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State Museum Taking
Its Place With Finest
Nebraska's state museum, located in Morrill Hall on
the University campus, adds another outstanding exhibit
to its growing collection this week with the formal dedi
cation of the $14,000 "plastic lady," a life size anatomical
model of the human body. One of only six such displays
in the country, it is a gift of alumnus Ralph Mueller, the
donor of the Mueller Planetarium and the Carillon Tower.
This latest addition is only one of many innovations
In the development of the museum into one of the finest
of its kind in the country. The variety of the displays
makes it undoutedly one of the most interesting and edu
cational sightseeing stops in the state. The proximity of
the various points of interest adds to the uniqueness of
the museum with visitors being able to combine their
tour with a stop at the planetarium.
One of the most realistic exhibits is the "Hall of Ne
braska Wildlife" which is a series of lifelike scenes of
the state's wildlife against the background of the animal's
natural habitat. The young artist who has designed the
scenes and painted the backgrounds has been termed by
, the dean of artists who deal in this medium as the most
outstanding in the country. One can hardly take exception
to this claim after viewing the display which is located
In the basement of the museum.
Much of the credit for the development of the Nebras
ka museum to its present status must go to its director,
Dr. C. Bertrand Schultz. Since he took over the job of
running this vast operation in the early 1940's, Dr. Schultz
has been the prime factor in building its fine reputation.
He has worked tirelessly and unselfishly to make it a
cultural landmark of which all Nebraskans can be proud..
It would be well worth the time of any reader this
weekend to pay a visit to this institution which so proudly
displays the natural history of Nebraska and the miracles
of science and medicine.
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WAITING FOR AN OIL SLICK?
Or Else
Students Work to Further Human Relations
By John Else
It is comforting to know
that our Student Council
almost did something sig
nificant; ut it now appears
that the flaws have been
worked out so that the idea
will be given up unani-'
mously. I refer to the pro
posed all-University open
house. The committee ap
pointed this year to' con
tinue the w o r K of last
year's committee seems to
be comprised entirely of
students who don't think
the project is worthwhile.
It seems unfortunate, to
begin with, that persons in
terested in seeing the proj
ect succeed were not those
placed on, the committee.
Perhaps you say they have
had their minds changed .
after seeing the facts. The
fact is that they haven't
seen any facts. In his re
port to the Council, Fred
Bickers, last year's open
house committee chair
man, reported that in the
six weeks of the existence
of this year's committee,
they had met three times,
twice in the past week and
with one member absent
from all of these meetings.
Rickers furthered stated
that the committee had
made no attempt to con
tact him concerning the
progress made in the six
months of the committee's
existence last year. I ask
you, is this responsible rep
resentation? And the rest
of the Student Council
members were about to
pass the recommendation
of this committee, eviden
tally due to its confidence
In the fellow SC members
. . . until Mr. Rickers pre
sented these rather start
ling facts.
In order to emphasize
the view of the committee,
its members overstated the
case against the open
house, making such absurd
statements as "I have nev
er seen all the c a m p u s.
How can we expect to show f
these hundreds of students
the entire campus all in
one or even two days."
(excuse the paraphase) Na
turally we aren't going to
show these high school stu
dents the entire campus
but that is not our purpose.
Our purpose is to get the
students onto our campus
and then disburse them to
their areas of interest. The
weekend set for the open
house was the weekend of
E-week displays, Science
and Agriculture Days, and
the Fine Arts Festival.
With one or two other
areas represented, the in
terests of a large majority
of the students could be
included, and some sort of
University interest in the
students could be shown.
I attended a coupleof these
events as a high school
student and never felt the
University was trying to
show their interest in me
nor show me much. For
the fine arts festival, the
University simply seems to
be a good place to house a
big activity the students
are not told or sold on the
University, but simply use
its facilities. E-Week is not
a special appeal to high
school students, although
they may be casually in
vited; they see science, but
that is not distinctive in
our University..
Why not unite all these
things, working with them
and adding other events,
with the definite intent on
of selling the University to
high school students? Per
haps all the members of
this committee come from
large high schools or live
near Lincoln. For high
schools in the central or
western part of our state
it is much less expensive,
time consuming, and dis
rupting for the school if
they can bring the entire
senior class (or all seniors
interested in college) to the
University together.
This does not seem to be
the impossible task which
the Student Council pic
tures. It requires only a
few additions and some co
ordination with current ac
tivities. There is little rea
son for dissolving the pres
ent committee and form
ing another in order to ac
complish this task. What 'is
evidentally needed is not
dissolution of the commit
tee, but replacement of its
current members.
PASADENA, CAL. (UPS)
More than 100 delegates
I representing 23 colleges and
universities at a human re
I lations conference have re
I turned to their campuses
IfCourse Offered
(In .Water Safety
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A basic course in water
I safety is being offered to in
Iterested persons by the Ne
braska State Game Commis
Ision. Fifteen lessons will be of
ifered at no charge, with an
lemphasis on motor-boating
land also including canoeing,
land sailing. Those completing
I the course wll be certified by
the American Red Cross and
sthe game commission.
s Dudley Osborn of the game
commission will meet with all
interested persons at 4 p.m.
Ion Thursday in 114 Men's
P.E. building. Classes will
meet every Tuesday and
Thursday at 4 p.m.
Welleck Dance
To Benefit AUF
More emphasis will be add
led to the All University Fund
ffDrive at the Selleck Quad
"Dining Room" dance Satur
day from 8:30 to 11:30 p.m.
I Admission to the "Herna
fdo's Hideaway" event will be
25 cents. Decorations and in
itermission e n t e rtainment,
Icourtesy of Bessey House,
will add color to the eveining.
All proceeds will go to the
1AUF Drive. A local disk joc
key will be present to spin
the records. t
g The entire campus is invit
led to come, stag or with
I dates.
with "a personal commit
ment to active participa
tion for the cause of human
dignity."
Delegates to the Camp
Hes. Kramer Human Re
lations Conference here
voted to establish an inter
collegiate newspaper,
"Commitment," to link
campus human relations
organizations and serve as
their voice.
The . delegates also dis- 4
cussed the need for an in-
.tercampus action group,
pointing out the need for
unified action on such local
situations as discrimination
in Los Angeles restaurants,
housing difficulties and
gerrymandering the minor
ity vote to prevent fair
' representation.
Several delegates an
nounced their intention to
picket the House Committee
on Un-American Activities
when it meets in Los An
geles. ...
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40,000 died last year in traffic accidents, many because
good drivers drove recklessly just once. Keep your headl
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Football Articles
Are 'Off Base
To the editor:
Both of the articles, which
blasted Coach Jennings for
his statements concerning
the people of Nebraska and
the press, are completely
off base. And to go a little
deeper the one article
made some statements
about some players who are
supposedly not getting a
chance which is a complete
falsification on the writer's
part.
It has been stated that
the people of Nebraska lack
pride in their state and
that they don't stick to
gether as they should. Yet
these same people turn out
30,000 strong for every
home game to cheer Ne
braska.! The part of the
30,000 fans is true, but they
cheer very little. The fans
never back the team when
they are down; they get
quiet so quiet you can
hear a pin drop at times.
The real reason most of
these fans come to the
games is that there isn't
anything else interesting to
do in Nebraska.
Dean Cozine
"OW-ime" Fan
Voices Opinion
To the editor:
If the coaching staff
had kept Pat Fischer on
the bench they would have
won more games. He makes
one good play and muffs
half a dozen. From a foot
ball fan of sixty years.
Frank Vogt
Bancroft, Neb.
Objects to Theater
Presentation
To the editor:
At the risk of appearing
puritanical, I object to th
University Theater, Depart
ment of Speech and Dra
matic Art's stage present,
tion of the play "Six Char
acters in Search of an
Author" on the grounds that
it is indefensible that two
children should be present
on stage or in the theater
during this morose "com
edy" concerning infidelity,
subtle incest and suicide,
even as minor themes.
Donald F. Costelk
Just one correction is
needed to reader Costello'g
letter. One of the children,
the boy, played by Bill
Raecke, is not a child. He
is a f hort graduate student.
Editor.
Freshman Class
Getting Smarter
This year's freshman class
has raised the scholastic rank
over last year';, despite an 18
per cent increase in enroll
ment, Lee Chatfield reported.
He said 76 of the 2,036 en
tering freshman ranked in the
upper half of their high school
graduating class, compared
with 75 of 1,731 freshmen
last year.
While seven per cent of last
year's freshmen were in the
bottom quarter of their high
school class only six per cent
of this year's freshmen rank
ed in the lower fourth of their
class.
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(Author of "I Was a Teen-age Dwarf", "The Many
Loves of Uobte Utllis , etc.)
A MODEST PROPOSAL
A movement is afoot a shocking, startling movement to
solve the problem of overcrowded colleges by the simple expe
dient of refusing admission to women at coeducational schools 1
It is argued by proponents of this plan that in today's world
a college education is absolutely essential for a man, while for
a woman it is merely a pleasant interlude between adolescence
and housewifery. There is simply not room enough for both men
' and women in our overburdened colleges; therefore, in all fair
ness, women who have far less need of a degree than men, 'must
yield their places.
Well sir, when I heard this drastic proposal, I was so shocked
that I sat right down and lit a Marlboro. I always sit right down
and light a Marlboro when I am shocked, I also always sit right
down and light a Marlboro when I am not shocked. There is
no time, no condition, no mood, no estate when it isn't a source
of soul-deep gratification to settle back and have a full-flavored
smoke Marlboro, the filtered cigarette with the unfiltered taste
Marlboro, the jewel of cigarettes Marlboro, the pinnacle of
the tobacconist's art Marlboro, my comfort, haven, and snug
harbor.
Well sir, I sat smoking my Marlboro and thinking over the
shocking proposal to keep women out of coed schools, and hoping
fervently that another solution cim be found. If the calamitoui
day ever comes when women are banned from coed colleges, I
will gnash my teeth and rend my garments and take to my bed
without supper. Like any other Marllxiro man, I love women.
, I love the sight and sound of them, the cut of their jibs, their
beauty and grace, their cunning little spitcurls, their leek
dimples, their middy blouses, their aura and effluvium. More
over, I freely admit that when it comes to brainpower, they can
give the average man cards and spades and big casino too. It
would be a shame, a disgrace and a catastrophe to keep thw
beautiful, intelligent creatures out of college.
However, it is always wise in time of fair weather to prepare
for foul. What if the advocates of keeping women out of college
begin to gather strength? We who abhor this fiendish plun must
be ready with a substitute ... and it just so happens I have
one-and a mighty ingenious little plan it is, if I say so myself.
Granted that classroom seats are in short supply, and granted
that men need degrees more than women, it is still not necessary
to bar women from college. Let them go to college but-oere it
the beauty part of my plan-(Wt let them go to class!
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This solution, it 8fm. tA mo DnraiAM, .
- 1 """"h every requiremeni. a
releaseshundreds of thousands of classroom seats toneedymalea.
At the same time, it does not deprive women of the rich and
vaned benefit .of campus fife. They can join sororities, shoot pool
at the Umon build bonfires for Homecoming games, pour at tha
Dean . tea plait dmsies in their hair, organise drag races, soulpt
m ice, hook rugs, walk their cheetahs, play Monopoly, find lov.
-in short, they can do anything except go to class.
Tell the truth, girls: Is that bad7
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