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Pi Writer Says Big Problem
Of Freshmen Is Adjustment
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A little late; perhaps, but
this, might still be in time
to save a few college fresh
men. A recent article in the Sat
urday Evening Post reveals
that not more than a third
of today's freshmen will have
a sheepskin four years from
now.
Robert U. Jameson writes,'
"One of freshman's major
problem is' adjusting to a
new kind of life in which he
is expected to behave like an
adult.
"Intellectual independence,
the first prerequisite of col
lge, is often a distinct shock
to a freshman," Jameson
continued.
Lack of Training
However, the most impor
tant reason most students
fail to stick it out is "the
lack of adquate training in
secondary school," he states.
Jameson noted that most
college administrators agree
freshman can't read and
write properly.
Other problems are:
How and how much to
study.
Attending a college of the
parents' choice.
Wrong balance between
social and academic life.
Activities.
Jameson thinks activities
have a very important , place
in a college education, but
warns students to proportion
them appropriately.
He says, "Students should
Join a club or team in which
they're interested, but not
Donaldson
Defends NU
Purchasing
University Business Man
ager Carl Donaldson has de
fended the purchasing pro
cedures followed by the Uni
versity regarding the award
ing of a contract for back
ground music in the Student
Union.
Herbert Burton, general
manager of radio station
KFMQ, objected to the ac
tions of the University fol
lowing the University's ac
ceptance of a bid by Muzak.
Earlier, Allen Bennett,
managing director of the Un
ion, said that he felt good
business practices had been
followed in the awarding of
the contract.
Purchasing Agent Eugene
Ingram refused to comment
other than that he said he
would agree with what Ben
nett" said. .
Donaldson commented, "I
feel that these people (Ben
nett and Ingram) have car
ried these procedures in line
with integrity and the best
judgment possible and have
not shown an indication to go
contrary to a recognized code
of purchasing ethics."
Burton had questioned the
ethics of the bid-letting,
AVF Totals
Ailer Jan. 1
AUF totals are not yet
available, according to
Gretchen Shellberg, publicity
chairman.
Totals will not be released
until all sectors of the drive
have been collected, totaled
and deposited in the AUF
account at the Student Activ
ities office in Administration.
A few sectors of the drive
have not .been collected yet
since some of the funds
pledged to AUF will not be
collectable until after Jan. 1.
Sororities and fraternities
who placed assessments on
housebills will submit pledges
after Jan. 1.
Home Ec 151 Might Squelch Plans
. . . Male Selection Studied in Marriage Course
By Margrethe Plum
"Take Home Economics
151 and break your engage
ment." So used to be the saying
among the men and women
students enrolled in the "Mar
riage and Family Relation
ships" course offered by the
home economics department,
according to Mrs. Fern
Brown of the department.
Fundamental Approach
"Marriage and Family Re
lationships" is a course which
teaches a "fundamental ap
proach" to the individual
problems of mate selection.
As part of this "fundamen
tal approach," individual per
sonality evaluations are taken.
By making these studies, a
person can learn about him
self and thus leara what kind
of mate would be best suit
able. Mrs. Brown, who leaches
the course, described the pui
pose this way. The baric cor
nerstone of home economics
U the belief that the only
... Only One-Third Will Graduate
everything in sight."
Drinking, dating and driv
ing are the next three most
important problems, accord
ing to Jameson's survey.
Realistic About Drinking
"Most college freshmen can
be realistic about drinking.
Nearly all of them say to
drink moderately, if at all;
date only on weekends. Oth
erwise, marks suffer."
Here Comes Santa
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. 110, HO, HO Santa Claus, alias Butch Morris, displays
his jovial self as he prepares for the Student Union Christ
mas party tonight. There's no padding there, either.
Frosh Get Extension
For Union's' 'Spree
Santa has brought an early
Christmas present to fresh
men women; they will have
10:30 hours for the all Uni
versity Christmas party to be
held in the Student Union to
night. "Santa's Spree" will -feature
dance music by two
combos, free games in the
game area, movies, refresh
ments and a special party
Spring Show
Possible Say
KK Profits
Kosmet Klub's financial
success on the recent Fall
Revue insured the presenta
tion of a Spring Show, accord
ing to Larry Romjue, KK
business manager.
Romjue estimated that Kos
met K 1 u b would collect
approximately $1,500 in prof
its after all bills had been
paid. He stated that there
was approximately $2,000 in
ticket revenue and income
from advertising amounted to
over $700.
Some of the expenses listed
in the production and pre
sentation of the Fall Revue
were rental fees for Pershing
Municipal Auditorium, costs
of printing tickets and pro
grams and advertising.
Phi Kappa Psi took first
place honors in the skit di
vision with Beta Theta Pi
finishing in the runner-up
position. Gary Parker won the
Traveler division trophy.
The KK Spring Show, which
is scheduled to be presented
March 25, will again have a
professional director. Jack
Nielsen is the Spring Show
chairman.
way to improve the human
race is to improve the home
environment. Many think that
"falling in love" is a basis for
good marriage.
But according to Mrs.
Brown, individuals "fall in
love" with many people. So
"falling in love" does not ne
cessarily result in a desirable
marriage. Therefore the pur
pose of the marriage course
is to "teach" the selection of
compatible people.
How successful is the
course?
"It is difficult to measure
the success" of this program
since no studies have been
made to measure the result
after students have graduat
ed, said Mrs. Brown. But,
she added, studies have been
made of home economics
graduates that indicate that
there is a lower divorce rate
here than among non-home
economics majors.
'Really Interesting'
Even though the classes are
taught through a predominant
Jameson declared that most
college administrators urge
freshmen to leave their cars
at home.
The author closed with this
bit of advice to frosh: If a
student takes advantage of
his teacher's knowledge and
the college library and stud
ies on his own, he'll find
most of his adjustment prob
lems will disappear.
for the children of all Uni
versity professors and staff
members.
Bill Alber's combo will pro
vide dance music in the Pan
American room from 8 to
10:30 p.m. Another combo
will be located in the Crib
from 7 to 10:30 p.m.
A full length movie will be
shown in the Ballroom at 8
p.m. The game area also will
be open for free recreation
at 8.
The chilren's party will
begin at 7:30 p.m. i n the
party rooms located in the
basement. Santa Claus will
visit the party between 7:30
and 8 p.m. Games also will
be played and a special car
toon show will begin at 8 p.m.
in the small auditorium.
Refreshments will be
served.
Phi PsVs
Bid Right;
Win Tourney
Sid Stacey and Herb Meyer
of Phi Kappa Psi won undis
puted first place in the Inter-
Campus Bridge Tournament
held in the Student Union
Saturday.
The winners were victorious
over 21 teams competing in
cluding six sororities, 14 fra
ternities and one married
couple.
Second place winners were
Jack Lieb and Mike Yudelson
of Zeta Beta Tau while Ar
nold Joffe and Jerry Rosen
of Sigma Alpha Mu ran a
close third.
Bob Baskins and J. G. Por
ter were tourney directors
while Ron Gould was tourna
ment chairman. Trophies
were awarded to the winners.
ly women's department, it is
"really interesting" to see
how each class is equally di
vided between men and wom
en, she said.
Why do both men and wom
en take the marriage course?
"Students have been made
aware of the need for special
education in order to have
successful family living,"
answered Mrs. Brown. "Just
living in a family" doesn't
give a person enough infor
mation to know about the
best kind of family living.
The marriage course was
first offered at the University
about 20 years ago, but ac
cording to Mrs. Brown, it is
just in the last 12 years that
the course has been taught
intensely.
At present there are five
"Marriage and Family rela
tionships' classes and only
one third of them are made
up of home economics ma-
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Vol. 34, No. 47
'Russians Love Americans'
According to Ann Landers
"Russian d e o p 1 e reallv
love American people," ac
cording to Ann Landers, syn
dicated columnist who was
in Russia during the Ameri
can Exhibition and wrote a
series on her experiences.
Is Prof
Classroom
'King?'
Beggs Comments
On NY Incident
The dean of Teachers Col
lege says a high school in
structor is not "king of his
classroom."
Dean Walter Beggs com
mented Saturday on a re
cent incident in New York in
which the chairman of a high
school English department
balked when a new adminis
trative rule directed him to
file a detailed outline of his
classwork plans two weeks in
advance with the principal.
. j 'No Invasion
The chairman had main
tained his classroom was his
kingdom and not subject to
invasion by . school adminis
trators. Dean Beggs called the inci
dent "purely local" and not a
basic educational problem."
He commented, "The only
persons who lose when admin
istrators and teachers get
into a quarrel of this type
are the learners and nobody
gains anything."
'Impossibility
The Mount Kisco teacher
had complained publicly that
the day-to-day repeating of or
change in lessons would
make it impossible to draw
up a rigid advance schedule.
The local board of educa
tion accused him of insubordi
nation and still has to indi
cate how it will rule in the
case.
The teacher, speaking in a
hearing before the board.
said, "I concede the right of
admmistrators to compel me
to guard the footbridge on
the day of football games, to
patrol the boys' washrooms
and to supervise night bas
ketball games.
"However irksome I might
consider these demands, they
do not trespass on that one
area of education that is
mine alone the classroom."
Kothary
Photographer
To Lecture
On India
A world-honored Indian
photographer will speak at
Love Library auditorium
Thursday at 8 p.m.
He is Dr. K. L. Kothary,
president of the Indian . Fed
eration of Photography, from
Palanpur, State of Bombay.
One part of his lecture will
be "Diamonds From Dust,"
in which he will illustrate in
black and white the whys and
hows of his combination of
dust and sunlight.
The other will be "India
a Portrait in Color," and will
be illustrated with slides of
the land.
He has been honored by
most of the world's leading
photographic organizat ions
and recently spoke at the na
tional convention of the
Photographic Society of
America. '
His appearance is being
sponsored by the School of
Journalism, Lincoln Ca.vrcra
Club, Lincoln Portfolian Club
and Lincoln photographic
dealers
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LINCOLN,
Miss Landers, known be
cause of her advice columns
which appear in 356 papers
throughout the world, ap
peared at a convocation spon
sored by the School of Jour
nalism and the Lincoln Jour-I
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ADVICE COLUMNIST Ann Landers, syndicated advice
columnist appearing in the Lincoln Journal, is shown
at a luncheon in her honor. The luncheon was co
sponsored by the Journal and the School of Journalism.
Looking on are (from left) Dr. Robert Cranford of J
School and Dr. William E. Hall, director of the School.
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Schach Does
Iceland Saga
Translation
A translation of one of the
most distinguished of the old
Icelandic family sagas by
Prof. Paul Schach of the Uni
versity's Germanic depart
ment and Prof. Lee Hollander
of the University of Texas
was published last week by
the University Press.
The book is the only one
rendering the complete saga
of the Norsemen of the 10th
and 11th centuries in modern
English. The translator, Dr.
Schach, is the author of many
critical studies in the field of
Old and Modern Icelandic.
Dr. Schach, who is one of
the few scholars in the U. S.
doing research work in Ice
landic literature, is now work
ing on a critical edition of the
Saga af Tristram og Isodd,
which is expected to be a
major contribution to the lit
erary history of Iceland.
What To Give?
'Grin and Wear If
Often Result of Gifts
By Pat Dean
One aspect of Christmas is gift giving which presents
problems, mainly what to give her or him.
Both boys and girls tend to give clothing, but often
the gifts are found to be unsatisfactory to the recipient's
taste.
Hurt Feelings
The unwanted articles can , be returned, but hurt
feelings usually result so the , only alternative is to grin
and wear it.
Gifts boys like to receive are rather limited, actual
ly, unless the giri is clever enough in picking up subtle
hints he may drop. Yule presents cited as generally ac
ceptable are billfolds, belts, fraternity jewelry, jewelry
boxes and shaving cologne.
Girls are easier to buy for, with such suggestions as
perfume, flowers, candy, jewelry sorority or otherwise
stuffed animals, compact and lipstick sets or silver or
china if marriage is in the near future.
Boy or Girl
Presents which can be given "to both sexes include
records, books, cigarette lighters, gloves, scarves, pup
pies, kittens or fish.
For more extravagant givers, visions of radios, elec
tric shavers, watches, clocks, record players, paintings,
pictures of thn giver and cameras run through the heads
of those with chubby pocketbooks.
Of course a price limit is usually set or else the ex
changing parties scurry to fraternity brothers and so
rority sisters to find out what to give or how much to
spend according to what the other has or will spend
Friend Basis
If the relationship is more on a friend basis novelty
gifts are sometimes given, such as nebbishes and simi
lar things found in novelty shops.
Pias, rings and lavaliers are likely Christmas gift3,
but generally only a pit of the present.
Both sexes agree on one type of gift definitely unde
sirable ... the practical kiuL
NEBRASKA, Tuesday, December 15, 1959
nal, a subscribing newspa
per. The opportunity to visit
Russia came when her hus
band's manufacturing com
pany was chosen to be rep
resented at the Exhibition.
Dr. Eldridge
Tells of Job
Opportunities
The Agronomy Club fea
tured Dr. F. E. Eldridge as
guest speaker at its Dec. 10
meeting.
Dr. Eldridge, associate di
rector of resident instruction,
spoke on "Job Opportuni
ties." He said that agriculture
was the leading industry in
the state and job openings
for college graduates greatly
exceeded the number of grad
uates available to fill these
positions.
Dr. Eldridge presented a
list of job opportunities avail
able for graduates and some
jobs now filled by recent
University graduates to give
club members an idea of
jobs presently available.
He also gave some statis
tics on a survey of college
graduates and the rating of
various courses by these
graduates after they had
been out of school for .some
time.
The majority of graduates
represented i n this survey
rated English as the most
essential course they had
taken. Speech courses never
ranked lower than third on
the survey.
She studied Russian and
concentrated on the things
which were common to wom
en the world over; One piece
of conversation that always
brought a smile was. "My
feet are tired."
Went Alone
Business in Puerto Rico
caused a cancellation of her
husband's trip, but she went
alone.
"The Russian people have
a great sense of humor and
I felt the warmth throughout
the country," she said.
"However, there is a short
age of men since 20 million
pcufiic ttcic Ufa All mic iao
war. "For that reason they
aren't anxious for another
one," she pointed out.
She noticed that styles did
not seem important to the
Russian woman. When she
asked, they replied that they
had to work to build "their
young country" which they
say is only 40 years old.
Women Important
"Your Pilgrims .did not,
have time to polish nails, fix'
hair and straighten seams
when they were building your
nation," they replied.
Women are important be
cause 70 per cent of the
doctors, 60 per cent of the
lawyers and many construc
tion workers and airplane
mechanics are females.
She told the students that
a premium was put on brains
in Russia. A good journalism
student might receive board,
room, tuition and $80 a month
spending money while going
to school.
However, if one can't pro
duce he'll be out digging
ditches or working in mines,
she said.
Commenting on her column,
she said "It's amazing how
many people have problems
and no one to talk them over
with. But the advice you give
can't be just funny, it's got
to be sensible," she empha
sized. Read on Train
From 10:30 p.m. to 1 a.m.
while riding on the train
Sunday night she read 1,000
letters. From those ' she se
lected 10 and will probably
use three for her column.
The office spends $2,000
each month for stamps and
telegrams. Each person who
writes and desires a reply
receives one. Many say,
"Thanks for letting me get
things off my chest."
This is the main point of
her job, to let others know
that there are many others
who are having the same
problem, she said.
Interested in People
The columnist said she has
always been interested in
people but not until four years
ago did she ever have a job.
She said that with a daugh
ter ready to enter college
that she felt she must do
something with her enormous
amount of energy. Her pre
vious experience in politics
did not coincide with the
politics of Cook County.
After reading the Ann Lan
ders column for some time
she called up a friend at the
Chicago Sun-Times and asked
how a person could get such
a position.
Big Phone Bill
The original Ann Landers
had died the week before and
a contest was underway for
someone to take the position.
After passing twenty-eight
contestants and six weeks of
assignments a phone call of
"You are now Ann Landers"
resulted. Her phone bill that
first month was $210 for mak
ing sure that, all advice she
gave was sound.
Business Frat
National Officer
To Speak Here
Richard Bump, national
field secretary of Alpha Kap
pa Psi, national professional
business fraternity, will speak
at the chapter's meeting
Wednesday.
Bump will discuss subjects
relating to business and Alpha
Kappa Psi.
Bump is a graduate of the
State University of Iowa. He
has visited over one hundred
colleges and universities
throughout the U.S.
The meeting will be held at
7:30 p.m. in the Student
Union. The chapter is Inviting
prospective members to at
tend the meeting.