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Thursday. February 16, 1950 wee I THF DAILY NEBRASKAN V i i J A7oi? Foo Chances BY JOAN KRVEGER If you're at all interested in participating in campus activi ties, there's still plenty of oppor tunities to get started this year. At least 9 campus organiza tions Nebraska Builders, The Daily Nebraskan, Cornhusker, Bed Cross, Cornshucks, WAA, AUF, NUCWA and the Union give freshman and upperclass men workers a chance to work toward executive positions ac cording to the work and time contributed to the organization. Several of these organizations are particularly interested in getting volunteers to participate in the activity. The importance of University students participating in at least one or two activities during their college career is stressed by Stu dent Council President Roz How ard, who points out that there are at least two things every student should get out of college: The ability to acquire knowledge, and the ability to get along with peo ple. Win Friends "The curriculum of the various colleges takes care of the first," says Howard, but activities play a vital part in learning to get along with people. Howard listed at least six ad vantages students can derive by participation in activities that will help them after graduation. Many activities teach one how to sell, how to organize commit tees and projects and how to budget one's time, says Howard. In addition, the student has op portunities to assume responsi bility and authority, and learn to value of co-operation. Lastly, continued the Council president, all activities help the students gain valuable experience In dealing formally and inform ally with their fellow men. Adjust to Society Concluding, Howard said that much of the success one achieves after college is attributed to the ability to get along in society. "Besides technical knowledge," states Howard, "the individual needs a pleasing personality." This is added through participa tion in activities during the col lege career, maintains the presi dent. With the opening of filings for various positions in organizations, students who have worked thus far during the year will have op portunity to be elected to offices in their respective groups. And many of the organizations still have openings for workers. At present approximately ten fresh rnen work as reporters on The Daily Nebraskan. At the end of the semester they will be eligible to apply for editorial positions and business positions on the staff. Three of the present staff members are sophomores who were freshmen workers last year. Rag Calls Reporters Because of the enlarged paper second semester, the staff has is sued calls for more students who ere willing to work as report ers. They are urged to come to The Daily Nebraskan office in the Union basement from 1 to 5 p. m. each day. Among the positions on this year's Cornhusker staff, 20 are occupied by sophomores, or stu dents who worked on the year book for the first time last year. The majority of the work on this activity will be concluded by the end of February, says the staff. The ten workers who have put In the greatest number of hours this year will be given free in vitations to the Cornhusker ban quet later in the semester. Enter 'Shucks' Contest Corn Shucks staff members are looking for talent. According to Frank Jacobs, editor, the best way for students to earn jobs on this publication is to enter the contests the humor magazine is sponsoring. Six section editors were recently selected for Corn Shucks from the workers who bad spent the most hours work ing on the magazine. "Since the issues are all dif ferent," says Jacobs, the staff is constantly looking for new lay out ideas and new talent. "There is a place and need for imagina tion in the office," continued the editor. On the business staff of the Cornshucks, students may also work for the publication. Many Red Cross Jobs If any students are interested Jn working in Red Cross, they will be given jobs such as con tacting entertainers, driving cars, helping plan parties or pro grams. Women may also work s Gray Coeds at Student Health. Gene Berg, student advisor to Bed Cross, estimated that about one hundred freshmen have been participating in the campus unit this year. Audrey Rosen baum, past president of the group, was recently elected to the board directors for Lan caster County chapter of Red Cross. Athletes Called Women who have any inclina tions toward athletics, are wel come in the WAA. Membership is taken from girls who have participated in intramural acti vities or the various clubs, which include the Rifle club, Duck Pins, Aquaquettcs. Badminton and Befereei club. Any student may join the clubs by coming to the meetings. In order to be eligible for WAA, stated Peggy Mulvaney, board member, a student must meet one of the following spe cifications: 1. Participation In at least three intramural tournaments; 2. par ticipation in two intramural tour naments and one club that func tions seasonally; 3. active par ticipation in one club that func tions the year around; or two clubs that function seasonally; 4. serve on the representatives' board with no more than two ab isor.ces; 5. serve on the sports l.-isrd and assist in the manage-jTif-nt cf at least three in tourna- J-l'T.tS. KlCffA Delegates March 17, the annual model rnfrrence of the United Na tions will hold its opening plen- Me fo Exist in Many i 1 ,4 SACRIFICE M . rr 1 AU.F. j . v p i . ;' m it i i i I. I a! i vl - 4 ... I AUF SOLICITORS The above students participated in the AUF drive on campus this fall, only one of many opportunities for underclassmen interested in working in campus activities. AUF members begin as solicitors and then may work up to posts of chairmen or board members. The AUF worker set-up is much like those of other campus groups, where interested students have a chance to participate and by proving their ability may move to greater positions of responsibility. Meals in Onion Cooked, Served on Grand Scaie By Betty Dee Weaver and Kent Axtell iKditnr'n note: Thi U the third In a tuTii'tt nl artirl4 aVHiKnrd to arqiralnt fttiifli-nt with rvr-ry phaiM" of tht-tr I nlon. Rrcrntly ftludrntn ortanlrrd committer of 14 to tlnfl poylliHltirn of oftlHloInK mn aildltHin to thr I niitn hullrt Ine. Only n larut majfirtty votr of atu ilrnts will hriiiK aldiUon.) Food like that served at home is the object of the Union food facilities. And to achieve this, cooking is done on grand-scale operations. The huge kitchen, where cakes Train ins Course Ends for Testers Prospective testers for Nebras ka's dairy herd improvement as sociations will finish their five day training course at Ag college Friday. Extension Dairymen C. V. Niblcr and H. N. Lawritson are in charge of instruction. Included in the discussions arc complete and detailed information on methods of conducting Babcock tests for milk and skim milk and a study of herd record books. There are practice sessions on maintaining complete record books. Lectures are bcinq devoted to dairy cattle breeding and man agement. There is also instruc tion in herd improvement testing. ary session. General assembly delegates are meeting weekly now to plan the conference and hear speakers on the various problems to be discussed in the con ference. Participation of students Is not limited to NUCWA members or upperclassmen. All University students may take part. Several freshmen have been named as delegates of various countries in the conference. Announcement of the meetings and speakers are made in The Daily Nebraskan. The model conference is spon sored by one of the five depart ments of NUCWA. Any student wanting to join NUCWA, the Ne braska University Council of World Affairs, may do so by at tending the regular meetings of the organization. Union Openings Freshmen workers in Union activities number about three hundred, says Mrs. Gencne Grimm, Activities Director. There is always a need for workers though, she points out. "It isn't a matter of waiting to be called," she continues, "stu dents can always come to the office and there will be work." Some of the various commit tees of the Union are: General entertainment, special activities, convocations, dance, music, house and hospitality, competitive games and hobby interest and public relations. A large number of the com mittee chairmen this year are freshmen workers from last year. The workers are placed in an "activities pool," and they work according to a merit sys tem. Positions are awarded on the basis of amount and quality of work. Each month the Union spon sors special events, at which time added workers are needed to help with the planning and to serve as hostesses. Students who have signed up in the Activities office designating that they want to work are called. Next Tear's Al'F Any student who wants to work next year on AUF has been urged by the organization to file for positions open to members of their respective classes. Accord ing to Jo Lisher, head solicitor, under the revamping of the or ganization, a great number of workers will be needed next year. Although those who put in work on AUF during the drive last fall will be given first con sideration for positions, other in terested students should apply. Freshmen who worked this year are eligible for positions in the group delegated to sophomores or above. Start Astivifies are baked in pans four feet square, soup brewed in 70-gallon kettles, and potatoes baked in four-decker ovens, is an efficient unit designed to produce varied quantities of food each day. Food service director is Joanna Lager. She is a dietician and is responsible for the serving of balanced meals in the cafeteria, crib and main dining room. Serves Tarties In addition to regular food servic, the Union serves parties of from 10 to 550 guests. Mrs. Wanda Wright Freeman, assistant food service director, is respon sible for feeding these extra groups. Personnel director Ester Harms hires the staff of waiters. She is also responsible for providing help for parties and banquets. She has on call a staff of "party boys" who work only the ban quets and afternoon luncheons the Union is called upon to serve. A regular staff of 32 is em ployed full time and in addition, 123 students work part-time in the Crib and cafeteria. Three large refrigerators oc cupy one wall of the kitchen. One is used for pie doughs, whic h are stored in huge crocks. An other is used for fresh fruits and vegetables and milk. Still an other is used to store salads, pies ready to be baked and meats. Vegetable Room A separate room is used for vegetable preparation. It con tains a potato peeler, large sinks and tables. Food is sent directly to the salad center where two women make the quantity of various salads used each day, tSteam cooking is used for most quantity cookery. Steam pene trates food quickly and more evenly than any other type of heat. A broiler is used for many meat dishes and similar foods. Row upon row of gas jets shoot their heat down through ceramic casings to cook and broil food efficiently. Dishwashing Is almst entirely automatic. Electric dishwashers are used to provide fast sanitary service. A new addition to the kitchen is the garbage room. An auto matic garbage disposal unit is lo cated in the tiled room. Large Storeroom A large storeroom is a reason able facsimile of the home pantry with its cleanliness, orderliness and well-stocked shelves It is 'Pest Control' Features Tour Three University Agricultural extension faculty members will discuss pest control at ten meet ings to be held throughout the state in April. Jack W. Lomax, entomologist, John Weihing, plant pathologist and John Furrer, agronomist, will lead discussions on the latest methods for control of weeds, insects, and plant diseases. The conference will be held at Humboldt, April 3; Geneva, April 4; Holdrege, April 5; North Platte. April 6; Scottsbluff, April 7; Ainsworth, April 10: Ord, April 11; Fremont, April 12; Co lumbus. April 13; and Wayne, April 15. ' Yale Official Sees VA 'Tug-of-War' "A thorough investigation of the GI Bill" is predicted by A. D. Ferguson, Yale University's dirtctor of veterans affairs. He said tnat Congress and the Vet erans Administration are waging "a tug-of-war" over proposed cutting of GI education costs. Ferguson stated that the un expected and increasing cost and size of the GI bill has led to at tempts to restrict veteran edu cation. The cost threatens to reach 25 billion dollars. "Under the terms of the GI Bill, July 25, 1951, Is the last date on which a veteran may ap ply for educational benefits. (Sro ups not uncommon to see chocolate syrup in gallon containers. The large cases of goods that arrive are thrown down a chute from the outside so that most of the back-breaking work of de livery is eliminated. During the war, the kitchen proved its efficiency. Facilities were adjusted in order that large numbers of Army personnel might be fed. At all times the equipment has been kept in good shape. New Oven Needed However there is now a need for a new bake oven. Mrs. Lager stated that the one presently in use is very temperamental and old. According to the cooks, it has simply been overworked. There is not enough accuracy and goods being baked must be watched constantly. Also there Is a need for a buf fet service and coffee service, said Mrs. Freeman. The most important policy of the food director is to buy only the best food. In this phase of operating, absolutely no corners are cut. The same policy is fol lowed in regards to hiring reli able employees. Substation Personnel To End Conference At Ax Thursday Personnel of Ag substations in the state marie plans Wednesday for their 1950 research projects at their headquarters in various parts of the state. The confer ence, being held at Ag college, will continue through Thursday. Dean W. V. Lambert, director of experiment stations, talked to the 25 staff members from the five substations. He told the Tarheels Puzzle Over Skeletons "I have a bone to pick with you," a workman at the Univer sity of North Carolina said to the building superintendent recently, as he handed him a large bone covered with lime and partially decomposed by the chemical. The bone, it developed, was part of a skeleton which work men had just dug up from under the walk on the east side of the library. In a few minutes the curious excavators unearthed a second skeltnn, this one in a brass handled coffin. It was suggested that one of the skeltons might be that of a Yankee soldier, killed during the Civil war. Another person offered the idea that it might be the re mains of an unpopular professor. The most plausible solution, however, was that the skeletons were what was left of two med ical school cadavers, which were sometimes buried in a hurry. Still unexplained is the old fashioned cookie jar found be tween the knees of the coffin buried skeleton. , A man in Schwieburg. Ger many has divorced his wife to marry his mother-in-law, the "Hannoverische Pressc" re ported. He had been married 24 years to his future daughter-in-law. Classified fV) Reminder. Have you taken advan tage of jitiiderit educator rnlea avmluhle rrt nmeMr.inN npidt.rl In vnur aiiifll "' Time or Lite 4 7Ii. NfWuweek M.W1, i Li than 10c per copy: Fortune "i rerulur orlre only 17 rtO. Alno other maga zine! hundted; a mjnitier nt speriul rule. HI'fKKR SI'BSCKIPTION ACKSCY Kl.-f-.KNIC A f'.RlFFITHR. MC1R. Ihifi "F" ST.. TKL, i-Hti.'.J LCJHT shell rim rlaaaea in browa leather cane Carole Cherny. 2-1H26. L'NIVKRKiTY men etudenta. IJnder rraduatet. Room. ftoulbeajl location. Hut one Mock. 2-22t8. FORaale27 'foothou,te trailer tocludlns' piano. 3-oimia. evenmen. SlMil.P. room rloe to US, 221 No. IS 1 llUD &-?i.iw3. Alpha Epsilon Rho, radio hon orary, will hold its annual ban quet for Nebraska broadcasters on March 17. Frank Jacobs and Dutch Meyers were named to head the skit committee at a recent meet ing. The theme will be "1 Re vision in the second half ccn fni v A St Patrick's dav twist is nlsn nromised. Tickets may be bought from members ot tne or ganization. The banquet is open to all interested students. rn FriH.iv and Katurdav of that week the broadcasters will con duct forums for radio students. Coffee Hour Planned at TC Graduating Teachers' college seniors will be honored at a spe cial coffee hour March 19 from 5 a. m. to 6 p. m. in the Union. Dean v. E Henzlik has ex tended a special invitation to all seniors, their wives, husbands, and friends to attend the com b i n e d "get-acquainted" and "farewell" hour Invitations are being mailed to the seniors and Dean Henzlik asks that the reply postcards, which are included in the invita tions, be filled out and returned as soon as possible. The replies should be sent to Room 213, Teachers' college. The dean's advisory committee of Teachers' college and the Un ion committees are in charge of arrangements for the coffee hour. Faculty members and students will act as hosts and hostesses. Committee members include: Dorothy Borgens, decorations; Janet Carr, invitations: Elizabeth Schneider, publicity; Ralph Ves tal and Harry Staver, hosts; Su san Koehler, music; and Miss Mary Mielenz, contact. Further announcements con cerning the affair will be made before March 19th. I.V.CJpTlIears Rev. Johnson The Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship acted as host to Rev erend Ted Johnson of Zion Luth eran Church Tuesday evening at a regular business meeting. Reverend Johnson's speech was a return engagement as he has spoken previously to the group. The meeting was held in Room 315 in the Union at 7:30 p.m. Union to Continue Canasta Lessons A Union Canasta parley will begin dealing cards at 4 p. m. and continue until 6 p. m., Thurs day, Feb. 16. Canasta players interested in participating in a tournament can sign up at the activities office. Beginning lessons in this new national pastime will be taught to all who wish to sign for them at the activities office. Ely Cul bertson, bridge expert, tells the fundamentals of the game in an 18 serial article feature currently running in the Lincoln State Journal. Prizes will be given to contest winners. group of the place of the sub station in the Nebraska agricul tural research program. The sub stations are placed at various locations in the state so that re search may be carried on under different conditions to help Ne braska farmers as a whole. Overall Plans Briefed. Prof. Marvel L. Baker, asso ciate director of the experiment stations, briefed the researchers on overall plans for 1950. These included future work the cattle breeding station at Fort Robin son, the foundation seed program with headquarters at the Genoa farm and the development farms program. The development farms, Pro fessor Baker said, are being op erated on a stock share lease basis with tenants and the farms will be used for management studies. A Program Discussed. H. G. Gould, associate director of the Nebraska extension serv ice, led a discussion on plans for western Nebraska organized ag riculture programs. Ag college librarian, J. R. Blanc-hard, told the group how to improve li brary facilities at substations with the use of new devices. Lionel Harris, superintendent of the Scotts Bluff substation at Mitchell, spoke on plans for a crop rotation and fertilizer re search program. Orlando Howe, also of the same substation, told of the spacing irrigation experi ment with corn. Kappa Alpha Mn To Hear Kirsch Dwight Kirsch will be guest speaker for a Kappa Alpha Mu dinner meeting at 6 p. m. Thurs day in the Union. The art professor will show slides of color photographs, which he took during his recent trip through Mexico. The public is invited to come at 6:30 p. m. to see the slides. Husher Trainer Father Again Elaine Rideout, University of Nebraska trainer, became the father of 834 pound baby boy Wednesday afternoon. The heir, named Larry Wayne, is the third child to be born to the Rideouts. Job Prospects Good For Class of 1950 The graduating class of 1950 will be the biggest in the history of the university. Just how many of these graduates will be able to secure the kind of jobs they want? This question was asked of persons in charge of job place ment in Teachers College, the School of Journalism, and the College of Business Administra tion. Dr. F. E. Sorcnson, chairman of tne Department of Educa tional Services, said that there will be a much greater demand for elementary teachers than the department will be able to take care of. Not only will all of the Teachers college graduates be placed, he said, but there will not be half enough teachers for the elementary school level. It is possible, however, that some prospective teachers who are taking popular courses of study at the university will have to take jobs in their minor fields. Teachers of certain subjects, Sor enson explained, are much more in demand than others. One reason for the large num ber of teaching jobs available, according to Sorcnson, is that many teachers arc still on tem porary certificates. These, he ex plained, probably will not be is sued again. "It is very evident now that school systems are raising stan dards," Sorsenson said, and he predicted that in the future ele mentary school teachers would find it very much to their ad vantage to have at least four years of college behind them. High school teachers, he said, would soon need five years of college training to be eligible. Dr. William F, Swindler, Dean of the School of Journalism, maintains that job opportunities for Journalism in this area are always good. "We serve a very large area," he explained, "in cluding southwest Iowa, all of Nebraska, a large part of Wyo ming, and western South Da kota." Dr. Swindler said that it might take longer to get the 1950 class placed .because of its size, but that he felt that everyone could be placed. The weekly newspaper, he said, is the greatest user of Uni versity graduates. It is from this type of paper that about 75 per cent of the offers of positions come to Dr. Swindler's office. Exams . . . (Continued from Page 1.) more numerous comments In cluded that finals be shorter, similar to 6 week exams: to re duce emphasis on finals, use more quizzes; to vary the length of the exam in terms of credit hours; to have a rest period after exams so instructors can meet classes and go over exams, clari fying misunderstanding; to give no exams in laboratory courses; to excuse superior students. Recommend Changes They also recommend exams for multi-section courses onlv; to improve physical facilities for large group exams, no lap- boards; to elminate departmen tal exams; to have exams de termined by department policy and to have directed reading periods for freshmen. The most popular comment of students was to make final exams shorter while an equal amount felt that too much em phasis is placed on finals. They also wrote that more exams should be given during the term: conditions as to noise should be improved; seniors should be excused from finals; the instructor should outline the material; exam questions should be kept secret; more objective and more practical exams should be given; superior students should be excused. Keep Library Open They also suggested that the library be kept open until 10:30 p.m.: smoking should be allowed during exams, and old finals should be available for review. As seen by the roll, students and faculty placed the most em phasis on finals. The problem of final examina tions was first considered by the liaison committee in February, 1949. Dr. M. A. Basoco, then chairman of the liaison commit tee, asked the examination com mittee to consider a group of the problems. First was the safekeeping of examination questions; second, the two-day review period; third hour-length of final examina tions; and fourth, the failure of a few instructors to hold final examinations. In addition, the examination committee received letters ques tioning the nine-day period al loted to final examinations. The student-faculty survey was a result of the work of this committee. 32 Men Selected For Radio Shows Thirty-two male students were auditioned Monday ind Tuesday of this week for the staff of the University radio productions. These men were classified into three divisions. In the A division were Dick Carson, Ed McCullough and Bob Reidy. Jack Bates, Dick Freeh, Louis Meyers, Forrest Barron, Arved Christensen, Bob Jeam bey, Kent Komarek, Jack Lange, Dale Samuelson and John Woo din were placed in the B divi sion. Classed in the C division were Sanford Levy, Dick Root, Keith Andresen, Bob Bauer, Harry Kirk, Robert Hill, Lawrence Luebbe, Glenn Mc-Mullen, Jim Fafeith, Gerald Robertson, Dick Shubert, Charles Stewart, Ray Swanson, Don Thackrey, Dan Tolman, Neil Trabert, Don Wag ner, Wayne W'ells and Clarence Wurc'inger. The auditions, held In the Temple building, were for news, sports, and general announcers. Schedules for meetings of the three groups will be posted in the Temple Monday, Feb. 20. Another 10 percent come from advertisers, and 16 percent from radio stations. Five percent of the offers come from Metropoli tan dailies and major wire ser vices. Theodore T. Bullock, in charge of job placement for the college of business administration, said that it is impossible to determine accurately at this time just how many jobs will be available in June. According to Bullock, compan ies are filing with him earlier for student interviews this sem ester than last, and he will soon be able to get an idea of how many Jobs will be available this spring. Prep 4-H'crs . To Speak in State Contest Sixteen 4-H'crs, eight boys and eight girls, will participate in state speech competition during Club Week at Lincoln in June as a result of winning public speaking contests last week. Radio station KFAB sponsors the contest. The station awards scholarships to the boy and girl winning top placings in the state. District winners get all-expense-paid trips to Club Week. District winners are: Hart ington district Lorctta Gayer of Walthill and George Madsen of Dakota City. Fremont district Jeanne Grau of Bennington and Dun Beck of Fremont. Hastings district Pat Johnson of Hol drcge and Marvin Bures of Geneva. North riatte district Virginia Sitorius of Gothenburg in Daw son county and Gordon Magnu son of Gothenburg in Lincoln county. McCook district Vir ginia Trail and Don Nelms, both, of McCook. Scottsbluff district Jeannine Dohse of Gordon and David Ingalls of Harrison. Lin coln district Phyllis Novak and Charles Klasek, both of Wilber. O'Neill district Elinor Reineka and Troy Westovcr, both of Bur well. 'Special' Tips Offer Aid In 'Ologics9 One of the greatest problems confronting incoming freshmen and transfer students is the maze of special courses offered by the dffferent colleges. Student Health, offers this one for all the stu- ! dents who forgot to wear their I rubbers tre day of the "Big Snow." Climatology. In the line of athletics a new method of playing has been init iated with a course in psychology applied to Physical Education and athletics. Also listed are two foolproof methods of talking back Pnn4rqm,nt-1l -inH j 1(1 IIICIIL?. v-uiinn;uilioi aaiv I Chromatic Dictation." and "For ensic and ueliberative peaK ing." Gentlemen with empty pockets around Valentine's Day should have registered for the course in Marketing of Money, Credit, and Prices. Or for that Home Ec major Marriage and Home Rela tionships, or phychology of Fam ily Liie is ottered. Cribolocy Cribology is a well-known and widely registered subject, but newly offered under this main course is one entitled Tactics and Technique. Guaranteed to teach any and all methods of cutting class, and all subterfuges used during final examinations, the course is featured with a parallel called Auriiometrie Testing and Hearing Rehabilitation. The only punctuation after this one was an exclamation point Mirropalenontology with studies in Foraminifera. fusulinids, os tracuds, conodonts, and Bryozoa! And last but not least was one sent in by a good friend of ours, Albert Einstein entitled a Tensor Analysis and Relativity. So long! I'm off to my class in Transient Phenomina subtitled Alternating Currents and Eelc trical Oscillations. Educational Meet Opens in Lihrary The first meeting of the Teach ers College educational confer ence on curriculum and instruc tion will begin at 1:30 p. m. Thursday in Love Library Audi torium. Dean H. L. Caswell. Columbia university Teachers College, and Dr. Earl Armstrong, U. S. Office of Education will be present to address students of the college. At the seminar in the audi torium, students will be given a chance to ask questions con fronting them. NU Agronomist I Views Landscape Dr. L. C. Newell, agronomist at the University of Nebraska college of agriculture, is the latest to be interviewed by The Lincoln State Journal in their current series Thru My Win dow. Thru the window of the agron omy department's greenhouse, where Dr. Newell spends most of his time, he sees a snow-covered landscape. Inside the greenhouse, however, the atmosphere resem bles spring, with corn growing green and a warm temperature prevailing. Dr. Newell is chairman of the agronomy greenhouse committee, which is carrying out eight proj ects in the three 100-foot sections of the greenhouse. Among the projects are sweet clover, sorghum, corn, alfalfa and grass breeding, small grain im provement, soil nutrition and weed eradication. Bromegrass is Dr. Ncwell'f main interest at present X.