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- READ THE OMAHA GUIDE - Creighton Announces Huge Building Expansion Plans Continued From Page One cities, wc face an even greater in crease every year before I960.” Father Reinert explained that the critical need for buildings and facilities exists at Creighton, even without the expected surge of students now in high schools •Bd grade schools. “Creighton has net added any major facilities in the last 27 years, and many of our buildings are antiquated for present day teaching,” he said. “We are indebted to the mem bers of our Board of Lay Regents and President's Council for the time and counsel which they have contributed to the preparation of these plans," Father Reinert add-1 ed. | “I am confident that the chal lenge before us will meet with the wholehearted approval of Oma ha’s business and civic leaders as wrell as our 15,000 alumni in all parts of the country. It is with their combine ! help that we hope to accomplish these important plans.” An intensive fund campaign is to be carried on in Omaha be tween March :nd July and on a nation wide basis among alumni and friends from August to De cember. • j The following projects are part of the second phase of the ten year plan: A new library building, $950, 000; a new medical school cen ter, $4,000,000; equipment for the medical center, $1,000,000; a men’s dormitory, $750,000; a girls’ dormitory, $600,000; a science building, $1,500,000; equipment for the science building, $500,000; a commerce school building, $500,000; a Little Theater build ing, $250,000; annual funds for faculty development, research,. scholarships and university ser vices, $1,000,000. The University president ex plained that $1,015,000 in govern ment loans and reserve funds are available for financing of the ini tial $3,193,000 phase. The $',* 750,000 campaign fund goal would cover only part of the addi tional $2,178,000 needed. “This means that our $1,750,000 cam paign fund goal is a minimum figure, and it is actually less than our real need.” The University plans to re evaluate periodically the 1959-66 phase of the development pro gram. Detailed site and architec tural planning is being limited to the projects in the first phase. Graduates of the Creigthon medical school have contributed a special fund of $600,000 which may be used for the projected medical school center, Father Reinert said. He credited Creigh ton alumni with having con tributed a total of more then $1/00,000 toward the University’s needs in the last 10 years. CHICK CHATS-* (keep BURNERSCUAN!\ . USE A1R HOSE BEFORE ) l EACH BROOD/ r-' i better brooder operation BETTERS YOUR PROFITS/ _«* .91/ Old BROODERS CAN BE MODERNIZED. FUEL FOR EFFICIENT IP-GAS BROOD ERS COST ONLY A CENT OR LESS PER CHICK. Automatic thermostat assures j EVEN TEMPERATURE. CUTS \ MORTALITY. V$^yt This Time, Build A Lifetime Fence 4 ;. — © CJood fences make good farmers, and the best buy in fences is the one you build once—and can forget for the next 30 years and more! Of course, it is only as good as the corners or ends you give it. The Rosemount comer, illustrated above from “Building Better Farm Fences,” by J. R. Neetzel (U. of Minn. Extension Bulletin *■'*s one °f the best. In actual tests, farm machinery has broken through fence wires without dislodging these corners. Durable posts are essential, too, and that means wooden posts pressure-treated with penta to resist termites and decay for at least 30 years. With them, you get not only long service life but superior strength and resistancg*to overturning as well. And they are economical. Penta pressure-treated posts, such as yellow pine, will provide a fence which far outlasts untreated posts from the heartwood of even the most durable woods. You can use posts of smaller diameter, too, three-inch to four-inch posts being adequate for line construction. Here is a quick check list to follow in your fence construction;’ Anchor your fence firmly with well-constructed end and comer sections like the above. Use wooden posts, pressure-treated with penta for a service life of 30 years and more. Three-inch to four-inch posts for line construction; as indicated above for ends and corners. Set the posts easily and economically with a power post driver. Avoid stretching the wire too tightly, and don’t stretch barbed wire with macliinery. Fasten the wire to the posts with lH-inch or longer galvanized staples, angling them into the wood and against the wire's direction of pull. Leave sufficient room under the staple for the wire to move freely. DESIGN C-387. Here is a roomy plan with features that are desirable for either city or farm. The small room off the side entry has a toilet, lavatory and large closet. However, there is still room for a freezer, washer and dryer, if necessary. A SMALL HOUSE PLANNING BUREAU DESIGN NO. C-3S7 There are lots of closets, well distributed throughout the house: a large storage closet and others for coats and linens. The kitchen is compact and well arrang ed and has a larger than usual dinette and a china cabinet. The center bed room could be used as a den, work room, or even be converted into a din ing room by leaving out the partition. The exterior finish combines wide sid- jj ing and stone with wide eaves. Floor area is 1415 sq. ft with a cubage of * 26,838 cu. ft. including the full base- j ment. I Automation Gains Rural Foothold A new era is dawning on Ne-! braska farms as automation, glam or word of U.S. industry, moves from factory to farm. As a result, more and more of the state’s 107,183 farmers are turning to push-button electric and electronic devices to solve their production and labor prob lems. According to farm experts these robot devices can be expected to have a revolutionary effect equal ing, if not surpassing the intro duction of farm machinery. The average Nebraska farmer (statistically speaking, he has a 442.9 acre farm valued at approxi mately $25,517) now has the electricity to operate such labor saving aids as washing machines, freezers (11,063 farms have these) grain driers, feed grind ers, and other automatic equip ment. More than 78 percent of the farmers in the state are elec trifide. A nationwide study showed that agriculture in America is moving “from the age of mechanization to the age of automation to the age of automation.” Trend Pushed The trend is being pushed along by many factors: more college trained farmers, vast research programs by colleges and the USDA and the research and en gineering by industrial firms to provide farmers with labor-saving equipment. All this is having an effect on the nature of farming in Nebras ka and throughout the nation. Typical is dairying. Clean and convenient milking “parlors” scientifically ventilated and auto matically heated or cooled are re placing old-time crowded stanch ions on many of the state’s 85,183 farms that maintain milk cows. Automatic milkers are becom ing common with farms here us ing machines in place of old-fash ioned methods. Farm Buildings Heated Some farm buildings — barns, poultry houses, milk houses and even a few farm homes — are now heated by a reverse-running refrigerator called a “heat pump’’ which draws heat from water or the earth and circulates it through the building. In summer it reverses the process for cooling, absorbing heat from the warm room. Automatic barn cleaners and automatic feed mixers, which sci entifically blend feed, are grow ing in use. On many farms a “green-grass” diet is provided livestock from glass-lined steel silos. New ther mostats and heating devices keep drinking water ice-free. Broders Equipped Sensitive heat-detecting devices similar to those used in industrial furnaces automatically insure the safety of unattended brooders in hog and poultry houses. Elec tric chick broders on some 18,162 farms provide controlled tempera BBB Bairif J r ri Ji a / JCmy^WkMta. w ^ V A ■ k M 1 wL S^HBs'V"j*j’**™•#^ ** ^mHb FOREVER!! ...and SILENT as a GAS FLAME Easy Payments on Your GAS Bill v Jake Gaither Honored A. S. (Jake) Gaither, (center), head football coach at Florida A and M University, was recently awarded “The Tallahassee Quart erback Club’s Service Award,” the highest honor the group of Tallahassee football enthusiasts1 (white) can bestow. The pre-j sentation is only the third in the! history of the organization. Others in the photo are (left) Dennis Jefferson, the Rattler quarter back who was presented the club s “sportsmanship award,” and (right) Nat R. Walker, immedi ate past president, who made the presentation to Gaither. —A and M staff photo by C. J. Smith, III. tures. Electronics can even be a very decisive pre-natal influence in a pig’s life: it is possible to record the genealogical records of hybrid sows on punched cards and have them fed into a complex business computing machine which there upon will produce a card describ ing the kind of boar and sow needed to produce the healthiest and heftiest baby pigs, like this!! The McQuire Sisters, nationally known vocal trio will arrive in Omaha Friday, February 3rd for their nine day appearance at the 1956 Auto Show. The sisters will arrive via Flight 607 at the Omaha Airport at 5:10 p.m. Friday. They will hold a news conference for press, radio, and television at the Fontenelle Hotel at 6:30 p.m. Friday evening. Other entertainers, The Har monicats, will arrive from Las Vegas at 8:30 a.m. Saturday, Feb ruary 4th via train. The Auto Show opens Saturday, February 4th at 1 p.m. First stage performance will be at 3:00 p.m. Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. M. Chambers of 232 Patrick, entertained at a din ner at their home Saturday even ing honoring Mr. and Mrs. Henry Robinson on their tenth wedding anniversary. A delightful time was enjoyed by all present. On the market is a loud-speak er with a four-mile range—and fortunately, a new type of wax filled soft plSstic earplug that conforms to the shape of the ear. WHAT’S NEW—A world globe, 18 in. diameter, plastic; can be inflated by mouth, deflated and folded into small package. We are spending approximate ly $800,000,000 a year for flow ers and seeds as more and more Americans go in for gardening. “The bigger a man’s head gets, the easier it is to fill bis shoes.” “No family should have less than three children, so there will be two to support the gen’us!" What is charity? It is a friend ly smile, a kind word, an unsel fish act which seeks no return, it is patience, and tolerance; it is giving of ourselves; it is for giveness and forgiving; it is con sidering the feelings of others; it is brotherly love. Each member of the Cub Scout patrol was asked to tell a bout his activities on vacation last summer. “Well,” said one little boy, “we went fishing and we caught 107 fish!” During the question period following each story, another Cub inquired, “What kind of fish were they?” There was a pause before the answer came: “Little ones.” FAM-U Players In Smash Hit The Florida A and M Unive”- ‘The Barretts of Wimpole Street ’’ who had the leading role of Eliza sity Playmakers Guild scored a In the above scene are Johnny beth made famous on Broadway smash hit in their recent pre- White of Tallahassee, Marlene by Katherine Cornell, and Sat. sentation of the three act comedy, Gray of New Smyra Beach, Fla.,|dra Williams of Mobile, Alabama. IT’S UP TO YOU! \. It's the job of the Omaha Public Power District to bring you ALL the electricity you need ... at all times ... at fair prices. It's the job of the manufacturers of electric appliances to bring you more and better electric servants ... at prices you can afford. It’s your |ob to see that your home has MODERN WIRING Eight out of ten homes—even many new ones— just don’t have enough wiring to take care of their WIRE ON electrical needs. Old-fashioned wiring keeps people TIME from adding appliances they badly need and want. In most cases, it prevents them from satisfactorily No down payment using even those they already have. pay a lltt,a *ac,’ month. Your electri It’s easy to bring your home’s wiring up to date. eal contractor has Modern wiring is moderate in cost, can be installed all the detail*, call without fuss or muss. Often just a little more wiring k""* is all that’s needed. _ Have a "power-full” house and live better—electrically NEBRASKA-IOWA ELECTRICAL COUNCIL il 104 W. O. W. 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