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Page 4 The Nebraskan Wednesday, April ivbi High School Farmers Invade Ag Campus for Convention Approximately 2,000 mem bers of the Future Farmers of America (FFA) club will attend their state convention at the Ag College Thursday and Friday.. According to M. G. Mc Creight, assistant professor of vocational education and con vention coordinator, it ap pears that these members will be coming from 131 state high schools. 'This year we even have members coming from Har rises, Neb., which is the last towa oo Highway 2t before toe Wvoming border," said Prof. McCreight. FFA boys, who re coming o attend convention sessions nd demonstrations and to compete in various contests, will stay in local hotels and motels or commute from near-by towns, according to McCreight Conscience (Coatinned from page 2) like to make osrselves think. Dt we show a respect and admiratioa for the tra ditions of India or any oth er eavntry? Are we gmilty f asiflg the phrase "camel driver" race too aftea? Da wc aay a good heart Mid western "Hi or "Howdy to tv foreiga frieads or do we, for the large part, ig aore them? It has beea said that to ignore a maa is te greatest tasatt one caa do aim, simply because it de sks kis existence ia oar eyes. Bow eaa we deceive srseives, which is precise ly what we are doing, ia ig noring aay maa from aay bad ia today's society? To sample only part of a poet's works is unfair to the sweetness of his mix but is Walt Whitman I find a cur ious passage to which an idealistic internationalist . can still aspire in his "Pas age to India": "Year at whose wide-flung door I sisg! Year of the puprpose accomplished! Year of the marriage of continents, cli mates, and oceans! (No mere doge of Venice now wedding the Adriatic.) I see O year in you the vast ter raqueous globe given and giving all, Europe to Asia, Africa join'd, and they to the New World, the lands, geographies, dancing before yon, holding a festival gar land, As brides and bride grooms hand in hand." Is a day when the ideal Ism of a Federal Adminis tration seems to be sweep ing the nation with its ap peal for personal sacrifice aids to a pioneering spirit which swept our forefath ers from the comforts of their Eastern seaboard homes into the damnable prairies which are now our comfortable homes, it is not sn&kely that this idealism might rekindle some of that elegant spirit here ia Ne braska. Eves a tongue-in-cheek appeal to return to the "cabin" has food for thought for vs. Many of ss hardly reaftze bow close we are to Nebaska's gutty sod basting past My maternal grandmother was born in a sodhoose; her husband was bora is a dugout My pater sal grandparents raised their first two children through their infancy in a odhouse on a wind-seept YOUR OPPORTUNITY BUILD YOUR REFERENCE During war annual spring hoasecieaoiag ia the book stacks (wboleJe dept.) will FROM Tkee books ere located in three different floor $ find the section yon tcenl please mk. Thousands additional books Music err - fiction etc. 1 9c -99c SALE STARTS MON., APRIL 3 bhias. The convention will include such activities as the FFA creed speaking contest, two public speaking contests, ag ricultural demonstrations and judging contests. One Contest at Fremont All convention activities said McCreight, will be held on Ag campus except the meat judging contest which will be held in Fremont. "The winners of the public speaking contest and of the livestock, poultry, dairy cat tle and products judging con tests will be eligible to com pete at the national conven tion in Kansas City later on this year," said Prof. Mc Creight Other activities include business-legislative meetings involving two delegates from each of the representative high schools and a banquet Friday night, sponsored by hill west of McCook. My father and his brothers helped to break acres upon acres of sod on the family land. Even in my boyhood on the family farm I can recall the native grass be ing plowed under to increase Nebraska's contri bution to the war effort And I am but a boy in a state which was influencing national politics well over a hundred years ago. Nebraska has been the libera conscience of a lib eral nation many different times is the past Summon ap the greea-stataed W. J. Bryaa and yoa see the guts f the Populist movement. Call ap old George W. Nor ris and you'll see fighter of BiOy Joe Camions and yel low dog contracts and cre ator of TVA's and RE.Vs and Unicamerals. If I truly could identify mvself with that latent spirit that I know mast linger ia a few hearts ia this state, thea I would feel tremendously fortun ate. If aay of that spark which caused to be forged by hand and sweat these great states of the Ameri can West out of the "Great American Desert,' thea let some willing hand light their torch from it and blazon these sow saddened skies with a new liberalism to carry Nebraska back into recognitioa. Let this soil whka cradles Czech, Pole, Dane, White Rassiaa, Swede, English, German, aad French yield ap a new maa with the courage, intel ligence, aad foresight to plunge his whole into the fight for the ideal which Nebraska basically stands for. And now to conclude this piece of writing, 1 would this time like to bring to gether two seemingly irre concilable ends. I would hope for this: That the pro duction of the mingling of the blood and soul of the world's people might be the man to not only restore Ne braska to her rightful po sition among states but al so to wage unceasing bat tle for recognition of man's rights everywhere. And as he returns the stars to the stars and the earth to the earth, let him be not afriad whether they are Nebras ka's or India's stars. Let him do his duty for they are all men's stars. 30-50 AH books ia the religious section ' r"Sr-99'; 6500 A BOOKSTORE Gold and Co. of Lincoln. Highlighting the convention activities will be the presen tation of the State Farmer Awards, which is the highest honor an FFA member can receive on the state level, ac cording to McCreight. Winners of other contests and demonstrations will re ceive plaques, ribbons and FFA foundation cash awards, he said. The Future Farmers of America is an organization designed to promote greater interest and activity in farm ing. "The University's depart ment of vocational education does not direct FFA activi ties," said McCreight, "but rather it is the job of the state department of education and the division of vocational ed ucation." McCreight explained that the University department makes all arrangements for the state convention. UNSEA Changes Meet to April 12 The University Student Education Association f UNSEA I meeting will be changed from today to April 12 because of the Association of Childhood Education Inter national (ACE1 Convention. Elections will be held that dav in the party room at 7 p.m. The Student Education As sociation of Nebraska fSEAXl Convention will be held m Kearney on April 15. Those UNSEA members wanting to attend should contact Shirley Chab before April 5. YWCA To Discuss Peace Corps Plan The Young Women's Chris tian Association (YWCA) noon luncheon group will discuss the Peace Corps at the United Campus Christian Fellowship (Presby House) Thursday noon. International students from Pakistan. China. India, and Africa will give their views. PROBLEM OF Sponsored by Pi Ma Epstton National Honorary Mathematics Fraternity A piece of rope weighs 4 ounces per foot. It passes over a pulley and on one end of it is suspended a weignt and on the other a monkey. The whole system is in equil ibrium. The weight of the monkey m pounds is equal to the age of the monkeys mother in years. The age of the monk ey's mother added to the aee of the monkey is four years. The monkey's mother is twice as old as tne monxey was when the monkey's moth er was half as old as the monkey will be when the mon key is three times as old . . A 1 as the monkeys momer was when the monkey's moth er was three times as old as the monkey. The weieht of the rope or the weight at the end is half as much again as tne auier- ence in weight between the weight of the weight and the weight plus the weight of the monkey. How long is the rope? BRING OR SEND ANS WERS to 21t BURNETT Answer to last weeks prob TO LIBRARY sale all book be discounted to if you don't I LITTLE MAN ue have i32o . ?1Hiu-t3s4 --r IJ ClUSS to HfirJfTVa i "tfr J S?LcKS W -3 rSSil Til 1 Vhu veee r it. Miss JbwJE. &et&SK2. ea&XXlG FOR WU, Cupid Throws Arrows For Engagements Only Are pinnings going out of style? Four couples an nounced their engagements after vacation, but nary a pinning. Engagements Joyce Farmer, freshman in Business Administration from Ashland, to Richard Frahm, Farm House senior in Agri culture from Lyman. Al Epstein, Sigma Alpha Mu sophomore in Music from Omaha, to Peggy Rubenstein, sophomore in Teachers from Omaha. Rose Ann Saalfeld. Gamma Phi Beta junior in Arts and Sciences from North Bend, to Oscar Bredthauer, Beta Sig- Spanish Qub Plays Guitar Performance The Spanish Club will meet in tne Muaem union pariv room, tonight at 7:30 p.m. Clark Metcalf, guitar instruc- ... i tor, will perform class.cal and flamingo guitar selections. THE WEEK lem: The party announced the engagements of Dorothy to Jim, Jean to Tom. and Vir ginia to Bill. Correct solutions were submitted by Lambert Bright, Jerry Dickinson, Bill Runklau, Carolyn Frederick, Jon Froemke, Charles Good rich. Larry Grage. Warren Groeling. David Gustavson, Larry Hanneman, Ronald In gram. Margaret Jacobsen, Dennis Kevin, Marvin Lech. Larry Lathrop, Steve Lovell, Bill "McKinnin. Tayeb Mun aim. Herb Probasco, Donrta Schmidt, Gary Schrack. Rob ert Scheffler. Larry Schuster, John Schutz, Sue Slezak, Steve Tempero, Ann Wahl, Chris Weber. Leon Wiese. i auerrlins town & campus i i i i ' Regimental stripes sure! Cardigan dress with billow ing skirt that fairly dances as you walk. . Carefree dacron cron 0095 7 to 15. ON CAMPUS wmy con we puna eec&io ANYWAY? JUSTlNCASg ma Psi senior in Agriculture from Grand Island. Lila Shipley, senior at Wayne State Teachers Col lege from Norfolk, to Merlin Enckson, senior in Agricul ture from Oakland. Miller Heads Language Association Dr. James E. Miller, Jr., University English professor, was elected president of the Midwest Modern Languages Association last week-end at Dr. Miller is the Charles J. Mach Regents professor at the University. Meeting at the University of Illinois, the association also selected Nebraska as the site of its 1962 confer ence. The meeting will be held in the new Nebraska iuiiu iu tui Hen cui xsnka te . cma- Edu- cation. The Association also ap proved the University's sug gestion of using the theme, "Myth and Symbol in Con temporary Criticism." The major papers of the 1962 con ference wiU be published in a paperback volume by the NU Press. Ia addition, Dr. Christos E. P u 1 s, University English professor was elected secre tary of the American Liter ature section and Dr. Wil liam B. Gibbon, University Russian instructor was named chairman of the Slav ic Languages division. Hal Carney, University as sistant professor of Romance languages, read a paper en- titled "Motives for Galdos Venture -Field." into the Dramatic 1229 "R" Street Foreign Agriculturists Learn Extension Work Four agriculturalists from Jamaica, Nigeria and South ern Rhodesia have left the University's College of Agri culture after initial class room work during a three month workshop on "Super vision for Extension Work ers. The three are Mrs. Sylvia A. Leslie, Jamaica; Etim U. Isang and Mohammed Alkali, both of Nigeria; and Anthony S. Valentine, Southern Rho desia. After taking part in class room instruction on Ag cam pus, the four are receiving practical training in four counties. Between April 3 and 15, Mrs. Leslie will be in HaU County, Isang in Merrick County, Alkali in Valley County and Valentine in York County. Each participant will spend one week in a farm house and one week in the County Extension office. The combined training pro gram is designed to proivde training in the techniques of planning, organizing, staff ing, directing, coordinating and supervising Extension programs It is sponsored by the In ternational Cooperation Ad ministration, the U.S. De partment of Agriculture and the University in cooperation with Ag College Various Unive ersity staff members at the county and state levels will conduct the workshop. Mrs. Leslie is a home eco- Tassels Name 'Outstanding' Tassels held their annual initiation banquet for new members recently. Betty Jones was named the outstanding active member and Peeev Polk was named the outstanding pledge. The honors were awarded on the number of points earned. New pledges who were ini tiated were Kay Anderson, Beth Dering, Karen Died richs, Anita Dunker, Karen Edeal, Manbelle Elliot, Jane Fauquet. Bev Gray. Lola Griess, Ann Hanna. Judv Hansen. M o r r i e Harriet. Jackie litis. Mary Ann Kir stein, Sheryll Legler. Marilyn Miller, Marlene Muller. Joan MudeeL Carol Madson, Judy Polenz, Miss rout. Bee Price. Earb Rav. Grace Reilly, Rosann Rost, ancy borenson, Sara Springer. Joyce Story, June Struve, Sharon Swanson, Cleo Terry, Marilyn Waybright, Judy Wilheit, Ann Williams and Loy Lynn Wright Tassels recognized the new officers and the advisors. SIR WALTER RALEIGH Protective Pouch Keeps Tobacco ' V I Your fa V I - Out com y, ft J i A j. M ..rs New protoUv aluminum foil pouch ieep. lamous, mild Sir Walter Raleigh 44 fresher than old-fashioned tin cans. Choice Ken tucky burley-eitra aged. Get the familiar orange-and-black pack with the new pouch inside! SMELLS GRAND - PACKS RIGHT! SMOKES SWEET -CAN'T BITE I tnomics officer in the Jamai ca social Men are commis sion which corresponds to the Agricultural Extension Serv ice in America. Upon return ing to Jamaica, Mrs. Leslie will assist with an in-service training program for persons employed by the Commis sion. Isang was originally in charge of Extension work in the three provinces of East ern Nigeria and now teaches in the School of Agricultural, Nigeria. Alkali is the principle training officer for the Min istry ol Agriculture in the province of Bornu, an area of 45,000-square miles in Ni geria. Valentine is Provincial Ag riculturist, Ministry of Agri culture, Southern Rhodesia and supervises 28 Europeans and 166 Africans. He is one of five persons charged with directing a $12.5 million sev en year plan aimed at recog nizing African agriculture in Southern Rhodesia. TEACHER VACANCIES Numerous school administrators in Oregon, California, and Washington hare submitted their 1961-62 vacancy lists to be published. To receive your copy of the listings writ to Teacher Information Service, 2125 N.E. 140th, Portland 30, Oregon. Enclose $1.00 to cover cost of handling. Nebraskan Want Ads No. Word.! 1 da. 2 da. S da. I 4 da. lie I .40 I I M 1.00 11-1 tO I .80 I. 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