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LIBRARY OEC 19 I960 " archives . 0Y6R , . ; B ; S;iii;tlHM. Accident Mars Pair 's Vacation By Norm Beatty Christmas vacation hasn't started yet, but car ac cidents among University students have. Early Sunday morning two Nebraska students were in volved in a .one-car accident at the end of a dead end at Scenic brive and Starr St, when the vehicle struck a fire hydrant. Student Health ' As a direct result a rider In the student car lies in Stu dent Health after a stay in the Lincoln General hospital with "serious cuts about the face and bruises," according to Sgt. Kenneth Markle of the University Police. ' The driver also suffered cuts and bruises but escaped any serious injury and re fused medical treatment. The rider's injuries oc cured when he was thrown through the windshield of the auto, according to the Lincoln Police Department. The driver was not thrown from the car, they said. The majority of University students and faculty will leave sometime Tuesday for spots for the holidays. How many will return' Jan. 4? Rank High The Christmas and New Year's holidays rank high in the highway road accident deaths year after year. Be tween the two there is hardly another vacation on the cal endar that can match the yearly, death total compiled on the nation's highways. Nebraska's highway death toll stood at, 283 Sunday as compared to 327 for the same date a year ago. With a few bad breaks and a snow storm or two, the I960 final tabula tions could reach 300. The Dec. 20 to Jan. 4 accumula tion of highway deaths could boost this mark even higher. The Nebraska Highway Pa trol reported Sunday that there are no main highways closed or even in serious con dition. A highway patrolman said that "everything Is nor- mal." He added that there is the possibility of snow In the western part of the state, j The Official U.S. Weather Bureau forecast Sunday called for the possibility of light snow in the Lincoln and Omaha areas. Sergeant Markle expressed his concern for the students who plan to make trips home for the holidays and warned them to drive safely. "These kids have one thing in mind to get home. They just tear out. Slow flown and make it back," he warned. I Vol. 74, No. 49 Lincoln, Nebraska , s Monqay, Dec. 19, 1960 Architects Start Plans Of Future Ag Campus WILL THIS HAPPEN TO YOU? The Daily Nebraskan suggests that stu dents study this picture before heading home for the Christmas vacation. One University student suffered "serious cuts about the face and body bruises" as a re sult of this weekend accident. Beum Asked To Record His Poetry Robert Beum, Instructor of English at the University, has been asked to record 13 of his poems for the Library of Congress permanent collec tion of "poets reading their own works." Beum said he claims no fa vorite theme or form of poe try because he believes a poet should experiment with a var iety of mediums. - "Poetry Is largely an ex ploration of the mind and reality. The more .forms you try, the more there Is to ex plore, he noted. Often a poet will try one kind of work, such' as free verse, and become, satisfied J when he could actually do other kinds as well or bet ter," Beum explained. . , teeum's work, which has ap peared in such publications as Atlantic Monthly, Poetry Magazine, Southwestern Re view and the Christian Sci ence Monitor, ranges from free verse through conven tional, syllabic and rhyming forms. ' Instructors Ask Change In UoSe Foreign. Policy Two members of the University faculty are among Amerl can historians from 23 colleges and universities in the na tion who havt appealed to President-elect Kennedy and his new Secretary of State Dean Rusk to "not permit the dead hand of the past to determine the foreign policy of his administration, E. David Cronon, associate professor, of history, and Rob ert Forster. assistant profes sor of, history, signed the ap peal. The appeal called for a new course In world affairs which would consider the recogni tion of Red China and the Democratic Republic of Germany. They safd recognition was seen - as a step towards' the peaceful settlement of the Formosan and Berlin issues as well as part of a program to check the further spread of nuclear weapons. "We believe that the United States can no longer postpone active consideration of the following issues:" 1. A program for a nuclear test ban and comprehensive arms control which recog nizes the necessity of accept ing considerable risks in or der, to avoid the far greater risks of continuing the arms race. Insistence upon priority for a near-perfect system of inspection . and control only insures ' the continuation of the, present impasse and per mits unrestricted development and geographic spread of nuclear weapons. . 2. Diplomatic recognition of the ' Democratic Republic of China as a step in the quest for a peaceful solution to the smouldering relationship be tween the governments of Formosa, and China. Recog nition is also essential for an effective- program to check the further spread of nuclear weapons. , - - ; 3. Diplomatic recognition of the People's Republic of Ger- msnyras a step in the quest for a neapefiil solution ta the precarious status of Berlin. J Preliminary plans for the future mapping of the Ag campus were presented to Ag College faculty at a closed meeting Friday. The meeting was the first of a series of meetings where the faculty will discuss the plans made by the Clark and Enersen architectural firm, said Dean A. C. Bracken ridge, chairman of the build ing committee. Dean Breck- enridge said the Board of Regents authorized conduct ing of such a survey. ' When the survey is com pleted and approved by the building committee, it will then be presented to the Board of Regents for consid eration. If approved by the Board of Regents details of the plans will be released. The Clark and Enersen ar chitectural firm began work ing on the plans last June. The firm asked each depart ment on the Ag campus to submit estimates of facilities needed by 1965 and also how Whitman Topic for Dr. Miller Dr. James E. Miller Jr., a leading scholar on Walt Whit man, has been selected to write a book on Whitman's life and literary works. The book will be one of a series on great United States authors published by Twayne Publishers of New York City. The publishing company has gone on record as select ing "the best available au thorities on the lives of great . n. . . ir i. j fii.j.J m Humors ot me united oiaies. Dr. Miller received interna tional recognition in 1957 when he completed and pub lished "A Critical Guide to Leaves of Grass," the only ; I (Please see page 4) much would be needed by 1980. Estimation The estimation was to in clude, classroom, office space, laboratory, greenhouse and other needs of the de partment, he said. The . needs of the depart ments were then charted so that they could be compared with present facilities, said L. A. Enersen, who repre sented the architectural firm. No Rag Tomorrow The Daily Nebraskan will not be published tomorrow due to Christmas vacation. The next issue of the paper will be Jan. 6. enersen said no previous mapping of the Ag campus had ever been done so one of the present facilities was also made. . While mapping the campus, it was noted that construction has been to the south of Dead Man's Run, which is a creek that runs through the Ag campus acreage. As needs increased the survey planning firm cited that the campus could be expanded to the north of Dead Man's Run. : In considering, the future needs and locations of pro posed buildings on the cam pus, the architectural firm considered academic environ ment as its major objective, TODAY ON CAMPUS Monday: Ag-Y pre-Christmas medita tions, 7 p.m. - ; Basketball, Nebraska vs. Cincinnati,' at Cincinnati Tuesday: Ag-Y pre-Christmas medi tations, 7 p.m. Classes end. Moot court competition, semi-finals, 2 and ' 7 : p.rn., College of Law building. Wednesday: ' r ' ' ' ' BaskStball,' Nebraska ' 'vs. Arizona, 8:05 p.m., Coliseum. said Enersen. Such environ ment should reflect a high degree of visual and physical symmetry, Enersen said. Improvement Three areas of improve ment of the pattern of the Ag campus were, suggested by Enersen. The first improvement was to induce a logical pattern for growth. There must be plans for the academic areas, intramural fields and possibly federal tracts, he said. s Another of the major im provements would be to im prove pedestrian safety and to have vehicle traffic follow only certain routes, he said. This improvement might close some of the present y streets on the Ag 'campus, but there would be a main- traveled route which would circle the campus. , Many of the secondary streets would have to be left for , access to various build ings, Enersen said. "But they should not be open to through traffic." Access to the campus was also discussed as another im provement. Heavy traffic on Holdrege street has caied some congestion at the en trances to the campus, Ener sen said. Recently 33rd street was paved and a main en trance was proposed along that route, he said. Radial Approach With the proposed building of the - new radial highway -just to the north and east of the campus, the firm repre sentative said that many people might approtn the campus i from that direction V and an entrance from that 1 area was suggested. Enerson noted that the , present ; location ot the Ag campus on the tract has some basis for complications in future planning. No build ing can occur to the -south and west of the campus and ,'t this, leaves only two ..directions " . to go, he said.. Therefore, the ' - center of the campus keeps . shifting to the north and east, i