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Dean Green
Favors Wide
Subject Field
By Jane Randall
A good-natured gray-haired
man sits at his desk, puffing
complacently on his pipe ti
is Roy M. Green, Dean of the
College of Engineering and Arch
itecture, i
"Dean Green takes a terrific
Interest in his students, and es
pecially in his alums," said one
engineering student. Although
this is the opinion of only one
man, the fact is self-evident to
many more. The Dean teaches a
beginning course, "Introduction
to Engineering," to freshmen,
and a survey course to seniors.
Each week he sends out a news
letter to the graduates and form
er students of this college. On
the side, he writes a column
called the "Dean's Corner" in
each Issue of "The Blueprint,"
the Engineering College maga
zine. Graduation Files
His secretary, Miss Maude Me
lick, keeps one of the most com
plete files of any college on stu
dents after graduation. Even after
having recently moved to their
new offices in Ferguson hall, she
can still locate anything from the
files for the Dean in a moment's
noticn. Dean Green said, "This
department is very much con
cerned with the past, and in that
respect, I owe a great deal to
Miss Melick." In fact, two years
ago, the engineers dedicated their
annual "E" Week to her.
Dean Green feels that It Is
well for every engineer to have
a background in at least two
areas and preferably three. "In
school, students in engineering
are merely laying a foundation
on which to build after they
graduate," he stated "... I am
more concerned with students'
reading and studying after grad
uation than reading and study
ing while they are still in school
as long as they're in engineer-
(Editor'i note This th fifth In
KriM of article entitled "My Mort TJn
forrettuble ttudent. Each article ecm
taim a true tory told to the reporter or
aa instructor en thli campus.)
By Geery Fellman
"Certainly the most spectac
ular student I have ever had. . .
but a typically modest hero."t
That is the way Dr. W. F. Swind
ler described Ben Kuroki, his
most unforgettable student.
Swindler, director of the
School of Journalism, stated that
Ben has become well known all
over the country as well as on
this campus.
Ben first entered into the na
tional spotlight when it was an
nounced that he had become the
most highly decorated Japanese
American in World war II. He
served in the war as a bombar
dier in the Air Force.
When he entered the service,
he encountered many examples
of prejudice. At first there was
a question as to whether or not
he would be allowed to join. And
once accepted, he was told that
he would not be permitted to
take part in any bombing mis
sions. But this soon changed.
Sent To Europe
Ben was sent to Europe where
he acted as bombardier on a
great number of missions. After
VE Day, he asked to be trans
ferred to the Far East. Once
there, he participated in many
bombing raids over Japan.
When the war ended, he came
home to the United States where
he was given a hero's welcome.
He appeared on the radio pro
grams "We the People and
"New York Tribune Forum."
There was even a book written
about him. Ben used his share of
the royalties to travel over the
country, lecturing on racial
understanding.
Upon completion of his tour,
he settled down to finish his edu
cation. Ben was born in Hershey,
a small town in the western part
of the state. Being a native Ne
braskan, he enrolled at the Uni
versity. He decided that he could
best express himself in the news
paper business. So he became a
journalism major.
Worked Part Time
Ben entered the school on G.I.
bilL He carried the normal load
of credits while also working
part time for the University Pub
lic Relations department.
In spite of his extra work, Ben
Weed Control Meet Attended
Bv 500 Nebraska Farmers
Five hundred farmers and
weed district personnel from all
66 districts in the state were wel
comed to the 5th annual Ne
braska Weed Control conference
and chemical and equipment
show by Ed Janike, acting as
sociate director of the extension
service at the university.
Dwight Lambert, chief of the
Division of Noxious Weeds in
Nebraska opened the morning's
session by discussing the activi
ties of the 66 weed districts the
past year. Lambert cited that one
of the most important steps
taken in the districts in weed
control was the recommended
us1? of clean seed, thereby elim
inating the dangers of reinfesting
weed free fields.
Weed district spraying equip
ment was used on 4,500 farms
representing a total acreage of
31,300. As for chemicals, Lam
bert said 11,035 gallons of 2, 4-D
wbi used by the districts.
New Weed Killer
He also reported 270 gallons
of the new 2, 4, 5-T as being
sprayed in the various districts.
Lambert stated the districts in
the central and western parts of
the state are concerned over the
spread of bur ragweed. In these
sections of the state 247,237 acres
are now infested with this weed.
It resembles fiold bindweed in
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ROY GREEN Dean of the En
gineering College. As Dean, he
has attempted to see that engi
neers received a broad general
ing . . . after all, most of the
learning process takes place after
graduation."
600 Letters
In aiding seniors to discern
more clearly what is to be ex
pected of them after graduation,
Green wrote some 600 letters to
employees of various companies,
all of whom were graduated not
more than two years ago. Copies
of these letters have been made
and compiled into books, three
of which are in Love library, and
six are distributed in the var
ious departmental libraries on
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KUROKI
managed to maintain an aver
age of approximately 7.5. In his
firt year of journalism, he won
a gold scholarship key. These
keys are awarded to the five
most outstanding beginning
journalists. He was a member of
Sigma Delta Chi, professional
journalism group, and Kappa Tau
Alpha, journalism honorary.
Swindler remarked that Ben
was one of those students who
was always busy. In order to
accomplish all that he did, Ben
budgeted his time. Everything
had to "click like clock work."
Before graduating from the
University, one of Ben's greatest
ambitions in life was realized.
He .always wanted to be an edi
tor of a weekly newspaper. His
dream finally came true when
the publisher of York, Nebraska's
newspaper agreed to sell that
paper to him.
No Previous Experience
Then something very unusual
and very wonderful took place.
Actually, Ben had no previous
experience in editing a paper.
But, last May, before he grad
uated, 40 of the big time news
papermen in the state got to
gether and decided to combine
their talents in publishing the
first issue of the paper for him.
This was their way of showing
how proud they were of him.
They wrote stories, solicited ads,
as well as all of the rest of the
work which goes into putting out
a newspaper.
This was by no means to be an
its growth habits, spreading by
underground root system as well
as seed. At present there is no
satisfactory method of eradica
tion or control without using a
soil sterilant. There is demand
over the state that bur ragweed
be added to the list of Nebraska's
noxious weeds.
The final discussion of the
morning's program was given
Dale W. Bohmont, agronomist at
the University of Wyoming.
Bohmont spoke on the livestock
loss by poisonous weeds confront
ing the ranchers and farmers.
Annual livestock losses from poi
soning by weeds has been esti
mated at 5 to 10 per cent, with
some reports in excess of 15 per
cent.
Former Weed Combat
Until recent years, manage
ment practices were the only
means of combating these losses.
This method is costly and has
not been too successful. With the
advent of 2, 4-D, a new concept
was developed in controlling our
most troublesome range plants.
2, 4-D and its related compounds
can be efficiently applied with
a knapsack sprayei:, ground
spray rig or airplane.
These have proven economical
ly sound under many conditions
as a method in the control of
these poisonous weeds.
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education in subjects other than
those relating specifically to en
gineering. He has served as
Dean since 1943, when he left a
campus.
From this tabulation, Green
gathered that respect for one's
employer, doing the best work
possible, and ambition were all
important qualities in a graduate
engineer. "In engineering, we
strive to analyze rigorously from
basic laws wherever it is pos
sible," he added.
When asked about his fam
ily, Denn Green laughed good
naturedly, saying, "It's bad to get
a man started talking about his
family." He continued, "1 was
ordinary issue. The normal cir
culation of the xorK paper was
approximately 1500. But, for the
special edition, 7,000 were
printed.
Completed College
Meanwhile. Ben was complet
ing his last four or five weeks
of his college work before grad
uation in June. But, in order to
helD work on the special edition,
he commuted from Lincoln to
York during nights after school.
Swindler said that for a stretcn
of time Ben must have gone with
almost no sleep.
The special edition aroused
much attention. Newspapers,
magazines, and radio programs
all over the nation carried tne
story of Ben's start in the news
paper business. Time magazine
devoted one and a Halt columns
plus a picture. The "Des Moines
Tribune" and the "World Herald"
gave extensive coverage. Both
papers sent reporters to York. In
fact, the "World Herald" man
was stationed there for three
weeks.
Swindler said that he was very
happy to see Ben achieve success
and fame. The instructor added
that Ben has aalso been blessed
with "a fine wife and two of the
cutest little girls you have ever
seen."
Syracuse U.
Offers to Teach
Foreign Group
Syracuse university in Srya
cuse, N. Y., has offered to accept
as many as 500 foreign students
should the State Department de
cide to bring students to this
country for an education "in the
American way of life."
The Syracuse plan, aimed at
combating the education and in
doctrinating in the communist
setup by the Russians, was de
scribed in a 12-page letter from
Chancellor Tolley to the Secre
tary of State. No word has been
received as to whether it will be
used but Syracuse was compli
mented by State Department of
ficials who stated that the letter
was "above and beyond anything
we have received in the past."
The letter also described the
university as an "ideal place for
foreign students" since it is away
from big cities and yet has many
cultural aspects.
According to Dean Robert
Stone, of the College of Business
Administration, the chances of an
international educational project
in the present world crisis are
very slight.
KU Also Asked
To Cut Budget
The University is not alone fn
its difficulty regarding the cutting
of a college budget.
The in-coming governor of
Kansas, Edward F. Arn, has rec
ommended a $3,500,000 cut of
the budget submitted by the Uni
versity of Kansas. The univer
sity's chancellor, Deane W. Mal
cott, has expressed much oppo
sition to this proposal.
Chancellor Malcott stated that
the cuts, if allowed by the legis
iature to stand, will affect every
operation in the institution. It
will mean the elimination of all
special library and laboratory
funds. An attempt is being made
to keep Kansas as near as pos
sible on a "pay as you go" basis,
Request has been made by the
present governor that the Kansas
board of regents hike student
fees at the schools in order to
recoup some of the proposed
slashes.
The cut fn the budget is aimed
to have a dedded effect' on the
school's proposed building pro
gram.
DAILY NEBRASKA N
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post with a local business. His
offices were recently moved to
new quarters in Ferguson hall,
just completed.
very fortunate in having such an
intellectual family."
Different Majors
Each of his four children, two
boys and two girls, obtained de
grees from the University with
different majors. The elder, Mrs.
Gregory C. Meyer, whose hus
band is also a i-'braska alum
employed by DuPont, was a chem
major. His youngest daughter,
Mrs. Verner Johnson, is a grad
uate nurse, living with her doc
tor husband in Oakdale, Mass.
Bill, his older son, was killed
in Germany during the last
World War. The younger, Tom,
is now working on his doctorate
in philosophy at Cornell.
Green reminisced, "What I
know about philosophy, I gained
from the conversations I used to
have at the dinner table with
Tom."
The Green family, including
in-laws, holds, collectively, 14
degrees from the University Dean
Green includes himself in this
total, as obtained his degree in
Civil Engineering from here in
1914.
Postgraduate Work
He went on to do post grad
uate work at Columbia in 1915
and 1916, at which time he re
ceived his master's degree in hi
way engineering.
From 1920 to 1943, he was
president and manager of the
"Western Testing Laboratories"
of Lincoln. During this time, he
was in private practice as a con
sulting and civil engineer. He
was concerned chiefly with set
tling disputes in construction
work. In his opinion, the exper
ience was "a very interesting and
profitable one."
Thus it is that all through
his life, the Dean has been a
testing and consulting engineer
for many projects and business
groups. He has also written many
articles lor technical magazines.
Green also held a professorship
in highway engineering at Texas
A & M at one time.
World-Wide Projects
When the subject of engineer
ing is brought up, one sometimes
forgets that people in this field
are scattered all over the world,
Green remembered several fore
eign students, one an engineer
ing missionary in Pakistan, the
other a Norweigan, who told him
shortly before he left for his
home in Oslo, "Now you will
have a Cornhusker in Norway."
The Dean added, "He was a
good one, too," and went on to
describe him a "a competent
fellow."
Dean Green belongs to the
American Society of Civil En
gineers, the American Society
for Testing Materials, is a mem
ber of Sigma Chi fraternity, Si
ma Tau, an engineering honor
ary, and many other engineer
ing organizations.
'51 Expiring
Date of G.I.
Insurance
G.I. insurance in term policy
form issued in 1943 is due to
expire in 1951, according to Ash
ley Westmoreland, Lincoln re
gional office manager of the Vet
erans administration.
The National Service Life In
surance policies will expire in
1951 on the day when the. policy
was originally issued. Also ex
piring on the anniversary dur
ing 1951, he added, are term
policies Originally issued to vet
erans during 1946.
Although term insurance Is is
sued for a five-year term period,
congress has extended to eight
years those policies taken out
prior to Jan. 1, 1946. The five
year expiration period applies to
all term policies issued between
Jan. 1, 1946 and Dec. 31, 1947.
A veteran has three choices of
action before the expiration date
of his term policy: (1) he can
renew his term policy for another
five years at a higher premium
rate; (2) he can convert the
term insurance to permanent G.I.
insurance altogether.
Westmoreland explained that
term insurance may be re
newed, but at a higher premium
rate based on the veteran's age
at time of renewal.
Veterans may renew part of
their insurance on a term basis,
and convert the remainder to any
of the six types of permanent
G.I. insurance, or a combination
of permanent types.
Complete information on the
renewal, conversion, or reinstate
ment of insurance may be Ob
tained by writing or visiting any
VA office.
Faculty Plans
Music Recital
For Sunday
John D. Blyth and Earl F.
Jenkins, University instructors
in the School of Music, will be
presented in a recital Sunday,
Jan. 14, at 4 p.m. in the Union
ballroom.
The recital is in connection
with a faculty scries sponsored
by the School of Fine Arts and
the Union music committee.
Blyth, a pianist, is an assistant
professor of piano and music
theory at the University. He is
well-known throughout Nebras
ka for his numerous public ap
pearances. He received h i s
bachelor of music and master of
music degrees from Illinois
Wesleyan university and made
several solo performances in
Chicago and Milwaukee prior to
joining the University staff.
Jenkins, an instructor in voice
at the University School of Mu
sic, received his training and his
bachelor degree from the Uni
versity, He has done some solo
work previously and is the as
sistant choral director. Presently
he is working for his master's
degree in music. Outside activi
ties include directing the choir
of the First Christian church.
Mrs. Mary Green, accom
panist, lives in Chicago and is
a part-time instructor in voice
at the University.
Bob Lashelle and Marcia Pratt
are chairman and sponsor, re
spectively, of the music commit
tee. Members are Gene Sibson,
Beverly Mann, Barbara Rein
ecke, Ginny Cooper, Mae Scherff
and Aaron Schmidt.
Immediately following the re
cital a coffee hour will be held
for all students and guests at 5
p.m. Joan Lashelle is in charge
of this event.
Program
John D. Blyth
Two Intcrmcjai
Op. 117 No. 2
Op. lis No.
Ballade, Op. 2
( Burl F. Jpnklin
' Mary Green
Amarllll
Widmung
Mnniinacht
Sonntag '
John D. Blyth
Three Miniatures
The Village ia Asleep
The Dawn
The Festival
The Porcelain Doll
Fairy Tale Op. 26 No. 2
Earl F. Jenkins
Mary Green
Ciganske Melodle No. 7
Voyage
The Child Asleep
Serenade
Brahms
Chopin
Coeclnl
Schumann
Schumann
Brahms
Turina
Villa. T.obos
Medtner
Dvorvak
Poulenc
Kornpolrt
Carpenter
Pledges Work
For Ag Men
At Initiation
The Ag Men's club held its an
nual initiation at the Animal
Husband. hall, Monday.
President Arnold Nievien,
other officers and actives forced
18 pledges to roll onions with
their nose and measure parking
lots with six inch rulers.
Two actives were cornered in
a dark room by pledges, and
punished by being forced to bury
their heads in sawdust while the
pledges squirted water on them
from a near-by hose.
The actives were finally res
cued and a double dose of pun
ishment was given to the pledges.
However, the punishment was
evidently not too bad, for the
pledges announced they had
never had so much fun in all
their lives.
No deaths have as yet been re
ported and no one 'has been hos
pitalized. This does not mean
no bruises or cuts, received,
however.
The initiation, which turned
out to be a huge success, was
brought to a halt about 10 p.m.,
and the newly initiated pledges
and actives received refresh
ments. The smiles on the pledges
faces hardly showed enough of
the relief they felt for bein ini
tiated successfully.
Sad news halted some of the
merriment. It was announced
that President Arnold Nievien
would . have to resign his post
because of his graduation in
January. The duties of the
president will be taken over by
La Verne Swanson.
Landon to Speak
On Chile Tonight
Ira K. Landon will speak at
the student chapter meeting of
the Soil Conservation society
Thursday, Jan. 11 at 7:30 p.m.
in Room 203, Experiment station.
Landon, zone conservationist
of the Soil Conservation service,
will discuss the Rio Elqui project
in Chile concerning irrigation. He
will supplement his talk with
slides.
Anyone interested in the sub-
ject is invited to attend.
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Sweetheart at last year's Interfraternity ball. She was chosen from
five finalists. This year, the dance will be held on Friday, Jan. 12,
in the Cornhusker hotel.
Judging Teams
Livestock Show
The junior livestock, carlot,
and wool judging teams of the
University were announced yes
terday by Prof. M. A. Alexander,
team coach.
Thp teams named will iudee
at the National Western Livestock
show to be held in Denver, Jan.
13 to 15 inclusive.
"Subject to change at any time,"
stated Alexander, the livestock
and carlot team members are:
Clayton Yeutter, Russell Schel
kopf, Del Kopl, Steve Eberhart
and Darrell Heiss.
The wool team is comprised of
Students o Debate
McCarran Bill
Joan Krueger and Russell
Strom, University debaters, will
present a debate Friday on the
McCarran bill.
The two debaters will discuss
whether the bill violates consti
tutional liberties before mem
bers of the American Legion
auxiliary at their meeting Fri
day. Miss Krueger will maintain
the bill does violate liberties
and Strom will debate the neg
ative side of the issue.
The debate is a part of the
Delta Sigma Rho, national for
ensic honorary, public speaking
program. Warren Wise, presi
dent, is in charge of arrange
ments. Donald. Olson is direc
tor of debate.
N-Club . . .
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ing all four years in football and
track. He was one of the out
standing sprinters of the mid
west and was an all Big-Seven
halfback selection.
Besides being a top-flight ath
lete he was an honor student.
The N-club has worked to
make the event a success and a
tribute to an athlete who exem
plified the ideals of the wearers
of the N letter.
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Anounced
three of the livestock and carlot
team members. They are Russell
Schelkopf, Clayton Yeutter and
Del Kopf.
Judging Begins
The judging starts Friday with
the carlots. The general livestock
judging is Saturday and the wool
judging Sunday.
The teams will leave by Pull
man at midnight Thursday and
arrive in Denver early enough to
get a good days judging in.
"There won't be much catting
around Friday night because the
next day is the big one," one
team member said.
Saturday judging in the gen
eral livestock class starts at 8 a.m.
and continues until 7 or 8 p.m.
All contestants representing
the 21 mid-western universities
at the contest will be honored at
a banquet Sunday night.
See the Town
Winners will be announced at
the banquet. "Then the boys are
free Monday to attend the shows
and see the town," Alexander
said.
Last year's team which at
tended the Western show placed
first in the carload bull judging
I contest, third in entire carlot
contest, third in sheep judging,
and fourth in wool.
Reluctantly, "Alex" as Alex
ander is often called, revealed
the secret of his team's success.
"We train," he disclosed. "Con
ditioning rules include a half
dozen grape-fruit a day during
the contest as well as a week
before." He chidded, "It's a
standing team joke."
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