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LINCOLN 8, NEBRASKA .
Friday, June 16, 1950
Land Grant Proposal
To Help NU Finance
Passage of the Land Grant Col
lege bill by congress last week was
good news for the university.
Barring a veto from .the presi
dent, the measure will enable the
university to recover a disputed
$37,000 from the Veterans Admin
istration. The money, according to John
K. Selleck, university business
manager, represents the difference
between what the VA allowed and
what the university figured it
should have for teaching veteran
students during the school yaar
just closed.
The dispute between Land
Grant Colleges, including the uni
versity, and the Veterans Admin
istration centered on a formula
prescribed by the VA for comput
ing teaching costs. Under the for
mula, the VA received credit for
certain federal grants to colleges,
including the Morrill-Nelson agri
cultural funds. The colleges con
tended those grants were endow
ments and not to be considered in
computing the cost of instructing
veterans.
In enacting the Land Grant Col
lege bill, congress agreed with the
colleges and instructed the VA to
reimburse schools for deductions if.
had made from reimbursements to
the schools.
The new legislation, Selleck
estimated, will also allow the uni
versity about $25,000 or $30,000
more during the next school year
than it would have received under
the unrevised VA formula.
Teachers Hear
Froehlich at
Guidance Meet
Clifford P. Froehlich, guidance
specialist from the U. S. Office of
Education was the principal
speaker of the guidance clinic on
counseling sponsored by the de
partment of vocational education
and Teachers College.
He is known in the midwest
area as a specialist in guidance
and a supervisor in the state guid
ance programs, and has written
several books and magazine ar
ticles on the subject.
Primary address of the clinic
was given by Froehlich, on the
topic "Counseling: Its Use and
Abuse." Four discussion groups
were chosen; the groups made up
of representatives of various edu
cational leaders in the state.
Highlight of the afternoon ses
sion was a panel discussion by 12
selected high school students from
nearby schools. Their topic was
'Problems Important to Youth."
The imoderator was Dr. William E.
Hall, Teachers college, and the
commentator was Dr. Walter K.
Beggs, also of Teachers college.
The audience discussed the im
plications of the panel and formu
lated questions for a "griddle .ses
sion." Arthur A. Hitchcock, as
sistant director of the junior divi
sion and counseling service' headed
the question and summarization
period.
Hitchcock, leader of this clinic,
said, "This conference helped to
tie together the problems of young
people as they express themselves
and the action that schools can
take to help solve these problems
through counseling."
Students Plan
Church Program
The theme .of the all-campus
summer school student religious
program to be held Sunday, June
18, at the Baptist student house
is "Our City." Guest speaker
will be Hulda Stahnke, Lincoln
policewoman.
Dinner will be served at 5 p. m.
and the discussion will bgin at
6 p. m. The co-operating stu
de it groups sponsoring the affair
at Baptist, Christian, Congre
gi al, Episcopal, Evangelical,
Mt ;odist, Presbyterian, YMCA
and the YWCA.
'Teen-Agers
Confer With
Instructors
A dozen 'teen-age youngsters
from southeastern Nebraska
turned the tables on 200 high
school instructors Thursday aft
ernoon and did most of the talk
ing at a 'University summer ses
sion class.
The youngsters, representing
Lincoln, Nebraska City, Beatrice,
Wilber, and Milford high schools
appeared on a panel discussion to
tell the instructors what problems
are considered most important by
high school students themselves.
The. discussion was held at 1:30
p.m. at the Union building as part
of a conference for school people
interested in student guidance.
The state department of voca
tional education and Teachers col
lege sponsored the conference.
Dr. William E. Hall of the
University's Teachers college was
moderator for the, discussion, but
the students were advised that the
teachers wanted straight from the
shoulder talk with no holds
barred.
Dr. Arthur Hitchcock of the
University's junior division, who
helped arrange the meeting, said
the discussion ranged from study
problems to boy and girl relation
ships and hot-rod driving.
Froehlich
A highlight speaker of the con
ference will be Clifford P. Froeh
lich, guidance specialist from the
U. S. office of education, Wash
ington. Student members of the panel
are Jim Bischof and Shirley
Marts, Nebraska City; Martha
Cook and Kent Trindel, Beatrice;
Charles Eberspacher and Charles
Peterson, Milford; Ardis Fuhrman,
Wilber, and Vernon Hall, Noel
Jones, Paul Laase, Florida Peter
son, and Janis Trabert, Lincoln.
Week's Tour of United Nations
In Store for Gerald Matzke
A week of first hand observa
tion of United Nations activities
is in store for University Junior
Gerald Matzke June 18 to 24
when he attends the fifth annual
Intercollegiate Institution of the
United Nations at Lake Success.
Matzke will represent the Ne
braska University Council on
World Affairs at the week-long
meet which will be attended by
59 students from colleges and uni
versities in the United States.
The U. N. institute is being
sponsored by the Collegiate Coun
cil for the United Nations. In
addition to learning about the
U. N., delegates will elect officers
for CCUN.
U. N. Tours
A full week of activity has
been planned for the delegates.
Tours of the U. N. headquarters
at Lake Success, the secretariate
offices, and the nearly completed
U. N. headquarters in New York
City will be held. Students will
also sit in on an actual sesssion
of the United Nations Economic,
Scientific, and Cultural Organiza
tion. Experts in the fields of interna
tional finance, human rights,
trusteeship, the Middle-east situa
tion, and the fundamentals of se
curity will talk to the college stu
dents. Speakers
Speakers who will address the
group include Clark Eichelberger,
director of the American Asso
ciation of the U.N.: William Agar,
chief of Special Services who
TC to Sponsor
Second Flight
For Teachers
For the second consecutive
year, Teachers college is sponsor
ing a course for primary and sec
ondary education in air transpor
tation. Every Tuesday and Thursday
throughout the summer session 21
teachers and their superintendents
will- experience a flight from Lin
coln to Omaha in a United Air
Lines DC-3.
They will leave the Lincoln air
nort. about 12:45 n.m. and land in
f bmaha about an hour later. While
in the air they will see wnSrWiic,.
earth looks like from a bird's point
of view.
Upon landing in Omaha they
will spend several hours studying
the airport facilities such as the
weather station, control tower,
communications office, and the
private air lines.
The program is financed and
supported in cooperation with the
State Department of Aeronautics
and the Aeronautics Commission.
The director and guide is J. D.
Ramsey, airport supervisor and
consultant on aviation education.
His assistant is Niel Withrow.
The theory of the course and
the plane trips is that since the
air affords a new aspect of trans
portation and airport facilities
such as radar, the teachers should
be taught its principles and in
turn teach them to their pupils.
After their journey in the air,
they will be able to teach from
experience. The elementary and
secondary curriculum courses in
the college will include a unit on
teaching in the air age.
'Daisy Kenyon? -Coming
to Union
A fascinating woman,, an intri
cate plot, plus the Academy
Award winner, Joan Crawford,
equals the movie "Daisy Ken
yon," based on the novel of the
same name by Elizabeth Jane
way. Show time is 7:30 Sunday even
ing and the place is the air-conditioned
Union ballroom. There
is no admission charge.
' Also starring in the movie are
Dana Andrews and Henry Fonda.
The Union was unable to ob
tain "State Fair," the movie pre
viously scheduled, because of
damaged film. The film will be
released in the near future.
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MATZKE To attend the ses
sions of the U.N. June 18 to 24 as
a delegate to the Collegiate Coun
cil for the U.N. at Lake Success,
New York.
spoke at the model assembly held
on the University campus last
March; Benjamin A. Cohen, as
sistant Sect'y General of the de
partment of Public Information;
and Dr. L. N. Palar, Indonesian
Ambassador to the U. N.
Matzke, who is vice-president
of NUCWA, is also a member of
Kosmet Klub, Theta Nu, Nu-Meds;
publications board, inter-fraternity,
council, and Phi Gamma Delta
fraternity.
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KNAPP Appointed by the re
gents to head the new program for
citizenship education for high
school students.
Board OK's
Program of
NU Building
Work on four construction pro
jects for N.U. is to begin immed
iately. Low bids were approved
for expenditures totaling $790,761,
according to John K. Selleck, Uni
versity, business manager and
board of regents secretary.
Regents accepted the bids and
in all cases they were very near
to the estimates made by Univer
sity engineers.
The projects and successful low
bids are:
Agronomy building General
construction, Olson Construction
Co., Lincoln, $471,981; heating,
ventilating and plumbing, Natkin
and Co., Omaha, $104,900; electri
cal work, Commonwealth Electric
Co., Lincoln, $22,000; elevators,
Otis Elevator Co., $8,097.
Curtis Addition.
Addition to girls dormitory at
Curtis General construction,
McMichael Construction, North
Platte, $79,750; plumbing, heating
and ventilating, Ross, Mcllnay and
Co., Central City, $19,162; elec
trical work, Crawford Electric Co.,
North Platte, $2,976.
Botany greenhouse General
construction, Kingery Construc
tion Co., Lincoln, $31,000; heating
and plumbing, Natkin & Co., $6,
130; electrical work, George E.
Knapp, Lincoln, $2,779.
Utilities tunnel addition Cham
bers Construction Co., Lincoln,
$41,987.
Completion date for th? Agron
omy building is set for U12 fall
of 1951. Botany greenhouse is to
be located between Bessey and
Burnett Halls. Addition to the ag
college utilities tunnel will pro
vide electric, heating and water
services for the agronomy build
ing and other structures planned
for that campus, Selleck said.
Ag School Addition.
Girls dormitory addition at the
school of agriculture in Curtis will
provide space for 44 girls which
will relieve a serious overcrowded
condition in the building now
housing the students. Additional
dining room and kitchen facilities
to permit the students to eat at
the same hour instead of in shifts
are also to be built The dormi
tory will be financed by short
term bonds to be issued by the
University of Nebraska Dormi
tory corporation.
All the other projects are to be
financed from the university's
share of social state institution
building mill levy, passed by the
1947 session of the legislature.
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A citizenship education project
aimed at teaching Nebraska high
school youth the citizenship values
in a free society in contrast to
those of communism, socialism
and fascism, was announced by
Dean F. E. Henzlik, of the Uni
versity Teachers College, Wednes
day. Upon the recommendation of
the executive committee the Board
of Regents of the University has
appointed Dr. Royce H. Knapp,
professor of Secondary Education,
Director of the Nebraska Citizen
ship Education project.
Columbia to Help
v The Teachers College of the
University is cooperating with
Teachers College of Columbia
University in developing of the
projects.
The program will be under the
direction of an executive commit
tee consisting of representatives
from the Nebraska Cooperative
School Study Council, the Ne
braska State Department of Public
Instruction, and the University
Teachers College. The executive
committee will be assisted by an
advisory council representing those
organizations in Nebraska inter
ested in the civic education of
youth.
A part of a national citizenship
education program financed by
the Carnegie Corporation, New
York, and administered by Teach
ers College, Columbia University,
the Nebraska project . will be
chiefly concerned with the devel
opment of improved citizenship
education in rural and small com
munity schools.
The University Teachers Col
lege has been allotted $21,400, to
provide for a project director,
assistantships for participating
teachers, and essential teaching
materials and facilities.
According to Dr. Knapp, the
detailed plans for working out the
project are being developed this
summer.
'Staters Put
Fancy Labels
On NU Dorms
High school students attending
the All-State fine arts course
elected officers Monday evening
and found new names for the
University houses in which they
are living during the three week
session.
. Girls staying in the Kappa
Delta house chose the name
Candle Wacks Cottage, in keep
ing with the tenth anniversary
theme of All-State. Jan Harrison
of Fremont is the new president
and Joyce Laase of Lincoln is
vice-president. Virginia McPeck
of Geneva is secretary.
Delta Delta Delta is known
as Discord Decade. Jean Davis of
Lincoln is president, Palma Joy
Peeks of Chappell, vice-president,
and Marian Urbach of
Western, secretary-treasurer.
Decca Villa is the new name
of the Phi Gamma Delta house
and officers include Dave Cohen,
of Rockport, Mo., president; Al
Cook of Scottsbluff. vice-president;
and Burdette Martischew
sky also of Scottsbluff, secretary.
Terrace hall girls call them
selves Master Pipers in honor of
Elsie Ford Piper, assistant dean
of women, who is retiring this
summer after many years serv
ice to the University. Lucille Le
vine is president; Betty Lester,
vice-president; and Joyce Ben
nington, secretary-treasurer
Staccato Chalet, formerly the
Sigma Kappa house, has Ellie
Guilliatt as president. Billie Croft
as vice-president, and Jo Light
ner as secretary.
The Kappa Kappa Gamma
house has become Tenth Heaven.
Rose Mary Castner is president,
Donna Elliot, vice-president, and
Marianne Kuns, secretary.
Dorm B officers include Dick
Ralston, of Geneva, president;
John Rasmussen. Dewitt, vice- .
president, and Don Smith, Grand
Island, secretary.
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