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Vol. 33, No. 70
The Daily Nebraskan
Monday, February 23, 1958
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Engineers' Choice Could Be Difficult
MISS E-WEEK judges could have a tough time selecting their 1959 winner. Competing for the honor won last year
by Sondra i.alen are: (first row) Lee Ann Kitto, Judi Turek, Sylvia McNally and Pat Cunningham; (middle row)
Joan Griffiths, Judy Lang and Breanna Johnson; and (back) Kay" Livgren. The winner will reign over E-Week ac
tivities April 23-24. v
Salary Survey:
NU Staff
Maximum, Minimum Range
The University ranks third
in the Big Eiht in minimum
and maximum salary ranges
according to a survey by the
Omaha World-Herald.
Salaries for professors and
associate professors average
higher at the Universities of
Missouri, Kansas and Colo
rado than at Nebraska.
Instructors' Pay
Assistant professors have
a higher average salary at
Kansas State, as well as at
the universities mentioned
above.
Pay for instructors aver
age higher at Kansas State,
Kansas University, Colorado
and Iowa State.
This leaves three schools
In the Big Eight Conference
that rank consistently lower
than Nebraska in average
pay for their faculty Iowa
State (except for instructors'
salaries), Oklahoma State
and Oklahoma University.
Nebraska ranks in the low
er third of state universities
2nd colleges throughout the
United States m minimum
and maximum salary
ranges, the survey showed.
Universities' Response
Of 68 tax-supported univer
sities queries, 31 responded
with figures that could be
used in rating the minimum
and maximum salaries at the
four faculty levels profes
sor, associate professor, as
sistant professor and in
structor. Five of the big Eight schools
were included in this national
urvey.
The results indicated tha.:
Big Eight schools pay less
Foundation
Fund Drive
Boosted
A $7,500 contribution by the
University Agricultural Em
ployees Association has
pushed the fund drive for the
Nebraska Center for Con
tinuing Education to the $1,
087.500 mark.
The drive is still $54,500
short of the $1,142,000 goal,
according to Perry Branch,
director of th University
FoJ'dation
The W. K. Kellogg Founda-
tion if Battle Creek. Mich.
will add $1,500,000 to the Uni
versity's share for the con
struction of the $2.6 millinn
center at the College of Agri
culture. Officials hope that the Uni
versity quota can be reached
by late spring, when construc
tion is scheduled to Ftart.
Splotches Adorn
Mueller Tower
Yellow and orange pa'nt
splotches adorn the Mueller
tower as a result of prank
ster activities this week
end. It appeared from th
damage that several cups
or bottles had been filled
with oil paint and hurled at
the tower.
The university o o 1 1 c e
were unavailable for comment.
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Pay 3rd
than those in the Big Ten and : bined minimum and maxi
on the Pacific Coast. mum scales.
Ten universities have low-! High and low scales gen-
er maximum salaries than;eraily varied witn geograpn
Nebraska
20 have higher.
4th Lowest
Four, have lower mini
mum salaries; 26 have high
er. Nebraska .ranks 24th
among the 31 in salary
ranges shown by the com
Not Rougher,
Re-Evaluation Noted
In Bizad, English
By Doug McCartney
No "get tough" policies
are currently being pursued
in the Colleges, Business Ad
minsitration and the English,
say their respective heads.
However, many courses
are being re-evaluated, they
add. ,
Chairman of the English
department, Christos Pulos
staica mat mere nas Deenjolderi more truths
no radical changes in his hmnohf tn hht "
jurisdiction. i0 coordinate courses, he 'cited for "his service to the
Minor Changes 'explained, in many instances University and to the frater
However, he continued. thslcommon exams are given Inity."
department is c o n s t a n 1 1 y j an(j j an cases we used com- J He was made an honorary
making minor changes, j mon matrials. j member of Acacia in 1950.
These include increased re-
jors. They are now required!
advanced English.
"In general the English
major is stronger than he
used to be in group require
ments," Pulos added.
He said courses are stand
ardized as all instructors fol
low lh samp syllabus.
Better Prepared j By Marilyn Coffey 8 additional hours required
Dudley Bailey, head of ' "The majority of engi- j were "in non-technical sub
freshman English, reported ; neers are turned out with'jects.
"As far as I know no one! good technical ability, but I The job of an engineer, as
has decided to get tough. We with little appreciation of j Hazard sees it, is to develop
have found on the whole the other field." la useful product in order to
freshman English student is
better prepared
- Bailey stated the failure
rate in Freshman English as
about eight percent as com
pared with about 25 percent
for Oklahoma and Colorado
Universities. The reason, he
added, for lower failure rates'
here may be due to the sec
tioning system used by the
English department.
Bailey said several Fresh
man English courses have
been stiffened as to subject
matter. He alsd said the de
partment was now reviewing
the sophomore courses. The
aim of the review is to clarify
courses so the students can
better know what is expect
ed of them.
Blzad Opionions
The Dean of Business Ad
ministration also denied any
concentrated effort to make
courses harder.
However, Dean Charles
Mil!-r said the d-na-tmnt
tried to Improve "all the
time" and that this was "ev
idence of greater education
al maturity on the part of
the faculty."
"The big difference," stat
ed the Dean, "is that it is
harder to get into the Uni
versity in general. Also it is
much harder to stay in school
with low grades."
In the business college,
continued the Dean, ad
vanced work In economics
and humanities, hat been
in Big 8
ical location
Nebraska's averages for
nine-month appointment
generally run at these levels:
professors, $8,000; associate
professors, $5,700; assistant
professors, $5,600; instruct
ors, $4,500.
Just Tough
added and they (students)
may feel this makes the
course more difficult.
"It has," he smiled,
"caused the student to pur
sue a somewhat more rigor
ous study schedule."
"As a n v weakness is
spotted in the curriculum, it The Alumni Association of
is removed. In all matters I Acacia fraternity will honor
there is a development of j George Rosenlof, dean em eri
knowledge. As sciences grow tus of admissions, Sunday.
are ,
Profile Oil LampUSl
Intensified Technical Courses
Engineering Students in Other Fields
This is the observation oi
an engineering student, Ron
ald Hazard, as he spoke
about his field.
"This intensified course of
specialization handicaps the
engineer," he continued.
"The majority of engineers
ire hired for their technical
ability. However, the main
reason for their removal is
not lack of ability. Technical
ability alone is not enough."
General Courses Suggested
Hazard recommended that
general courses in the ap
preciation and history of non
engineering fields such as hu
manities and business be
abailable for the engineering
student In his freshman year.
"Here at the Universitv,"
he said, "even non-technical
courses are specialized." He
cited literature as an
example, which is offered in
courses like English litera
ture, and Spanish literature,
but nothing encompassing a
broader concept of the field.
A combination of work and
study leaves little . time for
outside reading, he said
has been married for 8 years
and has two girls, age Vh
years and 6 months.
Amends Tried
The College of Engineer
in'' realizes the lack of a gen
eral education and tries to
make amends for it, Hazard
said. When tin requirements!
for graduation were
erased to 144 hours, 6 of the
To Host
Royalty
Activities Queen
Presented Tonight
The ALT Activities Queen
presentation is scheduled
for the first time during the
i basketball game tonight.
The AUF Auction, tradition
al setting for presentation of
the Queen, was discontinued
this year.
The six sophomore finalists
were picked by the AUF
Board from candidates nom
inated by University activit
ies. The finalists and their
sponsoring activities are Barb
Barker, Builders; Sue Cark
oski, Coed Counselors; Linda
Rohwedder, Comhusker; Kay
Hirshbach, Student Union;
Skip Harris, AWS, and Mary
Lou Valencia, WAA.
Acacia Honors
Set for Rosenlof
Rosenlof is also the foreien
student adviser. He will be
peuer society
I "Every task an engineer
Hazard
undertakes, whether
spec
tacular new design or a ted
ious computation, should be
approached with this in
mind," he commented.
The influence of the enei-
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Itejneer on society can be read-
ily seen. The accomplish
ments of civil engineers in
Rome were more than tech
nical accomplishments. Th
roads they built improved
communications which in
!f-n 'iTaned the knowledge
of the peopie.
Tiie in-v. pensive literature,
m-inaner and pencils ve enjoy
today are the result of anjpedally thoe interested in
Skits
For
Skits, traveler acts, cam-
pus beauties and bachelors
will be featured in the an
nual Coed Follies Friday
night.
An Ideal Nebraskan Coed
and 12 Comhusker Beauty
Queen and Eligible Bachelor
finalists will be presented at
the show in Pershing Munici
pal Auditorium. Six skits will
vie for top honors.
Hoop Scoop
The Kappa Kappa Gam
ma's will begin the show
with their story of the hula
hoop, "Hoop Scoop." The skit
shows how the hoop pro
gressed from a tribal symbol
to a method for catching
Opinions on Registration
Some Like It
Others Protest
"It's stupid." . .
"It took me only a half-hour to pull my cards, and I
didn't have to put my life in someone else's hands."
This was the reaction of Ron Smith, a junior in Bus Ad,
when asked about the Student Council's proposed registra
tion system in which cards are pulled by the registrar's of
fice. Roger Rankin however, said "As Nebraska gets big
ger the old system will become more and more unwieldy.
This sounds like an excellent solution to the problem. It
certainly shows a great deal of work and forethought on the
part of the Student Council."
Myrna Ems, a teachers college sophomore felt that "you
won't get the kind of a schedule you want, I don't like it!"
Another sophomore, Hjordie Fangmeyer, remarked
"They had this system at Kent State where I attended
previously and it worked pretty good. You had a week to
tarn in your worksheet, the earlier yon got it in the better
schedule yon got."
Marilyn Swieg, the last student to pull under the Alpha
betical system said of the new system, "I like it better than
alphabet soup but I don't think it's fair either.
"I think there will be a lot of confusion, I'd rather pull
my own cards." . .
Don Summerside, commented "it will sure save lots of
work and energy but the real proof remains to be seen when
we get our worksheets.
"I don't think anyone is in a position to say whether
they like it or not until they've tried it," Summerside said.
Steve Smaha, a transfer student from Colorado Univer
sity had this to say. "I think it's a pretty good deal. At CU
they had the alphabetical system similar to the one tried
here, except that they held back a certain number of cards
in each section for each division of the alphabet."
"It seems like a heavy load on the administration,"
said Dick Stuckey, a Bus Ad freshman. "I'm in junior di
vision and my schedule worked out perfectly with the Uni
versity pulling my cards."
Dick Tempero, a teacher college senior said, "It's the
best thing that ever happened. It gives flexibility with the
three choices and saves a heck of a lot of time. It has
worked at other schools and I don't see why it won't work
here."
engineering achievement
mass production. Cheap pa
per and pencils enable more
people to read and write and
thereby increases the litera
cy of a society, Haskin said
He noted that in the 16th
and 17th Centuries the only
literate people were the elite
of society with enough mon
ey to buy reading and writ
ing materials.
' The Engineering College
might be described as a
group of students intensely
interested in their field of
study.
"Engineering is so special
ized you can never learn it
alleven in your own field,"
Hazard said. "You learn by
a devotion to the field or a
calling for it."
More Devotion
This devotion he feels sep
arates the Engineering Col
lege from a college such as
Arts and Sciences where the
knowledge sought is of a gen
eral nature with no specific
goal in mind.
"Flunking out of engineer
ing is not so much a lack of
basic intelligence, as a lack
of Intense interest in the
work," he said.
Haskin came to the Univer
sity after working in the
surveying and mapping
fields. Having a decree was
necessary, he felt, in order
to free him to do what he
was really interest in pho
togramaohy. Explanation Problem
One of the real problems
of the Engineering College is
exDlainine to students, es-
Are Polished
Coed Follies
Celebrities to be Revealed
men
Second on the show is The
Delta Gamma skit, "Hannah
Hits Harvard," which con
cerns the famed DG Hannah
and her attempts to gaim ad
mittance to Harvard.
"Insomnia," the third skit
on the program, is the story
of a group of girls, who are
unable to sleep. Psychiatrists
discover the reason for their
illness by analyzing the girls.
The skit is by Pi Beta Phi.
Waves
The Sigma Kappa's skit,
"Don't Go Near the Waves,"
is about a ship load of sailors
and a group of Waves who are
assigned to the ship.
Handicap
j engineering, just what jobs
are entailed m the different
fields.
"Some freshmen come into
mechanical engineering plan
ning to become auto median-
lies. They simply don't know
what the field entails."
This can be partially rem
edied, he suggested, by in
creased contacts with high
school students. Engineering
1 tries to explain to the be
ginning engineer the nature
of each specialization. Even
so, many times sophomores
and juniors have no clear
conception of the nature of
their future work.
Apathy Faced
Apathy is another problem
faced not only by the col
leges but by the University
as a whole, Hazard comment
ed. "When most people think
of college, they visuzlize the
rah-rah spirit of the 'SO's.
You just don't have it any
more," he said.
"Apathy is something you
will just have to learn to
live with. A minority will al
ways be intersted in what is
going on, the majority
won't.
While in school, Hazard
has been vice president of
the Engineering Executive
Board, secretary of the stu
dent chapter of American
Socity of Civil Engineers, a
member of Sigma Tau and
president of the Civil Engi
neering Honorary Society.
The student prize award
from the American Society
for Testing Materials went to
Hazard this year,
A combination of Rodgert
and Hammerstein and Shake
speare make np the fifth skit,
"MosUy Macbeth." The Alpha
Omicron Pi's will do a take
off on Macbeth.
To wind up the show Alpha
Xi Delta will tell the story of
a girl who is left behind in a
migration to Alaska. When
she learns that AWS will give
her one overnight for the trip
and that nights in Alaska are
six months long, she decides
to walk. The skit is called
"Northward Ho, the Dog
sleds." Traveler Acts
Three traveler acts by Sig
ma Delta Tau, Delta Delta
Delta and Towne Club are
also in the show.
The five junior women com
peting for the title of Ideal
Nebraska Coed are Gretchea
Saeger, Karen Peterson, Sally
Downs, Jane Savener and
Karen Schuster.
Miss Saeger, Arts and Sci
ences, is treasurer of Build
ers, president of Red Cross
and member of Alpha Lamb
da Delta and Gamma Phi
Beta.
Peterson
Miss Peterson is a member
of Union Board, Coed Coun
selors, Board, Alpha Lambda
Delta, Pi Beta Phi, and is a
spring Day chairman. She is
in Teachers College.
Miss Downs, Teachers Col
lege, is vice-president of
Builders, member of Alpha
Lambda Delta, Union Board,
and Alpha Phi.
Miss Savener is president
of Ag YWCA, president of
Tassels, a 1958 Homecoming
Queen attendant, 1957 Hello
Girl and a member of VHEA,
Home Ec Club, Phi Upsilon
and Love Memorial HalL She
is in Ag College.
Miss Schuster, Teachers
College, is AUF president,
secretary of Builders, mem
ber of Pi Lambda Theta,
Teachers College Advisory
Board and Association for
Childhood Education and Chi
Omega.
Defense
Loans Open
To March
Application Forms
At Loan Office
Application forms are avail
able until March 1 for a Na
tional Defense Education stu
dent loan for this semester.
The forms may be obtained
in the Student Loan Office in
the Administration Building.
The loans, providing a max
imum of $1,000 per academic
year and a maximum of $5,
000 per person, are available
to students exhibiting real fi
nancial need and good schol
arship. The student must be willing
to furnish any required evi
dence of his financial need.
The borrower must be en
rolled as a full-time student
in good standing or must have
been accepted for enrollment
as a full-time student.
No interest is charged on
the loans while the student is
in school, but starting one
year after he is out, a rate of
3 per cent per annum on the
unpaid balance will be
charged.
Students have a maximum
period of ten years to pay the
balance.
If a student becomes a
teacher after finishing college,
10 per cent of the loan is can
celled every year until 50 per
cent of the loan nas been can
celled. Students wishing loans for
the summer session should
apply before May 1.
Songs, Yoga
Depict India
University students from
India are presenting a pro
gram Saturday at 8 p.m. in
the Union Ballroom.
The program will Include
folk and solo dances, songs
and a yoga performance. Two
movies from the Indian em
bassy will also be included.
Five students will partici
pate in the program which
will last approximately an
hour and a half.
Admission is free.