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The Daily Nebroskon
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Set For April:
fid Jo Host Conference
College Residence Halls
The annual conference of the
Association of College and Univer
sity Residence Halls, to be held at
the University April 4-6, will be
the fourth of a series which has
helped to shape the present struc
ture and activities of the Residence
Association for Men and Selleck
Quadrangle, according to Bob
Conned, publicity director of
ACURH. He explained that many
of the features of the RAM pro
gram have come from suggestions
and discussions of previous ACURH
conferences. The purpose of each
conference is to provide an ex
change of ideas for the improve
, xnent of the programs of the stu
dent government organizations in
the residence halls of member
schools, he said.
RAM Dance
Suspends NU
Soda! Policy
Among the oddities accomp
storm was the suspension of the
lisbed by Monday's record spring
University's rule forbidding mixed
social functions during the wjek.
Because classes were dismissed,
Dick Cory, social director for the
Reisdence Halls for Men, decided
to hold a double hour dance in
the Ram dining room. A record
three hours after permission was
requested for the dance, Mrs. Fran
ces Vogel, assistant to the Asso
ciate Dean of Women, granted
permission for the dance.
The girls residence houses were
then contacted and at 7:30 p.m.
the dance began. It lasted until
9:30 and was attended by an es
timated 200 persons.
Music was provided by two hi
fi sets donated by Dick Eklund
and Bill Ramsay.
According to Cory, the dance set
new record in short notice ar
rangement and turned into a suc
cessful social function.
Faculty Members
To Visit Banks
A group of faculty members
serving as representi'dves from
their respective colleges will visit
two or three Omaha banks today,
according to Dr. F. E. Eldridge,
Associate Director of Resident In
struction. The group will discuss the pos
sibilities of job opportunities in
commercial banking that are open
to persons who have studied in the
Agricultural, Engineering and Arts
and Sciences colleges.
"Banks are also interested in
students who have had training in
fields other than finances," Dr.
Eldridge said.
An example of the valuable sug
gestions which came from past
conferences is the weekly posting
of the minutes of RAM Council
meetings. This idea was discussed
at the 1955 conference held at the
University of Missouri. In the fall
of that year RAM adopted the
idea and it has been used the past
two years with success, Coruzzi
explained. 1
The planning and operation of
students tribunals in residence
halls has been discussed at several
conferences and is currently being
studied by RAM. Other member
schools of ACURH have various
systems, some of which are more
satisfactory than others.
While the conference is primar
ily held for a comparison of notes
by student government officers,
Coruzzi added, it has proved useful
to the administrators and advisors
who accompany the student offi
cers. Directors and managers get
together and talk over the common
problems and solutions that they
meet in operating residence halls
food service systems, building
maintenance, personnel selection,
equipment purchasing and other
problems of housing and feeding
college students.
Administrators from the member
schools find that they can profit
from each other's mistakes and
successes just as do the student
government officers who compare
notes on social programs, scholas
tic aids to members of student
government organizations, student
clubs and othei activities as well
as intramural athletic systems,
Coruzzi asserted.
He explained that there are now
11 Midwest colleges and univer
sities which are members of
ACURH and that 8 other colleges
are being invited by the Steering
Committee headed by Bill Hough
ton, vice-president of ACURH. In
all about 130-150 delegates are
expected for the three-day meet
ing. They will be housed in the
Women's Residence Halls and in
Selleck Quadrangle, Coruzzi said.
College Graduate
Scholarship Ready
The American Committee on
United Europe announced a schol
arship in the value of $1,750 for
an American college graduate to
attend the 1957-53 session of the
College of Europe at Bruges, Bel
gium. The scholarship covers
round-trip transportation, tuition,
board, lodging and incidental ex
penses. Further information on how to
apply can be obtained from the
campus Fulbright Program Advis
er or by writing to the American
committee on United Europe, 120
East 56 Street, New York 22, N. Y.
College Frosh Start
'Investment' Fund
Freshmen at W i 1 1 1 a mstown,
Mass., have started the Williams
Investment Club "to educate club
members in the fundamental prin
ciples and techniques of sound in
vestment practices.
Each student has put in from
$20 to $25 to start the group off
with a kitty of $260. To date, the
club has purchased eight shares
in a chemical company and one
In an investment fund..
The students plan to continue the
club for four years and plow back
dividends to permit diversified in
vesting with the increased captal.
McMillan:
Corf? Origins
Study Shows
Controversy
"The search for the origins of
corn is widely disputed," said Cal.
vin McMillan, Associate Professor
of Botany in an interview with
the Daily Nebraskan Tuesday.
"Certain workers maintain that
corn crossed the Pacific, possibly
more than once," he continued,
"and was well established in Asia
long before 1492. Which way the
initial crossing was made is open
to question,"
"One worker sees a close rela
tionship to corn with sorghum, an
old world plant."
"Others see a relationship with
'tripsacum' (a native grass of
North America, Nebraska in
cluded). "Still others visualize an origin
from the pod corn of South Ameri
ca." Speaking of corn breeding among
South American and North Ameri
can Indians, he said, "There is no
avoiding the conclusion that the
Indian was a good corn breeder."
There is a display of the types
of corn grown in South America
in,Bessey Hall. The species con
tained in the display were obtained
from the Rockefeller Foundation,
which has an experimental station
located in Columbia, South Ameri
ca. "There is little evidence," Mc
Millan said, "that the Indian had
any knowledge of even the most
elementary principles of heredity.
Even the simplest of relationships
between the seed and the plant
which grew from it were ordinar
ily only vaguely understood."
"The Hopi of Arizona still say
that the seed which is planted in
the ground is an indication to the
Corn God of the kind of corn they
wish him to grow."
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tions available after graduation. In
quire before 5:00 p.m. Phone 3-3538.
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Phyllis Batelle To Talk At Annual Matrix Dinner
Phyllis Batelle, noted INS col
umnist, will be the guest speaker
at the annual Matrix Dinner of
Theta Sigma Phi, national wom
en's professional journalism sorer-
Miss Battelle writes the suni
cated column, "Assignment Arner
ica." In 1951 she received the New
York Newpaper Women's Award
for distinguished , writing in the
field of domestic news. .
Lucigrace Switzer,
Phi vice-president, is
eral chairman of the
has been scheduled
April 6 from 6 to 6 p,
XYZ of the Union,
be purchsed in the
School of Journalism
Theta Sigma
acting as gen
dinner, which
for Saturday,
.m. in Parlors
Tickets may
Office of the
or from mem
bers of Theta Sigma Phi.
Beverly .Buck and Judy Bost are
in charge of ticket sales, and Ruthe
Rosenquist and Jo Ann Junge are
acting as publicity co-chairmen.
Program and decorations are be
ing handled by Betty Weber. Mary
Keyes is in charge of contests and
correspondence.
Other Theta Sigma Phi actives
and pledges include: Bev Deepe,
president; Mary Rohse, treasurer;
Arlene Hrbek, Barbara Jelgerhuis;
Lou Forney, Barbara Brittin, Pat
Goover, Marilyn Heck, Barbara
Sharp and Linda Buthman.
A tentative initiation of new mem
bers has been scheduled for 4:30
p.m. before the banquet according
to Bev Deepe, president. The co
eds being initiated are Beverly
Buck, Patricia Coover, Linda But
man, Marilyn Heck and Ruthe
Rosenquist. Sophomore women ma
joring in any phase of journalism
are pledged, on Ivy Day and hii
fated the following srping.
Election of officers will be held
on April 3 and installation is sched
uled for later that month. There
will be two contests for women
Married Students
Applications for the married stu
dent housing unit must be turned
in to the Student Housing Office
by Saturday, according to Van
Westover, Assistant Dean, Division
of Student Affairs.
jounalists in the daily and in the
weekly field. An award will also
be given to the senior woman jour,
nalist at the University who has
made the greatest contribution to
campus journalism.
Red Cross Meeting
, Red Cross Adult Activities will
hold a special meeting Thursday
at 5 p.m. in the Red Cross office
of the Union, according to Be?
Ellis, chairman.
Mrs. Lou Hall from the Lan
caster Red Cross Office will speak.
Committee members go out to
various old people's homes in the
city once a week, and any students
interested should contact Miss El-Us.
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