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Summer 1c 0)ujljl ULrLrL VOL. 53 No. 1 LINCOLN, NEBRASKA Friday, June 12, 1953 oDBeck Corned Actoinio CSnsnmcolioir Classes Begin Thursday; Registration To June 18 Registration' for the 1953 sum mer session was held in the Uni versity coliseum Wednesday Classes began 7 a.m. Thursday. Dr. Wesley C. Meierhenry, act ing director of the summer ses sion, estimated the enrollment be tween 2,300 and 2,500 students. Additional registration will be accepted until Thursday. June 18. 4 p.m. Undergraduates who plan to register up until the June 18 deadline will be required to pay registration fee of $3.00. Graduate students are permitted to register until Monday, June 15, p.m. without paying a late reg istration fee. However, graduate students must pay fees if regis Cerebral'Palsy NU Receives $6,250 Grant The University of Nebraska re cently received a $6,250 grant from the United Cerebral Palsy Association to train teachers for children with cerebral palsy, Dr. D. A. Worcester, chairman of edu cational psychology and measure ment department, announced Fri day. With this grant, Dr. Worchester said, the University will be able to put on an extensive workshop during this summer session. The workshop will be given in co operation with the staff of the Lincoln Public Schools at the especially-equipped unit at Park School. Dr. Raymond Taibl, director of special educational division of the. State Department of Public In structions, and his wife, Mrs.j Anne Taibl, an experienced teacher, will be the principal in structors. Dr. Worcester will aid in the direction of the workshop. Dr. Doll To Speak i .1 r : l i ' meuiai rcscaiin ai me viiieiauu Training School in New Jersey, will speak on the problem of Cerebral Palsy and brain injured children, Monday, at 8 p.m., in Love Library Auditorium. Dr. Doll, who is visiting the University for the Cerebral Palsy Workshop, is the consultant for! the National Cerebral Palsy Asso ciation and the National Society of Crippled Children and Adults. I if. Sorenson Tells Of Poinf-4 Mission How can the United States help foreign countries to help themselves? What are the econ omic needs of the countries? How can education help? These have been questions which have confronted Dr. Frank E. Sorenson, director of the sum mer session and professor of School Administration and of Secondary Education, during the past 14 months in his work with the Point Four Program. Dr. Sorenson has been the Di rector of the Education and Tech nical Training Staff of the Tech nical Co-operation Administra tion before his return to Lincoln, June 1. Point Four was established by the United States government to give technical assistance to under developed countries. Help is pro vided in six fields of work; agri culture, industry, health, public administration, social welfare, and education. Dr. Sorenson headed the last field. The TCA directs work of three separate groups: 1. The Institute of Inter-American Affairs, which includes the countries of Mexico, Honduras, Costa Rica, El Salvador, tering on June 16, 17, and 18. Students who are registering late should first contact their ad viser. If students do not know who their adviser is, they must contact the dean of the college in which they hope to take worR. The six weeks summer session will end on Friday, July 17. The eight weeks session will end on Friday, July 31. Following the registration ses sion special courses in public health and driver education will be held August 1 to 19. IffPllll Courtesy Lfccoln Journal W. C. MEIERHENR EWR1T fee .j Committee p proves Chancellor The five-member faculty com mittee chosen to assist the re gents in the selection of the act-1 ing chancellor certified that the! selection of John K. Selleck as acting chancellor was met by gen-t eral approval. i Marvel L. Baker professor of animal husbandry, said, "Mr. Sel-j leek is a very capable man and; probably has more knowledge ofj the university than anyone besides the chancellor." j Other committee members; commenting were: M. A. Basoco, j Clifford M. Hicks, D. A. Wor cester, and Niles H. Barnard. 1 Panama, and all of the South American countries with the ex ception of Argentina; 2. the Near East ond Africa Development Service, including Iraq, Iran, Le banon, Jordan, Israel, Egypt, Ethiopia, Libia, and Saudi Arabia; 3. The Asia Development Service, comprised of Indonesia, Burma, Selon, Lndia, Pakistan, and Af ganistan. Question has been raised re cently about the continuation of the Point Fout program under the hew admini.stration, Dr. Sorenson said.. It has. been recently an nounced, however, that President E'senhower plans to, continue the work of Point 4. A system has been set up whereby the Secre tary of State will work with the ambassadors of each of the 35 countries to determine the foreign policy to be established in each country. The work will then be turned over to the Foreign Opera tions Administration, headed by Harold E. Stassen. The present Point 4 will be incorporated in this new unit, Dr. Sorenson ex plained, "j Dr. Sorenson spent spproxl- mately nine months in the Point j V v 11 wimmmmmm&A Welcome To NU By DR. W. C. MEIERHENRY The University of Nebraska welcomes you to the 1953 Sum mer Sessions. We are happy to offer you the privilege of working with the instructional staff and to utilize the other facilities and services of the University. The program for this summer, which I was privileged to share in planning-, has been designed to prepare you to face the problems of these critical times A strong program of academic and professional courses has been outlined to provide basic facts, ideas, and understandings. Four hundred and. twenty courses ranging from the under graduate study are being offered. Some students ia other years have indicated their inability te discover all the learning oppor tunities made available them by the University. I urge you to listen to class announcements, watch the bulletin boards, check your Summer Sessions Calen dar, and, read the' summer Nebraskan for announcements. Only through your interest and participation will your hopes for a summer of outstanding study, relaxation, and enjoyment be fulfilled. University Plans Special Program The Special Conference on the Teaching of Science will be from June 15 through June 19 on the University campus. The opening program is as follows: Monday, June 15 8:00 Registration, Room 319, 'Burnett Hall 9:00 "Trends in the Teach ing of Science at the Secondary Level: A General Orientation." 11:00 Individual and small "group activities 12:00 Noon Luncheon, Room 315, Student Union 2:00 Dr. Theodore Jorgensen, Physics Department, Room 202, Brace Lab oratory The program will continue until June 19. fill I' Courtesy Lincoln Journal FRANK E. SORENSON 4 office in Washington. The rest of the time he traveled through countries aided by the educa tion program. He visited Cen tral America, the five large f The University of Nebraska Board of Regents unani mously named John K. Selleck acting Chancellor of the University late Monday afternoon. Mr. Selleck, an administrative staff member for 32 years, is now general business manager of the University. He will assume the duties of the chancellorship when Dr. R. G. Gustavson, chancel lor since September, 1946, leaves the office probably in mid-July, to become president of Resources for The selection of Mr. Selleck, received the concurrence of a special committee authorized by the University senate to speak for the faculty. "To be asked to serve as acting chancellor of the University of Nebraska," Mr.' Selleck said, "is, I think, a great honor and re sponsibility even if for a tenure of only a few weeks. "I am, of course, very grate ful for the confidence that has been manifested in me by the Board of Regents, and by the faculty itself. My service to the University has always been on the business side of the institu tion and I am especially pleased, therefore, that I should receive tills expression of confidence from our academic staff. I am sure that I express the sentiments of all of us at the University when I say that I hope that within a verv short time an educational leader can be found who can be named chan cellor." Mr. Selleck is a native of Lin- coin and received a bachelor of science degree in electrical engi- neenng irom ine university 01 Nebraska in 1912 In 1923 he became business man ager for the University's depart ment of intercollegiate athletics. One morning in 1941, he received a telephone call Irom the then Chancellor C. W. Boucher who comptroller for the University, "When do you wish me to start?" Mr. Selleck said. "Now," said the chancellor. Mr. Selleck picked up his hat, walked from the Coliseum to the Nebraska Wages Climbed In 1953 During 1952, the average annual wage in Nebraska climbed 4.07 per cent over the previous year, while the cost of living increased only 2.25 per cent, according to data collected by the State Divis ion of Employment Security. This was revealed in the monthly publication, "Business in Nebraska," prepared by the Uni versity of Nebraska College of Business Administration. Caribean islands, Egypt. Le banon, Rome, the headquarters of the Road and Agriculture Organization of Point 4, and Paris, the central office of UNESCO. Dr. Sorenson, uxn vUiting the countries, first observed the ex- 'O V. ,111. Ill JL lilt- country and made a study of re- sources already on hand. He then studied the economic needs of the country as defined by the United States specialists and also traveled into the rural areas in each u'inrJJ? to termined how education could contribute to the welfare of the people, especially to their econ omic welfare. "As you travel you can quickly see the economic needs of the country," Dr. Sorenson remarked. He told' of the crowded conditions of a mixi mum of people and a minimum of land, the outmoded farm ma chinery, the inadequate homes, the low living and economic standards, and the scarcity ef common household equipment. the Future, Inc. .- W"7 - ? - & - I ,j IMA Courtesy Sunday Journal and Staf JOHN K. SELLECK Administration Building and has been there ever since. In 1948, he was named general business man ager. He has served as Corpora tion Secretary for the University since 1941. a rvosition he still holds .and which includes the duties of secretary to the Board of Regents. NU Heads Appointed Four new department chairmen were appointed and a shift in work assignments in the depart ment of art was approved by the University of Nebraska Board of Regents, Monday. Appointed as new department chairmen effective July 1 are: Dr. Carl E. Georgi, department of bacteriology. Dr. Georgi joined the University staff in 1935 as an instructor after receiving his Ph.D. degree from the University of Wisconsin. Dr. John L. Champe, depart ment of anthropology. Dr. Champe joined the University staff in 1940. He obtained his Ph.D. degree from Columbia University in 1946. Dr. H. W. Manter, department of zoology and anatomy. Dr. Man ter, who received his Ph.D. degree from the University of Illinois in 1925, has been a staff member at Nebraska since 1926. Dr. Varro E. Tyler, department of pharmacognosy. Dr. Tyler has been studying for two years under Dr. Schwarting at the University of Connecticut where he also served as an instructor. Peter Worth, a staff member of the art department since 1948 and assistant professor of art since 1950, was named acting chairman of the department. Norman Geske, assistant director of the art gal leries since 1950, was appointed , . . . . acling dircctor Biologist Cited By Danish Foundation Dr. George W.. Beadle, a grad uate of the University of Nebraska and professor of biology and chairman of the division of biology at the California Institute of Tech nology, Pasadena, Calif., has been awarded the Gold Medal of the Emil Christian Hansen Founda tion, Copenhagen, Denmark. Recipients have been European and American scientists who have made significant contributions to the field of microbiology. Professor Beadle received the award for his research in bio chemical genetics using the. red bread mold Neurospora.