T&ezing
more difficult, I think that
By MarnVTMftVZQco
A series of recent chances
are mch'-.g it harder fd&Q
thaJiU student to breeze
through college according
to the dean of Jtfhier-Di-
vision and several s t a f 1
members of the College of
Arts and Sciences.
But apparently the
changes have not been af
fected with an eye towards
toughening courses. They
have come about with tight
er screening, positive grade
demands and intensive ef
forts to impart knowledge
on the part of the faculty.
No Policy
"While there is no organ
ized policy of making work
Vol. 33, No.
68
Queen Presentation
Scheduled at Game
Auction Death Causes Change;
Six Vie for Activities Honor
The AUF Activiites Queen
. will be presented in a new
surrounding this year the
basketball game Monday
night.
The six sophomore final
ists, Barb Barker, Sue Car
koski. Skip Harris, Kay
Hirschbach, Linda Rohwed-
der and Mary Lou Valencia,
were picked last November
by the AUF Board.
WAA Picks
Intramural
Delegates
Fifteen new representatives
have been chosen for the 1959
1960 Women's Intramural pro
gram by the Women's Ath
letic Association board.
They are Carole Woodling,
Alpha Chi Omega ;Deantia
Donnell, Alpha Omicron Pi;
Diane Erickson, Alpha Phi;
Janet Anderson, Alpha Xi Del
ta; Sue Schnieder, Chi Ome
ga; Barbara Fenwick, Delta
Delta Delta.
Gail Parker, Delta Gamma;
Kay Hirschbach, Kappa Al
pha Theta; Roberta Rock,
Kappa Delta; Juli Bowers,
Kappa Kappa Gamma; Clara
Lou 'Ostdiek, Newman Club;
Anne Witthoff, Pi Beta Phi;
Gloria Tietjen, Sigma Kappa;
Dorothy Dusek, Terrace Hall;
and Cathleen Corkle, Zeta
Tau Alpha.
These girls, representing
organized groups participat
ing in intramural spcit, or
ganize teams and encourage
individual and team participation.
Kappa Alpha Psi:
Negro Fraternity
May
Get
Kappa Alpha Psi, Negro fra
ternity, may pledge enough
members this year to enable
the fraternity to obtain a char
ter and a house next year,
according to Hirschel Turner.
Turner, basketball player
and one of four Kappa Alpha
Psi actives, explained that the
fraternity has been in exist
ence on this campus, although
not officially, since before
1930.
Not Enough
"We've never had enough
actives to get a charter,"
Turner added.
Turner, Al Maxey, Lee Rol
ands and Michael Adams are
active members. The group
has taken five new pledges on
the University campus and
several on Wesleyari.
University pledges are Clay
White, Al Long. Richard Keir,
Joe Dixon and Al Kercheval.
Not Strong
"Up until now the few mem
bers have just met in each
others rooms now and then.
It's never been as strong here
as it has at other Universi
ties." Kappa Alpha Psi is a na
tional fraternity with more
than 200 chapters, Turner said.
It started at Bloomington, In
diana in 1911, he said.
"The chapter at Kansas Uni
versity is strong and so is
the one in Omaha. At Kansas
Wilt Chamberlain, Bob Boozer
and Bill Bridges are mem
bers," Turner commented.
Pledging
"We've been pledging since
About four weeks after school 1
without question the stand-
ai&J-of academic achieve
'tnenp has been raised." ac
cording to Lee Chatfield,
Dean of the Junior Division.
Reasons for this change
atmany and complex, ac-
cording to the dean
Over the last two years,
the general quality of the
freshman class has been
higher, judging by their po
sitions in their the high
school class.
Fewer University fresh
men ranked in the bottom
quarter of their high school
class this year than in 1936.
The administration has
been screening more tight
ly than it was five to eight
The Doily Nebraskan
The Queen was to be pre
sented at the AUF Auction in
November or December, but
this year the Auction was dis
continued. The finalists were picked
from candidates nominated
by University activities.
Miss Barker, the Builders
candidate, is in Business Ad
ministration. She is a Build
ers chairman, Cornhusker sec
tion editor and a member of
Alpha Phi.
Miss Carkoski is a member
of Coed Counselors Board, a
Union chairman, an AUF
chairman, a Masquers work
er, and member of Kappa Al
pha Theta. She is in Teach
ers College and is the candi
date from Coed Counselors.
Miss Rohwedder is the Corn
husker candidate. An Arts and
Science student, she is a
Cornhusker section editor, a
Red Cross- assistant tharr-
man, a member of Coed Coun
selors, Alpha Lambda Delta
and Kappa Kappa Gamma.
Miss Hirschbach, Teachers
College, is a cheerleader, a
Union chairman and a mem
ber of the WAA Board and
Kappa Alpha Theta. She is
the Union candidate.
Miss Harris is a Cornhusk
er section editor, member of
University Singers, the AWS
Board and is ruin chairman
of Pi Beta Phi. She is in
Teachers College and is the
candidate from AWS.
Miss Valencia, the WAA
candidate, is a member of the
AWS Board, the WAA Board,
Newman Club, Aquaquettes
and the Residence Halls for
Women. She is in Arts and
Sciences.
Charter
started and we feel that next
year or possibly the year after,
we'll have the 14 or 15 active
members necessary for a
house and charter."
The pledges are called mem
bers of a scroller club and
wear pins in the shape of a
scroll, Turner said.
"They'll be activated in
June if they make their re
quired 4 average," Turner
added.
Arts Society
Selects
Karl Shapiro
Karl Shapiro, University
English professor and poet,
has been selected for mem
bership in the National Insti
tute of Arts and Letters.
The institute, which is the
nation's top honor society of
the arts, limits its member
ship to 250 Americans.
Shapiro, a professor here
since 1956, is a Pulitzer Prize
winner and editor of the Uni
versity literary magazine,
Prairie Schooner.
Thursday Meeting
For Ag Ec Club
The Agriculture Economic
Club will meet at 7:30 p.m.
Thursday in Room 116 in the
Dairy Industry Building.
John Bucy will speak on
the TVA program. An elec
tion of officers will follow.
Through
yean ago. Dean Chatfield they fall into one of these
years ago, Dean Chatfield
said.
High Demands
Since most instructors
tend to be influenced by the
quality of their classes, the
higher caliber student usu
ally causes higher standards
for the class, he said.
This may partially ac
count for the increased dif
ficulty of courses.
Since the University is a
state school, it does not
screen students "at the
door."
Instead, freshmen who
fail to make an accumula
tive average of 3.5 by the
end of their first year are
dropped. They may enter
the University again only if
Matzke
Matzke
To Talk
To PBKs
Former Senator
Slated Feb. 19
Stanley Matzke will speak
on Nebraskan's "Watered
Economy" at a Phi Beta Kap-
pa meeting at the Union Feb.
19.
Matzke has had a varied
career which includes a law
practice in Seward, newspap
er work, farming, politics and
government. He is a former
state senator and a 1924 Uni
versity law graduate. He
practiced law at Seward for
23 years and was county at
torney for eight.
Matzke served as Nebraska
State Insurance Commissioner
in 1945-46, and was farm edi
tor of the Nebraska State
Journal from 1946-1953.
Matzke has long been an
advocate of soil and water
conservation, taking part in
early day conservation legis
lation and formation of soil
conservation districts.
He was an early advocate of
flood control by on-the-land
conservation and upstream
watershed development, and
was first secretary of the Salt
Wahoo Watershed Association.
For his work in soil conserva
tion he was awarded the soil
Conservation Society of
America Award in 1952.
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Nebraskan Survey
Fraternity Hell Weeks
Shorter on Time, Hazing
By John Hoerner
There is very little "hell"
left in hell weeks, according
to a recent survey of 16 uni
versity fraternities.
Of the 16 fraternities
polled, one, Phi Gamma
Delta, has never held hell
week and two, Kappa Sig
ma and Sigma Alpha Epsi
lon, have abolished hell
week from their pledge
training programs.
Early Start
Five fraternities have held
their hell weeks in the first
two weeks of the semester
since study loads are usual
ly lighter at the beginning
of the school term.
Eleven of the 16 fraterni
ties polled said that their
hell week had been short
ened the past three years.
Five had shortened them
this year for the first time.
Three fraternities, Phi
Delta Theta, Phi Kappa Psi
and Alpha Tau Omega, have
a civic service project as
part of their hell week. This
year the Phi Delts did ex
tensive redecorating at the
Salvation Army Headquar
ters. The ATOc and Phi Psis
they fall into one of these
groups 1) those wno com
plete two years of service
and desire to re-enter, 2)
those who accumulate a B
average at another school,
3) those who make suffi
ciently high grades through
the University's extension
More About
Stiffening
On Friday
Wednesday, February 18, 1959
Physical Anthropologist
Schedules 2-Day Talks
Discussions to Center on Pre-DentaU
Pre-Medical Topics, Human Evolution
Dr. Bertram Kraus, noted,
physical anthropologist, will
speak Thursday and Friday
at the University.
Dr. Kraus is from the de
partment of orthodontics at
the University of Washington
School of Dentistry in Seattle,
Wash.
Sponsors
He is being sponsored by
the University Research Coun
cil, the graduate departments
of pedodontics and orthodon
tics and the department of
anthropology.
Dr. Kraus r e c e i v e d his
Ph.D. from the University of
Chicago, was a Guggenheim
Fellow in 1951, and a Fellow
of the American Cancer So
ciety in 1954-55.
He is also an authority on
the growth and health of
American Indian children. He
has done field research
among various groups of
American Indians and in Ja
pan. Pre-Dental
Highlighting the program
will be the discussion on "The
Role of Physical Anthropolo
gy in Pre-Dental and Pre
Medical Education" which
will be directed especially to
ward pre-dental and pre-med-
ical students.
Other talks scheduled for
Thursday are:
Landmarks in Human Evo
lution, 8:30 to 10 a.m., Room
301 Andrews Hall; Evolution
of the Cranio-facial Complex,
10:30-11:45 a.m., Room 301,
Andrews Hall; Seminar with
professional anthropologists
Group, 4-5 p.m., Koom 15-16
Burnett Hall.
Square Dance
To Meet Friday
The All-Univti'sity Square
Dance Club will meet Friday
at 8 p.m. in the College Activi
ties building on Ag Campus.
Admission is 25 cents for
members and 35 cents for
non-members.
have not had their hell
weeks yet, but are planning
community project, offi
cers said.
Alpha Tau Omega is na
tionally known for backing
the "help week rather than
hell week program."
All fraternities polled had
what they termed "moder
nized hell weeks." The haz
ing and painful and degrad
ing experiences often asso
ciated with hell week have
been almost entirely elim
inated. One fraternity, in a five
day program of cleaning up
the house and learning chap
ter history, etc., reported'
that two hours were set
aside for traditional hell
week games.
National Setup
The longest hell week was
reported by Sigma Chi. This
program is set up by the na
tional fraternity and con
sists largely of instruction
about the fraternity.
One hell week chairman,
Jim Cadwallader, expressed
the views of many when he
said "I don't see why they
have to call It hell week any
way. A pre-initiatiun period
On
courses to warrant another
try.
College Trends
A policy of higher aca
demic standards is reflect
ed, also, in some of the Uni
versity's colleges and
schools.
In the college of Arts and
Sciences, a new ruling that
it will take a grade of 4 or
better to count toward the
major will go into affect.
A 4 average overall is need
ed to graduate from the col
lege. Walter N. Wright, assist
ant dean of Arts and Sci
ences, said the ruling will
effect only a small number
of students, and is not retroactive.
Playwright Contest
Offers $300 Prize
University Theatre, Masquers
Sponsor Nationwide Competition
Friday:
Heredity in Malocclusion,
9-10:30 a.m.; Principles of
Human Growth, 11-12 a.m.:
Principles of Human Growth
(con't), 1:30-2:45 p.m.; Ques
tions and Answers, 3-4 p.m.
All of Friday's talks will be
held in Room B-12, Burnett
Hall.
Physical Anthropology is
the study of human evolution
and variation. It is used a
great deal in the study of
growth, especially in children,
according to the Anthropolo
gy Department.
'Real Japan9
On Display
At Burnett
Been wondering who took
those pictures of rural Japan
which are displayed in the
basement of Burnett Hall?
The photographer is Jim
Joachim, senior in electrical
engineering and 15-year photo
graphy enthusiast.
While in Japan during a
stint in the service, Joachim
had a one-day leave with
nothing to do. So he set out
on a 15-mile hike in the coun
try near Tokyo to capture the
"real Japan on film.
He faced a problem since
he knew very little Japanese
and his subjects knew no Eng
lish. The Japanese people
were also leery of Joachim
since most of them had never
seen an American before,
much less one in uniform.
But queries such as "May
I take your picture?" and
commands like "Look over
there" helped him get the job
done.
The pictures were displayed
after Jim took some of them
to Ray Morgan, assistant pro
fessor of photography, in con
nection with a problem in a
photography class. Morgan
liked them and asked if he
could display them on Bur
nett's basement walls.
would be a much more ac
curate terminology and
would eliminate a lot of in
correct impressions which
are gained from the name
"hell week."
One fraternity used the
hell week time for getting
better acquainted with
alums. Pledges were re
quired to obtain the signa
ture of a certain number of
campus and local alums on
a plaque and present them
at the chapter house.
Time Saved
The main activity report
ed was cleaning and repair
ing of fraternity houses.
"Really," one hell week
chairman said, "we save the
pledges time by throwing all
this work into one week,
thus leaving them free for
other activities the rest of
the year."
"Every house has to have
a good cleaning and repair
work done sometime in the
year and it might as well
be the pledges who do it,"
the chairman said.
"When your mother does
her spring cleaning, you
don't feel sorry for her and
call it he)l week!"
Way
He said efforts are beinff
He said efforts are being
made to "standardize" sec
tions of the same course.
Grade runs are made
known to newcomers on the
faculty, so they will be able
to judge the standings of
the classes they teach,
Wright continued.
Also, checks are made in
to classes issuing more than
the usual number of 7's, 8's,
and 9's, to see if the stand
ards need raising.
Wright said weak high
school students were d i s
couraged by entrance re
quirements and counseling
from coming to college
right away until "they've
had a chance to settle
down."
A $300 play writing contest
is being offered by Nebraska
Masquers and University The
atre. The contest, which is be
ing directed by Joseph Bald
win, assistant professor o f
speech, is nationwide.
"We're sending more than
600 announcements of the
contest to every speech d e -partment
in the United
States," Baldwin said.
Open To All
He explained that the con
test was not restricted, and
was open to all private citi
zens as well as students and
faculty members of universi
ties. The present contest is a re
vival of an old contest which
was offered by Masquers sev
eral years ago.
"There are other sim
ilar contests in the United
States, such as at Illinois,
Wisconsin and John Hopkins
University but this one has
several unique features,"
Baldwin explained.
Of the $300 award, $200 will
be given as prize money. The
$100 will be granted to the
author of the prize winning
script as traveling expenses
for a trip to the University
campus where he will witness
a staged version of his play.
Year Until Production
"After he sees the staged
version, he will be given an
opportunity to confer with the
staff about the play, and then
will be given a chance to re
write it and correct any
mistakes he may have
made," Baldwin said.
The play will then be pre
sented for the public in Jan
uary of 1960. The staged ver
sion will be in October, 1959.
The revised script will be
due Nov. 25.
Entry fee for the contest is
$1, which covers costs of cir
culating scripts among the
committee of judges, Baldwin
said. The plays will first be
judged by a screening com
mittee, who will select be
tween five and 10 scripts.
Judges Not Selected
These scripts will then be
sent to a board of judges. The
judges have not been select
ed as yet.
Manuscripts must be sub
mitted by June 30. They
must be original, not transla
tions or adaptations. Plays
should be in three act form, or
if not, long enough to consti
tute an evening's entertain
ment. The $200 prize is named aft
er Fred Ballard, Nebras
ka native who had several
plays on Broadway during the
1920's.
Centennial Posts
To NU Students
Two University Students
and a University facul
ty member have been ap
pointed chairmen for the
Western Day celebration May
9, according to Arnott F o 1 -som,
Western Day chairman.
Western Day will be t h e
final event in the Lincoln cen
tennial celebration.
Robert Volk, president of
the Block and Bridle Club,
was named chairman of the
Quarter-H o r s e Show. Co
chairmen of the Rodeo are
Ted Klug, president of t h e
University Rodeo Association,
and Richard Warren,, assist
ant professor of animal hus
bandry. Bridge Tourney
Deadline Near
The deadline for entering
the Inter - collegiate Bridge
Tournament is Feb. 19.
All organized houses and
dorms may enter as many
partners as they wish.
Entrants should apply in the
Union Activities Office.
Out
Referins to the aualitv of
Refering to the quality of
Nebraska's students. Dean
Wright believes the Uni
versity is getting fewer of
the kind that are "not dili-,
gent:s.
Stiffer Yet
Individual departments
within the College of ArU
and Sciences have even
stiffer requirements.
Chairman of History
Dept. James Olsen stated,
"We don't have to stiffen
ours. We have always tried
to maintain a stringent at
titude." He cited one of the ma
jor weaknesses in history
students as the inability to
use English.
In an effort to equalize
courses for Freshmen and
upper-classmen, the depart
ment last year prohibited
students from taking history
with English A.
History I Limited
Olson said next year His
tory I will be limited to
freshmen to provide a sit
uation where Freshmen
will not be in competition
with upperclassmen.
William Hall, director of
the School of Journalism,
also a department in Arts
and Sciences, began reor
ganizing the school in t h t
faU of 1356. He said jour
nalism requirements were
much more strict than those
of A&S majors, needing two
majors and an automatic
minor in English.
"We train our students so
they can compete on even
terms anywhere in the
country," he stated. He said
all courses were graded on
two factors, ability and app
lication. Counsel is provided to
give every student the best
possible academic b a c k
ground, he added.
Professionals
One of the factors con
sidered by Dr. Hall import
ant in evaluating the J
school, is that all the in
structors are professional
men and impart profession
al attitudes to their stu
dents. "Our courses are tough,'
he concluded, "but the out
standing students will give
the extra effort."
Teacher's college is also
becoming more demanding.
Toughen
N. F. Thorpe, Assoc.
Prof, of Sec. Education and
Principal of University High
School reflected, "Yes,
there's been a tendency to
toughen up. Averages for
juniors retiect a general
toughening up in this de
partment." Thorpe said a program of
study is being carried on in
the Teachers College, with
an examination of objec
tives. He said majors have
to have an average of 5, a
qualification adopted three
years ago. They also must
pass a written communica
tions test in their junior
year.
A better caliber of stu
dents are being taught, he
believes, because of the
more selective admission.
In teacher's College, each
instructor decides h o w to
grade, Thorpe stated. This
is academic freedom he
said. He also thought few
graded on curves.
Arbitrary
"Anyone who recognizes
what a normal curve is
knows they can't grade on
a c u r v e," he continued,
"Our grading is based on
arbitrary standards as set
up by the individual."
Thorpe said while grading
is flexible, the range in dif
ferent sections of the same
course shouldn't vary more
than three points.
He also thought that in
structors were demanding
more of their students.
"They are having to put
more into it (the courses)
to get the same grade".
'Tactic' On
KUON-TV
Half-Hour Show
To Explain Cancer
Show business and medicine
will combine forces to explain
cancer and its control on
KUON-TV.
'Tactic," a new series of
six half-hour programs will
begin Feb. 27 at 9 p.m.
The show will try to dispel
some of the false notions and
attitudes about cancer.
"Show biz" personalities in
the series include Stephen Bo-
sustow, creator of the Mr.
Magoo" animated cartoons;
Alfred Hitchcock; Jim Back
us; Hy Zaret and Lou Singer,
composers and lyricists of
"Little Songs on Big Sub
jects." Dr. Charles Cameron, auth
or of "The Truth About Can
cer," will act as medical au
paneL
