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SUMMER NEBRASKAN
JULY 9, 1959
12 Student Archeologists
Join Experts At Oakland
Whrf were the people who
6,000 years ago lived at a
site life miles south of Oak
land? Twelve members of th e
University of Nebraska
Field Trip joined State
Historical Society archeolo
gists in an attempt to answer
this question. They are con
ducting diggings west of
Highway 77 near Oakland.
The archeologists believe
that" the residents were prob
ably among the first human
inhabitants of Nebraska, and
so far have come up with
these clues:
The residents were very
primitive and had no pot
tery, but fashioned projectile
points from bone and stone.
They probably had no ar
rows per se.
The people were in the
hunting and gathering stage
of civilization. That is, they
probably hunted bison and
other wild animals and in
addition gathered wild fruits,
berries, seeds and weeds
which were ground on crude
mills.
Seasonal Pattern
They did not live at the
site for long periods of time,
but rather followed a season
al pattern of life. They lived
in rather large groups and
migrated to the Missouri Val
ley, returning 2 or 3 times a
year to the Oakland site.
There are 4 or 5 layers of
settlement on the hillside
area (which slopes into a
dry creek bed) that may or
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may not nave Deen innaDuea
by related groups.
Confusing as these clues
mav seem to the layman,
the Historical Society hasn't
given up hope of finding out
what type of person lived
here 6,000 years ago. The
Society's director, Dr. Wil
liam D. Aeschbacher sug-
School of Journalism
Adds New Sequence
A new professor and a new
program will share the
spotlight next year at the
University of Nebraska
School of Journalism.
The professor Is Conrad R.
Hill and the program is the
new major in advertising
journalism, according to Dr.
William E. Hall, J-School di
rector. Hill, who taught advertis
ing last year at the Univer
sity of North Carolina, will
have the major responsibility
for training Nebraska's fu
ture advertising profession
als. Hill is currently serving a
summer faculty internship on
the advertising staff of the
Hamilton, O n t., Spectator.
The internship program,
sponsored by the Newspaper
Advertising Executives As
sociation, is to help adver
tising teachers keep abreast of
changes in the field.
"Establishment of the ad
vertising sequence will give
us a better-balanced program
of study," Dr. Hall said.
"Heretofore, our program
has emphasized only the edi
torial phases of journalism."
Dr. Hall pointed out that
the program has been de
signed to provide students a
solid foundation for entering
any career avenue in the
field of advertising.
Advertising journalism stu
dents will complete 26 hours
in professional courses and
100 hours in basic education,
Dr. Hall said. All journalism
students are required to com
plete a minor in English and
either a second major or two
additional minors. ,
Approximately 25 advertis
ing majors are expected to
enter the program this fall,
Dr. Hall said. About half of
them incoming freshmen; the
other half, transfers from the
news-editorial program. The
School had 146 majors last
year.
Hill, who will arrive on
campus in September to be
gin his duties, received his
bachelor degree in Journal
ism from the University of
Michigan; his master's in
communications from Stan
ford University. He complet
ed additional work in the
School of Architecture and
Design at Michigan and in
the Graduate School of Busi
ness at Stanford.
His professional record in
cludes media, agency and in
dustrial advertising experi
ence in Michigan and Colo
rado. He. taught at the Uni
versity of Missouri School of
Journalism before moving to
North Carolina.
He served with the Cana
dian Armored Corps during
World War II.
gests 3 leads in solving this
mystery:
May Reveal More Layers
1. Further excavation may
reveal deeper layers. Ma
terial found to date in the
third layer may possibly date
back 7,000 years. If any new
organic material is found
especially charcoal it can
be tested by the "C-14" proc
ess to determine its age.
The "C-14" (Carbon No.
14) process involves measur
ing the radioactive carbon
content of ancient material.
The University of Michigan is
the only Midwestern institu
tion equipped for this proc
ess.' Material from 1957 His
torical Society excavations
was sent there and shown to
be 6.000 years old.
Establishing the date of
newly-found artifacts may
cast new light on the mys
tery. No Human Skeletons
2. The excavation crew, un
der the direction of Society
Curator Marvin Kivett, i s
looking for a burial ground.
So far, no human skeletons
have been found. Even if
only bone fragments were
found, however, physical an
thropologists could go a long
ways toward determining the
racial origin, of the Oakland
inhabitants.
3. Excavations in western
Iowa and in Illinois are turn
ing up remains similar t o
those found near Oakland
Artifacts in the Iowa diggings
are thought to be closely re
lated to those found in Ne
braska. Further discoveries
could indicate the anthropolo
pological background and mi
gratory habits of. these - In
dians.
What the 20-member crew
turns up before work ends
next month may help solve
the baffling mystery.
F. B. Decker
To Talk On
School Law
"Changes in Nebraska
School Law," will be the topic
for discussion at the Super
intendent's Round Table
Luncheon next Thursday. The
speaker will be Freeman B.
Decker, Commissioner of Ed
ucation in Nebraska.
Reservations for the lunch
eon must be made by Mon
day, July 13, in the summer
sessions offices, room 412 of
Administration, extension 3135
or 3131 or room 406 of Ad
ministration, extension 5140.
There will be a charge of
$1.35 for the luncheon which
will . be held at the Student
Union.
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Ray 0. Mertes discusses the challenge that aviation
presents to the school system.
Air Lines Administrator
Stresses Aviation Challenges
Ray O. Mertes, Director of
the School and College Service
for United Air Lines, visited
campus earlier this week in
connection with the Air Age
Workshop being held this
summer.
Mertes discussed the funda
mentals of aviation and how
they could be applied to the
classroom. He emphasized
the challenge that aviation is
presenting to education.
In Mertes' work he travels
around the country on speak
ing assignments and in addi
tion he develops supplement
ary materials to be used in
the classroom.
Movie Scheduled
There are two movies
scheduled for the Union Sun
day Night at 7:30 p.m. The
first is "The Robe" in Cine
mascope and the other is
"Zoom and Bored."
Union Presents
French Movie
'Diaholique'
Stark realism, without even
a nod to sentimentality, sets
the mood for the chilling ac
tion that unfolds in Henri
Georges Clouzo's "Diaboli
que," the French prize-winning
suspense thriller to be
shown tonight at the Student
Union at 7:30 p.m. The movie
is one of the Union's Film
Society Series.
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