Friday, -January 14, 1949
THE DAILY NEBRASKA
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Ag Committee to Attempt
New Registering Process
Six hundred Ag students may
find themselves in a state of con
fusion during the first week of
classes next semester, reports Dr.
C. C. Wiggans, chairman of the
Ag registration committee. The
disorder will be caused by an ex
perimental regstration procedure
which will be used on a portion of
the Ag registrants.
If successful, the plan will be
used for the entire University next
fall, though it will be aided by
the catalogue which will be pub
lished at that time. IBM machines
will take on added responsibility
in registering students under the
new system.
No Hands
In the new procedure, the stu
dent's IBM card and class cards
will be fed into the machine and
out will come his registration
slip, typed out with name, courses,
calendar numbers and sections
The only bug-a-boo that remains
is that the time and place will be
omitted, leaving the student to
decide for himself where and
when to go.
Dr. Wiggans stressed that stu
dents should keep their sched
ules filled out when they make
out their worksheets to determine
where and when their classes
will be held. "If students have no
schedule to aid them, they will
have to determine these factors
by referring to the catalogue
under the proper section," con
tinued Dr. Wiggans.
"Next fall, we will substitute
the time of the first meeting for
the section number, and students
will receive schedules as to room
and building when they fill out
worksheets," he added.
Plan Affects Two-Thirds
Approximately two-thirds of
the Ag registrants will receive
the new treatment, comprising the
freshmen, sophomores and some
of the juniors. Recipients will be
urged to fill in the time and
place of meeting before they leave
the registration room Jan. 24 and
25, when they pay their fees.
In addition an information booth
will be maintained in Ag hall on
Monday and Tuesday of the first
week of classes to help those who
experience difficulty in finding
their classes.
Lucky Youth
FTo See Europe
There will be one lucky, and
most likely elated, Nebraska boy
or girl visiting some European
country again next summer under
the International Farm Youth Ex
change plan.
This announcement, from the
University of Nebraska, also
stated that a committee from the
University will select the Ne
braska delegate with approval by
the Association of Land Grant
Colleges and Universities.
The goal is 50 2-way exchanges
this year. The Nebraska youth
chosen will be between the ages
of 18 and 25. He will take ad
vanced intensive study of geogra
phy, history and agriculture of the
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Just a parting shot before I put
the wraps on this irregular, irre
sponsible column and a chance
to say something that has been
put off for the majority of the
semester. Perhaps the main ad
vantage in writing a column lies
in the opportunity to express in
dividual opinions the readers
have the disadvantage
No. 1 gripe on my list for a
Ion? time has been the lack of
individuality on the part of Ag
college clubs and I trust I'm not
alone In this opinion. The main
reason for this shortcoming in my
eyes is that too many men belong:
to too many different organiza
tions, and this, in turn, is due
to the failure of Ac college clubs
to establish rigid . membership
qualifications. Thereby, a man
may be an animal husbandry ma
jor and Mill belong to TKI-K,
Agronomy club, and, by some oth
er shortcoming, a man may have
fifteen hours in Agronomy with
trades of over 85 and not receive
an invitation to join TKI-K, a fact
which does not contribute to the
professionalism or effectiveness of
the club.
Most organizations on campus
will pass this off on the stall that
At; college is not run on the major
and minor basis, so it is impos
sible to pin a m;in down to a
major. Nevertheless, I believe
that if the clubs w;.it until the
Junior year to select members,
they will find that most students
have selected iin.l arc following
a major course of ftudy. Arid it
shouldn't be too difficult to find
out what it is. An example of
a club which has done this is the
Entomology club, which has built
up an active membership among
specialists in it's own departtnent.
As for the Idea of pledging
Juniors and seniors, wouldn't it be
a better Idea to have a smaller
number of men who might be
active than (a have a membership
composed of about HQ percent
deadwood?
The merger of Block and Bridle,
Varsity Dairy and Poultry clubs
is a constructive step towards cen
tralizing ag clubs. Under this plan,
no man may be a member of
more than one of these three
clubs and it might be a good
idea if a man were allowed to
join only one vocational club. Nat
urally, this would exclude clubs
like 4-H. To supplement voca
tional groups, I suggest hobby
clubs, such as camera clubs, be
organized. Of course, there prob
ably wouldn't be activity points
issued for such clubs.
I don't dare to hope that the
present situation will change, as
long as there is a motivating force
to drive a man to hang on activi
ties until he's not sure what he
belongs to let alone when It
meets. When that motivating
force can change the character of j
an organization from a scholastic I
honorary into an activity mart
It's time for a change.
Listen to
DUGDALE
(CHARLIE)
OS
"Stardust Revue"
MONDAYS
THRU
THURSDAYS
10:30-11 P.M.
Mills to Play
At Ag Union
Dance Tonight
A students will bid farewell to
the old semester Friday night to
the music of Bobby Mills at the
Ag union pre-finals hop. Sponsor
ed by the Ag union dance commit
tee, festivities will get under way
at 9 p. m. and continue till 12.
The Mills agregation features
Ed Mills on the trumpet he for
merly played with such jazz
bands as Clyde McCoy and Tiny
Hill. Tickets for the dance are
$1.50 per couple and may be ob
tained at the union office or at
the door Friday night.
Keith Arterburn, chairman of
United States and the country
visited and will also receive train
ing in a foreign language.
Last year's Nebraska delegate
was Ag student Helen Ochsner,
who visited Great Britain and
Sweden.
Wool Team Aims
For Repeat Win
at Denver
The Nebraska junior livestock
judging team is off to Denver
where they'll be aiming for a re
peat in the wool judging contest
which Nebraska won a year ago.
Iast year's team also won third in
carlot judging and sixth in all
the dance committee, revealed
that intermission fun will be high
lighted by some feats of magic to
be performed by Barry Thomp
son. Other midway entertainment
will also be featured.
One of a series planned to
offer Ag students a chance to
come out and get acquainted, the
dance is the third such to be held
this year. Clyde Erwin, manager
of the Dell has announced that it
will remain open for the conveni
ence of the dancers.
livestock.
Representing Nebraska at the
meet will be Gervase Francke,
Don Gard, Stanley Lambert, Don
Popken, and Wilbur Pauley. These
will judge livestock by carlot and
individually. Francke, Lambert
and Gard will also compete in the
wool judging contest.
The team will compete against
judging teams from 16 colleges
and universities. Judging will in
clude action in three divisions:
Individual livestock judging, car
lot judging and wool judging.
The junior livestock judging
team, with some possible revamp
ing in membership, will compete
in a similar meet the first part
of February at Fort Worth, Tex.
Prof. Alexander is the team
coach.
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and
Ag School Branch
ONLY
Non-Profit Stores
On Campus
We can give you highest possihle prices when you sell us your texts at
the end of the semester.
Now located on holli Campuses
Student Union Kuilding at Ag College
Open 9 to 12 and 2 to 5 daily except Saturday
Temple Ihiilding uptown
Open f-3 daily 8-12 Saturday
Ag School store will enahle more studentes to take advantage of our
prices, which are the lowest on the campus. Take advantage of the shorter
line at thia hranch.
Our prices are ." lower in accordance with Student Council request.
Thin id your official Uimersity l$ook Store which is a non-profit
Department of the University.
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