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VOL. 53 No. 1
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA
Friday, June 12, 1953
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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
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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.
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W. C. MEIERHENR
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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
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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.
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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-
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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
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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.
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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
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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.