The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current, March 21, 1961, Image 1
Tourney Crib Intake Increases $400 Over Last Year By Dave Wohlfarth A near $400 increase in the Student Unoin's Crib business was achieved during this year's State Basketball Tour ney, according to Allen Ben nett, Union managing direc tor. Bennett pointed out that the record day for Crib busi ness was Friday, Mar. 10 when $1,063.20 worth of busi ness was transacted. Thursday's business was $329 and Saturday's, $1,032.29. The total Crib business for the three day period was $3,024.49, topping last year's mark of $2,635. The general traffic through the Union was doubled each day during the Tourney, Ben nett said. "On Friday and Saturday, we had more than 5,000 peo ple in the Crib each day. Ap proximately 20,000 people were in and out of the build ing during these two days (counting times in and out)," he reported. Six hundred people attended the free juke box dance Fri day night, 1,192 paid admis sion for Friday night's dance and 1,000 people were in the Union Saturday evening, he said. 1 "Chlco's Corner," the fast service price-break arrange ment, was unsuccessful on the basis of its location in the room, according to Bennett. He commented, "The stu dents were ladies and gentle men throughout the time and Pre-Registration 'MaiV Advisors Initiated in 1938 By Ann Mayer The pre-registration program of advising incoming fresh men by mail and establishing a possible schedule for them before they reach the campus will begin this month. The pre-registration program will run till Sept. 1. This method of pre-registering the incoming freshmen was begun in the spring and summer of 1958 A tentative start in the pro eram was made with a sampl Ing of the applicants for the first semester of 1958. The results of the first ex neriment encouraged the en largement of the program to Include all incoming student applications received prior to Sept. 1, 1959. Evaluation Advisers will begin picking tin folders for new advisees this month. Each folder will include evaluations for place ment in English, mathj and chemistry. The adviser indi cates the subjects he recom mends for the student and re turns the folder. The advisers recommended program is then mailed to the student with a copy to the student's high school princi pal. The student is asked to re view the program with his parents and principal and to return his acceptance of the program or a request for modification. Counselor Checks Counselor checks through out the summer season help eliminate changing programs in SeDtember. although an in dividual conference between the adviser and advisee is held during New Student Week. Any changes or appli cations from late students re ceived after Sept. 1 may re sult in delaying the entrance of the student to classes. It is anticipated that be tween 100 and 200 freshman aDDlications will be processed each week until the end of June and at least 75 eacn week after July L The program is designed to assist both the student and the faculty adviser. The advisers are intended to pro vide the foundation for the courses recommended by the applicant's college program and are made only after a careful evaluation of the in formation available. The adviser has the oppor tunity to utilize the advice of parents, high school teachers as well as hit adviser in re gard to his curriculum. In addition, most students arrive on campus with a workable knowledge of course of study requirements la their major interest area. Another advantage of the preregistration system is that the Registrar is able to sched ule freshmen classes well in advance of the opening of the school term. He is able to maintain an even distribution of students in the various sec tions and make the adjust ment to the number of sec tions needed according to the enrollment trends. Spring Day Returns to Ag Campus New Location Offers 'Additional Facilities' The annual Spring Day will be held on the Ag Campus this year. The reason for the location move from the Stadium prac tice field to Ag campus was attributed mainly to the feel ing of members of the Spring Day planning committee that Ag campus offered greater facilities and opportunities for a more successful program. Mylon Filkins, chairman of the Spring Day committee. explained that Ag campus of fered the use of the tractor testing track, intramural field and the livestock for nse in the games. "These added opportunities have made it possible to plan a new and different type of program," Filkins said. "Out side of the traditional tug-of- wars, most of the games are new to Spring Day. The games committees have planned four boys' games and five gins' games as well as two mystery events. Workers for the four Spring Day Committees will be chosen the Friday (April 7) following Easter vacation. Applicants must sign the interview sheet outside the Student Council office be tween April 3-7 in order to be interviewed for a worker position. No written application is required. The Spring Day committee, consisting of the chairmen and assistants from the four committees will comprise the interviewing board. Workers will be chosen for four areas: boys' games, girls' games, publicity and trophies. Applications for participa tion in the games are due April 20. we were pleased to house them. 1 Appreciation v "We appreciate the cooper ation of the regular student body and the faculty during the time. The few demands made by these groups left us free to devote our time to servicing the high school group. "We received many fine comments from students and, their paiyeftffl3&Qiiig and the campus ayft$ftY "We hope, that in serving these students, we accommo dated a valuable first ac quaintance with them and served as an attraction to the students in entering the Uni versity in coming years." The Union manager report ed no damage to the Union or any loss of equipment but each night several coats were lost. Lost Coats ' '"Five coats were lost Thurs day night and six both Fri day and Saturday nights. The coats were laid on tables which were watched by Union committee . people, Bennett said. "Oddly, all the lost coats were the same style with the exception of one and all the stolen coats belonged to col lege students. None turned up despite the efforts of the cam pus police and the Union staff," he said. As a remedy to the prob lem Bennett indicated that next year the Union will man a check stand and each per son will get a numbered check to recover his coat. "The games area was prac tically filled throughout the day Friday and Saturday and the TV and music rooms were of considerable interest to the high school students," he added. The Crib business for the period of Mar. 9 through 12 included 470 pounds of ham burger (1,880 hamburgers), 20 gallons of vanilla ice cream, 33 gallons of shakes (over 300 shakes), and 600 pounds of french fries. Thirty gallons of coke syr up (3,300) cokes), 2,700 pep sis, 1,500 root beers, 60 pies and 70 loaves of bread which were used in making sand wiches, according to Bennett. "On top of this we sent over 3,000 sandwiches for sale at the tourney itself," Ben nett said. He called these fig ures "quite staggering." the EMSM Vol. 74, No. 83 The Nebraskan Tuesday, March 21 f .1961 iseley PI eads Bacon's' Case 5f v n o EISELEY ADDRESSES STUDENTS Dr. Loren Eiseley, native Lincolnite and University alumnus, addresses Nebraska students' and faculty in Love Library auditorium on Sir Francis Bacon. Dr. Loren Eiseley, native Lincolnite and University alum, pleaded the case of Sir Francis Bacon yesterday in the first of two Montgomery Lectures. Eiseley, speaking in Love Li brary Auditorium to a capac ity crowd, suggested that thoughtful people are still judging Bacon because of a desire, to both judge and exist as "modern man," of which Bacon was one of the first. Eiseley talked about Bacon as an educator who first pro posed the sytem of inductive reasoning and later pleaded guilty to abusing the office of the Lord Chancellorship of England by accepting bribes. Bacon is remembered, Eiseley pointed out, largely because of psychological pro jections of this age looking upon the same ethical prob lems. Leading Educator "A leading figure as an ed- Ag Union Holds Coffee Hour The Ag Student Union will hold a student-faculty coffee hour today from 4-5 p.m. in the Ag Union lounge. Sponsored by the Ag Un ion's student-faculty commit tee, the coffee hour is being held to enable the students and faculty on Ag campus to become better acquainted. "We also hope that the cof fee hour will further improve the relationships between the students, faculty and Ag Un ion," said Fran Johnson, committee chairman. Miss Johnson asked that the 30 students and 20 faculty members invited to the hour would arrive at 3:50 p.m. for a short briefing session. Committee Elects Law Librarian Arthur J. Vennix, librarian at the College of Law and law instructor, has been ap pointed to the American As sociation of Law Libraries' committee on exchange and duplicates. l he Association is com posed of about 800 law librar ians representing universities, bar asociations, state, county and municipal law libraries and libraries of law firms. About 20 Canadian librarians are included in the member ship as well as four f r o.m England, one from Brazil and one from Japan. Nebraska Alpha Oiis Install Iowa Chapter Fifty-two members of Alpha Chi Omega sorority left Lin coln last weekend to take part in the installation of a new Alpha Chi chapter at Iowa State University, Ames. Chapters from Simpson, Minnesota and Iowa were represented. The National President and the Province President were in Ames to initiate the 94th chapter of the sorority. The Nebraska representa tion, which had the .largest number of women in attend ance, returned Sunday. Twelve Grad Fellowships Awarded Ten University applicants have been offered twelve Na tional Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships, the University's Graduate College was notified this week. The awards are Summer Fellowships for Graduate Teaching Assistants and Co operative Graduate Fellow ships for the 1961-62 school year. The recipients and their fields of study are: Summer Fellowships: Rich ard Beckerbauer, chemistry; John O. Herzog, mathemat ics; Charles V. Heuer, math ematics; George A. Sullivan, physics; James A. Swanson, chemistry; and Alan J .Ven nix, engineering. These recip ients have been graduate; teaching assistants at the University prior to this time. Cooperative Graduate Fel lowships: John S. Anderson, biochemistry; J o h n O. Her zog, mathematics; Charles V. Heuer, mathematics; Wayne W. Lang, physics; John T. Park, physics; and Charles E. Skov, physics. The recipients have until April 12 to accept or decline the awards. The National Science Foun dation is an independent agency of the executive branch of the Federal gov eminent. One of its 'man re sponsibilities is the awarding of graduate fellowships in sci ence, mathematics, and engi neering, which offer direct support to especially able in dividuals for the improve ment of their personal com petence in these areas. . Peace Corps Talk M. Planned Tonight The Young Democrats will hold their meeting with the Nebraska International Asso ciation (NIA) panel tonight at 8 p.m. i n s t e a d of Monday night as reported in the Daily Nebraskan. The topic under discussion will be the newly formed Peace Corps program insti tuted by President John F. Kennedy. Four foreign students from the NIA will compose the panel, according to Jim Huge, president of YD's. Included on the panel are Yousef A. Meshiea of Libya, Ojo Arewa of Nigeria, M. Vittal of In dia and one other student These students have agreed to answer all questions at the meeting regardless of what they are," Huge said. Huge urged all members of Young Democrats and inter ested students to attend and ask as many questions as they like. ASME Meeting The campus American So ciety of Mechanical Engi neers (ASME) will hold a joint meeting Wednesday night at 7:30 p.m. with the Nebraska Section of ASME In 205 Richards Hall. Harold Grasse, vice presi dent of region seven of ASME win be the speaker. Down Slips Hit 1,300 Students Downs hours marking the end of the first four weeks of second semester classes have reached approximately ijuu uninversity students. me number receivmg downs is the lowest for any period so far this year. Per sonnel of the Student Affairs office report that this is typ ical of the first four, weeks of the second semester of each school year. Over 2,200 downs were sent out in November which is the heaviest down hour period of the year. The estimate for April is around 1,800. The highs and lows per house ranged from nine to 40 hours. The number of drops are also running comparable to the usual number for this time of the semester. Accord ing to Mrs. Irma Laase, as sistant registrar, 2,500 are ex pected to drop courses by the final deadline, May 6. Yell Practice Starts Today For Frosh Attention to all freshmen with an accumulated average of 4.5 or above and the de sire to be a cheerleader for the 1961-62 school year! A total of three freshman boys and three freshman girls will be picked for cheerlead ers on April 12 at 7 p.m. in the Coliseum, according to Al Knzelman, present yell king. Prior to the selection, six organized practice sessions will be held in the Coliseum for the aspiring frosh. The dates of these practices are today, March 23, April 4, April 5, April 6 and April 11 at 4 p.m. each day. Each new cheerleader will be chosen on the basis of his or her performance in doing two yells: "Huskers Fight!" and "The Old Locomotive," said Krizelman. In order to be considered for selection, each freshman trying out must attend at least two of the practice ses sions, Krizelman said. Final selection will be made by a board consisting of the outgoing yell king, the new yell king, president of Mortar Boards, president of Inno cents, president of Student Council, cheerleading coach, band director, representative of the athletic department. president of Tassels and pres ident of Corn Cobs. ucator in the then new field of science, Bacon himself failed to accomplish a great deal in concrete achieve ment," said Eiseley. Bacon as an educator, Eise ley noted, pioneered in the idea that progress toward better living through educa tion should not be left to the geniuses alone. Bacon's hope for Utopia rested instead "in the education of plain Tom Jones and Dick Thickhead," Eiseley said. "This," Eiseley continued, "was the message of a very great genius, an aristocrat who had lived all of his life in the pomp of circumstance . . . Bacon had an enormous trust in the capacities of the human mind . . ." "As an educator in a coun try which has placed its faith in the common man," Eise ley said, "I can only say that the serenity of Bacon's faith takes our breath away and gives him, at the same time, our hearts. For he, the Lord build his empire of hope from common clay from such men as you and I." Light of Learning Eiseley raised the question of whether Bacon's vision of the light of learning in the world is now being forgotten Bacon, he said, was."ob- sessed by light that pure light of the first Morning of Creation before the making of things had commenced before there was a garden and a serpent and a Fall, be fore there was strontium and the shadow of the mushroom cloud. He who will not attend to things like these can, in Bacon's own words, 'neither win the kingdom of nature nor govern it'." At 4 p.m. Wednesday Eise ley will talk on Bacon as a scientist, concluding his two lecture series in conjunction with the annual Montgomery talks. Eiseley is a well known au thor of scientific books and received his Bachelor of Arts d e g r e e in 1933 and an hon orary Doctor of Letters de gree in 1960, both from the University. He is currently serving as a provost of the University of Pennsylvania. His book "Darwin's Cen tury" won an award as the ! best non-fiction work from the Athaeneum Society of Phila delphia in 1959 and the Phi Beta Kappa Science Prize for the best book in science in 1958. He has written more than 30 articles for publication in magazines ranging from Har pers to Bibliography of Amer i c a n Philosophical Society Proceedings. His first literary success was as one of the editors of Prairie Schooner which his college literary fraternity, Sigma Upsilon, founded on the University campus. Hear Ye, Here Ye! All Daily1 Nebraskan workers are asked to at tend a meeting in the office In the basement of the Stu dent Union Wednesday at 3 p.m. Any students who wish to write for the Rag are also invited to attend the meeting. Miller Attends Study Institute James E. Miller, chairman of the English department, is among 33 educators who will go to Indiana University this week end to consider the re lationship of English and for eign language learning. Chairman of 11 University English departments Miller will meet with 11 directors of foreign language institutes to discuss how the results of these institutes might be ap plied to possible similar pro grams in Engusn teacning. Counselors Seek Successors In a few months the dorm counselors will be giving up their jobs, but for the present time they are some of the busiest girls living in the Women's Residence HalL Last night the coeds visited all the or ganized houses on the campus and the Towne Club to acquaint sophomore and junior women with some of the duties of a dorm counselor. Women interested in becoming a dorm counselor for the next academic year are asked to turn in their application by April 10. Interviews will be April 10-17 and will be arranged through Helen Snyder, dean of women. Applications may be turned- in to Dean Snyder or Betty Ware, head resident of the dorm. Sixteen Counselors At the present time there are 11 junior counselors, 4 senior counselors, and 1 graduate counselor for over 500 women living in the dorm. "The senior counselors are the girls' adviser's along with the housemother of the individual halls. The main difference between a junior and senior counselor is the amount of responsibility," said Miss Ware. Last year after the girls were chosen as the new counselors there was no type of orientation. This will be remedied this year by a plan to have the new counselors spend a week end or so in the dorm as guests. Before the end of the year, it is hoped that the hall and room assignments-will have been made, said Miss Ware. In this way the girl can make plans for the next year and will be able to work with the housemother before next fall. Broadened View Many of the counselors have expressed the feeling that being a counselor in the dorm broadened their view of the inde pendent program on campus. As a senior counselor Sue Carkowski said she spends an untotaled amount of hours talking with the girls. Some of her duties include housemother duty, super vising the halls for quiet hours, planning parties with the girls and helping to plan cultural activities. "We, the counselors, are a sounding board for the girls," said Miss Carkow ski. "We also help orient them to the campus." On April 15 the counselors, the dorm housemothers, and Miss Ware will meet with Dean Snyder to make plans for the coming year. The discussion will concern many aspects of the counseling program, Miss Ware said. The present counselors are Miss Car kowski and Lois Muhle, Raymond Hall senior counselors. Junior counselors on . Raymond are Barbara Bakker, Skip Har ris, Nicki Herndon, Angela Long, Verlyn Preston and Mary Anderson. The senior counselor in Heppner Hall is Bev Heyne. Donna Bryan, Janet Han sen and Susan Pandzik are junior coun selors in Heppner. In Love Hall Betty Noerlinger is the senior counselor with the junior counselors being Sharon DeMars and Sandra Nelson. The only graduate counselor for Piper Hall, the upperclasses hall, is Mary Eliza beth Sievert. Innocents Scholarship Forms Ready Applications for the annual Innocents scholarship are now available to college men who will be sophomores next year, according to Russ Edeal of the Innocents. Those men who have pre viously turned in an applica tion for upperclass scholar ships will be automatically considered for the Innocents award. The grant will cover f nil tuition for the 1961-62 school year, Edeal said. Interested students who have not previously turned in scholarship applications may request them at the office of Scholarships and Financial Aids in 111 Administration. Applications should be re turned to the Scholarships of fice by April 15. The Innocents Society will nominate three persons from the applications and the Uni versity general scholarship committee will make the fi nal choice. The scholarship recipient will be chosen primarily for high scolarship and leader ship qualities. Extra curricu lar activities will be taken into consideration. Financial status is not considered for the scholarship, said EdeaL Tassels Initiate Pledges Tuesday Tassels initiation will be held today at 5 p.m. in the Student Union. The old officers and spon sors will be honored at a 6 p.m. banquet following the initiation. The new sponsors, Rosalie Giffhorn and Marilyn Walchter, will be introduced and the outstanding pledga and active given recognition. Today on Campus Tuesday: Irrigation Short Course, all day, Ag Engineering building, Ag campus. Law aptitude tests, 1:30 p.m., 202 Law College. 1FC public relations com mittee meeting, 8 p.m., IFC office. IFC affairs committee meeting, 8:30 p.m., room 232, Union. IFC rush committee meet" ing, 9 p.m., IFC office. i u , V