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Vol. 74, No. 51
Lincoln, Nebraska
Monday, Jan. 9, 1961
the
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will be brought to the United
States under this program
No language problems are aiv
ticipated with the students as
most students are said to
have had all education since
the fifth grade in English. If
the students do well in their
studies the University will be
expected to continue to pro
vide tuition until graduauon.
Regents Lift Ban
On Two Fraternities
By Nancy Brown
The ban against Sigma Alpha Epsilon and Sigma Nu in
rushing, pledging and initiating was lifted by the Board of
Regents last Saturday.
Tht action was originally proposed to be effective at the
beginning of second semester, but the Regents decided that
the ban should be lifted immediately.
'Real Desire'
Dean J. P. Colbert of the
Division of Student Affairs,
who recommended the lifting
of the probation, said that
both fraternities "have dis
played an attitude that indi
cated real desire to again be-'
come responsible members of
the University family."
The ban was originally
placed on the two fraternities
in the spring of 1960, follow
ing an unauthorized party at
uret.e.
In other action, the Board
of Regents approved the 1961
Summer Session budget of
386,404, which is an Increase
f $28,127 -ever the bndget of
a year ago. Of the total in
crease, approximately a third
f will be financed by in
come from an expected In
creased enrollment. Director
F. E. Sorenson said.
Sorenson stated that addi
tional funds are needed be
cause of increased offerings in
the department of anthropol
ogy; an additional instructor
in ithe department of educa
tional psychology and meas
urements; and increases in
staff time for departments of
vocational education, mathe
matics, sociology and busi
ness organization and man
agement. - 1
Salary Lagging
"The probable increase in
number of students attending
summer school is between
200 and 250," Sorenson ex
plained. "'The salary scale is
lagging on the low side in
comparasion with many of
the other institutions, but we
think we can maintain the
necessary competency. Some
of our own people don't want
to teach summer school at,
these rates," Sorenson con
cluded. Increased Tates for board
and room at the School of
Agriculture at Curtis were
approved by the Regents. The
increase from $570 to $600 per
year is needed to meet rising
costs, according to Carl Don
aldson, University business
manager.
A new degree of Master of
Fine Arts will now be offered
in the graduate program of
the department of art, the
Regents decided.
Two tuition scholarships for
two students from Africa will
be provided next school year
as part of a cooperative pro
ject in international educa
tion. The Carnegie Corpora
tion win finance a portion of
the cost of the program and
the International Cooperation
Administration will finance
the living costs of the African
students.
Approximately 200 students
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Resigi
Dr. JSeidt
ns After
Ten Years
The resignation of Dr.
Charles O. Neidt, chairman
of the department of educa
tional psychology and mea
surements was accepted by
the Board of Regents during
Saturday morning's meeting.
Dr. Neidt, whose resigna
tion will be effective Febr.
2, has accepted a position as
director of personal develop
ment for Mead Johnson Co.,
a pharmaceutical firm em
ploying some 4,000 persons.
A memtier or .meorasKa s
gtaff since 1950, Dr. Neidt
has authored a textbook, a
workbook, five monographs
and 23 articles in professional
Journals.
la addition, he has served
m adviser to 27 doctoral de
gree recipients and a mem
ber of the supervisory com
mittee of 138 doctoral candi
dates. .
A recipient himself of sev
eral grants, Dr. Neidt was
named director of a counsel
ing and guidance training In
stitute in 1959 for which the
University was given $116,
000 under the National De
fense Education Act.
He has also served as a
consultant to the State Farm
Insurance Co., Department
of Health, Education and
Welfare, the U.S. Office of
Education, the U.S. Armed
Forces Institute, the Allied
Chemical and Dye Corpora
tion, and Field Enterprises,
Inc.
Cromwell,
Loimquist
Honored
Pair Selected As
Regents Professors
Dr. Norman H. Cromwell
and Dr. John H. Lonnquist
have been selected as Howard
S. Wilson Regents Professors,
a new program to insure con
tinued aca
demic excel
lence at t h e
U n a v e r-
sity.
Drs. Crom
well and
L o n nquist
were selected
f r om six
nominees by
Chancel-
lor Clifford Cromwell
Hardin and approved by the
Board of Regents in an action
last Saturday.
Anti-Cancer Pioneer
Dr. Crom
well, profes
sor of chem
istry, is one
of the na
tion's p i o-
neers m anti
cancer drugs.
Dr. Lonnquist
is a professor
of agronomy
who ranks
Lonnquist among the
world's leading plant breed
ers. Besides the recognition as
creative scholars and inspir
ing teachers, the two profes
sors also will receive $3,750
annually in addition to their
regular salaries. The distin
g u i s h e d professorship pro
gram is being financed by
the Bankers Life Insurance
Company of Nebraska through
the University Foundation.
""We consider this program
to be an investment that will
assure the future academic
excellence of the University,
stated Chancellor Hardin.
"It will help to keep our dis
tinguished faculty members
by meeting the salary compe
tition from the prestige insti
tutions in other parts of the
country," Hardin continued.
Hardin added that it was
hoped that the University win
be able to find outside fi
nancial support for additional
professorships in the near fu
ture. "We have other dis
tinguished faculty members
who merit such recognition
and therefore it is hoped that
this program can be. ex
panded."
Joined NU in 1939
Dr. Cromwell, 47, who has
a national and international
reputation in the field of or
ganic chemistry, has been a
member of the staff since
1939. Besides bis teaching
duties, he is active in re
search which has led to an
impressive list of publica
tions, 90 in number, in Amer
ican Chemical Society Jour
nals. Working in the field of can
cer chemotherapy, Dr. Crom
well has synthesized several
examples of alkylating agent
type of chemicals, or antican
cer drugs, which are being
tested against experimental
tumors in animals by the
Sloan-Kettering Institute for
Cancer Research in New
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Cromwell's work, has
earned him two Guggenheim
Memorial Fellowships, along
with U.S. Public Health and
National Science Foundation
research grants and a F u 1
bright Advanced Research
Scholarship.
Gained Recognition
Dr. Lonnquist, 44, has
brought recognition to Ne
braska and the University for
his contributions as a sci-
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Coordination of State
Colleges With NU
BEGINNING OF A FIGHT
A round of fisticuffs followed this play d a ri a g the
Nebraska-Missouri basketball game Saturday night Mis
souri guard Ken Doughty iU) shoves Husker Rex Sweet
as the Nebraskan drives toward the basket. Both players
were ejected when Swett came up swinging. See story on
page 3. (Photo by Dave Killman).
"Kosmet Klub
Yankee Try-out s
Tryouts for the 45 cast
members of '"Damn Yan
kees" win be held in ifhe
Student Union ballroom to
morrow at 7 p.m. Recalls
for final selectioins will be
on Thursday. The musical
wiH be presented by Kos
met Klub on April 15 at
Pershing Auditorium.
Scripts may still be picked
up at the main desk in the
Union. - - ,
Sold: Middle Aged Soul
Won: Yankee Pennant
- "'Damn Yankees," a musical based on the -book, "The
Year the Yankees Lost the Pennant" will be presented by
Kosmet Klub April 15 at Pershing Auditorium,
'"Damn Yankees" tells the story of a plump, balding.
middle aged real estate salesman in Washington, D. C who
is an avid fan of his hometown baseball team. In a rash mom
ent he murmurs that he would "Sell his soul to see the Wash
ington Senators win the pennant from the Yankees."
At this moment, the Devil
appears in the guise of a per
tenable gentleman, who
offers to make a pact with
him. In return for the real
estate man's soul, the Devil
transforms him into a young
and unbeatable ballplayer.
Lola, a ravishingly beauti
ful witch, is employed to
tempt the young ballplayer
and keep him Dn the side of
the Devil.
The premiere performance
of "Damn Yankees" was pre
sented at the 4fith Street The
ater in New York City on
May 5, 1955, and ran for two
full years. It starred Gwen
Verdon as Lola, Stephen
Douglas as the ball player
and Ray Walston as the Devil.
" In a motion picture version
produced by Warner Broth
ers, Miss Verdon and Wal
ston repeated their original
Broadway roles while Tab
Hunter played the part of the.
ballplayer. j
"The Year the Yankees
Lost the Pennant," the book
on which the musical is
based, was written by George
Abbott and Douglps W-nl-'i
and was a Book-of-the-Month
Club selection. Music and
lyrics of "Damn Yankees"
were written by Richard Ad
ler and Jerry Ross.
One year earlier, Adler and
Ross collaborated to write
"The Pajama Game," which
was .also written by George
Abbott "Pajama. Game"
was the musical presented by
Kosmet Klub last spring.
Siffrlng Selected
IF YE Delegate
A University student, Don
ald Siffring, has been named
as one of the two International
Farm Youth Exchange dele
gates from Nebraska for 19GL
Siffring will be a delegate
to Germany where he will
live and work with farm fam
ilies there. Both trips wiH be
financed by Nathan Gold, Lin
coln businessman, and the
Nebraska Rural Youth clubs.
He is a senior in the College
of Agriculture and a member
of Farm House fraternity.
By Nancy Whitford
i Copyright, 1961
The Daily Nebraskan
There is an indication that
the Nebraska higher educa
tion report prepared by Call-1
forma educator, Dr. Lyman
A. Glenny wiS contain a rec
ommendation that "the state
teachers colleges be more
closely coordinated with the
University.
A lay committee on higher
education appointed by the
legislature has suggested the
change and a spokesman for
the group says he feels Dr.
Glenny has advocated this
move in his final report to be
presented to the Unicameral
about Jan, 20.
The .group has yet to reach
unanimous agreement on the
issue, however, and will wait:
until Glenny's report is avail-,
able Taef ore making more spe-
eific recommendations.
Speculation as to the find
ings of the final report has
been running high throughout
the state during the past few
months since Dr. GlennyV
preliminary meetings with
legislators and lay groups.
Administrative officials in
the teaching profession have,
in general, been reluctant tar
comment on the proposal.
No Comment
However, the formal reply,
"I'm not in a position to com
ment on this at the moment"
from Walter K. Beggs, dean
of the University Teachers
College, Russell Owen, dean
of administration at W a y n e
State Teachers College and
Leo Thomas, dean of admin
istration at Kearney State
Teachers College, may indi
cate that the matter has al
ready been given consider
able thought and discussion.
Frank E. Henzlik, professor
of school administration, com
mented, "'Organization is not
an end, but a means to an
end which has value only to
the extent it will accomplish
specified goals.
Henzlik said these goals
should include ideal profes
sional standards while at the
same time guarding the in
dividuality of persons con
cerned and the autonomy of
the local institution.
The present organization
has many of these -qualities,
but it would be a very good
thing if the state superintend
ent were an associate mem
ber of the Board of Regents
as well as the Normal Board,
he said.
Amendment Necessary
Chancellor Clifford Hardin
said such a move would take
a constitutional amendment
and that he had "no com
ment" as to the advisability
of such a change. i
"However, a single board,
elected by the people, would
p e t e a t teachers," Henzlik
said.
Henzlik, former dean of the
University Teachers College,
emphasized that he was giv
ing h i s personal viewpoint
rather than speaking for the
school
Other areas of the Glenny
report will contain recommen
dations and suggestions for
legislation on:
Programs
How to remedy unnecessary
duplication in the programs
and courses of Nebraska edu
cational institutions. Which
programs should be elimi
nated because they are inap
propriate for the type of in
stitution or too low in quality.
What research, service and
academic programs should be
expanded or initiated in order j
to meet future educational
needs. Which areas of the
state need new institutions or;
contain an excess of institu
tions. What criteria should be met
before a community is au
thorized to establish a new
junior college. Should the'
state give financial assistance
student enrollments during tht
next ten years.
Salaries
Are salaries sufficient to at
tract high quality faculties in
each college. To what extent
has the quality bf the faculty
at each institution deterior
ated or improved in the past
five years.
What effects have teaching
loads had on the recruitment
and retention of able faculty
members. In what numbers
will college teachers be
needed in the state during
the next ten years.
Does the state of Nebraska
produce from its own institu
tions a number of college
teachers comparable to that
needed;
How well has Nebraska sup
ported the financial needs of
its institutions. How do the
expenditures for higher edu
cation compare with wealth
and per capita income. How
does Nebraska compare with
other states in the country on
similar data.
What financial resources
junior colleges which meet next teB years and wnt &.
nancial outlays will be re
quired for higher education
during this period.
What a re the several
sources of income for each
institution. What, is the po-
CSee Editorial Page)
Glenny
certain criteria and what
form should such assistance
take.
Enrollments
Are the opportunities for at
tending a college or univer
sity of their choice reason
ably equal for high school
graduates in the various
areas of the state. Are the
high school graduates with
the greatest ability attending
college in larger proportions
than those with lesser abili
ties. - Is Nebraska getting the
maximum use from its best
brains by giving them ade
quate training. What induce
ments are necessary to get
high ability students to at
tend college.
Do the several types of in
stitutions in the state attract
students from the same or welcomes nominations from
rrom omerent economic and faculty members and students
intellectual stratas. To what for utstandine Nebraska
Call for
Outstanding
Candidates
Rag Will Choose
Prof, Student'
The Daily Nebraskan still
extent are credits acceptable
or unacceptable upon trans
fer from one institution t
another in the state.
How successful scholasti
cally are students who trans
fer from one institution to
another ;(after one or two
years in the initial college)
or who transfer for graduate
work.
Physical Facilities '
How much of any potential
increase in enrollments can
be handled in the present
physical plants of each insti
tution. How well do present
buildings, classrooms and lab
oratories meet current in
structional needs and how:
well are they utilized. 1
What additional physical
come even nearer to what we plants wfll be needed by each
need in order to develop com-1 mstitution to accommodate
Seyler Listed with Artistic Greats
A University art professor,
David W. Seyler, has been
honored as a 1961 Fellow of
the International Institute of
Arts and Letters.
The institute is a world
wide organization formed to
give recognition to the High
est creative talent. Such an
honor is one of the highest 1
given to an artist.
The international commit
tee, which limits recognition
to only 87 living Fellows, list
ed Prof. Seyler for 1961 with
such men as Aldous Huxle,
Thornton Wrilder, William
Saroyan and the French
painter, Marc Chagall.
The honors are awarded on
the basis of an past creative
work rather than a specific
work of art. Seyler's recent
exhibition of sculpture is re
ceiving wide acclaim while on
a tour of Europe. This has
been one of the reasons for .
the recent honor.
Prof. Seyler has b e e n a
member of the University
staff since 1948 and has
taught subjects in painting,
composition, design, ceram
ics, lettering, drawing and
sculpture. At the present
time he is doing sculpture
and stained- glass work for
several churches, including
the Methodist and Episcopal
student centers.
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Fellow Seyler and 'Philosopher
David W. Seyler, art professor and honoree of the 1961
Fellowship of the International Institute of Arts and
Letters, is shown with his bronze sculpture "Philosopher"
which won him international honors. The honor is one of
the highest that can go to an artist and only 87 persons In
the world are named to the institute.
awards.
The awards, for one faculty
member and one student, will
be given at a special noon
luncheon Jan. 30 sponsored
by the Daily Nebraskan, ac
cording to Herb Probasco,
editor.
Nominations should be ia
writing and sent or brought
to the Daily Nebraskan in the
Student Union building. All
such nominations must be
signed by the person making
the nomination.
Faculty members nomi
nated must have been on the
University staff for at least
two years. Student candi
dates may not be paid mem
bers of the Daily Nebraskan
staff. Members of the Publi
cations Board also are not
elgible.
As In the past, the nomi
nees should be distinguished
on campus and noted for their
contributions to the Univer
sity. The winners win be an
nounced in the final issue of
the Nebraskan for the first
semester Jan. 20.
Faculty members who have
received the Outstanding Ne
braskan awards in the past
include Dallas Williams, Uni
versity Theatre; Dr. Georgo
Rosenlof, dean of admissions;
the Rev. Rex Knowles, pastor
of Presby House: Mirv
Mielenz, professor of secon
dary education; Ferris Nor
ris, chairman of electrical en
gineering; Dr. O. IL Bouws
ma, professor of philosophy;
Dr. Carl Georgi, chairman of
bacteriology department
Emanuel Wishnow, chair
man of music department;
Donald Olson, assistant pro
fessor of speech; W. V. Lam
bert, dean of CoUege of Ag
riculture; Bob Handy, direc
tor of- Student Union; Karl
Shapiro, professor of English,
and Dr. Lane Lancaster, pro
fessor of political science.
Student winners of the hon
or include Steve S c h u 1 1 z,
Sandra Reimers, Diana
Knotek Butherus, Gail
Katske Wishnow, John Gour
lay, Tom Novak, Bob Novak,
Marv Stromer, Jack Rodgers,
Eldon Park, Don Noble,
Robert Raun, Mrs. Ernest
Herbts, Phyllis Bonner,, Dick
Basoco and Karen Peterson.