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THE DAILY NEBRASKAN Wednesday, September 27, 1950 PAGE 4 t I s s I it V ? v J 1 ; . y -V" 5 1 t i r '4 TV f MECHANICAL AID Marjorie Gade demonstrates the University's new reading accelerator, which will be used for the first time this fall to help students speed up their reading. The metal sheet moves down the page of a book, line by line, forcing the student to read faster. Through the sacle on top, the machine is adjustable to any desired reading speed. Students may make arrangements with Woodrow Feed in Temporary Building A for individual prac tice on the accelerator. Have Reading Troubles? Junior Division Offers Help It's a good bet you didn't come to the University to learn how to read. It's also a good bet that two or three of your professors would agree, at least privately, that you could use some good instruction in reading. Realizing that reading diffi culties are the basis of most Study problems, the Junior Di vision is going to give students a chance to improve their reading this year Anyone, whether fresh man or graduate, may enroll for the ten weeks course offered by the Remedial Reading and Study Improvement lab. This year's program, under the direction of Woodrow Reed, guidance consultant, is a contin uation and improvement of a plan which has worked for sev eral years. The aim is two-fold: to help Improve reading speed and com prehension, and to teach better study habits. The best thing about the lab is that it's as good in practice as it is in theory. Just to make sure that it was accom plishing all it set out to do, the Junior Division guidance depart ment last year ran a little test on the program itself Results showed that students who took the reading-study im provement course made better grade averages in their Univers ity work than did students of similar aptitudes who didn't take the course. The difference in groups amounted to a half point, grade averages between the two 5.28 as compared with 4.76. New Machine lTsed Guidance Consultant Reed and his associates are hopeful thpt their lab may be even more effective this year than last. They have a new model of a machine called a reading accelerator to help them. If you are a slow reader it is likely that you have been that way for many years, and you can establish a new habit of reading only if you are forced to move ahead at a faster rate. When you are using the reading accelerator you can't go back to a line you have already read because a metal sheet . Is slowly sliding down the page of your book; you must keep going, even though it is more rapidly than you are ac customed to reading But bettering reading skills is only part of the work of the lab. A considerable amount of time is devoted to improving students' habits in at least three major fields allocation of time and the Two WAA Clubs Swing Into Action Canoa. club will hold its first meeting this Saturday at 11 a.m. Instruction will be offered by Miss Shelberg, who is an expert on the subject. To swim or keep afloat for five minutes is the only requirement to join. All in terested should meet at the back entrance to Grant Memorial pre pared for a trip to Oak Lake. Tennis club will meet this Thursday at 7 p.m. on the courts. Miss Joan Parks, who has pre viously taught tennis in Aus tralia, will give instruction to beginners or others desiring it. Balls will be furnished by the women's P.E. department and racquets may be rented for ten cents each week. 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Fscellent i'n. rriio, smitfrrwlnd heater, good i rw top. 6440 Haveiock Ave. . f) r -4il after 6 p.m. jf,f n. mo TVitt. Personnel Mao- s :-m.,!t. SPhone ISO-7SJ1. ixiHhi Afmna iHHrls on R St. if. itrwaru. Margaret Thomas, planning of a work schedule; ef ficiency in preparing for and taking examinations; and note taking. There is nothing particu larity tricky about good study habits as the lab teaches them. The main difficulty, Reed has found, is that few students really organize their work properly, de spite the fact that most of them know the basic requirements of good planning Sessions Open To All Reed and his staff are inter ested in you as individuals and in helping to solve your prob lems. That's why they are asking you to come over to Temporary Building A before Oct. 2 if you're interested in the course. The first of the two-hour ses ions will be held the first week in October, and meetings con tinue for 10 weeks. You may at tend any one of three sections Tuesdays, 3 to 5 p.m.; Wednes days, 2 to 4 p.m., and Thursdays, 3 to 5 p.m. Ratio Disturbs Three Men to BY AMY PALMER "I've got the car and the per sonality; now all have to do is find a girl with a bank account." The person who said that was being particular; most fellows will settle for just a girl. This year, even with the decrease in enrollment and the draft plaguing many eligible men, a disturbing ratio remains. To be more explicit, there are approx imately three men for every girl on this campus. To many enter ing male students, this is a real problem. Brother Trouble A few freshmen have already looked into the situation and evolved a few simple plans. For instance, Jerry Copeland came up with this answer: "If the ratio is three to one, maybe two of my brothers and I could get a girl among us. But on the other hand, I don't think I could trust my brothers." That is a real problem, but a couple of other boys think they have the answer. Ernie Bebb suggests, "Call up a sorority and have a friend get you a date. You have to flip a coin to de cide which sorority to call." Allen Cramer would rather trust his brothers when it comes to fixing up blind dates. This is his idea on the subject: "I'm going out on my own soon, but right now the fellows in the house fix me up; you meet a lot of girls that way." Not all of the boys interviewed had such confidence. Boyd Baumfalk was one of these. He said, "I'm from Kansas, but from what I've seen, the girls in Ne braska are worth leaving home for. As to getting a date, I'm not so sure about that." Upperclass Answers For Boyd and all other fresh man boys who "are not so sure," the 'Rag has polled several up perclassmen. Their wisdom and experience are reflected in the answers they give. No doubt doubting freshmen can pick up many valuable pointers from these "words of wisdom." Track star, Lee Moore ex plains his technique in these words, "Call a long time ahead aand keep right on asking until she says yes. Blind dates are fine too, but never let a girl friend 'fix you up' with a friend i)Bijf ,ohe jHiil j artistry J j I in rhythm I j lisi hJ I THURV SEPT. 28 TURMPIEIE I Adm. tl.H0 Ea. riu Govt Tx at Turnpike Boxofflce Night of Dane Ag Permit Sale To End Thursday Ag campus parking permits will be on sale in the Ag Union Thursday morning from 8 to 12 a.m. This is the last chance that students will have to obtain their parking permits, according to Jerry Johnson, president of the Ag Exec board. Students must present their registration and ID cards before permits will be granted. If any student is registered in another college but has 'some classes on the Ag campus, he must bring his green registration slip. Sponsored by the Ag Exec board, the permits are required at all University parking lots and along campus streets. If the student has a parking permit for the city campus, they will not need another permit for the Ag campus. Sprague Wins Rhoades Grant Elmer Sprague, 1948 graduate of the University, has been awarded an extension of his Rhoades Scholarship. He and Mrs. Sprague will continue to reside in England while Sprague continues with his third year of studies in England. He has been joined there by another Rhoades scholar from Nebraska, Richard Srb, who was awarded his scholarship last spring. In a letter to the Nebraska Alumnus last spring Sprague wrote: "Perhaps the most constructive thing we can do is to point out that Labour government, with its socialistic policies, governs Brit ain because it gained majority in the house of commons in the election of 1945 and again in February of 1950. Needless to say these were free elections. No party was sure of victory until the votes were counted. And the Labour Party can be turned out of office in the same way by any other party." "Whether one approves of dis approves of the Labour govern ment, there is no certain tyranny of socialized government." The above was written in reply to a letter from a summer visitor in England to the Nebraska Alumnus which charged that the British people were losing many of their liberties. Frosh Dates; Each Woman of hers. Somehow it never works iut." Further advice was given by Chuck Burmeister who said, "Have a frat brother introduce you to his good looking sister." This is a good deal if it can be arranged, but in case it doesn't, George Wilcox has this advice, "Play it cool. Write home for pop's check book and conver tible. In the meantime, watch the draft list and call the girls of fellows who are leaving." Work Fast If that sounds a little diffi cult, Hobe Jones has a simpler solution. "Take advantage of hour dances. Make a big im presion the first six weeks be cause they're most important. If you want a steady arrangement, latch onto a girl fast." Of course if you want a more spectacular method, take Jack Cohen's advice. "Walk into the girl's dorm when no one is at the desk and push all the but tons. Take the first girl that comes down and have the rest sign your address book." All this advice is given with sincerity. But in case you feel you still don't have the right approach, remember this quota tion of Bill Dugan's when asked how he would get a date. Dugan said a decisive, "Ha!" Well, fellows, good hunting. Gustavson Heads March of Dimes Chancellor R. G. Gustavsonn was revealed today as the 1951 state chairman for the National Foundation for Infantile Paral ysis. This is the Chancellor's fourth consecutive year as head of Nebraska's March of Dimes campaign. Basil O'Connor, president of the NFIP, requested that the NU prexy organize the county and city campaign directors in the annual March of Dimes drive from Jan. 15-31. The Chancellor's reputation as a scientific researcher and as the recipient of many awards has given him a distinguished record, stated O'Connor's news releases. The release added that the citi zens of Nebraska will have a chairman who will greatly help the paralytic adults and children who are dependent upon volun teer collections to receive proper treatment. University Honors 110 Of Faculty The University Tuesday night honored 110 of its staff members woh have served the institution for 25 years of more. Each was presented with a leather-bound certificate of ap preciation by Chancellor R G. Gustavson at the annual faculty homecoming dinner held in the Union ballroom. Dr. Ruth Leverton, University home economist, gave an illus trated lecture on her experiences last year as Fullbright professor of human nutrition at the Phil ippine Women's university in Manila. On her return to the United States she visited in Burma, India, Egypt, Turkey, Greece, Italy, Switzerland. Eng land and France. The facility ' members honored included: ; Honored Educators M. E. Condra, H. G. Deming, Margaret Fedde, Elton Lux, H. G. Gould, G. L. Peltier, Lawrence K Crowe, Harvey O. Werner, J. E. Weaver. Theos J. Thompson, Elizabeth M. Tierney, Ruth Staples, Rudolph M. Sandstedt, Carl E. Rosenquist, Ferris W. Norris, Clarence E. McNeill, A. A. Luebs, James E. Lawrence, F. Dwight Kirsch, jr., Theodore A. Kiesselbach, Clifford M. Hicks. Faculty Members Louis V. Skidmore, Paul A. Downs, Addison H. Maunder, C. C. Minteer, Frank E. Mussehl, C. C. Wiggans, Dominie L Gross, M. L. Gould, R N. Houser, Irvin S. Ulrich. Carl' C. Dale, A. H. De Long, J. P. Ross, William W. Derrick, Earl G. Maxwell, Ken neth C. Fouts, Dean R. Johnson, James L. Thomas, Joseph H. Claybaugh, LeRoy F. Snipes, Henry A. White, Allegra Wilkins. Helen Rocke, Altinas Tullis, Lu lu L. Runge, Elsie Ford Piper, Maude E. Wisherd, Esther S. An derson, Mamie Meredith. Florence Maryott, Alice Hyde Hupp, Mabel Strong, Ruth Odell. Mabel Lee, H. H. Marvin, Charles H. Patterson, John P. Senning, Orin Stepanek, Lowry C. Wimb erly, W. H Werkmeister, Otis Wade, E. F. Schramm. T. Town send Smith. Eugene F. Powell, Sergius Morgulis, William J. Loeffel, L. F. -andgren. John S. Latta. Joyce O. Hertzler, Frank E. Henzlik, Kenneth Forward, Oliver C. Collins. Joseph B. Burt. Joseph E. A. Alexis, C. J. Frankforter, Lu vicy M. Hill, Winona M. Perry, Bess Steele. Ray F. Morgan, Sim on Wayne Alford, Jouette C. Rus sell, Morton P. Brunig, Clifton W. Acker son, George W. Rosen -lof C. S. Hamilton, Chauncev W. Smith, J. Philip Colbert, T. H. Gooriding, Robert W Goss, Morris I. Evinger, Franklin D. Keim and LeRoy D. Willey. Movie Seats t Too Soft for Frosh It happened at Nebraska! The freshmen are slowly catching on to. the ways of college life. The seats in the Love Library audi torium were nice and soft, the lights were out for an orientation movie. . The movie ended, the lights went on and wha' hoppen? Three students were rudely awakened from a nice cat nap. Cufl 9 3 u Rah, 22 U Var - Yell Squad Plans Visits to Houses The eight cheerleaders will visit some of the organized houses on the campus tonight to teach students "The Cornhusker" and "The Chant" songs which the University is attempting to re vive; and a few short yells. The men will travel in teams of two, visiting as many houses as possible. They will come about suppertime. Frank Piccolo, yell king, urged all students to learn these songs. "We need full student co operation fn this matter. Those students whom we are unable to contact should take it upon themselves to learn the two songs," Piccolo said. "We are trying to build up school spirit. Every student is important." YMCA Explains Stag Party Plans The University YMCA is hold ing its annual stag party in the YM lounge in the Temple build ing at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday. The purpose of the party is to ac quaint old and new students with the functions of the YMCA and give them a chance to meet the officers and the cabinet. Right now, the YMCA sports committee is very interested in anyone who would like to play on the intramural sports teams. The social committee, foreign movie committee, and program committee are also looking for interested students. Anyone who is interested in joining the YM but who can't attend the stag party is urged to drop into the Temple lounge and see Charles Kemp, executive secretary of the YM. 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Jack Solomon and Charles Rossow will meet the University of Mississippi, debat ing the negative side of the na tional high school debate topic. Resolved: That the American people should reject the welfare state. The same day two other Uni versity debaters, Doris Carlson and Joan Krueger, will debate before a similar clinic at the University of Kansas at Law rence. 88 Freshmen Enter NU Medical College Eighty-eight freshmen were welcomed into the University of Nebraska College of Medicine in Omaha on Sept. 5. This brings the total enrollment to 339 for the school year '50 to '51, the largest number of students the college has ever had. You'll cheer both the thape-holding stamina and the rich, muted color ing of our sheen gabardiine slacks. Tailored with plenty of get-up-and go, they boast all the style features you like: extending waist bands, side-8titeh ing, and off-set pockets. Your choice of brown, green or blue. In regular sizes only. pecially priced $75 Second floor Save 20 9 - N I. o- - si - ty, Newman Club Begins Activities The Newman Club inaugurat ed its busy season of activities Friday night, Sept. 22, when more than 200 students danced to the music of Bobby Mills and his orchestra. In conjunction with All-University Church Night, the "Wel come Dance" provided the nec essary atmosphere for the Cath olic students to become ac quainted with their club, its Chaplain and its officers. Dick Walsh, social chairman, acted as M.C. for the intermis sion program. Mary Pitterman sang two numbers and then Alice Jo Smith, Lincoln, accom panied her in a duet version of "Sam's Song." THE RW A New Place for Student! to Eat 1126 TVT St. Is Presenting $1.00 Dinners Free to the Following Students: Dou? Dale Bill Dupan Frank Jacobs Jo Lisher Good Any Evening 5 To 8 Vntil Tuet. THIS OFFER IS MADE IN EACH WEDNESDAY ISSl'E Watch for YOUR ISame TnantPd Sandwich Combination. 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