The Nebraskan
Monday, May 1, 1961
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Just A Thought
By Dare Calhoun
The Peace Corps is picking up steam in two opposite j
directions, according to Washington headquarters. I
University and college campuses throughout the na- ;
tion continue to show a great deal of interest. Every day j
the Peace Corps center is flooded with letters and appli- j
cations.
This, the Peace Corps likes It's
the other problem that worries them.
A few misconceptions about the
Peace Corps have sprung up, according
to a headquarters release.' Here are a
few of the problems they are facing.
College graduates will NOT dig
ditches in the Peace Corps. Nor will they
explain Locke to the Bantus. The volun
teers will not try to "Americanize" the
world, nor will they be selected from the
ranks of the "draft dodgers." These are
just a few of the misconceptions.
First, the Peace Corps volunteers will go only where
he Is asked. He will be asked only where there is a speci
fic Job to do. The Job ill be one the host nation can't
do itself, headquarters says.
Presently, the first vol'-ateers are scheduled to go
to Tanganyika. There, roads must be built to get the
farmer's produce to market centers. Volunteers with
these skills have applied and interviews have been set
for late May. In June a task force will be selected and
intensive training started.
At a university the volunteer will learn about Tan
ganyika, about its culture, tradition and history. He will
also study the heritage and history of the United States.
H will begin a physical conditioning program and brush
up on his skills in terrain similar to Tanganyika's.
Physical and mental conditioning for the xigors of
Africa will be stepped up at a camp site in a mountain
rain forest abroad. Lectures on tropical living conditions
win be given.
In most projects, according to Peace Corps, head
quarters, the local language will be taught in a stateside
university. For the Tanganyikan project, however, the
Tanganvikan government has asked that it be permitted
to use its techniques to teach the volunteers Swahili.
The rest of the release points out the work, the vol
unteers will do.
It also points out another misconception that of fi
nances. The volunteer will receive enough money to live
a "simple" existence, but not exactly at the level of the
local populace, according to the release.
Misconceptions has found its way to the University
campus also. Many of the people around here are under
the impression that they, as Peace Corps members, will
be the knight in shining armor who win ride into some
underdeveloped country and personally save it
Right now the youth, generally, is under the impres
sion that the Peace Corps is the greatest thing in the
world. Let's face reality, it isn't. The Peace Corps will
mean a lot of hard work, and will certainly call for cour
age and endurance. This doesnl include the fact that
this will be about the loneliest job imaginable.
As soon as the luster wears off of the Peace Corps,
the real merits win stand out If any of you are interested
in finding out more about the Peace Corps, a recently
published "Fact Book" may satisfy your curiosity. If you
want to obtain a copy of this publication, write to Peace
Corps, Washington 25, D.C.
The Bite's Worse
By Barbara Barker
Another exciting weekend
is completed and yet an
other is in bountiful store
for the forward-looking U of
Nebraska campus. The Phi
Delt turtle race went off
with smashing success,
Eber manning the mike in
a typical, always-hilarious,
frequently - quite - smutty
manner and Stan popping
the cap pistol like a celeb
rity. Adding the hare,
speed demoniacal as he
may have been, to the fes
tivities was great sport;
I'm glad the little furry ani
mal had an excuse for not
movingthe hare always
loses, naturally. Only one
problem has arisen with the
two-month old lovable litte
creature how to get rid of
him? Would some animal
lover like a cheap, slow,
sharp-clawed, little white
Easter bunny named Hogo
boom (with a tin can full
of oat-and-pellet rabbit food
thrown in) to train for next
year's turtle marathon????
My heartiest congratula
tions to the young coed who
was indeed fortunate to be
paired off with the recently
departing Fiji Field Secre
tary. Yon realixed, of
course, the privilege which
befell yon in dealing with
thig young gentleman, and
yon have my very best
wishes in ever trying to get
back on the good side of
your housemother.
The up-and-coming week
end holds high promises of
being stupendously exciting
and thrilling and an the
usual high-sounding termi
nology connected with such
festivities. I have just been
told I should say something
very mystic at this point in
order to confuse aU you
readers (if any of you are
still there) and make like I
really know an the deep
dark secrets, etc., etc. To
ten you the truth, I have
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Calhoun
been very lackadaisical j
about the whole affair this j
year, merely hoping that it j
win not rain and that I win j
he physically fit to attend so !
that I may see one really j
nice - type - let's - get - a-j
sun - tan Ivy Day before I j
depart from this institution, j
I have thought of adding j
my personal participation j
to the goings-on by setting
up a mask stand for dis- j
appointed potentials or sing- j
ing flatter than usual on our
Ivy Day Sing song. Person- j
aUy, I think Ivy Day festiv- j
ities should be held in the
same area as always the j
basement watt's of Mr. Shel-
don's Gothic temple would j
provide excellent acoustical I
conditions for the yearly
rendition of "W h o ShaU i
Bear the Ivy?"
May the Spring Day j
games be springy, with a j
personal hope that the moo- 1
ing from the cow barns wiU j
not out-do the screaming,
teeming masses in competi- I
tion; may the Delts continue
to add their only real con- j
tribution to the campus the j
nicely-blossoming pink trees
gracing their contemporary
dwelling; may the May!
Queen fail to trip on her I
train; and long live District I
Conventions. Right? Right. I
Ostdiek to Preside
At 4-H Conference
University freshman, Dolor-I
es Ostdiek, one of Nebraska's!
4-H club members, has been
selected for a Vey presiding;
role during the 31st National!
4-H Conference now under
way in Washington, D. C. I
Miss Ostdiek wffl preside!
during one of the delegate as-
sembly sessions.
Other Nebraska 4-H'ers at-!
tending the conference include!
Joyce B a y m a n n, Ronald!
Wright and Fred Marx. f
W - : r? mh
SI tZ ."3.
TediT'i arUrlr arah arHa the I'at
; rmiiy E-vtenstea IK'islaa vairh eana
: erates wttfe the eellfHreli. aivtwiea. ar
: Mrtmejita and arrnlttia It tar J't
: TersiK at brk la extradlnt tartr
I airihet te thr aeeale af the war. ia
: arder areemnltch thh avraear. there
: are a treat variety a( eervtm ara
: Tidrd.
'The University was a
; pioneer in the field of high
; school correspondence
! study," says Dr. G. W.
; Childs, diret-tor of the Class
and Correspondence In
struction. "It has the most
extensive program of any
college or university in the
United States.
In the fan of 1929, Dr. K.
i O. Broady, present direo
i tor of the Extension Divi-
sion. Ear Piatt and Dr. A.
A. Reed of Teacher's Col
: lege began aa experiment
i in Nebraska using corres
pondence courses in two
subjects at the Crookston,
Nebraska high school. For ,
this project a grant of $10.
00 was received from the
Carnegie Foundation. Eight
pupils studied second year
! Latin and six were en
: rolled in History of Eng
lish Literature. This start
ed the great adventure in
high school correspondence
work in Nebraska and lat
er, throughout the United
States. In 1930, forty-six
pupils in eight schools be
came correspondence stu
dents and by 1934. 41
courses had been prepared
and were being used by
high school students.
Omaha began using the
correspondence courses for
the hpmebound student,
and for those with sched
ule conflicts. The program
is also used for adults, who
i have never completed their
; high school education, and
for isolated pupils who are
i unable to attend a second
: dary school. Sometimes a
j school enrolls an entire
class in the program, with
i an Extension Division
: teacher actually teaching
i the course by correspon
: dence.
The most recent use of
i this service is by American
i students living abroad who
i want to obtain an Ameri
! can education. Students in
seventy -seven foreign coun
; tries are presently enrolled.
The high school corres
pondence program, under
the direction of Lester Har
vey, is serving approxi
mately 13,000 students as
compared with only 4,200 in
1950.
. E. W. Ellingson super
1 vises college correspon
I dence, which offers oppor
1 tunities to students who
i wish to earn college credit.
1 Many students utilize this
service to earn extra cred
1 it, either to correct class
I conflicts during the day or
perhaps just to improve
their general educational
background with the idea
1 of credit not being of prime
1 importance.
I Students who have been
1 put on scholastic probation,
by taking and completing
successfully six to nine
hours of correspondence,
I are eligible to be consid
f ered for re-entrance into
1 the University.
I The courses offered are
approved by the various
FIRST STEP
Around Our Campus
department heads, as are
the persons who read and
grade the lessons.
This department is cur
rently making surveys of
teaching machines, and
their possible utilization in
the future.
Another branch of the
Usivefsity Extension Divi
sion is that of Community
Resources, headed by Dr.
Otto Hofberg and super
vised by Emiel Chris
tens on. it had its origin in
1918 when Dr. Hoiberg felt
that the University could
be d i g more to help
small communities to take
advantage of their re
sources, relating these t
their problems. The depart
ment organized to give con
sultative assistance to afl
Nebraska communities and
community groups in the
follow ing areas: Communi
. ty Research, in which the
department cooperates with
other departments of the
University such as archi
tecture in making advisory
assistance available free of
charge, relative to the de
velopment and implemen
tation of community self
study projects; Community
Organization where guid
ance is provided is relation
to the development of or
ganizational structures and
operational programs for
planning youth centers,
community counens and
the like; and Community
City Planning where assis
tance is given to appro
priate groups in connec
tion with the development
of phvsical plans for parks
and recreation, industrial
development etc.
In an possible instances.
University students are
availed the opportunity to
assist in the services ren
dered and receive valua
ble on-the-job training in
their fields.
The department of Con
ferences and Institutes is
another service provided
through the Extension Di
vision and is headed by Dr.
Arthur Ward. The new Ne
braska Center for Continu
ing Education wffl now pro
vide a means for the peo
ple of Nebraska and the
midwest to utilize facilities
in ways not possible be
fore. Conferences to be held
will range from agriculture
to law. This is a place
where education can be
continued, regardless of tbe
level of previous schooling.
Dr. Ward is responsible
for the directing and plan
ning, and specially trained
coordinators provide expert
professional aid in planning
conferences. Dr. Ward said,
"The services which can be
made available are only as
limited as the imagination
of the people."
Tbe Bureau of Audio
Visual Instruction is under
the direction of Dr. Robert
Steppe and, in general,
serves the state in provid
ing audio visual materials
such as filmf. film strips
and tapes.
As a service to the Uni
versity, the Audio Visual
Service division provides,
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schedules and delivers
equipment for classes. Just
call Larry Kunkle, who su
pervises this section, and a
projector, recorder and
film or tape, whatever a
professor has requested, is
delivered, set up for use in
his classroom and a pro
jectionist is provided if
needed.
Audio Visual Service also
records all major ad
dresses, concerts and the
like here at the University
and these tapes are made
available to those who
want to use them. Now
under progress are plans
for the installation of new
and improved laboratory
facilities for the Romance
Language department
Under the supervision of
Miss Ruth Moline is the
Audio Visual Library.
Films may be ordered from
this library for use in all
Nebraska schools. If a
school desires a film not
contained in the library.
Miss Moline endeavors to
rent it from another film
library to send to the
school.
Presently the library
contains some 5,500 films
including those produced
by Coronet and the Ency
clopedia Britannic. There
are many film '"greats"
available such as the Hu
manitarian Series which is
based on great dramatic
"Oedipus the King" and
others. Available also are
complete high school
courses ia chemistry aid
physict, an undergraduate
coDge course in genetics,
films of Ton Are There"
and '"Omnibus," a series
for high schools tn Hori
zons of Science" and count
less other films which pro
vide invaluable information
and learning for aH age
levels.
The Bureau of Audio Vis
ual Instruction makes films
in accordance with the need
for certain information
within the state. Working
in conjunction with the Bu
reau of Reclamation and
the U.S. Department of In
terior, the most recent fflm
produced is "Irrigation
Practices." A request was
made to have this film nar
rated in Spanish and the
department is now in the
process of doing this. Tbe
Audubon Screen Tours pre
sented each year is co
sponored by the Bureau,
and an eminent naturalist
presents the narrative with
each film.
Skoda to Head
Ac Exec Board
Karen Skoda, a junior in
the College of Agriculture,
has been named president of
the Ag Exec Board.
Other students named to po
sitions on the Board include
Wes Grady, vice-president
and Floyd M. Keasling, who
was retained from the pre
vious Board as a member.
The Board, which is the Ag
College student governing
body, will select a secretary
treasurer at its next meeting.
May 10.
Barnstorming
The understatement this
week was uttered out on the
CoUege of Agriculture cam
pus by Dr. Franklin El
dridge when he said in con-
nection
with the 4th
annual
Science in
A g r icul
ture Confer
ence Thurs
day: "We may
bulge the
walls a bit.
but that is
what we ,
Forrest
are looking for.'
This statement of enthusi
asm and delight was made
after Dr. Eldridge, who is
dean of resident instruction
for Ag campus, made a call
to the Department of Con
ferences and Institutes and
found out that some 3S2 top
high school scholars had
registered for the Con
ference as of Tuesday.
His statement became an
understatement at t h
Thursday morning registra
tion for the day-long Con
ference. A total 442 state
high schoolers were pres
ent This is even more re
markable when it is consid
ered that the designers of
this Conference set a limit
of 400 as the top number of
students that could attend
before restrictions would
have to be enacted.
Dr. Eldridge said after
the Conference that they
will have to keep the at
tendance at the Conference
siinc where aronnd this
vears figure. However, he
did sav that if more stu
dents wanted to come, the
Conference might be "ex
panded to a two-day affair."
The largest number of
high schoolers attending
any previous Ag science
conference was only 240.
Several opinions have
been expressed since the
Conference on why the at
tendance took such an "un
expected" jump this year.
Victor MeCture, Thayer
Countv Extension Agent
said students who have at
tended in previous years
told other students about
the program.
"There seems to be an
awakening in the minds of
everyone regarding the in
creasing importance of sci
ence in our everyday life,"
commented Dr. Eldridge.
"There is an increasing in
terest in science throughout
the secondary schools and
this conference is one that
has educational value to
students interested in sci
ence." Students in srbau areas
are becoming tncreasmgly
aware of the opportunities
for scientific careers in ag
riculture as wen as other
subject matter areas, con
tinued the dean. A farm
background is not neces
sarily needed for a career
in some areas of scientific
activity in agriculture at
borne economics, be said.
Agriculture is presently
being faced with the same
booming increase of inter
est that faced the field of
engineering a couple of
years ago," Dr. Eldridge
stated.
Dr Eldridge also gave
credit for the attendance
Arch Students
Travel to Chicago
Twenty-nine University ar
chitectural students will tour
the Chicago area May S-8 on
an annual Senior Class Inspec
tion Trip of the department of
architecture.
The cities they will visit in
clude Chicago, K., and Ra
cine, Spring Green and Madi
son, Wis., where they will
study outstanding pieces of
American architecture, in
cluding the works of Frank
Lloyd Wright, Louis Sullivan
and Mies Vanderrohe.
The trip is sponsored by the
student chapter of the Amer
ican Institute of Architecture
at the University.
Faculty members who are
making the trip are: Dale
Gibbs, associate professor of
architecture; Keith Sawyers,
assistant professor of archi
tecture; and Patrick Hors
burgh, associate professor of
architecture.
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By JtM Furred
mark to the derrtnerit of
Conferences anrl 'oattutcs
who, for the first tiv.8, han
dled the pro- c-vt'ntx t
and corresponde -3 Tor tie
Conference and to t'ls pa
ple of the stsls wlio are
coming "to recojr.ize that
the College of A-vruliivsis
tied up closely to science.''
Dr. Donald Uv.nva.v, de
partment or agronomy
chairman, said, "Tiiere is
a revolution taVn? place in
agriculture and the map of
the 'battleground is lettered
with the word SCIENCE.
There are more than twice
as many agricultural work
ers in the nation employed
off the farm dian on the
farm.
There are at least 15.00O
positions open each year for
college graduates in agri
culture and the colleges
across the nation are grad
uating only about 7,000
young men annually. Need
we say more about the tre
mendous opportunities in
agriculture?" Dr. Hanway
questioned.
Dr. Eldridge's reactions
to the large attendance
was, "This may relax a
greater interest in agricul
that next year the College
will have a larger fresh
man class."
Some of the high school
students who attended the
conference expressed
varied opinions about the
day-long activities that
ranged from banquets to
demonstrations to speeches.
George Libal of Lexington
was among the boys who
got a different view of home
economics:
"I didnt expect that
home economics could be
so interesting," he ex
plained. "There is quite a
bit more chemistry and
physics connected with
home economics than I ex
pected." Another participant Judy
Nelson of Stromsburg, said
"1 didnt kiow research
had gone so deep into hu
man nutrition" after wit
nessing the "Proteins for
People" demonstrations.
She added that tbe ento
mology demonstration on
insects" looked like fan, but
1 couldn't handle insects.
Several of the students
tried their hand at operat
ing a radio controlled farm
tractor that operated like
clock-work at the flick of
button on the remote con
trol panol. They also saw a
complicated gadget de
signed to measure the
shocks sustained by a trac
tor driver.
Stanley Borcber of Lew
iston, was among those who
got a chance to iaject
plants with India Ink and
see the movement of liq
uids through the veins of
the leaf.
Congratulations to the
College of Agriculture for a
job well done.
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