i 4 PAGE 4 THE DAILY NEBRASKAN Know Your College . Colleges to RealizeTwoDreams Sunday, April 23, J 950 (This Is the tenth in a series of articles about the various " schools, colleges and depart ments within the University. In these articles; The Daily Ne- braskan is attempting to present the dream," or plans lor ex pansion, either of facilities or of courses.) More instructors for mathe matics courses and new quarters for astronomy equipment When these two "dreams" are realized next year, the Mathe matics and astronomy depart ments will be well equipped, ac cording to M. A. Basoco, chair man of the department The department has plans to get three new instructors for math courses next year. This will enable the addition of new courses representing new ad vances in mathematical theory. Astronomy facilities will be moved to Ferguson halL upon its completion some time this year. One lecture room and one lab room will be available to as tronomy students, as well as space on the roof of the building for telescopes. Mathematics and astronomy were combined into one depart ment in 1933. Mathematics has been taught since the founding of the University in 1871, while astronomy instruction was be gun toward the end of the last century. The math instruction serves mainly as background for other courses, although there are stu dents majoring in the subject On the other hand, astronomy courses are taken mainly to give the student some knowledge of neavewy phenomena. Mathematics The mathematics department has recently revised its gradu ate program to bring it up with the latest advances in research. Courses in operational calculus, designed for engineers and phy sics students, topology, which contains the fundamental no tions of modern math; and ma trix and tensor calculus, a study of the techniques which under lie recent physical theories, have recently been added to the curriculum. Basoco said that he hopes to be able to add other courses at some future date. He would like to offer an introduction to math ematics course, which would emphasize the cultural aspects of history of the subject Basoco would also like to offer addi tional courses in mathematical statistics, as well as a mathe matical methods in engineering course. Statistics Lab One of the additions to the de partment when it moved to Bur nett hall, was a mathematical statistics laboratory, which con- tarns 13 computing machines as well as the figures used in geometry classes. Jobs available to math majors are mainly in two fields, teach ing and industrial research. Many of the jobs in research re quire graduate training. The Atomic Energy Commission and the office of Naval Research have some openings for qualified students. If mathematics is coupled with physics or engineering, many lob fields are open. There are still many unfilled positions as a result of the shortage of help during the war. Calculus Required All engineering college stu dents have to take courses in math which will take them at least through calnilus, the fourth semester math. Two courses are offered for business administra tion students. These are mathe matics in business courses. The Master of Arts, Master of Science and the Doctor of Phil osophy degrees are offered in graduate work. During the past 20 years, 60 masters and six doc tor's degrees have been granted tnrough the department The mathematics department is located on the second floor of Burnett halL The present de partment includes 14 full time instructors and six gradaute assistants. About 1700 students are taking math courses this se mester. t Pi Mu Epsilon is the math honorary. Students who have a 7.5 average in math subjects tnrougn calculus may be recom mended for the society by their instructors. Astronomy Work in astronomy courses will be greatly facilitated by the new quarters in Ferguson hall. More space will be available for equipment as well as the roof space specially designed for use of the 12 -inch telescope, which has not been used for several years. The telescope is at present lo cated on the Agricultural college campus in the dome. It has not been used for several years be cause of the breakdown of the rotating dome. In anticipation of the move to Ferguson hall, the mirror for the telescope has re cently been coated with chrom- aluminum, , , . . The space on the roof is en closed by a seven-foot wall, which will shut out the lights of the city and thus facilitate work with the telescope. Space Beef Production Speed Up Plans Outlined to Feeders The production of beef is not keeping pace with the increase in the U.S. population and re search is being stepped up in an attempt to rectify the situation. So spoke Dr. R. T. Clark, Denver, co-ordinatcr of beef breeding research for the U.S. department of agriculture, at Nebraska's annual feeders' day here Friday. In 1900, Dr. Clark said, there were 59,000,000 beef cattle for the 76,000,000 people. Now there ere more than 150,000,000 peo ple ana only 80,000,000 beef ani mals in the country. ine expert outunea the re gional beef breeding research project set up in 1946, calling it the largest program ever planned to date to propogate and improve a farm animal. There are three regions for the national project north central, western and southern. Co-ordinator. Dr. Leslie Johnson, stationed at tne university, is co-ordina- tor for the north central region's patr of the project Dr. Clark reported that sev eral former military establish ments have now been set up to advance the project in all sec tions of the country. The one at Fort Robinson is an example, It is jointly supervised by the University and the USDA. In addition. Dr. Clark said, several private breeders have loaned their facilities for the project The national project, he said, Is being helped by the several breed associations in the coun try. The American Hereford as sociation, be added, is helpirv with finances. iiesearca that has been ac complished In the past, he said, shows clearly that many more accomplishments are coming faster with the more enlightened methods of investigation now available. Improve Strains. Principal objectives, he said, are to Improve and propogate useful strains within present Fair? Dance... (Continued from Page 1.) the list The girl receiving the highest number of votes will be Goddess and the four next high will be her attendants. Rex Crom Is in charge of dec orations for the dance. Ticket are being handled by Joyce JJhaner and Mary Gieseker. Mar cia Adams is in charge of the Home Ec club presentation of the royalty. General chairman of the dance is Sue Bjorklund. Gassified ''1 does quickly sad wsU. D. WhlU, tixat.it concMMiona ttnmrt BMff. iAi.1, on Campus. Alto slmplug i r.tatiia "Cluuupioo.' Ar 7 p ro ',A.ii ton CtmtiiHi. mw. .. , f -'n. ll fera t mni iki at breeds, and in some areas, par ticularly in the south, to devel op better crosses of breeds; and to develop types of cattle adapted to specific areas. Efforts toward the latter ob jective have been fruitful in a short time, he said. Researchers, also, he added, are going to in vestigate more the size and type relationships within breeds to clear up confusion. "Breeders," he said, "sometimes wonder if their program is properly oriented toward obtaining their objectives. Wives Attend. Wive of farmers attending feeders' day went to an educa tional program along with en tertainment by organized cam pus groups. The educational program fea tured demonstrations on the use of lard in cooking by Dr. Jose phine Brooks, associate profes sor of foods and nutrition and a talk by Prof. Charles H. Adams, telling what makes good lard. The afternoon Droeram in- included an inspirational talk by Mrs. C. Petrus Peterson of Lincoln on "There is No Place Like Nebraska." Miss Evelyn Metzger of the home economics department spoke on interior designs and home decorations. Miss Wilma Elson of an Omaha meat packing firm demonstrated meat cookery. Union Adition . . has been provided for other tel escopes which maye be acquired in the future. Covers will be provided for the telescopes during the winter months. A system of live steam will be available to melt the snow'on the roof, thus allowing use of the roof during the win ter as well as in summer. Astronomy classes will be held In two rooms of the first floor of Ferguson HalL Instruction will be given in one room, while the other room will hold the various equipment. 65 In Courses About 65 students are taking astronomy courses at the present time. Oliver Collins, who in structs some of the classes, be-j neves that more students will take courses as soon as better facilities are available. Students learn the basic facts of the movement of heavenly bodies, sucn as stars, planets and comets, They learn about the use of stars, maps and globes. One of the more specialized courses is celestial navigation and practical astronomy, which Is one of Collins special inter ests. He has written an article for the April issue of the Journal of the Institute of Navigation en titled "Astrofix by Computa tion." It concerns finding one's position on the earth by use of heavenly bodies. Collins article is the result of five years work on the subject. The American Overseas Airline has experimented with Collins' findings and the paper is based on those findings. Equipment Equipment for astronomy work includes: A four inch refracting tele scope, used for star observation; ten smaller reflecting telescopes, used for the same purpose: a planisphere, made by astronomy students, which is used to deter mine the relative positions of the stars and planets during the various ? sasons; a sky projector, which allows the projection of star positions on a screen. A small globe with start positions on it is placed in this machine. Through a special arrangement, the globe can be rotated to ap proximate the movements of the earth. Another piece of equipment is an astronomical camera, obtained from Yerkes Observatory. The three inch camera is used to take photographs of the star move ments. I - i I v.'?!.;! 1 Dlocfi and Bridle Honors McKelvie LEARNING HOW Students Nicolai Bernoulli. Dm Dan Rm, Krieth listen to Prof. Chester Camp's explanation of one of the 13 computing maenmes in tne Mathematics laboratory. These ma chines are used for the mathematical statistics classes. (Rag Photo by Hank Lamrners.) Union Announces Facilities Available for Summer Use (Continued from Page 1.) by which a Union addition is possible. The question has been asked which the committee feels should be answered for all students. It is: Why should we have a Union before we have a new Temple or other new building? The answer lies in the simple fact that construction for a Tem ple building would be obtained not through student payment but through Nebraska tax money. However, the only way that a Student Union addition is pos- own financing. The Union is solely the stu- dents own building. They were the ones who gave the go-ahead signal for a Union building to be constructed 14 years ago. In 1936. . , If the fee increase is approved by students Wednesday, it will mean that a fund of $500,000 will be obtained which will al low those facilities', recreational, cultural and service, which have been proposed, part of which are listed in the questionnaire. (Those facilities having the most importance were included in the form.) Present facilities of the Union are not meeting the needs of 6,000 students not to mention 8,000 students presently enrolled at the University. It Is also pointed out by the committee that present Union fees do not even allow for ade quate operation costs which have increased above the pre-war level. Government Jobs Open To Engineers The United States Civil Serv Ice Commission has announced an examination for engineers to fill positions paying from $4, 600 to $6,400 in various Federal agencies in Washington, D. C. and vicinity. A few positions throughout the United States may also be filled. Positions covered by this ex amination are in all branches of engineering. To qualify for position, applicants must have met one of the following qualifications: 1. Have completed a 4-year college course leading to bachelor's degree in engineering, or 2. have had four years of pro gressive experience in technical engineering, or 3. have had a combination of such education and experience, In addition, they must have had from two to four years of professional experience in en- gineering. the amount depend' ing on the salary level for which they wish to be considered. Per tinent graduate study may be substituted for part of the pro fessional experience. No written test will be given. "The age limits, which will be waived for persons entitled to veteran preference, are 13 to 62 years. Full information about the ex amination, and application forms, may be secured at most first and second-class post offices, from civil service regional of' fices, or from the U. S. Civil Service Commission, Washing- ton 25, D. C. Applications for this examination must be re ceived in the Commission's Washington office not later than May 9, 1950. BABW Activity Points Due Today Today is the deadline set by uooii lor inaopeuaeiit women to turn in individual points for awards at the annual Recogni tion Tea, which will be held May 5. The points may be turned in at the BABW mail box in the basement of the Union, or to any board member. Coeds who have earned 100 activity points, as set up in the Barb activity program will be recognized at the tea. ; Those who have earned the required number of points will receive BABW pins. A rose will be presented to those receiving recognition for the second year. Nineteen people receivd indi vidual rcognition last year. The Achievement p 1 a que, which is being awarded for the first time this year, will be given on a basis of points earned by the house or organization, as. a group in three fields campus activities, iiouso improvement, and scholarship. The Recognition Tea will be held in Ellen Smith hall from 5 to 6 p. m. on Friday, May 0. Union activities along with University recreational programs will hit an. all time high during the 1950 Summer Session, ac cording to Genene Grimm, Un ion Activities director. The newest facility " that may be available to "students in the Union is a proposed course in photography. A series of six les sons will be held beginning Fri day, June 16, running thru Fri day, July 21. Classes would be held in the Union craft shop under the instruction of Profes sor R. F. Morgan of the Journal ism department. The course would rover field trips, develop ing, care of cameras, lighting and effects. Series of sports films have been planned to show in the Union lounge along with a num ber of other movies which will include "The Seventh Veil," an English film. Activities Open Union activities officially be gin Thursday, June 8, when high school students arrive for All State. All facilities will be open to students until August 6. Other facilities to be available for student entertainment will be square dances in the Union ball room, features films, workshop clinics, juke box dances, crafts. bridge and musical concerts. Summer session special activ ities sponsored by the division of physical education will in clude Softball leagues, recrea tional tennis, swimming for men, golf tournaments and table ten nis tournaments. Most of these activities will be available in the Physical Educa tion building for men. However, the table tennis tournament will be sponsored jointly by the Union and Physical E ducation department. Handball, golf, driving cage, shuffleboard squash, weight training and individual condi- Ex-Husker Gels Oak Leaf Cluster Capt John B. Trumble, has been awarded the third Oak Leaf Cluster to the Air Medal for outstanding achievement in aerial flight while serving as a pilot with the Berlin Airlift. Presentation of the award was made at Air Materiel Command Headquarters. Dayton, Ohio. In the citation which accom panied the award Captain Trumble was praised for excep tional performance in maintain ing precise timing under adverse conditions while flying 100 mis sions of the Airlift from west ern Germany to Berlin between May 1 and July 23. 1949. Captain Trumble attended the University before entering mili tary service in June 1942. In addition to his service in Ger many he served in the China-Burma-India Theater from March to November 1945. At present his assignment is as command agronomist for Air Materiel Command at Dayton, Ohio. Acacia Dancers To Wear Leis Guests of Acacia fraternity at its spring formal April 29 will receive leis flown in from Ha waii especially for the dance. About 40 carnation and orchid leis have been ordered. Made in. pink, red or white, the carnation leis each contain some 300 blos soms. Approximately 250 laven der or deep purple -flower are used in eacn orchid lei: . Lei-making Is an occupation all itself in Hawaii,' according to Don Chang, Acacia member -who made the arrangements. The flower chains are sold in the streets of the cities, particularly near the waterfront when e ship Is about to leave the island. 4 , u Methodist Group Naines Officers New president of Sigma Theta Epsilon, Methodist fraternity, is Will Darby. Glen Carter was elected to assist Darby in the vice-president position at the Tuesday, April 4, meeting. Others elected included: Wil ber Whitehead, pledge master; Stan Meyers, recording secretary: Jim Matson, corresponding sec retary .and alumni secretary; Ken Kritner, treasurer; John Howe, chaplin; Frank Major, historian: Jack Robson, doorman: Don Walker, assistant doorman: and Rich Satterfield. Student council representative. tioning apparatus will be avail able in the Coliseum. Family Swimming Parties A special facility will be open to students, faculty and their families. Every Wednesday aft ernoon from 4:50 to 5:50 p.m. family swimming parties will be held in the Coliseum swimming pool. Swimming permits will be available in Student Health. In terested persons must also file at the Coliseum. High school students will also take part in summer session ac tivities. Two groups, All-State, and Boys and Girls State, will spend three to five weeks on the Nebraska campus. A University experience in music, dramatics and art will be available for those registering in All State. The American Legion spon sored Boys and Girls state will send over 500 high schoolers to the campus for instruction in government and civics. s Another group that will be on the campus this summer will be teachers of high schools and grade schools for the annual Teachers clinics. Dr. Frank Sor enson is in charge of the 1950 Summer session. ROTC to Give 230 Awards jscnoiarsmps ' worm over $150,000 are available to about 230 University sophomore men students this spring. The "scholarships" are the monetary worth to be received from the advanced course in the Army and the Air Force Ad vanced R O.T.C. programs. Applications are now being re ceived for AHvanced Course ap plicants. Here's all you do: (1) Go to Room 110, Military and Naval Science building and get application forms; (2) take the army general classification test, and if you score 110 points you then (3) go before a board of officers for an interview, and if successful there (4) take a physical examination. Upon completion of the two year course which includes a summer camp, you become a second lieutenant in the organ ized reserves. However, five to eight advanced students who earn the designation of Dis tinguished Military Students, may be admitted to the Army and Air Force with regular army commissions. Commissions are available In five branches of the Army ROTC engincering, field artillery, mili tary police, infantry and ordin ance, and in communications or administration-logistics in the Air Force. The two-year advanced courses pay students $705, exclusive of uniform allowances. Approxi mately 150 openings are still available in the Army ROTC and 80 in the Air Force ROTC. City Campus Adds Home Ec Course Home Economics 191, Mar riage and Family Relations, will be offered on the city campus the first semester of 1950-51. The class which will meet at 8 a. m. Monday, Wednesday and Friday, Will be open to men and women of sophomore standing or above On the Agricultural College campus, where the course has been offered for the last three semesters, men students have made up at least fifty percent of the enrollment - Kenneth Gannon, assistant professor of family regions, who is instructor for the couarse. states that it is similar in con tent to Junctional courses in marriage and family rela tinna in the social science departments of iowa state, Michigan State. Cor nell and other universities. ; Enrollment will be limited to forty students for each section. Miss Fedde Plans Home Ec Tea Seniors and graduate students of the home economics depart ment will be honored Saturday at the home of Miss Margaret Fedde, chairman of the depart ment. JMiss Fedde will be hostess to ?25ytTli!? uests't her home, 38i8u Dudley. from 3 to 5 p.m. r it,?, 13 given annually- by Miss Fedde. Due tn nation recently thla -mm v-. u last year she will give the tea as head of the department i Four students were honored svjHav tvoninf at a dinner -spon sored by the Nebraska chapter of national Block and Bridie ciuo following the annual leeaers day program at the college of ag ripultiire. Robert Beck of Fremont, Ag college junior and vice president of the Nebraska club, was awarded the ton orize for being hich winner of the senior flivi sion of the recent University livestock iudcine contest. He was awarded an Elgin watch. The national Block and Bridie club's gold medal went to Robert Raun, junior, president ot tne Nebraska chapter, for winning second place in the contest. A silver medal from the national oreanization went to Robert Watson, freshman, for winning hieh nlace in the junior division of the livestock judging contest, McKelvIe Honored. Samuel R. McKelvie of Valen tine, prominent Nebraska cattle breeder, publisher and former s ate governor, was also honored Friday night for his contnoution to rfudwestern agriculture. Those who naid tribute to Mr, McKelvie included Col. Art Thompson of Lincoln, who dis cussed the rancher s contribution to Nebraska agriculture through publication of the Nebraska Farmer; John Vanier, owner of the C. K. Ranch at Brookvale, Kas., who told of Mr. McKelvie's contributions to the Hereford breed of cattle; and Thomas F. Arnold of Valentine, who dis cussed services Mr. McKelvie has rendered to ranchers in the Sand Hills area. Lambert Outstanding. Stanley Lambert, senior, re ceived the national organization's chapter merit award for being selected the outstanding Block and Bridle member of the Ne braska group. This award auto matically nominates him as can didate for the honor of the most outstanding Block and Bridle member of the senior class in the United States at the club's na tional convention this year. He was manager of the recent junior Ak-Sar-Ben show. The National Block and Bridle gold medal showing and fitting award went to Gary Lundeen, a freshman, for winning the cham pionship at the Junior A-Sar-Ben show. Prime Mover. Mr. McKelvie was termed one Bizad Report Shows Gain in State Business Norfolk and Chadron were the two brightest spots on the Febru ary business map of the state, the University Business Adminis tration college reported Friday. Norfolk showed a gain of 22.5 per cent in general business ac tivity in February over the same month a year ago to lead 13 re porting cities. Chadron had an increase of 18.2 percent. The state average was 7.1 percent Other cities showing gains in February over the same month in 1949 were: Omaha 14.1 per cent, Fremont 12 percent North Platte 5.6 percent; Ssottsbluff 1.5 percent Lincoln 1.2 percent, Fairbury 0.8 percent McCook 0.8 percent, and Hastings 0.2 percent. Columbus, Kearney and Holdrege showed slight decreases from a year ago. Cities not re porting were Beatrice, Grand Is land, and Nebraska City. For the state as a whole bus iness in February was 7.3 per cent under January. Norfolk and Kearney were the only cities re porting February business above the January level. Retail sales indexes showed a drop in February but the Uni versity's Business Research De partment said this was due to the price drop only. . of the most enthusiastic boosters of the Nebraska Sand Hills and the area's cattle. As a result, Mr. Arnold said, Sand Hills cattle are in demand everywhere. Mr. Mc Kelvie was the prime mover, he said, in the establishment of the Sand Hills Cattle Producer's as sociation. The former governor has served as the organization's president since it started. The Nebraska Block and Bridle club started honoring prominent contributors to the state's ariculture in 1938. First man selected for the hoAr was the late Samuel McKelvie of Fairfield, the father of this year's honoree. The Valentine rancher's portrait was unveiled at the ceremony. It will be placed in the "Hall of Fame" in animal husbandry hall at the College of Agriculture. Merle Stalder, Salem, agri cultural college senior, was toastmaster of the evening. Discussion To Evaluate UN Assembly A discussion of last month's mock United Nations assembly will be on the docket Tuesday evening when students and fac ulty members who participated in the conference attend a con ference evaluation meeting. All individuals who were in terested in the Nebraska Uni versity Council for World Af fairs project will meet at 8 p. m. at Ellen Smith hall. They will discuss what was accomplished by the model as sembly and offer suggestions for the improvement of similar proj ects which may be held next year. They also will bring up ideas in the way of other NUCWA activities for the 1950 '51 school year. These suggestions will be car ried to a mass meeting of NUCWA members the following Thursday. This follow-up meet ing will take place at 7:30 p. m. in Parlor A of the Union. Other Business Other business at the Thurs day meeting will include sug gestions -for amendments to the NUCWA constitution and nom ination of officers for the com ing year. Bill Edmondson has acted as president of the world affairs group this year. Elec tions will be held a week later. The Tuesday night meeting concerns the mock assembly which was planned in imitation of the actual United Nations general assembly. Other proj ects which were held in connec tion with the March conference were the International Friend ship dinner, the University The atre's presentation of "Home of the Lrave" and the law school's mock World Court Various campus houses and organizations represented United Nations members and sent dele gates to the conference. The representatives took up four in ternational issues, in addition to electing non-permanent mem bers of the Security Council, eot W.ROu sl?dStS ow.i thet SUMMER WORK INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZA TION will employ several alert, mature students with good per sonality for summer work. This is a dignified sales activity rep resenting the oldest, largest, and best known firm in the educational field. Applicants ac cepted will work by appoint ment only. Earnings $75.00 to $125.00 and more per week on an advanced percentage basis Write Mr. W. F. 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