Semester Registering Moves into
The process of register
ing for another semester
Is now moving into its first
stages with only four weeks
left in this semester.
The first step for regis
tration is adviser appoint
ments. Mrs. Irma Laase,
assistant to the Registrar,
reminds all students to sign
their instructors' appoint
meat sheets right away and
see them before Christmas
vacation if possible.
Specific Time
She explained that some
of the colleges and ad
visers have only a specific
time for student sessions
so everyone should check
with their advisers soon.
Worksheets must be
turned in during the Jan.
University Budget
Senators' Opinions
Running Hot, Cold
By Norm Beatty
Opinions of several state senators concerning the Dro
posed University budget varied from complete approval to
total rejection, Monday, prior to the special session.
Of the eight state senators questioned one gave a no
comment answer, wnue tne majority of the other seven sena
ators interviewed thought they did not know enough about the
budget to give qualified answers.
Against
Sen. William R. Skarda of
the seventh district in Omaha
spoke out the strongest
against the University budget
submitted to the State Tax
C o m m i s
sion Nov. 10.
"It's too
high. I'm
que stioning
the integrity
of the Board
of Regent..
They didn't
make it
(b u d g e t in
detail) avail
able to the Skarda
senators. I think there is go
ing to be a showdown.
'They (Board of Regents)
are encouraging state sales
and income taxes. Their needs
are hidden. They are a good
bunch of lobbyists.
"Im not against education
just for fair play. It is a
question of how much people
will stand for," Skarda said.
Pro-Budget
On the other side of the
fence Sen. Lewis Webb of
Ogallala and the 39th district
came out strongly Monday
prior to the convening of the
- s pe c i a 1
session.
"I'm in fa
vor of this
budget. What
ever is need
ed for build
ing the Uni
v e r s i t y
of Nebraska
should be
met We
Webb
can't lag be-i
hind. The University is one
of our greatest advance
ments. It should not be ne
glected whatsoever," Webb
explained.
Sen. Dale Erlewine of J
Grant and -the 37th district
said his "immediate impres
sion was that the budget was
"too much." He added that
he bad not studied the full re
port of the budget committee.
Other Comments:
Sen. Frank Nelson: "111
just couldn't say. 1 haven't
seen it yet. I won't be here
anyway."
Sen, Frank Nelson: "IH
have to wait for the reports
before I can give an opinion.
All I know is what I have
read in the newspapers."
Union Art Show
Entries Due Soon
All entries for the Student
Union Art Show and Contest
must be turned in at the
Activities Office in the Union
by 5 p.m. on Dec. 20.
The art show, which is open
to all University students, will
judge paintings sketches,
drawings, prints, pottery and
sculpture. Anything in the art
line is acceptable, but all en
tries must be the original
work of the student
Each entry must be
mounted or framed for show
purposes. The Union reserves
the right to keep all entries
until S p.m. Jan. 24, 1961.
French Flick
Runs Wednesday
The French fUm, "400
Bloxs" will be presented by
the Foreign Film Society at
S p.m. Wednesday.
The film tells the story of
a boy, Antoine Deinel, and
deals with his reactions to his
unhappy home-life. One critic
has said of the film:
"It has an end wallop like
a sledge hammer."
P1
&
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9 to 13 period to Adminis
tration Hall, Registrar's of
fice. She ask students to follow
this schedule:
Seniors .Jan. 9
Juniors, Jan. 10
Sophomores ....Jan. 11
Feshmen ...... .Jan. 12
Any student who doesn't
make this schedule may
turn in their worksheets
on Jan. 13. Junior division
students will have their
worksheets turned in for
them, Mrs. Laase said.t
Dean's Signatures
She asked to remind all
students, except Arts and
Sciences students' signing
for 12 to 17 hours, , and
especially Teacher's Col
lege students to get their
dean's signature on their
', , 7", '
RASMUSSEN'
Rasniussen
Is Rhodes
Competitor
Russell L. Rasmussen,
graduate assistant in chemis
try, is the University's rep
resentative in the annual
Rhodes Scholarship competi
tion.
He will be interviewed to
morrow before the Nebraska
Rhodes Selection Committee,
which will meet at Creighton
University in Omaha. . Nine
Nebraska applicants will ap
pear before the committee.
Two finalists will be select
ed from this Nebraska group
to appear before the six-state
regional . committee in Des
Moines on Saturday. F ou r
finalists will be selected from
the group of 12 to receive the
Rhodes University scholar
ships. Rasmussen was a Nebraska
finalist in the Rhodes compe
tition last year, but lost out
in the regional selection.
He was a member of Phi
Beta Kappa and Sigma Xi as
an undergraduate at the University.
'Streetcar's9 Major Players Have Own Ideas
Each of the four major players in Tennessee William's
play, "Streetcar Named Desire," has firm ideas of what
the characters they play should be like.
The play, which will be presented beginning Wednes
day at Howell Memorial Theater, develops around two op
po sites: a sophisticated and neurotic Southern woman,
Blanche DuBois, and her brutal, sensual brother-in-law,
Stanley Kowalski. ' '
The play takes place in the home of the KowaUkis
which Blanche visits. Blanche becomes further Involved
with a boy friend, Harold MitcbeH la the end, the intelli
gent and sensitive Blanche loses her mind and Is taken to
a mental institution. ,
Leta Powell, a graduate assistant in the theater in
costumes, plays the part of Blanche Dubois. "In interpret
ing Blanche, people with pre-conceived notions think she is
merely a prostitute. But this is not the case," says Miss
Powell.
, Needs Love
"Blanche has given herself because of her great needs
for warmth, lovs and affection," continued Miss Powell.
"In playing her part, it is extremely difficult to get the
two extremes of a hard, woman-of-the-world quality, to.
addition to softness and tenderness."
"The easiest way to get into this role," according to
Miss Powell, is "to consciously identify myself with Blanche
completely. Her experiences become mine. The emotions
which I most elicit become mine within the framework of
Blanche."
Dennis Shreefer, ajunior in pre-law, plays the part of
Stanley Kowalski, Blanche's brotber-in-law. He describes
Stanley as "an, armpit, slob, brute, or ape with no com
plexities. Yet he is straightforward and honest in his own
animalistic way," Shreefer added.
"Stanley lives on a certain level, built around himself.
He wants to drag everyone else down, to thi level,','
Shreefer explained. ,
Inhuman Brute
"This is the first time I've played the part of a person
worksheets before turning
them in to the Registrar's
office. '
"Before upperclassmen
go to see their advisers
they should make out a
rough draft to help in .reg
istering," Mrs. Laase said.
She said it is Imperative
that npperclassmen turn
in their worksheets with the
exception of the Arts and
Sciences students men
tioned above. Ag students
the
Vol. 74, No. 46
Chancellor
Calls for
Excellence
'1961 No Time for
Slowdown Hardin
A call for excellence in all
areas for 1961 was made Mon
day afternoon by Chancellor
Clifford M. Hardin before the
annual national meeting of
the American Farm Research
Association in Denver, Colo
"The coming year of 1961
is no time for a slowdown; no
time for pledges of retreat;
no time for moratoriums. It
is, rather a time to reactivate
our American appetite for ef
ficiency, our enthusiasm for
opportunity, and our respect
for learning and for the right
of individual human beings to
develop their talents, to the ut
most in the pursuit of Ameri
can progress," the Chancellor
said.
In viewing higher educa
tion, Hardin said America
cannot solve her problems by
curtailing opportunity.
Dr. Hardin said that it Is
important to remember that
the student who goes to col
lege is by no means the sole
beneficiary. The national wel
fare and economy are also
principal beneficiaries of the
total educational effort.
"The development of resour
ces, whether they be resour
ces of the soil or of people,
requires determination, effort
and activity," Hardin said.
Ball Game Cuts
Out YD Meeting
There will be no Young
Democrat meeting tonight be
cause of the basketball game.
"Del Iienemann will pre
sent his tax programs at a
later date when we can guar
antee a larger crowd," said
Don Ferguson, YD president.
TODAY ON CAMPUS
Colloquim , mathemat i c s,
"Approximations for the En
tropy of Functions of Mar
kov Chains Part II," by
John Birch, 3 p.m., 209 Bur
nett Hall.
Faculty Senate meeting, 4
p.m., Love Library auditori
um. Theta Siema Phi, 6:30 p.m..
51 Student Union. .
Basketball, Nebraska vs.
Denver U., 8:05 p.m., Coliseum.
and Business Administra
tion students may turn in
their worksheets to
their respective d e a ns
when they get the needed
signatures.
"Students should not de
pend upon their advisers to
do their work for them,"
she warned. , s
" ' Course Hour
An additional reminder
from Mrs. Laase to all reg
istering students is to be
Federal Aid Now Inevitable
Not Just Theory Weaver
Federal aid is now an in
evitable, expanding condition
and "not a debatable
theory," claims University
research administrator John
C. Weaver, dean of the Grad
uate College. ,
"Federal aid to higher ed
ucation is here, it is growing
at an accelerated pace and
it is here to stay," he ex
plained last night while
speaking to the Nebraska
Chapter of the American As
sociation of University Professors.
Inside the TSehraskan
Lctterip Criticism y
Reader blasts the new schedule books ... Editorial Page
Breadbasket Conference
Dr. E. F. Frolik, Dean of the College of Agriculture, unveiled
a broadened program to bring factual information of
farm policy to Nebraska citizens Page 4
Military Time, No Prerequisites
New Schedule Books
Student 'Puzzlers'
The new registration books
are "hard to figure out ac
cording to a survey conduct
ed by the Daily Nebraskan,
but many students seemed to
think that once they get used
to them, the books would be
better than the old ones.
The new schedule books,
which came out Monday are
smaller and more compact
than the previous ones and
do not contain course pre
requisites. "I don't like having to look
hi another book for the pre
reqs," said one student.
. Another student, however,
was in favor of no prerequi
sites. "I think It's a great
boon because there were too
many discrepancies between
the eatalog and the registra-;
tion book," he said.
Another objection came
from the use of military
time to designate class pe
riods. "This is not a military
institution," one student com
mented. Others complained
4. ...
READYING 'STREETCAR'
Depicting a scene from Tennessee William's "Street
car Named Desire" are Blanche, played by Leta Powell;
Stella, played by Louise Sbadley and Eunice Hubbell,
played by Loretta Loose.
sure to write the hour a
course meets in the space
labeled "section number."
A correct outside work
ing schedule should also
be shown on the class
schedule, part of the work
sheet. Alternative courses
are also necessary to fa
cilitate registering, Mrs.
Laase said. '
"If we are unable to pull
courses or use alternative
courses a student has indi-
rvji
liJ
Lincoln, Nebraska
"At this point, it makes
no sense for us to , fight it,
to be frightened by it. Rather,
we should, as I see it, bend
our every effort in the cause
of wise promotion and its ef
fective management," Dean
Weaver stated.
For a hundred years, the
federal government has been
interesting itself in ways that
it could follow to promote
the educational endeavor of
this country, Dean Weaver
explained.
that the new time system
was difficult to understand.
Some thought the whole
book was hard to figure out.
"It's hard enough to stay in
school without finding out
how to find your way around
campus."
One student commented
that he didn't like the "cheap
er printing," while another
thought that the idea of
smaller print and saving of
paper was good because "you
don't have to carry $a much
around." Another said they
were good because they cut
down on costs.
Several students had the
opinion that although the
books are hard to understand
at first, they'll be more effi
cient in the long run.
"W h a t new registration
books?" one puzzled student
asked when interviewed.
"I'm against this lack of
knowledge and information
for students. I didn't even
know about the books."
t
t ''si
V
wmm
First
, cated, we will either call
him or her or the adviser,"
she noted.
Students may make one
change in their worksheets
prior to Jan. 25 at 4 p.m.
This change may be one
class or an entire schedule
but the change must be
done in the Registrar's of
fice, Mrs. Laase said.
Senior Check
Seniors who have not
made a check on their re-
"The federal government!
will spend over a billion dol
lars this year that will find
its way through one channel
or another into higher educa
tion." Uncoordinated Agencies.
Virtually all of the billion
dollars per year, he said, is
being spent by a multitude of
uncoordinated agencies each
seekmg to accomplish a spe
cific set of national missions
through the use of our col
leges and universities.
"We are, therefore, in fact
experiencing some of our
most difficult problems be
cause in essence, we are be
ing used rather than given
assistance, it is this that is
bringing us our worrisome
imbalances among academic
fields and academic institu
tions."
Dr. Weaver pointed out
that with the exception of
only tour states Delaware,
Maine, Nevada, and New
Hampshire every state had
at least one university which
received one million dollars
or more for research alone.
Among the 287 institutions
that received some federal
income for research in the
fiscal year 1957-58. he said.
five schools received 57 per
cent of the actual total dol
lar; 20 aggregated 79 per
cent: and the too 66 institu
tions received 92 oer cent of
xne loiai support.
"And this is one of the
most significant and worri
some effects of federal aid
as presently handled: We are
making the large, larger and
stronger, and the - s m a 1 1,
smaller."
Federal Subsidy
He added that 95 per cent
of the total federal subsidy
in the research area is con
centrated in the natural sci
ences. "This produces dis
tentions and imbalances that
the universities cannot long
live with and be true to their
mission."
Dr. Weaver concluded, by
saying:
KK Workers 3Ieet
Kosmet Klub workers will
meet tonight In 232 Student
Union.
w ho is not completely human Stanley is really an Inhuman
brute," Shreefer continued.
"I have no problems getting in the mood for this part,
for it is not a part which requires deep moods," Shreefer
concluded.
Louise Shadley, a sophomore, plays Stella, the wife of
brutal Stanley Kowalski. "Stella seems to be a typical per
son out of the French Quarters. She Is lazy and just doesn't,
seem to care. She has repressed all the polish, culture, and
things she used to know before she married Stanley,? Miss
Shadley explained.
"Stella is satisfied in this low life because she has
Stanley. She lives for him, because he has made a woman
of her physically. To her, Stanley is a sex symbol, and she
won't let herself want to lose him," Miss Shadley con
tinued. Triangle of Feelings
"When Stella's sister Blanche walks into her life again,
she both loves and hates her at the same time, because
Blanche is trying to take her from the life she loves. It is
hard to portray the triangle of feelings love, hate and
pity which Stella feels at the same time," Miss Shadley
said. . '
Larry Long, a senior, plays the part of Harold Mitchell,
Stanley's friend and later Stella's suitor. "Mitch is a great
deal like Stanley in his morals and physical being. He has
deeper feelings of emotions, and loves his mother very
much. More than any other man in the play, he wants
someone to love (not physically)," explained Long.
"It i.a hard part to portray a person who lives In the
low, hard world of Stanley, yet portray the feelings of emo
tions and softness that Mitch has," Long continued. . .
"I work myself into the mood Mitch must have as I
come onto the stage, then the other moods Just come. The
actors are using more method acting in this show than any
other I have seen. You must use yourself and your past ex
periences to portray the characters," Long concluded.
The four major actors and actresses joined in saying
that it was a thrill working under the direction of Dr.
Dallas Williams. "Without his guidance and constructive
criticism, we could not have done this play," they said.
Stages
maining requirements for
graduation should do so im
mediately with the senior
checkers in Administration
Hall, according to Mrs.
Laase.
The reason for this check
is to note any college, or
major study field require
ment changes.
Mrs. Laase said that jun
iors may also make a sim
ilar check in Administra
tion if they so desire.
Tuesday, Dec. 13, 1960
"Washington understands
as never before that, in this
age in which the frontier is
no longer a geographic con
cfcpt but an intellectual one,
the universities and colleges
are the nation's most impor
tant resource for survival and
freedom.
"Surely it is an obligation
of the first magnitude for
us in the academic world to
see that the government un
derstands our needs properly
and that it provides us the
massive life-giving backing
that we require and that it
does so without impairing the
thoughtfully-balanced intellec
tual integrity of our mission."
Book Pool
To Be Held
In Union
Students will have a chance
to exchange their books at a
special book pool in the base
ment of the student Union,
according to Al Plummer of
the Student Council.
- Plummer explained that AV
pha Phi Omega, a service fra
ternity, is in charge of the
book pool with help from the
Student Council committee.
He said tentative dates for
the exchange were the last
three days of final exams and
the first week of school sec
ond semester.
Under the proposed plan
these are the steps in using
the student book exchange:
1. A student brings his
books to the book pool and
leaves them with individ
ual prices he thinks
he should get for them.
2. If another student
thinks the book is worthy of
the price, he pays those in
charge of the pool and the
money is given to the orig
inal owner of the books.
3. If the books are not
sold by the end of the book
exchange period, the owner
must come and pick them
up. Plummer said a defin
ite period would be set on
the length of time a stu
dent has to pick up his un
sold books.
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