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Wednesday,, December 13, 1967 University of Nebraska Vol. 91, No. 50 IFG And Panhel Submit Reports Deferred Rush Action Delayed Two Years DAVE BUNTAI.V Senior Staff Writer Fraternity and sorority leaders are talking quietly of "victory," iollowing a Board of Regents' decision Monday postponing action on the issue of deferred rush for at least two years. The Regents' action fol lowed more than six months of work by Interfraternity Council and Panhellenic to re search the merits of various rushing systems. Each group had recom mended in two earlier reports that the Regents should not alter the present pre-school rush approach. Greek enthusiasm over the Board's decision was dulled somewhat by the Regent's lengthy statement, which, in effect, challenged the frater nity systems to find answers to a number of specified prob lems. The statement expressed the Regents' concern over the inability of the sorority sys tem to accommodate all the interested girls and the fact that many junior and senior fraternity men "choose to live outside the group." It also pointed to such matters as pledgeship pro grams, houses' educational atmosphere and racial inte gration as needing "careful and deliberate attention." The Board requested the two systems and the Office of Student Affairs to present re ports on Oct. 1, 1963, concern ing "progress in the solution of the aforementioned prob lems." IFC President Gene Hohen see asked the Board whether their statement could be con strued to mean that failure to solve the "aforememtioned problems" might result in the imposition of deferred rush at a later date. Discounting this possibility, Regent Ed Schwartzkopf re plied that all of the Universi ty's programs should be pe riodically re-eveluated, "'to see if there are some things we can do to make them op erate better." After the meeting, Regent Richard Adkins told Hohen see he would call deferred rush a "dead issue", the IFC President said. A number of Greek leaders were not convinced that the rush question is really a "dead issue." Kathy Kuester, Panhellenic deferred rush committee chairman, said the statement seemed to be an ul timatum indicating "we have two years to bring fhp sys tem up to par." "Apparently the Board of Sell ul tze: NU Government Is Progressive By GARY GILLEN Junior Staff Writer ASUN president Dick Schulze told about 30 Univer sity students Monday that student government in Ne braska is progressive and is developing along the right lines when compared to oth er schools. "In areas such as the field of academic freedom, this campus is far ahead of many other colleges and universi ties," he said. During the policy speech Schulze said that the Bill of Rights is a step toward t h e ideal university community. "Although the Bill of Richts may not look like much, it is a step in the right direction. At least we are discussing the situation with the administra tion, which is a lot more than some schools are doing," Schulze said. He said that the caliber of things discussed by student Regents doesn't think we're moving at a fast enough pace in up-dating the system," she said. Hohensee said he, too, was somewhat disappointed with the Board's statement. "I was hoping that they would defeat the issue entirely," he ex plained. The statement, he pointed out, "could be interpreted as a threat to solve the problems they cited or face the possi bility of deferred rush." Miss Kuester speculated that fraternity and sorority leaders will be called in by the Board in 1969 and asked to defend not only the r u s h system but the Greek system as a whole. Prior to that time, fraterni ties and sororities will "have to make constructive changes and publicize them well out side of the system." she said. Hohensee told the Regents that preparation of a compre hensive report would take much time away from the implementation of new pro grams. A number of IFC and Panhellenic projects were sidelined when the two groups began preparing the rush re ports. He said IFC plans to com pile a comprehensive file sys-. tern on all future activities to aid them in writing the 1969 reports. liiiniiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiHiimiiwfiM New Arts And Named By Board Of Regents The Board of Regents Mon day named Dr. C. Peter Ma grath, a political science pro fessor at Brown University, as dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. He succeeds Dr. Walter Militzer who asked to be re lieved of administrative duties last September. Dr. James C. Olson, dean of the Graduate College, has been serving as acting dean of Arts and Sci ences. The Regents were not cer tain as to when Magrath's position would become effec tive. He will also serve as a professor of political science. Chancellor Clifford M. Har din said "Magrath's selection was made after a nationwide search by a faculty commit tee and University officials. We are looking forward to ag gressive and imaginative leadership from a man who at the age of 34 already has an outstanding record as a teacher, scholar and admin istrator." Macgrath is the author of three books: "Morrison R. government is an indication that progress is being made toward a better academic en vironment. "When I get depressed over ASUN proceedings, I read the minutes of a meet ing held 10 years ago when they were discussing the sale of beanies," he commented. Schulze also expressed dis appointment in the lack of, student interest in the senate meetings. "I wish that students would feel free to come to the sen ate meetings to present their grievances." he said. He said that a lack of com munications may be a reason for the students not bringing their grievances to the ASUN. "Although communications could be improved with a public relations system, I don't bel'eve that a public re lations department is com- ; patible with the idea of ASirN," Schulze said. lir. U K7 fB,' f . mmmm'StmmmmmtmmmmmmJI r - - llM f ,mn , in , n inmgii i im n m hihm in nr inn i niiiil Photo By Mike Hay man CHANCELLOR CLIFFORD HARDIN' . . . directs his statements to the University Board of Regents at its Mondav meetine. Waite: The Triumph of Char acter"; "Yazoo: Law and Politics in the New Republic, the Case of Fletcher vs. Peck"; and "The Constitu tional System: Conflict and Consensus," to be published Associate Justice Fortas Takes A Vocal Stand To Unite Court Associate justice of the Su preme Court, Abe Fortas, a man who is becoming an in creasingly decisive voice in legal action, will speak in the Nebraska Union at 3:30 p.m. Thursday in connection with the Union Speakers Artists series. The new justice, youngest of the Court, has refused to take the quiet, submissive at titude common to the recent appointees of the Court, ac cording to New York Times magazine. Fortas has emphasized the need for additional rights for criminal suspects. He has de nied the jurisdiction of the court to act as governmen tal parents' for so-called de linquents. The justice suggests that it is only proper that juveniles' be given the benefit of prior' 10 ASSOCIATE JfcJSTTCRof, Science next year. He has also written numer ous articles for technical jour nals and is currently writing textbook on government in America. Magrath is political science notice of charges, counsel and defense against self-incrimination. Fortas advocates the re moval of psychological pres sures, remarking that they rank in the same area as the thumbscrew and rubber hose. The stand taken by Fortas concerning this, controversy united the Court, which had been divided into four or five groups, all advocating dific ent stands on the issue. Fortas has also dealt suc cessfully with the big business interests, the Times added. It was h i s intervention that clarified the statement by the Business Council concerning advanced escalation of the Vietnam War. . The justice has also acted decisively in cases concerning the American press. He will oppose, he said, . any action HP the Supreme Court Abe Fortas will Union at 3i30 p.m. on Thursday, It !l" Dean advisor to the Encyclopedia International, member of the University of Chicago Law School Mechem ' Fellowship committee, member of the Law and Society Association and a Phi Beta Kappa. by the Court "to place insup erable obstacles in the way of recovery by persons who are injured by reckless and heedless assaults provided they are in print." Fortas graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Yale Law College and served as a faculty mem ber for several years. In 1937 his career as an educator ended with his appointment to several successive political positions. Fortas was named Under secretary of the Interior in J942 and also served as ad visor to the U.S. United Na tions delegation. It was dur ing this time that Fortas be came both a close friend and advisor for LBJ. When a vacancy in the Su preme Court was created in 1965, President Johnson ap pointed Fortas to the position. TrO'.'Hi-Hf! J 1 r ' J 1 .. t y M Ja1 il speak at the Nebraska Regents Continue Recruiting Policy Make Administrative, Personnel Changes Bv DAVE BUNTAIN Senior Staff Writer The University will con tinue to open its doors to all military and business re cruiters. Vice Chancellor G. Robert Ross said at Monday's Regents meeting. Responding to a recent ASUN resolution concerning the presence of military re cruiters on campus, Ross said, "the conduct of inter views between interested stu dents and responsible repre sentatives of recognized, law . ful professions and occupa tions is a proper on-campus activity." He added this activity is "not to be interrupted by the pressure of disagreements on national policy." Ross, dean of student af fairs, sought to clarify the University's position on re cruiters despite the fact that ASUN has since amended its original resolution and drop ped the clause on military re cruitment. The clause urged the Board of Regents to suspend mili tary recruitment on campus until a draft directive by Se lective Service Director Lew is B. Hershey is rescinded. The original resolution was further amended to urge the Regents to communicate the University's displeasure with the directive to the U.S. presidents and the Nebraska draft boards. Ross complimented the ASUN for rescinding its ini tial resolution, adding that the new resolution appeared to be "obsolete" in' view of action taken by the Selective Service director and the U.S. Attorney General Monday morning. Hershey and Atty. Gen. Ramsey Clark acted to make recruiting disruptions punish able in the courts, rather than by the draft boards. The vice chancellor said the current recruiter policy "has been recently reviewed and supported by the Uni versity Committee on Student Affairs composed of students, Moot Court Team Reaches National The moot court team of the University's College of Law will enter national competi tion Dec. 18-19-20 in New York City as one of two teams to advance from re gional competition. Nebraska reached the na tional competition, which will be held in the House of the New York Bar Association, by finishing among 12 teams, runner-up to the University of Kentucky in regional competi tion held Nov. 17-18 in Kan sas City. Members of the team are Bill Harding, a junior who was named the outstanding speaker in the regional event; Bill Fenton; Tom Thomsen and Bruce Wright. Prof. John M. Gradwohl is the team advisor. Nebraska drew a first round bye but enters the sec ond round on Dec. 19 against a first round winner. Other law schools taking part in the competition are from Boston College, Cornell University, Dickinson College, Georgetown University, Indi ana, Loyola University of New Orleans, New York Universi ty, Northwestern University, Tulane, Colorado, Georgia. Kentucky, Miami of Flori da, Michigan, University of Southern California, Virginia, Washington and Lee, Wayne State University, and Willam ette College. The moot court team must be prepared to argue either side of a hypothetical court case. However, a written brief is filed on only one side of the case. The brief filed by Nebraska's team In regional competition achieved the high score, according to team member Bruce Wright. The case to be argued con cerns a class action for peo staff, and faculty." In other Board action, the group approved a variety of administrative changes and personnel appointments. The Regents authorized the transfer of the advanced de gree programs in teaching from the Advanced Profes sional Division of Teachers College to the Graduate Col lege. Chancellor Clifford Hardin said the programs leading to a master of education, a doc tor of education and the six year certificate were switch ed to the Graduate School to allow greater co-ordination among the graduate pro grams. The Board also approved the reorganization of the de partment of dairy science, re-titling it the department of food science and technol ogy. Dr. E. F. Frolik, dean of the College of Agriculture and Home Economics said the change is in line with a na tional trend and new develop ments in the food industry. In the area of personnel changes, the Regents ap proved the appointment of Arthur C. Bryan, former president of Union Carbide's Consumer Products Division, to a temporary teaching post in the College of Business Administration. Bryan, a University alum nus, will teach a graduate seminar in the area of man agement. The Board also apporved the appointment of the chief radiotherapist at Walter Reed General Hospital, Washing ton. D.C., to the Medical Cen ter faculty. Dr. John G. Maier will join the faculty July 1 as the Ep ply Professor of Radiation . Therapy. "We are fortunate to ob tain one of the nation's out standing radio-therapists and researchers in radiation bio logy for this important po sition," Dr. Cecil L. Wittson, dean of the College of Medi cine, said. ple who allegedly bought stocks and bonds on the bas is of an erroneous financial statement supplied by an ac counting firm. The two main points will concern (1) whether a suit can be maintained on behalf of all the people who bought stock at a given time and 2t whether to impose liability on the accountants for a care lessly conducted audit, under provisions of the Federal Se curities and Exchange Act and common law. Each team is scored on the basis of two thirds for oral arguments and one third for a written brief. In preparation for the oral arguments in national compe tition, the Nebraska moot court team practiced two or three times daily by arguing before judges, accountants, attorneys and professors in the College of Law, Wright said. Red Cross Recordings The Red Cross Talking Letter program, enabling families of service men and foreign students to send a 10 minute recording over seas, will end Dec. 16. The Lancaster County Red Cross provides the mailing envelopes, the tape, and a polaroid snapshot of the sender. The only cost to the individual is the mail ing charges. Arrangements can be made by calling the Red Cross chapter house, 432-5505, or Visiting 1701 E Street.