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A Good Sign'll Win One th e IfMEliASKM! Vol. 34, No. 9 LINCOLN, NEBRASKA Wednesday, September 30, 1959 Reading Room Replaces Studv Lounge. Machines 4' i8 -ii i v- x t . - i'.ii!!..!, 1.11.1.1.. liLr'- lSSfr... - - - v ,i-ritmm i i---k , j, o HERE'S HOW Corncob rally chairman Gil Grady (right) explains to Judy Lang, Alpha Phi, and Gary Gilpin, Alpha Tau Omega, just what their houses have to do to win the rally sign contest Friday night. One of the two trophies pictured will be presented to the organization snowing the Innocents President Small Town Graduate Followed Active Road (Editor's not. ThU 1 tt Aral la ertrs W tladrnl prnonalltj- fiar. Urll-tiiowa ctmm leader will ke in terviewed.) Progress from a small town graduate to president of Innocents was a long and ac tive road for Dave Godbey. Now in his fourth year in architecture , Godbey claims mem bership in a load of cam p u s activi ties. "A student shouldn't con centrate o n just one thing, but m a n V things," advises the Elmwood high school graduate. Giving most of the credit for the high school-college til u Godbey 1 Scholarship Appli ications Due Oct. 30 i Students wishing to apply for Fulbright or Inter-American Cultural Convention scholarships for the 1960-61 academic year must submit application to the graduate college by Friday, Oct. 30. According to the Institute of International Education which administers the two student programs, some 900 Fulbright scholarships are available for study or research in 28 coun tries and Inter-American awards are available for study in 17 Latin American countries. Recipients of Fulbright awards for study in Europe, Latin America and the Asia Pacific area will receive tui tion, maintenance and round trip travel expenses. Inter-American Cul t u r a 1 scholarships cover tuition, transportation and - partial maintenance costs. General eligibility require ments for both categories of awards are: (1) U. S. citizen ship; (2) a bachelor's degree or its equivalent by 1960; (3) knowledge of the language of the host country; ana w good health. Further information is available f.-om the Graduate College, 306 Administration Building. Navy. vnoTf STAFF Stoooine E 1 v tf; d. '- .-a v n o "tir1 I y : v " chat during the regular Tuesday ROTC drill are the members of the newly se lected Naval Midshipman Batallion staff. From left are Midshipman Capt. Fred erick J. Howlett, Battalion Commander; best sign, while the other trophy Is for song contest to be announced later. Houses that enter signs in Friday's contest cannot carry them in the rally, however, Grady said. The signs must be brought to the Student Union terrace. transition to his fraternity, Theta Xi, Godbey claims his love for association with peo ple as a primary reason for his activity membership. His activities include Build ers , Kosmet Klub. Varsity Glee, Publication Board and intramural sports. On politics? "Politics concern people and influencing them on your behalf," he said. "Anyone who can do this deserves to be elected." His political life has in cluded membership in Student Council, Junior IFC, Engi and neers Executive Board Youn? Democrats. Responsibility gained! through serving on Student ; Council. Pub Board and Jun ior IFC rated among his most valuable experiences. Future plans are to attend a graduate school in archi tecture in the east. But no matter where he goes, he says he will "always be proud of the University of Nebraska:"- Four Take Builders Positions Four students have been named to Builders positions. Sharon "Mickey" Olson was selected chairman of the Husker Handbook and Ann Moyer was named her assis tant. Cindy Powell was named to the position of Office Man ager, filling the vacancy created w n e n Joan Aiyoren : did not return to school. ! Suella Stalder was selected j to renlace Marv Raben as as sistant office manager when Miss Roben found she was carrying too many hours to continue in activities. Miss Olson, junior in the College of Arts and Sciences majoring in journalism, is a member of Chi Omega. Miss Moyer is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences and is a member of Kappa Al pha Theta. A sophomore in the College of Arts and sciences major ing in journalism. Miss Pow ell is a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma. Miss Stalder, sophomore in Teachers Col lege, is a member of Chi Omega. Staff Takes for an Informal Midshipman KK Skitmnsters To Meet Tuesday AU houses wishing to par ticipate in the Kosmet Klub fall review should send their skitmaster with a rough draft of their skit to a meeting Tuesday at 4 p.m. Jack Houchen, Kosmet Klub historian, emphasized that any house not able to send its skitmaster at this time should send a substi tute or make other arrange ments with Kosmet Klub prior to the meeting. The meeting will be held In 349 Union. Rag Plans Luncheon On Spirit The Daily Nebraskan will hold a spirit luncheon" Fri day for a group of campus leaders, v An open discussion will be held on school spirit. "We felt that a small gath ering of interested campus leaders airing their views on the presence or lack of school spirit might serve to coordin ate some of the different groups who are interested in booster campaigns," accord ing to Diana Maxwell, editor of the Nebraskan. Anyone interested may at tend the luncheon, which costs $1.35. Reservations must be turned in to the Nebraskan office today. Brent Chambers, Yell King; several other cheer leaders; Don Binder, Corn Cobs presi dent; Dave Godbey, Innocents president, and Student Coun cil president Jack Nielson will attend." Cold Season Health Kit Idea Started During Flu Siege By Ann Moyer "Here's my t h r e e cents, Where's my pill." As the season of colds en gulfs the campus, this is a familiar statement heard by health chairmen of organized bouses and dorms. With a confident and reas suring look, the health chair man delves into the depths of his health kit and produces the desired cold pill which he exchanges for the sufferer's small fee. The idea of a health kit Break 1 .jer - " r . . trar'. Lt. Clifford Oberlander, B Company Commander; Lt. Cindr. Boss McGlasson, Battalion Officer; Lt. Lanny A. Yeske, Operations Officer, and A Com pany Commander Gary C. Porter. Vendin? machines in Love Library have moved across the street to the Student Un ion to make room for a new science reading room. According to Frank A. Lun dy, 'director of University Li braries, students wiil be able to continue unsupervised study in the first floor roijm formerly housing the hot Grad Assistants Question Revised By Herb Probasco ? j Recent changes in the ys- tern of paying graduate as sistants have brought strong comment from four of the assistants effected by fhe new set-up. j The students asked that their names not be published until a meeting Tnursaay with Dr. Joseph Soshnik, comptroller .of the Univer sity. The controversy erupted over the revised plan of monthly payments of yearly stipends to the students. Nine-month Scale In the past students were paid the same amount of their stipend each month on a nine-payment scale. Using an $1,800 stipend as an ex ample, the students would have been paid fiv-ninths of their stipend the first se mester. If an assistant left the University at the end of the first semester, he would have received $1, 000, or $100 more than he was entitled, according to Soshnik. . This required the comptrol ler's office to locate the stu dent and subtract $100 from his last check. This example would hold true for anyone quitting anytime during the first semester, because the stnrtpnt is naid for the full month of September, Sosh nik said. Revised System He pointed out that the payroll system was revised after the University budget, with increased appropria Boosts Popularity originated during the year of 1957 when the fin and cold epidemic was so severe. Extensive Study An extensive study was made by the Student Health Center and the kits were soon outfited and distrib uted to the various houses on campus. Housemothers and health chairmen accepted the responsibility of distributing the needed aids. Within the kits are found things necessary to the fur nishings of any health cabinet such as burn ointment, band ages, antiseptic soap, alco hol, a thermometer, aspirin and cold tablets. The specific cold tablet used in the kits was chosen bv'a grcup of doctors. Dr. Samuel Fuenning, direc tor of Student Health, said that prior to the idea of hav i n e health representatives from organized houses, a cold i clinic was maintained. In regard to the care of eolds. Dr. Fuenning recom mended avoidine crowds, get ting extra rest and using a recommended cold tablet. See a Doctor If these three actions do not prove effective, he recom mended seeing a physician. He also warned against the use of antibiotics because they are not physically effective when used against bacterial diseases such as colds. He cited stress and strain as the most prominant factors in susceptibility to colds. A college student Is, therefore, especially susceptible and should take extra precautions, he said. A new and helpful a i d is available this year for cold sufferers, Dr. Fuenning said. It is an adenovirus vaccine which is effective in combat ing infectious viruses of the type which cause many colds, drink, cold drink and apple machines until new book shelves and furniture are pur chased. The University business manager, Carl Donaldson, said Tuesday that he had just received the Library request for funds and did not know when bids would be let on the furniture. Payment tions for assistantships and i was approved by the Legisla ture in July. Thus each department had additional funds available for stipends. Soshnik said, "I think it would be a rare situ ation for an assistant not to be receiving more on a monthly basis this year than last." The students' complaint is that since they accept or re new their assistantsnips Dy April 15 of the preceding se mester, thev were not no tified that there would be a change in the system of stip end payments. They complained mat De- Pub Board Applicants Need 5.7's Application blanks are now available for students in terested in a position on the Publications Board. The blanks may be obtained at the Registrar's office and must be returned to the Stu dent Council office by noon Friday. According to Chuck Wilson, chairman of the Council nom inating committee, the appli cant may drop the applica tion in the ballot box at the office and sign up there for an interview on Saturday be tween 9 and 11 a.m. In order to qualify a student must be an upperclassman, have a 5.7 or better accumu lative average, and cannot be a paid staff member of the Cornhusker or Daily Nebras kan. The nominating committee will interview the applicants ... A 1 and select two I r o m ins sophomore, junior and senior classes. They will appear be fore the Council on Wednes day, Oct. 7, at 4 p.m. The Council then will elect one from each class for the Board. -The Carillon Once Not So ... . By Karen Long The relaxing, peaceful mu sic heard from the Carillon Tower each hour was once not so relaxing. "In fact, the night the tow er went wild, people were ready to tear it down brick by brick," said Prof. Myron Roberts who is in charge of tower music. That night calls came from many to do something about the music which was loudly playing over and over with out stopping. Another time the opposite happened and there was no music from the tower for commencement. The crisis came last June when Prof. Roberts was ready to play for the processional and the tow- ; er w as silent. University engineers, who are the only ones that can iget in the locked control room, had silenced me lower for exam week and they could not be located for quick service. Commence ment went on without the "bells." Two Forms Prof. Roberts explained that the music comes in two forms. Music heard 10 min utes before and en the hour comes from perforated rolls which conJn five numbers. They resemble rolls used on the old player pianos and are set automatically to play and stop at certain times. On Sunday afternoons and before and after football games the numDers are nlaved manually by Judy numbers i Gardner, music major. The The drink machines have been placed in the Union Commuters' Lunchroom along with ice cream and a candy machine; the apple machine will be moved soon, Allen Bennett, Union director said. He noted that furniture from the old Round-Up room had been moved into the ren- System cause of this new plan they will be pa'd less the first five months of the semester than the last four, since the stipend now is divided even ly between each semester. "While such a schedule creates obvious hardships for the married student with a family, even the single per son is burdened with( un necessary financial prob lems," they said. Soshnik said, however, that with the "increased stipend made possible because of the new budeet." a student witn a $1,500 stipend who should have a $1,700 stipend this I year, will be receiving $170 a month during the first semes ter of this year, compared to $166.66 last year. Incentive Plan Furthermore, the assist ants complained that the new plan was set up "in an ef fort to provide an 'incentive' to encourage students to re turn for the second semes ter." Soshnik denied that the comptroller's office had any "ulterior motive" in mind when they revised the pay roll schedule. He added that he was sor ry if the students had not received notice of the change. "I certainly can't blame them for being dis turbed over the problem of communication with them, but we quarrel with their decision as to what our mo tives were," he added. Troublesome Situation "We are attempting to cor rect a situation that has been a very troublesome matter for the University." "Some kind of change was necessary," Dr. Soshnik ex plained, "and we felt this was a better way of doing it than going to a 10-payment scale as some universities do." Night the Tower Went keyboard which she has been trained to play contains two octaves and no pedals. She plavs both University and visiting team songs. There also is an attach ment which never has been used. It is a gigantic sys tem which would amplify a speaker's voice from inside the tower thousands of times. No Bells There are no bells in the tower, said Roberts, but the Iff 11 r- xthv . & ..... .... . ..zxhm.uinlmd4wiWmMMWWrtt ri,'I I.i fs! TmvFRPrnHl.Rlwd metal rods, struck by a hammer, ring out campus music. They can be played manually, tt mechanically play peforated rolls of music ovated kitchen area in the basement of the Union and would provide students with a place to eat and study, for merly provided at the Li brary. Overcrowded Lundv said Tuesday over crowded conditions in the sec ond floor humanities reading room made it necessary to move the science books, now housed in the east wing of tha second floor, down to first. "Student pressure made tht move necessary," added Lun dy, who also noted that desks in humanities room were nearly always full. "Many students used humanities books elsewhere, or left," ha said. Many science books are In branch libraries and placing the science reading room on the ground floor will make commuting easier for stu dents, Lundy said. The library director said the three vending machines, operated by the Student Un ion which acts as an agent for all vending machines on campus, had proved no prob lem in the library. "Unsupervised study has never once presented a dis cipline problem where th machines were," he noted. Original Plan At least one full time li brary worker and probably some Dart time student helD would be needed for the ex panded science facilities, Lundy estimated. Original building plans were to convert the downstairs study hall when it became necessary. Lundy noted that in recent years, one mile of books per year had been added to the Love library and that there is a total of be tween 25 and 30 miles of books, measured in side by side position. "When it became a ques tion of necessity or conveni ence, we had to take this step," Lundy commented. "And we are sure this is the most convenient time to move into the new Union facilities. It and local coffee shops can surely provide for coffee breaks." "Good Month" He said it had not been de cided whether any vending machines would be placed in library halls, but that they were a possibility. Plans are to place lounging chairs in the third floor halls for stu dents who wish to talk about their studies, he added. Bennett noted that in a "good" month, the two drink machines in the library had netted about $100. Wild- Relaxing t 9 1 . sound is produced by pendt size metal roos sirucn oy a hammer which is an electro magnet. The sound is ampli fied millions of times pro ducing the sounds students hear while strolling across campus. Providing the sound comes through for commencement next June, the old medieval procession "Gaudeamus Igi tur" will be heard again, played by Prof. Roberts. it9 ' Tfi s
