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Tuesday, February 9, I960
The Daily Nebraskan
Pet Peeves
. . . American
By Pat Bradley n
American idiomatic words
and phrases can present dif
ficulties for the international
students here at the Univer
sity. Business Administra
tion student Jean Gee. a Chi
nese girl who has difficulty
with her "r's" and "l's", has
found this to be so.
Assignment Problem
What was no doubt an easy
assignment in . theme writing
for the American students in
her English class turned out
to be rather bewildering for
Jean. And all because of an
idiomatic expression, the ex
act words and spelling which
Jean did not understand in
the first place.
Jean's instructor told the
clflss to write a them on "pet
pei ves". This registered with
Jean as being '-pepeeves".
The result? The dictionary
was of no help. Neither was
ker rommate.
The next time the class met
a fellow student explained
the meaning to Jean, but still
didnt spell it for her. Never
theless, Jean finally got an
idea of what was expected
and found out how to spell
pepeeves' correctly.
Beatnik?
In spite of the pepeeves"
experience, Jean seems to
think that she's not having
too much trouble here at the
University understanding pro
fessors and students, although
beatnik", ""making sheep's
eyes" and perhaps other ex
pressions have been a bit
puzzling.
She said that our use of
"ok" -bothered her for
awhile. She explained that it
is "not really a bad expres
sion" but that it took her
some time to get used to it.
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dents well "when they use a
nice vocabulary," or in other
words, correct English.
When asked ''hat she found
difficult about our lan
guage, she said "of course
the idioms". She also men
tioned verb tenses and use
of prepositions. But she added
that . some Americans also
have difficulty with using the
proper prepositions.
Sophisticated
Jean described the 1 a n
guage that is spoken by peo
ple from the East as being
'so sophisticated". She de
Student Union Needs
Committee Workers
The call for Student Union
committee workers is out
once again.
Students may sign for com
mittees in the north party
room of the Union on Thurs
day and Friday from 14 p.m.
Persons who have been on
Union committees this semes
ter but find they can no
longer meet at that time of
the week are invited to sign
for a new committee at this
time.
Personnel Committee
The personnel committee,
headed by Saliie Markovitz,
is in charge of the recruiting
project. The main function of
this committee is the match
ing of people with activities.
To do this, committee mem
bers conduct interviews.
evaluate and assign students
to Union committees.
The committee roster of
the Student Union numbers
13.
The Hospitality committee
helps open the fall social sea-
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scribed the Texans as speak
ing "freely". She said that
they "tell you what they
think."
The people in her present
hometown of Salina, Kan.
speak "not too rude nor too
sophisticated." The language
that she hears here in the
business world at her job as
cashier at the Congress Inn
she described thus: "They
say what they really mean."
jean, a freshman in busi
ness administration, is origi
nally from Hong Kong but
is now a U.S. citizen.
son on the campus with the
foreign students party and
with coffee hours in the Alain
Lounge of the Union after
the football games.
The Public Relations com
mittee, which informs people
of the many events in the
new Union, publishes "Inside
Info." a guide to the Union
and its activities, in addition
to the Union activity calen
dar and several other publi
cations. Ski Trips
The Recreation committee
starts its socializing with the
All University Stag. Ski trips
to Colorado and travel in
Europe are other aspects
handled and organized by
this committee.
The small dance committee
holds dances io? st"den in
conjunction with sports ral
lies and its counterpart. A
large dance committee holds
the College Night Dance and
the Football Dance as a few
of the activities designed to
bring enjoyment to Unsver-j
sny siuaenis.
Inter-campus bawling,
chess, billiards and table ten
nis tournaments, as well as
entries in the National Inter
collegiate Tournaments ia
these sports are sponsored by
the Games committee.
The Special Activities com
mittee decorates the Union
during the Christmas holi
days and enters a float in
the Homecoming parade each
year. This committee is also
in charge of the annual Union
Birthday Party.
The music committee spon
sors the fall concert of the
University Orchestra, the
University Singers, the tradi
tional " Christmas Carol Con
cert and Madrigal Christmas j
Concert as a few of its aclivi- J
lies.
The Arts and Exhibits com
mittee has a 200 print pict ure j
lending library which Uni-
versily siudenis have access j
to and also sponsors a photo :
contest each spring.
Tbe Talks and Topics com
mittee cooperates with the
AO University Convocation
and departmental forum trf
the University at well a
helping in the presentation
of debates and panel discus
sions. Tbe General Entertainment
committee sponsors the fall
variety and talent show.
Film Society, which tries
to bring to University stu
dents the best in foreign
films is sponsored by the
film committee.
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KUON-TV
Announces
New Series
A new children's program
will be seen on KUON-TV be
ginning Friday at 5:30 p.m.
The series. "What's K"ew,"
is designed to develop well
rounded interests according
to a carefully devised and
balanced plan.
The program makes use of
animated introductions to
each of five categories of ma
terial for which short series
of programs have been pro
vided. These categories include
the child's interest in the
everyday world, in using his
own body, in the world out
side his environment, his ethi
cal relationships and in creat-1
ing and appreciating aesthe-t
tic materials.
Aerospace Power, will be the i
sub eel for a special program ;
on KUON-TV at 8 p a Feb
ruary 19. Local Air Force
personnel wall be featured in
this hour-long program as
they explain the mixed-force !
concept of both aircraft and !
missiles. 5
Graduate Club
The graduate Hub will hold
a coffee hour Friday at 4 p.m. j
in the Student Union.
Plans will be discussed
about having a representative :
from another country come to :
Lincoln from Washington, '
D.C. j
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Applications Due
For Rodeo Club
Applications for member
ship in the University Rodeo
Club may be made at the
Feb. 10 and 17 meetings.
This will be the last oppor- i
tuntfy for those who wish to
lak-p nnrl in tho Vohrocl-o
Collegiate Championship Ro-j
aeo May 6 and 7 to join.
Interested people may
come to the meetings which
are held at 7:30 p.m. in the
Union T. V. lounge on
Wednesdays or sign up at the
Ag Activities Mart. Feb. 17.
As Contest
Entries Due
On Thursday
Registration for the Block
and Bridle showmanship con-,
test must be made by Thurs
day. People may sign for the en
tries on the Animal Husban
dry7 bulletin board for show
ing of cattle, hogs, or sheep, i
The show is scheduled for
February 27 at 2 p.m. in the
Horse Barn.
Trophies gi en to top show-,
men will be presented to the 1
winners at an awards ban
quet April 27. Ribbons will be
presented to class winners
during the show. '
"I would like to urge all
livestock enthusiasts to regis
ter for the event as assign
ments will be made after reg- ,j
istration Thursday, enabling
participants to have two
weeks to work mith the ani
mals", said Roger French,
chairman of the annual event.
On Other Campuses
CU Profs Get Revenge,
Stage 'Faculty Follies'
Colorado State University
faculty members, nearly 100
of them, got a bit of revenge
on the students last week.
They staged their annual
satire on typical collegiate
life, called. "Faculty Follies."
Seven departments offered
skits for the show.
Farmllouse Fire
A Friday fire at Farm
House fraternity at Iowa
State University caused 43
students to flee from the
four-story brick building.
Other fraternities are hous
ing FarmHouse members un
til future building plans are
made.
The group is still attempt
ing to remain together by
eating together in the Memo
rial Union.
Math Requirement
Starting in September of
next year, all students enter
ing Illinois University's Col
lege of Liberal Arts and Sci
ences will have to have high
school courses in algebra and
plane geometry, or an equivalent.
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University to make up the
deficiency.
Colorado U Expands
Colorado University re
gents have approved the first
step in a long-range land
acquisition program for ex.
pansion of the Boulder cam
pus. Plans call for drawing up
long-term land purchase con
tracts for about 250 acres of
raw land in the vicinity of
the present campus.
The board also may enter
into Options for the acquisi
tion of up to 1.280 acres of
land within a 10-mile radius
of Boulder for research and
associated purposes.
Student Center Plans
Bids finally have been ad
vertised for Colorado State
University's student center,
which has been more than
five years in the planning.
The center, which is ex
pected to cost about S3 mil
lion, should be ready for oc
cupancy by 1962.
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