UNIVERSITY OF NEBR.
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JUN 21 1966
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Tuesday, June 21, 1966
The Summer Nebraskan
No. 2
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Trainees at the Child Development Lab observe chil
dren at purposeful play during a Day Care session.
Army Khaki, Civilian White
Means Change For Colonel
Thirty years of service in
the United States Army is
nearing a close for Col. Carl
R. Yost, professor of military
science at the University of
Nebraska.
Col. Yost, who has been
with the University's Army
R.O.T.C. program since last
year, is retiring from the
Army at the end of August
to assume administrative du
ties with the University as
Comptroller.
Comptroller of the Univer
sity will not be the first ad
ministrative duty Col. Yost
has executed. Beginning Sat
urday, he will serve as depu
ty camp commander for more
than 1.500 ROTC cadets at
Fort Riley, Kansas.
Camp Coordinator
Col. Yost explained that
his duties as camp deputy
have involved coordinating
the summer encampment
program and, upon his ar
rival at Fort Riley, will entail
supervising all activities in
the program.
He has prepared for his
high command by serving as
assistant deputy camp com
mander last year at Fort Ri
ley. "Being assistant deputy
camp commander can be
compared to being an under
study," he explained. "I was
serving an apprenticeship and
getting acquainted with the
camp's operation so that I
would be prepared for my
head duties this year."
Col. Yost will be overseeing
ROTC cadets from 38 col
leges and universities in the
United States. He said that all
the cadets are between their
junior and senior year of col
lege work.
Outdoor Laboratory
He explained that the sum
mer camp is "sort of an out
door laboratory."
"In classes we do what we
Bookmen
Teachers attending the sum
mer session are visiting the
Textbookman'g Exhibit in the
Selleck Quadrangle dining
hall.
The exhibit, being spon
sored by the Nebraska Book
man's Association, is featur
ing textbooks and other ref
erence materials available to
teachers.
School Equipment
A number of school equip
ment suppliers are also ex
hibiting teaching aids and
equipment that are available
for orders to the teachers.
Mr. Ray Jenkins, President
of the Nebraska Bookman's
Association, said, "The text
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Col. Carl R. Yost discusses summer camp plans for
Fort Riley with John Kenyon, a University senior who
is participating in the training program.
can in an academic way; but,
when the men are put out on
the field, the problems that
arise are entirely something
else," Col. Yost explained.
He added that the "outdoor
laboratory" utilizes all the
subjects that had been dis
cussed in the cadets' three
years of classroom experi
ences. Leadership Encouragement
Besides being a laboratory
for practical application of
the classroom instructions,
Col. Yost explained that the
summer camp serves a sec
ond purpose, lie said that the
camp encourages the cadets
to assume leadership qualities
through opportunities of di
recting the training pro
grams. A staff of 150 officers will
meet the purposes of the
ROTC summer camp pro
gram by emphasizing rigor
ous physical activities. "Ex
cellent physical condition is
Exhibit
book exhibit gives teachers an
opportunity to look over the
publisheris' various books and
to know what is available to
them."
30th Year
He explained that the ex
hibit has been held for the
past 30 years on the University
campus. The exhibit was
started in the basement of
Love Library then was moved
to the Student Union. Because
of its growth Jenkins said that
the display was then moved to
Selleck Quadrangle whore it
is mow located.
Displays will be open
through Thursday from 8 a.m.
to 4 p.m. Friday the displays
will close at 12 noon.
Three University divisions
are currently cooperating
with grants related to the
Federal Head-Start Program.
Over a total of $250,000 has
been granted to the Univer
sity departments of Elemen
tary Education, Human De
velopment, and the University
Television division to prepare
participants and materials for
use in the Federal Head-Start
operation.
As Miss Millicent Savery,
director of the NU Head-Start
Training Center, explained,
the Head-Start program is de
signed for needy children to
help them be better prepared
for entering school.
Miss Savery said that in
Nebraska the program in
volves children between the
ages of three and five where
as in some states where there
is no kindergarten level it in
volves children between the
ages of four and six.
"A child cannot be very
successful in his school work
unless he is healthy and has
had a certain kind of back
ground of experiences," Miss
Savery said.
The Elementary Education
Department is presently work
ing with a $34,000 grant to
conduct an eight-week train
ing session for Head-Start
teachers. Twenty-two teachers
are meeting for workshops
and seminars in preparation
for working with Head-Start
children.
The trainees have been sent
to the University by the Of
fice of Economic Opportunity
in Washington, also the source
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important for an alert offi
cer," Col. Yost stressed.
Lt. Col. Prentiss and Major
McKnight from the University
will also be assisting Col.
Yost.
On Duty
Col. Yost's military duties
will not end upon his return
from Camp Riley and his re
tirement from the Army. Af
ter his retirement, he will re
main on duty as professor
of military science, orienting
new officers and consulting
with other professors on their
lesson plans.
Sept. 1, Col. Yost will put
aside his army khaki shirt to
exchange it for a civilian
white shirt as he assumes the
duties as the University's
comptroller.
Sentiment Enter
"There is a lot of sentiment
that goes into this after you
have been in the service for
so many years," admitted the
30-year serviceman. "For me
this is going to be quite a
change to become a civilian
so suddenly."
As Comptroller, Col. Yost
will be responsible for all fi
nancial activities of the Uni
versity. The University of Nebras
ka, however, will not be an
entirely new organization to
the in-coming Comptroller. A
native of Harvard, Col. Yost
received his commission in
the Army upon his graduation
from the University in 1937.
NU Alum
At the University, he re
ceived his bachelor's degree
in business administration
and was a member of the var
sity wrestling team and "N"
club.
As an Infantry first lieu
tenant, Yost served in the Pa-
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of the grant. Before being
chosen by the federal office,
the trainees were selected by
local groups Interested in the
Head-Start program. The
trainees at the NU training
center represent the states of
Nebraska, Colorado, and Mis
sissippi. Miss Savery explained that
the NU curriculum center em
phasizes the four component
parts of the Head-Start pro
gram. Such training gives the
trainee experiences in obser
vations and lectures, as well
as hearing various consultants
and visiting child develop
ment centers, such as the cen
ter on the University of Ne
braska East Campus, and the
surrounding areas of Lincoln.
Workshop Program
"In a sense, the program is
a workshop in which the
trainees examine and prepare
instructional materials neces
sary for working with Head
Start children," she said.
In explaining who the chil
dren are that the head-Start
program reaches, Miss Sav
ery said, "Generally speak
ing, the children of the poor
are more likely to have me
dical problems due to no pre
natal care as well as having
a lack of background experi
ences; therefore, attention is
directed to such children."
She said that the program
consists of the following com
ponents: health development,
social welfare, parent educa
tion, and child education.
"One reason we are inter
ested in Head-Start is that
remedial programs come too
late and there is need for mo
tivation and competence in
learning at the earlier stag
es," Miss Savery stressed.
Helps Family
The chief focus of "the Head
Star program is on helping
the child and his family. Miss
Savery explained that a Head
Start center is a beginning
for a child "to build mean
ings of things" through broad
er experiences.
"Most of the children arc
locality bound and don't get
around enough to experience
what other children are able
to experience," she indicated.
"Therefore, the Head-Start
centers compensate for what
children have missed out on
because of this."
Miss Savery explained that
the importance of a child de
velopment . center is that it
is a "place where a child
learns to work and to play in
dependently." Self -Concept
"It is a place where he de
velops a self concept, where
he has sensory experiences,
where he explores himself, is
introduced to other people,
and where he enriches and
expands h i s experiences,"
she continued.
The program being con
ducted at Clare McPhee Lab
oratory School is "not a textbook-oriented
curriculum but
one rich in experience for the
children with the world about
them and the people about
them," Miss Savery ex
plained. "Since the child does much
of his learning through a play
approach and through a dis
covery approach, visiting
child development centers
will give the trainees a
chance to see a great deal of
purposeful play in many of
the activities involving exper
imentation, observation, and
manipulation," Miss Savery
said.
She added that the training
center is instructing the train
ees on approaches for im
proving a child's language de
velopment and health stand-
Inside ...
Animal Search ?wt
A group of students set out to hunt wild camels
and other unusual beasts In Nebraska.
Pops Concert ...... Page 2
Old-time music for the "good old summertime"
with concert-ln-the-park atmosphere.
University Foundation . . . rage 3
It takes a lot of money to do a lot of work.
Learn how the University Foundation builds
a stronger university.
Pioneer Park Page 4
The University students' stomping grounds
has a long history of development.
Educational TV
Television is no "wasteland"
used for modern education.
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University musicians rehearse for a "Come With
ards. She said that the train
ees are learning to help chil
dren overcome fears and bar
riers due to lack of language
understanding and lack of
medical attention.
Miss Savery concluded,
"More and more people are
recognizing how significant
the early years of childhood
are.
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In connection with the
Head-Start program, the Uni
versity Television department
is working on a sub-contract
for nearly $200,000 granted to
them by the Nebraska Coun
cil for Educational Television
(NCE-TV).
Mr. Victor Christensen, di
rector of the NCE-TV, re
ported that the council re
ceived a grant from the
United States Department of
Education through an appli
cation from the Lincoln Pub
lic School System. He said
that grant involves all
schools in the state of Nebras
ka and was made possible un
der Title 3 of the 1963 Ele
mentary and Secondary Edu
cational Act.
The sub-contract given to
KUON-TV is making it pos
sible for the station to pro
duce the "Come With Me"
series which began June 13.
Christensen explained that
the "Come With Me" series
is one of the three series in
volved in the contract grant
to KUON-TV.
Two Other Series
While the "Come With Me"
series is directed for partici
pants in the Nebraska Head
Start program, the other two
series covered by the grant
include a series entitled
"Challenges" w h i ch is di
rected to the gifted child and
a series introducing new cur
riculum approaches for the
instruction of social studies.
Christensen said the other
two series will be broadcast
in the fall of this year. How
ever, he said that the "Come
With Me" series is the first
summer program broadcast
by Educational Television.
The program, which makes
up one-twentieth of the total
output of KUON-TV, is being
broadcast in the 15 Head
Start centers of Nebraska this
summer as well as to several
Iowa Head-Start centers.
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Christensen said that t h e
"Come With Me" series fol
lows the outlined philosophy
of educational television.
"Programs on educational
television are designed for en
richment and supplementary
use by instructors in the
classroom," he said.
As Mrs. Mary Petsche. in
structor of Human Develop
ment on East Campus,
stated. "The aim of the
"Come With Me" program is
to provide things that t h e
teacher can't provide because
of limits on her time, in her
community, or because of the
large size of her group.
Supplement Teacher
"We also attempt to sup
plement what the teacher has
done by providing related ma-
terial which she would be un
able to obtain."
Mrs. Petsche is working
with the KUON-TV mobile
unit on the series related to
the Head-Start program both
as an editor and an instruc
tor. She explained that the pro
gram involves a series of 30
15-min. film strips which are
shown four days a week. "The
whole project is quite inno
vative," she described.
"Try Out New"
"The idea is to try out new
things."
An example of some of the
Head-Start series is the pro
gram which ran yesterday.
The film portrayed a c h i 1 d
visiting a doctor. The doctor
was shown to be understand
ing and helpful.
Mrs. Petsche explained that
the purpose of this film was
to reassure the child and over
come his fears of visiting
a doctor or dentist. "The pro
gram shows the child what to
expect from an experience
which he will soon have."
The "Come With Me" ser
ies will be completed at the
end of July when the staff
will begin on another series
designated by the grant.
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The third project which is
being carried out by the Uni
versity is not explicitly con
nected with the Head-Start
program but is related in that
many of the participants are
bound for Head-Start work.
Mrs. Helen Sulek, professor
of Human Development and
the Family, explained that
the NU School of Home Eco
nomics was granted funds
from the Office of Economic
Opportunity to conduct a six
week Workshop in vocational
homemaking.
Twenty - eight homemak
ing teachers from most re
gions of the United States are
participating in the workshop.
"Most of the participants will
go back to their home towns
to set up new courses in oc
cupational training for child
care," Mrs. Sulek said.
Appropriate Training
Although the workshop is
not training its participants
for direct work with the
Head-Start program, it is giv
ing the trainees appropriate
training for such work or for
the training of others for
Head-Start participation, she
said.
The workshop experience
Involves studying the chil
dren who attend the Child
Development Laboratory on
East Campus.
Me" television series.
"The participants study the
chilu to find out what's in
him and his background. We
ask the questions: Why does
the child feel like this? What's
going to happen to him when
he goes to school?" Mrs. Su
lek explained.
She said that the laboratory
tries to promote all types of
creativity in the areas of ar
tistic ability as well as in the
area of expression.
Social Development
Many of the aims of the
program center around the
philosophies of social develop-
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Citi
ryouts
Tryouts for the 1966 Uni
versity Summer Production
will be held June 29. 30, and
July 1, announced Dr. Wil
liam E. Morgan, director of
the coming production.
Ten men and eleven women
are needed for the bitter and
sardonic comedy, "The Physi
cists." Besides the actors, a
violinist and pianist of "medi
ocre talent" are also needed.
Morgan said that trvouts
will be held in Room 102C.
Temple Building from 7 to 10
p.m. He added that it is not
necessary to be registered
for summer school to be eligi
ble for try-outs.
Swiss Author
"The Physicists," written
by the Swiss author Durren
matt, combines the elements
of macabre irony, suspenseful
melodrama and satirical
comedy to portray the subject
of nuclear brinkmanship.
' Since its premiere in Zurich
in 1962, the play has been a
large success in most Euro
pean capitals, Morgan said.
More recently it has run in
London and New York.
Modern Problem
Morgan explained that in
"The Physicists" Durrenmatt
examines one of the grave, If
not the gravest problems of
our era: How to control the
unlimited powers for destruc
tion that our dazzling scien
tists have put at man's dis
posal. "The author spins his theme
into a bizarre, stimulating
play with corpses lying all
over the stage and a sinister
lady psychiatrist guarding the
asylum. The play has timeli
ness, of course, but much
more, it falls into an old line
of legends and epics about
men whose quest for enlight
enment seals their doom,"
Morgan said.
The central character of the
play is a man who had him
self locked in an asylum be
cause he feared his Principle
of Universal Discovery could
destroy the world. He is a nu
clear physicist named Mobius
and represents one of the di
lemmas of modern man. He
has acquired more knowledge
than he can wisely handle. .
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