UNIVERSITY OF NEBRJ
LIBRARY
ShWeL' Wish Broom Uncover Ankara Indian Houses
Exploratory excavations
. t.J!2g ..earliest adequately;
documented Ankara Indian'
villages have yielded nine
credit hours and a theory
on the Arikara religion for
anthropology major Dick
Krause.
The project, a salvage
operation designed to ob
tain archeological data
from sites to be flooded in
construction of the Oahe
Dam in South Dakota, is
part of the anthropology
department's summer field
work for University credit.
Krause, a senior, was one
of 10 undergraduate and
two graduate students who
participated in the attempt
to "obtain information on
the total sociological back
ground of the Arikara dur
ing the period between the
Dr. Thorpe Heads Committee
, Teachers College
Study Underway
The entire Teachers College program is presently being
studied by a faculty committee headed by Dr. Norman
Thorpe prior to an inspection by the National Council -for Ac
creditation of Teachers' Education.
A visitation committee will arrive in the spring semester
of 1963 to determine if the present Teachers College program
is to be given re-accreditation,
'We are examining our pro
gram in light of the Council's
requirements needed for ac
creditation. we wm have a
written report to give the vi
sitation committee when they
get here to help them de
cide," Thorpe noted.
Although Thorpe said his
committee h a s n't done
enough to determine any li
mitations or deficiencies in
the present program, he per
sonally feels there are some
things that will have to be
done prior to the Council's
visit.
"We may recommend
changes to the faculty that
we don't need to do that are
above and beyond the require
ments of the National Coun
cil," Thorpe hinted. He said
such recommendations for
changes would be up to the
committee involved in the
study. The final decision for
any changes would need fa
culty approval.
Thorpe summed up his
study by explaining that it is
a "thorough look at our pro
gram in all aspects."
Due to the extent of the re
search being done, Thorpe
predicted that the commit
tee's detailed report would
be completed by the end of
first semester 1961.
"We expect to have most
of our study over the main
points of the program com
pleted by the end of first
semester next year," Thorpe
added.
Other members of the eval
uation committee are Mrs.
Marion Nickerson, Dr. Ray
Knapp, Dr. Don Clifton, Dr.
Milton Ploghoft, Dr. Robert
Stake, Dr. Willis Moreland
and Dr. James Rutledge, ac
cording to Thorpe.
Pi Lambda Theta
Adds Thirty-Thr
t Pi Lambda Theta, nation
al professional scholastic hon
orary for women in educa
tion, has initiated thirty-three
new members. Ruth Amen
has also been selected as the
new treasurer of organiza
tion. New members are Ann
Blomquist, Janis Cargill, Sue
Carkoski, Leah Cheuvront,
Lou Ann Dewall, Mary Drish
aus, Jantina Dyksterhauis,
Martha Fritz, Norma Gale
na, Pauline Hill, Mrs.
Phyllis Jones, Maribeth Lar
.on, Judy Lawrence, Mari
lyn Lee, Patricia Lempka,
Angela Long, Susan Lovett,
Jan Mastos, Shirley McCord,
Barbara Miles, Marlene Mul
ler, Shirley Parker, Laura
Prokop, Sylvia Rodehorst,
Valerie Roggow, Gisella
Starck, Mavis Dvorak, Mar
ilyn Ternll, Margaret Timm,
Ann Walker, Nancy Wat
ton, Arlene West, and Lynn
Wright
Ag Union Sponsors
Decorating Party
The Ag Union will take on
an air of holiday festivity
Tuesday night as workers
gather for the Christmas dec
orating party at 5 p.m.
The workers will decorate
three large Christmas trees
to be placed in the Union,
according to Margrethe
Plum, chairman of the Ag
Union hospitality committee.
Other Christmas decorations
will be placed throughout Ag
Union, she said.
DECEMBER 10
9 p.m.-l a.m.
first documented visits by
white men in 1804 and the
loss of native culture when
the village was deserted in
1833."
Dr. Preston Holder, cur
ator of anthropology, who
headed the group, explained
that the village site at the
mouth of the Grand
River was a "regular stop
ping place for all expedi'
tions, especially since the
Arikara were keen traders
themselves."
Famous Visitors
Famous visitors who have
helped to document the
site and assure it of a
niche of national promi
nence in American history
include Lewis and Clark,
the Astorian fur traders
and Gen. William Ashley,
Holder said.
according to Thorpe.
Ball Rates Late Dates
Dean Helen Snyder has
announced that 2:00 hours
have been granted for the
night of the 1960 MiMtary
Ball, Saturday, December
10 for women students.
Freshman
Pep Club
Organizes
New Group Appears
Wednesday Night
A new organization is being
formed by "N" Club and the
Corn Cobs. . . . - -
It is a pep club for basket
ball season, consisting entire
ly of 150 freshmen men and
women. The club will appear
for the first time at the Nebraska-Utah
State game on
Dec. 7
Kernals, another freshman
men's and women's pep or
ganization, functions only dur
ing the football season. It is
sponsored by Corn Cobs with
the assistance of the Tassels.
"We felt that if we could
start the freshmen out on the
idea that they should show
some type of spirit at games,
next year they would continue
with the same thing," corn
cob Ron Gould commented.
The freshman peppers will
be seated in a reserved sec
tion In the center of the west
side of the basketball court,
next to the "N" Club. They
will be dressed In white shirts
or sweaters and will wear
freshman beanies.
Letters were sent to all or
ganized houses, Selleck Quad
rangle and the girl's dorm,
asking that they fill a certain
quota to sit in the pep sec
tion. The same freshmen will
not be at each home basket
ball game, due to the fact
that many games are held on
school nights.
Everyone who could pos
sibly join in the freshman pep
section is doing- so," com
mented Gould. Sororities are
contributing 40 to 45 students,
fraternities, 45 to 50; Selleck,
16; girls' dorm, 16, and the
organized unaffiliated houses,
23. .
"There will be no more or
ganized cheers than usual,"
Gould explained. "Cheerlead
ers will lead the freshmen at
timeouts and halftime, as
they do now, but we will try
for more spontaneous cheer
ing," he added.
The freshman pep section
will first appear at the game
on Wednesday. N Club men
will be there to check them
into the reserved section.
TODAY ON CAMPUS
Montgomery Lectures, "The
Mexican Revolution, Then and
Now," 4 p.m., Love Memo
rial Library auditorium.
Faculty Roundtable discussion.
Krause's theorv stems
from the excavation of four
Arikara houses and an
"unusual find in one of the
houses."
"An elaborate altar with
a puddled fire basin, stor
age pit and four steps lead
ing up from the floor sug
gests that altars could be
found in other houses be
sides the medicine lodge
and that the people may
have had a two-part ritual
istic system," Krause said.
The two-part system
would include "the doctors
in the medicine lodge who
the
Vol. 74, No. 41
Center
By Jerry Lamberson
"Plaster those bricks and
wire tnose macnines has
been the tune of some 125
construction workers" at the
Nebraska Center for Contin
uing Education as they hast
en to complete construction
by early spring
An early spring completion
.
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SET FOR JUNE OPENING
The Nebraska Center of Continuing Education is Hearing completion as the winter
approaches. About 65 per cent Is finished and with opening date over six months away
more than 40 conference rooms have been booked for the opening in June.
English
Magazine
'Among Top'
"College English," a maga
zine which reaches 10,000 col
lege teachers and is edited
by members of the Univer
sity English department is
considered "among the lead
ers striving for new develop
ments in the teaching of Eng
lish." Editor James E. Miller Jr.,
chairman of the department
of English, attributed this at
traction for articles on new
approaches to the magazine's
distinctive forum debates and
unique comprehensive quali
ties. Miller said the forum de
bates, with their new infusion
of ideas, were perhaps the
prime benefit of the maga
zine. Not Limited
In addition, he noted that
the magazine is not limited
to a single critical point of
view or type of writing.
Poetry, fiction and humor are
all published , in moderation,
he said.
Assisting Dr. Miller during
his three year editorial term
of the magazine will be Ber
nice Slote, associate editor of
"Prairie Schooner:" Robert
Knoll, an authority on Shake
speare, Faulkner and uen
Jonson; Ross Garner, ah
authorltv on 17th century
verse and prose and Louis H.
Leiter, a specialist In Euro
pean and contemporary liter-
flturc
Miller termed "College
English" one of the few pro
fessional magazines an Eng
lish teacher will take home
and put by his bedside for cas
ual reading."
The magazine came under
supervision of the University
in October rather than this
week as stated in a Lincoln
paper.
fr r n r r p1)? ) n n
had charge of curing, heal
. ing and magic and the
chiefs and priests who were
in charge of the sacred
bundles containing tribal
secrets," he pointed out.
Significant Picture
Krause noted that such a
dual supernatural be 1 i e f
was not unique and was
frequently found among
other tribes of sedentary
Indians who farmed along
the rivers, but explained
that the prime significance
was in establishing a pic
ture of the Arikara themselves.
et:
is essential so that furniture
and kitchen equipment can
be moved into the Center be
fore the June 1 opening, said
Verner M. Meyers, director
of planning and construction.
65 Percent Complete
Currently, the workers are
busily - plastering and com
pleting the mechanical work
Union Transition Wednesday
Christmas Displays,
Programs Featured
Christmas in the Student
Union will go into full swing
next Wednesday when a com
plete transition will be made
to the Yuletide traditions.
Christmas greenery, a tree
in the lounge, wreathes and
red bells plus appropriate
art displays from elementary
school children will adorn the
interior of the Union, accord
ing to Ruthie Reed of the
Union Arts and Exhibits com
mittee. Children's Displays
A representative of the Lin
coln public schools art de
partment will speak Wednes
day night, Dec. 7 in the Union
on the displays of the chil
dren's displays.
The night of Dec. 11 is the
biggest night of the pre
Christmas activities in the
Union.
The annual Messiah consist- j
ing of the Madrigals, Singers
and beginnings choirs of the
music department will be
held in the Coliseum at 3 p.m.
In order that the faculty and
married students may attend
the Messiah, the Union is
sponsoring a children's
Christmas party at the same
time complete with Santa
Claus, candy, cartoons and
children's games, according
to Bill McKinnon of the Stu
dent Union activities.
Following the Messiah, the
Union will sponsor a t r e e
lighting ceremony outside the
building and will feature a
free coffee which includes
free egg nog and cookies.
Tree Lit
The tree will be lighted
near the all-U n i v e r s i t y
Christmas display construct
ed by students outside the
Union. This is the first year
RICHARD MALT BY & ORCHESTRA
The theory is backed with
evidence from the diary of
a fur trader named Tabeau
and general ethnological
descriptions of cultural de
tails which tie in with the
altar find, although Krause
emphasized that there is no
conclusive proof and still
a good deal of speculation.
One finding made by the
group has been definitely
established, however, ac
cording to Krause.
Pottery found at the doc
umented sites excavated
this summer has been iden
tified as the same make
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Lincoln, Nebraska
on the inside, said Meyers.
The outside work is generally
complete with the laying of
the pavement the past couple
of weeks.
At least 65 per dent of the
construction is complete leav
ing 35 per cent yet before
spring.
Meyers said the furniture
si
T
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for such a display and is
coordinated by the Student
Council.
The traditional Madrigal
concert is tabbed for a 7:30
p.m. performance in the Un
ion Ballroom Dec. 5.
AH Union facilities have
been reserved Dec. 19 for all
University employees, exclud
ing faculty and professional
staff, for 'the "Holiday Har
vest Festival."
The informal event will be
highlighted by a presentation
to two employees who have
completed 25 years of service
with the University by Chan
cellor Clifford Hardin.
Season Offers
Special Features
A variety of special holiday
programs have been sched
uled for the Christmas sea
son. Mrs. Esther Hagan, social
director of the Lincoln Uni
versity Club, will be speak
ing in a series of three pro
grams on holiday foods and
decore. Series' begin Friday
Dec. 16 at 7:30 p.m., re
played at 9 p.m. the follow
ing Thursday.
Faculty members will
be featured in "Reading at
Christmas," reading thier fa
vorite Christmas stories and
poems. This program is set
for Dec. 21, to be, repeated
Dec. 26.
"Christmas from the Sky,"
Dec. 22, is a repeat perform
ance by the Junior League of
Lincoln.
"Sixty Men Singing," a con
cert presented by the Univer
sity's Varsity Glee Club, and
"Music ' for Christmas,"
will be presented by Wesley
Foundation Choir.
to Open
found earlier at unauthen
ticated sites.
Globular Pottery
"It was felt that the
globular pottery with a con
stricted neck and thickened
rim found at the earlier
sites was Arikara pottery,
but there was no sure
proof until similar jars
were found at what has
been definitely established
as an Arikara site," Krause
said.
Some 1,500 to 2,000 Ari
kara lived in the two vil
lages dug with "shovel,
trowel, wisk broom and
and kitchen equipment has
arrived and is being stored
until completion of the Cen
ter.
The four new directors, who
will take charge beginning
June 1, left yesterday for the
University of Georgia where
they will study the various
methods of operation of other
centers built by the Kellogg
Foundation. The Nebraska
Center is the fifth built in
coordination with the Kellogg
Foundation.
Four Directors
The four directors of the
Nebraska Center who are at
tending the meeting are Dr.
Knute Broady, director of
University extension division,
who will be the general over
all director.
Dr. Arthur B. Ward, head
ol conferences and institutes
and extension division will be
the conference director at the
Center.
Villegas
To Speak
TocL j
Mexican Intellectual
To Talk in Library
The Mexican intellectual,
Dr. Daniel Cosio Villegas,
who was nominated to give
the Montgomery lecture by
his former assistant, Stanley
Ross, associate professor of
history at the University, will
give his first address at4
p.m. toaay.
The public is invited to at
tend his speech on "The Mexi
can Revolution. Then and
Now" which will be given in
the auditorium of Love Me
morinl Library.
Wednesday a second lec
ture on "Latin America and
the United States, Now and
Tomorrow" will be given at
4 p.m. in Love Library audi
torium. Villegas, a leading author,
publisher, philosopher, teach
er, diplomat, historian, eco
nomist and humanist is pre
paring a political, economic
and social history of Mexico.
Ross assisted in the project
during 1958-59 by helping to
prepare a basic bibliography
of the Mexican Revolution
which will serve as the
"ground work" for the sixth
volume of the work which
covers the period from 1910
40. Villegas is presently serv
ing as president of El Colegio
'd Mexico, a leading research
institution dealing with his
tory, philology and interna
tional affairs.
Last year he served as
president of the United Na
tions Economic and Social
Council.
He is one of the 20 life
time members of El Colegio
'd Nacional, which, according
to Ross, is similar to the
French Academy.
Military Ball Photos
Couples attending the
Military Ball next Saturday
may have a portrait taken
in special booths, according
to John Bischoff of the Ar
nold Air Society.
The cost of the pictures is
$3 for the two 3 by 5 inch
folders. They will be in
folders similar to photos
taken at fraternity and
sorority formals.
GET TICKETS NOV
AT; jA & W Of? STUDENT
UNION LOBBY S.
brushes" by the Univer
sity crew. They worked
under primitive living con
ditions 45 miles from the
nearest town.
The project, jointly
sponsored by the Smith
sonian Institution, Missouri
Valley Flood Control Pro
ject and National Park
Service in cooperation with
the anthropology depart
ment is only beginning, and
under present plans will be
continued "next summer
and possibly the following
summer," according to Dr.
Holder.
Monday, Dec. 5, 1960
June 1
Dr. Otto Hoiberg, professor
of sociology and head of com
munity services, will be the
director of youth and youth
conferences.
Marty Kohlligian, formerly
director of food service at
the Student Union, will be the
director of the hotel and food
service.
Opening In June
Even though the opening
date is more than six months
away, more than 40 confer
ence rooms have been booked
for opening day and as many
more are in the discussion
stage, said Ward. These con
ferences, refer only to the
adult portion of the Center
and scheduling work along
parallel lines in the youth
wing is moving ahead, he
said.
A variety in the kind of
groups already scheduled
shows that the Center may be
used for almost any activity
or conference, said Ward. The
Center will host such con
ferences' as nursing home op
erators, experts dealing with
the use of electronics in medi
cine, wildlife specialists, of
fice managers, psychologists,
diesel operators, dentists, cler
gymen, tax accountants, law
yers, scholars, builders and
farmers.
"Really the varietv is end
less" Ward said. Other ex
amples have been the desire
of local roofing contractors
ana motel operators to estab
lish a program of continuing
education. These cases fail
exactly in line with the Cen
ter's function of "better pre
paring people to work more
effectively in their profession
al fields," he said.
Conferences in advance as
far as 1965 are being dis
cussed, said Ward. Some of
these long range plans deal
with international sessions in
volving world personalities
and group totals of more than
1,000, Ward said. Plans now
call for 160-180 conferences
to he held annually at the
Center. This compares with
only about 60 held at the
University in previous years.
Ward said he hoped his
staff of three conference co
ordinators and their secre
taries would be able to move
in the Center by April to con
tinue working on the Center's
schedule.
Blood Bank
Typing Starts
Tomorrow
Blood typing of all students
who signed up for the Walk
ing Blood Bank will begin
tomorrow at the Student
Health Center laboratories.
The laboratories w'U dc the
typing tomorrow through
Thursday from s:3t to 4:30
p.m. Students ruay go any
time during these three days.
If these times are inconveni
ent for any students, they
may call. Student Health for
an individual appointment.
.Students who have not re
turned their permission slips
to their house president,
health chairman, or Bev
Ruck, chairman of the proj
ect, must take their slips with
them when they go for their
typing.
Any student who has had his
blood typed by another hos
pital or is a member of an
other blood bank, may pre
sent the card stating his blood
type and membership at Stu
dent Health. The information
will then be placed on file.