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. ; v v.. ' & vV - ft V t ! ,t , ?, I1 : i) c i t y Page 4 1 " nniiuiiim.iiiiiniin in mm w - ivp-1 :y "tm :-f All;:- will tww.l - - - - -J' COLEMAN Some Customs Vary: fiasi finds hVidviesternm Mert By WYNN SM1THBERGER Staff Writer With glasses pushed to the tip of his nose and hand moving hur riedly to apply a scribbled auto graph to books of his verse, the weary Ogden Nash sat behind a writing table before a line of an xious admirers. Mr. Nash spoke in Lincoln Thursday for the convention of the Nebraska State Education As sociation and appeared at local department stores in the after noon. I approached the table, my own book under my arm, in order to get near enough to discover what type of personality the author of light verse might have. He, noting my interest, allowed me to plop comfortably beside his chair and, in a friendly manner began relat ing the story of his literary car eer and answering countless ques tions which are undoubtedly fired at him a number of times daily. In the few moments that I sat there, I realized a few of the prob lems which a celebrity must face. He was showered with compli ments and flattering remarks, uch as: "I came down to get a book for you to autograph, but I couldn't find any that I didn't already have at home," or "Please write down u couple of your poems on this old envelope so I can frame it for my students," or "We call our old car Ogden since it's a Nash!" Mr. Nash commented that peo ple in the Midwest do have some customs and habits such as the meal hour and the food eaten which vary from the habits of peo ple in the East, but he does not agree with the idea that midwest ern people lack artistic intelli gence. He has found his audiences In Kansas and Nebraska to be both alert and very literate. Mr. Nash has always had the desire to write. He tried to write "true poetry" but found that he lacked many of the qualities of a "true poet." He realized, howev er, that he knew the mechanics and rules of writing poetry. He Screen Tours To Feature Wildlife Series The first in a series of Audubon Screen Tours will feature the wild life wonders of the River of the Crying Bird, more commonly known as the Wakulla River in Florida. The program will be held Mon day at 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. at Love Library and will be shown by Al lan Cruickshank of the National Audubon Society. Among the inhabitants of the river are the limpkin, the crying bird; the stately American egret; the comical raccoon; the lazy alli gator; the anhinga, known as the "snakebird", and millions of fid dler crabs. Before becoming an official lec turer of the National Audubon So ciety and bird instructor at its camp in Maine, Cruickshank taught in nature camps and was on the staff of the American Mu seum of Natural History. He and his wife, Helen, were awarded the John Burroughs Med al in 1949 for their book, Flight into Sunshine. He has served as president of the Linnaean Society and is a full member of the Ameri can Ornithologists' Union. Sponsors of the program are the University Extension Division and State Museum and the National Audubon Society. Dairy Team Wins Contest Honors The University dairy products fudgiiig team won first place in an international contest in Los An geles this week. Team members Rodey Knox, May Hard Harr and Martin Carran cedo competed with 21 other teams in the 23rd annual Collegiate Stu dents' International contest. Harr took second place honors Jn individual milk judging. The team, coached by P. A. Downs, professor of dairy hus bandry, placed tenth in the over all Judging competition. had written and spoken in rhyme since he was seven or eight years old, and sometimes he had found that he could express himself more explicitely in rhyme. Thus he de cided to write "bad poetry, with the use of proper mechanics, for humerous results." His first poem was received by a New York newspaper enthusi astically. He decided he had found his place in writing and continued to send in his "emotional, philo sophical, beautiful and p o e t i c" work. He feels himself lucky to have had his verse catch on as quickly as it did. His first vol ume, published in 1931, was a best seller and thirteen more have sold in large quantities since. . Mr. Nash's poetry consists of a combination of rhyme and reason about everyday circumstances ap proached in a hilarious manner usually not previously imagined by his readers. A new volume which will soon be released, "The Christmas That Almost Wasn't," will be illustrat ed by his oldest daughter. He was pleased to announce that his vouneest daughter, Isabel, who has been used as the subject of many of his poems and who is the mother of his "only grand- son," has written a novel of her own which will be on sale shortly in the United States and England. He said he has not pushed their following their father's line of work, but since they show writing talent, he will encourage them. Being a writer who is able to say a great deal in a small amount of space, Mr. Nash was at first faced with a problem when mag zines wanted to pay him by the line. After realizing that he was padding his work and producing poetry of poor quality, Mr. Nash began to make special agreements with magazines so he could be paid by the job. He is not fond of working on regular television Civil Service To Discuss Federal Jobs E. H. Yeater of the Civil Serv ice Commission will be in the Union Faculty Lounge October 30th and 31st to discuss federal career opportunities. The Civil Service Commission has announced that college juniors as well as seniors may now apply for the Federal Service Entrance Examination. The written test will be admin istered November 16th and will re quire four hours. Applications for the test must be received by the Director, Ninth US.. Civil Service Region, New Federal Building, St. Louis 1, Mo., on or before October 31, 1957. The examination will enable men and women with bachelor's degrees to enter any one of more, than 125 different types of positions in the federal service. Eligible students currently en rolled wiU receive eligibility and employment offers effective upon graduation. Starting salaries range from $306 to $377 a month with op portunity for advancement. Positions are of the trainee type and those, appointed will receive training in such fields as business administration, recreation, tax col lection, agriculture, and the nat ural sciences. STORMY WEATHER Even though the weather has been rather dismal lately, there still are places (3 to be evact) that will give you that extra lift. I'm speaking (of course) of the three Kings Drive-in's in this fine town of Lincoln. The striking Interior, pert waitresses, and that wonder ful aroma of delicious food all work together to cheer you up on a rainy day. Brighten your King's way! day the Visiting Prot Cites Student Maturity New Zealander Tells Of Customs, College Life ..By GARY RODGERS Copy Editor Students at the University of New Zealand mature much later than their American counterparts, according to Peter Coleman, a new assistant professor in the Univer sity's history department. Many New Zealand students grad uate from high school without hav ing dated. Indeed, when they enter the university they exchange their former school uniform short trousers for the boys, and loose fitting, unflattering gym tunics for the girls for more adult garb, Coleman commented. The earlier dating and wider range of social experience gives American students poise and so phistication unknown to college freshmen in New Zealand. But whether this earlier maturation is programs, for they tie him to New York and he has "little poetic in spiration when weekly pay checks are sent from a TV station. Mr. Nash tries to spend most of his time writing. However dur ing the twelve weeks that he and his wife travel for speech engage ments, he finds writing quite im possible. "My schedule usually involves rising at 7 p.m. in one town and leaving for the next by 3 p.m. And then there are the Asian flu shots one must have before com ing to this part of the country!" he said with a tired sigh as he scrawled his name boldly across an inside page of my book. He waved a cheery good-by and turned to smile painfully as the next person in line exclaimed, "It's such a thrill to see you in person because my mother brought me up on Ogden Nash like other moth ers bring their children up on Mother Goose! 'J Sir Raleigh's Influences Acclaimed Sir Walter Raleigh's influence on Queen Elizabeth I had a pro nounced effect on the course of history up to the present day, an English historian said Friday eve ning in the last of three Humani ties Lectures at the University. Dr. Alfred Leslie Rowse, noted author and lecturer, recalled Win ston Churchill's answer when he asked the former prime minister, "What was the decisive fact in modern world?" In reply, Churchill quoted Bis marck: "That North America speaks English." And among the reasons for this, Dr. Rowse said, was that Raleigh, "a man of genius whose mind was possessed by an idea of an English-speaking colony in the New World, was a favorite of Eliza beth I. With the resources Elizabeth gave him, he was able to plant the first colony in 1585 on Roanoke Island, off North Carolina. Al though it came to an end because of a hurricane, it was the basis for Jamestown which was success ful 20 years later. He recounted that Raleigh's first attempt at colonization was unsuccessful, the second was lost, and the third was countermanded and sent to fight the Spanish Ar mada. If the British had not been suc cessful in defeating the Armada, North America may have been speaking Spanish today, he said. Women Pharmacists The University cnapter of Kap pa Epsilon, national pharmaceu tical fraternity for women in phar macy, is participating in the Fourth Pan-American Congress of Pharmacy and Biochemistry to be held Nov. 3-9, in Washington, D.C., by assuming financial responsibil ity for the entertainment of two pharmacists attending the Con gress. Members of the local chapter are Kathleen McCullough, Karen Greenlee, Vija Upitis and .Inese Ziedins. Phyllis Platz is faculty adviser. WHY DOES EVERYONE LAUGH AT ME? IT COULD GIVE YOU A COMPLEX. The truth is that everyone doe$ laugh at GOOD OL' CHARLIE BROWN, leader of the fabled Peanuts gang, the funniest kids in the world. If you don't know them yet, get a copy of GOOD OL' CHARLIE BROWN today and begin a long-lasting, long-laughing friendship. GOOD OL' CUARUE BR017H Tha Nbw Peanuts Book by CHARLES M. SCHULZ AIm nod fh rt of th PmmiH saga MANUTS MORI PEANUTS GOOD GRIEF, MORI PiANUTSI $1 uck t til bookstlltra Ov.r 400,000 Mptoi Im prlmt. The Daily Nebraskon beneficial Dr. Coleman declined to say. Dr. Coleman is presently filling the vacancy left by Professor Aub rey Land who is engaged m re search at the University of Lon don on grants from the Guggen heim Foundation and the Full' bright Program. Last year Cole man held a research fellowship at the Harvard Law School. He is teaching three courses in American constitutional history and the History survey course at the University. Since receiving his masters degree at the1 Univer sity of New eZaland in 1949, and doctorate at the University of Texas in 1933, Coleman served as intern with the United Nations Technical Assist ance Board in New York before going on to St. John's College, an afficiated institution of the Univer sity of Manitoba in Canada. Two years later, in 1955, he re turned to the United States to teach at Park College, Missouri. At the present time Dr. Coleman is pre paring a study of Rhode Island, as well as a survey of social and economic policy in the Atlantic Seaboard states in the period from the Revolution to the Civil War. Students at the colleges of the University of New Zealand are more politically conscious than stu dents here, according to Professor Coleman. Sometimes the students gather to criticise government po lice policies, or even, on occasions, to organize parades through the, cities of New Zealand to give wider expression to their views. Perhaps the very size of the United States, as well as the nature of federal ism tends to hinder comparable political activity in American uni versities, Coleman said. Although the political parties do not have clubs in New Zealand colleges, na tional issues are debated frequent ly and political leaders are regu larly invited to debate their views before university audiences. The bachelor's degree can be obtained in New Zealand in three years mainly because the univer sity requires a thorough grounding in all basic cubjects for matricu lation. This permits undergrade ates to specialize much earlier than in American colleges as there are few required courses for New Zea land students to take. Out of a total of nine courses normally re quired for a B. A. degree, no more than five subjects would be studied, and a history major would have no obligation to study either mathematics or any of the sciences But classroom and library re sources are quite inadequate in New Zealand by American stand ards which makes graduate study possible only in a limited num ber of fields. At the University of New Zea land, the administration exercises little control over student activities. In fact, most students live off campus in private establishments over which the university authori ties exercise little control. Those girls who stay in private dormi tories have to abide by the house rule3 and may not stay out later than the curfew hour, but those who choose to stay in private ac commodations are free to come an go as they please. As the failure rate in many federal classes is as high as thirty per cent this freedom is more apparent than real. Those who wish to pass the annual exam inations have little time for any excessive extra-curricular activi ties. And it is this that means that there is no equivalent to either socilastic or social probation. Stu dents are not expelled for low grades. After they have failed suf ficient courses it is presumed that they would do better to leave the university for other occupations. Standards in New Zealand might well be higher were more students studying on a full time basis, but as most have to support them selves throughout their college ca reer it is common to have full time jobs as teachers or civil ser vants and to attend university classes late in the afternoon or ear in the evening. This, together with the fact that so few students live on campus depirve much of the university life in New Zealand of its corporate character. But although the incidence of part-time study is high, this is not because it is expensive to attend the university. Every student who passes the examinations for admis 4-H Club Pictures A retake of the University 4-H Club Cornhusker picture has been announced by Joan Norrls, Pres ident of the group. Members of the club are to meet at the Meats Laboratory on Ag college campus Thursday at 5:15 p.m. t &f I RINf HART A CO., INC. sion, and who then returns to high school for an additional year of preparation is granted a truition scholarship which would, in most cases, pay all the fees for a B. A. degree and leave a residue for text books. In general, university studies in New Zealand are more humanistic than practical. Many fields of study customary it an American University are not even offered in New Zealand. Teachers are trained in colleges which grant cer tificates rather than degrees, while accountants, pharmacists, nurses, or journalists do not have to at tend universities in order to prac tice their professions. Moreover, many who are given technical train ing by the university may find it difficult to find employment in their chosen field. Although there is a great shortage of engineers, doctors, and dentists, many chem ists, physicists, and zoologists have to find unspecialized employment. Big Eight Nebraska, By CAROL FRANK Copy Editor Enrollments increased two. per cent this fall in all Big Eight schools except Nebraska and Okla homa State, according to a re cent survey. Nebraska suffered a 3.4 per cent decline while Oklahoma State noted a drop of 0.5 per cent. Chancellor Clifford Hardin at tributed the enrollment drop at Ne braska to a 33 per cent tuition in crease and tightened scholastic standards, which went into effect this fall. Nebraska increased its tuition and fee cost total for resident stu dents from $90 to $120 per semes ter; for out-of-state students, from $180 to $240 per semester. This is the highest tuition rate in the Big Eight schools. Colorado, Missouri and Kansas Universities have shown the best gains. Tom Yoe, director of public in formation at Kansas University said their increase in enrollment was believed to be due to an in crease of population moving into the state and settling in industrial centers. Yoe said, however, the number of enrollments from rural and urb an communities where income is Prep Press Association Meet Scheduled November 8-9 An agricultural information ex pert Lyle Webster, and a wire service bureau chief Cy Douglass will be the main speakers for the 26th annual Nebraska High School Press Association on the Univer sity campus, Nov. 8-9. Webster, director of information for the U.S. Department of Agri culture, will give the Friday eve ning banquet address. Douglass, chief of the Associated Press bureau for Iowa, will speak at the opening session Friday morning. Webster, who has held his USDA position . since 1951, Is a native of North Dakota. He has worked in the Department of Agriculture since 1931. Douglass, who will speak on "News of the World, How It's Gathered and Distributed," began his newspaper career in his home town of Boone, la., after gradua tion from Coe College in Cedar Rapids, la. Union To Stage Worker Jamboree Know-How Jamboree will be held for all Union workers at the Boy Scout Cabin on Tuesday. The purpose of the Jamboree is to get new workers acquainted with each other, according to Don Binder, Committee Chairman. The workers are to meet in front of the Union at 5 p.m. There will be a bus to provide trans portation for those without cars. WILEUa JUST WOKE UP TO THE FACT THAT HES IN CLASS! KEEP ALERT FOR A BITTER POINT AVERAGE! Don't let that "drowsy feel ing" cramp your style in class ... or when you're "hitting the books". Take a NoDoz Awakener! In a few minutes, you'll be your normal best . . . wide awake . . . alert! You doctor will tell you NoDoz Awakeners are safe as coffee. Keep a pack handy! 15 TABLETS. 35fi JStibttH h lundy tin 9c V '' '-41, i Victory Bell The Nebraska-Missouri Victory Bell exchanged hands this week end as a result of Nebraska's 13-14 loss to Missouri. The bell Enrollment Rises; OSU Report Loss mainly derived from farm prod ucts are down due to lower farm income. Also a decrease in the enroll ment of Korean veterans was also noted, he said. t At Kansas U, resident rates climbed from $90 to $103 per semester and rates from non-residents from 162 to $188 per semes ter. Tighter academic standards were invoked also at Colorado and Iowa State and Iowa State, Kansas, ansas State and Colorado inaugu rated higher fees but managed to maintain a boost in their enroll ments. Arthur Go wan, registrar at Iowa State, said that the school's in crease was normal and they ex pect an increase each year for the next three or four years based on present high school enrollment. Entrance requirements for non resident high school seniors were tightened to include only those "better than average," Gowan said. The school formerly took stu dents who were in the middle of their class, he said. Colorado's enrollment increase, largest in the conference, resulted mainly from an additional number of returning former students, ac- . Nebraska high schools which are members of the Association are: Aurora Ain-ll, I.nup City. Litchfield. Omaha Bcn&on. Nebraska City. North Platte. Blair. Juniata, Grand Island, Kre mont. St. Patrick. Hastinn, Tekamah. Goth enburg, Omaha Cathedral, Johnson. Fre mont, W"ct Kearney, Scotlshlulf, Hertrand, Omaha Holjr Name. Belgrade. Lincoln. McGrew, Omaha Technical, Columbia, Sut ton, Creiphton. St. Ijudter Academy, Lin coln Southeast, Omaha South, Kenesaw, Kearney. Sidney, Bartler. McCook, L'ncoln Northeast. Superior, Neliati, Ord, Waverly, Fairbury, Louiiville, Omaha Weatilde, Lex ington, Alliance. CARDIGANS 0 ';. I l "i 1 t p ' a .. , K . ' . , '-v tit '""., , r I ; 'Tony Melia, Kappa Sigma on our College Board, wards off The Asiatic with Revere's Sleeveless Lambswool Cardigan. $8.95 SPORTSWEAR ON FIRST Monday, October 28, 1957 has been Nebraska property for the last three years. Missouri will now retain the bell until Its football team is defeated by the Cornhuskers. cording to O. W. Hascall, director of admissions and records. Hascall said, "we anticipated a few more returning students, but with a little tightening of the economy we find students going to school close to home. We missed on predictions of. out-of-state stu dents all down the line, he said. The scholarship deficiencies com mittees at Colorado were tighter this year then ever before, Has call said. Carl Rochat, director of public Information at Kansas State, said the only reason they could giva for the slight decrease in the Uni versity is that it followed a natural falling-off in the number of high school graduates going to college. A survey indicated that Kansas and Nebraska were the only two states in which there was a de crease of high school graduates this year following the birth rate that preceded the war baby boom of the 1940s. Current enrollment figures, with amount of change from last year: Oklahoma 11,459, up 153 stu dents or 1.3 per cent. Oklahoma State 10,546, down 59 students or 0.5 per cent Colorado 10,357, up 523 stu dents or5.3 per cent. . , Missouri 9,862, up' 410 students ' or 4.3 per cent. Iowa State 9,826, up 153 stu dents or 1.6 per cent. . . Kansas 9,216, up 351 students or 4.0 per cent Nebraska 8,134, down 291 or 3.4 per cent. Kansas State 8,700, up 174 stu dents or 2.7 per cent. HAIR CUT lo GOOD WORK Bill's Barber Shop Opn rntll 8:09 P.M. 317 No. 12th 0 a