Wednesday, February 15,1950
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Lincolnite Discusses
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FROM THE PAST NU students will soon have a chance to view a creature of the distant past
when the museum staff completes assembling the dinosaur shown above. The dinosaur, which
lived in the Mesozoic era several million years ago, will be displayed in Founders room of Morrill
hall. (Rag photo by Henry P. Lammcrs.)
Dinosaur
Museum
BY GLENN ROSENQOST
Morrill hall will soon have its
first dinosaur on display.
Steggie", as the art students
call the giant, will make his de
but sometime next fall.
Meanwhile the museum staff is
trying to finish putting him to
gether. He's in the construction
Worth
Reading
By Arthur J. Vennix
Are you going somewhere? No i two anr a )-aif fcot lung. Whcn
cne is likely to blame you if you cver another reptile irritated
try to escape this temporary ' steggie,.. wham . . Steggie's
snc-11 of "tvDical" Nebraska win
ter. But you'll be better equipped
a n d b e tt er
able to enjoy
yourself if you
stop in at the
University li
braries and
borrow a cou
ple of books
telling you
s o m e t h i ng
about the
places you're
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jj 1 a 11 u icig
visit
Guide books Vennix
end travel books rapidly become
out of date, especially when
world conditions are so tumultu
ous for so long. With this in
mind, the University libraries
have marie a determined effort
to buy the newest, up-to-the-minute
volumes dealing with
these matters.
If you're looking for a warmer
clime and who isn't? why not
visit Portugal? Your tour can be
conducted within the confines of
your study room as you scan the
little book written by C. C. Mnr
tindale titled "Portuguese Pil
grimage" (914.69M.Kip).
Another place with a warmer
atmosphere, in more ways than
me, is the Balkan area. In fewer
than 200 pages James T. Shot
well vividly describes what took
place while he was on "A Bal
kan Mission" (914.H6, Sh8b). The
story itself is "old stuff." but the
color and flavor of Constanti
nople, Sarajevo, Zagreb and
other Balkan locales remain cap
tivating and entertaining.
You can quickly and easily get
the Inw-down on any place in
the United States which you
might like to visit. Delve into
"The American Guide," a source
book and complete travel guide
for the United States, edited by
Henry G. Alsberg (917.3 AlTa).
The material is conveniently ar
ranged for accesibility and as
timiJa'ion. Follow U.S. highway 41 from
.,ormn:t VTirhiean to the
.nihnm tin of Florida, or take j
a coast-to-coast tour on U.S.
highway 60 through the south
ern states. If you think you d en
joy trips out of New Orleans.
Colorado Springs, Rapid City or
a hundred other places, you ll
find them all planned for you A
detailed 70-paee index makes
your quest simple. ,
For those rugged Individuals
vho feel that Nebraska winters
ere designed for sissies, the Uni
versity libraries have tours to
arctic regions-none P-'
conducted. An example of these
I Commander Finn Bonne
-Antarctic Conquest' O19-8
K66a). H a temperature of -0
accompanied bv an 80 mph.
wind isn't sufficiently rugged,
thos- Individuals might prefer to
eo to Northern Siberia.
Pranklv your book reviewer
Somewhere and Tread about the
wnevs taken by the great trav
lers. Richard D. I
iv edited a book called Ma
worV. of Travel and Explora
Inr (910.M29m). It. presents
digests of 13 great classics.
Marco Polo, Christopher Co
lumbus, Richard Hakluyt, James
Cook, Francis Parkman, David
t i,.ir,ff:tnnp Henry M. Stanley
LU'"h-' ' - - . .. a
ard several others invne you
be their guests on some vc, , im
portant and very exciting voy-
"All of the books listed above
ere currently available in the
social studies reading room of
the Love Memorial library. None
of them is older than last year.
If vou'll come in and browse
around in the 910-919 classifica
tion section, you're likely to find
dozens of thrilling places that
can provide you with many long
winter nights' dreams.
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Founders
room at present, straining on his
steel braces.
Stegsie's bones were obtained
from the Carnegie Museum at
Pittsburgh, Pcnsylvania, nearly
three years ago. The University
acquired him in a straight barter
deal, giving in exchange, a giant
horse and camel which the mu
seum dug up in one of the Ne
braska fossil beds.
Stecde Has a Vte
! Steggie roamed the Utah
plains years and years ago. He
' was a cold-blooded, scaly animal
with a douMc row of armor plate
1 or fins riowii his back. Like most
dinosaurs, his teeth were defec-
j tive, and he lived entirely on
I plants; his massive tail was tip-
ned bv four vicious spikes, eacn
giant tail would swing around
and finish off the offender.
Henry Reider, chief prcparator
of the University museum,
pointed out that dinosaur frag-!
ments have been found in Nc-
tiraSKa, pal UC-UIU! l v iic.n mi:
Missouri river bottom, but no
perfectly preserved animals have
ever been excavated in Ne
braska. For the hooks, Stecaic is clas
sified as one of the Slcgosaurus
Stenons class of dinosaurs
j which lived over a period of mil
lions of years during the Meso
zoic Era or Stone Ace of Reptiles.
Stegosaurus dinosaurs have
hen found in Europe and in North
America, especially in Colorado,
Montana. Utah and Wyoming.
Now Beins: 'Built'
Stcgcie was originally chipped
from a rock bed by Carnegie field
workers His bones were packed
in boxes and sent to the Univer-
sity museum, wliere ne is Dcing
"built" by Reider and the de
partment assistants, Leonard
Short and Kenneth Harding
Dinosaurs have been found
which were DO feet long ami
weighed 40 tons when alive. This
weight compares with the weight
of the giant mastodon elephant
now in the museum's main gal
lery. The elephant weighed four
tons.
However, one dinosaur spe
cies which has been discovered
was as small as a house cat. Some
of the lizard-like beasts flew,
some lived in the water, and
some like Steggie, inhabited land
areas. Scientists are not exactly
certain why dinosauria became
rxtinct. Seine believe that a
slight change in climate was the
cause of their downfall. Others
say that small blood-thirsty
mammals riestroved the dino
saur's eggs before they hatched.
Oversize Toes
Each of Steggie's hind paws has
three toe bones. The center toe
Ag Subslaliou
Men to Confer
The annual conference of out
state agricultural substation per
sonnel opened Wednesday morn
ing on the University campus.
Dean Lambert .spoke about the
place of the substations in the
Nebraska agriculture research
program.
M. L. Baker, associate director
of the agricultural experiment
station, discussed the cattle
breeding program at Fort Rob
inson, the foundation seed pro
gram, the development farms
and irrigation farms.
Chancellor R. G. Gustavson is
scheduled to address the dele
gates at a luncheon Wednesday
noon. He w ill emphasize the im
portance of both music and ap
plied sciences.
A preliminary session was held
Tuesdav evening when approxi
matelv'26 delegates from the Ag
Colleg'e. Mitchell. Fort Robinson,
North Platte. Alliance and Val
entine met to develop research
plans for 1950
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bone itself would take a size 12
man's shoe. The other two toes
could be shoa in 9's. however.
One of the animal's minor leg
bones would make a nice log for
an oversize fireplace. Reider says
that the same bone on one of the
l irger dinosaurs would be six
feet long instead of three. So you
sec, Steugie is only a medium size
dinosaur.
Commenting on fossils in gen
eral, Reider said that most skele
tons in museums have at least
one fourth missing bones which
must be replaced with false ones.
Fossil bones; though they appear
to be stone, are actually com
posed of the material from which
they have been excavated, Steg
gie's hones are made of iron and
silicate materials.
The animal will be displayed
in the Founder's room at Morrill
hall when it is completed. The
construction is being recorded by
camera by the museum depart
ment. " "
An Hr Library
Gels S2. Gift
The Nebraska Art association
has donated S-5 to the Union
picture lending library fund.
The donation will be used to
add to the library's collection of
modern and old masters' paint
ings which are available on loan
to students and faculty members.
Thirty-three reproductions are
now in the library.
Mrs. E. J. Faulkner, association
president, sent the check.
OCU Discovers
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This University isn't the only
school where the ratio of boys to
girls is three to one. It's true
at Oklahoma City University too.
According to a recent survey
on the Oklahoma campus, if
you're a student there, chances
are three to one that you are
i a man, and ( to a tnai you are
a veteran.
Students on the campus Feb.
6 totaled 1.229 as compared with
1.3a!) on Oct. 1, 1949. Of these
there are 918 men and 282 wo
men. Of the 679 veterans, 664
are men, 15, women.
A I EE to Hear
Prof. Ferguson
Professor Ferguson, Dean of
the Engineering college, will de
scribe Ferguson Hall, U. new
electrical engineering building to
members of the student chapter
of the American Institute of
Electrical Engineers.
The A. I. E. E. meeting con
venes Wednesday, Feb. 15, 7:15
p.m. in room 108, Burnett halL
Cosmos to Hold
World Aid Debate
A debate on the topic:
Whether American monetary aid
helps in World peace achieve
ment, will be held at the meet
ing Wednesday evening of the
Cosmopolitan club.
The meeting will be held at
7:30 p.m. in Parlors XY in the
Union. .
Upholding the affirmative In
the proposition are Dick Hansen,
United States; and Walter Willi,
Switzerland. Blarst Dixit, India,
and Biuron Hersh, Norway, will
support the negative.
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Richard D. Wilson, Lincoln at
torney and a 1948 graduate of
Law college of the University,
discussed the Hoover Commis
sion report for members of Zeta
chapter of Alpha Kappa Psi,
business administration frater
nity, last Wednesday night.
Wilson said the Commission on
Reorganization of the Executive
Department of the Government,
commonly referred to as the
Hoover Commission, was not set
up to get more government in
business or to get less govern
ment in business; it was estab
lished for one purpose only, to
obtain more efficiency in gov
ernment. Task Forces'
To gain this objective, task
forces composed of 300 experts
were assigned the job of revis
ing government operations. These
task forces made reports more
than ten million words in ail
on their findings.
The Post Office department,
for example, prints and sc; ds
cards for lc apiece while the e
tual amount spent by the de
partment is 22C per card.
Investigations also revealed
that the paper work involved in
preparation and handling of pur
chase orders cost the govern
ment ten dollars, and half of
these purchase orders were
made out for amounts less than
ten dollars.
A farmer in Missouri wrote
the government asking how to
put fertilizer on his soil. He re- j
reived four different letters, tell
ing him four different ways to
do the job. Wilson mentioned
that there were several ways to
apply the fertilizer, but there
was no explanation whv four in
dividuals answered the original
request for information.
Three Recommendation
Wilson mentioned three rec
ommendations which were made
by the commission.
Armv Eneineers The Army
FiiPine'ers and the Bureau
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Reclamation at times duplicate
each others work. Both were
given the job of surveying an
area in California for a dam.
Congress approved two dams for
the same site.
It was recommended that the
Missouri Vallev plan should be
transferred to the Department of
the Interior for engineering
functions involved in order 1o
eliminate the possibility of du
plication of effort.
Veterans Administration Dur
ing the war the Navv built a
hospital in Texas. The Armv
wanted to take the hospital over
Salem Prefers
Objective Exams
A recent poll conducted at
Salem College in West Virginia
indicates that students there
would rather take objective ex
aminations than the essay type.
Of those polled, 49 percent were
in favor of the objective type.
41 per cent favored essays, and
19 per cent hsd no preference.
Ninety per cent felt that ob
jective tests called for more prep
aration and nine percent thought
that essays were harder to pre
pare for.
The majority of the students
felt that objective types indicated
i truest possible grades. Most of
j them agreed that neither type
can be given lor all or most 01
the courses in the curriculum.
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after the war, but the Navy re
fi: ed so the Army built its own
hospital nearby. At the present
time the Army hospital is not
full and the Navy hospital is less
than fifty percent full.
Consolidate Hospitals
The commission recommended
that all hospitals should be built
and administered by one agency
rather than by the five agencies
which are working at t'lis time.
It was recommended also that
the National Service Life Insur
ance program be handled by a
government corporation.
Personnel Under present reg
ulations if an individual is fired
from his job he can appeal to
three different agencies before
he can be dismissed if he con
tests his dismissal. This takes
approximately seven months and
makes it much easier for a de
partment head to eiher transfer
a man out of the department to
get rid of him, or else move him
to another job to get him out of
the department.
The commission recommended
that a new system of hiring and
firing be put into effect.
In closing, Wilson said that
some corrective measures had al
ready been put into effect, but
that there were some recommen
dations which had not as yet
been acted upon.
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Frank Potts, director of ath
letics at the University of Colo
rado, has announced that a great
number of applications for the
head basketball coaching job at
the University has been received.
In the week since Forrest B.
"Frosty" Cox anonunced his res
ignation, effective July 1. appli
cations have been coming in in
increasing numbers. Potts indi
cated that screening would be-
gin after suflicieiit time has
elapsed tor all interested persons
to get in their applications.
Actual hiring if a new coach
at the University is up to the
Board of Regents, acting upon
nominations given them by
President Robert L. Stearns. The
nominee which Stearns will send
to the Regents will be picked by
the seven-man faculty commit
tee on athletics, which controls
the athletic program at the Uni
versity. Potts expects to have a coach
chosen in time fir the spring
basketball session, sometime
early in May.
Myers Interested
In Hau keye Job
Football Coach Denny Myers
of Boston College Tuesday night
in Newton, Mass., admitted he
had conferred with University of
Iowa officials.
But Myers, a former Iowa
athlete, refused to confirm rum
ors he plans to change jobs. He
said he had conferred with the
Hawkeye representatives in New
York recently and would meet
with them again in Iowa City
soon.
At Corvallis. Ore.. Oregon State
Coach Kip Taylor said he had
been sent a feeler by Iowa Ath
letic Director Paul Brechlcr by
telephone from New York.
But Taylor responded,
"I am
happy here."
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"GLASS MENAGERIE" Laura, the shy daughter, portrayed by
Christine Phillips, in Tennessee William's famous play, admires a
fragile figurine from her huge glass collecton. The University
Theatre's third play of the year, has a three-day run at the Ne
braska Theater, starting Feb. 20.
Title for 'Glass Menagerie'
Originated in Author's Past
The title of the University
Theatre's forthcoming produc
tion, "Glass Menagerie," has an
interesting history. The peculiar
name assigned to the play which
has a three night run at the Ne
braska theatre Feb. 20, 21 and
22, was chosen by the author for
particular reasons.
According to Tennessee Wil
liams, whose play won the Drama
Critics Award in 1945, origin of
the catchy title came during his
childhood. .
Just after moving to St. Louis
from the South, the Williams's
family was forced to live in a
.(c-'csled apartment neighbor
hood. Said Williams, relating later
this rather sudden experience, i;
was a shocking change for "my
sister and myself accustomed to
spacious yards, porches, and big
shade trees. The apartment we
lived in was about as cheerful
as an Arctic winter."
Glass Collection.
In older to brighten the dismal
atmosphere of the antiquated
house, his sister started keeping
a colle-tion of glass ornaments
on several shelves. As his fasci
nation for the new hobby grew,
so did the collection itself. Soon
Williams began to regard it as
a sort of menagerie.
The poignant recollection of
these experiences were in a large
part responsible for the memory
drama and its interesting title.
The author also wrote "A
Streetcar Named Desire," a Pu
litzer prize winner. Other popu
lar products of Williams include
"American Blues," "One Arm and
Other Stone s." "Summer
Smoke" and'"You Touched Me."
Characters.
A key character in the play,
Laura, the young cripple daugh
ter, keeps a glass collection of
animal figurines, too fragile to
move from the shelf.
Students taking the parts of
tho to'ir rhararters are:
iuaity Miller as Amanda, the
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mother: Christine Phillips as
Laura, the daughter; Joe Moore
as son Tom, the narrator; and
Ced Hartman as Jim, the gentle
man caller.
William Ellis, technical director
stated that sets for the stage
had been completed and the stage
crew was readying for technical
rehearsals this week end.
Extension to Aid
Feeders Group
K. C. Fonts. University exten
sion husbandryman, has been se
lected to help organize a Buffalo
County Feeders' Association.
The" group is being organized
to aid county livestock feeders.
There has been a large increase
in livestock production in the
area recently.
Fonts will assist the group in
the organization and plans for
future meetings.
Miami U. Attacks
Frosli 'Dorms"
Study ables in men's residences
at Miami University have been
installed in an attempt to coun
teract low grades among fresh
men, partially due to crowded
conditions in the dorms.
In some freshman dorms the
men on probation are checked in
and out of study table each night.
Many of these freshmen have had
their rooms put on "off bounds"
to all except the rightful occu
pants to stop congregating.
Blue prints required for one of
the air force's big bombers would
cover 125 football fields.
Onion skin, the metal skin on
one of our fighters, is 3 16 inch
thick at the fuselage. It tapers to
132 inch at the tip to avoid
flutter.
Navy researchers have a rocket
that climbs more than 51 miles
in less time than it takes to cook
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