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Organizers of the Nebraska
Free University are prepar
ing for NFU's second semes
ter of operation with plans for
solving a serious drop-out
problem.
NFU, a voluntary, non-credit
variety of courses, will reg
ister interested students Oct.
9-13 and begin actual meet
ings the week of Oct. 16.
"Last semester we had over
600 students at the start . . .
it was a new, exciting experi
ence," said Susie Phelps, a
member of the NFU Coordi
nating Committee.
NOT RADICAL
"Since it's been here for
"one semester, people will
think it's less radical," she
said. "It's not really radical
anyway . . . just different."
"Different is in the sense
that the students have to work
for themselves."
Miss Phelps, who worked
with the NFU last year, said
that this semester she ex
pected a more "solid re
sponse," with fewer drop-outs
as the courses continue.
MORE INFORMED
"We hope that the people
who sign up will be more in-
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STUDENT PAUSES TO THINK ... to yawn, or to catch
' a last glimpse of the assignment before class.
Tjader And Jazz Combo Is
Soul Attraction At Concert
Cal Tjader and combo will
be the soul attraction for the
fall jazz concert Friday af
ternoon on the Sheldon Art
Gallery lawn.
The world-famous vibra
phonist Tjader comes to cam
pus following the footsteps of
attractions from past years
as Dave Brubeck and Earl
"Fatha" Hines.
As an under-graduate at
San Francisco State College,
Tjader started playing drums
for the first Dave Brubeck
Trio in 1948. Turning to the
vibraphone as his major in
strument, he appeared with
the George Shearing Quintet
during its spurt to populari
ty. "NEW STAR"
Tjader's exposure with
Shearing earned him the 1955
University Plans
formed this year," she said.
"We're also having registra
tion later in the semester so
that people will know wheth
er they have the time."
Last semester there were 24
classes held, including sub
jects from "The Psychedelic
Drugs" to "Radical Needs in
Education" to "Human Re
production," the best-attended
course.
There will be as many or
more classes this semester,
according to Miss Phelps.
NO SET STRUCTURE
"These are student-oriented
classes, with no set struc
tures," she said. "The stu
dents decide what it is to be
studied and how it is to be
done. We are getting away
from the teacher concept."
Each specific course is or
ganized by an interested stu
dent or faculty member.
LEADERS
A meeting is scheduled Sept.
28 for prospective course lead
ers to explain the method of
organizing a group.
The organizer is expected
to define the limits of the
course and collect informa
tion on mechanics, as time,
number of students and possi
ble meeting places.
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"New SW" award for vibes
' in Down Beat magazine's In
ternational Jazz Critics' Poll.
Latin-influenced music is
and has been an integral part
of Tjades programs. His
first album was titled "In a
Latin Bag". He has also re
corded "Contemporary Mu
sic of Mexico and Brazil" and
"Sona Libre".
Always an innovator inter
ested in all facets of the jazz
idiom, Tjader then recorded
"Several Shades of Jade,"
featuring music of a Far Mid
dle and Near Eastern cast.
He remains, however, one
of the chief exponents of a
melding of North American
improvisational concepts and
Afro-Cuban percussion.
Mongo Santamaria, Winie
Bobo, Clare Fischer, Vince
"The very nature of this is
experimental because there is
no set curriculum," Miss
Phelps said. "It is up in the
air whether the Free Univer
sity will continue."
NO CONTACT
She said that there had been
no contact from the Univer
sity of Nebraska on incor
porating or subsidizing the
NFU.
"We feel we are committed
to continue this to show the
faculty and the University
that the students want to do
something like this," she
added.
"University reaction has
been good," Miss Phelps re
called. "Many of the faculty '
are interested and most think
it is a good thing."
FORM
Not all areas of study are
accessible to the NFU's form
of courses.
"I don't think it is favor
able that all University
courses follow this," Miss
Phelps said, "but in some
areas it has been very good,
particularly religion classes."
It was also emphasized that
the courses are not designed
for "intellectuals" exclusively.
Report On Deferred System . . .
anhellenic
EDITOR'S NOTE: Thfs is
the first of two articles on
the Panhellenic report ana
lyzing deferred rush. The re
port will be considered soon
by the University Regents.
Panhellenic reported to the
Board of Regents that "we
have stron preferences for
our present system" in the
report on deferred rush which
was released Monday. .
The report was prepared
this summer by Panhellenic
and sorority alumnae at the
Regents' request. It will be
discussed by house presidents
at next Monday's meeting.
The Regents will consider
their findings, a similar re
port by the Interfraternity
Council and one by admini
strators in determining wheth
er fraternities and sororities
should maintain the present
rush system or switch to "de
ferred rush."
FRESHMAN PLEDGES
Under the present rush sys
tem, University houses pledge
most of their members dur
ing a rush week that pre
Representatives For
Convention Chosen
Elections are being held
this week for delegates to the
AWS Constitutional Conven
tion, according to Nancy Cou
fal, Constitutional Convention
chairman.
The convention has been
called in order to investigate
and study the present AWS
constitution. If changes are
deemed necessary, proper
measures will be taken to al
ter the standing body of rules,
Miss Coufal explained.
A total of 48 women will be
Guaraldi, and Monk Mont
gomery are all graduates of
the Tjader group.
Friday, Tjader will bring
along a pianist, drummer,
'bass player and bongo play
er for accompaniment.
Tjader has recorded with
such jazz luminaries as Stan .
Getz, Kenny Burrell, Donald
Byrd, Jimmy Heath, Arman
do Peraza, Clark Terry and
George Duvivier.
CONCERT
The concert starts at 3:30
p.m. and will continue until
5 p.m. on the steps and lawn
of Sheldon Art Gallery. There
is no admission charge and
the program is open to the
public.
The fall jazz concert is
sponsored by the N e b r a s k a
Union Cultural Committee.
DIFFERENT PEOPLE
"You'll find people of all
different backgrounds," Miss
Phelps said. "In this way
they can learn from each oth
er. "Also, a lot of courses don't
even have scholarly goals."
One such course is "Mar
riage: Sexual, Emotional and
Social Contract," which will
be .conducted by Dr. Alan
Pickering.
COURSE LEADERS
Other course leaders have
already agreed to .organize
groups again this semester.
Hugh Shanks, who led
"Analysis of the Stigma
of Being a Black American"
last semester will be one to
return this fall.
Larry Grossman will also
lead a course in literature
again this year.
PRESENT PLANS
These course organizers
present their plans to the Co
ordinating Committee, who
handle registration and the
location of places for the dis
cussions. Committee members in
clude, Miss Phelps, Gene Po
korny, Rod McCall, Carol
Maas, Barb Hasford, Vicky
University of Nebraska
cedes their freshman year.
Should the Board of Regents
order a switch to deferred
rush, freshmen would pledge
later in the year.
The Panhellenic report stu-
dies a number of the ques
tions often raised about the ,
present system, counters
possible arguments for de
ferred rush and suggests sev
eral alternative deferred
plans in the event the Re
gents demand a change.
REMOVE FAULTS
Noting that sororities are
"in integral part of a college
campus," the report acknow
ledges that there are "faults
in the system." It points out
that sororities have moved to
correct these faults in a num
ber of ways. They have:
eliminated the contacting
of high schools and high
school students with an or
ganized rush program.
"simplified the clothes de
mands for the program" and
hope to ork closely with
merchants in coming years.
"increased the personal
counseling of rushees as they
selected to represent sorori
ties, dormitories, and Lincoln
women at the convention.
SELECTION SYSTEM
Delegates will be chosen by
the following system : one
from each sorority; one for
every three floors in Pound
Hall; ore for every two
floors in Sandoz and Smith
Halls; one for every four
floors in Selleck; one from
each unit of WRA; four from
East Campus; one from
Towne Club; and possibly
three past Lincoln AWS work
ers. Each delegate will repre
sent approximately 80 to 90
women, according to Nesha
Neumeister, AWS Constitution
and Election Chairman. She
will serve as assistant to the
convention chairnian.
She noted that the delegates
elected will preferably all
have had some past experi
ence with AWS. Current board
members will not be allowed
to participate in the conven
tion. According to the Miss Cou
fal, interviews will be sched
uled Sept. 28 for chairman
ship positions. The commit
tees will be concerned with
the judicial, legislative, and
executive powers, and the
membership, purnoscs. and
direct powers of AWS.
The first general meeting of
all delegates is scheduled for
Oct. 5.
Miss Coufal said that
throughout the semester com
mittee meetings will probab
ly be held from 3:30-5:30 p.m.
every Thursday.
For Secon
Osborne, Barb Mihelic, Lar
ry Grossman, Larry Tepley
and Craig Dreezen.
Last year's committee de
scribed the NFU as "a group
of students who feel that the
education gained from attend
ance at the University of Ne
braska, as at any institution,
often lacks a certain vitality
and stimulation necessary to
make that education more
meaningful and interesting."
IMPORTANT TOPICS
"The NFU will be made up
of small groups of students
and group leaders who wish
to study together a topic they
consider important."
That Committee's evalua
tion of the NFU last year re
vealed that those who re
mained in the courses felt
"they did accomplish some
thing," according to Miss
Phelps.
DROP OUTS
"The response was very
good," she said. "The only
problem was the number of
people who signed up and
then dropped out later."
She indicated that the steps
this year's committee have
taken towards eliminating this
situation should benefit this
semester's NFU.
Favors
progress through the program
. . . and have helped in plac
ing a high percentage of
girls."
sought to minimize the
importance of "1 gacies" and
have emphasized the rushee's
right to make a free choice.
added three new houses
in the last five years to help
absorb the increasing num
bers of rushees.
MEMBERS PREFER
The report says "it appears
to us that an overwhelming
number of our actives and
alumnae members prefer the
present rush system," noting
that such a conclusion is hard
to document.
"We believe it not only
serves the sororities but we
feel it aids the freshman
pledge in her adjustment to
college.
"We believe it not only
serves the sororities," the re
port states. "We feel it aids
the freshman pledge in her
adjustment to college."
SCHOOL SCHEDULE
In arguing for the present
system, the report says it is
Miss Coufal said that Miss
Snyder will serve as a "re
source person," due to the
fact that "Miss Snyder has
had a great deal of practical
experience and contact with
resident directors and house
mothers."
"She recognizes the faults
of the present governing body
and is able to view the situa
tion impartially," concluded
Miss Coufal.
BudgefTops
Next ASUN
Program
A discussion of the pro
posed ASUN budget heads
the agenda for Wednesday's
meeting, according to Dick
Sehulze, ASUN president.
Schulze presented the ex
ecutive recommendations for
ASUN spending at last week's
meeting, calling for an item-by-item
analysis of the pro
posal this week.
Proposed expenditures to
tal 19.600, nearly three times
last year's budget, as a re
sult of a new method of col
lecting Senate funds.
Other items on the agenda
include executive appoint
ments and a possible Viet
nam discussion. Schulze said
that he will name several
more chairmen to head exe
cutive committees.
Photo By Mike Hsyman
ROD McCALL ... Sue Phelps and Gene Pokorny dis
cuss the organization of a new slate of Free University
classes.
Present
now held "independent of the
school schedule and does not
conflict with classes, or any
other part of the school sched
ule." It points out that the pledge
program emphasizes scholar
ship and provides motivation
for the pledge.
The present system also
gives freshman a better op
portunity to develop leader
ship skills, the report says,
citing the "high percentage
of the University leadership
that comes from the sorority
groups."
OWN IMPRESSIONS
The early rush program
"goes a long way in freeing
the choice of rushees, help
ing them to base the choice
on their own impressions
without preconceived con
cepts arrived at from cam
pus rumor."
Finally, the report points
to the financial burden that
would be incurred if sorori
ties switched to deferred
Hyde Park Begins . . .
Soapboxers Arise
Union Talks and Topics
Committee will hold its first
Hyde Park in the lobby of the
Nebraska Union, Thursday at
4:00 p.m., according to Bob
Maixner, committee chair
man. Hyde Park began at the
University four years ago,
and gives students an oppor
tunity to exercise their free
dom of speech.
ALL TOPICS ACCEPTED
Any topic may be spoken
upon for any length of time,
Maixner said. However, the
speaker may be asked to
leave the podium if the mod
erator decides that the topic
has been fully covered.
A question and answer peri
od follows each speaker, he
said, "and the best thing that
can happen is for someone to
stand up and say something
controversial enough to start
a debate."
Students attending Hyde
Park last year heard fellow
students expound on such var
ied topics as student housing,
the political elections, and in
terracial dating. Poetry and
short stories were occasional
ly read, he noted.
OUTSIDE SPEAKERS
HEARD
University students also
brought outside speakers to
the Hyde Park podium. The
late Bill Steen; founder of the
Heroic Book Store, and Pro
fessor Hoegberg from Wayne
State College were two such
guest speakers, according to
Maixner.
This year the committee is
planning to experiment with
Hyde Park to try to find the
best system, Maixner said.
The cherman of the commit
tee explained that new ideas,
such as a different micro
phone system, ar based on
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rush. Since Greek houses use
independent financing, "a
change to deferred rush would
mean fewer house occupants,
less income from dues, with
a resulting financial burden."
Looking at the rush system
on other campuses, Panhel
lenic says that 67 per cent
of schools had early rush in
1965, while 33 per cent had
deferred rush.
DEFERRED TO EARLY
Schools which have changed
from deferred to ;arly rush
recently include: University
of Michigan, Kent State
(Ohio), Utah State University
and the University of Missou
ri. "AH these schools report in
creased satisfaction from
the school, from the Greek
groups and from the rushees
because problems they were
experiencing have been alle
viated." "In Big Eight, universities,
six schools have early rush
and two have deferred."
a student survey taken last
year.
The best thing about Hyde
Park is that it is "spontan
eous," Maixner said. "Some
Hyde Parks close after 15
minutes and some last for
two and one half hours."
Art Lending
Library Has
100 Works
Students may borrow
more than 100 art pieces
during the annual Art Lend
ing Library Wednesdays in
the East Union, according
to Cathy Simmonsa, chair
man of the Union Contem
p o r a r y Arts Committee,
which sponsors the event.
A lending library was
also scheduled for toe Ne
braska Union but was post
poned until Sept. 26 due to
a time conflict with the
Upperclass Activities Mart
Students will be able to
borrow paintings, sketches
and other art objects from
the East Union collection
from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The
paintings and sketches will
be issued for the entire
school year, according to
Miss Simmons.
"We have a great variety
of paintings and sketches
this year," she said. "Many
students enjoy decorating
their rooms or apartments
vith one of the art pieces."
Students must present
identification cards to bor
row from the Lending Library.
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