfair than
non-voting membership for
dissenting dorms.
Ludwig said that at the last
IDCC meeting, he had told
representatives that be would
speak on the constitution and
explain its implications if he
were contacted.
"No one has contacted me
to date," Ludwig said.
He said that seven dorms
would have to approve the
constitution for ratification,
and added that any dorm that
didn't vote or voted it down
could revote for membership
at any time as well as to in
troduce amendments to t h e
IDC.
Vol. 90, No. 32
cluded in the plans for next
year's book were provisions
for distributing the question
n a i r e s to the instructors
through the mails, "to elim
inate mistakes."
Plans are already under
way for next year's book, he
said, and the questionnaire
will undergo revison.
"We will attempt to give
as accurate a description as
possible as to what it's like
to be in the classroom and
how much time a course re
quires to let the students know
exactly what they're signing
up for," he said.
He added that he hoped the
book would show faculty
members that students are
aware of the quality of in
struction and the amount of
work an instructor puts into
his course.
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