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Volume 74, No. 75
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA
Wednesday, April 7, 1954
NU Political Science Professor
Honored For Outstanding Teaching
Dr. Lane W. Lancaster, pro
fessor of political science , Tues
day received the University
Foundation Award for Distin-
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Pharmacy,
Dent Move
Proposed
Leininger Plan
Involved-Selleck
A proposal to move the Phar
macy and Dental Colleges to the
Omaha campus was given an un
enthusiastic welcome by officials
of the University.
Dr. Earl F. Leininger of Mc
Cook, president of the Nebraska
State Medical Association, rec
ommended moving the colleges
to the Medical College site so a
"healing arts" center could be
established.
Acting Chancellor John K. Sel
leck said the plan involved more
than merely moving the colleges
and the students. Many courses,
he pointed out, now taken by
dental and pharmacy students
ere offered in the College of
Arts and Sciences.
Under Leininger's plan, it
would be necessary to. duplicate
a- certain number of courses
now offered on the city campus.
"There would be a very con
siderable capital expense to be
borne as well," Selleck said.
Dr. B. L. Hooper, dean of the
College of Dentistry, and Dr. Jo
seph B. Burt, dean of the Col
lege of Pharmacy, both cited the
duplication of facilities that
would be needed to replace the
arts courses on the Omaha cam
pus. The building committee, Dr.
Eurt said, studied the question
four or five years ago. It was
determined at that time that the
two colleges needed to be located
in Lincoln.
Dr. Leininger, speaking in
Omaha, said he did not official
ly represent the opinion of the
State Medical Association, but he
has had a long interest in the
consolidation of colleges devoted
to healing.
In the meantime, plans for a
new $75,000 Pharmacy College,
to be built on the city campus in
Lincoln, are under way.
Lenten Services
Set For Tonight
Lenten Services will be held
Wednesday at St. Paul's Metho
dist Charjel at 7:15 p.m.
The YWCA and YMCA are
eponsoring the service, which
will be conducted by Dr. Frank
Court. He will speak on, "Christ,
the Hope of the World."
"Preludio," by Bach, will be
presented by Marilyn Ander
ron, and Joyce Laase will Rive
the prayer. Kathleen Wilson
will sing, "All in the April Eve
ning," by Diack, and a dance
Interpreting Psalm 121 will be
given by Peggy Larson, Jacy
Mathiesen, Mary Mong and Di
ane Peterson.
Ushers for the service will be
Carroll Goll and Lawrence Clay.
Nancy Timmons is in charge of
general program arrangements.
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The Outside World
By WILLIE DE8CH
Staff Writer
Ike Says War Unlikely
WASHINGTON In a radio and television broadcast, President
Eisenhower told the nation and the free world that Russia is
unlikely to risk war so long as this country Is prepared to strike
back with atomic power. However, the President added, that the
American people must be ready in case Russia does decide to
plunge the world into a hydrogen-bombage holocaust.
Eisenhower said that the FBI is the nation's great bulwark
gainst Communist infiltration. He added that while Communists
in this country are dangerous and must be pinpointed, their
number is minute and is often exaggerated.
Governor Calls Special Session
LINCOLN Gov. Robert Crosby is planning to call a special
session of the Legislature to meet April 20 to consider the tax
issue after the Legislative Council on Taxation publicly urged
him to do so.
This call will restrict the session "to proposals for amend
ments to the Constitution affecting taxation and revenue," said
the Governor.
This apparently ruled out passing of new legislation or bills
correcting mistakes in the law. It would also seem to rule out
consideration of a sales or income tax.
If the Legislature fails, the Governor said that he had the
right to circulate petitions. He said that he is determined that
the people shall have the chance to choose their own tax
program.
onciisfr
guished Teaching at the 26th
annual Honors Convocation. .
Lancaster has been teaching
at the University for 24 years.
He was selected as "representa
tive of outstanding teaching at
the University."
"Anyone who gets this award
experiences a certain amount of
embarrassment; he must submit
himself to the wisdom and au
thority of his superiors," Lan
caster commented. He was ob
viously relucttant to create any
undue publicity in connection
with the award.
LANCASTER WAS selected
by the Chancellor's Award Com
mittee from nominations sub
mitted by each college. The re
cipient is a member of the Col
leges of Arts and Sciences.
W. W. Putney, vice president
of the Foundation presented the
award. In presenting it he said:
"This new Distinguished
Teaching Award is made to a
teacher who manifests clearly
those elusive qualities which at
tach to intellectual leadership
and the stimulation of learning.
"It goes without saying that
within the company of the Uni
versity's excellent teachers there
are many who are qualified for
recognition. To focus attention
on the importance of good teach
ing, however, nominations had
to be made and one final selec
tion tietermined."
In submitting Lancaster's
name, his colleagues said:
"He has shown an attitude
toward higher education which
can best be described as the
humble approach to learning.
His students are not taught in a
take-it-or-leave-it manner. They
are encouraged to teach them
selves, and they enter freely
into the student-teacher relation.
"WITH THE faculty, Profes
sor Lancaster has been equally
respected as one who has a mas
tery of his subject, the field of
political science. Yet he does
not dogmatize; he stimulates.
The general esteem of his col
leagues may be measured by this
fact: that he was chairman of
the department of political sci
enc for seven years, against his
own wishes.
"Professor Lancaster would be
embarrassed by being called the
best teacher in the College of
Arts and Sciences. It would be
impossible for us to select such
a person. But we are quite sure
that after 24 years of teach
ing in this University, Lancaster
has set a standard of perform
ance we can properly exhibit as
that of an outstanding teacher."
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LANCASTER CAME to the
University in 1930 from Wes
leyan University, Middletown,
Conn. He is a graduate of Ohio
Wesleyan Univeiity and earned
his Master of Arts at the Uni
versity of Illinois and his Ph.D.
at the University of Pennsyl
vania. The political scientist was a
visiting professor at Yale Uni
versity in 1948-49, at the Uni
versity of California at Berkeley
in 1949-50 and -at the University
of Hawaii in the summer of
1950.
Lancaster is the author of
"State Supervision of Municipal
Indebtedness" and "Government
in Rural America." In addition
he has written many articles in
professional journals.
Visiting Botanist
To Speak Today
Dr. Edgar Anderson, professor
of botany and genetics at Wash
ington University, St. Louis, and
assistant director of the Mis
souri Botanical Garden, will lec
ture Wednesday at 3:30 p.m. in
Agronomy Auditorium.
Dr. Anderson will discuss
"What Is Zea Mays?"
Dr. Anderson appears under
the sponsorship of University
Research Council and Genetics
Institute. His major research
studies include work on iris
species, hybridization in trades
cantia, the genetics of self-sterility
and morphological and evo
lutionary problems in maize. .
Ivy Day Sing
Fraternities Announce Directors, ,
Songs For Traditional Competition
Men's organized houses have
announced the songs that they
will present in the traditional
Ivy Day sing competition May 8.
Houses, songs and song leaders
are:
Sigma Alpha Epsilon, "Short
nin Bread, Jim Carson; Phi
Gamma Delta, "Little Innocent
Lambs," Jack Chedester; Sigma
Phi Epsilon, "April Showers,"
J. Benedict; Delta Upsilon,
"God's Song Has Made Me
Free," Nick Johnson.
Delta Tau Delta, "Original
Melodies," Dick Harvey; Zeta
Beta Tau, "Here's to our Frater
nity," Neil Miller; Alpha Tau
Omega, "Sour Wood Mountain,"
Nick Amos; Beta Theta Pi, "The
Sons of the Dragon," Dan Grace;
Theta Chi, "Joshua Fit the Battle
of Jericho," Bob Patterson;
Theta Xi, "Green Sleeves,"
Roger Brendle.
Phi Delta Theta, "Halls of
Wayne Johnson Given
Woodrow Wilson Prize
NU Senior To Study At Columbia
Wayne Johnson, senior in Arts
and Sciences, has been awarded
a Woodrow Wilson Fellowship
for the academic year 1954-55.
The fellowship is awarded on
the basis of nomination by re
sponsible members of the aca
demic profession, upon invita
tion only. The purpose is to give
persons with high qualities of
intellect, character and person
ality an opportunity to try out
their interests at the graduate
level.
JOHNSON will receive a cash
award of $1,250 from the re
sources of the National Wood
row Wilson Fellowship Program.
According to Robert F. Goheen,
national director of the fellow
ship program, the fellowship is
a gift in principle and in fact,
given for education, training and
development.
In addition to the fellowship,
Johnson will receive full tuition
of $750 for a year of graduate
study at Columbia University.
Johnson, an honor student and
member of Phi Beta Kappa, was
the candidate from Nebraska for
Rhodes Scholarship.
MB Tour
To Beqin
On Mo
nday
23 To Travel
Through State
Twenty-three foreign students
from the University and three
from Lincoln high schools will
leave Monday for a two-day tour
of five Nebraska cities.
The tour is sponsored by Mor
tar Board in an effort to ac
quaint foreign students with Ne
braska industryf agriculture and
people.
Tour members will visit Hast
ings Monday morning, Minden
Monday afternoon and evening,
Holdrege Tuesday morning,
Kearney Tuesday afternoon and
Grand Island Tuesday evening.
AT HASTINGS the group will
visit the Tri-County Power of
fices and Debus Baking Com
pany. A public affairs luncheon
is planned at noon. In Minden
the students will tour the Warp
Publishing Company, Glantz
Manufacturing Company and
stay overnight.
At Holdrege they will visit
the Equity Exchange, dairy plant
and creamery. At Kearney they
will tour Kearney State Teach
er's College and hoisery factory.
In Grand Island they will tour
a flour mill and beet sugar fac
tory and have dinner with the
local chapter of the American
Association of University Wo
men. FOREIGN STUDENTS plan
ning to make the trip are: Robert
Breton, West Indies; Lichu Chen,
Formosa; Harvey Ebanks, Ja
maica; Thakoilal Gandhi, India;
Alfred Haunold, Austria; Rose
Marie HilL Germany; Demetri
ous Kourambas, Greece.
Negarbhai Patel, Govindbhai
Patel, Puruskottam Patel, and
Surendrakumar Patel, all from
India; Roderick Steven, Panama;
M. S. Mian. Pakistan; Prudenci
Falcon, Philippines; Leila Nag
aty, Egypt; EHriede Muennich,
Germany; Jin S. Toh, China; J.
Ramnaraci, Trinidad; Ying Tsou,
China; Abolghassem Amin, Iran;
Sabah Kushkaki,, Iran and Jerry
Torbaji, Iran.
HIGH SCHOOL students are
Tiendert Kersten, Gisella Budde
and Fernando De Chaves.
Mortar Board members mak
ing the trip will be- Janet Stef
fen, Darlene Goodding, Joyce
Johnson, Barbara Spilker and
Marilyn Erwin, who is in charge
of arrangements.
University staff members ac
companying the students will be
Janice Osborn, director of YWCA
and George Round, director of
public relations.
Young Republicans
Young Republicans will meet
Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in the
Union. The room number will
be posted on the bulletin board
beside the main office.
Officers for 1954 will be
elected at the meeting.
Ivy," Ron Smith; Beta Sigma
Psi, "Deep Purple," Dick Hueb
ner; Phi Kappa Psi, "Brothers
Sing On," Mack Lundstrom;
Kappa Sigma, "I Believe,"
Maury Niebaum; Tau Kappa Ep
silon, "Babylon Is Fallin'," By
ron Thompson; Sigma Alpha
Mu, "Fast and Firm," Earl Mar
cus. Farm House, "Bluetail Fly,"
Marx Petersen; Alpha Gamma
Rho, "Drinking Song," Ken Cle
ment; Alpha Gamma Sigma,
"Marqueta," Kendall Atkins;
Sigma Nu, "Climbing up the
Mountain," Gene Ballard; Sigma
Chi, "An Den Fruhling," Dan
Rasdal.
Lists of men participating in
the sing from each house must
be submitted to Marshall Kush
ner by April 23. Men will be
checked to see if they meet the
eligibility requirements.
Courtesy Lincoln Star
Wayne Johnson
SC Filings
Deadline for filings for Stu
dent Council is Saturday noon
in the Office of Dean Hallgren,
Dean of Student Affairs, Ad
ministration Hall." "
Applicants must have signa
tures of 25 students in their col
lege in order to complete the
filings. All candidates must be
eligible to serve during their
sophomore or junior years ex
cept for Law College students
who are eligible ' during their
sophomore year in Law College.
Fifteen representatives are to
be selected on an apportioned
basis among the colleges. Any
college which does not have the
required number of applicants
will have a reduction in its rep
resentation next year.
Tassel Filings Due
For Independents
Friday is the last day inde
pendent coeds may file for Tas
sels, women's pep organization.
Coeds wishing to file in the ac
tivities offices of the city and
Ag Unions must have a 5.5 av
erage and be a freshman.
All applicants will attend the
Tassel tea, April 25. Pledging
will take place April 26.
Organized houses with Tassel
vacancies will select two girls
for each place.
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Resources Stressed By Honors Convocation Speaker
The United States, in order to
maintain superiority over Com
munist countries, must excel in
the quality of her human and
educational resources, Dr.
James A. McCain, president of
Kansas State College, said at the
2Gth annual Honors Convoca
tion Tuesday.
In discussing "The Premium
on Excellence," McCain said the
United States must maintain this
excellence for three reasons: the
complex character of public is
sues, the war between demo
cratic and totalitarian ideology
and the new means of mass
communication.
McCAIN SAID the United
States could be on the verge
of a cultural revival much like
the renaissance if this genera
tion so decided. He cited the
increased number of presenta
tions of the fine arts, the in
creased purchasing power of the
American public and the rising
number of cultural and contem
porary works offered by radio,
television and cheap printing
facilities.
He said, however, that cheap
sensationalism in movies and
"vulgar, witless, and dull" comic
books and "true loves" were
causing these principles to de
generate. Specific leadership and
humane qualities must be taught
to citizens and civic leaders of
the United States, he said.
"THE STRENGTH of a nation
is judged by its people and by
its natural resources." McCain
said. . He explained that Russia
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Easter Program To Include
University Singers will pre
sent their annual Easter concert
of twelve selections Thursday at
8 p.m. in the Union Ballroom.
Soloists for the concert will be
Shirley Alpuerto, Andonea
Chronopulos, Robert Wallace
and Elton Monismith.
The variety of religious music
which the group is presenting in
cludes four Latin numbers by
Palestrina, "Gloria P a t r i,"
"Adoramus Te," "Tene brae
Factae Sunt," and "O Domine
Jesu Christ." Also included in
this group is Bach's "And He
That Doth Search The Hearts."
"O Lamb of God," "Provencal
Easter Carol," "Russian Easter
Carol" and "Negro Spiritual,"
will be presented in another
group.
THREE CHORALES: "Christ
lag in Tadesbanderi," "Valet will
ich geben," "Vater unser in Him
melreich" by Bach will conclude
the vocal part of the program.
A brass ensemble composed of
Kenneth Vosika, Norman Cizek,
Gene Hazen, Dennis Carroll,
Richard Goettsch, Charles El
well, Clark Alexander and Har
old Spicknall, will perform "Te
Deum" by Zoltan Kodaly.
The choral group is directed by
Arthur Westbrook; Janice Ful
lerton is the pianist and Julia
Turpen, organist.
SINGERS MEMBERS are Jan
ice Abbuhl, Shirley Alpuerto, Car
ol Armstrong, Mary Lou Beer
mann, Karen Beghtol, Janet
Boettcher, Lois Bramer, Marian
Brinkman, Andonea Chronopulos,
Bestor To Talk
On History,
Social Sciences
Dr. Arthur E. Bestor, professor
of history at the University of
Illinois, wilj address a student
and faculty convocation on "His
tory and the Social Sciences:
Some Misconceptions about their
Interrelationships," Thursday, 3
p.m. in the Social Science Audi
torium. Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in Love
Memorial Auditorium, he will
speak on "Future Direction of
American Education." Dr. Best
or's recent book on "Educational
Wastelands" and his article on
"Aimless Education" makes this
subject especially interesting for
persons who have some interest
in the matter of educational
problems. Dr. Bestor's book has
been described as "A straight
thinking, hard-hitting book on
the kind of education needed in
today's world."
"The Nature of Historical
Judgments" will be the subject
Dr. Bestor will discuss on the
forty-second annual program of
the Nebraska History and Social
Studies Association. The Asso
ciation's sessions include a dinner
meeting Friday at the Lindell
Hotel where Dr. Stanley Ross,
assistant professor of history, will
speak on the Mexican Revolu
tion and a luncheon at the Uni
versity Club on Saturday where
Dr. Bestor will speak.
Women's Phys Ed
All women's physical education
classes will see two films this
week during their regular class
periods.
The films are "Mental Health"
and "Are You Ready for Mar
riage?" They are being shown in
Love Library Auditorium.
is approaching self-sufficiency
by developing her natural re
sources. In order to maintain
superiority over Russia, there
fore, the United States must
have a "better quality rather
than a larger number of people."
"Two advantages that we en
joy over totalitarian nations
count in large measure for the
superior quality of our human
resources. These are our free
dom of inquiry and our system
of universal education," McCain
said.
"FREEDOM OF inquiry, to
follow the search for truth
wherever it leads, has given us
maximum benefits from human
intelligence. The wide access our
youth have to university educa-
Home Ec Students
Tour Cafeterias
Seven University home econ
omics students who are dietetics
and institutional management
majors, will tour cafeterias in
hospitals and industrial firms in
Kansas City through Wednesday.
The students, members of an
institutional management class
taught by Miss Florence Smith,
assistant professor of home ec
onomics, are taking the field
trip to view the type of positions
available to them.
The students are Stephanie Al
len, Ruth Green, Clara Greger
sen, Helen Beth Hecht, Anita
Hooper, Lucille Johnson and
Carolyn Ross.
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Sherill Clover, Carol Coleman,
Imogene Davis, Sandra Dickey,
Nan Engler, Phyllis Finke, Jan
ice Fullerton, Delores Garrett,
Margie Hallas, Shirley Halligan,
Marlyn Herse, Sally Hickman,
Clare Hinman, Darlecn Holm,
Marjeanne Jensen, Marilyn Lehr
Kennedy, Sue Kirkman, Mari
anne Kolterman, Lucille Lavine,
Andrews
To Speak
On April 19
Groups Schedule
Ag Convocation
An Ag College convocation
will be held April 19 in the Ag
Union at 4 p.m.
Stanley Andrews, executive
director of the National Project
in Agricultural Communications,
will be the speaker at the con
vocation sponsored by Alpha
Zeta and Home Economics Club.
The National Project in Agri
cultural Communications was
initiated and developed by land
grant administrators and agri
cultural editors of the press,
magazine, radio and television
fields.
PROJECT POLICIES are de
termined by a board of control,
which is appointed by the As
sociation of Land-Grant Col
leges and Universities.
Board members include a
land-grant president, experiment
station director, extension serv
ice director, agricultural maga
zine editor, farm director, USDA
information specialist and sev
eral agricultural college editors
The project will operate in co
operation with the land-grant
colleges, USDA and related
fields in industry and business
to stimulate, facilitate and foster
effective use of communications.
MASS COMMUNICATIONS
will be used to develop and
maintain educational services for
farmers, homemakers and the
public.
The project is financed jointly
by the W. K. Kellogg Founda
tion and the land-grant institu
tions.
Major activities will be: re
search, training, service "and spe
cial creative programs in com
munications.
Three On Faculty
Named To Posts
J. P. Colbert, dean of student
affairs, announced the new sub
committee assignments on the
University committee on student
Affairs Thursday.
Irving Simos, assistant profes
sor of psychology, will replace
Roger Shumate, professor of
political science, on the publica
tion? sub-committee. Shumate is
no longer on the general com
mittee.
Mrs. Virginia Trotter, assist'
ant professor of home economics,
replaces Angenne Anderson, as
sistant professor of home eco
nomics, on the general commit'
tee and the social affairs sub'
committee.
Emanuel Wishnow, conductor
of the University Orchestra, will
move from the general organiza
tions sub-committee to social af
fairs.
tion has enabled us to cultivate
our human resources to a de
gree unequalled elsewhere," he
concluded.
Following McCain's address,
435 students were honored for
scholastic achievements.
Sears Emphasizes Need
Of Water Conservation
Lectures On Ag Set For Wednesday
Water is the natural resource
most in need of better conser
vation, Dr. Paul B. Sears, chair
man of the conservation pro
gram and acting head of the
department of botany at Yale
University, said in a Nebraska
interview Monday.
Sears, a noted botantist, con
servationist, writer and lec
turer, is visiting the University
in connection with the Student
Convocation Series. He gave
three lectures at Bessey Hall
Monday and Tuesday on "Man's
Place in Nature," "Climatic
Change and Human Environ
ment" and "Natural Resources
the Scientist's Dilemma."
Sears will repeat two lectures
Wednesday on Ag. campus,
speaking in Room 301 of the
Dairy Industry Building at 8
a.m. on "Man's Place in Nature"
and at 10 a.m. on "Natural Re
12 Selections
Barbara Leigh, Shirley Kamin-
ski, Alice Logie, Mary Ludi,
Phyllis Malony, Yvonne Moran,
Janet Murphy and Arlene Ochs-.
ner.
Others are Marilyn Paul, La
Berta Phillips, Margaret Raben,
Janet Rash, Sharon Reed, Mary
Robinson, Carolyn Roxberg, El
len Svoboda, Patricia Syfert,
Marlene Tiller, Marion Urbach,
Helen Jean Utterback, Jeanetta
Vollmer, Gail Wellensiek, Ruth
West, Kathleen Wilson and Gla
dys Wittwer.
MALE MEMBERS are Peta
Berge, Bruce Beymer, Bert Bish
op, Dean Bishop, Jack Chedester,
Donald Chilcoat, Marshall Chris
tensen, Frederick Coats, Lauren
Faist, Richard Farner, Gary
Fusselman, Norman Gauger,
Donald Goodrich, Duane John
son, Donald Kitchen, Barry Lar
son, Gerald Lawson, Amer Lin
coln, Richard Marrs, Don Mat
tox, Monty McMahon, Herbert
Meininger and Jere Mitchell.
Others are Elton Monismith,
Maurice Niebaum, Charles Palm
er, Robert Patterson, John Pou
tre, Carroll Reinert, Donald
Remmers, Gary Renzelman,
Eruce Robinson, Gerald Rouns
borg, Paul Scheele, Lee Schnei
der, Norbert Schuerman, Stanley
Shumway, Stephen Simmons,
Donald Smith, Nicholas Soeder,
Glenn Sperry, Charles Sprague,
Hans Steffen, Forrest S t i t h,
Frank Szynskei, Edgar Tegt
meier, Richard Travis, Terry
Vonderschmidt and Robert Wal
lace. Regents
Board Praised
For Academic
Freedom Stand
The Scottish Rite Educational
and Welfare Association has
commended the Board of Regents
on its academic freedom stand.
The association unamimously
adopted a resolution which noted
that "our institutions of higher
learning are constantly called
upon to explore, to investigate
and to express conclusions which
are not infrequently at variance
with the currently accepted con
cepts, and, in the process, fre
quently encounter opposition and
attempts at repression."
The resolution referred to a
statement made by the regents
after some Farm Bureau Feder
ation members criticized farm
price supports views expressed
by professor of agricultural eco
nomics C. Clyde Mitchell.
The regents' statement said a
professor must have "the right,
as a professional person, to free
dom of research and to publica
tion of the results thereof," and
"the right, as a professional per
son, to free and thorough ex
pression in the classroom."
At the same meeting, the ed
ucational and welfare group for
the tenth consecutive year gave
$1,000 to the University Founda
tion for scholarship purposes.
Guest speaker was Dr. Milo
Bail, president of Omaha Uni
versity. Ivy, Daisy Chains
AU independent women not
living in an orpaniied house
may file for participation in the
Ivy Chain if they are seniors or
the Daisy Chain for Juniors,
sophomores and freshmen.
Those interested should leave
their names and phone number
in the Mortar Board box in the
Union basement by April 19.
Qualifications are based on
scholarship, leadership and
service to the University. Winning-
applicants will be notified.
Practice sessions will be held
April 21 and 29 and May 3.
Dairy Club
Varsity Dairy Club will meet
Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in Room
204 Dairy Industry Building.
Students are invited to attend
the meeting. A dairy products
judging clinic will be held im
mediately following the businesi
meeting.
sources the Scientist's Di
lemma." Sears believes water to be tha
foremost area of concern in the
conservation field. He pointed
for emphasis to the findings of
recent studies which indicate
that forrested areas will retain
as much as 500 inches of water
as compared to farm land which
will hold one-quarter of that
amount.
Retension of large portions
of land in native prairie, Sears
said, would help to conserve
large amounts of water. He said
the reason for this type of water
conservation lay in the fact that
"natural prairie is adjusted to
the climate."
Although the United State's
natural resources supply is not
"self-sufficient," Sears said,
there is a "tremendous margin
of safety." "We should take ad
vantage of this margin to get our
house in shape," he said.
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