'Rural
A one-day clinic for educa
tors and rural residents on
the developments in rural
education will be held Mon
day, July 20, at the Student
Union and Love Library
Auditorium.
The clinic, designed to
acquaint participants with
the changing scene in rural
living and education, will
feature speakers from Min
nesota and North Dakota.
Dr. . Sherwood 0. Berg,
chairman of the department
of agricultural economics at
the University of Minnesota,
will address morning and
afternoon sessions on
"Changes on the Rural Scene"
and "Rural Education and
Economic Opportunities."
Speaking at noon and eve
ning sessions will be Dr. M. L.
Cushman, dean of the college
Expert Presents
Lecture Series
On Red Schools
An authority on Russian ed
" ucation, Columbia Prof. Rich
ard Rapacz, will give the
last of a week-long series of
lectures in Room 415 Admin
istration at 11 a.m. tomor
row.
Prof. Rapacz has lectured
this week on the history, goals,
structure and techniques of
education in the Soviet Un
ion. The ' ability to read and
speak Russian greatly assist
ed Prof. Rapacz on his recent
tour of the Soviet Union
where he studied his subject
first hand by interviewing
educators and students. His
observations, plus study at
the Munich, Germany Insti
' tute of Soviet Studies, form
the basis for his current lec
ture series.
Labor Shortage
Prof. Rapacz has suggested
a shortage of laborers as a
major reason for Russia's
new education reform which
is to be inaugurated less than
two months from now.
In an earlier lecture he said
that a low war time birth rate
has caused a shortage of la
borers. Laborers are needed
to help Russia catch up with
western nations in heavy in
dustrial production. Khrush
chev's solution, planned since
1952, is the forthcoming re
form which will require stu
dents to work in factories dur
ing the day and attend school
at night.
Understandably,' there is a
total lack of enthusiasm for
the new program among So
viet students, especially those
15 to 20 years old Prof.
Rapacz said.
He characterized the pro
gram as "a giant trade school
movement."
Skeptical of Success
The professor is skeptical
of the reform's chances for
success. He noted that a sim
ilar program was attempted
shortly after the 1917 revolu
tion and failed. The Bolshe
viks sought radical changes
Education' Topic For Clinic
of education at the University
of North Dakota. He will
speak on "Rural Education
Then and Now" and "Through
the Archway of Experience."
The clinic, is sponsored by
the University's Summer
Sessions, Teachers College,
the state congress of parents
and teachers, and other edu
cation groups.
Dr. Berg was American
agricultural attache to Yugo
slavia from 1951 to 1954 and
held the same post to Den
mark and Norway from 1954
to 1957.
During the summer of 1958
he visited departments of
agricultural economics in the
universities and colleges of a
number of Far Eastern
countries, including Korea,
Formosa, and Thailand.
Dr. Cushman, while on the
in a tradition-stagnated na
tion. Under . Lenin's wife,
Krupskaya, a wave of pro
gressivism influenced by
Marxism and the Russian cul
ture swept Soviet schools.
A form of polytechnical edu
cation introducing the child
to technical means of produc
tion with emphasis on collec
tive labor was promoted
until the collapse of the So
viet economic system in the
1920's, Prof. Rapacz said.
. There was simply no indus
try prepared to receive stu
dents with this type of edu
cation. Also, the tradition of
elitist, academic education
under the Czars remained in
fluential. System Centralized
As a result, Stalin central
ized the Russian school sys
tem and gave teachers the
scientific, scholastic, yet ut
flexible program which has
remained in force to the pres
ent and has prompted Krush
chev s reforms.
In informal discussion,
Prof. Rapacz also told of
his experiences ana obser
vations in the Soviet union.
One of the best model
schools is a "crumbling,
patched building with the
bricks falling out of . walls,
small windows, narrow desks,
wooden, unre-inforced stair
ways, jammed classrooms
and has four daily shifts."
Uncritical Acceptance
Many of Proi. Rapacz's ob
servations contrast sharply
with the idealized picture of
Soviet education which
Americans received in the
post Sputnik scare. This he
attributes to an uncritical ac
ceptance of Soviet propagan
da and statistics.
"Many Americans only
looked at the structural out
lines of Soviet education," he
said, "when actually the only
way to judge objectively their
school system is to pry and
poke, study and, if possible,
visit the country."
staff at Iowa State College,
directed the work in rural
education specializing in
problems of school adminis
tration, finance, and school
district reorganization.
Ke has participated in
many conferences on rural
education and for seven years
was the Iowa representative
on the Midwest Conference
Committee on Rural Life and
Education. 4
For five years he was a
member of the executive com
mittee of the 'Department of
Rural Education of the Na
tional Education Association.
Also participating in the
clinic will be Dr. Merle Stone
man, professor of school ad
ministration at the University,
Dr. Frank Sorenson, director
of University Summer Ses
sions, Dr. Wesley C. Meier-
Lincoln, Nebraska
Perfect Average Earned By Four;
140 Students Receive 8.0 or Better
Four University of Nebras
ka students did the seemingly
impossible task this past se
mester of earning perfect
scholastic averages of 9.000
for 12 hours or more.
Another 140 students
earned a semester grade av
erage of 8.000 or better, put
ting them in the top two per
cent of the approximately 7,-'
000 undergraduate students.
The "perfect" scholars
were:
Walter Akeson of Chappell,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Ake
son, senior in College of Agri
culture.
Carole E. Crate of Lincoln,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ar
thur B. Crate, senior in Col
lege of Arts and Sciences.
Larry Dornhoff of Heart
well, , son of Mr. and Mrs.
Missile Story,
To Be Related
By Specialists
Three important chapters in
the story of missile devel
opment in the United States
will be related by missile spe
cialists from the Air Univer
sity at Maxwell Air Force
Base at Montgomery, Ala
bama. The officers, Major An
thony H. Richard Jr., and
Major John H. Garrison, Jr.,
will present their program at
the Love Library Auditorium,
Tuesday, from 9 to 12 a.m.
The presentation will be di
vided into three units, the
first, from 9 to 9:50 a.m., is
geared to the upper elemen
tary and junior and senior
high level, the second unit,
from 10 to 10:50 a.m. is es
pecially for the teachers and
the last hour is open to the
public. However, anyone may
attend the full three hour ses
sion. - : i . .
henry, University professor of j
school administration, and
Dr. Madison Brewer, chair-1
Slierwood Berg
Melvin Dornhoff, sophomore
in College of Arts and Sci
ences. Roger G. Williams of Johns
town, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Glen Williams, sophomore in
College of Arts and Sciences.
Completing the "top ten"
are:
Fifth, James A. Wees of
Omaha, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Joseph Wees, senior in. Col
lege of Engineering and Ar
chitecture, with an 8.947 av
erage. Sixth, - Wayne H. Phillips
of Humboldt, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Howard Phillips,' sopho
more in the College of Arts
and Science, with an 8.941 av
erage. Seventh, Dennis B. Nelson
of Loomis, son of Mr. and
Mrs. M. J. Nelson, junior in
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'Laura' Will Be Directed
By New Faculty Member
Dr. William R. Morgan, as
sistant professor of Speech
and Dramatic Art, who joined
the faculty of the University
in June, is directing the sec
ond summer play offered by
University Theater, it was an
nounced today by Dr. Joseph
Baldwin, acting director of
Theatre.
"Laura," a sophisticated
mystery melodrama, is the
production which Dr. Morgan
is readying for performance
July 24 and 25 in Howell
Theatre.
- Professional Experience
For the past two years a
member of the faculty of the
University of Minnesota at
Duluth, Dr. Morgan has acted
and directed in professional
repertory and summer stock
theatres, and holds degrees
from the University of Texas
and the State University of
Iowa.
man of the University's de
partment of elementary edu
cation. . $
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Martelle Cushman
J4JLY, 16, 1959
College of Engineering and
Architecture, with an 8.895 av
erage. Eighth,. John F. Haessler
of Leshara, son of Mr. and
Mrs. H. P. Haessler, sopho
more in College of Law, with
an 8.846 average.
Ninth, William E. Holland
of OvertoH, son of Mr. and
Mrs. John .Holland, sopho
more in College of Enginerin?
and Architecture, with an
8.833 average.
Tied for tenth. Fred D.
Swaim of Lincoln, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Fred B. Swim, sen
ior in College of Engineering
and Architecture; and Mi
chael R. Voorhies of Orchard,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth
E. Voorhies, sophomore in
College of Arts and Sciences,
both with an 8.824 average.
Dr. Morgan began his ca
reer in the theatre as a child
actor in the Arthur Casey
Stock Company of Indianapo
lis. He adopted Texas as his
home state when the company
became insolvent in Houston.
During World War II he di
rected musicals and reviews
for the 18th Special Service
Company which played to the
G.I.'s in the jungles of India
and Burma.
At the close .of the war,
Dr. Morgan spent a year
with the Paramount Theatre's
Repertory Company, present
ing three plays in various
theatres throughout the South
west. In this experience he
became associated with Mar
tha Hyer and other yowig,
budding actresses.
Dr. Morgan has also served
as director of community the
atres in Santa Barbara, Calif.,
and Duluth, Minn.
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