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Alpha Theta, Farm
By Janet Sack
Kappa Alpha Theta and
Erm)ott9e CTipptdschofas-"
tic honors at the University
for the second semester of
the 1960-61 school year.
The Thetas earned a 6.392
average and Farmhouse
had a 6.195 average. This
is the sixth consecutive se
mester that Kappa Alpha
Theta has had the highest
academic record. The house
will permanently receive
the traveling Panhellenic
Scholarship trophy. Farm
house has earned top scho
lastic honors among the
men's houses for 17 semes
ters. Both houses claim to have
no secret formula for secur
ing the high grades. Rich
ard Ambrosek, Farmhouse
scholarship chairman, said,
"We just study hard." Shar
on Anderson, Kappa Alpha
Theta president, said, '.'It's
their own desire. We do not
have a strict scholarship
program."
A decline was noted, how
ever, in the averages of the
top scholastic houses. The
Theta aveiage fell almost
.2 of a point from a 6.575
attained first semester. The
Farmhouse average de
clined only .036 of a grade
point. All group averages in
cresed slightly except for
the all-fraternity average
which declined from 5.318 to
5.112.
The all-sorority average
went from 6.028 to 6.084
Grade Honors
while the all-female aver
age increased from 5.878 to
5.911. The all-male average
increased from 5.271 to
5.376 and the all-University
average increased .087 of a
point to 5.544.
The complete scholastic
record:
Group 1, 6 or above
Alpha Omicron Pi
Alpha Phi
Alpha Xi Delta
Chi Omega
Delta Delta Delta
Farmhouse
Kappa Alpha Theta
Kappa Kappa Gamma
Love Memorial Hall
Pi Beta Phi
Sigma Kappa
Group II, 5.500-5.999
Alpha Chi Omega
Andrews House
Avery House
Beta Theta Pi
Burnett House
Canfield House
Delta Gamma
Elsie Ford Piper Hall
Fairfield House
Fedde Hall
Gamma Phi Beta
Tiro Concerts Slated
George Shearing Quintet
Performs Wednesday
Gustavson House I
Heppner Hall
Kappa Delta
Love Hall
Phi Delta Theta
Raymond Hall
Sigma Alpha Mu
Sigma Phi Epsilon
Terrace Hall
Towne Club
Zeta Beta Tau
Zeta Tau Alpha
Group III. 5.000-5.499
Acacia
Ag Men's Club
Alpha Gamma Rho
Alpha Gamma Sigma
Alpha Tau Omega
Benton House
Bessey House
Beta Sigma Psi
Boucher House
Burr Hall A
Cornhusker Co-op
Delta Sigma Phi
Delta Sigma Pi
Delta Tau Delta
Delta Upsilon
Gustavson House II
Hitchcock House
Kiesselbach House
MacLean House
Manatt House
Phi Gamma Delta
Phi Kappa Psi
Pi Kappa Phi
Pioneer House Inc.
Seaton House I
Seaton House II
Selleck House
Sigma Alpha Epsilon
Sigma Chi
Sigma Delta Tau
Sigma Nu
Smith House
Theta Chi
Theta Xi
Group IV, 4.999 or below
Brown Palace Inc.
Burr Hall East
Kappa Sigma
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Events Committee, tickets are
available from the Union
Board, chairmen and assist
ants, and at the Union Pro
gram office at the south door
of fhe Union. The price is
1 1.25.
George Shearing. "A Touch
of Genius," and his Quintet
will present concerts at 7 and
9 p.m. Wednesday in the Stu
dent Union Ballroom.
Shearing, born totally blind
in England, ended his formal
education at the age of 16 in
order to help the family fi
nances. After working his way
up through supper clubs, lo
cal pubs, orchestras, radio
programs, and personal
appearances for eight years,
his name became synonymous
with success in the English
music circles. He completely
dominated the British jazz
polls for most of the succeed
ing seven years.
Soon after Shearing came to
the United States he was ac
claimed as the outstanding
foreign-born musician in the
United States. The Quintet
win nun u ii n . vi u ri f 1 if
Utility VI mill HUM I V X
corded such hits as "Septem-1 Vrklriif
ber in the Rain." They soon1 WJllI Ul IlltO
gained the reputation of be- j
ing one oi the most consistent
sellers in the recording in
dustry and the biggest crowd
drawers in the jazz field.
Every trade and disk
jockey poll of any significance
has been won by Shearing
some of them as many as
seven times. He has been
named the number one pian
Vol. 75 No. 1
The Nebraska n
Friday, September 15, 1961
NU Buys Local,
Mead
L
and
GEORGE SHEARING
'i
An influx of nearly 2,500
ew students is posing the
most serious housing problem
ist in a dozen nations includ- j the University has ever faced
ing Japan. Australia, Ger- j in recent years.
May House
Freshmen
many, t rance, and south
Africa. I
Shearing has started using ;
his talents in other fields than i
oeing an ouisiano. ng pianisi. bring the total to nearlv 9 m
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By Janet Sack
Expansion in a big way oc
curred at the University this
summer with government ap
proval of transfer of the Mead
plant and preliminary negoti
ations for the purchase of 14
lots adjoining the City cam
pus, according to Carl Don
aldson, University business
manager.
The 14 lots which will be
purchased, subject to formal
ratification by the entire
Board of Regents at the meet
ing this month, will cost $295,
000 and includes the North
western Metal Company plant
and property adjoining the
City campus.
Possession date of the land ; several
adjoining the campus will bo said.
February 28, 1962. The three
parcels include the land ad
joining 9th Street on the east
from T to U streets and.. run
ning a half block in depth;
four lots at the northeast cor
ner of 9th and U Streets; and
three lots north of Memorial
Stadium bordered by lUh
Street on the west and Avery
Avenue on the south.
The land is desired for long
range development of the Uni
versity campus. No construc
tion plans are being made
now. The University will use
the existing warehouses for
years, Donaldson
Mead Land
I On August 23, the Univer-
sity received final govern
ment approval for transfer of
8,200 acres of land at the Ne
braska Ordinance Plant near
Mead.
The University will not im
mediately acquire full owner
ship from the government on
the Mead plant to be used by
the College of Agriculture. The
right to use the Mead land was
granted immediately, subject
to the expiration of some 50
leases now held by farmers
in the area. Transfer of the
plant will be made in "public
New Process Speeds Registration;
Add, Drop Begins Next Week
Enrollment in the incoming
freshman class will exceed
that of last year's total by
nearly 400 students. This will
''Lullaby of Birdland," and is
also doing arrangements for
strings.
A Capitol recording artist,
he has apepared on the Ed
Sullivan, Stee Allen, Kay
Starr, and Bing Crosby shows.
This summer the Shearing
Quintet played a two week en
gagement at Angelo's in
Omaha.
Sponsored by the Special
NU Alumnus
Editor Plans
To Resign
The editor of the monthly
magazine of the University of
Nebraska Alumni Associa
tion, Richard L. Coffey, will
serve as editor of the Univer-
sity of Southern California's j
alumni publication at Los An-
gcles. !
His resignation is effective rooms for independent male
trar Floyd Hoover.
This increase of new stu
dents, Hoover said, has put a
strain on University housing.
All of the University facilities
were reserved by July, Dr.
Hoover said.
To alleviate the situation,
particularly for coeds, the
University will permit soror
ities who have vacancies to
house pledges. Previously, all
freshmen women have been
required to live in the Wom
en's Residence Halls.
Officials at Selleck Quad
rangle have also felt the rush
of new students. In a memo
given to male rushees during
the annual Interfraternity
Council (IFC) rush week,
rushees were allowed to
break their dorm contracts
and move into fraternities
upon pledging. 1 his move
By Margy Martin
Registration has now
reached the half-way point.
New students who preregis
tered early last spring or dur
ing the summer should pick
up their registration materi
al from their, advisers.
Former students will re
ceive their registration mate
rials at the Coliseum. These
forms should be completed
and fees paid at the Colise
um according to the fee
schedule.
Payment of fees began yes
terday with A-K, and contin
ues today with L-Z, register
ing 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
In order to avoid a rush of
students at any one time stu
dents are given admission
tickets at the Coliseum. A
new group is admitted each
half hour. A period is set
aside each morning and aft
ernoon as a catch up period
when no more students will
be admitted. The number of
cashier's windows has been
doubled to help reduce con
gestion. When admitted to the Coli
seum students pay their fees
at the cashier's window. The
cashier will have the fee
M VJ -J .Vx
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II
I
t
caused most fraternities to cards already assessed. The
be filled to capacity and at
the same time cleared more
Oct. 1st, said Arnold Magnu
son, executive secretary of
the Nebraska Association.
This past month t h e Ne
braska Alumnus was cited as
one of the top 10 alumni mag
azines in the nation by the
American Alumni Council.
Associated editor of both
the Nebraska Farmer and
Colorado Ranch and Farmer
prior to joining the Univer
sity staff, Coffey had been ed
itor of the Nebraska Alumnus
since 1959.
He was also a member of
the staff of the Alliance Daily
Times-Herald and a 1951
graduate of Rushville High
School and a 1955 graduate
of the University.
Frosh Hop
Held Tonight
The annual Frosh Hop spon
sored by the Innocents society
will be held Friday from 8-12
p.m. in the Student Union
Ballroom.
Tickets for the Hop are 75c
each and may be obtained
from members of the Inno
cents Society or at the door.
The "Cool Breeze Combo",
a six-man group playing pop
ular, rock and roll music and
jazz will provide the entertainment.
students
In order to accomodate the
rush of female students, the
University will house nearly
100 coeds in the Hall of Youth
in the new Nebraska Center
for Continuing E d u c a tion,
Hoover announced. These
rooms will take six to eight
girls.
With no other place to go
for housing the University of
ficials have asked students to
find housing facilities In the
homes of Lincolnites.
W. C. Harper, director of
University Services, noted
that the housing situation ex
ceeded what they were pre
pared for but added that the
response from city residents
to appeals for housing has
been very good.
Because of t h e increased
number of students housed on
the Agricultural campus, stu
dents in Burr and Fedde dor
mitories will be fed along
with the coeds in the Nebras
ka Center In the Hall of
Youth.
With plans for a new girls
dormitory still in the infant
stage of construction, there is
apparently no real relief in
sight with forecasts of more
students for the 1962-63 school
year.
student will receive his re
ceipt, ID card, and his copy
of the registration form. He
will then write his name and
stvdent number on his enroll
ment cards and return them
to the cashier.
A $3.00 late fee will be ad
ded for students registering
on Monday. A $4.00 late fee
will be charged for students
registering after Septem
ber 18.
Late fees for graduate stu
dents are $3.00 beginning
September 25. No registration
or adds are permitted after
12 noon on September 30.
Drops may be processed with
a $2.50 late fee until noon
December 16.
Those students whose cards
were pulled either last spring
or summer and who did not
make registration changes by
September 1 will need a drop
and add slip signed by their
adviser and dean (except for
Ag College students) in order
to change courses. These
drops and adds may be made
only after September 18 and
the payment of fees. Students
must write their student num
bers on the upper left-hand
corner of the drop and add
form before they will be ac
cepted. A pink drop slip and
a green add slip must be
filled out for each class.
Any section changes are
handled entirely by the de-
WE'LL SEE YOU AT 8 A.M.
Al Plummer points out to a registering student the
advantages of the new registration system. Appointment
cards provide for fewer long lines and for less time
wasting. Reports so far indicate that the new system has
been very successful.
partment, and not through
the Registrar's Office.
Returning students and new
transfer students who have
not previously registered
must make out their work
sheets and turn them in at
the Registrar's Office, 208
Administration, where all
registration forms and pay
fees at the Coliseum proba
bly after two days. Each stu
dent will pick up his form at
his alphabetical station in the
Coliseum at the time he is
told. The student should then
fill in instructors and class
rooms on his registration
cards are being pulled this copv. The bottom part will be
tau.
These students will be told
when they can pick up their
used for the information
which formerly required an
entire string of cards.
interest" at the rate of 5 per
cent per year, Donaldson said.
The Mead plant was acti
vated during World War II
when the Army made ammu
nition there. It was also used
during the Korean WTar, Don
aldson said. The plant was
declared surplus land in late
1959. At this time the Univer
sity made the first applica
tion for transfer of the land.
The break came in late
August of this year. "It was
a thrill to get it, Donaldson
said. "It was an awful lot of
work and a job, but well
worth working for."
Explosives
Complicating the final ap
proval of transfer were four
load "lines" areas that were
contaminated with marble
size explosive materials scat
tered about.
The four isolated load lines
are each one mile in length
and within them are located
buildings which are contam
inated. Originally the Univer
sity purchase plans did not in
clude the four load lines. Aft
er talking with the Army, the
University agreed to take
them and follow the Army's
instructions on how to isolate
them. In time the buildings
will be decontaminated, he
said.
Within the plant, located 25
miles northeast of Lincoln,
are 20-30 miles of road, 100
concrete magazine storage
buildings, 200 50x40 foot wood
frame storage buildings which
will eventually be used as of
fices, research labs, garages,
corrals and for grain storage.
The five departments in the
Ag College which will be
mostly effected by the land
addition are dairy husbandry,
agronomy, horticulture, agri
mal husbandry.
Although the land will take
from 5-10 years to completely
develop, plans are being made
for large scale crop dusting
experiments along with breed
ing and crop experimentation.
Annual maintenance of the
Mead plant is expected tc ex
ceed $100,000.
On Wednesday a team from
Washington, D.C. is coming to
work with the people from the
Ag College, according to Don
aldson .Such things as access
to roads and electric rights
will be discussed.
Wanted: KK Workers
All sophomore men who
wish to become Kosmet
Klub workers for the com
ing year are asked to at
tend a special Kosmet Klub
meeting Tuesday at 7 p.m.
in 332 Student Union.
Those who attended the
spring Kosmet Klub smoker
must also attend this meet
ing, according to Chuck
Sherfey, vice president of
Kosmet Klub.
Legislators Trim University's Budget;
Two Year's Funds Now Total $28 Million
The originally proposed request for an
increase of $5.6 million in the University's
general operating budget was severely
trimmed by the State legislature to an in
crease of only $2.8 million which is just
over half of the original request.
The net result is that the University
will have $28 million rather than $30.6
million requested in general funds to work
with for the next two years.
According to University comptroller
Joseph Shoshnik, the cut made by the
legislature made it necessary to rebuild
the budget for the coming biennium.
A little over half the $28 million avail
able ($14,048 million) will be used for this
year's budget (1961-62 term). These gen
eral fund dollars will be suplemented by
federal funds, student tuitions, endow
ments and other sources to produce an
amount of $18,346,160 for this year's bud
get. This amount represents an increase
of $1.5 million over last year's fiscal
budget. The increase of $1.5 million in
cludes two general items for which the
1961 Legislature gave specific directions:
$137,500 for growth and development, in
cluding funds for the new agricultural re
search field laboratory at Mead. Alto
gether the Legislature appropriated $275,
000 for growth and development for the
biennium.
$400,000 to finance the University's
contributions to the new funded retire
ment program for the first year of the
biennium. $500,000 was earmarked by the
Legislature for this purpose during the
second year of the biennium.
The new budget for the coming year
gives the most increase to the following
five functions: staff benefits, $412,326;
agriculture, $300,300; College of Arts and
Sciences, $179,022; physical plant, $125,
194; and medicine, $120,275.
Beatty
Reins Over
Nebraskan
Norm Beatty, a senior in
the School of Journalism, will
hold the editorial reins of The
Daily Nebraskan for the fall
term.
ceatty is
vice p r e s i
dent of Sig
ma Delta
Chi, profes
sional jour
nalism hon
or a r y for
men; a mem
ber of Young
D e mocrats
and a mem-
Beatty ber and His
torian of Sigma Phi Epsilon
social fraternity. This is his
fourth year on the Nebras
kan staff.
While on the paper he has
served as sports reporter,
senior staff writer and new
editor before being selected
for his current position. Beat
ty is dual matriculating in the
College of Arts and Sciences
and Teachers College.
He will be assisted by Gret
chen Shellberg at managing
editor, Ann Moyer at news
editor, Dave Wohlfarth as
sports editor and Cloyd Clark
as Ag news editor.
Miss Shellberg is vice pres
ident of Builders; a member
of Theta Sigma Phi, profes
sional journalism honorary
for women-! Kappa Theta Al
pha, journalism honorary;
Delta Gamma social sorority
and Mortar Board. She has
served as copy editor of the
Nebraskan for two semesters
and was managing editor last
semester.
Miss Moyer is on the Stu
dent Union Board; a mem
ber of Mortar Board and
Kappa Alpha Theta social so
rority. She has worked on the
Daily Nebraskan for three
years, serving as copy editor
and junior and senior staff
writer.
Wohlfarth is a member of
the varsity tennis team, N
Club, Delta Tau Delta social
fraternity, and a member of
Sigma Delta Chi. He is better
known as "Bullet" and has
been with the Nebraskan for
two years.
The copy desk will consist
of Eleanor Billings, Jim For
rest and Louise Holbert.
The news gathering team
will be Nancy Whitford and
Jan Sack, senior staff writ
era, and Tom Kotouc, Mike
MacLean, Sue Hovik and Bob
Nye, junior staff writers.
Don Ferguson is the new
business manager. He is
president of the Interfratern
ity Council; president of Phi
Gamma Delta social fratern
ity; past president of Young
Democrats, a past member
of the Builders public rela
tions committee; and a mem
ber of Sigma Delta Chi.
Ferguson is beginning his
third year with the Nebras
kan. He is enrolled in Teach
ers College with a major in
journalism.
Assistant business managers
are Bill Gunlicks, John Zollin
ger and Bob Cunningham.
Jim Trester is the circula
tion manager and Paul Hens
ley will serve as the staff
photographer.
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