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Edgar Doll:
Close Identification With Problems
Off Handicapped Child, Important
Edear A. Doll, on a of th na
tion's leading authorities on prob
lems of mental deficiency and
cerebral palsy in children, spoke
Wednesday at a cerebral palsy
workshop luncheon and seminar;
, At present Doll is director of re
search at the Vineland Training
School in New Jersey and is a
consultant for the United Cerebral
Palsy Association and the Na
tional Society for Crippled Chil
dren and Adults.
Doll emphasized the importance
of thinking of each child as a
person, '"not as a handicapped
child alone, so that a personal
identification with the child's
problems can be established. The
first thought of the teacher should
be: what kind of txrson would
this child have been if he hadn't
had cerebral palsy? The instruc
tor should also project himself
into the child's feelinffs and trv
to understand the frame of living
which the child is in, so that he
, will have a better, understanding
of the problems involved
IN DISCUSSING the aspects of
cerebral palsy, Doll stated that
the degree of severeness of the
; , affliction ranges from the com
pletely helpless inarticulate child
to the chikTVith minor neuromus
: cular defects whieh are almost
unnoticeable. Cerebral palsy has
. , three major areas; neuromuscu
lar involvement, intelligence in
volvement and personality or be
v havior involvement Persons may
Don Strasheim
. JSSamed Coach
For Wrestling
Don Strasheim has been named
wrestling coach at the University
replacing Al Partin who resigned
to accept a coaching position at
Knox College, Bill Orwig, athletic
v director, has announced.
Strasheim, who will Also double
as an assistant football coach,
wrestled with the 1949 University
team which won the Big Seven
mat title. He competed in three
weights at various times ranging
from 165 pounds to heavyweight.
. IN HIS junior year a broken
collar bone kept him out of the
mat sport He played fullback
and guard on the IMS, '49 and '50
football squads. His blocking from
a guard position cut Bobby
Reynolds loose on many of the
la tier's sensational runs in 1950.
Strasheim attended high school
at Cheyenne, Wyo., and Kimball,
Neb. The Cheyenne eleven won
the state title in 1945.
have a combination of all three
involvements.
Even though a palsied child is
completely helpless, he may have
high intelligence, Doll said. This
intelligence can be discovered by
the child's awareness of situa
tions, feeble attempts at smiling
and shaking his head, and an at
tempt at some form of language
communication. Although many
of these intelligent children can
not develop articulation, they can
develop an understanding of lan
guage. VICTIMS OF cerebral palsy
who possess high intelligence are
almost continuously frustrated in
their efforts to express their in-
Co-Author
Saylor Writes
New Textbook
On Curriculum
Dr. J. Ga'en Saylor, professor
of secondary education, is co
author of a new book. "Curricu
lum. Planning," designed for use
as a college text and as a basic
reference work for local school
systems and boards of education.
Dr. Saylor spent more than
three years preparing the book
with' Dr. William M. Alexander,
professor of education and co
ordinator of in-service educa
tion at. the University of Miami.
The book carries a foreward by
Dr. Hollis L. Caswell, dean of
Teachers College. Columbia Un
iversity, who complimented the
authors on their careful and fair
presentation of curriculum is
sues.
The new book is the second
professional text written by Say-
lor and Alexander, xneir iirsx,
a study of principles and prac
tices of curriculum making in
secondary education, was pub
lished four years ago.
Paris Firm To Publish
University Press Book
-The Work: $ Kim." a dook
dealing with the mysteries and
legends of the American Indians
published last year by the Uni-vers-y
Press, will be published
in French next spring by Editions
Gallimard, Paris.
Miss Emily ScnossDerger, uni
versity Press editor, said negotia
tions for the sale of translation
rights were completed during last
week. The author of the book is
the late Hartley Burr Alexander.
telligence.
Victims of cerebral palsy who
are average or above average in
intelligence are subject to a de
gree of frustration in their ef
forts to express their intelligence.
The intelligent child who cannot
move or speak is almost continu
ally frustrated because his modes
of expression are so limited.
IN ORDER to educate palsied
children, teachers should know
the children's complete history.
Many things that instructors take
for granted are unfamiliar to the
children who don't have the past
experience to fill in empty spaces
in their development. One of the
first things teachers should do
with these children is to fill up
the gaps in their experience.
The real purpose of the educa
tion of cerebral palsy victims,
Doll stated, is to determine what
kind of future life is ahead of
each individual. Parents and edu
cators alike must clearly face the
future for these children and not
concentrate just on the present.
Fall Student Enrollment
Faster Than Last Year
New and transfer student ap
plications for admission to "the
University are being accepted at
a faster rate than, a year ago,
according to Dean of Admissions
George W. Rosenlof.
He said that the University
has already accepted 751 en
tering freshmen and 146 trans
fer students for a total increase
of 22.5 per cent ovef a com
parable period of last year. A
Fall Tax Institute
Planned By Biz Ad
A special tax institute to ex
plain corporation and private in
come tax .changes now being
made by congress will be pre
sented at the University this fall
by the College of Business Ad
ministration and the Nebraska
Society of Certified Public Ac
countants. ' ?
The three-day institute, which
will cover income, gift and es
tate tax provisions, will be held
Sept 30, Oct. 1 and 2. Among
the speakers who will partici
pate in the institute are . four
members of the Committee on
Federal Taxation of the Ameri
can Institute of Accountants.
large number of applications
from Lincoln, which arrived aft
er the figures were totaled are
not included in the total.
"APPLICATIONS THIS year,"
he said, "are running the heav
iest since 1949 when our enroll
ment reached 9,000, and our ex
perience indicates that expecta
tions of a modest gain in en
rollment this fall will be rea
lized." Last year's enrollment
was 6,770.
Over 500 of the University's
980 dormitory accommodations
for men have been taken for
the coming year, according to
Frank Hallgren, associate dean
in the division of student affairs.
The women's residence halls are
also being filled rapidly.
Fishing Shorts
The last in the series of sports
shorts, held on Thursdays from
11:45 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the
Union Main Lounge, will feature
two pictures on fishing, "Happy
Fishing Grounds" and "Fish I
Have Met."
The series is sponsored by
Union Activities and the physical
education department.
Don't, Miss A Single Production At
The Hayloft S
ummer Theatre
5902 South St.
Presenting a company of actors from New York City in the best
plays of the American Theatre. A new play opening each Tuesday
thru September 7th.
This Week:
"S
eparate
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oo:
99
A Sparkling Farce Comedy
The Hayloft -The Midwest's First
Summer Theatre
For reservations call 4-2997. .. .Curtain 8:30
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