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Vol. 75, No. 17
The Nebraskan
Monday, October 16, 1961
Student Council
Dra fts Associates
By Tom Kotouc
Forty-nine University students met last
week to volunteer as Student Council associ
ates to help with committee work and fill a
liaison gap between the Council and various
campus living units. v
Student Council Associates chairman,
Don Witt, said the enthusiasm of the students
was overwhelming in their desire to take part
in Council committee work. By the end of the
week an additional 25 or 30 students had con
tacted him indicating their interest in the
program.
The Council associates co
operation in committee dis
cussion and work will give as
on the Council a chance to do
a more efficient and effective
job than we could do before
from lack of time and eiion.
Witt said.
As to what the associates
will actually do. Witt said
On the faculty evaluation
committee organized last
spring, we could have used
the associates' help in send'
ing letters and receiving tests
from other schools on ine ei
fectiveness of their faculty
evalution programs.
Evalvate Court
The Student Tribunal sub
committee could have used
the assistance in evaluating
th court Droerams ana rules
on other campuses in develop
ing our own student trmunai
system,
John Nolan, chairman of
the Council public issues
committee, asked for assist-
Priorities
Listed for
Council
The priorities of a Peace
Corps training center at the
University, a civil defense
program on campus and in
vestigation of tne strengms
and weaknesses of the Na
tional Students' Association
are the priorities of the Stn
dent Council Public Issues
committee.
At the Council meeting
Wednesday, Public Issues
chairman, John Nolon, said
that in complying with Coun
cil purpose to "identify and
disseminate truth and knowl
edge," the Council must be
"both the mirror and molder
of student opinion."
Ray W. Focbt, a Peace
Corps field representative who
spoke to interested students
and faculty about the Peace
Corps Oct. 5, has said that
he felt the University has a
"very good" chance of carry
ing out a training program
for the Cprps on a perma
nent casts, NOion reponeu.
Considering the great bene
fit to the University and state
of such a program, "we feel
that its location here should
be encouraged and promoted
in whatever way possible by
the Council," Nolon said.
On civD defense at the Uni
versity, the Public Issues
committee had this to say:
"In case of emergency u r
student body would be com
pletely at loss. It is not only
the right, but the responsibil
ity of the Council to promote
a full scale Civil Defense pro
gram on campus."
Nolon stressed the need for
the Council to study the Na
tional Student Association's
executive council system in
striving to eliminate the in
equality that it has to pass
resolutions and disseminate
them throughout the world as
representative of the opinion
of the students of the US
"without consulting all mem
ber organizations as to their
agreement with these resolu
tions." The University is not a
member f the NSA. (
Weaver Elected
Jr 1FC President
The results of last week's
Jr. IFC officer elections have
been announced by Bill Mur
phy, IFC advisor.
Bob Weaver, Sigma Alpha
Epsilon pledge, was elected
president. J i m Raymond,
Kappa Sigma, will serve as
vice president; Dale Yost,
Alpha Gamma Sigma, secre
tary; Neil Cole, Acacia, treasurer.
ants to study the possibility
of securing a peace corps
training center at the Uni
versity and in studying civil
defense, and the weaknesses
and strengths of the National
Student Association.
The Council associates will
meet again in two weeks to
report on their work with
Council committees. One idea
that has been advanced by
the associates is that the or
ganization of the associates
be a group with separate
identity from the Council to
discuss Council issues and to
their committee's business,
In their desire to stimulate
the members of the Student
Council to greater activity,
the associates have asked to
be rotated between different
committees.
Cornell Program
In a special investigation
by the Daily Nebraskan of
programs at other universi
ties similar to the associates
program, the Freshman Ro
tation Program at Cornell
University in New York
proved one of the pioneers in
this effort.
At Cornell some 300 fresh
man apply annually for 16-20
positions open as . associ
ates." The accepted students
participate as equals with
older committee members in
the student government, but
serve without vote.
Students are rotated month
ly among the various com
mittees, creating a pool of
trained and competent lead
ership ready to assume Coun
cil chairmanship and mem
berships at Cornell the fol
lowing year.
KUON Airs
Programs
On Defense
The University television
station, KUON, is participat
ing in a civil defense training
program which includes both
televised background infor
mation and practical in-class-room
demonstrations. This is
the first program of its kind
in the state..
The television shows are on
Fridays at 7:30 p.m. with a
repeat program each Monday
at 6:30 p.m.
Classroom instruction will
be given Monday, Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursday
nights for four consecutive
weeks beginning next Mon
day, Oct. 23. Participants
may attend any one of the
four nights per week they
choose.
The classroom session
which will be given nearest
to the University will be at
Whittier Junior High School,
22nd and- Vine. Classes will
also be held at each of the
other junior high schools in
Lincoln and at General Ar
nold elementary school, Lin
coln Air Force Base,
The television programs
will give information on Rus
sian military potential, ef
fects of nuclear fallout and
the need for fallout shelters.
In the classes, teachers
will demonstrate how fallout
shelters can be built, what to
put in the shelters, how to
detect radiation sickness and
how to give first aid treat
ment. The survival series is spon
sored by the Department of
Adult Education of the Lin
coln public schools and the
State Department of Educa
tion. "We want citizens to be
educated and have as many
facts as possible so they can
make wise decisions in time
of an emergency," said Dr.
Chester Gausmarf, director of
the adult educational program.
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ROYAL
Taking the advantage of royalty, Prince Kosmet,
Ivan Grupe, and Nebraska Sweetheart, Ann Hanna, kiss
after being named at the Kosmet Klub's 50th annual
production, Fall Review. Grupe is a member of Sigma
Phi Epsilon fraternity and Miss Hanna is a member of
Kappa Alpha Theta. Both are enrolled in the College of
Arts and Sciences.
Hanna, Grupe Reign
Over Kosmet Klub
The announcement of Ann
Hanna and Ivan Grupe as Ne-
braska Sweetheart and Prince
Kosmet highlighted the 1961
Kosmet Kits fall show, An
niversary Antics,, Saturday
night at Pershing auditorium
Phi Delta Theta fraternity
took top honors in the skit
competition with Delta Upsi
Ion placing second. The Trav
eler act award was presented
IFC Elects
New Rush
Committee
The new rush committee for
the Interfraternity Council
(IFC) was elected recently
with John Abrahamzon of
Beta Theta Pi as chairman,
according to Don Ferguson,
president of IFC.
Other committee members
are Dave Smith, Beta Theta
Pi; Russ Daub, Phi Gamma
Delta; Harry Hamilton, Theta
Xi; Bob Cunningham, Phi
Delta Theta; Perry Dudden,
Delta Tau Delta; Ray Stev
ens, Farm House; Marc Sam
uelson, Sigma Alpha Mu;
Gary Broniletts, Sigma Nu;
and Glenn Ayres, Delta Upsi
Ion. All the above members will
serve through next Septem
ber, Ferguson said.
Ernie Bonis tall, Sigma Al
pha Epsilon, and Roger An
derson, Sigma Chi, were elec
ted as replacements in the Af
fairs committee under the
chairmanship of Roger Myers.
Jim Herring, Theta Xi; Brad
ley Williams, Sigma Phi Ep
silon; Bob Nye, Delta Upsi
lon, were elected replace
ments on the Public Relations
committee under the chair
manship of Phil Tracy.
All members elected as re
placements will serve until
February.
Grading
By Jan Sack
Since the University was founded on
Feb. 15, 1869, and until the present, three
grading systems have been used, accord
ing to Henry M. Cox, director of Uni
versity examinations service.
The first system which was used until
1910 had the letters E, G, M, P and F
to designate the grades. Jn 1910 the sys
tem was changed to numbers. The vari
ous divisions were 95 to 100; 90 to 54; 85
to 89; 80 to 85; 75 to 79; 70 to 74; 65 to
69; 60 to 65 and below 60 failing.
Until September of 1941 a gnde of fall
ing was below 50. At that date the mini
mum was raised to below 60 where it
now remains.
Nebraska scaled scores were introduced
at the Uninversity in 1939 to facilitate the
. interpretation of scores made by entering
students on the classification exams.
This nine-point scale was applied to
final grades beginning with the 1947 sum
mer session by action of the University
Senate.
The essential arguments for the change
to the nine-point system as specified by
Cox were:
1. "Teachers can judge the quality of
work done by students in their classes
generally only in five or six categories.
The nine-point scale permits the use of a
sufficient number of categories, on one
KISS
ti
to Gordy Meldrum of Beta
Theta Pi fraternity.
Nebraska Sweetheart
Miss Hanna, a senior in
Arts and Sciences, I trans
ferred from Lindenwood Col
lege in her junior year. While
at Lindenwood, she was in
Orchesis, Alpha Lambda Del
ta, May Court, president of
the sophom'-e class and on
the Dean's ast for four se
mesters. At Nebraska she is
an Ak-Sar-Ben Countess,
Ak-Sar-Ben Rodeo Queen,
Miss Wool . of Nebraska, a
member of -Orchesis and
Kappa Alpha Theta.
Grupe, a physical therapy
major, is president of Sigma
Phi Epsilon, past rush chair
man of the fraternity, assist
ant treasurer of Young Re
publicans, a member of the
varsity-basketball team and
N club.
Phi Delta Theta and skit
master Larry Meyers re
ceived the first place trophy
for "The Fruit of Chaos." It
was concerned with doing
away with all anniversaries
and substituting Kosmet Klub
in their place.
. Goose Mother
"The Golden Touch" won
second place for Delta Upsi-
lon and Tom Hutson, skit
master. It was a story about
Goose Mother and several
other nursery rhyme charact
ers who were involved in love
affairs. King Midas and his
golden touch caused the prob
lem which the DU's solved
by granting him a wish.
Meldrum won the Travel
er's Act by playing a guitar
and harmonica at the same
time.
The paid attendance for the
show was 3,300, the largest
number ever for a fall show.
The Kosmet Klub Spring
Show was announced as
scheduled for March 31, 1962.
It will be the production
"Guys and Dolls."
Methods Vary
hand, and the positioning or pitching of
the average at an appropriate point in the
other hand. It might be expected that in
a beginning freshman course most of the
grades would be from say 7 high to 1 low
(median 4), but in an advanced course,
most of the grades would be from 9 high
to 5 low (median 7). Thus, the scale can
show graduation of performance as stu
dent groups continue through college as
well as within classes in any one year.
2. "The nine-point scale can correspond
roughly to the method which is used in
analyzing the ability of entering college
students. In analyzing the freshman ex
ams a normalized distribution is used
with 5 representing the middle 20 percent
of the entering students.
3. "The nine-point scale is an effective
compromise between the point of view
of the teachers who grade minutely and
those who wish to use only broad cate
gories of measurement."
The present system which grades from
1-9 is now being changed on the tran
scripts into corresponding letter grades
along with the 1-9 schedule. On the tran
script sheet the explanation is: 9, 8 equals
A; 7, 6 equals B; 5, 4 equals C; 3, 2 equals
D; 'l equals F; 0 or I is incomplete; X
is dropped in good standing; P or Px is
passed not graded and NR is no report.
With the letters those who desire can
use the five-point system, Cox said.
Registration Procedure
Poses Two Headaches
For Administration
By Bob Nye
This year's registration pro
cedure was complicated by
two problems, one of which
the University has never be
fore faced, according to Dr.
Floyd Hoover, registrar.
The first problem deals
with students who for various
reasons fail to pre-register or
change their college or cur
riculum at the last minute.
Dr. Hoover said that his
office found that modification
of the registration procedure
for late-registrants will be
necessary for next year. He
said that the registrar's of
fice will alter the procedure
in order to accommodate
transfer students and other
students who had no oppor
tunity to pre-register.
He added that it will con
tinue to be hard for those
students who could have pre
registered and failed to do so.
'Shopping'
"Shopping" was the second
major problem the University
faced this year. "Shopping"
consists of applying at sev
eral universities and arrang
ing a schedule where possible.
The student then compares
the programs offered to him
from the various schools and
chooses the one he likes best.
This has been a trend on
the East and West coast for
many years but it has just
started to reach the Middle
West, according to Dr.
Hoover.
The problems created by
the "shoppers" are man y.
First, the majority of these
people who register and ar
range a schedule fail to notify
the University upon deciding
not to attend. This means that
All University Fund Campus Poll
Contains 10 Charities, 6 Aiding State
The 1961 charity poll slated
by- All University Fund for
all-campus voting contains 10
organizations, six of w h i c h
offer 'aid within the state.
Students will vote on the
charities to receive this year's
benefits tonight and next Mon
day night at their residence
houses.
The AUF student fund cam
paign officially opens Nov. B.
Following the 1960 cam-
paign, AUF awarded a total j
of $4,536 to five chanties.
Four of those charities are
again slated on the charity
poll. They include World Uni
versity Service and Dr. Tom
Dooley's Medico each of which
received $1,008 last year,
Larc School (Lancaster Assn.
for Retarded Children) and
Nebraska Orthopedic Hospital
which each received $756.
The Nebraska Division of
the American Cancer Society,
which received $1,008, is the
only charity not included
again on the 1961 poll.
Of the six slated chanties
which would bring benefits
many classes are tied up by
people who are not even at
the University.
The Administration cannot
do anything under the pres
ent system because they
must wait on the assumption
that the student is still plan
ning on attending, but will be
late.
Creighton Acts
According to Dr. Hoover,
Creighton University in Oma
ha has been the first in Ne
braska to take steps to prevent
this "shopping." They require
a $50 deposit with each appli
cation to enter the university.
Nebraska roesn't require any
deposit for resident students
and it is easy to have
schedules arranged and cards
pulled before any fees are
paid.
The success of Creighton's
plan is illustrated by the fact
that only six of over 600 ap
plicants failed to show. Dr.
Hoover stated that there are
no figures available at pres
ent but that the percentage
of those not showing up at
Nebraska is vastly higher than
that of Creighton.
Dr. Hoover stated that he
felt that registration for those
who pre-registered went very
well. He said that students
were served more swiftly
than ever this year. The ad
vantage to early registration
is that it gives the Adminis
tration time to adjust courses
and allow for Individual con
sideration like working.
Drops and adds this year
were complicated by the fact
that the registrar s office was
not set np properly to handle
them. This year all late reg
istration and drops and adds
within the state, the Nebras
ka Foundation for Foreign
Students would be organized
by AUF to help foreign stu
dents on the Nebraska cam
pus. The University of Nebraska
Speech and Hearing Clinic is
the only comprehensive one
in the state. It provides diag
nostic and training devices
for all types of speech and
hearing problems. It carries
on an extensive program for
hard of hearing or speech
impedimented children.
Located in Lincoln are Larc
School, which sponsors a
school and training situation
for mentally retarded chil
dren not eligible for special
room education in the public
schools, and Cedars Home for
Children, a temporary family
type home for children in
need of a home.
The Nebraska Heart Assn.,
which works to find causes
and cures of heart and cir
culatory diseases, would see
that AUF funds are ear
marked for nse within the
state.
Another clinic which is the
home of many underprivileged
children who are handicapped
either mentally or physically
is the Nebraska Orthopedic
Hospital located in Lincoln.
The National Assn. for Re
tarded Children works to
benefit all retarded children
and adults, and encourage the
development of integrated
community and residential
programs in their behalf.
World University Service,
with more than 40 national
committees, provides text
books, health clinis, coopera
tive student bousing, and
emergency relief agency to
those in need throughout the
world.
Medico has an expansive
overseas program aimed at
founding hospitals and healing
the sick in remote and primi
tive lands. Its newest project
is an International Eye Bank,
with requests for its services
at hand from 16 countries.
The Near East Foundation,
whose work is centered in the
countries of Iran, Jordan,
Korea, Ghana and Greece, Is
America's pioneer agency in
the field of technical assist
ance. Its task is not to give
were handled in the Adminis
tration building. Dr. Hoover
stated the working facilities
were not adequate and that
next year it will be moved to
a larger area.
Drops and adds are run
ning slightly higher this year,
according to Dr. Hoover, but
he feels that this is due to
the increased enrollment.
However, there has always
been a large number of drops
and adds, Dr. Hoover added.
When asked to comment on
the Glenny Report which fore
for the University in 1971, he
said, "I feel the University
will grow to accommodate
the greater demands for ed
ucation." He went on "to say
that University services will
also expand and that new pro
cedures in registration are
indicative of the growth.
Dr. Hoover said that the
University is now recogniz
ing the problem of limited
space and manpower, specif
ically of Monday, Wednesday
and Friday. The increased
use of time on Tuesday,
Thursday, and Saturday will
give additional classroom
space. He also said that he is
gratified to see students re
alize that they are not on a
40-hour, five day-a-week con
tract. Students recognize the prob
lems faced by the adminis
tration and the Registrar's
according to Dr. Hoover. He
stated that he is "very grati
fied by the Student Council's
cooperation." He said, "they
have been very helpful and
nomontivp in niHinc the ad
ministration on registration
problems.
relief, but to provide tech
nicians to teach the Eastern
farmer and help his govern
ment attack the fundamental
problems of ognorance, pov
erty and disease.
Greenberg
To Succeed
Dr. Miller
Dr. B. N. Greenberg, a Uni
versity regent since 1953, was
elected president of the As
sociation of Governing
Boards of State Universities
and Allied Institutions at the
concluding session here.
He succeeds Dr. Ralph
Miller in directing the activ
ities of the association which
consists of 283 member in
stitutions from 50 states and
Puerto Rico.
A native Omahan, Dr.
Greenberg graduated from
the University College of
Medicine and took his intern
ship at Columbia University
Medical Center in New York
City. He has practiced medi
cine as a specialist in eye,
ear, nose and throat for
many years in York.
He is a life member of the
American College of Sur
geons, an honorary Innocent
at the University, past presi
dent of York Rotary and a
member of the Masonic
Lodge.
Dr. Greenberg, widely trav
eled, observed international
relations in Turkey one year
ago when he inspected the
University's mission in Tur
key, which is assisting the
mid-eastern country in build
ing a new university pat
terned after the land-grant
system.
Gale Assumes
KK Business Post
Jerry Gale has been elected
business manager of Kosmet
Klub following the resignation
of John Schroeder as business
manager.
Schroeder resigned to take
over the duties of president
of the Union Board of Man
agers following the resigna
tion of Dr. Charles Miller.
Al Plummer replaces Gale
as Spring Show Chairman for
19C2.