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Vol. 33, No. 67
The Doily Nebraskan Tuesday, February 17, 1959
ew Enrollment Figures
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THIS MI LE DEER exhibit is
which is now under construction at the University museum. The project is expected to
be completed in 1961.
Museum to Complete
Animal Habitat Exhibits
Twelve-Year Project Is
Result of Anonymous Gift
The addition of five new
habitat groups will complete
the Hall of Nebraska Wildlife
at the University museum by
1961.
The completion of this 12
year project is being made
possible by an anonymous
gift of $18,500.
Exact Reproductions
Exact reproductions of Ne
braska's native animal life
will include the Prairie Chick
en, Sand Hill Crane, Prairie
Dog, Coyote and the Wapiti
Elk.
Already begun is the addi
tion of two habitat groups,
Water Fowl and Mule Deer,
financed by the Cooper Foun
dation, and six smaller wild
life displays.
The displays which the com
pleted hall will replace are
being moved into the base-
Extension
Proposal
Amended
Class Duplication
Would Be Taboo
The legislature has amend
ed a bill authorizing the Uni
versity to offer off-campus
classes through its Extension
Division.
The amendment, introduced
by Senator Michael Russillo
of Omaha, provides that off
campus classes avoid unnec
essary duplication of courses
offered locally by another in
stitution of higher learning.
Omaha interests have been
seeking assurance that the
University will not move into
fields now served by the Uni
versity of Omaha, Creighton
University and other college
level schools in Omaha.
Knute Broady. director of
the University Extension Di
vision, said the amendment
would not affect operations of
ihc division.
"The amendment would in .
no way affect our plans or
artivitiVs because we have al-'
ways taken pains to avoid
unnecessary duplication," he
commented.
The University offered off
campus classes until last year
when an opinion given by At
torney General C. S. Beck re
vealed that the school lacked
the legal authority to do so.
The amendment to the bill
was accepted unanimously by
the legislature. The bill,
LB 30, will come up for final
passage later.
AWS Begins
Coed Follies
Ticket Sales
Tickets for the annual Coed
Follies show Feb. 27 are on
sale in the Union and can be
purchased from Kosmet Klub
workers and AWS House
representatives.
The AWS-sponsored all
women show will feature six
vjts and three traveler acts.
An Ideal Nebraska Coed
rnd 12 finalists for Cornhusk
er Beauty Queen will also be
presented at the show.
Finalists foi iie' Ideal title
are Karen Schuster. Gretchen
Saeer, Karen Peterson, Sally
Jjowns ana jane aavenei.
Their final interviews will be
held tomorrow.
The 90 cent tickets will be
on sale at the Pershing Audi
torium. Coffee: Bleacher?
Maybe coffee breaks aren't
such a good idea after all.
A check on a splotch of cof
fee spilled on the Rag copy
desk revealed it had bleached
the desk white.
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part of the group of habitat
ment area of the new Mueller
Planetarium.
Represent Counties
Habitat groups already on
display are the Whooping
Crane, Blue Heron, Bison,
Bobcat, Pronghorn Antelope,
Beaver, Red Foxes, White
Tail Deer and Skunk.
When completed the dis
play will represent wildlife
from every part of the state.
The new displays represent
Gage and Jefferson counties
-Covote, Cherry County
Wapiti Elk, Chase Co Prairie
Dog, Lincoln and Daws Coun
tiesSand Hill Crane, and
Prairie Chicken Kellog and
Arthur Counties.
In addition to the five new
habitat groups several small
sample displays are being
constructed in the anthropol
ogy and zoology fields.
No Mummies
According t o Dr. C. B.
Schultz, museum director,
many students who come to
the museum are amazed to
find that there are no mum
mies. "We have plenty of mum
mies," Dr. Schultz said, "but
we haven't the room to pro
perly display them now."
Less than five per cent of
the museum's 2,500,000 speci
mens are on display due to
the lack of adequate exhibit
space and as a result, certain
collections are brought out of
storage temporarily as
"changing displays." Even
new displays are frequently
shown for only short periods.
Many collections are stored
outside of the museum in An
drews and Bessy Halls.
Around 700,000 insect speci
mens are stored on Ag camp
us. Employment:
TV Series
Interprets
Constitution
The first presentation in a
program series, "Decision:
The Constitution In Action,"
will be tonight at 8:30 p.m.
over KUCN-TV.
The program, "The Consti
tution and Employment Stan
dards," deals with arguments
concerning the right of Con
gress to set minimum wages,
limit child labor and in other
ways legislate employment
standards. The case of U.S.
vs. Darby Lumber Company
is the chitf focus.
Each program in the series
will deal with a U.S. Supreme
Court decision involving a
question of constitutional in
terpretation. The series re
ceived the Sylvania Award
as the most outstanding non
commercial educational TV
program of the year.
The programs are produced
by the National Educational
Radio and Television Center
for Mass Communication of
Columbia University Press.
Rodeo Club Sleets
Wednesday Evening
Rodeo Club will meet at
7:30 p.m. Wednesday at the
Animal Husbandry Building.
A film from the Glenn Buck
ranch will be shown.
Rodeo jackets s h o u 1 d be
picked up immediately from
Ted Klug at the Beef Barn.
Eight Out-Stalers
Take Ag Course
Eight out-state Nebraskans
completed a four-week course
in tractor engines and beef
cattle management at the Uni
versity. Those completing the course
were Jerry Faeh, Gene Tay
lor, Wayne Jones, Joseph
Houska, Delmar Kapke, Bryce
Witt, Willis Brinkmeyer and
Neal Thomas.
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displays of Nebraska wildlife
Opinion on Activities Apathy Draws
Varied Student, Faculty Comment
Apathy on campus some
say yes, some say no, some
just wonder.
With the dropping of numer
ous campus traditions, and
low attendance at some cam
pus events, the Daily Nebras
kan took an informal sampl
ing of opinion about apathy
on the Univesity campus.
Mixed Emotions
Students and faculty mem
bers responded with mixed
feelings.
Union activities director
Bob Handy feels there is a
minimum of campus apathy.
"What apathy there is
stems from the fact that we
too often try to stick things
the students don't want down
their necks," he said. "The
average student is smart and
is very particular as to what
to attend.
Dropping Penny Carnival, a
campus event held in Sep
tember for sorority pledge
classes, was a good thing,
Handy said.
"I commend the student
body for dropping Penny Car
nival because they felt it was
taking too much of the fresh
man girl's time at a critical
time in her college career,
he said.
Academic Emphasis
Handy also commended the
emphasis which is being
placed on academics and the
student attendance at the
community concerts.
"I suggest all organizations
get together and critically
analyze each other's activities
. . . throw out the ones which
have no value and improve
the ones which are good."
The IFC Ball Friday night
was attended by about ziw
couples. The dance was held
in Turnpike Ballroom and
suffered a financial loss of
approximately $200, according
to IFC officers.
However, plans are under
way for a "bigger IFC Ball
next year," Joe Knoll, IFC
social chairman said. The
ball might have a "big
name" band a n d be regis
tered as a University func
Pub Board
Picks Two
For Staff
Anne W i 1 1 h o f f and Dan
Luchsinger have been selec
ted as new members of the
Daily Nebraskan business
staff.
Miss Witthoff, a junior in
Arts and Sciences, will be as
sistant business manager. She
is a member of Pi Beta Phi.
Luchsinger is the new circu
lation manager. He is also a
junior in Arts and Sciences.
Both students are journal
ism majors.
The new staff members
were picked Monday by the
Faculty Senate Board of Uni
versity Publications.
A circulation manager and
assistant business manager
were selected at the end of
last semester but both re
signed because of ill health.
YWCA Slates
Summer Work
Summer projects will be
discussed at a YWCA tea
Wednesday from 4:30 to 5:30
p.m. in Rosa Bouton Hall.
Working in settlement
houses in New York, working
in industry in Minnesota and
various types of work in
Europe will be explained.
Any students interested in
information about the summer
projects are invited to at
tend.
Show Overall
University enrollment fig
ures for second semester
classes show a 50 student in
crease over those of last year
at the same time.
Dr. Floyd Hoover, registrar,
said that enrollment now
stands at 7,887 while the Feb
ruary 1958 enrollment total
was 7,837.
Teachers Largest
Total University enrollment
including Extension Divi
sion's evening classes, is 8,463
-Daily Nebraskan Survey
tion, Knoll said.
Social Restrictions
Bob Schrepf, junior in Arts
and Sciences, said increased
social restrictions by the ad
ministration cause a feeling
of apathy toward such events
as the IFC ball.
"Students don't want to be
told what to do all the time,"
he said, "and especially how
to conduct themselves."
"Students at Nebraska lack
pride in their state for the
most part," Schrept continu
ed. "This is reflected in spir
it at athletic events. The only
exception is basketball and
even in this case students
don't support the team as
much as they should."
Paul Barlow, part-time in
structor in history and prin
ciples of education, thought
there was an increase in the
importance of studying, caus
ing less of an interest in other
things.
Interests Uncertain
"WTe are living in a rest
less time with our interests
always shifting," he said.
"Students are less certain
Ag College
To Cooperate
In Oats Tests
An oats drill box survey will
be conducted at the Northeast
Nebraska Experiment Station
Farm.
Oat seed will be collected
and planted at the station.
Tests will be made for purity,
percentage of inert materials,
other crops and number and
kind of weed seeds present.
Results will be available to
farmers cooperating and coun
ty agents.
The University's Agricultur
al Extension Service is aid
ing in the survey.
Chairman of the Zoology and Anatomy Department
Parasitologist Manter Uses Work
As 'Excuse for World Traveling9
"Worms are very pretty."
You don't agree?
Then you are not Dr.
Harold Manter, chairman of
the department of zoology
and anatomy.
Enjoys Watching
Not only does Dr. Manter
think worms are pretty but
he likes to watch them.
Because he does, he has
traveled to the South Sea
Islands, New Zealand and
Switzerland.
He is recognized as one
of the world's authorities on
the parasitology of marine
life.
'An Excuse'
The parasitologist de
scribes his work as "an ex
cuse for traveling."
The Galapagos Islands of
Darwin fame were the site
of Dr. Manter's studies in
1934. The geopraphical dis
tribution of trematodes, a
type of fish parasite, was
the object of his study.
What the scholar lists as
achievement was a result of
a recent trip to New Zea
land. As a Fulbright re
search scholar in 1951 he
published four treatises on
the geographical distribu
tion of trematodes.
Hawaiin Study
His latest research proj
ect deals with the parasites
of fish in Hawaii. A former
student has collected para
sites from those islands and
as compared with a total of
8,292 last year. This is an in
crease of 171 students.
Teachers College replaces
the College of Engineering
and Architecture as the larg
est college. Teachers has 1,
426 enrolled, as compared
with the second largest col
lege, Arts and Sciences.
Last year Enginnering had
the highest enrollment. At
that time. Student Council
membership was changed to
about what things they are
interested in, and no longer
do they have the tendency to
rally round the flag."
Marilyn 'Curtice, sophomore
in Arts and Sciences, felt
there was apathy and :ited
lack of campus unity as one
of the reasons.
"Interest centers within
one's own group and if the
majority of the group does not
attend the activities, then few
individuals will go," she said,
Dr. W'illiam Hall, director
of the School of Journalism,
called apathy one of his pet
peeves.
"The typical college stu
dent is engaged in so many
activities that he prefers to
do something On his own to
get away from the rat race.
He may be fed up with or
ganized activities." he said.
Two Dances Prosper
Although the IFC Ball ap-
Fu.y i u.u..ey, io oui-
c. urtiiLia weie consiaerea;theme song
uKJi.ii u5 milium y
Ball and the
Homecoming
Dance drew "large" crowds.
with 2,500 dancers and spec
tators attending the Military
Ball.
Kosmet Klub was also a fi
nancial success, officers said,
although only three fraterni-
Civil Service
Wants Geologists
Applications for several
Civil Service jobs are avail
able from the U.S. Post
Office in Lincoln.
Examinations for positions
as geologists paying $6,285 to
$12,770 a year and patent ad
visor paying $5,430 to $8,810
will be given.
Announcements and applica
tion forms may be obtained
from Gerald Vallery at the
post office.
brought them to Dr. Manter
to be studied and classified.
"There are many para
sites not yet collected in
many parts of the world,"
the professor said.
Dr. Manter is the co
author of a new zoology
text published this year. Dr.
Dwight Miller, professor of
zoology, also worked on the
book, Introduction to Zool
ogy. And More Worms
"It is fascinating to find
the e a r I i e s t information
about worm s," the para-,
sitologist commented.
Seeking information, ne
has studied in marine labor
atories all along the east
coast. In 1957 he traveled to
Switzerland to take part in
a symposium. There he re
ported on the parasitology
of fishes.
The interest in worms is
a continuation of his Ph.D.
thesis work. After receiving
his B.A. from Bates Col
lege, Me., in 1922, Manter
received his Ph.D. from the
University of Illinois.
Here Since '26
The land-lockled state of
Nebraska has claimed his
services since 1926 when he
became a member of the
University staff.
Six years ago he became
chairman of the zoology and
anatomy department.
Dr. Manter is now presi
Increases
allow three Engineering rep
resentatives and two from
Arts and Science.
Increase Figures
Previously Arts and Sci
ences had three representa
tives and Engineering had
two. Teachers college has
three representatives.
Arts and Sciences shows the
largest increase in enrollment
of the individual colleges.
Figures show a total of 1,188
students in 1958 as compared
ties participated with skits.
The lack of fraternities try
ing out was blamed on the
show being too close to Home
coming. Activities which were abol
ished this year include Penny
Carnival and the AUF Auc
tion .
Both Coed Counselors and
the AUF drive have been re
vamped this year. Plans for
revamping of the Union board
j have been made.
Infamous Raids
Immortalized
In New Song
Many songs have been
written about the "hallowed
ivy" and the "fighting spirit"
of good bid college days.
In fact, from beauty con
tests to ROTC, almost every
phase of couege life has its
And now, even the most in
famous of campus institutions,
the panty raid, has been lm
mortahzed in song.
"Panty Raiders," with
words and music by Harry
Johnson, is the latest contri
bution to the list of campus
songs. The lyrics shout of the
brave band of college men
who go in search of laceyloot
while the coeds cheer them
on.
Alternate title for the song
might be "Prelude for Spring
in 2-4 Time."
Exchange Leftovers
Should Be Claimed
Books and money left over
from the Agronomy Club book
exchange must be picked up
before Feb. 28.
Students should call Ken
Frank at Burr Hall.
dent of the American
Microscopic Society and as
sociate editor of the Jour
nal of Parasitology. He acts
as a consultant to the U.S.
Public Health committee in
Washington.
Working as a full-time
instructor, writing the zool
ogy text and attending to
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WORM STUDY is a favorite project of Dr. Harold Man
ter, University parisitologist. Microscopically speaking,
Dr. Manter claims "worms are prettv."
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to the 1959 total of 1,309.
Dentistry College has in
creased its enrollment over
the past year by five students.
The total now stands at 128.
Teachers Grows
Teachers College has also
recorded a bigger number of
students. From 1,351 students
last year, the total has in
creased to 1,426 this semester.
The students-at-Iarge total
has risen from 58 to 86 while
the number of graduate stu
dents has been increased
from 729 to 851.
All other colleges within the
University have shown a de
crease in the number of stu
dents, according to Dr. Hoo
ver. Enrollment Decrease
The total number of stu
dents in the College of Agri
cultural has dropped from a
1958 figure of 935 to the 1959
total of 894.
Business Administration en
rollment has also registered a
decrease. The 1958 total of 1,
051 has dropped to 921 this
year.
In the College of Engineer
ing and Architecture the en
rollment total has gone from
1,388 in 1958 to 1,252 in 1959.
Professions
The College of Law has re
corded a decrease of 12 stu
dents, going from 132 in 1958
to 120 in 1959.
The College of Medicine in
Omaha also shows a decrease
in enrollment figures going
from 450 to 1958 to 429 this
semester.
Pharmacy College records
show an enrollment drop
from 74 in 1958 to 43 in 1959.
Comparison of 1958 and
1959 totals of Junior Division
students shows a decrease
from 149 to 86.
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Films of Tour
Films of some of the Euro
pean countries to be visited
on the Union European Tour
will be shown tonight in the
Parlor C, Union.
Betty Jean Holcomb, tour
guide, will lead the second
orientation and discussion at
7 p.m.
Twelve vacancies remain
for the tour and an immediate
deadline has been established
for signing up. Instructions
and applications are avail
able in the Union Activities
Office.
Blue Print Meeting
The Nebraska Blue Print
will meet today at 5 p.m. in
105 Stout Hall.
the executive duties of na
tional organizations has left
little time for Dr. Manter's
hobbies although he finds
time to enjoy photography.
When some of his nation
al positions end this year,
he hopes he will find time
to give more attention to
his classes.
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