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UNIVERSITY OF NEBR. LiBRARY LUffifly: Glenny's Library Report Holds Discrepancy ARCHIVES By Nancy Whitford v Adeauate library .esoureefftl are second only in import ance to adequate salaries in attracting competent faculties according to University library director Frank Lun dy. Lundy, who commented on a recommendation made by Dr. Lyman A. Glenney, sub stantially agreed with the ed ucator's proposal for in creased library funds, but noted what he believes to be a discrepency in the Cali fornian's figures. Five Per Cent Glenny has recommended that the University spend at least five per cent of its in-' come on library resources to make volume size of the li Cupid Aims Today Lover's Festival ! Traced By Ann Moyer The custom of the lover's festival or Valentines Day may bt traced to two beginnings. Originally Feb. 14 was the festival day celebrating two mints who were endowed with the name Valentine. Both of these saints, one a Roman priest and the other the Pshop of Ternl, lived during the time fit the rule - of the Roman emperor, Claudius II. These saints sufered under Claudius for their Christian tSSSafs and were beheaded on the same day in the year 270. Enrollment Tops Last Year's Total Second Semester Figures Up 200 Mrs. Irma Laase, assistant to the Registrar, stated yes terday that the present se mester should see an in crease of at least 200 students compared to last year at this time. "Normally there are about 400 less the second semester of each school year as com pared to the first," said Mrs. Laase. "I think it's safe to say that we should see about the same margin between se mesters this year as the 1959 1960 school year." Mrs. Laase called the nerr 400 midterm graduates a "good sized loss." "This loss, plus the normal percentage of dropouts," said Mrs. Laase, "should place the total enrollment figure for the second semester at approxi mately 8,200, a decrease of almost 500 students over first semester." Semester Totals Second semester enroll ment of the 1959-1960 school year dropped from 8,411 to 7,969, a decrease of 442 stu dents. Last fall the total fig ure reached 8,703, a gain of 734 over the summer, and an increase of 292 over the cor responding first semester 1959-1960. The total figures Includes colleges of Agriculture, Arts & Sciences, Business Admin istration, Dentistry, E n g i neering, Law, Pharmacy, Teachers, Graduate and Jun ior Division and the schools of Medicine and Nursing in Omaha. The figure does not include enrollment of the Extension Division, University High School, or Nebraska School of Agriculture at Curtis. . 9300 Students A combination of a 1 1 Uni versity branches should place the enrollment grand total at approximately 9,300 students this semester. Mrs. Laase also reminded students that the deadline for registration is Saturday. That date Is also the deadline for adding courses and for drop ping courses In automatic good standing. Courses dropped later than Feb. 18 do not receive the automatic good standing no tation, but either good stand ingor failure, depending on ,i i i i d. t me siuueiii s wura in i n e course. brary appropriate to the lev and scope of its programs. a Present expenditures for this service at the University total 4,3 per cent of the edu cational income according to Glenny. Lundy, who lists "Library Statistics of Colleges and Uni versities for 1959-60" as his source, says the University library is in more serious fi nancial straits and receives only 2.8 per cent of the edu cational budget. The seemingly small per centile difference could rep resent thousands of books when considered a part of the $30.7 million requested Uni versity budget, Lundy said. Consistent Average Lundy noted that the JUni- to Saints However, the historical as sociation of the lover's festi val with the festival of the St. Valentines seems to be purely accidental as the only connection between the two events is that they both fall in the early spring. The Valentine custom, as we know it, owes its origin rather to the conventional medieval belief that the mat ing season of birds began on the eve of Feb. 14. This belief was in existence before the time of Chaucer who wrote in his Parlement of Poules, "For this was on seynt Valentynes day when every foul cometh ther to ches his mate." A custom evolved from this belief in which the young men and women of the vil lages would meet on Valen tine's Eve to choose their valentines. This was done by drawing lots. The festivities of St. Valen tine's Day quickly spread be yond the countries of England and France and had become a universal custom by the end of the 19th century. Today the spirit of the day continues to live. It offers de mure young people the oppor tunity to express their secret admirations via the U.S. mail and gives the bolder Cassi novas an extra reason to pro fess their true feelings to their lady loves. May this Valentine Day find the postman at your door or the Cassinova of your choice in your parlor. If the party happens to be the shy type who doesn't even trust Uncle Sam's service then you might disregard the basic ground rules and make the first move yourself. Geologist's By Jim Forrest A thousand miles from civ ization, the thermometer reading 50 to 100 degrees be low zero, bitter summer winds so stiff a man could lean into them without falling, and the terrifying knowledge of the fast coming of the Ant arctica winter. These were the terms of a six-week battle in Antarctica between Samual Treves, pro fessor of geology, and a hos tile Mother Nature. The University scientist has Just returned home from a futile attempt to map the geology of the central Horlick mountains, a $,000 feet high range extending the length of the ice-covered continent at the bottom of the world. Dr. Treves was originally to act as chief - scientist in a five-member party sponsored by the National Science Foun dation, but bad weather blocked , completion of the project. Valuable Information Nonetheless, valuable infor mation was obtained about the coastal mountain ranges, according to Dr. Treves. "We accomplished more by what we did than what we would have if the original project had been carried out," said Dr. Treves. The group expected to set. out from McMurdo Sound on the continent and establish a base camp 250 miles from the versity has consistently aver aged to spend about 3 per cent of the budget for this purpose during the past dec ade. Efforts should be made to bring the figure to at least 4 per cent, in accordance with national norms, the li brarian asserted. The problem is so critical that "some portion of the University activities will have to close," Lundy said, "un PA I Vol. 74, No. 63 By Hal Brown Nebraska Athletic Director Bill Orwig has resigned to re turn to the Big Ten confer ence where he played and coached before coming to Ne braska in 1954. Orwig's resignation be comes effective April 1 when he will assume the athletic director's duties at the Uni versity of Indiana. The Husk er chief will succeed Frank VIM Orwig ;v i ... Hi J i ! jl j I M . i ill m I 4. 1 A familiar sight at 9:50 a.m. on any given class day is the crowd gathered in front of the north door of the Social Sci ences building, wainting to enter for their 10 a.m. classes. The scene is similar on Band Plans For Concert The annual concert by the University of Nebraska Col legiate Band will be pre sented Sunday at 4 p.m. in the Student Union ballroom. The wind instruments will be featured in the opening number, "Overture for Winds" by Carter. The mass band will s then present "Francesca Da Rimini" by Tchaikovsky and Nelson. Two special numbers by the 18-member horn club will be Battle with South Pole and nearly a thou sand miles from civilization. From there they hoped to work for a month chipping and collecting rock samples from the wind-swept outcrops in the mountains and prepar ing geological maps. -'Summer' The expedition was timed to coincide with Antarctica's "summer," missing the occa sional 50 to 100 degree below zero readings of winter; but as nature would have it, the continent's interior was gripped by heavy snows, high winds and low lying clouds when the party arrived at Mc Murdo. The Navy pilots voiced only one opinion: "If we get you in, we can't promise we'll get you out."v Confronted with these obsta cles, Dr. Treves abandoned the original plan and decided instead to work within a 100 mile radius of McMurdo Sound in the coastal moun tain ranges. Joined by French foreign observer and geologist Andre Cailleux from P a ri s, the group was flown by the Navy to such spots as Cape Evens, Cape Royds, Marble Point and Gneiss Point along the coast. Twenty Below Working In temperatures ranging down to 20 below, and in winds so stiff "you o ONLY 30O CORNHUSKERS LEFT!!!!! Purchase your CORNHUSKER from a Corn Cob or Tassel Now Sales will ABSOLUTELY end February 21 less the library is j made stronger." "Men who teach and do scientific research must be supplied with buildings, tools and chemicals. In addition to this, they must be kept con stantly in touch with recent developmentts throughout the world in their field," he said. Intense Problem The field of social studies presents still another intense problem. I Ret E. Allen who is retiring at the Hoosier school. The salary at his new post is reported to be $20,200 a year. Orwig received $15,000 a year at Nebraska. The Husker leader was recently named athletic di rector of t he year by the Rockner Club of Kansas City. He is also a member df the NCAA football rules committee. ' ' '( Ti .If ' i: "' -1 HEY! QUIT PUSHING the highlight of the concert. They will play "Echo Song" by di Lasso and "Suite for Eight Horns" by Lo Presti. Another feature is "Concer tino for Percussion and Band,' by Williams. The 97-member band will also play "Highlights from Windjammer" and "On the Boulevard," both by Morton Gould and "Totem Pole" by Eric Ostling. Anarctic Proves Futile could lean, into them without falling," they gathered , 50 pounds of rock specimens and prepared several maps. "We were able to map large areas extending 200-300 square miles in varied loca tions that had never been mapped before," said Dr. Treves, "representing a sig nificant contribution to the geological knowledge of this continent." "Since our naval air pick up' depended on good weath er," Dr. Treves explained, "the planes were frequently overdue. On one occasion we went out for two days. The plane was eight days late, so we stayed for ten. "The first day the plane didn't come we cut our ra tions in half and a few days later in quarters," Dr. Treves said. "Even though we'd finished our scheduled work we kept on working. There wasn't anything else to do. We knew the Navy had never forgotten or left anybody yet, but still there was that little question in the back of our minds: When would they come?" Dr. Treves continued. It was the first time ' ever feit totally dependent on someone else," he added. When asked if he would like to return to Antarctica, Dr. Treves answered, "I am very anxious to return, but it in volves the approval of the "The entire laboratory for language, history and related subjects is here in the li brary. All the "chemicals" are found in he book stacks," Lundy pointed out. "Outstanding scholars will often settle for . an average salary if the library is out standing. A tremendous li brary is one of the factors which has made Harvard so great." As early as 1959 Lundy had wmm The Nebraskan urns to Big Ten Chancellor Clifford Hardin said that no action would be taken to name a successor until he has an opportunity to meet with the Board of Regents. Commenting on Orwig's resignation, Hardin said, "In diana University is a great institution and it has provided Mr. Orwig with an unusual opportunity. We are extreme- w. 1 T : Jh the other side of the door, as the students who have finished their 9 a.m. sessions compete to leave the building. "Masses" also slow traffic at the east door of Bur nett at 10 and 11 a.m. Tickets on Sale Ticket sales for the Coed Follies production, "Bells on Their Toes," began today. Tickets may be purchased from Associated Women Students workers, house represen tatives, board members, Kosmet Klub workers and from the Per shing Auditorium box of fice. During the last week of sales, a booth will be set up in the Student Union out side the Crib. TREVES Board of Regents and the Sci ence Foundation. ' "I shall return when I re ceive the okay from both groups," he said. , ,s, f I I , 4 1 -, 1 xh ' J , j I yfr -.v. I ' If 1 "-" f : ' - ! ! " warned in a report to , the graduate faculty that Univer sity library funds were fall ing short of the need. Arithmetic Ratios At this time he admitted the "arithmetic ratios" be tween cost and size of cer tain book collections and num ber of students using the col lections might show some startling differences. "The University's 8,000 un dergraduates continue to be ly sorry to see him leave Ne braska. "All of us have been highly pleased with Mr. Orwig's ad ministration of the depart ment of intercollegiate ath letics. We also appreciate his active participation in other campus activities and com munity affairs and the lead ership he has provided within the Big Eight conference." Indiana has an enrollment of 16,500 including 10,500 men and 6,000 women. - The Hoosiers are on probation with the NCAA for recruiting violations. Orwig said, in announcing his resignation, "the decision to accept the Indiana Univer sity position as director of athletics was a most difficult one. However, the opportuni ty and challenge the new po sition presents is one that could not be refused. "The people of Nebraska and the University have been most .kind to me over the past seven years. Their un derstanding of our problems, their excellent help and their friendship have been heart warming. The opportunity I have had here has made pos sible the new position. "I leave Nebraska with the greatest of admiration for its administrative staff, its teaching staff, and its in creasing educational strength. Nebraska has a great leader in Dr. Clifford Hardin who has a fine under NV Expense Ranks 4th In Nebraska The University ranks fourth among Nebraska colleges in tuition and total costs, accord ing to data compiled by the Beta Club, a national educa tion organization. This group is composed of educators in any high school accredited by state depart ments of education. Crelghton University is the high-cost college in Nebraska with an average total cost for the 1960-61 school year of $1,375. Nebraska's total costs were estimated at $1,200. This sum involves tuition, other academic costs and board and room. Below is the average cost breakdown for Nebraska in stitutions: Tallliw TotI A'ademle Coats Crihton U. ........ m )J75 Hone iswi $1,350 Duchnmc $557 $1,307 Nebrka U $240 $i,WK) Midland $4iO. ....... ..$1,200 Union Collef ....... $1,19!) Hantlnu $150 $1,126 Dana $543 $1,123 Wmlcyin $500. ...$1,100 York $425. $1,100 St. Mary Mm., $1,000 Luther JC $'00 $ 900 Kooltnliilf JC $700 $ $10 Kurnty l)......v..$ too Peru $180 M..$ Doo Chnrfron $100 ...,,... 7M Warm $1W $ 740 Concordia $320 $ 763 Crar Blblt init $277 $ 735 MeConk Jf. $11(5 $ 711 Falrhtiry JC $200 $ 50 Norfolk JC $120 $ 50 Omaha U $290 0 No allowance la made lor anV room and board coat factor for student attending- Omaha Unlveralty, a municipal Biwl. Applications Ready Applications for May Queen are now available. They should be picked up in 207 Administration and returned to that office be fore five o'clock, Feb. 24. Senior women, except members of Mortar Board, with a 5.5 overall average are eligible. Ten finalists will be chosen in a primary election open to all junior and senior womn and the May Queen wiU be selected from these finalists In an election March 15. ! ! adequately supplied with the current level of 100,000 books. "However, Lundy emphasi zed, "the 1,500 persons en gaged in research 1 require nearly one million books at a considerably greater per capita cost." Lundy listed in this cate gory: basic Russian scientific journals costing $5,000; chem cal abstracts costing $200 per year and biological ab stracts, $136. Tuesday, Feb. 14, 1961 standing of the relationship of the athletic program to the overall educational life of the University. "My thanks go to all of my friends throughout the state and best wishes and hopes to the Cornhuskers for many victories in the years to come." Ohio Native Orwig is a native of Ohio. He was born in Cleveland, at tended high school in Toledo and college at the University of Michigan. He earned three letters as an end on the Wolverine foot- ORWIG ball team in 1927, '28 and 29. Orwig was a three-letter win ner in basketball and was an all-America selection in hit senior year. He coached football and basketball at Benton Harbor, Mich., from 1931 to 1936. Or wig moved to Libbey High School in Toledo in 1936 and coached football and basket ball until 1944 when he be came athletic consultant for the Army of Occupation in Europe in 1945. While at Libbey High School, his teams won 74, lost 25 and tied four. His football teams were undefeated state champions in 1941, 1942 and 1944. Orwig took over the foot ball coaching post at the Uni versity of Toledo In 194 S where his teams won 15, lost four and tied two in a two year period.! He combined basketball with football in 1947 and his cage team com piled a 19-6 mark. He moved to the University of Michigan in 1948 where he coached the ends and line backers until 1953 when he was shifted to offensive end coach and defensive back field coach. Orwig came to Nebraska k 1954. He is married and hat two children a daughter, Janice, and a son, William. First Hint The first hint that Orwig might be moving from Ne braska came last week. Jim Enright of the Chicago Ameri can, writing a column in The Sporting News, said, "Isn't it true that Nebraska Athletic Director Bill Orwig will suc ceed the retiring Frank Allen as director of athletics at In diana." When questioned about the possibility, Orwig said, "He (Enright) is just guessing." Orwig flew to Bloomington, Ind., Sunday to complete ar rangements. He will return to the Husker campus today. Today On Campus Tuesday: Mathematics colloquium, 3 p.m., 209 'Burnett. Faculty Senate meeting, 4 p.m., Love Library auditor ium. Faculty recital, 7:30 p.m. Student Union Ballroom. - ' f. .nmiiimn if