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THE FIRST DAY of class found some people just unable
to get back into the swing of things. Here, Bill Blake, Jr.
from Boston, Mass., (foreground) heads for his nine o'clock
five minutes late while an unidentliled.underclassman tries
to make up for lost time.
Debate Squad Preps
For Atomic Question
Team Upturns 15 Experienced
Hands; Top Frosh Expected
The University's verbal bat
tlers will begin preparing for
the 1958-59 debate campaign
late this month.
Nuclear weapons testing,
pro and con, will be the sub
ject the squad will tussle over
with other college debate
teams from all parts of the
United States.
15 Veterans
Don Olson, director of de
bate, said about 15 of last
season's debaters are in
school again this year. This
includes six girls: Eileen War
ren, Nancy Copeland, Barbara
Bacon, Phyllis Elliott, Susan
Goldhammer and Judy Lang.
Returning men include:
Dick Shugrue, George Mover,
Don Epp, Ernie Hines, Rennie
Ashleman, Don Binder, Mel
vin Eikelberry, Bill White and
Gary Hill.
Olson said he planned a
general meeting for all per
sons interested in debate
Sept. 25 in room 210 of Tem
ple Building. It will begin
at 7:30 p.m.
Olson emphasized that all
persons interested in debate
should attend. He said no pre
vious experience is necessary.
The University debate squad
normally numbers between 25
and 35 persons. Olson said he
had hopes for a strong group
of freshmen debaters, includ
ing the championship Nebra
ska high school debate team
last year from Lincoln South
east. Olson will be assisted by
Carl Harshbarger, a former
NU Housing
Almost Full
Men's Dorms
Reacli Capacity
No vacancy is pretty much
the by-word in University
housing circles.
All rooms in Selleck Quad,
Burr Hall and men's co-ops
were taken as of today ac
cording to R. Van Westover,
assistant dean of Student Af
fairs. Not New Ocurrence
The "full-up" situation is
not a new occurrence this
year, Westover commented.
As far back as he recalled,
Westover said the Quad had
been filled to capacity.
The Residence Halls for
Women is housing some 50
more coeds this year than
last, according to Helen Sny
der, dean of women. Last year
at this time 450 coeds lived
in the Halls compared to some
500 now., This figure is still
60 short of the dorm capacity.
Unti' the opening of Piper
Hall last year; the Residence
Halls were inadequate for the
number of coeds seeking hous
ing, Dean Snyder commented.
Love Memorial Hall, hold
ing 48-50 coeds, and F e d d e
Hall, holding 70 are both
filled, Miss "Snyder said.
"Believe me, we are full,"
said Madeline Girard, Panhel
lenic director.
Some 490 women are living
In sorority houses on campus.
Capacity would be about 500,:
Miss Girard commented.
The 490 figure compares
with about 478 at the same
time last year, indicating lit
tle change in the sorority
housing situation.
No break-down is available
on individual sorority houses.
No figures are available at
this time on fraternity hous-'ng.
The Daily
University of Iowa speech in
structor, and two graduate as
sistants. Last season the University
debate squad won 62 of its
debates. The usual average
for Nebraska squads is about
70.
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Color Blind: Keep Your Health;
Health Center May Be Trouble
Directional Lines Tell Sick Where To Go
If you're color blind and
sick, you're in bad shape. At
least if you try to use the
facilities at the new Univer
sity. Health Center.
Instead of sign posts indi
eating where to go and when,
the new Health Center
boasts colored directional
lines inlaid in the floor to
direct students to various di
visions. Follow Lines
For example, if a student is
in an examining room and
needs an X-ray, he follows
the green line to X-ray. Some
thought has been given to the
color-blind few, and signs are
posted over ea'ch door.
Faculty Lots
Open New
NU Parking
Two new lots will soon be
available for faculty parking.
One lot, located immedi
ately northeast of Student
Health, is finished now, ac
cording to C. B.. Billings,
landscape architect. The lot
will provide 30 faculty park
ing stalls.
The other lot is located on
the site of the old Student
Health, and will provide 60
more faculty stalls. It will be
completed within the next few
days, Billings said.
The Elgin parking lot pro
vides 360 more paved parking
stalls for faculty and off-campus
students, Billings added.
Hives, Dates New Student Week
Affects Frosh in Strange Ways
By Sondra Whalen
Staff Writer
Some are ready to go through again,
some think "it's got to go" and others are
bewildered by the entire thing.
These are just a few of the freshman
reactions to that whirl called New Student
Week.
Pat Dean, Arts and Sciences freshman,
from Lincoln, claimed that it had given
her hives!
"I hate to stand in lines for hours and
hours, but outside of that I've had a bal! .' .
Ron Ingersbll, freshman in Teachers
from Council Bluffs, la., was "all worn
out from running from one side of campus
to the other."
He thought that meeting adviser's and
talking with them personally was an ex
cellent idea. .
Pulling cards was termed a "mess", by
Rodney Hansen, freshman in Arts and
Sciences from Battle Creek.
"I thought everything else was a lot of
fun though," he said,' "and the convoca
tions were really interesting!"
Georgean Grabbe, freshman In Agricul
ture from North Platte thought ID card.?
should be issued sooner.
"No one will accept a check without an
ID card," she explained.
Nebraskan Tuesday, September 16, 1958
Muddled
Throws
By Ned Totman
, Daily Nebraskan Reporter
Weary, hot students trudging back and forth across the
campus marked the end of the first day of the 1958-59
school year.
The day was a jumble of unfamiliar classrooms,
strange and ominous professors, unexpected assignments,
a search for at least one familiar face in the crowd and
confusion over lost class-cards.
Sizing Up
Bewilderment was not limited to freshmen, as stu
dents sized up profs, and the men behind the diadems pon
dered the amount of intelligence lurking behind each face.
Students looked at professors, then each other, picked
up their pencils, and began to write, resigning themselves
to the fact that summer was over, school had begun and
here they were.
For some, this was a challenge to be met and mas
tered. To others it was old stuff, here to be done with the
best of their abilities.
And everyone, students and teachers alike, was tired
at the end of the day.
"I forgot my counselor's name," moaned one freshman,
"and have two classes at the same time.v
A junior and senior laughed together at the seeming
confusion- of the underclassmen, turned, and rushed into it
themselves.
Coffee Majors
An hour's break here and there during the day found
the Crib packed with the coffee-break majors, coke-sippers,
cotton-mouthed cigarette smokers, coke-daters and bull
sessions. .
Assignments to be dene, books to be bought and read,
papers to be written, and last year's lessons to be re
viewed so that this year's courses can be successfully met,
signified the end of the first day of school.
"Well," said one sophomore to another, "things could
be worse."
"They are," answered the other. "This is the second
day."
Dr. Sam Fuenning, direc
tor of the Center, points out
that the Center is working to
gear its health program to
keeping the student ambula
tory. The out-patient depart
ment is set up to diagnose ail
ments early, thus halting the
majority of diseases in their
infant stages, he said.
"We stress immunization,"
he explained. Through the or
ganized houses and dorms
"we try to educate the student
to take care of himself," he
added.
The new hospital is not
equipped completely yet, he
said. Much of the equipment
is from the old building, but
the beds have been replaced.
More Rooms
The rooms themselves are
the most striking feature of
the fully air-conditioned Cen
ter. Sixteen two-bed rooms
represent an increase of four
over the old Center.
Each room is equipped with
Us own fresh air intake and
temperature control, a stain
less steel wash basin, show
ers, some of which are shared
between two rooms, and beds
which have two-way speakers
for communication with the
nurse on duty.
Sliding walls divide each of
several spacious consultation
and examining rooms. A din
ing room for special diet stu
dents unable to take their
meals in the dorms or houses
is included in the new Center.
Mystery
Students needing attention
'It's great!"
in Business Administration from Linocln
exclaimed. "I've just had a good time ex
cept that I've had my feet stepped on
about four times this morning."
Nancy Zimmer, freshman from Falls
City in Teachers liked the idea of pre
registration. "It was a little confusing to me, being
from a small town, but pre-rcgistration
made everything faster and easier."
Shaking his head sadly, Denny Taylor,
freshman in Arts and Sciences from Lin
coln said,
"It's got to go! I feel like I've been
through the Civil War. It took two hours
to get through Studen Health, and four
hours to see my college counselors."
Pat Barrett, a freshman from York in
Home Economics, and Marilyn Winter,
Lincoln freshman in Teachers both
thought the week could be cut down.
"I think the convocations could be cut
down to one," Miss Barrett suggested.
Perhaps the most enthusiastic student
was Rich Shuman, Lincoln freshman in
Arts and Sciences who said the week had
been "terrific, great, and absolutely not
confusing!"
"And do you know why I think it's so
great?" he asked.. "Because I've had a
date every night this weekl"
Monday
Scholars
after clinic hours need not be
alarmed by the "mystery
voice", Dr. Fuenning warned.
When the doorbell rings, the
night nurse addresses the
student through a two-way
speaker over the doorbell.
The electric door is then
opened by the nurse, and the
patient can expect a loud buzz
as the door opens, he added.
Mr. Mum
Is Here
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Council To Meet
Student Council will hold its
first meeting Wednesday, ac
cording to Gary Frenzel, vice
president. The meeting will be at 4
p.m. in Union 315.
Council business will in
clude the organization of the
Student Council orientation
program, discussion of the
Spring D.y Committee selee
tion and selection of Student
Council committees.
Library Hours
Love Library hours this
year will be from 7:50 a.m.
to 9:30 p.m. Monday
through Thursday; 7:50
a.m. to 4:50 p.m. Friday and
Saturdays; and from 1:30
p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Sundays.
Lowell Bowman, freshman
Breakfast Kicks Off
Dollar-Spirit Drive
. . . NU-0 Street Unite In Campaign
By E. E. Hines
Editor
Nebraska wants better ath
letic teams.
Cornhusker squads need
better financial and spiritual
support from fans.
These were the big con
cerns of more than 200 Lin
coln businessmen and Univer
sity students who attended an
Extra Point Club - breakfast
Monday at the Cornhusker
Hotel.
"Help comeback with the
greenback" was the first
theme of the meeting, which
formally started a concen
trated drive in Lancaster
County to raise between $15-
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CORNHUSKER COACH Bill Jennings addresses the
Extra Point Club kick-off banquet in the Cornhusker Hotel
Ballroom Monday morning. Jennings told the gathering
of approximately 200 business men and campus leaders
that his squad was one of the most spirited he had coached.
Big Penn Squad
May Tilt Field
Jennings Views 1st Opponent
At Extra-Point Breakfast
"The Penn State squad is so big that when they walk
out on the field they may tilt it."
This is the way Bill Jennings, Nebraska football coach,
summarized the Huskers first opponents this season. Speak
ing at the Extra Point Club breakfast, he said that Penn State
definitely will start the game
with superior depth and
weight.
"One thing I can stress,"
Scrip Sets
October 17
Deadline
Manuscripts for "Scrip,"
the campus literary magazine,
will be received until Oct. 17,
according to Steve Schultz, ed
itor of the magazine.
An envelope to receive sub
mitted material has been
placed outside the office of
Robert Hough on the second
floor of Andrews Hall. Manu
scripts may also be given to
Schultz at the Phi Kappa Psi
house.
Schultz said the first issue
of the magazine last spring
was highly successful and was
a near sell out within four
days of publication.
"This year,"' he said, "we
hope to continue our policy of
varying types of material. We
want to, print stories and po
etry, of course, but we also
hope to print more criticism
and ffeneral essavs,"
The1 first issue of tha mag
azine this year will be pub
lished in November.
Research Film
Dr. Gordon E. Gibbs, pro
fessor of pediatrics, will show
a film at the 3 p.m. meeting
Sunday of the Lincoln Chap
ter of the National Cystic Fi
brosis Research Foundation.
Staff members are invited
to attend. The meeting will
be held in Parlor X' of the
Student Union.
Faculty Luncheons
Luncheon service is now
available at the Faculty Club
at 1520 R.
The dining room has been
redecorated and enlarged.
Service is cafeteria style.
20,000 to be used as grants-in-aid
for University ath
letes. The drive has been organ
ized on the same principle as
Community Chest collections.
Former Husker footballer Bob
Wagner of Lincoln is over-all
president of the club. All -
American Bob Reynolds and
Howard Lynch are co-chairmen
of the Lancaster drive.
In addition, ward cap
tains have been named.
Student Drive
University students wi:I also
start a drive this week on
campus to help raise funds
for the Extra Point Club.
Leaders of numerous student
organizations were among
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Jennings said, "is that this
team has worked as hard as
any I've been with."
Six Sophomores
The Husker coach said six
sophomores may start rxt
Saturday, and four more will
be in the second unit.
He also pointed out that
Nebraska was not very deep
as only 39 players were able
to suit up for practice last
Saturday. The team has al
ready been hard hit by in
juries, including the loss of
Ail-Big Eight contender Don
Olson, tackle.
Jennings said he elt Ne-
braska's schedule was the
toughest in the Big Eight.
Then, reviewing the recruit
ing program, he said that in
creases in grants-in-aid have
helped. Nebraska, obtain. 55
freshmen, footballers, "with
some good potential and sound
academic backgrounds."
The coach emphasized that
athletes should be sound both
on the field and off the field.
"It's an injustice," he de
clared, "to have a boy on
campus four years and not
have him graduate."
Cool Theatre
Due By Dec. 1
University theatre patrons
will sit in "cool comfort" at
plays and operas next spring-.
Air conditioning is being
installed in the theatre and
director's office for use next
spring and summer. It should
be finished by Dec. 1, accord
ing to Charles Fowler, direc
tor of division of Buildings
and Grounds.
, The cost of the project will
be approximately $18,000,
Fowler said. He added that
the air conditioning might be
tested this winter if a play
should be presented on a very
warm day.
those present who plan to aid
the campaign.
Membership in the club is
$1. Corn Cob and Tassels plaa
to carry the drive to Univer
sity dorms. Presidents of stu
dent organizations, fraterni
ties and sororities will be '
asked to do the same in their
gronps.
Thurston Phelps, a former
Husker quarterback, made
it clear that raising money
was not any more impor
tant titan "stimulation of
the old Cornhusker spirit."
Phelps said he was enthu
siastic that the club, now
starting its second year, will
get full support from students
as well as alumni and fans
throughout the entire state.
He said that chairmen have
been appointed in all of the
major counties in Nebraska,
but he emphasized that Lan
caster County and the Univer
sity campus were the key
spots.
Spirit Pledged
, Bill McQuistin, yell kin g,
pledged increased spirit on
campus, "we 11 start the Penn
State game with something
hard to beat. The students will
be out in force for the team
and with an alum cheering
section to aid us, the football
team will know we re there.
McQuistin was optimistic
that the "Mile of Scrolls," an
endless number of pages
signed by Nebraska backers,
will be ready for the Penn
game. Scrolls have been cir
culated around Lincoln as
well as in all student housing
units.
Bill North, president of the
N Club, urged strong attend
ance at the football games
and predicted a better than
expected season if fans back'
the team.
Bill Orwig, University ath
letic director, reminded the
group that 'spirit engen
dered by an organization
like this is much greater
than the money collected."
He said the idea for the club
came from Joe Yetman, a
Husker fan who had moved
to Nebraska from the east
only about a year before. Or
wig liked the idea and the
drive was started late in the
season with the aid of several
Lincolnites.
In the first year, $4,500 was
collected and donated to the
athletic department. An addi
tional $500 was kept to use
as an operating fund.
More Grants
Orwig said grants-in-aid
have already been increased,
noting that more than twice
as many freshman football
players are receiving scholar
ships this year than a year
ago.
It was stressed that Ne
braska had successfully re
cruited about 60 athletes
during the winter, partially
due to increased scholarship
funds.
Dick McCashland, football
team captain, was presented
a scroll from the club wishing
"good luck to the 1958 foot
ball team," and stressing that
fans would stand behind the
team win or lose.
McCashland said he realized
that Penn State would be a
lot bigger than the Huskers,
but reminded everyone that
"the bigger they are the hard
er they fall."
Chancellor Clifford Hardin
and Dean J. Philip Colbert
were also among those at
tending the breakfast.
Beauty Queen
Appears In Look
Judy Lang, Alpha Phi
sophomore in Arts and Sci
ences, is featured in a four
page color spread, "The
Changing Coed," in the forth
coming issue of Look Maga
zine. Miss Lang and 13 other co
eds from 7 Midwestern Uni
versities are described in the
article as "beautiful girls"
combining "looks with in
telligence," part of a trend
of coeds to "regard college as
more than a p.ace to fmd a
husband."
The colored illustration of
Miss Lang shows her in a
sw 'iming pool. The caption
reads: "Red Cross swimming
teached Judy Lang, 19, art
major at the University of
Nebraska, wants to study in
Paris."
Miss Lang participated in
several beauty contests on
the University campus. She
was a 1958 Cornhusker Beauty
Queen.
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