Tourney Crib Intake Increases $400 Over Last Year
By Dave Wohlfarth
A near $400 increase in the
Student Unoin's Crib business
was achieved during this
year's State Basketball Tour
ney, according to Allen Ben
nett, Union managing direc
tor. Bennett pointed out that
the record day for Crib busi
ness was Friday, Mar. 10
when $1,063.20 worth of busi
ness was transacted.
Thursday's business was
$329 and Saturday's, $1,032.29.
The total Crib business for
the three day period was
$3,024.49, topping last year's
mark of $2,635.
The general traffic through
the Union was doubled each
day during the Tourney, Ben
nett said.
"On Friday and Saturday,
we had more than 5,000 peo
ple in the Crib each day. Ap
proximately 20,000 people
were in and out of the build
ing during these two days
(counting times in and out),"
he reported.
Six hundred people attended
the free juke box dance Fri
day night, 1,192 paid admis
sion for Friday night's dance
and 1,000 people were in the
Union Saturday evening, he
said. 1
"Chlco's Corner," the fast
service price-break arrange
ment, was unsuccessful on the
basis of its location in the
room, according to Bennett.
He commented, "The stu
dents were ladies and gentle
men throughout the time and
Pre-Registration
'MaiV Advisors
Initiated in 1938
By Ann Mayer
The pre-registration program of advising incoming fresh
men by mail and establishing a possible schedule for them
before they reach the campus will begin this month.
The pre-registration program will run till Sept. 1. This
method of pre-registering the incoming freshmen was begun
in the spring and summer of 1958
A tentative start in the pro
eram was made with a sampl
Ing of the applicants for the
first semester of 1958.
The results of the first ex
neriment encouraged the en
largement of the program to
Include all incoming student
applications received prior to
Sept. 1, 1959.
Evaluation
Advisers will begin picking
tin folders for new advisees
this month. Each folder will
include evaluations for place
ment in English, mathj and
chemistry. The adviser indi
cates the subjects he recom
mends for the student and re
turns the folder.
The advisers recommended
program is then mailed to the
student with a copy to the
student's high school princi
pal. The student is asked to re
view the program with his
parents and principal and to
return his acceptance of the
program or a request for
modification.
Counselor Checks
Counselor checks through
out the summer season help
eliminate changing programs
in SeDtember. although an in
dividual conference between
the adviser and advisee is
held during New Student
Week. Any changes or appli
cations from late students re
ceived after Sept. 1 may re
sult in delaying the entrance
of the student to classes.
It is anticipated that be
tween 100 and 200 freshman
aDDlications will be processed
each week until the end of
June and at least 75 eacn
week after July L
The program is designed to
assist both the student and
the faculty adviser. The
advisers are intended to pro
vide the foundation for the
courses recommended by the
applicant's college program
and are made only after a
careful evaluation of the in
formation available.
The adviser has the oppor
tunity to utilize the advice of
parents, high school teachers
as well as hit adviser in re
gard to his curriculum. In
addition, most students arrive
on campus with a workable
knowledge of course of study
requirements la their major
interest area.
Another advantage of the
preregistration system is that
the Registrar is able to sched
ule freshmen classes well in
advance of the opening of the
school term. He is able to
maintain an even distribution
of students in the various sec
tions and make the adjust
ment to the number of sec
tions needed according to the
enrollment trends.
Spring Day
Returns to
Ag Campus
New Location Offers
'Additional Facilities'
The annual Spring Day will
be held on the Ag Campus
this year.
The reason for the location
move from the Stadium prac
tice field to Ag campus was
attributed mainly to the feel
ing of members of the Spring
Day planning committee that
Ag campus offered greater
facilities and opportunities
for a more successful program.
Mylon Filkins, chairman of
the Spring Day committee.
explained that Ag campus of
fered the use of the tractor
testing track, intramural
field and the livestock for nse
in the games.
"These added opportunities
have made it possible to plan
a new and different type of
program," Filkins said. "Out
side of the traditional tug-of-
wars, most of the games are
new to Spring Day.
The games committees
have planned four boys'
games and five gins' games
as well as two mystery
events.
Workers for the four Spring
Day Committees will be
chosen the Friday (April 7)
following Easter vacation.
Applicants must sign the
interview sheet outside the
Student Council office be
tween April 3-7 in order to
be interviewed for a worker
position.
No written application is
required.
The Spring Day committee,
consisting of the chairmen
and assistants from the four
committees will comprise the
interviewing board.
Workers will be chosen for
four areas: boys' games,
girls' games, publicity and
trophies.
Applications for participa
tion in the games are due
April 20.
we were pleased to house
them. 1
Appreciation v
"We appreciate the cooper
ation of the regular student
body and the faculty during
the time. The few demands
made by these groups left us
free to devote our time to
servicing the high school
group.
"We received many fine
comments from students and,
their paiyeftffl3&Qiiig
and the campus ayft$ftY
"We hope, that in serving
these students, we accommo
dated a valuable first ac
quaintance with them and
served as an attraction to the
students in entering the Uni
versity in coming years."
The Union manager report
ed no damage to the Union
or any loss of equipment but
each night several coats were
lost.
Lost Coats '
'"Five coats were lost Thurs
day night and six both Fri
day and Saturday nights. The
coats were laid on tables
which were watched by Union
committee . people, Bennett
said.
"Oddly, all the lost coats
were the same style with the
exception of one and all the
stolen coats belonged to col
lege students. None turned up
despite the efforts of the cam
pus police and the Union
staff," he said.
As a remedy to the prob
lem Bennett indicated that
next year the Union will man
a check stand and each per
son will get a numbered check
to recover his coat.
"The games area was prac
tically filled throughout the
day Friday and Saturday and
the TV and music rooms were
of considerable interest to the
high school students," he
added.
The Crib business for the
period of Mar. 9 through 12
included 470 pounds of ham
burger (1,880 hamburgers), 20
gallons of vanilla ice cream,
33 gallons of shakes (over 300
shakes), and 600 pounds of
french fries.
Thirty gallons of coke syr
up (3,300) cokes), 2,700 pep
sis, 1,500 root beers, 60 pies
and 70 loaves of bread which
were used in making sand
wiches, according to Bennett.
"On top of this we sent
over 3,000 sandwiches for sale
at the tourney itself," Ben
nett said. He called these fig
ures "quite staggering."
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Vol. 74, No. 83
The Nebraskan
Tuesday, March 21 f .1961
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EISELEY ADDRESSES STUDENTS
Dr. Loren Eiseley, native Lincolnite and University
alumnus, addresses Nebraska students' and faculty in Love
Library auditorium on Sir Francis Bacon.
Dr. Loren Eiseley, native
Lincolnite and University
alum, pleaded the case of Sir
Francis Bacon yesterday in
the first of two Montgomery
Lectures.
Eiseley, speaking in Love Li
brary Auditorium to a capac
ity crowd, suggested that
thoughtful people are still
judging Bacon because of a
desire, to both judge and exist
as "modern man," of which
Bacon was one of the first.
Eiseley talked about Bacon
as an educator who first pro
posed the sytem of inductive
reasoning and later pleaded
guilty to abusing the office of
the Lord Chancellorship of
England by accepting bribes.
Bacon is remembered,
Eiseley pointed out, largely
because of psychological pro
jections of this age looking
upon the same ethical prob
lems. Leading Educator
"A leading figure as an ed-
Ag Union Holds
Coffee Hour
The Ag Student Union will
hold a student-faculty coffee
hour today from 4-5 p.m. in
the Ag Union lounge.
Sponsored by the Ag Un
ion's student-faculty commit
tee, the coffee hour is being
held to enable the students
and faculty on Ag campus to
become better acquainted.
"We also hope that the cof
fee hour will further improve
the relationships between the
students, faculty and Ag Un
ion," said Fran Johnson,
committee chairman.
Miss Johnson asked that
the 30 students and 20 faculty
members invited to the hour
would arrive at 3:50 p.m. for
a short briefing session.
Committee Elects
Law Librarian
Arthur J. Vennix, librarian
at the College of Law and
law instructor, has been ap
pointed to the American As
sociation of Law Libraries'
committee on exchange and
duplicates.
l he Association is com
posed of about 800 law librar
ians representing universities,
bar asociations, state, county
and municipal law libraries
and libraries of law firms.
About 20 Canadian librarians
are included in the member
ship as well as four f r o.m
England, one from Brazil and
one from Japan.
Nebraska Alpha Oiis
Install Iowa Chapter
Fifty-two members of Alpha
Chi Omega sorority left Lin
coln last weekend to take
part in the installation of a
new Alpha Chi chapter at
Iowa State University, Ames.
Chapters from Simpson,
Minnesota and Iowa were
represented. The National
President and the Province
President were in Ames to
initiate the 94th chapter of
the sorority.
The Nebraska representa
tion, which had the .largest
number of women in attend
ance, returned Sunday.
Twelve Grad
Fellowships
Awarded
Ten University applicants
have been offered twelve Na
tional Science Foundation
Graduate Fellowships, the
University's Graduate College
was notified this week.
The awards are Summer
Fellowships for Graduate
Teaching Assistants and Co
operative Graduate Fellow
ships for the 1961-62 school
year.
The recipients and their
fields of study are:
Summer Fellowships: Rich
ard Beckerbauer, chemistry;
John O. Herzog, mathemat
ics; Charles V. Heuer, math
ematics; George A. Sullivan,
physics; James A. Swanson,
chemistry; and Alan J .Ven
nix, engineering. These recip
ients have been graduate;
teaching assistants at the
University prior to this time.
Cooperative Graduate Fel
lowships: John S. Anderson,
biochemistry; J o h n O. Her
zog, mathematics; Charles V.
Heuer, mathematics; Wayne
W. Lang, physics; John T.
Park, physics; and Charles
E. Skov, physics.
The recipients have until
April 12 to accept or decline
the awards.
The National Science Foun
dation is an independent
agency of the executive
branch of the Federal gov
eminent. One of its 'man re
sponsibilities is the awarding
of graduate fellowships in sci
ence, mathematics, and engi
neering, which offer direct
support to especially able in
dividuals for the improve
ment of their personal com
petence in these areas. .
Peace Corps Talk
M.
Planned Tonight
The Young Democrats will
hold their meeting with the
Nebraska International Asso
ciation (NIA) panel tonight at
8 p.m. i n s t e a d of Monday
night as reported in the Daily
Nebraskan.
The topic under discussion
will be the newly formed
Peace Corps program insti
tuted by President John F.
Kennedy.
Four foreign students from
the NIA will compose the
panel, according to Jim Huge,
president of YD's. Included
on the panel are Yousef A.
Meshiea of Libya, Ojo Arewa
of Nigeria, M. Vittal of In
dia and one other student
These students have
agreed to answer all questions
at the meeting regardless of
what they are," Huge said.
Huge urged all members of
Young Democrats and inter
ested students to attend and
ask as many questions as
they like.
ASME Meeting
The campus American So
ciety of Mechanical Engi
neers (ASME) will hold a
joint meeting Wednesday
night at 7:30 p.m. with the
Nebraska Section of ASME
In 205 Richards Hall.
Harold Grasse, vice presi
dent of region seven of
ASME win be the speaker.
Down Slips Hit
1,300 Students
Downs hours marking the
end of the first four weeks
of second semester classes
have reached approximately
ijuu uninversity students.
me number receivmg
downs is the lowest for any
period so far this year. Per
sonnel of the Student Affairs
office report that this is typ
ical of the first four, weeks
of the second semester of each
school year.
Over 2,200 downs were sent
out in November which is the
heaviest down hour period of
the year. The estimate for
April is around 1,800.
The highs and lows per
house ranged from nine to 40
hours.
The number of drops are
also running comparable to
the usual number for this
time of the semester. Accord
ing to Mrs. Irma Laase, as
sistant registrar, 2,500 are ex
pected to drop courses by the
final deadline, May 6.
Yell Practice
Starts Today
For Frosh
Attention to all freshmen
with an accumulated average
of 4.5 or above and the de
sire to be a cheerleader for
the 1961-62 school year!
A total of three freshman
boys and three freshman girls
will be picked for cheerlead
ers on April 12 at 7 p.m. in
the Coliseum, according to Al
Knzelman, present yell king.
Prior to the selection, six
organized practice sessions
will be held in the Coliseum
for the aspiring frosh. The
dates of these practices are
today, March 23, April 4, April
5, April 6 and April 11 at 4
p.m. each day.
Each new cheerleader will
be chosen on the basis of his
or her performance in doing
two yells: "Huskers Fight!"
and "The Old Locomotive,"
said Krizelman.
In order to be considered
for selection, each freshman
trying out must attend at
least two of the practice ses
sions, Krizelman said.
Final selection will be made
by a board consisting of the
outgoing yell king, the new
yell king, president of Mortar
Boards, president of Inno
cents, president of Student
Council, cheerleading coach,
band director, representative
of the athletic department.
president of Tassels and pres
ident of Corn Cobs.
ucator in the then new field
of science, Bacon himself
failed to accomplish a great
deal in concrete achieve
ment," said Eiseley.
Bacon as an educator, Eise
ley noted, pioneered in the
idea that progress toward
better living through educa
tion should not be left to the
geniuses alone. Bacon's hope
for Utopia rested instead "in
the education of plain Tom
Jones and Dick Thickhead,"
Eiseley said.
"This," Eiseley continued,
"was the message of a very
great genius, an aristocrat
who had lived all of his life
in the pomp of circumstance
. . . Bacon had an enormous
trust in the capacities of the
human mind . . ."
"As an educator in a coun
try which has placed its faith
in the common man," Eise
ley said, "I can only say that
the serenity of Bacon's faith
takes our breath away and
gives him, at the same time,
our hearts. For he, the Lord
build his empire of hope from
common clay from such
men as you and I."
Light of Learning
Eiseley raised the question
of whether Bacon's vision of
the light of learning in the
world is now being forgotten
Bacon, he said, was."ob-
sessed by light that pure
light of the first Morning of
Creation before the making
of things had commenced
before there was a garden
and a serpent and a Fall, be
fore there was strontium and
the shadow of the mushroom
cloud. He who will not attend
to things like these can, in
Bacon's own words, 'neither
win the kingdom of nature
nor govern it'."
At 4 p.m. Wednesday Eise
ley will talk on Bacon as a
scientist, concluding his two
lecture series in conjunction
with the annual Montgomery
talks.
Eiseley is a well known au
thor of scientific books and
received his Bachelor of Arts
d e g r e e in 1933 and an hon
orary Doctor of Letters de
gree in 1960, both from the
University.
He is currently serving as
a provost of the University of
Pennsylvania.
His book "Darwin's Cen
tury" won an award as the
! best non-fiction work from the
Athaeneum Society of Phila
delphia in 1959 and the Phi
Beta Kappa Science Prize for
the best book in science in
1958.
He has written more than
30 articles for publication in
magazines ranging from Har
pers to Bibliography of Amer
i c a n Philosophical Society
Proceedings.
His first literary success
was as one of the editors of
Prairie Schooner which his
college literary fraternity,
Sigma Upsilon, founded on
the University campus.
Hear Ye, Here Ye!
All Daily1 Nebraskan
workers are asked to at
tend a meeting in the office
In the basement of the Stu
dent Union Wednesday at 3
p.m.
Any students who wish to
write for the Rag are also
invited to attend the meeting.
Miller Attends
Study Institute
James E. Miller, chairman
of the English department, is
among 33 educators who will
go to Indiana University this
week end to consider the re
lationship of English and for
eign language learning.
Chairman of 11 University
English departments Miller
will meet with 11 directors of
foreign language institutes to
discuss how the results of
these institutes might be ap
plied to possible similar pro
grams in Engusn teacning.
Counselors Seek Successors
In a few months the dorm counselors
will be giving up their jobs, but for the
present time they are some of the busiest
girls living in the Women's Residence
HalL
Last night the coeds visited all the or
ganized houses on the campus and the
Towne Club to acquaint sophomore and
junior women with some of the duties of
a dorm counselor.
Women interested in becoming a dorm
counselor for the next academic year are
asked to turn in their application by April
10. Interviews will be April 10-17 and will
be arranged through Helen Snyder, dean
of women.
Applications may be turned- in to Dean
Snyder or Betty Ware, head resident of
the dorm.
Sixteen Counselors
At the present time there are 11 junior
counselors, 4 senior counselors, and 1
graduate counselor for over 500 women
living in the dorm.
"The senior counselors are the girls'
adviser's along with the housemother of
the individual halls. The main difference
between a junior and senior counselor is
the amount of responsibility," said Miss
Ware.
Last year after the girls were chosen as
the new counselors there was no type of
orientation. This will be remedied this
year by a plan to have the new counselors
spend a week end or so in the dorm as
guests.
Before the end of the year, it is hoped
that the hall and room assignments-will
have been made, said Miss Ware. In this
way the girl can make plans for the next
year and will be able to work with the
housemother before next fall.
Broadened View
Many of the counselors have expressed
the feeling that being a counselor in the
dorm broadened their view of the inde
pendent program on campus.
As a senior counselor Sue Carkowski
said she spends an untotaled amount of
hours talking with the girls. Some of her
duties include housemother duty, super
vising the halls for quiet hours, planning
parties with the girls and helping to plan
cultural activities.
"We, the counselors, are a sounding
board for the girls," said Miss Carkow
ski. "We also help orient them to the
campus."
On April 15 the counselors, the dorm
housemothers, and Miss Ware will meet
with Dean Snyder to make plans for the
coming year. The discussion will concern
many aspects of the counseling program,
Miss Ware said.
The present counselors are Miss Car
kowski and Lois Muhle, Raymond Hall
senior counselors. Junior counselors on
. Raymond are Barbara Bakker, Skip Har
ris, Nicki Herndon, Angela Long, Verlyn
Preston and Mary Anderson.
The senior counselor in Heppner Hall
is Bev Heyne. Donna Bryan, Janet Han
sen and Susan Pandzik are junior coun
selors in Heppner.
In Love Hall Betty Noerlinger is the
senior counselor with the junior counselors
being Sharon DeMars and Sandra Nelson.
The only graduate counselor for Piper
Hall, the upperclasses hall, is Mary Eliza
beth Sievert.
Innocents
Scholarship
Forms Ready
Applications for the annual
Innocents scholarship are now
available to college men who
will be sophomores next year,
according to Russ Edeal of
the Innocents.
Those men who have pre
viously turned in an applica
tion for upperclass scholar
ships will be automatically
considered for the Innocents
award.
The grant will cover f nil
tuition for the 1961-62 school
year, Edeal said.
Interested students who
have not previously turned in
scholarship applications may
request them at the office of
Scholarships and Financial
Aids in 111 Administration.
Applications should be re
turned to the Scholarships of
fice by April 15.
The Innocents Society will
nominate three persons from
the applications and the Uni
versity general scholarship
committee will make the fi
nal choice.
The scholarship recipient
will be chosen primarily for
high scolarship and leader
ship qualities. Extra curricu
lar activities will be taken
into consideration. Financial
status is not considered for
the scholarship, said EdeaL
Tassels Initiate
Pledges Tuesday
Tassels initiation will be
held today at 5 p.m. in the
Student Union.
The old officers and spon
sors will be honored at a 6
p.m. banquet following the
initiation. The new sponsors,
Rosalie Giffhorn and Marilyn
Walchter, will be introduced
and the outstanding pledga
and active given recognition.
Today on Campus
Tuesday:
Irrigation Short Course, all
day, Ag Engineering building,
Ag campus.
Law aptitude tests, 1:30
p.m., 202 Law College.
1FC public relations com
mittee meeting, 8 p.m., IFC
office.
IFC affairs committee
meeting, 8:30 p.m., room 232,
Union.
IFC rush committee meet"
ing, 9 p.m., IFC office.
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