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Vol. 75, No. 18
The Nebraskan
Tuesday, October 17, 1961
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Thetas Receive
Scholarship Award
Kappa Alpha Theta sorority retired the
Panhellenic traveling Scholarship Award Mon
day night after maintaining the highest soror
ity average for six consecutive semesters.
The Elsie Ford Piper scholastic achieve
ment Award was presented to Sigma Kappa
for the most improvement in house scholar
ship. The house went from 12th to seventh
place in sorority rankings this pas semester.
Mrs. C. Hoyt, president of
Panhellenic Advisory Board,
presented the award which is
given each year in memory
of the former assistant dean
of women, Elsie Ford Piper.
These awards were pre
sented following a speech en
titled, "Living our Ideals,"
by Mrs. Leland E. Leland,
who is past national Presi
dent of Alpha Omicron Pi.
Her speech was presented to
approximately 800 University
sorority girls.
A banquet for all sorority
presidents and Panhellenic
representatives was held pri
or to Mrs. Leland's speech.
Don Ferguson, president of
Interfraternity Council
(I.F.C.), was guest speaker
for this banquet.
The Monday night Panhel
lenic convocation marked
the beginning of Panhellenic
week, which will feature dis
cussion groups for the vari-jon
ous house officers and ex-! Elgart was voted the "Na
change dinners. j tion's Most Programed
The discussion groups will
meet from 7-8 p.m. on
Wednesday and will include
sessions for presidents, rush
chairmen, activities chair
men, standards chairmen, so
cial chairmen and pledge
trainers.
The schedule for exchange
dinners for tonight and
Wednesday is: Alpha Chi
Omega-Kappa Alpha Theta,
Chi Omega; Alpha Omicron
Pi-Kappa Delta, Sigma Kap
pa; Alpha Phi-Kappa Kappa
Gamma, Delta Delta Delta;
Alpha XI Delta-Delta Delta
Delta, Delta Gamma; Chi
Omega-Sigma Kappa, Alpha
XI Delta; Delta Delta Delta
Alpha Phi, Pi Beta Phi;
Gamma Phi Beta-Alpha Omi
cron Pi, Alpha Phi; Delta
Gamma-Pi Beta Phi, Zeta
Tan Alpha.
Kappa Delta-Alpha Xi Del
ta, Kappa Kappa Gamma;
Kappa Alpha Theta-Chi
Omega, Gamma Phi Beta;
Kappa Kappa Gamma-Zeta
Tau Alpha, Alpha Chi
Omega; Pi Beta Phi-Delta
Gamma, Alpha Omicron Pi
Sigma K a p p a-Alpha Chi
Omega, Kappa Alpha Theta;
Zeta Tau Alpha-Gamma Phi
Beta, Kappa Delta.
Music Sorority
Presents Concert
A tri-sorority music concert
Thursday evening at 7:30 in
the Student Union ballroom
will climax Inter-sorority
Music Week at the University.
Delta Omicron will be di
rected by Nancie Booth, Mu
Phi Epsilon by Marion Mul
ler and Sigma Alpha Iota by
Mary Kay Kaputska.
English
By Sue Hovik
The world is indeed a small place.
A chance meeting in a British museum between
Robert Knoll, associate English professor, and an NU
graduate of the English department and her English
husband started the latter couple on a journey which
brought them to the University where he is now an
assistant English professor.
John Robinson, a seven week resident of the United
States, teaches English 21 and English 3 at the University.
Dr. Robinson, formerly from London, received his
Bachelor of Arts from Oxford University in England in
1957. He got a research scholarship to Glasgow University
in Scotland from which he received his Doctor of Philos
ophy in 1961. Dr. Robinson explained that they put more
emphasis on the written thesis than they do here for the
same degree. He received his masters degree from Ox
ford in 1961. The Englishman explained that in order to
receive a masters degree in England, all one needed to
do was to apply and pay for it There was no test or
research necessary.
Cornell Exchange Fellowship
Mrs. Robinson received her M.A. from Nebraska.
She had a prize-winning story in the Prairie Schooner.
While under a graduate assistantship at Cornell, she re
received the Cornell Exchange Fellowship at Glasgow en
abling her to continue her work on her PhD.
Dr. Robinson compared the types of required courses
in American and English universities and the way in
which they are arranged. The British student goes to
college for Just three years, but during this time he will
study only one subject. Some universities have something
like the American system in that their first year is more
liberal, students specialize during the other two years.
He explained that the reason for this is that the high
school system is different. When English students are
ready to go to the university, they already know what an
American college sophomore knows. In their high schools
they don't waste time learning "bow to answer the tele-
phone.
Roughly 30 of the English students have the advan-
Homecoming
Ticket Sales
Begin Today
Tickets for the Homecoming
dance Nov. 4, featuring Les
Elgart and his orchestra go
on sale today, according to
Larry Hammer, Corn Cob
Homecoming dance chairman.
Price of the tickets is $3.50
per couple. Tickets are avail
able to both students and
alumni or parents from Corn
Cob workers, Hammer said.
Les Elgart, known in music
circles as the "trumpet play
er's trumpet player," has re
ceived national acclaim for
his "Sophisticated Swing" ar
rangements by Charles Alber
tine and his unique emphasis
sax and guitar.
Band" in the 1960 7th annual
Cash Box Disk Jockey Poll
and was presented the Bill
board Award in the same
year as America's favorite
band as selected by Ameri
ca's disk jockeys.
The 1959 Military Ball fea
tured Les Elgart and h i s
orchestra, where he was most
enthusiastically received by
the 1,000 students in attend
ance. Library Director
Attends N.Y. Meet
Frank A. Lundy, director of
University Libraries, recent
ly attended two committee
meetings of the Association
of Research Libraries in
New York City and at Cor
nell University.
Lundy is currently a mem
ber of a f ive-man elected
committee on reorganization
in the Association of Re
search Libraries. The associ
ation is a national organiza
tion of 49 institutional mem
bers, a majority of which are
university libraries.
In the reorganization now
in progress, provisions will
be made for the enlargement
of membership to perhaps 75
institutions, to incorporate,
to establish a headquarters
office with a paid executive
secretary and to introduce a
greater degree of democracy
in the management of the
association's affairs.
Incorporation will enable
the Association to accept
substantial grants of fi
nancial support in order to
accomplish programs intend
ed to strengthen American
research libraries. j
English Teacher Teaches Americans
Judges
To Choose
Finalists
Homecoming Queen
Selection Begins
The process of choosing the
1961 Homecoming Queen will
begin this evening.
From 7-9:15 p.m. in 334 Stu
dent Union, 26 University
women will be interviewed.
They will be judged on poise,
personality and school spirit
by an interviewing board com
posed of:
Miss Giffhorn, Tassel's fac
ulty advisor; Diane Tinan,
vice-president of Tassels;
Nancy Tederman, president
of Tassels; Roy Arnold, pres
ident of Corn Cobs; Pat Clare,
president of "N" Club; Mick
Tingelhoff, co-captain of the
football team.'
Ten finalists will compete
in a campus wide election.
The three receiving the most
votes will serve as the Home
coming Queen and attend
ants. Candidates must be punc
tual and must bring two
3" x 5" glossy prints of them
selves. The interviewing schedule
is as follows:
7:00 Kay Andenon IWA
7:0S Gayle Braninn PI Beta Phi
7:10 Jeth Derine; IWA
7:15 Jane Faaqnet Love Memorial Hall
1:2 Ian Fletcher Alpha Phi
7:30 Mary Anne Glide Zeta Tan Alpha
7:35 ludy Howard Kappa Alpha Theta
7:40 Pam Htrschbarh . Chi Omeca
7:45 Nancy Jacobson Alpha Omicron Pi
7:50 Linda lessen Kama Kappa
Gamma
7:55 Marilyn Miller Towne Chin
1:06 Iran Morrison Delia Gamma
:05 Jean Alson IW A
1:10 udy Peiroi IWA
1:15 lalie Porter . Gamma Phi Beta
1:80 Jane Price Fedde Hall
i:85 Grace eilly IWA
1:30 Rosann Boat Sitma Kappa
:35 Karen Sans WRA
1:40 Nancy Sorensoa Kappa Delta
1:45 June Stroe Alpha Chi Omega
s:S Clare Vrba IW A
1:55 Panla Warner IWA
:M ie Wood Alpha Xi Delta
t:; Ley Lynn Wrlrtt
IWA
Survival Methods
May Be Taught
Classroom instruction in civ
il defense survival methods
can be given on the Univer
sity campus if there is enough
interest, reports Dr. Chester
Gausman, director of adult
education in the Lincoln Pub
lic Schools.
Gausman said his group will
provide a teacher if a mini
mum of 20 students indicated
they would participate in civ
il defense classes and if the
University would provide a
place to hold classes.
Ed Simpson, University
public, health engineer, com
mented, "I think the classes
would definitely be worth
while. Everyone should have
a knowledge of what to do in
case of a civil defense emer
gency." Students who would be in
terested in participating in
the classes may contact Simp
son at Student Health exten
sion 5200 or 5201.
Soprano Tryoutt
Auditions for' a second
soprano, in the girls sextet
will be held Wednesday at
12 noon in room 17 of the
Music Building. The only
requirement is that the girl
must be a non-music major.
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JOHN ROBINSON
tage of a good, intensive high school education, Dr. Robin
son said. Only the best would go to the university and
for the other 70, schooling ends at 15 or 16 years of
age. These students are not so generally well prepared
for what they do after their schooling.
Differences
Robinson summed up the differences in this area by
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By Nancy Whitford
Agriculture is probably the
most important field where
atomic energy can benefit
mankind, Dr. Howard Teas of
the Puerto Rico Nuclear Cen
ter told midwesterners .Mon
day. Teas, who spoke at a con
ference on the peaceful uses
of atomic energy, said that in
spite of modern computers
and space travel, "we still
have the basic problem of
supplying food for people.
The conference, whicH con
tinues today, is being held at
the Nebraska Center for Con
tinuing Education.
Teas said atomic energy
fan be used in agriculture as
a researcn tool, a meinoa oi
preserving food and in plant
breeding. i
More the
Poet Williams Coming
To Read, Shoiv Books
Jonathan Williams, contem
porary poet and publisher of
volumes of poetry, corn-
mented in a recent letter to
the Student Union talks and
topics committee that "at this
point I assume the Union
wants me to read a little,
show the books, show some
slides, talk, etc. The more
the merrier ..." when he
appears at the Union Oct. 23.
Jargon Books, the volumes
which he publishes, contain
poems by poets and himself
which are similar in style to
e e cu minings. Critics
have called it the most indi
vidual and unusual in Amer
ica today, according to infor
mation received bjrthetalks
and topics committee, s p o n
sors of his talk.
Williams' poetry is also
written in protest and for a
cause according to critics.
Some of it is satire or humor.
Some of the poems he has
published are "Certainly
Enough Cups," "Nonessential
ism in Practice," "And With
out" and "Old."
Jargon Books, publishes
works by Robert Creelcy,
Louis Zukofsky, Kenneth
Patchen, Henry Miller, Joel
Oppenheimer, Paul Metcalf,
and Irving Layton. This press
has attempted to do in the
1950's what McAlmon'i Con
tact Press did in the 1920's.
McAlmon had a press in
Paris which printed books by
Hemmingway and Gertrude
Stein when no other publisher
would accept them. Similarly,
Williams will accept works of
poets and others who can't
get 'commercial presses to
print them.
Williams was born in 1929
and attended prep schools in
the east and Princeton. He
was the recipient of the Gug
genheim Fellowship in poetry
for 1957. His other interests
Says Atomic
Im Drove
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Radioactive isotopes, or un
stable elements which emit
signals that can be traced,
can be used to "tag" grass
hoppers and study their flight
pattern.
This leads to the answer to
such questions as "Do the
grasshoppers that are eating
corn plants in a field come
from 100 yards away, from
the next farm or perhaps
from the next state?" Teas
said.
Or a farmer may wish to
know how to use his fertilizer
in the most effective manner.
After labeling the fertilizer
with radioactive isotopes, the
researcher can apply the fer
tilizer to the soil in several
different ways and then meas
ure the amount of radioactivi
ty taken into the plant to de-
Merrier-
include modern architecture
and the photography of it.
Robert Knoll, associate pro
fessor in English, said that
Williams is associated with
the beatniks.
Williams is coming to Ne
braska partly because of the
interest here in McAlmon,
but he is coming mainly be
cause the Union invited him,
according to Knoll.
In his last letter to Knoll,
Williams wrote: "The hour
cometh and almost is, etc.
Thought I'd better write you
that I am alive, the Volks
wagon is moving westward,
etc."
He will spend Oct. 23 and
24 in Lincoln visiting the Li
brary, faculty members and
talking to students.
University Health Director
Recommends Flu Shots
Have you had your flu
shots yet? This is a question
asked frequently on campus
these days.
Dr. Fuenning, medical di
rector of Student Health and
the University Health Serv
ices, recommends that every
student receive the flu in
jection series. Those who are
in close contact with people
outside of the campus, such
as student teachers and those
with jobs, are urged to get
their shots soon.
Public Health officials feel
that there will be an increase
in the incidence of influenza
this fall. However, Dr. Fuen
ning points out that while it
has not been stated that an
epidemic is expected, an epi
demic depends upon the
amount of immunity in the
population.
A person may have immu
nity either by having the flu
injection series or by having
had the flu previously. If a
large percentage of the popu
saving that it is a difference
tem "tries to give the most to the most," and the English
system "tries to give the very most to relatively few."
Concerning the general college atmosphere, this Eng
lish professor noticed that in the English residential uni
versity (a university where the students live in dorms),
there are far more student clubs and activities. He em
phasized that this doesn't imply criticism of American
students. The English do the same things as students
do here, but more of it the American student doesn't have
the time because of the various classes, written assign
ments, etc.
Dr. Robinson said that he was "very pleased with the
United States and the University." He explained that
America is not highly esteemed in many parts of Europe
and it is very agreeable to find that students on the whole
are sensible and intelligent. He said that one is struck
more by similarities between the two countries rather than
the differences.
Robinson noted that one can't get "good bread" in
Lincoln. It tastes quite different from the good brown
bread that they have in England, he says. He 6aid that
he thought this might be because the bread, and every
thing else, is enriched with vitamins.
Craze For Salads
American food on the whole is not too different but
he noted the American craze for salads. Englishmen
don't have one every meaL mainly because they can't
afford it.
Dr. Robinson said he was shocked by radio and that
he hopes T.V. is better. He explained that English radio
is better than T.V.
This English teacher found that the students in his
classes were quite interested in ' England and asked
intelligent questions. He said that he was impressed by
the high quality of work of some of the students, and
-was impressed by the poor quality of work of others.
Dr. Robinson explained that he had no criticisms of
the United States or the University because he had been
here only seven weeks. He believes that his first task is
to learn and understand.
Agriculture
termine which method pro
vides the best results.
In food preservation, Teas
said potatoes and onions can
be kept from sprouting for
longer periods of time by sub
jecting them to radiation.
Banana Ripening
Teas also mentioned experi
ments in Puerto Rico to sup-
press the ripening of green
bananas for 24 weeks longer
and thus improve the quality
of fruit exported to the U.S.
Radiation is especially help
ful in finding mutations which
aid in plant breeding, Teas
said.
"If you are looking for a
tall mutation, it is easy to
drive past a field and spot the
tall plant with binoculars, but
finding the sugar cane which
produces the most sugar is
much more difficult.
"Radiation has been suc
cessful in providing a syste
matzied mass screening sys
tem which greatly speeds up
the process of finding this
mutant.
"Atomic energy is not mag
ic, but it is clearly here to
stay. A number of superior
techniques have been devel
oped and it is no longer nec
essary to gamble blindly with
the use of atomic energy,"
Teas said.
Dr. H. F. Kraybill, who is
associated with the National
Cancer Institute in Washing
ton D.C., discussed experi
ments with food preservation
through use of atomic energy.
This was done by exposing
22 fruits, vegetables, meats
and dairy products to radia
tion. Kraybill said that vitamin
loss in radiation processed
foods was in general less than
in heat processed foods. Vita
mins E, A, D and K were
found to be the most sensi-
lation has had flu shots,
there will be fewer people
whom an epidemic can af
fect. The flu injection series con
sists of two shots taken two
weeks apart. For those who
had the series last year, only
one booster shot is required
now.
A special group price has
been offered for students liv
ing on both the City and Ag
campuses. For groups of 12
r more from an organized
house, co-op, or residence hall
the price per injection is 75
cents.
Groups of this size must
have appointments to take ad
vantage of this offer. For
smaller groups the price re
mains $1.50 per injection.
There is no indication now
as to whether the increase in
influenza will be due to the
Asian flu virus, as this is
only one of several strains of
flu viruses, any of which
could show up.
in aim. The American sys
Energy
tive and Niacin the most re
sistant. The value of protein was in
creased slightly in such foods
as radiated soybeans and
lima beans and decreased
slightly in radiated milk and
green peas. Corn and wheat
protein were not altered Kray
bill said.
This afternoon there will be
additional sessions on the ap
plication of radioisotopes to
industrial use at 1:30, on the
health, safety and regulatory
aspects at 2:35, and on the
role of the states in the regu
lation of atomic energy at
3:20.
Benitez
Addresses
NU Students
Chancellor Jaime Benitez
of the University of Puerto
Rico, one of the prominent
educators and world figures
in the Americas, will deliver
messages on Cuba and Latin
America's emerging nations
at a University convocation
today at 11 a.m. in the Stu
dent Union ballroom.
Dr. Benitez will speak
again at the American Asso
ciation of Colleges for Teach
er Education at the Nebraska
Center at 9:30 a.m. Friday.
He will speak on "Funda
mental Education for Latin
America's Emerging Na
tions." Chancellor Benitez received
part of his education in the
United States before becom
ing head of Puerto Rico's
largest institution of higher
education in 1942.
He has served on many in
ternational committees, has
been president and vice-president
of the National Associa
tion of State Universities and
delegate at the UNESCO Con
ference in Havana in 1950,
among others.
Dr. Benitez is the author of
several books and has held a
number of honorary educa
tional and government posi
tions. He served on the housing
committee of the Federal
Housing Agency from 1957 to
1960 and represented the
United States in Holland in
1948 at the International Con
ference of Universities.
Innocents Plan
NU Parents Day
The Innocents Society is in
the process of formulating
plans for the annual Parents
Day to be held November
18 in conjunction with the Nebraska-Colorado
game.
The Innocents are encour
aging all organized living
units to have a luncheon for
their parents.
The Student Union will fea
ture a free coffee hour and
tours of the campus. Many
of the campus buildings will
remain open especially for
Parents Day. '
There will be a special sec
tion reserved for the parents
in the West Stadium and the
halftime ceremonies will hon
or the parents.
Fall Open Rush
Begins For Coeds
Girls wishing to participate
in open rush may fill out an
application blank in the Pan
hellenic office.
Open rush starts after the
first four weeks of school and
continues in effect throughout
the year. There are no formal
parties; rushing is done on an
individual basis.
Sororities which did not fill
their quotas during formal
rush are eligible for open
rush. Any girl may partici
pate who has not received
scholastic downs.
NU Dames Hold
First 96l Meeting
The University of Nebraska .
Dames Club will hold its first
meeting of the year October
19th at 7:30 p.m. in the Uni
versity High School auditori
um. All University student
wives are invited to join this
club in which they will meet
other women who share their
mutual interests and goals.
Each year the Dames Club
plans many activities includ
ing dances, cards, sewing,
bowling and other sports.
