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SENIOR DESIGNING LAB Prof. H. Georgescu, instructor in the
senior design class, discusses some models for a proposed fine
' rots building on the campus with the students who designed them,
Marshall Boker, Edgar Coleman and Keith Mauck. The problem
was assigned as a study in the space, volume and structures
of a building. The class makes models and draws plans for a
number of multi-storied buildings. (Rag Photo by Bob Sherwood.)
Kuroki Goal Strays;
Farmer to Journalist
BY HERB ARMBRUST.
Ben Kuroki, the "Boy from Ne
braska" who originally intended
to become a farmer, has strayed
a long way from the path on
which he started several years
ago.
Ben, an American of Japanese
ancestor, grew up on a farm near
North Platte. The course of his
life was changed, he says, when
the war came along. In the air
corps, he flew on missions in
both the European and Pacific
areas. He had much difficulty in
getting to the latter area because
of his ancestry. After he had
contacted Nebraska Representa
tive Carl Curtis at Washington
and several ermy big-wigs, he
says, he finally was allowed to
go.
Herald Tribune Forum
On returning from the Pacific
area, Ben was asked to appear
on the New York Herald Tribune
NU Madrigal
Concert Set
For April 21
Prof. David Foltz will conduct
the University Madrigal Singers
In a concert at the Union ball
room Friday evening, April 21.
Seventeen members of the
Madrigal Singers will present an
Howres Recreation in Musicke in
the unusual musical custom
Which grew up in the English
home during William Shake
speare's age.
Madrigal Singers constitute a
rroun of musicians who cut Eng
lish poetry to music, without the
aid for musical instruments. The
subject matter of Madrigals
ranges through every conceivable
facet of life religions, politics,
dancing, love making, drinking,
human thought .and experience.
It Is a form of chamber music
and has been compared to a
string chamber ensemble in the
necessity of expertness of ensem
ble, feeling for phrasing, and in
timacy of performance.
The program to be presented
by the University Madrigal Sing
ers will include a range of works
Jrora the 16th century to the
20th century. It will be presented
in four parts, with intermission.
During intermission free coffee
will be served.
Members of the singers in
clude Robert Parks, Robert
Martel, Edward Wells, Calvin
Gloor, Jean Leisy, Patricia Lar
son, Peggy Bayer, Marlene Hill,
Virginia Taylor, Gwen McCor
mlck, Mary Lou Sommer, Jean
ette Dolezal, Mary Barton, Rich
ard Guy. Edwin Donegan, Lynn
JOHer and Iceland Myhre.
Free tickets to the performance
are available In the Union activi
ties office. The Union music
committee Is sponsoring the
vent
YWCA to Hold
Member Meeting
All YWCA members are es-
?ecially encouraged to attend
h a Spring A 1 1-Membership
meeting in Ellen Smith hall on
Wednesday, April 19.
The meeting, at 4:30 .3. m., Is
one of the few held for ail mem
bers of YWCA on campus. Dis
cussion will center around plans
for the Estes conference to be
held next June. This regional
conference Is open not only to
all members of YMCA and
YWCA, but also to non-members.
.
Those In atendance at the all
membership meeting will also
have an opportunity to vote on
the slate for the advisory board
members. Entertainment for the
group will be in the fom of a
movie entitled "It Takes All
Kinds," showing the different
types of people who make up
marriages.
Following the all-membership
meeting there will be a dinner
meeting for all cabinet members.
It will begin at 5:30 p. m.
SUMMER WORK
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZA
TION will employ several alert,
ittutunt students will good fer
onal?!y for summer work. Thji
U a dlfmified sales activity re
r.rniiiif the oldest, large,
it nil lirt known firm In the
-.' !((iiinI field. Applicants ae
, ',! will isnk by appoint-
rt onljr. bantings $73.00 to
1.','.CJ and man per week on
i (Silvnnrl pmrcentafft) basis
Itr. J. F. CVaddock, Jr.,
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annual forum, along with such
dignitaries as Harold Stassen,
General Jonathan Wainwright
and others.
"I had to sit next to Wain
wright, who had recently been
released from a Japanese war
prison," said Ben, "and he really
looked me over." The much-decorated
flyer was nervous for an
other reason. He had been on a
boat for 21 days just previous to
his being called to New York and
had only five cents in his pocket.
"I needed a haircut, my shoes
needed shining, I didn't even
have money to tip the bellboys,"
says Ben, "and they shipped me
off to the Waldorf Astoria."
Lecture Tour
The forum was one of a series
of incidents which started Ben
thinking about making a lecture
tour. He had been growing in
creasingly touchy about prejudi
ces against minorities. Wherever
he went he was constantly re
minded that he was not on quite
the same plane as other Amer
icans.
The Incident that really
"burned him up," however, took
place as he was returning to New
York from a visit to Washing
ton, D. C- "I was in Penn sta
tion," heaid, "talking to a girl
in charge of a bureau which
helped service men in obtaining
hotel accommodations. She asked
me about my ancestry because,
she said, certain hotels in New
York would accommodate only
people of one race."
"Town Meeting"
Ben took part in a "Town
Lieeting of the Air," spoke at an
international YMCA convention
in Atlantic City, and saw an ac
count of his appearance at the
Herald Tribune forum in the
Readers Digest. The YMCA asked
him to speak again and again.
Before long he was speaking all
over the country.
He lectured for one year
"under his own auspices," find
spent most of his army savings
doing it. He was going to quit
when he was contacted by Pearl
Buck, who had a lecture bureau
and wanted him to represent
U. S. minority groups. He made
speeches for another year.
"I was bitterly disappointed
about lecturing," he said. "My
whole speech was always aimed
at eliminating prejudice against
all minorities, yet I used to get
insulted by some Negroes and
Jews, and worst of all, by a few
American Japanese. That burned
me to the core."
Enters University
Ben was married during the
time he was lecturing and his
wife encouraged him to start at
tending a university. When he
registered for the summer ses
sion of 1947, after being out of
school for 10 years, the adviser
looked at his qualifications and
seemed to think he was only tak
ing advantage of the G.I. bill.
"I couldn't even qualify for
English I, says Ben, "and I was
thrown into a five-hour modern
language course." In a short time,
however, Ben did qualify for
English I. He did well in the
language course too.
Although he says he was
"scared to start school," Ben has
completed his course in less than
the usual time and will soon be
come a member of the Will Owen
Jones chapter of Kappa Tau Al
pha, national journalism scholas
tic honorary.
"The reason I took Journal
ism," says Ben, "was that I was
influenced by Ralph Martin, a
graduate of the Missouri school
of journalism who wrote the
book "Boy From Nebraska." This
book is about Ben, but he did not
write it, as many people mis
takenly believe.
Another mistaken Idea people
have about Ben is that he made
a lot of money from the procedes
of the book. "This is not true," he
said, "because the publishers
take 90 percent and the literary
agent takes 10 percent of the 10
percent which is split 50-50 be
tween myself and the author."
Book In Japanese
"Boy From Nebraska," is soon
to be printed In Japanese and
sold in Japan. Negotiations for
this publication are already com
plete. Ben saw his first weekly news
paper In O'Neill when he visited
Cal Stewart, an old army buddy.
After completing requirements
for graduation in the School of
Journalism in only three years,
Ben decided be wanted to get
Into the field of weekly publica
tion. He kepi an eye open for an
opportunity and finally found
"an ideal situation" in York,
where he bought the York Re
publican. The former owner, Jos
eph Alden, will continue to do
the editorial writing. Ben plans
to make York his permanent
home. He says he has found
"something any beginning Jour
nalist would dream of
Know Your College .
Build
(This U the ninth In a series ef articles
abont schools and colleges within the
University. The Dally Nebraskan is at
tempting to present the "dream" or plans
for expansion, either of facilities or
courses In the school or college.)
BY TOM RISCHE
Building better men to become
better engineers is the "dream"
of the Engineering and Architec
ture college, according to Roy
M. Green, dean of the college.
Dean Green said that the high
est responsibility of the college
is to the undergraduate student.
"We are always trying to em
phasize orderly, scientific think
ing," Green said. "Our primary
job is to build men so that they
can perform as engineers and
as citizens."
University of Nebraska grad
uates were 25th in a total of 361
colleges represented in the
"Who's Who In Engineering,"
which lists the best known en
gineers from all parts of the
country. If the statistics are
taken with the total number in
proportion to the total number
of graduates, Nebraska ranks
10th.
High Scores
Surveys taken by the En
gineering college have shown
that on the average, engineering
students place higher on all en
trance exams than the rest of
the student body. This is not
only in technical subjects, but
on the English and history exams
as well.
The Engineering college seeks
to provide an introduction to
fields other than engineering. The
non-techmcal options are de
signed for this purpose. Eight
areas of related subjects are of
fered to students. There is at
present a high concentration of
students is psychology, speech,
business administration and eco
nomics courses.
Surveys made by the college
indicate that most engineering
students participated in some ex
tra-curricular activities in high
school. About three-fourths of
the engineers participated in ath
letics; about one-half in religious
organizations; about one-third in
chorus work, 25 per cent in
dramatics; and about one-fourth
in band or orchestra.
Freshman Lecture
All freshmen students are re
quired to take a course which
surveys the field of engineering.
Students learn the general re
quirements of all branches of the
engineering profession. As a re
Honoraries
On Ag Elect
New Officers
Two Ag honoraries elected
officers Thursday night.
Robert Raun is the new presi
dent of Block and Bridle.
As such, his
duties will in
clude manag
ing the an
nual junior
Ak - Sar - Ben
show spon
sored each
year by the
animal hut
bandry hono
rary. He re
places Wilbur
Pauley, past
president.
Robt. Raun
A junior in the College of Ag
riculture, Raun was master of
ceremonies fo rthis year's Ak-Sar-Ben
show, and a member
of the junior livestock judging
team at Denver and Ft. Worth.
He is also president of Ag Exec
board, treasurer of Student
Council, a member of Alpha
Zeta and Kosmet Klub-and past
president of Alpha Gamma Rho.
Other Officers
Other officers elected for the
coming year are Bob Beck, who
replaces Gervase Francke as
vice-rpesident; Jack Wilson who
will take over James Monohan's
duties as secretary; Phil Olson
who replaces Bob Beck as trea
surer; and Arlen Beam who will
take over duties as historian left
by Dick Kuska.
In addition to election of offi
cers, final plans for the annual
awards banquet to be held Fri
day night, April 21, in conjunc
tion with Feeders' Day, were
discussed. Phil Olson is the gen
eral chairman.
Tri-K Officers
Don Beaver, Ag junior, will
head Tri-K next falL Beaver
succeeds Dale Flowerday as
president of the honorary ag
ronomy club.
Beaver is co-chairman of the
rqdeo for this year's Farmers
fai.
Other officers elected Include
Ralph Hansen, vice president;
John Wilkinson, secretary; and
James McDowell, treasurer.
Tri-K functions for students
who are primarily interested in
agronomy. It sponsors a crops
Judging contest, and several
convocations during the school
year.
This year's crops Judging con
test will be held at the Ag Col
lege activities building May 13,
according to Dale Flowerday,
retiring president. Any Ag stu
dent is eligible to take part in
the event.
Summer Courset '
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Study and Travel
ARAR2C opportunity to en
joy memorable experiences
in learning and living! For
students, teachers, others yet to
discover fascinating, historical
Spain. Courses include Spanish
language, art and culture. In
teresting recreational program
Included.
For detail; writ note to
SPANISH STUDINT TC'JXS
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THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
Better
sult of taking this course, Green
said, many students have changed
their minds as to what kind of
engineering they planned to en
ter. The U Engineering Exec,
board aids by conducting one
class and helps to orient the
freshmen.
Engineering 100 is a course de
signed to acquaint advanced stu
dents with the possibilities open
to them in jobs and what will
be expected of them after they
graduate. Recently letters were
sent out to a number of grad
uates asking them about their
experiences in work and request
ing any information that they
thought might be useful to other
men seeking jobs. The replies
to these tetters are being printed
and will be used by students in
this course.
Jobs Opportunities
Green said that many firms
a:c more anxious to obtain en
gineers from the midwest, be
cause such students are for some
reason more willing io take re
sponsibility. The University of
Nebraska was one of three schools
all of whose graduates applying
for New York state jobs had
passed the qualifying examina
tion. Dean Green would like to do
more research in various fields
of engineering. The research
program is hampered at present
by a lack of funds.
The college has much equip
ment that has not yet been set
up because of lack of space.
Many of the present facilities are
greatly crowded or are anti
quated. Ferguson hall, the electrical
engineering building now under
construction, is expected to re
lieve the congestion in the col
lege. It will house the electrical
engineering department and the
offices of the engineering college,
and contain lab facilities for all
students. The building is sched
uled to be completed for the
1950-51 school year.
Engineering Buildings
Six buildings on the city cam
pus and tone on the Ag campus
are used primarily by the col
lege. Mechanic Arts hall is used for
civil engineering and mathe
matics work. Included in it are
drawing, designing, instrument
and lecture rooms as well as the
present offices of the College of
Engineering and Architure. All
surveying equipment used in
Sociology Group
Holds Initiation
Twelve new members of Alpha
KaJ)pa Delta, national honorary
sociology fraternity, were initi
ated at a dinner meeting held
Thursday evening, April 12.
Members initiated include:
Louise Boschen, Max Burchard,
Shirley Kalley, Garnet Larson,
Clarence Miller, Greta Faye Mix,
Audrey Rosenbaum, Phyllis Jean
Thomsen, Nancy Vogt, Barbara
Waldron, Phyllis Warren and
Velmalou Watkins.
Dr. Albin T. Anderson spoke
on the topic of United States
Soviet relations following the
dinner. He analyzed the present
situation as a conflict of powers
rather that of ideologies and
suggested that any successful
techniques for dealing with the
situation would have to be based
on a realistic acceptance of the
facts as they are, rather than as
we would like them to be.
Speech Society
To Sponsor
Extemp Event
The annual Intramural Ex
temporaneous speaking contest
will be held this year from April
25 to May 2. Sponsored by Delta
Sigma Rho, national honorary
forensic fraternity, the contest
is open to organized houses as
well as individual participation.
The top-ranking organization
will receive a gavel with the
name of the organization en
graved on it. Last year Sigma
Alpha Mu won the gavel. The
top-ranking individual speaker
is awarded a silver loving cup
with his or her name, engraved
on it. Winning individually last
year were Don Farber and Jan
ice Crilly.
Entries are to report between
4 and 5:30 p. m., Monday, April
24, to draw topics for the first
round which is scheduled to be
held Tuesday, April 25, ae 7
p. m. in the Temple. v
There will be three judges for
each section in round , one and
two, and five judges for the
finals. The selection and assign
ment of Judges will be made by
Don Olson, director of Univer
sity debate, who will serve as
director of the contest.
MAIN FEATURES START
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"Cinderella"
1:00, 2:44, 4:28, 6:12,
7:56, 9:42
"Port of New York"
1:00, 3:44, 6:28, 9:12
"Boy from Indiana"
2:19, 5:03, 7:47, 10:31
"LowleM Coda"
2:36, 5:10, 7:44, 10:19
"Saarch for Danger"
1:80, 4:04, 6:38, 9:13
.
Meh-Eiig
computing and mapping is housed
in this building. The soils me
chanics laboratory, which , tests
soils and material used, in the
stabilization 'of roadways, .air
ports and building structures, is
adjacent Mechanic Arts hall.
Bancroft hall, contains all the
facilities for the department of
engineering mechanics. Six en
gineering drawing, rooms, which
accomodate 26 students each, are
housed in Bancroft. The Mater
ials testing, concrete , materials,
photoelasticity and dynamics
laboratories are also located
there. The. materials testing lab.
includes 15 machines which are
used in all forms of mechanical
testing.
Architectural hall contains the
lecture rooms,, drafting rooms
and department library of , the
department of architecture. i
El ctrical Will Move
The e7 -ctrical engineering lab
oratorifjfi house the electrical
power laboratory and the com
munications laboratory as well
as laboratory machinery and
equipment in the different types
of motors, generators, and other
electronic equipment. The equip
ment is used to demonstrate
theoretical principles in electri
cal engineering. The electrical
engineering department will
soon move to I'erguson hall.
Avery laboratory contains the
department of chemical en
gineering. Three classrooms and
laboratories are available in the
recently constructed wing of 4he
building. The large operations
laboratory, containing drying,
evaporation, and filtration, and
distillation units, is a recent ad
dition. '
Many Labs
Richards laboratory houses
the lecture and recitation rooms
of the mechanical engineering
department. The building in
cludes the pattern-making lab,
in which patterns for machine
tools can be made; the foundry
laboratory, which includes fa
cilities for1' aluminum, brass,
bronze and irn casting; and the
machine t o' lab, used to dem
onstrate actual manufacturing
operations.
Also included the the heat
treatment and metallography
lab, used to study physical prop
erties of metals; heat, power and
hydraulics lab, in which various
types of eriginesiare studied;
heating and ventilating lab,
which studies the use of ventil
ating equipment; fuels and lub
ricants lab, in which properties
of fuels and lubricants are stud
ied; and the welding laboratory,
in which all types of welding
are studied.
Ag. E. Building
The agricultural engineering
building is located on the Ag
college campus. It includes the
fuels motors laboratory, used for
testing tractors, gas and steam
engines; the automobile lab, for
similar work with automobiles;
the forge and carpentry shops,
in which farm .shop work is
taufnt; and two-farm-machinery
labs, in which farm machinery is
tested. v
The Ag engineering building
also includes space for architec
ture as it pertains to the rural
areas, along with laboratories
for research work on farm prob
lems. Each year senior students
make trips to various points of
engineering ipterest. Participa
tion in one of these trips, and a
written report on it are required
for graduation.
136 Hours Required
To obtain a degree in engi
neering, a student must com
plete 136 hours of work. In
chemical engineering, 140 hours
are required. A major in engi
neering may take a fifth year
of work in the College of Busi
ness Administration, and re
ceive the degree of Bachelor of
science in commercial engineer
ing, Engineering work may be
completed in four to five years,
depending upon the student.
Graduate work is offered lead
ing to the degree of master of
science in agricultural, architec
tural, civil, electrical or me
chanical engineering and archi
tecture. tor ,,
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MACHINE TOOL LAB Students Mike DiBiase, Darrell Ingwer
son, Jerry Prochaska and John Virbila watch the cylindrical
grinder, which is used to grind shafting, mandrels and arbors.
In the machine tool lab, beginning students learn how to use the
more elementary tools. Advanced students learn the use of weld
ing equipment and other more specialized tools. (Rag Photo by
' Bob Sherwood.)
Hansen Writes
Best9 Article
About Tractors
Deane Hansen, Nebraska Ag
engineering student, presented
the winning paper in the annual
Mid Central Agricultural Engi
neer's conference held on Ag
campus April 7 and 8.
"Which Direction the Tractor
Design Forward . or Reverse."
was the title of Hansen's win
ning paper. Contestants from
several other schools also pre
sented papers on various sub
jects concerning farm problems.
Hansen's paper discussed the
possibility of designing a trac
tor to operate in reverse for
front-end mounted machinery as
loading and stacking equipment.
Hansen pointed out what he con
sidered advantages in this new
idea of weigh distribution and
steering ease.
Repeats Report
Hansen repeated the presen
tation of his paper at the con-fe.-ence
banquet held at Cotner
Terrace Friday evening before
both student and professional Ag
Engineers.
Hansen became interested in
farm machinery and farm power
while farming with his father
hear Clay Center. He is study
ing ag engineering as a prepa
ration for either farm manage
ment or tractor and farm ma
chinery development work.
The latest ideas - and devel
opments in the ag engineering
field were discussed at the con
ference. Power and machinery,
soils and water, farm structures
and rural electrification were
some of the topics discussed. A
tour of the laboratories and trac
tor testing department followed
the discussions.
There were no complimentary
tickets for the Alumni-Corn
husker football game last Sat
urday. This it a
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Sunday- April 16, 1950
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Band to Appear
In Tecumseh
The University R.O.T.C sym
phonic band will travel to Te
cumseh Monday evening to pre
sent a concert.
Directed by Donald A. Lentz,
conductor, the program will be
held in Tecumseh high school
auditorium beginning at 8 p. m.
The program is as follows:
"Overture Springtime," Gold
mark; "Symphony from the New
World," Dvorak; "First Suite in
E Flat," Hoist; "Trio Allegro
Finale," Beethoven, featuring
two flutes and a clarinet; "Hill
billy," Gould; "Prima Donna,'
Gould; "Carnival Day," Morris
sey; "King Cotton," Sousa; "The
Three Kings," featuring trum
peters, Smith; "Pitoskin Pa
geant," Bennett; and "Marti
nique," Morrissey.
The band's appearance in Te
cumseh Monday is its only out
state performance in concert this
year. In addition to appearing at
football and basketball gmes,
the band plays for Commence
ment. Honors Day and other
University functons besides pre
senting two concerts each year
in the Coliseum.
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