T i i ' i t S ! I i PAGE 4 THE DAILY NEBRASKAN Thursday, February 8, 1951 i . ... . j .Hi n I 3lV4 - 'it BY JANE RANDALL "eW ought to learn and have a facility In some language other than our own." So said Emily Kimbrough, noted author and humorist, at a press conference following her talk here Wednesday morning, She expressed a strong feeling that something should be done about the young people In colleges today who, are deficient in lan .guage. She said a surprising number of students who travel abroad could not say "bread and oucter" in a language which they hud studied. Miss Kimbrough charged this to' the reading knowledge the students gained as opposed to the language phonetics. 'Language Important' "I feel that it is vitally impor tant for each student to have a comprehensive knowledge of at least one language," the authoress said. She encourages the form ing of ..language clubs. Citing an example where for-j cten language was useful, Miss Kimbrough pointed to Mrs. Elea nor Roosevelt, whom she accom panied on a tour recently. Mrs. Roosevelt told the au thoress that because French was as easy for her as English, she immediately established a "mu tual familiarity" with the French in the U.N. Americans Should Learn "We evince provincialism and arrogance," Miss Kimbrough said. She believes that American peo ple have too much tendency to sit back and let other countries learn their language. She says it should be quite the contrary. Miss Kimbrough believes knowledge of language to be an other step, toward understanding among peoples of the world. She spoke of the time that she took her two daughters on a tour of Europe. While she was there, she asked several people about their impressions of American life. "Their impressions were all based on what they had seen in IT"" . i f - ) 4 1 LUNCHEON MEETING Pictured above is Emily Kimbrough, (first row, center), author and humorist, who spoke to University students at a convocation Tuesday morning. Also in the picture are: back row, (1. to r.) Marilyn Campfield and Sally Holmes; and front row, a friend of Miss Kimbrough's and Mary Mielenz. The five are attending a luncheon held after Miss Kimbrough's talk. the American movies," says Miss no matter what it is, has been Kimbrough. "The picture ' they made to appeal to a wide au had of our life was very erro- dience. In producing it, experts neous. Motion Pictures Valuable She continues, "There is no am bassador in the world today like the motion picture." She went on to say, however, that the movies are, in the opin ion of many, of poor caliber be cause the public does not use dis crimination in choosing the movies they see. "It the people were more selec tive, and made a point of see ing only those they think are good, they would get more of that type," says- Miss Kimbrough. "Mov'es change in so far as pub lic tastes demand it." She grants too, that a picture, High Frequency By Art Epstien. Its new! Its different! Its wonderful! The university's radio station, KNU. Almost everything is changed. New programs will have a larger scope ISPS Junior Division Lab Aids Poor Readers If it takes you three or four hours to get through an average reading assignment, don't put all the blame on the professor. It may be that you are a slow reader one of those indivi duals who moves ahead at about 150 words a minute instead of the 250 or 300 that you should be covering in that time. Slow readers have an obvious handicap it takes them longer than it should to prepare their lessons. "In addition, reading slowly does not necessarily bring better understanding. As a mat ter of fact, poor comprehension often accompanies slow reading This is the claim of the Jun ior Division, which calls reading difficulties the basis of most study problems and sets out to do something about the situation. Each semester it sponsors a re medial reading lab and any stu dent, whether freshman or grad uate, may enroll. Reading Accelerator Last fall the lab used for the first time a new machine called a reading accelerator. When you are using the accelerator you can't gb 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. It's one of the best ways yet known for improving reading speed. The lab now has two such machines and students who en roll in the lab for the second se mester can use the accelerator as much as three half-hour per iods a week. The lab has another machine with a formidable name achis toscope. It flashes numbers, words and phrases on a screen and is used to train the eye to form images more quickly. Ac cording to Woodrow Reed, guid ance consultant, who directs the lab, you can, with practice, read phrases visible for 1 100th of a second. Remedial Course This semester's remedial read ing course has been intensified and will cover a shorter time span than it formerly did. One section will meet from 11 to 12 a.m., Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, and another on Mon day, Wednesday and Friday from 4 to 5 p.m., both for six weeks. Labs will meet for the first time the week of Feb. 19. Some time before that day Reed would like to talk over individual problems with prospective class members. His office is in Temporary build ing A. Bettering reading skills is one thing and improving study habits is another. The Junior Division also sponsors a study habits lab which is run parallel to the re medial reading lab. Its sections will meet from 9 to 10 a.m. Mon day and Wednesday or 4 to 5 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday. A considerable amount of time is devoted to improving students' habits in three fields: (1) alloca tion of time and planning of a work schedule; (2) efficiency in preparing for and taking exam inations; (3) taking notes. There is nothing particularly 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. have to delve into the economic strata as well as combat the geographic problem, she stated. Comments on Public ' Miss Kimbrough blames the distortion that Europeans have of our life onto the American: 'de sire for escape in the movies She believes that is Americans patron ize only good pictures, those fere the ones Europeans will receive. If the star in the picture has Eu ropean appeal, that film will be sent over, regardless of its rating in the United States, she said. Miss Kimbrough recommends "The Best Years of Our Lives" as one of the best movies for Holly wood to send abroad. Her conclu sion is based on its star appeal, comedy element, dramatic nature, and its "true picture of Amer ican life." She also suggested "All About Eve," "Letter to Three Wives," "Home of the Brave," and "Gen tleman's Agreement." In the light of European taste, she described "Yankee from Olympus" as "ex cellent," and "All the Kings Men" as "wonderful." .... ' Television Implications When asked about television and its effect on the motion pic ture industry, she commented, "the immediate effect of televi sion was to send Hollywood into a great panic' Miss Kimbrough believes, how ever, that the innovation will lead to betterment rather than ruina tion. According to Miss Kimbrough, the movie types that rate as sure sellers are the musical comedy and the western. On her tour, Miss Kimbrough will make stops at Laramie, Wyo., Spokane, Wash., and Rockefeller Plaza. AT mtLLERS of entertain ment for the radio listener "Music From Ever vwhere" and "Tops in Pops," are two new disc shows that will han dle the latest release in t u p u i ar re- f s ,. : corded music. Lh1 The "Sports" Show" will feature material gath ered from several ..wire services. "Your Student Union" brings the listener Interesting facts about the Union. A completely new wom en's show will be aired"'t'or. the, second semester. Of course, some' of the stand by shows that went over, so well last semester will again be on the KNU program schedule. Under the classification of hold over shows are "Shake Hands With The World," which fea tures a weekly interview with a foreign student; and "Blues and Boogie" which has been moved to the select spot of the last fif teen minutes of broadcasting. Other shows that are returning to KNU for a second semester are, "Authors of the Ages" and "Sweet and Lowdown." Also different for the first nine weeks of the second semes ter is the organizational staff of Nebraska U's radio station. Heading the list of the staff is Bob Askey. Bob will assume the responsibilities of Program Di rector. It will be his duty to see that all programs and shows are broadcast with professional pre cision. It would be difficult to say that the remainder of the staff heads are more important than another, for the station could not operate smoothly without each star member doing his job in strict programming procedure. Heading the an nouncers will be Arvin Chris tenson. In charge of the con tinuity staff will be Jo Ann Mellen. Music is under the, su pervision of Janis Crilly. Sports and news will be handled by Jim Riordan and John Woodin respectfully. Given the task of promoting the station will be Lois Nelson and Clarence Wurd inger. Under able supervision of the staff heads, KNU will func tion In a smooth orthodox man ner. Programming will start Mon day, February 12. With the new shows, new talent, and new de partment heads, KNU is set to bring you student radio at its best. So gather around the radio, at the Union lounge next Monday at 3:00, and plan to listen to two hours jam-packed with solid entertainment. That's all. Paul. Six Buildings a tNU in 1890; i Frat-Barb Feuds Started By Jane Randall (Thli la th teeond part of ifrln I Britain on the hltlory f the I'nl veretty ttmpui, Till article complMn the aerie. ) By 1890, the University had six buildings to ease the load imposed on "Old U Hall" for 15 years. These were, in name, Pharmacy, Nebraska hall, Grant Memorial, Architecture hall, and the School of Music, From then on, buildings cropped up like mushrooms. The mechanical engineering labora tory was another one of the old timers. Brace, Administration, Geography, Temple, and Law College followed in rapid suc cession. Incidentally, the geog raphy building housed the first museum. Birth of Fraternities While the school was going through a period of growing pains, the birth of fraternities and sororities on the campus added zest to undergraduate politics in the form of "frat barb" feuds. Sigma Chi was the first Greek organization to make its appearance at the University. That was in January of 1883. Phi Delta Theta followed close behind, orienting itself in De cember of the same year. Kap pa Kappa Gamma entered into the University's woman's social life in 1884. Delta Gamma fol lowed in a close second, three years later in 7887. Shortly before the advent of World War I, the University experienced another period of expansion. Bessey hall and Avery lab were the first over flows from the iriginal four block limit. Construction of Social Sciences and Teachers college came in the following year. War Hits Campus When the war hit the campus, the new "sosh" building was converted , (into t barracks for troops. ' '' i" : ; ; " After things settled down fol lowing the war and the prosper ity wave was hitting the nation, Morrill hall, and Andrews were initiated to the realm of archi tecture on the University cam pus. When everything flopped and the depression wave engulfed the nation, building plans were filed away. In 1932, however, the architects started in anew, coming forth with the Memorial stadium. Five years later saw the erection of the Student Ac tivities building, known to many today as the Union. Building Before W.W. II Shortly before the second World War broke, the Univer sity managed to squeeze in the Memorial coliseum, the Military and Naval Science building and Don L. Love Memorial library. Again, the campus had the army on its hands. This time it ha dmore to offer however. The Social Sciences building was reconverted and the new library assisted it in providing dormi- v if ?, t II fee, - - , - ! . ,1 In -.-f 411 Sill X it M i i ! CI : ! 'tf ,V V -t NEWEST ADDITION The greenhouse, just south of Bessey hall, has been designed to raise plants that will enable better lab dem onstrations. Within this glass structure, an example of every plant family in the botanical kingdom can be found. tory space for transient coldiers. Burnett hall was the first con struction project to be under taken following the war. With the medcentury mark reached, Ferguson hall, the newest of them all, went up. New Greenhouse Too, the botany department has added a new feature to the campus during the past year in the form of a greenhouse. Indeed, the purpose of the founders has leen realized. oT be sure, the University has and is providing "a liberal and cul tural education for the youth of the state, in order to make of them more rounded and valu able citizens." Pep Talk '.lTir.1 ' r.'i'inirili'TsitiJiiiiiiJHHll'Hiiilf'irr'ill-'h':: "iMiu'Wiiiiim Warm-up for the coming intra mural event! That's the mott-j for duckpin club this next week. Besides the usual amount of fun and wholesome exercise, WAA'ers entering the duck pin competition can gain practice as a team on the tournament alleys. Games start at 7:15 p.m., and last until 8:15. No fees are charged. The first official match of the approaching tournament will be scheduled for Feb. 12. While sport-minded coeds are already practicing for this next athletic event, they are also now participating enthusiastically in the present one, the basketball tournament. The dormitory downed the Alphi Phil's team I, while the Phi second team won over Wes ley. The other game recently played was between Pi Phi and Kappa Alpha Theta. The Pi Phi's were the victors. Tonight the APOI's will play Kappa Gamma's third team. Next weeks schedule will be posted on the Grant Memorial bulletin board as soon as they are deter mined. Badminton club will meet Tuesday at 7:15 p.m. This time is a change over the usual Wednes day night meeting. Duckpins club meets on Wednesday, Tennis on Thursday at 7:30 p.m., swimming on Thursday at 7:15 p.m., and Rifle on Friday between 4 and 6 p.m. N.U. Bulletin Thursday AWS house representatives meeting, 5 p.m., Ellen Smith hall. Handicraft class, Room 110, Union, 7 p.m. Pi Lambda Theta meeting, 7:30 p.m., Room 15, Teachers college. AUF division heads for unor ganized houses meeting, 7 'p.m., Room 309, Union. Block and Bridle meeting, 7:15 p.m., Room 208, Animal Hus bandry hall. Ping-pong tournament, 12:15 p.m., Ag Union rec room. Ag Ec club meeting: Duane Nelson will speak, 7:30 p.m., Ag Union. Alpha Phi Omega meeting, 7:30 p.m.. Room 316, Union. Sigma Tau meeting, 7 p.m., Room 206, Richards lab. Religious Welfare Council meeting, 6:15 p.m., Cornhusker Room, YM. Skating party, 8:30 p.m., Ag tractor testing pond. Free food. All students invited. Naval ROTC Calls Teachers The University Naval ROTC put out a call. Thursday for re serve officers and enlisted person nel interested in applying for temporary duty as instructors in naval reserve officer candidate schools which the navy will con duct for about eight weeks this summer, beginning June 25. Cmdr. R. P. Nicholson said ap plications are desired from offi cers in either the organized or volunteer reserve, grades lieuten ant (j.g.) through commander who are qualifiel to teach naviga tion, naval orientation, naval weapons, leadership, seamanship, communications or administra ttcfttA. & limited number of assign ments are open for doctors, dent ists, chaplains, supply and public relations officers and athletic di rectors, and for reserve enlisted Eastern School ! Plans New Union The University of Connecticut is building a temporary Student J Union which will cost each stu- ;j dent two dollars. jj The building, which has been j nicknamed TUB (Temporary j. Union Building) by the Connecti- j cut students, will be a larger jj building and will contain room h for a piano, a pool table, card jj tables, a juke box, an informa- 5 tion desk, a commuters lounge j and an area for dancing. A snack bar, which will help de- i fray the expenses of operating u the Union, will also be placed j in the building. A member of the Student Sen- j ate of Connecticut stated that the : project is actually "a pioneering for the new Student Union 2 building ... to test and experi- i ment " PREMIER SHOWING! KORET ogCalifahniaA Happy-go-Lively Spring Separates LSU Negro Quits Due to 'Situation9 The Negro school teacher wtv was recently admitted to Louisi ana State University Law school by court order has quit school "in view of certain situations." Roy S. Wilson. 30, the first Negro student in LSU history, left the campus because of "cer tain situations which exist." Wil son felt that "this is the only proper manner to reconcile these situations." His lawyer, however, claimed that Wilson withdrew because of "financial reasons." The University said that in$re viewing Wilson's qualifications it had descovered that he had a po lice record, a "blue" Army dis charge, had been a psychiatric patient and once was, expelled from a Negro college for attack ing a fellow student with a soft ball bat. "As a result of thi3 investi gation, it became clear that Wil son's record was not such as to justify his admission to the law school," said the LSU board of supervisors. CLASSIFIED 'is PERSONNEL RECEPTIONIST We have position that would be Ideally , - aulted for a student ! wife who wishes to u work 2-J years. Must be able to type 55-66 S wpm. and take short 100-120 wpm. This! ' position for receptionist Is In our personnel ?f department. Some college preferred but not is required. Apply employment office 7th floor T MIIXEK PAINE 'f personnel in a variety of grades, room" for rent ihi q st." one tio ' ; Inquiries should De aaaressea irom campus . 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