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University operators are kept busy as 29,000 calls go through their switchboards weekly.
Switchboard Doesn't
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By Frank Partsch
Senior Staff Writer
Few people, even those con
nected with the University,
realize the staggering num
ber of telephone calls handled
each day in the transaction
of University business.
The new University switch
board, installed last Decem
ber in Nebaska Hall, is open
24 hours a day, seven days
a week, and serves 600 city
campus extension numbers
and about 200 phones on ag
campus. Ruby Palm, chief
University operator, said that
each of these phones has
about three extensions.
"In addition to our local
calls," said Miss Palm, "we
have an average of 125 out
going long distance calls ev
ery day."
The switchboard, which has
positions for three operators,
handles 46 trunk lines, over
which calls can either be sent
or received. Miss Palm noted
that the ever increasing num
ber of calls has made nec
essary the addition of another
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sometime next summer.
During the five-day week
from May 20-24, 1963, an "av
erage week," according to
Miss Palm, University exten
sion phones made 16,515 out
calls and received 12,903. Only
the incoming calls are
handled directly by the Uni
versity operators.
Although it appears rather
obvious that, with 46 lines,
the number 477-8711 would
seldom bring the dialer a
busy signal, all the lines were
busy 25 times during the
above mentioned week; on
May 20, they were all filled
10 times between 4 and 5 p.m.
alone.
Miss Palm explained that
the busiest hours seem to
be 11-12 a.m. and 1-2 and
4-5 p.m. The fewest number
of calls recorded during any
hour of the week was 272 out
and 157 in, between the hours
of 2 and 3 p.m. on May 21
(Tuesday.)
UNIVERSITY ARTIST Jack Brodie, begins prelim
inary sketches for "Man and the Land."
Museum Starts Plans
For Special Exhibit
If you have ever walked in
to a modern natural science
museum, felt a little confused
by thousands of strange
forms in endless rooms, some
thing very special is in store
for you at the University State
Museum.
Dr. C. Bertrand Schultz,
Museum director, announced
today that planning has begun
on a special exhibition that
will make the entire Museum
more meaningful to the near
ly one-quarter of a million vis
itors who visit the Museum
each year.
To be called "Man and the
Land," the room of dioramas
will be an interpretation of a
modern farm near the mouth
of the Platte river and is
planned for completion before
the state's centenniel. The
visitor will see how the farm
looked In ancient geologic
time, in prehistoric time,
through the present and into
the future 1,000 years.
Dr. Schultz said the dioram
as, or life-like landscapes,
will be so arranged that visi
tors will have a better idea
of how to view the entire Mu
seum. "We plan to depict a
Nebraska farm in depth be
cause we believe that the lay
man can best understand nat
ural history if we start him
within his own area of experi
ence," he said.
The most important part of
the room will be devoted to
shwoing the intricate relation
ships between human, animal
and plant life in and on the
soil, Dr. Schultz said. "We
want to show the balance of
nature, the cycle of the water,
the formation of the soil, the
conservation of the land, the
crops and how they are all
interrelated," he said.
Some of the highlights will
include dioramas of the first
Paleo-Indian hunters on the
farm, the Indian horticultur
alists (first farmers), the
coming of the White pioneers
(the second farmers), and a
scene depicting what farming
may be like at the mouth of
the Platte river In the year
2,963 A.D., 1,000 years from
now.
The visitor will see the farm
as it appeared during the Ice
Age several hundred thou
sand years ago along with ac
tual boulders scratched by
glacial action. Still another di
orma will show the farm as
it appeared during the "Age
of Dinosaurs."
Dr. Schultz said a number
of scientists at the University
and other institutions, in par
ticular scholars from the Col
lege of Agriculture, have
agreed to e r v e as consult
ants. "In many, ways this is one
of the most important efforts
the Museum staff has under
taken because we most make
It very meaningful to the lay
man and very exact for the
scientist," he said..
The exhibition of "Man and
the Land" will begin as soon
as financial arrangements can
be made, Dr. Schultz said.
Close,
eskly
The rate of calls reflects
reaction to such events as
the weather or national
events, Miss Palm indicated.
Two happenings which caused
a great increase in switch'
board business were the
death of President Kennedy
on Nov. 22 and the sudden
appearance of a bad snow
storm.
.Before being moved to Ne
braska Hall, the University
operators worked in the Old
Administration Building at an
older board. This board had
40 lines, but 14 of these were
outgoing lines only.
4-H Banquet
To Be Tonight
The University 4-H Club will
hold its 10th annual honors
banquet at the Student Union
here the evening of Dec. 11,
according to Gary Fick of Li
man, club president.
The event, to be held in the
Pan American Room of the
Student Union on the Univer
sity's city campus, also will
mark the 40th year of the
club's existence, Fick com
mented. It is composed of stu
dents enrolled in the Universi
ty who have been active
4-H'ers, and has as one of its
main objectives the encour
agement of high scholarship.
Ten students to be an
nounced as recipients of
scholarships at the banquet,
and 33 others previously an
nounced as scholarship win
ners will be special guests of
University Ag. Extension staff
members.
Club members with high
grade averages at the Uni
versity will be recognized at
the banquet and will receive
symbolic 4-H clover awards.
Fick stated.
Principal s p e a k e r at the
event will be Mai Hansen of
Omaha director of Travel and
Transport, Inc. Hansen, a for
mer Nebraska radio and tele
vision personality, was a 4-H
member in Iowa.
IFC Support
To Quiz BoWf
Interfraternity Council
(IFC) unanimously pasted a
motion by Dave Smith fledg
ing the support of IFC the
Quiz Bowl program sponsored
by the Student Council and
the Nebraska Union.
"The Quiz Bowl Cotimit
tee is doing something'new,
something not tried before
here at the University," said
Smith in favor of his mo
tion, "and we owe thertt our
support." '
Tom Brewster, a delegate to
the National Interfraternity
Conference (NIC) gave a short
resume of the meeting, held
in New York City Dec. 5-8
and announced that the Uni
versity delegation, composed
of John Lonquist, Tom Sch
wenke and Brewster, would
prepare a written release on
the activities and business of !
the council shortly.
By Susan Smithberger
Senior Staff Writer
A resolution concerning the
drinking problem at the Unt
versity will be presented at
the Student Council meeting
at 4 p.m. today.
Tne resolution, which calls
for the organization of a group
of interested students to study
the problems, if any, of sw
dent drinking and to develop
a solution if a solution lends
itself to student support, will
be brought up by a non-Coun
cu member.
"I think that there are
many more vital issues on
this campus but if any stu
dent feels this is that im
portant he has a right to bring
it up on the floor if a Student
Council member will yield to
him," said Dennis Christie
president.
"I'm sure the Student Coun
cil will act m a responsible
manner on this," said Vice
Chancellor G. Robert Ross,
dean of Student Affairs.
Pictures Taken Today
Students interested in hav'
ing their Cornhusker year
book pictures taken or re
taken should come to Music
room B of the Student Union
between 9 am. and 5 p.m
today, said Bette Schnabel,
panel editor.
Mortar Boards Battle
Innocents In Q-Bowl
The proverbial battle of the
sexes will be staged tonight
at 7 p.m. in the Student
Union ballroom, when the
Innocents and Mortar Board
members will meet face to
face' in a contest of wit and
reaction.
Each organization is select
ing four members to compete
in the first Quiz Bowl to be
held on campus this year.
The Quiz Bowl, which is
based on the nationally tele
vised program, has a large
new answer board made by
Craig unburn. Colburn said i
that he spent about 80 hours
building the board.. He said
the board will face each team
of contestants with small
lights. ,
These lights will flash on
to signify the first person to
give an answer to a question.
The same setup will be used
on the judge s desk.
When the first contestant
to answer flips his switch, a
light corresponding to the
contestant's number flashes
on the judge's desk. In this
manner, the judge' will know
who was the first to answer
the given question.
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Judging Team
Receives Third
Chicago The University
Dairy Cattle Judging Team
took two individual third
places and a team third place
at the International Livestock
Show at Chicago recently.
In addition, they took ninth
as a team in judging Brown
Swiss.
" There were 19 teams in the
competition.
Individual winners were
Richard Drueke, third in Ayr
shire, and Allen Woodward,
third in Brown Swiss. The
third member of the team,
which placed third in Ayr
shire, is Brian Thompson
Coach of the team is Terry
Howard, instructor in dairy
science.
Lab Theater Presents
Student-Directed Plays
The University Laboratory
Theatre will present "Figero
in the Night" by Sean O'Casey
and "A Phoenix Too Fre
quent" by Christopher Fry on
Dec. 17 and 18 at 7:30 p.m.
in the Temple Building.
The plays sre under the di
rection of student directors
Linda Mead and Melvin
Grubb. The plays are a con
tinuation of the series of labo
ratory theater plays and ad
mission is free.
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"They know better than I if
the problem exists.
Christie expressed hope
that students interested in
this issue, either pro or con,
will be at the meeting to pre
sent their views and opinions.
"Student Council can't act un
til they know how the stu
dents feel," he said.
Jim Moore, a supporter of
the resolution, said, "We are
not pushing for anything. We
just want to get a prominent
student problem solved." He
pointed out that in six of the
Big Eight schools some pro
visions were made for student
drinking.
"These students who have
beer available actually drink
less than the students here,"
he said. "They don't go out
to get drunk, they Just oc
casionally have a beer or
two."
He said that he too hoped
that students would be pres
ent at the meeting to pre
sent ideas, pro and con.
Christie said that if this
resolution passes, the Issue
will probably be referred to
the Public Issues committee
and they will form a com
mittee composed mainly of
non-Council members.
Tom Kort, Public Issues
chairman, said that the prob
lem of the committee will
be in finding a solu
tion that will satisfy the stu
dents and yet not create un
favorable repercusions out-
state.
Regional Sociologists
Hold Seminar Here
Some 50 rural sociologists
from universities in the
North-Central region are ex
pected to register at the
Nebraska Center Dec. 17 for a
three day seminar on Re
source Development.
The seminar is being held
in cooperation with the Farm
Foundation of Chicago, ac
cording to Dr. Duane Loe
wenstein, state Extension
leader of studies and training
at the University, and a semi
nar session chairman.
One of the objectives of the
conference will be to identify
the role of rural sociologists
in the resource development
programs underway in most
states, and to explore the
sociological aspects of re
source development, Locwen
stein explained.
A special look will be taken
at resource development be
ing carried out in two states
Wisconsin and Iowa the
University Extension staff
member said. One session will
be devoted to a discussion of
the contributions by the teach
ing, research and Extension
branches of Land-Grant uni
versities to resource develop
ment. Persons attending the semi
nar at the Nebraska Center
for Continuing Education will
come from South Dakota, Il
linois, Iowa, Missouri, Wis
consin, Ohio and the U.S. De
partment of Agriculture.
In addition to Extension ru
ral sociologists, the seminar
is open to other sociologists,
Rural Areas Development
leaders and community de
velopment specialists.
Rural Areas Development
(RAD) is an active program
in several Nebraska counties,
or groups of counties, and is
a good example but not
the only one of total re
source development, Dr. Loe
wenstein observed. Sociolo
gists emphasize that, the de
velopment of human re
sources to their fullest poten
tial in a community is im
perative, along with stress on
development of natural and
other economic resources, he
concluded.
Panhellenk To Discuss
Group Reorganizing Plan
Panhellenic Monday pre
sented a plan to reorganize
the group. The new plan
would make a more effective
coordination group within the
sororities, according to Susie
Walburn, president.
Several alternatives were
presented for this new organ
ization plan and no conclu
sions were made. "The alter
natives will be studied more
fully before any decision is
made," said Miss Walburn.
'This was proposed merely to
find out how the delegates felt
about the idea of reorganiz
ing." The delegates on the
Council were in favor of
changing the present organization.
The plan would call for per
manent councils such as the
workshops which met earlier
this year. Thus, all scholar
ship chairmen would meet to
gether to discuss common
problems.
If this plan is adopted, the
group will have to decide
which house officers will meet
in councils, and whether these
councils could take the place
of the present Panhellenic
Council. As it stands now, the
Council holds final decision
power. Whether this situation
would still stand would have
Hillyer Wins First
In Extern p Contest
Linda Hillyer won first
place in extemporaneous
speaking at the debate tourna
ment held last week at Iowa
State University at Ames,
Iowa.
The best win-loss record
went to a junior division team
of Byron Lee and Wiliam
Wood who won four debates
and last one.
to be discussed by the group.
The manner of choosing the
heads of the councils will
have to be decided. Proposed
alternatives were having a
member of the Panhellenic
Council as it now stands
chair the group, or having one
of the members of the various
councils be chairman and hav
ing representatives of the Pan
hellenic Council sit in on the
committees.
The Panhellenic Council
will discuss the plan after
Christmas vacation.
Miss Walburn read an
agreement from the National
Panhellenic Conference
(NPC) Manuel of Informa
tion that stated that no ques
tionnaires or requests, oral or
written, that were presented
to the individual houses
should be answered until the
questionnaires or requests
have been reviewed by t h e
NPC.
Miss Walburn pointed out
that this meant that no mem
ber of the group may answer
for the group, but only pre
sent her personal views.
Panhellenic will have a
Christmas Tea next Monday.
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