w
'A, AWS May Aid Coed Co unselors
The Independant Women's
Organization has expressed a
willingness to aid in the in
dividual counseling of'new
siuaents should approval be
granted by Coed Counselors
wnich is currently consider
ing a reorganization of its
duties.
Although no formal action
nas yet Deen taken, plans
have been discussed for gen
eral orientation duties to be
absorbed by the Associated
Women Students.
Should this happen, sources
say the two presidential can
didates for Coed Counselors
would become ex-officio mem
bers of the AWS board in
order to provide program
planning continuity.
Under the proposed reor
ganization, AWS would send
orientation form letters to en
tering coeds and IWA, indi
vidual letters to all girls who
did not indicate they would
go through Rush Week.
'IWA members are also
seeking permission to con
tinue the individual counseling
to Lincoln girls, girls who go
through Rush Week without
pledging and coeds who live
in houses without an organ
ized big sister-little sister
plan after the school term
begins.
Spokesmen for Coed Coun
selors say the proposed
changes do not mean the re
sponsibility for counseling
new students is ending for
their organization only that
the means will be changed.
The development of the Jun
ior Division, a strong sorority
mother-daughter system, a
strengthened new student
week and inauguration of a
dorm counseling program
were cited as instances which
had lessened the necessity for
Coed Counselors as a f u 1 1
time organization during the
past ten years.
Approximately 100 girls
serving as Coed Counselors at
present could be affected by
the move. However, present
plans still call for h o 1 d i n g
filings for organization posi
tions later this semester,
spokesmen say.
In other action, IWA an
nounced that Wednesday is
the deadline for filing appli
cations ipr IWA board posi
tions. Applicants must also
sign for an interview time as
the interviews will be con
ducted Saturday.
All unaffiliated women with
a 5.5 average and carrying
12 hours are eligible to file.
IWA also announced plans
to invite faculty members to
dinner and fire-side discus
sions at the individual houses.
At present a list is being
prepared of faculty members
who have indicated they are
interested in participating in
such a program.
Plans for the IWA recogni
tion dessert are underway
with two changes this year
i independant houses as well
as organizations will be asked
to submit the names of coeds
deemed "outstanding." In ad
dition, each girl nominated
will be sent a letter asking
her to list her activities and
contributions to the campus
or her individual house.
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Vol. 74, No. 67
The Nebraskan
Tuesday, Feb. 21, 1961
Jr. Division Abolishment
t
Chatfield Notes
Glenny Proposal
A proposal to eliminate the Junior Division as an admini
strative entity has drawn little comment from Lee Chatfield,
director.
Chatfield said he is "not uncomfortable" with the recom
mendation made by Dr. Lyman A. Glenny in a report on Ne
braska higher education, but that the final decision remains
with the Board of Regents. -
University
Offices Find
New Home
Glenny has recommended
that the functions of Junior
Division be assigned to the
admissions officer and to a
core of experienced advisors
appointed by the various col
leges.
"M any of the academic
counselors assigned freshmen
advising duties at present,
Glenny noted, "have but re
cently joined the University
faculty and often know as lit
tle about the offerings and re
quirements of the University
as the student.
Academic Major
Glennv also criticized the
Junior Division practice of
urging entering students to
decide on an academic ma
jor before arriving at the
University.
"Only about ten per cent
of entering freshmen are
placed in an unassigned cate
gory," Glenny said.
"This cannot help but be
frustrating and harmful to a
great many students who are
forced to make sucn an un
nortant decision without real
lv knowing their own poten
tialities or those of tne uni
versity." In most institutions of high
er learning, Glenny noted,
students take a year or two
to decide on a major Held.
Glenny branded the practice
of urging an early major as
"educationally unsound" in
all but a few instances sucn
as science and engineering.
Realistic Decision
"Many students need the
general and liberal education
the lower - division courses
ought to offer and the extra
years of maturity to make a
realistic decision on a major,"
Glenny pointed out.
Although it is relatively
easy to change a major, pres
ent practices "work against"
this and contribute to the stu
dents' frustration.
Glenny has also suggested
that the location of the Uni
versity Counseling Service un
der the direction of tne Jun
ior Division has Jed many
students to believe the serv
ice is only, for entering fresh
men.
The Counseling Service,"
he said, "Is staffed by only
three psychologists. They are,
however, well trained and
prepared to help any student."
Semester Enrollment High
The University's present en
rollment of 8,385 students is
the laregst second semester
total in the past 11 years.
Dr. Floyd Hoover, registrar.
reported yesterday that h e
registration shows a 416 stu
dent increase over second se
mester enrollment of 1959'
1960.
The last time the University
held a larger second semester
class was in February, 1930,
when 8,642 students were reg
Istered. '
The present total figure in
College Enrollments
- - Men
Agriculture , lVB
Arts and Science j osi
Business Administration 'ms
Dental 135
ATcnueciure and Engineering 1,159
Pharmacy
Teacher
Junior Division
Rtudenu at Large
Graduate
Teachera Advanced Professional
Medical
Nursing
13
35
4t
4
3
Mil
1
310
Womea
33
658
T
O
10
a
4
2
34
183
13K
32
8
Total
89
1.63V
fl
135
1.269
142
S
1.424
74
W)
324
342
8
More Plan Move
To Nebraska Hall
The move to Nebraska Hall
continues as more university
offices and divisions find new
locations in the remodelled
structure, formerly known as
the Elgin Building.
Making the first move, early
In February, was the Printing
and Duplicating department
which now uses a part of the
basement of the renovated Ne
braska Hall. The department
moved from the West Stadi
um.
The next department to
move was the Conservation
and Survey Division. This de
partment moved from the 72-
year-old building, old Nebras
ka HalL to the new Nebraska
Hall.
On the second floor of the
structure is the Computer
Center, which on March 1 will
be joined by the University
Examinations Service and
Planning and Construction Di
vision. Tentative plans call for fu
ture moves of the University
Extension Division to the third
floor; Photography Produc
tions, Bureau of .Audio Visual
Aids, and Journalism photog
raphy 40 tne fourth floor; and
the School of Journalism and
the Graduate School of Social
Works to the fifth floor.
Solution to NU Attraction:
'Sell' University Students
The answer to the problem of attracting students to the
University is a matter of selling the present University stu-
uenu on uie scnooi, according 10 a former University coed,
Mrs. Bobbie Bible Spilker.
Mrs. Spilker's view was recorded in a letter received re
cently by the Student Council.
She referred to a column,
-unaergraauate views," ap
pealing in tne January Issue
of the Nebraska Alumnus
magazine dealing with the
problem of attracting high
school graduates to the Uni
versity.
The column, written by
University journalism stu-
aem, nero rrorasco, cuea
the need of a promotion pro
gram. He suggested a series
of Open Houses sponsored by
the University as a possible
solution.
Mrs. Spilker contended in
Institute Features
Alcohol Expert
Dr. Ruth Fox, an expert on
alcoholism and a practicing
psychoanalyst from New York
City, will address the 16th an
nual Institute in Social Case
work, Friday and Saturday.
Recognized nationally as one
of the leading exponents and
experts of psychiatric therapy
for the cure of alcoholism,
Dr. Fox holds the position of
medical director of the Na
tional Council of Alcoholism.
"The Alcoholic and His
Family" has been chosen as
this year's topic because of
the increasing interest in this
area, according to the admin
istrators of the graduate
school of social work.
The graduate school also
said that all registrations
should be made in advance of
the institute and that sessions
will meet in the Student Union
at 9 a.m. Friday.
Ph.D. Grant
To Downey
The University department
of microbiology has awarded
Ronald J. Downey, of Lincoln
the first doctoral assistant-
ship provided by a 1154,675
grant for training pre-doctor-al
candidates.
According to Dr. Carl E.
Georgi, chairman of the mi
crobiology department, the
giant was given by the Na
tional Institutes of Health.
me gram win cover a pe
riod of five years and pro
vide for the training of our
doctoral candidates each
year.
Downey received his Ba
chelor of Science degree from
St. Regis, and his Master of
Science in medical microbi
ology from Creighton Univer
sity. His work deals with the
area of electron transport sys
tems of bacteria.
Recipients of the grant will
be permitted to teach along
with their' research and
course work. One of the pur
poses of tne grant is to de
velop interest in college teach
ing in the field of microbi
ology, Georgi said.
In addition to supporting
pre -doctorate training, the
grant will also provide near
ly $30,000 for permanent and
consumable equipment.
AAUW Gives
Fellowship
A graduate fellowship for
women is being offered by the
Lincoln Branch of the Amer
ican Association of Universi
ty Women.
The .$300 stipend is to be
used during the 1961-1962 aca
demic year.
Applications should be sub
mitted by March 1 to Dr.
Rosalind Morris, department
f agronomy, University of
Nebraska. The award will be
announced April 1, 1961.
Any woman who has grad
uated from a college or uni
versity which is on the AAUW
list of approved schools and
who has been accepted by the
University for an advanced!
degree (Masters or Ph.D.) is
eligible.
Application blanks will be
available from the University
Graduate Office, 306 Admin
istration Building, or from the
Advanced Professional Divi
sion, 101 Teachers College.
the letter that if present Uni
versity students were sold on
the merits of the school, they
would in turn automatically
sell the University to the
home town, high schoolers.
She pointed out that adver
tising or public relation ex
perts claim word ef mouth
advertising Is one f the most
effective types.
"Jt is not that the Univer
sity needs to make its 'prod
udct' any more attractive,"
the letter stated, "but the
problem is making the stu
dents realize what is actually
Deing ottered to them."
The letter said (hat several
of the colleges, schools and
departments within the Uni
versity had national reputa
tions of excellence. It cited
particularly the College of
Engineering, College ef Den
tistry and College of Medi
cine for the national recogni
tion they have gained.
The letter claimed, "The
University is made up of in'
dividual important in their
respective fields." It men
tioned Chancellor Clif
ford Hardin emphasizing his
various academic and admin
istrative accomplishments.
The letter concluded, "The
p r 0 b 1 e m of attracting stu
dents Is not due to a lack of
quality education at the Uni
versity; it is a failure on the
part of the students to rea
lize that they are getting a
quality education, one of
which they can be proud."
1 believe the high school
students will be more im
pressed by the University if
they hear their college
friends' enthusiastic remarks
about it rather than if they
participated in a guided tour
of the campus."
eludes 5,879 men and 2,506
women compared to 5,702 and
2,267 respectively in Febru
ary, 1960.
Increase 'Good'
Hoover called the increase
"good," but added, "I cer
tainly don't think we should
become complacent. Other
Universities are doing the
same thing.
"We are at the point of ob
serving an interesting phe
nomenon," Hoover continued.
"In terms of percentage, ap
proximately as many students
go from high school to col
lege now as in 1900 to 1910
went from eighth grade to
high school.
"By 1920 high school enroll
ment had mushroomed and
many people said that it
couldn't be financed. But we
aid it, and now 1 am sure
that no one would dream of
going . back to when only a
handful went on to a collegi
ate education.
"A last line of defense
against any kind of 'ism hos
tile to our way of life," said
Hoover, "is the kind of edu
cation system we now have
To underwrite our defense
program, it is necessary to
ebnsider education a part of
the total program.
The University college by
college breakdown, with the
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NU Sponsors
Utilities Meet
Supervisors and operators
of the utility systems through
out Nebraska will attend the
14th annual Utilities Confer
ence Wednesday and Thurs
day at the Student Union.
Registration is at 9:30 a.m.
Wednesday.
The conference is sponsored
by the University College of
Engineering and Architecture
and the University Extension
Division in cooperation with
the League of Nebraska Mu
nicipalities and the Nebraska
Section of the American Wa
ter Works Association.
Paint Spot Mars Historical Society
Degree Application
All students expecting to
receive bachelors or ad
vanced degrees or teach-
ing certificates at the close
of this semester should ap
ply for them by March L
Applidations are to be
made at the Registrars Of
fice, 288 Administration, '
between 8:39 a.m. and 4:39
p.m., Mondty through Fri
day or 8:30 a.m. to 12 noon
en Saturdav.
A bottle of blue paint
hurled against the west side
of the Nebraska State His
torical Society Museum Fri
day has left a temporary
scar.
But the scar will soon heal.
Museum Director Marvin F.
Kivett stated that although
the incident was "regreta
ble," he did not anticipate
too much of a removal prob
lem. It will not require sand
blasting.
The paint is water solu
able, but removal in below
freezing weather is not pos
sible. "We have relatively little
vandalism here," f&id Kiv
ett, "Possibly someone may
have been tempted beyond
his endurance, but some
thing like this is very un
usual for the Museum."
Last year a similar "paint
ing" incident occurred when
paint was thrown on the
Carillon Tower. The removal
operation was more com
plicated in that case, how
ever, since the paint on the
Carillon had an oil base.
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ENCYCLOPEDIA DONOR
Yazdi Kakh-Sezanar Afahar, a foreign student from
Iraq, is shown beside the set of Encyclopedia Britannica
which he gave to the Student Union recently. Yazdi made
the gift to the Union so that more students would be able
to use them. k
Iraq Student
Gives Books
To Union
A set of Encyclopedia Bri
tannicas is now included in
the Student Union Book col
lection. v
The encyclopedias were do
nated to the Union by Yazdi
Kakh-Sezanar Afshar, known
to his friends as Yazdi, a stu
dent from Tehran, Iraq. Yaz
di said he felt the books
would be more use to more
students if kept in the Union,
particularly foi those who
study in the music rooms.
Yazdi, a sophomore in arts
and sciences, transferred to
the University this fall from
Doane College in Crete. Prior
to that he attended a school
in New York where he
learned English. He is study
ing pre med.
Yazdi is an active member
of the Union arts and exhibits
committee. He has been in
the United States three years.
Bill McKinnoh, program di
rector of the Union, said,
"The Union greatly appre
ciates this student's thought
fulness in sharing the ency
clopedias with other stu
dents." The encyclopedias are kept
in the music control room.
The books may be checked;
out of the control room for
use in the Book Nook only.
A student must present his
ID card before he will be al
lowed to use the books.
BLUE BLOB ,
The Nebraska Historical Society was spotted with a
blob of blue paint Friday when someone defaced the west
wall of the building. The spot cannot be removed until
warmer weather when it can be washed off.
1960 figure in parenthesis, fol
lows: Agriculture, 899 (899);
Arts and Sciences, 1,639
(1,391) ; Business Administra
tion, 916 (866); Denistry, 135
(132); Engineering an Archi
tecture, 1,269 (1,234);
Law, 142 (127); Pharmacy,
39 (38); Teachers, 1,424
(1,371); Junior 'Division, 74
(80); Students at large, 90
(75); Graduate, 994 (940);
Teachers Advanced P r 0 f e s
sional, 324 (391); Medicine,
342 (43); Nursing, 98 (92).
In addition, University High
School reports an enrollment
of 169, a decrease of two;
Curtis School of Agriculture,
207, an increase of eight; and
University evening classes,
778, an increase of 149.
This brings the total enroll
ment in all University c 0 1
leges and schools to 9,639, a
gain of 570 students over last
year at this time, and a 165
student drop from first semes
ter enrollment, largely ac
countable to nearly 400 mid
term graduates.
Positions
For IPC
Announced
Three Committees
Add to Membership
Membership on three Inter-
fraternity Council (IFC) com
mittees was announced Mon
day after interviews for posi
tions by the IFC Executive
Board and the chairmen of
the respective committees.
The committees, their chair
men, and new members are:
public relations, Phil Tracy,
chairman; Members: Steve
George, Burt Merrick, Bob
Cunningham, Tom Kotouc,
Phil Boroff, Stuart Souders,
Grant Gregory, Bill Murphy
and Don Burt.
Rush committee, Jim Huge,
chairman. Members: Warren
Hill, Joel Meier, Steve Joynt,
Bill WaddeH, Russell Daub,
Wayne Warnken, Gene May-
berry, Tom Cooper, John
Abrahamzon and Virgil Wag
ner.
Affairs committee, Roger
Myers, chairman. Members:
Leroy Bentz, scholarship sub-
chairman; George Krauss,
social sub-chairman; and Bill
Webster,' health sub -chairman.
Ottier members of the Af
fairs Committee are Marvin
Dertein, John Bischoff, Steve
Tempero, Dennis Christie, Mi
chael Eason, Tim Wilson, Bill
Gunlicks, John Musselman
and Tom Fitchett.
Ag Talent Tryouts
Acts for the Ag Union
Talent Show, Mar. 19, may
tryout Fcbr. 28 at t p.m.
in the Ag Union.
A 1 1 interested persons
should contact the Union
activities office before
Fcbr. 28.
Miss E-Week
Selections, Soon
The first phase of the an
nual E-Week will get under
way next week when 88 co-eds
will be selected by their re
spective organized houses and
interviewed for the title of
Miss E-Week.
The interviews are to be
held Feb. 28 when eight final
ists will be chosen by the Col
lege of Engineering and
Architecture executive board
according to Alfred Gerlach,
Jr. of the executive board.
To be eligible for the title of
Miss E-Week, condidates must
meet the University eligibility
rules which require a mini
mum of 12 hours successfully
completed with a grade aver
age of 5.00 or better.
Today On Campus
Tuesday:
Sunset Serenade, featuring
Rhapsody in Blue and Amer
ican in Paris, 4 p.m. music
room. Student Union
YWCA, 338 and 341 Student
Union
AWS Board, 5 p.m., 332 Stu
dent Union
Arnold Air Society, 7 p.m.,
232 and 234 Student Union
Kosmet Klub, 8 p.m., 349
Student Union
Faculty Women's Newcom
ers Club, 8 p.m., Selleck
Quadrangle