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TEACH THEM WHILE THEY'RE YOUNG
Youngsters Study Foreign Tongues
By PAT PECK
Feauter Editor
It i easy to learn while you re
young they say. and the Unlver
sity Department of Romance
Languages is out to prove that
theory true.
Every Saturday morning the de
partment holds a class in French
and Spanish for elementary school
children and some of pre-school
age.
The Jasses were started after
Mrs. James Olson tilled to ask
if a class In French could be
started for elementary schoolers.
This was the beelnninr of the
1951-52 term. Charles W. Cole
man, associate professor of Ro
mance languages had had ex
perience In teaching children
from kindergarten to the ninth
trade, and he wsi Interested In
the project. He agreed to try it
if Mrs. Olson could find 10
children who would participate.
The beginning of second semes
to. 10.11-52. found the class or-
canlzed with 10 students. The rules
were flexible. Children could en
roll for $3. per month if they de
sired to attend regularly, or they
could take single lessons at 25
cents per lesson.
More interest was created in the
Elections . . ,
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Council, Coed Counselors,
Union, and assistant treasurer
of Alpha Chi Omega.
Miss Laase, a sophomore In
Teachers College, is a YW Com
munity Tours leader. Coed
Counselor Cabinet member, NU
CWA Steering Committee mem
ber, member of the debate
squad, Alpha Lambda Delta, and
Alpha XI Delta.
District representative candi
dates are Pat Llndgren and
Janet Qulnn.
Miss Llndgren, a junior in
Teachers College, is a YW Cabi
net member. Conference Co-op
chairman in YW, and attended
the YW-YM regional conference
at Estes, Colo., and YM-YW
United Nations seminar in New
York. She is secretary of Red
Cross, AUF Board member, a
member of the Lincoln Counsel
log Project, and Treasurer of
Gamma Phi Beta.
Miss Qulnn, a sophomore in
Teachers College, leads a fresh
man commission, was on the
Freshman Cabinet, and attended
YW-YM regional conference at
Estes, Colo. She is a member
of builders, Coed Counselors and
Chi Omega.
Ag YW Slate Named
Thursday, from 10 a.m. to
5:30 p.m. in the Ag Union, Ag
YW members who have attend
ed four meetings will vote for
next semester officers.
Barbara Crowe and Mary
Ellen Maronde head the slate
as presidential candidates with
Mary Jean Nlehaus and Rose
. Ann Stlffler vielng for secre-
ary. Chloyce Ode and Marilyn
' Musgrave are candidates for
treasurer and Helen Weatherup
. and Geneva Burns vie for Dis
trict Representative positions.
w Miss Maronde is Secretary of
the Ag Executive Board and
served as YWCA Bible Study
Chairman. She is a member of
the Home Economics Club
Council, Phi Upsilon Omicron
and Kappa Delta.
Miss Crowe is president of Ag
Thterdenomination Youth Fel
lowship and past treasurer of
Ag YWCA. She is a member of
Student Council, Phi Upsilon
Omicron and Alpha Chi Omega.
A past Ag YWCA noon com
mission chairman, Miss Nlehaus
Is a member of Home Economics
Club Council, Phi Upsilon and
is an Ag Builders assistant.
Miss Stlffler, past publicity
chairman of Ag YW, Is a mem
ber of Tassels, Home Economic
Club and Phi Upsilon Omicron.
Miss Ode is a past social
chairman of Ag YW and a mem
ber of Tassels, Home Economics
Club and Coed Counselors.
A past YW Cabinet member,
Miss Musgrave is also a mem
ber of Home Economics Club
end University 4-H Club.
Miss Weatherup's activities
Include Home Economics Club
and Square Dance Club.
Miss Burns is past Ag YW
district representative and is
active in University 4-H and
Home Economics Club.
Home E c Club Ballot
Election of officers and coun
cil members of Home Economics
Club will be Thursday from
8 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Ag
Union. Jeanne Vierk, president
of the club, urges all members
to vote.
Candidates for president are:
Connie Clark, whose activities
are Home Ec Club Council, Tas
sel Notification chairman, Phi
Upsilon Omicron Alpha Lambda
Detla, YWCA and "Vice Presi
dent of -Alpha Chi Omega.
Lara Ann Harden, whose ac
tivities are Home Ec-Club
"Council, Ag Executive Board,
-Phi Upsilon Omicron, Alpha
Lambda Delta and Chi Omega.
Barbara SpUker, whose acti
vities are: Home Ec Club Treas
urer, AWS Board, Farmers Fair
Board, Phi Upsilon Omicron
and Alpha Lambda Delta.
Candidates for secretary are
Carolyn Gierhan, Clara Greger
en and Marilyn Sehnert.
Candidates for treasurer are:
Betty Hrabik and Elaine Mil-,
len; for historian, Janet Lind
qui and Dorine McMulIen.
Council candidates are: Mar
Jorte Antes, Virginia Barnes,
Adeline Dubas, Shirley Flana
ran, Martha Glock, Pat Graham,
Jo Bellman, Lois Klechhafer,
Carolyn Lawritson, Lora Lee
Lingrren end Lorna Lou Llngren.
, Mary Jean Neihaus, Pat
Tatsley, Sharon Reed, Jenny
Stiihan, Ketty Slsson, Ardyth
Smith, Joyce Taylor, Mary E.
. Taylor, Madeline Watson and ..
Ardath Young.
Twelve council members will
e e;ctd. The woman with
the- 8sMtil highest number of
votes for president will be vice
1rei!dent and the coed with
.hi highest number of votes
president will have her
ebeke ef council positions.
project and the enrollment grew
from 10 to approximately 30. The
group was divided into two parts
since the children ranged in age
from three-year-old pre-schoolers
to seventh graders. The lowest
age group included students
through the second grade. The
others were placed in a higher
group.
Children in uie lower group
learn by ear alone. Those in the
older group may learn to read
and write a little. The classes
were taught by Jeanne Beck,
undergraduate student, a native
of France. In the. spring Miss
Beck's aunt, Madame Denise
Nordon. arrived from Paris
where she had worked with ele
mentary children In the teach
ing of languages. She assisted
Miss Berk and now teaches a
regular class.
Interest continued to grow and
at the beginning of the first
semester of the current term the
enrollment had risen to 47. The
children were divided into four
groups of about 10 students each.
This seems to be the most con
venient number to handle, accord
ing to Colman.
Requests began to pour in lor
groups to be started in Spanish,
French and Italian too. Lloyd
Teale, assistant professor of Ro
mance languages, organized two
sections in Spanish and in
creased the enrollment to about
80 children.
Miss Bridget Watson, under
graduate student and a native of
France took over one section In
French. The only French instruc
tor who is not a native is Sebas
tian Gulizia, graduate student and
ono of the regular instructors in
the Department.
Sections in Spanish are handled
by Miss Arlene Irons, Miss Bar
bara Colwell and Miss Margaret
Arriaga.
Classes meet on Satuday morn
ing for about one hour. In addi
tion to the classes for children
there is one which a few mothers
requested be held to enable them
to brush up on their French. The
class is taught by Colman.
Enrollment appeared to be
closed for the coming semester
when Mrs. Raymond Cook, also
a native of France, called and
offered her services to Colman.
In addition, Gulizia will take a
second section, Increasing the
enrollment by 20 students. At
the moment there are 11 pros
pective students for next semes
ter. The groups will be limited
strictly to 10 children each and
the first parents who call to
enroll their children will receive
the remaining memberships in
the group.
Students learn to count in
French and all students can
count at least to 20. They sing
French songs and play games in
French. These prove the easiest
ways for the children to pick up
vocabulary. Students pick up pro
nunciation quickly and accurately
at this age, according to Cclman!
Language is not taught in ele
mentary schools In the United
States and that is why Ameri
cans are, as a general rule, poor
linguists, Colman says. A proect
is now In progress under the
auspices of the Modern Lang
uage Association of America to
study reasons why languages
have not been taught in our ele
mentary schools. The proect is
being financed by a Ford Foun
dation grant of $120,000. The
need for teaching languages has
been realized and the project is
intended to encourage the study
of foreign language in the
United States. Colman is the Ne
braska representative of the
Association committee studying
this project.
Dr. Theodore Onderson of Yale
has been most active in the sup
port of such a program. He be
lieves that there is a "revolution
brewing in language learning and
teaching." Yale offers a Master of
Arts degree in teaching to prepare
teachers to conduct elementary
school instruction in the field of
languages.
In some communities in the East
French, Italian and Spanish are
being taught in elementary
schools. The Cleveland plan under
which French is taught in elemen
tary school Is quite well known.
French is being taught as o regu
Iar school subject
children like to sing songs best.
They like to sing the same songs
'repeatedly, "Frere Jacques" be
Inr a favorite. Students pick up
the names of obects in the room
that they can see readily. In
structors In Spanish have usfed
Cardboard animals to teach
children the names.
The Spanish sections had a
party at Christmas time complete
in elementary E"y " V""a "mL C0"P'C
schools in Louisiana, but this is Z " m """ ol "
probably due to the large French
population in that state, Coleman
said. '
The German department is
planning to begin classes for ele
mentary school students at the be
ginning of the 1953-54 term. A
class in Italian may also be added.
The Instructors of the ele
mentary classes report that the
duck,
French sections tatight by Ma
dame Nordon and Gulizia com
bined for a Christmas party. Stu
dents sang French songs and
feasted oh refreshments of bon
bons, chocolate cherries and the
rest of the "trimmings." Children
Miniatures of "Pere Noel" were
awarded the best writers and the
best artists.
Children are sometimes helped
"by drawings on the blackboard
to show the objects to which the
names correspond. If the stu
dents write but words they tend
to veer away from the correct
pronunciation when they look at .
the writing.
Trends would seem to indicate
that interest in elementary school
language courses is increasing.
Colman has been asked to give a
report on the elementary courses
offered to children at the Univer
sity at the Kentucky Foreign
Language Conference at the Uni
versity of Kentucky in April. The
in the older age group wroto about group chose this topic as the most
"fere Noer and the yiunger interesting on the list of those
children drew pictures of him. 'offered. 1
Peterson Suggests
udget Increase
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By DICK
News
A $2 million
propriations for
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Laboratory classes meeting for several continuous hours on one or two days shall meet for examina
tions as follows:
Classes meeting on Monday and Tuesday shall b examined on the date scheduled for the first hour
of their laboratory meeting; Wednesday or .Thursday classes on the second hour of their meeting; Fri
day or Saturday classes on the third hour.
I'nlt examinations have been scheduled for all sections In the following subjects; (1) Business Or
ganization 3, 4. 21, 141, 147, 190; (2) Civil Engineering 219; (3) Economics 11, 12, 103, 115; (4) Ed
ucation 61, 62; (5) Electrical Engineering 134. 198, 238, 237; (6) English A, B. 1, 2, 3, 4. 100: (7)
French 11, 12. 13. 14; (8) Home Economics 41, 42; (9) Mathematics 11. 14, 15, 16. 17, 41, 42, 105, 106,
107; (io Mecnanicai Engineering l, e; (U) Spanish 52, 54. ir students have regularly scheduled ex
aminations conflicting with the above specially arranged schedule, arrangements to take such spec
am . a i as A. as a. - ttm a a j
lauy scneauiea examinations at anotner time snouio ne msae witn tne department concerned on or
before Jan. 12. For example: If a student Is scheduled for an examination which conflicts with a sne
dally scheduled examination in French, arrangements should be made with the French Department
to take sucn rrencn examination at anotner time.
SATURDAY, JAN. 17
1 p.m. to 3 p.m. All sections In English A.
(This examination is given at this time In order that students making sufficiently
high scores may take the examination in English B for credit),
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 21
to 12 m. Classes meeting at 10 a.m., Tues., Thurs.. Sat., or any one or two of these days,
to 5 p.m. Classes meeting at 8 s.m., five or four days, or Mon., Wed., Fri., or any one or
two or these days.
THURSDAY, JAN. 22
9 a.m. to 12 m. Classes meeting at 10 a.m., five or four days, or Mon., Wed., Fri., or any or two of
these days.
p.m. All seotions in English 2.
p.m. All sections in English 3, 4.
p.m. AH sections in Economics 115.
FRIDAY, JAN. 23
to 12 m. Classes meeting at 9 a.m., Tues., Thurs., Sat., or any one or two of these days,
to 5 p.m. Classes meeting at 4 p.m., five or four days or Mon., Wed., Fri., or any one or two
of these days.
to 4 p.m. All sections in English B, 1. (Coliseum) i
to 5 p.m. AH sections In Civil Engineering 219.
to 5 p.m. All sections in Business Organization 190.
SATURDAY, JAN. 24
to 12 m. Classes meeting at 3 p.m., Tues., Thurs., or either one of these days,
to 12 m. All sections in English 100.
to 12 m. All sections in Mechanical Engineering 1 & 6.
to 12 m. All sections in Home economics 41 and 42.
to 12 m. All sections In Business Organization 21. (Coliseum)
to 12 m. All sections in Business Organization 141, (Coliseum)
to 12 m. All section in French 11, 13. w ' .
to 12 m. All sections in Spanish 51 and 53.
12 m. All sections In Elec. Engineering 134, 198, 236, 237. "" .
5 p.m. Classes meeting at 1 p.m., five or four days, or Mon., Wed.. Fri., or any one or
two oi tnese days. ,
MONDAY, JAN. 26
12 m. Classes meeting at 11 a.m., Tues., Thurs., Sat., or any one or two of these days.
5 p.m. Classes meeting at 2 p.m., five or tour days, or Mon., Wed., Fri., or any one or two
of these days.
TUESDAY, JAN. 27
m. Classes meeting at 4 p.m., Tues. and Thurs., or either one of these days.
a.m. All sections in Mathematics 11. 16, 41, 105. (Coliseum)
p.m. All sections In Mathematics 14, 15. 17. 42. 106, 107. (Coliseum)
p.m. Classes meeting at 8 a.m., Tues., Thurs., Sat:, or any one or two of these days.
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 28
Classes meeting at 1 p.m., Tues. and Thurs., or either one of these days.
Classes meeting at 3 p.m., five or four days, or Mon., Wed., Fri., or any one or two
of these days.
9 a.m. to 12 m. Classes meeting at 5 p.m., five or four days, or Mon., Wed., Fri., or any one or
two of these days.
Classes meeting at 5 p.m., Tues. and Thurs., or either one of these days.
Classes meeting at 7 p.m., Mon., Wed., or Fri., or any one or two of these days.
to 12 m. Classes meeting at 7 p.m., Tues. and Thurs., or either on of tbese days,
to 5 p.m. Classes meeting at 2 p.m., Tues. and Thurs., or either one of these days,
to 5 p.m. All sections in Economics 11 and 12. (Coliseum)
to 5 p.m. All sections in Economics 103. (Coliseum)
THURSDAY, JAN. 29
9 a.m. to n m. uiasses meeting at a.m., live or tour days, or mon., wed., Friday., or any one
two of these days.
FRIDAY, JAN. 30
a.m. All sections in Business Organization 147. (Coliseum)
a.m. All sections in Education 61, 62. (Coliseum)
ticularly true with respect to the
College of Medicine and the
School of Nursing.
"It is possible and probable
that unless the College of Medi
cine and the University Hospi
tal are greatly strengthened and
improved, our medical school
may lose its recognition and
rating," the Governor told tur
legislators.
Peterson warned that Nebraska,
with 1,300,000 people can nevei
afford a Harvard University, or
a Sears Roebuck catalogue of
higher education.
"Rather," he said, "we should
do some things in a first rate
manner."
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RALSTON
Editor
inr-rcase in ap-
the University
was recommended Dy tjov. vh
Peterson in his budget message
to the state legislature Wednes
day.
The retiring governor told the
elgislators the increase Is neces
sary to enable the University to
"maintain its program at a very
high level." The increase, he said,
would bo used to cover increased
operational costs. "
Chancellor R. G. Gustavson,
commenting on Peterson's recom
mendations, said, "I find Gov.
Peterson's budget message a for
ward looking statement of execu
tive leadership. His recommenda
tions for the University reflect a
fundamental understanding of the
University's problems and its
place in Nebraska progress."
Peterson's outlined budget
falls more than $2 million short
of the budget requested by the
University. The Governor's rec
omednations call for an over-all
grant of $33,661,600 to the Uni
versity. The University had re
quested $35,550,073.54.
However, Peterson's recommen
dations did not include the $1.6
million asked for expansion. Pe
terson said he left that up to the
legislators.
The proposod expansion fund
would be used lor improving the
College of Medicine and the Uni
versity Hospital, .the College of
Agriculture, Agricultural Experi
ment Station, Agricultural Exten
sion Service, and "all other col
leges and divisions, both Instruc
tional and administrative."
Discussing the expansion in
crease, Peterson said, "I am of
the opintop that Jf this Institution
is to make its maximum contribu
tion to the tate,..eoiTie expansion feature the Air ROTC; Feb
is in order. It appears to be par-' Army; and Feb. 11, Navy
Equine History
Scheduled On
TV Program
George Round, director cf pub
lic relations, and C. Bertrand
Schultz, professor of geology, will
review the history of the horse
on the television program, "Doors
of Knowledge," Monday over
WOVV-TV at 6 p.m.
Schultz will trace the evolution
of the horse from the "dog horse"
who lived 45 million years ago
through the development of the
modern horse. Ho will illustrate
his discussion with museum ex
hibits and pictures.
The next three programs in the
"Doors of Knowledge" scries will
be devoted to discussions of the
ROTC. The Jan. 21 nrnsrnm will
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2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Classes meeting at 11 a.m., five or four days, or Mon
two of these days. .
SATURDAY, JAN. 31
9 a.m. to 12 m. Classes meeting at 12 m., five or four days, or Mon.,
two of these days.
Wed., Fri., or any one or
Wed., Fri., or any one or
If you are interested. . .
in a career in petroleum
Plan to see C. R. Barr, district geologist of
Stanolind Oil and Gas Company, who will be on the
University of Nebraska campus tomorrow, Friday,
January 9. Barr will interview seniors and post grad
uates majoring in geology for jobs with Stanolind.
Stanolind is one of the five leading producers of
crude oil, natural gas and natural gas liquids in the
U. S. The company has exploration operations
throughout Texas, New Mexico, and the entire Gulf
Coast, Mid-Continent, Rocky Mountain, and Canadian
areas, providing excellent opportunities for capable,
qualified geologists.
, Investigate Stanolind before making' any job de
cision. Excellent opportunities are provided for cap
able, qualified applicants.
For an appointment to see Barr, contact Dean
J. P. Colbert, Committee on Occupational Placement.
STAflOLIND OIL AND GAS COMPANY
Industrial Tour Set
By Delta Sigma Pi
Tours of five Kansas City in
dustries will highlight the annual
industrial tour sponsored by Delta
Sigma Pi, professional Business
Administration fraternity.
About 25 fraternity members,
including William G. Dick, in
structor of business organization,
will make the two-day trip leav
ing from the Union bus depot at
6 p.m. Friday.
Among the industries to be vis
ited are the Kansas City Star and
the newly built television station,
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