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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1, 1967
University of Nebraska
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NORTH OF THE PLATTE OR SOUTH?? . . . Legislators re-enact historic fight over
the location of the Capitol as part of Centennial celebration.
1867-1967 . . .
The Land That Waited;
Nebraska 100 Years Old
By Julie Morris
Senior Staff Writer
Nebraska is the land that waited.
It waited while settlers raced to the West
Coast in the fevered, gold-seeking 1840's and
1850's. It waited while the vast Western fron
tier was settled and the East coast prosper
ed. Nebraska waited until some pioneer was
too weary to fix the broken wagon wheel or
too grieved to leave his dead alone on the
prairie. It waited until the railroads and the
free landseekers discovered the rich land and
the abundant water resources.
When the waiting was over, the land
called Nebraska began to grow and prosper.
State Birthday
Wednesday the state celebrates its 100th
birthday, commemorating March 1, 1867
when President Andrew Johnson signed the
bill making Nebraska the 37th state of the
Union.
Nebraska was carved out of the center
of the Louisiana Purchase territory. Before
the white man came to the state 158 years
ago, Indian tribes and buffalo herds roamed
the prairie.
The Sioux, the Ogallala, the Crow the
Winnebago, and their primitive ancestors
witnessed Nebraska sunsets for 12,000 years.
Lewis and Clark crossed the land in their
epic explorations of the West.
Settlements Begin
Since the first settlement, eight gen
erations of white men have lived on the
land and shaped the state's course.
They have brought abundant crops from
the soil which was once considered barren.
They have used the vast water resources of
May 1-5
Centennial
Awards for the Hardiest
Pioneer Couple, and the Sexi
est Saloon Girl are among
those tentatively planned for
the Centennial Week festivi
ties at the University.
According to Elaine Kallos,
chairman of the ASUN Cen
tennial Committee. The ASUN
sponsored Centennial Week
begins May 1 and ends on
Spring Day, May 5.
"We've planned to have the
first day of the Centennial
Week coincide with the annual
ASUN Master's Program,"
Miss Kallos continued.
Displays
"On Tuesday, May 2, there
will be a display of photo
graphs, drawings, and
antiques in the Nebraska Un
ion Pan American Room,"
ghe said. "The articles, which
were provided by the State
Historical Society, depict our
state's history."
"We also hope to have some
sort of centennial music at
Take Five on Tuesday," Miss
Kallos added.
Costumes
"Wednesday will be "dress
up day" when all students
will be encouraged to wear
old fashioned costumes. Miss
Kallos added that "if you
don't, you'll be branded by
Spring Day Workers."
"We also hope to have
Hyde Park held on Wednes
day and we are tentatively
planning to have Cathie Sha
tuck debate with someone
Week Planned
over Women's Suffrage," she
said.
"On Thursday we will have
a Nebraska Teach-in which
will include lectures, forums,
and debates on Nebraska his
tory," she continued. The
Teach-in will be sponsored by
Alpha Lambda Delta.
"The Spring Day games on
Friday will also have a cen
tennial theme," Miss Kallos
continued. "That night we
plan to have a street dance.
Awards for the best beards,
and the costume awards for
the Hardiest Pioneer Couple
and the Sexiest Saloon Girl
will be given at the dance."
"We have also made tenta
tive plans for an Inter-ethnic
Court Justices
Forms Available
Applications for Justices
on the Student Court are
available at the ASUN
office in the Nebraska
Union.
The Chief Justice must
presently be a student in
the College of Law. The six
Associate Justices must not
meet this requirement.
Applicants are asked to
sign up for interviews which
will be held March 7, when
they return their application
to the ASUN office.
Applications are due
March 3. Those interested
in applying are requested to
pick up a copy of the ASUN
constitution for study.
PHOTO BY MIKE HAYMAN
the land, more miles of running streams than
anywhere in the United States, to build in
dustry. The people have also built a system of
state government that incorporates a unique
one-house Legislature.
Built Citiea
They have built one large city, the live
stock market center of the Midwest, and cre
ated a capital city of wide, spacious boule
vards around a towering state capitol build
ing. -
Nebraskans have also built a Sandhills
cattle industry and created a string of dams
and reservoirs across the state to supplement
those the earth created in ages past.
Celebrate Wednesday
Wednesday, as Nebraskans begin the
Centennial year celebration, Gov. Norbert
Tiemann will cut a 1,114-pound birthday
cake with a three-foot knife, in the Capitol
rotunda, simultaneously, a 37-gun salute (37th'
state) will go off on the Capitol lawn.
Birthday morning activities also include
a drama of scenes from the state's Legisla
tive past re-enacted by state senators and
directed by a University graduate student.
There will also be the unveiling of the
U.S. postage stamp that commemorates the
state's Centennial and a birthday party at
the Lincoln Hotel beginning at 3 p.m.
Nebraskans will enjoy a state holiday
Wednesday. "Schools in most cities are dis
missed starting at noon.
Other plans on the agenda for the con
tinuing celebration include a special show at
Pershing Auditorium April 1 and a Centen
nial St. Patrick's Day celebration March 17
19 in O'Neill.
festival which will probably
be sponsored by the YWCA
and we hope to have a square
dance," she added. "These
will be held on either Tues
day or Wednesday."
AWS Holds First
A primary election for all
women students will be held
Wednesday for the first time
in AWS history, according to
Candy May, AWS Board mem
ber. The primary will be the
biggest difference in the elec
tion, as this is the first time
that there has been no slat
ing, Miss May added.
Women previously filed for
election and then went through
Interviews to determine can
didates for the general elec
tion. Procedure Criticized
AWS received a great deal
of criticism for this procedure,
Miss May stated, "for we
were accused of propagating
our own ideas."
Participation In the pri
mary is essential if the wom
en desire the best possible
general election. "As long as
the women want AWS to sup
port them, they should get
out and vote," she added.
Candidates will be elimin
ated from the election if they
conduct written campaigns.
Verbal campaigning is highly
encouraged.
Resolution Passed By
To Support Housing
A resolution supporting the
right of all sophomore, junior
and senior women to choose
their own living environments
was passed by the AWS
Board Tuesday.
The resolution was two-fold
in content: the first state
ment supported ASUN in
their request for clarification
of present housing policies.
The second clause, passed
without discussion, stated
the policy of AWS toward the
Housing Choices Given;
Coed To Make Decision
By Dave Buntain
Junior Staff Writer
Nebraska coed Jo Carrol
Flaugher will decide this
week whether she will move
into University - approved
housing or lose her hours for
this semester's courses, she
said Sunday.
The. sophomore discussed
her challenge of University
housing rules Friday and Sat
urday with Helen Snyder, as
sistant dean of student af
fairs, and Russell Brown, ad
ministrative assistant to the
dean of student affairs.
"I was given the same
choices that I have had all
along," she said.
Her choices include:
taking out a University
loan,
moving into a dormitory
or into her sorority house,
moving into Nettleton
Manor, or
allowing the University to
help locate a family for
whom she could work for her
room and board.
Delegates Improve
Second Assembly
Evaluating the second
session of the Bill of Rights
Assembly, Chairman Dick
Schulze, said the delegates'
participation was improved
and the discussion was "more
relevant to the basic issues
involved."
He attributed the smaller
attendance to the topics t h e
Assembly discussed. At the
first session "the Assembly
debated the housing issue he
said "which is presently a
controversial issue."
100 Attend
About 100 students attended
the Assembly Sunday while
150 delegates were present at
the first session.
Schulze added the Student
Conduct committee will pre
sent several of the Bill's ar
ticles before the senate Wed
nesday for discussion and an
opinion vote.
ASUN will review indi-
The best way to campaign
verbally, Miss May stated, is
to talk to individual students,
and appear at house and dorm
meetings to express ideas the
candidate may hold on AWS.
Polls will be open March 1
from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the
Nebraska Union and East
Campus Union.
Women voting in the pri
mary election will have three
ballots, and must vote for the
required number of candidates
or the ballot will be elimi
nated. Two Omitted
Two candidates were inad
vertently left out of the Feb.
22 issue. Janet Boatman and
Barb Robbie are running for
AWS Board from the sopho
more class.
Miss Boatman is a member
of UNSEA, Red Cross, Pan
hellenic and is the Lincoln
Rush Chairman for Alpha Chi
Omega.
Miss Robbie is a member
of Kernals. Young Republi
cans, Junior Panheilenic, and
is the assistant pledge trainer
for Alpha Chi Omega.
housing rules.
The resolution reads as fol
lows: The AWS Board sup
ports ASUN's request for
clarification of the discrep
ancy in present housing poli
cies and the Board of Re
gents' by-laws on housing
and urges Immediate evalua
tion of the policies followed
by the Office of Student Af
fairs. It is our position that
with parental permission all
sophomores, juniors and sen
If she refuses to follow any
of these routes, she will lose
the credit hours on the
courses she is taking this
semester.
Miss Flaugher initiated a
University housing controver
sy by moving out of her so
rority house into an off-campus
apartment for financial
reasons.
She contends that she can
not afford to pay a sorority
or dormitory bill in addition
to her tuition costs.
Financial difficulties are
not recognized as a legitimate
basis for a permit to live off
campus by the office of stu
dent affairs.
Miss Flaugher said she had
contemplated changing her
class load to "part-time"
status by dropping to nine
hours.
"They told me that drop
ping to nine hours would
make no difference if my
primary reason for being in
Lincoln is to go to school,"
she said.
vidiaul articles for the next
two weeks, he said, and after
the Assembly has completed
work on the Bill, the senate
will vote on it as a whole.
March Deadline
The senate must ratify the
bill by March 15 or it w i 1 1
not appear on the ballot in
the ASUN elections April 12.
Schulze said the Student
Conduct Committee members
have discontinued their visits
explaining the Bill of Rights
to campus living units.
Members will begin orien
tation meetings again, how
ever, after the final document
has been drafted, he added.
Applications Due
Officer applications for
UNSEA are available in
room 409 Administration
Bldg. and must be returned
by March 6.
Primary Today
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AWS PRIMARY . . . Candy May prepares posters with
pictures of candidates for AWS Board.
iors should have the right to
choose their own living en
vironments. The resolution was brought
up by Andie Warren, AWS
Board member, and passed
by an overwhelming majori
ty. According to Miss War
ren, this is the first stand
AWS has ever taken on hous
ing. Independent action tak
en for reiterating the views
of ASUN would have been of
no value.
The coed questioned this
"arbitrary power" in deter
mining a student's motivation
for being in school.
"I told them that from all
standpoints I am in the best
possible position for me, right
where I am," she said. "But
they refused to accept this
judgment."
Miss Flaugher said that she
intends to tell the office of
student affairs her decision
after she receives a letter
from her parents.
She has talked with her
parents several times by tele
phone and said, "they are be
hind me in whatever I de
cide to do."
If she decides to remain in
her apartment, she will con
tinue to attend classes she
said, though she will get no
credit for it.
In the meantime, she said
she plans to continue investi
gating the legal basis for the
University's authority in hous
ing matters.
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Candidates Named J
For Queen, Bachelor
Finalists for Cornhusker
Beauty Queen and Eligible
Baachelor were announced at
Friday night's Coed Follies.
Candidates for Beauty
Queen include: Ann Albers,
Alpha XI Delta; Sue Devier,
Delta Gamma; Mary Keim,
Alpha Phi; Carrie Kulla, Kap
pa Kappa Gamma.
Jennifer Marshall, Gamma
Phi Beta; Diane McDonald,
Pi Beta Phi; Linda Olmstead,
Kappa Alpha Theta; Pam Os
wald, Zeta Tau Alpha; Vicki
Packard, Delta Gamma.
Nyla Soukup, Alpha Phi;
Gary Weber, Gamma Phi
Beta; Mary Gay Westering,
Kappa Alpha Theta, and
PACT PkllS Ticket
PACT (Political Action)
will hold a meeting March
8 for students interested in
running on the organiza-
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AWS
Choice
Supporting ASUN was es
sential in this case, for
"where there is an overlap
ping of interest, there should
be a merging of interest,"
stated Miss Warren. Having
the two groups work together
has tremendous potential, she
added.
Miss Warren was prompted
to bring the proposal to the
Board, for ASUN asked for
a statement and a committee
was merely formed by Dean
Ross. Action was taken by
the AWS Board because of
their responsibility to the
women students.
"If taken seriously by Dean
Ross and by the student sen
ate in that they know we fully
support and back action, then
the resolution has great val
ue," Miss Warren stated.
"I hope the proposal will
be taken seriously by Dean
Ross," she continued. "We
have said what we feel that
underclassmen should choose
their own living environment.
The Board of Regents by
laws state that only freshman
women must live in dorms.
Further policies have been
made by the Office Student
Affairs.
The proposal must have an
impact on the Office of Stu
dent Affairs, for the Board
has in effect, already given
upperclassmen the right to
choose their own housing.
The housing proposal puts
AWS in a new position, stated
Miss Warren, for the Board
has shown that it is doing
something constructive that
women students want.
"This is an area of vital
concern to AWS for it con
cerns the women students.
We have as much interest in
this area than does ASUN,"
Miss Warren concluded.
Marsha Wilson, Delta Gam
ma. Eligible Bachelor finalists
are: Steve Bradford, Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Jim Buntz,
Phi Kappa Psi; Joe Carra
way, Theta XI; Randy Kohl
mcier, Phi Gamma Delta; Les
Krenk, Theta Xi; Paul Matt,
Sigma Chi.
Jerry Olson, Sigma Alpha
Epsilon ; John Steinheider,
Beta Theta Pi; Pete Tatman,
Kappa Sigma; Gary Wahl
gren, Farm House; Dennis
Walker, Sigma Phi Epsilon;
John Wertz, Sigma Phi Epsi
lon. Winners will be revealed in
the 1967 Cornhusker.
tions's ticket in the ASUN
elections April 12.
Randy Prier, PACT sec
retary, said the candidates
will be asked to explain
their campaign platforms,
which should agree to some
extent with the PACT con
stitution and favor the Bill
of Rights.
The group will then slate
candidates for senators and
executive positions.
Elect Officers
PACT will elect officers
at the meeting March 1, ac
cording to Prier. ASUN
senator Liz Aitken served
as president of the organi
zation first semester.
He said persons inter
ested in helping with the
election campaign are
asked to attend this meet
ing. Formulate Platform
The organization will also
begin to formulate a cam
paign platform Prier said,
based on the general ideas
found in the PACT consti
tution and the specific ideas
of the candidates running
on the ticket.
The platform will support
the Bill of Rights, he said,
and also include Mess "for
improving the instructional
quality of the University."
PACT emerged last fall
from the CFDP, (Campus
Free Democratic Party)
which was active in ASUN
elections last spring.