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By GARY RODGERS (
Copy Editor
''Education to protect democra- j
cy and strengthen economy" was
cited as the goal of 11 leading i
University professors in asking for ;
a change in the system of cer-.
tification of teachers in the state. ;
In taking this action, the group
quoted President Dwight Eisen-;
hower's plea for help in what he '
cited as this nations most
critical problem e d u c at ion.
The group asked a return to fun
damentals by offering specialized
sciences, mathematics, languages,
history and lit
erary classics.
The change
would permit
certification of
teachers not
matriculated in
the University's
Teachers Col
lege or having
taken all pro
fessional teach-
in g courses Courtem TJnooln Journal ,
bow required Cromwell j
for certification. j
At present certification is done'
by the State Superintendent of j
Public Instruction upon recom
mendation of the dean of the
Teachers College alone. This rec-;
mmendation is given only to ap-,
plicants who matriculated in the;
Teachers College and took a num-,
ber of certain professional educa- j
tional courses. I
In accomplishing this change the j
group recommended the authority ;
of initiating recommendations for j
rprtifirntion be Dlaced in 1
the subject matter departments in
which the students gain their basic
knowledge. '
Norman Cromwell,' professor of
chemistry and spokesman for the
Schultz's
Muttering
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Commandant
Candidate for Honorary Com
mandants of the Air Force.
Army, and Navy were announced
Monday. They are (Ml Army
candidates, kneeling left to
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Six Faculty Resignations
Accepted By Regents Board
Six resignations, one appoint
ment and f&i.t)W in grunts were
approved by the University's
New Research
Chair Filled
By Dr. Harmon
Dr. Denham Harman of San
Francisco, Calif., has been ar
pointed to the newly created
Chair of Cardiovascular Research;
at the University' College of
Medicine.
The appointment was approved
Saturday morning by the Univer
aity of Nebraska's Board of Re
gents and was announced jointly
with the Nebraska Heart Associa
tion. The 4! -year-old physician and
chemist will join the College's
faculty next July. The heart re
search professorship was estab
lished at the College by the
Heart Association,
The professorship will be sup
ported by a S20.0O0 annual Ne
braska Heart Fund grant lor Dr.
Hartnan's work, including re
aearch assistants, equipment, nr'
supplies. (
The new Chair is only the sev
enth heart chair in the nation, all
established by the Heart Associa
tion. Another Nebraska Chair was
created by the Nebraska Heart
Association at Creighton Univer
sity last August, where Dr. Alfr1
Browiy to app'i'nted to (study "
lungs and their bkxid vcww in
legation to heart fouble.
11 professors, stated that "in no
way do we want to take over the
entire recommendations" and we
feel that, "all departments should
be able to make recommendations
in ability to teach."
This is in no way a part of any
fight between the Teachers College
and the College of Arts and Sci
ence, "we hope to get the help
of all the University" in this ef
fort, Cromwell said.
To achieve this emphasis of ba
sic subject matter he said, "we
need a larger number of instruc
tors of basic subject matter in
the schools. At present we have
a lower per cent of students in
chemistry, physics and foreign lan
guages than we had ten years
ago."
Cromwell said that we ha v e
about the same percentage of stu
dents in these fields as Russia,
but that we need a bigger per
cent than Russia since our popula
tion is smaller.
"This is not the time to con
gratulate ourselves on our past
performance," Cromwell said,
"but it is the time for re-examination
and planning to improve our
offerings of basic subjects in
schools."
The 11 professors, seven of
which are department chairmen
or former chairmen, said in part:
"In 1956 there were only three
teachers graduated in Nebraska
who had majored in physics, and
all left the state to teach else
where. The situation described by
the superintendent of one of the
strongest and best supported
school districts in the state 'Ste
ven aWtkins superintendent of Lin
coln public schools') makes it clear
that our schools are not prepared
to offer the subjects to meet the
President's standards.
III
Candidates
right): Jan Shradtr, Joan Riha.
and Reba Kinne. ("andidatek lor
Mis Navy (first three ntnndinK
If It lo right) and Mis Air
Board of R(?ents at thfir meeting
Saturday.
Resjj(':t?ijii which wi-ic accept
ed include:
Richard 5voxda, petroleum geo
!ogj-;t in the Consen fition ai'd Sur
vey Division, to go into private
business.
Thoirss Dowe, asu.-ite profes-ti-
of animal husbandry, to Uni
versity of Vermont.
Cert !d Patterson, instructor in
medical psychology, to University
oi Orsgoa.
MiJiard McCee. instructor in in
ternil medicine, to Corning, O'lif.
Mr. Joanne Wilson, e xtension
as(U)tant in home economics and
agent.
Fioyd Pumplirey, ajssuitant ag
rofiomist st Scottsbluff.
The appointment of Dr. Dctihain
finrmsm of San Francisco, Calif.,
in the newly created Chair of
Cardiovascular Research in the
College of Medicine was made.
Two grants totaling $42,173 were
approved for University study and
sork in educational television.
M7.5W was approved fur faculty
released time for educational tele
vision participation. The grant was
from the Ford Foundation and will
be directed by Jack lie Bride, di
rector of University television.
The Educational Television and
Radio Center allotted M.673 for
study of the reaction of high school
students to television teachers.
Dr. Charles Neidt of the Depart
ment of Educational Psycholocy
and Measurements will work on
the project.
Among ttie other grants v.t t.'i,
Ti'i from the Nebraska St;itt De
part.'i ent o! Agriculture lor study
of the cutworm's lile cycle.
Lmroln Journal Courtesy Lincoln Star
Sellers Pheller
"Americans nmst become tech
nically efficient with all the knowl
edge that will enable them to ex
cel. This means not ony the teach
ing of the specialized sciences and
mathematics but the languages,
history and literary classics as
well. Education for survival must
not be left to the outmoded offer
ings no obtainable. It must re
turn to the fundamentals on which
our earlier successes were based."
Dr. A. C. Breckenridge, Univer
sity dean of faculties, stated: "The
suggestions made by the faculty
group emphasize a problem facing
the United States. How we resolve
the problem and meet the chal
lenge of increased scientific output
is a matter upon which we nmy
not find ready agreement. If the
methods emplovtd at the Univer
sity in making iU contributions
to scientific education are inade
quate then the solutons should be
found through the common coun
sel of the staiis of the several
departments of the University."
Lack of desire on the part of
students to pursue a particular
course of scientific study, rather
than an inadequate curriculum,
has caused America's shortage of
science graduates, Brekenridge
said.
Force are: Sara Huhka. Char
Icne Ferguon, Nalin I jlt ln,
Marty Kpscn. Anne Reynolds
and Barbara firilliin.
Dr. Ttoscoe Hill, rhbirman of the
etomology department, uud Ken
neth Pruees, assistant e'.onwlogist
at the North Platte Experiment
Siatwn, will work o.i the project.
Other grants approved were:
$2,500 ior study of serology of po
vm viruses li'ojn the Nebraska
State Department of Agriculture,
potato development diision, di
lecttd by Dr. W. B, AUington of
fte department of plant pathology,
(continuation); 4.(XX) for obstetric
and gynecilgic research iahoia
toiy from Lloyd Brothers, Incor
porated, directed by Dr. Roy Hol
ly of the College ol Medicine;
$12,5X) for study of enzymatic syn
thesis of galactosyl oligosaccha
rides from the National Science
Foundation, directed by Dr. John
Pazur of tne Department oi Bio
chemistry and Nutrition.
A t'J.0il5 grant for study oi col -tru;n
deprived pigs for essays o!
human infant diets trom the U.S.
Public Health Service, directed by
Drs. E. R. Pco, Jr. and D. B. Hud
man of the D-pf(."tment of Animal
Husbandry; ii,(M fr study of Car
diovascular Research from the Ne
braska Heart Association, directed
by Dean J. P. Tollman of the col
lege oi Medicine (continuation);
VVXj for study of rose breeding
from the Federated Garden Clubs
ol Ntorassa. directed bj Glen
Viehmeyer of the North Platte
Experiment Station.
IFC Meeting
The IFC meeting will be held
Wednesday at 7 p ro in Parlor A
i.i the Union, acvwdmg to Juhn
GJvtin, secretary.
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Cited!
Courtes Unroll) Star
Olson
Raysor
Conrifsv l.lnroln Star
Carter t.illiland
Crmriesy Lincoln Star
Jorgensen Miller
"Lack of desire stems from lack
of incentive. There are too many
years of preparation tor the finan
cial reward." There must be an
attractiveness of rewards, not just
a sense of duty to draw people
to the science field, Breckenridge
Lincoln, Nebraska
Nine finalists for the Military
Bail Honorary Commandant have
been chosen by a board oi five
to tc t adearr " " '""
Tiiree girls nominated by the
army axe Reba Kinne, Joan Riha
and Jan Shracier, The air force
RAM To Try
Tomahawk
The Residents Association for J
Men hopes to get a Chapter of j
Tomahawk, independent sophomore
activities honorary, established at
the University tins year, according
to Lyle Hansen, past president of
RAM.
Pete Chrisieusen, activities di- .
rector of RAM and Hansen, junior
in business administration, repre-
sented the University at the 57th ,
annual convention of Tomahawk,
held at Iowa State last weekend. !
Tie specific purposes of Torna-1
hawk include: ' U to give recogni-
tion to sophomores for outstand
ing work in activities and orgiini-;
zations, 2 to stimulate interest ;
in student organizations and activi-:
ties among htshmen. i.'ti to pro
vide leadership training opportuni
ties for the individual members. .
4 to cooperate with all other
campus organizations. "! to serve '
as coordinating body for activi
ties of interest to the independent
students of the University.
Students doing outstanding work
in activities and campus organi
zations will he invited to join at
the beginning or middle of their
sophomore year.
Schools represented at tne con
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NU Snowfall
Sets Record
For November
, The University campus was
covered with more than 12 inches
of snow in the first snowfall of
' Ue year which began late Satur
day and continued throughout
Monday morn
ing. The Lincoln
Weather Bu
reau said
total snowfall
. was 12.5 inch
! es. This
'topped Lin
' coin's all-time
record for the
' entire month
of November,
12.2 inches
which was set
;in 13ZS.
No snow was seen for the Uri
i vtrsity area today, but light snow-
was lorecast lor western jeuras
ka. Temperatures here were ex
pected to hover between 25 to ?."
this afternoon, slightly above tne
Monday high of 211.
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As Ed
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Coorteo' Lincoln Juurnal
Basoca
Oiastton
aid.
Quoting a new bock published
by the U.S. Department of Health,
Welfare and Education, Don Kline,
executive secretary of the State
Education Assn., said a professor
'-scow T" ' - -(1 the
American equivalent of 130,000 a
year.
Teachers in Russia's primary
secondary schools receive relative
ly the same kind of increased eco
nomic returns for what they do,
Kline said.
Kline said that department
heads are qualified to certify that
a student has knowledge in his
field of study, such as physics or
history, but not to certify that the
student knows how to teach.
Teachers, in addition to knowing
their subject matter, must be
trained in the arts of teaching if
the U.S. is to avoid a pattern of
education that imitates Russia's,
Kline said.
The statement by the 11 faculty
i members said that "the able stu
I dents in the fields of the sciences,
i mathematics, language and even
i history and English have frequent
' ly been unwilling to submit to the
! certification procedures imposed
upon the prospective teachers."
I In addition to Cromwell, the oth
candidates are Anne Reynolds,
Barbara Britton and Marty Ep
sen. Candidates nominated by the
.Navy are Cha?Je FefU3o( foira
Hubka and Nadine Caivin.
Three finalists will be chosen by
cadet vote Nov. 2.V2i.
Miss Kume, junior in Teaciiers
To Revive
Honorary
vention were Iowa at Iowa State
Teachers, University of Illinois.
Purdue. Monmouth College. Drake
and Nebraska. Indiana was not
ab' to attend.
The main objective of the con
vention was to discuss ways in
which to strengthen the national
organization. It was decided that
the schools need closer and more
complete communication, so dur
ing the following year, concentra
tion will be on closer contacts be
tween chapters.
The society, under the name of
Tomahawk, was officially formed
in J!4!i, when a merger occurred
between hoitoiaries oi University
of Illinois, Purdue and Indiana.
Separate organizations had existed
tor 2" years at these colleges.
Judges Name Cliff Soubier
Winner Of NU Talent Show
Cliff Soubier, a graduate student
in speech therapy, is the pick of
University student talent. Soubier
copped the award in the Union
talent show, 'Stars of Tomor
I
row," held Sunday night in tne
Uiiir.n ballroom.
Runnersup to Soubier were a
quartet, The Silhouettes, consist
ing of Clay White, Kent Murray,
Dick Lennington and Mike Adams
and last year's winner, Tom Gens
ler. who gave a reading, 'The
Tell Tale Heart."
Soubier won with a guitar and
voice arrangement oi ssveral folk
songs including 'Black Was the
Color of My True Love's Hair."
The Silhouettes, a group from
Selleck Quadrangle, made their
i theme song, "Silhouette " stand
J up for second. The group is made
i up of all freshmen. White is in
J Teachers College majoring in ele
; mentary education, Murray is a
; Teachers College music: major as
, is Lennington while Adams is an
, engineering student. The accom
I puniest lor the group. Gary Coop
man is also a freshman m engi
: neering.
i Gensler is a senior pre-med stu
i dent majoring in speech and also
lives in Selleck Quadrangle.
Judges for the program were
i M a x i n e Trauernicht, Assistant
Proiesgor of Dramatic Arts: Hardy
Henshaw, Asii!xiit Pn:f isor of
Piano; Les Ruu, sales mummer
jof KOLN-TV; Karen Dryden, pres
gu&fiouD
ers who signed the statement are:
M. A. Basoca. professor of
mathematics and former depart
ment chairman.
Robert Chasson, associate pro
fessor of physics.
William Gilliland, professor of
geology and chairman of the de
partment. Theodore Jorgensen Jr., profes
sor of physics.
James Miller Jr., professor of
English and chairman of the de
partment. James Olson, professor of his
tory and chairman of the depart
ment. William Pheiler, professor of
Germanic languages and chairman
of the department.
Thomas Raysor, professor of
English.
J. L. Sellers, professor of his
tory and former chairman of the
department.
Boyd Carter, professor of ro
mance languages and former de
partment chairman.
The report further stated:
I "Some of our schools have some
j well qualified teachers. But there
are very few well-qualified lan
! guage teachers or science teach-
ers. A survey of the qualifications
i of history teachers in Nebraska
i showed less than half had ade
! quate subject matter qualifica
I tion. There has been little empha
sis on subject matter qualification
of teachers for the basic subjects.
"The atmosphere hi many of our
public schools has discouraged the
taking of basic subjects. The ad
; ministrative leadership has direct
! ed development along other lines,
j Many such administrative officials
i have no basic subject matter
: training and are therefore in no
i position to appreciate and direct
I this vital part of the curriculum.
Tuesday, November 1 9, 1 957
axes iteeBic
Comnfiandanf'
College, is a member of Chi Ome
ga, Coed Counselor board, AWS
house representative, correspond
ing secretary of Sigma Alplitr Iota'
and University Singers.
Miss Riha, senior in Teachers
College, is a member of Alpha
Phi sorority. Red Cra-, Cornhusk
er beauty queen and an E-VVeel: '
finalist.
She tas a Nebraska Sweetheart
finalist and a Homecoiring queen
finalist in 195;.
The social chairman of Chi Ome
ga, Miss Reynolds, senior in
Teachers College, was a Miss Corn
husker finalist.
Miss Britton, a senior in arts
and science, is president oi Alpha
Phi. secretary o! the Builders
' Board and a member of Thcta
Sigma Plii.
Miss Epsen is a member o the
Red Cross, WAA, and Newman
club and is a sophomore in Teach
ers College.
Miss Ferguson, senior in Teach
er's College, is a past member of
the AWS Board, president of Alpha
Chi Omega and a member oi Mor
tar Board.
A member of t he Con. hunker
staff. Miss Hubka is also AWS
president, Builder's Hoard, and
Mortar Board.
S!ie was a finalist for Nebraska
Sweetheart in 3 !." and a member
ident of Mortar Boards and Bill Master of Ceremonies for tb
Spilker, president oi Innocents So- show was Ernie fbnes, Copy Edb
ciety. tnr of the Daily Nehraskan,
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Trophy Winner
Iturhura Mestou. chairman cf
Ilie t iiion ienerul Knlertaimncnl
coiiHiiilU'f. iri'w-nis Ilie first
!;' ttitjthv l Clill Souliier
lor hid bullud singing fl Hie
(SoiII
It is essential that respect for
scholarship and intellectual effort
by faculties and students be re
stored to our total educational pro-
gram, particularly at the second
': ary school level where it has been
sadly Jacking.
"The able students in the fields
of the sciences, mathematics, lan
guages, and even history and Eng
lish have frequently been unwill-
ing to submit to the certification
procedures imposed iipon the pros
,' pective teacher.
"Persons prepared to offer basic
subject matter courses could be
. obtained direct from departments
I that offer such subject matter if
1 these departments were permitted
' to recommend their students for
: certification as teachers.
"Until the schools take scien
; lists, mathematicians, and lin
guists to teach basic subject mat
; ter, there is no hope of the United
, States successfully competing with
Russia's educational system, Bas
' ic subject matter fields must bt
! advanced to the foreground in our
; system of education."
J A first step in meeting the Pres-
ident's call is to place the author
ity o! initiating recommendation
1 for teacher certification in the sub-
ject matter departments that give
i the students the basis which they
will have to teach. Nothing short
of this step will secure the quali
fied scientists, linguists, mathema
ticians and other specialists to
; teach our youth the increasingly
complex subjects that must be
! mastered if we are to survive.
Cromwell explained that to af
fect the proposed change would
require action by the Board of Re
gents to amend the regulations of
certification.
Kosmet Klub
Curtain Acts
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of the Dean's advisory board. Del
ta Gamma and Pi Lambda Theta.
Miss Shrader, senior in Teachers
College, is president of Tassels,
ALT Board member and Mortar
Board.
Miss Calvin, a homecoming
q u e e n candidate, and E-W'eek
finalist is a member of Alpha
Lambda Delta, Phi Ornicron Ep
silon. Newman Club and Tassels.
She is a junior in Agriculture.
The all university election for
Honorary Commandant will be
held Dec. 4. Voters mast have a
Military Ball ticket and an I.D.
card.
KK Rehearsal
The Tuesday night rehearsal
lor the skifs In the KK fall re
view will be in Pershing Me
morial Auditorium, according
lo director Kcilli Smith. The
schedule is:
Phi Kappa I'si, 7 p.m.: Phi
Delta Tlieta, 7:45 p.m.; Sigma
Phi F.psilon. 8:30 p.m.: Alpha
Tan Omega. 9:15 p.m., and
Sigma Chi, 10 p.m.
The ski! masters and (heir
entire groups are expected lo
be there, at the designated
times, ready to rehearse.
In ion Talent Show Sunday night.
Roiineroim were also presented
li'oili.v. I t ill:- Ilim'K hs mat
ter ol cei'enionies.
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