Lecture
on Space
Today, 2 p.m.
Magician
for Fun
Wednesday
U3ARY
Lincoln, Nebraska
20 1961
Summer Nebroskan
Tuesday June 20, 1961
What Is the Midwest?
Education Wise?
MmmerSessions ItV Value to Nebraska
Editor'! note: This Is the first article
In a riet which wUl attempt to ex
plore the Midwest, specifically Nebraakai
Its opportunities. Its dlsadvantaies, Its
problems. In this first story we will
examine some edneatora rlews in an
attempt to put the Summer Sessions
Into perspective with the development of
the state. , .
By Gretchen Shellberg
Is the academic quality of
the Summer Sessions superior
to that of the fall and spring
semesters? Are Summer Ses
sions more beneficial to the
state of Nebraska?
According to Dr. Frank E.
Sorenson, director of the Sum
mer Sessions, the answers to
both these questions, are yes.
"The summer student is
more mature. He's here be
cause he wants to be and
the faculty are realizing
that," Dr. Sorenson said.
"And," he added, "the qual
ity of the faculty is relative."
Most of the summer staff
are now of major rank (as
sociate or full professors) with
much experience, Sorenson
said. This faculty, coupled
with more mature students,
results in a superior academ
ic session, he said.
As an example of the ma
turity of students, Sorenson
cited the fact that two out of
three students in the Univer
sity's Summer Sessions are
teachers, school superintend
ents and educational 1 e a d
ers. Direct Help
"The Summer Sessions
bring direct help to the state,"
Sorenson continued. These
educators usually stay in Ne
braska and the result is di
rect benefits not only to those
educated here but to "those
members of their community
to whom they pass on their
learning," he said.
Therefore, "as we improve
our Summer Sessions we im
mediately improve Nebraska.
In the fall and spring, stu
dents leave the state and we
need a longer look to see the
benefit to the state," he said.
These students who leave
the state, he explained, pro
duce materials and products
elsewhere that we use here,
however, so we can't actually
consider them separated from
Nebraska.
"Nebraska is not 'apart'
but 'a part' of the nation and
the world," Dr. Sorenson
said. "We can't be separate
and independent. There's
where we make our mistake."
Adam Breckenridge, Dean
of Faculties, also stressed Ne
braska's being "a part" of
the world. In discussing Uni
versity graduates who leave
the state, he said, "I'd be
alarmed if people didn't go
elsewhere. I'd think they
weren't qualified to compete
in the nation's market"
Students Stay
Breckenridge stressed the
fact, however, that many
students from the University,
regardless of the sessions
they attended, do stay in Ne
braska. He cited the following
examples:
one-third of all the liv
ing graduates of the College
of Engineering live ia Ne
braska. Half of the state's prac-
World Affairs Previews Will Provide
Adventures to Space, Southeast Asia
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Dr. Everett T. Welmers,
director of Satellite Systems
of the Aerospace Corp. and
one of the nation's leading
space research executives,
will speak at the University
today at 2 p.m. in Love
Library Auditorium.
The lecture, "Adventures
in Space," will be open to
Summer Sessions partici
pants and the public as part
of the World Affairs Pre
views. The second lecture in the
series will be presented
next ilonday at 2 p.m. ia
Love Library also. It will
feature Dr. Robert A. Scal
apino, professor of political
science at the University of
Calif orinla, Berkley. His lec
ture Is entitled "U.S. Re
sponsibilities la Southeast
Asia."
Both speakers are author
ities in their respective
fields. N
Dr. Welmers
Dr. Welmers has recently
been associated with the In
stitute for Defense Analysis
in Washington, D.C. In addi
tion to many government
and industrial assignments,
be was a former assistant
to the president of the Bell
Aircraft Corporation for
long-range planning.
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ticing dentists, doctors and
lawyers are NU graduates.
Of approximately 80,000
living alumni of the Univer
sity, one half live in the
state.
Dean Breckenridge d i s
agreed with Dr. Sorenson on
other points concerning the
Summer Sessions, however.,
According , to Dean Breck
enridge, the student in Sep
tember is equally as mature
as the summer student. "The
September student's here be
cause he wants to be, too,"
he said.
"During the summer,"
Breckenridge added, "the ma
jority are enrolled in colleges
other than Teachers. There is
a heavy distribution in the
undergraduate colleges."
Enrollment
College 1960
Agriculture 118
Arts and Sciences 341
Bii Ad 198
Dentistry 84
Engineering and
Architecture 215
Graduate 781
Law .... 3
Pharmacy 3
Teachers (under
graduate) 829
Teachers (advanced
professional) 688
Junior Division 13
Students at Large 95
Breckenridge also believes
that the person who goes to
DR. EVERETT WELMERS
During World War II, Dr.
Welmers was responsible
for the navigation programs
taught to Air Force and
Navy persoH&eL As i re
search specialist he has
been a member of several
special study groups for the
Department of Defense and
has lectured on dynamics,
computers, applied mathe
matics, operations analysis,
reliability and aerospace
problems.
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MIDWEST?
college doesn't have an im
mediate distribution of ef
fects on those around him
when he returns to his com
munity. "He doesn't 'tuck this
fact away and use it on Sep
tember 31. You don't depart
mentalize your knowledge,"
Breckenridge said.
Opportunity
Both men seemed to agree
that "opportunity" was the
magic force in encouraging or
discouraging migration to
and from the state.
"Here is an agricultural
state," Sorenson said in dis
cussing Nebraska. "Our basic
industry, farming, used to em
ploy lots of people and keep
the children at home."
"Employment opportunities
are not here at the present
time, however," he added.
'The basic reasons why peo
ple come to a state don't
shine out."
These, he said, include em
ployment, touring and vaca
tion spots, and taking advan
tage of educational opportu
nities, particularly in higher
education.
Sorenson said that univer
sities such as Colorado have
recreational facilities Nebras
ka can't offer. Over a period
of time they have publicized
their university" (Colorado)
and people have gotten in the
habit of going there, he said
Life on Plains
"We must sell the idea
across the U.S. of what life
DR. ROBERT SCALAPINO
His early experiences
have included testing of jet
aircraft and as early as
1949 serving as chief of mis
sile dynamics for the Bell
corporation.
Dr. Sca'aplno
The second guest lecturer,
Dr. Robert Scalapino, holds
an equally impressive rec
ord. An authority on the
Far East, he holds a B.A.
degree from Santa Barbara
College and an M.A. and
is like in the Great Plains,"
he said. "We need to develop
our areas and we need to
publicize more."
"It takes time to build a
tradition of a fine Summer
Session. We must advance the
quality of teaching," he said.
"More will come as we make
our environment more com
plete and comfortable andas
we publicize," Sorenson said.
He added that already much
of the "publicity" is being
done by word of mouth and
through the constantly chang
ing bulletin revisions. The
World Affairs Previews and
the Fine Arts programs also
help to "sell the session," he
said, "and the Union does a
tremendous job in food and
recreation areas. The dorms
Sky Shoic Depicts
What did the night sky look
like to early Indians, settlers
and cowboys? How did it
appear to Custer and his men
just before dawn of their last
day fighting the Indians?
These scenes are part of the
University's Mueller Plane
tarium summer sky show,
"A Night Sky on the Prairie,"
being presented now through
July 31 at the planetarium in
Morrill Hall.
The programs may be seen
Monday-Friday at 2:45 p.m.;
Monday, Wednesday and Fri
day at 8 p.m., and Saturdays
and Sundays at 2:30 and 3:45
Ph.D. from Harvard Uni
versity.
Scalapino, who will pre
sent the second lecture in,
the World Affairs series
next Monday, also held a
Carnegie Fonndatioa Grant,
a Rockefeller Fonndatioa
Grant, a Ford Foundation
Grant and was a Social
- Science Researh Council
Fellow. He is currently a
professor and vice chairman
of the department of polit
ical science at the Univer
sity of California, Berkeley.
In addition Scalapino has
served as a consultant to
the Governmental Affairs
Institute, a University of
California extension repre
sentative in the Far East for
the Armed Forces program,
vice chairman of the In
stitute of International Stu
dies for the University of
California, a research con
sultant for the American As
sembly at Columbia Univer
sity and a consultant to the
Senate Foreign Relations
Committee (on Asia).
He lists many publications
to his credit, including ar
ticles for the Far eastern
Survey, Foreign Policy Re
ports and the American Pol
itical Science Eaview.
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are better too. We are ac-l
quiring some maturity."
Dean Breckenridge, on the
other hand, said, "the contri
bution of the summer pro
gram is just another period
of education. You do most of
the same things you do any
other time of the school
year."
He emphasized the fact that
Summer Sessions are a main
part of the University pro
gram and not a special
program.
Special lectures and recre
ational facilities are also
available the year 'round and
in greater number, he said.
He cited the Montgomery lec
tures and convocations such
as the one last spring fea
turing U.S. Supreme Court
Night on Prairie
p.m. They include both sight
and sound impressions of
lightning, thunder, pounding
of cattle's hooves during a
stampede and even the lone
some wail of a coyote.
August Degree
Applications Due
All students who expect to
receive bachelors or ad
vanced degrees or teaching
certificates in August should
apply for them by June 27 in
the Registrar's office, 208 Ad
ministration Building.
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Justice William O. Douglas
as examples.
'No Difference'
"Things during the summer
are no different," Brecken
ridge said. "The regular year
is flooded with these things
and this (summer) is a con
tinuation of this kind of pro
gram." - Breckenridge did not give
recreational and environmen
tal factors as reasons for
drawing students to summer
school. He said the program
expands gradually as stu
dent interest expands," and he
expressed no desire to attract
more outstate students to the
sessions.
According to the dean, 14
15 of the University enroll
ment is outstate students.
When asked if a wider rep
resentation might not be more
beneficial to Nebraska's de
velopment as "a part" of the
rest of the nation, Dean
Breckenridge said "Nebras
kans are not as provincial as
or less provincial than those
who've never been west of
the Hudson."
"There's no magic in per
centage figures of mixed
population (representing dif
ferent geographic areas)," he
said. "There is no way to de
termine what makes a good
mix. I know of no level to
set that would be better than
it is."
Breckenridge added that
there is no open recruiting
Index to Inside Pages
MATH LOSES ITS APPLES Seventh graders at Univer
sity High School are not learning mathematics by count
ing apples bought at the grocery store any more. To learn
how these students were taught to think out patterns in
math for themselves see
Page 2
AREA WDLY SCTD MDT TO STG-It's not gibberish, at
least not to trained meteorologists who interpret phrases
like this into everyday weather predictions. For an ex
planation of the causes of our present June thunderstorms
see
Page 2
HAIL TO THE TEAM During the past 60 years, 15 ath
letic directors have coached Nebraska's football teams,
developed the Athletic Department and watched NU stu
dents accumulate records in both major and minor sports.
For a background on these 15 men and their teams see..
Page 3
SUMMER TELEVIEWING Campus Educational Channel
12, KUON-TV, presents "The Quiet War," an inside view
at South Vietnam, its cold war and its living conditions,
actually filmed in Vietnam by Intertel cameramen. For
a complete KUON-TV listing see
Page 4
"COMIC MAGICIAN The Student Union presents C. Shaw
Smith as the second performer in its artist series Wed
nesday. To learn more about this comedian see
Page 4
program at the University be
cause mere wouia oe a tnam
reaction of more students, re
quiring more facilities, requir
ing more money, resulting in
more students, requiring mora
facilities, etc.
War Babies
He did anticipate, however,
that in about 5 years there
wil be a surge of more out
state students he war bab
ies in all University s e s
sions because other Univer
sities are fining up and Ne
braska's enrollment is still
low and entrance require
ments are not as strict.
Breckenridge also listed
lack of opportunity as a fac
tor in student migration, how
ever he felt it causes UnS
versity graduates to leave the;
state rather than failing to '
draw outsiders to the states
"Students leave because the?
go where the opportunities
are,' he said,
"Architects go where
there's lots of construction.
Teachers want adventure, tO
get away from Jlie home re
gion and more attractive sain
aries, perhaps in a large
community," he said.
When asked why he thought
students come to the Univer
sity, specifically the Summer
Sessions, Breckenridge felt
many people enter teaching
to do work related to educa
tion outside of the classroom.
"Teachers don't have the
magic means to gain or dis
cover new knowledge, put un
der the broad umbrella of re
search, so they must attend
Summer Sessions to gain that
knowledge," he said.
"Many faculty don't want
to engage in the teaching
function the year round. They
need time without interrup
tions to do research and ad
ditional study," he said.
Summer Sessions also pro
vide opportunity for the high
school graduate to begin col
lege, Breckenridge added.
"We've always had this pro
gram ... but this year there's
a new idea." The emphasis
is on a special program for
students not" academically
well prepared for college
work judging from their high
school record. We have sug
gested two courses instead of
three for these students,
Breckenridge said.
Trimester Plan
Breckenridge listed a third
reason why he thought the
Summer Sessions were popu
lar. "Some people favor the
trimester plan," he said. This
would envolve creating three
semesters instead of two'
which would run year around
instead of nine months long.
The dean said he felt there
was no difference between this
plan and the present system
of two semesters with a sum
mer school "Students can go
year 'round now if they want
to," -he said. "The trimester
doesn't help since you've still
got to have a Summer Ses
sion begining in June for the
school teachers who aren't
free when the third semester
begins in April."
