The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current, October 02, 1957, Image 1
Spirit Editorial Page See Sportstalk Page 3 Vol. 32 No. 11 Li ncoln, Nebraska Wednesday, October 2, 1957 t i Pub Board Applicants File Today All applications for student rep resentatives on the Faculty sub committee of Student Publications must be in by Thursday, accord ing to John Kinnier, Student Coun cil vice-president. Only five appli cations have been received so far, Kinnier said. Applicants should sign up for tn interview at the time they pick up their applications, Kinner said. Interviews by the Student Council Nomination Committee will be held Friday. Upperclass students are eligible for membership on Pub Board if they have a 5.7 or better accumu lative average and are not paid staff members, columnists, or sec tion heads of the Cornhusker or Daily Nebraskan. Present student representatives on the Pub Board are Pat Coover, senior, and Biff Keyes, junior. Applications may be obtained in Room 305 of the Union. KNUS Schedule Wednesday 4:00 Spins and Needles. 4.55 KNUS Radio News. 5:00 Spins and Needles. 5:30 Five Star Deadline. 6:00 Eventide. 6:55 KNUS Radio New. 7:00 Sports Picture. 7:15 Campus Record Room. 7:55 KNUS Radio News. 8:00 Campus Record Room. 8:55 KNUS Radio News. ,9:00 Campus Record News. 9:45 Final Report of the Day. 10:00 Sign Off. Thanksgiving Release On Student Directories The machinery started to roll In force Tuesday to get the Stu dent Directories out to University students. Sally Flannigan. the University Builders Association's chairman of the Student Directory, said that tht tentative release date will be the week before Thanksgiving. Miss Flannigan pointed out that work will progress more rapidly when the freshman girls begin to work after Activities Mart. The cost of the book will be 85 cents and will include the names, addresses and telephone numbers of all students, faculty members and graduate students of the Uni versity. The Directory will also include the business hours of the library, the presidents and phone numbers of all of the organiza tions, a list of the pastors, a list of the residences and the Univer sity Extension Numbers. High Temp To Reach 86 Wednesday If University students felt as if they would get a heat rash Tues day, they will probably be melting by this after noon when the high tempera ture reaches 86. Tuesday's biph was 79. Little or no wind will blow fresh breezes through the air to cool things off. Does any one remember a year ago when the temperature dipped to a near freezing 36? Temperatures this week will av erage 3 to 8 degrees above normal. Normal high is around 73 with normal low around 41. Prohibit Frosh Parking: iovia Proposes Solution To Parking The Traffic Committee and Traf fic Appeals Board at Iowa State University has drawn up a recom mendation proposing that 1958 freshmen be prohibited from bring ing cars to school. The plan, which has been sub mitted to Iowa State president, James Hilton, will be taken up by the Administrative Board and eventually with the Board of Re gents. Iowa professor of civil engineer ing, Ladis Csanyi, stated that plac ' ing restrictions cn student automo biles is becoming a common prac tice in colleges throughout the country. "The situation Is not unique. Ev eryone is trying to find a solu tion without being too harsh," Csanyi said. A similar proposal involving par tial parking prohibition of fresh men cars was brojght up at a Student Council meeting at Nebras- ka by Dave Keene, last Year s president of the Parking Board of "- , , . . x :unntwnu t V'; fe HARDIN Governor's Conference Scheduled A plan to improve the physical fitness of Nebraska youth may be organized at the Governor's Con ference on Youth Fitness, which will be held Thursday in the Love Library Auditorium. Representatives from any inter ested organizations may attend the conference, which begins in Lincoln' at 8:30 a.m. J. Gordon Roberts, member of 'the advisory committee to the President's Council on Yout'j Fitness, stated that a kick-off din ner will be held for some 150 per sons at 6 p.m. Wednesday at Boys Town. i Dr. Shane MacCarthy, executive director of the President's council, will address both those at the kick off dinner and the conference. Presiding over the conference will be Joyce Ayres, Lincoln busi nessman. Miss Flarmigan's assistants are the following: Anita Hall and Gretchen Saeger in charge of fac ulty, Margaret Gardner in charge of the student lists and Nancy Beal in charge of miscellaneous lists. The cover of this year's Stu dent Directory will have the same design as the Builder's Calendar, only with different colors. Husbandman Named At Ag John Skinner is the new Exten sion poultry husbandman at the Ag College. He replaced Elvin Schultz, as sistant Extension poultry husband man, on Oct. 1. Schultz resigned to become the animal and poultry specialist at Crete Mills. Skinner is a native of Herman and received his bachelor of sci ence degree from the University. He obtained his master's degree from Texas A and M College Sta tion. He was employed by the Poultry Research Center at College Sta tion from 1954 to the present. Before that he worked 4 years at the Norfolk Hatchery in Norfolk. YR Meeting The University Young Repub licans will hold a meeting and social hour Thursday evening at 7:30 p.m. In room 315 of the Union. The meeting, the first, of the year, will be for organization pnrpoftes, according to Bob Krohn, Young GOP president. New members may join at this meeting and sign preference cards for committees. This meeting will be the first of the club's bi-weekly meet ings. Refreshments will be served. Appeals. At that time- Keene stated that the newly formed University Park ing Committee was studying the freshmen prohibition plan as part of its research on the campus park ing problem. No further word has been released on the committee's progress, however. The Iowa State Daily stated In its Thursday issue that ''figures available from recent research show that at least 60 per cent of the Iowa State students bring cars with them. With 6,000 cars belong ing to students only, plus what the staff brings, we don't have space." the paper stated. Iowa State has 1600 legal spac es for parking on campus and 3,000 registered cars according to Professor Csanyi. ' A parking investigation of Ames's fourth ward which houses most of the University students is present ly underway. The paper reported that driveways, tirenydrants, and j public tnoroughfares are b e in g Enrollment at the University to tals 8,164 students, a drop of 261 students from a year ago, accord ing to Floyd Hoover, registrar. Chancellor Clifford Hardin said that two factors are reflecting in the decline: first, a tightening of scholastic standards at the Univer sity and second, the 33 per cent tuition increased passed last April by the legislature which became ef fective this fall. "The 1957 enrollment," Chancel lor Hardin said, "is somewhat less than pre-registration estimates but it is understandable in view of our tighter scholastic policy and the tu ition increase." Looking back into past Daily Ne braskans, an April 24, 1957 editor ial speculated on the tuition raise and its effect on enrollment which was Dassed the day before. "And here are the results which, we be lieve, will follow this action: 1) Fewer out of state students will be coming to the University be cause of the tuition increase (2) Facilities for a big increase in en- rollment will not be necessary as before (3) Possibly more money will be available for the fewer teachers needed to handle the "boom" enrollment (4) The Uni versity, which might have gained reputation as a fine institution of higher education a top-notch school, will suffer from cuts in in come in the bulk quarters and fin ally (5) the students who might have felt they could come to the University; who might have dreamed of higher educatian and Preliminary enrollment break down as of October 1, 1957: Colleges 1957 1958 Students at large 50 36 Junior Division 224 218 Agriculture 965 1005 Dentistry 125 122 Pharmacy 82 122 Arts 4 Sciences 1264 1217 Engineering ... 1568 1749 Business Administration 1037 1091 Teachers 1316 1338 Teachers Adv. Prof 208 205 Law 142 185 Graduates 716 694 College of Medicine 467 443 Grand Total 8,164 8,425 By Class: Freshmen 2042 2237 Sophomores 1435 1613 Juniors 1573 1579 Seniors 1349 1309 Undeclared '..107 36 Dentistry,' Law, Gradu- ates. Teachers, Adv., Prof., Medics 1658 1649 Farmers Earn Less Money Than Year Ago The average Nebraska farmer last year earned $9,419 and had $2,776 left to spend after meeting production expenses, according to the United States Department of Agriculture. In the latest report on farm in come Nebraska's 100,000 farmers took in $887 million from the sale of farm products, which was ex ceeded by only nine other states. These income figures are below those of 1955 when farmers took in $10,254 and had $3,4 remaining for spending purposes. KK Fall Revue Brief skit outlines from organ izations who wish to try out for the Kosmet Klub Fall Revue must be turned In to the Phi Delt House not later than 9 p.m. Thursday, according to Morgan Holmes, president. Holmes stated that each house should include in the outline the theme of the skit, songs, and other general information. blocked by University students' cars. "Results of th survey, directed by Csanyi, will be released dur ing October and will -then be sub ject to city council action," the paper stated. Apparently most of the Iowa State students have no place to park except on city streets as the average garage rate is three dol lars per month. The Ames Bus Company is at tempting to relieve some of Uni versity parking burden by instigat ing a new schedule which went into effect Tuesday. "Student wives who are issued parking permits for "work purposes also add to the traffic and park ing problem," the paper reported. Professor Csanyi stated that short course sessions at the Uni versity sometimes cause as many as 2500 additional cars to be on the Ames campus at the same time which adds considerably to the ex- ' isting problem a chance to compete with the wealthy and the learned will be cut off from this opportunity." In Jan. of 1957 the enrollment jumped seven per cent from the past year. 8,180 students were en rolled compared with 7,639 stu dents the year before or an increase of 541 students. Sept., 1957 the Uni versity had 8,387 regular students registered or an increase of 535 students over the same period of Sept., 1956. That was the fourth successive year that the enrollment had shown a substantial gain in regular stu dents. That increase does not in clude 2,050 students who are en rolled in the University's evening and off campus courses. The enrollment record of 10,153 students was set immediately aft er World War II, a sight which th University wquld like to see again in the near future. Chancellor Hardin was quoted in Sept. 1956, "The interest in furthering their education will add to the so-called flood tide of stu dents which is expected to sky rocket the University's enrollment in the '60's." Sept., 1955 saw 6,531 students en rolled at Nebraska compared with 5,836 at the same time the year previous. What do all these facts add up to? A future increase of students at the University? So far we have seen one semester of decreased en rollment. The Chancellor explained that 170 students were dropped from the University's rolls for scholastic reasons at the close of the last se mester than were dropped the pre vious year. This, he said, amount ed to a cut in enrollment and re sulted from the establishment of a higher minimum grade require ment. The old minimum level was a weighted grade average of a three. The new' minimum is 3.5 or a grade of about 67 on the scale of 100. ' In addition, Chancellor Hardin said, the University this year tightened up on acceptance of stu dents transferring from other in stitutions. Only those in good schol astic standing were allowed to en roll. This resulted in keeping out at least 150 who :n other years would have been allowed to enter on a probationary status. "We have three reasons for be lieving that the tuition increase has affected the University's en rollment," he said. "First, the number of entering freshmen appears to be fewer than a year ago but the scholastic qual ity of the new class is appreciably higher. This may indicate that the tuition increase discouraged stu dents uncertain of their ability to do college work." He said that the University's New Lab Dedicated Monday University dignitaries had much praise for Nebraska's agricultural development at the dedication of the new office and laboratory at the North Platte Agricultural Ex periment Station Monday. Dean of the University Agricul ture College, W. V. Lambert, speaking to an audience at the annual Fall Livestock Feeders Day at the station, stated that the station had contributed much dur ing its 53 years toward improve ment of agriculture in Nebraska. Lambert stated that research becomes more complex with each additional scientific discovery. The president of the University Board of Regents, Dr. B. N. Green berg, said the building represents a vote of confidence in the future because it was built with funds from the Legislature-approved 10- year building fund for the Univer sity and the National Guard. Chancellor Clifford Hardin dedi cated the new addition to the ex pertinent station. Hardin said that much hard work had gone into the research which had been ac complished at North Platte. Hardin said the dedication had long since been accomplished by determined men realizing the im portance cf research in the field of agriculture and more specific ally crop development. Carl Deitemeyer, one of the day's principal speakers, cited Nebraska as a once "sleeping giant" which is now on the march. "Our farmers and ranchers are working more than ' two million acres of irrigated land and the end is nowhere in sight," he com mented. "The number of irrigated acres in the state has increased by more than 85 per cent during the last five years." YMCA Meeting There will be a YMCA meet ing in the Student Union torn ar row at 4:00 p.m., according to George Mover, president. At the last meeting Jim Rim m was elected vice-president of the organization. English 3 course, reserved for en-1 tering freshmen who qualify as superior students, is a good barom eter for measuring the scholastic quality of the incoming class. This year 34 per cent of the entering Freshmen qualified for English 3 compared with 20 per cent last year, and 21 per cent in 1955. Meanwhile, only 17 per cent of this year's freshman class was found deficient and in need of remedial English as compared with 21 per cent last year, and 29 per cent in 1955. "Second," Chancellor Hardin continued, "the statistical pattern set by returning students is slight ly different from what it has been in other years. "Preliminary study of this year's pattern indicates that a slightly smaller percentage of each class returned than usually comes back. If the returning student pattern had followed the customary trend, the University would have about 200 more students than are now registered. "Third, the University's enroll ment experience this fall deviates from the ' general experience of schools whose tuition charges re mained unchanged. Virtually all of the schools who did not raise tui Sixteen girls, seven from the women's residence halls and eight from other independent women's houses, comprise the list of candi dates selected for the annual hel lo girl contest, according to Doro thy Glade, chairman. The candidates are: Town Club: Sandy Foell Diane Baum Terrace Hall: Carol Pohlman Jean Feater Womens Residence Halls, Love Hall: Ericka Starck Union Film 'Battleground' Scheduled "Battleground" starring Van Johnson and John Hodiak is the Sunday night movie at the Union, according to John West, chairman. The movie is about the fighting story of the "Screaming Eagles" of the 101st Airborne Division who made foxhole history during the crucial Battle of Bastogne in 1944. The movie will be shown at 7:30 p.m. with admission for students and faculty with identification cards free. "Mutiny on the Bunny" starring Bugs Bunny will be the feature cartoon of the evening starting at 7:35 p.m. The feature film, "Bat tleground" will begin at 7:42 p.m. and will end at 9:40 p.m. NU Civil Engineers Schedule Meeting The Student Chapter of the American Society of Civil Engi neers has scheduled their first meeting for Wednesday, Oct. 2, in Room 301 Stout Hall. All inter ested students are invited to at tend the 7 p.m. meeting. A film on oil drilling will be shown. Re freshments will be served. This meeting will be of special interest to freshmen, so plan now to attend. Pig-Skin Party The Kansas State-Nebraska game will be charted play by play at the Saturday Pig Skin Party in the Faculty Lounge in the Union at 1:30 p.m. The charter will be Tom Sheldon. Free refreshments . will be served. The Pig Skin Party is sponsored by the General Entertainment Committee under the direction of Barb Meston. Com off rfs For Hello G Back In '49: Sukms Created Issue Faculty salaries were creating an issue in 1949. It was reported in the Feb. 17 issue of the Daily Nebraskan that a New York execu tive shamed the University for low incomes of professors. Mr. Eugene Rob, assistant general manager of Hearst newspaper, spoke before 300 people at an alufnni banquet, to help celebrate the 80th anni versary of the University. "The least that most universities have been able to do is, to set up a state-suppoi ted retirement plan for their faculty members.". Robb said. "I was shocked when I inquired about this in New York before I tion have had enrollment gains." The Chancellor said preliminary figures show enrollment in the Graduate college is slightly higher than a year ago. This, he said, is a further indication of the strength of the institution's scholastic pro gram: In an interview James Pittenger, assistant to the Chancellor, ex pressed his views on the decrease with the following: "One of the factors of the de crease in enrollment may be from students not maintaining the nec essary University average and oth ers not yet University students afraid to attempt the challenge of a college education because of the grade average. Asked if the decrease will effect the expansion program of the Uni versity, Pittenger replied, "no, the program will not be affected since the building levy is a separate fund supported by the taxpayers of Ne braska." Could Nebraska increase their enrollment in the future? was another question asked of the as sistant. "A good University has to have good students thus the exist ing University body will have to encourage high school students and other interested persons to at Mary Bergshneider Womens Residence Halls, Raymond Hall: Terry Smith Women's Residence Halls, Piper Hall: Caroline Boesiger Jeanne Woodside Love Hall (College of Agriculture) : Jane Favener Margo Franke Betty Hall (College of Agriculture): Roberta Switzer Elda Broomfield Judging for the five final candi dates -will be held next Thursday Oct. 10, in the Union. The judges. each representing a major activity on campus, are: Miss Frances Da vis, BABW sponsor; Dick Shugrue, Daily Nebraskan; Dick Hagemeier Innocents: Sue Hinkle. Mortar Board; Blain McClary, RAM Cowv cil; and John Kinner, Co-op Coun cil. The five finalists will be chosen on the basis of poise, personality, appearance, grades and activities, Penny Carnival Penny Carnival active and pledge booth chairmen will have a meeting on Thursday at 7:30 p.m. In the Union. All costumes must be checked out by Thurs day. Carnival tickets may be pur chased at both Ag. and City Unions, either today or Thurs day. They will also be sold at the Men' and Women's Dorms on Thursday. Thursday evening, the Coed Counselors will sell tickets at the Fraternity houses. Tickets may also be purchased at the door Friday night. Students must bring I.D. cards to vote on booths. Main Speaker Mrs. Cavstt, 5th and 6th grade teacher at Bancroft School, will be the main speaker at the Phi Lambda Theta meeting Thursday October 3, at 4:45 p.m. Also, Jan Shuman, President, will report on the National Pi Lambda Theta Council. The Council was held in New York nty during August. Delta Phi Delta Delta Phi Delta, national honor ary art society, has elected new officers. They are Dick Moses, president; Marvin Spomer, vice president; Irene Nielson, secretary; Mike Smith, treasurer, and Owen Kautz man, historian. left." he continued. "The study that I was shown covered 119 in stitutions and all except 11 of the 119 have approved retirement plans for their teachers. Nebraska had no plan. "After a lifetime of faithful service training young people, the banishment of teachers to an old age at the pauper 'level smacks of something pretty alien to Amer ica." "In 1949 the total United States debt in farm mortgages amounted to 12 per cent of our national in come. In other words, the less we owe and the more we own, the less we are willing to invest in our university." tend Nebraska and not other col leges." Is the spirit of the University affected in any way by the en rollment? "Spirited schools are al ways vital to the development of an outstanding institution. Spirit takes in many factors such as football, basketball, track, glee clubs, drama and other activities carried on by the student body. All of these things affect students and the whole. University by the influence of importance students make through these activities." How can we encourage students who rate high scholastically and others who are athletically inclined to attend Nebraska was another question asked of Pittenger. "En couragement of students to con tinue their education is a main factor in getting students to a school of higher education. Schol arships help the financial sta'.us of a student who can't afford col lege. The Foundation is working on the problem of out-state stu dent scholarships. Instructors at Nebraska do have an effect on the student body but not until after a long period of time. Thus this can not be a factor in the sudden decrease of students this semester. Fold hi The 1957 Hello Girl will be named Oct. 19 at the Hello Girl Dance in the Union Ballroom. The Residence Halls for Women were allowed eight candidates thii year because of the closing of Wil son and Howard Halls, according to MiiS Glade. Miss Glade also added that any one interested in working on decor ations for the dance should come to the Activities Art room in the Union basement. The theme for this year's dance will be Hello in Telephones. Lyle Hansen, former president of RAM Council will be master of ceremonies at the dance. International Exam Deadline Announced The application deadline for the Foreign Service Examination is Oct. 28, according to Norman Hill, professor of International Rela tions. The applications have to be re. ceived at the State Department by that date. Applications can be picked up at Mr. Hill's office in the Social Science building. The examination is set for De cember 9 and can be taken in Omaha. The test consists of a written, oral and physical examination. An English, General Background, Gen eral Culture and language test comprise the examination. NU Graduate Jerome Warner, graduate of the University, was recently named agriculture chairman of the Young Republican National Federation. The new chairman, son of the late Lieut. Gov. Charles Warner, has been active in 4-H, FFA fuA other organizations. ' He is director of the Lancaster County Extension Board, director of the Salt-Wahoo Watershed Asso ciation and overseer of Waverly Grange No. 369. He spentMast weekend in Wash ington conferring with leaders of , the Young Republicans. Honorary Smoker Delta Sigma Pi, professional and honorary business fraternjty, will hold a smoker in Parlors A and B of the Union, Wednesday at 7 p.m. according to Don Martin, pub licity chairman of the fraternity. "Students interested in business are urged to attend the smoker which will help them to become acquainted with, the members and activities of Delta Sigma Pi," be 1 ' ' 4 i 'i & '",. ' . ' i L 'i i V',.' -V it.