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Vol. 74, No. 72
Inbred
Faculty
Favored
Ex-Dean Argues
Glenny Proposal
A former University admin
fctrator has taken exception to
Dr. Lyman A. Glenny's pro
posal that faculty inbreeding
be kept to modest levels at
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"Inbreeding in Nebraska, or
the practice of hiring teachers
who have received their edu
cation at the institution which
hires them, is most serious at
the University," said Glenny.
T. J. Thompson , who re
tired in 1952 as Dean of Stu
dent Affairs, has charged
"there are some very brilliant
young men the University
could have retained."
Inbreeding of an ".abundant
nature," he pointed out, "oc
currs at such outstanding in
stitutions as Harvard and
Massachusetts Institute of
Technology."
Ability
The important thing to
look for in teachers is their
ability to stimulate students
and to do "personal research
to keep them up to date in
their subject field," he said.
A teacher "can't get by with
using the same old notes year
after year," Thompson noted.
Thompson told of several
capable teachers who "would
have come back to the Uni
versity except for the stigma
of contributing to inbreeding.
rnompson himself was
praised for his quarter-of-cen-
tury tenure as Dean of Stu
dent Affairs.
"He had a definite policy
for making decisions in the
area of student activities and
followed it without losing per
spective or becoming bitter
when disciplinary matters
were involved, said Lee
Chatfield, director of junior
division.
Education Report
Glenny's recommendation,
which came in a 109 page re
port on Nebraska higher ed
ucation .stated that 28.5 per
cent of the University facul
ty received their highest de
gree from within the state.
"This figure," Glenny said,
"seems to be inordinately
high for a state university."
Glenny said a faculty is
likely to be "profoundly in
fluenced" by the prior ex
perience of the majority of
its members.
"If this experience is re
stricted to the institution
which the faculty serves, it
will suffer from the lack of
the infusion of new ideas,
which are essential to its
growth and development.
"Inbreeding tends to beget
inbreeding, there is the dan
ger that factions will develop
and college and community
acceptance will be based on
other considerations than
competence as a teacher or
administrator."
Red Cross Meeting
A mass meeting of all
Red Cross members is slat
ed for a 7 p.m. meeting to
night in rooms 232 and 234
Student Union.
A skit depicting the areas
of Red Cross work will
highlight the meeting and
will be conducted by Miss
Kitty McDonald. All inter
ested students are asked to
attend.
Dr. Breckenridge
Speaks to Youth
The University Dean of Fac
ulties Dr. A. C. Breckenridge
told high school honor stu
dents today that he Was not
unduly alarmed about the at
titudes, misgivings and voices
of dissent of the American
youth.
However, he expressed con
cern "that my generation and
those older may be overzeal
ous in their alarm about you."
He explained that beneath
the surface manner of a care
free way oHlife there is,
among young people, a suspi
cious attitude about values.
"But most college graduates
of today enter their adult
careers fully resolved to work
for a better world." he said.
Breckenridge told the stu
dents that if the nation is to
continue to prosper, to re
main secure and to develop a
life worth respecting, it will
depend on the n e x i, generation.
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The combination of large dump trucks
and "cats" working together have made
quite a dint in the earth at the site of the
Sixteen Home Ec Sophomores Will
Participate
Exceptionally able home
economics students will be
provided the opportunity to
develop and utilize their abil
ities to the fullest through the
new honors program launched
this semester on Ag campus.
Forms Ready
For Advanced
Army ROTC
Applications for the ad
vanced course in Army ROTC
are now being accepted for
the 1961-62 school year, ac
cording to Captain Archie 0.
Patterson.
The following requirements
have been established for the
course: successful completion
of the Army ROTC qualify
ing test; an ROTC average of
5,an accumulative average
of 4.5; physically qualified for
a commission in the United
States Army Reserve and com
pletion of MS 1 and MS 11.
Personnel who successfully
complete the advanced ROTC
course are obligated to serve
24 months on active duty, of
needed, with four years of
reserve obligation after sepa
ration.' If there is no need for per
sonnel to serve on active duty
for 24 months, each indivi
dual will be required to serve
six months for active duty
training with seven and one
half years of Reserve obliga
tion after separation.
Since quotas are established
for each class, it is Import
ant that applications be sub
mitted early, Capt. Patterson
said. Three hours credit will
be given for the advanced
course.
Application forms may be
obtained In 110 Military and
Naval Science Building.
'Damn Yankees'
Makes Million
Profits on "Damn Yank
ees" presentations similar to
the spring show to be present
ed by Kosmet Klub on Apr. 15.
have reached $1 million, ac
cording to Variety maga
zine. This represents a 200 per
cent return to the backers of
the musical, which ended a
128-week Broadway run in
1957. The show has since been
produced by many other act
ing companies and has also
been made into a movie.
'"Damn Yankees" was or
iginally capitalized at $250,000
and presented by Frederick
Brisson, Robert E. Griffith
and Harorld S. Prince, who
were also partnered In the
presentation of "Pajama
Game."
The mark of $1 million on
"Damn Yankees" was
reached recently when an
other $25,000 profit was di
vided equally between the
backers and the management
of the musical.
Profits on "Pajama
Game," which was presented
by Kosmet Klub In last
year's Spring Show, have
reached $1,712,500 nationally,
which is a 342 per cent re
turn to the investors.
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BEEP, BEEP!
In New Honors Program
Such a program is designed
to challenge the student to
more stimulating learning ex
periences at the undergradu
ate level, according to Dr.
Florence McKinney, c h a i r
man of the home economics
department.
"The departmental honors
program is designed to en
courage excellence in academ
ic performance and the high
est development of an individ
ual student's ability," she
commented.
Ruby Gingles, assistant pro
fessor -of home economics and
chairmen of the honors 'pro
gram committee, noted that
"an honors program enables
a superior student to gain
more from her education than
is possible under the normal
4-year program.
Accomplishments
"Outstanding accomplish
ments of the individual are
Panhell Chili Feed
The Junior Parihellenic is
sponsoring a "get acquaint
ed" chili feed and skit Sun
day night for all sorority
pledge classes.
The tickets are $1 per per
son for the feed to be held
in the Pan American room
of the Student Union start
ing at 5 p.m. and running
until 7 p.m.
Today on Campus
Wednesday:
"Birth of the "Universe,"
8 p.m., Planetarium
Red Cross, mass meeting,
7 p.m., 232 and 234 Student
Union
UNSEA meeting, 7 p.m.,
Student Union party rooms
Student branch of American
Society of Agricultural Engi
neers, 7 p.m., 206 Ag Engi
neering building
Thursday:
Colloquirn, physics, "Micro
structure of Single Crystals,"
Dr. John Weymouth, 4:15
p.m., 211 Brace Laboratory.
Husky, Healthy Twin Calves Set
A cow named Ramona from
the University's dairy herd
caused considerable stir this
week on Ag Campus.
Ramona didn't kick mother
O'Leary's lantern over in the
barn, but she did give birth
to a couple of bouncing, 99
and 97 pound twin calves.
The blessed event sent old
timers at the Ag College
scurrying to the records as
they were amazed over the
size and weight of the twins.
The proud mother is a
three - year - old purebred
Brown Swiss cow, who gave
birth to her first calf a year
ago.
Terry Howard, University
dairy herdsman, said the two
Husky calves have the larg
est combined weight of any
twins ever born in the Uni
versity herd according to past
records. v
The double birth was nor
mal said Howard, even
though Ramona is "not an
overly large Brown Swiss
cow." The average weight of
a newborn single calf prob
ably runs around 95 pounds,
he Indicated, while twins
wrely post a combined weight
of over 140-150 pounds.
The two ne v calves, as of
yet un-namcd, have a com-
bined weight of 196 pounds!
The Nebraskan
new Sheldon Memorial Art Galleries. Prog
ress on the gallery construction is Tip to
par due to the mild Nebraska winter. ,
recognized and, in some cases,
the promising student will be
released from required
courses which would be repet
itive or which could be mas
tered in a shorter time than
needed for the average stu
dent. "Through such an enriched
program we hope also to in
terest this superior student to
pursue graduate work," she
said.
To initiate the new honors
program this semester, 16 stu
dents were selected from the
sophomore class. They in
clude Kay Anderson, Sherry
Bergh, Jane Fauquet, Kathie
Flynn, Pat Frazier, Kay Hoff,
Nona J a c o b i t, Margrethe
Plum, Judy Polent, Jane
Price, Phyllis Schange.
Others -selected wews Shar
on Stevens, Sharon Swanson,
Connie Vavra, Donna Von
Forell and Nancy Zimbleman.
These coeds were selected
from the upper per cent of
their class and are carrying
academic loads of 17 to 19
hours this semester. In addi
tion, they win participate in
an honors seminar, which
they assisted in organizing, to
provide interaction among
bright students.
Tield Trip
Recently the group took a
field trip to Kansas State Uni
versity for Graduate Day at
the College of Home Econom
ics there.
"In the future," says Mrs.
Gingles, "we hope to provide
special subject matter semi
nars according to the needs of
the individuals in the honors
program.
"More guidance in the form
of individual counseling is also
an integral part of the pro
gram. Only through intensive
will the needs of these individ
uals be detected and met."
Plans for next year and the
years to come call for expan
sion of the program to include
approximately 40 superior stu
dents in home economics.
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DOUBLE TROUBLE
it wrs hard for Pamona, a golden Brown
Swiss, to believe that she reelly had twins,
but nevertheless it was true. Ramona
Trenches in Selleck Lot
Indicate Planting Sites
For New Shrubs, Trees
The trenches that appear
around the newly paved Sel
leck parking lot indicate
planting locations which
promise to improve the un
sightliness of the "'sea of
cars" located in the middle
of campus.
(We are planting the 11
foot center strip with three
varieties of shrubs," said
Chester Billings of the Divi
sion of Buildings and
Grounds.
Plans are to plant the out
er perimeter of the parking
lot with a screening border,
he added. The trenches
which have been dug show
the location of planned beds
around this outer perimeter.
There will be several vari
eties of shrubs with like
kinds planted in groups. The
shrubs will eventually reach
a height of six feet. This will
take about four years, said
Billings.
Blooming Shrub
Most of these shrubs will
be blooming shrubs. There
also will be a few small flow
Series Features Cellist
On NU Television Station
A 25-week television series
featuring Pablo Casals, the
world's most accomplished
cellist, will begin March 6 on
KUON-TV.
Titled "Casals Master
Class," the programs origi
nate from the University of
California at Berkeley. In the
series, Casals instructs a
class of student musicians,
and while the students play,
he listens, comments and fre
quently demonstrates.
The first program next
Monday is at 9:30 p.m. and
lasts one hour. Each remain
ing production runs one half
hour. Included in t h e first
show is an introduction by
violinist Isaac Stern.
Although the classes cover
almost every known work for
the cello, not once does the
84 year old maestro refer to
a note of music. The com
ments made hy Casals dur
ing the performances are de
scribed as coming "from a
man who has achieved
a comfortable relationship
with music, and who has
lived so long with great mu
sic that they are old friends
who love and respect each
other."
Born in Tendrell, Spain, in
1876, Casals obtained profi
ciency as violinist, pianist,
organist and composer by the
time he was seven.
Having reached success by
the turn of the century, a
spirit of protest against in
justice began to play a promi
nent part in Casals' lite. He
refused to play in Germany
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ering trees planted among
the shrubs. Flowering crab
apple trees will be planted
with shrubs on the west bor
der and red bud trees on the
south border. Trees will not
be planted on the east and
north due to lack of space.
Sufficient space for plant
ings was included In the orig
inal plans for the newly
paved area. In about three
weeks, providing the weather
is favorable, the planting will
begin, said Billings.
The plant material is on
order from commercial nur
series and more will come
from the University nursery.
The evergreens that have al
ready been planted are from
the University "nursery," Bill
ings added.
Crosswalks
New cross-walks were in
stalled in addition to the or
iginal walks called for in the
plans to provide for traffic,
said Billings.
Temporary fences will be
used to protect the newly
planted shrubs and will be
a
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CASALS
during Fitter's rise to power
and left Spain in 1939 in pro
test agaiiibt Franco's regime.
Since 195b he has resided in
Puerto Rico, where he
teaches and performs.
Casals has said, ""The art
ist is under obligation to take
sides (in politics), whatever
sacrifice it means, if human
dignity becomes involved.
The only weapons I possess
are the cello and the conduc
tor's baton. They are not
very deadly, but I have no
others and do not wish to
have any. I used what 1 had
to protest against what I con
sidered , - disgraceful and
ignominious."
Persuaded to participate in
the series by producer Nathan
Kroll, Casals provides a
meaningful treat for music
lovers and laymen alike in
this rare television series of
musical and buman interest.
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poses on ag campus with her twin calves
which are being held by Terry Howard,
instructor in dairy husbandry.
Wednesday, Mar. 1, 1961
removed when the shrub!
reach sufficient size.
The Division of Buildings
and Grounds also plans to
put evergreens in the east
end of the mall in front of
Selleck Quadrangel in the fu
ture. YWCA Luncheon
The Young Wtmeii
Christian Association (YWCA)
will hold their weekly nooa
luncheon with the internation
al students Thursday in th
Presby House.
"Apathy vs. Action" will be
the topic of discussion.
NU May Use
Mead Surplus
Structures
Public institutions through
out the state, including the
University and Lincoln high
schools, may benefit from sur
plus buildings at the old Mead
Ordnance Plant
""Negotiations are now un
derway to remove buildings
which will not be used at the
site, and to donate them to
Nebraska schools and hos
pitals," said Dwayne Gard
ner, director of surplus prop
erty for the State Department
of Education.
Albion, Primrose, Roscoe,
South Sioux City, Naper, Lin
coln public and Burwell High
Schools, as well as Antelope
Memorial Hospital in Neligh,
Platte Valley Academy in
Sheldon, Doane College, St.
John's Seminary in Elkhorn
are among those who have
applied for the buildings,
Gardner said.
The University has current
ly applied, and received tent
ative approval, for some 8,000
acres of land at the site as
well as for some of the sur
plus buildings which would be
removed.
YWCA Sets
Student Bail
Fund Drive
Funds to pay the bail for
students who have been jailed
for participating in sit-in 'dem
onstrations in the South art
being collected through the
campus Young Worn ens Chris
tian Association organization.
Several thousand students in
the North have already con
tributed, according to Janice
Jeffrey, c h airman of the
YWCA Christian Witness
group. A total of $8,000 lias
been coIlected nationally.
Over $4,000 of this was col
lected through YWCA groups.
These funds have kept many
students from going to jafL
but more funds are needed.
said Miss Jeffrey.
Students have "been kept
from school by the jail sen
tences, she said. Some stu
dents who participated in the
sit-ins are coming up for hear
ing in the next few months.
They will have the -choice of
a jail sentence of up to two
years or a fine "Which might
run into hundreds of dollars.
The funds will be used to
pay the bail for these students
and to pay fines, if this should
be necessary, Miss Jeffrey
said.
"As students we should be
interested in our fellow stu
dents who have been jailed
for supporting an idea in
which they believe," said
Miss Jeffrey.
Shannon to Tell
University's Role
The role of the University
in the Legislature "will come
under the scrutiny of political
science professor Jasper B.
Shannon March 13.
Shannon will speak at a
6:30 p.m. dinner meeting of
the American Association of
University Professors in the
Pan American room of the
Student Union.
Reservations should be
made before March 10 with
Prof. M.-G. Boosalis of the
plant pathology department
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