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ROTC Change
Is Good Deal,
Say Students
"What do you think of the new changes in the ROTC
programs?"
This qoestion was asked of many of the students in the
University ROTC programs. A few students felt that re
gardless of the changes made, they still did not eliminate
the fact that ROTC is compulsory.
"AH Right'
. Norm Beatty commented that the Changes '"could be
all right. If a person can substitute courses he has already
taken or intends to take for ROTC credit as well as credit
in that particular course, it would be a good deal."
Larry Romjue thought it to be 'a very good idea.
Twelve hours of ROTC cuts the possibility of taking elec
tives. With the substitution of academic courses, it gives
students the opportunity to get a broader education while
"I think it is a good idea since the first two yean of
fulfilling their ROTC requirement at the same time."
basic ROTC is nothing bat common knowledge. It is just
as well to let the student increase his learning in other
fields," said Chuck Greenwald.
Darrel Miller said he thought it was "a better deal. At
least you can get something for the class time you spend to 1
an academic course."
Eventually Voluntary '
John Clema pointed out that "'this could be a possible
intermediate step toward non-compulsory ROTC I think '
eventually ROTC will become voluntary and will carry ;
three hours credit for a three hour course. Anyway," he i
further commented, "it is the basic cadets who are com- :
plaining, not the advanced cadets."
Craig Nolte said he thought the changes had not ''solved ;
any of the problems of the students, although they can now :
avoid actual ROTC classes a little more by taking AFROTC
basic and Army ROTC advanced courses."
I think it's a good change and an improvement. How
ever, I think it would be better if compulsory ROTC was
absolved completely," Kent Searl noted.
Dave McCcnahay said, "It's wonderful. Half of the job
is done!"
Total Abolishment
Dick Stuckey commented that he thought "any step
toward total abolishment is a step in the right direction."
"I think it's a change for the better it couldnl get
much worse," was the comment of Rusty Clark.
Gary MrClanahan said that '"anything which Involves
concentration in the ROTC department is an improve
ment." One "student statesman" commented that the changes
constitute "another example of the overall trend throughout
the United States in total abolishment of compulsory mili
tary training."
Council To Publish
Activities
Student activities orientation
occupied the majority of Stu
dent Council business Wednes
day. The Council authorized the
publication of a handbook for
student activities which will
be distributed to every stu
dent activity and activity
chairmen of all organized
houses.
The handbook, which
was constructed by the Coun
cil activities committee, will
include a foreword, in which
the powers of the Council will
be stated as outlined by the
Faculty Senate; a model lorm
of the constitution of student
organizations; procedure for
adopting and amending the
constitution of student or
ganizations and the methods
used in the selection of a
faculty adviser.
Regulations concerning fi
nancial Tecords, regulations
concerning group records, a
model form of the yearly re
port required of activities and
the eligibility rules of the Uni
versity will alBO be published
in the handbook.
In conjunction with the ac
tivities handbook, the Student
Council also voted to hold the
Council Orientation Session
March 20. The purpose of this
session will be to acquaint
all organizations, activity and
honorary officers with the
purposes of Student Council
und the regulations with
which they must comply in or
der to remain in responsible
positions in their group.
At this orientation session,
the activities handbook will
be distributed to all activi
Kingston Trio
Sales End Today
Tickets to the Kingston
Trio show Wednesday wlfl
be on sale today for the
last time in the north end of
the Student Union.
After today ,they win be
on sale at Pershing Munici
pal Auditorium.
Howard Koopcr of Corn
Cobs said that Cobs was ap
preciative of the fact tint
AWS had given up the use
of Pershing for Wednesday.
Coed Follies was to be re
hearsed that night.
Home Ec Coeds
Plan Style Show
Fifty-five University of Ne
braska coeds will model gar
ments made, in clothing and
textile classes at the annual
Home Economics Club Style
Show Sunday, Feb. 21.
The event begins at 3 p.m.
Sunday In Howell Tneatre.
The tlnsme, 'Unmasking
F ashion," will be carried out
with masked models.
Handbook
ties and organizations.
John Hoerner told the Coun
cil tLsA the orientation ses
sion was going to be held
during the Spring this year
due to the advantages of hav
ing experienced Council pres-
ent as opposed to the new
Council which would be pres
ent at an orientation in the
Fall.
He also said that the date
was set at March 20 since it
was felt that the majority of
activity and organization of
ficers would be elected by
that time.
Deon Stuthman, All-University
Open House committee
member, told the Council that
the committee was working
on a letter to be delivered to
high-school principals asking
their views on the proposed
Open House and possible
ideas and suggestions.
KUON-TV
Presents
'Aerospace'
Airplane, Missies
Topic 4f Program
Aerospace Power," an
hour-long community service
program, will be shown on
KUON-TV, channel 12, at S
p.m. tonight.
This program is designed
to show the relationship be
tween airplanes and missiles
in the modem age, states
Boyd Kooney, production di
rector at the University sta
tion. Tw Sequences
The feature film will be
divided into two sequences.
The first to show an alert
crew in action at the Lincoln
Air Force Base. The film
will show the alert crews at
work, the speed with which
they must reach the flight
line, the most unopportune
moments when alert crews
are announced and life at the
Air Force Base.
The second sequence will
be taken in the studio and
will show some of the launch
ing sites to be in the Lincoln
area. Of these Nebraska City,
Beatrice, David City and
Lincoln will be included.
Col. Corbin, Commander of
the Lincoln Air Force Ease
will tie the program together
at the grand finale and will
discuss activity at the base.
Many Served
Itooney says, "'The Univer
sity station is showing this
community service program
because of the large number
of people to the Lincoln area
which are connected with the
Lincoln Air Force Eaau."
The host for the program
is Dick James.
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Vol. 34, No. 67
AWS, IWA, Coed Counselors, WAA
A
nnoimce
Slates for the All-Women's
Elections to be held March 2
were announced Thursday toy
Miss Harris Miss Herndon
Mortar Board, which co-ordinates
the election.
Organizations holding elec
tions are Associated Women
Dean Notes
Problems
Breclienridge Eyes
Future Needs Here
Problem areas which the
University may expect to con
front during the remaining
nine years before her cen
tennial were 'outlined recent
ly by Adam Ereckenridge,
dean of faculties.
Ereckenridge, in an add
ress to the Omaha Alumni
Chapter said that recent gov
ernors and legislators were
to be commended for recog
nizing the University's finan
cial position in' the state but
also warned that require
ments will not '"stand still.'"
The dean also told the for
mer students that tuition costs
to students should not be per
mitted to limit enrollment,
and that the difference be
tween mediocrity and distinc
tion may well depend upon
the extent of outside support.
Dent College Gets 16 Hands
. . . Project Includes New Equipment, Assistants
By Dave Wohlfarth
"It is necessary to have
an xtra pair of hands
most of the time," says Dr.
Bin Kramer, when evalu
ating the Dental College's
use of eight new assistants.
The co-operative project
was inaugurated at the
University after an agree
ment was made with the
U.S. Public Health Service
in December.
Several Benefits
Dr. Kramer, who repre
sented Nebraska at the
Washington D.C. meetings,
listed these things as bene
fits for the Dentistry Col
lege as a result of the mew
four-year agreement:
Eight chair-side as
sistants to help students
and new "dental equipment
to effectively utilize this
new project.
This equipment includes
an instrument cabinet; a
vacuum evacuator, which
may be used with high
speed equipment; an air
turbine, which win provide
a high speed method for
removing loath substance;
double-swivel stools; and
certain auxiliary pieces of
equipment.
This project of adding
new assistants has been
tried in six universities and
four more are now starting
it. The results have been
very successful, Dr. Kra
mer said.
Assistants have been used
at Alabama, Illinois, Iowa,
Minnesota, Kansas City
and North Carolina. The
new schools are Indiana,
Marquette and Southern
California, along with the
University.
One of Ten
This means that the Den
tal College here is only one
of 10 in the -country having
a project agreement far the
use of assistants.
"The use of auxiliary per
sonnel makes each dentist
more efficient," said Dx.
Kramer.
Another reason for as
sistants is the fact that the
new dental equipment made
avaUable is of such nature
that it requires two people
to operate it.
The assistants ere com
monly used in pedodantia,
the branch of dentistry con
cerned with the care of
children's teeth. Dr. Kra
mer explained that the
presence of am assisiDt
Students, Independent Wom
en's Assn., Coed Counselors
and Women's Athletic Assn.
AWS President
Skip Harris and Nina Hern
don are candidates for the
presidency of AWS.
Coed Counselors' candidates
for president are Alice Baum
gartner and Susan StanHey.
Joan Schultz and Kay Suite
aire vying for tthe presidency
of IWA
WAA president candidales
are Shirley Parker and Ro
berta Rock.
Miss Harris is a member
of Student Council, nanel edi
tor of the Cornhnsker, pledge
trainer for 11 Beta I'm ana a
present board member of
AWS.
Monday's Convocation
To Feature Parkinson
C. Northcote Parkinson, sat
irist, will be featured at a
University convocation Mon
day at l.m.
Parkinson, author of the
best selling 'satire, "Parkin
son's law," is professor of
history at the University of
Malaya s nd is now on a cross
country lecture tour.
Harvard Lectures
Last summer he completed
a series iof lectures on ""The
British Empire" at Har
vard. A writer of many well
known books, Parkinson has
just recently entered tho sa
tirical phase of writing.
Many of his books concern
economic, military and naval
history.
""Law,-" the book that made
him famous, has been pub
lished by the London Econ
omist, Harper's Life, The Re
porter and Wall Street Jour
naL gives "Children a sense of
security.
The assistants, who have
been working with dental
students since the first oS
the year, are Lincoln wom
en employed by the U.S.
Public Health Service.
Clinic Aids
They are on duty from
10:00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m. week
days to help in the clinic
and the lab. Their work in
cludes keeping records,
cleaning p and sterilizing.
Each student in dentistry
wffl have a total contact
time of eight weeks with
the new assistants. The first,
group wffl finish up next
week.
When asked about the
specific purpose in bringing
the assistants to the W
campus, Dr. Kramer re
plied, '"Our interest at Ne
braska is measurement of
the changes in attitudes of
students regarding utiliza
tion of auxUiary person
nel" This interest can be
seen in the statements
made by three juniors in
Dental College who are in
the initial group working
with the assistants.
Student Comment
Dick Jeffans said, "the
new assistants have in
creased productivity and
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HANG ON Dental student James Peek and lab assistant
Pat Hawlsnd po to work n patient Debbie King. The
University's College of Dentistry sow eirploys eight lab
oratory assistants.
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LINCOLN, NEBRASKA
Miss Herndon is a member
of Love Memorial Hall, Phi
Upsilon Omicron home eco
nomics honorary, Home Eco-
Miss Miss Stanley
Baumgartner
nomics club and AWS board.
IWA Candidates
Miss Schultz is Towne Club
1 Parkinson said the idea for
' "Law" came to him during
i World War II when he was
i a major with , the British
Army.
I Grammar Check
While in the service, Par-
kinson noticed that the exec
! utives -of the British Army.,
Navy and Air Force were
; simply making work for each
; other -by "reading each oth
ier's minutes and criticizing
each other's grammar.'"
This prompted him to the
research of administration,
both private and government
al. He discovered ""Many ridic
ulirtis inefficiencies of spread
ing bureaucracy in this age
of management and the r
i ganization man.""
i 'Classes will not be 'dis
missed for the convocation
i but students may attend at
I the discretion of their instruc
tor. made w ork more enjoy
able." "Increased speed, effici
ency and good training"
are the results of the new
assistants, according to Al
Jerman.
Jim Bennett said, lt
helps the relationship be
tween operator and as
sistant, adds more speed
and is more pleasant."
The Public Health Depart
ment has set three reasons
for the use of assistants in
schools. There are:
"Students achieving a
prescribed academic quali
tative and quantitive thres
hold earlier in nis clinical
experience.
"The freezing up of in
structional time which may
open new vistas in curricu
lum planning.
"The creating of a de
mand for qualified auxiliary
personnel by recent gradu
ates who have had this type
of instruction in their den
tal school."
Tlte College of Dentistry
also has been granted, in
connection with tiii6 pro
ject, several consultants
and financial assistance.
These consultants are prac
titioners who have used
assistants und now help
comprise the larger Dental
College staff.
Slates For M
President, a member of IWA
Board, Tassels, Vocational
Home Economics Assil, and
Phi UpsiLss Omkron.
Miss State is scholarship
chairman tof Lgto Memorial
Hal, IWA secretary, Tassels
secretary, chairman for Hos
pitality Day femmittee and
a member of Student Coun
cil Phi Upsilon micron,
LSA, and Lutheran Student
Choir.
Miss Parker is a Coed
Counselor, assistant pledge
trainer for Alpha Xi Delta
and is a member of WAA
Board, Alpha Lambda Delta,
YWCA and UNSEA.
Miss Rock is scholarship
K i
,1 - Immimmm
Miss Schultz Miss Stute
chairman of Kappa Delta, a
member of KXUS and KUON
TV staffs and the Nebraska
Collegiate Broadcasters As
sociation. Coed Counselors
Miss Baumgartner is presi
dent of Alpha Xi Delta, a
member of Coed Counselor's
and Pi Lambda Theta.
Miss Stanley is a Coed
Counselor's board member,
and treasurer 'Of Delta Delta
Delta.
Candidates for senior board
are Jean Bresley, Jackie Col
lins, Jeanne Denker, Janet
Hansen, Bev Heyne, Carol
Kocera, Kitzi Lee, Kay Sw
boda, Sherry Turner and
Carol Vermaas.
Seniors wfll vote only f'or
AWS president. The live
members of senior board wfll
be elected by the junior (class.
The juniors will also vote for
president.
Junior Board
The candidates for AWS
Junior Board are Sarah Al
dan, Barbara Anderson, Jo
Buck, Caryl Craven, Jantina
Dyksterhuis, Jeanne Garner,,
Mary Knone, Gladys Eolfs-
NU Flu Outbreak Slopped;
Number of Patients Drops
By Ann Moyer
The campus flu bug bas
been foiled in its attempt to
cause a serious outbreak.
Dr. Samuel Fuenning, di
rector of Student Health, said
Thursday the number of flu
patients had declined to nor
mal. Nation-Wide
The outbreak was nation
wide, he said, and cited a news
item by the World Wide Med
ical News Service which said
"influenza outbreaks are ex
pected to decline almost to
the vanishing point by the
end of February."
Outbreaks of the Alness
were reported from 14 states,
the item noted. The outbreak
in this area was slight, Dr.
Fuenning said, in comparison
Theta Sigma Phi
Pledges Three
Theta Sigma Phi, women's
professional journalism fra
ternity, received three new
pledges in a ceremony
Wednesday at the Student
Union.
They were Sandra Laaker,
Karen Long and Jan Nisker.
Nebraska's Lambda chap
ter is one of 56 student chap
ters in the United States. The
organization, founded in 2909
at the University of Washing
ton, now numbers nearly 150,
000 students and alumnae.
Membership is based on
scholarship, journalism activ
ity and interest in journalism.
Students Receive
Lutheran Posts
Two University students
were elected lo Mid-West re
gion Lutheran Student Asso
ciation offices Saturday.
At a conference at lie
University last week, Eoger
Struve was announced as
president and Alfreds Stute
secretary of the district which
includes 10 universities and
colleges in Nebraska and
Kansas.
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Friday, February 19, 1960
arch Poll
meyer, Sharon Rogers, Linda
SawvelL Linda Schelbitzki,
Nancy Tederman, Sukey Ti
nan, and Clare Vrba.
Sophomores will vote for
both president and the seven
members of Junior Board.
Candidates for the seven
member AWS Sophomore
Board are Jill Beran, Jane
Foster, Maureen Frazier,
Pam Hirschbach, Jeri John
son, Maggie McCrocken, Joan
Mndgett, Herbie Nore, Claire
Roehrkasse, Helen Schmiere,
Nancy Suresen, Pat Spilker,
Mary Weatberspoon, and
Karen Yost
The freshman class will also
vote for president and Sopho
more Board.
IWA Board
Candidates ior IWA Senior
Senior Board are Nina Hera
don, Mary Stastny, Jeanette
Osborne, and Sharon John
son. Candidates for IWA Junior
Board are Mitzi Bohling, Vera
Egger, Pauline HflL Patricia
O'DeH, Gisle Slarck, Alfreda
State, and Clare Vrba.
Candidates for IWA Sopho
more Board are Sherry
Bergh, Karen EdeaL Carolyn
Griesse, Trina Haket, Kather
ine Orenburg, Karen Salt,
Sandra Weiher, Martljw
; Miss Parker Miss Bock
White, and Maria Forfkamn.
! Only independents wfll vote
in this selection.
WAA Officers
Candidates for the position
of WAA secretary are Janet
i Peterson and Sharon Bogers.
I Mary Drishaus and Elaine
;Gibbs are candidates f or
WAA treasurer.
S AH coeds wfll take part in
!the WAA .election.
The runner-ups for the of
fice tof president for each of
these .organizations will auto
matically became vice-president.
to those of other areas. De
troit estimated a 30 per cent
absenteeism in schools and
industry, he said.
Dr. Fuenning attributed the
decline partiaKy to the extra
care practiced in enforcing
hospital regulations concern
ing visitors and hospital sani
tation. One of the main problems
connected with the control of
flu outbreaks in the high de
gree of contagion of the dis-'
ease, Dr. Fuenning said.
Extra precautions were tak
en during the flu outbreak
to avoid spreading the dis
ease. Visiting rules were
strictly enforced and in some
instances patients were
placed in isolation.
Boutine Tests
The routine tests to check
the effectiveness of hospital
sanity were observed closely
to make sure no flaw devel
oped in the system, Dr. Fuen
ning remarked. Hospital sani
tation is maintained by special
treatment with a germicidal
solution of afl facilities in
cluding doors, telephones,
drinking fountains and vacat
ed hospital rooms. Bed
ding and dishes are sIbo
treated.
Dr. Fuenning explained th
health center was buflt so
be to provide minimum pro
tection from contagion. Each
room bas its own indepenflent
heating and cooling unit to
prevent the problem cf
spreading " diseased" air.
"Each room is provided
with necessary facilities
it can be independent r Iso
lated if necessary irot the
others,"" be said.
Dr.. Fuenning commented
that many modern hospitals
stfll have centrally located
facilities. Such an arrange
ment makes it more difficult
to control contagion or infec
tion and cuts down m hos
pital efficiency, he noted.
The University healufc
center was designed to pro
mote efficiency and jro
incl the sludeuts Irora (iib
cane, Dr. Fuenning remarked.